Tag: 5G Deployment
5G NR Stand Alone (SA) Requirement Analysis to Inter-Op with 4G
5G NR deployment option 2 as known as Stand Alone (SA) Architecture where 5G gNB connect to 5G Core network for all signalling and Data sessions. 4G LTE will coexist […]
5G Self Backhaul- Integrated Access and Backhaul
Self-Backhauling Concept Self-backhauling defined as when the access i.e. Base station – Mobile and the backhaul (Base Station to Base Station or Base Station to Core Network) share the same […]
5G Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (NR-ARFCN)
An Absolute Radio-Frequency Channel Number (ARFCN) is a code that specifies a pair of reference frequencies used for transmission and reception in radio system. In a FDD system one ARFCN number is […]
5G NR gNB Logical Architecture and It’s Functional Split Options
The logical architecture of gNB is shown in figure below with Central Unit (CU) and Distributed Unit (DU). Fs-C and Fs-U provide control plane and user plane connectivity over Fs […]
Smart Antennas and Beamforming, Understanding with GNU : Part 1
Introduction and Definitions: LTE transmission mode 7,8 and 9 defines fixed precoder based beamforming and adaptive precoder based beamforming. Main advantage of beamforming and smart antenna system is that by […]
5G NR Deployment & Spectrum Scenarios
5G NR Deployments is expected to be into different morphology namely Indoor hotspot, Dense Urban, Rural, Urban Macro, High speed train, mMTC, and Urban grid with connected car. These all […]
5G Reference Network Architecture
In recent meetings, 3GPP comes to an interim agreement for non-roaming 5G reference network architecture. The agreed reference network architecture is shown in figure 1 as per 3GPP TR 23.799. […]