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GPRS EDGE External PCU Radio Network Planning

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GPRS/EDGE Network Planning

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Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

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Familiarize with the general principles of GPRS/EDGE network planning.

Grasp the methods of GPRS/EDGE capacity planning Grasp the information about the coverage, parameters, and signaling planning of the GPRS/EDGE network.

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Contents
1. Planning Principle
2. Traffic Model 3. Capacity Planning (Um, Abis, Pb, Gb)

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4. Coverage Planning 5. Frequency Planning 6. Signaling Channel Planning 7. Parameters Planning

8. Dual-band Network Planning


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Contents
1. Planning Principle 2. Traffic Model 3. Capacity Planning (Um, Abis, Pb, Gb)

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4. Coverage Planning 5. Frequency Planning 6. Signaling Channel Planning 7. Parameters Planning 8. Dual-band Network Planning
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Planning Principle

Take both the speech services and the data services into
consideration.

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Fully utilize the existing GSM network resources. Ensure the quality of the GSM network to meet the requirements of the GPRS/EDGE services.

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Influence of GPRS/EDGE

Additional interference Change of signaling load More complicated radio resource allocation Adjustment of the traffic model and the overall planning

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Contents
1. Planning Principle
2. Traffic Model 3. Capacity Planning (Um, Abis, Pb, Gb)

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4. Coverage Planning 5. Frequency Planning 6. Signaling Channel Planning 7. Parameters Planning

8. Dual-band Network Planning


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Basic Information of Capacity Planning

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Compared with the CS services, GPRS/EDGE features higher efficiency and utilization of radio resources. It is applicable to the services with the following features Burst data transmissions at intervals much longer than the transmission delay Frequent data transmissions with a small amount of data, such as several transmissions per minute and less than thousands of bytes per transmission. Infrequent data transmissions with a large amount of data, such as several transmissions per hour and more than tens of thousands of bytes per transmission.

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Traffic Model

Currently, GPRS/EDGE and GSM share the CCCH. If the PCCCH access mode is used, there are great changes in the signaling channel planning, parameter planning.

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It is difficult to accurately predict the GPRS/EDGE traffic model, because the GPRS/EDGE traffic model cannot be described simply by traffic volume (Erlang) per user.

The GPRS/EDGE traffic model should be modified with the development of new services. In addition, the risk of traffic model mutation due to the introduction of new services should be avoided.

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Traffic Model

Pay attention to the following contents of the GPRS/EDGE traffic model:

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User model: total traffic volume of data services, proportions of different services, distribution of services by time, and distribution of services by space

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Traffic model: length of packet and interval between packets of a single service.

Radio transmission model: coding scheme distribution and signaling overhead

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Contents
1. Planning Principle
2. Traffic Model 3. Capacity Planning (Um, Abis, Pb, Gb)

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4. Coverage Planning 5. Frequency Planning 6. Signaling Channel Planning 7. Parameters Planning

8. Dual-band Network Planning


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GPRS Capacity Budget Flow


Begin Count Average Rate at IP Layer of PDCH Count GPRS Channel Bandwidth Count GPRS Service Busy Hour Traffic Volume per Subscriber (Erl) Count Cell Maximum Subscriber Quantity Count Static/Dynamic PDCH End
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Capacity Planning Flow


There are 6 steps for the GPRS capacity planning

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Calculate the average bearing rate over the IP layer according to the data rate of each coding scheme and the ratio of each coding scheme to the overall coding schemes.

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Calculate the bandwidth of each GPRS channel. Calculate the traffic volume per GPRS MS in busy hours

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Capacity Planning Flow

Calculate the maximum number of MSs per cell as follows

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Determine whether the CS services and PS services are limited under a certain number of MSs.

Use the double Iterative algorithm to calculate the maximum number of MSs in a cell.

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Calculate the number of PDCHs occupied by GPRS services. Calculate the number of static and dynamic PDCHs required by actual GPRS services.

