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CQI
CQIstandsforChannelQualityIndicator.Asthenameimplies,itisanindicatorcarryingtheinformationonhow
good/badthecommunicationchannelqualityis.ThisCQIisforHSDPA.(LTEalsohasCQIforitsownpurpose).
CQIistheinformationthatUEsendstothenetworkandpracticallyitimpliesthefollowingtwo
i)CurrentCommunicationChannelQualityisthisandthat..
ii)I(UE)wantstogetthedatawiththisandthattransportblocksize,whichinturncanbedirectlyconvertedinto
throughput
InHSDPA,theCQIvaluerangesfrom0~30.30indicatesthebestchannelqualityand0,1indicatesthepoorest
channelquality.DependingwhichvalueUEreports,networktransmitdatawithdifferenttransportblocksize.If
networkgetshighCQIvaluefromUE,ittransmitthedatawithlargertransportblocksizeandviceversa.
WhatifnetworksendsalargetransportblockeventhoughUEreportslowCQI,itishighlyprobablethatUEfailedto
decodeit(causeCRCerroronUEside)andUEsendNACKtonetworkandthenetworkhavetoretransmititwhichin
turncausewasteofradioresources.
WhatifUEreporthighCQIevenwhentherealchannelqualityispoor?Inthiscase,networkwouldsendalarge
transportblocksizeaccordingtotheCQIvalueanditwouldbecomehighlyprobablethatUEfailedtodecodeit
(causeCRCerroronUEside)andUEsendNACKtonetworkandthenetworkhavetoretransmititwhichinturn
causewasteofradioresources.
HowUEcanmeasureCQI?Thisisthemostuncleartopictome.AsfarasIknow,thereisnoexplicitdescriptionin
anystandardonthemechanismbywhichtheCQIiscalculated,butitisprettyobviousthatthefollowingfactorsplay
importantrolestoCQImeasurement.
signaltonoiseratio(SNR)
signaltointerferenceplusnoiseratio(SINR)
signaltonoiseplusdistortionratio(SNDR)
Itisnotdefinedinthespecificationonhowthesefactorsareusedandwhetherthereisanyotherfactorsbeing
involved.Theimplementationisalluptochipsetmakers.Usuallyatchipsetdevelopmentstage,theydoalotof
testingtocorrelatethemeasuredSNRandthemeasuredBLERbythechipsetandcreatesomeinternaltable(or
equation)forthecorrelation.Andthemappingtable(function)wouldeventuallyusedtodetermineCQIvalue.
InLTE,thereare15differentCQIvaluesrandingfrom1to15andmappingbetweenCQIandmodulcationscheme,
transportblocksizeisdefinedasfollows(36.213)
IfyouareanengineerinNetwork(eNodeB)programming,youneedtoknowthenumberofresourceblocksandMCS
foreachCQIvaluetoproperlyallocatetheresourcesforeachofUEs.Withthemodulationschemeinthetable,you
wouldgetacertainrangeofMCSyoucanuseforeachCQIindex.ButyoucannotpinpointaspecificMCSand
NumberofRBs.YouneedanotherconditiontogettheproperMCSandNRBsanditis'CodeRate'showninthetable.
Butstillthereisnotasingleformulathatwouldgiveyouasingle/determinedvalueforMCSandNRB.Youhaveto
comeupwithasetofMCSandNRBthatmeetthemodulationschemeandCodeRaterequirementinthetable.One
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examplecasecanbeasfollows.
CQI
REs/PRB
N_RB
MCS
TBS
CodeRate
Modulation Bits/Symbol
QPSK
138
20
536
0.101449
QPSK
138
20
536
0.101449
QPSK
138
20
872
0.162319
QPSK
138
20
1736
0.318841
QPSK
138
20
2417
0.442210
QPSK
138
20
3112
0.568116
16QAM
138
20
12
4008
0.365217
16QAM
138
20
14
5160
0.469565
16QAM
138
20
16
6200
0.563768
10
64QAM
138
20
20
7992
0.484058
11
64QAM
138
20
23
9912
0.600000
12
64QAM
138
20
25
11448
0.692754
13
64QAM
138
20
27
12576
0.760870
14
64QAM
138
20
28
14688
0.888406
15
64QAM
138
20
28
14688
0.888406
Note1:RefertoThroughtputCalculationExamplefordeterminingN_RB,MCS,TBSdetermination.
Note2:REs/PRBvariesdependingonCFIvalueasfollows.
CFI
REs/PRB
150
138
126
Note3:IusedthefollowingformulaexplainedinCodeRatesection.
v_CodingRate:=(int2float(p_TBSize+24))/(int2float(p_N_PRB*tsc_REs_Per_PRB*v_BitsPerSymbol))
CQIiscarriedbyPUCCHorPUSCHdependingonthesituationasfollows.
CarriedbyPUCCH:PeriodicCQI
CarriedbyPUSCH:AperiodicCQI.
RegardingCQIreportperiodandconfiguration,refertoCQI,PMI,RIReportingConfigurationpart.
<TwoImportantCQITable>
Wehavetwodifferenttablesasshownbelowdefinedin36.213.Nowthequestionisinwhichsituationthefirsttable
(Table7.2.31)isusedandinwhichsituationthesecondtable(Table7.21)isused).Overallstoryisdescribedin
36.213section7.2,Iwilljustreorganizethosestatementsinalittlebitdifferentstructure.
Thetableshownaboveisusedinfollowingsituation.Inthistable,4bitisusedtoindicateeachCQIvalue.
1)Fortransmissionmodes1,2,3and5,aswellastransmissionmodes8,9and10withoutPMI/RIreporting,
transmissionmode4withRI=1,andtransmissionmodes8,9and10withPMI/RIreportingandRI=1
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2)ForRI>1withtransmissionmode4,aswellastransmissionmodes8,9and10withPMI/RIreporting,
PUSCHbasedtriggeredreporting.Inthiscase,oneoutofthe4bitCQI(16differentvalue)isreportedforeach
Codeword(CW0andCW1).
FollowingisanothertablethatisusedforCQIreport,butthisisnottheabsolutevalue.Itisadifferentvaluefortwo
differentCQIvalue.Then..howthisdifferenceisdefined?Itisdefinedasfollows:
Codeword1offsetlevel=widebandCQIindexforcodeword0widebandCQIindexforcodeword1.
Thistableisusedinfollowingcase:
1)ForRI>1withtransmissionmode4,aswellastransmissionmodes8,9and10withPMI/RIreporting,
PUCCHbasedreportingincludesreportinga4bitwidebandCQIforcodeword0accordingtoTable7.2.31and
awidebandspatialdifferentialCQI
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