3GPP LTE Physical Layer (3 DAY COURSE)

SYLLABUS MIMO Background

Spectral efficiency and capacity
steepest ascent
Introduction to 3GPP Long Term Evolution
Transmit and receive diversity
3GPP evolution from R5 to R10
The Alamouti Scheme
Requirements
Delay Diversity and Cyclic Delay Diversity
Spectrum flexibility
Beamforming
General characteristics
Spatial multiplexing
Multi-user scheduling
Singular Value Decomposition
Resource allocation
Equalising and predistortion in MIMO systems
Frequency reuse planning
Precoding and combining in MIMO systems
OFDM Theory Review Codebooks for MIMO
Motivation for multi-carrier vs single-carrier MIMO in LTE
Introduction to OFDM
Codewords to layers mapping
The structure of an OFDM signal
Precoding for spatial multiplexing
Generation of OFDM symbols using the IFFT
Precoding for transmit diversity
Cyclic prefix (guard interval)
Beamforming in LTE
Windowing to reduce out of band emissions
Cyclic delay diversity based precoding
Oversampling and upconversion
Precoding codebooks
Peak-to-average power ratio (PAR)
Techniques for reducing PAR LTE Uplink Physical Layer Modulation

LTE Frames, Slots and Resources Uplink physical channel processing chain
Scrambling and modulation
LTE Generic Frame Structure
SC-FDMA review
Downlink and uplink slot formats
Single carrier FDMA symbol construction
Resource elements and resource blocks
Uplink Reference signals: DRS and SRS
Physical channels and signals
Uplink physical channels:
LTE Multiplexing and Channel Coding PUSCH, PUCCH, PRACH
Control information: CQI, RI, PMI, HI and SR
Transport channels and control information:
DL-SCH, PCH, BCH, DCI, CFI, HI, UL-SCH and UCI Control signalling on PUSCH and PUCCH
Mapping of transport channels to physical channels PUCCH formats
CRC coding Uplink physical channels physical signals
CRC masking of DCI messages Procedures
BCH coding
Cell search
Code block segmentation
Cell identities in cell search
Convolutional and turbo coding
Symbol synchronisation
Rate matching, bit selection and pruning
Frame and cell synchronisation
Transport channels and ontrol information
System information acquisition: MIBs and SIBs
processing chains
Timing synchronisation procedures
HARQ: incremental redundancy, stop and wait
Uplink power control
LTE Downlink Physical Layer Modulation
Release 9
Downlink physical channel processing chain
Release 9 features
Codewords and layers
MBMS support
Scrambling and modulation
Home eNodeB
Downlink multiantenna processing
Positioning support
Transmission schemes
Transmission schemes
Diversity, spatial multiplexing and beamforming
Synchronisation signals: PSS and SSS LTE Advanced
Reference signals: cell and UE specific, MBSFN IMT Advanced Technologies
Downlink physical channels: LTE Release 10 features
PBCH, PCFICH, PDSCH and PDCCH
Carrier aggregation
The control region
Spatial multiplexing
REGs and CCEs, PDCCH search spaces
Uplink multiantenna transmission
Resource grid mapping
Downlink multipoint transmission

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