High Level Dimensioning for Radio and BSC Erlang 1 Erlang is 1 call held for 1 hour during BH Or 25 mErl

is 1 call held for 90s during BH Erlang = BHCA x MHT 3600s Example 1: If a network has 50 000 subscribers with a BHCA of 1.2 and call duration of 50s, what is the total traffic of the network: Erlang = 1.2 x 50s = 16.7 mErl per sub 3600s Therefore total Traffic = 833 Erlang Example 2: Assume each subscriber calls on average 150 min per month and that 20% of these calls are made during BH. Calculate the total traffic generated by 1000000 subscribers. 150 min x 20% = 30 min Assumption: 22 busy hours in a month excluding weekends, 30 min / 22 = 1.37 minutes call time per BH Erlang per subscriber = 1.37/60 = 22.8 mErl

Total traffic = 1000000 x 22.8 mErl = 22800 Erlang

TRX capacity Use Erlang B table. Common configurations are: 1/1/1, 2/2/2, 3/3/3, 4/4/4, 5/5/5 and 6/6/6 Following considerations should be made when using Erlang B table: Use 2% GOS Account for BCCH and SDCCH channels, typically o 1/1/1, 2/2/2 1 BCCH & 1 SDCCH o 3/3/3, 4/4/4 1 BCCH & 2 SDCCH o 5/5/5, 6/6/6 1 BCCH & 3 SDCCH

Site config. 1/1/1 2/2/2 3/3/3 4/4/4 5/5/5 6/6/6

BCCH SDCCH # TCH TS/TRX 1 1 6 1 1 14 1 2 21 1 2 29 1 3 36 1 3 44

Erlang/sect or 2.2 8.2 14.0 21.0 27.3 34.7

Average Erlang/TRX 2.2 4.1 4.7 5.3 5.5 5.8

Erlang/Site 6.6 24.6 42.0 63.0 81.9 104.1

Example 1 : A network has 250 000 subs at 25 mErl per subscriber. 80% of the subscribers are in urban areas and the remaining 20% are in rural areas. Calculate the mix of 2/2/2 and 4/4/4 sites required to fulfil the operator capacity needs. 250 000 x 80% = 200 000 urban 250 000 x 20% = 50 000 rural Erlang for urban = 200 000 x 25 mErl = 5000 Erl Erlang for rural = 50 000 x 25 mErl = 1250 Erl Number of urban 4/4/4 sites required = 5000 Erl / 63.0 Erl = 80 sites Number of rural 2/2/2 sites required = 1250 Erl / 24.6 Erl = 51 sites

Example 2: The BHCA for a typical network with 200 000 subscribers is 1.2. The operator wishes to implement only 4/4/4 sites. Calculate the number of TRX required. Assumption: assume call duration of 90s Erlang per subscriber = (1.2 x 90) / 3600 = 30 mErl Total Erlang = 200 000 x 30 mErl = 6000 Erl Total number of TRX = 6000 Erl / 5.3 = 1133 TRX HR and FR Increase in traffic capacity depends on percentage HR loading Assume 60% HR and 40% FR implemented on the network #TCH TS per TRX = [(#TSTRX x #TRX) (#BCCH TS + #SDCCH TS)] x [2x60% + 40%] Using 3/3/3 configuration with above formula, #TCH TS per TRX = [(8x3)-(1+2)] x [1.6] = 33.6 = ~33 TCH channels an increase from 21 TCH to 33 TCH which is a capacity increase of 76%

RPG3 RPG3 required for TRX: The number of TRX/TRH an RPG3 can handle largely depends on the traffic profile. Networks with low BHCA (< 0.8) handle less TRX/TRH than networks with high BHCA (>1.2). The range is from 20 32 TRX/TRH pretty vast and does not really help much. CMEX is required for more accurate dimensioning. However, for HLD, use a value of 29 typically. #RPG3 = #TRX/29 RPG3 required for C7: 1 RPG3 can handle 4 C7 links

Calculate the number of C7 required (note this is okay for HLD but not for accurate LLD). Use values of 2, 4, 8, and 16 #C7 = Total number of kbps / 30% x 64kbps 64kbs/s device for signalling loaded at 30% maximum -> 19.2kbps 1 call is approximately 70 bytes or 560 bits Example 1: Calculate the number of RPG3 required for a network with 200 000 subscribers with a traffic profile of 20 mErl per subscriber and a MHT of 60s. Assume operator rolls out only 3/3/3 sites. Total Erlang = 200 000 x 20 mErl = 4000 Erlang Total # of TRX = 4000/4.7 = 852 TRX # RPG3 for TRX = 852/29 @ 29TRX/TRH = 30 Total # of calls in BH = (4000 x 3600)/60 = 240 000 calls Total # of bits in BH = 240 000 x 560 = 134400kbits Total # of kbps = 134400 kbits/3600 = 37.3kbps # C7 links = 37.3kbps/19.2kbps = 1.9 = 2 links # RPG3 for C7 = 1 Therefore total # RPG3 = 31 TRA

In a BSC, there are TRA boards. Each sub-rack contains 4 TRA boards. 1 TRA board has 192 channels 1 channel is 1 Erlang with 0% GOS Therefore 1 TRA board is 192 Erlang with 0% GOS And 1 sub-rack is 768 Erlang with 0% GOS

Example 2: From the previous example, calculate the number of TRA required # TRA = 4000/192 = 21 TRA boards PCU and RPP The PCU is located in the BSC and handles all GPRS traffic. The major part of the PCU implementation is done by the RPP. The RPP handles PS traffic as well as signalling between the SGSN & BTS. Architecture of RPP

