Slide 1: 3GPP Release 17: Completing the first phase of the 5G evolution
@QCOMResearch San Diego, CA March 24th, 2022 3GPP Release 17: Completing the first phase of the 5G evolution To bring new system capabilities and expand 5G to new devices, applications, and deployment 1
Slide 2: Accelerating Globally
Accelerating Globally 205+ Operators with 280+ 750M+ Additional 5G smartphones 1B+ 5G connections 5B+ 5G smartphones 1275+ 5G designs 5G commercially operators to ship in 2022 by 2023 — 2 years to ship between launched or in deployed investing in 5G faster than 4G 2020 and 2025 development Sources —
Slide 3: Driving the 5G technology evolution in the new decade
Driving the 5G technology evolution in the new decade Longer-term evolution to deliver on the 5G vision Rel-20+ evolution Rel-191 Rel-181 New verticals, deployments, 2nd wave of 5G innovations use cases, spectrum Unified, future-proof platform Rel-171 Rel-161 Rel-15 Drop 1 Drop 2 Drop 3 2018 2019 20
Slide 4: Our innovations expand the foundation of 5G
Enhancing Enabling mobile new Boundless IoT expansion broadband extended reality verticals Device enhancements Smartphones Reduced capability Non-terrestrial and laptops devices (NR-Light) networks (NTN) Automotive High-precision Sidelink positioning Advanced power Mission-critical saving and mobili
Slide 5: Qualcomm innovation leadership in 3GPP Release 17
Qualcomm innovation leadership in 3GPP Release 17 mmWave Reduced capability Device Non-terrestrial Topology expansion devices (NR-Light) enhancements networks (NTN) expansion For more capacity, For expanded IoT: For enhanced device For ubiquitous For more efficient new use cases wearables, sensors,
Slide 6: A key 5G milestone: 3GPP Release 17 Completion
New and Further enhanced massive MIMO Coverage enhancements Device power savings enhanced 5G system capabilities 3GPP Release 17 Spectrum Enhanced IAB Further enhanced expansion and URLLC, private (60 GHz) RF repeater networks, others… A key 5G milestone: 3GPP Release 17 Completion Sidelink expansio
Slide 7: Strengthen the end-to-end 5G system foundation
Strengthen the end-to-end 5G system foundation Further enhancing 5G mobile broadband and expanded use cases 7
Slide 8: Further enhancing 5G massive MIMO
Focus areas for Release 17 Work Item Enhanced multi-beam operation SRS7 improvements • Unified TCI1 framework in DL/UL2 • More flexible triggering of aperiodic Uplink to reduce latency and overhead SRS and DCI8 overhead reduction • UL beam selection for • SRS switching for up to 8 antennas multi-pan
Slide 9: Improving 5G uplink coverage
Improving 5G Uplink data channel (PUSCH2) enhancements uplink coverage Increasing the maximum numbers of repetitions, supporting transport block processing over multiple Targeting urban and rural deployments slots, and enabling joint channel estimation across multiple transmissions and frequency hop
Slide 10: Further enhancing device power efficiency
Further enhancing device power efficiency For idle/inactive mode For connected mode Techniques to reduce unnecessary Extending to Rel-16 DCI4-based device paging reception (false alarms) power saving adaptation for an without impacting legacy devices active BWP5, including PDCCH monitoring skipping
Slide 11: Scaling 5G NR design to support 60 GHz unlicensed band
Scaling 5G NR design to support 60 GHz unlicensed band Common Common framework framework Expansion of low/mid Potential 5G Supported mmWave Prioritized expansion of Further mmWave expansion Potential bands band spectrum1 band in study bands in Rel-15 mmWave to 71 GHz in Rel-172 targeting future rele
Slide 12: Further enhancing ultra-reliable, low-latency communications
Further enhancing ultra-reliable, low-latency communications Release 17 Work Item targeting to meet more stringent requirements of Industry 4.0 applications HARQ ACKs Service 1 Service 2 Improved Enhanced compatibility Intra-device Enhanced physical layer for unlicensed multiplexing time Network fee
Slide 13: Efficiently expand 5G mmWave coverage
mmWave Simple IAB node link Repeater gNodeB gNodeB IAB node Simple Repeater RF Repeaters Integrated Access & Backhaul (IAB) Introduced RF repeaters (without adaptive beamforming) Enhanced Rel-16 IAB design by adding support for that can operate in sub-7 GHz (FDD/TDD) and mmWave, simultaneous Tx and
Slide 14: Proliferate 5G to virtually all devices and use cases
Proliferate 5G to virtually all devices and use cases Continued expansion to new device types and tiers — fulfilling the 5G vision 14
Slide 15: 5G NR: A unified, scalable air interface
eMBB/URLLC Surveillance Highest performance High-end cameras logistic trackers Low-end industrial Low-end sensors asset trackers Industrial High-end sensors wearables Reduced Capability Health (NR-Light) Smart Smart city monitors Rel-17 grid Low-end wearables (e.g., meters) Lower complexity2 and pow
Slide 16: 5G NR Technology Foundation: Reduced Capability (NR-Light)
5G NR Technology Lower device Foundation Coverage complexity optimization Narrower bandwidths Repetition and bundling (20 MHz in sub-7, 100 MHz in mmWave) Lower order modulation Fewer receive antennas (256-QAM optional) (1 or 2 Rx) Sidelink or relays Half duplex Reduced power Increased network consu
