May 24, 2017

3rd Global 5G Event in Tokyo, Japan

Deployment Plans Toward 5G Implementation

Deployment Plans Toward 5G

Implementation

Akira Matsunaga
Acting Chair, Technical Committee, 5GMF
KDDI Corporation
 Table of Contents

1. Network Configuration

2. Frequency Bands Utilization

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Ph.1 WI:NSA(Non-Standalone) will be standardized in advance(1)
• Early 5G deployment may be possible by EPC-based NSA.
• 3GPP RAN meeting in March 2017 agreed to standardize NSA
in advance to SA.
Rel.14 Rel.15 Rel.16
Study Item PhaseⅠ Work Item PhaseⅡ
Expedite by 6 months
2016 2017 2018
Mar. Dec. Mar. JUne
●EPC based Arch. ●Standalone Arch.
3 3a 3x 2
LTE Core 5G LTE Core 5G LTE Core 5G 5G
X
(EPC) Core (EPC) Core (EPC) Core Core

Options
Under
Study
By
3GPP

NSA(Non-Standalone) Arch. based on EPC SA(Standalone) Arch. Based on 5G Core

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Ph.1 WI:NSA(Non-Standalone) will be standardized in advance (2)
Comparison between NSA and SA

C/U-Plane
C-Plane U-Plane

LTE 5G 5G
NSA(Non-Standalone, LTE Anchor) SA(Standalone)

NSA SA
Connection to both LTE and 5G mandatory Can work by 5G alone (LTE not necessary)
Control 5G will be focused on U-Plane alone, while LTE is 5G will be used for both U-Plane and C-Plane
(Location used for control including call origination/
Registration) termination, location registration, etc.
5G radio 5G radio control parameters will be exchanged 5G radio control parameters can be exchanged
control through LTE. For that purpose, functions should through 5G.
parameters be added to eNB.
Paging UE monitors paging channels on LTE. UE monitors paging channels on 5G.
Channels

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5G Deployment Scenarios
• Multiple architectures are under study at 3GPP, according to different 5G
deployment scenarios of each administration.
• Multiple architecture options available depending on different
combinations of Core (EPC, 5G Core) x SA (LTE, 5G) x NSA (LTE Anchor, 5G
Anchor)
2 5 3 3a 3x
5G 5G LTE Core 5G LTE Core 5G LTE Core 5G
Core Core (EPC) Core (EPC) Core (EPC) Core

4 4a 7 7a 7x X
LTE Core 5G LTE Core 5G LTE Core 5G LTE Core 5G LTE Core 5G
(EPC) Core (EPC) Core (EPC) Core (EPC) Core (EPC) Core Options
Under
Study
By
3GPP

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Example of Migration from 4G to 5G
EPC-based core configuration will be standardized in Rel.15 NSA
while 5G core will be standardized in Rel.15.

EPC(4G)-based NW config.(Opt.3) 5G core-based NW config. (Opt.7)

The Internet The Internet

EPC EPC 5G Core

5G gNB 5G gNB 5G gNB

LTE eNB LTE eNB （NSA)
（NSA) (SA)

5G UE 5G UE 5G UE

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Example of 5G Roadmap based on Standardization Schedule
Video Surveillance Connected
eMBB Transmission Camera Car

IoT URLLC

FY 2020～ FY 2022～ FY 202X～

28GHz
NSA DL NSA DL NSA DL
New Max 20Gbps Max 20Gbps Max 20Gbps
RAT UL UL SA UL
Below6GHz Max 10Gbps Max 10Gbps Max 10Gbps

eMTC Low Lat. eMTC

NB-IoT E2E E2E
NB-IoT in Radio IoT
４Ｇ URLLC URLLC
Rel.13,14
Existing 4G Bands Rel.16
５G ５G ５G
eMBB scenario will Massive Connections
be supported by Rel.16
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 Example of Frequency Bands Usage
Several frequency bands will be used separately or jointly
depending the characteristics of the bands and use cases.
Area Coverage
LTE(800MHz etc.)
Uplink/Downlink
Below 6GHz(NewRAT)
URLLC, IoT
IoT(Massive MTC)

28GHz(NewRAT)
eMBB, URLLC
Surveillance
Camera

Connected Car Stadium

（Dynamic Map) Instantaneous DL
Peak Rate/Capacity
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 Illustrative Frequency bands utilization and 5G use cases
Appropriate frequency bands will be chosen depending on needs and
services.

Examples
Indoors Connected Car Drone
of Agriculture
use cases
for better
society
Surveillance Stadium Manufacturing
Camera
Areas Uraban Suburb Rural
5G 28GHz
Bands 55 55 5 5 5
5G (28GHz帯) GG GG G G G
Maintain continuity
and quality by
interworking 5G(Below6GHz) 5G(Below6GHz) 5G(Below6GHz)
(Dual Connectivity)

3GPP LTE
Bands
LTE/LTE-A
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Illustrative Frequency bands utilization
 5G bands（Below 6GHz, Above 6GHz (ex：28GHz)) should be
used in combination with 4G to complement each other,
taking into account the following factors:
 Requirement of use cases (Mobility, Area, Latency, etc.）
 Separation of C-Plane and U-Plane
 Standalone, Non-Standalone scenarios

LTE
Below 6GHz
Below 6GHz 28GHz 28GHz Below 6GHz

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Importance of Multi-sites and Multi-bands technologies
 In order to compensate the blocking effect in higher frequency bands
(ex：28GHz), multi sites technologies (CoMP etc.) employing multiple
base stations are important.
 Interwork with 4G frequency bands (Dual Connectivity, etc.) is also
essential.
Multi-Beam CoMP*
3D Beam forming Dual Connectivity

shadowing
28GHz

blocking

4G

* Coordinated Multiple Point transmission/reception

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