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UMTS Radio Theory

Content:

The Basic Principles of Wireless Communication
l3G services
lMultiple Access Technologies
lSpectrum Planning
lSpreading Technology
lCoding And Interleave Technology
lModulation
UMTS Radio mechanism

Radio Transmission Technology Requirements
nData
l144 kbps  High speed and driving
l384 kbps  Modest speed and walking
l2 Mbps     Low speed and indoor
nVoice
l4.75Kb/s -- 12.2Kb/s
l64kb/s (Video Phone)
nInformation transmission at variable rate according to bandwidth requirements
nDelay requirements of different service

3G services




Duplex Mode

nTDD modeuplink and downlink has the same frequency
lAdaptable to any frequency band
lSuitable for both asymmetric and symmetric services
nFDD modeuplink and downlink has the different frequency
lPaired frequency bands are needed
lSuitable for symmetric services

Multiple Access Technologies

Multiple access technologies enable various users access public communication line but without interference.

nWhy Multiple Access?
lIncreased capacity: serve more users
lReduced capital requirements since fewer media can carry the traffic
lDecreased per-user expense
nTypes of Transmission Medium:
lTwisted pair
lCoaxial cable
lFiber optic cable
lAir interface (radio signals)
nThree methods are frequently used:
lFDMA
lTDMA
lCDMA

Each pair of users enjoys a dedicated, private circuit through the transmission medium, unaware that the
other users exist.

FDMA (Frequency Division Multiple Access)

nFDMA
lTraffic channels are assigned to different users at different frequency band, such as TACS, AMPS.



nTDMA

  • Traffic channels are assigned to different users at different time, such as  GSM, DAMPS.




CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)


nCDMA
lTraffic channels are assigned to users at same time, same frequency band, but with different code.




CDMA Application

nUsers are distinguished by scrambling codes and OVSF codes
nSelf-interference system
nCDMA system is restricted to interference (GSM system is restricted to frequency resources) 




Spectrum Planning



Spreading Technology


n Where,
       C is capacity of channel, b/s
       B is signal bandwidth, Hz
       S is average power for signal, W
       N is average power for noise, W
nIt is the basic principle and theory for spread spectrum communications.




nUser information bits are spread over a wide bandwidth by multiplying high speed spread code(chip)
nSpread signal bandwidth W wider than original signal bandwidth Rb



Spreading Mode:

nDirect sequence spread spectrumDS-SS
lBase band data is spread by multiplication of pseudo-noise sequence and base-band pulse,  the pseudo-noise sequence generated by the pseudo-noise generator
lBER subject to Multiple Access Interference and near-far effect
lPower control can overcome the near-far effect, but it  is limited by power detection accuracy
lWCDMA uses DS-SS
nFrequency hopping spread spectrumFH-SS
lData is transmitted in the random channel  by the carrier frequency hopping
lBefore FH again, data is transmitted using traditional narrowband modulation
lNo near-far effect









Characteristics of Spreading Communication

nHigh anti-multi-path- interference capability
nAnti-sudden-pulse
nHigh security
nLower transmitting power
nEasy to implement large-capacity Multiple Access Communication
nOccupy band wide
nComplex realization

Coding And Interleave Technology

Purpose of Channel Coding:
By adding redundant information in the original data stream, receivers can detect and correct the error signal, and improve data transmission rates.




nChannel coding
lError-correcting ability obtains by adding redundancy in the original data
lConvolutional coding and Turbo coding 1/21/3are widely applied.
lIncrease noneffective load and transmission time
lSuitable to correct few non-continuous errors



Principle of Interleave Technology

nadvantage
lInterleave is to change the sequence of data to random the unexpected  errors
lAdvance the correcting validity
ndisadvantage
lIncrease the processing delay
lEspecially, Several independent random errors may intertwined for the unexpected error.



