1. General protocol architecture
3 layers compose the radio interface, Layer 1, 2, 3.
- Transport channels: the channels that Layer 1, physical layer offers to MAC, sub-layer of Layer 2.
- Logical channels: the channels that MAC offers to RLC(radio link control sub-layer of Layer 2)
Figure 1.1: Radio interface protocol architecture around the physical layer (TS 38.201)
2. Layer 1 General Description
2.1 Multiple access
Multiple acess scheme: OFDM(Othogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) with a CP(cyclic prefix). for uplink, DFT-s-OFDM with a CP is also supported.
2.2 Physical channels and modulation
- physical channels
- Downlink: PDSCH, PDCCH, PBCH
- Uplink: PRACH, PUSCH, PUCCH
- Sidelink: PSBCH, PSCCH, PSFCH(physical sidelink feedback channel)
- Modulation
- Downlink: QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, 1024QAM.
- Uplink: QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM and 256QAM for CP-OFDM. π/2-BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM and 256QAM for DFT-s-OFDM with a CP.
2.3 Channel coding
The channel coding scheme for transport blocks is quasi-cyclic LDPC codes with 2 base graphs and 8 sets of parity check matrices for each base graph, respectively.
2.4 Physical layer procedures
- Cell search
- Power control
- Uplink synchronization and Uplink timing control
- Random access related procedures
- HARQ related procedures
- Beam management and CSI related procedures
- Sidelink related procedures
- Channel access procedures
2.5 Physical layer measurements
Radio characteristics are measured by the UE and the network and reported to higher layers. These include, e.g. measurements for intra- and inter-frequency handover, inter RAT handover, timing measurements, and measurements for RRM.
Measurements for inter-RAT handover are defined in support of handover to E-UTRA.
3 Model of physical layer of the UE
3.1 Uplink channel model
- physical layer model for uplink shared channel (UL-SCH)
Figure 3.1: Physical-layer model for UL-SCH transmission (38.202)
2. physical layer model for random access channel
3.2 Downlink channel model
- physical layer model for downlink shared channel (DL-SCH)
Figure 3.2: Physical-layer model for DL-SCH transmission (38.202)
2. physical-layer model for broadcast channel
3. physical-layer model for paging channel
Reference
- 3GPP TS 38.201 V17.0.0 (2022-05)
- 3GPP TS 38.202 V17.2.0 (2022-06)