Abstract
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF 5G NR TOWARDS MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION IN LOW POWER NETWORKS
Lalit Chettri* and Rabindranath Bera
ABSTRACT
5G New Radio (NR) is the global standard recommended by 3GPP for cellular technology with three different use cases: Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC), enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) and massive Machine Type Communications (mMTC). 5G NR is introduced with wide range of applications such as smart homes, smart cities, smart healthcare, and industrial IoT. Since 5G MTC is suitable in LPWAN technology and FR1 of 5G NR is suitable in MTC. While designing 5G NR technology, the designer must have proper understanding on the concepts of NR specifications. Especially, 5G NR operates in two modes: Standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) mode. The NSA mode is an extension of LTE and uses sub-GHz frequency band 28 GHz band which is considered as mmWave communication. 5G NR uses FR1 with sub carrier spacing of 15 kHz and 30 kHz with normal cyclic prefix. The bandwidth for 5G NR in FR1 ranges from 5 MHz to 50 MHz. Initially, we have analyzed the technology drivers for 5G NR technology, and its summary is presented. In this paper, we have designed a 5G NR uplink system as per 3GPP standardization and its performance evaluation are carried out in terms of Throughput, Bit Error Rate (BER) and Block Error Rtae (BLER) to support the wide range of applications in Low Power Networks in 5G.
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