EE676A: Topics

5G-NR (New Radio) Overview:
- Use cases – eMBB (enhanced Mobile Broadband), mMTC (massive Machine Type Communications) and URLLC (Ultra Reliable Low-Latency Communications)
- Millimetre Wave and sub-6GHz operations
- Ultra-Lean Design and Forward Compatibility
- Transmission Scheme, Bandwidth Parts and Frame Structure
- Low-Latency Support, Scheduling and Data Transmission
- Beam-Centric Design

5G-NR Transmission Structure (Waveform Design):
- 5G Spectrum,
- Principles of adaptive modulation and coding,
- Flexible subcarrier spacing, slot format and subframe structure
- Time and Frequency Domain Structure and Bandwidth Parts
- Duplex Schemes – TDD/FDD

5G-NR Downlink and Uplink Transport-Channel Processing:
- Notion of transport block (TB)
- CRC generation for TB,
- Code block segmentation, LDPC coding ideas,
- Rate matching, scrambling, modulation,
- Baseband pass band representation, Resource Mapping

5G-NR downlink and uplink control-Channel Processing:
- Control channel design, polar Coding ideas
- Rate Matching and interleave design
- Scrambling, Modulation
- Control Resource Set (CORESET) Design

5G-NR Multi-Antenna Transmission:
- Multi-Antenna overview
- Codebook and non-codebook-based precoding
- Concepts of layers, antenna ports, MIMO for FR1 and FR2 bands
- Downlink Multi-Antenna Precoding
  - Type-I and Type-II CSI
- Uplink Multi-Antenna Precoding
- Beam management

5G-NR Retransmission Protocols:
- Downlink and Uplink Hybrid-ARQ

Reference Signal Design
- 5G-NR Initial Access
- Channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS)
- Demodulation reference signal (DM-RS)
- Concept of synchronization signals and broadcast channels

5G-NR Scheduling:
- Dynamic Downlink Scheduling - bandwidth Adaptation and Pre-emption Handling
- Dynamic Uplink Scheduling - Uplink Priority Handling, Scheduling Request

5G-NR Initial Access:
- Downlink Cell Search Protocol
- Uplink Random Access Protocol