TABLE A1.7 (cont.) Functionality Measurement GSM/EDGE UMTS HSPA+ LTE eMTC NB-IoT Characteristic Unit Advanced Pro Maximum Bytes 1560 octets at 1560 octets at No fixed size 42192 bits per 8188 bytes for 8188 bytes for 1600 bytes for packet size RLC interface RLC for FDD stream on DL; DL/UL DL/UL DL/UL interface (depends on 22996 bits for modulation UL level and number of channelization codes); TDD (3.84 Mbit/s) = 12750 bytes (see 3GPP 25.321) Segmentation Yes/No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes support Diversity antenna, Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes technique polarization, space, time Beam steering Yes/No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Retransmission ARQ/HARQ/- Yes, e.g. ARQ, Yes, e.g. Yes, e.g. Yes, e.g. Yes, e.g. Yes, e.g. Yes, e.g. HARQ - ARQ, HARQ ARQ/HARQ ARQ/HARQ ARQ/HARQ ARQ/HARQ ARQ/HARQ -Incremental Redundancy Redundancy Error correction Punctured Punctured Convolutional Convolutional Turbo; Tail Turbo; Tail Tail Biting technique convolutional convolutional and Turbo and Turbo Biting Biting Convolutional in coding coding Convolution Convolution on DL; Turbo in on BCH BCH UL Turbo added in EGPRS2-A
TABLE A1.7 (cont.) Functionality Characteristic Measurement Unit GSM/EDGE UMTS HSPA+ LTE Advanced Pro eMTC NB-IoT Maximum packet size Bytes 1560 octets at RLC interface 1560 octets at RLC interface No fixed size for FDD (depends on modulation level and number of channelization codes); TDD (3.84 Mbit/s) = 12750 bytes (see 3GPP 25.321) 42192 bits per stream on DL; 22996 bits for UL 8188 bytes for DL/UL 8188 bytes for DL/UL 1600 bytes for DL/UL Segmentation support Yes/No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Diversity technique antenna, polarization, space, time Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Beam steering Yes/No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Retransmission ARQ/HARQ/- Yes, e.g. ARQ, HARQ Redundancy Yes, e.g. ARQ, HARQ -Incremental Redundancy Yes, e.g. ARQ/HARQ Yes, e.g. ARQ/HARQ Yes, e.g. ARQ/HARQ Yes, e.g. ARQ/HARQ Yes, e.g. ARQ/HARQ Error correction technique Punctured convolutional coding Turbo added in EGPRS2-A Punctured convolutional coding Convolutional and Turbo Convolutional and Turbo Turbo; Tail Biting Convolution on BCH Turbo; Tail Biting Convolution on BCH Tail Biting Convolutional in DL; Turbo in UL -