The best place to find specifications and meeting decisions about the support of reduced capability NR devices (Acronym: NR_redcap) is in the Work Plan and amongst the meeting contributions, via TDocs and Change Requests (CRs).
RedCap doesn’t have its own overall specification, but it is a feature that has a wide impact on existing specs, to allow new radio (NR) to accommodate RedCap as a bridge between support for low complexity and high performance use cases... bringing in 'middle of the range' devices.
Support of reduced capability NR devices; demands include (inspired by RP-220293):
- UE complexity reduction features
- Definition of RedCap UE type including capabilities & constraints
- Enabling RedCap UE identification
- Whether a RedCap UE can camp on the cell/frequency
- Updates to UE capabilities (38.306) and RRC parameters (38.331)
- Extended DRX enhancements for RedCap UEs
- RRM measurement relaxations for neighbouring cells for RedCap devices…
NR RedCap will play a large part in the growth of 5G, as 'wearables' for medical, business and personal monitoring come on stream. On an industrial scale, the other area of major growth will be the use of RedCap sensors for campuses, factories and large private sites.
This page is intended as a primer, as you step into the 3GPP RedCap work.
The Work Plan view
Work Plan data as at June 20, 2023.
|
Unique_ID |
Name |
Acronym |
Level |
Release |
Group |
Hyperlink |
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Enhanced support of reduced capability NR devices |
NR_redcap_enh |
1 |
Rel-18 |
RP-223544 |
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Core part: Enhanced support of reduced capability NR devices |
NR_redcap_enh-Core |
2 |
Rel-18 |
R1 |
RP-223544 |
|
|
Perf. part: Enhanced support of reduced capability NR devices |
NR_redcap_enh-Perf |
2 |
Rel-18 |
R1 |
RP-223544 |
|
|
Study on further NR RedCap (reduced capability) UE complexity reduction |
FS_NR_redcap_enh |
2 |
Rel-18 |
R1 |
RP-221161 |
|
|
Study on RedCap Phase 2 |
FS_REDCAP_Ph2 |
1 |
Rel-18 |
S2 |
SP-220074 |
|
|
NR RedCap UE with long eDRX for RRC_INACTIVE State |
NR_REDCAP_Ph2 |
1 |
Rel-18 |
SP-220803 |
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(Stage 2 of) NR RedCap UE with long eDRX for RRC_INACTIVE State |
NR_REDCAP_Ph2 |
2 |
Rel-18 |
S2 |
SP-230171 |
|
|
CT4 aspects of NR_REDCAP_Ph2 |
NR_REDCAP_Ph2 |
2 |
Rel-18 |
C4 |
CP-223021 |
|
|
CT1 aspects of NR_REDCAP_Ph2 |
NR_REDCAP_Ph2 |
2 |
Rel-18 |
C1 |
CP-223021 |
|
|
Core part: Adding new NR FDD bands for RedCap (Reduced Capability) in Rel-18 |
NR_FDD_bands_R18_redcap-Core |
2 |
Rel-18 |
R4 |
RP-230743 |
|
|
Support of reduced capability NR devices |
NR_redcap |
1 |
Rel-17 |
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|
Study on support of reduced capability NR devices |
FS_NR_redcap |
2 |
Rel-17 |
R1 |
||
|
Core part: NR_redcap |
NR_redcap-Core |
2 |
Rel-17 |
R1 |
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|
Perf. part: NR_redcap |
NR_redcap-Perf |
2 |
Rel-17 |
R1 |
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|
UE Conformance - Support of reduced capability NR devices |
NR_redcap_plus_ARCH-UEConTest |
2 |
Rel-17 |
R5 |
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|
Architecture Enhancement for NR Reduced Capability Devices |
ARCH_NR_REDCAP |
2 |
Rel-17 |
S2 |
||
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CT1 aspects of NR_redcap |
ARCH_NR_REDCAP |
2 |
Rel-17 |
C1 |
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|
CT3 aspects of NR_redcap |
ARCH_NR_REDCAP |
2 |
Rel-17 |
C3 |
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CT4 aspects of NR_redcap |
ARCH_NR_REDCAP |
2 |
Rel-17 |
C4 |
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CT6 aspects of NR_redcap |
ARCH_NR_REDCAP |
2 |
Rel-17 |
C6 |
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Charging aspects of Architecture Enhancement for NR Reduced Capability Devices |
ARCH_NR_REDCAP |
2 |
Rel-17 |
S5 |
TDocs and CRs from meetings
This is the rawest way of finding content, giving a real view of what is happening in the meetings.
See:
- Our webpage on CRs
- The Netovate CR search tool: http://netovate.com/cr-search/
Contact for this article: Kevin FLYNN, Marketing and Communications Officer, 3GPP
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