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Contents

1 About This Document..................................................................................................................1


1.1 Scope..............................................................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Intended Audience..........................................................................................................................................................1
1.3 Change History...............................................................................................................................................................1
1.4 Differences Between Base Station Types.......................................................................................................................2

2 Overview.........................................................................................................................................3
2.1 Background.....................................................................................................................................................................3
2.2 Introduction....................................................................................................................................................................3
2.3 Benefits...........................................................................................................................................................................3

3 Technical Description...................................................................................................................4
3.1 Principles........................................................................................................................................................................4
3.2 Feature Impacts...............................................................................................................................................................5
3.2.1 Dynamic CE Resource Management...........................................................................................................................5
3.2.2 Admission CE Consumption for HSUPA UEs with a 2 ms TTI.................................................................................6

4 Related Features.............................................................................................................................8
5 Network Impact.............................................................................................................................9
6 Engineering Guidelines.............................................................................................................11
6.1 When to Use CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2ms................................................................................11
6.2 Required Information...................................................................................................................................................11
6.3 Deployment..................................................................................................................................................................12
6.3.1 Requirements.............................................................................................................................................................12
6.3.2 Data Preparation........................................................................................................................................................13
6.3.3 Activation..................................................................................................................................................................13
6.3.4 Activation Observation..............................................................................................................................................14
6.3.5 Deactivation...............................................................................................................................................................14
6.4 Performance Monitoring...............................................................................................................................................15
6.5 Parameter Optimization................................................................................................................................................20
6.6 Troubleshooting............................................................................................................................................................20

7 Parameters.....................................................................................................................................21
8 Counters........................................................................................................................................22

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9 Glossary.........................................................................................................................................23
10 Reference Documents...............................................................................................................24

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1 About This Document

1.1 Scope
This document describes the WRFD-160205 CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2ms
feature, including the technical principles, related features, network impact, and engineering
guidelines.

1.2 Intended Audience


This document is intended for personnel who:

l Need to understand the features described herein


l Work with Huawei products

1.3 Change History


This section provides information about the changes in different document versions. There are
two types of changes, which are defined as follows:

l Feature change
Changes in features of a specific product version
l Editorial change
Changes in wording or addition of information that was not described in the earlier version

RAN16.0 01 (2014-04-30)
This issue includes the following changes.

Change Type Change Description Parameter Change

Feature change None None

Editorial change Optimized some descriptions. None

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RAN16.0 Draft B (2014-02-28)


This issue includes the following changes.

Change Type Change Description Parameter Change

Feature change None None

Editorial change Added the descriptions about the None


feature and function differences
between NodeBs of different
types. For details, see section 1.4
Differences Between Base
Station Types.

RAN16.0 Draft A (2014-01-20)


This document is created for RAN16.0.

1.4 Differences Between Base Station Types


This document applies to the following types of base stations.

Base Station Model

Macro 3900 series base stations

Micro BTS3803E

LampSite DBS3900

The features described in this document are implemented in the same way on macro, micro, and
LampSite base stations.

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2 Overview

2.1 Background
Channel element (CE) resources are NodeB resources. The number of CEs supported by a NodeB
is determined by the capabilities of its baseband boards. Downlink CEs are used for encoding,
spreading, and modulation. Uplink CEs are used for demodulation and decoding.

CE resources are crucial for HSUPA UEs with a 2 ms transmission time interval (TTI) to
experience high rates and short service delays. An HSUPA UE with a 2 ms TTI consumes much
more uplink CE resources than an HSUPA UE with a 10 ms TTI. If CE resources are insufficient,
HSUPA UEs with a 2 ms TTI cannot access the network unless they use a 10 ms TTI.

CE resource usage is somewhat low on live networks. This is because the traffic model has been
changed as a result of the increasingly high penetration rate of smartphones and therefore an
increased number of online HSUPA users. Although the data rate of these users is low (at around
20 kbit/s), they still consume considerable CE resources. To improve CE efficiency and adapt
to the reality of today's traffic models, Huawei introduces the WRFD-160205 CE Efficiency
Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2ms feature.

2.2 Introduction
This feature improves CE efficiency for HSUPA UEs with a 2 ms TTI. With this feature, an
HSUPA UE consumes a minimum of one CE to keep online and transmit data at a minimum
uplink rate of 20 kbit/s.

2.3 Benefits
This feature provides the following benefits when CE resources are insufficient:

l Allows more HSUPA UEs with a 2 ms TTI to be admitted.


l Increases the uplink throughput.

