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What Is PCI? How To Calculate PCI in LTE? Total PCI Present in LTE?
What Is PCI? How To Calculate PCI in LTE? Total PCI Present in LTE?
PCI is the physical cell ID of a sectors on site or we can say pci is the name of a sector on a tower. LTE
networks provide a unique value for identifying eNb’s. The PCI value is generated from two signals –
PSS and SSS.
The PSS, Primary Synchronization Signal, has the value 0, 1, and 2.
The SSS, Secondary Synchronization Signal, can have a value between [0--167].
The PCI value is [(3x SSS)+(PSS)], resulting in a value between 0 and 503. Total 504 PCI values.
The PCI is also used to indicate the location of RS along the frequency axis.
Consider that the PCI=X will have the RS located at the first sub-carrier then the PCI=X+1 will move
the RS downwards by one sub-carrier and PCI=X+2 will move it down by another sub-carrier. The
point to note is that there are 2 RS per RB per antenna port in the 1st OFDM symbol. But there are
another 2 RS for the second antenna port on the same symbol. These 2 RS are zero-powered (also
known as DTX – discontinuous transmission) on the first antenna port. So, when the PCI is changed to
X+3, then the RS for antenna port0 moves to the same position as RS for antenna port1 of the PCI=X.
This means that for every PCI=X, any other PCI