LTE Overview – Design Targets and Multiple Access Technologies

ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on “4G Wireless Systems” – Tunisia 2010
ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop onITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on
“4G Wireless Systems”
LTE Technology
Session 3 : LTE Overview – Design Targets
and Multiple Access Technologiesand Multiple Access Technologies
Speakers M. Lazhar BELHOUCHET
M Hakim EBDELLIM. Hakim EBDELLI
Date 27 – 29 January 2010
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Agenda
• Standardization
• Motivation for LTEMotivation for LTE
• LTE performance requirements
• LTE challenges• LTE challenges
• LTE/SAE Key Features
• LTE technology basics• LTE technology basics
• Air Interface Protocols

Standardization
• LTE is the latest standard in the mobile network technology
tree that previously realized the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSxPAp y / /
network technologies that now account for over 85% of all
mobile subscribers. LTE will ensure 3GPP’s competitive edge
over other cellular technologies.
• 3GPP work on the Evolution of the 3G Mobile System started
in November 2004in November 2004.
• Specifications scheduled finalized by the end of December
2009.
• Currently, standardization in progress in the form of Rel‐9 and
Rel‐10.

Motivation for LTE
• Need for higher data rates and greater spectral efficiency
– Can be achieved with HSDPA/HSUPA/
– and/or new air interface defined by 3GPP LTE
• Need for Packet Switched optimized system
– Evolve UMTS towards packet only system
• Need for high quality of services
– Use of licensed frequencies to guarantee quality of services
– Always‐on experience (reduce control plane latency significantly)
R d d t i d l– Reduce round trip delay
• Need for cheaper infrastructure
Simplify architecture reduce number of network elements
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– Simplify architecture, reduce number of network elements
LTE Overview

LTE performance requirements
• Data Rate:
– Instantaneous downlink peak data rate of 100Mbit/s in a 20MHz p /
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)spectrum (i.e. 2.5 bit/s/Hz)
• Cell range
– 5 km ‐ optimal size– 5 km ‐ optimal size
– 30km sizes with reasonable performance
– up to 100 km cell sizes supported with acceptable performance
• Cell capacity
– up to 200 active users per cell(5 MHz) (i.e., 200 active data clients)

LTE performance requirements – Cont.
• Mobility
– Optimized for low mobility(0‐15km/h) but supports high speedp y( / ) pp g p
• Latency
– user plane < 5ms
– control plane < 50 ms
• Improved spectrum efficiency
• Improved broadcasting
• IP‐optimized
• Scalable bandwidth of 20, 15, 10, 5, 3 and 1.4MHz
• Co‐existence with legacy standards

The way to LTE: 3 main 3G limitations
1.The maximum bit rates still are factor of 20 and more behind the
current state of the systems like 802.11n and 802.16e/m.y /
2.The latency of user plane traffic (UMTS: >30 ms) and of resource
assignment procedures (UMTS: >100 ms) is too big to handle trafficassignment procedures (UMTS: 100 ms) is too big to handle traffic
with high bit rate variance efficiently.
3 The terminal complexity for WCDMA or MC‐CDMA systems is quite3.The terminal complexity for WCDMA or MC CDMA systems is quite
high, making equipment expensive, resulting in poor performing
implementations of receivers and inhibiting the implementation of
other performance enhancements.

LTE Overview – Design Targets and Multiple Access Technologies
LTE CHALLENGES
LTE Overview Design Targets and Multiple Access Technologies

What are the LTE challenges?
Best price, transparent flat rate
F ll I t t
reduce cost per bit
id hi h d t t
The Users’ expectation… ..leads to the operator’s challenges
Full Internet
Multimedia
provide high data rate
provide low latency
User experience will have an
impact on ARPU
Price per Mbyte has to be reduced to
remain profitable
Cost per MByte
Throughput Latency
HSPA LTE HSPA LTE
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UMTS HSPA I-HSPA LTE
HSPA LTE HSPA LTE
LTE Overview

Comparison of Throughput and Latency
• Peak data rates around 300Mbps/80 Mbps
• Low latency 10-20 ms
Enhanced consumer experience:
drives subscriber uptake
Latency (Rountrip delay)*
allow for new applications
provide additional revenue streams
Max. peak data rate
Downlink
Uplink
350
300
250
Latency (Rountrip delay)
GSM/
EDGE
HSPA
R l6
Mbps
200
150
100
HSPAevo
(Rel8)
LTE
Rel6
HSPA R6 Evolved HSPA
(Rel. 7/8, 2x2
MIMO)
LTE 2x20 MHz
(2x2 MIMO)
LTE 2x20
MHz (4x4
MIMO)
50
0
LTE
DSL (~20-50 ms, depending on operator)
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
min max
ms
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* Server near RAN
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Scalable BandwidthScalable Bandwidth
E t i t d f b d
• Scalable bandwidth
of 1.4 – 20 MHz
Easy to introduce on any frequency band:
Frequency Refarming
(Cost efficient deployment on
lower frequency bands supported)q y pp )

