Ericsson 5G Plug-Ins

Presentation content:
5G Plug-ins SW from 19.Q1 up to 19.Q4

2019-12-
Fredrik Sundberg BNEW TSS 02
Scope

— This presentation will cover

— Functions included in the 5G Plug-ins SW from 19.Q1 up to 19.Q4

— This presentation will not cover

— Existing functions up to 18.Q4
— Functions in 20.Q1 and onwards
— LTE SW
5G Plug-ins
Overview

Massive MIMO

Multi-user MIMO
5G Latency Reduction
Plug-ins
Intelligent Connectivity

5G Plug-ins supported with Ericsson

Radio System Baseband and ENM
Massive MIMO
19.Q1
Q4

Q4 Dec Jan Q1
Nov Feb

Oct Mar
Q3
Sep
19 Apr
Q1

Aug May
Q3 Jul Jun Q2

Q2
Massive MIMO Basic
19.Q1: FAJ 801 1010 (FDD/TDD)

— Basic AAS for TDD (FAJ 121 4882) — Basic AAS for FDD (FAJ 121 4875)
— Support for 64T64R Radio — Support for 32T32R Radio
— Downlink Common Channel Beamforming — Downlink Common Channel Beamforming
— Single User MIMO, Downlink Beamforming — TM9 with AAS FDD (FAJ 121 4876)
— Single User MIMO, Uplink Beamforming
— Single User MIMO, Transmission Mode
Switching
— Carrier Aggregation up to 3CC
— Advanced Receiver
— Adaptive Transmission Mode Selection
— Smart SRS Allocation
— DL Beamforming capacity enhancement
— Inter eNodeB CA support for TDD AAS
19.Q2
Q4

Q4 Dec Jan Q1
Nov Feb

Oct Mar
Q3
Sep
19 Apr
Q1

Aug May
Q3 Jul Jun Q2

Q2
Massive MIMO Basic
Enhanced VP – 19.Q2: FAJ 801 1010 (FDD/TDD)

— Basic AAS for TDD (FAJ 121 4882) — Basic AAS for FDD (FAJ 121 4875)
— Support for 64T64R Radio — Support for 32T32R Radio
— Downlink Common Channel Beamforming — Downlink Common Channel Beamforming
— Single User MIMO, Downlink Beamforming — TM9 with AAS FDD (FAJ 121 4876)
— Single User MIMO, Uplink Beamforming — Spatial AAS traffic distribution observability
— Single User MIMO, Transmission Mode (FAJ 121 4899) [New]
Switching
— Carrier Aggregation up to 3CC
— Advanced Receiver
— Adaptive Transmission Mode Selection
— Smart SRS Allocation
— DL Beamforming capacity enhancement
— Inter eNodeB CA support for TDD AAS
— TDD-AAS 256QAM Support [New]
TDD-AAS 256QAM Support
New – 19.Q2: FAJ 121 4882 (TDD)
Massive MIMO
— Description
— TM8 are supported with 256 QAM Downlink for both
Single-User MIMO (SU-MIMO) and Multi-User MIMO
(MU-MIMO) 256-QAM
— More information bits transferred in each DL radio
symbol (total 8 bits)
— 30% more compared to 64-QAM
— Higher peak bit rate in good radio conditions

— Operator benefit
— Improved cell capacity
— Increased peak UE throughput

8 bits/symbol
Spatial AAS traffic distribution
observability
Massive MIMO
New - 19.Q2: FAJ 121 4899 (TDD)
— Description
— Enable advanced analysis of user and
data traffic distribution for network
planning, antenna tilting and parameter
tuning

— PDF counters measure UE and downlink

transmission angle distribution both in
the directions of azimuth and elevation

— Benefit
— Improved planning and optimization
— Parameter tuning
— Antenna tilting
19.Q3
Q4

Q4 Dec Jan Q1
Nov Feb

Oct Mar
Q3
Sep
19 Apr
Q1

Aug May
Q3 Jul Jun Q2

Q2
Massive MIMO Basic
Enhanced VP – 19.Q3: FAJ 801 1010 (FDD/TDD)

