3G Capacity Monitoring

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. October 2012

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Contents

RF Power Capacity Upgrade Proposal RF Code Capacity Upgrade Proposal CE Capacity Upgrade Proposal WBBP upgrade Proposal

Iub Capacity Upgrade Proposal

Paging Monitoring

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3G CAPACITY RESOURCE

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Power Utilization

Power is shared by all services in one cell

PS will use spare power apart from that be used by CS

HSDPA will use the spare power apart from that of R99 HSDPA throughput probably limited by power available during busy hour Huawei current maximum PA is 80 W

Maximum recommendation power used by common channel around 20% from cell power
Power 3GPP Release 99 Power 3GPP Release 5

Unused power Pmax-R99

HS-DSCH

Dedicated channels (power controlled) Common channels t Power usage with dedicated channels channels

Dedicated channels (power controlled) Common channels t HS-DSCH with dynamic power allocation

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Power Utilization Formula

Average Power Utilization Rate (%) (10^(([VS.MeanTCP]-[MaxPowerPerCell])/10))*100

Note:
VS.MeanTCP: Mean Transmitted Power of Carrier for Cell (dBm) MaxPowerPerCell: Maximum transmission power for cell (dBm)

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RF POWER UPGRADE PROCESS

Weekly Measurement

Power Utilization target: 60%

No End

(OR) Total TCP > 70% Power Cong > 0.8%

Yes
2nd Carrier Already ?

No 2nd Carrier Proposal

Yes
Max Tx Power ? PA >= 460

No PA Upgrade Proposal

Yes
F1/F2 HSDPA Load Balancing Already ?

No

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Yes

RF POWER UPGRADE CRITERIA

Scenario (OR) 1st Scenario (utilization) 2nd Scenario (congestion failures) Aggregated Measurement Weekly Average Weekly Average Counter Measurement Busy Hour Tx Power Utilization(ave) Busy Hour RAB Power Congestion Ratio(ave) Threshold 70% 0.8%

RAB_PS_Power_Cong_Ratio
100*Sum([VSRABFailEstabPSDLPowerCong])/Sum(([VSRABAttEstabPSBkg]+[VSRABAttEstabPSInt]))

RNC UL/DL Power Congestion Counters VS.RRC.Rej.ULPower.Cong VS.RRC.Rej.DLPower.Cong VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.ULPower.Cong VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.DLPower.Cong VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.ULPower.Cong VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.DLPower.Cong

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Performance indicator Impact to Power Utilization (1/3)

SHO Overhead

High SHO overhead means you have high SHO/single serving cell ratio. This is caused by insufficient down tilt on the antennas or not optimized network design. Also is quite likely you have higher pilot pollution in the network. Solution: analyze the cell coverage and try to limit the cell coverage to it's designated area. The smaller the overlapping areas between the cells - the smaller SHO overhead. Normally SHO overhead around 30%

SHO has the following advantages: SHO ensures the seamless cell change and increases the network coverage on the uplink link direction (UL). The SHO combining gain mitigates propagation effects, such as fast fading and shadowing. The SHO combining gain might lead to a transmit power reduction, which reduces the interference in the network on the UL On the other hand, SHO also has some disadvantages: At each cell extra codes, hardware, and downlink (DL) power have to be allocated for the additional SHO links. This leads to a higher outage probability and a decrease in the network capacity. Especially the DL power is a very scarce resource, since it is shared by all MS in the cell. The trend for services with asymmetrical data rates and HighSpeed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) intensifies the DL cell power deficiency.
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Performance indicator Impact to Power Utilization (2/3)

SHO Overhead Formula:

This KPI is used to check the consumption of network resources due to soft handover in an RNC or a Cell. It considered the radio link quantity during the soft handover.

