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ThE L
ThE L
TE R
TE R
ADiO
ADiO
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inTERFA
CE
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InTroducTIon To oFdM/oFdMA
InTroducTIon To oFdM/oFdMA
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reqiemets Me Me cmmiati cmmiati Systems Systems 44
chael
chael Bawith Bawith a a Faig Faig 66
Flat
Flat Faig Faig a a Feqey Feqey Seletive Seletive Faig Faig 66
deig
deig nawba nawba a a Wieba Wieba chaels chaels 88
cheee
cheee Bawith Bawith 1010
Mlti-caie
Mlti-caie Slti Slti 1122
oFdM
oFdM Basi Basi Piiples Piiples 1144
Sb
Sb caie caie othgaliothgality ty 1616
dpple
dpple Shit Shit i i rai rai chaels chaels 1818
cheee
cheee Time Time 1818
cyli
cyli Pex/Ga Pex/Ga Time Time 2020
Peak-t-Aveage
Peak-t-Aveage Pwe Pwe rati rati (PAPr) (PAPr) 2222
Sigle caie – Feqey divisi
Sigle caie – Feqey divisi
Mltiple
Mltiple Aess Aess (Sc-FdMA) (Sc-FdMA) 2424
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LTE TE PHY PHY Laye Laye Paametes Paametes 2828
L
LTE TE Sb-caie Sb-caie Spaig Spaig 2828
L
LTE TE Timig Timig a a Famig Famig 3030
Fame
Fame TType ype 2, 2, Tdd Tdd 3232
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The rese rese Blk Blk 3434
cmpais rese Blks, chael Size
cmpais rese Blks, chael Size
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a Samplig Samplig rate rate 3636
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LTE TE chaels chaels a a chael chael Mappig Mappig 3838
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LTE TE Lgial Lgial chaels chaels 4040
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LTE TE TTaspt aspt chaels chaels 4242
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InTroducTIon To oFdM/oFdMA
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chael
chael Bawith Bawith a a Faig Faig 66
Flat
Flat Faig Faig a a Feqey Feqey Seletive Seletive Faig Faig 66
deig
deig nawba nawba a a Wieba Wieba chaels chaels 88
cheee
cheee Bawith Bawith 1010
Mlti-caie
Mlti-caie Slti Slti 1122
oFdM
oFdM Basi Basi Piiples Piiples 1144
Sb
Sb caie caie othgaliothgality ty 1616
dpple
dpple Shit Shit i i rai rai chaels chaels 1818
cheee
cheee Time Time 1818
cyli
cyli Pex/Ga Pex/Ga Time Time 2020
Peak-t-Aveage
Peak-t-Aveage Pwe Pwe rati rati (PAPr) (PAPr) 2222
Sigle caie – Feqey divisi
Sigle caie – Feqey divisi
Mltiple
Mltiple Aess Aess (Sc-FdMA) (Sc-FdMA) 2424
L
LTE TE PHY PHY Laye Laye Paametes Paametes 2828
L
LTE TE Sb-caie Sb-caie Spaig Spaig 2828
L
LTE TE Timig Timig a a Famig Famig 3030
Fame
Fame TType ype 2, 2, Tdd Tdd 3232
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The rese rese Blk Blk 3434
cmpais rese Blks, chael Size
cmpais rese Blks, chael Size
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a Samplig Samplig rate rate 3636
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LTE TE chaels chaels a a chael chael Mappig Mappig 3838
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LTE TE Lgial Lgial chaels chaels 4040
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LTE TE TTaspt aspt chaels chaels 4242
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OFDM/OFDMA and LTE Concepts OFDM/OFDMA and LTE Concepts
chael
chael Mappig Mappig 4646
Mappig
Mappig chaels chaels t t the the rese rese Blk Blk 4848
chael
chael Mappig Mappig a a 10MHz 10MHz chael chael 5050
uplik
uplik Mappig Mappig Physial Physial chaels chaels 5252
uplik
uplik Mappig Mappig the the ctl ctl chael chael 5454
oveall
oveall Pite Pite uL uL Mappig Mappig 5656
Physial
Physial chaels chaels a a Mlati Mlati Shemes Shemes 5858
Syhisati
Syhisati a a reeee reeee Sigals Sigals 6060
Pimay
Pimay a a Seay Seay Syh Syh Seqees Seqees 6262
PSS
PSS a a SS SS i i the the Fame Fame Stte Stte 6464
reeee
reeee Sigals Sigals 6868
L
LTE TE reeee reeee Sigals Sigals 7070
dL
dL cell cell Spei Spei rS rS 7272
dL
dL uE uE Spei Spei rS rS 7744
uL
uL uE uE Spei Spei rS rS 7676
demlati
demlati reeee reeee Sigals Sigals (dM (dM rS) rS) 7676
