LTE FDD and NR Spectrum Sharing (SRAN16.1 - 05)

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LTE FDD and NR Spectrum Sharing

Feature Parameter Description
Issue 05
Date 2020-07-27
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Parameter Description Contents
Contents
1 Change History.........................................................................................................................1
1.1 SRAN16.1 05 (2020-07-27)..................................................................................................................................................1
1.2 SRAN16.1 04 (2020-07-03)..................................................................................................................................................2
1.3 SRAN16.1 03 (2020-05-21)..................................................................................................................................................2
1.4 SRAN16.1 02 (2020-04-07)..................................................................................................................................................4
1.5 SRAN16.1 01 (2020-03-30)..................................................................................................................................................4
1.6 SRAN16.1 Draft B (2020-03-09)........................................................................................................................................ 5
1.7 SRAN16.1 Draft A (2020-01-20)........................................................................................................................................ 7
2 About This Document.............................................................................................................8

2.1 General Statements................................................................................................................................................................ 8
2.2 Applicable RAT......................................................................................................................................................................... 8
2.3 Features in This Document.................................................................................................................................................. 8
3 Overview................................................................................................................................. 10
4 LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing...................................................... 12
4.1 Principles.................................................................................................................................................................................. 12
4.1.1 Principles of Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing...................................................................................................... 12
4.1.2 Key Technologies of Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing....................................................................................... 15
4.2 Network Analysis.................................................................................................................................................................. 18
4.2.1 Benefits................................................................................................................................................................................. 18
4.2.2 Impacts.................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
4.3 Requirements......................................................................................................................................................................... 35
4.3.1 Licenses................................................................................................................................................................................. 35
4.3.2 Software................................................................................................................................................................................37
4.3.3 Hardware.............................................................................................................................................................................. 44
4.3.4 Networking.......................................................................................................................................................................... 48
4.3.5 Others.................................................................................................................................................................................... 49
4.4 Operation and Maintenance............................................................................................................................................. 50
4.4.1 Data Configuration........................................................................................................................................................... 50
4.4.1.1 Data Preparation............................................................................................................................................................ 50
4.4.1.2 Using MML commands................................................................................................................................................ 58
4.4.1.3 Using the MAE-Deployment...................................................................................................................................... 59
4.4.2 Activation Verification..................................................................................................................................................... 60
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4.4.3 Network Monitoring......................................................................................................................................................... 61
5 Parameters.............................................................................................................................. 62
6 Counters.................................................................................................................................. 63
7 Glossary................................................................................................................................... 64
8 Reference Documents...........................................................................................................65
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Parameter Description 1 Change History
1 Change History
This chapter describes changes not included in the "Parameters", "Counters",

"Glossary", and "Reference Documents" chapters. These changes include:
● Technical changes
Changes in functions and their corresponding parameters
● Editorial changes
Improvements or revisions to the documentation
1.1 SRAN16.1 05 (2020-07-27)

This issue includes the following changes.
Technical Changes
Change Description Parameter Base Station
Change Model
Changed the name of the Changed the 3900 and 5900

LteNrSpctShrCellGrp.LteNrSpctShrLt name from LTE series base
ePriResRatio parameter. For details, Prior Res Ratio in stations
see 4.1.1 Principles of Flash Dynamic LTE and NR
Spectrum Sharing, 4.4.1.1 Data Spectrum Shr to
Preparation, and 4.4.1.2 Using MML MBB LTE Pri Res
commands. Ratio in LTE and
NR Spct Shr.
Added function support by the None 3900 and 5900

UBBPg3b. For details, see 4.3.3 series base
Hardware. stations
Editorial Changes
● Added a schematic diagram showing the positions of uplink physical channel
resource coordinated scheduling. For details, see 4.1.1 Principles of Flash
Dynamic Spectrum Sharing.
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● Deleted the description of the mutually exclusive relationship between this

function and DL CoMP with TM9 and added the description of the impact
relationship between these two functions. For details, see 4.2.2 Impacts and
4.3.2 Software.
● Revised the description of requirements on LTE base station models. For
details, see 4.3.3 Hardware.
1.2 SRAN16.1 04 (2020-07-03)

Technical Changes
None
Editorial Changes
● Revised the description of the percentage of resources to be preferentially
allocated to LTE. For details, see 4.1.1 Principles of Flash Dynamic Spectrum
Sharing.
● Revised the description of the SSB dual-beam function. For details, see 4.1.2
Key Technologies of Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing.
● Revised the description of the impact of this function on downlink power
control. For details, see 4.2.2 Impacts.
● Added the description of the mutually exclusive relationship between this
function and 3D coverage pattern. For details, see 4.3.2 Software.
● Added the description of the requirements on frequency bands supported by
RF modules. For details, see 4.3.3 Hardware.
● Added the description of cell co-coverage requirements and the requirements
on the PSD corresponding to the maximum transmit power of cells. For
details, see 4.3.3 Hardware.
● Revised the description of the setting notes for the SIB1 period, Format3 RB
number, and Format4 RB number parameters. For details, see 4.4.1.1 Data
Preparation.
● Revised the description of the MML commands for configuring the frequency-
domain position of the LTE PUCCH and the number of RBs for the NR PUCCH
For details, see 4.4.1.2 Using MML commands.
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Technical Changes
Change Model
Added the impact relationship None 3900 and 5900

between this function and Cell Switch- series base
off Based on Automatic Co-coverage stations
Identification. For details, see 4.2.2
Impacts.
Added the impact relationship None 3900 and 5900

between this function and multi- series base
carrier coordinated energy saving. For stations
details, see 4.2.2 Impacts.
Editorial Changes
● Added the description of the frequency band frame offset. For details, see
4.1.1 Principles of Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing and 4.4.1.1 Data
Preparation.
● Revised the descriptions of the percentage of resources preferentially
allocated, spectrum power sharing mode, and coordinated scheduling of
downlink physical channel resources. For details, see 4.1.1 Principles of Flash
● Revised the description of the configuration of the number of common
control resource RBs. For details, see 4.1.1 Principles of Flash Dynamic
Spectrum Sharing, 4.4.1.1 Data Preparation, and 4.4.1.2 Using MML
commands.
● Revised the description of gain ranges. For details, see 4.2.1 Benefits.
● Added the description of network impact when MBSFN subframes are
configured on TM9-dedicated carriers. For details, see 4.2.2 Impacts.
● Revised the description of the impacted function uplink frequency selective
scheduling. For details, see 4.2.2 Impacts.
● Added the description of the mutually exclusive relationship with basic
functions of downlink scheduling. For details, see 4.3.2 Software.
● Modified the cell specifications of the UBBPe6 and added the description that
the uplink and downlink bandwidths of LTE and NR cells must be the same.
For details, see 4.3.3 Hardware.
● Add the description of the method used to determine whether NR UEs
support CRS rate matching. For details, see 4.3.5 Others.
● Add the description of the number of cells in a spectrum sharing cell group
and spectrum sharing cell group specifications, and the description of
configuration suggestions for the four frame allocation parameter. For details,
see 4.4.1.1 Data Preparation.
● Revised the description of the MML configuration of the number of RBs for
the NR PUCCH. For details, see 4.4.1.2 Using MML commands.

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1.4 SRAN16.1 02 (2020-04-07)

Technical Changes
Change Model
Deleted the function support by the None 3900 and 5900

UBBPg3a. For details, see 4.3.3 series base
Hardware. stations
Added support for configuration of Added the 3900 and 5900

guaranteed RB resources for the NR NRDUCellPdcch. series base
PDCCH. For details, see 4.1.2 Key GuaranteedRbNu stations
Technologies of Flash Dynamic m parameter.
Spectrum Sharing, 4.4.1.1 Data
Preparation, and 4.4.1.2 Using MML
commands.
Editorial Changes
● Revised the description of RB resources occupied by the NR PUCCH. For
details, see 4.1.2 Key Technologies of Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing.
● Revised the description of coordinated scheduling of LTE and NR downlink
physical channel resources. For details, see 4.1.2 Key Technologies of Flash
● Added the description of the impact relationship between this function and
RAN sharing on the LTE side and multi-operator sharing on the NR side. For
details, see 4.2.2 Impacts.
● Revised the description of the mutually exclusive relationship between this
function and the Flexible PUCCH Configuration function. For details, see 4.3.2
Software.
● Added the description that cells enabled with this function must be bound to
baseband processing units supporting this function on the LTE side. For
details, see 4.4.1.1 Data Preparation.
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Technical Changes
Change Model
Modified the counters for measuring None 3900 and 5900

the numbers of uplink and downlink series base
available RBs. For details, see 4.1.1 stations
Principles of Flash Dynamic
Spectrum Sharing.
Editorial Changes
● Added the description of the impact on the user-plane CPU usage of boards
and on ping delay, and revised the description of the function switch
controlling the impacted function downlink massive CA. For details, see 4.2.2
Impacts.
● Revised the description of licenses. For details, see 4.3.1 Licenses.
● Revised the description of the cell specifications of LTE baseband processing
units. For details, see 4.3.3 Hardware.
● Revised the description of the setting notes for the number of common
control resource RBs. For details, see 4.4.1.1 Data Preparation.
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Technical Changes
Change Model
Removed the mutually exclusive None 3900 and 5900

relationship with the following series base
functions: high speed mobility, ultra stations
high speed mobility, uplink delay-
based scheduling strategy, high-
mobility-triggered idle mode, dynamic
voltage adjustment, eNodeB-based
interference randomization, uplink
interference randomization, and LTE
FDD and NR Uplink Spectrum Sharing.
Added the impact relationship with the
following functions: high speed
mobility, ultra high speed mobility,
dynamic voltage adjustment, eNodeB-
based interference randomization, and
uplink interference randomization. For
details, see 4.2.2 Impacts and 4.3.2
Software.
Added the mutually exclusive None 3900 and 5900

relationship with UE-specific PDCCH series base
symbol number adaptation. For stations
details, see 4.3.2 Software.
Editorial Changes
● Revised the description of the NR SSB sending position. For details, see 4.1.2
Key Technologies of Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing.
● Added the description of the parameter specifying the number of RBs for
common control resources. For details, see 4.1.2 Key Technologies of Flash
Dynamic Spectrum Sharing, 4.4.1.1 Data Preparation, and 4.4.1.2 Using
MML commands.
● Added the description of gain conditions concerning the SIB1 period. For
details, see 4.2.1 Benefits, 4.4.1.1 Data Preparation, and 4.4.1.2 Using MML
commands.
● Revised the description of the impact on LTE quality-related counters that are
measured over the full band. For details, see 4.2.2 Impacts.
● Added the description of the impact relationship with LTE guard band
deployment, and uplink RB reservation. For details, see 4.2.2 Impacts.
● Added the description of the mutually exclusive relationship with paging
message interference randomization and uplink PUSCH RB reservation for
MCPTT voice services. For details, see 4.3.2 Software.
● Revised the description of the working modes of the UBBPe5 and UBBPe6
boards and their LTE cell specifications. For details, see 4.3.3 Hardware.

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● Revised the description of requirements on NR UEs. For details, see 4.3.5

Others.
● Revised the description of the configuration suggestions for the parameter
specifying the percentage of resources that can be preferentially allocated to
LTE. For details, see 4.4.1.1 Data Preparation.
● Revised the description of MML command examples. For details, see 4.4.1.2
Using MML commands.
1.7 SRAN16.1 Draft A (2020-01-20)

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Parameter Description 2 About This Document
2 About This Document
2.1 General Statements

Purpose
Feature Parameter Description documents are intended to acquaint readers with:
● The technical principles of features and their related parameters
● The scenarios where these features are used, the benefits they provide, and
the impact they have on networks and functions
● Requirements of the operating environment that must be met before feature
activation
● Parameter configuration required for feature activation, verification of feature
activation, and monitoring of feature performance
NOTE
This document only provides guidance for feature activation. Feature deployment and
feature gains depend on the specifics of the network scenario where the feature is
deployed. To achieve the desired gains, contact Huawei professional service engineers.
Software Interfaces
Any parameters, alarms, counters, or managed objects (MOs) described in Feature
Parameter Description documents apply only to the corresponding software
release. For future software releases, refer to the corresponding updated product
documentation.
2.2 Applicable RAT

This document applies to LTE FDD and NR.
2.3 Features in This Document

This document describes the following features.

