LTE RF MEASUREMENT:

1. RSRP

2. RSSI

3. RSRQ

4.SINR

Field measurement parameters:

3GPP is define following measurement:

 RSRP(Reference Signal Received Power)

 RSRQ(Reference Signal Received Quality)

Q.SINR Vs RSSI Vs RSRP Vs RSRP and RSRQ.

Scanners and terminal are typical measuring following RF Quantities:

 RSRP:RSRP is the received power of 1 RE (3GPP Definition) average of power levels

received across all reference signal symbols within the considered measurement
frequency bandwidth.
RSRP(dBm)=RSSI(dBm)-10*log(12*N)
 RSRQ
 RSSI(Received Signal Strength Indicator),Wideband channel power:
 RSSI is measured over the entire bandwidth.
RSSI=Wideband power=noise+serving cell power+interference power
RSSI=12*N*RSRP
Where N:Number of RBs across the RSSI is measured and depends on the BW
 P-SCH,S-SCH Power
 RS SINR,P-SCH/S-SCH SINR
 RSRP, 3GPP Definition
 RSRP is the average received power of single RS resource element.
 UE measurement the power of multiple resource element used to transfer the
reference signal but then takes an average of them rather than summing them.
 Reporting range -44…-140dBm
Definition :Reference signal received power(RSRP) is defined as the linear average
over the power contribution (in [W]) of the resource element that carry cell-specific
reference signals within the considered measurement frequency bandwidth.

RSRP(dBm)=RSSI(dBm)-10*log(12*N)

RSSI
 RSSI not Reported to eNodeB by UE
 Can be computed from RSRQ and RSRP that are Reported by UE.
 RSSI measures all power within the measurement bandwidth
 Measured over those OFDM symbols that contain RS
 Measurement bandwidth RRC signalled to UE.
 RSSI is measured over the entire bandwidth
RSSI=Wideband power=noise+serving cell power+interference
power
RSSI=12*N*RSRP

RSRQ
 RSRQ=N*RSRP/RSSI
 N is the number of resource blocks over which the RSSI is measured, typically
equal to system bandwidth.
 RSSI is pure wide band power measurement, including intracell power,
interference and noise.
 RSRQ reporting range -3…-19.5dB
Definition: Reference Signal received Quality(RSRQ) is Defined as the ration
NxRSRP/(E-UTRA Carrier RSSI) where N is the number of RB’s of the E-UTRA
carrier RSSI measurement bandwidth. The measurement in the numerator
and denominator shall be made over the same set of resource blocks.
 SINR
 SINR is the reference value used in the system simulation
 SINR can be defined
1.Wide band SINR
2.SINR for a specific Subcarriers (or for a specific resource element)

SINR=S/ (I+N)