5G NR Planning at mmWave Frequency : Study Case in Indonesia Industrial Area

Abstract

This research is expected to be an initial planning for 5G New Radio (NR) technology implementation in Indonesia and discusses 5G NR network planning based on coverage area at frequency 28 GHz in 5 km2 of Pulogadung industrial estate. Link budget was calculated based on outdoor-to-outdoor (O2O) with Line of Sight (LOS) scenario and Urban Micro (UMi) was used as propagation model standardized by 3GPP TR 38.901. The planning result was simulated using Mentum Planet ver.7.2.1 and resulted in path loss values 110.30 dB for uplink and 109.80 dB for downlink; the cell radius was 214.37 m for uplink and 202.92 m for downlink; it requires 43 sites for uplink scenario and 60 sites for downlink scenario to prepare a good network service. The simulation employed Automatic Site Placement (ASP) to determine site position regardless of the existing data. From the uplink simulation result, SS-RSRP parameter was displayed with minimum value -110.96 dBm; maximum value -68.66 dBm; and average value -99.54 dBm. The downlink simulation result shows SS-RSRP parameter with minimum value -110.96 dBm; maximum value -68.66 dBm; and average value -98.82 dBm.