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BMSat-36.001.2
BMSat Radio Interface Specifications;
V1.0.0 (2013-08)
Introduction to the BMSat family
Technical Specification
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Keywords
BMSat, radio, architecture

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Contents
Foreword..........................................................................................................................................................4
Introduction......................................................................................................................................................4
1 Scope......................................................................................................................................................6
2 References..............................................................................................................................................6
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations..................................................................................................6
3.1 Definitions...........................................................................................................................................................6
3.2 Abbreviations.......................................................................................................................................................6
4 BMSat family of specifications..............................................................................................................7
4.1 Scope of the BMSat specifications family...........................................................................................................7
4.2 Numbering of the BMSat family of specifications..............................................................................................7
4.3 Contents of the BMSat family of specifications..................................................................................................7
5 Terminology cross reference...................................................................................................................9
Annex A (informative): History......................................................................................................................10

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Foreword
This Technical Specification has been produced by China Communications Standards Association (CCSA).

The contents of the present document are subject to continuing work within CCSA and may change following formal
CCSA approval. Should CCSA modify the contents of the present document, it will be re-released by CCSA with an
identifying change of release date and an increase in version number as follows:

Version x.y.z

where:

x the first digit:

1 or greater indicates CCSA approved document under change control.

y the second digit is incremented for all changes of substance, i.e. technical enhancements, corrections,
updates, etc.

z the third digit is incremented when editorial only changes have been incorporated in the document.

Introduction
Broadband Mobile Satellite (BMSat) radio interface is mainly used for mobile satellite services (MSS) utilizing
geostationary satellite(s). BMSat is derived from the terrestrial LTE-Advanced specifications (also known as LTE
Release 10 and beyond developed by 3GPP) and supports access to LTE-Advanced core networks. Currently, BMSat
supports only FDD mode, and the descriptions of TDD mode in the terrestrial LTE-Advanced specifications are not
applied to BMSat.

NOTE: The LTE-Advanced standards documents referenced in BMSat specifications are the transposed documents
provided by CCSA which is one of the identified Transposing Organizations of 3GPP LTE-Advanced specifications in
ITU-R Recommendation M.2012. The detailed transposing relationship between CCSA transposed LTE-Advanced
documents and 3GPP LTE-Advanced documents is shown in ITU-R Recommendation M.2012.

Due to the differences between terrestrial and satellite channels, a number of modifications to LTE-Advanced are made
to adapt to satellite radio transmission.

Some LTE-Advanced specifications are directly applicable, whereas others are applicable with modifications. Similarly,
some LTE-Advanced specifications do not apply, while some BMSat specifications have no corresponding LTE-
Advanced specification.

Since BMSat is derived from LTE-Advanced, the organization of the BMSat specifications closely follows that of LTE-
Advanced. The BMSat numbers have been designed to correspond to the LTE-Advanced numbering system. All BMSat
specifications are allocated a unique BMSat number as follows:

BMSat xx.yyy.z

where:

- xx.yyy.0 (z = 0) is used for BMSat specifications that have a corresponding LTE-Advanced specification.
In this case, the numbers xx and yyy correspond to the LTE-Advanced numbering scheme.

- xx.yyy.2 (z = 2) is used for BMSat specifications that do not correspond to a LTE-Advanced specification.
In this case, only the number xx corresponds to the LTE-Advanced numbering scheme and the number yyy
is allocated by BMSat.

A BMSat system is defined by the combination of a family of BMSat specifications and LTE-Advanced specifications
as follows:

- If a BMSat specification exists it takes precedence over the corresponding LTE-Advanced specification (if any).
This precedence rule applies to any references in the corresponding LTE-Advanced specifications.

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NOTE: Any references to LTE-Advanced specifications within the BMSat specifications are not subject to this
precedence rule. For example, a BMSat specification may contain specific references to the corresponding LTE-
Advanced specification.

- If a BMSat specification does not exist, the corresponding LTE-Advanced specification may or may not apply.
The applicability of the LTE-Advanced specifications is defined in the present document.

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1 Scope
The present document gives a general introduction to the specifications in the BMSat family.

The BMSat specifications are organized into series that correspond to the organization of the 3GPP LTE-Advanced
technical specifications. Clause 4 of the present document defines the contents of each BMSat series and shows how the
individual BMSat specifications relate to their LTE-Advanced counterparts. Clause 5 of the present document defines
the relationship between BMSat terminology and the LTE-Advanced terminology.

2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.

References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.

For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.

For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including
a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same
Release as the present document.

[1] TS BMSat-36.331.0: Evolved Universal Satellite Radio Access (E-USRA); Radio Resource Control (RRC);
Protocol specification

[2] TS CCSA-TSD-LTE-36.300: Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Radio Resource
Control (RRC); Protocol specification

3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations

3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply.

