4/ 038 13 - EN/LZU 108 5306 Rev.

C WCDMA Air Interface 1

WCDMA Downlink (FDD)
BCCH
Broadcast Control Ch.
PCCH
Paging Control Ch.
CCCH
Common Control Ch.
DCCH
Dedicated Control Ch.
DTCH
Dedicated Traffic Ch. N
BCH
Broadcast Ch.
PCH
Paging Ch.
FACH
Forward Access Ch.
DCH
Dedicated Ch.
P-CCPCH(*)
Primary Common Control Physical Ch.
S-CCPCH
Secondary Common Control
Physical Ch.
DPDCH (one or more per UE)
Dedicated Physical Data Ch.
DPCCH (one per UE)
Dedicated Physical Control Ch.
Pilot, TPC, TFCI bits
SSC
i

Logical Channels
(Layers 3+)
Transport Channels
(Layer 2)
Physical Channels
(Layer 1)
Downlink
RF Out
DPCH (Dedicated Physical Channel)
One per UE
DSCH
Downlink Shared Ch.
CTCH
Common Traffic Ch.
CPICH
Common Pilot Channel
Null Data
Data
Encoding
Data
Encoding
Data
Encoding
Data
Encoding
Data
Encoding
PDSCH
Physical Downlink Shared Channel
AICH
(Acquisition Indicator Channel)
PICH
(Paging Indicator Channel )
Access Indication data
Paging Indication bits
AP-AICH
(Access Preamble Indicator Channel )
Access Preamble Indication bits
CSICH
(CPCH Status Indicator Channel )
CPCH Status Indication bits
CD/CA-ICH
(Collision Detection/Channel
Assignment )
CPCH Status Indication bits
S/P
S/P
C
ch

S/P
S/P
S/P
S/P
S/P
S/P
S/P
S/P
I+jQ
I/Q
Modulator
Q
I
C
ch

C
ch

C
ch

C
ch

C
ch

C
ch

C
ch

C
ch 256,1

C
ch 256,0


G
S

PSC
G
P

Sync Codes(*)
* Note regarding P-CCPCH and SCH
Sync Codes are transmitted only in bits 0-255 of
each timeslot;
P-CCPCH transmits only during the remaining bits
of each timeslot

Filter
Filter
Gain
Gain
Gain
Gain
Gain
Gain
Gain
Gain
Gain
Gain
SCH (Sync Channel)
DTCH
Dedicated Traffic Ch. 1
DCH
Dedicated Ch.
Data
Encoding
M
U
X
M
U
X
CCTrCH
DCH
Dedicated Ch.
Data
Encoding
S
dl,n

S
dl,n

S
dl,n

S
dl,n

S
dl,n

S
dl,n

S
dl,n

S
dl,n

S
dl,n

S
dl,n

4/ 038 13 - EN/LZU 108 5306 Rev. C WCDMA Air Interface 2
WCDMA Uplink (FDD)
Logical Channels
(Layers 3+)
Transport Channels
(Layer 2)
Physical Channels
(Layer 1)
Uplink
RF Out
UE
Scrambling
Code
I+jQ
I/Q
Mod.
Q
I
Ch
c

I

Filter
Filter
CCCH
Common Control Ch.
DTCH (packet mode)
Dedicated Traffic Ch.
RACH
Random Access Ch.
PRACH
Physical Random Access Ch.
DPDCH #1
Dedicated Physical Data Ch.
CPCH
Common Packet Ch.
PCPCH
Physical Common Packet Ch.
Data
Coding
Data
Coding
DPDCH #3 (optional)
Dedicated Physical Data Ch.
DPDCH #5 (optional)
Dedicated Physical Data Ch.
DPDCH #2 (optional)
Dedicated Physical Data Ch.
DPDCH #4 (optional)
Dedicated Physical Data Ch.
DPDCH #6 (optional)
Dedicated Physical Data Ch.

Q

DPCCH
Dedicated Physical Control Ch.
Pilot, TPC, TFCI bits
Ch
d

G
c

G
d

j
Ch
d,1
G
d

Ch
d,3
G
d

Ch
d,5
G
d

Ch
d,2
G
d

Ch
d,4
G
d

Ch
d,6
G
d

Ch
c
G
d

Ch
c


Ch
d

G
c

G
d

j
RACH Control Part
PCPCH Control Part

j

DCCH
Dedicated Control Ch.
DTCH
Dedicated Traffic Ch. N
DCH
Dedicated Ch.
Data
Encoding
DTCH
Dedicated Traffic Ch. 1
DCH
Dedicated Ch.
Data
Encoding
M
U
X
CCTrCH
DCH
Dedicated Ch.
Data
Encoding