Voice Coverage Improvement by Advanced Demodulation

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Voice Coverage Improvement by Advanced Demodulation

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7.1.4 Voice Coverage Improvement by Advanced Demodulation
WCDMA RAN
Voice Coverage Improvement by Advanced
Demodulation Feature Parameter Description
Issue 01
Date 2016-08-30
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7.1.4 Contents
1 About This Document
1.1 Scope
1.2 Intended Audience
1.3 Change History
1.4 Differences Between Base Station Types
2 Overview
2.1 Background
2.2 Introduction
2.3 Benefits
3 Technical Description
3.1 Concepts
3.2 Principles
4 Related Features
5 Network Impact
6 Engineering Guidelines
6.1 When to Use Voice Coverage Improvement by Advanced Demodulation
6.2 Required Information
6.3 Planning
6.4 Deployment
6.4.1 Requirements
6.4.2 Data Preparation and Feature Activation
6.4.2.1 Data Preparation
6.4.2.2 Using MML Commands
6.4.2.3 MML Command Examples
6.4.2.4 Using the CME
6.4.3 Activation Observation
6.4.4 Deactivation
6.5 Performance Monitoring
6.6 Parameter Optimization
6.7 Troubleshooting
7 Parameters
8 Counters
9 Glossary
10 Reference Documents
1 About This Document
Scope
This document describes WRFD-190103 Voice Coverage Improvement by Advanced Demodulation, including its technical principles, related features,
network impact, and engineering guidelines.
This document applies to the following NE types.
NE Type NE Model
RNC BSC6900 and BSC6910
NodeB Macro 3900 series macro base stations: BTS3900, BTS3900A, BTS3900L, BTS3900AL, DBS3900,
BTS3900C
Micro Not supported
LampSite DBS3900 LampSite
Intended Audience
This document is intended for personnel who:
• Need to understand the features described herein

• Work with Huawei products
Change History
This section provides information about the changes in different document versions. There are two types of changes:
• Feature change
Changes in features and parameters of a specified version as well as the affected entities
• Editorial change
Changes in wording or addition of information and any related parameters affected by editorial changes. Editorial change does not specify the
affected entities.
RAN19.0 01 (2016-08-30)
This issue includes the following changes.
Change Type Change Description Parameter Change
Feature change Changed the feature name from "Crystal Voice Coverage Improvement by None
Advanced Demodulation" to "Voice Coverage Improvement by Advanced
Demodulation".
Editorial change None None
RAN19.0 Draft A (2016-06-23)
This document is created for RAN19.0.

Differences Between Base Station Types
Feature Support by Macro, Micro, and LampSite Base Stations
Feature ID Description Supported by Base Station Supported by Supported by Supported by

Controller Macro Base Micro Base LampSite Base
Station Station Station
BSC6900 BSC6910
WRFD-190103 Voice Coverage Yes Yes Yes No Yes

