this report serves to give an insight into the procedures followed , actions taken and the resulted impact

from the Co-BCCH between 900 and 1800 done in Ghardaia (MENEA all collocated site) and the improvements that have been brought to the network implementation specially for the traffic and TCH congestion, TCH assignement, TBF Estatablishment succes rate In the first sections the report will explain the sites that serve it and the triggering causes of this process , later sections will concentrate more on the impact on KPIs and the recommended changes implemented. final conclusion will summarize the recommendations and future suggestions and further actions that should be taken into acount 1. Introduction : 2. Actions Trigger: The below points are the summary of the reasons behind the initiation of the frequency tuning in the targeted area: 1. huge TCH congestion Rate in BSC level specially for these sites , although most of congestion concentrated on 900 and is caused by unbalance traffic between 900 and 1800 but we can improve it further by providing balance between these cells 2. also many of the cells are surffed from bad KPI due to TCH Congestion like TBF Establishment success rate and TCH assiement success rate 3. moving the traffic by playing in the correct parameters to handle traffic lost due to congestion. 3 EAL/O/EO Redouane BENATALLAH ATM/O/NPOC-13:002 Prepared By (also subject responsible if other) Report Number: Approved By: checked By: Date EAL/O/EO Mohyedeen Alkousy EAL/O/EO Samir Djebbara/ Amina Koufi 1/9/2013 One cell can be divided into two subcells with Co-BCCH function. The two subcells share one BCCH. Subcell 1 is configured with BCCH; subcell 2 is newly added. This is also referred as concentric circle; Subcell 1 is also referred as the outer circle, and Subcell 2, the inner circle. See Figure 1-1. 3.1 Introduction to the Concept of Co-BCCH : 3.2 Application Scenarios : Figure 1-1 Dual-Band Network with Co-BCCH Adopted 3 Feature Description : Dual band Co-BCCH cell refers to the situation when two TRXs of different frequency bands are configured in the same cell. Usually, the TRX with frequency band of better transmission performance is configured in Subcell1 as well as BCCH and SDCCH; the other TRX is configured in Subcell2. In this situation, the handover algorithm based on path loss/TA is often adopted. For example, it can be applied to the Co-BCCH cells (where there are both 900M TRXs and 1800M TRXs), and BCCH and SDCCH should be configured on the 900M frequency band. The advantage of the Co-BCCH networking is that one BCCH can be saved. More importantly, this method makes it possible that the 1800M frequency band can absorb the traffic of the 900M frequency band without the reselections and handovers among the dual-band cells. Besides, when the capacity expansion is done for the network where only GSM900M is used, it is possible to configure the 1800M TRXs in the 900M cells directly without changing the original relations of the neighbor cells. 4

EAL/O/EO Redouane BENATALLAH ATM/O/NPOC-13:002 Prepared By (also subject responsible if other) Report Number: Approved By: checked By: Date EAL/O/EO Mohyedeen Alkousy EAL/O/EO Samir Djebbara/ Amina Koufi 1/9/2013 3.3 Handover and Channel Allocation Algorthms: There are two ways of handover between subcells in ZTE: 1. Handovers based on PathLoss and TA (which can be applied in dual-band network, network expansion and concentric cells) 2. Handovers based on C/I (which can be used in concentric cells) In our case we have chosen handover based on PathLoss and TA so in this introduction we focus to explain this algorithm in detalis 3.3.1 Judgment based on PathLoss and TA : If the call happens in Subcell 1, PathLoss and TA are both small, which means the call is nearer to BTS, therefore, it will be handed over to Subcell 2 to absorb traffic; if the call happens in Subcell 2, PathLoss and TA are both relatively bigger, which means the call is far from the BTS, so it should be handed over to Subcell 1 to prevent call drop due to failure radio link. According to judgment formula (1)(2): PathLoss>= PathLossMax (1) TA> SubCellTAMax ...(2) 5 EAL/O/EO Redouane BENATALLAH ATM/O/NPOC-13:002 Prepared By (also subject responsible if other) Report Number: Approved By: checked By: Date EAL/O/EO Mohyedeen Alkousy EAL/O/EO Samir Djebbara/ Amina Koufi 1/9/2013 If MS is in subcell 1 and every SubCellP out of SubCellN satisfies both the conditions of (PATHLOSS <= PathLossMin) and (TA < SubCellTAMin), it is believed that a handover should be made from subcell 1 to subcell 2. If MS is in subcell 2 and every SubCellP out of SubCellN satisfies either the condition (PATHLOSS >= PathLossMax) or the condition (TA > SubCellTAMax), it is believed that a handover should be made from subcell 2 to subcell 1. If SubCellTAMax = SubCellTAMin = TAMAX (the maximum TA), the prerequisite for the handover mentioned above changes and the path loss becomes the only criterion to be used. Similarly, if PathLossMax = PathLossMin = LMAX (the maximum path loss), the prerequisite for the handover mentioned above also changes and TA becomes the only criterion to be used. 3.3.2 Handover based on C/I If the call happens in Subcell 1, and C/I is large, which means radio link signal is good, hand the call over to Subcell 2 to share traffic; if the call happens in subcell2, C/I is small, which means radio link signal is poor, hand the call over to Subcell 1 to prevent call drop. Below algorithm show handover algorithm in case of Co-BCCH implemented 6 EAL/O/EO Redouane BENATALLAH