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Performance Indicator Impact to Power Utilization (3/3)

Overshooting

Cell serve larger area than plan area. This condition can be checked from the propagation delay statistic. We have to make sure that this cell serve larger area, not caused by problem on the nearest site close to respective area

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RF Code & HSPDSCH Code Utilization

Each WCDMA cell consist of 16 SF16 RF code shared by R99 and HSPA services HSPDSCH code will determine throughput RAB HSDPA

HSPDSCH code license shared by all cell in one node B

RF code utilization will be used for second carrier upgrade proposal, while HSDPSCH code utilization used for HSPDSCH license code upgrade proposal

100*((([VSSingleRABSF4]+[VSMultRABSF4])*64)+(([VSSingleRABSF8]+[VSMultRABSF8])*32)+(([VSSingleRABS Avg_Code_Utilization F16]+[VSMultRABSF16])*16)+(([VSSingleRABSF32]+[VSMultRABSF32])*8)+(([VSSingleRABSF64]+[VSMultRABS F64])*4)+(([VSSingleRABSF128]+[VSMultRABSF128])*2)+([VSSingleRABSF256]+[VSMultRABSF256]))/256

HSPDSCH_CODE_UTILIZATION 100*[VSPdschCodeUsedMean]/[HSPDSCH_CODE]

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RF CODE UPGRADE PROCESS

Weekly Measurement

Code Util > 80 % OR Code Cong > 0.8%

No

Code HSDPA Util > 70%

No End

Yes No
2nd Carrier Already ?

Yes
2nd Carrier Already ?

No

Yes
No

Yes

HS Code/NodeB < 30

No

HS Code/NodeB < 45

Yes

F1/F2 HSDPA Load Balancing Already ?

No

Yes

Yes 2nd Carrier Proposal Capacity New Site Proposal F1/F2 Load Balancing HSDPA Code Upgrade to 45 HSDPA Code Upgrade to 30 2nd Carrier Proposal

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RF CODE UPGRADE CRITERIA

Scenario (OR function) 1st Scenario (utilization) 2nd Scenario (congestion failures) Aggregated Measurement Weekly Average Weekly Average Weekly Average Counter Measurement Busy Hour of Code Util(ave) Busy Hour of HSDPA Code Util(ave) Busy Hour RAB Code Cong Ratio(ave) Threshold 80% 70% 0.8%

RAB_PS_Code_Cong_Ratio
100*Sum([VSRABFailEstabPSCode.Cong])/Sum(([VSRABAttEstabPSBkg]+[VSRABAttEstabPSInt]))

RNC UL/DL Code Congestion Counters VS.RRC.Rej.Code.Cong VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.Code.Cong VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.Code.Cong

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Iub Traffic Data

Input
Subscribers
Subs per NodeB

Iub Traffic
CS Iub Bandwidth

Total BW

Iub Bandwidth CS Traffic

Voice Traffic VP Traffic

PS Iub Bandwidth HSPA Iub Bandwidth

GoS Requirements PS Traffic

PS64 Throughput PS128 Throughput PS384 Throughput

Bandwidth for Traffic Common Channel Bandwidth Signalling Bandwidth O&M Bandwidth

PS Retransmission HSPA Traffic

Iub is shared among all traffic in one node B. PS and HSPA is best effort
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Iub Utilization Formula

Iub Over IP

Note: TX BW, RX BW Unit: Kbps

Iub Over ATM

Note: TX BW, RX BW Unit: Kbps Conversion Formula: Number of E1 * 1904

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IUB UPGRADE PROCESS

Weekly Measurement

Iub E1 < 4E1? < 8 Mbps

Yes

Upgrade Iub to 4 E1, 8 Mbps

No
OR UL Iub Util > 70 % DL Iub Util > 70 % Iub Cong. >0.8%

Yes Upgrade Iub

No

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Iub Utilization target: 60%

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IUB UPGRADE CRITERIA

Scenario (OR function) 1st Scenario (utilization) 2nd Scenario (congestion failures) Aggregated Measurement Weekly Average Weekly Average Counter Measurement Busy Hour of Iub UL/DL Max Utilization(ave) Busy Hour RAB IUB Cong Ratio

Threshold
70% 0.8%

RAB_PS_Iub_Cong_Ratio
100*Sum([VSRABFailEstabPSULIUBBandCong]+[VSRABFailEstabPSDLIUBBandCong])/Sum(([VSRABAttEstabPSBkg]+[VSRABAttEstabPSInt]))

RNC UL/DL Iub Congestion Counters VS.RRC.Rej.ULIUBBand.Cong VS.RRC.Rej.DLIUBBand.Cong VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.ULIUBBand.Cong VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.DLIUBBand.Cong VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.ULIUBBand.Cong VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.DLIUBBand.Cong

Its better to use monthly data, using average maximum weekly data. Maximum weekly data taken from maximum hourly data among respective week
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Definition of Channel Element

A Channel Element is the base band resource required in the Node B to provide capacity for one voice channel, including control plane signaling, compressed mode, transmit diversity and softer handover.