DSP1 DL2-0 DL2-1

DSP2

DSP3

DSP4

TS 1-31

TS 1-32

19
TS 1-32

32

DSP5

DSP6

DSP7

DSP8

P o w e r P C

Each RPP has 2DL2 (2Mbit data link), each consisting of 32 64kbps GPH (GPRS packet handler) devices. Each GPH can be configured as 4x16kbps BPDCH, 64kbps EPDCH for ABIS or As 64kbps Gb devices for Gb-interface max. 31 Gb devices/RPP. ABIS interface capacity is 50 BPDCH on DL2-0 and 100 BPDCH on DL2-1, which equates to 150 BPDCH per RPP without Gb interface or with Gb interface not exceeding 19. DL2-0: 2 DSP for Gb, 2 DSP for ABIS. DL2-1: 4 DSP for ABIS. Capacity per ABIS DSP: o No EDGE, 6.25 TS / 25 BPDCH o All EDGE, 16.67 TS, 16.67 EPDCH o Often a mixture

1 EPDCH loads 1.5 BPDCH which equates to a capacity gain of 2.67 (4/1.5)

Example 1: Gb link size of 22, and 30% share of EPDCH, calculate the DSP capacity for ABIS. DL2-0: DSP capacity for ABIS = 2 x (70% x 6.25) + (30% x 16.67) = 18.75 TS Possible ABIS TS = Min (32-Gb, 18.75) = 10 DL2-1: DSP capacity for ABIS = 4 x (70% x 6.25) + (30% x 16.67) = 37.5 TS Possible ABIS TS = Min (32, 37.5) = 32 Therefore DSP capacity = DL2-0 + DL2-1 = 10 + 32 = 42

Example 2:

A network has 200 000 subscribers. Assume 35% are GPRS/EDGE subscribers and of that 10% simultaneously attached during BH. The split between EDGE and GPRS is 20%:80%. Calculate the number of RPP. Assume 0.5 sessions per subscriber during BH and 50KB per subscriber during BH, bit rate per PDCH of 2, a peak factor of 1.2 and a desired Gb link size of 11. # GPRS/EDGE subscribers: 200 000 x 35% = 70 000 # SAU during BH: 70 000 x 10% = 7000 # Sessions during BH: 7000 x 0.5 = 3500 # Sessions per second: 3500/3600 = 0.97 # kbps: 0.97 x 50 x 8 = 388 # kbps with peak factor: 388 x 1.2 = 466 # PDCH: 466/2 = 233 # EPDCH: 233 x 20% = 47 # BPDCH: 233 47 = 186 # Total ABIS TS: 47 + (186/4) = 94 # TS needed for Gb: 466/42 = 11 assume 80% utilization Maximum ABIS per RPP: DL2-0: DSP capacity = 2 x (80% x 6.25) + (20% x 16.67) = 16.7 Possible ABIS TS = Min (32-Gb, 16.7) = 16.7 DL2-1: DSP capacity = 4 x (80% x 6.25) + (20% x 16.67) = 33.3 Possible ABIS TS = Min (32, 33.3) = 32 DSP capacity per RPP = 16.7 + 32 = 48.7 # RPP needed for Gb: TS needed for Gb / desired Gb link size = 1 # RPP needed for ABIS without Gb: (94-48.7)/48.7 = 1 # RPP for redundancy: 1

# Total RPP = 1+1+1 = 3

E1 for ABIS, Gb and A interfaces A i/f: Assume 80% utilization on A i/f. E1 for A i/f = ErlangB_device(Total Erlang, Blocking rate)/25 Blocking rate = 0.001 ABIS i/f: Assume worst case where number of sites equal number of E1 for ABIS i/f. But use logic if there are sites configures > than 4/4/4 than allocate 2E1 per site for those sites. Gb i/f: # 64kbps devices: Total kbps/42 E1 for Gb i/f = # 64kbps devices/32 Example 1:

A network has 200 000 subscribers. Assume 35% are GPRS subscribers and of that 10% simultaneously attached during BH. Assume 1 PDP context (sessions) per subscriber and 50KB session size. Calculate the number of 64kbps devices and E1 in Gb i/f. # GPRS subscribers: 200 000 x 35% = 70 000 # SAU during BH: 70 000 x 10% = 7000 #kbps: (7000 x 1[PDP] x 50 x 8)/3600 = 778 # 64kbps device: 778/42 = 19 # E1 links for Gb: 19/32 = 1

An operator wants to rollout out a network in 4 phases. Complete the table below. Assumptions: GPRS/EDGE penetration. SAU during BH. PDP (sessions) per subscriber during BH. EDGE penetration GPRS penetration. Session size per subscriber during BH (KB) Bitrate per PDCH Peak factor Desired Gb link size HR FR 30% 0.02 0.5 10% 90% 100 2.2 1.3 19 60% 40% Total TCH Phase 1 2 3 4 560000 880000 0.8 Number of subs 150000 BHCA 1.2 1.1 MHT 90 80 70 11733 Erlang channels Total offered traffic per sector Total offered traffic per site 4/4/4 sites Number of TRX

Number of C7 Phase Number of subs BHCA MHT Erlang 1 150000 1.2 90 2 3 4 325000 560000 880000 1.1 0.9 0.8 80 70 60 links

Number of RPG3 for C7

Number of RPG3 for TRX Total RPG3

Number of Number of TRA RPP

Phase 1 2 3 4

Number of subs 150000 325000 560000 880000

BHCA 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8

MHT 90 80 70 60

Erlang

E1 for A i/f

E1 for ABIS

Gb devices

E1 for Gb