3GPP STANDARDS EVOLUTION ROADMAP - InterDigital
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IWPC Workshop:
Technologies to Evolve
Mobile Broadband Networks
and Performance
3GPP STANDARDS
EVOLUTION
ROADMAP
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Outline
About InterDigital
3GPP Standardization Timeline
LTE Overview
• Evolution from R8 to R11
• LTE Release 12+ Overview
•Description of R12+ Building Blocks
HSPA+ Overview
• Evolution from R7 to R11
•HSPA Release 12+ Overview
Beyond 3GPP R12
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3GPP Standardization Timeline
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Release 8
Release 9
Release 10
Release 11
Release 12
LTE is fastest developing mobile technology*
•443 operators investing in LTE (deployments and
trials)
•200 LTE networks commercially launched
•1800 MHz (band 3) is dominant (43% of networks)
Operators continuing to invest in HSPA+*
•315 HSPA+ networks in 137 countries.
•Continued deployment of 42 Mbps DC-
HSDPA throughout 2013 (134 networks
launched)
*Based on Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) Mobile Broadband Report – July 2013
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• OFDM Waveform (up to 20 MHz)
• 4x4 MIMO in DL
• New protocol and Network Architecture
• All IP Network
LTE Release 8
• Home eNB Mobility
• Enhanced Beamforming
• Self-Organizing Networks (SON)
LTE Release 9
• Expansion to 100 MHz (Carrier Aggregation)
• MIMO Enhancements (8X8 DL, 4x4 UL)
• Relays
• Interference Management
LTE Release 10
• Carrier Aggregation Enhancements
• Cooperative Multipoint (CoMP)
• Control Channel Enhancements (E-PDCCH)
• In-Device Coexistence and Interference Avoidance
LTE Release 11
LTE: Evolution from R8 to R11
Up to 3Gbps DL and 1.5Gbps UL in 100 MHz
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R8 R9 R10 R11
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bp
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Downlink Uplink
300 Mbps in 20 MHz
3 Gbps in 100 MHz
1.5 Gbps in 100 MHz
75 Mbps in 20 MHz
LTE (3.9G)
LTE-Advanced (4G)
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2 GHz
3.5 GHz
WiFi
LTE Release 12+ Overview
LTE R12+
Building Blocks
Additional LTE
R12+ Features
Introduction of 2D Antenna Arrays to enable 3D MIMO
Network-Assisted Interference Cancellation Dynamic TDD Traffic Adaptation Joint FDD-TDD Operation Coverage Enhancements New Carrier Design
M2M Enhancements focusing on device power consumption, small data transfers and support for low-cost devices
Small cell enhancements, including dual-connectivity to small cell and macro layers
D2D: Device Discovery and Direct Communication for commercial and/or public safety
WLAN interworking and integration to enable WiFi Offloading
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3D MIMO
UE-Specific Vertical Beam
Enhancing system performance with antennas having two-dimensional array structures
Adaptive control over both the elevation the azimuth dimensions
2~3 dB Increase in WSINR LTE Baseline
5~8 dB Increase in WSINR
Greater System-Level Gains Expected from Spatial Reuse
• 3GPP Release 12+ 3D MIMO • UE-specific vertical beamforming • Seen as multiple antennas by UE • Tailored vertical beam can be used
for each UE based on UE feedback • CSI feedback from UE for vertical
antennas is needed (preferred vertical beam)
Active Vertical Beam Fixed Vertical Beam
• 3GPP Releases 11-12 •Active antennas (adaptive downtilt) • Single antenna from UE point-of-
view •Vertical beam gain can be
maximized for specific location(s) within a cell (vertical sectors), but not for a UE
• 3GPP Releases 8-9-10 • Passive antennas (fixed downtilt) • Single antenna from UE point-of-
view • Vertical beam gain can only be
maximized for a fixed location within a cell
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Small Cell Enhancements
Coping with increasing traffic demands and exploiting higher frequencies using LTE small cells
3.5 GHz
2 GHz
40% increase in mean user throughput with Dual Connectivity
Potential R12+ Building Blocks
•Dual Cell Connectivity Multiple layers of radio coverage to improve connectivity and throughput
•Small Cell Detection Enhancements •Spectrum Efficiency Enhancement Techniques(e.g. 256QAM) • Interference Avoidance and Coordination
R12+ Deployment Scenarios
•Small cells deployed in clusters of 4 to10 cells with 1 to 2 clusters per Macro cell •Small cell range ~ 50m • Indoor and outdoor •Non-ideal backhaul between macro and small cell clusters
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Direct Device Discovery and Communication
New 3GPP LTE Functionality Within Network
Coverage Outside Network
Coverage
Device Discovery Identifies that a UE is in proximity of another using LTE
Commercial PS
PS Only
Device Communication
Communication path established between multiple UEs in proximity
