Cisco Quantum SON Suite Automatic Parameter Organization For UMTS Macro Cells - User Manual

Cisco Quantum SON Suite Automatic Parameter
Organization for UMTS Macro Cells - User Manual

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June 25, 2014
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CONTENTS
1. Automatic Par ameter s O ptimization ( APO ) Theor y of O per ation
Plug & Play
New Cell Prerequisites
Missing Location Information
Plug & Play Indoor Sites
Optimization Following Plug & Play
Creating Intra-frequency Neighbor Relations
Creating Inter-frequency Relations
Maintaining Symmetric Relations
Enforcing the Layer Management Strategy (LMS)
Priority Management
Manual Re- homing
Suppor ted Vendor s
2. Setting up the APO Pr ocess
Activating and Blocking Modules
Summary - Activation Examples
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Setting up G ener al Application Par ameter s
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APO Application Parameters
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Re- homing Using an Exter nal System
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Viewing and Changing the O per ational Status of Cells
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Cells' Operational Statuses
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3. Monitor ing the Q uantum SO N Activities
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Analyzing an APO Action
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Automatic Parameters Optimization (APO) Theory of

Operation
The APO is a group of Self-Organization applications, responsible for maintaining neighbor relations
through engineer activities such as adding new cells, or moving cell locations.
The APO supports the following activities:
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Plug & Play - Automatic new site integration in the RAN
Manual Re-homing - Changing the parent RNC of a cell
The APO application is part of the Cisco Quantum SON framework. These applications enable the
Operators to maximize their network resources by offering a quick response to network and
environmental changes. This dynamic optimization technology uses a unique Network Visibility
capability to check the current conditions of the network (Snapshot), fine tune the configuration
(Action), and test the results (Feedback).
The APO operates before the ANR starts its cycle:
Figure 1: APO-ANR Cycle

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Plug & Play

When adding new cells to the RAN, Plug & Play creates a complete neighbor list for the new sites
based on the configured physical distance around the current cell and the azimuth of the neighboring
cells (using the same logic as mentioned in the ANR process Matching cell ID to scrambling code).
This initial neighbor list gives the cell an initial group of adjacent cells for handover from day one.
Further optimization of the neighbor list will be done by the Inter-frequency and Intra-frequency
neighbor relations modules of the ANR when the site goes live.
Figure 2: APO Plug & Play
Cell added to network

Cell identified by the SON System via
the OSS synch. SON APO starts
calculating neighbor lists.
APO Plug & Play activated automatically

Neighbor lists added in both directions. If
necessary, existing relations are deleted to make
room for the new relation. If the new cell is onair, deletion is according to weight. If the new
cell is off-air (i.e. weight is not available),
deletion is according to distance.
By default, a new cell is configured to be activated for all applications except MEH.
If the APO application is set to OFF, the operational state of a new cell will automatically change from
"New" to "Exist" to enable the various applications to work on it. This is the only case in which APO
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Figure 3: Plug & Play in Action
APO Plug & Play has the following activation options:

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Automatic activation: When the application is Enabled, it will run automatically and autonomously
creating an initial neighbor list for new cells as they are identified by the system during the
periodic synchronization process. The new cells must be configured in the OSS with their location
ID, azimuth, coordinates (which must be within the network/market's geographical area).
Manual activation: Cells that change locations within the network, e.g. mobile cells (COWs) used
in mass event venues or for disaster recovery, need to be reconfigured for their new location.
However, as they are not new cells in the network, the automatic Plug & Play will not be triggered
on them. APO enables to manually change the cell's operational status to "new", causing Plug &
Play to run on it on the next snapshot (see Viewing and Changing the Operational Status of Cells
on page16).
New Cell Prerequisites

For Plug & Play to work, the following information must be pre-configured for the new cells:
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Cell Name
Location ID
Longitude
Latitude
Azimuth

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Missing Location Information

APO will not work on cells with missing location information. If a new cell that is added to an existing
RBS is missing the long/lat information, the APO internal algorithm is able to extrapolate the cell's
long/lat from its co-sectors. However, all other mandatory parameters must be configured in order for
Plug & Play to operate on the cell.
The algorithm will not work in the following cases:
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If the new cell is in a new RBS, even if the RBS is in the same location as an existing RBS.
If all other cells in the RBS are also missing the long/lat values.
Plug & Play Indoor Sites

