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NTT DOCOMO and Huawei Prove IAB’s Value in 5G

Test Using 39 GHz Band
May 23, 2018

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[Yokohama, Japan, May 23, 2018] Huawei and NTT DOCOMO, INC. marked another
milestone in their joint 5G trials by completing a successful trial of Integrated
Access Backhaul (IAB) technology using the 39GHz millimeter wave (mmWave)
band. The field trial, which took place in Yokohama, Japan’s Minato Mirai 21
waterfront area, involved wireless backhauling functionality between a 5G base
station (IAB-donor) and a 5G relay node (IAB-node) using 39GHz signals, from where
the IAB-node achieved wireless access with mobile user equipment (UE) via 39GHz
signals.

The trial demonstrated that IAB can significantly improve mmWave coverage and
capacity. Throughput exceeding 650Mbps with a low latency of 1.6 ms was achieved
with user equipment that was outside the range of the base station. Both the relay
node and user equipment were under mobility condition during the tests.

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Overview of IAB Trial environment

Conventionally, mmWave signals offer only limited coverage due to high propagation
loss and interference from buildings. The need for a narrow directional beam to
focus transmission power can further complicate efforts to achieve wide area
coverage under non-line-of-sight conditions.

The 3GPP standards organization is now considering IAB technology as a 5G New

Radio (NR) standard. The technology involves the use of a compact focal lens
antenna made with metamaterials to achieve advanced beamforming (maximum
gain of 31 dBi) that concentrates radio waves in a specified direction for long-
distance transmission. Beamforming mitigates interference between the wireless-
backhaul and wireless-access links, and also enables simultaneous data
transmissions over the same frequency. In addition, IAB-nodes enable low-latency
data transmissions through fast beam-switching for the uplink and downlink, and
they efficiently coordinate radio resource scheduling between the backhaul and
access links.
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The IAB trial system involved a 5G base station (IAB-donor) and a 5G relay station
(IAB-node).

The IAB trial system demonstrated that IAB technology dramatically improves
mmWave coverage and capacity. It also proved that IAB facilitates the use of high-
speed, low-latency 5G communication among tall buildings and on isolated islands
or in mountain regions where laying fiber presents problems.

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5G signals were sent to the 5G user equipment (UE) via the 5G relay station (IAB-
node).

Huawei and DOCOMO have been collaborating on 5G innovation through a series of

successful large-scale outdoor trials that began in December 2014. The two
companies have been systematically verifying key 5G technologies, including
Massive MIMO for enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and ultra-reliable, low-
latency communications (URLLC), for advanced vertical applications. To date, the
joint efforts of Huawei and DOCOMO have produced many world’s-first
achievements, a track record that they plan to expand upon going forward.

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