Mobile Reshapes the World
Global MBB Forum 2017November 15th – 16th
London, UK
OFFICIAL SUMMARY
LONDON2017
The 8th Global Mobile Broadband Forum, hosted by Huawei and co-hosted by GSMA and GTI was held successfully from November 15th to 16th at ExCeL London. Held in London for the second time, this forum was attended by more than 1,400 participants, with an exhibition show floor of over 1700 square meter. This forum also featured the strongest ever lineup of C-level speakers and thought-leaders in its history.
Fueled by developments in 5G and 4.5G, artificial intelligence (AI), connected cars, robotics, cloudification, multimedia, healthcare and the Internet of Things, GMBBF 2017 illustrated how Mobile is Reshaping the World as we know it.
Topics presented during this year’s keynote session included a look into 5G commercialization and 4.5G evolution towards 5G, with senior executives from Huawei, GSMA, BT Group, Telefonica Group, Vodafone Group, Deutsche Telekom Group, Bell, TELUS, Orange Group, ABB, Viacom and P&G Europe all taking the main stage.
More than ever, the event brought together mobile network operators from around the world, vertical industry leaders, broader MBB ecosystem players, cross-industry regulatory bodies, media and analysts to inspire thoughtful discussion, encourage valuable interaction and enable all parties to discover new ways to achieve sustainable growth.
1400+Total Guests
50%CXO/VP and
above(Operator)
500+Non-Operator
Guests
1700M2
ExhibitionArea
Senior Level and above (Non Operator)
75%
18 Distinguished Keynote Speakers
Mobile Reshapes the World Ken Hu Deputy Chairman and Rotating CEO, Huawei
Mobile in 2020 Johan Wibergh CTO, Vodafone Group
Dawn of the 5G Era Alex Sinclair CTO, GSMA
TELUS Road to 5G Eros Spadotto EVP, TELUS
Full Stream Ahead: Growth Opportunities in Mobile Video David Lynn President, CEO, Viacom International Media Networks
Digitalisation enabling Smart Manufacturing Joni Rautavuori Group VP, ABB Robotics
The Key to Success in 5G Era "Co-create New Services across Industries"
Dr. Hiroshi Nakamura CTO, NTT DOCOMO
Canada’s Road to 5G Stephen Howe EVP, BELL
Making a Mobile World Work for 5 Billion P&G Consumers Gary Coombe President, P&G Europe
CROSSCross-Industry TopicsFeaturing MBB’s Future
New Capabilities, New Services, New Growth Ryan Ding President, Carrier Business Group, Huawei
Evolving mobile for a connected world Gavin Patterson CEO, British Telecom Group
Towards 5G: Some Revolution and Some Evolution Dr. Bruno Jacobfeuerborn CTO, Deutsche Telekom Group
On the road to 5G Arnaud Vamparys Senior VP Radio Network, Orange Group
Better Ecosystem for Better 5G Time Enrique Blanco CTIO, Telefonica Group
TechCity Talk1) 2017,Better Connected City2) Idea Spreading From Top Operator3) 2018,New Direction, New Journey
• Fotis Karonis, CTIO, EE, Managing Director of Mobile & IT, BT Group• Makoto Noda, Vice President, Technology Unit , Mobile Technology, Mobile
NW Division, Softbank Corp• Martin Francisco, Head of Radio Network, Vodafone Group
Embracing Mobile Network 2020s Edward Deng President of Wireless Solution, Huawei
Embracing Mobile Network 2020s
Seamless Coverage Low LatencyHigh Capacity
5G Era SingleRAN
Wireless Network with Intelligence
Simplify O&M
Drive Simplicity
Beyond Performance
LimitationInspire Potential
Enable New Capability
Explore PossibilityCloudEdge CloudRAN CloudAIR
New Mobile Cloud ERA
Huawei is working hard in 3 Elements of future network: powerful capabilities, agile architecture, efficient management, to help operators to achieve commercial success with "Everyone on Mobile, Everything with Wireless, and Every Industry plus Wireless".
Huawei Viewpoints
Telcos could generate $10 per connected cow per year, Huawei CEO suggests. Given the number of cattle out there, that's a sizeable potential revenue stream
"This is just one of the many opportunities out there. There are 20 million shipping containers in the world and there are 100 million new bicycles manufactured every year. There are 300 million LED street lamps and 1.8 billion water meters throughout the world. The opportunities are everywhere; the only limitation is our imagination,"
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Future networks should be application-centric, data-driven, and eventually, it should be an intelligent system,” Hu said.