— Basic AAS for TDD (FAJ 121 4882) — Basic AAS for FDD (FAJ 121 4875)
— Support for 64T64R Radio — Support for 32T32R Radio
— Downlink Common Channel Beamforming — Downlink Common Channel Beamforming
— Single User MIMO, Downlink Beamforming — TM9 with AAS FDD (FAJ 121 4876)
— Single User MIMO, Uplink Beamforming — Spatial AAS traffic distribution observability
— Single User MIMO, Transmission Mode (FAJ 121 4899)
Switching
— Carrier Aggregation up to 3CC
— Advanced Receiver
— Adaptive Transmission Mode Selection
— Smart SRS Allocation
— DL Beamforming capacity enhancement
— Inter eNodeB CA support for TDD AAS
— 256QAM Support
— LTE Split Mode for Massive MIMO Radios (FAJ
121 5047) [New]
LTE split mode for Massive MIMO
Radios
Massive MIMO
New - 19.Q3: FAJ 121 5047
— Description
— Split mode provides the ability to run both NR
and LTE on the same AIR 6488 radio unit
simultaneously
— The 64 antenna branches are split
between two sets of cells of 32 antenna
branches each (NR + LTE)
— The LTE and NR spectrum do not have to LTE
be next to each other

— Benefit
— Increases Instantaneous Bandwidth (IBW),
Channel Bandwidth (CBW) and the number of
supported sector carriers compared to a 64TR
configuration NR
— Increased cost efficiency of radio coverage
solutions Only one Radio Unit is required to
meet the coverage needs of NR and LTE
19.Q4
Q4

Q4 Dec Jan Q1
Nov Feb

Oct Mar
Q3
Sep
19 Apr
Q1

Aug May
Q3 Jul Jun Q2

Q2
Massive MIMO Basic
Enhanced VP: 19.Q4: FAJ 801 1010 (FDD/TDD)

— Basic AAS for TDD (FAJ 121 4882)
— Support for 64T64R Radio
— Downlink Common Channel Beamforming
— Single User MIMO, Downlink Beamforming
— Single User MIMO, Uplink Beamforming
— Single User MIMO, Transmission Mode Switching
— Carrier Aggregation up to 3CC
— Advanced Receiver
— Adaptive Transmission Mode Selection
— Smart SRS Allocation
— DL Beamforming capacity enhancement
— Inter eNodeB CA support for TDD AAS
— 256QAM Support
— LTE Split Mode for Massive MIMO Radios (FAJ 121
5047)
— Basic AAS for FDD (FAJ 121 4875)
— Support for 32T32R Radio
— Downlink Common Channel Beamforming
— TM9 with AAS FDD (FAJ 121 4876)
— Spatial AAS traffic distribution observability (FAJ
121 4899)
— Interference Rejection Combining for AAS FDD (FAJ
121 4919) [New]
— Digital Sectorization with AAS FDD (FAJ 121 5066)
[New]
Interference Rejection Combining for
AAS FDD
New – 19.Q4: FAJ 121 4919 (FDD) Massive MIMO
— Description
— Support for full interference rejection
combining (IRC) with 32 receiver antenna
branches
— The feature combines a PUSCH signal from
receiver antennas in a better way, compared
to MRC and IRC, when there is more than one
interferer
— Improves uplink receiver performance in

X
interference-limited environments using 32 RX
antennas

X
— Operator benefit
X
— In deployments with significant interference
levels, e.g. in dense urban networks:
— Increased average uplink UE throughput
— Increased uplink cell throughput
— Enhanced application coverage
Digital Sectorization with AAS FDD
New - 19.Q4: FAJ 121 5066 (FDD)

— Description
— Allows a single antenna system to serve
multiple cells
— Both cells use entire antenna aperture
— Enables capacity gains when penetration
of Rel-13/14 are low
— 1 sector split in 2 digital sectors + 2
normal sectors per Baseband

— Operator benefit
— Incresed DL and UL cellthroughput
— Increased capacity
Multi-user MIMO
19.Q1
Q4

Q4 Dec Jan Q1
Nov Feb

Oct Mar
Q3
Sep
19 Apr
Q1

Aug May
Q3 Jul Jun Q2

Q2
Multi-User MIMO
19.Q1: FAJ 801 1011 (FDD/TDD)

— Included functions
— Multi-User MIMO Downlink Layers Extensions (FAJ 121 4877)
— Multi-User MIMO Uplink Layers Extensions (FAJ 121 4878)
19.Q2
Q4

Q4 Dec Jan Q1
Nov Feb

Oct Mar
Q3
Sep
19 Apr
Q1

Aug May
Q3 Jul Jun Q2

Q2
Multi-User MIMO
Enhanced VP – 19.Q2: FAJ 801 1011 (FDD/TDD)

