5G roadmap to media

Per Fröjdh, PhD

Director of Media Standardization, Ericsson

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Mobile video traffic is forecast to grow 45 percent annually through 2023 to account for 73 percent of all mobile data traffic.

In 2023, 20 percent of mobile data traffic will be carried by 5G networks.

Ericsson Mobility Report (June 2018)

5G

Wireless Access GenerationsThe Road towards 5G

The foundation of

mobile telephony

The foundation of

mobile broadband

Mobile telephony

for everyone

The evolution of

mobile broadband

The Network Society

~1980 ~1990 ~2000 ~2010 ~2020

1GAMPS TACS

NMT

2GGSM D-AMPS

PDC IS-95

4GLTE

5G3GWCDMA/HSPA

cdma2000

NR (New Radio)

Network Slices

Distributed Cloud

Machine Intelligence

5G Time Plan

NSA SA

Rel-15 Rel-16

5G/NR Phase 1 5G/NR Phase 2

3GP

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Rel- 16 - December 2019Main focus:

Wireless and Wireline

Convergence

Ultra Reliable Low Latency

Communication

Rel-15 - June 2018Main focus:

NR: New 5G radio

5G Core: EPC and 5GC

Network Slicing

Support for edge computing

5G devices broadly available

Rel-17, ...

2017 2018 2019 2020

One Architecture – Multiple

Industries

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VNF VNF

Management & Orchestration & Analytics & Exposure

Virtualization Software Defined

Networking, SDN

Distributed Cloud Network Slicing

A common network platform

enabling ICT transformation

5G Radio Access

• Evolution of existing technology complemented with a new radio component

• Tight interworking to maximize benefits of operators spectrum assets

• Gradual migration of new technology into existing spectrum

LTE Evolution NR

Overall 5G solution

New spectrumExisting spectrum

10 GHz 100 GHz1 GHz 3 GHz 30 GHz

5GUSE CASES

Media in 5G

5G drives MediaMedia drives 5G

5G Key Aspects for Media

5GUSE CASES

Fixed Wireless AccessHybrid

VR/AR - Latency/Edge Computing Network Slicing

5G Re-Defining the media landscape

5GUSE CASES

10-100XEnd-user Data Rates

5XLower Latency

10-100XConnected Devices

>10yrBattery Life

1000XMobile Data Volumes

5G Re-Defining the Media Landscape

5GUSE CASES

Mobile Broadband ExpansionInfrastructure and capacity to meet

consumer demand

Enhanced Viewing UHD and AR/VR

Fixed Wireless Access Dedicated home solutions

with hybrid access

New Opportunities Infrastructure for Content Creation

Uplink for A/V Production

Media slices for in-venue solution

Virtual Reality is hereVideo Delivered to Headmounted Display

Viewport Independent- Deliver entire 360 video- Very High Bitrate or Low Quality

Viewport Dependent- Viewport in high quality, rest in low quality- Uplink and low latency 5G for VR!

CSI Magazine (5 Oct 2018)

Full 360 ImageViewport

12% - 14%

Workshop “Immersive Media meets 5G” 15-16 April 2019 by 3GPP, VR-IF and AIS

Augmented Reality

Industry application Image analysis (edge computation)

- Truly mobile (Wireless)- Device battery Cloud- Low latency- High bitrate

5G for AR!

Outside Broadcast e.g. sports venueRemove camera cables in temporary venues

OB truck

— Camera signals

— xMicrophones— intercom