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5G Networks

Fundamental Requirements, Enabling Technologies, and Operations Management

Anwer Al-Dulaimi, Xianbin Wang, and Chih-Lin I

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Foreword

The fifth generation (5G) mobile networks is the first wireless systems that will allow ubiquitous Gigabit service to all connected users and appliances. This revolutionary telecommunications technology will not only improve the well-known performance metrics that we rely on to measure capacity or end-to-end delays but will - for the first time - also enable measuring and proactively influencing the user experience. The arrival of 5G will have conceptual, technical, economical, and social impacts that will change the human life to new digitized culture where everything is tracked, recorded, and logged into a file that is stored somewhere in cloud. Therefore, industrial and research communities are in a race to define all the key requirements, conducting analysis, implementing testbeds, and performing field trails. Alongside, the standardization bodies are finalizing new standards that shape the commercial-off-the-shelf products. The regulatory offices of governments are also trying to deliver new legislation that regulates 5G technologies and capabilities. In the mid of this outreaching change, we as engineers need to understand diverse 5G technologies and services to shape the vision towards networks of the future.

The transformation to 5G triggers the need to restructure the mobile network architecture. On the radio access technology (RAT) side, the New Radio (NR) comprises multiple-radio interfaces transmitting over different spectrum bands. This bridges pillars of spectrum and extends NR bandwidth beyond licensed Long-Term Evolution (LTE) bands to include millimeter waves above 6 GHz; and the trusted non-3GPP access allows for access of systems like WiFi too. However, a base station with multi-radio interfaces needs to support new schemes of interoperability for rerouting packets between different radio interfaces. The goal is to be able to access the spectrum at any available band using enhanced technologies such as non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), high-performance antennas, and massive MIMO.

The densification of macro and small cells in emerging ultradense networks (UDNs) is an architectural challenge at the Radio Access Network (RAN), in 3GPP referred to as (R)AN. A UDN requires new approaches to spectrum sharing and interference mitigation for friendly coexistence with other appliances. This also requires supporting artificial intelligence (AI) at the base station and network levels with new information exchange platforms to distribute knowledge on the spectrum status between various network nodes. From previous generations, it is understood that RAN deployments will initiate the migration process towards the 5G network. Therefore, NRs will be attached to the fourth-generation (4G) core network to use the current entities of evolved packet core (EPC) and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). The 3rd Generation Project (3GPP) has already drafted standards for 5G Core Network (5GC).

Nevertheless, during the transition stage, the NR base stations will be interfaced to the control and data planes through LTE RAN in a non-standalone mode. Once 5GC is deployed, the NR base stations will be disconnected from the 4G core and interfaced to 5GC in a standalone mode. At this point, 4G LTE base stations will also be disconnected fromthe 4G core and interfaced to NRs to access the 5GC. Driven by the need to optimize service and maintain higher quality of service (QoS), there is a need to verify the new suite of 5GC interfaces and define any subsequent changes to the call session initiation processes and applications storage. Once deployed, 5G networks will be able to provide unprecedented/ uninterrupted throughputs to support transmissions of ultrahigh definition (UHD) videos and Enhanced Voice Services (EVS).

The other major change in the 5G era is the employment of network function virtualization (NFV) concepts that will enhance the flexibility of deploying advanced concepts, such as edge-clouds.Moving away from proprietary hardware to use software applications running in orchestrated virtual machines requires dynamic resource scaling subject to processed traffic. The NFV will considerably alter the current network hierarchy by enabling on-fly instantiation of virtual function networks (VNFs) that virtually interconnect to each other. The software defined networking (SDN) is another feature that automates adaptation of routes between various network slices to avoid congested switches. SDN also provides the network with additional virtual layers to interconnect switches in data centers.

Provided with distributed cloud capabilities, SDN/NFV architectures enable 5Gto connect newindustries and empower unique service scenarios.This powerful ability to connect various users and appliances builds new alignment for stable access to individual components that run at vertical industries. Moreover, 5G is the networking technology for Internet of Things (IoT) backing remote access services, connected cars, and vehicle to everything (V2X) communications. Considering all these connections, there is a continuous need to investigate new green protocols and equipment for sustainable green communication networks.