Sig
Sig reeee reeee Sigals Sigals (SrS) (SrS) 7878
Mlati,
Mlati, chael chael cig cig a a Lik Lik Aaptati Aaptati 8080
chael
chael cig cig 8484
HArQ
HArQ (Hybi (Hybi Atmati Atmati reqest) reqest) 8686
reptig
reptig uE uE Feebak Feebak 8888
Pwe
Pwe ctl ctl i i LLTE TE 9090
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Reqremet o Moder Commcato sytem
reet xe a mbile baba statistis sggest that the ema ata is ieasig at a eve aeleatig ate. Sevies sh as Faebk, Ytbe a the Web 2.0 type appliatis have taitially bee aesse m xe baba etis, hweve with the isig pplaity the smat phe, these appliatis ae mvig switly i t the mbile mai. This pts pesse the peats mbile etwks t ese thee is siet apaity
the existig vie ta as well as all the ew mltimeia a sial etwkig appliatis. The ema high apaity makes the ai egiee lk t the ai hael t
aitial apaity. I eet yeas the bawith the hael has gw sigiatly m 200KHz GSM t 5MHz uMTS/HSPA a the mlati a ig shemes have gw steaily me mplex a eiet. Give the et bawith a mplexity systems like HSPA it wl be ilt t gai me apaity by simply ieasig the hael bawith witht makig the tehlgy phibitively mplex.
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Cael Badwdt ad Fadg
The ge ppsite illstates a typial ba evimet thgh whih ai sigals ppagate. The tasmissi the sigal m the se t the estiati is aie ve mltiple paths. The mai eas this is the existee the biligs, vehiles, a the bstales whih a
efet a satte the tasmitte sigal. The eeive sigal is a smmati all these sigals m ieet paths. It is appaet that ay eeive will be sbjet t mltiple, time shi te pies the same sigal.
Flat Fadg ad Freqecy selectve Fadg
Eah these paths expeiees a ieet dpple shit a egee atteati. The eqey espse is the epesetati i the eqey mai the spepsiti all these paths. With the mltipath seai, whee the tasmitte sigals take plae ve ieet paths, the sigals eeive m eah path will a p at the eeive ipt
The pwe the eeive sigal will vay as it is epeet p the elatiship betwee the phases eah eeive mpet; whethe the eslt is sttive esttive aiti the phase vales. This is geeally kw as aig
I the tasmitte hael is sietly aw the all the eqey mpets tasmitte i the hael will be atteate by the same amt, this is kw as fat aig
The piiple pblem with ieasig the bawith the hael t ammate highe apaity is that the hael bemes ieasigly likely t se m eqey seletive
aig. This is whee ly a pat the veall tasmitte spetm ses m the atteati e t mltipath aig.
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Defg narrowbad ad Wdebad Cael
Defg narrowbad ad Wdebad Cael
Whethe a hael is etemie t be wie aw ba epes the elative magite
Whethe a hael is etemie t be wie aw ba epes the elative magite
the symbl time a the elay spea haateisti the hael evimet. Tempal
the symbl time a the elay spea haateisti the hael evimet. Tempal
istti the sigal is a eet the mltipath evimet asig the same symbl t be
istti the sigal is a eet the mltipath evimet asig the same symbl t be
eeive mltiple times ve a pei time. The time ieees ae e t the ieig ppagati
eeive mltiple times ve a pei time. The time ieees ae e t the ieig ppagati
elays expeiee ieet paths.
elays expeiee ieet paths.
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A hael a be sai t be aw ba whe the symbl time (Ts) is sigiatly lage tha
A hael a be sai t be aw ba whe the symbl time (Ts) is sigiatly lage tha
ay elay spea peset
ay elay spea peset (T)(T)
naw ba – Ts > T
naw ba – Ts > T
Hweve i the elay spea is sigiatly lage tha the symbl time the the hael may
Hweve i the elay spea is sigiatly lage tha the symbl time the the hael may
be siee wieba.
be siee wieba.
Wieba – T > Ts
Wieba – T > Ts
Fllwig m the isssi abve, egaig fat a eqey seletive aig, it a
Fllwig m the isssi abve, egaig fat a eqey seletive aig, it a
be sai that a hael that is ee as wieba, it is me likely t se m eqey
be sai that a hael that is ee as wieba, it is me likely t se m eqey
seletive aig.
seletive aig.
csie w, that the symbl time is a
csie w, that the symbl time is a ti the hael bati the hael bawith.with.
