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UE eNB

Transmission

Data transmission of b bits

 Populated OFDM or Channel
resource grid SC-FDMA
modulation
Transmitter
Receiver
Estimation OFDM or
error Channel Received SC-FDMA
calculation estimation resource grid demodulation
Start a channel realization Cross-subframe window size Characterization of the relation
Modulation technique between and (17)

Get pilot estimates Curve fitting from 3GPP

link-level simulation results
Average pilot
estimates
estimation
using (15)
MSE calculation
using (7)
List of the required packets to Iterative
No perform RRC Resume procedure
End? calculation of
+1 using (16)
Yes Extraction of the
Average stored MSEs packet information STEP 1

Downlink Uplink
Direction

Link adaptation sweeping Link adaptation using

and comparing all the algorithm of [6]
possible configurations MCL

Store packet information

Yes More No
i = i+1 packets? End step 2
STEP 2