A.3.3 Reference measurement channel for PDSCH performance requirements (FDD)

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A.3.3.1 Single-antenna transmission (Common Reference Symbols)

Table A.3.3.1-1: Fixed Reference Channel QPSK R=1/3

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.4 FDD	R.42 FDD	R.42-1 FDD	R.42-2 FDD	R.42-3 FDD	R.2 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	1.4	20	3	5	15	10
Allocated resource blocks (Note 4)		6	100	15	25	75	50
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame		9	9	9	9	9	9
Modulation		QPSK	QPSK	QPSK	QPSK	QPSK	QPSK
Target Coding Rate		1/3	1/3	1/3	1/3	1/3	1/3
Information Bit Payload (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	408	8760	1320	2216	6712	4392
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	152	8760	1064	1800	6712	4392
Number of Code Blocks (Notes 3 and 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9		1	2	1	1	2	1
For Sub-Frame 5		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0		1	2	1	1	2	1
Binary Channel Bits (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	1368	27600	3780	6300	20700	13800
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	528	26760	2940	5460	19860	12960
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame (Note 4)	Mbps	0.342	7.884	1.162	1.953	6.041	3.953
UE Category		≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 1
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 20 MHz, 15 MHz and 10 MHz channel BW; 3 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 5 MHz and 3 MHz; 4 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 1.4 MHz. Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8]. Note 3: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit). Note 4: Given per component carrier per codeword.

Table A.3.3.1-2: Fixed Reference Channel 16QAM R=1/2

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel				R.3-1 FDD	R.3 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	1.4	3	5	10	15	20
Allocated resource blocks				25	50
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame				9	9
Modulation				16QAM	16QAM
Target Coding Rate				1/2	1/2
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits			6456	14112
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits			n/a	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits			5736	12960
Number of Code Blocks per Sub-Frame (see Note 3)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9				2	3
For Sub-Frame 5				n/a	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0				1	3
Binary Channel Bits Per Sub-Frame
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits			12600	27600
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits			n/a	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits			10920	25920
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame	Mbps			5.738	12.586
UE Category				≥ 1	≥ 2
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 20 MHz, 15 MHz and 10 MHz channel BW; 3 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 5 MHz and 3 MHz; 4 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 1.4 MHz Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8] Note 3: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit)

Table A.3.3.1-3: Fixed Reference Channel 64QAM R=3/4

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel			R.5 FDD	R.6 FDD	R.7 FDD	R.8 FDD	R.9 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	1.4	3	5	10	15	20
Allocated resource blocks			15	25	50	75	100
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame			9	9	9	9	9
Modulation		64QAM	64QAM	64QAM	64QAM	64QAM	64QAM
Target Coding Rate		3/4	3/4	3/4	3/4	3/4	3/4
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits		8504	14112	30576	46888	61664
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits		6456	12576	28336	45352	61664
Number of Code Blocks per Sub-Frame (see Note 3)			2	3	5	8	11
Binary Channel Bits Per Sub-Frame
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits		11340	18900	41400	62100	82800
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits		8820	16380	38880	59580	80280
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame	Mbps		7.449	12.547	27.294	42.046	55.498
UE Category			≥ 1	≥ 2	≥ 2	≥ 2	≥ 3
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 20 MHz, 15 MHz and 10 MHz channel BW; 3 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 5 MHz and 3 MHz; 4 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 1.4 MHz Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8] Note 3: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit)

Table A.3.3.1-3a: Fixed Reference Channel 64QAM R=3/4

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel			R.6-1 FDD	R.7-1 FDD	R.8-1 FDD	R.9-1 FDD	R.9-2 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz		5	10	15	20	20
Allocated resource blocks (Note 3)			18	17	17	17	83
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame			9	9	9	9	9
Modulation			64QAM	64QAM	64QAM	64QAM	64QAM
Target Coding Rate			3/4	3/4	3/4	3/4	3/4
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits		10296	10296	10296	10296	51024
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits		8248	10296	10296	10296	51024
Number of Code Blocks per Sub-Frame (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9			2	2	2	2	9
For Sub-Frame 5			n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0			2	2	2	2	9
Binary Channel Bits Per Sub-Frame
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits		13608	14076	14076	14076	68724
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits		11088	14076	14076	14076	66204
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame	Mbps		9.062	9.266	9.266	9.266	45.922
UE Category			≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 2
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 20 MHz, 15 MHz and 10 MHz channel BW; 3 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 5 MHz and 3 MHz; 4 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 1.4 MHz Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8] Note 3: Localized allocation started from RB #0 is applied. Note 4: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit)

Table A.3.3.1-4: Fixed Reference Channel Single PRB (Channel Edge)

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel			R.0 FDD		R.1 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	1.4	3	5	10/20	15	20
Allocated resource blocks			1		1
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame			9		9
Modulation			16QAM		16QAM
Target Coding Rate			1/2		1/2
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits		224		256
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits		n/a		n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits		224		256
Number of Code Blocks per Sub-Frame (see Note 3)			1		1
Binary Channel Bits Per Sub-Frame
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits		504		552
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits		n/a		n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits		504		552
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame	Mbps		0.202		0.230
UE Category			≥ 1		≥ 1
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 20 MHz, 15 MHz and 10 MHz channel BW; 3 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 5 MHz and 3 MHz; 4 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 1.4 MHz Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8] Note 3: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit)

Table A.3.3.1-5: Fixed Reference Channel Single PRB (MBSFN Configuration)

