UMTS protocols Different protocol stacks for user and control plane User plane (for transport of...
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UMTS protocols Different protocol stacks for user and control plane User plane (for transport of user data): • Circuit switched domain: data within ”bit pipes” • Packet switched domain: protocols for implementing various QoS or traffic engineering mechanisms Control plane (for signalling): • Circuit switched domain: SS7 based (in core network)
UMTS protocols Different protocol stacks for user and control plane User plane (for transport of user data): Circuit switched domain: data within ”bit
UMTS protocols Different protocol stacks for user and control
plane User plane (for transport of user data): Circuit switched
domain: data within bit pipes Packet switched domain: protocols for
implementing various QoS or traffic engineering mechanisms Control
plane (for signalling): Circuit switched domain: SS7 based (in core
network) Packet switched domain: IP based (in core network) Radio
access network: UTRAN protocols
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Data streams RLC MAC Phys. UE UTRAN 3G MSC GMSC UuUu IuIu GnGn
User plane protocol stacks (CS domain) RLC MAC Phys. WCDMA TDM
Frame Protocol (FP) AAL2 ATM Phys. AAL2 ATM Phys. TDM 2
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User plane protocol stacks (PS domain) PDCP RLC GTP UDP IP GTP
UDP IP GTP UDP PDCP RLC MAC Phys. MAC Phys. AAL5 ATM Phys. AAL5 ATM
Phys. IP L2 L1 GTP UDP IP L2 L1 UE UTRAN SGSN GGSN UuUu IuIu GnGn
WCDMA 3
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UTRAN Model UTRAN OSI Model L2/MAC L1 L2/RLC L3/RRC UTRAN UE
RRC RLC MAC PHY RRC MAC PHY RLC Signaling Radio Bearer Logical
Channel Transport Channel Physical Channel CTRL USER DATA USER DATA
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Uu (air, radio) interface protocols PHY MAC RLC RRC (Control
Plane) Signalling radio bearers (User plane) radio bearers e.g. MM,
CC, SM transparent to UTRAN Logical channels Transport channels
PDCP L3 L2 L1 BMC Control Physical channels
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Main tasks of RRC protocol Over the air interface, Radio
Resource Control (RRC) messages carry all the relevant information
required for setting up a Signalling Radio Bearer (during the
lifetime of the RRC Connection) and setting up, modifying, and
releasing Radio Bearers between UE and UTRAN (all being part of the
RRC Connection). RRC also participates in the co-ordination of
other Radio Resource Management (RRM) operations, such as
measurements and handovers. In addition, RRC messages may carry in
their payload higher layer signalling information (MM, CC or SM)
that is not related to the air interface or UTRAN.
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Main tasks of Uu L2 interface protocols PDCP (Packet Data
Convergence Protocol): IP packet header compression (user plane
only) BMC (Broadcast/Multicast Control Protocol): submission of
messages to all or a group of UEs in a cell RLC (Radio Link
Control): is often a transparent layer The RLC layer offers the
following services to the higher layers: Layer 2 connection
establishment/release Transparent data transfer, i.e., no protocol
overhead is appended to the information unit received from the
higher layer Assured and un assured data transfer The RLC layer
comprises the following functions: Segmentation and assembly
Transfer of user data Error correction by means of retransmission
optimized for the WCDMA physical layer Sequence integrity (used by
at least the control plane) Duplicate detection Flow control
Ciphering
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Medium Access Control (MAC) The MAC layer offers Data transfer
to RLC and higher layers. The MAC layer comprises the following
functions: Mapping between logical and transport channels
Segmentation of data into transport blocks Selection of appropriate
TF (basically bit rate), within a predefined set, per information
unit delivered to the physical layer Service multiplexing on RACH,
FACH, and dedicated channels Priority handling between data flows
of one user as well as between data flows from several usersthe
latter being achieved by means of dynamic scheduling Access control
on RACH Address control on RACH and FACH Contention resolution on
RACH 8
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Physical Layer The physical layer offers information transfer
services to the MAC layer. These services are denoted as Transport
channels (TrChs). There are also special purpose Physical channels.
