1) HSDPA is a new feature in WCDMA/UTRA that aims to increase peak data rates, quality of service, and spectral efficiency for downlink packet data services. It introduces fast adaptive modulation and coding, short transmission time intervals of 2ms, and fast hybrid ARQ to improve efficiency.
2) The key characteristics of HSDPA include a fixed spreading factor of 16, replacement of fast power control with adaptive modulation and coding, and moving some MAC functionality to the Node-B to enable fast scheduling. This allows for peak data rates exceeding 2Mbps using up to 15 parallel codes.
3) HSDPA supports both incremental redundancy and chase combining retransmission strategies in the fast hybrid ARQ protocol
The document discusses HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), a 3G mobile telecommunications standard that allows networks to have higher data transfer speeds and capacity. Key points:
- HSDPA was introduced in 2005 and allows peak data rates of 14.4 Mbps compared to 2 Mbps for standard WCDMA. It uses shared channel transmission, fast scheduling, adaptive modulation/coding, and HARQ.
- Planning HSDPA deployment requires analyzing existing network performance, dimensioning configurations, parameter planning, and performance monitoring. Critical aspects include carrier configuration, hardware capacity, transmission capacity, and coverage strategy.
- HSDPA improves on WCDMA through features like shared channel transmission, channel
This document discusses the GPRS air interface and logical channels. It describes the additional logical channels introduced in GPRS, including the Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH) and Packet Common Control Channels (PCCCH). It also covers the 52 TDMA frame organization, halfrate PDTCH, multislot operation, radio resource states, and relation between RR states and GMM states. Temporary block flows, establishment of uplink and downlink TBFs, and other procedures like timing advance are also summarized.
The document describes the GPRS network architecture and its components. It discusses the GSM PLMN including the MSC, VLR, HLR, EIR, AuC, SCP, and SMSC. It then describes the GPRS network architecture including the SGSN, GGSN, and their functions like mobility management, session management, and routing packet data. It also discusses the evolution of GERAN and its reference architecture in Release 5.
This document discusses GPRS protocols. It describes the control plane and user plane in GPRS, including protocols used on the air interface, between the BSS and SGSN, and between network elements. It also covers GPRS protocols in Release 5, including an evolved user plane and control plane for the Iu PS interface. Key protocols discussed include SNDCP, LLC, RLC, BSSGP, GTP, and RANAP. The document provides an overview of the protocol stacks and interfaces in the GPRS core network.
This document provides an introduction to High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) technology. HSDPA offers higher data rates of up to 14 Mbps for 3G networks. The document describes the motivation for HSDPA, its introduction phases, challenges, and impacts on network infrastructure. Key aspects of HSDPA include new physical channels, time multiplexing of shared channels, adaptive modulation and coding to improve throughput, and changes to medium access protocols.
The document describes the Subnetwork Dependent Convergence Protocol (SNDCP) layer in GPRS networks. It discusses the functional description and services of SNDCP including compression of headers and data, segmentation and reassembly. It also describes SNDCP message flows for data transfer and XID negotiation, SNDCP header formats and fields, and provides an example SNDCP header.
The document describes the evolution of 3G mobile systems with the introduction of High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA). HSDPA will enhance 3G by offering higher data rates in the downlink direction through the use of new physical channels, adaptive modulation, Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, and fast packet scheduling controlled by the Node B. The introduction of HSDPA will occur in phases, with the first phase introducing basic HSDPA functionality and the second phase enhancing it further through the use of technologies like MIMO. HSDPA aims to improve spectral efficiency and support high-speed data services for mobile users.
This chapter discusses the GPRS Mobility Management (GMM) and Session Management (SM) protocols. Section 3.1 covers GMM tasks such as procedures, routing areas, and state transitions. Section 3.2 covers SM, including the PDP state model, elements involved in PDP contexts, and PDP parameters. Section 3.3 discusses GMM/SM message formats. Sections 3.4 and 3.5 cover specific GMM and SM procedures.
The document discusses HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), a 3G mobile telecommunications standard that allows networks to have higher data transfer speeds and capacity. Key points:
- HSDPA was introduced in 2005 and allows peak data rates of 14.4 Mbps compared to 2 Mbps for standard WCDMA. It uses shared channel transmission, fast scheduling, adaptive modulation/coding, and HARQ.
- Planning HSDPA deployment requires analyzing existing network performance, dimensioning configurations, parameter planning, and performance monitoring. Critical aspects include carrier configuration, hardware capacity, transmission capacity, and coverage strategy.
- HSDPA improves on WCDMA through features like shared channel transmission, channel
This document discusses the GPRS air interface and logical channels. It describes the additional logical channels introduced in GPRS, including the Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH) and Packet Common Control Channels (PCCCH). It also covers the 52 TDMA frame organization, halfrate PDTCH, multislot operation, radio resource states, and relation between RR states and GMM states. Temporary block flows, establishment of uplink and downlink TBFs, and other procedures like timing advance are also summarized.
The document describes the GPRS network architecture and its components. It discusses the GSM PLMN including the MSC, VLR, HLR, EIR, AuC, SCP, and SMSC. It then describes the GPRS network architecture including the SGSN, GGSN, and their functions like mobility management, session management, and routing packet data. It also discusses the evolution of GERAN and its reference architecture in Release 5.
This document discusses GPRS protocols. It describes the control plane and user plane in GPRS, including protocols used on the air interface, between the BSS and SGSN, and between network elements. It also covers GPRS protocols in Release 5, including an evolved user plane and control plane for the Iu PS interface. Key protocols discussed include SNDCP, LLC, RLC, BSSGP, GTP, and RANAP. The document provides an overview of the protocol stacks and interfaces in the GPRS core network.
This document provides an introduction to High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) technology. HSDPA offers higher data rates of up to 14 Mbps for 3G networks. The document describes the motivation for HSDPA, its introduction phases, challenges, and impacts on network infrastructure. Key aspects of HSDPA include new physical channels, time multiplexing of shared channels, adaptive modulation and coding to improve throughput, and changes to medium access protocols.
The document describes the Subnetwork Dependent Convergence Protocol (SNDCP) layer in GPRS networks. It discusses the functional description and services of SNDCP including compression of headers and data, segmentation and reassembly. It also describes SNDCP message flows for data transfer and XID negotiation, SNDCP header formats and fields, and provides an example SNDCP header.
The document describes the evolution of 3G mobile systems with the introduction of High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA). HSDPA will enhance 3G by offering higher data rates in the downlink direction through the use of new physical channels, adaptive modulation, Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, and fast packet scheduling controlled by the Node B. The introduction of HSDPA will occur in phases, with the first phase introducing basic HSDPA functionality and the second phase enhancing it further through the use of technologies like MIMO. HSDPA aims to improve spectral efficiency and support high-speed data services for mobile users.
This chapter discusses the GPRS Mobility Management (GMM) and Session Management (SM) protocols. Section 3.1 covers GMM tasks such as procedures, routing areas, and state transitions. Section 3.2 covers SM, including the PDP state model, elements involved in PDP contexts, and PDP parameters. Section 3.3 discusses GMM/SM message formats. Sections 3.4 and 3.5 cover specific GMM and SM procedures.