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Parameter Description 2 About This Document
Feature ID Feature Name Chapter/Section
MRFD-160222 LTE FDD and NR Flash 4 LTE FDD and NR Flash

Dynamic Spectrum Dynamic Spectrum
Sharing (LTE FDD) Sharing
MRFD-160262 LTE FDD and NR Flash

Dynamic Spectrum
Sharing (NR)

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Parameter Description 3 Overview
3 Overview
Some operators do not possess dedicated NR spectrum resources in the early

stage of 5G deployment. Other operators have dedicated NR spectrum resources,
but face the issue of low spectrum usage due to a low penetration rate of 5G
terminals in the early stage. LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
allows for the sharing of uplink and downlink spectrum resources between LTE
FDD and NR. For operators that do not possess dedicated NR spectrum resources,
this feature can be used to enable LTE to share existing LTE spectrum with NR,
allowing fast 5G deployment. For operators having dedicated NR spectrum
resources, this feature enables NR to share spectrum with LTE, improving the
spectrum usage. For ease of description, LTE will hereafter be used to refer to LTE
FDD.
This feature supports both NSA and SA networking. Unless otherwise specified, the
descriptions apply to both networking scenarios.
This feature is a trial feature in SA networking. The disclaimer for trial features is
as follows:
● Trial features are features that are not yet ready for full commercial release
for certain reasons. For example, the industry chain (terminals/CN) may not
be sufficiently compatible. However, these features can still be used for
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trial features shall contact Huawei and enter into a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with Huawei prior to an official application of such trial
features. Trial features are not for sale in the current version but customers
may try them for free.
● Customers acknowledge and undertake that trial features may have a certain
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free, Huawei is not liable for any trial feature malfunctions or any losses
incurred by using the trial features. Huawei does not promise that problems
with trial features will be resolved in the current version. Huawei reserves the
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If trial features are converted into commercial features in a later version,
customers shall pay a licensing fee to obtain the relevant licenses prior to
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license, the trial feature(s) will be invalidated automatically when the product
is upgraded.

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Parameter Description 4 LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
4 LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic

Spectrum Sharing
4.1 Principles
This function enables LTE and NR to dynamically share time-frequency resources
on a spectrum segment based on the traffic volumes of LTE and NR networks. The
details can be found in 4.1.1 Principles of Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing.
During spectrum sharing, uplink and downlink physical channel resources are
coordinated and scheduled to prevent interference between LTE and NR. The
details are described in 4.1.2 Key Technologies of Flash Dynamic Spectrum
Sharing.
4.1.1 Principles of Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing

The LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing function is enabled by
turning on function switches and configuring spectrum sharing cell groups. In
addition, the LTE and NR cells added to spectrum sharing cell groups must have
completely aligned radio frames and subframes.
● Turning on function switches
– Set the LTE parameter SpectrumCloud.SpectrumCloudSwitch to
LTE_NR_SPECTRUM_SHR.
– Select the LTE_NR_FDD_SPCT_SHR_SW option of the NR parameter
NRDuCellAlgoSwitch.SpectrumCloudSwitch.
● Configuring spectrum sharing cell groups
– Add planned LTE cells to an LTE spectrum sharing cell group by setting
LTE parameters SpectrumCloud.LteNrSpectrumShrCellGrpId and
LteNrSpctShrCellGrp.LteNrSpectrumShrCellGrpId.
– Configure an association between the LTE spectrum sharing cell group
and an NR spectrum sharing cell group using NR parameters
gNBDULteNrSpctShrCg.NrSpctShrCellGrpId and
gNBDULteNrSpctShrCg.LteSpctShrCellGrpId.
– Add planned NR cells to the NR spectrum sharing cell group by setting
NR parameters NRDUCellSpctCloud.NrDUCellId and
NRDUCellSpctCloud.NrSpctShrCellGrpId.

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● Configuring the frame offset and TA offset (to ensure the complete alignment
of radio frames and subframes)
– Set the LTE parameter CellFrameOffset.FrameOffset or
ENodeBFrameOffset.FddFrameOffset, which specifies the frame offset
on the LTE side. If both parameters are configured, the value of the
CellFrameOffset.FrameOffset parameter prevails. Set the NR parameter
gNodeBParam.FrameOffset or gNBFreqBandConfig.FrameOffset,
which specifies the frame offset on the NR side. If both parameters are
configured, the value of the gNBFreqBandConfig.FrameOffset
parameter prevails.
– Set the NR parameter NRDUCell.TaOffset, which specifies the TA offset.
After this function is enabled, LTE cells and NR cells in the associated spectrum
sharing cell groups can share spectrum resources on a spectrum segment. Figure
4-1 shows flash dynamic spectrum sharing between LTE and NR.
● Time domain: Flash spectrum sharing is supported on a 1 ms basis. That is,

spectrum resources can be coordinated and scheduled every 1 ms.
● Frequency domain: Dynamic spectrum sharing is performed per RB. Spectrum
resources are dynamically allocated to LTE and NR based on the traffic
volumes of LTE and NR networks.
Figure 4-1 Flash dynamic spectrum sharing between LTE and NR
To ensure proper resource allocation, the percentages of resources preferentially

allocated to LTE and NR can be set based on their traffic volume requirements.
The amount of resources allocated to LTE or NR MBB services based on the
corresponding percentage is equal to the sum of uplink and downlink spectrum
resources for that RAT. The amount of resources allocated to LTE or NR refer to
the corresponding PUSCH and PDSCH resources. The percentage for LTE is
specified by the LteNrSpctShrCellGrp.LteNrSpctShrLtePriResRatio parameter,
and the percentage for NR is equal to 100% minus the value of this parameter.
Spectrum resources are allocated based on these percentages as follows:
● When the ratios of actual traffic volume requirements of LTE and NR to the
total spectrum resources are both less than or both exceed the percentages of

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resources preferentially allocated, the spectrum resources are allocated based

on the percentages of resources preferentially allocated to each RAT.
● When the actual traffic volume requirement of one RAT (RAT 1) exceeds the
percentage of resources preferentially allocated to that RAT and the actual
traffic volume requirement of the other RAT (RAT 2) does not, the unused
resources for RAT 2 can be occupied by RAT 1. For example, if the percentage
of resources preferentially allocated to LTE is 60% but LTE actually requires
70%, and if the percentage of resources preferentially allocated to NR is 40%
but NR actually only requires 35%, the unused 5% resources for NR can be
used by LTE. That is, LTE can use 65% of the shared spectrum resources.
The preceding allocation principles determine the total spectrum resources for LTE
and NR cells. The spectrum resources occupied by the uplink and downlink of the
LTE and NR cells can be obtained by observing the counters listed in Table 4-1.
Table 4-1 Counters for measuring the numbers of uplink and downlink available
RBs in LTE and NR cells
Counter ID Counter Name
1526759050 L.ChMeas.PRB.UL.Actual.Avail
1526759051 L.ChMeas.PRB.DL.Actual.Avail
1911827161 N.PRB.UL.Actual.Avail.Avg
1911827160 N.PRB.DL.Actual.Avail.Avg
In addition to LTE and NR flash dynamic spectrum sharing, this function supports
spectrum sharing modes specified by the LTE parameter
SpectrumCloud.SpctShrMode. If this parameter is set to
LTE_NR_PWR_DYN_SHR_WITH_SPCT, LTE and NR also share spectrum power
when they share spectrum, and the percentage of power allocated to a RAT is
equal to the percentage of spectrum allocated to that RAT. If this parameter is set
to LTE_NR_PWR_INDEPENDENT, LTE and NR use separate spectrum power when
they share spectrum. The following elaborates spectrum power sharing using a 2 x
40 W RF module as an example. If spectrum power is shared, both LTE and NR can
be configured with a transmit power within the range of 2 x 20 W to 2 x 40 W. In
this case, LTE and NR minimally share the total power of 2 x 20 W. If spectrum
power is not shared, LTE and NR can individually be configured with the transmit
power of 2 x 20 W. That is, LTE and NR each use the 2 x 20 W power. Assume that
the power specifications are always the same, regardless of the power
configuration mode in use. The independent power configuration mode results a
better capacity performance but a higher power consumption. The spectrum
power sharing mode reduces the power consumption but also leads to a capacity
performance loss. Therefore, when the power is sufficient, the independent power
configuration mode is preferred. When the power is insufficient, the spectrum
power sharing mode can be used.
When LTE and NR share the same CPRI optical fibers and the CPRI bandwidth is
insufficient, LTE and NR can be configured to share the same carrier and CPRI data
resources through the LTE parameter
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co-CPRI data switch and CPRI compression function are both enabled, the CPRI
compression ratios must be the same between LTE and NR cells. For details about
the configuration requirements, see 4.3.5 Others.
4.1.2 Key Technologies of Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing

Inter-RAT interference is generated during LTE and NR spectrum sharing. The
interference can be avoided by properly coordinated scheduling of uplink and
downlink physical channel resources, so as to improve the spectrum usage.
Uplink Physical Channels

Figure 4-2 shows the positions of uplink physical channels after this function is
enabled.
Figure 4-2 Positions of uplink physical channels
The uplink physical channel resources are coordinated and scheduled as follows:
● LTE and NR sounding reference signals (SRSs): Spectrum resources are
dynamically allocated in the time domain based on the traffic volume
requirements of LTE and NR networks to improve resource usage.
● NR physical uplink control channel (PUCCH): The NR PUCCH occupies
symmetrical RBs at the two ends of the bandwidth. The number of RBs
occupied by the NR PUCCH is configured using the NR parameters
NRDUCellPucch.Format1RbNum, NRDUCellPucch.CsiDedicatedRbNum,
NRDUCellPucch.Format3RbNum, NRDUCellPucch.Format4RbNum, and
NRDUCellPucch.Format4CsiDedicatedRbNum. In NSA networking, the NR
PUCCH does not include the common PUCCH. In SA networking, the NR
PUCCH always includes the common PUCCH, which occupies two RBs. For
details about the common PUCCH, see Channel Management in 5G RAN
Feature Documentation.
● LTE PUCCH: The position of the LTE PUCCH depends on the RBs fixedly
reserved by the gNodeB for the NR PUCCH. The gNodeB reserves four RBs for
the NR PUCCH in 10 MHz or 15 MHz bandwidth scenarios, and reserves six
RBs for the NR PUCCH in 20 MHz bandwidth scenarios. If the number of RBs

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configured for the NR PUCCH does not exceed the number of RBs reserved for
it, the LTE PUCCH is symmetrically configured adjacent to the NR PUCCH at
the two ends of the bandwidth. If the number of RBs configured for the NR
PUCCH exceeds the number of RBs reserved for it, the start position of the
LTE PUCCH at the lower end and the end position of the LTE PUCCH at the
upper end are configured through the LTE parameters
CellRbReserve.RbRsvMode, CellRbReserve.RbRsvType,
CellRbReserve.RbRsvStartIndex, and CellRbReserve.RbRsvEndIndex. The
specific position varies depending on the number of RBs configured for the
NR PUCCH. It is recommended that the LTE PUCCH be symmetrically
configured adjacent to the NR PUCCH at the two ends of the bandwidth, so
that the NR PUCCH and LTE PUCCH occupy consecutive RBs. The number of
RBs occupied by the LTE PUCCH is specified by parameter configurations or is
dynamically adjusted. For details, see the descriptions of the PUCCH in
Physical Channel Resource Management in eRAN Feature Documentation. In
this function, the LTE PUCCH can occupy a maximum of 16 RBs. If the number
of RBs occupied by the LTE PUCCH exceeds this value, SRSs may be interfered
and network performance may be affected.
● LTE physical random access channel (PRACH): The LTE PRACH is configured
adjacent to the LTE PUCCH at the lower end. The LTE PRACH always occupies
six RBs.
● NR PRACH: The NR PRACH is configured adjacent to the LTE PUCCH at the
upper end. The frequency-domain start position of the NR PRACH is
determined based on the configuration of the LTE PUCCH. The NR PRACH
always occupies six RBs.
● LTE and NR physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs): The total available
PUSCH resources for LTE and NR equal the total spectrum resources minus
the resources occupied by the LTE and NR PUCCH and PRACH. The total
available PUSCH resources for LTE and NR are dynamically shared between
LTE and NR based on traffic requirements.
Downlink Physical Channels

The downlink physical channel resources are coordinated and scheduled as
follows:
● The NR Synchronization Signal and PBCH block (SSB) is transmitted in fixed

positions in Case A.
– If a single SSB beam is used for cell coverage, the NR SSB is transmitted
in the position indicated by index 3.
– If two SSB beams are used for cell coverage, the NR SSB is transmitted in
positions indicated by index 2 and index 3. The use of two SSB beams for
cell coverage is called the SSB dual-beam function, and is elaborated in
Beam Management in 5G RAN Feature Documentation.
The LTE SS/PBCH and NR SSB are transmitted in different occasions. For
details, see section 4.1 "Cell Search" in 3GPP TS 38.213 V15.5.0.
● The information transmitted on the NR PDSCH except for SIB1 avoids a
conflict with the LTE cell-specific reference signal (CRS) by CRS rate matching.
For details about CRS rate matching, see section 5.1.4.2 "PDSCH resource
mapping with RE level granularity" in 3GPP TS 38.214 V15.5.0. LTE FDD and
NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing requires that NR UEs support CRS rate

