High speed 5G NR (New Radio) Analyser Network - Why would you use the SNYPER? - Siretta

October 4, 2024

5G NR is the fifth generation of wireless technology, where “NR” stands for New Radio interface, a radio access technology for cellular networks — a physical connection method for radio-based communication. Other kinds of radio access technologies include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 4G LTE.

5G NR is designed to support fibre-equivalent bandwidth transmissions required for data demanding applications like streaming video, as well as low-bandwidth transmissions used in machine-to-machine communications at increased capacity where needed.

5G NR will also support transmissions with extremely low latency requirements – for example applied to vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications which is a vital prerequisite in those settings.

Like its predecessors, the 5G NR standard was created by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).

The 5G NR standard supports a number of low to high-frequency bands.

Frequency range 1: Includes frequency bands that are typically less than 6GHz (410 MHz to 7125 MHz).

Frequency range 2: Covers bands with a low range combined with a high bandwidth. (Typically 24250 MHz to 52600 MHz).

Benefits of 5G NR

In a growing connected world, 5G will certainly play a major role in industries and society including more capacity for wireless users, improved data rates and more importantly low lag and latency.

5G NR deployment modes

As 5G NR is being rolled out there are currently 2 Deployment Modes that are implemented. The two modes depends on several factors, including the existing infrastructure.

Non-Standalone (NSA)

Essentially, a “Hybrid”, as some of the existing 4G LTE infrastructure stays in place, while the radio frequency side is 5G NR. Advantages is a more speedier rollout as the current 4G facilities are reused. Non-Standalone 5G NR will provide increased data-bandwidth by using two new radio frequency ranges:

Frequency Range 1 (450 MHz to 6000 MHz) – This band overlaps with 4G LTE frequencies and is called as sub-6 GHz. Bands are numbered from 1 to 255.

Frequency Range 2 (24 GHz to 52 GHz) – This is the mm-Wave frequency band. Bands are numbered from 257 to 511.

Standalone (SA)

For standalone mode, the full 5G NR technical standard is deployed. No residual 4G technical underpinnings are involved. It deploys the new 5G Packet Core architecture instead of relying on the 4G Evolved Packet Core to allow the deployment of 5G without the LTE network. It is expected to have lower cost, better efficiency, and to assist development of new use cases. However, initial deployment might see slower speeds than existing network due to the allocation of spectrum.

Surveying a Cellular network is a powerful way to allow engineers, project managers, developers to analyse, troubleshoot, and optimise IoT applications. By having a comprehensive view of network performance by capturing  network traffic, signalling, and radio frequency (RF) data that can determine the correct cellular application that is optimised for you.

So for example, if you were to develop an application that is part of a Smart City Eco-system, to readily obtain data to which Cellular network that works for your application is paramount.

  1. Residential Homes
  2. Security Cameras/Bodycams
  3. Water Management
  4. Smart Car Parks
  5. Medical/eHealth
  6. Autonomous Vehicles
  7. Consumer Wearables

Network Slicing
5G network slicing allows MVNO and operators to use a portion of the 5G network spectrum to split and serve various use-cases, including mobile networking, smart homes, IoT, and inventory management. This enables service providers to tailor packages to customers needs for “Mission Critical” objectives like remote surgery for the medical industry.

5G network slicing supports enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), which aims at maximizing the network speeds and data rates while having an acceptable QoS, including reliability and packet-error rates. This portion of the “Slice” will most certainly benefit data demanding applications.

There are three main primary use cases within the 5G NR

Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB): Bandwidth-driven use cases needing high data rates across a mobile wide coverage area. These include, 4K Media, AR and VR applications.

Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLC): Lowest possible latency and high network reliability for critical applications like autonomous vehicle, remote surgery/healthcare, or time-critical factory automation (e.g. semiconductor fabrication).

Massive Machine Type Communications (mMTC): Providing connectivity to a large number of devices that transmit intermittently a small amount of traffic such as Smart factories.

 

The future of 5G NR is certainly exciting as this 5th generation of cellular technology is constantly evolving and dynamic that promises ground-breaking new capabilities and to unlock the potential of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Extended Reality (XR) and the Internet of Things (IoT).

With the traits of low latency, increased spectrum and throughput. 5G technology is truly a key enabler of new B2B opportunities and new emerging markets.

Siretta offers these solutions to solve your IoT and IIoT challenges. Including Modems, Routers and a vast array of Antennas to keep your world connected.

                  

The table below shows all of the defined bands and the associated frequencies used with 5G NR network.

