7 HSDPA Enhancements

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7.1 HSDPA Rel.6 Enhancements (1/4)...............................................3 7.1 HSDPA Rel.6 Enhancements (2/4)...............................................4 7.1 HSDPA Rel.6 Enhancements (3/4)...............................................5 7.1 HSDPA Rel.6 Enhancements (4/4)...............................................6 7.2 HSUPA (1/2) ..................................................................................7 7.2 HSUPA (2/2) ..................................................................................8 7.3 HSUPA Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (1/2) ........................9 7.3 HSUPA Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (2/2) ...................... 10 7.4 HSUPA Scheduling (1/2) ............................................................ 11 7.4 HSUPA Scheduling (2/2) ............................................................ 12 7.5 HSUPA Physical and Transport Channels (1/3) ....................... 13 7.5 HSUPA Physical and Transport Channels (2/3) ....................... 14 7.5 HSUPA Physical and Transport Channels (3/3) ....................... 15

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7.1 HSDPA Rel.6 Enhancements (1/4)

In Release 6, further improvements to HSDPA will be added to further boost the downlink peak data rate to about 30 Mbps. For the uplink, similar techniques have been considered to raise user data rates from the Release 99 level. These efforts are named HSUPA - High-speed Uplink Packet Access - and are still under the 3GPP specification.

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7.1 HSDPA Rel.6 Enhancements (2/4)

For the downlink, enhanced antenna technologies can improve the transmission performance. Smart antennas, i.e., antenna arrays using beam forming, will track the handset, that is equipped with only one antenna, to ensure that the moving terminal will always be served with the max. downlink RF energy.

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7.1 HSDPA Rel.6 Enhancements (3/4)

Handsets, PDAs and laptop computers with up to four antennas can use the advantages of the so-called multiple-input multiple-output technology (MIMO). Downlink transmission diversity on the Node B side is combined with receiver diversity within the terminal. Reusing the spreading code on different antennas will allow for higher throughput per code. Together with an intelligent signal combining within terminals space-time RAKE receiver, receiving conditions are thus improved to support data rates of more than 10 Mbps.

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7.1 HSDPA Rel.6 Enhancements (4/4)

Implementation of terminal receiver diversity will still provide some physical problems. In the case of a notebook the screen housing can be used to integrate a number of antennas that provide sufficiently different receiving characteristics using different polarization planes.

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7.2 HSUPA (1/2)

For HSUPA, the following procedures are under investigation:

Fast H-ARQ that is terminated on Node B side Fast uplink packet scheduling and Higher order modulation

Hence, the same basic techniques are used to boost the data rate as for HSDPA.

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7.2 HSUPA (2/2)

But the uplink has to cope with some terminal-specific problems like:

Handset power restrictions Worse antenna conditions and Soft handover procedures.

These problems will certainly be solved and then we can enjoy new uplink services in the same way as improved downlink data rates within HSDPA.

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7.3 HSUPA Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (1/2)

Although HSUPA specifications have not yet been finalized let us have a closer look at some general aspects of enhanced uplink data transfer. In existing UMTS networks, uplink retransmissons of erroneous received packets are also controlled by the RNC as for the downlink. In HSUPA retransmission a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request mechanism will be implemented similar to the HSDPA procedure. This can dramatically reduce the times between two subsequent packets in an erroneous transmission scenario.

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7.3 HSUPA Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (2/2)

An additional complexity has to be faced with the HSUPA HARQ process when a soft handover occurs due to the moving UE. In this case, the node B that receives the packet incorrectly should not request a retransmission from the UE as the other node B might have received it correctly. Hence, the RNC needs to ensure the in-sequence delivery to higher layers and has to combine incoming packets from different nodes Bs.

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7.4 HSUPA Scheduling (1/2)

In existing UMTS networks, uplink data transfer is controlled by traffic volume measurements and traffic flow control messages by the RNC. With HSUPA, the uplink scheduling period is significantly shorter and more up to date and, thus, the uplink air interface capacity can be used more efficiently.

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7.4 HSUPA Scheduling (2/2)

Fast uplink scheduling provides an additional advantage. As soon as a particular mobile stops transmission or reduces data rates the remaining capacity can quickly be allocated to other UEs.

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7.5 HSUPA Physical and Transport Channels (1/3)

HSUPA is also named Enhance Uplink Data Channel (E-DCH). Various possibilities are under consideration for the physical channel structure. Uplink data transfer can be done using the existing Release 99 Dedicated Physical Data Channel (DPDCH) or with a new Enhanced Dedicated Physical Data Channel (E-DPDCH). Uplink signaling is possible using the existing DPDCH as well as the Release 99 Dedicated Physical Control Channel (DPCCH). Another alternative is to create a new Enhanced Dedicated Physical Control CHannel (E-DPCCH).

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7.5 HSUPA Physical and Transport Channels (2/3)

Accordingly, downlink signaling is possible using the existing DPDCH as well as the Release 99 Dedicated Physical Control Channel (DPCCH) or by creating a new Enhanced Shared Control CHannel (E-SCCH) similar to the downlink HS-SCCH.

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7.5 HSUPA Physical and Transport Channels (3/3)

It is not yet been decided whether to increase the number of physical channel types with HSUPA or to use the existing channels with ever growing capacities. Whichever way is used, existing lab trials for HSUPA show that some 5.8 Mbps of uplink data rates can be achieved and maintained.

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