64 QAM for HSDPA

Basic 64 QAM DL performance

Johann Lienhart
additional contributions by Sim Kwang-Hwi, Christof Farsakh, Sven Eder
20-12-2007 v1.0

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Content

• Introduction
• Link Level performance
• Simulation parameters and investigated configurations
• Simulation results for PF scheduler, Macro and Manhattan Grid
– Cell throughput
– User throughput
– User throughput CDF
– Probability of 64 QAM usage for Macro/Micro
• Limitations
• Proposed next steps and open issues
• Summary and Conclusions
• References and additional literature
• Appendix

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Introduction

• Higher-order-modulation promises to achieve higher peak data rates for

HSDPA in micro and pico cells in low-to-medium speed mobility
scenarios.

• The purpose of this task is to provide first basic performance results for
a HSDPA system that is capable of using 64 QAM transmissions.

• System level simulation results will be provided for FTP traffic,

Proportional Fair (PF) scheduler, sectorized Macro and Micro
Manhattan Grid deployment

• Detailed information about system setup, simulation assumptions and

simulation results will be given

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Overview - Link Level Performance and UE categories

• Proposals for CQI tables and TFC given in CPICH

(Power scaling)
Fading
channel +
Channel
estimation
TS25.214 for UEcat10 and UEcat14 are basis of model

Ioc
the investigation (see slide A2) identical channel
(same power delay
profile and fading)

• Link Level performance investigated for TFC

Ioc
Fading

given in TS25.214 HS-DSCH channel

model
+ LMMSE Despreading

UE categories according to 3GPP 25.306:

HS-DSCH Maximum Minimum Maximum number Total Peak Data Supported

category number of inter-TTI of bits of an HS- number of Rate modulations
HS-DSCH interval DSCH transport soft Mbit/s
codes block received channel bits
received within an HS-
DSCH TTI
Category 10 15 1 27952 172800 14 QPSK, 16QAM

Category 13 15 1 35280 259200 17.4 QPSK, 16QAM, UEcat 10 and UEcat 14

64QAM used for this
investigation
Category 14 15 1 42192 259200 21.1 QPSK, 16QAM,
64QAM

64 QAM capable UE categories

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Link Level Performance, BLER vs. SINR for the initial transmission

• selected TFC from

TS25.214 for 16 1
QAM and 64 QAM PEDA3km/h
are depicted 0.9
• ~ 6.5dB higher SINR
required for 0.8
10%BLER for TFC
with same CR and
same number of
0.7
Codes (~6dB according to
[1]) 0.6
BLER [-]

Remark:
– 64 QAM TFC with
high TBS showing
good match ( < 1db
difference) with other
sources [2],[3]
– 64QAM TFC with
lower TBS showing
large differences to
results from other
sources [2],[3] (~
+4dB difference),
probably caused by
implemented SINR
estimation algorithm
at LL, this has to be
further investigated,
see slide A1 in the
Appendix.
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0.5
0.4 16QAM-17548bit, 12Codes, CR 0.76
16QAM-22955bit, 15Codes, CR 0.8 ~6.5dB
16QAM-23792bit, 15Codes, CR 0.83
0.3
16QAM-24222bit, 15Codes, CR 0.84
16QAM-25558bit, 15Codes, CR 0.89
0.2 64QAM-15496bit, 10Codes, CR 0.54
64QAM-21768bit, 12Codes, CR 0.63
64QAM-26504bit, 13Codes, CR 0.71 10 % BLER
0.1 64QAM-32264bit, 14Codes, CR 0.8
64QAM-38576bit, 15Codes, CR 0.89
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
SINR [dB] required SINR for 10% BLER:
64QAM 32264bit: 18.8dB
64QAM 38576bit: 19.8dB
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Link Level Performance, achievable Throughput vs. SINR

