About the 5G New Radio option
R&S®SMM-K14x/-K17x
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2 About the 5G New Radio option
The implementation of the option 5G New Radio R&S SMM-K144 is based on the
3GPP Rel. 15 specification group TS 38.xxx. According to these specifications, the
3GPP defines a great flexibility of the signal on the air interface.
This section is a brief summary of the main air interface parameters, see Table 2-1.
Availability of main air interface parameters
Several main air interface parameters have been upgraded with 3GPP release 16 and
3GPP release 17, in particular the extended frequency deployment ranges, certain
channel bandwidths (for example 35 MHz and 35 MHz) or certain subcarrier spacings
and are therefore only available with the corresponding option (R&S SMM-K148 and
R&S SMM-K171).
If you do not have R&S SMM-K171 and the distinction between FR2-1 and FR2-2, you
only see FR2. All settings that depend on the frequency deployment range are treated
as if they were in FR2-1 in that case.
Table 2-1: Main air interface parameters
Parameter Frequency range FR1* Frequency range FR2*
Frequency bands** 410 MHz to 7.125 GHz
7.125 GHz to 24.250 GHz
FR 2-1: 24.250 GHz to 52.60 GHz
FR 2-2: 52.60 GHz to 71.00 GHz
Carrier aggregation ≤ 16 carriers
Initially 1
≤ 16 carriers
Channel bandwidth 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40,
45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 MHz
and 100 MHz
FR 2-1: 50, 100, 200, 400
FR 2-2: 400, 800, 1600, 2000 MHz
Subcarrier spacing (SCS) 15, 30, 60 kHz FR 2-1: 60, 120 kHz
FR 2-2: 120, 480, 960 kHz (depending on
channel bandwidth)
Modulation schemes Up to 1024QAM Up to 1024QAM
MIMO schemes ●DL: 2x2 and 4x4 MIMO
(≤ 8 layers)
●UL: SISO and 2x2 MIMO
(≤ 4 layers)
≤ 2 layers:
●DL: 2x2 MIMO
●UL: SISO and 2x2 MIMO
Multiple access schemes ●DL: CP-ODFMA
●UL: CP-OFDMA and
optionally DFT-s-OFDM
●DL: CP-ODFMA
●UL: CP-OFDMA and optionally DFT-
s-OFDM
*) Throughout this description, the designations are used interchangeably.
**) Frequency bands as defined by the 3GPP specification group TS 38.104 (currently
release 17). You can however select also any other frequency within the frequency
range your R&S SMM100A supports (see Chapter 2.1, "Required options",
on page 18).