3G Market Overview and Technology Basics
IMT-2000 Radio Transmission Technology (RTT) Proposals ITU website
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Organisation
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Proposal ID
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Service Environment
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ARIB/ Japan
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W-CDMA
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indoor, outdoor to indoor pedestrian, vehicular
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ESA/ European Space Agency
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SW-CDMA
SW-CTDMA
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satellite
satellite
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ICO Global Communications
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ICO
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satellite
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CATT/ China
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TD-SCDMA
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indoor, outdoor to indoor pedestrian, vehicular
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TTA/ Republic of Korea
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Global CDMA I
AW-CDMA (Global CDMA II)
Satellite Component
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indoor, outdoor to indoor pedestrian, vehicular
indoor, outdoor to indoor pedestrian, vehicular
satellite
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ETSI Project DECT/ Europe
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EP-DECT
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indoor, outdoor to indoor pedestrian
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ETSI/ SMG/ SMG2/ Europe
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UTRA
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indoor, outdoor to indoor pedestrian, vehicular
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TIA/ USA
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TR45.3: UWC-136
TR45.5: cdma2000
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indoor, outdoor to indoor pedestrian, vehicular
indoor, outdoor to indoor pedestrian, vehicular
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T1P1-ATIS/ USA
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TR46.1: WIMS (W-CDMA)
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indoor, outdoor to indoor pedestrian, vehicular
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Inmarsat
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Horizons
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satellite
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Major attributes of CDMA:-
Universal frequency reuse
Fast and accurate Power Control
Constructive Combining of Multipath by RAKE receivers
Seamless soft-Handover
Autonomous capacity Increases for variable Rate Transmission
Natural and seamless exploitation of sectored and adaptive beam forming antennas
Capacity increase with Forward Error Correction without overhead penalty
Claimed Differences of W-CDMA
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Wider Bandwidth
Underlying Network Infrastructure (GSM Protocols)
Packet Data
But `Major Attributes' apply for ANY Bandwidth and are independent of Network Structure or Switching
Protocols.
WCDMA and cdma2000 comparison
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Properties of GSM used
200kHz channels
GMSK
122kbps (8 slots)
Enhancement: EDGE
8-PSK
Gross rate 553.6 kbps (8 slots)
Feasibility studies still being conducted
IS-136 TDMA RTT (TR45.3 UWC - 136)
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Today's IS-136
30kHz channels
Pi/4 DQPSK
Provides up to 28.8 kbps (3 slots)
First Enhancement: IS-136+
8-PSK modulation
Provides up to 43.2kbps (3 slots)
Second Enhancement: IS-136HS
200kHz channels
8-PSK
Provides up to 521.6kbps (8 slots)
IS-95 Wideband CDMA RTT Proposals (TR 45.5 cdma2000 & Global CDMA I)
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Generally referred to as cdma2000
Extension of IS-95B CDMA
- Smooth 3G upgrade path for IS-95 CDMA service providers
Offers direct spread & multi-carrier - Three 1.25MHz wide subcarriers allow overlays with IS-95B or IS-95C
3.6864 MHz chip rate, 5MHz channels
W-CDMA RTT Proposals (W-CDMA, UTRA, AW-CDMA, TR46.1 WIMS, and W-CDMA/NA)
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Proposed by major standardisation bodies in all 3 ITU regions
Eventual standard for GSM and PDC
ARIB, ETSI, TTA, & T1 to converge proposals through 3GPP
Direct spread, 4.096 MHz chip rate, 5MHz channels
Deployment scenarios in different bands
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First, WCDMA proponents claim that the WCDMA chip rate provides as much as a 10% capacity improvement over
that of cdma2000. This should be examined under a realistic scenario of how the technology will be deployed, and
must include all factors affecting system performance. While some operators will deploy 3G in as little as 5 MHz of
spectrum many will use allocations of 10, 15, or 20 MHz.
This is important since it is the usable spectrum, in conjunction with chip rate, which affects capacity. Figures 1-3
illustrate the deployment scenarios for cdma2000 and WCDMA in 10, 15, and 20 MHz bands respectively. Even with
the required guard bands as verified in todayfs operational cdmaOne systems, greater overall capacity is achieved
with a mixture of cdma2000 1X and 3X channels as compared with using WCDMA channels. With that configuration it
can be shown that up to 13% capacity improvement is achievable in a 20 MHz deployment.
Figure 1 Deployment scenario for cdma2000 and WCDMA in a 2x 10 MHz operation
Figure 2. Deployment scenario for cdma2000 and WCDMA in a 2x 15 MHz operation
Figure 3. Deployment scenario for cdma2000 and WCDMA in a 2x 20 MHz operation
The required Eb/No value depends on frame structure, coding and modulation characteristics, diversity techniques
and channel model. The small difference in chip rate between 3.6864 Mcps and 4.096 Mcps has negligible impact on
the Eb/No requirement.
Instead, other system designs such as channel structure (including pilot structure), power control mechanisms,
diversity techniques, handoff efficiency, and base station synchronization have a much greater impact on system
capacity.