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3 Technical Description

3.1 Principles
With CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2ms, an HSUPA UE with a 2 ms TTI uses
a single HARQ process to transmit one RLC PDU with a default size of 40 bytes in each TTI.
To implement this, the NodeB sends an absolute grant (AG) message to deactivate the other
seven HARQ processes. Figure 3-1 shows the technical principles.

Figure 3-1 Technical principles of CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2ms

Figure 3-2 shows the CE resources consumed in each TTI before this feature is enabled. The
active HARQ processes uses spreading factor (SF) 4 and consumes eight CEs, while each the
other inactive HARQ process consumes one CE. The average number of CEs consumed by a
HARQ process is 1.875.

Figure 3-2 CE consumption before this feature is enabled

After this feature is enabled, each HARQ process (active or inactive) consumes only one CE,
as shown in Figure 3-3.

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Figure 3-3 CE consumption after this feature is enabled

NOTE

CE consumption of UEs not using the single HARQ process depends on the requirement of the SF used
by each TTI. For more information about how to calculate CE consumption for such UEs, see CE Resource
Management Feature Parameter Description.

To enable this feature, run the NodeB MML command SET NODEBALGPARA with
CEIMPROVEMENT2MSSW set to ON(ON).

3.2 Feature Impacts


CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2ms affects dynamic CE scheduling and CE
admission algorithm as follows:

l In dynamic CE scheduling, the scheduler can configure HSUPA UEs with a 2 ms TTI to
use a single HARQ process to transmit one RLC PDU in each TTI when,
Uplink data rate required by the UEs is 20 kbit/s or lower.
CE resources are insufficient.
l Each HSUPA UE with a 2 ms TTI consumes only one admission CE.

3.2.1 Dynamic CE Resource Management


The dynamic CE algorithm allocates CE resources to each HSUPA UE based on available CE
resources, UE's data transmission requirements, and user differentiation. When CE resources
are sufficient, more CEs are allocated to UEs that require rate upgrade. If CE resources become
insufficient, a rate downgrade is performed. To ensure that a UE is online, the downgraded rate
must not be lower than 160 kbit/s, which is the minimum requirement when a UE uses all the
eight active HARQ processes to transmit one RLC PDU. When CE Efficiency Improvement for
HSUPA TTI 2ms is enabled, the minimum rate of an HSUPA UE with a 2 ms TTI at the RLC
layer can be reduced from 160 kbit/s to 20 kbit/s, as such a UE can use a single HARQ process
to transmit one RLC PDU in each TTI.

CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2ms also increases the differentiation between
high-priority and low-priority UEs when CE resources are insufficient. High-priority HSUPA
UEs with a 2 ms TTI can enjoy a maximum rate of 5.44 Mbit/s at the RLC layer. Therefore, the
rate differentiation ratio between high-priority and low-priority UEs is increased from 34:1
(5440:160) to 272:1 (5440/20).

Figure 3-4 shows dynamic CE resource management when CE Efficiency Improvement for
HSUPA TTI 2ms is enabled.

NOTE

For detailed description about dynamic CE resource management, see HSUPA Feature Parameter
Description.
For information about CE consumption for a 2-ms-TTI HSUPA service, see Table 3-4 and Table 3-6 in
CE Resource Management Feature Parameter Description.

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Figure 3-4 Dynamic CE resource management when CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA
TTI 2ms is enabled

In addition to CE resource congestion scenarios, you can also enable a UE to use a single HARQ
process by setting the InitSingleHARQSW parameter to ON in the SET NODEBALGPARA
command when the CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2ms is enabled.

After the switch is enabled, the NodeB sends a scheduling grant to all newly admitted HSUPA
UEs with a 2 ms TTI so that they use a single HARQ process to transmit one RLC PDU in each
TTI at 20 kbit/s. When CE resources are sufficient, the NodeB allows UEs that require higher
data rates to use all the eight HARQ processes to transmit data. The NodeB learns that a UE
requires higher data rate when the happy bit of the UE transmitted on the E-DCH Dedicated
Physical Control Channel (E-DPCCH) is "unhappy" and the value of Total E-DCH Buffer Status
(TEBS) in Segmentation Indication (SI) field is larger than or equal to 20 kbit/s. The UE then
uses all the eight HARQ processes to transmit data even though it no longer requires such a high
rate. This situation lasts until the CE resources become insufficient and the NodeB instructs the
UE to use a single HARQ process to transmit the data.

