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Physical Cell ID (PCI)
Planning

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Objective
Reduce the possibility of Physical Cell Id conflicts
which is usually the case when PCIs are planned
without consideration for the propagation
environment.

Prevent cells with the same PCI from overlapping
Takes into consideration the neighbor cell relationship in the
assignment of PCIs
Provide a method for reserving codes for use with new LTE infill
sites, indoor system, etc
Forces the re-use of codes to be spread over distance
Forcers a uniform use of codes in the network
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Overview of Physical Cell IDs
The cell identity is a global cell ID that is used to identify the cell from an OAM
perspective.

The physical cell identity has a range of 0 to 503 (total of 504 PCIs) and it is
used to scramble the data to help the UE separate information from the
different cells.

The Physical Cell ID determines the primary and secondary sync signal
sequence.

Primary Synchronization Signal ID (PSS ID) is in the range from 0 to 2

Secondary Synchronization Signal ID (SSS ID) is in the range from 0 to 167.
This is what constitutes the physical layer cell identity groups.

Physical Cell ID = PSS ID + 3*SSS ID


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Allocated PCI Groups and
Reserved Codes
The following are the customized PCI groups and the set of
reserved codes in each of the groups:
Group 1: 0 - 125
Group 2: 126 - 251
Group 3: 252 - 377
Group 4: 378 503

The corresponding reserved codes for each group are as follows:
Group 1 Reserved Codes: 105 - 125
Group 2 Reserved Codes: 231 - 251
Group 3 Reserved Codes: 357 - 377
Group 4 Reserved Codes: 482 - 503
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Code Groups and Reserved Codes
per Group

Each group allow planning for 35 sites / 3 sectors.

21 reserved PCI per group are to be used only within the
geographic area where the specific code group is used.
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Illustrative Description of Group
based PCI Planning
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