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Chapter 1 Development of Network Planning Technology.......................................................1 1.1 GPRS Basic Principle.......................................................................................................1 1.1.1 GPRS Network Structure........................................................................................1 1.1.2 GPRS BSS and MS Function Introduction..............................................................2 1.1.3 GPRS Signaling Model...........................................................................................4 1.1.4 Wireless Packet Channel Configuration.................................................................4 1.1.5 Packet Access Mode..............................................................................................6 1.1.6 Paging Processing..................................................................................................7 1.1.7 Discontinuous Reception (DRX).............................................................................8 1.1.8 Wireless Resource Distribution...............................................................................8 1.1.9 Packet System Message........................................................................................9 1.1.10 Radio Link Control................................................................................................9 1.1.11 Channel Code and CS Change Control..............................................................10 1.1.12 Radio Link Monitoring.........................................................................................10 1.1.13 Radio Frequency Power Control.........................................................................11 1.1.14 Cell Reselection Control.....................................................................................11 1.1.15 Flow Control and QoS Guarantee.......................................................................12 1.1.16 Mobility Management and Communication Management...................................13 1.2 GPRS Network Planning.................................................................................................14 1.2.1 GPRS Capacity Planning......................................................................................14 1.2.2 GPRS Coverage Planning....................................................................................16 1.2.3 GPRS Frequency Planning...................................................................................19 1.2.4 Summary..............................................................................................................20 1.3 WCDMA System Overview.............................................................................................21 1.3.1 UMTS System Network Composition....................................................................21 1.3.2 System Interface...................................................................................................23 1.3.3 Basic Principle of Spread Spectrum Communication ...........................................24 1.3.4 Some of the Key Technologies in the WCDMA System.......................................27 1.3.5 The Receive Sensitivity of the WCDMA System...................................................32 1.4 WCDMA System Network Planning................................................................................34 1.4.1 The Content of the WCDMA Network Planning....................................................34 1.4.2 WCDMA Wireless Capacity Calculation...............................................................37 1.4.3 WCDMA Service Description and Calculation .....................................................45
SM-SC C
HLR Gr Gc Gi GGSN Gf EIR Signalling Interface Signalling and Data Transfer Interface PDN TE
SGSN
Besides, the operation and maintenance commands on BTS via OMC must be controlled or transferred by BSC, and the channel configuration for the PCU and the Pb/G-Abis interface configuration are mainly conducted at BSC.
II. BTS
BTS is the wireless part of the BSS, and controlled by BSC, BTS is the wireless transceiving equipment serving a specific or several cells. The main responsibilities of BTS include: Realizing the wireless transmission and the related control function between BTS and MS via the Um interface; Accomplishing the layer 1 and layer 2 functions of the Um interface, and transparently transmitting layer 3 message; Helping BSC accomplish part of the layer 3 function of the Um
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interface.
III. PCU
PCU is the equipment introduced by BSS to support GPRS, and its main functions include: Most of the packet wireless resource management functions; Packet calling control function; Packet data transmission; Supporting the Gb interface, the G-Abis interface, and the Pb interface
IV. GPRS MS
(1) Terminal Equipment Terminal Equipment (TE) is the computer terminal equipment operated and maintained by terminal subscribers. It is used to transceive the packet data of terminal subscribers in the GPRS system.TE can be independent desktop computer. The functions of TE can also be integrated into the hand-held mobile terminal equipment, and become one entity with the mobile terminal (MT). To some extent, all the functions provided by the GPRS network are to set up a packet data transport passageway between TE and external data networks. (2) Mobile Terminal Mobile Terminal (MT) on the one hand communicates with TE; on the other hand, it communicates with BTS via air interface, and the logic link to SGSN can be established. The MT of GPRS must be configured with GPRS function software to access GPRS system services. In the data communications process, from the perspective of TE, the function of MT is equivalent to the Modem connecting TE to the GPRS system. The functions of MT and TE can be integrated into one physical device. (3) Mobile Station Mobile Station (MS) can be viewed as the integrated entity with all the functions of MT and TE. It can be one physical entity or two (TE+MT). MS has three types: Type A: it allows simultaneous packet switching service and circuit switching service. Type B: it can be attached to the GPRS network and the GSM network simultaneously, but it does not allow the simultaneous circuit switching service and packet switching service. Type C: it cannot attach to the GPRS network and the GSM network simultaneously. (4) MS Multiple time slot Capability Level MS can be divided into 29 levels based on the multiple time slot capability, which has been detailed in the following table. MSs at different levels have different packet channels simultaneously available. A handset reports its multiple time slot capability level in the packet resource request information. BSS should comprehensively consider such aspects as the MS data traffic, required class of quality of services, available wireless channel condition, etc. when assigning wireless resources for MS. The multiple time slot capability of MS should try to be met with the observance of the principle of making full use of the wireless resources. The multiple time slot capability is usually represented as X (RX)+X (TX), that is the maximum time slot number allowed for the downlink and the maximum time slot number allowed for the uplink. For example, 3+1 GPRS handset refers to the one with three time slots maximally allowed for the downlink reception and one time slot maximally allowed for the uplink transmission.
Multislot class
Multislot class
Tx
1 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 4 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Sum 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 NA NA NA
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6 7 8 2 3 4 4 6 2 3 4 4 6 8
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Sum NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
MS
BSS
GMM: GPRS Mobility Management RLC: Radio Link Control SM: Session Management
BSSGP: Base Station System GPRS Protocol Figure 11-3 The Signaling Model of GPRS BSS
network) or downlink (that is PDTCH/D used for the data transmission from the GPRS network to MS). (2) Packet Broadcast Control Channel (PBCCH) PBCCH is to broadcast the necessary parameters resulted from MS access to the network because of packet services. Besides, it also broadcasts circuit switching service parameters, which have already been broadcast by BCCH. MS in the GPRS Attach mode only monitors PBCCH, and pays no attention to BCCH. If there is PBCCH in a cell, BCCH will indicate it. That is to say, via system message, SI13 tells MS that this cell has already been equipped with PBCCH. If there is no PBCCH, BCCH will broadcast parameters that will be used in the packet services. (3) Packet Common Control Channel (PCCCH) PCCCH includes the following types of channels: Packet Paging Channel (PPCH): it is only used in downlink to page MS. Packet Random Access Channel (PRACH): it is only used in uplink to request one or more PDTCHs. Packet Access Grant Channel (PAGCH): it is only used in downlink to assign one or more PDTCHs. Packet Notification Channel (PNCH): it is only used in downlink to notify MS of point-to-multipoint multi-path transmission (PTM-M) calling.
