5G Mobile Communications for 2020 and Beyond

Ji-Yun Seol, Director

Advanced Communications Lab.

DMC R&D Center, Samsung Electronics Corp.

Globecom 5G Workshop, Austin TX December 2014

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How ? will be different

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What is 5G ?

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Immersive Experience

Lifelike media everywhere

Ubiquitous Connectivity

An intelligent web of connected things

Everything on Cloud

Desktop-like experience on the go

Telepresence

Real-time remote control of machines

5G Service Vision

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Technical requirements for

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[1] Theoretical Peak Data Rate [2] Data Rate of First Commercial Products

Peak Data Rate > 50 Gbps

BS Location

‘10 ‘20

50 Gbps

1 Gbps

Year

Data Rate

75 Mbps[2]

6 Gbps[2]

1 Gbps[1]

50 Gbps[1]

More than x50 over 4G

1 Gbps Anywhere E2E Latency < 5 msec

Air Latency < 1 msec

50 ms

5 ms

E2E Latency

10 ms

1 ms

Air Latency

QoE

Cell Edge

QoE

BS Location

Uniform Experience

Superior User Experience

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Peak Data Rate

Cell Edge Data Rate

Cell Spectral Efficiency

Mobility

Cost Efficiency

Simultaneous Connection

Latency

Peak Rate 50 Gbps

Peak Rate 1 Gbps

4G frequencies

New higher frequencies

Frequency band

Technology for Above 6 GHz

Post-OFDM Advanced

MIMO & BF

Filter-Bank Multi-Carrier

FSK QAM

FQAM

Half -wavelength

BF : Beamforming

Peak Data Rate Increase

Spectral Efficiency & Cell Edge Enhancement

Cell Capacity Enhancement

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Enabling Technologies - RAN (1/2)

Disruptive RAN Technologies for Significant Performance Enhancements

Enhanced D2D

Advanced Small Cell

Interference Management

Capacity & Cell Edge Enhancement

Cell Edge Data Rate Enhancement

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Enhancing areal spectral efficiency

Interference alignment

Areal Spectral Efficiency Increase

Peak Data Rate

Cell Edge Data Rate

Cell Spectral Efficiency

Mobility

Cost Efficiency

Simultaneous Connection

Latency

D2D : Device-to-Device

No cell boundary

Increased density

Wireless backhaul

Enabling Technologies - RAN (2/2)

Disruptive RAN Technologies for Significant Performance Enhancements

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Flat Network Multi-RAT

Interworking Mobile SDN

Radio Capacity Enhancement

Energy & Cost Efficiency Increase

E2E Latency Reduction

4G eNB 5G

BS Wi-Fi

UE BS Switch

Central Controller

Peak Data Rate

Cell Edge Data Rate

Cell Spectral Efficiency

Mobility

Cost Efficiency

Simultaneous Connection

Latency

SDN : Software Defined Network

Internet

Core Network

UE

BS Server Server

Innovative Network Technologies for Enhanced User Experience and Cost Reduction

Enabling Technologies - Network

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What we have achieved?

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In-Building

□ Similar to Indoor Shopping-Mall

- Five-story Building

- Spacious Atrium Lobby

□ Total 35 Rx Locations

- Both for LoS and NLoS

- Tx-Rx Distance : 10m ~ 55m

Campus Urban

□ Suburban Environments

- KAIST Outdoor Campus

- Tx Height 15 meters

□ Total 25 Rx Locations

- Mainly for NLoS

- Tx-Rx Distance : ~ 270m

□ Urban Environments

- Daejeon City

- Tx Height 15 meters

□ 11 Rx Locations

- Mainly for NLoS

- Tx-Rx Distance : ~ 200m

Tx Tx

Three Types of Environments : In-Building, Campus, and Urban at 28GHz

Channel Measurements

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World’s First 5G mmWave Mobile Technology (May, 2013)

Adaptive array transceiver technology operating in mmWave frequency bands for outdoor cellular

mmWave Testbed - Overview

45 mm

42 m

m

5 mm

25 m

m

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Peak Data Rate 7.5Gbps

5G Mobility Test 1.2Gbps @110km/h

World’s First 5G Data Transmission at Highway Speeds (Oct, 2014)

Record-breaking 1.2Gbps data transmission at over 100km/h, and 7.5Gbps in stationary conditions using 28GHz spectrum

mmWave Testbed - Recent Updates

[1] “Samsung Electronics Sets 5G Speed Record at 7.5Gbps, Over 30 Times Faster Than 4G LTE”, Samsung Tomorrow, 15 Oct 2014. (http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/?p=43349)

Full-Dimension MIMO Higher Order MU-MIMO with 3D-Beamforming achieving 3-Fold Capacity Increase

Macro-Cell eNB Small-Cell eNB

50

cm

Innovative FD-MIMO Prototype

Indoor Test

Outdoor Test

30 cm

50 cm

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m

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16

Negligible Area

for Antennas

In Edges

16 Element Array

16 Element Array

< 0.2 mm

Measurement Results “Zero Area” Design

-90 -60 -30 0 30 60 90-30

-25

-20

-15

-10

-5

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Nor

mal

ized

Gai

n (d

Bi)

Angle (deg)

0°10°20°30°

45°60°75°

32 Elements Implemented on Mobile Device with “Zero Area” and 360o Coverage

Device Feasibility - Antenna Implementation for Devices

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60GHz Antenna and RFIC Based on IEEE 802.11ad 360 Coverage antenna and 16-chain beamforming CMOS RFIC (Tx/Rx EVM -25 dB)

mmWave Antenna/RFIC

60GHz RFIC

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②

Beamforming CMOS RFIC

Measured Low Phase Noise

60GHz Antenna

Dual-Pol. Antenna

End-Fire Antenna

Module size: 9.0 X 7.9 mm2

60GHz Module with Array Antenna

EVM -25 dB

16-chain Beamforming

Phase Noise -99 dBc/Hz

CMOS RFIC Tx/Rx EVM

Phase Noise

360 Coverage

Polarization Loss < 3 dB Embedded BB Embedded BB

Server Client

D2D Active Measurement System

Area for Ant.

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Global R&D Activities & Timelines

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Global R&D Activities Current Global 5G Research Initiatives and Samsung’s Active Engagements

5G Forum Executive Board Member

Member of Giga KOREA Project 5G PPP Association (Full Member) Project Leads

5GIC Founding Member

IMT-2020 Promotion Group

Member of Future Forum

Contributor to 863 Project

5GMF (5G Mobile Promotion Forum)

NYU Wireless Center (Board Member)

Issued NOI on the use of above 24 GHz for Mobile

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Standards in 3GPP, spectrum allocation in WRC-19, ITU approval in 2020

WRC : World Radiocommunications Conferences ITU-R : International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector

Expected 5G Timelines

5G Standards

2015 2014 2017 2016 2019 2018 2020

3GPP

WRC-19 WRC-15

Rel-13 Rel-14 Rel-15 Rel-16

Vision Evaluation Methodology

Requirement

Initial 5G Commercialization

WRC

ITU-R “IMT for 2020 and beyond ”

Proposal

Evaluation

Dvlp. Of Rec.

Dvlp. of Rec. : Development of Recommendation

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