scholarly journals On the design details of SS/PBCH, Signal Generation and PRACH in 5G-NR

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arvind Chakrapani
Keyword(s):  
Access Network ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Signal Generation ◽  
Receiver Design ◽  
Access Technology ◽  
Radio Access Technology ◽  
Group 4 ◽  
Radio Access ◽  
New Radio ◽  
And Performance

<p><b>The 3<sup>rd</sup> Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specification of the fifth generation (5G) New Radio (NR) allows for a highly scalable and flexible radio access technology to cater to network operators with different requirements. Such scalability and flexibilities in network configurations inevitably translate to complications in the design and implementation of 5G-NR systems. Radio access in 5G-NR is much more complex and involved than its predecessor, 4G long term evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced technology. Therefore, the 5G-NR specifications turn out to be quite dense. Specifically, the specifications are concise, design motivations rarely explained, and the information can be convoluted or distributed across several documents. Moreover, there are several key design details associated with the access layer procedures for any given physical layer channel, which are often omitted in the specifications. For example, design motivation aspects of initial access channels or signal generation can be quite difficult to follow or understand in 5G-NR. In this paper, all the design details associated with initial access channels and signal generation in 5G-NR specifications are laid out. The contributions of the paper are three folds. First, <a>the design details and justifications associated with both downlink and uplink access channels are presented along with signal generation details. Secondly, receiver design aspects of NR PRACH short formats are discussed. Lastly, PRACH receiver implementation aspects and performance reports from different network operators are presented and compared with 3GPP specified Radio Performance and Protocol aspect requirements</a><a><b>[1]</b></a> for millimeter wave (mmW) access. The work in this paper is of significant value to researchers and system engineers looking to design and build initial access algorithms as part of 5G NR systems. </b></p> <div><br> <hr> <div> <p><a>[1]</a> Radio Performance and Protocol aspect requirements are specified by the 3GPP Radio Access Network working group 4, also known as RAN4.</p> </div> </div>

scholarly journals On the design details of SS/PBCH, Signal Generation and PRACH in 5G-NR

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arvind Chakrapani
Keyword(s):  
Access Network ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Signal Generation ◽  
Receiver Design ◽  
Access Technology ◽  
Radio Access Technology ◽  
Group 4 ◽  
Radio Access ◽  
New Radio ◽  
And Performance

<p><b>The 3<sup>rd</sup> Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specification of the fifth generation (5G) New Radio (NR) allows for a highly scalable and flexible radio access technology to cater to network operators with different requirements. Such scalability and flexibilities in network configurations inevitably translate to complications in the design and implementation of 5G-NR systems. Radio access in 5G-NR is much more complex and involved than its predecessor, 4G long term evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced technology. Therefore, the 5G-NR specifications turn out to be quite dense. Specifically, the specifications are concise, design motivations rarely explained, and the information can be convoluted or distributed across several documents. Moreover, there are several key design details associated with the access layer procedures for any given physical layer channel, which are often omitted in the specifications. For example, design motivation aspects of initial access channels or signal generation can be quite difficult to follow or understand in 5G-NR. In this paper, all the design details associated with initial access channels and signal generation in 5G-NR specifications are laid out. The contributions of the paper are three folds. First, <a>the design details and justifications associated with both downlink and uplink access channels are presented along with signal generation details. Secondly, receiver design aspects of NR PRACH short formats are discussed. Lastly, PRACH receiver implementation aspects and performance reports from different network operators are presented and compared with 3GPP specified Radio Performance and Protocol aspect requirements</a><a><b>[1]</b></a> for millimeter wave (mmW) access. The work in this paper is of significant value to researchers and system engineers looking to design and build initial access algorithms as part of 5G NR systems. </b></p> <div><br> <hr> <div> <p><a>[1]</a> Radio Performance and Protocol aspect requirements are specified by the 3GPP Radio Access Network working group 4, also known as RAN4.</p> </div> </div>

scholarly journals On the design details of SS/PBCH, Signal Generation and PRACH in 5G-NR

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arvind Chakrapani
Keyword(s):  
Access Network ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Signal Generation ◽  
Receiver Design ◽  
Access Technology ◽  
Radio Access Technology ◽  
Group 4 ◽  
Radio Access ◽  
New Radio ◽  
And Performance

