LTE Retainability

Problem cause &

solution a-z step
Prepared byRajesh Kumar

RetainAbility/SARR(Session abnormal release rate) :Definition: Ability of a user to retain the E-RAB once Connected for the
desired duration.
Point:-E-RAB release can be initiated by ENB & MME
Definition based on Counter:SARR=[(PmErabRelAbnormalEnbAct+PmErabRelMmeAct)/
(PmErabRelAbnormalEnbAct+PmErabRelNormalEnb+PmErabRelMme)]*100

Enb Initiated E-Rab Release:1> PmErabRelNormalEnb

2> PmErabRelAbnormalEnbAct
MME Initiated E-Rab Release:1> PmErabRelMme
2>PmErabRelMmeAct

RetainAbility/SARR(Session abnormal release rate) :1> pmErabRelAbnormalEnbActCdt(The total number of abnormal ERAB
releases by the eNB per cell due cell down time (manual intervention) with the
pre-condition that the Initial Context Establishment procedure must first have
been successfully completed and that there was data in either the UL or DL buffer
(i.e. active).
Soln: Check Outage report or Fluctuation Report.
2>pmErabRelAbnormalEnbActHo(The total number of abnormal ERAB
releases per cell by the eNB due to handover execution failure and that there was
data in either the UL or DL buffer (i.e. active).
Soln:1>PCI Collision issue check(PCI Planning should be correct).There should
no PCI re-use within near by cell(1tier,2tier neib).
2> Coverage issue(make Any PCI Dominant which should be based on Clutter as
per Common sense).Make EDT,Change Azimuth
3> High UL Interference issue on Target cell(PmRadiorecInterferencePwr). Check
Connection b/w Antenna Connector & RRU Connector.
4> Also Repeater is responsile sometimes for Hi-UL Interference.Might be due to
Power Leakage.

RetainAbility/SARR(Session abnormal release rate) :4> H/W issue,Alarm issue.Correct the issue based on Problem u Identify.Take help
of Alex if you are not Understanding the Alarm meaning.
3> pmErabRelAbnormalEnbActUeLost(The total number of abnormal ERAB
releases by the eNB per cell due that the contact with the UE is lost with the precondition that the Initial Context Establishment procedure must first have been
successfully completed and that there was data in either the UL or DL buffer (i.e.
active).
Soln: 1> Solve the Poor Coverage issue by making Tilt,Azimuth change or
Parameter change(Part of Sector Pwr,ENB Power), for uplink
Coverage(P0NominalPucch,P0NominalPusch).
2> High Ul Interference issue(As per earlier mentioned.Also make sure Nominal
pwr Should not set very high otherwise it will create interference in neib cell).
.

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4> pmErabRelAbnormalEnbLic(The total number of abnormal E-RAB

Releases initiated by the RBS due to license reject (per cell).
Soln:1. Recently this issue I have faced in Sprint NV Project.After
analysis it was found that there was issue with LKF file.Once New LKF file
uploaded issue get resolved.
2. If LKF is correctly loaded then This counter will Peg only When user
have crossed the ENB License limit.
Pls upgrade the License.Once u think that every basic Optimization u have
done.
5>pmErabRelAbnormalEnbActTnFail(The total number of abnormal
ERAB releases per cell due to S1 interface down, "X2 interface down" or
"Transport Resource Unavailable", with the pre-condition that the Initial
Context Establishment procedure must first have been successfully
completed and that there was data in either the UL or DL buffer (i.e.
active).
Soln: 1> Raise Ticket to NOC or IM Team to resolved the issue.

RetainAbility/SARR(Session abnormal release rate) :6>pmErabRelAbnormalEnbActHpr(The total number of abnormal ERAB

releases by the eNB per cell due to handover preparation and that there
was data in either the UL or DL buffer (i.e. active).
Soln:1>MME might be Locked/ disabled.
2> MME mismatch b/w Scource & Target cell.
3> Tranport issue suspected.
4> License issue suspected.
5> Site Configuration issue.
6> Hi-Load on Target Cell.

RetainAbility/SARR(Session abnormal release rate) : From drive test analysis, it was observed that a large portion of the
drop calls were due to poor radio environment.
Just before HO, it was observed that the UE SINR was poor and this
caused the UE to drag the call in poor radio environment rather than
HO faster to a neighbour cell with better RSRP.
In this optimization project, 2 parameters were tuned; A3offset and
a2TresholdRsrpPrim.
A3offset : change from 3 to 2 db
a2TresholdRsrpPrim : change from -120 to -110 dbm
A trial was also conducted to evaluate the impact of changing the
values below for a few sites with high DCR:
DataRadioBearer : dlMaxRetxThreshold / ulMaxRetxThreshold
8 to 32
SignalingRadioBearer : dlMaxRetxThreshold / ulMaxRetxThreshold
8 to 32

Retainibility/SARR(Session abnormal release rate) :With current A3 setting, A3 event handover will be performed when
neighbour cell is greater than a3Offset + hysteresis (RSRP) of the current
serving cell.
a3Offset = 3 dB, hysteresis = 1dB Handover will only be performed once
Neighbour Cell RSRP > 4dB of Serving Cell RSRP

Thus, it is important to expedite the HO with reduction of a3Offset to 2 dB.

After the parameter change, it was observed that the drop calls due to call
dragging was reduced in a cluster of 20 sites.

