Multiple Access Scheme Duplex scheme Channel spacing (User) Data rate Frequency Division Duplex Time Division Duplex
FDD: Uplink 1920-1980 MHz Downlink 2110-2170 MHz
5 MHz
Up to 384kbit/s
Frequency band Users are separated by spreading codes All users utilise the same frequency band
2 duplex schemes
25 times the channel spacing of GSM
12 times GPRS (up to 170 kbps (8 timeslots!))
Technical Aspects 4 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Technical Aspects UMTS AIR INTERFACE - CONTINUED (2/2) 10 ms
Frame length Inter-BS synchronisation Modulation format FDD: Asynchronous
Data modulation: QPSK (downlink); BPSK (uplink) Spreading modulation: QPSK
Used for e.g. Discontinuous transmission decisions Rate adaptation Assignment of uplink/downlink channels for TDD Trade-off between delay and reasonable interleaving depth Chip rate 3,84 Mcps
6 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Frequency P o w e r
d e n s i t y
( W a t t s / H z )
Unspread narrowband signal Spread wideband signal W R Processing gain =
W/R,
typically at least 100 A narrowband signal is spread to a wideband signal CDMA radio access technology: spreading/despreading WCDMA 5 MHz, 1 carrier TDMA (GSM) 5 MHz, 25 carriers 7 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential The processing gain depends on the user data rate PROCESSING GAIN Voice user (12,2 kbit/s)
Packet data user (384 kbit/s)
P o w e r
d e n s i t y
( W / H z )
W R Frequency (Hz)
Frequency (Hz)
Unspread narrowband signal
Spread wideband signal
Processing Gain G=W/R=25 dB
P o w e r
d e n s i t y
( W / H z )
W R Unspread "narrowband" signal
Spread wideband signal Processing Gain G=W/R=10 dB
Spreading factor determines the bit rate Processing gain dependent on user data rate (data rate) x (spreading factor)= const.=W=3,84 Mcps
8 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential CDMA Radio Access Technology Freq. 1 Freq. 1 BS1 BS2 Code D Users are separated by codes (code channels), not by frequency or time (in some capacity/hierarchical cell structure cases, also different carrier frequencies may be used). Signals of other users are seen as noise-like interference CDMA system is an interference limited system which averages the interference (ref. to GSM which is a frequency limited system) 9 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Codes & Multipath Propagation code C 1
code C 2
C 1 +A 2
10 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential RAKE Diversity Receiver D e l a y
A 1
Code used for the connection Rx Output Finger t Cell-1 Cell-1 Cell-1 Cell-2 Rx Rx Rx Finger Finger Finger D e l a y
A 2
D e l a y
A 3
11 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Channel power planning Different Ec/Io requirement for the common channel makes the power planning not a easy task Pilot coverage P-CCPCH coverage In this example the mobile "sees" the cell but cannot access it as it cannot decode the BCH 12 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Agenda WCDMA Technical aspects WCDMA Power Budget WCDMA Codes Radio Resource Management WCDMA Channels 13 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Propagation model
14 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Link Budget Overview Output power Losses (Cable, Combiner, ) BS Antenn a gain Path- loss SHO Gain
UE / body loss
E c /I 0 Processing Gain (de- spreading)
E b /N 0
Load (Interferen ce margin)
MS antenna gain
MDC gain
Result Application related Hardware related Input Categories Capacity related System related POWER LEVEL 15 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Link budget Chip rate 3840,00 DL data rate 64,00 UL Data rate 64,00 DL load 85% UL Load 50% 2 Uplink Downlink RECEIVING END Node B UE Thermal Noise Density dBm/Hz -173,98 -173,98 Receiver Noise Figure dB 3,00 8,00 Receiver Noise Density dBm/Hz -170,98 -165,98 Noise Power [NoW] dBm -105,14 -100,14 Reguired Eb/No dB 2,00 5,50 Soft handover MDC gain dB 0,00 1,00 Processing gain dB 17,78 17,78 Interference margin (NR) dB 3,01 8,24 Required Ec/Io [q] dB -15,78 -12,28 Required Signal Power [S] dBm -117,91 -105,18 Cable loss dB 2,00 0,00 Body loss dB 0,00 0,00 Antenna gain RX dBi 18,00 0,00 Soft handover gain dB 2,00 2,00 Power control headroom dB 3,00 0,00 Istropic power dBm -132,91 -107,18 TRANSMITTING END UE Node B Power per connection dBm 21,00 24,73 Cable loss dB 0,00 2,00 Body loss dB 0,00 0 Antenna gain TX dBi 0,00 18 Peak EIRP dBm 21,00 40,73 Isotropic path loss dB 153,91 147,91 DL peak to average ratio dB 6,00 Isotropic path loss to the cell border 153,91 NRT 64kbit/s, 3km/h NRT 64kbit/s, 3km/h NRT 64kbit/s, 3km/h NRT 64kbit/s, 3km/h The calculation is done for each service (bit rate) separately The link budget must be balanced Power Budget Calculations 16 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential E b /N 0
