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5G-RANGE: Remote Area
Access Network for the 5th
Generation
Jorge Seki

5G-RANGE: Remote Area Access Network for
the 5th Generation

Motivations
[1] Imme Philbeck, CONNECTING THE UNCONNECTED Working together to achieve Connect 2020 Agenda Targets, ITU White Paper, 2017.
Reproduction from [1].
Huge social impacts:
 3.9 billion people are unconnected around the world [1].
 Improve quality of life though information and education.

Providing broadband Internet in remote and rural areas in an economically viable way.
Solution:
• Using an efficient waveform for spectrum sharing
• Using unlicensed spectrum access (TV White Space – TVWS)
Economic Impacts:
• Market increase for operators.
• Broadband Internet in Remote Areas.
• Increased productivity on smart farms.
Potentialnewuserdensityinremoteareas
150
MHz
1
GHz
VHF
TVWS opportunities
3GPP Licensed bands
Subgiga spectrum
450
MHz
700
MHz
UHF
Project objectives

Project Structure
• 7 work packages
• 23 activities
• 24 deliverables
• 28 milestones
• 30 months
• 10 partners
• 1 PoC

5G-RANGE Architecture
gNB
GDB
5G-RANGE
Architecture with
Cooperative
Spectrum Sensing
PU
Wideband
Signal
Control
Channel
Spectrum
Sensing
Reports
Fusion
Algorithm
SU
Narrowband
Signal
5G +
Cognitive
Function
Cognitive MAC
Layer
5G-RANGE Architecture
UE gNB Core
5G-RANGE PHY
Layer
Spectrum
Holes
Resource
Allocation
Sensing
Cooperative
Sensing

5G-RANGE User Data Transmission as a SU
Frequency
Subframes
Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4
RBG
Wideband PU
(TV Station)
5G-RANGE
Narrowband
PU
5G-RANGE 5G-RANGE
5G-RANGE
5G-RANGE
Narrow
band SU
time
Subchannel
Spectrum
Holes
Resource
Allocation
User Data
Transmission

PoC
PoC using Software Defined Radio Reconfigurable
Device (USRP) for PHY implementation and MAC
implementation with Cognitive Function USRP da NI