Visual System

Simulator™

LTE Datasheet

Overview
Visual System Simulator™ (VSS) is complete and comprehensive software for the
design of today’s complex communications systems. VSS technology provides
engineers with the ability to design the right system architecture as well as
formulate suitable specifications for each of the underlying components in
communications designs.

Long Term Evolution™ (LTE) is the next-generation mobile communication service

designed to increase the capacity and speed of mobile telephone networks.

LTE specifications define:

  Downlink peak rates of at least 100 Mbps

VSS for Long Term
 Uplink of at least 50 Mbps
Evolution (LTE)
  RAN round-trip times of less than 10 ms Communications
 An all-IP flat networking architecture Design Solution
 Scalable carrier bandwidths: 20 MHz to 1.4 MHz

 Support for both FDD and TDD

  Seamless communication with older technologies

The VSS LTE solution supports multiple inputs/multiple outputs (MIMO) and is
compliant with 3GPP* specifications:

  3GPP TS 36.211 “Physical Channels and Modulation”

 3GPP TS 36.212 “Multiplexing and Channel Coding”

  3GPP TS 36.213 “Physical Layer Procedures”

*Contact us for the latest specs/standards supported

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The VSS LTE solution keeps in mind the needs of the RF
engineer. VSS LTE downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) signal
sources have parameter settings that are self-explanatory.
RF engineers using VSS get quickly to the simulation work
at hand versus spending precious time manually setting up
signal sources.
Example VSS LTE DL user-defined parameters:
  Average output power
  Number of assigned resource blocks / channel
bandwidth
  PDSCH: scrambling code, type and offset
  PDCCH: scrambling code, type and offset
  Modulation type: QPSK, 16QAM or 64QAM
 Mapping mode / precoding mode: single antenna,
spacial multiplexing (2 or 4 antenna ports) or transmit
diversity (2 or 4 antenna ports)
In addition, VSS DL and UL sources are built from the
ground up as sub-circuits using easy to understand basic
building blocks. This enables baseband engineers to “drill
into” sources to verify and possibly modify physical layer
(PHY) 1 specifications.
Example VSS LTE UL user-defined parameters:
 Average output power
 Number of resource blocks / channel bandwidth
assigned to each user
 Modulation type of each PUSCH: QPSK, 16QAM or
64QAM
VSS LTE DL source sub-circuit constructed from basic
building blocks.
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Benefits
VSS allows RF/analog engineers, with minimal effort, to evaluate
LTE communication systems inclusive of the analog impairments
due to the RF chain. Having such capabilities allows designers
to reduce time-to-market by eliminating iterations and rework,
and cut system costs by ensuring that components are not
over-specified and needlessly expensive.
VSS’s LTE test benches can easily be configured to
simultaneously view:
  Error vector magnitude (EVM) vs. input and/or output power
 Complementary cumulative distribution function (CCDF)
 Time domain waveforms
 I/Q plot
 Adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR) or adjacent
channel power ratio (ACPR)
 Spectral emission mask
VSS LTE DL test bench.
There is no need to start with complicated and difficult
to understand “test benches” in order to get critical
performance measurements. EVM measurements can be
made on individual sub- carriers and/or over the entire
OFDM symbol. Adjacent channel interference analysis can
also be easily performed. Additionally, users of VSS can
extend simulation analyses to include a device under test
(DUT) in the laboratory via the use of TestWave™ software.
AWR’s TestWave software integrates T&M hardware into
VSS via GPIB, or LAN and is automatically handled by one
bi-directional VSS TestWave block. Through an easy-to-
understand, configurable parameter page, the desired
equipment is selected through its corresponding GPIB or
LAN address and controlled via GPIB string commands.
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ADVANTAGES AT-A-GLANCE
 Verify hardware performance relative to system-level
specifications

 Simulate various filter structures after amplification to

minimize ACPR

 Simulate impairments of RF link prior to amplification

 Evaluate re-use of hardware

 Debug through simulating or analyzing portions of

broken hardware

  Drive PCB board/or module with same signal

Summary
The VSS LTE communications library makes it possible
for RF/analog engineers to effortlessly evaluate LTE
communication systems. The LTE communications library
featured within VSS readily enables design exploration from
concept thru to final protoype board.

