LTE FDD Technical Specifications of

Baseband Processing Units

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6.2.1.2.3.3.1 LTE FDD Technical Specifications of Baseband Processing Units

6.2.1.2.3.3.1 LTE FDD Technical

Specifications of Baseband Processing Units
The LTE FDD technical specifications of a baseband processing unit include the number of cells,
number of UEs, number of DRBs, throughput, and signaling specifications.
These specifications are as follows:

Table 1 LTE FDD technical specifications of baseband processing units

Category Description

Cell Number Specifications Cell number specifications refer to the number of cells with different
bandwidth and antenna configurations.

UE Number Specifications UE number specifications refer to the number of UEs in RRC connected
mode and number of uplink synchronized UEs.

DRB Number Specifications DRB number specifications refer to the number of DRBs.

Throughput Specifications Throughput specifications include the uplink and downlink throughput of
cells and boards.

Signaling Specifications Signaling specifications are measured in BHCA. For the definition of
BHCA, see Control-Plane Traffic Model.

Number of CA UEs and Number  The number of carrier aggregation (CA) UEs is the sum of the
of VoLTE UEs maximum number of primary component carrier (PCC) UEs and the
maximum number of secondary component carrier (SCC) UEs in
different CA scenarios.
 The number of VoLTE UEs refers to the number of voice service UEs
using the IMS voice solution.
Cell Number Specifications
LTE FDD cells support bandwidth configurations of 1.4 MHz, 3 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15
MHz and 20 MHz, and antenna configurations of 2T2R, 4T4R, 32T32R and 8T8R. This part
describes the maximum number of cells supported by each baseband processing unit with
different cell bandwidths and antenna configurations. The capabilities of baseband processing
units for mixed configuration of cells with different antenna configurations are as follows:
 Unless otherwise specified, the LBBP does not support hybrid configuration of 2T2R and
4T4R cells.
 Unless otherwise specified, the UBBPe/UBBPg supports hybrid configuration of 2T2R and
4T4R cells. The maximum number of cells that can be configured in hybrid configuration
scenarios is calculated as follows: Min (number of 2T2R-only cells, number of 4T4R-only
cells)
 Unless otherwise specified, the UBBPe/UBBPg does not support hybrid configuration of
2T2R and 4T4R cells.
 Unless otherwise specified, a baseband processing unit that supports 2T2R cells is compatible
with 1T1R and 1T2R cells by default. And the number of supported 1T1R and 1T2R cells is
the same as that of supported 2T2R cells.

The number of in-band LTE NB-IoT carriers that can be deployed on LTE FDD cells for each baseband processing
unit working in LTE FDD mode is as follows:
 For an LBBPd, one in-band LTE NB-IoT carrier can be deployed on each LTE FDD cell.
 For a UBBPd, one in-band LTE NB-IoT carrier can be deployed on each LTE FDD cell.
 For a UBBPe, four in-band LTE NB-IoT carriers can be deployed on each LTE FDD cell.
 For a UBBPg, four in-band LTE NB-IoT carriers can be deployed on each LTE FDD cell.

The following tables list the maximum number of cells per baseband processing unit in LTE
FDD mode.

Table 2 Number of cells per LBBP in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of Cells

LBBPc 3x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R

LBBPd1 3x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R

LBBPd2 3x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R(1)

3x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 4T4R(1)

LBBPd3 6x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R(2)

Table 2 Number of cells per LBBP in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of Cells

LBBPd5 6x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R

3x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 4T4R

(1): The LBBPd2 supports hybrid configuration of 2R and 4R cells. In hybrid configuration scenarios, the
total number of cells does not exceed the number of supported 4R cells.

Table 3 Number of cells per UBBPd in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of Cells

UBBPd3 3x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R

UBBPd4 3x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R

3x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 4T4R

UBBPd5 6x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R(1)

3x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 4T4R(1)

UBBPd6 6x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R

6x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 4T4R

(1): The UBBPd5 supports hybrid configuration of 2R and 4R cells. In hybrid configuration scenarios,
the total number of cells does not exceed the number of supported 4R cells.

