5G Roadmap

R15 Enables Ultimate User Experience on eMBB

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

R15: eMBB R16: eMBB enhancement + uRLLC + mMTC

R15 NSA R15 SA Delay of 3 months

R15 Late Drop Delay of 3 months

2018.6.14, R15 frozen
R16

X 10
User Experience

5G Bandwidth NR Air Interface Massive MIMO eMBB Devices X 20~30

C band：~100MHz f-OFDM, Polar Code, LDPC, 4T4R->64T64R 2T4R as >2.6GHz Basic Cell Capacity
mmWave：~400MHz UL & DL decoupling CRS Free, Full Channel BF Config. HPUE with 26dBm
Spectrum & Operators: 1st Wave in 2019, Mainly C-Band and 2.6G
C-Band is Mainstream, : China/ Korea/ NA/ Middle East Will be
mmWave ecosystem immature Commercial in 2019
2.6 GHz
3.3-3.4 GHz 2017 2018 2019 2020
5G Main Band
3.4-3.6 GHz
Tech. Verification Roll out Commercial
4.8-5.0 GHz
2018.6 license
600 MHz
2.6 GHz 5G Main Band Commercial
Tech. Verification Pre-commercial
28/39 GHz
Solution Commercial
3.4-3.7 GHz test / IOT
5G Main Band Tech. Verification Roll out
26.5-28.9 GHz
2019Q1 license
3.6-4.2 GHz
5G Main Band Solution Commercial in
4.4-4.9 GHz test / IOT Commercial
Tech. Verification some countries

3.4-3.6 GHz Will be reclaimed for 5G 2018.4 license

3.6-3.8 GHz 5G Main Band Tech. Verification Scale trial Pre-commercial Commercial

3.4-3.7 GHz 5G Main Band

Tech. Verification Pre-commercial Commercial
3.4-3.7 GHz 5G Main Band
Chipset & Device: Chipsets Ready in 2018, Smartphone in 2019

Kirin Exynos 5G

CPE 1.0
CPE 2.0 …
1st 5G Device
Helio M70 Snapdragon X50 XMM8060

2018 2018.12 2019

In 2019, Leading Operators will Launch 5G Service

London
x,000 sites

16 cities
2018 (Trial)

5+12 cities x00,000 sites

2019
2019 2020
12 cities (Pre-commercial)
2018

5G Phase I Rollout Using C band CMCC Operator B

4.9G 100MHz 4800-4900
xx,000 Cells 3.5G Low 100MHz
2.6G 160MHz

Operator C Broadcast & TV

2018 2019 2020
3.5G High 100MHz 4.9G 60MHz 4900-4960
5G Bring Opportunities and Challenges Simultaneously
Tomorrow Today’s Challenge

① Diversified service Exploding complexity

Peak Data
Rate
10Gbps • Multi-band: 8+ bands
eMBB
uRLLC • Multi-RAT: 6 modes
• Multi-layer: 4 layers
mMT Latenc • One network for all services
1MC
devices/km2 1ms
y

② New market opportunities

Agile O&M
Revenue Uplift • Flexible service orchestration
• Fast TTM, 3~6 Months
TCO Saving • Simplified O&M and wireless
intelligence
B2C  B2HB2V High Efficiency

③ New roles & new revenue streams

Integrator
Smooth evolution
Vertical • Architecture readiness
Operator
• Site readiness for UDN
Device
• Technology readiness
eMBB Brings new Level: WTTx and Video “Mobile First”

Monito Smartphone HD TV VR/AR/Holography

r
3G Era 5G Era
Mobile Voice WTTx

FTTx
Fix line Early Stage: Smartphone, HDTV, ~4K VR Later: 8K TV/VR

Mobile First 1 Mobile First 2

Resolution 2D 3D
Mobile Voice surpass fix line WTTx surpass FTTx 720P ~1.5Mbps -
1080P ~4Mbps -
2K ~10Mbps -
Already Happened Will Happen 4K ~25Mbps ~50Mbps
8K ~100Mbps ~200Mbps
Thank You