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.29 FDD (MBSFN)
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10
Allocated resource blocks		1
MBSFN Configuration (Note 3)		111111
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame		3
Modulation		16QAM
Target Coding Rate		1/2
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 4,9	Bits	256
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	256
For Sub-Frame 1,2,3,6,7,8	Bits	0 (MBSFN)
Number of Code Blocks per Sub-Frame (see Note 4)		1
For Sub-Frames 4,9		1
For Sub-Frame 5		n/a
For Sub-Frame 0		1
For Sub-Frame 1,2,3,6,7,8		0 (MBSFN)
Binary Channel Bits Per Sub-Frame
For Sub-Frames 4,9	Bits	552
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	552
For Sub-Frame 1,2,3,6,7,8	Bits	0 (MBSFN)
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame	kbps	76.8
UE Category		≥ 1
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8] Note 3: MBSFN Subframe Allocation as defined in [5], one frame with 6 bits is chosen for MBSFN subframe allocation Note 4: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit

Table A.3.3.1-6: Fixed Reference Channel QPSK R=1/10

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel					R.41 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	1.4	3	5	10	15	20
Allocated resource blocks (Note 3)					50
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame					9
Modulation					QPSK
Target Coding Rate					1/10
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits				1384
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits				N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits				1384
Number of Code Blocks per Sub-Frame (Note 3)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9					1
For Sub-Frame 5					N/A
For Sub-Frame 0					1
Binary Channel Bits Per Sub-Frame
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits				13800
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits				N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits				12960
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame	Mbps				1.246
UE Category					≥ 1
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 20 MHz, 15 MHz and 10 MHz channel BW; 3 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 5 MHz and 3 MHz; 4 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 1.4 MHz. Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8]. Note 3: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit).

Table A.3.3.1-7: PCell Fixed Reference Channel for CA demodulation with power imbalance

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.49 FDD	R.49-1 FDD	R.49-2 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	20	10	5
Allocated resource blocks		100	50	25
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame		9	9	9
Modulation		64QAM	64QAM	64QAM
Coding Rate
For Sub-Frame 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,		0.84	0.84	0.84
For Sub-Frame 5		N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0		0.87	0.87	0.86
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	63776	31704	15840
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0		63776	30576	14112
Number of Code Blocks per Sub-Frame (Note 3)
For Sub-Frames 0,1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Code Blocks	11	6	3
For Sub-Frame 5	Code Blocks	N/A	N/A	N/A
Binary Channel Bits Per Sub-Frame			5	3
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	75600
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	37800	18900
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	73080	N/A	N/A
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame	Mbps	57.398	35280	16380
UE Category		≥5	≥2	≥2
Note 1: 3 symbols allocated to PDCCH. Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [4]. Note 3: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit).

A.3.3.2 Multi-antenna transmission (Common Reference Symbols)

A.3.3.2.1 Two antenna ports

Table A.3.3.2.1-1: Fixed Reference Channel two antenna ports

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.10 FDD	R.10-2 FDD	R.11 FDD	R.11-1 FDD	R.11-2 FDD	R.11-3 FDD^{Note 5}	R.11-4 FDD	R.30 FDD	R.30-1 FDD	R.35 FDD	R.35-1 FDD	R.35-2 FDD	R.35-3 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10	5	10	10	5	10	10	20	15	10	20	15	10
Allocated resource blocks (Note 4)		50	25	50	50	25	40	50	100	75	50	100	75	50
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame		9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8
Modulation		QPSK	QPSK	16QAM	16QAM	16QAM	16QAM	QPSK	16QAM	16QAM	64QAM	64QAM	64QAM	64QAM
Target Coding Rate		1/3	1/3	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	0.39	0.39	0.39
Information Bit Payload (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	4392	1800	12960	12960	5736	10296	6968	25456	19080	19848	30576	22920	15264
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	4392	1800	12960	N/A	4968	10296	6968	25456	N/A	18336	N/A	N/A	N/A
Number of Code Blocks (Notes 3 and 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	1	1	3	3	1	2	2	5	4	4	5	4	3
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	1	1	3	N/A	1	2	2	5	N/A	3	N/A	N/A	N/A
Binary Channel Bits (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	13200	6000	26400	26400	12000	21120	13200	52800	39600	39600	79200	59400	39600
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	12384	5184	24768	N/A	10368	19488	12384	51168	N/A	37152	N/A	N/A	N/A
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame (Note 4)	Mbps	3.953	1.620	11.664	10.368	5.086	9.266	6.271	22.910	15.264	17.712	24.461	18.336	12.211
UE Category		≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 2	≥ 2	≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 2	≥ 2	≥ 2	≥ 2	≥ 2	≥ 2
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 20 MHz, 15 MHz and 10 MHz channel BW; 3 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 5 MHz and 3 MHz; 4 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 1.4 MHz. Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8]. Note 3: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit). Note 4: Given per component carrier per codeword. Note 5: For R.11-3 resource blocks of RB6–RB45 are allocated.

Table A.3.3.2.1-2: Fixed Reference Channel two antenna ports

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.46 FDD	R.47 FDD	R.35-4 FDD	R.11-5 FDD	R.11-6 FDD	R.11-7 FDD	R.11-8 FDD	R.11- 9 FDD	R.11- 10 FDD	R.65 FDD	R.10-2 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10	10	10	1.4	3	15	10	10	10	10	5
Allocated resource blocks (Note 4)		50	50	50	6	15	75	50	50	50	50	25
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame		9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9
Allocated number of PDCCH symbols		2	2	2	4	3	2	2	3	3	2	3
Modulation		QPSK	16QAM	64QAM	16QAM	16QAM	16QAM	QPSK	QPSK	QPSK	256QAM	QPSK
Target Coding Rate				0.47	1/2	1/2	1/2	3/5	0.58	0.67	0.55	1/3
Information Bit Payload (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	5160	8760	18336	1352	3368	19080	7992	6968	7992	31704	1800
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	5160	8760	16416	N/A	2664	19080	6968	N/A	N/A	N/A	1800
Number of Code Blocks (Notes 3 and 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	1	2	3	1	1	4	2	2	2	6	1
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	1	2	3	1	1	4	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	1
Binary Channel Bits (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	13200	26400	39600	2592	7200	39600	13200	12000	12000	57600	6000
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	12384	24768	37152	N/A	5568	37968	12384	N/A	N/A	N/A	5184
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame (Note 4)	Mbps	4.644	7.884	16.310	1.082	2.961	17.172	7.0904	5.5744	6.3936	25.363	1.620
UE Category		≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 2	≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 2	≥ 2	≥ 1	≥ 1	11-12	≥ 1
UE DL Category		≥ 6	≥ 6	≥ 6	≥ 6	≥ 6	≥ 6	≥ 6			≥ 11	≥ 6
Note 1: Void Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8] Note 3: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit) Note 4: Given per component carrier per codeword.

