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GP140563NBM2MOverviewofthePhysicalLayerDesignv2
NBM2M-OverviewofthePhysicalLayerDesign
1Introduction
AtGERAN#62anewSIwasagreedtostudyCellularSystemSupportforUltraLowComplexityandLowThroughputInternetofThings[1].Twooptionswereenvisagedin[1]:
“anon-legacybaseddesign,and/orabackwardcompatibleevolutionofGSM/EDGE”.Thiscontributiondescribesthephysicallayerdesignof“Narrow-bandM2M(NBM2M)”,anon-legacybasedsolutionproposedbythesourcingcompaniesforCellularIoT.
2Overview
TosupportmassivenumberoflowthroughputMTCdeviceswithalimitednumberof200KHzresourceblocks(termed"RB"),eachRBisdividedintoalargenumberof“narrowband”physicalchannelswhichareindividuallymodulatedandpulse-shaped.ChannelizationisdoneinaFDMmanner,forboththeuplinkandthedownlink.
Withanarrow-bandchannelcoveragecanbesignificantlyimprovedthankstoamuchhigherpowerspectraldensity(PSD),especiallyintheuplink.Othertechniqueslikespreadingandrepetitionareemployedinboththeuplinkandthedownlinktofurtherextendthecoverage.
Thechannelspacingintheuplinkisafraction(e.g.1/3)ofthatinthedownlink.Thiscreatesmanymorephysicalchannelsintheuplinkthaninthedownlink.Withasignificantlyhighernumberofparalleluplinkdatatransmissions,theaggregateuplinktransmitpowerincreasesproportionally,andsodoestheachievableuplinkcapacity.Anotherconsiderationisthatthelowcostobjectiveimpliesalowuplinktransmitpower,hencethechannelspacingshouldbesufficientlylowtonotlimittheuplinkPSD.
UnlikeinGSM,thedurationofaburstisvariable,andaphysicalchannelisonlydefinedinthefrequencydomain,notinthetimedomain.Therearethreetypesofphysicalchannels:
physicalbroadcastandsynchronizationchannle(PBSCH),physicaldownlinksharedchannel(PDSCH)andphysicaluplinksharedchannel(PUSCH).ThePBSCHcarriessynchronizationsignalandbroadcastinformation.ThePDSCHcarriesdata,controlinformation,paging,signalling,etc.ThePUSCHcarriesdata,signalling,randomaccessmessage,etc.AphysicalchannelcarriesoneormoretypesofburstinthewayofTDMA.Thevariouskindofburstwillbedefinedinthefollowingsections.
Thebasestationoperatesinfullduplexmodeinordertomaximizenetworkcapacity.MTCdevicesoperateinhalfduplexmodetoreducetheRFcost.
3Channelization
3.1Downlink
Afrequencyresourceblockissub-dividedinto12downlinkphysicalchannels,withachannelspacingof15kHz.ThedownlinkchannelizationisillustratedinFigure1.
Figure1Downlinkchannelization
Abasestationsectormaybeallocateddownlinkchannelsfromoneormoreresourceblocks.Theassignedchannelsforeachbasestationsectordependonthecellfrequencyplanningandre-useschemethatisusedforthedeployment.
AtleastonedownlinkphysicalchannelperbasestationsectorisreservedforPBSCH.TheremainingdownlinkphysicalchannelsareusedforPDSCH.
AMTCdeviceisnotrequiredtoreceivemultipledownlinkchannelssimultaneously.AMTCdeviceshallbecapableofre-tuningitsreceiverfromonedownlinkphysicalchanneltoadifferentdownlinkphysicalchannel.
3.2Uplink
Afrequencyresourceblockissub-dividedinto36uplinkphysicalchannels,withachannelspacingof5kHz.Agivenbasestationsectormaybeassignedanysubsetoftheuplinkchannels,dependingonthefrequencyplanningandre-useschemethatisusedforthedeployment.
TheuplinkchannelizationforasingleresourceblockisillustratedinFigure2.
Figure2Uplinkchannelization
Abasestationsectormaybeallocateduplinkchannelsfromoneormoreresourceblocks.Theassignedchannelsforeachbasestationsectordependonthecellfrequencyplanningandre-useschemethatisusedforthedeployment.
Ifabasestationsectorisallocatedmultiplecontiguousuplinkphysicalchannels,thenitmaychoosetoallocate2,4or8contiguousuplinkphysicalchannelstothesameMTCdeviceforchannelbonding.Thisenableshigheruplinkdatarates(andpotentiallylowerpowerconsumption)forMTCdevicesthathavesufficientlinkbudget.
AMTCdeviceshallbecapableofre-tuningitstransmitterfromoneuplinkphysicalchanneltoadifferentuplinkphysicalchannel.
4Multipleaccessandtimestructure
TheaccessschemeisTimeDivisionMultipleAccess(TDMA)withvariabletimedurationinphysicalchannels.Thechannelspacingis15kHzfordownlinkand5kHzforuplink(withoutchannelbonding).Physicalchannel’scontentcontainsoneormultipletypesofbursts.
4.1Slot
SlotisthetimeunitbearingscheduledM2Mdatamappedfromhigher-layer.Oneslotlastsfor10ms.
4.2M-hyperframes,M-superframesandM-frames
AdiagrammaticrepresentationofallthetimeslotandframestructuresisinFigure3.
ThelongestrecurrenttimeperiodofthestructureiscalledM-hyperframeandhasadurationof20971520ms(or5h49mn31s520ms).