DBS3900/BTS3900 Uplink: max. 1536 CE

Channel Elements for HSUPA

Downlink: max. 1536 CE

Channel Elements for R99 Bearers

HSUPA shares all the Uplink Channel Elements Resource with R99 services. The Spreading Factor determines the Channel Elements consumed by the HSUPA service.

Note: HSUPA 10 ms TTI

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Huawei Channel Elements Features

Channel Elements pooled in one NodeB No need extra R99 CE resource for CCH

--- reserved CE resource for CCH

No need extra CE resource for TX diversity No need extra CE resource for Compressed Mode

--- reserved resources for Compressed Mode

No need extra CE resource for Softer HO HSDPA does not occupy R99 CE resource --- separate module for HSDPA HSUPA shares CE resource with R99 services

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Channel Elements for HSDPA

The Base Band resources for R99 and HSDPA are separate. HS-DSCH does not consume R99 Channel Elements.

HS-SCCH does not consume R99 Channel Elements.

HS-DPCCH does not occupy R99 Channel Elements. Downlink A-DCH does not occupy R99 Channel Elements.

BB Unit UL

UL R99/HSUPA CEs HS-DPCCH Common channel

Reserved CEs and cost free for common channels Dedicated processing resource for HSDPA, no CE consumption for HSDPA

DL R99 CEs HS_DSCH

DL

Common channel

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CHANNEL ELEMENT UPGRADE PROCESS

UPGRADE
Weekly Measurement End No
(OR) CE UL Util > 70% CE DL Util > 70% CE Cong > 0.8%

CE Utilization target: 60%

No

CE UL Util < 20% OR CE DL Util < 20%

Yes No
HW CE > SW CE

Yes N=1

DOWNGRADE

CE SW Downgrade N.16 Yes CE SW Upgrade to N.384

CE UL Util > 40% OR CE DL Util > 40%

N=N+1

No

Yes CE HW & SW Upgrade to N.384

UL AND DL CE HW CE SW > 384

CE SW Downgrade N.16 No CE HW Downgrade 384

Yes

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CHANNEL ELEMENT UPGRADE CRITERIA

Scenario (OR function) 1st Scenario (utilization) 2nd Scenario (congestion failures) Aggregated Measurement Weekly Average Weekly Average Weekly Average Counter Measurement Busy Hour of CE Util UL(ave) Busy Hour of CE Util DL(ave) Busy Hour RAB CE Cong Ratio(ave) Threshold 70% 70% 0.8%

RAB_PS_CE_Cong_Ratio
100*Sum([VSRABFailEstabPSULCECong]+[VSRABFailEstabPSDLCECong])/Sum(([VSRABAttEstabPSBkg]+[VSRABAttEstabPSInt]))

RNC UL/DL CE Congestion Counters VS.RRC.Rej.UL.CE.Cong VS.RRC.Rej.DL.CE.Cong VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.ULCE.Cong VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.DLCE.Cong VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.ULCE.Cong VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.DLCE.Cong

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Channel Element Utilization Formula

UL CE Utilization (%) 100*VS.LC.ULMean.LicenseGroup.Shared/VS.LC.ULCreditAvailable.Shared

DL CE Utilization (%)

100*VS.LC.DLMean.LicenseGroup.Shared/VS.LC.DLCreditAvailable.Shared

Note:

VS.LC.ULMean.LicenseGroup.Shared: The Average number of shared UL CEs consumed by an operator, or by HSUPA service.
VS.LC.DLMean.LicenseGroup.Shared: The Average number of shared DL CEs consumed by an operator VS.LC.ULCreditAvailable.Shared: The Configured UL CEs for the Shared Group

