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Agenda
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LTE RNP Overview

LTE RNP Challenges and Solutions

LTE RNP Dimensioning Introduction

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LTE network life cycle

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Number of Sites
Number of Sites

Optimization after
commercial launch

Mature Network

What challenges
that operators are
facing in LTE RNP?

Launch

2G/3G Resources
Pre-Launch
Radio Optimization

LTE Radio Network

Planning

RNP is the first and important step in the LTE network life cycle.
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Huawei Radio Network Planning Main Steps

Estimation

Preplanning
Inputs: Coverage, Capacity &
Service Requirement
Outputs: Calculated eNodeB
coverage radius and site
numbers based on capacity
calculation
Inputs: Calculated coverage radius, digital
map and subscriber distribution information

Detailed Planning

Outputs: Preliminary eNodeB numbers

Inputs: Coverage target and site survey result

Outputs: Actual site location and engineering parameters
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Detail LTE Radio Network Planning

Preparation

Agreement
achieved by
the operator
and Huawei

Coverage area (Dense urban, Urban, Suburban )

Quality objective (QoS criteria)
Capacity requirement (Subscriber, traffic model)
Link budget parameters (Penetration loss, Propagation model)

Huawei deliver
Link budget
Capacity dimensioning
Site numbers/configuration
Cell radius in each morphology
Network development solution

Background Interference Test (optional)

Propagation model tuning (optional)

Site location/ RF parameters configurations

Search ring specifications
prediction & Simulation
Cluster definition for project management

Detailed Planning

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The operator provides:

Naming conventions
Existing sites information

Nominal
Planning

Site survey/candidate site search

Neighbor cell configuration
PCI, TA planning
Cell parameters configuration
Algorithm configuration

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The output of
dimensioning is
important criteria to
assess RNP solution

Network Deployment

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Operators Facing Challenges in LTE RNP

LTE Capability

Reuse & Indoor

What are the LTE coverage and capacity?

How good is LTE comparing with 2G/3G?
How many LTE sites should be deployed?

???

LTE system reuses legacy facilities.

Cost & risk balancing of co-antenna/feeder.
Complicated indoor coverage planning.

LTE Interference

RNP Engineering

Risk of negative impact to current 2/3G

network caused by LTE.
Need solution to avoid interference.
Difficult to do LTE frequency planning.

Long time spent on LTE network planning.

Lots of human resource spent on RNP.
High professional level requirement to RNP
engineer.

How to guarantee the

network quality by RNP?

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How to reduce cost and

human resource by RNP?

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Agenda

LTE RNP Overview

LTE RNP Challenges and Solutions

LTE RNP Dimensioning Introduction

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Huawei RNP: Your LTE Network Tailor

LTE Capability
LTE Coverage & Capacity
Performance Enhancement

RNP Engineering
Professional RNP Tool
RF Expert Support

Huawei
RNP

Reuse & Indoor

Co-antenna/feeder
Indoor analysis

LTE Interference
Frequency Planning
Guard Band Recommendation

Huawei elaborate RNP concerns all challenges that operator faces

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Huawei LTE Capability Analysis

LTE Capability
LTE Capability

RNP Engineering

Huawei
RNP

Huawei achieves LTE peak rate

173Mbps in downlink.
Reuse & Indoor

LTE Interference

Further coverage and higher capacity

than 2G/3G.

Huawei LTE key features brings even

better performance.

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LTE Reuse Facilities Analysis (1/5)

Reuse Facilities

LTE Capability

RNP Engineering

Huawei
RNP

Additional feeder loss caused by higher

frequency will impact LTE network.
Reuse Facilities

LTE Interference

Huawei provides the analysis for coantenna/feeder scenarios.

Reusing current DAS will not support
MIMO.

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Co-Antenna/Feeder Analysis (2/5)

Co-antenna/feeder with 2/3G system
Co-antenna Analysis
Co-feeder Analysis
Benefit:

Benefit:

Saving feeder cost

No more antenna installation space

Risk:

Risk:

High feeder loss in 2.6GHz.

