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`Contents
`Foreword............................................................................................................................................................. 6
`1
`Scope ........................................................................................................................................................ 6
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`References ................................................................................................................................................ 6
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`Definitions, symbols and abbreviations ................................................................................................... 7
`3.1
`Definitions ......................................................................................................................................................... 7
`3.2
`Symbols ............................................................................................................................................................. 7
`3.3
`Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
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`Frame structure ......................................................................................................................................... 8
`4.1
`Frame structure type 1 ....................................................................................................................................... 8
`4.2
`Frame structure type 2 ....................................................................................................................................... 8
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`Downlink .................................................................................................................................................. 9
`5.1
`Overview ........................................................................................................................................................... 9
`5.1.1
`Physical channels ......................................................................................................................................... 9
`5.1.2
`Physical signals ............................................................................................................................................ 9
`5.2
`Slot structure and physical resource elements ................................................................................................. 10
`5.2.1
`Resource grid ............................................................................................................................................. 10
`5.2.2
`Resource elements ...................................................................................................................................... 10
`5.2.3
`Resource blocks ......................................................................................................................................... 11
`5.2.4
`Guard Period for TDD Operation ............................................................................................................... 13
`5.3
`General structure for downlink physical channels ........................................................................................... 13
`5.3.1
`Scrambling ................................................................................................................................................. 13
`5.3.2
`Modulation ................................................................................................................................................. 13
`5.3.3
`Layer mapping ........................................................................................................................................... 14
`5.3.3.1
`Layer mapping for transmission on a single antenna port .................................................................... 14
`5.3.3.2
`Layer mapping for spatial multiplexing................................................................................................ 14
`5.3.3.3
`Layer mapping for transmit diversity ................................................................................................... 14
`5.3.4
`Precoding ................................................................................................................................................... 15
`5.3.4.1
`Precoding for transmission on a single antenna port ............................................................................ 15
`5.3.4.2
`Precoding for spatial multiplexing ........................................................................................................ 15
`5.3.4.2.1
`Precoding for zero and small-delay CDD ....................................................................................... 15
`5.3.4.2.2
`Precoding for large delay CDD ....................................................................................................... 16
`5.3.4.2.3
`Codebook for precoding ................................................................................................................. 16
`5.3.4.3
`Precoding for transmit diversity ........................................................................................................... 17
`5.3.5
`Mapping to resource elements .................................................................................................................... 17
`5.4
`Physical downlink shared channel ................................................................................................................... 17
`5.5
`Physical multicast channel ............................................................................................................................... 18
`5.6
`Physical broadcast channel .............................................................................................................................. 18
`5.6.1
`Scrambling ................................................................................................................................................. 18
`5.6.2
`Modulation ................................................................................................................................................. 18
`5.6.3
`Mapping to resource elements .................................................................................................................... 18
`5.7
`Physical control format indicator channel ....................................................................................................... 18
`5.7.1
`Scrambling ................................................................................................................................................. 18
`5.7.2
`Modulation ................................................................................................................................................. 18
`5.7.3
`Layer mapping and precoding .................................................................................................................... 19
`5.7.4
`Mapping to resource elements .................................................................................................................... 19
`5.8
`Physical downlink control channel .................................................................................................................. 19
`5.8.1
`PDCCH formats ......................................................................................................................................... 19
`5.8.2
`Scrambling ................................................................................................................................................. 19
`5.8.3
`Modulation ................................................................................................................................................. 19
`5.8.4
`Layer mapping and precoding .................................................................................................................... 20
`5.8.5
`Mapping to resource elements .................................................................................................................... 20
`5.9
`Reference signals ............................................................................................................................................. 20
`5.9.1
`Cell-specific reference signals.................................................................................................................... 20
`5.9.1.1
`Sequence generation ............................................................................................................................. 21
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`5.9.1.1.1
`5.9.1.1.2
`5.9.1.2
`5.9.2
`5.9.2.1
`5.9.2.2
`5.9.3
`5.9.3.1
`5.9.3.2
`5.10
`5.10.1
`5.10.1.1
`5.10.1.2
`5.10.2
`5.10.2.1
`5.10.2.2
`5.11
`5.12
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`6.1
`6.1.1
`6.1.2
`6.2
`6.2.1
`6.2.2
`6.2.3
`6.3
`6.3.1
`6.3.2
`6.3.3
`6.3.4
`6.4
`6.4.1
`6.4.2
`6.4.2.1
`6.4.2.2
`6.4.3
`6.5
`6.5.1
`6.5.1.1
`6.5.1.2
`6.5.2
`6.5.2.1
`6.5.2.2
`6.6
`6.7
`6.7.1
`6.7.2
`6.7.3
`6.8
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`7.1
`7.2
`7.3
`7.4
`7.5
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`8.1