Improvement by
Advanced
Demodulation
Function Implementation in Macro, Micro, and LampSite Base Stations
The feature described in this document is implemented in the same way on macro, micro, and LampSite base stations.
2 Overview
Background
In radio communications systems, the wanted signals sent by voice users on radio channels reach the NodeB through multiple paths. The NodeB
receives these signals and combines them together to provide optimal performance. In weak coverage scenarios, weak wanted signals on multiple paths
cannot be effectively identified and received. This causes link quality to deteriorate, service drop rate to increase, and user experience to be affected.
Introduction
While improving the channel estimation accuracy, the Voice Coverage Improvement by Advanced Demodulation feature increases the demodulation
signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). This enhances the coverage performance for voice traffic radio bearers (TRBs) and the associated signaling radio bearers
(SRBs) over the dedicated physical data channel (DPDCH).
Benefits
This feature improves the performance of voice services (including adaptive multirate narrowband (AMR-NB) and adaptive multirate wideband (AMR-WB)
services). Specifically, this feature:
• Improves coverage performance by 0.2 dB to 1 dB for voice TRBs and associated SRBs over the DPDCH.
• Decreases the proportion of low-MOS voice services by 10% to 30%.
NOTE:
A low MOS defined in the ITU-T Recommendation P.863 is an MOS less than 3.
3 Technical Description
This chapter describes WRFD-190103 Voice Improvement by Advanced Demodulation.
Concepts
RAKE
In WCDMA, signal bandwidth is large and radio propagation is subject to multipath fading. Based on multipath diversity reception technology, the RAKE
receiver identifies, weights, and accumulates multipath signals that arrive across distinguishable time instants. In this manner, combined enhanced
signals are generated. Figure 3-1 shows the working principle of the RAKE receiver.
Figure 3-1 Working principle of the RAKE receiver
Doppler Effect
The Doppler effect (or the Doppler shift) is the change in frequency of a wave (or other periodic event) for an observer (for example, UEs) moving relative
to its source (for example, NodeBs). The frequency shift caused by the Doppler effect is in direct proportion to the relative velocity.
Principles
This feature is enabled by running the NodeB MML command SET ULOCELLALGPARA with the COVERIMPBASEDONADVDEM parameter set to
ON(ON).
Demodulation and decoding performance of voice services depends on channel estimation accuracy. The NodeB performs correlation estimation on
channel conditions using pilot symbols on the DPCCH and combines received signals using the RAKE receiver. This feature introduces high-precision
Doppler estimation to evaluate channel conditions and uses enhanced channel estimation on the DPCCH and DPDCH for voice users on the NodeB side.
Figure 3-2 shows how this feature is implemented.
Figure 3-2 Overview of feature implementation

Figure 3-3 shows the working principle of enhanced channel estimation of Voice Coverage Improvement by Advanced Demodulation.
Figure 3-3 Working principle of enhanced channel estimation
DPCCH-based Enhanced Channel Estimation
When the NodeB detects that the channel environment for UEs is changing slowly (UEs are moving at a speed below 30 km/h), more pilot symbols on the
DPCCH are used to improve channel estimation accuracy. Figure 3-4 shows the estimation accuracy improvement. When the NodeB detects that UEs are
moving at a high speed, the DPCCH-based enhanced channel estimation function does not take effect.
Figure 3-4 Channel estimation accuracy improvement for UEs moving at a low speed
DPDCH-based Enhanced Channel Estimation
If CEs are sufficient for the UEs this feature takes effect on, decoded information on the DPDCH is used as pilot signals for the NodeB to estimate
channel conditions. If CEs are insufficient, the DPDCH-based enhanced channel estimation function does not take effect.
NOTE:
CEs can be monitored using performance counters. For details, see 6.5 Performance Monitoring.
After this feature takes effect, end-to-end delay on voice services is lengthened by 0–20 ms. KPIs, such as service drop rate and access success rate,
remain unchanged.
Multi-Source Channel Estimation Combination
The NodeB combines the estimation results obtained using the preceding functions to generate a more accurate channel fading estimation, as shown in
Figure 3-5.
Figure 3-5 Channel estimation combination
4 Related Features
Prerequisite Features
None
Mutually Exclusive Features
None
Impacted Features
Feature ID Feature Name Description
WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise Power Control When the CS Voice Precise Power Control feature is enabled,
optimized multipath searching is used to improve the accuracy of
channel estimation, reducing gains provided by this feature.
WRFD-160250 Interference Rejection Combining In scenarios where the Interference Rejection Combining (IRC) feature
(IRC) takes effect and interference signals are correlated, gains provided by
this feature leveraging signal correlation are reduced.
5 Network Impact
System Capacity
No impact.
Network Performance
• Coverage
This feature improves coverage performance by 0.2 dB to 1 dB for uplink voice TRBs and the associated SRBs over the DPDCH.
• MOS
This feature decreases the proportion of low-MOS voice services by 10% to 30%.
• CE resource
This feature increases uplink CE consumption. When the ratio of AMR users to total users is about 10%, uplink CE consumption is increased
by 10%.
NOTE:
A low MOS defined in the ITU-T Recommendation P.863 is an MOS less than 3.
If CEs are congested, the gains delivered by this feature decrease because CEs are preferentially used for user access.
6 Engineering Guidelines
When to Use Voice Coverage Improvement by Advanced Demodulation

