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Glossary


PCI

Physical Cell Identifier. The identity of an LTE cell. It is included in the LTE X2 setup procedure. The eNodeB can choose the PCI within a list of possible identity values. In LTE there are 504 unique physical layer cell identities, grouped into 168 groups of three identities.