Downlink Transmission

Technique

Introduction

Downlink Transmission Technique

Downlink?

...

User data
Signaling

OFDM?

eNB

Scope and Objectives

Scope

Downlink Transmission Technique

OFDM
Reference Signals
Control Signaling
Objectives

Describe the Downlink

Transmission Technique
Explain the OFDM principle
Describe the use of Reference
Signals in Downlink
Describe the Control Signaling in
Downlink

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Overview

LTE Radio Interface

OFDM/OFDMA
OF
DM
eNB

Time and frequency grid

L1/L2 Signaling

Downlink Transmission
Technique

LTE Downlink Transmission

OFDM/OFDMA

eNB

OFDM

f1

Coded and
modulated
data

f1

IFFT

FFT
f2

f2

S/P
fM

split

Tx

filter

P/S

fM

Rx
f = 15 kHz

20 MHz (1200 subcarriers)

OFDMA

tim
e

frequency

LTE DL Physical Resource

f = 15 kHz

One Resource Block

(127 = 84 resource elements)

One
s

lot =

0. 5

ms,

7O

FDM

sym

bol s

Scheduling Block (SB) = 2 Resource Blocks, 1 ms

OFDM Properties

IFFT

CP
insertion

66,7s

Delay spread << Symbol time < Coherence time

Reference Signals

One

slot

(0.5

ms)

Downlink reference symbol

Cell-specific reference signals

MBSFN reference signals
UE-specific reference signals

Control Signaling
Downlink Scheduling Assignments
Uplink Scheduling Grants
HARQ Acknowledgements
Control Region
Data Region

Reference symbols

L1/L2 control

Channels for L1/L2 Control

Downlink

Logical
Channels

Transport
Channels

PCFICH PDCCH PHICH

Physical
Channels

Summary

Summary
OFDM transform data
into subcarriers
OFDMA separate in
frequency & time
Resource Block
Reference Signals
Control Signaling

tim
e

frequency

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