LTE Evolution Towards Vision 2020

LTE Evolution Towards
Vision 2020
Harri Holma, Radio Fellow, Nokia
London, UK
May 29, 2014
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LTELTE-Advanced – Strong Evolution Ahead from Radio Enhancements to New Use Cases
Expanding to new use cases
Boosting capacity
Unlicensed
10x
data rate
100x
capacity
Device-todevice
150 Mbps
LTE
Broadcast
10x
more devices
Machine-tomachine
10x
coverage
Car-to-car
Public
safety
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Harri Holma ”LTE Evolution Towards Vision 2020”, Mobile Broadband Conference, London, May 2014
LTELTE-Advanced Peak Data Rate Evolution
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150 Mbps (Cat 4) with contiguous 20 MHz
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300 Mbps with 20 + 20 MHz starting 2014
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450 Mbps with 3 Carrier Aggregation (60 MHz)
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FDD + TDD aggregation in Release 12
>1 Gbps
2014
2013
2012
150 Mbps
150 Mbps
20 MHz
2x2 MIMO
10+10 MHz
2x2 MIMO
300 Mbps
20+20 MHz
2x2 MIMO
600 Mbps
450 Mbps
3CA
2x2 MIMO
100 MHz
4x4 MIMO
4CA or
4x4 MIMO
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Harri Holma ”LTE Evolution Towards Vision 2020”, Mobile Broadband Conference, London, May 2014
300 Mbps Carrier Aggregation in Live Network
Elisa, Finland together with Nokia and Broadcom, February 2014
LTE1800 (20 MHz)
+
LTE2600 (20 MHz)
Peak rate hitting 300 Mbps
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Harri Holma ”LTE Evolution Towards Vision 2020”, Mobile Broadband Conference, London, May 2014
Spectrum Usage Evolution
Unlicensed bands
Licensed bands
5800
3500
3.5 GHz spectrum for small
cells
2600
2100
1800
900
700 – 2600 MHz aggregated
together into single pool
800
700
470 – 700
Convergence of mobile
broadband and broadcast
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Harri Holma ”LTE Evolution Towards Vision 2020”, Mobile Broadband Conference, London, May 2014
LTELTE-Advanced Peak Rate Evolution
Downlink
spectrum per
operator
1600
1400
Downlink peak
rate with 4x4
MIMO
5800 MHz
1200
3500 MHz
5800 MHz
210 MHz
3 Gbps
2600 MHz
1000
2300 MHz
2100 MHz
MHz 800
1800 MHz
3500 MHz
130 MHz
2 Gbps
700 – 2600
MHz
100 MHz
1.5 Gbps
900 MHz
600
> Up to 1.5 Gbps with
700 - 2600 MHz
> Up to 3 Gbps with
3.5 – 5.8 GHz
> Assumes 4x4 MIMO
800 MHz
700 MHz
400
200
0
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Harri Holma ”LTE Evolution Towards Vision 2020”, Mobile Broadband Conference, London, May 2014
Nokia Centralized RAN Gives 2-3x More Capacity with Uplink CoMP
Mass event challenge
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- Data upload is larger than data download
Stadium Capacity +100..200%
- Uplink capacity is limited by interference
Nokia solution
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- Turn interference into signal by uplink CoMP
(=Coordinated multipoint)
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Harri Holma ”LTE Evolution Towards Vision 2020”, Mobile Broadband Conference, London, May 2014
Nokia 4TX4RX Enhances Cell Edge Data Rates and Coverage
Higher cell edge date rate
+60%/100% (DL / UL)
Larger cell area +3 dB
with +40% larger cell
Higher cell capacity
+20%/70% (DL / UL)
No changes to terminals required.
2-antenna terminals assumed.
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Harri Holma ”LTE Evolution Towards Vision 2020”, Mobile Broadband Conference, London, May 2014
Main Topics in 3GPP Release 12
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Release 12 will be completed in 3GPP by end-2014
Small cells
Macro cells
Other topics
Small cell
enhancements
MIMO and beamforming evolution
Machine-to-machine
HetNet mobility
enhancements
UE interference
cancellation
Device-to-device
communication
3GPP – WLAN
interworking
Enhanced CoMP
(Multi-cell scheduling)
FDD + TDD
aggregation
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Harri Holma ”LTE Evolution Towards Vision 2020”, Mobile Broadband Conference, London, May 2014
Small Cell Enhancement in Release 12
Key Technologies in 3GPP Release 12
Dual connectivity
Inter-site carrier aggregation
256QAM
Macro
Dual Connectivity
Small cell
UE
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Harri Holma ”LTE Evolution Towards Vision 2020”, Mobile Broadband Conference, London, May 2014
LTE Evolution:
Evolution: New Use Cases
New Application Areas
New Spectrum
Internet of things
LTE-M
= Machine-to-Machine
500 MHz more
spectrum at 5 GHz
LTE-U
= Unlicensed Band
Proximity services
LTE-D
= Device-to-Device
Sharing with
incumbent user
Authorized shared
access
Replace terrestrial
TV
LTE-B
= Broadcast = eMBMS
LTE on 470 – 700
MHz
LTE on UHF Bands
Run public safety on
your LTE
LTE for Public Safety
Move voice to IP in
LTE network
LTE for Voice (VoLTE)
Connectivity for car
entertainment
LTE for Connected Cars
Wi-Fi backhaul for
airplanes
LTE for Airplane
Connections
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Harri Holma ”LTE Evolution Towards Vision 2020”, Mobile Broadband Conference, London, May 2014
Thank You
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