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HSUPA introduction
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HSUPA introduction
Concept of HSUPA
HSUPA System Parameters
Performance of HSUPA

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Introduction
HSUPA = High Speed Uplink Packet
Access
Specified in 3GPP release 6 as Enhanced Uplink
System of new Air Interface channels
Uplink data rates up to 5,76 Mbit/s per user
Backwards compatible with earlier 3GPP releases

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High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)

conceptRel99 DCH

Rel6 E-DCH

RNC

RNC

RNC

Correctly
received
packets

Retransmissi
on

Uplink Control

RLC

moved to
WBTS

ACK/NAC
K

WBTS
WBTS

Packe
t

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Retransmissi
on
L1
ACK/NAC
K

Functionality
HSUPA has more in common with a R99 DCH than with HSDPA
3GPP terminology for HSUPA is Enhanced DCH (E-DCH)
R99 DCH

HSUPA

HSDPA

Variable spreading
factor

Yes

Yes

No

Multicode transmission

Yes

Yes

Yes

Adaptive modulation

No

No

Yes

Fast power control

Yes

Yes

No

Soft handover

Yes

Yes

No

Node B scheduling

No

Yes

Yes

Fast L1 HARQ

No

Yes

Yes

10, 20, 40 ms

2, 10 ms

2 ms

TTI
Notes:

3GPP allows multi-code transmission for R99 DCH but in practise only 1 code is used
The HSDPA user plane channel cannot use soft handover, although the associated DCH may use soft handover
RAS06 uses a 10 ms Transmission Time Interval (TTI) for HSUPA to improve coverage performance

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HSUPA UE Categories
HSUPA uses BPSK modulation with multicode
transmission to achieve high datarates Initially only Cat.1 and Cat.3 is
Theoretical peak bit rate up to 5.76 Mbpsexpected to be supported
widely
Initially only max. 1.46 Mbps expected
HSUPA
Codes x SpreadingTTI
Category
1

1 x SF4

2 x SF4

2 x SF4

2 x SF2

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Transport
Data rate
Block size

10

7296

0.73 Mbps

10

14592

1.46 Mbps

2919

1.46 Mbps

10

14592

1.46 Mbps

10

20000

2 Mbps

5837

2 x SF2

10

20000

2xSF2 + 2xSF4

10

20000

2 Mbps

2xSF2 + 2xSF4

11520

5.76 Mbps

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2.9 Mbps 5.76 Mbps

2 Mbps (theoretical)

Maximum Bit Rates

HSDPA
Both HSDPA and HSUPA aim to
increase

Coding
Codingrate
rateCoding
Codingrate
rate 55codes
codes

individual connection throughput

total cell throughput

QPSK
QPSK

Marketed bit rates do not represent

RLC layer throughput
HSDPA RLC throughputs are:
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1.60 Mbps
3.36 Mbps
10.8 Mbps

HSUPA RLC throughput is:

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1.376 Mbps

16QAM
16QAM

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15codes
codes

1/4
1/4

600
600kbps
kbps

1.2
1.2Mbps
Mbps

1.8
1.8Mbps
Mbps

2/4
2/4

1.2
1.2Mbps
Mbps

2.4
2.4Mbps
Mbps

3.6
3.6Mbps
Mbps

3/4
3/4

1.8
1.8Mbps
Mbps 3.6
3.6Mbps
Mbps

5.4
5.4Mbps
Mbps

2/4
2/4

2.4
2.4Mbps
Mbps

7.2
7.2Mbps
Mbps

3/4
3/4

3.6
3.6Mbps
Mbps 7.2
7.2Mbps
Mbps 10.7
10.7Mbps
Mbps

4/4
4/4

4.8
4.8Mbps
Mbps

4.8
4.8Mbps
Mbps

9.6
9.6Mbps
Mbps 14.4
14.4Mbps
Mbps

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HSUPA
Coding
Codingrate
rate 11xxSF4
SF4

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RAS06

22xxSF2
SF2++
22xxSF4
SF4
960
960kbps
kbps 1.92
1.92Mbps
Mbps 2.88
2.88Mbps
Mbps
22xxSF4
SF4

