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Reference Signal Received Power - RSRP

RSRP measures the average strength of the reference signal carried on resource elements. It is used for cell selection, reselection, and handover in LTE, similar to CPICH power in WCDMA. To calculate RSRP, the UE measures reference signals on resource elements and averages the measurements. For example, in a 20MHz bandwidth with 1200 subcarriers, the transmission power per subcarrier is 12.2dBm, and accounting for antenna gain and losses, the expected RSRP measured by the UE is -102.8dBm.

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Reference Signal Received Power - RSRP

RSRP measures the average strength of the reference signal carried on resource elements. It is used for cell selection, reselection, and handover in LTE, similar to CPICH power in WCDMA. To calculate RSRP, the UE measures reference signals on resource elements and averages the measurements. For example, in a 20MHz bandwidth with 1200 subcarriers, the transmission power per subcarrier is 12.2dBm, and accounting for antenna gain and losses, the expected RSRP measured by the UE is -102.8dBm.

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Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP)

Reference Signal Received Power or with abbreviated version RSRP is linear averaged signal strength of Reference
Signal. The Reference Signal is carried by Resource Elements (RE).
RSRP is used for cell selection, cell reselection and handover purposes in LTE. It is equivalent of CPICH Power in
WCDMA.

UE measures all the reference signals which are carried by resource elements and makes an average of
measurements to obtain an RSRP value.

In this example we will see theoretical calculation of RSRP:

Frequency Bandwidth: 20 MHz


Number of subcarriers: 1200 (there are 1200 subcarriers in 20 MHz)
RRU power: 20W = 20000mW (milliWatt)
Power in each subcarrier: 20000mW / 1200 = 16.66mW = 12.2dBm

So based on calculation, transmission power for each Resource Element is 12.2dBm

Antenna Gain: 16dBi


Feeder Loss: 3dB
Power from antenna: Power + Antenna Gain – Feeder Loss = 12.2 + 16 – 3 = 25.2dBm

Let’s imagine Path Loss as 128dB in the UE location, then:

UE Measured RSRP equals to: Power from antenna – Path Loss = 25.2 – 128 = -102.8dBm
SINR

“Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio” or SINR is a quality measurement type in wireless network. Unlike RSRQ, it is not
defined in 3GPP specifications but it is defined by user equipment vendors with some special calculation methods in chipsets.
The SINR is not reported to the network, in downlink direction it can be monitored by drive-test tools.

In uplink direction, some of vendors have functions to measure and record SINR values (currently Huawei can record it via trace
in eNodeB, Nokia has some statistical counters to show uplink SINR values).

Somehow SINR is used by the UEs for CQI calculation and report to the network through PUSCH or PUCCH channels. CQI is
“Channel Quality Indicator” and mainly used for resource allocation for UE by eNodeB.

Consequently there is strong relationship between measured SINR value and user throughput.

SINR = S / I + N

Or

SINR = power of usable signal / (power of interference + power of noise)

S: indicates the power of measured usable signals


I: indicates interference power of other measured signals
N: indicates background noise

If background noise is zero then SINR will be SIR, during zero interference the SINR will be SNR.
RSRQ

Reference Signal Received Quality or with abbreviated version RSRQ is quality of the received signal. Here the “received signal” is reference signal (RSRP). But, how do we see the RSRQ
value as negative in drive-test tools and why do we need RSRQ ?

RSRQ value might be used for some scenarios such as cell selection, cell reselection and handover. Regarding to the negative value of RSRQ, then let’s have a look following basic calculation:

In this example we will see theoretical calculation of RSRQ:

RSRQ = (N * RSRP) / RSSI

RSSI = Received Signal Strength Indication: total received power in the certain bandwidth including traffic channel power, control channel power, thermal noise and etc…
RSRP (Rx) = Reference Signal Received Power: average received power of reference signal which is carried on Resource Element (RE).
N: number of PRB in certain bandwidth (e.g. 100 PRB and 1200 subcarriers are exist in 20Mhz).

e.g.

Bandwidth: 20 MHz
PRB: 100
RRU Power: 20 W = 20000 mW (milliWatt)
Subcarriers: 1200
Power in each subcarrier: 20000mW / 1200 = 16.66mW (milliWatt)

Based on calculation, transmission power for each Resource Element is 16.66mW. Let’s assume that all RE powers are same like Rx Power (RSRP).

Then

RSRQ = (N * RSRP) / RSSI = (100 * 16.66) / (1200 * 16.66) = 1/12 = 0.083 mW

Conversion to dB

RSRQ = 0.083mWatt = 10*log(0.083) ≈ −10.8 dB

* In this calculation Antenna Gain, Feeder Loss, Path Loss was not taken into account, you can refer to RSRP tag for details.

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