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Issue 01
Date 2016-09-05
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Contents
2 Overview......................................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Definition........................................................................................................................................................................4
2.2 Benefits........................................................................................................................................................................... 4
3 Technical Description...................................................................................................................5
3.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.2 Normal CP...................................................................................................................................................................... 6
3.3 Extended CP................................................................................................................................................................... 6
4 Related Features.............................................................................................................................7
4.1 Features Related to LBFD-00100401 Normal CP..........................................................................................................7
4.2 Features Related to LOFD-001031 Extended CP...........................................................................................................7
5 Network Impact............................................................................................................................. 9
5.1 LBFD-00100401 Normal CP..........................................................................................................................................9
5.2 LOFD-001031 Extended CP.......................................................................................................................................... 9
6 Engineering Guidelines............................................................................................................. 10
6.1 When to Use Extended CP........................................................................................................................................... 10
6.2 Required Information................................................................................................................................................... 10
6.3 Planning........................................................................................................................................................................ 10
6.4 Deployment...................................................................................................................................................................11
6.4.1 Process....................................................................................................................................................................... 11
6.4.2 Requirements............................................................................................................................................................. 11
6.4.3 Data Preparation........................................................................................................................................................ 11
6.4.4 Precautions.................................................................................................................................................................13
6.4.5 Hardware Adjustment................................................................................................................................................13
6.4.6 Initial Configuration.................................................................................................................................................. 13
6.4.7 Activation Observation..............................................................................................................................................13
6.4.8 Deactivation...............................................................................................................................................................14
7 Parameters..................................................................................................................................... 16
8 Counters........................................................................................................................................ 21
9 Glossary......................................................................................................................................... 22
10 Reference Documents............................................................................................................... 23
1.1 Scope
This document describes the normal cyclic prefix (CP) and extended CP, including its
technical principles, related features, network impact, and engineering guidelines. This
document covers the following features:
l LBFD-001004 CP length
– LBFD-00100401 Normal CP
l LOFD-001031 Extended CP
Micro BTS3202E
Any managed objects (MOs), parameters, alarms, or counters described herein correspond to
the software release delivered with this document. Any future updates will be described in the
product documentation delivered with future software releases.
This document applies only to LTE FDD. Any "LTE" in this document refers to LTE FDD,
and "eNodeB" refers to LTE FDD eNodeB.
l Feature change
Changes in features and parameters of a specified version as well as the affected entities
l Editorial change
Changes in wording or addition of information and any related parameters affected by
editorial changes. Editorial change does not specify the affected entities.
eRAN12.0 01 (2016-09-05)
This issue does not include any changes.
2 Overview
2.1 Definition
A CP is the prefix of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol with a
repetition of the end. Each CP generates a guard interval between OFDM symbols, as shown
in Figure 2-1.
2.2 Benefits
The CP technique mitigates inter-symbol interference (ISI) and inter-carrier interference (ICI)
caused by multipath delay, thereby ensuring network coverage in E-UTRAN cells.
3 Technical Description
3.1 Introduction
Radio signals are transmitted between an eNodeB and a UE through several propagation
paths. The maximum transmission delay difference between paths is the delay spread. In
typical eNodeB deployment scenarios (for example, urban areas), the delay spread is
generally small. However, in some areas with special channel environments (for example,
valleys) or special network topologies (for example, roads covered with several RRUs serving
one cell), the delay spread is large. In addition, the delay spread increases with the cell radius.
To mitigate ISI and ICI caused by delay spread in the OFDM system, the CP technique is
introduced.
The symbol energy that can be captured by the OFDM receiver depends on the CP length:
l If the CP is longer than the multipath delay of an OFDM symbol, the OFDM receiver
can capture all the energy of the symbol.
l If the CP is shorter than the multipath delay of an OFDM symbol, the OFDM receiver
can capture only some energy of the symbol.
In addition, the multipath components of an OFDM symbol whose multipath delay is longer
than the CP are incorrectly received as the subsequent OFDM symbol. This causes
interference to the actual subsequent OFDM symbol. The interfered OFDM symbol then
mistakenly captures some multipath components of neighboring symbols. Therefore, the
orthogonality between subcarriers is lost after Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). This causes ICI.
To avoid these situations, an appropriate CP length is required. An unnecessarily long CP
causes high system overhead and a loss of spectral efficiency.
To balance performance, overhead, and data transmission capability, normal CP and extended
CP were defined in section 5.6 "SC-FDMA baseband signal generation" and section 6.12
"OFDM baseband signal generation" in 3GPP TS 36.211 V8.9.0 for non-RACH channels to
meet different multipath delay requirements.
Uplink and downlink CP types are specified by the Cell.UlCyclicPrefix and
Cell.DlCyclicPrefix parameters, respectively.
3.2 Normal CP
Normal CP applies to scenarios where the delay spread is small. Figure 3-1 shows the
timeslot structure of a normal CP. Its timeslot consists of seven downlink OFDM symbols or
uplink Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) symbols. The CP
length of symbol 0 is about 5.2 µs, and the CP lengths of the other six symbols are about 4.7
µs.
The system overhead for a normal CP is calculated using the formula shown in Figure 3-1.
3.3 Extended CP
Extended CP applies to scenarios where the delay spread is large. When multipath
interference is severe, system performance deteriorates significantly and a normal CP is not
long enough if the multipath delay is longer than a normal CP. Extended CP improves the
capability of resisting multipath interference and increases cell coverage. Extended CP
increases the system overhead and consumes certain amount of transmission resources.
