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Huawei LTE-Advanced Overview

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Contents
1 LTE-A Requirements and 3GPP schedule
2
LTE-A Features and Progress
3
Huawei LTE-A Development Plan
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LTE-Advanced: Evolution for Future
Peak: 150Mbps
Efficiency: 1.7bps/Hz

OFDM
MIMO
64QAM

Smart Phone
4B Connection
Smart Device
50B Connection
Smart Device + M2M
10B Connection
Peak: 1Gbps
Efficiency: 3.7bps/Hz

Carrier Aggregation40M, 60M,
80M
High-order MIMO: 8*8
Relay
HetNet
CoMP
Peak: 5Gbps
Efficiency: 6.4bps/Hz


LTE.
3GPP R12~
LTE-Advanced
3GPP R10~
LTE
3GPP R8~
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LTE-A: Quantitative Requirements
Metrics IMT-
Advanced
Requirement
LTE-FDD
Performance
LTE-Advanced Requirement
(3GPP TR 36.913, Case 1)
DL peak spectrum efficiency (bps/Hz) 15 16.3 (MIMO 4x4) 30 (MIMO 8x8)
UL peak spectrum efficiency (bps/Hz) 6.75 3.75 (SIMO 1x2) 15 (MIMO 4x4)
Supported bandwidth > 40MHz Up to 20MHz Up to 100MHz
DL average cell spectrum efficiency (bps/Hz) 2.2 1.7 (2x2) 3.7 (4x4)
UL average cell spectrum efficiency (bps/Hz) 1.4 1.5 (1x4) 2.0 (2x4)
Control plane idle-to-connected latency
Control plane dormant-to-active latency
UE plane latency
100
10
10
80
11.5
4
50
10
Improved from LTE
VoIP capacity (UE / MHz) 30-50 40 60
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LTE-A Schedule in 3GPP
LTE Rel8
(officially freezing)
ASN.1
frozen
07/12
08/12 09/12
10/12 11/12 12/12
LTE Rel9
(functional freezing)
ASN.1
frozen
LTE-A SI
LTE-A Rel10
(core completion)
ASN.1
frozen
Rel11
(stage 1)
ASN.1
frozen
Rel11
(stage 2)
Rel11
(stage 3)
Larger spectrum
assets and high
peak rates
DL 8X8 MIMO
UL 4X4 MIMO
Carrier Aggregation
Relay
eICIC
Further enhance
cell average/cell
edge throughput
CA Enhancement
DL/UL CoMP
Enhancement

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Huawei Contribution to the LTE Industry
230+ approved contributions to 3GPP LTE RAN
Standard since 2010, ranking No.1 contributor.

Source: 2011Q3
Huawei has signed cross-license agreements
with all major IPR holders:



The Rapporteurship for 6 Study Item/Work
Item of LTE-A in 3GPP, leading LTE-A
standardization:
LTE-A R10: UL MIMO, MBMS
LTE-A R11: UL CoMP, AAS, MTC, MBMS
Submitted 380+ LTE essential patents in ETSI,
ranking No.1 among wireless
infrastructure vendors.


LTE Core Specification in 3GPP
(Approved Contributions)
Contents
1 LTE-A Requirements and 3GPP schedule
2
LTE-A Features and Progress
3
Huawei LTE-A Development Plan
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Intra-CA : R10
Carrier Aggregation

Scenario B: Intra-Band, Non-Contiguous
Scenario A:Intra-Band, Contiguous
Scenoria C: Inter-Band, Non-Contiguous
Band 1
LTE Carrier 1 LTE Carrier 2 LTE Carrier 3

Combined LTE Carrier 1 and LTE Carrier 2
LTE-A Carrier LTE Carrier 3
f
f
Band 1
Operator 1 LTE
Carrier 1
Operator 2 LTE
Carrier 2
Operator 1 LTE
Carrier 3

Combined LTE Carrier 1 and LTE Carrier 3
Operator 1 LTE-
A Carrier
Operator 2 LTE
Carrier 2
Operator 1 LTE-A
Carrier
f
f
Band 1 Band 2
LTE Carrier 1 LTE Carrier 2

LTE Carrier 1 in Band 1 Combined LTE Carrier 2 in Band 2
LTE-A Carrier LTE-A Carrier
f
f

Provide 300~752Mbps(2X2 MIMO) at 40~100MHz bandwidth or
>1Gbps(4X4 MIMO) peak data rate
Increase user data rate and system spectral efficiency
Improve user experience( latency, etc..)