— Included functions
— Multi-User MIMO Downlink Layers Extensions (FAJ 121 4877) [Enhanced]
— Multi-User MIMO Uplink Layers Extensions (FAJ 121 4878)
Multi-User MIMO Downlink Layers
Extensions
Enhanced - 19.Q2: FAJ 121 4877 R5 Multi User MIMO
— Description
— Provides the ability to run up to 16 MIMO
layers in downlink on 20 MHz carrier
— Enables co-scheduling of up to 16 users,
using the same time-frequency
resources

— Benefit
— Increased capacity in high load
scenarios, when channel conditions are
suitable
19.Q3
Q4

Q4 Dec Jan Q1
Nov Feb

Oct Mar
Q3
Sep
19 Apr
Q1

Aug May
Q3 Jul Jun Q2

Q2
Multi-User MIMO
Enhanced VP – 19.Q3: FAJ 801 1011 (FDD/TDD)

— Included functions
— Multi-User MIMO Downlink Layers Extensions (FAJ 121 4877) [Enhanced]
— Multi-User MIMO Uplink Layers Extensions (FAJ 121 4878)
— High Capacity Multi User MIMO (FAJ 121 5122) [New]
Multi-User MIMO Downlink Layers
Extensions
Enhanced - 19.Q3: FAJ 121 4877 R6 Multi User MIMO
— Description
— Provides the ability to run up to 10 MIMO
layers in downlink on 10 MHz carrier
— Enables co-scheduling of up to 10 users,
using the same time-frequency
resources

— Benefit
— Increased capacity in high load
scenarios, for operators with limited
spectrum
High Capacity Multi User MIMO
New – 19.Q3: FAJ 121 5122 R1
Multi User MIMO
— Description
— Increases the number of users in a cell
that can use high performance single or
multi-user MIMO
— 64 ->128 SRS users per cell
— Remaining users can use single-user
MIMO
— More MU-MIMO candidates in scenarios
with stationary/slow-moving devices
(stadium, malls, fixed wireless access,
etc.)

— Benefit
— Increased cell throughput
— Increased capacity
19.Q4
Q4

Q4 Dec Jan Q1
Nov Feb

Oct Mar
Q3
Sep
19 Apr
Q1

Aug May
Q3 Jul Jun Q2

Q2
Multi-User MIMO
Enhanced VP – 19.Q4: FAJ 801 1011 (FDD/TDD)

— Included functions
— Multi-User MIMO Downlink Layers Extensions (FAJ 121 4877)
— Multi-User MIMO Uplink Layers Extensions (FAJ 121 4878)
— High Capacity Multi User MIMO (FAJ 121 5122) [Enhanced]
High Capacity Multi User MIMO
Enhanced – 19.Q4: FAJ 121 5122 R2
Multi User MIMO

Description
— Increases the number of users in a cell that can use
high performance single or multi-user MIMO
— 128 ->256 SRS users per cell
— Remaining users can use single-user MIMO
— More MU-MIMO candidates in scenarios with
stationary devices (stadiums, fixed wireless
access)

Benefit
— Increased cell throughput
— Increased capacity
Latency Reduction
19.Q1
Q4

Q4 Dec Jan Q1
Nov Feb

Oct Mar
Q3
Sep
19 Apr
Q1

Aug May
Q3 Jul Jun Q2

Q2
Latency Reduction
19.Q1: FAJ 801 1012

— Included functions
— Instant Uplink Access (IUA) (FAJ 121 4831)
19.Q2
Q4

Q4 Dec Jan Q1
Nov Feb

Oct Mar
Q3
Sep
19 Apr
Q1

Aug May
Q3 Jul Jun Q2

Q2
Latency Reduction
19.Q2: FAJ 801 1012

— Included functions
— Instant Uplink Access (IUA) (FAJ 121 4831)
— Instant Uplink Access (IUA) with ASGH support (FAJ 121
4960) [New]
Instant Uplink Access (IUA) with ASGH
support
New – 19.Q2 FAJ 121 4960 (FDD/TDD)
Description
Latency
— Enables operators to differentiate Instant Uplink Reduction
Access configuration for subscribers in advanced
subscriber groups (ASG)

— The operator can enable or disable the Instant

Uplink Access feature for a specific set of
subscribers with different latency levels with ASGH-
Supported Instant Uplink Access

