ETSI TS 136 212 V13.9.0 (2019-07)

ETSI TS 136 212 V13.9.0 (2019-07)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
LTE;
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA);
Multiplexing and channel coding
(3GPP TS 36.212 version 13.9.0 Release 13)

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal Notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Definitions . 7
3.2 Symbols . 7
3.3 Abbreviations . 8
4 Mapping to physical channels . 9
4.1 Uplink . 9
4.2 Downlink . 9
4.3 Sidelink . 9
5 Channel coding, multiplexing and interleaving. 10
5.1 Generic procedures . 10
5.1.1 CRC calculation . 10
5.1.2 Code block segmentation and code block CRC attachment . 11
5.1.3 Channel coding . 12
5.1.3.1 Tail biting convolutional coding . 13
5.1.3.2 Turbo coding . 14
5.1.3.2.1 Turbo encoder . 14
5.1.3.2.2 Trellis termination for turbo encoder . 15
5.1.3.2.3 Turbo code internal interleaver . 15
5.1.4 Rate matching . 17
5.1.4.1 Rate matching for turbo coded transport channels . 17
5.1.4.1.1 Sub-block interleaver . 17
5.1.4.1.2 Bit collection, selection and transmission. 18
5.1.4.2 Rate matching for convolutionally coded transport channels and control information . 21
5.1.4.2.1 Sub-block interleaver . 22
5.1.4.2.2 Bit collection, selection and transmission. 22
5.1.5 Code block concatenation . 23
5.2 Uplink transport channels and control information . 23
5.2.1 Random access channel . 24
5.2.2 Uplink shared channel . 24
5.2.2.1 Transport block CRC attachment . 25
5.2.2.2 Code block segmentation and code block CRC attachment . 25
5.2.2.3 Channel coding of UL-SCH . 26
5.2.2.4 Rate matching . 26
5.2.2.5 Code block concatenation . 26
5.2.2.6 Channel coding of control information . 26
5.2.2.6.1 Channel quality information formats for wideband CQI reports . 39
5.2.2.6.2 Channel quality information formats for higher layer configured subband CQI reports . 48
5.2.2.6.3 Channel quality information formats for UE selected subband CQI reports . 59
5.2.2.6.4 Channel coding for CQI/PMI information in PUSCH . 67
5.2.2.6.5 Channel coding for more than 11 bits of HARQ-ACK information . 68
5.2.2.7 Data and control multiplexing . 69
5.2.2.8 Channel interleaver . 69
5.2.3 Uplink control information on PUCCH . 71
5.2.3.1 Channel coding for UCI HARQ-ACK . 72
5.2.3.2 Channel coding for UCI scheduling request . 78
5.2.3.3 Channel coding for UCI channel quality information . 78
5.2.3.3.1 Channel quality information formats for wideband reports . 79
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5.2.3.3.2 Channel quality information formats for UE-selected sub-band reports . 86
5.2.3.4 Channel coding for UCI channel quality information and HARQ-ACK . 96
5.2.4 Uplink control information on PUSCH without UL-SCH data . 97
5.2.4.1 Channel coding of control information . 97
5.2.4.2 Control information mapping . 98
5.2.4.3 Channel interleaver . 98
5.3 Downlink transport channels and control information . 98
5.3.1 Broadcast channel . 98
5.3.1.1 Transport block CRC attachment . 99
5.3.1.2 Channel coding . 99
5.3.1.3 Rate matching . 100
5.3.2 Downlink shared channel, Paging channel and Multicast channel . 100
5.3.2.1 Transport block CRC attachment . 101
5.3.2.2 Code block segmentation and code block CRC attachment . 101
5.3.2.3 Channel coding . 101
5.3.2.4 Rate matching . 101
5.3.2.5 Code block concatenation . 101
5.3.3 Downlink control information . 102
5.3.3.1 DCI formats. 102
5.3.3.1.1 Format 0 . 102
5.3.3.1.2 Format 1 . 104
5.3.3.1.3 Format 1A . 105
5.3.3.1.3A Format 1B . 107
5.3.3.1.4 Format 1C . 108
5.3.3.1.4A Format 1D . 109
5.3.3.1.5 Format 2 . 110
5.3.3.1.5A Format 2A . 114
5.3.3.1.5B Format 2B . 116
5.3.3.1.5C Format 2C . 117
5.3.3.1.5D Format 2D . 119
5.3.3.1.6 Format 3 . 120
5.3.3.1.7 Format 3A . 121
5.3.3.1.8 Format 4 . 121
5.3.3.1.9 Format 5 . 123
5.3.3.1.10 Format 6-0A . 123
5.3.3.1.11 Format 6-0B . 124
5.3.3.1.12 Format 6-1A . 125
5.3.3.1.13 Format 6-1B . 126
5.3.3.1.14 Format 6-2 . 127
5.3.3.2 CRC attachment . 128
5.3.3.3 Channel coding . 128
5.3.3.4 Rate matching . 129
5.3.4 Control format indicator . 129
5.3.4.1 Channel coding . 129
5.3.5 HARQ indicator (HI) . 129
5.3.5.1 Channel coding . 130
5.4 Sidelink transport channels and control information . 130
5.4.1 Sidelink broadcast channel . 130
5.4.1.1 Transport block CRC attachment . 131
5.4.1.2 Channel coding . 131
5.4.1.3 Rate matching . 131
5.4.2 Sidelink shared channel . 131
5.4.3 Sidelink control information . 132
5.4.3.1 SCI formats . 132
5.4.3.1.1 SCI format 0 . 132
5.4.4 Sidelink discovery channel . 133
6 Narrowband IoT . 133
6.1 Mapping to physical channels . 133
6.2 Generic procedures . 133
6.3 Uplink transport channels and control information . 134
6.3.1 Random access channel . 134
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6.3.2 Uplink shared channel . 134
6.3.3 Uplink control information on NPUSCH without UL-SCH data. 135
6.4 Downlink transport channels and control information . 135
6.4.1 Broadcast channel . 135
6.4.2 Downlink shared channel and Paging channel. 135
6.4.3 Downlink control information . 136
6.4.3.1 DCI Format N0 . 136
6.4.3.2 DCI Format N1 . 137
6.4.3.3 DCI Format N2 . 137
Annex A (informative): Change history . 139
History . 145

