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LTE RAN Release RL30

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Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 5
History .............................................................................................................................. 6
1. BTS Site Solution................................................................................................ 7

1.1. 6 cell support with one System Module ............................................................... 7
1.2. FFCB TRS External Filter for FHCA .................................................................. 8
1.3. Flexi low power RRH 850 2TX for optical repeater interface ............................. 8
1.4. FHCC Flexi 850 Repeater Interface Unit (RIU) ................................................ 10
1.5. FHEC Flexi RRH 2TX 1800 low power lexi RRH 2TX 2100 .......................... 12
1.6. Flexi RF Module 2TX 850 (FXCC) ................................................................... 12
1.7. Flexi RRH 2TX 2100 ......................................................................................... 14
1.8. Distributed Site................................................................................................... 15
1.9. Flexi System Module FSMD ............................................................................. 16
1.10. Flexi RRH 2TX 2600 ......................................................................................... 17
1.11. Flexi RRH 2TX 850 ........................................................................................... 18
1.12. Flexi 3-sector RF Module 760 ........................................................................... 19
1.13. RF chaining with FSME..................................................................................... 21
2. Transmission..................................................................................................... 22
2.1. Transport admission control ............................................................................... 22
2.2. IP Transport Network Measurement .................................................................. 23
2.3. Fast IP Rerouting................................................................................................ 24
2.4. Ethernet Jumbo Frames ...................................................................................... 25
3. Radio Resource Management and Telecom................................................... 26

3.1. Extended Uplink Link Adaptation ..................................................................... 26
3.2. Outer loop link adaptation for PDCCH .............................................................. 26
3.3. DRX in RRC connected mode ........................................................................... 27
3.4. System time broadcast for SIB8 ......................................................................... 29
3.5. DL power boosting for control channels ............................................................ 29
3.6. Network Assisted Cell Change to GSM............................................................. 31
3.7. MME capacity value change .............................................................................. 33
3.8. Extended DRX settings ...................................................................................... 34
3.9. Subscriber profile based mobility ...................................................................... 36
3.10. Operator specific QCI ........................................................................................ 37
3.11. S1 partial reset .................................................................................................... 38
3.12. Inter RAT handover to WCDMA....................................................................... 40
3.13. Periodic UE measurements ................................................................................ 42
3.14. Controlled uplink packet segmentation .............................................................. 43
3.15. IMS emergency sessions .................................................................................... 44
3.16. Usage based PDCCH adaptation ........................................................................ 45
3.17. Interference aware UL scheduling ..................................................................... 46
3.18. Support of cell based location service ................................................................ 47
3.19. RRC Connection Re-establishment.................................................................... 48
3.20. Idle mode mobility LTE to CDMA/1xRTT ....................................................... 49
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3.21. Increased uplink MCS range .............................................................................. 50

3.22. Intra-LTE mobility offsets ................................................................................. 52
4. Operability ........................................................................................................ 53
4.1. Configuration Management ............................................................................... 53
4.1.1. Synchronization of InterRAT neigbhors ............................................................ 53
4.1.2. Mobility Robustness........................................................................................... 54
4.1.3. PRACH management ......................................................................................... 58
4.1.4. Optimization of Intra-LTE neighbor relations ................................................... 59
4.1.5. ANR Fully UE based ......................................................................................... 60
4.1.6. ANR InterRAT UTRAN .................................................................................... 64
4.1.7. ANR InterRAT GERAN .................................................................................... 66
4.1.8. System Upgrade with Backward Compatibility ................................................. 68
4.2. Network Monitoring and Maintenance .............................................................. 70
4.2.1. Automatic interface alarm correlation................................................................ 70
4.2.2. LTE Timing Advance Evaluation ...................................................................... 71
4.2.3. Performance Management Administration ........................................................ 72
4.2.4. Configurable cell trace content .......................................................................... 73
4.3. Supplementary O&M features ........................................................................... 75
4.3.1. DNS support for certificate examination ........................................................... 75
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Introduction
This document provides the list of new features for the LTE Radio Access System Release RL30.
The scope of the document includes evolved NodeB (eNB) and Transmission. The Flexi
Transmission Module provides the transmission interfaces for the eNB. The LTE is managed with the
Operations Support System (OSS) and it interfaces with Packet Switched (PS) Core Networks (CN)
over the S1 interface.
LTE Release RL30 specification baseline is 3GPP Rel-9 March 2010.
This document does not cover the Core Network, WCDMA, GSM system and Mobile Station support
but only Nokia Siemens Network's LTE RAN level issues.
The content of this document is subject to change mainly due to the status of standardization and the
actual release definition process.
HW requirements: Here it will be indicated if the feature requires a specific HW in RAN LTE
portfolio. It is left blank if the feature describes a HW item itself or has no specific requirements.
Interdependency between features: Here dependencies between NSN RAN LTE features will be
indicated.
This document is NON BINDING.

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History
FUD V2.0 LTE424 updated;
LTE 1101 and LTE1106 added
Fext V1.0 LTE1195 added
Fext V1.1 FXCC and FHEC added
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1. BTS Site Solution
1.1. 6 cell support with one System Module

Unique ID: 106
Short Description: Six sector and six LTE cells with optional 2TX MIMO Flexi LTE BTS
configuration is supported.
Benefits for the Customer: More coverage and capacity with six sector and cell configuration.
Functional Description: Flexi LTE BTS is able to support up to 6 cells with one System Module
FSME. One FSME can support six cells up to 10 MHz Bandwidth (with 1TX or with 2TX MIMO).
Supported basic configurations:
- up to 1+1+1+1+1+1 1TX/2RX with two 3-sector RF Modules

- up to 1+1+1+1+1+1 2TX/2RX with four 3-sector RF Modules
- up to 1+1+1+1 2TX/2RX with four 3-sector RF Modules configured to support one sector (2TX
config max 60 + 60 W per sector)
- up to 1+1+1+1 2TX/2RX with four RRHs (2TX MIMO max 40 + 40 W per sector)
For Distributed BTS (over 200 m optical link) and chained RF configurations are separate features.
HW Requirements:
Interdependencies between Features: Not supported at the same time with LTE447 RF sharing
LTE-GSM (with one FSME).
RL Software Dependencies:
LTE eNode B NetAct OMS MME SAE GW UE

Release RL30 LBTS3.0 - - -
Software Sales Information:
BSW/ASW Licence Control in Network Licence Control Attributes

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1.2. FFCB TRS External Filter for FHCA

Unique ID: 1101
Short Description: The FFCB is external filter that is used together with FHCA. The FFCB is needed
to site solution in Korea to fulfill demanding co-siting requirements with local radio systems.
Benefits for the Customer: The FFCB is used close to FHCA by matched cables (part of delivery).
The FFCB is possible to install FFCC in pole or wall.
Functional Description:
Figure:

Release RL30 - - - - 0
HW Requirements: Used together with FHCA.

Interdependencies between Features:

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1.3. Flexi low power RRH 850 2TX for optical repeater interface
Unique ID: 1106
Short Description: Flexi LTE low power RRH with 2 TX for optical repeater interface of Korean
market in Band 5 (tbd 6,18,19).
Benefits for the Customer: Indoor low power RRH optical repeater interface enables building LTE
indoor and outdoor coverage using repeater solutions that is already known in customers legacy cdma
systems.
Functional Description: Flexi RRH 2TX 850 repeater interface main features:
* 10mW + 10mW with two power amplifiers (2TX/2RX)

* one LTE omni cell up to 10 MHz
Antenna Port
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- Number of Port : 2 Tx, 2 Rx (simplex)

- Connector Type : SMA
Sample Port
- Number of Port : 2 Tx, 2 Rx (simplex)
- Connector Type : SMA
- Tx : 10~30dB
- Rx : within 10dB (LNA output signal)

Tx characteristics
- Output level : -10~10dBm/10MHz (20dB Dynamic Range)
Rx characteristics
- Sensitivity : -76.5 dBm
- Dynamic Range : -20 ~ -76.5dBm
* IP21
* 0 to +65 °C
* two external RX outputs (main and div with small SMA connectors) for future use (e.g. location
device)
* external alarms and outputs
* VSWR monitoring on both TX branches
Mechanical dimensions:
can fit to 19'' rack (height < 1U, depth > 40 cm)
Power supply:
27V/-48V

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1.4. FHCC Flexi 850 Repeater Interface Unit (RIU)

