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Channel in LTE: Logical Channels

The document discusses channels in LTE networks. There are three types of channels: logical channels that define what type of information is transferred, transport channels that define how information is transported, and physical channels that define where to send information. Logical channels include control channels like BCCH, PCCH, CCCH, DCCH, MCCH, and traffic channels like DTCH, MTCH. Transport channels map logical channels to physical resources. Downlink transport channels include BCH, DL-SCH, PCH, MCH. Uplink transport channels include UL-SCH and RACH. Physical channels define actual radio resources, and include downlink channels like PBCH, PDSCH, PMCH, PCFICH, PH

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Channel in LTE: Logical Channels

The document discusses channels in LTE networks. There are three types of channels: logical channels that define what type of information is transferred, transport channels that define how information is transported, and physical channels that define where to send information. Logical channels include control channels like BCCH, PCCH, CCCH, DCCH, MCCH, and traffic channels like DTCH, MTCH. Transport channels map logical channels to physical resources. Downlink transport channels include BCH, DL-SCH, PCH, MCH. Uplink transport channels include UL-SCH and RACH. Physical channels define actual radio resources, and include downlink channels like PBCH, PDSCH, PMCH, PCFICH, PH

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Channel in LTE

The information flows between the different protocols layers are known as channels.

 Logical channels (What type of Information)


 Transport channels (How this information is transported)
 Physical Channels (Where to send this information)

Logical Channels Logical channels define what type of information is transferred

Downlink Logical Channel :


Control channel: In Downlink there are 4 Control channel which carried Common channel
information as well as dedicated channel information

 Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH) – It Used for broadcasting MIBs/SIBs


 Paging Control Channel (PCCH) – It is used for paging the UE
 Common Control Channel (CCCH) -It is Common to multiple UE’s
 Dedicated Control Channel (DCCH) – It used to transmit dedicated control information
for a particular UE
 Multicast Control Channel (MCCH) – It is used for transmit information for Multicast

Traffic Channel: In Downlink we have 2 Traffic channel

 Dedicated Traffic channel (DTCH): Dedicated Traffic for a particular UE


 Multicast Traffic Channel (MTCH): used to transmit Multicast data

Uplink Logical Channel : In Uplink we have 2 control channels and one traffic channel.

 Common Control Channel (CCCH) -It is Common to multiple UE’s


 Dedicated Control Channel (DCCH) – It used to transmit dedicated control information for a
particular UE
 Dedicated Traffic channel (DTCH): Dedicated Traffic for a particular UE

Transport Channels:

Transport channels define how and with what type of characteristics the data is transferred to the
physical layer.

Data and signalling messages are carried on transport channels between the MAC and the physical
layer.

Downlink Transport Channels :LTE has 4 Downlink Logical Channels

 Broadcast Channel (BCH) : This LTE transport channel maps to Broadcast Control
Channel (BCCH) and carries information like used for MIB and send information to Physical
Broadcast channel (PBCH)
 Downlink Shared Channel (DL-SCH) This transport channel is the main channel for
downlink data transfer. It is used by many logical channels like BCCH, CCCH, DCCH
DTCH,MCCH,MTCH and send its information to Physical Downlink Shared Channel
(PDSCH). The information carried by this channel is SIB, Data transfer
 Paging Channel (PCH) : To convey the PCCH information and mapped to Physical
Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) and carries Paging Information
 Multicast Channel (MCH) : This transport channel is used to transmit MCCH
information to set up multicast transmissions. This channel is mapped to Physical
Multicast Channel (PMCH) this is basically used for MBMS services.
Uplink Transport channel: LTE has two channels

 Uplink Shared Channel (UL-SCH) : This transport channel is the main channel for uplink
data transfer. It is used by many logical channels like CCCH, DCCH DTCH.
 Random Access Channel (RACH) : This is used for random access procedure.

Physical Channels

These channels are also in both direction downlink and uplink directions. So we can divide
these into Downlink Physical channels and uplink Physical Channels. Based on Data and signalling
messages are carried on physical channels in LTE ,we can further classified as

 Physical Data channels (DL, UL)


 Physical Control Channels (DL,UL)

Downlink Physical Channel:

 Downlink physical Data Channel (PBCH, PDSCH,PMCH)


 Downlink Physical Control Channel (PCFICH,PHICH,PDCCH)

1. Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) This physical channel carries system information for
UEs requiring to access the network. It only carries what is termed Master Information Block,
MIB, messages
2. Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH): The PDSCH can carry DL-SCH or PCH. It
carries SIB information, Paging Information and user plan Data.
3. Physical Multicast Channel (PMCH) : This channel type is used to carry MCH and mainly
used for MBMS Services.
4. Physical Control Format Indicator Channel (PCFICH) : As the name indicates the
PCFICH informs the UE about the format of the signal being received. It indicates the
number of OFDM symbols used for the PDCCH channel, whether 1, 2, or 3. The information
within the PCFICH is essential because the UE does not have prior information about the
size of the control region (PDCCH). A PCFICH is transmitted on the first symbol of every
sub-frame and carries a Control Format Indicator CFI.
5. Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) : The PDCCH carries information known as
the Downlink Control Information or DCI . It carries the control information for a particular UE
or group of UEs. Basically A DCI provides the following information. Downlink resource
scheduling, Uplink power control instructions. Uplink resource grantThe DCI format has
several different types which are defined with different sizes. The different format types
include: type 0, 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3, 3A etc
6. Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel (PHICH): This channel is used to report the
Hybrid ARQ status. It carries the HARQ ACK/NACK signal indicating whether a transport
block has been correctly received.The PHICH is transmitted within the control region of the
subframe and is typically only transmitted within the first symbol. If the RF conditions are
poor, then the PHICH is extended to a number symbols for robustness

Uplink Physical Channel:

 Uplink physical Data Channel ( PUSCH,PRACH)


 Uplink Physical Control Channel (PUCCH)
1. Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) : This physical channel is used for Uplink data
transmission by the UE. They may also carries the uplink control information sometimes.
This channel is the counterpart of PDSCH channel in Uplink
2. Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) :This Uplink physical channel is used for
random access procedure called RACH procedure. UE does RACH procedure to get the
Uplink synchronization
3. Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) : The Physical Uplink Control Channel,
PUCCH provides the various control signalling. These signalling are known as Scheduling
request, Downlink data ACK/NACK and CQI information.

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