Link Budget for LTE & LTEA

(Downlink)

Link Budget equation

Prx = Ptx + Gtx + Grx PL FM
REFSENS = KTB + NF + SINR + IM
3 (dBm)
Prx >= REFSENS
Throughput(SNR)

IM = Implementation Loss

Consideration

Max Tx Power (BS)

Propagation Models
Antenna Pattern & Gain (Rx & Tx antenna)
Channel Bandwidth
Modulation & Coding Schemes
Receiver Sensitivity
Noise Power
SNR

MIMO
Others
Margins (Shadowing, Interference)
Noise Figure (9dB)

Max Tx Power
Parameter
Maximum BS power
Maximum power per DL
traffic channel
Noise Figure

Value
43dBm for 1.25, 2.5 and 5MHz carrier
46dBm for 10, 15 and 20MHz carrier
32dBm

Note
[4]

5dB

[4]

Table 4.6: E-UTRA FDD and E-UTRA TDD reference base station parameters

Parameter

Value

Note

Maximum UE power

24dBm

[6]

Minimum UE power

-30dBm

[3]

Noise Figure*

9dB

[4]

Table 4.8: E-UTRA FDD and E-UTRA TDD reference UE parameters

[Ref: 3GPP TR 36.942 V10.2.0 (201012)]

Max Tx Power

[3] Guidelines for evaluation of radio interface technologies for IMT -ITU

Propagation Models

Rural Macro, Suburban Macro, Urban Macro & Micro, Indoor

Hotspot
LOS & NLOS for all above
Frequency = 2.6 GHz
hBS = 25m/30m??
Shadowing distribution??

[3] Guidelines for evaluation of radio interface technologies for IMT -ITU
(ITE-R M.2135-1)

Antenna

A min 12
, Am
3dB

where 180 180

3dB is the 3dB beam width which corresponds to 65 degrees, and Am 20dB is the maximum attenuation
Rural
Area

Gain - dB

-5

Urban Area

900 MHz

2000 MHz

900 MHz

BS antenna gain
(dBi) (including
feeder loss)

15

15

12

BS antenna height
(m)

45

30

30

-10

-15

-20

-25
-180 -150 -120 -90

-60

-30

30

60

Horizontal Angle - Degrees

90

120 150 180

15 - 18 dBi ?

For UE antennas, a omni-directional radiation pattern with antenna gain

0dBi is assumed
[Ref: 3GPP TR 36.942]

Channel Bandwidth

BS channel aggregation??
Channel Aggregation (40,60, 80, 100???)

Modulation and Coding Schemes (MCS)

[2] 3GPP TS

Throughput Calculation

Figure A.4 Throughput of a set of Coding and Modulation Combinations, AWGN channels assumed

[1] 3GPP TR 36.942

Throughput Calculation

[1] 3GPP TR 36.942

Throughput Calculation

Figure A.1 Throughput vs SNR for Baseline E-UTRA Coexistence Studies

[1] 3GPP TR 36.942

Throughput calculation (Table)

I TBS
0
1
2
3
4
5

26

N PRB
1

10

16
24
32
40
56
72

712

32
56
72
104
120
144

1480

56
88
144
176
208
224

2216

88
144
176
208
256
328

2984

120
176
208
256
328
424

3752

152
208
256
328
408
504

4392

176
224
296
392
488
600

5160

208
256
328
440
552
680

5992

224
328
376
504
632
776

6712

256
344
424
568
696
872

7480

Table 7.1.7.2.1-1: Transport block size table (dimension 27110)

TBS table and Layer 2, 3 & 4 mapping

TBS_L1
1544
1608
1672
1736
1800

TBS_L2
3112
3240
3368
3496
3624

TBS_L1
3752
3880
4008
4136
4264

TBS_L2
7480
7736
7992
8248
8504

TBS_L1
10296
10680
11064
11448
11832

TBS_L2
20616
21384
22152
22920
23688

TBS_L1
28336
29296
30576
31704
32856

TBS_L2
57336
59256
61664
63776
66592

Table 7.1.7.2.2-1: One-layer to two-layer TBS translation table

Link Layer Throughput?

[2] 3GPP TS

Throughput Calculation
Using Equation
No as accurate

Using Table
No SNR value provided

Possible solution
Combine table with equation

Other method?
Nokia Siemens Networks
[LTE Link Budget]

Calculate Receiver
Sensitivity

REFSENS = KTB + NF + SINR + IM 3 (dBm)

[6] LTE The UMTS Long Term Evolution From Theory to Practice

Example Link Budget Table

Excel sheet

Throughput vs. Distance

(Plot)
to be included

Channel Aggregation (LTE-A)

Max transmit power?
Throughput due to Channel Aggregation
Multiply by a factor?

SNR required due to channel aggregation

Adding thermal noise only?

MIMO
SNR required if 2x2, 3x3 & 4x4
etc??

Coverage calculation(CDF
generation)
How to calculate it?
Area throughput CDF
User throughput CDF

References
[1] 3GPP TR 36.942, 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical
Specification Group Radio Access Network; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio
Access (E-UTRA); Radio Frequency (RF) system scenarios, V10.2.0 (2010-12).
[2] 3GPP TS 36.213, 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical
Specification Group Radio Access Network; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio
Access (E-UTRA); Physical layer procedures (Release 10), V10.5.0 (2012-03).
[3] Guidelines for evaluation of radio interface technologies for IMT-Advanced,
ITU-R, 2009
[4] Harri Holma and Antti Toskala, LTE for UMTS OFDMA and SC-FDMA Based
Radio Access, WILEY, 2009.
[5] Stefamoa Sesoa, Issam Toufik, Matthew Baker, LTE The UMTS Long Term
Evolution From Theory to Practice, WILEY, 2009
[6] Erik Dahlman, Stefan parkvall, Hohan Skold, LTE/LTE-Advanced for Mobile
Broadband, Elsevier 2011.
[7] LTE Link Budget, Nokia Siemens Networks