HUAWEI LTE Timing Advance PM Data

1. 1. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Security Level: Internal TD-LTE Project

www.huawei.com www.huawei.com www.huawei.com TD-LTE Cell Timing Advance Author/
Email: Sam Huang / huangshansong@huawei.com Version: V1.0 (20140124)
2. 2. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Huawei Confidential 2 TA – Timing Advance TA
(Timing Advance), is an advance time, for UE to send out UL frame before the start of the
corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, for channel sync purpose UE will start a
timer when sending Preamble for access. Upon succeed receive the response from eNodeB,
UE will get the TA needed for following radio frame transmission 3GPP 36.213 (4.2.3)
defines that 1 TA = 16*Ts=16*(0.5ms/15360)=0.52μs So 1 TA time advance maps to the
distance between eNodeB and UE is: (300,000km/s*0.52μs)/2 = 78m Here 300,000km/s is
the spread speed of electic wave, 2 means a round trip between UE and eNodeB  So the
distance between UE and eNodeB = 78 * TA (m) Also from here the accuracy of the TA is
78m Huawei has a counter to count the TA value when receive UE Radom Access
3. 3. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Huawei Confidential 3 TA counter Counter ID
Counter Name Counter Description Distance 1526728956 L.RA.TA.UE.Index0 Number of
times the TA value is 0 or 1 (index 0) in a UE-initiated random access procedure in a cell
0~156m 1526728957 L.RA.TA.UE.Index1 Number of times the TA value is 2 or 3 (index 1) in
a UE-initiated random access procedure in a cell 156~234m 1526728958
L.RA.TA.UE.Index2 Number of times the TA value is ranging from 4 to 7 (index 2) in a UE-
initiated random access procedure in a cell 234~546m 1526728959 L.RA.TA.UE.Index3
L.RA.TA.UE.Index3 Number of times the TA value is ranging from 8 to 13 (index 3) in a UE-
initiated random access procedure in a cell 546~1014m 1526728960 L.RA.TA.UE.Index4
Number of times the TA value is ranging from 14 to 25 (index 4) in a UE-initiated random
access procedure in a cell 1014~1950 1526728961 L.RA.TA.UE.Index5 Number of times the
TA value is ranging from 26 to 45 (index 5) in a UE-initiated random access procedure in a
cell 1950-3510 1526728962 L.RA.TA.UE.Index6 Number of times the TA value is ranging
from 46 to 85 (index 6) in a UE-initiated random access procedure in a cell 3510-6630
1526728963 L.RA.TA.UE.Index7 Number of times the TA value is ranging from 86 to 185
(index 7) in a UE-initiated random access procedure in a cell 6630~14430 1526728964
L.RA.TA.UE.Index8 Number of times the TA value is ranging from 186 to 385 (index 8) in a
UE-initiated random access procedure in a cell 14430~30030 1526728965
L.RA.TA.UE.Index9 Number of times the TA value is ranging from 386 to 685 (index 9) in a
UE-initiated random access procedure in a cell 30030~53430 1526728966
L.RA.TA.UE.Index10 Number of times the TA value is ranging from 686 to 985 (index 10) in
a UE-initiated random access procedure in a cell 53430~76830 1526728967
L.RA.TA.UE.Index11 Number of times the TA value is greater than 985 (index 11) in a UE-
initiated random access procedure in a cell >76830

3GPP 36.213 (4.2.3) defines that 1 TA = 16*Ts=16*(0.5ms/15360)=0.52μs 

So 1 TA time advance maps to the distance between eNodeB and UE is: (300,000km/s*0.52μs)/2 =
78m
Here 300,000km/s is the spread speed of electric wave, 2 means a round trip between UE and eNodeB
 So the distance between UE and eNodeB = 78 * TA (m) Also from here the accuracy of the TA is
78m Huawei has a counter to count the TA value when receive UE Radom Access

Counter TA range Estimated

Maximum
Distance
L.RA.TA.UE.Index3
L.TA.UE.Index0 0-1 0~156m
L.TA.UE.Index1 2-3 156~234m
L.TA.UE.Index2 4-7 234~546m
L.TA.UE.Index3 8-13 546~1014m
L.TA.UE.Index4 14-25 1014~1950m
L.TA.UE.Index5 26-45 1950-3510
L.TA.UE.Index6 46-85 3510-6630
L.TA.UE.Index7 86-185 6630~14430
L.TA.UE.Index8 186-385 14430~30030
L.TA.UE.Index9 386-695 30030~53430
L.TA.UE.Index10 686-985 53430~76830
L.TA.UE.Index11 >985 >76830

CQI index modulation code rate x 1024 efficiency

0 out of range
1 QPSK 78 0.1523
2 QPSK 120 0.2344
3 QPSK 193 0.3770
4 QPSK 308 0.6016
5 QPSK 449 0.8770
6 QPSK 602 1.1758
7 16QAM 378 1.4766
8 16QAM 490 1.9141
9 16QAM 616 2.4063
10 64QAM 466 2.7305
11 64QAM 567 3.3223
12 64QAM 666 3.9023
13 64QAM 772 4.5234
14 64QAM 873 5.1152
15 64QAM 948 5.5547