RSSI

➢It is the total power UE observes across the whole band. This includes main
single & co-channel Non Serving cell, adjacent channel interference and even the
thermal noise within specified band.
➢It provides information about total received wideband power including all
interference and thermal noise
➢It calculated as linear average of total power measured across OFDMA symbols
which contains Reference Symbols for Antenna Port in the measured Band Width
over “N” resource blocks.
➢It includes Power from:
- Co-channel Serving Cells {cells using same set of channels}
- Non Serving cells {Neighboring cells}
- Adjacent Channel Interference
- Thermal Noise
 Formulation of the RSSI
RSSI = Noise + Serving cell power + interference power
*RSSI = Stot + Itot + Ntot
Where Stot = x*N*RSRP ;
Where N= no. of RBs & x = [RE/RB]
->The RSSI in absence of Noise & Interference will be:
RSSI = x* N* RSRP.
->The RSSI in terms of RSRP & RSRQ is:
RSSI = N* [RSRP/RSRQ]
 RSRP
➢RSRP is the average of Reference Signal Power across Specified Band Width in
the no. of Resource Elements.
➢It is also defined as linear average of the power contributions of the REs that
carry Cell-Specific Reference Signals within considered measurement frequency
Bandwidth.
➢RSRP is calculated for useful part of OFDMA symbol and not considering cyclic
prefix. Antenna Connector of the UE is considered as Reference Point.
➢RSRP measurements are mapped to integer values ranging from 0-97 before
including in the RRC messages.
➢While measuring RSRP , UE measures the power of multiple Resource Elements
used to transfer the Reference Signal and then takes an average of them. [ “1”
OFDMA symbol carries “2” REs carrying Reference Signal ]. Reference Signals are
positioned in OFDMA symbols ‘0’ & ‘4’ in time domain.
➢Usages of RSRP.
1) Cell Selection
2) Cell Reselection
3) Handover
4) Estimating path loss for power calculations 5) Mobility measurements.
 RSRP In terms of RSSI
RSRP(dBm) = RSSI(dBm) – 10 log (12*N)
Where N = no. of Resource Blocks
 RSRQ
➢It is a better metric to get details about channel quality and whole Band Width.
➢It indicates the quality of Received Reference Signal.
➢It provides additional information when RSRP is not sufficient to make a reliable
handover or cell reselection decision {RSRP & RSRQ both are used in handover
procedure}. But both must be measured over the same Bandwidth.
➢Reporting range of RSRQ ranges from -3dB to -19.5dB which is mapped onto
integer values ranging 0 to 34.
➢The reference point for RSRQ measurement is also the Antenna connector of UE.
➢RSRQ depends upon the Serving cell power and the no. of Transmitting
Antennas.
RSRQ is used for:
1) Cell Selection
2) Cell Reselection
3) Handover
4) Mobility measurements.
 RSRQ in terms of RSRP & RSSI
RSRQ = {N*[RSRP/RSSI]} OR RSRQ = {
[RSRP]/[RSSI/N] }
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