3GPP RELEASE 17 LATEST UPDATE

Release 17 Main Aspects

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NR MIMO eMBB Supported use case

Ø The Rel-15 NR includes MIMO features that facilitate utilization of many antenna elements at the base station for
both sub-6GHz and over-6GHz frequency bands.

q Enhancements on MU-MIMO( Multi-User-MIMO)

q Support on multi-TRP/panel transmission including improved reliability and robustness with both ideal and non-
ideal backhaul deployment.

q Enhancements on multi-beam operation, primarily targeting FR2 operation

q Specify beam failure recovery for SCell with DL/UL as well as DL-only, where PCell can be operating in FR1 as
well as FR2. ( FR1 AND FR1 IS FREQUENCY RANGE) FR1 410 MHZ TO 7125 & FR 2 24.6 GHZ 52.4 GHZ

q measurement and reporting of either L1-RSRQ or L1-SINR, CSI_RSRQ is used for L1-RSRQ

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NR Side Link enhancement URLLC Supported use case

The necessity of NR sidelink enhancement has been identified. For V2X and public safety, the service requirements
and operation scenarios are not fully supported in Rel-16 due to the time limitation, and SA works are ongoing on
some enhancement in Rel-17 such as architecture enhancements for 3GPP support of advanced V2X services –
Phase 2 (FS_eV2XARC_Ph2) and System enhancement for Proximity based Services in 5GS (FS_5G_ProSe).

q Resource allocation enhancement

q Network solutions to support NR sidelink enhancement

q UE Tx and Rx RF requirement

q Sidelink DRX for broadcast, groupcast, and unicast

q Resource coordination between NG-RAN(Next Generation Radio access Network) nodes for V2X sidelink communication

Sidelink is the special kind of communication mechanism between device and device without going
through eNB. Sidelink requires a new physical layer design. But to minimize the design changes of
What is Sidelink ? existing implementation, the new physical layer is designed not to differ too much. We will use
very similar waveform based on SC-FDMA in both direction.

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Supporting NR from 52.6GHz to 71GHz eMBB Supported use case

The proximity of this frequency range (57-71GHz) to FR2 and the imminent commercial opportunities for high data rate communications makes it
compelling for 3GPP to address NR operation in this frequency regime.
NR Rel-15 defined two frequency ranges for operation:
- FR1 spanning from 410MHz to 7.125GHz
- FR2 spanning from 24.25GHz to 52.6GHz

According to the outcome of the study item on Supporting NR above 52.6GHz and leveraging FR2 design to the extent possible, this
WI extends NR operation up to 71GHz considering, both, licensed and unlicensed operation, with the following objectives:

§ New numerology or numerologies (µ value in 38.211) for operation in this frequency range. Addressing impact on
physical signals/channels if any, as identified in the SI.

§ Timeline-related aspects adapted to each of the new numerologies, e.g., BWP and beam switching times, HARQ
scheduling, UE processing, preparation and computation times for PDSCH, PUSCH/SRS and CSI, respectively.

§ Support of up to 64 SSB beams for licensed and unlicensed operation in this frequency range.

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NR Dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) eMBB Supported use case

Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) is emerging as a key part of mobile service providers’ 5G strategy

Dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) provides a very useful migration path from LTE to NR by allowing LTE and NR to
share the same carrier. DSS was included already in Rel-15 and further enhanced in Rel-16. As the number of NR
devices in a network increases, it is important that sufficient scheduling capacity for NR UEs on the shared carriers I
ensured.

This work item is limited to FR1, and includes the following objectives for NR Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS):
• PDCCH enhancements for cross-carrier scheduling including [RAN1, RAN2]
o PDCCH of SCell scheduling PDSCH or PUSCH on P(S)Cell
o Study, and if agreed specify PDCCH of P(S)Cell/SCell scheduling PDSCH on multiple cells using a single DCI
• The number of cells can be scheduled at once is limited to 2
• The increase in DCI size should be minimized
• Note: The total PDCCH blind decoding budget should not be changed as a result of this work
• Note: These enhancements are not specific to DSS and are generally applicable to cross-carrier scheduling in carrier aggregation

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Enhancements to Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) for NR eMBB Supported use case

wireless backhaul and relay links enabling flexible and very dense deployment of NR cells without the need for densifying
the wired transport network proportionately.

