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August 2017
Frank Kowalewski, Eiko Seidel
Nomor Research GmbH, Munich, Germany
Introduction Numerologies
3GPP is currently defining physical layer One major new feature of 5G is multiple
technologies for 5G cellular communications numerologies which can be mixed and used
under the acronym NR (New Radio). simultaneously.
Potential new concepts have been studied and A numerology is defined by its subcarrier
documented in 3GPP technical report TR spacing (the width of subcarriers in the
38.802 [1]. frequency domain) and by its cyclic prefix.
Specification work based on the report is 5G defines a base subcarrier spacing of 15
currently ongoing at 3GPP working group RAN kHz. Other subcarrier spacings are defined
1. Results are captured in specifications TS with respect to the base subcarrier spacing.
38.201, TS 38.202, TS 38.211, TS 38.212, TS Scaling factors 2m with m {-2, 0, 1, ..., 5}
38.213, TS 38.214 and TS 38.215 [2 8]. define subcarrier spacings of 15 KHz * 2m.
One major new feature of 5G compared to Table 1 compares some subcarrier spacings.
Radio Frame 10 ms
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Subframe
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Slot
0 1 2 3
Symbol
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
PBCH
PBCH
PSS
SSS
Symbol
288 subcarriers = 24 PRB
127 subcarriers
144 subcarriers
(12 PRB)
PBCH
PBCH
PSS
SSS
PSS
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
72 subc.
(6 PRB)
PBCH
PSS
SSS
Broadcast of basic
configuration Minim um Other
system information system information
PBCH
PBCH
PSS
SSS
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