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lteTestModelTool

Generate downlink test model waveform

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Syntax

lteTestModelTool
[waveform,grid,tm] = lteTestModelTool(tmn,bw,ncellid,duplexmode)
[waveform,grid,tm] = lteTestModelTool(tm)

Description

lteTestModelTool starts the LTE Waveform Generator app for the parameterization and generation of the E-UTRA test model (E-TM) waveforms.

[waveform,grid,tm] = lteTestModelTool(tmn,bw,ncellid,duplexmode) accepts inputs for the test model number and channel bandwidth for the generated waveform. Optionally, accepts inputs for the physical cell identity and duplex mode.

example

[waveform,grid,tm] = lteTestModelTool(tm) where a user-defined test model configuration structure is provided as an input.

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Examples

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Open Live Script

Generate a time domain signal, txWaveform, and a 2-dimensional array of the Resource Elements, txGrid, for Test Model TS 36.141 E-TM 2a with 10MHz bandwidth. This is a 256QAM E-TM.

Specify test model number and bandwidth. Generate txWaveform. Plot the txGrid output.

[txWaveform,txGrid,tm] = lteTestModelTool('2a','10MHz');
plot(txGrid,'.')

Figure contains an axes object. The axes object contains 140 objects of type line.

The plot of all the complex resource element symbols in the frame is dominated by the 256QAM PDSCH constellation.

Open Script

Generate a time domain signal, txWaveform, and a 2-dimensional array of the Resource Elements, txGrid, for Test Model TS 36.141 E-TM 3.2 with 15MHz bandwidth.

Specify test model number and bandwidth for tmCfg configuration structure and create it. Generate txWaveform. View the waveform with a spectrum analyzer.

tmn = '3.2';
bw = '15MHz';
tmCfg = lteTestModel(tmn,bw);

[txWaveform,txGrid,tm] = lteTestModelTool(tmCfg);

saScope = spectrumAnalyzer(SampleRate = tm.SamplingRate);
saScope(txWaveform)

Input Arguments

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Test model number, specified as a character vector or string scalar. Use double quotes for string. For more information on these test model numbers, see TS 36.141 [1], Section 6.1.

Example: '3.2'

Data Types: char | string

Channel bandwidth, specified as a character vector or string scalar. Use double quotes for string. You can set the nonstandard bandwidths, '9RB','11RB','27RB','45RB','64RB', and '91RB', only when tmn is '1.1'. These nonstandard bandwidths specify custom test models.

Example: '15MHz'

Data Types: char | string

Physical layer cell identity, specified as an integer. If you do not specify this argument, the default is 1 for standard bandwidths and 10 for non-standard bandwidths.

Example: 1

Data Types: double

Duplex mode of the generated waveform, specified as 'FDD' or 'TDD'. Optional.

Example: 'FDD'

Data Types: char | string

User-defined test model configuration, specified as a scalar structure. You can use lteTestModel to generate the various tm configuration structures as per TS 36.141, Section 6 [1]. This configuration structure then can be modified as per requirements and used to generate the waveform.

Data Types: struct

Output Arguments

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Generated E-TM time-domain waveform, returned as a T-by-P numeric matrix, where P is the number of antennas and T is the number of time-domain samples. TS 36.141 [1], Section 6 fixes P = 1, making waveform a T-by-1 column vector.

Data Types: double
Complex Number Support: Yes

Resource grid, returned as a 2-D numeric array of resource elements for a number of subframes across a single antenna port. The number of subframes (10 for FDD and 20 for TDD), start from subframe zero, across a single antenna port, as specified in TS 36.141 [1], Section 6.1. Resource grids are populated as described in Represent Resource Grids.

Data Types: double
Complex Number Support: Yes

E-UTRA test model (E-TM) configuration, returned as a scalar structure. tm contains the following fields.

Test model configuration, returned as a scalar structure containing information about the OFDM modulated waveform as described in lteOFDMInfo and test model specific configuration parameters as described in lteTestModel. These fields are included in the output structure:

Parameter FieldValuesDescription
TMN

'1.1', '1.2', '2', '2a', '2b', '3.1', '3.1a', '3.1b' '3.2', '3.3'

Test model number

BW

'1.4MHz', '3MHz', '5MHz', '10MHz', '15MHz', '20MHz', '9RB', '11RB', '27RB', '45RB', '64RB', '91RB',

Channel bandwidth type, in MHz, returned as a character vector. Non-standard bandwidths, '9RB', '11RB', '27RB', '45RB', '64RB', and '91RB', specify custom test models.

