3.Initial Access and Mobility / NR Physical Layer Specifications in 5G

NR Physical Layer Specifications in 5G overview

November 26, 2018

A Work Item of the detailed specifications of 5G RAN for 5G commercial services is being conducted in 3GPP. The non-standalone NR specifications, which enable early deployment of NR carriers by exploiting LTE/LTE-Advanced carriers as the master node carriers, were completed in December 2017. In June 2018, the standalone NR specifications, which require full NR […]

3.Initial Access and Mobility / NR Physical Layer Specifications in 5G

November 26, 2018

A user equipmentʼs initial access in NR is per- formed according to a procedure that involves the steps of detecting a Synchronization Signal (SS), acquiring broadcast system information, and es-tablishing connection with the network by a ran- dom access procedure. 3.1 SS/PBCH Block As in LTE, the SS in NR consists of two signals: a Primary […]