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LTE Design Requirements - Intermodulation (Passive) Issue On LTE800 - 1800
LTE Design Requirements - Intermodulation (Passive) Issue On LTE800 - 1800
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Passive Inter Modulation (PIM)
• PIM is unwanted signals being created by high Power Tx signals in passive components like
connectors, filters, antennas etc., which generate Inter Modulation products that can fall within the
Rx Band; interfering with cellular receivers or receivers of other systems in adjacent bands
• PIM = Reduced Coverage, Capacity and Data Throughputs when PIM Signals fall within the base
station receive band or in the user equipment receive band
Fundamentals in Physics
IM3 power level versus power level on f1/f2: ~ - 60dB PIM Test Example from VzW
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PIM in LTE800 frequency band
791- 796- 801- 806- 811- 816- 832- 837- 842- 847- 852- 857-
821 - 832
796 801 806 811 816 821 837 842 847 852 857 862
Duplex
Downlink gap Uplink
30 MHz (6 blocks of 5 MHz) 11 MHz 30 MHz (6 blocks of 5 MHz)
DVB-T
Channel Fc1-DL= 796 MHz Fc3-DL= 816 MHz IM3(1)= 836MHzÆ Fc1-UL
58,59
IM3(1)= 2x Fc3-DL - Fc1-DL = 2x 816 MHz - 796 MHz = 836MHz ÆFc1-UL Critical for LTE UL
first operator
IM3(2)= 2x Fc1-DL - Fc3-DL = 2x 796 MHz - 816 MHz = 776 MHz ÆFDVB-T= Ch. 58,59
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Critical for DVB-T
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PIM in LTE800 frequency band
791- 796- 801- 806- 811- 816- 832- 837- 842- 847- 852- 857-
821 - 832
796 801 806 811 816 821 837 842 847 852 857 862
Duplex
Downlink gap Uplink
30 MHz (6 blocks of 5 MHz) 11 MHz 30 MHz (6 blocks of 5 MHz)
e.g.: e.g.:
IM3(2)= 43dBm 43dBm Example 2
786MHz
e.g.: IM3(1):-17dBm
DVB-T
Channel Fc1-DL= Fc2-DL= IM3(1)= 816MHzÆ Fc3-DL
60 796 MHz 806 MHz
IM3(2)= 2x Fc1-DL – Fc2-DL = 2x 796 MHz - 806 MHz = 786 MHz Æ FDVB-T= Ch. 60
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Critical for DVB-T
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PIM in LTE800 frequency band
791- 796- 801- 806- 811- 816- 832- 837- 842- 847- 852- 857-
821 - 832
796 801 806 811 816 821 837 842 847 852 857 862
Duplex
Downlink gap Uplink
30 MHz (6 blocks of 5 MHz) 11 MHz 30 MHz (6 blocks of 5 MHz)
e.g.: e.g.:
43dBm 43dBm
Example 3
IM3(2)
e.g.IM3(1): -17dBm
IM3(1)= 2x Fc3-DL – Fc2-DL = 2x 816 MHz - 806 MHz = 826MHz Not critical for LTE
IM3(2)= 2x Fc2-DL - Fc3-DL = 2x 806 MHz - 816 MHz = 796 MHz ÆÆFc1-DL
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Potential PIM impact on LTE1800 and UMTS2100
Bandwidth: 10MHz
UMTS2100 Uplink
1710 1780
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Uplink
PIM3 products
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Potential PIM impact on LTE1800 and UMTS2100
Bandwidth: 20MHz
1825 - 1845MHz
1805 1880
1 2 3 4
Downlink
UMTS2100 Uplink
1710 1785
1 2 3 4
1930 1940 1950
Uplink 1755
1753 1939
PIM3 products
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Conclusions
• There is a bunch of combinations which can create interference to LTE1800 and to UMTS2100 by
PIM but also by IM products from active components like e.g. Broadband Power amplifiers.
• In the Downlink all channels can be affected depending on the combination.
• In case of 10MHz bandwidth in the Uplink the first three channels from 1710 to 1740MHz are not
affected.
• In case of 20MHz bandwidth in the LTE Uplink the first channel 1710-1730MHz) and the last
channel 1770 – 1785MHz (15MHz bandwidth only) are not affected.
• In both bandwidth cases the UMTS Uplink can be affected as well.
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