For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in
TR 21.905 and the following apply. A term defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same term, if any, in
TR 21.905.
Communication efficiency:
refers to spectrum efficiency (bits/s/Hz) and/or energy efficiency (bits/J, or vs. LTE) and/or network resource efficiency ([TBD])
Connection density (UEs/km2):
number of UEs connected to the <5G network> over a given area.
End-to-end latency (ms):
time it takes to transfer a given piece of information from a source to a destination, measured at the application level, from the moment it is transmitted by the source to the moment it is received at the destination.
Mobility (km/h):
Absolute speed of a UE.
Peak data rate (bps):
ideal data rate at the radio layer i.e. under ideal radio conditions. Direction (downlink, uplink) to be defined.
Processing time (ms):
time it takes to process a given piece of data in a given node, for further action. The node needs to be defined.
Radio Interface Technology (RIT):
Type of technology used for radio communication between two or more devices, without limitation to the functional capability or the purpose of the communication. A RIT may be used to provide a traditional access function, a backhaul function, a direct device-to-device (D2D) function between peers, or multiple such functions. A RIT may also support a variety of different communication modes (e.g., unicast, multicast, broadcast) and/or topologies (e.g., point-to-point, star, tree, or mesh).
Reliability (%):
the amount of sent network layer packets successfully delivered to a given node within the time constraint required by the targeted service, divided by the total number of sent network layer packets.
Round-trip-time (ms):
time it takes to transfer a given piece of data between two nodes, to process the piece of data at the receiving node, and to transfer an acknowledgement status back to the transmitting node, measured from the moment the piece of data is transmitted to the moment the acknowledgement status is received. This does not assume correct reception of either the piece of data or the acknowledgement status. (I.e. it is the sum of transmission delay from the transmitting node to the receiving node, processing time at the receiving node, and transmission delay from the receiving node to the transmitting node). Nodes need to be defined.
Transmission delay (ms):
time it takes to transfer a given piece of data between two nodes, measured from the moment it is transmitted to the moment it is received. This does not assume correct reception. Nodes need to be defined.
Traffic density (bps/km2):
total traffic over a given area. Direction (downlink, uplink) to be defined when applicable.
User experienced data rate (bps):
data rate averaged over a given duration (to be defined), in a given direction (uplink or downlink), measured at the transport layer or above. Direction (downlink, uplink) to be defined.
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in
TR 21.905 and the following apply.
An abbreviation defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same abbreviation, if any, in
TR 21.905.