UL Link budget for LTE

UE - eNodeB 0.00 4.0

UE transmitter characteristics
Number of PRBs 10 eNodeB noise figure
Uplink data rate 1.30 Mbits/s
Required SINR
UE TX power 23.00 dBm
UE antenna gain 8.00 dBi Rx antenna gain
EIRP 31.00 dBm
eNodeB antenna cable loss
TX power per PRB 21.00 dBm
eNodeB receiver characteristics Shadowing margin
eNodeB noise figure 2.00 dB
Thermal noise per PRB -121.42 dBm Interference margin
Receiver noise floor -119.42 dBm Indoor penetration loss
(*) Required SINR 3.49 dB
Receiver sensitivity per PRB -115.93 dBm Parameter
Rx antenna gain 18.00 dBi
eNodeB antenna cable loss 2.00 dB 140.00
Shadowing margin 7.00 dB
Interference margin 2.00 dB 120.00
Indoor penetration loss 0.00 dB
Allowed propagation loss 153.93 dB 100.00
Boltzmann constant 1.381E-23

Uplink range [km]

Note: For 10MHz bandwidth 50 physical resource blocks available, each 180kHz. 80.00
If bandwidth is extended to 20MHz, then 100 PRBs are available
Range (Okumura-Hata path loss model) 60.00
Carrier frequency 800 MHz
40.00
BS antenna height 35 m
MS antenna height 7m 20.00
MS antenna gain function (large city) 6.766786
MS antenna gain function (small city) 13.72497 0.00
MS antenna gain function (suburban) 23.36445 Urban city Sma
MS antenna gain function (rural) 41.78394
Path loss exponent 34.78635
Path loss constant (large city) 116.6089 dB
Path loss constant (small city) 109.6508 dB
Path loss constant (suburban area) 100.0113 dB
Path loss constant (rural area) 81.59179 dB
Uplink range
Urban city 11.83 km
Small city 18.74 km
Suburban 35.48 km
Rural 120.07 km

Reference case: 1 TX antenna in UE, 2 RX antennas in eNodeB (LTE Rel.8)

(*) Calculation for required SINR
1x2 SIMO
A 0.62
B 1.80
PRB bandwidth 0.18 MHz
Rate per PRB 0.13 Mbit/s
Required spectral efficiency 0.72 bit/s/Hz
SINR (linear) 2.24
SINR 3.49 dB
Note: Maximum spectral efficiency for 1x2 antenna configuration is 4.1bit/s/Hz
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NodeB noise figure

Required SINR

Rx antenna gain

ntenna cable loss

hadowing margin

nterference margin

r penetration loss

Parameter value in dB

40.00

20.00

00.00

80.00

60.00

40.00

20.00

0.00
Urban city Small city Suburban Rural