UMTS Long Term Evolution (LTE) R&S Portfolio

Christina Gessner
Technology Manager, Rohde & Schwarz Christina.Gessner@rohde-schwarz.com

LTE Test requirements and solutions

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LTE test requirements LSTI and NGMN fora

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NGMN (R&S is partner since November 2007):

l R&S will reflect NGMN requirements in test solutions for next

generation technologies. l R&S has participated in various taskforces within NGMN P18 group for terminal certification (gap analysis). l R&S has demonstrated LTE test solutions at the recent NGMN industry conference (26-27 June 2008, Frankfurt)

LSTI (R&S is member since February 2008):

l R&S is contributing to the review of LSTI minimum feature set vs.

RAN5 test case coverage. l R&S has initiated a joint contribution of the T&M suppliers within LSTI regarding an optional T&M workstream in IOT group. l R&S will draft and support LSTI IO(D)T specific test cases. l R&S will support LTE FDD and TDD field trial activities with test solutions.

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R&S LTE test solutions

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RF testing for LTE / EUTRA

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LTE RF Testing on industry-proven platforms

Signal Generation SMx Instrument Family Signal Analysis

SMU200A

SMJ100A

FSQ

SMATE200A FSG

+ AMU200A + AFQ/WinIQSIM2
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FSV

Features supported for LTE FDD and TDD Signal generation and analysis
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Full 3GPP compliance Generation and analysis of LTE downlink/uplink physical channels and signals:
l Generation of PDSCH, PDCCH, PCFICH, PHICH, PBCH, PUCCH, PUSCH l Analysis of PDSCH, PDCCH, PCFICH, PHICH, PBCH, PUSCH l Uplink and downlink reference and synchronization signals

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All bandwidths up to 20 MHz and all UMTS bands supported QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM downlink/uplink modulation schemes supported Integrated 3GPP compliant downlink and uplink coding chain in signal generator All downlink MIMO modes supported: precoding, transmit diversity, spatial MUX MIMO configurations with 2 and 4 antennas supported 2x2 MIMO signal generation in a one-box setup including fading simulation Measurement of power, spectrum, modulation quality, constellation, EVM, frequency error, CCDF, crest factor, relative inband emission, bitstream,
Note: Some of the features are not yet available for LTE TDD mode.

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First challenge in terminal receiver verification

Synchronizing to an LTE cell (SISO case)
Configurable in: Frequency Bandwidth Power Modulation schemes Resource allocation Data sources Channel coding Sync and pilot channels

Vector signal generator R&S SMU200A provides LTE downlink signal Device under test

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LTE terminal receiver verification

Customized downlink test signals as stimuli

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Reference Signals Synchronization Signals Downlink control channels (PDCCH, PCFICH, PHICH, PBCH) Downlink data Fully 3GPP compliant channel coding for uplink and downlink All MIMO modes DTX / Dummy data in unscheduled resource blocks User defined data

Screenshot of R&S SMU200A

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LTE terminal receiver verification

Fully 3GPP compliant channel coding chain

Screenshot of R&S SMU200A

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LTE terminal receiver verification

Configuration of PDCCH, PHICH, PCFICH

Screenshot of R&S SMU200A

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First challenge in base station receiver verification

Verifying detection of uplink signal
Configurable in: Frequency Bandwidth Power Modulation schemes

Resource allocation Data sources Uplink pilot channels

Vector signal generator R&S SMU200A provides LTE uplink signal Device under test

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LTE base station receiver verification

Customized uplink test signals as stimuli
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Simulation of up to 4 terminals Uplink data (PUSCH) Uplink control (PUCCH) Uplink channel coding Demodulation reference signal Sounding reference signal Frequency hopping

Screenshot of R&S SMU200A

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LTE base station receiver verification

Uplink sounding and demodulation reference signals

Screenshots of R&S SMU200A

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LTE TDD signal generation

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R&S Unique MIMO solution

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2x2 MIMO receiver verification with a one-box setup

MIMO device under test

Vector signal generator R&S SMU200A provides LTE downlink signals from 2 TX antennas Including MIMO channel simulation

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MIMO receiver verification with R&S SMU200A

TX1 Code word and precoding selection for MIMO

TX2

MIMO Fading (R&S SMU-K74)

Screenshot of R&S SMU200A
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Downlink MIMO receiver verification

Configuring MIMO mode and precoding
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MIMO data precoding per allocation

Screenshot of R&S SMU200A

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Downlink MIMO receiver verification

Signal paths
Channel AA

Screenshot of R&S SMU200A

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Downlink MIMO receiver verification

Signal paths

Screenshot of R&S SMU200A

Channel BB

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Downlink MIMO receiver verification

Signal paths

Channel AB

Screenshot of R&S SMU200A

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Downlink MIMO receiver verification

Signal paths

Channel BA

Screenshot of R&S SMU200A

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Complex correlation matrix

Channel AA

Channel AB

Channel BA

Screenshots of R&S SMU200A

Channel BB

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What does correlation mean illustrative?