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Data transmission Plane


Application IP/X.25 SNDCP LLC
SNDC P

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IP/X.25

IP/X.25

relay
GTP UDP/TCP IP L2

GTP UDP/TCP IP L2 Physical Layer Physical Layer GGSN L2 (MAC)

LLC
RLC

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RLC MAC Physical Layer MS


relay

BSSGP

MAC

Network Service

BSSGP Network Service

Physical Physical Layer Layer

Physical Physical Layer Layer

Um

BSS

Gb

SGSN

Gn

Gi

MAC: Media Access Control RLC: Radio Link Control LLC: Logical Link Control

BSSGP: BSS GPRS Protocol SNDCP: Sub-Network Dependency Convergence Protocol GTP: GPRS Tunneling Protocol
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RLC/MAC Block Generation


Subscriber IP packet

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SNDCP PDU

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LLC PDU

RLC/MAC block

Subscriber data

SNDCP head

LLC head

LLC FCS

RLC/MAC head

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IP Rate
Calculate the PDCH carrier rate for each codec Ri

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Suppose RLC is ACK moderesending rate is R1 Suppose in the all blocks, R2 percent is RLC/MAC control block Suppose LLC frame format is IP dataH1 Suppose at least for N blocks ,the IP data is in series Suppose IP packet length is L

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IP Rate

B is LLC PDU BYTE carried on RLC data packet A1 is the total BYTE of N LLC PDU=L+H1*N A2 is the total BYTE of N IP packet=L*N M is the minimal RLC blocks for sending N LLC PDU=A1 / B T is the time for sending N LLC PDU=(M+M*R2+ M*R1)*0.02

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Ri is IP rate of each PDCH (Kbps)=A2*8/T/1024

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IP Rate

Put in the proportion of each codec Pi


Get the IP rate of each PDCH

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RAvg Pi Ri

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IP Rate

Parameters input

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IP Rate
Calculation of CS2
A1 (3209431)10 3370 M 3370 / 30 113 T ( 113 11320%11310%)20ms

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2920ms2.92s
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V_IP 32010 8 / 2.92 / 10248.56 Kbps VGb1.166V_IP9.98Kbps

round up round down

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IP Rate
Coding mode Um Physical Level Rate(Kbps) B: RLC Bytes For LLC PDU(Bytes) A1: N LLC PDU Bytes =L+H1*N A2: N IP Packets Bytes=L*N CS1 9.05 20 3370 3200 169 CS2 13.4 30 3370 3200 113 2.92 8.56 CS3 15.6 36 3370 3200 94 2.42 10.33 CS4 21.4 50 3370 3200 68 1.74 14.37

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M: RLC Block Nummber for N LLC PDU=[A1 / B]

T: Time For N LLC PDU=(M+M*R2+M*R1)*.02 4.36 V_IP:IP Rate For PDCH(Kbps)=A2*8/T/1000 5.73

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IP Rate
Coding mode Um Physical Level Rate(Kbps) B: RLC Bytes For LLC PDU(Bytes) A1: N LLC PDU Bytes =L+H1*N MCS1 8.8 22 3370 3200 154 MCS2 MCS3 11.2 13.6/14.8 28 3370 3200 121 3.14 7.96 37 3370 3200 92 2.38 10.50 MCS4 17.6 44 3370 3200 77 1.98 12.63

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A2: N IP Packets Bytes=L*N M: RLC Block Nummber for N LLC PDU=[A1 / B]

T: Time For N LLC PDU=(M+M*R2+M*R1)*.023.98 V_IP:IP Rate For PDCH(Kbps)=A2*8/T/1000 6.28

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IP Rate
Coding mode Um Physical Level Rate(Kbps) B: RLC Bytes For LLC PDU(Bytes) A1: N LLC PDU Bytes =L+H1*N A2: N IP Packets Bytes=L*N MCS5 MCS6 22.4 27.2/29.6 56 3370 3200 61 74 3370 3200 46 1.18 21.19 MCS7 44.8 112 3370 3200 31 0.8 31.25 MCS8 54.4 136 3370 3200 25 0.64 39.06 MCS9 59.2 148 3370 3200 23 0.58 43.10

