OTS BR8.

0 Network Optimization

Dirk Huelsmann, Munich, January 2006

 Abstract

Network optimization

Level
High-level
Product/Solution Overview
x Technical Details

Last update: 11 January 2006

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Agenda

Introduction Optimization Module

BR8 Overview
Details Smart Carrier Allocation
Details measured interference matrix
Details neighbor list optimization
Summary

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Network Optimization – short description

Network Optimization NOP

Application to provide optimized frequency plans and neighbor lists to get high quality networks

• NOP optimizes frequency plans

Interference Matrix to minimize interferences, more efficient use of the frequency
band

• NOP optimizes neighbor cell relationships

List of neighbor cells to detect unnecessary neighbor cell relationships

• Strategy to
• Use network measurements instead of planning data to optimize a
mobile radio network
• Enable the operator to execute optimization tasks regularly
• Reduce the amount of necessary drive tests

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2G SCA – Smart Carrier Allocation – BR6.0

Description
 SCA data are based on measurements collected by the BTS and the MS
(e.g. normal measurement UL/DL., enhanced measurement reports, extended idle channel measurements)
 Intuitive SCA output data visualization
(histograms (C/I, RxLev…), interference matrix, best frequency detection)
 User-friendly browsing through collected data and elaboration results
(average, outage rate, Nth percentile, coverage prob...)

 Improving capacity, quality and performance

based on the existing Infrastructure
 SCA reduces the amount of drive test needed
 Unique system specific data are provided for
network optimization

Benefits

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Smart Carrier Allocation – BR6.0
Measurement Types
Histograms

C/I histograms in DL per neighbor (NM) [0…30dB]

RXLEV histograms in DL per neighbor (NM) [0/1..62/63;stepsize
2 dB]
Measurements and histograms in SCA
RXLEV histograms in DL for call connections in the serving NM EICM
cell (BC) [0…63]
C/I, RXLEV RXLEV UL
RXQUAL histograms in DL for call connections in the serving
DL of of
cell (BC) [0…7] 6 strongest all specified
DL UL
neighbors frequencies

RXLEV histograms in UL per frequency (EICM) [0/1…62/63;

stepsize 2 dB] BC BC

RXLEV DL, RXLEV UL,

RXLEV histograms in UL for call connections in the serving RXQUAL DL RXQUAL
cell (BC) [0…63] UL, TA of all
of all call
RXQUAL histograms in UL for call connections in the serving call connections
cell (BC) [0…7] connections
TA histograms in UL for call connections in the serving cell
(BC) [0…63]

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Smart Carrier Allocation Benefits

Description
Better network performance with frequency plans based on measured data
 Considers actual propagation environment of the mobile user
 Outdoor, in-car, indoor
 Considers the actual height of the mobile user Measured
Interference
 Planning data assume 1,5 m Matrix
 Drive tests do not consider interference situation
in tower blocks – higher number of interferers
 Considers actual traffic distribution
 High location dependency of the interference
 i.e cell dragging affects

Benefits
 Less labor intensive task using system data (SCA) than A-bis traces or drive tests
 Reduction of optimization effort as optimization period is drastically reduced after
download of new frequency plans based on measured data

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Agenda

Introduction Optimization Module

BR8 Overview
Details Smart Carrier Allocation
Details measured interference matrix
Details neighbor list optimization
Summary

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2G Measured interference matrix &
detection of unnecessary neighbor relations

Description
 Interference matrix
Combining SCA raw data and elaboration rules OTS generates an interference matrix
Convenient selection of most suitable cells for measurement
Preparing of measurement campaign (rotation of measured cells, issuing ACL
commands) is performed automatically
 Detection of neighbor relations
Based on mobile measurement reports
OTS calculates a ranked neighbor list per analyzed service cell
BSC dropped call rate had been reduced from
Benefits 1,1% to 0,73% in a life network after optimization
with SCA data
 Support of optimization of neighbor lists
(automatic ranked neighbor list creation)
optimized
 Generation of measured interference matrix Network
neighbor
measurements
list
 Less administrative effort for
neighbor cell optimization

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Agenda

Introduction Optimization Module

BR8 Overview
Details Smart Carrier Allocation
Details measured interference matrix
Details neighbor list optimization
Summary

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Smart Carrier Allocation
De-coupling of SCA from Adjacent Cell List
Description
--> MS can report BCCH/BSIC combinations
 collection also of SCA measurements from
potential interfering cells which are not not defined in NB-list
configured as adjacent cells
Normal measurement report
 just the BCCH frequency must occur in the
neighbor cell list NCELL RXLEV BSIC BCCHFREQ
1 33 20 3
Benefits 2 31 20 1
3 24 21 2
 advantage for all mobiles reporting with
4 19 22 4
normal measurement report 5 18 24 2
 reduced neighbor list length in case of normal 6 00 00 00
measurement reports
--> Easy way to detect
Description interfering frequencies in UL
 E-ICM: collect measurements not part of the
adjacent cell list

