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Contents
Key LTE PHY Technologies LTE PHY Structure Overview Downlink Physical Channels and Signals Uplink Physical Channels and Signals
Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
MIMO
64QAM
LTE
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
SystemBandwidth Sub-carriers
OFDMA
SC-FDMA
Sub-fram e
F requency
Frequency
Time frequency resource for User 1 Time frequency resource for User 2
Tim e
Tim e
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OFDM Theory
OFDM Sub-Carriers
Frequency
OFDM leverages the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) to synthesize and recover the signal
Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT/IFFT) algorithm reduces computational complexity
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Serial to Parallel
.. ..
IFFT
Parallel to Serial
s(t)
OFDM signal out
.. ..
Constellation Mapping
.. ..
s[n]
bit-stream out
Parallel to Serial
.. ..
FFT
Serial to Parallel
s(t)
OFDM signal in
.. ..
Symbol Detection
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max
ISI-free symbol start region
CP adds overhead but provides inter-symbol interference (ISI) mitigation LTE defines normal CP of 4.7s and extended CP of 16.7s
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Symbol period is roughly 1/(channel spacing) for single-carrier systems, 1/(subcarrier spacing) for OFDM LTE: Long OFDM symbol periods and CP mitigate ISI without equalization UMTS: Short symbol periods relative to delay spread requires channel equalization (i.e. rake receiver) to mitigate ISI Rake receiver adds cost/complexity
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OFDM Advantages
Low-complexity UE receiver design
Efficient IFFT/FFT processing Traditional equalizer not needed
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OFDM Limitations
Peak Power Problem The OFDM signal has a large peak to average power ratio (PAPR) Higher power amplifiers are needed leading to increased cost and linearization requirements and decreased power efficiency Low noise receiver amplifiers need larger dynamic range Inter-Carrier-Interference (ICI) Due to narrow subcarrier spacing, frequency offsets, phase noise, and Doppler spread destroy orthogonality and create ICI OFDM design parameters trade off robustness to fading (delay spread) and Doppler (velocity) Capacity and Power Loss Due to Cyclic Prefix Cyclic prefix consumes bandwidth and transmit power
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TTI 1m s Sub-frames
Frequ en cy
Tim e frequency resource for U ser 1 Tim e frequency resource for U ser 2 Tim e frequency resource for U ser 3
T im e
Users are multiplexed onto time and frequency OFDM resources Frequency-diverse scheduling helps maximize spectral efficiency from a system perspective
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SC-FDMA
m bits 1
Bit to x(0,n) Constellation Mapping Bit to x(1,n) Constellation Mapping
fo
f1
m bits 2
Incoming Bit Stream Serial to Parallel Converter
m bits M
fM 1
Additional step
Channel BW
Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) is a form of DFT Spread-OFDM with adjacent subcarrier mapping
An additional DFT spreads information across all subcarriers Contiguous subcarrier allocation for IFFT results in single-carrier signal
Advantage: The single-carrier signal has generally lower peak-toaverage power ratio (PAPR) which allows use of lower cost UE power amplifier (PA) and reduces UE power consumption Disadvantage: Single-carrier modulation results in ISI and requires equalization
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Frequency
Time frequency resource for User 1 Time frequency resource for User 2
Time