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M: RLC Block Nummber for N LLC PDU=[A1 / B]

T: Time For N LLC PDU=(M+M*R2+M*R1)*.021.58 V_IP:IP Rate For PDCH(Kbps)=A2*8/T/1000 15.82

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IP Rate
Code Scheme MCS1 IP Rate 6.28 7.96 10.50 12.63 15.82 21.19 31.25 39.06 43.10 5.73 8.56 10.33 14.37 Proportion 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 20% 80% 0% 0% 8.00
Abis idle timeslot 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 0 0 1 1

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MCS2 MCS3 MCS4 MCS5 MCS6 MCS7 MCS8 MCS9 CS1 CS2 CS3 CS4

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Average Rate at IP layer

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Capacity Planning

Data Input:
Voice Service GOS Voice Service Busy Hour Traffic Volume per Subscriber (Erl) GPRS User Penetration GPRS Busy Hour Required Bandwidth per Subscriber (bps) Rate at IP Layer (kbps) 2% 0.025 10% 144 8.00 25% 2% 180 0.125 1.00 0.18 8

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GPRS Service Peak-to-average Force Ratio GPRS Service GOS GPRS Busy Hour Required Bandwidth per Subscriber Considering Peak-to-average Force Ratio (bps) PDCH Channel Occupied by Each Connection of GPRS Service Each "GPRS Channel" Bandwidth (kbps) GPRS Service Busy Hour Traffic Volume per Subscriber (Erl) PDCH Channel Multiplex Count

GPRS Channel Bandwidth = Rate at IP Layer (kbps)/PDCH Channel Multiplex Count


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Data Output:
Avail able TCH/P DCH Count Cell Maximum Subscri ber Quantit y Cell Voice Service Traffic Volume Erl TCH Quan tity GPRS Service Traffic Volume Erl "GPRS Channel" Quantity PDCH Quan tity Stat ic PDCH Stat ic PDCH Dyna mic PDCH

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Cell TRX Quan tity

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7 14 22 29

116 295 557 801

2.91 7.38 13.93 20.04

7 13 21 28

2.05 5.19 9.80 14.09

5.70 10.20 16.00 21.10

0.71 1.28 2.00 2.64

0 1 1 1

0 1 1 1

1 1 1 2

2 3 4

PDCH Calculation:

GPRS Channel Quantity = ERLANG-B(GPRS Service Traffic VolumeGOS) PDCH = "GPRS Channel" Quantity* Each "GPRS Channel" Bandwidth (kbps)/ Rate at IP Layer (kbps)
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Capacity Planning

PbGbAbis Interface Calculation

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Pb Interface is related to PDCH quantity and configuration Gb Interface is related to total throughput Abis Interface is required to be configured enough idle timeslots to support high rate of code scheme

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Example

Suppose PCU connect to one BSC which contains 1024


carriers.

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Static PDCH are 5% of all the channels and dynamic PDCH are 5% of all the channels, dynamic PDCH activation ratio is 50%

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V_IP is 8kbps and VGb is 1.166*V_IP.

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Example

Total static PDCH: (1024*8)*5% = 410, total dynamic PDCH: 410

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Active PDCH: 410+410*50%=615 In Pb interface

Minimum number of RPPU = 615/120 6 pcs Number of RPPU actually configured = 6+2 = 8 pcs (N+2 backup, N>4)

One E1 can support 60 packet channels (CS4) Number of Pb interface E1s = 615/60+2*2 15 pcs

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Example

In Gb interface

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Gb interface rate at physical layer (VGb) = 1.166*V_IP = 9.328 Kbps

