# RSSI vs RSRP/RSRQ - UE Signal Level Threshold

**URL:** <https://community.na.baicells.com/t/rssi-vs-rsrp-rsrq-ue-signal-level-threshold/73>\
**Category:** LTE\
**Created:** [November 9, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.na.baicells.com/t/rssi-vs-rsrp-rsrq-ue-signal-level-threshold/73 "2016-11-09T16:52:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![mattagator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@mattagator](https://community.na.baicells.com/u/mattagator)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.na.baicells.com/t/rssi-vs-rsrp-rsrq-ue-signal-level-threshold/73/1 "2016-11-09T16:52:07Z")

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Are there any good whitepapers discussing the differences and similarities of RSSI and RSRP (without getting overly technical)? I am diving into LTE headfirst and I am trying to get my head wrapped around what RSRP I should expect as an excellent signal, marginal signal, and weak signal. In the WiFi world we set our threshold based on RSSI and Signal Quality so I am trying to find a similar way to set our LTE thresholds.

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**Author:** ![max](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@max](https://community.na.baicells.com/u/max)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.na.baicells.com/t/rssi-vs-rsrp-rsrq-ue-signal-level-threshold/73/2 "2016-11-09T20:07:58Z")

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I’m not sure about the whitepapers, unfortunately. This might help: [http://laroccasolutions.com/78-rsrp-and-rsrq-measurement-in-lte/](http://laroccasolutions.com/78-rsrp-and-rsrq-measurement-in-lte/).

I’ll keep digging around on google to see if I can find a more substantial explanation.

@sonny.may was able to tell me that, based on test results, the CPE it can work well if its RSRP is less than -105.

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**Author:** ![hanson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9e8a1a/32.png) [@hanson](https://community.na.baicells.com/u/hanson)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.na.baicells.com/t/rssi-vs-rsrp-rsrq-ue-signal-level-threshold/73/3 "2017-02-28T22:20:25Z")

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In our testing with a competing LTE product, we were seeing our best signals around -85, and worst around -125. Anything further outside of those margins would be kicked off or disconnecting too much, depending on if it was too hot or cold.