5G NR Signal Analyzer - RSRP/RSRQ/SINR

Signal Parameters

RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power) -90 dBm

-140 dBm -44 dBm

RSRQ (Reference Signal Received Quality) -10 dB

-34 dB -3 dB

SINR (Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio) 15 dB

-10 dB 40 dB

What do these values mean?

RSRP: Signal strength from serving cell
RSRQ: Signal quality considering interference
SINR: Signal clarity (signal vs. noise + interference)

Excellent

RSRP > -80

Good

-80 to -90

Fair

-90 to -100

Poor

< -100

Signal Quality Analysis

RSRP

-90

dBm

Good

RSRQ

-10

Good

SINR

Good

Overall Coverage Quality

GOOD

Reliable connection with good data rates

Estimated Peak Throughput

250 Mbps

Based on 100 MHz BW, 4x4 MIMO, 256QAM

Channel Quality Indicator (CQI)

Estimated CQI: 12
Modulation: 256QAM
Code Rate: 658/1024
Efficiency: 5.1152 bits/symbol

CQI to MCS Mapping Table (3GPP TS 38.214)

CQI Index	Modulation	Code Rate x 1024	Efficiency (bits/symbol)	SINR Range (dB)	Typical Use Case
0	Out of Range	-	-	< -10	No transmission
1	QPSK	78	0.1523	-10 to -8	Cell edge, very poor
2	QPSK	120	0.2344	-8 to -6	Cell edge, poor
3	QPSK	193	0.3770	-6 to -4	Low SINR
4	QPSK	308	0.6016	-4 to -2	Fair coverage
5	QPSK	449	0.8770	-2 to 0	Fair coverage
6	QPSK	602	1.1758	0 to 2	Moderate SINR
7	16QAM	378	1.4766	2 to 4	Good coverage
8	16QAM	490	1.9141	4 to 6	Good coverage
9	16QAM	616	2.4063	6 to 8	Good signal
10	64QAM	466	2.7305	8 to 10	Very good signal
11	64QAM	567	3.3223	10 to 12	Very good signal
12	64QAM	666	3.9023	12 to 14	Excellent signal
13	64QAM	772	4.5234	14 to 16	Excellent signal
14	64QAM	873	5.1152	16 to 18	Excellent signal
15	256QAM	711	5.5547	18 to 22	Near perfect conditions

3GPP Reference

Specification: 3GPP TS 38.214 - NR Physical layer procedures for data
Table: 5.2.2.1-2 and 5.2.2.1-3 (CQI table)
Note: CQI values help UE report channel quality to gNB for optimal MCS selection