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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Channel quality indicator (CQI)

FAST FACTS:

CQI is used in HSDPA as a measure of the downlink channel quality as perceived by the terminal which transmits the CQI values regularly to the nodeB which uses this information for scheduling of further downlink data transmissions.

·         Based on SIR-measurements on the Common Pilot Indicator Channel (CPICH) 

·         An increase of one step in the CQI value represents an increase of SIR of the CPICH by one db

·         Each 5 bit CQI value is directly mapped to a transport block size (TBS), number of channelization code and modulation degree. Depending on the capabilities of the receiver, these values may differ between receivers for each CQI value.

·         The nodeB uses these mapped values as an input to the scheduling algorithm.

·         The scheduling algorithm for most implementations also considers other parameters such as buffer status and priority levels.

·         The CQI values range between 0(worst) and 30(highest).

·         CQI values and their respective mappings to TBS, number of channelization codes and modulation degree for each HSDPA category can be found in 3GPP specs

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