HSPA+ Technology

Content

HSPA+ Overview
HSPA+ Key Technologies
HSPA+ ZTE Solution Roadmap

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Mobile multimedia data service will be

new profit growth source in future

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Multimedia services advantages:

Multimedia service and characteristic will

help turning the down-trend of ARPU

According to voice increment, advance the

loyalty and decrease the off-network rate
Customized and rich data services will
strengthen the communication experience

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Mobile Data Services Leading the Future

Communication

HSPA+ Contribution to Cost Saving per Bit

5MHz Band Width

5MHz Band Width

3.6Mbps

11.52Mbps

R5

15 Codes

16QAM

14.4Mbps

5.76Mbps

R7
64QAM

Uplink

Downlin
k

28.8Mbps

64QAM

R8

2*SF2+2*SF4
2ms TTI

2*2 MIMO

21.6Mbps

R6

1.4Mbps

2*2 MIMO

43.2Mbps

R7

R5
0.384Mbps

4*4 MIMO

80 Mbps

Higher data throughput

Lower Cost per bit

HSPA+ Key Technologies Dependency Map

DC-HSUPA

DC-HSDPA+MIMO

MIMO+64QAM

Enhanced UL
CELL_FACH

CS over HS

L2 Enhancement
(UL)

DL-DRX

DB/MC HSDPA

Dual-Cell
HSDPA

MIMO

Enhanced
UE DRX

64QAM

Enhanced
CELL_FACH

CPC
16QAM

DPCCH
Slot format 4

UL DTX

HS-SCCH
Less

Enhanced
F-DPCH

L2
Enhancements(DL)

HS-DSCH
E-DCH

R7

R8

R9

Content

HSPA+ Overview
HSPA+ Key Technologies
HSPA+ ZTE Solution Roadmap

HSPA+ Key Technologies

HSPA+ Broadband Technologies

HSPA+ PS Improvement Technologies

HSPA+ CS Improvement Technologies

HSPA+ Broadband Technologies

L2 Enhancement

HOM

MIMO

DC &MC HSPA

Combinations

L2- Enhancement--Improved L2 support for

high data rates
3GPP pre-R6
Max.1500byte/
PS packet
PDCP

RNC

Max.1500byte/
PS packet

Data

RLC

PDCP

Data

RLC

Adopts the fixed size RLC PDU

Mass of overhead and padding

3GPP R7 improved Lay-2

Max.
40/80byte/
RLC packet

Node B

Max.1500byte/
RLC packet

Max up to 1500 Byte packet size support to

reduce overhead and break peak rate limit

Flexible PDU size support for higher

transmission efficiency

MAC-hs

MAC-ehs

RLC

RLC

MAC

MAC-d

MAChs /

R6

MACehs

R7

New HS-DSCH frame format

on FP layer: supporting
different MAC PDU size in
the same frame

PHY

PHY

Uu

HSDSCH
FP

HSDSCH
FP

L2

L2

L1

L1

Iub/ Iur

HSPA+ Broadband Technologies

L2 Enhancement

HOM

MIMO

DC &MC HSPA

Combinations

High Order Modulation: DL 64QAM for

HSDPA

64QAM: the new modulation mode

adopted in 3GPP R7

one symbol denotes 6bit, 50%

modulation efficiency is improved

compared with 16QAM

The peak rate for single user is

21.6Mbps, which improves 50% than

R5 HS-DSCH

101111
UE category 13 14 17 18 19 20 23 24 27 28 support 64QAM

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Signal Quality and Simulation for 64QAM

Compared with 16QAM, the cell throughput of macro cell DL 64QAM has been improved 11%

High Order Modulation: UL 16QAM in HSUPA

Cell throughput has been improved by 38%

Applicable for E-DPDCH

Applicable for 2xSF2+2xSF4 & 2ms TTI
Reduce delay, improve UL capacity
11.52M for single user

ZTE SDR Software Upgrade to Support

64QAM and L2 Enhancement

The BBU and RU of ZTE SDR is hardware ready for 64QAM DL.
Recommend to enhance core network and transmission network
HSDPA / HSUPA