The use of big data and AI will enable operators to build networks which can be controlled and managed more intelligently: “From operations and maintenance to service provisioning, we want to build networks that are automated, self-optimising, and self-healing. Full autonomy is what we’re aiming for,” Hu observed.
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Huawei Viewpoints
“Never leave until tomorrow that which you can do today.”
“Our industry cannot just sit and wait for 5G. We must act now, incubating new services and building new capabilities in 4.5G networks. I believe that WTTX and NB-IoT will be a good start,” Ryan Ding said.
“These two services will not only create some new revenue, new services, but they will prepare operators to build 5G capabilities in operations, in organization, and most importantly, in ecosystem.”
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The huge potential of 5G is emerging, the entire industry needs to act now to build new capabilities to realize the 5G vision. We still have a long way to go.“ ”
New Capabilities
New Business
Organization OperationEcosystemNetwork
New Growth
WTTxNB-IoT
More…
The Best Place to Meet Decision Makers Within the MBB IndustryGMBBF Facilitates Real Collaborations for MNOs, Media, Analysts and 3rd Party Industries
109 Executive meetings formally arranged during the 8th Global MBB Forum
Including influential media conglomerates, leading analyst firms, the biggest mobile operators in the world, market share leaders in robotics industry, drone makers, healthcare, automotive industry, IoT, cloudified video & broadcasting, Internet, regulatory bodies and so on.
Hundreds more informal meet ups also took place for 3rd party exhibitors, participants and visitors, whom hopefully and found win-win opportunities with the MBB industry. As a result, all parties would no doubt eventually contribute new opportunities to the entire global MBB industry.
High-Levels Meeting Up
C-Suite BusinessRoundtable
At MBBF 2017, Huawei signed 5 MoUs with leading operators and vertical partners. The cooperation field covered WTTx, multipurpose pole-shaped small cell and 5G new applications including wireless telemedicine, Cloud VR and AI robots.
Cooperation of the Leaders
Huawei and BELL signed WTTx LOI
Huawei and Schreder signed Shuffle Site MoU
Huawei and MGI signed wireless telemedicine MoU
Huawei and University of Edinburgh signed 5G AI Joint-research MoU
Huawei and TPCast signed CloudVR MoU
Edward DengPresident, Wireless Solution, Huawei
“The CTO Roundtable is a platform whichallows us to share our viewpoints on industrytrends and align our strategic actions toinfluence the industry moving forward. Theobjective is to help make the industry healthierand stronger as we prepare for 5G.”
The 11th CTO Roundtable was held on November 15th in London, during Day 1 of the2017 Global Mobile Broadband Forum. This edition brought together over 40 CTOsfrom the world’s leading mobile operators spanning 6 continents, and representsthe largest number of CTO-level participants and higher, in the history of the CTORoundtable. All participants actively discussed and shared their own experienceson three (3) of the current hottest topics, including meeting the networkrequirements of increasing vertical industry applications, the best strategiesregarding network expansion as well as preparing their networks for the coming of5G.
Wireless technology enables flexible factory production line reconfiguration which would increase production efficiency
Integrating NB-IoT in factories will not only improve machine productivity but will also improve efficiency of workers on site
1. MNOs need an IoT Services Platform2. Lower the IoT modules cost and
“eSIM” are must
1. Data revenue does not grow at the same pace as traffic. MIMO is one way which could help reduce cost per bit
2. OPEX is a key concern for site densification
Coverage is a must! customers expect reliability and good experience wherever they go
1. Cross-industry partnerships addressing vertical needs and solutions are essential for 5G success
2. Challenges in the 5G era: explosion in heterogeneity of use cases and need more innovations
1. MNOs need to develop better user experience
2. MNOS need agility and flexibility in order to compete successfully with OTTs
Dr. Michael HaagSenior Vice President, Head of R&D, KUKA Robotics
Shigeyoshi ShimotsujiExecutive Vice President, Toshiba Digital Solutions
Huang YuhongDeputy General Manager, CMCC Research Institute
Cayetano CarbajoChief Technology Officer,Telefónica Germany
Emmanuel Lugagne-DelponGroup Chief Technology Officer, Orange
Bryn JonesChief Technology Officer, 3UK
Alex SinclairChief Technology Officer, GSMA
5G
NetworkIoT
Need to focus on 5G use cases and identify problems to solve
Fotis KaronisManaging Director of TSO, Mobile & Voice, BT Group
Updates of the Cities
Top Ten 5G Use Cases Revealed
www.wirelessxlabs.com>>>
Cloud Virtual & Augmented Reality Real-time Computer Rendering Gaming/Modeling01 02 Connected Automotive
ToD, Platooning, Autonomous Driving
03 Smart Manufacturing Cloud Based Wireless Robot Control 04 Connected Energy
Feeder Automation
05 Wireless eHealthRemote Diagnosis With Force-Feedback 06 Wireless Home Entertainment
UHD 8K Video & Cloud Gaming
07 Connected DronesProfessional Inspection & Security 08 Social Networks
UHD/Panoramic Live Broadcasting
09 Personal AI Assistant AI Assisted Smart Helmet 10 Smart City
AI-enabled Video Surveillance
Data services emerged in the 2G era, grew in the 3G era, anddiversified in the 4G era. 5G, featuring superior user experienceand massively greater capacity, is poised to usher in a new era ofmobile communications. 5G will connect everything, and benefitall walks of life. It will combine big data, cloud computing,artificial intelligence (AI), and many other innovative technologiesto accelerate the arrival of a golden age of information over thenext 10 years.