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matching. UEs that do not support CRS rate matching are prohibited from
accessing the NR spectrum sharing cell.
● The LTE CSI-RS/CRS/DMRS/SS/PBCH and NR CSI-RS/TRS/SSB/PDCCH avoid
conflicts with each other through static coordinated scheduling.
● The LTE CRS avoids a conflict with the NR SSB and SIB1 on the PDSCH
through parameter configurations. That is, MBSFN subframes must be
configured for LTE cells in positions aligned with the NR SSB subframes and
subframes occupied by SIB1 on the NR PDSCH. This ensures that the LTE
MBSFN subframes overlap with the NR SSB subframes and subframes
occupied by SIB1 on the NR PDSCH in the time domain. As the CRS is sent
only in PDCCH symbols in an LTE MBSFN subframe, conflicts between the LTE
CRS and NR SSB and SIB1 on the NR PDSCH are avoided. MBSFN subframes
are configured using the following LTE parameters:
– CellMbsfnSfEnhConfig.SubframeAllocationMode: Indicates the MBSFN
subframe allocation mode.
– CellMbsfnSfEnhConfig.RadioFrameAllocPrd: Indicates the MBSFN
subframe allocation period.
– CellMbsfnSfEnhConfig.RadioFrameAllocOfs: Indicates the MBSFN
subframe allocation offset.
– CellMbsfnSfEnhConfig.OneFrameAllocation and
CellMbsfnSfEnhConfig.FourFrameAllocation: Indicate the positions of
MBSFN subframes.
The MBSFN subframe configuration is affected by the SSB period and
activation of the SSB dual-beam function. For details, see the configuration
suggestions in 4.4.1.1 Data Preparation.
● The LTE CRS uses static coordinated scheduling to avoid conflicts with the RRC
messages on the NR PDSCH.
● The NR PDCCH and LTE PDCCH/PCFICH/PHICH avoid conflicts with each
other. The LTE PDCCH occupies one symbol (in the case of 2T2R or 2T4R) or
two symbols (in the case of 4T4R), and the number of symbols occupied by
the NR PDCCH can be set to 1 or 2 by using NR parameters
NRDUCellPdcch.SpctShrStartSymbol and
NRDUCellPdcch.OccupiedSymbolNum. For details about the configuration
suggestions, see 4.4.1.1 Data Preparation.
● The LTE and NR PDSCHs avoid conflicts with each other through dynamic
coordinated scheduling. In addition, the LTE PDSCH actively avoids conflicts
with the NR SSB/CSI-RS/TRS/DMRS/PDCCH through dynamic scheduling, and
the NR PDSCH actively avoids conflicts with the LTE CRS/CSI-RS/SS/PBCH/
PHICH/PCFICH/PDCCH through dynamic scheduling.
The preceding avoidance mechanisms are implemented by configuring the
SSB frequency-domain position, which involves the following NR parameters:
– NRDUCell.SsbDescMethod: Indicates the description method of the SSB
frequency-domain position. In NSA networking, it is recommended that
this parameter be set to SSB_DESC_TYPE_NARFCN, which indicates
absolute frequencies. This is because the step of absolute frequencies is
shorter, which improves the spectrum usage. In SA networking, this
parameter must be set to SSB_DESC_TYPE_GSCN, which indicates the
Global Synchronization Channel Number (GSCN). This is because UEs
need to determine the NR SSB frequency-domain position based on the

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GSCN. After the NR SSB frequency-domain position is determined, UEs

can access the cell.
– NRDUCell.SsbFreqPos: The frequency-domain position type indicated by
this parameter is determined based on the value of the
NRDUCell.SsbDescMethod parameter. The frequency-domain position
type must be confirmed by Huawei engineers.
Before configuring the preceding two parameters, if the
NRDUCellPdcch.OccupiedSymbolNum parameter is set to 2SYM, you need
to set the NR parameter NRDUCellCoreset.CommonCtrlResRbNum to RB24
or RB48. This ensures that the number of RBs for common control resources
in the cell meets the requirements of LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic
Spectrum Sharing. If the NRDUCellPdcch.OccupiedSymbolNum parameter is
set to 1SYM, this parameter does not need to be configured.
● The NR PDCCH and PDSCH can share spectrum resources in frequency
division multiplexing (FDM) mode, which is controlled by the
PDCCH_RATEMATCH_SW option of the NR parameter
NRDUCellPdsch.RateMatchSwitch.
– The number of guaranteed RBs for the NR PDCCH can be configured
through the NR parameter NRDUCellPdcch.GuaranteedRbNum. The NR
PDCCH resource requirements are preferentially met. When the number
of PDCCH RBs required by an NR cell is greater than the value of this
parameter, PDCCH RBs are allocated based on the service requirement.
When the number of PDCCH RBs required by an NR cell is smaller than
the value of this parameter, PDCCH RBs are allocated based on the value
of this parameter.
– The downlink additional DMRS position can be configured for the NR
PDSCH by setting the NR parameter
NRDUCellPdsch.DlAdditionalDmrsPos to POS1, to improve user
experience in high-speed mobility scenarios. In non-high-speed mobility
scenarios, this parameter needs to be set to NOT_CONFIG.
● The NR PDSCH and SSB can share spectrum resources in time division
multiplexing (TDM) mode, which is controlled by the SSB_RATEMATCH_SW
option of the NR parameter NRDUCellPdsch.RateMatchSwitch.
4.2 Network Analysis
4.2.1 Benefits
This function increases cell downlink throughput as follows:
● In the case of LTE-to-NR spectrum sharing, the average downlink throughput
of NR cells is increased. Average downlink throughput of an NR cell is equal
to N.ThpVol.DL.Cell/N.ThpTime.DL.Cell.
● In the case of NR-to-LTE spectrum sharing, the average downlink throughput
of LTE cells is increased. Average downlink throughput of an LTE cell is equal
to L.Thrp.bits.DL/L.Thrp.Time.Cell.DL.HighPrecision.
Table 4-2 and Table 4-3 list the gains provided by this function in different
networking compared with when a typical static refarming solution is enabled.

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Table 4-2 Average cell downlink throughput gain in NSA networking
Cell TX Total LTE NR LTE Cell NR Cell

Mode Bandwid Bandwid Bandwid Downlink Downlink
th tha tha Throughput Throughput
Gainb Gainb
2T 10 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 174%–195% 166%–174%
15 MHz 10 MHz 5 MHz 128%–143% 259%–302%
20 MHz 10 MHz 10 MHz 172%–192% 161%–189%
4T 10 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 174%–195% 155%–167%
15 MHz 10 MHz 5 MHz 128%–143% 241%–257%
20 MHz 10 MHz 10 MHz 172%–192% 150%–163%
a: LTE bandwidth and NR bandwidth in a static refarming solution when this

function is not enabled
b: LTE cell gain and NR cell gain provided by this function compared with when
a static refarming solution is enabled. If LTE and NR share spectrum power
while sharing spectrum, the NR cell gain decreases by 5% to 8%, and the LTE
cell gain is not affected. If LTE and NR use separate spectrum power when they
share spectrum, the LTE and NR cell gains are not affected.
Table 4-3 Average cell downlink throughput gain in SA networking
Cell TX Total LTE NR LTE Cell NR Cell

Mode Bandwid Bandwid Bandwid Downlink Downlink
th tha tha Throughput Throughput
Gainb Gainb
2T 10 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 144%–152% 150%–160%
15 MHz 10 MHz 5 MHz 108%–114% 225%–240%
20 MHz 10 MHz 10 MHz 144%–152% 150%–160%
4T 10 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 144%–152% 130%–140%
15 MHz 10 MHz 5 MHz 108%–114% 195%–210%
20 MHz 10 MHz 10 MHz 144%–152% 130%–140%
a: LTE bandwidth and NR bandwidth in a static refarming solution when this

function is not enabled
b: LTE cell gain and NR cell gain provided by this function compared with when
a static refarming solution is enabled. If LTE and NR share spectrum power
while sharing spectrum, the NR cell gain decreases by 5% to 8%, and the LTE
cell gain is not affected. If LTE and NR use separate spectrum power when they
share spectrum, the LTE and NR cell gains are not affected.

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The different gain levels can be achieved only when certain conditions are met.
● The LTE cell gain can be achieved only when both the following conditions are
met:
– The LTE cell is fully loaded and no online UEs exist in the NR cell.
– The SSB period for the NR cell (specified by the NR parameter
NRDUCell.SsbPeriod) is set to MS20(20) or a larger value.
– The NR cell SIB1 period (specified by the NR parameter
NRDUCell.Sib1Period) is set to MS40(40).
– The NR cell does not use two SSB beams.
– The LTE cell works in TM4 mode.
● The NR cell gain can be achieved only when both the following conditions are
met:
– The NR cell is fully loaded and no online UEs exist in the LTE cell.
– The SSB period for the NR cell is set to MS20(20) or a larger value.
– The NR cell SIB1 period is set to MS40(40).
– The NR cell does not use two SSB beams.
If one of the preceding conditions is not met, the gain will be lower than those
listed in the tables above, but will not be negative.
4.2.2 Impacts
Network Impacts
● LTE-to-NR spectrum sharing has the following impacts on LTE networks:
– LTE is interfered by the NR synchronization signals, PBCH, reference
channels, and system information. The interference leads to inaccurate
measurement results of LTE quality-related counters that are measured
over the full band. The counters include the signal to interference plus
noise ratio (SINR), reference signal received quality (RSRQ), full-band
channel quality indicator (CQI), precoding matrix indication (PMI), and
rank indication (RI). Consequently:
▪ The average cell uplink and downlink initial block error rate (IBLER)
and residual block error rate (RBLER) increase.
Average cell uplink IBLER = (L.Traffic.UL.SCH.QPSK.ErrTB.Ibler +
L.Traffic.UL.SCH.16QAM.ErrTB.Ibler + L.Traffic.UL.SCH.
64QAM.ErrTB.Ibler + L.Traffic.UL.SCH.256QAM.ErrTB.Ibler)/
(L.Traffic.UL.SCH.QPSK.TB + L.Traffic.UL.SCH.16QAM.TB +
L.Traffic.UL.SCH.64QAM.TB + L.Traffic.UL.SCH.256QAM.TB). Table
4-4 lists the related counters.
Average cell downlink IBLER = (L.Traffic.DL.SCH.QPSK.ErrTB.Ibler +
L.Traffic.DL.SCH.16QAM.ErrTB.Ibler + L.Traffic.DL.SCH.
64QAM.ErrTB.Ibler + L.Traffic.DL.SCH.256QAM.ErrTB.Ibler)/
(L.Traffic.DL.SCH.QPSK.TB + L.Traffic.DL.SCH.16QAM.TB +
L.Traffic.DL.SCH.64QAM.TB + L.Traffic.DL.SCH.256QAM.TB). Table
Average cell uplink RBLER = (L.Traffic.UL.SCH.QPSK.ErrTB.Rbler +
L.Traffic.UL.SCH.16QAM.ErrTB.Rbler + L.Traffic.UL.SCH.

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64QAM.ErrTB.Rbler + L.Traffic.UL.SCH.256QAM.ErrTB.Rbler)/
(L.Traffic.UL.SCH.QPSK.TB + L.Traffic.UL.SCH.16QAM.TB +
L.Traffic.UL.SCH.64QAM.TB + L.Traffic.UL.SCH.256QAM.TB). Table
Average cell downlink RBLER = (L.Traffic.DL.SCH.QPSK.ErrTB.Rbler
+ L.Traffic.DL.SCH.16QAM.ErrTB.Rbler + L.Traffic.DL.SCH.
64QAM.ErrTB.Rbler + L.Traffic.DL.SCH.256QAM.ErrTB.Rbler)/
(L.Traffic.DL.SCH.QPSK.TB + L.Traffic.DL.SCH.16QAM.TB +
L.Traffic.DL.SCH.64QAM.TB + L.Traffic.DL.SCH.256QAM.TB). Table
Table 4-4 Counters used for measuring the average cell uplink IBLER
on the LTE side
1526728186 L.Traffic.UL.SCH.QPSK.ErrTB.Ibler
1526728188 L.Traffic.UL.SCH.16QAM.ErrTB.Ibler
1526727366 L.Traffic.UL.SCH.QPSK.TB
1526727367 L.Traffic.UL.SCH.16QAM.TB
Table 4-5 Counters used for measuring the average cell downlink
IBLER on the LTE side
1526728180 L.Traffic.DL.SCH.QPSK.ErrTB.Ibler
1526728182 L.Traffic.DL.SCH.16QAM.ErrTB.Ibler
1526727354 L.Traffic.DL.SCH.QPSK.TB
1526727355 L.Traffic.DL.SCH.16QAM.TB

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Table 4-6 Counters used for measuring the average cell uplink
RBLER on the LTE side
1526728187 L.Traffic.UL.SCH.QPSK.ErrTB.Rbler
1526728189 L.Traffic.UL.SCH.16QAM.ErrTB.Rbler
1526727366 L.Traffic.UL.SCH.QPSK.TB
Table 4-7 Counters used for measuring the average cell downlink
RBLER on the LTE side
1526728181 L.Traffic.DL.SCH.QPSK.ErrTB.Rbler
1526728183 L.Traffic.DL.SCH.16QAM.ErrTB.Rbler
1526727354 L.Traffic.DL.SCH.QPSK.TB
▪ The access success rate, handover success rate, and RRC connection
reestablishment success rate decrease.
Access success rate = L.RRC.ConnReq.Succ/L.RRC.ConnReq.Att.
Table 4-8 lists the related counters.
Handover success rate = (L.HHO.IntraeNB.IntraFreq.ExecSuccOut +
L.HHO.IntraeNB.InterFreq.ExecSuccOut +
L.HHO.IntereNB.IntraFreq.ExecSuccOut +
L.HHO.IntereNB.InterFreq.ExecSuccOut)/
(L.HHO.IntraeNB.IntraFreq.ExecAttOut +
L.HHO.IntraeNB.InterFreq.ExecAttOut +
L.HHO.IntereNB.IntraFreq.ExecAttOut +
L.HHO.IntereNB.InterFreq.ExecAttOut). Table 4-9 lists the related
counters.

