Configure UL-SCH Window

Before adding a transport channel as described below, delete any existing transport channel, physical channel, or resource block collection that occupies the resource blocks that your new transport channel will occupy. If you add a new transport channel without first deleting a conflicting channel or resource block collection, a "code conflicted" error occurs when you generate the waveform.

Click the Add Channel button in the Transport Channel node to open the Configure UL-SCH window. The yellow area with diagonal lines shows the resource blocks occupied by the currently configured UL-SCH.

The number of available resource blocks is determined by the System Bandwidth selection in the Uplink node. Figure 1 shows an UL-SCH with a subframe of 2 added (using Subframe Number) and a Transmission Bandwidth setting of 10 MHz (50RB).

The fields within the Configure UL-SCH window enable you to control the following parameters of the UL-SCH.

Where PUSCH Common parameter Set PUSCH Auto-calculate per-slot params is set to On, DMRS Sequence Index, DMRS Group Index, and DMRS Cyclic Shift will be inactive. Else, they are active.

Figure 1. UL-SCH with subframe 2 added, 50 Resource Blocks, and 0 Offset

Figure 2 shows an UL-SCH in which the Virtual Resource Block Size is set to 40 and the Virtual Resource Block Offset is set to 7 in slot 0 and slot 1.

Figure 2. UL-SCH with 40 Resource Blocks and an Offset of 7

Figure 3 Shows the UL-SCH from Figure 2 with an offset of 0 resource blocks is applied to the third occupied slot (slot 4) and an offset of 2 resource blocks is applied to the fourth occupied slot (slot 5) using the Virtual Resource Block Offset cell.

Figure 3. UL-SCH with different Offsets

Resource Configuration

Subframe Number

Modulation Type

Virtual Resource Block Size

Virtual Resource Block Offset

Starting RBG Index of Cluster #1 (S0)

Ending RBG Index of Cluster #1 (S1-1)

Starting RBG Index of Cluster #2 (S2)

Ending RBG Index of Cluster #1 (S3-1)

DMRS Sequence Index

DMRS Group Index

DMRS Cyclic Shift

Subframe Number

Enter the number(s) of the subframe(s) that the UL-SCH will occupy. You can enter the number of a single subframe, two or more subframes separated by commas, or a range of subframes (for example, 1-3)

Modulation Type

Choice: QPSK | 16QAM | 64QAM | 256QAM (LTE-A Pro only)

Default: QPSK

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to select a modulation type for the UL-SCH.

Virtual Resource Block Size

Enter a value for the number of virtual resource blocks the UL-SCH channel will occupy. The System Bandwidth defined in the Uplink node determines the range of values for this parameter.

Virtual Resource Block Offset

You can apply an offset to each individual slot occupied by the UL-SCH. Enter an integer offset value for each occupied slot, separated by commas. These offsets are applied in order from lowest numbered occupied slot to highest numbered occupied slot.

Starting RBG Index of Cluster #1 (S0)

Range: 1 to 7 (1.4MHz) | 1 to 9 (3MHz) | 1 to 14 (5MHz) | 1 to 18 (10MHz) | 1 to 20 (15MHz) | 1 to 26 (20MHz)

Enter a value of the Starting RBG Index of Cluster #1 (s0) for each subframe respectively, separated by commas (for example, 0,1,0,1...,0,1).

In the case of Resource Allocation Type = Type 1, this parameter is active. Otherwise the Resource Allocation Type parameter is inactive.

There is an input limitation which is s0 < s1 < s2 < s3. For more details, refer to 3GPP TS 36.213.

Ending RBG Index of Cluster #1 (S1-1)

Range: 1 to 6 (1.4MHz)

1 to 8 (3MHz) | 1 to 13 (5MHz) | 1 to 17 (10MHz) | 1 to 19 (15MHz) | 1 to 25 (20MHz)

Enter a value of the Ending RBG Index of Cluster #1 (s1-1) for each subframe respectively, separated by commas (for example, 0,1,0,1...,0,1).

In the case of Resource Allocation Type = Type 1, this parameter is active. Otherwise the Resource Allocation Type parameter is inactive.

There is an input limitation which is s0 < s1 < s2 < s3. For more details, refer to 3GPP TS 36.213.

Starting RBG Index of Cluster #2 (S2)

Range: 1 to 7 (1.4MHz) | 1 to 9 (3MHz) | 1 to 14 (5MHz) | 1 to 18 (10MHz) | 1 to 20 (15MHz) | 1 to 26 (20MHz)

Enter a value of the Starting RBG Index of Cluster #2 (s2) for each subframe respectively, separated by commas (for example, 0,1,0,1...,0,1).

In the case of Resource Allocation Type = Type 1, this parameter is active. Otherwise the Resource Allocation Type parameter is inactive.

There is an input limitation which is s0 < s1 < s2 < s3. For more details, refer to 3GPP TS 36.213.

Ending RBG Index of Cluster #1 (S3-1)

Range: 1 to 6 (1.4MHz) | 1 to 8 (3MHz) | 1 to 13 (5MHz) | 1 to 17 (10MHz) | 1 to 19 (15MHz) | 1 to 25 (20MHz)

Enter a value of the Ending RBG Index of Cluster #1 (s3-1) for each subframe respectively, separated by commas (for example, 0,1,0,1...,0,1).

In the case of Resource Allocation Type = Type 1, this parameter is active. Otherwise the Resource Allocation Type parameter is inactive.

There is an input limitation which is s0 < s1 < s2 < s3. For more details, refer to 3GPP TS 36.213.

DMRS Sequence Index

Range: Depends on Resource Block Size, as follows:

0 (for 1 Resource Block Size 5)

0 to 1 (for 6 Resource Block Size maximum Resource Block Size)

Default: 0

Enter a value for the DMRS Sequence Index for each slot, separated by commas.

DMRS Group Index

Range: 0 to 29

Default: 0

Enter a value for the DMRS Group Index for each slot, separated by commas.

DMRS Cyclic Shift

Range: 0 to 11

Default: 0

Enter a value for the DMRS Cyclic Shift for each slot, separated by commas.