LTE Drive Test Analysis Using Actix

By : Abdul Ghony Fattah Ifur

TOPIC

1 • LTE Drive Test KPI

2 • Optimization Principle
3 • Drive Test Analysis Using Actix
4 • Bad Spot Analysis and Reporting
 LTE Drive Test and KPI

By : Abdul Ghony Fattah Ifur

 1. DRIVE TEST INTRODUCTION

DRIVE TEST CONCEPTUAL : What we have to do before DT ?

• Drive test is conducted for checking
coverage criteria of a cell with RF
Site Parameter Consistency Check
• The data collected by drive test tool as log
files is analyzed to evaluated various RF
parameters of the network Network performance and system status
KPIs health check

DT Road

DT Scenario and Supporting tools like scrip

2. Drive Test KPI
Drive Test Tools
• RRC connection request Success
Accessibility Rate

• E-RAB Abnormal Release Rate

Retain ability • Drops call rate
• Round trip time

• DL User Throughput
Integrity • UL User Throughput

Mobility • HO Success Rate

2.1 Accessibility (1)
LTE STATE RRC Connection Request Success
Rate=
# RRC CONNECTION
RECONFIGURATION COMPLETE / #
RRC CONNECTION REQUEST *
100%

Drive test methodology

1.UE connect to server
2.Perform FTB download for 30
second
3.Call end
4.Idle 15 second
5.Repeat
2.1 Accessibility (2)
CALL SETUP OVERVIEW
2.2 Retain Ability
DATA RADIO BEARER
LTE RADIO LINK FAILURE DIAGRAM

ERAB Drop Rate= Drive test methodology

1.UE connect to server
# Call dropped / # success calls * 100% 2.Perform FTB download for 5 minutes
3.Call end
4.Idle 15 second
5.Repeat
2.3 Integrity (1)
DL User Throughput, shall be calculated for each
sample in the call and aggregated over bins of
between 10x10m resolutions (morphology
dependent) and presented in PDF and CDF format
with the 5th, average and 95th percentiles,
DL Max Throughput, at least one data sample shall
be found that exceeds the maximum throughput
specification

Drive test methodology

1.UE connect to server
2.Multi stream FTB download for 5 Minute
3.Call end
4.Idle 30 second
5.Repeat
2.3 Integrity (2)
2.3 Integrity (3)

DL THP
COMPARE TO
SINR

UL THP
COMPARE TO
RSRP
2.4 Mobility
HO PROCEDURE :
1. Measurement
2. Filtering of Measurement
3. Reporting of Measurement
result
4. Hard HO algorithm
5. Execution of HO

HO SUCCES RATE = (HO SUCCESS / HO ATTEMP)* 100%

LTE Optimization Principle

By : Abdul Ghony Fattah Ifur

Optimization Index
Detecting interference using field measurement

Detecting interference and bad coverage using counter

Detecting overshooting site

PCI optimization

Impact of interference on LTE network performance- importance of

physical RF Optimization
Detecting Interference - Indicator
SINR
• SINR measurement can indicate interference area, but it’s doesn’t necessary see all interference source :
• Impacted by traffic load
• Depend on PCI Planning

RSRQ
• RSRQ depend on network load
• RSRQ similar with Ec/No in 3G

RSRP
• RSRP measurement with scanner is the most reliable way to detect area with possible interference problems
and bad dominance.
• Not impacted by network load
• The number of PCI with same mod 3 in e.g 5 dB Power window is a useful indicator
Detecting Interference – SINR (SINR VS RSRP)
Detecting Interference - RSRQ
Detecting Interference - RSRP
Optimization Index
Detecting interference using field measurement

Detecting interference and bad coverage using counter

Detecting overshooting site

PCI optimization

Impact of interference on LTE network performance- importance of

physical RF Optimization
 GOOD UL VS BAD UL
GOOD DL VS BAD DL
PUSCH SINR, PUSCH RSSI Measurement
Optimization Index
Detecting interference using field measurement

Detecting interference and bad coverage using counter

Detecting overshooting site

PCI optimization

Impact of interference on LTE network performance- importance of

physical RF Optimization
OVERSHOOTING SITE

How to detect overshooting site ?

