ERICSSON Control Channel Dimensioning TDD RECOMMENDATIONCopyright © Ericsson AB 2009-2028. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the copyright owner. Disclaimer ‘The contents of this document are subject to revision without notice due to continued progress in methodology, design and manufacturing, Ericsson shall have no liability for any error or damage of any kind resulting from the use of this document. Trademark List All trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. ‘These are shown in the document Trademark Information.Contents 1 Introduction 11 Limitations 12 Concepts 2 Resource Structure 2.1 Time Domain Structure 22 Frequency Domain Structure 23 Resource Element 24 Resource Element Group 25 Control Channel Elements 2.6 Resource Block 2.7 Scheduling Block 28 Resource Grid 3 Downlink Common Control Channels and Signals 3.1 Channels and Signals 32 CellSpecitic Reference Signals 33 UE-Specific Reference Signals 34 UE-Specific Reference Signals in TM9 35 Positioning Reference Signals 3.6 Physical Broadcast Channel 37 Primary and Secondary Synchronization Signal 38 Physical Control Format Indicator Channel 39 Physical HARQ Indicator Channel 3.18 Physical Downlink Control Channel 4 Dimensioning Downlink Control Channels. 4.1 Resource map 42 Resource Use 5 Uplink Common Control Channel Configuration 5.1 ‘Channels and Signals 52 Demodulation Reference Signal 53 Sounding Reference Signal 54 Physical Uplink Control Channel NA aonnnww eee Ww a B 45 16 wv 18 18 19 25 25 25 27 ar 27 27 28Ww 5S Physical Random Access Channel 2rsee ses 0 50/1-72 Ue 3111 12 Ww Introduction This document describes control channel dimensioning recommendations for the Long Term Evolution (LTE) Radio Access Network (RAN). ‘The document provides guidelines for dimensioning the common control channels in LTE, including an estimate of spectral and power use of the control channels. Channel configuration parameters are also recommended. In addition, the document describes how the common control channels are mapped to the resource elements and resource blocks in the resource grid Limitations This guideline is valid for the current release of LTE. Concepts The following concept is used in control channel dimensioning, Antenna ports ‘An antenna port is defined by its associated reference signal. The set of antenna ports supported depends on the reference signal configuration in the cel: — Cell-specific reference signals support a configuration of one, two, or four antenna ports numbered @, 1, 2, ond 3 — UE-specific reference signals are transmitted on antenna port 5 or antenna port 7 and 8 — Channel State Information (CSI) reference signals, ‘re transmitted on antenna ports 15 to 22 — Positioning reference signals are transmitted on antenna port 62 2/188 56-HSC 185 5@/1-T2 Uen AX | 2020-12-0721 Resource Structure This chapter describes the resource structure for LTE control channels. Time Domain Structure In the time domain, the signal is structured i Table 1 Time Domain Signal Structure Structure Element Description Radio Frames 10 ms length ‘Subframes ‘Lms length. One frame consists of 10 subfromes Slot 85 ms length. One subframe consists of two slots. OFDM symbol ‘Approximately 71.4 us length, One slot consists of 7 OFDM symbols ‘The following figure illustrates the time domain structure: ac ra (101s) = 10 ubtam ne slot (05 ms)= 7 OFOM symbole OFDM symbol TE Gyele pote Bi User cata Figure1 Time Domain Structure Downlink and uplink are transmitted on the some frequency. The resources are divided in time on subframe level between uplink and downlink. Also in everyWw frame one or two subframes are configured as special subframes. A special subframe is used to switch from downlink to uplink. It is divided in three parts: DwPTS, « guard period and UpPTS. The symbols in DwPTS are allocated for downlink transmission and those in UpPTS for uplink transmission. illustrates the radio frame structure with special subframes: ne radi rame 10 me ‘ne hal Fame Se subrame . ‘me se i . Special eubirame Figure 2 _ Radio Frame Structure with 2 Special Subframes ‘Two of the uplink-downlink configurations specified by 3GPP are supported in the Ericsson product. These two uplink-downlink configurations are shown in Table 2. "DL", “UL" and "SS" denotes subframes used as downlink, uplink and special subframes respectively. Toble 2 Supported TDD Uplink-downlink Configurations Uplink- Special ‘Subframe Number Downlink Subframe Configuration | Periodicity |® 1|2/3| 4) 5) &| 7] 8/9 1 5 ms bu) ssf ut] ut] OL) ot] ss] uL| UL