MEASURED PARAMETERS

Measured and analyzed parameters of LTE network were: PDSCH throughput, CQI index, RSSI
index, Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and Reference Signal Received Quality
(RSRQ).
The PDSCH is the main data bearing channel which is allocated to users on a dynamic and
opportunistic basis.
PDSCH is used to transfer application data. The throughput achieved by the PDSCH depends
upon the [4]:
number of resource elements allocated to the PDSCH;
modulation scheme applied to each resource element;
quantity of redundancy included by physical layer processing;
use of multiple antenna transmission schemes.[4]

The measurements and feedback that relate to the transmission settings are known as CQI.
Depending on that value (CQI index), the eNB takes the decision to assign a

particular MCS (modulation and coding scheme) for a particular UE. The
higher CQI index (ranging from 0 up to 15) the higher the modulation and
coding scheme and the higher the throughput. However it is up to the
implemented receiver algorithms in the UE, at which signal to noise plus
interference (SNIR) the good throughput can be achieved (the algorithms are
vendor dependent so the good SNIR may vary for various UEs).