If there is no PCCCH in a cell, packet services information can be transmitted via CCCH. If there is PCCCH, circuit switching services information can be transmitted via PCCCH. (4) Packet Dedicated Channel Packet dedicated channels have the following types: Packet Associated Control Channel (PACCH): bidirectional, used to transmit packet signaling in the data transport process. Packet Timing advance Control Channel Uplink PTCCH/U: it is used to transmit random access pulse so as to estimate the timing advance of MS for packet services. Packet Timing advance Control Channel downlink (PTCCH/D): it is used to renew transmission timing advance information for several MSs. One PTCCH/D corresponds with several PTCCH/Us.
The PCU of Huawei Technologies Co, Ltd. can support all packet channel functions.
Where PCCCH = PPCH + PRACH + PAGCH + PNCH When a cell is required to be equipped with PBCCH, the first type will be adopted, and one cell can only have one channel combination of this kind. When there are quite a few MSs in a cell and the PCCCH is relatively busy, one or several channel combinations of the second type can be added. Only when there exists channel of the first combination type can exist the channel of the second combination type in a cell. Channels of the third combination type are mainly used for uplink and downlink packet data transmission. Each cell can be equipped with one or several channels of this combination type. The GPRS PCU system of Huawei Technologies Co, Ltd. supports all of the channel
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combination types, where the third type can be divided into fixed PDCH and dynamic PDCH. The fixed PDCH is specially used for GPRS packet data transport, and cannot be forcefully occupied by circuit-switched services, while the dynamic PDCH can dynamically switch from TCH and PDTCH according to service requirements. It is TCH in the initial state of the system, and it will switch to PDCH when there is packet service demand, while it will switch from PDCH to TCH when there is circuit service demand.
X: idle frames
Figure 11-4 Wireless Channel Structure where: PBCCH channel: it can be mapped to such radio blocks as B0, B3, B6, and B9. The specific number is determined by the busy degree of its broadcasting channel, and the mapping sequence is in conformity with the above-mentioned order. PCCCH: PAGCH and PPCH can map to any radio block of the downlink channels except the one occupied by PBCCH. PRACH is the uplink frame corresponding with the radio block occupied by PBCCH, PAGCH, PPCH, etc. PDTCH: it can map to all the radio blocks, and it is used for packet data transmission. PACCH: it can map to all the radio blocks, and it is used to transmit the wireless signaling of the air interface. PTCCH: the 12th and 38th uplink frame of each 52 multiframe is a PTCCH uplink channel, and the 12th and 38th downlink frame of two consecutive 52 multiframes constitute a PTCCH downlink channel.
For short access and one-phase access, MS will be assigned wireless resources once and for all such as TFI, dynamic assigned USF or fixed assigned radio block bit table, etc. Then MS begins transmitting data. For two-phase access channel request, for the first time only one radio block will be assigned to MS, and MS transmits packet resource request information via the single assigned radio block. After that, MS will undergo resource assignment (including TFI, USF, or radio block bit table) for the second time, and MS begins transmitting data via the assigned resources. Because the packet channel request is only the eight-bit or eleven-bit access pulse, the carried information is very little, whereas the packet resource request is a RLC/MAC signaling packet coded by CS-1. Therefore, it carries comparatively much more information including TLLI of MS, the multiple time slot capability of MS, wireless priority, etc. , which is of benefit to the proper resource assignment for MS. The system of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. supports all the access types, where such access types as paging response, cell renewing, and mobility management will be treated as two-phase access treatment.
I. Packet Paging
When there is downlink data to be transmitted to MS, SGSN should initiate packet paging to accurately locate MS. The paging request message initiated by SGSN will be sent to PCU via Gb interface, and PCU will transform it into packet paging request to be transmitted via Um interface. If there exists PCCCH in the BSS system configuration, the request message transmits directly via PPCH. If there is no PCCCH in the BSS system configuration, PCU will send this message to BSC via Pb interface, and BSC will transmit it via PCH. After MS receives the packet paging message, it will initiate uplink temporary block flow (TBF) to establish a procedure, and then send to PCU the paging response packet as data mode via air interface. PCU then transfers it to SGSN. After SGSN receives the paging response, within a certain processing period, the downlink data will be able to be transmitted.
circuit connection establishing process. If the MS is currently engaged in the GPRS service, it will initiate GPRS SUSPEND process to suspend the GPRS service. The MS will not resume the GPRS service until the circuit is released. The PCU of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. supports the above-mentioned packet paging and circuit paging functions.
multiple time slot capability, and can make the best resource distribution based on the MS multiple time slot capability and the radio resources.
PSI1~PSI4 can be broadcast both via PBCCH and via PACCH. PSI5 can be broadcast only via PBCCH. PSI13 can be broadcast only via PACCH. When there is PBCCH in a cell, the PSI13 message then will not be broadcast via PACCH, which will however cyclically broadcast PSI1. When there is no PBCCH in a cell, PACCH can only cyclically broadcast PSI13 message. The BSS system of Huawei Technologies, Co, Ltd. can perform the transmission of all the system messages related to the GPRS service, and it can realize the control retransmission, fast retransmission, low-speed retransmission of the system messages. It can also control the system message transmission via PACCH based on the PBCCH/PCCCH configuration of the cell.
The PCU system of Huawei Technologies, Co. Ltd. supports both the confirmed and unconfirmed modes. It can specify the uplink data transmission RLC mode according to the MS request information, and determine the downlink data transmission RLC mode according to the downlink LLC-PDU packet type.
Different channel code modes have different transmission rates and different requirement for air transmission quality. The higher the transmission rate is, the higher the requirement for transmission quality is. In the data transmission process, BSS can dynamically adjust channel code mode according to the changes of wireless transmission quality so as to realize the purpose of trying to improve transmission rate on the principle of making full use of radio resources and guaranteeing the transmission quality. The PCU system of Huawei Technologies, Co., Ltd. at present supports four code modes: CS-1~CS-4. It can dynamically change between these four modes according to the wireless transmission quality.
N3105 is larger than or the same as its maximum value N3105_max, PCU will activate timer T3195. Once T3195 spills, TBF will be released, and the corresponding resources can be used again.