OL] 2 Sms bu! ss[ ut] pL] x) ot] ssJ ut] pL] ou] Subframe @ and 5 are always reserved for downlink transmission. A special subframe is always followed by uplink transmission in the next subframe. ‘Table 3 shows the Ericsson supported special subframe configurations. Table 3 Supported Special Subframe Configuration ‘Special Subframe DwPTS. Guard Period | UpPTS Configuration. [symbols] | [symbols] _| [symbols] 5 3 9 2 6 9 3 2 7 1 2 222 23 24 The length of the guard period will put an upper limit for the cell range since round trip time needs to be shorter than the guard period. Frequency Domain Structure Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) utilize a large number of subcarriers. Each subcarrier is orthogonal to all other subcarriers. Subcarrier spacing is equal to the subcarrier bandwidth, which is 15 kHz, see Figure 3. One resource block (12 subcarriers) DC-subcarrier Ne resource blocks (12Neg + 1 subcarriers) Figure 3 Frequency Domain Structure Resource Element ‘The smallest resource unit handled in LTE consists of the combination of — The smallest time domain unit, one OFOM symbol — The smallest frequency domain unit, one subcarrier ‘This unit is called Resource Element (RE). An RE that is not used for transmission is referred to as a hole. Resource Element Group ‘AResource Element Group (REG) consists of four REs. In @ REG, oll REs are located on the same OFDM symbol within 12 consecutive subcarriers, and grouped together with at most one RE (or hole) intervening,Ww 25 26 Control Channel Elements ‘The mapping of Physical Downlink Control Channel (POCCH) to RES is subject to a certain structure. The structure is based on Control Channel Elements (CCE). Nine REGs are grouped in one CCE, as shown in the following figure: 4RE Qaea 1CCE REG 1CCE=9%4=36RE Figure 4 CCE Configuration Resource Block ‘Arnumber of REs are grouped into a physical Resource Block (RB). An RB is defined as follows: — Inthe time domain: 7 OFDM symbol times (one slot) — Inthe frequency domain: 12 consecutive subcarriers. One RB consists of 84 REs. It covers 0.5 ms in the time domain and 180 kHz in the frequency domain, see Figure 5. ‘One resource block 5 kHz (127 = 84 resource elements) One stoi, 7 OFDM symbol Figure 5 Resource Block27 28 Scheduling Block ‘A scheduling block consists of two RBs adjacent in time and with the same subcarriers. A scheduling block is the smallest downlink unit that can be scheduled to UE. Resource Grid ‘The mapping of channels and signals in each subframe is described by a resource grid. The resource grid size is: — One radio frame in the time domain — The system bandwidth in the frequency domain ‘The system bandwidth expressed as total number of RBs in the frequency domain, ngs, is given in Table 4, Table 4 System Bandwidth to Resource Blocks Relation Bandwidth [MHz] Number of Resource Blocks, naw 5 25 1e 50) 15 5 20 120)8 2/188 56-HSC 185 5@/1-T2 Uen AX | 2020-12-073.1 3.2 Downlink Common Control Channels and Signals This chapter describes how downlink Layer 1 and Layer 2 commen control channels and signals are mapped to REs. Channels and Signals Four physical channels are specified to carry Layer 1 and Layer 2 control Information for LTE. — Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) — Physical Control Format Indicator Channel (PCFICH) — Physical Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Indicator Channel (PHICH) — Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) In addition to the control channels there are also physical signals. The downlink physical signals are: — Cell-Specific Reference Signals (CRS) — Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) — Primary Synchronization Signals (PSS) and Secondary Synchronization Signals (SSS) Cell-Specific Reference Signals ‘To demodulate different downlink physical channels coherently, the UE requires complex valued channel estimates for each subcarrier. Known cell-specific reference symbols are inserted into the resource grid. The CRS is mapped to RES spread evenly in the resource grid, in an identical pattern in every RB. When transmitting with several antennas, each antenna must transmit a unique reference signal, When one antenna transmits its reference signal, the other antenna must be silent. The mapping of the CRS on the resource grid therefore depends on the antenna configuration, see Figure 6. The pattern of CRS can be shifted in frequency compared to figure below. Which one of the six possible frequency shifts to use depends on the Physical Cell Identity (PCI) sent on PSS and SSS.Ww