ltePDCCHIndices

PDCCH resource element indices

Syntax

ind = ltePDCCHIndices(enb)

ind = ltePDCCHIndices(enb,opts)

ind = ltePDCCHIndices(enb,exreg,opts)

Description

ind = ltePDCCHIndices(enb) returns a NRE-by-CellRefP matrix of one-based linear indexing RE indices given the structure enb. It returns the subframe resource element (RE) indices for the physical downlink control channels (PDCCH).

The NRE indices returned cover all PDCCH resources in the control region not already assigned to PCFICH or PHICH (see ltePDCCHInfo). They are ordered as the complete block of padded, interleaved, and shifted PDCCH modulation symbols that ready to be mapped, as described in TS 36.211 [1], Section 6.8.5.

ind = ltePDCCHIndices(enb,opts) formats the returned indices using options specified by opts.

ind = ltePDCCHIndices(enb,exreg,opts) returns a matrix of indices, where the vector exreg explicitly defines resources not to be assigned to PDCCH. The exreg must contain valid resource element group (REG) indices but can be either zero-based or one-based throughout, and indices which do not fall within the control region are ignored.

Examples

Get PDCCH Resource Element Indices

Retrieve PDCCH resource element (RE) indices.

Create an RMC R.0 configuration structure and find its PDCCH RE indices. Display the size of the indices.

enb = lteRMCDL('R.0');
ind = ltePDCCHIndices(enb);
size(ind)

ans = 1×2

   452     1

Get PDCCH Indices and Exclude Resources

Explicitly exclude resources when retrieving PDCCH indices.

Create a cell-wide configuration structure initialized for RMC R.0. Generate RE indices for the PDCCH providing an empty matrix for the argument exreg so that no resources are excluded.

enb = lteRMCDL('R.0');
ind = ltePDCCHIndices(enb,[],'re');
numPDCCHwithNoExclusion = size(ind)

numPDCCHwithNoExclusion = 1×2

   480     1

All RE indices are returned in the required mapping order.

Explicitly exclude the PCFICH and PHICH indices.

enb = lteRMCDL('R.0');
exreg = [ltePCFICHIndices(enb,'reg'); ltePHICHIndices(enb,'reg')];
ind = ltePDCCHIndices(enb,exreg,'re');
numPDCCHwithExclusion = size(ind)

numPDCCHwithExclusion = 1×2

   452     1

This call returns the same result as the default syntax call, ltePDCCHIndices(enb).

Input Arguments

enb — Cell-wide settings

structure

enb is a structure having the following fields.

Parameter Field	Required or Optional	Values	Description
NDLRB	Required	Integer within the range (6,...,110)	Number of downlink resource blocks ($$N_{\text{RB}}^{\text{DL}}$$)
NCellID	Required	Integer from 0 to 503	Physical layer cell identity
CyclicPrefix	Optional	'Normal' (default), 'Extended'	Cyclic prefix length
CellRefP	Required	1, 2, 4	Number of cell-specific reference signal (CRS) antenna ports
CFI	Required	1, 2, or 3	Control format indicator value
Ng	Required	'Sixth', 'Half', 'One', 'Two'	HICH group multiplier
PHICHDuration	Optional	'Normal' (default), 'Extended'	PHICH duration
DuplexMode	Optional	'FDD' (default), 'TDD'	Duplexing mode, specified as either: 'FDD' for Frequency Division Duplex 'TDD' for Time Division Duplex
The following field is required when DuplexMode is set to 'TDD'.
TDDConfig	Optional	0, 1 (default), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	Uplink–downlink configuration
NSubframe	Required	Integer greater than 0	Subframe number

Data Types: struct

opts — Output format, base, and unit of generated indices

character vector | string scalar | cell array of character vectors | string array

Output format, base, and unit of generated indices, specified as one of these forms.

• 'format base unit'

• "format base unit"

• {'format','base','unit'}

• ["format","base","unit"]

Where format, base, and unit are defined in this table.

Option	Values	Description
format	'ind' (default), 'sub'	Output format of generated indices To return the indices as a column vector, specify this option as 'ind'. To return the indices as an NRE-by-3 matrix, where NRE is the number of REs, specify this option as 'sub'. Each row of the matrix contains the subcarrier, symbol, and antenna port as its first, second, and third element, respectively.
base	'1based' (default), '0based'	Index base To generate indices whose first value is 1, specify this option as '1based'. To generate indices whose first value is 0, specify this option as '0based'.
unit	're' (default), 'reg'	Unit of returned indices To indicate that the returned values correspond to individual resource elements (REs), specify this option as 're'. To indicate that the returned values correspond to resource element groups (REGs), specify this option as 'reg'.

Example: 'ind 0based reg', "ind 0based reg", {'ind','0based','reg'}, and ["ind","0based","reg"] specify the same output options.

Data Types: char | string | cell

exreg — Resources excluded from PDCCH

vector

Resources excluded from PDCCH, specified as a vector. This vector explicitly defines those resources not to be assigned to PDCCH. exreg must contain valid resource element group (REG) indices but can be either zero-based or one-based throughout. Indices which do not fall within the control region are ignored.

Data Types: double

Output Arguments

ind — PDCCH RE indices

numeric matrix

PDCCH RE indices, returned as an NRE-by-CellRefP numeric matrix by default. The matrix contains one-based linear indexing RE indices. Each column of ind identifies the same set of NRE subframe resource elements but with indices offset to select them in a different antenna “page” of the 3-D resource array.

The default matrix of indices in a one-based linear indexing style which can directly index elements of an M-by-N-by-CellRefP array, where M is the number of symbols, and N is the number of subcarriers representing the subframe grid across CellRefP antenna ports.

Data Types: double

References

[1] 3GPP TS 36.211. “Physical Channels and Modulation.” 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA). URL: https://www.3gpp.org.

Version History

Introduced in R2014a