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Evolution of LTE-Advanced

Milan Bavisi

17th September 2015

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Agenda

LTE Advanced Evolution – towards 5G

About Nokia

LTE Advanced Evolution - Carrier Aggregation & Spectrum

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• Serves more than 90 of the world’s 100

largest operators

• Leading company in mobile broadband

• An early leader in virtualization and

cloud technologies

• Hundreds of world class inventors

• Leading patent portfolio

• Established licensing business

• New business opportunities

Nokia Networks Nokia Technologies

Two strong pillars for the future

• Supplier to all the UK MNOs

Nokia Networks in the UK

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Enhance

Multi Layer

Network

Performance

Converge

Technologies

3GPP Release Work ProgramSmooth and backward compatible evolution

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Rel.10 Rel.11 Rel.12Rel. 8 Rel.9

D2D and Dual Connect

LTE - M

Carrier Aggregation

up to 100 MHz

LTE-Unlicensed / LAA

Release 13 Work Items

First release

With LTE-A

functionalities

…

20 20 20 20 20

Rel.13 …

LTE LTE-A LTE evolution to 5G

3D Beamforming

Rel.14

2017 2018

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Carrier Aggregation: We are still at the beginning of the long-term-evolution

1800

2100

3500

700

2600

900

5400

800

2300

1400

Unlicensed

TDD

TDD

Downlink

FDD

20122013

150 Mbps

20 MHz

2x2 MIMO

150 Mbps

10+10 MHz

2x2 MIMO

2014

2015

300 Mbps

20+20 MHz

2x2 MIMO

450 Mbps

3CA

2x2 MIMO

1 Gbps

100 MHz

2016

600 Mbps

4CA or 4x4

MIMO

2017

More spectrum + carrier aggregation + new device

capabilities

1 Gbps

Cat. 6, 7 devices

Cat. 9, 10 devices

Cat. 11, 12 devices

Cat. 15 device

Cat.3,4 devices

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From 20 MHz to 640 MHz aggregated spectrum to serve a user 32x Faster Through Evolution of Carrier Aggregation

32 x 20 MHzLTE-Advanced+

3GPP Release

13 -

5 x 20 MHzLTE-Advanced

3GPP Release

10-12

LTE

3GPP Release 8-

9

20 MHz

x32Bandwidth/user 1800

2100

3500

700

2600

900

5400

800

2300

1400

Unlicensed

TDD

TDD

Downlink

FDD

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Three-Band Aggregation 20+20+10 MHz in Live Nokia Network >370 Mbps

150-200 simultaneously connected live users

Band 7 – 20 MHz

Band 3 – 20 MHz

Band 20 – 10 MHz

Peak throughput >370 Mbps

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Devices Emerging in the next 6 months based on Qualcomm Chipset

Xiaomi Mi Note Samsung Galaxy Note 4 LG Flex 2

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LTE-Advanced Evolution: New Use Cases, new opportunities…….towards

5G?

LTE-U = Unlicensed Band

LTE on UHF BandsLTE-B

= Broadcast = eMBMS

LTE for Public Safety

LTE-M = Machine-to-Machine

LTE-D = Device-to-Device

Replace terrestrial TV

Run public safety on your LTE

Internet of things

Proximity services

500 MHz more spectrum at 5 GHz

LTE on 470 – 700 MHz

New Application Areas New Spectrum

LTE for Voice (VoLTE)Move voice to IP in

LTE network

LTE for Connected CarsConnectivity for car

entertainment

Authorized shared access

Sharing with incumbent user

LTE for Airplane Connections

Wi-Fi backhaul for airplanes

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Driving the evolution of LTE-Advanced towards 5GOpening up new business opportunities

Towards vehicular communications (V2X)• Navigation

• Traffic control and safety

• Intelligent Transport Systems

• Vehicle to Vehicle

Pedestrian

Infrastructure

Home

Towards public safety

• High power user equipment

• Proximity

• Group Communications

Towards the Internet of Things

• Low cost modems

• Long battery life

• Enhanced coverage

• Reliability – congestion control

Towards the multi-cell broadcast

• All devices

• Low tower sites

• Single Frequency Network

• UHF (also sub-700MHz)

LTE-ARelease

12…14

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More spectrum - LTE-U (LAA) for unlicensed bandsUnique combination of licensed + unlicensed bands

Downlink aggregation

Unlicensed downlink

Licensed downlink

Licensed uplink

Indoor 30-200mW

5150 5350

U-NII Worldwide: Outdoor 1W

5470 5725

U-NII-Upper

5850200 MHz 255 MHz 125 MHz

120 MHz

> Licensed band provides reliable connection and quality

of service for mobility, signaling, voice and data

> Unlicensed band provides ”Opportunistic use” to boost

data rates especially in downlink (downlink: uplink

asymmetry 10:1 in LTE networks)

*) U-NII: Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure

5 GHz

700 – 3500 MHz

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LAA provides double spectral

efficiency vs Wi-Fi

Performance of LAA vs Wi-Fi – LAA for Public Areas and Outdoor

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

Single Network Two Networks

Rela

tive

ca

pa

cit

y

Capacity with single technology

LTE

Wi-Fi

LAA provides double cell range vs

Wi-Fi

0 50 100 150 200

LTE (5 GHz)

Wi-Fi (5 GHz)

Meters

Outdoor micro cell range

Min

Max

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Myriad of new performance possibilities for people and

things

Augmentedshopping

Smart clothes

Virtual 3Dpresence

Factory automation Real-time

remote control

Assisted driving

Logistics

Traffic steering &management

Smart grids

Connected home

Real timecloud access

4k Video

VR gaming

Real-time remote control

Remote Diagnosis

Communication

Mobile living3D printing

Automotive

Toll collection

HD Cams NW

REVOLUTIONIZED

Traffic Mgmt.

SUPEREFFICIENT

Waste mgmt.

Reliable emergency communications

Tracking / inventorysystems

AUGMENTED

Augmenteddashboard

INTERCONNECTED

8k Video

beamer

TACTILEVIRTUAL

Smart watch

Augmentedgaming

Self driving

Maintenance optimization

Touch & steer

AUTONOMOUS

Travel & commute

Health

Time shift

Utility & EnergySafety & Security

Work & game while traveling

REDEDICATED

People & Things

Real timework in cloud Industry 4.0

Advanced monitoring

Personalrobot

human possibilities

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