Use this feature when the uplink coverage needs to be improved for voice services. To facilitate performance monitoring, you are advised to enable this
feature for all cells under the RNC (the monitored performance gains will decrease if this feature is enabled only for some cells under the RNC) when the
network meets the following requirements:
• It is deployed in densely-populated urban area.
NOTE:
1. Densely populated urban areas can be defined as having a generally flat terrain and an average building height of 25 m to 30 m,
distributed with irregular spacings of 10 m to 20 m. In addition, most streets (not trunk roads) are narrow, and the distance
between each two base stations is 300 m to 500 m.
2. In non-densely populated urban areas, this feature is also applicable but the gains are low.
• There is less than 70% uplink CE consumption in busy hours.
NOTE:
1. For details about information required for CE usage calculation, see 6.2 Required Information. For details about the calculation of CE
usage, see "CE Usage" in RAN Capacity Monitoring Guide.
2. In scenarios with high CE usage, this feature is also applicable but the gains are low.
Required Information
Before deployment, collect the following information to evaluate the feasibility, effectiveness, and associated gains of this feature.
Evaluation Before Feature Deployment
Obtain the following performance counters:
Counter Description
VS.NodeB.ULCreditConsumed.Mean(BSC6900,BSC6910) Average NodeB Uplink Credit Consumption
VS.NodeB.CoordinatingRL.ULCreditUsed.Mean(BSC6900,BSC6910) Average NodeB Credit Resources Consumed by Uplink

Coordinating RLs
In addition, obtain the UL License CE Number. For details, see RAN Capacity Monitoring Guide.
Feature Activation Check
Obtain the VS.AdvancedDemodulation.User.Mean counter for checking whether this feature is activated.
Gain Evaluation After Feature Activation
Obtain the performance counters related to voice quality and coverage listed in the following two tables.
• Counters related to voice quality
Counter Description
VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.TotalValue(BSC6900,BSC6910) Total Uplink EVQI of AMR-NB Services

Counter Description
VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Excellent.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-NB Services Is
EXCELLENT
VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Good.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-NB Services Is

GOOD
VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Accept.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-NB Services Is

ACCEPT
VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Poor.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-NB Services Is

POOR
VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Bad.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-NB Services Is BAD
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.TotalValue(BSC6900,BSC6910) Total Uplink EVQI of AMR-WB Services
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Excellent.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-WB Services Is

EXCELLENT
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Good.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-WB Services Is

GOOD
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Accept.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-WB Services Is

ACCEPT
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Poor.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-WB Services Is

POOR
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Bad.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-WB Services Is

BAD
NOTE:
Voice performance can also be evaluated through drive tests.
• Counters related to coverage
Counter Description
VS.UL.AMR.TotalTbNum.RSCP.0(BSC6900,BSC6910) to Number of times the RSCP of the TB for AMR services on the
VS.UL.AMR.TotalTbNum.RSCP.6(BSC6900,BSC6910) DCH falls into a specific range for cell
VS.UL.AMR.ErrTbNum.RSCP.0(BSC6900,BSC6910) to Number of times the RSCP of the erroneous TB for AMR

VS.UL.AMR.ErrTbNum.RSCP.6(BSC6900,BSC6910) services on the DCH falls into a specific range for cell
VS.UL.SRB.AMR.TotalTbNum.RSCP.0(BSC6900,BSC6910) to Number of times the RSCP of the TB on the SRB for AMR
VS.UL.SRB.AMR.TotalTbNum.RSCP.6(BSC6900,BSC6910) services falls into a specific range for cell
VS.UL.SRB.AMR.ErrTbNum.RSCP.0(BSC6900,BSC6910) to Number of times the RSCP of the erroneous TB on the SRB for
VS.UL.SRB.AMR.ErrTbNum.RSCP.6(BSC6900,BSC6910) AMR services falls into a specific range for cell
Planning
RF Planning
None
Network Planning
None
Hardware Planning
None
Deployment
6.4.1 Requirements
Other Features
For details, see 4 Related Features.
Hardware
The 3900 series macro base stations and DBS3900 LampSite base stations must be configured with the UBBPe/UBBPei board to support this feature.
License
For details about how to activate the license, see License Management Feature Parameter Description.
Feature ID Feature Name License Control License Control Item NE License Allocation Sales Unit
Item ID Name for Multiple
Operators
WRFD-190103 Voice Coverage LQW9NCICEE01 Voice Coverage NodeB Method 2 per Cell
Improvement by Improvement by
Advanced Advanced
Demodulation Demodulation (per
Cell)
If RAN Sharing or MOCN is enabled, the licensed value is allocated among the primary and secondary operators according to the method in the License
Allocation for Multiple Operators column.
Method 2: Some license control items, for example, UL CE Num, can be allocated through both the common group and private groups. In this case, the
licensed value specified by the private group is preferentially used, and the licensed value specified by the common group is used on a first-come, first-
served basis. For NodeB license allocation in multi-operator scenarios, see License Management Feature Parameter Description.
Other Requirements
To pre-evaluate and evaluate feature gains, you are advised to enable the following functions for all or some of the cells under the RNC, one week before
the feature activation:
• Intra-frequency measurement reporting at an interval of 2s

