Intro
Foreword I
Foreword II
Foreword III
Preface: "5G+"-The Future Is Coming
Acknowledgments
Contents
Acronyms
Part I"5G+": New Platforms, New Strategies, New Opportunities
1 The Pre-existence of 5G
1.1 The First Generation Mobile Communication: Analog Communication-Opening the Mobile Era of Communication
1.2 The Second Generation Mobile Communication: Digital Communication-Shannon Endowed the Beauty of Communication Digital
1.3 The Third Generation Mobile Communication: Mobile Interconnection-Starting a New Phase of Mobile Internet

1.4 The Fourth Generation Mobile Communication: Mobile Broadband-4G Changes Life
2 The Present 5G
2.1 Three Major Needs of 5G
2.1.1 User Needs
2.1.2 Business Requirements
2.1.3 Operational Requirements
2.2 Three Major Scenarios of 5G
2.3 Nine Indicators of 5G
2.4 Development History of 5G Technology Standards
2.4.1 Version Features of 3GPP R15
2.4.2 Version Features of 3GPP R16
3 From 5G to 5G+
3.1 5G Is not the Simple Addition of 4G+1G
3.2 5G Will Undergo Chemical Reactions with Other Technologies and Industries
3.3 The "5G+" Concept

3.4 "5G+" Is an Important Cornerstone of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
3.4.1 The Fourth Industrial Revolution Is Breeding and Rising
3.4.2 "5G+" Is the Cornerstone of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Part IINew Technologies, New Architectures, New Ecosystem
4 System Architecture and Technological Basics of 5G
4.1 Overall Architecture
4.2 Key Technologies of Radio Network
4.2.1 New Architecture (CU-DU Architecture)
4.2.2 New Design (Flexible Frame Structure)
4.2.3 New Frequency Band (Multi-band Cooperation)
4.2.4 New Antenna (Large-Scale Antenna)

4.3 Key Technologies of Core Network
4.3.1 Service-Based Architecture (SBA)
4.3.2 Software-Based Architecture
4.3.3 New Generation Core Network Protocol System
4.3.4 Separation of Control Plane and User Plane
4.3.5 Network Slicing
4.3.6 Edge Computing
4.3.7 Analysis of 5G Network Big Data
4.3.8 More Comprehensive 5G Security Capability
4.4 Key Technologies of Transport Network
4.4.1 Idea and Architecture of SPN
4.5 Network as a Service (NaaS)
5 5G+4G: Creating High Quality Network Capability
5.1 The Ability of 5G and 4G Network Are Coordinated

5.2 5G and 4G Network Resources Are Cooperated
5.3 5G and 4G Network Evolution Are Cooperated
6 5G+AICDE: Creating New Integrated Service Capability
6.1 5G+AI
6.1.1 5G Ignites the Explosive Growth of AI Applications and Builds the Core Engine of Intelligent Society
6.1.2 AI Empowers 5G, Constructing a New Generation of Mobile Communication Network Driven by Intelligence
6.1.3 Create 5G Network of AI-Native and Create AI as a Service Innovation Ability
6.2 5G+IoT
6.2.1 5G Promotes the in-Depth Development of IoT
6.2.2 Building IoT as a Service (IoTaaS) Innovation Ability