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Principles of HSUPA

UMTS Network Planning Dept.


March 2007
Course Objectives
Characteristics of HSUPA
MAC Layer and Physical Layer of
HSUPA
Scheduling Principles of HSUPA
Power Control of HSUPA
After finishing this course, you
will be able to get familiar with:
Course time: 2 hours
Contents
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Chapter 2 MAC Layer of HSUPA
Chapter 1 Characteristics of HSUPA
Chapter 3 Physical Layer of HSUPA
Chapter 4 Scheduling Principles of HSUPA
Chapter 5 Power Control of HSUPA
Limitation of R99 Uplinks and
Characteristics of HSUPA
Long delay
Low uplink rate
Low cell uplink
capacity
Peak rate: 5.76 Mbps
Uplink coverage improvement at
high rate: 20% - 50%
Uplink capacity improvement: 30% -
100%
Reduced delay
Quick scheduling and
resource control
Improved QoS
Characteristi
cs of
HSUPA
uplink
Characteristics
of R99 uplink
Characteristics of HSUPA
Important characteristics of Release 6
Multiple high-speed channels to receive signals from
NodeB
They may come from different UEs or the same UE
Multi-user interference
Multiple users transmit signals at the specified rate
and power based on quick scheduling
E-DPDCH
Comparison Between R99 and HSUPA
Min. 10ms TTI
Min. 2 ms (initial
10 ms) TTI
Slow resource
request and allocation
mechanism (at RNC)
Quick resource
request and
allocation mechanism
(at NodeB)
Low-efficiency
dedicated resources
allocation
Dedicated resources
allocation for delay-
sensitive services
Conventional ARQ
mechanism to
implement high-layer
retransmission
HARQ mechanism
to implement fast
retransmission in
the physical layer
Multiplexing of
transport channels to
physical channels
Multiplexing of
logical channels
to the MAC layer
Release 99 HSUPA
Comparison Between HSUPA and HSDPA
HSDPA HSUPA
HARQ mechanism with fast
retransmission in the physical layer
New high-speed
downlink shared
channels
Dedicated uplink
channels with
enhanced ability
Single serving
cell (traffic
channel without
soft handover)
Soft handover is
supported
Adaptive
modulation/coding
Fast power control
Multiple users share
the power and code
resources of NodeB
Multiple users cause
RoT to raise and
NodeB allocates
resources among
users
Types and Capabilities of HSUPA UE
For 10 ms TTI, the maximum rate will not exceed 2000 kbps.
Contents
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Chapter 2 MAC Layer of HSUPA
Chapter 1 Characteristics of HSUPA
Chapter 3 Physical Layer of HSUPA
Chapter 4 Scheduling Principles of HSUPA
Chapter 5 Power Control of HSUPA
HSUPA Protocol Stack
SM(Sessi on Management )
GMM(Gpr s Mobi l i t y Management )
RRC(Radi o Resour ce Cont r ol )
RLC(Radi o Li nk Cont r ol )
MAC-es and MAC-d (Medi um Access Cont r ol )
MAC-e
Physi cal Layer
I ub I nt er f ace Pr ot ocol s
I u I nt er f ace Pr ot ocol s
UE Node B RNC SGSN
MAC-e and MAC-es are new entities in Release 6.
UE MAC Structure

Associated
Downlink
Signalling
E-DCH
MAC-d
FACH RACH
DCCH DTCH DTCH
DSCH DCH DCH
MAC Control
USCH
( TDD only )
CPCH
( FDD only )
CTCH BCCH CCCH SHCCH
( TDD only )
PCCH
PCH FACH
MAC-c/sh
USCH
( TDD only )
DSCH
MAC-hs
HS-DSCH
Associated
Uplink
Signalling
Associated
Downlink
Signalling

MAC-es /
MAC-e
Associated
Uplink
Signalling
Details of UE MAC-es/e
MAC-es/e
MAC Control

