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ENHANCED FAST DORMANCY TRIAL

9TH NOVEMBER 2015

Enhanced Fast Dormancy Description 2

When there is no PS data to be transmitted, the intelligent UE sends the RNC an SCRI message to request the UTRAN to release the signaling
connection. This procedure saves power. In addition, the UE periodically sends heartbeat messages to the core network, for example, to check for
new mails on the mail server. If the EFD feature is disabled, the RNC releases the signaling connection and switches the UE to idle mode. In this
case, sending heartbeat messages leads to the procedures for RRC connection setups, authentication, encryption, and RAB setups. These
procedures increase the RNC signaling processing load.

EFD is introduced to decrease the RNC signaling processing load. With EFD, the RNC transits a UE to the CELL_FACH or PCH state instead of idle
mode upon receiving an SCRI message from the UE. In this case, when the UE periodically sends heartbeat messages, the signaling procedure
between the UE and RNC is simplified because the RRC connection is maintained. As the number of signaling exchange messages decreases,
significant CPU resources can be saved for the RNC, and the UE consumes about the same low amount of battery power as a UE in idle mode.
EFD Principle 3

The basic principle of EFD is to migrate smart phone users to common channels rather than releasing the
RRC connection on the RNC side during the UE synchronization intervals. In this case, when the next
synchronization cycle begins, the UE does not need to initiate new RRC and radio access bearer (RAB) access
requests but initiates a cell update instead, which is reduced signaling process resource consumption on the
radio access network (RAN) system.
RAB Attempts 4

CS RAB Attempts:
CS RAB attempts have increased slightly
since UEs in PCH state are more probable to
establish call on 3G instead of going to 2G
for CS call.

PS RAB Attempts:
PS RAB attempts decreased more than
65% reducing the load on the network.
Since the number of RAB attempts have
decreased, this will cause apparent
decrease in RAB SSR.
RRC Attempts 5

RRC Attempts:
Due to EFD, UEs are send to PCH state upon
receiving SCRI instead of going to Idle state.
This requires only cell update to reinitiate
the data session that's why we more than
50% decrease in RRC attempts. Since the
signaling is reduced, network capacity has
effectively increased.

RRC Setup Success Rate:

RRC Setup success rate doesnt have any
apparent impact and is following the trend.
The RRC setup success rate may decrease
after FD activation, which also may caused
by some FD UEs whose success rate is
higher than average value. The RRC
attempts of UEs whose success rate is
higher decreased a lot, so the total RRC
setup success rate decreased.
UE State Distribution 6

Now inactive users will go to PCH first. EFD sends UEs to PCH state after the UE send SCRI
requiring only cell update when data transmission is again initiated.
Traffic Comparison 7

CS Traffic
CS Traffic increased by 22% since UEs which
are now in PCH state instead of Idle are
more likely to establish a CS call on 3G
instead of going to 2G when initiating CS
call.

PS Traffic:
PS traffic more or less remains the same.
RAB Setup Success Rate Comparison 8

CS RAB Setup Success Rate:

There is 66% improvement in CS RAB Setup
success Rate from 99.85% to 99.95%

PS RAB Setup Success Rate:

As explained earlier that due to decrease in the
number of PS RAB attempts the is an apparent
decrease in PS RAB Success Rate however there
will be improvement in user perception as only
cell update is required to reinitiate the session.
Success rate of some UE is higher than average
and attempt times of these UE will decrease a
lot after EFD, so the total rate will decrease.
CDR Improvement 9

CS CDR
There is 25% improvement in CS CDR after
the implementation of EFD

PS CDR:
PS CDR decreased significantly with 40%
improvement!
Throughput improvement 10

HSDPA Throughout:
There is app. 9% improvement in HSDPA
throughput from 1.09Mbps to 1.21MPS

UE State Distribution:
HSUPA throughput showed improvement of
app. 10%.
DSP Utilization and RTWP 11

RTWP:
Marginal decrease in RTWP meaning effective
capacity increase in network.

DSP Utilization:
There is 5% decrease in DSP board usage
translating to network capacity increase.
PS RAB SSR Formula Change 12

PS RAB Setup Success Rate:

In the absence of EFD, after sending SCRI, UE is send to Idle from DCH state. Afterwards if the users
have to initiate a data session, a new RAB request is sent. While in case of EFD, UE is sent to PCH
state first upon reception of SCRI and when transitioning from PCH to DCH in case of data
transmission, no new RAB request is generated. To map the KPI before and after EFD, state transition
from PCH to DCH is to be added to the numerator in PS RAB setup success rate formula.
Thank you
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