Broadcast Rel-19

 RAN1#120

9.13   LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2

Please refer to RP-243290 for detailed scope of the WI for LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2.

 

R1-2501552         Session notes for 9.13 (LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2)              Ad-Hoc Chair (Huawei)

Friday decision: The session notes are endorsed and contents reflected below.

 

[120-R19-Broadcast] – Jordi (EBU)

Email discussion on Rel-19 LTE-bad 5G Broadcast Phase 2

-        To be used for sharing updates on online/offline schedule, details on what is to be discussed in online/offline sessions, tdoc number of the moderator summary for online session, etc

 

R1-2501057         Introduction of WI “Time and Frequency Interleaving for LTE-based 5G Terrestrial Broadcast”      EBU

9.13.11    Time-frequency interleaver design for MBMS dedicated cells

R1-2500148         Discussion on time-frequency interleaver design for LTE-based 5G Broadcast       ZTE Corporation, Sanechips

R1-2500150         On time-frequency interleavers for LTE-based 5G Broadcast              Huawei, HiSilicon

R1-2500582         Design of Time and Frequency Interleaver for LTE-based 5G Broadcast             Shanghai Jiao Tong University

R1-2500872         Time-frequency interleaver design for MBMS dedicated cells              Samsung

R1-2501058         Details of Time and Frequency Interleaving for LTE-based 5G Terrestrial Broadcast         EBU

R1-2501179         Time and Frequency Interleaving for 5G Broadcast    Qualcomm Incorporated

 

R1-2501432         FL summary#1 on Rel-19 LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2              Moderator (EBU)

From Tuesday session

Agreement

For TBS scaling by N, down-select one of the two options below:

·         Option 1: Calculate the total number of PRBs  as , wherein,  is system bandwidth;

o      If , reuse the transport block size table in TS 36.213 and according to the obtained  and , obtain the corresponding TBS;

o   Else, reuse the transport block size table in TS 36.213 and according to the obtained  and , obtain the corresponding TBS’; and calculate the final TBS as

o   The operation “round{x}” is mapping x to the closest TBS from all the existing TBS values in section 7.1.7.2 TS 36.213.

·       Option 2: Obtain the initial TBS ( as per current specifications, and calculate the final TBS as  

o   The operation “round{x}” is mapping x to the closest TBS from all the existing TBS values in section 7.1.7.2 TS 36.213.

 

Agreement

At least values of N={1,4,8} are supported, where N=1 indicates time interleaving is disabled.

·       FFS: other values

 

Agreement

LBRM is applied for MCH (excluding MCCH and MSI) with time interleaving.

·       FFS spec impact

 

Agreement

For PMCH with time interleaving, the maximum TBS a UE supports for the scaled TB is derived based on DL-SCH as per TS 36.306 set by UE category.

·       FFS when the UE category has multiple maximum TBS

 

Agreement

The maximum number of transport block bits received within a TTI defined by the UE category should include the number of bits for unicast and broadcast, where the number of bits for broadcast is the one after being scaled up by N.

 

Agreement

The basic transmission pattern of PMCH with time interleaving consists of a set of (M x N) consecutive MBSFN subframes, excluding MCCH and MSI, where two transmissions of the same TB are separated by (M-1) MBSFN subframes, excluding MCCH and MSI.

 

Agreement

Specify time interleaving per MBMS session/MTCH without supporting interleaving across different MBMS sessions/MTCH.

 

Agreement

Regarding configuration for time interleaving transmission, the following options can be considered:

·       Option 1: Per MBSFN area/MCCH configuration, e.g., via mcch-Config

·       Option 2: Per PMCH configuration, e.g., via pmch-Config

·       Option 3: Per MBMS session, e.g., via MBMS-SessionInfo or via MAC CE

 

Agreement

RAN1 to further study the potential issue of mismatch between MSI periodicity and the basic transmission pattern of (M x N) subframes.

 

Agreement

The equation of k0 for time interleaving is modified to avoid puncturing of systematic bits.

