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LTE Capacity Summary

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LTE Capacity – Channel Capacity Calculation

Summary
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LTE Resource
Definitions

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 UL/DL Resource and Capacity to be covered
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 DL Capacity - Key Resources & Their Impact
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 UL Capacity - Key Resources & Their Impact
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 LTE Resource – Time, Frequency, Space
LTE physical channels need to be defined in terms of:
Time:
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− Frame: 10ms in one frame

− Sub-frame: 10 sub-frame in a frame, 1ms long in a sub-frame
− Slot: there are 2 slot in a sub-frame
− Symbol: depending on the CP, extended CP with 6 symbols, normal CP with 7 symbols
Frequency:
− Sub-carrier: 15kHz width in frequency
− Depending on the system bandwidth, # of sub-carrier can be calculated by the following formula:
90% × 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 × 1000
# 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 =
15[𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘]

− Except to 1.4MHz system, where the # of Sub carrier = 72 instead of 84

Space:
− New component in MIMO system, it depend on RF environment
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 LTE Physical Channel – Frames & Slots
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 LTE Physical Channel – Resource Block (RB)
Resource Block:
− 12 Subcarrier in 1 sub-frame
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− Minimum resource allocation for 1 user (in dedicated channel)

− Multiple RB could be assigned to one user.

Number of RB

# 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠
# 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 =
12

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 LTE Physical Channel – Resource Element (RE)
Resource Element (symbol):
− 1 subcarrier used in 1 symbol time.
− 1 slot contains 3, 6 or 7 symbol.
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− Multiple RB could be assigned to one user.

− Some symbols have fixed usage e.g. RS
− Symbols can carry physical information e.g. RS,
control or user information.
− Control information is always modulated in QPSK
(or BPSK)
− User information could be modulated
− QPSK (2 bits per symbol)
− 16QAM (4 bits per symbol)
− 64QAM (6 bits per symbol)

Number of REs in 1 Frame

# 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 = # 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 × # 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 1 𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 × 10

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 Resource Grid Definitions for Control Information
Resource Element Group (REG):
− Group of 4 or 6 RE to carry control information.
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− Only 4 usable REs per REG

− REGs with 6 REs may have two RS symbols.
1 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 = 4 𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅

Control Channel Element (CCE):

− Group of 9 REGs form a single CCE used for PDCCH
signaling.
1 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 = 9 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 = 4 × 9 = 36 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅
− Each CCE could have 36 usable REs.

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 Downlink Channelization Hierarchy
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 Uplink Channelization Hierarchy
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LTE DL Resource

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Traffic-Independent Fixed DL
Channels Resource –
RS, PBCH, PSS, SSS, SIB

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 Downlink Reference Signal – DL-RS
# of RE used by DL-RS is depending on:
− System BW
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− # of Antenna
For R0 and R1, RS always located in symbol 0 and 3(extend CP) or 4 (normal CP) in each slot.
For R2 and R3, RS always located in symbol 1 only in each slot.
# of RE used by RS in 1 Frame:
# 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 = # of RB × (1𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜) × 8 × 10  # of antenna = 1 or 2 # 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 = # of RB × 2 × 12 × 10  # of antenna = 4

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 Physical Broadcast Channel - PBCH
PBCH:
− Time: sub-frame 0 in every frame and first 4 OFDM symbols in 2nd
slot of sub-frame.
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− Frequency: middle 6RB (1.08MHz)

Number of REs in 1 Frame
− # of RE assigned for PBCH – overlapped RS signal (4x4 always
assumed)
𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 = 6 × 12 × 4 − 8 = 240

𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 = 6 × 12 × 4 − 12 = 216

Normal CP Extended CP

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 Synchronization Signal (PSS & SSS)
PSS and SSS Resource Allocation:
− Time: sub-frame 0 and 5 for every frame
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− Frequency: middle 6RB (1.08MHz), but only effectively

use 62 sub carriers.
Number of REs in 1 Frame
𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃&𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 = 6 × 12 × 2 − 10 × 2 × 2 = 248

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 System Information Broadcast - SIB
SIB Resource Allocation depending on:
− Periodicity: 80ms to 5120ms
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− Size of the SIB: information send over the SIB, 3~20RB.