Overshooting Site
1. Drive Test : Analyzing HO performance
1. Cell with to large or largely distributed
and neighbor cell measurement from DT
dominance area
Log
2. Will cause increase interference to other
2. Counter : Cell pair HO analysis with inter
cells
site distance information. Indicating Hos
3. Can collect excessive amount of traffic.
to cell with long inter site distance
3. Timing Advance Trace : Cell TA Trace
analyze to finding long distance user
Optimization Index
Detecting interference using field measurement

Detecting interference and bad coverage using counter

Detecting overshooting site

PCI optimization

Impact of interference on LTE network performance- importance of

physical RF Optimization
PCI Conflict
PCI Collision
• A PCI collision occurs between two or more intra-frequency cells that
use an identical PCI but are insufficiently isolated.

• In this case, UEs in the overlapping area of the two cells cannot
implement signal synchronization or decoding.

A PCI confusion occurs between a detected cell and a neighboring cell if the two
cells have the same frequency and PCI and if the reference signal received
PCI Confusion power (RSRP) of the two cells reaches the handover threshold.
The PCI confusion may lead to UE handover failures or service drops.

Case :
eNodeB mistakenly considers that the detected cell is cell C and then initiates a
handover to cell C. If the spot that the UE is on is not covered by cell C but cell
B, a handover failure may occur.
If two or more neighboring cells of a cell have the same frequency and PCI,
there is a PCI conflict between these neighboring cells
Impact of PCImod3 collision on Tput
Optimization Index
Detecting interference using field measurement

Detecting interference and bad coverage using counter

Detecting overshooting site

PCI optimization

Impact of interference on LTE network performance- importance of

physical RF Optimization
 RF OPTIMIZATION
Basic Optimization principle :

• Clear cell dominance areas, minimize cell

overlapping

• Avoid sit overshooting overlarge area with other

cell

• Can’t fix bad RF by tuning parameter

• Antenna tilting and antenna replacement has big

impact on other cell interference
Impact of DL Load , 0% VS 70%
Antenna tilt tuning example (SINR before and after)
Antenna tilt tuning example (CQI before and after)
Antenna tilt tuning example (HO before and after)
 LTE Drive Test Analys Using Actix

By : Abdul Ghony Fattah Ifur

1. Open Actix Application

Click this

1 2 3
2. Import Log File

1 2 3
3. Create super stream
4. Import CellRef
6. Setup Map
7. Setup Workspace Analysis 1/2
7. Setup Workspace Analysis 2/2
8. DL Analysis
9. UL Analysis
10. Statistic analysis
11. Save Workspace
 LTE Bad Spot Analysis and Reporting

By : Abdul Ghony Fattah Ifur

Confidential
1. Cross Feeder Analysis
2. PCI Confusion Analysis
3. Poor RSRP Analysis
RECOMMENDATION :

1. Add new site near by poor RSRP

Area
2. Healthy Check Site with Red
Sign and give antenna down tilt
or up tilt
4. Poor SINR Analysis
RECOMMENDATION :

1. Give down tilt overshooting site

2. Healthy Check, site audit Site
with Red Sign and give antenna
down tilt or up tilt
5. Low DL THP Analysis
RECOMMENDATION :

1. Low DL THP because poor SINR

and Value RI 1
2. Value RI = 1 it’s mean MIMO in
mode transmit diversity, it
because poor SINR.
3. Poor SINR is caused by there are
no site dominance
4. Improve SINR, we need to give
down tilt overshooting site, and
give up tilt/down tilt site near
by poor SINR coverage area.
6. Low UL THP Analysis
RECOMMENDATION :

1. Low UL THP due to low MCS

usage and Low RB usage
2. RSRP indicate good
3. Probably, in this spot UE just
start UL
7. HO Failure Analysis
RECOMMENDATION :

1. HO Failure due to poor coverage

Area
2. Need to add new site.