Intra--site inter cells interference

Intra
analysis report

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Problem Description
• A,B,C is co-site cells with the same frequency.
• The test point is at cell center of cell C, RSRP is about -85dBm, but SINR is about only16 dB and
throughout is low far from peak throughput.
• When deactivating intra-site inter cells, SINR and throughout are recovered to normal value.

Two neighbor
A cells on
In the serving cell
without neighbor cells One neighbor
cell on

C
B One neighbor
cell on Two neighbor
In the serving cell
cells on
without neighbor cells

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SINR decreased from 30dB to 16dB
• From test site map, it is obvious that UE stays at the edge of two intra-site neighbor cells and
suffers the interference from the neighbor cell.
• But actually the another intra-site cell will interfere UE by antenna leaking. So the interference on
this UE comes from both the another two intra-site cells.
• The difference between the serving RSRP and the neighbor RSRP of cell A is 6dB.
• The difference between the serving RSRP and the neighbor RSRP of cell B is 2dB.
• When the neighbor cell A on, the SINR decreased greatly from 30dB to 22dB.
• When the neighbor cell B on, the SINR decreased greatly from 22dB to 16dB.

In the serving cell Two neighbor

without neighbor cells cells on (cell A&B)
One neighbor
cell on (cell A)

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Why the SINR decreases so much (1/2)
• When intra-site inter cells are 0% loaded, PCFICH and BCH of sector 1 will interfere RS of
sector 0. The RS of sector 0 and sector 1 is shifted for 1 subcarrier.

sector 0
sector 1

For sub-frame 0, there is BCH. The RSs are

interfered by PCFICH and BCH of neighbor
sector.

For subframe 1~9. The RSs are interfered

by PCFICH of neighbor sector.

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Why the SINR decreases so much (2/2)
• When neighbor cell is off, the average SINR is about 30dB. Then, when neighbor cell is on, the
average RS SINR vary according to the difference between serving cell RSRP and neighbor
cell RSRP.
• The following figure shows the theory curve of the RS SINR with different neighbor interference，
and it match the test result.

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How about the SINR for Data (PDSCH) (1/2)
• Just like RS SINR, RS of sector 1 will interfere DATA of sector 0.

For subframe 0, the DATAs are interfered by RS

of neighbor sector.

For subframe 5, the DATAs are interfered by RS

of neighbor sector .

For other subframe, the DATAs are interfered

by RS of neighbor sector .

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How about the SINR for Data (PDSCH) (2/2)
• When neighbor cell is off, the average SINR is about 30dB. Then, when neighbor cell is on, the
average SINR of DATA vary according to the difference between serving sector RSRP and
neighbor cell RSRP. And the DATA SINR decrease more because of the interference of
neighbor RS.
• The following figure shows the theory curve of the Data SINR with different neighbor
interference.

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The Test Result
• From theory, when the neighbor cell A on, the SINR decreased greatly from 27dB to 16dB,
throughout will lose about 40Mbps.
• From theory, when the neighbor cell A and B on, the SINR decreased greatly from 16dB to
10dB, throughout will lose about 20Mbps.
• When the neighbor cell A on, the DL throughput decreased greatly from peak
throughput(Category 3) to 56Mbps.
• When the neighbor cell A and B on, the DL throughput decreased from 56Mbps to 38Mbps.

In the serving cell One neighbor

without neighbor cells cell on (cell A)
Two neighbor
cells on (cell A&B)

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