5G NEW RADIO

PREPARED BY:- Kripal Tripathi

5G NR – FREQUENCY RANGE
two types of frequency range is defined in 3GPP. Sub 6 Ghz range is called
FR1 and millimeter wave range is called FR2. The exact frequency range for
FR1(sub 6 Ghz) and FR2 (millimeter wave) as in below Table.
5G NR – SPECTRUM FOR DIFFERENT USE CASES
5G NR – OPERATING BANDS

• 3GPP specified multiple Band for operation of

5G NR in FR1 & FR2 Range.
• FR1 Support Multiple Carrier BW options upto
100MHz. (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70,
80, 90, 100 MHz)
• FR2 Support Carrier Multiple Carrier BW
options upto 400MHz. (50, 100, 200, 400 MHz)
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 5G NR – SPECTRUM AND BANDWIDTH

• Transmission BW (NRB) & Minimum Guard Band- FR1

• Transmission BW (NRB) & Minimum Guard Band- FR2

Min & Max BW supported for each Numerology:-
5G NR – MODULATION

REQUIREMENTS OF A 5G NETWORK

• Up to 100 times faster data rates: instant access to services and applications
Network latency lowered by a factor of five; use cases in areas such as
manufacturing, automotive, energy and utilities, healthcare Mobile data
volumes expanded by a factor of 1,000 10x better battery life: remote sensors
and more sustainable networks.
 5G NR – ARFCN

• 3GPP specified Frequency Fref for ARFCN Nref as:

FREF = FREF-Offs + ΔFGlobal (NREF – NREF-Offs)

• Each Operating band support use ARFCN specified Raster for each band. Ie if a Band
specified in 0-3000 Mhz Range have Raster of 100Khz, ARFCN in gap of 100 will be
available for use.
 5G NR – GSCN (GLOBAL SYNCHRONIZATION RASTER CHANNEL)

• Global Synchronization Raster Channel is Number for SS Block position in NR

• Higher Granularity then Channel Raster is used for SS Block search if not informed
Explicitly, SA Architecture.
• Granularity of 1200Khz for lower band & granularity of 1.44 Mhz & 17.28 Mhz used
for higher band.
5G NR – SUBCARRIER SPACING - NUMEROLOGY
5G NR – SUBCARRIER SPACING - NUMEROLOGY
Freq Domain View of Different Numerology:-
5G NR – FRAME STRUCTURE
5G NR – SLOT & MINI SLOT
5G NR –MINI SLOT
 5G NR – SLOT FORMAT

In LTE TDD, if a subframe (equivalent to a Slot in NR) is configured for DL or UL, all of the symbols within the subframe should be used as DL or UL. But in NR, the symbols within a slot can be
configured in various ways as follows.
All symbols of the slot is not necessarily to be used for data transmission as in LAA.Single slot can be divided into multiple segments of consecutive symbols that can be used for DL , UL or Flexible.
3GPP allows only 61 predefined symbol combination within a slot as in following table. These predefined symbol allocation of a slot called Slot Format.
 5G NR – SLOT FORMAT

Multiple slot formats are to make NR scheduling flexible especially for TDD operation. By
applying a slot format or combining different slot formats in sequence, we can implement various
different types of scheduling
 5G NR – DYNAMIC SLOT PATTERN

Unlike LTE where the TDD uplink-downlink allocation does not change over time, NR supports dynamic TDD as a key technology component. In dynamic TDD,
a slot or parts of slot can be dynamically allocated to either uplink or downlink as part of the scheduler decision. By reading the Downlink and the Uplink grant
contained in PDCCH channels, the UEs dynamically acquire the slot or part of slot configuration.
 5G NR – SEMI STATIC SLOT PATTERN

semi-static slot pattern allow for reduced device energy consumption as it is not necessary to monitor for
downlink control channels in slots that are a priori known to be reserved for uplink usage.
5G NR – REFERENCE SCS FOR FR1 & FR2 –POINT A
5G NR – BANDWIDTH PART (BWP)
5G NR – BANDWIDTH PART (BWP) USE CASES
5G NR – CRB & PRB
 5G NR – CHANNELS

NR channel mapping is quite similar to LTE Channel mapping.

5G NR – NR VS LTE CHANNELS
 5G NR – PBCH

PBCH carry minimum System information that comprises basic information required for initial access and information for
acquiring any other SI broadcast periodically or provisioned on-demand. 80ms periodicity.
 5G NR – PSS & SSS

• The pair of downlink signals, the primary synchronization signal (PSS) and secondary synchronization
signal (SSS), is used by user equipment to find, synchronize to , and identify a network.
5G NR – SS BLOCK – TIME DOMAIN LOCATION

• SS/PBCH block consists of 240 contiguous

subcarriers (20 RBs).
• SS Block used for Initial Synchronization.
• SS Block used for Beam management.
• Multiple SS Block in cell, determine the number of
possible beams in cell.
 5G NR – SS BLOCK – FREQ DOMAIN LOCATION

• SS/PBCH block consists of 240 contiguous subcarriers (20 RBs).

5G NR – SS BLOCK

• Time Domain location and count of

SS Blocks are specified as in Table.
• Different numerology (SCS)
support different numbers of SS
Blocks and so the number of beams.
5G NR – PDCCH
5G NR – PDCCH
5G NR – PDCCH
5G NR – PDCCH
5G NR – PDCCH
 5G NR – REFERENCE SIGNAL

• As in LTE, many types of RS (Refernce Signal) are used in NR and most of them plays
similar roles as in LTE. However, there are some important differences between LTE
RS and NR RS. The most important differences can be listed as follows :
• In NR, there is no CRS (Cell Specific Reference Signal)
• In NR, there is a new reference signals Phase Tracking Reference Signal, PBCH
Reference Signal, Time/Frequency Tracking Reference Signal