WCDMA Performance

on the physical layer

Simulations results in Uplink & Downlink
for services supported by UMR releases

R. Druzinic / G. Lehmann
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Status February 2003

UTRA FDD simulation environment (1 of 3)

Complete simulation environment

On the physical layer
fully release 4 compliant
Reflecting SIEMENS product performance
n up- and downlink
n Intracell interference modeled
n dual receiving antenna diversity in uplink (in downlink
optional)
n standarized user specific power control algorithm
n RAKE-Receiver w variable fingers, Single-user
detection
n introducing interference as gaussian noise
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UTRA FDD simulation environment (2 of 3)

The FDD simulation environment consists of
n channel encoding -decoding (convolutional coding, turbo coding)
n variable rate matching
n UEP for AMR speech services (optional)
n two stage block interleaver
n modulation, scrambling and frame builder
n tap delay channel model modeling ITU and WG4 channels
n Real or ideal channel estimation on CPICH and/or dedicated pilots
n Rake receiver for uplink & downlink
n Code-specific SIR measurement

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UTRA FDD simulation environment (3 of 3)

Example of a FDD-DL simulation chain for Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR):

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Main Simulation assumptions

n Channel model acc. UMTS30.03 Spec
- Vehicular A ,
- Pedestrian A (IOP A) ,

with 120, 50 , 3 km/h

with 3, 50 km/h

n Sampling rate
- oversampling (4 samples/chip) for Uplink
- chip level sampling (1 sample per chip) for Downlink

n Power control, real SIR based

- Power control step size = 1 dB

n Channel estimation:
- Path weight estimation = real, interfered by AWGN
- Acquisation and tracking = ideal

n Antenna diversity in uplink direction

n Rake receiver structure
n Operational points = AMR:
BLER 10-2
BER 10-6
BLER 10-1

= Streaming:
= Packet:
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Typical output
Typical Result of a FDD-DL simulation: BER vs. Eb / No

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Simulation results
Service
12.2K AMR

64K Streaming

128K Streaming

64K Packet

128K Packet

384K Packet

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Channel

Required Eb/No [dB]

UPLINK
DOWNLINK
5.7
8.0
4.8
7.8
3.8
7.3
5.2
9.2
3.8
7.9
4.0
6.3
3.2
6.0
2.2
4.9
7.1
2.6
5.9
3.4
5.3
2.5
5.2
1.4
4.5
6.8
1.9
4.9
2.7
5.0
2.0
4.9
1.0
3.8
5.8
1.1
3.7
2.2
4.3
1.5
4.0
0.5
3.0
5.3
0.7
3.0
1.6
5.3
1.0
5.1
0.2
3.6
6.3
0.6
3.2

Vehicular A, 120 km/h

Vehicular A, 50 km/h
Vehicular A, 3 km/h
IOP A, 50 km/h
IOP A, 3 km/h
Vehicular A, 120 km/h
Vehicular A, 50 km/h
Vehicular A, 3 km/h
IOP A, 50 km/h
IOP A, 3 km/h
Vehicular A, 120 km/h
Vehicular A, 50 km/h
Vehicular A, 3 km/h
IOP A, 50 km/h
IOP A, 3 km/h
Vehicular A, 120 km/h
Vehicular A, 50 km/h
Vehicular A, 3 km/h
IOP A, 50 km/h
IOP A, 3 km/h
Vehicular A, 120 km/h
Vehicular A, 50 km/h
Vehicular A, 3 km/h
IOP A, 50 km/h
IOP A, 3 km/h
Vehicular A, 120 km/h
Vehicular A, 50 km/h
Vehicular A, 3 km/h
IOP A, 50 km/h
IOP A, 3 km/h
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UPLINK:
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DOWNLINK:
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Simulation results
Downlink simulations with RX diversity:
Service
64K streaming

128K streaming

64K packet

128K packet

384K packet

Channel
veh A, 120 km/h
veh A, 50 km/h
veh A, 3 km/h
IOP, 50 km/h
IOP, 3 km/h
veh A, 120 km/h
veh A, 50 km/h
veh A, 3 km/h
IOP, 50 km/h
IOP, 3 km/h
veh A, 120 km/h
veh A, 50 km/h
veh A, 3 km/h
IOP, 50 km/h
IOP, 3 km/h
veh A, 120 km/h
veh A, 50 km/h
veh A, 3 km/h
IOP, 50 km/h
IOP, 3 km/h
veh A, 120 km/h
veh A, 50 km/h
veh A, 3 km/h
IOP, 50 km/h
IOP, 3 km/h

DL with RX diversity
req. Eb/No [dB]
2,4
2,1
0,8
3,2
1,8
1,4
1,3
0,4
2,9
0,8
1,6
1,5
0,5
2,4
0,4
0,9
0,6
-0,3
1,9
-0,3
1,9
1,7
0,3
2,9
-0,1
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Performance improvements up to 4 dB.

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