CEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2ms

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3.4.4CEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2ms

WCDMARAN

CEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2ms
FeatureParameterDescription
Issue

01

Date

20140430

HUAWEITECHNOLOGIESCO.,LTD.

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3.4.4Contents
1 About This Document
1.1Scope
1.2IntendedAudience
1.3ChangeHistory
1.4DifferencesBetweenBaseStationTypes

2 Overview
2.1Background
2.2Introduction
2.3Benefits

3 Technical Description
3.1Principles
3.2FeatureImpacts
3.2.1DynamicCEResourceManagement
3.2.2AdmissionCEConsumptionforHSUPAUEswitha2msTTI

4 Related Features
5 Network Impact
6 Engineering Guidelines
6.1WhentoUseCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2ms
6.2RequiredInformation
6.3Deployment
6.3.1Requirements
6.3.2DataPreparation
6.3.3Activation
6.3.4ActivationObservation
6.3.5Deactivation
6.4PerformanceMonitoring
6.5ParameterOptimization
6.6Troubleshooting

7 Parameters

7 Parameters
8 Counters
9 Glossary
10 Reference Documents

AboutThisDocument

1.1Scope
ThisdocumentdescribesWRFD160205CEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2ms,includingthetechnicalprinciples,related
features,networkimpact,andengineeringguidelines.
ThisdocumentappliestothefollowingtypesofNEs.
NE Type

Model

RNC

BSC6900andBSC6910

NodeB

Macro

3900seriesmacrobasestations:BTS3900,BTS3900A,BTS3900L,BTS3900AL,
DBS3900,andBTS3900C
3800seriesmacrobasestations:DBS3800,BTS3812E,andBTS3812AE

Micro

BTS3902E

LampSite

DBS3900LampSite

1.2IntendedAudience
Thisdocumentisintendedforpersonnelwho:
Needtounderstandthefeaturesdescribedherein
WorkwithHuaweiproducts

1.3ChangeHistory
Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutthechangesindifferentdocumentversions.Therearetwotypesofchanges,whicharedefined
asfollows:
Technicalchange
Changesinfeaturesofaspecificproductversion
Editorialchange
Changesinwordingoradditionofinformationthatwasnotdescribedintheearlierversion

RAN16.001(20140430)
Thisissueincludesthefollowingchanges.
Change Type

Change Description

Parameter Change

Technicalchange

None

None

Editorialchange

Optimizedthedocumentdescription.

None

RAN16.0DraftB(20140228)
Thisissueincludesthefollowingchanges.
Change Type

Change Description

Parameter Change

Technicalchange

None

None

Editorialchange

Addedthedescriptionsaboutthefeatureand
functiondifferencesbetweenNodeBsof
differenttypes.Fordetails,seesection1.4

None

DifferencesBetweenBaseStationTypes.
RAN16.0DraftA(20140120)
ThisdocumentiscreatedforRAN16.0.

1.4DifferencesBetweenBaseStationTypes
FeatureSupportedbyMacro,Micro,andLampSitebasestations

FeatureID

Description

SupportedbyBaseStation
Controllers
BSC6900

WRFD
160205

CEEfficiency Y
Improvement
forHSUPA
TTI2ms

LampSite

BSC6910

Supportedby SupportedbyMicrobase
Macrobase stations
stations
BTS3803E
BTS3902E

NOTE:
"Y"indicatesthatthisfeatureissupported."N"indicatesthatthisfeatureisnotsupported."N/A"indicatesthatthisfeatureisnot
dependentontheNE.
Thefeaturedescribedinthisdocumentisimplementedinthesamewayonmacro,micro,andLampSitebasestations.

Overview

2.1Background
Channelelement(CE)resourcesareatypeofNodeBresources.ThenumberofCEssupportedbyaNodeBisdeterminedbythe
capabilitiesofitsbasebandboards.DownlinkCEsareusedforencoding,spreading,andmodulation.UplinkCEsareusedfor
demodulationanddecoding.
CEresourcesarecrucialforHSUPAUEswitha2mstransmissiontimeinterval(TTI)toexperiencehighratesandshortservice
delays.AnHSUPAUEwitha2msTTIconsumesmuchmoreuplinkCEresourcesthananHSUPAUEwitha10msTTI.IfCE
resourcesareinsufficient,HSUPAUEswitha2msTTIcannotaccessthenetworkunlesstheyusea10msTTI.
CEresourceusageissomewhatlowonlivenetworks.Thisisbecausethetrafficmodelhasbeenchangedasaresultofthe
increasinglyhighpenetrationrateofsmartphonesandtherebyanincreasednumberofonlineHSUPAusers.Althoughthedatarateof
theseusersislow(ataround20kbit/s),theystillconsumeaconsiderableamountofCEresources.
ToimproveCEefficiencyandadapttotherealityoftoday'strafficmodels,HuaweiintroducestheWRFD160205CEEfficiency
ImprovementforHSUPATTI2msfeature.

2.2Introduction
ThisfeatureimprovesCEefficiencyforHSUPAUEswitha2msTTI.Withthisfeature,anHSUPAUEconsumesaminimumofone
CEtokeeponlineandtransmitdataataminimumuplinkrateof20kbit/s.

2.3Benefits
ThisfeatureprovidesthefollowingbenefitswhenCEresourcesareinsufficient:
AllowsmoreHSUPAUEswitha2msTTItobeadmitted.
Increasestheuplinkthroughput.

