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5G POJECT 5

Moving from 4G to 5G

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Running head: 5G POJECT 1

Moving from 4G to 5G

Part 1

1. Identify and choose a product or service to your project

The project involves moving from 4G to 5G. The increase in data usage necessitates a faster network that meets the current and future needs of customers. While the data bandwidth of 4G technologies is between 2Mbps and 1Gbps, that of 5G technologies is 1Gbps and higher. Additionally, the frequency band of 4G technologies is between 2 and 8 GHz, while that of 5G technologies is between 3 and 300 GHz (Govindasamy, 2015). Unlike 4G which relies on the carrier’s network infrastructure individually, 5G depends on linking numerous carrier streams. The move will utilize the small cells approach to discharge network strains on 4G infrastructure to cover larger areas using coverage densification. Replacing 4G with 5G will address three key needs, which include decreasing latency to less than second, increasing data rates of at least 1GB for every second simultaneously for more users, and increasing energy efficiency (Govindasamy, 2015).

2. Explain: Why it a project:

Moving from 4G to 5G is a project because it requires many phases before a successful deployment and release to the customer for usage. The roll-out phase involves both non-standalone and standalone architectures. The first phase focuses on non-standalone architecture, where the basic network functions are validated. Key performance indicators include control plane latency, user plane latency, and cell peak data rate. The standalone 5G NR architecture is deployed in the last part of the roll-out phase (Marabissi et al., 2018). Key performance indicators related to mobility and handover will be validated, particularly mobility interruption time whose expected value is one second. The project roadmap and timeline will require between 2 and 5 years in order to accomplish a full deployment. Part of the deployment process is Pre 5G to allow a smooth transition from the current 4G to 5G.

3. Scope:

The successful implementation of the technologies require the identification of the participants in the development of the technology, identification of the existing infrastructure implications in the development and deployment of 5G, and identification and study of the potential technical barriers. Bringing together the right experts is critical to the successful completion of the project. It is important to identify the existing infrastructure that would be useful to the project to minimize time and costs without compromising quality. An early identification of technical barriers facilitates the determination of approaches to counter the barriers.

Part 2

Objectives and Critical Success Factors

Objectives

· To develop pre-5G technologies that precede 5G to enhance capacity.

· To determine services/connectivity use cases that will be enabled by 5G?

· To determine how the broader IoT connectivity landscape will incorporate 5G.

· To establish if future device types as well as OEMs, ranging from traditional mobile phones to Internet of Things devices, view 5G as a single connectivity layer (together with legacy telecommunications) or part of a multi-mode atmosphere (Govindasamy, 2015).

· To find out if industry cooperation shall be needed to accelerate or facilitate the transition to 5G.

· To establish different what means can players adversely be impacted by future 5G networks incorporated into their existing product/services in order to maximize potential benefit.

Outputs

· Moving from 4G to 5G project will require many phases before a successful deployment and release to the customer for usage.

· Successful change from 4G to 5G in its existing uses.

· Creation of the strategic implementation group.

· Securing a development partner.

Outcomes

The project is estimated to deliver:

· New jobs;

· New homes/student accommodation installed with 5G;

· Business/retail and leisure floorspace installed with 5G;

· New community health facility installed with 5G

· Improvements to the public realm, the transport system as well as the appearance of the buildings and townscape in the area.

· These suggestions, if delivered, shall make a substantial contribution to and directly back the movement from 4G to 5G.

· The discernment that a 5G rollout is imminent must be placed into context – in spite of the idealized situations, placement is likely to be evolutionary, as opposed to innovatory (Osseiran et al., 2014).

· Mobile network Operators will actively execute these technologies to not only upsurge overall network capacity but similarly interweave their growth paths with 5G deployment to facilitate ease of transition (Govindasamy, 2015).

Outcome Measures

· Based on a feasible Masterplan and making judicious presumptions on the mix of proposals:

· Installation of 5G in 320-350 new homes/student accommodation.

· Installation of 5G in 21,600-22950 sqm of business/retail and leisure floorspace (onsite).

· Specifically, rollout shall start in areas of high demand density, where 4G networks is still the basis, principally for mobility. Credibly, 5G coverage shall be restricted to outside, pedestrian centric places where regularities can reach users without much hustle (Marabissi et al., 2018).

· Public satisfaction survey – about 80 percent of respondents agree they are either contented or very contented with the development (Marabissi et al., 2018).

· Improved internet services.

Deliverables

Planned Deliverables

Actual Deliverables

5G network expands from densified coverage in limited areas to more national scale, capable of addressing all geographies

Planned deliverable achieved.

Higher end user speed

Still awaiting

Low latency

Pending

Carrier aggregation- to increase peak user data rates/network capacity by combining multiple carrier data streams.

