"Let there be Gees" Adrian Scrase, CTO, ETSI CW Talks, 22 June 2021 - Presented by: Cambridge Wireless
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“Let there be Gees”
Presented by: Adrian Scrase, CTO, ETSI
CW Talks, 22 June 2021
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What are Gees?
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Gees are great things to have!
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But I guess we mean these Gees?
Which are also great things to have!
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Suitability of Gees
Gees are not suitable for everything
They may not be suitable for small, standalone systems which are intended to serve local markets
But they are suitable for large, complex systems which are intended to evolve over several decades
serving global markets
It’s all a matter of horses (Gee Gees) for courses
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Structure of Gees
3GPP is the defacto standards activity where mobile cellular systems
are specified 20 27 10 28 57
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It attracts more than 700 members from 35 countries to do that ATIS
work. ETSI and counterparts in China, India, Japan, Korea and the US CCSA 128
form the partnership ETSI
TSDSI
But 3GPP does not work in Gees! It works in Releases. Gees provide TTA
TTC
a framework to encompass Releases
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5G was first composed of 3GPP Releases 15&16, but will also include 711 Members in 3GPP
Releases 17, 18, 19 etc as at 19 June 2021
Gees are a big stick in the sand, a destination to which an enormous
industrial effort will be invested by stakeholders from academia,
research bodies, industry, governments, large enterprises and SME’s.
(25% of ETSI’s membership is from SMEs, it’s the same story for
3GPP)
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Timing of Gees
Releases provide an innovation cycle at approximately 18 month intervals
Releases form part of an evolution plan towards the next Gee which, historically, is around 10 years.
But the Gee period may change (e.g., 4G to 5G was 8 years for standards delivery)
Gees also have mid-points at approximately 5 year intervals. These provide another opportunity to
package innovation, e.g.,
The 5G mid-generation marker which will apply from 3GPP Release 18 onwards
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Deployment of Gees
As Gees are developed by a very large community of interest, there is an in-
built readiness to deploy
Consider 5G with a complete set of standards (Release 15 and Release 16)
completed by 2020. According to the Global mobile Suppliers Association
(GSA) there are already:
163 commercial 5G networks launched in 64 countries (April 2021).
436 operators (and operators-to-be) in 133 countries investing in 5G mobile and
5G FWA networks, in the form of tests, trials, pilots, launches, etc
74 operators investing in 5G Standalone mode
According to GSMA, 1.8 billion 5G connections are forecast by 2025
This is deployment on a grand scale……….
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2021 - All rights reserved 7Research Agenda of Gees
ICT Research is a long-term activity that needs to be carefully
programmed and planned
Gees provide a focal point for such Research Agendas
But once Research results have been obtained they may be fed
into the next planned Release. You are not obliged to wait for the
next Gee!
Research agendas were established for 5G, involving large
communities of academia and industry. The 5G timeline provided
focus for those agendas in terms of availability of results.
Gees are always on schedule (5G was delivered ahead of
schedule), so Researchers have a definitive deadline to work
towards
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2021 - All rights reserved 8Funding the Research Agenda of Gees
B5G/6G Research Initiatives
Gees, by definition, are well framed and Worldwide
dependable in terms of when they will be delivered
- “Secure 5G & Beyond Act” March 2020
Research results aimed at influencing Gees (or the
- DoD Testbed programme, $ 600 million
Releases that constitute Gees) can therefore be well - Next-G initiative, industry federation (ATIS)
framed - MIC “Roadmap towards 6G”, June 2020
- METI support / 5GMF B5G vision
The high probability of Gees being delivered on - $ 380 million
time, and being a market success, gives confidence - MSIT 6G programme, September 2020
in research funding. For 5G, this probability led to - $ 200 million public support
an enormous amount of private and public money - MIIT 6G programme, creation of IMT 2030
Promotion committee (2019)
being made available for research projects. The
- Multi € Billion until 2035, including
same is true for 6G as shown in this table industrialisation
- 6G Flagship launched in February 2019
- € 250 million / 7 years
- 6G Smart Networks and Services Joint
Undertaking (SNS-JU)
- € 900 million / 7 years
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2021 - All rights reserved 9Branding and Marketing of Gees
It is not sufficient to create great inventions. You also need to sell them.
There are plenty of example of good products that did not achieve market success.
Gees provide a marketing and branding possibility, since the Gee concept is widely understood by our
populations. There is an element of competition, with citizens wishing to get the next G before their
neighbours. It’s all about perception, and 5G is perceived by the masses to be better than 4G! Look
what the UK operators are doing:
https://www.vodafone.co.uk/network/5g
https://www.o2.co.uk/5G
https://ee.co.uk/why-ee/5g-on-ee
http://www.three.co.uk/5g
This market demand is created even before standards completion
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2021 - All rights reserved 10Government support for Gees
Gees have become a political instrument
When Prime Ministers declare that their country is
going to be a leader in the next Gee that can have
quite an impact
How much public money has been available to
promote 5G deployment in the UK? Catapults, test
beds, trials, incentives, deployments?
Gees also provide Governments with an opportune to
upgrade infrastructure and modernize industry
The Worcestershire 5G Consortium is a great example CAMERON ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR 5G INTERNET TO
of that, with 5G fostering public and private DOWNLOAD A MOVIE IN 'ONE SECOND'
investment https://uk5g.org/discover/testbeds-and-
trials/worcestershire-5g-consortium/
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2021 - All rights reserved 11But everyone is already talking about 6G!
The ink is still drying on the 5G standard and yet everyone is already talking about 6G!
Here are just a few examples:
• Nokia (Communications in the 6G era)
https://onestore.nokia.com/asset/207766
• Samsung (The next hyper-connected experience for all)
https://cdn.codeground.org/nsr/downloads/researchareas/20201201_6G_Vision_web.p
df
• Ericsson (A research outlook towards 6G)
https://www.ericsson.com/en/reports-and-papers/white-papers/a-research-outlook-
towards-6g
• NTT DoCoMo (6G White paper)
https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/corporate/technology/whitepaper_6g/
• Keysight technologies (A New Sub-Terahertz Testbed for 6G Research)
https://www.keysight.com/gb/en/assets/7120-1082/white-papers/A-New-Sub-
Terahertz-Testbed-for-6G-Research.pdf
• NGMN (6G: why?) https://www.ngmn.org/highlight/6g-why.html
• GSMA (6G) http://www.gsmhistory.com/6g/
• University of Oulu (various 6G white papers) https://www.6gchannel.com/
Source: NTT Docomo
• University of Surrey (6G Wireless: a new strategic vision)
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-11/6g-wireless-a-new-strategic-
vision-paper.pdf
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2021 - All rights reserved 12Conclusions
Gees have served the mobile industry well for three decades
Gees provide focus for research and investment
Gees provide a branding wrapper which populations
understand
It’s too late to stop 6G, that train has already left the station!
Let there be Gees!
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