Table A.3.3.2.1-3: Fixed Reference Channel two antenna ports for UE category 0

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.62 FDD	R.63 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10	10
Allocated resource blocks (Note 4)		3	1
Allocated DL subframes per 4 Radio Frames (Note 3)		15	15
Modulation		16QAM	64QAM
Target Coding Rate		1/2	1/2
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9	Bits	744	408
Number of Code Blocks
For Sub-Frames 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9	Code blocks	1	1
Binary Channel Bits
For Sub-Frames 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9	Bits	1584	792
Max. Throughput averaged over 4 frames	Mbps	0.279	0.153
UE DL Category		0	0
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH. Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8]. Note 3: The downlink subframes are scheduled at the 0th, 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th, 26th, 32nd, 33rd, 34th subframes every 40ms. Information bit payload is available if downlink subframe is scheduled. Note 4: Allocated PRB positions start from {9, 10, …, 9+N-1}, where N is the number of allocated resource blocks.

Table A.3.3.2.1-4: Fixed Reference Channel two antenna ports

Parameter	Unit	Values
Reference channel		R.79 FDD	R.103 FDD	R.104 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10	10	10
Allocated resource blocks (Note 4)		3	3	3
Allocated DL subframes per Radio Frame		Note 3	Note 5	Note 3
Modulation		16QAM	QPSK	64QAM
Target Coding Rate		1/2	1/3	0.4
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9	Bits	744	224	968
Number of Code Blocks
For Sub-Frames 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9	Code blocks	1	1	1
Binary Channel Bits
For Sub-Frames 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9	Bits	1584	792	2376
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame	Mbps	0.149	0.0187	0.194
UE DL Category		M1, M2 ≥ 0	M1, M2	M1, M2
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH. Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8]. Note 3: The downlink subframes are scheduled at the 0th and 1st subframes every 10ms. Information bit payload is available if downlink subframe is scheduled (starting from 0th subframe). The corresponding MPDCCH is scheduled 2 subframes before the corresponding PDSCH transmissions. Note 4: Allocated PRB positions for PDSCH are {3, 4, 5} within the assigned narrowband. Allocated PRB positions for MPDCCH are {0, 1} within the assigned narrowband. Note 5: The downlink subframes are scheduled at the 0th subframes every 12ms. Information bit payload is available if downlink subframe is scheduled (starting from 5th subframe). The corresponding MPDCCH is scheduled 5 subframes before the corresponding PDSCH transmissions.

Table A.3.3.2.1-5: Fixed Reference Channel two antenna ports for UE category M1

Parameter	Unit	Values
Reference channel		R.81 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10
Allocated resource blocks (Note 4)		6
Allocated DL subframes per Y subframes (Note 3)		64
Modulation		QPSK
Target Coding Rate		1/10
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9	Bits	152
Number of Code Blocks
For Sub-Frames 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9	Code blocks	1
Binary Channel Bits
For Sub-Frames 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9	Bits	1584
Max. Throughput	kbps	0.950
UE DL Category		M1, ≥ 0
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8] Note 3: The downlink subframes are scheduled at the 65th to 128th subframes every 160 ms. Information bit payload is available at the 65th to 128th subframes with repetition. (Starting from the 0th subframe) Note 4: Allocated PRB positions are {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5} within the assigned narrowband. Note 5: MPDCCH are scheduled at the 0th to 63rd subframes with repetition. The allocated PRB positions are {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5} within the assigned narrowband. (Starting from the 0th subframe)

Table A.3.3.2.1-6: Fixed Reference Channel two antenna ports

Parameter	Unit	Values
Reference channel		R.87 FDD	R.84 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10	10
Allocated resource blocks (Note 4)		50	39
Allocated number of PDCCH symbols		2	2
Allocated subframes per Radio subframes		8	9
Modulation		64QAM	16QAM
Target Coding Rate		0.39	1/2
Information Bit Payload (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	15264	9912
For Sub-Frames 5	Bits	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frames 0		N/A	9912
Number of Code Blocks(Notes 3 and 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9		3	2
For Sub-Frames 5		N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frames 0		N/A	2
Binary Channel Bits (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	39600	20592
For Sub-Frames 5		N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frames 0		N/A	20592
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame (Note 4)	Mbps	12.211	8.9208
UE Category		≥ 1	1bis
UE DL Category		≥6	N/A
NOTE 1: Void. NOTE 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8]. NOTE 3: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit). NOTE 4: Given per component carrier per codeword. NOTE 5: For R.84 FDD, 39 RBs are allocated on RB 0-20 and 30-47.

Table A.3.3.2.1-7: Fixed Reference Channel two antenna ports

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.47-1 FDD	R.47-2 FDD	R.47-3 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	5	15	20
Allocated resource blocks (Note 4)		25	75	100
Allocated number of PDCCH symbols		2	2	2
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame		9	9	9
Modulation		16QAM	16QAM	16QAM
Target Coding Rate
Information Bit Payload (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	4008	12960	17568
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	3496	12960	17568
Number of Code Blocks
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	1	3	3
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	1	3	3
Binary Channel Bits (Note 3)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	12000	39600	52800
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	10368	37968	51168
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame (Note 3)	Mbps	3.556	11.664	15.8112
UE Category		≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 1
UE DL Category		≥ 6	≥ 6	≥ 6
Note 1: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8] Note 2: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit) Note 3: Given per component carrier per codeword.

