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Average Cell Throughput Calculations for LTE

Posted on July 31, 2011 by John

Average Cell Throughput requires the following simulation results Average SINR distribution table (system level result), which provides the SINR probability Average throughput or spectral efficiency versus average SINR table (link level result) For urban channel model and a fixed inter-site distance of 1732m,downlink throughput for LTE for different values of SINR is shown below.

MCS vs SINR

Average Cell Throughput=(Pi*Ri) where Pi=Probability of occurrence of a specific SINR value at cell edge obtained using simulations Ri=Average throughput corresponding to SINR range Let us consider the following distribution for the SINR at the cell edge: P1=0.5 (SINR=1.50-3.50 dB) P2=0.25 (SINR=3.50-7.00 dB) P3=0.15 (SINR=7.00-9.50 dB) P4=0.10 (SINR=9.50-11.50 dB) Cell Throughput=(0.50*4)+(0.25*6)+(0.15*8)+(0.10*12)=5.9 Mbps

Note: This throughput is much less than the theoretical maximum which assumes that the full 20 MHz bandwidth is being utilized in a 44 MIMO configuration.

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9 Responses to Average Cell Throughput Calculations for LTE

Kamil says:
January 14, 2013 at 9:26 am

Thank you for this post. Do you know if there is a reference MCS vs SINR in the standards for the uplink? I saw one in 36.214 Table 8.6.1-1: Modulation, TBS index and redundancy version table for PUSCH. It only includes MCS Indexes and Modulation order but doesnt include the coding rates nor sinr thresholds. Thanks.

Sayed Abdulhayan says:

December 29, 2012 at 8:43 am

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Ezzat says:
May 9, 2012 at 7:06 am

Which is better to depend on SINR or RSRQ?

Lina says:
April 20, 2012 at 11:44 pm

I am making a dimensioning tool for lte and I need solid equations and calculations of cell throughput or cell capacity , thanks in advance.

Lina says:
April 20, 2012 at 11:42 pm

I am an undergrad student preparing my graduation thesis, can you help me with more simulation results, different SINR probabilities for other clutter types and different conditions.

David says:
January 27, 2012 at 1:06 pm

Thanks for this useful post! In your opinion, what is more important to measure, RSRQ or SINR? Which of those has more impact on the throughput or user quality? Thanks again!

John says:
November 7, 2011 at 6:34 am

Praveen: Yes you are right. I think this simulation is for SISO case with 5 or 10 MHz bandwidth. http://lib.tkk.fi/Dipl/2009/urn100056.pdf

Praveen says:
November 6, 2011 at 10:50 pm

Thanks for posting the simulation results. I have a question on this SINR/throughput table, is this table for specific scenario since LTE DL throughput can go upto 150Mbps if it is MIMO and 20MHz bandwidth.

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