Huawei ERAN3.0 ANR Feature Introduction

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Huawei eRAN3.0
ANR Feature Introduction
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Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
Describe the basic conceptions of ANR
Describe the principle of intra-RAT ANR
Describe the principle of inter-RAT ANR
Performance manual neighbor relation management
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Contents
1. ANR Overview
2. Intra-RAT ANR Management
3. Inter-RAT ANR Management

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Contents
1. ANR Overview

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The Automatic Neighbour Relation (ANR) function
resides in the eNB and manages the conceptual
Neighbour Relation Table (NRT). Located within ANR,
the Neighbour Detection Function finds new neighbours
and adds them to the NRT. ANR also contains the
Neighbour Removal Function which removes outdated
NRs.
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What is ANR?
ANR ( Automatic Neighbor Relation)
ANR is a self-optimization function that belong to SON
It automatically maintains the integrity and effectiveness of
neighbor cell lists to increase handover success rates and
improve network performance
ANR automatically detects missing neighboring cells, PCI
collisions, abnormal neighboring cell coverage and analyzes
neighbor relations.
Missing Neighboring
Cells
Optimized by ANR
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PCI collision
Abnormal Neighboring Cell
Coverage
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ANR Classification
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Based on neighbor relations, ANR is classified into intra-RAT ANR and inter-
RAT ANR.
Based on the methods of measuring neighboring cells, ANR is classified into
event-triggered ANR and fast ANR (also known as periodic ANR).
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Basic Conceptions - NCL
NCL(Neighbor Cell List) contains the information about the
external neighboring cells of a serving cell. NCLs are
classified into intra-RAT NCLs, inter-RAT NCLs. Each
eNodeB has an intra-RAT NCL and inter-RAT NCLs.
NCL includes the E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifiers(or CGIs
for inter-RAT), PLMN,PCIs, TAC, eNodeB ID and E-UTRA
Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Numbers (EARFCNs)
of the neighboring cells.

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Basic Conceptions - NRT
NRT(Neighbor Relations Table) contains the information
about the neighbor relations between the source cell and its
neighboring cells. NRTs are classified into intra-RAT NRTs
and inter-RAT NRTs. Each cell has an intra-RAT NRT, inter-
RAT NRTs.
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SN LCI Local Cell
PLMN
Target Cell
PLMN
TCI No Remove No HO
1 LCI#1 46001 46001 TCI#1 TRUE TRUE
2 LCI#1 46001 46001 TCI#2 FALSE FALSE
3 LCI#1 46001 46001 TCI#3 TRUE TRUE
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Basic Conceptions - NRT
The NRT contains the following information, which can be updated automatically or
manually:
SN: denotes the serial number of a neighbor relation.
LCI: Local cell ID, identifies the source cell of a neighbor relation.
Local Cell PLMN:The Public Land Mobile Network which Local Cell belongs to.
TCI: identifies the target cell of a neighbor relation. This attribute is defined by the ECGI of the
target cell.
Target Cell PLMN:The Public Land Mobile Network which Target Cell belongs to.
NO Remove: indicates whether a neighbor relation can be removed from the NRT by ANR. By
default, the NO Remove attribute of a neighbor relation is set to FALSE.
If the NO Remove attribute of a neighbor relation is TRUE, this neighbor relation cannot be
removed from the NRT.
If the NO Remove attribute of a neighbor relation is FALSE, this neighbor relation can be
removed from the NRT.
NO HO: indicates whether this neighbor relation can be used for a handover. By default, the NO
HO attribute of a neighbor relation is set to FALSE.
If the NO HO attribute of a neighbor relation is TRUE, this neighbor relation cannot be used
for a handover.
If the NO HO attribute of a neighbor relation is FALSE, this neighbor relation can be used for
a handover.
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HO Black List and HO White List
HO Black list
No remove =
True
No HO= True
HO White list
No remove =
True
No HO= False
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No remove: cannot be removed automatically from the NRT by
ANR

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Abnormal Neighbor Cell
The coverage of neighboring cells may be abnormal in any of the
following scenarios:
The antenna tilt or orientation changes because of improper
installation or a natural phenomenon such as strong wind
In mountains, the signals of the umbrella cell cover lower cells

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Expected coverage Actual coverage
Deteced by ANR
Cell1 Cell2
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Contents
1. ANR Overview

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Contents
2.1 Event- Triggered ANR
2.2 Fast ANR
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Event-Triggered ANR Overview
Main function of event-triggered ANR
Missing neighbor detection
Neighbor relations maintenance
Abnormal neighbor coverage detection