One antenna pert ‘Two antenna ports DTararssonsf688 Cy Taraiesen 025 Four antenna ports DTararesensfC8S CY Tarriesen f 8S Tararissonaf RS aarison of CRS Figure 6 Example of Mapping CRS and Holes to One Scheduling Block With one antenna port, the number of REs in one scheduling block occupied by the CRS iis 8, With two antenna ports the number is 16 and for four antenna ports 24, The following table shows the total number of REs occupied by the CRS, nre.crs, ‘assuming special subframe configuration 6 or 7 for the bandwidths available: Table 5 —REs Occupied by CRS in One Radio Frome for Each Antenna Port Downlink Bondwidth | "= | ToReatenna port) GaSGtienna pons) — | 8uFShtenna ports) Pombion | HE 7 B Ties 7 80 A 0 se mee om oo 1 s 75 0 cee zee H ze | eo “a0 eee 600 2 i 0 eee cee waeWw Table 5 _REs Occupied by CRS in One Radio Frame for Each Antenna Port plinie Bondwicth | "ee | Pazane ry Bancne Deven {ene ene port) Gie'shtenne ports) | (ietehtenna ports) configuration | (MHz) 2 B 75 ey v8 15a z 2 188 8 12008 15 3.3 UE-Specific Reference Signals For transmission modes based on beamforming, in addition to CRSs so-colled UE-specific reference signals are used for channel estimation. UE-specific reference signals are tronsmitted on either antenna port § if transmission mode 7 (TM7) is used or antenna ports 7 ond 8 if transmission mode 8 (TM8) is used. UE-specific reference signals are only transmitted in RBs allocated to UEs using either TM7 or TMB. The mapping of UE-specific reference signals on the resource grid can be seen in Figure 7 and Figure 8. 3 Tne Il Teansmisson of UE-spociic RS on Antanna por 5 Figure7 Example of Mapping UE-Specific RS Transmitted on Antenna Port 5 to One Scheduling BlockWw Special subframe, conguraton 6 and 7 ‘other eubtrames frequency frequency Te Te Bl Transmission of UE-specte RS on Antenna port 7 and & Figure 8 Example of Mapping UE-Specific RS Transmitted on Antenna Port 7 and 8 to One Scheduling Block To avoid that UE-specific RSs are mapped to the same RES as other control channels mapping of RSs transmitted on antenna port 5 is not allowed in scheduling blocks containing PBCH and mapping of RSs transmitted on antenna port 7 and 8 are not allowed in scheduling blocks containing PSS and SSS. The total number of REs occupied by UE-specific RS igus in RBs, which are used for TM7: Table 6 _REs Occupied by UE-specific RS on Antenna Port 5 when using TM7 Subframe type MREUERS RBs in Downlink Subframes 2 RBs in Special Subframes 6 Configuration 6 RBs in Special Subframes 9 Configuration 7 The total number of REs occupied by UE-specific RS riz, exes in RBs, which dare used for TMB: Toble 7 REs Occupied by UE-specific RS on Antenna Port 7 and 8 when using TMB Subframe type MREWUERS RBs in All Subframes 234 UE-Specific Reference Signals in TM9 In current release transmission mode 9 (TM9) is supported for eight transmission antennas and two transmission layers. In TM9 on top of CRSs two types of RSs are transmitted, Channel State Information Reference Signals (CSI-RSs) and UE-specific RSs in the some way as for TM7 ond TMB. ‘The CSI-RSs are UE-specific and used for calculating Channel Quality Indicator (CQl) / Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI) and Rank Indicator (RI) feedback. The CSI-RSs are transmitted using antenna ports 15 to 22 for eight transmission antennas and each antenna port is connected to one physical antenna. The CSI-RS configuration includes the RE configuration, subframe configuration and power configuration that can be zero power or non-zero power. UE-specific RSs are as well denoted Demodulation Reference Signals (DMRSs) nd are used for channel estimation. They are transmitted using antenna ports 7 and 8 in the same way as for TMB. ‘The mapping of CSI-RSs and UE-specific RSs on the resource grid can be seen in Figure 9. Dl osias por 15.22 Ti ve-specite RS por 78 Special subtrame, contguration 6 and 7 Aether subtames stot 2Stot sb 2 Slot 8 CSE-RS antenna ports B.CSERS antenna pons Figure 9 Example of Mapping CSI-RS and UE-Specific RS for TM9 to One Scheduling Block ‘The total number of supported antenna ports is 42, which can be used to give a frequency-reuse factor of five between cells with eight CSI-RS antenna ports per cell. However, in current release only a reuse factor of three is considered. Hence only three CSi-RS configurations are supported. BWw Different configurations for CSI-RSs and UE-specific RSs are defined in 3GPP TS 36.211: Physical channels and modulation, shows the supported configuration in Current