UMTS Operational Optimisation
Increasing Revenue with Dynamic RF Parameter
Optimisation
Corey S. Clinger
Director – Product Management
Wireless OSS
Telcordia Technologies
Agenda
Introduction
to Operational Optimisation
The new challenges
Case Studies
– CDMA
– UMTS
Conclusions
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 2
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
The Technical Challenge!
Planning UMTS networks is more complex
Services are not yet well defined
Many more parameters to optimise
Customer usage is unclear
– where, when, what
Rollout plans are optimised on best guess customer
predictions
But….
– Pressure to rollout
– Competition by press release
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 3
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
“Bob Fuller said: “There are things they will only find out when they start
to build up customers. I am not going to give everything away. But when
you’re putting new (mast) sites in, you have continually to reoptimise
the network. The network itself works differently. Their engineers
understand these things intellectually but will have to learn how it works
practically.”
Sunday Times (London) – 7 November 2004
Article by Paul Durman
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 4
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
“This is not all that 3 has learnt over the past 20 months. It suspects its
rivals have yet to understand what works and what doesn’t in this new
medium. Focus groups won’t help. Gareth Jones, 3’s chief operating
officer, said: “What customers will tell you they want to do, and what
they really want are two different things.””
Sunday Times (London) – 7 November 2004
Article by Paul Durman
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 5
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
The “Solution” To Date
More time and energy spent in planning
Greater use of decision support tools
– Especially static optimisation techniques
Continuous pressure to incrementally improve tools for W-CDMA
– GSM and imported IS-95/CDMA2000 tools
¾ Will incremental improvements even reach the Best Balanced
Solution in a Continuously Dynamic Environment?
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 6
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
The assumptions are fixed
SO
Something different is needed!
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 7
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Auto RF Optimisation Concept:
Operational Optimisation
Auto RF is an Operational Optimisation product that increases
network capacity without additional Capex.
– Changes optimisation process from a six month planning cycle
into a regular operational activity
– Supports geographic and temporal shifts in traffic patterns
– Employs weighted traffic allocation methodology to provide
solutions based on actual usage distribution.
– Enables localised optimisation through standardised process
rather than standard parameter set(s)
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 8
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Time
Update
Planning Plan
Initial Network Plan
Model and build
more sites
Initial Build
Modify Network Modify Network
Drive Test
Prebuild Static Static Static
Optimisation Optimisation Optimisation
Optimisation
Two – Four Months
Between Optimisation
Planning and (1-8 weeks to implement)
Static Optimisation
Only
Many Months
Between initial build and new site being added
(lots of weeks to implement)
Time
Update
Planning Plan
Initial Network Plan
Model and build
more sites
Initial Build Modify Network
Modify Network
Drive Test
Soft settings only Soft settings only
Prebuild Static Static Static
Optimisation Optimisation Optimisation Optimisation
Rf Rf Rf Rf Rf Rf Rf Rf
Planning,
Static, and
2 to 4 is now 4 to 6 months Dynamic
Dynamic
Between Optimisation Optimisation run
Optimisation
(1-8 weeks to implement) every 1-3 weeks
Many Months plus a few more
Between initial build and new site being added
(lots of weeks to implement)
Operational Optimisation Summary
W-CDMA networks are more complex
– Service mix
– Data speeds
Current techniques will work okay but
…
New innovations are required
Reach the Best Balanced Solution in a
Continuously Dynamic Environment
Telcordia Auto RF
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 11
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
The new challenges
New services
UMTS for DSL replacement
– O2 “surf@home”
– Vodafone “Zuhause”
Live TV
– Orange Gallery
Video Streaming
– Football goals
Video Calling
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 13
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Fixed line replacement
In building
– High power
Different locations from business day traffic
– Where did I optimise my network?