TechnicalDescription

3.1Principles

WithCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2ms,anHSUPAUEwitha2msTTIusesasingleHARQprocesstotransmitone
RLCPDUwithadefaultsizeof40bytesineachTTI.Toimplementthis,theNodeBsendsanabsolutegrant(AG)messageto
deactivatetheothersevenHARQprocesses.
Figure31showsthetechnicalprinciples.
Figure31TechnicalprinciplesofCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2ms

Figure32showstheCEresourcesconsumedineachTTIbeforethisfeatureisenabled.TheactiveHARQprocessusesspreading
factor(SF)4andconsumeseightCEs,whileeachtheotherinactiveHARQprocessconsumesoneCE.TheaveragenumberofCEs
consumedbyaHARQprocessis1.875.
Figure32CEconsumptionbeforethisfeatureisenabled

Afterthisfeatureisenabled,eachHARQprocess(activeorinactive)consumesonlyoneCE,asshowninFigure33.
Figure33CEconsumptionafterthisfeatureisenabled

NOTE:
CEconsumptionofUEsnotusingthesingleHARQprocessdependsontherequirementoftheSFusedbyeachTTI.Formore
informationabouthowtocalculateCEconsumptionforsuchUEs,seeCEResourceManagementFeatureParameterDescription.
Toenablethisfeature,runtheNodeBMMLcommandSETNODEBALGPARAwithCEIMPROVEMENT2MSSWsettoON(ON).

3.2FeatureImpacts
CEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2msaffectsdynamicCEschedulingandCEadmissionalgorithmasfollows:
IndynamicCEscheduling,theschedulercanconfigureHSUPAUEswitha2msTTItouseasingleHARQprocessto
transmitoneRLCPDUineachTTIwhenuplinkdataraterequiredbytheUEsis20kbit/sorlower,therebyreducingCE
consumption.
EachHSUPAUEwitha2msTTIconsumesonlyoneadmissionCE.

3.2.1 Dynamic CE Resource Management

ThedynamicCEalgorithmallocatesCEresourcestoeachHSUPAUEbasedonavailableCEresources,UE'sdatatransmission
requirements,anduserdifferentiation.WhenCEresourcesaresufficient,moreCEsareallocatedtoUEsthatrequirerateupgrade.If
CEresourcesbecomeinsufficient,aratedowngradeisperformed.ToensurethataUEisonline,thedowngradedratemustnotbe
lowerthan160kbit/s,whichistheminimumrequirementwhenaUEusesalltheeightactiveHARQprocessestotransmitoneRLC
PDU.WhenCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2msisenabled,theminimumrateofanHSUPAUEwitha2msTTIattheRLC
layercanbereducedfrom160kbit/sto20kbit/s,assuchaUEcanuseasingleHARQprocesstotransmitoneRLCPDUineach
TTI.
CEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2msalsoincreasesthedifferentiationbetweenhighpriorityandlowpriorityUEswhenCE
resourcesareinsufficient.HighpriorityHSUPAUEswitha2msTTIcanenjoyamaximumrateof5.44Mbit/sattheRLClayer.
Therefore,theratedifferentiationratiobetweenhighpriorityandlowpriorityUEsisincreasedfrom34:1(5440:160)to272:1(5440/20).
Figure34showsdynamicCEresourcemanagementwhenCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2msisenabled.Fordetailed
descriptionaboutdynamicCEresourcemanagement,seeHSUPAFeatureParameterDescription.ForinformationaboutCE
consumptionfora2msTTIHSUPAservice,seeTable34andTable36inCEResourceManagementFeatureParameterDescription.
Figure34DynamicCEresourcemanagementwhenCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2msisenabled

InadditiontoCEresourcecongestionscenarios,youcanalsoenableaUEtouseasingleHARQprocessbysettingthe
InitSingleHARQSWparametertoONintheSETNODEBALGPARAcommandwhentheCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI
2msisenabled.Aftertheswitchisenabled,theNodeBsendsaschedulinggranttoallnewlyadmittedHSUPAUEswitha2msTTIso
thattheyuseasingleHARQprocesstotransmitoneRLCPDUineachTTIat20kbit/s.WhenCEresourcesaresufficient,theNodeB
allowsUEsthatrequirehigherdataratestousealltheeightHARQprocessestotransmitdata.TheNodeBlearnsthataUErequires
higherdataratewhenthehappybitoftheUEtransmittedontheEDCHDedicatedPhysicalControlChannel(EDPCCH)is"unhappy"
andthevalueofTotalEDCHBufferStatus(TEBS)inSegmentationIndication(SI)fieldislargerthanorequalto20kbit/s.TheUEthen
usesalltheeightHARQprocessestotransmitdataeventhoughitnolongerrequiressuchahighrate.ThissituationlastsuntiltheCE
resourcesbecomeinsufficientandtheNodeBinstructstheUEtouseasingleHARQprocesstotransmitthedata.
ThisinitialsingleHARQfunctionisrecommendedforNodeBswithinsufficientCEresourcesandalargenumberofUEsthatrequirea
lowdatarate(20kbit/s).UsingthisfunctionrestrictstheinstantaneousrateofUEsandthereforeincreasestheuplinkdelay.
IftheSrbChlTypeRrcEffectFlag(BSC6900,BSC6910)parameterissettoTRUE,theSRBoverEDCHswitchtakeseffectduringan
RRCconnectionestablishmentandtheinitialsingleHARQfunctiondoesnottakeeffectduringaRABsetup.