The effective range of indoor cells is considerably lower than outdoor cells and should not be added to
the same distance from other indoor cells. Plug & Play will add indoor cells only up to a distance
defined by the parameter Max Distance for Neighbor Relations from Indoor Cells. Beyond this distance,
Plug & Play will add only outdoor cells.
Optimization Following Plug & Play

In order to speed up the automatic optimization of the cell added to the network, following the Plug &
Play activity, the cell is marked as in Crisis Mode for a period of two days. If the cell is selected for the
ANR working list, the ANR will work on it in an aggressive mode.
Creating Intra-frequency Neighbor Relations

The APO Plug & Play system creates intra-frequency neighbor relations to nearby cells, using the
following logic:
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It will attempt to create symmetrical relations. If it cannot, the relation will not be created. See
Maintaining Symmetric Relations on page6
The relations are created from the nearest (co-located) to the farthest cells (up to the configured
distance in the Max Distance for Neighbor Relations from Outdoor Cell and Max Distance for Neighbor
Relations from Indoor Cell parameters).
Blocked cells, or cells in the forbidden relations list will not be affected.
Cells which do not have beam overlap will not be affected (the Plug & Play cells beam radius is the
configured radius parameter).
Candidate neighbors that do not have a cell radius (e.g. nearby new cells), but are within the cell
radius of the source Plug & Play cell, will receive a default radius of 3 km in order to check beam
overlap.
Cells which already have relations with the same scrambling code as the Plug & Play cell will not
be affected (these are cases of second order scrambling code).

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If possible, the entire intra-frequency neighbor list will be defined (up to the number of relations set
by Max Number of Intra-frequency Neighbor Relations) - as long as they are within the configured
maximum distance.
In symmetric relations, if a cells neighbor list is full, the system will attempt to delete a relation that
fulfills the following requirements:
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The cell is not blocked
The cell has a weight lower than the configured Max Weight for Neighbor Deletion
If relations have no weight, the farthest cells from the source cell are deleted first
The cell is not in the same RBS as the added cell
If no such cell exists, the relation to/from the relation will not be created.
The priority of cells that are off air will not change.
When introducing a cluster of cells into the network, the nearby cells may not yet be defined in the
OSS at the time the application creates neighbor relations for the plug & play cell. In this case, the
application will add the number of relations defined by Max Number of Intra-frequency Neighbor
Relations) and it will also add relations to the nearby cells as they are introduced into the system, even
if the cell and/or the candidate neighbors are off-air. In this case, the number of neighbors may exceed
Max Number of Intra-frequency Neighbor Relations. If the number of relations reaches the maximum
number of relations allowed in the neighbor list, the farthest relations will be deleted to make room for
these new relations.
Ex ample - Adding Multiple Plug & Play C ells
Three new cells are to be introduced into the network: A, B, and C. For illustration purposes, the cells
are defined in the OSSin consecutive days.
Cells A, B, and C are off-air and stay off-air for the next three consecutive days.
In Day 1, cell A is defined in the OSS. Plug & Play is activated as the cell status is "new", and 15
neighbors (Max Number of Intra-frequency Neighbor Relations) are created in its neighbor list.
In Day 2, Cell B is defined in the OSS. Plug & Play is activated as the cell status is "new", and 15
neighbors (Max Number of Intra-frequency Neighbor Relations) are created in its neighbor list. At this
point, a relation to cell B is also created in Cell A's neighbor list, totaling the number of relations in A's
neighbor list to 16 (i.e. above Max Number of Intra-frequency Neighbor Relations).
In Day 3, Cell C is defined in the OSS. Here too, relations are added in both A's and B's neighbor lists.
The result is that the NL of cell A and cell B have more neighbor relations created by the application
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Figure 4: Defining New Cells
Creating Inter-frequency Relations

The system will create Inter relations from the Plug & Play cell to the required Inter-frequency cells in
the area. Such relations will follow the Layer Management Strategy (LMS) as defined by the operator.
Inter relations from the Plug & Play cell are created from the nearest to the farthest cell, according to the
LMS policy, similarly to the way intra relations are created (but not symmetrically). The distance for
seeking potential neighbors is limited by the Max Distance for Neighbor Relations from Outdoor Cells
parameter
If the system is unable to delete relations from the full NL, Inter relations will not be created.
APO will only operate on cells whose state is "Up". During the synchronization with the OSS, the
system retrieves the configured state of each cell (Locked/Unlocked, Reserved/Unreserved). A cell is
considered as "Up" if it is "Unlocked" and "Unreserved" and if it has KPIs from at least 90% of the time
in the last hour.
Maintaining Symmetric Relations

