3GPP MIMO Modes Summary

• transmission modes defined by 3GPP TS36.331234

• green: RL15TD blue: add-on in RL25TD
• BF: beamforming SM: spatial multiplexing

Mode 1 Single-antenna port (SISO)

Transmit diversity (SFBC, Frequency Shift Time
Mode 2 Diversity)
Open-loop SM (CQI and RI reported by UE, PM def.
Mode 3
by eNb, rank adapt., rank 1 ≈ TM2, otherwise SM) FDD and
Closed-loop SM (CQI, RI, PMI reported by UE, rank TDD
Mode 4 adaptation) Rel 8

Mode 5 Multiuser-MIMO

Mode 6 Closed loop rank 1 precoding

Mode 7 Single-antenna port, port 5 (BF, DRS)

TDD only
Mode 8 Dual layer BF (port 7 and/or 8) Rel 9
Multi-stream beamforming with CSI-RS (Channel FDD and
Mode 9 state information) Rel 10
TDD
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 LTE541 short term weights (STBF) long term weights
(MIMO: pre-coding matrix PM)
weighting
(LTBF) vector
structure Long term weight
u4 u3 u2 u1
Short term weight
CW1 w11 w1 1 5

dual stream case w12 w5

/2
(2 code words) 2
w2 6

w21 w6

w22 w3 3 7

CW2 w7

w4 4 8

w8
Long term weight
u4 u3 u2 u1
Short term weight
CW1 w1 w1 1 5

single stream case

w2 w5 /2
(1 code word) 2 6
w2
w6

w3 3 7
short term BF + w7

long term BF = 4
w4 8
hybrid BF
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w8
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 weighting vector (w,
LTE541, DS-BF Kronecker product
of long and short
feature description (2) u4 u3 u2 u1
Long term weight
term weights)
Short term weight
short term weights 5
CW1 w11 w1 1
• default: STBF based on
instantaneous channel w12 w5
vector H (estimated from /2
SRS, “Hybrid BF”) w2
2 6
• fallback 1: UE’s PMI w21 w6
feedback (“PMI + LTBF”)
• fallback 2: random matrix w22 w3 3 7
(“Unitary BF”) w7
CW2
• H and reported PMI
4
regarded as invalid if w4 8
older than a certain #TTIs w8

u: long term weights, computed via LTBF

• SRS based estimation of channel response H
• H averaged over PRBs and time
• LTE493: LTBF over 8 antennas
• LTE541:
– LTBF over 4 antennas per polarization
– => 1 H vector per polarization
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– => both H vectors averaged
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 LTE541, DS-BF, FTM-943
TxDiv fall back inside TM8 (based on CQI and rank)
• motivation: no DRS overhead with TxDiv => TxDiv may outperform SS-BF in case of high CQI

rank switching

fall back

• decision based on current mimoCQI and mimoRANK

• red region: use DS-BF (independent of current mode)
• yellow region: use SS-BF (independent of current mode)
• green region: use TxDiv (independent of current mode)
• blue region: if current mode = DS-BF: switch to SS-BF
else: keep current mode (SS-BF or TxDiv)
• orange region: keep current mode
• same TxDiv fall back method inside TM7 (no DS-BF part, LTE493 ?)
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 R7 R7 R7 R7 R8 R8 R8 R8

LTE541, DS-BF

configuration 1, 2, 6, or 7
Special subframe with
DRS R7 R7 R7 R7 R8 R8 R8 R8

• used for channel estimation

• mapping to physical REs R7 R7 R7 R7 R8 R8 R8 R8

according to 6.10.3.2 of [3GPP- l0 l6 l0 l6 l0 l6 l0 l6

36.211]
• REs depend on special subframe R7 R7 R7 R7 R8 R8 R8 R8

configuration 3, 4, or 8
Special subframe with
configuration
• DwPTS in special subframe R7 R7 R7 R7 R8 R8 R8 R8
configuration 0 and 5 not used
• same positions for port 7 and 8 Antenna port 7
Antenna port 8
R7 R7 R7 R7 R8 R8 R8 R8

l0 l6 l0 l6 l0 l6 l0 l6

R7 R7 R7 R7 R8 R8 R8 R8
Downlink subframe

R7 R7 R7 R7 R8 R8 R8 R8

R7 R7 R7 R7 R8 R8 R8 R8

l0 l6 l0 l6 l0 l6 l0 l6

For internal use even-numbered slots odd-numbered slots even-numbered slots odd-numbered slots
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Antenna port 7 Antenna port 8
High level Summary (cont.)
User Scenario 1: TM3->TM8
Precondition
 TM switch activated.
 UE support TM8 and its channel condition could not support high mcs dual stream .

Description
 MAC trigger TM switch procedure, advice to cplane TM8.
 Cplane trigger reconfiguration procedure, eUE switch to TM8 and send reconfiguration
complete back to eNB.
 eNB Cplane reconfigure MAC including TM8 and its related parameters such as cqi
report mode.

Postcondition
 Both eNB and eUE switch to TM8.

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High level Summary (cont.)
User Scenario 2: TM8->TM3
Precondition
 TM switch activated.
 UE has very good channel condition which could support high mcs dual stream.

Description
 MAC trigger TM switch procedure, advice to cplane TM3
 Cplane trigger reconfiguration procedure, eUE switch to TM8 and send reconfiguration
complete back to eNB.
 eNB Cplane reconfigure MAC including TM3 and its related parameters such as cqi
report mode.

Postcondition
 Both eNB and eUE switch to TM3.

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High level Summary (cont.)
User Scenario 3: TM switch failed
Precondition
 Same as scenario 1/2.
 Reconfiguration procedure failed due to time out or etc.

Description
 eNB Mac shall switch back to original TM after its waiting timer expires.

Postcondition
 Both eNB or eUE works well under original TM or RLF triggered.

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High level Summary (cont.)
Algorithm

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High level Summary (cont.)
Algorithm

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