What is SS burst in 5G?

SS burst is a set of SS blocks(SS/PBCH block) in a half subframe . we have seen few examples where in a half subframe there are multiple SS/PBCH blocks present . In CASE B example there are 8 SS/PBCH blocks (starting indexes 4,8,16,20,32,36,44,48) present in half frame . this set is called SS burst.

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What is LTE Earfcn?

EARFCN stands for E-UTRA Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number .In LTE, the carrier frequency in the uplink and downlink is designated by EARFCN, which ranges between 0-65535. EARFCN uniquely identify the LTE band and carrier frequency.

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What is virtual resource block in LTE?

The E-UTRA uses the concept of VRB (Virtual Resource Block) when allocating resources . It defines two types: LVRB (Local Virtual Resource Block) – this is the same as the PRBs; DVRB (Distributed Virtual Resource Block) – this identifies a distribution of the resources required over a number of PRBs.

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