LTE standards

Status for this work in 3GPP and

what next for the Future
Francois COURAU
3GPP TSG RAN Chairman

LTE STANDARDS
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Status of the work within 3GPP TSG RAN

Detailed information
Introduction to LTE advanced
Timescale for LTE Advanced
Conclusion

Status of the work in 3GPP

3GPP TSG RAN Organization

TSG RAN
RAN WG1 RAN WG2 RAN WG3 RAN WG4 RAN WG5
Layer 1

Layer 2/3 Layer 2/3 Layer 1 P/R UE Tests

General Introduction to the work in 3GPP

 Work in 3GPP is organized around the

concept of release which can be defined
as a complete set of functionalities for a
full cellular network allowing new set of
services to be deployed by operators
After completing a long evolution of the
Wideband CDMA radio technology, 3GPP
decided to work on a new concept of radio
technology to allow further evolution
having in mind a long term evolution. LTE
was born. But this does not stop
completely parallel evolution of the
WCDMA
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Detailed information on the development of

LTE

LTE Access Network Architecture

LTE Standard
Layer 1 specification
It can be separated in 2 parts
First part resulting from the work in RAN WG1
dealing with the description of the physical layer is
now subject to the correction phase since last term.
Functionalities described are complete and no major
changes are expected. Set of specification
contained in 36.2xx series
Second part mainly concerning the Requirement and
the Performances still need to be completed but this
is already considered as complete at 60% level. It is
anticipated that this should be completed in
December 2008. This work is mainly in the hand of
WG4. This is a key activity as it is the premises for
the tests activities. Set of specification contained in
36.1xx series
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 Layer 2 and Layer 3 (Signaling over

Interfaces)
Over the radio interface:
Mainly under responsibility of RAN WG2
It covers all aspects related to the MAC, RLC and
RRC
Set of specification contained in 36.3xx series

In between the Core and the Access Network

Covers all the aspects from physical layer of the
interfaces S1, X1 and X2
Set of specification contained in 36.4xx series

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 User Equipment Testing activities

WG5 is in charge of defining the test
specification for the User Equipment designed
by 3GPP. This covers the two following
aspects:
Tests of the User Equipment part covering the Radio
Interface (Access Stratum)
Tests of the User Equipment part covering the
User/Core Network interface (Non Access Stratum)
Work has already started. Discussion on the priority
of test development between TSG RAN and the
Working Group started in June and are still under
way

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LTE Standards
TS

Title

Completion Functional
level at
freezing
RAN#38
date

36.201

LTE Physical Layer

General Description

36.211

Physical channels and

Completed Dec. 07
modulation

36.212

Multiplexing and
channel coding

Completed Dec. 07

36.213

Physical layer
procedure

Completed Dec. 07

36.214

Physical layer
measurements

Completed Dec. 07

Completed Dec. 07

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TS

Title

Compl.
level at
RAN#41

36.302

Services provided by
the physical layer

95%

Mar. 08

36.304

UE procedures in
Idle mode

95%

Mar. 08

36.306

UE Radio Access
capabilities

95%

Jun. 08

36.321

MAC

95%

Jun. 08

36.322

RLC

95%

Jun. 08

36.323

PDCP

95%

Dec. 07

36.331

RRC

95%

MAR. 09 for ASN.1

Functional
freezing date

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TS

Title

Compl. level
at RAN#40

36.401
36.410
36.411
36.412

EUTRAN Architecture Description

S1 General Aspects and Principles
S1 Layer 1
S1 Signaling Transport

95%
95%
95%
95%

36.413

S1 Protocol Specification

95%

Functional
freezing
date
Mar. 08
Mar. 08
Mar. 08
Mar. 08
Mar. 08
Sep. 08

for

ASN.1

36.414
36.420
36.421
36.422

S1 Data Transport
X2 General Aspects and Principles
X2 Layer 1
X2 Signaling Transport

95%
95%
95%
95%

36.423

X2 Protocol Specification

95%

Mar. 08
Mar. 08
Mar. 08
Mar. 08
Mar. 08
March 09

for

ASN.1

36.424

X2 Data Transport

95%

Mar. 08
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TS

Compl.
level at
RAN#41

Title

UE radio
36.101 transmission
and reception
BS radio
36.104 transmission
and reception

Core
requirements

90%

Performance
requirements

60%

Core
requirements

95%

Performance
requirements

70%

Requirements
for support of
36.133
radio resource
management

Core
requirements

90%

Performance
requirements

60%

BS
36.141 conformance
testing

Core
requirements

80%

Performance
requirements

60%

Function
freezing

Mar. 08

Mar. 08

Sep.
08
Sept.
08
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Completio
n level at
RAN#38

Date for
Approval

Functiona
l freezing
date

36.508

Common test
environments for UE
conformance testing

10%

Dec. 08

TBD

36.521

UE conformance
specification Radio
transmission and
reception (RF)

20%

Sep. 08

TBD

15%

Dec.
08*

TBD

TS

Title

UE conformance

36.523 specification (Sig)

This date was set considering work plan for AS(LTE) signaling only.
Work plan that includes NAS signaling still needs to be confirmed
in the RAN5 work plan (awaiting progress in CT1 mainly).

