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Lte Drive Test Parameters

This document defines and explains key parameters for LTE drive testing including RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, RSSI, CQI, PCI, BLER, and downlink/uplink throughput. RSRP measures reference signal power and is used to calculate path loss and optimize network power settings. RSRQ provides a measure of signal quality, especially near cell edges for handover decisions. SINR measures signal quality by comparing signal, interference, and noise power levels. RSSI represents total received power including serving cell, interference, and noise. CQI indicates downlink channel quality to determine modulation and coding schemes. PCI and BLER are additional metrics for cell and signal identification/error rates. The

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Lte Drive Test Parameters

This document defines and explains key parameters for LTE drive testing including RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, RSSI, CQI, PCI, BLER, and downlink/uplink throughput. RSRP measures reference signal power and is used to calculate path loss and optimize network power settings. RSRQ provides a measure of signal quality, especially near cell edges for handover decisions. SINR measures signal quality by comparing signal, interference, and noise power levels. RSSI represents total received power including serving cell, interference, and noise. CQI indicates downlink channel quality to determine modulation and coding schemes. PCI and BLER are additional metrics for cell and signal identification/error rates. The

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LTE DRIVE TEST PARAMETERS

RSRP: Reference Signal Receive Power


RSRP (dBm) = RSSI (dBm) 10*log(12*N)
Where,

RSSI: Received Signal Strength Indicator


N: Number of RBs across RSSI is measured and depends on BW

Significance:
RSRP is the most basic of the UE Physical layer measurements and is the linear average power
(in watts) of the downlink reference signal (RS) across the channel bandwidth for the Resource
elements that carry cell specific Reference Signals.
Knowledge of absolute RSRP provides the UE with essential information about the strength of
cells from which path loss can be calculated and used in the algorithms for determining the
optimum power setting for operating the network. Reference signal power is used both in idle
and connected states. Range: -44 to 140 dBm
RSRP term is used for coverage same as RSCP in 3G
RSRQ: Reference signal receive quality
RSRQ = RSRP / (RSSI / N)
N is the number of resource blocks over which the RSSI is measured
RSSI is wide band power, including intra cell power, interference and noise.
Significance:
It provides the indication of Signal Quality. Measuring RSRQ becomes particularly important
near the cell edge when decisions need to be made, regardless of absolute RSRP, to perform a
handover to the next cell. Reference signal receive quality is used only during connected states.
Range: -3 to 19.5 dB

RSRQ term is used for Quality same as Ec/No in 3G


SINR: signal to noise ratio

SINR: S/I + N
S Average Received Signal Power
I Average Interference power
N Noise Power
Significance:
Is a way to measure Quality of LTE Wireless Connections. As the energy of signal fades with
distance i.e. Path loss due to environmental parameters (e.g. background noise, interfering
strength of other simultaneous transmission).
RSSI: Received Signal Strength Indicator

RSSI = Wideband power = noise + serving cell power + interference power


RSSI = 12*N*RSRP
RSSI per resource block is measured over 12 resource elements
N: number of RBs across the RSSI is measured and depends on BW

Based on above:
RSRP (dBm) = RSSI (dBm) 10*log(12*N)
Significance:
Is the parameter represnting the entire received power including the wanted power from the
serving cell as well as all the co-channel power & other sources of noise
CQI: Channel Quality Indicator
Range: -1 to 15
Significance:
CQI is a measurement of the communication quality of wireless channels i.e. it indicates the
downlink mobile radio channel quality as experienced by the UE. CQI can be a value
representing a measure of channel quality for a given channel. Typically, a high CQI is indicative
of a channel with high quality and vice versa.

CQI is measured in the Dedicated mode only


CQI depends on the RF conditions
Better the CQI, better the throughput will get and vice versa

PCI: Physical Cell ID


Range: 0 to 503
Significance:

PCI used to identify the cell & is used to transmit the data
PCI = PSS + 3*SSS

PSS is primary synchronization Signal (Identifies the Cell ID)


PSS value can be 0, 1 and 2
SSS is the Secondary Synchronization Signal (Identifies Cell ID Group)
SSS value can be 0 to 167
BLER: Block Error Rate
Block Error Ratio is defined as the ratio of the number of erroneous blocks received to the
total number of Blocks transmitted.
Significance:
A simple method by which UE can choose an appropriate CQI value could be based on a set
of Block Error Rate (BLER) thresholds. The UE would report the CQI value corresponding to
the Modulation Coding Schemes that ensures, BLER 10% based on the measured received
signal Quality

BLER is calculated using Cyclic Redundancy Error Checking method


High BLER leads to loss of Peak rates & efficiency

BLER threshold should be low i.e 10%

Downlink Throughput:
In E-UTRAN may use a maximum of 2 Tx Antennas at the ENodeB and 2 Rx antennas at the UE
(MIMO)
Significance:

Target for the average user throughput per MHz, 3 to 4 times


Release 6 HSDPA i.e. Higher user throughput as compared to 3G (over 300 Mbps
downlink as compared to 14 Mbps in UMTS)
The supported user throughput should scale with the spectrum bandwidth

Uplink Throughput

In E-UTRAN uses a maximum of a single Tx antenna at the UE and 2 Rx Antennas at the


ENodeB
Greater user throughput should be achievable using multiple Tx antennas at the UE
(MIMO)

Significance:
Target for the average user throughput per MHz, 2 to 3 times
Release 6 Enhanced Uplink i.e. higher user throughput as compared to 3G (over 50 Mbps Uplink
as compared to 5.76 Mbps in UMTS).
The user throughput scale with the spectrum bandwidth provided that the maximum transmit
power is also scaled.

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