Channel Setup (Advanced LTE-A TDD Uplink)

UL-SCH

1. General Settings

2. MIMO Settings

Channel Number

Name

State

Power

Scrambling

RNTI (1)

RNTI (2)

Transmission Mode

Resource Allocation Type 3

Number of Layers

Number of Codewords

Codebook Index

DCI Format

Activate DMRS with OCC

3. UL CoMP Settings

4. Demodulation Reference Signal Settings

UL CoMP State

PUSCH ID

DMRS PUSCH CSH ID

nDMRS(1)

Delta SS

Group/Sequence Hopping

5. PUSCH Frequency Hopping Parameters

6. Transmission Settings

Hopping Mode

Hopping Type

Hopping Offset

Hopping Subbands

Number of HARQ Processes

Data (1)

Data (2)

Data Reset

Transmission Setting Mode

Coding State

Support 64QAM

RV Index Configuration

RV Index Sequence

Transmission Configuration Length

Transmission Configuration

UCI

1. General Settings

2. Demodulation Reference

Signal Settings

3. UL CoMP Settings

4. Transmission Settings

Channel Number

Name

State

Power

Scrambling

RNTI

N_RB(2)

N_CS(1)

nPUCCH(2,0)

nPUCCH(2,1)

Delta Shift

Group/Sequence Hopping

UL CoMP State

PUCCH ID

Transmission Configuration Length

Transmission Configuration

Number of ACK bits (PUCCH Wizard)

Number of NACK bits (PUCCH Wizard)

Activate DMRS with OCC

Choice: On | Off

Default: On

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to set the Activate-DMRS-with OCC parameter on or off for the corresponding PUSCH transmission.

See 3GPP TS 36.211 and 36.331, for more information.

Channel Number

Displays the identifying number of the selected channel.

Codebook Index

Range: (Dependent on the Total Number of Antennas, Number of Layers, and DCI Format.)

N/A (DCI Format 0 case) Default when 1 Antenna is selected under Uplink Cell Parameters or when DCI Format is set to Format 0.

0 to 5 (2 Antennas, 1 Layer case)

0 (2 Antennas, 2 Layers case) Default when 2 Antennas are selected under Uplink Cell Parameters

0 to 23 (4 Antennas, 1 Layer case)

0 to 15 (4 Antennas, 2 Layers case) Default when 4 Antennas are selected under Uplink Cell Parameters

0 to 11 (4 Antennas, 3 Layers case)

0 (4 Antennas, 4 Layers case)

Enter the codebook index for the corresponding PUSCH transmission.

In case of DCI Format 0, N/A is displayed.

See 3GPP TS 36.211, 36.212 and 36.213, for more information.

Coding State

Choice: Off | On

Default: On

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to turn the coding state On or Off.

Data (1)

Use the Data Source Selection dialog box to select PN9, PN15, PN23, or User Defined Bits or user defined bits to use for the data in the transport block 1 (codeword 0).

See 3GPP TS 36.211, 36.212 and 36.213, for more information.

Data (2)

Use the Data Source Selection dialog box to select PN9, PN15, PN23, or User Defined Bits or user defined bits to use for the data in the transport block 2 (codeword 1).

See 3GPP TS 36.211, 36.212 and 36.213, for more information.

Data Reset

Choice: None | Every Subframe

Default: None

Sets the data reset method for UL-SCH.

None: the transport data is continuously repeated seed data which is specified by Data parameter. The transport data is not reset till end of the waveform.

Every Subframe: the transport data is reset at the start of each subframe.

DCI Format

Choice: (Dependent on the Total Number of Antennas, Number of Layers and Number of Codewords.)

Format 0 (1 Antenna case) Default when 1 Antenna is selected under Uplink Cell Parameters

Format 0 | Format 4 (2 Antennas, 1 Layer, 1 Codeword case) Default =4 when 2 Antennas are selected under Uplink Cell Parameters

Format 0 | Format 4 (4 Antennas, 1 Layer, 1 Codeword case) Default =4 when 4 Antennas are selected under Uplink Cell Parameters

Default: Format 0

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to select the DCI Format for the corresponding PUSCH transmission.

See 3GPP TS 36.211, 36.212 and 36.213, for more information.

Delta Shift

Range: 1 to 3

Default: 1

Enter a delta shift value which is used to calculate the cyclic shift alpha for the PUCCH.

Refer to 3GPP TS 36.211.

Delta SS

Range: 0 to 29

Default: 0

Enter a value which determines the sequence shift pattern for the demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for PUSCH.

DMRS PUSCH CSH ID

Range: 0 to 509

Default: 0

Coupling: Read only value unless UL CoMP State is set to On

Enter a value that is used in the initialization of the cyclic shift hopping for the generation of the DMRS PUSCH pseudo random sequence. This is used for the virtual cell ID.

See 3GPP TS 36.211 and 36.311 for more information.

Group/Sequence Hopping

Choice: Off | Group Hopping | Sequence Hopping

Default: Off

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to enable the hopping type for the selected transmission.

Hopping Mode

Choice: (It depends on DCI Format)

Off | Inter-subframe | Intra and inter-subframe (DCI Format 0 case)

Off (DCI Format 4 case)

Default: Off

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to select the PUSCH Hopping Mode in case of DCI Format 0. Otherwise it’s inactive.

See 3GPP TS 36.211, 36.212 and 36.213 for more information.

Hopping Offset

Range: 0 to 98

Default: 0

Enter a value for the frequency hopping offset of PUSCHs. Refer to the 3GPP technical standards for more information.

Refer to the TS 3GPP 36.211 5.3.4 and 36.213 8.4 about the PUSCH frequency hopping for more information.  

Hopping Subbands

Range: 1 to 4

Default: 1

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to select the frequency hopping subbands of PUSCHs.

This parameter is only available when the frequency hopping type is set to Type 2.

Refer to the TS 3GPP 36.211 5.3.4 and 36.213 8.4 about the PUSCH frequency hopping for more information.  

Hopping Type

Choice: Type1 +1/4 | Type1 -1/4 | Type1 +1/2 | Type2

Default: Type1 +1/2

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to select the frequency hopping type of the PUSCHs.

Type 1 +1/4 and Type 1 -1/4 are only available when the number of system resource blocks is greater than 50.

Refer to the TS 3GPP 36.211 5.3.4 and 36.213 8.4 about the PUSCH frequency hopping for more information.  

Name

Displays the name (type) of the selected channel.

UCI = Uplink Control Information      

UL-SCH = Uplink Shared Channel      

nDMRS(1)

Range: 0 to (Maximum resource elements -1)

Default: 0

Enter the nDMRS(1) value which is used to calculate the cyclic shift alpha of the demodulation reference signal (DMRS).

Refer to 3GPP TS 36.211.

nPUCCH(2,0)

Range: 0 to Calculated Value

This value is dependent on the other related PUCCH settings.

Default: 0

Enter the PUCCH format 2/2a/2b resource index nPUCCH(2,0) for antenna port index 0.

Calculated value is nPUCCH(2) < N_RB(2) * N_RB_sc + Ceiling(N_CS(1)/8) * (N_RBsc – N_CS(1) – 2).

See 3GPP TS 36.211, 36.213 and 36.331, for more information.

nPUCCH(2,1)

Range: 0 to Calculated Value

This value is dependent on the other related PUCCH settings.

Default: 0

Enter the PUCCH format 2/2a/2b resource index nPUCCH(2,1) for antenna port index 1, when the Number of Antennas is 2 Antennas.

Otherwise it’s read only.

Calculated value is nPUCCH(2) < N_RB(2) * N_RB_sc + Ceiling(N_CS(1)/8) * (N_RBsc – N_CS(1) – 2).

See 3GPP TS 36.211, 36.213 and 36.331, for more information.

Number of ACK bits (PUCCH Wizard)

Displays the total number of ACK bits on the definition of UCI Transmission Configuration as generated by PUCCH Wizard.

Number of Codewords

Choice: Dependent on the Total Number of Antennas and Number of Layers.)

