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Table 3 CQI table from the existing LTE/NR specifications

From: Uplink coverage enhancements for extremely large-cell sites

CQI

Modulation

Code rate \(\times\) 1024

Efficiency

SNR in dB [BLER = 0.1]

0

Out of range

1

QPSK

78

0.1523

\(-\)6.9

2

QPSK

120

0.2344

\(-\)5.10

3

QPSK

193

0.3770

\(-\)3.15

4

QPSK

308

0.6016

\(-\)1.25

5

QPSK

449

0.8770

\(-\)0.8

6

QPSK

602

1.1758

2.7

7

16QAM

378

1.4766

4.7

8

16QAM

490

1.9141

6.55

9

16QAM

616

2.4063

8.6

10

64QAM

466

2.7305

10.4

11

64QAM

567

3.3223

12.3

12

64QAM

666

3.9023

14.2

13

64QAM

772

4.5234

15.9

14

64QAM

873

5.1152

17.85

15

64QAM

948

5.5547

19.85