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pCell  Technology:  Delivering  5G-­‐grade  Performance  to  4G  LTE  Devices  

 

IEEE  CommunicaAon  Theory  Workshop  May  16th,  2016    

Patents,  Patents  Pending  May  16,  2016   Page  1  

 Antonio  Forenza,  PhD  Co-­‐founder  &  CTO,  Artemis  Networks  

Outline  

•  Background  •  pCell:  how  it  works  •  SDR  wireless  plaTorm    •  Experimental  results  •  Conclusions  

May  16,  2016   Patents,  Patents  Pending   Page  2  

Forecast  of  Mobile  Data  Traffic  

May  16,  2016   Patents,  Patents  Pending   Page  3  

Global  Mobile  Data  Traffic  (Actual/Projected)  

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onth  

[Cisco’16]  “Cisco  visual  network  index:  global  mobile  data  traffic  forecast  update  2015-­‐2020”  February  2016  

CAGR  =  40-­‐70%  

SoluAons  to  Spectrum  Crunch  

May  16,  2016   Patents,  Patents  Pending   Page  4  

•  3  soluAons  [Qualcomm,  SKT,  Nokia]  •  More  cell  density  •  More  spectrum  •  More  spectral  efficiency  

“New   forecasts   show   much  more  spectrum  is  needed.”    “Operators  will  conAnue  to  deploy  new   cells,   including   small   cells,  and   will   conAnue   to   upgrade  networks   to   state-­‐of-­‐the-­‐art   4G  LTE   technology   to   take  advantage  of   improved   spectral   efficiency,  but  that  is  not  enough.”    [CTIA’15]  CTIA  report  to  FCC,  June  22,  2015    

Spectrum  

Cell  density  

Spectral  efficiency  

Current  performance  

Future  performance  

[3GPP]  K.  Mallinson,  “2020  vision  for  LTE”,  June  2012  

More  Cell  Density  

•  Small  cells  perform  poorly  •  Intercell  interference  [Andrews’15]  •  Handoff  overhead  [3GPP-­‐TR36.839]  

•  SoluAons  •  SON  and  ICIC  [AT&T’12][Mao’08]  •  CoMP  [3GPP-­‐TR36.819][ChinaMob’11]  

•  High  cost,  difficult  deployment  •  Zoning  permits  •  Backhaul    

Patents,  Patents  Pending  May  16,  2016   Page  5  

“AT&T has dropped plans to deploy 40,000 small cells on its network by the end of 2015” Fierce  Wireless,  March  2015  

[Andrews’15]  

[BS/Km3] 0

BS-­‐to-­‐BS  distance  of  50m  

More  Spectrum  

Patents,  Patents  Pending  May  16,  2016   Page  6  

•  NaAonal  Broadband  Plan  [FCC’10]    •  547  MHz  available  in  2010  for  mobile  broadband  •  Allocate  500  MHz  by  2020  

•  LTE-­‐U  [Forum’15][Qualcomm’15]  •  Operate  LTE  in  ISM  unlicensed  5GHz  band    •  Use  200  MHz  of  spectrum  (+300  MHz  for  future  use)  

•  Millimeter-­‐wave  [Rappaport’14]  •  Pros:  large  bandwidth  [Heath’16]  

•  BW=4GHz  @  28  and  38  GHz  •  BW=7GHz  @  60  GHz  

•  Cons:  pathloss,  body  absorpAon  (blocking)  •  Short-­‐range  links,  up  to  200m  •  ApplicaAons:  WiGig  fronthaul  [Facebook’16]  

[Qualcomm’15]  

[Facebook’16]  

More  Spectral  Efficiency  

•  Massive-­‐MIMO  •  Theory:  asymptoAcally  noise/interference-­‐free  links  [Marzeqa’10][Larsson’14]    •  Requires  upgrade  to  4G  LTE  standard,  proposed  for  Pre-­‐5G  [3GPP-­‐Rel.13]    •  PracAcal  only  at  mmWave,  complex  RF  design  •  Centralized  cellular  architecture    

•  Pilot  contaminaAon  •  CoordinaAon  between  cells  

•  4-­‐8x  mux  gain  with  64-­‐128  antennas              [ZTE’16][Intel’16]  

•  pCell  •  Theory:  [Caire’03][Viswanath’03][Yu’04][Foschini’06]    •  Compliant  with  standard  LTE  Rel.8  devices,  readily  deployable  •  Works  at  any  frequency  band,  simple  frequency-­‐agile  RRHs  (pWaves)  •  Distributed  architecture,  no  cells  •  16x  mux  gain  with  24  antennas,  can  scale  to  higher  orders  

Patents,  Patents  Pending  May  16,  2016   Page  7  

4  users,  SNR=10dB  

pCell  C-­‐RAN  

[Samsung’12]   [Larsson’14]  

Downlink  Spectral  Efficiency  5  MHz,  2-­‐antenna  LTE  devices  

pCell  Performance  Today  

May  16,  2016   Patents,  Patents  Pending   Page  8  

5  10  15  20  25  30  35  40  45  50  55  60  

Spectral  Efficien

cy  (b

ps/H

z)  

pCell  LTE  HSPA+  

[Rysavy’14] Rysavy Research/4G Americas, August 2014

1.2  bps/Hz  per  sector  

59.3  bps/Hz  per  area  ≥1  m2  

1.7  bps/Hz  per  sector  

Presented  results  

Outline  

•  Background  •  pCell:  how  it  works  •  SDR  wireless  plaTorm    •  Experimental  results  •  Conclusions  

