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LTE-Advanced

by Sassan Ahmadi

October 2013

Intermediate to advanced

1152 pages

33h 54m

English

Academic Press

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1.1 Background on IMT-Advanced standards development1.2 Requirements for the IMT-Advanced systems1.3 Introduction to 3GPP standards1.4 Evolution of 3GPP standards1.5 A perspective on the future trends in cellular networksReferences
2.1 Overall network architecture2.2 EPC architecture2.3 Roaming architecture and interworking with other networks2.4 E-UTRAN architecture2.5 E-MBMS architecture2.6 Positioning network architecture2.7 Mobility management2.8 Radio resource management2.9 Quality of service/quality of experience2.10 Security in E-UTRAN2.11 Support of voice and messaging services in LTE/LTE-Advanced2.12 LIPA, selected IP traffic offload, and IP flow mobility2.13 Mobile IP2.14 Network architecture evolution and small cellsReferences
3.1 EPS reference model and protocol structure3.2 E-UTRAN and NAS protocols3.3 LTE-Uu interface protocols3.4 Support for relay nodes3.5 Support for HeNB nodesReferences

4.1 General UE behavior4.2 UE initialization procedure (cell search and cell selection)4.3 EPS connection and mobility management4.4 UE states4.5 Network attach procedures4.6 Data call establishment procedures4.7 Mobility procedures4.8 Overview of IP packet processing proceduresReferences
5.1 RRC states and state transitions5.2 RRC connection management5.3 RRC mobility management5.4 Measurements and measurement reporting5.5 RRC procedures5.6 RRC timers and constants5.7 RRC message structureReferences
6.1 Ciphering and integrity protection functions6.2 Header compression6.3 Robust header compression6.4 PDCP PDU packet formats6.5 LTE security aspectsReferences
7.1 RLC architecture7.2 RLC transfer modes7.3 RLC ARQ procedure7.4 RLC PDU packet formats7.5 RLC variables, constants, and timersReferences
8.1 MAC architecture and services8.2 Logical and transport channel mapping8.3 Downlink/uplink data transfer8.4 DRX operation8.5 MAC control elements8.6 MAC PDU packet formats8.7 MAC scheduling services8.8 RNTI mapping8.9 Random access procedureReferences
9.1 Overview of downlink physical layer processing9.2 Characteristics of wireless channels9.3 LTE/LTE-Advanced operating frequencies and band classes9.4 Principles of OFDM9.5 Multiple access schemes9.6 Duplex modes9.7 Frame structure9.8 Resource structure, allocation, mapping9.9 Time and frequency synchronization9.10 Downlink reference signals and channel estimation
9.12 Downlink physical channel processing
9.15 PDSCH transmission modes9.16 OFDM signal generation9.17 Timing advance9.18 Power control and link adaptationReferences
10.1 Overview of uplink physical layer processing10.2 Principles of SC-FDMA10.3 SC-FDMA and clustered SC-FDMA10.4 Uplink frame structure10.5 Physical resource structure and channel mapping10.6 Uplink reference signals and channel estimation10.7 Uplink physical channel processing
10.9 LTE/LTE-Advanced uplink multi-antenna transmission schemes10.10 Uplink transmission modes10.11 Uplink feedback in LTE/LTE-Advanced10.12 Uplink transmitter and receiver chainReferences
11.1 Definition of the performance metrics11.2 Calculation of static and dynamic overhead11.3 Traffic models11.4 Link-to-system mapping (PHY abstraction)11.5 IMT-Advanced test environments11.6 Network layout for system-level simulations11.7 IMT-Advanced evaluation methodology and baseline configurations11.8 Link-level and system-level channel models11.9 LTE-Advanced link-level and system-level performance11.10 Miscellaneous evaluationsReferences
12.1 Interference cancellation in cellular networks12.2 Distributed antenna systems12.3 Theory of CoMP operation12.4 CoMP architectures12.5 Effects of X2 latency on CoMP performance12.6 Performance of CoMP scenariosReferences
13.1 Principles of carrier aggregation13.2 Deployment scenarios13.3 Physical and MAC layer aspects of carrier aggregation13.4 Protocol and signaling aspects of carrier aggregation13.5 Radio resource management aspects of carrier aggregation13.6 RF and implementation aspects of carrier aggregationReferences
14.1 Intra-cell/inter-cell interference mitigation methods14.2 Heterogeneous networks14.3 Enhanced inter-cell interference coordination (eICIC)14.4 Multi-radio coexistence and interference avoidanceReferences
15.1 Positioning and location-based services15.2 Evolved multimedia broadcast/multicast serviceReferences

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Chapter 5

Radio Resource Control Functions

The radio resource control sublayer in E-UTRAN performs control-plane functions such as broadcast of system information related to access stratum and non-access stratum; paging; establishment, maintenance and release of RRC connection between a user terminal and the E-UTRAN; signaling radio bearer management; security handling; mobility management including UE measurement reporting and configuration; connected mode handover; idle mode mobility control; multimedia broadcast multicast service notification services and radio bearer management for MBMS; QoS management and NAS direct message transfer from NAS to the UE and vice versa.

In this chapter, we take a top-down systematic approach to analyzing and ...