OEO116110 LTE eRAN3.0 Beamforming Feature ISSUE 1.00

LTE eRAN3.
0
Beamforming Feature
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Objectives
 Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
 Describe the Beamforming Benefits
 Describe the Beamforming Principle
 Perform the Beamforming Feature
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Contents
1. Beamforming overview
2. Traffic Beamforming
3. Deploying Beamforming
Beamwidth
 An antenna pattern is shown in three dimensions
Vertical
pattern
Beamwidth
Horizontal
Three-dimensional antenna pattern pattern
Beamwidth
Beamforming Overview
 Beamforming is a downlink multi-antenna technique
 With beamforming ,the eNodeB transmitter weights signal to

form narrow beams towards the target UE
Benefits Provided by Beamforming

Array Gain 
Improve system
coverage

Diversity Gain

Spatial 
Increase peak
Multiplexing
throughput
Gain
Category of Beamforming
 Beamforming applies on
 Traffic beams (for traffic channels)
 broadcast beams (for common channels)
Traffic beamforming
Category of Traffic Beamforming
 Traffic beamforming is an optional feature and involves the
following three features:
 Single Streaming Beamforming
 Dual Streaming Beamforming
 MU-Beamforming
Signal Generation in Beamforming Mode
Antenna port
Codewords
Channel coding OFDM signal
Weighting
Scrambling Modulation RE mapping X1
mapping
generation
Layer
Scrambling Modulation RE mapping OFDM signal
X2
generation
 Before transmitting signals, the eNodeB weights them to form

beams towards the target UE.
 Weighting involves common channels and traffic channels.
Transmission Modes Defined in 3GPP
Beam
forming
Contents
Contents
1. Different Types of Traffic Beamforming
2. Adaptive Selection among different types of Beamforming
Single Stream Beamforming
 The following figure shows an example of Single Stream Beamforming.
 In this example, only one data stream is transmitted
Single Stream Beamforming Switch
 Parameter in CELLALGOSWITCH MO:
Dual Streaming Beamforming
 The following figure shows an example of Dual Streaming Beamforming
 In this example, two data streams are transmitted
Daul-stream Beamforming Switch
 Parameter in CELLBF MO:
MU-Beamforming
 The following figure shows an example of MU-Beamforming
 In this example, two data streams are transmitted to different users
Dual Streaming Beamforming VS
MU-Beamforming
 Dual Streaming Beamforming
 Two code words to be transmitted in this mode are assigned to the
same UE
 It is used in case of the UE channels have a low correlation
 MU Beamforming
 Two code words are transmitted, each of them is assigned to one user
 It is used in case of one UE’s channels are of a high correlation
MU-Beamforming Switch
MU Beamforming Pairing Process
 In each TTI, eNodeB performs following processing:
1 Select candidate UE for MU beamforming pairing:
 The CQI value >= specified threshold.
 The UE transmits in TM 8
2 pairing attempt based on:

 Spectral efficiency improvement
 UE channel correlation
3 The eNodeB instructs the paired UEs to use the same time-frequency
resource for data transmission.
Difference Between Dual Streaming/MU
Beamforming
 Dual Streaming Beamforming
 Two code words to be transmitted in this mode are assigned to the
same UE
 It is used in case of the UE channels have a low correlation
 MU Beamforming
 Two code words are transmitted, each of them is assigned to one user
 It is used in case of one UE’s channels are of a high correlation
Contents
1. Different Types of Traffic Beamforming
2. Adaptive Selection among different types of Beamforming
Single-Stream/Dual-Stream/MU Beamforming
Adaptive Selection
 eNodeB adaptively performs Single- or Dual-stream beamforming
based on radio channel conditions.
 UEs that are unsuitable for Dual-stream beamforming are selected

for MU beamforming pairing
Dual-Stream
Efficiency
Beamforming
Single
beamforming
eNB
Low SINR Optimal High SINR