• Measurement on counters related to AMR coverage performance
To enable the preceding functions, perform the following steps (using the BSC6910 as an example):
1. Turn on the intra-frequency MR switch.

SET UMRSWITCH: MrSwitch=ON;
2. Select evaluation objects.
Turn on the cell-level intra-frequency MR switch.
SET UMRSCOPE: ScopeType=ByCellId, LogicRncId=1, CellId=1, MRScopeCtrl=ON;
3. Specify types of services for feature evaluation and set intra-frequency measurement reporting period.
SET UMRCTRL: MrTrafficType=TRAFFIC_AMR-1, MrIntraFreqPeriod=D2, MrRprtCfgSwitch=MR_PRD_INTRA_FREQ_MEAS_SWITCH_1-1;
NOTE:
To obtain an accurate evaluation of improvements, it is good practice to set MrIntraFreqPeriod(BSC6900,BSC6910) to a value less than that
of EcN0EffectTime(BSC6900,BSC6910). You are advised to set MrIntraFreqPeriod(BSC6900,BSC6910) to D2. Parameter setting in the
preceding step increases control-plane data transmissions and processing load. This ultimately increases the RNC SPU CPU usage by
approximately 5%. For details about parameters and precautions, see descriptions of the SET UMRCTRL command in BSC6900 UMTS MML
Command Reference or BSC6910 UMTS MML Command Reference.
4. Turn on the switch for measuring the counters related to AMR coverage performance.
SET UCORRMPARA: PerfEnhanceSwitch8=PERFENH_AMR_TB_RSCP_STAT_SWITCH-1;
NOTE:
When MrIntraFreqPeriod is set to D2, measurement on coverage performance counters increases the DSP usage by about 5% at most.
5. Enable the EVQI function in the uplink.

SET URRCTRLSWITCH: PROCESSSWITCH5=UL_EVQI_SWITCH-1;
6.4.2 Data Preparation and Feature Activation
6.4.2.1 Data Preparation

There are three types of data sources:
• Network plan (negotiation not required): parameter values planned and set by the operator
• Network plan (negotiation required): parameter values planned by the operator and negotiated with the CN or peer transmission equipment
• User-defined: parameter values set by users
Parameter Name Parameter ID Setting Notes Data Source Remarks
Voice Coverage COVERIMPBASEDONADVDEM Set this parameter to Network plan (negotiation NE: NodeB
Improvement by ON(ON) to enable this not required) MO: ULOCELLALGPARA
Advanced Demodulation feature. Batch modification on the
Switch CME is supported.
Run the NodeB MML command SET ULOCELLALGPARA with COVERIMPBASEDONADVDEM set to ON(ON) to enable the Voice Coverage
Improvement by Advanced Demodulation feature.

//On the NodeB side
//Activating the Voice Coverage Improvement by Advanced Demodulation feature
SET ULOCELLALGPARA: ULOCELLID=1, COVERIMPBASEDONADVDEM=ON;

Based on the parameter configurations involved in 6.4.2.1 Data Preparation, perform the following operations to activate this feature:
NOTE:
When configuring the feature on the CME, perform a single configuration first, and then perform a batch modification if required.
Configure the parameters of a single object before a batch modification. Perform a batch modification before logging out of the parameter setting
interface.
1. Configure a single object (such as a cell) on the CME.

