Table 1 SINR and CQI mapping to modulation and coding rate at full load
From: Scalable HetNet interference management and the impact of limited channel state information
SINR | CQI | Modulation | Code rate | Spectral |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  |  | (×1,024) | efficiency |
−6.93 | 1 | QPSK | 78 | 0.1523 |
−5.14 | 2 | QPSK | 120 | 0.2344 |
−3.18 | 3 | QPSK | 193 | 0.3770 |
−1.25 | 4 | QPSK | 308 | 0.6016 |
0.76 | 5 | QPSK | 449 | 0.8770 |
2.69 | 6 | QPSK | 602 | 1.1758 |
4.69 | 7 | 16QAM | 378 | 1.4766 |
6.52 | 8 | 16QAM | 490 | 1.9141 |
8.57 | 9 | 16QAM | 616 | 2.4063 |
10.36 | 10 | 64QAM | 466 | 2.7305 |
12.28 | 11 | 64QAM | 567 | 3.3223 |
14.17 | 12 | 64QAM | 666 | 3.9023 |
15.88 | 13 | 64QAM | 772 | 4.5234 |
17.81 | 14 | 64QAM | 873 | 5.1152 |
19.82 | 15 | 64QAM | 948 | 5.5547 |