HSUPA Introduction Methodology

Aaron Partouche
Contributors: Karima El Massaoudi, Majid Mneymneh; Hassan El Nahas &
Aaron Partouche

UA5.0 HSxPA Engineering Knowledge Transfer Session

The 13th of December 2006

Introduction
2 operational methodologies are proposed by Core WNE to introduce
either HSDPA or HSUPA in an entire or a part of the network:
Before the deployment of both HSDPA & HSUPA in an area without
HSDPA, HSDPA Introduction Methodology and HSUPA Introduction
Methodology have to be performed
Before the deployment of HSUPA in an area with HSDPA, only
HSUPA Introduction Methodology is mandatory. In this case,
special care on monitoring of HSDPA Performance to determine
areas that needs to be upgraded.
These methodologies aim at checking if the radio quality and the
capacity are acceptable to reach given HSDPA or HSUPA
Performance targets and to not degrade current traffic
The results of these methodologies are important outputs in order to
select the most appropriate topology deployment
Operators will activate HSUPA wherever HSDPA is activated,
therefore this document will focus only on HSUPA Introduction
Methodology

HSUPA Introduction Methodology Overview

The HSUPA Introduction Methodology is consisted on 2 parts:
Impact assessment of the HSUPA traffic on the current UTRAN Hardware Capacity
system:
BTS Hardware: addition of at least one e-BBU
Transport: no impact forecasted since Iub/ Iu/ Iur Backbone already dimensioned for HSDPA
in DL
Downlink Power: No power control on E-DCH DL common channels, the DL capacity impact
should be limited but it is essential to measure it in case of too high DL Power used by these
channels impacting eventually HSDPA Performance

Impact of HSUPA traffic on Radio Quality is based on UL Load Management:

UL 1

RTWP ref
RTWP

UL RSSI variation has to be estimated before introduction of HSUPA to assess the

Performance of HSUPA and to detect potential optimization issue that could degrade current
traffic

HSUPA Introduction Methodology focuses in priority on UL RSSI stability

assessment & optimization requirements associated and then secondly on
DL Power Capacity assessment
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Agenda
UL Load Management & MAC-e scheduler Overview

UL RSSI Report done by UIIV

Audit of UL RSSI stability based on Counters & OTCell
UL RSSI Field Examples
Neighboring Analysis Methodology Overview

UL Load Management Overview

The Cell UL Load is calculated as follow:

ULLoad 1 10

( RoT ( dB ) / 10)

with Rise over Thermal: RoT=RTWPcur(dBm)-RTWPref(dBm)

RTWPref is calculated by the CALLP CCM as follow:
Take the 20 lowest RTWP values received every 2 seconds during 24
hours if no connection in the considered cell and in the other cells managed
in the Node B on the same frequency
Mean value of the 20 lowest RTWP values considered and compare it with
the previous value:
If RTWPref(Period n)-RTWPref(Period n-1) >0.5dB:
then RTWPref Self learned = RTWP (Period n-1) + 0.5*(RTWPref(Period n)RTWPref(Period n-1))
else RTWPref Self learned = RTWP (Period n)

When RTWP increase reaches 3dB (RoT=3dB), then UL Load=0,5

UL RSSI is a fundamental indicator for UL load estimation

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MAC-e scheduler Overview

MAC-e schedules the E-DCH users of the cell by providing absolute
grants (via E-AGCH channel)
Each UE adapt its HSUPA throughput according to grants received
MAC-e scheduler considers the self-learned RTWPref and the RTWP
max sent by the RNC (RTWPmax=totalRoTmax datafilled (currently
setting is 6dB)+RTWPreference (currently setting is -106,1dBm))

The main target of the scheduler is to grant UEs so that total UL Load
stays near the target load (totalRoTMax), but not above
In case of radio overload (i.e. RoT is above totalRoTMax+
rtwpMargin during a rtwpTimeDetection), the grants of E-DCH users
get down to 0

MAC-e scheduler estimates UL free capacity to maximize traffic scheduled in

HSUPA. If RSSI is too high, HSUPA throughput will be poor
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Contributors of UL RSSI spikes identified by

UIIV
UIIVs report addresses an issue discovered by R&D in iFUN during HSUPA
preliminary studies, that appeared to be also present in various customer
networks :
UL RSSI suffers from abnormal spikes and excessive levels than can last
between seconds to minutes.
Current networks still not reached their UL load limit. UL Load was not yet
the focus, although this high RSSI issue should explain a part of remaining
call drops in impacted areas of networks.
According to UIIV, contributors to RSSI spikes and high levels can be classified
in three categories.
Network parameters
Missing cell declaration in neighboring
RACH open loop parameter consistent but without security bounding

Software issue in BTS and UE

2 physical layer issues discovered in NodeB
2 issues discovered in tested UE

Hardware cabling issue

TRM RX cable swap between sector in base station

Issue list and contribution to RSSI degradation

According to UIIVs report

Ranked
Cause

Detail

Missing
neighbor cell
declaration

Missing declaration in
OMC.

30ms NodeB
blindness when
setting up new
leg.

30dB RSSI spike is

generated during 30ms.

Spurious RL
RESTORE at
establishment

High occurrence.

Very low occurrence

Impact

! Critical !

Side

OAM

Status

To be fixed in live
networks

Solution
New scan of neighborhood
in impacted areas.

