5G Standards Developments in

3GPP Release 16 and Beyond

Iain Sharp, ATIS (Moderator)

Greg Schumacher, T-Mobile USA
Puneet Jain, Intel
Wanshi Chen, Qualcomm

September 24, 2020

Agenda
Iain Sharp
Opening/Overview Principal Technologist
ATIS

Greg Schumacher
Services Global Standards
T-Mobile USA
3GPP SA and SA1 Vice Chairman

Puneet Jain
Systems Architecture and Principal Engineer and Director of Technical Standards
Core Networks Intel Corporation
3GPP SA2 Chairman

Wanshi Chen
Radio Access Network Senior Director, Technology
Qualcomm
3GPP RAN1 Chairman

Long Term Outlook

Q&A: Please submit questions via chat during the webinar
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ATIS and 3GPP
Service Providers
• ATIS is a founder of, and the North American
Organizational Partner (OP) for, the 3rd Generation Professional
Partnership Project (3GPP) Services Vendors

– Recognizing the value of globally aligned mobile

standards that meet regional needs
• Broad ecosystem of members addressing the
information and communications (ICT) industry’s top
challenges
• History of advancing cooperative solutions between
industry and government
Subsystems Content
• Supports members in incorporating regional Providers
requirements and technology proposals in 3GPP
specifications
Application Government &
Providers Public Safety

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Managing 3GPP’s Work During Covid-19

• Since May 2020, 3GPP replaced all face-to-face meetings with online
working
– Expected to continue in to 2021

• Productivity is better than many people expected, but not as good

as face-to-face meetings
– Corridors and bars are very effective locations for technical discussions!

• We are still improving the tools and working methods.

– Some degree of online work will likely outlast the current crisis

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 Delivering
on the 5G vision
$13.2 Trillion in global economic value by 2035*

* The 5G Economy, an independent study from IHS Markit, Penn Schoen Berland and Berkeley Research Group, commissioned by Qualcomm
Slide source: Qualcomm
Slide source: Qualcomm
 Slide source: Qualcomm
Driving 5G Technology Evolution
Continue expansion to new verticals,
deployments, use cases, spectrum
Delivering
on the 5G vision Rel-18+ evolution
Future-proof
platform Rel-171

Rel-161
Plan from Dec 2019
Rel-15 Frozen July 2020

NR Rel-15 commercialization Commercialization of Rel-16, 17, and future releases

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023+

Rel-15 eMBB focus Rel-16 industry expansion Rel-17+ long-term expansion

• 5G NR foundation • eURLLC and TSN for IIoT • 5G V2X sidelink multicast • Lower complexity NR-Light
• Smartphones, FWA, PC • NR in unlicensed (NR-U) • In-band eMTC/NB-IoT • Boundless extended reality (XR)
• Expanding to venues, enterprises • Positioning • Higher precision positioning and more…

1 3GPP start date indicates approval of study package (study item → work item → specifications), previous release continues beyond start of next release with functional freezes and ASN.1
Services

Greg Schumacher
Global Standards

September 24, 2020

 3GPP SA 1
SMARTER (5G Services)
- Initial effort
Release 14 & 15

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SMARTER Study – Release 14

• Started in 2015
• Based on 5G whitepapers
and company
contributions
• Consolidated into 74 use
cases with potential
requirements

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SMARTER Study – Release 14

• Conclusions and
recommendations
– Organized into 4 areas
– Massive IOT
– Critical Communications
– Enhanced Mobile
Broadband
– Network Operations

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Initial 5G Services - Summary

• Massive IOT
– Supporting larger numbers of IOT devices ranging from simple to complex communication
– Non-time critical communication such as smart wearables

• Critical Communications (commercial and public safety)

– Factory and process automation/VR/AR/Mission Critical
– Range from higher reliability, availability and lower latency to ultra high reliability, availability and ultra low latency

• Enhanced Mobile Broadband

– Larger range of data rates
– Larger density ranges (very sparse to very dense)
– Increased coverage in challenging environments such as indoors
– Higher user mobility speeds