Different time from business day traffic
– May be a benefit
IS this the UMTS equivalent of “off-peak free minutes”
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 14
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Case Study # 1
Trial Area – 82 Sectors
Sites’ Numbers In
Optimisation Area
1 2 3 15 22
23 24 25 26 27
28 29 31 32 33
34 35 36 37 38
43 45 46 48 49
52 53 54 55
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 16
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Trial Results: performance
Call Completion Efficiency: Improvement in
every sector that was changed by Auto RF
deployment
Optimized sectors
improved CCE
Call Completion Efficiency
Pre Post
96.5%
96.0%
95.5%
95.0%
94.5%
94.0%
93.5%
93.0%
24_1 24_2 24_3 25_1 25_2 25_3 26_1 26_2 26_3 27_1 27_2 27_3 32_1 32_2 32_3 34_1 34_2 34_3 37_1 37_2 37_3 38_1 38_2 38_3
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 17
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Trial Results - Performance
Drop Rate
Call Drop Rate
Pre Post
1.00%
0.90%
0.80%
0.70%
0.60%
0.50%
0.40%
0.30%
0.20%
0.10%
0.00%
24_1 24_2 24_3 25_1 25_2 25_3 26_1 26_2 26_3 27_1 27_2 27_3 32_1 32_2 32_3 34_1 34_2 34_3 37_1 37_2 37_3 38_1 38_2 38_3
Statistically Maintained within Market’s Desired Levels
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 18
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Trial Results – Capacity
Carrying capacity is increased from 69 Erlangs to 85
Erlangs. A 23% increase in Capacity.
38_1_1
Power Curve: Foward Link Pwr vs. Total Erlangs
90
85 85
80
75
70
Total Erlangs per Carrier
65 69
60
55
50
Pre Erl
45
40 Post Erl
35 Pre-model
30 Post-model
25
20
15
10
5
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22
Average Forward Link Pwr (W)
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 19
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Trial Results – Capacity
Headroom increased By an average of 91%
Carrier Capacity and Headroom
38_1_1
Traffic Headroom
90
85
80
75
70
65
60
55
Erlangs
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
-
Pre Post
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 20
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Summary Results
Highly loaded Sectors:
¾ Capacity increased by 23%.
¾ Average power per user was reduced by 22%.
Total Area:
¾ Call Completion Efficiency improved Drop Rate
maintained within desired levels
¾ Low traffic sites successfully added shifted traffic.
Concurrently improving
capacity and performance
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 21
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Case Study # 2
UMTS – Technology Validation
W-CDMA load versus power consumption
Traffic Power Load (Watts)
7
6
5
The same increase
4
in erlangs, has large
difference in power
3
consumption
2
15 20 25 30 35
Traffic Load (Erlangs)
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 23
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
User and Power Distributions
Distribution of Users
DNCF1U1
Voice users out-
Pre Post
70%
number all other 60%
50%
users by wide
40%
30%
margin
20%
10%
0%
Voice PS-32 PS-64 PS-128 PS-384 CS-64
Distribution of Power
Power used by
DNCF1U1
Pre Post
Voice users is
70%
60%
lowest; most
50%
40%
power is used by
30%
20%
PS-384 users
10%
0%
Voice PS-32 PS-64 PS-128 PS-384 CS-64
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 24
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Power Curve Shift
30.0
DNCF1U1 Pre: Max load 27 PVE
Power-equivalent Voice Erlangs (PVE)
25.0
20.0
Post: Max load 16 PVE
(reduced by 34%)
15.0
10.0
Post-deployment Pre-deployment
5.0
0.0
2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5
Downlink Power (Watts)
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 25
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Users at Capacity
Users Supported at Capacity
DNCF1U1
Pre Post
60 55
50
41
Number of Users
40
30
20 17
15
12
10
10 6 5
0 0 0 0
0
Voice PS-32 PS-64 PS-128 PS-384 CS-64
Carrier User Capacity
DNCF1U1
100
90
24% more users
80
70
Number of Users
supported after Auto
60
50
89
RF application
40
72
30
20
10
0
Pre Post
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 26
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
UMTS Trial Summary
Conclusions:
Results aligned with CDMA
– Network reaction as expected
– Similar capacity gains
– Performance stable (no problems to solve, yet!)
Proof point of concept in UMTS
Observations:
Variability in service usage already obvious
– Week to week traffic deltas highly variable
Network parameter deltas to achieve results much
smaller than operator expected
– This is fine tuning the network!
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 27
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Summary
Operational Optimisation is one of the new
operational innovations needed for profitable
services
The impact of high bandwidth services is just
beginning to be felt
The UMTS network is very sensitive to small
changes in parameters and loading
Let the new services fly!
Reach the Best Balanced Solution in a
Continuously Dynamic Environment
Telcordia Auto RF 3G Optimisation Telcordia – 28
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
3G Optimisation Telcordia – 29
Copyright 2005 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