This document provides an overview of High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) technology. It discusses how HSDPA enables significantly higher average bit rates and lower latency compared to prior 3G technologies. Key techniques that enable this include fast scheduling, fast hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ), and fast link adaptation using adaptive modulation and coding. These techniques are implemented at the Node B to provide faster response times. HSDPA also uses a high-speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) and new transport channels like the high-speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) and high-speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH).
The document describes GPRS protocols including:
1. The RLC/MAC protocol which segments LLC frames and controls access to network resources using TFI in DL and USF in UL.
2. GPRS radio block structures which include MAC headers, RLC headers, RLC data, and BCS fields for data and control messages.
3. Details of MAC headers for DL and UL including fields like USF, RRBP, and payload type.
This chapter discusses the Gb interface, which connects a packet control unit (PCU) and a serving GPRS support node (SGSN). It describes the layered structure of the Gb interface and the protocols used at each layer. The physical layer can use different technologies. Above this is the network service layer, which provides virtual circuits using protocols like Frame Relay. The base station subsystem GPRS protocol (BSSGP) manages buffers and virtual circuits. This layered design allows evolution of the underlying network without changing higher layers. The chapter then examines specific aspects of the protocols used, including Frame Relay frame structure and procedures, network service addressing, and protocol data unit formats.
This document discusses the evolution of mobile broadband technologies including CDMA concepts, WCDMA, HSDPA, HSPA+, and DC-HSPA+. It explains that DC-HSPA+ uses two 5MHz carriers aggregated together to double speeds, providing theoretical peak downlink speeds of up to 42Mbps compared to 21Mbps for HSPA+. Real-world test results in Sri Lanka showed speeds of over 30Mbps with DC-HSPA+.
This document provides an overview of HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), which was introduced in 3GPP Release 5 to improve downlink packet data performance in WCDMA networks. Key aspects of HSDPA discussed include fast link adaptation, hybrid ARQ with soft combining, channel-dependent scheduling, higher order modulation, connection handling and mobility support, and capacity management functions. HSDPA utilizes a new high-speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) to deliver packet data to user equipment at higher speeds than previous WCDMA networks.
This presentation discusses about the WCDMA air Interface used in 3G i.e. UMTS. This Radio Interface has great capability on which Third Generation of Mobile Communication is built, with backward compatibility.
This document summarizes the various interfaces in a GSM network and their functions. It describes:
- The MS-BTS interface (Um interface) and its layers and protocols.
- The BTS-BSC interface (Abis interface) and its layers.
- The BSC-MSC interface (A interface) and its protocols for administration and control of radio resources.
- Other interfaces like MSC-VLR (B), MSC-HLR (C), VLR-HLR (D), MSC-MSC (E), MSC-EIR (F), VLR-VLR (G), HLR-AUC (H), and BSC-TR
This document provides an overview of GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA and HSUPA protocols and call flows. It describes the protocol stacks and architectures of these mobile communication standards. Key topics covered include physical layer protocols, MAC, RLC, RRC, SNDCP, GTP, MAP, mobility management, call establishment flows and channel types. The document also lists references for further information.
1. The PBCH is a downlink physical channel that broadcasts essential initial access parameters like system bandwidth. It occupies 72 subcarriers in the first 4 OFDM symbols of the second slot of every 10ms radio frame. The PBCH carries a 14-bit MIB that is coded at a low rate and mapped to center subcarriers.
2. The PCFICH indicates the number of OFDM symbols used for the PDCCH. It occupies 16 resource elements in the first symbol of each 1ms subframe. The PCFICH carries the CFI value which is coded to use the full 32 bits.
3. The PDCCH carries downlink control information like resource allocations using QPSK.
This document discusses several factors that impact GPRS data speeds, including:
1) The number of available timeslots impacts bandwidth capacity, with each timeslot providing 14.4kbps and more timeslots allowing for higher speeds.
2) A phone's multislot class determines how many uplink and downlink timeslots it can use simultaneously, ranging from class 1 with 1 slot to class 29 with all 8 slots.
3) Interference from other GPRS users can degrade speeds, especially for coding schemes with less error protection.
The document discusses WCDMA radio network planning and optimization. It covers several key topics:
1. WCDMA fundamentals including network infrastructure, radio interface protocols, link characteristics, and link budget analysis.
2. Radio resource utilization, which involves functions like power control, handover control, congestion control, admission control, and load control.
3. Issues related to coverage and capacity as well as cell deployment and WCDMA radio network planning, including co-planning with GSM networks.
4. Managing co-existing TDD and FDD modes within the network.
High speed down link packet access (hsdpa)WritingHubUK
The title for the report is High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA). Internet is become apart of our every day life and mobile users demand for high speed access while they are on the move. HSDPA can fulfil these demands and offer more services which are broadband related. The report will analyse and evaluate the HSDPA technology, which include the architecture, protocols and protocol status. Also the report discuss HSDPA principle operation and the physical and MAC layer.
WCDMA uses an OSI model with 7 layers. The lower 3 layers - physical, data link, and network layers - are most important for WCDMA. The physical layer uses different physical channels to transmit data over the air interface. Logical channels define how data is transferred, transport channels define how data is transmitted, and physical channels carry payload data and define signal characteristics. There are three types of channels - logical, transport, and physical - that work together to transmit various types of control and traffic data between the UE and base station.
This article summarizes the main concepts of HSPA Evolution as standardized in 3GPP Releases 7 and 8, which aim to improve the performance of WCDMA mobile broadband systems. Key concepts discussed include higher-order modulation and MIMO to increase peak data rates to 42Mbps downlink and 11Mbps uplink. Protocol optimizations through features like continuous packet connectivity and enhanced CELL_FACH lower latency and improve capacity and battery life. Future releases may incorporate multicarrier operation and more advanced techniques to boost performance further.
This document discusses 3G capacity optimization and monitoring software. It provides an overview of network elements and capacity features, including blocking and utilization counters, methodology parameters, and best practices. It also covers capacity features for various technologies like HSDPA, HSUPA, and HSPA+, listing codes, descriptions, and capabilities.
The document describes Gs interface concepts and combined procedures for GPRS and circuit-switched services. It discusses Gs association establishment and release, combined routing area updates, attach procedures, and detach procedures. The key points are:
1. The Gs interface coordinates location information between SGSN and MSC/VLR for combined circuit-switched and packet-switched services.
2. Combined procedures allow updating location information for both domains with a single request. This includes routing area updates, attach procedures when a subscriber becomes attached to both networks, and detach procedures.
3. The Gs association links the subscriber records in SGSN and MSC/VLR and must be established for
Here you are an interesting explanation about HSPA Technology. The High Speed packet Access is the combination of two technologies, one of the downlink and the other for the uplink that can be built onto the existing 3G UMTS or W-CDMA technology to provide increased data transfer speeds.
The original 3G UMTS / W-CDMA standard provided a maximum download speed of 384 kbps.
The document discusses various channels used in GSM networks. It describes physical channels that transfer bits between network elements and logical channels distinguished by the nature of carried information. It provides details on different types of logical channels including traffic, broadcast, common control and dedicated control channels. It also explains concepts like bursts, frames, multiframe structures and how they are used to organize speech and data on traffic channels.
1. Circuit-Switched (CS) Voice Services over HSPA (CSoHS) was introduced to improve voice capacity and utilize improvements from HSPA's shared packet transport, while retaining existing CS core networks.
2. The document discusses the implementation of CSoHS and analyzes its performance via simulations. CSoHS provides significantly higher capacity than CS voice under similar conditions and voice quality.
