1. A glimpse into the future, looking beyond 2025
5G: The future of RAN
A glimpse into the future, looking beyond 2025

2. 5G: Digitalization & Automation, reaching deeper into Society
Social & Economic Drivers and Trends
5G is meant to become Telco industry response to the requirements of this socio-economic change for the next decade and beyond
5G-enabled infrastructure…
… will not only transform individual's life (as previous generations have already done)…
… but will also re-shape most industries and vertical sectors, by supporting a new breed of use cases
5G will allow operators capture their fair share of relatively untapped markets by deploying networks that are:
Efficient: dramatically lowering cost/Gb
Targeted: flexible and suited to each use case or vertical sector’s requirements (network slicing…)
Ubiquitous: pervasive, reliable and always-on
Strong pressure to move forward with digitization and automation across very different sectors, fully capturing the promised benefits (new revenue streams, higher efficiency…)
Technology-intensive industries and verticals to lead the way, but this time changes may have deeper impact across societies
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Media and Entertainment
Agriculture
Automotive
Energy and utilities
Government and security
Ageing
workforce
Population
Universal Access to remote healthcare
Pressure on costs
Climate
change
Lack of farmers
Higher security alerts
Strict CO2 emission goals
New Devices and Services
QoS Increasing
New threats
Decentralized Generation
Increase in renewables
Cibersecurity
The need of 5G

3. 5G RAN: The next paradigm change for MNO
Pushing spectrum boundaries (high bands)
The allocation of millimeter-wave spectrum for deployment of high capacity fixed radio links (for connecting homes/offices, or backhauling our radio base stations) could reduce civil work requirements and add flexibility
Network slicing
A new paradigm that enables the delivery of diverse use cases, for different verticals with different requirements, over a single network infrastructure, on the basis of NFV/SDN.
Cost reduction:
One Network approach, with multiple access layers fixed & wireless (licensed and unlicensed)
Enhanced efficiency (energy and spectrum resources)
Centralization and softwarization of network elements, based on over-the-shelve components
Increase in performance:
High peak data rate for massive downloads on hot spot areas
Latency reduction for highly demanding scenarios
User perception of a more homogeneous coverage and enhanced reliability

4. eMBB: Extending Mobile Broadband even further
Expected timeline
Demand and Service Evolution
Technical Requirements
Network Architecture
Current LTE Networks + deployment of LTE-A
Extend coverage
Spectrum Re-farming
Demand
(Throughput / DoU per month) //
Video (HD)
Video (4K)
Virtual Reality
Augmented Reality
Cloud Workplace
LTE radio Evolution (Massive MIMO). Small cells (densification)
Cloud RAN, SDN-NFV
Initial 5G sites, co-living with 4G architecture
Higher frequencies
Full-native 5G deployments
Network Slicing
mmWaves
Small cell explosion
Cell Peak Data Rate
Throughput (Avg.)
Latency
5-10 Mbps
5-10 Gb
10-20 Mbps
50 GB
20-50 Mbps
100 GB
>50 Mbps
500 GB
Beyond 2025
Cloud Gaming
Next-gen Cloud Gaming
Vehicle Info-tainment
Programmable VPNs
>2 Gb/s
<50 ms
>20 Gb/s
20-30 Mbps
<10 ms
>100 Gb/s
<1 ms

5. Massive IoT: From thousands to millions of connected devices
Expected timeline
Demand and Service Evolution
Technical Requirements
Network Architecture
Current LTE Networks supporting:
NB-IoT
LTE-M
Access to unlicensed spectrum (SigFox, etc.)
D2D and relaying (for wearables and coverage)
Demand Density
(#Connected Devices / Km2) //
Smart Cities
1Ks
devices
10Ks
Beyond 2025
Wearables
Smart Home
100Ks
Millions
Massive IoT
(Tracking, agriculture, Energy, remote monitoring…)
Internet of All Things
Density
Low Energy
Deep Coverage
Logistics
Continue of NB-IoT
5G IoT with increased capabilities for more demanding scenarios, like advanced positioning
>100Ks Devices/Km2
Improved battery life for new Verticals
5G will reach broader coverage in certain scenarios (tradeoff: energy consumption)
>10Ks Devices/Km2
10 years Battery life (5mJ/byte)
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6. Questions?

7. Thank you!