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9 Proactive Network Maintenance
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9.1 Scope
This clause defines the requirements supporting Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM). CMTS and cable modem features and capabilities can be leveraged to enable measurement and reporting of network conditions such that undesired impacts such as plant equipment and cable faults, interference from other systems and ingress...
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9.2 System Description
As shown in figure 9.1, the CMTS and CM contain test points which include essential functions of a spectrum analyzer, vector signal analyzer (VSA), and network analyzer, while the cable plant is considered the Device Under Test (DUT). The goal is to rapidly and accurately characterize, maintain and troubleshoot the ups...
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9.3 Downstream PNM Requirements
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9.3.1 Downstream Symbol Capture
The purpose of downstream symbol capture is to provide partial functionality of a network analyzer to analyze the response of the cable plant. At the CMTS, the transmitted frequency-domain modulation values of one full OFDM symbol before the IFFT are captured and made available for analysis. This includes the I and Q m...
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9.3.2 Downstream Wideband Spectrum Analysis
The purpose of downstream wideband spectrum capture is to provide a downstream wideband spectrum analyzer function in the DOCSIS 3.1 CM similar to the capability provided in [i.2] and [i.3]. The CM shall provide a downstream wideband spectrum capture and analysis capability. The CM should provide the capability to capt...
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9.3.3 Downstream Noise Power Ratio (NPR) Measurement
The purpose of downstream NPR measurement is to view the noise, interference and intermodulation products underlying a portion of the OFDM signal. As part of its normal operation or in an out-of-service test, the CMTS can define an exclusion band of zero-valued subcarriers which forms a spectral notch in the downstream...
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9.3.4 Downstream Channel Estimate Coefficients
The purpose of this item is for the CM to report its estimate of the downstream channel response. The reciprocals of the channel response coefficients are typically used by the CM as its frequency-domain downstream equalizer coefficients. The channel estimate consists of a single complex value per subcarrier. [i.2] def...
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9.3.5 Downstream Constellation Display
The downstream constellation display provides received QAM constellation points for display. Equalized soft decisions (I and Q) at the slicer input are collected over time, possibly subsampling to reduce complexity, and made available for analysis. Only data-bearing subcarriers with the specified QAM constellation are ...
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9.3.6.0 RxMER per Subcarrier Overview
This item provides measurements of the receive modulation error ratio (RxMER) for each subcarrier. The CM measures the RxMER using pilots and PLC preamble symbols, which are not subject to symbol errors as data subcarriers would be. Since scattered pilots visit all data subcarriers and the PLC preamble symbols are know...
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9.3.6.1 Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) Margin for Candidate Profile
The purpose of this item is to provide an estimate of the SNR margin available on the downstream data channel with respect to a candidate modulation profile. The CMTS has the capability described in [4] clause 7.8.1, CM and CMTS Profile Support, in which it sends test data to the CM to measure the performance of a tran...
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9.3.7 Downstream FEC Statistics
The purpose of this item is to monitor downstream link quality via FEC and related statistics. Statistics are taken on FEC codeword error events, taking into account both the inner LDPC code and outer BCH code. Statistics are provided on each OFDM channel and for each profile being received by the CM. That is, if the C...
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9.3.8 Downstream Histogram
The purpose of the downstream histogram is to provide a measurement of nonlinear effects in the channel such as amplifier compression and laser clipping. For example, laser clipping causes one tail of the histogram to be truncated and replaced with a spike. The CM shall be capable of capturing the histogram of time dom...
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9.3.9 Downstream Received Power
The purpose of the downstream received power metric is to measure the average received downstream power in a set of non-overlapping 6 MHz bands for any DOCSIS 3.0 and 3.1 signals in the receive channel set (RCS) of the CM including the DOCSIS 3.1 PLC. While digital power measurements are inherently accurate, the measur...
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9.4 Upstream PNM Requirements
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9.4.1 Upstream Capture for Active and Quiet Probe
The purpose of upstream capture is to measure plant response and view the underlying noise floor, by capturing at least one OFDM symbol during a scheduled active or quiet probe. An active probe provides the partial functionality of a network analyzer, since the input is known and the output is captured. This permits fu...
