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LTE Parameters Optimization Proposal for Festival

Events

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20151010 V1.00 Draft Muhammed Adel

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Contents

1. Abstract

2. LTE High-Volume Traffic Parameters Optimization

1. Abstract： With the increase of LTE users . Major activities during the Festival

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Events, a large number of users concentrated in one area at the same time, So on this

Scenario there should be preparations for how to protect the safe operation of the LTE

network; how to protect LTE business users to normal use & insure customer

perceptions during these Events.

This documents introduce key LTE Parameters Optimization during Festival Events;

with the effect of each parameter on LTE radio network performance.

2. LTE High-Volume Traffic Parameters Optimization

1. SRI Adaptive Switch :

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Object Parameter : Activate SRI Adaptive Switch

MML Command : MOD GLOBALPROCSWITCH: SriAdaptiveSwitch=ON

Impact on Radio Network Performance :

 If this parameter is set to ON, the eNodeB adjusts the SRI period based on the SRI algorithm so that the

number of admitted UEs can reach the cell capacity.

 If this parameter is set to OFF, the maximum number of admitted UEs depends on the user-defined SRI

period.

2. PUCCH resource adjustment switch

Object Parameter : Activate PUCCH resource automatic adjustment Switch

MML Command : PucchAlgoSwitch=PucchSwitch-1

Impact on Radio Network Performance :

 If this switch is turned on, PUCCH resource adjustment achieves better utilization of PUCCH resources

and reduces uplink control signaling overhead. When the PUCCH resources decrease, however, CQI

resources may need to be reconfigured for a few UEs. The reconfiguration consumes certain downlink

resources.

 If this switch is turned off, uplink control signaling overhead increases.

3. CQI adjustment switch

Object Parameter : Activate CQI adjustment step vary switch

MML Command : MOD CELLALGOSWITCH:CQIADJALGOSWITCH=StepVarySwitch-1;

Impact on Radio Network Performance :

 If this switch is turned on, the IBLER convergence rate can be adjusted based on site scenarios, increasing

the downlink rate based on scenarios.

 If this switch is turned off, the IBLER convergence rate cannot be adjusted, decreasing the downlink rate

based on scenarios.

4. Activate SRS
Object Parameter : Activate SRS

MML Command : MOD SRSCFG: SrsCfgInd=ON;

Impact on Radio Network Performance :

 If this parameter is set to BOOLEAN_TRUE, SRS is supported, and higher performance gains are obtained

in features depending on SRS measurements, such as beamforming (BF) and uplink frequency selection.

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However, the cell peak rate in the uplink decreases due to SRS overheads.

 If this parameter is set to BOOLEAN_FALSE, no SRS resource is available in the cell, and no UE is

configured with SRS resources, and therefore the optimum cell peak rate in the uplink can be obtained.

However, lower performance gains are obtained in features depending on SRS measurements.

5. Activate SRS Adaptive Period

Object Parameter : Activate SRS adaptive period

MML Command : MOD SRSADAPTIVECFG: SrsPeriodAdaptive=ON;

Impact on Radio Network Performance :

 If this parameter is set to ON, the eNodeB adaptively adjusts the SRS period for UEs that will access the

cells under the eNodeB. The adjustment is based on the load of SRS resources and achieves a tradeoff

between the number of UEs served and network performance.

 If this parameter is set to OFF, the eNodeB uses a fixed SRS period for UEs that will access the cells

under the eNodeB.

6. Set Adaptive RBG Allocation Strategy

Object Parameter : Set Adaptive RBG Allocation Strategy

MML Command : MOD CELLDLSCHALGO: LocalCellId=x, RbgAllocStrategy=ADAPTIVE;

Impact on Radio Network Performance :

 If this parameter is set to ROUND_DOWN, all allocated RBs are fully utilized, spectral efficiency is high,

but cell throughput is relatively low.

 If this parameter is set to ROUND_UP, a few allocated RBs are not utilized, spectral efficiency is low, but

cell throughput is relatively high. Compared with setting this parameter to ROUND_UP,

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 Setting this parameter to ADAPTIVE does not waste RBs when the number of required RBGs is less than

One.

7. Set Adaptive Enhanced CFI

Object Parameter : Set Adaptive Enhanced CFI

MML Command : MOD CELLPDCCHALGO:PdcchSymNumSwitch=ECfiAdaptionON;

Impact on Radio Network Performance :

 If this parameter is set to OFF, the number of OFDM symbols occupied by the PDCCH is fixed and

cannot be dynamically adjusted.

 If this parameter is set to ON, the number of OFDM symbols occupied by the PDCCH is dynamically

adjusted based on the number of required CCEs, and therefore cell downlink throughput increases.

 If this parameter is set to ECFIADAPTIONON, the dynamic adjustment of the number of OFDM symbols

occupied by the PDCCH considers cell downlink throughput, and therefore can reach higher throughput

when downlink frequency selective scheduling is enabled.

8. Activate PDCCH Capacity improvement Switch

Object Parameter : Activate PDCCH Capacity improvement switch

MML Command : MOD CELLPDCCHALGO: LocalCellId=0, PdcchCapacityImproveSwitch=ON;

Impact on Radio Network Performance :

 Setting this parameter to ON offers the following benefits:

(i) PDCCH capacity is expanded, and therefore cell throughput increases;

(ii) the uplink CCE allocation success rate increases, and therefore the access success rate increases and

service drop rate decreases;

(iii) the CCE allocation success rate increases, and therefore cell throughput increases.