In order to meet the defined quality requirements (BLER) a certain average bit-energy divided by total noise+interference spectral density (E b /N 0 ) is needed. Nokia simulations for E b /N o are based on ITU recommendations. Eb/No depends on: Service MS speed Radio channel In DL the own cell interferences are reduced by factor (1-o). This is due to the synchronised orthogonal channelisation codes, which are used in DL. The ortogonality factor o depends on the multipath conditions.
DL Eb/No 12.2kbps Voice CS-data 3km/h P-data 3km/h 3 km/h 20 km/h 120 km/h 64 kb/s 128 kb/s 384 kb/s 64 kb/s 128 kb/s 384 kb/s 7.9 6 7.4 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.8 UL Eb/No 12.2kbps Voice CS-data 3km/h P-data 3km/h 3 km/h 20 km/h 120 km/h 64 kb/s 128 kb/s 384 kb/s 64 kb/s 128 kb/s 384 kb/s 4.4 4.5 5.4 2 1.5 1 2 1.4 1.7 17 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential E b /N 0
| | dB R W I p N E rx b = 0 N oth own DL P I I I + + = ) 1 ( o N oth own UL P I I I + + = Where: P rx = received power R = bit rate W = bandwidth I own = total power received from the serving cell (excluding own signal) I oth = total power received from other cells P N = noise power o = orthogonality factor
18 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Required E c /I 0
Required E c /I 0 is the required RF C/I needed in order to meet the baseband E b /N 0 criteria E c /I 0 depends on the bit rate
| | dB I p W R N E I E rx b c = = 0 0 Energy per chip Total power spectral density Is possible Ec/Io= -1 ?? 19 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential RSCP, Ec/Io Received signal code power Energy per chip over the total received power spectral density Two criterias to define coverage in 3G (in GSM is RSSI) Good RSCP does not guarantee service, unless the dominance is good which gives good Ec/Io Usually CPICH RSCP and Ec/Io is measured, NOT services Ec/Io or RSCP. Measurement mapping is defined in 3GPP specs 25.133
20 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Coverage & Capacity coupling Load factor directly corresponds to the supported traffic per cell More traffic means more interference -> cell breathing Max. recommended load : 70 %, typically 30-50 % 50 % load means 3 dB loss in link budget
0 5 10 15 20 25 0 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 1 Load factor L o s s
( d B ) BS CELL BREATHING higher load BS service quality cell coverage cell capacity Optimization and Tailoring
( ) | | dB Log q 1 10 10 I Margin = 21 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 Traffic load factor Relative cell size Increased load 800 kbps Decreased coverage Low load 200 kbps Large coverage 128 kbps 64 kbps 8 kbps 144 kbps 64 kbps 64 kbps 144 kbps 144 kbps 64 kbps 64 kbps Traffic load has direct effect on the cell size Radio Resource Management provides means to control cell breathing in network optimisation Cell Breathing in WCDMA Coverage measured today = coverage in the future ?? 22 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Coverage Overlap Some overlap is required to allow soft handover to occur Need to control amount of interference since the network capacity is directly related to it. Soft handover helps to reduce interference. (Soft HO Gain) Too much overlap (Soft HO overhead) Increases interference to other cells --> reduce capacity Increases Soft Handover overhead --> reduce capacity Typically soft HO should occur in 20-40% of connections. 23 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Code Allocation during Soft Handover Code 1 DL BS 1 BS 2 UL Code 2 DL UL 24 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Code Allocation during Soft Handover The UE transmit the information with the scrambling and channelisation codes assigned from the first BTS. From the UL point of view no changes are made for the code allocation
Each BTS transmit with its own scrambling code and with a channel code that should have the same SF otherwise the UE will loose the combining gain
Code 1 DL is different from Code 2 DL