Ts = 1/Bw
Ts = 1/Bw
Theee as the hael bawith ieases the symbl time will eease.
Theee as the hael bawith ieases the symbl time will eease.
e.g. e.g. Bw Bw = = 1MHz; 1MHz; Ts Ts = = 1S1S Bw = 1 Bw = 10M0MHz; Hz; Ts Ts = 0.= 0.1S1S
It is me pbable theee that high apaity, high bawith ai haels will expeiee
It is me pbable theee that high apaity, high bawith ai haels will expeiee
eqey seletive aig.
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RMs Delay sread
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Coerece Badwdt
Coerece Badwdt
cheee bawith is a statistial mease the age eqeies ve whih the hael
cheee bawith is a statistial mease the age eqeies ve whih the hael
a be siee “fat” (i.e., a hael whih passes all spetal mpets with appximately
a be siee “fat” (i.e., a hael whih passes all spetal mpets with appximately
eqal gai a liea phase). I the ws, heee bawith is the age eqeies
eqal gai a liea phase). I the ws, heee bawith is the age eqeies
ve whih tw eqey mpets have a stg ptetial amplite elati.
ve whih tw eqey mpets have a stg ptetial amplite elati.
cheee bawith is a ti the elay spea evimet a a be allate
cheee bawith is a ti the elay spea evimet a a be allate
sig the llwig expessi;
sig the llwig expessi;
1 1 B = B = 2 2πτπτmsms Whee;
Whee;ττmsms is the ms elay spea the hael.is the ms elay spea the hael.
The table belw shws typial elay speas vais evimets a thei heee
The table belw shws typial elay speas vais evimets a thei heee
bawith. Kwig the heee bawith typial eplymet evimets allws a
bawith. Kwig the heee bawith typial eplymet evimets allws a
estimati the pbability that eqey seletive aig will i the hael bawith
estimati the pbability that eqey seletive aig will i the hael bawith
the system is k the system is kww..
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H Hiilllly y aaeeaa 33--110 0 μμssee 5533KKHHzz--1166KKHHzz u ubbaa 11--33μμssee 116600KKHHzz--5533KKHHzz S Sbbbbaa << 11μμssee >>116600KKHHzz o oppee aaeeaa < < 22000 0 ssee > > 779955KKHHzz I Iss 1100--550 0 ssee 1166MMHHzz--33..22MMHHzzFg. 4 – Coerece Badwdt
Coherence bandwidth is a statistical measure o the range
o requencies over which the channel can be considered
“fat”
(i.e., a channel which passes all spectral components
with approximately equal gain and linear phase)
1
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Tycal rm Delay
Coerece Badwdt
Hilly aea 3-10 μse 53KHz-16KHz
uba 1-3 μse 160KHz-53KHz
Sbba < 1μse > 160KHz
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Mlt-Carrer solto
Give the pblems tlie abve the slti tay’s baba wieless systems is t tilise mlti-aie systems kw as oFdM (othgal Feqey divisi Mltiplexig) oFdMA (othgal Feqey divisi Mltiple Aess).
FDM (Freqecy Dvo Mltle Acce)
Mlti-aie systems split the high spee steam seial baseba ata i t lwe spee paallel steams. The lwe bit ate eah sb-aie eslts i a awe ai hael that is esistat t the eqey seletive ae.
OFDM (Ortogoal Freqecy Dvo Mltlexg)
Hweve, these mlti-aie systems ee t exhibit g spetal eiey, eah sb
aie mst be plae lse t its ajaet aie with t asig iteeee. The hael spaig is 1/Ts whee Ts is the symbl time imati mlate t the aie.
Spaig the haels i this mae eses that the ete eah aie esps with a ze ssig pit eah the eighbig sb-aies. This meas that the ete the sb-aies a be sample, ee m iteeee the ajaet sb-aies.
t1
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Tradtoally saced FDM Cael
Ortogoally saced FDM Cael
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OFDM Bac prcle
The blk iagam ppsite shws the basi piiple a oFdM tasmitte/eeive. The imig ata steam is st vete m seial ata t paallel ata, the mbe paallel ata steam will epe the bawith the veall hael a the mbe sb-aies available t ay the ata. Eah the paallel steams ata is the mlate t eah sb aie whih the eges a IFFT (Ivese Fast Fie Tasm) whih tasms the eqey mai sigal it a tme mai sigal. The mplex time mai sigal is the ae t pe a mpsite a mplex wavem.