3.2.2 Admission CE Consumption for HSUPA UEs with a 2 ms TTI

Table31describesadmissionCEconsumptionforHSUPAUEswitha2msTTI.
InversionsearlierthanRAN10.0,dynamicCEresourceallocationisnotsupportedandadmissionCEresourcesfor
HSUPAUEsarecalculatedbasedonthemaximumbitrate(MBR).Each2msTTIHSUPAUEconsumeseightormore
CEs.
ForinformationabouttheWRFD010638DynamicCEResourceManagementfeature,seeHSUPAFeatureParameter
Description.
ForinformationabouttheWRFD140212CEOverbookingfeature,seeCEOverbook ingFeatureParameterDescription.
AftertheCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2msfeatureintroducedinRAN16.0isenabled,oneCEsufficesfor
continuousdatatransmissionbya2msTTIHSUPAUE.Therefore,onlyoneCEisrequiredforthe2msTTIHSUPAUE.

Table31AdmissionCEconsumption
Feature

Version

Number of Required Admission CEs

CEConsumptionCalculatedBasedon

RAN10.0and
earlierversions

DynamicCEResourceManagement

RAN10.0

CEOverbooking

RAN14.0

28

CEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI
2ms

RAN16.0

CEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2msrequiresCEOverbooking,whichallowstheNodeBtocalculateconsumedadmission
CEresourcesofadmittedUEsandreporttheresultstotheRNCthroughthecommonmeasurementreport.TheRNCthenperforms
admissionCEbasedcallaccesscontrol(CAC),loadreshuffling(LDR),andTTIswitching.
OnlytheWBBPfandUBBPdboardssupportCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2ms.Anuplinkresourcegroupmayinclude

WBBPfandUBBPdboardsthatsupportthisfeatureandothersboardsthatdonot.Insitesenabledwiththisfeature,onlysomeofthe
2msTTIUEscanhaveservicesestablishedontheWBBPfandUBBPdboards,whereasother2msTTIUEshaveservices
establishedontheotherboards.AdmissionCEconsumptioniscalculated,respectively,forthesetwotypesofUEsasfollows:
For2msTTIHSUPAUEswithservicesestablishedontheWBBPfandUBBPdboards,theyconsumeonlyoneCEas
whata10msTTIUEdoes.Therefore,theywillnotbeswitchedtousea10msTTIwhenCEresourcesareinsufficient.The
NodeBinformstheRNCthattheseUEsdonotsupportadmissionCEbasedorCEconsumptionbasedTTIadjustments
usingtheprivatefieldsintheRLSetupResponse,RLReconfigurationResponseReady,orRLAddResponsemessages.
For2msTTIHSUPAUEswithserviceestablishedonotherboards,admissionCEconsumptioniscalculatedbasedonthe
actualUEdatarate,minimumnumberofCEsreservedfor2msTTIUEsenabledwithCEOverbooking,dataraterequired
bytheguaranteedbitrate(GBR)andfortransmittingoneRLCPDU.Therefore,theseUEswillbeswitchedtousea10ms
TTIwhenCEresourcesareinsufficient.

RelatedFeatures

PrerequisiteFeatures
WRFD010638DynamicCEResourceManagement
WRFD140212CEOverbooking

MutuallyExclusiveFeatures
None

ImpactedFeatures
WRFD010695ULLayer2Improvement
WhenULLayer2Improvementisenabled,theactiveHARQprocessofaUEcanuseSF8atmostandtheminimumRLC
ratecanbefurtherreducedto15kbit/s.
AdmissionCEbaseddynamicTTIadjustmentforasingleBEserviceoverHSUPA
WhenadmissionCEbaseddynamicTTIadjustmentforasingleBEserviceoverHSUPAisenabled,
HSUPAUEswitha2msTTIwithservicesestablishedontheWBBPforUBBPdboardcannotbeswitchedto
usea10msTTIifuplinkCEresourcesbecomeinsufficient.
HSUPAUEswitha10msTTIwithservicesestablishedontheWBBPforUBBPdboardcanbeswitchedtouse
a2msTTIifuplinkCEresourcesbecomeinsufficient.
ForHSUPAUEswitha2msTTIandnewlyadmittedUEswhoseservicesareestablishedontheWBBPfor
UBBPdboard,2msto10msTTIswitchingisnotperformedifuplinkCEresourcesbecomeinsufficient.
Thereasonisasfollows:
TheminimumRLCratefor10msTTIHSUPAUEsis32kbit/s.IftheCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2ms
featureisdisabled,theminimumRLCratefor2msTTIHSUPAUEsis160kbit/s.Therefore,whenCEsarelimited,TTI
needstobechangedfrom2msto10mstodecreaseCEconsumption.AftertheCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPA
TTI2msfeatureisenabled,HSUPAUEswitha2msTTIcantransmitdatabyusingonlyoneCE,whichisthesameas
thatforHSUPAUEswitha10msTTI.Asaresult,a2msto10msTTIswitchingisnotrequiredwhenuplinkCEresources
areinsufficient.
FordetailsaboutthefunctionforadmissionCEbaseddynamicTTIadjustmentofBEservices,seeHSUPATTISelection
FeatureParameterDescription.
WRFD010686CPCDTX/DRX
WhenboththeCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2msandCPCfeaturesareenabled,ensurethatboththevalues
ofcycle1andcycle2configuredforCPCUEsare8ormultiplesof8,soastokeepthesingleHARQfunctioncompatible
withtheDTXfunction.IftheparametersconfiguredforCPCUEsdonotmeetcertainconditions,theUTRANwill
automaticallyidentifyCPCUEs,andconfigurecycle1as8andcycle2as16.ThisfunctionisintroducedinRNCrunning
R16SPC630andNodeBrunningR16SPC180,beforewhenCPCUEsdonotsupportthesingleHARQfunction.

