HSPA systems

Kari Aho
Senior Research Scientist
kari.aho@magister.fi
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"isclaimer

#ffort has $een %ut to make these sli!es as correct as

%ossi$le& ho'e(er it is still suggeste! that rea!er confirms
the latest information from official sources like )*PP s%ecs
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Material re%resents the (ie's an! o%inions of the author

an! not necessarily the (ie's of their em%loyers

1se-re%ro!uction of this material is for$i!!en 'ithout a

%ermission from the author
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Rea!ings relate! to the su$2ect

*eneral rea!ings

34"MA for 1M5S 6 H. Holma& A. 5oskala

HSDPA/HSUPA for UMTS 6 H. Holma& A. 5oskala

3G Evolution - HSPA and LTE for Mobile Broadband . #.

"ahlman& S. Park(all& 7. Sk8l! an! P. 9eming&

/et'ork %lanning oriente!

Ra!io /et'ork Planning an! :%timisation for 1M5S 6 7. aiho&

A. 3acker& 5. /o(osa!

1M5S Ra!io /et'ork Planning& :%timi;ation an! <oS

Management =or Practical #ngineering 5asks 6 7. em%i>inen&
M. Manninen
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4ontents

@ntro!uction

HS"PA

HS1PA

4ontinuous Packet 4onnecti(ity

@.HSPA

4onclusions
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@ntro!uction
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High S%ee! Packet Access +C-)0

5here 'ere num$er of %ushing forces to im%ro(e the %acket !ata

ca%a$ilities of 34"MA e(en further& e.g.

*ro'ing interest to'ar!s rich calls& mo$ile.5D an! music streaming in

the 'ireless !omain

4om%etiti(e technologies such as 3@MAE

High S%ee! Packet Access +HSPA0 e(olution intro!uce! first

!o'nlink counter%art of the e(olution calle! High S%ee! "o'nlink
Packet Access +HS"PA0 in Release A

1%link e(olution follo'e! later in Release B $y the name of High

S%ee! 1%link Packet Access +HS1PA0

HSPA 'as originally !esigne! for non.real time traffic 'ith high
transmission rate reFuirements
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High S%ee! Packet Access +2-)0

HSPA features-%ro%erties inclu!e e.g.

Higher or!er mo!ulation an! co!ing

Higher through%ut an! %eak !ata rates

@n theory u% to A&8 M$%s in the u%link an! C? M$%s in the

!o'nlink 'ithout Multi%le @n%uts an! Multi%le :ut%uts +M@M:0

Multi%le @n%uts an! Multi%le :ut%uts +M@M:0

Roughly s%eaking eFuals to a!!itional transmitter an! recei(er

antennas

=ast sche!uling in the /o!e 9

Possi$ility to take a!(antage of channel con!itions 'ith lo'er latency

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High S%ee! Packet Access +)-)0

ink a!a%tation in !o'nlink

Possi$ility to a!2ust the use! mo!ulation an! co!ing scheme accor!ing

to $e a%%ro%riate for current ra!io channel con!itions

@m%ro(e! retransmission ca%a$ilities

/e'ly intro!uce! layer one retransmissions calle! as Hy$ri! Automatic

Re%eat ReFuest +HAR<0 HI re!uce! !elay

Ra!io ink 4ontrol +R40 le(el retransmissions still %ossi$le

Shorter frame si;es an! thus 5ransmission 5ime @nter(als +55@0

3ith HS"PA 2ms an! 'ith HS1PA C0ms an! 2ms

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34"MA 9ackgroun! an! #(olution
2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2005 2003 2001
3GPP Rel -99
12/99
3GPP Rel 4
03/01
3GPP Rel 5
(HSDPA)
03/02
3GPP Rel 6
(HSUPA)
2H/04
3GPP Rel 7
HSPA+
06/07
Further
Releae! ("#$)
%a&a'
$ur(&e
(&re-
)(**er)+al)
$ur(&e
()(**er)+al)
HSDPA
()(**er)+al)
HSUPA
()(**er)+al)
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<uestions

3hy 'ere the %acket !ata ca%a$ilities of 34"MA im%ro(e!

e(en furtherK

=or 'hat kin! of ser(ices 'as HSPA originally !esigne!K

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High S%ee! "o'nlink Packet Access
+HS"PA0
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@ntro!uction to HS"PA +C-20

@n Release JJ there $asically eLists three !ifferent metho!s

for !o'nlink %acket !ata o%eration

"4H&

=or'ar! Access 4hannel +=A4H0 an!

