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WCDMA Radio Frequency Optimization

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Foreword
RF (Radio Frequency) optimization is the most important step to ensure the quality of the network. RF optimization will solve network problems related to neighbor cell list, coverage and interference.

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Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
Know the steps of RF optimization Know how to solve the RF problems cased by neighbor cell list, poor coverage and interference

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Contents
RF Optimization Workflow
Typical Problems Analysis in RF optimization

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RF Optimization Workflow
Start Preparation: Set the optimization target Divide the optimization cluster Draw out the test route line Prepare the DT tools

Data Collection: DT test Indoor DT test RNC configuration data

Adjustment: Engineering parameters adjust Neighbor cell list adjust

The DT result is satisfied with optimization target?

Y
RF optimization finished

Problem Analysis neighbor cell list poor coverage pilot pollution handover interference

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RF Optimization Workflow
Set RF optimization target, for example:
Target Item Coverage Probability CPICH Ec/Io -12dB CPICH RSCP -95dBm SHO Percentage Pilot pollution Percentage Reference Value 95% 95% 95% 30%-40% 5% Remark CPICH Ec/Io -12dB & RSCP -95dBm Scanner result Scanner result

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RF Optimization Workflow
RF optimization clusters division
Cluster is the area for one time drive test One cluster should contains 15 to 25 sites Cluster division should consider the following factor, such as:
Terrain Traffic Route line

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RF Optimization Workflow
Preparation for DT (drive test)
Hardware
Test phone Scanner GPS

Software
Drive test software, for example, GENEX Probe Drive test post process software, for example, GENEX Assistant

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Contents
Preparation of RF Optimization

Typical Problems Analysis in RF optimization

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Contents
Typical Problems Analysis in RF optimization RF case related to neighbor cell list
RF case related to bad coverage RF case related to interference

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Case 1
Description
In DT, call drop happened Check the signaling trace at UE side

Call Drop

After call drop, begin to read system information

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Case 1
Data analysis
Check cell information from UE active set and cell information from scanner at call drop points.
From UE From Scanner

No SC 170 cell!! Why?

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Case 1
Data analysis
Checking monitor set
Check monitor set for the scramble measured by scanner SC 170 is not in monitor set

Missing neighbor cell Delayed handover

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Case 1
Data analysis
Check the latest measurement control

Search for the latest intrafrequency measurement control

Call drop point

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Case 1
Measurement ID is 1. It is Intrafrequency measurement control

The primary scramble of the cell is 6

Check the list of intra-frequency neighbor cell in measurement control and no SC 170

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Case 1
Solution
Add neighbor cells in neighbor cell list

Summary
In the beginning stage of network, it is very common that missing neighbor cell cased cause call drop. Analysis with signaling procedure is the common way to find and solve the problem Some problems can be avoided if the Combined Neighbor Cell Algorithm is switched on.
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Case 2
Phenomenon description
In DT, call drop happened at cell A
Cell B (PSC277)

Cell A (PSC58)

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Case 2
Phenomenon description
In Cell A, UE keeps reporting PSC 277 1A event. RNC received this event and send Active Set Update to UE according to the signaling trace record UE send Active Set Update complete to RNC Then, RNC send Active Set Update to delete PSC 277 from active set Finally call drop happened due to RL failure

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Case 2
Problem Analysis
From the signaling trace of DT, it looks like the handover is complete successfully. But, according to the signaling trace from CDT, the handover failed actually.

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Case 2
Problem Analysis
Signaling trace from CDT shows:
UE NodeB Measurement control (1A Event for PSC 227) Radio Link Setup Radio Link Setup Response Active set update Active set update complete Radio Link Failure RNC

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Case 2
Problem Analysis
Cell C (PSC277)

After checking the neighbor cell list, the following problem is found Cell C has the same PSC as Cell B
Cell A (PSC58) Cell B (PSC277)

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Case 2
Problem Analysis
The neighbor cell list shows
Cell ID A B C
Missing configuring NCell

PSC 58 277 277


Cell A (PSC58)

Cell ID A C

NCell ID C A

Mistake for configuring NCell

Cell B (PSC277)
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Cell C (PSC277)
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Case 2
Problem Analysis
Based on the analysis above, the new NodeB is not the one of cell B, but the one of cell C Even the cell C prepared resource for UE according to the RNC command of Radio Link Setup, it can not find the UE uplink signal. That does why the Radio Link Failure is sent by NodeB