NetworkImpact

SystemCapacity
IncreasednumberofHSUPAUEswitha2msTTI
WhencomparedwithCEOverbooking,thisfeaturefurtherincreasesthenumberofHSUPAUEswitha2msTTIthatneed
tocontinuouslytransmitalargeamountofdatabytwotoeighttimeswhenCEresourcesareinsufficient.
HigherHSUPAcellthroughput
IfyouenableHSUPAUEswitha2msTTIrequiringalowdataratetouseasingleHARQprocessfromthebeginningto
transmitdatainacellloadednormally,UEswithdatatransferrequirementscanusemoreCEresources,whichincreases
theuplinkthroughput.TheincreasedthroughputdependsonthenumberofHSUPAUEswitha2msTTIrequiringalow
datarateandthenumberofsuchUEsthatuseasingleHARQprocesstotransmitdata.

NetworkPerformance
WhencomparedwithCEOverbooking,thisfeaturefurtherdecreasestheamountofadmissionCEresourcesconsumedbyHSUPA
UEswitha2msTTIsincetheyonlyuseoneadmissionCE.TheadmissionCEconsumptionforsuchUEscannowbeprecisely
evaluatedbasedonthenumberofUEsonthelivenetwork.WithCEOverbooking,admissionCEconsumptionforUEswitha10ms
TTIcanbepreciselyevaluatedbasedontheraterequiredfortransmittingoneRLCPDU.CEresourcesforR99UEsareassignedand
consumedinafixedmanner.
IftheuplinkCEresourcesareinsufficientandadmissionCEbaseddynamicTTIadjustmentisnotenabled,thisfeatureallowsmore
UEstobeadmitted,increasingthecellaccesssuccessrate.
WhenthisfeatureisenabledtogetherwithadmissionCEbasedandCEconsumptionbaseddynamicTTIadjustment,ifCEresources
becomeinsufficient,2msto10msTTIswitchingisnotperformedonHSUPAUEswitha2msTTI.Asaresult,asinglecellserves
moreHSUPAUEswith2msTTIsandthenumberoftimesTTIswitchingistriggereddecreases.
Whenthisfeatureisenabled,thenumberoftimesHSUPAUEsexperienceservicedropsduetopoorcoveragemayincreasebecause
a2msTTIprovidesweakercoveragethana10msTTI.YouareadvisedtoenablecoveragebaseddynamicTTIadjustmenttoprevent
thissituationfromoccurring.
WhencomparedwithanHSUPAUEwitha2msTTIthatusesalltheeightHARQprocessestotransmitdata,anHSUPAUEwitha2
msTTIthatusesasingleHARQprocesshasalowerpeakrate.Therefore,theservicedelayofsuchUEsmaybeprolonged.

EngineeringGuidelines

6.1WhentoUseCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2ms
ThisfeatureisrecommendedforNodeBswhere,
HSUPAUEsthatsupporta2msTTIaccountformorethan60%ofallHSUPAUEs.
AdmissionCEcongestionstilloccursaftertheCEOverbookingfeatureisenabled.
AccessrequestsinitiatedbyUEswitha2msTTIaredeniedortheseUEsareswitchedtousea10msTTI.
ConsumedCEresourcesaccountfor70%ofallconfiguredCEresourcesfortheNodeB.

6.2RequiredInformation
Youmustcollectthevaluesofthecounterslistedinthefollowingtable.
CollectthevaluesofthefollowingcountersontheRNC:
VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.CAT1.4:AverageNumberofHSUPAUEswithCategory14inaCell
VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.CAT5~VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.CAT9:AverageNumberofHSUPAUEswithCategory5ina
Cell~AverageNumberofHSUPAUEswithCategory9inaCell
HSUPAUEsthatsupporta2msTTIaccountformorethan60%ofallHSUPAUEsinaNodeBifthefollowinginequalityis
true:
VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.CAT5~9)/(VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.CAT1.4+(VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.CAT5~9)60%
CollectthevaluesofthefollowingcountersontheRNC.Ifanyofthefollowingcountershasavalueotherthan0,access
denialcausedbyinsufficientadmissionCEresourcesoccurredintheNodeB.
VS.RRC.Rej.ULCE.Cong:NumberofRRCConnectionRejectsforCell(ULCEResourceCongestion)
VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.ULCE.Cong:NumberofFailedCSRABEstablishmentsforCell(ULCECongestion)
VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.ULCE.Cong:NumberofFailedPSRABEstablishmentsforCell(ULCECongestion)
VS.HSUPA.RAB.FailEstab.ULCE.Cong:NumberofFailedHSUPAServiceEstablishmentsDuetoULCE
InsufficiencyforCell
CollectthevaluesofthefollowingcountersontheRNC.Ifeitherofthefollowingcountershasavalueotherthan0,2msto