For example, verify EVM/ACLR performance of the entire

RF front end or monitor the contribution of an isolated
component to the overall measurement, measure EVM
over an OFDM symbol or of individual sub-carriers, and/or
interchange commercial of the shelf components (COTS) with
ideal behavioral models and/or circuit based models at each
level of the design process. Finally, take advantage of the AWR
LTE Connected Solution inclusive of TestWave to perform
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simulations with actual DUT or prototype board to “close the
loop” of the design cycle.

Complete details of VSS LTE communications library specifics

are found on page 4.

• For additional information on VSS and VSS LTE Solutions,

visit: www.awrcorp.com/vss to obtain the VSS LTE
Connected Solution datasheet

• To view videos related to VSS, WinIQSIM2 as well as LTE

visit: www.awr.tv
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VSS LTE Communications Design Solution Details

MIMO Downlink Sources and Receivers Support Uplink Sources and Receivers Support Channel Coding

•  FDD and TDD •  FDD •  Convolutional Encoder

• Encoding for physical data channel (PDSCH) •  Support for multiple PUSCH channels • Viterbi Decoder
• Physical control channels (PDCCH, P-SCH, S-SCH and •  SRS •  CRC Encoder
reference signals)
• Full flexibility in resource block allocations •  CRC Decoder
• Full flexibility in resource block allocations
• Scrambler, modulation mapper, transform •  Scrambler
• Downlink signal source for 1, 2, or 4 antennas with pre-coder for SC-FDMA
pre-coder and layer mapping supporting spatial •  DeScrambler
multiplexing and transmit diversity •  DL Channel Encoder
• Downlink signal sources/transmitters for 1, 2 or 4 •  DL Channel Decoder
antenna ports
•  TurboCoder
•  TurboDecoder
•  DL Frame Assembler
•  DL Frame Disassembler
•  UL Channel Encoder
•  UL Channel Decoder
•  UL Channel Interleaver
•  UL Channel Deinterleaver

MIMO PreCoder Modulation Source

•  DL MIMO Precoder •  DL Layer Mapper •  DL 1Ant Source

• DL MIMO Layer Mapper •  DL Modulation Mapper •  DL MIMO 2Ant Source
• DL MIMO Modulation Mapper •  DL Precoder •  DL MIMO 4Ant Source
•  DL MIMO Deprecoder •  DL OFDM Modulator •  DL TX
• DL MIMO Layer Demapper •  DL Layer Demapper •  UL Source
•  DL MIMO Modulation Detector •  DL Modulation Detector
•  DL Deprecoder
•  DL OFDM Demodulator
•  DL MIMO Mapper
•  UL Layer Mapper
•  UL Layer Demapper
•  UL SC-FDMA Modulator
•  UL SC-FDMA Demodulator
•  UL DFT (Transform precoder)
•  UL IDFT (Transform deprecoder)

Multiplex Receiver Signaling

•  DL Frame Assembler •  DL 1Ant Receiver •  PDSCH Generator

•  DL Frame Disassembler •  DL MIMO 2Ant Receiver •  PDCCH Generator
•  DL OFDM Sym Extract •  DL MIMO 4Ant Receiver •  P-SCH Generator
•  DL Slot Extract •  DL Receiver •  S-SCH Generator
•  DL MIMO DemuxCIR •  UL Receiver •  DL REFSIG Generator
•  UL Frame Assembler •  PDSCH Scrambler
•  UL Frame Disassembler •  PDCCH Scrambler
•  UL SC-OFDM Sym Extract •  UL PUSCH Generator
•  UL Slot Extract •  UL REFSIG Generator
•  PUSCH Scrambler

Sync Signal

•  DL Pilot

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of AWR Corporation. LTE is a trade mark of ETSI. All others are property of their respective holders. DS-LTE-2010.5.13