Bit - Fundamental information unit (input data)
Symbol - Grouping of data bits based on modulation. Occurs after encoding, interleaving, symbol repeater (prior to spreading)
Chip - One bit at the final spread rate
Spread Rate (SR) - Defines the final spreading rate in terms of 1.2288Mcps
- SR3 system = 3 x 1.2288 or 3.6864 Mcps system
Radio Configuration (RC) - Defines a grouping of data rates derived from their
fundamental rate
- RCs are associated with specific Spread Rates
Channels - Physical, logical, transport dedicated, common, traffic, control
cdma2000 Forward Channels (SR3)
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F-Pilot (Using cdma2000 Coding)
Up to 1 F-Wideband Sync (using cdma2000 Coding)
Up to 7 F-Wideband Paging (using cdma2000 Coding)
0 or More F-CCCH (Common Control Channels)
0 or More F-DCCH (Dedicated Control Channels)
Many F-Traffic Channels, Each consisiting of:
- 1 F-FCH (Fundamental Channel) Primary Channel, usually voice
- 0 to 2 F-SCH (Supplemental Channels) Carries High Speed Data
cdma2000 Reverse Link Channels (SR3)
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Uses the R-CCCH (Common Control Channel) for access
Each Mobile transmits several channels:
- 1 R-Pilot (Reverse Pilot) Includes Power Control Sub-Channel
-0 or 1 R-DCCH (Dedicated Control Channel) Provides rate and signaling information
- 1 R-FCH (Reverse Fundamental Channel) Primary Channel, usually voice
- 0 to 2 R-SCHs (Reverse Supplemental Channels) Carries High Speed Data
Mobile Functions as a Multi-Channel Transmitter
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Walsh codes
- Up to 256 orthogonal codes used for channelisation
- Variable in length, depending on the data rate
Short codes
- 15 bit code generator used for BS to MS only
- Provides unique BS identification with time "PN" offset
Long code
- 42 bit code generator used for MS to BS and BS to MS signals
- Provides unique MS identification
- Provides voice security
Effects of Using Variable Length Walsh Codes for Spreading
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Using shorter Walsh codes precludes using all longer codes derived from the original
Shorter codes on a branch map into longer codes
Third generation (cdma2000) Summary
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Provides IS-95 backward compatibility to a large installed worldwide user base with graceful evolution to higher rates
Builds upon a large proven standards base to minimise risk and speed implementation of 3G
Has coherent forward and reverse links with fast power control to provide a low Eb/No, larger range, and higher capacity
Minimises biomedical interference (e.g. to hearing aids and pacemakers)
Supports multiple codecs (e.g., EVRC)
System may be optimised separately for both voice and high-speed data
Supports multi-environment operation even within 1.25MHz bandwidth
cdma2000 is backwards compatible with TIA/EIA-95-B
Provides 2x capacity improvement over TIA/EIA-95-B -improved coding
-improved modulation
-coherent reverse link demodulation (mobile pilot)
-fast forward link power control
Has options for green field and overlay operation:-direct spread for green field spectrum applications
-multi-carrier option for overlay with TIA/EIA-95-B
Supports highg speed data for new applications
Bit - Fundamental information unit (input data)
Symbol - Grouping of data bits based on modulation. Occurs after encoding, interleaving, symbol repeater (prior to spreading)
Chip - Minimum bit period of final spread data
Channels - Physical : transmitted in air, defined by frequency and code
- Transport : defined by how data is sent
- Logical : defined by the type of data
ETSI W-CDMA Physical Downlink Channels
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Primary CCPCH (Common Control Physical Channel) - BCCH (Broadcast Control Channel)
Secondary CCPCH - FACH (Forward Access Channel) : requests, status, responses
- PCH (Paging Channel): BS to MS broadcast
SCH (Synchronisation Channel) - Primary SCH1 (Not orthogonal during LCM interval)
- Secondary SCH2 (Not orthogonal during LCM interval)
DPCH (Dedicated Physical Channel) - DPDCH (Dedicated Physical Data Channel)
DTCH (Dedicated Traffic Channel) : user data
- DPCCH (Dedicated Physical Data Channel)
DCCH (Dedicated Control Channel) : control data
ETSI W-CDMA Physical Uplink Channels
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PRACH (common Physical Random Access Channel) - RACH (Random Access Channel):requests, status, responses
DPCH (Dedicated Physical Channel) - DPDCH (Dedicated Physical Data Channel)
DTCH (Dedicated Traffic Channel):user data
- DPCCH (Dedicated Physical Data Channel)
DCCH (Dedicated Control Channel):control data
ETSI W-CDMA Spreading Codes
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Orthogonal Variable Spreading Factor (OVSF) Codes
- Up to 256 codes used for channelisation
- Variable length, depending on the rate
128 bits for 32ksps, 4 bits for 1024 ksps
Scrambling Codes - 18 bit gold-code generator used for BS to MS signals
- 512 (of total 2 power of 18) unique long codes used
- Provides unique BS identification
- 41 bit gold-code generator used for MS to BS signals
- Provides unique MS identification
- Provides voice security
- 8 bit gold-code generator used for BS to MS signals
- Used for Long Code Mask (LCM) symbol
- Identify groups of unique BS Long codes
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