Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) in LTE NR

DSS in 5G
DSS: Dynamic Spectrum Sharing.
Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) is emerging as a key part of mobile service

providers’ 5G strategy. It offers to launch 5G in bands currently used for 4G –
enabling nationwide 5G coverage in short time after launch. DSS allows an
existing LTE carrier to operate 5G New Radio (NR) and LTE simultaneously – with a
simple software upgrade. The solution is based on innovative intelligent scheduler
algorithms that enable optimal performance as the mix of 4G and 5G devices in
the network changes over time.
This is a major breakthrough for wireless communication given that frequency

sharing had never been done between any cellular generations since 2G. This
technology is poised to change how new generation radio access technologies are
introduced in operator networks using one of the most limited resources in
mobile, which is spectrum.
DSS is an important technology especially for Verizon. It allows operators to use

4G spectrum and reallocate it for 5G. AT&T also has shown interest in DSS, and T-
Mobile to a lesser degree. T-Mobile is using 600 MHz as the basis for its 5G “layer
cake” of spectrum, so to speak, and already covers much of the country with it.
Verizon is using millimeter wave spectrum to offer super high speeds and capacity
in concentrated urban areas—some call them hot spots—to differentiate 5G from
4G. DSS will enable it to offer a nationwide flavor of 5G when it’s available;
Verizon has promised to cover half the U.S. population with 5G by the end of this
year.
Goal?
Achieve wide 5G coverage as rapidly as possible.
Dynamic spectrum sharing allows operators to e to operate 5G and LTE in the

same band at the same time based on demand and the needs of the end user
The spectrum available to 5G varies from market to market, according to whether

it is already in use IN 4G, as well as the timing of auctions and licensing processes.
Many operators do not have free spectrum available on those bands.
The split of simultaneous 4G and 5G capacity is adjusted at the millisecond level

to ensure optimal performance for any mix of 4G and 5G active devices in the
network. This minimizes spectrum wastage and results in the best end-user.
How?
DSS is a 3GPP R15 technology that allows the deployment of both 4G LTE and 5G
NR in the same frequency band and dynamically allocates spectrum resources
between the two technologies 4G/5G based on user demand.
The idea is to give the service provider a coverage layer for 5G NR in low band
frequencies that are already used by LTE without re farming.
With DSS, when customers move outside 5G Ultra-Wideband coverage area, their
5G-enabled devices will remain on 5G technology using lower bands of spectrum.
Limitations?
Not all actual mobile equipment and modems can support DSS!
Benefits?
- Better 5G coverage, with lower latency and higher quality (in addition to faster
download speeds) for consumers.
- Less Capex: reuse of existing bands
- Efficient TCO
- Avoid re farming costs
- Quick introduction of 5G over a wide area in low/mid bands.
In the nutshell, DSS is a revolutionary new way of rolling out 5G which can be
used in new mid bands (C-band) but also in existing mid bands (800, 1800, 2600),
reusing hardware, spectrum and sites, while increasing new mid- and high-band
investment value.
This means increased coverage with fewer new sites in less time, infrastructure
savings and, ultimately, the chance to be the first to have nationwide coverage in
an extremely cost-efficient way.
DSS has been deployed end of December 2019. Swisscom said it expects to have
90% of its population covered with 5G by year-end thanks to DSS technology but
it is expected that “multiple large customers” will start using DSS around the first
half of 2020.
To extend 5G coverage in millimeter-wave bands, as well as low- and mid-band

frequencies, classically #Refarming is needed!
How DSS allows MNOs to use an existing LTE band to share that band dynamically
to support LTE and 5G on that same band.
#Conclusion
DSS provides needed flexibility as users shift from LTE to 5G and also saves the
Capex.
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DSS in 5G

DSS: Dynamic Spectrum Sharing.

Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) is emerging as a key part of mobile service

This is a major breakthrough for wireless communication given that frequency

DSS is an important technology especially for Verizon. It allows operators to use

Achieve wide 5G coverage as rapidly as possible.

Dynamic spectrum sharing allows operators to e to operate 5G and LTE in the

The spectrum available to 5G varies from market to market, according to whether

The split of simultaneous 4G and 5G capacity is adjusted at the millisecond level

To extend 5G coverage in millimeter-wave bands, as well as low- and mid-band

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