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Contents

LTE Fundamentals + PHY


 Introduction
 Network Architecture & Interfaces
 LTE Air Interface Protocols
 E-UTRA Layer 1 Key Aspects & OFDM(A) Principles
 E-UTRA Transmission: OFDMA & SC-FDMA
 LTE & MIMO
 LTE Physical Layer – Channels & Procedures
 RRM – Admission Control, Load Control and Power Control
 LTE Mobility – Idle and Connected Mode
 LTE Frequencies
 LTE-Advanced
 Summary & Conclusions
 Appendix

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LTE Network Architecture & Interfaces

TS 36.300 “E-UTRA & E-UTRAN TS 23.401: „GPRS enhancements for E-UTRAN access“
Overall Description” TS 23.402: Architecture Enhancements for non-3GPP accesses”

EPS
LTE Evolved Packet System
MME PDN’s:
Serving PDN Internet,
UE E-UTRAN GW GW Intranet,
IMS, etc.
E-UTRA Gateway GW

all IP network no CS Domain


flat Network Architecture any more
low CAPEX & OPEX
GW: Gateway
MME: Mobility Management Entity

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LTE/EPS Architecture - Overview
EPS targets:
 Improved latency, capacity & throughput
 CN Simplification
 Optimised for IP traffic & services
 Simplified support & handover to
GERAN non-3GPP access technologies
Gb
GPRS Core
Iu SGSN
UTRAN PCRF
HSS
S3 S4 S6 Rx+
3GPP S7
(Mobile Systems) S1-MME
MME S5 PDN’s:
S11 Serving PDN Gi Internet,
UE E-UTRAN GW GW Intranet,
S1-U
IMS, etc.
E-UTRA
S2

S2
TS 23.401: „GPRS enhancements cdma2000
for E-UTRAN access“ WiMAX WLAN
(IEEE 802.16) (IEEE802.11)
Integration HSS: Home Subscriber Server
Non-3GPP MME: Mobility Management Entity
PCRF: Policy decision & Charging
RED: new functional element or interface Rules Function

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LTE Architecture = E-UTRAN
LTE Architecture = E-UTRAN = eNodeB
E-UTRAN = “Flat RAN” without RNC or RRM Server eNodeB functions:
E-UTRA User Plane & Control Plane
protocols termination towards the UE
Radio Bearer Control
MME / Radio Admission Control
eNode B S1 S-GW Connection Mobility Control
(Location/Cell; Handover; No SHO!!)
Dynamic Resource Allocation
(UL & DL Packet Scheduling)
Ciphering
X2 S1 Integrity Check
S1
E-UTRA IP Header Compression (RoHC)
H-ARQ & ARQ
Inter-Cell RRM
X2 Interfaces: S1, X2, E-UTRA
eNode B
eNode B S1 support a many-to-many relation
between MME’s/GW’s & eNodeBs

RAN Latency* < 10 ms


SGW: Serving Gateway
* For small IP packets (e.g. VoIP) MME: Mobility Management Entity

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EPS Architecture Overview: MME, S-GW & P-GW

S12
UTRAN Iu
GPRS Core
Gb SGSN
GERAN PCRF
HSS
S3 S4 Rx+
S6
3GPP S7
(Mobile Systems) S1-MME
MME S5 PDN’s:
S11 Serving PDN Gi Internet,
UE E-UTRAN GW GW Intranet,
S1-U
IMS, etc.
E-UTRA
S2 S2

TS 23.401: „GPRS enhancements cdma2000


for E-UTRAN access“ WiMAX WLAN
(IEEE 802.16) (IEEE802.11)
TS 23.402: “Architecture Enhancements Integration
for non-3GPP accesses” Non-3GPP
HSS: Home Subscriber Server
MME: Mobility Management Entity
PCRF: Policy decision & Charging
RED: new functional element or interface Rules Function

