19 March 2019: Deployment of 5G networks across indoor and dense urban environments could fail to deliver a seamless quality user experience simply because higher frequencies are ineffective at penetrating physical walls and structures, warns Ranplan Wireless in its new whitepaper on '5G New Radio Network Planning'. With an estimated 80% of indoor traffic currently served by mobile networks installed in buildings, operators must find a better solution to plan and optimise their new 5G networks.
"The need of cost-effective deployment and the inter-working with existing networks based on multi-RATs, will bring the complexity of 5G NR network planning to an unprecedented level compared to previous generations of mobile networks," adds Williamson. To fulfil what 5G promises, 5G NR needs to be empowered by key enabling technologies, including Millimetre wave (mmWave) communications, Massive MIMO and 3D beamforming, Ultra-dense small cell and heterogeneous network (HetNet) deployments, and scalable OFDM numerologies – 2N sub-carrier spacing, scalable CP, TTI, etc.
The whitepaper assesses the requirements of 5G NR network planning and presents three 5G NR planning case studies, including Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), outdoor urban HetNet deployment and stadium scenarios. To download the full whitepaper , click here.
Ranplan Wireless is an innovative wireless technology company that has developed world leading software tools for outdoor/indoor wireless network planning, design and optimization, using advanced 3D building modelling and radio propagation simulation. The company is at the forefront of research and development for radio propagation, femto/small cell design, automatic RAN optimization and the deployment of complex HetNets.