CS Voice Precise Control Feature

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Feature Introduction-Background

• This feature belongs to the UMTS HD-Voice solution. It is an independent chapter of the Feature Parameter
Description (FPD).
• Power control can be divided into inner loop power control (ILPC) and outer loop power control (OLPC).
– OLPC determines whether the gap between the uplink block error rate (BLER) and the target BLER
is decreasing and adjusts the signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) target based on the gap. The adjusted
target SIR is sent to the RNC for ILPC.
– ILPC determines whether the gap between the uplink SIR and the SIR target is decreasing and
adjusts the transmit power of UEs based on the gap.
– When calculating the uplink BLER for OLPC, if the RNC receives incorrect voice frames, it increases
the target SIR promptly; if the RNC receives correct voice frames, it decreases the target SIR slowly
to avoid ping-pong effect. However, the target SIR remains unchanged for UEs that are performing
CS voice services in the discontinuous transmission (DTX) state, because they are not transmitting
data. Hence, the transmit power of these UEs is wasted.

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Feature Introduction-Technical Principles

Inner Loop • This feature includes:

I/Q NODEB TPC  Enhanced OLPC
Searching SIR Power Control  BLER->BER->SIRtarget three loop power control
SIR Estimator
Opt. (Inner loop)
mechanism: BER is used for the assessment of
wireless channel quality, to implement UE precise
Channel Decode DTX Power Control power control.
IUB
 DTX power control: When there is no uplink data,
Outer Loop
Target SIR the SIR target is reduced.
RNC  Enhanced ILPC
A/B/C CRC QE(BER) BER Power Control
subflow
(Outer loop2)  Enhanced searching (depending on UBBP boards):
Target QE The algorithm enables NodeBs to search for more
BLER Power Control
BLER Estimator
(Outer loop1) weak signals to increase the uplink SIR.
 Optimized SIR assessment (depending on WBBPf
Target BLER
boards): The assessment of uplink SIR is more
accurate.
Optimized module New module  This feature applies to AMR-NB and AMR-WB services
of all rates and composite AMR+PS services.

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Feature Benefits and Network Impact

• Feature benefits
– This feature can increase the mean opinion score (MOS) of AMR
services in a cell by 0.05 to 0.1 point

BLER
– Test result in the lab: 0.1

Case Performance Gain 0.5 dB Gain

0.01
AMR 12.2k MOS 0.05~0.1
0.001
AMR+R99 8k MOS 0.1~0.15
BER-BLER BLER
Joint
EbN0
• Network impact
– The increase of the MOS by 0.05 to 0.1 point has no impact on the KPI
(call drop rate and access success rate) of the live network.

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Feature Deployment-When to Use the Feature and Required
Information
• Required information
– The voice quality baseline needs to be obtained for assessment of the gain after this feature
is enabled.
• MOS: The MOS of voice services can be obtained by conducting a drive test using the MOS tester.
• Counters related to the uplink enhanced voice quality indicator (EVQI)

Counter
VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.TotalValue
VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Excellent.Num
VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Good.Num
VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Accept.Num
VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Poor.Num
VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Bad.Num
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.TotalValue
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Excellent.Num
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Good.Num
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Accept.Num
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Poor.Num
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Bad.Num
Description
This counter provides the total uplink EVQI of the AMR-NB services.
This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-NB services is Excellent.
This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-NB services is Good.
This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-NB services is Accept.
This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-NB services is Poor.
This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-NB services is Bad.
This counter measures the total uplink EVQI of the AMR-WB services.
This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-WB services is
Excellent.
This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-WB services is Good.
This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-WB services is
Accept.
This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-WB services is Poor.
This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-WB services is Bad.

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Feature Deployment-Data Preparation (1)

Parameter Paramet Setting Notes Data

Name er ID Source
Switch for CS VoicePP Switch for enabling or disabling the CS Voice Precise Power Control feature. Internal
Voice Precise CSwitch plan
Power Control
Initial-Target- InitQeFa Initial-target-QE adjustment factor for OLPC involved in the CS Voice Precise Power Control feature. Internal
QE Adjust ctor Initial target QE = int (InitQeFactor x BLERtarget + InitQeConst) plan
Factor for PC The greater the value of this parameter, the larger the initial target QE, and the smaller the UE transmit
power.
The smaller the value of this parameter, the smaller the initial target QE, and the higher the UE transmit
power.
The value of BLERtarget is specified by the BLERQuality parameter.
Initial-Target- InitQeCo Initial-target-QE adjustment constant for OLPC involved in the CS Voice Precise Power Control feature. Initial-
QE Adjust nst Initial target QE = int (InitQeFactor x BLERtarget + InitQeConst) Target-QE
Constant for The greater the value of this parameter, the larger the initial target QE, and the smaller the UE transmit Adjust
PC power. Constant
The smaller the value of this parameter, the smaller the initial target QE, and the higher the UE transmit for PC
power.

Initial-Target- QeFacto Initial-target-QE adjustment factor for OLPC involved in the CS Voice Precise Power Control feature. Internal
QE Adjust r QE adjusted value = (BLERtarget - BLERmeas QeFactor) QeStepSize plan
Factor for PC Target QE = Previous target QE + QE adjusted value
The value of BLERmeas is obtained according to the number of blocks received by the transport channel and
the number of error blocks. For the specific calculation method, see Power Control Feature Parameter
Description.
The greater the value of this parameter, the smaller the target QE, and the smaller the UE transmit power.
The smaller the value of this parameter, the higher the UE transmit power.

