5G full steam ahead

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Tables
Table 1: Development path of mobile communications as a media
Table 2: Free space path loss depending on frequency band
Table 3: Number of bits per symbol with QAM modulation
Table 4: Usage of SC-FDMA and OFDMA depending on the distance to the centre of the cell
Table 5: Comparison of access principles in existing and futre radio access technologies
Table 6: WRC-2015 candidate bands

Figures
Figure 1: 5G projects roadmap
Figure 2: 5G Forum Korea vision
Figure 3: 5G Forum Korea requirements
Figure 4: Typical services and requirements, 5G Forum view
Figure 5: Structure of the IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group
Figure 6: 5GIC purpose-built building
Figure 7: SoftRAN by ONRC
Figure 8: The 5G Lab environment
Figure 9: Performance objectives for 5G and associated use cases
Figure 10: Impact of packet loss on speed performance
Figure 11: Proposed evolution of signalling and control in packet frames
Figure 12: TDD Frame structure for latency reduction
Figure 13: Presentation of the three main services of 5G and their specific requirements
Figure 14: Presentation of Huawei UE Centric No Cell Radio Access (UCNC) concept.
Figure 15: 5G Cloud RAN enabling flexible deployment and network architecture
Figure 16: Cohabitation with multiple air interface and 5G development efforts
Figure 17: Challenges associated with Massive MIMO
Figure 18: Considerations on massive MIMO
Figure 19: The different use of massive MIMO depending on frequency bands
Figure 20: Simulation by Mitsubishi using a 48-element adaptive phase antenna array using 44 GHz frequency bands and 500 MHz of bandwidth
Figure 21: A new modulation for more energy efficiency of MTC
Figure 22: Inter-layer and intra-layer multi-connectivity
Figure 23: Terminal-Small Cell concept by Chinese device manufacturer Coolpad
Figure 24: 5G core network architecture
Figure 25: RAN integration within 5G
Figure 26: Presentation of network slicing by T-Mobile
Figure 27: Separation of user and control plane
Figure 28: Adaptive Frame Structure
Figure 29: Waveforms and frequency bands
Figure 30: Comparison of Orthogonal and non-Orthogonal waveforms
Figure 31: Duplex mode for 5G
Figure 32: Challenges related to harnessing higher frequency bands
Figure 33: Spectrum map for frequency bands between 6 and 100 GHz
Figure 34: Current 5G roadmap
Figure 35: Ericsson roadmap for the development of a new 5G air interface