LTE Basic Parameters



This section will summarize the Basic parameters of the LTE:

Parameters Description
Frequency range UMTS FDD bands and TDD bands defined in 36.101(v860) Table 5.5.1, given below
Duplexing FDD, TDD, half-duplex FDD
Channel coding Turbo code
Mobility 350 km/h
Channel Bandwidth (MHz)
  • 1.4
  • 3
  • 5
  • 10
  • 15
  • 20
Transmission Bandwidth Configuration NRB : (1 resource block = 180kHz in 1ms TTI )
  • 6
  • 15
  • 25
  • 50
  • 75
  • 100
Modulation Schemes

UL: QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM(optional)

DL: QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM

Multiple Access Schemes

UL: SC-FDMA (Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access) supports 50Mbps+ (20MHz spectrum)

DL: OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) supports 100Mbps+ (20MHz spectrum)

Multi-Antenna Technology

UL: Multi-user collaborative MIMO

DL: TxAA, spatial multiplexing, CDD ,max 4x4 array

Peak data rate in LTE

UL: 75Mbps(20MHz bandwidth)

DL: 150Mbps(UE Category 4, 2x2 MIMO, 20MHz bandwidth)

DL: 300Mbps(UE category 5, 4x4 MIMO, 20MHz bandwidth)

MIMO

(Multiple Input Multiple Output)

UL: 1 x 2, 1 x 4

DL: 2 x 2, 4 x 2, 4 x 4

Coverage 5 - 100km with slight degradation after 30km
QoS E2E QOS allowing prioritization of different class of service
Latency End-user latency < 10mS

E-UTRA Operating Bands

Following is the table for E-UTRA operating bands taken from LTE Sepecification 36.101(v860) Table 5.5.1:

E-UTRA Table 5.5.1
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