The Promise of 5g Mmwave How Do We Make It Mobile

The Promise of 5G mmWave – How Do We Make It Mobile? June 22, 2016 Sponsored by Qualcomm

Today oday’’s Pres Presenters enters

Gabriel Brown Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading

Ozge Ozge Koymen Koymen Principal Engineer, Qualcomm Research, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Matt Branda Director, Technical Marketing, Marketing, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Agenda •

Background to mmWave in 5G – Heavy Reading

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Mobilizing MmWave – Qualcomm

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A Unified 5G New Radio (NR)  – Qualcomm

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Q&A Session

IMT-2020 Performance Targets Relative to IMT Advanced (4G)

Relative to Major Use Case Categories

Hybrid SON to combine distributed optimization (from eNB vendors) with centralized control and management (from specialists) Recommendation ITU-R M.2083-0, September 2015 Source: ITU

MmWave Bands (>24 GHz) <6GHz Bands

cmWave Bands

24-27

mmWave Bands

28

32-33

300 MHz

3GHz

30 GHz

λ = 1m

λ = 100 mm

λ = 10 mm

Massive MIMO possible at shorter λ

Large amount of spectrum above 24 GHz

40

60

Wider channels (up to 1GHz) 3G ------- 5 MHz (+CA) 4G ------- 20 MHz (+CA) 5G ------- 500 MHz / 1 GHz

70

90

WRC-19 to harmonize internationally

Enabling Mobile MmWave Better Understanding of MmWave •

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Academic research & corporate R&D driving a rethink of mmWave applications Previously limited to point-to-point shortrange & fixed wireless access

Miniaturization •

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Highly complex antenna processing functions embedded in silicon Can be integrated into battery-powered handheld devices

Radical Advances in Baseband & RF Processing •

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Computation capability embedded in silicon to enable the beam-forming and bream-tracking Ability to integrate large number of antenna elements & RF chains into cost effective phased array RFICs

A Halley’s Comet Moment •

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A once in a lifetime event for RF researchers & engineers Opportunity to ‘open-up’ a vast swath of spectrum for mobile

Operator MmWave Field Tests & Trials AT&T (U.S.)

DOCOMO (Japan)

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Trials at 15 GHz & 28 GHz

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Trials at multiple frequencies

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Test beds at multiple U.S. locations

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Indoor, outdoor & mobile

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Initial focus on fixed access

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Verizon (U.S.)

Trials to Inform 3GPP Standards Development

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28 GHz trials with vendors

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Initial focus on fixed-wireless access

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Potential commercial service in 2017 for fixed residential access

National Initiative (Korea)

Consortium of universities, vendors & operators Developing mmWave test bed Plan to showcase network at 2018 Winter Olympics •

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Results published in DOCOMO Technical Journal

MakingmmWave a realityfor5G enhancedmobile broadband Withadaptivebeamformingandbeamtracking

ThelargebandwidthopportunityformmWave Thenextfrontierofmobilebroadbandforextremethroughputandcapacity proposed 6GHz

24GHz

100GHz

mmWave (e.g.24.25-27.5GHz,27.5-29.5GHz)

Multi-Gbps datarates

Muchmorecapacity

Flexibledeployments

Withlargebandwidths(100sofMHz)

Withdensespatialreuse

Integratedaccess/backhaul

RealizingthemmWave opportunityformobilebroadband Thechallengesin mobilizingmmWave

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Robustnessduetohighpathlossandsusceptibilitytoblockage Devicecost/powerandRFchallengesatmmWavefrequencies

mmWave sub6Ghz

Smartbeamforming andbeamtracking

Tightinterworking withsub6GHz

OptimizedmmWave designformobile

Increasecoverage andminimizeinterference

Increaserobustness, fastersystemacquisition

Tomeetcost,powerand thermalconstraints

MobilizingmmWave requiresanewsystemdesign Directionantennaswithadaptablebeamformingandbeamtracking MassiveMIMOwith 3Dbeamforming

NLOSoperation

Tightintegration withsub-6GHz

SeamlessMobility

Intelligentbeamsearch andtrackingalgorithms

Tightintegrationwith LTEor5Gsub-6GHz

Coordinatedschedulingfor interferencemanagement

DirectionalbeamformingimprovesmmWave coverage andreducesinterference ~150mline-of-sight(LOS)and non-line-of-sight(NLOS) coveragepossibleindense urbanoutdoordeployment 28GHz:Outdoor-to-OutdoorPathLoss&Coverage

*Manhattan3Dmap,Resultsfromray-tracing

QualcommResearch5GmmWave prototypesystem TDDsynchronoussystemoperatinginthe28GHzband

mmWave UserEquipment(UE)

mmWave BaseStation(eNB)

Fourselectablesub-arrays,eachaphased arraywith4controllableRFchannels

128antennaelements1 with16controllable RFchannels;designtosupportmultipleUEs

5GmmWave prototypesystemGUI Showcasingadaptivebeamformingandbeamtrackingtechniques UEintelligentlyselectsthe bestsub-arrayonwhichto receiveandtransmit Selectedsub-arrayuses beam-trackingandbeamsteeringtotrackthe associatedbeamfromeNB Demonstratesrobustmobile broadbandcommunications evenunderNLOSRFchannel conditionsandUEmobility

DemonstratingLOSandNLOScoverage Indiverselocationsandwithdevicemobility

NLOScoverage throughreflection

Indoormobilityand eNB handover

Outdoor mobility

Performingextensivechannelmeasurements&simulations  AcrossmmWave frequencies

 Acrossdeployment scenarios

From22GHzto67GHz, includingcomparisonswith 2.9GHz

Outdoor – bothhighandlowdensity; Indoor – e.g.venue,residential; Outdoor-to-Indoor

 Acrossdifferent materials

Differentfoliage/trees, variousconstruction materials,humans,etc.