3. CSoHS carries voice traffic over new HSPA radio channels for higher capacity like VoIP, but unlike VoIP does not carry voice over an IP backbone, requiring only minor changes to the radio access network and user equipment.
HSDPA is a 3G protocol that provides faster download speeds on mobile phones equivalent to ADSL. It was included in 3GPP Release 5 and allows peak download speeds of up to 14 Mbps. Key features of HSDPA include shared channel transmission, a short 2 ms transmission time interval, fast link adaptation to channel conditions, fast scheduling between users, and fast hybrid ARQ with soft combining of retransmissions. These features provide higher throughput, reduced delays, and more efficient use of transmission power compared to previous 3G standards.
The document summarizes the key concepts in planning and deploying a 3G WCDMA mobile network. It describes the network architecture including nodes like RNC, Node B and interfaces. It also explains radio network planning phases and considerations like frequency planning, link budget calculations, coverage and capacity planning. The document discusses technologies like HSDPA that enhance data capabilities and presents LinkIT, a planning tool developed to understand network planning mathematics.
This document provides an overview of High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) technology. It discusses how HSDPA enables significantly higher average bit rates and lower latency compared to prior 3G technologies. Key techniques that enable this include fast scheduling, fast hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ), and fast link adaptation using adaptive modulation and coding. These techniques are implemented at the Node B to provide faster response times. HSDPA also uses a high-speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) and new transport channels like the high-speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) and high-speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH).
The document describes GPRS protocols including:
1. The RLC/MAC protocol which segments LLC frames and controls access to network resources using TFI in DL and USF in UL.
2. GPRS radio block structures which include MAC headers, RLC headers, RLC data, and BCS fields for data and control messages.
3. Details of MAC headers for DL and UL including fields like USF, RRBP, and payload type.
This chapter discusses the Gb interface, which connects a packet control unit (PCU) and a serving GPRS support node (SGSN). It describes the layered structure of the Gb interface and the protocols used at each layer. The physical layer can use different technologies. Above this is the network service layer, which provides virtual circuits using protocols like Frame Relay. The base station subsystem GPRS protocol (BSSGP) manages buffers and virtual circuits. This layered design allows evolution of the underlying network without changing higher layers. The chapter then examines specific aspects of the protocols used, including Frame Relay frame structure and procedures, network service addressing, and protocol data unit formats.
This document discusses the evolution of mobile broadband technologies including CDMA concepts, WCDMA, HSDPA, HSPA+, and DC-HSPA+. It explains that DC-HSPA+ uses two 5MHz carriers aggregated together to double speeds, providing theoretical peak downlink speeds of up to 42Mbps compared to 21Mbps for HSPA+. Real-world test results in Sri Lanka showed speeds of over 30Mbps with DC-HSPA+.
This document provides an overview of HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), which was introduced in 3GPP Release 5 to improve downlink packet data performance in WCDMA networks. Key aspects of HSDPA discussed include fast link adaptation, hybrid ARQ with soft combining, channel-dependent scheduling, higher order modulation, connection handling and mobility support, and capacity management functions. HSDPA utilizes a new high-speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) to deliver packet data to user equipment at higher speeds than previous WCDMA networks.
This presentation discusses about the WCDMA air Interface used in 3G i.e. UMTS. This Radio Interface has great capability on which Third Generation of Mobile Communication is built, with backward compatibility.
This document summarizes the various interfaces in a GSM network and their functions. It describes:
- The MS-BTS interface (Um interface) and its layers and protocols.
- The BTS-BSC interface (Abis interface) and its layers.
- The BSC-MSC interface (A interface) and its protocols for administration and control of radio resources.
- Other interfaces like MSC-VLR (B), MSC-HLR (C), VLR-HLR (D), MSC-MSC (E), MSC-EIR (F), VLR-VLR (G), HLR-AUC (H), and BSC-TR
This document provides an overview of GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA and HSUPA protocols and call flows. It describes the protocol stacks and architectures of these mobile communication standards. Key topics covered include physical layer protocols, MAC, RLC, RRC, SNDCP, GTP, MAP, mobility management, call establishment flows and channel types. The document also lists references for further information.
1. The PBCH is a downlink physical channel that broadcasts essential initial access parameters like system bandwidth. It occupies 72 subcarriers in the first 4 OFDM symbols of the second slot of every 10ms radio frame. The PBCH carries a 14-bit MIB that is coded at a low rate and mapped to center subcarriers.
2. The PCFICH indicates the number of OFDM symbols used for the PDCCH. It occupies 16 resource elements in the first symbol of each 1ms subframe. The PCFICH carries the CFI value which is coded to use the full 32 bits.
3. The PDCCH carries downlink control information like resource allocations using QPSK.
This document discusses several factors that impact GPRS data speeds, including:
1) The number of available timeslots impacts bandwidth capacity, with each timeslot providing 14.4kbps and more timeslots allowing for higher speeds.
2) A phone's multislot class determines how many uplink and downlink timeslots it can use simultaneously, ranging from class 1 with 1 slot to class 29 with all 8 slots.
3) Interference from other GPRS users can degrade speeds, especially for coding schemes with less error protection.
The document discusses WCDMA radio network planning and optimization. It covers several key topics:
1. WCDMA fundamentals including network infrastructure, radio interface protocols, link characteristics, and link budget analysis.
2. Radio resource utilization, which involves functions like power control, handover control, congestion control, admission control, and load control.
3. Issues related to coverage and capacity as well as cell deployment and WCDMA radio network planning, including co-planning with GSM networks.
4. Managing co-existing TDD and FDD modes within the network.
High speed down link packet access (hsdpa)WritingHubUK
The title for the report is High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA). Internet is become apart of our every day life and mobile users demand for high speed access while they are on the move. HSDPA can fulfil these demands and offer more services which are broadband related. The report will analyse and evaluate the HSDPA technology, which include the architecture, protocols and protocol status. Also the report discuss HSDPA principle operation and the physical and MAC layer.
WCDMA uses an OSI model with 7 layers. The lower 3 layers - physical, data link, and network layers - are most important for WCDMA. The physical layer uses different physical channels to transmit data over the air interface. Logical channels define how data is transferred, transport channels define how data is transmitted, and physical channels carry payload data and define signal characteristics. There are three types of channels - logical, transport, and physical - that work together to transmit various types of control and traffic data between the UE and base station.
This article summarizes the main concepts of HSPA Evolution as standardized in 3GPP Releases 7 and 8, which aim to improve the performance of WCDMA mobile broadband systems. Key concepts discussed include higher-order modulation and MIMO to increase peak data rates to 42Mbps downlink and 11Mbps uplink. Protocol optimizations through features like continuous packet connectivity and enhanced CELL_FACH lower latency and improve capacity and battery life. Future releases may incorporate multicarrier operation and more advanced techniques to boost performance further.
This document discusses 3G capacity optimization and monitoring software. It provides an overview of network elements and capacity features, including blocking and utilization counters, methodology parameters, and best practices. It also covers capacity features for various technologies like HSDPA, HSUPA, and HSPA+, listing codes, descriptions, and capabilities.
The document describes Gs interface concepts and combined procedures for GPRS and circuit-switched services. It discusses Gs association establishment and release, combined routing area updates, attach procedures, and detach procedures. The key points are:
1. The Gs interface coordinates location information between SGSN and MSC/VLR for combined circuit-switched and packet-switched services.