• Deliver low airspace coverage
• Incubate drone application innovation
• Enable digital sky industry
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2017 – 18 2019 – 20 2020+
Digital Sky 1.0 Digital Sky 2.0 Digital Sky 3.0
Agriculture & plant protection
10m
Power line & infra. inspection
50m
Security & logistics
100m
Professional survey
150m
Fly Taxi & trunk logistics
>500m
Remote control, safe flight
Beyond vision line flight, HD video
Cloud intelligent and auto. fly
Digital Sky Program Revealed
www.wirelessxlabs.com>>>
Cloud VR Program Revealed
Wireless X Labs signed a Memorandum of Understanding with VR company TPCast to develop a cloud-based VR rendering solution.The goal is to allow visual content to be generated from models in the cloud rather than on expensive end-user terminals.Huawei will contribute its 5G networking technologies, while providers of tetherless VR hardware will contribute the device, and low-latency codec and VR data control protocol.
www.wirelessxlabs.com>>>
Bridging Possibility to Opportunity
A variety of Possibilities
2017AnnualReview
AdvisoryCommittee
1
Special Interest Groups
3
Low Airspace
Digital
Wireless Connected
Factory
Wireless Connected
eHealth
InnovationProjects
47+IndustryPartners
271+
…
www.wirelessxlabs.com>>>
Connected Drones Cloud VR/AR
Connected Vehicles Wireless Robotics
Wireless eHealthnew
2018New
Directions
2018 H1
Research directions
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www.wirelessxlabs.com>>>
Dual-200 Massive MIMO AAU
200W & 200MHz
Huawei Solutions Revealed
BBU590050Gbps throughput
PoleStarGSM/UMTS/LTE/NRAll in one
RRU 550XDual-band:• 1.8GHz + 2.1GHz
4*60W• 800MHz + 900MHz
2*100W
TubeStar7 bands, Ready for 5G30% TCO save
5G C-band /mmWave CPEFirst Vendor E2E
RuralStar2.0NLOS,In-bandMulti-hop 60km
Sub-3G All in one Antenna
LampSiteVilla/Grid/Pro
4 Operators sharing4 bands
5G Era SingleRAN
4.5G evolution to support
sustainable growth by improving
network quality and expanding
into new services.
Bring 5G into reality and
incubate the new ecosystem in the
5G era.X Labs supports
MBB insight research to explore new
opportunities for 4.5G and 5G.
1700 m2 MBB Exhibition Hall
One network to provide all vehicles linked business
More and more regulatory institutions and industry partners support LTE-V
Post installed terminals quickly enhance permeability, quickly create a
business application environment
The Chinese government clearly supports the LTE-V
Business Evolution—LTE-V2X
Business Evolution—NB-IoT & Short TTI
The global commercial network number has reached 21 in less than one and half year, 14
networks are constructed by Huawei, the number of activated sites reaches 330,000 which
covers 15 countries. The commercial network number is expected to 30 at the end of 2017,
and this networks will be up to 100 in the coming year.
NB-IoT has been widely used in nearly 30 vertical fields, the connection number is up to
tens of thousands, and will reach 2 million at the end 2017.
