3GPP2 Air Interface Perspectives

TSG-C Structure & Activities

Dr. Edward Tiedemann (Qualcomm)
(Q )
Chair, 3GPP2 TSG-C
tsgc_chair@3gpp2.org

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TSG-C Responsibility
TSG Radio Access (TSG-C) is responsible for
th radio
the di access part,t iincluding
l di itits iinternal
t l
structure, of systems based on 3GPP2
specifications.
specifications

More specifically, TSG-

TSG-C is responsible for the
cdma2000 air interface and many services.

TSG-C has developed 87 specifications,

TSG-
17 reports, and numerous revisions.

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TSG-C Organization

Note: Vice-chairs of WGs, SWGs, and AdHocs are not shown

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TSG-C Organization

Note: Vice-chairs of WGs, SWGs, and AdHocs are not shown

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3GPP2 Air Interface Evolution
IMT-2000 Technologies: MC-CDMA
2G 3G

2000 2004 2006

HRPD HRPD HRPD HRPD

IS-95-A 9.6 & 14.4 kbps Rev 0 Rev A Rev B Rev C
Circuit and Packet Data
p FL
2.4 Mbps 3.1 Mbps
p FL Multi-carrier
153 kbps RL 1.8 Mbps RL N x 4.9 Mbps FL
BCMCS BCMCS* N x 1.8 Mbps RL

IS-95-B 64 kbps
Packet
Data 2000 2002 2002 2004 2009
1999

cdma2000 cdma2000 cdma2000 cdma2000 cdma2000 cdma2000

1X, Rev 0 1X, Rev A 1X, Rev B 1X, Rev C 1X, Rev D 1X, Rev E

~2x Voice 307.2 kbps Enhanced Rate 3.1 Mbps FL 3.1 Mbps FL ~3-4x voice
Capacity FL/RL**
FL/RL Adaptation Packet 1 8 Mbps RL
1.8 Capacity
153.6 kbps CCSH*** Channel Packet Channel Increase
FL/RL ** BCMCS Higher Data
Capacity

N: Number of Carriers *: Enhanced OFDM-based BCMCS

1x Rev C and Rev D are 1xEV-DV
1xEV DV **:: One Supplemental Channel
***: CCSH: Code Combining Soft Handoff

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 Major Features cdma2000 1x
` cdma2000 1x Revision 0 ` cdma2000 1x Revision C
New Radio Configurations for Higher EV-DV Forward Link
Voice and Data Capacity AKA Message
g Integrity
g y
Supplemental Channel (SCH) 153.6
kbps
Quick Paging Channel ` cdma2000 1x Revision D
EV-DV Forward Link
MEID
` cdma2000 1x Revision A Fast Call Setup
New Common Channels BCMCS
Concurrent Packet and Voice Services Settable Packet Zone Hysteresis Timers
Access Control Based on Call Type
(ACCT)
Support 307.2 kbps Data Rate on FL ` cdma2000 1x Revision E
New Radio Configurations for Greater
Capacity
Femto Support
` cdma2000 1x Revision B Flex Duplex
Rescue Channel Call Drop Recovery
Direct to Idle
Short Data Burst
ESCAM Channel Configuration
Enhancements
Common Channel Packet Data

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cdma2000 1x Rev
Rev. E Voice Capacity
800

700
Voice

600

500
e Capacity

400

300

200
y

100

Current: Rev.
Rev 0,
0 Rev E
Rev. E, 1 MS Rev E
Rev. E, 1 MS Rev E
Rev. E, 2 MS
1 MS Antenna, Antenna, No IC* Antenna, IC** Antennas, IC**
No IC Includes capacity gains from
EVRC-B (C.S0014-B) *: C30-20080616-014R1

~3X (1-ant) to ~4X (2-ant) capacity enhancement with same voice quality

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 Major Features HRPD
` HRPD Revision 0 ` HRPD Revision B
2
2.4
4 Mbps Forward Link
Multi-carrier (up to 20 MHz)
153.6 kbps Reverse Link
RL Silence Interval and Busy bit Higher Peak Rate of 4.9 Mbps
(64-QAM)
` HRPD R
Revision
i i A Battery Life Enhancements
3.1 Mbps Forward Link x Quick Paging Channel
1.8 Mbps Reverse Link x DTX and DRX
QoS for Multiple Flows Flexible Duplex Band Support
VoIP Increased MAC Indices
RL MAC Enhancements Greater H-ARQ Granularity
Dynamic Slot Cycle Index
Emergency
g y Call Support
pp
Fast Cell Selection
Reverse Link Hybrid ARQ
BCMCS for HRPD is specified in C.S0054. It
Generic Attribute Update Protocol
can be supported on Revision 0; an enhanced
Multiple Personalities version
e s o ca
can be suppo
supported
ed o
on Revision
e so A

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 HRPD-Revision C (In Development)
` Enhanced Interference Management ` Benefits
Network Load Balancing
AN Protocol Upgrades for
Single-Carrier
Si l C i M Multilink
ltili k
Substantial Increase in Network
` Enhanced Connection Management Capacity+ and User Experience
Multi-AT Page Message
x Enhanced Performance for Both
Connectionless Data Transfer Existing
g and New Devices
TDMd Connections
Increased Number of Simultaneous
` Upper Layer Enhancements Connections
Application-Layer Air-Link Encryption*
Improved User Experience
Emergency
g y Alerts
Everywhere in Network
Support for Priority Services
Higher Sector Capacity
` Femto Cell Support
Higher Peak Data Rates for Hot-
` Multiple Antennas and Physical Structure
spots
p and Re-use Scenarios
FL MIMO
MIMO-OFDM
OFDM
FL OFDMA
Higher RL Data Rates
*Under discussion
RL MIMO (AT side only)
C
Closed-Loop MTD (AT
( side only)) +Aggregate
A t throughput
th h t across sector-cluster
t l t
when meeting desired user experience

