LTEsystembasics|LTEframestructure

LTEtutorialPage2
ThistutorialonLTEcoversfollowingtopics.

Introduction:
LTEisthenextgenerationoftechnologywhichisbackwordcompatiblewithcellulartechnologiessuchas
HSPA,GSM,CDMAetc.LTEmeansLongTermEvolution.LTEwhichisknownas4Gtechnologyisbeingspecified
inRelease8and9ofthe3GPPstandard.Release10isreferredasLTEAdvanced.TheLTEradiotransmission
andreceptionspecificationsaredocumentedinTS36.101fortheUE(UserEquipment)andTS36.104forthe
eNB(EvolvedNodeB).DownlinkanduplinktransmissioninLTEarebasedontheuseofmultipleaccess
technologies:specifically,orthogonalfrequencydivisionmultipleaccess(OFDMA)forthedownlink,andsingle
carrierfrequencydivisionmultipleaccess(SCFDMA)fortheuplink.Theworkonthespecificationsisongoing,
andmanyofthetechnicaldocumentsareupdatedquarterly.Thelatestversionsofthe36seriesdocumentscan
befoundathttp://www.3gpp.org/ftp/specs/archive/36_series/LTEPhysicallayerisdescribedinTS36.211and
TS36.212releases.36.211mentionsphysicalchannelsandmodulationwhile36.212mentionsmultiplexingand
channelcoding.

LTEsystembasicparametersandLTEFramestructure:
FrameSize=10ms
No.ofslots=20.
NoofSlotsperSubframe=2.
Slotduration=0.5ms
Subframeduration=1ms
BasictimeunitTsforBWof20MHz,(1/15000)*2048secondsequalto32.55ns.
TherearetwotypesofframesinLTEFDDandTDD.Type1,applicabletoFDDHeretherearetotal20slots,
eachis0.5ms.2slotsconstitute1subframe.TotalFramedurationis10ms.
Type2,applicabletoTDDHerethereare10subframes,eachis1ms,subframe0and5arededicatedfor
downlinkalwayswhilesubframes1and6arededicatedforcontrolframe.Subframes2,3,4and7,8,9depend
onUL/DLconfigurationtabledefinedinthestandard.Framehasswitchpointperiodicityof5ms.

LTEFeatures
ThekeyfeaturesofLTEphysicallayerarementionedbelow.
ChannelBandwidth:1.4/3/5/10/15/20MHz
FFTsize:128/256/512/1024/1536/2048
CyclicPrefix:Normal,Extended
DLmultipleaccess:OFDMA
ULmultipleaccess:SCFDMA
Duplexing:FDD&TDD
Subcarriermapping:Localized

Subcarrierhopping:Yes
DataModulation:QPSK/16QAM/64QAM
Subcarrierspacing:15KHz
ChannelCoding:convolutionalcodingandturbocoding
MIMO:2or4attransmitand2or4atreceiveside
HARQ:incrementalredundancy
3GPPreleaseddocumentsofLTEandLTEadvancedareavailableat3GPPwebsitehttp://www.3gpp.org

REFERENCES
1.TS36.201EvolvedUniversalTerrestrialRadioAccess(EUTRA)LTEphysicallayerGeneraldescription
2.TS36.211EvolvedUniversalTerrestrialRadioAccess(EUTRA)Physicalchannelsandmodulation
3.TS36.212EvolvedUniversalTerrestrialRadioAccess(EUTRA)Multiplexingandchannelcoding
4.LTETerminology