Unique ID: 1195
Short Description: FHCC Flexi 850 Repeater Interface Unit (RIU) is optical mux & demux unit with
RF interfaces. It is located between Flexi System Module and Flexi RF Modules and customer's
(existing) 3rd party RF repeater system.
On radio interface side one RIU is able to support up to three RF repeaters (cells or sectors) with three
analog RF interfrequency interfaces.
On optical interface side one RIM is able to support up to three LTE cells (sectors) with two optical
interfaces towards Flexi RF Modules. Optical interface has delay functionality with settable 0 - 100
microsecond delay to adjust the RF Module and RF repeater delay the same in downlink and uplink.
Benefits for the Customer: RIU is customized market and customer specific product enabling
operator to use their existing RF repeaters and analog-digital RF distribution system with new LTE
BTS and LTE RF units.
Functional Description:
On radio interface side one RIU is able to support up to three RF repeaters (cells or sectors) with
three analog interfrequency RF signal interfaces. RIU performs optical to IF radio conversion. 2TX
MIMO is supported with each interface.
On optical interface side one RIU is able to support up to three LTE cells (sectors) with two optical
interfaces towards Flexi RF Modules. Optical interface has delay functionality with settable 0 - 100
microsecond delay to adjust the RF Module and RF repeater delay the same in downlink and uplink.
2TX MIMO is supported for each cell.
Optical Mux/demux
- OBSAI signal splitting (same cell to Radio Unit and Repater) in downlink in Coupling Mode
- OBSAI signal summing (same cell from Radio Unit and Repeater) in uplink in Coupling Mode
- OBSAI signal handling in downlink and uplink in Dedicated Mode (Radio Unit and Repeater have
theit own cells)
Optical Delay functionality

- Adds required delay towards the Flexi Radio Units up- and downlink signals, tuning range 0 to 100
us. Purpose is to make exactly the same delay from the System Module to the antenna connectors of
the Flexi Radio unit and 3rd party Repeater
Distance requirement is 20 km in case of delay compensation is 0 ms.
Configurations:
Dedicated cell mode
• one RIU is connected and supports up to 3 cells for Flexi RF Modules and 3 separate own cells for
three Repeaters , max 6 cells @ 10 MHz for one System Module (FSME)
• one RIU can support up to 3 cells for three Repeaters, no Flexi RF units connected to RIU
-separately 3 cells with Flexi RF Modules or RRHs can be directly connected to Flexi System
Module FSME
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Coupling mode
• one RIU is connected and supports up to 3 cells for Flexi RF Modules and three Repeaters
extending the coverage of the three macro cells
with two RIUs up to 6 macro cells @ 10 MHz (4 RF Modules) with up to 6 repeaters for one Flexi
System Module FSME
Mixed Mode:
• Dedicated and Coupling mode
• max 6 cells @ 10 MHz with FSME
• 3 cells with 2 RF Modules with RIU and 3 repeaters in coupling mode
• 3 dedicated repeater cells with second RIU
Figure:

Release RL30 LBTS3.0 - - N/A
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1.5. FHEC Flexi RRH 2TX 1800 low power Flexi RRH 2TX 2100
Unique ID: 1337
Short Description: FHEC Flexi RRH 2TX 1800 MHz low power for optical repeater interface of
Korean market in 3GPP Band 3.
Benefits for the Customer: Indoor low power RRH optical repeater interface enables building LTE
indoor and outdoor coverage using repeater solutions that is already known in customers legacy
CDMA systems.
Functional Description: FHEC Flexi RRH 2TX 1800 low power repeater interface main features:
Frequency band: 1840MHz~1850MHz on Tx (DL) 1745MHz~1755MHz Rx (UL)
Level(dBm): DL 0dBm @ max traffic, UL TBD
Output port: Each 2 ports per DL and UL, SMA type, MIMO
Signal Monitoring port: One per DL and UL, SMA type, 10 dB coupling
Configuration Dedicated: Sector (One cell)
Reference Signal: 10MHz, 4 ports
Environment: Indoor, 0~65°C IP20
Input Power: 48VDC only
Optic Interface: OBSAI RP3-1
Dimension(mm): 482.6 X TBD X 450 (W X H X D)
HW Requirements: -
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1.6. Flexi RF Module 2TX 850 (FXCC)

Unique ID: 1356
Short Description: Flexi Multiradio RF Module version for 850 MHz supporting two sectors with 60
W output power at the BTS antenna connector. It can be used as one sector powerfull RRH with 60
W + 60 W 2TX MIMO.The environmental protection class is IP65.
Benefits for the Customer: FXCC Flexi 2-sector RF Module 60 W 850 MHz has 15 MHz
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instantaneous bandwidth support at 3GPP band 5. HW supports operation in 3GPP bands 5, 18 and
19.2-sector 2x 60 W RF Module general benefits:
• industry leading RF integration level

• SW configurable radio: the same RF Module for LTE, HSPA+ and WCDMA and GSM/EDGE
• 2 sector RF in one outdoor IP65 box
• Widest ambient temperature range -35... +55 C
• Smallest size and weight
• Smallest power consumption and OPEX
• Can be used as feederless site as well with one DC and 1...2 optical cables
• TX div and MIMO 2TX can be build using one or two 2-sector RF Modules
• Less wind load
• easier installation
• less visual impact
• RF Module can be used as powerful one sector RRH : 60 + 60 W 2TX MIMO with HW
prepared for 4RX.
Functional Description: 2x 60 W output Flexi RF Module, IP65.3GPP band 5, 18 and 19 operation
supported.
3 U high with Flexi platform mechanics.
Basic LTE Configurations:

• 1 or 1+1 LTE cells @ max 10 MHz LTE bandwith and 1TX/2RX
- LTE BW support is limited by UE cabability to max 10 MHz at Band 5 in 3GPP
• 8, 20, 40 or 60 W mode per sector (by SW licenses)
• 1 sector max 60 + 60 W 2TX/2RX MIMO
• HW prepared for 1 sector max 60 + 60 W 2TX/4RX MIMO
Can be used in Feederless (DC up to 200 m) BTS sites. Also supports distributed sites up to 20km,
with SW feature LTE614.
HW Requirements: no specific HW requirements

Interdependencies between Features: no feature interdependencies


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1.7. Flexi RRH 2TX 2100

Unique ID: 452
Short Description: Flexi Multiradio Remote RF Head (RRH) with 2TX for world market
WCDMA/HSPA and LTE operation at 2100 MHz 3GPP band 1.
Benefits for the Customer: One sector Flexi Remote RF Head is able to support 2TX MIMO with
high output power. It enables easy installation outdoors close to antennas thus maximising BTS site
capacity and coverage for one sector.
Functional Description: FRGQ Flexi RRH 2TX 2100 Main features (common with other Flexi 2TX
RRHs):
- 40 W + 40 W with two power amplifiers.

- Optimized for single sector deployment with 2TX MIMO
- one LTE cell with 2TX MIMO up to 20 MHz LTE per sector.
- Optical chaining supported by HW(two optical connectors)
- IP65 with -35 to +50 °C with convection cooling
- two external RX outputs (main and div with small SMA connectors) for future use
(e.g. location device)
- external alarms and outputs
- AISG2.0 Antenna tilt support with external connector (RS485)
- MHA supported by both RX branches with adjustable 0...30 dB LNAs
- Other TX/RX branch with integrated BiasT to support AISG2.0 MHA
(or antenna tilt in future possible by the same HW)
- MHA SW support via integrated BiasT
- VSWR monitoring on both TX branches
Mechanical dimensions :
- less than 20 liters

- less than 20 kg
HW Requirements:


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1.8. Distributed Site

Unique ID: 614
Short Description: The Distributed Site Solution is a LTE BTS site where the distance between the
System Module and RF Module or RRH can be up to 20 km. The single mode optical cables and
single mode optical transceivers (SFP) need to be used to connect System Module to RF Module or
RRH.
Benefits for the Customer: The operator is able to utilize new site solutions by using long optical
cables between the Flexi RF and System Module. Distributed Site is especially suitable for roadside
applications etc.
BTS System Modules and high capacity backhaul transport can be collected to one BTS hotel -type of
centralized secured location with shared BTS site support functions like battery back up (for System
Modules and transport).
Functional Description: Flexi System Module can be located (by an optical single mode interface
and single mode SFPs) up to 20 km away from the RF Module or RRH, typically closer to the
transmission termination point and other site support equipment (e.g. existing BTS shelter or inside
BTS or Site Support cabinet) and to the location with easier access for the operator.
Single Mode optical plugable tranceivers (SFP) can be installed to standard Flexi System Module and
RF Modules and RRH to support max 20 km optical single mode fiber.
Flexi RF Module or RRH is located close to antenna to support typically one sector with 2TX MIMO.
RF Module and RRH needs local 48 V power supply and optional battery back-up solution.
Maximum output power is 60 + 60 W per sector with 2TX MIMO with RF Module. Maximum output
power is 40 + 40 W per sector with RH 2TX MIMO with RRH.
Flexi System Module FSME can support three 15 or 20 MHz LTE cells. Each optical 3 Gbit/s link
can support one 15 MHz or 20 MHz LTE cell with 2TX MIMO and 2RX diversity.
HW Requirements:
LTE-GSM.
Following features will not work correctly together with distributed site in RL30:
- LTE468 PCI management

- LTE539 Central ANR
- LTE492 ANR
- LTE500 Cell Outage Compensation
- LTE581 PRACH management
- LTE783 ANR InterRAT UTRAN
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- LTE784 ANR InterRAT GERAN

- LTE510 Synchronization of InterRAT neigbhors
If the features are applied, then the prepared values need to be re-worked manually.

