MPO adjustment

Low reported CQI: Adjusted CQI cant reach 10% of BLER CQI saturation in users with good RF conditions. TFRC assigned is not optimal

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MPO causes a shift in the CQI distribution curve. 1 dB represents a 1 point offset in CQI. In NSN the MPO is adjusted automatically by the RNC at call establishment. With large PAs tends to be very high (optimistic) If MPO is too optimistic or too pessimistic , there is a risk to entry in saturation values which dont maximize throughput due to a CQI clipping problem.
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Optimi Corporation | April 2010 | CUSTOMER CONFIDENTIAL

MPO Adjustment
CQI clipping problem: The reported CQI is always readjusted at the NodeB according to the instantaneous resources available (power and codes). If MPO is too high then there will be a significant number of CQI reported close to the saturation value. The scheduler will not work correctly since positive variations due to better RF conditions will be unknown by the scheduler. The Transport Format selected will be lower than If MPO is too low then the oppsitte effect is observed. Negative RF variation will be unknown and the scheduler wont readapt the Transport Format to combat the channel problems. It will cause more drops, high retransmissions and worse throughput.
Its been observed that the average HS retransmissions is lower than expected pointing to a MPO overfitting. It limits the maximum throughput achievable. If the MPO were manually changeable it could be adjusted cell by cell to have a CQI distribuition that minimizes the CQI clipping. The idea is to find a good value which maximizes the transport block size scheduled by the Node B, which will have a direct impact in the HSDPA throughput (CQI mean value of 15)

Optimi Corporation | April 2010 | CUSTOMER CONFIDENTIAL