3G Six Sector

Guidelines & Trial Results

RADIO NETWORK PLANNING

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2012

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 Background
Increasing HSDPA traffic demand
Broadband traffic are mostly indoor (residential)
HSPA need high power to guarantee good throughput in situation of indoor
traffic, weak propagation. The higher HSPA traffic the higher PA utilization
WCDMA third carrier is not available yet to distribute the high traffic

Objectives
Reduce High Power Utilization
Reduce High Code Utilization
Improve uplink RTWP
Improved HSDPA payload and HSDPA user Throughput performance
Increase number of HSDPA user
Increase coverage and indoor penetration

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 Global Policy
WCDMA 6 sectors should be recommended after implementation of PA upgrade up to 40
watt/carrier & RRU on tower
WCDMA 6 sectors should be recommended after WCDMA 6 sectors as temporary solution to
solve the high PA utilization before WCDMA third carrier is available.
6 sectors might be fall back to normal 3 sectors with carrier 3/3/3 by re-deploying the RU to new
sites (only if utilization prediction for 3/3/3/3/3/3 is low)
Due to required neighbor re-definition and addition , it is not recommended to be implemented in
Close site to site distance area (< 500 m)
Many in-building sites area

Criteria for Site Selection

PA installed already maximum
Average Total Power > 80%
Average HSDPA Power > 40%
HSDPA user number per cell > 25 user
Do not cover highway with distance more than 500m
Distance between another six sector site should be more or equal to 4 layer neighbors
Possible Coverage Objective Area :
Residential
Campus
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 Antenna Selection
Antenna Specifications Value
Frequency Band, MHz WCDMA
Dual Beam Antenna
Horizontal Beamwidth, deg 38
Vertical Beamwidth, deg 7
Variable Electrical Tilt Capable
Electrical tilt range, deg 0 10
Antenna Gain, dBi >19
Number of Ports 4
Polarization Cross Polar
VSWR < 1.5
Upper Side Lobe Suppression, dB > 20
Intermodulation, dBc < 150
Isolation between port > 30

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 Bi-Sector Array 6-Sector
The Bi-Sector Array 6-Sector Approach
The Bi-Sector Array, has been optimized to fit into the existing coverage
area of 3-sector sites and presents a unique upgrade strategy to 6-sectors.
The asymmetrical beams preserve the composite coverage requirement of
the original 65 area by virtue of slow roll off of the outer edges of each of
the two beams. The inner contours of the beams, however, have been
created to minimize interference, together with the low side lobes and high
front-to-back ratio. The Bi-Sector Array uses advanced phased array
technology to produce both the left and right beam from a single antenna
with 45 polarizations producing a two-in-one package

The unique shape of the BSA allows for a single sector to be upgraded without requiring any changes to
surrounding sites: the BSA matches the existing coverage without changes to other sites. Expanding the
BSA to all 6-sector sites results in a more efficient upgrade strategy for W-CDMA networks with the BSA
offering the following advantages:
No increase in the number of antennas required: a minimum of three BSAs are required for a 6-sector
site
No change in the antenna mounting requirements: the BSA directly replaces the existing antennas and
reuses these mounts
No change in the lease requirements of the site or the need for re-approval of the site
No change to the surrounding sites reducing the optimization requirements and costs
Ability to upgrade single sector or multiple sectors as traffic demands

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 Concept
Existing Operators Avoiding New Capacity Sites

The Bi-Sector Array can be used to boost capacity of existing sites that have reached maximum traffic
carrying capability. For such sites the traditional approach is to build one or more new sites in the area and
reduce the coverage area of the original site using increased antenna tilts or power reductions. Building
new traffic sites is very expensive and time consuming and leads to an increase in the cost of running the
networks (OPEX) with continuously increasing site rental and associated back-haul requirements.
Expanding a site to 6-sectors using BSAs achieves the same traffic capacity as a new site and has a
significantly lower effect on the OPEX of the network.