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`Orthogonal sequence generation ..................................................................................................... 21
`Pseudo-random sequence generation .............................................................................................. 21
`Mapping to resource elements .............................................................................................................. 21
`MBSFN reference signals .......................................................................................................................... 26
`Sequence generation ............................................................................................................................. 26
`Mapping to resource elements .............................................................................................................. 26
`UE-specific reference signals ..................................................................................................................... 28
`Sequence generation ............................................................................................................................. 29
`Mapping to resource elements .............................................................................................................. 29
`Synchronization signals ................................................................................................................................... 29
`Primary synchronization signal .................................................................................................................. 29
`Sequence generation ............................................................................................................................. 29
`Mapping to resource elements .............................................................................................................. 29
`Secondary synchronization signal .............................................................................................................. 29
`Sequence generation ............................................................................................................................. 29
`Mapping to resource elements .............................................................................................................. 29
`OFDM baseband signal generation .................................................................................................................. 30
`Modulation and upconversion.......................................................................................................................... 30
`Uplink ..................................................................................................................................................... 31
`Overview ......................................................................................................................................................... 31
`Physical channels ....................................................................................................................................... 31
`Physical signals .......................................................................................................................................... 31
`Slot structure and physical resources ............................................................................................................... 31
`Resource grid ............................................................................................................................................. 31
`Resource elements ...................................................................................................................................... 33
`Resource blocks ......................................................................................................................................... 33
`Physical uplink shared channel ........................................................................................................................ 33
`Scrambling ................................................................................................................................................. 33
`Modulation ................................................................................................................................................. 34
`Transform precoding .................................................................................................................................. 34
`Mapping to physical resources ................................................................................................................... 34
`Physical uplink control channel ....................................................................................................................... 34
`Scrambling ................................................................................................................................................. 35
`Modulation ................................................................................................................................................. 35
`Sequence modulation for PUCCH format 0, 1 and 2 ............................................................................ 35
`Sequence modulation for PUCCH format 3 ......................................................................................... 36
`Mapping to physical resources ................................................................................................................... 36
`Reference signals ............................................................................................................................................. 36
`Demodulation reference signal ................................................................................................................... 36
`Sequence generation ............................................................................................................................. 36
`Mapping to physical resources ............................................................................................................. 36
`Sounding reference signal .......................................................................................................................... 36
`Sequence generation ............................................................................................................................. 36
`Mapping to physical resources ............................................................................................................. 36
`SC-FDMA baseband signal generation............................................................................................................ 37
`Physical layer random access........................................................................................................................... 37
`Time and frequency structure ..................................................................................................................... 37
`Preamble sequence generation ................................................................................................................... 38
`Baseband signal generation ........................................................................................................................ 38
`Modulation and upconversion.......................................................................................................................... 39
`Modulation mapper ................................................................................................................................ 39
`On-off keying ................................................................................................................................................... 39
`BPSK ............................................................................................................................................................... 39
`QPSK ............................................................................................................................................................... 40
`16QAM ............................................................................................................................................................ 40
`64QAM ............................................................................................................................................................ 41
`Timing .................................................................................................................................................... 43
`Uplink-downlink frame timing ........................................................................................................................ 43
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`Change history ............................................................................................... 43
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`Foreword
`This Technical Specification has been produced by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
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`The contents of the present document are subject to continuing work within the TSG and may change following formal
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`1 Scope
`The present document describes the physical channels for evolved UTRA.