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Introduction to LTE advanced

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LTE Advanced
ITU-R is currently investigating 4G and has
solicited all organization for proposing
technology as candidate for radio interface
3GPP had recently organized two workshops to
examine this request
At the last plenary it has been decided to answer
to ITU-R with an evolution of the radio technology
already proposed in as an IMT 2000 technology:
LTE
Here follows the foreseen evolutions already
under study in 3GPP
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 Main Characteristics for LTE Advance

The objective of Further Advancements for EUTRA is as follows:
Define a framework for further advancements of EUTRA and E-UTRAN (to be referred to as Advanced
E-UTRA and Advanced EUTRAN considering:
The time schedule of ITU-R
That the work on Advanced E-UTRA and Advanced
E-UTRAN must not introduce any delay to the
completion of the Release 8 specification of E-UTRA
and E-UTRAN
That the general enhancements of specifications for
Release 8 E-UTRA and E-UTRAN are maintained and
progressed in a focused and efficient manner.
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 Define requirements for Advanced E-UTRA and Advanced EUTRAN based on the ITU-R requirements for IMT-Advanced as well
as 3GPP operators own requirements for advancing Release 8 EUTRA AND E-UTRAN considering:
E-UTRA radio technology and architecture improvements
Support for all radio modes of operation
Interworking with legacy RATs (scenarios and performance
requirements)
Backward compatibility of Advanced E-UTRA and Advanced EUTRAN with Release 8 E-UTRA and E-UTRAN i.e.
an Release 8 E-UTRA terminal can work in an Advanced E-UTRAN,
an Advanced E-UTRA terminal can work in an Release 8 E-UTRAN and
non-backward compatible elements could be considered based on
RAN decision

Newly identified frequency bands and existing frequency bands,

and their advantages and limitations, in particular, the
consideration of the WRC-07 conclusions, to ensure that
Advanced E-UTRA can accommodate radio channel bandwidths
commensurate with the availability in parts of the world of
wideband channels in the spectrum allocations (above 20 MHz)
and at the same time being mindful on the need to accommodate
those parts of the world where the spectrum allocations will not
have availability of wideband channels

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 Identify potential solutions, technologies for the Advanced

E-UTRA and Advanced E-UTRAN. The study areas include:
Physical layer
Radio interface layer 2 and RRC
E-UTRAN architecture
RF, including Aspects of wider channel bandwidth than 20
MHz
Advanced system concepts
To develop documents that will serve as a basis for the
documentation to be submitted to ITU-R to provide the
3GPP proposals for IMT-Advanced:
An Early Proposal submission that would be sent to ITUR, to be agreed at RAN #41 (9-12 September 2008), for
submission to WP 5D #3 (8-15 October 2008).

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 A Complete Technology submission that

would be sent to ITU-R, to be agreed at RAN
#44 (26-29 May 2009), for submission to WP 5D
#5 (planned for 10-17 June 2009).
A Final submission to incorporate updates,
additional specific details or feature additions,
and the required self-evaluation that would be
sent to ITU-R, to be agreed at RAN #45 (22-25
September 2009), for submission to WP 5D #6
(planned for 13-20 Oct 2009).

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RAN#41

9-12 September 2008 in Kobe, JP

Have a verification that the 3GPP requirements are equal or

exceeding the ITU-R requirements
Update 3GPP LTE-Advanced requirements according to the
verification results if needed
Make an early submission of the 3GPP concept to the ITU-R IMTAdvanced process

2007

2008

LTE

2009

2010

2011

CR phase
#38

#39

WS

#40

#41

#42

#43 #44

#45

#46

#47

#48

#49

2nd WS

Study Item

#1

#2

Circular letter
amendment with
requirements and eval.
methodology from WP 5D
#2

#3

#4

Work Item

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

#10

#11

#12

Proposals
Evaluation
Consensus
Specification

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Conclusion
As can be seen from the previous slide
3GPP is fully busy for a certain number of
years with covering at the same time:

Evolution of WCDMA
Completion of the development of LTE
Definition of LTE advance
LTE is part of IMT advance process in ITU-R
and 3GPP will provide the SDO with the
evaluation of the technology

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Thank you!
Any Question?

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