Ericsson’s View on Evolution
from TD-LTE to 5G
Masanobu Fujioka
CTO, Ericsson Japan
Nov. 29, 2016

5G = Network for Networked Society
Massive MTC (mMTC)
SMART BUILDING

SMART
METER

LOGISTICS, TRACKING AND FLEETMANAGEMENT

SMART
AGRICULTURE

CAPILLARY NETWORKS

Critical MTC (cMTC)
TRAFFIC SAFETY &CONTROLINDUSTRIAL APPLICATION& CONTROLREMOTE
MANUFACTURING,
TRAINING, SURGERY

Enhanced Broadband (eMBB)LOW COST, LOW ENERGYSMALL DATA VOLUMESMASSIVE NUMBERS

Smartphones

ULTRA RELIABLE
VERY LOW LATENCY
Home, Enterprise, Venues, Mobile/Wireless/FixedVERY HIGH AVAILABILITY

Low Latency . High Capacity . High Speed
Non-SIMdevices

Seamless NW Evolution from 4G to 5G | Ericsson Confidential | 2016-11-10 | Page 2

4K/8K UHD, Broadcasting, VR/AR

MTC: Machine Type Communications

5G Radio = NR + LTE Evolution
Overall 5G solution
Evolution of LTE

Interworking

Backwards compatible

Gradualmigration

Existing spectrum

1 GHz

NR (New Radio)
New radio-accesstechnology

3 GHz

10 GHzNew spectrum

100 GHz30 GHzNRLTE

NRLTELTENR

First 5G NR RADIO
AIR 6468 (Antenna Integrated Radio)
AIR6468

5G NR
Radio
FIRST COMMERCIAL 5G NRMASSIVE MIMO RADIO› 64T / 64R active antenna system› LTE and 5G NR going forward› Supports 5G plug-ins: Massive MIMO and Multi-user MIMO
› Beamforming as part of Cloud RAN split baseband architecture› Works with today’s Ericsson Radio System Baseband› 5–6 times capacity compared to 8T / 8R configuration› First deployments mid 2017 for TD-LTE

Seamless NW Evolution from 4G to 5G | Ericsson Confidential | 2016-11-10 | Page 4

Ericsson 5G Plug-ins
Innovative SW applying 5G technical concept to 4G5g

Massive MIMO

Multi-user MIMORAN virtualizationLatency reduction
Intelligent connectivity

4GMobile
Broadband

IoT

VoLTE

PublicSafety

Seamless NW Evolution from 4G to 5G | Ericsson Confidential | 2016-11-10 | Page 5Indoor
Fixed
WirelessAccess

Existing
baseband HW
re-used withnew SW

Network Evolution towards 5G
Evolved EPC
S1
LTE⇔eEPC

Seamless

evolution
LTE⇔NGCN

NR⇔eEPC

NextGen Core NW
NewNR⇔NGCN

NR⇔NGCN
NR

NR

LTE
NR

LTE

LTE
NR/EPCLTE
NR/EPC
NR/NGCNOne network for Various use cases
FronthaulcMTC Separation of control and data
Efficient useof physical resources
Backhaul
MM PCRFE
eNB SGWPGWRadio-baseStation Site

AccesseMBB
Virtualization

Software Defined
Backhaul
Networking
VNF(SDN)eNB
SGW

Antenna
Location@mMTCRadio-baseStation Site

Fronthaul

VNF

Local
Switching

Management & Orchestration & Analytics & Exposure Primary
Aggregation

FronthaulAntenna
Location

OSS HSS

Aggregation

Aggregation

Distributed
Cloud

Network
Slicing

AccessAggregation

Primary

Distributed cloudBackhaul

Networkslicing
OSS HSS

Virtualization

Radio-baseStation Site

MME PCRF

Local
SwitchingeNB

Antenna
Location

OSS HSS

PDN
GW

SGW

Aggregation

Access

Flexible function allocation

Aggregation

LocalSwitching

MME PGW

PrimaryEricsson 5G Radio Testbed

Phase 1

Phase 2Phase 32014~2015~20162017+~• 400 MHz BW• 4 Stream MIMO
• 5+ Gbps Peak Rate
• Scalable OFDM

• 800MHz BW• Beam Forming/Tracking• Multi-User MIMO
• 10+ Gbps/user, 20+Gbps/site• End-to-End Trial
Network• From Factor for PreCommercial Trial

Global 5g momentum

27 Operator MoUs
12 Industry partners~20 Universities andResearch institutes

Technology Components Verified●Beam Tracking

28GHzTestbed
Antenna

Massive antenna●Beam forming●Multi-user MIMO

5G Field Trials

Cross-Industry 5G Trials