Increased Spectral Efficiency
• All cases assume 2‐antenna terminal reception
• HSPA R7, WiMAX and LTE assume 2‐antenna BTS transmission (2x2
MIMO)
ITU contribution from1 8
2.0
Downlink ITU contribution from
WiMAX Forum shows
downlink 1.3 and uplink 0.8
bps/Hz/cell
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
/cell
Uplink
Reference:
0 4
0.6
0.8
1.0
bps/Hz/
Reference:
- HSPA R6 and LTE R8 from 3GPP R1-071960
- HSPA R6 equalizer from 3GPP R1-063335
- HSPA R7 and WiMAX from NSN/Nokia
simulations
0.0
0.2
0.4
HSPA R6 HSPA R6 + HSPA R7 WiMAX LTE R8

Reduced Network Complexity
Flat, scalable IP based architecture Flat Architecture: 2 nodes architecture
IP based Interfaces
Flat, IP based architecture
Access Core Control
Flat networks are
IM
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HLR/H
SS
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E
characterized by fewer
network elements, lower
latency, greater flexibility
and lower operation cost
Evolved Node B GateWay
S SS
Internet
Ep

LTE/SAE KEY FEATURES

LTE/SAE Key Features – Overview
EPS ( Evolved Packet System ) /
SAE ( System Architecture Evolution ) /
LTE ( Long Term Evolution )
EUTRAN
( Evolved UTRAN ) EPC ( Evolved Packet Core )
IP Network
IP Network
E l d N d B /
PS Domain only,
IP Network
Evolved Node B /
No RNC
IP Transport Layer
UL/DL resource
No CS Domain
IP Transport Layer
QoS Aware
3GPP (GTP) or
OFDMA/SC-FDMA
MIMO ( beam-forming/
spatial multiplexing)
HARQ
scheduling
QoS Aware
Self Configuration
IETF (MIPv6)
Prepared for
Non-3GPP Access
HARQ
Scalable bandwidth
(1.4, 3, 5, 10, .. 20 MHz)

LTE/SAE Key Features
• Evolved NodeB
– No RNC is provided anymore
– The evolved Node Bs take over all radio management functionality.
– This will make radio management faster and hopefully the network
architecture simplerarchitecture simpler
• IP transport layer
– EUTRAN exclusively uses IP as transport layery p y
• UL/DL resource scheduling
– In UMTS physical resources are either shared or dedicated
– Evolved Node B handles all physical resource via a scheduler and
assigns them dynamically to users and channels
This provides greater flexibility than the older system
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– This provides greater flexibility than the older system
LTE Overview

LTE/SAE Key Features – Cont.
• Frequency Domain
Scheduling :
Resource block
Carrier bandwidth
– Frequency domain
scheduling uses those
bl k th t
Resource block
resource blocks that are
not faded
Not possible in CDMA– Not possible in CDMA
based system
FrequencyTransmit on those
resource blocks that are
not faded
not faded

• HARQ
– Hybrid Automatic Retransmission
on reQuest
HARQ Hybrid Automatic
Repeat Request
on reQuest
– HARQ has already been used for
HSDPA and HSUPA.
– HARQ especially increases the
performance (delay and
throughput) for cell edge users.g p ) g
– HARQ simply implements a
retransmission protocol on layer
1/2 that allows to send1/2 that allows to send
retransmitted blocks with different
coding than the 1st one.

• QoS awareness
– The scheduler must handle and distinguish different quality of service g q y
classes
– Otherwise real time services would not be possible via EUTRAN
– The system provides the possibility for differentiated service
• Self configuration
C tl d i ti ti– Currently under investigation
– Possibility to let Evolved Node Bs configure themselves
• It will not completely substitute the manual configuration andIt will not completely substitute the manual configuration and
optimization.