release for three sectors with eight antenna ports and two transmission layers. CSI-RS configuration 1 is used for sector 1, CSI-RS configuration 2 is used for sector 2 and CSI-RS configuration 3 is used for sector 3, Skt 2*Stet Sb 2° Slot Time Time GSIRS contguation SLRS contigueation 2 Stet 2*Shot Diesirs pot 1522 i Zor0 power esis [Ue specie Rs por 7-8 Frosueney | Tm SLRS configuration 3 Figure 18 Example of Mapping Different Configurations of CSI-RSs Including UE-Specific RSs for TM9 to One Scheduling Block To reduce interference on CSI-RS REs in neighboring cells, different CSI-RS configurations should be used. The zero power CSI-RSs are set to mute the neighbored cell non-zero power CSI-RS to reduce the interference to neighbored cell CSI-RS REs. ‘The CSI-RSs are transmitted with periodicity 20 ms, with means that they ore transmitted every fifth subframe. Special subframes, as described in Section 2.1 on page 3, are avoided. ‘The UE-specific RSs are transmitted in every subframe, but not in scheduling blocks containing PSS and SSS.3.5 Ww ‘The total number of REs occupied by CSI-RS mz csrns in RBs, which are used for ‘TM9 with three sectors and for different number of antenna ports: Table 8 _REs Occupied by CSI-RS when using TM9 Configuration MRECSIRS Eight Antenna Ports 24 For one sector, the number in should be divided by 3. ‘The total number of REs occupied by UE-specific RS n ze,.ces in RBs, which ore used for TM9 are the same as for TMB, see Table 7. Positioning Reference Signals Positioning reference signals are used for OTDOA User Plane Location Support. Positioning reference signals ore transmitted with a periodicity Tas [ms], as specified by prsPeriod. At each transmission occasion the position reference signals are sent in rsuiy com Consecutive DL subframes. The number of consecutive DL subframes can be specified by nConsecutiveSubfranes. In the figure below tan example of the transmission scheme for PRS subframes is shown, 1 Tha 160 me yt t —— PEDTEEEE EE EERTEEELED - SEER E EET SEE EEEEDU Radiotrame #0. | Radiotrane#t | | Radio rame#t6 | Rado frame #17 Tone 605 ao : Downlink subrame Di prs susrame : Uptin eubrame : Special subrame Figure 11 _ Example of Transmission of PRS Subframes with Four Consecutive DL ‘Subframes and a Periodicity of 160 ms. Uplink-Downlink configuration 1 (top), configuration 2 (bottom). ‘To minimize the interference in the PRS subframes, PDSCH is not scheduled in ony RB in those subframes. Also note that PBCH, PSS and SSS have higher priority than PRS. For a configuration with two antennas, PRS is transmitted from one antenne at the time. The same antenna is used the entire PRS occasion. For more information, refer to OTDOA User Plone Location Support. 15Ww 3.6 ‘The more PRS subframes, the more accurate will the OTDOA positioning be. This comes at the expense of resources available for PDSCH. The fraction of subframes used for PRS can be calculated by the following formula: Pabf con keuwpPas = PPRSS Tons Equation 1 Fraction of Subframes Used for PRS Physical Broadcast Channel ‘The PBCH carries part of the system information required by the UE to access the network. In the frequency domain, PBCH occupies 72 subcarriers in the middle of the band independent of deployed bandwidth. In the time domain, PBCH is, mapped in the first subframe, second slot on OFDM symbol @, 1, 2 and 3 of every radio frame. The information sent on the PBCH channel in one subframe is retransmitted in the subsequent three radio frames. New data is transmitted only every fourth radio frame, every 4@ ms, Within the area for PBCH mapping described above, some REs overlap RES already booked for CRS, as described in Section 3.2 on page 9. CRS have priority over PBCH, so these REs have to be excluded when mapping PBCH to REs. In this, process, REs are excluded as if four antenna ports would have been configured, regardless of the actual number of configured antenna ports, see Figure 12. 