Benefit
— Provides performance differentiation for a subset of ms
~8 ms RTT reduction

UEs belonging to an advanced subscriber group

LTE baseline IUA

Intelligent
4G
5G

Connectivity
19.Q2
Q4

Q4 Dec Jan Q1
Nov Feb

Oct Mar
Q3
Sep
19 Apr
Q1

Aug May
Q3 Jul Jun Q2

Q2
Intelligent Connectivity
New 19.Q2: FAJ 801 1013

— Basic Intelligent Connectivity (FAJ 121 4843)

[New]
— LTE NR Dual Connectivity [New]
— UL/DL Decoupling [New]
— LTE-NR Aggregation [New]
LTE-NR Dual Connectivity
New – 19.Q2: FAJ 121 4843

Description
Intelligent
— Enables 5G overlay in an LTE network to boost
bitrates Connectivity
— 3GPP option 3x - Non-Stand Alone (NSA)
— UE uses a split bearer with two separate connections,
5G Enabled
to an LTE eNB and NR gNB Core
— Control signaling is handled by the eNB S1-C S1-U
— DL user data is transferred on LTE and/or NR
connection
— X2 interface is used between the eNB and gNB
— LTE eNB broadcasts information to UE to enable a X2
LTE (eNB) NR (gNB)
device display 5G icon User
plane
Benefit Control
— Enables early and smooth introduction of 5G in 4G plane
networks

Note: Please refer to NR RAN Base Package for NR details

UL / DL Decoupling
New – 19.Q2: FAJ 121 4843

Description
Intelligent
— Provides enhanced 5G coverage and performance
by picking the best NR or LTE leg for uplink and Connectivity
downlink separately
— NR coverage is extended by combining the
high speed and low latency of NR with the
high coverage and high reliability of LTE
— Service utilization is maximized because leg
switching can be used even with fast changing
radio conditions
— Allows e.g. the LTE spectrum, with superior
coverage, to be used for uplink user data, while LTE (eNB) NR (gNB)
the NR spectrum, with superior peak data rate
and latency, is used for downlink UL/DL UL/DL

Benefit
— Enhanced NR coverage by leveraging LTE for
uplink
— Increased UL and DL performance for non-stand
LTE - NR Aggregation
New – 19.Q2: FAJ 121 4843

Description
Intelligent
— Increased DL user peak bitrates and app coverage
by combining one or more LTE carriers with one Connectivity
NR carrier in low/medium frequency bands
— Up to 5 LTE carriers can be aggregated with
one NR carrier in low/mid band
— Up to 5 LTE carriers can be aggregated with up
to 4 NR carriers in high band

Benefit
— Allow non-stand alone NR users to experience
higher speeds everywhere in the network LTE
— Helps operators to make sure that user bit-rates
NR
are always better for a non-stand alone 5G user
compared to a 4G user

Note: Please refer to NR Peak Rate Evolution Value Package for NR

details
19.Q3
Q4

Q4 Dec Jan Q1
Nov Feb

Oct Mar
Q3
Sep
19 Apr
Q1

Aug May
Q3 Jul Jun Q2

Q2
Intelligent Connectivity
Enhanced 19.Q3: FAJ 801 1013

— Basic Intelligent Connectivity (FAJ 121 4843)

— LTE NR Dual Connectivity [Enhanced]
— UL/DL Decoupling
— LTE-NR Aggregation
LTE-NR Dual Connectivity
Enhanced - 19.Q3: FAJ 121 4843

Description
Intelligent
— Enables 5G overlay in an LTE network by connecting
5G gNB over S1 i/f to a 5G enabled core using option Connectivity
3x (NSA)
— UE is configured with a split bearer with connections
5G Enabled
to a Master Node (MN) and to a Secondary Node (SN) Core
— The MN is always the eNB and the SN is always the gNB
S1-C S1-U
— Control signaling towards the UE and CN is handled by
the MeNB
— User data is transferred on either LTE or NR connection
— Measurement based or blind configuration of split
bearer X2
LTE (eNB) NR (gNB)
User
— Enhanced in N19.Q3 to support plane
— Packet forwarding at secondary node release Control
plane

Benefit
— Enables early and smooth introduction of 5G
19.Q4
Q4

Q4 Dec Jan Q1
Nov Feb

Oct Mar
Q3
Sep
19 Apr
Q1

Aug May
Q3 Jul Jun Q2

Q2
Intelligent Connectivity
Enhanced 19.Q4: FAJ 801 1013

— Basic Intelligent Connectivity (FAJ 121 4843)

