Call Admission Control

Call Admission Control
RAN12.0
Feature Parameter Description

Issue 06
Date 2012-06-30

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Call Admission Control Contents

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Contents
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1-1
1.1 Scope ............................................................................................................................................ 1-1
1.2 Intended Audience......................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.3 Change History .............................................................................................................................. 1-1
2 Overview of Call Admission Control ................................................................................... 2-1
3 Technical Description .............................................................................................................. 3-1
3.1 Overview ....................................................................................................................................... 3-1
3.1.1 Admission Resource and Basic Procedure .......................................................................... 3-1
3.1.2 HSDPA Admission Control .................................................................................................... 3-2
3.1.3 HSUPA Admission Control .................................................................................................... 3-2
3.2 CAC Based on Code Resources ................................................................................................... 3-3
3.3 CAC Based on Power Resources ................................................................................................. 3-4
3.3.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................... 3-4
3.3.2 Power-based Admission Control on RRC Connection Setup Requests .............................. 3-5
3.3.3 Power-based Admission Algorithm 1 for RAB Setup ............................................................ 3-7
3.3.4 Power-based Admission Algorithm 2 for RAB Setup .......................................................... 3-14
3.3.5 Power-based Admission Algorithm 3 for RAB Setup .......................................................... 3-18
3.4 CAC Based on NodeB Credit Resources ................................................................................... 3-18
3.4.1 NodeB Credit Resources .................................................................................................... 3-18
3.4.2 NodeB Credit Resource-based Admission Decisions ........................................................ 3-22
3.5 CAC Based on Iub Resources .................................................................................................... 3-23
3.6 CAC Based on the Number of HSPA Users ................................................................................ 3-23
3.6.1 CAC for HSDPA Users ....................................................................................................... 3-23
3.6.2 CAC for HSUPA Users ....................................................................................................... 3-24
4 Parameters.................................................................................................................................. 4-1
5 Counters ...................................................................................................................................... 5-1
6 Glossary ...................................................................................................................................... 6-1
7 Reference Documents ............................................................................................................. 7-1

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Call Admission Control 1 Introduction

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1 Introduction
1.1 Scope
This document describes the call admission control feature WRFD-020101 Admission Control. It
describes how services are granted the network access and provides the parameters associated with
this feature.
1.2 Intended Audience
This document is intended for:
Personnel who are familiar with WCDMA basics
Personnel who need to understand Call Admission Control (CAC)
Personnel who work with Huawei products
1.3 Change History
This section provides information about the changes in different document versions.
There are two types of changes, which are defined as follows:
Feature change: refers to a change in the CAC feature of a specific product version.
Editorial change: refers to a change in wording or the addition of information that was not described in
the earlier version.
Document Issues
The document issues are as follows:
06 (2012-06-30)
05 (2011-12-30)
04 (2010-12-20)
03 (2010-10-15)
02 (2010-06-20)
01 (2010-03-30)
Draft (2009-12-05)
06 (2012-06-30)
This is the document for the sixth commercial release of RAN12.0.
Compared with 05 (2011-12-30) of RAN12.0, this issue incorporates the following changes:
Change Type Change Description Parameter Change
Feature change None. None.
Editorial change The description about CE consumption of R99 and HSUPA
services is revised. For details, see 3.4 "CAC Based on
NodeB Credit Resources. "
None.

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05 (2011-12-30)
This is the document for the second commercial release of RAN12.0.
Compared with 04 (2010-12-20) of RAN12.0, this issue incorporates the following changes:
Feature change The admission for RRC connections is optimized. For
detailed information, see the following section:

3.2 CAC Based on Code Resources

3.3.2 Power-based Admission Control on RRC
Connection Setup Requests

3.4.2 NodeB Credit Resource-based Admission
Decisions
None.
The admission for AMR services is optimized to increase
the access success rate of AMR services. For detailed
information, search the phrase to increase the access
success rate of AMR services.
None.
Editorial change The detailed information about call admission control is
provided.
None.

04 (2010-12-20)
This is the document for the fourth commercial release of RAN12.0.
Compared with issue 03 (2010-10-15) of RAN12.0, this issue modifies the Control RTWP
Anti-interference function switch.
03 (2010-10-15)
This is the document for the third commercial release of RAN12.0.
Compared with issue 02 (2010-06-20) of RAN12.0, this issue optimizes the description.
02 (2010-06-20)
This is the document for the second commercial release of RAN12.0.
Compared with issue 01 (2010-03-30) of RAN12.0, this issue incorporates the changes described in the
following table.
Feature change The CAC based on power resource is
optimized. For details, see 3.3 CAC
Based on Power Resource.
The added parameters are listed as follows:

HsdpaMaxGBPThd

HsupaMaxGBPThd
Editorial change The CAC based on NodeB credit
resource is optimized. For details, see
3.4 CAC Based on NodeB Credit
Resource.
None.
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01 (2010-03-30)
This is the document for the first commercial release of RAN12.0.
Compared with issue Draft (2009-12-05) of RAN12.0, this issue optimizes the description.
Draft (2009-12-05)
This is the draft of the document for RAN12.0.
This is a new document. It is separated from the document Load Control Feature Parameter Description.

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2 Overview of Call Admission Control
Call Admission Control (CAC) is used to determine whether the system resources in a cell are sufficient
to accept a resource request. If the system resources are sufficient, the resource request is accepted;
otherwise, the resource request is rejected.
A radio link sends a resource request to the CAC functional module when additional resources are
required, in cases such as radio resource control (RRC) connection setup, new service setup, change of
existing services, soft handover, and cell change. Upon receiving a resource request, the CAC functional
module determines whether the request can be accepted by measuring the cell load and the requested
resources. For details about measuring the cell load, see the Load Control Feature Parameter
Description.
The admission decision performed using CAC is based on the following resources: code resources,
power resources, NodeB credit resources, and Iub resources. In the case of an HSPA resource request,
the admission decision is also based on the number of HSPA users. The admission succeeds only when
the resources on which CAC is based are available.
With CAC, an overloaded cell can accept resource requests for an RRC connection setup only in the
case of emergency calls, detachments, or registrations. This is because the priority of such requests is
very high. This helps maintain system stability when cells are overloaded. In addition, admitting or
rejecting users over FACH or enhanced FACH channels (HS-DSCH) in an overloaded cell can be
specified by setting FACH_UU_ADCTRL of the NBMCacAlgoSwitch parameter.

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3 Technical Description
3.1 Overview
3.1.1 Admission Resource and Basic Procedure
A radio link sends a resource request to the CAC functional module when additional resources are
required. On receipt of the resource request, the CAC functional module performs the admission
decision based on the following resources:
Available cell code resources
Available cell power resources
NodeB credit resources, which are used to measure the channel demodulation capability of NodeBs
Available Iub transmission bandwidth
Number of HSDPA users (only for HSDPA services)
Number of HSUPA users (only for HSUPA services)
A call can be admitted only when all of these resources are available.
Code resource-based and Iub resource-based admission control are mandatory and cannot be disabled.
For HSDPA/HSUPA services, admission control based on the number of HSUPA/HSDPA users is also
mandatory. Other admission control policies are enabled or disabled by running the MOD
UCELLALGOSWITCH or SET UCACALGOSWITCH command.
Figure 3-1 shows the basic procedure for a resource-based admission decision.
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Figure 3-1 Basic procedure for a resource-based admission decision

3.1.2 HSDPA Admission Control
HSDPA admission control (WRFD-01061003 HSDPA Admission Control) enables the HSDPA service
along with other R99 services to access the network by using the remaining power resources and other
resources. Admission control based on the number of HSDPA users is also considered.
Iub resource admission for HSDPA users is also performed during admission control to grant HSDPA
services and other R99 services the access to resources to ensure a certain QoS.
HSDPA admission control is described in this document, along with R99 admission control.
3.1.3 HSUPA Admission Control
HSUPA admission control (WRFD-01061202 HSUPA Admission Control) enables HSUPA services along
with other R99 services to access the network by using the remaining uplink cell load and other
resources. Admission based on the number of HSUPA users is also considered.
Iub resource admission and NodeB credit resources for HSUPA users are also performed during
admission control to grant HSUPA service and other R99 services the access to resources to ensure a
certain QoS.
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HSUPA admission control is described in this document, along with R99 admission control.
3.2 CAC Based on Code Resources
Code resource-based admission is mandatory when a non-HSDPA service attempts to access the
network.

The reserved code resources are shared by all HSDPA services and therefore code resource-based admission control for
HSDPA services is not required. For details about code allocation for HSDPA services, see the HSDPA Feature Parameter
Description.
In code resource-based admission, the admission criteria vary with the service request.
RRC Connection Setup Requests
For an RRC connection setup request, code resource-based admission is implemented as follows:
When RSVDBIT11 under the RsvdPara1 parameter in the ADD UCELLALGOSWITCH command is
set to 0, code resource-based admission succeeds if the remaining code resources are sufficient for
setting up an RRC connection.
set to 1, the RNC implements code resource-based admission based on the cause carried in the RRC
connection setup request:
If the cause is "Emergency Call" or "Detach", code resource-based admission succeeds if the
remaining code resources are sufficient.
For any other cause, the RNC must ensure that the remaining codes (the remaining minimum SF of
the current cell) do not exceed the reserved minimum spreading factor (SF) for an RRC connection
upon admitting an RRC connection setup request. The reserved minimum SF is specified by
RSVDBIT12 under the RsvdPara1 parameter in the ADD UCELLALGOSWITCH command.
a. If RSVDBIT12 under the RsvdPara1 parameter is set to 0, the reserved minimum SF is SF128.
b. If RSVDBIT12 under the RsvdPara1 parameter is set to 1, the reserved minimum SF is SF32.
Handover Service Requests
For handover service requests, code resource-based admission succeeds if the remaining code
resources are sufficient for the service to be admitted.
PS Service/CS Service (Non-AMR Service) Requests
For PS services/CS service (non-AMR service) requests, the RNC must ensure that the remaining codes
(the remaining minimum SF of the current cell) upon admitting a new service do not exceed the
threshold which is specified by the DlHoCeCodeResvSf parameter.
AMR Service Requests
For AMR service requests,
set to 0, the RNC must ensure that the remaining codes (the remaining minimum SF of the current cell)
upon admitting a new service do not exceed the threshold specified by the DlHoCeCodeResvSf
parameter.
set to 1, code resource-based admission succeeds if the remaining code resources are sufficient for
the service to be admitted.
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3.3 CAC Based on Power Resources
3.3.1 Overview
Power-based admission is used for RRC connection setup requests and radio access bearer (RAB)
admission. The power-based admission algorithm is enabled or disabled by the
NBMUlCacAlgoSelSwitch/NBMDlCacAlgoSelSwitch parameter.

