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Effects, Impact, and Typical Cases of External Interference in WCDMA

Peru RNP Dept.
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Contents
Effects of External Interference in WCDMA Effect of the Uplink Interference on the System Effect of the Downlink Interference on the System Impact on Network KPIs Typical Cases of Interference Potential Problems

Effects of External Interference in WCDMA

Overview
Effect of the Uplink Interference on the System
The strong uplink interference reduces the sensitivity and system capacity. The network KPIs (such as the call drop rate and access success ratio) declines so that the conversation quality goes down. The frequency increase of the mobile phone brings the additional interference.

Effect of the Downlink Interference on the System

The Ec/Io declines and the forward coverage is reduced. In general, the forward interference is regional. The weak interference has little effect on the system.

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Impact on Network KPIs

Uplink Interference
Low Accessibility: The uplink interference degrades uplink sensitivity and shortens uplink coverage distance. Forward/uplink unbalance: The UE detects network signals, but fails in calling. High UE Tx Power: The UE transmitting power is higher and power consumption is larger, so that system capacity is reduced. Call Drop: The interference results in a great number of frame errors in traffic channels so that the call drops. Slow Data Throughput: The interference affects data services (HSUPA).
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Impact on Network KPIs

Downlink Interference
Dropped out of the network: Long-time strong interference compared with the power of the forward coverage resulted in the loss of synchronization. Power & Ec/Io: The power received by UE mismatches the value of Ec/Io. Low Accessibility: UE fails to receive response from NodeB Call Drop. Poor Coverage.

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Typical Cases of Interference Potential Problems

RRC Establishment Failures
When a UE is accessing the network, open loop power control is used to set the initial UE uplink power to an specific value. It assumes that path loss for Uplink and Downlink between the transmitter and the receiver are the same, so the UE determines the transmit power according to the received power. However, if the UL interference is very high, RNC might not receive UE messages; therefore, radio connections cannot be establishment.

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Typical Cases of Interference Potential Problems

Service Rejection The maximum uplink target load in the current baseline configuration is 75%, that is, a rise of 6 dB is allowed for the background noise. The current baseline of the background noise is 61, the corresponding RTWP is 105.9 dBm. Considering a rise of 6 dB, the RTWP is 99.9 dBm. Therefore, the UL load of the cell reaches the maximum threshold when the service will be rejected.

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Typical Cases of Interference Potential Problems

High UE Tx Power, High BLER & Call Drop

Uplink interference increases the UE transmit power in connection mode, so the over high BLER causes SRB reset or call drop due to loss of synchronization.

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Typical Cases of Interference Potential Problems

HSUPA Schedule Algorithm influenced by UL interference
UL Load Factor and Noise Rise

NoiseRise =

ITOT = PN

1 1 (1 + i ) L j
1 N

1 1 UL

50% Load 3dB 60% Load 4dB 75% Load 6dB

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Typical Cases of Interference Potential Problems

HSUPA Schedule Algorithm influenced by UL interference
UL Interference Level reflects the measurement value of the uplink load. In order to correctly demodulate the data received by the NodeB, the Signal to Interference Noise Ratio (SINR) must be the minimum. The increase of the user number and transmit power causes uplink interference to raise. The NodeB senses the noise raise and SINR is influenced. The NodeB controls the total uplink interference by adjusting the Grant to every UE.

75%

The UE selects to send data according to the Grant, the volume of data to be sent and the available transmit power. If the UL interference is abnormally high, the data throughput might be affected

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