• Network Operations
– Increased flexibility such as slicing for serving market segments and verticals
– Increased scalability
– Support for an increased variety of mobility scenarios
– Self back hauling
– Increased access options such as by satellite

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5G Services – Release 15

• 5G phase 1 – normative specification of 5G service

requirements
• Incorporated into TS 22.261
• Following releases enhance and extend 5G services as
additional services and verticals are identified

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3GPP SA 1 5G Services
- Enhancement
Release 16 - Today

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3GPP SA 1 Service Development Approach

• Identify a feature, capability or vertical segment for 5G support

• Collect illustrative use cases along with proposed service requirements and KPIs
• Consolidate proposed service requirements and KPIs and categorize by support/not
supported by current 5G specifications
• Based on the study, add the normative service requirements and KPIs not supported by
current 5G specifications to new or existing normative stage 1 specifications

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5G Services – Release 16

• Additional verticals
– Vertical industries using cyber-physical control (real-time) – such as industrial processes and factories
– Railways
– Maritime communication
– Extending business role models supported by slicing and non-public networks
– Satellite access
– Non-public networks - dedicated networks such as used by factories, enterprise campus, building automation
• Additional service capabilities
– Enhanced messaging to support 5G IOT
– V2X enhancements in 5G
– Precise location services for factory and industrial processes
– Support user centric identifiers and authentication
– VR (KPIs)

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5G Services – Release 17

• Release 17 features were prioritized, stage 1 work is complete, stage 2 & 3 is under
development. Further feature reduction is possible but not currently planned
• Additional verticals
– AV production such as sports events
– Asset tracking such as warehouse or container port
– Critical medical applications
• Additional service capabilities
– Network controlled interactive services

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5G Services – Release 18

• Stage 1 on Release 18 just started, if more projects are agreed, SA 1 will undertake
prioritization and this list may change
• Additional verticals
– Access to localized services such as in arena sport event broadcasts
– Timing and synchronization as a service
– Smart power grid
• Additional service capabilities
– Vehicle mounted relays
– AI/ML model transfer and distribution
– Personal IOT networks (home IOT/wearables)

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Further Reading

• High level summary of the major changes and additions in a 3GPP release
– 3GPP TR 21.915 Release 15 Description; Summary of Rel-15 Work Items
– 3GPP TR 21.916 Release 16 Description; Summary of Rel-16 Work Items
– Newer release summaries will be made available around the time of release completion

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System Architecture and
Core Network

Puneet Jain
Principal Engineer and Director of Technical Standards
3GPP SA WG2 Chairman

September 24, 2020

Rel-16 Focus Areas

• The Rel-16 work can be informally grouped into several

“focus areas”: Wireless-
Wireline
• 5G System (5GS) enablers for new verticals e.g. convergence

• Cellular Internet of Things (CIoT)

• Industrial IoT, including 5G LAN Type service, Time Sensitive
Networking (TSN), Non-Public Networks (NPNs), and Ultra
Reliable and Low Latency Communication (URLLC)
• Vehicle-to-Anything (V2X) communication
Rel-16 Other
Enablers for
new Verticals Focus enhancements
• Wireless Wireline Convergence (5WWC), including support for to 5GS
Access Traffic Steering, Switching and Splitting (ATSSS)
Areas

• Other 5GS enhancements e.g. enhancements for Network

Analytics (eNA), optimized UE radio capability signaling (RACS),
enhanced Network Slicing (eNS), enhanced Service Based
Architecture (eSBA), Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (5G-SRVCC),
enhanced Location Services (eLCS) Stabilizing Rel-
15 5G system
• Stabilizing the Rel-15 5G System specifications

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Cellular IoT Support and Evolution for the 5G System

• Control Plane CIoT 5GS Optimisation • Enhancements for the Mobile Initiated
• User Plane CIoT 5GS Optimisation Connection Only (MICO) mode

• Early Data Transmission (EDT) • High Latency Communication

• Support for Monitoring Events
• Preferred and Supported Network Behaviour
• The Non-IP Data Delivery (NIDD) • Enhanced Coverage

• Reliable Data Service (RDS) • Serving PLMN rate control

• Small Data Rate Control
• Extended Discontinuous Reception (DRX) for
CM-IDLE and CM-CONNECTED with RRC- • Congestion control
INACTIVE • Service Gap Control
• Inter-UE QoS for NB-IoT

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5G LAN-Type Service

• 5G LAN-type service provides services with

similar functionalities to Local Area Networks
(LANs) and VPN’s but improved with 5G
capabilities (e.g., high performance, long distance
access, mobility and security).

