Coexistence of 5G NR and Wi Fi 6E/7 at 6 GHz: Experimental Interference Measurements
This paper measures the interference of a commercial Very Low Power Wi-Fi 6E/7 device on a live 5G New Radio system using an SDR testbed and records throughput, block error rate, and signal-to-noise ratio.
First conducted-interference measurements of a commercial VLP Wi-Fi 6E/7 device on a live 5G NR system.
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Abstract
More Like ThisThis paper presents the first conducted-interference measurements of a commercial Very Low Power (VLP) Wi-Fi 6E/7 device into both the gNB uplink and UE downlink receiver chains of a live 5G New Radio (NR) system, using a complete O-RAN/SDR stack with 5G core in band~n102 (6\,GHz). We use a Software-Defined Radio (SDR) testbed built on OpenAirInterface with band~n102 support (40 MHz, 30 kHz Subcarrier Spacing). We sweep the injected Wi-Fi power and record throughput, block error rate, and signal-to-noise ratio on both the gNB uplink and UE downlink paths. Neither receiver shows measurable degradation below 75 dBm. Above this threshold, performance degrades progressively. The UE is more resilient at lower data rates and unaffected by beacon-only transmissions. A complementary link-budget analysis maps these measured thresholds to equivalent VLP-to-victim distances. These distances fall well inside the 545--685 Listen Before Talk (LBT) exclusion zone, confirming that a compliant VLP device would vacate the channel before its emissions could harm either receiver.