ETSI TS 136 211 V14.11.0 (2019-07)

ETSI TS 136 211 V14.11.0 (2019-07)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
LTE;
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA);
Physical channels and modulation
(3GPP TS 36.211 version 14.11.0 Release 14)

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 8
1 Scope . 9
2 References . 9
3 Symbols and abbreviations . 9
3.1 Symbols . 9
3.2 Abbreviations . 13
4 Frame structure . 14
4.1 Frame structure type 1 . 14
4.2 Frame structure type 2 . 15
4.3 Frame structure type 3 . 16
5 Uplink . 18
5.1 Overview . 18
5.1.1 Physical channels . 18
5.1.2 Physical signals . 18
5.2 Slot structure and physical resources. 18
5.2.1 Resource grid . 18
5.2.2 Resource elements . 20
5.2.3 Resource blocks . 20
5.2.4 Narrowbands and widebands . 20
5.2.5 Guard period for narrowband and wideband retuning . 21
5.3 Physical uplink shared channel . 23
5.3.1 Scrambling . 23
5.3.2 Modulation . 24
5.3.2A Layer mapping . 25
5.3.2A.1 Layer mapping for transmission on a single antenna port . 25
5.3.2A.2 Layer mapping for spatial multiplexing . 25
5.3.3 Transform precoding. 26
5.3.3A Precoding . 26
5.3.3A.1 Precoding for transmission on a single antenna port . 26
5.3.3A.2 Precoding for spatial multiplexing . 26
5.3.4 Mapping to physical resources. 29
5.4 Physical uplink control channel . 32
5.4.1 PUCCH formats 1, 1a and 1b . 33
5.4.2 PUCCH formats 2, 2a and 2b . 36
5.4.2A PUCCH format 3 . 37
5.4.2B PUCCH format 4 . 39
5.4.2C PUCCH format 5 . 39
5.4.3 Mapping to physical resources. 40
5.5 Reference signals . 43
5.5.1 Generation of the reference signal sequence . 43
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5.5.1.1 Base sequences of length or larger . 43
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5.5.1.2 Base sequences of length less than . 44
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5.5.1.3 Group hopping . 47
5.5.1.4 Sequence hopping . 48
5.5.1.5 Determining virtual cell identity for sequence generation . 48
5.5.2 Demodulation reference signal . 49
5.5.2.1 Demodulation reference signal for PUSCH . 49
5.5.2.1.1 Reference signal sequence . 49
5.5.2.1.2 Mapping to physical resources . 52
5.5.2.2 Demodulation reference signal for PUCCH . 52
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5.5.2.2.1 Reference signal sequence . 52
5.5.2.2.2 Mapping to physical resources . 54
5.5.3 Sounding reference signal . 55
5.5.3.1 Sequence generation. 55
5.5.3.2 Mapping to physical resources . 55
5.5.3.3 Sounding reference signal subframe configuration . 58
5.6 SC-FDMA baseband signal generation . 59
5.7 Physical random access channel . 60
5.7.1 Time and frequency structure . 60
5.7.2 Preamble sequence generation . 67
5.7.3 Baseband signal generation. 72
5.8 Modulation and upconversion . 73
6 Downlink . 74
6.1 Overview . 74
6.1.1 Physical channels . 74
6.1.2 Physical signals . 74
6.2 Slot structure and physical resource elements . 75
6.2.1 Resource grid . 75
6.2.2 Resource elements . 76
6.2.3 Resource blocks . 77
6.2.3.1 Virtual resource blocks of localized type . 77
6.2.3.2 Virtual resource blocks of distributed type . 77
6.2.4 Resource-element groups . 79
6.2.4A Enhanced Resource-Element Groups (EREGs) . 79
6.2.5 Guard period for half-duplex FDD operation . 80
6.2.6 Guard Period for TDD Operation . 80
6.2.7 Narrowbands and widebands . 80
6.2.8 Guard period for narrowband and wideband retuning . 81
6.3 General structure for downlink physical channels . 81
