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State of mmW Technology and Outlook: A View from Industry

National Instruments

Sarah Yost

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Industrial IoT , Private network, 5G NR C-V2X, IAB, Unlicensed/shared spectrum,… Continued eMBB evolution

Expanded ecosystem:

Private networks, Indoor mmW for enterprises, Boundless XR,…

Rel-17+

3GPP 5G Timeline

2018 2017 2020 2019 2022 2021 Rel-17+ evolution Rel-16 Rel-15 Rel-16 Commercialization Rel-15 Commercialization

Field trials IoDTs Standalone (SA) eMBB deployments in both mmWave and sub-6 GHz. New 5G NR technologies to evolve and expand the 5G ecosystem

Continue inue to evolv lve e LTE TE

Non-Standalone (NSA)

Smartphone formfactor, Connected laptops, CPE fixed access

2023+ NR NR

Standards

Deploy Research

mmWave / Spectrum Optimizations New networks New use cases

Frequency range 2 (24.25 – 52.6 GHz) V2X NR in unlicensed/V2X

Expec ect more 3GPP P frequenc uencies ies to to come

FR2: Spectrum Allocations

3GPP P SI 3GP GPP P Defined ned

3GPP Study Item:

• Fc > 52.6 GHz
• 7 < Fc < 24 GHz

5G Technology Evolutions

mmWave & Spectrum Use Cases Optimizations

NR-U IAB > 52.6 GHz TeraHz URLLC 2-step RACH UE Power NTN CLI / RIM Public Safety mMTC V2X MIMO Positioning SON / MDT Drones Rel 15 Updates Multi-TRP AI / ML Rel 16 Rel 17+ CU / DU

mmWave and Higher Frequencies

• Short-term Focus:

Fixed Wireless Access and Indoor Hotspots

• mmWave for Mobile Access is challenging
• New CR’s to be adopted in Rel 16
• Reliable control
• Power in the uplink
• Antennas and beam management
• Commercial cost of running fiber to each gNodeB is

very high

• Technology is expensive
• IAB is needed
• IAB may undergo several updates

Technical Business

NR-U: The Need for More Spectrum

• FCC and ETSI investigating the band 5.92

925 5 - 7.12 125 5 GHz z for 5G NR

• WiFi and 5G coexistence – LAA and LBT
• Opportunities for optimization
• Drivers in the US: Apple, AT&T, BCOM, Cisco,

Facebook, Google, HPE, Intel, Microsoft, QCT, Verizon

• Headwind from satellite companies (e.g. INTELSAT &

SES): interference might reduce performance

• mmWave spectrum also identified and under

investigation

• FCC: Unlicensed use of the 6 GHz band; notice of proposed rulemaking

Band Freq Range Max Power Ma

U-NII Low / U-NII-1 / U-NII Indoor 5.150–5.250 50 mW U-NII Mid / U-NII-2A 5.250–5.350 250 mW U-NII-2B 5.350–5.470 — U-NII Worldwide / U-NII-2C / U-NII- 2-Extended / U-NII-2e 5.470–5.725 250 mW U-NII Upper / U-NII-3 5.725-5.850 1 W DSRC/ITS / U-NII-4 5.850–5.925 — U-NII-5 5.925 – 6.425 1 W U-NII-6 6.425 – 6.525 250 mW U-NII-7 6.525 – 6.875 1 W U-NII-8 6.875 – 7.125 250 mW

NR-U Use Cases

• LAA NR-U
• Boost existing deployments
• Better user experience with higher speeds
• Ex: AR, VR, AGV
• Stand-alon

alone NR-U

• Private 5G Networks
• IIoT
• Enterprise broadband
• Open mobile broadband
• Neutral host
• Neighborhood network

Predictable resources 5G CoMP Flexible sharing Spatial sharing

Future

CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4 CH 5 CH 6 57.24-59.4 59.4-61.56 61.56-63.72 63.72-65.88 65.88-68.04 68.04-70.2 USA Europe China Japan Korea Canada