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9.4.2 Upstream Triggered Spectrum Analysis
The upstream triggered spectrum analysis measurement provides a wideband spectrum analyzer function in the CMTS which can be triggered to examine desired upstream transmissions as well as underlying noise/interference during a quiet period. The CMTS shall provide wideband upstream spectrum analysis capability covering ...
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9.4.3 Upstream Impulse Noise Statistics
Upstream Impulse noise statistics gather statistics of burst/impulse noise occurring in a selected narrow band as defined in [i.2]. A bandpass filter is positioned in an unoccupied upstream band. A threshold is set, energy exceeding the threshold triggers the measurement of an event, and energy falling below the thresh...
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9.4.4 Upstream Equalizer Coefficients
This item provides access to CM upstream pre-equalizer coefficients, and CMTS upstream adaptive equalizer coefficients, which taken together describe the linear response of the upstream cable plant for a given CM. The [i.3] specification defines summary metrics to avoid having to send all equalizer coefficients on ever...
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9.4.5 Upstream FEC Statistics
Upstream FEC statistics provide for monitoring upstream link quality via FEC and related statistics. Statistics are taken on codeword error events. The measurement is time-stamped using bits 21-52 of the extended timestamp, which provides a 32-bit timestamp value with resolution of 0,4 ms and range of 20 days. An LDPC ...
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9.4.6 Upstream Histogram
The purpose of the upstream histogram is to provide a measurement of nonlinear effects in the channel such as amplifier compression and laser clipping. For example, laser clipping causes one tail of the histogram to be truncated and replaced with a spike. The CMTS shall be capable of capturing the histogram of time dom...
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9.4.7 Upstream Channel Power
The purpose of the upstream channel power metric is to provide an estimate of the total received power in a specified OFDMA channel at the F connector input of the CMTS line card, or other agreed measurement point, for a given user. The measurement is based on upstream probes, which are typically the same probes used f...
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9.4.8 Upstream Receive Modulation Error Ratio (RxMER) Per Subcarrier
This item provides measurements of the upstream receive modulation error ratio (RxMER) for each subcarrier. The CMTS measures the RxMER using an upstream probe, which is not subject to symbol errors as data subcarriers would be. The probes used for RxMER measurement are typically distinct from the probes used for pre-e...
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1 Scope
The present document, which is part 1 of a multi-part deliverable, specifies radio protocols for two LTN protocol families: • Lfour; and • DD-UNB. It contains an implementable description of the physical and MAC/link layers of these two protocols, and a section on implementation commonalities between the three LTN fami...
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2 References
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2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. Referenced documents which a...
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2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. NOTE: While any hyperlinks i...
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3 Definitions of terms, symbols, and abbreviations
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3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms apply: CLEFIA: lightweight block cipher NOTE: As defined in ISO/IEC 29192-2 [1]. data-burst: sequence of consecutive radio bursts transmitted by an LTN entity network element: node in the DD-UNB system NOTE: A network element can refer to an EP, RP, OEP, BS,...
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3.2 Symbols
For the purposes of the present document, the following symbols apply: Δfslowchirp Frequency difference between the start and end of secondary modulated PPDU as a result of chirp ΔT Symbol duration BWUL-Ch Bandwidth of UL channel used by EP in band of operation dB decibel fc Channel centre frequency fh Frequency of hig...
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3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply: AC Acknowledge Codeword AES Advanced Encryption Standard BC Broadcast BCH Bose–Chaudhuri–Hocquenghem code BFSK Binary Frequency Shift Keying BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying BS Base Station BSGP Base-System Group BSID Base Station Identifier BW ...
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4 General description
A LTN system according to the architecture document shall support one or more of the three protocol families described in the present document and in ETSI TS 103 357-2 [i.7]. The protocol families are designed to operate effectively in sub-GHz frequency bands. The protocol description offers particular mechanism to all...
