The xMB reference point has been recently specified as a part of the 3GPP Release 14 Work Item on Enhanced TV Services. The xMB reference point decouples eMBMS transport from content and service...

On September 28, 2017 NoMoR Research made a presentation at a 5G Satellite workshop hosted by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The DLR is the the national aeronautics and space research centre...

This paper provides an overview of external and internal interfaces of a 5G base station (gNB). The New Radio gNB is connected to the Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) and the User...

3GPP is currently defining new radio access technologies for 5G cellular communications. This work is progressing fast and it is difficult to get a true understanding before the drafts of the...

As you might know, the RAN working groups met last week in cold Spokane, US, for their first big adhoc meeting on 5G. This time I would like to report on RAN3 discussion, since there are major...

As you might know, the RAN working groups met last week in cold Spokane, US, for their first big adhoc meeting on 5G. This time I would like to report on RAN3 discussion, since there are major...

The System and Service Aspects – Architecture group (SA2) of 3GPP has a dedicated study item for the study of the next generation networks. It is expected that this work will form the basis of...

LTE networks get more mature and new terminals of different capabilities are being introduced. 3GPP just defined the new LTE-A UE categories to support terminals with peak data rates of up to 450...

LTE-Advanced standardisation in Release 10 was completed in early 2011 and commercial network deployments using first Release 10 features are likely to be announced later this year. One of the...