Correction initially forecast

Major

Major

BTS

BTS

Fix in progress

Fixed

with MNCL load 6 in V4.2

Corrected with MNCL load 5

in V4.2
UA4.2.5 is not currently
deployed

UIIV is expecting that operation teams identify missing neighbor cells &
update the neighbor datafilled cells
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Issue list and contribution to RSSI degradation 2/2

According to UIIVs report

Ranked Cause

Detail

RACH procedure
crossing cell
reselection

10ms RSSI spike.

RACH parameter
configuration

In case of UE issue,
no limitation of
maximum RACH
power was defined.

RX cables swap
In Base Station

Spike now limited by

new RACH parameter
recommendation.

For example Cell0 UL

is cabled in Cell1 and
reverse for cell 1.

Impact

Major

Side
UE

Status
Fix in progress
impact reduced
by parameters
New parameters

Medium

OAM

Investigation finished but

no solution provided.
Problem with existing UEs.

Apply parameters in
networks.
Change UPUG values.

To be checked in
live networks

Critical
But
Low

Recommended

Solution

BTS

Swap cables or change

cable if deficient.

If suspected

occurrence
Incoherent
behavior in UE at
establishment.

Very low occurrence.

But huge RSSI spike
when occurring.

Major

Last several 100ms.

But low

Not fixed

No investigation leaded.

UE

occurence

Operational teams have to check RX cables connectivity and may have to

change RACH configuration parameter setting
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Operational Impact
Except for the BTS software issue, WNE
teams have to ensure that the identified
operational issues (Missing Neighbors,
unbalanced paths UL/DL or RX cables
swap) are corrected before HSUPA
activation
Missing Neighboring cell analysis in UA4.2
in a large area (such RNCs area) requires
an extremely high amount of call trace
collected that have to be post-processed
by internal tool Not realistic in a short
term analysis
Therefore it will be mandatory to audit first
UL RSSI in all cells eligible for HSUPA and
removing cells without UL RSSI increase
The UL RSSI audit analysis will be based
on:
Step 1: Based on RSSI counters, determine
all the cells with RSSI instability
Step 2: Based on OTCell+RFO, classification
of the issue & assessment of the HSUPA risk

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Suspicion issues:
- Missing Neighbor declared
-Unbalanced paths UL/ DL
- RX cables swap
- RACH configuration

All sites eligible for HSUPA

Sites with Hardware issue

Step 1: Audit of UL RSSI
based on counters

Sites ready for HSUPA

Sites with external
source of interferences

Step 2: OTCell analysis of

the UL RSSI issue

Sites with long UL

RSSI increase and
high risk for HSUPA

Sites with short UL

RSSI increase and low
risk for HSUPA

Suspicion issues:
- BTS Software issue not
already corrected
- Bad behavior of UE

How to detect UL RSSI peaks based on

counters in UA4.2?
In UA4.2, 3 counters are available to estimate the UL RSSI per cell:
Via the RNC Counter #0303 VS.UplinkRssi (available every 15 min):

Counter definition: Uplink RSSI received from NBAP common measurement per cell
Counter unit: 10^(-11,2) mW
Average UL RSSI (dBm) = -112+10*Log(#0303.[Avg])
Max UL RSSI (dBm) = -112+10*Log(#0303.[Max])

Via the 2 BTS Counters (available every 60 min)

Counter #10201 VS.RadioWBandRxMainPwr:
Counter definition: min/ max/ linear average wide-band received power per sector, per frequency,
at the Rx main channelizer (sampled every 100 ms)
Average Wide-Band Rx Main Power (dBm) = -120+10*Log(#10201.[Avg])
Maximum Wide-Band Rx Main Power (dBm) = -120+10*Log(#10201.[Max])

Counter #10202 VS.RadioWBandRxDivPwr:

Definition: min/ max/ linear average wide-band received power per sector, per frequency, at the Rx
diversity channelizer (sampled every 100 ms)
Average Wide-Band Rx Main Power (dBm) = -120+10*Log(#10202.[Avg])
Maximum Wide-Band Rx Main Power (dBm) = -120+10*Log(#10202.[Max])

Metrics Library & thresholds associated will be provided by Core WNE based on the RSSI
counters to detect quickly cells with frequent abnormal increase of UL RSSI

The average UL RSSI provided by counters are averaged in linear and are so
highly impacted by very high and short UL RSSI spikes generated by BTS
Software issue Call Trace activation required to distinguish RSSI Issues
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How to distinguish UL RSSI peaks based on

Call Trace in UA4.2?
OTCell traces can collect UL RSSI measurement from NBAP common measurement and
then obtain UL RSSI per cell through RFO post-processing

In order to limit the amount of data collected, it is recommended to trace only NBAP
Common Measurement: OTCell template will be provided by Core WNE
UL RSSI per cell variation is available depending on the periodicity of NBAP common
measurement:
RSSI with periodicity of 500 ms recommended

Please find in this table the maximum number of cells that can be traced simultaneously:

RFO KPI & thresholds associated will be provided by Core WNE to

distinguish UL RSSI short spikes and UL RSSI long increase that could
impact HSUPA Performance
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Field example 1: Distribution of minimum UL

RSSI in MBK & Partner
Distribution of Minimum UL RSSI in Partner's RNC, from 15/11 to 21/11

The metric used in this field

example is: Daily average of min
RSSI = Avg
(VS.UplinkRssi.Min[dBm])

70%

Min UL RSSI of
UNE4069R is -101,2 dBm

Min UL RSSI of
UNE4069R is -97,3 dBm

60%
50.2%

50%
40%

Min UL RSSI of
UNE4069R is -99,9 dBm

33.7%

30%

28.9%

21.3%

23.3%

16.5%

20%

12.4%
6.8%

10%

0.0%

0.4%

0.0%
[-99 dBm, -98 dBm[

0.4%

[-100 dBm, -99 dBm[

2.4%

[-101 dBm, -100 dBm]