Associated Uplink
Signalling E-TFC
(E-DPCCH)
To MAC-d
HARQ
Multiplexing and TSN setting E-TFC Selection
Associated Scheduling
Downlink Signalling
(E-AGCH / E-RGCH(s))
Associated ACK/NACK
signaling
(E-HICH)
UTRAN MAC Structure

FACH RACH
DCCH DTCH DTCH
DSCH
MAC Control
Iur or local

MAC Control
DCH DCH
MAC-d
USCH
TDD only
MAC-c/sh
CPCH
FDD only
CCCH CTCH BCCH SHCCH
TDD only
PCCH
FACH PCH USCH
TDD only
DSCH
MAC Control
HS- DSCH HS- DSCH
Associated Uplink
Signalling
Associated Downlink
Signalling
MAC-hs
Configuration
without MAC-c/sh
Configuration
with MAC
Configuration
with MAC-c/sh
E- DCH
Associated Uplink
Signalling
Associated Downlink
Signalling
MAC Control
MAC-es
MAC-e
MAC Control
Iub
c/sh
Details of NodeB Mac-e
In the NodeB, there is an
MAC-e entity and an E-
DCH scheduler for each
UE. They process
HSUPA-related functions
in the NodeB.

MAC-e
MAC Control

E-DCH
Associated
Downlink
Signalling
Associated
Uplink
Signalling
MAC-d Flows

De-multiplexing


HARQ entity


E-DCH
Control (FFS)
E-DCH
Scheduling (FFS)

Details of RNC Mac-es
In the SRNC, there is an
MAC-es entity for each UE.
The MAC-es sublayer
processes the E-DCH-
related functions that are
not covered by the MAC-e
entity in the NodeB.

MAC-es
MAC Control

From
MAC-e in
NodeB #1
To MAC-d



Disassembly


Reordering Queue
Distribution
Reordering Queue
Distribution



Disassembly




Reordering/
Combining

Disassembly


Reordering/
Combining
Reordering/
Combining
From
MAC-e in
NodeB #k
MAC-d flow #1 MAC-d flow #n
MAC-es/e PDU







MAC-d PDU MAC-d PDU MAC-d PDU
MAC-es SDU MAC-es SDU TSN1 N1 DDI1
MAC-es SDU
MAC-d PDUs coming from one Logical Channel
N1 MAC-es SDUs of size and LCh indicated by DDI1
MAC-es PDU1
DDI
1
N
1
DDI
2
N
2

DDI
1
N
1
DDI
2
N
2
DDI
n
N
n

DDI
0
(Opt)
MAC-es PDU
1

MAC-es PDU
2
MAC-es PDU
n

MAC-es PDU
2
MAC-es PDU
1
DDI
n
N
n
MAC-es PDU
n

MAC-e PDU
SI
(Opt)
Padding
(Opt)
Contents
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Chapter 2 MAC Layer of HSUPA
Chapter 1 Characteristics of HSUPA
Chapter 3 Physical Layer of HSUPA
Chapter 4 Scheduling Principles of HSUPA
Chapter 5 Power Control of HSUPA
Channel Mapping
We do not provide the mapping from DCCH to HS-DSCH/E-DCH
for the time being.
New Channels in HSUPA
Uplink transport channel
E-DCH: Bears high-speed uplink data.
Uplink physical channel
E-DPDCH: Bears E-DCH PDUs.
E-DPCCH: Bears the control information of E-DPDCH.
Downlink physical channel
E-HICH: Bears the HARQ ACK/NACK indication message of E-
DCH.
E-AGCH: Bears the Absolute Grant information determined by
the scheduler.
E-RGCH : Bears the Relative Grant information determined by
the scheduler.
Physical Layer Information
Exchange Process of HSUPA
The UE sends an SI request carrying Buffer
state, UPH and other relevant information
via the E-DPDCH.
The NodeB allocates resources via the E-
AGCH to the UE (absolute grant procedure)
or indicates power adjustment via E-RGCH
(relative grant procedure).
The UE sends MAC-e PDU (service or
signaling data) via the E-DPDCH, and sends
via the E-DPCCH the control information and
Happy bit (indicating the UEs satisfaction
towards the rate currently allocated) that are
needed to demodulate the PDU.
The NodeB replies via the E-HICH to the UE,
telling the UE whether the PDU has been
successfully demodulated.


