PTCL CDMA 1X Network Expansion Guide

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Table of Content
Chapter 1 Introduction to PTCL network ....................................................................................... 3 1.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 3 Chapter 2 Network expansion criterion ......................................................................................... 3 2.1 Capacity related Criterion ..................................................................................................... 3 Chapter 3 Network expansion suggestions................................................................................... 7 3.1 Overall Suggestions.............................................................................................................. 7 3.2 Network Expansion Methods ................................................................................................ 7 Load balancing between neighboring sites ................................................................. 7 Adding carriers to overloaded sites ............................................................................. 7

List of the tables

Table 1 TCH congestion criteria......................................................................................................... 4 Table 2 average forward Tx power..................................................................................................... 4 Table 3 TCH (Excluding HO) (CS-FCH)............................................................................................. 5 Table 4 TCH (Excluding HO) (PS-FCH)............................................................................................. 5 Table 5 CE Traffic Density-PS SCH ................................................................................................... 6

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Chapter 1 Introduction to PTCL network

1.1 Introduction
This document is produced by Huawei to describe Huawei Network expansion guidelines for PTCL WLL system. Main content include 2 parts: Huawei network expansion criterion and network expansion solutions. For a network expansion project, precise analysis can ensure project steady, controlled, and cost-effective. Based on rich experiences globally, Huawei build a comprehensive criterion for expansion project, will be detailed described in this document.

Chapter 2 Network expansion criterion

2.1 Capacity related Criterion
In CDMA network, network capacity is limited by the Um interface (air interface) resources. Based on our rich experience of global network operation and deeply research on network OM (Operation Measurement) data, here we conclude the following indicators are thoroughly related with network capacity;

I. Busy hour TCH congestion ratio

This index represents the probability of TCH request failure due to insufficient radio resources when the users originate calls or handoff. It is the basis of network expansion. Related index: TCH Congestion Ratio[%]:

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A measurement of radio TCH congestions. TCH Congestion Ratio indicates the situation of TCH Definition assignment during call setup. It differs from Call Resource Allocation Failures. The latter refers to failures of allocating all call resources, such as radio resources, transmission, hardware, and so on. Unit Type Measurement method Formula None Calculated item By calculation (TCH Assignment Requests Successful TCH Assignments) / TCH Assignment Requests x 100%

Table 1 TCH congestion criteria To ensuring the user feelings and network performance, in terms of the single carrier sector, the busy hour TCH congestion ratio is suggested below 2%. When busy hour TCH congestion ratio >= 2%, the network expansion is required.

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Busy hour forward average transmit power

This index represents the busy hour forward average transmit power of single carrier sector, and is equal to the sum of powers of all forward channels (including overhead channel and traffic channel). Related index: Forward load of carrier [%]: Definition Unit Type Measurement method Measurement point Forward load of current carriers. It is the ratio of the current transmit power of carriers to the maximum transmit power. None Original item By average The RRM module obtains the transmit power of carriers from the Common Measurement Report message sent by the BTS every one second, and then calculates the forward load of current carriers.

Table 2 average forward Tx power

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When carrier/sector rated power is 20W, busy hour forward average transmit power is suggested below 43dBm.When the busy hour average transmits power exceeds 43dBm, it indicates that the available power resources of the carrier sector are insufficient and access restriction may arise to ensure the service quality of in-service subscribers; Meanwhile, when forward Tx power is kept approaching 43dBm, it also means there are certain edge coverage users, single user consumes too much forward powers; power amplifier long time keep working on additional overload, which will greatly affects the lifecycle of power amplifier. To solve this problem, adding carriers is suggested;

III. Busy hour TCH traffic (excluding HO)

This index represents the traffic load of single carrier sector. Related index: Density of Traffic Carried on TCH (Excluding HO) (CS-FCH) Definition Unit Type Measureme nt Method Formula Density of CS traffic carried on FCHs, excluding HOs. Erl Calculated item By calculation TCH Seizure Duration (Excluding HO) (FCH-CS) / (measurement period x 60)

Table 3 TCH (Excluding HO) (CS-FCH)

Related index: Density of Traffic Carried on TCH (Excluding HO) (PS-FCH) Definition Unit Type Measureme nt Method Formula Density of PS traffic carried on FCHs, excluding HOs. Erl Calculated item By calculation TCH Seizure Duration (Excluding HO) (FCH-PS) / (measurement period x 60)

Table 4 TCH (Excluding HO) (PS-FCH)

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Related index: CE Traffic Density-PS SCH Definition Unit Type Measureme nt Method Formula Density of CE traffic carried by F-SCHs. Erl Calculated item By calculation CE Traffic Density-PS SCH = CE Seizure Duration-SCH / (measurement period x 60)

Table 5 CE Traffic Density-PS SCH Busy hour TCH traffic (excluding HO) = Density of Traffic Carried on TCH (Excluding HO) (CS-FCH) + Density of Traffic Carried on TCH (Excluding HO) (PS-FCH) + CE Traffic Density-PS SCH According to Pole Capacity formula and according the experiences of global CDMA commercial networks operation, busy hour TCH traffic (excluding HO) is suggested as 21 Erl. If busy hour TCH traffic (excluding HO) exceeds 21Erl, it indicates that the carrier sector is overloaded. When the traffic volume increases, network quality will get worse, network congestion occurred, may some subscribers couldnt access the network. And meanwhile, excessive TCH traffic load conduct the consequences as, high CDR(call drop ratio), quality of service (QoS) degradation, finally affect subscriber perceived service; to solve the problems, adding carriers is suggested;

IV. Capacity criterion summary The basic three criterion deteiled the network expansion standards, and each of which is basic requirement that we suggested; If any one of the previous three conditions is met, the network expansion is required.

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Chapter 3 Network expansion suggestions

3.1 Overall Suggestions
For the carriers whose TCH traffic (excluding HO) exceeds 21Erl, the emergent expansion is recommended. For the carriers whose TCH traffic (excluding HO) ranges from 18Erl to 21Erl, the expansion planning is performed. For the carriers whose busy hour average transmit power exceeds 43dBm, the expansion planning is performed.

3.2 Network Expansion Methods

Load balancing between neighboring sites Load balancing between carriers Handoff region optimization (to reduce handoff ratio and save resource) Adding carriers to overloaded sites Adding new sites to meet capacity requirements

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