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BTS license
1.9. Flexi System Module FSMD

Unique ID: 74
Short Description: Flexi System Module provides all the BTS site common and baseband processing
functions. It can support typical 3-sector LTE BTS up to 10 MHz cell bandwidth or e.g. two LTE
cells up to 20 MHz bandwidth.
Benefits for the Customer: One SW configurable Flexi System Module for LTE and
WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+.
All BTS Site common functions, BB processing, transport options, power distribution with fuses and
fans in one single compact IP65 weather proof 3U module. Ambient temperature from -35 to +55 C.
No cabinet needed, can be installed to wall or pole or existing 3rd party BTS or Site Support cabinet.
Functional Description: FSMD Flexi System Module provides the following functionality
- BTS and site level O&M processing
- LTE eNB telecom and RRM functionality
- LTE baseband processing with two integrated baseband units
- Transport interface with transport Sub-module
- External alarms and controls (EACs)
- Timing and synchronization
- Ethernet Switch with 1G and 100 M Ethernet interfaces
- Site 48 V DC input power interface and 48 V DC distribution to other modules with fuses
- 5 optical interfaces, to connect Radio Modules and 2nd System Module in extension mode,
- OBSAI RP3 summing/distribution function
- 2 redundant fans
- IP65 mechanics with -35...+55 C ambient temperature
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FSMD HW will be identical with the one used in WCDMA thus making the design common with
WCDMA and LTE. The architecture of System Module allows different product capacity variants of
1,2 or 3 BB processing units per one System Module. FSMD has two integrated BB units.FSMD is
able to support up to eight LTE cells with maximum 5 MHz bandwidth, or up to four 10 MHz cells or
up to 20 MHz cells with 2TX MIMO and 2-way uplink RX diversity up to full LTE air interface
capacity.
Implementation architecture will support also other configurations of the BB units, but it may not be
possible to support full load of air interface.
HW Requirements:

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Unique ID: 89
Short Description: Flexi Multiradio Remote RF Head (RRH) with 2TX for world market
WCDMA/HSPA and LTE operation at 2600 MHz 3GPP band 7.
Functional Description: FRHB Flexi RRH 2TX 2600 Main features (common with other Flexi 2TX
RRHs):
- 40 W + 40 W with two power amplifiers (at 45 C)

- Optimized for single sector deployment with 2TX MIMO
- one LTE cell with 2TX MIMO up to 20 MHz LTE per sector.
- Optical chaining supported by HW(two optical connectors)
- IP65 with -35 to +50 °C with convection cooling
- two external RX outputs (main and div with small SMA connectors) for future use
(e.g. location device)
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- MHA SW support via integrated BiasT
- VSWR monitoring on both TX branches
- less than 20 kg
HW Requirements:

Release RL30 LBTS3.0 - - - 3GPP R8
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Unique ID: 91
Short Description: Flexi Multiradio Remote RF Head (RRH) with 2TX for world market LTE and
WCDMA/HSPA operation at 850 MHz 3GPP band 5.
Functional Description: FHCA Flexi RRH 2TX 850 Main features (common with other Flexi 2TX
RRHs)
FHCA HW supported frequency bands:

-3GPP 850 (band 5) DL: 869-894 MHz, UL: 824-849 MHz
- 40 W + 40 W with two power amplifiers.

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- Optimized for single sector deployment with 2TX MIMO one LTE cell with 2TX MIMO
up to 20 MHz LTE per sector.
- Optical chaining supported by HW (two optical connectors)
- IP65 with -35 to +50 °C with convection cooling two external RX outputs
(main and div with small SMA connectors) for future use (e.g. location device)
- MHA SW support via integrated BiasT VSWR monitoring on both TX branches

- less than 18 kg
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1.12. Flexi 3-sector RF Module 760

Unique ID: 921
Short Description: FRBB is Flexi Multiradio RF Module RF version for 700 MHz upper 3GPP band
14 (D block and Public Safety band) supporting three sectors with 40 W output power at the BTS
antenna connector. It can be used as powerful one sector RRH with max 40 W + 40 W 2TX MIMO.
The environmental protection class is IP65.
Benefits for the Customer: 3-sector 3 x 40 W RF Module general benefits:
- the most cost and size and weight optimized 3-sector BTS site
- industry leading RF integration level
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- 3 sector RF in one outdoor IP65 box

- ambient temperature -35... +55 C
- Smallest size and weight
- Smallest power consumption and OPEX
- Can be used as feederless site as well with one DC and 1...2 optical cables
- TX div and MIMO 2TX can be build using two 3-sector RF Modules
- RF redundancy option comes as side bonus
- 0ne 3-sector Module more cost effective than 3 x RF Head in feederless installations
- Less weight
- Less wind load
- typically only 1/3 of DC and optical cabling compared to RF Heads
- easier installation
- less visual impact
- Can be used as powerful one sector RRH : 40 + 40 W 2TX MIMO with HW prepared for 4RX
Functional Description: FRBB Flexi RF Module 760 MHz Triple is 3 x 40 W output Flexi RF
Module, IP65. 3GPP 700 MHz band 14 is supported (10 MHz band: 5 MHz D-block and 5 MHz
Public Safety block).
3 U high with Flexi platform mechanics.

Basic LTE Configurations:
- 1, 1+1 or 1+1+1 LTE @ max 10 MHz LTE bandwith and 1TX/2RX
- 1+1 or 1+1+1 LTE @ max 10 MHz LTE bandwith and 2TX MIMO/2RX with Two Rf Modules
- 8, 20 or 40 W mode per sector (by SW licenses)
- 1 sector max 40 + 40 W 2TX/2RX MIMO
- HW prepared for 1 sector max 40 + 40 W 2TX/4RX MIMO
- RF Module can be used in Feederless (DC up to 200 m) and Distributed BTS sites.
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1.13. RF chaining with FSME

Unique ID: 977
Short Description: RF units can be chained in Distributed LTE BTS configurations in order to
support extended and optimized coverage and capacity. In Feederless LTE BTS configurations the
lenght of optical cables can be minimized. Up to two RF Units (one cell RRH or RF Module with
2TX MIMO) per chain and up to 3 chains hence maximum 6 RF units and LTE cells per one FSME.
Benefits for the Customer: RF chaining brings extension to Distributed BTS. This means extended
and optimized LTE coverage because more RF units can be located where needed. Better utilization
of optical link cable capacity to cover large areas e.g. for roadside coverage or large indoor buildings
areas. In Feederless BTS site with two RF bands chaining minimizes the length of installed optical
cables.
Functional Description: One FSME can support up to six maximum 10 MHz LTE cells. One 3
Gbit/s optical link can support two max 10 MHz cells with 2TX MIMO and 2RX diversity. Therefore
supported chained LTE configurations with FSME are: max. three 3 Gbit/s optical chains with each
with two RF units with max 10 MHz BW LTE cell each.
'RF unit' can be RRH or RF Module supporting one cell/sector with 2TX MIMO & 2RX diversity.
In feederless BTS site configuration max 200 m distance between System Module and two RF units
in one chain supporting two different RF bands (Dual band site).
In distributed BTS maximum 20 km distance between System Module and the last RRH/RFM in the
chain.
HW Requirements:
LTE-GSM.
LTE614 Distributed Site required (max 20 km distance between System Module and last RFM/RRH
in the chain) or LTE94 Feederless Site required (max 200m distance between System Module and last
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2. Transmission
2.1. Transport admission control

Unique ID: 144
Short Description:
Benefits for the Customer: This feature supports service stability, i.e. new connections will only be
admitted if there are sufficient transport resources available.
It allows to split the available guaranteed transport bandwidth into a partition used for GBR traffic and a
partition used for Non-GBR traffic.
Controlled overbooking allows optimised bandwidth usage.
Functional Description: With the Connection Admission Control (CAC) function the eNB can accept or
reject a connection request based on the current load situation. Whereas air interface resources are being
checked with LTE 20 Radio Admission Control (RAC), this feature adds checking of available transport
resources prior to accepting a bearer request.
This feature ensures guaranteed transport of GBR traffic over the limited backhaul transport capacity.
New GBR connections are admitted only as long as the guaranteed transport capacity (CIR) is not exceeded
by the summed up capacity of all connections.
A configurable partition of the transport capacity may be reserved for Non-GBR traffic.
CAC is performed separately for DL and UL directions.
The feature allows controlled overbooking by using a configurable overbooking factor.
CAC related Performance Counters are provided.
HW Requirements:
LTE eNode B NetA OMS MME SAE UE

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2.2. IP Transport Network Measurement

Unique ID: 574
Short Description: This feature introduces means for actively measuring and supervising the IP
network conditions through the mobile backhaul between the eNB e.g. and core site routers, core
elements, other eNBs or other probing systems. If required, the measurements can be done for each
QoS class separately.
Benefits for the Customer: This feature brings OPEX savings as the operator is able to monitor the
network conditions and can react quickly to potential service degradations. The measurements
provide an indication of possible violations against an SLA (Service Level Agreement). CAPEX
savings are obtained, because the built-in measurement means obsoletes expensive measurement
equipment that would be otherwise required to supervise and troubleshoot the network.
Functional Description: With this feature, an active measurement is done between two points in the
mobile backhaul. One point performs test traffic generation and analysis. The other point must be able
to send back the test traffic. The purpose of the measurement is to have an estimation of the quality
and performance of the IP-based mobile backhaul for each QoS class independently, indicated by Diff
Serv Code points.
In detail
- The eNB provides Two Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP) Sender functionality
according to RFC5357. The received packets need to be analyzed and used for statistics whether the
responding partner is capable to generate a TWAMP Response message or whether it returns the sent
message un-modified (UDP echo server).
- The eNB provides TWAMP Responder functionality so that a supporting router in the network
could use TWAMP test traffic to measure the connection from there towards the eNB
Up to 10 simultaneous measurement sessions can be started on the eNB. The sessions can be used to
get measurements on different QoS classes. Once started, the measurements are gathered forever or
till the measurements are explicitly stopped. The measurements are aggregated into PM counters that
are uploaded every 15 minutes. If the network condition falls under a configurable threshold, alarms
will be raised.
Measured values are
- Round-trip time (RTT, presented as Maximum, Minimum and Average Packet Delay)
- Packet Loss Ratio
- in case of TWAMP responses additionally
- One way delay variation
- One way packet loss

