U2100 U900 Carriers Data Traffic Balancing

Security Level: Internal

Case Title: data traffic unbalancing among U2100-U900 carriers due to

activating the dual carrier feature
Adel ElAdely (a00322150)
BSC6900 V900R015C00SPH516

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Product &
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Phenomenon
Description

Alarm

In X network, there were 3 carriers (2 U2100 F1/F2+ 1 U900 F3) where U900 layer was a
capacity layer to offload data traffic from U2100 layer.
The provided strategy introduced to the customer was: preferred camping on U2100 layer with
data traffic balance on all carriers using load balance DRD for HSDPA blind-handover-based
from U2100 to U900 and LDR measurement-based from U900 layer to U2100.
The strategy was working well and achieved the desired data traffic balance when lunched the
U900 layer but after that an audit was performed and found a lot of areas havent carriers
balancing as U2100 carriers were carrying more traffic than U900 carrier.
NONE

Information
Analysis

Check the strategy parameters and remove all the inconsistencies as follow

DRD

UCELLDRD:CELLID=F1/F2, DRMAXGSMNUM=2, SERVICEDIFFDRDSWITCH=OFF,

CODEBALANCINGDRDSWITCH=OFF, CODEBALANCINGDRDMINSFTHD=SF8,
CODEBALANCINGDRDCODERATETHD=13, REDIRBANDIND=DependOnNCell, LDBDRDSWITCHDCH=OFF,
LDBDRDSWITCHHSDPA= ON, LDBDRDCHOICE=UserNumber, LDBDRDLOADREMAINTHDDCH=35,
LDBDRDLOADREMAINTHDHSDPA=100, ULLDBDRDSWITCHDCHSDPA=OFF,
ULLDBDRDLOADREMAINTHDDCHSDPA=25, DPGDRDSWITCH=OFF, HSPAPLUSSATISSWITCH=ON,
HRETRYTARGCELLLOADSTUSIND=FALSE, PATHLOSSTHDFOREDGE=133, PATHLOSSTHDFORCENTER=98,
SECCELLLDBDRDCHOICE=USER_NUMBER, BASEDUELOCDRDREMAINTHD=30,
BASEDUELOCDRDSWITCH=OFF, TRAFFTYPEFORBASEDUELOC=RT-0&NRT-1;
UCELLDRD:CELLID=F3, DRMAXGSMNUM=2, SERVICEDIFFDRDSWITCH=OFF,
CODEBALANCINGDRDSWITCH=OFF, CODEBALANCINGDRDMINSFTHD=SF8,
CODEBALANCINGDRDCODERATETHD=13, REDIRBANDIND=DependOnNCell, LDBDRDSWITCHDCH=OFF,
LDBDRDSWITCHHSDPA= OFF, LDBDRDCHOICE=UserNumber, LDBDRDLOADREMAINTHDDCH=35,
LDBDRDLOADREMAINTHDHSDPA=100, ULLDBDRDSWITCHDCHSDPA=OFF,
ULLDBDRDLOADREMAINTHDDCHSDPA=25, DPGDRDSWITCH=OFF, HSPAPLUSSATISSWITCH=ON,
HRETRYTARGCELLLOADSTUSIND=FALSE, PATHLOSSTHDFOREDGE=133, PATHLOSSTHDFORCENTER=98,
SECCELLLDBDRDCHOICE=USER_NUMBER, BASEDUELOCDRDREMAINTHD=30,
BASEDUELOCDRDSWITCH=OFF, TRAFFTYPEFORBASEDUELOC=RT-0&NRT-1;

InterFreqNCell

UINTERFREQNCELL:RNCID=XX, CELLID=F1/F2, NCELLRNCID=XX, NCELLID=F3, IDLEQOFFSET1SN=0,

IDLEQOFFSET2SN=50, BLINDHOFLAG=TRUE, NPRIOFLAG=FALSE, BLINDHOQUALITYCONDITION=-92,
CIOOFFSET=0, SIB11IND=TRUE, SIB12IND=FALSE, TPENALTYHCSRESELECT=D0, HOCOVPRIO=0,
DRDECN0THRESHHOLD=-18, MBDRFLAG=FALSE, MBDRPRIO=0, DRDORLDRFLAG= FALSE,
INTERNCELLQUALREQFLAG=FALSE, INTERFREQADJSQHCS=20, CLBFLAG=FALSE;
UINTERFREQNCELL:RNCID=XX, CELLID=F3, NCELLRNCID=XX, NCELLID=F1/F2, IDLEQOFFSET1SN=0,
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IDLEQOFFSET2SN=-50, BLINDHOFLAG=FALSE, NPRIOFLAG=FALSE, CIOOFFSET=5, SIB11IND=TRUE,

SIB12IND=FALSE, TPENALTYHCSRESELECT=D0, HOCOVPRIO=2, DRDECN0THRESHHOLD=-18,
MBDRFLAG=FALSE, MBDRPRIO=0, DRDORLDRFLAG= TRUE, INTERNCELLQUALREQFLAG=FALSE,
INTERFREQADJSQHCS=20, CLBFLAG=FALSE;

