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Baseband Resources of huawei System
Definition of the CE
Channel Element (CE) indicates the processing capacity by measuring the
baseband resources occupied by services.
One UL CE refers to the baseband resources used by 12.2 kbit/s voice
services (SF = 64) and 3.4 kbit/s signaling.
One DL CE refers to the baseband resources used by 12.2 kbit/s voice
services (SF = 128) and 3.4 kbit/s signaling.
Resource Consumption of R99 Services
Traffic Type
Uplink Downlink
Spreading
Factor
Number of
CEs
Spreading Factor
Number of
CEs
AMR 12.2 kbit/s SF64 1 SF128 1
32 kbit/s SF32 1.5 SF64 1
64 kbit/s SF16 3 SF32 2
128 kbit/s SF8 5 SF16 4
384 kbit/s SF4 10 SF8 8
HSDPA SF16 SF16
HSUPA

Uplink Resource Consumption of HSUPA Services
The channels for HSUPA services are dedicated channels, and the resources
consumption is measured in CE. After HSUPA is introduced, all of the UL CE
resources are shared by R99 and HSUPA services. The following table lists
the UL CE resources consumption principle of HSUPA services.
RLC Rate (kbit/s) Spreading
Factor
RAN10.0 RAN11.0 RAN12.0
10ms 2ms
32 - SF32 1.5 1 1
32 to 64 - SF16 3 2 2
64 to 128 - SF8 5 4 4
128 to 672 640 SF4 10 8 8
672 to 1376 640 to 1280 2*SF4 20 16 16


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1376 to
1888
1280 to 2720 2*SF2 32 32 32
2720 to 3840 2*SF2 + 2*SF4 48 48 48
4000 to
10880
2*M2+2*M4 Not
supported
Not
supported
64

If the SRB signaling is carried on the R99-DCH, an extra CE is consumed.
Thus, one CE should be added to the CE number in the preceding table. From
RAN10.0, Huawei NodeB supports the SRB over HSUPA feature. This
feature is optional. If this feature is purchased, no extra CE is consumed for
the SRB.
Downlink Resource Consumption of HSDPA Services
The processing capacity of HSDPA is calculated by HSDPA codes instead of
the CE number. One SF16 code resource consumed by HSDPA user is defined
as one HSDPA code.
On the baseband unit of the 3900 series base station, the resources for HSDPA
services and the resources for R99 services are independent of each other.
Therefore, the HSDPA services do not consume the R99 CE resources on the
downlink. The processing capacity of the WBBPb4 is R99 384 CEs+HSDPA
90 HS-DSCH codes, as shown in the following figure.

Downlink Signaling Resource Consumption of HSDPA
Each HSDPA or R99 user has one associated signaling. When the RRC
connection is established, the SRB is set up to transfer the signaling between
the UE and the UTRAN.
For an R99 user, the signaling and the R99 services together occupy one DCH.
Thus, you only need to calculate the CEs consumed by the R99 service. The
signaling does not consume CEs independently.
For an HSDPA user without R99 services, the signaling independently
occupied one DCH, and one CE is consumed. The consumed CE belongs to
the R99 DL CE resources.
For an HSDPA user with R99 services, the signaling and the R99 services
together occupy one DCH. Thus, you only need to calculate the CEs


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consumed by the R99 services. The signaling does not consume CEs
independently.
From RAN10.0, Huawei NodeB supports the SRB over HSDPA feature. This
feature is optional. If this feature is purchased, no extra CE is consumed for
the SRB.
CE Consumption for HSPA+ Features
RAN11.0 RAN12.0
VOIP over
HSPA 10ms
DL: No CE is
consumed.
UL: 2 CEs are
consumed for SF16.
DL: No CE is consumed.
UL: 1 CE is consumed for
SF32.
CS over HSPA
10ms
DL: No CE is
consumed.
UL: 1 CE is consumed
for SF32.
DL: No CE is consumed.
UL: 1 CE is consumed for
SF32.
VOIP over
HSPA 2ms
CS over HSPA
2ms
Not promoted. The
strategy for TTI is 10
ms. The default TTI is
10 ms.
DL: No CE is consumed.
UL: 1 CE is consumed for
SF8.
CE consumption depends on
the D board. If the E board is
used for 2 ms TTI, the TTI is
reconfigured as 10 ms.
DL 64QAM DL: No CE is consumed
and the baseband
resource consumption is
calculated on the basis
of HSDPA codes.
UL: No extra CE is
consumed for the
HS-DPCCH.
DL: No CE is consumed and
the baseband resource
consumption is calculated on
the basis of HSDPA codes.
UL: No extra CE is consumed
for the HS-DPCCH.
DL MIMO DL: No CE is consumed
and the baseband
resource consumption is
calculated on the basis
of HSDPA codes.
UL: One extra CE is
consumed for the
HS-DPCCH of each
UE.
DL: No CE is consumed and
the baseband resource
consumption is calculated on
the basis of HSDPA codes.
UL: No extra CE is consumed
for the HS-DPCCH.
DL DC-HSDPA NA DL: No CE is consumed and
the baseband resource
consumption is calculated on
the basis of HSDPA codes.
UL: No extra CE is consumed
for the HS-DPCCH.


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RAN11.0 RAN12.0
UL 16 QAM NA UL: One UE consumes 64
CEs.