This initial single HARQ function is recommended for NodeBs with insufficient CE resources
and a large number of UEs that require a low data rate (20 kbit/s). Using this function restricts
the instantaneous rate of UEs and therefore increases the uplink delay.

3.2.2 Admission CE Consumption for HSUPA UEs with a 2 ms TTI


Table 3-1 describes admission CE consumption for HSUPA UEs with a 2 ms TTI.

Table 3-1 Admission CE consumption

Feature Version Number of CE Consumption


Required Calculated Based on
Admission CEs

No features applied RAN10.0 8 MBR


and earlier
versions

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Feature Version Number of CE Consumption


Required Calculated Based on
Admission CEs

Dynamic CE Resource RAN10.0 8 MAX(GBR, Rateone RLC


Management PDU)

CE Overbooking RAN14.0 2-8 UE data rate and


minimum number of CEs
for admitting UEs with a
2 ms TTI (specified by
the
CERSVFOR2MSUSER
parameter). The number
of CEs consumed must
not exceed the number
required for transmitting
one RLC PDU.

CE Efficiency Improvement RAN16.0 1 Always uses one


for HSUPA TTI 2ms admission CE.

NOTE

For information about the WRFD-010638 Dynamic CE Resource Management feature, see HSUPA
Feature Parameter Description. For information about the WRFD-140212 CE Overbooking feature, see
CE Overbooking Feature Parameter Description.

CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2ms requires CE Overbooking, which allows the
NodeB to calculate consumed admission CE resources of admitted UEs and report the results
to the RNC through the common measurement report. The RNC then performs admission-CE-
based call access control (CAC), load reshuffling (LDR), and TTI switching.

Only the WBBPf and UBBPd boards support CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2ms.
Therefore, only UEs with services established on these boards during link establishment or
reestablishment will not be switched to use a 10 ms TTI when CE resources are insufficient. The
NodeB informs the RNC that these UEs do not support admission-CE-based or CE-
consumption-based TTI adjustments using the private fields in the RL Setup Response, RL
Reconfiguration Response Ready, or RL Add Response messages.

For UEs with services that are not established on the WBBPf or UBBPd boards, admission CE
consumption is calculated based on the UE data rate and the minimum number of CEs for
admitting UEs with a 2 ms TTI (specified by the CERSVFOR2MSUSER parameter) or MAX
(GBR, Rateone RLC PDU). If CE resources are insufficient, these UEs will be switched to use a 10
ms TTI.

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4 Related Features

Prerequisite Features
l WRFD-010638 Dynamic CE Resource Management
l WRFD-140212 CE Overbooking

Mutually Exclusive Features


None

Impacted Features
l WRFD-010695 UL Layer 2 Improvement
When UL Layer 2 Improvement is enabled, the active HARQ process of a UE can use SF8
at most and the minimum RLC rate can be further reduced to 15 kbit/s.
l Admission-CE-based dynamic TTI adjustment for a single BE service over HSUPA
When admission-CE-based dynamic TTI adjustment for a single BE service over HSUPA
is enabled, HSUPA UEs with a 10 ms TTI with services established on the WBBPf or
UBBPd board can be switched to use a 2 ms TTI if uplink CE resources become insufficient.
For HSUPA UEs with a 2 ms TTI and newly admitted UEs whose services are established
on the WBBPf or UBBPd board, 2ms-to-10ms TTI switching is not performed if uplink
CE resources become insufficient.
This is because the minimum rate of an HSUPA UE with a 2 ms TTI decreases from 160
kbit/s to 20 kbit/s at the RLC layer when CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2ms
is enabled, while the minimum rate of an HSUPA UE with a 10 ms TTI is 32 kbit/s. Both
HSUPA UEs with a 2 ms TTI and those with a 10 ms TTI occupy one CE to transmit data.
As a result, it is not necessary to perform 2ms-to-10ms TTI switching when uplink CE
resources are insufficient.
For more information about the admission-CE-based dynamic TTI adjustment for a single
BE service over HSUPA, see HSUPA TTI Selection Feature Parameter Description.