I eeive the sigal mst be sample with siet eqey t ese all the mpsite eqey mpets ae apte. Whee thee ae me sb-aies the eeive sigal mst be sample me eqetly.
The tem FFT (Fast Fie Tasm) pits samples, ees t the mbe samples that mst take plae ig a sige FFT symbl, hee the lage mbe FFT pits highe bawith haels. The FFT symbl has a time eqivalet t the baseba symbl time bt is the mpsite all the mlate sb-aies. The apte a sample sigal is tasme t the eqey mai by applyig a FFT. This eetively sepaates the sb-aies s they may be emlate iepeetly.
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sb Carrer Ortogoalty
Give the vey tight spaig the sb-aies the oFdM hael it is vey imptat that the sb-aies emai thgal m eah the. distbaes i the time a eqey mai a ee the thgality the aies esltig i a iease i BEr a geeally pe pemae.
distti i the eqey mai a me m dpple shit e t uE mvemet m p syhisati the uE sb systems t the system lk. The latte pblem a be eslve by havig the enB baast syhisati sigals a egla basis, allwig the uE t ajst a maitai its syhisati with the enB. This a als ee the eet dpple shit, hweve the heee time the hael will pvie a iiati hw likely the eeive sigals will be aete by dpple shit.
Demodulated
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Demodulated
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Doler st Rado Cael
Feqey set is a imptat sieati, patilaly i oFdM systems. I mbile ai systems the velity the uE will ase a appaet set m the ete aie the ai hael, yielig pe pemae a highe BEr. I oFdM systems it will als ase ite sb-aie iteeee.
The llwig expessi may be se t etemie the eqey set e t dpple shit. = sθ.
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Whee;
is the eqey peati v is the velity the eeive is the spee light
Coerece Tme
A imptat pemae attibte whe sieig the systems sesitivity t eets eqey set is the heee time. The heee time is a ti the amt eqey set peset i the hael a is ee as;
The time ve whih a hael a be assme t be stat. T = 2
√
16π9. 2Theee a system that ses a symbl time whih is less tha the heee time will t be istte by the eets dpple shit.
e.g.
Fi the heee time a ai hael peatig at 2.6GHz a a mbile tavellig at 140kph. The agle aival is 0
140kph = 38 m/s = sθ. 2.6 x 109 . 3.8 3 x 108 = 329.33 Hz T = 2
√
16π9.329.332 = 1.28 x 10-3 sesFg. 8
Coerece Tme
The time over which a channel can be
assumed to be constant
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Cyclc prefx/Gard Tme
The mlti-path evimet thgh whih the ai sigals ae tasmitte eate tempal isttis i the ata aie by the ai hael. The ieig ppagati ati eah the mlti-path mpets eate ite-symbl iteeee (ISI). Ite-symbl iteeee i oFdM systems at be tleate sie it ees the thgality betwee the sb-aies a ieases the BEr a ees pemae the hael. All the imati
imptat t the FFT (Fast Fie Tasm) is taie withi the symbl time theee it is itial that thee is istti ig this pei.
Sie the ISI at be elimiate m the hael, the imati mst be ptete m its eet. The slti i oFdM systems is t exte the legth eah symbl by a at eqivalet t the likely elay spea i the hael. This extesi t the symbl is kw as the yli pex (cP) ga time.
The cP, whih appeas at the begiig eah symbl a is atally a py the last pat that symbl. The ilsi the ga pei elimiates the eets mlti-path ISI at the expese thgh pt, sie the cP aies atal imati a is isae at the eeive e the rF sigal has bee sesslly igitise.
Symbol = 66.7µS Tcp= 4.7µ S
Total T ransmi tted Symbo l = 71.3µS
A B C CP A CPB CPC A B CP A CPB CPC T d Compete Symbol FF T Sampling Ti me
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peak-to-Average power Rato (pApR)
oFdM es peset sme tehial halleges. The esltig mpsite wavem isplays lage vaiatis i amplite ase by the mbiati a mbe iivial sigals.
This is illstate i Fige 11. The eet is simila t that ase by the mltipath evimet – a esltat sigal ftatig i amplite as a eslt the mbiig s may sigals with isete phase a amplite ieees.
This esltat mpsite sigal has impliatis A t d vet a rF amplie esig. The yami age the amplie mst be able t pe with the smallest a lagest sigal
amplites – patilaly the lagest amplite as it this that l ase ve-ivig the amplie. ove ivig a amplie ases -liea behavi esltig i the geeati hamis a Itemlati Pts (IPs) whih will esie withi the wate spetm, bt will ase wate eets. The FFT pess will be egae as it attempts t eal with eqey mpets that shl t be thee, esltig i l st pakets.