Encoding and Interleaving



Modulation

nDefinition
lModulation is the process where the amplitude, frequency, or phase of an electronic or optical signal carrier is changed in order to transmit information.
lUsing symbol stand for one or more bits to improve communication effectiveness
nClassification
lAnalog Modulation
lDigital Modulation



Analog Modulation

nThe purpose of analog modulation is to impress an information-bearing analog waveform onto a carrier for transmission.
lCommon analog modulation methods include:
nAmplitude modulation (AM)
nFrequency modulation (FM)
nPhase modulation (PM)

Digital Modulation

nThe purpose of digital modulation is to convert an information-bearing discrete-time symbol sequence into a continuous-time waveform (perhaps impressed on a carrier).
lBasic digital modulation methods include
nAmplitude shift Keying (ASK)
nFrequency shift Keying (FSK)
nPhase shift Keying (PSK)

UMTS Data transmission Procedure



Channel Coding of UMTS

Convolutional Code

nMainly used in the voice channel and control signal channel
nCoding rate is ½ and 1/3.



Characteristics of Convolutional code

nEasy decode
nShort delay
nGenerally use the Viterbi Algorithm
nChannel bit error rate is 103 magnitude
nSuitable to realtime service
le.g. speech and video service.

Turbo Code

nUsed in Data service channel
nCode Rate is 1/3
nCan be implemented in the transmission for large block and long delay services
nTurbo coding structure is based on two or more weak error control code combinations. The information bits are interleaved in the two Encoder, and generate two information flow. At last, this information can be multiplexed and punctured
nDecoding needs cycle iterative calculation


Characteristic of Turbo Codes:

nComplex decoding
nUse the LOG-MAP arithmetic
nChannel bit error rate is 106 magnitude
nVery suitable to non-realtime package service which is BER sensitive & delay insensitive, e.g.  WWW, FTP, E_mail, multimedia transmission.

Spreading Technology of UMTS



Channelization Code

nAdopt OVSF code
lDefinition: Cch,SF,k, describe channelization code, where
  SF : spread factork : code number, 0 < k



Scrambling Code

nUMTS Scrambling code is  pseudo random binary sequence
lIt has similar noise array character, seemingly random but with regularity.
lCan make the user data further random , strengthened by scrambling a code to keep secret the user data,  at the same time easy to carry out multiple access communication.
nUMTS scrambling code is generated from Gold sequence
lGold sequence has excellent self-correlation.
lCross-correlation is very week between two codes.
lIt is used to identify cell and user for multiple access.

Characteristic of Scrambling Code

nThere are  224 Uplink Scrambling Codes, they are used to distinguish different users in one cell.
nThere are  218-1  Downlink Scrambling Codes, used to distinguish different cells
lScrambling codes usually used are the first 8192 codes, which are code 01……8191. They are divided into 512 aggregationseach aggregation has 1 primary scrambling code (PSC) and 15 secondary scrambling codes (SSC).
lThe 512 primary scrambling codes are divided further into 64 primary scrambling code groups , with 8 primary scrambling codes in each group.



Code Function

nChannelization code ---- for separation of physical channels in the uplink and separation of users in the downlink

nScrambling code ---- for separation of users/terminals in the uplink and cells/sectors in the downlink. 

Spreading code & scrambling code 

nCchspread code
lRelative to service rateextended to 3.84Mchips/s
lA kind of orthogonal code
nCscramblingscrambling code
lHave no effect on signal bandwidth
lDownlink for identifier celluplink identifier terminal
lA pseudo-random sequence




nPG=Wc/Rb  (Wc : Chip rate , Rb : Service bit rate)
lTransmitter/receiver can obtain gain after spread/despread
lThe narrower original signal bandwidth, the larger Pg , the better

The higher PG, the more anti-interference capability system has.

Relation between Eb/N0  and PG



Modulation of UMTS

nBPSK (Binary Phase Shift Keying) in Uplink channles
nQPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying) in  Downlink channels
n16QAM (16-state Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) in HSDPA








End of UMTS Radio Theory Course