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RSRP is the linear average of reference singal power (in Watts) accorss the specified
bandwidth (in number of REs). This is the most important item UE has to measure for cell
selection, reselection and handover. You can think of this as the one similar to CPICH RSCP
in WCDMA.
Following is an example of one downlink radio frame. The red part is the resource elements
in which reference signal is being transmitted. RSRP is the linear average of all the red part
power.
Since this measures only the reference power, we can say this is the strength of the wanted
signal. But it does not gives any information about signal quality. RSRP gives us the signal
strenth of the desired signal, not the quality of the signal. For quality of the signal
information another parameter called 'RSSQ' is used in some case.
UE usually measures RSRP or RSRQ based on the direction (RRC message) from the
network and report the value. When it report this value, it does use the real RSRP value. It
sends a non-negative value ranging from 0 to 97 and each of these values are mapped to a
specific range of real RSRP value as shown in the following table from 36.133.
From
00
To
Unit
-140
dBm
01
-140
-139
dBm
02
-139
-138
dBm
03
-138
-137
dBm
04
-137
-136
dBm
05
-136
-135
dBm
06
-135
-134
dBm
07
-134
-133
dBm
08
-133
-132
dBm
09
-132
-131
dBm
10
-131
-130
dBm
11
-130
-129
dBm
12
-129
-128
dBm
13
-128
-127
dBm
14
-127
-126
dBm
15
-126
-125
dBm
16
-125
-124
dBm
17
-124
-123
dBm
18
-123
-122
dBm
19
-122
-121
dBm
20
-121
-120
dBm
21
-120
-119
dBm
22
-119
-118
dBm
23
-118
-117
dBm
24
-117
-116
dBm
25
-116
-115
dBm
26
-115
-114
dBm
27
-114
-113
dBm
28
-113
-112
dBm
29
-112
-111
dBm
30
-111
-110
dBm
31
-110
-109
dBm
32
-109
-108
dBm
33
-108
-107
dBm
34
-107
-106
dBm
35
-106
-105
dBm
36
-105
-104
dBm
37
-104
-103
dBm
38
-103
-102
dBm
39
-102
-101
dBm
40
-101
-100
dBm
41
-100
-99
dBm
42
-99
-98
dBm
43
-98
-97
dBm
44
-97
-96
dBm
45
-96
-95
dBm
46
-95
-94
dBm
47
-94
-93
dBm
48
-93
-92
dBm
49
-92
-91
dBm
50
-91
-90
dBm
51
-90
-89
dBm
52
-89
-88
dBm
53
-88
-87
dBm
54
-87
-86
dBm
55
-86
-85
dBm
56
-85
-84
dBm
57
-84
-83
dBm
58
-83
-82
dBm
59
-82
-81
dBm
60
-81
-80
dBm
61
-80
-79
dBm
62
-79
-78
dBm
63
-78
-77
dBm
64
-77
-76
dBm
65
-76
-75
dBm
66
-75
-74
dBm
67
-74
-73
dBm
68
-73
-72
dBm
69
-72
-71
dBm
70
-71
-70
dBm
71
-70
-69
dBm
72
-69
-68
dBm
73
-68
-67
dBm
74
-67
-66
dBm
75
-66
-65
dBm
76
-65
-64
dBm
77
-64
-63
dBm
78
-63
-62
dBm
79
-62
-61
dBm
80
-61
-60
dBm
81
-60
-59
dBm
82
-59
-58
dBm
83
-58
-57
dBm
84
-57
-56
dBm
85
-56
-55
dBm
86
-55
-54
dBm
87
-54
-53
dBm
88
-53
-52
dBm
89
-52
-51
dBm
90
-51
-50
dBm
91
-50
-49
dBm
92
-49
-48
dBm
93
-48
-47
dBm
94
-47
-46
dBm
95
-46
-45
dBm
96
-45
-44
dBm
97
-44
dBm
RSRQ is defined as (N x RSRP)/RSSI, where N is the number of RBs over the measurement
bandwidth. As you see from the definition of RSSI, RSSI contains all sorts of power including
power from co-channel serving & non-serving cells, adjacent channel interference, thermal
noise, etc. Therefore, (N x RSRP)/RSSI indicates "What is the portion of pure RS power over the
whole E-UTRA power recived by the UE".
As you see, this is not the direct measurement, it is a kind of derived value from RSRP and RSSI. By
deviding RSRP by RSSI, it could give some information about interference as well in addition to the
strength of the wanted signal.
Since this is the ratio of two different power value, the unit of RSRQ is dB and the value
would be always negative (because RSSI value will aways be larger than N x RSRP)
UE usually measures RSRP or RSRQ based on the direction (RRC message) from the
network and report the value. When it report this value, it does use the real RSRQ value. It
sends a non-negative value ranging from 0 to 34 and each of these values are mapped to a
specific range of real RSRQ value as shown in the following table from 36.133.
Just to save a little bit of time for readers, I expanded the table to show all the possible
RSRQ value and mapping absolute power.
RSRQ
From
00
To
Unit
-19.5
dBm
01
-19.5
-19.0
dBm
02
-19.0
-18.5
dBm
03
-18.5
-18.0
dBm
04
-18.0
-17.5
dBm
05
-17.5
-17.0
dBm
06
-17.0
-16.5
dBm
07
-16.5
-16.0
dBm
08
-16.0
-15.5
dBm
09
-15.5
-15.0
dBm
10
-15.0
-14.5
dBm
11
-14.5
-14.0
dBm
12
-14.0
-13.5
dBm
13
-13.5
-13.0
dBm
14
-13.0
-12.5
dBm
15
-12.5
-12.0
dBm
16
-12.0
-11.5
dBm
17
-11.5
-11.0
dBm
18
-11.0
-10.5
dBm
19
-10.5
-10.0
dBm
20
-10.0
-9.5
dBm
21
-9.5
-9.0
dBm
22
-9.0
-8.5
dBm
23
-8.5
-8.0
dBm
24
-8.0
-7.5
dBm
25
-7.5
-7.0
dBm
26
-7.0
-6.5
dBm
27
-6.5
-6.0
dBm
28
-6.0
-5.5
dBm
29
-5.5
-5.0
dBm
30
-5.0
-4.5
dBm
31
-4.5
-4.0
dBm
32
-4.0
-3.5
dBm
33
-3.5
-3.0
dBm
34
-3.0
dBm