ATIS Conference-NTT DOCOMO LTE Trials and Deployment Strategies

J anuary 26, 2009 Takehiro Nakamura
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Copyright2008 NTT DOCOMO, Inc. All rights reserved
ATIS-3GPP LTE Conference
Progress Report of
Progress Report of
NTT DOCOMO LTE Trials
NTT DOCOMO LTE Trials
January 26, 2009
January 26, 2009
Takehiro
Takehiro
Nakamura
Nakamura
NTT DOCOMO
NTT DOCOMO
Copyright2008 NTT DOCOMO, INC. All rights reserved Takehiro Nakamura J anuary 26, 2009
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LTE History and
LTE History and
Status in 3GPP
Status in 3GPP
Q1 Q2
2004
Q3 Q4
2005
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2006
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2007
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2008
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Study Item
Work Item
TSG meetings
June 2006
The detailed
specification work
(Work Item) started.
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Q4
Sep-Dec. 2007
Major specifications were
approved.
Concept of Super 3G was
proposed.
Concept of Super 3G was
proposed.
DOCOMO started
development of
LTE (Super 3G)
system
DOCOMO started
development of
LTE (Super 3G)
system
Dec. 2004
Study Item on Evolved UTRA
and UTRAN was proposed by
26 companies and approved.
Test specifications were
approved.
Work Items were closed
Sep-Dec. 2007
Major core specifications
were approved.
All LTE specifications have been
approved.
Rapid progress in development
by vendors is creating market
momentum.
All LTE specifications have been
approved.
Rapid progress in development
by vendors is creating market
momentum.
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Overall LTE Time Plan of NTT
Overall LTE Time Plan of NTT
DOCOMO
DOCOMO
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Core spec
Experimental
System
RFP
3GPP
Standardisation
development
Test spec
Commercial
System
Development
System
Development
Indoor/Field
Experiments & Demo
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Commercial
Deployment
Target date of
development
completion: By
the end of 2009
DOCOMO started development of LTE system in 2006.
DOCOMO began LTE trials and demo from July 2007.
WI phase SI
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NTT DOCOMO
NTT DOCOMO
LTE Trials
LTE Trials
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LTE Experiment System
LTE Experiment System
Servers
(FTP, Streaming, SIP)
Core Network
Simulator
Base Station
Base Station
Mobile Station
Mobile Station
Radio Propagation
Channels
VoIP
VoIP
Interactive
game
Interactive
game
Multimedia Broadcast
(MBMS)
FTP Client
high quality
video conference
high quality video conference
high information rate,
high quality video transmission
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Major Parameters of the LTE
Major Parameters of the LTE
experimental system
experimental system
Bandwidth 5, 10, 20MHz
DL OFDMA
Access scheme
UL SC-FDMA
Sub-carrier spacing 15kHz
Guard interval (CP length) 4.7usec
Sub-frame length 1msec
Multi-Antenna technique for
DL
1x2, 2x2 MIMO, 4x4 MIMO
DL ~ 300 Mbps
UL
Duplex FDD
DL QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM
Modulation
UL
~ 50 Mbps
Peak data rate
QPSK, 16QAM
Aligned with 3GPP LTE specifications
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NTT DOCOMO Field Experiments
NTT DOCOMO Field Experiments
Field experiments have been conducted in 3 cities in J apan to confirm
LTE practical performance in variety of environments
Yokosuka, Kanagawa
Started in February, 2008
2 sites, 2sectors/site
Rural environment
Kofu, Yamanashi
Started in August, 2008
2 sites, 6 sectors/site
Suburban environment
Sapporo, Hokkaido
Started in October, 2008
A single site, 2 sectors
Urban environment
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Field Trial in
Field Trial in
Yokosuka
Yokosuka
Sector 1
NTT DOCOMO
R&D center
Sector 2
500m
250m
BS1
BS2
Measurement course
4 Tx/ 2Rx
2 sectors
BS#1
(DoCoMo R&D Centre)
Sector 1
Sector 2
500m
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Downlink Peak Throughput
Downlink Peak Throughput
in The Field Trial
in The Field Trial
Peak throughput about 250Mbps is achieved !!!
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High
High
-
-
Definition Video Streaming
Definition Video Streaming
6 High-definition video streaming
Total throughput of around 80 Mbps
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Round Trip Delay
Round Trip Delay
CN
simulator
Server
eNode B
UE
Ping
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Bidirectional HD Video and
Bidirectional HD Video and
Gaming
Gaming
CN
simulator
eNode B
UE
Bi-directional
HD video
Gaming
Gaming
HD video shows
gaming in the
experimental car
Gaming at
the BS side
HD video
camera at BS
side
Bi-directional
HD video
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Inter
Inter
-
-
eNodeB
eNodeB
Handover
Handover
Sector 1
DOCOMO
R&D Centre
Sector 2
500m
250m
BS#1
BS#2
C ell-ID
Video stream ing
(12 M bps2)
Delay profile
HO point
(BS#1 BS#2)
Stable and loss-less HO
was achieved
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Throughput distribution at the
Throughput distribution at the
measurement course in
measurement course in
Yokosuka
Yokosuka
300
250
275
(Mbp
225
200
175
150
100
125
75
50
25
BS1
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Measurement Course in
Measurement Course in
Yokosuka
Yokosuka
Measurement course
Distance from eNB antenna: app. 400~700 m
Radio propagation env.: NLOS
eNB antenna height: app. 40 m
UE antenna height: app. 3.2 m
Mobility speed: ave.30 km/h
DOCOMO
R&D center
500m
250m
eNB
a
b
c
80
90
100
110
120
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(
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)
Delay (sec)
80
90
100
110
120
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
R
e
c
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i
v
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d