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5 Network Impact

System Capacity
l Increased number of HSUPA UEs with a 2 ms TTI
When compared with CE Overbooking, this feature further increases the number of HSUPA
UEs with a 2 ms TTI that need to continuously transmit a large amount of data by two to
eight times when CE resources are insufficient.
l Higher HSUPA cell throughput
If you enable HSUPA UEs with a 2 ms TTI requiring a low data rate to use a single HARQ
process from the beginning to transmit data in a cell loaded normally, UEs with data transfer
requirements can use more CE resources, which increases the uplink throughput. The
increased throughput depends on the number of HSUPA UEs with a 2 ms TTI requiring a
low data rate and the number of such UEs that use a single HARQ process to transmit data.

Network Performance
When compared with CE Overbooking, this feature further decreases the amount of admission
CE resources consumed by HSUPA UEs with a 2 ms TTI since they only use one admission
CE. The admission CE consumption for such UEs can now be precisely evaluated based on the
number of UEs on the live network. With CE Overbooking, admission CE consumption for UEs
with a 10 ms TTI can be precisely evaluated based on the rate required for transmitting one RLC
PDU. CE resources for R99 UEs are assigned and consumed in a fixed manner.

If the uplink CE resources are insufficient and admission-CE-based dynamic TTI adjustment is
not enabled, this feature allows more UEs to be admitted, increasing the cell access success rate.

When this feature is enabled together with admission-CE-based and CE-consumption-based


dynamic TTI adjustment, if CE resources become insufficient, 2ms-to-10ms TTI switching is
not performed on HSUPA UEs with a 2 ms TTI. As a result, a single cell serves more HSUPA
UEs with 2 ms TTIs and the number of times TTI switching is triggered decreases.

When this feature is enabled, the number of times HSUPA UEs experience service drops due to
poor coverage may increase because a 2 ms TTI provides weaker coverage than a 10 ms TTI.
You are advised to enable coverage-based dynamic TTI adjustment to prevent this situation from
occurring.

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When compared with an HSUPA UE with a 2 ms TTI that uses all the eight HARQ processes
to transmit data, an HSUPA UE with a 2 ms TTI that uses a single HARQ process has a lower
peak rate. Therefore, the service delay of such UEs may be prolonged.

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6 Engineering Guidelines

6.1 When to Use CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA TTI


2ms
This feature is recommended for NodeBs where,

l HSUPA UEs that support a 2 ms TTI account for more than 60% of all HSUPA UEs.
Admission-CE congestion occurs so that UE access requests are denied or switching to the
10 ms TTI is performed on UEs with a 2 ms TTI.
l Admission-CE congestion is about to occur when consumed CE resources account for 70%
of all configured CE resources for the NodeB.

6.2 Required Information


You must collect the values of the counters listed in the following table.

l Collect the values of the following counters on the RNC:


VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.CAT1.4: Average Number of HSUPA UEs with Category 1-4
in a Cell
VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.CAT5~VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.CAT9: Average Number of
HSUPA UEs with Category 5 in a Cell~Average Number of HSUPA UEs with Category
9 in a Cell
HSUPA UEs that support a 2 ms TTI account for more than 60% of all HSUPA UEs in a
NodeB if the following inequality is true:
VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.CAT5~9)/(VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.CAT1.4+(
VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.CAT5~9) 60%
l Collect the values of the following counters on the RNC. If any of the following counters
has a value other than 0, access denial caused by insufficient admission CE resources
occurred in the NodeB.
VS.RRC.Rej.ULCE.Cong: Number of RRC Connection Rejects for Cell (UL CE
Resource Congestion)

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VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.ULCE.Cong: Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for Cell


(UL CE Congestion)
VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.ULCE.Cong: Number of Failed PS RAB Establishments for Cell
(UL CE Congestion)
VS.HSUPA.RAB.FailEstab.ULCE.Cong: Number of Failed HSUPA Service
Establishments Due to UL CE Insufficiency for Cell
l Collect the values of the following counters on the RNC. If either of the following counters
has a value other than 0, 2ms-to-10ms TTI switching caused by insufficient admission CE
resources occurred in the NodeB.
VS.HSUPA.TTI2to10.ADMCE.Succ: Number of Successful TTI Switchovers Based
on Admitted CEs During RB Reconfiguration in a Cell(2ms to 10ms)
VS.HSUPA.RABEstabTTI10ms.AdmCE.Succ: Number of Successful RAB
Establishments Initiated by HSUPA 2ms UEs with a 10 ms TTI Due to Congestion of
Admitted CEs in a Cell
l Collect the values of the following counters on the RNC and NodeB:
VS.NodeB.ULCreditUsed.Mean: Average NodeB Uplink Credit Usage When CE
Overbooking Is Enabled for NodeB (RNC)
VS.LC.ULCreditUsed.Mean: Mean Usage of UL Credit for Cell (RNC)
VS.LC.ULCreditAvailable.Shared: Number of UL CEs configured for a shared group
(NodeB)
If CE Overbooking is enabled, admission-CE congestion is about to occur if the following
inequality is true:
(VS.NodeB.ULCreditUsed.Mean/2)/VS.LC.ULCreditAvailable.Shared 70%
If CE Overbooking is not enabled, admission-CE congestion is about to occur if the
following inequality is true:
(VS.LC.ULCreditUsed.Mean/2)/VS.LC.ULCreditAvailable.Shared 70%

