Annex 2 5G India 2020 Executive Summary

5G technologies will be USED in INDIA to enable: • Development and deployment of new affordable wireless technology that enable high speed

broadband services to India’s vast population both in Urban and Rural India at reasonable costs, reducing the digital divide

• Development and deployment of smart networks that incorporate low-cost deploy-and-forget IOT devices for smart cities, smart farms and smart infrastructure in general

• Timely deployment of 5G services in India by researching appropriate spectrum harmonization and regulatory measures

A vibrant eco-system of research built around 5G that encompasses Industry, Government and Academia will further strengthen the MAKE (& DESIGN) in INDIA initiatives to enable:

• design and manufacture of 5G technologies, products and solutions in India, • 5G start-ups that enable this design and manufacturing capabilities • generation of IPR backing the above designs; India based companies should have some essential

IPR in the 5G standard, particularly for aspects impacting the achievement of India’s 5G vision • manufacture of 5G chipsets, this may require massive investments, special focus from Govt. and a

policy shift • massive testbeds and technology platforms to enable and help Indian technical ecosystem to have

an edge in 5G. This requires dedicated attention, investments and support from Govt. • building prowess in Global standardization forums by enabling dedicated large teams from India to

attend and participate in standardization activities This document provides a detailed 5G Vision for India based on the deliberations in the 5G workshop held on 19 Apr and 17 Aug 2017. It further outlines a mechanism to realize the Vision by proposing a plan for the formation of a 5G India 2020 taskforce and proposing an action plan. It also provides a comparative view of the Global Standardisation activities related to 5G, which we can leverage to craft our strategy.

1.0 Overview: The globally accepted vision for the next generation of Mobile Telecommunication (aka IMT-2020) has been well articulated in the Recommendation ITU-R M.2083, published in 2015. Since then the technologies and standards have been rapidly developing globally and early deployments are expected in year 2020. (Consolidated view of the Global Scenario is provided in the Appendix)

DoT has called upon TSDSI to rally the key stakeholders across the Indian Telecommunication Ecosystem and develop an India specific 5G Vision which would help prioritise the various aspects of technology development and deployment from an Indian context, especially with respect to aligning with and driving standards driven approach for Digital India and Smart cities roll-out.

Given that the premise of 5G is based on socio-technological trends and the vision encompasses the deployment of technology across all verticals, it was appropriate to link this vision with key transformational initiatives being driven across the country. 5G should be leveraged to enable the evolution of Mobile Broadband, Digital Society, Knowledge Economy that will support the transformation of processes in all economic sectors and growing consumer demands.

5G India 2020 VISION–

5G will be USED in INDIA to enable the DIGITAL India, SMART Cities & SMART Village missions for India.

Leveraging the MAKE in INDIA and Start-Up India missions, India will emerge as a global player actively

engaged in the Design, Development and Manufacturing of 5G based technology and products.

5G India 2020 Mission: To accelerate deployment of next generation ubiquitous ultra-high broadband infrastructure with

100% coverage of 10 Gbps across urban India and 1 Gbps across Rural India

To ensure proliferation of affordable 5G services and technologies across all sectors (eg. healthcare,

education, transport, utilities, manufacturing) across the nation hence enabling an inclusive

knowledge society

To reposition the mobile broadband device complemented by IoT sensors and M2M technologies as

an instrument of socio-economic empowerment of citizens and rapid economic development

To promote Research and Development in 5G technology, products and services

To promote development of 5G standards, generation of IPR and Global Contribution

2.0 Keeping India in the 5G race: key areas for action Action 1: Accelerated deployment of 5G for USE in INDIA The Department of Telecom will work with industry stakeholders and academia towards the voluntary establishment of a common timetable for the launch of early 5G networks, followed by the launch of fully commercial 5G services in India by the end of 2020. The India timetable should be driven by the following key objectives:

Development of Roadmap related to emerging technologies, Testing & Trials.

Promote synergy amongst R&D, design, development, IPR creation, entrepreneurship,

manufacturing and other stakeholders in cutting edge ICTE technologies, products and

services.

Promoting preliminary trials, under the research arrangement through its 5G-India 2020

Program, to take place from 2017 onwards, and pre-commercial trials.

Encouraging stakeholders to develop, national 5G deployment roadmaps as part of the 5G-

India 2020 Program.

Ensuring that stakeholders will identify at least one major city to be "5G-enabled" by the

end of 2020 and that all urban areas and major terrestrial transport paths have

uninterrupted 5G coverage by 2025.

To foster the emergence of digital ecosystems in India based on 5G connectivity, the Department will work with stakeholders to Plan for key technological experiments to take place as early as possible, including the testing of new terminals and applications through the 5G-INDIA 2020 Program, demonstrating the benefit of 5G connectivity for important industrial sectors.