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RRC connection reestablishment success rate = L.RRC.ReEst.Succ/

L.RRC.ReEst.Att. Table 4-10 lists the related counters.
Table 4-8 Counters used for measuring the access success rate
1526726659 L.RRC.ConnReq.Succ
1526726658 L.RRC.ConnReq.Att
Table 4-9 Counters used for measuring the handover success rate
1526726997 L.HHO.IntraeNB.IntraFreq.ExecSuccO
ut
1526727000 L.HHO.IntraeNB.InterFreq.ExecSuccO
ut
1526727003 L.HHO.IntereNB.IntraFreq.ExecSuccO
ut
1526727006 L.HHO.IntereNB.InterFreq.ExecSuccO
ut
1526726996 L.HHO.IntraeNB.IntraFreq.ExecAttOut
1526726999 L.HHO.IntraeNB.InterFreq.ExecAttOu
t
1526727002 L.HHO.IntereNB.IntraFreq.ExecAttOut
1526727005 L.HHO.IntereNB.InterFreq.ExecAttOut
Table 4-10 Counters used for measuring the RRC connection

reestablishment success rate
1526727086 L.RRC.ReEst.Succ
1526727085 L.RRC.ReEst.Att
▪ The bearer service drop rate increases.

Bearer service drop rate = L.E-RAB.AbnormRel/(L.E-RAB.AbnormRel
+ L.E-RAB.NormRel). Table 4-11 lists the related counters.

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Table 4-11 Counters used for measuring the bearer service drop rate
1526727546 L.E-RAB.AbnormRel
1526727547 L.E-RAB.NormRel
– The spectrum resources available for LTE are reduced, resulting in a

fluctuation in the average uplink and downlink throughput of the LTE cell
and in a decrease in the average uplink and downlink throughput of UEs.
▪ Average cell uplink throughput = L.Thrp.bits.UL/

L.Thrp.Time.Cell.UL.HighPrecision. Average cell downlink
throughput = L.Thrp.bits.DL/L.Thrp.Time.Cell.DL.HighPrecision.
Table 4-12 lists the related counters.
Table 4-12 Counters used for measuring the LTE cell uplink and
downlink throughput
1526728259 L.Thrp.bits.UL
1526728998 L.Thrp.Time.Cell.UL.HighPrecision
1526728261 L.Thrp.bits.DL
1526728997 L.Thrp.Time.Cell.DL.HighPrecision
▪ Average uplink throughput of a UE = (L.Thrp.bits.UL –

L.Thrp.bits.UE.UL.SmallPkt)/L.Thrp.Time.UE.UL.RmvSmallPkt.
Average downlink throughput of a UE = (L.Thrp.bits.DL –
L.Thrp.bits.DL.LastTTI)/L.Thrp.Time.DL.RmvLastTTI. Table 4-13 lists
the related counters.
Table 4-13 Counters used for measuring the uplink and downlink
throughput of LTE UEs
1526728259 L.Thrp.bits.UL
1526729415 L.Thrp.bits.UE.UL.SmallPkt
1526729416 L.Thrp.Time.UE.UL.RmvSmallPkt
1526728261 L.Thrp.bits.DL
1526729005 L.Thrp.bits.DL.LastTTI
1526729015 L.Thrp.Time.DL.RmvLastTTI
● NR-to-LTE spectrum sharing has the following impacts on NR networks:

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The spectrum resources available for NR are reduced, resulting in a

fluctuation in the average uplink and downlink throughput of the NR cell and
in a decrease in the average uplink and downlink throughput of UEs.
– Average uplink throughput of a cell = N.ThpVol.UL.Cell/
N.ThpTime.UL.Cell. Average downlink throughput of a cell =
N.ThpVol.DL.Cell/N.ThpTime.DL.Cell. Table 4-14 lists the related
counters.
Table 4-14 Counters used for measuring the NR cell uplink and downlink
throughput
1911816696 N.ThpVol.UL.Cell
1911816697 N.ThpTime.UL.Cell
1911816694 N.ThpVol.DL.Cell
1911816695 N.ThpTime.DL.Cell
– Average uplink throughput of a UE = (N.ThpVol.UL –

N.ThpVol.UE.UL.SmallPkt)/N.ThpTime.UE.UL.RmvSmallPkt. Average
downlink throughput of a UE = (N.ThpVol.DL – N.ThpVol.DL.LastSlot)/
N.ThpTime.DL.RmvLastSlot. Table 4-15 lists the related counters.
Table 4-15 Counters used for measuring the uplink and downlink
throughput of NR UEs
1911816645 N.ThpVol.UL
1911816851 N.ThpVol.UE.UL.SmallPkt
1911816853 N.ThpTime.UE.UL.RmvSmallPkt
1911816643 N.ThpVol.DL
1911816848 N.ThpVol.DL.LastSlot
1911816850 N.ThpTime.DL.RmvLastSlot
NOTE
NR is not interfered by the LTE synchronization signals, PBCH, reference channels, and
system information. Therefore, NR quality-related counters that are measured over the
full band are not affected.
● This function involves the estimation and allocation of spectrum resources on
both the LTE and NR sides, and therefore has the following impacts on the
two sides:
– Increased board user-plane CPU usage
▪ Average user-plane CPU usage of a board in an eNodeB:

L.Traffic.Board.UPlane.CPULoad.AVG

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▪ Average user-plane CPU usage of a gNodeB board:

VS.NRBoard.UPlane.CPULoad.Avg
– Increased ping delay
● After this function is enabled on the LTE and NR sides, if MBSFN subframes
are configured on TM9-dedicated carriers, the number of control format
indicators (CFIs) and control channel element (CCE) usage change as the CFI
range differs between MBSFN subframes and common subframes. The CCE
usage can be calculated using the following formula: CCE usage =
(L.ChMeas.CCE.CommUsed + L.ChMeas.CCE.ULUsed +
L.ChMeas.CCE.DLUsed)/L.ChMeas.CCE.Avail.
Function Impacts
● Impacted functions on the LTE side
Function Function Switch Reference Description
Name (eRAN Feature
Documentation
)
Uplink CA CaUl2CCSwitch Carrier The number of

option of the Aggregation uplink RBs available
CaMgtCfg.CellC for LTE decreases,
aAlgoSwitch which reduces the
parameter throughput of UEs
for which FDD uplink
carrier aggregation
(CA) takes effect.
Downlink CA None Carrier The number of

Aggregation downlink RBs
available for LTE
decreases, which
reduces the
throughput of UEs
for which FDD
downlink CA takes
effect.
Flexible CA MultiCarrierFlex Carrier The numbers of

from CaSwitch option Aggregation uplink and downlink
Multiple of the RBs available for LTE
Carriers CaMgtCfg.CellC decrease, and
aAlgoSwitch consequently the
parameter selected serving cell
combination may
change.

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Name (eRAN Feature
Documentation
)
Downlink DlMassiveCaSwi Carrier The LTE cells

Massive CA tch option of the Aggregation enabled with LTE
CaMgtCfg.CellC FDD and NR Flash
aAlgoSwitch Dynamic Spectrum
parameter Sharing are not
recommended as
PCells. If these cells
act as PCells, the
PUCCH overhead is
so large that the SRS
cannot be
configured.
Consequently, LTE
network throughput
decreases.
LTE SpectrumCoordi LTE Spectrum The number of

Spectrum nationSwitch Coordination uplink RBs available
Coordination option of the for LTE decreases,
CaMgtCfg.CellC which reduces the
aAlgoSwitch proportion of UEs for
parameter which LTE Spectrum
Coordination takes
effect.
UL Multi- UlMultiClusterS Scheduling The number of

Cluster witch option of uplink RBs available
the for LTE decreases,
CellAlgoSwitch. which reduces the
UlSchExtSwitch gain provided by UL
parameter Multi-Cluster.
Uplink None Scheduling The number of

frequency uplink RBs available
selective for LTE decreases,
scheduling which reduces the
gain provided by
uplink frequency
selective scheduling.

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Name (eRAN Feature
Documentation
)
SRS SRSCfg.SrsCfgIn Physical Channel LTE needs to share

d Resource SRS resources with
Management NR. Therefore, the
LTE cell triggers the
expansion of the
cell-specific SRS
subframes in
advance, which
prolongs the SRS
period of LTE UEs.
TTI Bundling TtiBundlingSwit VoLTE The number of

ch option of the uplink RBs available
CellAlgoSwitch. for LTE decreases.
UlSchSwitch Consequently, the
parameter maximum number of
UEs that can enter
the TTI bundling
state decreases.
Uplink MU- UlVmimoSwitch MIMO The number of

MIMO option of the uplink RBs available
CellAlgoSwitch. for LTE decreases,
UlSchSwitch which increases the
parameter pairing success rate
of uplink MU-MIMO.
Consequently, the
BLER increases.
Downlink EmimoMuMimo eMIMO (FDD) The number of

MU-MIMO Switch and downlink RBs
4TxTM9MuMim available for LTE
oSwitch options decreases, which
of the increases the pairing
CellAlgoSwitch. success rate of
EmimoSwitch downlink MU-MIMO.
parameter Consequently, the
BLER increases.

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Name (eRAN Feature
Documentation
)
UL CoMP CellAlgoSwitch. UL CoMP LTE UEs perform

UplinkCompSwi measurement in the
tch same way as that
before LTE FDD and
NR Flash Dynamic
Spectrum Sharing is
enabled. The LTE
CRS transmission
avoids the NR SSB,
leading to inaccurate
measurement results
of the LTE RSRP.
Consequently, the
number of cell edge
users (CEUs) in the
LTE cell decreases,
that is, the number
of UEs for which UL
CoMP takes effect
decreases.
Dynamic CellAlgoSwitch. DRX and The number of RBs

DRX DynDrxSwitch Signaling Control available for LTE
decreases, and
therefore the
average number of
scheduling times
decreases. As a
result, the average
number of UEs that
enter DRX mode, as
well as the
frequency of UEs
entering and exiting
DRX mode increase.
Intra-RAT CellAlgoSwitch. Intra-RAT If the PRB usage of

mobility load MlbAlgoSwitch Mobility Load LTE changes or the
balancing Balancing number of RBs
available for LTE
changes, the intra-
RAT MLB policy
changes.

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Name (eRAN Feature
Documentation
)
LCS ENodeBAlgoSwi LCS The positioning

tch.LcsSwitch reference signal
(PRS) required for
positioning causes
interference to NR,
increasing the bit
error rate (BER) on
the NR side. As a
result, the
performance of NR
cells deteriorates.
Therefore, LTE FDD
and NR Flash
Dynamic Spectrum
Sharing should not
be enabled with this
function.
High speed Cell.highSpeedF High Speed Downlink automatic

mobility lag Mobility frequency control
(AFC) of high speed
mobility requires the
SFN function to
achieve the optimal
gains. However, LTE
FDD and NR Flash
Dynamic Spectrum
Sharing cannot be
enabled together
with the SFN
function. Therefore,
when high speed
mobility is enabled
together with LTE
FDD and NR Flash
Dynamic Spectrum
Sharing, the gain
produced by
downlink AFC
decreases.

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Name (eRAN Feature
Documentation
)
Ultra high Cell.highSpeedF High Speed Downlink AFC of

speed lag Mobility ultra high speed
mobility mobility requires the
SFN function to
achieve the optimal
gains. However, LTE
FDD and NR Flash
Dynamic Spectrum
Sharing cannot be
enabled together
with the SFN
function. Therefore,
when ultra high
speed mobility is
enabled together
with LTE FDD and
NR Flash Dynamic
Spectrum Sharing,
the gain produced by
downlink AFC
decreases.
LTE guard Prb.DeployMode NB-IoT Basics When LTE guard

band (FDD) band deployment is
deployment enabled together
with LTE FDD and
NR Flash Dynamic
Spectrum Sharing,
and the spectrum
occupied by the NB-
IoT cell overlaps that
occupied by the NR
cell, mutual
interference occurs
between the two
cells, increasing bit
errors.

