ECC: what is the current status of 5G …Stella Lyubchenko, ECO (stella.lyubchenko@eco.cept.org) 2nd JRC Seminar on 5G Communications, Ispra, 19th May 2015

Scope

• Introduction (what about 5G…)

• ECC strategic plan (2015 – 2020)

• Related considerations in ECC

– ECC meeting, Budapest 3-6 March 2015

– ECC PT1 Work Programme

• Current status in CPG PTA

• Related meeting schedule

What about 5G ?

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• 5G could be used in 4G spectrum under technology neutral policy

• … but some 5G features may significantly impact spectrum policy• Use of wider bandwidth and higher spectrum• Better adjacent band performance, sharing mechanism• Small cells • Blurring the distinction between access and backhauling

1980 1990 2000 2010 2020

Max.Bit rate

1G Analogue (voice)

GSM

GPRS

EDGE

UMTS

HSDPA

LTE

LTE-Advanced

5G ?

9 Kbit/s

54 Kbit/s

384 Kbit/s

5 Mbit/s

42 Mbit/s

150 Mbit/s

1 Gbit/s

10 Gbit/s ?

900 MHz2100 MHz

900 MHz 1800 MHz

800 MHz1800 MHz2.6 GHz

Years

2G

3G

4G

From 1G to 5G

ECC strategic plan

At its 38th meeting in Montreux (25-28 November 2014), the ECC approved its five-year strategic plan for the period 2015-2020 which states in relation to 5G:

• ECC should consider harmonisation of spectrum allocated to IMT at WRC-15;

• ECC is planning to consider strategic initiatives to support technologies related to broadband needs in higher frequency ranges, and to obtain contiguous spectrum in substantial blocks

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ECC meeting, Budapest 3-6 March 2015

Initial discussions related to higher frequency bands and 5G at ECC level:

• Higher frequencies present less scarcity and possibilities for larger contiguous blocks: opportunities for 5G.

• Further discussion planned at the next meeting on the organisation of the work for 5G related to modifications of ECC/PT1 ToR and the expected WRC-19 Agenda Item on higher frequency bands.

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ECC/PT1 Work Programme

Following considerations could impact ECC/PT1 future work:

• additional harmonisation measures, such as for the L-band (WRC-15 outcome);

• follow-up of CPG activities dealing with the expected IMT agenda item for WRC-19.

• key elements of “IMT2020/ 5G” which are underway in ITU-R WP 5D as well as in several European projects under 5G.

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Current status in CPG PTA, April 2015

• CPG PTA (responsible for AI 10 – draft Agenda for future Conferences) received proposal to create an AI for WRC-19 calling for studies on frequency bands above [6 GHz/5925 MHz to 100 GHz] for International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) applications/Mobile broadband;

• Correspondence Group was created to deal with future WRC agenda item for IMT above 6 GHz.

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ECC contact with research programmes

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The ECC Steering group endorsed the following approach proposed by the ECO to focus on the following research areas:

• ’5G’ area, where existing programmes can already be identified, which should facilitate tracking and liaising with that work;

• European Commission’s JRC/ISPRA was engaged in longer term studies in some spectrum issues, where liaison with ECC may be mutually useful.

Related meeting schedule

• 50th ECC/PT1 meeting (22 – 24 June 2015)

• 40th ECC plenary meeting (30 June – 3 July 2015)

• 7th CPG meeting (2 – 5 June 2015)

• 8th CPG PTA meeting (21 – 24 July 2015)

• 8th CPG meeting (14 – 18 September 2015)

• WRC-15 (2 – 27 November 2015)...

Thanks for your attention

Questions?