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3G Long-term Evolution (LTE) and System Architecture Evolution (SAE)
Background
Evolved Packet System Architecture
LTE Radio Interface
Radio Resource Management
LTE-Advanced
UMTS Networks 2 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
3GPP Evolution – Background
Discussion started in Dec 2004 State of the art then:
The combination of HSDPA and E-DCH provides very efficient packet data transmission capabilities, but UMTS should continue to be evolved to meet the ever increasing demand of new applications and user expectations.
10 years have passed since the initiation of the 3G programme and it is time to initiate a new programme to evolve 3G which will lead to a 4G technology.
From the application/user perspectives, the UMTS evolution should target at significantly higher data rates and throughput, lower network latency, and support of always-on connectivity.
From the operator perspectives, an evolved UMTS will make business sense if it: Provide significantly improved power and bandwidth efficiencies Facilitate the convergence with other networks/technologies Reduce transport network cost Limit additional complexity
Evolved-UTRA is a packet only network – there is no support of circuit switched services (no MSC)
Evolved-UTRA started on a clean state – everything was up for discussion including the system architecture and the split of functionality between RAN and CN
Led to 3GPP Study Item (Study Phase: 2005 – 4Q2006) „3G Long-term Evolution (LTE)” for new Radio Access and “System Architecture Evolution” (SAE) for Evolved Network
UMTS Networks 3 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
LTE Requirements and Performance Targets
High Peak Data Rates
100 Mbps DL (20 MHz, 2x2 MIMO)
50 Mbps UL (20 MHz, 1x2)
Improved Spectrum Efficiency
3-4x HSPA Rel’6 in DL*
2-3x HSPA Rel’6 in UL
1 bps/Hz broadcast
Improved Cell Edge Rates
2-3x HSPA Rel’6 in DL*
2-3x HSPA Rel’6 in UL
Full broadband coverage
Support Scalable BW
1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 MHz
Low Latency
< 5ms user plane (UE to RAN edge)
<100ms camped to active
< 50ms dormant to active
Packet Domain Only
High VoIP capacity
Simplified network architecture
* Assumes 2x2 in DL for LTE,
but 1x2 for HSPA Rel’6
UMTS Networks 4 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
Key Features of LTE to Meet Requirements
Selection of OFDM for the air interface
Less receiver complexity
Robust to frequency selective fading and inter-symbol interference (ISI)
Access to both time and frequency domain allows additional flexibility in scheduling (including interference coordination)
Scalable OFDM makes it straightforward to extend to different transmission bandwidths
Integration of MIMO techniques
Pilot structure to support 1, 2, or 4 Tx antennas in the DL and MU-MIMO in the UL
Simplified network architecture
Reduction in number of logical nodes flatter architecture
Clean separation of user and control plane
UMTS Networks 5 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
3GPP / LTE R7/R8 specifications timeline
After Study Phase: Two Lines in 3GPP
EVOLUTION of HSPA to HSPA+ (enhanced W-CDMA incl. MIMO)
REVOLUTION towards LTE/SAE (OFDM based)
Stage 2 (Principles) completed in March 07
Stage 3 (Specifications) completed in Dec 07
Test specifications completed in Dec 08
RAN 32 March 06
WI agreed, concepts
approved
LTE RAN 35 March 07
Stage 2 Technical
Specs
RAN 37 Sept 07
Stage 3 Technical
Specs- L1 & L2
Corrections Phase
(2008 and
beyond)
RAN 34 Dec 06
NEW WI (64/16 QAM)
RAN 35 Mar 07
WI Completion (inc 64QAM)
RAN 36 Jun 07
WI Completion 16QAM UL
RAN 37 Sept 07
WI Completion (performance)
2006 2007 2008
R7 HSPA+
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
RAN 38 Dec 07
Stage 3 Technical
Specs – L3
RAN 42 Dec 08
Test Specs
UMTS Networks 6 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
Terminology: LTE + SAE = EPS
From set of requirements it was clear that evolution work would be required for both, the radio access network as well as the core network
LTE would not be backward compatible with UMTS/ HSPA !
RAN working groups would focus on the air interface and radio access network aspects
System Architecture (SA) working groups would develop the Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
Note on terminology
In the RAN working groups term Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) and Long Term Evolution (LTE) are used interchangeably.
In the SA working groups the term System Architecture Evolution (SAE) was used to signify the broad framework for the architecture
For some time the term LTE/SAE was used to describe the new evolved system, but now this has become known as the Evolved Packet System (EPS)
UMTS Networks 7 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
Network Simplification: From 3GPP to 3GPP LTE
3GPP architecture
4 functional entities on the control plane and user plane
3 standardized user plane & control plane interfaces
3GPP LTE architecture
2 functional entities on the user plane: eNodeB and S-GW
SGSN control plane functions S-GW & MME
Less interfaces, some functions will disappear
4 layers into 2 layers
Evolve GGSN integrated S-GW
Moving SGSN functionalities to S-GW.
