How Satellite Will Play a Vital Role in the Successful Roll-Out of 5G

Shaping the Future of
Satellite Communications1
Semir Hassanaly
June 2018
HOW SATELLITE
WILL PLAY
A VITAL ROLE
IN THE
SUCCESSFUL
ROLL-OUT
OF 5G

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• The need for satellite and wireless synergizing together
is greater than before.
• Clearing C-band spectrum for terrestrial operators will
enable a coordinated 5G rollout. So how will this co-
primary terrestrial operations model work?
• Aside to this, affordability of broad bandwidth is
paramount, will it be a market-based or a regulatory
model approach for all?
HOW SATELLITE
WILL PLAY A VITAL
ROLE IN THE
SUCCESSFUL ROLL-
OUT OF 5G
Newtec – ConnecTechAsia Conference June 2018

4 Newtec – ConnecTechAsia Conference June 2018
GLOBAL SNAPSHOT OF 5G SPECTRUM BANDS ALLOCATED OR TARGETED
Source: Qualcomm Licensed Unlicensed/Shared Existing Band

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USA
Clearing the 600MHz band through auction
• Satellite operators leasing C band: FCC to consult on use of C-band spectrum for 5G.
This is possible because Intelsat/SES hold +90% of C-band capacity over US
• On-going trials with low-band spectrum
Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT)
• Recommendation for use of 700MHz band for 5G, with 26 countries in Asia-Pacific
including Australia, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand.
Thailand
• Auction of three slots of 1.8GHz spectrum with a target auction date of August 2018
SPECTRUM STRATEGY: PER REGION

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South Korea
• June auctions for millimeter wave (2400MHz of 28 GHz)
• Government also mandated that operators share 5G infrastructure to reduce
deployment costs
Australia
• Auction of 3.6GHz, refarming of 3.6GHz band over 1.5GHz band
• Started consultations to understand which parts of 3.6GHz band will be concerned
USA
• 28 GHz auction in Nov, will be followed by 24 GHz auction
SPECTRUM FOR MILLIMETER WAVES

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USA: ONLY 48% OF COUNTIES OPENED FOR
THE UPCOMING 28 GHZ AUCTION
Stephen Wilkus - Spectrum Financial Partners

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• No spectrum available in crucial 28 GHz spectrum band in the top 50 markets.
• Verizon controls 76% of the 28 GHz band in the top cities
• T-Mobile has 12% + 10%. Only 2% will be available for auction.
• Verizon has 46% of the 39 GHz band and AT&T 30%
USA (2)

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Refarming
• Includes soft-refarming
Sharing
• Access to spectrum is divided between users so it can be used without interference
issues.
• Network slicing
Sharing of same spectrum
• Unlicensed
• Citizens Broadband Radio Service(CBRS) in the 3.5 GHz radio band
SPECTRUM SHARING STRATEGY

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Current bands for satellite insufficient for massive data growth
Satellite operators working concurrently at national, regional, and ITU level to obtain new
allocations for satellite services
• in Q/V bands: next generation satellite networks under construction
• and E-band for generation after
Central role of satellite services in essential connectivity to communities:
• critical that sufficient spectrum be allocated at international level for expansion of
services, so that designations do not have to be obtained on a country-by-country basis
once current spectrum resources are exhausted.
International harmonization is paramount:
• Spot beams cannot be efficiently split simply because they traverse national boundaries.
• If terrestrial networks end at a border, with no additional fibre or cable being laid, no
ability to provide service in both countries which satellite can
SPECTRUM AND SATELLITE
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UNLIMITED DATA RULES!!!

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"Unlimited data offerings are no longer effective levers to attract customers from
competitors, the challenge now is to find ways to increase ARPU without negatively
impacting customer satisfaction.
Carriers are searching for new ways to upsell without alienating their subscriber base.
Postpaid services are trying to upsell their customers by bundling in entertainment
services.
Over-the-top (OTT) offerings are becoming the new differentiator
AND IT IS NOT EVEN BUYING MARKET SHARE!!!
Kristen Hanich, research analyst Parks Associates

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Netflix has arranged to participate in the video data plans offered by
Indonesian operators XL Axiata, Hutchison 3 Indonesia and Bolt.
The new plans offer customers either an unlimited or designated amount of
streaming of content over Netflix and other participating OTT video
INDONESIA EXAMPLE
providers without incurring
additional charges or counting
against the plan’s data quota.