NodeB
E
-
D
P
D
C
H

E
-
D
P
C
C
H

E
-
A
G
C
H
/
R
G
C
H

E
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H
I
C
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Structure of E-DPDCH / E-DPCCH
Header MAC-e PDU (payload) SI
Padding
E-DPDCH (sub) frame structure
RSN E-TFCI
Happy bit
E-DPCCH subframe structure
2bit 7bit 1bit
Happy bit : The UE uses
it to tell the NodeB
whether the granted rate
satisfies its equirements.
TTI
SF=256
E-DPDCH / E-DPCCH Frame Format
E-DPDCH and E-DPCCH both keep frame alignment with the uplink DPCCH
Modulation mode: BPSK with I/Q branch
When the TTI of E-DCH is 10 ms, the contents of the E-DPCCH subframe will
be repeatedly sent five times
E-DPDCH / E-DPCCH Slot Format
c
Channel Bit
Rate (kbps)
SF Bits/ Frame
Bits/
Subframe
Bits/Slot
N
data

0 15 256 150 30 10
1 30 128 300 60 20
2 60 64 600 120 40
3 120 32 1200 240 80
4 240 16 2400 480 160
5 480 8 4800 960 320
6 960 4 9600 1920 640
7 1920 2 19200 3840 1280
Slot
Format #i
Channel Bit
Rate (kbps)
SF Bits/ Frame Bits/
Subframe
Bits/Slot
N
data

0 15 256 150 30 10
E-DPDCH slot format
E-DPCCH slot format
E-DPDCH I/Q Channel Mapping
Ced,k : channelization code
ed,k : gain factor for E-DPDCH
Iqed,k : Determines the I/Q branch
mapping
Iqed,k = 1, maps to I branch
Iqed,k = j, maps to Q branch
Nmax-
dpdch
HS-DSCH
configured
E-DPDCHk iqed,k
0 No/Yes
E-DPDCH1 1
E-DPDCH2 j
E-DPDCH3 1
E-DPDCH4 j
1 No
E-DPDCH1 j
E-DPDCH2 1
1 Yes
E-DPDCH1 1
E-DPDCH2 j
Code Resource Allocation
E-DPCCH uses the channel code: Cec = Cch,256,1
E-DPDCHk uses the channel code: Ced,k, which is determined by
Nmax-dpdch and the spreading factor. See the following table
for the specific rules.
N
max-dpdch
E-DPDCHk Channelization code Ced,k
0
E-DPDCH1
Cch,SF,SF/4 if SF > 4
Cch,2,1 if SF = 2
E-DPDCH2
Cch,4,1 if SF = 4
Cch,2,1 if SF = 2
E-DPDCH3
E-DPDCH4
Cch,4,1
1
E-DPDCH1 Cch,SF,SF/2
E-DPDCH2
Cch,4,2 if SF = 4
Cch,2,1 if SF = 2
Grant Mechanism
Absolute Grant
Borne by the E-AGCH of the E-DCH serving cell
Grant mode: An index (totally 31 index values) used to indicate
the Traffic-to-Pilot ratio (E-DPDCH/DPCCH)
Significance of the grant value: The maximum power ratio
available for the UE (E-DPDCH/DPCCH)
Relative Grant
RG carries a command instructing the UE to
increase/hold/decrease its current transmit power
The Serving RG is sent by all the cells in the E-DCH serving RLs
The Non-serving RG is sent by the E-RGCH in the non E-DCH
serving RLs
Downlink Channel
E-AGCH
Bears the maximum allowed E-
DPDCH/DPCCH ratio
Bears HARQ control information
E-RGCH
Bears a simple command to
instruct the UE to increase,
decrease or hold its transmit
power currently granted
E-HICH
Tells the UE that the previous
data has been successfully
transmitted (Ack) or failed (Nack)
Up / Hold / Down
T/P Grant HARQ Control
E-AGCH (sub) frame structure
E-HICH(sub) frame structure
TTI
Ack / Nack
E-RGCH(sub) frame structure
SF=256
SF=128
E-AGCH Frame Format
E-AGCH is a downlink common channel
Fixed rate: 30 kbps
Adjustment mode: QPSK
SF=256
The E-AGCH bears the E-DCH absolute grant information of all the
UEs in the cell
TTI may be 2 ms or 10 ms depending on the E-DCH. If the TTI of the
E-DCH is 10 ms, then the E-AGCH either sends the same content in
the five subframes or sends the content in one of the subframes
The UE only listens to the E-AGCH of the E-DCH serving cell