RNC evolutions to RRM on a IP distributed network for enhancing mobility management.
Part of RNC mobility function being moved to S-GW & eNodeB
GGSN
SGSN
RNC
NodeB
ASGW
eNodeB
MMF
GGSN
SGSN
RNC
NodeB
Control plane User plane
ASGW
eNodeB
MMF
S-GW
eNodeB
MME
Control plane User plane
S-GW: Serving Gateway MME: Mobility Management Entity
eNodeB: Evolved NodeB
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Evolved UTRAN Architecture
eNB
eNB
eNB
MME/S-GW MME/S-GW
X2
EPC
E-U
TR
AN
S1
S1
S1 S1
S1
S1
X2
X2
EPC = Evolved Packet Core
Key elements of network architecture
No more RNC
RNC layers/functionalities moves in eNB
X2 interface for seamless mobility (i.e. data/ context forwarding) and interference management
Note: Standard only defines logical structure/ Nodes !
UMTS Networks 9 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
EPS Architecture – Functional description of the Nodes
internet
eNB
RB Control
Connection Mobility Cont.
eNB Measurement
Configuration & Provision
Dynamic Resource
Allocation (Scheduler)
PDCP
PHY
MME
S-GW
S1
MAC
Inter Cell RRM
Radio Admission Control
RLC
E-UTRAN EPC
RRC
Mobility
Anchoring
EPS Bearer Control
Idle State Mobility
Handling
NAS Security
P-GW
UE IP address
allocation
Packet Filtering
eNodeB contains all radio access functions
Admission Control
Scheduling of UL & DL data
Scheduling and transmission of paging and system broadcast
IP header compression
Outer ARQ (RLC)
Serving Gateway
Local mobility anchor for inter-eNB handovers
Mobility anchor for inter-3GPP handovers
Idle mode DL packet buffering
Lawful interception
Packet routing and forwarding
PDN Gateway
UE IP address allocation
Mobility anchor between 3GPP and non-3GPP access
Connectivity to Packet Data Network
MME control plane functions
Idle mode UE reachability
Tracking area list management
S-GW/P-GW selection
Inter core network node signaling for mobility bw. 2G/3G and LTE
NAS signaling
Authentication
Bearer management functions
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EPS Architecture – Control Plane Layout over S1
eNB
PHY
UE
PHY
MAC
RLC
MAC
MME
RLC
NAS NAS
RRC RRC
PDCP PDCP
UE eNode-B MME
RRC sub-layer performs:
Broadcasting
Paging
Connection Mgt
Radio bearer control
Mobility functions
UE measurement reporting & control
PDCP sub-layer performs:
Integrity protection & ciphering
NAS sub-layer performs:
Authentication
Security control
Idle mode mobility handling
Idle mode paging origination
UMTS Networks 11 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
EPS Architecture – User Plane Layout over S1
UE eNode-B MME
eNB
PHY
UE
PHY
MAC
RLC
MAC
PDCPPDCP
RLC
S-Gateway
RLC sub-layer performs:
Transferring upper layer PDUs
In-sequence delivery of PDUs
Error correction through ARQ
Duplicate detection
Flow control
Segmentation/ Concatenation of SDUs
PDCP sub-layer performs:
Header compression
Ciphering
MAC sub-layer performs:
Scheduling
Error correction through HARQ
Priority handling across UEs & logical
channels
Multiplexing/de-multiplexing of RLC
radio bearers into/from PhCHs on TrCHs
Physical sub-layer performs:
DL: OFDMA, UL: SC-FDMA
FEC
UL power control
Multi-stream transmission & reception (i.e. MIMO)
UMTS Networks 12 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
EPS Architecture – Interworking for 3GPP and non-3GPP Access
Home Subscriber Server (HSS) is the subscription data repository for permanent user data (subscriber profile).
Policy Charging Rules Function (PCRF) provides the policy and charging control (PCC) rules for controlling the QoS as well as charging the user, accordingly.
S3 interface connects MME directly to SGSN for signaling to support mobility across LTE and UTRAN/GERAN; S4 allows direction of user plane between LTE and GERAN/ UTRAN (uses GTP)
GERAN
UTRAN
E-UTRAN
SGSN
MME
non-3GPP Access
Serving GW PDN GW
S1-U
S1-MME S11
S3
S4
S5
Internet
EPS Core
S12
SGi
HSS
S6a
S10
PCRF
Gx
Gxc
UMTS Networks 13 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
LTE Key Radio Features (Release 8)
Multiple access scheme
DL: OFDMA with CP
UL: Single Carrier FDMA (SC-FDMA) with CP
Adaptive modulation and coding
DL modulations: QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM
UL modulations: QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM (optional for UE)
Rel-6 Turbo code: Coding rate of 1/3, two 8-state constituent encoders, and a contention-free internal interleaver.
ARQ within RLC sublayer and Hybrid ARQ within MAC sublayer.