NB-IoT is a best C-IoT practice for 5G evolution.
Short TTI's air-interface loop latency reduce from 20ms to 3ms and enables more
applications those require lower latency.
Connect “Things”
Wireless Connected Factory: low latency & machine control, cloud-based machine vision, wireless high density logistics, low latency cloud robotics, wireless flexible
manufacturing Digitalized Low Airspace: connected drones, the coming 3D transportation, security
from sky, drone safety & management, 24/7 flight charging Wireless Connected eHealth: 5G enables wireless remote diagnostics and operation.
Medical centers can deliver services to an area lacking in resources. Emergency situations can also be supported anytime, anywhere.
Cloud Intelligent Applications: Artificial intelligence: Mimicking human intelligence is the highest form of flattery. Such examples include machine vision, intelligent search,
intelligent control, language and imaging research. 5G wireless network and cloud AI can enable AI services anytime, anywhere.
Cloud VR/AR: Cloud VR will greatly reduce the cost of terminal devices by hosting all CGI contents with real time cloud rendering. This will improve VR affordability, but still
ensure optimal quality and ultra-low latency.
X Labs
eLTE SafeCity: anywhere dispatching, omni awareness, Multi-service
Collaboration
eLTE SmartGrid: secure and reliable, real time online, economy and
flexibility
eLTE Makes Transport: safe, efficient, comfort
eLTE wISP: abundant service, short TTM, fast ROI
eLTE Industry Alliance: joint innovation, marketing and standardization
eLTE
More options in the “Verticals”
Business Evolution—WTTx WTTx is the 4th option of broadband connection following copper, cable and
fiber: network capability is ready, widely availability, mature ecosystem
WTTx connect more unconnected homes, enable more broadband connections,
expand new business
Launch WTTx service on existing network, activate sunk traffic, quick win
Legacy Tech, More Business
Experience Evolution—EM Huawei provide software+ hardware solution, including scenario site
solution, planning, OM and Power saving, E2E optimize network TCO, enable
site on demand
SiteHosting reuse the existing resources, reduce TCO, improve MBB quality,
build win-win ecosystem
WINSBON offers optimal evolution path based on global experience and
latest solutions
Experience Evolution—Massive MIMO
Maximize spectral efficiency, optimize TCO
Network capacity enhancement, cell-edge rate improvement, 3D
coverage enhancement, best user experience
Support Competitive business strategy for MBB and WBB
Experience Evolution—4T4R/8T8R 4T4R is the foundation for Giga experience, constructing the base network of future
4R ecosystem has been mature till now. All mainstream chipsets have supported 4x4 MIMO
8T8R AAU is the network foundation for hotspot area, meeting big traffic demand
Push the Limits of Multi-Antenna
Business Evolution—LiTRA Huawei promotes unified standardization in the industry. Huawei is the first to
propose mission critical video applications such as Push-to-Video in the industry
LiTRA will enable mission critical video services through E2E capacity building
Easy to deploy, requiring only the installation of the LiTRA software package on the
eNodeB side to ensure critical communications service experience
Business Evolution—VoLTE
VoLTE enables carriers to carry both voice and data services over the same LTE network. This
allows for HD voice experience on a simplified network, reducing the OPEX, accelerating spectrum
refarming, and improving spectral efficiency
Huawei continuously achieves innovation in VoLTE coverage enhancement and launches the VoLTE
Plus solution. With features such as voice rate control and VoLTE CoMP, Huawei improves VoLTE
coverage by 7 dB, achieving coverage similar to that of 2G/3G networks
Magic of the Voice
Experience Evolution—Small Cell
Huawei LampSite Series solution (LampSite Pro / Grid / Villa / Sharing) can fully support
the operators to indoor digitalization, improving capacity, coverage, user experience
Digital network architecture can support 4G and 5G with the deployment of the same
point, cable untouched, C-band pRRU provide same coverage with Sub 3G pRRU to
achieve the quick construction of 5G NR
MobileSite is an integrated small cell that supports LTE backhaul. It is easy and flexible
to deploy, realizing where there is a power supply, there is a site.
