Huawei MIMO solution

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Highlights of Huawei MIMO Solution

MIMO Trial Result

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 LTE MIMO and Beamforming Mode
SFBC
Low signal quality; moving UE
• Sending same but differently
coded info on each of the
antennas
• Based on N times different
signal coding (the same PRB
is sent across all antennas)
SM
Good signal quality; moving UE
• To transmit separately encoded
data signals (streams), from each
of Tx antennas
Pre-coded Rank 1
Low signal quality; static UE
• Use of a pre-coded matrix (PMI.
Pre-Coded Matrix Index) at the Tx
side to reduce the effect from
interference and noise;
• UE computes PMI and sends to
eNodeB (C Matrix)
SM Pre-coded Rank 2
Good signal quality; static UE
• To transmit separately encoded data
signals (streams), from each of Tx
antennas;
• Use of a pre-coded matrix (PMI. Pre-
Coded Matrix Index) at the Tx side to
reduce intra-cell interference and
noise;
• UE computes PMI and sends to
eNodeB (C Matrix)

One can easily extend

the SFBC principle with Each PRB is sent 2 times across 2 antennas
2 or 4 antennas at the AND each sub-carrier contains 2 times more Tx signal depending on the channel info
UE side. coded information than SFBC case. To combine Rx pre-coding code-books (PMI)
PRB1 signals
To combine Rx
The same PRBs are

PRB1 signals PRB1

PRB1
MCX
coded 2 times

CX
CX MCX
PRB1

PRB1
eNB Tx signal PRB1 eNB Tx signal
PRB1 -1 Pre-coded based on CQI
UE Rx signal= M MX -1 -1
To combine Rx info (C Matrix from UE) UE Rx signal= C M MCX
Tx signals
Rx Tx Rx Channel Page 3 Pre-Coded Matrix Index (UE
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sending to eNB)
Tx Rx Tx Rx
Downlink 4x2 MIMO
4-Element Transmitters/sector 17% Increase DL 2*2 MIMO
DL 4*2 MIMO
2-Element Receivers

Throughput (Mbps)
18M*
15.4M*

UE 23% Increase
0.48M* 0.59M*

Average Sector Cell Edge

eNodeB Throughput User Throughput

* Simulation config: 10MHz, Close-Loop Adaptive MIMO mode

Description:
• For DL 4*2MIMO, eNodeB need 4-antenna transmitters per sector.
Benefit:
UE need 2 antennas.
• DL 4x2 MIMO improves downlink cell/user
throughput and coverage

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 Downlink 4x4 MIMO Description:
4*4 Channel Matrix
• 4×4 channel matrix can support up to 4 data stream to 1 UE
Pre-coding simultaneously.
• Adaptive MIMO supported
Data
Stream Stream 1 Benefits:
• 54% higher average throughput than 4×2 SU-MIMO
S/P Stream 2
UE Receiver
• 55-66% higher cell edge throughput than 4×2 SU-MIMO
• Cell/UE Peak throughput 300Mbps
Notes
4 Tx integrate RRU is required for commercial deployment
Channel Information Feedback

• The Average sector SE (bps/Hz) • 5% User SE (bps/Hz)

3
0.1
2.5 0.09
0.08
2 0.07
DL 2x2 CL-
MIMO 0.06
1.5
0.05 DL 2x2 CL-MIMO
DL 4x2 CL- 0.04
1 DL 4x2 CL-MIMO
MIMO 0.03
0.5 DL 4x4 CL- DL 4x4 CL-MIMO
0.02
MIMO 0.01
0
Case1 (500m, Case3 0
Case1 Case3
3km/h) (1732m, (500m, (1732m,
3km/h) 3km/h) 3km/h)

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Huawei MIMO support for LTE Uplink
Rx diversity MU-MIMO

• Assuming two Rx antennas are configured in eNodeB,

• All received information are exploited by the eNodeB measures the UE UL channel CQI and
combining copies of the signal from all the channel orthogonally with another UE. If both UEs have
antennas good CQI and good channels orthogonality among each
• Including Interference Rejection Combining other, then MU-MIMO can be used, otherwise 2-Antenna
(IRC) for UL inter-cell interference suppression; Rx Diversity is used.
• Multiple users transmit at the same time and frequency

 IRC tries to nullify strong interference thus maximize

Interfering UE
the SINR
eNB1 - A receiver beam with high attenuation in the
direction of interference
 IRC Outperforms MRC in interference limited
Beamforming scenario;
UE0 dominated by
eNB0 SINR maximization

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 Uplink 4-Antenna Receive Diversity
UL 2-Antenna Receivers
35% Increment UL 4-Antenna Receivers
4-antennas/sector

Throughput (Mbps)
11.3M* 52% Increment
8.4M*

0.42M* 0.64M*

Cell Average Cell Edge

Throughput User Throughput

* Simulation configuration: 10MHz, MRC.

Description: Benefit:
• For UL 4-Antenna Receive Diversity, eNodeB should have • UL 4-antenna improves receiver sensitivity
4 antennas per sector for receiving. There is no special and uplink coverage.
requirements on UEs.