<p><b>The 3<sup>rd</sup> Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specification of the fifth generation (5G) New Radio (NR) allows for a highly scalable and flexible radio access technology to cater to network operators with different requirements. Such scalability and flexibilities in network configurations inevitably translate to complications in the design and implementation of 5G-NR systems. Radio access in 5G-NR is much more complex and involved than its predecessor, 4G long term evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced technology. Therefore, the 5G-NR specifications turn out to be quite dense. Specifically, the specifications are concise, design motivations rarely explained, and the information can be convoluted or distributed across several documents. Moreover, there are several key design details associated with the access layer procedures for any given physical layer channel, which are often omitted in the specifications. For example, design motivation aspects of initial access channels or signal generation can be quite difficult to follow or understand in 5G-NR. In this paper, all the design details associated with initial access channels and signal generation in 5G-NR specifications are laid out. The contributions of the paper are three folds. First, <a>the design details and justifications associated with both downlink and uplink access channels are presented along with signal generation details. Secondly, receiver design aspects of NR PRACH short formats are discussed. Lastly, PRACH receiver implementation aspects and performance reports from different network operators are presented and compared with 3GPP specified Radio Performance and Protocol aspect requirements</a><a><b>[1]</b></a> for millimeter wave (mmW) access. The work in this paper is of significant value to researchers and system engineers looking to design and build initial access algorithms as part of 5G NR systems. </b></p> <div><br> <hr> <div> <p><a>[1]</a> Radio Performance and Protocol aspect requirements are specified by the 3GPP Radio Access Network working group 4, also known as RAN4.</p> </div> </div>

scholarly journals On the design details of SS/PBCH, Signal Generation and PRACH in 5G-NR

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arvind Chakrapani
Keyword(s):  
Access Network ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Signal Generation ◽  
Receiver Design ◽  
Access Technology ◽  
Radio Access Technology ◽  
Group 4 ◽  
Radio Access ◽  
New Radio ◽  
And Performance

<p><b>The 3<sup>rd</sup> Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specification of the fifth generation (5G) New Radio (NR) allows for a highly scalable and flexible radio access technology to cater to network operators with different requirements. Such scalability and flexibilities in network configurations inevitably translate to complications in the design and implementation of 5G-NR systems. Radio access in 5G-NR is much more complex and involved than its predecessor, 4G long term evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced technology. Therefore, the 5G-NR specifications turn out to be quite dense. Specifically, the specifications are concise, design motivations rarely explained, and the information can be convoluted or distributed across several documents. Moreover, there are several key design details associated with the access layer procedures for any given physical layer channel, which are often omitted in the specifications. For example, design motivation aspects of initial access channels or signal generation can be quite difficult to follow or understand in 5G-NR. In this paper, all the design details associated with initial access channels and signal generation in 5G-NR specifications are laid out. The contributions of the paper are three folds. First, <a>the design details and justifications associated with both downlink and uplink access channels are presented along with signal generation details. Secondly, receiver design aspects of NR PRACH short formats are discussed. Lastly, PRACH receiver implementation aspects and performance reports from different network operators are presented and compared with 3GPP specified Radio Performance and Protocol aspect requirements</a><a><b>[1]</b></a> for millimeter wave (mmW) access. The work in this paper is of significant value to researchers and system engineers looking to design and build initial access algorithms as part of 5G NR systems. </b></p> <div><br> <hr> <div> <p><a>[1]</a> Radio Performance and Protocol aspect requirements are specified by the 3GPP Radio Access Network working group 4, also known as RAN4.</p> </div> </div>

scholarly journals Unified access in licensed and unlicensed bands in LTE-A Pro and 5G

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boon Loong Ng ◽  
Hongbo Si ◽  
Aris Papasakellariou ◽  
Jianzhong Charlie Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Signal Propagation ◽  
Access Technology ◽  
Radio Access Technology ◽  
Radio Access ◽  
New Radio ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Unlicensed Bands ◽  
Technical Features ◽  
Lte Unlicensed

Spectrum scarcity has driven enhancements of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) in utilizing unlicensed bands in conjunction with licensed bands for delivering mobile data, resulting in the introduction of LTE unlicensed technologies such as Rel-13 LTE–Licensed-Assisted Access (LAA), Rel-14 LTE–Enhanced Licensed-Assisted Access (eLAA), and LTE-Unlicensed (LTE-U). The next-generation radio access technology, 5G New Radio(NR), faces greater technical challenge due to the need to support frequency bands covering various spectrum licensing regimes and a wide range of frequencies (up to 100 GHz) with very different signal propagation characteristics. This paper presents an overview of LAA and eLAA technical features and 5G NR design considerations to achieve a unified access in licensed and unlicensed bands.

scholarly journals Analysis of 5G New Radio Uplink Signals on an Analogue-RoF System Based on DSP-Assisted Channel Aggregation