Advanced MIMO spatial multiplexing techniques
(2 or 4)x(2 or 4) downlink and 1x(2 or 4) uplink supported.
Multi-layer transmission with up to four streams.
Multi-user MIMO also supported.
Implicit support for interference coordination
Support for both FDD and TDD
UMTS Networks 14 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
LTE Frequency Bands
LTE will support all band classes currently specified for UMTS as well as additional bands
UMTS Networks 15 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
OFDM Basics – Overlapping Orthogonal
OFDM: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
OFDMA: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple-Access
FDM/ FDMA is nothing new: carriers are separated sufficiently in frequency so that there is minimal overlap to prevent cross-talk.
OFDM: still FDM but carriers can actually be orthogonal (no cross-talk) while actually overlapping, if specially designed saved bandwidth !
conventional FDM
frequency
OFDM
frequency
saved bandwidth
UMTS Networks 16 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
OFDM Basics – Waveforms
Frequency domain: overlapping sinc functions
Referred to as subcarriers
Typically quite narrow, e.g. 15 kHz
Time domain: simple gated sinusoid functions
For orthogonality: each symbol has an integer number of cycles over the symbol time
fundamental frequency f0 = 1/T
Other sinusoids with fk = k • f0
4 5 6 7 8 9
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0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
freq
Df = 1/T
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1-1
-0.8
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time
T = symbol time
UMTS Networks 17 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
OFDM Basics – The Full OFDM Transceiver
Modulating the symbols onto subcarriers can be done verry efficiently in baseband using the FFT algorithm
Serial to Parallel
. . .
IFFT
bit
stream . . .
Parallel to Serial
D/A
A/D Serial to Parallel
. . . FFT
. . .
OFDM Transmitter
OFDM Receiver
Parallel to Serial
add CP
RF Tx
RF Rx
remove CP
Encoding + Interleaving + Modulation
Demod + De-interleave
+ Decode
Estimated
bit stream
Channel estimation & compensation
UMTS Networks 18 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
OFDM Basics – Cyclic Prefix
ISI (between OFDM symbols) eliminated almost completely by inserting a guard time
Within an OFDM symbol, the data symbols modulated onto the subcarriers are only orthogonal if there are an integer number of sinusoidal cycles within the receiver window
Filling the guard time with a cyclic prefix (CP) ensures orthogonality of subcarriers even in the presence of multipath elimination of same cell interference
CP Useful OFDM symbol time
OFDM symbol
CP Useful OFDM symbol time
OFDM symbol
CP Useful OFDM symbol time
OFDM symbol
OFDM Symbol OFDM Symbol OFDM Symbol
TG TG
UMTS Networks 22 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
OFDM Basics – Choosing the Symbol Time for LTE
Two competing factors in determining the right OFDM symbol time:
CP length should be longer than worst case multipath delay spread, and the OFDM symbol time should be much larger than CP length to avoid significant overhead from the CP
On the other hand, the OFDM symbol time should be much smaller than the shortest expected coherence time of the channel to avoid channel variability within the symbol time
LTE is designed to operate in delay spreads up to ~5 μs and for speeds up to 350 km/h (1.2 ms coherence time @ 2.6 GHz). As such, the following was decided:
CP length = 4.7 μs
OFDM symbol time = 66.6 μs(= 1/20 the worst case coherence time)
Df = 15 kHz
CP
~4.7 µs
~66.7 µs
UMTS Networks 23 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
Scalable OFDM for Different Operating Bandwidths
With Scalable OFDM, the subcarrier spacing stays fixed at 15 kHz (hence symbol time is fixed to 66.6 µs) regardless of the operating bandwidth (1.4 MHz, 3 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz, 20 MHz)
The total number of subcarriers is varied in order to operate in different bandwidths
This is done by specifying different FFT sizes (i.e. 512 point FFT for 5 MHz, 2048 point FFT for 20 MHz)
Influence of delay spread, Doppler due to user mobility, timing accuracy, etc. remain the same as the system bandwidth is changed robust design
common channels
10 MHz bandwidth
20 MHz bandwidth
5 MHz bandwidth
1.4 MHz bandwidth
3 MHz bandwidth
centre frequency
UMTS Networks 24 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
LTE Downlink Frame Format
Subframe length is 1 ms
consists of two 0.5 ms slots
7 OFDM symbols per 0.5 ms slot 14 OFDM symbols per 1ms subframe
In UL center SC-FDMA symbol used for the data demodulation reference signal (DM-RS)
slot = 0.5ms slot = 0.5ms
subframe = 1.0ms
OFDM symbol
Radio frame = 10ms
UMTS Networks 25 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
Multiple Antenna Techniques Supported in LTE
SU-MIMO
Multiple data streams sent to the same user (max. 2 codewords)
Significant throughput gains for UEs in high SINR conditions
MU-MIMO or Beamforming
Different data streams sent to different users using the same time-frequency resources
Improves throughput even in low SINR conditions (cell-edge)
Works even for single antenna mobiles
Transmit diversity (TxDiv) Improves reliability on a single data stream Fall back scheme if channel conditions do
not allow SM Useful to improve reliability on common
control channels
UMTS Networks 26 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
MIMO Support is Different in Downlink and Uplink
Downlink
Supports SU-MIMO, MU-MIMO, TxDiv
Uplink
Initial release of LTE does only support MU-MIMO with a single transmit
antenna at the UE Desire to avoid multiple power amplifiers at UE
UMTS Networks 27 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
LTE Duplexing Modes
LTE supports both Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD) to provide flexible operation in a variety of spectrum allocations around the world.