Table 4 Number of cells per UBBPe in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of Cells

UBBPe1 3x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R

UBBPe2 3x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R

3x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 4T4R

UBBPe3 6x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R(1)

3x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 4T4R(1)

UBBPe4 6x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R

Table 4 Number of cells per UBBPe in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of Cells

6x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 4T4R

3x5/10/15/20 MHz 8T8R

UBBPe5 9x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R

9x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 4T4R

UBBPe6 12x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R

12x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 4T4R

6x5/10/15/20 MHz 8T8R

UBBPei 12x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R

12x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 4T4R

UBBPex2 2x5/10/15/20 MHz 32T32R

UBBPe18 6x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R

6x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 4T4R

3x5/10/15/20 MHz 8T8R

(1): The UBBPe3 supports hybrid configuration of 2R and 4R cells. In hybrid configuration scenarios, the
total number of cells does not exceed the number of supported 4R cells.

Table 5 Number of cells per UBBPg in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of Cells

UBBPg1 6x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R

6x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 4T4R

3x5/10/15/20 MHz 8T8R

UBBPg2 12x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R

12x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 4T4R

6x5/10/15/20 MHz 8T8R

 Table 5 Number of cells per UBBPg in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of Cells

UBBPg2a/UBBPg3b 12x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R

12x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 4T4R

6x5/10/15/20 MHz 8T8R

3x5/10/15/20 MHz 32T32R

UBBPg3 24x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 2T2R

24x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 4T4R

12x5/10/15/20 MHz 8T8R

6x5/10/15/20 MHz 32T32R

12x1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz 4T4R + 3x5/10/15/20 MHz 32T32R(1)(2)

6x5/10/15/20 MHz 8T8R + 3x5/10/15/20 MHz 32T32R(1)(2)

(1) When 4T4R/8T8R cells and 32T32R cells are established on the same BBP, all cells must be bound to
baseband equipment. If cell setup fails, reset the BBP for resource regrouping.
(2): It is recommended that the Work Mode parameter of the baseband processing unit be set to
HYBRID_BALANCE(Mixed configuration balancing).

UE Number Specifications
In LTE FDD scenarios, the UE number specifications include the number of UEs in a cell and
the number of UEs supported by a baseband processing unit.
The following table lists the number of UEs supported by cells with different bandwidths in LTE
FDD scenarios.

Table 6 Number of UEs per cell in LTE FDD mode

Cell Bandwidth (MHz) Number of UEs in RRC Number of UL Synchronized UEs

Connected Mode

1.4 168 LBBPc: 56

LBBPd: 100
UBBP: 168
Table 6 Number of UEs per cell in LTE FDD mode

Cell Bandwidth (MHz) Number of UEs in RRC Number of UL Synchronized UEs

Connected Mode

3 360 LBBPc: 120

LBBPd/UBBP: 360

5 600 LBBPc: 200

LBBPd/UBBP: 600

10/15/20 1200(1) LBBPc: 400

LBBPd/UBBP: 1200

(1): If a sector split group configured on the UBBPg contains multiple 32T32R cells, the maximum
number of UEs in RRC connected mode in each sector split group is 2400.

The following table lists the number of UEs supported by each baseband processing unit in LTE
FDD scenarios when cells with different bandwidths are configured.

Table 7 Number of UEs per LBBP in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of UEs in RRC Number of UL Synchronized UEs

Connected Mode

LBBPc  1.4 MHz: 504  1.4 MHz: 168

 3 MHz: 1080  3 MHz: 360
 5/10/15/20 MHz: 1800  5/10/15/20 MHz: 600

LBBPd1/LBBPd2  1.4 MHz: 504  1.4 MHz: 300

 3 MHz: 1080  3 MHz: 1080
 5 MHz: 1800  5/10/15/20 MHz: 1200(1)
 10/15/20 MHz: 3600

LBBPd3/LBBPd5  1.4 MHz: 1008  1.4 MHz: 600

 3 MHz: 2160  3/5/10/15/20 MHz: 1200(1)
 5/10/15/20 MHz: 3600

(1): The number of UL synchronized UEs supported by an LBBP can reach 3600 by specifying the
MaxSyncUserNumPerBbi parameter. The increase of UEs, however, may cause user experience and
system performance to deteriorate. Therefore, it is not recommended that this parameter be used to
increase the number of supported UEs to over 1200.