2. Combined procedures allow updating location information for both domains with a single request. This includes routing area updates, attach procedures when a subscriber becomes attached to both networks, and detach procedures.
3. The Gs association links the subscriber records in SGSN and MSC/VLR and must be established for
Here you are an interesting explanation about HSPA Technology. The High Speed packet Access is the combination of two technologies, one of the downlink and the other for the uplink that can be built onto the existing 3G UMTS or W-CDMA technology to provide increased data transfer speeds.
The original 3G UMTS / W-CDMA standard provided a maximum download speed of 384 kbps.
The document discusses various channels used in GSM networks. It describes physical channels that transfer bits between network elements and logical channels distinguished by the nature of carried information. It provides details on different types of logical channels including traffic, broadcast, common control and dedicated control channels. It also explains concepts like bursts, frames, multiframe structures and how they are used to organize speech and data on traffic channels.
1. Circuit-Switched (CS) Voice Services over HSPA (CSoHS) was introduced to improve voice capacity and utilize improvements from HSPA's shared packet transport, while retaining existing CS core networks.
2. The document discusses the implementation of CSoHS and analyzes its performance via simulations. CSoHS provides significantly higher capacity than CS voice under similar conditions and voice quality.
3. CSoHS carries voice traffic over new HSPA radio channels for higher capacity like VoIP, but unlike VoIP does not carry voice over an IP backbone, requiring only minor changes to the radio access network and user equipment.
HSDPA is a 3G protocol that provides faster download speeds on mobile phones equivalent to ADSL. It was included in 3GPP Release 5 and allows peak download speeds of up to 14 Mbps. Key features of HSDPA include shared channel transmission, a short 2 ms transmission time interval, fast link adaptation to channel conditions, fast scheduling between users, and fast hybrid ARQ with soft combining of retransmissions. These features provide higher throughput, reduced delays, and more efficient use of transmission power compared to previous 3G standards.
The document summarizes the key concepts in planning and deploying a 3G WCDMA mobile network. It describes the network architecture including nodes like RNC, Node B and interfaces. It also explains radio network planning phases and considerations like frequency planning, link budget calculations, coverage and capacity planning. The document discusses technologies like HSDPA that enhance data capabilities and presents LinkIT, a planning tool developed to understand network planning mathematics.
The document provides an overview of LTE (Long Term Evolution) Release 8. It discusses key requirements for LTE such as supporting high data rates, low latency, and an all-IP network. It describes the network architecture including components like eNodeB, MME, S-GW, and P-GW. It also covers functionality of these components and the protocol stack consisting of PDCP, RLC, MAC, and RRC layers. Mobility management, QoS, and comparisons to other technologies like HSPA+ and WiMAX are also summarized.
UMTS-WCDMA is a 3G mobile communication standard that uses CDMA technology. It uses wideband CDMA with a chip rate of 3.84 Mcps for its air interface along with orthogonal variable spreading factor codes. The standard defines protocols and procedures for cell search, handover, uplink and downlink physical channels, and support for multirate services through variable spreading factors. Long term targets for UMTS-WCDMA evolution include higher data rates up to 100 Mbps for full mobility and 1 Gbps for low mobility, as well as improved spectral efficiency.
The document discusses HSPA MAC-centric technologies including HSDPA and HSUPA. It provides an overview of 3GPP UMTS evolution from Release 5 to Release 8, which introduced HSDPA and HSUPA to improve peak data rates and reduce latency. It describes key aspects of HSPA such as the location of MAC-hs at the Node B to enable fast scheduling and HARQ, as well as transport and physical channels used in HSDPA and HSUPA like HS-DSCH, E-DCH, HS-SCCH, and HS-DPCCH. It also covers flow control between the Node B and RNC and enhancements introduced in Release 6.
Wcdma Radio Network Planning And OptimizationPengpeng Song
The document discusses WCDMA radio network planning and optimization, including key topics such as:
1) Fundamentals of WCDMA link budget analysis and radio interface protocol architecture.
2) Radio resource utilization techniques like power control, handover control, and congestion control.
3) Issues of coverage and capacity planning as well as enhancement methods.
4) The process of WCDMA radio network planning including dimensioning, detailed planning, and optimization aspects to address interference.
The document provides an overview of the 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) cellular network technology. It discusses the goals and key features of LTE, including increased data rates, improved spectral efficiency, scalable bandwidths, OFDM modulation in the downlink, SC-FDMA in the uplink, and multiple antenna techniques. It also describes the LTE network architecture including the Evolved Packet Core and compares LTE to other technologies such as WiMAX.
This document summarizes some key features of the LTE radio interface that enable unprecedented performance in mobile broadband. It discusses features like spectrum flexibility that allow LTE to operate in different frequency bands and bandwidths with both FDD and TDD duplexing. It also describes multi-antenna transmission techniques in LTE including transmit diversity to improve coverage and capacity, and multi-stream transmission to significantly increase peak data rates through multiple parallel data streams. Scheduling, link adaptation, and hybrid ARQ are explained as ways to efficiently utilize radio resources based on varying channel conditions.
Voice Over U M T S Evolution From W C D M A, H S P A To L T EPengpeng Song
The document outlines the evolution of voice over UMTS networks from WCDMA to LTE. It discusses AMR voice codec characteristics and implementations of voice over UMTS networks in R99, HSPA+, and LTE standards. Key aspects covered include voice over IMS, circuit switched fallback, header compression, scheduling, and performance metrics like capacity and latency.
This document provides an overview of the LTE uplink transmission scheme, specifically the use of Single-Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA). SC-FDMA is used instead of OFDMA in the uplink to reduce the high Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) of OFDMA. The document describes the SC-FDMA transmission process, including discrete Fourier transforms, subcarrier mapping, and frame structure. It also discusses localized and distributed subcarrier mapping schemes and presents results from a PAPR analysis comparing the schemes. Finally, an adaptive hybrid mapping scheme is proposed to achieve good transmission performance with low PAPR.
Duplexing mode, ARB and modulation approaches parameters affection on LTE upl...IJECEIAES
The next generation of radio technologies designed to increase the capacity and speed of mobile networks. LTE is the first technology designed explicitly for the Next Generation Network NGN and is set to become the de-facto NGN mobile access network standard. It takes advantage of the NGN's capabilities to provide an always-on mobile data experience comparable to wired networks. In this paper LTE uplink waveforms displayed with various duplexing mode, Allocated Resources Blocks ARB, Modulation types and total information per frame, QPSK and 16 QAM used as modulation techniques and tested under AWGN and Rayleigh channels, similarity and interference of the generated waveforms tested using auto-correlation and cross-correlation respectively.
HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) is an enhancement to 3G technology that increases download speeds from 384 Kbps to 10 Mbps. HSDPA works by improving spectral efficiency and introducing fast channel control mechanisms. It uses a high speed downlink shared channel and adaptive modulation and coding to boost speeds. While part of 3G, HSDPA is also referred to as 3.5G. HSUPA provides similar enhancements for the uplink. Networks have rolled out HSDPA widely and compatible phones are available. References on HSDPA specifications and technologies are provided.