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Case 2
Solution
Change the wrong neighbor cell list

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Case 2
Summary
Phenomenon for wrong neighbor cell list
From DT, radio link branch is added into active set, then deleted from active set repeatedly. SHO success rate is low Radio link failure is low in the wrong neighbor cell, for example, cell C in case 2 Call drop is high in the cell with wrong neighbor cell, for example, cell A in case 2

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Case 2
Summary
About SHO event, UE will only report PSC to RNC in Measurement Report RNC will find the right cell according to the neighbor cell list between cell ID and PSC This problem is mainly happened in dense urban when is PSC is reused a lot

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Case 3
Description
14605 (Frequency C)

Call drop rate high


14603 (Frequency A) 14602 (Frequency B) 14031 (Frequency B)

Inter-frequency handover based on capacity Inter-frequency handover based on coverage

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Case 3
Description
UE is in Cell 14602 with frequency B When 14602 is in high load level, UE will be handed over to 14603 with another frequency A When 14603 is in high load level, UE will be handed over to 14605 with frequency C Because frequency A and C are not used continuously at this area, UE has to be handed over to Cell 14031 with frequency B 14603 and 14605 can share the load level, but the call drop rate in 14603 is very high.
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Case 3
Analysis
Because its difficult to do drive test for collecting signaling trace, the IOS (Information of Subscriber) trace is used. Based on the analysis for the call dropped UE, there is one thing is common:
Before call drop in 14603, all UEs initiated compress mode, and send Measurement Report to RNC periodically, but handover is not triggered.

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Case 3
Analysis
2D Event

Compress mode Inter-frequency measurement control

Inter-frequency Measurement report

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Case 3
Analysis
Open Inter-frequency Measurement Control, the Cell 14605 with frequency C is put in the first place And in the following measurement report, UE only report Cell 14605 But the cell 14605 cell signal level is lower than -90dBm, which can not trigger handover, till call drop.

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Case 3
Analysis
Measurement Control
Cell 14605 with Frequency C

Cell 14031 with Frequency B

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Case 3
Analysis
Measurement Report
Cell 14605 with Frequency C

Cell 14605 CPICH & Ec/Io

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Case 3
Question
Why the handover can not be triggered? Since the network give UE the information of cell 14605 and cell 14031, Why UE only report cell 14605? Did UE measure cell 14031, just not report it? Or, UE never measure cell 14031, just 14605?

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Case 3
Analysis
UE report cell 14605 CPICH RSCP is 19, which is -96dBm. After checking the RNC configuration file, this CPICH RSCP level can not trigger inter-frequency handover Actually, because cell 14605 and 14603 are in one sector, their signal level should be same.

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Case 3
Analysis
If UE can report cell 14031, the handover may be triggered After analyze the compress mode principle, it is found that UE can only monitor 1 WCDMA frequency in the gap of compress mode.

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Case 3
Analysis
Because UE can not measure cell 14031 with frequency B, only monitor cell 14605 with frequency C, and meanwhile cell 14605 and 14603 signal level are the same, the call dropped due to the poor signal of 14605 and 14603 How to make UE monitor cell 14031 with frequency B instead of 14605 with frequency C?

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Case 3
Solution
Delete the neighbor relation from 14603 with frequency A to 14605 with frequency C Add the neighbor relation from 14602 with frequency B to 14605 with frequency C

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Case 3
Solution
14605 (Frequency C) 14603 (Frequency A) 14602 (Frequency B) 14031 (Frequency B)

Inter-frequency handover based on capacity Inter-frequency handover based on coverage

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Case 3
Summary
Do not configure two different frequency neighbor cells in WCDMA system

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Contents
Typical Problems Analysis in RF optimization
RF case related to neighbor cell list

RF case related to bad coverage


RF case related to interference

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Case 1
Description
In drive test for RF optimization, call drop happened in the circle area

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Case 1
Analysis
After analyze the signal level of this area, the call drop is caused by discontinuous coverage of the cell with PSC 442

Problem Zone

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Case 1
Analysis
After checking the RF transmission environment, the signal is blocked by the glass wall
Call drop Antenna

The Wall

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Case 1
Solution
Solution 1: Decrease the downtilt to increase the signal level
Maybe the problem area will become better, but due to the wall, this problem may still exist nearby.

