The 5G Wireless Ecosystem: 2015 - 2025 - Technologies, Applications, Verticals, Strategies & Forecasts

While LTE and LTE-Advanced deployments are still underway, wireless carriers and vendors have already embarked on R&D initiatives to develop so-called “5G” technology, with a vision of commercialization by 2020.

5G is essentially a revolutionary paradigm shift in wireless networking to support the throughput, latency, and scalability requirements of future use cases such as extreme bandwidth augmented reality applications and connectivity management for billions of M2M (Machine to Machine) devices.

Although 5G is yet to be standardized, some of the collectively accepted attributes of the technology include new air interface transmission schemes, new spectrum bands, spectrum aggregation, Massive MIMO, beamforming, D2D (Device to Device) communications and self-backhauling, among others.

Driven by regional, national government, wireless carrier and vendor initiatives, we expect 5G R&D and trial investments will account for nearly $5 Billion by 2020, following a CAGR of nearly 40% over the next 5 years.

The “5G Wireless Ecosystem: 2015 – 2025 – Technologies, Applications, Verticals, Strategies & Forecasts” report presents an in-depth assessment of the emerging 5G ecosystem including key market drivers, challenges, enabling technologies, use cases, vertical market applications, spectrum bands, wireless carrier deployment commitments and vendor strategies. The report also presents forecasts for both 5G investments and subscriptions.

The report comes with an associated Excel datasheet suite covering quantitative data from all numeric forecasts presented in the report.

1 Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Executive Summary
1.2 Topics Covered
1.3 Historical Revenue & Forecast Segmentation
1.4 Key Questions Answered
1.5 Key Findings
1.6 Methodology
1.7 Target Audience
1.8 Companies & Organizations Mentioned
　 　
2 Chapter 2: The Evolving 5G Ecosystem
2.1 What is 5G?
2.2 5G Requirements
2.2.1 Data Volume
2.2.2 Throughput
2.2.3 Response Time & Latency
2.2.4 Device Density
2.2.5 Availability & Coverage
2.2.6 Battery Life
2.2.7 Energy Saving & Cost Reduction
2.3 5G Market Drivers
2.3.1 Why the Need for a 5G Standard?
2.3.2 Improving Spectrum Utilization
2.3.3 Advances in Air Interface Transmission Schemes
2.3.4 Gigabit Wireless Connectivity: Supporting Future Services
2.3.5 Moving Towards IoT (Internet of Things): Increasing Device Density
2.3.6 Towards a Flatter Network Architecture
2.4 Challenges & Inhibitors to 5G
2.4.1 Skepticism
2.4.2 Standardization Challenges: Too Many Stakeholders
2.4.3 Spectrum Regulation & Complexities
2.4.4 Massive MIMO, Beamforming & Antenna Technology Issues
2.4.5 Higher Frequencies Mean New Infrastructure
2.4.6 Complex Performance Requirements
2.4.7 Energy Efficiency & Technology Scaling
2.5 5G Applications & Use Cases
2.5.1 Extreme Bandwidth Applications: Video, Internet Gaming & Augmented Reality
2.5.2 MTC/M2M, IoT & Ubiquitous Communications
2.5.2.1 Short-burst Traffic
2.5.3 Vertical Industries & Safety Critical Domains
2.5.3.1 Automotive
2.5.3.2 Energy & Smart Grids
2.5.3.3 Transport & Logistics
2.5.3.4 Healthcare
2.5.3.5 Smart Cities
2.5.3.6 Public Safety
2.5.3.7 Fitness & Sports
　 　
3 Chapter 3: Enabling Technologies for 5G
3.1 Key Technologies & Concepts
3.1.1 Air Interface: Waveform Options
3.1.2 Massive MIMO
3.1.3 Phased Array Antennas
3.1.4 Beamforming
3.1.5 D2D (Device to Device) Communications
3.1.6 Self-Backhauling & Mesh Networking
3.1.7 Cognitive Radio & Spectrum Sensing
3.1.8 LSA (Licensed Shared Access)
3.1.9 Spectrum Aggregation
3.1.10 Integration of VLC (Visible Light Communication)
3.2 Complimentary Technologies
3.2.1 NFV & SDN
3.2.2 HetNet & C-RAN Architecture
3.2.2.1 Will C-RAN be the Default 5G Network Architecture?
3.2.3 Drones & Satellites
3.2.3.1 Satellite Integration in 5G Networks
3.2.3.2 Google and Facebook’s Drone Ambitions
3.2.3.3 Interest from Wireless Carriers
　 　
4 Chapter 4: 5G Investments & Future Forecast
4.1 How much is being invested in 5G?
4.2 Global 5G Subscriptions: 2020 - 2025
4.2.1 Asia Pacific 5G Subscriptions: 2020 – 2025
4.2.2 Eastern Europe 5G Subscriptions: 2020 – 2025
4.2.3 Latin & Central America 5G Subscriptions: 2020 – 2025
4.2.4 Middle East & Africa 5G Subscriptions: 2020 – 2025
4.2.5 North America 5G Subscriptions: 2020 – 2025
4.2.6 Western Europe 5G Subscriptions: 2020 – 2025
5 Chapter 5: Spectrum Implications for 5G
5.1 Spectrum Options for 5G
5.2 Sub-1 GHz
5.3 3-4 GHz
5.4 5 GHz
5.5 15 GHz
5.6 28 GHz
5.7 60/70/80 GHz
5.8 Higher Bands
　 　
6 Chapter 6: 5G Standardization & Research Initiatives
6.1 ITU-R (ITU Radiocommunications Sector)
6.2 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project)
6.3 GSMA (GSM Association)
6.4 NGMN (Next Generation Mobile Networks) Alliance
6.5 TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association)
6.6 European Commission Initiatives
6.6.1 METIS
6.6.2 5GPPP
6.6.3 5GNOW
6.7 National Government Initiatives
6.7.1 Korea’s 5G Forum
6.7.2 Japan’s ARIB 20B AH (2020 and Beyond AdHoc)
6.7.3 China’s IMT-2020
6.7.4 China’s 863-5G Project
6.8 Academic Initiatives
6.8.1 5GIC (5G Innovation Center, University of Surrey)
6.8.2 NYU WIRELESS (New York University)
　 　
7 Chapter 7: Vendor Demonstrations, Commitments & Strategies
7.1 Alcatel-Lucent
7.1.1 5G Strategy
7.1.2 Demonstrations & Trial Commitments
7.2 Ericsson
7.2.1 5G Strategy
7.2.2 Demonstrations & Trial Commitments
7.3 Fujitsu
7.3.1 5G Strategy
7.3.2 Demonstrations & Trial Commitments
7.4 Huawei
7.4.1 5G Strategy
7.4.2 Demonstrations & Trial Commitments
7.5 Intel
7.5.1 5G Strategy
7.5.2 Demonstrations & Trial Commitments
7.6 NEC
7.6.1 5G Strategy
7.6.2 Demonstrations & Trial Commitments
7.7 Nokia Networks
7.7.1 5G Strategy
7.7.2 Demonstrations & Trial Commitments
7.8 Qualcomm
7.8.1 5G Strategy
7.8.2 Demonstrations & Trial Commitments
7.9 Samsung
7.9.1 5G Strategy
7.9.2 Demonstrations & Trial Commitments
7.10 ZTE
7.10.1 5G Strategy
7.10.2 Demonstrations & Trial Commitments