2012-1-16

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LTE Frequency Planning

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CONTENTS
Part 1. Key factor for frequency planning Part 2. LTE typical networking mode Part 3. Different networking mode Comparison Part 4. Co-existence between WiMAX & LTE existence

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Global Spectrum Distribution of LTE istribution

Europe
800MHz,2.5GHz

USA
700MHz,AWS

China
2.3G&2.5GHz

Japan
800M/1.5G/2.5GHz

ME
2.5GHz

Asia Pacific
2.1/2.3/2.5GHz

LA
2.5GHz,AWS

Australia
1.8GHz/2.3GHz

3GPP 36.101 defined the frequency range 700MHz ~ 2.6GHz Each regional and national distribution of the spectrum is different, such as the Asia Asia-Pacific is

the 700MHz ,2.1GHz 2.3GHz 2.5GHz, in Europe is 800MHz and 2.5GHz and the United States is 700MHz
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Flexible and Variable Channel Bandwidth hannel

GSM 200KHz
LTE channel bandwidth can be set between 1.4MHz to Data 20MHz depend on actual demand
400 chips

CDMA 1.2288MHz 1.4MHz - 20MHz WCDMA 3.84MHz

The flexible and variable channel bandwidth allocation is one of the major differences between LTE and traditional 2G/3G

Network Planners can select bandwidth flexible base on the frequency resource and capacity requirement
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Frequency Reuse Mode

NSK

Red lines in the figure indicates the same frequency interference directio

The network is divided into clusters of N cells, S sector per cell, and K different frequency allocations per cell.

The overall balance between frequency resource and system interference is needed when select the frequency reuse mode
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Frequency Duplex Mode - FDD Vs TDD ode

TDD
Advantage of FDD Mode
Lower requirement of synchronization, suitable for wide coverage Smaller Doppler frequency shift than TDD, better mobility performance

UUDDDD

Synchronously transmit and receive, the system delay is a magnitude

lower than TDD

Lower system overhead, No extra time reserved needed between

FDD
DDD DDD

transmit and receive

Advantage of TDD Mode

More convenient options, can make use of scattered spectrum resources

UU U U U U U
Uplink

More suitable for asymmetry transmission, high spectral efficiency More easy to appl the new technology like smart antenna apply

Downlink

Same frequency for UL and DL, the power control is more exactly Can support BF technology CMCC and some operators in India &Japan are focusing on the TDD LTE

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Inter-system Reserved Guard Band Strategy

LG, LU, LL guard band analyses is according to the latest specification of R4 R4-092109. Since CDMA is not 3GPP system, the LC should reference to 3GPP protocol and our UC test results equivalent analysis The required guard band is associated with specific scenario, the actual application needs further analysis of the specific situation

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FDD LTE Bandwidth Distribution

E-UTRA Band
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 17

Uplink
1920MHz1980MHz 1850MHz1910MHz 1710MHz1785MHz 1710MHz1755MHz 824MHz849MHz 830MHz840MHz 2500MHz2570MHz 880MHz915MHz 1749.9MHz1784.9MHz 1710MHz1770MHz 1427.9MHz1452.9MHz 698MHz716MHz 777MHz787MHz 788MHz798MHz 704MHz716MHz

Downlink
2110MHz2170MHz 1930MHz1990MHz 1805MHz1880MHz 2110MHz2155MHz 869MHz894MHz 875MHz885MHz 2620MHz2690MHz 925MHz960MHz 1844.9MHz1879.9MHz 2110MHz2170MHz 1475.9MHz1500.9MHz 728MHz746MHz 746MHz756MHz 758MHz768MHz 734MHz746MHz

Duplex Mode
FDD FDD FDD FDD FDD FDD FDD FDD FDD FDD FDD FDD FDD FDD FDD

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TDD LTE Bandwidth Distribution

E-UTRA Band
33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

Uplink
1900 MHz 1920 MHz 2010 MHz 2025 MHz 1850 MHz 1910 MHz 1930 MHz 1990 MHz 1910 MHz 1930 MHz 2570 MHz 2620 MHz 1880 MHz 1920 MHz 2300 MHz 2400 MHz

Downlink
1900 MHz 1920 MHz 2010 MHz 2025 MHz 1850 MHz 1910 MHz 1930 MHz 1990 MHz 1910 MHz 1930 MHz 2570 MHz 2620 MHz 1880 MHz 1920 MHz 2300 MHz 2400 MHz

Duplex Mode
TDD TDD TDD TDD TDD TDD TDD TDD

2.3/2.5 GHz: Preferred bands for TD-LTE. Typical bandwidth resource > =20 MHz 1.9/2.0 GHz: Some bands which are applicable to TD-LTE are mainly used in Europe LTE Most bands lower than 1 GHz are not applicable to TD TD-LTE.

