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5G Terms and Acronyms PDF
5G Terms and Acronyms PDF
2G 5G
Second-generation digital cellular networks used by mobile Fifth-generation of mobile telecommunications technology,
phones, designed as a replacement for analog first-generation required by International Mobile Telecommunications for the
radio (1G). Designed primarily for voice using digital standards. year 2020 (IMT-2020) standard to support an all Internet
Protocol (IP) network. Supports faster data rates, higher
3G connection density, and much lower latency.
Third-generation wireless mobile telecommunications
technology, required by International Mobile Telecommunications AAT – Antenna array tool
for the year 2000 (IMT-2000) standard from International Software tool for embedding antenna parameters and radiation
Telecommunication Union (ITU) to support at least 200 kbps at patterns in test scenarios.
peak rate. First mobile broadband utilizing IP protocols added
text and image messaging to voice phone calls. ACP – Adjacent channel power
The power contained in a frequency channel next to the
3GPP – 3rd Generation Partnership Project specified channel.
A mobile communications industry collaboration that organizes
the development and management of mobile communications ACPR – Adjacent channel power ratio
standards. With respect to 5G, 3GPP is managing the evolving The ratio of the power contained in a specified frequency
5G standards. channel bandwidth relative to the total carrier power.
EIRP – Effective isotropic radiated power E-UTRAN – Evolved UMTS terrestrial radio access network
An IEEE standardized definition for the measurement of the A new radio interface specified by the 3GPP consortium
radiated power of an antenna in a specific direction. and introduced with LTE in 2008. It was designed to meet
ever-increasing data transfer rates while reducing the radio
eLTE eNB operation latency.
An evolved 4G eNodeB (or eNB) that can support connectivity
to the 4G evolved packet core (EPC) as well as the 5G next- EVM – Error vector magnitude
generation core network (NGC or NGCN). Error vector magnitude is a measurement used to quantify
the quality of a digital radio signal. The measurement is a
eMBB – Enhanced mobile broadband representation of how far the actual signal deviates from an
One of three primary use cases defined in the IMT-2020 vision. ideal representation of that same signal.
Enhanced Mobile Broadband refers to target 5G peak and
average data rates, capacity, and coverage as compared to FBMC – Filter bank multicarrier
conventional mobile broadband (MBB). eMBB specifies a 5G A form of multicarrier modulation that deploys without
design capable of supporting up to 20 Gbps in the downlink, synchronization of mobile user nodes signals. It offers better
and 10 Gbps in the uplink. usage of available channel capacity, higher data rates within
a given spectrum bandwidth, and higher spectrum efficiency.
eNB – Evolved Node B or eNodeB FBMC is considered inferior to orthogonal frequency division
Base stations connected to the network that communicate multiplexing (OFDM) in handling multiple-input / multiple-output
wirelessly with mobile handsets in a 4G LTE network or 5G (MIMO) channels.
non-standalone (NSA) mode.
FDD – Frequency division duplex
EN-DC – E-UTRAN New Radio – dual connectivity Using two different radio frequencies for transmitter and receiver
A term for the simultaneous 4G LTE and 5G NR connectivity operation to establish a full-duplex communications link.
prescribed by 3GPP Release 15. EN-DC enables user
equipment to connect simultaneously to an LTE base station FD-MIMO – Full dimension MIMO
and a 5G base station. A MIMO technique added to the 3GPP specification with LTE-
Advanced Pro (Release 13). FD-MIMO extends MIMO concepts
EPC – Evolved packet core to work in three dimensions: azimuth (horizontal), control (range),
The core network of the 4G LTE system, the EPC features a and elevation (vertical).
flat architecture to handle voice and data efficiently. It requires
Picocell
OFDM – Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing A small cellular base station that is an alternative to a repeater
A frequency division multiplexing scheme encoding digital data
or distributed antenna system to improve mobile phone
on multiple frequency channels to increase bandwidth and
reception indoors.
decrease response time. OFDM techniques allow for densely
packed sub-carriers without the need for guard bands and
P-OFDM – Pulse-shaped orthogonal frequency division
filters, increasing spectral efficiency and simplifying electronic
multiplex
design. OFDM is especially good in severe channel conditions
An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing scheme
where narrowband interference exists.
that uses pulse-shaped multicarrier waveforms, offering
comparatively high waveform robustness with low out-of-band
OQAM – Offset quadrate amplitude modulation emissions and interference.
A group of digital modulation schemes that conveys two digital
bit streams by modulation the amplitude of carrier waves. The
PSS – Primary synchronization signal
carrier waves are of the same frequency but out of phase with
The second component of the synchronization signal block
each other by 90 degrees, enabling simple demodulation at the
used for synchronizing user equipment with a base station.
receiver.
Standalone NR UE emulation
A 5G network deployment configuration where the gNB The simulation of subscriber user equipment (UE) usage behaviors.
does not need any 4G assistance for connectivity to the core
network; the 5G UE connects to the 5G next generation core UF-OFDM – Universal filtered orthogonal frequency
network (NGC or NGCN). division multiplexing
A form of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)
SU-MIMO – Single user, multiple-input / multiple-output modulation that improves out-of-band (OOB) characteristics by
An application of multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) filtering the frequency band.
technologies for wireless communication, in which the base
station communicates with only one UE during the allotted UL – Uplink
time slice. The path of transmission from the UE to the base station. In
5G, the uplink waveform is CP-OFDM or DFT-s-OFDM.
TDD – Time division duplex
Duplex communication where the uplink is separated from UPCL – Uplink classifier
downlink by different time slots in the same frequency band. Network functionality supported by the user plane function
(UPF) that diverts traffic to local data networks based on filters
TT – Test tolerance applied to the user equipment traffic.
The allowable error of a measurement’s accuracy.
UPF – User plane function
Transmit diversity The 5G equivalent of the packet gateway in a 4G LTE network.
A technique to diminish the effects of fading by transmitting the The user plane function includes features to support packet
same information from two or more independent sources. routing and forwarding, interconnection to other data networks,
and policy enforcement. Also known as the data plane.
TRX – Transceiver
A device that can both transmit and receive signals. uRLLC – Ultra-reliable low-latency communications
One of three key use cases defined in 5G NR. uRLLC focuses
TTI – Transmission time intervals on applications that require fail-safe, real-time communications.
The duration of transmission allowed for a frame on a Examples include remote surgery, industrial internet, smart
mobile network. 5G NR allows for different transmission time grids, infrastructure protection, intelligent transportation
durations based on the unique requirements of a class of systems and autonomous vehicles.
V2X – Vehicle-to-everything
The passing of information between vehicles and roadway
infrastructure to facilitate road safety and traffic efficiency.