OneM-hyperframeissubdividedin4 096M-superframeswhichhaveadurationof5120ms(or5,12seconds).TheM-superframesarenumberedmodulothisM-hyperframe(M-superframenumber,orM-SFN,from0to4095).M-superframeisusedforDRX/DTXanditsM-SFNfrom0to4095allowstheminimumDRX/DTXperiod5120mswhilemaximumDRX/DTXperiodupto20971520ms.
OneM-superframeissubdividedin64M-frameswhichhaveadurationof80ms.TheM-framesarenumberedmodulothisM-superframe(M-framenumber,orM-FN,from0to63).M-frameisthetimeunitofbroadcastandsynchronizationinformationforPBSCH,alsoisthetimeintervalunitofperiodicdownlinkcontrolinformation(DCI)forPDSCH.
OneM-framecomprisingeightslotsandtheslotsarenumberedmodulothisM-frame(slotnumber,orSN,from0to7).SlotistheminimumschedulinggranularityforPDSCHandPUSCH.
Figure3TimestructureforM-hyperframes,M-superframesandM-frames
4.3Burststructure
Aburstisdefinedasthecontentofphysicalchannelwithavariabledurationofoneorseveralslots.Therearethreebursttypes:
1.SynchronizationandbroadcastburstinPBSCH.EachsynchronizationandbroadcastbursthasafixedlengthofoneM-frameduration.
2.DCIburstinPDSCH.EachDCIburstcontainstwoparts,thefixed-lengthpartandthevariable-lengthpart.Thereasonforavariablelengthisthattheschedulinginformationisvariabledependingonthenumberofusersbeingscheduled.Thelengthofviariable-lengthpartisindicatedinthefixed-lengthpart.
3Non-DCIburstinPDSCHandPUSCH,eachnon-DCIbursthavevariablelength.ThisisusedforrandomaccessaswellasdatatransmissioninPUSCH.Withalongsymbolduration(e.g.266.7usinthecaseof3.75KHzsymbolrate),theuplinksymboltimingisconsideredrobustenoughforrancomaccess.
Theburststructuresfornormalcoveragearesuggestedtobedefinedasfollows:
1.Abroadcastandsynchronizationburstlasts80ms,containingtwoparts:
broadcastinformationandsynchronizationsequence.AdiagrammaticrepresentationofonebroadcastandsynchronizationburststructureisinFigure4.
Figure4BroadcastandsynchronizationburststructureinPBSCH
2.Thefixed-lengthpartofaDCIburstlasts30ms(3slots).AdiagrammaticrepresentationofthisisinFigure5,wherepreamblesymbolsareusedforre-synchronizationwhentheMTCdevicewakesupaftershortDRX/DTX,pilotsymbolsareusedfordemodulation.Bothcanbeusedformeasurement.
Figure5Fixed-lengthpartofDCIBurstinPDSCH
3.Non-DCIburstinPDSCHorthevariable-partofaDCIbursthasavariabledurationandcontainsmultipleslots.Eachslothasatotaldurationof120symbolsandcontainsmultipleunitstructureA’s,eachcontainingafixednumberofpilotsymbolsanddatasymbols.AdiagrammaticrepresentationisinFigure6.
Figure6Variable-lengthpartofDCIBurstandnon-DCIburstinPDSCHwithunitstructureA
4.Anon-DCIburstinPUSCHhasavariabledurationandcontainsmultipleN-slots.EachN-slotcontainsNslots,whereNisapositiveintegerdependingonchannelbondingfactorBfordifferentuplinkchannelbandwidth.
EachN-slotcontainsmultipleunitstructureA’s(forPSKmodulation)orunitstructureB’s(forGMSKmodulation).Thedifferencebetweenthetwounitstructuresistheproportionofpilotsymbols.Adiagrammaticrepresentationofnon-DCIburstinPUSCHwithunitstructureAandBisinFigure7.
Figure7Non-DCIburstinuplinkwithunitstructureAandB
Thereasonfornotplacingallpilotsymbolsinthemiddleoftheburst(asinGSM)isthatnarrowbandtransmissionisverysensitivetodopplershiftandresidualfrequencyerror,andthescatteredpilotsymbolsfacilitatetrackingofchannelvariationinthereceiver.
ThepilotsymboloverheadforGMSKmodulationishigherthanthatforPSKmodulation.ItisbecauseGMSKneedsguardsymbolperiodforinherentsymbolISIcausedbyitsshapingfilter.
Eachburstforextendedcoverageisderivedfromburstfornormalcoveragebyspreading(atsymbollevel)andrepetition(atburstlevel).Burstlengthforextendedcoveragecanbecalculatedby:
whereSFandRFarethespreadingfactorandrepetitionfactor,respectively.Bothfactorscantakevaluesfrom{1,2,4,8,…}.
Synchonizationandbroadcastburstaredesignedtocaterfortheworstcoverageareas.DCIburstisdesignedtooutperformnon-DCIburstbyatleast3dBintermsofcoverage(withavalueofSF*RFbeingatleast2timeshigherthannon-DCIburst).
AdiagrammaticrepresentationofburstfornormalcoverageextendedbyspreadingandrepetitionoperationisinFigure8.
Figure8Burstspreadingandrepetitionforextendedcoverage
4.4DCIinterval
Downlinkcontrolinformation(DCI)occursperiodiclyintimewhi