• The 5G LAN type service enables management

of 5G Virtual Network (VN) Group
identification, membership and group data.
UE 1 (R)AN N3 I-UPF N9
• 5GS supports optimized routing by enabling PSA UPF
(local
support for local switching at the UPF without switch)
N9
having to traverse the data network for UE-UE UE 2 (R)AN N3 I-UPF
N19
communication when the two UE(s) are served by
the same User Plane Function. UE 3 (R)AN N3 I-UPF N9 PSA

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Support for Time-Sensitive Communication

• Support of the fully centralized IEEE TSN

configuration model (IEEE 802.1Qcc)
 The 5GS architecture for TSN support is largely over-
the-top because the TSN-related functionality is
primarily confined to TSN Translator (TT) functions at
the 5GS ingress points (AF, UPF, UE).
• IEEE 802.1AS-based time synchronization
 Rel-16 supports only “downlink synchronization” i.e.
scenarios with TSN GM clock residing on the network
side.
• QoS support for TSN traffic
 5GS supports Time-aware scheduling (IEEE 802.1Qbv)
and PFSP (Per Stream Filtering and Policing)
capabilities (IEEE 802.1Qci).

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Support for Non-Public Networks

• A Non-Public Network (NPN) enables deployment of 5G

System for private use. An NPN may be deployed as:
– a Stand-alone Non-Public Network (SNPN): operated by an
NPN operator and not relying on network functions provided by a
PLMN, or
– a Public Network Integrated NPN (PNI-NPN): a non-public
network deployed with the support of a PLMN.
• An SNPN is identified by a combination of PLMN ID and NID
(Network identifier).
• SNPN RAN broadcasts PLMN ID and NID in the System
Broadcast enabling network (re-)selection, overload control,
access control and barring.
• PNI-NPNs are NPNs made available via PLMNs e.g. by means
of dedicated DNNs, or by one (or more) Network Slice
instances allocated for the NPN. Closed Access Groups (CAG)
may optionally be used to apply access control.

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 Enhancement of Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication

• Enhancements of session continuity

– PSA relocation for Ethernet PDU Session.
– Enhancements for ULCL relocation
– Enhancements to AF-influenced traffic routing mechanism
• QoS Monitoring
• High reliability by redundant transmission in user
plane
– Dual-connectivity-based end-to-end redundant user plane paths
– Support of redundant transmission on N3/N9 interfaces
– Support of redundant transmission at transport layer

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Enablers for Network Automation for 5G

• Network Data Analytics Function

(NWDAF) was defined to provides analytics
to 5GC Network Functions (NFs), and OAM.
• The NWDAF supports of following services
in Rel-16:
– Slice load level related network data analytics
– Observed Service experience related network data
analytics
– NF load analytics
– Network Performance analytics
– UE related analytics
– User Data Congestion analytics
– QoS Sustainability analytics

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 Wireless and Wireline Convergence for 5G System

• Support for Trusted Non-3GPP Access Network (TNAN).

• Residential Gateway (5G capable and legacy RG) capable of connecting
via wireline access networks defined by BBF to the 5GC.
• Residential Gateway capable of connecting via NG RAN to the 5GC.
• Residential Gateway capable of connecting simultaneously via both 5G
RAN and wireline access to 5GC.
• 5GC capable UE and UE not supporting NAS behind Residential Gateway
capable of connecting via wireline access network or NG RAN to the 5GC.
• IPTV service defined by BBF for Residential Gateway connected to
Wireline Access Network and to NG RAN.