"o'nlink Share! 4hannel +"S4H0

After the intro!uction of HS"PA in Release A some changes

to !o'nlink %acket !ata o%erations occurre!

/e' High S%ee! "S4H +HS."S4H0 channel 'as intro!uce!

"S4H 'as remo(e! !ue to lack of interest for im%lementing it

in %ractical net'orks
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@ntro!uction to HS"PA +2-20

HS"PA @m%ro(ements for %acket !ata %erformance $oth in

terms of ca%acity an! %ractical $it rates are $ase! on

5he use of link a!a%tation&

Higher or!er mo!ulation&

=ast sche!uling&

Shorter frame si;e +or transmission time inter(al0& an!

Physical layer retransmission

HS"PA !oes not su%%ort "4H features like fast %o'er

control or soft han!o(er
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HS"PA channels +C-20

5he Release JJ $ase! "4H is the key %art of the system 6

!es%ite the intro!uction of HS"PA

Release A HS"PA is al'ays o%erate! 'ith the "4H

"4H 'ith HS"PA

@f the ser(ice is only for %acket !ata& then at least the

signaling ra!io $earer +SR90 is carrie! on the "4H

@n case the ser(ice is circuit.s'itche! then the ser(ice al'ays

runs on the "4H

3ith Release B& signaling can also $e carrie! 'ithout the "4H

@n Release A& u%link user !ata al'ays go on the "4H +'hen

HS"PA is acti(e0
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HS"PA channels +2-20

in Release B an alternati(e is %ro(i!e! $y the #nhance! "4H

+#."4H0 'ith the intro!uction of high.s%ee! u%link %acket
access +HS1PA0

1ser !ata is sent on High S%ee! "o'nlink Share! 4hannel

+HS."S4H0

4ontrol information is sent on High S%ee! 4ommon 4ontrol

4hannel +HS.S44H0

HS.S44H is sent t'o slot $efore HS."S4H to inform the

sche!ule! 1# of the trans%ort format of the incoming
transmission on HS."S4H
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<uestions

Mention at least %ur%ose to 'hich RelMJJ "4H is use! 'ith

HS"PA

3hat kin! of han!o(ers are su%%orte! 'ith HS"PAK

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ink A!a%tation +C-)0

1# informs the /o!e 9 regularly of its channel Fuality $y

4<@ messages +4hannel <uality @n!icator0
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ink A!a%tation +2-)0

A!a%ti(e mo!ulation an! higher or!er mo!ulation

+CB-B?<AM0 'ith HS"PA
0 2 0 4 0 6 0 8 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 0 1 6 0
- 2
0
2
4
6
8
1 0
1 2
1 4
1 6
T i m e [ n u m b e r o f T T I s ]
Q P S K 1 / 4
Q P S K 2 / 4
Q P S K 3 / 4
1 6 Q A M 2 / 4
1 6 Q A M 3 / 4
"+',
a-a&tat+('
a-.ut the
*(-e /+th+'
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ink A!a%tation +)-)0

More com%leL mo!ulation schemes reFuire more energy

%er $it to $e transmitte! than sim%ly going for transmission
'ith multi%le %arallel co!e channels& thus HS1PA $enefits
more from using multi%le co!es as P4 kee%s the signal
le(els Fuite goo! any'ay
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=ast Retransmissions +C-)0

Ra!io ink 4ontrol +R40 layer A4K-/A4Ks also %ossi$le 'ith HSPA
Pa),et
R"2
A25/6A25
Retra'*+('
Pa),et
"a7er 1
A25/6A25
Retra'*+('
Rel 899
HSPA
R62
6(-e9
U$
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=ast Retransmissions +2-)0
R62 6(-e9
U$
Uer -ata
R"2
:A2--
"a7er1
:A2-h
HAR3 (6)A25
(Re)tra'*++('
R"2 (6)A25
(Re)tra'*++('
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=ast Retransmissions +)-)0

ayer C signaling in!icates the nee! of retransmission 'hich lea!s to much

faster roun! tri% time that 'ith Rel NJJ

Retransmission %roce!ure 'ith layer C retransmissions +HAR<0 is !one so

that !eco!er !oes not get ri! of the recei(e! sym$ols if the transmission
fails $ut com$ines them 'ith ne' transmissions

