HSPA Protocols

Objective
At the end of the module the participant will be able to:

List the protocols used in HSDPA and HSUPA in layer 1, 2

and 3.

Describe function of each layer.

Content
Protocol Stack
Protocol Stack Enhancements with HSDPA
Protocol Stack Enhancements with HSUPA

Protocol Stack: Architecture

Vertical planes
Control Plane: for radio network controlling
User Plane: support data streams for user data

Protocol layers
Physical Layer: Layer 1
Data Link Layer: layer 2
Network Layer: layer 3

Radio Interface Protocol Architecture

Control Plane

User Plane

RRC:
Management of radio resources,
e.g. mobility management

Control

PDCP: IP Header compression

RLC: Radio Bearer Services
Logical Channels
MAC: Mapping Transport Channels Logical Channels
Selection of transport format
Transport Channels
Physical Layer: transmission of data (bits)
Physical Channels

Network Layer
RRC (Radio Resource Control)

Broadcast non-access stratum, access stratum information

Manage RRC connection between UE and UTRAN
RRC connection mobility
Paging
Manage radio resource
Control QoS
Measurement reporting
Outer loop power control
Control ciphering

Data Link Layer

PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol)
Header compression/decompression.
Transfer of user data.

RLC (Radio Link Control)

Transparent/Unacknowledged/Acknowledged transfer mode.

Data Link Layer

MAC (Medium Access Control)

Mapping between logical and transport channels.

Selection of appropriate transport format.
Priority handling on common/shared channels.
Identification of UEs on common/shared channels.
Traffic volumn monitoring.
Dynamic transport channel type switching.
Ciphering for RLC transparent mode.

MAC Entities and Physical Layer

MAC entities
MAC-b: for BCH
MAC-c/sh: for PCH, FACH, RACH
MAC-d: for DCH

Physical Layer
Transport data units via physical channels

Protocol Stack Enhancements with HSDPA

Enhancements on physical layer
New MAC entity: MAC-hs
HS-DSCH Frame Protocol

User Plane Changes Due to HSDPA

UE

Node B

RNC

PS-RAB

Iu UP

Iu UP

GTP - U

GTP U

UDP

UDP

MAC-d

IP

IP

HS-DSCH
FP

HS-DSCH
FP

AAL5

AAL5

ATM

ATM

PHY

PHY

Layer 1

Layer 1

PDCP

RLC

RLC

MAC-d

PHY

PS-RAB

Relay

PDCP

MAC-hs

SGSN

Relay

MAC-hs
PHY

Newly introduced
Minor changes

No changes

Changes to Physical Layer in HSDPA

Introduction of HS-PDSCH and HS-DSCH

Fixed spreading factor 16 for HS-PDSCH
Multi code transmission
Short TTI of 2 ms
Link Adaption per Adaptive Coding and Modulation
Introduction of 16QAM as new modulation method
Introduction of Hybrid ARQ
Introduction of new signaling channels to support scheduling
and HARQ (HS-SCCH and HS-DPCCH)

MAC-hs Function in UTRAN

To MAC-c/sh or MAC-d

MAC-hs

Flow Control
MAC-hs / MAC-c/sh or MAC-hs / MAC-d

MAC - Control
Scheduling / Priority Handling

HARQ

TFRC selection

Associated Uplink
Signaling

HS-DSCH

Associated Downlink
Signaling

MAC-hs Function in UE
To MAC-d
MAC-hs

Disassembly

Disassembly

Reordering

Reordering

MAC - Control

Re-ordering queue distribution

HARQ

HS-DSCH

Associated Downlink Signaling

HS-SCCH

Associated Uplink Signaling

HS-DPCCH

Radio Interface Control Plane HSDPA

network layer L3

RRC (Radio Resource Control)

RLC (Radio Link Control)
MAC (Medium Access Control)

data link layer L2

HSDPA:
Introduction of MAC-hs

MAC-hs

physical layer L1

Iub Interface
Protocols

Physical Layer
UE

NodeB

RNC

UE Identifier in UTRAN
Iu

DRNC

SRNC

S-RNTI

D-RNTI
S-RNTI
C-RNTI

S-RNTI
D-RNTI
C-RNTI

D-RNTI
Iur

Iub

Iub
DCH

Node B

DCH

HS-DSCH

Node B
U-RNTI or
C-RNTI B, C

U-RNTI or
C-RNTI A

H-RNTI

Protocol Stack Enhancements with HSUPA

Changes on physical layer
E-DCH FP
MAC-e in Node B and UE
MAC-es in RNC and UE

User Plane Changes Due to HSUPA

UE

Node B

RNC

PS-RAB

SGSN
PS-RAB

Relay

PDCP

PDCP
Iu UP

Iu UP

GTP - U

GTP U

RLC

RLC

MAC-d

MAC-d

UDP

UDP

MAC es

IP

IP

E-DCH
FP

E-DCH
FP

AAL5

AAL5

ATM

ATM

PHY

PHY

Layer 1

Layer 1

Relay
MAC-es/e

MAC-e
PHY

PHY

Newly defined resp. introduced

Minor changes

No changes

MAC-e, MAC-es Functions

MAC-e/es in UE
HARQ functionality
Multiplexing
Selection of E-TFC

MAC-e in Node B
E-DCH scheduling
HARQ functionality
Soft combining for intra Node B

MAC-es in RNC
Reordering
Macro diversity selection