• 16 QAM performs
better than 64 QAM 20 19.2 Mbit/s

19 16QAM-17548bit, 12Codes, CR 0.76 64 QAM TFC with

for TFC with 16QAM-22955bit, 15Codes, CR 0.8
comparable TBS 18 possibility to
16QAM-23792bit, 15Codes, CR 0.83 outperform 16QAM
• reasonable usage of 17 16QAM-24222bit, 15Codes, CR 0.84 16.1 Mbit/s
64 QAM only for 16 16QAM-25558bit, 15Codes, CR 0.89
TFC with achievable 64QAM-15496bit, 10Codes, CR 0.54
15
64QAM-21768bit, 12Codes, CR 0.63
Throughputs that 14 64QAM-26504bit, 13Codes, CR 0.71
cannot be reached 12.7 Mbit/s
Throughput [Mbps]

with 16QAM 13 64QAM-32264bit, 14Codes, CR 0.8

64QAM-38576bit, 15Codes, CR 0.89
12
• only two 64QAM
TFC used for 11
Systemlevel 10
Simulations 9
– 32264 bit, 14codes, 8
CR 0.8
– 38576 bit, 15 codes, 7
CR 0.89 6
– CQI 29 & CQI 30 for
UEcat14 from 5 calculated TP from
TS25.214 Link Level:
4 achievable TP=
• upper limit for maximum Throughput:
3 TBS*(1-BLER)/2ms
16QAM: 14.4 Mbit/s (CR 1)
64QAM: 21.6 Mbit/s (CR 1)
2
1 PEDA3km/h
• from 3GPP 25.306:
0
UEcat10 (16QAM): 14 Mbit/s (CR 0.97) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
UEcat14 (64QAM): 21.1 Mbit/s (CR 0.98) SINR [dB]
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CQI tables for System Level Simulation
• Link Level Performance is showing lower required SINR for 10%BLER for 16QAM compared to 64QAM with
same TBS
• TFC for 64QAM only used for CQI 29 and CQI 30 which are offering higher achievable throughputs compared
to investigated16QAM TFC
• UEcat10 CQI table used according to 3GPP 25.214 Remark: small modifications done to avoid padding
from RLC segmentation
• UEcat14 (64QAM capable) modified from 3GPP 25.214 according to Link Level performance
UEcat10 CQI Table according TS25.214
No. of HS- Coding
CQI Value TBS [bit] Modulation
PDSCH Rate
... ... ... ... ...
20 6101 5 16-QAM 0.64
21 6793 5 16-QAM 0.71
22 7168 5 16-QAM 0.75
23 9894 7 16-QAM 0.74 UEcat14 CQI Table used for System Level
24 11625 8 16-QAM 0.76
25 14671 10 16-QAM 0.76 No. of HS- Coding
CQI Value TBS [bit] Modulation
26 17548 12 16-QAM 0.76 PDSCH Rate
27 22955 15 16-QAM 0.80 ... ... ... ... ...
28 23792 15 16-QAM 0.83 20 6101 5 16-QAM 0.64
29 24222 15 16-QAM 0.84 21 6793 5 16-QAM 0.71
30 25558 15 16-QAM 0.89 22 7168 5 16-QAM 0.75
modification 23 9894 7 16-QAM 0.74
24 11625 8 16-QAM 0.76
UEcat14 CQI Table according to TS25.214 for UEcat14 25 14671 10 16-QAM 0.76
CQI Value TBS [bit]
No. of HS-
Modulation
Coding caused by 26 17548 12 16-QAM 0.76
PDSCH Rate 27 22955 15 16-QAM 0.80
...
20
...
6101
...
5
...
16-QAM
...
0.64
Link Level 28 23792 15 16-QAM 0.83
29 32264 14 64-QAM 0.80
21 6793 5 16-QAM 0.71 performance 30 38576 15 64-QAM 0.89
22 7168 5 16-QAM 0.75
23 9894 7 16-QAM 0.74
24 11625 8 16-QAM 0.76
Remark: probably it would be better
to use highest TFC (CQI 29 and
25 14671 10 16-QAM 0.76
30) instead of two lower TFC
26 15496 10 64-QAM 0.54 from UEcat10 table for UEcat14
27 21768 12 64-QAM 0.63 CQI table.
28 26504 13 64-QAM 0.71
29 32264 14 64-QAM 0.80
30 38576 15 64-QAM 0.89
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Main simulation parameter settings
User speed 3 km/h
Channel model PedA
Cellular Layout 19 sites x 3 cells each = 57 cells in total.
12 center cells used for statistics (refcells).
Site to site distance 1000 m
CPICH 2W
BCCH 2W
Max. nodeB power 20 W
UE category 10, according to 3GPP 25.214
14 (64QAM capable), derived from 3GPP 25.214

Traffic FTP (300kB file)