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Befekadu Mengesha ◽  
Pablo Torres-Ferrera ◽  
Roberto Gaudino
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Access ◽  
Digital Signal ◽  
Efficiency Gain ◽  
Error Vector Magnitude ◽  
Access Technology ◽  
Radio Access Technology ◽  
Performance Requirements ◽  
Radio Access ◽  
New Radio ◽  
Aggregation Techniques

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is in the process of developing 5th generation (5G) radio access technology, the so-called new radio (NR). The aim is to achieve the performance requirements forIMT-2020 radio interface technology. In this paper, we focus on the analysis of the transmission of 5G NR uplink physical channels, such as physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), dedicated for data and control channels, respectively, as specified in the 3GPP standard, using digital signal processing (DSP)-assisted frequency division multiple access (FDMA) and time division multiple access (TDMA) channel aggregation techniques on an analogue radio-over-fiber (A-RoF) architecture. We verified that there is ~34% spectral efficiency gain and lower error vector magnitude (EVM) achieved using the TDMA technique.

scholarly journals Programmability of Connectivity Control

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-85
Author(s):  
Ivaylo I. Atanasov ◽  
Evelina N. Pencheva
Keyword(s):  
Access Network ◽  
Edge Computing ◽  
Core Network ◽  
Access Technology ◽  
Radio Access Network ◽  
Radio Access Technology ◽  
Fifth Generation ◽  
Radio Access ◽  
Multi Access ◽  
Network Interfaces

Network programmability and edge computing as key features of next generation communications enable innovative services. While the programmability is focused on the core network of the fifth-generation system, the edge computing moves the network intelligence to the radio access network. This paper presents a study on the programmability of connectivity control as a function of radio access network using Multi-access Edge Computing. The capability of using more than one radio access technology simultaneously enhances reliability and increases the throughput, especially in dense networks. Opening the radio access network interfaces for programmability of multi-connectivity enables analytics applications to control the device connections to multiple radio links simultaneously based on information of radio conditions, user location or specific policies. The research novelty is in opening the radio access network interfaces for edge applications to access connectivity control.

Design of a miniature dual-band bandpass filter with interlocked stepped-impedance resonators for 5G new radio access technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 733-737
Author(s):  
Wei-Lun Hsu ◽  
Pei-Yu Lyu ◽  
Sheng-Fuh Chang
Keyword(s):  
Bandpass Filter ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Access Technology ◽  
Transmission Zeros ◽  
Radio Access Technology ◽  
Fifth Generation ◽  
Radio Access ◽  
New Radio ◽  
Design Competition ◽  
Insertion Losses

AbstractA miniature dual-band bandpass filter with interlocked stepped-impedance resonators (SIRs) is presented in this paper, which was designed for the student design competition held in European Microwave Week 2019. This bandpass filter is required to have two concurrent passbands, namely, the first passband at 900–1000 MHz and the second passband at 1427–1518 MHz bands, which cover six designated bands in sub-6 GHz range of fifth generation (5G) New Radio Access Technology. Three stopbands are required at 500–850, 1050–1350, and 1600–2000 MHz, respectively. To achieve the best figure of merit, an interlocked configuration of two SIRs is proposed. One advantage is that the impedance ratio of the inter-locked SIR can be controlled to have two passbands at the required frequencies. Second, the coupling section of the interlocked SIR gives three transmission zeros distributed to every stopbands such that the stopband suppression are dramatically enhanced. The measured results show that the passband insertion losses are 2.16 dB at the first passband and 1.33 dB at the second passband, and the return losses are greater than 10 dB. The stopband suppression at the transmission zeros are greater than 38 dB. The circuit is very compact as 41.40 × 19.96 mm2, equivalent to $0.25 \times 0.12\,\lambda _g^2$.

scholarly journals Performance Evaluation of 5G Access Technologies and SDN Transport Network on an NS3 Simulator

Computers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Francesco G. Lavacca ◽  
Pierpaolo Salvo ◽  
Ludovico Ferranti ◽  
Andrea Speranza ◽  
Luca Costantini
Keyword(s):  
Access Network ◽  
Transport Network ◽  
Single Element ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
Access Technology ◽  
Radio Access Network ◽  
Radio Access ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Transformer Model ◽  
The Impact

In this article, we deal with the enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) service class, defined within the new 5G communication paradigm, to evaluate the impact of the transition from 4G to 5G access technology on the Radio Access Network and on the Transport Network. Simulation results are obtained with ns3 and performance analyses are focused on 6 GHz radio scenarios for the Radio Access Network, where an Non-Standalone 5G configuration has been assumed, and on SDN-based scenarios for the Transport Network. Inspired by the 5G Transformer model, we describe and simulate each single element of the three main functional plains of the proposed architecture to aim a preliminary evaluation of the end-to-end system performances.

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