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LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE)

5.1

SYNCHRONISATION SIGNAL

The Primary Synchronisation Signal (PSS) is allocated the central 62 subcarriers belonging to the last symbol of slots 0 and 10 of every radio frame, i.e. the PSS is transmitted twice every 10 ms radio frame. Both transmissions are identical The Primary Synchronisation Signal is used to: o o achieve symbol, slot and subframe synchronization determine the Physical Layer Cell Identity (PCI) from within the Physical Layer Cell Identity Group. There are 3 PCI within each group so the PSS is generated using 1 of 3 different sequences

The Secondary Synchronisation Signal (SSS) is allocated the central 62 subcarriers belonging to the second to last symbol of slots 0 and 10 of every radio frame, i.e. the SSS is also transmitted twice every 10 ms radio frame The 2 SSS transmissions within each radio frame use difference sequences to allow the UE to differentiate between the 1st and 2nd transmission, i.e. allowing the UE to achieve frame synchronisation The Secondary Synchronisation Signal is used to: o o achieve frame synchronisation determine the Physical Layer Cell Identity Group. There are 168 Physical Layer Cell Identity Groups so the SSS is generated using 1 of 168 different pairs of sequences

The Primary and Secondary Synchronization Signals within the first half of a radio frame are illustrated in Figure 33
10 slots = 5 subframes = 0.5 radio frames = 5 ms
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Primary Synchronisation Signal


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Figure 33 Synchronisation signals within slots 0 to 9 of a 3 MHz channel bandwidth

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IN BULLETS The 5 resource elements above and below the synchronisation signals are not used for transmission. They represent periods of Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) The set of resource elements allocated to the Synchronisation Signals is independent of the channel bandwidth. The UE does not require any knowledge of the channel bandwidth prior to detecting the Synchronisation Signals. The downlink channel bandwidth is subsequently read from the Master Information Block (MIB) on the Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) Synchronisation Signals represent an overhead which reduces the number of resource elements available for user plane data o o overhead decreases for larger channel bandwidths overhead increases when using the extended cyclic prefix

The overhead generated by the Synchronisation Signals is presented in Table 22


1.4 MHz Sync. Resource Elements per 10 ms Radio Frame 2144 = 288 3 MHz 2144 = 288 5 MHz 2144 = 288 10 MHz 2144 = 288 15 MHz 2144 = 288 20 MHz 2144 = 288

Normal Cyclic Prefix Total Resource Elements per 10 ms Radio Frame Overhead 10080 2.9 % 25200 1.1 % 42000 0.7 % 84000 0.3 % 126000 0.2 % 168000 0.2 %

Extended Cyclic Prefix Total Resource Elements per 10 ms Radio Frame Overhead 8640 3.3 % 21600 1.3 % 36000 0.8 % 72000 0.4 % 108000 0.3 % 144000 0.2 %

Table 22 Overhead generated by Synchronisation Signals

3GPP References: TS 36.211

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