The BSA can be used to add capacity directly to the hot-spot area. The unique shape of the BSA, which
matches the existing coverage footprint of a standard 65 antenna, allows single sectors to be upgraded as
required. Adding a BSA to a site and doubling the number of sectors is equivalent to doubling the number
of carriers on a site. Adding BSAs to the high traffic sites in preference to upgrading a large number of
sites with additional carriers is highly cost effective

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 Concept
W-CDMA systems are initially Up-Link (reverse-link) limited, i.e. the coverage of the site is defined by the
Up-Link power budget . As the number of users increase the maximum available link budget decreases.
For the Up-Link the main influence is the Noise Rise Associated with the users within the same cell. The
effect of the Noise Rise in decreasing the link budget of the site, results in the coverage of the site
decreasing as it accepts more traffic.

For both CDMA and W-CDMA systems, an upper limit for Up-Link Noise Rise needs to be decided upon at
the planning stage so that the cell does not shrink beyond an acceptable level. Normally the design level
for W-CDMA systems is set between 50% or 75% of full capacity.
With BSA 6-sector systems the carried traffic is split between the two sectors and hence the number of
users in each sector is halved. This has a dramatic effect on the Noise Rise in the system.

A system that is designed for an Up-Link loading maximum of 50% will have 1.8 dB higher link budget for
a BSA sector than for a traditional3-sector system.

For a system designed for a 75% loading, the improvement in the link budget is 4 dB. Each Bi-Sector
Array beam also has a higher gain than traditional 3-sector antennas (19.2 dB at 900 MHz, 19.3 dB at
1800MHz), this being some 1.5 to 2 dB higher. The overall effect is to increase the link budget for CDMA
and W-CDMA systems by between 2.8 dB and 6 dB. This significantly reduces the number of sites needed
in a new build-out by up to 54%

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 ANTENNA SCHEMATIC CONFIGURATION

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 Procedure of implementing 6 sector
Request 6 Sector at
CRITERIA No Find another
Possible Coverage
TRIGGERED Solution
Objective Area *)

Yes

6 Sector Antenna
Azimuth Re-
Engineering
DISTANCE TO No
NEAREST
6 Sector Antenna HIGHWAY > 500M
Tilting Re-
Engineering
Yes

Coverage Plot
Before After Distance between
another 6 sector No
>= 2 Tiers
Neighbors
6 Sector Neighbors
Re-Definition
Yes

Neighbor Physical Channel Element 6 Sector

IUB Dimensioning
Tuning Dimensioning Implementation

*) POSSIBLE COVERAGE OBJ AREA AS DESCRIBED AT PREVIOUS SLIDE

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 SUMMARY

HSDPA user is increase significantly

HSDPA user throughput is increase
Voice traffic is increase cause by more penetration to indoor
6 Sector solution could be used as hot spot solution
Need extra capacity to implement 6 sector solution
Possible increase in Soft Handover (SHO)
Impact on neighbor list
System stability and practical handover execution for the narrower
soft handover regions

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 NSN Trial Result
April 2011

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 Six Sector Trial Capacity Requirement
Channelization Code Capacity:
F1 will activate R99 only
No code reservation for HSDPA
F2 layer activate HSDPA 15 Code
Reserve 15 code in SF 16 for HSDPA services
HSDPA CE Requirement Scenarion 1
F2 layer using FullBaseBandCapacity (HSDPA 48 user per Cell-Layer2)
Required 72 x 3 DL CE reserve + 1 DL CE per user
Additional CE requirement for HSDPA services in one site :
DL CE = (72 CE x 3 Cell) + (48 CE x 3 Cell) = 360 CE (Add 1 CE x 48 user)
UL CE = 48 CE x 3 Cell = 144 CE (1 CE x 48 user ; UL CE used 16 kbps need 1
CE per user)
HSDPA CE Requirement Scenarion 2
F2 will activate 2 x ShareScheduller (HSDPA 48 user Per Scheduller )
Required 72 x 2 DL CE reserve per scheduller
Additional CE requirement for HSDPA services in one site :
DL CE = 72 CE + 48 CE/User = 120 CE (Add 1 CE x 48 user)
UL CE = 48 CE x 3 Cell = 144 CE (1 CE x 48 user ; UL CE used 16 kbps need 1 CE
per user)
Transmisson Requirement:
Used existing configuration due Iub utilization < 50%

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 Six Sector Trial Hardware Configuration

FRGL = Flexi RF Module 2100 Dual 50 W

FRGM = Flexi RF Module 2100 Single 50 W

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 Sites Configuration

LCG planning
LCG1 is assigned for all 6 cells of F1 with 30% of the traffic capacity (360 CEs).
LCG2 is assigned for all 6 cells of F2 with 70% of the traffic capacity (864 CEs).

