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A Platform Approach to 5GFrom Design – Prototyping – Test

Eric StarkloffEVP, National Instruments

The Race to 5G

40-Company Coalition Agrees To Accelerate 3GPP 5G NR Specs for 2019 Deployments Wireless week

Long-Term Track Record of Growth

7,500+ EMPLOYEES

50+ COUNTRIES

$1.23BILLIONIN 2015

OVER 18%INVESTMENT IN R&D

35,000+ CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE

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PLATFORM APPROACH

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NI SERVICES AND SUPPORT

NI MODULAR HARDWARE

PLATFORM APPROACH

Support 700+ Field Engineers700+ Support Engineers50+ Worldwide Offices

Open Connectivity10,000+ Instrument and Device Drivers1,000+ Sensor and Motor Drivers

Add-Ons400+ Software Add-Ons5M+ Tools Network Downloads

Community300,000+ Online Members

450+ User Groups9,000+ Code Examples

Partners1,000+ Alliance Partners

Industry-Leading Technology Partners

Academia8,000+ Classrooms Worldwide

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System-Level Test

Component-Level Test

Cyber Physical Test Hardware in the Loop

Device characterization Semiconductor ATE

A Unified Platform for Concurrent Design and Test

Shared IP

Shared IPSystem-Level

Prototyping

Component-Level Design

System Implementation

Requirements for 5G Prototype and Test

Design / PrototypeReal time processing

Tightly integrated I/O

Synchronization

Agile RF front ends

Scalability

TestReal time processing

Tightly integrated I/O

Synchronization

Agile RF front ends

Scalability

System Implementation

Shared IP

Shared IP

PXI Modular Hardware

NI’s Platform Approach to 5G Prototyping and Test

Vector Signal Transceiver (VST)

• 1GHz bandwidth and 9 kHz – 6.5 GHz • FPGA for real-time processing

mmWave Extensions

• External mmWave – 60GHz, 28GHz, …• Cabled and OTA RF ports

LabVIEW for host and FPGA signal

processing

RFmx Measurement Libraries

Unified Software Architecture (LabVIEW)

LabVIEWCommunications System Design

Application frameworksLTE, Wifi, …

Requirements for 5G Prototype and Test

Design / PrototypeReal time processing

Tightly integrated I/O

Synchronization

Agile RF front ends

Scalability

TestReal time processing

Tightly integrated I/O

Synchronization

Agile RF front ends

Scalability

System Implementation

Shared IP

Shared IP

Prototyping Key Technologies to Drive 5G Standards

Improve bandwidth utilization through

evolving PHY Level and flexible numerology

Multi Radio AccessTechnologies (RAT)

Utilize potential of extremely wide bandwidths at frequency ranges once

thought impractical for commercial wireless.

mmWave

Dramatically increased number of antenna elements

on base station enabling beamforming.

Massive MIMO

Consistent connectivity meeting the 1000x

traffic demand for 5G

Wireless Networks

Densification SDN

NFV CRAN

ReconfigurableInstruments

High Performance IO

USRP RIOSDR

USRPSDR

Massive MIMO Wireless NetworksMulti-RATmmWave

Prototyping Key Technologies to Drive 5G Standards

Unified Software Architecture

USRP RIOSDR

High Performance IO

USRPSDR

ReconfigurableInstruments

Massive MIMO Wireless NetworksMulti-RATmmWave

Prototyping Key Technologies to Drive 5G Standards

“In its demonstration, the team used a flexible prototyping platform from National Instruments built with LabVIEW system design software and PXI hardware.”

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University of Bristol Sets New World Record for Spectrum Efficiency – May 20163.51 GHz

128 antennas

256 QAM

145.6 bits/s/Hz for 22 users

”This joint venture between the University, British Telecom and Bristol City Council aims to make Bristol the first open programmable city in the world”

Full Duplex MIMO, LTE UE

Emulation

Samsung

Other Massive MIMO examples

CRAN-Massive MIMO

Intel

96-Antenna Massive

MIMO System

Facebook ARIES Testbed

128 antenna Massive MIMO

Bristol & Lund

3RD PARTY SOFTWARE

USRP RIOSDR

High Performance IO

USRPSDR

ReconfigurableInstruments

mmWaveMassive MIMO Wireless NetworksMulti-RAT

Prototyping Key Technologies to Drive 5G Standards

“It took about 1 calendar year, less than half the time it would have taken with other tools”

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NI and Nokia Demonstrate 14.5 Gbps 73 GHz