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Access Traffic Steering, Switch and Splitting Support

• Support for Multi-access PDU Session Non MPTCP flows

(e.g. UDP, TCP,
MPTCP flows
(TCP flows from apps
Ethernet flows) allowed to use MPTCP)

• Support for Two ATSSS steering

functionalities : High-Layer MPTCP
functionality
– MPTCP functionality, for TCP traffic, with MPTCP Subflow Subflow
bound to
bound to
proxy in UPF, by using the MPTCP protocol over the IP@1 IP@2

3GPP and/or the non-3GPP user plane; and

ATSSS Rules
Middle-Layer
(e.g IP stack)
– ATSSS-LL functionality for all types of traffic,
including TCP traffic, UDP traffic, Ethernet traffic,
IP@3
etc. ATSSS-LL functionality is mandatory for MA IP@1 IP@2

PDU Session of type Ethernet. Low-Layer ATSSS-LL

functionality

• Support of Performance Measurement

Function (PMF)
Non-3GPP access 3GPP access

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Enabling 5G Vertical Application and Network APIs

• Middleware between the vertical

Edge
applications and the underlying Vertical
Vertical application server(s)
infrastructure application
client(s)
(e.g. V2X, UAS, FF, 5GMSG)

• Common API Framework (CAPIF) –

CAPIF APIs
Northbound APIs

Vertical application enabler layer(s)

unified 3GPP northbound API Framework

3GPP Services

CAPIF compliant entities and interfaces

(e.g. VAE layer for V2XAPP, UASAPP, FFAPP, 5GMSG)

SEAL APIs
CAPIF
• Service Enabler Architecture Layer SEAL
(e.g. Group, Location, Configuration, Identity, Key,
(SEAL) – offers common application Network resource - Management)

enabling layer for verticals e.g. V2X Edge

Enabler
Edge
Enabler
Client Server
• EDGEAPP – Architecture for enabling
Northbound APIs
Edge applications
3GPP system (Core network)
UE

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5G System Evolution in Rel-17

Release 15 Release 16 Release 17

Basic features for eMBB Support for URLLC, mIoT/IIoT More Vertical use cases
• Service Based Architecture • Support for Cellular IoT • Support for Multi-USIM devices
• End to End Network slicing • Support for 5G LAN, Non-Public • Support for Unmanned Aerial System
• Enhanced QoS Networks (NPN) and IEEE Time (UAS)
• Network Capability Exposure to 3rd party Sensitive Networks (TSN) • 5G D2D/Proximity services
application service providers • URLLC Enhancements • 5G Multicast-Broadcast services
• Session and Service Continuity (SSC) • Network Automation/Data Analytics • Support for Satellite systems
modes • Wireless and Wireline convergence • Interactive cloud services support
• Location Services support (including support for trusted non-3GPP • Support for Edge Computing
• Emergency and IMS Services support access network) • Enhancements for Non-Public Networks
• Support for untrusted non-3GPP access • Access Traffic Steering, Switching, and (NPN)
(aka untrusted WiFi integration) Splitting • Time Sensitive Communication (TSC)
• Advanced V2X services enhancements
• UE capability signaling optimizations • Access Traffic Steering, Switching, and
• Enhanced Location Services Splitting Phase-2
• Single radio voice call continuity from • Further enhancement for Network
5GS to 3G Automation, 5G Location services.

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Radio Access Network

Wanshi Chen
Senior Director, Technology
3GPP RAN1 Chairman
Senior Director, Technology
3GPP RAN1 Chairman

September 24, 2020

Building on the Technology Foundation for the 5G Expansion
High-precision positioning Mission-critical design
Accurate indoor and Ultra-high reliability of
outdoor positioning up to 99.9999%

Unlicensed spectrum New deployment models

Improved capacity and New deployments
new use cases e.g., IIoT and enterprise

Expanded
Advanced power
saving and mobility
5G foundation
Sidelink
Better device performance in Release 16 Advanced safety use cases
and coverage

5G NR Release 15 technology foundation

Flexible slot-based Scalable Advanced Massive Mobile

framework numerology channel coding MIMO mmWave
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Driving
foundational
enhancements
3GPP Release 16

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Enhancing 5G NR massive MIMO performance
Enhanced multi-user MIMO
Reducing overhead and supporting Rank 4 MIMO, finer
quantization and PMI2 granularity by improving Type II CSI3