The detailed USE in INDIA Strategy mentioned in APPENDIX 1 should be used to launch focused

initiatives. Key metrics, milestones and enablers are also specified to help kick start these initiatives. USE in India would encompass – Digital India, Smart Cities, Smart Village and other Missions Action 2: Redefine Spectrum Management Framework The Department of Telecom will work with regulator and stakeholders to identify a provisional list of pioneer spectrum bands for the initial launch of 5G services. Sample Identified bands are spectrum for IMT in <1 GHz (UHF Band) and < 6 GHz bands (3.3-3.6 GHz) by 2018. All identified bands in AI 1.13 shall be notified for IMT 2020 at WRC-19 to be allotted in 2020. Explore allocating 200-1000 MHz in higher frequencies and 10-200 MHz in lower frequencies per operator each license area for 5G services. Explore Multi-operator spectrum sharing policy; Very efficient spectrum utilization. Explore 3.x GHz, < 1GHz, 28GHz spectrum delicensing; License-free spectrum in the mm Wavebands; Explore Policy on unlicensed access (e.g. LAA - License Assisted Access) and Spectrum allocation for FWA, PPDR, etc. Spectrum in the cm/mm Wavebands for middle-haul requirements. The detailed Spectrum, Statutory and Regulatory requirements mentioned in APPENDIX 2 should form the basis for defining the Spectrum Management Framework for 5G deployment in India.

Action 3: MAKE in INDIA Initiatives (refer APPENDIX 3) Make in India would require focused interventions for promoting design, development. manufacturing and delivery and Hardware, Software, Solutions and Services, These should be done as a series of separate focused missions. The detailed MAKE in INDIA Strategy mentioned in APPENDIX 3 should be used to launch focused initiatives. Key metrics, milestones and enablers are also specified to help kick start these initiatives. Action 4: Strengthening the Standardisation Framework The Department of Telecom with its associated agencies TSDSI, TEC and other stakeholders to commit to the following objectives regarding the standardisation approach:

Ensure the effective participation in global 5G standards development. Hence enabling

awareness and access to global standards and a timely commercial launch of 5G, and paving

the way for a wide range of future connectivity scenarios beyond ultra-fast broadband.

Build widespread and deep standardization capability in the country encompassing both

radio access and core network technologies,

Complement standardization with an aggressive pre-standardisation initiative focused on

driving (open)innovation capability, including due consideration for India – appropriate

and disruptive use cases associated with Digital India, Smart City, Make in India, Swachh

Bharat etc.

Establish appropriate cross-industry partnerships, to support the timely definition of

standards backed by industrial user experiments, leveraging of international cooperation

partnerships, in particular for the mission mode project of the nation covering Digital India,

Smart City, Make in India, Swachh Bharat etc.

Action 5 : Focus on Public Health, safety and Security

The Department of Telecom will also encourage Public Infrastructure in the country to consider using the 5G infrastructure to improve the performance of communications services used for public Health, safety and security.

Action 6: Financial and Business Enablement Framework

The Department of Telecom will work with the stakeholders to identify the objectives, possible configuration, and modalities for a venture financing facility, possibly linked with other government programs. The feasibility should be assessed taking into account the possibility to enhance funding by adding several sources of public funding, International cooperation and other financial instruments. Create a corpus to promote indigenous products and services during the 13th five year plan period.

Action 7: Accelerating the commensurate requirement for enhancement of backhaul for deployment of 5G services. Enhance fibre deployment and next generation broadband.

The backhaul deployment, architectural considerations and technologies require dedicated focus and funding. Initiatives should be driven and supported for development of technologies, India specific deployment architecture and standards development which in turn will spur R&D Projects, pilot trials and product development.

3.0 Way Forward To bring together the stakeholders and deliver the outcomes, there is a need to create a 5G India 2020 platform. This is a platform bringing together Industry, Academia, Start-up & professional bodies to help achieve the 5G vision.

3.1 Set up a 5G Task Force/Forum with Tenure of Jan 2018 to Dec 2020 to:

Prepare a detailed Roadmap to achieve/address the action plans laid down as part of 5G Vision Paper including societal, economic, environmental, business and technological benefits. This roadmap will be evaluated and approved by the board and subsequently published by the respective government stakeholders on their website.

Prepare a report covering list of global efforts and active organisation, their focus areas on 5G (including those in India) and determine a list of priority areas for India. Establish collaboration, Joint working groups, co-development and joint funding if feasible towards development of new technology and Services and Use cases in partnership.

Compile a priority list of research areas/services required (Problems to be solved) while keeping a linkages and note of other mission mode projects active in India covering Digital India, Make in India, Swachh Bharat, Smart cities/Villages, Electric and autonomous mobility etc.

3.2 Set up a 5G Technology Platform It will be used to evaluate solutions addressing the service requirements, use cases identified. Align with the multi-stakeholder test bed(s) being set up through DoT initiative.

3.3 Goals of 5G India 2020: The primary goals of the forum are to achieve:

early deployment of 5G in 2020.

a globally competitive product development and manufacturing ecosystem targeting 50% of India market and 10% of global market over next 5 to 7 years

The forum will complement the eco-system by focused actions in the following areas:

Research Ecosystem – for IPR development, standards development and proof of concepts through research projects, PPP projects, testbeds and pilot roll-outs

Regulatory Framework – including spectrum assignments and a start-up friendly regulatory environment to enable leap-frog and embracing of innovative technologies

Inclusive Business environment – with special focus on investment incentives favourable to start-ups and innovators and enablement of Venture capitalists

3.4 STRUCTURE:

Advisory Board headed by Secy (T) with Co-chairs Secy (MeitY) and Secy (DST) and comprising of renowned experts from Industry and Academia.