Slot #1 Slot #14 Slot #2 Slot #i Slot #0
T
slot
= 2560 chips
1 subframe = 2 ms
1 radio frame, T
f
= 10 ms
E-AGCH 20 bits
Mapping of Absolute Grant Values
See the following table for the actual grant values (T/P):
Absolute Grant
Value
Index
Absolute Grant
Value
Index
Absolute Grant
Value
Index
(168/15)
2
x6 31 (119/15)
2
20 (34/15)
2
9
(150/15)
2
x6 30 (106/15)
2
19 (30/15)
2
8
(168/15)
2
x4 29 (95/15)
2
18 (27/15)
2
7
(150/15)
2
x4 28 (84/15)
2
17 (24/15)
2
6
(134/15)
2
x4 27 (75/15)
2
16 (19/15)
2
5
(119/15)
2
x4 26 (67/15)
2
15 (15/15)
2
4
(150/15)
2
x2 25 (60/15)
2
14 (11/15)
2
3
(95/15)
2
x4 24 (53/15)
2
13 (7/15)
2
2
(168/15)
2
23 (47/15)
2
12 ZERO_GRANT* 1
(150/15)
2
22 (42/15)
2
11 INACTIVE* 0
(134/15)
2
21 (38/15)
2
10
* Please refer to 3GPP TS 25.321 for details of this value.
E-AGCH Frame Timing
2 slots offset after the P-CCPCH
P-CCPCH
38400 chips
Subframe 0 Subframe 1 Subframe 2 Subframe 3
E-AGCH
Subframe 4
5120 chips
E-AGCH (10 ms) E-DCH TTI = 10 ms
E-DCH TTI = 2 ms
E-RGCH Frame Format
Dedicated downlink physical channel for transmitting RG (+1, 0, -1
or 0,-1) to the UE
Same as the frame format of the E-HICH; use the same
channelization code
SF=128
Modulation mode: QPSK
All the cells in the E-DCH active set send E-RGCH frames
Mapping of E-RGCH Relative Grant Values
Command
RG Value (Serving E-
DCH radio link set)
RG Value (Non-serving
E-DCH radio link set)
UP +1 not allowed
HOLD 0 0
DOWN -1 -1
The primary serving cell sends +1,0,-1 and a non-primary
serving cell only sends 0,-1
SG Table
SGcur is the scheduled power state of the previous frame
SGreq is the power needed for the TTI requested rate
When Sgreq - SGcur > AGThreshold, the E-AGCH is used to adjust
the power. Otherwise the E-RGCH is used to adjust the power
Index
Scheduled
Grant
Index
Scheduled
Grant
Index
Scheduled
Grant
37 (168/15)
2
*6 24 (95/15)
2
11 (21/15)
2

