1. Overview of 3GPP and 5G standards
Balazs Bertenyi - Chairman of 3GPP RAN

2. Outline 3GPP structure and membership 5G vision  5G NR
3GPP releases and 5G NR standards

3. 3GPP structure and membership

4. 3GPP structure
Technology Standards for global cellular technologies: GSM, GPRS, EDGE, W-CDMA, HSPA, LTE-(A) (incl LAA), and 5G-NR (including NR-U)
Technology Standards for the full system: Radio, Core, Security, O&M, Codecs, Testing

5. 3GPP facts & figures 600+ Companies from 45 Countries
75,000 delegate days per year
100,000 meeting documents per year
1,200 specifications per Release
10,000 change requests (CRs) per year
New Release every ~18 months

6. Membership expansion The 5G effect: variety of new members
Agriculture (e.g., John Deere, Husqvana, etc)
Car manufacturers (e.g, Volkswagen, Volvo, Toyota)
Railway (e.g., International Union of Railways)
Industry Automation (e.g., Siemens)
Energie sector (e.g., Legrand)
Broadcast (e.g., EBU, BBC, TDF)
Satellite (e.g., ESO, Inmarsat, THALES)
Defense and space (e.g., Lockheed Martin, BAE)
Online commerce (e.g., Alibaba)
Social Media (e.g., Facebook)
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7. 3GPP organization

8. 5G vision  5G NR

9. 5G vision Perfect storm of multiple technology breakthroughs:
Low latency radio with fully flexible network
Millimeter wave operation
Vertical industries going wireless
Device revolution for AR/VR
Artificial Intelligence and Automation

10. 5G vision  5G NR Ultra wide bandwidth
Operation from low to very high bands: 0.4 – 100Ghz
Including standalone operation in unlicensed bands (NR-U)
Ultra wide bandwidth
Up to 100MHz in <6GHz
Up to 400MHz in >6GHz
Set of different numerologies for optimal operation in different frequency ranges
Massive MIMO for better performance

11. 5G vision  5G NR Native forward compatibility mechanisms
New channel coding
LDPC for data channel, Polar coding for control channel
Native support for Low Latency and Ultra Reliability
Flexible and modular RAN architecture: split fronthaul, split control- and user-plane
Native support for Network Slicing

12. Release 15 – the advent of 5G

13. Timeline “Main drop” “Late drop” “Early drop” 2017 2018 2019 2020 Q4
Rel-15 NSA (option-3) freeze
Rel-15 NSA (option-3) ASN.1
“Main drop”
Rel-15 freeze (incl 5G SA)
Rel-15 ASN.1 (incl 5G SA)
“Late drop”
“Early drop”
Rel-15 late drop freeze
Rel-15 late drop ASN.1
Rel-16 Study phase
Rel-16 Study and Normative phase
Rel-16 RAN1 freeze
Rel-16 freeze

14. Why the multiple “drops”
“Early drop” for Non-Standalone 5G
Addresses the most urgent deployment needs for eMBB
Uses LTE anchor with 5G NR in Dual Connectivity configuration
Accelerated specification to ensure a single global ecosystem
“Main drop” for Standalone 5G
Contains full standalone 5G support with 5G Core
“Late drop” for some migration needs
Contains specs for all potential migration options

15. Release 16 - towards the full 5G vision

16. Timeline
2017
2018
2019
2020 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1
Rel-15 NSA (option-3) freeze
Rel-15 NSA (option-3) ASN.1
Rel-15 freeze (incl 5G SA)
Rel-15 ASN.1 (incl 5G SA)
Rel-15 late drop freeze
Rel-15 late drop ASN.1
Rel-16 Study phase
Rel-16 Study and Normative phase
Rel-16 freeze
Rel-16 ASN.1

17. 5G for Unlicensed spectrum operation
Release 16 – 5G Expansion
2018 Q3
2018 Q4
2019 Q1
2019 Q2
2019 Q3
2019 Q4
5G Vehicle to X (V2X)
5G Industrial IoT
5G Expansion
5G URLLC enhancements
5G for Unlicensed spectrum operation
5G for Satellite
5G above 52.6GHz

18. Release 16 – 5G Efficiency 5G Efficiency Interference Mitigation
2018 Q3
2018 Q4
2019 Q1
2019 Q2
2019 Q3
2019 Q4
Interference Mitigation
5G SON & Big Data
5G MIMO enhancements
5G Efficiency
5G Location and positioning enhancements
5G Power Consumption improvements
Dual Connectivity enhancements
Device capabilities exchange
Mobility enhancements

19. Balance
5G Expansion
5G Efficiency

20. Release 17 planning

21. Release 17 - Key milestones
RAN#84 (June/2019): One full day was set aside for initial presentations on Rel-17 proposals
Consolidation of multi-company proposals into Work Areas, start discussion on these
RAN#85 (September/2019): Review of discussion progress on Work Areas, adjust where necessary
RAN#86 (December/2019): Approval of Release 17 content
2019
2020
2021 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3
Approval of Rel-17 content
Release 17 specification work
Rel-17 RAN1 freeze
Rel-17 freeze
Rel-17 ASN.1 freeze

22. Release 17 Work Areas 1/3 NR Light
Optimal operation for mid-tier NR devices (e.g MTC, wearables, etc…), incl power saving aspects
NR above 52.6 GHz (inlc 60GHz unlicensed)
Preparing for waveform decision for >52.6GHz, and decision cut off point (between waveforms)
Generic enhancements to NR-U
Generic unlicensed operation enhancements not covered by any other item
Small data transfer optimization
Small Data and Inactive Data transmission (both Uplink and Downlink)
Sidelink enhancements
Includes V2X, Commercial, Critical Communications
Includes FR2 (>6GHz) aspects
Achieve maximum commonality between commercial, V2X, and Critical Communication usage of sidelink
Multi SIM operation
Identify the RAN impact of target use cases for Multi SIM operation, identify specification impacts

23. Release 17 Work Areas 2/3 Coverage enhancements
Clarify requirements for all relevant scenarios focusing on extreme coverage
Data rate target FFS.
Includes both indoor as well as wide area
NB-IoT and eMTC enhancements
Enhancements motivated by current commercial deployments
IIoT and URLLC enhancements
Header compression aspects and other Release 16 leftovers
MIMO enhancements
E.g.: Support for cases with high speed mobility, better support for FDD
NR for Non Terrestrial Networks
Integrated Access and Backhaul Enhancements
E.g. Mobile IAB

24. Release 17 Work Areas 3/3 NR multicast broadcast
Main drivers: V2X and Public Safety
Power saving enhancements
Enhancements for power saving of smartphones
Network power saving aspects
RAN data collection enhancements
Includes SON and MDT enhancements
Data collection to enable AI
Positioning enhancements
Factory/campus positioning, IoT, V2X positioning, 3D positioning, cm level accuracy, incl latency and reliability improvements

25. Release 17 content definition
discussion for each Work Area to be conducted on the RAN_Drafts exploder until December/2019
This is an open exploder, anyone can follow the discussions
Each discussion to use a dedicated tag in the Subject: (and potential sub-tags) for easy traceability
Release 17 content definition decision in December (3GPP TSG RAN#86):
Only a small subset of all Work Areas will be taken on board!
Note: What is left out can again be considered in Release 18

26. Thank You ! Balazs Bertenyi Chairman of 3GPP RAN