2 GHz bandwidth

2x2 MIMO

64 QAM

—Dr. Amitava Ghosh, Head of Broadband Wireless Innovation

Nokia mmWave Prototype Timeline Using NI’s Platform

Brooklyn 5G Summit 2014 NIWeek 2015 MWC 2016

Frequency 73 GHz 73 GHz 73 GHz

Bandwidth 1 GHz 2 GHz 2 GHz

Streams 1x1 2x2 2x2

Modulation 16 QAM 16 QAM 64 QAM

Peak rate 2.3 Gbps >10 Gbps >14.5 Gbps

3RD PARTY SOFTWARE

USRP RIOSDR

High Performance IO

USRPSDR

ReconfigurableInstruments

Multi-RATmmWaveMassive MIMO Wireless Networks

Prototyping Key Technologies to Drive 5G Standards

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Verizon and 5G NR – New Generation of Standards

28 GHz mmWave TRX Head with

horn antennaUE Interface with video streaming

64-antenna phased arrays

Vertical polarization

28 GHz mmWave TRX Head

2x2 BB/IFChassis

Horizontalpolarization

BeamsteeringInterface

• 2x2 MIMO, 8 CC, 100 MHz per carrier • 75 kHz sub carrier spacing, 64 QAM• Hybrid beamforming• > 5 Gbps scalable to 20 Gpbs

Requirements for 5G Prototype and Test

TestReal time processing

Tightly integrated I/O

Synchronization

Agile RF front ends

Scalability

Design / PrototypeReal time processing

Tightly integrated I/O

Synchronization

Agile RF front ends

Scalability

System Implementation

Shared IP

Shared IP

5G Test System Architectural Requirements

Add performance as future requirements emerge

Integrate non-RF I/O into same system to maintain small footprint

Modularity

Flexible mmWave head configurations for Multi-DUT, multi-frequency and beamforming test

Tight timing and synchronization for MIMO configurations

Frequency and Channel Agility

Accelerated measurements using real-time FPGA processors programmed with LabVIEW FPGA

Achieve demanding EVM requirements through more sophisticated calibration techniques

Software-defined Signal Processing

Key Open Issues for Test:• Over the air access• Test cost of millimeter wave and MIMO

Test Challenge – Complexity vs. CostIncreasing Complexity

WiGig Chipset ASP: Historical & Forecast32 Antenna Element Radio

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Lower Test Costs

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Number of CA Combinations per 3GPP Release (Order of

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The Old Method for High Frequency Test Continuous frequency coverage Separate Rx and Tx Aggregation of single-function boxes Fixed processing resources

Too Big

Too Expensive

Insufficient Performance

Analog IQ

Wideband IF

The Future of mmWave Test System ArchitecturesIntense Signal Processing• Accelerated measurements using real-time FPGA processors

programmed with LabVIEW FPGA

• Achieve demanding EVM requirements through more sophisticated calibration techniques

Modular Functionality• Add performance as future requirements emerge

• Integrate non-RF I/O into same system to maintain small footprint

• Tight timing and synchronization for MIMO configurations

• High throughput data movement using data buses like PCI Express (PXI)

Custom, mmWave Port Extension• Custom in-house designs deliver top-notch calibration and performance

• Flexible mmWave head configurations for Multi-DUT, multi-frequency and beamforming test

• Calibrated IF & mmWave interfaces

Example mmWave Test System ArchitectureModular approach allows designs to scale with new test configurations for 11adwider bandwidths for 11ay, and different frequencies for 5G test and automotive radar.

Baseband Receiver

ADC

FPGA Processing

Data

Modular mmWave

Tx/Rx head

IF Upconverter

IF Downconverter

Baseband Transmitter

DAC

FPGA Processing

IF

Data

PXI Baseband

PXI-based baseband options scale from 200MHz bandwidth to 2GHz bandwidth with

path to higher bandwidths.

PXI-based IF Up/Down Converter to interface with mmWave head or

also with DUT’s IF.

Flexible remote head configuration withsupport for 60GHz WiGig, 28GHz 5G,

70GHz vehicular radar, and others.

PXI IF Software Processing

World’s Most AdvancedChannel Sounder1x4, MIMO configuration7 x 64 permutations

Very fast measurement and switch timeWithin in the coherence time of the channel

Joint work between NI and AT&T

A Single Platform from Characterization to Production Enables Measurement Correlation

Characterization ProductionMeasurement Automation Software

Test and Measurement Hardware

Common Measurement Science

TXP

ACPSEM

EVM

A Unified Platform for Concurrent Design and Test

System-Level Test

Component-Level Test

Cyber Physical Test Hardware in the Loop

Device characterization Semiconductor ATE

Shared IP

Shared IPSystem-Level

Prototyping

Component-Level Design

System Implementation

Reduce time to market

Lower design and test costs

Iterate as technology evolves