Minimum number of RPPU = 615*9.328Kbps/(8Mbps*70%) 2 pcs

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Number of RPPU actually configured = 2+1 = 3 pcs (N+1 backup)

One E1 can support about 1.4Mbps data rate (2Mbps70% 1. 4Mbps)

Number of Gb interface E1s = 615*9.328Kbps/1.4Mbps + 4 5+4 = 9 pcs


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Contents
1. Planning Principle 2. Traffic Model 3. Capacity Planning (Um, Abis, Pb, Gb)

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4. Coverage Planning 5. Frequency Planning 6. Signaling Channel Planning 7. Parameters Planning 8. Dual-band Network Planning
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Coverage Planning

The valid coverage area is subject to two parameters: signalto-noise ratio (C/N) and signal strength. C/N determines the signal transmission quality (bit error rate BER or block error rate BLER). The coverage area analysis is based on the similarity between the two parameters in the GPRS system and

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the two parameters in the GSM system.

For different coding schemes on the same channel, the BERs are different. For the same BER on the same channel, the coverage areas under different coding schemes are different. The BER performance mentioned later refers to the BLER.

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Coverage Planning

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Compared with the GSM network coverage, the GPRS/EDGE network coverage has the following characteristics:

Same EIRP Except the body loss, other loss between the transmit end and the receive end is the same as that in the GSM system. The GPRS/EDGE services are mainly affected by the C/I instead of the receiver sensitivity.
CS-3 coverage area CS-2 coverage area

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CS-4 coverage area CS-1 coverage area

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Coverage Target

When the BLER is lower than 10%, the network coverage


in CS1 coding scheme is the same as the network coverage of speech services.

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When the BLER is lower than 10%, the network coverage in CS2 coding scheme is 80% of the network coverage of speech services.

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Coverage Planning

For the signal level requirements of various channel types under GMSK modulation scheme (common BTS) GSM900
GSM 900 Transmission Conditions Channel Type TU50 TU50 RA250 Static (no FH) (ideal FH) (no FH) PDTCH/CS-1 dBm -104 -104 -104 -104 PDTCH/CS-2 dBm -104 -100 -101 -101 PDTCH/CS-3 dBm -104 -98 -99 -98 PDTCH/CS-4 dBm -101 -90 -90 * USF/CS-1 dBm -104 -101 -103 -103 USF/CS-2 to 4 dBm -104 -103 -104 -104 PRACH/11 bits dBm -104 -104 -104 -103 PRACH/8 bits dBm -104 -104 -104 -103

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HT100 (no FH) -103 -99 -96 * -101 -104 -103 -103

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For the signal level requirements of various channel types


under GMSK modulation scheme (common BTS) DCS1800
DCS 1 800 Transmission Conditions TU50 TU50 RA130 Static (no FH) (ideal FH) (no FH) -104 -104 -104 -104 -104 -100 -100 -101 -104 -98 -98 -98 -101 -88 -88 * -104 -103 -103 -103 -104 -104 -104 -104 -104 -104 -104 -103 -104 -104 -104 -103

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Channel Type
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PDTCH/CS-1 PDTCH/CS-2 PDTCH/CS-3 PDTCH/CS-4 USF/CS-1 USF/CS-2 to 4 PRACH/11 bits PRACH/8 bits

dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm

HT100 (no FH) -103 -99 -94 * -101 -103 -103 -103

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Coverage Planning

For the signal level requirements of various channel types under GMSK modulation scheme (MS)
GSM900 Transmission Conditions Channel Type Static dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm -104 -104 -104 -101 -104 -104 -104 -104 Tu50 (no FH) -104 -100 -98 -90 -101 -103 -104 -104 Tu50 (ideal FH) -104 -101 -99 -90 -103 -104 -104 -104
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RA250 (no FH) -104 -101 -98 * -103 -104 -103 -103