Physical layer comprises following functions: Mapping of transport
channels to physical channels Various handover functions Error
detection and report to higher layers Multiplexing of transport
channels Fast Close loop Power control Frequency and Time
Synchronization Other responsibilities associated with transmitting
and receiving signals over the wireless media. 9
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RLC Logical / Transport / Physical channels MAC FP Phy FP
UEBase stationRNC AAL 2 MAC AAL 2 Phy Logical channels Physical
channels Transport channels :: WCDMA :: 10
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Definition of Channels Logical Channel Type of information to
be transmitted e.g., traffic or control logical channels. Transport
Channel How and with what format data is transmitted through
physical links. Physical Channel Unit of radio resource of a radio
system e.g., frequency band, time slot, code, etc. RF Channel Fixed
frequency band of a radio system. The MAC sublayer is responsible
for mapping logical channels onto transport channels. The physical
layer is responsible for mapping transport channels onto physical
channels. 11
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Logical Channels Data DTCH (UL/DL) CTCH (DL) Control BCCH (DL)
PCCH (DL) DCCH (UL/DL) CCCH (UL/DL) SHCCH (UL/DL) 12
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Logical Channels MAC layer provides data transfer services on
logical channels, control and traffic channels: Control channel to
transfer control plane information Traffic channels to transfer
user plane information Control channels Broadcast Control CHannel
(BCCH) -downlink broadcast control Paging Control CHannel (PCCH)
-downlink paging information Dedicated Control CHannel (DCCH)
-dedicated between mobile & network Common Control CHannel
(CCCH) -common between mobile & network Shared Channel Control
information (SHCCH) -for UL & DL (TDD only) Data channels
Dedicated Traffic CHannel (DTCH) -P2P ch. dedicated to one mobile
(UL & DL) Common Traffic CHannel (CTCH) -P2MP ch. for
unidirectional data 13
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TrCh DCH (UL/DL) CCHs BCH (DL) FACH (DL) PCH (DL) DSCH (DL)
RACH (UL) CPCH (UL) 14 DCH: Dedicated Channel CCHs: Common Channels
BCH: Broadcast Channel FACH: Forward-Access Channel PCH: Paging
Channel DSCH: Downlink Shared Channel RACH: Random Access Channel
CPCH: Common Packet Channel Transport Channels [1/6]
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Transport Channels [2/6] Dedicated Transport Channel Resources
are reserved for a single user only (continuous and independent
from the DCHs of other UEs) DCH Dedicated Channel Downlink/uplink
Transport channel A point-to-point channel allocated to a specific
user Carries information intended for the given user including data
and higher layer control information Characterised by features such
as: fast power control fast data rate change on a frame-by-frame
basis in the uplink. In the downlink data rate variation is taken
care of either with a rate- matching operation or with
Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) instead of varying spreading
factor frame-by-frame basis possibility of transmission to a
certain part of the cell 15
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Transport Channels [3/6] Common Transport Channels Resources
are shared between users 1. BCH Broadcast Channel It is a downlink
channel System and cell-specific information over the entire cell
The terminal cannot register to the cell without the possibility of
decoding the broadcast channel transmit with relatively high power
in order to reach all users within a cell. low and fixed data rate
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Transport Channels [4/6] 2. FACH Forward Access Channel It is a
downlink channel Used to carry control information to a mobile
station when the system knows the location cell of the mobile
station May also carry short user packets 3. PCH - Paging Channel
It is a downlink channel Used to carry control information to a
mobile station when the system does not know the location cell of
the mobile station It is used to inform the mobile station of
incoming calls 17
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Transport Channels [5/6] 4. RACH Random Access Channel It is an
uplink channel Used to carry control information It is used for
initiating a call (initial access to the serving BS) It may also
carry short user packets must be heard from the whole desired cell
coverage area, data rate is quite low. 5. CPCH Common Packet
