Slide 1: What’s next in 5G Advanced?
@QCOMResearch San Diego, CA January 2024 What’s next in 5G Advanced? 3GPP Release 19 is bringing new 5G system capabilities and setting a direction for 6G Snapdragon and Qualcomm branded products are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
Slide 2: Mobile has made a leap every ~10 years
1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Mobile voice Efficient voice to Focus shifts to Mobile broadband A unified The next communication reach billions mobile data and emerging connectivity innovation expansion platform platform Analog Digital Wireless Mobile Connected Next-gen voice voice Internet bro
Slide 3: Where are we in the cellular innovation cycle?
Invention Where are we Invent new technologies and e2e system architecture in the cellular innovation cycle? Vision Proof-of-concept Identify a problem or need; Deliver end-to-end prototypes establish requirements and impactful demonstrations New Wireless 5G Ramping volume 10 ~years Generation and e
Slide 4: Leading the 5G Advanced evolution toward 6G
Leading the 5G Advanced evolution toward 6G Foundational Vision Service Study item Work item IoDTs research forming requirements (proposals) trials Rel-21+ 3GPP 6G workshop Rel-20 Next technology leap for new capabilities and efficiencies Rel-20 Rel-19 5G Advanced Continued 5G evolution 2nd wave of
Slide 5: Rich evolution of 5G from Rel 15 to Rel 21+
Enhanced DL/UL MIMO, multiple Further eMBB Continued MIMO, 5G transmission points enhancements mobility broadcast eMBB — NR-Light Reduced In-band eMTC/NB-IoT Full-duplex Advanced enhanced mobile Capability (RedCap) for and 5G Core MIMO topology broadband services low-complexity IoT Mission-critical
Slide 6: 5G Advanced Release 19 focus areas
3GPP Release 19 3GPP Release 19 Realizing the full Bridging potential of 5G to 6G Addressing real and urgent Establishing the commercial needs technical foundation Mobile broadband evolution Revolutionary system innovations 5G Advanced and further vertical expansion Continue to enhance mobile experi
Slide 7: Continued System Enhancements
Continued Further New 6G System Use Case Advanced Technical Enhancements Diversifications Capabilities Foundations DL/U MIMO1 Ambient IoT Duplexing evolution Wireless AI/ML Mobility Release 19 Higher mid-band Network energy Satellites evolution spectrum savings (i.e., 7—16 GHz) Topology (e.g., repea
Slide 8: Delivering continued system enhancements
Release 19 Projects Delivering continued system enhancements 8
Slide 9: Further enhancing 5G MIMO
Device-initiated beam management for overhead and latency reduction With unified TCI while leveraging legacy CSI measurement and reporting configuration frameworks for mmWave & sTRP with intra- and inter-cell beam management Channel State Feedback (CSI) framework to support up to 128 CSI-RS ports Fu
Slide 10: Continued 5G device mobility enhancements
Continued 5G device mobility enhancements 5G Advanced Release 19 Project Scope Support for inter-CU Enhanced measurements Conditional mobility Layer 2 mobility for Layer 2 mobility with short interruption Prioritize practical deployment scenarios, e.g., Support event-triggered L1 measurement Specify
Slide 11: Advanced 5G topology enhancements
Wireless Access / Backhaul (WAB) Study architecture and protocol Study impact of WAB Identify necessary inter- Study signaling stack of supporting a gNodeB mobility within an existing gNodeB and gNodeB to enhancements with mobile termination (MT) radio access network core network signaling on resour
Slide 12: Supporting new and enhanced SON and MDT
Enhanced mobility robustness Enhanced SON/MDT Remaining work Supporting new optimization (MRO) for new services from Release 18 and enhanced Include lower layer triggered mobility (LTM), and conditional Focus on new services including intra-non- Include random access channel optimization SON and MDT
Slide 13: Driving 5G use case diversifications
Release 19 Projects Driving 5G use case diversifications 13
Slide 14: Ambient IoT enables diverse use cases with zero or low maintenance
eMBB / URLLC RedCap / eRedCap eMTC / NB-IoT Am b i en t I o T Relay/repeater Logistic tracking Ambient IoT devices are attached to items, such as pallet containers and individual product, to track and manage inventory Smart agriculture Low-complexity IoT devices to monitor the environment Environmen
Slide 15: Ambient IoT to further scale down and expand the reach of 5G IoT
Ambient IoT to further scale down and expand the reach of 5G IoT Evaluate assumptions of the study, including deployment scenarios, connectivity topologies, spectrum options, design targets, device architecture, link budget, and coexistence considerations Study ambient IoT design feasibilities acros
Slide 16: Delivering enhanced XR experiences over 5G
