Q1. How does the UE know how to behave in idle mode?

The UE reads system information in order to acquire the necessary information, e.g.
cell selection, cell reselection, paging and random access parameters.
Q2. What is the purpose of Radio Connection Supervision?
To utilize the network resources as efficient as possible, i.e. releasing inactive and
out-of-sync UEs. Also to avoid undue charging of subscribers.
Q3. Scheduler interacts with which entities?
Link adaptation, Quality of Service framework and Power Control
Q4. What is the purpose of Capacity Management?
To avoid overload in the network. Admission Control can reject connection requests
in order not to jeopardize the stability of the network. Congestion Control can
release connections that cause overload. Note that Congestion Control is not used
in the early releases.
Q5. List at least four different kinds of connected mode mobility types.
Intra eNB HO, Inter eNB HO, X2 HO, S1 HO, GSM Session Continuity, WCDMA
Session Continuity, CDMA2000 Session Continuity
Q6. What are idle mode tasks of UE in LTE?
-PLMN selection and reselection
-Cell selection and reselection
-Location registration
-Paging
-Reading of system information
Q7. When is the cell reselection triggered?
-When the cell on which it is camping is no longer suitable
-When the UE, in camped normally state, has found a better
neighboring cell than the cell on which it is camping
-When the UE is in limited service state on an acceptable cell
Q8. What is a DRX cycle? How can one calculate the DRX cycle length?
Time between two paging occasions is called DRX cycle. DRX cycle length = T 10
(ms)
Q9. How many Quality Class Indicators (QCI) are standardized by the
3GPP?

a. 3
b. 7
c. 9
d. 64
Q10. What is the smallest scheduling unit?
The smallest time/frequency entity that the scheduler may assign consists of twelve
sub-carriers (180 kHz) in the frequency domain and a sub-frame (1ms) in time.
This corresponds to two 180kHz * 0.5ms physical resource blocks that are
consecutive in time and is referred to as a Scheduling Block (SB).
Q11. Which resources are controlled by scheduler in UL and DL?
UL: Physical Resource Blocks , PDCCH Resources, Baseband Processing Power
DL: Physical Resource Blocks, DL Power, PDCCH Resources, TX rank, Baseband
Processing Power

Q12. Which physical channels are controlled by scheduler?

DL: PDSCH, PDCCH and UL: PUSCH
All other channels have fixed allocation in the time frequency grid.
Q13. What is CFR and how does it impact Link Adaptation?
CFR Channel Feedback Report consist of CQI, PMI(Pre coding Metrix indicator)
and RI(Rank Indicator)
CQI Channel Quality Indicator is an index that is communicated to the eNB that
suggests link adaptation parameters. CQI's are ranging from 0(Lowest) to
15(Highest) which have modulation scheme QPSK, 16QAM and 64QAM.
PMI Pre-coding Matrix Indicator is UEs recommendation of the pre-coding matrix
to be used by the system. PMI is only reported if UE operates in spatial multiplexing
mode.
RI Rank Indicator is UEs recommendation for the number of layers i.e. streams to
be used in spatial multiplexing. RI is only reported if UE is operating in spatial
multiplexing mode.
CFR (CQI part of CFR) impacts Link Adaptation by suggesting modulation and
coding rate. Suggestion is then used to select a proper TF.
Q14. Which channels are used to report CQI?

Physical Uplink Control Channel PUCCH, Physical Uplink Shared Channel PUSCH
Q15. What is the difference between periodic and a-periodic CQI
Reporting?
The periodic CQI report is carried by PUCCH. If the UE is allocated PUSCH resources
to send UL data in the same sub-frame as the
scheduled periodic CQI report, the periodic CQI report will use the PUSCH, together
with UL data transmission. In order to get more detailed CQI report, the eNB can
trigger aperiodic CQI report when needed. The a-periodic CQI report is transmitted
on PUSCH, together with UL data or alone.
Q16. What is the granularity of the CQI report?
The CQI report types are be divided into:
- wideband,
- UE selected sub-band, and
- higher layer configured sub-band.
The wideband report provides one CQI value for the entire downlink system
bandwidth which gives the lowest granularity. The UE selected sub-band CQI report
divides the system bandwidth into multiple sub-bands, where the UE selects a set
of preferred subbands
(the M best sub-bands), then reports one CQI value for the wideband and one
differential CQI value for each sub-band.
Q17 .How does the eNB know that the UE is sending a CQI report?
In case of Periodic CQI on PUCCH eNB will know the periodicity.
In case of a-periodic CQI on PUSCH the eNB is the one ordering it!
Q18 .What is the purpose with BSR(Buffer Starus Report)?
BSR Buffer Status Report informs the scheduler about the amount of the data to
be sent in UL by the UE.
BSR Buffer Status Report informs the scheduler about the amount of the data to
be sent in UL by the UE.
A BSR is triggered when at least one of the following criteria is fulfilled:

UL data arrives in the UE transmission buffer and the data belongs to a

radio bearer (logical channel) group with higher priority than those for
which data already existed in the UE transmission buffer.
BSR is triggered when UL-SCH resources are allocated and number of
padding bits is larger than the BSR size
when the UE arrives to a new cell
The periodic BSR timer expires