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ThispageLTERSRPvsRSRQdescribesdifferencebetweenRSRP

UMTS | LTE | WLAN |

andRSRQusedinLTE.ItexplainsbasicsofRSRPandRSRQand

802.11ac | IoT |

mentionsusefuldifferencebetweenterms.

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RSRPistheshortformofReferenceSignalReceivedPoweranditis

Waveguide

equivalenttoUMTSCPICHReceivedSignalCodePower(RSCP).
RSRQistheshortformofReferenceSignalReceivedQualityanditis
equivalenttoUMTSCPICHEc/Io.BothLTERSRPandLTERSRQ
parametersareusedforcellselection,cellreselectionandhandover.
RSRPisalsousedtoestimatethepathlossforpowercontrol
calculations.

LTERSRP
Itistheaveragepowerreceivedfromasinglereferencesignalresource
element.LTERSRPiscalculatedforusefulpartofOFDMAsymboland
willnotconsidercyclicprefix.Theaverageistakeninlinearunits.
AntennaconnectorofUEisconsideredasreferencepoint.Eitheroneor
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bothantennascanbeusedfortransmissionofreferencesignal.Thisis
consideredforRSRPmeasurement.
SIB3informstheUEofthemaximummeasurementBWusedduring
intrafrequencycellreselection.ItalsoinformsUEwhethersecond
antennaneedtobeusedforRSRPmeasurementornot.SIB5also
providesthesimilarinformationtotheLTEUE.
RSRPmeasurementsaremappedtotheintegernumbersvaluerange
from0to97beforetheyareincludedintheRRCmessages.Thesame
mappingismentionedinthetablebelow.

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Xiaomi
Power
Bank

ReportedRSRPintegervalue

ActualRSRPindBm

RSRP<140

140<=RSRP<139

139<=RSRP<138

138<=RSRP<137

137<=RSRP<136

136<=RSRP<135

135<=RSRP<134

134<=RSRP<133

n139<=RSRP<n140

BACnet|Ethernet|

TETRA|Underwater

87

54<=RSRP<53

88

53<=RSRP<52

measurements|VSAT|

89

52<=RSRP<51

Diode|SS7|Networking|

90

51<=RSRP<50

91

50<=RSRP<49

92

49<=RSRP<48

93

48<=RSRP<47

94

47<=RSRP<46

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95

46<=RSRP<45

96

45<=RSRP<44

97

44<=RSRP

AbsoluteMeasurementAccuracy(intrafrequencyRSRPmeasurement)
=Between+/6and+/8dB.

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Relativeaccuracy(betweentwointrafrequencypoints)=between+/2

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AbsoluteMeasurementAccuracy(interfrequencyRSRPmeasurement)

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frequencypoints)=+/6dB

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LTERSRQ
TheequationforLTERSRQisdefinedbelow:

RSRQ=RSRP/(RSSI/N)

WhereNisnumberofresourceblocksoverwhichRSSIismeasured.
RSSIiscalculatedasalinearaverageofthetotalpowermeasured
acrossOFDMAsymbolswhichcontainreferencesymbolstransmitted
fromfirstantennaport,e.g.symbols0and4whenMIMOisnotused.
RSRQalsotakesantennaconnectorofUEasreferencepoint.RSRQ
mappingfromdBmtointegernumberiscarriedoutfirstbeforeincluding
themwithinRRCmessages.LTERSRQmappingintointegernumber
valuefrom0to34ismentionedinthetablebelow.
ReportedRSRQintegervalue

ActualRSRQindBm

RSRQ<19.5

19.5<=RSRQ<19

19<=RSRQ<18.5

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18.5<=RSRQ<18

18<=RSRQ<17.5

17.5<=RSRQ<17

17<=RSRQ<16.5

16.5<=RSRQ<16

16<=RSRQ<15.5

15.5<=RSRQ<15

10

15<=RSRQ<14.5

11

14.5<=RSRQ<14

12

14<=RSRQ<13.5

13

13.5<=RSRQ<13

14

13<=RSRQ<12.5

15

12.5<=RSRQ<12

16

12<=RSRQ<11.5

17

11.5<=RSRQ<11

18

11<=RSRQ<10.5

19

10.5<=RSRQ<10

20

10<=RSRQ<9.5

21

9.5<=RSRQ<9

22

9<=RSRQ<8.5

23

8.5<=RSRQ<8

24

8<=RSRQ<7.5

25

7.5<=RSRQ<7

26

7<=RSRQ<6.5

27

6.5<=RSRQ<6

28

6<=RSRQ<5.5

29

5.5<=RSRQ<5

30

5<=RSRQ<4.5

31

4.5<=RSRQ<4

32
4<=RSRQ<3.5
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32

4<=RSRQ<3.5

33

3.5<=RSRQ<3

34

3<=RSRQ

Themax.RSRQisbasedonassumptionthatReferencesignalresource
elementsareoccupied(i.e.notraffic).Thereare2RSREsperOFDMA
symbol.
HenceRSRQ=RSRP/(RSSI/N)=RSRP/(2xRSRPxN/N)=0.5=3dB
AbsoluteaccuracyforintrafrequencyRSRQ=between+/2.5and
+/3.5dB
Arelativeaccuracyisnotspecifiedforintrafrequencycase.
AbsoluteaccuracyforinterfrequencyRSRQ=between+/2.5and
+/3.5dB
Arelativeaccuracy(betweenintraandinterfrequency)=+/3dBand
+/4dB.

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