To enable power-based admission control for HSDPA or HSUPA services, select HSDPA_UU_ADCTRL or
HSUPA_UU_ADCTRL under the NBMCacAlgoSwitch parameter.
CAC based on power resources is performed by using one of the following three algorithms:
Algorithm 1 (ALGORITHM_FIRST): admission control based on the expected load increase caused
by a new service
Depending on the current cell power load, the RNC determines whether the cell load will exceed the
threshold upon admitting the new service. If the cell load exceeds the threshold, the RNC rejects the
access request. Otherwise, the RNC admits the service.
Algorithm 2 (ALGORITHM_SECOND): admission control based on the equivalent number of users
(ENU)
Depending on the current ENU load and the access request, the RNC determines whether the ENU
will exceed the threshold upon admitting the new service. If the ENU exceeds the threshold, the RNC
rejects the access request. Otherwise, the RNC admits the service.
Algorithm 3 (ALGORITHM_THIRD): admission control without considering load increase caused by a
new service
This algorithm assumes that the load increase caused by the new service is 0. Based on the current
cell power load, the RNC determines whether the cell load will exceed the threshold. If the cell load
exceeds the threshold, the RNC rejects the access request. Otherwise, the RNC admits the service.
Figure 3-2 shows the basic procedure for a power-based admission decision.
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Figure 3-2 Basic procedure for a power-based admission decision

The basic principles for a power-based admission decision are as follows:

For an intra-frequency handover request, only a downlink admission decision is required.
For a non-intra-frequency handover request, both uplink and downlink decisions are required.
If there is a rate downsizing request, the RNC accepts it directly. For a rate upsizing request, both
uplink and downlink admission control are required.
3.3.2 Power-based Admission Control on RRC Connection Setup
Requests
The RNC performs loose or strict admission control on RRC connection setup requests.
If RSVDBIT8, RSVDBIT9, and RSVDBIT10 under the RsvdPara1 parameter in the ADD
UCELLALGOSWITCH command are all set to 0 on the RNC, the RNC performs loose admission control
on RRC connection setup requests. Otherwise, the RNC performs strict admission control on RRC
connection setup requests.
Admission control is performed on RRC connection setup requests the same way as it is performed on
RAB setup requests, except that the admission thresholds are different. This section only describes the
admission thresholds for RRC connection setup requests in loose and strict admission control. For
details about admission control for RAB setup, see section 3.3.3 "Power-based Admission Algorithm 1
for RAB Setup."

If load increase is considered when the RNC performs admission control on an RRC connection setup request, the RNC
calculates the load increase based on the signaling radio bearer (SRB) rate of the RRC connection setup request. The
SRB rate of an RRC connection setup request is set by running the SET URRCESTCAUSE command.
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Loose Admission Control
If an RRC connection setup request comes from emergency calls, detachments, or registrations, the
RRC connection is set up directly.
If an RRC connection setup request comes from other services, admission control is performed as
follows:
When UL_UU_OLC or DL_UU_OLC under the NBMLdcAlgoSwitch parameter is set to 1,
If the cell is overloaded, the RRC connection setup request is rejected.
If the cell is not overloaded, the uplink or downlink OLC triggering threshold (UlOlcTrigThd or
DlOlcTrigThd) is used for admission control.
When UL_UU_OLC or DL_UU_OLC is set to 0, the uplink or downlink OLC triggering threshold
(UlOlcTrigThd or DlOlcTrigThd) is used for admission control.
For details about the state of an overloaded cell and overload control (OLC), see the Load Control
Feature Parameter Description.
Strict Admission Control
If an RRC connection setup request comes from emergency calls or detachments, the RRC connection
is set up directly.
If an RRC connection setup request comes from other services, the RNC determines the admission
threshold based on one of the following request causes:
RRC connection setup requests of real-time services
RRC connection setup requests of non-real-time services
RRC connection setup requests of other services (excluding real-time services, non-real-time services,
emergency calls, and detachments)
The RNC determines the admission threshold using the following formulas:
Admission threshold for RRC of real-time services = Admission threshold offset for RRC of real-time
services + UlNonCtrlThdForAMR (for the uplink) or DlConvAMRThd (for the downlink)
Admission threshold for RRC of non-real-time services = Admission threshold offset for RRC of
non-real-time services + UlNonCtrlThdForOther (for the uplink) or DlOtherThd (for the downlink)
Admission threshold for RRC of other services = Admission threshold offset for RRC of other services
+ UlOlcTrigThd (for the uplink) or DlOlcTrigThd (for the downlink)
The offsets in these three formulas vary with the settings of RSVDBIT8, RSVDBIT9, and RSVDBIT10
under the RsvdPara1 parameter. See Table 3-1.
Table 3-1 Admission threshold offsets for three types of RRC connection setup request in strict admission
control
Settings of RSVDBIT8,
RSVDBIT9, and
RSVDBIT10
Admission
Threshold Offset
for RRC of
Real-Time Service
Admission
Threshold Offset for
RRC of
Non-Real-Time
Service
Admission Threshold
Offset for RRC of Other
Service
(0, 0, 1) 5% 5% 0%
(0, 1, 0) 0% 0% 0%
(0, 1, 1) -5% -5% -5%
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Settings of RSVDBIT8,
RSVDBIT9, and
RSVDBIT10
Admission
Threshold Offset
for RRC of
Real-Time Service
Admission
Threshold Offset for
RRC of
Non-Real-Time
Service
Admission Threshold
Offset for RRC of Other
Service
(1, 0, 0) 5% 5% -15%
(1, 0, 1) 0% 0% -15%
(1, 1, 0) -5% -5% -20%
(1, 1, 1) 15% 10% -10%

3.3.3 Power-based Admission Algorithm 1 for RAB Setup
There are two types of power-based admission decisions based on algorithm 1: uplink and downlink.
The RNC performs admission control on services based on cell load. The measurement quantities
relevant to cell load are processed and reported by the load measurement module of the RNC. For
details about how measurement quantities relevant to cell load are measured and reported, see the
section of load measurements in the Load Control Feature Parameter Description.
Uplink Power-based Admission Decisions for R99 Cells Based on Algorithm 1
In an R99 cell, uplink power-based admission decisions are made according to the RTWP-based total
uplink load. The RTWP-based total uplink load is calculated in real time by the load measurement
module of the RNC. It is represented by
UL,R99-Total
and calculated using the following formula:
UL,R99-Total
= 1 - P
N
/RTWP +
UL,CCH
Where
P
N
is the received uplink background noise. It is set by the BackgroundNoise parameter. If the
auto-adaptive background noise update algorithm is enabled, P
N
is updated in real time. For details
about the auto-adaptive background noise update algorithm, see the Load Control Feature Parameter
Description.
RTWP is the received total wideband power in the uplink. It is measured by the NodeB and reported to
the RNC periodically.

UL,CCH
is the reserved load on the uplink common channels. It is set by the UlCCHLoadFactor
parameter.
Upon receiving a service access request, the RNC makes the uplink power-based admission decision
for an R99 service. The procedure is as follows:
1. The RNC calculates the uplink load increase (
UL
) based on the initial admission rate of the service.
For details about the initial admission rate, see the Load Control Feature Parameter Description.
2. If the sum of the RTWP-based total uplink load (
UL,R99-Total
) and the load increase caused by the new
service (
UL
) is lower than or equal to the corresponding admission threshold
(UlNonCtrlThdForAMR, UlNonCtrlThdForNonAMR, UlNonCtrlThdForOther, or
UlNonCtrlThdForHo), the RNC admits the service. Otherwise, the RNC performs the next step.

When RSVDBIT11 under the RsvdPara1 parameter in the ADD UCELLALGOSWITCH command is set to 1, the RNC
uses the following admission threshold for AMR service setup, reconfiguration, or handover requests to increase the
access success rate of AMR services:
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When the OLC algorithm switch (UL_UU_OLC under the NBMLdcAlgoSwitch parameter) is turned on, the uplink OLC
triggering threshold (UlOlcTrigThd) is used as the admission threshold.
When the OLC algorithm switch (UL_UU_OLC under the NBMLdcAlgoSwitch parameter) is turned off, the admission
threshold is 100%.
3. The RNC checks whether the control RTWP anti-interference function switch
(RTWP_RESIST_DISTURB under the NBMCacAlgoSwitch parameter) is turned on. If it is turned
on, the RNC checks whether the total uplink load of ENU on the cell is lower than
CellUlEquNumCapacity. If it is lower than CellUlEquNumCapacity, the RNC admits the service.
Otherwise, the RNC rejects the access request. For details about the total uplink load of ENU on the
cell, see section 3.3.4 "Power-based Admission Algorithm 2 for RAB Setup."
Uplink Power-based Admission Decisions for HSPA Cells Based on Algorithm
1
In an HSPA cell, uplink power-based admission decisions are made based on the following load
measurements:
The RTWP-based total uplink load, which is calculated in real time by the load measurement module
of the RNC. It is represented by
UL,HSUPA-Total
UL,HSUPA-Total
= 1 - P
N
/RTWP +
UL,CCH
+
HS-DPCCH
Where
HS-DPCCH
is the reserved load for the uplink HS-DPCCH. It is set by the
UlHsDpcchRsvdFactor parameter. The other variables are defined the same way as for an R99 cell
in "Uplink Power-based Admission Decisions for R99 Cells Based on Algorithm 1."
The uncontrollable uplink load, which is the load factor for the receive power of a cell excluding the
receive power used for scheduling services. It is represented by
UL,NonCtrl
and calculated using the
following formula:
UL,NonCtrl
=
UL,HSUPA-Total
-
UL,Ctrl
Where
UL,Ctrl
is the controllable uplink load and equals the received scheduled E-DCH power share
(RSEPS). RSEPS is the ratio of the receive power of all scheduled users to RTWP in the current cell.
RSEPS is measured by the NodeB and periodically reported to the RNC.
The total uplink load for preferential admission of R99 services, which is represented by
UL,R99Prefer-Total
.
When the guaranteed bit rate (GBR) for HSUPA services is too high, the RTWP-based total uplink load
may also be too high, and therefore R99 service admission is difficult. In this case,
UL,R99Prefer-Total

ensures that R99 services are preferentially admitted. It is calculated using the following formula:
UL,R99Prefer-Total
=
UL,NonCtrl
+ Thd
HSUPAMaxGBP
+
UL,CCH
+
HS-DPCCH
Where Thd
HSUPAMaxGBP
is the maximum guaranteed load threshold for HSUPA services when the RNC
makes an admission decision on an R99 service. It is set by the HsupaMaxGBPThd parameter.

