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WCDMA Performance 
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WCDMA Performance Management Based on M2000 Single RAN Project

Contents

1 Basic Setting of Performance Measurement .......................................... 3

2 Querying Measure Result ...................................................................... 11
3 Managing Performance Thresholds ........ ................................................. 21

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Objectives

On completion of this course the participants will be able to:

 Master the concept related to Performance Management

 Master how to perform Performance Management

 Execute queries about the main key performance indicators of the WCDMA network.

 Relate some key performance indicators to alarms in the M2000 server

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1 Basic Seting of Performance Measurement

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Counter Categories

Counter
Performance measurement counter is a basic unit for the performance measurement. It defines
what to measure.

Counter categories

 system counters, defined by NEs, include:

- Default counters.- It is also called KPI Counter; It contains some important counters
of the NE, and is in the state of measuring by default. Users can not deactivate its
measurement.

- Extended counters.- It is not in the state of measuring by default and users need to
activate it to be the measuring state. Users can also deactivate it.

 user-defined counters, are defined on the M2000 client

As the system counters cannot satisfy all of the customers’ needs, the user-defined counter
can be applied. User-defined counter is a combination of several system counters (default
counter and extended counter).

Figure 1.- Default Counter, Extended Counter and User-Defined Counter.

 

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In the table above, there are default counters, extended counters and user-defined counters.
By default, extended counters are not selected.

After the first installation, there is no User-Defined counter; By Performing arithmetic operation
on the system counters, user can create counters. These created counters are not delivered to the
NE and their results are not saved in the database, it is just a temporal calculation when queries;

The system counters used in user-defined counters must be activated manually;

M2000 supports user-defined counters nesting, supports user-defined counters using counters
belong to different Function Sets;

Adding a User-Defined Counter

According to the existing measurement counters, to define a user-required measurement counter

by using the arithmetic.

Figure 2.- Performance menu to choose User-defined counter management.

Step 1 Choose Performance > User-defined Counter Management,

 

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Step 2 Expand the navigation tree. Select a node.

Step 3 Click ADD. The ADD User-Defined Counter dialog box is displayed.

Figure 3.- ADD User Defined Counter dialog box.

Step 4 Enter the name of user-defined counter in Counter Name.
Step 5 Select the function set and function subset of the user-defined counter in Function Set and
Function Subset drop-down list.
Step 6 Edit the calculation formula in Formula Information.
Step 7 Select the unit for the user-defined counter in the Unit drop-down box.
Step 8 Click OK or Apply.

Figure 4.- User defined counter.

 

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Object and Period of the Counters

For a counter, the object and period must be appointed

Object
A measurement object can be the physical concept of a RNC or a subrack, or logical concept of
a cell. It defines whose counters to measure.

Period
A measurement period refers to the interval for NEs to report performance measurement results.
It defines how to measure.

Selection of the Object and Period

Step 1: Choose Performance > Measure Management > measurement Settings to view the
Measure Management window,

Figure 5.- Measurement Management window.

 

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Step 2 Select Function subset for Organization Style.

Step 3 Select the subset on the navigation tree.
Step 4 Select the object and period for the counters in the current subset.

Set Measurement Counters

After the object and period are appointed, counters can then be chosen

Figure 6.- Counter selection window.

Check the counters you want to measure, and then click apply. The “Default counters” are
checked by default, so normally we only need to check the “Extended counters” and “User-defined
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Measurement States Management

By this step, you can view the measurement states of measurement units of each NE
Choose Performance > Measure Management > measurement Status

Figure 7.- Measurement States of counters.

Select the subset on the navigation tree, and then you can view the measurement state of each NE.

Figure 8.- Measurement state for different Network Elements.

 

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Right click the measurement subset or NE, then you can active or suspend the measurement of
the subset or NE.

Figure 9.- Suspend or activate measurements.

 

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2 Querying Measure Result

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Querying Performance Results

- There are two query modes

 by template
 by new conditions

You can use the default query template or a created user-defined template to query
measurement results, thus improving query efficiency

You can set new query conditions to query all the measurement results that meet the query
conditions in the performance database. You can save the query conditions as a template. In this
way, you can repeatedly use this template to query the related measurement results.

Querying by Template

Step 1 Choose Performance > Query Result, The template tree is on the left part of Query
Result window.

Step 2 You can select a template on the tree: Right-click the template and choose Query Result
> Default from the right click shortcut menu. Alternatively, double-click the selected template.

Figure 10.- Query result by template window.

 

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Querying by New Conditions

Step 1 Choose Performance > Query Result,

Step 2 Select the Custom node or a template under this node and right-click to select New Query to
display Query Result window.

Figure 11.- Querying by new conditions.

Step 3 Select a function subset on the navigation tree in the left pane.
Step 4 Select the measurement object on the Object Settings tab and measurement counters in
the Counter Settings tab.
Step 5 On the Other Settings tab, select time.
Step 6 Click Query.

The queried measurement results are displayed in the Query Result window in the form of
tables, line charts, and bar chart.