Table 8 Number of UEs per UBBPd in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of UEs in RRC Number of UL Synchronized UEs
Connected Mode

UBBPd3/UBBPd4  1.4 MHz: 504  1.4 MHz: 504

 3 MHz: 1080  3 MHz: 1080
 5 MHz: 1800  5 MHz: 1800
 10/15/20 MHz: 3600  10/15/20 MHz: 3600

UBBPd5/UBBPd6  1.4 MHz: 1008  1.4 MHz: 1008

 3 MHz: 2160  3 MHz: 2160
 5/10/15/20 MHz: 3600  5/10/15/20 MHz: 3600

Table 9 Number of UEs per UBBPe in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of UEs in RRC Number of UL Synchronized UEs

Connected Mode

UBBPe1/UBBPe2  1.4 MHz: 504  1.4 MHz: 504

 3 MHz: 1080  3 MHz: 1080
 5 MHz: 1800  5 MHz: 1800
 10/15/20 MHz: 3600  10/15/20 MHz: 3600

UBBPe3/UBBPe4  1.4 MHz: 1008  1.4 MHz: 1008

 3 MHz: 2160  3 MHz: 2160
 5/10/15/20 MHz: 3600  5/10/15/20 MHz: 3600

UBBPe5  1.4 MHz: 1512  1.4 MHz: 1512

 3 MHz: 3240  3 MHz: 3240
 5/10/15/20 MHz: 3600  5/10/15/20 MHz: 3600

UBBPe6  1.4 MHz: 2016  1.4 MHz: 2016

 3 MHz: 4320  3 MHz: 4320
 5/10/15/20 MHz: 4800  5/10/15/20 MHz: 4800

UBBPei  1.4 MHz: 2016  1.4 MHz: 2016

 3 MHz: 4320  3 MHz: 4320
 10/15/20 MHz: 4800  10/15/20 MHz: 4800

UBBPex2  5 MHz: 1200  5 MHz: 1200

 10/15/20 MHz: 2400  10/15/20 MHz: 2400

UBBPe18  1.4 MHz: 1008  1.4 MHz: 1008

 3 MHz: 2160  3 MHz: 2160
 5/10/15/20 MHz: 3600  5/10/15/20 MHz: 3600
 Table 10 Number of UEs per UBBPg in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of UEs in RRC Number of UL Synchronized UEs

Connected Mode

UBBPg1  1.4 MHz: 1008  1.4 MHz: 1008

 3 MHz: 2160  3 MHz: 2160
 5/10/15/20 MHz: 3600  5/10/15/20 MHz: 3600

UBBPg2/UBBPg2a/UBBPg3b  1.4 MHz: 2016  1.4 MHz: 2016

 3 MHz: 4320  3 MHz: 4320
 5/10/15/20 MHz: 4800  5/10/15/20 MHz: 4800

UBBPg3  1.4 MHz: 4032  1.4 MHz: 4032

 3 MHz: 8640  3 MHz: 8640
 5/10/15/20 MHz: 9600  5/10/15/20 MHz: 9600

DRB Number Specifications

The following tables list the number of DRBs per baseband processing unit in LTE FDD mode.

Table 11 Number of DRBs per LBBP in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of DRBs

LBBPc 5400

LBBPd1/LBBPd2/LBBPd3/LBBPd5 10800

Table 12 Number of DRBs per UBBPd in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of DRBs

UBBPd3/UBBPd4/UBBPd5/UBBPd6 10800

Table 13 Number of DRBs per UBBPe in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of DRBs

UBBPe1/UBBPe2/UBBPe3/UBBPe4/UBBPe5 10800

UBBPe6 14400
 Table 13 Number of DRBs per UBBPe in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of DRBs

UBBPei 14400

UBBPex2 7200

UBBPe18 10800

Table 14 Number of DRBs per UBBPg in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of DRBs

UBBPg1 10800

UBBPg2/UBBPg2a/UBBPg3b 14400

UBBPg3 28800

Throughput Specifications
In LTE FDD scenarios, the throughput specifications include the throughput in a cell and the
throughput supported by a baseband processing unit.
The following table lists the throughput per cell with different configurations in LTE FDD mode.