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Name (eRAN Feature
Documentation
)
Dynamic CellAlgoSwitch. Energy When dynamic

voltage DynAdjVoltSwit Conservation voltage adjustment
adjustment ch and Emission is enabled together
Reduction with LTE FDD and
NR Flash Dynamic
Spectrum Sharing,
dynamic voltage
adjustment does not
take effect because
its triggering
conditions cannot be
met.
Multi-carrier CellShutdown.C Energy The multi-carrier

coordinated ellShutdownSwi Conservation coordinated energy
energy tch set to and Emission saving function does
saving ON_MULTI_CAR Reduction not take effect when
RIER_HIER_SHU LTE FDD and NR
TDOWN Flash Dynamic
Spectrum Sharing is
enabled. This is
because the LTE
carrier cannot be
independently shut
down when LTE FDD
and NR share the
carrier.
DL CoMP Tm9JtSwitch DL CoMP (FDD) When DL CoMP with

with TM9 option of the TM9 is used together
CellAlgoSwitch. with LTE FDD and
DlCompSwitch NR Flash Dynamic
parameter Spectrum Sharing,
the conditions for DL
CoMP with TM9 to
take effect cannot be
met. As a result, DL
CoMP with TM9
does not take effect.

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Name (eRAN Feature
Documentation
)
eNodeB- CellAlgoSwitch.I ICIC After LTE FDD and

based nterfRandSwitc NR Flash Dynamic
interference h Spectrum Sharing is
randomizatio enabled, the amount
n of spectrum
resources available
for LTE decreases. As
a result, the gains
provided by eNodeB-
based interference
randomization
decrease.
Uplink CellUlschAlgo.U ICIC After LTE FDD and

interference lRbAllocationStr NR Flash Dynamic
randomizatio ategy set to Spectrum Sharing is
n FS_INRANDOM_ enabled, the amount
ADAPTIVE of spectrum
resources available
for LTE decreases. As
a result, the gains
provided by uplink
interference
randomization
decrease.
RAN sharing EnodeBSharing RAN Sharing When RAN sharing

with Mode.EnodeBSh with common carrier
common aringMode set is enabled together
carrier to with LTE FDD and
SHARED_FREQ NR Flash Dynamic
or Spectrum Sharing,
HYBRID_SHARE the number of
D available RBs for an
LTE operator is
calculated as follows:
(Total number of
RBs – Number of RBs
shared with NR) x
RB allocation
proportion
configured for the
operator.

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Name (eRAN Feature
Documentation
)
Cell Switch- CellShutdown.C Cell Switch-off The Cell Switch-off

off Based on ellShutdownSwi Based on Based on Automatic
Automatic tch set to Automatic Co- Co-coverage
Co-coverage ON_CO_COV_A coverage Identification feature
Identification UTO_IDENT Identification does not take effect
when LTE FDD and
NR Flash Dynamic
Spectrum Sharing is
enabled. This is
because the LTE
carrier cannot be
independently shut
down when LTE FDD
and NR share the
carrier.
● Impacted functions on the NR side

Function Function Switch Reference (5G Description
Name RAN Feature
Documentation
)
Intra-FR INTRA_FR_INTE Carrier If intra-FR inter-band

inter-band R_BAND_CA_SW Aggregation CA is enabled after
CA option of the LTE FDD and NR
NRDUCellAlgoS Flash Dynamic
witch.CaAlgoSw Spectrum Sharing is
itch parameter enabled, the cell
must be reset.
Otherwise, intra-FR
inter-band CA does
not take effect.
Downlink None Power Control After LTE FDD and

Power NR Flash Dynamic
Control Spectrum Sharing is
enabled, the
downlink power
cannot be increased.

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Name RAN Feature
Documentation
)
RAN sharing SHARED_FREQ Multi-Operator When RAN sharing

with option of the Sharing with common carrier
common gNBSharingMod is enabled together
carrier e.gNBMultiOpS with LTE FDD and
haringMode NR Flash Dynamic
parameter Spectrum Sharing,
the number of
available RBs for an
NR operator is
calculated as follows:
(Total number of
RBs – Number of RBs
shared with LTE) x
RB allocation
proportion
configured for the
operator.
Uplink RB UL_RB_RSV_SW VoNR Uplink RB

reservation option of the reservation should
NRCellAlgoSwit not be enabled
ch.VonrSwitch together with LTE
parameter FDD and NR Flash
Dynamic Spectrum
Sharing. This is
because if the
reserved RBs are
configured in the
shared spectrum and
some of the shared
spectrum is occupied
by LTE, interference
is generated on voice
UEs that occupy the
reserved RBs in
neighboring NR cells.
4.3 Requirements
4.3.1 Licenses
This function requires both feature and capacity licenses.
Table 4-16 lists the required feature licenses.

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Table 4-16 Feature licenses (for 3900 and 5900 series base stations)
RAT Featur Feature Model License NE Sales
e ID Name Control Item Unit
LTE MRFD- LTE FDD LT1S0LFNS LTE FDD and eNode per
FDD 160222 and NR S00 NR Flash B Cell
Flash Dynamic
Dynamic Spectrum
Spectrum Sharing(LTE
Sharing FDD)
(LTE FDD)
NR MRFD- LTE FDD NR0S00FN LTE FDD and gNode per

160262 and NR SS00 NR Flash B Cell
Flash Dynamic
Dynamic Spectrum
Spectrum Sharing (NR)
Sharing
(NR)
Table 4-17 lists the required capacity licenses.
Table 4-17 Capacity licenses (for 3900 and 5900 series base stations)
RAT Model License Control Item NE Sales
Unit
LTE FDD LT1SRFSPCS0 RF Spectrum Sharing eNodeB per Band

0 License(FDD) per RU
LTE FDD LT1S5000RFSS Spectrum Sharing License eNodeB per Band

for 5000 Series RF per RU
Module(FDD)
NR NR0S0RFSSL0 RF Spectrum Sharing gNodeB per Band

0 License (NR) per RU
NR NR0SSSLRFM Spectrum Sharing License gNodeB per Band

00 for 5000 Series RF Module per RU
(NR)
When 5000 series RF modules are used, customers must purchase the Spectrum
Sharing License for 5000 Series RF Module. When other RF modules are used,
customers must purchase the RF Spectrum Sharing License. When 5000 series RF
modules and other RF modules are both used, customers must purchase both
hardware licenses.

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4.3.2 Software
Before activating this function, ensure that its prerequisite functions have been
activated and mutually exclusive functions have been deactivated. For detailed
operations, see the relevant feature documents.
Prerequisite Functions
● Prerequisite functions on the LTE side
Name (eRAN Feature
Documentation
)
Normal CP Cell.UlCyclicPref Extended CP Set this parameter to

ix NORMAL_CP.
PHICH PHICHCfg.Phich Physical Channel LTE FDD and NR

resource Resource Resource Flash Dynamic
Management Spectrum Sharing
requires this function
only when the cell
bandwidth is 10
MHz. When this
function is required,
set this parameter to
ONE_SIXTH, HALF,
or ONE.
SRS SRSCfg.SrsCfgIn Physical Channel Set this parameter to

configuration d Resource BOOLEAN_TRUE.
indicator Management
SRS SrsCfg.FddSrsCf Physical Channel Set this parameter to
configuration gMode Resource DEFAULTMODE.
mode Management
SRS SrsCfg.SrsSubfra Physical Channel Set this parameter to
subframe meCfg Resource SC3, SC7, SC14, or
configuration Management SC0.
Cell-specific SrsSubframeRec Physical Channel Select the option of

SRS fSwitch option Resource this parameter.
subframe of the Management
reconfigurati CellAlgoSwitch.
on SrsAlgoSwitch
parameter
Uplink CellUlschAlgo.A Physical Channel Set this parameter to

adaptive daptHarqSwitch Resource ADAPTIVE_HARQ_S
HARQ Management W_ON or
ADAPTIVE_HARQ_S
W_SEMI_ON.

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Name (eRAN Feature
Documentation
)
PRACH RachCfg.PrachFr Random Access Set this parameter to

frequency eqOffsetStrateg Control FULLY_AUTOMATIC.
offset y
strategy
CSI-RS CellCsiRsParaCf Dedicated This function is

Period g.CsiRsPeriod Carrier for TM9 required only when
(FDD) the
CellCsiRsParaCfg.Csi
RsSwitch parameter
is set to FIXED_CFG
or ADAPTIVE_CFG.
● If the NR SSB
period (specified
by the NR
parameter
NRDUCell.SsbPer
iod) is greater
than or equal to
MS20(20),
CellCsiRsParaCfg.
CsiRsPeriod must
be set to ms10 or
a larger value.
● If the NR SSB
period is less than
or equal to
MS10(10),
CellCsiRsParaCfg.
CsiRsPeriod must
be set to ms20 or
a larger value.
● Prerequisite functions on the NR side

Name RAN Feature
Documentation
)
Basic None Scheduling Set the

functions of NRDUCellPdsch.DlD
downlink mrsMaxLength
scheduling parameter to
1SYMBOL.

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Mutually Exclusive Functions

● Mutually exclusive functions on the LTE side
Function Function Switch Reference (eRAN
Name Feature
Documentation)
SFN Cell Cell.MultiRruCellMode and all SFN

options of the
CellAlgoSwitch.SfnAlgoSwitch
parameter
Inter- CellAlgoSwitch.InterFreqDirectHoS High Speed Mobility

frequency witch
directional
handover
Low-speed CellAlgoSwitch.LowSpeedInterFreq High Speed Mobility

UE HoSwitch
outmigration
Compact Cell.CustomizedBandWidthCfgInd Compact Bandwidth

Bandwidth (FDD)
GSM and LTE GLDynSpectrumShareSwitch GSM and LTE FDD
FDD option of the Dynamic Spectrum
Dynamic CellAlgoSwitch.DynSpectrumShar- Sharing
Spectrum eSwitch parameter
Sharing
GSM and LTE SpectrumCloud.SpectrumCloudSwi GSM and LTE

Spectrum tch set to Spectrum
Concurrency GL_SPECTRUM_CONCURRENCY Concurrency
Flexible DdCellGroup.DdBandWidth Flexible Bandwidth
Bandwidth based on Overlap
Based on Carriers (FDD)
Overlap
Carriers
GSM and LTE GLZeroBufferZoneSwitch option of GSM and LTE Zero

Zero the Bufferzone
Bufferzone CellAlgoSwitch.DynSpectrumShar-
eSwitch parameter
GSM and LTE AvoidGeranInterfSwitch option of GSM and LTE Buffer
Buffer Zone the Zone Optimization
Optimization CellAlgoSwitch.AvoidInterfSwitch
parameter
UL AvoidUtranInterfSwitch option of UL Refarming Zero

Refarming the Bufferzone
Zero CellAlgoSwitch.AvoidInterfSwitch
Bufferzone parameter

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Name Feature
Documentation)
UMTS and UMTS_LTE_ZERO_BUFFER_ZONE_S UMTS and LTE Zero

LTE Zero W option of the Bufferzone
Bufferzone ULZeroBufferzone.ZeroBufZoneSwi
tch parameter
UMTS and SpectrumCloud.SpectrumCloudSwi UMTS and LTE
LTE tch set to UL_SPECTRUM_SHARING Spectrum Sharing
Spectrum
Sharing
UMTS and SpectrumCloud.SpectrumCloudSwi UMTS and LTE

LTE tch set to Spectrum Sharing
Spectrum DC_HSDPA_BASED_UL_SPECTRUM_ Based on DC-HSDPA
Sharing SHR
Based on
DC-HSDPA
CDMA and AvoidCDMAInterfSwitch option of CDMA and LTE Zero

LTE Zero the Bufferzone
Bufferzone CellAlgoSwitch.AvoidInterfSwitch
parameter
UL CRA UL_COORD_RES_ALLOC_SWITCH Uplink Coordinated

option of the UlCsAlgoPara.UlCsSw Scheduling
parameter
UL CPC UL_COORD_PC_SWITCH option of Uplink Coordinated

the UlCsAlgoPara.UlCsSw Scheduling
parameter
Coordinated CellCspcPara.CellCspcSwitch CSPC

Scheduling
based Power
Control
PUSCH FH CellUlschAlgo.UlHoppingType None
LTE flexible CellLteFlexBw.LteFlexBwSwitch None

bandwidth
Adaptive Activated using the ACT AICIC Adaptive ICIC

Inter-Cell command on the eCoordinator
Interference
Coordination
Semi- SpsSchSwitch option of the VoLTE

persistent CellAlgoSwitch.UlSchSwitch
scheduling parameter, and SpsSchSwitch
option of the
CellAlgoSwitch.DlSchSwitch
parameter

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Name Feature
Documentation)
Out of Band OutOfBandRelaySwitch option of Relay

Relay the CellAlgoSwitch.RelaySwitch
parameter
In-Band InBandRelayDeNbSwitch option of Relay