Set up a Steering Committee comprising of representatives from DoT, MEITY, DST, TEC and TSDSI, and other key representatives from Industry, Associations and International bodies operating in India

Working Groups – Regulatory, Research & Standards, Early deployments etc. 3.5 Immediate next steps for 5G 2020 India:

Release 1 of Vision Document

Plan first Meeting of Advisory Board 3.6 Key Milestones: PHASE 1 – Jan 2018 to Dec 2019

5G Testbeds Rollout by mid-2018

5G Spectrum Requirements finalisation by mid-2018. (Include release of spectrum for R&D, test beds and pilot deployments. Identification and harmonisation to quickly make available for use. Specifically addressing aggregation issues and enabling spectrum efficiency)

IPR & Standardisation Plan to achieve 1000+ patents in 5G till 2020 at least 60% accepted in Global standards

PHASE 2 – Jan 2020 to Dec 2021

Proof of Concept & Pilot rollout Plan to achieve at least: o 10+ Innovative User Devices o 5+ Innovative Network elements o 5+ Innovative Backhaul/ IT Equipment o 5+ Urban Pilots + 5+ Rural pilots

Services & Solutions Evaluation Board: Set up call for proposals mechanism for developing services and solution for 5G based on National Priorities. The proposals will be evaluated by the Board and approved every 6 months. Incubate innovative technology driven ideas with at least 4/5 people collaborating together to propose specific projects leading to deployment.

APPENDIX 1 : USE in INDIA Strategy This document provides a detailed inputs received towards “5G Vision for India” based on the

deliberations in the 5G workshop held on 19 Apr and 17 Aug 2017.

1. Use in India 5G is going to be the core technology to enable the digital transformation of India. Hence it is important to study India Specific use cases and make them part of the requirements influencing the development and standards of 5G.

1.1. Digital India – To achieve the digital transformation vision defined by the Digital India Mission ( also refer Digital India book) India needs to leapfrog and embrace 5G technologies to their entire potential which promise to enable the following outcomes and capabilities –

High speed broadband experience – everywhere, anytime, always available for everyone.

New services and new user experiences, connecting new industries and devices such as – o Smart vehicles, transport & infrastructure; o Multi- Media everywhere, enabling immersive experiences and virtual presence o Public safety through critical control of remote devices o Human – IoT Interactions

The INDIA SPECIFIC use cases and considerations that need to be prioritized as a part of the expanded connectivity deployment for the next decade and beyond are:

Highly Secure Communication for Financial Transactions

Unified Authentication Framework

Seamless co-existence and transitions between multiple generations of technologies (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G)

Network Infrastructure creation for public use and neutral model for OFC and Access network should be encouraged

Quality of network infrastructure should be of carrier grade having ability to support mission critical applications

1.1.1 Key Metrics, Milestones and Enablers:

Key metrics to be considered –

Broadband Subscribers to increase from 230 m to 500m by 2018

Average download speeds match South east Asian countries. Average download per person is higher than 5-10GB per month;

Key milestones to be targeted –

Upcoming Global milestones – IMT 2020 RIT submission deadline: December 2019 Spectrum allocations – World Radio Congress – Oct 2019 (WRC-19)

Launch of IMT 2020 in India in Metro circles, early deployments in Metropolitan Transport Corporations (MTC) by 2020

Field demo of solutions based on massive MIMO by 2019

Field demo of backhaul solutions based on mmWave technologies by 2020

Key Enablers:

A strong 5G dialogue to be further developed between vertical industries and the telecom sector, to identify and develop a roadmap for digitalization of Indian industry. Leveraging 5G technologies between vertical industries and public sector through fast-paced digitalization.

Research on and identification of key requirements across various industry verticals, Digital India, Smart Cities & Smart Villages and for massive and critical infrastructure segments for next few years. Identify early 5G deployment locations for the identified use cases.

Readiness & availability of spectrum and regulatory conditions.

Inter-operable IoT ecosystem

1.2 Smart Cities: The Smart Cities challenge launched by Ministry of Urban Development is rapidly gaining momentum in India with 60 cities actively engaged in planning and early deployments. (for details refer Smart cities). 5G technologies and standards are intricately linked to Smart City Solutions. The key capabilities and use cases that need to be prioritized are:

• Support for high connection density: Broadband wireless connections for dense urban centers with speeds close to wired/fiber broadband in a cost - effective fashion to urban households and Smart Buildings by 2020.

• Wireless backhaul for microcells to provide high throughputs to a large number of load centers in urban areas. Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)

• Inter-vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure (e.g. traffic signal) communication in at least 100 smart cities by 2025.

• Communication infrastructure to reduce transmission loss in electric distribution through smart meters by 2020.

• Smart Utility Management Systems (e.g. Pollution Monitoring systems, water level monitoring systems etc.) Use IoT/M2M to provide frugal and efficient service infrastructure, low power WAN infrastructure to monitor all power, gas, water supply, sewerage lines and waste management in cities by 2025.

• Smart Traffic Management Systems: Intelligent traffic routing, monitoring and parking infrastructure connectivity to all urban vehicle owners by 2025.

