Course Name:

LTE AIR INTERFACE

Who Should Attend: This course is designed for Network design and Radio or Telecom Network Operation & maintenance personnels, Equipments & application designer, Telecom software testing & developer professionals. Target group: Persons having previous knowledge of GSM/WCDMA/CDMA would be preferred. Instructional Methods: Lectures in Classroom, on Power-point slides, discussion, Questions & Answers. All participants will also receive comprehensive course materials. Course Objectives: After the training, the participant will be able to: Explain the basic principles of LTE technology Get overview of LTE evolution Understand the new Physical Layer and Network Layer features Understand the future aspects of LTE and Features

LTE AIR INTERFACE LTE Introduction Overview and Objectives User Expectation Operator expectation Mobile Broadband Evolution: the roadmap from HSPA to LTE Technology comparison IEEE 3GPP 3GPP2

3G Vs 4G Technology comparison Requirements of LTE Peak data rate Up to 200 active users in a cell (5 Megahertz) Less than 5 millisecond user-plane latency

LTE Vs UMTS Network Architecture LTE Network Architecture Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) Overview of LTE air interface MIMO HARQ

Key Features of LTE LTE LTE LTE LTE uses adaptive modulation and coding uses Advanced MIMO spatial multiplexing techniques supports both FDD and TDD offers scalable bandwidths

FDD and TDD FDD and TDD Bands Terminals, modules and fixed wireless terminals LTE UE Categories LTE specification work LTE Standard Specification

EPS Architecture Overview and Objectives System Architecture Evolution (SAE)-Targets Architecture Evolution EPS Network Architecture User Equipment (UE) Evolved UTRAN (E-UTRAN) Evolved Packet Core Network (EPC) Services domain

Functionality of e-NodeB & UE Functionality of MME Functionality of S-GW Functionality of P-GW Functionality of PCRF Functionality of HSS Roaming in Basic System Architecture Configuration EPS Roaming Architecture Home Routed model Local Breakout model

EPS inter-working with 2G/3G Networks 3GPP and Non-3GPP Inter-working EPS inter-working with Non-3GPP access technologies EPS inter-working with CDMA Networks

Traffic Mobility & Management Overview and Objectives EPS Network Identifiers Tracking area update concept Tracking area Routing area EPS Mobility Management (EMM) states Emm-Deregistered Emm-Registered EPS connection management (ECM) state RRC states in E-UTRAN RRC_IDLE state RRC_CONNECTED state EPS bearer service architecture EPS bearer services: Default bearer EPS bearer services: Dedicated bearer SAE Bearer QoS Awareness

SAE Bearer QoS Attributes GBR (Guaranteed Bit Rate) NGBR (Non-Guaranteed Bit Rate) Maximum Bit rate(MBR) Label or QoS class Identifier(QCI)

QoS Class Identifier (QCI) Characteristic Resource type Priority Packet delay budget Packet loss rate

LTE / SAE Handover LTE / SAE Handover principles Handover preparation Handover execution Handover completion

Handover Preparation Handover Execution Inter-system Handovers Differences in E-UTRAN and UTRAN Mobility Policy and Charging Control (PCC) Basic Policy and Charging Control (PCC) PCC in roaming with PMIP: home routed model PCC in roaming: local breakout model

Air Interface (OFDMA & SCFDMA) Overview and Objectives Duplexing and Multiple Access Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) LTE Multiple Access Background: Single Transmitter LTE Multiple Access Background: FDMA Principle

LTE Multiple Access Background: Multi-carrier Principle Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) principle OFDM: Nutshell OFDM: Frequency- Time Representation OFDM and FFT / IFFT

Motivation for OFDMA in LTE Solution to ISI: Cyclic Prefix Cyclic Prefix: Short & Long OFDM Transmitter and Receiver OFDM Key Parameters Variable Bandwidth (BW) Subcarrier Spacing (Delta f = 15 Kilohertz)

OFDM Key Parameters OFDM Key Parameters - Fast Fourier Transform size (Nfft) OFDM Key Parameters - Sampling rate (fs) OFDM Key Parameters for FDD and TDD Modes

OFDMA Challenges Tolerance to frequency offset High Peak-to-Average power ratio (PAPR)

SC-FDMA OFDMA vs SC-FDMA: QPSK Example SC-FDMA: Multiplexing SC-FDMA Transmitter and Receiver LTE/EUTRAN: Bandwidth Distribution LTE Resource Grid, Resource Block, Resource Element The Usage of Resource Element (RE) LTE Duplexing FDD / TDD LTE Frame Structure: Generic Radio Frame Type 1 - FDD Radio Frame Type 2 TDD

Fields in Special Subframe: DwPTS, GP and UpPTS TDD Radio frame configurations (DL/UL) Special Subframe configurations (No. of OFDM symbols) Different Methods for OFDM Multiple Access Plain OFDM Time Division Multiple Access via OFDM Frequency Division Multiple Access via OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access OFDMA registered

MIMO Overview and Objectives Aspirations Conventional (Single) & New(Multiple) Antenna Configurations MIMO System Model (Principle) Multiple Antenna Arrangements single input and single output arrangement(SISO) multiple input and single output arrangement (MISO) single input and multiple output arrangement (SIMO) multiple inputs and multiple output arrangement (MIMO)

MIMO Design Criterion Spatial Multiplexing Gain Transmit Diversity Gain

Overview of physical channel processing - transmitter side Layer mapping Pre-coding

Example of MIMO Usage Summary

Evaluation and feedback of the participants Duration: 3 Days Maximum number of participants: 15