Marc Zhang,

Chief Marketing Officer of Wireless Automation Solution, Huawei

E-mail, marc.zhanghua@huawei.com

Toward Autonomous Driving Mobile Network

2019 FUTURE NET WORLD | LONDON

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Network O&M

complexity

Efficiency

Service diversity

complexity

Service

Performance improvement

complexity

RATs Bands Sites Type

4 15+ 50+ 1000 + 10000 + Features Parameters

Smart buildings

Smart energy

AR/VR

VoLTE

Wireless drones

Smart manufacturing

Connected carsAir Fiber

Performance

20+

UE categories

Massive MIMO

HetNet

100X1

Towards 5G Era: Growing Operation Complexity

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Massive

Connections

Low Latency

Gbps+ Experience

Automation:

the 4th Dimension2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

0 x

20x

40x

60x

80x

100x

120

Increasing OPEX

OPEX : CAPEX ~ 4 : 1

Source: Gartner report

Cost structure needs change

Automation Leads to

5G Radically Simplification

OPEX Reduction Should be a Strategic Priority for 5G

Automation, the 4th Dimensioning of 5G

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10xOperation Efficiency

Parameters:From Thousands to Hundreds

20%+ Spectrum Efficiency

Optimization:From Static to Dynamic

5x Fast Provisioning

Service TTM:

From Weeks to Days

AI Bring 3 Benefits for Mobile Network

Drive Simplicity Explore Possibility

Beyond

Performance LimitationInspire Potential

Beyond Efficiency Beyond New Business

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Industry Insight 1, Transferring Top-down to Convergence

FCAPS

Management

EMS(Element Management System)

Top-down structure

2G/3G/4G/5G NR Site

Management

Control

Convergence

Automation Engine

Convergence structure

Scenario-orientedClosed Loop

Network with Embedded Auto. Engine

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(Self-Configuration/

Self-Optimization/Self-Healing)

Rel. 9 … Rel.15 Rel.16Rel. 10

4G/4.5G 5G NR Era

ANR/MLB… CCO/PCI Optimization… 5G ANR…

Gap between dream and reality

SON :

L2: Partial Automation

L3: Conditional Automation

L4: Highly Automation

Deployment

Service

Provisioning

Optimization

Planning

Closed Loop

Driven by Features

Industry Insight 2, From Features to Autonomous Scenarios

Maintenance

Reach Full Autonomous Step by Step

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tomato Y ham NMush

roomY

Intent：

For family Y

Scenario definition

Multiple interactions with Data Openness Simplification interaction With Scenario-oriented API

EMS

NMS System

50g 75g 150g 110g 8

Scenario : family

NMS System

EMS

SNMP/Corba/FTP….Restful for Scenario APIs

Industry Insight 3, NBI Interaction from heavyweight to lightweight

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Build an Open & Collaborative Auto. System Together

Planning Deployment

OptimizationMaintenance

Provisioning

2G

3G 4G

5G NR

MBB domain Autonomy

Cross domain automation

Scenario APPs

Atomic APIs

Autonomy by Layer &

Coordination with Openness

Operators:

- Workflow orchestration

- Intent Driven Autonomy

Vendors:

- Openness with Capability/IDE

- Scenario APPs

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Autonomous driving

vehicle

Collection/ Fault detection

Awareness / Perception

GPS/IMU/MM

wave/Radar/Infra/Cameras/V2x

AI NPU/CPU/

Controller MCU

HD map/Model training/

Simulation/Data storage

Translate/Verify/ Decide

Managers/Controllers

AI training platform/Full lifecycle app/

Network-wide data lake/Expert labeled data

Awareness/Detection

Perception/Recommendation

UE MR/Network performance/Hardware status

/Topo data/Fault data

Autonomous driving

networks

Cloud

intelligence

Local

intelligence

Edge

Intelligence

Network Evolution Towards autonomous driving networks

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Scenario/

LevelL1 Functionality（Expertise Based）

L2 Task（Partial Automation）

L3 Single-Scenario（Conditional Automation）

L4 Service Scenario（Autonomy）

L5 Full Scenario（Intent-Driven）

PlanningPlanning based on

Expertise

Engineering Para.

Automation

Predictive Coverage &

Capacity Planning

Automation

Service QoS Self-

planning

Intent Driven

Autonomy

Deployment Configuration PnP Hardware PnP Site PnP/Feature PnPService slicing Self-

deployment

Maintenance Visualization Detection AutomationRoot Cause Analysis

AutomationProactive Self-healing

OptimizationOptimization based on

Expertise

Basic RF AutomationKPI Performance Automation

Experience Self-

optimization

Service

Provisioning

Tool Assisted

provisioning

Workflow automation Service Guarantee

Automation

Service self-

provisioning

2019 2021-2022 2023-20272020

Viewpoint 1, Towards autonomous driving networks step by step

Planning Deployment Maintenance Provisioning

Digitalization (%)

3

Optimization

Cycle Size: TCO Contribution

2

1

30%

7. Power Saving

1.Base Station Deployment 2. Feature Deployment

3. Network Performance Monitoring

5. Network Performance Improvement 6. Home Service Provisioning

4. Fault Analysis and Handling

4

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7Scan to download

Whitepaper

Whitepaper Released @ MBBF 2018

The Whole Industry jointly define the Use Cases and Scenarios.

