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DEMYSTIFYING 5G NR
410 MHz Frequency range 1 (FR1) 7.125 GHz 24.25 GHz Frequency range 2 (FR2) 52.6 GHz

617 MHz to 1427 MHz to 2305 MHz to 2496 MHz to 3300 MHz to 4400 MHz to 5925 MHz to 24.25 GHz to 29.5 GHz * 37 GHz to 43.5 GHz *
960 MHz * 2200 MHz * 2360 MHz * 2690 MHz * 4200 MHz * 5000 MHz * 7125 MHz *

1 GHz 2 GHz 3 GHz 4 GHz 5 GHz 6 GHz * Frequency bands specified by 3GPP. 25 GHz 30 GHz 35 GHz 40 GHz 45 GHz 50 GHz

Flexible 5G NR numerology Flexible 5G network architecture with different virtualization layers

Carrier bandwidth (BW) of e.g. 100 MHz 5G core functions (ETSI TS 123 501)
AMF Access and mobility management
BWP (e.g. 30 kHz SCS) BWP (e.g. 15 kHz SCS) Bandwidth part (e.g. 60 kHz SCS) Radio UPF User plane function
Subcarrier SMF Session management
spacing (SCS) Edge cloud Core cloud
PCF Policy control
gNB architecture elements (ETSI TS 138 401) NSSF Network slice selection
Car (V2x) gNB-DU Distributed unit
Multi-access edge AUSF Authentication server Application server
gNB-CU Central unit UDM User data management NSSF AUSF UDM 5GC
Frequency computing (MEC)
AF Application function V2x Robot
NSSAI Network slice selection
V2x Robot AMF SMF PCF AF Gaming Video
Robot control assistance information
Local cloud SST Slice/service type
Gaming Video UPF Meter Parking

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► Symbol duration according to the subcarrier spacing
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Increasing cell capacity with massive MIMO Key parameters in line with 3GPP Rel. 16 5G NR flexible numerologies Non-standalone and standalone deployment
Key parameters FR1 FR2 Subcarrier spacing (in kHz) 15 30 60 120 240
Several layers of SU-MIMO
can be combined with MU Carrier aggregation Up to 16 carriers Symbol duration (µs) 66.7 33.3 16.7 8.33 4.17
beamforming to improve 1.2 (normal CP)
cell capacity Bandwidth per carrier 5/10/15/20/25/30/40/50/60/70/80/90/100 MHz 50/100/200/400 MHz CP duration (µs) 4.7 2.3 0.59 0.29
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Subcarrier spacing 15/30/60 kHz 60/120/240 kHz Maximum nominal system bandwidth (in MHz) 50 100 400 400
200 (FR2) eNB gNB gNB
Maximum modulation scheme DL and UL: 256QAM Maximum FFT size 4096 4096 4096 4096 4096 XxU
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DL: up to 8 layers DL: up to 2 layers 14 (normal CP)
MIMO scheme Symbols per slot 14 14 14 14
UL: up to 4 layers UL: up to 2 layers 12 (extended CP) MME SGW AMF UPF
Duplex mode TDD (focus), FDD TDD Slots per subframe 1 2 4 8 16 EPC 5GC
Access scheme DL: CP-OFDM; UL: CP-OFDM, DFT-s-OFDM Slots per frame 10 20 40 80 160 Option 3: DC EN:E-UTRA-NR Option 2: Standalone

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