Retransmissions can o%erate in t'o 'ays,

@!entical retransmissions +soft-chase com$ining0

/on.i!entical retransmissions +incremental re!un!ancy0

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<uestions

3hat is 4<@K

3hat !oes link a!a%tation !oK

3hich entity initiates R4 re.transmissionsK

3hich entity initiates HAR< re.transmissionsK

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"o'nlink sche!uling +C-A0

/o!e9 has certain amount of users connecte! to it an! it

nee!s to sche!ule the !ifferent users for transmission in
!ifferent fractions of time +5ransmission 5ime @nter(als0

4ertain fairness for sche!uling time for each user shoul! $e

maintaine!

Resources shoul! $e utili;e! in o%timal manor

5here eLists !ifferent 'ays that users can $e sche!ule! in

!o'nlink& e.g.

Roun! Ro$in

Pro%ortional =air
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"o'nlink sche!uling +2-A0

Roun! Ro$in +RR0

Sim%lest sche!uling algorithms

Assigns users in or!er i.e. han!ling all users 'ithout %riority

Positi(e si!es

#asy to im%lement

#ach user gets ser(e! eFually

/egati(e si!es

/o channel con!itions are taken into account an! thus resources

might $e 'aste!
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"o'nlink sche!uling +)-A0

Pro%ortional =air +P=0

4om%romise.$ase! sche!uling algorithm

9ase! u%on maintaining a $alance $et'een t'o com%eting

interests

MaLimi;e net'ork through%ut i.e. users are ser(e! in goo! channel

con!itions

Allo'ing all users at least a minimal le(el of ser(ice

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"o'nlink sche!uling +?-A0

P= assigning each users a sche!uling %riority that is in(ersely

%ro%ortional to its antici%ate! resource consum%tion

High resource consum%tion HI lo' %riority

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"o'nlink sche!uling +A-A0

@n general %riority metric for certain user can $e !efine! as follo's

,
r
d
priority =

'here instantaneous !ata rate& d& is o$taine! $y consulting the

link a!a%tation algorithm an! a(erage through%ut& r& of the user is
!efine! an!-or u%!ate! as follo's
,
otherwise , * ) 1 (
served is user if , * * ) 1 (

+
=
old
old
r a
d a r a
r

'here is so calle! forgetting factor. Hence& eFuals the

eFui(alent a(eraging %erio! in a num$er of 55@s for the
eL%onential smoothing filter
a
1
a
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Mo$ility 'ith HS"PA +C-?0

Han!o(ers are roughly tra!eoff $et'een t'o issues

3hen channel con!itions are getting 'orse& han!o(er to $etter

cell shoul! $e ma!e so that %ackets 'onMt get lost !ue to %oor
channel con!itions

Ho'e(er& each time 'hen the han!o(er is ma!e& transmission

$uffers in the /o!e 9 are flushe! resulting to a!!itional !elays
from R4 le(el retransmission or !isru%tion of ser(ice

3hen regar!ing HS"PA& the user can $e connecte! only to

one ser(ing HS"PA /o!e 9 at the time

ea!ing to har! han!o(er 'hen the han!o(er $et'een HS"PA

/o!e 9s is reFuire! in contrary to "4H soft han!o(er
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Mo$ility 'ith HS"PA +2-?0

#(en though there is only one ser(ing HS."S4H cell& the

associate! "4H itself can $e in soft+er0 han!o(er an!
maintain the acti(e set as in RelMJJ
D2H
6(-e 9!
Ser;+'< HSDPA
U$
6(-e 9!
Part (0 D2H a)t+;e et
HS-S22H
D2H/HSDPA
D2H
D2H
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Mo$ility 'ith HS"PA +)-?0