36 (150/15)
2
*6 23 (84/15)
2
10 (19/15)
2

35 (168/15)
2
*4 22 (75/15)
2
9 (17/15)
2

34 (150/15)
2
*4 21 (67/15)
2
8 (15/15)
2

33 (134/15)
2
*4 20 (60/15)
2
7 (13/15)
2

32 (119/15)
2
*4 19 (53/15)
2
6 (12/15)
2

31 (150/15)
2
*2 18 (47/15)
2
5 (11/15)
2

30 (95/15)
2
*4 17 (42/15)
2
4 (9/15)
2

29 (168/15)
2
16 (38/15)
2
3 (8/15)
2

28 (150/15)
2
15 (34/15)
2
2 (7/15)
2

27 (134/15)
2
14 (30/15)
2
1 (6/15)
2

26 (119/15)
2
13 (27/15)
2
0 (5/15)
2

25 (106/15)
2
12 (24/15)
2
Typical Interaction Process
Between UE and NodeB
The UE sends the SI
(UE buffer state and
available power) and Happy
bit
NodeB gets
the
requested
rate from SI
NodeB finds the
Sgreq according to
the requested rate
and compares it
with SGcur
Larger than
AGThreshold
Smaller than or equal
to AGThreshold
Use AG to grant Use RG to grant
Adjust the power according to
AG or RG and indicate Happy
or Unhappy
NodeB



U
U


UE
E-RGCH/P-CCPCH/DPCH Timing Relations
Every timeslot bears an RG command
If the cell does not belong to the E-DCH serving RLs
The RG information is sent in 15 consecutive slots (10 ms)
If the cell belongs to the E-DCH serving RLs
10 ms TTI: The RG information is sent in 12 consecutive slots (8 ms)
2 ms TTI: The RG information is sent in 3 consecutive slots (2 ms)
P-CCPCH
t
E-RGCH,n
38400 chips
E-DCH TTI = 10 ms (cell in serving RLS) E-RGCH (8 ms)
Subframe 0 Subframe 1 Subframe 2 Subframe 3
E-RGCH
Subframe 4
E-DCH TTI = 2 ms (cell in serving RLS)
5120 chips
E-RGCH (10 ms) Cell in non serving RLS
E-RGCH Timing Relations
When the cell sending the E-RGCH belongs to the serving E-
DCH RLs, the E-RGCH frame offset shall conform to the
following conditions:
If E-DCH TTI is 10 ms, the frame offset of E-RGCH to P-CCPCH shall
satisfy this formula:

If E-DCH TTI is 2 ms, the frame offset of E-RGCH to P-CCPCH shall satisfy
this formula

When the cell sending the E-RGCH does not belong to the
serving E-DCH RLs:
The frame offset of E-RGCH to P-CCPCH is 5120 chips
( )
(


+ =

30
70 256
7680 5120
,
,
n DPCH
n RGCH E
t
t
( )
(

+
+ =

30
50 256
7680 5120
,
,
n DPCH
n RGCH E
t
t
E-HICH Frame Format
Dedicated downlink physical channel for sending HARQ
Ack/Nack to the UE:
Same as the frame format of E-RGCH; use the same
channelization code
SF=128
Modulation mode: QPSK
All cells in the E-DCH active set send E-HICH frames
Ack/Nack indication
Ack=>+1
Nack from the serving RLs=>-1
Nack from non-serving RLs=>0 (DTX)
The UE can receive E-HICH from at most four cells
E-HICH Timing Relations
When E-DCH TTI is 10 ms, the frame offset of E-HICH to P-
CCPCH is chips
When E-DCH TTI is 2 ms, the frame offset of E-HICH to P-
CCPCH is chips
n HICH E ,
t
n HICH E ,
t
( )
(


