Release-16

NR-DC intro

NR-NR Dual Connectivity (NR-DC)

NR-DC is the variant when the UE is connected to one gNB that acts as a Master Node and one gNB that acts as a Secondary Node. The Master Node is connected to 5GC while the Secondary Node is connected…

5G-NR Physical Layer SpecficationsOverview

5G-NR Physical Layer Specifications overview

The Physical layer specifications of 5G-NR are spread across six Specification documents and one general description document; The relation between Multiple PHY Layer specifications is illustrated below. TS 38.201: 5G NR Physical layer; General description The scope of the document…

DAPS Handover-ue functionality

DAPS Handover: UE Functionality

During the NR Registration procedure, UE will include its support for Dual Active Protocol stack (DAPS) Handover in the UE Capability message. If there is no support for DAPS from UE, then the network will not configure DAPS handover for…

DAPS HandoverUE Capability Support

DAPS Handover: UE Capability Information

During the NR Registration procedure, UE will include its support for Dual Active Protocol stack (DAPS) Handover in the UE Capability message. If there is no support for DAPS from UE, then the network will not configure DAPS handover for…

Dual Active Protocol Stack (DAPS) handover_feature

DAPS Handover: Release-16 Call flow

IN 5G-NR UE’s operating in RRC_Connected mode can be categorized into two types of mobilities Cell level mobility and Beam Level Mobility which are network controlled procedures. In Release-15 3GPP has introduced the inter-gNB handover procedure which is similar to…

Conditional Handover (CHO)

Conditional Handover (CHO) in 5G NR Release16

In Release-16, 3GPP Introduced a new Handover procedure that allows UE to decide to perform handover when certain conditions are met, In the Legacy handover procedure network was in charge of making the decision whether the handover should be performed…

2-Step RACH_msgB-Reception

2-Step RACH : MsgB Reception-Part2

msgB is a combination of Msg2 and Msg4. In response to a transmission of a PRACH and a PUSCH i.e msgA transmission, UE expects a Response from gNB containing MsgB information. The details related to msgB reception are discussed in this article.
2-step RACH in Release 16 of 5G-NR

2-Step RACH in Release-16 of 5G-NR

In Earlier versions of NR Releases prior to R-16, There was only one type of RACH procedure which is kind of similar to the LTE RACH procedure also known as the 4-Step RACH procedure. In the Release-16 NR version, 3GPP…