SC-FDMA is used for uplink in LTE As with OFDMA DL, Users are multiplexed onto time and frequency OFDM resources Frequency-diverse scheduling helps maximize spectral efficiency from a system perspective
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Flexible Scheduler
Different users experience different fading in time-frequency domain OFDMA and SC-FDMA in LTE support flexible DL/UL scheduling to achieve frequency-selective scheduling gain User 1 User 2
Optimal allocation
SINR
Time
Frequency
MIMO
MIMO adds spatial dimension to the wireless PHY interface Beamforming (BF) and Transmit Diversity (TD)
Single-stream: improves SINR Mainly for improving coverage through the parallel transmission of differently weighted (BF) or coded (TD) versions of a single stream
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Bandwidth-limited (best to use spatial-multiplexing) Throughput SINR-limited (best to use beamforming or transmit diversity)
C = B log 2 (1 + S / N )
SINR
Low SINR: increasing SINR via BF or TD provides improved range and/or throughput gain at the cell edge High SINR: throughput saturates so SM provides best throughput gain despite lower SINR per stream
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Channel rank dictates the number of simultaneous streams that the channel can support
Rank-1 transmission via BF or TD improves coverage Spatial Multiplexing (rank > 1) increases peak rate
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DL MIMO
Rank = 1
S F B C
codeword codeword
Mod
Mod
Pre-coder
SU
Layer 1, CW1
codeword
UE
Mod
codeword
Mod
Layer 2, CW2
Layer 2, CW2
MU
UE (3) Precoding matrix indication (PMI), rank indication (RI)
UE Feedback
UL MIMO
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In-Band Relay
CoMP
Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission and Reception
Relay
LTE-A
CA
f
Carrier Aggregation
B and 1
LT E C a rrier 1 LT E C a rrier 2 LT E C a rrier 3
Enhanced MIMO
Base Band
C o m b in e d LT E C ar r ie r 1 a n d LT E C a rr ier 2
LT E -A C a rrier
LT E C a rrier 3
f
Improved MU-MIMO
B and 1 B and 2
LT E C a rrier 2
f
UL SM-MIMO
B and 1
O p e r a to r 1 LT E C a r r ie r 1 O p e r a to r 2 LT E C a r r ie r 2 O p e ra t o r 1 LT E C a r rie r 3
f
LT E C a r r ie r 1
C o m b in e d LT E C a r rier 1 a n d LT E C a r rier 3
LT E C a r r i e r 1 i n b a n d 1 C o m b i n e d w i t h L T E c a r r i e r 2 i n b a n d 2
O p e r a to r 1 LT E -A C a r r ie r
O p e r a to r 2 LT E C a r r ie r 2
O p e r a to r 1 LT E - A C a r r ie r
f
LT E -A C a rrier
LT E - A C a rrier
f
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LTE-A Benefits
CoMP
DL: Controlled/canceled interference better signal quality UL: Higher order diversity and aperture gain (soft combining)
Relay
Improved coverage and data rates, especially at edge
Carrier Aggregation
Higher throughput and peak data rates Asymmetric UL/DL Better utilization of discontinuous or multi-band spectrum resources
Enhanced MIMO
Up to 8x8 MIMO for higher throughput and enhanced coverage Improved DL MU-MIMO performance by addressing R8 limitations UL SM-MIMO for higher UL data rates
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OFDMA DL
Low-complexity UE receiver design with robust fading channel performance, especially with MIMO Flexible MCS adjustment and UE allocation across time and frequency (sub-carriers) enhances spectral efficiency
SC-FDMA UL
Similar benefits as OFDMA but lower PAPR allows lower cost UE power amplifier and reduces UE power consumption Some additional receiver complexity required at eNB
MIMO
Spatial multiplexing at high SINR increases capacity Transmit diversity or beamforming at low SINR enhances range
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f = k / Tu
N
B = N f
...
frequency
Ttotal
f
N time
...
