Course description
5G and Internet of Things (IoT) are transforming many industries and will create value for both businesses and their customers. The course “5G for experienced radio engineers – with strategic perspectives” provides a technical description of the emerging standard for 5G radio access New Radio (NR) and Next-Generation Radio Access Network (NGRAN) developed by 3GPP as part of Release-15 and Release-16. The NR part of the course covers physical layer aspects as well as layer 2 and layer 3 aspects, with focus on the physical layer. The NGRAN part covers the RAN-internal interfaces (Xn, F1 and E1) as well as the NG-interfaces towards the 5G core network (5G NAS protocols are mentioned but covered in less detail). Rel-15 has some features moved to March-2019. Rel-16 is expected to be completed in March 2020. This course will continuously be updated according to these new releases.
Target audience
The course is aimed at radio-, development- and system engineers who need to understand the 5G Air Interface.
2 days
1.850 €
WM0298
Content
5G for Experienced Radio Engineers
- 5G-NR Use cases (eMBB, URLLC, mMTC, FWA)
- 3GPP standardisation of 5G-NR (Non-standalone & Stand-alone, 3GPP Release 16)
- 5G-RAN Architecture (NSA vs. SA, 5G Core design)
- 5G-RAN QoS and Network Slicing (Network Slicing, 5QI)
- E-UTRAN & New Radio – Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) (Dual Connectivity explanation and motivation, Split Bearer, Bearer mapping, VoLTE, VoNR)
- EN-DC UL Power Limitations (Dynamic Power Sharing, Semi-static Power Sharing, Single UL Transmission, TDM Patterns for Single Uplink)
- UL Coverage Extension Techniques (UL Split Bearer with EN-DC, Inter-band Carrier Aggregation, Supplemental Uplink)
- LTE-NR Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (Type 1 & 2 Terminal)
- NR Numerology (Variable Subcarrier Spacing)
- (Numerologies for Different Use Cases, Delay Spread and Maximum Radius Limitation)
- Mixed Numerology (Use Case for Nixed Numerology)
- NR Frequency Bands & Bandwidths (3.5 GHz, 700MHz, BW=100MHz, maximum Bandwidths, mmWaves)
- NR TDD Radio Frame Structure & Inter-Operator Alignment (Proposed TDD Frame Structure proposed by different vendors, Latency and Throughput Differences)
- NR TDD Synchronization (Requirements)
- NR Downlink Physical Channels (PSS, SSS, PBCH, PDSCH, PDSCH, CORESET)
- NR Uplink Physical Channels (PUSCH, PUCCH Formats, PRACH Formats)
- Time & Frequency Domain Scheduling Short TTI, Self-Contained Slot, Low Latency, PDCCH Overhead)
- NR Demodulation Reference Signals (Configuration for PDSCH & PUSCH)
- Layer 2 protocols (SDAP, PDCP, RLC, MAC)
- Massive MIMO (Introduction, 8 vs. 16 vs. 32 vs. 64 TRX, Application Scenarios, Beam Sweeping, Investment Analysis)
- Overview of Terminals for the European Market