Coverage and performance analysis of 5G non-standalone deployments

• DOI: 10.1145/3556564.3558233
• Publication Date: 2022-10-26T22:24:37Z
• Authors: Konstantinos Kousias; Mohammad Rajiullah; Giuseppe Caso; Ozgu Alay; Anna Brunstorm; Luca De Nardis; Marco Neri; Usman Ali; Maria-Gabriella D...
• Keywords: Mobile broadband; Leverage (statistics); Radio access technology; Next-generation network

Fifth Generation (5G) networks are becoming the norm in global telecommunications industry. In this paper, we present first large-scale measurement study on commercial 5G Non Standalone (NSA) deployments a European country. We leverage collected dataset, which covers two Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) Rome, Italy, to first, network deployment and radio coverage aspects, second, explore performance of use cases related enhanced Broadband (eMBB) Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC). Results show that NSA can provide higher downlink throughput slightly lower latency compared Fourth (4G) systems. However, is influenced by several factors, including propagation conditions, system configurations, handover events, ultimately highlighting need for further optimization.