If the periodic measurement switch of the total receive power used for scheduling services on the E-DCH is turned off
(HSUPA_EDCH_RSEPS_MEAS under the NBMCacAlgoSwitch parameter is set to 0), the RNC performs admission
control for the cell based on ENU. For details about ENU-based admission control, see section 3.3.4 "Power-based
Admission Algorithm 2 for RAB Setup."
Upon receiving a service access request, the RNC performs the uplink power-based admission decision.
The procedure is as follows:
1. The RNC calculates the uplink load increase (
UL
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2. The RNC determines whether to admit the service. If service admission succeeds, the RNC admits
the service. If service admission fails, the RNC performs the next step. Note that the admission
criteria vary with the bearer type in an HSPA cell, which is described in follow-up sections.
3. The RNC checks whether the control RTWP anti-interference function switch
(RTWP_RESIST_DISTURB under the NBMCacAlgoSwitch parameter) is turned on. If it is turned
on, the RNC checks whether the total uplink load of ENU on the cell is lower than
CellUlEquNumCapacity. If it is lower than CellUlEquNumCapacity, the RNC admits the service.
Otherwise, the RNC rejects the access request. For details about the total uplink load of ENU on the
cell, see section 3.3.4 "Power-based Admission Algorithm 2 for RAB Setup."
The admission criteria for different bearer types in an HSPA cell are as follows:
For the DCH RAB
If the bearer type is the DCH RAB, a service is admitted only when the following criteria are both met:
The sum of the uncontrollable uplink load (
UL,NonCtrl
) and the load increase caused by the new service
(
UL
) is lower than or equal to the corresponding admission threshold (UlNonCtrlThdForAMR,
UlNonCtrlThdForNonAMR, UlNonCtrlThdForOther, or UlNonCtrlThdForHo).
The sum of the RTWP-based total uplink load (
UL,HSUPA-Total
service (
UL
), or the sum of the total uplink load for preferential admission of R99 services
(
UL,R99Prefer-Total
) and the load increase caused by the new service (
UL
), is lower than or equal to
UlCellTotalThd.

threshold is 100%.
For the HSUPA RAB
If the bearer type is the HSUPA RAB, the CAC algorithm combines the PBR-based admission decision
with the load-based admission decision. The RNC admits an HSUPA service if either PBR-based
admission or load-based admission succeeds.

IMS signaling services carried on HSUPA RABs are admitted directly.
PBR-based admission decisions
The uplink provided bit rate (PBR) is the effective uplink throughput on all UEs corresponding to a
scheduling priority indicator (SPI) successfully received by the NodeB. PBR is reported by the NodeB
to the RNC periodically.
The RNC performs PBR-based admission control only when the HSUPA PBR measurement switch is
turned on (HSUPA_PBR_MEAS under the NBMCacAlgoSwitch parameter is set to 1). If the sum of
PBRs of some UEs is larger than the sum of their GBRs multiplied by a certain factor, the RNC
decides that the QoS requirements of the cell are met. In this case, the RNC can admit new services.
PBR-based service admission succeeds if any of the following criteria are met:

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Where
Thd
L
is the PBR threshold (HsupaLowPriorityUserPBRThd) for all HSUPA users whose
scheduling priorities are lower than the priority of users to be admitted.
Thd
E
is the PBR threshold (HsupaEqualPriorityUserPBRThd) for all HSUPA users whose
scheduling priorities are equal to the priority of users to be admitted.
Thd
GE
is the PBR threshold (HsupaHighPriorityUserPBRThd) for all HSUPA users whose
scheduling priorities are higher than the priority of users to be admitted.
Load-based admission decisions
For HSUPA scheduling services, if the sum of the RTWP-based total uplink load (
UL,HSUPA-Total
) and
the load increase caused by the new service (
UL
) is lower than or equal to UlCellTotalThd,
load-based service admission succeeds. Otherwise, load-based service admission fails.
For HSUPA non-scheduling services, load-based service admission succeeds only when both of the
following criteria are met:
The sum of the RTWP-based total uplink load (
UL,HSUPA-Total
) and the load increase caused by the
new service (
UL
) is lower than or equal to UlCellTotalThd.
The sum of the uncontrollable uplink load (
UL,NonCtrl
service (
UL
(UlNonCtrlThdForAMR, UlNonCtrlThdForNonAMR, UlNonCtrlThdForOther, or
UlNonCtrlThdForHo).
Otherwise, load-based service admission fails.

threshold is 100%.
Downlink Power-based Admission Decisions for R99 Cells Based on
Algorithm 1
In an R99 cell, downlink power-based admission decisions are made according to the TCP-based total
downlink load, which is calculated in real time by the load measurement module of the RNC. It is
represented by
DL,R99-Total
DL,R99-Total
=
TCP
+
DL,CCH

Where

TCP
is equal to the transmitted carrier power (TCP), which is the ratio of the total transmitted power on
one downlink carrier to the maximum transmission power (set by the MaxTxPower parameter).
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DL,CCH
is the reserved load on the downlink common channels. It is set by the DlCCHLoadRsrvCoeff
parameter.
Upon receiving a service access request, the RNC makes the downlink power-based admission decision
for an R99 service. The procedure is as follows:
1. The RNC calculates the downlink load increase (
DL
) based on the initial admission rate of the
service and the pilot signal quality the user receives.
2. If the TCP-based total downlink load (
DL,R99-Total
) is lower than or equal to the corresponding
admission threshold (DlConvAMRThd, DlConvNonAMRThd, DlOtherThd, or DlHOThd), the RNC
admits the service. Otherwise, the RNC rejects the service.

When the OLC algorithm switch (DL_UU_OLC under the NBMLdcAlgoSwitch parameter) is turned on, the downlink
OLC triggering threshold (DlOlcTrigThd) is used as the admission threshold.
When the OLC algorithm switch (DL_UU_OLC under the NBMLdcAlgoSwitch parameter) is turned off, the admission
threshold is 100%.
Downlink Power-based Admission Decisions for HSPA Cells Based on
Algorithm 1
In an HSPA cell, downlink power-based admission decisions are made based on the following load
measurements:
TCP-based total downlink load, which is represented by
DL,HSDPA-Total
following formula:
DL,HSDPA-Total
=
TCP
+
DL,CCH
+
DL,HSUPARes

Where
DL,HSUPARes
is the power load reserved for HSUPA downlink control channels
(E-AGCH/E-RGCH/E-HICH). It is set by the DlHSUPARsvdFactor parameter. The other variables are
defined the same way as for an R99 cell in "Downlink Power-based Admission Decisions for R99 Cells
Based on Algorithm 1."
Downlink non-HSPA power load, which is represented by
DL,NonHSPA
. It is the ratio of the total
transmitted power of the codes not used for HS-PDSCH/HS-SCCH/E-AGCH/E-RGCH/E-HICH
transmission on one downlink carrier to the maximum transmission power (set by the MaxTxPower
parameter).
DL,NonHSPA
is measured by the NodeB and periodically reported to the RNC.
Load of HSDPA power requirement for GBR (HSDPA GBP), which is represented by
DL,GBP
and
calculated based on the GBR of HSDPA users in the cell. The NodeB periodically reports
DL,GBP
to the
RNC.
HSDPA GBP-based total downlink load, which is represented by
DL,GBP-Total
following formula:

DL,GBP-Total
=
DL,NonHSPA
+ min (
DL,GBP
+
DL,HSUPARes
,
DL,MaxHSPA
) +
DL,CCH
Where
DL,MaxHSPA
is the threshold for the maximum available HSDPA power. It is calculated based on
the HspaPower parameter.
The total downlink load for preferential admission of R99 services, which is represented by
DL,R99Prefer-Total
. When the GBR for HSDPA services is too high, the HSDPA GBP-based total downlink
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load may also be too high, and therefore R99 service admission is difficult. In this case,
DL,R99Prefer-Total

DL,R99Prefer-Total
=
DL,NonHSPA
+ Thd
HSDPAMaxGBP
+
DL,HSUPARes
+
DL,CCH

Where Thd
HSDPAMaxGBP
is the maximum guaranteed load threshold for HSDPA services when the RNC
makes an admission decision on an R99 service. It is set by the HsdpaMaxGBPThd parameter.
Upon receiving a service access request, the RNC performs the downlink power-based admission
decision. The procedure is as follows:
1. The RNC calculates the downlink load increase (
DL
) based on the initial admission rate of the
service and the pilot signal quality the user receives.
2. The RNC determines whether to admit the service. The admission criteria vary with the bearer type in
an HSPA cell.
The admission criteria for different bearer types in an HSPA cell are as follows:
For the DCH RAB
If the bearer type is the DCH RAB, a service is admitted only when the following criteria are both met:
1. The sum of the downlink non-HSPA power load (
DL,NonHSPA
new service (
DL
(DlConvAMRThd, DlConvNonAMRThd, DlOtherThd, or DlHOThd).
2. The sum of the TCP-based total downlink load (
DL,HSDPA-Total
new service (
DL
), the sum of the total downlink load based on the guaranteed power for HSDPA
services (
DL,GBP-Total
DL
), or the sum of the total
downlink load for preferential admission of R99 services (
DL,R99Prefer-Total
) and the load increase
caused by the new service (
DL
) is lower than or equal to the threshold for the total downlink power
of the cell (DlCellTotalThd). Otherwise, the RNC rejects the service.

threshold is 100%.
If the current cell supports DC-HSDPA, the current total power of the DC-HSDPA cell group must also be
lower than the sum of the total downlink power threshold of the primary cell and that of the secondary
cell for DCH RAB admission.
For the HSDPA RAB
If the bearer type is the HSDPA RAB, the CAC algorithm combines the PBR-based admission control
with the load-based admission control. The RNC admits an HSDPA service if either PBR-based
admission or load-based admission succeeds.
PBR-based admission decisions
The downlink PBR is the effective downlink throughput on all UEs corresponding to an SPI
successfully sent by the NodeB. PBR is reported by the NodeB to the RNC periodically.
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The RNC performs PBR-based admission control only when the HSDPA PBR measurement switch is
turned on (HSDPA_PBR_MEAS under the NBMCacAlgoSwitch parameter is set to 1). If the sum of
PBRs of some UEs is larger than the sum of their GBRs multiplied by a certain factor, the RNC
decides that the QoS requirements of the cell are met. In this case, the RNC can admit new services.
PBR-based service admission succeeds if equation a (for streaming services) or equation b (for BE
services) is satisfied:
a.
b.

