Joint Energy–Spectral Efficiency Trade-Offs in a Multi-Slice 5G-NR Uplink: A Link-Level Evaluation with Per-Slice PUSCH Configuration
Network slicing allows a single 5G New Radio (NR) carrier to serve services with significantly different reliability targets. However, the cost of each slice in spectral and energy terms, once it is realized as a concrete uplink, is rarely measured. This paper reports a link-level evaluation of the joint energy efficie...