Epiq Solutions: Detecting 5G Cells
summary
Step-by-step recipe to find a 5G cell: tune to the band (FR1/FR2), capture 3.84 MS/s capture for a 256‑pt FFT when using 15 kHz spacing, correlate against the PSS (only three possible sequences) and look for PSS correlation peaks every 20 ms. After detection, recover PBCH and SSB beams (up to 64 beams in FR2) to get cell ID and attempt SIB1; real captures show clean correlation peaks and recoverable symbols but PBCH/SIB1 decoding is complex and implementation‑heavy.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Detecting 5G cells
- 1:25Epiq Solutions overview
- 3:56Steps to detect 5G cell
- 5:005G acronyms and numerology
- 8:535G frame structure details
- 9:56Standalone vs non-standalone
- 11:44Detecting 5G sync block
- 13:31Capturing 5G signals
- 16:20Decoding secondary sync signal
- 17:245G beamforming and symbols
- 19:49Recovering the master information block
- 21:40Final thoughts and hiring