R8840

64QAM HSPA+

Only require software

upgrade
BBU and radio unit re-used

B8200

Add BP board for high throughput sites

Peak DL: 14.4Mbps, UL: 5.76Mbps

Peak DL: 21.6Mbps

HSPA+ Broadband Technologies

L2 Enhancement

HOM

MIMO

DC &MC HSPA

Combinations

MIMO(Multiple Input/Multiple Output)

MIMO ( Multiple Input/Multiple Output ) : It uses multiple antennas respectively at the transmitting
end and receiving end to speed up date rate, decrease BER and improve QoS.

Adopting 2*2 MIMO at the side of Node B: two sub-flows ( two transmission block) are transmitted
simultaneously in 2ms through two antennas, getting spatial diversity gain, improve the peak rate
and data throughput.

The DL peak rate can be up to 28.8Mbps by 2*2 MIMO

MIMO Upgrade Solutions on ZTE SDR

PlatformOption 1 Adding SISO Radio Unit: R8840/RSU40
Add additional R8840

R8840

R8840

Software Upgrade
B8200

Option 2 Using MIMO Radio Unit: R8880/RSU80

B8200

Non-MIMO
BTS/Node B

Replace R8840 to
R8880

R8880

Software Upgrade
B8200

MIMO Performance Analysis

Simulation

UE throughput CDF for downlink

UE throughput CDF for downlink

ZTE Lab Test Result

0.9
0.9

1x2
1x2
2x2
2x2

0.8
0.8
0.7
0.7
C.D.F
C.D.F

0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0

00

3
4
5
4
5
UE 3Throughput(Mbps)
UE Throughput(Mbps)

Cell throughput has been improved by 47%

MIMO Networking

Because many legacy UE can not support equalizer receiver, their performance will
degrade 30-40% in STTD(Spatial Time Transmit Diversity) mode, so the STTD should be
avoided by using VAM(Virtual Antenna Mapping). In addition, Intelligent RRM can
balance MIMO, HSPA and R99 users in different carriers.
Virtual Antenna
Mapping

Non-MIMO Network

MIMO Network

OK

f2

MIMO
HS
Rel 99

MIMO
HS
Rel 99

f2

f1

HS
Rel 99

HS
Rel 99

f1

OK
Single Transmit Dual
Antenna Receive Mode
STTD (Spatial Time

Legacy UE Transmit Diversity)

Mode

MIMO UE
PA1

PA2

HS,
Rel.99,
MIMO

HSPA+ Broadband Technologies

L2 Enhancement

HOM

MIMO

DC & MC HSPA

Combinations

Dual-Cell HSDPA Operation on Adjacent Carriers

Data of one user can be transmitted at the same time in two carriers, and Mac-ehs divide
data into different carriers through dual carriers jointly scheduling. Every carrier
independently implements coding, mapping, modulation and transmitting in Node B. In
UE, Every carrier demodulates independently, and MAC-ehs implements decoding and
combination.

Peak data rate for a single UE can reach 28.8Mbps without 64QAM activated and
43.2Mbps with 64QAM activated.
Dual Carrier Enabled UE
Secondary Serve Cell

Cell 2

Only HS-PDSCH and

HS-SCCH

Legacy UE

As normal cells

Primary Serve Cell

Cell 1

As normal cells

As normal cells

DC HSDPA Performance

After introducing Dual-Cell HSDPA,UE peak bit rate in downlink can

reach 42Mbps, i.e, 2 times to downlink bit rate of single cell because
date of the same user can be transferred in two carriers. DC-HSPDA
can deal with the UE bit rate problem when the radio condition is not
as good as to using MIMO.