6.3 Deployment

6.3.1 Requirements

Other Features
See section "Prerequisite Features" in chapter 4 Related Features.

Hardware
l The 3900 series base stations must be configured with the WBBPf or UBBPd board. The
WBBPa board must not be contained in any downlink resource groups within a NodeB.
You can run the NodeB MML command LST BASEBANDEQM to check the baseband
boards contained in the downlink resource groups and run the NodeB MML command
DSP BRDMFRINFO to query the type of a baseband board.
l The BTS3803E supports CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2ms.

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l The DBS3800, BTS3812E, BTS3812A, BTS3812AE, and BTS3902E do not support CE


Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2ms.

License
The license controlling this feature has been activated. For details on how to activate the license,
see License Management Feature Parameter Description. For details about license items, see
License Control Item Description.

Feature ID Feature Name License Control NE Sales Unit


Item

WRFD-160205 CE Efficiency CE Efficiency NodeB per NodeB


Improvement for Improvement for
HSUPA TTI 2ms HSUPA TTI 2ms

Others
l The UE is of HSUPA category 6 or higher.
l There are no non-scheduling services in the uplink.
l The maximum size of an RLC PDU is 336 bits.

6.3.2 Data Preparation


Table 6-1 lists the data to prepare before activating CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA
TTI 2ms.

Table 6-1 Data to prepare before activating CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2ms

Parameter Name Parameter ID Setting Notes Data


source

HSUPA 2ms CE CEIMPROVEMENT2 Set this parameter to ON Engineeri


Efficiency MSSW (ON). ng design
Improvement Switch

6.3.3 Activation
Using MML Commands
Run the NodeB MML command SET NODEBALGPARA with HSUPA 2ms CE Efficiency
Improvement Switch set to ON(ON).

MML Command Examples


//Activating CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2ms
SET NODEBALGPARA: CEIMPROVEMENT2MSSW=ON;

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Using the CME


NOTE

When configuring the feature on the CME, perform a single configuration first, and then perform a batch
modification if required.
Configure the parameters of a single object before a batch modification. Perform a batch modification
before logging out of the parameter setting interface.

Step 1 Configure a single object (such as a cell) on the CME.

Set parameters on the CME according to the operation sequence in Table 6-2. For instructions
on how to perform the CME single configuration, see CME Single Configuration Operation
Guide.

Step 2 (Optional) Modify objects in batches on the CME. (CME batch modification center)

To modify objects in batches, click on the CME to start the batch modification wizard. For
instructions on how to perform a batch modification through the CME batch modification center,
press F1 on the wizard interface to obtain online help.

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Table 6-2 Configuring parameters on the CME

SN MO NE Parameter Name Parameter Configurable


ID in CME Batch
Modification
Center

1 NODEBA NodeB HSUPA 2ms CE CEIMPRO Yes


LGPARA Efficiency VEMENT2
Improvement Switch MSSW

6.3.4 Activation Observation


Check the value of the NodeB counter VS.HSUPA.AlltoSingleHARQNum.CECong, which
indicates the number of times an HSUPA UE with a 2 ms TTI stops using all eight HARQ
processes and starts to use a single HARQ process to transmit data due to insufficient CE
resources. If the counter value is not 0, CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2ms has
been activated.

You can also run the DSP LOCELL command to check whether the feature has been enabled.

6.3.5 Deactivation

Using MML Commands


Run the NodeB MML command SET NODEBALGPARA with HSUPA 2ms CE Efficiency
Improvement Switch set to OFF(OFF).

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MML Command Examples


//Deactivating CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2ms
SET NODEBALGPARA: CEIMPROVEMENT2MSSW=OFF;

Using the CME


NOTE

When configuring the feature on the CME, perform a single configuration first, and then perform a batch
modification if required.
Configure the parameters of a single object before a batch modification. Perform a batch modification
before logging out of the parameter setting interface.