Symbol time 4
Symbol time 3
Symbol time 2
Carrier 1
Carrier 2
Carrier 3
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sgle Carrer – Freqecy Dvo Mltle Acce (sC-FDMA)
3GPP has hse Sc-FdMA the plik. nt spisigly, pwe smpti is a key sieati uE temials. The high PAPr a elate lss eiey assiate with oFdMA ae maj es. As a eslt, a alteative t oFdM was sght se i the LTE plik.
Sc-FdMA is well site t the LTE plik eqiemets. The basi tasmitte a eeive ahitete is vey simila (ealy ietial) t oFdMA, a it es the same egee mltipath pteti. Mst imptat thgh is that the elyig wavem is essetially sigle-aie, a theee the PAPr is lwe.
The ge ppsite mpaes the oFdMA a Sc-FdMA sttes. F laity this example ses ly (M) sbaies ve tw symbl peis with the payla ata epesete by qaate phase shit keyig (QPSK) mlati.
data symbls i the time mai ae vete t the eqey mai sig a isete Fie tasm (dFT); the i the eqey mai they ae mappe t the esie lati i the veall hael bawith bee beig vete bak t the time mai sig a ivese FFT (IFFT). Fially, the cP is isete. Bease Sc-FdMA ses this tehiqe, it is smetimes alle isete Fie tasm spea oFdM (dFT-SoFdM).
The mst bvis ieee betwee the tw shemes is that oFdMA tasmits the QPSK ata symbls i paallel, e pe sbaie, while Sc-FdMA tasmits the QPSK ata
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data symbols
Sequence of QPSK data symbols to be transmitted
1,1
1,1
1,1
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-1,1
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1,-1
1,-1
-1,-1
-1,-1
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V VT i m e T i m e O F D M A s y m b o l O F D M A s y m b o l S C - F D M A s y m b o l S C F - D M A s y m b o l Frequency Frequency fc CP CP fc 15kHz 60kHz Constant subcarrier power during each SC-FDMA symbol period
OFDMA
Data symbols occupy 15kHz for one OFDMA symbol period
SC-FDMA
Data symbols occupy M*15kHz for 1/M SC-FDMA symbol periods
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Sc-FdMA sigal geeati begis with a speial pe-ig pess. The iagam ppsite shws the st steps, whih eate a time-mai wavem the QPSK ata sb-symbls. usig the l-e QPSK ata symbls m the pevis iagam, the pess
eates e Sc-FdMA symbl i the time mai by mptig the tajety tae by mvig m e QPSK ata symbl t the ext. This is e at M times the ate the Sc-FdMA
symbl sh that e Sc-FdMA symbl tais M setive QPSK ata symbls. oe a IQ epesetati e Sc-FdMA symbl has bee eate i the time mai, the ext step is t epeset that symbl i the eqey mai sig a dFT.
T mplete Sc-FdMA sigal geeati, the pess llws the same steps as oFdMA. Pemig a IdFT vets the eqey-shite sigal t the time mai a isetig the cP pvies the ametal bstess oFdMA agaist mltipath. The iagam ppsite shws the stages i mm with oFdM.
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M d a t a b i t s i n Time domain Map data to constellation Generate time domain waveformUnique to SC-FDMA Common with OFDMA
Perform M-point DFT (time to freq) Map symbols to subcarriers Perform N-point IFFT N > M Upconvert and transmit M d a t a b i t s o u t De-map constellation to data Generate constellation Perform M-point IDFT (time to freq) De-map subcarriers to symbols Perform N-point DFT N > M Receive and downconvert Frequency domain Time domain
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LTE phY Layer parameter
LTE is esige t meet may ieig eqiemets ilig ba, sbba, i a t evimets as well as pig with may ieet mbility itis m statiay t high spee mbility p t 500Kph. cell sizes may als vey m emt t lage al ma. The age spetm that LTE may be ptetially eply ass is als vey wie, 400MHz –
4GHz, the eplye system bawiths that may be sppt als ages m 1.4MHz t 20MHz. Give the eplymet fexibility LTE the age hael itis that it is expete t pem e is extemely wie a vaie. The itial paametes eqie t sppt this ivesity ae the sb-aie spaig a the yli pex.
LTE sb-Carrer sacg
The sb-aie spaig is 15KHz. csie the pevis isssis heee bawith a esiliee t dpple eets, seleti sb aie spaig 15KHz LTE ai
iteae is a mpmise base the expete peatial evimet a expete levels pemae.