12 subcarors > tthe bandwith * ime 4 DD Paci channet WE RE alocated tor ¢ ‘antenna pote Figure 12 PBCH Mopping37 ‘The number of REs used by PBCH in one radio frame is always 72 x 4-8 x 6 = 240, independent of bandwidth and number of configured antenna ports: nre.rpcu = 240 Primary and Secondary Synchronization Signal The PSS and SSS are used for cell-search procedures and cell identification. ‘Together they carry the PCI , PSS sending one of three orthogonal sequences and SSS sending one of 168 binary sequences. ‘As with PBCH, PSS and SSS are mapped on 72 subcarriers in the middle of the band. PSS is mapped on OFDM symbol 2 in the first slot of subframes 1 ond 6 and SSS is mapped on last symbol in the second slot of subframes @ and 5, see Figure 13. Five subcarriers at each end of the 72 subcarriers designated for PSS and SSS are reserved for future use. Nothing is transmitted there, so they are regarded as holes. Reference signals (or holes related to reference signals) are never mapped in the region designated for PSS and SSS. inthe mle fre bandwith euency me sss. Doss Figure 13 PSS and SSS Mapping for TDD ‘The number of REs used by PSS and SSS per radio frame is always (72 = 10) x 1124, independent of bandwidth and the number of antenna ports: neers = 124 5 = 124 mre, VvWw 38 3.9 18 Physical Control Format Indicator Channel ‘The Physical Control Format Indicator Channel (PCFICH) carries Control Format Indicator (CFI), which informs about the number of OFDM symbols used for PDCCHSs ina subframe. PCFICH occupies four REGs (16 REs), independent of system bandwidth. It is mapped on OFDM symbol 9 of the first slot in all downlink. subframes. The PCFICH is mapped to REGs to leave room for the reference signals, nd holes as if two antenna ports were configured, even when only one port is. configured, see Figure 14. tM slot 2 slot Decricn [Bi crs antenna porto Hila ontonna pot srequancy Figure 14 Example of PCFICH Mapping ‘The number of REs used by PCFICH in one radio frame is always 16 (number of downlink subframes + number of special subframes), independent of bandwidth and the number of antenna ports Table9 Number of Resource Elements Used by PCFICH per Radio Frame Uplink-downlink Configuration MRE.PCFICH 1 96 2 128 Physical HARQ Indicator Channel ‘The Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel (PHICH) carries the hybrid ARQ ‘Acknowledgement (ACK) and Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) messages for the uplink transmission. UE has an individual PHICH assigned. Multiple PHICHs mapped to the same set of REs constitute a PHICH group, where the individual PHICHs within the same PHICH group are separated by different orthogonal sequences. Like PCFICH, PHICH is distributed in REGs across the whole bandwidth. It is mapped on OFDM symbol 6 of the first slot in all downlink subframes. 2/100 56-HSC 105 50/1-T2 Uen AX | 2020:3.10 Do paice [Hl crs antenna por 0 His ontonna por requency (mt Figure 15 Example of PHICH Mapping PHICH is only mapped to subframes in downlink where HARQ signaling can be expected. Therefore the number of downlink subframes that carry PHICH is equal to the number of configured uplink subframes. Toble 18 Presence of PHICH in Downlink Subframes. Uplink-downlink ‘Subframe Configuration aTi1)213741)5)¢)7 1819 no [yes| - | - [yes] no [yes] - | - [yes no [no | - [yes] no] no | no| - [yes no ‘The total number of REs that carry PHICH in TDD will not only depend on the bandwidth but also the chosen uplink-downlink configuration, see Table 11 Table 11 Number of Resource Elements Used by PHICH in One Radio Frame nae PHICH Uplink-downlink Configuration Bandwidth [MHz] 1 2 5 192 96 1e 336 168 15 480 240 20 624 312 Physical Downlink Control Channel The Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) is used for: — Downlink scheduling assignments, including 19Ww * Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) resource indication + Transport format indication + Hybrid-ARQ information and transport block size * Control information related to Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) + PUCCH power control commands if applicable — Uplink scheduling grants, including + Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) resource indication + Transport format indication + Hybrid-ARQ information + PUSCH power control commands PDCCH is transmitted in the beginning of each downlink subframe in REs not used for reference signals, PHICH or PCFICH. Mapping the PDCCHS to REs is based on CCEs, see Section 2.5 on page 5. The number of CCEs required for a certain PDCCH depends on the PDCCH message size and on the channel coding rate. It is restricted to four different aggregation levels, 1, 2, 4 or 8 CCEs per PDCCH. ‘The number of OFDM symbols avcilable for PDCCHs in a subframe is equal to CFI, see Section 3.8 on page 18. The number of OFDM symbols is limited by the parameter pdcchC#iMode. pdcchC£iMode has four static and two dynamic options. In the static options, CFI is fixed to the same value for all TTIs and subframes. In the dynamic options, CFI can vary between subframes to match ‘the estimated demand of PDCCH in that subframe. Table 