This presentation referenced from different sources such as Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, IEEE, among others was delivered during the IEEE Kenya Symposium 2018 at Riara University. The presentation was to give an update of 5G technology and demystify issues in 5G.

1. 5G:LET’S DEMYSTIFY IT
5G Technology Update
IEEE Kenya Symposium 2018| Riara University
Mr. Martin Wachiye Wafula
FSM Engineering Trainee | Communications Authority of Kenya | wachiyem@ieee.org
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3. HISTORY: WHERE ARE WE COMING FROM?
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Mobile, One decade for a leap Source: Huawei

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5. 5G VISION
▸One network
supporting multiple
use case and
industries
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Source: Ericsson

6. 5G
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Three Key Features

7. Challenges and Gaps to Reach 5G
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Source: Huawei

8. Revolutionary Use Cases Demand Widest
System Capabilities Source: Nokia
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Source: Nokia

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11. Explosion of Possibilities
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What are possibilities for customers, businesses and our world?

12. Standardization Status
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3GPP Timelines

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14. 5G Technologies Under Study
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Areas of Research

15. Frequency Spectrum
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Unlocking new spectrum assets will provide the foundation of 5G

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23. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
▸Elisa, a Finnish telecommunications
company,recently announced that it had begun ‘commercial use of a
5G network.’ - https://news.itu.int/finland-5g-development/ (Finish
Minister of Transport and Communication)
▸Poland : Orange and Nokia conduct Cloud RAN trial in operational
LTE network - “The quality and performance observed during the
trial give confidence on the RAN virtualization and is a critical step
for us towards 5G.” – Piotr Jaworski, CTO, Orange Poland -
https://news.itu.int/how-poland-is-becoming-a-centre-of-
excellence-for-5g/
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FINILAND AND POLAND

24. CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS cont…
▸Set up National 5G Taskforce with 3 sub-committees (“5G
Spectrum”, “5G Development” and “5G verticals”);
- awarded 160 MHz of additional IMT spectrum in
700 MHz, 800 MHz and 1800 MHz bands to mobile operators
Mobily and Zain
- Test and Trial licenses issued to all 3 national
operators in May, 2018, by utilizing 100 MHz channels in 3.6-
3.8 GHz band - https://news.itu.int/how-saudi-arabia-is-
paving-the-way-to-be-a-regional-leader-in-5g/
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SAUDI ARABIA

25. CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS cont…
▸Lessons from Orange Romania, Cisco, and Samsung’s 5G trial
(Example of Innovation Eco-system to deliver solution to clients)
• Results of the month-long fixed wireless access trial in Romania
• Orange Romania deployed a 5G FWA network with Samsung and
Cisco
• Registered actual consumer and business customers
• -Registered 15 real customers
• Orange Romania had access to the 26GHz mmWave band for the trial
period, and used Massive MIMO and beamforming from the access
points. The telco says it was able to achieve coverage beyond 1km at
1Gbit/s speed for a single user in real live conditions. Measurements
in these conditions also show aggregated cell downlink throughputs
of 3Gbit/s with four simultaneous users, although the system
capacity is significantly higher
• https://news.itu.int/orange-romania-5g-fwa-trial-cisco-samsung/
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ORANGE ROMANIA

26. CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS cont…
▸QTM052 mmWave antenna modules
▸Qualcomm® QTM052 mmWave antenna modules are the
world’s first-announced, fully-integrated mmWave RF solution
for smartphones and other mobile devices that are engineered
to open up spectrum and improve mmWave signal using 5G
technologies. QTM052 modules contain a 5G NR radio
transceiver, power management integrated circuit (IC), RF front-
end components, and a phased antenna array, as well as
support for the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X50 5G modem.
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QUALCOMM

27. CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS cont…
▸V2X Networks: provide non-LoS abilities to vehicles
▸VW uses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X5, X12 Modem and
820A
▸Snapdragon 835 processor : 10nm – transistor size 725x
smaller than hair and Snapdragon x50 modem: VR possible
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QUALCOMM AND VOLKS WAGEN

28. BEYOND 5G
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ITU 'Network 2030': Initiative to support Emerging
Technologies and Innovation looking beyond 5G advances

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▸ new research
initiative to identify
emerging and
future ICT sector
network demands,
beyond 2030 and
the advances
expected of IMT-
2020 (5G) systems
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https://blog.3g4g.co.uk/2018/08/itu-network-2030-initiative-
to-support.html

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