• Packet Switched Domain only
No circuit switched domain is provided– No circuit switched domain is provided
– If CS applications are required, they must be implemented
via IPvia IP
• Non‐3GPP access
Th EPC ill b d l t b d b 3GPP– The EPC will be prepared also to be used by non‐3GPP
access networks (e.g. LAN, WLAN, WiMAX, etc.)
This will provide true convergence of different packet radio– This will provide true convergence of different packet radio
access system

• MIMO
Multiple Input Multiple Output– Multiple Input Multiple Output
– LTE will support MIMO as an option,
It describes the possibility to have multiple transmitter and– It describes the possibility to have multiple transmitter and
receiver antennas in a system.
– Up to four antennas can be used by a single LTE cell (gain:– Up to four antennas can be used by a single LTE cell (gain:
spatial multiplexing)
– MIMO is considered to be the core technology to increaseMIMO is considered to be the core technology to increase
spectral efficiency.

LTE TECHNOLOGY BASICS

LTE key parameters
Frequency Range UMTS FDD bands and UMTS TDD bands
Channel
b d id hbandwidth,
1 Resource
Block=180 kHz
1.4 MHz 3 MHz 5 MHz 10 MHz 15 MHz 20 MHz
6 RB 15 RB 25 RB 50 RB 75 RB 100 RB6 RB 15 RB 25 RB 50 RB 75 RB 100 RB
Modulation
Schemes
DL: OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access)
UL: SC‐FDMA (Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access)
Multiple Access DL: OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access)Multiple Access DL: OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access)
UL: SC‐FDMA (Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access)
MIMO
technology
DL: Wide choice of MIMO configuration options for transmit diversity, spatial
multiplexing, and cyclic delay diversity (max. 4 antennas at base station and handset)
UL M lti ll b ti MIMOUL: Multi user collaborative MIMO
Peak Data Rate DL: 150 Mbps (UE category 4, 2x2 MIMO, 20 MHz) 300 Mbps (UE category 5, 4x4
MIMO, 20 MHz)
UL: 75 Mbps (20 MHz)
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OFDM/OFDMA/SC‐FDMA

OFDM: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multi‐Carrier
• LTE uses OFDM for the DL– that is, from the base station to
the terminal. OFDM meets the LTE requirement for spectrum q p
flexibility and enables cost‐efficient solutions for very wide
carriers with high peak rates.
• The basic LTE downlink physical resource can be seen as a
time‐frequency grid. In the frequency domain, the spacing
b t th b i Δf i 15kH I dditi th OFDMbetween the subcarriers, Δf, is 15kHz. In addition, the OFDM
symbol duration time is 1/Δf + cyclic prefix. The cyclic prefix is
used to maintain orthogonality between the sub‐carriers evenused to maintain orthogonality between the sub carriers even
for a time‐dispersive radio channel.
• One resource element carries QPSK, 16QAM or 64QAM.
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LTE Overview

OFDM – Cont.
Single Carrier Transmission
O th l F Di i i M lti l iOrthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
OFDM signal generation is based on Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT)
operation on transmitter side On receiver side an FFT operation will be used
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operation on transmitter side. On receiver side, an FFT operation will be used.

Pulse shaping and Spectrum
Th ti d i t ti• Two characteristics are
important for a Signal:
The time domain presentation
– The time domain
presentation:
• It helps recognize “how
long the symbol lasts on
air”
Fourier
Transform
– The frequency domain
presentation:
• to understand the
required spectrum in
terms of bandwidth The frequency domain presentation
q y p

The rectangular Pulse
• It is one of the most simple time‐domain pulses.
• It simply jumps at time t=0 to its maximum amplitude andIt simply jumps at time t=0 to its maximum amplitude and
after the pulse duration Ts just goes back to 0.
mplitude
Ti
Frequency Domain
Ts fs =
1
Ts
FT
a
time
Time
Domain
IFT

Multi‐Path Propagation and Inter‐Symbol Interference

Multi‐Path Propagation and Inter‐Symbol Interference
• The cancellation of inter‐symbol interference makes more complex the
hardware design of the receivers.
• In WCDMA for instance the RAKE receiver requires a huge amount of DSP
capacity.
• One of the goals of future radio systems is to simplify receiver designOne of the goals of future radio systems is to simplify receiver design.
• Inter‐symbol interference originating from the pulse form itself is simply
avoided by starting the next pulse only after the previous one finished
l l h f d d d ( ) f h lcompletely, therefore introducing a Guard Period (Tg) after the Pulse.
• There is no inter‐symbol interference between symbols as long as the
multi‐path delay spread (e.g. delay difference between first and last p y p ( g y
detectable path) is less than the guard period duration Tg.

