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Baseband Resources
Definition of the CE
Channel Element (CE) indicates the processing capacity by measuring the baseband resources occupied by services. One UL CE refers to the baseband resources used by 12.2 kbit/s voice services (SF = 64) and 3.4 kbit/s signaling. One DL CE refers to the baseband resources used by 12.2 kbit/s voice services (SF = 128) and 3.4 kbit/s signaling.

Resource Consumption of R99 Services

Traffic Type Uplink Spreading Factor AMR 12.2 kbit/s 32 kbit/s 64 kbit/s 128 kbit/s 384 kbit/s HSDPA HSUPA SF64 SF32 SF16 SF8 SF4 SF16 Downlink Number of Spreading CEs Factor 1 1.5 3 5 10 SF128 SF64 SF32 SF16 SF8 SF16 Number of CEs 1 1 2 4 8

Uplink Resource Consumption of HSUPA Services

The channels for HSUPA services are dedicated channels, and the resources consumption is measured in CE. After HSUPA is introduced, all of the UL CE resources are shared by R99 and HSUPA services. The following table lists the UL CE resources consumption principle of HSUPA services. RLC Rate (kbit/s) 10ms 32 32 to 64 64 to 128 128 to 672
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Spreading Factor SF32 SF16 SF8 SF4

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672 to 1376 1376 to 1888

640 to 1280 1280 to 2720 2720 to 3840 4000 to 10880

2*SF4 2*SF2 2*SF2 + 2*SF4 2*M2+2*M4

20 32 48 Not supported

16 32 48 Not supported

16 32 48 64

If the SRB signaling is carried on the R99-DCH, an extra CE is consumed. Thus, one CE should be added to the CE number in the preceding table. From RAN10.0, Huawei NodeB supports the SRB over HSUPA feature. This feature is optional. If this feature is purchased, no extra CE is consumed for the SRB.

Downlink Resource Consumption of HSDPA Services

The processing capacity of HSDPA is calculated by HSDPA codes instead of the CE number. One SF16 code resource consumed by HSDPA user is defined as one HSDPA code. On the baseband unit of the 3900 series base station, the resources for HSDPA services and the resources for R99 services are independent of each other. Therefore, the HSDPA services do not consume the R99 CE resources on the downlink. The processing capacity of the WBBPb4 is R99 384 CEs+HSDPA 90 HS-DSCH codes, as shown in the following figure.

Downlink Signaling Resource Consumption of HSDPA

Each HSDPA or R99 user has one associated signaling. When the RRC connection is established, the SRB is set up to transfer the signaling between the UE and the UTRAN. For an R99 user, the signaling and the R99 services together occupy one DCH. Thus, you only need to calculate the CEs consumed by the R99 service. The signaling does not consume CEs independently.
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For an HSDPA user without R99 services, the signaling independently occupied one DCH, and one CE is consumed. The consumed CE belongs to the R99 DL CE resources. For an HSDPA user with R99 services, the signaling and the R99 services together occupy one DCH. Thus, you only need to calculate the CEs consumed by the R99 services. The signaling does not consume CEs independently. From RAN10.0, Huawei NodeB supports the SRB over HSDPA feature. This feature is optional. If this feature is purchased, no extra CE is consumed for the SRB.

CE Consumption for HSPA+ Features

RAN11.0 VOIP over HSPA 10ms DL: No CE is consumed. UL: 2 CEs are consumed for SF16. CS over HSPA 10ms DL: No CE is consumed. UL: 1 CE is consumed for SF32. VOIP over HSPA 2ms CS over HSPA 2ms Not promoted. The strategy for TTI is 10 ms. The default TTI is 10 ms. RAN12.0 DL: No CE is consumed. UL: 1 CE is consumed for SF32. DL: No CE is consumed. UL: 1 CE is consumed for SF32. DL: No CE is consumed. UL: 1 CE is consumed for SF8. CE consumption depends on the D board. If the E board is used for 2 ms TTI, the TTI is reconfigured as 10 ms. DL: No CE is consumed and the baseband resource consumption is calculated on the basis of HSDPA codes. UL: No extra CE is consumed for the HS-DPCCH.

DL 64QAM

DL: No CE is consumed and the baseband resource consumption is calculated on the basis of HSDPA codes. UL: No extra CE is consumed for the HSDPCCH.

DL MIMO

DL: No CE is consumed and the baseband resource consumption is calculated on the basis of HSDPA codes. UL: One extra CE is consumed for the HSDPCCH of each UE.

DL: No CE is consumed and the baseband resource consumption is calculated on the basis of HSDPA codes. UL: No extra CE is consumed for the HS-DPCCH.

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RAN11.0 DL DC-HSDPA NA

RAN12.0 DL: No CE is consumed and the baseband resource consumption is calculated on the basis of HSDPA codes. UL: No extra CE is consumed for the HS-DPCCH.

UL 16 QAM

NA

UL: One UE consumes 64 CEs.

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