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3G Huawei
RAN Resource Monitoring and management
Capacity and resource analysis
To figure out the WCDMA network, we have to associate the
several information. As WCDMA blockage can occur at several
part also the multiple-service will consume different resource in
the network. Furthermore the congestion in WCDMA is
consisting of soft and hard blocking. Hence we must gather this
information for the analysis. The information will be collected is :
Actual resource and configuration
Traffic and KPI statistic
Service distribution
From these 3 components, we can create 3 dimensions
relationship and give the result of enough or inadequate
resources for desired service.
Resources and configuration
In Huawei WCDMA network, to avoid the congestion and blockage
of the service, we have to monitor the following resources :
NE Type Resource Expansible
NodeB Level
-CE card and license
-NodeB HS-PDSCH code license
-UL and DL Iub bandwidth
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cell Level
-OVSF code
-UL power
-DL power
No
Yes
Yes
RAN Resource diagram
BBU
RRU
1
RNC
RRU
2
RRU
3
DL total power/DL ENU
RTWP/UL ENU
OVSF Code (DCH/HS-PDSCH)
DL total power/DL ENU
RTWP/UL ENU
OVSF Code (DCH/HS-PDSCH)
DL total power/DL ENU
RTWP/UL ENU
OVSF Code (DCH/HS-PDSCH)
-CE card
-CE license
-HS-PDSCH code license
UL/DL Iub bandwidth
Traffic and KPI statistic
To associate the actual situation of resource usage we have
to consider in term of :
- CS and PS traffic
- Congestion
- Utilization
Service distribution
Each service type will occupy different resources. Hence we
should divide the traffic volume corresponding to each service
type to understand the characteristic of the cell.
AMR
VP
PS R99 DL
PS R99 UL
HSDPA
HSUPA
CE Resource Description
CE resource is consisting of hardware and software. CE is
the pool resource at NodeB level, all cells connected to NodeB
will share the same CE resource.
Hardware
Number of CEs will be vary upon the model of card.
Truemove typically uses CE Card model WWBP2 (UL/DL128
CEs).
The monitor will be done at NodeB level.
Software
1 License will be equal to 16 CEs.
Number of UL/DL license can be assigned independently.
The monitor can be done separately for UL and DL.
OVSF Code Resource Description
OVSF Code is the limit resource of each cell. The expansion
cant be possible in a single cell. OVSF Code will be limited only
DL direction.
Typical usage of OVSF code
AMR : SF128 SF256
VP : SF32
PS R99 DL : SF8 SF128
HSDPA : SF16
Maximum is 15 * SF16
HSDPA Code usage is depended on Manual or Automatic
assignment. More OVSF code manually assigned to HSDPA
is less OVSF code left for R99.
NodeB HSDPA Code License
Description
Except the available number of free OVSF code, HSDPA is
required the license.
HSDPA code license is a pool resource at BBU as same as CE.
Insufficient code license can degrade the throughput of HSDPA
user as well.
UL Power Resource Description
Even the UL power is not limit corresponding to each UE
power, but the noise raise will trig the rejection due to Call
Admission Control as well. Hence, the increment in UL load can
cause service rejection and slow down the data service.
For Huawei, UL power resource can divided into 2 type. One
is real load in term of RTWP, another one is equivalent load in
term of ENU.
DL Power Resource Description
DL Power Limit is considered at RRU total power. Typical use
of RRU power in Truemove is 20 and 40 watt.
In general, the common control channel will consume about
20% of total power.
The power consumption of each service will be different as
well as the radio condition of each UE (e.g. distance, RSCP,
Ec/Io)
HSDPA will use the remaining power left from R99 service.
UL and DL Iub Bandwidth Description
Iub is the pool resource at BBU, each RRU have to share
same Iub resource.
Typical configuration bandwidth of Iub is 10 and 20 Mbps.
Truemove deploys IP based Iub transmission.
Total resource usage module
-Power
-OVSF code
-CE
-Iub
-Desire QoS
-Congestion
-CS user
-PS R99 User
-HSDPA User
-HSUPA User
Service
distribution
Resources
User
experience
Rejection
2 states of service interruption
The user cant get the service (rejection).
