DL Scheduling Block (SB) -> Bit calculation

(Normal CyclicPrefix)
dlCyclicPrefix = 15 KHz => 7 OFDM symbols Tx Diversity 2x2 MIMO
Resource Elements (RE) per Resource Block
(7 OFDM symbols x 12 SubCarriers) 84 168
RE per SB
2 x RB 168 336
RS RE (per RB) 8 16
RS RE (per SB) 16 32
Control Region Size (CRS) in OFDM symbols
nrOfSymbolsPdcch 1 2 3 1 2 3
RE per CRS
(OFDM*12 - 4 RS Tx)
(OFDM*12 - 8 RS MIMO) 8 20 32 16 40 64
Tot Num RE per SB available for PDSCH
(best case w/o SCH/BCH) 144 132 120 288 264 240
Bits per SB - QPSK (2) 288 264 240 576 528 480
Bits per SB - 16QAM (4) 576 528 480 1152 1056 960
Bits per SB - 64QAM (6) 864 792 720 1728 1584 1440
Max Theoretical L1 Thrpt (Mbps)
20 MHz => 100 RB (64 QAM) 86.4 79.2 72 172.8 158.4 144
15 MHz => 75 RB (64 QAM) 64.8 59.4 54 129.6 118.8 108
10 MHz => 50 RB (64 QAM) 43.2 39.6 36 86.4 79.2 72
5 MHz => 25 RB (64 QAM) 21.6 19.8 18 43.2 39.6 36

Tot Num RE per SB available for PDSCH

(worst case with SCH/BCH in SB)
SCH = 24, BCH = 4 x 12 - 4 per CW 76 64 52 152 128 104
Bits per SB - (QPSK) 152 128 104 304 256 208
Bits per SB - (16QAM) 304 256 208 608 512 416
Bits per SB - (64QAM) 456 384 312 912 768 624
In order to transmit with MIMO we should check the following:
eNB cell is configured with two working transmit antennas.
Check EUtranCellFDD::noOfUsedTxAntennas > 1
Rank 1: TxDiversity (transmission mode 2, tm2)
Rank 2: MIMO (Open Loop Spatial Multiplexing in L11A) (transmission mode
3, tm3)
If UE is sending with high CQI (in the range 10-15) and RI=2 but throughput is
still very low, then the next check should be assignable bits.
Assignable bits means the amount of data in the downlink buffer available for
the scheduler to schedule for this UE.
A classic symptom of low assignable bits is that the UE is scheduled with a high
MCS but a low number of PRBs.
The scheduler always attempts to send with the highest possible MCS and least
number of PRBs so that left-over PRBs could be assigned to another UE.
Another symptom is that the UE is not scheduled every TTI (and nothing else is
available to schedule).
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