Set parameters listed in the table in "Data Preparation" section from top to bottom on the CME. For instructions on how to perform the CME
single configuration, see CME Single Configuration Operation Guide.
2. (Optional) Modify objects in batches on the CME. (CME batch modification center)
To modify objects in batches, click on the CME to start the batch modification wizard. For instructions on how to perform a batch
modification through the CME batch modification center, press F1 while running the wizard to obtain online help.
To check whether a parameter supports batch modification, see the Remarks column in the table in "Data Preparation" section.
6.4.3 Activation Observation

If the value of the VS.AdvancedDemodulation.User.Mean counter is not 0, this feature has taken effect.
6.4.4 Deactivation
The following table provides parameters for deactivating this feature.
Parameter Name Parameter ID Setting Notes Remarks
Voice Coverage COVERIMPBASEDONADVDEM Set this parameter to OFF(OFF). NE: NodeB

Improvement by Advanced MO: ULOCELLALGPARA
Demodulation Switch Batch modification on the CME is
supported.
You can use the CME or run MML commands to deactivate this feature

Run the NodeB MML command SET ULOCELLALGPARA with COVERIMPBASEDONADVDEM set to OFF(OFF) to disable the Voice Coverage
Improvement by Advanced Demodulation feature.

//On the NodeB side
//Deactivating the Voice Coverage Improvement by Advanced Demodulation feature
SET ULOCELLALGPARA: ULOCELLID=1, COVERIMPBASEDONADVDEM=OFF;

The method of using the CME to deactivate this feature is the same as that of using the CME to activate this feature. For details, see 6.4.2.4 Using the
CME.
Performance Monitoring
Improved EVQI for Voice Services
Enable this feature after EVQI-related counters have been monitored for one week. Wait another week and then compare the values of these counters
obtained before and after this feature is enabled to monitor the performance gain. It is expected that the proportion of AMR services with low EVQIs
decreases.
NOTE:
The proportions of AMR-WB services with excellent, good, acceptable, poor, and bad uplink EVQIs are calculated in similar ways. The proportion of AMR-
WB services with acceptable, poor, and bad uplink EVQIs is calculated using the following formula:
Proportion of AMR-WB services with acceptable, poor, and bad uplink EVQIs = (VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Accept.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) +
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Poor.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) +
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Bad.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910))/(VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Excellent.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) +
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Good.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) + VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Accept.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) +
VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Poor.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) + VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Bad.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910)) x 100%
Improved Coverage for Voice Services
BLERs of TRBs for AMR services in different RSCP ranges are calculated in similar ways. For example, the BLER of TRBs for AMR services in RSCP
range 0 is calculated using the following formula:
BLER=VS.UL.AMR.ErrTbNum.RSCP.0(BSC6900,BSC6910)/VS.UL.AMR.TotalTbNum.RSCP.0(BSC6900,BSC6910)
BLERs of associated SRBs for AMR services in different RSCP ranges are calculated in similar ways. For example, the BLER of associated SRBs for
AMR services in RSCP range 0 is calculated using the following formula:
BLER=VS.UL.SRB.AMR.ErrTbNum.RSCP.0(BSC6900,BSC6910)/VS.UL.SRB.AMR.TotalTbNum.RSCP.0(BSC6900,BSC6910)
Figure 6-1 shows the coverage improvement.
Figure 6-1 Coverage improvement of voice services
NOTE:
Performance evaluation relies on the RSCP value contained in UE's intra-frequency measurement reports, which are not sent to the RNC until services
are successfully set up. Therefore, RSCP values before a successful service setup are not contained in the evaluation.
Increased CE Consumption
Observe and compare CE-related counters before and after this feature is enabled. It is expected that the CE consumption increases.
NOTE:
Feature gains are diminished due to high CE consumption. If the CE consumption is high (above 70%), you are advised to expand the CE capacity. For
details about the calculation of CE usage, see "CE Usage" in RAN Capacity Monitoring Guide.
Parameter Optimization
None
Troubleshooting
None
7 Parameters
Table 7-1 Parameters
Parameter ID NE MML Command Feature Feature Name Description