Drivingsystemdesign/algorithm&3GPPcontributions

OutdoormmWave propagationmeasurements Channelresponsefrom omni-directionalantennas

Transmitter

KeymmWave observationsmade

(Examplemeasurement) •

7x10-5

LOS

      )       V       (       l     a     n     g       i       S       d     e     v       i     e     c     e       R

Direction

Receiver

2.9GHz

6 5 4

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3 2 1

Reflection

100

200

frommall

300

400

500

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Delay(ns) 7x10-5

Mall

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 Additionalreflectionsat mmWave bandprovide alternativepathswhenLOS isblocked

29GHz

6 5

MainPath

Reflectionfrom 115ns

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alightpole

4 3 2 1

100

200

300

Delay(ns)

400

500

 AlternativepathsinmmWave canhaveverylarge receivesignal SmallobjectsaffectmmWave propagationmorethan2.9 GHz1 (e.g.treebranches) mmWave NLOSpathloss exponentsacrossfrequencies notdramaticallydifferentthan 2.9GHz2

SphericalScanmeasurements IndoorOffice DiversityinAzimuth

Diversityinelevation Numerousresolvablepathsinelevation

Significantpathdiversityinazimuth →  Abilitytowithstandblockageevents

Outdoor Diffraction Foliageobstructeddiffractedpath→ Energyspreadacrosswideazimuth

Reflectionsfromtallbuildingsresultin wideelevationspread

Reflection

Measuringeffectofhandblockingandtheroleofdiversity NoHand

Phi

Bothcorner antennasare operating

Theta

WithHand

MakingmmWavearealityformobile Qualcommisdriving5GmmWave 60GHzchipsetcommercial todayformobiledevices

Developingrobust5GmmWave forextrememobilebroadband

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Qualcomm®VIVE™802.11adtechnology QualcommResearch28GHzend-to-endprototypesystem witha32-antennaarrayelement demonstratesbeamformingandscanningtoaddressNLOS scenarios,improveindoor/outdoorrange,andproviderobustmobility

Flexibledeploymentswith5GmmWave Integratedaccessandbackhaulsimplifiesdeploymentofsmallcells

mmWave backhaul

mmWave access

Fullyflexibleresourceallocationbetweenaccessandbackhaul

5GmmWave ispart ofaunified,more capable5GNew Radio(NR) Unifieddesignacrossallspectrumtypes/bands

Our5Gvision:aunifyingconnectivityfabric

Enhanced mobilebroadband

Mission-critical services

MassiveInternet ofThings

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Multi-Gbps datarates

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Uniformity

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Ultra-lowlatency

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Highavailability

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Lowcost

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Deepcoverage

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Extremecapacity

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Deepawareness

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Highreliability

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Strongsecurity

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Ultra-lowenergy

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Highdensity

Mobiledevices

Networking

 Automotive

Robotics

Health

Wearables

Smart cities

Smart homes

5GNR:Aunifiedairinterfaceforthenextdecade+ OFDMadaptedtoanextremevariationofrequirements

OptimizedOFDM-based waveforms Withscalablenumerologyand TTI,plusoptimizedmultiple accessfordifferentusecases

 Acommon,flexible framework Toefficientlymultiplexservices andfeatures — designedfor forwardcompatibility

 Advancedwireless technologies SuchasmassiveMIMO,robust mmWave andaflexibleselfcontainedTDDdesign

 Aunified5Gdesignforallspectrumtypes/bands  Addressingawiderangeofusecasesanddeploymentscenarios LicensedSpectrum

SharedLicensedSpectrum

UnlicensedSpectrum

Clearedspectrum

Complementarylicensing

Multipletechnologies

EXCLUSIVEUSE

SHAREDEXCLUSIVEUSE

SHAREDUSE

Below1GHz:longerrangeformassiveInternetofThings 1GHzto6GHz:widerbandwidthsforenhancedmobilebroadbandandmissioncritical  Above6GHz,e.g.mmWave:extremebandwidths,shorterrangeforextrememobilebroadband

Fromwideareamacrotolocalhotspotdeployments  Alsosupportdiversenetworktopologies(e.g.D2D,mesh)

Qualcomm,leadingtheworldto5G Driving5Gfromstandardizationtocommercialization

Designing5G,e.g.OFDM-basedunifiedairinterface Contributingto3GPP,e.g.massiveMIMOsimulations,newLDPCcodedesigns Deliveringadvancedprototypes,e.g.5GmmWave demoatMWC’16 Participatinginimpactfultrialsandpre-5Gactivitieswithmajoroperators

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

5Gstudyitems R155Gworkitems

R165Gworkitems

R17+5Gevolution

5Gcommerciallaunches

2022

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