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Cell Freq
Cell Freq
Magdaleen Snyman
References
GSM, GPRS and EDGE Performance:
evolution towards 3G/UMTS
o T.Halonen, J. Romero, J. Melero
o Second Edition
o John Wiley & Sons
o ISBN 0-470-86694-2
Course Overview
Conventional Cell and Frequency Planning
o You work, I watch ;-)
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Cost / Money
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Prediction algorithms
Lees model and other empirical models
o Ploss = PR1 + 10log(d / d1) + n10 log( f / f0) - 0
o PR1 is the reference loss at d1(normally 1 mile)
(e.g. -84dBm in a city like Tokyo and -49dBm for
open areas)
o n is between 2 and 3
Co-channel interference
GSM
CS-1
CS-2
CS-3
CS-4
MCS-1
MCS-2
MCS-3
MCS-4
MCS-5
MCS-6
MCS-7
MCS-8
MCS-9
# Info # Coding Code Max data rate Required C/I (dB) Modul
(BLER <10%; TU3 FH) ation
bits
bits
Rate
(kbs) /TS
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196 0.5
13.3
9 GMSK
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275 0.45
9.05
9 GMSK
268
188 0.65
13.4
13 GMSK
312
144 0.75
15.6
15 GMSK
428
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23 GMSK
176
0.53
8.4
9 GMSK
224
0.69
11.2
13 GMSK
296
0.89
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15 GMSK
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23 GMSK
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0.38
22.4
14.5 8PSK
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17 8PSK
896
0.78
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23.5 8PSK
1088
0.92
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29 8PSK
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Relative
power
(dB)
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-10
-20
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-30
-30
-40
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-50
measurement bandwidth 30 kHz measurement bandwidth 100k Hz
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-70
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Edge of TX
band + 2 MHz
Co-channel interference
The total co-channel
interference experienced at
the yellow spot is the sum of
interference of all six cells
with the same frequency
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Re-use distance
D = (i2 + ij + j2)2Rcos 30
D = (i2 + ij + j2) (3) R
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The Hexagon
Area of a hexagon:
A = 3 (3)R2/2
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Problem
The average traffic generated by one user is
10milliErlang/Subscriber
The population density is 50 people/km2
Assume a phone penetration of 80%
You are implementing a GSM system.
You have 48 (1-48)channels available
Assume free-space propagation i.e. = 2
Draw the re-use pattern and assign frequencies to
the cells.
Calculate the site to site distance that you will
need to implement.
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Sectorisation
C/I = (D/R) /2
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Spectral Efficiency
Erlang/Hz/km2
Using the previous problem as starting point
calculate the spectrum density that could
be achieved if the sites were sectorised.
Compare with the omni-cells
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Benefits of sectorisation
Higher gain antennas are available better
penetration
Less cost for same traffic density
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Cell Splitting
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Hierarchical Cells
Umbrella Cell:
Macro Cell: Antenna above average rooftop height
Micro Cell: Antenna below average rooftop height
Pico Cell: Indoors
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DTX- Discontinuous
Transmission
Average Voice activity is around 50%
DTX is a feature that allows to be
transmitted only when there is something to
be transmitted
o Uses VAD (Voice Activity Detector)
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%HOIU
9.00%
%HOID
Percentage
8.00%
PC Off
7.00%
6.00%
5.00%
4.00%
3.00%
2.00%
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Tim e (hours)
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Tx and Rx on f0
Controller
CALL 2
Tx and Rx on f1
Controller
CALL 3
Tx and Rx on f2
f0 f1 f2 f3
Combiner
Controller
CALL 1
f1 f2 f3 f0
f2 f3 f0 f1
f3 f0 f1 f2
Controller
CALL 4
Tx and Rx on f3
Baseband Bus
Cellular Network Planning CE at UP
for routing bursts
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Synthesised Hopping
Number of frequencies more or equal
to number of transceivers
Controller
CALL 1
Tx and Rx hopping
f0 f1 f2 f3
Controller
CALL 2
Tx and Rx hopping
f1 f2 f3 f0
Controller
CALL 3
Tx and Rx hopping
f2 f3 f0 f1
Controller
CALL 4
Tx and Rx hopping
f3 f0 f1 f2
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Frequency Diversity
Signal level
f0
f1
Position
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Frequency Diversity
Diversity: combining two or more
uncorrelated versions of the same signal
For conventional frequency diversity the info
is sent on two different frequencies at the
same time.
To be uncorrelated the two frequencies
should be more than 1/(multi-path spread),
where the multi-path spread is dependant on
the environment.
For urban areas the frequencies should be
more than 600kHz apart
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Gain (dB)
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2
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Number of Carriers
Cyclic
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Random
Poly. (Cyclic)
Poly. (Random)
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Interference Diversity
Extent of Interference diversity depends on:
o Interference load (DTX and Power Control)
o Frequency reuse: low re-use -> low gain;
Dependant on area type.
o Number of Frequencies (less -> less gain)
o Cyclic or Random
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Optimum size?
o Where a change in a BCCH carrier will on
average make the same difference as a change
in a TCH carrier in the optimised plan
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TCH layer
MAIO
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MAI
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HSN =x
TRX1 on 1A has MAIO = 0
TRX2 on 1A has MAIO = 2
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MA
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Automatic Frequency
Planning Tools
TRX
Requirements
etc
Propagation
Predictions
Coverage
Analysis
Interference
Matrix
AFP Tool
Frequency
Plan
Separation
Constraints,
etc
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Cost Function:
Sum of remaining
interference and
other penalties.
