4. Building blocks
300 MHz 30 GHz 100 GHz10 GHz1 GHz 3 GHz
Network Infrastructure
Data
Center
RelayDevice
DU
Antenna
Antenna
RU
RU
Cloud Execution
Environment
NF NF
NF
Device
Device
Access Node
Processing
Switching
Storing
5. Timeline
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Commercialization
Standardization
activities
Pre-standardization
activities
&
Technology development
Exploratory research
Trials
Live 5G systems
Propagation measurements,
testbeds, prototyping
WRC ‘15 WRC ’18/19WRC ‘12
6. Summary
5G
5G combines evolved and new complementary technologies
Very diverse requirements, always high performance
Research is ongoing – commercial deployments around 2020