Benefits
Provide 1Gbps in
100MHz using 4X4 MIMO
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More spectrum for IMT-Advanced
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Spectrum aggregation is possible
3GPP R11 Inter-band CA With Priority
Intra-CA : R10
Component
Carrier1
Component
Carrier2
Component
Carrier X


Inter-CA : R11
Inter-CA : R11

Band4(AWS)


Band20(DD800)


Band3(1800M)


Band1(2100M)


Band7(2600M)


Band4(AWS)


Band20(DD800)


Band3(1800M)


Band1(2100M)


Band7(2600M)

Carrier1 Carrier2
Backward
Compatibility
Flexible
Aggregation
Each component carrier
can be regarded as one
LTE carrier for LTE (Rel.
8) UEs


Several scenarios can
be applied according to
available spectrum
resources


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CA Application Scenarios
Same Coverage Senario
S1
F1 F2
Coverage and throughput
Balancing Scenario
S5
RRH scenario
S4
Cell edge user scenario
S3
Capacity Coverage
S2
Repeater Scenario
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MIMO Objectives
DL SU-MIMO DL MU-MIMO UL SU-MIMO UL MU-MIMO
Provide DL/UL
Peak Data Rate
Increase system capacity
and spectral efficiency
DL: 300 600 Mbps (4x4 MIMO, 8x8 MIMO) in
20MHz, or >1Gbps (4x4 MIMO) in 100M Hz
UL: 150 300 Mbps (2x4 MIMO, 4x4 MIMO) in
20MHz , or >1Gbps (4x4 MIMO) in 100MHz


DL HO MIMO up to 8x8, enhanced DL MU-
MIMO
UL SU-MIMO up to 4T, enhanced UL MU-MIMO


MIMO
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MIMO :Performance-UL
Ant. Config.
LTE-A
Target
Huawei*
1x2 SIMO 1.2 1.1977
2x4 SU-MIMO 2.0 2.1457
Average spectrum efficiencies [bps/Hz/cell]
Cell-edge user throughput [bps/Hz/cell/user]
Ant. Config.
LTE-A
Target
Huawei*
1x2 SIMO 0.04
0.03685

2x4 SU-MIMO 0.07 0.08048
Huawei Views:
From spectrum efficiency point of view, all Uplink MIMO configurations satisfy LTE-A
requirement, 2T is sufficient
* Huawei results came from internal simulation.
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MIMO :Performance-DL
Ant. Config.
LTE-A
Target
Huawei *
2x2 Rel. 8 LTE SU-MIMO 2.4 2.16
2x2 MU-MIMO 2.4 2.25
4x2 Rel. 8 LTE SU-MIMO 2.6 2.40
4x2 MU-MIMO

2.6 2.89
4x4 Rel. 8 LTE SU-MIMO 3.7 3.41
4x4 MU-MIMO 3.7 3.98
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Cell-edge user throughput
[bps/Hz/cell/user]
Ant. Config.
LTE-A
Target
Huawei*
2x2 Rel. 8 LTE SU-MIMO 0.07 0.086
2x2 MU-MIMO 0.07 0.086
4x2 Rel. 8 LTE SU-MIMO 0.09 0.107
4x2 MU-MIMO 0.09 0.125
4x4 Rel. 8 LTE SU-MIMO 0.12 0.164
4x4 MU-MIMO 0.12 0.199
Huawei Views:
From spectrum efficiency point of view, all Downlink MIMO configurations satisfy LTE-A
requirement, 4T is necessary.
* Huawei results came from internal simulation.
Cell-edge user throughput
[bps/Hz/cell/user]


Average spectrum efficiencies
[bps/Hz/cell]
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CoMP DL R11
Benefits:
Interference from other transmission points is utilized to
improve transmission
Improve SNR
Reduce inter-cell-interference
Downlink
CoMP
Intra-eNB
CoMP
Inter-eNB
CoMP
Features
Uplink
CoMP
Fibre
Air interface
*CoMP has been discussed since Mar. 2008, and its
SI has been delayed to later than Dec. 2010
X2
eNodeB
AP
AP
AP
AP
AP
AP
eNodeB
UE
UE
UE
Intra-eNB CoMP
Inter-eNB CoMP
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R11 DL CoMP Scenario1&2
Scenario 2:
Homogeneous network with high Tx power RRHs
Scenario 1:
Homogeneous network with intra-site CoMP
Scenario 1
(intra-site 3 cells JP)
Scenario 2
(inter-site 9 cells JP)
Cell capacity gain
Cell edge [5%]
user gain
Cell capacity gain Cell edge [5%] user gain
4TX 21.60% 31.63% 19.26% 58.04%
2TX 31.64% 55.88% 31.25% 80.62%