Multi-modality Enhance intra-device multi-modal flows (i.e., coordinated and synchronized transmissions of different traffic types — video, audio, sensor, etc.), to meet XR QoS requirements (i.e., improved capacity or power consumption) Delivering enhanced XR experiences over 5G 5G Advanced Release
Slide 17: Advancing 5G NR-NTN
ADVANCING 5G NR-NTN Complementing terrestrial networks in underserved areas NTN Release 19 further enhances NR-NTN for ubiquitous broadband access and IoT-NTN Enhanced downlink coverage Regenerative Improved uplink 5G RedCap and Signaling of intended (e.g., additional reference payload with capacity
Slide 18: Supporting new advanced capabilities
Release 19 Projects Supporting new advanced capabilities 18
Slide 19: Wireless AI
Wireless challenges AI-enhanced wireless communications AI strengths Hard-to-model problems Determining appropriate representations for Computational infeasibility hard-to-model problems of optimal solution Finding near-ideal and computationally realizable solutions Efficient modem parameter optimiz
Slide 20: Wireless AI: key pillar of the 5G Advanced era
Work on AI/ML Air Interface3 A KEY PILLAR OF THE General Wireless AI Framework 5G ADVANCED ERA Support Life Cycle Management (LCM) of one-sided (i.e., device or network) AI/ML models Wireless AI Channel feedback4 Further study 2-sided CSI compression, 1- Beam management Support device/network-sided
Slide 21: Extending power efficiency innovations to the network
5G Advanced introduces new techniques to improve network energy savings Release 19 builds on the study and work completed in Release 18 On-demand SSB transmission for On-demand SIB1 transmission for Common signal / channel devices in CONNECTED MODE with devices in IDLE / INACTIVE mode transmissions
Slide 22: Low-power Wake-up Signal / Receiver
Release 19 begins work on low-power Wake-up Signal / Receiver Support on-off keying (i.e., OOK-1, Specify procedures and Specify procedures to allow device OOK-4) with overlaid OFDM configurations indicating triggered PDCCH monitoring triggered by low- sequence(s) over OOK symbol, page monitoring, l
Slide 23: Establishing the technical foundation for 6G
Release 19 Projects Establishing the technical foundation for 6G 23
Slide 24: Leading the way to 6G
CONTINUED TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION Key market trends and technology drivers leading the way to 6G Core technology Environmental and Enhanced and advancements societal sustainability new experiences 24
Slide 25: Global momentum for 6G is growing
Global Momentum for 6G is growing IMT-2030 defines next-gen The standards body mobile system requirements We are leading key discussions and working groups to promote responsible for global 6G for 2030 and beyond early government investments in critical technologies technology standardization Europe
Slide 26: Propelling next-level experiences and innovative use cases
Fixed and mobile Critical services Collaborative robots, real- Hologram Ultra-wide area to broadband evolution expansion time command and control telepresence micro connectivity Smarter Enhanced boundless Wireless sensor Human augmentation Unknown future verticals XR experiences fusion and digital t
Slide 27: Evolving towards a full duplex wireless system
Evolving towards a full duplex wireless system Lower latency, better coverage, expanded capacity, flexible spectrum deployment and service multiplexing FDD Static TDD Dynamic TDD Transmit and receive using the same frequency Transmit and receive can be configured dynamically Transmit and receive usi
Slide 28: Addressing interferences in a full duplex wireless system
Release 19 Work Item Scope Self Interference (SI) Cross Link Interference (CLI) For subband non-overlapping full duplex operation at gNodeB within a TDD carrier: Specify semi-static indication of time/frequency location of subbands to devices in connected mode Device Specify SBFD operation to suppor
Slide 29: Pioneering new spectrum for wireless
COVERAGE CAPACITY LOW BAND MID-BAND UPPER MID-BANDS mmWAVE SUB-TH Z 3GPP Release 19 Study BELOW 1 GHZ 1 GHZ — 7 GHZ 7 GHZ — 24 GHZ 24 GHZ — 100 GHZ 100 GHZ & BEYOND Pioneering new spectrum Wide bandwidths (e.g., 500 MHz) will be key to success of next- Studies on new bands need to begin today in pre
Slide 30: Channel modeling for integrated sensing and communications
3GPP Release 19 Study Channel modeling for integrated sensing and communications Primary focus on 0.5 — 52.6 GHz, scalable to 100 GHz Unmanned aerial Humans indoors Automotive vehicles Automated guided Objects creating hazards vehicles (UAVs) and outdoors vehicles (AGVs) on roads / railways Identify
Slide 31: Leading the 5G Advanced Evolution Towards 6G
Continuing the 5G Advanced Delivering system enhancements Supporting advanced capabilities evolution with 3GPP Release 19 and use case diversification and establishing technical standardization starting in 2024 building on previous releases foundation that bridges to 6G Release 18 Release 19 Release
Slide 32: Thank you
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