Unlike UMTS TDD there is a high commonality between LTE TDD & LTE FDD
Slot length (0.5 ms) and subframe length (1 ms) is the same than LTE FDD with the same numerology (OFDM symbol times, CP length, FFT sizes, sample rates, etc.)
UL/ DL switching points designed to allow co- existance with UMTS-TDD (TD-CDMA, TD-SCDMA)
UMTS Networks 28 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
LTE Half-Duplex FDD
In addition to FDD & TDD, LTE supports also Half-Duplex FDD (HD-FDD)
HD-FDD is like FDD, only the UE cannot transmit and receive at the same time
Note, that the eNodeB can still transmit and receive at the same time to different UEs; half-duplex is enforced by the eNodeB scheduler
Reasons for HD-FDD
Handsets are cheaper, as no duplexer is required
More commonality between TDD and HD-FDD than compared to full duplex FDD
Certain FDD spectrum allocations have small duplex space; HD-FDD leads to duplex desense in UE
UMTS Networks 29 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
LTE Downlink
The LTE downlink uses scalable OFDMA
Fixed subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz for unicast
Symbol time fixed at T = 1/15 kHz = 66.67 µs
Different UEs are assigned different sets of subcarriers so that they remain orthogonal to each other (except MU-MIMO)
Serial to Parallel
. . .
IFFT
bit stream . . .
Parallel to Serial
add CP
Encoding + Interleaving + Modulation
20 MHz: 2048 pt IFFT
10 MHz: 1024 pt IFFT 5 MHz: 512 pt IFFT
UMTS Networks 30 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
Physical Channels to Support LTE Downlink
eNodeB
Carries DL traffic
DL resource allocation
HARQ feedback for DL
CQI reporting
MIMO reporting
Time span of PDCCH
Carries basic system broadcast information
Allows mobile to get timing and frequency sync with the cell
UMTS Networks 31 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
Mapping between DL Logical, Transport and Physical Channels
LTE makes heavy use of shared channels common control, paging, and part of broadcast information carried on PDSCH PCCH: paging control channel
BCCH: broadcast control channel
CCCH: common control channel
DCCH: dedicated control channel
DTCH: dedicated traffic channel
PCH: paging channel
BCH: broadcast channel
DL-SCH: DL shared channel
BCCHPCCH CCCH DCCH DTCH MCCH MTCH
BCHPCH DL-SCH MCH
Downlink
Logical channels
Downlink
Transport channels
Downlink
Physical ChannelsPDSCH PDCCHPBCH PHICHPCFICH PMCH
UMTS Networks 32 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Jens Mückenheim Nov. 2012
LTE Uplink Transmission Scheme (1/2)
To facilitate efficient power amplifier design in the UE, 3GPP chose single carrier frequency domain multiple access (SC-FDMA) in favor of OFDMA for uplink multiple access.
SC-FDMA results in better PAPR
Reduced PA back-off improved coverage
SC-FDMA is still an orthogonal multiple access scheme
UEs are orthogonal in frequency
Synchronous in the time domain through the use of timing advance (TA) signaling
Only need to be synchronous within a fraction of the CP length
0.52 ms timing advance resolution
Node B
UE C
UE B
UE A
UE A Transmit Timing
UE B Transmit Timing
UE C Transmit Timing
a
b
g
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LTE Uplink Transmission Scheme (2/2)
SC-FDMA implemented using an OFDMA front-end and a DFT pre-coder, this is referred to as either DFT-pre-coded OFDMA or DFT-spread OFDMA (DFT-SOFDMA)
Advantage is that numerology (subcarrier spacing, symbol times, FFT sizes, etc.) can be shared between uplink and downlink
Can still allocate variable bandwidth in units of 12 sub-carriers
Each modulation symbol sees a wider bandwidth
+1 -1
-1 +
1 -1
-1 -1
+1 +
1 +
1 -1
DFT pre-coding
Serial to Parallel IFFT
bit
stream . . .
Parallel to Serial
add CP
Encoding + Interleaving + Modulation
. . DFT . . .
. .