The UE will allocate the fingers of the Rake receiver to despreading both transmissions and then each finger will be combined through a maximal ratio combining
25 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Agenda WCDMA Technical aspects WCDMA Power Budget WCDMA Codes Radio Resource Management WCDMA Channels
27 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Long and Short Codes Short code = Channelisation code Long code = Scrambling code Usage Uplink: Separation of physical data (DPDCH) and control channels (DPCCH) from same terminal Downlink: Separation of downlink connections to different users within one cell Uplink: Separation of mobile Downlink: Separation of sectors (cells) Length 4256 chips (1.066.7 s) Downlink also 512 chips Different bit rates by changing the length of the code Uplink: (1) 10 ms = 38400 chips or (2) 66.7 s = 256 chips Option (2) can be used with advanced base station receivers Downlink: 10 ms = 38400 chips Number of codes Number of codes under one scrambling code = spreading factor Uplink: 16.8 million Downlink: 512 Code family Orthogonal Variable Spreading Factor Long 10 ms code: Gold code Short code: Extended S(2) code family Spreading Yes, increases transmission bandwidth No, does not affect transmission bandwidth 28 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Tree of Orthogonal Short Codes in Downlink Hierarchical selection of short codes from a "code tree" to maintain orthogonality Several long scrambling codes can be used within one sector to avoid shortage of short codes
SF = 1 SF = 2 SF = 4 SF = 8 C 8 (2) = [ 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 ] C 8 (3) = [ 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1] . . . . . . C 8 (4) = [ 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 ] C 8 (5) = [ 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 ] . . . . . . C 8 (6) = [ 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 ] C 8 (7) = [ 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 ] . . . . . . Example of code allocation 29 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Cross Correlation and Orthogonality An easy way to find the Cross Correlation is to count the number of agreements/disagreements. +1 for each agreement, -1 for the disagreement. If the result is 0 then the codes are not correlated thus Orthogonal Code C 4,3 = 1001 Code C 4,2 = 1010 ==> +1+1-1-1=0 ORTHOGONAL When comparing the mother with the son we should bare in mind that the chip rate is constant, so for each bit transmitted with SF 4 correspond to 2 bits transmitted with SF 2 Ex: If the C 2,1 (10) has to transmit the bits 10 then the multiplication with the code gives 1001 which is equal to C 4,3,
while if it transmits 11 it is equal to C 4,2 so it is not unique and it cannot be used 30 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential
31 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Spreading factor Channel symbol rate (ksps) Channel bit rate (kbps) DPDCH channel bit rate range (kbps) Maximum user data rate with - rate coding (approx.) 512 7.5 15 36 13 kbps 256 15 30 1224 612 kbps 128 30 60 4251 2024 kbps 64 60 120 90 45 kbps 32 120 240 210 105 kbps 16 240 480 432 215 kbps 8 480 960 912 456 kbps 4 960 1920 1872 936 kbps 4, with 3 parallel codes 2880 5760 5616 2.3 Mbps Full rate speech 64 kbps Physical Layer Bit Rates (Downlink) The number of orthogonal channelization codes = Spreading factor The maximum throughput with 1 scrambling code ~2.5 Mbps or ~100 full rate speech users 128 kbps 384 kbps 32 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Channel Coding of DL 384K 3GPP 125101
3856X3=11568 QPSK so, from 480ksps to 960kbps 3840/10ms=384K 480k* SF8= 3.84M 33 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Downlink modulation The BTS need linear power amplifier because of the zero crossing during the transmission of the bit stream 00 11, etc.. Spreaded Information Oscillator 90 Phase Shift RF Out I Branch Q Branch Degrees and Bits: '1' '0' 180 0 Degrees and Bits: '1' '0' 90 - 90 Bit combinations in Radio Path: '10' 135 '00' 45 '11' 225 '01' 315 Complex Scrambling 34 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Downlink modulation QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Key) modulation is used, one symbol transmitted equals two bits of information
The two bits of information are mapped on a 2 dimensions space, one bit refers to the real axis while the other to the imaginary one.
