Link-Level Performance Evaluation of IMT-2020 Candidate Technology: DECT-2020 New Radio

The ETSI has recently introduced the DECT-2020 New Radio (NR) as an IMT-2020 candidate technology for the mMTC and URLLC use cases. To consider DECT-2020 NR as an IMT-2020 technology, the ITU-R has determined different independent evaluation groups to assess its performance against the IMT-2020 requirements. These independent evaluation groups are now in process of investigating the DECT-2020 NR. In order to successfully assess a technology, one important aspect is to fully understand the underlying physical layer and its performance in different environments. Therefore, in this paper, we focus on the physical layer of DECT-2020 NR and investigate its link-level performance with standard channel models provided by the ITU-R for evaluation. We perform extensive simulations to analyze the performance of DECT-2020 NR for both URLLC and mMTC use cases. The results presented in this work are beneficial for the independent evaluation groups and researchers as these results can help calibrating their physical layer performance curves. These results can also be used directly for future system-level evaluations of DECT-2020 NR.