3gpp standards evolution roadmap - interdigital

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IWPC Workshop:

Technologies to Evolve

Mobile Broadband Networks

and Performance

3GPP STANDARDS

EVOLUTION

ROADMAP

2 © 2013 InterDigital, Inc. All rights reserved.

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


InterDigital Snapshot – Invention, Collaboration,

Contribution

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wireless technologies that are at

the heart of mobile devices,

networks, & services worldwide. Vision

As a long time contributor to the

wireless industry, we have solved

many of the most critical mobile

challenges for 30+ years

Our technology is used in all 2G,

3G and LTE devices providing

support for new mobile broadband

& richer multimedia experience

We offer our technologies to the

market in IP blocks and full

product solutions and have been

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Technology

Standards

Solutions

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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


• 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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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)


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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Downlink Uplink

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


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


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


Thank You!

Christopher Cave Director, Innovation Labs InterDigital Communications Montreal , QC, Canada +1 514.904.6264 [email protected]

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