Table A.3.3.2.1-8: Fixed Reference Channel two antenna ports

Parameter	Unit	Values
Reference channel		R.90 FDD	R.91 FDD	R.92-1 FDD	R.92-2 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10	10	10	10
Allocated resource blocks		18 (Note 7)	18 (Note 7)	36 (Note 8)	36 (Note 8)
Allocated DL subframes		Note 3	Note 4	Note 5	Note 6
Modulation		QPSK	QPSK	QPSK	QPSK
Target Coding Rate		1/3	1/10	1/2	1/2
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9	Bits	1544	488	4392	4392
Number of Code Blocks
For Sub-Frames 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9	Code blocks	1	1	1	1
Binary Channel Bits
For Sub-Frames 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9	Bits	4752	4752	9504	9504
Max. Throughput averaged over one period	kbps	48.25	3.8125	219.6	439.2
UE DL Category		M2	M2	≥ 1	≥ 1
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8] Note 3: The downlink subframes are scheduled at the 0th to 24th subframes every period=32 ms. Information bit payload is available at the 17th to 24th subframes with repetition. MPDCCH are scheduled at the 0th to 15th subframes with repetition. (Starting from the 0th subframe) Note 4: The downlink subframes are scheduled at the 0th to 96th subframes every period=128 ms. Information bit payload is available at the 65th to 96th subframes with repetition. MPDCCH are scheduled at the 0th to 63rd subframes with repetition. (Starting from the 0th subframe) Note 5: The downlink subframes are scheduled at the 0th to 12th subframes every period= 20 ms. Information bit payload is available at the 9th to 12th subframes with repetition. MPDCCH are scheduled at the 0th to 7th subframes with repetition. (Starting from the 0th subframe) Note 6: The downlink subframes are scheduled at the 0th to 4th subframes every period=10 ms. Information bit payload is available at the 3rd to 4th subframes with repetition. MPDCCH are scheduled at the 0th to 1st subframes with repetition. (Starting from the 0th subframe) Note 7: Allocated PRB positions are {0, 1, …, 17} within the assigned wideband Note 8: Allocated PRB positions are {1, 2, 3, …, 18, 31, 32, …, 48} Note 9: Allocated PRB positions for MPDCCH are {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5} within the scheduled narrowband

A.3.3.2.2 Four antenna ports

Table A.3.3.2.2-1: Fixed Reference Channel four antenna ports

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.12 FDD	R.13 FDD	R.14 FDD	R.14-1 FDD	R.14-2 FDD	R.14-3 FDD	R.36 FDD	R.14-4 FDD	R.14-5 FDD	R.14-6 FDD	R.14-7 FDD	R.36-1 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	1.4	10	10	10	10	20	10	1.4	3	5	15	10
Allocated resource blocks (Note 4)		6	50	50	6	3	100	50	6	15	25	75	50
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame		9	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9
Modulation		QPSK	QPSK	16QAM	16QAM	16QAM	16QAM	64QAM	16QAM	16QAM	16QAM	16QAM	64QAM
Target Coding Rate		1/3	1/3	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	0.55
Information Bit Payload (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	408	4392	12960	1544	744	25456	18336	1192	3368	5736	19080	21384
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	n/a	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	152	3624	11448	N/A	N/A	22920	18336	N/A	2664	4968	19080	19848
Number of Code Blocks (Notes 3 and 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9		1	1	3	1	1	5	3	1	1	1	4	4
For Sub-Frame 5		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	n/a	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0		1	1	2	N/A	N/A	4	3	N/A	1	1	4	4
Binary Channel Bits (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	1248	12800	25600	3072	1536	51200	38400	2496	6960	11600	38400	38400
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	n/a	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	480	12032	24064	N/A	N/A	49664	36096	N/A	5424	10064	36864	36096
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame (Note 4)	Mbps	0.342	3.876	11.513	1.235	0.595	22.656	16.502	0.954	2.961	5.086	17.172	19.092
UE Category		≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 2	≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 2	≥ 2	≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 2	≥ 2
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 20 MHz, 15 MHz and 10 MHz channel BW; 3 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 5 MHz and 3 MHz; 4 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 1.4 MHz. Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8]. Note 3: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit). Note 4: Given per component carrier per codeword.

Table A.3.3.2.2-2: Fixed Reference Channel four antenna ports

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.72 FDD	R.72-1 FDD	R.72-2 FDD	R.72-3 FDD	R.73 FDD	R.73-1 FDD	R.74 FDD	R.85 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10	5	15	20	10	10	10	10
Allocated resource blocks (Note 4)		50	25	75	100	50	50	50	24
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame		9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Modulation		256QAM	256QAM	256QAM	256QAM	64QAM	16QAM	16QAM	64QAM
Target Coding Rate		0.62	0.69	0.61	0.62	0.43	1/2	1/2	1/2
Information Bit Payload (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	31704	15840	46888	63776	16416 (CW0) 32856 (CW1)	12960 (CW0) 25456 (CW1)	25456	10296
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	31704	15840	46888	63776	15264 (CW0) 30576 (CW1)	11448 (CW0) 22920 (CW1)	22920	10296
Number of Code Blocks (Notes 3 and 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9		6	3	8	11	3 (CW0) 6 (CW1)	3 (CW0) 5 (CW1)	5	2
For Sub-Frame 5		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0		6	3	8	11	3 (CW0) 5 (CW1)	2 (CW0) 4 (CW1)	5	2
Binary Channel Bits (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	51200	23200	76800	102400	38400 (CW0) 76800 (CW1)	25600 (CW0) 51200 (CW1)	51200	18432
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	48128	20128	73728	99328	36096 (CW0) 72192 (CW1)	24064 (CW0) 48128 (CW1)	48128	18432
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame (Note 4)	Mbps	28.534	14.256	42.1992	57.3984	14.659 (CW0) 29.342 (CW1)	11.513 (CW0) 22.657 (CW1)	22.657	9.2664
UE Category		≥ 11	≥ 11	≥ 11	≥ 11	≥ 5	≥ 5	≥ 5	1bis
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 20 MHz, 15 MHz and 10 MHz channel BW; 3 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 5 MHz and 3 MHz; 4 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 1.4 MHz. Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8]. Note 3: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit). Note 4: Given per component carrier per codeword. Note 5: For R.85 FDD, 24 RBs are allocated on RB 0-20 and 30-32.

