Does MDT feature has any impact on Throughput?
Since it uses measurement gaps to do the inter frequency measurement…
Yes, it has impact.
Around 10% user throughput might be affected.
Also the CPU usage will increase.
Thanks!
Can you suggest the ways in which the reporting can be increased by UE in order to get accurate positioning?
Hi!
Don’t see the reasons for impacting throughput.
At some settings it can impact UE battery consumption and signalling+ CPU load at BBU
Depends on settings, reporting time, messages, reports amount…
MDT should not materially impact throughput.
The overhead is primarily related to measurement collection and reporting. Only overly aggressive MDT configurations could potentially increase signaling load and resource utilization, with limited impact on user traffic performance.
MDT can have an impact on throughput, but it depends mainly on the MDT configuration and measurement procedure.
If MDT requires measurement gaps for inter-frequency measurements, the UE may temporarily stop/limit data transmission during those gaps, which can result in some throughput degradation. However, the impact is not necessarily a fixed value such as 10%-it depends on the measurement-gap configuration, measurement frequency, reporting interval, number of measurements, UE capability, and network/vendor implementation.
In cases where MDT measurements are performed without frequent measurement gaps, the direct throughput impact can be very small. The more noticeable effects may instead be additional UE battery consumption, signaling overhead, and increased processing/CPU load.
Therefore, the actual throughput impact should be validated by comparing throughput with MDT enabled and disabled under the same radio conditions, traffic load, and configuration.