The Plug & Play creates and maintains symmetric relations in the neighbor lists.
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For all relations created the APO Plug & Play creates the reciprocal relation as well
If the neighbor list that the new cell is to be added to (the to-target) is full, a weaker neighbor
relation will be deleted to make room for the new relation
The same deletion holds true for second order neighbor deletions
If Plug & Play runs on a cell with existing relations, the application will create any reciprocal
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Enforcing the Layer Management Strategy (LMS)

The Plug & Play created inter-frequency relations according to the LMS which is set to enforce the
local policy.
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For all new relations created the APO Plug & Play creates relations according to the LMS
Any pre-existing relations on the cell that do not comply with LMS are removed.
Priority Management
Priority Management for Intra-frequency Relations

Not relevant to NSN.
When compiling a monitored set, the UE compiles the list from the neighbors of the active set cells
with the highest relation priority.Cell relations that do not have the proper priority will not be added
to the monitored set. Priority change is generally based on the intra-frequency weights, with the
exception of co-sectors and co-location, which are assigned a higher priority.
The ANR has an option of enhancing the priorities used by the RNC in generating the union set in Soft
Handover situations, thus indirectly optimizing the Monitored Set. The application checks the Detected
Set and Unmonitored Set messages as they are created by the RNC. The application then re-evaluates
the priorities based on the relative weight of the neighbors as reported by UEs connected to the cell
being checked. This in turn will move required cells from the unmonitored to the monitored set, to
become available for use as an active cell in the Active Set.
If the priorities are not set correctly, a cell in the unmonitored set could become a strong candidate for
handover, but would be rejected by the RNC since it is not in the Monitored Set. Additionally, cells in
the unmonitored set are more seldom sampled by the UE, therefore it is more likely, especially in fast
moving scenario, that a call could be dropped due to cell not monitored in time.
This module is activated through the Priority application settings.
Newly added intra-frequency relations and newly added Inter relations with Femto cells are assigned
the highest available priority. The priorities assignment application sets relation priorities according to
the weight of the relations which is derived from the handover attempts to each of the relations.
A new neighbor is initially assigned the highest available priority (either by ANR or by APO. The
initial priority is then recalculated by ANR.
To avoid excessive priority reordering, the existing priority is compared to the new priority. The
neighbor priorities will be updated only in case of a significant change.
The application sets priorities per vendor, as follows:

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Table 1: SON Priority Ranges per Vendor
Vendor
Ericsson
ALU
Huawei
NSN
ANR Intra
1-31
0-30
0-30
Not used
ANR Inter
32-63
31-62
31-62
Priority Management for Inter-frequency Relations

When compiling a monitored set, the UE compiles the list from the neighbors of the active set cells
with the highest relation priority.Cell relations that do not have the proper priority will not be added
to the monitored set. Priority change is generally based on the intra-frequency weights, with the
exception of co-sectors and co-location, which are assigned a higher priority.
Each inter-frequency relation is assigned a unique priority between 31 and 62 (where 31 is the highest
priority) in the following order (see vendor specific ranges below):
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Existing undeletable relations
Tier 1 cells (in borders)
Co-sector cells
Co-located cells
The co-sectors' intra-frequency neighbors prioritized according to their intra-frequency relation

weight
The intra-frequency neighbors' co-sectors prioritized according to their intra-frequency relation
weight
Femto relations are assigned the lowest absolute priorities (57-62). This should take into
consideration the size of the femto group.
Other existing relations that are not candidates in the current snapshot but conform to the LMS are
selected randomly if there is enough room in the neighbor list.
A new neighbor is initially assigned the highest available priority (either by ANR or by APO. The
initial priority is then recalculated by ANR.
To avoid excessive priority reordering, the existing priority is compared to the new priority. The
neighbor priorities will be updated only in case of a significant change.
The application sets priorities per vendor, as follows:
Table 2: SON Priority Ranges per Vendor
Vendor
Ericsson
ALU
Huawei
NSN
ANR Intra
1-31
0-30
0-30
Not used
ANR Inter
32-63
31-62
31-62