Additional loss caused by
additional diplexers/TMAs
Negative impact on 2/3G
coverage

Additional diplexers cause insertion

loss
Can not adjust azimuth/tilt
independently

Recommendation:
Wide band or multi band
Same gain and beam width
RET for SON
High front-to-back ratio

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Recommendation:
RRU installed near to antenna
Thicker feeder (Optional)

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Co-antenna Solution between LTE 2.6G with DCS1800 (3/5)

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TMA

DCS
1800MHz

DCS
1800MHz

LTE
2600MHz

STMA

DCS
LTE
1800MHz 2600MHz

Saving antenna space

No independent network optimization
Need one more set of feeder

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Co-feeder Solution between LTE 2.6G with DCS1800 (4/5)

Diplexer

Diplexer

Diplexer

Diplexer

DCS
1800MHz
DCS
LTE
1800MHz 2600MHz

Saving feeder && independent network optimization

Diplexer cost && extra antenna space and engineer

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Reusing Legacy DAS (5/5)

Suggestion
Solution
Challenges
High frequency
(2.6GHz) caused
additional feeder and
insertion loss
legacy DAS structure
is difficult to implement
MIMO technology.

Higher transmit power

compensate feeder and
insertion loss

Directly construct multi

antenna DAS to support
MIMO
Select feeder and
elements with less loss
in high frequency
(Optional)

Implement DL SIMO 12
and UL SISO 11 in the
first stage
Impalement DL MIMO
22 and UL MIMO 12
when multi antenna DAS is
ready in following stages

Negative impact for

the coverage planning

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LTE Interference Consideration

LTE Interference

LTE Capability

RNP Engineering

Huawei
RNP

LTE performance is strongly impacted by the

frequency planning.
Reuse Facilities

Huawei compares the traditional frequency

planning methods.
LTE Interference

SFR is recommended for LTE.

Huawei analyzes the interference between LTE
and 2/3G system and provides recommendations
to avoid interference.

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LTE RNP Engineering (1/4)

RNP Engineering
LTE Capability

Huawei uses professional RNP tools for

network dimensioning and simulation.
RNP
Engineering

Professional tools brings more accurate

planning result, higher working efficiency
and lower human resource cost.

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Reuse Facilities

LTE Interference

Huawei has over 1800 RF expert and

abundant global commercial network RNP &
RNO experiences.

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LTE RND Dimensioning Tool (2/4)

RND tool is Supporting:
Network dimensioning in different design types for different application scenarios
Independent calculation or inheriting of calculation results among modules
Network dimensioning in multiple cities and networking scenarios simultaneously
Importing/exporting parameters and calculation results, and importing the parameters and calculation
results into the RNP output template.

RND is the LTE dimensioning tool developed by Huawei

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U-Net: Professional LTE RNP Tool (3/4)

What is U-Net?
U-Net is the professional LTE simulation tool developed by Huawei.
U-Net is based on the abundant global RNP experiences.

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U-Net: Powerful and Saving (4/4)

What can U-Net do?
Function

Network modeling:
GIS
Antenna model
Network element management
Service model management
Propagation model tuning & mngt.

Coverage Prediction:

Path loss calculation

Polygon operation
Coverage plot generation
Point analysis
Monte Carlo simulation

LTE Specific Planning:

PCI planning
Neighbor list planning
Frequency planning

Benefit
Accurate prediction
Easy operation and friendly interface
Saving HR cost due to higher planning efficiency.
Lower technical level requirement by Professional functions

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Agenda

LTE RNP Overview

LTE RNP Challenges and Solutions

LTE RNP Dimensioning Introduction

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LTE Link Budget Procedure Uplink(1/3)

Slow fading margin

Other Gain

UE Antenna Gain

UPLINK BUDGET

Interference margin

Antenna Gain
Body Loss

UE Transmit Power
(e.g. 23dBm)

Other Gain
Margin
Penetration Loss

Loss

Antenna Gain

Path Loss
Pa
th
L

os
s

Cable Loss
eNodeB Antenna Gain
Cable Loss
eNodeB
Sensitivity

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eNodeB reception sensitivity

(e.g. -119dBm)

Penetration
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LTE Link Budget Procedure Downlink(2/3)