HT100 (no FH) -103 -99 -96 * -101 -104 -103 -103

PDTCH/CS-1 PDTCH/CS-2 PDTCH/CS-3 PDTCH/CS-4 USF/CS-1 USF/CS-2 to 4 PRACH/11 bits1) PRACH/8 bits1)

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Coverage Planning

For the C/I requirements of various channel types under


GMSK modulation scheme, GSM900
GSM 900 Transmission Conditions TU3 TU3 TU50 TU50 RA250 (no FH) (ideal FH) (no FH) (ideal FH) (no FH) 13 9 10 9 9 15 13 14 13 13 16 15 16 15 16 21 23 24 24 * 19 10 12 10 10 18 9 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 10 8 8 8 8 9
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Channel Type
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PDTCH/CS-1 PDTCH/CS-2 PDTCH/CS-3 PDTCH/CS-4 USF/CS-1 USF/CS-2 to 4 PRACH/11 bits1) PRACH/8 bits1)

dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm

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Coverage Planning

For the C/I requirements of various channel types under GMSK modulation scheme, DCS1800
DSC1800 MHz Transmission Conditions Channel Type TU1,5 (no FH) 13 15 16 21 19 18 9 8 TU1,5 (ideal FH) 9 13 15 23 10 9 9 8 TU50 (no FH) 9 13 16 27 10 9 9 8
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TU50 (ideal FH) 9 13 16 27 10 9 9 8

RA130 (no FH) 9 13 16 * 10 7 10 9

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PDTCH/CS-1 PDTCH/CS-2 PDTCH/CS-3 PDTCH/CS-4 USF/CS-1 USF/CS-2 to 4 PRACH/11 bits1) PRACH/8 bits1)

dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm

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Coverage Planning

The quality and C/I relationship


rxqual
C/I[dB] 0 23 1 19 2 17 3 15 4 13 5 11 6 8 7 4

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When the BLER in CS1 coding scheme is lower than 10%, the requirement is the same as the C/I requirement of voice quality level 4. When the BLER in CS2 coding scheme is lower than 10%, the requirement is the same as the C/I requirement of voice quality level 3. Therefore, you can analyze the GPRS network coverage based on the existing GSM network coverage and voice quality. In CS1 coding scheme, the coverage area of the GPRS network is almost the same as that of the GSM network. In CS2 coding scheme, as the C/I is improved, the coverage area of the GPRS network is about 80% of that of the GSM network.

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Contents
1. Planning Principle 2. Traffic Model 3. Capacity Planning (Um, Abis, Pb, Gb)

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4. Coverage Planning 5. Frequency Planning 6. Signaling Channel Planning 7. Parameters Planning 8. Dual-band Network Planning
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Frequency Planning

Determine the frequency reuse pattern based on the C/I


requirement, capacity planning requirement, and available bandwidth. The requirement of capacity planning in the early stage is not high. According to the coverage planning, the C/I of TCH on the BCCH meets the requirement of GPRS services. If the PDCH is configured on the TRX carrying the BCCH, factors such as 1X3, 1X1, MRP, concentric cell, frequency hopping, and power control need not be considered

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during frequency planning.


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Frequency Planning

On the existing network, the BCCH carrier does not use the power control, DTX, frequency hopping techniques. The 4X3 frequency reuse pattern is used. Therefore, the advantages of PDCH configuration on the BCCH frequency are as follows:

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The C/I can meet the requirement of GPRS network coverage.

There is no additional interference brought by data services to the GSM services.

If the TRX carrying the BCCH is configured with baseband frequency hopping, considering the multi-timeslot capability
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of the GPRS MS, all the PDCHs must have the same MAIO

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Frequency Planning

If the PDCH is configured on the non-BCCH frequency, as


the TCH uses the power control, DTX, tight frequency reuse, and concentric cell techniques,

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The C/I probably cannot meet the requirement of GPRS network coverage.

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Data services may bring about addition interference to the GSM services. This will decrease the service area of the speech services.