Dual Cell Network Deployment

Considerations

Network Cluster Deployment

Dual cell
cluster

Primary Serve Cell Selection

Based on traffic, operational strategy

Default selection on HSDPA preferred cell
Load balance. If HSDPA cell overloaded, then DC UE will select the other cell as
primary cell

Mobility Management

Among DC-enabled cells

Handover from DC-enabled cells to legacy cells
Between DC and single layer cell
Secondary Serve Cell

Cell 2
Cell 1

Cell 2

Primary Serve Cell

Cell 1

DC Disabled Cell

DC Disabled Cell

Cell 1

HSDPA preferred cell

as Primary Cell

ZTE SDR Software Upgrade to Support Dual Cell

HSDPA/HSUPA

The BBU and RU of ZTE SDR is hardware ready for dual cell
Purchase of more frequency license is recommend
HSDPA / HSUPA

64QAM HSPA+

Dual Cell HSDPA/HSUPA

software
upgrade

Peak DL: 14.4Mbps,

UL: 5.76Mbps

Peak DL: 21.6Mbps,

Peak DL: 42Mbps,

UL: 11.5Mbps

UL: 23Mbps

Multi Carrier and Dual Band HSPA

Downlink:

The multi carrier transmission only applies to HSDPA physical channels

The carriers belong to the same Node-B and when on the same band, are on adjacent carriers

Uplink:

The dual carrier transmission only applies to HSUPA physical channels

The carriers belong to the same Node-B and when on the same band, are on adjacent carriers
Operation with at least 2 carriers configured simultaneously in downlink. In this case the duplex
distance between uplink carrier n and downlink carrier n will respect single carrier rules.
Band Range
Up to 2 bands, combinations can be
flexible. Eg. GSM+DCS, DCS+2.1G
Frequency within same band
Must be adjacent frequency
Maximum Carrier Number
Downlink can be up to 4 carriers
Uplink can be up to 2 carriers

An example configuration
2.1G Frequency 2
2.1G Frequency 1
1800M Frequency 2
1800M Frequency 1

Max. DL throughput up to 172.8Mbps, with 4 Carrier + 64QAM+MIMO

Max. UL throughput up to 23Mbps, with 2 carriers + 16QAM

HSPA+ Broadband Technologies

L2 Enhancement

HOM

MIMO

DC &MC HSPA

Combinations

Combinations

DC-HSDPA + MIMO
DL user peak rate reaches to
Max. 57.6Mbps.

DC-HSDPA + 64QAM + MIMO

DL user peak rate reaches to
Max. 86.4Mbps.

MIMO Vs SIMO: ISD = 1km,

MIMO Vs SIMO:
= 1km,= 30%)
OCNS=0 (Interfering
sector ISD
Tx power
OCNS=0 (Interfering sector Tx power = 30%)

x 10 7
2.5 x 10
2.5

64QAM + MIMO

DL cell peak rate reaches to

Max. 43.2Mbps.

DC-HSDPA + 64QAM

DL user peak rate reaches to

Max. 43.2Mbps.

Sector Throughput (bps)

Sector Throughput (bps)

1.5
1.5

2xSC MIMO
2xSC MIMO
DC MIMO
DC MIMO
2xSC
SIMO
2xSC SIMO
DC SIMO
DC SIMO

0.5
0.5

00

10
10

15
20
15per sector
20
Users
Users per sector

25
25

30
30

35
35

HSPA+ PS Service Enhancement

CPC

Enhanced CELL_FACH

CPC Continuous Packet Connectivity for Data

Users
CPC Continuous Packet Connectivity for packet data user
System resource consuming for inactive users reduces to 1/3 of R6
Reducing UL interference ,increasing PS users amount on-line to about 45%
Increasing PS user online time to about 30%

New UL DPCCH slot format

-- The UL DPCCH slot format has been optimized to

reduce the overhead of control channel, and
improve VoIP UL capacity and reduce UE power.

HS-SCCH LESS

Downlink DRX

-- Adopting other channel except DCH in CELL_DCH

state, UE could receive the DL HS-SCCH channel
information discontinually to reduce UE power.

CPC improves the

online terminal number
and their online time

-- Used to reduce HS-SCCH overhead and improve

capacity for low-delay & low-rate services, such as
VoIP and game. And the HARQ confirmation
information from UL HS-DPCCH includes ACK
only.