Swtich Point
Beamforming/MIMO Adaptive Selection(Low
Speed Scenario)
 eNodeB adaptively performs single- or dual-stream beamforming
based on radio channel conditions.
· TM selection in low speed scenario:
Dual Stream MIMO
Dual Stream MIMO
Dual Stream BF
Efficiency
Dual Stream BF
Trsmission Diversity
Single Stream BF
Single Stream BF
Single Stream BF
Dual Stream BF
Dual Stream MIMO
Low SINR Swtich Point Swtich Point High SINR
Beamforming/MIMO Adaptive Selection(High
Speed Scenario)
 if UEs are moving at a high speed, beamforming does not apply.
· TM selection in high speed scenario:

Dual Stream MIMO
Dual Stream BF
Efficiency
Dual Stream MIMO
Single Stream BF
Single Stream BF
Dual Stream MIMO

Dual Stream BF
Low SINR Swtich Point Swtich Point High SINR
Beamforming Adaptive Selection Switch
 Parameter in BFMIMOADAPTIVEPARACFG MO:
Beamforming Adaptive Selection Summary
low speed High speed
R9-compliant Low SINR single-stream beamforming

UE High SINR dual-stream beamforming
TxD_BF_
Transmit diversity
ADAPTIVE
R9-incompliant Low SINR
single-stream beamforming
UE High SINR
Low SINR single-stream beamforming Transmit diversity

R9-compliant
UE High SINR dual-stream beamforming
dual-stream
MIMO_BF_ MIMO
ADAPTIVE Low SINR single-stream beamforming Transmit diversity
R9-incompliant
UE High SINR dual-stream MIMO
dual-stream
MIMO
Contents
Antenna Installation Requirements
 Generally, antenna elements 1~4 (4-antenna) or 1~8 (8-
antenna) must be connected to antenna ports on a remote
radio unit (RRU) in the ways shown in the following figure.
 4-antenna cross-polarization mapping  4-antenna linear-polarization mapping
Antenna Installation Requirements
(Cont.)
 4-antenna circular-polarization mapping  8-antenna cross-polarization mapping
Beamforming Key Configuration(1)
 Parameter in BBP MO:
 Parameter in SRSCFG MO:
 Parameter in BFMIMOADAPTIVEPARACFG MO:
 Parameter in CELLBF MO:
MU Beamforming Configuration
Reference: Parameter description(1)
 For detail, please refer to the notes.
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 Describe the Beamforming Principle

 Perform the Beamforming Feature

 With beamforming ,the eNodeB transmitter weights signal to

 broadcast beams (for common channels)

 Dual Streaming Beamforming

 Before transmitting signals, the eNodeB weights them to form

 Weighting involves common channels and traffic channels.

2. Adaptive Selection among different types of Beamforming

 In this example, only one data stream is transmitted

 Parameter in CELLALGOSWITCH MO:

 In this example, two data streams are transmitted

 Parameter in CELLBF MO:

 In this example, two data streams are transmitted to different users

 It is used in case of the UE channels have a low correlation

 It is used in case of one UE’s channels are of a high correlation

2 pairing attempt based on:

 It is used in case of the UE channels have a low correlation

 It is used in case of one UE’s channels are of a high correlation

2. Adaptive Selection among different types of Beamforming

 UEs that are unsuitable for Dual-stream beamforming are selected

Low SINR Optimal High SINR

Low SINR Swtich Point Swtich Point High SINR

· TM selection in high speed scenario:

Dual Stream MIMO

Dual Stream MIMO

R9-compliant Low SINR single-stream beamforming

Low SINR single-stream beamforming Transmit diversity

 4-antenna cross-polarization mapping  4-antenna linear-polarization mapping

 4-antenna circular-polarization mapping  8-antenna cross-polarization mapping

 Parameter in BBP MO:

 Parameter in SRSCFG MO:

 Parameter in CELLALGOSWITCH MO:

 Parameter in BFMIMOADAPTIVEPARACFG MO:

 Parameter in CELLBF MO:

 Parameter in CELLALGOSWITCH MO:

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