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Parameter

Assumption

Unit

Propogation Model

UMa (Urban/Sub Urban Marco)

Ref: 3GPP TS 38.901

SCS

120

KHz

CP Noise Figure

7

dB

gNB Noise Figure

6

dB

MIMO

2x2

Tx/Rx

Channel Model

CDL (D)

Ref: 3GPP TS 38.900

Table 4: 28 GHz LB assumptions

Typical link budget at 28 GHz frequency is shown in Table 3:

DL Link Budget

Value

UL Link Budget

Value

Typical Total EIRP/100 MHz

Typical Total EIRP/100 MHz

60 dBm 1

41 dBm 1

Receiver Sensitivity

Receiver Sensitivity

-84.4 dBm 2

-87.6 dBm 2

MAPL

149.5 dB

MAPL

149.8 dB

MAPL clutter losses considered

MAPL clutter losses considered

121.5 dB 3

121.2 dB 3

Table 5: UL & DL link budget at 28 GHz

Based on the labels in the above table:

1. The total EIRP at gNB is calculated as considering transmit power plus beam forming antenna gain. The EIRP at CPE is calculated as considering 33 dBm (2W) transmit power and 8 dBi antenna gain. 1 2. Receiver sensitivity is calculated as = Noise figure (dB) + Thermal noise (dBm) + SINR (dB). Noise figure is considered as per values in Table 4. The required SINR values are achieved considering the cell edge throughput target 50 Mbps in DL and 10 Mbps in UL and MCS index table 1 for PDSCH as per 3GPP TS 38.214. 2 3. Clutter losses are significant in mmWave, clutter losses of ~28 dB (vegetation losses, penetration losses (concrete walls/toughened glass), standard deviation) are considered. 3 This link budget gives a RNP design target of approximately -103 dBm with coverage probability of 95%.

Deployment scenarios /use cases (FWA/enterprise, small cells/hotspots)

Based on the market analysis the prominent use case of mmWave seems to be FWA and small cells for hotspots, for which we have simulated coverage and throughput in our planning exercise.

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