• Support for Mission Critical Communication, Prioritized Communication • Billions of connected devices delivering automation, creating new opportunities for growth in a

smart city of India require massive scale of connected nodes and ultra-low latency communications depending on use-cases.

1.2.1 Key Metrics, Milestones and enablers:

Metrics: • Double the present data speeds in the identified cities. Milestones: • Demonstrate solutions for two of the sectors by 2018 using pre-5G solutions. • Demonstrate IoT solutions using 5G by 2020

Enablers: • Standards based Common Services Framework - Must have excellent APIs for building applications

across verticals; Services should be abstract and usage should be based on Apps

• Sample smart city template; Inter-vertical standardization roadmaps – overlay and merge; Forum for discussing/ resolving inter-vertical issues; Policy on unlicensed access (e.g. LAA)

• City operated wireless networks. Particularly the middle and the last mile. This would reduce the costs of Govt initiatives of smart cities and provide seamless connectivity

1.3 Smart Villages Use of 5G technology to accelerate Rural development is an urgent need in India and requires special focus. The use cases and capabilities of interest in this context are:

• Low Cost wireless broadband connectivity to Rural and sparsely populated areas (Low Mobility Large Cell Scenario - LMLC)

• Wireless middle mile back-haul (FWA etc.) • High speed broadband for everyone - Provide Rural wireless broadband in a cost-effective fashion

to all village households by 2020. Affordable broadband wireless connections in rural villages

catering to the requirements of education, e-commerce, e-governance, entertainment, healthcare,

etc.

• Enable low latency infrastructure for providing mission-critical applications such as e-Hospitals in rural primary health centers by 2025.

• Enable reliable wireless broadband with relevant video content in local language for e-education. • Smart Agriculture: Mechanism to improve agricultural productivity through remote monitoring of

village weather, ground moisture content, soil quality etc through sensor network by 2020. Efficient utilization of natural resources like water, soil, pesticides can be enabled in a smart village in large coverage areas.

• IoT based maintenance-free solutions for rural infrastructure like water supply and purification, transport and agriculture.

• IoT for power network including solar-DC based off-grid and grid-supported micro grids

1.3.1 Key Milestones, Enablers:

Milestones: • LMLC requirements and evaluation – 2018/2019 • Field trials of rural broadband solution using 5G by 2019 • Field demonstration of IOT solution for selected rural infrastructure • Field demo of IoT for solar grids

Metrics: • Speeds of approx xx Mbps per 1000 residents • Number of villages having 24x7 connectivity • Ability of villagers to use services over network

Key considerations: • Has to happen through commodity technology that is used in the URBAN areas. No special

technology/equipment should be used since the ARPU will not be good. • Broadband Network should work without centralized power distribution network

1.4 Other missions: Other technical capabilities and use cases to be considered:

• Dynamic Cognitive Radio Networks, to optimize all resource usage (spectrum, power, reliability) • Energy efficiency, reliable communications, large coverage areas • Smart Manufacturing: Use of IOT in manufacturing sector. Demo of solutions by 2019 to show

effectiveness of Smart manufacturing

APPENDIX 2: Spectrum, Statutory and Regulatory requirements It is imperative to enable timely deployment of 5G services in India by researching appropriate spectrum harmonization and regulatory measures. The development and deployment of 5G technologies requires a supporting spectrum allocation policy as well as appropriate statutory and regulatory framework. Some important considerations for this are listed below.

2.1 Spectrum related considerations:

• Need for release of spectrum for IMT in <1 GHz (UHF) < 6 GHz bands (3.3-3.6 GHz) by 2018

• All identified bands in AI 1.13 to be notified for IMT 2020 at WRC-19 to be allotted in 2020

• Need to make available 200-1000 MHz in higher frequencies and 10-200 MHz in lower frequencies

per operator each license area for 5G services.

• Roadmap for spectrum clear to all stakeholders - Harmonization of spectrum (both below and above 6 GHz). A globally harmonized spectrum is important. This will enable timely rollout; exploit the economies of scale; exploit technology maturity with extensive global studies

• UHF/VHF White space spectrum use policy; Delicense TV band • Multi-operator spectrum sharing policy; Very efficient spectrum utilization • 3.x GHz, < 1GHz, 28GHz spectrum delicensing; License-free spectrum in the mm Wavebands;

Policies related to broadband service delivery using unlicensed bands. Policy on unlicensed access (e.g. LAA - License Assisted Access)

• Spectrum allocation for FWA, PPDR, etc. Spectrum in the cm/mm Wavebands for middle-haul requirements

2.2 Regulatory and Statutory considerations:

• Reformation of Indian regulatory framework. • Sharing studies would need to be completed with satellite in overlap ranges. • Local regulation to facilitate the construction of denser networks. • Shaping of other ICT regulations that otherwise risk creating barriers to 5G services • Policies and rules must be future-oriented, pro-investment and pro-innovation. • All players in the digital value chain should operate on a level playing field, with equivalent and

proportionate privacy requirements to innovate in data-driven markets. There is no justification for imposing stricter obligations on Communications Services providers than on other providers of digital services (OTT). Converging digital services need converged regulation that is light-touch, futureproof.

