LTEandLTEAdvancedTerminology

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ThispageonLTEterminologycoversLTEandLTEadvancedtechnologyrelatedterms.Itincludeterms
eNB,eNodeB,UE,OFDMA,SCFDMA,LTEframe,Resourceblock(RB),ResourceElement(RE),Slot,sub
frame,referencesignal,synchronizationsignal,SGW,MME,X2interface,S1interface,Uuinterface,Control
channel,datachannel,LTEchanneltypes,logicalchannel,transportchannel,physicalchannel,PSS,S
SS,PBCH,PDSCH,PDCCH,PCFICH,PCH,RS,SRS,DMRS,PRACH,PUSCH,PUCCH,carrieraggregation,voice
overLTEetc.
eNBoreNodeBItissimilartoBasestationwhichisusedinGSMnetworks.AlsocalledaseNodeB.
UE:Itissimilartomobilesubscriber.
OFDMA:OrthogonalFrequencyDivisionMultipleAccess,usedinphysicallayerofLTEDownlink.
SCFDMA:SingleCarrierFrequencyDivisionMultipleAccess,usedinphysicallayerofLTEUplink.
LTEFrame:LTEframeareof2typesTDDandFDD.Inboththecases,frameiscomposedof10subframes
andeachsubframeismadeof2slots.Framesizeis10ms.
ResourceBlock(RB):ItisthesmallestblockofresourcethatcanbeallocatedtoUEbyeNBitis12
subcarriersfor7symbols.
ResourceElement(RE):Thesmallestunitofradioresources,onesubcarrierforonesymbol.
Slot:7consecutivesymbolsforshortCyclicPrefix,6symbolsforlongcyclicprefix.
Subframe:2consecutivetimeslots.
ReferenceSignal:Similartopilotcarrierandisusedforchannelestimationatthereceiver.
Synchronizationsignal:Therearetwosynchronizationsignals,Primaryandsecondary.Botharetransmitted
inslot0andslot10inalltheframes.Itissameaspreambleusedinearliersystemsandusedfortime,
frequencysynchronizationpurpose.
SGW:ServingGateway
MME:MobilityManagementEntity
X2interface:InterfaceusedbetweeneNodeBandeNodeB.
S1interface:InterfaceusedbetweeneNodeBandcorenetworkinterface(MME/SGW).
Uuinterface:ThisistheairinterfaceusedbetweeneNodeBandUE.
Controlchannel:Thischannelcarrycontrolinformationusedtomake,maintainandterminatetheconnection.
UsedforthetransferofcontrolplaneinformationinLTE.

Datachannel:Thischannelcarrytrafficinformation.Usedforthetransferofuserplaneinformation.
ChannelstructureinLTE:
LTEadoptsahierarchicalchannelstructure.LTEdefinedthreechanneltypesi.e.logical,transportandphysical
channels.Eachassociatswithaserviceaccesspoint(SAP).(SAP)betweendifferentlayers.Thesechannelsare
usedbylowerlayerstoprovideservicestotheupperlayers.
LogicalChannels:WhattoTransmit.
TheyareusedbyMAClayertoprovideservicestoRLClayer.Eachlogicalchannelisdefinedaspertypeof
informationitcarries.InLTE,therearetwocategoriesoflogicalchannelsdependingontheservicetheyprovide:
controlchannelsandtrafficchannels.
TransportChannels:HowtoTransmit.
PHYusestransportchanneltoofferservicestotheMAClayer.Itischaracterizedbyhowandwithwhat
characteristicsdataistransferredovertheair.
PhysicalChannels:ActualTransmission
Eachphysicalchannelmapstoasetofresourceelementsinthetimefrequencygridthatcarryinformationfrom
upperlayers.ThebasicentitiesthatmakeaphysicalchannelareREsandRBs.Aresourceelementisone
subcarrierbyoneOFDMsymbolandtypicallythiscouldcarryone(ortwowithspatialmultiplexing)modulated
symbol(s).Aresourceblockisacollectionofresourceelementsandinthefrequencydomainthisrepresentsthe
smallestquantaofresourcesthatcanbeallocated.
PSS:Primarysynchronizationsignal
SSS:secondarysynchronizationsignal
PBCH:PhysicalBroadcastChannel
PDSCH:PhysicalDownlinkSharedChannel
PDCCH:PhysicalDownlinkControlChannel
PCFICH:PhysicalControlFormatIndicatorChannel
PHICH:PhysicalHybridARQIndicationChannel
PCH:Pagingchannel
RS:ReferenceSignal,usedbothinuplinkanddownlink
SRS:Soundingreferencesignal,usedinuplink
DMRS:DemodulationReferenceSignal
PRACH:PhysicalRandomAccessChannelusedinuplink
PUSCH:PhysicalUplinkSharedChannel
PUCCH:PhysicalUplinkControlChannel