LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless Design and Measurement Challenges

Contents

LTE Introduction 1 Moray Rumney 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 LTE System Overview 1 1.3 The Evolution from UMTS to LTE 3 1.4 LTE/SAE Requirements 4 1.5 LTE/SAE Timeline 6 1.6 Introduction to the 3GPP LTE/SAE 7

Specification Documents 1.7 References 9

Air Interface Concepts 11 2.1 Radio Frequency Aspects 11

Moray Rumney 12 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing 29

Moray Rumney 2.3 Single-Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access 38

Moray Rumney 2.4 Multi-Antenna Operation and MIMO 43

Peter Cain 2.5 References 58

Physical Layer Ш 3.1 Introduction to the Physical Layer 59 3.2 Physical Channels and Modulation 59

Mitsuru Yokoyama, Bai Ying 3.3 Multiplexing and Channel Coding 74

Ryo Yonezawa 3.4 Introduction to Physical Layer Signalling 86

Mark Stambaugh, Jean-Philippe Gregoire

3.5 Physical Layer Procedures 99 Dr. Michael Leung Dr. K. F Tsang, CityU

3.6 Physical Layer Measurements and 105 Radio Resource Management Moray Rumney

3.7 Summary

3.8 References

Upper Layer Signalling 4.1 Access Stratum

Sarabjit Singh, Anite; Steve Charlton, Anite; Venkata Ratnakar, Anite; Darshpreet Sabharwal, Anite; Peter Goldsack

4.2 Non-Access Stratum Sarabjit Singh, Anite; Niranjan Das, Anite

4.3 References

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System Architecture Evolution 149 Per Kangru, Eng Wei Koo

5.1 Requirements for an Evolved Architecture 149

5.2 Overview of the Evolved Packet System 153

5.3 Quality of Service in EPS 181

5.4 Security in the Network 188

5.5 Services 189

5.6 References 195

Design and Verification Challenges 199 6.1 Introduction 199

Moray Rumney

6.2 Simulation and Early R&D Hardware Testing 201 Greg Jue

6.3 Testing RFICs With DigRF Interconnects 226 Chris Van Woerkom

6.4 Transmitter Design and Measurement Challenges 236 Ben Zarlingo, Craig Grimley, Moray Rumney

6.5 Receiver Design and Measurement Challenges 274 Randy Becker, Sandy Fräser

6.6 Design and Verification Challenges of MIMO 301 Peter Cain

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MIMO Closed Loop Operation Jean-Philippe Gregoire

Signalling Protocol Development Peter Jones, Anite

Network Troubleshooting Zach Level!, Bob Irvine

Battery Drain Testing Moray Rumney

References

Conformance Testing 7.1

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Introduction to Conformance Testing Moray Rumney

RF Conformance Testing Hiroshi Yanagawa, Moray Rumney

UE Signalling Conformance Testing Pankaj Gupta, Anite

UE Certification Process (GCF and PTCRB) Masatoshi Ohara

References

Looking Towards 4G: LTE-Advanced Mora]

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Introduction

IMT-Advanced: The Real 4G

IMT-Advanced High Level Requirements

IMT-Advanced Detailed Requirements

Improving the Average and Cell-edge

Spectral Efficiency

LTE-Advanced Solution Proposals

Proving LTE-Advanced

References

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