Benefits
 all GSM/DCS frequencies can be measured
(CU dependency)

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Smart Carrier Allocation
Increased data collection capability

Description
1 64

…
Increased number of C/I histograms (Rxlev histograms) from 32 to 64 per serving cell
per day

Benefits
 Increased data collection capability offers a shortening of the measurement period
 Shortening the period to freeze the network

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Smart Carrier Allocations
Inactive neighbors

Description
BSC distinguishes between active and
inactive adjacencies
 Inactive: handover is prevented by BSC
Active Inactive
<=32 active adjacencies per serving cell ADJCs ADJC
<= 64 active and inactive adjacencies per
Serving
serving cells
Cell
Benefits Inactive
ADJCs
Secure prevention of unexpected
handovers
Easy to distinguish between active and
inactive adjacencies

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Agenda

Introduction Optimization Module

BR8 Overview
Details Smart Carrier Allocation
Details measured interference matrix
Details neighbor list optimization
Summary

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Benefits of Smart Carrier Allocation in BR8.0

Description

 OTS user defines measurement campaign

 OTS provides two rotation algorithms for the daily neighbor list definition
 one for normal measurement reports
 one for enhanced measurement reports
Benefits
 Geographical pre-analysis of interferers to be measured is a major usability
improvement
 Automated planning of the required neighbor lists, histograms to be enabled,
campaign duration, generation of SCA administration commands, scheduling of
the measurement campaign
 Higher accuracy of the SCA measurements when a high penetration rate of
enhanced measurement report capable mobiles is active

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 Intelligent frequency planning –
Activation data

Tick-box for criteria selection:

Geographical detection of •existing IM
possible interfering cells •all cells within radius of x km
•all cells directly facing to cell under analysis
Site to Site Distance
Existing IM within radius of y km
+
(generated User can manually add/remove interferers
Antenna Orientation
by OTS) to be measured

•Complete list of BCCH+BSICs to measure

+ = •list of BCCH+BSICs to be collected per day

(C/I histograms)
•SCA observation period (# of days)
•inactive neighbor list per day
•SCA activation commands per day

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Intelligent frequency planning
Enhanced measurement reports

Improvement of IF-Matrix accuracy

Description Number of Max. number of Max. number of
Increased neighbor list length through neighbor cells neighbor cells neighbor cells not
defined reported reported
 GSM neighbors, DCS/PCS
neighbors, UMTS neighbors,
micro cells 16 16 0
 --> have to share the limited
reporting capability of the
mobile measurement report
32 16..18 16..0
 --> decreases the probability of a
potential interfering cell to be
reported
64 11..18 53..0

Benefits
 Accuracy of interference data 96 5..18 91..0
increased as 6 adjacencies are
reported with normal measurement
reports only
 Target to collect interference data
from as many potential interfers as
possible can be achieved better
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Intelligent frequency planning –
Analysis

Description
OTS provides
Interference Matrix Generation
an extended algorithm for
interference matrix IM generation considers:
generation C/I Histograms •10% n-th percentile
 OTS provides a list with all CGIs per •C/I vs FER
BCCH-BSIC combination for further •counts per interferer
analysis  list collecting interferers
with same BCCH-BSIC combination
C/I vs FER

Benefits
1

IM
0.1

FER
0.01

 Measured data as fundamental input 0.001

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

for frequency planning application

C/I (dB)

 Supporting the optimizer in the

analysis which cells are
transmitting with the same BCCH-
BSIC combination

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Intelligent Frequency Planning
workflow
Optimized frequency plans
Activation Data (NOP) based on real network
measurements
Smart Carrier Allocation
Activation

Download new Measured IM

frequency plan (CM*) Elaboration (NOP)
Rules (NOP)
OTS
Network
Smart Carrier
measurements Allocation
(NOP)
(binary files)
XML Output

C/I Histograms for MCCM/RNPC-IF (CM*) AFP

active neighbors and
inactive neighbors

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Agenda

Introduction Optimization Module

BR8 Overview
Details Smart Carrier Allocation
Details measured interference matrix
Details neighbor list optimization
Summary

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Smart Carrier Allocation Application -
Neighbor list optimization
Performanc
Integration e
of a cell in optimization
a network for a cell in
operation

pre data +
Radio

ions
Neighbor Neighbor
Network
list list
d i ct
Planning
Site
initialization optimizer
Tool