— LTE NR Dual Connectivity [Enhanced]
— UL/DL Decoupling
— LTE-NR DL Aggregation [Enhanced]
— Capability-aware Idle Mode Control (FAJ 121 5073)
[New]
LTE-NR Dual Connectivity
Enhanced – 19.Q4: FAJ 121 4843

Description Intelligent
— Enables 5G overlay in an LTE network by connecting 5G gNBs to
eNBs via X2 interface and through S1 interface to a 5G enabled core Connectivity
(option 3x)
— UE uses a split bearer with two separate connections via LTE and NR
— Control signaling towards the UE and CN is handled by the eNB 5G Enabled
— A split bearer is setup blindly or based on measurements Core
— Buffered user data is forwarded over X2 during setup and release
S1-C S1-U
— User data is handled by the gNB and transferred on either LTE or
NR connection

— Enhanced in N19.Q4 to support:

— EN-DC triggered redirect at set-up X2
— Advanced measurement based NR leg setup (mid band) LTE (eNB) NR (gNB)
— TCP Optimization (AQM) for split bearers User
plane
Control
plane

Benefit
— Enables early and smooth introduction of 5G using NSA
LTE - NR Aggregation
Enhanced – 19.Q4: FAJ 121 4843

Description
Intelligent
— Increased DL user peak bitrates and app coverage
by combining one or more LTE carriers with one Connectivity
NR carrier in low/medium/high frequency bands
— LTE 5CC + NR 1CC in mid-band
— LTE 5CC + NR 4CC in high-band

—Enhanced in 19.Q4 to support:

— LTE 2CC + NR 1CC in low-band

Benefit LTE
— Allow non-stand alone NR users to experience NR
higher speeds everywhere in the network
— Helps operators to make sure that user bit-rates
are always better for a non-stand alone 5G user
compared to a 4G user

Note: Please refer to NR Peak Rate Evolution Value Package for NR

details
UE Capability Aware Idle Mode
control
New – 19.Q4: FAJ 121 5073
Description Intelligent
— At release of connection check UE capability for
5G Connectivity
— Secure that 5G capable users are released to a
frequency that has EN-DC support F3 EN-DC
— Using statistical AI methods coverage overlap is
F2 EN-DC
evaluated and integrated into the release decision
avoiding frequencies with poor coverage
F1

Benefit
— Ensure 5G devices camp on EN-DC anchor cells
Example:
based on best coverage
1. 5G capable UE is connected to cell on frequency 1
— Faster access to 5G and is about to be released
2. F2 and F3 are EN-DC capable frequencies
— Improved 5G icon coverage in idle mode 3. UE will be prioritized with F3 since F3 has better
coverage probability compared to F2
5G Plug-Ins 19.Q1 – 19.Q4
Massive MIMO
Basic AAS for TDD (FAJ 121 4882)
LTE Split Mode for Massive MIMO
Radios (FAJ 121 5047)
Basic AAS for FDD (FAJ 121 4875)
TM9 with AAS FDD (FAJ 121 4876)
Spatial AAS traffic distribution
observability (FAJ 121 4899)
Interference Rejection Combining for
AAS FDD (FAJ 121 4919)
Digital Sectorization with AAS FDD
(FAJ 121 5066)
Multi-user MIMO
Multi-User MIMO Downlink Layers
Extensions (FAJ 121 4877)
Multi-User MIMO Uplink Layers
Extensions (FAJ 121 4878)
High Capacity Multi User MIMO (FAJ
121 5122)
Latency reduction
Instant Uplink Access (IUA) (FAJ 121
4831)
Instant Uplink Access (IUA) with ASGH
support (FAJ 121 4960)
Intelligent Connectivity
Basic Intelligent Connectivity (FAJ 121
4843)
- LTE NR Dual Connectivity
- UL/DL Decoupling
- LTE-NR DL Aggregation
Capability-aware Idle Mode Control
(FAJ 121 5073)
Where to find more information

— The complete 5G Plug-Ins commercial presentation can be found in Portfolio &

Commerce
link to Portfolio & Commerce

— Feature descriptions can be found in Lighthouse

link to Lighthouse

— Feature details of released SW can be found in CPI

link to CPI