Multi-Path Propagation and the Guard Periodp g
2
TSYMBOL
Time Domain
1
3
T
timeT
Tg
1 Guard Period (GP)
time
ti
TSYMBOL
T
2 Guard Period (GP)
timeTSYMBOL
3 Guard Period (GP)
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time
LTE Overview

Multi-Path Propagation and the Guard Period
1
2
3
44
TSYM Tg
1
when the delay
spread of the
time
2
p
multi-path
environment is
greater than the
time
3
guard period
duration (Tg), then
we encounter
time
time
4
inter-symbol
interference (ISI)
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time
LTE Overview

Reuse of the Guard Period
• There is the possibility to use the lost transmission time during the Guard Period
by repeating part of the symbol during this period.
h h d b f ll h d d h h b h f h f ll• This is achieved by filling the guard period with either one or both of the following
two solutions: Cyclic Prefic (CP) and Cyclic Sufix (CS).
• CP: The cyclic prefix is filling the final part of the guard period. It simply consists of
the last part of the following symbol. Cyclic prefixes are used by all modern OFDM
systems and their sizes range from 1/4 to 1/32 of a symbol period.
• CS: The cyclic suffix fills the initial part of the guard period and it is simply
occupied by the beginning part of the previous symbol.

Cyclic Prefix
l h• In multi‐path propagation
environments the delayed
versions of the signal arrive with
a time offset, so that the start of
the symbol of the earliest path
falls in the cyclic prefixes of the y p
delayed symbols.
• As the CP is simply a repetition of
the end of the symbol this is not athe end of the symbol this is not a
inter‐symbol interference and can
be easily compensated by the
f ll i d di b dfollowing decoding based on
discrete Fourier transform.

Limitations of the Single‐Carrier Modulation
• Using a single radio frequency carrier with rectangular pulse shaping has a major drawback:
• The cyclic prefix duration is fixed by the maximum expected delay spread over the multi‐path
propagation models for the systempropagation models for the system.
• The symbol duration can be made as small as the cyclic prefix size, but then only one half of
th ti i d f d t t i i th th h lf i f th li fi idi
CPTdelay =max
the time is used for data transmission, the other half is for the cyclic prefix, providing a very
low efficiency (E)
• Also shorter symbol duration mean a broader spectrum bandwidth (f ) to be used for a
CPSYMBOL
SYMBOL
TT
T
E
+
=
• Also shorter symbol duration mean a broader spectrum bandwidth (fS) to be used for a
carrier.
• To increase efficiency the symbol duration must be made longer but then the symbol rate is
CPSYMBOLS
S
TTT
f
+
==
11
• To increase efficiency the symbol duration must be made longer, but then the symbol rate is
reduced.

Multi-Carrier Modulation
Subcarriers
Guard Bands
Multi Carrier Modulation
Guard Bands
frequency
011 001 011 100 101 001 011 101
Slow Data
Serial-to-Parallel
ConverterFast Data
011001011100101001011101

Multi-Carrier Modulation –Cont.
The center frequencies must be spaced so that interference between different
carriers, known as Adjacent Carrier Interference ACI, is minimized; but not too much
spaced as the total bandwidth will be wasted.
Each carrier uses an upper and lower guard band to protect itself from its adjacent
carriers. Nevertheless, there will always be some interference between the adjacent
carriers.
∆fsubcarrier
∆f b d∆fsub-used
f0 f1 f2 f3 fN
ACI = Adjacent Carrier Interference
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ACI Adjacent Carrier Interference
LTE Overview

h l l h• For the rectangular pulse there is
a better option possible and it is
even easier to implement. Single carrier
• We must just notice that the
spectrum of a rectangular pulses
shows null points exactly atshows null points exactly at
integer multiples of the
frequency given by the symbol
durationduration.
• The only exception is the center
frequency (peak power)
fs fs fs fs fs fsfs fs fs fs fs fs
f/fs

Th OFDM i l l h i l i h fi ll i f hThus OFDM simply places the next carrier exactly in the first null point of the
previous one.
With this we don’t need any pulse‐shaping.
B OFDM i i hBetween OFDM carriers using the
same symbol duration Ts,
no guard bands are required. fs
Orthogonal Subcarriers: it
means that at the
subcarriers centerfs subcarriers center
frequencies, there is no
Adjacent Carrier
Interefence (ACI)
Two carriers
( )
f/fs

Spectrum Overlapping of multiple OFDM carriers
2101
1
−=+=+= nnfnfff KK .2,1,0,100 −=+=+= n
T
nfnfff
s
sn
f0 f1 f2 f3 f4
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No ACI (Adjacent Carrier Interference)
LTE Overview

