The new radio access technology for 5G is called “NR” and replaces “LTE”, and the new base station is called gNB (or gNodeB), and replaces the eNB (or eNodeB or Evolved Node B). … Evolution of Cellular Technology. GenerationRadio TechnologyBase Station Name3GUMTSNodeB4GLTEeNB, Evolved NodeB5GNRgNB, gNodeB5G NR gNodeB base Stations – CableFree www.cablefree.net › 5g-lte › 5g-nr-gnodeb-base-station