With 5G designs running at full steam, there are a few pioneering projects in the world proving 5G viability via a real-world rollout. At the forefront is the UK 5GUK testbed that is the world first to deploy an end-to-end 5G system composed of heterogeneous vendor components. At the end of 2017, King College London has already demonstrated the UK first 3.5GHz Massive MIMO as well as the world first fully softwarized/virtualized 5G end-to-end call.

This new IEEE/Wiley book entitled 5G Networks: Fundamental Requirements, Enabling Technologies, andOperationsManagement is thus a very timely publication. It is an exceptional milestone document that will educate audiences from academia and industry. The book editors are from leading research and development industries that are involved directly with 5G development as well as academia that has underpinned much of its research. This book has been written by the world-renowned experts who have studied, analyzed, and proposed new solutions for all 5G protocols, potential vertical industries, and standardization efforts.

The authors are researchers, professors, directors of standards, and chief technology officers of the world leading operators. The book has 20 chapters that look at all key aspects of 5G allowing readers to obtain academic, industrial, and regulatory knowledge. Bridging theory and application, I am confident that this book will become a reference document for our community for many years to come.

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Chair Professor, Centre for Telecommunications

Research Prof. Mischa Dohler, FIEEE FREng FRSA

King's College London

London, UK

Preface

From research communities to industry world, the fifth generation (5G) development is gaining momentum driven by the market demand and business opportunities. The developers of 5G network adopts new ideas involving a variety of technologies and applications beyond the boundaries of past mobile generation. In this new network, business case models and user satisfaction are very important drivers to consider. This open space for exchanging ideas is also seen at the standardization bodies where partnerships and discussions started to draft new schemes incorporating different technologies and mechanisms. The 5G is not a collection of technologies that connects humans using machines, it is a whole new technology package that connects humans and machines in one pool. Therefore, the concepts for many of the technological advances that we consider to be a crucial part of the upcoming network are still need definition prior potential 5G deployment in 2020. Although the basic network requirements are well understood such as minimal latency, powerful processing features, unified communication bus, efficient interfacing and management of machine data, and gigabyte downloading capacities. This book energies the 5G technology development further through a carful investigation of potential network radio resources, technology integration, virtualization of appliances, and foreseen standards. The studied topics demonstrate that 5G is not just about a high speed mobile internet connectivity, in fact it is about influencing society and economy advances using associated vertical applications that considers type of requested service and user satisfaction rather than connected network interface.

This book provides a comprehensive and advanced analysis for all 5G network segments. It is written for all audience to discuss the state of art, technologies, vertical applications, and standards. The editors vision was to provide the research community with a single document that covers all aspects of 5G research. The book is meant to be an inclusive document for theoretical concepts and recent industry developments toward 5G. The authors are world leading experts from industry and academia who are engaged in 5G projects on day-to day basis. For academic research, this book explores a wide range of challenges for 5G networks such as radio resources management, waveform design, security, etc. It will be an excellent text book for students and researchers to learn mythology and identify methods to model their solutions. The given results throughout different chapters can also be used as a reference in comparative studies. For industry research, this book defines behavior of systems, solutions and technologies for deployments, review of standards, etc. This type of material will help researchers and developers in identifying development and testing plans and use this book as technical manual.

This book concludes the work of many teams and leading researchers from around the globe. It helps learners to build upon knowledge, develop ideas, and expand visions to network level solutions. The content is written and indexed to help step-by-step knwoldge increment process for formal classrooms and self-learning. Finally, this book also bridges the gap between academia and industry through a mixture of visions that allow both communities to learn from each other and motivate each other to enhance knowledge and improve communication systems.

Anwer Al-Dulaimi, EXFO Inc., Canada

Xianbin Wang, Western University, Canada

Chih-Lin I, China Mobile Research Institute, China

Author Bios

Photograph depicts Anwer Al-Dulaimi.