NC2 network control: MS sends measurement report and accepts the cell reselection of the network control.
The BSS system of Huawei Technologies, Co., Ltd can determine network control mode according to the subscriber data configuration. At present, NC0 mode is supported.
intensity, the base station color code in the carrier, etc. Meanwhile, it informs the system of its own route area by initiating the route area update flow.
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AN N BN = A n n!
The packet data traffic can not directly employ the Erlang B table, which is due to the unique features of the packet data. The packet traffic of the fixed network has a calculation solution, which is very difficult to be used in the mobile environment. GPRS data traffic model has something to do with application occasions such as Email, web browsing, online games, etc. Different types of application have different data quantity, which is determined by the byte number, packet number, delay class, and service type.
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packet is 20 bytes, 30 bytes, 36 bytes, and 50 bytes respectively. The protocol header of the FR, NS, BSSGP, LLC, and SNDCP of the Gb interface is 53 bytes.
The following formula can be used to estimate the average data rate of the IP layer in various kinds of CS coding methods. M A1 / B T (M M0. 2M0. 1) 20 VIP A2 / T VGbVIP(15053) / 1501. 327 VIP Where: M is the minimum RLC data block number necessary to transmit n LLC PDUs A1 is the total number of all the bytes in n LLC PDUs A2 is the total number of all the bytes of n IP packets B is the total number of all the LLC PDU bytes supported by each RLC data block T is the time necessary to transmit n LLC PDUs, that is n IP packets VIP is the estimated IP layer carrying rate of each PDCH VGb is the estimated carrying rate at the Gb interface layer of each PDCH
Xrepresents the upper round-off for X, while Xrepresents the lower round-off for X. The result of the calculation is as follows:
CS-1 (Kbps) U interface physical layer speed IP carrier speed Carrier speed needed at the Abis interface physical layer Carrier speed needed at Gb interface physical layer 9.05 5.42 16 7.19
Suppose the proportion of the CS1 and CS2 in the designed network is 1:9. The average IP layer rate per time slot in the network is: 5. 42*10%8. 14*90%=7. 868Kbps. Suppose the future mainstream MS type is 3+1, and the subscriber multiple time slot capability is employed by 60%. The average access rate for each subscriber will be 7. 868*3*60%=14. 162Kbps.
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where:
S = r1r2(AnTr3R / 3600) V = S/A = r1r2nTr3R / 3600 S stands for the local network traffic V is the network busy hour subscriber average traffic A stands for local subscriber number n stands for the average network access times of a subscriber in a month T stands for the average communication duration each time r1 stands for the busy day concentration coefficient, which refers to the percentage of the traffic in the busiest day agaist the traffic in a whole month. It has nothing to do with the service type, and usually is set to be 1/20 or so. r2 stands for the busy hour concentration coefficient, which refers to the percentage of the traffic in the busiest hour agaist the traffic in a whole day. It has much to do with the service type. r3 stands for idle-seizure ratio, which refers to the ratio between the data downloading period and the whole online period. It is set to be 1/4. R stands for the subscriber access rate
According to the above method, China Mobile has conducted an estimation on the average traffic for each GPRS subscriber during 2001-2002, and the result is 180bps. After the average traffic for each subscriber has been estimated, it will not be hard for us to plan the capacity of the whole network.
The coverage area estimation still adopts Okumura-Hata Model (for the distance longer than one kilometer) and Walfish-Ikegami Model (for small base stations). Suppose the interference in the serving area is constant and there is no frequency hopping, it stands for the serving area in different channel coding condition. Compared with voice and circuit-switched data subscribers, it theoretically refers to the serving area when the C/I is 9dB.
Table 11-2 The Percentage of the Serving Area with the GPRS Channel Coding Compared with Voice Subscriber Serving Area (%)
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Okumura-Hata 79 61 54 34
Walfish-Ikegami 80 63 57 37
The channel coding scheme of data subscribers based on circuit-switching corresponds to 4. 8kbps and 9. 6kbps. We can compare them with the 14. 4kbps GPRS data subscribers serving areas. For the voice serving area, the GPRS 14. 4kbps data subscriber serving area reduces to 85%; for the 9. 6kbps circuit-switched data subscribers, GPRS data subscriber serving area reduces to 92%. Figure 11-5 illustrates the coverage of various GPRS channel coding.
Figure 11-5 GPRS Various Channel Coding Schemes Coverage Graph The real GPRS network coverage planning, which is based on the voice coverage serving area, should determine the GPRS coverage area according to the corresponding scale, and also determine whether the GPRS network is capable of continuous coverage or not. At present, in the GPRS performance estimation, the related performance curve can be worked out by simulation tools. Figure 11-6 illustrates the relationship between C/I and distance. The result shows that in the normal GSM busy hour traffic condition, when the cell peripheral C/I=9dB, 90% coverage can be realized. Once the GPRS load functions, C/I will decrease with the increase of the GPRS load. When the GPRS load is 100%, the GPRS coverage area will reduce to the 88% of the original.
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Figure 11-6 The relationship between C/I and distance (GPRS load 0-100%) Figure 11-7 illustrates the relationship between C/I distribution probability and GPRS load. The curve also shows that C/I decreases with the increase of the GPRS load. On the other hand, when the C/I is 9dB, the coverage rate falls from 90% to 86%.
Figure 11-7 The relationship between C/I distribution and GPRS load (0 100%) Figure 11-8 illustrates the relationship between C/I and multiplexing factor, where k ranges from seven to nineteen. k=7 is not the best condition for the GPRS. The bigger the multiplexing factor is, the more powerful it will be to support comparatively heavy GPRS load.
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Figure 11-8 The relationship between noncoverage rate and K (GPRS load from 0-100%)
Q 6
D R
(1) (2)
.Q=
= 3 N
Where C stands for carrier; I stands for co-channel interference; g stands for path wireless transmission factor, whose value is often set to be 2~5; D stands for multiplexing distance; R stands for the cell radius; N stands for the number of the cells in a multiplexing family. The first formula has considered Rayleigh attenuation environment rather than the effect of the log-normal attenuation. Corrections with a certain dB will be made to get the number of frequency multiplexing families required by different channel coding in the GPRS network.