9. UL Interference Randomization
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Object Parameter : Set Adaptive Interference Randomization

MML Command : MOD CELLULSCHALGO: LocalCellId=x,

UlRbAllocationStrategy=FS_INRANDOM_ADAPTIVE;

Impact on Radio Network Performance :

 If this parameter is set to FS_INRANDOM_ADAPTIVE, inter-cell interference decreases. Both throughput

of cell edge users (CEUs) and the total cell throughput increase when the cell is lightly loaded, and

throughput of CEUs increases but the total cell throughput may decrease

 When the cell is heavily loaded. Setting this parameter to the default value FS_NONFS_ADAPTIVE has no

impact on network performance

10. Activate DMRS Scheduling for Uplink timing

Object Parameter : Activate the mechanism of optimized demodulation reference signal (DMRS) scheduling for

uplink timing

MML Command : MOD TATIMER: LocalCellId=0, TimingResOptSwitch=ON;

Impact on Radio Network Performance :

 If this parameter is set to OFF, more DMRS resources are consumed for uplink timing when sounding

reference signal (SRS) resources are not configured for UEs in heavily loaded cells where there is a large

number of UEs. As a result, the access success rate and uplink and downlink throughput decrease, and

the service drop rate increases.

 If this parameter is set to ON, DMRS resources used for uplink timing decrease. As a result, the access

success rate and the uplink and downlink throughput do not decrease, and the service drop rate does not

increase in heavily loaded cells where there is a large number of UEs. However, the uplink and downlink

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throughput of UEs that move faster than 120 km/h decreases because of delayed uplink timing.

11. Deactivate UL Pre-allocation

Object Parameter : Deactivate UL Pre-allocation

MML Command : MOD CELLALGOSWITCH: LocalCellId=0, UlSchSwitch=PreAllocationSwitch-0;

Impact on Radio Network Performance :

 if preallocation is enabled, the delay of uplink data transmisstion is shortened, but the uplink interference

and UE power comsumption are increased.

 if preallocation is disabled, the delay of uplink data transmission is increased, but the uplink interference

and UE power consumption are decreased.

12. Activate Special Signaling Re-transmission

Object Parameter : Enable Special Signaling Re-transmission

MML Command : MOD ENODEBALGOSWITCH:

HighLoadNetOptSwitch=SPECSIGRETRANSOPTSWITCH-1;

Impact on Radio Network Performance :

 If this switch is on and the number of UEs in the cell is large, the number of retransmitted inter-RAT

handover commands and the RRC Connection Release messages decreases, and less air interface

resources are consumed.

 If this switch is off, some UEs may not reply to HARQs/ARQs of inter-RAT handover commands, which

causes the eNodeB to retransmit inter-RAT handover commands repeatedly. In addition, some UEs may

not send ACK to the eNodeB in response to the RRC Connection Release messages, which causes the

eNodeB to retransmit the RRC Connection Release messages repeatedly. When one of the preceding

conditions is met, uplink and downlink throughput in the cell may decrease.

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13. Activate Adaptive RLC DRB Parameters

Object Parameter : Activate Adaptive RLC DRB Parameters

MML Command : MOD RLCPDCPPARAGROUP: RlcPdcpParaGroupId=0, RlcMode=RlcMode_AM,

RlcParaAdaptSwitch=ON;

Impact on Radio Network Performance :

 If this parameter is set to ON, the number of retransmissions and the number of times the status report is

sent decrease. This can save air interface resources and reduce the probability that an RRC connection

reestablishes because the number of RLC retransmissions has reaches the maximum value.

 If this parameter is set to OFF and the number of UEs in a cell increases, the number of invalid

retransmissions and the number of times the status report is sent are excessive, increasing the probability

of RRC connection reestablishment because the RLC retransmission has reached the maximum number

of times.

14. Activate PUCCH IRC

Object Parameter : Activate PUCCH IRC

MML Command : MOD CELLALGOSWITCH:LOCALCELLID=x,IRCSWITCH=PucchIrcSwitch-1;

Impact on Radio Network Performance :

 If this parameter is set to OFF, the number of false alarms increases may increase in scenarios of strong

interference on the PRACH.

 If this parameter is set to ON, the number of false alarms in the PRACH decreases, random access

success rate, handover success rate, resynchronization rate, and RRC reestablishment success rate

increase. However, UEs in areas with weak coverage may attempt to access the network, which decreases

the RRC setup success rate.

15. PDCP Packet Loss Timer infinity

Object Parameter : Set PDCP Packet Loss Timer to Infinity

MML Command : MOD RLCPDCPPARAGROUP: RlcPdcpParaGroupId=5,

DiscardTimer=DiscardTimer_Infinity;

Impact on Radio Network Performance :

 A large value of this parameter results in a long delay of services and a failure to meet the QCI

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requirement. A small value of this parameter leads to a severe case of PDCP data discarding and therefore

low throughput.

 Reduce packet loss probability

16. PDCCH & PDSCH Downlink Scheduling Balance

Object Parameter : DL Scheduling

MML Command : MOD CELLDLSCHALGO: LocalCellId=0, DataThdInPdcchPdschBal= 17000,

UeNumThdInPdcchPdschBal=100;

Impact on Radio Network Performance :

 DataThdInPdcchPdschBal :

 Setting this parameter to 0 has no impact on network performance.

 Setting this parameter to a non-zero value increases the physical resource block (PRB) usage in the

PDSCH and downlink throughput in large traffic volume scenarios.

 A smaller value of this parameter results in a higher probability of a bearer being determined as a bearer

with large packets.

 A larger value of this parameter results in a lower probability of a bearer being determined as a bearer with

large packets.

 UeNumThdInPdcchPdschBal :

 If the number of synchronized UEs in the cell is less than this parameter value, the network performance is

not affected.

 If the number of synchronized UEs in the cell is greater than or equal to this parameter value, PDCCH and

PDSCH resources are balanced, increasing PRB usage in the PDSCH and downlink throughput in large

traffic volume scenarios.

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