Anwer Al-Dulaimi (M'11, SM'17) is a System Engineering Specialist in the R&D department at EXFO Inc., Toronto, Canada. Dr. Al-Dulaimi received his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Brunel University, London, U.K., in 2012 after receiving M.Sc. and B.Sc. honours degrees in communication engineering. He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the department of electrical and computer engineering, University of Toronto, Canada. During his postdoctoral time, Dr. Al-Dulaimi contributed to the LTE research through project collaborations with Blackberry Advanced Research Team-Canada and Standardization Team, UK. He has been awarded many grants by the Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF), IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), etc. He has published many academic papers and was awarded the best IEEE/WWRF Vehicular Technology Magazine paper for three times. His research interests include 5G wireless communications and network design and optimization, cloud networks, and Internet of Things. Dr. Al-Dulaimi is an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer. He is the chair of IEEE 1932.1 working group “Standard for Licensed/Unlicensed Spectrum Interoperability in Wireless Mobile Network”. He is the editor of IEEE 5G Initiative Series in IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, editor of vehicular networking series in IEEE Communication Standards Magazine, associate editor of IEEE Communications Magazine, editor of IEEE 5G Tech Focus letter, and guest editor of many special issues in IEEE journals. He was the recipient of the 2013 Worldwide Universities Network Cognitive Communications Consortium best paper for outstanding research in cognitive communications for his edited book entitled “Self-Organization and Green Applications in Cognitive Radio Networks”. Dr. Al-Dulaimi is an Associate Fellow of the British Higher Education Academy and registered as a Chartered Engineer by the British Engineering Council in 2010.

Photograph depicts Xianbin Wang.

Xianbin Wang (S'98-M'99-SM'06-F'17) is a Professor and Canada Research Chair at Western University, Canada. He received his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from National University of Singapore in 2001. Prior to joining Western, he was with Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC) as a Research Scientist/Senior Research Scientist between July 2002 and Dec. 2007. From Jan. 2001 to July 2002, he was a system designer at STMicroelectronics, where he was responsible for the system design of DSL and Gigabit Ethernet chipsets. His current research interests include 5G technologies, Internet-of-Things, communications security, and locationing technologies. Dr. Wang has over 300 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, in addition to 26 granted and pending patents and several standard contributions. Dr. Wang is a Fellow of IEEE and an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer. He has received many awards and recognition, including Canada Research Chair, CRC President's Excellence Award, Canadian Federal Government Public Service Award, Ontario Early Researcher Award and five IEEE Best Paper Awards. He currently serves as an Editor/Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology and He was also an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications between 2007 and 2011, and IEEE Wireless Communications Letters between 2011 and 2016. Dr. Wang was involved in a number of IEEE conferences including GLOBECOM, ICC, VTC, PIMRC, WCNC and CWIT, in different roles such as symposium chair, tutorial instructor, track chair, session chair and TPC co-chair.

Photograph depicts Chih-Lin I.

Chih-Lin I is the Chief Scientist of Wireless Technologies of China Mobile, in charge of advanced wireless communication R&D effort of China Mobile Research Institute (CMRI). She established the Green Communications Research Center of China Mobile, spearheading major initiatives including 5G Key Technologies R&D; high energy efficiency system architecture, technologies, and devices; green energy; C-RAN and soft base station. Dr. I received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and has more than 30 years experience in wireless communication technical domain. She has worked in various world-class companies and research institutes, including wireless communication fundamental research department of AT&T Bell Labs; Headquarter of AT&T, as the Director of Wireless Communications Infrastructure and Access Technology; ITRI of Taiwan, as the Director of Wireless Communication Technology; Hong Kong ASTRI, as the VP and the Founding GD of Communications Technology Domain. Dr. I received the Trans. COM Stephen Rice Best Paper Award, and is a winner of CCCP “National 1000 talent” program. She was an elected Board Member of IEEE ComSoc, Chair of ComSoc Meeting and Conference Board, and the Founding Chair of IEEE WCNC Steering Committee. She is currently the Chair of FuTURE Forum 5G SIG, an Executive Board Member of GreenTouch, a Network Operator Council Member of ETSI NFV, and an Adjunct Professor of BUPT. Dr. I has shown frequent presence in many important and high-level public occasions for speech delivery. She is often invited as the keynote speaker for diverse audience from academia, industry and governments. She is very active in many venues such as conferences, summits, workshops, panels and so on. This year she has delivered nearly 30 speeches in lots of events such as IEEE WCNC, IEEE ICC, IEEE VTC, IEEE PIMRC, Global Professional Services Forum and so on, which included a 3-hour-long tutorial on C-RAN in Cloud RAN Conference in Paris.

