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whereas the objective signal quality is high. This will be shown in the following
slides<br />Misconceptions about Ec/No <br />
7. 7. Further, Ec is an expression of power in the CPICH, not in the downlink
DPxCH. <br />Though the dynamic range of downlink DPxCH power is often
expressed relative to the CPICH, downlink power control will do its best to ensure
that downlink SNR is whatever it needs to be to meet the transport channel quality
target. <br />The point being: The traffic channel SNR has almost nothing to do
with pilot Ec/N0.<br />It is also to be noted that UE is only capable of receiving
Pilot RSCP and RSSI on the carrier. EcNo is calculated by the UE by the formula
(RSCP-RSSI) and sent in the UL.<br />Misconceptions about Ec/No <br />
8. 8. Dont be shy. I know were still Confused .. <br />Basics.<br />
9. 9. Then, <br />Ec/No for a UE is<br />The measure of PCPICH (code power)
over Total Wideband Power on that particular carrier<br />Measure of PCPICH =
RSCP dBm (right?) <br />Measure of Total Wideband power = RSSI dBm<br
/>So our Ec/No will become Ec/No = RSCP / RSSI (cannot divide dBm values so
we have to apply logarithmic rules) <br />Ec/No = RSCP RSSI (db) (dBm
dBm = value in dB)<br />For the sake of simplicity, just imagine that youre in a
test-bed, being served by a single cell<br />
10. 10. Hope youre able to make a picture of how Ec/No works.<br />If yes,
proceed further to find what happens when an HSDPA session is initiated<br />If
not, I suggest you discuss this concept first before proceeding.<br />Are you there
yet?<br />
11. 11. Lets take a look at how the POWER of a CELL is distributed among different
channels<br />For simplicity, check the diagram below.<br />Notice that HSDPA
uses the REMAINING power of the cell after power is allocated to Common and
Dedicated channels (check more detailed figure in the next slide)<br
/>HSDPA<br />Cell Power Distribution<br />Dedicated channels (power
controlled)<br />Total available cell power<br />Common channels (not power
controlled)<br />
12. 12. Cell Power Distribution<br />The figures highlight the following
points:<br />Common Channels have the highest priority for Power. Their power
is fixed<br />DCH come second in priority Power control is applicable<br />All
that remains after DCH utilization can be used up for HSDPA power<br />So if a
cell is less loaded, a single UE HS session can utilize the whole HSDPA power
space which is lying unused. <br />
13. 13. Now imagine yourself conducting a test in Test Bed on a cell having ZERO
DCH or HS Traffic. <br />Assuming only 10% cell power is dedicated to CPICH
(33dBm = 2watt)<br />Cell MAXTXPOWER is 20W or 43dBm<br />Ideally, if
you have NO traffic on this cell, your UE will calculate the CPICH Ec/No in the
18. 18. Below figure shows the steps how CQI helps in determining the initial
throughput that a UE terminal demands from the system<br />STEPS<br
/>SINRis used to evaluate the channel quality as observed by the receiver, where
a standard single antenna Rake is used because it is the most common in the SISO
HSDPA terminals.<br />CQI value for a given SINR is done via a linear mapping,
as shown in figure<br />Contd..<br />HSDPA CQI involvement<br />
19. 19. HSDPA CQI involvement<br />STEPS<br />The CQI values are used by
the link adaptation algorithm at the Node-B. Every CQI value reported
corresponds to the Transport Block Size (TBS) that can be granted on a particular
Modulation type and Number of codes<br />Example of a UE category 10 CQI
values from 0 to 30 are shown in the figure. Other UE categories are shown in the
following slide<br />The CQI is further defined as the TBS that can be supported
with a BLER no greater than 10% -<br />
20. 20. STEPS<br />While CQI is sending UEs requirement to the system in UL,
there is BLER calculation going on and UL HARQ (Hybrid Auto Repeat Request)
mechanism is helping in maintaining the BLER to below 10%. <br />So the
system (NodeB) is essentially calculating the Data Rate to be scheduled to the
user based on CQI reports and BLER which it receives from the UE<br />So
DATA RATE (bps) = TBS (bits)/ TTI (sec) * (1-BLER)<br />HSDPA CQI
involvement<br />
21. 21. HSDPA UE Categories 1-12<br />
22. 22. Thank you for reading<br />