Multi-transmission/reception points
Improving reliability by allowing device to transmit and
receive4 data to/from multiple base stations

Better multi-beam management

Supporting secondary cell beam failure recovery,
interference-aware beam selection, overhead reduction

Improved power efficiency

Reducing PAPR (peak-to-average ratio) with improved
uplink and downlink reference signal5
Release 16 MIMO Enhancements1
Improving performance, efficiency, reliability Extended uplink coverage
Achieving full-power uplink for all MIMO capable devices6

1 Also includes LTE MIMO enhancements, such as improved SRS capacity and coverage; 2 Precoding Matrix Indicator; 3 Channel State Information, similar overhead yields 15% improvement in CSI performance compared to R15
Type II CSI design; 4 Supporting SDM, FDM, and TDM transmissions with single or multi DCI (DL control information); 5 OFDM for PDSCH & PUSCH and DFT-S for PUSCH & PUCCH; 6 For single layer MIMO, for low-complexity
MIMO non-/partially coherent devices 35
 Further enhancing device power efficiency

Wakeup signal (WUS) Low power mode groups

A low-power control channel to indicate activity Carriers can be configured with different DRX duration
or lack thereof in the corresponding DRX1 period (e.g., shorter active time for mmWave vs. sub-7 GHz)

Enhanced cross-slot scheduling Device-assisted power saving

Such as introducing explicit minimum scheduling offset Devices can request preferred power saving
parameter and better support for BWP2 switching Rel-16 new power parameters (e.g., DRX, # of carriers, max bandwidth)

saving techniques
Also standardized power model
and evaluation methodology
Adaptive MIMO layer reduction Relaxed radio resource management
Supporting turning off transmit/receive chains In idle or inactive mode, device can relax measurements
(e.g., from 4 to 2) to save power if it has low mobility or is not at the cell edge

Low-power carrier aggregation control

Efficient activation and deactivation of secondary cell is
controlled by the primary cell

1 Discontinued reception; 2 Bandwidth part; 3 Carrier aggregation

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Rel-16 brings 5G NR mobility enhancements
Also further enhancing LTE mobility management

Reduced interruption time

0ms handover enabled by dual active
protocol stack with concurrent
source/target cell transmissions/reception

5G NR Device mobility 5G NR
5G NR mmWave Improved mobility robustness
sub-7 GHz enhancements sub-7 GHz Device-driven conditional handover for single
and dual connectivity, and fast handover
failure recovery

Sub-7 GHz and Both inter- and intra- Beneficial to high-mobility

mmWave frequency handovers use cases (e.g., train, aerial)
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Further improving 5G NR spectrum aggregation
Carrier aggregation (CA) and dual connectivity (DC)

Enhancing Rel-15 CA/DC Early measurements and Faster link recovery in

capability and performance faster CA/DC activation dual connectivity

Primary cell (e.g., n3)

Primary
Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 cell

Secondary cell (e.g., n78)

CA activation
Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 Slot 6 Master Dual-connected Secondary
Secondary cell(s) device cell(s)
cell

Supporting cross-carrier scheduling & CSI Defining configuration, signaling, reporting Improving robustness in case of
trigger w/ different numerologies, enhanced procedure for early measurement, and blind master cell(s) failure when link to
single Tx switching, async DC with NR resume, faster activation for secondary cell(s) secondary cell(s) is still available
power sharing, and unaligned CA

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 Enhancing ultra-reliable, low-latency communication
Rel-16 eURLLC builds on Rel-15 URLLC foundation

HARQ ACKs

Improved HARQ Inter-device service multiplexing

Multiple HARQ-ACK feedbacks per Uplink cancellation indicator and power
slot for latency reduction boosting

Coordinated multi-point (CoMP) Service 1

Intra-device channel prioritization
Multi-TRP1 for redundant communication Concurrently supporting differentiated levels
Service 2

Non-coherent joint transmission paths with spatial diversity of service (e.g., eMBB & mission-critical)

RLC-1

RLC-2 Increased redundancy More flexible scheduling

RLC-3 Number of PDCP2 packet duplicates Multiple active SPS3 configurations & reduced
RLC-4 increasing to 4 from 2 periodicity, more efficient DL control monitoring,
UL repetition with cross-slot boundaries