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Foreword
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1 Scope
The present document specifies the coding, multiplexing and mapping to physical channels for E-UTRA.
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
- References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.
- For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
- For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including
a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same
Release as the present document.
[1] 3GPP TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".
[2] 3GPP TS 36.211: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical channels and
modulation".
[3] 3GPP TS 36.213: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical layer
procedures".
[4] 3GPP TS 36.306: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); User Equipment (UE)
radio access capabilities".
[5] 3GPP TS36.321, "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Medium Access
Control (MAC) protocol specification"
[6] 3GPP TS36.331, "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Radio Resource
Control (RRC) protocol specification"

3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in [1] and the following apply. A term
defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same term, if any, in [1].
BL/CE: A Bandwidth-reduced Low-complexity or Coverage Enhanced (BL/CE) UE is capable of coverage
enhancement mode A support and intends to access a cell in a coverage enhancement mode or is configured in a
coverage enhancement mode.
3.2 Symbols
For the purposes of the present document, the following symbols apply:
DL
N Downlink bandwidth configuration, expressed in number of resource blocks [2]
RB
UL
N Uplink bandwidth configuration, expressed in number of resource blocks [2]
RB
SL
N Sidelink bandwidth configuration, expressed in number of resource blocks [2]
RB
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RB
N Resource block size in the frequency domain, expressed as a number of subcarriers
sc
PUSCH
N Number of SC-FDMA symbols carrying PUSCH in a subframe
symb
PUSCH-initial
N Number of SC-FDMA symbols carrying PUSCH in the initial PUSCH transmission subframe
symb
UL
N Number of SC-FDMA symbols in an uplink slot
symb
SL
N Number of SC-FDMA symbols in a sidelink slot
symb
N Number of SC-FDMA symbols used for SRS transmission in a subframe (0 or 1).
SRS

3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:

BCH Broadcast channel
CFI Control Format Indicator
CP Cyclic Prefix
CSI Channel State Information
DCI Downlink Control Information
DL-SCH Downlink Shared channel
EPDCCH Enhanced Physical Downlink Control channel
FDD Frequency Division Duplexing
HI HARQ indicator
LAA Licensed-Assisted Access
MCH Multicast channel
MPDCCH MTC Physical Downlink Control Channel
NPBCH Narrowband Physical Broadcast channel
NPDCCH Narrowband Physical Downlink Control channel
NPDSCH Narrowband Physical Downlink Shared channel
NPRACH Narrowband Physical Random Access channel
NPUSCH Narrowband Physical Uplink Shared channel
PBCH Physical Broadcast channel
PCFICH Physical Control Format Indicator channel
PCH Paging channel
PDCCH Physical Downlink Control channel
PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared channel
PHICH Physical HARQ indicator channel
PMCH Physical Multicast channel
PMI Precoding Matrix Indicator
PRACH Physical Random Access channel
PSBCH Physical Sidelink Broadcast Channel
PSCCH Physical Sidelink Control Channel
PSDCH Physical Sidelink Discovery Channel
PSSCH Physical Sidelink Shared Channel
PUCCH Physical Uplink Control channel
PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared channel
RACH Random Access channel
RI Rank Indication
SCI Sidelink Control Information
SL-BCH Sidelink Broadcast Channel
SL-DCH Sidelink Discovery Channel
SL-SCH Sidelink Shared Channel
SR Scheduling Request
SRS Sounding Reference Signal
TDD Time Division Duplexing
TPMI Transmitted Precoding Matrix Indi
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