Where
PBRstrm is the provided bit rate of all existing streaming services.
Thdhsdpa-str is the admission threshold of the PBR-based decision for streaming services
(HsdpaStrmPBRThd).
PBRbe is the provided bit rate of all existing BE services.
Thdhsdpa-be is the admission threshold of the PBR-based decision for BE services
(HsdpaBePBRThd).
Load-based admission decisions
Load-based service admission succeeds only when both of the following criteria are met:
The sum of the HSDPA GBP load (
DL,GBP
DL
) is
lower than or equal to the threshold for the maximum available HSDPA power, which is equal to 1-10

(-HspaPower/10)
.
The sum of the TCP-based total downlink load (
DL,HSDPA-Total
new service (
DL
), or the sum of the HSDPA GBP-based total downlink load (
DL,GBP-Total
) and the
load increase caused by the new service (
DL
) is lower than or equal to the threshold for the total
downlink power of the cell (DlCellTotalThd).
Otherwise, load-based service admission fails.

threshold is 100%.
If the current cell supports DC-HSDPA, the total power of the DC-HSDPA cell group must be lower than
the sum of the downlink total power threshold of the primary cell and that of the secondary cell for
HSDPA RAB admission.

Conversational services in the PS domain carried on HSPA RABs can be considered as streaming services in admission
control.
For the DC-HSDPA RAB
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If the bearer type is the DC-HSDPA RAB, admission control is based on the power of the DC-HSDPA cell
group because the RAB is set up on both carriers.
The RNC admits DC-HSDPA RABs in the following situations:
PBR-based service admission in the DC-HSDPA cell group succeeds. PBR-based admission control
in the DC-HSDPA cell group is similar to that in the SC-HSDPA cell. The difference between them is
that users selected during an admission decision are DC-HSDPA users in the DC-HSDPA cell group,
not SC-HSDPA users.
Load-based service admission in the DC-HSDPA cell group succeeds. This means that the total
downlink load factor of the DC-HSDPA cell group is lower than the sum of the total downlink load
threshold of the primary cell and that of the secondary cell.
For HSUPA Control Channels
The power for downlink control channels (E-AGCH/E-RGCH/E-HICH) is specified by the
DlHSUPARsvdFactor parameter. Therefore, power-based admission control is not required on these
channels.
For MBMS
For details about MBMS, see the MBMS Feature Parameter Description.
There are two types of power-based admission decisions based on algorithm 2: uplink and downlink.
The ENU of MBMS downlink control channels (MICH and MCCH) is reserved. Therefore, power-based
admission is not performed on these channels.
The ENU of HSUPA downlink control channels (E-AGCH, E-RGCH, and E-HICH) is reserved by
DlHSUPARsvdFactor. Therefore, power-based admission is not performed on these channels.
Equivalent Number of Users
When the activation factor is 100%, a 12.2 kbit/s AMR service is defined as one ENU. The following
aspects are considered when the ENU is calculated:
Cell type (a typical urban cell or a suburban cell)
Traffic QoS, which is the Block Error Rate (BLER)
Target number of retransmissions
The activity factor of the traffic type, which can be set with the SET UADMCTRL command.
Table 3-2 describes the ENU references for some services in typical scenarios. Configurations in typical
scenarios are as follows:
The cell is a typical urban cell.
The target BLER of R99 users in the cell is 1%.
Target number of retransmissions:
10% for 2 ms TTI HSUPA users
1% for 10 ms TTI HSUPA users
Activation factors for different service types:
Activation factor SRB = 10%
Activation factor for AMR 12.2 kbit/s services = 50%
Activation factor for DCH PS services = 10%
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Activation factor HSPA PS services = 100%
Table 3-2 ENU references in the typical scenarios
Service ENU
Uplink for DCH Downlink for DCH HSDPA 2 ms TTI
HSUPA
10 ms TTI
HSUPA
3.4 kbit/s SIG 0.2847 0.0420 0.0279 0.3107 0.1369
13.6 kbit/s SIG 0.5057 0.1115 0.0738 0.36 0.1655
3.4 kbit/s + 12.2
kbit/s
0.8196 0.5420 - 2.0242 1.0869
3.4 kbit/s + 8 kbit/s
(PS)
0.7548 0.1044 0.545 3.5098 1.7611
(PS)
0.6500 0.1248 0.8749 3.8713 1.9786
(PS)
0.6228 0.2187 1.463 4.5856 2.4106
(PS)
0.7566 0.3252 2.5545 5.9806 3.2625
3.4 kbit/s + 128
kbit/s (PS)
0.9248 0.5926 4.6851 8.6430 4.9192
3.4 kbit/s + 144
kbit/s (PS)
1.0305 0.6615 5.2225 9.2279 5.2463
3.4 kbit/s + 256
kbit/s (PS)
1.4399 1.0489 9.1193 13.1063 7.4698
3.4 kbit/s + 384
kbit/s (PS)
2.1150 1.5523 13.9332 17.1227 9.8773

In Table 3-2,
HSDPA (3.4 kbit/s SIG or 13.6kbit/s SIG) indicates the ENU when SRB over HSDPA is used.
HSDPA (3.4 kbit/s + n kbit/s) indicates the ENU when SRB over DCH and TRB over HSDPA are used.
HSUPA (3.4 kbit/s SIG or 13.6kbit/s SIG) indicates the ENU when SRB over HSUPA is used.
HSUPA (3.4 kbit/s + n kbit/s) indicates the ENU when SRB over DCH and TRB over HSUPA are used.
Uplink ENU Resource Admission Decisions
In the uplink, ENU-based admission decisions are made based on the following load measurements:
Uplink total ENU load, which is represented by
UL,ENU

UL,ENU
= ENU
UL,Total
/ENU
UL,Max
+
UL,CCH
Where
ENU
UL,Total
is the sum of ENUs corresponding to the RABs in a cell.

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ENU
UL,Max
is the maximum ENU of a cell. It is set by the UlTotalEqUserNum parameter.

UL,CCH
is the reserved load on the uplink common channels. It is set by the UlCCHLoadFactor
parameter.

The total uplink load of ENU for preferential admission of R99 services, which is represented by
UL,R99Prefer-ENU
. When the GBR for HSUPA services is too high, the total uplink load of ENU may also
be too high, and therefore R99 service admission is difficult. In this case,
UL,R99Prefer-ENU
ensures that
R99 services are preferentially admitted. It is calculated using the following formula:
UL,R99Prefer-ENU
=
UL,DCH_ENU
+ Thd
HSUPAMaxGBP
Where

UL,DCH_ENU
is the ENU load of all DCH RABs in a cell. It is the ratio of the sum of ENUs for all DCH
RABs to the maximum ENU in a cell (UlTotalEqUserNum).

Where Thd
HSUPAMaxGBP
is the maximum guaranteed load threshold for HSUPA services when the
RNC makes an admission decision on an R99 service. It is set by the HsupaMaxGBPThd
parameter.
Upon receiving a service access request, the RNC makes the uplink ENU-based admission decision.
If a cell is in the OLC state triggered by the RTWP:
The system checks whether the uplink total ENU load (
UL,ENU
) of the cell is lower than
CellUlEquNumCapacity if the control RTWP anti-interference function switch
(RTWP_RESIST_DISTURB under the NBMCacAlgoSwitch parameter) is turned on. If it is lower
than CellUlEquNumCapacity, the RNC admits the service. Otherwise, the RNC rejects the access
request.
The RNC rejects the access request if the control RTWP anti-interference function is disabled.
If a cell is not in the OLC state, the RNC makes the uplink ENU-based admission decision. The
procedure is as follows:
1. The RNC estimates the ENU load (
UL,ENU
2. The RNC determines whether to admit the service.
If the bearer type is the DCH RAB, the RNC admits a service when the sum of the uplink total ENU
load (
UL,ENU
) and the ENU load increase caused by the new service (
UL,ENU
) is lower than or equal
to the corresponding admission threshold (UlNonCtrlThdForAMR, UlNonCtrlThdForNonAMR,
UlNonCtrlThdForOther, or UlNonCtrlThdForHo), or when the sum of the total uplink ENU load for
preferential admission of R99 services (
UL,R99Prefer-ENU
) and the ENU load increase caused by the
new service (
UL,ENU
) is lower than or equal to UlCellTotalThd. Otherwise, the RNC rejects the
access request.
If the bearer type is the HSUPA RAB, the RNC admits a service only when the sum of the uplink total
ENU load (
UL,ENU
) and the ENU load increase caused by the new service (
UL,ENU
) is lower than or
equal to the corresponding admission threshold (UlNonCtrlThdForAMR,
UlNonCtrlThdForNonAMR, UlNonCtrlThdForOther, or UlNonCtrlThdForHo). Otherwise, the
RNC rejects the access request.

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threshold is 100%.
Downlink ENU Resource Admission Decisions
In the downlink, ENU-based admission decisions are made based on the following load measurements:
Downlink total ENU load, which is represented by
DL,ENU

DL,ENU
= ENU
DL,Total
/ENU
DL,Max
+
DL,CCH
Where
ENU
DL,Total
is the sum of ENUs corresponding to the RABs in a cell.