ID
COVERIMPBASEDONADVDEM BTS3900, SET WRFD- Voice Coverage Meaning: Indicates the switch for the Voice
BTS3900 ULOCELLALGPARA 190103 Improvement by Coverage Improvement by Advanced
WCDMA Demodulation feature.
Parameter ID NE MML Command Feature Feature Name Description
ID
LST Advanced GUI Value Range: OFF(OFF), ON(ON)
ULOCELLALGPARA Demodulation Unit: None
Actual Value Range: OFF, ON
Default Value: OFF(OFF)
MrIntraFreqPeriod BSC6900 SET UMRCTRL None None Meaning:
Period during which the RNC collects the intra-
frequency measurement reports.
This parameter is an advanced parameter. To
modify this parameter, contact Huawei
Customer Service Center for technical support.
GUI Value Range: D2, D3, D4, D6, D8, D12,
D16, D20, D24, D28, D32, D64
Unit: s
Actual Value Range: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20,
24, 28, 32, 64
Default Value: D12
MrIntraFreqPeriod BSC6910 SET UMRCTRL None None Meaning:
Period during which the RNC collects the intra-
frequency measurement reports.
This parameter is an advanced parameter. To
modify this parameter, contact Huawei
Customer Service Center for technical support.
GUI Value Range: D2, D3, D4, D6, D8, D12,
D16, D20, D24, D28, D32, D64
Unit: s
Actual Value Range: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20,
24, 28, 32, 64
Default Value: D12
EcN0EffectTime BSC6900 SET UFRC WRFD- 3.4/6.8/13.6/27.2Kbps Meaning: Time period for valid Ec/No or RSCP.
010510 RRC Connection and This parameter defines the time period during
WRFD- Radio Access Bearer which the reported values of Ec/No or RSCP
010690 Establishment and are considered as valid values. The time period
WRFD- Release starts from the time the system receives the
010507 TTI Switch for BE first Ec/No or RSCP.
WRFD- Services Based on GUI Value Range: 0~65535
150232 Coverage Unit: ms
WRFD- Rate Negotiation at Actual Value Range: 0~65535
010612 Admission Control Default Value: 5000
WRFD- Multiband Direct
020400 Retry Based on UE
Location
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EcN0EffectTime BSC6910 SET UFRC WRFD- 3.4/6.8/13.6/27.2Kbps Meaning: Time period for valid Ec/No or RSCP.
010510 RRC Connection and This parameter defines the time period during
WRFD- Radio Access Bearer which the reported values of Ec/No or RSCP
010690 Establishment and are considered as valid values. The time period
WRFD- Release starts from the time the system receives the
010507 TTI Switch for BE first Ec/No or RSCP.
WRFD- Services Based on GUI Value Range: 0~65535
150232 Coverage Unit: ms
WRFD- Rate Negotiation at Actual Value Range: 0~65535
010612 Admission Control Default Value: 5000
WRFD- Multiband Direct
020400 Retry Based on UE
Location
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8 Counters
Table 8-1 Counters
Counter ID Counter Name Counter NE Feature ID Feature Name

Description
50361705 VS.AdvancedDemodulation.User.Mean Average Number NodeB Multi-mode: None Voice Coverage

of Users Enabled GSM: None Improvement by
with Advanced UMTS: WRFD- Advanced
Demodulation in a 190103 Demodulation
Cell
LTE: None
73427874 VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.TotalValue Total Uplink EVQI BSC6900 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

of AMR-WB WRFD-171201 Power Control
Services Crystal Voice in
Deep Coverage
73427874 VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.TotalValue Total Uplink EVQI BSC6910 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

of AMR-WB WRFD-171201 Power Control
Deep Coverage
73427875 VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Excellent.Num Number of Times BSC6900 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

the Uplink EVQI WRFD-171201 Power Control
of AMR-WB WRFD-010613 Crystal Voice in
Services Is Deep Coverage
EXCELLENT AMR-WB
(Adaptive Multi
Rate Wide Band)
73427875 VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Excellent.Num Number of Times BSC6910 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

EXCELLENT AMR-WB
(Adaptive Multi
Rate Wide Band)
73427876 VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Good.Num Number of Times BSC6900 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

GOOD AMR-WB
(Adaptive Multi
Rate Wide Band)
73427876 VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Good.Num Number of Times BSC6910 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