+ =

30
70 256
7680 5120
,
,
n DPCH
n HICH E
t
t
( )
(

+
+ =

30
50 256
7680 5120
,
,
n DPCH
n HICH E
t
t
P-CCPCH
t
E-HICH,n
38400 chips
E-DCH TTI = 10 ms E-HICH (8 ms)
Subframe 0 Subframe 1 Subframe 2 Subframe 3
E-HICH
Subframe 4
E-DCH TTI = 2 ms
How to Reach the Peak Value 5.76 Mbps
Preconditions:
No retransmission
Uplink resources are available
Coding efficiency = 1
Multi-code transmission: 2*SF4+2*SF2
2 ms TTI
E-DPDCH Frame (SF=4 )
SF=4,TTI=2ms,coding rate=1: The maximum payload of
each subframe is 1920 bits, i.e. 960 kbps.
1920 bits payload
1920 bits parity 1920 bits parity 1920 bits system
1920 bits symbols
1920 bits symbols
7680 chips
1/3 coding
Puncture
BPSK modulation
Spreading (SF=4)
2ms
7680 chips/2 ms = 3.84 Mcps
E-DPDCH Frame (SF=2)
SF=2,TTI=2ms,coding rate=1: The maximum payload of
each subframe is 3840 bits, i.e. 1920 kbps.
3840 bits payload
3840 bits parity 3840 bits parity 3840 bits system
3840 bits symbols
3840 bits symbols
7680 chips
1/3 coding
Puncture
BPSK modulation
Spreading (SF=2)
2ms
7680chips/2ms=3.84Mcps
Multi-Code Transmission
SI SI+data
Retransmission
1
2
3
4
E-
DPDCH
E-
DPCCH
E-AGCH
E-RGCH
E-HICH
1.
2.
3.
4.
Grant
Ack/Nack
Control Info
10ms
14~16m
s
8ms
30ms
1 2 3 4 5 6
Contents
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Chapter 2 MAC Layer of HSUPA
Chapter 1 Characteristics of HSUPA
Chapter 3 Physical Layer of HSUPA
Chapter 4 Scheduling Principles of HSUPA
Chapter 5 Power Control of HSUPA
Rise-over-Thermal Noise
Rise-over-Thermal (RoT) reflects the
measurement value of the uplink load.
In order to correctly demodulate the data
received by the NodeB, the Signal-to-
Interference-Noise Ratio (SINR) must be
the minimum.
The increase of the user number and
transmit power causes uplink interference
to raise
The NodeB senses the noise raise and
SINR is influenced
The NodeB controls the total uplink
interference by adjusting the Grant to
every UE
The UE selects to send data according to
the Grant, the volume of data to be sent
and the available transmit power.
NodeB Scheduling
UE1 UE2 UE3
Quickly allocate resources among multiple UEs in the unit
of TTI and notify the UEs via Grant.
Try the best to satisfy all online users on the precondition
of preventing overload, maximizing resource utilization
and maximizing the cell throughput.
The scheduler of HSUPA needs to consider these factors:
Channel condition, the volume of data to be sent in the
UE buffer and the available transmit power of the UE.
Implementation of Scheduling
The UE sending a resource request
The UE reports the Scheduling Information (SI).
The UE reports the Happy bit.
Controlling the UE transmit power
The NodeB grants a Traffic-to-Pilot ratio to the UE,
which determines the available transmit rate of the UE.
The mode in which the NodeB grants a T/P value to
the UE is called Scheduled transmission.
Satisfying delay-sensitive services
Use the non-grant mode for delay-sensitive services,
that is, the RNC directly allocates a certain amount of
resource to the UE, and the UE may use this resource
at any time without waiting for the scheduling result.
See the physical
channel part for
the scheduling
process
HARQ Mechanism
Multi-channel (process) Stop And Wait (SAW) protocol; 4 (TTI:
10 ms) or 8 (TTI: 2ms) processes
Synchronous retransmission without the process number
Every Radio Link (RL) will give a separate feedback.
Every RL has one E-HICH established.
The E-HICH information sent by every Radio Links set (RLs) is
the same and can be combined.
Transmission succeeds once any E-HICH returns ACK.
Contents
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Chapter 2 MAC Layer of HSUPA
Chapter 1 Characteristics of HSUPA
Chapter 3 Physical Layer of HSUPA
Chapter 4 Scheduling Principles of HSUPA
Chapter 5 Power Control of HSUPA
E-DPCCH Physical Channel Power Control
E-DPCCH power is based on the condition that the uplink
DPCCH has an offset

ec
is the gain factor of E-DPCCH
E-DPCCH is designated by the higher layer (user parameter
setting)
|
|
.
|