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5 Lfour family
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5.1 Overview
If a LTN System supports LFour family, the following protocol description shall apply. The Lfour LTN family is a low power, wideband technology and supports star network topology in radio access network. The Lfour air interface description applies to A-interface between Class Z EP and one or more BSs. The Lfour LTN fam...
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5.2 MAC layer description
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5.2.1 Overview
MAC sub-layer specification applies to UL only as Lfour is an UL system. The MAC sub-layer for LTN air-interface provides following services: • Passing and Receiving User Plane Data to and from higher layer entity. • Assembling and Disassembling of MSDU. • Assembling and Disassembling of MAC Header Information. • Assem...
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5.2.2 MAC format in UL
MPDU shall be of fixed length of 184-bit and composed as shown in Figure 5-5. MSDU lengths of 128-bit (Type 1) and 64-bit (Type 2) shall be supported. Figure 5-5: MPDU format
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5.2.3 MAC function in UL
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5.2.3.1 Assembling of MSDU
A 128-bit fixed length MSDU shall be formed from byte aligned MSDU of size less than or equal to 128-bits. If MSDU payload size is less than 128-bits, then it shall be padded with zero (0) to form 128-bit MSDU. The payload size is pre-configured for an EP and known to the BS(s).
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5.2.3.2 Assembling of Header Field
A 32-bit header comprising entirely of address field shall be concatenated to the start of zero-padded MSDU payload.
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5.2.3.3 Insertion of Check Sum
24-bit CRC shall be generated using following polynomial and initial state set to all one's (0xFFFFFF).   24 23 18 17 14 11 10 7 6 5 4 3 1 1 The CRC shall be concatenated to the end of zero-padded MSDU payload.
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5.2.3.4 Provisioning of PHY Parameter
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5.2.3.4.1 PHY Mode
The PHY Mode of operation for an EP shall be set to one of Mode A, B, or C. This is pre-configured for the EP and known to the BS(s).
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5.2.3.4.2 Repetitions
The value of  shall be provided and set as below. This value is pre-configured for an EP and known to the BS(s). 0    31 ETSI ETSI TS 103 357-1 V2.1.1 (2024-06) 16
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5.2.3.4.3 Encryption Parameters
The parameters for encryption control and operation shall be provided as in Table 5-2. These parameters are pre-configured for an EP and known to the BS(s). Table 5-2: Encryption Parameters Parameter provided to PHY Type AES128 or ISO/IEC 29192-2 [1] CLEFIA Key 128-bit sequence Pseudo random number 128-bit sequence Con...
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5.2.3.4.4 PHY Parameters
Parameters used in pseudo-random code generation for synchronization and scrambling shall be provided. These parameters are pre-configured for an EP and known to the BS(s).
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5.2.3.4.5 Operation Band
Operational frequency band(s) for EP UL operation shall be provided. This parameter is preconfigured for an EP and known to the BS(s).
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5.2.3.4.6 Channel Access
Parameters used to access channel for EP UL operation shall be provided. These parameters are pre-provisioned for an EP and known to BS(s). Table 5-3: Channel Access Parameters Parameter Value Description Access Type (NAccess) 0-7 (integer) 0: Access Type is Duty-Cycle (DC) 1-6: Access Type is Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) ...
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5.2.3.4.7 Transmission Frame
Parameters used to calculate time of transmission for initial and repetition PPDUs as defined in Table 5-4 shall be provided. These parameters are pre-provisioned for an EP and known to BS(s). Table 5-4: Transmission Frame Parameters Parameter Value Description Frame Duration (Ttx-frame) 0-15 (integer) 0: 5 s (Mode A),...
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5.2.4 MAC procedures
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5.2.4.1 Overview
As Lfour is an UL-only system, medium access is defined for EP, but not for BS. While MAC processing is the same for each PHY Mode, operational parameters related to time and frequency are dependent on the following pre-provisioned parameters: • PHY Mode, see clause 5.2.3.4.1. • Operation Band see clause 5.2.3.4.5. • C...
