5G NR Rel. 17 Fundamentals
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Cellular IoT is evolving rapidly, driven by three distinct trends: the growing demand for actionable data, advancements in edge processing, and the long-anticipated shift from 4G to 5G NR. These …
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Eight ways LTE Cat 1bis has usurped NB-IoT/LTE-M as the king tech in cellular IoT
Qualcomm has a white paper, actually from last year, about the benefits of LTE Cat 1bis, which makes it hard to see much of a future in NB-IoT and LTE-M …
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What is 5G RedCap, and will it save cellular IoT? The skinny on the (skinny) new 5G tech
The latest release of the 5G New Radio (NR) standard has, at last, fixed a problem for cellular-based sensor comms with the emergence of a cut-down version of 5G for …
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The trouble with private 5G for Industry 4.0 | Part 4 – the features
This is article is taken from a recent editorial report on Industrial 5G Innovation – From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard; the previous instalment in this serialised version of the …
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Coverage performance is key for mobile operators when commercializing 5G New Radio (NR) networks. Compared with LTE systems, NR systems operate at higher frequency bands, resulting in higher path loss …
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mTRP for eMBB is a MIMO technique that will help 5G mmWave deployments deliver predictable 5G broadband service at scale.
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Non-Public Networks (NPNs) are 3GPP’s term of art for private networks: “NPNs enable deployment of a 5G system for private use.”
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Integrated Access and Backhaul provides scalable and easily-migrated wireless backhaul in 5G mmWave deployments.
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Five steps on the road to industrial 5G – technology / standards (#1)
5G will only gets its wings in 2023, or thereabouts, when its full functionality is revealed in a standalone version of the new radio (NR) standard. That is when it …
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What is mMTC in 5G NR, and how does it impact NB-IoT and LTE-M
The cellular IoT ecosystem, the cellular community would have us believe, is growing fast. The GSMA counted 89 NB-IoT networks and 34 LTE-M launches as of October 2019, with several …
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Why ultra-low 5G latencies are not assured, and Europe is worst placed
The physics of time-division duplexing in radio communications means 5G could, in certain frequency bands, struggle to achieve the ultra low latencies it promises. Worse, in some markets, regulatory forces …
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With the non-standalone 5G New Radio (NR) specification approved by 3GPP in December 2017, the telecom ecosystem is rapidly conducting standard-compliant interoperability testing to prepare for commercialization as soon as …
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