Channel It is an uplink channel used to carry infrequent medium
sized packets the main differences to the RACH are: the use of fast
power control a physical layer-based collision detection mechanism
a CPCH status monitoring procedure 18
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Transport Channels [6/6] 6. DSCH Downlink Shared Channel Used
to carry infrequent medium and large sized packets It can be shared
in time between several users It is always associated with a
downlink DCH From the common channels DSCH was optional feature
that was seldom implemented by the operators and later replaced in
practice with High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) 3GPP
decided to take DSCH away from Release 5 specifications onwards
Also CPCH has been taken out of the specifications from Rel5
onwards as it was not implemented in any of the practical networks
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Logical / Transport channels mapping CCCH DCCH PCH DCH DSCH
FACH BCH DCH CPCH RACH DCCH CTCH CCCH BCCH PCCH UplinkDownlink DTCH
Logical channels Transport channels 20
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Uplink Physical Channels Dedicated Physical Channels DPCCH
DPDCH Common Physical Channels PRACH PCPCH 21 DPCCH: Dedicated
Physical Control Channel DPDCH: Dedicated Physical Data Channel
PRACH: Physical Random Access Channel PCPCH: Physical Common Packet
Channel
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Downlink Physical Channels Dedicated Physical Channel DPCH
Common Physical Channels CPICH P-CPICHS-CPICH CCPCH
P-CCPCHS-CCPCHSCHPDSCHAICHPICH 22 DPCH: Dedicated Physical Channel
CPICH: Common Pilot Channel P-CPICH: Primary Common Pilot Channel
S-CPCH: Secondary Common Pilot Channel CCPCH: Common Control
Physical Channel P-CCPCH: Primary Common Control Physical Channel
S-CCPCH: Secondary Common Control Physical Channel SCH:
Synchronisation Channel PDSCH: Physical Downlink Shared Channel
AICH: Acquisition Indication Channel PICH: Page Indication
Channel
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Transport & Physical Channels Transport ChannelPhysical
Channel (UL/DL) Dedicated Channel DCHDedicated Physical Data
Channel DPDCH Dedicated Physical Control Channel DPCCH (UL) Random
Access Channel RACHPhysical random access channel PRACH (UL) Common
packet channel CPCHPhysical common packet channel PCPCH (DL)
Broadcast channel BCHPrimary common control physical channel
P-CCPCH (DL) Forward access channel FACH (DL) Paging channel PCH
Secondary common control physical channel S-CCPCH (DL) Downlink
shared channel DSCHPhysical downlink shared channel PDSCH Signaling
physical channels Synchronization channel SCH Common pilot channel
CPICH Acquisition indication channel AICH Paging indication channel
PICH CPCH Status indication channel CSICH Collision
detection/Channel assignment indicator channel CD/CA-ICH 23
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Transport / Physical channels mapping PCH DCH DSCH FACH BCH DCH
CPCH RACH PRACH PCPCH S-CCPCH P-CCPCH DPDCH DPCCH SCH CPICH AICH
PICH CSICH Physical channels Transport channels DPCH CD/CA- ICH
UplinkDownlink PDSCH 24
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WCDMA Uplink (FDD) Rel 99 Logical Channels (Layers 3+)
Transport Channels (Layer 2) Physical Channels (Layer 1) Uplink RF
Out UE Scrambling Code I+jQ I/Q Mod. Q I Ch c II Filter CCCH Common
Control Ch. DTCH (packet mode) Dedicated Traffic Ch. RACH Random
Access Ch. PRACH Physical Random Access Ch. DPDCH #1 Dedicated
Physical Data Ch. CPCH Common Packet Ch. PCPCH Physical Common
Packet Ch. Data Coding DPDCH #3 (optional) Dedicated Physical Data
Ch. DPDCH #5 (optional) Dedicated Physical Data Ch. DPDCH #2
(optional) Dedicated Physical Data Ch. DPDCH #4 (optional)
Dedicated Physical Data Ch. DPDCH #6 (optional) Dedicated Physical
Data Ch. QQ DPCCH Dedicated Physical Control Ch. Pilot, TPC, TFCI
bits Ch d GcGc GdGd j Ch d,1 GdGd Ch d,3 GdGd Ch d,5 GdGd Ch d,2
GdGd Ch d,4 GdGd Ch d,6 GdGd Ch c GdGd Ch d GcGc GdGd j RACH
Control Part PCPCH Control Part j DCCH Dedicated Control Ch. DTCH
Dedicated Traffic Ch. N DCH Dedicated Ch. Data Encoding DTCH
Dedicated Traffic Ch. 1 DCH Dedicated Ch. Data Encoding MUXMUX
CCTrCH DCH Dedicated Ch. Data Encoding 25
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WCDMA Downlink (FDD) Rel.99 BCCH Broadcast Control Ch. PCCH
Paging Control Ch. CCCH Common Control Ch. DCCH Dedicated Control
Ch. DTCH Dedicated Traffic Ch. N BCH Broadcast Ch. PCH Paging Ch.
FACH Forward Access Ch. DCH Dedicated Ch. P-CCPCH(*) Primary Common
Control Physical Ch. S-CCPCH Secondary Common Control Physical Ch.
