RU30 Workshop

RAN971 HSUPA Downlink Physical Channel Power

Control

Krishnan Iyer
Nokia Siemens Networks
T-Mobile RU30 Deep Dive
10/27/2011

Nokia Siemens Networks

Contents
Release Information
Motivation and Benefits
Feature Dependencies
Feature Description

RAN971 HSUPA Downlink Physical Channel Power Control

Release Information
WCDMA Release

RU40

BTS (Flexi)

WBTS8.0

BSW/ASW

BSW

HW Requirements

Flexi Rel2

RAN971 HSUPA Downlink Physical Channel Power Control

Motivation and Benefits
Brief description:
This feature introduce power control for following downlink physical control
channels:
E-DCH Absolute Grant Channel (E-AGCH)
E-DCH Relative Grant Channel (E-RGCH)
E-DCH Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel (E-HICH)
Fractional Dedicated Physical Channel (F-DPCH)
Controlling the transmit powers of the HSUPA downlink control channels based on
the feedback received from UE
Motivation and benefits:
Reduction of average downlink power need
The coverage area for 2ms E-DCH TTI
may be increased

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Feature Dependencies(1/2)
Requires:
Applicable if HSUPA is configured and activated:

RAN 826 Basic HSUPA

RAN 968 HSUPA BTS Packet Scheduler
RAN 973 HSUPA Basic RRM
RAN1016 Flexi BTS Rel-2 Multimode System Module (Flexi BTS)
RAN 826
RAN 968
RAN 973

RAN 971

RAN 1016

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Feature Dependencies(2/2)
Recommendation:
Using together with RAN 1644 Continuous Packet Connectivity
Interdependencies:
RAN 2124 HSPA 128 users per cell (scheduler) requires RAN971 otherwise
128 users can not be achieved.
RU20 and earlier RAN:

Power in HSUPA Downlink Physical Channel is controlled through Power

Offsets between HSUPA DL channels and CPICH or DPCCH. This approach
assure that channels are properly received by UE.

RAN 971

RAN 2124

RAN 1644

Feature Description

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RAN971 HSUPA Downlink Physical Channel Power Control

Power Offsets in RU10
Transmitted Power in HSUPA Downlink Physical channels is controlled
through Power Offsets between HSUPA DL channels and CPICH
Parameter
Name

The
transmission
power offset of
the E-HICH

The
transmission
power offset of
the E-AGCH

The
transmission
power offset
of the ERGCH

Abbreviated Name

PtxOffsetEHICH

PtxOffsetEAGCH

PtxOffsetERGCH

3GPP Name

Short Description

Range
and Step

Default
Value

E-HICH
Power Offset

This parameter defines the

transmission power of the EHICH in relation to the
transmission power of the
primary CPICH

-32..31.75
dB step
0.25 dB

-11dB

E-AGCH
Power Offset

This parameter defines the

transmission power of the EAGCH in relation to the
transmission power of the
primary CPICH

-32..31.75
dB step
0.25 dB

-5dB

E-RGCH
Power Offset

This parameter defines the

transmission power of the
E-RGCH in relation to the
transmission power of the
primary CPICH

-32..31.75
dB step
0.25 dB

-11dB

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Power Offsets in RU20
Transmitted Power in HSUPA Downlink Physical Channel is controlled
through Power Offsets between HSUPA DL channels and DL DPCCH
Parameter
Name

The power
offset of the EHICH

The power offset

of the E-AGCH

The power offset

of the E-RGCH

F-DPCH
maximum
transmission
power

Abbreviated Name

PtxOffsetEHICHDPCC
H

PtxOffsetEAGCHDPCC
H

PtxOffsetERGCHDPCC
H

PtxFDPCHMax

3GPP name

Short Description

Range and
Step

Default
Value

E-HICH Power
Offset

This parameter defines the

transmission power of the EDCH HARQ Acknowledgement
Indicator Channel. E-HICH
power is defined in relation to
the pilot bits on the DL DPCCH

-32...31.75
step 0.25

-4 dB

E-AGCH
Power Offset

This parameter defines the

transmission power of the E-DCH
Absolute Grant Channel. E-AGCH
power is defined in relation to the
pilot bits on the DL DPCCH