Shuffle Site solution, which allows small cells to be integrated with and deployed on
urban light poles. The integration of new small cells with urban utility resources are set
to help operators obtain more site resources
Experience Evolution—Site TubeStar: enable urban macro site fast deployment with lower TCO
PoleStar: every pole as a site, unleashing MBB traffic
RuralStar: profiting rural coverage and connecting unconnected
Get Ready for More Site Locations
SingleRAN & CloudAIR
5G-oriented Extreme-simplicity Base Station, full interpretation of "5G Era SingleRAN" concept
Extreme-simplicity base station: Antenna “1 + 1”, RF “2 in 1“ High Dual-band RRU + Low Dual-band RRU, BBU“6 in 1” (GSM, UMTS, LTE FDD, LTE
TDD, NB-IoT, 5G NR) in 1 box; Extreme-speed user experience: The transmission capacity of the new BBU
can reach 50Gbps,Dual-200 or Dual-32T Massive MIMO reach 10+Gbps,4T4R full series reach Gbps;
Extreme evolution: Antenna Ready,RRU Ready,BBU Ready,Cabinet Ready. Operators invest now, taking into account the future.
CloudAIR 2.0, Innovation never stops!
Smooth Migration of Multi-RAT: More shared spectrum resources for Multi-RAT. Includes G&U with 48% sharing ratio, G&L 44%, U&L 36%, and L&NR 90%.
Smooth Evolution towards 5G: protect investment, and realize 5G fast deployment. Includes LNR spectrum sharing, 5G NR UL/DL decoupling.
Architecture Evolution—Wireless Intelligence
Wireless intelligence contains the cloud smart engine deployed in the
OSS and the real time smart engine deployed in the RAN, which is the
fundamental capability to ensure the network quality
Wireless intelligence will bring extraordinary experiences of network
operation and network quality. Huawei are now cooperating with
operators to make joint innovation and develop the use case
Architecture Evolution
5G Full Spectrum Access C-band:Major capacity layer in urban city area; Enable 100Mbps experience any place and
anywhere and greatly reduce network deployment cost by sharing the 1.8GHz existing sites with C-Band large bandwidth + Massive MIMO + DL&UL Decoupling technologies;
Sub3GHz:5G coverage layer; Realize NR fast introduction and maximize usage of existing spectrum with DL&UL decoupling;
mmWave: Indoor & Outdoor hotspots, Self Backhaul and WTTx Broadband Access, Vertical applications and mmWave enabled high precision positioning;
5G RAN Architectures Support both SA and NSA: SA (Standalone) is the target architecture ; NSA (Non Standalone)
enable 5G NR fast deployment in early stage; NSA and SA share the same industry chain; Option 3X widely accepted with the best performance
5G Industry Cooperation and Contributions 5G joint innovation with operators Explore 5G new applications, commercial modes and Build up E2E industry ecosystem with
industry partners.
5G in Action
Innovative Sites
5G UL/DL Decoupling
Driverless Minibus
(by EasyMile)
FieldExperience
C-band Co-site and Co-coverage with 1.8GHz
• C-band 100MHz 64T64R• 1.8GHz 10MHz 4T4R
• TUE 2T4R• O2O NLOS
Mobile Technology Complements the Autonomous Driving ExperienceAn amazing EasyMile (easymile.com) driverless bus showcase, demonstrates a continuous story of connectivity technology and autonomous driving technology developments. Cellular connectivity is a proven support to autonomous driving and intelligent transportation systems. As 5G develops, it will provide more connectivity, thus supporting: greater transportation efficiency, shorter platooning distances, faster tele-operated driving speeds and improved maneuvers (braking, acceleration, turning and collision avoidance).
TubeStar: enable urban macro site fast
deployment with lower TCO
PoleStar: every pole as a site,
unleashing MBB traffic
RuralStar: profiting rural coverage and
connecting unconnected
WirelessIndustry &
TechnologyTalks
7 summits and roundtables were held, covering 5G early commercial deployment, 4.5G unified simplified infrastructure network, new increase & investment effect improvement in emerging markets, cross industry collaboration & new research directions of X Labs, cloud core network evolution to 5G, wireless intelligence OSS and cyber security.
773 speakers and audience participated WIT Talks. Speakers were from the leading operators, vertical industries, organizations and associations including CMCC, DT, Vodafone, LG U+, BT, Elisa, Sunrise, O2, SoftBank, Telefonica, Liquid, Airtel, Microsoft, Intel, Bosch, Schréder, ABB, 5GIC, Adobe, Alibaba, ARM, BMW, Google, DJI, KUKA, SONY, University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, GSMA, GSA, Ofcom, WEF, etc. The participants utilized the platforms and opportunities of WIT Talks to discuss with the leaders from diversified industries through presentations, roundtable and panel discussions, and Q&A.