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2.3. Fast IP Rerouting

Unique ID: 866
Short Description: This feature supports transport path redundancy using BFD triggered static
rerouting.
Benefits for the Customer: High availability through redundant backhaul connection.
Functional Description: LTE866 Fast IP Rerouting is an extension of LTE592 Link Supervision
with BFD.
The eNB sees two routers connected to it. A BFD session is running between the eNB and one router.
Redirecting the downlink traffic:
The primary route in the routing table of the router R1 is connected to the BFD session. If the BFD
session fails, the route is removed in the routing table of the router and the secondary route is selected
(via R2).
Redirecting the uplink traffic:
The primary route in the routing table of the eNB is connected to the BFD session. If the BFD session
fails, the route is removed in the routing table of the eNB and the next best route is selected (via R2).
In conjunction with the feature LTE649 QoS aware switching the solution provides two physical links
to connect the eNB.
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2.4. Ethernet Jumbo Frames

Unique ID: 931
Short Description: Flexi Multiradio BTS supports Ethernet Jumbo Frames
Benefits for the Customer: IP fragmentation and reassembly will be avoided.
Functional Description: If the user IP layer MTU is 1500 bytes, the transport layer PDU will be
larger due to additional overhead (GTP/UDP/IP, optional IPSec). Thus it will exceed the Ethernet
standard SDU size (1500 bytes). Flexi Multiradio BTS supports Ethernet Jumbo Frames (max 1608
bytes) at the transport interface to avoid IP Fragmentation & Reassembly or reduction of user IP layer
MTU size.
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3. Radio Resource Management and Telecom
3.1. Extended Uplink Link Adaptation

Unique ID: 1034
Short Description: An enhanced uplink link adaptation (E-ULA) algorithm is introduced.
Benefits for the Customer: The E-ULA algorithm makes the eNode B less sensitive to wrong P0
settings and provides for small cells a higher cell throughput.
Functional Description: The feature enhances the slow ATB algorithm by taking eNode B uplink
BLER measurements in addition to the power headroom report provided by the UE into account. The
extended algorithm enforces the selection of a power efficient combination of PRBs and MCS.
The feature can be optionally enabled by O&M setting.
HW Requirements:

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3.2. Outer loop link adaptation for PDCCH

Unique ID: 1035
Short Description: The feature provides an enhancement to the PDCCH link adaptation algorithm.
Benefits for the Customer: Improved PDCCH performance
Functional Description: The Flexi Multidatio BTS provides with enhancement a dynamic adaptation
of the ratio of PDSCH and PDCCH block errors such that a PDCCH block error rate of 1% is
achieved when the PDSCH reaches its predefined target block error rate.
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The CQI offset shift between PDSCH and PDCCH is dynamically adapted based on PDSCH NACK
and DTX information. The control is based on UL HARQ feedback (NACK versus DTX) that is sent
in response to a downlink PDSCH transmission.
The following performance counter is supported, e.g.:
- CQI offset shift distribution

- PDCCH BLER for downlink allocation
The feature can be enabled / disabled per cell by O&M setting
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3.3. DRX in RRC connected mode

Unique ID: 42
Short Description: The DRX functionality allows to drastically reduce the UE power consumption.
Benefits for the Customer: The subscribers will experience longer battery life times.
Functional Description: The Flexi Multiradio BTS supports DRX with long DRX cycles.
Up to three different DRX profiles can be defined by the operator. Each DRX profile comprises of the
following set of parameters:
DRX Cycle
Specifies the periodic repetition of the On Duration followed by a possible period of inactivity. The
cycle provides a trade off between setup delay and UE battery power consumption. The maximum
supported DRX cycle length is 80 ms.
On Duration Timer
Specifies the number of consecutive TTIs during which the UE shall monitor the PDCCH for possible
allocations. The On Duration Timer is a part of a DRX Cycle.
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DRX Inactivity Timer

Specifies the number of consecutive TTIs during which the UE shall monitor the PDCCH after
successfully decoding a PDCCH indicating an initial UL or DL user data transmission for this UE.
DRX Retransmission Timer
Specifies the maximum number of consecutive PDCCH subframe(s) for as soon as a DL
retransmission is expected by the UE.
The DRX profiles can be mapped flexibly to different QCI profiles.
The device type indication (non power limited) provided by the UE can be used in addition as a
selection criteria for a DRX profile. The device type indication is an optional 3GPP Rel. 9
functionality.
The DRX parameters itself are signaled via RRC messages to the UE.
DRX settings are only applied to UEs which have indicated according capabilities.
DRX is switched off when gap assisted measurements are activated.
The following performance counters are supported:
- Efficiency of DRX cycles,

- number of handover attempts by UEs running in DRX mode and
- number of handover completions by UEs running in DRX mode
KPIs might be affected by the DRX functionality, e.g. longer ping delays.
The DRX functionality can be switched on/off per cell by O&M setting.
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3.4. System time broadcast for SIB8

Unique ID: 426
Short Description: The system time will be broadcasted with the SIB8.
Benefits for the Customer:
Functional Description: The Flexi Multiradio BTS derives the synchronous system time from the
GPS timing.
The synchronous system time is broadcasted together with other SIB8 parameters.
HW Requirements: GPS receiver required
Interdependencies between Features: LTE807 Idle mode mobility LTE to cdma/1xRTT or LTE870
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3.5. DL power boosting for control channels

Unique ID: 430
Short Description: Power offsets can be applied for the PCFICH, PHICH and the downlink reference
symbols.
Benefits for the Customer: Better detection of PCFICH indicating the number of OFDM symbols
for the PDCCH.
Higher reliability of ACK/NACK transmission via PHICH.
Better channel estimation in case of RS boosting may improve the handover performance.
Functional Description: The Flexi Multiradio BTS supports the following DL power boost options
for MIMO and SIMO configurations:
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PCFICH power boosting
The PCFICH provides information about the number of OFDM symbols used for the PDCCH.
The Flexi Multiradio BTS supports dedicated power control settings for the PCFICH in order to
ensure that especially cell edge UEs can properly receive the PCFICH.
A relative offset between the flat PSD on PDSCH and PCFICH can be configured by O&M on cell
level.
PHICH power boosting
The PHICH provides ACK/NACK information for the uplink transmission.
The Flexi Multiradio BTS supports dedicated power control settings for the PHICH in order to ensure
that the UE can properly receive the PHICH.
A maximum relative offset between the flat PSD on PDSCH and PHICH can be configured by O&M
on cell level.
Downlink reference signal boosting
The downlink reference symbols are used by the UE for the channel estimation and used for Cell
Measurements (Level, Quality) for Handover purposes.
The Flexi Multiradio BTS supports relative RS / PDSCH power control settings.
A relative offset between the PDSCH and RS can be configured by O&M on cell level.
HW Requirements:

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3.6. Network Assisted Cell Change to GSM

Unique ID: 442
Short Description: Service continuity for data service when moving from LTE to GSM.
Benefits for the Customer: Short service interruption time for data services when changing from
LTE to GSM.
Functional Description: The LTE to GSM Network Assisted Cell Change (NACC) functionality of
the Flexi Multiradio BTS allows for a service continuity of data services when changing from a LTE
cell to a GSM cell.
NACC is only applicable for NACC capable multimode devices supporting both LTE and GSM at the
according frequency band. The UE capabilites are provided to the eNB by the feature group indicator.
NACC trigger
The NACC is a network controlled functionality with support of the UE.
The following measurement events are used:
- A1 - deactivate IRAT measurements

- A2 - activate IRAT measurements
- B2 - IRAT measurements
The measurements events A2 and A1 are used to start and stop IRAT measurements and can be
configured by the operator.
The eNB will trigger IRAT measurements only for NACC capable UEs.
The UE capabilities are considered as well for the setup of the IRAT measurement configuration, e.g.
support of measurement gap and support of frequency bands..
The target cells for the IRAT measurements can be configured by the operator. Blacklisting of target
cells is supported.
The event B2 is used for the IRAT measurements.
The measurement configuration as source cell thresholds (RSRP), target cell thresholds (RSSI),
hysteresis, time to trigger and speed dependent scaling can be configured by the operator.
The Flexi Multiradio BTS initiates the NACC after receiving a measurement report form the UE by
sending a RRC: MobilityfromEUTRAcommand message with cell change order indication to the UE,
which forces the UE to a GSM cell.
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Data forwarding
Data forwarding is not supported for NACC.
Performance counter
Performance counters are provided per cell in order to track the NACC performance, e.g.
- Number of NACC from LTE to GSM attempts

