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Channel Physical
Channel
(UE)
channel

Physical channels

1 Channels layer

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Radio Access BKK

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Physical (Layer 1)
PCCPCH - Primary Common Control Physical Channel
SCCPCH - Secondary Common Control Physical Channel
PRACH - Physical Random Access Channel
DPDCH - Dedicated Physical Data Channel
DPCCH - Dedicated Physical Control Channel
PDSCH - Physical Downlink Shared Channel
PCPCH - Physical Common Packet Channel
SCH - Synchronization Channel
- P-SCH - Primary Synchronization Channel
- S-SCH - Secondary Synchronization Channel
CPICH - Common Pilot Channel
AICH - Acquisition Indicator Channel
PICH - Paging Indication Channel
CSICH - CPCH Status Indication Channel
CD/CA-ICH - Collision Detection/Channel Assignment Indication Channel

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Radio Access BKK

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CPICH-Common Pilot Channel

CPICH Channelization code Scrambling Code

UE DCH
UTRA CPICH Primary Secondary Primary CPICH
Primary scrambling code Channelization code
Channel (Cell Sector) Secondary CPICH Channelization code
256 bit (SF 256) Secondary scrambling code Secondary
CPICH
Primary CPICH UE Handover Cell
Selection/Reselection Coverage Power Channel
SCH-Synchronization Channel

SCH cell search UE 2 Channels Primary

Secondary synchronization channels
Primary SCH 256 UE

Secondary SCH Code word Code 64 ( Code

Issue 1-3) Code
(Adjacent cells)

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Radio Access BKK

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Primary CCPCH

Primary Common Control Physical Channel Physical channel BCH

(Broadcast Channel) UE Channel coding Spreading
code UE layer 1 Power control
UE Bit rate 30Kbps Channelization Code 256
Primary
SCH

14

256 chips

Secondary
SCH

2560 chips
10 ms

2 Primary Secondary synchronization channel

256 chips

2304 chips

Slot

Primary CCPCH

14

10 ms

3 Primary CCPCH

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Secondary CCPCH

Secondary Common Control Physical Channel Channel

Transport channel FACH PCH SCCPCH SCCPCH 1 channel
FACH PCH
Spreading factor SCCPCH Bit
rate SCCPCH UE Bit rate
RACH- Random Access Channel

RACH Signaling UE
Register Location update Bit rate
UE
AICH-Acquisition Indicator Channel

RACH Signaling UE RACH

UE Preamble Signature sequence
RACH Signature sequence AICH

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Radio Access BKK

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4096 chips

AICH

1024 chips

14

20 ms ( 2 frames)

4 AICH access slot

PICH-Paging Indicator Channel

PCH (Paging Channel) Sleep mode

Channelization code 256 Slot PICH 300
288 Paging 12 Paging indicator
18, 36, 72 144 18 16 36
8 144 2

5 PICH

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Radio Access BKK

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DPDCH & DPCCH -Dedicated Physical Data Channel & Dedicated Physical
Control Channel

DPDCH Channel
DPDCCH Control information UE Downlink DPDCH
DPCCH Multiplex Physical channel
2560 chips
DPDCH
Slot

Downlink
DPCH

DPCCH DPCCH

DATA

TPC

TFCI

DPDCH

DPCCH

DATA

PILOT

14

10 ms

6 Multiplex DPDCH DPCCH Downlink Dedicated Physical Channel

UE (Uplink) DPDCH DPCCH

UE

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Radio Access BKK

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2560 chips
DATA

DPDCH
DPCCH

Uplink
DCH

PILOT

TFCI

FBI

TPC

14

10 ms

7 Uplink dedicated channel

TPC

Transmission Power Control

TFCI Transport Format Combination Indicator

FBI

Feedback Information

PILOT Radio RSCP, EcIo

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Radio Access BKK

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8 Uplink DPDCH data rates

9 Downlink Dedicated Channel symbol and bit rates

PDSCH- Physical Downlink Shared Channel

Physical channel Transport channel Downlink Shared Channel (DSCH)

DPDCH
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Downlink DPCH

PDSCH

10 ms DPCH frame

46 080 chips

Associated PDSCH frame

Minimum PDSCH delay

10 PDSCH DPCH

PDSCH Bit rates

PDSCH TFCI Downlink DPCH
PCPCH-Physical Common Packet Channel

Channel Packet Uplink Transport channel CPCH

Uplink Synchronize Channel Channel

CSICH

CPCH Status Indication Channel

CD-ICH

CPCH Collision Detection Indicator Channel

CA-ICH

CPCH Assignment Indicator Channel

AP-AICH

CPCH Access Preamble Acquisition Channel

CSICH AICH 4 CSICH

Physical CPCH Channel UE Access Free Channel

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Channel assignment command Channel

CSICH Channelization code Downlink AP-AICH
CD-ICH ( Access UE) UE
CA-ICH CD-ICH CA-ICH UE
AP-AICH AICH RACH Channelization code

http://www.umtsworld.com/technology/technology.htm
WCDMA for UMTS

Wiley

3GPP TS 25.211 Physical channels and mapping of transport channels onto physical channels
(FDD)

3G Basic
Radio Access BKK

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