An open source simulation tool for sharing and compatibility studies between 5G and other radiocommunication systems

Abstract

This paper presents an open source simulation tool called SHARC. This software is designed to support sharing and compatibility studies between IMT systems (including 5G) and other radiocommunication systems according to the framework proposed by Recommendation ITU-R M.2101. In order to show some of the simulator capabilities, this paper also presents a preliminary sharing study between 5G systems and Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) that operate in the same frequency band.