The document discusses 5 questions about 5G standards: 1) Phase 1 is complete ahead of schedule in 2017. 2) Phase 2 is on target for 2020 with a 3 month delay. 3) 5G is ready for deployment based on completed standalone and non-standalone options. 4) 5G is a global standard with participation from over 600 organizations worldwide. 5) 5G has been designed to be more secure than 4G, but careful deployment is also important for security.

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5 simple questions about standards
John M Meredith
Director ETSI Mobile Competence Centre

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5 simple questions about standards
Is 5G phase 1 already complete?
Is 5G phase 2 on target for 2020?
Is 5G ready for deployment?
Is 5G a global standard?
Is 5G secure?

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Is phase 1 already complete?
5G NR (new radio interface) completed ahead of schedule
The specification of 5G NR completed in December 2017, 6 months ahead of schedule, at the request
of those players that wished to deploy 5G early (enabling deployment in non-standalone mode)
The remainder of 5G Phase 1 (including Next Generation Core Network) first completed on schedule
in June 2018 but stabilized in September 2018 (enabling deployment in standalone mode)
Additional deployment scenarios will be completed during H1 2019

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Is phase 1 already complete?
But how was that possible?
3GPP Working Groups saw a large increase in experts participation
(more than 600 experts present in some working group meetings)
During 2017, 3GPP processed 100 000 input contributions during 75 000 delegate/days of meetings
This represents an unprecedented effort from the whole industry…
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Is phase 1 already complete?

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Is phase 2 on target for 2020?

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Is phase 2 on target for 2020?
5G Phase 2 expected H1 2020 ( 3 months behind schedule) and will bring
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5G Vehicle to X (V2X)
5G URLLC enhancements
5G for Unlicensed spectrum operation
5G for Satellite
5G
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5G Industrial IoT
5G above 52.6GHz
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5G MIMO enhancements
5G Location and positioning enhancements
Non-orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA)
5G Power Consumption improvements
Interference Mitigation
Dual Connectivity enhancements
5G
Efficiency
5G SON & Big Data
Device capabilities exchange
Mobility enhancements

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Is ready for deployment?
Options 2 (standalone) and ….
Option 3 (non-standalone) are complete and
are the basis for the first deployments
Option 4 and ….
Option 7 will be complete by H1 2020
5G is being deployed now
YES

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Is a global standard?
Participation in 3GPP, 646 member organizations in 45 territories from:
• Africa
• Asia
• Australia
• Greater Europe
• North America
• Central America

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3GPP Members now include, for example:
• Advertising (e.g., Google)
• Aerospace (e.g., Lockheed Martin, BAE)
• Agricultural machinery manufacturers (e.g., John Deere, Husqvana)
• Asset Tracking (Novamint)
• Automotive manufactures (e.g, Volkswagen, Volvo, Toyota)
• Broadcasting Community (e.g., EBU, BBC, TDF)
• Energy Sector (e.g., Legrand)
• Environment (e.g., Veolia)
• Factory Automation companies (e.g., ABB, Siemens)
• Maritime (Synctechno, Korean Govt)
• Public Safety (e.g., Dutch Police, UK Home Office, BDBOS, Firstnet)
• Rail (e.g., International Union of Railways)
• Retail Sector (e.g., Alibaba)
• Satellite Community (e.g., ESO, Inmarsat)
• Social Media (e.g., Facebook)
Full listing available here:
http://www.3gpp.org/about-3gpp/membership
Is a global standard?

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Is secure?
5G is, by design, more secure than 4G
5G Security and Privacy, support includes
Secure virtualized and exposed Network Functions
Secure service-based interfaces between network functions
Single security anchor for all access networks
Unified authentication framework
But Security is not just about standards
Careful, security conscious deployment is essential
Beyond network security, application security needs careful
consideration too….

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Conclusions
Is 5G phase 1 already complete? YES, more or less
Is 5G phase 2 on target for 2020? YES, with 3 months delay
Is 5G ready for deployment? YES, evidence shows that
Is 5G a global standard? YES, evidence shows that too
Is 5G secure? YES, from a standards point of view
but that is not the end of the
story…

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