OFDM allows a tight packing of small carrier ‐ called the subcarriers
into a given frequency band.
nsity
sity
PowerDen
owerDens
Saved
Bandwidth
P
Po
Frequency (f/fs) Frequency (f/fs)

The OFDM Signal

OFDM and Multiple Access
• Up to here we have only discussed simple point‐to‐
point or broadcast OFDM.point or broadcast OFDM.
• Now we have to analyze how to handle access of
multiple users simultaneously to the system eachmultiple users simultaneously to the system, each
one using OFDM.
OFDM b bi d ith l diff t• OFDM can be combined with several different
methods to handle multi‐user systems:
l– Plain OFDM
– Time Division Multiple Access via OFDM
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– Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access OFDMA
LTE Overview

Plain OFDM
• Plain OFDM: Normal OFDM
has no built‐in multiple‐
access mechanismaccess mechanism.
• This is suitable for broadcast• This is suitable for broadcast
systems like DVB‐T/H which
transmit only broadcast and y
multicast signals and do not
really need an uplink
feedback channel (although
such systems exist too).

Time Division Multiple Access via OFDM
i i i i l i l iTime Division Multiple Access via
OFDM: The simplest model to implement
multiple access handling is by putting a
ti lti l i t f OFDMtime multiplexing on top of OFDM.
The disadvantage of this simple
mechanism is, that every user gets the
t f it ( b i )same amount of capacity (subcarriers)
and it is thus rather difficult to
implement flexible (high and low) bit rate
servicesservices.
Furthermore it is nearly impossible to
handle highly variable traffic (e.g. web
t ffi ) ffi i tl ith t t htraffic) efficiently without too much
higher layer signaling and the resulting
delay and signaling overhead.
1 2 3UE 1 UE 2 UE 3 common info

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access OFDMA
h b i id i i b iThe basic idea is to assign subcarriers to
users based on their bit rate services.
With this approach it is quite easy to
h dl hi h d l bit t
Orthogonal Frequency
Multiple Access
OFDMA
time
handle high and low bit rate users
simultaneously in a single system.
But still it is difficult to run highly variable
traffic efficiently
1 1 2
...
...1 2
traffic efficiently.
The solution to this problem is to assign
to a single users so called resource
blocks or scheduling blocks
1
. . . . .
...
...
1 22
2 2
carrier
1
1 1 1
RBblocks or scheduling blocks.
Such block is simply a set of some
subcarriers over some time.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. ...
...1 1 1
subc
111
33 3 3 3
RB
subcarriers over some time.
A single user can then use one or more
Resource blocks.
3
...
...
...3 33 3 3
3 3 3
33 3 3 3
3

Difference between OFDM and OFDMA
OFDM allocates users in time
domain only
OFDMA allocates users in time
and frequency domainy q y
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SC‐FDMA
• SC‐FDMA :Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access
• SC‐FDMA is a new hybrid modulation scheme that cleverly combines the
low PAR of single‐carrier systems with the multipath resistance and
flexible subcarrier frequency allocation offered by OFDM.
• SC‐FDMA solves this problem by grouping together the resource blocks inSC FDMA solves this problem by grouping together the resource blocks in
such a way that reduces the need for linearity, and so power consumption,
in the power amplifier. A low PAPR also improves coverage and the cell‐
edge performanceedge performance.
• SC‐FDMA signal processing has some similarities with OFDMA signal
processing, so parameterization of DL and UL can be harmonized.
• SC‐FDMA is one option in WiMAX (802.16d) and it is the method selected
for LTE in the uplink direction.

Comparaison of CCDF of PAPR for IFDMA, LFDMA and OFDMA
(a) :QPSK (b) :16QAM localized mode (LFDMA)
is used in LTE
IFDMA = “Interleaved FDMA” = Distributed SC-FDMA
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IFDMA = Interleaved FDMA = Distributed SC-FDMA
LFDMA = “Localized FDMA” = Localized SC-FDMA

How does a SC‐FDMA signal look like?
• Similar to OFDM signal, but…
– in OFDMA, each sub‐carrier only carries information related to one specific y p
symbol,
– in SC‐FDMA, each sub‐carrier contains information of ALL transmitted
symbols.y
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Comparing OFDMA & SC‐FDMA

