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PDSCH ?
The throughput achieved by the PDSCH depends upon:
UEs experiencing good channel conditions are more likely to be allocated higher order
modulation
MIMO
Multiple antenna transmission schemes (MIMO) increase the
2×2 MIMO using antenna port 0 and 1 approximately doubles the peak
throughput whereas 4×4 MIMO using antenna ports 0,1,2 and 3 approximately
quadruples the peak throughput.
Cell specific reference signal overheads increase when using MIMO with
antenna ports 0,1,2 and 3 so the throughput are less than double and quadruple than
the single antenna case.
Shared Throughput
PDSCH is a shared channel so its throughput capability is shared between all users.
Users experiencing poor channel conditions reduce the overall total cell throughput .
Therefore as performance engineers and RF engineers you need to make sure users
the physical layer do not add any redundancy. ( This is not possible in practice ,
however
the table is provided as a reference from which you can have an understanding about
Table A: Non-Realistic Throughput Values ( Absolute Maximum FDD physical layer throughputs if all
Resource Elements were allocated to PDSCH) Courtesy : LTE in Bullets
Non-MIMO Throughput
For non-MIMO throughputs values shown in the table A above.
For normal cyclic prefix there are 14 OFDMA symbols during each 1 msec subframe
MIMO Throughput
The MIMO throughputs in the table above have been generated by multiplying
the throughputs have been double for 2×2 MIMO and quadrupled for 4×4 MIMO
Physical channels
The table below shows the maximum physical layer throughput with the overheads
removed.
The results are computed with a coding rate of 1. Which means the physical layer has
The table B above illustrates the significant impact of the number of OFDMA
symbolsallocated to PDCCH, PCFICH and PHICH.
These physical channels can be allocated
403 Mbps to 325 Mbps, 306 Mbps or 277 Mbps ( It all depends upon the number of
symbols allocated to PDCCH, PCFICH and PHICH )
This means the impact of overhead generated by physical channels and physicals
signals does affect the throughput and more overhead reduces the application
throughput.
As overheads do not transfer any application data.
Coding rate reflects the quantity of redundancy added by the physical layer.
Physical Layer coding rate as a function of channel condition and modulation scheme Courtesy :
LTE in Bullets
QPSK and a Low coding rate are associated with poor channel conditions.
Link adaption allocates larger transport block sizes as the channel conditions improve ,
Discussion on Picture
In the above picture of coding rate as a function of channel condition and modulation
scheme.
Modulation is switched from QPSK to 16 QAM once the channel conditions have
improved to allow coding rate to increase to 0.75
Switching the modulation scheme increases the capacity of the physical channel such
that the capacity of the physical channel so the
Link adaptation continues to allocate larger transport block sizes as channel conditions
improve.
The modulation scheme is switched from 16 QAM to 64 QAM once the channel
conditions have improved enough to allow the coding rate
continues to allocate larger transport block sizes and the coding rate approaches 1.
Paging Messages
RRC Signaling
The overhead generated by SIB, paging messages and RRC signaling depends
upon the quantity of traffic loading the cell but is likely to be relatively
This additional information reduces the capacity of PDSCH available for application
data.
Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request ( HARQ ) retransmissions from the MAC layer
Similarly TCP retransmissions reduce the throughput measured from above the TCP
layer.
Protocol Headers
Protocol stack headers also reduce the higher layer throughputs.
The MAC , RLC , PDCP and IP layers add headers to the application data.
The PDCP layer provides header compression for IP data streams so is able
The TCP and UDP layers also add their own headers when using TCP or UDP
applications
Conclusion:
In conclusion, the maximum throughput achieved on PDSCH is not a straight forward
computation.
It all depends upon the scenario and assumptions for which you are computing the
throughput available.
Also you read that based on the traffic in each Transmission Time Interval , the number
of OFDM symbols can vary.
in which you are computing the throughput and how much is the overhead in addition to
actual application throughput.
In case if you are familiar with a scenario, please share it in comments below.