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UMTS ASP Small cell planning Training

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Chenjiehua, Huqintao,
Prepared By Date 2014年7月14日
Yanweifu
Reviewed By Name&ID Date -年 -月-日

Approved By Name&ID Date -年-月-日

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Contents

1 Background

2 Technology Principle

3 Delivery Process

4 Cases

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Micro Site Planning Scenario

Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3

Complex Area, Macro Signal can not reach Difficult to get Macro Site Location Super Hot Spots, can not expand with Macro

Weak Coverage Solution Traffic Offloading Solution

Micro F2 Micro F3
Micro F2 Macro F1/F2 Micro F3 Macro F1/F2
Micro F2 Micro F3
Micro F2 Micro F3

Hot spot area definition

Weak coverage area definition For example: the current traffic overloading cells or potential
For example: RSCP < -95dBm traffic overloading cells based on current traffic

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 Challenges Faced by Traditional Network Site Planning

Performance
Counter and DT
 Lag impact  Depend on Expert experience
analysis
Problems are only found by Expert experience is required
customers complain, which for discovering sites with poor
Optimization affects customer experience.
and adjustment coverage and sites that
require more capacities.

Traditional site Challenges

planning methods

Manual
planning  Low efficiency
Performance  Lower accuracy
Network problems can be
Counter and DT Planning result is low accuracy
analysis located with the help of a
large number of DTs and due to traffic statistics based on
performance counter cell. More accurate geographical
analysis. locations are required for site
Active of
planning.
new sites

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 Comparison Between Huawei ASP Solution and
Traditional Site Planning
Traditional Solutions Huawei's ASP Solution
DTs GEO observation
1. Evaluation method for live networks 1. Evaluation method for live networks
• Drive test (DT) • Massive MR data
• Cell traffic statistic • Cell traffic statistic, PCHR
• Evaluation on covered areas: limited to Abnormal Events • Evaluation on covered areas: all
roads areas
• Traffic resolution: cell-level Traffic
• Traffic resolution: grid-level
2. Site planning methods 2. Site planning methods
• Depending on engineers' experiences • Huawei expertise included tool
3. Solution planning Interference • Iteration simulation to find the best
• The effect of adding more sites is not performance
known. 3. Solution planning
• Planning contents at planning period: site Coverage • The effect for sites to be added can
location planning be accurately evaluated.
• Planning contents: site location,
engineering parameters, capacity
configuration, and 6D evaluation
&priority sequence of new sites

Huawei ASP solution provides you a more accurate and smart site planning solution.

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Contents

1 Background

2 Technology Principle

3 Delivery Process

4 Cases

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ASP Solution Overview
ASP: Accurate site planning

RF engineering Capacity
Determination of Site Priority sequence
parameter configuration
site type location planning of new sites
planning planning
U-NET
Site
Planning

site selection site selection by site addition by site addition by

Mandatory site by coverage capacity coverage capacity
U-NET

Data
Capacity 6D data processing
Processing MR coverage Map
evaluation + prediction (optional)
Idart

Engineering Configuration PCHR DT data Complaints

Raw data Traffic MR data
parameters file (optional) (optional) (optional)

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Network Capacity Audit &Forecast

Uu Capacity Audit Target Network Forecast Capacity Expansion

Subscriber growth, change of
TCP utilization ratio Traffic model Per user . Add new NodeB
15000
ENU 10000 Add new Carrier
5000
CODE utilization ratio 0

Apr-11

Oct-11

Apr-12

Oct-12
Jan-11

Jan-12

Jan-13
Jul-11

Jul-12
Key Technical
Number of Subs Growth to end of
2012(K)

•Traffic Model； Key Technical

 How to breakdown the UU Capacity Expansion
• UU resource Audit
resource；
method
 Forcast algorithm based First, Carrier Expansion
Value on regress and Single Second, new NodeB is
resource consume per link；
Value planned.
Through breakdown of UU
Value
resource, we can find the Through the forecast for UU Solution for the network bottle
bottleneck of live network and resource, we can detect the live neck.
get equivalent carriers by network bottleneck much Earlier.
idart.
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Network Capacity Evaluation TCP Evaluation&Forecast

Demand of User’s
experience rate

x Required average rate

for each user

HSDPA Power Service duration ratio

Comparison
Provided Determine the
rate > Y number of carrier
Query required for the sector.
Cell Uu rate
tables
interface capacity (H)
again.
Provided capable
/ average rate for each
user
Number of online N
HSDPA users

Number of carrier
required for the
sector + 1

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 Network Audit&ForecastNONHSTCP,CODE,ENU
Subscriber growth factor
Resource Consumption breakdown
15000