Step 1 Configure a single object (such as a cell) on the CME.

Set parameters on the CME according to the operation sequence in Table 6-3. For instructions
on how to perform the CME single configuration, see CME Single Configuration Operation
Guide.

Step 2 (Optional) Modify objects in batches on the CME. (CME batch modification center)

To modify objects in batches, click on the CME to start the batch modification wizard. For
instructions on how to perform a batch modification through the CME batch modification center,
press F1 on the wizard interface to obtain online help.

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Table 6-3 Configuring parameters on the CME

SN MO NE Parameter Name Parameter ID Configurable


in CME Batch
Modification
Center

1 NODEBAL Node HSUPA 2ms CE CEIMPROVE Yes


GPARA B Efficiency MENT2MSSW
Improvement
Switch

6.4 Performance Monitoring


With this feature activated, admission CE consumption is expected to decrease. You can observe
the counters listed in the following two tables.
l Counters related to consumed admission CEs within a NodeB

Counter Name Counter Description

VS.NodeB.ULCreditUsed.Mean Average NodeB Uplink Credit Usage When CE


Overbooking Is Enabled for NodeB

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Counter Name Counter Description

VS.NodeB.ULCreditUsed.Max Maximum NodeB Uplink Credit Usage When CE


Overbooking Is Enabled for NodeB

l Counters related to CE resource usage of a local cell group (LCG)

Counter Name Counter Description

VS.LCG.ULCreditUsage.Mean Average Uplink Credit Usage of LCG for Cell

VS.LCG.ULCreditUsage.Max Maximum Uplink Credit Usage of LCG for Cell

With this feature activated, the number of UEs in the CELL_DCH state, HSUPA UEs, and UEs
with a 2 ms TTI is expected to increase. You can observe the counters listed in the following
table.

l Counter related to the number of UEs in the CELL_DCH state, HSUPA UEs, and UEs with
a 2 ms TTI

Counter Name Counter Description

VS.CellDCHUEs Number of UEs in CELL_DCH State for Cell

VS.HSUPA.UE.Max.cell Maximum Number of HSUPA UEs in a Cell

VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.cell Average Number of HSUPA UEs in a Cell

VS.HSUPA.UE.Max.TTI2ms Maximum Number of HSUPA 2 ms TTI UEs in


a Cell

VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.TTI2ms Average Number of HSUPA 2 ms TTI UEs in


a Cell

With this feature activated, the number of failed RRC/RAB setup attempts and the number of
times TTI switching and LDR are triggered due to insufficient CE resources are expected to
decrease. You can observe the counters listed in the following three tables.

l Counters related to the number of failed RRC/RAB setup attempts caused by insufficient
uplink CE resources

Counter Name Counter Description

VS.RRC.Rej.ULCE.Cong Number of RRC Connection Rejects for Cell


(UL CE Resource Congestion)

VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.ULCE.Cong Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for


Cell (UL CE Congestion)

VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.ULCE.Cong Number of Failed PS RAB Establishments for


Cell (UL CE Congestion)

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Counter Name Counter Description

VS.HSUPA.RAB.FailEstab.ULCE.C Number of Failed HSUPA Service


ong Establishments Due to UL CE Insufficiency for
Cell

l Counters related to the number of times TTI switching is triggered due to insufficient CE
resources

Counter Name Counter Description

VS.HSUPA.TTI2to10.ADMCE.Succ Number of Successful TTI Switchovers Based


on Admitted CEs During RB Reconfiguration
in a Cell(2ms to 10ms)

VS.HSUPA.RABEstabTTI10ms.Ad Number of Successful RAB Establishments


mCE.Succ Initiated by HSUPA 2 ms UEs with a 10 ms TTI
Due to Congestion of Admitted CEs in a Cell

l Counter related to the number of times LDR is triggered due to insufficient CE resources

Counter Name Counter Description

VS.LCC.LDR.Num.ULCE Number of Times a Cell Is in LDR State Due to


UL CE Resource Congestion for Cell

With this feature activated, the number of times HSUPA UEs experience service drops due to
insufficient CE resources is expected to decrease. However, the number of times HSUPA UEs
experience service drops due to poor coverage will increase because 2 ms TTI provides weaker
coverage than 10 ms TTI. You can observe the counters listed in the following table.