Planned deliverable achieved

Small cells - to offload network stress on present infrastructure through densification of coverage in large areas.

Planned deliverable still awaiting

Multiple input multiple output - allows for better utilization of existing bandwidth to lessen capacity strains through improved projection conformations.

Planned deliverable still awaiting

Telephone OEMs, as well as cloud/software infrastructure providers, who have contributions that are directly improved via the next generation’s technical stipulations.

Planned deliverable achievable

Milestones

Milestone Description

Planned End date

Actual End date

5G standards depend on high frequency band usage that enable more focussed, faster data relaying.

October 2019

October 2019

Project team formed and project started

November 2019

December 2019

5G network expands from densified coverage in limited areas to more national scale, capable of addressing all geographies

March 2020

March 2020

Higher end user speed

April 2020

April 2020

Low latency

May 2020

May 2020

Carrier aggregation

June 2020

June 2020

Small cells

July 2020

July 2020

Multiple Input multiple output

August 2020

August 2020

Indirectly, certain players, mainly those within the entertainment and media ecosystem for instance, will gain from having an enhanced channel of distribution.

September 2020

September

2020

Industries will be put at an advantage as 5G approaches, principally shifting from those using alternate circulation mediums that may be outdated or less cost effective vis-à-vis MNO delivery.

October 2020

October 2020

5G will be a bittersweet, grace period. As the slow deployment takes place before a full implementation.

November 2020

November 2020

5G grants will a brief period for players to better understand the capabilities of early deployment, and might potentially provide the capacity to adjust their value proposals to distinguish – or assimilate with – 5G.

December 2020

December

2020

Communications Approach

Project members shall be kept informed via modified email communication, monthly Members’ Bulletin, reports as well as workshops, on an exemption basis, to the Steering Group/Growth Board (Meredith, Mantel & Shafer, 2017).

Project sponsors shall be kept informed via reports to Corporate Management Team. Major stakeholders that are not strategic partners in other words not 5G customers shall closely evaluate the progress of the project and be provided an opportunity to participate in the procedure at key stages. Such groups would consist of project manager and project lead (Schaich, et al., 2015).

Materials for consultation shall be made available hard copy and on the website ICT offices and public libraries. All public discussion will be conducted according to the ICT department Statement of member participation (Meredith, Mantel & Shafer, 2017).

A Communication plan shall be developed. Strategic Partners shall exploit their own channels of communications to publish and

notify their shareholders according to the collectively agreed Communication Strategy.

The standard supervisory consultation and communication procedure shall be followed to the latter in other words Infrastructure Panel, Development Plan and Planning Committee when planning related features for example pre-application and preparation application require deliberation.

Project Team

· Meetings will take place every three weeks and circulation of minutes

· Weekly Project update (briefing actions as well as progress - 10 in total)

· Regular phone calls, emails as well as sharing information electronically.

Business areas

· HR link teams – updating meetings as well as emails Jan 2010

· Staffs

· Preliminary email as well as US Online September 2019

· Email with more detail October 2019

· Launch of Website October 2019

· Line manager updating memo March 2020

People

Name

Role

Harry Kane

Project Sponsor

Steve Kevin

Project Lead

Anita Ciara

Project Manager

Jane Jelly

Project Coordinator

Pauline Jean

Legal

Jacky Sheril

Finance

John Peter

Estates

Malia Julie

ICT

Sarah Parker

Public relations and communication strategy

Phil Pickard

Procurement

The project team shall report a steering group whose members shall comprise project manager, project sponsor providing the link between the steering group and project team. The steering group shall offer a strategic direction to the project to solve resource matter that cannot be solved within resources delegated to the project team.

References

Govindasamy, K. P. (2015). A Comparative Study on 4G and 5G Technology for Wireless Applications. IOSR Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering , 10 (6), 67-72.

Marabissi, D., Mucchi, L., Fantacci, R., Spada, M., Massimiani, F., Fratini, A., … Fedele, L. (2018). A real case of implementation of the future 5g city. Future Internet, 11(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi11010004

Meredith, J. R., Mantel Jr, S. J., & Shafer, S. M. (2017). Project management: a managerial approach. John Wiley & Sons.

Osseiran, A., Boccardi, F., Braun, V., Kusume, K., Marsch, P., Maternia, M., ... & Tullberg, H. (2014). Scenarios for 5G mobile and wireless communications: the vision of the METIS project. IEEE communications magazine52(5), 26-35.

Schaich, F., Sayrac, B., Schubert, M., Lin, H., Pedersen, K., Shaat, M., ... & Georgakopoulos, A. (2015, June). FANTASTIC-5G: 5G-PPP Project on 5G air interface below 6 GHz. In European Conference on Network and Communications.