Relay the CellAlgoSwitch.RelaySwitch
parameter, InBandRelayReNbS-
witch option of the
CellAlgoSwitch.RelaySwitch
parameter, and
InBandRelayDistantDeploySw
option of the
CellAlgoSwitch.RelaySwitch
parameter
Manual CellRbReserve.RbRsvMode set to Scheduling

blocking of RB_MASKING or
PUSCH RBs RB_MASKING_WITH_SRS
Uplink short- CellUlschAlgo.IntvlOfUlSpsWith- Scheduling

interval SPS Skipping
eMTC EMTC_SWITCH option of the eMTC
Introduction CellEmtcAlgo.EmtcAlgoSwitch
parameter
Cell radius Cell.CellRadius Extended Cell Range

greater than
100 km
Superior CellAlgoExtSwitch.UlCoverageEnh Superior Uplink

Uplink ancementSw Coverage (FDD)
Coverage
eMBMS CellMBMSCfg.MBMSSwitch eMBMS

Virtual 4T4R Virtual4T4RSwitch option of the Virtual 4T4R (FDD)
CellAlgoSwitch.EmimoSwitch
parameter
UMTS and UMTS_LTE_DYN_POWER_SHARING UMTS and LTE

LTE Dynamic _SW option of the Dynamic Power
Power CellDynPowerShar- Sharing
Sharing ing.DynamicPowerSharingSwitch
parameter
Cross LTE LTE_DYN_POWER_SHARING_SW Dynamic Power

Carriers option of the CellDynPowerShar- Sharing Between LTE
Dynamic ing.DynamicPowerSharingSwitch Carriers
Power parameter
Sharing

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Name Feature
Documentation)
Extreme LTE_EXTREME_POWER_SHARING_S Dynamic Power

power W option of the Sharing Between LTE
sharing CellDynPowerShar- Carriers
ing.DynamicPowerSharingSwitch
parameter
GSM and LTE CellAlgoSwitch.GLPwrShare GSM and LTE

Dynamic Dynamic Power
Power Sharing
Sharing
Super SuperCombCellSwitch option of Super Combined Cell

Combined the CellAlgoSwitch.SfnAlgoSwitch (FDD)
Cell parameter
Automatic CellAutoShutdown.CellAutoShutd Energy Conservation

cell ownSwitch and Emission
shutdown Reduction
Enhanced MBSFNShutDownSwitch option of Energy Conservation
symbol the CellAlgoSwitch.DlSchSwitch and Emission
power saving parameter Reduction
RF channel CellRfShutdown.RfShutdownSwitc Energy Conservation
intelligent h and Emission
shutdown Reduction
Low power CellLowPower.LowPwrSwitch Energy Conservation
consumption and Emission
mode Reduction
Intelligent CellShutdown.CellShutdownSwitc Energy Conservation
power-off of h set to a value other than OFF, and and Emission
carriers in CellShutdown.UlPrbThd and Reduction
the same CellShutdown.DlPrbThd set to non-
coverage zero values
Intelligent InterRatCellShut- Energy Conservation

power-off of down.ForceShutdownSwitch and Emission
carriers in Reduction
the same
coverage as
UMTS
networks
Dynamic CellAlgoSwitch.EicicSwitch TDM eICIC (FDD)

TDM eICIC

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Name Feature
Documentation)
Paging PagingInterfRandSwitch option of ICIC

message the CellAlgoSwitch.DlSchSwitch
interference parameter
randomizatio
n
Short TTI SHORT_TTI_SW option of the Short TTI (FDD)

CellShortTtiAlgo.SttiAlgoSwitch
parameter
Zero Guard CONTIG_INTRA_BAND_CARR_SW Seamless Intra-Band

Band option of the ContigIntraBand- Carrier Joining (FDD)
Between Carr.ContigIntraBandCarrSw
Contiguous parameter
Intra-Band
Carriers
Uplink CellRbReserve.RbRsvMode set to PTT

PUSCH RB MCPTT_RB_RESERVED
reservation
for MCPTT
voice services
Cell Power PDSCHCfg.EmfPowerLimitSwitch On-Demand TX

Limita set to ON, and Power Allocation
PDSCHCfg.CellPowerLimit set to a Under EME
value other than 0
PUCCH PucchFlexCfgSwitch option of the Physical Channel

Flexible CellAlgoSwitch.PucchAlgoSwitch Resource
Configuratio parameter Management
nb
Automatic NcellSrsMeasPara. Physical Channel

SRS SrsAutoNCellMeasSwitch Resource
neighboring Management
cell
measuremen
t
ePDCCH CellPdcchAlgo.EpdcchAlgoSwitch Physical Channel

Resource
Management
Extended PHICHCfg.PhichDuration Physical Channel
PHICH Resource
Management
LTE in-band CellRbReserve.RbRsvMode set to NB-IoT Basics (FDD)
deployment NB_RESERVED or
NB_DEPLOYMENT

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Name Feature
Documentation)
a: The mutually exclusive relationship exists only when LTE FDD and NR
share spectrum power during spectrum sharing.
b: When LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing is enabled, the
CellRbReserve.RbRsvMode, CellRbReserve.RbRsvType,
CellRbReserve.RbRsvStartIndex, and CellRbReserve.RbRsvEndIndex
parameters can be used as an alternative to the flexible PUCCH
configuration function.
● Mutually exclusive functions on the NR side
Function Function Switch Reference (5G RAN

Name Feature
Documentation)
PUCCH RB PUCCH_RBRES_ADAPTIVE_SWITCH Channel

adaptation option of the Management
NRDUCellPucch.PucchAlgoSwitch
parameter
UE-specific UE_PDCCH_SYM_NUM_ADAPT_SW Channel

PDCCH option of the Management
symbol NRDUCellPdcch.PdcchAlgoExtSwit
number ch parameter
adaptation
Basic None Scheduling

functions of
downlink
schedulinga
3D coverage NRDUCellTrpBeam.CoverageScena Beam Management

patternb rio
a: LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing is mutually exclusive

with the NRDUCellPdsch.DlAdditionalDmrsPos parameter (set to a value
other than NOT_CONFIG and POS1) in the basic functions of downlink
scheduling.
b: If both LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing and the SSB
rate matching function (controlled by the SSB_RATEMATCH_SW option of
the NRDUCellPdsch.RateMatchSwitch parameter) are enabled, SSB beams
must use the default coverage scenario. That is, the
NRDUCellTrpBeam.CoverageScenario parameter must be set to DEFAULT.
4.3.3 Hardware
Huawei devices (including the eNodeB and gNodeB) running SRAN16.1 or a later
version must be used on the radio access network.

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Base Station Models

● LTE:
3900 and 5900 series base stations. 3900 series base stations must be
configured with the BBU3910, and 5900 series base stations must be
configured with the BBU5900 or BBU5900A.
● NR:
3900 and 5900 series base stations. 3900 series base stations must be
configured with the BBU3910.
Boards
● LTE: For baseband processing units, only the UBBPd, UBBPe, and UBBPg
support this function. The specific board model and the number of cells
supported by each board after function activation are listed in Table 4-18. For
main control boards, only the UMPTb, UMPTe, UMPTg, and UMPTga support
this function.
● NR: For baseband processing units, only the UBBPg2, UBBPg2a, UBBPg3, and
UBBPg3b support this function. The number of cells supported by each
baseband processing unit is the same as that before this function is enabled.
For main control boards, only the UMPTe, UMPTg, and UMPTga support this
function.
Table 4-18 Cell specifications of LTE baseband processing units

Working Mode Baseband Supported LTE Cell Specifications
Processing Unit
Model
LTE FDD or LMa UBBPd5 The cell specifications decrease from

six 2T2R cells or three 2T4R or 4T4R
cells to three cells. All of the three cells
can be enabled with LTE FDD and NR
Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharingb.
LTE FDD or LM UBBPd6 The cell specifications decrease from

six 2T2R, 2T4R, or 4T4R cells to three
cells. All of the three cells can be
enabled with LTE FDD and NR Flash
LTE FDD or LM UBBPe1 Three 2T2R cells. All of them can be

LTE FDD or LM UBBPe2 Three 2T2R, 2T4R, or 4T4R cells. All of

them can be enabled with LTE FDD
and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum
Sharing.

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Processing Unit
Model
LTE FDD or LM UBBPe3 Six 2T2R cells, or three 2T4R or 4T4R

cells. Among them, a maximum of
three can be enabled with LTE FDD
and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum
Sharing; other cells are common cells.
LTE FDD or LM UBBPe4 Six 2T2R, 2T4R, or 4T4R cells. Among

them, a maximum of three can be
Dynamic Spectrum Sharing; other cells
are common cells.
LTE FDD, LM, GL, UBBPe5 ● LTE FDD or LM: Nine 2T2R, 2T4R, or
or other working 4T4R cells. Among them, a
modes involving maximum of six can be enabled
LTE FDD with LTE FDD and NR Flash
Dynamic Spectrum Sharing; other
cells are common cells.
● Multimode other than LM: Six 2T2R,
2T4R, or 4T4R cells. Among them, a
maximum of three can be enabled
with LTE FDD and NR Flash
LTE FDD, LM, GL, UBBPe6 ● LTE FDD or LM (with BBP.SRT set to
or other working DEFAULT): Twelve 2T2R, 2T4R, or
modes involving 4T4R cells. Among them, a
LTE FDD maximum of six can be enabled
● LM (with BBP.SRT set to
NBIOT_ENHANCE): Nine 2T2R,
2T4R, or 4T4R cells. Among them, a
maximum of six can be enabled
● Multimode other than LM: Nine
2T2R, 2T4R, or 4T4R cells. Among
them, a maximum of three can be

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Processing Unit
Model
LTE FDD, LM, GL, UBBPg Same as that before this function is
or other working enabled
modes involving
LTE FDD
a: LM refers to LTE FDD and NB-IoT.

b: The UBBPd5 is used as an example for illustrating the cell specifications. If
this board also serves cells enabled with LTE FDD and NR Uplink Spectrum
Sharing, this board supports a maximum of three cells enabled with LTE FDD
and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing and enabled with LTE FDD and NR
Uplink Spectrum Sharing. The same rule applies to other boards. For example, a
UBBPe6 supports a maximum of six cells of these two types.
To prevent LTE cell activation failures due to insufficient baseband processing

resources, cells enabled with this function must be bound to baseband processing
units supporting this function. If cells are not bound to such baseband processing
units, cell activation may fail when the baseband processing units supporting this
function are fully occupied while other baseband processing units do not support
this function.
RF Modules
3900 and 5900 series base stations. All 3000 series and 5000 series RF modules
that meet the following conditions support this function:
● LTE and NR share the same RF module.
● The RF module works on the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800
MHz, 2100 MHz, 2600 MHz, or AWS frequency band.
● The RF module supports 2T2R, 2T4R, or 4T4R.
Cells
LTE and NR cells must meet all of the following requirements:
● LTE and NR cells must both work on 10 MHz, 15 MHz, or 20 MHz uplink and
downlink bandwidths.
● The TX/RX modes of LTE and NR cells must be both 2T2R, 2T4R, or 4T4R.
When the TX/RX mode is 2T2R or 2T4R, the recommended number of CRS
ports for LTE cells (specified by the Cell.CrsPortNum parameter) is 2. When
the TX/RX mode is 4T4R, the recommended number of CRS ports for LTE cells
is 4.
● LTE and NR cells must have the same operating frequency band and center
frequency.
● The power spectral density (PSD) of the LTE and NR cells using the maximum
transmit power must be the same.
● LTE and NR cells must be deployed in 1:1 co-coverage mode and they must be
served by the same transmit channels of an RF module.

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4.3.4 Networking
This function requires an intra-BBU CPRI MUX topology, which poses no special
requirements on board installation positions. LTE and NR cells can be established
on the same baseband processing unit or on different baseband processing units.
The following illustrates the networking requirements using LTE and NR cells
established on different baseband processing units as an example.
● Intra-BBU CPRI MUX topology in separate-MPT scenarios: LTE and NR share a
BBU, and only the LTE baseband processing unit or only the NR baseband
processing unit is connected directly to the RRU through an optical fiber, as
shown in Figure 4-3.
Figure 4-3 Intra-BBU CPRI MUX topology in separate-MPT scenarios
● Intra-BBU CPRI MUX topology in co-MPT scenarios: LTE and NR share a BBU,
and only the LTE baseband processing unit or only the NR baseband
processing unit is connected directly to the RRU through an optical fiber, as
shown in Figure 4-4.