Subcarrier mapping
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Physical Channels to Support LTE Uplink
eNodeB
Random access for initial
access and UL timing
alignment
UL scheduling grant
Carries UL Traffic
UL scheduling request for
time synchronized IEs
HARQ feedback for UL
Allows channel state
information to be
obtained by eNB
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Mapping between UL Logical, Transport and Physical Channels
CCCH DCCH DTCH
RACH UL-SCH
Uplink
Logical channels
Uplink
Transport channels
Uplink
Physical ChannelsPUSCH PUCCHPRACH
CCCH: common control channel
DCCH: dedicated control channel
DTCH: dedicated traffic channel
RACH: random access channel
UL-SCH: UL shared channel
PUSCH: physical UL shared channel
PUCCH: physical UL control channel
PRACH: physical random access channel
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Downlink Peak Rates
bandwidth
# of parallel streams supported
1 2 4
1.4 MHz 5.4 MBps 10.4 MBps 19.6 MBps
3 MHz 13.5 MBps 25.9 MBps 50 MBps
5 MHz 22.5 MBps 43.2 MBps 81.6 MBps
10 MHz 45 MBps 86.4 MBps 163.2 MBps
15 MHz 67.5 MBps 129.6 MBps 244.8 MBps
20 MHz 90 MBps 172.8 MBps 326.4 MBps
assumptions: 64QAM, code rate = 1, 1OFDM symbol for L1/L2, ignores subframes with P-BCH, SCH
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Uplink Peak Rates
bandwidth
Highest Modulation
16 QAM 64QAM
1.4 MHz 2.9 MBps 4.3 MBps
3 MHz 6.9 MBps 10.4 MBps
5 MHz 11.5 MBps 17.3 MBps
10 MHz 27.6 MBps 41.5 MBps
15 MHz 41.5 MBps 62.2 MBps
20 MHz 55.3 MBps 82.9 MBps
assumptions: code rate = 1, 2PRBs reserved for PUCCH (1 for 1.4MHz), no SRS, ignores subframes with PRACH, takes into account highest prime-factor restriction
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LTE Release 8 User Equipment Categories
Category 1 2 3 4 5
Peak rate
Mbps
DL 10 50 100 150 300
UL 5 25 50 50 75
Capability for physical functionalities
RF bandwidth 20MHz
Modulation DL QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM
UL QPSK, 16QAM QPSK,
16QAM,
64QAM
Multi-antenna
2 Rx diversity Assumed in performance requirements.
2x2 MIMO Not
supported
Mandatory
4x4 MIMO Not supported Mandatory
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Scheduling and Resource Allocation (1/2)
Basic unit of allocation is called a Resource Block (RB)
12 subcarriers in frequency (= 180 kHz)
1 timeslot in time (= 0.5 ms, = 7 OFDM symbols)
Multiple resource blocks can be allocated to a user in a given subframe
The total number of RBs available depends on the operating bandwidth
12 sub-carriers
(180 kHz)
Bandwidth (MHz) 1.4 3.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0
Number of available resource blocks
6 15 25 50 75 100
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Scheduling and Resource Allocation (2/2)
LTE uses a scheduled, shared channel on both the uplink (UL-SCH) and the downlink (DL-SCH)
Normally, there is no concept of an autonomous transmission; all transmissions in both uplink and downlink must be explicitly scheduled
LTE allows "semi-persistent" (periodical) allocation of resources, e.g. for VoIP
14 OFDM symbols
12
subcarrie
rs
Slot = 0.5ms
Slot = 0.5ms
UE A
UE B
UE C
Time
Fre
quency
<=3 OFDM symbols for PDCCH Downlink Scheduling
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Uplink Power Control
Open-loop power control is the baseline uplink power control method in LTE (compensation for path loss and fading)
Open-loop PC is needed to constrain the dynamic range between signals received from different UEs
Unlike CDMA, there is no in-cell interference to combat; rather, fading is exploited by rate control
Transmit power per PRB
TxPSD(dBm) = a·PL(dB) + P0nominal(dBm)
PLdB: pathloss, estimated from DL reference signal
P0nominal (dBm) = nominal (dB) + Itot (dBm)
Sum of SINR target nominal and total interference Itot sent on BCH
Fractional compensation factor a ≤ 1 (PUSCH) → only a fraction of the path loss is compensated
Additionally, (slow) closed loop PC can be used
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Target SINR
Target SINR on PUSCH is now a function of the UE’s path loss:
SINR(dBm) = nominal (dB) + (1–a)·PL(dB)
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Interference Coordination with Flexible Frequency Reuse
Cell edge users with frequency reuse > 1,
eNB transmits with higher power
Improved SINR conditions
Cell centre users can use whole frequency band
eNB transmits with reduced power
Less interference to other cells
Flexible frequency reuse realized through intelligent scheduling and power allocation
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Cell edge
Reuse > 1
Cell centre
Reuse = 1
Scheduler can place restriction on which PRBs can be used in which sectors
Achieves frequency reuse > 1
Reduced inter-cell interference leads to improved SINR, especially at cell-edge
Reduction in available transmission bandwidth leads to poor overall spectral efficiency