List of Contributors

Ahmad Shahidan Abdullah

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Johor, Malaysia

Anwer Al-Dulaimi

R&D Department

EXFO Inc.

Toronto, Canada

Saba Al-Rubaye

Instituto de Telecomunicações

Campus Universitário de Santiago

Aveiro - Portugal

Ahmad Alsharoa

Electrical and Computer

Engineering department

Iowa State University (ISU)

Ames, IA

USA

Huseyin Arslan

Department of Electrical Engineering

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL

USA

and

School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Istanbul Medipol University

Istanbul, Turkey

Jingwen Bai

Intel Corporation

Intel Lab

Santa Clara, CA

USA

Ioannis-Prodromos Belikaidis

R&D Department

WINGS ICT Solutions

Athens, Greece

Kui Cai

Science and Math Cluster

Singapore University of Technology and Design

Singapore

Abdulkadir Celik

Computer, Electrical, Mathematical

Sciences & Engineering Division

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Batu K. Chalise

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, NY

USA

Kishor Chandra

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Department

Delft University of Technology

Delft, The Netherlands

Jun Cheng

Department of Intelligent

Information Engineering and Sciences

Doshisha University

Kyoto, Japan

Yuhao Chi

State Key Laboratory of Integrated

Services Networks

Xidian University

Xi'an, China

Sung-en Chiu

University of California

Electrical and Computer Engineering

San Diego, CA

USA

Alex Jinsung Choi

Deutsche Telekom

T-Laboratories Innovation

Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140,

53113 Bonn

Germany

Yang-seok Choi

Intel Corporation

Intel Lab

Santa Clara, CA

USA

John Cosmas

Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Brunel University London

Uxbridge, UK

Xavier Costa-Pérez

5G Networks R&D Group

NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH

Heidelberg, Germany

Linglong Dai

Department of Electronics Engineering Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

Panagiotis Demestichas

R&D Department

WINGS ICT Solutions

Athens, Greece

and

Department of Digital Systems

University of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece

Ali Fatih Demir

Department of Electrical Engineering

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL

USA

Zhiguo Ding

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The University of Manchester

Manchester, UK

Mohamed Elkourdi

Department of Electrical Engineering

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL

USA

Norsheila Fisal

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Johor, Malaysia

Frank H. P. Fitzek

5G Lab Germany and Technical

University Dresden

Dresden, Germany

Vassilis Foteinos

R&D Department

WINGS ICT Solutions

Athens, Greece

Renaud Di Francesco

Sony Europe Research and Standardisation Department

Sony Mobile

Lund, Sweden

Maria Pia Galante

Technology Innovation Department

TIM

Torino, Italy

Caixia Gao

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

North China Electric

Power University

Beijing, China

Andrés Garcia-Saavedra

5G Networks R&D Group

NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH

Heidelberg, Germany

Andreas Georgakopoulos

R&D Department

WINGS ICT Solutions

Athens, Greece

Fabio Giust

5G Networks R&D Group

NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH

Heidelberg, Germany

Abdul Hadi Fikri Abdul Hamid

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Johor, Malaysia

Shuangfeng Han

China Mobile Research Institute

China Mobile Communications

Corporation

Beijing, China

Syed Ali Hassan

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS)

National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)

Islamabad, Pakistan

Chih-Lin I

Wireless Technologies

China Mobile Research Institute

China Mobile Communications

Corporation

Beijing, China

Mostafa Ibrahim

School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Istanbul Medipol University