Channel spacing = 1/Ts
Ts = 66.7µS
Fs = 1/66.7µS = 15KHz
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LTE Tmg ad Framg
The basi it time i LTE is Ts, this is ee as 1/(15000*2408) = 32.56S, whee 15000 is the bawith the sb-aie a 2048 is the maximm mbe FFTs sppte. Evey elemet time is sme mltiple this vale.
The ge ppsite shws the type 1 ame, Fame Stte 1 (FS1), this is the timig stte se the plik a wlik the Fdd (Feqey divisi dplex) haels. oe slt is a 0.5mS pei time whih tais 7 symbls 66.67 µS. 2 slts make p e 1mS Sb-Fame, the sb-ame is smetimes eee t as the tasmissi time iteval (TTI) patilaly by the highe layes. Thee a 10 sb-ames 20 slts i e 10mS ame. This stte is se i the time mai t map the physial haels. nte that the physial
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Frame Tye 2, TDD
The ge ppsite shws the ame stte se a Tdd (Time divisi dplex) hael. It has simila veall timig i.e. the veall ame legth is 10mS a 10 sb-ames 1mS eah. Hweve the stte the sb-ames is i eet.
I the FS2 the sb-ame allws bth a plik a wlik tasmissi/eepti pptity. These ae eee t as the dwPTS (dwlik Pilt Time Slt) a upPTS (uplik Pilt Time Slt),
these ae sepaate i the sb-ame by a ga pei (GP).
The ame has tw ieet swith pits i.e. the pit at whih a ee slt gati begis t epeat, these ae at 5mS a 10mS. I aiti thee ae 7 ieet ame
gatis. I ay these gatis sb-ame 0 a 6 ay wlik imati ly, a sb-ame aies plik ly. The table ppsite shws the ame gatis.
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Te Reorce Block
Mappig haels takes plae i the time a eqey mais i LTE. The pimay elemet that sppt the mappig pess is the rese Blk (rB). The rB has a xe size a is mm t all hael bawiths/FFT sizes.
I the time mai the rB is e slt ( 7 x 66.67µS symbls). I the eqey mai thee ae 12 x 15KHz sb-aies. 1 symbl a 1 sb-aie is kw as a ese elemet. Fm the ge ppsite it a bee see that the rB pies 12 x 15KHz = 180KHz ba with. I a 5MHz ai hael thee will be 300 rB pyig 4.5MHz spetm. The mbe FFTs eqie t pess this is 512, assmig sb-aie size 15KHz, 512 x 15KHz = 7.68MHz. 7.68MHz i the spae pie by 512 FFT pits a is t the tasmitte bawith, 7.68MHz is als the samplig eqey eqie t eve imati m the aie t ive the FFT (time mai t eqey mai) i the eeive.
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Comaro o Reorce Block, Cael sze ad samlg Rate
The table ppsite shws the mbe rB eqie hael bawiths sppte by LTE, it shl be te that the eiti hael bawith i this table ees t the mial hael size ee by the spetm eglatig by, it is t eessaily the tasmissi bawith. Sie eah rB tais 12 sb-aies the mbe pie sb-aies a be etemie, mltiplyig the mbe pie sb-aies by 15KHz will me aately esibe the tasmissi bawith the vais ptis.
The IdFT/dFT (Ivese diseet Fie Tasm) esibes the mbe FFT pits eqie t sesslly eve imati m the aie, it is always a vale 2 a etemies the mbe steps pesses eqie t stt/e-stt the mpsite oFdMA sigal. The samplig ate a samples pe slt ae etemie m the FFT mbe a the sb-aie
bawith. E.g. i the 5MHz hael the samplig ate 7.68MHz wl eslt i 3840 samples evey 1mS.
Fg. 17 – Table o Reorce Block sze ad Cael Badwdt
chael bawith (MHz) 1.4 3 5 10 15 20 nmbe ese blks (nrB) 6 15 25 50 75 100
nmbe pie sbaies 72 180 300 600 900 1200 IdFT(Tx)/dFT(rx) size 128 256 512 1024 1536 2048 Sample ate (MHz) 1.92 3.84 7.68 15.36 23.04 30.72 Samples pe sht 960 1920 3840 7680 11520 15360
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LTE Cael ad Cael Mag
Imati, bth sigallig a se, is tasmitte thgh the ptl stak a ve ai sig haels. Thee ae 3 basi types hael ee, Lgial, Taspt a Physial haels. Eah hael is ee by a set tis attibtes whih etemies the halig the ata ve the ai iteae.
Logcal Cael
Lgial chaels exist betwee the PdcP laye a MAc, they ae piipally ee by the type imati that they ay. Thee ae lgial haels that ay tl ata, a lgial haels that ay se ta.