HS"PA han!o(er %roce!ure inclu!es follo'ing ste%s

Ser(ing HS."S4H cell change %roce!ure is initiate! 'hen a

link in +"4H0 acti(e set $ecomes higher in strength an! stays
stronger for certain %erio! of time& referre! as time.to.trigger

@f the con!ition mentione! a$o(e is met then the

measurement re%ort is sent from the 1# to the /o!e 9& 'hich
for'ar!s it to the R/4

@f e.g. the a!mission control reFuirements are met the R/4

can then gi(e the consent for the 1# to make the han!o(er $y
sen!ing so calle! Signaling Ra!io 9earer +SR90
+re0configuration message
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Mo$ility 'ith HS"PA +?-?0

@n the case of intra /o!e 9 han!o(er& the HAR< %rocesses

+transmissions0 an! /o!e 9 $uffers can $e maintaine! an!
thus there is only minimal interru%tion in !ata flo'

Ho'e(er& 'ith inter /o!e 9 han!o(er i.e. $et'een /o!e 9s&

the /o!e 9 %acket $uffers are flushe! inclu!ing all unfinishe!
HAR< %rocesses 'hich are $elonging to the 1# that is han!e!
off
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<uestions

Ho' !oes Roun! Ro$in allocate resources for the usersK

Ho' intra. an! inter./o!e 9 han!o(ers !iffer from each

otherK
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High S%ee! 1%link Packet Access
+HS1PA0
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@ntro!uction to HS1PA +C-20

Roughly three years later 'hen HS"PA 'as intro!uce!

u%link counter%art of the high s%ee! %acket access
e(olution 'as intro!uce! in Release B

@n )*PP original name 'as not HS1PA $ut #nhance! "e!icate!

4hannel +#."4H0

5he o$(ious choices for u%link e(olution 'as to in(estigate the

techniFues use! for HS"PA an!& if %ossi$le& a!o%t them for the
u%link as 'ell

@m%ro(ements in HS1PA 'hen com%are! to RelMJJ

ayer C Hy$ri! AR< +HAR<0 i.e. fast retransmissions

/o!e 9 $ase! sche!uling

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@ntro!uction to HS1PA +2-20

#asier multico!e transmissions

Shorter frame si;e& C0ms man!atory for all HS1PA ca%a$le

!e(ices an! 2 ms as o%tional feature

HS1PA is not a stan!alone feature& $ut reFuires many of

the $asic features of the 34"MA RelMJJ

4ell selection an! synchroni;ation&

ran!om access&

$asic %o'er control loo% functions&

$asic mo$ility %roce!ures +soft han!o(er0& etc.

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HS1PA channels +C-?0

/e' u%link trans%ort channel . Enhanced Dedicated

Channel +E-DCH)

Su%%orts key HS1PA features such as HAR<& fast sche!uling

etc.

1nlike HS."S4H +HS"PA0 #."4H is not a share! channel& $ut

a !e!icate! channel +O0

Similarly to "4H& #."4H is also ma%%e! to %hysical control

an! !ata channels

5he user !ata is carrie! on the enhance! !e!icate! %hysical !ata

channel +#."P"4H0 'hile ne' control information is on the #.
"P44H
+O0"e!icate! channel means that each 1# has its o'n !ata %ath to the /o!e 9 that is
continuous an! in!e%en!ent from the "4Hs an! #."4Hs of other 1#s
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HS1PA channels +2-?0

=rom the Release JJ "4H& the !e!icate! %hysical control

channel +"P44H0 is unchange! an! the nee! for the
"P"4H !e%en!s on %ossi$le u%link ser(ices ma%%e! to the
"4H

"P44H is use! e.g. for fast %o'er control

/e' channels for sche!uling control

#."4H a$solute grant channel +#.A*4H0 . a$solute sche!uling

(alue

#."4H relati(e grant channel +#.R*4H0 . relati(e ste%

u%-!o'n sche!uling comman!s
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HS1PA channels +)-?0

/e' channel for retransmission control& carries information

in the !o'nlink !irection on 'hether a %articular $ase
station has recei(e! the u%link %acket correctly or not

