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LTE Air Interface
Global Footprint
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
Broad Skill Sets Across Wireless Industry
VAS
Staffing
Solutions
Transport
Services
Packet Switching In- Building
Services
Software
Development
Objective
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 overview
Evolution of 3GPP Cellular system
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
User Expectation
Broadband Acces Everywhere
• Home, Office
• Train, Airport
Requirment
• Anywhere
• Anytime
Higher Voice Quality
Higher Speed
Lower Prices
Different services
Operator Expectation
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
3GPP Release Summary
3GPP Release Date Specifications
3GPP Release 99 Specified the first UMTS 3G networks, incorporating a CDMA air
1999 interface based on GSM – backward compatible. This defines
Defined UTRA and UTRAN
3GPP Release 4 2001 IP Core network and other features are added in Release 4. It was
referred as Release 2000. Separation of user data flows and control
mechanisms were the functionalities of this release
3GPP Release 5 2002 IMS( IP Multimedia Subsystem,) and HSDPA (High Speed Packet
Downlink Access)
3GPP Release 6 2004 This includes WLAN interworking multimedia broadcast and
multimedia services, High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) and IMS
"Phase 2" (IMS Messaging, conferencing and Group Management)
3GPP Release 7 2007 This Release provided improvement over QoS for applications like VoIP.
High Speed Packet Access (HSPA+) is Enhanced uplink which is also a
part of Release 7. This uses MIMO antennas for better throughput
3GPP Release 8 2008 This provides details for the LTE System Architecture Evolution which
helps in improvement of IP backbone for future LTE network
3GPP Release 9 2009 Provides additional features for enhancement of SAE, WiMax and
LTE/UMTS interoperability
3GPP Release 10 2010 4G LTE Advanced technology belongs to 3GPP release 10
Mobile Subscriptions
Global Traffic in Mobile Networks
Data traffic doubled between Q1 2012 and Q1 2013
Supply Vs Demand
Factors that drives the LTE requirement
Population Coverage by Technology
LTE will cover around 60 percent of the World’s
population by 2018
LTE Coverage
LTE has now been launched on all continents (except Antarctica), by 156
operators active in 67 countries
Device Connectivity
34 Percent of Global Tablets will be Cellular
Connected by 2017
LTE Offerings
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
Simplified Network Architecture
LTE – Targets
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
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
• Convolutional 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
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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