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Satisfying The Minimum SINR Required inimum

Both uplink and downlink minimum SINR should be

considered
The SINR of system requirement should be less

Simulation example Networking mode 131

than the cell edge SINR of actual commercial network ( or simulation result) for seamless network planning

DL SINR of 22 SFBC ETU3 (Source :Huawei Link Simulation Result)

QPSK MCS 0.12 SINR (dB) -5.10 0.16 -4.34 0.25 -2.70 0.37 -0.64 0.52 1.48 0.48 6.51 0.64 9.32 0.51 11.03 0.65 14.27 0.75 17.00 0.93 23.33 QPSK QPSK QPSK QPSK 16-QAM 16-QAM 64-QAM 64-QAM 64-QAM 64-QAM

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CONTENTS
Part 1. Key factor for frequency planning Part 2. LTE typical networking mode Part 3. Different networking mode Comparison Part 4. Co-existence between WiMAX & LTE existence

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131
131 Mode Advantage
High Spectrum efficiency over the entire

F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 F1

F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 F1
Means one S111 site

network , high throughput per sector

No complex Scheduling Algorithm , less system

overhead 131 Mode Disadvantage

High interference in the same band and hard to

F1

control
Hard to realize seamless network due to the low

cell edge throughput

Applicable to Operators of limited frequency resources or at the initial phase where network coverage can be non continuous
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SFR (Soft Frequency Reuse)131 Reuse)1

SFR 131 ICIC Introduction
7 6 4 2 2 3 3 1 1 6 5 5 9 7 4 8

DL&UL ICIC: District cell center using 2/3 of the

bandwidth and the cell edge using 1/3 bandwidth;

Difference cell edge spectrum is stagger; The transmitting power of center bandwidth is lower

than the cell edge transmitting power SFR 131 Mode Characteristic
Decrease the interference by using ICIC High Spectrum efficiency
Power

SFR 131
Cell 1,4,7
Power Frequency

Cell 2,5,8

Power Frequency

Include dynamic ICIC and static ICIC

Cell 3,6,9
Frequency

SFR 131 is the mode recommended by HUAWEI 1

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SFR 131 Vs FFR 131

WiMAX FFR (Fractional Frequency Reuse ) 131

Similarity
Reduce interference by time or

frequency division
Cell center using more bandwidth

resource, the cell edge using 1/3 bandwidth

Difference
FFR is based mainly on time division;

LTE SFR (Soft Frequency Reuse)131

while SFR is based on frequency division

With FFR, the cell center will be using

Power Frequency Power Frequency Power Frequency

Sector 0

all sub-carriers; SFR only allow the use of about 2/3 bandwidth at cell center
FFR sub channel generally fixed at 1/3

Sector 1

Sector 2

of overall bandwidth ; SFR is adjustable at or around 1/3 BW by using dynamic ICIC

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133
133 Mode Advantage
Make full use of the scattered spectrum resources Same frequency interference low providing effective

F3 F1 F2 F3 F1 F2 F2 F3 F1 F2 F3

F3 F1 F2 F3 F1 F2 F3 F1 F2
Means one S111 site

coverage
High cell throughput

F1

133 Mode Disadvantage

Low Spectrum efficiency

More Spectrum resource needed

Applicable for the operator with rich spectrum resource or scattered spectrum

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CONTENTS
Part 1. Key factor for frequency planning Part 2. LTE typical networking mode Part 3. Different networking mode Comparison Part 4. Co-existence between WiMAX & LTE existence

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Different Networking Interference Comparison etworking

- 133 Vs 131
133
The downlink service channel SINR of 131 and 133
1 0.8 CDF 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 -10 0 10 SINR 20 133 30 40
90 area: SINR>8dB

131

131

SourceHuawei System Simulation Result (Based on 100% loading, outdoor scenario)