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EPC: MME, S-GW & PDN-GW
MME functions:
NAS signalling & related security
S12 Bearer Management
IDLE State Mobility Management (e.g. Paging)
UTRAN Tracking Area TA list management
Iu GPRS Core P-TMSI management
SGSN Authentication & Authorisation ( S6)
HSS
Roaming (S6  Home-HSS)
GERAN Gb PCRF
S6 PDN GW & Serving GW selection
S3 MME selection: Rx+
HO with MME change (S10)
3GPP S7
SGSN selection for LTE  GERAN / UTRAN
(Mobile Systems) S1-MME
MME S4
PDN’s:
S11 Serving S5 PDN SGi
Internet,
UE E-UTRAN GW GW
S1-U Intranet,
E-UTRA IMS, etc.
Gateway
Serving Gateway: S2
terminate S1-U towards E-UTRAN
S2 PDN Gateway:
Mobility Anchor terminate SGi towards PDN’s
 Inter-eNodeB Handover Mobility Anchor:
 Inter-3GPP mobility: 3GPP Anchor
cdma2000 3GPP ↔ Non-3GPP
Packet routeing & forwarding WiMAX UE IP address allocation
Lawful Interception WLAN Lawful Interception
collect charging data* collect charging data
EMM IDLE mode DL packet buffering Non-3GPP Per-user based packet filtering
& initiation of network triggered Packet Screening
EMM: EPS Mobility Management
service request procedure Policy enforcement (PCEF)
* e.g. for roaming with home routed traffic

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LTE UE devices & tasks

Main LTE UE tasks:


UE Devices UL Transmission (SC-FDMA)
DL Reception (OFDMA)
Power Control
Computer / Laptop
Forward Error Correction: Coding & Interleaving
Backwards Error Correction: H-ARQ & ARQ
Header (De-) Compression
Ciphering & Integrity Check
Resource requests to eNB
PDA
Radio Measurements, e.g. BER, SIR, CQI
Handover & Cell Re-Selection
AS Signalling with eNB (RRC)
e.g. Measurement Control & Measurement Report messages,
Handover Commands, Cell Update messages,…
Smart phone / • NAS Signalling with MME
Mobile Phone • e.g. Registration, Tracking Area Update, Authentication,
PDP Context (De-)Activation, …

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LTE UE Categories

(DL PHY layer UE max. Max. No. Max. Peak


TS 36.306: parameter / category DL MIMO DL-SCH Data Rate
E-UTRA UE channels bits/TTI*
Radio Access capabilities)
Capabilities 1 1 10296 10.3 Mbps
2 2 51024 51 Mbps
3 2 102048 102 Mbps
4 2 150752 150.8 Mbps
5 4 302752 302.8 Mbps
(UL PHY layer parameter / capabilities)
UE 64QAM Max. No. Max. Peak
category support UL-SCH Data Rate UE max. Output Power:
bits/TTI* 23 dBm  2dB Tolerance
1 no 5160 5.2 Mbps
2 no 25456 25.5 Mbps
3 no 51024 51 Mbps
4 no 51024 51 Mbps TS 36.101:
UE Radio
5 yes 75376 75.4 Mbps Tx & Rx

* Maximum No. of bits / DL-SCH transport block

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LTE/EPS Interfaces
S1-MME: Control Plane CP E-UTRAN ↔ MME
S1-U: UP tunneling E-UTRAN ↔ Serving GW
S2: UP & CP for PDN GW ↔ Non-3GPP access
S12
S3: CP for Inter-3GPP mobility; based on Gn
UTRAN S4: Control & Mobility support based on Gn; if no
Iu GPRS Core Direct Tunnel also UP tunneling
SGSN S5: UP tunneling & tunnel management for non-
HSS
GERAN colocated S-GW & P-GW (S-GW relocation)
Gb
S6
S3 PCRF
3GPP Rx+
(Mobile Systems) S1-MME S7
MME S4

S11 Serving S5 PDN SGi


UE E-UTRAN GW GW
PDN
S1-U
E-UTRA
Gateway
S6: AAA Interface
S2 S2
S7: policy & charging rules
X2: Interface between eNodeBs; S8: Inter-PLMN UP &CP for S-GW (VPLMN) ↔ P-GW
UP & CP Plane traffic; HO support cdma2000 (HPLMN); S5 equivalent
E-UTRA: LTE air interface WiMAX S9: PCC info between Home-PCRF & Visited-PCRF to
support local breakout function
WLAN S10: MME ↔ MME for MME relocation & MME to MME
Non-3GPP information transfer
S11: CP for MME ↔ S-GW
PCC: Policy & Charging Control S12: UP Direct Tunnel S-GW ↔ UTRAN

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