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Sector a Sector b Sector g
F1 F2 F3
Full Transmission Bandwidth
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Random-Access Procedure
RACH only used for Random Access Preamble
Response/ Data are sent over SCH
Non-contention based RA to improve access time, e.g. for HO
UE eNB
RA Preamble assignment0
Random Access Preamble 1
Random Access Response2
UE eNB
Random Access Preamble1
Random Access Response 2
Scheduled Transmission3
Contention Resolution 4
Contention based RA Non-Contention based RA
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LTE Handover
LTE uses UE-assisted network controlled handover
UE reports measurements; network decides when handover and to which cell
Relies on UE to detect neighbor cells no need to maintain and broadcast neighbor lists
Allows "plug-and-play" capability; saves BCH resources
For search and measurement of inter-frequency neighboring cells only carrier frequency need to be indicated
X2 interface used for handover preparation and forwarding of user data
Target eNB prepares handover by sending required information to UE transparently through source eNB as part of the Handover Request Acknowledge message
New configuration information needed from system broadcast
Accelerates handover as UE does not need to read BCH on target cell
Buffered and new data is transferred from source to target eNB until path switch prevents data loss
UE uses contention-free random access to accelerate handover
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LTE Handover: Preparation Phase
UE UE Source
eNB Source
eNB
Measurement Control
Target eNB
Target eNB MME MME sGW sGW
Packet Data Packet Data
UL allocation
Measurement Reports
HO decision
Admission Control
HO Request
HO Request Ack
DL allocation
RRC Connection Reconfig.
L1/L2 signaling
L3 signaling
User data
HO decision is made by source eNB based on UE measurement report
Target eNB prepares HO by sending relevant info to UE through source eNB as part
of HO request ACK command, so that UE does not need to read target cell BCCH
SN Status Transfer
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LTE Handover: Execution Phase
UE UE Source
eNB Source
eNB
Target eNB
Target eNB MME MME sGW sGW
Detach from old cell, sync with new cell
Deliver buffered packets and forward new packets to target eNB
DL data forwarding via X2
Synchronisation
UL allocation and Timing Advance
RRC Connection Reconfig. Complete
L1/L2 signaling
L3 signaling
User data Buffer packets from
source eNB
Packet Data
Packet Data
RACH is used here only so target eNB can estimate UE timing and provide timing
advance for synchronization; RACH timing agreements ensure UE does not need to
read target cell P-BCH to obtain SFN (radio frame timing from SCH is sufficient to
know PRACH locations)
UL Packet Data
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LTE Handover: Completion Phase
UE UE Source
eNB
Target eNB
Target eNB MME MME sGW sGW
DL Packet Data
Path switch req
User plane update req
Switch DL path
User plane update response Path switch req ACK
Release resources
Packet Data Packet Data
L1/L2 signaling
L3 signaling
User data
DL data forwarding
Flush DL buffer, continue delivering in-transit packets
End Marker
Release resources
Packet Data
End Marker
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LTE Handover: Illustration of Interruption Period
UL
U - plane active
U - plane active
UE UE Source
eNB Source
eNB Target eNB
Target eNB
UL
U - plane active
U - plane active
UEs stops
Rx/Tx on the old cell
DL sync
+ RACH (no contention)
+ Timing Adv
+ UL Resource Req and
Grant
ACK
HO Request
HO Confirm
Handover
Latency
(approx 55 ms) approx 20 ms
Measurement Report
HO Command
HO Complete
Handover Interruption
(approx 35 ms)
Handover Preparation
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Tracking Area
BCCH
TAI 1
BCCH
TAI 1
BCCH
TAI 1
BCCH
TAI 1
BCCH
TAI 1
BCCH
TAI 2
BCCH
TAI 2
BCCH
TAI 2
BCCH
TAI 2
BCCH
TAI 2
BCCH
TAI 2
BCCH
TAI 3
BCCH
TAI 3
BCCH
TAI 3
BCCH
TAI 3
Tracking Area 1
Tracking Area 2 Tracking Area 3
• Tracking Area Identifier (TAI) sent over Broadcast Channel BCCH
• Tracking Areas can be shared by multiple MMEs
• One UE can be allocated to multiple tracking areas
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EPS Bearer Service Architecture
P-GWS-GW Peer
Entity
UE eNB
EPS Bearer
Radio Bearer S1 Bearer
End-to-end Service
External Bearer
Radio S5/S8
Internet
S1
E-UTRAN EPC
Gi
E-RAB S5/S8 Bearer
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LTE RRC States
No RRC connection, no context in eNodeB (but EPS bearers are retained)
UE controls mobility through cell selection
UE specific paging DRX cycle controlled by upper layers
UE acquires system information from broadcast channel
UE monitors paging channel to detect incoming calls
RRC connection and context in eNodeB
Network controlled mobility
Transfer of unicast and broadcast data to and from UE