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5.2.4.2 End-point Operation
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5.2.4.2.1 Overview
The EP operation for channel access shall apply to initial transmission and repetition of PPDUs and comprises of frequency selection, time selection and channel assessment procedures respectively.
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5.2.4.2.2 Repetition Procedure
An EP shall make Nrepetitions repetitions of a PPDU following its initial transmission, value of which is defined in clause 5.2.3.4.2.
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5.2.4.2.3 Frequency Selection Procedure
Upon initiating the transmission of initial PPDU or repetition PPDU, frequency selection shall be performed by EP in two step procedure: Step 1: Centre frequency Channel Centre frequency (fc) shall be determined as follows: • If "Transmission Type" is set to "0", then fc shall be centre frequency of randomly selected c...
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5.2.4.2.4 Transmission Start Time Selection Procedure
The transmission start time t0 of initial PPDU shall be determined based on pre-configured Channel Access Parameters in Table 5-3. If "Transmission Type" is set to "0", transmission time t0 shall be selected at random. If "Transmission Type" is set to "1", transmission start time selection shall be performed by an EP i...
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5.2.4.2.5 Channel Assessment Procedure
Channel assessment procedure shall apply to initial and repetition PPDU if Channel Access Parameter "Access Type" in Table 5-3 is set to a value between 1 and 6. A flow chart depicting steps is shown in Figure 5-6. Assume counter i = 1: • Carrier Sense: - Presence of signal shall be assessed over UL channel of operatio...
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5.3 PHY layer description
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5.3.1 Overview
Figure 5-7: PHY Functional Overview ETSI ETSI TS 103 357-1 V2.1.1 (2024-06) 20
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5.3.2 PHY format in UL
A PHY PDU or PPDU shall be of fixed size dependant on PHY Mode defined in clause 5.2.3.4.1 as shown in Table 5-5 and comprises of interleaved synchronization signal and coded payload bits as illustrated in Figure 5-7. Table 5-5: PPDU Size PHY Mode PPDU Size (number of bits) Mode A 2 496 Mode B 9 616 Mode C 9 616
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5.3.3 PHY function in UL
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5.3.3.1 Forward Error Correction
All PSDUs shall be coded for forward error correction with LDPC parameters in Table 5-6 as per the description below. Table 5-6: LDPC Parameters Code rate 1/4 Kldpc 184 Nldpc 736 Mldpc 552 LDPC code with rate R=1/4 shall be applied to form Coded Block size of =4 ×  where = SizeMPDU, i.e. ...
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5.3.3.2 Rate Matching
The output from FEC, coded block of size    , shall follow the Rate matching procedure based on parameters defined in Table 5-8 and as per steps illustrated in Figure 5-8 and described below. Figure 5-8: Rate match procedure Table 5-8: Rate match parameters Size (bits) Mode A Mode B Mode C  736   ...
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5.3.3.3 Encryption
Encryption code generated from 128-bit key shall be applied to PPDU payload. Encryption is based on AES128 or ISO/IEC 29192-2 [1] CLEFIA set through Encryption parameters described in clause 5.2.3.4.3 and operates under counter mode. Encryption scheme is shown in Figure 5-11. A 128-bit Pseudo random number, 128-bit key...
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5.3.3.4 Synchronization Signal Insertion
The rate matched PPDU payload including the guard bits shall be concatenated with a synchronization signal of length  where: Lsync= 832 bits (Mode A) and 4 808 bits (Mode B and C) Synchronization signal shall be a truncated gold code with polynomials as follows: M-Sequence 1: p1(x) = x[25] + x[3] + 1 M-Sequence 2:...
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5.3.3.5 Interleaving
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5.3.3.5.1 Mode A Interleaver
The input to interleaver comprises of: • 832 synchronization signal bits denoted by bs0, bs1…bs831 • 8 guard bits denoted by bg0, bg1…bg7 • 1 656 encoded bits denoted by be0, be1…be1655 The interleaver shall follow below procedure: • First two synchronization signal bits are each followed by two guard bits in order, i....