DPDCH (one or more per UE) Dedicated Physical Data Ch. DPCCH (one
per UE) Dedicated Physical Control Ch. Pilot, TPC, TFCI bits SSC i
Logical Channels (Layers 3+) Transport Channels (Layer 2) Physical
Channels (Layer 1) Downlink RF Out DPCH (Dedicated Physical
Channel) One per UE DSCH Downlink Shared Ch. CTCH Common Traffic
Ch. CPICH Common Pilot Channel Null Data Data Encoding PDSCH
Physical Downlink Shared Channel AICH (Acquisition Indicator
Channel) PICH (Paging Indicator Channel ) Access Indication data
Paging Indication bits AP-AICH (Access Preamble Indicator Channel )
Access Preamble Indication bits CSICH (CPCH Status Indicator
Channel ) CPCH Status Indication bits CD/CA-ICH (Collision
Detection/Channel Assignment ) CPCH Status Indication bits S/P C ch
S/P Cell-specific Scrambling Code I+jQ I/Q Modulator Q I C ch C ch
256,1 C ch 256,0 GSGS PSC GPGP Sync Codes(*) * Note regarding
P-CCPCH and SCH Sync Codes are transmitted only in bits 0-255 of
each timeslot; P-CCPCH transmits only during the remaining bits of
each timeslot Filter Gain SCH (Sync Channel) DTCH Dedicated Traffic
Ch. 1 DCH Dedicated Ch. Data Encoding MUXMUX MUXMUX CCTrCH DCH
Dedicated Ch. Data Encoding 26
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Mapping logical/Transport/Physical 27
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Physical channels in WCDMA Bit sequences from different
physical channels are multiplied with a channelization code
(spreading) multiplied with a scrambling code (scrambling)
multiplexed in code domain modulated using QPSK. Downlink channels:
conventional QPSK modulation DPCH = Dedicated physical channel
Uplink channels: Dual-channel QPSK moduation DPDCH = Dedicated
physical data channel DPCCH = Dedicated physical control channel
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Uplink Physical Channels [1] Two dedicated and two common
physical uplink channels: Dedicated Channels: Dedicated Physical
Data (DPDCH) Control (DPCCH) Channel Common Channels: Physical
Random Access (PRACH) Physical Common Packet (PCPCH) Channel
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Uplink Physical Channels [2] Dedicated Uplink Physical Channel
1. DPDCH - Dedicated Physical Data Channel Used to carry dedicated
data i.e. the dedicated transport channel (DCH) There may be zero,
one, or several uplink DPDCHs 2. DPCCH Dedicated Physical Control
Channel Used to carry control information generated at layer 1
consists of: pilot bits to support channel estimation+ SIR estimate
for PC. transmit power-control (TPC) commands feedback information
(FBI): transmission diversity in the DL. an optional
transport-format combination indicator (TFCI): bit rate, channel
decoding, interleaving parameters for every DPDCH frame. One DPCCH
and up to six parallel DPDCHs can be transmitted
simultaneously
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DPDCH / DPCCH structure in uplink (Dedicated Physical
Data/Control Channel) Data Pilot TFCI FBI TPC DPDCH (I-branch) 10
ms radio frame (38400 chips) 01214 2560 chips DPCCH (Q-branch)
Dual-channel QPSK modulation:
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32 WCDMA Uplink Frame Structure DPDCH I: data channel Q: sync
& control DPCCH Pilot TFCI FBI TPC TFCI = transmit format
combination indicator FBI = feedback information TPC = transmit
power control DPDCH = dedicated physical data channel DPCCH =
dedicated physical control channel slot 0 slot 1slot i slot 14
radio frame = 10 ms 10 bits SF for DPCCH is 256 Spreading factor
SF: SF = 256/2 k DPDCH spreading factor may thus range from 256
down to 4 DPCCH spreading factor fixed at 256
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Uplink DPCCH Slot Format 33
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Uplink Variable Rate 1-rate 10 ms Variable rate 1/2-rate
1/4-rate 0-rate : DPCCH : DPDCH (Data) R = 1R = 1/2R = 0 R =
1/2
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35 WCDMA Uplink Modulator Structure pulse shape filter (SRC)
pulse shape filter (SRC)) DPDCH 1 DPDCH 2 DPDCH 3 DPCCH I Q + + + -
+ + Odd Even Up to six DPDCH per UE can be Multiplexed and one
DPCCH DPDCH C ch,SF,j DPCCH C ch,256,0
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Common Uplink Physical Channel 1. PRACH - Physical Random
Access Channel It is used to carry RACH A contention-based uplink
channel; thus, no scheduling is performed. Slotted ALOHA approach
with fast acquisition indication A UE can start the transmission at
a number of well-defined time-slots called access slots Consist of
one or several preambles of length 4096 chips and a message of
length 10 or 20 ms No power control is supported. RACH Operation:
First, UE sends a preamble. The SF of the preamble is 256 and
contain a signature sequence of 16 symbols a total length of 4096
chips. Wait for the acknowledged with the Acquisition (AICH) from
the BS. In case no AICH received after a period of time, the UE
sends another preamble with higher power. When AICH is received, UE
sends 10 or 20 ms message part. The SF for the message is from 32
to 256. 36 Uplink Physical Channels [3]
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Random Access in the Uplink 37 1.25msec
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38 Access Preamble Control Part Data Part Message Part 4096
chips (1msec) Structure of the random access transmission MS IDReq.
