1. TSB–88 For Public Safety LTE

2.  Focus on basic LTE coverage modeling and verification definitions and procedures ◦ Tile reliability ◦ Service area reliability ◦ Data rate channel performance criterion (DRCPC) ◦ Etc.  Also provide high-level overview of key LTE technology concepts including their impact on coverage and capacity ◦ Scheduler ◦ MIMO ◦ Power Control ◦ Etc. 2

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5.  Data Rate Channel Performance Criterion (DRCPC)  Application Layer Data Rate  Physical Layer Data Rate  Resource Block Utilization  Design Traffic Load  Service Area  Tile  Tile Reliability  Covered Area Reliability  Service Area Reliability  Cell Edge  Sector Throughput  Sector Capacity  Coverage Acceptance Test Plan (CATP) 5

6.  Section 3 provides a description of the process flow to produce: ◦ Service area reliability ◦ Covered area reliability ◦ Test grid 6

7.  LTE Carrier Bandwidth  Subscriber Speed  Transmit Diversity and MIMO  Resource Block Scheduler  Frequency Selective Scheduling  Uplink Power Control  Maximum Ratio and Interference Rejection Combining  CINR  Modulation and Coding Rate Adaptation  Cyclic Prefix  Intercell Interference Coordination  Downlink Reference Symbol Interference  Overhead Accounting  Handoff  Subscriber Equipment Base Station Equipment  Others... 7 Section 4 provides a high level description of the coverage and capacity impacts of the following LTE technologies:

8.  Follow the same outline is TSB 88.3  Remove all material unrelated to LTE  Update terminology to reflect LTE 8

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