Number of REs in 1 Frame
𝑛𝑛
10 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚
𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 = � 𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 × 12 × 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 ×
𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚
𝑖𝑖

SIB1
SIB2
SIB2
SIB6,7
SIB6,7
SIB3,4
SIB3,4
SIB5
SIB5

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Traffic-dependent DL Control
Channels –
PCFICH, PHICH, PDCCH

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 DL Control Channel
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 Physical Control Format Indicator Channel
- PCFICH
PCFICH carries the Control Format Indicator (CFI)
Transmitted in:
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− Time: 1st OFDM symbol in every sub-frame

− Frequency: spanning in the entire system band
− Fixed resource: 4 REG in each sub-frame
Number of REs in 1 Frame
𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 = 4 × 4 × 10 = 160

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 Physical HARQ Indicator Channel
- PHICH
PHICH used to transmit ACK/NAK UL Data, where
transmitted in:
− Time:
− Normal Duration: 1st OFDM symbol
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− Extended Duration: over 1, 2 and 3 OFDM symbol  CFI = 3

− Frequency:
− spanning in the entire system band
− Associated to start of corresponding PUSCH grant.
The PHICH acknowledgement is identified by:
− PHICH Group, Ng = { 1/6, 1/2, 1, 2}
− PHICH Orthogonal Sequence Index within the PHICH Group.
− Normal CP: 8 orthogonal sequence
− Extended CP: 4 orthogonal sequence
The PHICH acknowledgement is modulated using BPSK to
generate 3 modulation symbols.
1.4MHz 3MHz 5MHz 10MHz 15MHz 20MHz
The Modulation symbols are then spread using PHICH PHICH Group Scaling Factor Ng Normal Cyclic Prefix
orthogonal sequence. #RB 6 18 25 50 75 100
− Normal CP: SF4 is used 0.166666667 1 1 1 2 2 3
0.5 1 2 2 4 5 7
− Expend CP: SF2 is used 1 1 3 4 7 10 13
This results in PHICH acknowledgements occupying: 2 2 5 7 13 19 25
− Normal CP: 3x4= 12 RE, PHICH Group Scaling Factor Ng Extended Cyclic Prefix
#RB 6 18 25 50 75 100
− Extended CP: 3x2 = 6 RE 0.166666667 2 2 2 4 4 6
#𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 × 𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 0.5 2 4 4 8 10 14
𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 = 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟( ) × 4 × 3 × 10 1
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 Physical Downlink Control Channel
- PDCCH
PDCCH used to:
− DL/UL resource assignment
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− TCP command
− Paging indicator
CCE are the building block of PDCCH
− Time: 1 to 4 OFDM symbol per sub-frame
− Frequency: 1CCE = 9 REG = 36 RE = 72bits (QPSK modulated)
− CCE aggregation of 1, 2, 4 or 8 which is depending on RF quality
and among of information need to be transmitted.
Number of REs in 1 Frame
− CFI = 1,  Available RB in symbol 1 - #PHICH symbol - #PCFICH
symbol - #RS symbol
− CFI = 2  PDCCH symbol (CFI=1) + Available RB in symbol 2
− CFI = 3  PDCCH symbol (CFI=1) + PDCCH symbol (CFI=2) +
available RB in symbol 3

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Paging Channel
Capacity

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 Physical Paging Channel
- PCCH
Paging message could be sent by:
− MME: initial MT PS DATA, SMS, MT CSFB
− eNode: re-acquired system information
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− ETWS (Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System) SIB10, 11

− CMAS (Commercial Mobile Alert Service) SIB12
nB defines which frames and sub-frames can be used for a
PO (paging occasion)
− PO only in sub-frame {9, [4,9} or [0,4,5,9]}
− Actual paging message is transmitted over PDSCH
− Paging size is depending on # of multiplexed user in one paging
message, e.g. 2 to 6 RB
− Up to 16 paging record allowed within 1 paging message.
nB could be configured as:
− 4T, 2T, T/2, T/4, T/8, T/16, T/32
Number of REs in 1 Frame
𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 = 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 × 𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 × 12 × 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 1 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠

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Traffic Dependent
Channel –
PDSCH

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 Physical Downlink Share Channel
PDSCH
PDSCH
− In the time-frequency grip, PDSCH channel occupy all
the RE not used for other purpose.
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To estimate number of RE available for PDSCH

in 1ms, need to discount RE used for
− Reference Signal (RS)
− Control Symbols (PCFICH, PHICH, PDCCH)
− BCCH (PBCH & SIBs)
− PCCH
− Synchronization (PSS & SSS)
− Idle resource (not assigned for any use).

P𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 − 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 − 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 − 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 − 𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 − 𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 − 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 − 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖
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 Idle Resource Element in DL
Some of the resource element has been “wasted” where the RE has not been assigned for
any use.
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The idle REs are located in:

− The beginning and the end of PSS and SSS RB.
−  5x2x2+5x2x2 = 40 REs
− The reserved RS 4x4 MIMO in PBCH resource grid.
− Normal CP  1Tx  6x6 = 36, 2Tx  6x4  24
− Extended CP  1Tx  6x8 = 48, 2Tx  6x4  24

Normal CP Extended CP

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LTE UL Resrouce

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Traffic Independent Fixed

Channel –
SRS, RS

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 Sounding Reference Signals
- SRS
SRS provides UL channel quality estimations at different
frequencies. The information is used by the UL scheduler for
channel dependent scheduling at eNode B.
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SRS is transmitted on the last symbols of the sub-frame.

Depending on:
− Size of SRS (4 or higher)
− SRS periodicity (2ms to 160ms)
Number of REs in 1 Frame

10 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚
𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 = 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 × 12 ×
𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃[𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚]

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 Demodulation Reference Signal
- DM-RS
DM-RS for coherent demodulation of UL
transmission for the UE
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OFDM symbol 2 (extend CP) or 3 (normal CP) is

reserved for RS.
Number of REs in 1 Frame

𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 = (𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 − 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 − 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃) × 12 × 2
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For VIETTEL Only

Traffic Dependent
Control Channel –
PRACH, PUCCH

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 PRACH Format
Cyclic Prefix Sequence Guard Time Max Cell
Preamble
Application Duration Delay Spread Cell Range Duration Duration Total Length Cell Range Range
Format
[µs] [µs] [km] [µs] [µs] [ms] [km] [km]
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0 FDD & TDD 103.13 5.2 14.7 800 96.88 1 14.5 14.5
1 FDD & TDD 684.38 16.67 100.2 800 515.63 2 77.3 77.3
2 FDD & TDD 203.13 5.2 29.7 1600 196.88 2 29.5 29.5
3 FDD & TDD 684.38 16.67 100.2 1600 715.63 3 107.3 100.2
4 TDD only 14.85 0 2.2 133 9.38 0.16 1.4 1.4

15kHz

6 RB 1.08MHz
1.05MHz
Guard
Cyclic Prefix Sequence
Period

15kHz

1 sub frame 1 sub frame

 Preamble formats 0 to 3 use subcarrier spacing of 1.25kHz spacing instead of 15kHz.

 This Preamble formats use 839 subcarriers to occupy 1.05MHz in frequency domain.
 There are 15kHz guard band either side of the random access preamble, given total 1.08MHz or 6RB.

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 Physical Random Access Channel
- PRACH
PRACH used to perform initial system access
and achieve UL synchronization
For VIETTEL Only

Cannot carry any UL data or signaling. It is

purely a random sequence.
Each random access preamble occupies a BW
corresponding to 6 consecutive RB.

𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 10𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 = 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 × 6

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 Physical Random Access Channel
- PRACH
64 random access sequence number available for RACH access procedure. Thus the max
number of RACH attempts = 64 x number of sub-frame dedicated for RACH.
For VIETTEL Only

Config Premable Subframe # of Subframes Dedicated Max # of RACH Config Premable Subframe # of Subframes Dedicated Max # of RACH
SFN SFN
Index Format Number for RACH in 10ms attempts in 10ms Index Format Number for RACH in 10ms attempts in 10ms
0 0 Even 1 0.5 32 32 2 Even 1 0.5 32
1 0 Even 4 0.5 32 33 2 Even 4 0.5 32
2 0 Even 7 0.5 32 34 2 Even 7 0.5 32
3 0 Any 1 1 64 35 2 Any 1 1 64
4 0 Any 4 1 64 36 2 Any 4 1 64
5 0 Any 7 1 64 37 2 Any 7 1 64
6 0 Any 1,6 2 128 38 2 Any 1,6 2 128
7 0 Any 2,7 2 128 39 2 Any 2,7 2 128
8 0 Any 3,8 2 128 40 2 Any 3,8 2 128
9 0 Any 1,4,7 3 192 41 2 Any 1,4,7 3 192
10 0 Any 2,5,8 3 192 42 2 Any 2,5,8 3 192
11 0 Any 3,6,9 3 192 43 2 Any 3,6,9 3 192
12 0 Any 0,2,4,6,8 5 320 44 2 Any 0,2,4,6,8 5 320
13 0 Any 1,3,5,7,9 5 320 45 2 Any 1,3,5,7,9 5 320
14 0 Any 0 to 9 10 640 46
15 0 Even 9 0.5 32 47 2 Even 9 0.5 32
16 1 Even 1 0.5 32 48 3 Even 1 0.5 32
17 1 Even 4 0.5 32 49 3 Even 4 0.5 32
18 1 Even 7 0.5 32 50 3 Even 7 0.5 32
19 1 Any 1 1 64 51 3 Any 1 1 64
20 1 Any 4 1 64 52 3 Any 4 1 64
21 1 Any 7 1 64 53 3 Any 7 1 64
22 1 Any 1,6 2 128 54 3 Any 1,6 2 128
23 1 Any 2,7 2 128 55 3 Any 2,7 2 128
24 1 Any 3,8 2 128 56 3 Any 3,8 2 128
25 1 Any 1,4,7 3 192 57 3 Any 1,4,7 3 192
26 1 Any 2,5,8 3 192 58 3 Any 2,5,8 3 192
27 1 Any 3,6,9 3 192 59 3 Any 3,6,9 3 192
28 1 Any 0,2,4,6,8 5 320 60
29 1 Any 1,3,5,7,9 5 320 61
30 62
31 1 Even 9 0.5 32 63 3 Even 9 0.5 32

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 Physical Uplink Control Channel
- PUCCH
PUCCH carries Uplink Control Information (UCI)
− May include CQI/PMI, HARQ ACK/NAK to DL-SCH and RI
− Common channel for all UEs when not transmitting on PUSCH
For VIETTEL Only

− Channelization through orthogonal sequence.

𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 = 12,18 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 36𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 1
𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 = 12 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 2

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 Physical Uplink Control Channel
- PUCCH
For VIETTEL Only

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 Physical Uplink Control Channel
- PUCCH
For VIETTEL Only

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 Physical Uplink Control Channel
- PUCCH

 The number of UE for SR (Format1/1a/1b) in giving reporting period:

For VIETTEL Only

#𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 = 36 ÷ 𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 × SR Periodicity

 The number of UE for CQI (Format2/2a/2b) in giving reporting period:

#𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 = 12 × 𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛_𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 × CQI Periodicity

 The number RB reserved for PUCCH – Ack/NAK:

𝑛𝑛𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
#𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 =
36 ÷ 𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷

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For VIETTEL Only

Data Traffic
Channel – PUSCH

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 Physical Uplink Shared Channel
- PUSCH
PUSCH may carry:
− UL data
For VIETTEL Only

− ACK/NAK for DL data

− CQI/PMI/RI
Number of REs in 1 Frame

𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 = 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 − 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 − 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 × 12 × 10 × 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠

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