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ETSI 3GPP LTE and SAE Joint 4.1 Francois.courau@alcatel.fr

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3GPP Long Term Evolution and System Architecture Evolution (LTE and SAE)
Francois Courau

3GPP LTE and SAE

LTE focus is on:
enhancement of the Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) optimisation of the UTRAN architecture

With HSPA (downlink and uplink), UTRA will remain highly competitive for several years LTE project aims to ensure the continued competitiveness of the 3GPP technologies for the future

3GPP LTE and SAE

SAE focus is on:
enhancement of Packet Switched technology to cope with rapid growth in IP traffic
higher data rates lower latency packet optimised system

through
fully IP network simplified network architecture distributed control

3GPP LTE and SAE

Reminder of LTE objectives
Demand for higher data rates Expectations of additional 3G spectrum allocations Greater flexibility in frequency allocations Continued cost reduction Keeping up with other (including unlicensed) technologies (eg WiMAX) Growing experience with the take-up of 3G is helping to clarify the likely requirements of users, operators and service providers in the longer term

3GPP LTE and SAE

Goal of LTE
Significantly increased peak data rates, scaled linearly according to spectrum allocation

Targets:
Instantaneous downlink peak data rate of 100Mbit/s in a 20MHz downlink spectrum (i.e. 5 bit/s/Hz) Instantaneous uplink peak data rate of 50Mbit/s in a 20MHz uplink spectrum (i.e. 2.5 bit/s/Hz)

3GPP LTE and SAE

Latency issue
Control-plane
Significant reductions in transition times from idle or dormant states to active state
Less than 50msec Active (Cell_DCH) Dormant (Cell_PCH)

Less than 100msec Camped-state (idle)

User-plane
Radio access network latency below less than 5 ms in unloaded condition (ie single user with single data stream) for small IP packet

Latency also being addressed in SAE

3GPP LTE and SAE

Status of the work for LTE
Downlink Parameter for OFDM
1.25 MHz Transmission BW Sub-frame duration Sub-carrier spacing Sampling frequency FFT size Number of occupied sub-carriers, Number of OFDM symbols per sub frame (Short/Long CP) CP length
(s/samples) (1/2 3.84 MHz)

2.5 MHz

5 MHz

10 MHz

15 MHz

20 MHz

0.5 ms 15 kHz 1.92 MHz 128 76 3.84 MHz 256 151

(2 3.84 MHz)

7.68 MHz 512 301

(4 3.84 MHz)

15.36 MHz 1024 601

(6 3.84 MHz)

23.04 MHz 1536 901

(8 3.84 MHz)

30.72 MHz 2048 1201

7/6

Short

(4.69/9) 6, (5.21/10) 1* (16.67/32)

(4.69/18) 6, (5.21/20) 1 (16.67/64)

(4.69/36) 6, (5.21/40) 1 (16.67/128)

(4.69/72) 6, (5.21/80) 1 (16.67/256)

(4.69/108) 6, (5.21/120) 1 (16.67/384)

(4.69/144) 6, (5.21/160) 1 (16.67/512)

Long

3GPP LTE and SAE

Uplink Parameters (Variant including TD SCDMA framing also supported)
Transmission BW Timeslot duration Sub-carrier spacing Sampling frequency 1.92 MHz
(1/2 3.84 MHz)

1.25 MHz

2.5 MHz

5 MHz

10 MHz

15 MHz

20 MHz

0.675 ms 15 kHz 3.84 MHz

(2 3.84 MHz)

7.68 MHz

(4 3.84 MHz) (6 3.84 MHz) (8 3.84 MHz)

15.36 MHz

23.04 MHz

30.72 MHz

FFT size Number of occupied sub-carriers, Number of OFDM symbols per Timeslot (Short/Long CP) CP length (s/samples) Short Long Timeslot Interval (samples) Short Long

128 76

256 151

512 301 9/8

1024 601

1536 901

2048 1201

7.29/14 16.67/32 18 16

7.29/28 16.67/64 36 32

7.29/56 16.67/128 72 64

7.29/112 16.67/256 144 128

7.29/168 16.67/384 216 192

7.29/224 16.67/512 288 256

3GPP LTE and SAE

Further agreement on LTE
Currently no more macro-diversity
No soft handover required

Security
Control Plane
Ciphering and Integrity provided by eNode B (BTS) RLC and MAC provided directly in the eNode B

User plane
Ciphering and integrity in the eAccessGateway functionality

3GPP LTE and SAE

SAE
Looking at the implications for the overall architecture resulting from: 3GPPs (Radio Access Network) LTE work 3GPP All-IP Network specification (TS22.978) the need to support mobility between heterogeneous access networks

3GPP LTE and SAE

SAE
Achieving mobility within the Evolved Access System Implications of using the evolved access system on existing and new frequency bands Adding support for non-3GPP access systems Inter-system Mobility with the Evolved Access System Roaming issues, including identifying the roaming interfaces Inter-access-system mobility Policy Control & Charging How does User Equipment discover Access Systems and corresponding radio cells? Implications of various solutions on User Equipment, e.g. on battery life Implications for seamless coverage with diverse Access Systems Migration scenarios

3GPP LTE and SAE Architecture (work in progress)

GERAN

Gb Iu

SGSN

GPRS Core

PCRF
S7 Rx+

UTRAN
S3 S5a S4

HSS
S5b
3GPP Anchor
IASA

S6
SAE Anchor

Evolved RAN

S1

MME UPE

SGi

Evolved Packet Core

Op. IP Serv. (IMS, PSS, etc)

S2

S2

non 3GPP IP Access

* Color coding: red indicates n ew functional element / interface

WLAN 3GPP IP Access

3GPP LTE and SAE

In the Core network: In addition to IMS services available in the current system, equivalent CS Services may be provided by IMS core since CS domain is not supported in LTE Mobility Management Entity and User Plan Entity might be collocated in the Access Gateway entity but this is still an open point Reduced number of nodes in the evolved packet core may be achieved compared to current architecture to provide connectivity to IMS

3GPP LTE and SAE

Recent addition to the 3GPP Work plan During the last meetings a new study has been initiated to work on evolution of HSPA called HSPA+ looking a further improvement of the HSPA (HSDPA and HSUPA) and potentially being connected to the SAE. This could re-use most of the work underway in LTE in terms of improvement for latency (protocol evolution and functional split, but has constraints in terms of support for legacy terminals and HW changes). The feasibility is first under investigation