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1. Multiple transmission and reception points; 2 Packet Data Convergence Protocol; 3 Semi-persistent scheduling
 Two-step random access (RACH) procedure enhances efficiency
Over existing 5G NR Rel-15 four-step RACH procedure
4-step RACH Procedure 2-step RACH Procedure
Device Network Device Network

Random access preamble Random access preamble

msg1 msgA
and PUSCH payload

Random access response msg2 Contention resolution msgB

Scheduled transmission
msg3

Contention resolution
msg4
Time Time

Reduces signaling Improves capacity Supports small

overhead and latency and power efficiency grant-free uplink
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Addressing interferences to improve system reliability

Remote Interference Mitigation (RIM) Cross-Link Interference (CLI)

Tropospheric
ducting

Interference:
Ground wave: 100’s of km away Cross-link
normal range
Receiver interference

Transmitter

Devices can measure and report inter-/intra-cell

Base stations can communicate and coordinate1 interferences3 caused by neighboring devices
mitigation of base station TDD DL-to-UL ducting with different TDD configurations
interferences2

1 Via reference signals (RIM-RS) over-the-air or in combination with backhaul signaling; 2 To indicate the presence of interference and whether enough mitigation is in place; 3 Inter-cell: when devices have semi-static TDD
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5G NR mmWave IAB1 for cost-efficient dense deployments
Improves coverage and capacity, while limiting backhaul cost

Sub-6 GHz gNodeB Multi-hop capability Redundant links

mmWave backhaul

mmWave access

For SA and
NSA 5G NR For mobile and fixed
modes wireless access
Fiber
backhaul

1 Integrated Access and Backhaul

• mmWave access inherently requires small cell deployment

Traditional fiber backhaul
• Running fiber to each cell site may not be feasible and can be cost prohibitive
can be expensive for • mmWave backhaul can have longer range compared to access
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Improving uplink performance in higher bands
Single and dual uplink switching

Supporting inter-band aggregation

Carrier 2: higher TDD band
(e.g., n78 — 3.5 GHz)

Device with
Uplink carrier aggregation
2 Tx chain Rel-16
Carrier 1: lower FDD band Single/dual
(e.g., n1 — 2.1 GHz) Uplink Supplemental uplink (SUL)
Switching SUL
without LTE/NR DC
Device can switch between 2 modes of uplink transmission
Mode 11: 1 Tx on carrier 1 and 1 Tx on carrier 2 LTE/NR DC without SUL
Mode 2: 0 Tx on carrier 1 and 2 Tx on carrier 2

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Improving efficiency of radio access capability signaling
To address rapid increase in device capability size due to more band combinations and features

Device radio capability ID

Device capability information
NAS signaling

Seg 0 Seg 1 Seg 2 Seg 3

4G/5G 4G/5G 4G/5G
Core Network RAN Device
Max PDCP SDU size

Uplink RRC message segmentation Device radio capability ID

Overcoming the maximum PDCP SDU1 size Identifying device’s radio capability, stored in
(i.e., 9kB defined in 5G NR) by dividing device the network, which can be assigned by device
capability information into multiple smaller segments manufacturer or serving network

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Maintaining call continuity with circuit-switched fallback

Defining fallback procedures from 5G NR

to circuit-switched 3G FDD network

Applying to also emergency (E911) calls

Voice-over-NR (VoNR)
Supported in Excludes 3G TDD network support, packet switched
3GPP Release 15+ and video service continuity

For VoNR deployments with limited or no VoLTE coverage

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 Data collection for network performance enhancements
Part of 3GPP Release 16
Enhanced Network Minimization of Drive Self Organizing Network
Automation (eNA) Testing (MDT) (SON)
New enhanced core network function for Logged and immediate MDT, mobility history Mobility robust optimization (MRO), mobility
data collection and exposure information, accessibility & L2 measurements3 load balancing (MLB), and RACH optimization
Data repositories

