Thought of adding this while I am in mode of making lists. So whats in HSPA evolution in Rel-7 and Rel-8. Lot of people are unaware that HSPA+ was big enough to finish off in Rel-7 and was definite to spill over in Rel-8
HSPA+ Features in Release 7
- Higher Order Modulation Schemes
- Advantages and weaknesses of higher order modulation
 - Interference Sensitivity
 - QPSK
 - 16-QAM, 64-QAM)
 - Consequences
 - Behavior in Time Variant Mobile Radio Channels
 - Behavior of a time variant mobile radio channel
 - Effect of amplitude variations
 - Effect of phase variations
- 16-QAM for the S-CCPCH (DL)
 - MBSFN only
 - Interleaving
 - Modulation
 - Scaling factors
- 64-QAM for the HS-PDSCH (DL)
 - Interleaving
 - Constellation Rearrangement
 - Modulation
 - Related UE Categories
- 16-QAM for UL (4-PAM for the E-DPDCH)
 - HARQ Rate Matching Stage
 - Interleaver
 - Modulator
 - UE category
- Overview Advantages and Disadvantages
 - Higher peak data rate
 - Better resource utilization
 - Blind choice of modulation scheme
 - High SNIR requirement
 - More TX power requirement
 - Low range
 - Small cell environment
 - Restrictions of use for high UE moving speeds
- Channel Estimation Algorithms
 - Normal Algorithm
 - Gathering pilot information
 - Channel estimation
 - Data detection
 - Advantage
 - Disadvantage
 - Advanced Algorithms
 - Shorter channel estimation window
 - Moving channel estimation window
 - Adaptive detection
 - Turbo detection
 - Advantages
 - Disadvantages
- Performance16-QAM in the UL
 - Performance on Link Level 16-QAM in the UL
 - Performance of BPSK compared to 4-PAM
 - Influence of non-linearity of the power amplifier
 - Performance on System Level
 - Behavior with increasing load
 - Maximum versus average throughput
- Higher Order Modulation Testing
 - Test Setup for 16-QAM in the UL
 - RF components
 - Discussion of the setup
 - Selected Performance Requirements for 16-QAM in the UL
 - BPSK vs. 4-PAM
 - Effect of RX diversity
 - Effect of high degree of multipath
 - Effect of high UE moving speed
- MIMO
- Introduction to MIMO Technology
 - The Basics: Signal Fading Physics between TX and RX
 - Scattering
 - Refraction
 - Reflection
 - Diffraction
 - Multiplexing Dimensions
 - The Multipath Dimension
 - MIMO General Operation
- MIMO Feedback Procedure (PCI)
 - Motivation of Spatial Precoding
 - Plain MIMO
 - Multiple rank beamforming
 - Spatial Precoding
 - Codebook, PCI and CQI Loop
 - Codebook
 - PCI and CQI loop
- MIMO Algorithms
 - Linear MIMO Algorithms (Preparation work, Equalizer at the end of the processing chain,
 - Equalizer at the beginning of the processing chain), Non-Linear MIMO Algorithms
- MIMO Performance
 - MIMO Performance on Link Level (SISO vs. SIMO, SIMO vs. MIMO, 2x2 MIMO vs. 4x2
 - MIMO, 16-QAM vs. 64-QAM), Performance on System Level (MIMO vs. SIMO, 50% vs.
 - 75% power allocation, 0% vs. 4% feedback errors)
- MIMO Tests
 - Official Test Setups (Test NodeB, Fading simulator, Noise generator, UE under test, Single stream test setup, Double stream test setup), Quick and Easy Test Setups (The
 easiest test setup, A more reliable test setup: The MIMO circle), Selected Performance
 - Requirement Figures (Conditions, 64-QAM performance, Dual stream MIMO
 performance, Single stream MIMO performance)
- Continuous Packet Connectivity (CPC)
- Basic features
 - Uplink Discontinuous Transmission (DTX), Downlink Discontinuous Reception (DRX)
- RRC message ID’s
 - DTX and DRX Information
- CPC Timing
 - Uplink CQI transmission
- Example for Uplink DPCCH Burst Pattern for 10 ms E-DCH TTI
 - Uplink DRX, Downlink DRX
- Uplink DPCCH preamble and postamble
 - Uplink DPCCH preamble and postamble for the DPCCH only transmission, Uplink DPCCH preamble and postamble for the E-DCH transmission, Uplink DPCCH preamble and postamble for the HS-DPCCH transmission
- Example of simultaneous Uplink DTX and Downlink DRX
- CPC and Enhanced F-DPCH
 - Timing Implications for CPC + Enhanced F-DPCCH
- Upgraded L1 Signaling
- HS-SCCH Review of Rel. 5 and 6
 - HS-SCCH Frame Structure, HS-SCCH Part 1 and 2 Forward Error Coding Chain, UE
