Fundamentals of Mine

Connectivity:
What LTE can do for you today, and what 5G can do for you
tomorrow

Connectivity for Mines Webinar September13, 2018

Larry Murat
VP Radio Access Solutions & Engagements
Ericsson

Ericsson 2018-09-13
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Outline:
General Communications requirements
-Economic
-Technical

LTE Ecosystem

Technology Building Blocks

Photo: Boliden
AMBRA Reference cases

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Selecting a Technology:
An economic perspective
Key Economic Questions:
- Is the ecosystem for equipment and
devices Healthy? Growing?
- Is there scale? Are others driving
volumes that keep prices down?
- Is there diversity in the solutions to pick
from?
- Am I locked in to proprietary solutions
or can I pick from a broad standards
based industry.
- Is there innovation? Will there be new
applications and devices?

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Selecting a Technology:
An Technical perspective
Key Technical Questions:
- Does the technology support reliable
communications. (aka Carrier Grade)
- Is the technology available in multiple
frequency bands: Ability to select the
optimal Radio Frequency.
- Does the technology support High bit-
rates, and low latency. Can it scale
easily as your needs change.
- Does the technology have specific
Quality of Service support for Data,
Voice, Video broadcast, and Telemetry.

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 Wi-Fi and LTE: What’s the difference?
Attribute Wi-Fi LTE
Standards Body 802.11: Enterprise & Consumer focus 3GPP: Wireless Operator Focus
Spectrum/Multi-Band support 900Mhz, 2.4Ghz, 5.8Ghz 400Mhz thru 6Ghz
Carrier Aggregation
Power Limits ~4W Up to ~3000W (EIRP)
Coexistence (multi-basestation) Listen before talk with backoffs Scheduled
Multi-User Support Best effort: Latency increases with Scheduled with QoS controls
users
Uplink Sensitivity (each 3dB is 2x) -85dBm -115 dBM
Duplex Mode TDD: UL and DL Share same band FDD or TDD (flexible TDD Duplex)
Mobility Break before Make: > interruptions. Full mobility up to 300KM/hr
Voice support Over the top, Best effort VoLTE/ Push to talk built in.
IoT Support All devices treated the same Optimized for battery life and range

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 2016 – LTE Traffic

World total: 6.5 Billion PB/m

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 2017 – LTE Traffic

55% CAGR Traffic growth

2.7 Billion LTE subscriptions world wide YE 2017

World total: 11 Billion PB/m

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 User Speed Evolution
Carrier aggregation, 4x4 Mimo, 256QAM
5G
Gigabit x2

World’s first 2 *
5CC 4x4 MIMO + 256QAM Gbps
cat 20

1.2 *
Gbps LAA Device Gbps
Gigabit

cat 18
4CC + 256QAM w 60MHz LAA
1
Gbps Device Gbps
3CC – 6CC + 4x4MIMO + 256QAM cat 16

600
62+ devices
Sub Gigabit

Mbps
cat-12
450
Mbps
cat-9
92+ devices

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2 Gbps available in 18.Q3
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 IoT: LTE Module cost evolution

100%
$25-$50
CAT-4 3GPP Rel.8

$13-$25
-25%
3GPP Rel.8
CAT-1
-60%
$9-$12
Significantly reduced 3GPP Rel.12
device complexity, CAT-M1
functionality and
capability, thus cost $6-$10
NB-IoT

<$5

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LTE Technology Building
Blocks

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LTE frequency Bands: Broad coverage from
400Mhz to 6 Ghz
— In many countries
Underground “License
exempt” status allows
broad access to Spectrum.
— Enables selection of
Spectrum that best meets
the RF environment
underground.
— Enables Selection of
Spectrum to meet
application needs (Uplink
Video)
— Access to global LTE
Ecosystem for devices.
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LTE Toolbox
End User Experience & Spectrum Efficiency
Carrier Agg. 4x4 MIMO 256 QAM 64 QAM UL CoMP Elastic RAN Inter-eNB DL CoMP

Services IoT
VoLTE eMBMS Public Safety NB IoT CAT-M Automotive

5G Plug-Ins
Massive MIMO Multi-User MIMO Virtualized RAN Low Latency Intelligent Connectivity

Partially Applicable to Underground Mining Applicable in Underground Mining use case

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Towards 5G:
Use case evolution with supporting technology
Current On the road to 5G 5G experience

Fixed Wireless Access

Enhanced Mobile Browsing, social media 4K/8K videos, Mobile AR/VR gaming
Interactive live concerts
Broadband Music, video and immersive media
and sport events

WiFi Hotspot, Predictive vehicle maintenance Capturing Autonomous vehicle control

Automotive On demand GPS map data sensor data for real-time traffic, weather, Cooperative collision avoidance
Over-the-air SW updates parking, and mapping services. Vulnerable road user discovery

Collaborative robots
Connected goods Remote control of robots AR in training,
Manufacturing Intra-/inter enterprise communication
Distributed control system
maintenance, construction and repair
Remote quality inspection

Smart metering Dynamic and Distributed energy resource management Control of edge-of-grid generation Virtual
Energy & Utilities bidirectional grid Distribution automation power plant Real time load balancing

Remote patient monitoring Connected Telesurgery Augmented reality Precision medicine Remote robotic
Healthcare ambulance Electronic health records aiding medical treatment surgery Ambulance drones

Multi-standard network Gigabit LTE (TDD, FDD, LAA) 5G NR

Cat-M1/NB-IoT Massive MIMO Virtualized RAN
Technologies Cloud optimized network functions Network Slicing Federated network slicing
VNF orchestration Dynamic service orchestration Distributed Cloud
Predictive analytics Real time machine learning/AI

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Summary
LTE Usage Continues to grow exponentially

Global demand driving technical evolution and

new use-cases

5G “Plugins” offer seamless evolution. Ericsson

hardware being shipped today is “5G Ready”

5G will enable higher speeds, lower latency, and

Photo: Boliden
greater capacity

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