5G 3GPP Release-18: Setting off the 5G Advanced evolution
What will be included inRelease 18? The first 3GPP release in 5G Advanced evolution
Driving the 5G technology evolution in the new decade
Driving a balanced 5G evolution acrosskey technology areas
Mobile broadband evolution vs.further vertical expansion
Immediate commercial needs vs. longer-term 5G vision
New and enhanced devicesvs. network evolution
Release 18 scope takes into consideration of the 5G Advanced evolution in Release 18, 19,and beyond (i.e., many Study Items defined to set up for Work Items in later releases)
5G 3GPP Release-18: Setting off the 5G Advanced evolution
3GPPRelease 18sets off the5G Advanced Evolution. Approved package has a wide range of projects —nominal work to start inQ2 2022
Strengthen the end-to-end 5G system foundation, Further enhancing5G mobile broadband and expanded use cases.
Further optimizing5G device mobilitymanagement
NR-DC1with selective activation of cell groups via L3 enh.
Conditional PSCell2Additionand Change among multiple candidate SCGs. One SCG3active at a time.
FR2 enhancements
SCell5/SCG setup delay improvement. New early UE measurements procedure.
Layer 1 / 2 based inter-cell mobility
Configuration andmaintenance of multiple candidate cells, dynamic switching among those, and otherL1 enhancements (e.g., L1 measurement reporting / mobility command)
5G NR Release 18 project is proposed to address different deployment configurations
Work Item targeting operations inboth sub-7 GHz and mmWavebands
Conditional Handover enhancements
Conditional configuration including target MCG and target SCG or target MCG4and target SCGs for Conditional PSCellAddition and Change.
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5G 3GPP Release-18: Setting off the 5G Advanced evolution
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