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Positioning Reference Signal (PRS)

Transmission of PRS reduces the available resource elements for DL traffic
Additional overhead due to PRS
Between less than 0.1% up to 2% depending on configuration
With default configuration
Additional overhead for FDD app. 0.6%
Additional overhead for TDD app. 1.6% (UL-DL frame configuration 1)
FDD - (PRS BW / SysBW)* #of DL frames/ repetition * PRS TTI repetition
Eg for FDD 20 MHz 100/100 * 1 * 1/160 = 0.625 %

Effect of the overhead reduction can be also obtained by extending the PRS repetition period (PRS
signals appears in longer time intervals). On the other hand, PRS signaling overhead can be
increased by increasing the number of the DL subframes that are used for PRS signals (it consumes
more resources in time domain within one PRS signal repetition).

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System overhead
It is recommended to assume 3 OFDM symbols per TTI for PDCCH to account for
maximized controlling region capacity. The cell-specific Reference Signal overhead
depends on the number of active antenna ports (it is two times higher for dimensioning
with transmit diversity at the cell-edge). These are the two most important factors
impacting dimensioning and capacity results. The rest of DL PHY channels and signals
can be neglected.
For uplink control channel (PUCCH), it is recommended to assume 1 PRB (1.4 MHz), 2 (3
and 5 MHz), 4 (10 MHz), 6 (15 MHz), 8 (20 MHz).
PRACH density (number of PRACH resources per radio frame) can be set to 1, which
means that one PRACH resource (consisting of 6 PRBs) is reserved per every radio
frame. It obviously depends on the subscriber profile (that is service usage, mobility,
etc.).

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