0.0%
0%

5.6%

6.8%

0.4%

0.0%

[-98 dBm, -97 dBm[

[-102 dBm, -101 dBm[

[-103 dBm, -102 dBm[

[-104 dBm, -103 dBm[

[-105 dBm, -104 dBm[

[-106 dBm, -105 dBm[

[-107 dBm, -106 dBm[

[-108 dBm, -107 dBm[

Distribution of Minimum UL RSSI in Mobilkom's RNC, from 06/11 to 26/11

100%

98.9%

98.4%

99.2%

100.0%

99.5%

99.2%

95.1%

90%
86.5%

99% of cells
between -109 dBm
and -102 dBm

80%
70%

G719sU1 &U2 with: -101 dBm & -100,8 dBm

G009sU2 & G663sU3 with -97 dBm

68.6%

60%

G866sU3 with -97,5 dBm

50%
40%

38.1%

30%

30.5%

G660sU1 with-99,9 dBm

23.0%
17.8%

20%
15.1%

10%

5.4%

8.6%
0.5%

0.3%

0.0%

0.3%

0.5%

[-99 dBm, -98 dBm[

[-98 dBm, -97 dBm[

[-97 dBm, -96 dBm[

3.2%

6.5%

1.1%

[-100 dBm, -99 dBm[

0%

8.6%

[-101 dBm, -100 dBm]

0.0%

1.1%

0.0%

[-102 dBm, -101 dBm[

[-103 dBm, -102 dBm[

[-104 dBm, -103 dBm[

[-105 dBm, -104 dBm[

[-106 dBm, -105 dBm[

[-107 dBm, -106 dBm[

[-108 dBm, -107 dBm[

[-109 dBm, -108 dBm[

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100.0%

99.6%

83.9%

99% of cells
between -109 dBm
and -102 dBm

80%

below -109dBm

Cells with high minimum UL RSSI

are also identified in case of
external interferences

99.6%

99.2%

90%

[-109 dBm, -108 dBm[

Need to check alarm for cells

below 107dBm hardware issue
suspected

99.2%

98.8%

96.4%

below -109dBm

The minimum UL RSSI is quite

variable: most of cells between 109 dBm and -102 dBm in the 2
networks

100%

Field example 2: Distribution of Daily Delta

UL RSSI in MBK & Partner
The metric used in this field example
is: Daily delta UL RSSI =
Max(VS.UplinkRssi.Avg[dBm]) - Avg
(VS.UplinkRssi.Min[dBm])
Based on the counters very high
number of cells with Daily delta UL
RSSI above 3 dB

12% of cells with

daily delta UL
RSSI > 10dB

55% of cells
with daily delta
UL RSSI > 6dB

90%
80%

88.7%

70%

UTC001T; UTC003S &

UWE3063R

67.7%

Only 20% of cells

with daily delta
UL RSSI < 3dB

60%
50%

62.5%
53.2%

80 cells with Daily Delta UL

RSSI >10dB

45.2%

40%

37.5%

30%

28.2%

21.0%
20%

19.8%

10%

8.5%

6.0%11.3%

4.4%

8.5%

9.3%

10.1%

9.3%

8.1%

7.7%

5.2%

5.2%

0.8%

1.2%

0.8%

0%

[20 dB; 25 dB[

[15 dB; 20 dB[

[10 dB; 15 dB[

[9 dB; 10 dB[

[8 dB; 9 dB[

[7 dB; 8 dB[

[6 dB; 7 dB[

[5 dB; 6 dB[

[4 dB; 5 dB[

[3 dB; 4 dB[

[2 dB; 3 dB[

[1 dB; 2 dB[

Distribution of Daily delta UL RSSI in Mobilkom's RNC, from 06/11 to 26/11

120%

63% of cells with

daily delta UL
RSSI < 3dB

100%

79.2%

60%

G397sU2&U3;
G126sU3
4% of cells
with daily delta
UL RSSI > 6dB

63.0%

100.0%

99.5%

98.6%

97.6%

95.9%

93.8%
87.3%

80%

G397sU1;
G754sU1;
G669sU1 &
G257sU2

44.6%

40%

G257sU1 & G848sU3

21.9%

22.7%
18.4%

21.9%

20%

16.2%
8.1%

6.5%
2.2%

1.6%

1.1%

0.8%

0.5%

[6 dB; 7 dB[

[7 dB; 8 dB[

[8 dB; 9 dB[

[9 dB; 10 dB[

[10 dB; 15 dB[

0%
[5 dB; 6 dB[

[4 dB; 5 dB[

[3 dB; 4 dB[

[2 dB; 3 dB[

[1 dB; 2 dB[

[0 dB; 1 dB[

15

100.0%

98.8%

[0 dB; 1 dB[

UL RSSI stability will change

significantly depending on the
network:
Only 20% of cells with Daily
delta UL RSSI below 3dB in
Partner while 63% in Mobilkom
55% of cells with Daily delta UL
RSSI in Partner while only 4% in
MBK
12% with Daily Delta UL RSSI in
Partner while 0% in MBK

Distribution of Daily Delta UL RSSI (dB) in Partner's RNC, from 15/11 to 21/11
100%

Field example 3: Distribution of the duration

with Daily Delta UL RSSI>6dB in MBK & Partner
The metric used in this field
example is: Number of 15
minutes per day with delta UL
RSSI above 6dB