ENU
DL,Max
is the maximum ENU of a cell. It is set by the DlTotalEqUserNum parameter.

DL,CCH
is the reserved load on the downlink common channels. It is set by the
DlCCHLoadRsrvCoeff parameter.
The total downlink load for preferential admission of R99 services, which is represented by
DL,R99Prefer-ENU
. When the GBR for HSDPA services is too high, the HSDPA GBP-based total downlink
load may also be too high, and therefore R99 service admission is difficult. In this case,
DL,R99Prefer-ENU

DL,R99Prefer-ENU
=
DL,DCH_ENU
+ Thd
HSDPAMaxGBP
Where

DL,DCH_ENU
is the ENU load of all DCH RABs in a cell. It is the ratio of the sum of ENUs for all DCH
RABs to the maximum ENU in a cell (DlTotalEqUserNum).

Thd
HSDPAMaxGBP
is the maximum guaranteed load threshold for HSDPA services when the RNC
makes an admission decision on an R99 service. It is set by the HsdpaMaxGBPThd parameter.
Upon receiving a service access request, the RNC makes the downlink ENU-based admission decision.
For non-DC-HSDPA RABs
The RNC estimates the ENU load (
DL,ENU
) of the service based on the initial admission rate, and
then makes the ENU-based admission decision.
For DCH RABs, if the sum of the downlink total ENU load (
DL,ENU
) and the ENU load increase
DL,ENU
(DlConvAMRThd, DlConvNonAMRThd, DlOtherThd or DlHOThd), or if the sum of the total
downlink load for preferential admission of R99 services (
DL,R99Prefer-ENU
DL,ENU
) is lower than or equal to DlCellTotalThd, the RNC admits the
service. Otherwise, the RNC rejects the access request.
For HSDPA RABs, if the sum of the downlink total ENU load (
DL,ENU
DL,ENU
(DlConvAMRThd, DlConvNonAMRThd, DlOtherThd or DlHOThd), the RNC admits the service.
Otherwise, the RNC rejects the access request.

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threshold is 100%.
For DC-HSDPA RABs
The admission succeeds when the total ENU of the DC-HSDPA cell group divided by the maximum
ENU of the DC-HSDPA cell group is lower than the sum of admission thresholds of the primary cell
and that of the secondary cell.
Algorithm 3 is similar to algorithm 1. The only difference is that the estimated load increase in algorithm 3
is always set to 0.
Based on the current cell load, the RNC determines whether the cell load exceeds the threshold, with the
estimated load increase set to 0. If the cell load exceeds the threshold, the RNC rejects the access
request. If not, the RNC admits the service.
3.4 CAC Based on NodeB Credit Resources
NodeB credit resource-based admission is optional for admission control. This admission mode takes
effect only when NODEB_CREDIT_CAC_SWITCH under the CacSwitch parameter and
CRD_ADCTRL under the NBMCacAlgoSwitch parameter are selected.
3.4.1 NodeB Credit Resources
The NodeB credit resource is a concept on the RNC side. It is referred to as the channel element (CE)
on the NodeB side.
CEs are used to measure the channel demodulation capability of NodeBs. CEs are classified into uplink
and downlink CEs.
One uplink CE needs to be consumed by an uplink 12.2 kbit/s voice service (SF = 64) plus 3.4 kbit/s
signaling traffic.
One downlink CE needs to be consumed by a downlink 12.2 kbit/s voice service (SF = 128) plus 3.4
kbit/s signaling traffic.
If only 3.4 kbit/s signaling traffic is carried on a DCH or HSPA channel, one CE is still needed.
CEs have been reserved for common and HSDPA-related channels.
For an R99 service, the RNC determines the number of CEs and NodeB credit resources that need to be
consumed based on the SF that matches the maximum bit rate (MBR) of the service, as shown in Table
3-3 and Table 3-4.
Table 3-3 uplink CE consumption of an R99 service
Direction Rate
(kbit/s)
SF 2RX 4RX
Number of CEs
Consumed
Corresponding
Credits Consumed
Number of CEs
Consumed
Corresponding
Credits Consumed
UL 3.4 256 1 2 2 4
13.6 64 1 2 2 4
8 64 1 2 2 4
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Direction Rate
(kbit/s)
SF 2RX 4RX
Number of CEs
Consumed
Corresponding
Credits Consumed
Number of CEs
Consumed
Corresponding
Credits Consumed
16 64 1 2 2 4
32 32 1.5 3 2 4
64 16 3 6 4 8
128 8 5 10 8 16
144 8 5 10 8 16
256 4 10 20 16 32
384 4 10 20 16 32

As listed in Table 3-3, the CE consumption at the rate of 3.4 kbit/s or 13.6kbit/s corresponds to the situation in which only
SRBs (without TRBs) are carried during an RRC connection. In other cases, if TRBs are also carried, CEs consumed are
also used for the SRBs that are transmitted at 3.4 kbit/s only.
Table 3-4 Downlink CE consumption of an R99 service
Direction Rate (kbit/s) SF Number of CEs
Consumed
Corresponding
Credits Consumed
DL 3.4 256 1 1
13.6 128 1 1
8 128 1 1
16 128 1 1
32 64 1 1
64 32 2 2
128 16 4 4
144 16 4 4
256 8 8 8
384 8 8 8

In 4RX scenarios, the downlink CE consumption is not affected.

For an HSUPA service, the RNC determines the number of CEs and NodeB credit resources that need
to be consumed based on the SF that matches the service rate. The RNC determines the SF based on a
certain rate in the following ways:
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If the UL enhanced L2 function is disabled and the NodeB indicates in a private information element
(IE) that dynamic CE resource management has been enabled in the cell, the RNC calculates the SF
based on the larger of the bit rate of one RLC PDU and the guaranteed bit rate (GBR).

If the UL enhanced L2 function is disabled, the RLC PDU size is fixed. The bit rate of one RLC PDU is determined by the
RLC PDU size and transmission time interval (TTI).
If the UL enhanced L2 function is enabled and the NodeB indicates in a private IE that dynamic CE
resource management has been enabled in the cell, the RNC calculates the SF based on the larger of
the bit rate of the smallest RLC PDU and the GBR.

If the UL enhanced L2 function is enabled, the RLC PDU size is flexible. The bit rate of the smallest RLC PDU is
determined by the minimum RLC PDU size and the TTI. The minimum RLC PDU size can be specified by the
RlcPduMaxSizeForUlL2Enhance parameter.

If the NodeB reports that dynamic CE resource management has been disabled, the RNC calculates
the SF based on the MBR.
If the NodeB does not report whether dynamic CE resource management has been enabled, the RNC
calculates the SF based on the value of the HsupaCeConsumeSelection parameter and whether the
UL enhanced L2 function is enabled.
If HsupaCeConsumeSelection is set to MBR, the RNC calculates the SF based on the MBR.
If HsupaCeConsumeSelection is set to GBR:
a. If the UL enhanced L2 function is disabled, the RNC calculates the SF based on the larger of the
bit rate of one RLC PDU and the GBR.
b. If the UL enhanced L2 function is enabled, the RNC calculates the SF based on the larger of the
bit rate of the smallest RLC PDU and the GBR.
After determining the SF, the RNC searches the CE consumption mapping listed in the following table for
the number of CEs that need to be consumed.
Table 3-5 CE consumption for an HSUPA service (10 ms TTI, SRB over DCH)
Direction Rate
(kbit/s)
SF >
minSF
Rate
(kbit/s)
SF =
minSF
SF 2RX 4RX
Number of
CEs
Consumed
Corresponding
Credits
Consumed
Number of
CEs
Consumed
Corresponding
Credits
Consumed
UL 32 64 32 1 2 2 4
64 128 16 2 4 4 8
128 256 8 4 8 8 16
608 608 4 8 16 16 32
1280 1280 2SF4 16 32 32 64
1800 1800 2SF2 32 64 64 128

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For an HSUPA service, if the SRB over DCH function is enabled, the signaling of the HSUPA service consumes an
additional CE.
As listed in Table 3-5, the rate in the SF = minSF column indicates the maximum typical rate supported by the
corresponding SF when an HSUPA service is admitted at the MBR, and the rate in the SF > minSF column indicates the
maximum typical rate supported by the corresponding SF when the HSUPA service is admitted at the max(one RLC
PDU bit rate, GBR). For example, if an HSUPA service is admitted at the MBR, the maximum typical rate supported by
SF4 is 608 kbit/s.
If a rate is not listed in the preceding table, the number of CEs consumed corresponds to the larger rate specified in the
table. For example, in 2RX scenarios, if an HSUPA service is admitted at the MBR of 384 kbit/s, the HSUPA service
matches SF4 and consumes 8 CEs and 16 credit resources, which corresponds to the MBR of 608 kbit/s.
Table 3-6 CE consumption for an HSUPA service (2 ms TTI, SRB over DCH)
Direction Rate
(kbit/s)
SF >
minSF
Rate
(kbit/s)
SF =
minSF
SF 2RX 4RX
Number of
CEs
Consumed
Corresponding
Credits
Consumed
Number of
CEs
Consumed
Corresponding
Credits
Consumed
UL 608 608 4 8 16 16 32
1280 1280 2SF4 16 32 32 64
2720 2720 2SF2 32 64 64 128

Table 3-7 CE consumption for an HSUPA service (10 ms TTI, SRB over HSUPA)
Direction Rate
(kbit/s)
SF >
minSF
Rate
(kbit/s)
SF =
minSF
SF 2RX 4RX
Number of
CEs
Consumed
Corresponding
Credits
Consumed
Number of
CEs
Consumed
Correspon
ding
Credits
Consumed
UL NA 64 32 1 2 2 4
32 128 16 2 4 4 8
128 256 8 4 8 8 16
608 608 4 8 16 16 32
1280 1280 2SF4 16 32 32 64
1800 1800 2SF2 32 64 64 128

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Table 3-8 CE consumption for an HSUPA service (2 ms TTI, SRB over HSUPA)
Direction Rate (kbit/s)
SF > minSF
Rate
(kbit/s)
SF =
minSF
SF 2RX 4RX
Number of
CEs
Consumed
Corresponding
Credits
Consumed
Number of
CEs
Consumed
Corresponding
Credits
Consumed
UL 608 608 4 8 16 16 32
1280 1280 2SF4 16 32 32 64
2720 2720 2SF2 32 64 64 128
5760 5760 2SF2+2SF4 48 96 64 128

