RU30 Workshop

RAN971 HSUPA Downlink Physical Channel Power

Control

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

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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
RAN971 HSUPA Downlink Physical Channel Power Control
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 971 RAN 1016

RAN 973
RAN971 HSUPA Downlink Physical Channel Power Control
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 1644

RAN 2124
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 Range Default

Abbreviated Name 3GPP Name Short Description
Name and Step Value

This parameter defines the

The
transmission power of the E- -32..31.75
transmission E-HICH
PtxOffsetEHICH HICH in relation to the dB step -11dB
power offset of Power Offset
transmission power of the 0.25 dB
the E-HICH
primary CPICH

This parameter defines the

The
transmission power of the E- -32..31.75
transmission E-AGCH
PtxOffsetEAGCH AGCH in relation to the dB step -5dB
power offset of Power Offset
transmission power of the 0.25 dB
the E-AGCH
primary CPICH

The This parameter defines the

transmission transmission power of the -32..31.75
E-RGCH
power offset PtxOffsetERGCH E-RGCH in relation to the dB step -11dB
Power Offset
of the E- transmission power of the 0.25 dB
RGCH primary CPICH
RAN971 HSUPA Downlink Physical Channel Power Control
Power Offsets in RU20

Transmitted Power in HSUPA Downlink Physical Channel is controlled

through Power Offsets between HSUPA DL channels and DL DPCCH

Parameter Range and Default

Abbreviated Name 3GPP name Short Description
Name Step Value
This parameter defines the
transmission power of the E-
The power
PtxOffsetEHICHDPCC E-HICH Power DCH HARQ Acknowledgement -32...31.75
offset of the E- -4 dB
H Offset Indicator Channel. E-HICH step 0.25
HICH
power is defined in relation to
the pilot bits on the DL DPCCH
This parameter defines the
transmission power of the E-DCH
The power offset PtxOffsetEAGCHDPCC E-AGCH -32...31.75 step
Absolute Grant Channel. E-AGCH 3 dB
of the E-AGCH H Power Offset 0.25
power is defined in relation to the
pilot bits on the DL DPCCH
This parameter defines the
transmission power of the E-DCH
The power offset PtxOffsetERGCHDPCC E-RGCH -32...31.75 step
Relative Grant Channel. E-RGCH -6 dB
of the E-RGCH H Power Offset 0.25
power is defined in relation to the
pilot bits on the DL DPCCH
This parameter defines maximum
F-DPCH
power for TPC bits of Fractional
maximum Maximum DL -5...30
PtxFDPCHMax DPCH (F-DPCH). Value of the 9dB
transmission Power Step 0.1dB
parameter is subtracted from RNP
power
parameter Ptx- PriCPICH
 RAN971 HSUPA Downlink Physical Channel Power Control
Power Offsets

• Inner and outer loop algorithms will deliver a

power reference value(Pref ) Tx Power
CQI F-DPCH
– Outer loop on basis of ACK/NACK
DL Power
provides value of power which is required
to maintain quality of communication
Control Tx Power

DL TPC E-HICH
at the required level
– Inner loop adjusts value of power to Inner Loop Tx Power
current radio condition L1 HSPA E-RGCH
+
• Transmitted power for particular ACKs &
DL physical control channels is Outer Loop Tx Power
NACKs
E-AGCH
calculated taking into account as well
power offsets for DL HSUPA channels:
– E-RGCH Power Offset
– E-AGCH Power Offset Power offsets
– E-HICH Power Offset Of DL HSPA
Physical control
channels
RAN971 HSUPA Downlink Physical Channel Power Control
Output Parameters

As result are obtained values of Tx power Tx Power

for following channel: CQI F-DPCH
• E-DCH Absolute Grant Channel DL Power
• E-DCH Relative Grant Channel Control Tx Power
• E-DCH Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel DL TPC E-HICH

• Fractional Dedicated Physical Channel

Inner Loop Tx Power
L1 HSPA E-RGCH
PE-RGCH = Pref + E-RGCH Power Offset +
ACKs &
PE-AGCH = Pref + E-AGCH Power Offset Outer Loop Tx Power
NACKs
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-AGCH Power Offset E-RGCH Power Offset /
E-HICH Power Offset

NodeB Tx Power

35.00
Tx power for
30.00
HSUPA DL
control channels is 25.00
Tx power [dBm]

constant 20.00

15.00

10.00

5.00

0.00
Distance from NodeB [km]

CPICH E-AGCH E-EGCH/E-HICH

RAN971 HSUPA Downlink Physical Channel Power Control
Performance(2/2) : Power Control

With feature

NodeB Tx Power Level

Tx power for
HSUPA DL 35.00

control channels 30.00

NodeB Tx Power Level [dBm]

is controlled. 25.00

20.00

15.00

Value of Tx power 10.00

is changed and is 5.00

0.00
incremented for 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.369
-5.00
the UE which are
-10.00
at a bigger UE Distance from NodeB [km]
distance from the CPICH E-AGCH E-RGCH/E-HICH
NodeB
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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
RAN971 HSUPA Downlink Physical Channel Power Control
Performance Monitoring

Six new counters are proposed for reporting HSUPA DL control power in
BTS:
• AVG_HSUPA_DL_PWR_RATIO_DIST_CLASS_01 ( 0 .. <20 %)
• AVG_HSUPA_DL_PWR_RATIO_DIST_CLASS_02 (20 .. <40 %)
• AVG_HSUPA_DL_PWR_RATIO_DIST_CLASS_03 (40 .. <60 %) CPICH Power Level - Offset
100%
• AVG_HSUPA_DL_PWR_RATIO_DIST_CLASS_04 (60 .. <80 %)
CLASS_05
• AVG_HSUPA_DL_PWR_RATIO_DIST_CLASS_05 (80 .. 100 %)
• AVG_HSUPA_DL_PWR_CONTR_ CHN 80%
CLASS_04
60%
CLASS_03
40%
CLASS_02
20%
CLASS_01
0%