Distribution of Daily Delta UL RSSI (dB) in Partner's RNC, from 15/11 to 21/11
100%
90%

70%

78.3%

60%

22% of cells with

more than 1 hour
already fully loaded

50%
40%
30%

UTC0003R

22.9%
22.1%

20%

UWE0966S

17.8%

15.4%

8.3%

7.1%

2.0%

0.8%

0.4%

0.4%
[6h; 7h[

4.3%

0.8%

[5h; 6h[

2.8%

[4h; 5h[

2.4%

[2h; 2h15min[

4.3%

[1h45min; 2h[

3.6%

[1h30min; 1h45min[

6.7%

7.5%

1.2%

[1h15min; 1h30min[

7.9%

6.3%

10%
1.2%

0%

[3h; 4h[

[2h30min; 3h[

[2h15min; 2h30min[

[1h; 1h15min[

[45 min; 1h[

[30min; 45min[

[15min; 30min[

[10min; 15min[

[5min; 10min[

]0min; 5min[

0min

Distribution of duration with Daily delta UL RSSI>6dB in Mobilkom's RNC, from 06/11 to 26/11
120%

100%

99.7%

99.5%

97.0%

94.1%

100.0%

99.7%

82.2%

80%

Only 97% with less

than 1 fully loaded
quarter hour

60%
50.8%

40%

31.4%
31.4%

G754sU1

G848sU3

20%

11.9%
0.0%

0.3%
[1h; 1h 15min[

[15 min, 30 min[

0.3%

[45 min; 1h[

2.4%

[30 min,45 min[

3.0%
[10min, 15min[

It confirms that UL RSSI stability

will change significantly
depending on the network

UTC0001T &
UWE3079S

71.1%
62.8%

45.1%

Some cells have frequent delta

UL RSSI in Partner network but
not in the MBK cells audited:
Several Partners cells
determined with long
duration up to 6 hours of
Delta UL RSSI above 6dB
per day

88.5%

86.2%
81.8%

Only 22% with less

than 1 fully loaded
quarter hour

80%

99.6% 100.0%

99.2%

98.4%

96.4%
92.1%

91.3%

0%
[5min, 10min[

]0min, 5min[

0 min

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Field Example 4: OTCELL- UL RSSI evolution in MBK worst

cells
28/11

min RSSI

Cell UL Load>= Rot MAx

-106

value of delta (RSSI-min RSSI)

mean
0.1
Max
32.8
Min
0
total sample

21558
T

nbsample with delta>=6

nbsample with delta>=3

Cell UL Load >= 50%

Some UL RSSI short spikes up to

30/11

99
165

sample with delta>=6

1 (isolated)
2 (successive)
3 (successive)
33dB
4 (successive)

Most of UL RSSI measurements above 6dB are isolated

Average value of delta RSSI is very low: 0.1
Nb sample with delta>=3 & 6 are comparable

Cell with UL RSSI due to BTS SW

or UE Issue
Min RSSI

0.5%
0.8%

occurrence
23
13
14
2

-106.2

Delta (RSSI-minRSSI)

17

0.8
1.4

Mean

0.14

Max

31.3

Min

Total sample

21461

Nb sample with delta>=6

108

Nb sample with delta>=3

168

Field Example 5: OTCELL- UL RSSI evolution in MBK worst

cells
28/11

min RSSI

Cell UL Load>= Rot MAx

-104.6

value of delta (RSSI-min RSSI)

mean
0.9
Max
40.8
Min
0
total sample

21566
T

nbsample with delta>=6

nbsample with delta>=3

266 1.2%
993 4.6%

sample with delta>=6

1 (isolated)
Cell Some
UL LoadUL
>= RSSI
50% short spikes up to 41dB
2 (successive)
Most of UL RSSI measurements above 6dB are isolated
3 (successive)
4 (successive)
Average value of delta RSSI is medium: 1dB
6 (successive)
Nb sample with delta>=3 is much higher than delta>=6
11( successive)

30/11

Cell with potentially neighboring issue

Min RSSI

occurrence
113
42
13
2
2
1

-104.9

Delta (RSSI-minRSSI)

18

2.2
8.3

Mean

1.1

Max

32.1

Min

Total sample

21567

Nb sample with delta>=6

349

Nb sample with delta>=3

815

Field Example 6: OTCELL- Partner- UL RSSI evolution in

Partner worst cells
10/12

Min RSSI

-104.8*

Delta (RSSI-minRSSI)

Some UL RSSI long increase up to 37 dB

Average value of delta RSSI is high: 2,35 dB
Nb sample with delta>=3 is higher than delta>=6

Cell with neighboring issue suspected

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Mean

2.35

Max

36.6

Min

Total sample

28582

Nb sample with delta>=6

2328

Nb sample with delta>=3

5863

Detected Set Reporting Feature Overview

The objective of this feature is to help the operator to

optimize its neighboring plan
Intra-Frequency Full Event trigger feature is mandatory to
enable detected set feature

When detected set feature is activated, the UE triggers

1A, 1C, 1E or 1D events based on FET criteria both on
detected set and monitored set
However, the detected set cells will not be used in the
mobility algorithms but it can be considered as potential
new neighboring cells.
Some detected cells are monitored in measuredResults field without
triggering any Event some detected cells with low EcN0 doesnt worth to
be considered
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How to ensure that it is due neighbor

missing?