PS (higher priority) Commercial
PS Only
New services provided by 3GPP LTE based on UEs being in proximity of each other
Use Cases
Public Safety
Public Safety Commercial
•Multiple Public Safety bodies have committed to LTE for future PS services (e.g. TCCA,NPTSC) •Benefit from scale of 3GPP market
•Proximity-based applications and services are an emerging social-technological trend
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Potential R12+ Building Blocks
WiFi Offloading
• Integration of WLAN within 3GPP Radio Resource Management to enable 3GPP operator control for WLAN interworking •Enhancements to access network mobility and selection considering radio link quality per UE, backhaul quality, load, etc. for both cellular and WLAN accesses
Efficient bi-directional load balancing between 3GPP LTE and WLAN
WLAN
3GPP
Efficient resource utilization of
operator-controlled WLAN deployments
and improved user experience
•Offload UEs to under-utilized WLAN networks •Maintain/offload UEs on/to 3GPP network when WLAN networks are overloaded •Optimize WLAN network scanning to avoid UE battery draining
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Machine Type Communications Enhancements
Positioning LTE as an efficient and cost effective technology for service to MTC UEs
Low-Cost UE for
MTC Operation
Small Data &
Device Triggering
Enhancements
UE Power
Consumption
Optimizations
• Single Rx Antenna •Reduced downlink channel
bandwidth for data channel • Coverage improvement for delay
tolerant MTC UEs (up to 15 dB)
• Signaling/connection management optimizations
• Efficient handling of small data transfers
• Enabling very low power consumption for infrequently transmitting/receiving devices
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HSPA+: Evolution from R7 to R11
Up to 336 Mbps DL in 40 MHz and
34 Mbps UL in 10 MHz
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HSPA (3.5G)
HSPA+ (3.75G)
14 Mbps DL 5.7 Mbps UL
in 5 MHz
168 Mbps in 20 MHz
42 Mbps in 10 MHz
22 Mbps in 10 MHz
336 Mbps in 20 or 40 MHz
34 Mbps in 5 MHz
84 Mbps in 10 MHz
• 2x2 MIMO in DL
• 64QAM in DL and 16 QAM in UL
• Continuous Packet Connectivity (DTX, DRX)
• HS-DSCH in CELL_FACH
HSPA+ Release 7
• Expansion to 10 MHz in DL (DC-HSDPA)
• E-DCH and DRX in CELL_FACH
HSPA+ R8
• Expansion to 10 MHz in UL (DC-HSUPA)
• Support for MIMO in 10 MHz DL
• Home Node B Mobility
HSPA+ R9
• Expansion to 20 MHz in DL (4C-HSDPA)
HSPA+ R10
• 4x4 MIMO in DL
• Expansion to 40 MHz in DL (8C-HSDPA)
• Multipoint HSDPA
• 2x2 MIMO and 64 QAM in UL
HSPA+ Release 11
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HSPA Release 12+ Overview
•Enabling deployment of small cells for HSPA through interference coordination between co-channel macro and small cells as well as mobility enhancements
HSPA Heterogeneous Networks
•Enabling support for scalable bandwidths in scenarios where available contiguous spectrum is less than 5 MHz (e.g. re-farming of GSM spectrum)
Scalable UMTS FDD Bandwidth
• Improvements to uplink capacity, coverage and end user performance (e.g. new carrier design, rate adaptation, UL load balancing, coverage enhancements, UL data compression...)
HSUPA Enhancements
• Increasing voice capacity through efficiency enhancements for DCH (e.g. pilot channel design, frame structure and power control improvements)
DCH Enhancements
• Joint HSPA/LTE enhancements to enable WLAN-3GPP interworking (see previous slides)
WLAN/3G Radio Interworking
• Joint HSPA/LTE enhancements to enable Machine-Type Communication (see previous slides)
Machine-Type Communications
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Potential Enabling
Technologies
What Can We Expect Beyond 3GPP Release 12?
Requirements for
3GPP Evolution Market Drivers
Explosion of
Mobile Data Traffic
Enhanced Quality
of Experience
New Revenue
Streams for 3GPP
Operators
Reduced 3GPP
Network Costs
•Higher System Capacity • Improved Spectral Efficiency •More bandwidth
• Low latency • Seamless mobility across
layers/RATs •High end user throughput
•New services to traditional end users
•New Services to new customers (e.g. service providers) and new markets
• Ease of deployment and management
• Low energy consumption
• Exploiting New spectrum (e.g. Spectrum Sharing, mmWave)
• PHY enhancements (e.g. Massive MIMO, Full-Duplex Radio, non-orthogonal access)
•Always-On Connectivity •Multi-Layer access and/or multi-
RAT integration
•RAN as a service • Local Data Services •More MTC (e.g. Vehicular/
Intelligent Transport Systems)
•RAN and Network Virtualization, cloud RAN
• SON for dense cell deployments
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Thank You!
Christopher Cave Director, Innovation Labs InterDigital Communications Montreal , QC, Canada +1 514.904.6264 [email protected]
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