The participants of 2017MBBF WIT Talks:5G Summit: 3004.5G Evolution, Road to 5G Summit: 180Emerging Market Summit: 105Wireless X Labs Innovation Roundtable: 90The 5th OSS Roundtable: 40The 4th MBB Cyber Security Mindshare Forum: 325G-Oriented Core Network Transformation Roundtable: 26
5G Summit: Bring 5G into Reality
4-hours, 300 participants from around the world
5G Summit gathered global leaders in telecommunications operators, regulation
bodies, industry organizations, telecommunications vendors, vertical industries
leaders to discuss rapid and successful large-scale deployment of next-generation
mobile networks and how to build an open, cooperative, win-win 5G ecosystem.
■Topics
Preparing for 5G Early Network Deployment
Building a Healthy 5G Ecosystem in Advance
■Major Consensus
C-Band high bandwidth, 3D-MIMO, 64Tx / Rx and uplink / downlink decoupling are
the key to 5G commercial deployment.
5G network can break the traditional model used in the vertical industry to promote
the development of 5G more prosperous.
3D-MIMO in the 3.5GHz band can effectively boost 5G throughput after applying coverage enhancement schemes in control channel. Considering the base station planning, capacity we are interested in highest coverage and of 64Tx/Rx base stations, lowest costs of 16Tx/Rx base stations.
Dr. Guangyi Liu , Wireless CTO, China Mobile Research Institute , CMCC
Network slicing is being adopted widely as a key concept in 5G. Big improvement on industry in the last 6 month “ONE VOICE TOWARDS VERTICALS”.Antje Williams , Executive 5G Program Manager , Deutsche Telekom
The key steps towards a 5G network:Radio upgraded to reduce latency; 5G deployed, with massive MIMO antennas added to site to increase speed & capacity; Internet latency further reduced (Mobile Edge Computing); Network slices to enable new services and opportunities; New devices supporting 4G Evo and 5G .
Santiago Tenorio , Vodafone Networks CoE
When does LG U+ start deploying 5G? My answer is simple, that is, no later than competitors.
Lee Sang Heon, Head of 5G Development Unit , LG U+
Software Defined Networks, Telemetry, Analytics, AI and “white box” hardware are key in BT’s future network. 5G will be a programmable system, enabling interworking and seamless mobility.Neil J. McRae,BT Group Chief Architect , BT 5G Programme Lead
5G will require different spectrum bands at different frequencies with different characteristics700 MHz • Provide wide area coverage. Clearance well under way3.4-3.8 GHz – “primary” band for 5G26 GHz: Exploring options of how to make this band available for 5G.
Philip Marnick Chairman of the EU’s Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) , Group Director of Spectrum , Ofcom
We now face the next disruption the fourth industrial revolution,and we view Digital Transformation starting with building systems of intelligence.
Danny Yamin , Vice President, Microsoft Enterprise Business in Greater China
Intel is already building 5G’s future Collaborating to Accelerate 5G Technology, Standards, and Spectrum . Huawei and Intel announce 5G collaboration on NR September 2017
Jonathan Wood ,GM of Business Development for 5G Devices , Intel
Operation of “private” 5G networks within a factory environment as a necessity for the success of 5G in the industrial domain. Industry 4.0 may become THE killer application for 5G.
Dr. Andreas Mueller , Project Manager of Corporate Research Department , Robert Bosch GmbH
4.5G Evolution, Road to 5G Summit
Releasing the - unified,
simplified infrastructure
network for MBB2020
This summit was held together with
LightReading with a focus on Giga experience,
future services, and network architecture. This
summit has been arranged to offer mobile
network operators and vertical industry
partners a chance to engage in thought-
provoking discussion, share success stories,
and discover new paths for long term growth.
180 participants participated in this summit.
■Major Consensus
Over the past decade, LTE has matured to
provide services that have traditionally been
borne on 2G/3G networks. Using LTE for
infrastructure networks, to bear both voice and
data services, has become a new trend.
Industry can incubate a full range of services
on a smart network that delivers a Giga
experience.
Huawei will work with operators to construct a
future-proof network that is driven by both
technological development and business
success.
Driven for Gigabit LTE are already here, particularly video but also emerging applications such as augmented reality. With Elisa consuming almost 20GBytes of data each month, Elisa is building a “Giga Experience” LTE- Advanced Pro(4.5G) network, working with Huawei.