This document provides an overview of UMTS basic theory. It covers radio basics, UMTS spectrum planning, and principles of spread spectrum communication. It discusses TDD and FDD duplex modes, multiple access technologies including FDMA, TDMA, and CDMA. It also covers UMTS spectrum allocation, channel encoding, interleaving, and the basics of direct sequence spread spectrum communication used in UMTS.
The document discusses the need for new wireless technologies to support increasing demand for data and high-speed services. It notes that technologies need to focus on using more spectrum, improving spectral efficiency, employing smaller cell sizes like femtocells, and incentivizing off-peak traffic. The rest of the document provides details on how LTE wireless technology addresses these needs through technical specifications and network architecture, including the use of an Evolved Packet Core and separating the user and control planes.
Rm literature survey_on_scheduling_and_resource_allocation_for_ieee_80211ax_p...RESHAN FARAZ
This document summarizes literature on scheduling and resource allocation algorithms for IEEE 802.11ax wireless networks. It discusses key features of 802.11ax like OFDMA and higher modulation schemes. It then reviews several papers that propose algorithms using buffer status reports, grouping, and optimized resource unit allocation to improve throughput in dense environments. Overall resource allocation and scheduling remain challenging areas of research for fully utilizing 802.11ax capabilities and achieving high average throughput.
Long-Term Advancement Progressed (LTE-ADV) is the advancement of the long-term evolution,
which created via 3GPP. LTE-ADV aims to offer a transmission bandwidth of (100) MHz by using Carrier
Aggregation (CA) to aggregate LTE-ADV carriers. To increase the data capacity of the system and
resource allocation converts a very good tool. LTE-Advanced multiple Component Carriers (CCs) becomes
a difficult optimization problem. In the paper proposes a new scheduling algorithm and compares with a
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find the best scheduler that provides high-quality throughput and improves fairness. It also evaluates
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2. Feature DSCH HS-DSCH The Es/N0 range from where the throughput of TFRC1 is
Variable spreading factor (VSF) Yes (4-256) No (16) larger than 32 kbps to where the data rate of TFRC5 satu-
Fast power control Yes No rates to the maximum throughput of 712 kbps is on the or-
Adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) No Yes
der of 20 dB. As is also shown in Figure 1, the AMC curve be-
comes smoother when using multiple codes, i.e. multi-code
Fast L1 HARQ No Yes
operation provides increased granularity of the AMC. Fur-
Multi-code operation Yes Yes, extended
ther, multi-code operation enhances the dynamic range of
Transmission time interval (TTI) 10 or 20 ms 2 ms AMC by the number of available codes. Hence, the total dy-
Location of MAC RNC Node-B namic range of for instance AMC with 15 multi-codes is on
Table 1 Comparison of fundamental propeties of DSCH the order of 32 dB. If all the code rate resolution available to
and HS-DSCH. HSDPA is utilized this will also lead to a smoother AMC
curve than presented in Figure 1, which only includes the
This leads to significant software and hardware changes five example schemes of Table 2.
compared to the existing Release 99 Node-B implementa-
tion. For the HS-DSCH, only hard handover is supported as L1 retransmission techniques
of the Release 5 specifications. The HARQ protocol selected for HSDPA is stop and wait
(SAW). In SAW, the transmitter persists on the transmis-
Modulation and coding options in HSDPA sion of the current block until it has been successfully re-
To substitute the functionality of fast power control and ceived by the UE. In order to avoid waiting times for ac-
VSF, the modulation, coding, and multi-code part of HSDPA knowledgements, N parallel SAW-ARQ processes may be
must cover a wide dynamic range corresponding to the set for the UE, so that different processes transmit in sepa-
channel quality variations experienced at the UE (including rate TTIs. The value for N may maximally be 8 but in prac-
fast as well as distance-dependent variations). The means of tice, the delay between the original and the first retransmis-
adaptation are the code rate, the modulation scheme, the sion is expected to be on the order of 8-12 ms. The control of
number of multi-codes employed, as well as the transmit the L1 HARQ is located in the MAC-hs, so that the storage of
power per code. The HS-DSCH encoding scheme is based on unacknowledged data packets and the following scheduling
the Release 99 rate-1/3 Turbo encoder but adds rate match-
ing with puncturing and repetition to obtain a high resolu-
800
tion on the effective code rate (approximately from 1/6 to
1/1). To facilitate very high peak data rates, the HSDPA con- Single code
Avg. user data rate (kbps)
cept adds 16QAM on top of the existing QPSK scheme avail-
able in Release 99. The combination of 16QAM and e.g. 600
TFRC: 1 2 3 4 5
rate-¾ channel encoding enables a peak data rate of 712
kbps per code (SF=16). Higher robustness is available with
a QPSK rate-¼ scheme but at the penalty of having only a 400
119 kbps data rate per code. A modulation and coding combi-
nation is sometimes denoted a transport format and re-
source combination (TFRC). Five example TFRCs available 200
on the HS-DSCH are shown in Table 2. Given sufficiently
good channel conditions, a single user may simultaneously Dynamic range
receive up to 15 parallel multi-codes leading to very high
0
peak data rates up to 10.8 Mbps. This is the maximum peak
-15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15
data rate supported by the HSDPA concept, which can only
be achieved in very favourable environments or with ad- Per-2ms averaged Es/No [dB]
vanced transmission and reception technologies. It will be
shown in a later section that the HSDPA concept defines a 12000
number of UE capability classes, and that only the high-end
UE classes will support the very high data rates. Up to 15 codes
Avg. user throughput (kbps)
10000
The dynamic range of the AMC for a single code is illus-
trated in Figure 1 showing the available user data rate ver- 8000 TFRC: 1 2 3 4 5
sus the instantaneous (per-TTI) Es/N0. The curve includes
the gain from fast HARQ based on chase combining which 6000
significantly improves the throughput at low Es/N0 values.
4000
TFRC Modulation Eff. Code Data rate Data rate Data rate
Rate (1 code) (5 codes) (15 codes)
2000
1 QPSK ¼ 119 kbps 0.6 Mbps 1.8 Mbps Dynamic range
2 QPSK ½ 237 kbps 1.2 Mbps 3.6 Mbps 0
3 QPSK ¾ 356 kbps 1.8 Mbps 5.3 Mbps -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25
4 16QAM ½ 477 kbps 2.4 Mbps 7.2 Mbps
Per-2ms averaged Es/No [dB]
5 16QAM ¾ 712 kbps 3.6 Mbps 10.8 Mbps
Table 2 Example transport format and resource combinations Figure 1 Dynamic range of the HSDPA AMC.
and corresponding user data rates at layer 1 (including over- Simulation assumptions: RAKE receiver,
head). More options for TFRCs are given in [1,3]. ITU Pedestrian-A profile, 3km/h.
February 2003 ❖ IEEE Vehicular Technology Society News 5
3. possible to use constellation re-arrangement for
9
all transmissions (BLER=30%) (dB)
Required Ei /I0 , combined for Flat fading, 3 kmph retransmissions, which provides a swapping of the bit
8 streams in a way that all bits experience the same average
2nd transmission level of error probability after the retransmission
7 (chase combining) combining.