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5.3.3.5.2 Mode B and C Interleaver
The input to interleaver comprises of: • 4 808 synchronization signal bits denoted by bs0, bs1…bs4807 • 8 guard bits denoted by bg0, bg1…bg7 • 4 800 encoded bits denoted by be0, be1…be4799 The interleaver shall follow below procedure: • First four synchronization signal bits are each followed by one guard bit in order,...
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5.3.3.6 Scrambling
Scrambling shall be applied over PPDU with M-sequence generator shown as below and illustrated in Figure 5-17. [24]+[23]+[18]+[17]+[14]+[11]+[10] +[7] +[6]+[5] +[4]+[3]++1 Initial state of generator polynomial shall be set to a value as per clause 5.2.3.4.4. The state of polynomial shall be initialized to ...
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5.3.3.7 Modulation
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5.3.3.7.1 Introduction
Modulation procedure shall comprise of primary and secondary modulation stages and applied according to PHY Mode defined in clause 5.2.3.4.1.
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5.3.3.7.2 Primary Modulation
π/2-shift BPSK modulation shall be applied to scrambled PPDU, as shown in Figure 5-18, and based on bit mapping and phase assignment according to Table 5-9 and Table 5-10. The modulated PPDU thus generated is ready for transmission on air for PHY Modes B and C. Figure 5-18: Primary Modulation Table 5-9: BPSK Mapper Bit...
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5.3.3.7.3 Secondary Modulation
If PHY Mode is set to Mode A in clause 5.2.3.4.1, then secondary modulation shall be applied to primary modulated PPDU. Secondary modulation shall be a linear chirp sequence derived from chirp rate β = 387,430 kHz/s and applied over π/2-shift BPSK modulated signal. The resultant sweep frequency is defined as: ∆...
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5.3.4 PHY Procedures
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5.3.4.1 Overview
The UL physical layer uses randomization in time and frequency for PPDU transmissions to achieve high system capacity. Channel Access parameters defined in clause 5.2.3.4.6 determines if transmission is asynchronous or synchronous. While time synchronization may be achieved using various methods, "Synchronous Pattern-1...
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5.3.4.2.1 Frame structure
If "Transmission Type" in Table 5-3 is set to "1", then transmission of PPDUs shall be carried out by EPs in a synchronous manner according to procedure specified in this clause. In time domain, a frame structure is employed as per parameters "Frame Duration" and "Slot Duration" in Table 5-4. A resultant frame with a g...
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5.3.4.2.2 Time and frequency hopping
Lfour enabled EPs shall perform frequency hopping for initial and repetition PPDUs and time-slot hopping within defined frame for initial PPDU as a function of following parameters: • FH_RNG denotes available number of channels in the "Operation Band" as defined in clause 5.2.3.4.5. • GP_RNG denotes available number of...
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5.3.4.2.3 Pseudo-random seed generation
A PRN generator comprises of two LFSRs, LFSR1 and LFSR2 respectively, where: LFSR1 uses 32-bit shift register initialized to polynomial TXID as defined in clause 5.3.4.2.2 and with polynomial P(x) in its feedback path: P(x) = x[32] + x[7] + x[5] + x[3] + x[2] + x[1] + 1 ETSI ETSI TS 103 357-1 V2.1.1 (2024-06) 31 LFSR2 ...
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5.4 Radio characteristics
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5.4.1 Overview
Lfour enabled EP shall be configured to comply with the regional harmonized or global regulations applicable to spectrum of use. An EP may be configured to operate in more than one, i.e. non-contiguous frequency bands.
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5.4.2 Band-plan
Lfour UL operation requires frequency spectrum of at least 200 kHz for Access Type "0" and at least 600 kHz for Access Type values "1..6", where Access Type refers to parameter defined in clause 5.2.3.4.6. If total bandwidth of Operation Band(s) defined in clause 5.2.3.4.5 is more than 200 kHz, then the band(s) are spl...
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6.1 System overview
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6.1.1 System elements
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6.1.1.1 Architecture
A LTN system running DD-UNB protocol comprises a Service Centre (SC), a number of Base Stations (BSs), and many End-Points (EPs). Some EP may not be in the coverage area of a BS (referred to as Orphaned End-Points or OEP). OEP can be connected to the network using a relay link through another EP (called Relay Point or ...