— Vesa-Pekka Nikula, Executive Vice President, Production, Elisa
A focus on customer experience is critical for mobile operators as they invest in advanced LTE evolution network. Sunrise is working to have a “defect – free” network.
—Elmar Grasser , Sunrise CTO
It is vital to focus on the economics of the evolution to 5G. We need an economically-realistic technology and business model, a very efficient cost per Gbyte on the road to 5G.
—Jaime Lluch, EVP, O2
LTE Evolution is fundamental to the 5G experience. And the economics of 5G will only stack up with scale, and that means an ongoing focus on the needs of consumers as well as enterprises.—Dave Salam, Director of Customer Centric Operations at BT
WTTx is a realistic and economic use cases for 5G, as an alternative to FTTH.
—Makoto Noda, Vice President of Mobile NW Division of Softbank Corp & Vice President of Mobile Network of Wireless City Planning
In the past 12 months, we have brought NB-IoT to life. On deployment of NB-IoT, the business cases and the unexpected use cases that have emerged.
— Lory Thorpe, Head of Innovation & Prototyping, Vodafone Group Enterprise
Shuffle Site, a multi-function light pole product jointly developed with Huawei, is a brand new cross-border collaboration and innovation. This product not only build a smart city but also turn the municipal facility as a site to offer operators a new option for getting their site in the city.
—Nicolas Keutgen, Chief Innovation& Marketing Officer, Schréder Group
LTE will continuously develop quickly. We estimate that there are more than 700 LTE networks by the end of 2017, and 40% of LTE operators will deploy VoLTE by the end of 2018.
—Joe Barrett, President Global mobile Suppliers Association, GSA
Emerging Markets, Emerging Opportunities
Mobile internet demand is CRITICAL in emerging
markets, equalizing mobile internet for all creates
great business opportunities. All stakeholders need
to collaborate to resolve the physical and digital
isolation and create multi win-win situation.
In the 1st MBBF Emerging Market Summit, 8 key
speakers share opinions about building a better
connected emerging markets and conclude that
investment efficiency is the foundation of healthy
business.
Instead of only producing boxes to EM, Huawei
produce connectivity that is valuable, efficient,
controlled, and affordable. With CloudAir, multi-
chanel/multi-sector, and new innovative sites
(TubeStar, PoleStar and RuralStar), operators can
offer more coverage, more capacity and better
experience with limited investment.
“Huawei provides innovative solution enabling the industry to improve investment efficiency on coverage, capacity and experience, for example the CloudAIR, TubeStar, PoleStar, RuralStar etc. We also need industrial collaboration for site alliance for more investment sharing economy and mobile device cooperation for more affordable smartphones.”
Cao Ming,Vice President, Wireless Product Line, Huawei
“Because of this critical mobile internet demand in emerging markets, equalizing mobile internet for all creates great business opportunities. We need all stakeholders to collaborate to resolve the physical and digital isolation and create multi win-win situation.”
Zhou Jianjun,
Vice President, Carrier Business Group, Huawei
“Telefonica is deploying innovative ideas to build an efficient network, such as using fixed wireless access as a complement for fixed services to enable ubiquitous broadband, new types of high power low cost BTS for rural coverage, and etc.”
Pedro Planas,
Chief Technology Officer,Telefónica del Peru
The Internet's benefits scale with quality and frequency of use. However, significant coverage gaps persist (in EM), exacerbated by a lack of infrastructure finance. Blended finance helps overcome investor barriers and facilitate impact-driven projects.
Eric White,
Leader of “Internet for All”, FellowWorld Economic Forum
“Every individual on the continent has the right to be connected”. Liquid proceed with WTTx to provide fiber-like experience for villages and towns with quick ROI.”
Shahzad Manzoor Khan ,
Wireless CTOLiquid Group
“Except for densely populated countries, 2G coverage cap stands at around 80%. Rural pilot sites reveal services demand upsides despite low budget.”
Guillaume Touchard,
Leader of “Connected Society”, GSMA
“In Ghana many people prefer to record their voices and send over whatsapp. We are just about 50% MBB penetration and have more room. I encourage all stakeholders here to play their part to assist with connecting the unconnected.”
Thelma Quaye,
Chief Technology Officer,Airtel Ghana
“Many emerging market MNOs need to release capital to reinvest in spectrum and network. a healthy towerco partnership should reduce the Total Cost of Network Ownership AND improve performance.”
