Toward an Ecosystem

Construction of Application Driven Programmable Network

Taiwan 4G+Trial Network

Applications Requirement…

Amazingly Fast

Great Service in a Crowd (Dense of Crowds of Users)

Ubiquitous Things Communicating (Low Energy & Cost.

Massive Number of Devices)

Best Experience Follows You (Mobility)

Super Real-time & Reliable Connections

(Low Latency)

Source: METIS 2

Next-Generation Broadband Network Promote IoT Applications

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2G

9.6Kbps～14.4Kbps

144Kbps～2Mbps

15~100Mbps

1~10Gbps

3G

4G

5G

More than 100

million devices

More than 1000

million devices

More than 10 thousand

million devices

1991 2001 2011 2014 2018

Voice and SMS Mobile Device

APP Soft

Social Net.

BigData

Cloud Service

IoT

Smart Device

2G: digital, voice 3G : digital, supported data, packet

switched (WCDMA, EvDO)

4G : wireless broadband (LTE, LTE-

A)

Wireless City Mobile City Smart City

Ubiquitous Service and Networking

Moving

towards a

Smarter

Internet

• Provide the service requirements of mobile computing, more bandwidth, and lower

latency

• Realize the IoE and Smart City Serivce

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Vision

1. 4G & Beyond Technology Development & Innovative Service Deployment for Cellular Industry

2. Global 4G & Beyond Eco-system Integration

Mission

Vision

A Commercial-alike 4G & Beyond (4G+) trial network for Communication Technology Development & Service Deployment

Local Communication Industry & Global Eco-system Integration

Beyond 4G & 5G R&D with Global Partners

1

2

3

Become a partner with international/domestic companies for verification & validation

4 4

2016

2015

2017

2018

HetNet & Apps

Test Process

System Upgrade To LTE-A

Hybrid 4G/5G

V&V Env.

5G & NFV Network

V&V Env.

Taiwan 4G+ Trial Roadmap

LTE-A (R11-R12) FDD/TDD/FDD+TDD

3 modes, 5 vendors, 17 bands testbed

Provide Cat.9 (450Mbps) DL 3CC tests

VoLTE, SDN tests

LTE-A (R12)

Provide Cat.11 (600Mbps), DL 5CC, eICIC, MTC等 LTE-A Technology tests

Bring in vEPC, vIMS, NFV/SDN Networks

LTE-A (R13)

Provide Cat.15, FeICIC, LAA/LWA, ViLTE (Video over LTE) tests

Establish a V&V platform for new RAT

Verify 5G broadband, UDN, MTC applications

Test 5G NFV new HetNet architectures

Positioning : A platform for 4G device Verification & Validation and Innovative Service Development

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Conduct interoperability/system/service tests for multi-mode/band/vendor products

Conforming to international standards for testing and test cases (e.g. 3GPP standards, GCF criteria, Small Cell Forum criteria)

Acquire a complete Field Trial Log to improve product functions quickly

4G+ Trial Positioning

Needs

•Market Needs

•Requirements Creation

•Product Information

•Business Verification

•Product Development

•Functional Tests

•Performance Tests

•Protocol Tests

•RF Tests

•……..

• Interoperability Test with Vendors

•Interoperability

•Interference

•Latency

•Throughput

•Stability

•MIMO

•Handover

•……

•Network Access Tests

•EMC

•Safety

•Over The Air

•Specific Absorption Rate

•……..

•GCF (Chunghwa Telecom)

•PTCRB (SGS、BV)

R&D / Revision Period V&V / Marketing Period

R&D Basic Tests

Field Tests

Voluntary V&V

Mandatory V&V CAT

•Consistency

• Interoperability

•Business Apps

•Software Reliability

•Hardware Reliability

•Field Tests

•Customer Experience

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7

Roadmap for 4G+ Trial Testing Services

FY104 2016 2017 2018

LTE Module

Cell phones & Terminal Devices

IC Chips Modules

• R11 1. Cat.1~Cat.9(exp. Cat.8) 2. DL CA(FDD or TDD 3CC,

TDD+FDD 2CC) 3. DL 4X4 MIMO 4. Multi-vendor IOT

interoperability tests 5. 17 band tests 6. Field test 7. VoLTE HD voice quality

tests

• R12 1. Cat.11/Cat. 0 2. CA: DL 5CC, UL 2CC 3. DL/UL: 256-/64-QAM 4. Multi-vendor IOT

interoperability tests 5. VoLTE quality and

functional tests 6. GCF reference field

•R13 1. Cat. 15 2. LAA support 3. TM9 support 4. Low cost MTC 5. Multi-vendor IOT

interoperability tests 6. ViLTE quality and

functional tests

• R13 1. 32CC CA 2. Full-dimension

MIMO 3. 3D Beamforming 4. Extended

Coverage MTC

Small Cell

1. SON: ANR, MLB, ICIC 2. Multi-vendor IOT

interoperability tests 3. DL 3CC

1. High-QAM Access 2. CA: DL 5CC, UL 2CC 3. Multi-vendor IOT

interoperability tests 4. Inter-eNB CA 5. SON: AMO, MRO,

CCO, eICIC

1. Multi-vendor IOT interoperability tests

2. LAA/LWA support 3. Indoor positioning 4. Enhanced MDT 5. SON: FeICIC 6. Mobility

Enhancement

1. Multi-RAT Joint Coordination

2. Extension of Dual Connectivity

3. Inter-RAT SON

SDN

1. Transport layer latency 2. Transport layer jitter 3. Transport layer Packet

Loss 4. Synchronization tests

1. Network layer auto provision function

2. Network layer dynamic bandwidth allocation function

1.Application layer network virtualization function

2. Application layer auto-scaling function

1. Service layer service deployment automation function

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Bridge 4G+/5G Technology R&D

HetNet • Soft RAN test platform • LTE/ Wi-Fi Offload & Dual-RAT

Test Environment • D2D Test Environment • LTE-M Test Environment • UDN Test Environment

VoLTE • Voice and Video Quality Test Environment • Supplementary Services

SDN/Network Function Virtualization(NFV)

Mobile Backhaul • SDN Mobile Backhaul Test

Environment

SDN Backhaul SDN/NFV

SDN/NFV vEPC, vIMS, …

New Network Services: Wi-Fi Offload, VoLTE

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ITU-R Final Vision on 5G --- IMT 2020

IoT Related

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5G MMTC System Supporting IoT

• MMTC: Massive Machine Type Communication

Issues – Differentiate Mobile Data User from IoT Devices

– Massive Connection Capacity

– IoT Device Power Saving

4G 5G for IoT – New Radio?

– Different Base Station

– LTE-M in R-13 or R-14

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