Figure 3-2 shows the timeslot structure of an extended CP. Its timeslot consists of six
downlink OFDM symbols or uplink SC-FDMA symbols. The CP length of each symbol is
about 16.6 μs.
As shown in Figure 3-2, an extended CP is longer than a normal CP. The permissible
multipath delay at the receiving end increases with the extended CP length. An extended CP,
however, consumes more system overhead than a normal CP. The system overhead for an
extended CP is calculated using the following formula:
4 Related Features
Impacted Features
None
Impacted Features
None
5 Network Impact
Network Performance
No impact.
Network Performance
The permissible multipath delay at the receiving end increases with the extended CP length,
which ensures the performance of functions such as demodulation, access, and handover.
6 Engineering Guidelines
6.3 Planning
RF Planning
N/A
Network Planning
N/A
Hardware Planning
Do not use UBBPda for this feature, which is not supported on the board.
6.4 Deployment
6.4.1 Process
N/A
6.4.2 Requirements
Operating Environment
None
Transmission Networking
None
License
Feature Feature Model License Control NE Sales Unit
ID Name Item
l Network plan (negotiation not required): parameter values planned and set by the
operator
l Network plan (negotiation required): parameter values planned by the operator and
negotiated with the EPC or peer transmission equipment
l User-defined: parameter values set by users.
Required Data
N/A
Scenario-specific Data
Scenario 1: Multipath delay shorter than 4.7 μs
The following table describes the parameters that must be set in a Cell MO to configure the
uplink and downlink CP lengths.
6.4.4 Precautions
At the moment when the CP modification takes effect in an activated cell, UEs in the cell may
fail to lock synchronization signals with the cell. As a result, services carried by the UEs are
interrupted. The duration for the UEs to obtain synchronization signals with the cell depends
on the capabilities of the UEs.
In addition, only one CP can be configured for each BBP.
//Activating extended CP
MOD CELL: LOCALCELLID=0, ULCYCLICPREFIX=EXTENDED_CP, DLCYCLICPREFIX=EXTENDED_CP;
Step 1 On the U2000, run the LST CELL command and check the values of Uplink cyclic prefix
length and Downlink cyclic prefix length.
l If the values are NORMAL_CP(Normal), normal CP has been configured.
l If the values are EXTENDED_CP(Extended), extended CP has been configured.
Step 2 On the U2000, enable tracing over the Uu interface, deactivate the cell, and then reactivate it.
Wait until the cell is successfully activated, and then check the value of the information
element (IE) ul-CyclicPrefixLength in the first RRC_SYS_INFO message (SIB2) over the Uu
interface.
l If its value is len1(0), normal CP is working in the uplink.
l If its value is len2(1), extended CP is working on the uplink.
NOTE
CP configuration in the downlink is transparent to UEs. Therefore, there are no messages to check for
the downlink.
----End
6.4.8 Deactivation
The following table provides the parameter used to deactivate this feature.
6.7 Troubleshooting
If you have activated extended CP but the activation observation result indicates that extended
CP has not been activated, contact Huawei technical support.
If the cell capacity decreases after extended CP takes effect, check whether the parameters are
set based on the setting notes described in 6.4.3 Data Preparation. If the problem persists,
contact Huawei technical support.
7 Parameters
Cell UlCycli ADD LBFD-0 Normal Meaning: Indicates the UL cyclic prefix length of a
cPrefix CELL 0100401 CP cell. A cyclic prefix can be a common or extended
MOD / Extende cyclic prefix. An extended cyclic prefix is generally
CELL TDLBF d CP used in a complex environment with a strong multi-
D-00100 path effect and long delay. In a cell, the UL cyclic
LST 401 Broadca prefix length can be different from the DL one. In
CELL st of addition, the UL or DL cyclic prefix length of a cell
LOFD-0 system
01031 / must be the same as that of the cell using the same
informat BBP. For details, see 3GPP TS 36.211.
TDLOF ion
D-00103 GUI Value Range: NORMAL_CP(Normal),
1 EXTENDED_CP(Extended)
LBFD-0 Unit: None
02009 /
Actual Value Range: NORMAL_CP,
TDLBF
EXTENDED_CP
D-00200
9 Default Value: NORMAL_CP(Normal)
Cell DlCycli ADD LBFD-0 Normal Meaning: Indicates the length of the DL cyclic prefix
cPrefix CELL 0100401 CP of a cell. A DL cyclic prefix can be a common or
MOD / Extende extended cyclic prefix. An extended cyclic prefix is
CELL TDLBF d CP generally used in a complex environment with a
D-00100 strong multi-path effect and long delay. In a cell, the
LST 401 UL cyclic prefix length can be different from the DL
CELL one. In addition, the UL or DL cyclic prefix length of
LOFD-0
01031 / a cell must be the same as that of the cell using the
TDLOF same BBP. For details, see 3GPP TS 36.211.
D-00103 GUI Value Range: NORMAL_CP(Normal),
1 EXTENDED_CP(Extended)
Unit: None
Actual Value Range: NORMAL_CP,
EXTENDED_CP
Default Value: NORMAL_CP(Normal)
Cell LocalCe ACT None None Meaning: Indicates the local ID of the cell. It uniquely
llId CELL identifies a cell within a BS.
ADD GUI Value Range: 0~255
CELL Unit: None
ADD Actual Value Range: 0~255
CELLB
Default Value: None
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8 Counters
9 Glossary
10 Reference Documents