6 Retransmission utilization for a user depends on whether
1st transmission the channel quality is generally in the lower or the upper
Coding
5 gain end of the AMC dynamic range and if it exceeds this dy-
namic range. For optimal spectral efficiency and a simple
4
round-robin scheduling scheme (without consideration of
2nd transmission
3 Combining loss (incremental redundancy) hardware and code utilization issues), users located at the
cell edge will experience an average first transmission
2 BLER around 30-60%, while users located in the vicinity of
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 the Node-B will operate with a first transmission BLER
Effective code rate [-] around 10-20%. The reason for the higher BLER at the cell
edge is that a user in bad conditions will more often be in a
Figure 2 Performance of different retransmission strategies. condition where even the most robust TFRC cannot be re-
ceived without error in the 1st transmission.
of retransmissions does not involve the RNC. Hence, Iub
signaling is avoided and the resulting retransmission delay Spectral and code efficiency
of HSDPA becomes much lower than for conventional RNC Before reaching the pole capacity, a synchronous WCDMA
retransmissions. The HSDPA retransmission procedure is system may be capacity limited due to either a power short-
thus several orders of magnitude faster than the conven- age or a code shortage. One of the major benefits of the
tional RNC based ARQ implementation and enables the use HSDPA concept is the ability to make a tradeoff among
of advanced retransmission strategies with lower delay jit- power and code efficiency to accommodate the current state
tering and higher spectral efficiency, even for delay sensi- of the cell. This aspect is illustrated in Figure 3, where the
tive services like streaming. five example TFRCs are plotted in a diagram showing both
The HSDPA concept supports both the incremental re- their power efficiency (measured as allowed noise power to
dundancy (IR) and chase combining (CC) retransmission user bit energy ratio for a BLER of 10%, e.g. I0/Ei) and their
strategies. The basic idea of the CC scheme is to transmit an respective code efficiency (measured as supported data rate
identical version of an erroneously detected data packet and per code). If the Node-B has relatively more power resources
then for the decoder to combine the received copies weighted than code resources available (code limited), the link adap-
by the SNR prior to decoding. With the IR scheme, addi- tation algorithm will optimize for a more code efficient
tional redundant information is incrementally transmitted TFRC while a more robust TFRC with more multi-codes will
if the decoding fails on the first attempt. The performance of be used when the Node-B is mainly power limited.
CC and IR schemes are compared in the curves of Figure 2
showing the information bit energy to interference ratio Link adaptation and support channels
(Ei/I0) required to obtain a BLER of 30%. Ei/I0 values are The overall concept of the HS-DSCH link adaptation (LA) is
given as a function of the effective Turbo encoding rate. The illustrated in Figure 4. The Node-B tracks the radio channel
curve labeled “1st transmission” shows the required Ei/I0 if quality in the downlink direction by monitoring the trans-
successful detection is to be accomplished in a single trans- mit power on the downlink associated DCH (adjusted via
mission with a probability of 30%. The curves labeled “2nd control commands available on the uplink associated DCH).
transmission” indicate the required Ei/I0 calculated as the The UE can also be requested to regularly send a specific
linear sum of the Ei/I0 of the two individual transmissions, channel quality indicator (CQI) on the uplink high speed
still at a 30% probability of correctly detecting the packet.
As can be seen for the case of chase combining, a slight com- 1
bining loss must be expected (loss slightly higher if lower
Allowed noise to info bit energy, I0 /E i [-]
BLER target is set after second transmission). This loss is
TFRC1
mainly attributed to the combining operation itself, which is 0.8
based on the combining of soft information values. As can be TFRC2
Increased power efficiency
noticed for a code rate of 3/4, there is a large advantage of ap-
plying IR since the resulting code rate after the second
0.6
transmission is close to optimum (1/3 which is the base en- TFRC3
coder rate). For code rates of ½ or lower, IR does not provide
a significant gain over chase combining since almost all code HSDPA TFRC4
information has been sent in the first transmission. The dis- 0.4
link adaptation TFRC5
advantage of IR over CC is the much higher memory re-
quirements for the UE. The possibility to utilize IR for a cer-
tain TFRC and multi-code combination is defined by the UE 0.2
capability class. Depending on the data rate compared to
the UE capability as well as the code rate of the first trans- Increased code efficiency
mission, aspects of both the CC and the IR schemes will be 0
utilized in the retransmissions. When 16QAM is used as the 0 200 400 600 800
modulation scheme, two of the four bits constructing the re- Peak throughput per SF = 16 code (kbps)
ceived symbols will have a higher probability of error than
the other two bits. In order to compensate for this effect it is Figure 3 Power and code effciency for different TFRCs.
6 IEEE Vehicular Technology Society News ❖ February 2003
4. power. The HS-DSCH contains user data as well as a single
(a) 24-bit CRC field that is calculated over all the transmitted
Channel quality feedback (HS-DPCCH, DCH) multi-codes (i.e. one logical transport channel maps into
several physical channels). This approach yields a Turbo
User Data coding gain for larger data rates where the encoding block
(HS-DSCH, HS-SCCH) size increases.
UE1
UE Capabilities
With the introduction of the HSDPA concept into the Re-
lease 5 specifications, a new generation of UE capability
UE2 classes will be introduced. Five main parameters are used to
define the physical layer UE capability level [5]:
Fast adaptation is conducted in Node B
✦ Maximum number of HS-DSCH multi-codes that the
based on reported channel quality, QoS
demands, resource availability, etc. UE can simultaneously receive. At least five multi-codes
must be supported in order to facilitate efficient
multi-code operation.
(b) ✦ Minimum inter-TTI interval, which defines the dis-
Downlink tance from the beginning of a TTI to the beginning of
the next TTI that can be assigned to the same UE. E.g. if
HS-SCCH Demodulation info, HARQ info, UE ID
the allowed interval is 2 ms, this means that the UE can
HS-DSCH User data and CRC bits receive HS-DSCH packets every 2 ms.
✦ Maximum number of HS-DSCH transport channel bits
Verification time that can be received within a single TTI.
✦ The maximum number of soft channel bits over all the
Uplink HARQ processes.
CQI
HS-DPCCH CQI CQI CQI
ACK
CQI CQI ✦ If the UE supports 16QAM (e.g. code efficiency limitation).
Further, parameters are specified for informing the net-
Ass. DCH Power control commands
work what is the total L2 buffer capability (MAC and RLC) in
the UE. Examples of UE capability classes proposed in 3GPP
are listed in Table 3, but more combinations are possible [5].
Figure 4 The general HSDPA operating principle is shown Note that a ‘low-end’ HSDPA UE will support a maximum of 5
in (a) and inter-channel operation is illustrated in (b). simultaneous HS-DSCH codes, and the minimum distance
between the starting points of two successive data packets is
dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH). The CQI 3 TTIs (i.e. 6 ms). Such a UE will support a maximum of 7300
is an indicator of the TFRC and multi-code number cur- bits in each TTI and thus belong to the 1.2 Mbps class. An-
rently supported by the UE (e.g. the supported data rate). other important difference is the amount of soft channel bits
The feedback cycle of the HS-DPCCH CQI can be set as a defined for each UE class. The number of soft channel bits
network parameter in predefined steps from 2 ms to infinite will impact the UE receiver performance when HARQ is em-
time (i.e. disabled). The power of the HS-DPCCH is set as an ployed. A UE with a low number of soft channel bits will not
offset compared to the uplink dedicated physical control be able to support IR for the highest peak data rates and its
channel (DPCCH) and to guarantee full cell-coverage a CQI performance will thus be slightly lower than for a UE sup-
repetition scheme can be used. For the Node-B to know if a porting a larger number of soft channel bits.