UCELLSELRESEL

UCELLSELRESEL:CELLID=F1/F2, IDLEQHYST2S=1, CONNQHYST2S=1, NONHCSIND=NOT_CONFIGURED,

QUALMEAS=CPICH_ECNO, IDLEQHYST1S=1, CONNQHYST1S=1, TRESELECTIONS=1, QQUALMIN=-18,
QRXLEVMIN=-58, QRXLEVMINEXTSUP=FALSE, MAXALLOWEDULTXPOWER=24, IDLESINTRASEARCH=5,
IDLESINTERSEARCH=4, CONNSINTRASEARCH=5, CONNSINTERSEARCH=4, SSEARCHRAT=1,
SPEEDDEPENDENTSCALINGFACTOR=255, INTERFREQTRESELSCALINGFACTOR=255,
INTERRATTRESELSCALINGFACTOR=255, QHYST1SPCH=255, QHYST1SFACH=255, QHYST2SPCH=255,
QHYST2SFACH=255, TRESELECTIONSPCH=255, TRESELECTIONSFACH=255, SPRIORITY=4,
THDPRIORITYSEARCH1=2, THDPRIORITYSEARCH2=2, THDSERVINGLOW=1, THDSERVINGLOW2=2;
UCELLSELRESEL:CELLID=F3, IDLEQHYST2S=1, CONNQHYST2S=1, NONHCSIND=NOT_CONFIGURED,
QUALMEAS=CPICH_ECNO, IDLEQHYST1S=1, CONNQHYST1S=1, TRESELECTIONS=1, QQUALMIN=-12,
QRXLEVMIN=-50, QRXLEVMINEXTSUP=FALSE, MAXALLOWEDULTXPOWER=24, IDLESINTRASEARCH=5,
IDLESINTERSEARCH=10, CONNSINTRASEARCH=5, CONNSINTERSEARCH=4, SSEARCHRAT=1,
SPEEDDEPENDENTSCALINGFACTOR=255, INTERFREQTRESELSCALINGFACTOR=255,
INTERRATTRESELSCALINGFACTOR=255, QHYST1SPCH=255, QHYST1SFACH=255, QHYST2SPCH=255,
QHYST2SFACH=255, TRESELECTIONSPCH=255, TRESELECTIONSFACH=255, SPRIORITY=4,
THDPRIORITYSEARCH1=2, THDPRIORITYSEARCH2=2, THDSERVINGLOW=1, THDSERVINGLOW2=2;

UPCPICH

UPCPICH:CELLID=F1/F2/F3, MAXPCPICHPOWER=xxx, MINPCPICHPOWER=xxx, PHYCHID=2,

PCPICHPOWER=xxx, DSSSMALLCOVPCPICHPOWER=xxx;

UCELLHOCOMM

UCELLHOCOMM:CELLID=F1/F2/F3, INTERFREQRATSWITCH=INTERRAT,
COEXISTMEASTHDCHOICE=COEXIST_MEAS_THD_CHOICE_INTERRAT, CSSERVICEHOSWITCH=OFF,
PSSERVICEHOSWITCH=OFF, HSPATIMERLEN=0, SPECUSERHYSTFOR2D=6, SPECUSERCSTHD2DECN0=13, SPECUSERCSTHD2FECN0=-10, SPECUSERCSTHD2DRSCP=-93, SPECUSERCSTHD2FRSCP=-90,
MACROMICRO1APREMEASSWITCH=OFF, U2LBLINDREDIRSWITCH=OFF,
FASTRETURNTOLTESWITCH=PERFENH_PS_FAST_RETURN_LTE_SWITCH0&HO_UMTS_TO_LTE_FAST_RETURN_SWITCH-0;

After check and remove all the carrier inconsistencies the data traffic balance hasnt
been achieved yet.
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Classification the affected sites. It was found that only the sites with DC feature suffer from
data traffic unbalancing among the carriers.
Root Cause Summary
The current camping strategy; Preferred Camping for F1/F2 (2100 carriers) with Load
balance DRD for HSDPA to balance the data traffic between 2100/U900 carriers.
UE can camp on the U900 carrier if and only if the quality levels of F1/F2 (2100 carries)
are extremely poor.
Hence, the data traffic carried over U900 are almost coming from F1/F2 using Load
balance DRD for HSDPA.
As we are activating DC Dual Carrier on F1/F2, the HSPA+ capability of F1/F2 carriers
are ranked higher than U900 carrier.
Hence, DRD process were preferring F1/F2 carriers than U900 carrier so the big part of
the data traffic were carrying over F1/F2.
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Solution

Disable DRD HSPA+ cell capability ranking HSPAPlusSatisSwitch (HSPA+ Capability Switch)

Parameter ID HSPAPlusSatisSwitch
Parameter
Name

HSPA+ Capability Switch

Meaning

Whether the HSPA+ technical compliance of cells is considered in the

periodic Directed Retry Decision (DRD) process and blind handover-based
non-periodic DRD process. If this parameter is set to ON, a cell with higher
HSPA+ technical compliance is preferentially selected as the DRD target
cell in the periodic DRD process and blind handover-based non-periodic
DRD process. If this parameter is set to OFF, the HSPA+ technical
compliance of cells is not considered in the DRD process.

Impact on
Radio
Network
Performance

If this parameter is set to ON, UEs can access an HSPA+ cell with higher
HSPA+ technical compliance. However, with the increase of HSPA+ UEs,
the load of the HSPA+ cell increases and HSPA+ user experience
deteriorates when the cell is overloaded. If this parameter is set to OFF, the
HSPA+ technical compliance of cells is not considered in the DRD process.
Therefore, higher HSPA+ technologies cannot be used, which affects user
experience.

KPI BM after the action:-

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Suggestion
and
Summary

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We suggested to rollout the action over all the network while monitoring as the action gain was
very good and achieve the customer requirement.

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