Solution 2:Increase the antenna height


After checking the installation condition, its very hard to increase the height Even increased the height, the problem may still exist due to the wall.

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Case 1
Solution
Solution 3:
Move the antenna position if possible, and the main direction antenna is parallel with the side of the wall Move the antenna position to right about 15 meters considering the installation condition
Original Position New Position Wall

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Case 1
Solution
Solution 3:
About the antenna downtilt, two strategies are designed. First, 10 degrees
10 Degree

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Case 1
Solution
Solution 3:
Second, 5 degrees
5 Degree

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Case 1
Summary
Before RF adjustment, site survey should be done. Find the problem and the reason, design several strategies for the adjustment One time adjustment, and check the performance at the same time. Adjustment and performance checking should be done at the same to improve the work efficiency.

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Case 2
Description
In drive test for RF optimization, the area Ec/Io is bad

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Case 2
Analysis
Checking the cell distribution at this area
PSC186 PSC184

PSC185

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Case 2
Analysis
One site with 3 cells, PSC184, 185 and 186 cover this area Two cells, PSC 184 and 185, are separated to two sectors to cover different direction

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Case 2
Analysis
The area is covered by different cell PSC 184 and 185 No dominant cell PSC 184 and 185 is the best cell crossly in this area

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Case 2
Solution
Change the sector PSC, or combine some sector Previously, 3 cells
PSC 184: sector 1 & sector 3 PSC 185: sector 2 & sector 4 PSC 186: sector 5

After adjustment, 2 cells:


PSC184: sector1 & sector3 PSC185: sector4 & sector5 Delete sector 2
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Case 2
After adjustment, the drive test for PSC 184 and 185

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Case 2
The comparison result for scanner Ec/Io

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Case 2
The comparison result for UE Ec/Io

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Case 2
Summary
In order to get better coverage performance at the place with complicated transmission environment, splitter is used to separate one cell into different sectors to cover different area. In this case, the sector should be designed reasonably to control the interference

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Case 3
Description
In drive test for RF optimization, bad Ec/Io is found on the bridge

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Case 3
Analysis
Check the RSCP value of scanner, the result shows the RSCP value is good. Based on this, pilot pollution need be considered in this area. Check the top N pilot RSCP and Ec/Io in scanner result

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Case 3
Analysis
From the DT result, it shows the RSCP value is strong, but the Ec/Io is bad. And the signal level of different cell are very similar. Find the cells which cover this area

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Case 3
Analysis
Site 2 Cell C Site 3 Cell C

Site 1 Cell A

Site 4 Cell C Site 5 Cell C

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Case 3
Analysis
On the bridge, the signal from different cell can cover this area due to reflection of the river and no building. From DT, following cell cover this area:
Site 1 cell A Site 2 cell C Site 3 cell C Site 4 cell C Site 5 cell C

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Case 3
Analysis
Need to find the best cell Check the map, the site 6 is very near to the bridge.
Site 4 Cell C Site 5 Cell C Site 1 Cell A Site 2 Cell C Site 3 Cell C

Site 6

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Case 3
Analysis
After checking site 6 RF environment, it is difficult to increase the antenna height or move site 6 position to avoid the blocking caused by the building
The residence buildings are much higher than antenna, which block the signal of site 6

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Case 3
Analysis
Then, site 1 cell A can be the best cell to cover this area
Site 1 Cell A Site 2 Cell C Site 3 Cell C

Site 4 Cell C Site 5 Cell C

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Case 3
Analysis
Then, try to increase the signal of site 1 cell A, and decrease other cells To confirm this, DT for site 1 cell A needs to be done
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Case 3
Solution
Increase the signal of site 1 cell A
Change the antenna downtilt from 10 to 7 Increase CPICH Tx power 1.5 dB higher

Decrease other cell signal change the antenna downtilt


From 7 to 10 for site 2 cell C From 5 to 8 for Site 3 cell C From 9 to 11 for site 4 cell C From 9 to 11 for site 5 cell C

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Case 3
Confirmation
After the modification, the DT shows the pilot pollution area as below

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Case 3
Confirmation
The Ec/Io comparison

After

Before

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Case 3
Summary
To solve the pilot pollution, the following issues has be considered
Find the reason caused pilot pollution
Due to no strong signal Due to too much strong signal

