NR-U Physical Frame structure (Candidates)

NR-U Physical Frame structure (Candidates)

  November 25, 2020    tls123

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NR-Unlicensed is still in the study phase with barely any work done on the TS. It is expected that by 2022 (so Release 18) we may see some specification for the 6GHz band in Europe. As of now, only potential candidates for NR-U implementation can be guessed. Physical layer aspectsNR-U supports both Type-A and Type-B mapping already supported in NR. Initial active DL/UL BWP is approximately 20MHz...

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NR-U Channel Access Schemes (Candidates)

NR-U Channel Access Schemes (Candidates)

  November 25, 2020    tls123

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 Note: NR-Unlicensed is still in the study phase with barely any work done on the TS. It is expected that by 2022 (so Release 18) we may see some specification for the 6GHz band in Europe. As of now, only potential candidates for NR-U implementation can be guessed. The channel access candidate schemes for NR-based access for unlicensed spectrum can be classified into the following categories: -   ...

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NR-U Inactive and Idle procedures (Candidates)

NR-U Inactive and Idle procedures (Candidates)

  November 22, 2020    tls123

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Note: NR-Unlicensed is still in the study phase with barely any work done on the TS. It is expected that by 2022 (so Release 18) we may see some specification for the 6GHz band in Europe. As of now, only potential candidates for NR-U implementation can be guessed. Inactive and Idle procedures (Candidates)For Inactive and Idle mode procedures, Rel-15 NR design is considered as the baseline...

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Mobility enhancement in E-UTRAN Release -16

Mobility enhancement in E-UTRAN Release -16

  November 16, 2020    tls123

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 Dual Active Protocol Stack (DAPS) handover DAPS Handover is a handover procedure that maintains the source eNB connection after reception of RRC message for handover and until releasing the source cell after successful random access to the target eNB. -    If DAPS handover is configured, the UE continues the downlink user data reception from the source eNB until releasing the...

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DL MIMO efficiency enhancements for LTE

DL MIMO efficiency enhancements for LTE

  November 16, 2020    tls123

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MIMO is an effective technique to improve spectral efficiency and increase overall network capacity. SRS can be utilized to improve DL MIMO performance, especially for massive MIMO in TDD. In release-16 SRS capacity and coverage are enhanced by introducing more than one SRS symbol in a UL normal subframe and introducing virtual cell ID for SRS. More than one symbol for SRS in a UL normal subframe With...

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Optimisations of UE radio capability signalling

Optimisations of UE radio capability signalling

  November 16, 2020    tls123

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UE Radio Capability IDUE Capability SegmentationBackground With the increase in the size of UE radio capabilities driven by additional supported bands, the size of the UE Radio Capabilities will significantly grow from Rel-15 onwards, therefore an efficient approach to...

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Network Slicing

Network Slicing

  November 16, 2020    tls123

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 Release 16 Network Slicing addresses two major limitations of Release 15 in 5GC: (1) Enhancement of interworking between EPC and 5GC when UE moves from EPC to 5GC, the target serving AMF may not be able to serve all the PDU sessions that the UE intends to move to the 5GC.  More specifically, the following aspects needs to be addressed: -             ...

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