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6.1.1.2 Service Centre
The present document describes a DD-UNB system with a single SC. It is possible to have multiple linked Service Centres to increase capacity for very large systems, but such an arrangement is implementation-specific and out of scope of the present document.
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6.1.1.3 Base station
A DD-UNB BS includes a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver typically has an analogue bandwidth greater than 15 kHz and Digital Signal Processing (DSP) which can receive multiple concurrent DD-UNB signals on different frequencies within that bandwidth. The transmitter typically operates at higher power levels (500 ...
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6.1.1.4 End-points
An EP can receive a single DL transmission or transmit a single UL signal on a single frequency at any one time; this can be on the A or A"-interface. The A"-interface is used by an EP to communicate with a BS via another EP acting as a Relay Point (RP). The DD-UNB system is not designed to operate as a multi-hop mesh ...
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6.1.2 Protocol Overview
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6.1.2.1 Introduction
The DD-UNB protocol is based on the OSI reference model. A typical implementation of DD-UNB is illustrated in Figure 6-1 (for downlink). Physical layer (PHY) and Medium Access Control (part of layer 2 - Data Link Layer (DLL)) are described in the present document. The remainder of DLL and higher layers are implementati...
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6.1.2.2 Protocol Termination Points
The present document specifies behaviour of PHY and MAC. A typical implementation of DD-UNB provides functionality at higher layers and this clause describes how protocols at those layers might be terminated to provide support for typical applications. Figure 6-2 describes the A-interface protocol DL termination points...
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6.1.2.3 System Addressing and Identities
Several address types are used by DD-UNB protocol to address different entities in each system: • A unique 10 bit Short System ID (SSID) is used to identify the system. • End-Point ID (EPID) is a unique 32 bit BSGP allocated for each EP in the system. • Base Station ID (BSID) is a unique 13 bit identifier allocated for...
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6.1.3 Upper Layer Principles
DD-UNB provides the L1 / MAC mechanisms to support the implementation of a guaranteed delivery mechanism for streams of Data PDUs (or a definite indication of failure and, in this case, an indication of which blocks have been delivered). Acknowledge PDUs can be used by both L2 and L3 to provide acknowledgement, repetit...
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6.1.4 Layer 3 (NET) Overview
Layer 3 is implementation-dependent. In a DD-UNB implementation many connections are typically "semi-permanent": • a connection is set up when an EP begins operation and not removed unless one or both ends of the connection cease operation. However this is not mandated.
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6.1.5 Layer 2 (DLL) Overview
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6.1.5.1 Overview
DD-UNB Layer 1 is designed to support a range of Layer 2 implementations, but the present document details the MAC sub-layer employed in DD-UNB. DD-UNB Layer 2 is also designed to support message encryption and authentication of application messages, although other approaches to encryption may be implemented if require...
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6.1.5.2 MAC Sublayer
Medium Access Control (MAC) is considered as a DLL sublayer. Medium access in the downlink and A" downlink is based upon the spectrum access rules including regulatory duty cycle limitation. However, in the Uplink and A" Uplink there is potential for multiple EP to transmit simultaneously, therefore MAC is employed to ...
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6.1.6 Layer 1 (PHY) Overview
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6.1.6.1 Frequency use
A-interface Downlink and Uplink frequencies may or may not be the same; regulatory constraints suggest they will typically be different. Frequency planning may be employed to manage interference between cells. A"-interface Downlink and Uplink transmissions are intended for reception by EP (i.e. by OEP, and by EP config...
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6.1.6.2 A-interface Downlink and Uplink timing
The UL and DL physical layer operates using TDD with a frame of 60 timeslots, each of length 400 ms. A frame comprises Downlink, Uplink and Uplink Acknowledge subframes, as illustrated in Figure 6-7. The allocation of timeslots to these subframes is variable and is broadcast by the BS for each frame. For relay operatio...