5G

15.1.2019
Kathrein Way To 5G

5G

Prepare exiting sites Massive MIMO

mmWave
for 5G deployment Sub-6 GHz

Kathrein active • mmWave Repeater in 26 GHz, 28

Kathrein
massive MIMO GHz and 39 GHz
• Highly integrated passive antenna array
Kathrein support antenna • Support for Fixed Mobile Access
antennas covering all 2G, 3G know how
for 8T8R radios and true mobility use case
and 4G bands in a single antenna
• Dual band • Extend the coverage area
(Kathrein 1st 16 Port antenna) • Passive antenna
• Standalone • 16T16R • Send signals around corners
• Hybrid concept with integration arrays as
• Integrated with • Concept / • outdoor – indoor coverage
of active massive MIMO antenna components for
FDD antenna prototype • Bring signal from tower or roof
and passive antenna higher order
• Support of top macro sites to ground and
MIMO antennas
vRAN first level floors

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Kathrein 5G activities - Overview

3,5 GHz
8T8R
mmWave Highband
Repeater Beamforming
(active & Antenna
passive) (stand-alone
& integrated)

Active
5G
Massive Hybrid Active-
MIMO Passive
antennas for Massive Antenna
sub-6 GHz MIMO sub-6
GHz (passive) Kathrein independent play
antenna
elements ODM / Partnering
(ODM)
Enabled by vRAN

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 Massive MIMO
3.
General view on Sub-6 GHz massive MIMO technology

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Massive MIMO Concepts

Parameter 64T64R 32T32R 16T16R

8x4x2 8x2x2 8x1x2

PS PS PS PS PS PS

ANT Array
PS PS

ANT Array ANT Array

Array Structure (c x r x p) 8x4x2 8x2x2 8x1x2

Beamforming Technique H/V: full digital H/V: full digital H: full digital / V: Adj. DownTilt
Max EIRP (Single Beam) X dB X - 3dB X – 6dB
No of TRX (per Band) 64 32 16
Filters* 32 Dual Filters 16 Dual Filters 8 Dual Filters
Calibration Embedded Embedded Embedded
Addressable Use Case Urban Urban/Suburban/Countryside Suburban/Countryside
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Vertical Beamwidth of a Massive MIMO Antenna: 12°

 Horizontal sectorization is independent from inter-site distance.

 Vertical sectorization:
 Rural: „All users“ within 2° vertical angle.
 Suburban: „ All users“ within 3-4° vertical angle.
 Urban: „All users“ within 6-10° vertical angle.

 Critical indoor penetration by metallized glas.

 Conclusion: Typical massive MIMO Antenna does not need vertical beamsteering.
 16T/16R is sufficient in most of the use-cases.
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Massive MIMO Architecture
What is the most efficient solution
64 TRX
• Excellent performance
• 3D (horizontal and vertical) user specific beamforming
• Complex and expensive system
• High simultaneous calculation necessary
• Baseband processing in antenna
• Solution where Market has been initially focusing
8 TRX
• Basic Horizontal beamforming can be done and is already
available with legacy systems (4X-Pol)
• Power consumption, complexity, size and so can be optimized
and kept in a very low level
• High performance limitations compared to 64TRX
Massive MIMO performance also depends on number of layers, bandwidth and number of bands
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32 TRX
• Good performance (most cases 90% vs 64 TRX)
• Horizontal beamforming as good as with 64TRX
• Limited vertical beamforming
• High building use case (vertical beams) gain lower than with
64TRX
• Standard solution for high performance
16 TRX
• Good potential instead of 8 TRX and 32 TRX
• Horizontal plane gain can be +70-80% compared to 64TRX case
with optimization in PA and antenna
• Can grow to be a dominant solution
• Optimized for multi-band massive MIMO
Use cases and antenna technology for n78
Ref: IWPC - 5G Antennas WS - 92018 (Paris)

Heavy, inital high cost Trade-off cost/performance Rural / Sub-urban ?

and high power Lower power/ EMF constrains Suitable for dense urban as
Suitable for dense urban Urban and/or Rural? a full 3.5GHz alternative

 At this stage, it is difficult to draw any conclusions about targeted product to be deployed. We cannot exclude a mix
of different solutions depending on country needs, evolution of ecosystem, technology maturity and cost reduction
for MM.
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Capacity Extension
Multiple Antenna System Implementation Possibilities @3.5 GHz

Rural/Sub-Urban Rural/ Sub-Urban / Urban Dense Urban

Reduced
Medium Maximum
Capacity High Capacity
Capacity Capacity
& Low Cost

Hor BF Hor BF
mMIMO mMIMO mMIMO 3D BF
Ver DT Ver DT

16TRX 32TRX 32 or 64TRX

RRH
mMIMO Hor BF mMIMO 3D BF
8TRX Ver DT

Note: Multiple radiator configurations are possible with same number of TRX DB16TRX 256TRX
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Passive elements for massive MIMO Sub-6 GHz antennas (OEM)

 Frequency ranges
 AWS / PCS
 3.5 GHz, 4.7 GHz , 5.0 GHz
 Digital Beamforming
 64 -128 ports,
 Dual pol,
 sub-arrays
 Calibration Network

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 Massive MIMO
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Kathrein 16T16R dual band prototype

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Active massive MIMO Antenna prototype (vRAN)

 Dual Band Active Antenna B38 & B42

 Band 38, 2570 – 2620 MHz / TDD
 Band 42, 3400 – 3600 MHz / TDD
 Modular concept
 Frequency selective dual-band dipoles
 Dual-band, X-Pol ANT Array base module 4x8
 horizontal BF; vertical BF fix
 Down-tilt fixed / mechanical

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Active Antenna

 Antenna-Module (1x)

Antenna Module
 Dual-band radiator technology Radom

 32 Dual-polarized Elements, down-tilt fixed/mechanical

Ant. Array

 RF-Module (8x)
 Frequency scalable in FR1 (Sub 6GHz / TDD-Mode)

RF Module
 125 mW power per branch / 20 MHz LTE carrier RF Modules
Antenna front side

 Digital-Module (1x)
 OEM-spec. PCB may be integrated in the antenna to access Backplane
baseband functionality

Digital Module
FPGA

 Mechanics & Interface

Heatsink
 Interface: optical (QSFP)
 Size: 480 x 480 x 150 [mm] Antenna rear side Antenna stack up

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To be provided

 See mmWave_Repeater_Dec_2018.pptx

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