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Frame Structure
One radio frame, Tf = 307200Ts=10 ms One slot, Tslot = 15360Ts = 0.5 ms #0 #1 #2 #3 #18 #19
One subframe
Tsubframe = 2 Tslot = 1 ms
One subframe (1 ms) is an LTE transmission time interval (TTI)
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Resource Grid
One downlink slot, Tslot
frequency
subcarriers
RB Nsc subcarriers
Resource element
DL RB NRB Nsc
time
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DL symb
UL symb
f = 15 kHz f = 15 kHz
MBSFNdedicated cell
12
7 6
7 6 -
f = 7.5 kHz
24
A physical resource block is defined as N symb consecutive RB OFDM symbols in the time domain and N sc consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain Multi-Media Broadcast over a Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) combines 7.5kHz subchannel spacing with double length symbol time and CP to handle greater delay spread (DL only)
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LTE Numerology
Transmission BW (MHz) Number of Resource Blocks Number of Subcarriers FFT Size
1.4 6 72 128
3 15 180 256
5 25 300 512
10 50 600 1024
15 75 900 1536
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Resource allocation
RB is the minimum resource allocation Typically 7 symbols (in time) x 12 subcarriers (in frequency)
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BCH indicates:
Basic L1/L2 system parameters Downlink system bandwidth Reference-signal transmit power Multi-media Broadcast over a Single Frequency Network (MBSFN)-related parameters Number of transmit antennas HARQ resource allocation
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BCH
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DL Reference Signals
Downlink reference signals are used for estimation of channel gain (for symbol demodulation) and channel quality (for channel quality feedback to eNB) Ports 0-3:
Cell-specific reference signals Associated with non-MBSFN (i.e. unicast) transmission Support for one, two, or four antenna port configuration
Port 4: MBSFN reference signals Port 5: UE-specific reference signals used for beamforming
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R0
R0
l =0
l =6 l=0
l=6
Example RS mapping for normal CP Other antenna ports silent during RS transmission Reduced RS density on ports 2 and 3
Resource element (k,l)
R1
l=6 l=0
l=6
R0
R0
R0
R0
R1
R1
Not used for transmission on this antenna port Reference symbols on this antenna port
R0
R0
R1
R1
R0
l =0
R0
l =6 l =0 l =6 l=0
R1
l =6 l =0
R1
l=6
l=6 l=0
l=6
l=0
l=6 l=0
l=6
R0
R0
R1
R1
R0
R0
R1
R1
R2
R3
R0
R0
R1
R1
R2
R3
R0
R0
R1
R1
R2
R3
l=0
l=6 l =0
l =6
l =0
l =6 l=0
l=6
l=0
l=6 l =0
l =6
l =0
l =6 l=0
l=6
l=0
l=6
l=0
l=6
l=0
l=6
l=0
l=6
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Cell 0
Cell 1
Cell 5
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DL Control Signaling
freq time Control Region OFDM symbols
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Control region is 1-4 OFDM symbols at the beginning of each subframe PCFICH Physical Control Format Indicator Channel
# of OFDM symbols of control region
Data Region
t1
t2 t3
t1
t2
t1 t4
t2
- Data Data symbols - REG for CCE1 mini-CE for CCE1 - REG for CCE2 mini-CE for CCE2
t1
t2 t3
t1
RB Boundary
t1 t3
t2
t1 t4
PDCCH
t2 t4
t1
t2 t3
t1
- REG for CCE4 mini-CE for CCE4 - Unassigned REG Unassigned mini-CE t1 - Port 1 RS RS for TX antenna 1 RS for TX antenna 2 t2 - Port 2 RS
t1 t3
t2
t1 t4
t2
. . .
t2 t4 t1 t2 t3 t1
. . .
1 2 3 4
t1 t3 RB6 t2 t4
t2
t1 t4
t2
5 6 7
12 RB = 12 1 subcarriers
sub-carriers
t1
t2 t3
t1
8 9 10
t1 t3
t2
t1 t4
t2
11 12
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2
3
10
11
12
13
14
15
frequency
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BCH
Basic L1/L2 system parameters such as: system bandwidth, referencesignal transmit power, and number of transmit antennas
RS
Ports 0-3: Cell-specific, support MIMO, unique time/frequency location per antenna port Ports 4 and 5: MBSFN and UE-specific for beamforming
Control Signaling
Control region in first 1-4 OFDM symbols per subframe Carries ACK/NACK, UL/DL data/paging scheduling, UL power control PDCCH variable aggregation based on UE SINR operating point
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Contents
Key LTE PHY Technologies LTE PHY Structure Overview Downlink Physical Channels and Signals Uplink Physical Channels and Signals
Reference signals
Demodulation Reference Signal (DM RS) Sounding Reference Signal (SRS)
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UL Reference Signals