Serv.Optional user packetCRC Structure of the random access message
Data part 0.25msec I-branch Q-branch
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Structure of Random Access Message part 39
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2. PCPCH Physical Common Packet Channel Carries CPCH Its
transmission is based on CSMA/CD approach with fast acquisition
indication Access slot and timing structure is same as for RACH In
addition to Access Preamble it also has one Collision Detection
Preamble (CD-P) Different from RACH, channel can be reserved for
several frames and it uses fast power control. In RACH, one RACH
message is lost, whereas in CPCH an undetected collision may lose
several frames and cause extra interference. 40 Uplink Physical
Channels [4]
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PCPCH operation: After receiving CPCH AICH from BS, UE sends a
CPCH CD preamble (CD-P) with the same power from another signature.
If no collision after a certain time, the BS echo this signature
back to the UE on the CD Indication Channel (CD-ICH). Then, the UE
sends data over several frames with fast power control. The CPCH
status indicator channel (CSICH) carries the status of different
CPCH information. 41 Uplink Physical Channels [5]
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42 Structure of the CPCH random access transmission Access
Preamble Collision Resolution Preamble (CD-P) Control Part Data
Part Message Part 4096 chips BS UE AICH CD-ICH
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Downlink Physical Channels Dedicated Physical Channel DPCH
Common Physical Channels CPICH P-CPICHS-CPICH CCPCH
P-CCPCHS-CCPCHSCHPDSCHAICHPICH 43 DPCH: Dedicated Physical Channel
CPICH: Common Pilot Channel P-CPICH: Primary Common Pilot Channel
S-CPCH: Secondary Common Pilot Channel CCPCH: Common Control
Physical Channel P-CCPCH: Primary Common Control Physical Channel
S-CCPCH: Secondary Common Control Physical Channel SCH:
Synchronisation Channel PDSCH: Physical Downlink Shared Channel
AICH: Acquisition Indication Channel PICH: Page Indication
Channel
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Downlink Physical Channels [1] Dedicated Downlink Physical
Channels DPCH - Dedicated Physical Channel The dedicated transport
channel is transmitted time multiplexed with control information
generated at layer 1 spreading factor SF: SF = 512/2 k In the
downlink the spreading factors range from 4 to 512, with some
restrictions on the use of spreading factor 512 in the case of soft
handover. The downlink DPDCH consists of QPSK symbols. Each symbol
consists of two bits while in the case of uplink the DPDCH consists
of BPSK symbol (one symbol corresponds to one bit). When the total
bit rate to be transmitted exceeds the maximum bit rate for a
downlink physical channel, multicode transmission is employed
(i.e., several parallel downlink DPCHs are transmitted using the
same spreading factor). In this case, the layer 1 control
information is put on only the first downlink DPCH. 44
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DPCH structure in downlink Data TPC TFCI Data 10 ms radio frame
01214 2560 chips Pilot QPSK modulation, time multiplexed data and
control information: (DPCH = Dedicated Physical Channel)
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46 WCDMA Downlink Frame Structure DPDCH DPCCH TFCIPilotTPC slot
0 slot 1 slot i slot 14 radio frame = 10 ms DPDCH DPCCH Data1
Data2
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Downlink DPCH Slot format 47
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Common Downlink Physical Channels 1. CPICH - Common Pilot
Channel (C 256,0 ) Fixed rate carries a pre-defined bit/symbol
sequence Channel estimation Two types of CPICH Primary Common Pilot
Channel Secondary Common Pilot Channel 48 Frame structure for
Common Pilot Channel Downlink Physical Channels [2] Pilot Symbol
Data (predefined symbols sequence) 12345678910111213140 1 Frame =
15 slots = 10 mSec 1 timeslot = 2560 Chips = 10 symbols = 20 bits =
666.667 uSec
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1.1 Primary CPICH Same channelization code always used
