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LTE44 benefits

The LTE44:64QAM in UL feature increases the uplink peak rates through the support of 64QAM.

LTE44 functional description

Functional overview
The LTE44: 64QAM in UL feature offers higher peak rates to suitable UEs, which support 64QAM
in the uplink. The set of suitable UEs for 64QAM is specified depending on the 3GPP release.
The UE Category 5 and Category 8 (Cat.5 and Cat.8) support 64QAM for 3GPP Release 11 and
earlier releases. The UE UL Category 5, Category 8, and Category 13 (Cat.5, Cat.8, and Cat.13)
for certain bands support 64QAM starting from 3GPP Release 12. The support of the modulating
and coding schemes (MCS) values, MCS21 to MCS28 (based on 64QAM), enhances the uplink
peak throughput.

The setting of the enable64QAM system information broadcast 2 (SIB2) parameter is

determined depending on the setting of the actModulationSchemeUl parameter. Whenever
the actModulationSchemeUl parameter is set to 64QAM or 64QAMand16QAMHighMCS , the
enable64QAM SIB2 parameter is set to true. The system information modification procedure
takes care of propagating the change of the actModulationSchemeUl parameter setting to
SIB2.

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For the UEs that do not support 64QAM modulation scheme, 16QAM is the highest supported
modulation scheme, which allows an MCS of either up to MCS20 or MCS24, depending on the
configuration set ( 64QAM or 64QAMand16QAMHighMCS ). The actModulationSchemeUl
parameter determines the MCS configuration of the UEs that support or do not support 64QAM in
UL.

The UL 64QAM is used either for UE Cat.5 or Cat.8, or if the rf-Parameters-v1250 information
element (IE) is present in the UE capabilities and the ul-64QAM-r12 parameter is set to
supported for the selected band of the PCell (native or mapped band of the PCell).

The activation of the LTE44: 64QAM in UL feature and any of the Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP)
features is allowed, but the CoMP is not executed when the 64QAM subframes are applied for
physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions.

The supported ranges of the MCS are expanded for the fast uplink link adaptation (F-ULA) and
the extended uplink link adaptation (E-ULA).

User scenario
The operator configures the actModulationSchemeUL parameter to activate 64QAM in the
cell. The UE Cat.5 and Cat.8 (from 3GPP earlier releases to Release 11) and the UE UL Cat.5,
Cat.8, and Cat.13 (from 3GPP Release 12) are necessary to get an increased throughput
because they support MCS21 to MCS28 with the 64QAM modulation.

When the LTE44: 64QAM in UL feature is activated, the UE Cat.5 and Cat.8 and the UE UL
Cat.5, Cat.8, or Cat.13 can perceive an increase in uplink throughput as compared to the cell that
the actModulationSchemeUL parameter set to QPSK , 16QAM , or 16QAMHighMCS . On the
other hand, if the radio condition is poor even though this feature is activated, the UEs do not see
any difference because 64QAM is not used.

LTE44 system impact

LTE44: 64QAM in UL impact on features and system performance and capacity

Interdependencies between features

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The LTE44: 64QAM in UL feature depends on the following features:

LTE31: Link Adaptation by AMC (UL/DL)

LTE788: Support of 16 QAM (UL)
LTE829: Increased Uplink MCS Range

The LTE44: 64QAM in UL feature affects the following features:

LTE1034: Extended Uplink Link Adaptation

LTE1495: Fast Uplink Link Adaptation
LTE1336: Interference-aware UL Power Control
LTE1402: Uplink Intra-eNodeB CoMP
LTE1691: Uplink Intra-eNodeB CoMP 4RX
LTE2470: Centralized RAN for FL16
LTE2098: VoLTE Uplink Coverage Boosting
LTE1406: Extended VoLTE Talk Time
LTE2291: Support for Carrier Aggregation on Centralized RAN

Impact on interfaces
The LTE44: 64QAM in UL feature has no impact on interfaces.

Impact on network management tools

The LTE44: 64QAM in UL feature has no impact on network management tools.