90 area: SINR>-2dB

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Throughout Comparison When ICIC ON and OFF

SFR(ICIC) improve the cell edge users throughput
ICIC reduce the center

users SINR to improve the cell edge user's SINR and enhance the probability of cell edge coverage.
From downlink throughput

perspective, ICIC decrease the average cell throughput by 10% , but improve the cell edge user throughput by 20% ~ 30%
Power distribution parameters (x, y) : indicates the cell center user Pa value and cell edge user Pa values SourceHuawei System Simulation Result

ICIC is introduced into 131 planning to reduce inter cell interference. Higher cell edge 1 service throughput enhances users experience.
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CONTENTS
Part 1. Key factor for frequency planning Part 2. LTE typical networking mode Part 3. Different networking mode Comparison Part 4. Co-existence between WiMAX & LTE existence

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CoCoWiMAX & FDD LTE Co-existence: Co-site Scenario

Receive sensitivity decrease by 1dB. Analysis is based on Huawei actual LTE & WiMAX RRU with narrow band filter.
f0
BW Offset RBW

10m
LTE TDD WiMAX

OR

0.7m

5M GD

Antenna horizontal Isolation Guard Band + Narrow Band Filter Antenna vertical Isolation

Guard and antenna isolation requirement

Guard Band (MHz) 5 10 Isolation requirement(dB) 66.86 61.7 Only Antenna vertical Isolation (Meter) Only Antenna horizontal Isolation (Meter)

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CoCoWiMAX & FDD LTE Co-existence: Non Co-site Scenario

Receive sensitivity decrease by 1dB. Analysis is based on Huawei actual LTE & WiMAX RRU with narrow band filter.
f0
BW Offset RBW

Inter-site Distance

LTE TDD

WiMAX

5M GD

LTE Site

WiMAX Site

Keep LTE & WiMAX Inter-site distance Guard Band + Narrow Band Filter

Guard and sites isolation distance requirement

Guard Band (MHz) 5 10 Isolation requirement(dB) 76.1 70.1 WiMAX & LTE Sites Isolation (Meters)

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WiMAX& CoWiMAX& TDL Co-existence: Synchronization Scenario

WiMAX DL/UL configuration TD-LTE DL/UL configuration/ Special frame configuration) WiMAX Performance Huawei Recommendation TD-LTE Performance LTE DwPTS length is changed to 9os, about 2% DL capacity loss (compare with special frame configuration 7:10:2:2)

35:12

3:1 /(9:3:2)

No impact to WiMAX network

29:18

2:2 /(10:2:2)

The last two symbols of WIMAX downlink need to be punctured, about 6% DL capacity loss

No impact to LTE

32:15

3:1 /(3:9:2)

No impact to WiMAX network

LTE DwPTS length is changed to 3os, about 13% DL capacity loss (compare with special frame configuration 7: 10:2:2)

Guard band &sites isolation is not needed due to existing system ynchronization Huawei Recommend 3 WiMAX TD-LTE configuration WiMAX/ Synchronized both UL/ DL , Frame synchronization or Symbol puncturing.
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CoCoNonWi MAX& TDL Co-existence: Co-site + Non-Synchronization

Receive sensitivity decrease by 1dB as reference. Analysis is based on Huawei actual LTE & WiMAX RRU with narrow band filter.
f0
BW Offset RBW

10m

LTE TDD

WiMAX

OR

0.7m

5M GD

Antenna horizontal Isolation Antenna vertical Isolation Guard Band + Narrow Band Filter

Guard and antenna isolation requirement

Guard Band (MHz) 5 10 Isolation requirement(dB) 66.86 61.7 Only Antenna vertical Isolation (Meter) Only Antenna horizontal Isolation (Meter)

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CoCoWiMAX & TDL Co-existence: Non Co-Site + Non Synchronization

Receive sensitivity decrease by 1dB as reference. Analysis is based on Huawei actual LTE & WiMAX RRU with narrow band filter.
f0
BW Offset RBW

Inter-site Distance

LTE TDD

WiMAX

5M GD

LTE Site

WiMAX Site

Keep LTE & WiMAX Inter-site distance Guard Band + Narrow Band Filter

Guard and sites isolation distance requirement

Guard Band (MHz) 5 10 Isolation requirement(dB) 76.1 70.1 WiMAX & LTE Sites Isolation (Meters)

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