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Contents

1 Change History.............................................................................................................................. 1
2 Overview......................................................................................................................................... 2
3 Applications....................................................................................................................................3
3.1 2x2 MIMO...................................................................................................................................................................... 4
3.2 4-Antenna Receive Diversity..........................................................................................................................................4
3.3 4x2 Downlink MIMO..................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.4 4x4 Downlink MIMO..................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.5 Enhanced 4T4R.............................................................................................................................................................. 5

4 Value................................................................................................................................................ 8
4.1 2x2 MIMO...................................................................................................................................................................... 9
4.2 4-Antenna Receive Diversity..........................................................................................................................................9
4.3 4x2 Downlink MIMO................................................................................................................................................... 10
4.4 4x4 Downlink MIMO................................................................................................................................................... 10
4.5 Enhanced 4T4R............................................................................................................................................................ 10

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1 Change History

eRAN12.1 01 (2017-03-08)
This issue does not include any changes.

eRAN12.1 Draft A (2016-12-30)

This document is created for eRAN12.1.

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2 Overview

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) uses multiple antennas for transmission and reception
in a cell. mxn MIMO indicates that m antennas are used for transmission and n antennas for
reception.
This document describes eNodeB multiple-antenna reception and transmission. Uplink
MIMO means that the eNodeB uses multiple antennas for reception. Downlink MIMO means
that the eNodeB uses multiple antennas for transmission.

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3 Applications

The following describes the applications of each feature package.

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3.1 2x2 MIMO

2x2 MIMO is a basic configuration for LTE multi-antenna technologies. It expands uplink and
downlink capacity. For deployment requirements and procedures of the feature package, see
the feature parameter description referenced in the table below.
The following table describes the applications of the feature package.

Applicatio Feature Description Reference

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Expanding LOFD-001001 This feature uses spatial MIMO

downlink DL 2x2 MIMO multiplexing to enable up to two
capacity layers of data to use the same time-
frequency resource, increasing
spectral efficiency. This feature
uses transmit diversity to achieve
diversity gains, improve signal
quality, and increase system
throughput.

Expanding LOFD-001002 This feature uses spatial MIMO

uplink UL 2x2 MU- multiplexing to enable two UEs to
capacity MIMO use the same time-frequency
resource for data transmission,
increasing spectral efficiency and
system throughput.

LOFD-001096 This feature cancels interference PSIC Receiver

Advanced between paired UEs when uplink
Receiver (PSIC) 2x2 MU-MIMO is in use. It uses
iterative UE detection to improve
signal quality and increase system
throughput.

3.2 4-Antenna Receive Diversity

4-Antenna Receive Diversity improves uplink coverage and expands uplink capacity. For
deployment requirements and procedures of the feature package, see the feature parameter
description referenced in the table below.
The following table describes the applications of the feature package.

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Applicatio Feature Description Reference

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Improving LOFD-001005 This feature uses two more MIMO

uplink UL 4-Antenna antennas than uplink 2-antenna
coverage Receive Diversity receive diversity to further
increase receive diversity gains
and array gains. It further
improves uplink interference
suppression capability, signal
quality, and coverage.

Expanding LOFD-001005 This feature uses two more MIMO

uplink UL 4-Antenna antennas than uplink 2-antenna
capacity Receive Diversity receive diversity to further
increase receive diversity gains
and array gains. It further
improves uplink interference
suppression capability, signal
quality, and system
throughput.

LOFD-001058 This feature uses spatial MIMO

UL 2x4 MU-MIMO multiplexing to enable two
UEs to use the same time-
frequency resource for data
transmission, increasing
spectral efficiency and system
throughput.

3.3 4x2 Downlink MIMO

LOFD-001003 DL 4x2 MIMO uses 4 transmit channels and 16 codebooks while downlink
2x2 MIMO uses only 2 and 4. LOFD-001003 DL 4x2 MIMO increases beamforming gains,
improves PDSCH quality, and expands downlink capacity. For deployment requirements and
procedures of the feature package, see MIMO.

3.4 4x4 Downlink MIMO

LOFD-001060 DL 4x4 MIMO uses four transmission layers while downlink 4x2 MIMO uses
only two. LOFD-001060 DL 4x4 MIMO supports rank-3 and rank-4 transmissions for UEs of
categories 6 or higher (excluding categories 8 and 14). It increases peak throughput and
expands downlink capacity. For deployment requirements and procedures of the feature
package, see MIMO.

