SMIQ
Digital Standard 3GPP W-CDMA (FDD)
1125.5555.03
E-9
2.213
Resolve all Conflicts
If you select the
RESOLVE ALL
button in the domain conflict info window, the SMIQ tries to arrange the
active code channels so that no overlapping occurs in the code domain. The channelization code
number of the channels is varied to do this. The effect of a conflict resolution is shown by the code
domain display.
Fig. 2-130
WCDMA/3GPP – BS CONFIGURATION / CODE DOMAIN menu (after conflict resolution)
If the assigned domain of all active channels is greater than the physically available domain (e.g. 5
channels with 960 ksps at a chip rate of 3.84 Mcps), conflicts can no longer be resolved. The message "no
resolution of domain conflicts possible" is displayed.
2.14.2.10 Effect of CLIPPING LEVEL Parameter on Signal
W-CDMA signals may have very high crest factors - especially if the number of channels is high and the data
offset is unfavourable (see sections 2.14.3.3 and 2.14.3.4). High crest factors entail two basic problems:
1. The nonlinearity of the power amplifier (compression) causes intermodulation which expands the
spectrum (spectral regrowth).
2. Since the level in the D/A converter is relative to the maximum value, the average value is converted
with a relatively low resolution. This results in a high quantization noise.
Both effects increase the adjacent-channel power.
From all the possibilities listed in section 2.14.3.4 for influencing the crest factor, changing the
CLIPPING LEVEL is the simplest and most effective. In this case a limit value is defined which is a
percentage of the highest peak value. All current values exceeding this limit will be clipped to this value.
Since clipping is done prior to filtering, the procedure does not influence the spectrum. The EVM
however increases. Since clipping the signal not only changes the peak value but also the average
value, the effect on the crest factor is unpredictable. The following table shows the effect of the
CLIPPING LEVEL on the crest factor for typical scenarios.