After the adjustment, the DT has to be done at this cluster to confirm that no new problem appeared

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Case 4
Description
In DT, video call quality is decreased at the problem area. Also, the PS call drop happened several times
Problem Area

3G Antenna

2G Antenna

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Case 4
Analysis
RSCP distribution in DT

Problem area

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Case 4
Analysis
Ec/Io distribution in DT

Problem Problem area area

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Case 4
Analysis
Checking the RF environment, the antenna is installed on 10meter platform 2G and 3G antenna are installed at one platform, but 3G antenna is a little bit inner than 2G antenna. After finishing DT in 2G, signal level is very stable

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Case 4
Analysis
If 3G and 2G antenna are installed at the same place, the problem may be solved. The short wall of this platform may block the signal of 3G
3G Antenna Problem Area

Wall

Since 2G antenna is near to the border, the wall influence 2G little


2G Antenna

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Case 4
Solution
Solution 1
Increase the antenna height can solve this problem

Solution 2
Move the installation place near to the border

Solution 3
3G and 2G use the same place

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Case 4
Solution
Solution 3 is adopted
Road

T X / R R X X

T X / R R X X

2G BTS

3G NodeB

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Case 4
Question
Do you have other methods?

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Case 4
Summary
Sharing the same installation place for 3G and 2G is very common, and several strategies can solve the problem In this situation, 3G and 2G can share the feeder system, or can only share the installation platform. Considering the factors of the installation and related resource, a easiest and simplest method should be adopted

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Case 5
Description
In DT, call drop happened a lot in the area

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Case 5
Description
Check the DT information, SC304 is in active set with the signal level RSCP -76dBm and Ec/Io -18

Analysis Consider the pilot pollution


But only 1 cell in active set and 1 Cell in monitor set

Consider the missing neighbor cell


But the cell in monitor set has very good quality RSCP -65dBm and Ec/Io -6
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Case 5
Analysis
Check the signaling trace at UE side
Before call drop, UE sends measurement report to RNC with 1A event for cell 298

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Case 5
Analysis
Check the signaling trace at RNC side

RNC sent Active Set Update to UE, but no response. Then, RNC send release RRC connection Call Drop

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Case 5
Analysis
Based on the DT and signaling trace, this call drop can be take as handover failure For example
cell56 vs cell041 0 EcNo -10 -20 -30 time cell56 cell041

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Case 5
Analysis
Around the corner, the original cell 304 signal level drop very quickly because of the building shadowing, and the neighbor cell 298 increase very quickly. After UE sent measurement report to RNC, cell 304 has become very bad when RNC sent active set update.

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Case 5
Adjustment
Since cell 298 has better coverage at this area, handover can happen earlier
Decrease the coverage performance at this area
Increase the downtilt from 5 to 9 Adjust the direction from 0 to 310

Increase the coverage performance at this area


Decrease the downtilt from 5 to 4 Adjust the direction from 300 to 270

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Case 5
Adjustment
Result after adjustment

Handover area

Before

Handover area

After

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Case 5
Adjustment
Comparison of Ec/Io of UE

Before

After

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Case 5
Summary
Confirm the corner effect by analyzing signaling trace at UE and RNC About corner effect, Taking the method make the handover happen earlier, such as RF optimization Other method can also adopted
Modify 1A event Modify CIO (Cell Individual Offset)

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Contents
Typical Problems Analysis in RF optimization
RF case related to neighbor cell list RF case related to bad coverage

RF case related to interference

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Case 1
Description
From traffic statistic, the following RTWP problem is found
RNCId 1 1 1 CellId 62501 62502 62503 CellName KwongYu1 KwongYu2 KwongYu3 Time(As hour) 2005-5-16 17:00 2006-5-16 17:00 2006-5-16 17:00 VS.MaxRTWP -74.5 -74.3 -82 VS.MeanRTWP -102.34 -94.89 -101.6 VS.MinRTWP -105.3 -105.5 -105.4

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Case 1
Analysis
Connect to the problem NodeB, and monitor the RTWP Cell 62501 RTWP

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Case 1
Analysis
Cell 62502 RTWP

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Case 1
Analysis
Cell 62503 RTWP