• RIT: Endorsement of 3GPP Rel-15 and Rel-16 technologies (Phase 1 and Phase 2 IMT 2020 submission from 3GPP)

• In addition to these, there may be several aspects related to street furniture, infrastructure sharing, right of way, licensing, security, certifications that may be considered to make ubiquitous rollout of 5G services possible.

• RoW Rules to be integrated into state policy by 2017 Dec 17 to enable tower and OFC infra to support IMT 2020

There are adequate proof-points globally that 5G networks will tremendously transform various industries. However, a policy directive to adopt large-scale digitalization by these industries starting with LTE-A and graduating towards 5G, so that verticals are in ready state to adopt 5G in 2020-timeframe. This requires a policy intervention with cross ministerial coordination by DoT. A dedicated focus group is required to identify digitalization roadmap for various verticals in close coordination with these sectors.

APPENDIX 3 : Make in India Strategy For India to leverage the MAKE in INDIA ecosystem and emerge as a global player in the design, development and manufacturing of 5G components, products and solutions, it is important that we understand the global trends, our strengths and weaknesses and carve out a strategy to enable a globally competitive ecosystem.

3.1 Hardware

3.1.1 5G Specific Hardware segments:

Some specific suggestions on focus segments from a hardware design, development and manufacturing are listed below:

• Extensive OFC deployment to cover backbone, backhaul and wired/wireless access networks. • Passive and active components & systems • Batteries/Power modules and RF modules. for telecom • Simplified Base Stations for low mobility large cell scenarios. Highly reliable components • IoT Chips; UE side Base band and Radio chips; Radio front end and Antenna for mmWave (>6GHz)

bands; Unified 5G Baseband (L1 & L2) boards supporting all bands and Full Duplex radio; Some primary considerations which will also need an “India /Emerging economies specific perspective” as we get in to Hardware manufacturing are:

• Super High Density; Energy-Constraints & Mobility • Diversity in environmental Conditions; Cost; Heterogeneity & Security

Some domains which may need “unique innovations for the India/emerging economies are: • Waste Management & Water Management. • IoT components and solutions could be a priority area.

Some secondary levels of consideration: • Ultra low latency and ultra-high reliability machine centric communication • Enhanced multimedia services and bandwidth intensive applications • Ultra accurate positioning applications.

3.1.2 Key Milestones:

• 100% fiberized antennas, Fiber as utility in all new constructions (building, premises, highways, etc.)

• Manufacturing ecosystem – test & measurement • IoT Chips - First Prototypes by 2020 • UE side Base band and Radio chips - First Prototypes by 2020 • Radio front end and Antenna for mmWave (>6GHz) bands - First Prototypes by 2019 • Unified 5G Baseband (L1 & L2) boards supporting all bands - First Prototypes by 2019 • Full Duplex radio - First Prototypes by 2020

3.1.3 Regulatory and Statutory Requirements:

• Development of related National standards e.g., FTTA cable, OFC for inside premises, etc.

3.2 Software

3.2.1 5G specific Software segments:

Some areas identified for innovation and software development are: • GIS system for capturing entire OFC network inventory

• Asset management system for Network and OFC element • Automated Fiber Monitoring System; • Highly Available and Highly Reliable software components • High Accuracy Positioning for Mission Critical Communication • Low latency Communication • Image processing, deep learning and automation tool • Baseband, modem algorithms; Custom RAN protocols; Simplified protocol stacks • SDN software; Security solutions and L1, L2, L3 stacks for UE, BS and Core

3.2.2 Key Milestone and metrics:

• SDN - First Prototypes by 2019 • Security Solutions - Demo by 2020 • 100% mapping of fiber routes in GIS • Post deployment all fiber strand should be monitored • Asset Management should be 100% using system

3.2.3 Regulatory:

• When there is dependency on imported software, concession should be provided by Govt. since this impacts the competitiveness of Indian Manufacturers

• Indian developers / manufacturers should drive frugal innovation and development by taking a lead in embracing and promoting Open APIs, Open Data formats and Open standards. This could be mandated by a Government policy as well.

3.3 Solutions

3.3.1 5G specific Solutions:

• Front-haul solutions (Radio to Baseband) • Affordable rural broadband; CloudRAN solution; Backhaul Solutions using fiber • Solutions for Smart Cities, Critical communications (e.g. mission critical apps, V2X). • FASTER OFC deployment

Some considerations as we develop 5G solutions are: • Leverage new players as internet service providers (Like Amazon/Flipkart) but build other aspects • Cost-effective Optimized Solutions • Energy Efficient Systems • Highly Available and Highly Reliable Systems • Integrated Multi-RAT Access/Connectivity including non-3GPP RATs • Efficient Backhauling Solutions, including self-backhaul • Flexible Service Levels, from supporting very low end devices &applications to very high end

devices and applications • Efficient and Flexible System, supporting features like Network Slicing, Service delivery across

operators etc. This may require a new architecture. • Rapidly Deployable Mission Critical Broadband Communication Systems • Device-to-Device communication including multicasting • Real time and non-real time IoT network deployment.