UE monitors control channels associated with the shared data channels
UE provides channel quality and feedback information
Connected mode DRX can be configured by eNodeB according to UE activity level
RRC_IDLE RRC_Connected
Release RRC connection
Establish RRC connection
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EPS Connection Management States
No signaling connection between UE and core network (no S1-U/ S1-MME)
No RRC connection (i.e. RRC_IDLE)
UE performs cell selection and tracking area updates (TAU)
Signaling connection established between UE and MME, consists of two components
RRC connection
S1-MME connection
UE location is known to accuracy of Cell-ID
Mobility via handover procedure
ECM_IDLE ECM_Connected
Signaling connection released
Signaling connection established
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EPS Mobility Management States
EMM context holds no valid location or routing information for UE
UE is not reachable by MME as UE location is not known
UE successfully registers with MME with Attach procedure or Tracking Area Update (TAU)
UE location known within tracking area
MME can page to UE
UE always has at least one PDN connection
EMM_Deregistered
Detach
Attach
EMM_Registered
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LTE – Status
LTE standard (Rel. 8) is stable
Rel. 8 frozen in 2Q2009
Since 2010, LTE has been deployed worldwide
Totally new infrastructure
First target was often to provide broadband coverage for fixed users
Currently, 111 LTE networks in 52 countries are in service (Nov. 2012)*
Implemented according to Release 8/9
Mostly FDD, but also some TDD networks
Mobile packet data support with fallback to 3G/2G for CS voice service
Spectrum allocation in new frequency bands as well as existing 2G/3G bands (refarming)
3GPP continues LTE development
Rel. 9: technical enhancements/ E-MBMS
Rel. 10/11: LTE-Advanced (cf. next slides)
*http://www.4gamericas.org -> Statistics
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LTE-Advanced
The evolution of LTE
Corresponding to LTE Release 10 and beyond
Motivation of LTE-Advanced
IMT-Advanced standardisation process in ITU-R
Additional IMT spectrum band identified in WRC07
Further evolution of LTE Release 8 and 9 to meet:
Requirements for IMT-Advanced of ITU-R
Future operator and end-user requirements
Work Item phase Study Item phase
First submission
Final submission
LTE release 10 (”LTE-Advanced”)
2009 2010 2008
Proposals
Circular Letter
3GPP WS
IMT-Advanced
Specification
IMT-Advanced recommendation
Evaluation
3GPP
ITU
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Evolution from IMT-2000 to IMT-Advanced
Interconnection
IMT - 2000
Mobility
Low
High
1 10 100 1000
Peak useful data rate (Mbit/s)
Enhanced IMT - 2000
Enhancement
IMT - 2000
Mobility
Low
High
1 10 100 1000
Area Wireless Access
Enhanced IMT - 2000
Enhancement
Digital Broadcast Systems Nomadic / Local Area Access Systems
New Nomadic / Local
IMT-Advanced will encompass the
capabilities of previous systems
New capabilities of IMT-Advanced
New Mobile Access
• 5
7
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Peak data rate
1 Gbps data rate will be achieved by 4-by-4 MIMO and transmission bandwidth wider than approximately 70 MHz
Peak spectrum efficiency
DL: Rel. 8 LTE satisfies IMT-Advanced requirement
UL: Need to double from Release 8 to satisfy IMT-Advanced requirement
Rel. 8 LTE LTE-Advanced IMT-Advanced
Peak data rate
DL 300 Mbps 1 Gbps
1 Gbps(*)
UL 75 Mbps 500 Mbps
Peak spectrum efficiency [bps/Hz]
DL 15 30 15
UL 3.75 15 6.75
*“100 Mbps for high mobility and 1 Gbps for low mobility” is one of the key features as written in
Circular Letter (CL)
System Performance Requirements
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Technical Outline to Achieve LTE-Advanced Requirements
Support wider bandwidth
Carrier aggregation to achieve wider bandwidth
Support of spectrum aggregation
Peak data rate, spectrum flexibility
Advanced MIMO techniques
Extension to up to 8-layer transmission in downlink
Introduction of single-user MIMO up to 4-layer transmission in uplink
Peak data rate, capacity, cell-edge user throughput
Coordinated multipoint transmission and reception (CoMP)
CoMP transmission in downlink
CoMP reception in uplink
Cell-edge user throughput, coverage, deployment flexibility
Relaying
Type 1 relays create a separate cell and appear as Rel. 8 LTE eNB to Rel. 8 LTE UEs
Coverage, cost effective deployment
Further reduction of delay
AS/NAS parallel processing for reduction of C-Plane delay
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Frequency
System bandwidth,
e.g., 100 MHz CC, e.g., 20 MHz
UE capabilities
• 100-MHz case
• 40-MHz case
• 20-MHz case
(Rel. 8 LTE)
Carrier Aggregation
Wider bandwidth transmission using carrier aggregation
Entire system bandwidth up to, e.g., 100 MHz, comprises multiple basic frequency blocks called component carriers (CCs)
