HSPA/HSDPA

(Beyond 3G)

PRESENTED BY-
Manish Srivastava
 HSPA - Introduction
High Speed Packet Access (HSPA)is an amalgamation of
twomobile telephonyprotocols, High Speed Downlink Packet
Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA),
that extends and improves the performance of existing 3G
mobile telecommunication networks utilizing theWCDMA
protocols.

HSPA evolution first introduced downlink counterpart called

HSDPA in Release 5.

Uplink evolution followed later in Release 6 by the name of

HSUPA.

HSPA was originally designed for non-real time traffic with high
transmission rate requirements.
FEATURES-
HSPA improves the end-user experience by:

increasing peak data rates to 14 Mbit/s in the downlink and

5.8 Mbit/s in the uplink

reducing latency

providing up to five times more system capacity in the

downlink and up to twice as much system capacity in the
uplink, reducing the production cost per bit

link adaptation in downlink

TECHNOLOGIES USED-
Shared-channel transmission, which results in efficient
use of available code and power resources in WCDMA.
A shorter Transmission Time Interval (TTI) , which
reduces round-trip time and improves the tracking of fast
channel variations.
Link adaptation, which maximizes channel usage and
enables the base station to operate at close to maximum
cell power.
Fast scheduling, which provides users with the most
suitable channel conditions.
Fast retransmission and soft-combining, which further
increase the capacity.
16QAM and 64QAM , which yields higher bit-rates.
MIMO, which exploits antenna diversity to provide further
ARCHITECTURE-
 HSPA PEAK DATA RATES-
Downlink Uplink
Theoretical up to 14.4 Mbps Theoretical up to 5.76 Mbps
Initial capability 1.8 3.6 Mbps Initial capability 1.46 Mbps

Max Max
# of codes
Modulation # of codes TTI
data rate data rate
2 ms
5 codes QPSK 1.8 Mbps 2 x SF4 1.46 Mbps
10 ms

5 codes 16-QAM 3.6 Mbps 2 x SF2 10 ms 2.0 Mbps

10 codes 16-QAM 7.2 Mbps 2 x SF2 2 ms 2.9 Mbps

2 x SF2 +
15 codes 16-QAM 10.1 Mbps 2 ms 5.76 Mbps
2 x SF4

15 codes 64-QAM 14.4 Mbps

 HSDPA
In WCDMA 3GPP Release 5, HSDPA adds a new transport
channel to WCDMA the High Speed Downlink Shared
Channel (HS-DSCH) which provides enhanced support for
high-performance packet data applications in the downlink.

The improved downlink provides up to 14 Mbit/s with

significantly reduced latency. Current devices support 7.2
Mbps throughput.

In order to support HSDPA features with minimal impact on

the existing radio interface protocol architecture, a new
MAC sub-layer, MAC-hs, has been introduced. It enables a
functional split to be retained between layers and nodes
from WCDMA 3GPP Releases 99 and 4.
 HSDPA CHANNELS
HSDPA scheme introduced three new channel types-
User data is sent on High Speed Downlink Shared
Channel (HS-DSCH) .
Control information is sent on High Speed Common
Control Channel (HS-SCCH) .
HS-SCCH is sent two slot before HS-DSCH ,to inform
the scheduled UE of the incoming transmission on
HS-DSCH.
High Speed Dedicated Physical Control Channel(HS-
DPCCH) carries Channel Quality Indicators (CQIs).
Key Features-

Shared Channel and Multi-Code Transmission

Higher-order modulation
Short Transmission Time Interval (TTI)
Fast link adaptation
Fast scheduling
Fast Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ)
Fig: HS-DSCH code and time structures
 ADVANTAGES OF HSDPA-
The network can employ data schedulers that give higher
priority to real-time applications.
Employs shorter frame length, thus it can react faster to
problems in the radio channel.
Provides shorter delays, which enables new applications,
such as interactive networked games.
It is best for applications with highly variable bandwidth
requirements.

DISADVANTAGES-
Not suitable for applications with low band-width
requirements, such as voice.
HSDPA Capability-
 HSPA+ (Second Phase of
HSDPA)
The second phase of HSDPA is specified in the 3GPP release7.

Provides smooth inter-networking between HSPA and LTE,

thereby facilitating the operation of both technologies.

Higher-order modulation can be supported in both uplink

(16QAM) and downlink (64QAM).

16QAM modulation enables peak data rates of 12 Mbit/s in the

uplink, while 64QAM modulation enables peak data rates of 21
Mbit/s in the downlink.

It introduces antenna array technologies such as beamforming

and Multiple-input multiple-output communications (MIMO).
HSPA/HSPA+(One Tunnel
Architecture)
 DUAL CELL HSDPA
Part of 3GPP Release 8.

Allows a user to connect to two cells at once, thereby

theoretically doubling the connection speeds for the user.

Can support up to 28 Mbit/s and 42 Mbit/s with a single 5

MHz carrier in Rel7 (MIMO with 16QAM) and Rel8 (64-QAM
+ MIMO).

While in Release 8 DC-HSPDA can only operate on

adjacent carriers, Release 9 also allows that the paired
cells can operate on two different frequency bands.
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