5G NR and Enhancements

Chapter 1: Background and overview 

1.1 5G NR enhancements over 4G LTE 

1.2 5G NR selection on enabling technologies 

1.3 Maturity of 5G technology, devices and equipment 

1.4 5G enhancements in R16 
Summary 

Chapter 2: 5G requirements 

2.1 Service requirements and driving force of 5G 

2.2 Application scenarios of 5G 

2.3 KPIs of 5G system 

2.4 Summary 

Chapter 3: 5G system architecture 

3.1 System architecture 

3.2 Radio access network architecture 

3.3 Summary 

Chapter 4: Bandwidth Part (BWP) 

4.1 Basic concept of BWP 

4.2 BWP configuration 

4.3 BWP switching 

4.4 BWP in initial access 

4.5 Impacts of BWP to other 5G designs 

4.6 Summary 

Chapter 5: 5G flexible scheduling 

5.1 Principle of flexible scheduling 

5.2 5G resource allocation 

5.3 Code Block Group (CBG) 

5.4 Design of NR PDCCH 

5.5 Design of NR PUCCH 

5.6 Flexible TDD 

5.7 PDSCH rate matching 

5.8 Summary 

Chapter 6: 5G initial access 

6.1 5G cell search 

6.2 Common control channels related to initial access 

6.3 5G random access 

6.4 RRM measurements 

6.5 RLM measurements 

6.6 Summary 

Chapter 7: 5G channel coding 

7.1 Overview of candidate codes 

7.2 Design of Polar codes 

7.3 Design of LDPC codes 

7.4 Summary 

Chapter 8: 5G MIMO and beam management 

8.1 MIMO feedback enhancements 

8.2 Codebook enhancements in R16 

8.3 Beam management 

8.4 PCell beam failure recovery 

8.5 SCell beam failure recovery 

8.6 Multi-TRP coordination 

8.7 Summary 

Chapter 9: 5G RF design 

9.1 New bands and new spectrum 

9.2 FR1 RF design 

9.3 FR2 RF and antenna design 

9.4 5G testing technology 

9.5 5G RF implementation and challenges 

9.6 Summary 

Chapter 10: 5G protocol: User plane 

10.1 Overview 

10.2 SDAP layer 

10.3 PDCP layer 

10.4 RLC layer 

10.5 MAC layer 

10.6 Summary 

Chapter 11: 5G protocol: Control plane 

11.1 System information 

11.2 Paging 

11.3 RRC access control 

11.4 RRC measurement and mobility management 

11.5 Summary 

Chapter 12: 5G network slicing 

12.1 Basic concept 

12.2 Network slicing service provision 

12.3 Network slicing congestion control 

12.4 Network slicing in roaming 

12.5 Summary 

Chapter 13: 5G QoS control 

13.1 Selection of 5G QoS model 

13.2 End-to-end QoS control 

13.3 QoS parameters 

13.4 Reflective QoS 

13.5 QoS notification control 

13.6 Summary 

Chapter 14: 5G voice solution 

14.1 Introduction to IMS 

14.2 5G voice solution and application scenario 

14.3 5G emergency call 

14.4 Summary 

Chapter 15: 5G URLLC: PHY layer 

15.1 PDCCH enhancements 

15.2 UCI enhancements 

15.3 UE processing capability enhancements 

15.4 Data channel enhancements 

15.5 Grant-free transmission enhancements 

15.6 Semi-persistent scheduling enhancements 

15.7 Inter-UE conflict handling 

15.8 Summary 

Chapter 16: 5G URLLC: Higher layer 

16.1 Time synchronization for Industrial IoT 

16.2 Intra-UE prioritization 

16.3 Scheduling enhancements for periodic transmission 

16.4 Duplicate PDCP 

16.5 Header compression 

16.6 Summary 

Chapter 17: 5G NR-V2X 

17.1 NR-V2X slot structure and channel architecture 

17.2 Sidelink resource allocation 

17.3 Sidelink physical procedure 

17.4 Higher layer procedure 

17.5 Summary 

Chapter 18: 5G for unlicensed spectrum 

18.1 Basic concept 

18.2 Channel sensing 

18.3 Initial access 

18.4 Resource block aggregation and control channel 

18.5 HARQ and scheduling 

18.6 Grant-free scheduling for NR-U 

18.7 Summary 

Chapter 19: 5G UE power saving 

19.1 Requirements and evaluation methodology 

19.2 Wake-up signal and impacts to DRX 

19.3 Cross-slot scheduling enhancements 

19.4 MIMO power saving 

19.5 SCell sleeping 

19.6 RRM measurement enhancements 

19.7 UE-assistant information for power saving 

19.8 Summary 

Chapter 20: Vision of 5G R17 and 6G 
Introduction to R17 
Vision of B5G/6G 
Summary