GOOD AMR-WB
(Adaptive Multi
Rate Wide Band)
73427877 VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Accept.Num Number of Times BSC6900 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

ACCEPT AMR-WB
(Adaptive Multi
Rate Wide Band)
73427877 VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Accept.Num Number of Times BSC6910 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

ACCEPT
Description
AMR-WB
(Adaptive Multi
Rate Wide Band)
73427878 VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Poor.Num Number of Times BSC6900 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

Services Is POOR Deep Coverage
AMR-WB
(Adaptive Multi
Rate Wide Band)
73427878 VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Poor.Num Number of Times BSC6910 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

AMR-WB
(Adaptive Multi
Rate Wide Band)
73427879 VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Bad.Num Number of Times BSC6900 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

Services Is BAD Deep Coverage
AMR-WB
(Adaptive Multi
Rate Wide Band)
73427879 VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Bad.Num Number of Times BSC6910 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

AMR-WB
(Adaptive Multi
Rate Wide Band)
73427886 VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.TotalValue Total Uplink EVQI BSC6900 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

of AMR-NB WRFD-171201 Power Control
Deep Coverage
73427886 VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.TotalValue Total Uplink EVQI BSC6910 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

of AMR-NB WRFD-171201 Power Control
Deep Coverage
73427887 VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Excellent.Num Number of Times BSC6900 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

of AMR-NB Crystal Voice in
EXCELLENT
73427887 VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Excellent.Num Number of Times BSC6910 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

EXCELLENT
73427888 VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Good.Num Number of Times BSC6900 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

GOOD
73427888 VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Good.Num Number of Times BSC6910 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

GOOD
73427889 VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Accept.Num Number of Times BSC6900 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

Description
ACCEPT
73427889 VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Accept.Num Number of Times BSC6910 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

ACCEPT
73427890 VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Poor.Num Number of Times BSC6900 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

73427890 VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Poor.Num Number of Times BSC6910 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

73427891 VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Bad.Num Number of Times BSC6900 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

73427891 VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Bad.Num Number of Times BSC6910 WRFD-160204 CS Voice Precise

73433095 VS.UL.AMR.ErrTbNum.RSCP.0 Number of Times BSC6900 WRFD-190103 Voice Coverage

the RSCP of the Improvement by
Erroneous TB for Advanced
AMR Services on Demodulation
the DCH Falls into
Range 0 for Cell

the DCH Falls into
Range 0 for Cell

the DCH Falls into
Range 6 for Cell

the DCH Falls into
Range 6 for Cell
73433102 VS.UL.AMR.TotalTbNum.RSCP.0 Number of Times BSC6900 WRFD-190103 Voice Coverage

TB for AMR Advanced
Services on the Demodulation
DCH Falls into
Range 0 for Cell

TB for AMR Advanced
DCH Falls into
Range 0 for Cell

Description
TB for AMR Advanced
DCH Falls into
Range 6 for Cell

TB for AMR Advanced
DCH Falls into
Range 6 for Cell
73433109 VS.UL.SRB.AMR.ErrTbNum.RSCP.0 Number of Times BSC6900 WRFD-190103 Voice Coverage

Erroneous TB on Advanced
the SRB for AMR Demodulation
Services Falls into
Range 0 for Cell

Services Falls into
Range 0 for Cell

Services Falls into
Range 6 for Cell

Services Falls into
Range 6 for Cell
73433116 VS.UL.SRB.AMR.TotalTbNum.RSCP.0 Number of Times BSC6900 WRFD-190103 Voice Coverage

TB on the SRB for Advanced
AMR Services Demodulation
Falls into Range 0
for Cell

Falls into Range 0
for Cell

Falls into Range 6
for Cell

Falls into Range 6
for Cell
73447333 VS.NodeB.CoordinatingRL.ULCreditUsed.Mean Average NodeB BSC6900 WRFD-140202 Control Channel

Credit Resources WRFD-180201 Parallel
Consumed by WRFD-170201 Interference
Uplink Cancellation
WRFD-190210
Coordinating RLs (Phase 2)
Description
Improved Uplink
Coverage for SRB
over DCH
Seamless Crystal
Voice
4-Way Receive
Diversity by Inter-
Band Assistance
73447333 VS.NodeB.CoordinatingRL.ULCreditUsed.Mean Average NodeB BSC6910 WRFD-140202 Control Channel