 specific masking of Part 1 and Part 2, HS-PDSCH Code Allocation through Part1 of HSSCCH,
 - Transport Block Size Determination – TFRI Mapping
- HS-SCCH of Rel. 7
 - HS-SCCH Overview of Rel. 7 (HS-SCCH type 1, No HS-SCCH, HS-SCCH type 2, HSSCCH
 type 3), HS-SCCH Type 1 (HS-SCCH Type 1, HS-SCCH Type 1 for Configured 64-QAM Operation, HS-SCCH Orders, 64-QAM Constellation Versions), HS-SCCH Type 2 (for HS-SCCH less operation) (Use of the HS-SCCH-less operation, Procedure HSSCCH-less operation), HS-SCCH Type 3 (HS-SCCH Type 3 Overview, Modulation and
 Transport Block Number , HARQ Process Number, Redundancy Version and
 Constellation Version)
- HS-DPCCH of Rel. 7
 - HS-DPCCH ACK/NACK (ACK-NACK of primary TB in R5, Preamble and postamble in
 R6, ACK-NACK of 2 TB’s in R7), HS-DPCCH PCI and CQI type A and B (CQI in case of
 no MIMO operation, PCI and CQI in case of MIMO with 1 TB (CQI type A), PCI and CQI
 in case of MIMO with 2 TB’s (CQI type B))
- E-AGCH and E-DPCCH
 - Changes in the E-TFCI tables, Changes in the AG tables, Changes in the SG tables
- MAC-ehs Entity versus MAC-hs
- UTRAN side MAC-hs Details – CELL_DCH only
 - Flow Control, Scheduling/Priority Handling, HARQ, TFRC selection
- UE side MAC-hs Details – CELL_DCH only
 - HARQ, Reordering Queue distribution, Reordering, Disassembly
- UTRAN side MAC-ehs Details
 - Some advantages of MAC-ehs compared to MAC-hs , Flow Control, HARQ, TFRC
 selection (~ TFRI), LCH-ID mux, Segmentation
- UE side MAC-ehs Details
 - HARQ , Disassembly, Reordering queue distribution, Reordering, Reassembly, LCH-ID demultiplexing
- Differences in the MAC-ehs and MAC-hs Header
 - MAC-hs Header Parameter Description
 - MAC-hs SDU , , MAC-hs Header of MAC-hs PDU), MAC-ehs Header Parameter Description
 - MAC-ehs Header Parameter Details
 - HARQ Process Work Flow in UE – MAC-hs / MAC-ehs
 - Split HS-DSCH Block Functionality
 - Practical Exercise: MAC-hs contra MAC-ehs
 - MAC-hs / MAC-ehs Stall Avoidance
 - Timer-Based Scheme
 - Window Bases Scheme
 - MAC-(e)hs Reordering Functionality – Timer / Window based
- Flexible RLC PDU Sizes
- The RLC AMD PDU – Rel. 7 Enhancements
 - The Poll (POLL) super-field
 - RLC AMD Header Fields
 - Release 7 Enhancement of the HE-Field and LI
- Comparison of RLC-AM between Rel. 6 and Rel. 7
 - RLC-AM Overhead using fixed or flexible PDU size
 · RRC State Operation Enhancements
- Transport Channel Type Switching with HSPA in R6
 - Transport Channel Combinations between UL and DL, Radio Bearer Multiplexing Options in Rel. 6
- Operation of UTRA RRC States in Release 7
 - UE Idle mode, CELL_DCH state
- HS-DSCH Reception in CELL_FACH and XXX_PCH
 - Overview (UE dedicated paging in CELL_DCH, CELL_FACH and CELL_PCH, BCCH
 reception in CELL_FACH, FACH measurement occasion calculation, Measurement
 reporting procedure), (1) Operation in the CELL_FACH state (DCCH / DTCH reception in
 CELL_FACH state , User data on HS-DSCH in Enhanced CELL_FACH state), (2) Operation in the CELL_FACH state – Cell Update, (3) RRC Idle to transient CELL_FACH
 (Common H-RNTI selection in CELL_FACH (FDD only), H-RNTI selection when entering
 Connected mode (FDD only) ), Operation in the URA_PCH or CELL_PCH state (Data
 Transfer in CELL_PCH with dH-RNTI, State Transision from CELL_PCH to CELL_FACH
 to CELL_DCH, CELL_PCH and URA_PCH enhanced Paging Procedure)
HSPA+ Features in Release 8
- Overview of HSPA+ Related Work Items in R8
- Requirements for two branch IC
- CS voice over HSPA
- Performance req. for 15 HSDPA codes
- MIMO + 64-QAM
- Enhanced DRX
- Improved L2 for UL
- Enhanced UL for CELL_FACH
- R3 Enhancements for HSPA
- Enhanced SRNS relocation
- MIMO combined with 64-QAM
- New UE Categories
 - Data Rate, Soft IR memory
- L1 Signaling of MIMO and 64-QAM
 - Modulation Schemes and TB Sizes (Signaling on the HS-SCCH type 3, Dilemma to signal
 on the modulation schema and TB number field, Solution), CQI Signaling, CQI Tables
 used
Interested readers can refer to Alcatel-Lucent presentation in HSPA+ Summit here.
There is also an interesting Qualcomm paper titled, "Release 7 HSPA+ For Mobile Broadband Evolution" available here.
 
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