Zero correlation 80% correlation 100% correlation

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LTE MIMO channel model supported

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Particularly relevant for receiver performance tests Extension to traditional ITU fading models (tapped delay line) required to cover higher bandwidths of LTE and MIMO operation Propagation conditions agreed in 3GPP for:
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Extended pedestrian A (EPA) Extended vehicular A model (EVA) Extended Typical Urban model (ETU)

Definition of delay profile, Doppler spectrum and set of correlation matrices describing correlation between UE and BS antennas

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MIMO receiver test Collaborative uplink / Multi user MIMO

UE 1 data Coding Fading on the air interface

UE 2 data

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Unique LTE/MIMO signal generation solution

R&S SMU200A Vector signal generator LTE signal generation Dual channel baseband + RF Fading + AWGN simulator option 2x2 MIMO option K74 R&S AMU200A Baseband signal generator LTE signal generation Stand-alone baseband fading + AWGN simulator Dual channel baseband in/out 2x2 MIMO option K74
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dual channel RF

dual channel I/Q

First challenge in BS and UE transmitter verification

Verifying key signal characteristics and quality

Evaluation of: Power, spectrum, constellation, modulation quality, Error Vector Magnitude (EVM), frequency error, crest factor,

Device under test (base station or UE) Signal analyzer FSQ analyzes LTE uplink/downlink signal

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LTE Signal analysis

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Available today for signal analyzers FSQ/FSG with software options

l FSQ-K100 (LTE downlink OFDMA analysis) l FSQ-K101 (LTE SC-FDMA uplink analysis) l FSQ-K102 (MIMO analysis) l New software option for LTE TDD

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Available as external PC software; integration within FSQ planned when 3GPP specifications stabilize Wide range of measurements in nice graphical presentation: modulation quality, EVM, constellation, spectrum, frequency error, CCDF, Auto demodulation feature Automatic detection of cyclic prefix

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Analysing uplink and downlink LTE signals

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LTE MIMO analysis (Software Option FSQ-K102)

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Supports 2x2 and 4x4 MIMO Supports

l Transmit Diversity l Spatial multiplexing l Cyclic delay diversity

Measurements are possible on single antennas or combined

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LTE MIMO analysis (Software Option FSQ-K102)

MIMO transmitter tests on multiple antennas

DUT

Precoded MIMO Signal

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LTE TDD signal analysis

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R&S solutions for Signal Analysis

R&S FSQ High end spectrum analyzer up to 40 GHz Up to 120 MHz demodulation bandwidth Base band inputs analog and digital Support for all 2G and 3G standards R&S FSG Spectrum analyzer up to 13.6 GHz Performance close to FSQ 28 MHz demodulation bandwidth Support for all 2G and 3G standards

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LTE RF Testing Aspects

Transmitter Characteristics: Transmit power Frequency error Output power dynamics Output RF spectrum emissions Transmit intermodulation Modulation quality, Error Vector Magnitude Performance requirements

UE/BS requirements according to 3GPP

Receiver characteristics: Reference sensitivity level UE maximum input level Adjacent channel selectivity Blocking characteristics Intermodulation characteristics Spurious emissions

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UE protocol testing for LTE / EUTRA

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CMW500 for LTE Protocol Test

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CMW500 for LTE Protocol Test

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CMW500 LTE Tester Key Features

l Fully 3GPP Rel-8 compliant LTE protocol tester l LTE Layer1, Layer2, Layer3 including NAS and user plane support l Based on 3GPP baseline 2008-03, quarterly updates to latest 3GPP specifications l

RF Interface
l 20 MHz bandwidth (incl. 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15 MHz) l Supports all 3GPP frequency bands up to 3.3 GHz (extension to 6 GHz)

Digital I/Q Interface

l Supports protocol testing in real-time or with reduced clock l Different digital IQ interface standards possible via external adapter (Ex-

IQ box)

l Fading l Digital baseband fading with R&S SMU200A and R&S AMU200A l Supports host based virtual protocol testing for LTE L2 and L3

stack development (Virtual PHY)

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CMW500 LTE Tester Key Features

l Prepared for TX Diversity and MIMO 2x2 (later MIMO 4x2) l Prepared for multi-cell and multi-mode LTE testing l Highly scalable hardware to support multi-cell and multi-RAT handover testing in one box l Powerful programming interfaces for rapid development of

signaling test cases

l R&D testing: C++ API, eg. LLAPI (L2), MLAPI (L3) backwards

compatible with R&S 3G protocol tester l Conformance testing: TTCN-3 API and runtime libraries l Proven mobile communications software tools for test case

development, test campaign management and log file analysis

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CMW500 for LTE Protocol Test

Test Definition Interfaces
R&D R&D IOT
LTE LLAPI Early R&D Protocol Testing No finalized 3GPP Layer 3 specification and ASN.1 required Full flexibility for lower layer configuration LLAPI is the ideal interface for early stage LTE protocol testing 1
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Conf.

LTE MLAPI Protocol Testing

LTE TTCN-3 Conformance Testing

Considerable reduction of source code by automatic lower layer configuration High scenario re-use factor Requires a finalized Layer 3, ASN.1 specification

TTCN-3 = Testing and Test Control Notation - 3 TTCN-3 already used for GCF WI-031 3GPP IMS Call Control Rel-5 and Rel-6

LTE Virtual Tester

Detailed Block Diagram
Test Cases
LLAPI Test MLAPI Test Scenarios Scenarios

R&S LTE Virtual Tester

UE Protocol Stack SW under Test

LTE Virtual Tester

MLAPI RRC

MMI

RRC Configurator LLAPI PDCP

RRC

PDCP

RLC

RLC

MAC

MAC

VTAPI Test Adaptation Layer VTIPI Physical Interface Adapter Physical Interface Adapter UE Adaptation Layer

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Protocol Testing for LTE R&D

SW Tools
MS Visual Studio Project Explorer
- define configuration - manage Suites - develop - build - define sequences - execute - manage results

TestSuite Explorer

C++ LLAPI / MLAPI Scenario

Message Analyser

Message Composer
- analyse results - export constraints - compose send & receive constraints

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Protocol Testing for LTE R&D

R&S Project Exporer

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Protocol Testing for LTE R&D

R&S Message Composer

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Protocol Testing for LTE R&D

R&S Message Analyzer

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More reading Application Notes 1MA111 and RSI004

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Thank you for your attention! Comments and questions welcome!

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