RP-161266

5G architecture options – full set

Joint RAN/SA meeting |June 14th 2016, Busan
Deutsche Telekom AG
Outline of architecture options in the light of 5G
and “acceleration” discussion
 Two radio technologies have to be considered in the 5G discussions
 LTE (in its Rel-15 version) aka “eLTE” in sa2
 Next generation Radio (“nr”)
 plus radio level aggregation of both radio technologies in 2 variants

 Two Core Network concepts have to be considered in the 5G discussions

 EPC (with potential evolutions)
 Next Generation Core („nGcn“) S1_C
S1_U

 This results in 12 options (next slides) NG2 (Controlplane)

NG3 (Userplane)

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5G scenarios in 3GPP NR & NextGenCore (1/6)

1) Standalone LTE, EPC connected - legacy 2) Standalone NR, NGCN connected

NextGen
EPC
Core

LTE NR

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5G scenarios in 3GPP NR & NextGenCore (2/6)

3) Non-Standalone/”LTE assisted”, EPC connected 3a) Non-Standalone/”LTE assisted”, EPC

connected

NextGen NextGen
EPC EPC
Core Core

„1a“

LTE NR LTE NR

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5G scenarios in 3GPP NR & NextGenCore (3/6)

4) Non-Standalone/”NR assisted”, NGCN 4a) Non-Standalone/”NR assisted”,NGCN

connected connected

NextGen NextGen
EPC EPC
Core Core

„1a-like“

LTE NR LTE NR

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5G scenarios in 3GPP NR & NextGenCore (4/6)

5) Standalone LTE Rel-15, NGCN connected 6) Standalone 5GNR, EPC connected

NextGen
EPC
Core

LTE NR

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5G scenarios in 3GPP NR & NextGenCore (5/6)

7) Non-Standalone/”LTE assisted”, NGCN 7a) Non-Standalone/”LTE assisted”, NGCN

connected connected

NextGen NextGen
EPC EPC
Core Core

„1a-like“

LTE NR LTE NR

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5G scenarios in 3GPP NR & NextGenCore (6/6)

8) Non-Standalone/”NR assisted”, EPC connected 8a) Non-Standalone/”NR assisted”, EPC connected

NextGen NextGen
EPC EPC
Core Core

„1a-like“

LTE NR LTE NR

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Questions and conclusions

 scenario 1) is legacy  11 options remain

 Does 3GPP need to support all remaining 11 architecture options ?

 Is there a phasing possible / desirable ?
 How to ensure forward compatibility in order to avoid global
fragmentation, especially considering roaming ?

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Status of RAN2 / RAN3 discussions per option
(kindly provided by Hideaki-san)
RAN2 RAN3

Scenario 1 - -

Scenario 2 YES YES

Scenario 3 / 3a YES YES

Scenario 4 / 4a YES YES

Scenario 5 NO YES

Scenario 6 NO NO ?

Scenario 7 / 7a YES YES

Scenario 8 / 8a NO NO

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