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2 . S e t t ing up t he AP O P roc e s s
Ma nua l Re - hom ing
Manual Re-homing
Quantum SON offers support to the process of changing the parent RNC of Node Bs, known as rehoming, including all the required changes in the neighbor lists. During the re-homing process, the
configuration (profiles) of the re-homed cells are copied to the new cells. KPIs are also preserved in
order to maintain the history of SON actions performed before the re-homing.
Supported Vendors
The following equipment vendors are supported:
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Ericsson
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU)
NSN
Huawei
Setting up the APO Process

To set up the APO process:
1. Click on the Settings tab on the main menu.
2. Activate the APO-U module on the required cells. (See Activating and Blocking Modules below.)
3. Click on APO-U from the Applications list panel on the left to expand/collapse the displayed list.
4. Set up the general application parameters. (See Setting up General Application Parameters on
page14.)
Activating and Blocking Modules

By default, a new cell is configured to be activated for all applications except MEH.
For SON to operate, the SON modules must be activated on cells via the Global Settings panel. You
can select individual cells, entire RNCs or eNodeBs. You can enable an application on the entire
network, but exclude specific RNCs/eNodeBs.
Each module must also be individually enabled in the Application Settings of that
module.
To activate the SON modules v ia the Global Settings panel:
1. Open the Settings page from the main menu.
2. Select Module Activation from the Global Settings panel.
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Ac t iv a t ing a nd Bloc k ing Module s
Figure 5: Module Activation Page
3. Do one of the following to enter criteria to obtain a list of cells:

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Using the Cell Search fields
Figure 6: Cell Search
i. Select a Cell type (UMTS, LTE, RNC, or eNodeB).

ii. Select a search criterion from the drop-down list. The available criteria are:
Table 3: Search Criteria
Search Criterion
Cell Name
RNC Name
Type
Vendor
Is Repeater
Indoor
DAS
Location USID
Description
Search for cells according to the name
Search for cells served by a specific RNC
Search for cells according to the type (macro, femto, etc.)
Search for cells according to equipment vendor
Search for cells that serve (or do not serve) as repeaters
Search for indoor cells (or exclude them)
Search for DAS cells (or exclude them)
Search for cells according to location ID (enter a number)

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Search Criterion
Azimuth
Beam Width
HO Type
Carrier
CPICH
Profile Name
Application Status
Face
Description
Search for cells according to the azimuth (enter an angle)
Search for cells according to the beam width (enter an angle)
Search for cells according to defined handover type (IFHO, GSM)
Search for cells according to the carrier UARFCNDL (frequency)
Search for cells according to CPICH (enter a number)
Search for cells according to the associated profile (per application)
Search for cells according to the status of the SON applications for
the cell - Blocked/Unblocked (per application or All Applications)
Search for cells belonging to a specific face
iii. Select an operator from the drop-down list. The available operators are:
Table 4: Search Operators
Operator
Equals
Contains
Not equals
In
Not in
Less than
Greater than
Description
Search for an exact string
Search for the search criterion containing the specified string
Search for all cells except those that match the exact string
Search for any cell in the specified list. The list can be copied from an
external file (Excel/Word/Notepad). Alternatively, you can enter the
list of items separated by a space.
Search for all cells that are not in the specified list. The list can be
copied from an external file (Excel/Word/Notepad). Alternatively, you
can enter the list of items separated by a space.
(Where applicable) Search for values smaller than the specified value
(Where applicable) Search for values larger than the specified value
iv. Enter the value to search in the free text field. Click on the Expand Textbox icon to open a
larger window. You can enter a list of values separated by spaces.
v. (Optional) You can add more filters by clicking on the + sign. This opens another line of
search criteria which you can use to expand the search (using the OR logical operator) or
narrow down the results (using the AND logical operator). To remove a specific filter, click
on the - sign next to the filter row to be removed.
vi. Click on Apply Filter. The cells matching the search criteria are listed in the cells table. You
can export the results to a CSV file to be saved on your file system by clicking on the
button.
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Uploading a list of cells
If you have an external list of cells (e.g. a list of cell names, azimuths, etc.) in an external
application (e.g. Excel, Word, Notepad, etc.), you can copy the list and enter it in the free text
field. Make sure that the search criterion matches the values specified in the list. For example, if
the list includes names of cells, make sure that the selected search criterion is Cell Name. If the
list includes several azimuths, make sure that the selected search criterion is Azimuth.
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4. After selecting the search criteria, click on the Apply Filter button. The list of cells are listed in the
cells table. You can export the results to a CSV file to be saved on your file system by clicking on
the
button.
5. Select the cells from the resulting list by clicking in the check-boxes next to each cell name. Note
the Application Status and also All Applications Status columns for each cell. These indicate
whether the specific application is enabled for the cell. If the All Applications Status indicates
"Unblocked", this means that at least one application is enabled for this cell.
6. Click on the Modify Module Activation button. The Module Activation configuration window opens.
Figure 7: Module Activation Configuration Window
The Activation Configuration window includes the following elements:

Table 5: Module Activation Elements
Element
Cell Type
Application: Enable
Application: Disable
SON: Block
Description
The cell type selected in the cell search (UMTS or LTE)
Activates the application on the selected cells. The selected cell may
trigger the action of the specific application and it may be affected by an
action performed by the application on another cell.
Deactivates the application on the selected cells. When disabled, the cell
will not trigger any action of the specific application and will not be
affected by any action performed by the application on another cell.
No SON actions will be performed on the selected cells. Used for limited

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Element
Description
periods when you want to perform maintenance tasks on these cells (e.g.
re-homing) and you don't want any action performed on them until the
task has completed.
Unblock to allow enabled SON applications to operate on the selected
cells. Disabled applications will not operate on the selected cells even if
SON is unblocked.
Displays the list of selected cells with the current activation settings for
each application and for all SON.
SON: Unblock
Affected Cells
7. Select the activation settings for each application and for SON. The SON Enable/Disable
configuration overrides the other settings without affecting them. You can thus disable SON on a
cell, but have the different applications enabled and ready for when SON is eventually enabled.
8. Click on Approve to save these settings. Alternatively, click on the X button on the window's topright corner to close the window without changing the settings.
Note the status change in the Status and All Applications Status columns.
Summary - Activation Examples

The following table summarizes the interaction between the activation options in the Application
Settings and in the Module Activation. For the purposes of this example, it is assumed that whatever
setting that a group of cells (Group A) has for the activation of an application, all other cells have the
opposite setting. So, for example, if App1 is enabled on Group A, then this example assumes that App1
is disabled on all other cells.
Table 6: Activation Settings
Application
Module Activation
(on Group A)
App Settings
App Settings
App1
App2
App3
App4
App5
App6
App7
App8
App9
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Enabled
On
Off
On
Off
On
Off
On
Off
On
On
On
Off
Off
On
On
Off
Off
On
SON (on all cells)

Unblock
Unblock
Unblock
Unblock
Unblock
Unblock
Unblock
Unblock
Block
Table 7: Results of Activation Settings
Application
App1
App2
Operation
App1 will operate on Group A only.
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Application
App3
App4
App5
App6
App7
App8
App9
Operation
App3 will operate on Group A in Dry mode. It will not operate on all other cells.
App5 will operate on all cells except Group A.
App7 will operate in Dry mode on all cells except Group A. It will not operate on
Group A at all.
None of the applications will operate on any cell. SON is blocked on all cells.
Setting up General Application Parameters

The general application parameters are parameters that apply at the network level.
1. Click on Application Settings in the required application section on the Applications panel.
2. Set values to the general parameters listed below:
Table 8: Application General Parameters
Parameter
Description
Globally enables/disables the application.
When disabled, the application will not
run even if it is enabled for specific cells.
After the application is turned off
(disabled), it will continue running the
feedback.
Enables/disables live run. When enabled,
the calculated changes are executed and
the commands are sent to the OSS. When
disabled, the actions are calculated, but no
commands are sent to the OSS (the
application operates in Dry Run mode).
Application Priority Sets the order in which SON applications
will run. Applications with a higher
priority will run before applications with
a lower priority.
Units
Toggle
Range
Checked
Value
Unchecked
Unchecked
Toggle
Checked
Unchecked
Unchecked
Integer
0-100
3. Click on Save Changes.

Alternatively, click on the Reset Settings button to restore all the parameters on the
profile to the last saved values.

