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UMTS Admission

Control Feature (PUC)


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Overview
PUC

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Load Control exists in all phases


Load Control is used to keep system stable, maximize system capacity while
ensuring the coverage and QoS.
Different load control algorithms according to different phases provided:
a) Before UE access: Potential User Control (PUC)
b) During UE access: Call Admission Check (CAC) and Intelligent Access Control (IAC)
c) After UE access: Load Reshuffling (LDR), and Overload Control (OLC)

PUC

CAC
IAC

1. Before UE access 2. During UE access

3. After UE access

PUC (Potential User Control ) Features:


a)
b)
c)

PUC: Potential User Control


CAC: Call Admission Control
IAC: Intelligent Admission Control
LDR: Load Reshuffling
OLC: Overload Control

LDR
OLC

Time

The function of PUC is to balance traffic load among inter-frequency cells.


By modifying cell selection and reselection parameters and broadcasting them through system
information, PUC leads UEs to cells with light load.
The UEs may be in idle mode, CELL_FACH state, CELL_PCH state, or URA_PCH state.

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Load Control for different cell load level

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Thresholds and actions of the load


control algorithms

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Overview

PUC

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Potential User Control Procedure

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Potentioal User Control Threshold


Cell load comes with three levels: heavy, normal, and light.
a) When cell load is higher than the load level division upper threshold plus the
load level division hysteresis, it is decided to be heavy.
b) When cell load is lower than the load level lower threshold plus the load level
division hysteresis, it is decided to be light.

Notes: PUC can take effect only in


downlink.

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Action of Potential User Control


Based on the cell load, PUC works as follows:
a) If the cell load becomes heavy, PUC modifies cell selection and reselection
parameters and broadcasts them through system information(SIB3 and
SIB11). In this way, PUC leads UEs to neighboring cells with light load.
b) If the cell load becomes normal, PUC uses the cell selection and reselection
parameters configured on the LMT.
c) If the cell load becomes light, PUC modifies cell selection and reselection
parameters and broadcasts them through system information. In this way,
PUC leads UEs to this cell.

The NodeB periodically reports the total TCP of the cell and the
PUC periodically triggers the following activities:
a) Assessing the cell load level based on the total TCP;
b) Configuring Sintersearch, Qoffset1(s,n), and Qoffset2(s,n) based on the cell
load level;
c) Updating the parameters of system messages SIB3 and SIB11.

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PUC Adjustment Principle

1. Based on the characteristics of inter-frequency cell selection and reselection.


Sintersearch:
a) When this value is increased by the serving cell, the UE starts inter-frequency cell
reselection ahead of schedule.
b) When this value is decreased by the serving cell, the UE delays inter-frequency cell
reselection.
The UE will start inter-frequency cell reselection when Squal is less than Sintersearch.

Squal=Qqualmeas-Qqualmin<= Sintersearch.

2. Qoffset1(s,n): applies to R (reselection) rule with CPICH RSCP


a) When this value is increased by the serving cell, the UE has a lower probability of selecting
a neighboring cell.
The offset is subtracted from the neighboring cell measurement value before cell
reselection.
b) When this value is decreased by the serving cell, the UE has a higher probability of
selecting a neighboring cell.

3. Qoffset2(s,n): applies to R (reselection) rule with CPICH Ec/I0


4. Cell Reselection Criteria:
a)
Qoffmbms is only applied to those cells (serving
Rs = Qmeas,s + Qhysts + Qoffmbms
Rn = Qmeas,n - Qoffsets,n + Qoffmbms - TOn * (1 Ln)

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b)

or neighbouring) belonging to the MBMS;


TO is only applicable if the usage of HCS is
indicated in system information.

Change of Sintersearch Parameter


according to the Load state

The configuration of Sintersearch affects the current


cell. Its value is related to the load of the current cell.

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Notes: The PUC command is ADD CELLPUC.

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Change of Qoffset1 and Qoffset2 according to the Load


state

1) The configuration
of Qoffset1 and
Qoffset2 affects the
neighbour cell.

2) Its value are


related to the load
of the current cell
and the neighboring
cells.

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Notes: The
prerequisite for the
changes of the
parameters is that
these parameters
take their default
values.

PUC Parameters
1. Run the ADD CELLALGOSWTICH command to set the cell-oriented PUC
algorithm switch under Cell LDC algorithm switch to 1.
2. Run the SET LDCPERIOD command to specify the period of potential user
control (PUC period timer length).
3. Run the ADD CELLPUC command to set the cell-oriented PUC algorithm
parameters. These parameters are as follows:

Load level division threshold 1


Load level division threshold 2
Load level division hysteresis
Sintersearch offset 1
Sintersearch offset 2
Qoffset1 offset 1
Qoffset1 offset 2
Qoffset2 offset 1
Qoffset2 offset 2

Example
a) ADD CELLALGOSWITCH: NBMLdcAlgoSwitch=PUC-1;
b) SET LDCPERIOD: PucPeriodTimerLen=180;
c) ADD CELLPUC: CellId=1, SpucLight=46, SpucHeavy=71, SpucHyst=6, OffSinterLight=1, OffSinterHeavy=3, OffQoffset1Light=-3, OffQoffset2Light=-3, OffQoffset1Heavy=5,
OffQoffset2Heavy=5;

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