LTE downlink : conventional OFDMA
• LTE provides QPSK, 16QAM,
64QAM as downlink
modulation schemesmodulation schemes
• Cyclic prefix is used as guard
interval differentinterval, different
configurations possible:
– Normal cyclic prefix with 5.2 µs
15 kHz
(first symbol) / 4.7 µs (other
symbols)
– Extended cyclic prefix with 16 7 µsExtended cyclic prefix with 16.7 µs
• 15 kHz subcarrier spacing
• Scalable bandwidth
f0 f1 f2 f3 f4
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Scalable bandwidth

OFDMA time‐frequency multiplexing
*TTI = transmission time interval
** For normal cyclic prefix
duration
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spectrum flexibility
• LTE physical layer supports
any bandwidth from 1.4
MHz to 20 MHz in steps ofMHz to 20 MHz in steps of
180 kHz (resource block)
• Current LTE specificationCurrent LTE specification
supports a subset of 6
different system
Channel BW
bandwidths
• All UEs must support the
Channel BW
[MHz]
1.4 3 5 10 15 20
Number of
RBs
6 15 25 50 75 100
maximum bandwidth of 20
MHz
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Bandwidth Scalability
S l bl b d idth 1 4 20 MH i diff t b f b iScalable bandwidth 1.4 – 20 MHz using different number of subcarriers
Large bandwidth provides high data rates Small bandwidth allows simpler
spectrum reframing, e.g. 450 MHz and 900 MHz
1.4 MHz
Bandwidth
Narrow Spectrum Reframing
3.0 MHz
5 MHz5 MHz
10 MHz High Data Rates
15 MHz
20 MHz

LTE Frame Structure
• LTE frames are 10 msec in duration. They are
di id d i t 10 bf h bfdivided into 10 subframes, each subframe
being 1.0 msec long. Each subframe is further
divided into two slots, each of 0.5 msec
duration. Slots consist of either 6 or 7 ODFM
symbols, depending on whether the normal or
extended cyclic prefix is employedextended cyclic prefix is employed

LTE Slot
• The LTE Slot carries:
b l h h l f– 7 symbols with short cyclic prefix
– 6 symbols with long prefix

OFDM Resource Block for LTE/EUTRAN
b b l• EUTRAN combines OFDM symbols in
so called resource blocks RB.
• A single resource block is always 12 g y
consecutive subcarriers during one
subframe (2 slots, 1 ms):
12 subcarriers * 15 kHz= 180 kHz– 12 subcarriers 15 kHz= 180 kHz
• It is the task of the scheduler to assign
resource blocks to physical channels
belonging to different users or for
general system tasks.
• A single cell must have at least 6 g
resource blocks (72 subcarriers) and
up to 110 are possible (1320
subcarriers)
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subcarriers).
LTE Overview

LTE DL frame structure type 1 (FDD), DL
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1 slot = 0.5 ms
1 subframe = 1 ms1 subframe = 1 ms
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LTE DL frame structure type 2 (TDD)
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
1 slot = 0.5 ms
1 subframe = 1 ms
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Special subframes containing:
DwPTS: downlink pilot time slot
UpPTS: uplink pilot time slotUpPTS: uplink pilot time slot
GP: guard period for TDD
operation
Possible UL-DL configurationsg
UL‐DL config Subframe number
0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 D S U U U D S U U U
2 D S U D D D S U D D
3 D S U U U D D D D D
4 D S U U D D D D D D
5 D S U D D D D D D D
6 D S U U U D S U U D
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6 D S U U U D S U U D

Modulation Schemes for LTE/EUTRAN
h b l h• Each OFDM symbol even within a resource
block can have a different modulation
scheme. b0 b1b2b3
16QAM
b b
QPSK
• EUTRAN defines the following options:
QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM.
• Not every physical channel will be allowed to
Im
Re
1111
b0 b1
Im
Re10
11
00
01
• Not every physical channel will be allowed to
use any modulation scheme: Control
channels to be using mainly QPSK.
0000
64QAM
b b b b b b
1000
• In general it is the scheduler that decides
which form to use depending on carrier
quality feedback information from the UE.
Im
b0 b1b2b3 b4 b5
q y
Re

