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General (Advanced LTE-A FDD Downlink)

The General table in the downlink carrier node enables you to turn the downlink carrier on and off, select a saved channel configuration, and view the length of the generated waveform.

Additional parameter setup tables for the downlink carrier are described in Baseband (Advanced LTE-A FDD Downlink) and Fading (Advanced LTE-A FDD Downlink).

State

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to turn the carrier off or on.

Channel Configuration

Select a channel configuration with the desired modulation type, bandwidth, and number of resource blocks (RB) from the Closeddrop-down list.

The User Defined setting is not selectable until certain parameters are changed (e.g. in the Component Carrier  node: State, Auto Symbol Rolloff Length Configuration, Baseband Filter; and in the Downlink node: Total Number of Antennas, System Bandwidth, ...) then User Defined is automatically set by the software.

Waveform Generation Length

Range: 10 to 160 ms (Multicarrier) or

10240 ms (Single Carrier)

Default: 40 ms

Enter a value in milliseconds for Waveform Generation Length. Total Sample Points is based on the selected Waveform Generation Length and Oversampling Ratio as shown below:

Total Sample Points = Base Sampling Rate (MHz) × Oversampling Ratio × 1000 × Waveform Generation Length (ms)

If the Waveform Generation Length parameter is set to >16 frames, only a single carrier is available.

UI parameter couplings:

If the Waveform Generation Length parameter is set less than the Transmission Configuration Length, the value of Transmission Configuration Length is changed to be ≤ Waveform Generation Length. In summary, the relation between Transmission Configuration Length and Waveform Generation Length is that the Transmission Configuration Length ≤ Waveform Generation Length. (For more information on the Transmission Configuration Length parameter refer to the Channel Setups Advanced LTE-A FDD UL and DL topics.)

Continuous Sequence:

While the long waveform is playing, the following signal or data values are generated sequentially.

Downlink:

Figure 1 shows the generic frame structure.

Figure 1. Generic radio frame structure