What is PCI in LTE and 5G?

PCI in LTE is physical layer Cell Identifier. Its range is from 0-503 total Identities as 504. It is consist of Primary Sync signal and Secondary Sync signal.
PSS possible values can be 0,1,2 and SSS value can be 0-167

PCI can be calculated as PSS+3x SSS
for an examples
SSS=5
PSS=1

PCI = 1+ 3*5=16
Here is an good read about PCI from techplayon.

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