LTE-Advanced applies: this feature is identical to LTE-Advanced, and hence the associated LTE-Advanced
specification applies.

BMSat specific: this BMSat specification describes a new BMSat feature that has no equivalent feature in LTE-
Advanced.

Replaces LTE-Advanced: the BMSat specification is a replacement for the associated LTE-Advanced specification.
The BMSat specification may make reference to the associated LTE-Advanced specification.

3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply.

MSS Mobile Satellite Services

MES Mobile Earth Station
E-USRA Evolved Universal Satellite Radio Access
E-UTRA Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
E-USRAN Evolved Universal Satellite Radio Access Network
E-UTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network

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4 BMSat family of specifications

4.1 Scope of the BMSat specifications family

The BMSat Radio Interface Specifications is a family of specifications which specify the requirements for
implementing the BMSat radio interface for Mobile Earth Stations (MESs) communicating using Geosynchronous
Earth Orbit satellites and interworking into a LTE-Advanced core network. The MES may be a handheld, mobile or
fixed terminal.

The BMSat specifications are based upon the LTE-Advanced specifications. The BMSat specifications define the
differences (i.e. the modifications) relative to the LTE-Advanced specifications that deal with the different system
requirements such as the path losses and delays associated with satellite communications using a Geosynchronous
Earth orbit satellite.

The complete contents of the BMSat family of specifications are given in clause 4.3.

Where appropriate the BMSat specifications include references to the corresponding LTE-Advanced specifications. The
relationship between the BMSat specifications and the corresponding LTE-Advanced specifications is defined in clause
4.3 using the terminology defined below.

Table 4-1: BMSat Specifications

Terminology
LTE-Advanced applies
BMSat specific
Replaces LTE-Advanced
Definition
The feature of this BMSat specification is identical to that of LTE-
Advanced, and hence the associated LTE-Advanced specification
applies.
This BMSat specification describes a new BMSat feature that has no
equivalent feature in LTE-Advanced.
The BMSat specification is a replacement for the associated LTE-
Advanced specification. The BMSat specification may make reference to
the associated LTE-Advanced specification.

NOTE 1: The associated LTE-Advanced specification (if any) is directly indicated by the document number as
described in clause 4.2.

NOTE 2: In the case of LTE-Advanced applies or Replaces LTE-Advanced the terminology translation defined
in clause 5 should be applied when reading the associated LTE-Advanced specification.

4.2 Numbering of the BMSat family of specifications

The BMSat specifications follow the LTE-Advanced numbering rules as described in the Introduction clause to the
present document. The BMSat document numbering is based on the LTE-Advanced numbering, except that the BMSat
specific documents use a document number as xx.yyy.2.

With the exception of BMSat specific documents (i.e. those for which no equivalent LTE-Advanced specification
exists) the BMSat document numbers within each series are aligned with the equivalent LTE-Advanced document
numbers and this means that these BMSat specifications can be directly associated with the corresponding LTE-
Advanced specification. For example, BMSat 36.331.0 [1] is associated with LTE-Advanced 36.331 [2].

NOTE: The LTE-Advanced specifications that could be directly applied to BMSat without modification (i.e. the
specifications with LTE-Advanced applies in clause 4.3) are not given specification numbers in BMSat
family.

4.3 Contents of the BMSat family of specifications

The BMSat family of specifications are organized in document series that correspond to the LTE-Advanced document
structure as Table 4-1:

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Table 4-2: Structure of the BMSat family of specifications

BMSat LTE-Advanced
BMSat Specific TS 36.0xx.2 series
Radio Layer 1 TS 36.2xx.0/2 series TS 36.2xx series
Radio Layers 2&3 TS 36.3xx.0/2 series TS 36.3xx series
Architecture TS 36.4xx.0/2 series TS 36.4xx series

The complete contents of the BMSat family of specifications are given in Table 4-2.

