5G : A tutorial overview of standards, trials, challenges, deployment, and practice
Shafi, Mansoor ; Molisch, Andreas F. LU ; Smith, Peter J ; Haustein, Thomas ; Zhu, Peiying ; De Silva, Prasan ; Tufvesson, Fredrik LU
; Benjebbour, Anass
and Wunder, Gerhard
(2017)
In IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
35(6).
p.1201-1221
- Abstract
There is considerable pressure to define the key requirements of 5G, develop 5G standards, and perform technology trials as quickly as possible. Normally, these activities are best done in series but there is a desire to complete these tasks in parallel so that commercial deployments of 5G can begin by 2020. 5G will not be an incremental improvement over its predecessors; it aims to be a revolutionary leap forward in terms of data rates, latency, massive connectivity, network reliability, and energy efficiency. These capabilities are targeted at realizing high-speed connectivity, the Internet of Things, augmented virtual reality, the tactile internet, and so on. The requirements of 5G are expected to be met by new spectrum in the... (More)
There is considerable pressure to define the key requirements of 5G, develop 5G standards, and perform technology trials as quickly as possible. Normally, these activities are best done in series but there is a desire to complete these tasks in parallel so that commercial deployments of 5G can begin by 2020. 5G will not be an incremental improvement over its predecessors; it aims to be a revolutionary leap forward in terms of data rates, latency, massive connectivity, network reliability, and energy efficiency. These capabilities are targeted at realizing high-speed connectivity, the Internet of Things, augmented virtual reality, the tactile internet, and so on. The requirements of 5G are expected to be met by new spectrum in the microwave bands (3.3-4.2 GHz), and utilizing large bandwidths available in mm-wave bands, increasing spatial degrees of freedom via large antenna arrays and 3-D MIMO, network densification, and new waveforms that provide scalability and flexibility to meet the varying demands of 5G services. Unlike the one size fits all 4G core networks, the 5G core network must be flexible and adaptable and is expected to simultaneously provide optimized support for the diverse 5G use case categories. In this paper, we provide an overview of 5G research, standardization trials, and deployment challenges. Due to the enormous scope of 5G systems, it is necessary to provide some direction in a tutorial article, and in this overview, the focus is largely user centric, rather than device centric. In addition to surveying the state of play in the area, we identify leading technologies, evaluating their strengths and weaknesses, and outline the key challenges ahead, with research test beds delivering promising performance but pre-commercial trials lagging behind the desired 5G targets.
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- author
- Shafi, Mansoor
; Molisch, Andreas F.
LU
; Smith, Peter J
; Haustein, Thomas
; Zhu, Peiying
; De Silva, Prasan
; Tufvesson, Fredrik
LU
; Benjebbour, Anass
and Wunder, Gerhard
- organization
- publishing date
- 2017-06-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- 5G, beamforming, cloud ran, massive MIMO, next generation core, testbeds, trials, waveforms
- in
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
- volume
- 35
- issue
- 6
- article number
- 7894280
- pages
- 21 pages
- publisher
- IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85020433200
- wos:000402731600002
- ISSN
- 0733-8716
- DOI
- 10.1109/JSAC.2017.2692307
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 71f80c13-c533-47a8-9960-f2deb7e8899f
- date added to LUP
- 2017-06-27 14:28:02
- date last changed
- 2024-06-10 20:08:23
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