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University of Toronto, ECE1508 Winter 2012 Page 1 of 11 Name: Student ID: UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING ECE 1508 Special Topics in Communications: 4G LTE for Mobile Broadband Date: April 19, 2012 Time: 6 pm 8:30 pm Examiner: Ivo Maljević Instructions: 1) Only a non-programmable calculator and the provided aid sheet are allowed in the exam. 2) Answer all 7 questions. 3) Write the answer to each question starting on the page of the question and on the following blank page if necessary. 4) Answers must be very clear and show justification. Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Marks
University of Toronto, ECE1508 Winter 2012 Page 2 of 11 1) (6 points ) Answer the following questions: a) Describe the following multiple access schemes: i) FDMA ii) TDMA iii) CDMA iv) OFDMA b) Describe the concept of fractional frequency reuse. c) Describe the concept of soft fractional frequency reuse. d) Determine the sampling rate for the 20 MHz wide LTE channel and the required CPRI interface data rate assuming that each sample is represented by 16 bits and that 2x2 MIMO is used.
University of Toronto, ECE1508 Winter 2012 Page 3 of 11 2) ( 10 points ) Answer the following questions: a) What is the purpose of the RACH channel in LTE? b) What is the purpose of the time gap at the end of the preamble? c) What is the purpose of the repetition of the preamble in RACH formats 2 and 3? d) State one reason why it is a common practice to reserve some of the RACH sequences for non- contention based access. e) Using the table below, determine the time in μ s for the T CP , T SEQ and T GT (hint: find the value for T s first). Enter the calculated values in the table. f) Determine the cell size radius for the preamble formats 2 and 3 using the T GT values determined in e). Enter the calculated values in the table. Preamble format T CP T SEQ T GT Max Cell Radius (km) 2 6240Ts ≈ μ s 2x24576Ts = μ s μ s 3 21024Ts ≈ μ s 2x24576Ts = μ s μ s
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