Outdoor Small Cells

Design & Optimization

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Outdoor Small Cells
Network Design & Optimization : Key Areas

Key Topics
Key Ericsson values

Where is the Traffic? Macro + Small cell Network measurements Financial Cost

DESIGN Where lack of coverage? coordination driving decisions Morphology aware

geolocation
(Maximize Offload & Reduce Where lack of capacity? Maximize Dominance/overlap Fiber maps
Optimization efforts)
Accuracy - efficiency Automation accounted for selection Social Media…

Key Ericsson values

Enough isolation w/ macro? Macro + Small cell PM based analysis: EPP Signature reports

OPTIMIZATION Maximize offload combined opto

CTR Based analysis: (advanced analytics)
Feature Opto
(Maximize benefits for deployed Layer Management C/I Matrix, Delta HO KPIs, Signatures…
assets)
Automation Drive less Automatic VoLTE RCA
VoLTE

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Design

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Automated – Multilayer – Mix of Solutions

How many
cells?

Which
type?

Where?

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Workflow

Set-up Focus areas Nominal design Final design

Macro RF Shaping
ECO Performance analysis (Preparation Phase) Nominal
Tools design audit
ERA EPP
setup Focus Areas
Planning tool Capacity analysis
Site Final design
Input data used
Geo – Traffic: selection
Planning data:
- CTRs , Clutter Macro + Small cells Design
LAT,LON, Antennas.. RF Shaping
- Social Media
(Optimization Phase)
acceptance
Clutter, Elevation , Buildings
- Growth
CM, PM, CTR
Offload
Social media Geo – Coverage: Analysis
Locations, Fiber… 1)Geolocation + Clutter..

Future deployments 2) PMO based on CTR

Propagation predictions 3) Usual PMO (++ effort/time)

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Where is the Traffic?

Small cell design example

Network Traffic – Call Traces

Ericsson Small Cell Geolocation

Clutter maps

Social media (GPS Based data)

Triangulation algorithms

LTE TRAFFIC VOLUME

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Where is the Lack of Coverage?
Small cell design example

Ericsson Small Cell

Network RSRP Meas – Call Traces

Geolocation
Clutter - Building maps

Reference propagation model

B
Geo Based PMO

LTE RSRP
C
Regular PMO based on drives (more effort)
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PMO : Propagation Model Optimization
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How to select the location? (1)
(1) Enough isolation vs. macro
(2) Enough traffic within small cell
coverage area

A Non optimum location

B Optimum location

LTE TRAFFIC VOLUME LTE RSRP

COVERAGE
FOCUS AREAS
(Automatically
Generated)
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How to select the location? (2)

Capacity forecast X years ahead

Operator dimensioning guidelines

Per sector capacity bottlenecks

Translate per sector capacity

bottlenecks into problems on
the map (Ericsson Algorithm) CAPACITY
FOCUS AREAS
(Automatically
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Generated)
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Automatic Selection Process

100% Automatic evaluation of potential candidates

% Traffic covered by good Dominance
% Traffic covered with good capacity

% Traffic covered by good RSRP

Sorted from highest to lowest benefits

Coverage (RSRP), Quality (Dominance) &

Capacity evaluated for the optimal selection
Discarded
Potential (surveyed) Locations

Small cell 10
Small cell 11
Small cell 12
Small cell 1
Small cell 2

Small cell 4
Small cell 3

Small cell 5

Small cell 9
Small cell 6
Small cell 7
Small cell 8

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Output Assessment – Delta Maps
Macro
Micro
Added Micro
Capacity

Coverage Dominance

Outputs:
- Load per sector after adding small cells (for now and for the future) Improvement
- Redistribution of traffic (offload) after adding the small cells
- Coverage (RSRP), Interference (Dominance) distributions before vs. after small cells Degradation

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Planning Tool Driven – 3D

Geo 3D

Montecarlo 3D

Calibration
Needed
vs.
Geo 3D
Actual Load

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Reference: 3D 5G Planning in mmWave (will be covered in detail on Wednesday)
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Optimization

Ericsson Internal | 2018-04-03

Outdoor Small Cells
Network Design & Optimization : Key Areas

Key Topics
Key Ericsson values

Where is the Traffic? Macro + Small cell Network measurements Financial Cost

DESIGN Where lack of coverage? coordination driving decisions Morphology aware

geolocation
(Maximize Offload & Reduce Where lack of capacity? Maximize Dominance/overlap Fiber maps
Optimization efforts)
Accuracy - efficiency Automation accounted for selection Social Media…

Key Ericsson values

Enough isolation w/ macro? Macro + Small cell PM based analysis: EPP Signature reports

OPTIMIZATION Maximize offload combined opto

CTR Based analysis: (advanced analytics)
Feature Opto
(Maximize benefits for deployed Layer Management C/I Matrix, Delta HO KPIs, Signatures…
assets)
Automation Drive less Automatic VoLTE RCA
VoLTE

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Ericsson Network Optimization Framework

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Ericsson Performance Portal (EPP) – PM Based Automatic Diagnosis

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C.I.L: Capacity, Interference, and Layer/Load Management
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Ericsson Cell Optimizer (ECO) - RF Shaping
Driveless

Coverage

IM Matrix

Overshooting

HO Matrix

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Ericsson Cell Optimizer (ECO) – C/I Matrix
› Which SMC are underperforming due to RF? – Isolation evaluation Driveless
– Usage of measurement report-based approach to derive C/I relations. CTR processing.
Interference relations:
Probability of interference based
on measurements reported SMC_1

C/I (pdf) RSRP_1

RSRP_A
C1/CA RSRP_B RSRP_1
Cell_A RSRP_B

dB RSRP_C

Cell_C
C1/CB

dB

Excessive overlapping
C1/CC
between Cell_C and SMC_1
dB
Cell_B

The higher the interference, the worse is the isolation and lower the offloading effect of the Small Cell
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Maximize Offload – Delta HO KPIs
› How much traffic should be absorbed by the Small Cell? – Cell border optimization Driveless
– Maximize traffic in the SMC by optimizing idle/connected borders with macro network.
3 2 1

SMC_1

Cell_A

Iteration

Other KPIs also supported:

- UL DL UE Th
- UL SINR
…. (or added very quick)

Ericsson Internal | 2018-04-03 The objective is to provide a smooth throughput transition during HO to/from Small Cell
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Layer Management – CTR Analytics – DL TH Centric Balance

High Low

High band
DL UE Throughput centric balance
(not equal traffic and/or load)

MHz per carrier

Enabled by CTR Analytics
(not possible just with PM counters) Movements Mid band
to push

Maximize the DL UE Throughput

of the network with current assets
Low band

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Layer Management – CTR Analytics
Driveless

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Layer Management – Geo Analytics
Geo points aggregated in XX m x XX m bins Geo points aggregated in XX m x XX m bins

# call served in 700, with

% of call being served by 700 per bin
DL UE TH < 5 Mbps & DL PRB > 80%

Darker areas meaning

HB/MB band not
covering enough

Driveless

Design & Optimization

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VoLTE – Automatic Root Cause Analysis (1)

Driveless

▪ Identify procedures on-going &

RF conditions in the moment of
call drop
▪ Derive automatic root cause
analysis based this improved
observability
▪ It is also possible to analyze and
troubleshoot successfully re-
established radio link failures

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Outdoor Small Cells
VoLTE – Automatic Root Cause Analysis (2)

Categorization

Procedure on-going

RSRP / RSRQ

Other KPIs (DL,UL..)

S1 & Internal causes

& many others…

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