L1800 SINR Clarification

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Cause 1: 4T4R SINR is worse than 2T2R

UE KPI L1800 4T4R L1800 2T2R Difference UE Stats Start Stop

Before DT Time 10:00PM 10:50PM
SINR 7.67 11.33 3.66 S4
S5 After DT Time 1:06AM 2:05AM
PRB(%) 64.53 68.97 4.44
SINR 7.7 14.57 6.87 Before DT Time 10:57PM 11:43PM
S4 S5
PRB 63.26 70.57 7.31 After DT Time 00:28AM 1:39AM

• Choose one L1800 Site, to verify the SINR

before and after change from 4T4R to 2T2R;
• The Average SINR of 4T4R is worse than
2T2R, it varies from 3dB to 7dB, impacted by
traffic load.

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Cause 1: Why 4T4R impact on SINR
• Average SINR: S / (N + I)
› S: The signal strength of RS RE
R0 R0

› N: The noise of equipment, which wouldn’t change with the

One antenna port

neighbor cell R0 R0

› I: The interference, which is introduced by neighbor cell. If R0 R0

the PCI is mod 3 different, the neighbor cell interference is R0 R0

l0 l6 l0 l6
changed with the PDSCH RE power of neighbor cell.
• With same power parameters, 4T4R
Resource element (k,l)

R0 R0 R1 R1

network’s RS RE power is same as 2T2R

Two antenna ports

R0 R0 R1 R1
Not used for transmission on this antenna port

network, while the PDSCH RE power R0 R0 R1 R1

Reference symbols on this antenna port

increased by 3dB. R0 R0 R1 R1
l0 l6 l0 l6 l0 l6 l0 l6
› RS RE position are different in 4 antennas, so the average
RS RE power is same as 2T2R network.
› PDSCH RE position are same in 4 antennas, so the R0 R0 R1 R1 R2 R3

Four antenna ports

average RE power of PDSCH would increased by 3dB. R0 R0 R1 R1 R2 R3

• 4T4R network would get CQI/MCS and R0 R0 R1 R1 R2 R3

throughput gain while the average RS SINR R0

l0
R0
l6 l0 l6 l0
R1
l6 l0
R1
l6 l0
R2
l6 l0 l6 l0 l6 l0
R3
l6

decreased even-numbered slots odd-numbered slots even-numbered slots odd-numbered slots even-numbered slots odd-numbered slots even-numbered slots odd-numbered slots

Antenna port 0 Antenna port 1 Antenna port 2 Antenna port 3

› The PDSCH SINR increased due to the power gain and

diversity gain etc.

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Huawei Lab Test Result (1)
One test service cell and one neighbor cell are configured in the test, two UEs at far point access in the two cells
and start traffic. Then observe the SINR and DL Throughput in the service cell.

--Case1: Test service cell and neighbor cell are configure 4T;
--Case2: Test service cell and neighbor cell are configure 2T;

The test result was shown as below, it is expectable that SINR in 4T cell is about 3dB less than SINR in 2T cell . And DL
Throughput in 4T cell is much more than that in 2T cell.

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Huawei Lab Test Result (2)
One test service cell and one neighbor cell are configured in the test, two UEs at midrange point access in the two cells
and start traffic. Then observe the SINR and DL Throughput in the service cell.

--Case1: Test service cell and neighbor cell are configure 4T;
--Case2: Test service cell and neighbor cell are configure 2T;

The test result was shown as below, it is expectable that SINR in 4T cell is about 3dB less than SINR in 2T cell . And DL Throughput in
4T cell is much more than that in 2T cell.

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 SINR L1800 L2100

Average 10.01 15.66

[20, 30) 4.98% 25.20%

[15, 20) 17.64% 33.82%

[10, 15) 30.28% 23.24%

[5, 10) 25.83% 11.24%

[0, 5) 13.93% 4.72%

[-20, 0) 7.25% 1.72%

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Cause 2: PA/PB Setting Impact SINR

PA/PB (-3, 1) (0, 0)

SINR 10.96dB 9.01dB
Throughput 27.75mbps 33.40mbps

* Test at Suvannabhumi Airport

@ Normal Load

PA/PB = (-3, 1), RS Power = 18.2dBm PA/PB = (0, 0), RS Power = 15.2dBm
PA/PB (-3, 1) (0, 0)
* Test at CA110 @ No Load
SINR 19.86dB 17.85dB

• No Load Case: PA/PB=(0,0 ) SINR is about 1.4dB lower than PA/PB=(-3,1);

• With Load Case: (SMP Airport): PA/PB=(0,0 ) SINR is about 1.95dB lower than PA/PB=(-
3,1), while PA/PB= (0,0) setting has gain on throughput about 20%.

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Cause 3: L1800 High Load

Traffic: L1800 is 2 times higher PRB: L1800 is ~60% higher

CQI: L1800 is better Tput: L1800 is ~50% higher

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Summary

L1800 SINR is worse due to the following reasons:

1. 4T4R;
2. PA/PA Setting;
3. High Load.
Even though the SINR is not good, the L1800 CQI, Throughput is much
better than L2100.

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