·       Further study the exact equation for k0 for the n-th subframe of a transmission belonging to a same TB , ), including

o        Option 1: for each CB of the TB, , where  (as per TS 36.212), and  is the redundancy version of the n-th subframe.

o   Option 2: For each CB of the TB, follow the principle of NR TBoMS to determine

o   Option 1 and Option 2 assumes all CBs of the TB have the same RV index for all CBs of the TB, indexed by

·       FFS whether different CBs of the TB mapped to each subframe may have different RV indices (e.g., indexed by different  per CB)

 

Agreement

The modulation symbol vector (prior to frequency interleaving)  is interleaved, according to the principles of subclause 5.1.4.1.1 of TS 36.212 as follows

FFS: whether to apply a cyclic shift offset, and the details of the cyclic shift offset for the concatenated frequency interleaver outputs of all OFDM symbols before the mapping to REs of a subframe, where the cyclic shift offset is dependent on the RV index.

 

Agreement

The granularity of the frequency interleaver is 1 RE.

 

 

R1-2501433         FL summary#2 on Rel-19 LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2              Moderator (EBU)

From Thursday session

Agreement

For TBS scaling by N, the following is clarified for the rounding operation in option 1 and option 2 in previous agreement:

·       In case two TBSs are at the same distance of , the larger TBS is chosen.

Agreement

Regarding configuration for time interleaving transmission, the following options can be considered:

·       Option 1: Per MBSFN area/MCCH configuration, e.g., via mcch-Config

·       Option 2: Per PMCH configuration, e.g., via pmch-Config

·       Option 3: Per MBMS session, e.g., via MBMS-SessionInfo or via MAC CE

 

Agreement

Values of M = 16 and M = 8 are supported.

·       FFS other values

·       Note: some UE categories and depending on factors such as (value of N, bandwidth, MCS) may not be able to receive an interleaved MTCH with M=16.

Agreement

The previous agreement is modified as follows:

The modulation symbol vector (prior to frequency interleaving)  is interleaved, according to the principles of subclause 5.1.4.1.1 of TS 36.212 as follows

·       Set the number of columns of the frequency interleaver, , set the number of rows  to be the minimum integer satisfying , where Z is the number of data REs in one OFDM symbol

o    FFS: How to determine X

§  Option 1: X is equal to the number of codeblocks that are mapped to the OFDM symbol

§  Option 2: X=32

§  Other options are not precluded.

·       Append  with  elements, as required, to obtain

·          Write the elements of  into the -matrix column-wise, with  in column 0 of row 0.

·       FFS whether the rows and elements in each row will be permuted, with details to be further studied, e.g., intra-row cyclic shifts, inter-row permutations

·          Obtain the vector  by reading the elements of the above -matrix row-wise, excluding the .

·          The vector  shall then be mapped to resource elements, according to clause 6.3.5 of TS 36.211.

FFS: whether to apply a cyclic shift offset, and the details of the cyclic shift offset for the concatenated frequency interleaver outputs of all OFDM symbols before the mapping to REs of a subframe, where the cyclic shift offset is dependent on the RV index.

 

Guidance for the next meeting:

To evaluate frequency interleavers, the “Two Path Ensemble” channel profile defined in Table A.1.1, Annex A of A325-2024-04 (with delay to be selected by proponents but less than 0.95*CP) can be used by companies.


 RAN1#120-bis

9.13   LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2

Please refer to RP-250794 for detailed scope of the WI for LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2.

Rapporteur to provide initial input on higher layer signalling under agenda item 9.13. For input on higher layer signalling from any other source, please include it as part of your tdoc to relevant sub-agenda items.

 

R1-2503117        Session notes for 9.13 (LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2)   Ad-Hoc Chair (Huawei)

Friday decision: The session notes are endorsed and contents reflected below.