p
o
w
e
r
(
d
B
V
)
Delay (sec)
80
90
100
110
120
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
R
e
c
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v
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d

p
o
w
e
r
(
d
B
V
)
Delay (sec)
Point a
Point b
Point c
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DL Throughput
DL Throughput
Fructuations
Fructuations
0
50
100
150
200
250
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
T
h
r
o
u
g
h
p
u
t

(
M
b
p
s
)
Time (sec)
Point a Point b Point c
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
M
e
a
s
u
r
e
d

r
e
c
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v
e
d
S
I
N
R

p
e
r

a
n
t
e
n
n
a

(
d
B
)
Time (sec)
Throughput fluctuations depend on SINR fluctuations
At point a (400 m from eNB antenna), more than 200 Mbps achieved
At point b, throughput degrades due to low SINR
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Cumulative distribution of DL
Cumulative distribution of DL
Throughputs in test course
Throughputs in test course
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
C
D
F
Throughput (Mbps)
Peak data rate exceed
250Mbps
More than 100Mbps is
achieved over 90% area in
measured course
More than 150Mbps is
achieved around 50% area in
measured course
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DL Throughput Performance
DL Throughput Performance
0
50
100
150
200
250
-5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30
T
h
r
o
u
g
h
p
u
t

(
M
b
p
s
)
Measured received SINR per antenna (dB)
Field trial results are worse
than those of lab test by
several dB due to antenna
correlation
4x4 MIMO outperform 2x2
MIMO or SIMO significantly
2x2 MIMO outperform SIMO
under high SINR
environment
SIMO
2x2 MIMO
4x4 MIMO
Lab. Field
N
RB
= 88
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More Detailed Results of LTE Trials
More Detailed Results of LTE Trials
Y. Ofuji, et al., Experimental Results of E-UTRA Downlink with
Variable RB Allocation,IEEE VTC 2008-Fall, Sep. 2008.
N. Okubo, et al., Experimental Results of E-UTRA Uplink with
Variable RB Allocation,IEEE VTC 2008-Fall, Sep. 2008.
Y. Ofuji, et al., Experimental results on 4x4 MIMO precoding in E-
UTRA, The 14
th
Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications
(APCC) 2008, Oct. 2008.
Y. Ofuji, et al., Field Experimental Results of E-UTRA Downlink
with Precoding and Non-Precoding MIMO, IEEE VTC 2009-spring,
to be submitted.
H. Takahashi, et al., Field Experimental Results on E-UTRA
Downlink Throughput Using Polarization Diversity Antennas, IEEE
VTC 2009-spring, to be submitted.
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NTT DOCOMO
NTT DOCOMO
LTE Deployment
LTE Deployment
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Status toward LTE introduction in
Status toward LTE introduction in
Japan
Japan
Introduction of 3.9G mobile communications system has
been studied in telecommunications council in J apan
since April 2008
In the council, LTE was proposed as one of 3.9G
system to be studied
As the study results, feasibility of LTE was confirmed
in terms of meeting requirements of 3.9G and co-
existence with existing radio systems
Four cellular operators in J apan, including DOCOMO,
declared to introduce LTE as the 3.9G system within
several years
NTT DOCOMO declared to launch LTE in 2010 as
one of the leading companies of LTE in the world
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Overall LTE Time Plan of DOCOMO
Overall LTE Time Plan of DOCOMO
(
(
Assumption with current 3GPP work plan)
Assumption with current 3GPP work plan)
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Core spec approval