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Figure 4-4 Intra-BBU CPRI MUX topology in co-MPT scenarios
4.3.5 Others
● MRFD-160222 LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (LTE FDD)
and MRFD-160262 LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (NR)
must be used simultaneously.
● It is recommended that this function be enabled on NR FDD networks using
time synchronization to reduce the NR SSB overhead and ensure the
performance of LTE FDD and NR FDD networks.
● NR UEs must support the CRS rate matching function. This function allows
the gNodeB to indicate the RE position of the LTE CRS, so that NR UEs can
avoid a conflict with the LTE CRS. UEs support the CRS rate matching function
when the rateMatchingLTE-CRS IE is included in the BandNR IE and the value
of the rateMatchingLTE-CRS IE is "supported". For details, see section 5.1.4.2
"PDSCH resource mapping with RE level granularity" in 3GPP TS 38.214
V15.5.0.
Only the NR UEs that support CRS rate matching on the live network support
LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing. NR UEs that do not
support CRS rate matching cannot access NR FDD cells enabled with LTE FDD
and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing. They access LTE cells enabled with
LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing or access NR FDD cells not
enabled with this function.
● If the LTE and NR co-carrier co-CPRI data switch and CPRI compression
function are both enabled, the CPRI compression ratios must be the same

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between the LTE and NR cells. The CPRI compression type of LTE cells is
specified by the Cell.CPRICompression parameter, and the CPRI compression
type of NR cells is specified by the NRDUCellTrp.CpriCompression parameter.
Table 4-19 describes the configuration requirements.
Table 4-19 Configuration requirements on the CPRI compression types of the

LTE and NR cells
Bandwidth CPRI CPRI Compression CPRI Compression
Compression Type for LTE Cells Type for NR Cells
Ratio
10 MHz No CPRI NO_COMPRESSION NO_COMPRESSION

compression
3:2 CPRI NORMAL_COMPRES 1DOT5_COMPRESSI

compression SION ON
15 MHz/20 No CPRI NO_COMPRESSION NO_COMPRESSION

MHz compression
2:1 CPRI NORMAL_COMPRES 2_COMPRESSION

compression SION
4.4 Operation and Maintenance
4.4.1 Data Configuration
CAUTION
If the activation of this function is to be verified through signaling message

tracing, you need to start signaling tracing on the MAE-Access before activating
this function in LTE and NR cells. Otherwise, messages regarding the activation of
this function cannot be observed after this function is activated.
4.4.1.1 Data Preparation

Table 4-20 and Table 4-23 describe the parameters used for function activation,
Table 4-24 describes the parameters used for optimization. This section does not
describe parameters related to cell establishment.
Since the configuration of some parameters can result in automatic cell restarts in
function activation and deactivation, it is recommended that you deactivate the
cells prior to parameter configuration and reactivate them after parameter
configuration is complete. This will prevent these cells from repeatedly being
restarted during parameter configuration.
To prevent LTE cell activation failures due to insufficient baseband processing
resources, cells enabled with this function must be bound to baseband processing
units supporting this function. If cells are not bound to such baseband processing

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units, cell activation may fail when the baseband processing units supporting this
function are fully occupied while other baseband processing units do not support
this function.
Table 4-20 LTE parameters used for activation

Parameter Name Parameter ID Setting Notes
Spectrum Cloud Switch SpectrumCloud.Spectru Set this parameter to

mCloudSwitch LTE_NR_SPECTRUM_SH
R.
LTE and NR Spectrum SpectrumCloud.LteNrSp Set this parameter based

Sharing Cell Group IDa ectrumShrCellGrpId on the network plan.
Spectrum Sharing Mode SpectrumCloud.SpctShr Set this parameter based

Mode on the network plan.
LTE and NR Spectrum LteNrSpctShrCellGrp.Lt Set this parameter based

Sharing Cell Group IDa eNrSpectrumShrCellGr- on the network plan. The
pId value of this parameter
must be the same as
that of the
gNBDULteNrSpctShrCg.
LteSpctShrCellGrpId
parameter.

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MBB LTE Pri Res Ratio in LteNrSpctShrCellGrp.Lt Set this parameter based
LTE and NR Spct Shr eNrSpctShrLtePriResRa- on the network plan.
tio This parameter value
varies with the spectrum
allocation policy. The
following lists the
configuration
suggestions for ensuring
the network
performance when
different spectrum
allocation policies are
adopted:
● If spectrum resources
need to be
preferentially
allocated to LTE, it is
recommended that
this parameter be set
to a value within the
range of 51 to 80.
need to be
preferentially
allocated to NR, it is
recommended that
to a value within the
range of 20 to 49.
need to be evenly
allocated to LTE and
NR, it is
recommended that
to 50.
LTE and NR Co Carrier LteNrSpctShrCellGrp.Lt Set this parameter based

Co CPRI Data Switch eNrCoCarrCoCpriDa- on the network plan.
taSw This parameter can be
set to ON when LTE and
NR share the same CPRI
optical fibers and the
CPRI bandwidth is
insufficient.
RB Reserve Modeb CellRbReserve.RbRsvMo Set this parameter to

de LNR_SPECTRUM_SHR_R
B_RESERVED.

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RB Reserve Typeb CellRbReserve.RbRsvTy Set this parameter to

pe UPLINK_MODE.
RB Reserve Start Indexb CellRbReserve.RbRsvSta Set this parameter based

rtIndex on the network plan.
RB Reserve End Indexb CellRbReserve.RbRsvEn Set this parameter based

dIndex on the network plan.
Subframe Allocation CellMbsfnSfEnhCon- Set this parameter to

Mode fig.SubframeAllocation- FOUR_FRAME.
Mode
Four Frame Allocation CellMbsfnSfEnhCon- ● In NSA networking,
fig.FourFrameAlloca- the configuration
tion suggestions for this
parameter vary
depending on the SSB
period. For details, see
Table 4-21.
● In SA networking, the
configuration
suggestions for this
parameter vary
depending on the SSB
period and whether
the SSB dual-beam
function is used. For
details, see Table
4-22.
Radio Frame Allocation CellMbsfnSfEnhCon- Set this parameter to N4.

Period fig.RadioFrameAllocPrd
Radio Frame Allocation CellMbsfnSfEnhCon- Set this parameter to 0.

Offset fig.RadioFrameAllocOfs
Frame Offsetc CellFrameOffset.Frame Set this parameter to a

Offset value confirmed by
Huawei engineers.
FDD Frame Offsetc ENodeBFrameOffset.Fd Set this parameter to a

dFrameOffset value confirmed by
Huawei engineers.

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a: In the current version, an LTE spectrum sharing cell group can contain only
one LTE cell.
b: For details about the configuration principles of these four parameters, see
the description of the LTE PUCCH in 4.1.2 Key Technologies of Flash Dynamic
Spectrum Sharing.
c: If both the frame offset (specified by the CellFrameOffset.FrameOffset
parameter) and the FDD frame offset (specified by the
ENodeBFrameOffset.FddFrameOffset parameter) are configured, the frame
offset (specified by the CellFrameOffset.FrameOffset parameter) takes effect
for the LTE cell.
Table 4-21 Configuration suggestions for Four Frame Allocation in NSA

networking
GUI Value of SSB Period Setting Notes
MS5(5) 9586980
MS10(10) 8521760
MS20(20) 8390656
MS40(40) or a larger 8388608

value
Table 4-22 Configuration suggestions for Four Frame Allocation in SA

networking
Application Scenario Setting Notes
Without the SSB dual- ● When the SSB period is set to MS5(5), set this
beam function parameter to 11684132.
● When the SSB period is set to MS10(10), set this
parameter to 10618912.
● When the SSB period is set to MS40(40) or a
larger value, set this parameter to 10485760.

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Application Scenario Setting Notes
With the SSB dual-beam ● When the SSB period is set to MS5(5), set this
function parameter to 15878436.
● When the SSB period is set to MS40(40) or a
larger value, set this parameter to 14680064.
Table 4-23 NR parameters used for activation

Spectrum Cloudification NRDUCellAlgoSwitch.S Select the

Switch pectrumCloudSwitch LTE_NR_FDD_SPCT_SHR
_SW option of this
parameter.
NR Spectrum Sharing NRDUCellSpctCloud.Nr Set this parameter based

Cell Group IDa SpctShrCellGrpId on the network plan.
NR Spectrum Sharing gNBDULteNrSpctShrCg. Set this parameter based

Cell Group IDa NrSpctShrCellGrpId on the network plan.
LTE Spectrum Sharing gNBDULteNrSpctShrCg. Set this parameter based

Cell Group IDa LteSpctShrCellGrpId on the network plan. The
value of this parameter
must be the same as
that of the
LteNrSpctShrCellGrp.Lt
eNrSpectrumShrCellGr-
pId parameter.
Common Control NRDUCellCoreset.Com This parameter needs to
Resource RB Number monCtrlResRbNum be set only when the
NRDUCellPdcch.Occupi
edSymbolNum
parameter is set to
2SYM. Set this
parameter to RB24 or
RB48.
SSB Frequency Position NRDUCell.SsbDescMeth It is recommended that

Describe Method od this parameter be set to
SSB_DESC_TYPE_NARFC
N in NSA networking,
and to
SSB_DESC_TYPE_GSCN
in SA networking.

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SSB Frequency Position NRDUCell.SsbFreqPos Set this parameter to a

value confirmed by
Huawei engineers.
SSB Period NRDUCell.SsbPeriod Set this parameter based

on the network plan.
SIB1 Period NRDUCell.Sib1Period Set this parameter to

MS40(40).
Format1 RB Number NRDUCellPucch.Format Set this parameter based

1RbNum on the network plan.

For details about the
cells for which this
parameter takes effect,
see the parameter
meaning.
Format3 CSI-dedicated NRDUCellPucch.CsiDedi Set this parameter based

RB Number catedRbNum on the network plan.

For details about the
cells for which this
parameter takes effect,
see the parameter
meaning.
Format4 CSI-dedicated NRDUCellPucch.Format Set this parameter based

RB Number 4CsiDedicatedRbNum on the network plan.
Spectrum Sharing Start NRDUCellPdcch.SpctShr Set this parameter to

Symbol StartSymbol SYM1 in 2T2R or 2T4R
mode, and to SYM2 in
4T4R mode.
Occupied Symbol NRDUCellPdcch.Occupi Set this parameter to

Number edSymbolNum 2SYM when the
NRDUCellPdcch.SpctShr
StartSymbol parameter
is set to SYM1, and to
1SYM when the
NRDUCellPdcch.SpctShr
StartSymbol parameter
is set to SYM2.

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Frame Offsetb gNodeBParam.FrameOf Set this parameter to a

fset value that meets the
following condition: NR
FDD cell frame offset =
Effective value of the LTE
FDD cell frame offset
(specified by the
CellFrameOffset.Frame
Offset or
ENodeBFrameOffset.Fd
dFrameOffset
parameter). The setting
of this parameter must
be confirmed by Huawei
engineers.
Frame Offsetb gNBFreqBandConfig.Fra Set this parameter to a

meOffset value confirmed by
Huawei engineers.
TA Offset NRDUCell.TaOffset Set this parameter to

0TC.
a: In the current version, an NR spectrum sharing cell group can contain only
one NR cell.
b: If both the gNodeBParam.FrameOffset and
gNBFreqBandConfig.FrameOffset parameters are configured, the frame offset
specified by the gNBFreqBandConfig.FrameOffset parameter takes effect for
the LTE cell.
Table 4-24 NR parameters used for optimization
Rate Match Switch NRDUCellPdsch.RateMa Select the

tchSwitch PDCCH_RATEMATCH_S
W and
SSB_RATEMATCH_SW
options of this parameter
based on the network
plan. These two options
can be individually or
both selected.
Downlink Additional NRDUCellPdsch.DlAddit Set this parameter to

DMRS Position ionalDmrsPos POS1 in high-speed
mobility scenarios, and
to NOT_CONFIG in non-
high-speed mobility
scenarios.

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Number of Guaranteed NRDUCellPdcch.Guaran Set this parameter based

RBs teedRbNum on the network plan.
When this parameter is
set to a non-zero value,
LTE network
performance is affected.
A larger value of this
parameter results in a
greater impact.
4.4.1.2 Using MML commands

This function must be activated or deactivated on both the LTE and NR sides.
Activation Command Examples

Activation command examples on the LTE side
//Deactivating a cell
DEA CELL: LocalCellId=0;
//Binding a cell that requires this function to a baseband processing unit supporting this function
MOD EUCELLSECTOREQM: LocalCellId=0, SectorEqmId=1, BaseBandEqmId=12;
//Setting the percentage of spectrum resources to be preferentially allocated to LTE for MBB services, and
turning on the LTE and NR co-carrier co-CPRI data switch (optional, set based on the network plan)
ADD LTENRSPCTSHRCELLGRP: LteNrSpectrumShrCellGrpId=0, LteNrSpctShrLtePriResRatio=50,
LteNrCoCarrCoCpriDataSw=ON;
//Turning on the switch controlling LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing, adding an LTE cell to
an LTE spectrum sharing cell group, and setting the spectrum sharing mode
ADD SPECTRUMCLOUD: LocalCellId=0, SpectrumCloudSwitch=LTE_NR_SPECTRUM_SHR,
LteNrSpectrumShrCellGrpId=0, SpctShrMode=LTE_NR_PWR_DYN_SHR_WITH_SPCT;
//Setting the start position of the LTE PUCCH at the lower end and the end position of the LTE PUCCH at
the upper end (based on the assumption that the cell bandwidth is 10 MHz)
ADD CELLRBRESERVE: LocalCellId=0, Index=1, RbRsvMode=LNR_SPECTRUM_SHR_RB_RESERVED,
RbRsvType=UPLINK_MODE, RbRsvStartIndex=3, RbRsvEndIndex=46;
//Configuring MBSFN subframes (using the SA networking without the SSB dual-beam function as an
example)
MOD CELLMBSFNSFENHCONFIG: LocalCellId=0, SubframeAllocationMode=FOUR_FRAME,
FourFrameAllocation=10487808, RadioFrameAllocPrd=N4, RadioFrameAllocOfs=0;
//Setting the frame offset
ADD CELLFRAMEOFFSET: LocalCellId=0, FrameOffsetMode=CustomFrameOffset, FrameOffset=0;
//Activating the cell
ACT CELL: LOCALCELLID=0;
Activation command examples on the NR side