10000

5000

Nov-12
Mar-11
May-11

Mar-12
May-12
Jan-11

Nov-11
Jan-12

Jul-12

Jan-13
Jul-11
Sep-11

Sep-12
X

Number of Subs Growth to end of 2012(K)

Data growth/sub
3.5000 Overload Ratio per
3.0000 sector.
Resource Consumption per link, 2.5000
2.0000
Get the Resource Consumption per 1.5000
Physical channel 1.0000
0.5000
0.0000
 TCP:transmitted carrier power

Apr-11

Apr-12

Apr-13
Oct-11

Oct-12

Oct-13
Jan-11

Jan-12

Jan-13
Jul-11

Jul-12

Jul-13
 ENU: equivalent number of user

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Network Capacity Evaluation Growth Factor Description
Factor name Description scope unite Default value Remarks
Subscriber growth Subscriber growth multiplier. 1 means no
SubscriberFactor [0，+∞] NA 1
multiplier. change.
Single subscriber CS
Subscriber growth multiplier. 1 means no
CSSigFactor control-plane growth [0，+∞] NA 1
change.
multiplier.
Single subscriber CS user- Subscriber growth multiplier. 1 means no
CSUserFactor [0，+∞] NA 1
plane growth multiplier. change.
Single subscriber PS
Subscriber growth multiplier. 1 means no
PSSigFactor control-plane growth [0，+∞] NA 1
change.
multiplier.
Single subscriber PS user- Subscriber growth multiplier. 1 means no
PSUserFactor [0，+∞] NA 1
plane growth multiplier. change.

R99TCPThd R99 overload threshold [0，1] 1 0 Default value is 0 . No need change.

Cell total TCP overload

TotalTCPThd [0，1] 1 0 Default value is 0. No need change.
threshold

Cell target value of average

Default value is 0, calculated from live
ThTarget for HSDPA throughput for every [0，+∞] Kbps 0
network.
HSDPA user

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Coverage Hole Identification
Weak coverage grid
MR geographical map Weak grid combination Coverage solution
identification

Input： Identify weak coverage Aggregate close poor Provide new site solution：
Digital map grid by weak coverage grid within a certain Site type：macro, micro;
A-GPS MR data threshold distance Capacity, traffic, coverage
DT data update;
RF parameters.
Complaint data

Output : visible coverage Output: weak Output: weak Output: site addition
and signal level of each cell coverage grid coverage area suggestion

Yellow grid are weak Weak coverage area Site location planning in
RSCP Distribution
coverage. combination weak coverage area
Site addition area Site addition area: macro/micro site

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Hot Spots Identification Based on Capacity

Net evaluation Site addition area Traffic hot spots

Traffic map
and forecast identification solution
TCP,ENU,CODE Proivde site addition
Digital map
evaluation and Surrounding solution：
forecast A-GPS MR data overloading cell Site type：macro, micro;
Cells overlapping Capacity, traffic,
Cell traffic 1 cell of small site can coverage update;
be added separately in RF parameters.
one zone.

Identify overloading cells Identify hotspots area Output: traffic Output: site addition
in live or future network overloading zone suggestion for capacity

C D 已激活站点，红色表示
容量过载扇区

Overloading cell table Traffic map by grid traffic overloading zone Add site in the centre of overload
zone

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Union site planning of macro &micro sites
Planning Procedure based on Coverage

Meet Macro site

Macro Site requirement Macro site location
RF parameter
Sort poor Traffic
Poor grid Poor grid Select top
coverage Yes &coverage
evaluation aggregation traffic area
area by traffic update
Meet Micro site Micro site location
Micro Site requirement RF parameter

Planning Procedure based on Capacity

Overloading cells and
surrounding cells Macro site location
Macro Site Macro site
form a candidate area RF parameter
for a site addition condition Traffic
Capacity evaluation Overloading
Select top
yes &coverage
and Forecast cell value area
update
Girds within same Micro site Micro site location
Micro Site
cell form fan- condition RF parameter
shaped X grid

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Micro site planning conditions and planning principles
Scenario
Add site based on coverage Add site based on capacity
Strategy
Only add micro Follow micro site planning
Follow micro site planning principles
site principles
Deployment limited as below. Deployment limited as
First priority to
1）Poor coverage area is too small to below.
add macro site
add macro sites. 1）Macro site cannot be
and then add
2）Macro site cannot be planned due planned due to site
micro site
to site distance limit. distance limit
Micro site planning principles ：
1： Micro sites coverage areas should be adaptive based on RSCP
of surrounding macro site
2: Do not allow add micro site if RSCP of surrounding macro site is >-
65dBm.
3：Micro distance to the nearest macro site is larger than distance
threshold(75m).
4：Some clutters are not fit for micro sites.
5：In the same area added sites by capacity，micro sites count is limited

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Key Technology: Iteration Simulation Algorithm
Evaluate coverage
Identify areas to be Evaluate new sites area
Sequencing Accurate site planning and traffic absorption
added with more sites and surrounding area
of new site

Circular calculation

Identify areas to be added with more sites Accurate site planning

Area 2 with site Area 2 with site According to the simulation and
addition addition prediction, sites added in area 1 can
resolve the capacity problem of site 2.