\
| A

=
20
10
DPCCH E
c ec
| |
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.
|

\
| A

20
10
DPCCH E
Signalling Values
for D
E-DPCCH

Quantized Amplitude Ratios

for
8 30/15
7 24/15
6 19/15
5 15/15
4 12/15
3 9/15
2 8/15
1 6/15
0 5/15
E-DPDCH Physical Channel Power Control
E-DPDCH Physical Channel Power Control
Gain Factor of E-DPDCH
E-DPCCH power is based on the condition that the uplink DPCCH has an offset

ed
is the gain factor of E-DPDCH

ed,ref
is the gain factor of the reference E-TFC

ed
is obtained through calculating
ed,ref

E-DPDCH and harq are designated by the higher layer (user parameter
setting)
20 , ,
, , ,
, ,
10
harq
e ref e j
ed j harq ed ref
e j e ref
L K
L K
| |
A | |
|
|
\ .
=
|
.
|

\
|
A

=
20
,
10
DPDCH E
c ref ed
| |

ed,j,harq
: Gain factor of the current E-TFC
L
e,ref
: Gain factor of the reference E-TFC
L
e,j
: Number of E-DPDCHs of the current E-
TFC
K
e,ref
: Number of transport block bits of the
reference E-TFC
K
e,j
: Number of transport block bits of the
current E-TFC
Reference E-TFC
How to determine the reference E-TFC of a frame?
The reference E-TFCs is the system-specified
reference E-TFC set
Suppose the reference E-TFCs are 1, 2, m-1, m
(m is the maximum reference E-TFC), then the E-
TFCs between m-1 and m shall all select m-1 as
the reference E-TFC
The E-TFCs larger than m shall all select m as the
reference E-TFC
The E-TFCs smaller than 1 shall all select 1 as
the reference E-TFC
E-TFC
Reference
E-TFC
E-TFC 10 E-TFC 9
E-TFC 9 E-TFC 9
E-TFC 8 E-TFC 5
E-TFC 7 E-TFC 5
E-TFC 6 E-TFC 5
E-TFC 5 E-TFC 5
E-TFC 4 E-TFC 2
E-TFC 3 E-TFC 2
E-TFC 2 E-TFC 2
E-TFC 1 E-TFC 2
An example is shown in the figure on the right, where
E-TFCs 2/5/9 are the specified reference E-TFCs.
E-AGCH/E-RGCH/E-HICH Power Control
Two power control modes
Static power allocation
P = Pcpich + PowerOffset
Dynamic power allocation (based on the downlink DPCH)
- Every kind of channel can have a different PO. The
specific implementation varies and is not defined in the
protocol.
Appendix 1: Active Set of HSUPA
DPCH Active Set
E-DCH Active Set
Serving RLs
E-DCH
serving
cell
serving
RL
serving
RL
Non-
serving RL
Non-
serving RL
Other AS
Cell
Other AS
Cell
Send E-AGCH
The UE can merge the E-RGCH
commands sent by the cells in the RLs
Send non-serving E-RGCH
All the cells that belong to the UE
active set and can process E-DCH
Appendix 2: E-DPDCH FRC
FRC Fixed Reference Channel
Totally 7 kinds of FRC: 1 - 7, which are several test reference
channels of E-DPDCH
Fixed Ref
Channel
TTI [ms] N
INF
SF
1
SF
2
SF
3
SF
4
N
BIN

Coding
Rate
Max inf Bit
Rate [kbps]
FRC1 2 2706 4 4 0 0 3840 0.705 1353.0
FRC2 2 5412 2 2 0 0 7680 0.705 2706.0
FRC3 2 8100 2 2 4 4 11520 0.703 4050.0
FRC4 10 5076 4 0 0 0 9600 0.529 507.6
FRC5 10 9780 4 4 0 0 19200 0.509 978.0
FRC6 10 19278 2 2 0 0 38400 0.502 1927.8
FRC7 10 690 16 0 0 0 2400 0.288 69.0

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