NTT DOCOMO's Views on 5G

Toward 2020 and Beyond

Takehiro Nakamura
NTT DOCOMO, INC.

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5G Trends and Requirements

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Network/Communication Society
in 2020 and Beyond
Extension/enrichment
of wireless services

Everything Connected
by Wireless
Monitor/collect information & control devices

Multiple personal
devices

Transportation
(Car/Bus/Train)

Deliver rich contents in real-time & ensure safety

Video streaming

New types of
terminal/HI

4K
Interaction across
multiple devices

Consumer
electronics

Entertainment, Navigation
Traffic information

Watch/jewelry/cloth
s

4K/8K video resolutions

Video on newspapers
Background video

Healthcare

Human interface
and healtchcare
sensors

Remote operation using

personal terminal

Education

Remote health
check &
counseling

House

Sensors

Cloud computing

Remote control of
facilities
House security

Smart power grid

Agriculture and farming
Factory automation
Weather/Environment

All kinds of services supported

by the mobile personal cloud

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Glasses/Touch internet

Distance (remote) learning

Any lesson anywhere/anytime

Safety and lifeline system

Prevention of accidents
Robustness to disasters

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5G Requirements
5G radio access will provide a total solution to satisfy
wider range of requirements for 2020 and beyond
1000x capacity/km2

Higher system
capacity

Higher data rate

Reduced Latency

100x typical data rate

RAN latency : < 1ms

(Even for high mobility)

Massive device
connectivity
100x connected devices
(Even in crowded areas)
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5G

Energy saving &

cost reduction
Energy saving for NW & terminals
Reduced NW cost incl. backhaul
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5G Definition and New RAT

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Evolution Paths for 5G

5G Radio Access

5G = LTE enh. + New RAT

Further LTE enhancements
Small cell & general cellular
enhancements for beyond Release 12

Potential
New RAT

Potential new RAT

Performance

Should prioritize the achievement of more

big gains over backward compatibility
Consider new spectrum allocations of
WRC-15 and beyond

LTE-Advanced

LTE
Rel-8/9

Macro-assisted
small cell enhancement
(Phantom cell)

Rel-12/13
Rel-10/11
Pico/Femto

CA/eICIC/CoMP
for HetNet

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WRC-15

~2015

Big gain
Further LTE
enhancement
Rel-14/15,
Continuous evolution
WRC-18
~2020 Year

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Views on 5G Radio Access

Enhanced LTE RAT

New RAT
(Capacity carrier)
Frequency

Tight interworking (Dual connectivity)

Combined usage of lower and higher frequency bands

Higher frequency bands become useful and beneficial!

5G technical concept
Further cellular
enhancements

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Exploitation of higher
frequency bands

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Why New RAT is Needed?

New RAT should achieve Significant Gains to justify 5G
New types of terminal/HI
Video streaming

1000x capacity/km2

4K

100x typical data rate

(Even for high mobility)

100x connected devices

5G

RAN latency : < 1ms

Energy saving for NW & terminals
Reduced NW cost incl. backhaul

(Even in crowded areas)

Question - LTE enhancement cannot achieve these gains?

Major change is really needed to achieve above gains?

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Keys to Motivate New RAT

Only network densification, i.e., small cell, is not sufficient
to realize the 5G requirements
100x data rate
Gbps-order typical rate
(~10Gbps peak rate)

Typically less
than 10bps/Hz

1000x capacity/km2

Spectrum
efficiency

Data rate
= spectrum efficiency x bandwidth

Network
densification
Spectrum extension

Required several 100MHz ~ GHz-order bandwidth

1000x densification
is not realistic

New RAT is needed to exploit:

Wider bandwidth in higher frequency bands (e.g., > 10GHz)
Enhanced spectrum efficiency via massive MIMO
technology
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New RAT Characteristics (1)

Numerology to exploit higher frequency & wider bandwidth
Wider subcarrier spacing, i.e., higher symbol rate, desired for:
Robustness against phase noise
Avoidance of complex carrier aggregation using too many component
carriers

LTE

Frequency

New RAT
Wider bandwidth with
wider subcarrier spacing

Non-backward compatible to LTE

Shorter TTI for low latency (< 1ms)

Consider scalability from LTE numerology
Low complexity implementation for LTE/new RAT dual-mode terminals
Easy support of dual connectivity between LTE and new RAT
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New RAT Characteristics (2)

Flexibility to support variable scenarios
(D2D, wireless backhaul, multi-hop, etc.)
RAT design considering DL/UL symmetry

Signal waveform:
OFDM as baseline for up to 30GHz
High affinity with MIMO technologies in multi-path fading environments
Alternative multi-carrier waveforms such as FBMC also can be considered

Single carrier waveform for further higher frequencies

To prioritize the coverage

Waveform & bandwidth may depend on applied frequency bands

Frequency bands
e.g. < 10GHz

e.g. > 30GHz

Frequency

Bandwidth

e.g. < 100MHz

Waveform

e.g. 10-30GHz

LTE based

e.g. 100-1000MHz

OFDM (new numerology)

(or advanced multi-carrier waveforms)

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e.g. >1000MHz

Single carrier
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Capability of eLTE RAT

Enhanced LTE (eLTE) RAT Capabilities
Backward compatibility
Support all LTE capabilities, i.e., coverage, mobility, broadcast services, etc.
New RAT

Tight-interworking capability with New RAT

eLTE

e.g. for Massive MIMO + Phantom Cell

Tight
interworking

LTE

Continuous enhancement with new functionalities

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA)
Further improvement of spectrum efficiency with enhanced receiver capability

Support of M2M massive connectivity

eLTE with NOMA will be a good technology for massive connectivity

etc.
FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, OFDMA

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NOMA

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Intentional Non-Orthogonality
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Deployment/Migration Scenarios

In 2020, new RAT will be launched initially from areas, where higher
performance is required, e.g. dense urban area, using higher frequency
bands
Enhanced LTE (eLTE) RAT is also introduced to realize tight interworking
with new RAT
In beyond 2020, deployment areas of new RAT and eLTE RAT are
gradually expanded while introducing additional higher frequency bands
LTE (or LTE-Advanced) cell can be continuously used as eLTE cell for a
long-time
Before 2020

LTE

LTE

LTE

LTE

LTE

LTE

2020

LTE

eLTE

New RAT

202x

eLTE

eLTE

Urban Area
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eLTE

eLTE

Frequency

New RAT

Suburban/rural Area
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5G Deployments in Dense Urban

Proposed combination of Massive MIMO and Phantom cell
will satisfy 5G requirements such as 1000x capacity
Macro Cell
Small Cell

Small Cell
Small Cell
Small Cell

User data

Control and
User data
Google

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5G Deployments in Light Urban

Proposed combination will provide adequate system
coverage even with higher frequency bands
Macro Cell
(Semi-macro Cell)

Small Cell

(Semi-macro Cell)

Small Cell

Control and
User data

User data

(Semi-macro Cell)

Small Cell

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