3.5 Enhanced 4T4R

Enhanced 4T4R can be deployed in common 4T cells, six 2T2R sectors, and SFN cells
constructed from six 2T2R sectors. It expands downlink capacity and improves user

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experience. For deployment requirements and procedures of the feature package, see the
feature parameter description referenced in the table below.
The following table describes the applications of the feature package.

Applicatio Feature Description Reference

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Common 4T LEOFD-111307 eMIMO has the following functions: eMIMO

cells eMIMO l Coordinated pilot scheduling
This function reduces interference
between intra-frequency cells,
improving transmission quality and
increasing the average downlink UE
throughput. It can be used when PRB
usage is less than 5%.
l Fast beam alignment
This function rapidly obtains channel
information to increase beamforming
accuracy, SINR, and spectral
efficiency. It can be used when
network load is low.
l Reporting on PUSCH 3-2
This function allows 3GPP Release
12 (R12) UEs to report sub-band
PMIs on PUSCH 3-2. It increases the
accuracy of reported frequency-
domain channel information,
improving channel quality and
increasing downlink UE throughput.
It can be used when network load is
low or moderate.
l Downlink MU-MIMO in TM4
This function supports allocation of
the same time-frequency resource to
two R8 UEs for downlink data
transmission, increasing spectral
efficiency. It can be used when PRB
usage is greater than 70%.
l Downlink MU-MIMO in TM9
This function supports allocation of
the same time-frequency resource to
two R10 UEs for downlink data
transmission, increasing spectral
efficiency. It can be used when all
UEs are R10 UEs and PRB usage
exceeds 70%.

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Applicatio Feature Description Reference

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Six 2T2R LEOFD-111305 In the overlapping coverage areas of Virtual

sectors and Virtual 4T4R split antennas, this feature performs joint 4T4R
SFN cells scheduling, allowing for downlink 4x4
constructed MIMO and achieving spatial
from six multiplexing gains in up to four layers.
2T2R sectors In the coverage areas of the left and right
beams of split antennas, this feature
performs independent scheduling,
achieving frequency multiplexing gains.
If the PRB usage of the original SFN
cells is greater than 20%, this feature
will improve user experience after the
SFN cells are converted into virtual
4T4R cells.

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4 Value

The following describes the benefits and impact of each feature package.

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4.1 2x2 MIMO

Expanding Downlink Capacity
Downlink 2x2 MIMO can transmit data in up to two layers to achieve peak throughput. It can
also use transmit diversity to improve UE signal quality in rank-1 transmission and to expand
downlink capacity.

Expanding Uplink Capacity

Uplink 2x2 MIMO delivers a higher average uplink throughput than uplink 2-antenna receive
diversity. Uplink coverage may deteriorate and CEU throughput may decrease if there is high
load and very strong interference on the network.

4.2 4-Antenna Receive Diversity

Improving Uplink Coverage
4-Antenna Receive Diversity improves coverage for the PUSCH, PUCCH, and PRACH by
approximately 3 dB to 5 dB, relative to 2-antenna receive diversity.

Coverage gains depend on the following factors:

l There will be lower gains if MRC is used for uplink reception in a cell.
l There will be higher gains if inter-cell interference is stronger.

Expanding Uplink Capacity

4-antenna receive diversity can expand uplink capacity. It has the following benefits
compared with 2-antenna receive diversity:

l In weak coverage, medium interference, or high interference scenarios

The average uplink cell throughput increases by 30% to 65%, and the uplink edge
throughput increases by 50% to 170%.
l In small inter-site distance and low interference scenarios
The average uplink cell throughput increases by up to 30%, and the uplink edge
throughput increases by up to 60%.

Capacity gains depend on the following factors:

l A UE can obtain higher gains when it is further away from the cell center.
l A cell can obtain higher gains when more UEs are far away from the cell center.
l Uplink coverage may deteriorate and CEU throughput may decrease if there is high load
and very strong interference on the network after uplink MU-MIMO is enabled.

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4.3 4x2 Downlink MIMO

Improving Downlink Coverage
This feature package increases edge throughput for any given coverage distance or increases
coverage distance for any given edge throughput.