User generation A UE terminates its connection after
successful transmission of a 300kB file.
A new user is immediately replaced
anywhere within the cellular layout.
HARQ Chase combining
Packet scheduler Proportional Fair (PF)
Mobile receiver 1xLMMSE (Enhanced Type II Rx), Terminology SISO RxDiv
type Description Single antenna Single antenna
2xLMMSE (Enhanced Type III Rx) transmission and transmission and
reception receive diversity
Tx/Rx schemes SISO, RxDiv reception
Simulator MoRSE, fdd-3.1-svn-698-trunk Antenna 1x1 1x2
configuration
Simulation length 600s

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 64 QAM for HSDPA – Results for Macro 1/4
mean Cell throughput, PF scheduler, sectorized Macro ISD1000m, PEDA 3km/h

10000
mean Cell Throughput [kbps] @
UEcat10 SISO
9000 20 User per cell
UEcat10 RxDiv
UEcat14 SISO sectorized Macro, PEDA 3km/h
8000 UEcat14 RxDiv
mean Cell TP [kbps]

7000 RxDiv +0.3%

RxDiv 5535 5550
6000

+ receive diversity
5000
+37%
+37% +37%
4000
SISO
3000
• minor gain achieved by 64QAM (UEcat14) +0.6%
2000 SISO 4041 4066

1000
5 10 15 20 25 30 UEcat10 UEcat14
Users per Cell + 64 QAM

UEcat14 : QPSK+16QAM+64QAM

UEcat10 : QPSK+16QAM
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peak Cell throughput, PF scheduler, sectorized Macro ISD1000m, PEDA 3km/h

10000
RxDiv peak Cell Throughput [kbps] @
9000 20 User per cell
98th percentile Cell TP [kbps]

8000 sectorized Macro, PEDA 3km/h

7000 +5%
RxDiv 8044 8417
6000 SISO

+ receive diversity
5000 • even in the 98th percentile only a small gain
(~5%) achieved by UEcat14 (64 QAM) +32%
+26% +26%
4000
UEcat10 SISO
UEcat10 RxDiv
3000
UEcat14 SISO
+4%
UEcat14 RxDiv SISO 6382 6632
2000

1000
UEcat10 UEcat14
5 10 15 20 25 30 + 64 QAM
Users per Cell

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mean User throughput, PF scheduler, sectorized Macro ISD1000m, PEDA 3km/h

4000
UEcat10 SISO mean User Throughput [kbps]
3500 UEcat10 RxDiv @ 20 User per cell 1)
UEcat14 SISO
UEcat14 RxDiv sectorized Macro, PEDA 3km/h
3000
mean UE TP [kbps]

+12%
2500 RxDiv 448 501

+ receive diversity
2000
+33%
1500 +19% +23%

1000
+8%
500 SISO 377 407

0
UEcat10 UEcat14
5 10 15 20 25 30 + 64 QAM
Users per Cell
1) Remark: The User Throughput is very sensitive to the
number of Users per cell, in order to get the user
throughput for accurate 20 Users per Cell a linear
interpolation between one value closely below and one
value closely above 20 Users per cell was done.
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peak User throughput, PF scheduler, sectorized Macro ISD1000m, PEDA 3km/h

12000
peak User Throughput [kbps] @
UEcat10 SISO 20 User per cell
UEcat10 RxDiv
98th percentile UE TP [kbps]

10000 sectorized Macro, PEDA 3km/h

UEcat14 SISO
UEcat14 RxDiv
+38%
8000 RxDiv 1314 1809
• benefit from 64 QAM and RxDiv

+ receive diversity
reduces with higher number of
6000 users per Cell
+38%
• for users per cell < 8, UEcat10 with +0.3%
RxDiv outperforms UEcat14 with
+10%
4000 64QAM

+26%
2000 SISO 1310 1651

0 UEcat10 UEcat14
+ 64 QAM
5 10 15 20 25 30
Users per Cell

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Main simulation parameter settings
User speed 3 km/h
Channel model PedA
Cellular Layout Network of a total of 72 cells. Only the 6 centre cells
are used for statistics (reference cells): UMTS 30.03
Manhattan like urban model
Number of blocks 12 x 12
Blocksize 200 x 200m 2500
Streetwidth 30 m
P-CPICH 0.1 W
BCCH 0.1 W 2000