12 Parameter Values of pdcchCfiMode pacchctited Description (FT_STATIC_BY_oW ‘Fini for ystam bandwith 18 Mie and greater, CF1-2 otherwise, whch covespondst the hardcoded setyh preweus releases, CFL STATICLA POCCH uses only CFI-1 stately CFE_STATIC? POCCH utes onl CFIP2 stately CFL_STATICLS POCCH uses only CFI-S stately CFL_AUTO_WAXEMIN2 Dynamic adoption upto CFI=2 F_AUTO_WOEMON_ 5 Dynamic adasttion upto CFS For Uplink-downlink configuration 1 it is recommended to set pdcchCfiMode to CFT_AUTO_MAXIMUM_2, To secure a sufficient amount of PUCCH resources it is recommended for Uplink-downlink configuration 2 to set pdcchC#iMode to CFI_STATIC_BY_BW, see Engineering guideline for PUCCH capacity calculation. ‘The number of CCEs available for PDCCH depends on CFI, bandwidth, and the ‘amount of resources occupied by PHICH and PCFICH. In many cases some CEs are left unused by the PDCCH. Unused CCEs are port of the interleaving and mapping process in the same way as any other CCE, ‘The following figure shows an example of how five POCCH (and a few unused CCEs) are aggregated and multiplexed with different formats:Ww POCCH: PDCCH2 PDCCHS PoceH 4 PoccH 0 e-cce eagregatons PIII II} oss 4.00 aggregations 2.0cE ‘aggregations 1-cce aggregations CCE transmits inthe Contal region (Unused Coes Figure 16 CCE Aggregation and PDCCH Multiplexing ‘The following table shows the maximum number of REs, nne,ppccw, used by PDCCH in one frame, including holes associated with unused CCEs for each setting of pdechCfiMode: Table 13. Maximum Number of REs Available for PDCCH in One Radio Frame Uplink-downlink Configuration 1 for One or Two Antenna Ports "RB,PDCCH Bandwidth [MHz] 5 10 15 22 CFL_STATIC_8Y_8W 2664 1872 2880 3960 (CFI_STATE N/A 1872 2880 3960 (CFI_STATIC 2 2664 5544 8280 11160 CFI_AUTO_MAXIMUM_2 (CFI_STATIC_3 3816 7920 11880 15984 CFI_AUTO_MAXIMUM_3 Table 14 Maximum Number of REs Available for PDCCH in One Radio Frame Uplink-downlink Configuration 1 for Four Antenna Ports "RE,PDCCH Bandwidth [MHz] 5 18 15. 28 CFI_STATIC_BY_BW 2064 1872 2880 3960 CFI_STATIC_1 N/A. 1872 2880 3960 CFI_STATIC 2 2064 2248 6480 8784 CFL_AUTO_MAXINUM_2 CrI_STATIC 3 3216 6696 10080 13608 CFT_AUTO_MAXINUM_3Ww Table 15 Maximum Number of REs Available for PDCCH in One Radio Frame Uplink-downlink Configuration 2 for One or Two Antenna Ports MREPDCCH Bandwidth [MHz] 5 18 15 20 CFI_STATIC_BY_BW 3672 2736 4320 5760 CFI_STATIC_1 N/A 2736 4320 5760 CFI_STATIC_2 3672 7632 11528 15488 CFZ_AUTO_MAXINUM_2 CFI_STATIC_3 5400 11232 116920 22680 CFT_AUTO_MAXTHUM_3 Toble 16 Maximum Number of REs Available for POCCH in One Radio Frame Uplink-downlink Configuration 2 for Four Antenna Ports, RRE,PDCCH Bandwidth [MHz] 5 18 15 20 CFI_STATIC_BY_BW 2872 2736 4320 5760 CFI_STATIC_1 N/A. 2736 4320 5760 (CFI_STATIC_2 2872 5904 9000 12312 CET_AUTO_MAXTHUM_2 (CFI_STATIC_3 4600 9576 14aee 19512 CET_AUTO_MAXTHUM_3 The number of CCEs in a radio frame can be calculated by dividing the number of REs in the table above by 36, note that the number of CCEss higher in subframes. without PHICH compared to subframes mapped with PHICH. Normally, some REGs per subframe are left unused. This is because the unused REGs are too few to form a complete CCE. The unused REGs are interleaved and mapped in the some way as the REGs grouped in a CCE. The following table shows the total number of RES nrz.v.v in unused REGs for different bandwidth: Table 17 _ Number of REs Not Used by PDCCH in One Radio Frame Uplink-downlink Configuration 1 for One or Two Antenna Ports TREUN Bandwidth [MHz] CFL 5 18 15 20 N/A 96 144 128 48 24 144, 128 96 48 144 96Table 18 Number of REs Not Used by PDCCH in One Radio Frame Uplink-downlink Configuration 1 for Four Antenna Ports MREUN Bandwidth [MHz] CFI 5 10 15 20 1 N/A 96 144 128 2 48 128) 144 96 3 96 7 144 72 Toble 19 Number of REs Not Used by PDCCH in One Radio Frame Uplink-downlink Configuration 2 for One or Two Antenna Ports TREN Bandwidth [MHz] CFI 5 10 15 20 1 N/A 168) 112 200) 2 104) 7 112 80 3 176 7 112 80 Toble 28 Number of REs Not Used by PDCCH in One Radio Frame Uplink-downlink Configuration 2 for Four Antenna Ports, TREN Bandwidth [MHz] CFI 5 10 15 20 1 N/A. 168) 112 200) 104) 7 112 80 3 176 7 112 8024 2/188 56-HSC 185 5@/1-T2 Uen AX | 2020-12-07Ww 4 Dimensioning Downlink Control Channels This section gives methods to estimate the amount of air interface resource used by control channels. 