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`References
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`The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
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`• References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
`non-specific.
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`• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
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`• For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including
`a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same
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`3GPP TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".
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`3GPP TS 36.201: "LTE Physical Layer – General Description ".
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`3GPP TS 36.212: "Multiplexing and channel coding".
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`3GPP TS 36.213: "Physical layer procedures".
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`3GPP TS 36.214: "Physical layer – Measurements".
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`Delete from the above heading those words which are not applicable.
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`Subclause numbering depends on applicability and should be renumbered accordingly.
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`Definitions
`3.1
`For the purposes of the present document, the [following] terms and definitions [given in ... and the following] apply.
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`Definition format
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`<defined term>: <definition>.
`example: text used to clarify abstract rules by applying them literally.
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`Symbols
`3.2
`For the purposes of the present document, the following symbols apply:
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`DL
`RBN
`UL
`RBN
`DL
`symbN
`UL
`symbN
`RB
`scN
`OSN
`PRSN
`scM
`fT
`slotT
`sT
`f∆
`TAN
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`RB
`scN
`Downlink bandwidth configuration, expressed in units of
`RB
`Uplink bandwidth configuration, expressed in units of
`scN
`Number of OFDM symbols in a downlink slot
`Number of SC-FDMA symbols in an uplink slot
`Resource block size in the frequency domain, expressed as a number of subcarriers
`Number of orthogonal two-dimensional reference signal sequences
`Number of pseudo-random two-dimensional reference signal sequences
`Scheduled bandwidth for uplink transmission, expressed as a number of subcarriers
`Radio frame duration
`Slot duration
`Basic time unit
`Subcarrier spacing
`Timing offset between uplink and downlink radio frames at the UE, expressed as a number of time
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`sT
`Length of SC-FDMA symbol excluding cyclic prefix, expressed as a number of time units
`Carrier frequency
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`sT
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`dN
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`0f
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`Abbreviations
`3.3
`For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
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`PBCH
`PCFICH
`PDCCH
`PDSCH
`PMCH
`PUCCH
`PUSCH
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`Physical broadcast channel
`Physical control format indicator channel
`Physical downlink control channel
`Physical downlinkshared channel
`Physical multicast channel
`Physical uplink control channel
`Physical uplink shared channel
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`Throughout this specification, unless otherwise noted, the size of various fields in the time domain is expressed as a
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` seconds.
`number of time units
`1
`15000
`2048
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`Downlink and uplink transmissions are organized into radio frames with
`frame structures are supported:
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`T
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`307200
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`×
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`T
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`=
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`ms 10
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` duration. Two radio
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`- Type 1, applicable to both FDD and TDD,
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`- Type 2, applicable to TDD only.
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`Frame structure type 1
`4.1
` long and
`Frame structure type 1 is applicable to both FDD and TDD. Each radio frame is
`ms 10
`307200
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`T
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`=
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`f
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`consists of 20 slots of length
`, numbered from 0 to 19. A subframe is defined as two
`15360
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`T
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`=
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`consecutive slots where subframe i consists of slots
`i2 and
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`2 +i
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`For FDD, 10 subframes are available for downlink transmission and 10 subframes are available for uplink transmissions
`in each 10 ms interval. Uplink and downlink transmissions are separated in the frequency domain.
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`For TDD, a subframe is either allocated to downlink or uplink transmission. Subframe 0 and subframe 5 are always
`allocated for downlink transmission.
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`One radio frame, Tf = 307200×Ts=10 ms
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`One slot, Tslot = 15360×Ts = 0.5 ms
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`#0
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`#1
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`#2
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`#3
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`#18
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`#19
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`One subframe
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`Figure 1: Frame structure type 1.
