The fifth generation of mobile technology (5G)
will address the socio-economic demands and business contexts of
2020 and beyond. Leading operators from around the globe have
defined their vision for 5G, considering customer and business
contexts as well as potential technologies and migration issues in
an initiative set up by the NGMN Alliance. While their concrete
vision is described in the NGMN 5G whitepaper, this paper
describes the key points, such as 5G design principles, 5G
components, network slicing, 5G radio access technology and 5G
interfacing options that have implications to the 5G architecture
design