Control streams are time multiplexed in the frame Time Control Data 1 Time Slot 35 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Channel Coding of DL 12.2K 3GPP 125101
30k* SF 128= 3.84M 37 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Spreading Code Spread Signal Data Air Interface Chips & Bits & Symbols Bits (In this drawing, 1 bit = 8 Chips) Baseband Data -1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 -1 -1 -1 -1 Chip Chip 38 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Spreading Data x Code Data Code Code (pseudo noise) Data +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 Symbol -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 Chip Chip Despreading Spectrum Symbol 39 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Detecting own signal. Correlator Code Data after multiplication +1 +1 +1 -1 -1 -1 Own signal +8 -8 Data after Integration Code Data after multiplication +1 +1 +1 -1 -1 -1 Other signal +8 -8 Data after Integration 40 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Agenda WCDMA Technical aspects WCDMA Power Budget WCDMA Codes Radio Resource Management WCDMA Channels 41 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Radio Resource Management Target for RRM is to maximise the radio performance: Ensure planned coverage for each targeted service Ensure required link quality (BLER, BER, delay) Ensure planned capacity i.e. low blocking (new calls, handovers) Optimize the use of available capacity (priorities) Radio Resource Management (RRM) is responsible for efficient utilisation of the air interface resources RRM Link Quality Cell Coverage Cell Capacity 42 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Radio Resource Management Power Control Power Control Load Control RNC BS MS RRM can be divided into Power control Handover control Admission control Load control (Congestion control) Packet scheduling & Resource manager Locations of RRM algorithms Power Control Handover Control Admission Control Load Control Packet Scheduler 43 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential WCDMA Radio Resource Management: Logical Model Radio resource management functionality consists of a set of algorithms, which are used for optimal utlisation of the WCDMA radio interface resources Admission Control (AC), Load Control (LC), Packet Scheduler (PS) and Resource Manager (RM) are network based functions, which means that these algorithms deal with radio resources of one cell at the same time Power Control (PC) and Handover Control (HC) are RRC connection based, which means that these algorithms deal with the radio resources of one connection PC HC Connection based functions LC AC Network based functions PS RM 44 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Logical Model Split in Network Architecture BS SRNC DRNC Iub Iur Iu PC LC AC HC RM LC AC PC LC PS RM BS PC LC Iub 45 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Overview of RRM algorithms Power control (PC) maintains radio link level quality by adjusting the uplink and downlink powers. The quality requirements are tried to get with minimum transmission powers to achieve low interference in radio access network. The basic functions of WCDMA power control are: Open loop power control (RACH, FACH) Fast closed loop power control (DCH) Outer loop power control Handover Control (HC) controls the active state mobility of UE in RAN. HC maintains the radio link quality and minimises the radio network interference by optimum cell selection in handovers. The Handover Control (HC) of the Radio Access Network (RAN) supports the following handover procedures: Intra-frequency soft/softer handover Intra-frequency hard handover Inter-frequency handover Inter-system (GSM) handover
46 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Overview of RRM algorithms Admission Control (AC) decides whether a request to establish a Radio Access Bearer (RAB) is admitted in the Radio Access Network (RAN) or not. Admission control is used to maintain stability and to achieve high traffic capacity of RAN. The AC algorithm is executed when radio access bearer is setup or the bearer is modified. The AC measures take place as well with all kind of handovers. Load Control (LC) continuously updates the load information of cells controlled by RNC Load Control and provides this information to the AC and PS for radio resource controlling purposes. In overload situations, the LC performs the recovering actions by using the functionalities of AC, PS and HC. 47 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Overview of RRM algorithms Packet scheduler (PS) schedules radio resources for NRT radio access bearers both in uplink and downlink direction. The traffic load of cell determines the scheduled transmission capacity. The information of load caused by NRT bearers is determined by PS. It can be said that PS controls the NRT load when system is not in overload. PS also allocates and changes the bitrates of NRT bearers. PS controls both dedicated and shared channels.
48 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Nokia Wideband Power Based RRM Nokia RRM has the following principles for the operation of network based algorithms, admission control, packet scheduler and load control: RRM is operating cell basis, i.e. operations are done for a single cell without taking neighbouring cells into account. System load is measured based on total averaged power/ interference in a cell. In uplink it is the total received wideband interference power (PrxTotal) and in downlink it is the total transmitted power (PtxTotal). AC, PS and LC operations are based these two measurements. AC, PS and LC operations are done separately for uplink and downlink.
RRM has the ability to manage cell loading based on the total average uplink/downlink power, which has the affect of eliminating the cell breathing due to variations in neighbour cell interference levels. Base station measurement Base station measurement Uplink Uplink Downlink Downlink Total received wideband power Prxtotal (digital accurate) Total received wideband power Prxtotal (digital accurate) Total transmitted wideband power Ptxtotal (simple) Total transmitted wideband power Ptxtotal (simple) RRM in RNC RRM in RNC Keep load at Prxtarget (max) Keep load at Prxtarget (max) Keep load at Ptxtarget (max) Keep load at Ptxtarget (max) 49 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Flow Chart of the RRM Algorithms RAB setup/modify/release request RB information Resource information Load change information Target FER, BER and SIR Load information Load information Admission Control Load change estimation RAB admission decision DL power allocation Iu Packet Scheduler Radio resource scheduling Load Control Measurements & Update of load information Power Control UL Outer loop power control Handover Control Active state mobility control
Resource Manager Radio resource information Code allocation Transport resource allocation Resource request Active set information 50 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Agenda WCDMA Technical aspects WCDMA Power Budget WCDMA Codes Radio Resource Management WCDMA Channels 51 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential WCDMA Channels 3 Different Channels Radio Resource Control (RRC) Medium Access Control (MAC) Transport channels Physical layer C o n t r o l
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M e a s u r e m e n t s Layer 3 Logical channels Layer 2 Layer 1 Physical channels 52 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential WCDMA Channels Logical Channels Logical Channels were created to transmit a specific content such as cell system information, paging information, or user data. Logical channels are offered as data transfer service by the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer to the next higher layer. Consequently, logical channels are in use between the mobile phone and the RNC. Transport Channels (TrCH) The MAC layer is using the transport service of the lower lower, the Physical layer. The MAC layer is responsible to organise the logical channel data on transport channels. This process is called mapping. In this context, the MAC layer is also responsible to determine the used transport format. The transport of logical channel data takes place between the UE and the RNC. Physical Channels (PhyCH) The physical layer offers the transport of data to the higher layer. The characteristics of the physical transport have to be described. When we transmit information between the RNC and the UE, the physical medium is changing. Between the RNC and the Node B, where we talk about the interface Iub, the transport of information is physically organised in so- called Frames. Between the Node B and the UE, where we find the WCDMA radio interface Uu, the physical transmission is described by physical channels. A physical channel is defined by the UARFCN and the a spreading code in the FDD mode. 53 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential WCDMA Logical Channel Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH) Paging Control Channel (PCCH) Dedicated Control Channel (DCCH) Common Control Channel (CCCH) Control Channel (CCH) Dedicated Traffic Channel (DTCH) Traffic Channel (TCH) ODMA Dedicated Control Channel (ODCCH) ODMA Common Control Channel (OCCCH) ODMA Dedicated Traffic Channel (ODTCH) Common Traffic Channel (CTCH) Shared Channel Control Channel (SHCCH) 54 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH) A downlink channel for broadcasting system control information.
