Wednesday 8 October 2014

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Why a new control channel in LTE rel 11?

One of the major enhancements in 3GPP Release 11 is the introduction of a new downlink control channel, the Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH). The standardization of the E-PDCCH was necessary to support new features like CoMP, downlink MIMO and the considered introduction of a new carrier type with 3GPP Release 12 all with the intention to support the following goals:
  • Support of increased control channel capacity.
  • Support of frequency-domain ICIC.
  • Achieve improved spatial reuse of control channel resources.
  • Support beamforming and/or diversity.
  • Operate on a new carrier type and in MBSFN subframes.
  • Coexist on the same carrier as legacy Rel-8 and Rel-10 devices.

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