Enhancement in Release 17
q Addition of (limited) support for network topology changes
q Improved duplexing of access and backhaul links (simultaneous operation on child and parent link, for example)
q Routing enhancements

The expected larger bandwidth available for NR compared to LTE (e.g.

mmWave spectrum) along with the native deployment of massive MIMO or
multi-beam systems in NR creates an opportunity to develop and deploy
integrated access and backhaul links.

This may allow easier deployment of a dense network of self-backhauled Integrated access and backhaul links
NR cells in a more integrated manner than in LTE by building upon many of
the NR control and data channels/procedures defined for providing access
to UEs

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IAB supports the following features

• Multi-hop backhauling for flexible range extension for both FR1 and FR2.
• Topology adaptation including redundant connectivity to optimize backhauling performance and to respond to
backhaul (BH) link failure.
• Mapping of UE bearers to backhaul RLC channels and QoS enforcement over backhaul RLC channels to
meet E2E QoS requirements.
• Scalability to a large number of UEs.
• Flexible deployment allowing IAB-node operation in EN-DC mode with EPC or in SA-mode with 5GC.
• Support for NR-NR DC from the UE and IAB-node perspective (see NOTE 1)
• Efficient operation for both inband and out-of-band relaying.
• OTA synchronization across IAB topology.
• Support of Rel-15 UEs.

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NR coverage enhancements eMBB Supported use case

q Coverage is one of the key factors that an operator considers when commercializing cellular communication
networks due to its direct impact on service quality as well as CAPEX and OPEX.

Ø Compared to LTE, NR is designed to operate at much higher frequencies such as 28GHz or 39GHz in FR2.

Ø Due to the higher frequencies, it is inevitable that the wireless channel will be subject to higher path-loss making
it more challenging to maintain an adequate quality of service that is at least equal to that of legacy RATs.

The objective of this study item is to study potential coverage enhancement solutions for specific scenarios for both FR1 and
FR2.
o Urban (outdoor gNB serving indoor UEs) scenario, and rural scenario (including extreme long distance rural scenario) for FR1
o Indoor scenario (indoor gNB serving indoor UEs), and urban/suburban scenario (including outdoor gNB serving outdoor UEs and outdoor gNB serving
indoor UEs) for FR2.
o TDD and FDD for FR1.
o VoIP and eMBB service for FR1.
o eMBB service as first priority and VoIP as second priority for FR2.
o LPWA services and scenarios are not included.
o The target channels include at least PUSCH/PUCCH
o Study enhanced solutions, e.g., time domain/frequency domain/DM-RS enhancement (including DM-RS-less transmissions)

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Multi-RAT Dual-Connectivity enhancements eMBB Supported use case

All new EN-DC configurations consisting of 2 different bands DL with 2 different bands UL (1 LTE band and 1 NR
band) or 1 LTE and 2 NR.

The EN-DC configurations will be introduced in a release independent manner based on TS38.307, which will be updated
depending on newly introduced EN-DC configurations.

Release 17 Plan

• More efficient activation/deactivation mechanism of secondary cells

• Conditional primary-secondary cell change/addition

• UE-to-UE and UE-to-network relaying

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UE power saving enhancements for NR eMBB Supported use case

UE battery life is an important aspect of the user’s experience, which will influence the adoption of 5G handsets
and/or services.

The UE power saving study to target that UE power efficiency for 5G NR UEs is better than that of LTE.

UE power saving schemes like

Ø DRX operation (without Discontinuous Reception (DRX), the UE has to be awake all the time in order to decode downlink data, as the data in the downlink may
arrive at any time. This means that UE has to be monitoring PDCCH in every subframe in order to check if there is downlink data available.)

Ø BWP adaptation (Bandwidth Part (BWP) adaptation, which can reduce the volume of data that the UE has to process when maximum throughput is not needed.
It can also support devices that are not capable of full carrier bandwidth or have limited RF capability.)