#."4H HAR< in!icator channel +#.H@4H0

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HS1PA channels +?-?0
6(-e9
U$
$-RGGH
$-AG2H
$-H42H
DP22H
$-DP22H
$-DPD2H
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<uestions

3hat ne' features on to% of multico!es an! shorter frame

si;es !o HS1PA offerK

@s "4H %art of the HS1PAK

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1%link sche!uling +C-A0

3ith HS"PA all the cell %o'er can $e !irecte! to a single

user for a short %erio! of time

Dery high %eak !ata rates achie(a$le for certain 1# an! all the
others can $e left 'ith a ;ero !ata rate

Ho'e(er& in the neLt time instant another 1# can $e ser(e!

an! so on

3ith HS1PA HS"PA ty%e of sche!uling is not %ossi$le

HS1PA is a many.to.one sche!uling

5he u%link transmission %o'er resources are !i(i!e! to

se%arate !e(ices +1#s0 'hich can $e use! only for their
%ur%oses an! not share! as 'ith HS"PA
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1%link sche!uling +2-A0

5he share! resource of the u%link is the u%link noise rise+O0& or

the total recei(e! %o'er seen in the /o!e 9 recei(er

5y%ically& one 1# is una$le to consume that resource alone

com%letely an! it is (ery $eneficial for the sche!uler to kno' at
each time instant ho' much of that resource each 1# 'ill consume
an! to try to maintain the interference le(el eL%erience! close to
the maLimum

5hus& HS1PA sche!uling coul! $e referre! as (ery fast "4H

sche!uling
+O0ratio $et'een the total %o'er recei(e! from all of the 1#s at the $ase station an!
the thermal noise
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1%link sche!uling +)-A0

5'o !ifferent sche!uling schemes are !efine! for HS1PA

traffic

Sche!ule! transmissions controlle! $y /o!e 9 'hich might not

guarantee high enough minimum $it rate. @n a!!ition each
reFuest reFuires time consuming signaling

/on.sche!ule! transmissions +/S50 controlle! $y ra!io

net'ork controller +R/40 'hich !efines a minimum !ata rate
at 'hich the 1# can transmit 'ithout any %re(ious reFuest.
5his re!uces signaling o(erhea! an! conseFuently %rocessing
!elays
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1%link sche!uling +?-A0

Sche!ule! transmissions

5he sche!uler measures the noise le(el an! !eci!es 'hether

A!!itional traffic can $e allocate!

Shoul! some users ha(e smaller !ata rates

5he sche!uler also monitors the u%link fee!$ack

5ransmitte! on #."P44H in e(ery 55@

Referre! as ha%%y $its

5ells 'hich users coul! transmit at a higher !ata rate $oth from the
$uffer status an! the transmission %o'er a(aila$ility %oint of (ie'
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1%link sche!uling +A-A0

"e%en!ing on %ossi$le user %riorities gi(en from the R/4& the

sche!uler chooses a %articular user or users for !ata rate
a!2ustment

5he res%ecti(e relati(e or a$solute rate comman!s are then sen!

on the #.R*4H or #.A*4H

1# in soft han!o(er recei(es only relati(e hol!-!o'n

comman!s from other than ser(ing HS1PA /o!e 9
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<uestions

3hat is the share! resource in the u%link if %o'er is in the

!o'nlinkK

3hat kin! of sche!uling %ossi$ilities HS1PA offerK

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Multico!es 'ith HS1PA +C-20

#(en though RelMJJ "4H su%%orts in theory multico!e

transmissions in %ractice only #."4H can su%%ort multico!e
transmissions an! thus higher $itrates

@n theory "4H can use BLS=? lea!ing to A.? M$%s

#."4H can in %ractice su%%ort 2LS=2 P 2LS=? lea!ing to A.?

M$%s

5he reason 'hy "4H !oes not su%%ort multico!es is that

the "4H is controlle! $y R/4 an! thus "4H is rather slo'ly
controlla$le
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Multico!es 'ith HS1PA +2-20

@f the 1# coul! sen! 'ith fully utili;ing multico!es in some

time instant this might not $e the case later an! 1# might en!
u% in %o'er outage an! thus 'oul!nMt $e a$le to use its
allocation

3ith R/4 control reallocation of resources is slo' HI resources

'aste!