transmitted packet was detected correctly or wrongly in the
receiver end, the UE is required to send a CRC-based Architecture Issues and RRM
ACK/NACK response on the HS-DPCCH. It is up to the It is entirely up to the network operator to choose a policy for
Node-B (and thus the manufacturer/operator) to decide weighting the different offered services, the subscription
whether it will base its link adaptation strategy primarily
on the associated DCH power control commands, the Reference combination 1.2 Mbps 3.6 Mbps 7 Mbps 10 Mbps
HS-DPCCH information, or a combination of the two. class class class class
Depending on packet prioritization and resource avail- RLC and MAC-hs parameters
ability, the Node-B then schedules data to the users on the Total RLC AM and MAC-hs 50 50 100 150
HS-DSCH. In this sense, two users may be both time and/or buffer size (kbytes)
code multiplexed to better utilize the available resources Maximum number of AM RLC 6 6 8 8
under the constraint of having different UE capability entities
classes. Prior to sending data on the HS-DSCH, the Node-B PHY parameters
sends a detailed demodulation message to the active users FDD HS-DSCH category 1 5 7 9
via the high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH). This Maximum number of bits of 5 5 10 15
information describes the employed TFRC, the multi-code HS-DSCH codes received
set, as well as the H-ARQ process control and is transmitted Minimum inter-TTI interval 3 (6 ms) 1 (2 ms) 1 (2 ms) 1 (2 ms)
2 slots in advance of the HS-DSCH. The UE being active on Maximum number of bits of an 7300 7300 14600 20432
the HS-DSCH must be capable of receiving up to four paral- HS-DSCH transport block
received within an HS-DSCH TTI
lel HS-SCCHs in order to determine if data is being trans-
Total number of soft 19200 57600 115200 172800
mitted to the UE in the following time period. Masking the
channel bits
CRC field on the HS-SCCH with a unique UE ID facilitates
the UE identification process. The power of the HS-SCCH is Table 3 Example of HS-DSCH UE capability classes [5]. All
controlled by the Node-B and it may have a time-variant example catagories support 16QAM.
February 2003 ❖ IEEE Vehicular Technology Society News 7
5. classes, etc. This weighting applies to both the priority in mized cell throughput/fairness strategies, see e.g. [8,9]. The
the network among other services/users but also to the ser- PS methodologies can generally be characterized by:
vice quality targets; e.g. in terms of guaranteed data rates, Scheduling period/frequency: The period over which
minimum delays, etc. One example is to use a paradigm of users are scheduled ahead in time. If short, the PS may uti-
having different QoS classes; e.g. the premium, gold, and lize fast channel variations and track fast fading for low-mo-
silver subscription division [6]. The RRM algorithms are re- bility users. Shorter periods call for higher computational
sponsible for best utilization of the available system re- complexity in the Node-B.
sources to meet the service policies adopted by the network Serve order: The order in which users are served; e.g. ran-
provider as well as maximizing the system capacity. Specifi- dom order (round robin) or according to channel quality (C/I or
cally, the RRM algorithms are responsible for implementing throughput based). More advanced order mechanisms require
a hardware and power resource sharing between the differ- higher computational processing at the Node-B.
ent channel types, so that a Node-B can convey traffic over Allocation method: The criterion for allocating re-
e.g. the DCHs, DSCH, and HS-DSCH at the same time. The sources; e.g. same data amount or same power/code/time re-
admission control (AC) functionality is critical to obtaining sources for all queued users per allocation interval.
the best tradeoff among capacity and single-service quality. Some general packet scheduling methods and their char-
Guaranteeing a negotiated QoS level calls for an efficient acteristics have been compared in Table 4. The fair through-
and QoS-aware AC mechanism, which adjusts its user ad- put (FT) scheduler serves users in a random order and ac-
mission criterion according to the service requirements of cording to the same data amount. In theory, all users
the currently active users as well as the pending new user. currently active in the system will therefore experience the
The cell specific power and code resource allocation same delay and throughput. With the fair resource (FR)
among different channel types is negotiated in the RNC on a scheduler, users receive equal resources in random order
rather slow basis compared to the TTI for the HS-DSCH (us- and will thus experience different data rates according to
ing cell reconfiguration messages). The power and code re- their average channel quality. With the C/I PS method (also
sources reserved for HS-DSCH and HS-SCCH are subse- denoted the thoughput or TP method), the user with the
quently reported to the Node-B (MAC-hs) over the open Iub best channel quality is served until the queue is emptied.
interface [7]. If no power constraints are specified, the This leads to a very different service experience among us-
Node-B can use all excess power not needed for other traffic ers and to the potential situation where a certain poor-qual-
for the HS-DSCH. The number of channelization codes for ity user will experience excessive service delays. The sched-
HS-DSCH (SF=16) and HS-SCCH (SF=128) are explicitly uling rate for these packet schedulers is assumed to be slow
dictated by the RNC, while the MAC-hs has the freedom to such that fast channel variations are not incorporated (av-
freely distribute the power between the user data and the eraging still may be faster than shadowing variations,
control channels. The packet scheduling (PS) is responsible though). An available option with the HSDPA concept is to
for conducting the scheduling of the users, which have been make very fast scheduling, which tracks the fast fading
directed to the HS-DSCH. The complicated scheduling oper- variations. Ultimately, users are only scheduled when they
ation must consider UE capability issues (e.g. use of code are experiencing constructive fading; thereby improving
multiplexing), QoS requirements and priority, pending both the user throughput and cell throughput for
re-transmissions, user’s current channel quality, etc. Subse- time-shared channels. The Max C/I or throughput (M-TP)
quently, the link adaptation process and the SAW channel method is the most drastic method, which only serves the
selection process are conducted. As the HS-DSCH offers best user during the current TTI; e.g. the user who can sus-
per-TTI bit rate modification and time/code multiplexing tain the highest throughput. Compared to the TP scheduler,
between different users, the MAC-hs, containing the this scheduler is fairer to the users since a single user’s fad-
HSDPA PS, link adaptation, and HARQ entities, has been ing variations typically exceed or are on the order of the av-
moved to the Node-B. This is illustrated in Figure 5. erage C/I difference between different user locations in the
cell. However, the outage of this method is still significant.
Packet scheduling To obtain a fairer scheduling method, it is possible to define
The high scheduling rate combined with the large AMC dy- and calculate a relative instantaneous channel quality
namic range available with the HSDPA concept, makes it (RICQ) measure as a selection and prioritization metric.
possible to conduct the packet scheduling according to the The RICQ measure is often identical to the ratio of the user’s
radio conditions as well as the data amounts to be transmit- instantaneous throughput and the user’s average served
ted to the different users. Hence, the HSDPA concept opens throughput [9]. In calculation, it utilizes the CQI informa-
for Waterfilling based packet scheduling strategies for opti- tion as well as the link quality estimation algorithms, which
are located in the Node-B. This fast scheduling method is re-
ferred to as the proportional fair resource (P-FR) scheduling
Node-B method as illustrated in Table 4. The proportional schedul-
MAC-hs ing method results in all users getting approximately an
RNC equal probability of becoming active even though they may
Iub HARQ PS LA experience very different average channel quality.
