Copyright © 2013 Waleed Elsafoury

LTE Radio Interface

BY:
ENG. Waleed Elsafoury
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MAIN FEATURES
Band GSM&UMTS Bands, 2600Mhz , …..
Duplex Technique FDD / TDD
OFDMA/TDMA
Multiple Access SC-FDMA/TDMA
Adaptive Modulation
Modulation • BPSK – QPSK – 16QAM – 64QAM
• 64QAM optional in UL
Carrier BW Scalable bandwidth : 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20MHz
Data rate 100Mbps/50Mbps
Optimum 0-15Km/hr
Max speed High performance 15-120Km/hr
Supported 500Km/hr
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FRACTIONAL FREQUENCY REUSE (FFR)
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TIME & FREQUENCY DOMAIN RESOURCES
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FREQUENCY DOMAIN RESOURCES

12 Sub-carrier

Freq.

15 KHZ

SUB- Channel
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FREQUENCY DOMAIN RESOURCES
Sub-Carrier spacing = 15 KHz

Sub-Channel = 12 sub-carrier

Sub-channel = 180 KHz

There are two factors that constrain the selection of the OFDM subcarrier
spacing:
• The OFDM subcarrier spacing should be as small as possible (Tb as large as
Possible
• A too small subcarrier spacing increases the sensitivity of the OFDM
transmission to Doppler shift.
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FREQUENCY DOMAIN RESOURCES

CARRIER BW (MHZ) 1.4 3.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0

NO. OF SUB-CHANNELS 6 15 25 50 75 100

NO. OF SUB-CARRIERS 72 180 300 600 900 1200

FFT SIZE 128 256 512 1024 1536 2048

SAMPLING FREQUENCY MHZ 1.92 3.84 7.68 15.36 23.04 30.72

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TIME DOMAIN RESOURCES

Frame
Structure

Frame Frame
Structure 1 Structure 2
FDD TDD
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FRAME STRUCTURE 1
Cyclic prefix

Normal CP Extended CP
4.69 usec 16.67 usec
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FOR 1.4 MHZ CARRIER ( LONG CP )

• No. of slots per sec = 1 / .5 msec = 2000 slot

• No. of samples per slot = 1.92 M /2000 = 960 sample / slot

• 1.4 Mhz  128 IFFT size

• Long CP = ¼ symbol = 32

• Symbol = 128 + 32 = 160 sample

• No. of symbols per slot = 960 / 160 = 6 symbol

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LTE DL PEAK RATE
Assume short cp and 20Mhz BW

• RB = 7 symbols x 12 Subcarriers =84 RE

• 20 MHz = 100 sub-channel

• 1 sec = 2000 slot

BUT THIS
RATE IN
• Rate = 100 x 84x2000 = 16800000 RE / sec
NOT REAL
• For 64 QAM RE = 6 bit

• Rate = 16800000 x 6 = 100.8 Mbps

• For 4x4 MIMO Rate = 403.3 Mbps

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REFERENCE SIGNALS
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REFERENCE SIGNALS
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FRAME STRUCTURE 2
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FRAME STRUCTURE 2
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LTE CHANNELS

LTE
Channels

Transpor
Logical t Physical
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LTE LOGICAL CHANNELS
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LTE LOGICAL CHANNELS
Control channels: these LTE control channels carry the control plane information:
• Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH) : This control channel provides system
information to all mobile terminals connected to the eNodeB.
• Paging Control Channel (PCCH) : This control channel is used for paging
information when searching a unit on a network.
• Common Control Channel (CCCH) : This channel is used for random access
information
• Multicast Control Channel (MCCH) : This control channel is used for
Information needed for multicast reception.
• Dedicated Control Channel (DCCH) : This control channel is used for
carrying user-specific control information, e.g. for controlling actions
including power control, handover, etc..
Traffic channels: These LTE traffic channels carry the user-plane data:
• Dedicated Traffic Channel (DTCH) : User data
• Multicast Traffic Channel (MTCH) : Multicast data
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LTE CHANNELS