Commercial Reality
For enhanced mobile broadband and beyond
April 2018
@qualcomm_tech
Mobile is the largest technology
platform in human history
~ 7.7B
Total mobile
connections1
3
5G will address the
insatiable demand
for mobile broadband
~8B Gigabytes
Daily global mobile data traffic in 2020
10x
faster
10x
quicker
More
cost-effective
speeds response time data plans
5G Consumer Survey of smartphone owners:
Source: The 5G
Economy, an
Powering the digital economy
independent study from
5G will expand the mobile
$12 Trillion
IHS Markit, Penn
eMBB
URLLC
Significantly improve
Private 5G NR network
performance, scalability
and efficiency NR 5G NR spectrum sharing
5G NR IoT
5G NR C-V2X
Cellular-V2X
Continued evolution
5G
Mobile expansion
Drones communications
Digital TV (eMBMS / enTV) Further enhancements
Public safety
toward meeting IMT-
LTE spectrum sharing
2020 requirements in
LTE IoT (eMTC / NB-IoT)
Gigabit LTE with LAA existing LTE spectrum
Mid-bands
5G 1 GHz to 6 GHz
NR
Low-bands
Mission-critical Massive Internet Below 1 GHz
services of Things
Standalone (SA)
NSA
Phase 1 Phase 2
IoDTs
NR Commercial launches Commercial launches
Field trials
Accelerate eMBB deployments, Deliver new fundamental 5G NR
We are here plus establish foundation for technologies that expand and
future 5G innovations evolve the 5G ecosystem
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Network architecture
Non-Standalone options for 5G NR Standalone
(NSA) option (SA) option
4G Evolved 5G Next
Packet Core Gen Core
4G macro 5G
and small 5G mmWave
and/or sub-6GHz NR 5G sub-6GHz mmWave
cell Radio Radio Network Radio Network Radio
Network Network
Configurable end-to-end
Mobile broadband connectivity per vertical
5G Mission-critical control
functions per service
Efficiently address Key enabler to low Efficiently support large Efficiently utilize a large Enables wide mmWave
diverse spectrum, latency, URLLC and data blocks and a reliable number of antennas to bandwidths for extreme
deployments/services forward compatibility control channel increase coverage/capacity capacity and throughput
Vodafone
Group
5G NR Baseband 5G NR UE 5G NR gNodeB
Flexibly designed to track and drive RFFE in mobile form-factors Enable early system-level testing
3GPP standardization in Rel-15+ to mimic real-world performance and demonstrations
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Industry-leading 5G NR interoperability testing
At the center of the 5G ecosystem, leading the way to 5G NR commercialization
World’s first interoperable World’s first interoperable Successful multi-band Additional vendors, World’s first announced
5G NR sub-6 GHz data 5G NR mmWave data 5G NR interoperability new functionality, L2 standard-compliant trials
connection connection testing connectivity, and more based on a 5G modem chipset
www.qualcomm.com/videos/5g-nr-sub-6-
Watch video: ghz-interoperability-testing 18
Global mobile industry
leaders achieve multi-band
5G NR interoperability
In collaboration with AT&T, NTT DOCOMO,
Orange, SK Telecom, Sprint, Telstra,
T-Mobile US, Verizon, and Vodafone
www.qualcomm.com/videos/5g-nr-
Watch video: mmwave-interoperability-testing
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Industry-first simulation of real world performance reveals
immense 5G user experience gains over 4G
Frankfurt San Francisco
5G NR multi-mode 5G NR multimode
3.5GHz (sub-6GHz) 28GHz mmWave
8.8x
9.2x 184 Mbps
102 Mbps
56 Mbps
20 Mbps 39 Mbps
4G device 4G device
Cat 205G
LTEdevice 4G device 4G device 5G device
in 4G in 5G in 5G in 4G in 5G in 5G
network network network network network network
Learn more:
www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2018/03/07/predicting-real-world-5g-performance 21
San Francisco Simulation Collaborating with global
65% 1.4 Gbps 5x operators to simulate 5G
outdoor
coverage
median
burst rate
increase
in capacity NR mmWave capacity
and coverage
Site Total 48 36 32 31 28 41 31 39 37
134
density Macro 0 8 15 14 7 33 31 39 37 antenna
(per km2) locations
Small 48 28 17 17 21 8 0 0 0
8 Mbps 93%
LAA
28 GHz LAA
28 GHz
28 GHz LAA
US City 1 US City 2
133 dB maximum allowable +10 dB coverage
path loss (MAPL)1 advantage
157.25 mm
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5G Modem family
Sub-6 + mmWave
Premium-tier
smartphones in 2019
Many more
Number of RF bands
spectrum and band combinations
bands/types
By technology generation
4G
Advanced
wireless Early 5G combinations >10,000
technologies
5G
4G carrier aggregation combinations >1,000
A much wider
variation of
use cases 4G today 49
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Power
Tracker
Qualcomm
RF Transceiver
A
Power Duplexer / Switch
Amplifier Hexaplexer N
RF Front 4G
T
E
Modem N
N
Low Noise Filter Switch Antenna
Extractor Antenna A
End
Amplifier Switch
Tuner
S
Diversity
Receive
RF Front End
Multimode 3G/4G/5G poses
immense challenge End-to-end approach needed to address growing complexity
Qualcomm Technologies
RFFE Controller
end-to-end system
uniquely positions us to
lead in 5G multimode RFFE A
N
T
Modem XCVR E
N
N
A
` S
Antenna module
5G mmWave antenna
modules and
transceiver chips
Modem
SDR051
Integrated Circuit
Intermediate Frequency mm
Wave
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Driving a rich 5G NR technology roadmap beyond eMBB
Download the 3GPP Release-16 5G NR overview presentation to learn more — link
5G NR 5G NR Non-Orthogonal
C-V2X Multiple Access (NOMA)
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