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MTN Ghana

2nd Carrier Strategies


Examples from MTN Nigeria and MTN South Africa
22th April , 2012

Introduction
As a 2nd carrier strategy is carried out for MTN Ghana, we are reviewing strategies implemented in other networks in order not to reinvent the wheel and to learn on how 2nd carrier has been implemented in other networks.

In this report , we are going to review the 2nd carrier strategy used in MTN Nigeria and MTN South Africa.

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MTN Nigeria - Strategy


R99+HS

F2

R99+HS

R99+HS

R99+HS

F1

2G

2G

2G

The strategy used by MTN Nigeria is to have R99+HS/EUL on both carriers and to strive to distribute traffic evenly between the two carriers. Both carriers are thus handling R99 and HS/EUL traffic. Idle mode parameters are set in such a way to make the UEs camp on either carrier and to balance traffic on both carriers in idle mode.
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MTN Nigeria Idle Mode Cell Selection/Reselection

Cell Selection/Reselection UEs to camp on either F1 or F2 on Idle Mode.

R99+HS

F2

R99+HS

R99+HS

R99+HS

F1

2G

2G

2G

UEs are allowed to camp on either F1 or F2 and reselect any cell (F1, F2 or 2G).

Strive to balance traffic on idle mode by tuning idle mode parameters.

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MTN Nigeria Idle Mode - Parameters

F1

F2

parameter qRxLevMin qQualMin

value -118 -18 2(EcNo) 0 0 same as F1 same as F1 same as F1 same as F1 1(TRUE)

parameter qRxLevMin qQualMin qualMeasQuantity qOffset1sn qOffset2sn sInterSearch sIntraSearch sRatSearch qHyst2 interFreqFddMeas Indicator

value -115 -15 2(EcNo) 0 0 same as F1 same as F1 same as F1 same as F1 1(TRUE)

comment Want only UE with good RSCP to camp Want only UE with good EcNo to camp EcNo is better to measure network quality than RSCP

Idle/FACH

qualMeasQuantity qOffset1sn qOffset2sn sInterSearch sIntraSearch sRatSearch qHyst2 interFreqFddMeasI ndicator

UEs are allowed to camp on either F1 or F2 and reselect any cell (F1, F2 or 2G). Strive to balance traffic on idle mode by tuning idle mode parameters (qRxLevMin , qQualMin and qOffset2sn ).

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MTN Nigeria Neighbor Strategy


One Way Neighbor relation F2->F1 except on collocated where it is both ways . F2-F1 Relation

R99+HS
ifho_Preferred

F2

F1-2G Relation F1-F1 Relation

R99+HS
Gsm_Preferred

R99+HS
Gsm_Preferred

R99+HS
Gsm_Preferred

F1

One Way Neighbor relation F2->2G on a case by case basis.

2G

2G

2G

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MTN Nigeria IFHO - Parameters


Utrancell parameter value F1(gsm_Preferred), F2(ifho_Preferred) F1(-13), F2(-10) F1(-100), F2(-95) parameter RNC value

HoType usedFreqThresh2dEcno usedFreqThresh2dRscp

FddIfHoSupp IFHOAllowed usedFreqRelThresh2fEcNo usedFreqRelThresh2fRscp nonUsedFreqThresh4_2bEcno nonUsedFreqThresh4_2bRscp nonUsedFreqRelThresh4_2bEcno nonUsedFreqRelThresh4_2bRscp hyst4_2b

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MTN Nigeria Conclusion

The 2nd carrier strategy adopted by MTN Nigeria is to have R99+HS/EUL on both carriers. Traffic is equally balanced between the two layers. In order to achieve that, UEs are allowed to camp on either carrier and to strive to balance traffic equally between the two layers on idle mode by tuning idle mode parameters (qRxLevMin , qQualMin and qOffset2sn).

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MTN South Africa - Strategy


R99+HS

F2

R99+HS

R99

R99+HS

F1

2G

2G

2G

The strategy used by MTN South Africa is to have R99 Only on F1 and R99+HS/EUL on F2.

With this strategy, R99 traffic will stay on F1 while HS/EUL traffic is pushed to F2.
Idle mode parameters are set in such a way to make the UEs camp on F1 only. At call initiation, R99 Users will stay on F1 while HS users will be directed to F2 through the cell Selection feature.
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MTN South Africaa Idle Mode Cell Selection/Reselection

Cell Selection/Reselection UEs to only camp on F1 on Idle Mode.