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Table 11-3 GPRS Frequency Multiplexing Family Channel Coding Scheme Voice CS-1 CS-2 CS-3 CS-4 C/I Threshold (dB) 9 10. 12. 13. 17. 8 8 7 2 N 79 9 12 13 >19
The frequency close multiplexing technology of the current GSM network, which targets the improvement of the frequency efficiency and has a low requirement for error code for the voice service, can be used in the GPRS network. But the data communication has a high requirement for error code, and the dense multiplexing technology cannot meet the data transmission requirement. Generally, the data service and the voice service will exist together. The channels required by the GPRS data services and voice services are dynamically distributed. Therefore, all the channels which are used by the GPRS services should be guaranteed to satisfy the C/I requirement in the design. The fixed GPRS channels should choose the frequencies whose multiplexing distance can meet the C/I requirement. The GPRS channels which are not fixed should start choosing the frequencies from those that have longer multiplexing distance. Compared with voice channels, they have an option mechanism.
1.2.4 Summary
The GPRS network planning should try to guarantee the QoS of the existing voice services, and try to reduce the unfavorable effect on the voice services caused by the GPRS services. At the initial stage, in order to simplify the network planning work, a location area can include only one routing area. After the GPRS service has been developed, a location area should be divided into several routing areas according to the geographic distribution condition and GPRS service distribution condition. Frequency hopping has no obvious advantage for the GPRS service. It can improve the CS-1 performance, has no obvious influence for CS-2/3, and lower the CS-4 performance. At the initial stage of the GPRS introduction, in order to avoid network planning complexity, the original frequency hopping parameters should not be changed. In order to make full use of the GPRS coding technology advantage and to reduce the effect on the voice services, independent frequency planning should be taken for the GPRS network. It is recommended that at the beginning only the uplink power control be adopted, and the downlink power control be gradually introduced. Frequent change of the channel coding method should be avoided. Otherwise, the concussion effect will be present. GPRS is a new planning subject. The unsolved problems require further study in the future.
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UE
RAN
3G CN
3G CS
MSC LR MSC smSSF V G g
EXTERNAL
PSTN
UTRAN
3G PS
SGSN,GGSN
Internet
Figure 11-9 The System Structure of the UMTS System From the perspective of the GPP R99 standard, UE and UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) have completely new protocol composition, whose design is based on the WCDMA radio technology. CN adopts the GSM/GPRS definition, which can realize the smooth transition of the network. Besides, at the beginning phase of the 3G network construction, the global roaming can be realized.
lu
GMSC
lur
UE
UTRAN
CN
Figure 11-10 UMTS Network Unit Composition Figure 11-10 illustrates that the UMTS network unit includes the following part:
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(3) SGSN SGSN is the WCDMA core network PS domain function node. It connects to UTRAN via Iu_PS interface, connects to GGSN via Gn/Gp interface, connects to HLR/AUC via Gr interface, connects to VMSC/VLR via Gs interface, connects to SCP via CAP interface, connects to SMC via Gd interface, connects to CG via Ga interface, and connects to SGSN via Gn/Gp interface. The major functions of SGSN is to provide PS domain functions such as routing transfer, mobility management, conversation management, authentication and encryption. (4) GGSN GGSN is the gateway GPRS support node. It connects to SGSN via Gn interface and connects to external networks (Internet /Intranet) via Gi interface. GGSN provides data packet routing and encapsulation between WCDMA mobile network and external data networks. The major function of GGSN is the interface function for the external IP packet networks. GGSN should provide the gateway function for UE to access external packet networks. From the perspective of external networks, GGSM functions as all the subscribers IP router of the addressable WCDMA mobile network. It needs to exchange routing information with external networks. (5) HLR HLR is the home location register of the WCDMA mobile network. It connects to VMSC/VLR or GMSC via C interface, connects to SGSN via Gr interface, and connects to GGSN via Gc interface. The major function of HLR is to provide functions like subscriber signature information storage, new service support, and enhanced authentication.
IV. OMC
OMC function entities include equipment management system and network management system. The equipment management system performs the independent network element maintenance and management, which include performance management, configuration management, fault management, billing management, and security management. The network management system can realize the unified maintenance and management for all the network elements in the network. The detailed functions also include performance management, configuration management, fault management, billing management, and security management.
I. Cu Interface
Cu interface is the electric interface between USIM card and ME. Cu interface adopts standard interface.
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II. Uu Interface
Uu interface is the wireless interface of WCDMA. UE connects to the fixed network part of the UMTS system via Uu interface. It can be said that Uu interface is the most important open interface in the UMTS system.
III. Iu Interface
Iu interface between UTRAN and CN. It is similar to the A interface and Gb interface of the GSM system. Iu interface is an open standard interface. This enables the UTRAN and CN connected by Iu interface to be provided by different equipment manufacturers.
V. Iub Interface
Iub interface connects Node B and RNC. Iub interface is also an open standard interface. This also enables the RNC and Node B connected by Iub interface to be provided by different equipment manufacturers.
transmitted; T stands for the duration of signal code element; F stands for the bandwidth occupied for the transmission of signal spread code series. If R*T=F*T 1, that is when F=R or F=2R, it is called ordinary narrowband communication system. In digital communication system, frequency shift and phase shift all belong to the narrowband communication system. When F R, that is when F/R=10-10 communication system.
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(2) The broadband communication system is realized by the narrowband communication system via spectrum spread. The CDMA communication system is a typical broadband communication system.
C stands for channel capacity. This formula shows a time-limit (T), frequency-limit (F), power-limit (S) continuous white Gaus channel, whose capacity can be vividly represented by the volume, which is determined by three most important parameters.
Figure 11-11 Channel Capacity C These three parameters F, T, and lg(1+ N ) forms the volume C. when the volume is invariant, the three variables can be mutually changed. The revelation of this dialectical relationship facilitates multiple new communication mechanism establishment. The spread spectrum communication is a typical example. (3) In the mobile communications, N is the most important contradiction. The improvement of S/N can be at any cost. Shannon formula indicates that S/N can be improved by sacrificing frequency band F. When C is invariant, the increase of F can reduce the receiving S/N threshold value of the receiver lg(1+). This is the basic principle of spread spectrum communication: bartering F for S/N.
S
S
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N=
R PN R
NR R
F PN B
NB B
where,
R PN R stand for pseudo code rate and information code rate respectively;
stand for pseudo code bandwidth and information code bandwidth.