Traort Cael
Taspt chaels exist betwee the MAc laye a the Physial Laye a ae ee the mae i whih the ata will be tasee, i.e. the type hael ig, whethe the ata is ptete m es, size ata pakets, et. The attibtes ata tase applie t the ata i the taspt hael is thewise kw as the taspt mat.
pycal Cael
Physial chaels ae the atal implemetati the taspt haels i the physial laye. The ly exist i the physial laye a epe the physial laye haateistis, i.e. hael
Traffic
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Logical channels
Defined by Type of information
i.e. traffic, control,
e.g. BCCH, PCCH,
CCCH, MCCH, DCCH
Transport channels
Defined by Transport attribute
i.e. channel coding,
CRC, interleaving,
size of radio data packets,
e.g. BCH, PCH, DL-SCH, MCH
Physical channels
Defined by actual physical layer
characteristics, bandwidth,
FFT size, e.g. PDSCH,
PDCCH, PMCH, PBCH…
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LTE Logcal Cael
Thee ae tw types lgial hael, tl haels a ta haels, they ae esibe belw.
Cotrol Cael
ctl haels ae se tase tl plae imati ly. The tl haels ee by MAc ae:
Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH)
A wlik hael baastig system tl imati. Imati baast this hael is shae by all the ses i the ell, the imati baast elates t the opeat ietity, ell gati, aess imati et
Paging Control Channel (PCCH)
A wlik hael that tases pagig imati. This hael is se whe the etwk es t kw the lati ell the uE.
Common Control Channel (CCCH)
chael tasmittig tl imati betwee uEs a etwk. This hael is se uEs havig rrc eti with the etwk. It wl be se ig the ealiest phases mmiati establishmet.
Multicast Control Channel (MCCH)
A pit-t-mltipit wlik hael se tasmittig MBMS tl imati m the etwk t the uE, e seveal MTcHs. This hael is ly se by uEs that eeive MBMS.
Dedicated Control Channel (DCCH)
A pit-t-pit bi-ietial hael that tasmits eiate tl imati betwee a uE a the etwk. uEs havig a rrc eti will exhage rrc a nAS sigallig, it shl be te that appliati level sigallig (SIP messages m the IMS) is t hale by the dccH.
Trafc Cael
Ta haels ae se the tase se plae imati ly. The ta haels ee by MAc ae:
Dedicated Trafc Channel (DTCH)
A deiate Ta chael (dTcH) is a pit-t-pit hael, eiate t e uE, the tase se imati. The dTcH will als ay sigallig m the appliati layes, this may be SIP a rTSP sigallig i the EPc sppts IMS (IP Mltimeia Sbsystem) Multicast Trafc Channel (MTCH)
A pit-t-mltipit wlik hael tasmittig ta ata m the etwk t the uE. This hael is ly se by uEs that eeive MBMS.
LTE Logical Channels
LTE Logical Channels
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Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH)
Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH)
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Paging Control Channel (PCCH)
Paging Control Channel (PCCH)
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• Paging Messages, UE LocationPaging Messages, UE Location
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not known
Common Control Channel (CCCH)
Common Control Channel (CCCH)
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• Early communication, no RRCEarly communication, no RRC
connection
connection
Multicast Control Channel (MCCH)
Multicast Control Channel (MCCH)
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• Multicast control signallingMulticast control signalling
Dedicated Control Channel (DCCH)
Dedicated Control Channel (DCCH)
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• Bi-Directional signalling, RRCBi-Directional signalling, RRC
connection, RRC and NAS Signalling
connection, RRC and NAS Signalling
Dedicated Traffic Channel (DTCH)
Dedicated Traffic Channel (DTCH)
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• Point-Point bi-directional channel,Point-Point bi-directional channel,
User data and application level
User data and application level
signalling (SIP)
signalling (SIP)
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Multicast Traffic Channel fic Channel (MTCH)(MTCH)
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data transfer for the MMBS service
data transfer for the MMBS service
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LTE Traort Cael
LTE Traort Cael
Taspt haels ae lassie i t plik a wlik haels a ae esibe belw.
Taspt haels ae lassie i t plik a wlik haels a ae esibe belw.
Broadcat Cael (BCh)
Broadcat Cael (BCh)
The BcH has a xe a pe-ee taspt mat lagely ee by the eqiemet t
The BcH has a xe a pe-ee taspt mat lagely ee by the eqiemet t
be baast i the etie veage aea the ell sie the imati aie by this hael
be baast i the etie veage aea the ell sie the imati aie by this hael
tais system imati.
tais system imati.