Measurements, e.g., average

5GC NF, AF 5GC NF, AF delay, sensor information

NWDAF

Delivery of activity Delivery of

data & local analytics analytics data

OAM

Expanding NWDAF1 from providing network slice Specifying features for identified use cases, including Specifying device reporting needed to enhance network
analysis in Rel-15 to data collection and exposure coverage, optimization, QoS verification, location configurations and inter-node information exchange
from/to 5G core NF, AF, OAM2, data repositories information reporting, sensor data collection (e.g., enhancements to interfaces like N2, Xn)

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Expanding the
reach of 5G
3GPP Release 16

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 Rel-16 introduces NR in unlicensed spectrum
Anchored NR-U Standalone NR-U
Unlicensed spectrum is combined with Only unlicensed spectrum is used
other licensed or shared spectrum as anchor

FDD ≤ 100 MHz UL BW ≤ 100 MHz UL BW

TDD ≤ 400 MHz DL BW ≤ 400 MHz DL BW

Licensed or shared Unlicensed Unlicensed

anchor spectrum NR-U spectrum* NR-U spectrum*

* Still under discussion in Rel-16

Unlock more New markets New deployment

spectrum globally and verticals scenarios
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5G private networks brings
benefits to industrial IoT Dedicated
Local network, dedicated resources,
independently managed

Secure
Cellular grade security, sensitive
Public data stays on-premise
network
fallback
Optimized
Tailored performance for local
applications, e.g., low latency, QoS2,
APIs for managed 3rd party access
Private network1

Coverage, capacity, and, mobility Reliability and precise timing Interoperability

Outdoor/indoor, high data speeds, seamless Industrial grade reliability, latency and Global standard, vast ecosystem,
handovers, public network fallback synchronization (eURLLC3 and TSN4) future proof with rich 5G roadmap

1. Also referred to as non-public network (NPN); 2. Quality of service; 3. Enhanced ultra-reliable low-latency communication; 4 Time sensitive network 49
5G V2X sidelink Enhanced autonomous driving
Release 16 brings new benefits for automotive use cases
Real-time situation awareness and sharing of new
kinds of sensor data enhances autonomous driving

Faster travel / energy efficiency

More coordinated driving for faster travel
and lower energy usage

Accelerated network effect

Sidelink communications Sensor sharing and infrastructure deployment bring
benefits, even during initial deployment rollouts
Vehicle to Vehicle to Other communication modes
vehicle (V2V) infrastructure (V2I) coming in future releases

Sidelink also essential for other use cases

such as public safety, data offload
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 Rel-16 established the baseline for 5G-based positioning
New PRS1 for devices to detect/measure more neighboring TRPs2

Multi-cell positioning

Meeting initial
5G positioning
accuracy
requirements3
Roundtrip Angle of arrival / Time difference New evaluation 5G
3m (indoor) to time (RTT) departure (AoA/AoD) of arrival (TDOA) scenarios
10m (outdoors) Positioning
Supporting new channel
for 80% of time
+ Position along circumference
models for industrial IoT
environment
based on UL AoA
Single-cell Enhancing positioning
positioning accuracy, latency, and
Radius based on RTT capacity in Rel-17+

1 Positioning Reference Signal; 2 Transmission Points; 3 5G positioning requirements defined in TS 22.261

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enTV is evolving in Rel-16 to become 5G broadcast
Fulfilling all 5G requirements1 defined for broadcast

enTV
Rel-14 completed new 5G broadcast included as Rel-16 Study Item — Rel-16 Work Item Rel-17+ will further broaden
evolution broadcast design that met part of the Rel-16 project a gap analysis — was was completed 5G broadcast / multicast
timeline many 5G requirements package in RAN#78 completed in March in June capabilities

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021+

LIVE
Rel-16 enTV — 5G Broadcast — focuses on supporting more diverse deployments
 Add support for MPMT2 and HPHT3 deployments with rooftop reception (CP4 of 300µs)
LIVE LIVE
 Enhance support for high speed (~250km/h) in car-mounted LPLT5 deployment (CP of 100µs)
 Other potential enhancements are captured in TR 36.776 (SI) and RP-190732 (WI).

