Third generation partnership project (3GPP) is a standards body that is responsible for the major cellular telecommunication standards used to fuel cellular communication around the world. The latest standards release from 3GPP (Release 15) unleashed 5G new radio (NR) non-standalone (NSA) with enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) features that add additional sub-6 GHz frequency bands and introduced new NSA millimeter-wave frequency bands. While beneficial for the massive consumer market, industrial applications are also ripe for replacing physical cables with wireless links.<\/p>\n
Release 15 focused on mobile broadband, while Release 16 is focused on vertical use cases, mainly the factory use cases. The goal is to enable the replacement of wired communication infrastructure in an industrial environment, but reliability is essential. This includes ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC) and massive machine-type communications (mMTC) features, with enhance mobile broadband (eMBB) features for stand-alone (SA) new radio (NR) being targeted for 3GPP Release 17. Other areas of focus for Release 16 is for NR-based access to unlicensed spectrum, and other 5G efficiency enhancements.<\/p>\n
5G Efficiency Enhancements<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Interference Mitigation In 2018 Release 16 studies were planned. The goal of these studies is to investigate and determine appropriate specifications and standards for cellular communication for the targeting applications.<\/p>\n Release 16 Studies *From 3GPP<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022Study into discrete listening and logging for mission critical services There are additional technical efforts in developing broadened applicability of 3GPP technology for non-terrestrial radio access. This will likely initially include satellites, but may later include airborne base stations. Mission critical applications are another service area that will likely see augmented service in Release 16.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Release 16 Updates and Timeline of Relevant Sections<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022Physical Layer\u00a0 Functionality (December 2019) The work program for Release 17 has been defined as well. Look forward to a future article that will detail this next enhancement of 5G.<\/p>\n Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Third generation partnership project (3GPP) is a standards body that is responsible for the major cellular telecommunication standards used to fuel cellular communication around the world. The latest standards release from 3GPP (Release 15) unleashed 5G new radio (NR) non-standalone (NSA) with enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) features that add additional sub-6 GHz frequency bands and ..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[291],"tags":[553,292,545,552,563,554],"class_list":["post-1505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5g","tag-3gpp","tag-5g","tag-embb","tag-mmtc","tag-release-16","tag-urllc"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n\u20225G Self-organizing Networks (SON)
\n\u2022Enhanced Multi-input Multi-output (eMIMO)
\n\u2022Location and Positioning
\n\u2022Power Consumption
\n\u2022Enhanced Dual Connectivity (eDual Connectivity)
\n\u2022Device Capabilities Exchange
\n\u2022Mobility Enhancements<\/p>\n
\n\u2022Study of test methods for New Radio
\n\u2022Study on 5G enhanced Mobile Broadband Media Distribution
\n\u2022Study on 5G NR UE Application Layer Data Throughput Performance
\n\u2022Study on 5G security enhancement against false base stations
\n\u2022Study on 6 GHz for LTE and NR
\n\u2022Study on 7 – 24 GHz frequency range for NR
\n\u2022Study on ambient noise test methodology for evaluation of acoustic UE performance
\n\u2022Study on Application Awareness Interworking between LTE and NR
\n\u2022Study on authentication and key management for applications based on 3GPP credential in 5G
\n\u2022Study on authentication enhancements in 5GS
\n\u2022Study on autonomous network levels
\n\u2022Study on Charging Aspects of Network Slicing
\n\u2022Study on Communication for Automation in Vertical Domains
\n\u2022Study on encrypted traffic detection
\n\u2022Study on Enhanced IMS to 5GC Integration
\n\u2022Study on enhancement for disaggregated gNB architecture
\n\u2022Study on enhancements to IMS for new real time communication services
\n\u2022Study on evaluation for 2 RX exception in Rel-15 vehicle mounted UE for NR
\n\u2022Study on evolution of Cellular IoT security for the 5G System
\n\u2022Study on EVS Float Conformance Non Bit-Exact
\n\u2022Study on eXtended Reality (XR) in 5G
\n\u2022Study on IETF QUIC Transport for Service Based Interfaces
\n\u2022Study on Improvement of V2X Service Handling
\n\u2022Study on integration of ONAP and 3GPP configuration management services for 5G networks
\n\u2022Study on integration of ONAP DCAE and 3GPP management architecture
\n\u2022Study on location enhancements for mission critical services
\n\u2022Study on Long Term Key Update Procedures
\n\u2022Study on Long Term Key Update Process (LTKUP) Detailed solutions
\n\u2022Study on management and orchestration aspects with integrated satellite components in a 5G network
\n\u2022Study on management aspects of communication services
\n\u2022Study on management aspects of edge computing
\n\u2022Study on MBMS User Services for IoT
\n\u2022Study on MC services access aspects
\n\u2022Study on Mission Critical services support over 5G System
\n\u2022Study on non-file-based trace reporting
\n\u2022Study on Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) for NR
\n\u2022Study on non-public networks management
\n\u2022Study on NR beyond 52.6 GHz
\n\u2022Study on NR Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X)
\n\u2022Study on Nudsf Service Based Interface
\n\u2022Study on protocol enhancement for real time communication
\n\u2022Study on QoE metrics for VR
\n\u2022Study on radiated metrics and test methodology for the verification of multi-antenna reception performance of NR UEs
\n\u2022Study on RAN-centric data collection and utilization for LTE and NR
\n\u2022Study on remote interference management for NR
\n\u2022Study on SECAM and SCAS for 3GPP virtualized network products
\n\u2022Study on Security Aspects of 3GPP support for Advanced V2X Services
\n\u2022Study on security aspects of single radio voice continuity from 5G to UTRAN
\n\u2022Study on Security Aspects of the 5G Service Based Architecture
\n\u2022Study on Security Impacts of Virtualisation
\n\u2022Study on self-evaluation towards IMT-2020 submission
\n\u2022Study on Self-Organizing Networks (SON) for 5G
\n\u2022Study on solutions for NR to support non-terrestrial networks (NTN)
\n\u2022Study on storage and transport of 5GC security parameters for ARPF authentication
\n\u2022Study on supporting 256-bit algorithms for 5G
\n\u2022Study on system architecture for next generation real time communication services
\n\u2022Study on tenancy concept in 5G networks and network slicing management
\n\u2022Study on the security of the Wireless and Wireline Convergence for the 5G system architecture
\n\u2022Study on the Wireless and Wireline Convergence for the 5G system architecture
\n\u2022Study on Typical Traffic Characteristics of Media Services
\n\u2022Study on UEs Supporting Handset Mode with Non-Traditional Earpieces
\n\u2022Study on User Plane Integrity Protection
\n\u2022Study on User Plane Protocol in 5GC
\n\u2022Study on V2X Media Handling and Interaction<\/p>\n
\n\u2022Protocol Functionality (March 2020)
\n\u2022Architecture Functionality (June 2020)<\/p>\n\n