- Number of NACC from LTE to GSM attempts per neighbour cell relationship
- Number of successful NACC from LTE to GSM completions
- Number of successful NACC from LTE to GSM completions per neighbour cell relationship
- Number of failed NACC from LTE to GSM Number of failed NACC from LTE to GSM per
neighbour cell relationship
- Number of NACC from LTE to GSM cancellations by UE
- Number of NACC from LTE to GSM cancellations by UE per neighbour cell relationship
The NACC functionality can be enabled / disabled per cell via O&M.
HW Requirements:

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3.7. MME capacity value change

Unique ID: 450
Short Description: The MME can change the initial MME relative capacity value.
Benefits for the Customer: The relative MME capacity value can be changed in order to:
- increase / decrease the capacity of a MMEs in an MME pool

- support of load re-balancing between MMEs, in particular for gracefully removing an MME from an
MME Pool Area.
Functional Description: The MME can change the during the S1 setup assigned
- relative MME capacity value

- MME name
- served GUMMEI
with the S1AP:MME CONFIGURATION UPDATE message.
The relative MME capacity value can be set as well to zero which would lead to the effect that new
UEs entering the MME pool will not be assigned to the corresponding MME.
HW Requirements:

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3.8. Extended DRX settings

Unique ID: 473
Short Description: The feature comprises of three sub features:
- support of the full value range of the long DRX Cycle,

- two additional operator configurable DRX profiles and
- uplink Out-of-Sync handling.
Benefits for the Customer: The extension to support longer settings for the long DRX cycle may
lead to a lower signaling load and lower UE power consumption.
Functional Description: The Flexi Multiradio BTS supports with this feature the full range of 3GPP
settings for the long DRX cycle, i.e. 2560ms.
Two additional operator configurable DRX profiles (see LTE42) are introduced with this feature in
order to allow for a more flexible definition of different DRX use cases, e.g. Out-of-Sync handling or
ANR measurements.
The uplink Out-of-Sync. handling is as well introduced with this feature. It comprises of the
following two sub features:
Uplink Out-of-Sync enforcement
By using very long settings for the DRX cycle, the UE may go to or is even actively sent to the uplink
Out-of-Sync status.
Transition to uplink In-Sync
The eNode B initiates a random access procedure for UEs which are in uplink Out-of-Sync and have
data for downlink transmission. The eNode B provides in this case the RACH parameters via the
PDCCH order to the UE.
The UE may start during the uplink Out-of-Sync state as well a contention based random access
procedure in order to transmit data on uplink.
The following performance counters are provided in order to track the uplink Out-of-Sync behaviour
per cell, e.g.
- Number of UEs in uplink Out-of-Sync

- Number of PDCCH order attempts
- Number of successful PDCCH orders
The feature can be enabled / disabled per cell by O&M settings.
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3.9. Subscriber profile based mobility

Unique ID: 490
Short Description: Subscriber profile ID (SPID) based mobility schemes can be deployed.
Benefits for the Customer: The feature allows for subscriber profile ID based traffic steering.
A typical use case is national roaming where the SPID provided by the MME is used to identify own
subscribers and national roaming subscribers.
Another use case would be MOCN where each operator can define its own target frequency layer.
Functional Description: The feature allows the operator to assign subscriber profile IDs (SPID) to
mobility profiles.
The MME provides the subscriber profile ID to the eNode B via the S1AP:InitialContextSetup
message. The SPID is forwarded during intra LTE handovers either via X2AP:Handover Request or
via the S1AP:HandoverCommand message.
The SPID itself is mapped to a mobility profile. A default mobility profile is used when no SPID is
received or the SPID is unknown.
A mobility profile is a set of O&M configured target frequency layers for enabled inter-frequency and
inter-RAT mobility functions, e.g. handover, NACC, RRC connection release with redirect, SRVCC
or CSFB.
Up to 8 mobility profiles can be defined per eNode B by O&M settings.
The eNode B will use only the neighbor cells out of the SPID related mobility profile for the different
mobility scenarios.
The following performance counter is supported:

- average number of active user per cell per mobility profile
The functionality can be enabled/disabled per eNode B by O&M settings.
HW Requirements:
Interdependencies between Features: Related inter-frequency and IRAT mobility features required
and need to be enabled (eg LTE56 InterRAT HO to WCDMA).
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3.10. Operator specific QCI

Unique ID: 518
Short Description: The operator is able to extend the standardized QCIs with additional 21 non GBR
QCIs.
The introduction of operator specific QCIs requires an alignment with the EPC.
Benefits for the Customer: The operator specific QCIs allow for better user and service
differentiation for non-GBR services, e.g.
- bronze users: QCI 130, 131, 132, 133

- silver users: QCI 140, 141, 142, 143
- gold users: QCI 150, 151, 152, 153
The operator specific QCIs can be used as well in case of RAN sharing to define a set of QCIs
dediacted for each operator, e.g.
- operator A: QCI 140, 141, 142, 143

- operator B: QCI 160, 161, 162, 163
Functional Description: The operator can define up to 21 additional QCIs for non GBR EPS bearers.
The QCI value for each QCI is operator configurable in the range from 128 to 254.
Each operator specific QCI is defined by at least the following set of parameters:
- QCI value
- RLC profile
- PDCP profile
- DRX profile (DRX functionality needs to be enabled)
- scheduling weight
- logical channel group ID
- DSCP
- scheduling priority
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- schedule BSD (bucket size duration)
The Flexi Multiradio BTS supports up to 6 non-GBR QCI groups to combine QCI specific
performance counters. The mapping from the standard QCIs and the operator specific QCIs onto the
QCI group performance counters is operator configurable.
The support of operator specific QCIs can be enabled / disabled per eNode B by O&M settings.
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HW Requirements:
Interdependencies between Features: LTE9 Service differentiation for Non-GBR EPS bearer
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3.11. S1 partial reset

Unique ID: 522
Short Description: The S1 partial reset allows the eNode B or the MME to perform a 'bulk release' of
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many UE-associated S1-signaling connections with one message exchange between eNB and MME.
Benefits for the Customer: The procedure provides performance optimized release of UE-associated
signaling connections (both with respect to time and signaling requirements) for situations which
require simultaneous release of many UE-associated signaling connections.
S1 partial reset is used by O&M procedures (e.g. automatic lock of an individual cells) and to
clean-up node internal error situations.
Functional Description: The partial S1 reset can be initiated by the eNode B or the MME with the
S1AP:RESET message.
The indicated logical resources are released and the reset is acknowledged by a S1AP:RESET
ACKNOWLEDGE message.
The Flexi Multiradio BTS is able to handle multiple S1 partial reset procedures per S1 link in parallel.
The Flexi Multiradio BTS releases in addition related resources at the air interface via a RRC:RRC
CONNECTION RELEASE message.
The following counters are supported to monitor the performance:
- Number of S1 Partial Reset initiated by the eNB

- Number of S1 Partial Reset initiated by the MME
- Number of S1 Global Reset initiated by the eNB
- Number of S1 Global Reset initiated by the MME
- Number of UE Contexts released due to S1 Reset messages (partial and global) initiated by the eNB
- Number of active UE Contexts released due to S1 Reset messages (partial and global) initiated by
the eNB
- Number of UE Contexts released due to S1 Reset messages (partial and global) initiated byMME
- Number of active UE Contexts released due to S1 Reset messages (partial and global) initiated by
MME
HW Requirements:
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3.12. Inter RAT handover to WCDMA

Unique ID: 56
Short Description: Coverage based inter-RAT PS handover from LTE to WCDMA
Benefits for the Customer: Continuous PS coverage
Functional Description: The LTE to WCDMA handover functionality of the Flexi Multiradio BTS
allows for a service continuity of data services with minimal interruption time when changing from a
LTE cell to a WCDMA cell.
The functionality is only applicable for multimode devices supporting both LTE and WCDMA at the
according frequency band and the according feature support.
Handover trigger
The handover is a network controlled handover with support of the UE.
The following measurement event are used:
- A1 - deactivate IRAT measurements

- A2 - activate IRAT measurements
- B2 - IRAT measurements
The operator configurable measurements events A2 and A1 are used to start and stop IRAT
measurements.
The UE capabilities are considered for the IRAT measurements, e.g. support measurement gap and
support of frequency of target cells.
The target cells for the IRAT measurements are operator configurable. Blacklisting of target cells is
supported as well. An ANR functionality might be applied optionally.
The event B2 is used for the IRAT measurements.
The measurement configuration as source cell thresholds (RSRP), target cell thresholds (RSCP,
EcN0), hysteresis, time to trigger and speed dependent scaling are operator configurable.
Handover preparation
The Flexi Multiradio BTS initiates a handover after receiving a measurement report form the UE by
sending a S1AP:HANDOVER REQUIRED message to the MME.
The Flexi Multimode BTS takes the first target cell indicated by the UE measurements for the
handover.
The MME responds to this with a S1AP:HANDOVER COMMAND message indicating that the
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resources at the target have been reserved.
Handover execution
The Flexi Multiradio BTS sends after this a RRC:MobilityfromEUTRAcommand message to the UE,
which forces to the to a WCDMA cell.
The Flexi Multimode BTS performs handover retries to other target cells provided by the UE
measurements in case of unsuccessful handovers.
The Flexi Multiradio BTS supports the following counters per cell in order to track the performance:
- Number of Inter RAT Handover preparations

