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Resource Element Group in LTE

Resource Element Group in LTE In Long-Term Evolution (LTE), Resource Element Group (REG) is a fundamental concept related to physical layer resources. It is essentially a grouping of Resource Elements (REs), which are the smallest units of the time-frequency grid in LTE. The REG is used to allocate resources for transmission and reception. Now, let’s … Read more

Dedicated Control Channel (DCCH) in GSM

Dedicated Control Channel (DCCH) in GSM SDCCH (Stand-alone Dedicated Control Channel) Uplink and Downlink. Used for call setup, authentication, ciphering location update and SMS. SACCH (Slow Associated Control Channel) Downlink and Uplink. Used to transfer signal while MS have ongoing conversation on traffic or while SDCCH is being used. On the forward link, the SACCH … Read more

What is High-Speed Shared Control Channel HS-SCCH and its work in 3G WCDMA

Carries physical layer signaling to a single UE, such as modulation scheme (1 bit), channelization code set (7 bit), transport block size (6bit), HARQ process number (3bit), redundancy version (3bit), new data indicator (1bit), UE identity (16bit) HS-SCCH is a fixed rate (60 kbps, SF=128) downlink physical channel used to carry downlink signaling related to … Read more