RS power and relation parameter

Overview
• Reference Signal power value is very
important to LTE cell coverage, it determines
the downlink coverage of LTE cell. When we
do cell coverage planning and optimization,
which parameter can we tune to increase or
decrease the cell coverage? We will describe it
in this section.
 RSRP defined in the 3GPP 36.214
• Reference signal received power (RSRP), is defined as the linear
average over the power contributions (in [W]) of the resource
elements that carry cell-specific reference signals within the
considered measurement frequency bandwidth.
• For RSRP determination the cell-specific reference signals R0
according TS 36.211 [3] shall be used. If the UE can reliably detect
that R1 is available it may use R1 in addition to R0 to determine RSRP.
• The reference point for the RSRP shall be the antenna connector of
the UE.
• If receiver diversity is in use by the UE, the reported value shall not
be lower than the corresponding RSRP of any of the individual
diversity branches.
 Relation Parameter (1/4)
• Available Sector Power
– The value represents the sum of the power allocated for all the
activated LTE cells in this sector.
This value can be less than the sum of the
configuredOutputPower*partOfSectorPower(start from L13B), will
be limited by license, Radio HW capability .
• configuredOutputPower
– Requested maximum sector power. The value represents the sum
of the power for all antenna connectors used by the sector.
• partOfSectorPower
– Requested part of the total power in the SectorEquipment that
must be allocated for the sectorCarrier.
 Relation Parameter (2/4)
• The sector carrier maximum transmission power is
available via the read-only parameter
maximumTransmissionPower. This parameter shows
the maximum available power at the Antenna
Reference Point (ARP) for all downlink channels
used simultaneously . The reported power level
includes the downlink feeder attenuation defined
by the dlAttenuation parameter. The power level is
reported in dBm with a resolution of 0.1dB.
 Relation Parameter (3/4)
• crsGain
– Sets the DL power of the Cell specific Reference Signal (CRS)
relatively a reference level defined by the power of the PDSCH
type A resource elements. If crsGain is +3dB, the CRS power is
3dB higher than that of a PDSCH type A resource element.
• pdschTypeBGain
– Sets the DL power of the PDSCH type B resource elements
relatively the PDSCH type A resource elements. Values
pdschTypeBGain=(0,1,2,3) define the gains (5/4,1,3/4,1/2)
respectively, corresponding to the multi-antenna scenario
specified in 3GPP TS 36.213.
 Relation Parameter (4/4)
• dlChannelBandwidth
– The downlink channel bandwidth in the cell.
• noOfTxAntennas
– The number of antennas that can be used for downlink beamforming/MIMO
 RS Power Equation
• Equation 1:
– Available Sector Power = configuredOutputPower*partOfSectorPower
• Equation 2:
– Sector maximum transmission power= (Available Sector
Power/Number of RUs) – dlAttenuation
• Equation 3:
– Type A symbol Power = Sector maximum transmission power/ number
of type A symbol
– Type B symbol Power= Type A symbol Power + pdschtypeBgain
– RS power = Type A symbol Power + crsgain
– NOTE: CRSGAIN’s and dl attenuation unit is dB, we need translate it as
factor.
 Example
• Cell A dlchannelbandwidth = 10000,
• noofTXantenna = 2
• configuredOutputPower = 80000
• Partofsectorpower = 100
• Dlattenuation = 30
• CSRGAIN = 0
• PDSCHTYPEB = 0
 Example
• Equation 1 = 80000 * 100% = 80000 mW
• Equation 2 = (80000/2) /(10^(3/10))= 20000 mW
• Equation 3
– Type A symbol power = 10*log(20000/600)= 15.23 dBm
– RS power = 15.23 + 0 =15.23 dBm
– Type B symbol power = 15.23 + 10*lg(5/4) = 16.20 dBm
• Then we will see Reference Signal Power in the SIB2
information.
 CONCLUSION
• LTE power is share with all RE, if we increase RS
power, coverage will increase simultaneously,
but type B symbol PDSCH power will decrease
and throughput maybe degrade at the same
time. Another problem is uplink budget maybe
limited the service coverage although downlink
coverage is better after increase RS power.
• All of the problems need to be considered as
cell coverage plan and optimization.