Voice over NR

English

Etymology

Short for Voice over New Radio, from 5G New Radio, fifth-generation radio access technology. Compare VoIP, from Voice over Internet Protocol.

Noun

Voice over NR (uncountable)

1. (Internet, mobile telephony) A 5G high-speed wireless communication standard for mobile phones and data terminals, including Internet of things (IoT) devices and wearables.
   • 2019, Kashmira Kapoor, Dandra Prasad Basavaraj, Shrinath Ramamoorthy, Tushar Vrind, “Novel method for increased power conservation in voice over nr (vonr) devices”, in EAI Endorsed Transactions on Cloud Systems‎^[1], volume 5, page e7:

     Though voice services will be made available initially via Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service on 4G network, eventually voice services in 5G, referred to as Voice over NR (VoNR), is expected to be next revenue stream for the operator.

   • 2021 July 14, “Why voice over 5G relies heavily on LTE”, in 5G Technology World‎^[2]:

     Voice over NR is voice over IP incorporating the IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) infrastructure previously introduced in LTE.

   • 2023 January 6, Zishuai Cheng, Mihai Ordean, Flavio D. Garcia, Baojiang Cui, Dominik Rys, “Watching your call: Breaking VoLTE Privacy in LTE/5G Networks”, in arXiv‎^[3]:

     Voice over LTE (VoLTE) and Voice over NR (VoNR), are two similar technologies that have been widely deployed by operators to provide a better calling experience in LTE and 5G networks, respectively.