UE power saving schemes with UE adaptation in frequency domain, time domain, antenna domain, DRX operations,
and reducing PDCCH monitoring with different traffic types, such as FTP, IM, web browsing, video streaming, gaming
and VoIP, and network configurations.

Improved mechanisms in the area of discontinuous reception and blind decoding of control channels

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Support for multi-SIM devices eMBB Supported use case

Driven by the growing demand in the consumer market, many commercially deployed devices support more than one USIM
(typically two) in which the USIMs may be from the same or from different MNOs.

Currently, support for multi-USIM is handled in an implementation-specific manner without any support from 3GPP specifications,
resulting in a variety of implementations and UE behaviours.

For cost efficiency reasons, a multi-USIM device implementation typically uses common radio and baseband components that are
shared among the multiple USIMs. For example, while actively communicating with the first system associated with USIM A, the
UE needs to occasionally check the other system associated with USIM B,
e.g. to monitor the paging channel, perform signal measurements, or read the system information, and determine if it
needs to respond to a paging request from the other system.

In Release 17 enabling multi-USIM devices supports in EPS and 5G system:

- Enabling the support for terminal with multiple USIMs
- Supporting Mobile-Terminated Service
- Handling of emergency calls and sessions

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Solutions for NR to support non-terrestrial networks (NTN) eMBB Supported use case

Non-terrestrial networks refer to networks, or segments of networks, using an airborne or spaceborne vehicle for
transmission:

• Spaceborne vehicles: Satellites (including Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites, Medium Earth Orbiting (MEO)
satellites, Geostationary Earth Orbiting (GEO) satellites as well as Highly Elliptical Orbiting (HEO) satellites).

• Airborne vehicles: High Altitude Platforms (HAPs) encompassing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) including
Lighter than Air UAS (LTA), Heavier than Air UAS (HTA), all operating in altitudes typically between 8 and 50 km,
quasi-stationary

Support for satellites (especially Low Earth orbit and geostationary satellites) and high-altitude platforms as an
additional means to provide coverage in rural areas

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NR multicast and broadcast services eMBB Supported use case

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standardization forum has also adopted the use of broadcast in
4G (the 4th Generation) LTE (Long Term Evolution) with the inclusion of evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast
Services (eMBMS)

Release 17 Plan for eMBMS

§ Primarily targeted at V2X,

§ public safety,
§ IP multicast,
§ software delivery
§ Internet of Things (IoT) applications

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RAN SLICING

The study item aims to investigate enhancement on RAN support of network slicing.

1. Study mechanisms to enable UE fast access to the cell supporting the intended slice, including [RAN2]
a. Slice based cell reselection under network control
b. Slice based RACH configuration or access barring

1. Study necessity and mechanisms to support service continuity, including [RAN3]

a. For intra-RAT handover service interruption, e.g. target gNB doesn’t support the UE’s ongoing slice, study slice re-
mapping, fallback, and data forwarding procedures. Coordination with SA2 is needed.

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NR Positioning Enhancements

To address the higher accuracy location requirements resulting from new applications and industry verticals, NR
Positioning in Rel-17 should evaluate and specify enhancements and solutions to meet the following exemplary
performance targets:

(a) For general commercial use cases (e.g., TS 22.261):

- sub-meter level position accuracy (< 1 m)
(b) For IIoT Use Cases (e.g., 22.804):
- position accuracy < 0.2 m
The target latency requirement is < 100 ms; for some IIoT use cases, latency in the order of 10 ms is desired.

Study enhancements and solutions necessary to support the high accuracy (horizontal and vertical), low latency,
network efficiency (scalability, RS overhead, etc.), and device efficiency (power consumption, complexity, etc.)
requirements for commercial uses cases
• Define additional scenarios.
• Evaluate the achievable positioning accuracy and latency with the Rel-16 positioning solutions in (I)IoT scenarios and identify any performance gaps
• Identify and evaluate positioning techniques, DL/UL positioning reference signals, signalling and procedures for improved accuracy, reduced latency, network
efficiency, and device efficiency.

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