 

[120bis-R19-Broadcast] – Jordi (EBU)

Email discussion on Rel-19 LTE-bad 5G Broadcast Phase 2

-        To be used for sharing updates on online/offline schedule, details on what is to be discussed in online/offline sessions, tdoc number of the moderator summary for online session, etc

 

R1-2502548         Higher layer parameters for Rel-19 LTE-based 5G Broadcast after RAN1#120               EBU

9.13.11     Time-frequency interleaver design for MBMS dedicated cells

R1-2501912         Discussion on time-frequency interleaver design for LTE-based 5G Broadcast    ZTE Corporation, Sanechips

R1-2502209         On time-frequency interleavers for LTE-based 5G Broadcast   Huawei, HiSilicon

R1-2502390         Views on LTE-based 5G broadcast Samsung

R1-2502546         Further details on open issues regarding TFI for LTE-based 5G Broadcast               EBU

R1-2502582         Design of Time-frequency interleaver for 5G Broadcast           Shanghai Jiao Tong University

R1-2502861         Time and Frequency Interleaving for 5G Broadcast    Qualcomm Incorporated

 

R1-2503001        FL summary#1 on Rel-19 LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2             Moderator (EBU)

From Monday session

Agreement

Support at least the following values of time interleaver depth:

 

 

R1-2503002        FL summary#2 on Rel-19 LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2             Moderator (EBU)

From Tuesday session

Agreement

In case of time interleaving, in order to reduce the resource wastage due to the potential mismatch between MSI periodicity and the (MxN) pattern:

 

Agreement

The number of columns, , of the frequency interleaver is , where  denotes the number of CBs in the TB (including scaling, if any),  denotes the number of OFDM symbols of the PMCH,

 

Agreement

The following steps are applied to the rows of the frequency interleaver:

1.        Perform inter-row permutation with a reorder of the row indexes , which is calculated as:

With, , and

2.        Perform a cyclic shift to the elements in the j-th row with an offset S(j) defined as:

 

 

R1-2503003        FL summary#3 on Rel-19 LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2             Moderator (EBU)

From Wednesday session

Agreement

LBRM parameters (e.g. ) are consistent between the broadcast network and the (multiple) UEs that are receiving the broadcast transmission.

 

Agreement

The agreement in the previous meeting is updated as follows:

Regarding configuration for time interleaving transmission, the following options can be considered:

·        Option 1: Per PMCH configuration, e.g., via pmch-Config

·        Option 2: Per MBMS session, e.g., via MBMS-SessionInfo or via MAC CE

o   Alt1: If per MBMS session configuration is done, a T_proc of 3 ms between the end of the MSI and the first MTCH in the MCH scheduling period is needed for UE de-rate matching.

o   Alt2: If per MBMS session configuration is done, other options (than Alt1 above) are not precluded, e.g. that allow the UE to know the M, N values of the first MTCH scheduled after the MSI

Agreement

Obtain the initial TBS (𝑇𝐵𝑆) as per current specifications, and calculate the final TBS as 𝑇𝐵𝑆=𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑{𝑇𝐵𝑆′×𝑁}.

·        The operation “round{x}” is mapping x to the closest TBS from all the existing TBS values in section 7.1.7.2 TS 36.213.

 

R1-2503143         Final summary on Rel-19 LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2    Moderator (EBU)


 RAN1#121

9.13   LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2

Please refer to RP-250794 for detailed scope of the WI for LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2.

Rapporteur to provide initial input on higher layer signalling under agenda item 9.13. For input on higher layer signalling from any other source, please include it as part of your tdoc to relevant sub-agenda items.

 

R1-2504899            Session notes for 9.13 (LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2)  Ad-Hoc Chair (Huawei)

Endorsed and incorporated below.

 

[121-R19-Broadcast] Email discussion on Rel-19 LTE-bad 5G Broadcast Phase 2 – Jordi (EBU)

-        To be used for sharing updates on online/offline schedule, details on what is to be discussed in online/offline sessions, tdoc number of the moderator summary for online session, etc

 

 

R1-2503609            Further discussion on Time-frequency interleaver for 5G Broadcast Phase 2                 Shanghai Jiao Tong University

R1-2504652            Higher layer parameters for Rel-19 LTE-based 5G Broadcast after RAN1#120                 EBU

9.13.11     Time-frequency interleaver design for MBMS dedicated cells

R1-2503249            On time-frequency interleavers for LTE-based 5G Broadcast              Huawei, HiSilicon

R1-2503332            Discussion on time-frequency interleaver design for LTE-based 5G Broadcast                 ZTE Corporation, Sanechips