1 Defined in 3GPP TS 38.913; 2 Medium Power Medium Tower (50km ISD, 60 dBm, 100m height); 3 High Power High Tower (125km ISD, 70 dBm, 300m height); 4 Cyclic Prefix; 5 Low Power Low Tower (15km ISD, 46 dBm, 35m height)

Wide ecosystem Academy of Broadcasting Science BBC Bittium Wireless BMWi British Telecom Cellnex Telecom CHTTL

support in 3GPP
Dish European Broadcast Union European Space Agency ENENSYS Technologies Expway Fraunhofer IIS

Fraunhofer HHI IRT Nomor Nokia Nokia Shanghai Bell One2many Qualcomm
List of supporting individual
members in RP-193050 Rohde & Schwarz Samsung Shanghai Jiao Tung University Telstra University of the Basque Country 52
Evolving eMTC & NB-IoT for 5G massive IoT
Part of 3GPP Release 16
In-band eMTC / NB-IoT in 5G carrier
5G NR 2n scaling of 15 kHz subcarrier spacing is natively
compatible with eMTC and NB-IoT numerologies

Scalable slot duration

5G core network support
For deploying eMTC and NB-IoT in networks operating in
5G NR standalone mode (SA) with a common core network
eMBB

Further enhanced efficiency

eMTC

NB-IoT URLLC Group wakeup signal, preconfigured uplink, multi-block

scheduling, early data transmission, mobility enhancements
1.4 MHz carrier — 6 RBs1 200 kHz carrier — 1 RB2

1. Cat-M1 uses 6 Resource Blocks (RBs) with 12 tones per RB at 15 kHz SCS; 2. Cat-NB1 uses 1 Resource Block (RB) with 12 tones with 12 tones per RB at 15 kHz SCS, single-tone option also available

Flexible framework designed to support future evolution addressing

even broader IoT use cases
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 Intelligently connecting
our world in the 5G era

Next technology leap

A unified connectivity for new capabilities
fabric this decade and efficiencies

Continued evolution
Rel-15
eMBB focus
Rel-16 and 17
Expanding to new industries
Rel-18, 19. 20 and beyond
Continued 5G proliferation
?
Strong 5G momentum Historically 10 years
between generations
sets the stage for the
global expansion

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Long-Term Outlook

Iain Sharp
Principal Technologist

September 24, 2020

5G Evolution in Response to Market Demands

• Full capabilities of 5G are evolving over several 3GPP releases

• ATIS work program and members are shaping 3GPP requirements and solutions based
on North American experience and market needs
• U.S. spectrum
– e.g. CBRS, new channel bandwidths
• 5G vertical market support
– e.g. Vehicle Communication, Mission Critical Communications, Smart Cities, UAVs
• Enhanced system capabilities
– e.g. Satellite as 3GPP accesses, IoT optimizations
• Regulatory features
– e.g. Wireless Emergency Alert, E911 positioning
6G Development Cycles are Commencing

While 5G is already delivering powerful solutions to the North American market,

the 6G “game” has already begun:

• Regions are undertaking coordinated 6G research programs with industry and academia
• Global standards groups are already developing next generation requirements and roadmaps (e.g., ITU-R
IMT Technology Trends, and planned Vision Beyond IMT-2020)
• In May 2020, ATIS issued a “Call to Action to Promote U.S. 6G Leadership”
• As we define the vision for “next G”, we want leadership from a broad set of regional stakeholders including
industry, academia and government

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ATIS Proposed Architectural Principles for Next-Gen Networks

• Highly-distributed and customizable:

– Required to support different applications and usage
models

• Software-driven, dynamic and elastic:

– Required to support distribution and customization cost
effectively

• Data powered, AI-driven network automation:

– Required to support management and monitoring at
scale with dynamics
– To become a fully autonomous network with closed loop
control and policy governance for dynamic behavior

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Concluding Remarks

• Like all organizations, 3GPP has had to adapt its working methods due to Covid-19
– The drive for innovation is undiminished
– Learnings from this experience will persist after the crisis

• 3GPP is delivering a rich roadmap of 5G specifications to enhance their range of use-

cases and operational capabilities

• Thanks to our speakers for making time in their schedules to share their expertise

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