The CE consumption rules in Table 3-5, Table 3-6, Table 3-7 and Table 3-8 are only applicable to WBBPb and WBBPd in
3900 serial base station.
NodeB credit resource-based admission is implemented at NodeB level, local cell group (LCG) level (if
any), and local cell (LC) level. Cells in an LCG share the CEs of the LCG in the uplink. The NodeB sends
the RNC an audit response message, reporting the CE capability of the three levels. The NodeB
considers physical and licensed CEs when reporting the CE capability to the RNC.
The NodeB-level CEs are the licensed CEs supported by the NodeB.
In the uplink, the number of LCG-level CEs are the smaller one between the number of LCG-level
physical CEs and the number of NodeB-level licensed CEs. In the downlink, the number of LCG-level
CEs are the sum of downlink CEs on all boards of the LCG.
In the uplink, the LC-level CEs are the physical CEs of the uplink resource group to which the cell
belongs. In the downlink, the LC-level CEs are the physical CEs of the baseband processing board to
which the cell belongs.
The relationship between NodeB credit resources and CEs is as follows:
In the uplink, the quantity of NodeB credit resources is twice that of CEs.
In the downlink, the quantity of NodeB credit resources equals that of CEs.
The RNC calculates the remaining NodeB credit resources based on the reported CE capability,
relationship between NodeB credit resources and CEs, and the CE consumption rule. The RNC
implements admission control based on the calculation result. Uplink and downlink CEs are independent
from each other. Therefore, NodeB credit resource-based admission is implemented separately in the
uplink and downlink.
3.4.2 NodeB Credit Resource-based Admission Decisions
In NodeB credit resource-based admission, the admission criteria vary with the service request.

NodeB credit resource-based admission is not required for common and HSDPA-related channels because CEs have
been reserved for these channels.
RRC Connection Setup Requests
For an RRC connection setup request, NodeB credit resource-based admission is implemented as
follows:
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set to 0, NodeB credit resource-based admission succeeds if the available credit resources of the local
cell, local cell group (if any), and NodeB are sufficient for setting up an RRC connection.
set to 1, the RNC implements NodeB credit resource-based admission based on the cause carried in
the RRC connection setup request:
If the cause is "Emergency Call" or "Detach", NodeB credit resource-based admission succeeds if
the available credit resources are sufficient.
For any other cause, the RNC must ensure that the available credit resources of the local cell, local
cell group (if any), and NodeB exceed the reserved credit resources upon admitting an RRC
connection setup request. The reserved credit resources are calculated using SF which is specified
by RSVDBIT12 under the RsvdPara1 parameter in the ADD UCELLALGOSWITCH command.
a. If RSVDBIT12 under the RsvdPara1 parameter is set to 0, SF64 is used for the uplink and SF128
is used for the downlink.
b. If RSVDBIT12 under the RsvdPara1 parameter is set to 1, SF16 is used for the uplink and SF32 is
used for the downlink.
Handover Service Requests
For a handover service request, NodeB credit resource-based admission succeeds if the available credit
resources of the local cell, local cell group (if any), and NodeB are sufficient for the service to be
admitted.
PS Service/CS Service (Non-AMR Service) Requests
For PS or CS service (non-AMR service) requests, the RNC must ensure that the available credit
resources of the local cell, local cell group (if any), and NodeB exceed the reserved credit resources
upon admitting a new service request. The reserved credit resources are calculated using SF which is
specified by the UlHoCeResvSf (for the uplink) or DlHoCeCodeResvSf (for the downlink) parameter.
AMR Service Requests
For AMR service requests,
set to 0, the RNC must ensure that the available credit resources of the local cell, local cell group (if
any), and NodeB exceed the reserved credit resources upon admitting a new service. The reserved
credit resources are calculated using SF which is specified by the UlHoCeResvSf (for the uplink) or
DlHoCeCodeResvSf (for the downlink) parameter.
set to 1, NodeB credit resource-based admission succeeds if the available credit resources of the local
cell, local cell group (if any), and NodeB are sufficient for the service to be admitted.
3.5 CAC Based on Iub Resources
Iub resource-based admission control is mandatory when a new service attempts to access the network.
For details about resource-based admission at the transport layer over the Iub interface, see the
Transmission Resource Management Feature Parameter Description.
3.6 CAC Based on the Number of HSPA Users
3.6.1 CAC for HSDPA Users
HSDPA admission control is based on the number of HSDPA users.
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When a new HSDPA service attempts to access the network, the algorithm admits the service if the
following conditions are met:
The number of HSDPA users in the cell does not exceed the maximum value specified by the
MaxHsdpaUserNum parameter.
The number of HSDPA users in the cell does not exceed the licensed number of users.
The number of HSDPA users in NodeB does not exceed the maximum value specified by the
NodeBHsdpaMaxUserNum parameter.
Otherwise, the HSDPA service performs Directed Retry Decision (DRD) to access one of the cells that
support blind handovers. If none of these cells can be accessed, the HSDPA service is degraded to an
R99 service and then attempts to access a cell. For details about DRD, see the Directed Retry Decision
3.6.2 CAC for HSUPA Users
HSUPA admission control is based on the number of HSUPA users.
When a new HSUPA service attempts to access the network, the algorithm admits the service if the
following conditions are met:
The number of HSUPA users in the cell does not exceed the maximum value specified by the
MaxHsupaUserNum parameter.
The number of HSDPA users in the cell does not exceed the licensed number of users.
The number of HSUPA users in NodeB does not exceed the maximum value specified by the
NodeBHsupaMaxUserNum parameter.
Otherwise, the HSUPA service performs Directed Retry Decision (DRD) to access one of the cells that
support blind handovers. If none of these cells can be accessed, the HSUPA service is degraded to an
R99 service and then attempts to access a cell. For details about DRD, see the Directed Retry Decision
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4 Parameters
Table 4-1 Parameter description
Parameter ID NE MML Command Description
BackgroundNois
e
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
Meaning: If [Auto-Adaptive Background Noise Update
Switch] is set to OFF, it is used to set background noise
of the cell. If [Auto-Adaptive Background Noise Update
Switch] is set to ON, new background noise is restricted
by this parameter and "BgnAbnormalThd". For detailed
information of this parameter, refer to the 3GPP TS
25.133.

GUI Value Range: 0~621
Actual Value Range: -112~-50, step:0.1
Unit: dBm
Default Value: 61
CacSwitch BSC69
00
SET
UCACALGOSWITCH(
Optional)
Meaning: The parameter values are described as
follows:
NODEB_CREDIT_CAC_SWITCH: The system performs
CAC based on the usage state of NodeB credit. When
the NodeB's credit is not enough, the system rejects new
access requests.

GUI Value Range:
NODEB_CREDIT_CAC_SWITCH(NodeB Credit CAC
Switch)
Actual Value Range: NODEB_CREDIT_CAC_SWITCH
Unit: None
Default Value: None
CellUlEquNumC
apacity
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
Meaning: Used to check whether the number of
equivalent users is overlarge in a cell. If the rate of
equivalent users to total equivalent users allowed in the
cell is greater than this parameter, the number of
equivalent users will be judged as overlarge, Otherwise
the number of equivalent users will not be judged as
overlarge. If the number of equivalent users is not
overlarge, and the switch of RTWP anti-interference
algorithm is enabled, the RTWP anti-interference
algorithm is validated. Admission requests will be
accepted even when the RTWP value is great, and
related OLC operations will be cancelled.

Actual Value Range: 0~1, step:0.01
Unit: %
Default Value: 40
DlCCHLoadRsrv
Coeff
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
Meaning: Different admission policies are used for
dedicated channel and common channel users. For
common channel users, resources instead of separate
power admission decision are reserved. For dedicated
channel users, according to the current load factor and
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the characteristics of the new call, the CAC algorithm
predicts the new TX power with the assumption of
admitting the new call, then plus with the premeditated
common channel DL load factor to get the predicted DL
load factor. Then, compare it with the DL admission
threshold. If the value is not higher than the threshold,
the call is admitted; otherwise, rejected.

Unit: %
Default Value: 0
DlConvAMRThd BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
Meaning: The percentage of the conversational AMR
service threshold to the 100% downlink load. It is
applicable to algorithm 1 and algorithm 2. The
parameter is used for controlling the AMR service
admission. That is, when an AMR service is accessing,
the RNC evaluates the measurement value of the
downlink load after the service is accessed. If the DL
load of a cell is higher than this threshold after the
access of an AMR speech service, this service will be
rejected. If the DL load of a cell will not be higher than
this threshold, this service will be admitted.
The DL load factor thresholds include parameters of [DL
threshold of Conv AMR service], [DL threshold of Conv
non_AMR service], [DL handover access threshold] and
[DL threshold of other services]. The four parameters
can be used to limit the proportion between the
conversational service, handover user and other
services in a specific cell, and to guarantee the access
priority of the conversational AMR service.

Unit: %
Default Value: 80
DlConvNonAMR
Thd
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
Meaning: The percentage of the conversational
non-AMR service threshold to the 100% downlink load.
It is applicable to algorithm 1 and algorithm 2. The
parameter is used for controlling the non-AMR service
admission. That is, when a non-AMR service is
accessing, the RNC evaluates the measurement value
of the downlink load after the service is accessed. If the
DL load of a cell is higher than this threshold after the
access of a non-AMR speech service, this service will be
rejected. If the DL load of a cell will not be higher than
this threshold, this service will be admitted.
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priority of the conversational non-AMR service.

Unit: %
Default Value: 80
DlHOThd BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
Meaning: The percentage of the handover service
admission threshold to the 100% downlink load. It is
applicable to algorithm 1 and algorithm 2. The
parameter is used for controlling the handover
admission. That is, when a service is handing over to a
cell, the RNC evaluates the measurement value of the
downlink load after the service is accessed. If the DL
load of a cell is higher than this threshold after the
access, this service will be rejected. If the DL load of a
cell will not be higher than this threshold, this service will
be admitted.

