5G for Absolute Beginners

Part 7: 3GPP Roadmap

ZAHID GHADIALY
APRIL 2020
@3g4gUK
 3GPP Standards Timeline – Revised Dec. 2019
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Rel-15 NSA Rel-15 NSA Rel-15 SA Rel-15 SA Rel-15 late

(option-2) Rel-15 late
(option-3) (option-3) (option-2) drop
ASN.1 drop ASN.1
freeze ASN.1 freeze freeze

Rel-15 Early drop Main drop Late drop

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

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Release-15 Output: Focussed on eMBB & FWA support

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 3GPP Standards Timeline – Revised Dec. 2019
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Rel-15 NSA Rel-15 NSA Rel-15 SA Rel-15 SA Rel-15 late

(option-2) Rel-15 late
(option-3) (option-3) (option-2) drop
ASN.1 drop ASN.1
freeze ASN.1 freeze freeze

Rel-15 Early drop Main drop Late drop

Rel-16 Rel-16 Rel-16 RAN4

Rel-16
Rel-16 content Rel-16 specification development ASN.1 Performance
freeze Completion
definition freeze

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3GPP Release-16

Work in Progress

Source: 3GPP
See 3GPP Release Features and Study Items here

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Release-16 Output: URLLC + mMTC (rebraded LTE-M/NB-IoT)

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 3GPP Standards Timeline – Revised Dec. 2019
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Rel-15 NSA Rel-15 NSA Rel-15 SA Rel-15 SA Rel-15 late

(option-2) Rel-15 late
(option-3) (option-3) (option-2) drop
ASN.1 drop ASN.1
freeze ASN.1 freeze freeze

Rel-15 Early drop Main drop Late drop

Rel-16 Rel-16 Rel-16 RAN4

Rel-16
Rel-16 content Rel-16 specification development ASN.1 Performance
freeze Completion
definition freeze

Approval Rel-17 Rel-17 Rel-17 Rel-17 RAN4

of Rel-17 Rel-17 specification work RAN1 stage-3 ASN.1 Performance
Rel-17 content freeze freeze freeze Completion

Approval
of Rel-18
Rel-18
content

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3GPP Release-17

Approved Sep. 2019

Source: 3GPP
See 3GPP Release Features and Study Items here

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Release-17: Motivation for NR-Light

NR-Light
(a.k.a. NR-Lite)

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 5G Spider Diagram Combined with NR-Light
Low Latency
eMBB
10
URLLC
8
LTE-M (eMTC)
6
NB-IoT Battery Life Reliability
4
NR-Light
2

Low Cost Peak Data Rate

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 3GPP Standards Timeline – Revised Dec. 2019
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Rel-15 NSA Rel-15 NSA Rel-15 SA Rel-15 SA Rel-15 late

(option-2) Rel-15 late
(option-3) (option-3) (option-2) drop
ASN.1 drop ASN.1
freeze ASN.1 freeze freeze

Rel-15 Early drop Main drop Late drop

Rel-16 Rel-16 Rel-16 RAN4

Rel-16
Rel-16 content Rel-16 specification development ASN.1 Performance
freeze Completion
definition freeze

Approval Rel-17 Rel-17 Rel-17 Rel-17 RAN4

of Rel-17 Rel-17 specification work RAN1 stage-3 ASN.1 Performance
Rel-17 content freeze freeze freeze Completion

Approval
of Rel-18
Rel-18
content

Designed by 3G4G, based on roadmap from 3GPP, Dec 2019

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 3GPP Standards Timeline – Revised Mar. 2020
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

Rel-16
Rel-16 freeze Rel-16 RAN4
Rel-16 content Rel-16 specification development Performance
definition Completion
Rel-16
ASN.1
freeze

Approval Rel-17 Rel-17 Rel-17 Rel-17 RAN4

of Rel-17 Rel-17 specification work RAN1 stage-3 ASN.1 Performance
Rel-17 content freeze freeze freeze Completion

Approval
of Rel-18
Rel-18 content

Designed by 3G4G, based on roadmap from 3GPP, Mar 2020

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 Further Study on this topic
• 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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