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LTE FDD Throughput Calculations

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Contents

1. LTE Basics concepts

2. FDD System Throughout Calculations
3. LTE Throughput KPIs & Huawei Formulas
4. References

1. LTE System Basics Concepts

i.
LTE System Bandwidth
System BW

20

15

10

1.4

1200

900

600

300

180

72

100

75

50

25

15

(MHz)

Occupied
Subcarriers
# RB

ii. LTE Modulation schemes & Coding Rate (MCS)

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According to 3GPP Protocol , LTE support 3 Modulation Scheme 64 QAM ,

16 QAM & QPSK

M = Modulation order is the number of bits transmitted over each

symbol
Modulation Scheme
QPSK
16 QAM
64 QAM

Modulation Order
2
4
6

MCS = Modulation & Coding Scheme , which represent the combination

of Modulation Scheme & Coding Rate

3GPP define 0 ~ 28 MCS for DL , and define 0 ~22 MCS for UL

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The basis for LTE throughput calculation is the TBS specified in 3GPP TS
36.213. (The horizontal axis is the number of RBs, and the vertis ical axis
is TBS index, or MCS.) TBS indicates the amount of data that can be
transmitted at a time. (The table applies to both downlink and uplink.)

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codeword reuse ratio,

MIMO mode

codeword reuse ratio

22

44

MU-MIMO

iii.
LTE UE Category
Different UE Category are having different capabilities
From 3GPP. 36.306 ,we can find the max bits supported in UL and DL
(PUSCH and PDSCH respectively) for UE category as follows:
DL UE Category

Maximum number of DL-

Maximum number of bits

SCH transport block bits

of a DL-SCH transport

received within a TTI

block received within a

TTI

Category 1
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Category 2

51024

51024

Category 3

102048

75376

Category 4

150752

75376

Category 5

299552

149776

Maximum number of
UL UE Category

bits of an UL-SCH

Support for 64QAM in

transport block

UL

transmitted within a TTI

Category
Category
Category
Category
Category

1
2
3
4
5

5160
25456
51024
51024
75376

No
No
No
No
Yes

2. FDD System Throughout Calculations

to calculate the throughput is to calculate how much bit the frame
bears in one second. And we need to know how many RE is used in
one second. Considering different codeword reuse in different
MIMO modes and consumption of control signaling, here is how to
calculate theoretic peak throughput.

Throughput-DL=([number of REs in a frame][number of Res

occupied by RS][number of Res occupied by PDCCH][number of
Res occupied by SCH][number of Res occupied by
PBCH](1000ms/10ms/frame)[modulation
efficiency][codeword reuse ratio]0.93/1024/1024

If FDD 20MHz, PDCCH takes one symbol, 2*2MIMO, normal CP, so

[number of REs in a frame]=12(every RB takes 12 subcarriers)*7(every RB
has 7 symbols)*2( 2 RBs in every subframe)*10(10 subframes in a
frame)*100(20Mhz has 100 RBs)=16800
[number of Res occupied by RS]=16(16 RS in each subframe)*10(10
subframes in each frame)*100(100RBs in 20Mhz)=16000
[number of Res occupied by PDCCH]=1(in each subframe, PDCCH occupies 1
symbol)*(12-4)*10*100=8000
[number of Res occupied by SCH]=2(primary SS occupies 2 symbols)*2(2
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secondary SS in each frame)*6(SCH occupies 6 RBs in the middle)*12=288

[number of Res occupied by PBCH]=4(PBCH occupies 4 symbols in each
frame)*12*6(PBCH occupies 6RBs in the middle)-24(PBCH share with RS)=264

Throughput-DL =168000-16000-8000-288264*(1000ms/10(10ms/frame))*664QAM*22x2MIMO*0.93/10
24/1024=152.671776Mbps

Throughput-UL=(([number of REs in a frame][number of Res

occupied by DMRS][number of Res occupied by
PUCCH])*1000/10[number of Res occupied by
prach][modulation efficiency]0.93/1024/1024

If FDD 20MHz, PUCCH take 2 RBs, normal CP, DMRS takes 2 symbols
[number of REs in a frame]=12*2*7*10*100=168000
[number of Res occupied by DMRS]=2(2 DMRS in each
subframe)*12*10*100=24000
[number of Res occupied by PUCCH]=2*12*(14-2)*10=2880
While in one second
[number of Res occupied by prach]=6(PRACH occupies 6 RBs in the
middle)*12*14-(2*6*12)(occupies the same RE with DMRS)*1000/20=43200
so

Throughput-UL=(168000-24000-2880)*1000/1043200*6*0.93/1024/1024=74.8671Mbps

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3. Huawei LTE Throughput KPis

KPI

Unit

HW Formula

Dl_Data_Volume

L.Thrp.bits.Dl/8/1000/1000/1000

Avg Dl_USER_THP

GByte/
s
GByte/
s
Kbit/s

Avg UL_USER_THP

Kbit/s

L.Thrp.bits.Ul /L.Thrp.Time.Cell.Ul.HighPrecision

Avg Dl_Cell_Thp

Kbit/s

L.Thrp.bits.DL /L.Thrp.Time.Cell.DL.HighPrecision

Avg UL_Cell_Thp

Kbit/s

L.Thrp.bits.UL /L.Thrp.Time.Cell.UL.HighPrecision

UL_Data_Volume

L.Thrp.bits.UL/8/1000/1000/1000
(L.Thrp.bits.DlL.Thrp.bits.Dl.LastTTI)/L.Thrp.Time.Dl.RmvLastTTI

4. References

3GPP ETSI TS 36.213 version 11.6.0 Release 11

3GPP ETSI TS 36.211 V9.1.0 (2010-03)

3GPP ETSI TS 136 306 V11.6.0 (2014-03)

3900 Series Base Station_V100R008C00_06_en_31186316 Hedex

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