Unit: %
Default Value: 85
DlHSUPARsvdF
actor
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
Meaning: Reserved DL power factor for HSUPA user.
The higher the value is, the more resources reserved for
the HSUPA control channel, which leads to resource
waste. If the value is too low, HSUPA user quality may
be impacted.

Unit: %
Default Value: 0
DlHoCeCodeRe
svSf
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
Meaning: Some cell resources can be reserved for
handover UEs to guarantee handover success rate and
improve access priority of handover services. This
parameter defines the quantity of downlink code and CE
resources reserved for handover. SFOFF refers to that
no resources is reserved. SF32 refers to that a code
resource with SF = 32 and its corresponding credit
resource are reserved.

GUI Value Range: SF4(SF4), SF8(SF8), SF16(SF16),
SF32(SF32), SF64(SF64), SF128(SF128),
SF256(SF256), SFOFF(SFOFF)
Actual Value Range: SF4, SF8, SF16, SF32, SF64,
SF128, SF256, SFOFF
Unit: None
Default Value: SF32
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DlOlcTrigThd BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLLDM(Optional)
MOD
UCELLLDM(Optional)
Meaning: If the ratio of DL load of the cell to the downlink
capacity is not lower than this threshold, the DL overload
and congestion control function of the cell is triggered.
The value of the OLC release threshold should not be
much lower than or close to the OLC trigger threshold,
or the system state may have a ping-pong effect. The
recommended difference between the OLC release
threshold and the OLC trigger threshold is higher than
10%. It is desirable to set the two parameters a bit
higher given that the difference between OLC trigger
threshold and OLC release threshold is fixed.

Unit: %
Default Value: 95
DlOtherThd BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
Meaning: The percentage of other service thresholds to
the 100% downlink load. The services refer to other
admissions except the conversational AMR service,
conversational non-AMR service, and handover
scenarios. It is applicable to algorithm 1 and algorithm 2.
The parameter is used for controlling other service
admissions. That is, when a service is accessing, the
RNC evaluates the measurement value of the downlink
load after the service is accessed. If the DL load of a cell
is higher than this threshold after the access of a
service, this service will be rejected. If the DL load of a
be admitted.
priority of other services.

Unit: %
Default Value: 75
HsdpaBePBRTh
d
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
Meaning: Average throughput admission threshold of
the HSDPA best effort traffic. If the sum of PBR of all the
accessed HSDPA BE users is lower than the average
throughput admission threshold of the HSDPA BE
service multiplied by the sum of GBR of all the accessed
HSDPA BE users, it indicates that the QoS of the
accessed users cannot be satisfied and new HSDPA BE
services are not allowed. Otherwise, the QoS can be
satisfied and new HSDPA BE services are allowed.

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Unit: %
Default Value: 30
HsdpaMaxGBP
Thd
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
Meaning: Threshold of the maximum guaranteed power
for HSDPA users. This threshold limits the power that
can be used by HSDPA users. Thus, some power
resources are reserved for DCH users to ensure their
network access.

Unit: %
Default Value: 100
HsdpaStrmPBR
Thd
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
Meaning: Average throughput admission threshold of
the HSDPA streaming service. If the sum of PBR of all
the accessed streaming users is lower than the average
throughput admission threshold of the HSDPA
streaming service multiplied by the sum of GBR of all the
accessed streaming users, it indicates that the QoS of
the accessed users cannot be satisfied and new HSDPA
streaming services are not allowed. Otherwise, the QoS
can be satisfied and new HSDPA streaming services are
allowed.

Unit: %
Default Value: 70
HspaPower BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLHSDPA(Option
al)
MOD
UCELLHSDPA(Option
al)
Meaning: This parameter specifies the offset between
the total HSPA power and the maximum transmission
power of a cell. The total HSPA power is the maximum
value of HSPA dynamical power can be adjusted. For
details about this parameter, refer to 3GPP TS 25.308.

GUI Value Range: -500~0
Actual Value Range: -50~0, step:0.1
Unit: dB
Default Value: 0
HsupaEqualPrio
rityUserPBRThd
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
Meaning: Threshold of all the HSUPA user PBR whose
schedule priority is the same as that of users to be
admitted.

Unit: %
Default Value: 100
HsupaHighPriori
tyUserPBRThd
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
schedule priority is higher than that of users to be
admitted.
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UCELLCAC(Optional)
Unit: %
Default Value: 100
HsupaLowPriorit
yUserPBRThd
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
schedule priority is lower than that of users to be
admitted.

Unit: %
Default Value: 100
HsupaMaxGBP
Thd
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
Meaning: Threshold of the maximum guaranteed power
for HSUPA users. This threshold limits the power that
can be used by HSUPA users. Thus, some power
resources are reserved for DCH users to ensure their
network access.

Unit: %
Default Value: 100
MaxTxPower BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLSETUP(Option
al)
ADD
UCELLQUICKSETUP
(Optional)
MOD
UCELL(Optional)
Meaning: Sum of the maximum transmit power of all DL
channels in a cell. For detailed information of this
parameter, refer to 3GPP TS 25.433.

Actual Value Range: 0~50, step: 0.1
Unit: dBm
Default Value: 430
NBMCacAlgoSw
itch
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLALGOSWITCH
(Optional)
MOD
UCELLALGOSWITCH
(Optional)
Meaning: 1. CRD_ADCTRL: Control Cell Credit
admission control algorithm. Only when
NODEB_CREDIT_CAC_SWITCH which is set by the
SET UCACALGOSWITCH command and this switch are
on,the Cell Credit admission control algorithm is valid.
2. HSDPA_UU_ADCTRL: Control HSDPA UU Load
admission control algorithm.This swtich does not work
when uplink is beared on HSUPA and downlink is
beared on HSDPA.
3. HSUPA_UU_ADCTRL: Control HSUPA UU Load
admission control algorithm. This switch does not work
when uplink is beared on HSUPA and downlink is
beared on HSDPA.
4. MBMS_UU_ADCTRL: Control MBMS UU Load
admission control algorithm.
5. HSDPA_GBP_MEAS: Control HSDPA HS-DSCH
Required Power measurement.Cell Performance
Monitoring will get the measurement data after the
measurement control information is configured enabled.
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6. HSDPA_PBR_MEAS: Control HSDPA HS-DSCH
Provided Bit Rate measurement.Cell Performance
Monitoring will get the measurement data after the
measurement control information is configured enabled.
7. HSUPA_PBR_MEAS: Control HSUPA Provided Bit
Rate measurement.Cell Performance Monitoring will get
the measurement data after the measurement control
information is configured enabled.
8. HSUPA_EDCH_RSEPS_MEAS: Control HSUPA
Provided Received Scheduled EDCH Power Share
measurement.
9. EMC_UU_ADCTRL: Control power admission for
emergency user.
10. RTWP_RESIST_DISTURB: Control algorithm of
resisting disturb when RTWP is abnormal.
11. FACH_UU_ADCTRL: Admission control switch for
the FACH on the Uu interface. This switch determines
whether to admit a user in the RRC state on the
CELL_FACH. 1) If this switch is enabled: if the current
cell is congested due to overload, and the users are with
RAB connection requests or RRC connection
requests(except the cause of ""Detach"",
""Registration"", or ""Emergency Call""), the users will be
rejected. Otherwise FACH user admission procedure is
initiated. A user can access the cell after the procedure
succeeds. 2) If this switch is disabled: FACH user
admission procedure is initiated without the
consideration of cell state.
12. MIMOCELL_LEGACYHSDPA_ADCTRL: Legacy
HSDPA admission control algorithm in MIMO cell.
13. FAST_DORMANCY_ADCTRL: Whether to enable
or disable state transition of users in the CELL-DCH
state, who are enabled with fast dormancy, to ease
FACH congestion in a cell. If this switch is turned off in a
cell, state transition of such users is disabled. Note that
when this switch is turned off in multiple cells under an
BSC6900, signaling storm may occur. As a result, the
CPU usage of the BSC6900, NodeB, and SGSN
increases greatly, leading to service setup failure. The
Cell-Oriented EFD function corresponding to this switch
has been removed from RAN13, so that this switch is
now invalid.
14. If switches above are selected, the corresponding
algorithms will be enabled;otherwise, disabled.

GUI Value Range: CRD_ADCTRL(Credit Admission
Control Algorithm), HSDPA_UU_ADCTRL(HSDPA UU
Load Admission Control Algorithm),
HSUPA_UU_ADCTRL(HSUPA UU Load Admission
Control Algorithm), MBMS_UU_ADCTRL(MBMS UU
Load Admission Control Algorithm),
HSDPA_GBP_MEAS(HSDPA GBP Meas Algorithm),
HSDPA_PBR_MEAS(HSDPA PBR Meas Algorithm),
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HSUPA_PBR_MEAS(HSUPA PBR Meas Algorithm),
HSUPA_EDCH_RSEPS_MEAS(HSUPA EDCH RSEPS
Meas Algorithm), EMC_UU_ADCTRL(emergency call
power admission), RTWP_RESIST_DISTURB(RTWP
Resist Disturb Switch), FACH_UU_ADCTRL(FACH
power cac switch),
MIMOCELL_LEGACYHSDPA_ADCTRL(Legacy
HSDPA Admission Control Algorithm in MIMO Cell),
FAST_DORMANCY_ADCTRL(Fast Dormancy User
Admission Control Algorithm)
Actual Value Range: CRD_ADCTRL,
HSDPA_UU_ADCTRL, HSUPA_UU_ADCTRL,
MBMS_UU_ADCTRL, HSDPA_GBP_MEAS,
HSDPA_PBR_MEAS, HSUPA_PBR_MEAS,
HSUPA_EDCH_RSEPS_MEAS, EMC_UU_ADCTRL,
RTWP_RESIST_DISTURB, FACH_UU_ADCTRL,
MIMOCELL_LEGACYHSDPA_ADCTRL,
FAST_DORMANCY_ADCTRL
Unit: None
Default Value: None
NBMDlCacAlgo
SelSwitch
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLALGOSWITCH
(Mandatory)
MOD
UCELLALGOSWITCH
(Optional)
Meaning: The algorithms with the above values
represent are as follow:
ALGORITHM_OFF: Disable downlink call admission
control algorithm.
ALGORITHM_FIRST: The load factor prediction
algorithm will be used in downlink CAC.
ALGORITHM_SECOND: The equivalent user number
ALGORITHM_THIRD: The loose call admission control