-32...31.75 step
0.25

3 dB

E-RGCH
Power Offset

This parameter defines the

transmission power of the E-DCH
Relative Grant Channel. E-RGCH
power is defined in relation to the
pilot bits on the DL DPCCH

-32...31.75 step
0.25

-6 dB

Maximum DL
Power

This parameter defines maximum

power for TPC bits of Fractional
DPCH (F-DPCH). Value of the
parameter is subtracted from RNP
parameter Ptx- PriCPICH

-5...30
Step 0.1dB

9dB

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Power Offsets
Inner and outer loop algorithms will deliver a
power reference value(Pref )
Outer loop on basis of ACK/NACK
provides value of power which is required
to maintain quality of communication
at the required level
Inner loop adjusts value of power to
current radio condition

Transmitted power for particular

DL physical control channels is
calculated taking into account as well
power offsets for DL HSUPA channels:

Tx Power

CQI

F-DPCH

DL Power
Control

E-HICH

DL TPC

Inner Loop

Tx Power

E-RGCH

L1 HSPA
ACKs &
NACKs

Tx Power

Outer Loop

Tx Power
E-AGCH

E-RGCH Power Offset

E-AGCH Power Offset

Power offsets

E-HICH Power Offset

Of DL HSPA
Physical control
channels

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Output Parameters
As result are obtained values of Tx power
for following channel:
CQI
E-DCH Absolute Grant Channel
E-DCH Relative Grant Channel
E-DCH Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel
DL TPC
Fractional Dedicated Physical Channel

Tx Power
F-DPCH

DL Power
Control

E-HICH

Inner Loop

Tx Power

E-RGCH

L1 HSPA

PE-RGCH = Pref + E-RGCH Power Offset

ACKs &

PE-AGCH = Pref + E-AGCH Power Offset

NACKs

Tx Power

Outer Loop

Tx Power
E-AGCH

PE-HICH = Pref + E-HICH Power Offset

PF-DPCH = Pref
Power offsets
Of DL HSPA
Physical control
channels

Power control for HSUPA DL control channels in RU10

Performance(1/2) : Power Control
Without feature

E-RGCH Power Offset /

E-HICH Power Offset

E-AGCH Power Offset

NodeB Tx Power

30.00
25.00

Tx power [dBm]

Tx power for
HSUPA DL
control channels is
constant

35.00

20.00
15.00
10.00
5.00
0.00
Distance from NodeB [km]
CPICH

E-AGCH

E-EGCH/E-HICH

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Performance(2/2) : Power Control
With feature

Value of Tx power
is changed and is
incremented for
the UE which are
at a bigger
distance from the
NodeB

NodeB Tx Power Level

35.00

NodeB Tx Power Level [dBm]

Tx power for
HSUPA DL
control channels
is controlled.

30.00
25.00
20.00
15.00
10.00
5.00
0.00
-5.00

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.1

-10.00
UE Distance from NodeB [km]
CPICH

E-AGCH

E-RGCH/E-HICH

1.2

1.3

1.369

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Performance Monitoring
New KPIs presented by feature:
a) HSUPA DL Power utilization distribution (x% .. y%)= Average HSUPA DL control
channel power per user utilization in class x
b) Average HSUPA DL power per user = average power of HSUPA DL control
channels / average number of HSUPA users

Performance improvements could be verified by KPIs and counters

related to:
HSDPA Throughput
DL Power Utilization
Number of CS Voice over HSPA users

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Performance Monitoring
Six new counters are proposed for reporting HSUPA DL control power in
BTS:

AVG_HSUPA_DL_PWR_RATIO_DIST_CLASS_01
AVG_HSUPA_DL_PWR_RATIO_DIST_CLASS_02
AVG_HSUPA_DL_PWR_RATIO_DIST_CLASS_03
AVG_HSUPA_DL_PWR_RATIO_DIST_CLASS_04
AVG_HSUPA_DL_PWR_RATIO_DIST_CLASS_05
AVG_HSUPA_DL_PWR_CONTR_ CHN

( 0 .. <20 %)
(20 .. <40 %)
(40 .. <60 %)
(60 .. <80 %)
(80 .. 100 %)

CPICH Power Level - Offset

100%
CLASS_05
80%
CLASS_04
60%
CLASS_03
40%
CLASS_02
20%
CLASS_01
0%