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`Frame structure type 2
`4.2
`Frame structure type 2 is only applicable to TDD. Each radio frame consists of two half-frames of length
`each. The structure of each half-frame in a radio frame is identical. Each half-frame consists of
`ms 5
`153600
`T
`T
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`=
`f
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`seven slots, numbered from 0 to 6, and three special fields, DwPTS, GP, and UpPTS. A subframe is defined as one slot
`where subframe i consists of slot i . Note that no signal is transmitted in the last part of subframes 1 to 6.
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`Subframe 0 and DwPTS are always reserved for downlink transmission. UpPTS and subframe 1 are always reserved
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`One radio frame, Tf = 307200×Ts=10 ms
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`One half-frame, 153600×Ts=5 ms
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`One subframe,
`20736×Ts=0.675 ms
`Guard interval
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`#0
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`#1
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`#2
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`#3
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`#4
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`#5
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`#6
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`DwPTS, 2572×Ts ms
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`UpPTS, 4340×Ts ms
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`Guard period, 1536×Ts ms
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`Figure 2: Frame structure type 2.
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`Downlink
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`Overview
`5.1
`The smallest time-frequency unit for downlink transmission is denoted a resource element and is defined in Section 5.2.
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`Physical channels
`5.1.1
`A downlink physical channel corresponds to a set of resource elements carrying information originating from higher
`layers and is the interface defined between 36.212 and 36.211. The following downlink physical channels are defined:
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`- Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PDSCH
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`- Physical Broadcast Channel, PBCH
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`- Physical Multicast Channel, PMCH
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`- Physical Control Format Indicator Channel, PCFICH
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`- Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH
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`Physical signals
`5.1.2
`A downlink signal corresponds to a set of resource elements used by the physical layer but does not carry information
`originating from higher layers. The following downlink physical signals are defined:
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`-
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`reference signal
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`synchronization signal
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`Resource grid
`5.2.1
`DL
`DL
`RB
` OFDM symbols.
` subcarriers and
`The transmitted signal in each slot is described by a resource grid of
`symbN
`RB NN
`sc
`DL
`The resource grid structure is illustrated in Figure 3. The quantity
`RBN depends on the downlink transmission
`bandwidth configured in the cell and shall fulfil
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`The set of allowed values for
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`6
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`≤ N
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`DL
`RB ≤
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`110
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`In case of multi-antenna transmission, there is one resource grid defined per antenna port. An antenna port is defined by
`its associated reference signal. The set of antenna ports supported depends on the reference signal configuration in the
`cell:
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`- Cell-specific reference signals, associated with non-MBSFN transmission, support a configuration of one, two,
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`{ }1,0∈p
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`, and
`, respectively.
`or four antenna ports, i.e. the index p shall fulfil
`0=p
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`- MBSFN reference signals, associated with MBSFN transmission, are transmitted on antenna port
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`4=p
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`- UE-specific reference signals, supported in frame structure type 2 only, are transmitted on antenna port
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`5=p
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`Resource elements
`5.2.2
`Each element in the resource grid for antenna port p is called a resource element and is uniquely identified by the
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`index pair ( )lk,
` in a slot where k and l are the indices in the frequency and time domains, respectively. Resource
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`element ( )lk,
`(
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`DL
`RB
` on antenna port p corresponds to the complex value
` where
` and
`,...,0
`1
`ka
`k
`NN
`=
`−
`sc
`RB
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`(
`DL
`. When there is no risk for confusion, the index p may be dropped. Quantities
` corresponding to
`,...,0
`1
`ka
`l
`N
`=
`symb −
`resource elements not used for transmission of a physical channel or a physical signal in a slot shall be set to zero.
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`Resource block
`resource elements
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`Resource element
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`Nscsubcarriers
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`RB
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`subcarriers
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`Nsc
`RB
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`×
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`NRB
`DL
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`OFDM symbolsOFDM symbols
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`Figure 3: Downlink resource grid.
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`Resource blocks
`5.2.3
`Physical and virtual resource blocks are defined.
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`DL
`RB
`A physical resource block is defined as
`scN consecutive
` consecutive OFDM symbols in the time domain and
`symbN
`DL
`RB
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`scN are given by Table 1. A physical resource block thus
`subcarriers in the frequency domain, where
`symbN
`DL
`RB
` resource elements, corresponding to one slot in the time domain and 180 kHz in the frequency
`consists of
`symb N
`N
`×
`sc
`domain.
