UMTS Channel Mapping {cell_DCH, Air Interface)

UMTS Quick Reference

NAS
RRC
RLC
MAC
PHY
Radio Bearers
Transport Channels
Logical Channels
RRC signaling
HighfLow priority
NAS signaling
D
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T
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f
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3.+ kbps
SRB
SRAB 1 2 3 +
UN AN
+x DCCH
TT!=+0ms

TFS [Transport Format Set|
= N x Transport Block size [bits|

CRC
Channel coding
Rate matching
1
st
interleaving
Segmentation
TrCH multiplexing


2
nd
!nterleaving
Physical Ch. Napping


CCTrCH
RAB
3.+ standalone SRAB
3.++12.2 ANR
3.++6+ kbps PS
3.++128kbps PS
3.++38+kbps PS
3.++12.2+6+kbps

UL
DL: DPCCH 8 DPDCH time multiplexed together (before spreading)
UL: separate channels (! and Q branches of QPSK), DPCCH fixed sf256, DPDCH variable

Composite Coded TrCH
AN UNfAN
ANR
Class A B C

12.2 kbps
CS RB
Control PDUs

1x DCH
3x RB
TN TN TN
3x DTCH
CRC 16
1f3
Convolutional

CRC 12 no no
1f3 1f3 1f2
Convolutional
TT!=20ms

T
F
S
:

1
x
8
1
,

1
x
3
9
,

1
x
0

T
F
S
:

1
x
1
0
3
,

0
x
1
0
3

T
F
S
:

1
x
6
0
,

0
x
6
0


3x DCH
voice (CS) Signaling
F
u
l
l

A
N
R

f
r
a
m
e

=

{
8
1
,
1
0
3
,
6
0
)

S
!
D

f
r
a
m
e

=

{
3
9
,
0
,
0
)

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Blind TFC!
detection

1x DCH
1x DTCH
38+ kbps
PS RB
Data (PS)
R
L
C

h
e
a
d
e
r

=

1
6
b
i
t
s


AN
Data PDUs

n
o

N
A
C

h
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SDUs
PDUs
1x RB
TT!=10ms

T
F
S
:

0
x
1
+
8
,

1
x
1
+
8

CRC 16
Turbo

T
F
S
:

0
x
3
3
6
,

.
,

1
2
x
3
3
6


1x DCH
6+ kbps
CS RB
video (CS)
TN
CRC 16
Turbo

T
F
S
:

0
x
6
+
0
,

2
x
6
+
0


1x RB
TT!=20ms

1x DTCH
DL
15ksps
30ksps f sf128
120ksps fsf32
2+0ksps
2+0f+80ksps fsf8
120ksps

UL
15ksps
60ksps f sf6+
2+0ksps fsf16
+80ksps
960ksps
2+0ksps

DPDCH
PHY: 10ms radio frame, 15 slotsfframe, 38+00 chipsfframe, Closed Loop Power Control = 15 kHz, 5NHz RF bandwidth
DPCCH