10msTTIswitchingcausedbyinsufficientadmissionCEresourcesoccurredintheNodeB.
VS.HSUPA.TTI2to10.ADMCE.Succ:NumberofSuccessfulTTISwitchoversBasedonAdmittedCEsDuringRB
ReconfigurationinaCell(2msto10ms)
VS.HSUPA.RABEstabTTI10ms.AdmCE.Succ:NumberofSuccessfulRABEstablishmentsInitiatedbyHSUPA
2msUEswitha10msTTIDuetoCongestionofAdmittedCEsinaCell
CollectthevaluesofthefollowingcountersontheRNCandNodeB:
VS.NodeB.ULCreditUsed.Mean:AverageNodeBUplinkCreditUsageWhenCEOverbookingIsEnabledfor
NodeB(RNC)
VS.LC.ULCreditUsed.Mean:MeanUsageofULCreditforCell(RNC)
VS.LC.ULCreditAvailable.Shared:NumberofULCEsconfiguredforasharedgroup(NodeB)
IfCEOverbookingisenabled,admissionCEcongestionisabouttooccurifthefollowinginequalityistrue:
(VS.NodeB.ULCreditUsed.Mean/2)/VS.LC.ULCreditAvailable.Shared70%
IfCEOverbookingisnotenabled,admissionCEcongestionisabouttooccurifthefollowinginequalityistrue:
(VS.LC.ULCreditUsed.Mean/2)/VS.LC.ULCreditAvailable.Shared70%

6.3Deployment
6.3.1 Requirements
OtherFeatures
See"4RelatedFeatures"inImpactedFeatures.

Hardware
The3900seriesbasestationsmustbeconfiguredwiththeWBBPforUBBPdboard.TheWBBPaboardmustnotbecontainedinany
downlinkresourcegroupswithinaNodeB.
YoucanruntheNodeBMMLcommandLSTBASEBANDEQMtocheckthebasebandboardsincludedinthedownlinkresource
groupsandruntheNodeBMMLcommandDSPBRDMFRINFOtoquerythetypeofabasebandboard.
TheBTS3803EsupportsCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2ms.
TheDBS3800,BTS3812E,BTS3812A,BTS3812AE,andBTS3902EdonotsupportCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2ms.

License
Fordetailsabouthowtoactivatethelicense,seeLicenseManagementFeatureParameterDescription.
IfRANSharingorMOCNisenabled,thelicensedvalueisallocatedamongtheprimaryandsecondaryoperatorsaccordingtothevalue
ofthe"LicenseAllocationforMultipleOperators"parameter.
Feature ID

Feature Name

License Control
Item

License Control
Name

WRFD
160205

CEEfficiency LQW9CEEFF01 CEEfficiency

Improvement
Improvement
forHSUPATTI
forHSUPATTI
2ms
2ms(per
NodeB)

License
Control
Item
Name on
U2000
GUI

NE

HSUPA
NodeB
2msTTI
CE
efficiency
Enhanced

License
Allocation for
Multiple
Operators

Sales
Unit

Method1

per
NodeB

Method1:Somelicensecontrolitems,forexample,DynamicCEFunction(perNodeB),canbeallocatedonlythroughthecommon
group.ForNodeBlicenseallocationamongmultipleoperators,seeLicenseManagementFeatureParameterDescription.

Others
TheUEisofHSUPAcategory6orhigher.
Therearenononschedulingservicesintheuplink.
ThemaximumsizeofanRLCPDUis336bits.

6.3.2 Data Preparation

Table61liststhedatatopreparebeforeactivatingCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2ms.

Table61DatatopreparebeforeactivatingCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2ms

Parameter Name

Parameter ID

Setting Notes

Data source

HSUPA2msCEEfficiency
ImprovementSwitch

CEIMPROVEMENT2MSSW

SetthisparametertoON(ON).

Engineering
design

6.3.3 Activation
UsingMMLCommands
RuntheNodeBMMLcommandSETNODEBALGPARAwithHSUPA2msCEEfficiencyImprovementSwitchsettoON(ON).

MMLCommandExamples
//ActivatingCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2ms
SETNODEBALGPARA:CEIMPROVEMENT2MSSW=ON;

UsingtheCME

NOTE:
WhenconfiguringthefeatureontheCME,performasingleconfigurationfirst,andthenperformabatchmodificationifrequired.
Configuretheparametersofasingleobjectbeforeabatchmodification.Performabatchmodificationbeforeloggingoutofthe
parametersettinginterface.
1.Configureasingleobject(suchasacell)ontheCME.
SetparametersontheCMEaccordingtotheoperationsequenceinTable62.Forinstructionsonhowtoperformthe
CMEsingleconfiguration,seeCMESingleConfigurationOperationGuide.
2.(Optional)ModifyobjectsinbatchesontheCME.(CMEbatchmodificationcenter)
Tomodifyobjectsinbatches,click
ontheCMEtostartthebatchmodificationwizard.Forinstructionsonhowto
performabatchmodificationthroughtheCMEbatchmodificationcenter,pressF1onthewizardinterfacetoobtainonline
help.

Table62ConfiguringparametersontheCME
SN

MO

NE

NODEBALGPARA NodeB

Parameter Name

Parameter ID

Configurable in
CME Batch
Modification Center

HSUPA2msCE
EfficiencyImprovement
Switch

CEIMPROVEMENT2MSSW Yes

6.3.4 Activation Observation

CheckthevalueoftheNodeBcounterVS.HSUPA.AlltoSingleHARQNum.CECong,whichindicatesthenumberoftimesanHSUPAUE
witha2msTTIstopsusingalleightHARQprocessesandstartstouseasingleHARQprocesstotransmitdataduetoinsufficientCE
resources.Ifthecountervalueisnot0,CEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2mshasbeenactivated.
YoucanalsoruntheDSPLOCELLcommandtocheckwhetherthefeaturehasbeenenabled.

6.3.5 Deactivation
UsingMMLCommands
RuntheNodeBMMLcommandSETNODEBALGPARAwithHSUPA2msCEEfficiencyImprovementSwitchsettoOFF(OFF).