F PN B
G (dB)=10 lg(N)(dB). The processing gain will be represented by decibel. (2) Interference Tolerance M It refer to the decibel value of the interference higher than the signal the input end of the receiver can tolerate in the normal working condition: M = G [L S + 10 lg S/N OUT ]L S stands for the actual transmission path loss (dB); M explicitly shows the maximum interference receiving value (in decibel) allowed by the receiver of the spread spectrum system. For example,
In the WCDMA system, the 12. 2kbps voice service requires the typical value of Eb/No to be 5. 0dB or so for the base band demodulation. In the condition that the code snippet rate is 3. 84Mcps, the processing gain G is 10lg(3. 84M/12. 2k)= 25dB. Therefore, M=5dB-5dB=20dB, that is, C/I>-20dB, which is far smaller than the GSM required C/I >9dB. The reason that the capacity of CDMA is larger than the previous cell system mainly is the lower requirement for C/I and shorter frequency multiplexing distance, which is 1*1 multiplexing.
It illustrates that
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P E is in direct proportion with the power S/N and signal base FT.
When P E is invariant, S/N is in inverse proportion with FT. Therefore, when FT=10-10 , and P E is invariant, communication can continue in very low S/N. That is to say, very strong interference is allowed. (3) It has good security. No matter it is direct spread or frequency hopping, after spread, it will be similar to white noise. Therefore, it has a good security performance. Digitalized subscribers can have further encryption.
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(4) Low power spectrum density. Because the spread belongs to the broadband system, the wider the frequency spectrum is, the lower the power spectrum intensity will be. Therefore, it has good concealment performance. At the same time, it has little interference for other communication systems and human bodies. (5) It is easy to realize large capacity multiple access communication. Time and frequency two-dimension address division increases the number of potential addresses. Strong anti-interference capability and low power intensity means more subscribers allowed for interference-limit systems. (6) It is easy to realize accurate timing and distance measurement. It is suitable for the parametric variation channel wireless communication. The spread system is more likely to realize diversity reception in various forms and improve the anti-interference capability. Disadvantages: (1) It will occupy signal frequency bandwidth. The code series (chip) bandwidth after spread is far wider than the information code series bandwidth before the spread. (2) The system realization is complicated. (3) It is difficult to realize synchronization on time variation channels. (4) At present, it is difficult to realize large capacity communication due to the limitation of detecting the number of address codes.
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Si
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Channel coding
DPDCH2
Sj
CRC
Channel coding
DP DCHL
Pilot labels TPC labels Other bit control labels MUX DPCCH
Figure 11-12 WCDMA Channel Coding and Service Multiplexing Of course, what determines the channel coding performance is still its error control scheme. In the WCDMA proposal, there are three kinds of forward error correction codes: convolution code, Turbo code, and service specific code. The convolution code follows the second generation technology. The restriction length is 9, and the common code rate is 1/3 and 1/2. The decoding is the Viterbi algorithm based on the maximum likelihood. Turbo code is a new technology able to provide higher service quality. Turbo code is a new cascading recursion system convolution code. It is made of two recursive system convolution (RSC) coders with the same structure, by the cascading of internal interleaver. The major advantage of Turbo code is that among the AWGN channels, its error correction capability can be close to Shannon limit. The above analysis shows that the convolution coding and decoding technology similar to the second generation mobile communication system is still used for low rate and low performance requirement in WCDMA, while for high rate and high performance requirement, Turbo code codec scheme will be used. At present, Turbo code codec technology develops fast, and it has developed into an FEC technology branch including many kinds of codec methods.
time code will have extremely large system capacity, excellent communication quality, and extremely high frequency utilization ratio. (1) Layered Space-time Code. The layered space-time code is first proposed by Foschini. It divides the signal source data into several sub data stream and performs coding and modulation independently. Therefore, it is not based on transmission diversity. The basic structure of the layered space-time code is as follows: the transmitter has n transmitting antennae, while the receiver has m receiving antennae (m n). In the transmitter data from the channel coding will be divided into n directions, and flow to n antennae. The m receiving antennae at the receiving end simultaneously receive the signals sent by the n transmitting antenna, and then perform demodulation, channel estimation, and decoding. The layered space-time code has the following features: (a) n antennae use the same frequency band. The sign is in synchronization. The same constellation graph will be used. (b) The signals sent by n antenna are independent. This is why the layered spacetime code is not based on transmission diversity. (c) The total power of the transmission unit antennae is constant, which has nothing to do with the number of the transmitting antennae n. (d) The single channel with high SNR will be divided into n overlapping channels with low SNR so as to improve the frequency spectrum efficiency. (e) The advantage of layered space-time code is that when m n, it can be proven that the system capacity is almost in direct proportion with the number of the transmitting antennae n. (f) The channel gain between different receiving antennae has no relationship. (2) The space-time code based on transmission diversity. In mobile communication system, diversity is one of the most important methods to provide reliable communication. The ordinary diversity modes include: time diversity such as channel coding, interleaving, which are very effective for fast attenuation, but not effective for slow attenuation; frequency diversity such as spread spectrum; and space diversity. Multiple antennae receiving diversity and transmitting diversity both belong to space diversity. In the actual mobile communication system, because of the limitation of MS size, the battery energy, and the asymmetry of media services, the best mode is that the base station uses multiple antennae to realize receiving diversity and transmitting diversity, while MS should not be required to use multiple antennae. Based on this, Tarokh and other people from AT&T, based on the transmission delay diversity, formally proposed the space-time code based on transmission diversity. Generally, the transmitting diversity is considered to be an important technology to enhance the radio link performance. The space-time code based on transmission diversity can be divided into Space-time block code and Space-time trellis code according to different coding modes.