MIMO

Multiple Antenna Techniques
• MIMO employs multiple transmit and receive antennas to substantially
enhance the air interface.
• It uses space‐time coding of the same data stream mapped onto multiple
transmit antennas, which is an improvement over traditional reception
diversity schemes where only a single transmit antenna is deployed to y y g p y
extend the coverage of the cell.
• MIMO processing also exploits spatial multiplexing, allowing different data
streams to be transmitted simultaneously from the different transmitstreams to be transmitted simultaneously from the different transmit
antennas, to increase the end‐user data rate and cell capacity.
• In addition, when knowledge of the radio channel is available at the
transmitter (e.g. via feedback information from the receiver), MIMO can
also implement beam‐forming to further increase available data rates and
spectrum efficiency
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Advanced Antenna Techniques
• Single data stream / user
• Beam forming• Beam‐forming
– Coverage, longer battery life
• Spatial Division Multiple AccessSpatial Division Multiple Access
(SDMA)
– Multiple users in same radio resource
• Multiple data stream / user Diversity
– Link robustness
• Spatial multiplexing
– Spectral efficiency, high data rate support

MIMO – Beamforming
• Enhances signal reception
through directional array gain,
while individual antenna haswhile individual antenna has
omni‐directional gain
• Extends cell coverageExtends cell coverage
• Suppresses interference in
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• Enhances system capacity
• Prolongs battery lifeProlongs battery life
• Provides angular information for
user tracking
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AIR INTERFACE PROTOCOLS

Radio Protocols Architecture
• It is quite similar to the WCDMA protocol
t k f UMTSstack of UMTS.
• The protocol stack defines three layers:
• the physical layer (layer 1)
d li k d l (l 2)• data link and access layer (layer 2)
• layer 3 (hosting the AS, the NAS control y ( g ,
protocols as well and the application level)

Radio Protocol architecture‐ User plane
eNBUE
PDCPPDCP
Header compression (ROHC)
In‐sequence delivery of upper layer PDUs
MAC
RLC
MAC
PDCPPDCP
RLC
In sequence delivery of upper layer PDUs
Duplicate elimination of lower layer SDUs
Ciphering for user/control plane
Integrity protection for control plane
PHYPHY
Timer based discard…
AM, UM, TM
ARQ
(Re‐)segmentation Concatenation
In‐sequence delivery
Duplicate detection
Mapping between logical and
transport channels
(De)‐Multiplexing
Scheduling information reporting Duplicate detection
SDU discard
Re‐establishment…
Scheduling information reporting
HARQ
Priority handling
Transport format selection…

Control‐plane protocol stack
Broadcast / Paging
RRC connection setup
Radio Bearer Control
Mobility functions
UE measurement control…
EPS bearer management
Authentication
ECM IDLE mobility handlingECM_IDLE mobility handling
Paging origination in ECM_IDLE
Security control…
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Physical Layer
• It provides the basic bit transmission functionality over air.
• the physical layer is driven by OFDMA in the downlink and SC‐FDMA in the
uplink.
• Physical channels are dynamically mapped to the available resources
(physical resource blocks and antenna ports)(physical resource blocks and antenna ports).
• To higher layers the physical layer offers its data transmission functionality
via transport channels.
• Like in UMTS a transport channel is a block oriented transmission service
with certain characteristics regarding bit rates, delay, collision risk and
reliability.y
• in contrast to 3G WCDMA or even 2G GSM there are no dedicated
transport or physical channels anymore, as all resource mapping is
dynamically driven by the scheduler
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Medium Access Control (MAC)
• MAC is the lowest layer 2 protocol.
• Its main function is to drive the transport channels.
• From higher layers MAC is fed with logical channels which are in one‐to‐
one correspondence with radio bearers.
• Each logical channel is given a priority and MAC has to multiplex logical• Each logical channel is given a priority and MAC has to multiplex logical
channel data onto transport channels (demultiplexing in reception)
• Further functions of MAC will be collision handling and explicit UE
identification.
• An important function for the performance is the HARQ functionality
which is official part of MAC and available for some transport channelwhich is official part of MAC and available for some transport channel
types.

Radio Link Control (RLC)
• There is a one to one relationship between each Radio Bearer
and each RLC instance
• RLC can enhance the radio bearer with ARQ (Automatic
Retransmission on reQuest) using sequence numbered data
frames and status reports to trigger retransmission.
• The second functionality of RLC is the segmentation and
reassembly that divides higher layer data or concatenates
higher layer data into data chunks suitable for transport over
transport channels which allow only a certain set of transporttransport channels which allow only a certain set of transport
block sizes.