Also& HS1PA 'ith HAR< increases the %ossi$ility to o%erate

'ith higher 9#R target 'hich lea!s to lo'er %o'er
reFuirement for corres%on!ing !ata rate
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Mo$ility 'ith HS1PA +C-20

HS1PA su%%orts the soft+er0 han!o(er %roce!ure similar to

34"MA RelMJJ

5he HAR< o%eration in HS1PA soft han!o(er situation is

!one in follo'ing manor

@f any /o!e 9 %art of the acti(e set sen!s an A4K& then the
information gi(en to the Me!ium Access 4ontrol +MA40 layer is
that an A4K has $een recei(e! an! the MA4 layer 'ill consi!er
the transmission successful
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Mo$ility 'ith HS1PA +2-20
Data
"a7er 1
A25/6A25
R62
6(-e9
U$
6(-e9
"a7er 1
A25/6A25
2(rre)tl7
re)e+;e-
&a),et
Pa),et
re(r-er+'<
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<uestions

3hy !oes not "4H su%%ort multico!es in %racticeK

@f 1# is in a t'o.'ay soft han!o(er ho' !oes the HAR<

o%erateK
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4ontinuous Packet 4onnecti(ity
+4P40
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4ontinuous Packet 4onnecti(ity +C-A0

4ontinuous Packet 4onnecti(ity +4P40 'as release! in

Release G

"esigne! to im%ro(e the %erformance of !elay critical small

$it rate ser(ices like Do@P

#liminates the nee! for continuous transmission an!

rece%tion 'hen !ata is not eLchange!. 4an $e categori;e!
into three feature

1 !iscontinuous transmission

" !iscontinuous transmission

HS.S44H less for HS"PA Do@P

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4ontinuous Packet 4onnecti(ity +2-A0

9enefits

4onnecte! inacti(e HSPA users nee! less resources an! create

less interference HI more users can $e connecte!

1# %o'er sa(ings HI increase! talk time +Do@P0

15RA/ resources are sa(e!

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4ontinuous Packet 4onnecti(ity +)-A0
= P!" #!"$ / %-P!" #%-!"$
= P!!"
%-!" &i'( 2-ms TTI
#)e*-6+ ,(-se 2+ .oIP$
%-!" &i'( 10-ms TTI
#)e*/6+ ,(-se 1+ .oIP$
)00 !" &i'( 20-ms TTI
#)e*/00+ !S 1oi2e$
1232 4b,s !"
32 4b,s %-!"
160 4b,s %-!"
Po&er o5se'
%-!" &i'( 2 ms TTI
-n6 78 P!!" 9-'in9
#)e*-:+ .oIP$
160 4b,s %-!"
P;
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4ontinuous Packet 4onnecti(ity +?-A0

" !iscontinuous transmission or "iscontinuous Rece%tion

+"RL0 cycles allo' an i!le 1# to %o'er off the ra!io
recei(er for a %re!efine! %erio!

Perio! after the 1# 'akes u% again is calle! as "RL cycle

3hen 1# 'akes u% it listens %re!efine! time for incoming

transmissions an! if it successfully !eco!es a ne' transmission
!uring that time it starts timer for staying acti(e certain %erio!
of time
<o
me-suremen's
6one or 6-'-
re2ei1e6
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4ontinuous Packet 4onnecti(ity +A-A0

HS.S44H.less HS"PA o%eration in !o'nlink

@nitial transmission of small +Do@P0 %ackets can $e sent 'ithout

High S%ee! Secon!ary 4ontrol 4hannel +HS.S44H0

#liminates the control channel o(erhea! from small %ackets

sent o(er HS"PA

Retransmissions are sent 'ith HS.S44H %ointing to the initial

transmission
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Do@P %erformance 'ith an! 'ithout
4P4

@n general ma2or %erformance enhancements (isi$le if circuit s'itche!

(oice o(er 34"MA an! Do@P o(er HSPA Rel G is com%are!

