Rohde & Schwarz‘s presentations provide an excellent introduction to LTE. The presentations are accompanied with an audio narration. The topics covered are covered:
- LTE Introduction
- Motivations for LTE
- LTE market and background
- Requirements
- Evolution path to LTE
- LTE Parameters and Downlink Modulation
- LTE parameters and frequency bands
- What is OFDMA?
- OFDMA multiple access and downlink frame structure
- OFDMA transmit and receive chains
- OFDMA and Downlink Frame Structure Details
- Downlink OFDMA time-frequency multiplexing
- LTE Spectrum Flexibility and Bandwidth
- FDD downlink frame structure detailed
- TDD frame structure
- SC-FDMA and LTE Uplink
- Introduction to SC-FDMA and uplink frame structure
- Marriage of single carrier transmission and FDMA
- Uplink SC-FDMA tranmsit and receive chains
- Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) comparison with SC-FDMA and OFDMA
- Introduction to SC-FDMA and uplink frame structure
- Network and Protocol Architecture
- LTE/SAE network architecture
- EPC -Evolved Packet Core
- Base Station control plane and user plane protocol stacks
- EPC protocol stacks
- Channel Mapping and UE Categories
- Logical and transport channel mapping in downlink and uplink
- LTE UE Categories
- Initial Cell Search and Cell Selection
- Downlink physical channels and signals
- Cell Search and Selection in LTE
- Primary synchronization signal
- Secondary synchronization signal
- Reference signals
- System Information
- Downlink reference signal details
- Master Information Block on PBCH
- System Information on DL-SCH
- Random Access Procedures and EPS Bearer Setup
- Random access preamble transmission to eNodeB
- Random access response from eNodeB
- Resource allocation and contention resolution
- Signaling on PDCCH
- Hybrid ARQ
- RRC Connection Setup and EPS Bearer Setup
- Uplink Channels and Signals
- Uplink physical channels and signals
- PU-SCH: Physical Uplink Shared Channel
- Uplink assignment signaling on PDCCH
- Uplink frequency hopping
- PUCCH
- LTE Mobility and MIMO Introduction
- Intra MME Handover over the X2 interface
- RRC States
- MIMO Basics
- Transmit diversity
- Spatial multiplexing
- Beamforming
- Downlink and Uplink MIMO in LTE
- Downlink MIMO modes
- Transmit diversity
- Spatial multiplexing
- Cyclic delay diversity
- Beam forming
- Spatial multiplexing downlink transmitter chain
- Code book based precoding
- Uplink MIMO
- Uplink transmit antenna selection
- Multi-user MIMO
- Downlink MIMO modes
- eNodeB and UE Performance Requirements
- eNodeB modulation quality measurements
- eNodeB performance requirements
- UE performance requirements
- UE Certification and Field Trials
- LTE terminal testing stages
- LTE terminal certification
- LTE field trial scenarios