- Number of failed Inter RAT Handover preparations per cause
- Number of Inter RAT Handover attempts
- Number of Inter RAT Handover attempts per neighbour cell relationship
- Number of successful Inter RAT Handover completions
- Number of successful Inter RAT Handover completions per neighbour cell relationship
- Number of Inter RAT Handover failures
- Number of Inter RAT Handover failures per neighbour cell relationship
- Number of Inter RAT Handover cancellations by UE
- Number of Inter RAT Handover cancellations by UE per neighbour cell relationship
The handover functionality can be enabled / disabled by O&M settings.
HW Requirements:

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3.13. Periodic UE measurements

Unique ID: 570
Short Description: The features provides the support of periodic intra-frequency event based UE
measurements for post-processing in O&M.
Benefits for the Customer: The operator can use the additional UE measurement information to
enhance the analysis capabilities.
Functional Description: The Flexi Multiradio BTS supports periodic intra-frequency measurements
of the type 'Report Strongest Cell".
The operator can configure the report amount and the report interval for the periodic reporting. The
measurement configuration is applied for all new UEe changing to RRC connected. The UE
capabilities are considered for the measurement configuration.
The periodic measurements reports can be captured and evaluated with related trace functionality, e.g.
subscriber and equipment trace or cell trace.
The feature can be enabled / disabled per cell by O&M setting.
HW Requirements:
Interdependencies between Features: LTE163 Subscriber and Equipment trace or LTE433 LTE
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3.14. Controlled uplink packet segmentation

Unique ID: 571
Short Description: Increased uplink cell edge performance by controlled uplink packet
segmentation.
Benefits for the Customer: The operator is able to provide a better cell edge performance.
Functional Description: The Flexi Multiradio BTS supports an uplink coverage improvement
algorithm as an extension to the uplink link adaptation.
The coverage extension is achieved by controlling the uplink packet segmentation. This allows to
improve the coverage throughput and to optimize the PDCCH utilization by balancing new
transmissions and retransmissions. The enhancement in coverage throughput comes at the cost of cell
throughput. For a given modulation code scheme (MCS) as determined by the uplink link adaptation
and configured transport block size (TBS), the uplink scheduler determines the PRB allocation.
The uplink packet segmentation algorithm is controlled for cell edge UEs by
- the minimal transport block size and

- the minimal PRB allocation.
Both parameters are operator configurable.
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3.15. IMS emergency sessions

Unique ID: 572
Short Description: Support of IMS emergency calls.
Benefits for the Customer: The operator can offer IMS emergency sessions for LTE.
Functional Description: The Flexi Multiradio BTS supports IMS emergency sessions.
IMS emergency sessions are identified in case of a RRC connection by the RRC connection
establishment cause or in case of an EPS bearer by the ARP value for emergency sessions.
The Flexi Multiradio BTS admits all IMS emergency sessions, i.e. radio bearers, RRC connections
and EPS bearers until operator configurable thresholds are reached.
All IMS emergency sessions will be rejected in the following cases by the eNode B:
- admission control threshold reached
- related QCI not enabled
- related EPS bearer combinations not enabled
This applies for source and target eNode Bs.
The QCIs 2, 3 and 4 are not supported for IMS emergency calls.
Dedicated neighbor cell lists are applied for IMS emergency sessions for intra-frequency,
inter-frequency and inter-RAT handovers.
RRC connection release with redirect is applied in case that normal handovers can not be performed.
Handover restriction lists provided by the MME are ignore in case of IMS emergency sessions.
The following performance counters are provided on cell level:
- number of successful completed IMS emergency sessions
- number of non-successful/rejected IMS emergency sessions per cause
IMS related subcounters are introduced for existing mobility performance management counters.
The features can be enabled / disabled per eNode B by O&M settings.
Interdependencies between Features: LTE10 Support of EPS bearers for conversational voice and
LTE7 Support of multiple EPS bearer required.
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3.16. Usage based PDCCH adaptation

Unique ID: 616
Short Description: The number of OFDM symbols for PDCCH are adapted to the used CCE (control
channel elements).
Benefits for the Customer: The subscribers may experience better downlink throughput in scenarios
with high PDSCH usage.
Functional Description: The Flexi Multiradio BTS automatically adapts the number of OFDM
symbols used for PDCCH.
The information is broadcasted every TTI via PCFICH.
The adaptation is based on CCE blocking and used CCE (control channel elements).
The following counters are provided in order to monitor the performance:
- PDCCH symbol distribution

- PDCCH usage per OFDM symbol configuration
The feature can be enabled / disabled per cell by O&M setting.
HW Requirements:

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3.17. Interference aware UL scheduling

Unique ID: 619
Short Description: Uplink interference aware scheduling not needing any communication via X2.
Benefits for the Customer: The feature provides an improved uplink cell edge performance in low
loaded networks.
Functional Description: The Flexi Multiradio BTS takes filtered noise and interference
measurements and the UE TX power density for the allocation of PRBs in the frequency domain into
account.
UEs with a high TX power density will be preferably allocated to PRB regions with low noise and
interference in order to improve the cell edge performance.
The functionality can be enabled / disabled per cell by O&M settings.

Figure:
HW Requirements:

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3.18. Support of cell based location service

Unique ID: 68
Short Description: Location reporting on cell ID level
Benefits for the Customer: Support of emergency calls, lawful interception and location based
charging
Functional Description: The Flexi Multiradio BTS supports direct and change of serving cell based
location reporting to the MME via S1AP.
Direct reporting
The location reporting is trigger by a S1AP:LOCATION REPORT CONTROL message from the
MME.
The Flexi Multiradio BTS reports the global cell ID for the requested UE to the MME via the
S1AP:LOCATION REPORT message.
Change of serving cell based reporting
The report function per UE is either triggered by the
- S1AP:LOCATION REPORTING CONTROL message from the MME
- during handover by the X2AP:HANDOVER REQUEST message or
- S1AP: HANDOVER REQUEST message.
The Flexi Multiradio BTS reports the global cell ID after the successful establishment of the reporting
and after each succesful intra eNode B and inter eNode B handover via the S1AP:LOCATION
REPORT message to the MME.
The following PM counters are provided to track the performance:
- Number of location report control messages per eNode B

- Number of location reports per eNode B
The location reporting functionality can be enabled / disabled by O&M setting per eNode B and its
subordinated cells.
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3.19. RRC Connection Re-establishment

Unique ID: 735
Short Description: RRC Connection Re-establishment is supported as preferred resolution for
temporary RL failure or due to physical link failure during handover execution.
Benefits for the Customer: Improved user experience despite of exceptional radio conditions.
Functional Description: The Flexi Multiradio BTS supports the RRC Connection Re-establishment
procedure.
The procedure is initiated by the UE in RRC connected in case of
- Radio link failure detection due to e.g.
- expiry of the timer T310 (timer started after detection of physical layer problem) or
- random access problem indication from MAC or
- indication from RLC that the maximum number of retransmissions has been reached or- Handover
failure (T304 expiry) or
- Integrity check failure indication from lower layers or
- RRC connection reconfiguration failure
The UE sends for the initiation of the procedure an integrity checked

RRC:RRConnectionReestablishmentRequest message to the eNB.
The eNB checks whether it still has a valid UE
- in a serving cell,
- in a source cell or
- in a prepared target cell
and sends in case of a positive response a RRC:RRCConnectionReestablishment message to the UE

for resuming the SRB1 and security.
The UE confirms the message with a RRC:RRCConnectionReestablishmentComplete message.
The eNB subsequently re-establishes the SRB2 and DRBs.
The following counters are provided per cell in order to track the performance:
- Number of RRC Connection Re-establishment Requests per cause value

- Number of successful RRC Connection Re-establishment procedures per cause value
- Number of unsuccessful RRC Connection Re-establishment procedures
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Interdependencies between Features: The mobility related functionality depend partly on

availability of optional SW features (eg LTE56 InterRAT HO to WCDMA).