6.3.1 Scrambling . 82
6.3.2 Modulation . 83
6.3.3 Layer mapping . 83
6.3.3.1 Layer mapping for transmission on a single antenna port . 83
6.3.3.2 Layer mapping for spatial multiplexing . 83
6.3.3.3 Layer mapping for transmit diversity . 86
6.3.4 Precoding . 86
6.3.4.1 Precoding for transmission on a single antenna port . 86
6.3.4.2 Precoding for spatial multiplexing using antenna ports with cell-specific reference signals . 86
6.3.4.2.1 Precoding without CDD . 86
6.3.4.2.2 Precoding for large delay CDD . 87
6.3.4.2.3 Codebook for precoding and CSI reporting . 88
6.3.4.3 Precoding for transmit diversity . 89
6.3.4.4 Precoding for spatial multiplexing using antenna ports with UE-specific reference signals. 90
6.3.5 Mapping to resource elements . 91
6.4 Physical downlink shared channel . 91
6.4.1 Physical downlink shared channel for BL/CE UEs . 93
6.5 Physical multicast channel . 95
6.6 Physical broadcast channel . 95
6.6.1 Scrambling . 96
6.6.2 Modulation . 96
6.6.3 Layer mapping and precoding . 96
6.6.4 Mapping to resource elements . 96
6.7 Physical control format indicator channel . 97
6.7.1 Scrambling . 98
6.7.2 Modulation . 98
6.7.3 Layer mapping and precoding . 98
6.7.4 Mapping to resource elements . 98
6.8 Physical downlink control channel . 99
6.8.1 PDCCH formats . 99
6.8.2 PDCCH multiplexing and scrambling . 99
6.8.3 Modulation . 100
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6.8.4 Layer mapping and precoding . 100
6.8.5 Mapping to resource elements . 100
6.8A Enhanced physical downlink control channel . 101
6.8A.1 EPDCCH formats . 101
6.8A.2 Scrambling . 103
6.8A.3 Modulation . 103
6.8A.4 Layer mapping and precoding . 103
6.8A.5 Mapping to resource elements . 103
6.8B MTC physical downlink control channel . 104
6.8B.1 MPDCCH formats . 104
6.8B.2 Scrambling . 105
6.8B.3 Modulation . 106
6.8B.4 Layer mapping and precoding . 106
6.8B.5 Mapping to resource elements . 106
6.9 Physical hybrid ARQ indicator channel . 108
6.9.1 Modulation . 109
6.9.2 Resource group alignment, layer mapping and precoding . 110
6.9.3 Mapping to resource elements . 111
6.10 Reference signals . 113
6.10.1 Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS). 113
6.10.1.1 Sequence generation. 114
6.10.1.2 Mapping to resource elements. 114
6.10.2 MBSFN reference signals . 116
6.10.2.1 Sequence generation. 116
6.10.2.1.1 Sequence generation for 15 kHz and 7.5 kHz subcarrier spacing . 116
6.10.2.1.2 Sequence generation for 1.25 kHz subcarrier spacing . 116
6.10.2.2 Mapping to resource elements. 117
6.10.2.2.1 Mapping to resource elements for 15 kHz and 7.5 kHz subcarrier spacing . 117
6.10.2.2.1 Mapping to resource elements for 1.25 kHz . 118
6.10.3 UE-specific reference signals associated with PDSCH . 118
6.10.3.1 Sequence generation. 119
6.10.3.2 Mapping to resource elements. 120
6.10.3A Demodulation reference signals associated with EPDCCH or MPDCCH . 125
6.10.3A.1 Sequence generation. 125
6.10.3A.2 Mapping to resource elements. 126
6.10.4 Positioning reference signals . 127
6.10.4.1 Sequence generation. 128
6.10.4.2 Mapping to resource elements. 128
6.10.4.3 Positioning reference signal subframe configuration . 130
6.10.5 CSI reference signals . 131
6.10.5.1 Sequence generation. 132
6.10.5.2 Mapping to resource elements. 132
6.10.5.3 CSI reference signal subframe configuration . 140
6.11 Synchronization signals . 140
6.11.1 Primary synchronization signal (PSS) . 140
6.11.1
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