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VS.MeasCallFailTraceDetectCell.FullEvt
VS.UplinkRssi.Avg

21/11/2006
20/11/2006
19/11/2006
18/11/2006
17/11/2006
16/11/2006
15/11/2006

Refer to the example above showing one cell

from Partner network with frequently high
average UL RSSI the cell is not declared
as neighbor in other cells
.and on the same periods high number of
detected cells reported up to 2000
neighboring cells declaration are missing
for this primary cell

If based on UL RSSI analysis through

OTCell, Missing Neighboring cell declared
is suspected then it is recommended to
activate detected set feature:
Full Event Trigger activation on the
cells
isDetectedSetCellsAllowed
Parameter set to True
and to monitor the number of call trace
failure indicating detected cell during at
least 1 week:
counter #1027
VS.MeasCallFailTraceDetectedCell
Note that the counter shall increment on
the primary cell with the missing
neighboring cells declared and not in the
missing neighboring cell with UL RSSI
impacted
If there is representative number of Call
Trace Failure indicating detected cell then
missing neighbors are suspected and could
be a reason of abnormal UL RSSI increase
Neighboring Optimization Analysis (see
next slides)

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Missing cell in neighborhood

Cell2 if not declared in Cell1 neighborhood.
When UE is moving from cell 1 to cell2, active set update is not triggered.
When UE is going closer to Cell2, UE signal is received very strong by Cell2.
Because UE is not in soft handover, there is no innerloop to adjust the TX power of UE to correct level for
Cell2.
The call will drop at the end, but a temporary huge RSSI increase will happen meanwhile.

Cell1

RSSI increase reflected

by the counter#0303

Detected set reported

and counter #1027
incremented

Cell2

Detected set reported and counter #1027 incremented

Direction of moving
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Neighbor Optimization process

Global process
Start Point

Core WNE recommends to apply these

following steps:
Step 0: Start point

Detected set activated

CNL deactivated

Activate Event Trigger feature

(isEventTriggeredMeasAllowed = True)
Activate detected set feature
(isDetectedSetCellsAllowed = True)
Deactivate CNL feature
(isCompoundingCellListActivated =
False)

Missing or
No
Inactive cell or
active compound
cell?

DRF Update

To detect the inactive neighbor cells

which are never in the active set
To detect the missing neighbor cells
which are reported in the MR thanks to
detected set feature
Inactive neighbor deletion
Missing neighbor addition

Step 3: SC Planning Analysis based

on the new CM xml file
Identification of all potential duplicated
SC
Proposal of new Scrambling Code for
all problem cells

Step 4: CNL activation

Step 5: To go back to Step 1
To detect Active Compound cells which
are often in the active set and which
deserves to be direct neighbor of the
primary cell
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Neighbouring
analysis part

Yes

Step 1: Neighboring Analysis

Step 2: CM xml file update

Neighbouring
Analysis

SC Planning Analysis
No

SC planning
analysis part

Duplicated
cell?
Yes

CNL activated ?

Yes
CNL Deactivation

DRF Update
No
CNL Activation

All the operational details and the thresholds are

provided in the reference document Mobility Optimization
Guidelines (UMT/IRC/INF/020462 V01/EN), that can be
found in the Livelink: http://eurlivelink.europe.nortel.com/livelink/livelink.exe?func=ll&obj
Id=27467504&objAction=browse&sort=name

UA4.2 neighbouring analysis methodology

Based on CTg logs collection post-processed by Odinium/ RFO Tool

Odinium tool is already available to do this neighbouring optimization analysis

while implementation in RFO tool is on finalization
RFO/ Odinium analysis is based on the CTg traces which can not collect more
than 10 simultaneous calls per TMU to reach the expected reliability criteria,
several hours of traces are needed
RFO/ Odinium indicators:
For each primary cell (PC), several indicators are computed for all its
monitored cells (nbi):

Re-Ref/Min: is the primary cell change frequency from PC to nbi

ASAdd/min: is SHO leg Addition (nbi) frequency
%Active Time: is the proportion of time nbi was in the active set
Primary cell duration
Detected cell: its SC with number of occurrences and the best EcNo measurement

Odinium isnt supported in mid-term Neighboring Tuning algorithm in

RFO is a mandatory pre-requisite
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UA5.0 neighbouring analysis methodology

Based on CTn Reports from CTn traces
CTn traces will be available for UA5.0
CTn collects only the mobility data without UE cell measurements. For that reason, CTn will handle
much more calls per TMU than the CTg (around 300 calls per TMU)
CTn logs are post processed with a web based internal tool (Wireless Quality Analyzer) connected to
a server running on PC hardware:
Generate several reports
Operational time gain
Only soft handover report and detected cell report will be used for Neighbouring analysis
WQA needs specific PC hardware and software licence
For each couple (primary cell, neighbour cell), several useful indicators for neighbouring analysis are
computed:

RL addition: is the equivalent of ASAdd/min Odinium metric

SHO duration : is the equivalent of %Active Time Odinium metric
Outgoing reference change : is the equivalent of Re-Ref/Min Odinium metric
Neighbouring type (N: neighbour, C: composite)
Detected cell: specific report with number of occurrences

Radio Measurements are not considered in CTn to increase the collection capacity ECN0 reports
are not informed when identify detected cells CTg+RFO still needed to end the analysis

Neighboring Tuning Analysis in a large area have to be performed with

CTn+WQA for capacity reasons and for saving post-processing time
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Field Example 6: Detected cell analysis with

