Research Article

Estimating Spectral Efficiency Curves from Connection Traces in a Live LTE Network

Table 3

Trace datasets.

Parameter Network 1 Network 2

Land useSuburban Urban
Geographical area [km2] 300 15000
Number of cells 71 817
Carrier frequency [MHz] 2100 2100
System bandwidth [MHz] 10 15
Trace collection period [hours] 5 2
Ratio of traced connections [%] 100 100
Total number of connections 245947 246598
Avg. number of connections per cell 3644 302
Avg. number of RRC measurement events per connection 3.21 5.22