3.3.2 Key Metrics and Milestones:

• Each phase should have substantial scale e.g.10000Km • Network build up should be facilitated in multi-phase manner starting from central area of the

city and spreading towards developing areas • Front-haul solutions (Radio to Baseband) - First Prototypes by 2019 • Affordable rural broadband - First Prototypes by 2019 • CloudRAN solution - First Prototypes by 2019

• Backhaul Solutions using fiber - Demo by 2019

3.3.3 Regulatory Requirements:

• Special RoW permission for alternate OFC deployment method like Micro-trenching, Aerial etc. • Government subsidy and rebates for encouraging investment on neutral infrastructure • OFC Utility duct should be created along all new roads being constructed for City, Highway or

Rural areas

3.4 Services – The approach to emerge as a 5G Service Provider should be:

• Encourage development of products & solutions that leverage 5G capabilities • Incubation of application ideas to leverage the technology capabilities through incentives &

rewards

• Encourage developer community, academia and startups to develop and demonstrate PoC for innovative applications

• Plan early 5G trials in India, engaging adjacent industry partners starting 2018-Q1 • Identify emerging technical regulatory requirements for the evolving 5G technology &

deployment scenarios

3.4.1 5G specific Services:

Services for Smart Cities, Critical communications (e.g. mission critical apps, V2X)

3.4.2 Milestones:

3.4.3 Regulatory and Statutory Requirements:

3.4.4 High level strategy to enable MAKE in INDIA for 5G –

Suggestions for strategically enabling India’s MAKE in INDIA ecosystem to emerge as a global player in the 5G era are:

• Increase IPRs from Indian companies: Have a target of at least 2000 5G patents from India and government should fund the same. We should not only target reduction of royalty outflow from India but target for at least $5 million royalty export in 5G.

• More than 500 Cr+ fund to support 5G IPR activity including test bed for testing this IPR. This fund should be used to develop an entire start up ecosystem including chip company, handset and infrastructure companies and will be reviewed by an empowered committee on its utilization and outcomes.

• Open and remotely usable application based 5G test beds to be set up. These should be accessible to all Indian companies and academia to test these IPRs.

• Support for Indian representative’s travel budget to ITU-R and 3GPP through a dedicated fund with simplified approval system. Adequate number of delegations from India in key 5G standards bodies and their diverse study and work groups from 2017 to be supported from a common fund.

• Implement a national plan where Indian operators are motivated to provide field testing infrastructure for Indian 5G start-up companies.

• Net exporter of telecom systems and IPRs (rather than net zero import as per DIGITAL INDIA plan). • Liberal Spectrum allocation for both urban and rural, enterprise/ISP/and cellular operators

independently taking into account applications needed in 700MHz, 3.3 GHz and 26 GHz.

APPENDIX 4: Back Ground and Global Perspective BACKGROUND: We are sitting at the cusp of a next generation of wireless technology – 5G. 5G has been conceived as a foundation for expanding the potential of the Networked Society. A digital transformation brought about through the power of connectivity is taking place in almost every industry. This transformation sets the scene for the next generation of wireless access – 5G – systems that are set for commercial availability sometime around 2020. The landscape is expanding to include massive scale of “smart things” to be interconnected. Therefore, the manner in which future networks will cope with massively varied demands and a business landscape will be significantly different from today. The economic benefits from the 5G technology are also quite immense. As per the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) Committee on Digital Economic Policy, it has been stated that 5G technology rollout with help in a) Increasing GDP b) Creating Employment c) Digitizing the economy. Through the ability to share information, people and companies are collaborating more, creating solutions that combine many different areas of expertise and overturning traditional business models. Thinking back just a few years – before smartphones became a mass-market product – shows how dramatic this transformation has been. Looking forward, it is clear that the demands of the use cases projected for 2020, such as remote machinery and intelligent transportation, will require new types of connectivity and new type of businesses and solutions driven by co-opetition. Networks will need to provide connectivity in a way that is both highly scalable, resilient and programmable – in terms of speed, capacity, security, reliability, availability, latency and impact on battery life. They may also need to have ability for stage wise degradation of communication infrastructure and services. Traditional cellular networks and their one-size-fits-all approach therefore need to be adapted so that future demands, many different subscriber types and varying app usage can not only be met, but delivered efficiently. To meet the needs of such widely varied use cases, 5G systems will be built with technologies that use logical instead of physical resources, and which enable operators to provide networks on an as-a-service basis: the network slice. Before a new generation of cellular technology is conceived, this is preceded by enormous ground-work. The cycle starts with the detailed requirements which are expected from the next generation of technology. The requirements capturing is the most critical phase. In order for the requirements to be comprehensive, a platform where all stakeholders (govt, academia, operators, domestic OEMs) could engage in collaboration without any competition is a fundamental requirement. Such platform is essential to develop a comprehensive vision catering to political ambitions, economic growth objectives, industry’s growth, and customer expectations. Once a comprehensive view to requirements is developed, the direction of

research concepts is developed. Such national framework is essential for effective alignment among stakeholders and productive research and harmonized & faster standards. Once a holistic view to requirements and vision is developed, the cycle moves over to develop the concepts for the new generation technology which is followed by academic and industry research - prototyping – pre-standards trials – standards development.