Benefits
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UL Intra-eNodeB CoMP enhance UL Throughput

* Simulation assumption: 10MHz





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Cell Avearge
Throughput.
Cell Edge
Throughput
7% Increase
With CoMP
Without CoMP
10% Increase
Gain for UE1: Co-demodulated.
Gain for UE2: Interference (UE1) Rejection.
UL Intra-eNB CoMP Secures LTE User Consistent QoE
No CoMP
Intra-eNB CoMP
Intra-eNB CoMP Legend
UL CoMP w/t Co-demodulation &
Interference Rejection
Benefits
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Challenges of CoMP
Huawei Views:
DL CoMP and UL inter-eNB CoMP requires for standard specification (R11 or beyond)
UL intra-eNB shown promising performance benefit without specific standardization work.
CoMP application is uncertain

DL CoMP and UL inter-eNB
CoMP still under SI stage
CoMP application is uncertain
Complex to Implement

Backhaul capacity, transmission
latency, synchronization
Introduce special requirements for
UE

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HetNet ( LPN to solve the capacity problem)








Macro
Macro
Micro Micro
Macro
Macro
Micro
Femto
Femto
Femto
Micro
LPN: Low Power Nodes

1 - 5x 10 - 50x 100 - 500x
Micro
Micro
Pico
Femto
Macro Macro Macro
WiFi
Telecom architecture becomes Flat Radio network becomes Heterogeneous
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Hot Spot Identify
Find the hotspot by traffic map
Visible and Accurate
Based on real-time traffic statistic

Network planning by SINR
Add more small cell in Macro
coverage considering RSRP
Accurate planning maximizing
capacity

Traffic Map
Events Map
Coverage Map
Accurate Hotspot
Events Analysis Planned Network

Precise location
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Interference Mitigation (eICIC)

More Cell-Edge UEs, More Intereference, More block
Interference control by Mother-Child Sites
Adaptive ICIC, eICIC, CoMP

Interference analysis

Signal Interference
eICIC
CoMP(CBF/CS, JP)
Cloud BB


Protected Subframe
Macro
Micro
Beamforming



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Het-Net Evaluation
Pico Num. 4 Pico 6 Pico 8 Pico 10 Pico 12 Pico
Gain of cell group average
throughput
378.8% 511.7% 648.4% 746.0% 822.8%
Gain of cell edge throughput 108.1% 164.0% 237.6% 307.8% 357. 9%
Configuration 1 19*3cells, Macro 46dBm/ 500m ISD, Pico 30 dBm. No ABS & CRE
378.84%
108.11%
511.75%
164.00%
648.39%
237.64%
746.03%
307.76%
822.75%
357.89%
918.56%
422.13%
974.46%
458.95%
1034.12%
504.78%
1120.49%
573.70%
0.00%
200.00%
400.00%
600.00%
800.00%
1000.00%
1200.00%
4 Pico 6 Pico 8 Pico 10 Pico 12 Pico 14 Pico 16 Pico 18 Pico 20 Pico
Gain of cell group average
throughput
Gain of cell edge throughput
Contents
1 LTE-A Requirements and 3GPP schedule
2
LTE-A Features and Progress
3
Huawei LTE-A Development Plan
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eRAN6.0* eRAN3.0
3GPP Release 10

High Performance
Intra-band CA(2 CC)
DL 4*2 MU-MIMO
Advanced Receiver
HetNet eICIC

Support for New Service
eMBMS(Basic)

3GPP Release 10

High Performance
UL Intra-eNB CoMP






eRAN7.0**
3GPP Release 11

High Performance
DL intra site CoMP
Inter-band CA(2 CC)
UL 2*2/2*4 SU MIMO
Relay
Support for New Service
Offload LIPA
Offload SIPTO

eRAN8.0**
3GPP Release 12

High Performance
DL inter site CoMP
CA(> 2CC)
Advanced MIMO Scheme
DL 8*8 MU-MIMO
UL 4*4 SU-MIMO


2012Q2 2013Q1
2014Q1 2015Q1
LTE-A Roadmap
* Under discussion for eRAN6.0
** Be subject to eco-system progress after eRAN6.0
Planned
Planning
Candidate
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Smooth Evolving from LTE to LTE-A

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CA High Order MIMO

CoMP

Protecting LTE network investment, Excellent forwards compatibility
Intra-eNB CoMP: Software
upgrade
Inter-eNB CoMP: Software
upgrade,
needs adding transport LBBP
cards because transport
processing increased.
needs adding transport LBBP cards
because transport processing
increased
Thank you
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