VS.LC.DLCreditAvailable.Shared: The Configured DL CEs for the Shared Group

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WBBP Upgrade proposal

WBBP is Huawei WCDMA baseband processing unit Maximum 4 boards WBBP installed in BTS/DBS 3900 Combination with WMPT & UTRP will determine number of radio link can be supported by node B Monitoring capacity radio link can be supported, can be check from CNBAP utilization formula WBBP board upgrade also can be triggered by lack of channel element hardware

CNBAP Usage per second (VS.IUB.AttRLAdd+VS.IUB.AttRLSetup+(2*VS.IUB.AttRLRecfg))/3600

CNBAP Utilization (%)

100*CNBAP Usage per second/CNBAP Capacity

Note: CNBAP Capacity refer to table board installed in each node B

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WBBP UPGRADE CRITERIA

Scenario (OR function) Scenario (utilization) Aggregated Measurement Weekly Average Counter Measurement Busy Hour of CNBAP Utilization(ave) Threshold 50%

SPECIFICATION
Boards WMPT+1WBBP WMPT+2WBBP WMPT+3WBBP WMPT+4WBBP UTRP+WMPT+2WBBP UTRP+WMPT+3WBBP UTRP+WMPT+4WBBP RAN 10/11 40 CNBAP/s 80 CNBAP/s 80 CNBAP/s 80 CNBAP/s 80 CNBAP/s 130 CNBAP/s 170 CNBAP/s RAN 12 55 CNBAP/s 110 CNBAP/s 130 CNBAP/s 130 CNBAP/s 110 CNBAP/s 165 CNBAP/s 200 CNBAP/s RAN 13 60 CNBAP/s 120 CNBAP/s 170 CNBAP/s 170 CNBAP/s 180 CNBAP/s 180 CNBAP/s 240 CNBAP/s

RNC CNBAP Congestion Counters VS.RRC.Rej.RL.Fail

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WBPP UPGRADE PROCESS

Weekly Measurement
RNC CNBAP Congestion Counters VS.RRC.Rej.RL.Fail

No
CNBAP Utilization > 50 %

End

Yes No
WBBP < 3

No
UTRP Already?

ADD UTRP

Yes ADD WBBP

Yes No
WBBP = 4

ADD WBBP

Yes Split Node B

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Paging Monitoring

Paging is one of important performance indicator because it will impact to user perceived especially A number. LAC & RAC splitting should be consider in case paging congestion greater than 1% or paging attempt greater than 500K/hour PS paging is much more than CS paging, thats why RAC splitting more often choose than LAC splitting

Paging Loss (%) 100*(VSRRCPaging1LossPCHCongCell/VSUTRANAttPaging1) Paging Util (%) 100*([VSUTRANAttPaging1])/(3600*5*/0.01) Paging Attempt [VSUTRANAttPaging1]

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Why Paging Utilization<100% but with Paging Congestion?

Paging Channel Specification PCH channel support maximum paging 5 user with 1 TTI(Transmission Time Interval, 1TTI=10ms)

Maximum Paging 5 UE per TTI

Paging Discard

Statistic Period Because the paging attempt is not stable within the statistic period, some times is higher, some times is lower, so we will face the paging congestion while the PCH Utilization<100% .

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How big the PCH utilization will trigger paging congestion

Base on the Erlang B Table, if the Number of Channel is 5, and the GOS is 1%, it can bear 1.361 Erl traffic, in other words, the utilization is 27.22% (=1.361/5) while the GOS=1% The PCH channel can support paging 5 user within 1 TTI, We can assume the Number of Channel of 5, base on Erlang B table, when the the utilization just 27.22%, GOS/Congestion Rate=1%. Base on Erlang B table, the utilization=27.22% will trigger 1% congestion.

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Paging Attempt RNC Gayungan01

Paging Attempt all LAC RAC still less than 500K/Hour

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Paging Utilization (%) RNC Sawojajar01

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Paging Loss (%) RNC Gayungan01

Paging loss all LAC RAC still less than 1 %

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