Max. nodeB power 1W

y position [m]
UE category 10, according to 3GPP 25.214 1500

14 (64QAM capable), derived from 3GPP 25.214

Traffic FTP (300kB file)
1000
User generation After successful transmission of a 300kB file, a user
terminates its connection and is immediately replaced
anywhere within the cellular layout by a new user.
500
HARQ Chase combining
Packet scheduler Proportional Fair (PF)
Mobile receiver 1xLMMSE (Enhanced Type II Rx), 0
type 2xLMMSE (Enhanced Type III Rx) 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
x position [m]
Configurations SISO, RxDiv

Simulator MoRSE, fdd-3.1-svn-698-trunk

Simulation length 600s

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mean Cell throughput, PF scheduler, Micro Manhattan Grid, PEDA 3km/h

12000
• slope of the curves changes with mean Cell Throughput [kbps]
higher number of users per cell for @ 20 User per cell
11000 UEcat14 and UEcat10, also see slide 19
Micro Manhatttan Grid, PEDA 3km/h
10000
mean Cell TP [kbps]

+11%
9000 RxDiv 9316 10350

+ receive diversity
8000
28%
7000 +16% +20%

6000
UEcat10 SISO
+7%
UEcat10 RxDiv
5000 SISO 8062 8610
UEcat14 SISO
UEcat14 RxDiv
4000
UEcat10 UEcat14
5 10 15 20 25 30 + 64 QAM
Users per Cell
UEcat14 : QPSK+16QAM+64QAM

UEcat10 : QPSK+16QAM
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peak Cell throughput, PF scheduler, Micro Manhattan Grid, PEDA 3km/h

18000
peak Cell Throughput [kbps]
@ 20 User per cell
16000
98th percentile Cell TP [kbps]

Micro Manhatttan Grid, PEDA 3km/h

14000
+30%
RxDiv 12078 15659
12000

+ receive diversity
10000 34%
• UE cat10 with RxDiv limited due to
+4% +12%
highest used 16QAM TFC with ~12 Mbit/s
8000
UEcat10 SISO
UEcat10 RxDiv
+20%
6000 SISO 11648 14030
UEcat14 SISO
UEcat14 RxDiv
4000
UEcat10 UEcat14
5 10 15 20 25 30 + 64 QAM
Users per Cell

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mean User throughput, PF scheduler, Micro Manhattan Grid, PEDA 3km/h

4000
mean User Throughput [kbps]
UEcat10 SISO
3500 @ 20 User per cell
UEcat10 RxDiv
UEcat14 SISO Micro Manhatttan Grid, PEDA 3km/h
3000 UEcat14 RxDiv
mean UE TP [kbps]

+28%
2500 RxDiv 785 1006

+ receive diversity
2000
+54%
1500 +20% +23%

1000
+25%
500 SISO 653 819

0
UEcat10 UEcat14
5 10 15 20 25 30 + 64 QAM
Users per Cell

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peak User throughput, PF scheduler, Micro Manhattan Grid, PEDA 3km/h

18000
UEcat10 SISO peak User Throughput [kbps]
16000 UEcat10 RxDiv @ 20 User per cell
98th percentile UE TP [kbps]

UEcat14 SISO
14000 Micro Manhatttan Grid, PEDA 3km/h
UEcat14 RxDiv

12000 +41%
RxDiv 3327 4689
10000 • similar perfermance of

+ receive diversity
UEcat 10 with RxDiv and
8000 UEcat14 SISO (64QAM)
+100%
+42% +51%
6000

4000
+32%
SISO 2349 3111
2000

0
UEcat10 UEcat14
5 10 15 20 25 30 + 64 QAM
Users per Cell

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User Throughput CDF, PF scheduler, Micro Manhattan Grid, PEDA 3km/h

maximum User Throughput:

UEcat10: ~12Mbit/s
PF User Throughput CDF
UEcat14: ~18.5Mbit/s
1.00 1.0

PF User Throughput CDF

0.9
1.0 1.0
0.8
0.95
0.9 0.9
0.7

0.8 0.8
0.6
64 QAM offers
64QAM + RxDiv: best performance for

CDF
0.7 0.7 0.90 benefit in peak 0.5
lower throughput values (benefit of
throughput
0.6 coherent combining from RxDiv) and 0.6 0.4
higher throughput values (RxDiv will
CDF

