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1. 5G for Absolute Beginners
Part 7: 3GPP Roadmap
ZAHID GHADIALY
APRIL 2020
@3g4gUK

2. 3GPP Standards Timeline – Revised Dec. 2019
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2018 2019 2020 20212017
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3Q4
Rel-15 NSA
(option-3)
freeze
Rel-15 NSA
(option-3)
ASN.1
Earlydrop
Rel-15 SA
(option-2)
freeze
Rel-15 SA
(option-2)
ASN.1
Main dropRel-15
Rel-15 late
drop
freeze
Rel-15 late
drop ASN.1
Latedrop
Designed by 3G4G, based on roadmap from 3GPP, Dec 2019
Q4

3. 3GPP Release-15
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Source: 3GPP
See 3GPP Release Features and Study Items here

4. Release-15 Output: Focussed on eMBB & FWA support
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5. 3GPP Standards Timeline – Revised Dec. 2019
©3G4G
2018 2019 2020 20212017
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3Q4
Rel-15 NSA
(option-3)
freeze
Rel-15 NSA
(option-3)
ASN.1
Earlydrop
Rel-15 SA
(option-2)
freeze
Rel-15 SA
(option-2)
ASN.1
Main dropRel-15
Rel-15 late
drop
freeze
Rel-15 late
drop ASN.1
Latedrop
Rel-16
content
definition
Rel-16 specification development
Rel-16
freeze
Rel-16
ASN.1
freeze
Rel-16
Designed by 3G4G, based on roadmap from 3GPP, Dec 2019
Rel-16 RAN4
Performance
Completion
Q4

6. 3GPP Release-16
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Work in Progress
Source: 3GPP
See 3GPP Release Features and Study Items here

7. Release-16 Output: URLLC + mMTC (rebraded LTE-M/NB-IoT)
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8. 3GPP Standards Timeline – Revised Dec. 2019
©3G4G
2018 2019 2020 20212017
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3Q4
Rel-15 NSA
(option-3)
freeze
Rel-15 NSA
(option-3)
ASN.1
Earlydrop
Rel-15 SA
(option-2)
freeze
Rel-15 SA
(option-2)
ASN.1
Main dropRel-15
Rel-15 late
drop
freeze
Rel-15 late
drop ASN.1
Latedrop
Rel-16
content
definition
Rel-16 specification development
Rel-16
freeze
Rel-16
ASN.1
freeze
Rel-16
Approval
of Rel-17
content
Rel-17 specification work
Rel-17
stage-3
freeze
Rel-17
ASN.1
freezeRel-17
Designed by 3G4G, based on roadmap from 3GPP, Dec 2019
Rel-16 RAN4
Performance
Completion
Rel-17
RAN1
freeze
Q4
Rel-17 RAN4
Performance
Completion
Rel-18
Approval
of Rel-18
content

9. 3GPP Release-17
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Approved Sep. 2019
Source: 3GPP
See 3GPP Release Features and Study Items here

10. Release-17: Motivation for NR-Light
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NR-Light
(a.k.a. NR-Lite)

11. 5G Spider Diagram Combined with NR-Light
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0
2
4
6
8
10
Coverage
Peak Data Rate
Reliability
Low Cost
Battery Life
Low Latency
NB-IoT
LTE-M (eMTC)
URLLC
eMBB
NR-Light
More details on 3G4G Blog

12. 3GPP Standards Timeline – Revised Dec. 2019
©3G4G
2018 2019 2020 20212017
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3Q4
Rel-15 NSA
(option-3)
freeze
Rel-15 NSA
(option-3)
ASN.1
Earlydrop
Rel-15 SA
(option-2)
freeze
Rel-15 SA
(option-2)
ASN.1
Main dropRel-15
Rel-15 late
drop
freeze
Rel-15 late
drop ASN.1
Latedrop
Rel-16
content
definition
Rel-16 specification development
Rel-16
freeze
Rel-16
ASN.1
freeze
Rel-16
Approval
of Rel-17
content
Rel-17 specification work
Rel-17
stage-3
freeze
Rel-17
ASN.1
freezeRel-17
Designed by 3G4G, based on roadmap from 3GPP, Dec 2019
Rel-16 RAN4
Performance
Completion
Rel-17
RAN1
freeze
Q4
Rel-17 RAN4
Performance
Completion
Rel-18
Approval
of Rel-18
content

13. 3GPP Standards Timeline – Revised Mar. 2020
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2018 2019 2020 2021
Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3
Rel-16
content
definition
Rel-16 specification development
Rel-16
freeze
Rel-16
ASN.1
freeze
Rel-16
Approval
of Rel-17
content
Rel-17 specification work
Rel-17
stage-3
freezeRel-17
Designed by 3G4G, based on roadmap from 3GPP, Mar 2020
Rel-16 RAN4
Performance
Completion
Rel-17
RAN1
freeze
Q4
Rel-18
Approval
of Rel-18
content
2022
Q1 Q2
Rel-17
ASN.1
freeze
Rel-17 RAN4
Performance
Completion

14. Further Study on this topic
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• 3GPP Release 15 (link)
• 3GPP Release 16 (link)
• 3GPP Release 17 (link)
• 3GPP 5G Specifications (link)
• Introduction to NR-Light a.k.a. NR-Lite (link)

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