Input Parameters

Available Spectrum (MHz)

Number of carriers per sector
Softhandover Overhead %

5
1
30%

Total Downlink Tx Power (W)

Target Downlink Load % per cell
Control Load % per cell

20
80%
20%

Total 3G R99 Load % (Including Control

Channel)
30%

Input - Traffic Model

BH Average Voice erlang per
subscriber (erlangs)

0.22

BH Average Data volume per

subscriber (Mbytes)
Total Subscriber per cell

4.00
300

Eb/No [dB]

Speech 12.2
PS 64/64
PS 128/128
PS 384/384

Required EbNo
Thrpt (kbps)
12.20
64.00
128.00
384.00

Urban
6.80
4.40
4.30
4.20

3G Downlink Load % Estimation per Subscriber

Service Bearer
Voice 12.2kbps
PS 64kbps
PS 128kbps
PS 384kbps

kbps per link

12.2
64
128
384

Number of links
0.22
0.0213333333
0.0035555556
0.0035555556
Average DL thrpt
per user

HSDPA Cell Capacity Estimation

Type
Urban

Simultaneous codemultiplexed HSDPA

user number
HSDPA Load %
1
50%

Urban
Rural

2
1
2

50%
50%
50%

3G+HSDPA Shared Carrier - Site Capacity Estimation

Clutter Type
Urban
Urban
Rural
Rural

Number of Sectors
per site
3
2
3
2

Number of
Carriers/cells per
sector
1
1
1
1

Data
1

Activity factor
Orthogonality-Urban
Orthogonality-Rural
Other cell to own cell interference
HSDPA G-factor

Bearer

Traffic Thrpt (kbps)

Total Subscriber
Thrpt (kbps) per
cell

PS 64

1.3653333333

409.6

PS 128
PS 384
HSDPA

0.4551111111
1.3653333333
5.9164444444

136.5333333333
409.6
1774.9333333333

Required EbNo
Rural

Urban
0.87%
3.90%
7.63%
22.36%

7.10
4.70
4.60
4.50

Downlink Load % per link

Rural
0.70%
5.66%
11.06%
32.41%

Rural
Throughput(kbps)
2.684
1.3653333333
0.4551111111
1.3653333333

DL load per service

0.25%
0.11%
0.04%
0.10%

DL load per link

0.91%
7.35%
14.37%
42.13%

5.8697777778

0.49%

Average DL load
% per user

Average SINR per user

19.8947368421

Average HSDPA
thrpt per user
(Mbps)
2.6327116343

HS-SCCH Control Load %

8%

10%
8%
10%

9.4736842105
11.6307692308
5.5384615385

Target Total DL Load %

Total Number of Cells per site per cell
3
80%
2
80%
3
80%
2
80%

0.9430750693
1.2232963077
0.5253615385

Control Load %
per cell
20%
20%
20%
20%

Input
Calculated
Output

per link
Highway
0.73%
5.66%
11.06%
32.41%

DL load per
service
0.20%
0.16%
0.05%
0.15%
0.56%

Total HSDPA
thrpt (Mbps)
2.6327116343

1.8861501385
1.2232963077
1.0507230769

3G R99 Load %
(Including
Total HSDPA Average Number of
Control
Throughput Subscriber
Channel)
HSDPA Load % (Mbps)
supported per cell
30%
50%
5.6584504155 20.223323601
30%
50%
3.772300277 20.223323601
30%
50%
3.1521692308 17.9237628173
30%
50%
2.1014461538 17.9237628173

Average Number
of Subscriber
supported per
Site
60.669970803
40.446647202
53.771288452
35.8475256346

Total 3G
throughput
(Mbps)
0.356119246
0.237412831
0.315625514
0.210417009

Total Site
Throughput
(Mbps)
6.014569662
4.009713108
3.467794745
2.311863163

Total Cell
Throughput
(Mbps)
2.004856554
2.004856554
1.1559315816
1.1559315816