0.5 exploit higher 64QAM utilization). 0.5 0.3

UEcat10 SISO
0.85
UEcat14 SISO
0.4 0.4 0.2
UEcat10 RxDiv
no gain UEcat14 RxDiv
from 64 0.1
0.3 0.3
QAM, only UEcat10 SISO 0.80 0
0.2 RxDiv UEcat14 SISO 0.2 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000 20000
offers UEcat10 RxDiv
0.1 benefit UEcat14 RxDiv 0.1 User Throughput [kbps]

0 0
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000 20000

User Throughput [kbps]

UEcat14 : QPSK+16QAM+64QAM

UEcat10 : QPSK+16QAM
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Probability of 64 QAM usage, Macro vs. Micro

• Low Probability for 64 50 increase in number of users

QAM usage in Macro increases probability of 64
45 QAM usage, PF scheduler
– RxDiv brings can benefit from user diversity

Probability of 64 QAM usage [%]

benefit but cannot 40
increase
sufficiently SINR 35
to boost 64QAM 30
usage
• Better usage of 25
Macro SISO
64QAM in Micro 20 Macro RxDiv
Manhattan Grid due to change in slope of curve for
Micro (not for Macro), Micro SISO
better channel 15 probably caused by dual
slope Pathloss model for Micro RxDiv
conditions compared Micro Manhattan Grid – to be
to Macro 10 further investigated

50 5
45 SISO
RxDiv 38
40
0
64 QAM Usage [%]

35
28
30
25 15 User per Cell
5 10 15 20 25 30
20 (interpolated) Users per Cell
15
10 6
5 3
0
sectorized Macro Micro Manhattan Grid

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Limitations

• Implementation specific imperfections (EVM) in the BTS TX and UE RX are not

considered at Link Level and especially 64 QAM will suffer from these
imperfections [4]
• Synchronization channel (SCH) interference is not considered at Link Level [5]
• Advanced Link Adaptation and modifications in CQI table could bring better
performance
• Performance for 64QAM investigated for a user velocity of 3km/h, higher velocity
would cause performance degradation by worse channel estimation (Link Level
investigation necessary)
• FTP traffic scenario with 300kByte filesize was assumed. Better gains from
64QAM with larger filesize or even Full Buffer traffic are expected

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Proposed next steps and open issues

• High required SINR for 10%BLER for 64QAM TFC´s with lower TBS to be further
investigated. For 64 QAM TFC´s better performance already visible with
advanced SINR estimation at Link Level (see slide A-1). Generation of new Link
Level set containing QPSK,16QAM and 64QAM TFC´s with advanced SINR
estimation algorithm already in progress
• Setup of new CQI tables for System Level Simulation according to the new
generated Link Level files if necessary
• New System Level Simulation Campaign to verify influence of the new Link Level
files and changed CQI tables

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Summary and Conclusions

• Please note that there are open issues with the Link Level files used in this simulation series and therewith
gains achieved with 64QAM are probably a bit too low (see slide 5 and A1)

• Small Macro scenario (ISD1000m)

– channel conditions not favourable enough to earn large gains from 64QAM
(high required SINR)
– no significant gain in average cell throughput from 64 QAM
– 64 QAM improves peak data rates (SISO: +26% in peak User Throughput)
• Micro Cell scenario
– better gains compared to Macro scenario
– 64QAM increases average cell throughput (SISO: +7% in mean cell Throughput)
– 64QAM increases peak data rate (SISO: +32% in peak User Throughput)

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References and additional literature
[1] WCDMA for UMTS – HSPA Evolution and LTE, edited by Harri Holma and Antti Toskala, Wiley 2007,4th
Edition
[2] Uprise System Simulations with 64QAM, Ville Haikola, June 8th 2007
[3] 3GPP TSG-RAN WG1 Meeting #46, 64QAM for HSDPA - Link-Level Simulation Results, R1-062264,
Ericsson, August 2006