l Counters related to HSUPA service drops

Counter Name Counter Description

VS.HSUPA.RAB.AbnormRel Number of HSUPA RABs Abnormal Releases for


Cell

VS.HSUPA.RAB.AbnormRel.E Number of RABs Abnormally Released for PS


2P HSUPA Services during the State Transition from
CELL_DCH to CELL_PCH or URA_PCH for Cell

VS.HSUPA.RAB.NormRel Number of HSUPA RABs Normal Released for


Cell

VS.HSUPA.HHO.E2D.SuccOu- Number of Successful HSUPA Intra-Frequency


tIntraFreq Hard Handovers for Cell(EDCH to DCH)

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Counter Name Counter Description

VS.HSUPA.E2F.Succ Number of Successful Channel Conversions from


EDCH to FACH for HSUPA Service for Cell

VS.HSUPA.E2D.Succ Number of Successful Channel Conversions from


EDCH to DCH for HSUPA Service for Cell

VS.HSUPA.E2P.Succ Number of Successful Times That a UE Performing


HSUPA Services Transits to CELL_PCH or
URA_PCH State for cell

With this feature activated, network load may raise due to the increased number of UEs with a
2 ms TTI. You can observe the counters listed in the following two tables.

l Counter related to the cell average RTWP

Counter Name Counter Description

VS.MeanRTWP Mean Power of Totally Received Bandwidth for Cell

l Counters related to air interface load of a cell (NodeB)

Counter Name Counter Description

VS.HSUPA.LoadOutput.0 through Number of Cell Ul Load Between 0db to


VS.HSUPA.LoadOutput.25 0.5db through Number of Cell Ul Load
above 30db

With this feature activated, uplink HSUPA throughput in the case of insufficient CE resources
may increase. However, if cell load is heavy, uplink HSUPA throughput may decrease because
2 ms TTI results in more loads than 10 ms TTI. You can observe the counters listed in the
following table.

l Counters related to average HSUPA throughput within in a cell (NodeB)

Counter Name Counter Description

VS.HSUPA.MeanBitRate Average throughput of HSUPA users in a cell

VS.HSUPA.MeanBitRate.WithData Average throughput of HSUPA users in a cell


when data is transmitted

With this feature activated, you can check CE consumption and number of HSUPA UEs with a
2 ms TTI transmitting data at a low rate by observing the counters listed in the following two
tables.

l Counters related to CE consumption on the NodeB (NodeB)

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Counter Name Counter Description

VS.ULCE.Mean.Shared Average Shared Uplink CE

VS.LC.ULMean.LicenseGroup. Average number of UL CEs consumed in a shared


Shared group

VS.CE.ULMean.UlGroup Mean Number of Uplink CEs Consumed by All Cells


in an Uplink Resource Group

l Counter related to the number of HSUPA UEs with a 2 ms TTI transmitting data at a low
rate

Counter Name Counter Description

VS.HSUPA.LowRateTTI2msU- Average number of 2 ms TTI HSUPA users at a


serNumber rate lower than or equal to 23.25 kbit/s in a cell

After this feature is activated, you can check the number of times an HSUPA UE with a 2 ms
TTI stops using all the eight HARQ processes and begins to use a single HARQ process to
transmit data due to insufficient CE resources and vice versa by observing the counters listed in
the following table.

l Counters related to the number of times an HSUPA UE with a 2 ms TTI stops using all the
eight HARQ processes and starts to use a single HARQ process to transmit data due to
insufficient CE resources and vice versa (NodeB)

Counter Name Counter Description

VS.HSUPA.AlltoSingleHARQNum Number of transitions from using all HARQ


.CECong processes to using a single HARQ process due to
limited CEs in the cell

VS.HSUPA.SingletoAllHARQNum Number of Transitions from Using A Single


HARQ Process to Using All HARQ Processes In
the Cell

l Number of failed RRC/RAB setup attempts caused by insufficient downlink CE resources

Counter Name Counter Description

VS.RRC.Rej.DLCE.Cong Number of RRC Connection Rejects for Cell


(DL CE Resource Congestion)

VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.DLCE.Cong Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for


Cell (DL CE Congestion)

VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.DLCE.Cong Number of Failed PS RAB Establishments for


Cell (DL CE Congestion)

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6.5 Parameter Optimization


With this feature activated, if the number of times service drops occur due to poor coverage
increases, you are advised to enable coverage-based dynamic TTI adjustment. For detailed
operations, see HSUPA TTI Selection Feature Parameter Description.