1 (1 Antenna case) Default when 1 Antenna is selected under Uplink Cell Parameters

1 (2 Antennas, 1 Layer case)

2 (2 Antennas, 2 Layers case) Default when 2 Antennas are selected under Uplink Cell Parameters

1 (4 Antennas, 1 Layer case)

1 | 2 (4 Antennas, 2 Layers case) Default =2 when 4 Antennas are selected under Uplink Cell Parameters

2 (4 Antennas, 3 Layers case)

2 (4 Antennas, 4 Layers case)

Default: 1

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to select the number of codewords for the corresponding PUSCH transmission.

See 3GPP TS 36.211, 36.212 and 36.213, for more information.

Number of Layers

Choice: (Dependent on the Total Number of Antennas.)

1 (1 Antenna case) Default =1 when 1 Antenna is selected under Uplink Cell Parameters

1 | 2 (2 Antennas case) Default =2 when 2 Antennas are selected under Uplink Cell Parameters

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 (4 Antennas case) Default =4 when 4 Antennas are selected under Uplink Cell Parameters

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to select the number of layers for the corresponding PUSCH transmission. The number of layers is less than or equal to the number of antennas.

See 3GPP TS 36.211, 36.212 and 36.213, for more information.

Number of NACK bits (PUCCH Wizard)

Displays the total number of NACK bits on the definition of UCI Transmission Configuration as generated by PUCCH Wizard.

Number of HARQ Processes

Range: 1 to 8

Default: 1

The value you enter sets the number of available hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes and defines the interval (number of subframes) between retransmissions. Use the Assigned Processes parameter to enable HARQ processes. In the current LTE TDD signal studio it only supports one HARQ process for the UL-SCH.

N_CS(1)

Range: 0 to 8

Default: 0

Enter a value for the PUCCH and DMRS PUCCH.

Refer to 3GPP TS 36.211.

N_RB(2)

Range: 0 to Maximum resource block - 1

Default: 1

Enter a value for the PUCCH and DMRS PUCCH.

Refer to 3GPP TS 36.211.

Power

Range: -60.000 to 20.000 dB

Default: 0.000 dB

Enter a power level in dB for the selected channel. See Output Power Calculation (Uplink) for a description of how the software applies your power settings.

PUCCH ID

Range: 0 to 509

Default: 0

Coupling: Read only value unless UL CoMP State is set to On

Enter a value for the PUCCH Identity (ID) that is used for the virtual cell ID.

See 3GPP TS 36.211 and 36.311 for more information.

PUSCH ID

Range: 0 to 509

Default: 0

Coupling: Read only value unless UL CoMP State is set to On

Enter a value for the PUSCH Identity (ID) that is used for the virtual cell ID.

See 3GPP TS 36.211 and 36.311 for more information.

Resource Allocation Type 3

Choice: On | Off

Default: Off

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to turn the resource allocation type 3 state on or off for the channel.

When this parameter is changed to on, System Bandwidth is set to 10 MHz or 20 MHz, and Cyclic Prefix is set to Normal, automatically.

When Transmission BW is changed to a value other than 10 MHz or 20 MHz, or Cyclic Prefix is changed to Extended, this parameter is automatically set to off.

This parameter does not affect the parameter setting on the FRC Wizard window.

See 3GPP TS 36.213 8.1.4 for more information.

RNTI DELETE

Range: 0 to 65535

Default: 0

Enter a value for the Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI).

RNTI (UCI Parameter Only)

Range: 0 to 65535 (0x0000 to 0xFFFF)

Default: 1 (0x0001)

Enter the Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) for the corresponding PUCCH transmission.

The input method can be in decimal format or hexadecimal format.

Example: The decimal input "15" is displayed as "15 (0x000F)" and the hexadecimal input "0xf" is displayed as "15 (0x000F)".

See 3GPP TS 36.211 and 36.321, for more information.

RNTI (1)

Range: 0 to 65535 (0x0000 to 0xFFFF)

Default: 1 (0x0001)

Enter the Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) for transport block 1 (codeword 0).

The input method can be in decimal format or hexadecimal format.

Example: The decimal input "15" is displayed as "15 (0x000F)" and the hexadecimal input "0xf" is displayed as "15 (0x000F)".

See 3GPP TS 36.211 and 36.321, for more information.