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`DL
`The relation between physical resource blocks and resource elements depends on
`RBN and the subframe number. The
`relation between the physical resource block number PRBn
` and resource elements
` in a slot is given by
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` ),( lk
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`
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`
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`k
`RB
`N
`sc
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`
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`n
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`PRB
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`=
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`with the exception of subframe 0 in case of
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`DL
`RBN being an odd number in which case
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`Nk
`≤≤
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`0
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`−
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`7
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`DL
`RB
`2
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`⋅
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`N
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`RB
`sc
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`−
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`1
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`−
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`6
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`+
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`7
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`N
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`N
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`DL
`RB
`2
`DL
`RB
`2
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`⋅
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`N
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`RB
`sc
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`Nk
`≤≤
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`+
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`6
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`DL
`RB
`2
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`⋅
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`N
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`RB
`sc
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`−
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`1
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`⋅
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`N
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`RB
`sc
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`Nk
`≤≤
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`DL
`RB
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`⋅
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`N
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`RB
`sc
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`for
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`for
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`for
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`
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`k
`RB
`N
`sc
`k
`−
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`RB
`sc
`RB
`sc
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`NN
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`
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`k
`RB
`N
`sc
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`
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`
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`
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`n
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`PRB
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`n
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`PRB
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`(
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`(
`) 3
`DL
`DL
`in subframe 0 in case of
`RBN being an odd number.
`number
`21
`n
`= N
`−
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`PRB
`RB
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`Table 1: Physical resource block parameters.
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`Configuration
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`Normal cyclic prefix
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`Extended cyclic prefix
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` kHz 15=∆f
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` 15=∆f
`kHz
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` 5.7=∆f
`kHz
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`RB
`scN
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`12
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`24
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`Frame structure type 1
`7
`6
`3
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`DL
`symbN
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`Frame structure type 2
`9
`8
`4
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`an even number of resource blocks
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`an odd number of resource blocks
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`DC
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`DC
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`an oddnumber of resource blocks
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`NRB
`DL NRB
`DL
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`DC
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`an evennumber of resource blocks
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`NRB
`DL
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`All subframes
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`All subframes except subframe 0
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`Subframe 0
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`Figure 4: Illustration of the relation between resource blocks and resource elements.
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`A virtual resource block is of the same size as a physical resource block. Two types of virtual resource blocks are
`defined:
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`- virtual resource blocks of distributed type
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`- virtual resource blocks of localized type
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`Virtual resource blocks are mapped to physical resource blocks.
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`3GPP
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`Release 8
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`3GPP TS 36.211 V1.2.0 (2007-06)
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`5.2.4 Guard Period for TDD Operation
`For TDD operation with frame structure type 1, the last GPN downlink OFDM symbol(s) in a subframe immediately
`preceding a downlink-to-uplink switch point can be reserved for guard time and consequently not transmitted. The
`supported guard periods are listed in Table 2.
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`Table 2: Guard periods for TDD operation with frame structure type 1.
`Configuration
`Supported guard periods in OFDM symbols
`0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12
` 15=∆f
`kHz
`Normal cyclic prefix
`0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 10
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` kHz 15=∆f
`Extended cyclic prefix
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`For frame structure type 2, the GP field in Figure 2 serves as a guard period. Longer guard periods can be obtained by
`not using UpPTS and subframe 1 for transmission.
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`General structure for downlink physical channels
`5.3
`This section contains a general structure, applicable to more than one physical channel.
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`The baseband signal representing a downlink physical channel is defined in terms of the following steps:
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`-
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`scrambling of coded bits
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`- modulation of scrambled bits to generate complex-valued modulation symbols
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`- mapping of the complex-valued modulation symbols onto one or several transmission layers
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`- precoding of the complex-valued modulation symbols on each layer for transmission on the antenna ports
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`- mapping of complex-valued modulation symbols for each antenna port to resource elements
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`- gener