FDD Frame Structure Supporting TDD-based Legacy Systems for P802.16m S802.16m-08/138 FDD Frame Structure Supporting TDD-based Legacy Systems for P802.16m Document Number: S802.16m-08/138 Date Submitted: March 10, 2008 Source: Pei-Kai Liao (pk.liao@mediatek.com, peikai_liao@hotmail.com) , I-Kang Fu, Chih-Yuan Lin, Ciou-Ping Wu and Paul Cheng (paul.cheng@mediatek.com) MediaTek Inc. No. 1 Dusing Rd. 1 Hsinchu Science Park Hsinchu City 300 Taiwan. Venue: Levi, Finland Base Contribution: IEEE C802.16m-08/138 Purpose: Propose to be discussed and adopted by TGm for the use in Project 802.16m SDD. Notice: This document does not represent the agreed views of the IEEE 802.16 Working Group or any of its subgroups. It represents only the views of the participants listed in the “Source(s)” field above. It is offered as a basis for discussion. It is not binding on the contributor(s), who reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Release: The contributor grants a free, irrevocable license to the IEEE to incorporate material contained in this contribution, and any modifications thereof, in the creation of an IEEE Standards publication; to copyright in the IEEE’s name any IEEE Standards publication even though it may include portions of this contribution; and at the IEEE’s sole discretion to permit others to reproduce in whole or in part the resulting IEEE Standards publication. The contributor also acknowledges and accepts that this contribution may be made public by IEEE 802.16. Patent Policy: The contributor is familiar with the IEEE-SA Patent Policy and Procedures: <http://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6> and <http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3>. Further information is located at <http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-material.html> and <http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat >.

Introduction Motivation Purpose and Summary In current 802.16 systems, TDD duplex mode is the most matured one There is probably no FDD legacy systems for backward compatibility even though 802.16m system supports FDD mode It is suggested to consider the possibility of FDD frame structure supporting TDD legacy frames Purpose and Summary Propose to be discussed and included in C802.16m-08/118r1 FDD frame structure designs supporting TDD legacy frames are proposed for both full-duplex and half-duplex MS operations

Full-duplex FDD Frame Structure Supporting TDD Legacy Frames Time length and channel bandwidths are just for an example Traditional method requires three bands to accommodate these two systems Proposed design needs two bands only 16m only band 16m downlink band One preamble per radio frame Each permutation zone has its own MAP information

Migration Process in the Shared Band Legacy band 16m uplink band 16m uplink portion is aggregated with legacy uplink one One switching point required only Ranging channel or other sync signal is used for synchronization 16m uplink portion grows as legacy users fades out

Half-duplex FDD Frame Structure Supporting TDD Legacy Frames Time length and channel bandwidths are just for an example Traditional method requires three bands to accommodate these two systems Proposed design needs two bands only 16 Users are divided into two groups User group A User group B 16m only band 16m downlink band One preamble per radio frame Each permutation zone has its own MAP information

Migration Process in the Shared Band Legacy portion 16m uplink portion 16m uplink portions of both user groups are aggregated with legacy uplink one At most three switching points required Ranging channel or other sync signal is used for synchronization 16m uplink portion grows as legacy users fades out

Proposed Text for Full-duplex MS Operation Details are referred to C802.16m-08/xxx

Proposed Text for Half-duplex MS Operation Details are referred to C802.16m-08/xxx