ATM/O/NPOC-13:002 Prepared By (also subject responsible if other) Report Number: Approved By: checked By: Date EAL/O/EO Mohyedeen Alkousy EAL/O/EO Samir Djebbara/ Amina Koufi 1/9/2013 7 EAL/O/EO Redouane BENATALLAH ATM/O/NPOC-13:002 Prepared By (also subject responsible if other) Report Number: Approved By: checked By: Date EAL/O/EO Mohyedeen Alkousy EAL/O/EO Samir Djebbara/ Amina Koufi 1/9/2013 3.4 Comparisons between Co-BCCH dual-band network and traditional dual-band: 1. Each of the two frequency bands in traditional dual-band network has its own BCCH. It results in the waste of one timeslot, and it increases great amount of handover reselection of the MS and signaling load of the network. 2. There is no problem of coverage overlap. MS reselection and location renewal will not change due to the adding of 1800M network, therefore, handovers between different frequencies are reduced, and traffic carrying on both 900M and 1800M frequency bands can be bitterly controlled, and network operation will be more stable. 3. In terms of project implementation, for network parameters in Co-BCCH dual-band network need not to be replanned, configure the 1800-MHz TRX as Subcell 2 in the original 900-MHz cell. It is unnecessary to modify the neighbor cell relation. The project schedule can be greatly shortened, which is convenient for expansion of 1800-MHz network. 4. However, with Co-BCCH dual-band network adopted, handovers inside the cell will increase dramatically, which will result in the possibility of failure assignment and handover and affects network indicators. Co-BCCH dual-band network Traditional dual-band network 8 EAL/O/EO Redouane BENATALLAH ATM/O/NPOC-13:002 Prepared By (also subject responsible if other) Report Number: Approved By: checked By: Date EAL/O/EO Mohyedeen Alkousy EAL/O/EO Samir Djebbara/ Amina Koufi 1/9/2013 4. Feature Prerequisites : Our trial adopts 900/1800M dual band Co-BCCH cell over MENEA region (most congested area in GHARDAIA BSC) ; BCCH is configured on 900M; both the inner circle and the outer circle adopt SFH. Handover based on Pathloss and TA because and not in C/I because of

these reasons: 1. the Hopping used in Mneaa area is SFH which means that the C/I values are considerably low due to the high TRX configuration, so we cannot balance the traffic based on C/I only. 2. this is the First time this feature is activated in ZTE vendor , so we cannot predict what is the impact of activating the C/I algorithm. 3. it's easier to tune the parameters to balance the traffic in case of path loss algorithm. 4.1 Software Version Informations: Software Environment Explanation iBSC iBSC V6.20.200e p002 iOMCR iOMCR V6.20.200e OMCB OMCB V4.00.200k p003 SDR SDR V4.00.210e p07 4.2 Hardware Version Information: Hardware Environment Explanation Antenna type Dual band CN manufacturer ZTE The physical link on ABIS IP over ABIS The type of BSC hardware 1000M platform The type of BTS hardware SDR Note should be taken on consideration: BTS type must be SDR with 900M/1800M in same cabinet. antenna type desirable to be dual band to make sure 1800&900 have same azimuth. Make sure that UL subcell coverage have bigger coverage than OL subcell (by analyzing TA Measurement). Performe Hardware optimaztion if possible like antenna tilt to leave the OL subcell handle the most traffic nearer to the site. 9 EAL/O/EO Redouane BENATALLAH ATM/O/NPOC-13:002 Prepared By (also subject responsible if other) Report Number: Approved By: checked By: Date EAL/O/EO Mohyedeen Alkousy EAL/O/EO Samir Djebbara/ Amina Koufi 1/9/2013 Below table shows related parameters tuned in the targeted cells the black color refer to common parameters and red color special for handover based on Pathloss and TA All parameters shown in the table is considered as default value, after the parameters were correctly implemented, it can be changed in several time in order to get thumps up value, as well this parameters can be defferent from cell to other. It depends of cases.

No Parameter Suggested Value 1 FreqBand 0 (GSM900) 2 SubFreqBand 2 (DCS1800) 3 DuleBandOffset 6 4 PathLossMax 136 5 PathLossMin 128 6 SubCellTAMax 2 7 SubCellTAMin 1 8 SubCellN 4 9 SubCellP 3 10 HoControl17 path loss and TA 11 HoToInnerSC YES 13 PowerClass 3 15 HoControl_11 1 16 PSALLOCSC_0 only subcell 1 4.3 Performance Analysis : Counters related to subcells are under Subcell Statistical Measurement. When subcells are configured, the measurement task measures the channels in subcells and handovers between the subcells, and focuses on the traffic sharing in Subcell2 (OL subcell). For Co-BCCH, what we shall concern about is whether the traffic sharing between the two subcells is reasonable. Currently our system cannot directly output the situation of congestion and traffic in the two cells. We may temporarily solve the problem by setting up Subcell Statistical Measurement. From the measurement data, we may obtain the statistics of congestion and traffic in the inner circle; from performance reports, we obtain the statistics of congestion and traffic in the cell. We may obtain data about the UL Subcell by making subtraction between the two s