CTg/ Odinium in ORF
No important increase of UL RSSI for detected cells
Cells detected up to 1000 times in 2 hours with good
Detected Cell N1
EcN0
Cellule pour
CTg
Detected Cell SCDetected Cell Name
Average Min UL RSSI
BELLE_DE_MAI_U21
FERREOL_U31
GRANDE_BASTIDE_U11
GRANDE_BASTIDE_U31
HOPITAL_NORD_U11
JOLIETTE_DOCKS_U11
LA_PLAGE_U21
LA_PLAGE_U31
LA_ROSE_U21
LE_FRIOUL_TDFT_U11
LES_OLIVES_U21
MARSEILLE_BEAUVAU_U31
MARSEILLE_BLANCARDE_U21
MARSEILLE_BOREL_U21
MARSEILLE_CLARY_U11
MARSEILLE_DAVID_U11
MARSEILLE_DUPARC_U31
MARSEILLE_FAUVETTES_U31
MARSEILLE_GUIEU_U11
MARSEILLE_JULIEN_U11
MARSEILLE_LA_CAPELETTE_U31
MARSEILLE_LA_PANOUSE_U31
MARSEILLE_LACADENELLE_U11
MARSEILLE_LESSEPS_U31
MARSEILLE_MARENGO_U11
MARSEILLE_MATHURIN_U21
MARSEILLE_MATHURIN_U31
MARSEILLE_MICHELET_U11
MARSEILLE_NOTRE_DAME_U11
MARSEILLE_PARTY_U21
MARSEILLE_SAINTE_U31
MARSEILLE_ST_NICOLAS_U31
MARSEILLE_VALLON_U11
MRS_MONTE_CRISTO_TDFT_U31
PARC_DES_EXPOSITIONS_U31
RABATEAU_U31
ST_LAMBERT_U11
ST_LOUP_UMTS_U11
ST_MARTHE_U21
ST_MAURONT_U11
ST_MAURONT_U31

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s234 x503 -6
s304 x143 -6
s316 x115 -11
s13 x60 -10
s159 x43 -9
s18 x138 -4
s9 x203 -8

ST_MARTHE_U21
MARSEILLE_PORTE_D_AIX_U11
MARSEILLE_LACADENELLE_U11
LE_MERLAN_IUT_U21
MARSEILLE_MICHELET_U31
MARSEILLE_BOREL_U21
MARSEILLE_AIRELLES_U11

-105.98
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-105.01
-105.98

s293 x121 -4
s32 x501 -4
s254 x86 -11
s145 x282 -6
s273 x195 -8

MARSEILLE_PARTY_U21
LA_GROTTE_ROLLAND_U21
to find the cell name
MRS_MONTE_CRISTO_TDFT_U31
MARSEILLE_CASTEL_ROC_U21

-104.22
-107.23

s68 x68 -6
s94 x39 -10
s336 x198 -9
s164 x208 -6

Delta UL RSSI
0.18
0.64
0.06
0.07
0.37
0.41
0.07

Detected Cell N2
Detected Cell SC
Detected Cell Name
Average Min UL RSSI Delta UL RSSI
s314 x272 -9 MARSEILLE_GIBBES_U21
-104.22
0.42
s66 x196 -4
MARSEILLE_JULIEN_U11
-108.99
1.5
s316 x392 -8