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and closed loop. The open loop means that MS based on the received power estimates the necessary transmitting power. Because the attenuation feature of the forward and backward links is different, the estimation can only get an average transmitting power. The transmitting power of the backward channel should be determined both by the estimation result and by the adjustment of the closed loop power control. The closed loop power control means that the base station judges the transmission quality on the backward channel, and sends it to the MS to make the transmitting power adjustment.
subscribers interference. In the same way, subtracting the third subscribers signal by the first and second subscribers interference. The rest can be conducted by analogy. The advantage of this treatment is dual. First, the judgment is made for the strongest signal. Because it suffers least from the multiple access interference, the judgment can be most accurate. Secondly, the judgment of other subscribers has already subtracted the strongest multiple access interference signals. The serial interference suppressor has simple structure and it greatly improves the performance of the traditional detector. The requirement for it is that the calculation speed should be great so as to avoid bringing big time delay for weak subscribers. If the energy of two subscribers is similar, the serial interference suppressor can be replaced by the parallel interference suppressor. Good performance can be achieved even without ordering subscribers. The interference risk device is most likely to get applied in the WCDMA system due to its simple structure. In recent years the integration of various technologies has attracted wide attention of researching people. It includes the following kinds: space-time two perspective signal processing technology, multi-subscriber detection and channel codec integration technology, and multi-subscriber detection and power control integration technology.
VIII. Others
Some of the key technologies in the WCDMA system have been discussed. Research has indicated that space-time code, intelligent antenna, multi-subscriber detection are all effective tools to improve the spectrum utilization ratio, and will be used widely in the future WCDMA mobile communications system. However, there is much to be improved for the systematic theoretical analysis of the space-time code, and there is much work to do to combine the space-time code technology with intelligent antenna technology, multi-subscriber detecting technology, and equilibrium technology. There is some distance to cover for the real application of the intelligent antenna and multisubscriber detecting technology. Besides, there exists a dynamic relationship between the coverage and the capacity of the CDMA system. Therefore, the capacity and coverage design of CDMA system is much more difficult than that of TMDA, and CDMA can provide more service types. In the 3G phase, it can provide high-speed data service.
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T: Kelvin temperature: 290K in normal temperature The result is: KT= -174dBm/Hz F: receiver noise coefficient. According to Huawei NodeB1. 1 actual measurement data, in normal temperature the value is 2. 3dB, 3dB should be guaranteed within the full range of temperature. UE receiver noise coefficient is set to be 7. 0dB (the protocol requires it be no more than 9.0dB). BW: receiver noise bandwidth. Considering the fact that the entire receiving channel includes baseband matching filter function, the noise bandwidth should be set to be 3. 84MHz. (2). Baseband Demodulation Performance The baseband demodulation performance is influenced by many factors such as transmission environment, UE moving speed, diversity, and the adopted demodulation algorithm. A. Basic Performances Regulated in the Protocol In the static channel condition, 12. 2kbps voice channel demodulation should be Eb/N0. The protocol regulates it should be no more than 5. 1dB. The simulation works out that the baseband demodulation needs 2. 8dB. With the channel physical realization deterioration 1. 5dB, the demodulation threshold of NodeB is calculated to be 4. 3dB. B. The Demodulation Performance under the Power Control Condition The demodulation performance regulated in the protocol is measure under the condition that there is no closed loop power control. In the real system, the closed loop power control is functioning. In this condition, the above demodulation performance cannot be used directly in the link estimation. Because the closed loop power control speed is limited, it does little good, sometimes even bad, to the closed loop power control for the fast moving UE, whose speed is larger than 50km/h according to the 5. 15. 4 clause of the Wideband CDMA for Third
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Generation Mobile Communications protocol. Therefore, the link estimation in highspeed environment can directly use the demodulation performance in with the condition that there is no power control. The base station baseband demodulation performance in the condition that the power control is started is as follows: CASE 1 Channel The fixed-point simulation shows that the baseband demodulation needs 4. 49dB. With the consideration of physical realization deterioration 0. 5dB, the demodulation threshold of NodeB is calculated to be 4. 99dB. The baseband demodulation threshold in suburb/rural areas adopts CASE1 channel condition. CASE 2 Channel The fixed-point simulation shows that the baseband demodulation needs 4. 71dB. With the consideration of physical realization deterioration 0. 5dB, the demodulation threshold of NodeB is calculated to be 5. 21dB. The baseband demodulation threshold in urban areas adopts CASE2 channel condition.
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on the result, the number of base stations necessary in the whole coverage area and the base station configuration can be worked out. In the capacity estimation, the traffic (or interference threshold) a cell supports should also be assumed. The capacity can be estimated according to the traffic distribution condition (real-time service: Erl/Km2; none real-time service: kbps/Km2) in the coverage area. The number of base stations necessary to meet the network capacity requirement and the base station configuration can be worked out. On the other hand, when a subscriber is far away from the base station, he has to get a large part of the transmission power so that it may cause power shortage for other subscribers. This means the cell capacity has something to do with the actual distribution condition of subscribers. When the subscriber density is very large, this problem can be solved by conducting statistics on the mean value; whereas when there are few subscribers, simulation method has to be adopted to conduct a dynamic analysis on the network. What is worth explaining is that the WCDMA network needs to support services with different QoS and rates, and the actual coverage of a cell is restricted by the coverage probability of the services that need to be supported. Therefore, in the wireless network planning, different coverage probability requirement for various kinds of services the network supports should be determined. Generally, UMTS network planning engineers start from the radius of the intermediate-level services. Thus the actual effective range of a cell can only partially meet the requirement of advanced services. The traffic of the UMTS network is asymmetric; that is to say, the data transmission on the uplink and the downlink of the network is different. Network planning engineers should at first work out the value in both directions, and then combine them properly. In this way, the network planning work will be very complicated. The uplink is a typical restraint factor of the UMTS cell effective area, or it can be said that in a certain load condition the uplink is coverage limited, while the downlink is capacity limited. The transmission power in the uplink is provided by the handset, while the transmission power in the downlink is provided by the base station. The radius of the forward and backward cell is the same.
