MobileComm Professionals, Inc.

Your Partner for Wireless Engineering Solutions

LTE Air Interface

 Global Footprint MobileComm Professionals, Inc.

A Global Player with Global Resources

CANADA
Toronto

KUWAIT

ASIA PACIFIC
Atlanta, GA New Delhi , Noida, Gurgaon
OMAN
NORTH AMERICA
Richardson , TX Muscat
Headquarters

AFRICA
Kenya
LATIN AMERICA
Brazil
AUSTRALIA
New South Wales
 Capabilities MobileComm Professionals, Inc.

Broad Skill Sets Across Wireless Industry

VAS

Staffing
Solutions

Transport
Services
Packet Switching In- Building
Services

Software
Development
 Objective MobileComm Professionals, Inc.

 History and Evolution of Cellular Network

 User Expectation
 Operator Expectation
 Discuss the future
 LTE/SAE
 Concept
 Main requirements
 Network Architecture Evolution
 LTE key features.
 LTE Air Interface
Evolution of 3GPP Cellular system MobileComm Professionals, Inc.

4G LTE-A
3.9G LTE
3.75G HSPA+
3.5 G HSPA
3G UMTS
2.75G EDGE
2.5G GPRS
2G GSM
1G NMT AMPS TACS
 3GPP Releases MobileComm Professionals, Inc.

S. 3GPP DL UL DL
No. Releases Feature Throughput Throughput Modulation UL Modulation Remarks
1 Rel 99 UMTS 2 Mbps 384 Kbps QPSK BPSK

Introduction of MSS, MGW

2 Rel 4 UMTS in Core Network

16 QAM,
3 Rel 5 HSDPA 14.4 Mbps 384 Kbps QPSK BPSK Scheduling of Codes
IMS
16 QAM,
4 Rel 6 HSUPA 14.4 Mbps 5.76 Mbps QPSK Dual BPSK

5 Rel 7 HSPA+ 28 Mbps 11 Mbps 64 QAM 2X2 MIMO

6 Rel 8 LTE 100 Mbps 50 Mbps Fourth Generation

 User Expectation MobileComm Professionals, Inc.

Broadband Acces Everywhere

• Home, Office
• Train, Airport
Requirment
• Anywhere
• Anytime
Higher Voice Quality

Higher Speed

Lower Prices

Different services
 Operator Expectation MobileComm Professionals, Inc.

Data Rate and Cost of

Architecture Mobility Spectrum
Latency ownership
• High Data • Architecture • Seamless • Reduced • Greater
Rate and Simplicity handover migration efficiency and
reduced and reduced ensuring CAPEX/OPEX flexibility
Latency for protocol service • Investment
multimedia complexity continuity protection by
rich with legacy reusing
application system existing
assets
Mobile Subscriptions MobileComm Professionals, Inc.
Global Traffic in Mobile Networks MobileComm Professionals, Inc.

Data traffic doubled between Q1 2012 and Q1 2013

Mobile data traffic in Q1 2014

exceeded total mobile data
traffic in 2011

65% growth in data traffic

between Q1 2013 and Q1 2014
Factors that drives the LTE requirement
MobileComm Professionals, Inc.
Population Coverage by Technology MobileComm Professionals, Inc.

LTE will cover around 60 percent of the World’s

population by 2018
 LTE Coverage MobileComm Professionals, Inc.

LTE has now been launched on all continents (except Antarctica), by 156
operators active in 67 countries
 Regional and Technological wise SubscriptionMobileComm
outlook Professionals, Inc.

85% of North American 80% of mobile

mobile subscriptions subscriptions in Asia Pacific
will be LTE by 2019 will be 3G/4G in 2019

Source: Ericsson Mobility report

 LTE Offerings MobileComm Professionals, Inc.

Peak Data rate

• 100 Mbps DL/ 50 Mbps UL (20 MHz)
Latency: Less than 10 ms

Mobility support
• 0 ~ 15 Km/h (Optimized Performance)
• 15 Km/h ~ 120 Km/h (Excellent Performance)
• 120 Km/h ~ 350 Km/h (Average Performance)
• 350 Km/h ~ 500 Km/h (Satisfactory Performance)
Enhanced multimedia broadcast multicast service

Spectrum flexibility: 1.4 MHz ~ 20 MHz

Enhanced Support for E2E QoS

 Scalable Bandwidth MobileComm Professionals, Inc.

Easy to introduce on any frequency

• Scalable bandwidth of band: Frequency Refarming
1.4 – 20 MHz (Cost efficient deployment on lower
frequency bands supported)

Urban
2.6 GHz LTE
2.1 GHz UMTS
or
2.6 GHz LTE
LTE
2.1 GHz UMTS

2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020

Rural
900 MHz GSM UMTS
LTE
or

900 MHz GSM LTE

2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020

Simplified Network Architecture MobileComm Professionals, Inc.
 LTE – Targets MobileComm Professionals, Inc.

High data rates

• Downlink: >100 Mbps and uplink: >50 Mbps

• Cell-edge data rates 2-3 x HSPA Rel. 6 (@ 2006)

Low delay/latency

• User plane RTT: < 10 ms RAN RTT (fewer nodes, shorter TTI)
• Channel set-up: < 100 ms idle-to-active (fewer nodes, shorter messages, quicker node resp.)

High spectral efficiency

• Targeting 3 X HSPA Rel. 6 (@ 2006 )

Spectrum flexibility

• Operation in a wide-range of spectrum allocations, new and existing

• Wide range of Bandwidth: 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15 and 20 MHz, FDD and TDD
Cost-effective migration from current/future 3G systems

Focus on services from the packet-switched domain

 Key Features MobileComm Professionals, Inc.

Multiple Access Scheme

• DL: OFDMA with CP
• UL: Single Carrier FDMA (SC-FDMA) with CP
Adaptive Modulation and Coding
• DL/UL modulations: QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM
• Convolution code and Rel-6 turbo code
Advanced MIMO spatial multiplexing techniques
• (2 or 4)x(2 or 4) downlink and uplink supported
• Multi-user MIMO also supported
Support for both FDD and TDD

H-ARQ, Mobility Support, Rate Control, Security

Scalable bandwidths, from 1.4MHz up to 20MHz

 LTE Overview MobileComm Professionals, Inc.

TX RX

Fast Link Adaptation 64QAM MIMO Advanced Scheduling

due to channel behaviour Modulation Tx Channel Rx Time & Freq.

scalable Short TTI = 1 ms

Transmission
time interval

ARQ Automatic
Repeat Request
DL: OFDMA
UL: SC-FDMA
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