In this letter, a comprehensive analysis of throughput performance statistics in a live LTE network is presented. The analysis shows the relationship between several widely accepted throughput performance indicators, i.e., the user throughput, the cell throughput, and the radio link throughput, and how these indicators are related to signal quality statistics. The analysis is performed on a per-cell and per-connection basis. For this purpose, throughput and signal quality statistics are collected from network performance counters and call traces in cells of a live LTE system. Results show that all throughput measures are strongly affected by chatty applications dominating current LTE networks due to the last transmission time interval transmissions and the outer loop link adaptation mechanism.
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