41 Resource map The following figure provides an example of the mapping of common control channels in the downlink, assuming a bandwidth of 5 MHz, CF1=2, two antenna ports and uplink-downlink configuration 1 with special subframe 6. Subframe 4,9 Subframe 5 ‘subframe 0 Subhrame 1.6 Ssubcare Frequency Details of coors POSCH PoCcH HIGH PCFICH PaCH SSS PSs fers Nt Used ° Figure 17 Example of Mapping Downlink Channels 42 Resource Use The percentage of resources used, relative to the total amount available is calculated based on the numbers of REs nr for the control channels presented in Section 3 on page 9. Toble 21 gives the resource use for one and two antenna ports, 26 MHz, CFI=1 and Uplink-downlink Configuration 1 with special subframe 7:Ww Table 21 Resource Use Percentage, 20 MHz Bandwidth Ne, [&S [PSS [SS] PRN [PcRICN | PalCH | POCEH | Total [Posen honed ‘OneAnte [us| 53 eas ea 7 rey wo | ars Two [55 | 55 oes jer oF 3 wee | ae Pore ‘The figures above assume that PRS transmission is not activated in the cell. If PRS transmission is activated the available resources for POSCH is approximately reduced by a factor f, Keubf PR :) Fee ese raesy ( Keubf.DE Equation 2. PDSCH usage reduction due to PRS Where kyuy,pxs Is defined in Section 3.5 on page 15 and kxus.n.. Is the fraction of subframes used for DL transmission,51 5.2 53 Ww Uplink Common Control Channel Configuration This chapter describes how the uplink common control channels and signals are mapped to the REs. Channels and Signals ‘The following control channels for uplink are specified to carry the Layer 1 and Layer 2 control information for LTE: — Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) — Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) ‘The uplink physical signals are the Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) and the Sounding Reference Signal (SRS). Demodulation Reference Signal Similar to the downlink, reference signals for channel estimation are required for the LTE uplink to enable coherent demodulation of the uplink physical channels PUSCH and PUCCH on the receiver side. This reference signal is more specifically referred to as the uplink Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS). The DMRS is time multiplexed with both PUCCH and PUSCH. When DMRS is multiplexed with PUSCH, the middle symbol in each slot is used for DMRS, see Figure 18. This means that in each RB 12 REs (approximately 114%) are used for transmission of DMRS. tr prac Puce a pusce 1D ownsinpuscr Figure 18 Example of mapping of Uplink Channels with Uplink-downlink Configuration 1 Sounding Reference Signal ‘The Uplink Frequency-Selective Scheduling (FSS) feature can be used in combination with or without sounding, see Uplink Frequency-Selective Scheduling. When sounding is activated a UE can transmit a Sounding Reference 2Uen AK | 2028-12-07 27Ww 54 28 Signal (SRS) over the uplink system bandwidth. With the help of SRS the eNB can, estimate the UL frequency dependent path loss between the UE and the eNB. As indicated in Figure 19, REs for SRS are allocated on 2 UpPTS symbols in every special subframe (subfrome 1 and 6). Since these symbols are not used for anything else, no capacity loss occurs due to sounding. Several UE can transmit SRS simultaneously in the same UpPTS and RB combination using different transmission combs and cyclic shifts. Which SRS resource to use is signoled to the UE by RRC signalling. A UE keeps its SRS resource as long as itis uplink synchronized. sare | gl se | sm | se | sare 2eymbols 2eymools “er ore ‘of SRS Figure 19 Mapping of SRS ‘The number of RBs over which the SRS is transmitted is given by the following toble: Table 22 Number of RBs over which SRS are Transmitted (SRS Bandwidth) Bandwidth [MHz] RBs 5 24 qe 48 15 72 22 96 AUE which is allocated sounding resources transmits SRS in one UpPTS every Sth ms. At each transmission occasion the UE sends SRS over 24 consecutive RBs. To cover the entire SRS bandwidth (96 RBs), 4 SRS transmission occasions are required Physical Uplink Control Channel ‘The Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) carries uplink control information, from UE for which no PUSCH resource is granted in the same subframe, For a UE already granted a PUSCH, control signalling is multiplexed with data onto PUSCH. PUCCH is used for transmitting: — Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Acknowledgement/Negative ‘Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) — Scheduling Request (SR)Ww — Channel status reports, Channel Quality Indicator (CQN), Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI) and Rank Indicator (RI) ‘The RBs allocated for PUCCH are placed at the band edges. The information