LTE Cell Planning

PCI Planning
Department: Learning-Service Staff Training RF Team
Author/ ID: yuanshaobang(Rayman)/00163462
Version: V1.0(20140324)
Contents

1.PCI concept

2.PSS and SSS Location

3.Rreference signals constrains

4.PCI planning principle

5.PCI planning example

 Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

Describe the procedure of

PCI planning

Plan the PCI in the live

network
 1. PCI concept
PCI: Physical Cell ID, is used to generate
scrambling code to identify different cells.
It is determined by reading PSS and SSS .
PCI = 3*SSS + PSS

Less
F1 Interference F1

PCI
specific
eNB scrambling eNB
PRB PRB
 2.PSS and SSS Location for FDD
Extended CP 0 1 2 3 4 5
PSS (Primary
Bandwidth Synchronization
Sequence)

Normal CP 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 72
62 Subcarriers
Subcarriers
Bandwidth

SSS (Secondary
Synchronization
Sequence)

Slots 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Radio Frame
Repeated in
slots 0 and 10
 2.PSS and SSS Location for TDD

Extended CP 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

Bandwidth

Normal CP 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Bandwidth

Slots 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Radio Frame
 3. Reference Signals Constrains, Single Antenna

PCI determines Reference Signal position in frequency domain.

It is advised to distribute PCIs in adjacent cells such that Reference
Signals does not occupy same subcarrier position.
Therefore cell can have up to 5 different neighbors without
interfering in frequency domain, i.e., Modulo6 problem.

Physical Cell ID = 0 Physical Cell ID = 8

RS position is R R

R R based on Physical
R R
Cell ID (Physical
R R
Cell ID mod 6) R R
eNB R R
eNB
R R

R R
 3. Reference Signals Constrains, 2x2 MIMO

However LTE is usually implemented in 2x2, where the

other antenna reference signals are positioned in
between first antenna, therefore Modulo6, becomes
Modulo3 problem.

x R x R R x R x

R x R x x R x R

x R x R R x R x

R x R x x R x R
Antenna Port 0 Antenna Port 1
 3. Reference Signals Constrains, 4x4 MIMO

R RS symbol for antenna port 0

R RS symbol for antenna port 1
R RS symbol for antenna port 2
R RS symbol for antenna port 3

x x R x x R R x x R x x x x x x R x x R x x x x

R x x R x x x x R x x R x R x x x x x x x x R x

x x R x x R R x x R x x x x x x R x x R x x x x

R x x R x x x x R x x R x R x x x x x x x x R x
Antenna Port 0 Antenna Port 1 Antenna Port 2 Antenna Port 3
4. PCI planning principle
PCI Conflict
Types

collision- confusion-
free free
 5. PCI planning Example
2
1
0

3 sectors site

4 sectors site 2 2

0
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