Table 15 Throughput per cell in LTE FDD mode

Cell Configuration Throughput (DL 64QAM, Throughput (DL 256QAM,

UL 64QAM) (Mbit/s) UL 64QAM) (Mbit/s)

 1.4 MHz 2T2R DL: 8.7 DL: 11.832

 DL 2x2 MIMO+UL 2x2 MU-MIMO UL: 8.784 UL: 8.784

 1.4 MHz 2T4R DL: 8.7 DL: 11.832

 DL 2x2 MIMO+UL 2x4 MU-MIMO UL: 8.784 UL: 8.784

 1.4 MHz 4T4R DL: 8.7 DL: 20.616

 DL 4x4 MIMO+UL 2x4 MU-MIMO UL: 8.784 UL: 8.784

 3 MHz 2T2R DL: 22 DL: 29.296

 DL 2x2 MIMO+UL 2x2 MU-MIMO UL: 22.128 UL: 22.128

 3 MHz 2T4R DL: 22 DL: 29.296

Table 15 Throughput per cell in LTE FDD mode

Cell Configuration Throughput (DL 64QAM, Throughput (DL 256QAM,

UL 64QAM) (Mbit/s) UL 64QAM) (Mbit/s)

 DL 2x2 MIMO+UL 2x4 MU-MIMO UL: 22.128 UL: 22.128

 3 MHz 4T4R DL: 44 DL: 59.526

 DL 4x4 MIMO+UL 2x4 MU-MIMO UL: 22.128 UL: 22.128

 5 MHz 2T2R DL: 36 DL: 48.936

 DL 2x2 MIMO+UL 2x2 MU-MIMO UL: 36.672 UL: 36.672

 5 MHz 2T4R DL: 36 DL: 48.936

 DL 2x2 MIMO+UL 2x4 MU-MIMO UL: 36.672 UL: 36.672

 5 MHz 4T4R DL: 73 DL: 97.896

 DL 4x4 MIMO+UL 2x4 MU-MIMO UL: 36.672 UL: 36.672

 10 MHz 2T2R DL: 73 DL: 97.896

 DL 2x2 MIMO+UL 2x2 MU-MIMO UL: 73.392 UL: 73.392

 10 MHz 2T4R DL: 73 DL: 97.896

 DL 2x2 MIMO+UL 2x4 MU-MIMO UL: 73.392 UL: 73.392

 10 MHz 4T4R DL: 150 DL: 175.6

 DL 4x4 MIMO+UL 2x4 MU-MIMO UL: 73.392 UL: 73.392

 15 MHz 2T2R DL: 110 DL: 149.776

 DL 2x2 MIMO+UL 2x2 MU-MIMO UL: 110.112 UL: 110.112

 15 MHz 2T4R DL: 110 DL: 149.776

 DL 2x2 MIMO+UL 2x4 MU-MIMO UL: 110.112 UL: 110.112

 15 MHz 4T4R DL: 220 DL: 299.856

 DL 4x4 MIMO+UL 2x4 MU-MIMO UL: 110.112 UL: 110.112

 20 MHz 2T2R DL: 150 DL: 195.816

 DL 2x2 MIMO+UL 2x2 MU-MIMO UL: 150.752 UL: 150.752

 20 MHz 2T4R DL: 150 DL: 195.816

 DL 2x2 MIMO+UL 2x4 MU-MIMO UL: 150.752 UL: 150.752

 20 MHz 4T4R DL: 299 DL: 391.656

 DL 4x4 MIMO+UL 2x4 MU-MIMO UL: 150.752 UL: 150.752

The following tables list the throughput per baseband processing unit in LTE FDD mode.
Table 16 Throughput per LBBP in LTE FDD mode

Board Throughput (Mbit/s)

LBBPc DL: 300

UL: 100

LBBPd1 DL: 450

UL: 225

LBBPd2 DL: 600

UL: 225

LBBPd3/LBBPd5 DL: 600

UL: 300

Table 17 Throughput per UBBPd in LTE FDD mode

Board Throughput (Mbit/s)

UBBPd3 DL: 450

UL: 225

UBBPd4 DL: 600

UL: 225

UBBPd5 DL: 600

UL: 300

UBBPd6 DL: 1200

UL: 600

Table 18 Throughput per UBBPe in LTE FDD mode

Board Throughput (Mbit/s)

UBBPe1 DL: 450

UL: 225

UBBPe2/UBBPe3 DL: 600

UL: 300

UBBPe4/UBBPe5 DL: 1200

UL: 600
 Table 18 Throughput per UBBPe in LTE FDD mode

Board Throughput (Mbit/s)

UBBPe6 DL: 2400

UL: 1200

UBBPei DL: 2400

UL: 1200

UBBPex2 DL: 2400

UL: 600

UBBPe18 DL: 1200

UL: 600

Table 19 Throughput per UBBPg in LTE FDD mode

Board Throughput (Mbit/s)

UBBPg1 DL: 1200

UL: 600

UBBPg2/UBBPg2a/UBBPg3b DL: 2400

UL: 1200

UBBPg3 DL: 4800

UL: 2400

Signaling Specifications
The following tables list the signaling specifications per baseband processing unit in LTE FDD
mode.