Control Channel (PCCH) Paging A downlink channel that transfers paging information. This channel is used when the network does not know the location cell of the mobile, or, the mobile is in the cell connected state (utilising UE sleep mode procedures).
Common Control Channel (CCCH) Bi-directional channel for transmitting control information between network and UEs. This channel is commonly used by the mobiles having no RRC connection with the network and by the UEs using common transport channels when accessing a new cell after cell reselection.
Dedicated Control Channel (DCCH) A point-to-point bi-directional channel that transmits dedicated control information between a mobile and the network. This channel is established through RRC connection setup procedure. WCDMA Logical Channel 55 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Dedicated Traffic Channel (DTCH) A Dedicated Traffic Channel (DTCH) is a point-to-point channel, dedicated to one mobile, for the transfer of user information. A DTCH can exist in both uplink and downlink.
Common Traffic Channel (CTCH) A point-to-multipoint unidirectional channel for transfer of dedicated user information for all or a group of specified mobiles.
Shared Channel Control Channel (SHCCH) Bi-directional channel that transmits control information for uplink and downlink shared channels between network and mobiles. This channel is for TDD only WCDMA Logical Channel 56 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential Logical to Transport Channel Mapping (Downlink Direction) Logical Channels Transport Channels CCCH FACH DCCH / DTCH DCH BCCH BCH PCCH PCH CTCH DSCH (Uplink Direction) Transport Channels Logical Channels CCCH RACH DCCH / DTCH DCH CPCH 57 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential WCDMA Common Transport Channel
BCH Broadcast Channel The Broadcast Channel (BCH) is a downlink transport channel that is used to broadcast system- and cell-specific information. The BCH is always transmitted over the entire cell with a low fixed bit rate. PCH Paging Channel The Paging Channel (PCH) is a downlink transport channel. The PCH is always transmitted over the entire cell. The transmission of the PCH is associated with the transmission of a physical layer signal, the Paging Indicator Channel, to support efficient sleep-mode procedures. FACH Forward Access Channel The Forward Access Channel (FACH) is a downlink transport channel. The FACH is transmitted over the entire cell or over only a part of the cell using beam-forming antennas. 58 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential WCDMA Common Transport Channel RACH Random Access Channel The Random Access Channel (RACH) is an uplink transport channel. The RACH is always received from the entire cell. The RACH is characterised by a limited size data field, a collision risk and by the use of open loop power control. CPCH Common Packet Channel The Common Packet Channel (CPCH) is an uplink transport channel. The CPCH is a contention based random access channel used for transmission of bursty data traffic. CPCH is associated with a dedicated channel on the downlink which provides power control for the uplink CPCH. DSCH Downlink Shared Channel The downlink shared channel (DSCH) is a downlink transport channel shared by several mobiles. The DSCH is associated with a DCH. 59 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential WCDMA Physical Channel Mapping of Transport Channels on Physical Channel DOCUMENTTYPE TypeUnitOrDepartmentHere TypeYourNameHere TypeDateHere Transport Channels DCH RACH CPCH BCH FACH PCH DSCH Physical Channels Dedicated Physical Data Channel (DPDCH) Dedicated Physical Control Channel (DPCCH) Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) Physical Common Packet Channel (PCPCH) Common Pilot Channel (CPICH) Primary Common Control Physical Channel (P-CCPCH) Secondary Common Control Physical Channel (S-CCPCH) Synchronisation Channel (SCH) Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) Acquisition Indication Channel (AICH) Page Indication Channel (PICH) CPCH Status Indication Channel (CSICH) Collision Detection/Channel Assignment Indicator Channel (CD/CA-ICH) 60 NOKIA Layer 1.ppt/ 07.12.00 / Stefano Savioli Company Confidential WCDMA Physical Channel BS UE CCPCH-1 CCPCH-2 SCH 1 & 2 PDSCH CPICH PICH PCPCH AICH PRACH DPDCH DPCCH