5G-Range - 5G networks for remote areas
- 1. 5G-RANGE receives funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 Programme (H2020/2017-2019) under grant agreement n° 777137 and from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil through Rede Nacional de Ensino e
Pesquisa (RNP) under the 4th EU-BR Coordinated Call Information and Communication Technologies.
Redes 5G para áreas remotas
- 2. Motivations for Remote Areas
- Voice and Data connectivity
- New markets for operators
- IoT in Remote Areas
- Road coverage
- Remote Health Care
- 3. Voice and Data connectivity
- Last frontier for universal access.
- 3.9 billion people unconnected.
- High social impact
- 4. Voice and Data connectivity
- Education.
- Entertainment.
- Communication.
- Digital integration.
- 5. New Market for Operators
- Productivity improvement.
- New market for operators.
- Several new services:
IoT
Cattle monitoring
Drones
- 6. IoT in Remote Areas
- Smart Farm application
- Field information: soil, water, air.
- Remote activation: watering system.
- Machinery control: platooning.
- 11. 5G-RANGE Goals
Provide mobile broadband in remote areas.
Overcome the current limitations in range in 4G and 5G standards.
Reduce the operational cost by exploiting TVWS in remote areas.
Increase the data rate at the cell edge.
Bring 5G services to rural and remote areas.
- 13. 5G-RANGE Features
Robustness: MIMO diversity and Polar Codes
Smartness: Cognitive Radio & Dynamic Spectrum
Coexistence: Low Out-of-Band emissions
Flexibility: covers multiples scenarios
Evolution: Software Defined Radio approach
- 14. User
interface
ACRA
MAC layer API
Codeword length and
Code rate
FlexNOW
MAC layer API
Number of subcarrier and
subsymbols, modulation
order, filter specs.
PHY
Framer
MAC layer API
Frame size, pilots
assignment, resource
allocation
IR2A
Pilot signals
MIMORA
MAC layer API
Diversity gain and
Spectral efficiency
RF Front end
IR2A
Algorithms
5G SCHED
5G LA
5G ATB
5G
DARA
5G
COSORA
RLC Layer API
Logical Channels
5G
D2DRC
RRC Layer/
Network Layer
Cognitive
MAC Layer
RLC Layer
PHY Layer
5G
RACH
MULTIPLEXING/
DEMULTIPLEXING
HARQ HARQ
PHY Layer API
Physical Channels
Transport Blocks
Channel
Feebdack
control/
Manager
PHY Layer APIs
Control
Channels/FAP
messages
PHY Layer API
Resource Assignment
RRC Layer API
MAC Control
RRC Layer API
PHY Control
RRC Layer API
RLC Control
MAC
PDUs/Coding
CCn
TA
MCS/Code
Rate
Power Control
CSI report
SINR Report
Geolocation
Database
Network Layer
CognitiveMAC
Flexible PHY
5G-RANGE Features
Exploit the advances proposed for 5G.
But tailored for the new scenario.
- 15. • System parameters:
MIMO: 2+2
TX1 power (EIRP): 50,5 dBm
TX2 power (EIRP): 48,5 dBm
Transmit antenna gain: 9 dBi
Receive antenna gain: 9 dBi
BW: 6 MHz or 12 MHz
Frequency: 700 MHz band
5G-RANGE Field Test
- 18. Impact demonstration
- The 5G-RANGE transceiver as used as backhaul for a local
network, allowing the children to use desktop and smartphones to
access Internet.