Table 20 Signaling specifications per LBBP in LTE FDD mode

Board Signaling Specifications (BHCA)

LBBPc 63000

LBBPd1/LBBPd2 126000

LBBPd3/LBBPd5 144000
 Table 21 Signaling specifications per UBBPd in LTE FDD mode

Board Signaling Specifications (BHCA)

UBBPd3/UBBPd4 270000

UBBPd5/UBBPd6 396000

Table 22 Signaling specifications per UBBPe in LTE FDD mode

Board Signaling Specifications (BHCA)

UBBPe1/UBBPe2 270000

UBBPe3/UBBPe4 432000

UBBPe5 540000

UBBPe6 648000

UBBPei 648000

UBBPex2 432000

UBBPe18 432000

Table 23 Signaling specifications per UBBPg in LTE FDD mode

Board Signaling Specifications (BHCA)

UBBPg1 432000

UBBPg2/UBBPg2a/UBBPg3b 720000

UBBPg3 1296000

Number of CA UEs and Number of VoLTE UEs

The maximum number of CA UEs supported by a baseband processing unit is the sum of the
maximum number of primary component carrier (PCC) UEs and the maximum number of
secondary component carrier (SCC) UEs supported by the board, including the specifications in
different CA scenarios. This specification, calculated based on model 1, meets the following
requirements:
 Number of non-CA UEs + Number of PCC CA UEs x [1 + (N - 1) x0.5] + Number of SCC
CA UEs x 0.5 ≤ Number of UEs in RRC connected mode, where N indicates the number of
aggregated carriers, for example, N = 2 in 2CC CA.
 The maximum number of PCC CA UEs cannot exceed the number of CA UEs listed in the
following tables. For example, the UBBPd3 board supports a maximum of 750 PCC-served
2CC CA UEs or 500 PCC-served 3CC CA UEs when it carries only PCC-served UEs.
 Number of non-CA UEs + Number of PCC CA UEs + Number of SCC CA UEs ≤ Number of
UEs in RRC connected mode
The following tables list the number of CA UEs and the number of VoLTE UEs per baseband
processing unit.

Table 24 Number of CA UEs and number of VoLTE UEs per LBBP in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of VoLTE

2CC CA UEs 3CC CA UEs 4CC CA UEs 5CC CA UEs (with ROHC)
UEs

LBBPc 0 0 0 0 270

LBBPd1/LBBPd2 350 230 175 140 600

LBBPd3/LBBPd5 400 260 200 160 600

Table 25 Number of CA UEs and number of VoLTE UEs per UBBPd in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of VoLTE

2CC CA UEs 3CC CA UEs 4CC CA UEs 5CC CA UEs (with ROHC)
UEs

UBBPd3/UBBPd4 750 500 375 300 720

UBBPd5/UBBPd6 1100 730 550 440 1000

Table 26 Number of CA UEs and number of VoLTE UEs per UBBPe in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of VoLTE

2CC CA UEs 3CC CA UEs 4CC CA UEs 5CC CA UEs (with ROHC)
UEs

UBBPe1/UBBPe2 750 500 375 300 720

UBBPe3/UBBPe4 1200 800 600 480 1200

UBBPe5 1500 1000 750 600 1400

Table 26 Number of CA UEs and number of VoLTE UEs per UBBPe in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of VoLTE

2CC CA UEs 3CC CA UEs 4CC CA UEs 5CC CA UEs (with ROHC)
UEs

UBBPe6 1800 1200 900 720 1600

UBBPei 1800 1200 900 720 1600

UBBPex2 1200 800 600 480 1600

UBBPe18 1200 800 600 480 1200

Table 27 Number of CA UEs and number of VoLTE UEs per UBBPg in LTE FDD mode

Board Number of Number of Number of Number Number of VoLTE

2CC CA 3CC CA 4CC CA of 5CC UEs (with ROHC)
UEs UEs UEs CA UEs

UBBPg1 1200 800 600 480 1200

UBBPg2/UBBPg2a/UBBPg3b 1800 1200 900 720 1800

UBBPg3 2700 1800 1350 1080 3200

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