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• Better network management solutions to alleviate congestion
• Most carriers in North America throttle video speeds when network is congested, or
when a user consumes too much data
• LTE Broadcast
• Prepare for high bitrate streaming: T-Mobile’ Layer3 TV, AT&T and DirecTV, Verizon
are making sure they can meet the demand for OTT/Streaming
• AT&T exempted DirecTV from mobile data caps, so its subscribers get video benefits
with their mobile services
AVOID BREAKING THE INTERNET/THE MOBILE NETWORKS

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Looks like it is becoming an
all-you-can eat market for
now
But…
SO MARKET BASED OR REGULATORY APPROACH?
Newtec – GVF Conference June 2017
Source: GSMA

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HOW WILL MOBILE OPERATORS MAKE $$$?
Largest operators are moving beyond their traditional telco businesses (mobile and
fixed) to explore new revenue streams
AT&T: DirectTV acquisition, Time Warner bid,
Verizon: acquired Yahoo, AOL, expanding in IoT (telematics and smart cities) and fibre
networks
Telefonica, Orange & Vodafone have IoT-dedicated lines of business
Smart Life accounts for 10% of NTT DoCoMo’s revenue
Orange Bank launched across France, offering full consumer banking service on a
mobile-only platform
Source: GSMA

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• China Telecom wants to deploy +2M 5G base stations across China
• There are +1M 4G stations currently deployed
• Will use 3.5GHz or higher: need to build dense RAN as shorter reach
• Each base station: up to 25 Gbit/s, with 100 Gbit/s backhaul capacity
• Currently planning and building out new optical transport network with edge
computing capabilities
DRIVERS FOR CHANGE: THE CHINA TELECOM EXAMPLE

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SPECTRUM CONSTRAINTS
Throughput
Reach
Ultra-dense
Network –
Urban area
10 to 100 base
stations per km2
mmwaves
Low/
Medium bands
30 GHz1 GHz
Coverage within glass and steel
buildings

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MILLIMETER-WAVE: IS THE TRANSPORT FIT?

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Still 20% uncovered areas
WHAT ABOUT COVERAGE
Source: GSMA

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CHALLENGES IN PROVIDING CONNECTIVITY
Source: Casitel consulting

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EXAMPLES OF CONFIGURATION IN RURAL/HARD TO REACH AREAS
Macro cell with
wide area
coverage
Single small cell
Cluster of small cells

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• Benefits of satellite 4G and 5G beyond urban cores
• Satellites today already complement and help extend terrestrial networks– for
2G/3G/4G mobile backhaul, rural Wi-Fi backhaul, aeronautical and maritime broadband
• New High Throughput Satellite (HTS) systems – GEO/MEO/LEO – bring even higher
speeds, lower cost-per-bit, and lower latency
• Low latency (sub-1ms) requirements of future 5G applications:
• content can be efficiently distributed & stored locally – through a multi-cast or point-
to-multipoint function at which satellites excel
• Satellites also support many IoT networks today (e.g. global asset tracking and SCADA)
and can scale to meet expanded future requirements e.g. connected cars, planes and
ships
SATELLITE: A KEY PART OF 5G

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5G ECOSYSTEM SATELLITE USE CASES
Trunking & Head-End Feed
Communications on Move
Backhauling & Tower Feed
Hybrid Multiplay

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• Today: service is throttled when congestion or when a user consumes too much data
• By 2021, 78% of all mobile traffic will be video
• Openwave: 40 % of that mobile video traffic is HD.
• Ultra high resolution video applications (e.g. VR, gaming) will stress ISPs and Mobile
Networks capacity
OTT AS A DIFFERENTIATOR FOR MNO BUT IT HAS ITS DELIVERY
CHALLENGES

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OTT – TERRESTRIAL/SATELLITE CONVERGENCE
Inject to Cloud Feed CDN

PROFITABLE?
• Serve high-density locations
(airports, sports venues, etc.)
where bandwidth would
otherwise exhaust,
• Expanding video streaming into
areas where terrestrial coverage
is poor, or creating a hybrid
satellite-terrestrial service where
the most popular channels are
broadcasted via satellite

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3GPP release 15, Architecture is service based:
• NF that offer services to other NF functions
• Virtualization and software technologies
• Slicing: extension of definition, within 3GPP 5G
• Support for edge computing
Satellite- Two studies led out in 3GPP
1. Deployment scenarios and identify potential key impact areas on NR
2. Study on using Satellite Access in 5G
Towards a common interface for seamless services
5G MOBILE/SATELLITE STANDARDS –

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CONVERGENCE TERRESTRIAL - SATELLITE
Terrestriall
IOTM2MBROADBAND
Select the most appropriate transport means
• Based on application, latency, availability, QoS,…

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Combine technologies to best
serve application and users
• Radio capability with
Fiber/Satellite transport
- Mobile Edge Computing
• Multicast: Stream from a local
storage, enhance user
experience
• Manage low latency
requirements
LOW LATENCY – HIGHER LATENCY
Source: Intel

TRAFFIC STEERING
• Satellite-Terrestrial
interworking
• Guarantee critical
mission service, and
cost effective
broadcast/multicast

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5G SATELLITE GROUND ARCHITECTURE

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• Spectrum challenges are still ahead but will have to be solved
• 5G networks require set of solutions for urban, rural and hard to reach
areas
• Video/OTT traffic will represent significant traffic
• Converging transport solutions are not optional
We can start now!!!!
CONCLUSION

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Semir Hassanaly,
Market Director Mobile Backhaul
shas@newtec.eu

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