1 ms subframe RB 1 RB 2
UE1 allocation
UE1 DM RS
UE2 DM RS
UE2 allocation
RB N 0.5 ms slot
Demodulation (DM) RS used for estimation of UL channel gain and channel quality from active UEs DM RS are transmitted with data in the 4th and 11th SCFDMA symbols of the subframe DM RS are code division multiplexed (CDM) to support MUMIMO and inter-sector interference HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
UE3 DM RS
UE3 allocation
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Other signaling:
HARQ acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) from higher layers Scheduling request indication (SRI) from higher layers
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0.5ms slot
RS
RS
0.5ms slot
Control signaling uses reserved frequency regions at edges of BW A control channel resource is defined as N=12 subcarriers (an RB) in two consecutive 0.5ms slots located at opposite ends of the BW for frequency diversity Control signaling is CDM with multiple users sharing the resources via orthogonal spreading codes PUCCH can cause and suffer from adjacent channel interference issues
Especially in 700MHz band (shared with DTV, public safety, and MediaFLO) One solution is over-provisioning to push PUCCH allocation towards inner subcarriers, but this hurts capacity
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Multi-antenna blocks
Modulation of scrambled bits to modulated symbols (e.g. QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM) Multi-antenna blocks
Mapping of modulated symbols to one or more transmission layers Precoding of symbols on each layer onto antenna ports
Mapping of symbols on each port to resource elements Generation of time domain OFDM signal on each antenna port
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Similar structure as for DL OFDM signal synthesis Additional DFT process creates single-carrier property
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N PRB
1 16 24 32 40 56 72 328 104 120 136 144 176 208 224 256 280 328 336 376 408 440 488 520 552 584 616 712 2 32 56 72 104 120 144 176 224 256 296 328 376 440 488 552 600 632 696 776 840 904 1000 1064 1128 1192 1256 1480 3 56 88 144 176 208 224 256 328 392 456 504 584 680 744 840 904 968 1064 1160 1288 1384 1480 1608 1736 1800 1864 2216 4 88 144 176 208 256 328 392 472 536 616 680 776 904 1000 1128 1224 1288 1416 1544 1736 1864 1992 2152 2280 2408 2536 2984 5 120 176 208 256 328 424 504 584 680 776 872 1000 1128 1256 1416 1544 1608 1800 1992 2152 2344 2472 2664 2856 2984 3112 3752
(# of RB pairs)
7 176 224 296 392 488 600 712 840 968 1096 1224 1384 1608 1800 1992 2152 2280 2536 2792 2984 3240 3496 3752 4008 4264 4392 5160 8 208 256 328 440 552 680 808 968 1096 1256 1384 1608 1800 2024 2280 2472 2600 2856 3112 3496 3752 4008 4264 4584 4968 5160 5992 9 224 328 376 504 632 776 936 1096 1256 1416 1544 1800 2024 2280 2600 2728 2984 3240 3624 3880 4136 4584 4776 5160 5544 5736 6712 10 256 344 424 568 696 872 1032 1224 1384 1544 1736 2024 2280 2536 2856 3112 3240 3624 4008 4264 4584 4968 5352 5736 5992 6200 7480
QPSK
16QAM
64QAM
6 152 208 256 328 408 504 600 712 808 936 1032 1192 1352 1544 1736 1800 1928 2152 2344 2600 2792 2984 3240 3496 3624 3752 4392
This is done by continuously correlating three local primary synchronization sequences with the received signal Symbol synchronization is obtained by detecting a time-domain correlation peak, and the sequence corresponding to the correlation peak indicates one of three IDs within a cell ID group
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The UE correlates the received S-SCH signal with each of the secondary candidate sequences based on the symbol synchronization acquired in the first step to determine the cell ID group During the detection of secondary synchronization channel, the CP length may also be obtained by blind detection
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PHICH
ACK/NACK in response to uplink transmission
PDCCH
Scheduling grant for uplink data transmission Scheduling information for downlink data transmission Scheduling information for paging message transmission Scheduling information for RACH response transmission in UL UL power control signaling Each PDCCH is made up of 1, 2, 4, or 8 control channel elements (CCEs)
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R4 R4 R4
R5 R5
R5 R5 R5 R5 R5
R5
R5
R4
R4 R4
R5 R5
l =6 l =0 l =6
R4
R4 R4
R5
l =5
l=0
l=0
l =5l = 0
UE-Specific RS
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