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 Six Sector Trial
Antenna Replacement/ Enhancement
HBXX-3817TB-VTM Technical Data/Data Sheet
DualPol Quad Antenna, 17102180 MHz, 38 horizontal beamwidth, RET compatible variable electrical tilt

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 Antenna Configuration

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 Antenna Sectorization

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 Trial Six Sector Main KPI Performance
HS Accessibility and Retainability

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 Trial Six Sector Main KPI Performance
HSDPA Max User UNPADMW and Cluster UNPAD

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 Trial Six Sector Main KPI Performance
Voice Traffic UNPADMW and Cluster UNPAD
UNPADMW

A = Activation Six Sector

B = Database audit and CE Balancing
C = Changes scheduller configuration
D = HSUPA activation
E = FSME Module changed
F = Shared BB allocation
G = S/W BTS upgrade Patch 6-5.09
H = S/W BTS upgrade Patch 6-5.10
I = Antenna Feeder change

Cluster UNPAD
CS voice traffic of UNPADMW is
increased to avg ~480 erl while cluster
UNPAD increased to avg ~1450 erl, since
six sector implementation.
Detail sites list in one cluster :
1. UNPADMW
2. STODAGOMW
3. KOMPUNPADMW
4. DAGOBSCMW
5. KLITEFMMW

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 Trial Six Sector Main KPI Performance
PS DL Traffic UNPADMW and Cluster UNPAD
UNPADMW

A = Activation Six Sector

B = Database audit and CE Balancing
C = Changes scheduller configuration
D = HSUPA activation
E = FSME Module changed
F = Shared BB allocation
G = S/W BTS upgrade Patch 6-5.09
H = S/W BTS upgrade Patch 6-5.10
I = Antenna Feeder change

Cluster UNPAD
PS R99 DL of UNPADMW is increased to avg
~220000 Mbit while cluster UNPAD increased to avg
~520000 Mbit, since six sector implementation.
High spike on April 17th caused by Low HSDPA SR
due to alarm 7654 Cell Operation Degraded .
Detail site list in one cluster :
1. UNPADMW
2. STODAGOMW
3. KOMPUNPADMW
4. DAGOBSCMW
5. KLITEFMMW

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 Trial Six Sector Main KPI Performance
HSDPA Throughput

A = Activation Six Sector

B = Database audit and CE Balancing
C = Changes scheduller configuration
HSDPA Throughput increased from ~190 kbps to ~510
D = HSUPA activation kbps with max throughput 2.1 Mbps, since six sector
E = FSME Module changed
F = Shared BB allocation
implementation.
HSDPA Throughput increased almost 3 times.
G = S/W BTS upgrade Patch 6-5.09
H = S/W BTS upgrade Patch 6-5.10
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 Trial Six Sector Main KPI Performance
HSDPA Payload Cluster Based (Cluster UNPAD)

A = Activation Six Sector

B = Database audit and CE Balancing
C = Changes scheduller configuration
D = HSUPA activation
E = FSME Module changed
F = Shared BB allocation
G = S/W BTS upgrade Patch 6-5.09
H = S/W BTS upgrade Patch 6-5.10
I = Antenna Feeder change

HS payload of Cluster UNPAD increased since six

sector implementation, but decreased on April 17th to
April 21st due to alarm 7654. Performance increased to
better after alarm clearance and S/W BTS upgraded. But
since April 26th, HSDPA Payload in cluster down caused
by low HS payload in STODAGOMW.
Detail sites list in one cluster :
1. UNPADMW
2.STODAGOMW
3.KOMPUNPADMW
4.DAGOBSCMW
5.KLITEFMMW

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 Trial Six Sector Capacity Performance
DL Power

A = Activation Six Sector

B = Database audit and CE Balancing
DL Power usage at F1 after six sector implementation is
C = Changes scheduller configuration
decreased to avg ~37.3 dBm. D = HSUPA activation
DL Power usage at F2 after six sector implementation is also E = FSME Module changed
decreased to avg ~37.5 dBm. F = Shared BB allocation
G = S/W BTS upgrade Patch 6-5.09
Low DL Power load in F2 increased after alarm clearance H = S/W BTS upgrade Patch 6-5.10
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 Trial Six Sector Capacity Performance
UL Interference