Statistics on
SCA
Radio Network

User Changes in
behavio … surrounding
r

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Detection of unnecessary Neighbor relations
workflow
Detection of Configuration
Data Reports and Statistics
unnecessary neighbor
relations Administrable Rules
i.e. for micro cells
optimized
Smart Carrier Allocation Decision neighbor
Activation by operator list

OTS
Network
measurements
• OTS defines parameters for SCA
Smart Carrier
measurements
Allocation
• OTS builds ranked neighbor list
Binary Histograms for
active neighbors for active neighbors
• Operator decides on measures
based on the reports and neighbor
list from OTS
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Neighbor list optimization –
Operator specific Rules

Description
 C/I threshold for outage rate calculation
 Neighbor classification thresholds
50000
45000
 Maximum number of micro cell neighbors 40000
35000
 Maximum number of macro cell neighbors 30000
25000
 Maximum number of micro + macro cell neighbors 20000
15000
10000
 Indispensable neighbor relations 500
00
 asymmetric neighbor relations 0 30 dB

 Neighbor for idle mode only

 Comment field

Benefits
 Global or cell specific rules can be specified
 Automated analysis which enables the operator to optimize the neighbor list regularly

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Neighbor list optimization –
Statistical information (principle)

Description
analysis algorithm for active neighbor relations

Ranked neighbors per serving cell

Outage /
indispensable
below C/I threshold
# of samples
potential neighbor

potential neighbor
Symbolic Name of

Symbolic Name of

cell type potential

recommended as

Percentage of
C/I threshold
samples below
cell type serving

symmetric
classification
Serving Cell
Decision

serving cell
technology

technology

neighbor
neighbor

neighbor

Details
by operator
cell
xxx macro GSM yyy macro GSM yes selectedyes 30,8 893 no PRESS

•C/I histogram xxx

xxx
macro
macro
GSM
GSM
yyy
yyy
macro
macro
DCS/PCS
yes
GSM yes
selectedyes
selectedyes
20,4
7,5
901
543
yes
no
PRESS
PRESS
xxx macro GSM yyy macro GSM yes selectedyes 6,7 453 no PRESS
•RXLEV histogram xxx
xxx
macro
macro
GSM
GSM
yyy
yyy
macro
macro
GSM yes
DCS/PCS
yes
selectedyes
selectedyes
0,5
2,5
376
403
no
Yes
PRESS
PRESS
xxx macro GSM yyy macro DCS/PCS
yes selectedyes 4,3 345 no PRESS
•Remarks xxx macro GSM yyy macro GSM yes selectedyes 5,0 230 no PRESS
xxx macro GSM yyy micro DCS/PCS
yes selectedyes 7,4 255 no PRESS
•Operator rules xxx
xxx
macro
macro
GSM
GSM
yyy
yyy
micro
macro
DCS/PCS
yes
GSM yes
selectedyes
selectedyes
3,2
2,1
0
151 no
no PRESS
PRESS
xxx macro GSM yyy macro GSM yes barely yes 1,3 0 no PRESS
xxx macro GSM yyy micro GSM yes barely yes 0,3 102 no PRESS
xxx macro GSM yyy micro GSM yes barely yes 0,2 97 no PRESS
xxx macro GSM yyy micro GSM yes barely no 0,2 86 no PRESS
xxx macro GSM yyy micro DCS/PCS
yes barely no 0,1 80 no PRESS
xxx macro GSM yyy macro GSM no not no 0,0 3 no PRESS
xxx macro GSM yyy micro DCS/PCS
no not no 0,0 1 no PRESS
Benefits xxx
xxx
macro
macro
GSM
GSM
yyy
yyy
macro
macro
GSM no
GSM no
not
not
no
no
0,0
0,0
0
0
no
no
PRESS
PRESS

Neighbor classification pinpoints which adjacencies shall be analyzed in

more detail
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Neighbor list optimization –
Benefits

Description
Application for TAN751

 optimization of cells in
operation
TAN056

TAN058
TAN057

TAN072

Benefits TAN064

TAN061

TAN071

 Network continuously gives TAN075 Good Neighbor

hints how to optimize the TAN074
Bad Neighbor
neighbor list TAN068

 Labor intensive tasks

are replaced by automated
procedures through SCA TAN251

application

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Agenda

Introduction Optimization Module

BR8 Overview
Details Smart Carrier Allocation
Details measured interference matrix
Details neighbor list optimization
Summary

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 NOP
A powerful application for detailed network analysis

Key optimization tasks are supported by OTS NOP module

OTS NOP module increases the quality of service of the network

NOP Reduce costs on periodic troubleshooting (drive tests)

Detailed analysis data are provided for the optimization experts

Major time and effort savings for network optimization

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Thank you
for your attention

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