Quality
Change:
Frequency
BSIC
HSN, MAIO
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Interference Matrix
The conventional interference matrix
represent:
o The Traffic that will be interfered on if two
radios were assigned the same frequency;
o The area that will be interfered on if two radios
were assigned the same frequency
o pixel by pixel.
o Need ACCURATE propagation predictions and
traffic distribution maps.
o What is the cost of accurate enough
predictions?
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Generating the
Interference Matrix
50 m Resolution
2.0 km
2 m Resolution
2.0 km
2.5 km
2.5 km
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Probability of C/I>9dB
Cummulative Probability Distribution
for C/I exceeding 9dB
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0.7
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0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
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AFP
Implements a mathematical optimisation
method or Artificial Intelligence method to
minimise
Cost = Cijij + Aijij
o ij = 1 if radios i and j are assigned the same(adjacent)
frequency,
o ij = 0 else
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Quality
Voice Quality
o Impacted by the FER (Frame Erasure Rate /
Probability
o And to some extent by the BER (Bit Error Rate /
probability)
Dropped Calls
o Radio Link Timeout based on unsuccessful
SACCH frame - FER
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SQI
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SQI/ %FER
Non-Hopping
Non-Hopping
Hopping
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Hopping
FER
-10
0
RxQual
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C/I to FER
Frame Erasure Rate
0
-5
10 log(FER)
-10
Non-Hopping
-15
-20
Frequency Hopping
on 8 freqquencies,
Random Hopping
-25
-30
-5
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C/I(dB)
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Measurement Based
Frequency Planning
Using Mobile Measurement Reports how
will you go about generating the optimal
Interference Matrix?
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Measurement Based
Frequency Planning
Cell Traffic Recordings was used to collect Mobile
Measurement Reports on all the cells
With the mobiles measuring on all BCCH channels
The process took about a month.
The signal strength of the serving cell and the
reported neighbours was used to calculated the
C/I and eventually the FER.
The average FER for each server-interferer
relation was calculate.
and multiplied with the traffic on the serving cell
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The
Sanity
Check
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1.90%
Percentage
Using
MMRs in
Frequency
Planning
2.10%
1.70%
Traffic
1.29%
1.50%
%Drop
DayAvg
1.30%
1.10%
0.90%
0
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Time
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The
Results:
Quality
8.00%
7.00%
6.00%
%HoBUQ
%HoBDQ
Traffic
%TBQDis*50
5.00%
4.00%
3.00%
2.00%
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Tim e
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Propagation predictions
Clutter and Height data
In building
Traffic distribution
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without
o Spoiling good data with bad data.
o Skewing the matrix, e.g. when drive test data is
available for only part of the network.
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Interference Load
The core questions:
o How much interference will assigning the same
frequency to a carrier in Cell A and Cell B
cause ?
o How much less will that be after DTX?
o How much less will that be after Power Control?
Interference Load
o How much signal or potential interference is
carried on a particular carrier
o Interference Load = Traffic on Cell
8 * #Carriers
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After DTX
o Voice Activity Factor 40% on TCH channels
o Interference Load = 0.4 * Traffic on TCH Carriers
o
8 * Number of TCH Carriers
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Inter-modulation Products
Harmonics or Inter-modulation products
results from non-linearity in the system
May cause a problem if one of these
products fall on a receiving frequency.
IM originate from frequencies in the transmit
band and cause interference in the receive
band
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Inter-modulation Products
GSM
900
Dualband
890MHz
915MHz
935MHz
960MHz
GSM1800
1710MHz
1785MHz
1805MHz
1880MHz
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A few terms
Frequency Allocation Re-use
o FAR = Total Number of Frequency Channels
Number of Frequencies per Cell
Effective Re-use
Reff= Total Number of Frequency Channels
Average number of TRX per Cell
Fractional Load
o Lfrac=
Hardware Load
o LHW= (Busy Hour Traffic) / (TN /TRX)
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A few terms
Frequency Load
o Lfreq= LHW Lfrac
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Optimum # carriers to
Hop over = 24/6
Optimum frequency Re-use
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Quality vs Capacity
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Minute Erlang per Drop (Quality)
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Major Interferers
Effect of reducing major interferers
1 00.00%
90.00%
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
Cummulative Contribution
30.00%
20.00%
1 0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
1 0.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
1 00.00%
P e r c e nt a ge of C e l l s c ont r i but i ng t o I nt e r f e r e nc e
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Possible sites
Income: Coverage
of potential traffic
Equipment used
Frequency Allocation
Cost: cost of
changes / sites
Interference Matrix
MMR
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