As the air-interface efficiency of UEs with a 2 ms TTI is lower than that of UEs with a 10 ms
TTI, cell load may increase after this feature is activated. As a result, congestion increases in
heavily loaded cells, leading to reduced uplink throughput, rejected uplink power admissions,
or call drops. To combat this effect, you are advised to enable Turbo IC Phase2. For detailed
operations, see HSUPA Data Channel Interference Cancellation Feature Parameter
Description. You can also enable TTI switching based on the RTWP to switch UEs from the 2
ms TTI or the 10 ms TTI when the uplink load is heavy.

When this feature is enabled, if the consumed CE resources accounts for 60% of all configured
CE resources for the NodeB and there are more than 10 HSUPA UEs with a 2 ms TTI requiring
a low data rate (indicated by the VS.HSUPA.LowRateTTI2msUserNumber counter), you can
enable such UEs to use an initial single HARQ process to save CE consumption. However, this
will prolong service delay. Therefore, you are not advised to do so unless the actual CE usage
still exceeds 60% of the congestion threshold after the feature is activated.

Once this feature is activated, if the number of denied access attempts caused by insufficient
downlink CE resources increases, run the NodeB MML command SET RESALLOCRULE
with Resource Allocate Rule set to CAPAFIRST(Capacity First Rule).

6.6 Troubleshooting
None

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7 Parameters

Table 7-1 Parameter description

Parame NE MML Feature Feature Description


ter ID Comma ID Name
nd

CEIMP BTS390 None WRFD- CE Meaning: Indicates the switch for CE efficiency
ROVE 0, 160205 Efficien improvement for 2 ms TTI HSUPA users.
MENT2 BTS390 cy GUI Value Range: OFF(OFF), ON(ON)
MSSW 0 Improve
WCDM ment for Unit: None
A HSUPA Actual Value Range: OFF, ON
TTI 2ms Default Value: OFF(OFF)

INITSI BTS390 None WRFD- CE Meaning: Indicates the switch for initial activation of
NGLEH 0, 160205 Efficien single HARQ for 2 ms TTI HSUPA users. If this switch
ARQS BTS390 cy is turned on, single HARQ takes effect on newly
W 0 Improve admitted users.
WCDM ment for GUI Value Range: OFF(OFF), ON(ON)
A HSUPA
TTI 2ms Unit: None
Actual Value Range: OFF, ON
Default Value: OFF(OFF)

CERSV BTS390 None WRFD- CE Meaning: Indicates the minimum number of CEs for
FOR2M 0, 140212 Overboo admitting 2 ms users when CE Overbooking is enabled.
SUSER BTS390 king GUI Value Range: 1~8
0
WCDM Unit: None
A Actual Value Range: 1~8
Default Value: 4

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Table 8-1 Counter description

Counter ID Counter Name Counter NE Feature ID Feature Name


Description

50331958 VS.HSUPA.Allt Number of NodeB Multi-mode: CE Efficiency


oSingleHARQN transitions from None Improvement
um.CECong using all HARQ GSM: None for HSUPA TTI
processes to 2ms
using a single UMTS:
HARQ process WRFD-160205
due to limited LTE: None
CEs in the cell

50331959 VS.HSUPA.Sin Number of NodeB Multi-mode: Turbo IC Phase


gletoAllHARQ Transitions from None 2
Num Using A Single GSM: None CE Efficiency
HARQ Process Improvement
to Using All UMTS:
WRFD-160213 for HSUPA TTI
HARQ 2ms
Processes In the WRFD-160205
Cell LTE: None

50341892 VS.HSUPA.Lo Average number NodeB Multi-mode: CE Efficiency


wRateTTI2msU of 2 ms TTI None Improvement
serNumber HSUPA users at GSM: None for HSUPA TTI
a rate lower than 2ms
or equal to 23.25 UMTS:
kbit/s in a cell WRFD-160205
LTE: None

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9 Glossary

For the acronyms, abbreviations, terms, and definitions, see Glossary.

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10 Reference Documents

1. 3GPP TS 25.211, " Physical channels and mapping of transport channels onto physical
channels (FDD)"
2. 3GPP TS 25.321, " Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol specification"
3. CE Resource Management Feature Parameter Description
4. CE Overbooking Feature Parameter Description
5. HSUPA Feature Parameter Description
6. HSUPA TTI Selection Feature Parameter Description
7. HSUPA Data Channel Interference Cancellation Feature Parameter Description
8. License Management Feature Parameter Description

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