What are transport blocks?

Transport Block is a packet of data which is passed between the MAC and Physical layers . It is passed downwards at the transmitter and upwards at the receiver. A Transport Block undergoes Physical layer processing at the transmitter before being mapped onto the PDSCH for transfer across the air-interface.

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What QAM 256?

Just what is QAM-256? It refers to Quadrature Amplitude Modulation , which is the means by which a carrier signal, such as an LTE waveform, transmits data and information. Ideally, a waveform/symbol carries as much data as possible in order to achieve higher data rates and increase spectral efficiency.

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How do you calculate QAM?

The required bandwidth is related to bit rate and the modulation order M. It is so that the double sided bandwidth w = symbol rate= bit rate rb/ divided by the number of bit per symbol n . The number of bits per symbol is = log 2M with M is the M is the QAM modulation order.

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