5G NR and 4G LTE Comparison

May 30, 2017admin5G, Interviews, LTE, Narrow Band IoT, New Radio, NR, RF Basics, TDD LTE

A Short comparison of 5G and 4G technologies is given is table below

Technology Data Rates Latency Mobility Spectrum Users Density Energy

Support Efficiency Efficiency

5G (NR) Avg 100 ~ 1 ms > 500 x3 Better 1000K/square x100 Better

Mb/s Peak Km/h DL- 30 bits/Hz Km
20 Gb/s UL- 15bits/Hz

4G (LTE) Avg 25 ~10- 50 Upto 350 DL – 6 bits/Hz ~ 2K / square Moderate

Mb/s Peak ms Km/h UL- 4 Bits/Hz Km
300 Mb/s

5G New Radio and 4G LTE Parameter Level Comparison

Parameter 4G Long Term Evolution 5G New Radio

Full Name Long Term Evolution New Radio

3GPP Release Release 8 – Release 14 (LTE, Release 15 onward

LTE-A, LTE-Pro)

Frequency Range < 6GHz Upto 52.6 GHz

Services Voice, MBB, IoT Voice, eMBB, Low Latency Application, Massive
IoT

Waveform  DL: CP -OFDM  DL: CP-OFDM;

 UL: DFT -S-OFDM  UL: CP-OFDM, DFT-S-OFDM

Max Carrier 20 MHz  Below >6 GHz: 100 MHz;

Bandwidth  Above6 GHz: 400 MHz

Subcarrier 15 KHz 15 KHz, 30 KHz, 60 KHz, 120 KHz, 240KHz

Spacing (SCS)

Cylic Prefix (CP) Normal CP; Extended CP  Normal CP for all SCSs;
 Extended CP for 60KHzs SCS only

Max Number of 1200 3300

Subcarriers
Per Carrier

Radio Frame 10 ms 10 ms
Length

Slot Size 2/7/14 OFDM symbols 1-14 OFDM symbols (including both slot & mini-
slot)

UL/DL Ratio  Semi-static change with  Semi-static change with 0.5ms, 0.625ms,
Change 5ms, 10ms periodicity; 1.25ms, 2.5ms, 5ms, 10ms periodicity
 Dynamic change per -  Dynamic change per 1/2/5/10/20ms change
10ms

Synchronization  PSS: 62 ZC sequence  PSS: 127 m-sequence

Signals  SSS: 62 m-sequence  SSS: 127 Gold-sequence
 Periodicity: 5ms  Periodicity: 20 ms for intial access;{5, 10,
20, 40, 80, 160 } ms for
CONNECTED/IDLE mode

PBCH  4-symbol x 72 subcarriers  2-symbol x 288 subcarriers;

 Payload: 40 bits, including  Payload: 56 bits, including CRC bits
CRC bits  Periodicity: 20 ms for intial access; {5,
 Periodicity: 10ms 10,20,40,80,160} ms for
CONNECTED/IDLE non-standalone cases

SS -block 1  4 for <3GHz;

Sweeping  8 for 3-6GHz;
 64 for 6-52.6GHz
RACH  PRACH: 839 ZC  Long PRACH: 839 ZC sequence with
sequence with 1.25 KHz; {15,30,60,120} KHz
 4-step RACH  4-step RACH

MIMO  Digital beamforming;  Hybrid (analog = digital) beamforming

Transmission  Diversity Tx:SFBC;  Open-loop Tx: 1-port PC (UE transparent)
 Open-loop TX:CDD with  Closed-loop Tx: Spatial multiplexing
precoder
 Closed-loop TX:Spatial
multiplexing

Reference Signals  DL:CRS, DMRS, CSI-  DL: DMRS, PT-RS (Phase tracking RS)
RS; CSI-RS, TRS;
 UL: DMRS, SRS  UL: DMRS, PT-RS, SRS

Channel Coding  PBCH/PDCCH; TBCC;  PBCH/PDCCH/PUCCH: Polar code

 PDSCH/PUSCH: Turbo  PDSCH/PUSCH: LDPC
code;
 PUCCH: RM block code

PDCCH  Multiplexing with data:  Multiplexing with data: TDM/FDM

FDM  Tx1 Distributed – precoding (UE
 Tx: Distributed + SFBC transparent)
 Demodulation: CRS  Tx2 Localied = precoding (UE transparent)

PUCCH  Multiplexing with data:  Multiplexing with data: TDM/FDM

FDM;  Long PUCCH size: 4-14 OFDM smbols
 PUCCH size: 14 OFDM  Short PUCCH size: 1-2 OFDM symbols
symbols

HARQ Round- FDD: 9ms; TDD: ≥ 8ms 0.25-16 ms

trip Time

Wideband  Single Carrier: Up to 20  Single Carrier: Up to 100 MHz or 400 MHz

Operations MHz  Narrow-band anchor initial access & IDLE
 Full carrier BW initial  UE bandwidth adaptation allowed
access & IDLE  CA: Up to 16 carriers;
 No UE bandwidth
 adaptation  DC: up to 32 carriers
 CA: Up to 32 carriers;
 DC: Up to 64 carriers

Mobility  CRS-based RSRP  SSS-based RSRP for cell or beam;

 CSI-RS based RSRP for beam or
transmission point

Table Source : Media-Tek White Paper