MMLCommandExamples
//DeactivatingCEEfficiencyImprovementforHSUPATTI2ms
SETNODEBALGPARA:CEIMPROVEMENT2MSSW=OFF;

UsingtheCME

NOTE:
WhenconfiguringthefeatureontheCME,performasingleconfigurationfirst,andthenperformabatchmodificationifrequired.
Configuretheparametersofasingleobjectbeforeabatchmodification.Performabatchmodificationbeforeloggingoutofthe
parametersettinginterface.

1.Configureasingleobject(suchasacell)ontheCME.
SetparametersontheCMEaccordingtotheoperationsequenceinTable63.Forinstructionsonhowtoperformthe
CMEsingleconfiguration,seeCMESingleConfigurationOperationGuide.
2.(Optional)ModifyobjectsinbatchesontheCME.(CMEbatchmodificationcenter)
Tomodifyobjectsinbatches,click
ontheCMEtostartthebatchmodificationwizard.Forinstructionsonhowto
performabatchmodificationthroughtheCMEbatchmodificationcenter,pressF1onthewizardinterfacetoobtainonline
help.

Table63ConfiguringparametersontheCME
SN

MO

NE

NODEBALGPARA NodeB

Parameter Name

Parameter ID

Configurable in CME
Batch Modification
Center

HSUPA2msCE
EfficiencyImprovement
Switch

CEIMPROVEMENT2MSSW Yes

6.4PerformanceMonitoring
Withthisfeatureactivated,admissionCEconsumptionisexpectedtodecrease.Youcanobservethecounterslistedinthefollowing
twotables.
CountersrelatedtoconsumedadmissionCEswithinaNodeB
Counter Name

Counter Description

VS.NodeB.ULCreditUsed.Mean

AverageNodeBUplinkCreditUsageWhenCEOverbookingIs
EnabledforNodeB

VS.NodeB.ULCreditUsed.Max

MaximumNodeBUplinkCreditUsageWhenCEOverbookingIs
EnabledforNodeB

CountersrelatedtoCEresourceusageofalocalcellgroup(LCG)
Counter Name

Counter Description

VS.LCG.ULCreditUsage.Mean

AverageUplinkCreditUsageofLCGforCell

VS.LCG.ULCreditUsage.Max

MaximumUplinkCreditUsageofLCGforCell

Withthisfeatureactivated,thenumberofUEsintheCELL_DCHstate,HSUPAUEs,andUEswitha2msTTIisexpectedto
increase.Youcanobservethecounterslistedinthefollowingtable.
CounterrelatedtothenumberofUEsintheCELL_DCHstate,HSUPAUEs,andUEswitha2msTTI
Counter Name

Counter Description

VS.CellDCHUEs

NumberofUEsinCELL_DCHStateforCell

VS.HSUPA.UE.Max.cell

MaximumNumberofHSUPAUEsinaCell

VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.cell

AverageNumberofHSUPAUEsinaCell

VS.HSUPA.UE.Max.TTI2ms

MaximumNumberofHSUPA2msTTIUEsinaCell

VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.TTI2ms

AverageNumberofHSUPA2msTTIUEsinaCell

Withthisfeatureactivated,thenumberoffailedRRC/RABsetupattemptsandthenumberoftimesTTIswitchingandLDRaretriggered
duetoinsufficientCEresourcesareexpectedtodecrease.Youcanobservethecounterslistedinthefollowingthreetables.
CountersrelatedtothenumberoffailedRRC/RABsetupattemptscausedbyinsufficientuplinkCEresources
Counter Name

Counter Description

VS.RRC.Rej.ULCE.Cong

NumberofRRCConnectionRejectsforCell(ULCE
ResourceCongestion)

VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.ULCE.Cong

NumberofFailedCSRABEstablishmentsforCell(ULCE

Congestion)
VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.ULCE.Cong

NumberofFailedPSRABEstablishmentsforCell(ULCE
Congestion)

VS.HSUPA.RAB.FailEstab.ULCE.Cong

NumberofFailedHSUPAServiceEstablishmentsDueto
ULCEInsufficiencyforCell

CountersrelatedtothenumberoftimesTTIswitchingistriggeredduetoinsufficientCEresources
Counter Name

Counter Description

VS.HSUPA.TTI2to10.ADMCE.Succ

NumberofSuccessfulTTISwitchoversBasedonAdmitted
CEsDuringRBReconfigurationinaCell(2msto10ms)

VS.HSUPA.RABEstabTTI10ms.AdmCE.Succ

NumberofSuccessfulRABEstablishmentsInitiatedby
HSUPA2msUEswitha10msTTIDuetoCongestionof
AdmittedCEsinaCell

CounterrelatedtothenumberoftimesLDRistriggeredduetoinsufficientCEresources
Counter Name

Counter Description

VS.LCC.LDR.Num.ULCE

NumberofTimesaCellIsinLDRStateDuetoULCE
ResourceCongestionforCell

Withthisfeatureactivated,thenumberoftimesHSUPAUEsexperienceservicedropsduetoinsufficientCEresourcesisexpectedto
decrease.However,thenumberoftimesHSUPAUEsexperienceservicedropsduetopoorcoveragewillincreasebecause2msTTI
providesweakercoveragethan10msTTI.Youcanobservethecounterslistedinthefollowingtable.
CountersrelatedtoHSUPAservicedrops
Counter Name