Expanding Downlink Capacity

This feature package expands downlink capacity. It increases the average downlink cell
throughput by 10% to 20%, increases the downlink edge throughput by 10% to 45%, but
decreases the peak throughput by approximately 0% to 3%, relative to downlink 2x2 MIMO.
Capacity gains depend on the following factors:

l The peak throughput can be reached when the SINR is high, UEs are not in line of sight
(LOS), and there are many multipath signals.
l A UE can obtain higher gains when it is further away from the cell center.
l A cell can obtain higher gains when more UEs are far away from the cell center.

4.4 4x4 Downlink MIMO

This feature package increases PDSCH capacity. It increases the peak throughput by
approximately 100%, average downlink throughput by 50% to 90%, and downlink edge
throughput by 50% to 120%, relative to downlink 2x2 MIMO.
Capacity gains depend on the following factors:

l The peak throughput can be reached when the SINR is high, UEs are not in LOS, and
there are many multipath signals.
l A UE can obtain higher gains when it is further away from the cell center.
l A cell can obtain higher gains when more UEs are far away from the cell center.

4.5 Enhanced 4T4R

Common 4T Cells
In eMIMO cells, user-perceived throughput increases by approximately 3% to 10% when
network load is low or moderate and by approximately 5% to 10% when network load is high,
relative to the original common 4T cells with downlink 4x2 MIMO deployed.
In densely populated areas with the AAU5953 deployed, user-perceived throughput increases
by approximately 3% to 10% when network load is low and by approximately 10% to 20%
when network load is moderate or high.
Feature gains depend on the following factors:

l Coordinated pilot scheduling

There will be no gains if the cell PRB usage is greater than 5%.

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l Fast beam alignment

There will be higher gains if there are more UEs.
l Reporting on PUSCH 3-2
There will be lower gains if there are more UEs and the reporting intervals are longer.
The average uplink UE throughput will decrease by approximately 3% to 7% because
reporting on PUSCH 3-2 consumes additional resources.
l Downlink MU-MIMO in TM4
The average downlink UE throughput will increase if the PRB usage in peak hours is
greater than 50% and the average number of users per cell is greater than 30.
There will be obvious gains when continuous transmissions are required by most of the
services, for example, file downloads or high-definition video.
l Downlink MU-MIMO in TM9
The average downlink UE throughput starts to increase when the proportion of TM9 UEs
and the PRB usage both exceed 70%.
There will be obvious gains when continuous transmissions are required by most of the
services, for example, file downloads or high-definition video.

SFN Cells Constructed from Six 2T2R Sectors

In virtual 4T4R cells (relative to the original SFN cells constructed from six 2T2R sectors):

l Downlink 4x4 MIMO is supported in overlapping areas.

l The peak throughput approximately doubles.
l Downlink capacity increases by 10% to 45%.
l User-perceived throughput increases by up to 35% when the original SFN cell load is
greater than 20%.
Feature gains depend on the following factors:

l There will be higher gains if the SINR is higher and channel correlation is lower.
l There will be higher capacity gains when there are a larger proportion of UEs distributed
in independent scheduling areas and involved in RB multiplexing.
l There will be higher capacity gains if the Virtual 4T4R Independent Scheduling
Threshold parameter is set to a smaller value (the recommended minimum value is 10
dB) and there are a larger number of UEs in independent scheduling areas while UE
distribution and cell load remain unchanged.
l There will be higher RB multiplexing gains, capacity gains, and user-perceived
throughput gains in independent scheduling areas if the original SFN cell load is higher
while UE distribution and related parameter settings remain unchanged.

Six 2T2R Sectors

In virtual 4T4R cells (relative to the original six 2T2R sectors):

l Downlink 4x4 MIMO is supported in overlapping areas.

l The peak throughput increases by approximately 100%.
l User-perceived throughput increases by up to 20%.
l Downlink capacity decreases by 5% to 10%.

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Feature gains depend on the following factors:

l There will be higher gains if the SINR is higher and channel correlation is lower.
l There will be higher capacity gains when there are a larger proportion of UEs distributed
in independent scheduling areas and involved in RB multiplexing.
l There will be higher capacity gains if the Virtual 4T4R Independent Scheduling
Threshold parameter is set to a smaller value (the recommended minimum value is 10
dB) and there are a larger number of UEs in independent scheduling areas while UE
distribution and cell load remain unchanged.
l There will be higher user-perceived throughput gains if the original six 2T2R sectors
experience stronger interference.
l There will be no user-perceived throughput gains if the load of the original six 2T2R
sectors is greater than 50%.

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