The mobile platform is already the biggest technology platform in history, and mobile has already overtaken PC and mobile computing is expanding beyond the smartphone applications. Wireless technologies make a leap approximately every 10 years with a new generation:

1G introduced analog voice and brought mobility to voice in the ‘80s

2G refined voice and brought digital voice to global reach and mass communication in the

‘90s. During this era, the number of mobile connections overtook fixed line connections to

make mobile voice the primary communication technology

3G provided better data and introduced mobile broadband which exploded with the

introduction of the smartphone around 2000

4G refined mobile broadband with higher data rates and more capacity around 2010.

During today’s smartphone era, mobile is at the center of new experiences like 4K UHD

video and new services that are built around the mobile ecosystem.

5G needs to support and unify all that have been added to 4G; like LTE Broadcast, device to device discovery, unlicensed spectrum, but also provide significant improvements over 4G. The continued 4G LTE evolution will take advantage of new spectrum opportunities below 6GHz that are becoming available before 2020. 5G will also take advantage of new spectrum opportunities that will become available beyond 2020, including 2G/3G re-farming and new spectrum above 6GHz like mm Wave. To support the expanded connectivity needs for the next decade, 5G has to be much more than higher data rates and the addition of new spectrum.

To meet this vision, 5G needs the scalability across extreme variation of use cases; such as uniform fiber-like broadband everywhere—not just higher peak data rates, to new services like ultra-reliable mission critical applications to remotely control for example critical infrastructure or vehicles, and connect everything from simple battery powered sensors to complex robots. 5G needs to aim for a truly edgeless connectivity where devices are no longer just endpoints and a unified air interface for all spectrum and services. This will create unified platform designed for expanded connectivity in the next decade and beyond with improved cost and energy efficiency. So, 5G is not just a new generation, but a new kind of network, anticipated around 2020, that will transform the role of wireless.

The 5G technology should be scalable to extreme variation, so that today’s and tomorrow’s use cases can be serviced. The technology need to be supporting use cases such as:

New form factors, wearables and massive proliferation of sensors and machine to machine

type communication, or human to machine communication.

Sensing what is around for new services and experiences, autonomous vehicles, with

connectivity for example for collision avoidance.

Smart homes/buildings/cities that require various connectivity needs, from high definition

surveillance video to simply connecting parking meters.

Control of critical infrastructure such as the electric grid, and industrial process automation

Remote control of vehicles, such as cars, drones and other flying vehicles.

Health services, emergency response and remote control of critical medical procedures

where failure is not an option

Extreme mobile broadband both indoor and outdoor that no longer makes the distinction

between fixed and wireless access meaningful.

5G is much more than higher peak rates and wider spectrum, it needs the scalability to address an extreme variation in use case and devices that roughly spans the following service types:

Massive number of connected things

Enhanced mobile broadband

Mission critical services, and

Proximal and aware services 5G is going to be the core technology to enable the digital transformation of India, Startup India and to further support the mission mode project such as a) Digital India b) Smart Cities c) Smart Village d) Make in India e) Swachh Bharat etc. Hence it is important to study India Specific use cases, build pilot based on the research and Innovation and make them part of the requirements influencing the development and standards of 5G globally.

Global approach

1. EU Programs

a. Horizon 2020

Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union, a Europe 2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe's global competitiveness.

Horizon 2020 is open to everyone, with a simple structure that reduces red tape and time so participants can focus on what is really important. This approach makes sure new projects get off the ground quickly – and achieve results faster.

b. 5GPPP

The 5G Infrastructure Public Private Partnership, in short 5G PPP, has been initiated by the EU Commission and industry manufacturers, telecommunications operators, service providers, SMEs and researchers. The 5G PPP will deliver solutions, architectures, technologies and standards for the ubiquitous next generation communication infrastructures of the coming decade.

2. China IMT2020 (5G) promotion group (MIIT)

IMT-2020 (5G) promotion group was jointly established by three ministries of China (including

MIIT, NDRC and MOST) based on the original IMT-Advanced promotion group in February 2013.

The members include the main operators, vendors, universities and research institutes in China.

The promotion group is the major platform to promote 5G technology research in China and to

facilitate international communication and cooperation.

3. 5G Forum in Korea

5G Forum will seek innovation through mutual collaboration among all interested parties of the

new mobile communications infrastructure, including those in the IoT/Cloud/Big Data/Mobile

fields, industry-academic-research institutions, as well as the manufacturers and service

providers.

4. 2020 and Beyond (ARIB, Japan)

The program is about -

Studies on system concepts and technical trends of mobile communications systems in

2020 and beyond. The study on system concepts includes market and user trends, traffic

trends, cost and spectrum implications, usage scenarios, requirements and capabilities of

mobile communications systems in 2020 and beyond.

Addresses radio access technologies and network technologies of mobile communications

systems in 2020 and beyond.

Non-radio aspects are also addressed to clearly depict a full picture of mobile

communications systems in 2020 and beyond.

5G PPP PROGRAMS COMPARISONS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES/ GROUPS INITIATIVES

Horizon 2020: Established in 2014

Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union, a Europe

2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe's global competitiveness. Seen as a

means to drive economic growth and create jobs, Horizon 2020 has the political backing

of Europe’s leaders and the Members of the European Parliament. They agreed that

research is an investment in our future and so put it at the heart of the EU’s blueprint for

smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and jobs.

