“5G, Special Generation”

Professor Rahim Tafazolli

Director Institute for Communication Systems (ICS), 5GIC

Turning 5G into Reality

Huawei European Innovation Day

June 13 , 2017 . London, UK

LARGEST OPEN INNOVATION CENTRE ON 5G

5G INNOVATION CENTRE

University of Surrey, 5GIC

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MISSION

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ART OF POSSIBILITIES?

IMPACTFUL RESEARCH

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Spectrum 40MHz

(2.6,3.5 GHz, 26 GHz)

CLOUD

WIRELESS STANDARDS EVOLUTION – 5G

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1983 1991 2001 2011 2021 2031

5G

2041

4G – LTE/LTE-Advanced

3G – WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA +

2G – GSM/GPRS/EDGE

1G - TACS

Next generation Global standard around 2020

Research & Std

Research & Std

Research & Std

Research & Std

Timescale getting shorter between Research/Standardisation and Commercialisation

Systems tend to co-exist rather then replace previous generations

5G IS

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vision

NOT JUST MORE OF THE SAME

5G is

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Enabler of Connected Economy and Society

WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN PEOPLE AND DEVICES

FOR THE PEOPLE

5G is

COMMUNICATIONS & AUTOMATION

Connectivity + Intelligence (AI and Machine Learning)

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Transformative Wireless connectivity

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Data to information transformation Blurring boundaries between real and cyber worlds

Automation

5G INFRASTCUTURE

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ONE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE SERVING ALL INDUSTRY SECTORS

Energy & Electricity Food

Telecommunications & ICT

Water Transportation

Government services

Public health

Critical Infrastructures

Programmable

Resilient

Low delay, high reliability

1000x more capacity than 4G

One Million connections per km2

VR/AR/4K/8K Immersive Reality

COVERAGE AND CAPACITY

700MHZ COVERAGE

3.5 GHZ CAPACITY AND COST

26 GHZ, MILLIMETRE BAND ULTRA HIGH CAPACITY

PIONEER FREQUENCY BANDS

5GIC

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RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

SO FAR…

5GIC ADVANCES

• TRANSMISSION OF 4K ( ULTRA HIGH

DEFINITION) VIDEO ON A MOBILE NETWORK

• 1st in the world, Sep 2015

• In Cooperation with Huawei & BBC

• NOVEL TECHNIQUE OF FOR SUPPORT OF

MASSIVE CONNECTIVITY OF IOT DEVICES

• 1st in the world, Sep 2015

• Cooperation with Huawei

SOLUTIONS FOR HIGH CAPACITY

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10th Feb 2017, Demonstrated 172 b/s/Hz

1ST IN THE WORLD

Fully Programmable Network Architecture

END TO END NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALISATION

• IMPLEMENTED AND TESTED (SEP 2016)

NETWORK SLICING (OCT 2016)

• CREATE A NETWORK SLICE IN LESS THAN 2 MIN.

5GIC

2017-’18 PLAN

5GIC 2017-2018

10GBPS/CELL------------------------------------2017

SDN/NFV/AUTONOMIC ORCHESTRATOR------2017

END-TO-END 5G---------------------------------2018 Q1

5G Technology & applications Showcase

Thank You

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