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Frequency range

Numerology (SCS)30 kHz

Channel bandwidth100 MHz

Modulation (Q_m)256-QAM

MIMO layers (ν)4

Scaling factor (f)1.00

Coding rate (R_max)0.926

Aggregated CCs (J)1

Overhead (OH)14 %

Spec: 3GPP TS 38.306 §4.1.2 · PRB tables TS 38.101-1 §5.3.2-1 (FR1) and TS 38.101-2 §5.3.2-1 (FR2) · default OH 0.14 (DL FR1), 0.18 (DL FR2), 0.08 (UL FR1), 0.10 (UL FR2)

Peak data rate · per component carrier LIVE

0Mbps

Aggregate 0 Mbps across 1 carrier · 0 bits/symbol per layer · 273 PRB available

00 % of 20 Gbps target20 Gbps

IMT-2020 DL target · 20 Gbps · IMT-2020 UL target · 10 Gbps

3GPP vs LTE Cat 20 ≈ 2 Gbps

N_PRB · 12 (REs)

3276

Symbol time T_s

35.71 µs

Bits/symbol/layer

7.40

Per-layer rate

678 Mbps

All-layer rate

2711 Mbps

After overhead

2332 Mbps

TS 38.306 §4.1.2 — peak rate per CC

R = 10⁻⁶ · v · Q_m · f · R_max · (N_PRB·12 / T_s) · (1 − OH) [Mbps]

vMIMO layers Q_mmodulation order fscaling factor R_max948/1024 = 0.9258 N_PRBPRBs (SCS, BW) T_s= 1ms/(14·2^µ) OHL1+L2 overhead Jaggregated CCs (multiplier)

SCS	5 MHz	10	15	20	25	30	40	50	60	80	100

Computed under ideal radio conditions (no BLER, no retransmissions). Real throughput is lower; CQI-driven MCS selection, HARQ retransmissions, DRX, and slot-format restrictions all reduce this number in a live cell.

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