R99 CS:
HSUPA
Continuous DPCCH receiving
HSUPA
Discontinuous DPCCH receiving
E-DPDCH/DPDCH
DPCCH

UL DPCCH DTX reduce

UL interference, and
improve capacity

HSPA+ PS Service Enhancement

CPC

Enhanced CELL_FACH

Downlink Enhanced CELL_FACH

Logic

The mapping from BCCH

and PCCH to HS-DSCH
are added in HSPA+
HS-DSCH application

BCCH

MAC-b

PCCH

CCCH

MAC-c/sh

DCCH

DTCH

MAC-hs/MAC-ehs

DL transmission bandwidth
Transmission

flux
State Switch Delay

Physical

DCH

BCH

PCH

BCH

FACH
PCH

FACH

HS-DSCH
HS-DSCH

PCH

R6 HS-DSCH transmission uses the CELL_DCH state and other states uses the
common channel, the flux and switch efficiency of CELL_DCH are limited.

Uplink Enhanced CELL_FACH

E-DCH could work as a common transmission

channel
United with the R99 random access signature
transmission and E-DCH transmission, improve the
UL performance of dedicated and common
transmission channel in idle and connection mode.

Combine the E-DCH transmission with R99 random access signature transmission
and power increase, this process could start in CELL_FACH and IDLE state.
Supports transmitting DTCH/DCCH and CCCH in CELL_FACH and IDLE sate
Links the MAC-c/sh and MAC-es to transmit CCCH message.

CELL-FACH/IDLE state

DTCH

CCCH
DCCH

Improve the peak rate of CELL_FACH,

reduce signaling delay
Reduce the delay produced when UE
state switch

HSPA+ CS Service Enhancement

VoIP

CS over HSPA

VoIP
Differences between VoIP and Legacy AMR
Legacy AMR through CS core to
process while VoIP through PS core

IMS is introduced for VoIP to realize

service switching

Legacy

AMR bearer is on RLC,

3 sub-flows of VoIP bearer follow
3 steps:
Package on RTP/UDP/IP

Bear on PDCH

Bear on RLC

HSPA+ CS Service Enhancement

VoIP

CS over HSPA

CS Voice over HSPA

Iu
CS RAB (AMR frames)

CS RAB (AMR frames)

Demux

PDCP AMR Data PDU

PDCP

RAB Sub flows

Class A, B, C bits
RLC
TM

RLC
TM

RLC
TM

RLC
UM

MAC

MAC

MAC

MAC-d

RLC SDU

DTCHs (Logical channels)

DCHs (Transport Channels)

TrCH#A, TrCH#B, TrCH#C

MAC-d flow

Iub
MAC-hs

Priority Queue
- Discard Timer

Scheduler
HS-DSCH (Transport Channel)
PHY
Radio Frames

PHY
Radio Frames

CS voice is born on HSPA channels; data links of HSPA carry circuit data, connect to CS core.

CS voice over HSPA use one UM RLC RB for HSPA, two/three TM RLC RBs for DCH

A new PDCP AMR Data PDU is defined for AMR service

UEs manage de-jitter buffer through Max CS delay , ensure the whole delay in E2E system

CS over HSPA and VoIP Performance

CS Over HSPA:

level of VoIP ;

Reduce the CS voice connection time, and reduce the UE battery consume. During CS call request for
concurrent PS service will reduce PS set up time;
No change in Core network, no need to introduce IMS.

VOIP:

Admit more CS voice users, improve the cell capacity. In theory, CS capacity can reach the

Latest simulation report shows that based on the same channel environment and user distribution, single cell
capacity of legacy AMR voice users is about 62 active users and VoIP over HSPA is up to 126. Therefore,
compared with legacy voice service R99 performance

VoIP over HSPA has nearly 100% gain.