Layer 3 Radio Protocols
• PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol)
– Each radio bearer also uses one PDCP instance.
– PDCP is responsible for header compression (ROHC: RObust Header Compression; RFC
3095) and ciphering/deciphering.
– Obviously header compression makes sense for IP datagram's, but not for signaling.
Thus the PDCP entities for signaling radio bearers will usually do ciphering/decipheringThus the PDCP entities for signaling radio bearers will usually do ciphering/deciphering
only.
• RRC (Radio Resource Control)
h f l l f– RRC is the access stratum specific control protocol for EUTRAN.
– It will provide the required messages for channel management, measurement control
and reporting, etc.
l• NAS Protocols
– The NAS protocol is running between UE and MME and thus must be transparently
transferred via EUTRAN.
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– It sits on top of RRC, which provides the required carrier messages for NAS transfer
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Layer 1/2 Radio Protocols – Summary
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RRC Protocol

LTE MBMS Concept
• MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services) is an essential requirement for
LTE. The so‐called E‐MBMS will therefore be an integral part of LTE.
b f d l ll• In LTE, MBMS transmissions may be performed as single‐cell transmission or as
multi‐cell transmission. In case of multi‐cell transmission the cells and content are
synchronized to enable for the terminal to soft‐combine the energy from multiple
t i itransmissions.
• The superimposed signal looks like multipath to the terminal. This concept is also
known as Single Frequency Network (SFN).
• The E‐UTRAN can configure which cells are part of an SFN for transmission of an
MBMS service. The MBMS traffic can share the same carrier with the unicast traffic
or be sent on a separate carrier.
• For MBMS traffic, an extended cyclic prefix is provided. In case of subframes
carrying MBMS SFN data, specific reference signals are used. MBMS data is carried
on the MBMS traffic channel (MTCH) as logical channel.

LTE vs WiMAX
− Both are designed to move data rather than voice and both are IP networks based
on OFDM technology.
b d d d ( ) d l k h h l ff− WiMax is based on a IEEE standard (802.16), and like that other popular IEEE effort,
Wi‐Fi, it’s an open standard that was debated by a large community of engineers
before getting ratified. The level of openness means WiMax equipment is standard
d th f h t band therefore cheaper to buy.
− As for speeds, LTE will is faster than the current generation of WiMax.
− However, LTE will take time to roll out, with deployments reaching mass adoption
by 2012 . WiMax is out now, and more networks should be available later this year.
− The crucial difference is that, unlike WiMAX, which requires a new network to be
built, LTE runs on an evolution of the existing UMTS infrastructure already used by
over 80 per cent of mobile subscribers globally. This means that even though
development and deployment of the LTE standard may lag Mobile WiMAX, it has a
crucial incumbent advantage.

Summary
• The 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) represents a major
advance in cellular technology. gy
• LTE is designed to meet carrier needs for high‐speed data and
media transport as well as high‐capacity voice support well
into the next decade.
• LTE is well positioned to meet the requirements of next‐
generation mobile networks. It will enable operators to offer
high performance, mass‐market mobile broadband services,
through a combination of high bit rates and systemthrough a combination of high bit‐rates and system
throughput – in both the uplink and downlink – with low
latency.
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Summary– Cont.
• LTE infrastructure is designed to be as simple as possible to
deploy and operate, through flexible technology that can be p y p , g gy
deployed in a wide variety of frequency bands.
• LTE offers scalable bandwidths, from from 1.4 MHz up to
20MHz, together with support for both FDD paired and TDD
unpaired spectrum.
• The LTE–SAE architecture reduces the number of nodes,
supports flexible network configurations and provides a high
level of service availabilitylevel of service availability.
• Furthermore, LTE–SAE will interoperate with GSM,
WCDMA/HSPA TD‐SCDMA and CDMA
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WCDMA/HSPA, TD SCDMA and CDMA.
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Summary – Cont.
Technologies/Features Benefits RequirementsTechnologies/Features Benefits Requirements
OFDMA with CP/SC‐FDMA with CP + Equalizer simpler
Scheduling time/frequency
Better PAPR (SC‐FDMA)Better PAPR (SC FDMA)
ISI suppression (CP)
QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM + Higher bitrates
Adaptative modulationp
Canaux communs + Variable traffic
Better capacity
‐ Scheduling is
needed
TTI = 1 ms + Better response to channelTTI = 1 ms + Better response to channel
variation
Higher bitrates

Summary– Cont.
Technologies/Features Benefits
TTI = 1 ms +
Better response to channel
variation
Higher bitrates
Flat architecture +
Simpler Architecture
Better latency
All IP +
Architecture simpler Scheduling with
All IP +
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priorities is needed
MIMO + Higher bitrates
Bande passante flexible(1 4 20Bande passante flexible(1.4 20
MHz)
+
Universal frequency reuse (1/1) + Better spectral efficiency ICIC

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