Table A.3.3.2.2-3: Fixed Reference Channel four antenna ports

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel			R.74-1 FDD	R.74-2 FDD	R.74-3 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz		5	15	20
Allocated resource blocks (Note 4)			25	75	100
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame			9	9	9
Modulation			16QAM	16QAM	16QAM
Target Coding Rate			1/2	1/2	1/2
Information Bit Payload (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits		11448	37888	51024
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits		N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits		9912	37888	51024
Number of Code Blocks (Notes 3 and 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9			2	7	9
For Sub-Frame 5			N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0			2	7	9
Binary Channel Bits (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits		23200	76800	102400
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits		N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits		20128	73728	99328
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame (Note 4)	Mbps		10.1496	34.0992	45.9216
UE Category			≥ 5	≥ 5	≥ 5
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 20 MHz, 15 MHz and 10 MHz channel BW; 3 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 5 MHz and 3 MHz; 4 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 1.4 MHz. Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8]. Note 3: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit). Note 4: Given per component carrier per codeword.

A.3.3.3 Reference Measurement Channel for UE-Specific Reference Symbols

A.3.3.3.0 Two antenna ports (no CSI-RS)

The reference measurement channels in Table A.3.3.3.0-1 apply with two CRS antenna ports and without CSI-RS.

Table A.3.3.3.0-1: Fixed Reference Channel without CSI-RS

Parameter		Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.70 FDD	R.71 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10	10
Allocated resource blocks		50	50
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame		10	10
Modulation		QPSK	16QAM
Target Coding Rate		0.65	0.6
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	6968	12960
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	N/A	N/A
Number of Code Blocks per Sub-Frame (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9		2	3
For Sub-Frame 5		N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0		N/A	N/A
Binary Channel Bits Per Sub-Frame
For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	10800	21600
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	N/A	N/A
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame	Mbps	5.5744	10.368
UE Category		≥ 1	≥ 2
Note 1: 3 symbols allocated to PDCCH. Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8]. Note 3: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit).

Table A.3.3.3.0-2: Fixed Reference Channel without CSI-RS for UE category M1

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.80 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10
Allocated resource blocks (Note 4)		6
Allocated DL subframes per 32 subframes (Note 3)		8
Modulation		QPSK
Target Coding Rate		1/3
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9	Bits	504
Number of Code Blocks
For Sub-Frames 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9	Code blocks	1
Binary Channel Bits
For Sub-Frames 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9	Bits	1440
Max. Throughput	kbps	15.75
UE DL Category		M1, ≥ 0
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8] Note 3: The downlink subframes are scheduled at the 9th to 16th subframes every 32 ms. Information bit payload is available from the 9th to 16th subframes with repetition. (Starting from the 0th subframe) Note 4: Allocated PRB positions are {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5} within the assigned narrowband. Note 5: MPDCCH are scheduled at the 0th to 7th subframes with repetition. The allocated PRB positions are {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5} within the assigned narrowband. (Starting from the 0th subframe)

A.3.3.3.1 Two antenna port (CSI-RS)

The reference measurement channels in Table A.3.3.3.1-1 apply for verifying demodulation performance for UE-specific reference symbols with two cell-specific antenna ports and two CSI-RS antenna ports.

Table A.3.3.3.1-1: Fixed Reference Channel for CDM-multiplexed DM RS with two CSI-RS antenna ports

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.51 FDD	R.51-1 FDD	R.76 FDD	R.51-2 FDD	R.51-3 FDD	R.51-4 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10	10	10	5	15	20
Allocated resource blocks		50 (Note 3)	50 (Note 3)	50 (Note 3)	25 (Note 5)	75 (Note 6)	100 (Note 7)
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame		9	9	9	9	9	9
Modulation		16QAM	16QAM	QPSK	16QAM	16QAM	16QAM
Target Coding Rate		1/2	0.54		1/2	1/2	1/2
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 1,4,6,9	Bits	11448	12960	6200	5736	16992	22920
For Sub-Frames 2,3,7,8	Bits	11448	12960	6200	5736	16992	22920
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	9528	10680	4968	3880	14112	19848
Number of Code Blocks (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,4,6,9	Code blocks	2	3	2	1	3	4
For Sub-Frames 2,3,7,8	Code blocks	2	3	2	1	3	4
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	2	2	1	1	3	4
Binary Channel Bits
For Sub-Frames 1,4,6,9	Bits	24000	24000	12000	10800	36000	48000
For Sub-Frames 2,7		23600	23600	11800	10600	35400	47200
For Sub-Frames 3,8		23200	23200	12000	10400	34800	46400
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	n/a	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	19680	19680	9840	6912	30240	42240
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame	Mbps	10.1112	11.436	5.4568	4.9768	15.0048	20.3208
UE Category		≥ 2	≥ 2	≥ 2	≥ 2	≥ 2	≥ 2
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH. Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8]. Note 3: 50 resource blocks are allocated in sub-frames 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 41 resource blocks (RB0–RB20 and RB30–RB49) are allocated in sub-frame 0. Note 4: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit). Note 5: 25 resource blocks are allocated in sub-frames 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 17 resource blocks (RB0–RB9 and RB18–RB24) are allocated in sub-frame 0. Note 6: 75 resource blocks are allocated in sub-frames 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 63 resource blocks (RB0–R31 and RB44–RB74) are allocated in sub-frame 0. Note 7: 100 resource blocks are allocated in sub-frames 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 88 resource blocks (RB0–RB43 and RB56–RB99) are allocated in sub-frame 0.

