Timeslot(2G)

Vs
Channel Element(3G/UMTS)
 2G Capacity -Timeslot
In 2G system, capacity of Sector is calculated by number of available TCH
timeslots. Below is typical configuration of sector having four TRXs.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
TRX
BCCH SDCCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH
1
SDCCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH
2
SDCCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH
3
SDCCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH
4

Full Rate Users: 27

Half Rate Users: 54

3G Capacity- Channel Element
In 3G system, capacity of Sector is calculated by number of available CE
(Channel Element) and Power. If the user is near to BS he will use less power
and will use 1 CE and if far the 2 CE’s. Utilization of CE is different for
different Traffic Classes.
Note:
1. The reason for “UL Credit Consumption = 2* UL CE Consumption” for the
same data rate and services is that 1.5 CEs is consumed by UL PS 32kbps but
only the INTEGAR value can be supported in RESOURCE STATUS INDICATION
over Iub. So in Implementation(Based on vendor), UL Credit is provided
through multiplying UL CE by 2.
2. For example in “a standard low capacity license of DL48/UL48”, these are Ces,
so the corresponding Credits is DL48/UL96.
3. The amount of credits consumed by the E-DPCCH equals one.
4. Certain credits are reserved for HSDPA RAB.