Counter Description

VS.HSUPA.RAB.AbnormRel

NumberofHSUPARABsAbnormalReleasesforCell

VS.HSUPA.RAB.AbnormRel.E2P

NumberofRABsAbnormallyReleasedforPSHSUPAServices
duringtheStateTransitionfromCELL_DCHtoCELL_PCHor
URA_PCHforCell

VS.HSUPA.RAB.NormRel

NumberofHSUPARABsNormalReleasedforCell

VS.HSUPA.HHO.E2D.SuccOutIntraFreq

NumberofSuccessfulHSUPAIntraFrequencyHardHandovers
forCell(EDCHtoDCH)

VS.HSUPA.E2F.Succ

NumberofSuccessfulChannelConversionsfromEDCHto
FACHforHSUPAServiceforCell

VS.HSUPA.E2D.Succ

NumberofSuccessfulChannelConversionsfromEDCHto
DCHforHSUPAServiceforCell

VS.HSUPA.E2P.Succ

NumberofSuccessfulTimesThataUEPerformingHSUPA
ServicesTransitstoCELL_PCHorURA_PCHStateforcell

Withthisfeatureactivated,networkloadmayraiseduetotheincreasednumberofUEswitha2msTTI.Youcanobservethecounters
listedinthefollowingtwotables.
CounterrelatedtothecellaverageRTWP
Counter Name

Counter Description

VS.MeanRTWP

MeanPowerofTotallyReceivedBandwidthforCell

Countersrelatedtoairinterfaceloadofacell(NodeB)
Counter Name

Counter Description

VS.HSUPA.LoadOutput.0through
VS.HSUPA.LoadOutput.25

NumberofCellUlLoadBetween0dbto0.5db
throughNumberofCellUlLoadabove30db

Withthisfeatureactivated,uplinkHSUPAthroughputinthecaseofinsufficientCEresourcesmayincrease.However,ifcellloadis
heavy,uplinkHSUPAthroughputmaydecreasebecause2msTTIresultsinmoreloadsthan10msTTI.Youcanobservethecounters
listedinthefollowingtable.
CountersrelatedtoaverageHSUPAthroughputwithininacell(NodeB)
Counter Name

Counter Description

VS.HSUPA.MeanBitRate

AveragethroughputofHSUPAusersinacell

VS.HSUPA.MeanBitRate.WithData

AveragethroughputofHSUPAusersinacellwhendata
istransmitted

Withthisfeatureactivated,youcancheckCEconsumptionandnumberofHSUPAUEswitha2msTTItransmittingdataatalowrate
byobservingthecounterslistedinthefollowingtwotables.
CountersrelatedtoCEconsumptionontheNodeB(NodeB)
Counter Name

Counter Description

VS.ULCE.Mean.Shared

AverageSharedUplinkCE

VS.LC.ULMean.LicenseGroup.Shared

AveragenumberofULCEsconsumedinasharedgroup

VS.CE.ULMean.UlGroup

MeanNumberofUplinkCEsConsumedbyAllCellsinanUplink
ResourceGroup

CounterrelatedtothenumberofHSUPAUEswitha2msTTItransmittingdataatalowrate
Counter Name

Counter Description

VS.HSUPA.LowRateTTI2msUserNumber

Averagenumberof2msTTIHSUPAusersataratelowerthan
orequalto23.25kbit/sinacell

Afterthisfeatureisactivated,youcancheckthenumberoftimesanHSUPAUEwitha2msTTIstopsusingalltheeightHARQ
processesandbeginstouseasingleHARQprocesstotransmitdataduetoinsufficientCEresourcesandviceversabyobservingthe
counterslistedinthefollowingtable.
CountersrelatedtothenumberoftimesanHSUPAUEwitha2msTTIstopsusingalltheeightHARQprocessesand
startstouseasingleHARQprocesstotransmitdataduetoinsufficientCEresourcesandviceversa(NodeB)
Counter Name

Counter Description

VS.HSUPA.AlltoSingleHARQNum.CECong

NumberoftransitionsfromusingallHARQprocessesto
usingasingleHARQprocessduetolimitedCEsinthecell

VS.HSUPA.SingletoAllHARQNum

NumberofTransitionsfromUsingASingleHARQProcess
toUsingAllHARQProcessesIntheCell

NumberoffailedRRC/RABsetupattemptscausedbyinsufficientdownlinkCEresources
Counter Name

Counter Description

VS.RRC.Rej.DLCE.Cong

NumberofRRCConnectionRejectsforCell(DLCE
ResourceCongestion)

VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.DLCE.Cong

NumberofFailedCSRABEstablishmentsforCell(DLCE
Congestion)

VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.DLCE.Cong

NumberofFailedPSRABEstablishmentsforCell(DLCE
Congestion)

6.5ParameterOptimization
Withthisfeatureactivated,ifthenumberoftimesservicedropsoccurduetopoorcoverageincreases,youareadvisedtoenable
coveragebaseddynamicTTIadjustment.Fordetailedoperations,seeHSUPATTISelectionFeatureParameterDescription.
AstheairinterfaceefficiencyofUEswitha2msTTIislowerthanthatofUEswitha10msTTI,cellloadmayincreaseafterthis
featureisactivated.Asaresult,congestionincreasesinheavilyloadedcells,leadingtoreduceduplinkthroughput,rejecteduplink
poweradmissions,orcalldrops.Tocombatthiseffect,youareadvisedtoenableTurboICPhase2.Fordetailedoperations,see
HSUPADataChannelInterferenceCancellationFeatureParameterDescription.YoucanalsoenableTTIswitchingbasedonthe

