LTE Air Interface Techniques

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LTE/SAE Introduction
- Evolution of cellular networks
- 3GPP Releases (Release 99 to Release 8)
- EPS (E-UTRAN and EPC) logical architecture
- EPS interfaces
- EPC (Evolved Packet Core) architecture
- SAE/LTE interfaces
Radio Interface Physical Layer Principles
- Propagation conditions
  - Channel models
  - Frequency selective channels
  - Time dependent radio channels
  - Multipath radio conditions: Delay, Doppler spectrum, multi-antenna channel model
  - Dispersive channels: Drawbacks and design considerations
  - Macrocell propagation model: Urban case
  - Macrocell propagation model: Rural case
  - Exercises
- Modulation principles
  - BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM
  - OFDM: Principles of operation
  - MIMO system
  - Exercises
- Coding and protection
  - Turbo codes
  - ARQ-HARQ principles
  - Interleaving
- OFDM-SCFDMA
  - OFDM principles
  - OFDM time-frequency frame structure
  - OFDM performance over dispersive channels
- MIMO overview
  - MIMO principles of operation
  - MU-MIMO and SU-MIMO
  - MIMO implementation on LTE
  - MIMO performance
  - MIMO simulations
  - Exercises
- LTE Radio Interface Techniques
  - Radio Interface techniques: Uplink/downlink
  - Radio channel structure
  - Radio channel descriptions
  - Radio interface
  - Synchronization channels
  - Exercises
- UE Transmitter/Receiver: Technical Characteristics
  - Power transmission
  - GSM and WCDMA short transmitter presentation
  - Maximum Output Power (MOP)
  - UE power classes
  - Transmitter characteristics: Maximum Power Reduction (MPR), power control, MOP, transmit on/off power, out of synch output power, bandwidth requirements and allocation, out of band emission, spurious emission
  - Receiver diversity characteristics
  - Receiver sensitivity: Reference level, Maximum Sensitivity Reduction (MSR)
  - Maximum input level
  - Adjacent channel selectivity
  - Blocking characteristics
  - Inter-modulation characteristics
  - Receiver performance
  - Dual antenna receiver
- Physical Layer Procedures
  - Synchronization procedures
  - Timing synchronization
  - Radio link monitoring
  - Inter cell synchronization
  - Inter Cell Interference Cancellation (ICIC) principles
  - Power control: Uplink/downlink
  - Random access procedures: Preample selection
  - Channel quality: Channel Quality Indication (CQI) Report
  - Precoding Matrix Indicators (PMI)
  - Rank Indicator (RI)
Course Wrap-up : Recap and Discussion