RetainAbility/SARR(Session abnormal release rate) :-

RL Failure Timing
t-PollRetransmit = 45ms (SRB), 50ms (DRB)
If retransmission limit increases from 8 32, RL failure due to
retransmission limit reached:
SRB: 360ms (8) 1440ms (32)
Therefore, from drive test
DRB: 400ms (8) 1600ms (32)
< T310 (2000ms)

analysis, it is often observed

that the drop occur before
T310 time out because ReTx
hits upper limit first

LTE Retainability Tuning

RRC Drops - T301 Timer

Timer is 1s, the UE is unable to

successfully RACH the serving cell.

Cause: Radio Link problem

Poor RSRP, e.g. below -105dB can cause the up link
synch be lost.
10 seconds later a new RRC Connection Request is sent.

LTE Retainability Tuning

RRC Drops - T304 Timer

Timer is 1s, The UE is

unable to RACH the
Target Cell at
Handover.

Cause: Handover Failure

Check RF Conditions, UE TX Power and missing relation (PCI).
If the issue is seen in good RF conditions, troubleshoot with UETR, tuning of
HysterisisA3, TimetoTriggerA3 and filterCoefficientEUtraRsrp parameters.

LTE Retainability Tuning

RRC Drops - T310 Timer

The UE in RRC-CONNECTED mode, evaluates in

the downlink the quality of the radio link of the
serving cell. The UE bases its evaluation on the
cell-specific reference signal relative to
thresholds Qout and Qin.
Qout is defined as the level at which the
downlink radio link cannot be reliably received
and Qin is defined as the level at which the
downlink radio link can be received with
significant reliability.
At the expiry of the timer T310, the UE switches
off uplink transmission.

Cause: Radio Link (RL)

Synchronization
- Poor RSRP and SINR

LTE Retainability Tuning

RRC Drops - T311 Timer

Cause: Radio Link (RL) Synchronization

UE not able to find suitable cell due to poor
coverage.

LTE Retainability Tuning

RRC Drops Random Access failure at Handover
MAC_RA_Problem Random
Access attempt to re-sync, for
no response after 10
retransmission (SIB2)

Cause: RA failure, UE is not able to synch to target eNB.

Poor RF, Timing Advance alignment with target cell.
UE can reach max TX power increasing UL noise.

LTE Retainability Tuning

RRC Drops Random Access failure at Handover
MAC_RA_Problem Random
Access attempt to re-sync, for
no response after 10
retransmission (SIB2)

Cause: RA failure, UE is not able to synch to target eNB.

Poor RF, Timing Advance alignment with target cell.
UE can reach max TX power increasing UL noise.

LTE Retainability Tuning

RRC Drops Maximum RLC Retransmissions

Cause: Repeated RLC Retransmissions due to unsuccessful RLC PDU reception

(either UL or DL).
This occurs when maximum retransmission has occurred at RLC level (ARQ).
UL/DL interference and Poor RF conditions.
UE will consider RL failed and initiate RRC Connection Re-establishment.

RetainAbility/SARR(Session abnormal release rate) :MOC

Parameter Name

Parameter Type

Parameter - High
Cap Site

System Constant

ulInterferenceForgettingFactor (system constant 70)

Site Level Parameter

System Constant

deltaPsdRs2Tx (system constant 872)

Site Level Parameter

5
0

System Constant

SpdcchLaGinrMargin (system constant 220)

Site Level Parameter

30

System Constant

numInitialAccessAndIncomingHo (system constant 556)

Site Level Parameter

10

Hidden Parameter

tPollRetransmitUl - DataRadioBearer

Site Level Parameter

160

Hidden Parameter

tPollRetransmitUl - SignallingRadioBearer

Site Level Parameter

160

Hidden Parameter

tPollRetransmitDl - DataRadioBearer

Site Level Parameter

160

Hidden Parameter

tPollRetransmitDl - SignallingRadioBearer

Site Level Parameter

160

Hidden Parameter

dlMaxRetxThreshold - DataRadioBearer

Site Level Parameter

Hidden Parameter

ulMaxRetxThreshold - DataRadioBearer

Site Level Parameter

EUtranCellFDD

noOfPucchCqiUsers

Sector Level Parameter

640

EUtranCellFDD

noOfPucchSrUsers

Sector Level Parameter

590

EUtranCellFDD

pdcchCfiMode

Sector Level Parameter

CF_Static_3 (3)

EUtranCellFDD

ulSrsEnable

Sector Level Parameter

TRUE

UlFss
EUtranCellFDD

featureStateUlFss
pZeroNominalPucch

Site Level Parameter

Sector Level Parameter

-120

EUtranCellFDD

pZeroNominalPusch

Sector Level Parameter

-102

QciProfilePredefined

schedulingAlgorithm - default

Site Level Parameter

RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

QciProfilePredefined

schedulingAlgorithm - qci 1

Site Level Parameter

RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

QciProfilePredefined

schedulingAlgorithm - qci 2

Site Level Parameter

RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

QciProfilePredefined

schedulingAlgorithm - qci 3

Site Level Parameter

RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

QciProfilePredefined

schedulingAlgorithm - qci 4

Site Level Parameter

RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

QciProfilePredefined

schedulingAlgorithm - qci 5

Site Level Parameter

RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

Site Level Parameter

RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

schedulingAlgorithm - qci 6
QciProfilePredefined

QciProfilePredefined

schedulingAlgorithm - qci 7

Site Level Parameter

RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

QciProfilePredefined

schedulingAlgorithm - qci 8

Site Level Parameter

RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

QciProfilePredefined

schedulingAlgorithm - qci 9

Site Level Parameter

RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

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