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3.20. Idle mode mobility LTE to CDMA/1xRTT

Unique ID: 807
Short Description: Support of Idle mode mobility from LTE to CDMA/1xRTT
Benefits for the Customer: Idle mode mobility from LTE to CDMA/1xRTT
Functional Description: The cell reselection from LTE to CDMA/1xRTT is supported by the Flexi
Multiradio BTS by broadcasting the relevant information on SIB 8.
The SIB8 contains information about CDMA2000/1xRTT frequencies and CDMA2000/1xRTT

neighboring cells relevant for cell re-selection.
The following O&M configurable parameters are supported for the cell re-selection form LTE to
CDMA/1xRTT:
- searchWindowSize
- cellReselectionPriority
- 1xrtt-Parameters
- cellReselectionPriority
- threshHigh
- threshLow
- tReselection
- 1xrtt-NeighborCellList
- 1xrtt-NeighborCellInfo
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3.21. Increased uplink MCS range

Unique ID: 829
Short Description: Uplink peak data rates are limited by the lack of support of 64QAM in UEs cat
1-4. 3GPP 36.213 defines MCS20 as highest coding scheme applicable to 16QAM. The usage
MCS21 to MCS24 for 16QAM operation provides approximately 25% higher UL peak rates ad
allows to meet LTE 25.913 high level requirement of 50 Mbps in UL.
Benefits for the Customer: The operator can state approximately 25% higher peak data rates in UL.
50 Mbps UL high level requirement of 25.913 can be demonstrated as instantaneous peak data rate
with cat3 or cat4 UE in 20 MHz. Peak data rates are an important marketing argument for operators
towards their customers and can be easily verified. Thus, peak data rates are KPIs in trials and
network acceptance procedures.
Functional Description: 3GPP 36.213 allows for extending the range of MCSs used for 16 QAM
UEs (cat1-cat4) beyond MCS20 to MCS21-MCS24. The Flexi Multiradio BTS supports for the
uplink the following additional modulation and coding schemes:
- MCS21,
- MCS22,
- MCS23 and
- MCS24
The max supported MCS can be configured via O&M on cell basis.
Cat5 devices are provided with max MCS20 even if LTE829 is enabled as in RL30 there is no
support of 64-QAM in UL.
Furthermore, should Sounding Reference Symbol (SRS) be enabled, support for MCS24 needs to be
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disabled on a cell basis to avoid code rate exceeding 1.
MCS24 shall only be applied for PUSCH allocations > 9 PRBs to avoid cases where inband signaling
of CQI, dyn. ACK/NACK etc. would lead to code rate exceeding 1.
The existing performance counters for the MCS usage are extended accordingly.
Impact on peak data rate per UE:
With 20 MHz, totally 100 RBs can be used for DL and UL. In UL, min 2 RBs need to be reserved for
PUCCH. Thus, the max number of PRBs that can be allocated to PUSCH of a single UE falls back to
96 as PUSCH allocation need to be a multiple of 2, 3 and/or 5. Max number of PRBs to be allocated
in other bandwidths can be derived accordingly. Additionally for 10 MHz case, it is required to
support a configuration with 2 PRBs PUCCH and max 48 PRBs for PUSCH.
Based on 36.213 table 7.1.7.2.1-1, the max instantaneous PHY peak rate is defined for MCS24
(improvement over LTE694 and LTE000458 in brackets):
MHz .... MCS .. max_RBs ... UL_peak_rate

1.4 ..... n.a.
3 ........ 24 ..... 12 of 15 ....... 6.456 Mbps (+25%)
5 ........ 24 ..... 20 of 25 ...... 10.680 Mbps (+26%)
10 ...... 24 ..... 48 of 50 ...... 25.456 Mbps (+23%) (single cell per FSPC)
15 ...... 24 ..... 72 of 75 ...... 39.232 Mbps (+28%)
20 ...... 24 ..... 96 of 100 .... 51.024 Mbps (+26%)
For TD-LTE, assume PRACH period is every 10ms, w/ frame configuration 1 (DSUUD), the
throughput increase are:
MHz .... MCS .. max_RBs ..............UL_peak_rate

10..........24.......48(40 w/ PRACH)...9.78Mbps (+24%)
20..........24.......96(90 w/ PRACH)...20.2Mbps (+25%)
HW Requirements:
Interdependencies between Features: LTE788 Support of 16QAM in UL is required.
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3.22. Intra-LTE mobility offsets

Unique ID: 971
Short Description: Offset setting for intra LTE mobility is introduced.
Benefits for the Customer: The operator is able to optimize the intra LTE mobility by applying
different offsets to different target cells.
Functional Description: The Flexi Multiradio BTS supports offset settings for intra-frequency and
inter-frequency handovers.
The following offsets are supported:
- Ofn - frequency specific offset of neighbor cells

- Ocn - cell specific offset of neigbour cells
- Ofs - frequency specific offset of the serving cell
- Ocs - serving cell specific offset
The offsets are applied if the related measurements are configured.
The offsets are sent to the UE as part of the measurement configuration. The UE takes the offsets for
the measurement reporting into consideration.
HW Requirements:
Interdependencies between Features: Related optional mobility features are required for part of the
functionality (eg LTE55 Interfrequency handover).

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4. Operability
4.1. Configuration Management
4.1.1. Synchronization of InterRAT neigbhors

Unique ID: 510
Short Description: Feature LTE 783 and LTE 784 enable an operator to configure Inter-RAT
neighbor relations when new LTE eNBs are existing/created using pre-planned data (network
planning and configuration file download onto Flexi Multiradio BTS). The established Inter RAT
neighbor relations are also updated/synchronized after manual trigger of the function.
Feature LTE 510 adds mechanism to establish new InterRAT neighbor relations also in case new
UTRAN/GERAN cells are created to optimization scope of an existing LTE cell.
Benefits for the Customer: This feature ensures up-to-date Inter RAT relationships, also in case
UTRAN/GERAN cells are added to the network.
Functional Description: Feature LTE 510 adds mechanism to establish new InterRAT neighbor
relations also in case new UTRAN/GERAN cells are created to optimization scope of an existing
LTE cell.
All relevant parameters for Inter RAT neighbor relation establishment will be provided by Nokia
Siemens network management system (NetAct) in case of a co-existing NokiaSiemens 2G/3G
network or by Nokia Siemens network management via northbound interface (Itf-N), in case of
another Nokia Siemens NetAct regional cluster or other vendor's co-existing 2G/3G network.
The creation of Inter-RAT neighbor relations is evaluated basing on

* the location (co-location) of the BTS
* the distance between the BTS
* the direction of antenna radio lobe
This process need to be triggered manually on demand by an operator.

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Figure:
HW Requirements:
Interdependencies between Features: Feature LTE 783 and LTE 784 are pre-requisite for operating
feature LTE 510.

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4.1.2. Mobility Robustness

Unique ID: 533
Short Description: This feature aims to enable improvements of the system performance by
optimizing the Intra-LTE radio network HO-configuration in order to reduce as much as possible the
following events as much as possible:
- Too early HOs

- Too late HOs
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Reducing such events, number of call drops and/radio link failures, as well as exchanged signalling
will be also reduced as much as possible.
This feature has to be considered as a first step of MRO-implementation, covering not all
3GPP-defined use cases for MRO, e. g. HO to the wrong cell, but will be evolved furtheron in future
releases to become fully 3GPP compliant (see feature LTE 956 MRO-enhancements).
In order to cater as much as possible radio link failures due to mobility problems, HOs to the wrong
cell can be counted either as too early or too late HO events, whatever results to be more suited.
Benefits for the Customer: This features aims to increase the rado network performance by
increasing the robustness of mobility procedures, resulting in less call drops/radio link failures,
respectively increasing end user quality perception.
Functional Description: The feature Mobility Robustness (MRO) belongs to the set of SON-features
and enables adjustment of Handover-related thresholds like
- HO offsets (Cell Individual Offset, CIO)

- TimeToTrigger (TTT)
from long-term evaluation of Performance Measurements reported by Flexi Multiradio BTS and
correlation of such PM with the relevant configuration parameters.
The feature aims to reduce the probability of Radio link failures as much as possible due to
sub-optimal configuration of mobility related parameters.
In the initial network planning the configuration of mobility-related parameters depends on the type
of Flexi Multiradio BTS-deployment. There may be different sets of mobility parameters for different
deployment categories like urban/dense urban/rural areas deployment and the used cell size/transmit
power.
However it is assumed that the initial configuration does not match best for all different Flexi
Multiradio BTS-sites so further fine tuning of these parameters is most often required after
deployment of a Flexi Multiradio BTS e. g. by performing drive tests and/or long-term evaluation of
KPIs.
MRO automates the work flow for fine tuinng of these mobility related parameters, based on the
long-term evaluation of corresponding KPIs.
For this purpose additional PM-counters will be implemented in Flexi Multiradio BTS in order to
enable cause differentiation for detection of too early/too late HOs.
The following new PM-counters will be introduced:
- Too early HO PM counter of "type 1"

covering the case of successful HOs followed, shortly after, by a radio link failure
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-Too early HO PM counter of "type 2", covering the case of uncompleted HOs (i.e. the HO fails
before its completion)
-Too late HO PM counter
For supporting the new PM-counters Flexi Multiradio BTS is making use of the Radio Link failure
indication and handover report messages on X2-interface, according to 3GPP Rel. 9.
As output MRO may calculate updated values for
- Cell Individual Offset (CIO)

- Time-to-trigger
Base for evaluating suboptimal HO performance will be the existing and/or the new PM counters,
collected by the Flexi Multiradio BTS and reported to NetAct. NetAct will visualize the PM-counters,
indicate performance problems and, possibly, propose new settings for the above listed parameters at
specific Flexi Multiradio BTS.
The feature is of semi-static nature and does not react on short-term to suddenly occuring HO
problems.
As result of system level simulations and system analysis it turned out that it is very essential to have
a crucial amount of performance feedback (PM-counters) from the network in order to trigger the
right measures. Therefore the MRO-algorithm will not operate if there is not enough performance
information available (PM-history).
Biggest gains of MRO are expected in case of scenarios with specific local propagation effects, e.g.
urban infrastructure deployments and specific arrangements of UE movements and cell coverage, like
highway movement on cell edge, etc.
The operator is able to specify policies (e.g. max or min parameter values; which cells should not be
subject to MRO optimisation) on how this feature should work.
The recalculated parameter values are proposed by MRO to the operator who can manually accept or
reject their implementation.
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4.1.3. PRACH management