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 Smart Networks Exploit Typically Uneven
Traffic Loads
Network loading continuously changes with time and location

Fully loaded sectors are usually surrounded by lightly loaded neighbors

Heavy Load
Medium Load
Light Load

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 Example Network Capacity Gain due to
Uneven Loading
Sample Cluster with Uneven load Network Capacity of the Cluster

1.5
10x
1
0.5 4x 4x
X[km]

0
-0.5
2x
-1 1.3x
x
-1.5
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1
X[km] 1 Carrier 2 Carriers 4 Carriers

Relative Sector Load: x 2x Rev. A Rev. C

Note: Network capacity increase depends on deployment, demand distribution 11

and implementation; Gains of demand matched configuration not included
 Major Features Interworking

HRPD AN
` eHRPD
3GPP2
Allows interconnection to 3GPP EPC Packet
` LTE Interworking HRPD Core
LTE to eHRPD Handoff (Active and Idle) AT
eHRPD
eHRPD to LTE (Idle State) AN
Ci it
Circuit-switched
it h d F
Fallll B
Back
k (CSFB)
LTE to 1x
1x to LTE (Idle State) 3GPP
Evolved
eHRPD Packet
AT Core (EPC)
` WiMAX Interworking
WiMAX to HRPD Handoff (Active and
Idle)
LTE AN

eHRPD/ HRPD Mode

LTE AT eHRPD Mode

eHRPD AT and AN will LTE Mode

typically support HRPD 12
 Performance and Test Specifications
` Minimum Performance ` Signaling Conformance (C.S0038/43)
Specifications Call Setup and Teardown
Mobile Station (C.S0011/33) Handoffs
Base Station (C.S0010/32) Data Handling
Transmitter
x Power
x Emissions
x Waveform Quality ` Interoperability
x Power Control ` Real MS and BS in Lab Environment
Receiver (cabled) (C
(C.S0044)
S0044)
x Sensitivity
x Modem Performance ` Field (C.S0058)
x Interference Rejection

` Test Protocols
` Loopback (C.S0013)
` Markov/TDSO (C.S0025, C.S0026)
` HRPD Test Application (C.S0029)

Note: Order of listed documents 1x/HRPD

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 Provisioning Management
` Over-The-Air Service R-UIM (SIM based)
Provisioning
g ((OTASP))
NAM Operational Parameters UICC
(voice and packet data) CSIM ISIM Others
Electronic Key Exchange for
Securely Establishing the A-key ` Smart Card Provisioning (R-UIM
(R-UIM, UICC
and Root Key
(CSIM, ISIM))
Preferred Roaming List (PRL) for
System Selection Provisioning of OTASP Parameters (using
OTASP/OTAPA Functions) & non-OTASP
Multimedia Domain (MMD) Parameters
S
Support t IP-based OTA Device / Handset
Multimedia Message Services Management
(MMS) Support CDMA Card Application Toolkit (CCAT)
Femto-cell System Selection Open
p Market Handset Initiative Support
pp
M
Multimode
lti d S System
t S
Selection
l ti Smart Card Conformance Test
MEID & EUIMID Support Specifications
eHRPD Support
UICC:
CC Universal Integrated CCircuit C
Card
3GPP2 Supports UICC CSIM: cdma2000 Subscriber Identity Module
ISIM: IP Multimedia Services Identity Module
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EVRC Family of Speech Codecs

EVRC-NW
3.5-8.3/7.4 kbps
SO73 C.S0014-D
Regular Audio BW Combined NB and WB Codec
CS DTX: Additional Capacity Gain
Wide Audio BW

EVRC-B EVRC-WB
3.5-8.3 kbps 7.4 kbps
C.S0014-B
SO68 C.S0014 B C.S0014-C
SO70 C.S0014 C
AADR Dynamically Controlled Superior Wideband Voice Quality
Up to 40% Capacity Gain over EVRC AADR Not Higher than EVRC

EVRC All Are Variable Rate

8.3 kbps AADR: Active Average Data Rate
SO3 C.S0014 First Codec Standard Regular is Commonly Called
SO3 C.S0014-A Bug Fixes N
Narrowband
b d

Bit Exact Code (C.R0014)

Minimum Performance Specifications (C.S0018)
Electro-Acoustic Recommended MPS (C.S0056, C.R0056) 15
Other Services
Position
SMS MMS Multimedia Determination
(C.S0015) (C.S0045)
Services
(C.S0022)

Multimedia
Broadcast
PSVT Streaming
(C.S0055) Multicast
Services (C.S0054, C.S0077)
(C.S0046)

SMS Short Message Service

MMS - Multimedia Messaging Service
PSVT - Packet Switched Video Telephony

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 Major Current Areas of Work
` HRPD (EV-DO) ` Femto Cells
Revision C Air Interface Updating Every Specification (as
Revision B Test Specifications needed)
` 1x Revision E Femto Performance
p
Specifications
Development Guidelines
Femto Management Objects
Performance and Test
Specifications Phase 2
` SVDO (Simultaneous 1x and ` Interworking
g
HRPD) Test Specifications (in
Performance Specifications conjunction with 3GPP)
CSIM/OTASP Updates
` HRPD Range Extension
` BCMCS Codec and Application New Work Areas Are Created By
Transport The Submission Of Work Items
Any Member Is Free To Submit
Contributions

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