The reference measurement channels in Table A3.3.3.1-2 apply for verifying demodulation performance for UE-specific reference symbols with two cell specific antenna ports and two CSI-RS antenna ports with ZP CSI-RS and NZP CSI-RS in same subframe.

Table A.3.3.3.1-2: Fixed Reference Channel for CDM-multiplexed DM RS with two CSI-RS antenna ports with ZP CSI-RS and NZP CSI-RS

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.52 FDD	R.53 FDD	R.54 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10	10	10
Allocated resource blocks		50 (Note 3)	50 (Note 3)	50 (Note 3)
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame		9	9	9
Modulation		64QAM	64QAM	16QAM
Target Coding Rate		1/2	1/2	1/2
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 1,3,4,6,8,9	Bits	18336	18336	11448
For Sub-Frames 2,7	Bits	16416	16416	11448
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	n/a	n/a	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	14688	14688	9528
Number of Code Blocks (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,3,4,6,8,9	Code blocks	3	3	2
For Sub-Frames 2, 7	Code blocks	3	3	2
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	n/a	n/a	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	3	3	2
Binary Channel Bits
For Sub-Frames 1,3,4,6,8,9	Bits	36000	36000	24000
For Sub-Frames 2,7		34200	33600	22800
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	n/a	n/a	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	29520	29520	19680
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame	Mbps	15.7536	15.7536	10.1112
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH. Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8]. Note 3: 50 resource blocks are allocated in sub-frames 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 41 resource blocks (RB0–RB20 and RB30–RB49) are allocated in sub-frame 0. Note 4: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit).

Table A.3.3.3.1-3: Fixed Reference Channel for CDM-multiplexed DM RS with two CSI-RS antenna ports

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.76-1 FDD	R.76-2 FDD	R.76-3 FDD	R.76-4 FDD	R.76-5 FDD	R.76-6 FDD	R.76-7 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	5	15	20	5	10	15	20
Allocated resource blocks		25 (Note 5)	75 (Note 6)	100 (Note 7)	25 (Note 5)	50 (Note 3)	75 (Note 6)	100 (Note 7)
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame		9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Modulation		QPSK	QPSK	QPSK	QPSK	QPSK	QPSK	QPSK
Target Coding Rate
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 1,4,6,9	Bits	2600	9144	12216	3496	7992	11832	15840
For Sub-Frames 2,3,7,8	Bits	2600	9144	12216	3496	7992	11832	15840
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	1736	7736	10680	2344	6456	9912	14112
Number of Code Blocks (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,4,6,9	Code blocks	1	2	2	1	2	2	3
For Sub-Frames 2,3,7,8	Code blocks	1	2	2	1	2	2	3
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	1	2	2	1	2	2	3
Binary Channel Bits
For Sub-Frames 1,4,6,9	Bits	5400	18000	24000	5400	12000	18000	24000
For Sub-Frames 2,7		5300	17700	23600	5300	11800	17700	23600
For Sub-Frames 3,8		5200	17400	23200	5200	12000	17400	23200
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	3456	15120	21120	3456	9840	15120	21120
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame	Mbps	2.2536	8.0888	10.8408	3.0312	7.0392	10.4568	14.0832
UE Category		≥ 2	≥ 2	≥ 2	≥ 2	≥ 2	≥ 2	≥ 2
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 20 MHz, 15 MHz and 10 MHz channel BW; 3 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 5 MHz and 3 MHz; 4 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 1.4 MHz. Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [4]. Note 3: 50 resource blocks are allocated in sub-frames 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 41 resource blocks (RB0–RB20 and RB30–RB49) are allocated in sub-frame 0. Note 4: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit). Note 5: 25 resource blocks are allocated in sub-frames 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 17 resource blocks (RB0–RB9 and RB18–RB24) are allocated in sub-frame 0. Note 6: 75 resource blocks are allocated in sub-frames 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 63 resource blocks (RB0–R31 and RB44–RB74) are allocated in sub-frame 0. Note 7: 100 resource blocks are allocated in sub-frames 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 88 resource blocks (RB0–RB43 and RB56–RB99) are allocated in sub-frame 0. Note 8: Given per component carrier per codeword.

A.3.3.3.2 Four antenna ports (CSI-RS)

The reference measurement channels in Table A.3.3.3.2-1 apply for verifying demodulation performance for UE-specific reference symbols with two cell-specific antenna ports and four CSI-RS antenna ports.

Table A.3.3.3.2-1: Fixed Reference Channel for CDM-multiplexed DM RS with four CSI-RS antenna ports

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.43 FDD	R.43-1 FDD	R.43-2 FDD	R.50 FDD	R.48 FDD	R.66 FDD	R.75 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Allocated resource blocks		50 (Note 3)	50 (Note 3)	50 (Note 5)	50 (Note 3)	50 (Note 3)	50 (Note 3)	50 (Note 3)
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame		9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Modulation		QPSK	QPSK	QPSK	64QAM	QPSK	256QAM	16QAM
Target Coding Rate		1/3	1/3	1/3	1/2		0.77	0.57
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 1,4,6,9	Bits	3624	3624	3624	18336	6200	36696	25456
For Sub-Frames 2,3,7,8	Bits	3624	3624	3624	16416	6200	35160	25456
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	2984	2984	3368	14688	4968	30576	21384
Number of Code Blocks (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 1,4,6,9	Code blocks	1	1	1	3	2	6	5
For Sub-Frames 2,3,7,8	Code blocks	1	1	1	3	2	6	5
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	1	1	1	3	1	5	4
Binary Channel Bits
For Sub-Frames 1,6	Bits	12000	13200	13200	36000	12000	48000	43200
For Sub-Frames 4,9	Bits	12000	12000	12000	36000	12000	48000	43200
For Sub-Frames 2,7	Bits	11600	12800	12800	34800	11600	46400	41600
For Sub-Frames 3,8	Bits	11600	12800	12800	34800	12000	46400	41600
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	9840	9840	10560	29520	9840	39360	35424
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame	Mbps	3.1976	3.1976	3.236	15.3696	5.4568	31.800	22.503
UE Category		≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 1	≥ 2	≥ 1	11-12	≥ 5
UE DL Category		≥ 6	≥ 6	≥ 6	≥ 6	≥ 6	≥ 11	≥ 6
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH. Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8]. Note 3: 50 resource blocks are allocated in sub-frames 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 41 resource blocks (RB0–RB20 and RB30–RB49) are allocated in sub-frame 0. Note 4: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit). Note 5: 50 resource blocks are allocated in sub-frames 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 47 resource blocks (RB0–RB23 and RB27–RB49) are allocated in sub-frame 0. In sub-frame 0, PDSCH is rate matched around RB22, RB23 and RB27.