MARSEILLE_LACADENELLE_U11

-105.01

0.06

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s130 x30 -11

ST_LAMBERT_U11
MARSEILLE_LE_REDON_U11

-107.23
-107.23

0.62
0

0.01
0.05 s361 x81 -6

MARSEILLE_LA_ROSERAIE_U11

-105.98

0.14

-105.01
-105.98

0.85 s325 x232 -8

0.19 s58 x173 -8

MARSEILLE_LA_PLAINE_U11
MARSEILLE_FELIBRE_U31

-107.23
-105.98

0.08
0.28

ST_LAMBERT_U11
GRANDE_BASTIDE_U31
MARSEILLE_MALPASSE_U21
MARSEILLE_DUPARC_U31

-107.23
-102.97
-105.01
-107.23

0.62 s18 x87 -6

0.72
0.77 s286 x248 -6
0.08

MARSEILLE_BOREL_U21

-105.01

0.41

MARSEILLE_FAUVETTES_U31

-105.98

s46 x179 -9

MARSEILLE_SAINTE_U31

-105.98

0.55

s159 x471 -8
s75 x64 -10
s68 x197 -5
s164 x29 -8

MARSEILLE_MICHELET_U31
ST_LOUP_UMTS_U31
ST_LAMBERT_U11
MARSEILLE_DUPARC_U31

-105.98
-107.23
-107.23
-107.23

0.37
0.73
0.62 s18 x417 -6
0.08

MARSEILLE_BOREL_U21

-105.01

0.41

s50 x981 -7
s1 x357 -6

MARSEILLE_LA_PANOUSE_U31
MARSEILLE_CLARY_U11

-105.98
-106.13625

MARSEILLE_LACADENELLE_U11

-105.01

0.06

s304 x131 -11 MARSEILLE_PORTE_D_AIX_U11

-104.22

0.64 s299 x58 -7

MARSEILLE_ST_NICOLAS_U31

-107.23

0.03

s18 x339 -6
s165 x868 -8

MARSEILLE_BOREL_U21
MARSEILLE_NOTRE_DAME_U11

-105.01
-105.98

0.41 s321 x277 -7

0.97 s58 x778 -8

MARSEILLE_ZI_U21
MARSEILLE_FELIBRE_U31

-105.98
-105.98

0.48
0.28

s99 x476 -8
s282 x46 -8
s153 x34 -8

MARSEILLE_MATHURIN_U31
MARSEILLE_LE_ROUET_U31
MADRAGUE_DE_LA_VILLE_U31

-107.23
-105.98
-107.23

0.11
0.18 s150 x153 -6
0.05 s36 x149 -4

ST_MAURONT_U31
ST_JEAN_DU_DESERT_U21

-107.23
-105.98

0.13
0.02

0.17 s316 x72 -10

0.21625

Declaration of worth detected cells will not automatically improve

significantly the UL RSSI first step with Audit UL RSSI is mandatory
s18 x964 -6

MARSEILLE_BOREL_U21

-105.01

0.41 s68 x1443 -4

ST_LAMBERT_U11

-107.23

0.62

HSUPA Introduction Methodology Planning

Delivery
The HSUPA Introduction Methodology status and planning are:
The audit of UL RSSI stability based on counters and OTCell is on
finalization
Missing Neighbors analysis based on CTg/ Odinium is on-going
Missing Neighbors analysis based on CTg/ RFO is on-going and
plan to be validated in Mobilkom pre-Cur Trial
Missing Neighbors analysis based on CTn/ WQA is not started and
plan to be tested in Mobilkom pre-Cur Trial
Validation by Core WNE of the full HSUPA Introduction Methodology
during pre-Cur Mobilkom Trial ready for execution by all local WNE
from W15 with the support of Core WNE

The complete HSUPA & HSDPA Introduction Methodology will be

described in the UA5.0 HSxPA Engineering Handbook

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Back-Up

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UL RSSI/ RTWP Definition & Computation at

Node B
In 3GPP (TS25.215 section 5.2.1) RTWP is used for uplink RSSI (RTWP
stands for Receive Total Wideband Power): The received wide band power, including noise generated in the

receiver, within the bandwidth defined by the receiver pulse shaping filter. The reference point for the measurement shall be the Rx antenna connector. In
case of receiver diversity the reported value shall be linear average of the power in the diversity branches.

Since the level shall be estimated on a bandwidth corresponding to a single

UMTS carrier, the measurement shall be done after channel filtering.
In the TRM/iTRM, the level is measured within the block Mean Square Power
Measurement block of the Rx channelizer. Internally, two power indications
MSPD_PWER1 and MSPD_PWER2 respectively for the main and the
diversity branches are used to evaluate the level at the Analog-to-Digital
Converter (ADC) input.
The reference point of the RTWP being the antenna connector, calculation
should estimate the total loss in between the TRM/iTRM ADC and the antenna
connector. This includes the subtraction of all amplifications and the addition
of all losses in between. Two values RTWP1 and RTWP2 respectively for the
main and the diversity paths are computed.
The uplink RSSI (RTWP) reported to the RNC as per 3GPP definition will then
be computed from RTWP1 and RTWP2 as the linear average of those two
values

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UL RSSI variation due to UL Load?

Correlation on the most loaded cells between the UL Traffic and the UL RSSI (average or max)
or between the number of RACH and the UL RSSI (average or max) and we concluded that it
is not possible to directly link the impact of the UL Traffic or the number of RACH to the
increase of UL RSSI. To confirm that assessment:
the 10 cells with highest UL Load in Mobilkom network and the 10 cells with the highest Delta UL RSSI
the 20th of October are not the same
The UL amount of traffic transferred in all day is from 117 Mbytes to 219 Mbytes but the Delta UL RSSI
didn't follow the same ranking and so double check that the UL Traffic is not the current main cause of
the UL RSSI increase

as indicated by the UIIV analysis, there are other causes impacting the UL RSSI on
your network
UL Traffic (Kbytes)
219 871
178 595
164 857
162 771
151 655
146 945
130 728
125 187
119 617
118 563
117 079

Min[VS.UplinkRssi.Min] (dBm)
-106
-105
-104
-107
-103
-102
-104
-106
-106
-105
-103

Avg[VS.UplinkRssi.Avg] (dBm)
-105
-104
-104
-107
-103
-102
-103
-106
-106
-104
-103

Max[VS.UplinkRssi.Avg] (dBm)
-100
-99
-95
-103
-98
-99
-90
-102
-105
-93
-102

Delta UL RSSI (dBm) Min[VS.UplinkRssi.Min] (dBm)

17.7
-102
16.3
-104
16.2
-105
15.7
-104
15.7
-107
14.8
-105
14.6
-104
14.1
-104
13.8
-105
13.6
-104

Avg[VS.UplinkRssi.Avg] (dBm)
-100
-101
-102
-103
-105
-102
-103
-103
-104
-103

Max[VS.UplinkRssi.Avg] (dBm)
-84
-87
-89
-89
-91
-90
-90
-90
-91
-90

G397sU3
G397sU1
G201sU3
G257sU1
G201sU2
G201sU1
G513sU3
G257sU2
G282sU2
G126sU2
G174sU3

G736sU1
G662sU3
G126sU3
G311sU2
G343sU2
G754sU1
G513sU3
G142sU3
G112sU1
G740sU2

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Delta UL RSSI (dBm) Avg[VS.UplinkRssi.Max] (dBm)

6.1
-101
6.4
-100
9.0
-100
3.9
-103
4.9
-100
3.1
-99
14.6
-90
3.6
-102
1.5
-103
12.5
-101
0.6
-101

UL Traffic (Kbytes)