May  16,  2016   Patents,  Patents  Pending   Page  9  

Cellular  vs.  pCell  Coverage  

Patents,  Patents  Pending  May  16,  2016   Page  10  

Base  StaAon  User  Equipment   Power  distribuAon  

Cellular  Coverage  

pCell  Coverage  

SINR  Performance  

May  16,  2016   Patents,  Patents  Pending   Page  11  

pCell  vs.  Cellular  

May  16,  2016   Page  12  

•  500mW  •  20MHz  TDD  •  Max  256-­‐QAM  

•  Benefits  of  pCell      •  High  spectral  efficiency  (spaAal  mulAplexing  gain)  •  Consistent  data  rate,  no  cell-­‐edge  (macro-­‐diversity)  •  No  inter-­‐cell  interference  •  No  handoff  overhead  •  No  near-­‐far  problem  •  PHY-­‐layer  security  •  Precise  locaAon  posiAoning  

Patents,  Patents  Pending  

SINR  Analysis  

•  System  and  channel  models:  N  transmiqers,  U  users        

•  Volume  of  coherent  signal  [Artemis’15]  

•  Radius  of  volume  of  coherent  signal  

Patents,  Patents  Pending  May  16,  2016   Page  13  

SINR  Results  

May  16,  2016   Page  14  

Centralized  transmiqers    (ULA  with  λ/2  spacing)  

Distributed  transmiqers  N  =  10,    U  =  8  

Patents,  Patents  Pending  

Volumes  of  Coherent  Signal  

Patents,  Patents  Pending  May  16,  2016   Page  15  

N  =  16,    U  =  10,    SINRo  =  5dB  

Outline  

•  Background  •  pCell:  how  it  works  •  SDR  wireless  plaTorm    •  Experimental  results  •  Conclusions  

May  16,  2016   Patents,  Patents  Pending   Page  16  

Hardware  Architecture  

Patents,  Patents  Pending  May  16,  2016   Page  17  

LTE  UEs  

Internet

pCell Data Center

Sowware  Architecture  

Patents,  Patents  Pending  May  16,  2016   Page  18  

Internet

pCell Processing

IP Routing

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B C

D

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pCell Data Center

Fronthaul

pCell antenna

LTE UE

pCell

eNB  

VRI  0  

eNB  

VRI  1  

eNB  

VRI  2  

eNB  

VRI  3  

eNB  

VRI  4  

eNB  

VRI  5  

eNB  

VRI  6  

eNB  

VRI  7  

TDD  LTE  Frame  

Patents,  Patents  Pending  May  16,  2016   Page  19  

SF #0 SF #1 SF #2 SF #3 SF #4 SF #5 SF #6 SF #7 SF #8 SF #9 SRS 1 SRS 2 SRS 1 SRS 2

1 msec

Outline  

•  Background  •  pCell:  how  it  works  •  SDR  wireless  plaTorm    •  Experimental  results  •  Conclusions  

May  16,  2016   Patents,  Patents  Pending   Page  20  

Indoor  Trials  

May  16,  2016   Patents,  Patents  Pending   Page  21  

16    iPhone  6  Pluses  in  1  Square  Meter  

May  16,  2016   Patents,  Patents  Pending   Page  22  

1m  x  1m  Plexiglass  table  

Measured  LTE  MAC-­‐level  SE  

May  16,  2016   Patents,  Patents  Pending   Page  23  

Uplink  (Uniform  Peak:  27.5  bps/Hz)  

18  meters  

Downlink  (Avg.  59.3,  Peak  59.8  bps/Hz)  

14  m

eters  

Outdoor  Trials  

Patents,  Patents  Pending  May  16,  2016   Page  24  

0.5  to  5W  PA  

Power  (if  Fiber)  

•  Roowops  in  downtown  SF  •  600  roowops  available  •  58  roowops  for  first  trial  •  About  500  pWaves  for  beta-­‐tesAng    

pWave  RRH  

Patents,  Patents  Pending   Page  25  

•  Wireless  synchronizaAon  •  600  to  6000  MHz  •  0.5  to  5W  EIRP  •  PoE+  or  Fiber  

May  16,  2016  

pWave  InstallaAons  

Patents,  Patents  Pending  May  16,  2016   Page  26  

Power  (if  Fiber)  

LTE  Antennas  

Fiber,  power  

pWaves  

Frequency-­‐agile  RRH  

Outline  

•  Background  •  pCell:  how  it  works  •  SDR  wireless  plaTorm    •  Experimental  results  •  Conclusions  

May  16,  2016   Patents,  Patents  Pending   Page  27  

Conclusions  

•  Higher  SE  is  the  pracAcal  soluAon  to  “spectrum  crunch”  

•  Distributed  antennas  enable  confined  volumes  with  peak  SINR  

•  Volumes  for  mulAple  users  yield  large  spaAal  mulAplexing  gain  

•  Large  mulAplexing  gain  with  a  deployable  SDR  wireless  plaTorm  

May  16,  2016   Patents,  Patents  Pending   Page  28  

References  

Patents,  Patents  Pending  May  16,  2016   Page  29  

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Patents,  Patents  Pending  May  16,  2016   Page  30  

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Thank  you  

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