R 99

CS Voice : AMR

DCH , CN CS

CS Voice : WB - AMR
DCH , CN CS

PS Voice : VOIP
HS - DSCH , CN PS , IMS

CS over HSPA
HS - DSCH , CN CS

Content

HSPA+ Overview
HSPA+ Key Technologies
HSPA+ ZTE Solution Roadmap

ZTE
3G HSP+2010Q2
Features Roadmap
2009Q4
2010Q4
U9.2
HSPA Evolution
DL 28.8Mbps: 2*2 MIMO

New Services Ability

CPC
Enhanced F-DPCH
CS over HSPA
Cell Broadcast Service (R8)

QoE Enhancement

Inter-RAT Load based HO

NACC
Inter-RAT PS Handover
DTM Handover
Enhanced Iur-g

NE Efficiency & TCO

Saving
MC Dynamic Power Sharing
RAN sharing P2

O&M Optimization
CDT & CTS Enhancement

U9.3
HSPA Evolution
DL 43.2Mbps: DC-HSDPA +
64QAM

New Services Ability

IMB P1
Snow 3G Security
Algorithms
- UEA2 Ciphering
- UIA2 Integrity Protection

QoE Enhancement
Fast Dormancy
UMTS/LTE Cell Reselection

2011Q3

U10
HSPA Evolution

DL 43.2Mbps: 64QAM + MIMO

UL 11.5Mbps: UL 16QAM
Advanced Rake Receiver
UL Interference Canceling

New Services Ability

IMB P2
Enhanced Cell FACH (DL&UL)
Enhanced UE DRX
SR-VCC

QoE Enhancement
Enhanced HS-DSCH SCC
Enhanced SRNS Relocation
UMTS/LTE Handover

U11
HSPA Evolution
DL 86.4Mbps: DC-HSDPA +
64QAM + MIMO
UL 23Mbps: DC-HSUPA

New Services Ability

MBMS P3

QoE Enhancement
2 ms TTI uplink range
improvement

NE Efficiency & TCO

Saving
Flat Architecture P2:
- Sharing Carrier

NE Efficiency & TCO Saving

RNC in Pool
Extended Cell Range to 240Km
RAN Sharing P3
Flat Architecture P1
Dedicated Carrier

HSPA+ R7

R8
Released
Released

Planned
Planned

Planning
Planning

ZTE SDR Based HSPA/HSPA+ Solution

High Performance Baseband Board, unified MicroTCA
platform

Support multi-service:

Support R99/HSPA/HSPA+/MBMS simultaneously.

Extra processing capability:

BP board has 128CE uplink/downlink processing

Share UL/DL
192CE

capability, provides extra DL 43.2Mbps & UL

15Mbps without CE occupying.

HSPA occupies
no CE resource;
extra 58.2Mbps
High performance
Baseband unit

Smooth evolution:

Evolve to HSPA+ / LTE with software upgrade only.

MicroTCA Platform

192 CE

43.2Mbps HSDPA

15Mbps HSUPA

3CS

single platform supports

CDMA/WiMAX/GSM//UMTS/LTE.

MicroTCA architecture ensures the

open architecture and evolvement.

The Global Fastest HSPA+ Network

---- Hong Kong CSL launched the first SDR based HSPA+
network
SDR based HSPA+ Network
Smooth Evolution to LTE

CSL CEO: ZTE helps us roll-out the 1st all IP HSPA+ network
in Hong Kong, using the SDR-based solution. We are happy
to see that many problems in incumbent network had been
tackled.
Telstra CEO: Telstra picks ZTE as the major strategic
partner, we both are expecting further corporation in the
other interested areas.

The Global Fastest HSPA+ Network

CSL HSPA+ commercial Launching
30th Mar, 2009, CSL teams up with ZTE to host commercial promotion entitled

Tomorrows Technology >>> Today in HKCEC, which symbols the network with highest rate,
widest coverage and most reliable performance is formally put into operation.

Full network coverage

Peek 21Mbps
Average 18Mbps in more than
70% area

Data download:
For the same documents
CSL NextG 14 s
others: 32+ s

Online video:
9M/s real time online video,
no delay

Experience Next G at Hong Kong CSL 1O1O store

On March 31, 2009, ZTE and CSL

jointly launched Next GTM commercial
network, the first 21Mbps mobile
network and the worlds fastest
broadband mobile network.

At one of CSL 1O1O stores in Mong

Kok, HK, the data rate shown in the
connection manager was 15.27Mbps.