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Feature Deployment-Data Preparation (2)

Parameter Parameter ID Setting Notes Data Source

Name
Target-QE QeStepSize Target-QE adjustment step for OLPC involved in the CS Voice Precise Power Control Internal plan
Adjustment feature.
Step for PC
The greater the value of this parameter, the larger the target QE adjustment step, the
quicker for the QE to reach its target value, but the less accurate the target QE
adjustment.
The smaller the value of this parameter, the smaller the target QE adjustment step, the
slower for the QE to reach its target value, but the more accurate the target QE
adjustment.
Target-SIR SirDtxConst Target-SIR adjustment constant for OLPC involved in the CS Voice Precise Power Internal plan
Adjust Control feature. This constant is used during DTX.
Constant for
DTX PC The greater the value of this parameter, the smaller the target SIR during DTX, and the
smaller the UE transmit power.
The smaller the value of this parameter, the greater the target SIR during DTX, and the
higher the UE transmit power.
Target-SIR SirStepSize Target-SIR adjustment step for OLPC involved in the CS Voice Precise Power Control Internal plan
Adjustment feature.
Step for PC
The greater the value of this parameter, the larger the target SIR adjustment step is, the
quicker for the SIR to reach its target value, but the less accurate the target SIR
adjustment.
The smaller the value of this parameter, the smaller the target SIR adjustment step, the
slower for the SIR to reach its target value, but the more accurate the target SIR
adjustment.

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Feature Deployment-Activation

• Using MML commands

– To activate CS Voice Precise Power Control, run the RNC MML command SET
UCSVOICEPPC and set Switch for CS Voice Precise Power Control to ON.
• Using the CME
– Step 1. Configure a single object (such as a cell) on the CME. Set the parameter on the CME
according to the operation sequence in the following table. For instructions on how to perform
the CME single configuration, see CME Single Configuration Operation Guide.
SN MO NE Parameter Name Parameter ID Configurable in
CME Batch
Modification
Center
1 UCSV RNC Switch for CS Voice Precise Power Control (set to ON) VoicePPCSwitch Yes
OICEP Initial-Target-QE Adjust Factor for PC (default value is InitQeFactor Yes
PC recommended)
Initial-Target-QE Adjust Constant for PC (default value is InitQeConst Yes
recommended)
Target-QE Adjustment Factor for PC QeFactor Yes
Target-QE Adjustment Step for PC QeStepSize Yes
Target-SIR Adjust Constant for DTX PC SirDtxConst Yes
Target-SIR Adjustment Step for PC SirStepSize Yes

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

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Feature Deployment-Deactivation

 Using MML Commands

 To deactivate the CS Voice Precise Power Control feature, run the RNC MML command
SET UCSVOICEPPC and set Switch for Precise PC over CS Voice to OFF.
 Using the CME
 Step 1. Configure a single object (such as a cell) on the CME. Set the parameter on the
CME according to the operation sequence in Table 7-3. Set the parameter on the CME
according to the operation sequence in CME Single Configuration Operation Guide.
SN. MO NE Parameter Name Parameter ID Configurable in CME
Batch Modification
Center
1 UCSVOICEPP RNC Switch for CS Voice Precise VoicePPCSwi Yes
C Power Control tch

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

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Performance Monitoring-Performance Evaluation

• 1. Observe the performance counters in the following table to verify the gain in voice quality.

Counter] Description Expected Gain

VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.TotalValue This counter provides the total uplink EVQI of the AMR-NB services. The average EVQI increases by 0.05
to 0.1.
VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Excellent.N This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-NB services is This counter increases by 5% to 10%.
um Excellent.
VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Good.Num This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-NB services is Good. This counter increases by 5% to 10%.
VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Accept.Nu This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-NB services is Accept. This counter decreases by 5% to
m 10%.
VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Poor.Num This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-NB services is Poor. This counter decreases by 5% to
10%.
VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Bad.Num This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-NB services is Bad. This counter decreases by 5% to
10%.
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.TotalValue This counter measures the total uplink EVQI of the AMR-WB services. The average EVQI is expected to
increase by 0.05 to 0.1.
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Excellent.N This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-WB services is This counter increases by 5% to 10%.
um Excellent.
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Good.Num This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-WB services is Good. This counter increases by 5% to 10%.
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Accept.Nu This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-WB services is This counter decreases by 5% to
m Accept. 10%.
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Poor.Num This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-WB services is Poor. This counter decreases by 5% to
10%.
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Bad.Num This counter provides the number of times that the uplink EVQI of AMR-WB services is Bad. This counter decreases by 5% to
10%.
• 2. Conduct a drive test using a MOS drive tester and obtain the MOS. The average MOS
increases by 0.05 to 0.1.

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Performance Monitoring-Result

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Conclusion

Actions Impact

The Accepted EVQI samples decreased from 20% to 12% for NBAMR
The Accepted EVQI samples decreased from 3.6 to 2.6 for WBAMR
CS Voice Precise Control The Good EVQI sample improved from 77% to 84 for NBAMR
Feature The Good EVQI sample improved from 93 to 94.2 for WBAMR
The Excellent Voice VQI Improved From 92% to 94.4%
The Good Voice VQI decreased from 6% to 4%

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