Credit Resources WRFD-180201 Parallel
Consumed by WRFD-170201 Interference
Uplink Cancellation
WRFD-190210
Coordinating RLs (Phase 2)
Improved Uplink
Coverage for SRB
over DCH
Seamless Crystal
Voice
4-Way Receive
Diversity by Inter-
Band Assistance
73448325 VS.NodeB.ULCreditConsumed.Mean Average NodeB BSC6900 WRFD-010612 HSUPA

Uplink Credit Introduction
Consumption Package
73448325 VS.NodeB.ULCreditConsumed.Mean Average NodeB BSC6910 WRFD-010612 HSUPA

Uplink Credit Introduction
Consumption Package
9 Glossary
For the acronyms, abbreviations, terms, and definitions, see Glossary.
10 Reference Documents
1. RAN Capacity Monitoring Guide

2. License Management Feature Parameter Description

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Voice Coverage Improvement by Advanced Demodulation

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1 About This Document

RNC BSC6900 and BSC6910

Micro Not supported

LampSite DBS3900 LampSite

• Need to understand the features described herein

This issue includes the following changes.

Change Type Change Description Parameter Change

Editorial change None None

RAN19.0 Draft A (2016-06-23)

This document is created for RAN19.0.

Feature Support by Macro, Micro, and LampSite Base Stations

Feature ID Description Supported by Base Station Supported by Supported by Supported by

WRFD-190103 Voice Coverage Yes Yes Yes No Yes

Function Implementation in Macro, Micro, and LampSite Base Stations

This chapter describes WRFD-190103 Voice Improvement by Advanced Demodulation.

Figure 3-2 Overview of feature implementation

Figure 3-3 Working principle of enhanced channel estimation

DPCCH-based Enhanced Channel Estimation

DPDCH-based Enhanced Channel Estimation

Multi-Source Channel Estimation Combination

Figure 3-5 Channel estimation combination

Mutually Exclusive Features

Feature ID Feature Name Description

When to Use Voice Coverage Improvement by Advanced Demodulation

• It is deployed in densely-populated urban area.

• There is less than 70% uplink CE consumption in busy hours.

Evaluation Before Feature Deployment

Obtain the following performance counters:

VS.NodeB.ULCreditConsumed.Mean(BSC6900,BSC6910) Average NodeB Uplink Credit Consumption

VS.NodeB.CoordinatingRL.ULCreditUsed.Mean(BSC6900,BSC6910) Average NodeB Credit Resources Consumed by Uplink

Feature Activation Check

Gain Evaluation After Feature Activation

• Counters related to voice quality

VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.TotalValue(BSC6900,BSC6910) Total Uplink EVQI of AMR-NB Services

VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Good.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-NB Services Is

VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Accept.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-NB Services Is

VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Poor.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-NB Services Is

VS.EVQI.AMRNB.UL.Bad.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-NB Services Is BAD

VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.TotalValue(BSC6900,BSC6910) Total Uplink EVQI of AMR-WB Services

VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Excellent.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-WB Services Is

VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Good.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-WB Services Is

VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Accept.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-WB Services Is

VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Poor.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-WB Services Is

VS.EVQI.AMRWB.UL.Bad.Num(BSC6900,BSC6910) Number of Times the Uplink EVQI of AMR-WB Services Is

• Counters related to coverage

VS.UL.AMR.ErrTbNum.RSCP.0(BSC6900,BSC6910) to Number of times the RSCP of the erroneous TB for AMR

For details, see 4 Related Features.

• Intra-frequency measurement reporting at an interval of 2s

1. Turn on the intra-frequency MR switch.

5. Enable the EVQI function in the uplink.

6.4.2 Data Preparation and Feature Activation

6.4.2.1 Data Preparation

Parameter Name Parameter ID Setting Notes Data Source Remarks

6.4.2.3 MML Command Examples

6.4.2.4 Using the CME

1. Configure a single object (such as a cell) on the CME.

6.4.3 Activation Observation

Parameter Name Parameter ID Setting Notes Remarks