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Design Notes

NB-IoT Uplink eNB RX Test Bench

This example demonstrates operation of NB-IoT in the guardband of an LTE signal. The NB-IoT uplink signal is configured as NPUSCH format 1, compliant with 3GPP Release 13 specification.

Configuration options include:

The test bench can be used to monitor:

References:

TS 36.211 Release 13, Chapter 10

TS 36.212 Release 13, Chapter 6

TS 36.213 Release 13, Chapter 16

TS 36.104 Release 13.5, Appendix A.16 Fixed Reference Channels for NB-IoT NPUSCH Format 1

System Diagram - NB IoT Testbench

Graph - NBIoT and LTE Spectra

Graph - NBIoT Throughput

Graph - NBIoT BER