NDLRB

Nonnegative integer

Number of downlink resource blocks (NRBDL)

CellRefP1

Number of cell-specific reference signal antenna ports. This argument is for informational purposes and is read-only.

NCellID

Integer from 0 to 503

Physical layer cell identity

CyclicPrefix'Normal'

Cyclic prefix length. This argument is for informational purposes and is read-only.

CFI1, 2, or 3

Control format indicator value

Ng

'Sixth', 'Half', 'One', 'Two'

HICH group multiplier
PHICHDuration

'Normal', 'Extended'

PHICH duration

NSubframe

0 (default), nonnegative scalar integer

Subframe number

This argument is for informational purposes and is read-only.

TotSubframes

Nonnegative scalar integer

Total number of subframes to generate

Windowing

Nonnegative scalar integer

Number of time-domain samples over which windowing and overlapping of OFDM symbols is applied

DuplexMode

'FDD' (default), 'TDD'

Duplexing mode, specified as either:

  • 'FDD' for Frequency Division Duplex

  • 'TDD' for Time Division Duplex

CellRSPower

Numeric value

Cell-specific reference symbol power adjustment, in dB

PDSCH

Scalar structure

PDSCH transmission configuration substructure

PSSPower

Numeric value

Primary synchronization signal (PSS) symbol power adjustment, in dB

SSSPower

Numeric value

Secondary synchronization signal (SSS) symbol power adjustment, in dB

PBCHPower

Numeric value

PBCH symbol power adjustment, in dB

PCFICHPower

Numeric value

PCFICH symbol power adjustment, in dB

NAllocatedPDCCHREG

Nonnegative integer

Number of allocated PDCCH REGs. This argument is derived from tmn and bw.

PDCCHPower

Numeric value

PDCCH symbol power adjustment, in dB

PDSCHPowerBoosted

Numeric value

PDSCH symbol power adjustment, in dB, for the boosted physical resource blocks (PRBs)

PDSCHPowerDeboosted

Numeric value

PDSCH symbol power adjustment, in dB, for the de-boosted physical resource blocks (PRBs)

These fields are present only when DuplexMode is set to 'TDD'.
 SSC

Integer from 0 to 9

8 (default)

Special subframe configuration (SSC)

SSC enumerates the special subframe configuration. TS 36.211 [2], Section 4.2 specifies the special subframe configurations (lengths of DwPTS, GP, and UpPTS).

 TDDConfig

Integer from 1 to 6

3 (default)

Uplink–downlink configuration

TDDConfig enumerates the subframe uplink-downlink configuration to be used in this frame. TS 36.211 [2], Section 4.2 specifies uplink-downlink configurations (uplink, downlink, and special subframe combinations).

AllocatedPRB

Numeric array

Allocated physical resource block list

SamplingRate

Numeric value

Sampling rate of the time-domain waveform

Nfft

Positive integer

Number of fast Fourier transform (FFT) points

PDSCH substructure

The substructure PDSCH relates to the physical channel configuration and contains these fields:

Parameter FieldValuesDescription
NLayers1

Number of transmission layers, returned as 1. This argument is for informational purposes and is read-only.

TxScheme'Port0'

Transmission scheme. The E-TMs have a single antenna port. This argument is for informational purposes and is read-only.

Modulation

Cell array of one or two character vectors. Valid values of character vectors include: 'QPSK', '16QAM', '64QAM', '256QAM', '1024QAM'

Modulation formats, specifying the modulation formats for boosted and deboosted PRBs. This argument is for informational purposes and is read-only.

Data Types: struct

References

[1] 3GPP TS 36.141. “Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Base Station (BS) Conformance Testing.” 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network. URL: https://www.3gpp.org.

[2] 3GPP TS 36.211. “Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical Channels and Modulation.” 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network. URL: https://www.3gpp.org.

Version History

Introduced in R2014a

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