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APO Application Parameters

Table 9: Application Specific Parameters
Parameter
Create Intrafrequency Neighbor
Relations
Create Interfrequency Neighbor
Relations
Max Number of
Intra-frequency
Neighbor Relations
Max Distance for
Neighbor Relations
from Indoor Cells
Max Distance for
Neighbor Relations
from Outdoor Cells
Max Weight for
Neighbor Deletion
Work on Locked
Candidate Cells
Description
When checked, intra-frequency neighbor
relations will be created for new cells
Units
Toggle
When checked, inter-frequency neighbor

relations will be created for new cells
Toggle
Range
Checked
Unchecked
Checked
Checked
Unchecked
The Maximal number of intra-frequency Integer

relations that can be created for new cells
The maximal distance for seeking indoor
neighbors for new cells.
Value
Checked
Km
15
0.5-30
The maximal distance for seeking outdoor Km

neighbors for new cells.
Neighbors with a higher relation weight %
will not be deleted
When enabled, the application will create Toggle
neighbor relations with target cells whose
status is "locked". This enables to create
relations with cells in a new RBS whose
cells are all off air and locked.
15
0.1-5.0
0.3
Checked
Checked
Unchecked
Re-homing Using an External System

When using an external system to perform re-homing, do the following.
1. Block the cells that are to be re-homed and the cells in their neighbor list to prevent the SON
system from working on them.
a. Open the Settings page and select Module Activation from the General Settings
b. Select the cell type (UMTS/LTE).
c. Select the filter criterion for cell search (e.g. Location USID).
d. Select the in operator.
e. Enter the list of elements according to the selected filter criterion (e.g. a list of location USIDs)
and click Apply Filter.
f. Select the cells to be re-homed. You can select all the cells in the results table by selecting the
check-box in the header row.

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g. Click on Modify Module Activation.

h. In the Module Activation window, select block in the SON row and click on Approve.
Figure 8: Module Activation - Block SON on Selected Cells
2. Perform the re-homing in the external system.

3. After the re-homing is complete, unblock SON for the neighbor cells. The profiles and KPIs will be
automatically copied to the new cells.
Viewing and Changing the Operational Status of Cells

You can view the operational status of cells and change it as needed.
1. Open the Settings page.
2. Select Operational Status from the General Settings on the left navigation pane.
3. Use the Network Element Search filter to generate a list of cells.
The cell's operational status is displayed in the right-most column. See Cells' Operational Statuses
on the facing page for a description of all available statuses.
If you wish to change the operational status of a cell(s), proceed as follows.
4. In the results table, select the cells with which you would like to change the operational status by
clicking the check-box on the left. You can select all cells by clicking the check-box on the table
header.
5. Click on the Change Operational Status button.
6. The Change Operational Status pop-up window lists the cells you selected and their current

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operational status. Select a new status from the New Operational Status list.
7. Click Apply. The new operational status is applied to the selected cells.
Figure 9: Change Operational Status
Cells' Operational Statuses

Table 10: Cells' Operational Statuses
Status
New
Initialize
Exist
Rehome
Rehome source
Description
A newly identified cell. These are new cells that have been added to the OSS and
have not been added to the SON database before. The APO Plug & Play feature
will operate on new cells in its next cycle and create neighbor relations for them.
Cells on which the APO Plug & Play feature has started working.
Cells that are in the SON database and APO has finished working on them.
During the rehoming process, this status identifies the new cell (the cell in the new
location). APO will not work on these cells, so there is no need to disable APO on
cells involved in rehoming. After the rehoming is complete, the status changes to
"exist".
During the rehoming process, this status identifies the cell that is being rehomed

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Status
Obsolete
3.
Description
(i.e. the cell in the old location). APO will not work on these cells, so there is no
need to disable APO on cells involved in rehoming. After the rehoming is
complete, the status changes to "obsolete".
Cells that exist in the database, but no longer exist in the OSS (possibly as a result
of rehoming). These cells are kept in the database to enable monitoring of KPI
history. None of the SON applications will operate on these cells.
Monitoring the Quantum SON Activities

The SON Activities report displays concentric information of all SON activities performed on the
market/region. The information can be drilled-down and filtered according to specific criteria of interest
(e.g. a specific RNC, specific KPIs, etc.). The report facilitates network analysis, enabling to take
informed decisions about the network.
By default, the SON Activities report opens on the market/region level with all applications enabled,
displaying actions performed in the last two days.
Figure 10: SON Activities Report
The actions table displays the action sets performed.

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Figure 11: SON Activity Report - Actions Table
You can change the display as follows:

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Change the date range - this affects both the chart display and the actions displayed in the actions
table.
Display actions by application - this affects only the actions table.
Display only specific network elements - this affects both the chart display and the actions displayed
in the actions table.
View the actions.
View the OSSchanges for a selected action set and the affected cells by clicking on the Info icon.
View the action on the map by clicking on the Map icon.
View the OSS changes on the KPI chart by clicking on the Graph icon.
Analyzing an APO Action

1. Open the SON Activities page.
2. In the actions table, click on the Info button of a specific action.
3. Click on the Map button of the same action.
4. Click on the Graph button on the same action.
Open the action info, map and graph of a specific action on separate windows to be able
to view them together.