The reference measurement channels in Table A.3.3.3.2-2 apply for verifying FDD PMI accuracy measurement with two CRS antenna ports and four CSI-RS antenna ports.

Table A.3.3.3.2-2: Fixed Reference Channel for four antenna ports (CSI-RS)

Parameter

Unit

Value

Reference channel

R.44

FDD

R.45

FDD

R.45-1

FDD

R.60 FDD

R.50A -1 FDD

R.45A-2 FDD

Channel bandwidth

MHz

Allocated resource blocks

50³

Allocated subframes per Radio Frame

Modulation

QPSK

16QAM

QPSK

64QAM

16QAM

Target Coding Rate

1/3

1/2

Information Bit Payload

For Sub-Frames (Non CSI-RS subframe)

Bits

3624

11448

8760

6200

18336

11448

For Sub-Frames (CSI-RS subframe)

Bits

3624

11448

8760

6200

N/A

11448

For Sub-Frames (ZeroPowerCSI-RS subframe)

Bits

N/A

For Sub-Frame 5

Bits

N/A

For Sub-Frame 0

Bits

2984

9528

8760

N/A

14688

9528

Number of Code Blocks per Sub-Frame
(Note 4)

For Sub-Frames (Non CSI-RS subframe)

For Sub-Frames (CSI-RS subframe)

N/A

For Sub-Frames (ZeroPowerCSI-RS subframe)

Bits

N/A

For Sub-Frame 5

N/A

For Sub-Frame 0

N/A

Binary Channel Bits Per Sub-Frame

For Sub-Frames (Non CSI-RS subframe)

Bits

12000

24000

18720

12000

36000

24000

For Sub-Frames (CSI-RS subframe)

Bits

11600

23200

18096

11600

N/A

23600

For Sub-Frames (ZeroPowerCSI-RS subframe)

Bits

N/A

For Sub-Frame 5

Bits

N/A

For Sub-Frame 0

Bits

9840

19680

18720

N/A

29520

19680

Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame

Mbps

3.1976

10.1112

7.884

4.96

12.4704

10.1112

UE Category

≥ 1

≥ 2

≥ 1

≥ 2

Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 20 MHz, 15 MHz and 10 MHz channel BW; 3 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 5 MHz and 3 MHz; 4 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 1.4 MHz

Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [4]

Note 3: For R.44, R.45 and R.60, 50 resource blocks are allocated in sub-frames 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9 and 41 resource blocks (RB0–RB20 and RB30–RB49) are allocated in sub-frame 0. For R.45-1, 39 resource blocks are allocated in all subframes (RB0–RB20 and RB30–RB47). For R.50A-1, 50 resource blocks are allocated in sub-frames 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 41 resource blocks (RB0–RB20 and RB30–RB49) are allocated in sub-frame 0.

Note 4: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit)

Table A.3.3.3.2-3: Fixed Reference Channel for CDM-multiplexed DM RS with four CSI-RS antenna ports

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.64 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10
Allocated resource blocks (Note 4)		6
Allocated subframes per 4 Radio Frames		15
Modulation		QPSK
Target Coding Rate		1/3
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 0,1,4,5,6,9 (Note 3)	Bits	504
For Sub-Frames 2,3,7,8 (Note 3)	Bits	504
Number of Code Blocks
For Sub-Frames 0,1,4,5,6,9	Code blocks	1
For Sub-Frames 2,3,7,8	Code blocks	1
Binary Channel Bits
For Sub-Frames 0,1,4,5,6,9	Bits	1440
For Sub-Frames 2,3,7,8	Bits	1392
Max. Throughput averaged over 4 frames	Mbps	0.189
UE DL Category		0
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH. Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8]. Note 3: The downlink subframes are scheduled at the 0th, 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th, 26th, 32nd, 33rd, 34th subframes every 40ms. Information bit payload is available if downlink subframe is scheduled. Note 4: Allocated PRB positions start from {9, 10, …, 9+N-1}, where N is the number of allocated resource blocks.

The reference measurement channels in Table A.3.3.3.2-4 apply with two CRS antenna ports and four CSI-RS antenna ports.

Table A.3.3.3.2-4: Fixed Reference Channel for four antenna ports (CSI-RS)

Parameter		Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.69 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10
Allocated resource blocks		50
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame		10
Modulation		QPSK
Target Coding Rate
For Sub-Frames 2,3,4,6,7,8,9		0.74
For Sub-Frame 1		0.8
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames 2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	7992
For Sub-Frame 1	Bits	7992
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	N/A
Number of Code Blocks per Sub-Frame (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames 2,3,4,6,7,8,9		2
For Sub-Frame 1		2
For Sub-Frame 5		N/A
For Sub-Frame 0		N/A
Binary Channel Bits Per Sub-Frame
For Sub-Frames 2,3,4,6,7,8,9	Bits	10800
For Sub-Frame 1	Bits	10000
2 For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	N/A
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame	Mbps	6.3936
UE Category		≥ 1
Note 1: 3 symbols allocated to PDCCH. Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8]. Note 3: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit).