sent on PUCCH uses ane RB in each of the two consecutive slots in a subframe. The ‘two RB used for PUCCH is here after called resource block pair (RB-pair). RB-pairs (m in Figure 22) are allocated in the lower frequency band edge in the first slot tnd in the upper band edge in the last slot or vice versa m0 me me [as neo met [P12 Subcarirs One Sibfare | Figure 28 Mapping PUCCH Resources| To be able to share PUCCH in the time domain, each PUCCH is assigned to a UE with a periodicity specifying in which subframes the UE can access the PUCCH. ‘The default periodicity of COT is 88 ms and for SR 20 ms. PUCCH is not only specified by an RB-pair and a periodicity. To allow an RB-pair to be shared by several UE, o resource on PUCCH is specified by a cyclic shift, and for SR and HARQ resources also one of a series of orthogonal cover sequences. Depending on the information to be carried on PUCCH, one of three formats is used: — PUCCH Format 1 for SR and HARQ ACK/NACK — PUCCH Format 2 for COI, PMI and RI — PUCCH Format 3 for HARQ ACK/NACK when Carrier Aggregation with more than 2 Component Carriers (2€C) is used and for non-Carrier Aggregation UES when the parameter nonCoAnModeF 3Enable is set to TRUE The parameters no0fPucchCqiUsers and noOfPucchSrUsers determine the number of resources or CQI and SR per cell. To avoid PUSCH from interfering with PUCCH, it is recommended to use the same number of PUCCH RBs in all cells on the same frequency layer. This can be achieved by the same setting ofWw nod£PucchCqiUsers and noOfPucchSrUsers in all cells on the same frequency loyer. To maximize PUSCH throughput, the number of RB-pairs should not be over-dimensioned. An even number of RB-pairs is preferable, as an odd number will leave one RB-pair unused by both PUCCH and PUSCH, A UE is allowed to connect to a cell only if there ore free SR resources. If more CQI resources than SR resources are allocated some CQI resource will be unused. COI and SR resources are allocated for a UE as long as the UE is uplink synchronized. UE already in connected mode will stay connected even when uplink synchronization is timed out and PUCCH resources are released. Incase one or more cells in an eNodeB are experiencing CQI and SR congestion even with the largest possible COT and SR allocations, the following features can provide a solution: Variable SR and CQI Periodicity ‘When enabled, this feature increases the number of allocated SR and CQI resources. Contention Free Random Access When enabled, this feature decreases the holding time for COI and SR resources os the UE releases CQI and SR resources after a time of inactivity. Inactivity Triggered PUCCH Release at High Load ‘When enabled, this feature allows some UEs with a period of data inactivity to give up the SR resources so that they can be used by other RRC connected UEs. PUCCH Overdimensioning ‘When enabled, this feature allows the PUCCH region to be moved to another part of the uplink system bandwidth where Additional Maximum Power Reduction (A-MPR) restrictions are less severe, to increase performance and coverage. In deployment scenarios where A-MPR restrictions do not apply, the PUCCH region can be moved to frequency regions with less interference from neighboring bands. Flexible Uplink Processing ‘When enabled, the feature increases PUCCH PRB Pairs (PPPs) through configurable parameters, When the feature Flexible Uplink Processing Is enabled, PUCCH resource dimensioning and configuration of PPPs is simplified. In other case, manual configuration of PUCCH CAI and SR resources is required, as described in Engineering guideline for PUCCH capacity calculation55 Ww Physical Random Access Channel ‘The Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) is used for random access. It allows the RBS to estimate the delay between the RBS and UE. ‘The PRACH has a bandwidth of 72 subcarriers and in the time domain the length is 1 ms, which is equivalent to one subframe. In cells with cell range exceeding 15 kilometers the length in the time domain is doubled to 2 ms or two consecutive subframes. Cell ranges exceeding 15 kilometers are only allowed with the feature Maximum Cell Range. ‘The PRACH resource is allocated once every radio frame and placed adjacent to the PUCCH lower frequency band allocation, see Figure 18, ‘The number of RBs used by PRACH per radio frame, niz,rracu is independent of bandwidth ond given in the table below: Table 23 Number of Resource Blocks Used by PRACH per Radio Frame Cell Range MRB\PRACH Cell range < 15 km 12 Cell range =15 km 24 31