Overall EU investments from 2007 to 2013 amounted to more than €600m in research on

future networks, half of which was allocated to wireless technologies contributing to

development of 4G and beyond.

5G PPP: Established in January 2013

China IMT2020 (5G) promotion group (MIIT): Established in February 2013

Three ministries of China (MIIT, NDRC, and MOST) jointly established the IMT-2020 (5G)

Promotion Group as the major platform to promote 5G R&D in China.

5G Forum in Korea: Established in May, 2013

Vision:

• National Policy Establishment

• 5G R&D Promotion

• 5G Ecosystem Fosterind Support

• Global Collaboration

2020 and Beyond (ARIB, Japan): Established in September 2013 Objectives: The primary objective is to capture agreement on roles and expectations for 5G and to identify enabling technologies for 5G. Its aim is to take advantage of various occasions and fora in and outside Japan. It is also the objective to send messages and proposals to the industries, governments, and academia to promote and stimulate 5G development. 5G will allow wider and efficient deployment of infrastructure monitoring aimed at disaster prevention, environment conscious and innovative agriculture with saving water, tailored health monitoring. An important aspect is on Future trend of video data and video traffic, an enhancement of high definition video such as 8K Ultra High Definition (UHD) will be available around 2020. The number of pixels of visual contents increases accordingly. The increase in the number of pixels will not be directly translated into traffic volume, however, impact on traffic volume is inevitable. The provisional estimate of the total video communication traffic in 2020 carried over mobile and fixed systems is more than 2600 times the traffic in 2010. This will have a certain impact on mobile traffic volume.

ITU-R Visions Group EU

• Framework Program 7, e.g. METIS and 5GNow projects

• 5G PPP in Horizon 2020

Finland – 5G Test Network Finland (5G TNF)

Germany – 5G Lab Germany at TU Dresden

UK – 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) at University of Surrey

Turkey – 5GTR Forum

US • Intel Strategic Research Alliance (ISRA)

• NYU Wireless Research Center

• 5G Americas, MoU – signed

Brazil Joint Declaration signed between the EU Commission and the Brazilian government China • 863 Research Program • Future Forum • IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group, MoU - signed

Indonesia – Indonesia 5G Forum i5Gf Japan – The 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum, MoU - signed Korea – 5G Forum, MoU - signed Malaysia – Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Bhd

Taiwan – TAICS, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Economic Affairs Russia – 5GRUS by Russia’s Icom-Invest

CJK White Paper NGMN – White paper on future requirements • Company internal research • Multilateral MoU on a series of Global 5G Event signed on October 20, 2015 in Lisbon • Two events per year, rotation between continents References: (https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framework_Programmes_for_Research_and_Technological_Development) (https://5g-ppp.eu/) (http://ec.europa.eu/research/press/2013/pdf/ppp/5g_factsheet.pdf) (http://www.imt-2020.cn/en/category/65569) (http://www.wwrf.ch/files/wwrf/content/files/5GHuddles/1sthuddle/Shaoli%20Kang.pdf) (https://5g-ppp.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2-20151020_5GMF_K.Satoh_.pdf) (http://www.arib.or.jp/ADWICS/20bah-wp-100.pdf) (http://www.picasso-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3.-5G-PPP-concept_SRA_5G-Americas_Werner-Mohr.pdf)

Timely deployment of 5G: A Strategic Opportunity for India

5G is not fully standardized yet but its key specifications and technological building blocks are already being developed and tested. 5G is seen as a game changer, enabling industrial transformations through wireless broadband services provided at gigabit speeds, the support of new types of applications connecting devices and objects (the Internet of Things), and versatility by way of software virtualization allowing innovative business models across multiple sectors (e.g. transport, health, manufacturing, logistics, energy, commerce, media and entertainment). While these transformations have already started on the basis of existing networks, they will need 5G if they are to reach their full potential in the coming years.

As explained earlier, 5G is a newer generation of technology being built, and considerable effort have been put into the understanding of enablers through experimental test beds. The research and development have happened in several platforms around the globe. For example, in the year 2015, the research group led by Prof. Ted Rappaport of New York University had done several channel modeling experiments, built mm wave systems, characterized multi antenna array performance, and made these results available for the world to consume, beginning 2016. 3GPP ecosystem players have built a consensus on a roadmap for 5G technology standardization at the 3GPP RAN75 meeting in Dubrovnik, Croatia (Mar 2017). As per this schedule (see graphic below), the group agreed to have an intermediate milestone for the early completion of the Non-standalone (NSA) 5G NR mode for the enhanced Mobile BroadBand (eMBB) use-case by Dec 2017. In Non-standalone mode, the connection is anchored in LTE while 5G NR carriers are used to boost data-rates and reduce latency. This paves way for industry to start building trail platforms (aka, prototypes) and do operator trials in 2Q 2018, and commercial launch in 2019.

5G brings in a renewed thought on the way networks and systems are designed and built. It opens the prospect for new digital economic and business models. Globally several programs helped building this technology through research, standardization, trials and business engagements. For India, 5G provides an opportunity for industry to reach out to global markets, and consumers to gain with the economies of scale and citizens to reap the benefits of doorstep governance and availability of services, medical support, benefits transfers, education, entertainment and build a digital payment, knowledge and services economy.