WCDMA Rx Diversity Control

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80-N6006-1 D
August 30, 2013

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Contents

1 Introduction...................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Purpose.......................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Scope............................................................................................................................. 5
1.3 Conventions .................................................................................................................. 5
1.4 References..................................................................................................................... 5
1.5 Technical assistance ...................................................................................................... 5
1.6 Acronyms ...................................................................................................................... 5

2 WCDMA RxD Control ...................................................................................... 6

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Tables
Table 1-1 Reference documents and standards ............................................................................................ 5
Table 2-1 NV item value/behavior................................................................................................................ 6
Table 2-2 Possible variations on WCDMA Rx diversity control.................................................................. 7

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Revision history

Revision Date Description

A May 2011 Initial release
B Jun 2011 Updated Table 2-1
C Oct 2011 Added AMSS 8960 information and related source code
D Aug 2013 Updated Table 2-1

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 1 1 Introduction

2 1.1 Purpose
3 This document provides information about the flexibility to specify the band class in which
4 Rx Diversity (RxD) is allowed.

5 1.2 Scope
6 This document is intended for Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI) customers who are using QTI
7 UMTS-supported devices.

8 1.3 Conventions
9 Function declarations, function names, type declarations, and code samples appear in a different
10 font, e.g., #include.
11 Shading indicates content that has been added or changed in this revision of the document.

12 1.4 References
13 Reference documents are listed in Table 1-1. Reference documents that are no longer applicable
14 are deleted from this table; therefore, reference numbers may not be sequential.

15 Table 1-1 Reference documents and standards

Ref. Document

Qualcomm
Q1 Application Note: Software Glossary for Customers CL93-V3077-1
Q2 UMTS and LTE Protocol NV Items 80-VF299-1
Q3 Application Note: RTR86xx, QTR86xx, QSC61x5, QSC6x95, 80-VP447-13
MDM6x00, MDM8220, and MDM9x00 Select RF NV Items

16 1.5 Technical assistance

17 For assistance or clarification on information in this document, submit a case to QTI at
18 https://support.cdmatech.com/.
19 If you do not have access to the CDMATech Support Service website, register for access or send
20 email to support.cdmatech@qti.qualcomm.com.

21 1.6 Acronyms
22 For definitions of terms and abbreviations, see [Q1].

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 1 2 WCDMA RxD Control

2 In WCDMA operation, RxD can be configured to either Disabled or Enabled. The flexibility to
3 choose band classes is provided through a band class enable mask (NV 4548) and the
4 RF_SUPPORTS_BAND_SPECIFIC_DIV_ENABLE feature.
5  NV_WCDMA_RX_DIVERSITY_CTRL_I (NV 3851)
6

NOTE: The following table has been updated.

7 Table 2-1 NV item value/behavior

NV item value Behavior
0 RxD functionality disabled
3 RxD functionality enabled
When RxD is enabled, it is enabled at all times for PS calls, including
HSDPA and HSPA+ calls. For CS calls, including voice calls, RxD is
enabled only when it is deemed necessary.
Note: RxD will always be disabled for CS calls if a test SIM with a MCC
value less than 12 is used.
5 Test mode – Both PRx and DRx paths are always enabled by default
6 Test mode – The main antenna port is used for the Tx chain; the second
antenna port is used as the only Rx chain (primary Rx path is disabled
and secondary Rx path is used as the Rx path)
1, 2, 4, 7 to 14 Reserved for future use and behavior is unspecified
Error reading NV item Default – RxD functionality enabled
8

9  NV_RF_BC_CONFIG_DIV_I (NV 4548)

10 NV item NV_RF_BC_CONFIG_DIV_I specifies the bit mask position for supported bands on
11 the secondary Rx path. See [Q3] for details.

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 WCDMA RxD Control

1  Feature RF_SUPPORTS_BAND_SPECIFIC_DIV_ENABLE
2 This feature must be defined in the custrf.h file if the control of NV 4548 is required for
3 band-specific RxD support. The feature is turned off by default to avoid requiring all customers
4 to write NV 4548 (a static NV item) to make WCDMA secondary chain calls.

5 Table 2-2 Possible variations on WCDMA RxD control

RF_SUPPORTS_BAND_SPECIFIC_DIV_ENABLE NV 3851 Behavior
OFF (Default) 0 No diversity
3 Diversity is on for all
WCDMA bands
ON 0 No diversity
3 Diversity is on/off per
NV 4548 configuration
6

7  For some platforms, e.g., MSM8960/MSM8x26/MSM8926/MSM8974, this band-specific

8 WCDMA RxD feature has been enabled by default. The feature
9 RF_SUPPORTS_BAND_SPECIFIC_DIV_ENABLE has been omitted from source code.
10 This can be confirmed by checking the following example code from AMSS 8960.

11 Case RFWCDMA_MC_BAND_SUPPORTS_RXD
12

13 if ( rfwcdma_core_convert_band_rfi_to_rfcom(*(rfi_band_type *)data) >=

14 RFCOM_NUM_WCDMA_BANDS)
15 {
16 value = FALSE;
17 }
18 else
19 {
20 sys_band_mask = rfwcdma_core_get_sys_band_mask_from_band_rfi
21 (*(rfi_band_type *)data);
22 if (rfcommon_nv_get_rf_bc_config(RF_PATH_1) & sys_band_mask)
23 {
24 value = TRUE;
25 }
26 else
27 {
28 value = FALSE;
29 }
30 }
31 break;

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