Other Gain

eNodeB Transmit Power

(e.g. 46dBm)

Slow fading margin

DOWNLINK BUDGET
Interference margin

eNodeB Antenna Gain

Antenna Gain

Cable Loss

Other Gain
Margin
Loss
Path Loss

Antenna Gain

Pa
th
L

os
s

Penetration Loss

Body Loss

Cable Loss
eNodeB
Sensitivity

Penetration
Loss

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UE reception sensitivity
(e.g. -109dBm)

UE Antenna Gain

Differences b/w UMTS and LTE (3/3)

SN

Difference

LTE

UMTS

Handover

Hard handover

Soft handover

Power Control

No Fast Fading Margin

Fast Fading Margin

Channel Model

ePA, eVA,

PA, VA,

Rx Sensitivity

Composite Rx Sensitivity

Single Service Sensitivity

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Inputs & Outputs of LTE Dimensioning (1/3)

Input

Output

Scenario Parameters

Morphology
Sectorization
Bandwidth

Cell Average Throughput

MC Parameters
snapshot numbers
Schedule Strategy

Cell Parameters
Carrier Frequency
.

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Capacity Dimensioning Differences between GSM and LTE (2/3)

GSM

LTE

Hard blocking

Soft blocking

Capacity --- hardware dependant

Capacity ---many factors

(bandwidth, eNodeB power, antenna configuration)

Single service

Multi services (VoIP&PS)

Capacity dimensioning ---ErlangB

Capacity dimensioning ---Monte Carlo

Cell load : traffic per channel

Cell load : RB (both DL and UL)

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Capacity Dimensioning Differences between UMTS and LTE (3/3)

LTE

UMTS
Soft blocking

Soft blocking

Capacity --- many factors

Capacity ---many factors

(Cell load, service type, traffic model, scenario)

(bandwidth, eNodeB power, antenna configuration)

Capacity dimensioning ---

Capacity dimensioning ---

curve formula

Monte Carlo Simulation

Cell load : Interference (UL) & Power (DL)

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Cell load : RB (both DL and UL)

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Network Architecture of LTE (1/4)

2G/3G:
2G/3G: Legacy
Legacy Architecture
Architecture

LTE:
LTE: Flat
Flat Architecture
Architecture

MSC/SGSN/GGSN

BSC

BTS

BTS

RNC

NodeB

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S1 Interface Overview (2/4)

Control Plane

User Plane

SCTP

S1
S1interface
interface
Throughput
Throughput

GTPU
UDP

IP

IP

Data Link Layer

Data Link Layer

Physical Layer

Physical Layer

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Control
ControlPlane
Plane
Throughput
Throughput

User
UserPlane
Plane
Throughput
Throughput

T_control
T_controlplane
plane

T_user
T_userplane
plane

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Comparison between S1 and Iub Bandwidth Calculation (3/4)

Input
Subscribers
Subs per NodeB

Iub Dimensioning

Output

CS Iub Bandwidth

Subscribers
Iub Bandwidth

CS Traffic
Voice Traffic
VP Traffic

GoS Requirements

Input
Subs per eNodeB

S1 Dimensioning

PS Iub Bandwidth

PS Traffic

Bandwidth for
Traffic

PS Traffic
PS64 Throughput
PS128 Throughput
PS384 Throughput

S1 Bandwidth

PS Iub Bandwidth

HSPA Iub
Bandwidth

Common Channel
Bandwidth

Bandwidth for
Traffic

PS Retransmission

HSPA Traffic

Common Channel
Bandwidth

Signalling
Bandwidth

Signalling
Bandwidth

O&M Bandwidth
O&M Bandwidth

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Output

X2 Interface Throughput Dimensioning (4/4)

Factors influence X2 throughput

S1
S1 Interface
Interface Throughput
Throughput
== 41.94
41.94 Mbps
Mbps
3%
3%

The handover frequency between eNodeBs

The duration time of handover
The average service rate and packet size per handover
Signalling overhead in control plane of X2 interface

X2
X2 Interface
Interface Throughput
Throughput
== 1.26
Mbps
1.26 Mbps

Estimated to be 3% of S1 interface throughput

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