Dowlk sared Cael (
Dowlk sared Cael (DL-sChDL-sCh))
This hael will ay wlik sigallig a ta a may have t be baast i the
This hael will ay wlik sigallig a ta a may have t be baast i the
etie ell, give the ate the ata i this hael it will als sppt bth yami
etie ell, give the ate the ata i this hael it will als sppt bth yami
a semi-stati ese allati with the pti t sppt uE istis eepti
a semi-stati ese allati with the pti t sppt uE istis eepti
(drX) t eable uE pwe savig, E tl is sppte i this hael by meas
(drX) t eable uE pwe savig, E tl is sppte i this hael by meas
HArQ a yami lik aaptati by vayig the mlati, ig a tasmit pwe.
HArQ a yami lik aaptati by vayig the mlati, ig a tasmit pwe.
Spetal eiey a als be iease e t the pssibility sig beammig atea
Spetal eiey a als be iease e t the pssibility sig beammig atea
tehiqes. The hael als sppts MBMS tasmissis.
tehiqes. The hael als sppts MBMS tasmissis.
pagg Cael (pCh)
pagg Cael (pCh)
This hael is assiate with the PccH a will ay pagig message t uEs t etly
This hael is assiate with the PccH a will ay pagig message t uEs t etly
ete t the etwk. The PcH sppts istis eepti (drX) t eable uE
ete t the etwk. The PcH sppts istis eepti (drX) t eable uE
pwe savig whee the sleep yle is iiate by the etwk t the uE. The PcH may als
pwe savig whee the sleep yle is iiate by the etwk t the uE. The PcH may als
have t be baast i the etie veage aea the ell. The PcH is als mappe t
have t be baast i the etie veage aea the ell. The PcH is als mappe t
physial eses whih a be se yamially als ta/the tl haels.
physial eses whih a be se yamially als ta/the tl haels.
Mltcat Cael (MCh)
Mltcat Cael (MCh)
The hael is assiate with the mltiast sevies m the ppe layes a as sh thee
The hael is assiate with the mltiast sevies m the ppe layes a as sh thee
is a eqiemet t baast bth tl a se ata ve the etie veage aea the
is a eqiemet t baast bth tl a se ata ve the etie veage aea the
ell. It als sppt the Sigle Feqey netwk as semi-stati ese allati
ell. It als sppt the Sigle Feqey netwk as semi-stati ese allati
ulk sared Cael
ulk sared Cael (uL-sCh)(uL-sCh)
The uL_ScH aies mm a eiate sigallig as well as eiate ta imati.
The uL_ScH aies mm a eiate sigallig as well as eiate ta imati.
It sppts
It sppts the same the same eates as the eates as the dLdL-ScH.-ScH.
Radom Acce Cael (RACh)
Radom Acce Cael (RACh)
The rAcH is a vey spei taspt hael, it aies limite tl imati ig the
The rAcH is a vey spei taspt hael, it aies limite tl imati ig the
vey ealiest stages eti establishmet. This a mm plik hael theee thee
vey ealiest stages eti establishmet. This a mm plik hael theee thee
is the isk llisis ig uE tasmissi.
LTE Transport Channels
LTE Transport Channels
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Broadcast Channel (BCH)
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of the cell.
of the cell.
Downlink Shared Channel (DL-SCH)
Downlink Shared Channel (DL-SCH)
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the modulation, coding and transmit
the modulation, coding and transmit
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power;
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• broadcast in the entire cell;broadcast in the entire cell;
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• dynamic and semi-static resourcedynamic and semi-static resource
allocation;
allocation;
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enable UE power saving;
enable UE power saving;
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Paging Channel (PCH)
Paging Channel (PCH)
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• UE discontinuous reception (DRX) toUE discontinuous reception (DRX) to
enable UE power saving
enable UE power saving
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• broadcast in the entire coverage areabroadcast in the entire coverage area
of the cell;
of the cell;
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can be used dynamically also for
can be used dynamically also for
trafc/other control channels.
trafc/other control channels.
Multicast Channel (MCH)
Multicast Channel (MCH)
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• broadcast in the entire coverage areabroadcast in the entire coverage area
of the cell;
of the cell;
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transmission on multiple cells;
transmission on multiple cells;
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allocation e.g. with a time frame of a
allocation e.g. with a time frame of a
long cyclic
long cyclic
Uplink Shared Channel (UL-SCH)
Uplink Shared Channel (UL-SCH)
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the transmit power and potentially
the transmit power and potentially
modulation and coding;
modulation and coding;
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allocation.
Random Access Channel (RACH)
Random Access Channel (RACH)
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