52 799
96 586
19 537
130 728
6 128
46 734

Avg[VS.UplinkRssi.Max] (dBm)
-86
-87
-88
-88
-91
-98
-90
-90
-92
-92

Max[VS.UplinkRssi.Max] (dBm)
-82
-80
-77
-87
-81
-84
-70
-86
-94
-73
-92

Max[VS.UplinkRssi.Max] (dBm)
-67
-69
-70
-69
-72
-88
-70
-71
-73
-73

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Every working day the average UL RSSI is above 6dB during all the busiest hour with few peaks exceeding
20 dB!
HSUPA can not be introduced in this cell
Missing Neighbor is suspected since the delta increase during all the busiest hours of the day requires
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20/11/2006
21/11/2006

More peaks in UTC0003R than in UWE0966S but globally the increase of UL RSSI is less important
Introduction HSUPA still highly risky
Missing Neighbor is suspected since the delta increase during all the busiest hours of the day requires
confirmation with detected set reports

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Average UL RSSI evolution for the worst cells

in Partner (3/3)
VS.UplinkRssi.Avg (dBm) in UTC0001T, from 15/11 to 21/11

-77

-82

-87

Cell UL Load = 100%

-92

-97

-102

Cell UL Load = 50%

-107

15/11/2006

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16/11/2006
17/11/2006
18/11/2006
19/11/2006
20/11/2006
21/11/2006

High Delta UL RSSI concentrated but very high delta

Introduction HSUPA still highly risky
Missing Neighbor is suspected since the delta increase during all the busiest hours of the day requires
confirmation with detected set reports

30ms demodulation blinding for new legs

When softer leg is added, NodeB is sometimes blind during 30ms.
NodeB emits UP commands toward UE.
Tx power spike of 30dB is created.
60

700000.00

50

600000.00

40

500000.00

30

400000.00

20

300000.00

10

200000.00

100000.00
0.00

Noise profile is jammed.

Risk for finger tracking

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33
32
37
32
41
32
45
32
49
32
53
32
57
32
61
32
65
32
69
32
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32
77
32
81

-10

Number of cells
UE Tx Power
Finger power cell 0
Finger power Cell 1

UL is blind temporarily
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Early RL RESTORE issue

NodeB sometimes trigger RadioLinkRestoreIndication with no signal, then
send all UP TPC commands toward UE.
=> UE TX power overshoot ideal convergence power, generating RSSI spike.
60

900000
800000

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700000
40
600000
30

500000
400000

20

300000
10
200000

-10

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2600

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2558

2551

2544

2537

2530

2523

100000
0

UE Tx Power
Finger power

TRM RX cable crossing

Cell 2

Antenna of cell 1 is connected to Cell2

Antenna of cell 2 is connected to Cell1.
UE in Cell1 is forced to emit very strong to
reach antenna 2.

Antenna 2

Antenna 1 is blinded by UE.

Antenna 1

Cell 1
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UE ISSUE description interfrequency reselection

In following graphs, issue is detected when AICH status is NO-ACK =

0, identified by magenta circles.
It appears UE sometimes fail to decode AICH when RACH procedure
crosses cell reselection procedure.
The UE then increases TX power of preamble up to maximum,
creating a noise spike in BTS receiver.
The case where RACH NACK appear is rather similar: The AICH is not
decoded by UE and NodeB, overloaded, finally nacks preambles.
When UE recover AICH decoding, it decodes NACK that is sent in
response to each preamble by NodeB.
The procedure immediately stops.

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UE ISSUE description interfrequency reselection

RACH cell Id 7 is carried by Nortel NodeB
RACH cell id 13 is carried by other NodeB
Status (1:ACK 0:NO ACK 2:NACK)
number of preambles
RACH Cell id
Last Preamble Power
CPICH RSCP

Issue

14

50

12
0
10
-50

-100

4
-150
2

06:40:56.352

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06:40:58.080

06:40:59.808

06:41:01.536

06:41:03.264

06:41:04.992

06:41:06.720

-200

06:41:08.448

UE ISSUE description intracell reselection

Scrambling code 202 and 200 are carried by same frequency
Status (1:ACK 0:NO ACK 2:NACK)
number of preambles
RACH cell id
Last preamble power
CPICH RSCP

Issue

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0

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15
-100
10

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5

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0
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600

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1000

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1200

RACH optimization in iFUN

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RACH optimization in iFUN

RACH statistics about preamble detection was measured for Nortel IFUN NodeBs
using nominal parameters. One UE was logged for 10 minutes, moving all over iFUN.
Here is an extract of decoded log. Number of preambles is in yellow.

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RACH optimization in iFUN

85% of preamble are detected with 1 attempt.
99.5% are detected with 10 attempts (10dB ramp up)
Initial TX power is raised to increase success rate at first preamble (constant value
is modified from -20 to -17)
Power step is increased to reduce RACH loading (set to 4dB)

Maximum number of preamble is limited to have a ramp-up of maximum 12dB (3

retransmission)
These parameters will grant to have more than 99.5% of preamble success in iFUN.
In case more than one preamble is necessary, this parameters privileges RACH
capacity over TX power consumption.

=> These parameters are not yet UPUG recommendation. Exhaustive

multipath and fading tests shall be done to have a tradeoff between all
customer networks.

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RACH optimization in iFUN

BEFORE

AFTER

Preamble success detection PDF

Preamble success detection PDF

110.00%

110.00%
700

2000

100.00%

90.00%

100.00%

90.00%

1500
Cumulative %

80.00%
1000

600

Frequency

500
400

80.00%

Cumulative %
300

70.00%

70.00%

200

500
60.00%

50.00%

0
0

10

15

Number of RACH preamble

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20

Frequency

60.00%

100

50.00%

0
0

10

15

Number of RACH preamble

20