Scrambled using primary scrambling code One per cell Broadcast over
entire cell 1.2 Secondary CPICH Uses either primary or secondary
scrambling code Zero, one or several per cell May be transmitted
over a part of cell 49
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2. P-CCPCH - Primary Common Control Physical Channel (C 256,1 )
Used to carry BCH SF=256 P-CCPCH is not transmitted during first
256 chips -that time is reserved for primary and secondary
synchronization channels (SCH) 50 Frame structure for Primary
Common Control Physical Channel Downlink Physical Channels [3]
Broadcast Data (18 bits) SSC i BCH Spreading Factor = 256 1 Slot =
0.666 mSec = 18 BCH data bits / slot 12345678910111213140 1 Frame =
15 slots = 10 mSec 2304 Chips 256 Chips SCHBCH PSC PSC used for
slot synchronization, SSC used for frame synchronization and
scrambling code group (16 SSCs in 64 different combinations)
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3. S-CCPCH - Secondary Common Control Physical Channel carry
FACH and PCH SF = 256/2 K FACH and PCH can be mapped to same
secondary CCPCH Primary CCPCH has fixed pre-defined rate while
secondary CCPCH has variable rate Primary CCPCH is continuously
transmitted over entire cell while secondary CCPCH is only
transmitted only when there is data available 51 Downlink Physical
Channels [4] Spreading Factor = 256 to 4 1 Slot = 0.666 mSec = 2560
chips = 20 * 2 k data bits; k = [0..6] 12345678910111213140 1 Frame
= 15 slots = 10 mSec 20 to 1256 bits0, 2, or 8 bits DataTFCI or
DTXPilot 0, 8, or 16 bits
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52 Downlink Physical Channels [5]
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SCH (Cont.) Both the P-SCH and the S-SCH are bursty and
transmitted by the base station in the first 256 chips of every
slot. It transmits no power for the remainder of the slots. 53
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SCH (Cont.) The P-SCH is a fixed 256 chip sequence that is
repeated at the start of every slot by every WCDMA cell; it is used
by mobiles to detect the presence of a WCDMA cell at a specific
point in code space. Correlating the received signal with a copy of
the P-SCH sequence yields a correlation peak indicating the time of
a slot start for each cell within reach of the mobile. The primary
and secondary SCH differ in that the S-SCH encodes information by
transmitting a series of fifteen 256 chip sequences per frame. This
series of fifteen S-SCH bursts signals the cells scrambling code
group, and is repeated every frame. The S-SCH can also be used to
identify the frame start of the downlink transmission of the
transmitting cell. Neither the P-SCH nor the S-SCH are scrambled
with the cells scrambling code. 54
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5. PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel Carry DSCH Shared by
users based on code multiplexing As DSCH is always associated with
DCH, PDSCH is always associated with DPCH Spreading factor may vary
frame-to-frame (SF = 256 to 4) Control information is transmitted
on the DPCCH part of the associated DPCH 6. AICH Acquisition
Indicator Channel Used to carry Acquisition Indicators (AI) Either
corresponds to an access preamble or a CD preamble Access preamble
is an AP-AICH and CD preamble is a CD-AICH 55 Downlink Physical
Channels [6]
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7. PICH Page Indicator Channel Used to carry Page Indicator
(PI) PICH is always associated with a S-CCPCH to which PCH is
mapped 56 Downlink Physical Channels [7]
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57 WCDMA Downlink Modulator Structure pulse shape filter (SRC)
Primary Sync Code Secondary Sync Code sum dedicated traffic
channels primary & secondary common pilot channels primary
& secondary common control channels other channels s/p Primary
CPICH C ch,256,0 Primary CCPCH C ch,256,1 Others are assigned by
UTRAN GsGs
User data rate vs. channel bit rate Channel bit rate (kb/s)
User data rate (kb/s) Channel coding Interleaving Bit rate matching
Interesting for user Important for system 60