Slide 17: Continued 5G massive IoT evolution with eMTC/NB-IoT
Continued 5G massive IoT evolution with eMTC/NB-IoT Release 17 Work Item enhancements 5G Massive IoT Data Rates eMTC enhancements NB-IoT enhancements Higher data rates supported by NR-Light (RedCap), LTE Cat-1, … Supporting larger TBS1 sizes Supporting 16-QAM for UL and 14 HARQ2 processes and DL uni
Slide 18: Release 17 establishes 5G NR support for satellites communication
5G NR for NTN 5G IoT for NTN Complementing terrestrial networks Expanding addressable market in underserved areas for the 5G massive IoT LEO, GEO, HAPS, air-to- LEO, GEO, PC3/PC5 satellites ground communications with intermittent access link Supporting satellites backhaul communication for CPEs and
Slide 19: Release 17 Work Item expands sidelink to new use cases
Release 17 Work Item expands sidelink to new use cases Updated sidelink evaluation methodology Reusing existing evaluation assumption and performance metric1, based on feedback from car manufacturers Improved resource allocation Reducing device latency, power consumption, and improving reliability (
Slide 20: Pushing forward with the 5G positioning technologies
5G positioning evolution 5G Advanced 5G positioning Release 17 evolution in Enhancing capability and performance for a wide range of use cases4 Release 18+ Improving performance, expanding to new devices Centimeter-level Reduced positioning GNSS7 and deployments accuracy latency enhancements Meeting
Slide 21: Optimizing 5G NR for Boundless XR experiences
Optimizing 5G NR for Boundless XR experiences Traffic requirement Identifying requirements for use cases in scope, Release 17 Study Item for XR over 5G NR — such as roundtrip time, one-way packet delay budget, and packet error rate, taking different upper layer Work Item in scope for Release 18 assu
Slide 22: Continue to evolve the end-to-end design for 5G broadcast
UHF1 CMAF3-based Simultaneous Multicast Broadcast and Improved broadcast streaming broadcast + operation for unicast dynamic robustness and frequencies ecosystem unicast 5G NR switching efficiency Re Tx NACK Unicast ACK ACK Adding support Targeting low- Optimizing modem Supporting group Enabling dyn
Slide 23: Other RAN projects in 3GPP
DSS1 enhancements Uplink data compression Enable PDCCH2 cross-carrier scheduling Utilize LTE procedure as baseline for from a SCell3 to a P(S)cell4 in sub-7 GHz 5G NR Standalone mode only Enhanced multi-radio DC5 Enhanced data collection Support efficient activation/de-activation Add new data catego
Slide 24: How will 5G Advanced bring us a step closer to 6G?
How will 5G Advanced bring us a step closer to 6G? Continued evolution towards 6G 24
Slide 25: Leading the 5G Advanced technology evolution on the path to 6G
Leading the 5G Advanced technology evolution on the path to 6G Creating new value across applications Green Networks Enabling the Metaverse 25
Slide 26: Driving the 5G Advanced technology evolution in the new decade
Driving the 5G Advanced technology evolution in the new decade Next technology leap for new capabilities and efficiencies Longer-term evolution to deliver on the 5G vision Rel-20+ evolution Rel-19 Rel-18 5G Advanced: 2nd wave of 5G innovations New verticals, deployments, use cases, spectrum Unified,
Slide 27: Driving a balanced 5G evolution across key technology areas
Driving a balanced 5G evolution across key technology areas Mobile broadband evolution vs. Immediate commercial needs vs. New and enhanced devices further vertical expansion longer-term 5G vision vs. network evolution Deliver enhanced mobile broadband Drive new value in commercialization Focus on th
Slide 28: 3GPP Release 18 sets off the 5G Advanced evolution
Strengthen the end-to-end Proliferate 5G to virtually 5G system foundation all devices and use cases Release 18 3GPP Advanced DL/UL MIMO Enhanced mobility Boundless extended reality NR-Light (RedCap) evolution Release 18 sets off the 5G Advanced Mobile IAB, Evolved Expanded Expanded Evolution smart
Slide 29: Merging worlds
Physical New interface opportunities through world Digitization Spatial computing Merging worlds The Metaverse Digital Virtual New human world world interface Ubiquitous, low-power sensing and Immersive interactions take human monitoring with near real-time actions augmentation to the next level 29
Slide 30: Key research vectors enabling the path towards 6G
Key research vectors enabling the path towards 6G AI/ML powered E2E communications Merging of worlds Data-driven communication and Physical, digital, virtual, immersive network design, with joint training, interactions taking human augmentation model sharing and distributed inference to next level v
Slide 31: Innovating to pave the path to 6G
Innovating to pave the path to 6G Next technology leap A unified connectivity for new capabilities fabric for this decade and efficiencies Continued evolution Rel-15 Rel-16 and 17 expanding Rel-18, 19. 20 and beyond eMBB focus to new industries Continued 5G proliferation Historically 10 years Strong
Slide 32: Thank you
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