A = Activation Six Sector

B = Database audit and CE Balancing
C = Changes scheduller configuration
D = HSUPA activation
E = FSME Module changed
UL interference at F1 and F2 is decreased after six F = Shared BB allocation
G = S/W BTS upgrade Patch 6-5.09
sector activation to avg -103.8 dBm (F1) and avg - H = S/W BTS upgrade Patch 6-5.10
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 Trial Six Sector Capacity Performance
CE Utilization (1/2)

A = Activation Six Sector

B = Database audit and CE Balancing
C = Changes scheduller configuration
Different CE allocation per LCG (Local Cell Group) D = HSUPA activation

# CE allocated for LCG1 (F1) = 360 CE and LCG2 (F2) = 864 CE E = FSME Module changed
F = Shared BB allocation
CE Utilization at LCG 1 Min = 58% ; Max 99% G = S/W BTS upgrade Patch 6-5.09
H = S/W BTS upgrade Patch 6-5.10
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 Trial Six Sector Capacity Performance
CE Utilization (2/2)

A = Activation Six Sector

DL CE utilization for LCG2 active with 6 scheduller (48 User x 6) is 80% and after changes to 4 B = Database audit and CE Balancing
C = Changes scheduller configuration
scheduller (48 user x 4) the utilization is decrease to 72%, this is shown the scheduller is working
D = HSUPA activation
and maintain after HSUPA activation. Low spike of utilization to 55% due to Shared BB
E = FSME Module changed
allocation but back to 80% after fall back. Utilization decreased on April 17th due to alarm 7654
F = Shared BB allocation
Cell Operation degraded and normalize after alarm clearance and S/W BTS upgraded.
G = S/W BTS upgrade Patch 6-5.09
UL CE utilization for HS UL DCH return channel is >95%, after S/W BTS upgraded. H = S/W BTS upgrade Patch 6-5.10
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 Trial Six Sector Capacity Performance
Code Occupancy

A = Activation Six Sector

Code utilization for F2 > 90%, this is indicate if the B = Database audit and CE Balancing
HSDPA 15 code already active C = Changes scheduller configuration

Code utilization for F1 decreased to < 30%, high D = HSUPA activation

E = FSME Module changed
utilisation on April 17th to April 21st caused by low
F = Shared BB allocation
HSDPA SR in F2 due to alarm 7654. Performance G = S/W BTS upgrade Patch 6-5.09
utilization in F1 normalized after alarm clearance and H = S/W BTS upgrade Patch 6-5.10
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 Conclusion
HSDPA user is increase significantly
HSDPA user throughput is increase
Voice traffic is increase cause by more penetration to
indoor
6 Sector solution could be used as hot spot solution
Need extra capacity to implement 6 sector solution

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 HUAWEI Trial Result
July 2012

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 Power Utilization & RTWP

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 Call Reject Due to Power Congestion

Call reject due to power congestion become to 0

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 Accessibility

CSSR Voice is maintained

CSSR PS is maintained
CSSR HS is maintained

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 Retainability

CCSR Voice is slightly degrade.

CCSR PS is maintained
CCSR HS is maintained

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 Mobility

SHO is maintained.
ISHO is slightly degrade.
IFHO is maintained

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 Traffic & Payload

Voice traffic is increased.

PS Payload is increased.
HS Payload is maintained

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 RSCP / EcNo Distribution

Before After

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 3G RSCP

PRE POST

GPS Problem

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 3G EcNo

PRE POST

GPS Problem

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 3G SC Plotting

PRE POST

GPS Problem

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 MS7:Throughput Distribution Long HS

PRE POST

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 Summary

1. Cut over for trial 6 sector at SUKASARIMW already done on 24 July 2012 on
4.00 pm.
2. Power utilization decrease from 70% to 58%.
3. Call reject due to power congestion reduce from 100 times /day to 0
4. Base on DT, the RSCP>-75dBm improved from 34% to 40% the Ec/No>-9dB
improved from 11% to 53%.
5. Base on DT, the PS throughput improved from 203kbps to 396kbps.
6. From the OSS, all KPI is maintained expect the CCSR Voice with slightly
degrade (due to high VSWR at SUKASARIMW3)

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