How to calculate Peak Data Rate in LTE


The Peak Data rate of LTE is about 400Mbps?   It’s in a simple way to calculate date rate in LTE.

First: Assume That 20 MHz channel bandwidth, normal CP, 64QAM  and  4x4 MIMO technology are used.

Second: Calculate the number of resource elements (RE) in a subframe with 20 MHz channel bandwidth:
12 subcarriers x 7 OFDMA symbols x 100 resource blocks x 2 slots= 16800 REs per subframe. Each RE can carry a modulation symbol.

Third:  Assume 64 QAM modulation and no coding, one modulation symbol will carry 6 bits.
The total bits in a subframe (1ms) over 20 MHz channel is 16800 modulation symbols x 6 bits / modulation symbol = 100800 bits. So the data rate is 100800 bits / 1 ms = 100.8 Mbps.

Fourth:  with 4x4 MIMO, the Peak Data rate goes up to 100.8 Mbps x 4 = 403 Mbps.


No comments: