Development of 5G CHAMPION testbeds for 5G services at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games

Abstract

This paper describes the first available 5G testbeds as designed by 5G CHAMPION, a collaborative research project undertaken by over twenty consortium members and targeting the provision of 5G services at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea. In order to provide 5G services such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), high quality, interactive multi-player video games, the testbeds shall fulfill the challenging requirements such as ultra-high data rates, ultra-reliable low latency, and mass connectivity. To meet such requirements, revolutionary testbed architectures are proposed, designed to be flexible, cost-and energy-efficient, through adopting state-of-art multi-radio access technologies (RAT) in client devices and in the network. The testbeds will also provide mmWave wireless backhaul, an interoperable and seamless connection between two different access networks located in Europe and on the site of the Korean Winter Olympic Games.

Where, When, and How mmWave is Used in 5G and Beyond

“…Within the 5G CHAMPION project specific 28 GHz solutions have been selected for use in PoCs [43], [44]. Two 28 GHz backhaul radio units will be developed, one in South Korea [43] and the other in Europe [44].…”

“…Two 28 GHz backhaul radio units will be developed, one in South Korea [43] and the other in Europe [44]. The basic system architecture of the South Korean backhaul solution for an MHN Enhancement (MHN-E) system entails two main components.…”

“…In order to offer various broadband services inside a fast moving vehicle, the South Korean backhaul system adopts several advanced technologies [43], including a novel frame structure supporting carrier aggregation (CA) and enabling high-performance handover as well as digital MIMO technology using polarization antennas. As shown in [43], each aggregated carrier, generally referred to as a Component Carrier (CC), has a bandwidth of 125 MHz, and South Korean backhaul network allows the aggregation of a maximum of eight CCs to attain a total transmission bandwidth of up to 1 GHz.…”

“…As shown in [43], each aggregated carrier, generally referred to as a Component Carrier (CC), has a bandwidth of 125 MHz, and South Korean backhaul network allows the aggregation of a maximum of eight CCs to attain a total transmission bandwidth of up to 1 GHz. Besides, in order to further improve spectral efficiency, dual linearly-polarized antenna arrays with 4 × 4 (16 dBi gain) and 6 × 6 (21 dBi gain) elements are used on transmit and receive antennas respectively, to implement digital MIMO as shown in Fig.…”

Dual-Band Wireless Fronthaul Using a FSS-Based Focal-Point/Cassegrain Antenna Assisted by an Optical Midhaul

“…Each node has its own management unit to perform data storage, processing and routing functionalities, which means data can be routed through the smallest path to achieve low latency networking. A second architecture named 5G CHAMPION [11] has been implemented on a testbed targeting the provision of 5G services during the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea [12]. Up to 2.5 Gbit/s throughput using a 1-GHz bandwidth was demonstrated, using dual polarized array antennas in both transmission and reception [12].…”