If frequency hopping is used, the PDCHs on the same TRX must have the same MAIO and HSN. However, for the GPRS network, frequency hopping does not have the benefits as

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Frequency Planning

When the PDCHs are insufficient even if all the TCHs on the BCCH are configured as PDCHs, can configure PDCHs on other TRXs. In this case, use frequency hopping to reduce the MS' requirement on C/I

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When the EDGE network is configured with baseband frequency hopping, all the TRXs participating in the frequency hopping must support EDGE services.

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Contents
1. Planning Principle
2. Traffic Model 3. Capacity Planning (Um, Abis, Pb, Gb)

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4. Coverage Planning 5. Frequency Planning 6. Signaling Channel Planning 7. Parameters Planning

8. Dual-band Network Planning


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Signaling Channel Planning

Determine whether capacity expansion is required on the basis of the configuration and load of the network as well as the increase of signaling load after GPRS/EDGE services are introduced.

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Utilize the radio channel resources more appropriately and efficiently.

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Signaling Channel Planning

Calculate the capacity of signaling channels based on the network configuration.

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According to the GPRS/EDGE traffic model, calculate the increment of signaling channel load per WAP user after GPRS/EDGE services are introduced in the GPRS/EDGE signaling process and data transfer process.

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According to the GPRS/EDGE traffic model, calculate the increment of signaling channel load per Internet user after GPRS/EDGE services are introduced in the GPRS/EDGE signaling process and data transfer process.

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Signaling Channel Planning

Obtain the number of WAP users and the number of Internet users through capacity planning.

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Calculate the total increment of the signaling channel load after the GPRS/EDGE services are introduced.

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Determine whether the CCCH capacity expansion is required on the basis of the network load.

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Signaling Channel Planning

When calculating the increment of paging channels, you


need to consider that the CS paging messages of some PDPACTIVE GPRS MSs will be retransmitted because these MSs cannot listen to the PCH during the data transfer process.

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According to the current network conditions, the capacity expansion of the RACH and PCH is unnecessary. However, more AGCHs should be configured to support

the GPRS services.

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Signaling Channel Planning

To avoid AGCH congestion, you can use the following methods:

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Use non-combined CCCH configuration mode. Increase the number of reserved AGCH blocks (pay attention to the PCH load). Configure multiple non-combined CCCHs.

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Use PCCCH as early as possible. Gs interface support

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Signaling Channel Planning

The allocation of the routing area (RA) also affects the planning of signaling channels. Currently, the RA can be the same as the LA.

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However, with the increase of GPRS users, the RA size and the number of packet paging messages should be reduced to decrease the PCH load.

Check whether the PCH is overloaded and whether the traffic volume of packet paging is oversized according to the traffic measurement results, and then determine whether to reallocate the RA .

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Contents
1. Planning Principle 2. Traffic Model 3. Capacity Planning (Um, Abis, Pb, Gb)

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4. Coverage Planning 5. Frequency Planning 6. Signaling Channel Planning 7. Parameters Planning 8. Dual-band Network Planning
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Parameters Planning

DRX_TIMER_MAX
T3192 PAN_DECPAN_INCPAN_MAX

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Other Parameters

Defaulted Coding Scheme Coding Scheme Conversion Threshold GPRS/EDGE Cell Reselection Parameter

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Contents
1. Planning Principle
2. Traffic Model 3. Capacity Planning (Um, Abis, Pb, Gb)

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4. Coverage Planning 5. Frequency Planning 6. Signaling Channel Planning 7. Parameters Planning

8. Dual-band Network Planning


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Dual-band Network Planning

The impact of GPRS/EDGE services on the dual-band network is as follows

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In the dual-band network, if the traffic on the GSM1800 network are preferred, the GPRS/EDGE services are concentrated on the GSM1800 network, leading to network congestion. However, the network cannot use the service handover method as used in the GSM network to switch the traffic to the GSM900 network.

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The coverage of the GSM1800 network is poor, which affects the quality of the PS services. However, the network cannot actively switch the traffic to the GSM900 network.