RTWPtoswitchUEsfromthe2msTTIorthe10msTTIwhentheuplinkloadisheavy.
Whenthisfeatureisenabled,iftheconsumedCEresourcesaccountsfor60%ofallconfiguredCEresourcesfortheNodeBandthere
aremorethan10HSUPAUEswitha2msTTIrequiringalowdatarate(indicatedbytheVS.HSUPA.LowRateTTI2msUserNumber
counter),youcanenablesuchUEstouseaninitialsingleHARQprocesstosaveCEresources.However,thiswillprolongservice
delay.Therefore,youarenotadvisedtodosounlesstheactualCEusagestillexceeds60%ofthecongestionthresholdafterthe
featureisactivated.
Oncethisfeatureisactivated,ifthenumberofdeniedaccessattemptscausedbyinsufficientdownlinkCEresourcesincreases,run
theNodeBMMLcommandSETNODEBRESALLOCRULEwithResourceAllocateRulesettoCAPAFIRST(CapacityFirstRule).

6.6Troubleshooting
None

Parameters

Table71Parameterdescription
Parameter ID

NE

MML Command

Feature ID Feature Name

Description

CEIMPROVEMENT2MSSW BTS3900, SET

BTS3900 NODEBALGPARA
WCDMA LST
NODEBALGPARA

WRFD
160205

CEEfficiency
Improvementfor
HSUPATTI2ms

Meaning:Indicates
theswitchforCE
efficiency
improvementfor2
msTTIHSUPA
users.
GUIValueRange:
OFF(OFF),
ON(ON)
Unit:None
ActualValue
Range:OFF,ON
DefaultValue:
OFF(OFF)

INITSINGLEHARQSW

BTS3900, SET
BTS3900 NODEBALGPARA
WCDMA LST
NODEBALGPARA

WRFD
160205

CEEfficiency
Improvementfor
HSUPATTI2ms

Meaning:Indicates
theswitchforinitial
activationofsingle
HARQfor2ms
TTIHSUPAusers.
Ifthisswitchis
turnedon,single
HARQtakeseffect
onnewlyadmitted
users.
GUIValueRange:
OFF(OFF),
ON(ON)
Unit:None
ActualValue
Range:OFF,ON
DefaultValue:
OFF(OFF)

SrbChlTypeRrcEffectFlag

BSC6900 SET
WRFD
UFRCCHLTYPEPARA 010510
WRFD
01061112
WRFD
150232
WRFD
010652

3.4/6.8/13.6/27.2Kbps
RRCConnectionand
RadioAccessBearer
Establishmentand
Release
HSDPADRD
MultibandDirect
RetryBasedonUE
Location

Meaning:Whether
theconfiguredtype
ofchannelthat
preferablycarries
thesignalingRBis
effectiveinthe
caseofRRC
connection
establishment.
GUIValueRange:

SrbChlTypeRrcEffectFlag

BSC6910 SET
WRFD
UFRCCHLTYPEPARA 010510
WRFD
01061112
WRFD
150232
WRFD
010652

SRBoverHSDPA

FALSE,TRUE
Unit:None
ActualValue
Range:TRUE,
FALSE
DefaultValue:
False

3.4/6.8/13.6/27.2Kbps
RRCConnectionand
RadioAccessBearer
Establishmentand
Release
HSDPADRD
MultibandDirect
RetryBasedonUE
Location
SRBoverHSDPA

Meaning:Whether
theconfiguredtype
ofchannelthat
preferablycarries
thesignalingRBis
effectiveinthe
caseofRRC
connection
establishment.
GUIValueRange:
FALSE,TRUE
Unit:None
ActualValue
Range:TRUE,
FALSE
DefaultValue:
False

Counters

Table81Counterdescription
Counter ID

Counter Name

50331958

Counter
Description

NE

Feature ID

Feature Name

VS.HSUPA.AlltoSingleHARQNum.CECong Numberof
NodeB
transitions
fromusingall
HARQ
processesto
usingasingle
HARQ
processdue
tolimitedCEs
inthecell

Multimode:
None
GSM:None
UMTS:
WRFD
160205
LTE:None

CEEfficiency
Improvement
forHSUPATTI
2ms

50331959

VS.HSUPA.SingletoAllHARQNum

Numberof
Transitions
fromUsingA
SingleHARQ
Processto
UsingAll
HARQ
ProcessesIn
theCell

NodeB

Multimode:
None
GSM:None
UMTS:
WRFD
160213
WRFD
160205
LTE:None

TurboICPhase
2
CEEfficiency
Improvement
forHSUPATTI
2ms

50341892

VS.HSUPA.LowRateTTI2msUserNumber

Average
NodeB
numberof2
msTTI
HSUPAusers
ataratelower
thanorequal
to23.25kbit/s

Multimode:
None
GSM:None
UMTS:
WRFD
160205

CEEfficiency
Improvement
forHSUPATTI
2ms

inacell

LTE:None

Glossary

Fortheacronyms,abbreviations,terms,anddefinitions,seeGlossary.

10

ReferenceDocuments

1.3GPPTS25.211,"Physicalchannelsandmappingoftransportchannelsontophysicalchannels(FDD)"
2.3GPPTS25.321,"MediumAccessControl(MAC)protocolspecification"
3.CEResourceManagementFeatureParameterDescription
4.CEOverbook ingFeatureParameterDescription
5.HSUPAFeatureParameterDescription
6.HSUPATTISelectionFeatureParameterDescription
7.HSUPADataChannelInterferenceCancellationFeatureParameterDescription
8.LicenseManagementFeatureParameterDescription