GUI Value Range: ALGORITHM_OFF,
ALGORITHM_FIRST, ALGORITHM_SECOND,
ALGORITHM_THIRD
Actual Value Range: ALGORITHM_OFF,
ALGORITHM_THIRD
Unit: None
Default Value: None
NBMLdcAlgoSw
itch
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLALGOSWITCH
(Optional)
MOD
UCELLALGOSWITCH
(Optional)
INTRA_FREQUENCY_LDB: Intra-frequency load
balance algorithm. It is also named cell breathing
algorithm.Based on the cell load, this algorithm changes
the pilot power of the cell to control the load between
intra-frequency cells.
PUC: Potential user control algorithm. Based on the cell
load, this algorithm changes the selection/reselection
parameters of a cell to lead the UE to a lighter loaded
cell.
UL_UU_OLC: UL UU overload congestion control
algorithm. When the cell is overloaded in UL, this
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algorithm reduces the cell load in UL by quick TF
restriction or UE release.
DL_UU_OLC: DL UU overload congestion control
algorithm. When the cell is overloaded in DL, this
algorithm reduces the cell load in DL by quick TF
restriction or UE release.
UL_UU_LDR: UL UU load reshuffling algorithm. When
the cell is heavily loaded in UL, this algorithm reduces
the cell load in UL by using inter-frequency load
handover, BE service rate reduction, uncontrollable
real-time service QoS renegotiation, CS should be
inter-RAT, PS should be inter-RAT handover, CS should
not be inter-RATand, PS should not be inter-RAT
handover and AMR service rate reduction.
DL_UU_LDR: DL UU load reshuffling algorithm. When
the cell is heavily loaded in DL, this algorithm reduces
the cell load in DL by using inter-frequency load
handover, BE service rate reduction, uncontrollable
real-time service QoS renegotiation, CS should be
inter-RAT, PS should be inter-RAT handover, CS should
not be inter-RATand, PS should not be inter-RAT
handover, AMR service rate reduction and MBMS
service power decrease.
OLC_EVENTMEAS: Control OLC event measurement.
This algorithm starts the OLC event measurement.
CELL_CODE_LDR: Code reshuffling algorithm. When
the cell CODE is heavily loaded, this algorithm reduces
the cell CODE load by using BE service rate reduction
and code tree reshuffling.
CELL_CREDIT_LDR:Credit reshuffling algorithm. When
the cell credit is heavily loaded, this algorithm reduces
the credit load of the cell by using BE service rate
reduction, uncontrollable real-time service QoS
renegotiation, CS should be inter-RAT, PS should be
inter-RAT handover, CS should not be inter-RATand
and PS should not be inter-RAT handover.
If INTRA_FREQUENCY_LDB, PUC, ULOLC, DLOLC,
ULLDR, UDLLDR, OLC_EVENTMEAS,
CELL_CODE_LDR and CELL_CREDIT_LDR are
selected, the corresponding algorithms will be enabled;
otherwise, disabled.

GUI Value Range: INTRA_FREQUENCY_LDB(Intra
Frequency LDB Algorithm), PUC(Potential User Control
Algorithm), UL_UU_LDR(Uplink UU LDR Algorithm),
DL_UU_LDR(Downlink UU LDR Algorithm),
UL_UU_OLC(Uplink UU OLC Algorithm),
DL_UU_OLC(Downlink UU OLC Algorithm),
OLC_EVENTMEAS(OLC Event Meas Algorithm),
CELL_CODE_LDR(Code LDR Algorithm),
CELL_CREDIT_LDR(Credit LDR Algorithm)
Actual Value Range: INTRA_FREQUENCY_LDB, PUC,
UL_UU_LDR, DL_UU_LDR, UL_UU_OLC,
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DL_UU_OLC, OLC_EVENTMEAS, CELL_CODE_LDR,
CELL_CREDIT_LDR
Unit: None
Default Value: None
NBMUlCacAlgo
SelSwitch
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLALGOSWITCH
(Mandatory)
MOD
UCELLALGOSWITCH
(Optional)
ALGORITHM_OFF: Disable uplink call admission
control algorithm.
ALGORITHM_FIRST: The load factor prediction
algorithm will be used in uplink CAC.
ALGORITHM_SECOND: The equivalent user number
ALGORITHM_THIRD: The loose call admission control

GUI Value Range: ALGORITHM_OFF,
ALGORITHM_THIRD
Actual Value Range: ALGORITHM_OFF,
ALGORITHM_THIRD
Unit: None
Default Value: None
UlCCHLoadFact
or
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
Meaning: The admission control decision is only for
dedicated channels. For common channels, some
resources instead of a special admission procedure are
reserved.
In the UL, according to the current load factor and the
characteristics of the new call, the UL CAC algorithm
predicts the new traffic channels load factor with the
assumption of admitting the new call, then plus with the
premeditated common channel UL load factor to get the
predicted UL load factor. Then, compare it with the UL
admission threshold. If the value is not higher than the
threshold, the call is admitted; otherwise, rejected.

Unit: %
Default Value: 0
UlHsDpcchRsvd
Factor
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
Meaning: If the HS-DPCCH carries ACK/NACK, the
system will not perform CAC. If the HS-DPCCH carries
CQI, the system will perform CAC. This parameter refers
to the resources reserved for the uplink HS-DPCCH
carrying ACK/NACK. The corresponding threshold is the
uplink limit capacity multiplied by this parameter.

Unit: %
Default Value: 0
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UlNonCtrlThdFo
rAMR
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
Meaning: The percentage of the conversational AMR
service threshold to the 100% uplink load. It is applicable
to algorithm 1 and algorithm 2. The parameter is used
for controlling the AMR service admission. That is, when
a AMR service is accessing, the RNC evaluates the
measurement value of the uplink load after the service is
accessed. If the UL load of a cell is higher than this
threshold after the access of a AMR speech service, this
service will be rejected. If the UL load of a cell will not be
higher than this threshold, this service will be admitted.
The UL load factor thresholds include parameters of [UL
threshold of Conv AMR service], [UL threshold of Conv
non_AMR service], [UL handover access threshold] and
[UL threshold of other services]. The four parameters
priority of the conversational AMR service.

Unit: %
Default Value: 75
UlNonCtrlThdFo
rOther
BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
MOD
UCELLCAC(Optional)
Meaning: The percentage of other service thresholds to
the 100% uplink load. The services refer to other
admissions except the conversational AMR service,
conversational non-AMR service, and handover
scenarios. It is applicable to algorithm 1 and algorithm 2.
The parameter is used for controlling other service
admissions. That is, when a service is accessing, the
RNC evaluates the measurement value of the uplink
load after the service is accessed. If the UL load of a cell
is higher than this threshold after the access of a
service, this service will be rejected. If the UL load of a
be admitted.
The UL load factor thresholds include parameters of [UL
threshold of Conv AMR service], [UL threshold of Conv
non_AMR service], [UL handover access threshold] and
[UL threshold of other services]. The four parameters
priority of other services.

Unit: %
Default Value: 60
UlOlcTrigThd BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLLDM(Optional)
MOD
Meaning: If the ratio of UL load of the cell to the uplink
capacity is not lower than this threshold, the UL overload
and congestion control function of the cell is triggered.
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UCELLLDM(Optional) The value of the OLC release threshold should not be
much lower than or close to the OLC trigger threshold,
or the system state may have a ping-pong effect. The
recommended difference between the OLC release
threshold and the OLC trigger threshold is higher than
10%. It is desirable to set the two parameters a bit
higher given that the difference between OLC trigger
threshold and OLC release threshold is fixed.

Unit: %
Default Value: 95
RlcPduMaxSize
ForUlL2Enhanc
e
BSC69
00
SET UFRC(Optional) Meaning: This parameter specifies the maximum RLC
PDU size when the UE is in CELL_DCH state and UL
Layer 2 Enhanced is enabled.

Actual Value Range: 4~402
Unit: byte
Default Value: 302
HsupaCeConsu
meSelection
BSC69
00
ADD
UNODEBALGOPARA
(Optional)
MOD
UNODEBALGOPARA
(Optional)
Meaning: When the dynamic CE algorithm on NodeB is
applied, the CE consumption of HSUPA UE is based on
the GBR. When the dynamic CE algorithm on NodeB is
not applied, the CE consumption of HSUPA UE is based
on the MBR. If the CE consumption of HSUPA UE is
based on the GBR, the CE LDR will not select HSUPA
users to do data rate reduction. If the CE consumption of
HSUPA UE is based on the MBR,the CE LDR will select
HSUPA users to do data rate reduction on condition that
the HSUPA DCCC switch is ON.

GUI Value Range: MBR, GBR
Actual Value Range: MBR, GBR
Unit: None
Default Value: MBR
RsvdPara1 BSC69
00
ADD
UCELLALGOSWITCH
(Optional)
MOD
UCELLALGOSWITCH
(Optional)
RSVDBIT1~RSVDBIT16:Reserved Switch.

GUI Value Range: RSVDBIT1(Reserved Switch 1),
RSVDBIT2(Reserved Switch 2), RSVDBIT3(Reserved
Switch 3), RSVDBIT4(Reserved Switch 4),
RSVDBIT11(Reserved Switch 11),
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RSVDBIT16(Reserved Switch 16)
Actual Value Range: RSVDBIT1, RSVDBIT2,
RSVDBIT3, RSVDBIT4, RSVDBIT5, RSVDBIT6,
RSVDBIT15, RSVDBIT16
Unit: None
Default Value: None

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Call Admission Control 5 Counters

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5 Counters
For details, see the BSC6900 UMTS Performance Counter Reference.
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Call Admission Control 6 Glossary

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6 Glossary
For the acronyms, abbreviations, terms, and definitions, see the Glossary.
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Call Admission Control 7 Reference Documents

7-1

7 Reference Documents
[1] Load Control Feature Parameter Description
[2] HSDPA Feature Parameter Description
[3] Transmission Resource Management Feature Parameter Description
[4] Radio Bearers Feature Parameter Description
[5] MBMS Feature Parameter Description

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