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Advanced Receiver – Adaptive IRC Receiver

Interfering
In interference limited
environment (FER=1.00e-2):
1x2 IRC vs MRC: 6.5dB
1x4 IRC vs MRC: 15 dB
IRC 1x4 vs 1x2 : 15 dB

Victim cell Interfering cell

• IRC uses the spatial characteristics of inter-cell

interference DL and UL
• Huawei LTE receivers are based on IRC

Benefits:
• IRC enhances both system throughput and cell edge
performance

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Uplink Multi-User MIMO
MU-MIMO decoding 2*4 Channel Matrix

Description:
Data Stream • Two UE to simultaneously share the same
UE 1 Data UE 1
time and frequency resources, and at the
UE2 Data
Data Stream
same time allowing UL Receive Diversity
UE 2 • Supporting both 2 2 MU-MIMO and 2 4
MU-MIMO.
Combined virtual UE with 2 Tx
antennas

Benefits:
• Cell uplink peak throughput doubled.
• 2 4 MU-MIMO(IRC): 15% higher average
throughput than 1 4 SIMO(IRC)

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 Adaptive MIMO Scheme
Mobility Velocity)

Open Loop
DL:OL-SM DL:SFBC
UL:MU-MIMO UL:Rx Diversity

Closed Loop
DL:CL-SM DL:CL-Tx Diversity Adaptive MIMO
UL:MU-MIMO UL:Rx Diversity
Channel Quality (SINR) Description:
• Adjust MIMO mode according to channel condition and
DL Scheme UL Scheme
user’s velocity
High speed move UE Low speed move UE
Cell Cell Benefits:
edge center
• Different MIMO modes fit different scenarios
Open Loop Close Loop
Rx diversity MU-MIMO • SFBC and CL (rank=1) increase link reliability and coverage
Cell Cell Cell Cell • OL SM and CL (rank=2) increase throughput
edge center edge enter • 10% higher average system throughput than non-adaptive
SFBC: Space Frequency Block Code
SFBC SM Rank 1 Rank 2 SM: Space Multiplexing MIMO.

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 MIMO/Multi-Antenna Tech Evolution
Released
DL = Downlink; UL = Uplink; MU = Multi-user; Ready for Contract
SIC = Successive Interference Cancellation Planned
Planning

eRAN6.0

• Advanced receiver
eRAN3.0 • DL MU-MIMO

• SIC
eRAN2.2
 DL 4 4 MIMO
 UL 2 4 MU-MIMO
eRAN2.0/2.1  Intra-eNB UL-CoMP
• DL 4x2/2 2MIMO /UL 2 2MU-MIMO
• Adaptive MIMO
• UL Adaptive 2Rx/4Rx Diversity

2010Q2 2011Q3 2012Q1 2013Q1

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Contents

Highlights of Huawei MIMO Solution

MIMO Trial Result

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 LTE MIMO NGDI Field Trial in Madrid on 2x2 MIMO

Objectives:
 Veriify the MIMO performance in
the field

Trial Results:
With OL MIMO, the MIMO mode can
be automatically set to proper
mode to get higher performance; Field Trial network in Madrid

 With Adaptive OL-CL MIMO, the

MIMO mode can be automatically
set according to the various
wireless conditions;

Observations:
 Terminal measurement have effect on
the performance of CL-MIMO

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LTE UL 4R Diversity Receiver field test
UL 2R Mbps
25
20
15
10
5

4R has more gain vs

2R in cell edge

4R LTE site
deployed in
Madrid UL 4R

SINR(4R vs 2R, IRC-70%Load)-outdoor 28

26
24
22
SINR(dB)

20
18
16
4R vs 2R gain in
14
cell edge：4～6dB
12
10
-120 -110 -100 -90 -80 -70 -60
DL-RSRP(dBm)
SINR-2R-IRC-70%Load SINR-4R-IRC-70%Load
SINR-2R-IRC-70%Load SINR-4R_IRC-70%Load

1. More than 3dB practical gain to improve 35% cell average

throughput with 4R vs 2R on uplink;
2. 4R+IRC brings more gain( reach 4~6dB) over 2R in cell edge area;

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 Intra-eNodeB UL CoMP

Throughput Gain (CoMP vs LTE)

9
LTE CoMP
8

TP(Mbps)
5

0
Single Interference
1 Multi-Interferences

Feature:
 UL signals can be received by 2 co-sited cells and
combined to achieve better UL coverage especially
for the cell border UE;
 No additional RF unit and X2 backhauling required
except more capacity required in baseband board
Benefits:
 LTE is typically UL limited and intra-eNB UL CoMP is a
cost efficient way to improve the UL coverage;
 For cell border UE, filed trial results showed 61.5%
and 146.4% throughput gain with single and multiple
interferences respectively

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The Factors influence on MIMO performance

Transmission/Receiver channel number

The correlation of wireless channel (low/mid/high correlation)
The antenna type – cross polarization / parallel polarization
The performance of adaptive MIMO algorithm in variety wireless scenario (e.g. the
properly selection of pre-coding matrix in CL MIMO)
Terminal capability (receive sensitivity & measurements accuracy)
 UE performance (e.g. measurement (CQI,PMI) accuracy)

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