• How is the Node-B measuring the TA?

• Based on received PUSCH on TTI basis

• CQI reports on PUCCH

• How is the timing advance signalled to the UE??

• At MAC layer (peer to peer signalling)

• Why timing advance??

• Because the UL resources are orthogonal and this fact has to be maintained

• Different UEs in the cell may have different position and therefore different
propagation delay -> this may affect synchronisation

• Only UL timing advance no DL

• In DL possible to manage synchronised transmission to several UEs