Area 1 with site Area 1 with site No new sites are required for site 2.
addition
New site planning
addition
for area 1

Iteration simulation algorithm ensures an optimal site planning.

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Key Technology: Capacity Config Planning for New Sites
Cell traffic absorption relationship
Traffic calculation for

If the MR of CELL1 is x% in one gird, the traffic of

grid

celll1 in this grid is total traffic of cell1 * x%.

Cell traffic absorption: If the simulation signal level

Macro site Iteration
Detailed information about cell traffic absorption
absorption analysis

of the new cell is greater than the existing cell in

RF planning simulation
same grid, the new cell will absorb some traffic .
Cell traffic

Cell
Traffic of
configuration
new sites
planning

Micro site Iteration Cell traffic absorption: Absorb traffic in fan-shaped

RF planning simulation X grid

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 Key Technology: 6D value model
6D Model dimensions 6D model：K-value can be set by user
6D K Recomm
6D theory: ended value
Coverage K1 1
Complaint First Level: Add site by coverage, capacity and calculate total score for each site Capacity K2 1
Site cost K4 0.1
Terminal K5 0.1
Second Level:： Valued Service K6 0.1
Site If the First value is in a same range(90%), the second evaluation be triggered. VIP K7 0.1
VIP If the score of some sites are greater than the highest score* 90%, then these site
cost will join in second level, at the second level, tool will select the highest value sites.
Complaint K8 0.1
Priority reserved K9 0.1
Site
First Level:：Get sites and score by coverage and capacity Custom1 K100 0.1
Second Level:：select sites base on 6D evaluation Custom2 K101 0.1
Coverage Custom3 K102 0.1

Priority Capacity Site Sorted by New site value

reserve Others
d Site

Inner Circle：
Basic Valued Valued
Evaluation Service User

Outer Circle:
Second
Evaluation

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Contents

1 Background

2 Working Principle

3 Delivery Process

4 Cases

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Project Delivery Process

Site location planning

Raw data collection Data preprocess(Idart) Middleware Tool
results

RNC configuration file Network evaluation U-Net V300R009C00

Traffic analysis
Traffic prediction results
Engineering parameters Site location planning results
Coverage analysis
MR
Prediction for target
network
MR A-GPS location results

Engineering parameters
Electronic map
Antenna file
Propagation model (optional)

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Raw data Preparation
Optical or
Data type Data function Data requirement non-integrity data analysis
not

RNC config Same time with traffic statistic

mandatory Basic requirement
file
Generate real network
distribution of coverage，user
MR data mandatory
and traffic, which can correct
simulation result.
and MR data
1.One work day and one non-work
1.Without MR data, hot spots analysis depends on
day
simulation and digital map clutter.
2.Reported by AGPS
2.Without AGPS report function, micro site
location accuracy will be greatly impacted.

One work day and one non-work

PCHR data optical Abnormal events, problem debug
day
Traffic 7 days
mandatory Basic requirement
statistic
IBS, macro site and micro site
Network can be distinguished. It is
engineering mandatory Basic requirement better to check all the
parameters engineering parameters for sites
which locate in planning area.
At least including antenna beam width and
Used for site location
Antenna file mandatory Standard antenna pattern file. antenna gain of each cell, so as to choose the
planning simulation
same antenna file for simulation.
Used for site location
Digital map mandatory Map precision is 20m, or above.
planning simulation

Propagation optical Used for site location Corrected propagation model will improve
model planning simulation simulation accuracy.