Compare the number of base stations generated by the two methods according to coverage and capacity respectively. If they are not the same, that means there exist coverage-limited or capacity-limited conditions. Because in the WCDMA system, there exists a dynamic relationship between coverage and capacity, and the cell coverage is worked out based on the cell load. Therefore, if the number of base stations generated by the two methods is not the same, the cell load should be adjusted once again, and the above coverage and capacity estimation process should be performed again. The ultimate result should be that the estimated number of base stations based on the links and the number of base stations based on the capacity analysis should be the same so that minimum number of base stations will be used to fully meet the coverage and capacity requirements. For the GSM network, the focus of the network estimation is on the available frequency points of carriers and the frequency planning method which can determine the maximum number of carrier frequencies a cell can support. The cell coverage change has nothing to do with the network load. Therefore, the coverage and capacity estimation can be finished once. There is no repetition process necessary. Due to the unique features and complexity of the WCDMA network, the planning phase needs a simulation testing process. Normally, based on the coverage prediction, the Monte Carlo system simulation will be further used to appraise the
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network performance. At the same time, the statistic result of the system simulation will be analyzed, and parameter will be adjusted based on the initial result of the system simulation until the simulation result meets the design and system performance requirement. Finally, the number of base stations, base station configuration and location, the height of the antenna, the leaning angle of the antenna, and the system capacity can be determined so as to generate a detailed wireless network planning solution. In the WCDMA system, the power resource is very limited. Therefore, the purpose of both the power control and the RRM algorithm is to save network resource and reduce the transmission power of the service channels as many as possible on the premise that the quality is guaranteed. Therefore, the configuration principle of cell parameters should take all these factors into consideration. In the WCDMA system, the pilot pollution is a significant factor, which affects the network performance. In the GSM system, this kind of problem may not occur, because the BCCH frequency points normally employ very loose multiplexing mode (such as 5*3) and they are planned carefully. In the CDMA system, it is a common problem. The main feature of pilot pollution is that there is no leading cell. To be more specific, terminals receive pilot signals from multiple cells with the similar power, which causes the activation set to renew frequently. The pilot pollution increases network interference and causes handover algorithm not able to work efficiently. The reasons for pilot pollution generally include: 1. Bad system design; for example, the transmission power of the pilot channel is too big. 2. Inappropriate choice of the base station location and the antenna leaning angle; 3. Complicated geographic environment and lack of full consideration in design From the above analysis, it can be known that the WCDMA network planning cost is much higher than the current mobile communication network planning. 3G network planning is very complicated, because many system parameters are closely related to each other, and have to be calculated at the same time, whereas the current mobile communication network planning calculate these parameters separately. The complexity of the WCDMA network planning requires us to possess new technologies and new knowledge at all levels. The first is the well-trained professional network planning engineers, who are good at system technology. The second is managers who are familiar with the business and have accurate foresight. At the beginning phase, they can know exactly the UMTS network expansion condition and cost. The last is the outstanding planning software tool, which is absolutely necessary for the 3G network planning.
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capacity can be improved by lowering part of the connection quality requirement, such as by decreasing target BLER value via external loop power control; The relationship between coverage and quality is that the system coverage capability can be improved by lowering part of the connection quality requirement, such as by decreasing data rate via AMRC for connections with great path loss;
( Eb / No ) j
hence, Pj:
Pj I TOT
W 1 Pj R j v j
Pj =
I TOT 1 W 1 1+ ( Eb / No ) j R j v j
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The interference of the subscribers of the same cell is the sum of the power with which all the subscribers reach the receiver:
I own = Pj
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Adjacent cell subscriber interference is hard to analyze theoretically, since it relates to so many factors such as subscriber distribution, cell layout method, antenna direction, etc. . -The adjacent cell interference factor can be defined as:
i=
I other I own
When the subscriber distribution is even, for an omnidirectional cell, the typical value of the adjacent cell interference factor is 0. 55; for a directional cell with three sectors, the typical value of the adjacent cell interference factor is 0. 65. PN: receiver noise base
PN = 10lg(KTW) NF -K: Bridgman constant = 1. 3810-23 J/K -T: Kelvin temperature, the normal temperature is 290 K -W: signal bandwidth, WCDMA signal bandwidth 3. 84MHz -NF: receiver noise coefficient We can get the result: 10lg(KTW) = -108dBm/3. 84MHz NF = 3dB (typical value for macro cell base station) PN = 10lg(KTW) + NF = -105dBm/3. 84MHz Therefore, the uplink interference gets
I TOT + PN 1 W 1 1+ ( Eb / No) j R j v j
N 1
and
I TOT = I TOT (1 + i ) L j + PN
We can get:
I TOT = PN
1 1 (1 + i ) L j
1 N
Suppose
All the subscribers are 12. 2kbps voice subscribers, and the demodulation threshold is EbvsNo = 5dB Voice activation factor vj = 0. 67 Adjacent cell interference factor i = 0. 55
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UL = (1 + i ) L j = (1 + i )
1 1
1 1 W 1 1+ ( EbvsNo ) j R j v j
Figure 11-15 The relationship between capacity and uplink interference When the carrier factor equals one, ITOT reaches infinitely great, and the capacity in this situation is called maximum capacity. In the above hypothesis, the maximum capacity is 96 subscribers illustrated by Figure 11-15. We can also get the relationship formula between carrier factor and interference. Based on the above relationship, the noise increase formula is as follows, based on which Figure 11-16 can be generated:
Noise Rise=
1 1 ITOT = = N 1 UL PN 1 ( +i ) 1 Lj
1
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Figure 11-16 The relationship between noise and carrier factor It can be judged from the figure that when the load is 50%, the noise rises 3dB; when the load is 60%, noise rises 4dB; when the load is 75%, the noise rises 6dB. (2) Analysis The above theoretical analysis has explicitly or implicitly employed the following abbreviation: Soft handover has not been taken into consideration, because subscribers in soft handover state generate less interference than normal subscribers; AMRC and combined service effects have not been taken into consideration, because AMRC reduces the voice service rate of part of subscribers so as to decrease the interference they generate. This also enables the system to support more subscribers at the cost that the conversation quality of these subscribers may decrease. Different services have different data rates and demodulation threshold. Although theoretically the above method can still be used for the analysis, it will make the computing process much more complicated. Due to the time-varying feature of mobile environment, even if it is the same service, the demodulation threshold varies in terms of time. Ideal power control hypothesis. The power control commands of the real system have some error codes, which makes the power control not ideal and decreases system capacity. Suppose the subscriber distribution is balanced, and the adjacent cell interference is constant.
If all the above factors have been taken into consideration, the system simulation is a more accurate method: static simulation method Monte_Carlo and dynamic simulation. (3) Capacity Design In order to ensure the system stability, network design cannot be done based on the
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maximum capacity, because the maximum capacity corresponds to the maximum noise rise. In the real system, UE has no such powerful transmission power to overcome the noise. Besides, the greater the carrier factor is, the greater noise rise caused by the access of new subscribers will be, sometimes the noise can even break the existing connection. Finally, due to the time-varying feature of mobile environment, the network will be less stable if the load is too heavy. Therefore, the designed load for macro cells normally does not exceed 75%. For example, if the load is designed to be 60%, then the corresponding noise rise will be 4dB.