The above-mentioned schedulers are “prototype” packet
schedulers, which use different means to utilize and distrib-
ute excess capacity of the network. They basically yield a
CQI, ACK/NACK/TPC
very different tradeoff between user fairness and cell capac-
ity. Prioritization based on either QoS constraints or differ-
ent subscription classes (e.g. premium, gold, and silver us-
ers) will in general override the scheduling principles
depicted in Table 4 and the scheduling will then only be ap-
Figure 5 HSDPA RRM entities in the Node-B. plied to groups of users/services encompassing the highest
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6. PS method Scheduling rate Serve order Allocation method
Fair throughput (FT) Slow Round robin in random order Resources according to same data amount (up to
max. allocation time)
Fair time (FR) Slow Round robin in random order Same resources (time, code, or power) and uneven
data amount
C/I or throughput Slow Based on highest average C/I (fast enough Same resources (time, code, or power) and uneven
(TP) to track shadowing) data amount
Proportional fair Fast Based on highest relative instantaneous Same resources (time, code, or power) and uneven
resource (P-FR) channel quality (tracks fast fading) data amount
Max C/I or Fast Based on highest instantaneous channel Same resources (time, code, or power) and uneven
throughput (M-TP) quality (tracks fast fading) data amount
Table 4 Comparison of different simplified packet scheduling methods [9, 11].
priority level. When QoS requirements dominate the sched-
uling strategy, the differentiation between different PS Ior / Ioc = 15dB
600
Average throughput per code (kbps)
strategies becomes less significant and the capacity gain of
the most aggressive schedulers reduces (while becoming
400 Ior / Ioc = 2dB
more fair).
Performance 200 Ior / Ioc = -3dB
The performance of the HS-DSCH depends on a large number
of aspects, such as (i) channel conditions including othercell Pedestrian A, 3 kph
0
interference and time dispersion, (ii) UE demodulation perfor-
mance and capability, (iii) nature and accuracy of RRM algo- 600
rithms, and (iv) hardware imperfections. The throughput per- Ior / Ioc = 15dB
formance for a single link employing link adaptation is shown 400
for different channel profiles and average Ior/Ioc values in Fig- Ior / Ioc = 2dB
ure 6 versus the code power allocation. In the estimation of the 200 Ior / Ioc = -3dB
UE channel quality (Es/No) at the Node-B some error must be
expected. In these simulations, a lognormally distributed er- Vehicular A, 3 kph
0
ror with a standard deviation of 1 dB and a 2 ms AMC delay 0 2 4 6 8
have been assumed. In general, the HARQ mechanism makes
the LA very robust towards channel estimation errors and Power allocated per code (out of 20 W) [W]
scheduling delays. With fast L1 HARQ, the degradation in
throughput due to channel estimation errors is approximately Figure 6 Code throughput versus code power allocation.
halved compared to an AMC system without HARQ [11].
Two different network scenarios are considered for analy- been evaluated under the assumptions listed in Table 4. Only
sis at cell level. This first case (Macrocell/Veh-A) is a one user prioritization class is considered and the packet sched-
macrocell outdoor environment where an ITU Vehicular-A uler operation is not limited by QoS constraints. As TCP and
channel profile is assumed (e.g. significant time dispersion). other higher layer protocols are not considered in the evalua-
The second case (Microcell/Ped-A) is a microcell outdoor-in- tion, we attempt a “best effort” type simulation assuming no
door environment characterized by a favorable Ior/Ioc distri- degradation from e.g. slow start effects. The average cell capac-
bution due to better cell isolation as well as an ITU Pedes- ity for the different packet scheduling methodologies are com-
trian-A profile (e.g. limited time dispersion). The Ior/Ioc pared in Figure 7 also including reference numbers for Release
distributions are averaged over fast fading and are from
[10]. Other simulation assumptions are listed in Table 5. 5
Average carried load on HSDPA (Mbps)
The fair resource and proportional fair resource schedulers Rel99 WCDMA capability [12]
are often considered in conjunction with HSDPAand these have 4.5 Fair resource (FR)
Proportional fair resource (P-FR)
4
Parameter Setting 3.5
HSDPA power 75% of Node-B power
3
Common channel power 20% of Node-B power
2.5
~150% gain
HSDPA code allocation 15 (SF=16)
2 ~50% gain
HSDPA cell coverage 90%
1.5
Number of users 32
1
UE velocity 3 kmph
0.5
TFRC resolution See Table 2
0
Download request 400 kbit for all users Macrocell/Veh-A Microcell/Ped-A
Node-B PCDE* -36 dB (SF=256)
Simulation environment (G-factor PDF and PDP)
Table 5 Simulation Assumptions
* Simple AWGN model for Node-B hardware imperfections Figure 7 Average cell throughput for different
adjusted to Release 5 level of peak code domain error (PCDE). scheduling types.
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7. 99 WCDMAobtained from [11]. It is noted that the performance [7] 3GPP TS25.877, “High Speed Downlink Packet Access:
improvement of fast scheduling over slow scheduling is signifi- Iub/Iur protocol aspects “, version 5.0.0.
cant for this simulation case with near-optimum conditions. For [8] J.M. Holtzman, “CDMA Forward Link Waterfilling
the macrocell environment the gain in cell throughput is on the Power Control”, Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Con-
order of 56%. For the microcell environment, users are already ference, pp. 1663-1667, September 2000.
experiencing very good channel conditions and during good fad- [9] J.M. Holtzman, “Asymptotic Analysis of Proportional
ing conditions they exceed the dynamic range of the AMC. For Fair Algorithm”, Proc. IEEE Personal Indoor Mobile
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29%. The available cell throughput for the microcell case ex- ber, 2001.
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Troels Emil Kolding accomplished his M.Sc.E.E. and
Continued Evolution Ph.D. studies in Aalborg University, Denmark, in 1996
HSDPA provides a significant cell capacity gain for packet and 1999, respectively. For a two-year period, he worked
data traffic in WCDMA and is thus an important part of the as associate research professor at Aalborg University,
continuous 3G evolution. Since the HSDPA concept offers leading a UMTS front-end design project. Since 2001, he
improved code efficiency and dynamic range in user data is wireless networks specialist with Nokia Networks, Den-
rates, it can utilize improvements in detector performance mark, working on high-speed data concepts for CDMA cel-
foreseen in the future. Hence, it may be viewed as an lular networks.
enabler for more advanced communication techniques, in- Klaus Ingemann Pedersen received his M.Sc.E.E. and
cluding equalizers, multi-user or multi-code interference Ph.D. degrees in 1996 and 2000 from Aalborg University,
cancellation, as well as advanced multiple input multiple Denmark. He is currently with Nokia Networks in Aalborg,
output (MIMO) techniques. The HSDPA concept can be in- Denmark. His current research interests include radio re-
troduced gradually in the network with incremental intro- source management for WCDMA systems, adaptive antenna
duction of advanced packet scheduling and link enhance- array systems, and spatial radio propagation modeling.
ment strategies. The performance and cost/complexity Jeroen Wigard received his M.Sc.E.E. in electrical engi-
issues of further improvements will be considered within fu- neering from Delft University of Technology in 1995 and his
ture 3GPP standardization framework to further evolve the Ph.D. in 1999 from Aalborg University, Denmark. He
WCDMA concept. worked in 1995 and 1999 as assistant research professor at
Center for PersonKommunikation (CPK), Aalborg Univer-
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