Each CC is backward compatible with Rel. 8 LTE
Carrier aggregation supports both contiguous and non-contiguous spectrums, and asymmetric bandwidth for FDD
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Advanced MIMO Techniques
Extension up to 8-stream transmission for single-user (SU) MIMO in downlink
improve downlink peak spectrum
efficiency
Enhanced multi-user (MU) MIMO in downlink Specify additional reference signals (RS)
Introduction of single-user (SU)-MIMO up to 4-stream transmission in uplink
Satisfy IMT requirement for uplink peak
spectrum efficiency
Max. 8 streams
Higher-order MIMO up
to 8 streams
Enhanced
MU-MIMO
CSI feedback
Max. 4 streams
SU-MIMO up to 4 streams
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Coordinated Multipoint Transmission/ Reception (CoMP)
Enhanced service provisioning, especially for cell-edge users
CoMP transmission schemes in downlink
Joint processing (JP) from multiple geographically separated points
Coordinated scheduling/beamforming (CS/CB) between cell sites
Similar for the uplink
Dynamic coordination in uplink scheduling
Joint reception at multiple sites
Coherent combining or
dynamic cell selection
Joint transmission/dynamic cell selection
Coordinated scheduling/beamforming
Receiver signal processing at
central eNB (e.g., MRC, MMSEC)
Multipoint reception
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eNB RN UE
Cell ID #x Cell ID #y
Higher node
Relaying
Type 1 relay
Relay node (RN) creates a separate cell distinct from the donor cell
UE receives/transmits control signals for scheduling and HARQ from/to RN
RN appears as a Rel. 8 LTE eNB to Rel. 8 LTE UEs
Deploy cells in the areas where wired backhaul is not available or very
expensive
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Heterogenous Networks (HetNet)
Network expansion due to varying traffic demand & RF environment Cell-splitting of traditional macro deployments is complex and iterative Indoor coverage and need for site acquisition add to the challenge
Future network deployments based on Heterogeneous Networks Deployment of Macro eNBs for initial coverage only Addition of Pico, HeNBs and Relays for capacity growth & better user experience
Improved in-building coverage and flexible site acquisition with low power base stations Relays provide coverage extension with no incremental backhaul expense
eICIC is introduced in LTE Rel-10 and further enhanced in Rel-11 Time domain interference management Cell range expansion Interference cancellation receiver in the terminal
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LTE References
Literature:
H. Holma/ A. Toskala (Ed.): “LTE for UMTS - OFDMA and SC-FDMA Based Radio Access,” 2nd edition, Wiley 2011
E. Dahlman et al: “3G Evolution, HSPA and LTE for Mobile Broadband,” 3rd edition, Academic Press 2011
S. Sesia et al: “LTE, The UMTS Long Term Evolution: From Theory to Practice,” Wiley 2011
T. Nakamura (RAN chairman): “Proposal for Candidate Radio Interface Technologies for IMT-Advanced Based on LTE Release 10 and Beyond LTE-Advanced),” ITU-R WP 5D 3rd Workshop on IMT-Advanced, October 2009
Standards
TS 36.xxx series: RAN Aspects
TS 36.300 “E-UTRAN; Overall description; Stage 2”
TR 25.912 “Feasibility study for evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) and Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN)”
TR 25.814 “Physical layer aspect for evolved UTRA”
TR 23.882 “3GPP System Architecture Evolution: Report on Technical Options and Conclusions”
TR 36.912 “Feasibility study for Further Advancements for E-UTRA (LTE-Advanced)”
TR 36.814 “Further Advancements for E-UTRA - Physical Layer Aspects”
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Abbreviations
CP Cyclic Prefix
DFT Discrete Fourier Transformation
DRX Discontinuous Reception
ECM EPS Connection Management
EMM EPS Mobility Management
eNodeB/eNB Evolved NodeB
EPC Evolved Packet Core
EPS Evolved Packet System
E-UTRAN Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
FDD Frequency-Division Duplex
FDM Frequency-Division Multiplexing
FFT Fast Fourier Transformation
HD-FDD Half-Duplex FDD
HO Handover
HOM Higher Order Modulation
HSS Home Subscriber Server
IFFT Inverse FFT
ISI Inter-Symbol Interference
LTE Long Term Evolution
MIMO Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
MME Mobility Management Entity
MU Multi-User
OFDM Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing
OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple-Access
PCRF Policy & Charging Function
PDN Packet Data Network
P-GW PDN Gateway
RA Random Access
RB Resource Block
RRC Radio Resource Control
SAE System Architecture Evolution
SCH Shared Channel
S-GW Serving Gateway
SC-FDMA Single Carrier FDMA
SU Single User
TDD Time-Division Duplex
TA Timing Advance/ Tracking Area
TAI Tracking Area Indicator
TAU Tracking Area Update
UE User Equipment
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