LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless: Design and Measurement Challenges

by Agilent Technologies, Moray Rumney (Editor)

Overview

A practical guide to LTE design, test and measurement, this new edition has been updated to include the latest developments

This book presents the latest details on LTE from a practical and technical perspective. Written by Agilent’s measurement experts, it offers a valuable insight into LTE technology and its design and test challenges. Chapters cover the upper layer signaling and system architecture evolution (SAE). Basic concepts such as MIMO and SC-FDMA, the new uplink modulation scheme, are introduced and explained, and the authors look into the challenges of verifying the designs of the receivers, transmitters and protocols of LTE systems. The latest information on RF and signaling conformance testing is delivered by authors participating in the LTE 3GPP standards committees.

This second edition has been considerably revised to reflect the most recent developments of the technologies and standards. Particularly important updates include an increased focus on LTE-Advanced as well as the latest testing specifications.

• Fully updated to include the latest information on LTE 3GPP standards
• Chapters on conformance testing have been majorly revised and there is an increased focus on LTE-Advanced
• Includes new sections on testing challenges as well as over the air MIMO testing, protocol testing and the most up-to-date test capabilities of instruments
• Written from both a technical and practical point of view by leading experts in the field 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118358078
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	02/15/2013
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	648
File size:	36 MB
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About the Author

Moray Rumney, Lead Technologist, Agilent Technologies, USA Moray Rumney has enjoyed a varied career path, spanning manufacturing engineering, product development, applications engineering, and most recently technical marketing. His main focus has been the development and system design of base station emulators used in the development and testing of cellular phones. Moray currently represents Agilent at RAN WG4, developing the air interface for HSPA+ and LTE. He has published many technical articles in the field of cellular communications and is a regular speaker and chairman at industry conferences

Agilent Technologies A leader in test and measurement solutions, Agilent Technologies is at the forefront of emerging wireless and broadband markets. With up-to-date, reliable LTE design automation and test solutions, it provides the most complete measurement coverage - from RF to digital - throughout the product development cycle. Agilent design and test products are based on the company's knowledge gained through active participation in the relevant 3GPP working groups. Agilent's engineers have already produced one of the industry's first and most extensive lines of WiMAX solutions.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 LTE Introduction Moray Rumney 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 LTE System Overview 1

1.3 The Evolution from UMTS to LTE 3

1.4 LTE/SAE Requirements 4

1.5 LTE/SAE Timeline 6

1.6 Introduction to the 3GPP LTE/SAE Specification Documents 7

1.7 References 9

Chapter 2 Air Interface Concepts 11

2.1 Radio Frequency Aspects Moray Rumney 11

2.2 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Moray Rumney 29

2.3 Single-Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access Moray Rumney 38

2.4 Multi-Antenna Operation and MIMO Peter Cain 43

2.5 References 58

Chapter 3 Physical Layer 59

3.1 Introduction to the Physical Layer 59

3.2 Physical Channels and Modulation Mitsuru Yokoyama Bai Ying 59

3.3 Multiplexing and Channel Coding Ryo Yonezawa 74

3.4 Introduction to Physical Layer Signalling Mark Stambaugh Jean-Philippe Gregoire 86

3.5 Physical Layer Procedures Dr. Michael Leung Dr. K. F. Tsang 99

3.6 Physical Layer Measurements and Radio Resource Management Moray Rumney 105

3.7 Summary 113

3.8 References 113

Chapter 4 Upper Layer Signalling 115

4.1 Access Stratum Sarabjit Singh Steve Charlton Venkata Ratnakar Darshpreet Sabharwal Peter Goldsack 115

4.2 Non-Access Stratum Sarabjit Singh Niranjan Das 133

4.3 References 148

Chapter 5 System Architecture Evolution Per Kangru Eng Wei Koo 149

5.1 Requirements for an Evolved Architecture 149

5.2 Overview of the Evolved Packet System 153

5.3 Quality of Services in EPS 181

5.4 Security in the Network 188

5.5 Services 189

5.6 References 195

Chapter 6 Design and Verification Challenges 199

6.1 Introduction Moray Rumney 199

6.2 Simulation and Early R&D Hardware Testing Greg Jue 201

6.3 Testing RFICs With DigRF Interconnects Chris Van Woerkom 226

6.4 Transmitter Design and Measurement Challenges Ben Zarlingo Craig Grimley Moray Rumney 236

6.5 Receiver Design and Measurement Challenges Randy Becker Sandy Fraser 274

6.6 Design and Verification Challenges of MIMO Peter Cain 301

6.7 MIMO Closed Loop Operation Jean-Philippe Gregoire 332

6.8 Signalling Protocol Development Peter Jones 340

6.9 Network Troubleshooting Zach Lovell Bob Irvine 356

6.10 Battery Drain Testing Moray Rumney 376

6.11 References 381

Chapter 7 Conformance Testing 383

7.1 Introduction to Conformance Testing Moray Rumney 383

7.2 RF Conformance Testing Hiroshi Yanagawa Moray Rumney 384

7.3 UE Signalling Conformance Testing Pankaj Gupta 401

7.4 UE Certification Process (GCF and PTCRB) Masatoshi Obara 406

7.5 References 411

Chapter 8 Looking Towards 4G: LTE-Advanced Moray Rumney 413

8.1 Introduction 413

8.2 IMT-Advanced: The Real 4G 413

8.3 IMT-Advanced High Level Requirements 415

8.4 IMT-Advanced Detailed Requirements 415

8.5 Improving the Average and Cell-edge Spectral Efficiency 416

8.6 LTE-Advanced Solution Proposals 418

8.7 Proving LTE-Advanced 425

8.8 References 425

List of Acronyms 427

Index 435