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Case 1
Analysis
The main diversity antenna is interfered seriously Can not find any relation between interference and time, and the interference appears randomly Check the neighbor site, no interference Deduction Inter-modulation cause the interference, could be
Inter-modulation caused by bad connectors Inter-modulation by GSM

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Case 1
Analysis
Check the RF environment

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Case 1
Analysis
Check the RF environment
No blocking or any reflection due to the glass wall The site RF condition is very good

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Case 1
Analysis
2G and 3G share the feeder system

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Case 1
Analysis
Check 2G frequency planning
Sector 1 544 with hopping frequency 821
544 1811.6MHz & 821 1867MHz

Sector 2 538 with hopping frequency 821


538 1808.6MHz & 821 1867MHz

Sector 3 858 with hopping frequency 821


858 1874.4MHz & 821 1867MHz

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Case 1
Analysis
Calculate the third order intermodulation
Cell 1 1922.4MHz Cell 2 1925.4MHz Cell 3 1859.6MHz

Check cell 2 uplink interference


The interval of 2 interference is 821-544

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Case 1
Analysis
Conclusion
The third intermodulation of cell 1 and cell 2 is just in WCDMA uplink band

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Case 1
Solution
Change the hopping frequency of DSC

Confirmation
Check the RTWP again, the values are normal

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Case 1
Summary
Characteristics of inner system interference
The RTWP result are not same at the main and diversity antenna The amplitude of interference is big, and the difference is more than 10 dB High RTWP will appear in a duration, and will not change so frequently High RTWP will not show in a certain time each day, but randomly

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Case 2
Description
In a commercial network of country U, the following RTWP problem is found from traffic statistic
RNCId 201 201 201 201 201 201 CellId 11912 11942 11932 11623 11461 11643 CellName Aguada_C Centenario_C
Centro_C Ciudad Vieja_C Palacio_C Pocitos_C

Time(As hour) 2005-11-15 4:00 2005-11-15 4:00 2005-11-15 17:00 2005-11-15 0:00 2005-11-15 20:00 2005-11-15 2:00

RTWP_MEAN -93.94 -95.86 -96.62 -96.74 -97.1 -97.72

RTWP_MAX -88.65 -87.65 -93.65 -91 -96 -92.65

RTWP_MIN -105.66 -105.66 -97.65 -105.65 -104.65 -105.65

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Case 2
Analysis
Connect to the problem NodeB, and monitor the RTWP Take one site as example

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Case 2
Analysis
The main and diversity antenna have the same interference trend The different between main and diversity is less than 10dB

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Case 2
Analysis
Check the location of the sites with high RTWP

High Medium Low

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Case 2
Analysis
All the problem cells are in the third sector of the NodeB, and the direction is to the northwest Many cells at this area show high interference, and the cells with low RTWP are at low place

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Case 2
Analysis
Analyze the RTWP in the nearly one month, the interference shows randomly, but if appears, usually one whole day, or several days The interference shows with high traffic, and also with low traffic. No evidence shows it is related to the traffic

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Case 2
Analysis
Maybe the interference comes from outside and the northwest direction

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Case 2
Analysis
Use YBT250 to do the interference checking

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Case 2
Analysis
All the test results show the interference comes from the same direction to the country A But the distance to country A from the test place is around 50Km to 200Km

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Case 2
Analysis
Frequency analysis
U Country UMTS frequency
1900MHz

A country GSM frequency


1900MHz

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Case 2
Analysis
Maybe the interference comes from A country, but looks like impossible because the distance (50 to 200Km) is beyond the transmission To confirm this problem, use A country cell phone at the area with high RTWP The result shows the phone does receive the A country DSC

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Case 2
Conclusion
The interference comes from A country GSM Even the distance is very far, the area between the border is covered by a large water area Due to reflection the water, the signal can be transmitted far away

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Case 2
Conclusion
After known the reason, the following character of this kind of interference is found
Related to the weather
Rain day, no interference Cloudy day, less interference Sunny day, high interference

Related to the seasons also


Problems show at Summer more than Winter

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Case 2
Summary
Characteristics of external interference
The RTWP result are same at the main and diversity antenna The amplitude of interference is small, and the difference is less than 10 dB The interference exists at large area, not just one cell, also including neighbor cells The direction of external interference is obvious The cell with high antenna is easier to be interferenced

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Summary
RF optimization
Neighbor cell list optimization Coverage performance optimization Interference optimization

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