Sunday, June 27, 2010

Relay Node for LTE - Advanced

The Relays just contain L1 and L2 of the eNodeB , not the complete LTE eNodeB stack.

  1. Layer 3 (RRC) is terminated in Relay Node for the (Relay Node –UE) interface.
  2. L1/L2 signaling (CQI, HARQ, etc) is performed between Relay Node and UE.
  3. Relay Node has their own PCI (physical cell identity).
  4. Increase the throughput 
There are two different types of Relay's.

  1. Type-1 (Non-Transparency)
  2. Type-2 (Transparency)


Type-I relay will help the UE to access the eNodeB that are far from the coverage of the eNodeB. So the Type–I relay will transmit the common reference signal and the control information for the eNB and will help the eNodeB in extending the signals and service coverage area. Type-I Relay mainly perform IP packet forwarding in the (layer 3) and can make some contributions to the overall system capacity by enabling communication services and data transmissions for remote UE units.

Type-II Relay can help a local UE unit, which is located within the coverage of an eNB and has a direct communication link with the eNB, to improve its service quality and link capacity. So a Type-II RS does not transmit the common reference signal or the control information, and its main objective is to increase the overall system capacity by achieving multipath diversity and transmission gains for local UE unit



























Challenges in relay nodes
  1. Relays create extra “cell-edge”

  2. Relays cause extra time delay

  3. Multiple relay nodes can have different duplexing schedules which create interference.

LTE Relay and Repeater

Repeater 

  • Just amplifies the signal and transmit it





LTE Relays


Not just amplifies the signal , it also decodes the information and encode it back amplified .
























Tuesday, June 1, 2010

LTE is no more 3.9G , it will be known as 4G

LTE is officially know as the 3.9G not as 4G, But in many posts, blog's and discussions , you might have seen that LTE will referred as 4G .In the recent LTE World Summit and from the news, etc. it seems that the marketing guys won and LTE would be known as 4G.



2G = GSM
2.5G = GPRS
2.75G = EDGE
3G = WCDMA
3.5G = HSDPA
3.75G = HSUPA
3.8G = HSPA+
3.85G = 'HSPA+' + MIMO
3.9G = ??
4G = LTE
















Source :Zahid Ghadialy's Blog