LTE-Advanced

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ccyang@csie.ncnu.edu.tw

802.16 WiMAX [4][5]

LTE IEEE 802.16 WiMAX

4G WiMAX BS
LTE 3GPP
WiMAX
IEEE

LTE
3GPP (Long Term Evolution,
LTE) [1][2] WiMAX
LTE 4G LTE
(UE) LTE OFDMOFDMA SC-FDMA
(Evolved Packet Core, EPC)(eNB) [7] 22 44 MIMO
(Multi-Input Multi-Output)
LTE-Advanced Relay FDD TDD LTE
Node (RN)
eNBRN UE
3G
LTE-Advanced RN LTE
3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project)
RN LTE

GSM/UMTS
4G, LTE, LTE-Advanced, Relay
LTE WiMAX

1.

IEEE 802.11
IEEE 802.11

AP

IEEE 802.11 IEEE

LTE
LTE-Advanced
UE
1Gbps UE
100Mbps
LTE-Advanced ITU
IMT-Advanced 4G
LTE/LTE-Advanced IEEE 802.16
WiMAX 4G
LTE
3GPP

WiMAX

 Last Mile

3GPP Release 10 LTE-Advanced[2]

LTE Relay
Node (RN) RN
LTE-Advanced
RN
LTE Release 9
[3] RN

Release 10

2. LTE
LTE

LTE
LTE
OFDMA/MIMO/HARQ

LTE
350 km/h

MME/EPC
gateway

All IP
LTE
E-UTRAN 1
UE
eNodeB ( eNB)
Core Network (CN Evolved Packet
Core, EPC) PDN Gateway
(P-GW) Serving Gateway (S-GW)
Mobility Management Entity (MME)
eNB X2
S1
MME S1-MME
S-GW S1-U
UE
S1 X2 S1
LTE
X2 handover
eNB

3. LTE-Advanced Relay
eNB eNB
eNB

LTE
LTE-Advanced LTE-Advanced
Relay Node (RN)
2

MME/EPC
gateway

S1

S1

S1
S11
S1

1
S1
S1

S1

S1

S1

X2
eNB

eNB
X2

E-UTRAN
S1
X2
Un

X2
UE

UE

eNB

1 E-UTRAN

LTE

2 . LTE-Advance RN

RN Layer 1
Repeater RN Layer 2
Decode
and Forward RN Layer 3
Layer 3 eNB RN
RN eNB
eNB RN

RN LTE-Advanced 4G
RN
QoS
4G

Relay

LTE-Advanced RN
eNB eNB
RN eNB

UE
RN eNB Donor eNB (DeNB)
RN DeNB Un 2
RN UE eNB
RN S1 X2 RN
DeNB UE
RN UE
RRC NAS
RN
Architecture A Architecture B [3]
Architecture A
z

Architecture A
-

Alt 1: Full-L3 relay, transparent for

DeNB

Alt 2: Proxy S1/X2

Alt 3: RN bearers terminate in

DeNB

Architecture B
-

Alt 4: S1 UP terminated in DeNB

LTE-Advanced RN
eNB UE eNB
RN

LTE-Advanced

( 3 )
1. RN startup procedureRN
RN UE

RN
2. OAM
3. UE
( 4 )
1. RN attach procedure
2. OAM RN
3. RN DeNB S1 interface setup
DeNB MME update
4. RN DeNB X2 interface setup
DeNB eNB
update
( 5 ) RN detach
procedure S1 X2

4. R10 Relay
LTE-Advanced Release 10 Alt 2
RN UE
RN DeNB UE
RN
6
UE Source eNB Source
RNSource RN Buffer
Source RN Buffer
DeNB (Source eNB)
DeNB Forward Target eNB (Target RN
DeNB) Target eNB Target RN
UE
UE RN
eNB Buffer RN
DeNB Target eNB
7 UE
Signaling
Buffer DeNB
DeNB
Target eNB RN DeNB

[6] RN Forwarding
RN
Signaling

5.

7 UE

8 DeNB
RN UE RN
RN
RN DeNB
RN

3GPP LTE LTE-Advanced

LTE UE
eNB
LTE-Advanced
Relay Node (RN)
LTE
LTE-Advanced
RN
RN

LTE-Advanced

8 UE DeNB RN

UE RN
Signaling DeNB
Buffer DeNB
DeNB
RN RN DeNB

Buffer RN
DeNB
Signaling
Dynamic Hierarchical Mobile IP (DHMIP)

[1] 3GPP TS 36.300, Evolved Universal

Terrestrial Radio Access (E-TRA) and
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio
Access Network (E-UTRAN) Overall
description; Stage 2, Rel. 8, v8.5.0, May
2008.
[2] 3GPP TS 36.300, Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio
Access Network (E-UTRAN), Rel. 10,
v10.2.0, Dec. 2010.
[3] 3GPP TR 36.806, Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Relay
architectures
for
E-UTRA
(LTE-Advanced); Rel. 9, v9.0.0, Mar.
2010.
[4] IEEE Std 802.16-2009, IEEE Standard for
Local and Metropolitan Area Networks

Part 16: Air Interface for Broadband

Wireless Access Systems, May 2009.
[5] IEEE Std 802.16j-2009, IEEE Standard
for Local and Metropolitan Area
Networks Part 16: Air Interface for
Broadband Wireless Access Systems
Amendment
1:
Multiple
Relay
Specification, Jun. 2009.
[6] W. Ma, and Y. Fang, Dynamic

Hierarchical
Mobility
Management
Strategy for Mobile IP Networks, IEEE
Journal
on
Selected
Areas
in
Communications, vol. 22, No. 4, pp.
664-676, May 2004.
[7] S. Sesia, I. Toufik, and M. P. J. Baker,
LTE The UMTS Long Term Evolution,
Wiley, Apr. 2009.

3 . RN

RN

DeNB

MME

HSS

1. RRC connection setup

2a. NAS Attach, Authentication, Security, ...

2b. Authentication, Security, ...

3. GTP-C Create Session

4a. RRC connection re-config.

4b. S1 Context Setup

(NAS Attach Accept)

4 . RN

5 . RN
Source RN

UE

Source eNB

Target eNB

Target RN

MME

0. Area restriction provided

1. Msmt ctrl

1. Msmt ctrl

Packet data
Packet data

Packet data
UL allocation
2. Msmt
reports

2. Msmt
reports

3. RN deactivation decision
4. Deactivate

5. HO each relayed UE to source eNB, target eNB or target RN

6. Deactivate
confirm

L3 signaling
L1/L2 signaling
User data

6 . UE RN

Serving gateway