A2: Denotes UE Receive

A3: Denotes UE Transmit

Band Number 5G Mode 5G Common name Frequency (MHz) Uplink[A 2] (MHz) Downlink[A 3] (MHz)
           
n1 FDD IMT 2100 1920 – 1980 2110 – 2170
n2 FDD PCS 1900 1850 – 1910 1930 – 1990
n3 FDD DCS 1800 1710 – 1785 1805 – 1880
n5 FDD CLR 850 824 – 849 869 – 894
n7 FDD IMT‑E 2600 2500 – 2570 2620 – 2690
n8 FDD Extended GSM 900 880 – 915 925 – 960
n12 FDD Lower SMH 700 699 – 716 729 – 746
n13 FDD Upper SMH 700 777 – 787 746 – 756
n14 FDD Upper SMH 700 788 – 798 758 – 768
n18 FDD Lower 800 (Japan) 850 815 – 830 860 – 875
n20 FDD Digital Dividend (EU) 800 832 – 862 791 – 821
n24 FDD Upper L‑Band (US) 1600 1626.5 – 1660.5[B 2] 1525 – 1559[B 3]
n25 FDD Extended PCS 1900 1850 – 1915 1930 – 1995
n26 FDD Extended CLR 850 814 – 849 859 – 894
n28 FDD APT 700 703 – 748 758 – 803
n29 SDL Lower SMH 700 N/A 717 – 728
n30 FDD WCS 2300 2305 – 2315 2350 – 2360
n34 TDD IMT 2100 2010 – 2025  
n38 TDD IMT‑E[B 4] 2600 2570 – 2620  
n39 TDD DCS–IMT Gap 1900 1880 – 1920  
n40 TDD S-Band 2300 2300 – 2400  
n41 TDD BRS 2500 2496 – 2690  
n46 TDD U-NII-1–4 5200 5150 – 5925  
n47 TDD U-NII-4 5900 5855 – 5925  
n48 TDD CBRS (US) 3500 3550 – 3700  
n50 TDD L‑Band (EU) 1500 1432 – 1517  
n51 TDD L‑Band Extension (EU) 1500 1427 – 1432  
n53 TDD S band 2400 2483.5 – 2495  
n65 FDD Extended IMT 2100 1920 – 2010 2110 – 2200
n66 FDD Extended AWS 1700 – 2100 1710 – 1780 2110 – 2200[B 7]
n67 SDL EU 700 700 N/A 738 – 758
n70 FDD Supplementary AWS 2000 1695 – 1710 1995 – 2020
n71 FDD Digital Dividend (US) 600 663 – 698 617 – 652
n74 FDD Lower L‑Band (US) 1500 1427 – 1470 1475 – 1518
n75 SDL L‑Band (EU) 1500 N/A 1432 – 1517
n76 SDL Extended L‑Band (EU) 1500 N/A 1427 – 1432
n77 TDD C-Band 3700 3300 – 4200  
n78 TDD C-Band 3500 3300 – 3800  
n79 TDD C-Band 4700 4400 – 5000  
n80 SUL DCS 1800 1710 – 1785 N/A
n81 SUL Extended GSM 900 880 – 915 N/A
n82 SUL Digital Dividend (EU) 800 832 – 862 N/A
n83 SUL APT 700 703 – 748 N/A
n84 SUL IMT 2100 1920 – 1980 N/A
n85 FDD Extended Lower SMH 700 698 – 716 728 – 746
n86 SUL Extended AWS 1700 1710 – 1780 N/A
n89 SUL CLR 850 824 – 849 N/A
n90 TDD BRS 2500 2496 – 2690  
n91 FDD DD (EU) L-Band (EU) 800 – 1500 832 – 862 1427 – 1432
n92 FDD DD (EU) L-Band (EU) 800 – 1500 832 – 862 1432 – 1517
n93 FDD Extended GSM L-Band (EU) 900 – 1500 880 – 915 1427 – 1432
n94 FDD Extended GSM L-Band (EU) 900 – 1500 880 – 915 1432 – 1517
n95 SUL IMT 2100 2010 – 2025 N/A
n96 TDD U-NII-5–9 6000 5925 – 7125  
n97 SUL S-Band 2300 2300 – 2400 N/A
n98 SUL DCS–IMT Gap 1900 1880 – 1920 N/A
n99 SUL Upper L‑Band (US) 1600 1626.5 – 1660.5[B 2] N/A
n101 TDD Rail Mobile Radio (RMR) 1900 1900 – 1910  
n102 TDD U-NII-5 6200 5925 – 6425  


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