SDCCH Dimensioning in Huawei

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SDCCH Dimensioning at Air Interface

SDCCH Dimensioning at Abis
SDCCH Dimensioning at BSC
Huawei SDCCH Dynamic Allocation Feature

SDCCH Dimensioning at Air Interface

Estimate SDCCH Traffic per subscriber for:
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Location Update
Periodic Location Update
IMSI Attach/Detach
Call Setup
SMS
Other services(Utop up, Ushare etc)

SDCCH Traffic Estimation

BHCA
Signaling Event

SDCCH Traffic (mE)

SDCCH Mean Holding Time(s)

Average

Inner

Border

Average

Inner

Border

Normal Location Update

3.5

1.0

0.0

3.0

1.0

0.0

2.9

Periodic Location Update

3.5

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

IMSI Attach

3.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

IMSI Detach

2.9

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.4

Call Setup - Originate

2.7

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.6

0.6

0.6

Call Setup - Terminate

2.9

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

Send SMS

3.0

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.4

Received SMS

3.0

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.4

Sum =

3.4

2.4

5.4

SDCCH Traffic(mE)/user = BHCA * SDCCH Mean Holding Time(s) / 3.6

Calculating SDCCH TS
Number of subscribers = 2000
Generally SDCCH traffic is taken to be 25% of TCH traffic in
case of inner cells and 28% in case of border cells.
Estimated TCH traffic/subscriber = 25mE
Estimated SDCCH traffic/subscriber =25mE*25%= 6.25mE
Total SDCCH traffic = 6.25mE * 2000 = 12.5 E
TCH GOS = 2%
SDCCH/8 GOS = of TCH GOS = 0.5%

After Consulting Erlang B table:

So number of SDCCH channels = 22
SDCCH TS = 22/8 = 3

SDCCH Dimensioning at Abis

Total E1 TS = LAPD TS + TCH TS
Calculating LAPD TS
For FR:
LAPD TS=(TRXs +1)*16/64
For HR:
LAPD TS=(TRXs +1)*32/64
Calculating TCH TS:
TCH TS=(TRXs*8 - BCCH TS - SDCCH TS)/4

Case Study
What is the condition for the number of SDCCH TS
for a site with configuration 544 to require only one
E1?
Solution:
LAPD TS=(13+1)/2 = 7 (in case of HR)
TCH TS=(13*8 3 x)/4 =(101-x)/4
In order to require one E1:
7+(101-x)/4 =< 30
x >= 9

SDCCH Dimensioning at BSC

At FR:
One BIE Board can support 30 TRX with no SDCCH
constraints.
At HR:
One BIE Board can support given number of TRXs if :
0.5(a+n) + 2(8*n b c) =< 256
a=no of sites configured on BIE
b=number of sectors under the BIE
c=number of SDCCH under the BIE
n=number of TRX under the BIE

Case Study
What is the condition of the number of SDCCH TS for a
444_222 site to terminate on one BIE board?
Solution:
0.5(a+n) + 2(8*n b c) =< 256
a=no of sites configured on BIE
b=number of sectors under the BIE
c=number of SDCCH under the BIE
n=number of TRX under the BIE
0.5(a+n) + 2(8*n b c) =< 256
0.5(1+18) + 2(8*18 3 c) =< 256
0.5(19) + 2(141 c) =< 256
c >= 18

SDCCH Dynamic Allocation Feature

Summary:
SDCCH Dynamic Allocation adjusts SDCCH configurations
dynamically to reduce SDCCH congestion.
If certain conditions are fulfilled, the idle FR TCH is
converted to SDCCH/8. And if the SDCCH channels have
been idle for some period, the recovery from SDCCH to
TCH would be performed.
Each time only one TCH converted to SDCCH/8 and vice
versa.

Conditions for conversion

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Idle SDCCH channels <= Idle SD Thrsh

Idle TCH channels > 4 or > the TRX number of the cell
No of SDCCH channels of the cell < Cell SD Maximum

Idle SD Thrsh
Default and Recommended =2
Implemented=2

Cell SD Maximum
Default=80
Recommended= SDCCHs configured in the cell + 8
Implemented=80

Recovering TCH from SDCCH

Time taken for recovery of TCH from SDCCH depends on
number of idle SDCCH channels and TCH Minimum
Recovery Time (s)
Procedure:

A counter is set to TCH Minimum Recovery Time at conversion of a TCH to

an SDCCH/8.
Count is updated every 3 seconds.
If current number of idle SDCCHs > 8 + idle SD Thrsh, counter=counter-3
If current number of idle SDCCHs < 8 + idle SD Thrsh, counter=counter+12
If current number of idle SDCCHs = 8 + idle SD Thrsh, counter=counter

A TCH is recovered when counter=<0.

TCH Minimum Recovery Time: Default = 600 s
Recommended = 600 s
Implemented = 60 s