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Tools and Function
Name Tool vision Optional Data resource Function

DT data, engineering parameters、

electric map, antenna file, Planning site location, type, RF and
U-Net U-Net V300R009 Mandatory
Capacity evaluation result、MR configuration
data pre-process

MML、engineering parameters、 Capacity evaluation and target net forecast

Idart Idart Mandatory
traffic statistic MR data pre-process

U-Net performance reference:

1、Dense urban：
Tianjin city, 677 kilo-square，50m precision，propagation model calculation radius 4000m，1153 sites，3459 cells，no MR data.
Execute ASP, allow macro sites addition, calculating time is 2 hours.
2、Suburban：
Nigeria Suburban,4000 kilo-square, 50m precision，propagation model calculation radius12000m , 193 sites, 592 cells, no MR data. 执行
Execute ASP, allow macro sites addition, calculating time is 1 hour.

iDart performance regerence:

Dense Urban with heavy traffic in Thailand: 10 days one RNC MR data（24.5G), 15 days the RNC raw traffic statistic(2.93G）
MR data pre-process: 4 hours
Capacity evaluation and target net forecast：3 hours

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 Delivery Time

Week1 Week2 Week3

Active Type Day1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Data Collect Switch On RD&Local

Data Collect Data Collect/Local Emplyee

Feature Datbase Based on A-GPS

RD
Output

Target NetworkAudit RD

Geolocation for
RD
smallcell

SmartCellSitePlaning RD

SmallCell Analysis with GeoMap RD&Local

Report for customer RD&Local

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Contents

1 Background

2 Working Principle

3 Delivery Process

4 Cases

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Case 1 in Operator x
Solution planning Micro sites
newly added
Project Background

The 3G network of x operator is the heaviest

loading network of worldwide UMTS networks.
With the sharp increasing of data services and
traffic, it is urgent for customer to deploy small cell
to achieve load distribution.

Customer pain points

The customer is lack of experience about

accurate site planning for the Small Cell. Although
the customer has selected some sites through
DTs, the cost is high and evaluation on selected
sites cannot be performed.
Carrier wave absorption

Project achievements Final Final Final

Final Traffic Traffic Required Configured
Site Name Longitude Latitude Site Type
Volume Overflow Number of Number of
After small cell deployment, the capacity gain and Ratio(%) Carriers Carriers
effect of traffic distribution reach to customer’s NewSite_1 47.9766787 29.2842006 Micro 1.76 0 2 2
expected effect from test. NewSite_2 47.9582631 29.2877667 Micro 1.75 0 2 2
NewSite_15 47.9659284 29.2682052 Micro 1.59 0 2 2
NewSite_3 47.9728404 29.2937563 Micro 1.5 0 2 2
NewSite_19 47.966196 29.295257 Micro 1.5 0 2 2
NewSite_4 47.9607295 29.2841043 Micro 1.49 0 2 2
NewSite_20 47.9635276 29.274121 Micro 1.42 0 2 2

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Case 1 in Operator x—Evaluate of Traffic absorption
Figure in a square area
surrounding the micro site or
a single sector as a basic unit,
observe the traffic flow N
days in this place appears.
Traffic before and after the
opening of the micro sites
appears the actual traffic flow
and forecast traffic flow for
comparison.

After activation of micro site,

The total area traffic is improved, In
those area which user demand is
repressed there is no effective way
to evaluate.
1 single-sector model of the most
reliable, the macro site RSCP is -
91.67 dBm, 150m, 90 ° single-
sector model and the actual results
are basically the same.

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Case 2 for Site S-- Blind Spot Coverage
The mesh is DT data, among which, red
indicates DT data with weak coverage and
green indicates DR data with common
coverage.
The background is MR location data. The areas
in purple are of weak coverage and those in
blue are of common coverage.

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Case 2 for Site S-- Capacity Hotspots

The location results are

consistent with the actual site
survey results. Traffic hotspots
are on the right side of the
overloaded sectors and on the
left side of new sites. The actual
survey site is an R&D building
and the left square building is a
warehouse.

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 Appendix1：MR impact on network
1. At full load in lab, CPU load go up as 2、 X operator UMTS MR Trial test, MR impact on SPU
below: CPU is as below. Because of network low load,
absolute load goes up 0.62%, while relative load goes
CPU comparison AOUa（%） FG2a（%） SPUa（%） DSP（%）
up 9%.
V9R12B014_VDF 49.7214 35.5771 27.2881 45.1481
V9R12B014_VDF 49.4478 35.5025 31.5414 45.3842
+MR
Absolute increase —— —— 4.25 0.23
Relative increase —— —— 15.59 0.52

1、Usually network load control threshold is 60%. If MR has been acted, no need to take care of
load, and directly collect MR data. If MR hasn’t been acted and SPUa load is over 50%, MR data
should be collected by baths:
(60%-SPUa load X)/nX <= 10%，”n” is bath count. Following the formula, bath count can be
calculated.
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 Appendix2：AGPS impact to network
1.Impact on CPUa load 3. Access KPI，fluctuation <1%
After AGPS MR activation, AGPS MR SPUa
absolute load increase 2.5%, relative load
increase 8%.

2. KPI keep stable, CDR fluctuation < 0.1%

4. HO KPI, inter-RAT HO-in goes down 2%, others<1%

Summary: AGPS activation has little impact on network.

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