WCDMA PCCPCH -Primary Common Control Physical Channel


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This page describes PCCPCH or Primary Common Control Physical Channel with respect to WCDMA/UMTS system.

The Primary CCPCH is a fixed rate (30 kbps, SF=256) downlink physical channels used to carry the BCH transport channel.

Channel coding- CRC, convolutional code
Symbol rate- 30 ksps
Spreading factor- 256
Modulation- QPSK
Spreading- predefined code (Cch,256,1)
Scrambling Gold sequence- 3.84Mcps, 10 ms periodic, primary scrambling code of the sector
Power control- not supported
Pilot symbol- include
TFCI bits- not included

WCDMA PCCPCH

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