A.3.3.3.2A Eight antenna ports (CSI-RS)

The reference measurement channels in Table A.3.3.3.2A-1 apply for verifying FDD CRI accuracy measurement with two CRS antenna ports and eight CSI-RS antenna ports.

Table A.3.3.3.2A-1: Fixed Reference Channel for eight antenna ports (CSI-RS)

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.50A-2 FDD	R.50A-3 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10	10
Allocated resource blocks		50³	50³
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame		7	5
Modulation		64QAM	64QAM
Target Coding Rate		1/2	1/2
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames (Non CSI-RS subframe)	Bits	18336	18336
For Sub-Frames (CSI-RS subframe)	Bits	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frames (ZeroPowerCSI-RS subframe)	Bits	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A

For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	14688	14688
Number of Code Blocks per Sub-Frame (Note 4)
For Sub-Frames (Non CSI-RS subframe)		3	3
For Sub-Frames (CSI-RS subframe)		N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frames (ZeroPowerCSI-RS subframe)	Bits	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 5		N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0		3	3
Binary Channel Bits Per Sub-Frame
For Sub-Frames (Non CSI-RS subframe)	Bits	36000	36000
For Sub-Frames (CSI-RS subframe)	Bits	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frames (ZeroPowerCSI-RS subframe)	Bits	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	29520	29520
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame	Mbps	12.4704	8.8032
UE Category		≥ 2	≥ 2
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 20 MHz, 15 MHz and 10 MHz channel BW; 3 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 5 MHz and 3 MHz; 4 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 1.4 MHz Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [4] Note 3: For R.50A-2, 50 resource blocks are allocated in sub-frames 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 41 resource blocks (RB0–RB20 and RB30–RB49) are allocated in sub-frame 0. For R.50A-3, 50 resource blocks are allocated in sub-frames 3, 4, 8, 9 and 41 resource blocks (RB0–RB20 and RB30–RB49) are allocated in sub-frame 0. Note 4: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit)

A.3.3.3.3 Twelve antenna port (CSI-RS)

The reference measurement channels in Table A.3.3.3.3-1 apply for verifying PMI accuracy performance for UE-specific reference symbols with two cell-specific antenna ports and twelve CSI-RS antenna ports.

Table A.3.3.3.3-1: Fixed Reference Channel for CDM-multiplexed DM RS with twelve CSI-RS antenna ports

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.77 FDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10
Allocated resource blocks		50 (Note 3)
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame		9
Modulation		64QAM
Target Coding Rate		1/2
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames (Non CSI-RS subframe)	Bits	18336
For Sub-Frames (CSI-RS subframe)	Bits	16416
For Sub-Frames (ZeroPowerCSI-RS subframe)	Bits	N/A
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0		14688
Number of Code Blocks per Sub-Frame	Code blocks
For Sub-Frames (Non CSI-RS subframe)	Code blocks	3
For Sub-Frames (CSI-RS subframe)	Bits	3
For Sub-Frames (ZeroPowerCSI-RS subframe)	Bits	N/A
For Sub-Frame 5		N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	3
Binary Channel Bits Per Sub-Frame
For Sub-Frames (Non CSI-RS subframe)		36000
For Sub-Frames (CSI-RS subframe)	Bits	32400
For Sub-Frames (ZeroPowerCSI-RS subframe)	Bits	N/A
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	29520
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame	Mbps	15.7536
UE Category		≥ 2
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH. Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [8]. Note 3: 50 resource blocks are allocated in sub-frames 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 41 resource blocks (RB0–RB20 and RB30–RB49) are allocated in sub-frame 0. Note 4: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit).

The reference measurement channels in Table A.3.4.3.4-5 apply for verifying CRI reporting accuracy with two cell-specific antenna ports and four CSI-RS antenna ports.

Table A.3.3.3.4-5: Fixed Reference Channel for four antenna ports (CSI-RS)

Parameter	Unit	Value
Reference channel		R.44A-1 TDD
Channel bandwidth	MHz	10
Uplink-Downlink Configuration (Note 3)		2
Allocated resource blocks		50⁴
Allocated subframes per Radio Frame		4+2
Modulation		64QAM
Target Coding Rate		1/2
Information Bit Payload
For Sub-Frames (Non CSI-RS subframe)	Bits	18336
For Sub-Frames (CSI-RS subframe)	Bits	N/A
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A
For Sub-Frames 1,6		11832
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	14688
Number of Code Blocks per Sub-Frame (Note 5)
For Sub-Frames (Non CSI-RS subframe)		3
For Sub-Frames (CSI-RS subframe)		N/A
For Sub-Frame 5		N/A
For Sub-Frames 1,6		2
For Sub-Frame 0		3
Binary Channel Bits Per Sub-Frame
For Sub-Frames (Non CSI-RS subframe)	Bits	36000
For Sub-Frames (CSI-RS subframe)	Bits	N/A
For Sub-Frame 5	Bits	N/A
For Sub-Frames 1,6	Bits	23616
For Sub-Frame 0	Bits	29520
Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame	Mbps	9.336
UE Category		≥ 2
Note 1: 2 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 20 MHz, 15 MHz and 10 MHz channel BW; 3 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 5 MHz and 3 MHz; 4 symbols allocated to PDCCH for 1.4 MHz Note 2: Reference signal, synchronization signals and PBCH allocated as per TS 36.211 [4] Note 3: As per Table 4.2-2 in TS 36.211 [4]. Note 4: For R.44A-1, 50 resource blocks are allocated in sub-frames 3, 8, 9 and 41 resource blocks (RB0–RB20 and RB30–RB49) are allocated in sub-frame 0 and and the DwPTS portion of sub-frames 1,6. Note 5: If more than one Code Block is present, an additional CRC sequence of L = 24 Bits is attached to each Code Block (otherwise L = 0 Bit)