Kieron Osmotherly,Founder and CEO, Tower Xchange
X Labs Innovation Roundtable90 key industry representativesfrom Smart Manufacturing, including KUKA, ABB, Sennheiser, Shadow Robot, Toshiba,from Connected Drones, including German regulator DFS, operators Cyberhawk, Italdron, Microdrones,manufacturers DJI and EHANGfrom Healthcare, including Philips, UK National Health Service, Proximie, IBM, Microsoft, TechnicalUniversity of Munich,from Academia and Industry Bodies: LSE, Kings College London, Imperial College, University ofEdinburgh, GSMADiscussion about the value of wireless technology in each cross-industries.Key opinions of the representatives from each industry, regarding cross-industry promotions.Suggestion on actions of X Labs and vertical industry partners in 2018.
In depth discussions into:
• wireless healthcare• smart manufacturing• connected drones
Healthcare:• Build an ecosystem from the needs of patients
and clinicians• Enable data flow from the patient into the
system, not from the system about the patient• Ensure data is protected appropriately• Build 5G applications from existing 4.5G
technologies to provide immediate benefits to healthcare systems currently under economic stress
Connected drones• Make drones visible + Make drones work BVLOS + Allow
for real-time data transfer, for faster turn around of services.
Smart manufacturing• Wireless is an essential component of the smart factory to support dynamic and flexible production
lines in a world where tools, parts and plant are not fixed• Key challenges: network jitter; security (data security, information security, trust)• Key area for development: human/robot interaction; decentralized intelligence reduces the need for
human middlemen; mobile robots also act as a proxy for AR/VR
• UTM Regulation introduction – it is key to have cross industry participation from regulators, Telcos, Drone providers, Telco suppliers
• Speed up the regulation introduction, showing business value + societal value – focus on drones for good applications
• Implement need test beds, test corridors … drone ways … where 1000’s or hours of safe flights can be demonstrated s & infrastructure including air traffic data)
The 5th OSS Roundtable
Discussions about how to reshape network operation experience with top telecom operators. Participants including operator
customers from EE、VDF UK、VDF Germany、Vodafone Spain、Orange、Deutsche Telecom、Telefonica Germany、Bouygues.
Major Consensus Future network evolution and service booming, will drive the network to be
cloudification & openness, more intelligent, and service-oriented. For the future network, new technologies like cloudification and wireless
intelligence will completely unleashing the operator’s Degree of Freedom (DoF). And it will bring the operator a brand new O&M experience with simplicity, intelligence and openness.
5G-Oriented Core Network TransformationRoundtable
5G is around the corner. Emerging applications (AR/VR, IoT, V2X) and new business models (B2B, B2V) have challenging new requirements for the core network. This roundtable discussed hot topics (network capability exposure, CUPS and network-level distributed architecture, etc.), and presented the latest industry insights regarding the co-existence of multiple RATs and construction of a 5G core network.
■Major Consensus
Different services have a diverse set of requirements. Distributed Cloud deployment, Network slicing are some of the mechanisms to address the needs of different applications. The next 2-3 years will introduce 5G into the market to develop into Mass market service after 2020.
Mobile Internet, IoT, Vertical Industry, Smart City will be great opportunities for operators in the near future. Migrating to All Cloud architecture presents some challenges, such as ensuring carrier grade reliability, interoperability and service migration to cloud, changes within the network organization.
Several steps to transform to 5G: NFV deployment, CUPS architecture, 5G option 3 to support augmented RAN capacity, 5G option 7 standalone, distributed deployment for low latency. Distributed deployment shall be done based on the use cases needs. 5G Network slicing enables new market opportunities.
5G Core vision includes being User Centric, Application Driven and Autonomous. It will support multiple access technologies, including Fixed access. 5G Core will support microservicesarchitecture to increase agility in product release upgrades; CUPS for user experience enhancements; network slicing to open up to verticals. Evolution to 5G Core will take place in steps, starting with distributing user plane and deploying NSA first.
The 4th MBB Cyber Security Mindshare ForumThis mindshare forum gathered 5G industry chain security experts to discuss 5G (including IoT) security challenges and coping strategies, with a specific deep discussion on hot issues such as credential management, security capacity exposure, and active defense, etc.
■Major Consensus5G security is facing the challenge caused by the major transformations in service, equipment, network architectureSecurity as a Service. Security is the foundation of 5G networkStandards organizations should do their best to make global standards to avoid standards becoming barriers to trade
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