Bringing MBB to a New Level with 5GEric Xu

Rotating Chairman

Peak speeds 10 Gbps @100 MHz –20 Gbps @200 MHz

Focus on eMBBwhile meeting basic

needs for uRLLC and mMTC

Key techPolar code/LDPC

Massive MIMOLTE/5G NR coexistence

(Uplink & downlink decoupling)

The first 5G standard officially released

Improving mobile Internet experience

WWRF: 1st 5G HuddlesNGMN: 5G Project

• LDPC • Polar

2008 2015 2016 2017 20182013 20142012 2019

IMT-20205G Forum

METIS 5GIC

WWRF: VIP5GAA

5G-ACIA

5G Americas5G PPP5G MF

R15 R16

Enabling industry digitization

1963 2020

Decades of global collaboration to hone 5G technology

4G 5G

AAU/RRU

BBU

EPC

4G eNB protocol stack

PHY

MAC

RLC

PDCP

RRC

PHY

MAC

RLC

PDCP

Control plane User plane

* New SDAP sub-layer in the 5G protocol stack to improve QoS handling

Same architecture

Faster speed

Lower latency

More connections

Bettersecurity

AAU/RRU

BBU

5G Core

5G gNB protocol stack

Control plane User plane

PHY

MAC

RLC

PDCP

RRC

PHY

MAC

RLC

PDCP

SDAP*

5G builds on 4G and expands its potential

Fair

Reasonable

Non-discriminatory

We

advocate

5G licensing rates should be lower and more transparent than 4G

FRAND to be followed for licensing 5G standard-essential patents

Enjoyable: Use it whenever you wantAll people, all places, all the time

Acceptable: Use it when you need Most people, most places, most of the time

Usable: Use it only when you desireSome people, some places, sometimes

5G expected to bring MBB to a new level

Mobile Voice Mobile Internet Mobile Video

Mobile AR/VR?

1G1980s

2G1990s

3G2000s

4G2010s

5G2020s

Users want to consume more, but experience and speed fall short

Deteriorating user experience in hot spots

# of new SoftBank AIRusers in 2 years: 2 million

Number of new usersNote: Does not include China

38.5%

FTTx WTTx20182017 2017 2018

18m

14.6m

13m14m 4.3%

Users want more speed

Downlink

4 Mbps

20 Mbps

Uplink

400 Kbps

2 Mbps

New WTTx users expected to outnumber FTTx

Achievement:• 2,600x more data traffic delivered

with slightly lower CAPEX

Challenges:• Keeping CAPEX under control

while addressing exponential growth in user demand

• Stopping/Reversing OPEX growth

OPEX reduction should be a strategic priority for 5G

< 0.1 EB 260 EB

Traffic growth: 2600x

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

BBU CPECore Transport5G

smartphone

End-to-end 5G system

5G SA E2E commercial systemsTo launch by March 30, 2019

5G NSA E2E commercial systems To launch by September 30, 2018

Huawei will work with the industry to deliver the 5G mission

C-Band mmWave

Thank You