An Enhanced LTE-based 5G Terrestrial Broadcast Receiver: FPGA Implement and Field Test

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has already introduced LTE-based 5G Release 16 (Rel-16) to integrate terrestrial broadcasting and mobile broadband network. However, the test results for Rel-16 broadcast transmissions in practical scenarios are deficient by far, and this issue may lead to a lack of targeted objectives for subsequent evolution. In this paper, a 5G R16 receiver is implemented based on FPGA. Moreover, a 5G Rel-16 transmission field test environment is deployed in Shenzhen, China. In combination with a local TV tower carrying the transmitter, a 270W Rel-16 video stream signal is transmitted. Meanwhile, the Rel-16 receiver is deployed in a vehicle to test its performance in practical urban mobile scenarios. The performance is mainly evaluated by the self-estimated Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) and Block Error Ratio (BLER) under different parameters of the received signal. From the field test results, this FPGA based 5G R16 receiver could be applied in practice.