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Ex ample
Figure 12: APO Action Analysis Example

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Cis c o Q ua nt um S O N S uit e Aut om a t ic P a ra m e t e r O rga niza t ion f or UMTS Ma c ro Ce lls

Plug & Play

New Cell Prerequisites

Missing Location Information

Plug & Play Indoor Sites

Optimization Following Plug & Play

Creating Intra-frequency Neighbor Relations

Creating Inter-frequency Relations

Maintaining Symmetric Relations

Enforcing the Layer Management Strategy (LMS)

Manual Re- homing

Suppor ted Vendor s

2. Setting up the APO Pr ocess

Activating and Blocking Modules

Summary - Activation Examples

Setting up G ener al Application Par ameter s

APO Application Parameters

Re- homing Using an Exter nal System

Viewing and Changing the O per ational Status of Cells

Cells' Operational Statuses

Cis c o Q ua nt um S O N S uit e Aut om a t ic P a ra m e t e r O rga niza t ion f or UMTS Ma c ro Ce lls

3. Monitor ing the Q uantum SO N Activities

Analyzing an APO Action

Cis c o Q ua nt um S O N S uit e Aut om a t ic P a ra m e t e r O rga niza t ion f or UMTS Ma c ro Ce lls

Automatic Parameters Optimization (APO) Theory of

Plug & Play - Automatic new site integration in the RAN

Manual Re-homing - Changing the parent RNC of a cell

Cis c o Q ua nt um S O N S uit e Aut om a t ic P a ra m e t e r O rga niza t ion f or UMTS Ma c ro Ce lls

1 . Aut om a t ic P a ra m e t e rs O pt im iza t ion ( AP O ) The ory of O pe ra t ion

Plug & Play

Cell added to network

APO Plug & Play activated automatically

Cis c o Q ua nt um S O N S uit e Aut om a t ic P a ra m e t e r O rga niza t ion f or UMTS Ma c ro Ce lls

1 . Aut om a t ic P a ra m e t e rs O pt im iza t ion ( AP O ) The ory of O pe ra t ion

Figure 3: Plug & Play in Action

APO Plug & Play has the following activation options:

New Cell Prerequisites

Cis c o Q ua nt um S O N S uit e Aut om a t ic P a ra m e t e r O rga niza t ion f or UMTS Ma c ro Ce lls

1 . Aut om a t ic P a ra m e t e rs O pt im iza t ion ( AP O ) The ory of O pe ra t ion

Missing Location Information

Plug & Play Indoor Sites

Optimization Following Plug & Play

Creating Intra-frequency Neighbor Relations

Cis c o Q ua nt um S O N S uit e Aut om a t ic P a ra m e t e r O rga niza t ion f or UMTS Ma c ro Ce lls

1 . Aut om a t ic P a ra m e t e rs O pt im iza t ion ( AP O ) The ory of O pe ra t ion

The cell is not blocked

The cell is not in the same RBS as the added cell

Cis c o Q ua nt um S O N S uit e Aut om a t ic P a ra m e t e r O rga niza t ion f or UMTS Ma c ro Ce lls

1 . Aut om a t ic P a ra m e t e rs O pt im iza t ion ( AP O ) The ory of O pe ra t ion

Figure 4: Defining New Cells

Creating Inter-frequency Relations

Maintaining Symmetric Relations

Cis c o Q ua nt um S O N S uit e Aut om a t ic P a ra m e t e r O rga niza t ion f or UMTS Ma c ro Ce lls

1 . Aut om a t ic P a ra m e t e rs O pt im iza t ion ( AP O ) The ory of O pe ra t ion

Enforcing the Layer Management Strategy (LMS)

Priority Management for Intra-frequency Relations

Cis c o Q ua nt um S O N S uit e Aut om a t ic P a ra m e t e r O rga niza t ion f or UMTS Ma c ro Ce lls

1 . Aut om a t ic P a ra m e t e rs O pt im iza t ion ( AP O ) The ory of O pe ra t ion

Table 1: SON Priority Ranges per Vendor

Priority Management for Inter-frequency Relations