Table 4-3: Contents of the BMSat family of specifications

BMSat LTE-Advanced Title Comments

TS 36.001.2 N.A. Introduction to the BMSat family BMSat specific
TS 36.002.2 N.A. BMSat; General Description BMSat specific
Evolved Universal Satellite Radio
TR 36.011.2 N.A. Access (E-USRA); Terminal-to- BMSat specific
Terminal Call (TtT)
Evolved Universal Satellite Radio Replaces LTE-
TS 36.201.0 TS 36.201 Access (E-USRA); BMSat physical Advanced
layer; General description
Evolved Universal Satellite Radio Replaces LTE-
TS 36.211.0 TS 36.211 Access (E-USRA); Physical Advanced
channels and modulation
Evolved Universal Satellite Radio Replaces LTE-
TS 36.212.0 TS 36.212 Access (E-USRA); Multiplexing Advanced
and channel coding
Evolved Universal Satellite Radio Replaces LTE-
TS 36.213.0 TS 36.213 Access (E-USRA); Physical layer Advanced
procedures
Evolved Universal Terrestrial LTE-Advanced
TS 36.214 Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical applies
layer; Measurements
Evolved Universal Satellite Radio Replaces LTE-
TS 36.216.0 TS 36.216 Access (E-USRA); Physical layer Advanced
for relaying operation
Evolved Universal Satellite Radio
Access (E-USRA) and Evolved Replaces LTE-
TS 36.300.0 TS 36.300 Universal Satellite Radio Access Advanced
Network (E-USRAN); Overall
description; Stage 2
Evolved Universal Terrestrial
LTE-Advanced
TS 36.302 Radio Access (E-UTRA); Services
applies
provided by the physical layer
Evolved Universal Terrestrial
Radio Access (E-UTRA); User LTE-Advanced
TS 36.304 applies
Equipment (UE) procedures in idle
mode
Evolved Universal Terrestrial
Radio Access (E-UTRA); User LTE-Advanced
TS 36.306
Equipment (UE) radio access applies
capabilities
Evolved Universal Terrestrial LTE-Advanced
TS 36.314 Radio Access (E-UTRA); Layer 2 applies
Measurements
Evolved Universal Satellite Radio
Access (E-USRA); Medium Access Replaces LTE-
TS 36.321.0 TS 36.321 Advanced
Control (MAC) protocol
specification
TS 36.322 Evolved Universal Terrestrial LTE-Advanced
Radio Access (E-UTRA); Radio

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Link Control (RLC) protocol applies

specification
Evolved Universal Terrestrial
Radio Access (E-UTRA); Packet LTE-Advanced
TS 36.323
Data Convergence Protocol applies
(PDCP) specification
Evolved Universal Satellite Radio
Access (E-USRA); Radio Resource Replaces LTE-
TS 36.331.0 TS 36.331 Advanced
Control (RRC); Protocol
specification
Evolved Universal Terrestrial
LTE-Advanced
TS 36.401 Radio Access Network (E-
applies
UTRAN); Architecture description
Evolved Universal Terrestrial
Radio Access Network (E- LTE-Advanced
TS 36.410
UTRAN); S1 layer 1 general applies
aspects and principles
Evolved Universal Terrestrial
LTE-Advanced
TS 36.411 Radio Access Network (E-
applies
UTRAN); S1 layer 1
Evolved Universal Terrestrial
LTE-Advanced
TS 36.412 Radio Access Network (E-
applies
UTRAN); S1 signalling transport
Evolved Universal Terrestrial
Radio Access Network (E- LTE-Advanced
TS 36.413
UTRAN); S1 Application Protocol applies
(S1AP)
Evolved Universal Terrestrial
LTE-Advanced
TS 36.414 Radio Access Network (E-
applies
UTRAN); S1 data transport
Evolved Universal Terrestrial
Radio Access Network (E- LTE-Advanced
TS 36.420
UTRAN); X2 general aspects and applies
principles
Evolved Universal Terrestrial
LTE-Advanced
TS 36.421 Radio Access Network (E-
applies
UTRAN); X2 layer 1
Evolved Universal Terrestrial
LTE-Advanced
TS 36.422 Radio Access Network (E-
applies
UTRAN); X2 signalling transport
Evolved Universal Satellite Radio
Replaces LTE-
TS 36.423.0 TS 36.423 Access Network (E-USRAN); X2
Advanced
Application Protocol (X2AP)
Evolved Universal Terrestrial
LTE-Advanced
TS 36.424 Radio Access Network (E-
applies
UTRAN); X2 data transport

5 Terminology cross reference

This clause provides a terminology cross-reference table that provides a cross-reference between a series of common
LTE-Advanced terms and the equivalent terms that are used in the BMSat specifications.

The terminology translations defined in this table should be applied when reading any of the associated LTE-Advanced
specifications (as defined in clause 4) or when reading any LTE-Advanced specifications that are referenced directly or
indirectly by a BMSat specification.

Table 5-1: Terminology Cross Reference

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LTE-Advanced term BMSat term Notes

LTE/LTE-Advanced BMSat
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Evolved Universal Satellite Radio Access
Access (E-UTRA) (E-USRA)
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Evolved Universal Satellite Radio Access
Access Network (E-UTRAN) Network (E-USRAN)
eNodeB Satellite eNodeB (SAT-eNB)

eNB Satellite eNB (SAT-eNB)

Cell Beam
Inter-cell Interference Coordination
Inter-beam Interference Coordination (IBIC)
(ICIC)
Relay
Complementary ground component
(CGC)

Annex A (informative):
History

Document history
Version 1.0.0 August 2013

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