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EMF Standards for 5G technologies

Human exposure compliance assessment procedures for mobile device and network equipment operating from 6-100 GHz

Mike WoodChairman IEC TC106 MWF 5G Workshop – Portoroz, Slovenia

24 June 2018

What is 5G

?

5G is the 5th generation of m

obile networks

2

AnalogueD

igitalSM

SM

ultimedia

Video Calling

Mobile internet

Mobile B

roadbandEnhanced Video

Mobile C

onnected World

Enhanced Mobile B

roadbandLow

latency applicationsInternet of Things

AR &

VR

Extrem

e speeds -Gbps

High C

apacity –10x

Low Latency –

1ms

5G Tim

eline

3

2025M

ass 5G

Adoption

2019 -20C

omm

ercial Launch

2017-19First 5G

S

tandards2016-195G

Trials

2012R

&D

projects

(numerous)

Fixed wireless access for hom

es and enhanced mobile broadband services are likely to be

the first applications using new 5G

wireless access m

odems and hot spots.

Mobile handsets w

ith 3G, 4G

and 5G connectivity expected in the 2019 –

2021 timefram

eLow

latency and widespread m

achine to machine applications using 5G

in similar

timefram

e

5G –

Implications for EM

F Assessm

ent

EMF Assessm

ent Considerations

New

Spectrum

m

mW

aveM

acro Cells, S

mall C

ellsnear &

far fieldM

IMO

Beam

Steering

power averaging

5G and 4G

togetherm

ultiple technologiesM

any devicescom

plex assessments

45G

and 4G w

orking together, with central and local servers

providing faster content to users and low latency applications

Challenges for 5G

& EM

F Standards

�G

lobally harmonised EM

F exposure limits

�R

evised ICN

IRP, IEEE, FC

C exposure guidelines are critical

especially for 5G devices >6/10G

Hz

�D

evelopment and im

plementation of new

network and device

testing procedures to meet 5G

technology evolution

5C

hallenge –IEC

TC106 has responsibility to develop assessm

ent standardsfor 5G

devices and networks to 100G

Hz

(by 2018)

Devices

-m

mW

ave-

Com

plex devices-

Far field –E

or H is m

easured-

Near field -E

&H

field, Phase, field reconstruction

-M

ultiple tx, beam steering &

varied shapes-

Advanced m

odelling techniques

Netw

orks-

mm

Wave

-C

omplex antennas

-N

ear field and far field-

MIM

O &

beam steering

-P

ower averaging for true E

MF level

-A

dvanced modelling techniques

6

New

5G Exposure A

ssessment Standards from

the IEC

5G N

etworks

IEC

62232 ED

2 110 MH

z to 100GH

z 2017IE

C TR

62669 –case studies inc 5G

2018

5G D

evicesIE

C TR

63170 Technical Report 6 to 100G

Hz July 2018

IEC

/ IEE

E International S

td 6 to 300 GH

z Dec 2020

�IEC

Strategic Business Plan has been to prepare for 5G

�Ensure Standards and Technical R

eports are developed-Trials &

early deployments in 2018 –

2019, Com

mercial Launch 2019 -2020

IEC TR

63170 ED

1

Measurem

ent procedure for the evaluation of pow

er density related to human

exposure to radio frequency fields from

wireless com

munication devices operating

between 6 G

Hz and 100 G

Hz H

z

5G D

evice Test systems –

power density m

easurements

7

Nearfieldprobe

Waveguide probe

Device under test

placed here

IT’IS E

Um

mW

Poynting vector probe

Art-Fi m

mW

ave guide probe development

During developm

ent of the IEC

5G Technical R

eport in 2017, test laboratories initiated developm

ent of 5G m

mW

ave device test systems

AP

RE

L mm

Wave probe developm

ent

5G M

acro Cell A

ssessment using IE

C 62232

8

5G B

ase Station Antenna

Field Measurem

ents

Lab Measurem

ents

Measurem

ents of 5G in A

ustralia using IEC 62232

Locating beam and observing level variation

Modelling actual pow

er due to beam steering

Summ

ary

9IEC

and IEEE have formed a Joint W

orking Group to ensure 5G

assessment

standards are globally harmonised and m

eet the 5G release tim

eframes

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