Clear Definition is

"A band Channel Element is the resource base required in the Node-B to Provide f
or one voice channel capacity, including the control plane to Provide for one vo
ice channel capacity, including the control plane signaling, compressed mode, th
e transmit diversity and softer handover.
Factors affecting capacity in WCDMA UL and DL, sorted by descending level of imp
ortance as follows:
- UL: No. CE support on each Node B, interference, Node B sensivity, ..
- DL: No. CE support on each Node B Iub interface capacity, power DL, OVSF, ...
Thus, CE can be viewed as a license for each NodeB capacity (not more).
Each service will need some different CE UL and DL, such as:
AMR 12.2 k: Uplink 1; downlink 1
CS / PS 64 K: 3 Uplink, downlink 2
PS 128/144k: Uplink 5; DL 4
384 k PS: Uplink 10; downlink 8