( I own ) j = (1 j )
PT PL j
In this formula, PT is the total transmission power of the base station, including the private channel transmission power and common channel transmission power.
P = PCCH + Pj T
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The signals transmitted by the adjacent cell base stations will cause interference for the subscribers in the local cell. Because different scrambling is used, these interferences are non-orthogonal. Suppose service distribution is even, and the transmission power of all the base stations is equal. There are k adjacent cell base stations, and the path loss from the No. k base station to subscriber j is PLk,j. We then can get:
( I other ) j
= P T
1
1 PL k , j
Therefore,
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( EbvsNo) j =
And
PL j W 1 ( ITOT ) j R j v j
Rj W v j ( I TOT ) j PL j
Pj
Pj = ( EbvsNo ) j
Since
N 1
P = PCCH + Pj T
Hence,
N Rj PT = PCCH + ( EbvsNo ) j v j ( I TOT ) j PL j W 1 N K R P 1 = PCCH + ( EbvsNo ) j j v j PL j (1 j ) T + PT + PN W PL j 1 1 PLk , j N K R PL j = PCCH + ( EbvsNo ) j j v j (1 j ) PT + PT + PN PL j W 1 1 PLk , j
Where ij is the adjacent cell interference factor of subscriber j, which can be defined as:
ij =
1
PL j PL k , j
When the downlink carrier factor reaches 100%, the transmission power of base stations can reach infinitely great, and the corresponding capacity is maximum capacity. (2) Analysis Different from the calculation of uplink capacity, the variables j and ij in the downlink capacity calculation formula are both related to the subscribers location. That is to
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say, the downlink capacity is related to subscribers space distribution, and can only be determined by the system simulation. The following are the simulation parameter table and simulation result graph 11-17.
Parameter MCL macro (including antenna again) Antenna gain (including losses) Log Normal fade margin PC MODELLING #PC steps per snapshot step size PC PC error HANDOVER MODELING Handover threshold for candidate set active set Choice of cells in the active step Combining NOISE PARAMETERS noise figure noise power TX POWER Maximum BTS power Common channel power Maximum TX power speech DL value 70 dB 0 dBi 11 dBi 10 dB > 150 perfect PC 0% Parameter Power control range HANDLING of DOWNLINK maximum TX power Random and uniform across the network non orthogonality factor macrocell 0,4 COMMON CHANNEL Orthogonal ORTHOGONALITY DEPLOYMENT SCENARIO Hexagonal with BTS Macrocell in the middle of the cell BTS type omnidirectional Cell radius macro 577 macro > 19 with wrap # of macro cells around technique) bit-rate speech 8 kbps Activity factor speech 100% Multipath environment macro Outdoor micro Eb/N0 target 6,1 dB USER DISTRIBUTION DL value 25 dB
Figure 11-17 Downlink Capacity Analysis Simulation Result Analysis: When the base station transmission power is 43dBm (20W), it can support 114 subscribers at the most.
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Usually, in order to ensure the stability of the system, the average transmission power of the base station is not allowed to be greater than 75% of the maximal transmission power, that is 41. 7dBm, and in this condition it can support 111 subscribers. Compared with the uplink capacity, this result is much greater. Therefore, in this condition, the capacity of WCDMA is restricted in the uplink, which is completely different from that of the IS95. It is generally accepted that the coverage uplink of the IS95 system is restricted, while the system capacity is restricted in the downlink.
V. Summary
The capacity analysis of the WCDMA system should take more factors which are more complicated into consideration: The downlink capacity is related with subscriber space distribution, which makes the analysis difficult; The system simulation is en effective tool for the capacity analysis of the WCDMA system.
The features and typical examples of these four types of services are shown in the following table:
Service QOS Type Conversational Basic Feature Information data time relationship should be kept Conversational mode with little time delay and strict requirement for time delay jitter. Information data time relationship should be kept. Request response mode Data completeness should be preserved Target has high tolerance for data delay. Data completeness should be preserved. Typical Example Voice Video telephone Multimedia data stream Network browsing Network games Email downloading at the background
Streaming Interactive
Background
II. The Calculation Method of the Blocking Rate for Different Types of Services
(1) Conversational Services Conversational services have strict requirement for point-to-point time delay. For example, it is usually required to be less than 150ms for voice services, and it cannot exceed 400ms at the most. Otherwise, it will cause difficulty for listening. The
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parameters for the typical conversational services are shown in the following table. Conversational services are usually carried in the CS domain. The system can process conversational services without conducting the calling queuing treatment. In this situation, the traditional Erlang B formula or the extended Erlang B formula can be adopted to do the calculation. The extended Erlang B formula is recommended here, and it is assumed that 50% of the blocked subscribers will retry immediately. (2) Streaming Services Compared with conversational services, streaming services have lower requirement for point-to-point time delay. The parameters for the typical streaming services are shown in the following table.
Streaming services are also usually carried in the CS domain. Streaming services have high tolerance for call waiting, and calling queuing mechanism can be provided. In this situation, the Erlang C formula is adapted to do the blocking probability (defined as the probability of call waiting exceeding a certain period of time) calculation for this kind of subscribers. (3) Interactive Services Interactive services refer to the type of services that subscribers request data from servers. It is described by the terminal subscriber request response mode. Therefore, round-trip time is the most important index for this kind of services. The parameters for the typical interactive services are shown in the following table
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Interactive services are usually carried in the PS domain. Interactive services have certain tolerance for call waiting, and the system can provide queuing mechanism. The Erlang C formula is adopted to do the blocking rate calculation. (4) The Calculation of the Background Services Background services have the largest tolerance for time delay, which can reach up to the hour level. Because of so large tolerance, the system can store such requests when it is busy, and respond to it while it is idle. Meanwhile, this kind of service can terminate any time when a request with higher QoS comes in. Since background services can be initiated and terminated any time by the system, both of the above-mentioned Erlang B formula and Erlang C formula do not work. The usual calculation method is to work out the background services traffic that can be supported according to the result of the maximal channel number of the system less busy hour average occupied channel number. With the consideration of the signaling overhead caused by the transmission startup and temporary termination, the worked out traffic should be multiplied by an efficiency factor such as 0. 8. If the calculated traffic value cannot meet the design requirement, the corresponding needed channels should be added to ensure enough busy hour traffic.
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