DEA NRCELL: NrCellId=0;
//Adding an LTE spectrum sharing cell group and an NR spectrum sharing cell group
ADD GNBDULTENRSPCTSHRCG: NrSpctShrCellGrpId=0, LteSpctShrCellGrpId=0;
//Adding an NR cell to the NR spectrum sharing cell group
ADD NRDUCELLSPCTCLOUD: NrDuCellId=0, NrSpctShrCellGrpId=0;
//Setting the number of RBs for the NR PUCCH (using cells for which intra-FR inter-band CA does not take
effect (INTRA_FR_INTER_BAND_CA_SW option of the NRDUCellAlgoSwitch.CaAlgoSwitch parameter
deselected) and cells for which the NSA TDM pattern type strategy is not set to LTE uplink preferred
(NRDUCellAlgoSwitch.NsaTdmPatternTypeStrategy set to a value other than LTE_UL_PREFERRED) as an
example)
MOD NRDUCELLPUCCH: NrDuCellId=0, Format1RbNum=RB2, Format3RbNum=RB4,
CsiDedicatedRbNum=RB4, Format4RbNum=RB0, Format4CsiDedicatedRbNum=RB0;
//Configuring symbols occupied by the NR PDCCH

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//In the case of 2T2R or 2T4R cell TX/RX mode

MOD NRDUCELLPDCCH: NrDuCellId=0, SpctShrStartSymbol=SYM1, OccupiedSymbolNum=2SYM;
//In the case of 4T4R cell TX/RX mode
MOD NRDUCELLPDCCH: NrDuCellId=0, SpctShrStartSymbol=SYM2, OccupiedSymbolNum=1SYM;
//Setting the frame offset
MOD GNODEBPARAM: FrameOffset=0;
//Setting the TA offset
MOD NRDUCELL: NrDuCellId=0, FrequencyBand=N1, TaOffset=0TC;
//Turning on the switch controlling LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
MOD NRDUCELLALGOSWITCH: NrDuCellId=0, SpectrumCloudSwitch=LTE_NR_FDD_SPCT_SHR_SW-1;
//(Optional, required only when the NRDUCellPdcch.OccupiedSymbolNum parameter is set to 2SYM)
Configuring the number of RBs for common control resources
MOD NRDUCELLCORESET: NrDuCellId=0, CommonCtrlResRbNum=RB24;
//Setting the SSB frequency-domain position
MOD NRDUCELL: NrDuCellId=0, DuplexMode=CELL_FDD, SsbDescMethod=SSB_DESC_TYPE_NARFCN,
SsbFreqPos=426860;
//Configuring the SSB and SIB1 periods
MOD NRDUCELL: NrDuCellId=0, SsbPeriod=MS20, Sib1Period=MS40;
ACT NRCELL: NrCellId=0;
Optimization command examples on the NR side

//Configuring the PDCCH rate matching and SSB rate matching functions
MOD NRDUCELLPDSCH: NrDuCellId=0,
RateMatchSwitch=PDCCH_RATEMATCH_SW-1&SSB_RATEMATCH_SW-1;
//Configuring the position of the downlink additional DMRS
MOD NRDUCELLPDSCH: NrDucellId=0, DlAdditionalDmrsPos=POS1;
//Configuring the number of guaranteed PDCCH RBs
MOD NRDUCELLPDCCH: NrDuCellId=0, GuaranteedRbNum=1;
Deactivation Command Examples

Deactivation command examples on the LTE side
DEA CELL:LOCALCELLID=0;
//Removing cell RB reservation configurations
RMV CELLRBRESERVE: LocalCellId=0, Index=1;
//(Optional, required when MBSFN subframes are not configured before function activation and are
configured upon function activation) Rolling back the configurations of MBSFN subframes
MOD CELLMBSFNSFENHCONFIG: LocalCellId=0, SubframeAllocationMode=NOT_CONFIG;
//Turning off the switch controlling LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
MOD SPECTRUMCLOUD: LocalCellId=0, SpectrumCloudSwitch=OFF;
//Removing an LTE cell from the LTE spectrum sharing cell group
RMV SPECTRUMCLOUD: LocalCellId=0;
RMV LTENRSPCTSHRCELLGRP: LteNrSpectrumShrCellGrpId=0;
ACT CELL: LOCALCELLID=0;
Deactivation command examples on the NR side

DEA NRCELL: NrCellId=0;
//Turning off the switch controlling LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
MOD NRDUCELLALGOSWITCH: NrDuCellId=0, SpectrumCloudSwitch=LTE_NR_FDD_SPCT_SHR_SW-0;
//Removing an NR cell from the NR spectrum sharing cell group
RMV NRDUCELLSPCTCLOUD: NrDuCellId=0;
RMV GNBDULTENRSPCTSHRCG: NrSpctShrCellGrpId=0;
ACT NRCELL: NrCellId=0;
4.4.1.3 Using the MAE-Deployment

For detailed operations, see Feature Configuration Using the MAE-Deployment.

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4.4.2 Activation Verification

Check whether LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing has taken effect
using MML commands or tracing signaling messages. The spectrum sharing mode
in use can be queried using MML commands.
Using MML Commands

LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing takes effect when both of the
following conditions are met:
● The value of the Spectrum Sharing Status parameter in the output of the
eNodeB MML command DSP LTENRSPCTSHRCELLGRP is
DYNAMIC_SHARING.
● The value of the Spectrum Sharing Status parameter in the output of the
gNodeB MML command DSP GNBDULTENRSPCTSHRCG is Dynamic
Sharing.
The spectrum sharing mode is indicated by the Spectrum Sharing Mode

parameter in the output of the eNodeB MML command LST SPECTRUMCLOUD.
The value can be LTE_NR_PWR_DYN_SHR_WITH_SPCT or
LTE_NR_PWR_INDEPENDENT.
Tracing Signaling Messages
NOTICE
Before activating this function in LTE and NR cells, start signaling tracing on the
MAE-Access. Otherwise, messages regarding the activation of this function cannot
be observed after this function is activated.
LTE FDD and NR Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing takes effect when the following
conditions are met on both the eNodeB and gNodeB sides:
Perform the following steps to start eNodeB message tracing on the MAE-Access:
Step 1 Log in to the MAE-Access. Choose Monitor > Signaling Trace > Signaling Trace
Management. In the navigation tree of the displayed window, expand LTE >
Application Layer > Inter-RAT Huawei-Proprietary Interface Trace.
Step 2 In the displayed dialog box, select an NE and set related parameters. Then, click
Finish to start an inter-RAT Huawei-proprietary interface tracing task.
Step 3 After this function is activated in LTE and NR cells, messages are traced over the
inter-RAT Huawei-proprietary interface. View the value of the lnss-group-status-
change-info > nr-ul-cell-information/nr-dl-cell-information > spectrum-
sharing-status IE in the LNR_INTER_RAT_SPECTRUM_CHANGE_INDICATION
message. The value is ss-dynamic-sharing.
----End
Perform the following steps to start gNodeB message tracing on the MAE-Access:

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Step 1 Log in to the MAE-Access. Choose Monitor > Signaling Trace > Signaling Trace
Management. In the navigation tree of the displayed window, expand NR >
Application Layer > Inter-RAT Huawei-Proprietary Interface Trace.
Step 2 In the displayed dialog box, select an NE and set related parameters. Then, click
Finish to start an inter-RAT Huawei-proprietary interface tracing task.
Step 3 After this function is activated in LTE and NR cells, messages are traced over the
inter-RAT Huawei-proprietary interface. View the value of the lnss-group-status-
change-info > nr-ul-cell-information/nr-dl-cell-information > spectrum-
sharing-status IE in the LNR_INTER_RAT_SPECTRUM_CHANGE_INDICATION
message. The value is ss-dynamic-sharing.
----End
4.4.3 Network Monitoring

After this function is enabled, monitor the network gains and impacts of this
function using the counters listed in 4.2 Network Analysis.

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Parameter Description 5 Parameters
5 Parameters
The following hyperlinked EXCEL files of parameter documents match the

software version with which this document is released.
● Node Parameter Reference: contains device and transport parameters.

● eNodeBFunction Parameter Reference: contains all parameters related to
radio access functions, including air interface management, access control,
mobility control, and radio resource management.
● eNodeBFunction Used Reserved Parameter List: contains the reserved
parameters that are in use and those that have been disused.
NOTE
You can find the EXCEL files of parameter reference and used reserved parameter list for
the software version used on the live network from the product documentation delivered
with that version.
FAQ 1: How do I find the parameters related to a certain feature from

parameter reference?
Step 1 Open the EXCEL file of parameter reference.
Step 2 On the Parameter List sheet, filter the Feature ID column. Click Text Filters and
choose Contains. Enter the feature ID, for example, LOFD-001016 or
TDLOFD-001016.
Step 3 Click OK. All parameters related to the feature are displayed.
----End
FAQ 2: How do I find the information about a certain reserved parameter

from the used reserved parameter list?
Step 1 Open the EXCEL file of the used reserved parameter list.
Step 2 On the Used Reserved Parameter List sheet, use the MO, Parameter ID, and BIT
columns to locate the reserved parameter, which may be only a bit of a parameter.
View its information, including the meaning, values, impacts, and product version
in which it is activated for use.
----End

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Parameter Description 6 Counters
6 Counters
The following hyperlinked EXCEL files of performance counter reference match the
software version with which this document is released.
● Node Performance Counter Summary: contains device and transport counters.
● eNodeBFunction Performance Counter Summary: contains all counters related
to radio access functions, including air interface management, access control,
mobility control, and radio resource management.
NOTE
You can find the EXCEL files of performance counter reference for the software version used
on the live network from the product documentation delivered with that version.
FAQ: How do I find the counters related to a certain feature from

performance counter reference?
Step 1 Open the EXCEL file of performance counter reference.

Step 2 On the Counter Summary(En) sheet, filter the Feature ID column. Click Text
Filters and choose Contains. Enter the feature ID, for example, LOFD-001016 or
TDLOFD-001016.
Step 3 Click OK. All counters related to the feature are displayed.
----End

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Parameter Description 7 Glossary
7 Glossary
For the acronyms, abbreviations, terms, and definitions, see Glossary.

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Parameter Description 8 Reference Documents
8 Reference Documents
● 3GPP TS 38.104: "NR; Base Station (BS) radio transmission and reception"
● Feature parameter description documents in eRAN Feature Documentation
– Carrier Aggregation
– Scheduling
– Physical Channel Resource Management
– VoLTE
– MIMO
– eMIMO (FDD)
– UL CoMP
– DRX and Signaling Control
– Intra-RAT Mobility Load Balancing
– LCS
– Extended CP
– Random Access Control
– SFN
– Compact Bandwidth (FDD)
– GSM and LTE FDD Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
– Flexible Bandwidth based on Overlap Carriers (FDD)
– GSM and LTE Zero Bufferzone
– GSM and LTE Buffer Zone Optimization
– UL Refarming Zero Bufferzone
– UMTS and LTE Zero Bufferzone
– CDMA and LTE Zero Bufferzone
– Uplink Coordinated Scheduling
– CSPC
– Adaptive ICIC
– Relay
– eMTC

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Parameter Description 8 Reference Documents
– NB-IoT Basics (FDD)

– Extended Cell Range
– Superior Uplink Coverage (FDD)
– eMBMS
– Virtual 4T4R (FDD)
– DL CoMP (FDD)
– GSM and LTE Dynamic Power Sharing
– Super Combined Cell (FDD)
– Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction
– TDM eICIC (FDD)
– ICIC
– Short TTI (FDD)
– PTT
– On-Demand TX Power Allocation Under EME
– Dedicated Carrier for TM9 (FDD)
– Seamless Intra-Band Carrier Joining (FDD)
● Feature parameter description documents in 5G RAN Feature Documentation:
– Carrier Aggregation
– Scheduling
– Channel Management
– Power Control
– Multi-Operator Sharing
– Beam Management
– VoNR
● Dynamic Power Sharing Between LTE Carriers
● LTE Spectrum Coordination
● GSM and LTE Spectrum Concurrency
● UMTS and LTE Dynamic Power Sharing
● UMTS and LTE Spectrum Sharing
● UMTS and LTE Spectrum Sharing Based on DC-HSDPA

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MRFD-160262 LTE FDD and NR Flash

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4.1.1 Principles of Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing

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● Time domain: Flash spectrum sharing is supported on a 1 ms basis. That is,

Figure 4-1 Flash dynamic spectrum sharing between LTE and NR

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resources preferentially allocated, the spectrum resources are allocated based

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4.1.2 Key Technologies of Flash Dynamic Spectrum Sharing

Uplink Physical Channels

Figure 4-2 Positions of uplink physical channels

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Downlink Physical Channels

● The NR Synchronization Signal and PBCH block (SSB) is transmitted in fixed