Design of a Simulation Platform for the Evaluation and Development of Future 5G Radio Interface Technologies

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One of the strongest driving forces for wireless technology evolution today is 5G (5th Generation), also known**as IMT-2020 (International Mobile Telecommunications), which promises to encompass several radio interface**technologies (RITs) or sets thereof (SRITs), including 3GPP and ETSI/DECT among others. 5G promises to**deliver by 2020 ultra-high-speed wireless data transmission services at much lower costs and latencies while**providing much higher rates, spectrum efficiencies, and coverage. In order to ensure the most cost- and**spectrum-efficient deployments of these new-generation wireless technologies in a few years from now, their**performance has to be reliably assessed by simulations in the more realistic way in order to:**1) identify areas where enhancements can be made;**2) introduce these enhancements and evaluate them;**3) support equipment manufacturers and operators in their standardization effort to integrate these**enhancements if deemed valuable;**4) compare the two selected 5G technologies (cf. above) due for deployment on a fair basis using a common**simulation platform; and**5) assess the impact of their co-existence and the migration from one technology to another on operators.**It is precisely from this perspective that our partner, Rogers Communications Canada Inc., has mandated our**team, in the framework of this proposal, to develop a novel common simulation platform design for the**evaluation and development of these new RITs or SRITs. This design, unavailable so far internally, will allow**our partner acquire its own simulator to achieve the key critical goals listed above in a timely manner