Figure 12.- Counter selection for querying by new conditions.

 

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Managing Result Query Templates

Click “save template”，The condition defined template can be saved in client.

Figure 13.- Save template window.

Displaying Query Results

Measurement results can be displayed in a table or a line or bar chart.

Figure 14.- Query results.

 

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Subscribe to Measurement Results

To help query measurement results, you can subscribe to the measurement results in “Measure
Management” window.

Each client can open one subscription window. You can subscribe to the measurement results of
only one NE and one function subsets in each subscription window.

Step 1 Choose Performance > Measure Management > measurement Status

Step 2 Right-click a node on the navigation tree and choose Subscribe Result,

Figure 15.- Subscribe to measurement results.

 

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Synchronizing Measurement Results

If some measurement results are missing after an M2000 upgrade or during a routine maintenance,
you can assign a synchronization task in the Measure Management window so that the missing
measurement results can be obtained. You can also directly synchronize the queried missing data in the
Result Query window.

Step 1 Choose Performance > Measure Management > measurement Status

Step 2 Right-click a node on the navigation tree and choose Synchronize Result,

Figure 16.- Synchronizing missing results.

Step 3 Set the parameters.

Step 4 Click OK to start the synchronization.
Step 5 Click OK in the displayed Prompt dialog box.

Figure 17.- Synchronize result.

 

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Querying Missing Results

You can also directly synchronize the queried missing data in the “Measurement Status” window.

Step1. Choose Performance > Measure Management > measurement Status

Step2. Right-click a node on the navigation tree and choose Query Missing Result on the
shortcut menu.

Figure 18.- Querying missing results.

 Step3. Set the parameters and click “OK”.

Figure 19.- Parameter setting for querying missing results.

 

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Checking Integrity of Results

This task consists of two sub-tasks:

Monitoring the integrity of current results.- Monitoring the integrity of measurement results refers
to checking the integrity of measurement results in a measurement period before the current time.

Querying the integrity of historical results.- is associated with the number of results to be
reported, number of results reported, and the ratio of the two numbers.

Step 1 Choose Performance > Measure Management > measurement Status

Step 2 Choose a NE you want to check.
Step 3 Select Integrity Monitor to view the Condition setting for integrity monitor dialog box.
Step 4 Select the measurement period, NE, and function subset. A maximum of 10 NEs and 10
function subsets are allowed.
Step 5 Click OK.

Figure 20.- Parameter setting for integrity monitor.

Figure 21.- Monitoring Output.

 

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Querying the Integrity of Historical Results

The Operation is similar with “integrity of current results monitoring”, the difference is: choose
“integrity query” but not “integrity monitor”.

Figure 22.- Querying the integrity of historical results.

Figure 23.- Historical results querying output.

 

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3 Managing Performance Thresholds

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Performance Counter Thresholds

The performance threshold is used to monitor the actual measurement result of the performance
counter. When the value of the measurement result exceeds that set by the user, the system generates
an alarm.

The threshold value of the performance counter can be the threshold value of a specific performance
counter or the threshold value of the combined performance counters.

Simple Counter Threshold

Simple threshold is a threshold defined for a single counter.

According to the four alarm levels, you can set four levels of simple thresholds for one counter.

When the system generates a higher level alarm, the lower level alarm will be cleared automatically.

On the M2000, the number of simple thresholds and combined thresholds that can be created is
limited. The sum of simple thresholds and combined thresholds must be equal to or smaller than 30.

Step 1 Choose Performance > Threshold Management > Threshold Browser,

Figure 24.- Threshold browser.

 

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Step 2 Select a function subset on the navigation tree.

Step 3 Right Click the window at the right, select Add. The Add Threshold dialog box is displayed.

Figure 25.- Add Threshold dialog box.

Step 4 Set the threshold parameters in “basic threshold information “

Figure 26.- Basic threshold information setting.

 

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Step 5 Set the threshold parameters in “Extended threshold information “,

In this example, since the direction of the triggering is “increase”, so:
if the counter ”VS.RRC.FailconestRNC” exceeds 1000+50, then a “Critical Alarm” is
triggered;
If it is less than 1000-50, then the alarm is recovered.

Figure 27.- Extended threshold information setting.

 

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Combined Counter Threshold

Combined threshold indicates setting the threshold value for the counters after logic or arithmetic
operations.
When adding a threshold in “Add Threshold” dialog box, you need to change the “threshold type” to
“Combined”, and then edit the formula for a combined counter.
In this example, after “RAB SUCCESS RATE” is lower than 90%, the alarm is triggered, after it
exceeds 95%, the alarm is recovered.
Notice： When editing the formula, please pay attention to the format.

Figure 28.- Combined counter threshold setting.

 

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Activate/Deactivate Counter Threshold

Suspend a threshold when it is not used temporarily, and then activate it if required.

Step 1 Choose the threshold that you want to suspend or resume.

Step 2 Click Suspend or Resume; Or right-click the threshold, then choose Suspend or Resume.

Figure 29.- Activate/Deactivate counter threshold.

 

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