Impact on system performance and capacity

With the 64QAM (MCS28) enabled, the uplink peak throughput increases by up to 70% as
compared to the 16QAM (MCS20), and by up to 40% as compared to the extended 16QAM
(MCS24) respectively.

LTE44 reference data

LTE44: 64QAM in UL requirements, measurements and counters, parameters, and sales

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information

Requirements
Table: LTE44 hardware and software requirements

FDD TDD

System release FDD-LTE 16 TDD-LTE RL45

Flexi Multiradio 10 BTS FL16 TD-LBTS4.0

Flexi Multiradio 10 Indoor Not supported TD-LBTS4.0

BTS

Nokia AirScale BTS FL16A TL16A

Flexi Zone BTS FL16 TD-LBTS5.0

Flexi Zone Access Point FL16 TL15A

Cloud Flexi Zone Controller FL17A TL17A

OMS LTE OMS16 LTE OMS16

NetAct NetAct 16.2 NetAct8 EP1

MME Support not required Support not required

SAE GW Support not required Support not required

UE 3GPP R8 UE capabilities 3GPP R8 UE capabilities

Alarms
There are no alarms related to the LTE44: 64QAM in UL feature.

BTS faults and reported alarms

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There are no faults related to the LTE44: 64QAM in UL feature.

Commands
There are no commands related to the LTE44: 64QAM in UL feature.

Measurements and counters

Table: New counters introduced by LTE44

Counter ID Counter name Measurement

M8001C274 First transmissions on PUSCH using MCS25 LTE Cell Load

M8001C275 First transmissions on PUSCH using MCS26 LTE Cell Load

M8001C276 First transmissions on PUSCH using MCS27 LTE Cell Load

M8001C277 First transmissions on PUSCH using MCS28 LTE Cell Load

M8001C278 First transmission NACKs on PUSCH using LTE Cell Load

MCS25

M8001C279 First transmission NACKs on PUSCH using LTE Cell Load

MCS26

M8001C280 First transmission NACKs on PUSCH using LTE Cell Load

MCS27

M8001C281 First transmission NACKs on PUSCH using LTE Cell Load

MCS28

M8001C99 PUSCH transmission nacks using MCS25 LTE Cell Load

M8001C100 PUSCH transmission nacks using MCS26 LTE Cell Load

M8001C101 PUSCH transmission nacks using MCS27 LTE Cell Load

M8001C102 PUSCH transmission nacks using MCS28 LTE Cell Load

M8001C41 PUSCH transmissions using MCS25 LTE Cell Load

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Counter ID Counter name Measurement

M8001C42 PUSCH transmissions using MCS26 LTE Cell Load

M8001C43 PUSCH transmissions using MCS27 LTE Cell Load

M8001C44 PUSCH transmissions using MCS28 LTE Cell Load

M8001C291 Failed Reception PUSCH MCS25 LTE Cell Load

M8001C292 Failed Reception PUSCH MCS26 LTE Cell Load

M8001C293 Failed Reception PUSCH MCS27 LTE Cell Load

M8001C294 Failed Reception PUSCH MCS28 LTE Cell Load

M8012C152 MAC PDU volume PUSCH MCS25 LTE Cell Throughput

M8012C153 MAC PDU volume PUSCH MCS26 LTE Cell Throughput

M8012C154 MAC PDU volume PUSCH MCS27 LTE Cell Throughput

M8012C155 MAC PDU volume PUSCH MCS28 LTE Cell Throughput

For counter descriptions, see LTE Performance Measurements and Key Performance Indicators (
Reference ► Counters and Key Performance Indicators ► LTE
Performance Measurements and Key Performance Indicators ).

Key performance indicators

There are no key performance indicators related to the LTE44: 64QAM in UL feature.

Parameters
Table: New parameters introduced by LTE44

Full name Abbreviated Manag Parent structure FDD/TDD

name ed

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object

Activate actModulation LNCEL - common

modulation scheme SchemeUL
UL

Initial MCS in iniMcsUl LNCEL - common

uplink

For parameter descriptions, see Flexi Multiradio BTS LTE Parameters ( Reference ►
Parameters ► Flexi Multiradio BTS LTE Parameters ).

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