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Detecting
missing
neighbor
Result output
NRT
Neighbor
relations
maintenanc
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Detecting
Abnormal
Neighbor
Coverage
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MML to Switch on the Intra-RAT ANR
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Intra-RAT event-triggered ANR is controlled by the
IntraRatEventAnrSwitch check box under the AnrSwitch
parameter. The intra-RAT event-triggered ANR function is activated
when the IntraRatEventAnrSwitch check box is selected.
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Missing Neighbor Detection By
UE Measurement
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Cell PCI ECGI
Cell A 3 17
Cell B 5 19
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UE Measurement
The procedure is described as follows:
1. The source eNodeB delivers the inter-frequency measurement configuration to the UE
and requests the UE to measure inter-frequency neighboring cells that meet the
measurement configuration.
Note: The UE performs intra-frequency neighbor cell measurements by default. And inter-
frequency neighbor cell measurement is triggered by A2 event.
2. The UE detects that the PCI of cell B that meets the measurement configuration and
reports it to the source eNodeB. Then, the source eNodeB checks whether the intra-RAT
NCL of cell A includes the EARFCN-PCI combination of cell B. If yes, the procedure ends.
If no, the following steps continue.
3. The source eNodeB instructs the UE, using the newly discovered PCI as a parameter, to
read the ECGI, Tracking Area Code (TAC), and Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) ID
list of cell B.
4. The source eNodeB schedules appropriate idle periods to allow the UE to read the ECGI,
TAC, and PLMN ID list of cell B over the broadcast channel (BCH).
5. The UE reports the detected ECGI, TAC, and PLMN ID list of cell B to the source
eNodeB.
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UE History Information
In this case, Cell B exist in the NCL/NRT of Cell A, but there is no
Cell A info in NCL/NRT of Cell B
Source Cell
(Cell A)
Target Cell
(Cell B)
M2000
2.Handover response
1.Handover request
3.Report cell A ECGI
Information
query
4.Send info to cell B
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UE History Information
UE history information is containing the previous cell information. This information
is contained in handover request message. Following is the contents of information
ECGI of last visit cell
Type of last visit cell
Duration of UE for camping on the cell
The above flow shows how to detect missing neighbor cell by using UE history
information
1. The source eNodeB sends a Handover Request message to the target eNodeB including
UE history information
2. The target eNodeB obtains the UE history information from the message. If the target
eNodeB detects that the ECGI of the last visited cell (that is, cell A, the source cell) does
not exist in the NCL of the target cell (cell B), cell A is considered as a new neighboring
cell of cell B.
3. The target eNodeB reports the ECGI of cell A to the M2000.
4. The M2000 queries the PCI, TAC, and PLMN ID list of cell A based on the reported ECGI
and sends the parameters to the target eNodeB.
The target eNodeB adds cell A to the intra-RAT NCL of cell B and adds the neighbor
relation to the intra-RAT NRT.
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Neighbor Relations Maintenance
NRT Maintenance
Remaining in NRT
Period calculation
Adjust the list of NRT
Result analysis
Is removed from
NRT
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Neighbor Relations Maintenance
NCL Maintenance
Period calculation
Adjust the list of NCL
Result analysis
Is removed from the
NCL
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Is kept in NCL
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Contents
2.1 Event- Triggered ANR
2.2 Fast ANR
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Fast ANR
In order to reduces the impact of event-triggered UE
measurements on handover performance, system supports
period measurement.
Period measurement report
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Fast ANR Restriction
Periodic UE measurements have a negative impact on the
uplink throughput of the network. Therefore, intra-RAT fast
ANR restricts the number of concurrent UEs involved in
periodic measurements by several mechanisms.
When current UE number involved in fast
ANR achieve the threshold, eNodeB stop
selecting new UE for fast ANR
When the specific UE measurements
achieve the threshold, the UE stop fast
ANR report
When the total Ue number involved in fast
ANR achieve the threshold in the certain
period, the eNodeB will get into the state of
monitoring or start a new FastAnr Period .
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Related Parameters
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Contents
1. ANR Overview

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Event-Triggered ANR
Inter-RAT event-triggered ANR support GERAN and
UTRAN system, controlled by the GeranEventAnrSwitch
and UtranEventAnrSwitch check boxes under the
AnrSwitch parameter
CDMA doesnt support event-triggered ANR
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Flow of Event-Triggered ANR
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Flow of Event-Triggered ANR
The procedure is described as follows:
The source eNodeB delivers the inter-RAT measurement configuration (including target
RATs and Frequencys) to the UE, activates the measurement gap mode, and instructs the
UE to measure the neighboring cells that meet the measurement configuration. It is
triggered by A2 event.
The UE detects that the PCI of cell B meets the measurement configuration and reports it
to cell A. If the source eNodeB detects that its NCL does not include the Frequency-PCI
combination of cell B, it proceeds to the following step.
The source eNodeB instructs the UE, using the newly discovered PSC(For UTRAN) as a
parameter, to read other parameters of cell B.
The source eNodeB schedules appropriate measurement gaps to allow the UE to read the
CGI and other parameters of cell B over the BCH.
The UE reports the source eNodeB the CGI and other parameters of cell B. The source
eNodeB adds the newly detected neighboring cell to its inter-RAT NCL and adds the
neighbor relation to the inter-RAT NRT.
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Fast ANR
Inter-RAT fast ANR has similar processing as intra-RAT
fast ANR.
It is controlled by the GeranFastAnrSwitch,
UtranFastAnrSwitch, and CdmaFastAnrSwitch check
boxes under the AnrSwitch parameter.
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Related Parameters
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Summary
ANR is a self-optimization function that belong to SON. Based on
neighbor relations, ANR is classified into intra-RAT ANR and inter-
RAT ANR. Based on the methods of measuring neighboring cells,
ANR is classified into event-triggered ANR and fast ANR (also
known as periodic ANR).
ANR function includes automatic missing neighboring cells
detection, PCI conflict detection, abnormal neighboring cell
coverage query and analyzes neighbor relations. With these
functions, ANR automatically maintains the integrity and
effectiveness of neighbor cell lists to increase handover success
rates and improve network performance.

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