SCF's Vision for the 5G Era

Small Cell Forum

David Orloff, Chair

SCF’s vision for the 5G Era

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EnterpriseHyperdense


• 2015–17 Enterprise small cell deployments up 98%

• 2015–25 Enterprise small cell deployments up 1600%

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Delivering fit-for-purpose smart buildings

• SCF and TIA partnering to develop definitions, classifications, specifications, standards and other documentation to support best practice for smart building developments


• 2015–25new non-residential small cell deployments will grow at a compound annual rate of 36%

• 2025Global deployments 22 times higher than in 2015*

*Stats: Nov 2017 Rethink survey of 50+ global operators

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Densification is already happening


• By 2020, 40% of operators expect to deploy between 100 and 350 small cells per square kilometer in the areas they densify

• In the first 2-3 years of deploying 5G New Radio, 58% expect to focus primarily on small cells: • 37% to densify the network

for enhanced mobile broadband

• 21% to enable new use cases.

SCF194: New operator survey

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Most common targeted areas for densification of 100 cells or more per square kilometer:

• transport hubs (56% said this was a top three priority for dense small cells);

• business parks and campuses (50%);• urban downtown areas (46%);• corporate offices (44%).

SCF194: New operator survey


19% operators want to start at-scale deployment within one year. But this requires:

• Lower total cost of ownership• Multivendor interoperability• Ease of deployment• Good macro network

interworking • New sources of affordable fiber

for backhaul and fronthaul• Easier access to sites

Top requirements to speed densification

§ Data should be abundant and affordable – ‘Hyperdense is a must’§ Costs must be reduced to be comparable to the WiFi model – opex much

more significant than capex§ Telco must accelerate to the speed and agility of web-scale IT – adopting

a Dev-Ops mindset§ Mobile network assets need to be leveraged to deliver peerless customer

experiences§ Automation must be unified end-to-end to support business goals and

customer experience§ A true multi-RAN HetNet comprising 3GPP & Non-3GPP, licensed &

unlicensed and xHaul, requires a unified platform that is fully harmonized

§ Smooth migration from 4G to 5G requires flexible architecture and virtualization

Densification Summit requirements


SCF’s role – balance local and global

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Globalize

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SCF201: Collaborating to avoid fragmentation

Spectrum Connectivity Sites and infrastructure Fiber Smart city apps


§ Work programme

Moving requirements into SCF workstreams


Edge Cloud & Network Slicing

mmWave, mMIMOFull Duplex

Artificial Intelligence

Energy Efficiency

Simple Deployment

NFV & Software Control

User Devices

Multi-Gigabitxhaul

LTE/NRWi-Fi/802.11ax

Big DataAnalytics

Small Cells V-RAN/C-RAN/Split-RAN

Edge Computing & Services Wireless Prerequisites

Algorithms

Virtualization Foundations

Virtualized Network Architectures

Wireless Access Technologies

A migration path to the 5G future

Today 5G

4G densification underway18 million small cells

High capacity100% coverageUltra reliableLow latency40 million small cells

Engage vertical markets

Alternative ownershipand operations models

Scalable repeatabledeployment process

Open and interoperable standards for the new interfaces

NFV and SDNSCF’s Path to 5GDrive small cell technology Open and interoperable standardsEngaging enterprise verticalsEstablishing new ownership modelsScalable repeatable deploymentAlign industry on sequence of investments

79% of MNOs plan a dense HetNet by 2020

Of those, 30% have already planned migration to 5G



18 documents, including:

• SCF110 Release overview• SCF194 Operator densification

survey• SCF197 mmWave 5G use cases• SCF200 SCF 5G vision• SCF203 5G OPS• SCF204 5G biz models• SCF206 Health case biz case

Release 10 published today @ http://scf.io

Small Cell Forum

David Orloff, Chair

Visit http://scf.io forRelease 10 documents

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SCF's Vision for the 5G Era