Experimental
System
RFP
3GPP
Standardisation
development
Core spec freezing
Commercial
System
Development
System
Development
Indoor/Field
Experiments & Demo
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
DoCoMo aims to complete the technology development before the end of 2009.
Commercial
Deployment
Target date of
development
completion: By
the end of 2009
DOCOMO aims to complete the technology development before the end of 2009.
To ensure the roaming/interoperability, we will watch the global status carefully and make a
concrete plan.
WI phase SI
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DOCOMO
DOCOMO
s
s
Views on LTE Spectrum
Views on LTE Spectrum
Deployment Scenarios
At the LTE launch,
2GHz spectrum band will be used because of the global
spectrum band and utilization of existing NW facilities, e.g.
antenna
LTE spectrum can be increased in the future according to wide
spread of LTE terminals and new spectrum band allocation
Spectrum examples
2001 2010s 2020s
LTE
3G
PDC
Efficient use of
3G spectrum
over long time
3
G

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2
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DOCOMO
DOCOMO
s
s
Views on LTE System
Views on LTE System
At the initial stage of LTE,
Overlaid with 3G coverage
3G and LTE dual mode terminal
Focus on PS services
CS services can be provided in the 3G cells
Reuse of existing BS site for low cost deployment
According to the wide-spread of the LTE terminals,
LTE coverage will be expanded
CS services can be provided in LTE on PS domain
2001 2010s 2020s
PDC
3G
LTE
4G
PS PS
services services
CS CS&PS &PS
services services
CS&PS services CS&PS services
over packet NW over packet NW
Simple NW
for all services
3G terminal
LTE terminal
LTE/4G
terminal
LTE/4G
terminal
No
access
2G
UE
3G
(HSPA)
(R99)
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Core Network Evolution
Core Network Evolution
Core Network will also evolve toward ALL-IP in parallel
with RANs evolution.
IP
IP
-
-
based CS
based CS
CS services
offered via IMS
Interworking among
3G, LTE and 4G
LTE
LTE
/4G support
/4G support
ATM ATM IP IP IP IP
IP- RNC
MSC
RNC
GGSN IMS GMSC
IP IP
IP- RNC
GGSN IMS
MME/ S- GW
SGSN
P- GW
SGSN
GGSN
IP- RNC
SGSN
CS- GW
IP- BTS
eNB
4G NodeB
CS- GW
IP- BTS
BTS
IP-based
RAN
IP- BTS
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Conclusions
Conclusions
LTE Trials
NTT DOCOMO conducted LTE indoor and field trials from J uly
2007 and February 2008, respectively.
Field trials are conducted in 3 cities in J apan to confirm practical
LTE performance under variety of environment
The trial results shows satisfying high performance of LTE in
terms of delay, throughput and stability
NTT DOCOMOs views on LTE deployment
NTT DOCOMO will launch LTE in 2010 as one of the leading
companies of LTE in the world
LTE service area will be overlaid with 3G service area and
LTE/3G dual mode terminal will be introduced in order to deploy
seamless service area from the beginning of LTE launch
2 GHz spectrum band will be used for LTE launch considering
utilization of existing NW facilities and global roaming
LTE spectrum can be increased in the future according to wide
spread of LTE terminals and new spectrum band allocation
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