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Dual-band Network Planning

To solve the problem of GPRS/EDGE traffic congestion on


the GSM1800 network, use the following methods :

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Configure more dynamic PDCHs on the GSM1800 network. When the GPRS/EDGE traffic congestion on the GSM1800 network occurs, trigger the handover of the speech services occupying the dynamic PDCHs to the GSM900 network.

) :18pt

The dynamic PDCHs released after the handover can be used for the GPRS/EDGE services.

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Dual-band Network Planning

System performance counters: counters used to measure the processing capability and data throughput capability of the system

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Maintenance counters: counters used to measure the exception conditions of the system

Reference counters: counters related to the traffic model

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Dual-band Network Planning

The following two indexes are quite important for


planning.

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Mean length of LLC PDUs (by uplink and downlink) Uplink and downlink TBF overhead on CCCH PDCH utilization rate Uplink TBF establishment rejects

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GPRS/EDGE Planning Case

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Planning Case

GPRS throughput should be CS1 to 4 and EDGE should


support MCS1 to MCS9. Also be able to cater for 2 TS in the uplink direction and 4 in the download direction.

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Expect averages of 100 Kbits for GPRS and 250 Kbits for EDGE (UL: 30% and DL:70%) for each subscriber under high load.

BH Bandwidth per subscriber of GPRS (bps)

100 (kbits) 1000 70% 19.6bps 3600 250 (kbits) 1000 70% 48.6bps 3600
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BH Bandwidth per subscriber of EDGE (bps)

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Planning Case

GPRS network planning data input:


CS GOS CS Traffic (ERL) Penetration of GPRS subscribers BH Bandwidth per subscriber of GPRS (bps) Average bear speed on layer IP (kbps) Peak Average Ratio of GPRS GPRS GOS BH Bandwidth (consider Peak Average Ratio) per subscriber of GPRS (bps) 2% 0.0145 10% 19.6 8.56 25% 1% 24.5
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Code Style Speed (kbps) Subs. Per. CS1 CS2 CS3 CS4 5.73 8.56 10.33 14.37 0% 100% 0% 0%

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Planning Case

GPRS network planning result:


Available number of TCH/PDC H 7 14 22 29 Max Min CS Number Number subscri Number Number traffic of of bers of of per static dynami per PDCH static PDCH c PDCH cell(Erl cell PDCH 201 509 961 1383 2.92 7.39 13.94 20.05 0.38 0.57 0.80 0.98 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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TRX Number per Cell


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1 2 3 4

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Planning Case

EDGE network planning data input:


CS GOS CS Traffic (ERL) Penetration of EDGE subscribers 2% 0.0145 5% 48.6 21.18 25% 1% 60.75 Code Style MCS1 MCS2 MCS3 MCS4 MCS5 MCS6 MCS7 MCS8 MCS9 Speed (kbps) 6.28 7.96 10.50 12.63 15.82 21.19 31.25 39.06 43.10 Subs. Per. 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0%

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BH Bandwidth per subscriber of EDGE (bps) Average bear speed on layer IP (kbps) Peak Average Ratio of EDGE EDGE GOS BH Bandwidth (consider Peak Average Ratio) per subscriber of EDGE (bps)

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Planning Case

EDGE network planning result:


Available number of TCH/PDCH 7 14 22 29 CS Numb Max traffic er subscrib per of ers per cell cell(Erl PDCH 201 509 961 1383 2.92 7.39 13.94 20.05 0.10 0.17 0.26 0.34 Min Numbe r Number of of static static PDCH PDCH 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 Number of dynamic PDCH 1 1 1 1

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TRX Number per Cell


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1 2 3 4

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Planning Case

Total PDCH configuration:

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Number of TRX per Sector


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EDGE and GPRS Dedicated TS 0 1 1 1

Dynamical allocated (Switchable) to EDGE TS 3 3 3 3

1 2 3 4

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