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In the first topic, 5G NR: What makes 5G better than LTE, I discussed about the major enhancements that 5G exhibits over the current LTE technology. This article will describe the changes along with their purposes for each of the Read More
Recently, 3GPP has shared the Non-StandAlone 5G New Radio (NR) details in Rel15. Naturally, everyone wants to know what changes and enhancements it holds to achieve the high throughput and low latency targets. So, I thought that I would write Read More
Since I got a lot of requests to explain the LTE paging mechanism and paging capacity, so I decided to write a couple of short articles on these topics. Paging is a mechanism to initiate services for UEs that are Read More
I explained the gains of optimizing the PDCCH (control part) of the LTE subframe in my previous article. Let’s have a look at the data part (PDSCH) and find out various ways to improve it’s efficiency. The spectral efficiency is Read More
One of the most important KPI is the LTE Call Drop Rate. Every network is striving to improve this KPI and it has become more important in LTE since the introduction of VoLTE. In simple words, a call drop in Read More
There are many ways to optimize LTE throughput and I will try to cover all of them. The LTE throughput optimization procedure described in this article requires PDCCH enhancements. The general idea is that the LTE subframe is made up Read More
The second major KPI for LTE is the LTE ERAB Success Rate which is also part of the accessibility. After the UE has completed the RRC Connection which has been explained in my previous article, LTE KPI Optimization: RRC Success Read More
This is the first part in LTE KPI Optimization and more related articles will be published soon. So, let us get started without wasting any further time. LTE KPI Optimization – RRC Success Rate In LTE KPI Optimization series, this Read More
Physical Cell ID Planning PCI planning is one of the most important things to understand while planning an LTE network and it is usually left untouched in most of the LTE manuals and text-books. As already explained, the PCI is Read More
A typical LTE frame is 10 ms (milliseconds) long. Each LTE frame has 10 sub-frames (1 ms each) while each sub-frame is further divided into 2 slots (0.5 ms each). The slots are divided into symbols – each slot has Read More