HS-SCCH

The HS-SCCH (high-speed shared control channel) is a fixed rate (60 kbps, SF = 128) downlink physical channel used to carry signaling related to HS-DSCH transmission. It provides timing and coding information allowing the UE to listen to the HS-DSCH at the correct time and using the correct codes. In this software, the HS-SCCH control information corresponds to the channelization parameters you set in HS-DSCH.

 

1. Physical Channel Parameters

State

Choice: On, Off

Default: On

Set the state of the selected channel to either on or off. You can double-click the cell to change the state or use icon at the right of the cell to make your selection. If the status bar displays an error message, ensure that the switching point in the Waveform Setup is set at 1.  

Power

Range: –60 dB to 0 dB

Set the power of the channel relative to the other channels in the carrier. See Power Settings for details.

Timing Offset

The Timing Offset property is only valid for uplink timeslots. For downlink timeslots, it is read-only.

Allocated RU number

Displays the total number of allocated resource units for this channel.

SS

Selections: PN9, PN15, 0, 1 text file

Default: PN9

Click the cell and the down-arrow at the far right of the cell to access the data menu.   

PN9

select random sequence numbers

PN15

select random sequence numbers

0, 1 text file

select this to load a user-defined 0, 1 text file as the data source. When this is selected as the data type, two new cells are added to the cell format.

  1. Click to expand the cell to access the User File cell.

  2. Click at the far right of the User File cell. An Open window is displayed for navigating to and selecting the desired ASCII file (*.txt). The Data Length cell is updated with the corresponding length.

TPC

Selections: PN9, PN15, 0, 1 text file

Default: PN9

Click the cell and the down-arrow at the far right of the cell to access the data menu.  

PN9

select random sequence numbers

PN15

select random sequence numbers

0, 1 text file

select this to load a user-defined 0, 1 text file as the data source. When this is selected as the data type, two new cells are added to the cell format.

  1. Click to expand the cell to access the User File cell.

  2. Click at the far right of the User File cell. An Open window is displayed for navigating to and selecting the desired ASCII file (*.txt). The Data Length cell is updated with the corresponding length.

Payload

Selections: STD, PN9, PN15, 0, 1 text file

Default: STD

Click the cell and the down-arrow at the far right of the cell to access the data menu.  

STD

select data as defined in the standard

PN9

select random sequence numbers

PN15

select random sequence numbers

0, 1 text file

select this to load a user-defined 0, 1 text file as the data source. When this is selected as the data type, two new cells are added to the cell format.

  1. Click to expand the cell to access the User File cell.

  2. Click at the far right of the User File cell. An Open window is displayed for navigating to and selecting the desired ASCII file (*.txt). The Data Length cell is updated with the corresponding length.

2. Control Information

In this software, the HS-SCCH control information corresponds to the channelization parameters you set in HS-DSCH. The only two parameters you need to additionally set in HS-SCCH are the UE Identity and the Transport Block Size Information.

The control information for HS-DSCH is listed below:

Start code (4 bits)

Set with the HS-DSCH Start Codes

End code (4 bits)

Set with the HS-DSCH Start Codes and the HS-DSCH Code Offset cells

Time slot information

Set with HS-DSCH Timeslot Collection cells        

Modulation scheme (1 bit)

Set with the HS-DSCH RU Modulation cell

Transport Block Size Information

Range: 0 to 63

Default: 45

Set the Transport Block Size Index, which Indicates the block size information of HS-DSCH

HARQ process (3 bits)

Defined with the Hybrid ARQ Process information of HS-DSCH

Redundancy and constellation version (3 bits)

Set with the Redundancy Version Parameter of HS-DSCH cell

New data indicator (1 bit)

Defined with the Hybrid ARQ Process information of HS-DSCH

HS-SCCH cyclic sequence number (3 bits):

A cyclic counter that is incremented each time a HS-SCCH transmission is sent to a given UE. Separate counters are maintained for each UE. The counter is used by the UE to estimate the BLER on the HS-SCCH for the purposes of closed loop power control.

UE identity

Range: 0 to 65535 (16 bits)

Enter a value to identify the user equipment (UE or UEs), for which data is transmitted in the corresponding HS-DSCH TTI. The UE identity is implicitly carried on the HS-SCCH through inclusion in the CRC calculation.

Resource Unit Setup

The Resource Unit Setup table enables you to configure the resource unit for each channel.