Q:HOW COME RSCP BE GOOD WHEN EC/NO IS AT ITS WORST ?

WHATS THE CATCH IN RSCP AND

EC/NO RELATION?
A:Ec/No = RSCP/RSSI. If RSCP is good, but Ec/No is bad, this means that that RSS
I is much higher than RSCP.
RSSI is the total received power, so it includes "good" signal power as well a
s interference/noise power.
In short, it'd be the same as saying you have some one shouting very loudly (s
ignal power, RSCP), but you can understand
very little (quality, Ec/No).
Q:Max HSDPA subscriber in a cell
A:15
Q:Max Data Rate HSDPA Calculation
A:V gautam says:
HSPA Data Rates Calculation
People often get lost while calculating the data rates for HSDPA, HSUPA or HSPA+
Note: HSPA+ is better known as eHSPA or HSPAe where e stands for evolution or ev
olved
Most people are aware that the theoretical maximum for HSDPA is 14.4Mbps, so let
s see how we reach 14.4Mbps:
In UMTS, in each slot the maximum number of bits transmitted is 2560. The correc
t term to use is chips rather than bits. If you want to know where this 2560 com
es from or why chips then please refer 3GPP TS 25.211
There are 15 slots per 10ms frame so since the TTI for HSDPA is 2ms, there will
be 3 slots. So there will be a total of 7680 chips.
QPSK has 2 bits per symbol = 7680 * 2 chips for 2ms = 15360 chips/2ms = 15360 *
1000 /2 chips per second
Now the SF is fixed at 16
= (15360 * 1000) / (2 * 16)
= 480 Kbps
Terminal that uses 15 QPSK codes will get 480 * 15 = 7.2Mbps
On other hand 16 QAM will have 4 bits per symbol so the rate would be 7.2 * 2 =
14.4Mbps
Q:The difference between Soft handover & SOFTER handover?
A:Soft HO - HO between different node-B's & within the same carrier.SHO establis
h new connection before breaking the old ones. During SHO UE maintains radio lin
k connections with two or more Node-B's simultaneously.
Softer HO- HO between the cells in the same Node-B.During Softer HO,UE maintains
radio link connections with the cell belonging to the same Node-B
Q:Link Adaptation
A:In HSDPA link adaptation is performed by:

* Choice of modulation type -- the link can employ QPSK for noisy channels a
nd 16QAM for clearer channels. The former is more robust and can tolerate higher
levels of interference but has lower transmission bit rate. The latter has twic
e higher bit rate but is more prone to errors due to interference and noise henc
e it requires stronger FEC (forward error correction) coding which in turn means
more redundant bits and lower information bit rate;
* Choice of FEC code rate -- the FEC code used has a rate of 1/3, but it can
be varied effectively by bit puncturing and HARQ with incremental redundancy. W
hen the radio link conditions are good more bits are punctured and the informati
on bit rate is increased. In poor link conditions all redundant bits are transmi
tted and the information bit rate drops. In very bad link conditions retransmiss
ions occur due to HARQ which ensure correct reception of the sent information bu
t further slow down the bit rate.
Thus HSDPA adapts to achieve very high bit rates, of the order of 14 megabit/s,
on clear channels using 16-QAM and close to 1/1 coding rate. On noisy channels H
SDPA adapts to provide reliable communications using QPSK and 1/3 coding rate bu
t the information bit rate drops to about 2.4 megabit/s. This adaptation is perf
ormed up to 500 times per second.