A. Z. Yonis; M. F. L. Abdullah

Downlink and Uplink Physical Channels in Long Term Evolution

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Author(s)

A. Z. Yonis ^1,* M. F. L. Abdullah ²

1. College of Electronic Engineering, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq

2. Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia

* Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2012.11.01

Received: 4 Mar. 2012 / Revised: 16 Jun. 2012 / Accepted: 4 Sep. 2012 / Published: 8 Oct. 2012

Index Terms

LTE, Downlink Physical Channel, Uplink Physical Channel

Abstract

Long Term Evolution (LTE) defines a number of physical channels to carry information blocks received from the MAC and higher layers. This paper presents two types of Physical channels: the first type is downlink physical channels which consist of Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH), Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), Physical Multicast Channel (PMCH), Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), Physical Control Format Indicator Channel (PCFICH) and Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel (PHICH). The second type of Physical channels is uplink physical channels which consist of Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) and Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH). This paper also highlights the structure of PDSCH and PUSCH, discuss the algorithms of the two types of physical channel and each of its features. The aim of this paper is to discuss the well-designed PHY Channels which provide high cell-edge performance with specific features, such as dynamic bandwidth allocation to users, the design of reference signals and control channels. These channels take into account a more challenging path loss and interference environment at the cell edge.

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A. Z. Yonis, M. F. L. Abdullah, "Downlink and Uplink Physical Channels in Long Term Evolution", International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science(IJITCS), vol.4, no.11, pp.1-10, 2012. DOI:10.5815/ijitcs.2012.11.01

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