RNTI (2)

Range: 0 to 65535 (0x0000 to 0xFFFF)

Default: 1 (0x0001)

Enter the Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) for transport block 1 (codeword 1).

The input method can be in decimal format or hexadecimal format.

If the "number of codewords" parameter is 2, this parameter is displayed. Otherwise it’s hidden.

Example: The decimal input "15" is displayed as "15 (0x000F)" and the hexadecimal input "0xf" is displayed as "15 (0x000F)".

See 3GPP TS 36.211 and 36.321, for more information.

RV Index Sequence

Range of sequence length: 1 to 16

Range of each value: 0 to 3

Default: 0,2,3,1

Enter the numbers of individual RV Index Sequence, separated by commas (for example, 1,2,3).

RV Index Configuration

Choice: Auto | Manual

Default: Auto

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to set the RV Index Configuration for the UL-SCH.

In Auto mode, the RV Index for PUSCH's will be defined by RV Index Sequence. PUSCH will use the first element in RV Index Sequence by default and the index will increase when Retransmission state is on.

In Manual mode, RV Index will be set manually in UL-SCH TX Sequence Dialog and independent with each Retransmission

Scrambling

Choice: On (AUTO) | Off (Manual)

Default: On (AUTO)

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

State

Choice: Off | On

Default: On

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to turn the channel On or Off.

Supporting 64QAM

Choice: Off | On

Default: On

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to turn the capacity of supporting 64QAM state on or off for the UL-SCH. This parameter determines if 64QAM support is available for Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS) indexes equal to or greater than 21. For MCS indexes less than 21, this parameter has no effect. 

Transmission Configuration

Click the button in this cell to open the UL-SCH Tx sequence window or UCI Tx sequence window.

Transmission Configuration Length

Range: 1 frame to Waveform Generation Length, Max 16 frames

Default: 1 frame

Set the length of transmission configuration. The definition of transmission configuration of SCH and UCI will be repeated to the end of the Waveform Generation Length.

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. Refer to the Waveform Generation Length parameter.

 

Channel

Transmission Configuration Length

Default Value

Uplink

UL-SCH

The value is available to set 1 -16 Frames With following rule:

Transmission Configuration Length ≤Waveform Generation Length

1 Frame

 

UCI

The value is automatically set to same value corresponding UL-SCH.

Same as UL-SCH

UCI: This is a read only parameter. Use UL-SCH to set the Transmission Configuration Length parameter.

Example: Where the Transmission Configuration Length is set to 2, Frames #0 and #1 configurations (Sequences #1 through #20) will be repeated while generating ClosedSCH.

Transmission Mode

Displays the transmission mode for the corresponding PUSCH transmission.

The Transmission Mode is dependent on the Total Number of Antennas used.

Transmission Mode 1 is used for single antenna transmission and Transmission Mode 2 is used for multi-antenna transmission.

1 : Single Antenna Port (Port 10) Default when 1 Antenna is selected under Uplink Cell Parameters

2 : Single Antenna Port (Port 10) / Closed Loop Spatial Multiplexing Default when 1 or 4 Antenna(s) is(are) selected under Uplink Cell Parameters

See 3GPP TS 36.211 and 36.213, for more information.

Transmission Setting Mode

Choice: MCS | Manual

Default: MCS

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to select the PUSCH Transmission Setting Mode.

In the case of MCS, the modulation type, TBS index and transport block size (in UL-SCH Tx sequence window) are automatically selected by the MCS index.

Otherwise manual selection is available to the modulation type, TBS index and transport block size in UL-SCH Tx sequence window.

See 3GPP TS 36.212 and 36.213, for more information.

UL COMP State—UL-SCH

Choice: On | Off

Default: Off

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to turn the state On or Off.

 

On

 

PUSCH ID and DMRS PUSCH CSH ID are available to set a value

 

Off

 

PUSCH ID and DMRS PUSCH CSH ID are read only

See 3GPP TS 36.211 and 36.311 for more information.

UL COMP State—UCI

Choice: On | Off

Default: Off

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to turn the state On or Off.

 

On

 

PUCCH ID is available to set a value

 

Off

 

PUCCH ID is read only

See 3GPP TS 36.211 and 36.311 for more information.