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Wireless Communication

Lecture 14 part 1, 14th May 2020

LTE Radio Access Network

(Part 4 of book: 4th Gen systems and LTE
Advanced)
 LTE channels: Logical, Transport and Physical
Mapping of Logical, Transport and Physical
Channels:
 LTE Radio Access Network
Spectrum Allocation for FDD and TDD
 LTE Radio Access Network
Frame Structure both for FDD and
TDD:

The frame structures for LTE differ between the Time Division Duplex, TDD
and the Frequency Division Duplex, FDD modes as there are different
requirements on segregating the transmitted data:

There are two types of LTE frame structure:

Type 1: used for the LTE FDD mode systems

Type 2: used for the LTE TDD systems
 LTE Radio Access Network

FDD needs two separate frequency bands or channels:

➢ The frequency allocation for the UL /DL capacity is predetermined based on

the system needs so that it is the same in either direction.

➢ It is not possible to dynamically change capacity. Continuous transmission

and high performance are guaranteed with FDD.
 LTE Radio Access Network
TDD systems use a single frequency band for both transmit and receive:

➢ A system shares the same band and assigns alternative time slots for transmit and
receive operations. Any data that is transmitted could be 1 byte long or a frame of
multiple bytes.

➢ Time slots could be dynamically allocated and variable in length based on network
needs. A guard period is needed to ensure that UL and DL transmissions do not
collide.
 LTE Radio Access Network
Frame Structure Type 1, FDD
 LTE Radio Access Network
Frame Structure Type 1, FDD
 LTE Radio Access Network
Frame Structure Type 2, TDD
 LTE Radio Access Network
Frame Structure Type 2, TDD
 LTE Radio Access Network
Frame Structure both for FDD and
TDD

• Number of subframe in one frame is 10

• Number of slots in one subframe is 2. This means that we have 20 slots within
one frame.
• And one slot is made up of 7 small blocks called ‘symbol’.
 LTE Radio Access Network
Frame Structure both for FDD and
TDD
 LTE Radio Access Network
Frame Structure both for FDD and
TDD
 LTE Radio Access Network
Special subframes:
There are special subframes to accommodate the switch downlink- to-
uplink with the three following fields.