3ith Rel JJ 4S (oice ca%acity B0.G0 users-cell

3ith Rel G Do@P ca%acity goes $eyon! C20 users-cell

H. Holma, M. Kuusela, E. Malkamki, K. Ranta-aho, C. Tao:
VoIP over HP! "ith #$PP Release %&, PIMRC, '(().
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@nternet HSPA
+@.HSPA0
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@.HSPA +C-)0

@nternet.HSPA +@.HSPA0 aims to %ro(i!e com%etiti(e mo$ile

internet access 'ith much more sim%ler net'ork
architecture than it is in normal 34"MA systems

"e%loya$le 'ith eListing 34"MA $ase stations

1tili;es stan!ar! )*PP terminals

Sim%lifie! architecture $rings many $enefits such as

4ost.efficient $roa!$an! 'ireless access

@m%ro(es the !elay %erformance

5ransmission sa(ings

#na$les flat rating for the en! user

3orks any'here +com%are! to 3A/ or 3@MAE0

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@.HSPA +2-)0
U$
6(-e9 /
$-6(-e9
R62
SGS6
GGS6
4'ter'et
/
4'tra'et
4'ter'et
/
4'tra'et
4-HSPA
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@.HSPA +)-)0
Round trip time of 32-Byte packet
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
To6-=
"SPA
"SPA>"S7PA
)e*e-se
00 ?200
ms
"SPA
@100 ms
"S7PA
?A0 ms
Internet
Iu * +ore
R,C
Iu-
,o.e /
!I
0E
I-"SPA>
I-"S7PA
I-"SPA
?2A ms
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4onclusions
BA 2008 Magister Solutions t!
4onclusions +C-20

High S%ee! Packet Access e(olution for 34"MA 'as

intro!uce! in Release A an! B for !o'nlink an! u%link&
res%ecti(ely

HSPA offers much higher %eak !ata rates& reaching in

theory u% to C? M$%s in the !o'nlink an! A&? M$%s in the
u%link& in a!!ition to re!uce! !elays

Key technologies 'ith HSPA are

=ast ayer C retransmissions i.e. HAR<

/o!e 9 sche!uling

Shorter frame si;e +2ms in " an! 2-C0ms 10

Higher or!er mo!ulation an! co!ing along 'ith link a!a%tation

in !o'nlink

Real su%%ort for multico!es in the u%link

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4onclusions +2-20

HSPA im%ro(e! also the %erformance of !elay critical lo' $it

rate ser(ices like Do@P e(en though it 'as not originally
!esigne! for it

4ontinuous Packet 4onnecti(ity +4P40 enhancements

intro!uce! in Release G im%ro(e! Do@P %erformance e(en
more

@.HSPA 'as intro!uce! to %ro(i!e com%etiti(e internet

access solution

High !ata rates 'ith lo' !elay

Re!uce! costs HI flat rate coul! $e %ossi$le

=emtocells 'ere intro!uce! to im%ro(e the mo$ile

con(ergence an! %erformance in small offices or at home&
for instance
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HSPA (s "4H +$asic 34"MA0
Feature
Variable spreading factor
Fast power control
Adaptive modulation
BTS based scheduling
D2H
1es
1es
,o
,o
HSUPA
1es
1es
,o
1es
Fast L1 HAR ,o 1es
HSDPA
,o
,o
1es
1es
1es
!ulticode transmission
1es
2,o in 3ra+ti+e4
1es 1es
Soft handover 1es 1es
,o
2asso+iate. 5CH onl64
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A 2o6es QPSK
# of codes Modulation
A 2o6es 16-QAM
10 2o6es 16-QAM
1A 2o6es 16-QAM
1A 2o6es 16-QAM
138 Mb,s
Max
data rate
336 Mb,s
:32 Mb,s
1031 Mb,s
1434 Mb,s
2 B SC4
2 ms
10 ms
# of codes TTI
2 B SC2 10 ms
2 B SC2 2 ms
2 B SC2 >
2 B SC4
2 ms
1346 Mb,s
Max
data rate
230 Mb,s
230 Mb,s
A3:6 Mb,s
Downlink HSDPA

5heoretical u% to C?.? M$%s

@nitial ca%a$ility C.8 6 ).B M$%s

Uplink HSUPA

5heoretical u% to A.GB M$%s

@nitial ca%a$ility C.?B M$%s

HSPA Peak "ata Rates
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