R1-2503589            Further details on Time and Frequency Interleaving for 5G Broadcast phase-2                 Samsung

R1-2504241            Further discussion on open issues regarding TFI for LTE-based 5G Broadcast                 EBU

R1-2504417            Time and Frequency Interleaving for 5G Broadcast              Qualcomm Incorporated

R1-2504654            Time and Frequency Interleaving for 5G Broadcast              Qualcomm Incorporated

 

 

R1-2504732            FL summary#1 on Rel-19 LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2               Moderator (EBU)

 

Agreement

For each CB of the TB, , where  (as per TS 36.212), and  is the redundancy version of the n-th subframe, where , and,  values are mapped sequentially to subframes, i.e., .

 

Agreement

Time interleaving parameters are indicated per PMCH configuration, e.g., via a configuration of  in pmch-Config. Specify the following set of new MSI periodicities: {rf7, rf14, rf53, rf56, rf112, rf424}.

-        Additionally down-select among {rf27 or rf28}, {rf106 or rf108}, {rf211 or rf212}.

-        FFS actions on the residual mismatch after applying the new MSI periodicities in conjunction with the configuration of

o   Option 1: Fill the residual space with a service with different TFI configuration , e.g., via an additional (addressing the residual space) configuration via pmch-Config

 

Agreement

The soft buffer size for one time-interleaved TB is down-selected from

-        Option 1:  , where:

o       Option 1a:  is the soft buffer size pertaining to a reference UE category, M is the number of TBs for time-interleaving and  is a scaling factor. FFS: exact value/values/configuration of .

o       Option 1b:  is configured in PMCH-Config from {1827072, 3654144, 5481216, 7308288, 9744384, 12789504, 14616576, 17052672, 19488768, 24360960, 29233152, 34105344, 36541440, 38977536, 42631680, 47431680, 303562752},  is configured in PMCH-Config from: {1, 3/2, 6/5, 8/5, 2, 12/5, 8/3, 3, 5, 32};  and M is the number of TBs for time-interleaving.

-      Option 2 : The soft buffer size for the code block is denoted as , where  and  are same as defined in TS 36.212 clause 5.1.  is calculated based on, e.g., , , N. 

o       FFS: Details of determining  (e.g., based on a notion of maximum coding rate) may need to be considered, to provide the flexibilities afforded by the LTE specifications, keeping in mind the LTE UE categories.

-        FFS: impact to soft buffer size for UE receiving unicast considering the case where UE prioritizes receiving broadcast.

 

Agreement

Confirm the working assumption in the following agreement:

 

Agreement

The number of columns, , of the frequency interleaver is , where  denotes the number of CBs in the TB (including scaling, if any),  denotes the number of OFDM symbols of the PMCH,

-        Working assumption:

o       m = , and  denotes the operation to compute the greatest common divisor.

 

 

Agreement

For PMCH with time interleaving, the maximum TBS a UE supports for the scaled TB is down-selected from the following:

-        Option 1: the largest TBS among the multiple maximum TBS of a DL-SCH as per TS 36.306 set by UE category.

-        Option 2: the smallest TBS among the multiple maximum TBS of a DL-SCH as per TS 36.306 set by UE category.

-        Option 3: signalled by the UE from the multiple maximum TBS of a DL-SCH as per TS 36.306 set by UE, e.g. using a new UE capability

 

 

R1-2504733            FL summary#2 on Rel-19 LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2               Moderator (EBU)

 

Agreement

Add the following MSI periodicities to the previous RAN1 agreement {rf28, rf108, rf212}.

 

Agreement

The residual space created by the mismatch between (M,N) and the MSI periodicity may be filled with the last MTCH service with different TFI configuration , e.g., via an additional (addressing the residual space) optional configuration via pmch-Config.

-        In the space before mismatch, all MTCHs within the MSI period have the same (M,N) obtained via the configuration of  in pmch-Config.

