WCDMA System Architecture 3G WCDMA Cellular Network
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WCDMA System Architecture
3G WCDMA Cellular Network
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Network Elements in a WCDMA PLMN
•PLMN: Public Land Mobile Network. •One PLMN is operated by a single operator.
WCDMA System Architecture
WCDMA/UMTS system utilizes the same well-known architecture that has been used by all main 2nd generation systems. The network elements are grouped into:
the Radio Access Network (RAN, UMTS Terrestrial RAN = UTRAN) that handles all radio-related functionality. The Core Network (CN) which is responsible for switching and routing calls and data connections to external networks.
Both User Equipment (UE) and UTRAN consist of completely new protocols, which is based on the new WCDMA radio technology. The definition of CN is adopted from GSM.
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Classified transport channel
Dedicated transport channel
Identified by a certain code in a certain frequency reserved for a single user only
Common transport channel
Used by all or a group of user on a cell
Dedicated transport channel (DCH)
The dedicated channel is a downlink or uplink transport channel.
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Common transport channels
There are six types of common transport channels: BCH(broadcast channel) FACH(forward access channel) PCH(paging channel) RACH(random access channel) CPCH(common packet channel) DSCH(downlink shared channel)
Mapping of transport channel onto physical channels
Transport Channels Physical Channels DCH Dedicated Physical Data Channel (DPDCH) Dedicated Physical Control Channel (DPCCH) RACH Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) CPCH Physical Common Packet Channel (PCPCH) Common Pilot Channel (CPICH) BCH Primary Common Control Physical Channel (P-CCPCH) FACH Secondary Common Control Physical Channel (S-CCPCH) PCH Synchronisation Channel (SCH) DSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH)
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Mapping of transport channel onto physical channels (continued)
Uplink frame format
Dedicated channel frame
DPDCH Data N data bits T slot = 2560 chips, N data = 10*2 k bits (k=0..6) DPCCH Pilot Npilot bits TFCI NTFCI bits T slot = 2560 chips, 10 bits FBI NFBI bits TPC NTPC bits
Slot #0
Slot #1
Slot #i 1 radio frame: T f = 10 ms
Slot #14
Uplink frame format
PRACH frame
Data Pilot Npilot bits Tslot = 2560 chips, 10*2k bits (k=0..3) Data Ndata bits TFCI NTFCI bits
Control
Slot #0
Slot #1
Slot #i Message part radio frame TRACH = 10 ms
Slot #14
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Uplink frame format
PCPCH frame
Data Pilot Npilot bits Data Ndata bits TFCI NTFCI bits FBI NFBI bits TPC NTPC bits
Control
Tslot = 2560 chips, 10*2k bits (k=0..6)
Slot #0
Slot #1
Slot #i 1 radio frame: Tf = 10 ms
Slot #14
Uplink multiplexing
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