OEO106330 LTE ERAN3.0 Cell Outage Detection ISSUE 1.00

LTE eRAN3.
0 Cell
Outage Detection
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Objectives
 Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
 Describe the Sleeping Cell Detection feature
 Describe the Cell Outage Detection feature
 Configure Cell Outage Detection feature both in LMT and M2000
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Contents
1. Overview
2. Sleeping Cell Detection Technique
3. Cell Outage Detection Techniques
4. Cell Outage Detection Procedure
5. MML screenshots from LMT
6. Configuring Cell Outage Feature in M2000
7. Set Monitored Base Stations in M2000
8. Querying Outage Cells in M2000
9. Relationship with Other Features

Overview
 A cell may fail to provide services because of issues such
as environmental changes, or eNodeB hardware and
software faults.
 To prevent the long term lack of service network must be

monitored in real time to detect sleeping cells and cell in
outage.
Sleeping Cell Detection
 Sleeping cell is a cell without a traffic for continuous
period of time due to the environmental changes.
 eNodeB can detect sleeping cell by monitoring traffic-

related counters in real time and report sleeping cell
alarms.
 Sleeping cell detection feature simplifies network

maintenance and increase cell availability time.
Sleeping Cell Detection Technique
Start
Start the no-traffic detection timer
Measure the number of UEs in the cell

No No
Has the timer
expired?
Is the number of
UEs zero?
Report an alarm
Cell Outage Detection Techniques
 A cell outage is a situation where hardware or software faults
in an eNodeB prevent UEs from establishing or managing some
radio bearers in a cell under the eNodeB. If cells in outage are
not detected and adjusted in time, network performance and
service quality deteriorate notably (service drop rate becomes
high, UEs cannot access the network, and system capacity
decreases).
Cell Outage Detection Techniques (Cont.)
 The cell outage detection feature automatically searches for
cells in outage by monitoring the status of eNodeB hardware
and software and the key performance indicators (KPIs) of cells
in real time.
 After detecting cells in outage, this feature adjusts the services

originally provided by these cells, and a list of cells in outage is
displayed on the M2000. In addition, this feature can reactivate
cells in outage when required.
Cell Outage Detection Procedure
 A cell can be recognized as a cell in outage by three different
detection mechanisms: alarm, sleeping cell detection and
abnormal KPI.
 After that, the cell is isolated from the network by activating

barring indicator and restricting handovers from neighboring
cells.
 Consequently the cell is reactivated.
Cell Outage Detection based on an Alarm
 eNodeB monitors the status of its hardware and software
components. After detecting faults, such as a baseband board
fault, a radio frequency channel fault, or a link fault, it reports
an ALM-29240 Cell Unavailable Alarm to M2000.
 If this alarm is not cleared within 30 minutes, the eNodeB

considers cell to be in outage.
Cell Outage Detection based on a
Sleeping cell
 If eNodeB for two consecutive traffic measurement period,
specified by NoAccessDetectTimer determines
 the number of RRC connection setup requests is 0,
 the number of UEs in connected mode is 0,
the eNodeB reports the result to the M2000, and the M2000
determines that this cell is a potential sleeping cell
Cell Outage Detection based on an
Abnormal KPI
 The eNodeB detects outage cells by monitoring the three types
of KPI for two consecutive traffic measurement periods:
 RRC connection setup success rate
 E-RAB setup success rate
 Abnormal service drop rate
 The M2000 considers a cell to be in outage until the KPIs

become normal.
 Users can set the thresholds for the three KPIs on the M2000
client. Any KPI, not meeting the requirements, can trigger cell
outage classification.
Adjusting Services of Cells in Outage
 The cell outage detection feature automatically adjusts the
services of the cell to prevent further performance deterioration
by performing the following operations:
 Isolating the cell in outage to prevent UEs from accessing or being
handed over to the cell
 Transferring the UEs from the cell in outage to its neighboring cells
to prevent service drops or interruption
Adjusting Services of Cells in Outage
(Cont.)
 Isolating a cell in outage involves the following operations:
Parameter Pre-Change Post-Change
Operation Parameter ID
Name Value Value
Preventing UEs from CellBarred Cell barring CELL_NOT_BA CELL_BARRED
accessing the cell in state RRED
outage
Eliminating UE mobility NoHoFlag No PERMIT_HO_E FORBID_HO_EN

from the cell in outage to handover NUM UM
its neighboring cells indicator
Retaining the NoRmvFlag No remove PERMIT_RMV_ FORBID_RMV_E

neighboring relationships indicator ENUM NUM
between the cell in
outage and its
neighboring cells
MML Screenshots from LMT
 MOD CELLNOACCESSALMPARA
Configuring Cell Outage Feature in M2000
 Choose Configuration > CODR Management. Click .
Set Monitored base Stations in M2000
 Choose Configuration > CODR Management. Click .
Querying Outage Cells in M2000
Relationships with Other Features
 Load Control: After detecting a cell in outage, cell outage
detection disables load balancing between the cell and its
neighboring cells.
 ANR: After detecting a cell in outage, the cell outage detection

feature modifies the neighboring relationships so that the ANR
feature does not remove the cell from its neighboring
relationships and to prevent UE handovers to the cell.
Thank you
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 Describe the Cell Outage Detection feature

 Configure Cell Outage Detection feature both in LMT and M2000

2. Sleeping Cell Detection Technique

3. Cell Outage Detection Techniques

4. Cell Outage Detection Procedure

5. MML screenshots from LMT

6. Configuring Cell Outage Feature in M2000

7. Set Monitored Base Stations in M2000

8. Querying Outage Cells in M2000

9. Relationship with Other Features

 To prevent the long term lack of service network must be

 eNodeB can detect sleeping cell by monitoring traffic-

 Sleeping cell detection feature simplifies network

Start the no-traffic detection timer

Measure the number of UEs in the cell

 After detecting cells in outage, this feature adjusts the services

 After that, the cell is isolated from the network by activating

 Consequently the cell is reactivated.

 If this alarm is not cleared within 30 minutes, the eNodeB

 the number of UEs in connected mode is 0,

 The M2000 considers a cell to be in outage until the KPIs

Eliminating UE mobility NoHoFlag No PERMIT_HO_E FORBID_HO_EN

Retaining the NoRmvFlag No remove PERMIT_RMV_ FORBID_RMV_E

 ANR: After detecting a cell in outage, the cell outage detection

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