22xxSF2
SF2

1/2
1/2

480
480kbps
kbps

3/4
3/4

720
720kbps
kbps 1.46
1.46Mbps
Mbps 2.88
2.88Mbps
Mbps 4.32
4.32Mbps
Mbps

4/4
4/4

960
960kbps
kbps 1.92
1.92Mbps
Mbps 3.84
3.84Mbps
Mbps 5.76
5.76Mbps
Mbps
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HSUPA Bit Rate Selection

UE selects bit rate according to the E-DPDCH transmit power offset granted by the

Node B
Larger power offsets allow the use of smaller spreading factors and higher bit rates

Intermediate RLC bit

rates can also be
selected by the UE

Transport block sent

within 10 ms TTI

MAC-d PDU includes 320

bits of RLC payload

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Channel Bit
Rate

Max. # MACd PDU

Max. RLC
Bit Rate

SF32

120 kbps

32 kbps

SF16

240 kbps

64 kbps

SF8

480 kbps

128 kbps

SF4

960 kbps

13

672 kbps

2*SF4

1.920 Mbps

43

1.376
Mbps

Translation from channel bit rate to maximum

number of RLC PDU assumes :

Spreading
Factor

puncturing limit of 0.68 for single code transmission

puncturing limit of 0.44 for multiple code transmission
turbo coding rate of 1/3
24 bit CRC included prior to turbo coding
18 bits of MAC-e and MAC-es header per transport block

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HSUPA Protocol Stack

New MAC-es/e layer within the UE

New MAC-e layer within the Node B

HARQ
Multiplexing of MAC-d PDU
E-TFC selection based upon Node B

HARQ
De-multiplexing
E-DCH scheduling and control

scheduling

New MAC-es layer within the RNC

ensures in sequence delivery
soft handover combining

UE

Node B

SRNC

RLC
MAC-d
MAC-es/e

MAC-e

WCDMA L1

WCDMA L1

Uu
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RLC
MAC-d
MAC-es
Frame
Protocol
Transport

Frame
Protocol
Transport

Iub/Iur

Iu

Improved performance with HSUPA

Average user throughput over whole cell area [kbps]

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User Benefits
Increased bit rates
Shorter service response
times

Operator Benefits
Improved packet data capacity of
NW, enhanced spectral efficiency

Better usage of the radio network

HW

Improved quality of end user

Increased revenues through more

users and usage

experience

Better availability of services

Improved Iub efficiency

Large scale resource reuse: License,
Core NW, RNC, transmission, NodeB,
sites (UL cell size), feeders, antennas

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RAS06 HSUPA lab testing

(March 2008)

10 MByte file upload

2000 kbps
1920 kbps (2x SF2)
1800 kbps
1600 kbps
1400 kbps
1200 kbps
1000 kbps
800 kbps
600 kbps
400 kbps
200 kbps
0 kbps

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RAS06 HSUPA lab testing

(March 2008)

2 x 5 MByte file upload

2000 kbps
1920 kbps (2 x SF2)
1800 kbps
1600 kbps
1440 kbps

1400 kbps

(2x SF4)

1200 kbps
1000 kbps
800 kbps
600 kbps
400 kbps
200 kbps
0 kbps

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 the benefit comes from whats like

HSDPA:

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HSUPA Fast Scheduling Reduces Noise

Variance
Faster scheduling
reduces noise rise
variations
Less headroom needed
Cell capacity and user
data rates are increased

A first estimated
increase in the cell
capacity is 15-20% for
the same noise rise
outage

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Operation
point can be
increased
because
variance is
reduced.

HSUPA Data Performance

Single User Data Rates in Macro cells

3000
2500

1.46 Mbps
close to cell
center

Median data
rate
700 kbps
(at 0.7x
distance)

kbps

2000
1500
1000

Approx 300
kbps at the
cell edge

HS
UPA

500
0

0.2

Release 99
DCH

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Distance from BTS [relative to cell radius, 1=cell edge]

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Thank You !

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