Istanbul, Turkey

Muhammad Ali Imran

School of Engineering

University of Glasgow

Glasgow, UK

Bruno Jacobfeuerborn

Deutsche Telekom AG

Berlin, Germany

Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody

National Research Tomsk

Polytechnic University

Tomsk, Russia

Sangsoo Jeong

SK Telecom

Network Technology R&D Center

Hwangsaeul-ro, 258beon-gil,

Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si,

Gyeonggi-do

Korea

Ruicheng Jiao

Department of Electronics

Engineering Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

Sungho Jo

SK Telecom

Network Technology R&D Center

Hwangsaeul-ro, 258beon-gil,

Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si,

Gyeonggi-do

Korea

Ahmed E. Kamal

Electrical and Computer

Engineering department

Iowa State University (ISU)

Ames, IA

USA

Peter Karlsson

Sony Europe Research and Standardisation Department

Sony Mobile

Lund, Sweden

Jouni Korhonen

Nordic Semiconductor

Espoo, Finland

Evangelos Kosmatos

R&D Department

WINGS ICT Solutions

Athens, Greece

Vinod Kristem

Intel Corporation

Intel Lab

Santa Clara, CA

USA

Rongpeng Li

College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering

Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

Xi Li

5G Networks R&D Group

NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH

Heidelberg, Germany

Ying Li

State Key Laboratory of Integrated

Services Networks

Xidian University

Xi'an, China

Orestis-Andreas Liakopoulos

R&D Department

WINGS ICT Solutions

Athens, Greece

Marco Liebsch

5G Networks R&D Group

NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH

Heidelberg, Germany

Shahid Mumtaz

Instituto de Telecomunicações

Aveiro, Portugal

Akihiro Nakao

The Fifth Generation Mobile

Communications Promotion

Forum (5GMF)

Tokyo, Japan

Muhammad Shahmeer Omar

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS)

National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)

Islamabad, Pakistan

Jinhyo Park

SK Telecom

ICT R&D Center

SK T-Tower, 65, Eulji-ro, Jung-gu

Seoul, Korea

Anggrit Dewangkara Yudha Pinangkis

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Department

Delft University of Technology

Delft, The Netherlands

R. Venkatesha Prasad

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Department

Delft University of Technology

Delft, The Netherlands

Junaid Qadir

Information Technology University

Lahore, Pakistan

Chen Qi

College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering

Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

Mohd Rozaini Abd Rahim

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Johor, Malaysia

Rozeha A. Rashid

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Johor, Malaysia

Ahmad M. Rateb

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Johor, Malaysia

Jonathan Rodriguez

Instituto de Telecomunicações

Aveiro, Portugal

and

University of South Wales

Pontypridd, UK

G. Romano

Technology Innovation Department

TIM

Torino, Italy

Mohd Adib Sarijari

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Johor, Malaysia

Kohei Satoh

The Fifth Generation Mobile

Communications Promotion

Forum (5GMF)

Tokyo, Japan

Hamdan Sayuti

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Johor, Malaysia

Vincenzo Sciancalepore

5G Networks R&D Group

NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH

Heidelberg, Germany

Takashi Shimizu

The Fifth Generation Mobile

Communications Promotion

Forum (5GMF)

Tokyo, Japan

Guanghui Song

Department of Intelligent

Information Engineering and Sciences

Doshisha University

Kyoto, Japan

Himal A. Suraweera

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

University of Peradeniya

Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Shilpa Talwar

Intel Corporation

Intel Lab

Santa Clara, CA

USA

Stavroula Vassaki

R&D Department

WINGS ICT Solutions

Athens, Greece

Panagiotis Vlacheas

R&D Department

WINGS ICT Solutions

Athens, Greece

Bichai Wang

Department of Electronic Engineering

Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

Ping Wang

Apple Inc.

Santa Clara, CA

USA

Xianbin Wang

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Western University London

ON, Canada

Risto Wichman

Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics

Aalto University

Espoo, Finland

Chen Xu

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

North China Electric Power University

Beijing, China

Feng Xue

Intel Corporation

Intel Lab

Santa Clara, CA

USA

Shu-ping Yeh

Intel Corporation

Intel Lab

Santa Clara, CA

USA

Zarrar Yousaf

5G Networks R&D Group

NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH

Heidelberg, Germany

Honggang Zhang

College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering

Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

Zhifeng Zhao

College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering

Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

Gan Zheng

Wolfson School of Mechanical

Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Loughborough University

Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Zhenyu Zhou

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

North China Electric

Power University

Beijing, China