Accelerate Automation Step into Reality

Viewpoint 2, Towards autonomous driving mobile networks by scenario

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High

Openness

Op

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Viewpoint 3, Openness Evolution Enables E2E Operation Automation

40~80m@67% TrafficCustomer hot map

Data Openness

*Singapore Case

Capability Openness

Ecosystem Openness

Tracing data

User plane data

Management data

API – Work flow Orchestration

SDK– Capability On Demand Extension

*Restful

*iSStar

DIY 5G Era Network Mgt.

Ignite 5G Era Applications

80% Parameters Saved in NBITTM < 1montheModel

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Simplify Configuration

from parameters -> customer model

Simplify Installation Processing

from multi -> one

Simplify Deployment Workflow

from manual -> automation

Hardware Self-detection

Hardware Self-configuration

Wireless Self-planning

Scan and Report ESN

Auto Identify Site Scenario

Auto Download Configuration

Auto Download Software

……

EMSPolicy Requirement Importing

Policy Status Monitoring

……

NMS

Base Station

Case1, E2E Deployment Automation in Canada

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Drone Supervision is Required Positioning Enabled by AI

RF Features: Accurate Location

AI Trained Model

Model Training

…

Measure Report+GPS Location

Matching

Model UsingServing Cell is Not Clear

When Using Positioning Through Cellular Networks

Case 2, Drone Positioning with Cellular Network in Europe

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Massive MIMO Self-Adaption

20%

Keep

Self-Improving

Phase1

Static Dynamic

Manual Automatic

Pattern Adjusting

Network Performance

Pattern

Antenna Tilt

Horizon Beam Width

Vertical Beam Width

…

1°

45°

17°

Y

4°

65°

8°

X

Vertical

Horizontal

kinds of Pattern

Huge Parameters Combination

Tilt4G Era 283+

Maximize Performance Potential

Case 3, Adaptive Massive MIMO Pattern Optimization in Asia

5G Era more

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Whitepaper

Take Away

<<Key Scenarios of Autonomous Driving Mobile Network>>

Whitepaper, please scan to download to learn more.

• Take complexity away and create simplicity

through ‘Autonomy by Layer & Coordination with

Openness’ innovative architecture.

• Innovate together, approaching autonomous

driving mobile networks step by step.

Scenario-oriented APIs will be released in 2019

API1

Deployment

Domain APIS

API2 API3 API4 …….

Optimization

Domain APIS

…….

API1

Maintenance

Domain APIS

API2 API3 API4 …….

Service Provision

Domain APIS

…….

Link: https://www.huawei.com/en/industry-insights/outlook/mobile-

broadband/insights-reports/key-scenarios-of-auto-driving-mobile-network

All-Scenario APIs will accelerate network

evolution to autonomous driving mobile network.

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Wireless AI Introduction Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9pcjvH010c&feature=youtu.be

MAE introduction video; https://youtu.be/8UT__RUWSgs

Wireless AI-Bottom user throughput intelligent optimization with note:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upDQ5d0_T9s&feature=youtu.be

Wireless AI-Massive MIMO Intelligent Optimization with note:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6cV5Vqpqhg

Wireless Intelligence enables automated network report link:

http://www.senzafiliconsulting.com/Blog/tabid/64/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/384/Automation-Wireless-Intelligence-enables-

automated-networks.aspx

https://www.fiercewireless.com/sponsored/wireless-intelligence-enables-automated-networks

Wireless Intelligence enables automated network interview video link:

https://youtu.be/Okf8Fs4tMq8

1.Huawei releases Autonomous Driving Mobile Network platform MAE

https://www.telecompaper.com/news/huawei-releases-autonomous-driving-mobile-network-platform-mae--1270719

2. Huawei Releases the Autonomous Driving Mobile Network Solution MAE

https://www.huawei.com/en/press-events/news/2018/11/auto-driving-mobile-network-solution-mae

3.Huawei Releases "Key Scenarios of Autonomous Driving Mobile Network"

https://www.euroinvestor.com/news/2018/11/26/huawei-releases-key-scenarios-of-autonomous-driving-mobile-network/13934988

4.Telcos Must Take the Lead to Speed Development of Autonomous Driving Mobile Networks with AI

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/11/26/1656903/0/en/Telcos-Must-Take-the-Lead-to-Speed-Development-of-

Autonomous-Driving-Mobile-Networks-with-AI.html

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