 

Agreement

The soft buffer size for one time-interleaved TB is down-selected from

-        Option 1:  , where:

o       Option 1a:  is the soft buffer size pertaining to a reference UE category, M is the number of TBs for time-interleaving and  is a scaling factor configured from network among values in the interval [0 1]. FFS: the exact values in the interval.

o       Option 1b:  is configured in PMCH-Config from {1827072, 3654144, 5481216, 7308288, 9744384, 12789504, 14616576, 17052672, 19488768, 24360960, 29233152, 34105344, 36541440, 38977536, 42631680, 47431680, 303562752},  is configured in PMCH-Config from: {1, 3/2, 6/5, 8/5, 2, 12/5, 8/3, 3, 5, 32};  and M is the number of TBs for time-interleaving.

-        FFS: impact to soft buffer size for UE receiving unicast considering the case where UE prioritizes receiving broadcast.

 

Agreement

The number of subframes used for time-interleaving derived from ‘stop MTCH (x+1)’ is expected to be an integer multiple of MxN.

-        FFS: spec impact, if any

 

R1-2504734            FL summary#3 on Rel-19 LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2               Moderator (EBU)

 

Agreement

Cyclically shift the bit sequence  in Section 6.3.1 of TS 36.211 for the  subframe of the time-interleaved TB by  bits, where

-      ,

-       denotes the number of subframes to which the time-interleaved TB is mapped

-       is

o       Alt 1: , with

§         is the number of bits in the  codeblock within a subframe (as defined in TS 36.212)

§     

o       Alt 2:  , with  

§         denotes the number of OFDM symbols within a subframe

§       denotes the number of CBs in the time-interleaved (scaled) TB

§         is the number of bits in the  codeblock within a subframe (as defined in TS 36.212)

§          

A new RRC parameter configures between  and  as above

§  If this new RRC parameter is not configured, the cyclic shift described in this agreement is not enabled.

§  A new optional UE capability is introduced to indicate support of this cyclic shift.

§  FFS: Extension of the bit-field corresponding to this RRC parameter by one additional bit, based on NOTE 1 below

o       NOTE 1: The following alternative for  may be considered, exclusively based on BLER-vs-SNR performance comparison (with respect to Alt 1 / Alt 2)

§      , with

§        Where  is the number of subcarriers available in 1 OFDM symbol for PMCH, e.g. 

 

 

Agreement

The soft buffer size for one time-interleaved TB is calculated as , where  is the soft buffer size configured according to a reference UE category, indicated from among { DL Cat4, DL Cat5, … DL Cat26}, M is the number of TBs for time-interleaving and β is configured from: {1/32, 1/5, 1/3, 3/8, 5/12, 1/2, 5/8, 5/6, 2/3, 1}.

 

Agreement

Rel-19 IE in MBMS Interest Indication message carries following parameters utilized for receiving Rel-19 LTE-based 5G Broadcast service(s):

·        Frequency

·        New values of sub-carrier spacing = {2.5 kHz, 1.25 kHz}

·        New values for bandwidth = {n30, n35, n40}

·        A new UE baseband resource Scaling factor (e.g., utilized soft buffer at the UE) used for receiving the time interleaved broadcast

 

Agreement

In case the time interleaved PMCH transmission (as configured) exceeds a UE’s capability(/es) in terms of soft buffer size or maximum TBS supported in a TTI, the UE is not expected to receive the corresponding time interleaved PMCH transmission.

 

Agreement

Update of the FFS of a previous agreement:

Agreement

The number of subframes used for time-interleaving derived from ‘stop MTCH (x+1)’ is expected to be an integer multiple of MxN.

Spec impact is up to RAN2.

 

Agreement

RAN1 asks RAN2 whether/how to address the HARQ handling in the MAC specification for the Rel-19 time-interleaved PMCH transmission with M TBs and N RVs.

 

Agreement

For clarification to RAN2:

When time-interleaving is enabled, values of N for configuration/indication do not include N=1. When N is not configured, time-interleaving is disabled i.e. N=1.

 

R1-2504921            RAN2 aspects on LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2             EBU

R1-2504922            RAN2 aspects on LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2             RAN1, EBU

Agreement

LS on RAN2 aspects on LTE-based 5G Broadcast Phase 2 is agreed. Final LS in R1-2504922.