5G-SMART D1.5 Evaluation of radio network deployment options

TL;DR

This paper evaluates various 5G radio network deployment options by analyzing performance metrics like latency, reliability, and throughput, including real-world coexistence and optimization scenarios for industrial use cases.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive performance analysis of 5G deployment options with real-life measurements and trade-off quantification for industrial applications.

Findings

Latency and reliability improvements identified

Trade-offs between capacity and spectral efficiency quantified

Co-channel coexistence performance demonstrated through measurements

Abstract

This deliverable results from the work on the radio network performance analysis of the identified use cases and deployment options. Covered topics include latency reduction and mobility features of the 5G NR itself, as well as detailed analysis of the radio network KPIs, such as latency, reliability, throughput, spectral efficiency and capacity. Corresponding trade-offs for the identified deployment options and industrial use cases are quantified with an extensive set of technical results. Also, this deliverable is looking into co-channel coexistence performance analyzed through a real-life measurement campaign and considers performance optimization in presence of a special micro-exclusion zone within a factory.