The user cant get at the desire QoS (low throughput of data service)
Power CAC Algorithm
Power CAC is applied on both DL and UL
We have to consider our selected algorithm. The monitoring method will be
different. Algorithm 1 or Algorithm 2 ?
Huawei default for DL is Algorithm1
Monitor TCP usage for load calculation
Huawei default for UL is Algorithm2
Monitor ENU for UL load calculation
Total RRU power setting
Total Carrier Power (TCP) is one of limited resource depending upon
RRU total power output that impact directly to cell capacity and
performance. Although its the same RRU power, it may different in the
capacity because of UE distribution in a cell. To overview the power setting
in a cell, we can check parameter setting of total power and CPICH power.
CPICH Power
MaxPCPICHPower (~ 10% of total cell power)
Default = 33 or 36 dBm
Total Power
MaxTxPower
Default = 43 or 46 dBm according to license
By the way, CPICH power + common channel will consume around
20% of total cell power.
TCP Counter and monitoring
Example : BKD0040U3
MaxTxPower = 43 dBm
MaxPCPICHPower = 33 dBm
We can monitor TCP usage from counter
VS.MaxTCP (R99+HSDPA)
VS.MeanTCP (R99+HSDPA)
VS.MaxTCP.NonHS (R99)
VS.MeanTCP.NonHS (R99)
We check parameter setting for RAB CAC
DL threshold of Conv AMR service[%] =
80
DL threshold of Conv non_AMR service[%]
= 80
DL threshold of other services[%] = 75
DL handover access threshold[%] = 85
DL total power threshold[%] = 90
RRC CAC considers OLC Trigger Threshold for
admission
DL OLC trigger threshold[%] = 95
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Average of VS.MaxTCP Average of VS.MeanTCP
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Average of VS.MaxTCP.NonHS Average of VS.MeanTCP.NonHS
MaxTxPower
PCPICH
MaxTxPower
PCPICH
PCPICH + Common channel
PCPICH + Common channel
Oversee cell load by ENU
Equivalent number of users (ENU) is the indicator from which
maps each service type into one normalize cell load. Higher
throughput infer the higher ENU value. To get the UL and DL
ENU we refer to these counters.
VS.RAC.UL.TotalTrfFactor
VS.RAC.DL.TotalTrfFactor
UL ENU
DL ENU
Typical equivalent number of users (ENU)
Sevice
ENU
DCH uplink DCH downlink HSDPA HSUPA
3.4 kbps SIG 0.44 0.42 0.28 1.76
13.6 kbps SIG 1.11 1.11 0.74 1.89
3.4 + 12.2 kbps 1.44 1.42 - -
3.4 + 8 kbps (PS) 1.35 1.04 0.78 2.26
3.4 + 16 kbps (PS) 1.62 1.25 1.11 2.37
3.4 + 32 kbps (PS) 2.15 2.19 1.70 2.60
3.4 + 64 kbps (PS) 3.45 3.25 2.79 3.14
3.4 + 128 kbps (PS) 5.78 5.93 4.92 4.67
3.4 + 144 kbps (PS) 6.41 6.61 5.46 4.87
3.4 + 256 kbps (PS) 10.18 10.49 9.36 6.61
3.4 + 384 kbps (PS) 14.27 15.52 14.17 9.36
UL ENU counter and monitoring
Take a look at parameter setting of maximum allowed
equivalent user number
UL total equivalent user number = 80 (by default)
Example : BKD0040U3
Have a look UL ENU from counter VS.RAC.UL.TotalTrfFactor
UL ENU = 27.694 at 21:30 PM.
Total UL Load = 27.694/80 = 34.62%
We check parameter setting for RAB CAC
-UL threshold of Conv AMR service[%] = 75
-UL threshold of Conv non_AMR service[%] = 75
-UL threshold of other services[%] = 60
-UL handover access threshold[%] = 80
-UL total power threshold[%] = 83
RRC CAC considers OLC Trigger Threshold for admission
-UL OLC trigger threshold[%] = 95
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