R99+HS

F2

R99+HS

R99

R99+HS

F1

2G
UEs are allowed to only camp on F1 on idle mode. UE will only reselect to any F1 or 2G cell .

2G

2G

All UEs camping on F1 allow a better steering of HS traffic to F2 and keep R99 traffic on F1.
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MTN South Africa Idle Mode - Parameters

F1

F2

parameter qRxLevMin qQualMin

value -115 -18 2(EcNo) 0 50 same as F1 same as F1 same as F1 same as F1 1(TRUE)

parameter qRxLevMin qQualMin qualMeasQuantity qOffset1sn qOffset2sn sInterSearch sIntraSearch sRatSearch qHyst2 interFreqFddMeas Indicator

value -115 -18 2(EcNo) 0 -50 same as F1 same as F1 same as F1 same as F1 1(TRUE)

comment

Idle/FACH

qualMeasQuantity qOffset1sn qOffset2sn sInterSearch sIntraSearch sRatSearch qHyst2 interFreqFddMeasI ndicator

F2->F1

UEs are allowed to camp on F1 only and reselect any cell (F1, F2 or 2G). With this strategy, R99 traffic will stay on F1 while HS/EUL traffic is pushed to F2 using Cell Selection Feature.

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MTN South Africa - HS/EUL settings

F1 parameter value disabled FALSE 170 1 disabled comment Hsdpa HsOnlyBestCell HsPathLossThreshold CoverageIndicator EUL sIntraSearch

F2 parameter Hsdpa HsOnlyBestCell HsPathLossThreshold CoverageIndicator EUL sIntraSearch value enabled FALSE enabled comment

RNC parameter HsToDchTrigger .poorQualityDetected .changeOfBestCellIntraRnc .serHsChangeIntraRnc value FALSE TRUE TRUE comment

HS/EUL

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MTN South Africa Neighbor Strategy


One Way Neighbor relation F2->F1 except on collocated where it is both ways . F2-F1 Relation

R99+HS
ifho_Preferred

F2

F1-2G Relation F1-F1 Relation

R99+HS
Gsm_Preferred

R99
Gsm_Preferred

R99+HS
Gsm_Preferred

F1

One Way Neighbor relation F2->2G on a case by case basis.

2G

2G

2G

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MTN South Africa IFHO Parameters


Utrancell parameter value F1(gsm_Preferred), F2(ifho_Preferred) F1(-13), F2(-12) F1(-100), F2(-110) parameter RNC value

HoType usedFreqThresh2dEcno usedFreqThresh2dRscp

FddIfHoSupp IFHOAllowed usedFreqRelThresh2fEcNo usedFreqRelThresh2fRscp nonUsedFreqThresh4_2bEcno nonUsedFreqThresh4_2bRscp nonUsedFreqRelThresh4_2bEcno nonUsedFreqRelThresh4_2bRscp hyst4_2b

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MTN South Africa HS Mobility - Issue (UEs moving from a Non Second Carrier site to a Second Carrier Site)

No F1->F2 relations allowed On Non 2nd carrier sites Preventing IFHO for HS from F1->F2 Incoming HS UE R99+HS

R99+HS HS Selection feature R99 R99+HS

F2

F1

DwSw to R99

HS UE dragging the call Till the next non 2nd carrier site. HS Call may drop or survive depending on the density of F1 sites

In this strategy, a special case arises when an incoming HS user is moving from UEs moving from a Non Second Carrier site to a Second Carrier Site . The HS UE will either Down Switch to R99 or dragg the call till the next non 2nd carrier site depending on the value of hsToDchTrigger been set to TRUE or FALSE. HS Call may drop or survive depending on the density of F1 sites . This is a potential issue as this will degrade the throughput .

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MTN South Africa HS Mobility Issue (UEs moving from a Non Second Carrier site to a Second Carrier Site)

F1->F2 relations should be Allowed between the 1st tier Non 2nd carrier Cells and the 2nd carrier Cell.

R99+HS HS Selection feature R99 R99+HS

F2

R99+HS

F1

In order to provide smooth mobility for UEs on HS Call and avoid interruption of the Throughput when moving from a from Non Second Carrier site to Second Carrier Site, F1->F2 relations between the 1st tier Non 2nd carrier Cells and the 2nd carrier Cell to allow IF HO from F1 to F2 while on HS. With IF/IRAT mobility on HS activated, the threshold settings of event 2d and event 2b needs to be tuned (serviceOffset2dEcno and serviceOffset2dRscp) to avoid unnecessary compressed mode periods and also that the UE leaves HSDPA channel while still experiencing high throughput.

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