,
[4] 3GPP TSG-RAN WG4 (Radio) Meeting #43, UTRA RCDE requirement for 64QAM R4-070499, Kobe,
Japan, May 2007
[5] HSDPA Peak Data Rates with 16-QAM and 64-QAM, Requirements for BTS RF performance, v0.1, Jouni
Rytkönen, December 7th 2007
• 3GPP TSG-RAN WG1 Meeting #46: 64QAM for HSDPA - System-Level Simulation Results, R1-062265,
Ericsson, August 2006
• 3GPP TSG-RAN WG1 Meeting #46: Performance Study on 64-QAM for HSDPA, R1-061995, Motorola,
August 2006
• 3GPP TSG-RAN WG1 Meeting #46bis: Further Observations on 64-QAM for HSDPA Downlink, R1-
062470, Motorola, October 2006
• 3GPP TSG-RAN WG1 Meeting #47: 64QAM for HSDPA, R1-063335, Nokia, November 2006
• 3GPP TSG-RAN WG4 Meeting #42: Discussion on DL 64QAM UE Requirements, R4-070128, Nokia,
February 2007
• Tiri, Hanna-Liisa et al.: Advanced UE RX (64QAM) Study Report, Nokia internal report, Waleri project,
June 2007
• Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS): Selection procedures for the choice of radio
transmission technologies of the UMTS, (UMTS 30.03 version 3.2.0), TR 101 112 v3.2.0, April 1998

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A1 - New Link Level files for 64 QAM with advanced SINR estimation at LL
• LL results for 64 QAM
TCF´s with a new 1
enhanced SINR
estimation method (solid 0.9
line) are compared with
LL results used up to 0.8
now (broken line)
• new generated LL 0.7
files are showing a
good match with other
0.6 PEDA3km/h
sources [2] now
BLER [-]

• only small differences

0.5
in required SINR for small difference in SINR (at BLER
10% BLER for the two Working Point of 10%) for TFC
0.4 with highest TBS, only these
TFC´s with highest TBS
64QAM TFC´s have been used in
• System Simulation System Level Simulation ->
0.3 Results presented are a bit too
results presented up
pessimistic
to now are a bit too
pessimistic 0.2

• influence on usage of 10 % BLER

TFC for CQI table to be 0.1

discussed, when new

set of LL files 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
(including also TFC´s for these TFC´s new method of SINR SINR [dB]
for 16QAM) is available estimation performs much better, large
differences (up to 5dB) obtained compared
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A2 – original CQI tables from 3GPP TS25.214-v7.5.0

UE category 10 UE category 14
Reference Reference
Transport Number of HS- Transport Number of HS-
CQI value Modulation power CQI value Modulation power
Block Size PDSCH Block Size PDSCH
adjustment D adjustment D

0 N/A Out of range 0 N/A Out of range

0 1 137 1 QPSK 0
1 137 1 QPSK
0 2 173 1 QPSK 0
2 173 1 QPSK
0 3 233 1 QPSK 0
3 233 1 QPSK
0 4 317 1 QPSK 0
4 317 1 QPSK
0 5 377 1 QPSK 0
5 377 1 QPSK
0 6 461 1 QPSK 0
6 461 1 QPSK
7 650 2 QPSK 0 7 650 2 QPSK 0

8 792 2 QPSK 0 8 792 2 QPSK 0

9 931 2 QPSK 0 9 931 2 QPSK 0
10 1262 3 QPSK 0 10 1262 3 QPSK 0
11 1483 3 QPSK 0 11 1483 3 QPSK 0
12 1742 3 QPSK 0 12 1742 3 QPSK 0
13 2279 4 QPSK 0 13 2279 4 QPSK 0
14 2583 4 QPSK 0 14 2583 4 QPSK 0
15 3319 5 QPSK 0 15 3319 5 QPSK 0
16 3565 5 16-QAM 0 16 3565 5 16-QAM 0
17 4189 5 16-QAM 0 17 4189 5 16-QAM 0
18 4664 5 16-QAM 0 18 4664 5 16-QAM 0
19 5287 5 16-QAM 0 19 5287 5 16-QAM 0
20 5887 5 16-QAM 0 20 5887 5 16-QAM 0
21 6554 5 16-QAM 0 21 6554 5 16-QAM 0
22 7168 5 16-QAM 0 22 7168 5 16-QAM 0
23 9719 7 16-QAM 0 23 9719 7 16-QAM 0
24 11418 8 16-QAM 0 24 11418 8 16-QAM 0
25 14411 10 16-QAM 0 25 14411 10 16-QAM 0
26 17237 12 16-QAM 0 26 15761 10 64-QAM 0
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