Modulation in LTE

The 3G LTE uses 3 Quadrature Amplitude Modulations (QAMs) depending on the radio quality. QAM uses both the amplitude and the phase. LTE devices use QPSK, 16QAM and 64QAM to…

List of LTE Equipment Related Parameters

LTE parameters Equipment related parameters include the base station, antenna, and terminal. The link budget parameters vary with the base stations, antennas, and terminals of different vendors. These parameters affect the…

What and How Cell Edge Rate in LTE

Cell Edge Rate in LTE is simple if it’s High then Coverage Low and if It’s Low then Coverage high similar to Frequency selection. Not clear lets understand in detail….

Non-contention vs Contention Access procedure in LTE

Random access procedure is performed for the following five events: • Initial access from RRC_IDLE; • RRC Connection Re-establishment procedure; • Handover; • DL data arrival during RRC_CONNECTED requiring random…

Definition of LTE Interference Margin

Here I write Interference Margin in simple word and basic definition of interference margin in LTE. Let understands it. Interference margin accounts for the increase in the terminal noise level…

Why Operators require Spectrum Reframing in LTE

Here I write down one basic idea of Spectrum reframing in LTE and why operators require spectrum reframing for LTE. Operators worldwide are looking forward to new LTE technologies deployment…

Operating Frequency Band and RSRP for LTE

Choosing which frequency band to operate a LTE network is one of the most critical decision. Operator has to make when it comes to capacity planning. The frequency propagation and…

Fixed versus Mobile difference at RF Side

Mobile (Portable) and fixed link between the proportion of the budget, there are four major Differences. The first difference between the fixed link will have a higher budget is usually…