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I have been asked about the UE Assistance Information  (UAI) RRC message a few times before. Generally I have always pointed people back to ...

One of the features that was introduced part of 5G NR 3GPP Release 17 is known as Small Data Transmission (SDT). When small amount of data, ...

Release-17 includes two new FR1 bands for NTN; n255 (a.k.a. NTN 1.6GHz) and n256 (a.k.a. NTN 2GHz). The picture is from a slide in Rohde &am...

3GPP Release 17 introduced a new feature called AKMA (Authentication and Key Management for Applications), the goal of which is to enable t...

An updated (looks final) version of 3GPP TR 21.917 : Release 17 Description; Summary of Rel-17 Work Items was added to the archive earlier t...

One way all operators in a country/region/geographic area differentiate amongst themselves is by the reach of their network. It's not in...

In another new whitepaper on 5G-Advanced , Nokia has detailed DCCA (DC + CA) features and enhancements from Rel-15 until Rel-18. The followi...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) has been touted to automate the network and simplify the identification and debug of ...

Our blog post on ATIS Release-16 webinar has been one of the popular posts so it's no brainer that people will surely find this Release...

In the last week of March 2022, 3GPP Release 17 reached stage 3 functional freeze. Now the ASN work is ongoing and it will be frozen in June...

In early December 2021, 3GPP reached a consensus on the scope of 5G NR Release-18. With the 3GPP Rel-17 functional freeze set for March 2022...