Unique ID: 581
Short Description: An automatic assignment of PRACH settings is provided.
Benefits for the Customer: Less effort in O&M parameter setting and optimization.
Functional Description: : Auto-configuration support for PRACH parameters.
An automatic assignment of the following PRACH parameters is supported by NetAct Optimizer:
- PRACH cyclic shift

- PRACH configuration index
- PRACH frequency offset
- PRACH Root sequence
The algorithm uses following information as input:
- Geo-location or already available neighbor relation information

- Expected cell range
- Expected pathloss characteristic of the cell
- Expected UE speed with the cell / high speed flag
- Expected RACH load for the cell / target RACH collision probability
- Own cell parameters, e.g. UL bandwidth
The auto-configuration process is started by the NetAct Optimizer with selecting the cells to be
updated and providing the required input data.
NetAct Optimizer derives out of these input parameters the above mentioned output parameters. This
process is embedded into the LTE720 auto-configuration frame work.
HW Requirements:
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4.1.4. Optimization of Intra-LTE neighbor relations

Unique ID: 771
Short Description: NetAct Optimizer supervises all registered cell relations between neighboring
LTE cells if they are still valid and reliable candidates to be a hand over destination. When the
outcome results in an inefficient neighbor relation the according cell relation may be blacklisted for
handover. This functionality can be triggered manually.
Benefits for the Customer: The operator can reduce operating expenses (OPEX) due to reduced
workload in managing neighbor relationships.
The feature increases the grade of service for the end user by maintaining well performing and robust
handover relationships (mobility procedures).
Functional Description: NetAct Optimizer utilizes Flexi Multiradio BTS configuration information
and performance counters (Intra-frequency and Inter-frequency Handovers) in order to perform the
analysis task. The evaluation may result in no action or blacklisting a neighbor cell relation.
The following use cases are supported:
--> Neighbour cell relations that have been created by the operator (network planning) or have been
created by SON-mechanisms like ANR (automated neighbor relation) and which have an insufficient
handover performance (e.g. weak handover success Rate; threshold is operator configurable) may be
blacklisted by an optimization mechanism or, optionally, manually by an operator.
--> Neighbours cell relations that have been created by the operator or have been created by
SON-mechanisms like ANR (automated neighbor relation) which had been blacklisted, can be
whitelisted/enabled again by the operator (e. g. if an operator wants to re-evaluate the performance of
a formerly blacklisted neighbor relation due to changed environment/toplogy).
--> Neighbours cell relations that have been created by the operator or have been created by
SON-mechanisms like ANR (automated neighbor relation) can be marked by an operator in a way
that they are excluded from optimization.
NOTE:
In case of a neighbor cell is blacklisted any outgoing handover to the target cell is not allowed, neither
via X2 nor via S1-interface.
Possible results of optimization mechanism.
- No action:
An analyzed relation showed no suspect behavior
- Blacklisting:
A given relation was identified to be unreliable/weak performing.
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NetAct suggests a new configuration plan file with updated entries for appropriate Telecom/RRM
black lists.
The changes, proposed by optimization algorithms, can be taken over by pressing the “provisioning”
button.
HW Requirements:

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4.1.5. ANR Fully UE based

Unique ID: 782
Short Description: This feature covers Intra-LTE, Intra-frequency automated neighbor relation
configuration (ANR).
In case an unknown physical cell ID (PCI) is detected and reported by a UE to the Flexi Multiradio
BTS the corresponding EUTRAN Cell Global ID (ECGI) is derived with the help of the
UE-measurements.
The Flexi Multiradio BTS resolves the corresponding public IP address of the new found neighbor
Flexi Multiradio BTS and establishes the X2 connection to exchange neighbor cell information
respectively opens the X2 interface for control layer applications.
Benefits for the Customer: The automated detection and configuration of unknown cells
respectively sites supports the self configuration of the neighbor cell information without operator
involvement and planning efforts.
Functional Description: In LTE networks the UE mobility relies on information given by neighbor
cell relations and neighbor cell configurations. An automatic mechanism is implemented to discover
and integrate unknown cells. It supports and allows the automated configuration and update of
neighbor cell information without the need of an off-line planning update of the neighbor cell
configurations.
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Neighbor cell configuration via X2 initiated by camping UE
The UE reports all detected/strongest cells above a given threshold. Therefore it may report strong
cells which physical IDs are currently not yet known to the Flexi Multiradio BTS. In this case the
Flexi Multiradio BTS may send a measurement request to the UE to discover and report the
EUTRAN Cell Global ID (ECGI) for the previously reported unknown physical cell ID.
If the UE is able to deliver the ECGI to the Flexi Multiradio BTS, then the derived ECGI is used as
input to an IP address resolution procedure over S1 which retrieves the IP connectivity information
needed to address the neighbour Flexi Multiradio BTS parenting the new found cell. The procedures
to resolve the IP connectivity information belonging to a ECGI shall be done according 3GPP 36.413.
When the IP connectivity information is received and there is no X2 interface already established to
this neighbour Flexi Multiradio BTS the X2 connectivity is set-up including esstablishment of the
IPsec layer if network domain security is applied followed by the SCTP connection setup.
Note:
There may be cases when the Flexi Multiradio BTS cannot establish a X2 link:
- if the Flexi Multiradio BTS has already setup the max number of X2 connections
- if the target Flexi Multiradio BTS is in the operator's blacklist for X2 link connection (but not for
S1)
On X2 application layer the Flexi Multiradio BTS exchanges a list of served cells and subsequent
configuration parameters with the new neighbour as defined by 3GPP TS 36.423. The exchanged cell
information covers all served cells of a site and is stored in the configuration data bases of both sites.
When the new neighbours are successfully included into the local configuration data the Flexi
Multiradio BTS sends a configuration change notification to NetAct to inform the operator about the
new cell configurations.
Active/Passive ANR
In order to reduce the probability of call drops in case of a first HO to a newly detected neighbor cell
Flexi Multiradio BTS supports ANR-mechanisms in order to detect and configure any unknown
neighbor cell as early as possible and not at the time when the first HO to a newly detected cell is
triggered. This kind of operational mode of ANR is further referred to as active ANR.
Active ANR
If Active ANR handling is started, Flexi Multiradio BTS will pro-actively scan for unknown
Intra-frequency LTE cells.
Passive ANR
If there are no new unkown neighbor cells detected anymore ANR will be operated more as
background task, e. g. Flexi Multiradio BTS does not configure ANR-specific measurements but uses
normal measurements reports (as received for HO) for detection of unknown cells.
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The operator is able to control the behaviour of these ANR-mechanisms by providing configuration
parameters.
> switching ON/OFF ANR per Flexi Multiradio BTS

> operator-configurable parameters for switching between active and passive ANR
Monitoring of ANR is supported by means of performance measurements. The following events can
be monitored:
> number of successful/failed/attempted ECGI-resolutions

> number of successful/failed/attempted MME-queries (IP@ resolution)
> number of successful/failed/attempted X2-setups
After new neighbour cell relations have been successfully included into the local configuration data
the Flexi Multiradio BTS sends a configuration change notification to NetAct to inform the operator
about the new neigbhor cell configurations.
Interworking of LTE 782 ANR fully UE based with LTE492 ANR:
Both features LTE782 ANR fully UE based and LTE492 ANR can be activated at same time in the
network.
If a new PCI on a certain radio frequency RF is found and the 'PCI/RF IP@ lookup table' contains the
mapping information for this PCI and RF, then the information in the 'PCI/RF/IP@ lookup table' will
be applied.
If the new PCI and RF is not included in the 'PCI/RF/IP@ lookup table', then the LTE782 mechanism
will be applied to detect the required information.
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HW Requirements:
Interdependencies between Features: LTE 42 Support of DRX in RRC connected mode

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4.1.6. ANR InterRAT UTRAN

Unique ID: 783
Short Description: The automated planning of neighbor relation to UTRAN cells is done on NMS
level with the help of NetAct Configurator and Optimizer. This feature prepares neighbour relations
for each LTE cell in the optimization scope and UTRAN automatically based on current LTE and
legacy UTRAN network configuration data with an intelligent algorithm in Optimizer to identify
possible UTRAN neighbor cells.
This functionality can be triggered manually.
From creation time onwards the established relations are updated/synchronized automatically in case
of changes occurring at the UTRAN side (deletion of cell or change of the parameters), ensuring
up-to-date Inter RAT neighbor relationships.
Benefits for the Customer: Inter RAT interworking will be available to customers network as soon
as the network is setup and / or extended ensuring up-to-date Inter RAT neighbor relationships.
Functional Description: The configuration of Inter RAT neighbor relations will be handled by
NetAct whereby configuration data, relevant for Inter RAT neighbor relations, will be
uploaded/retrieved from any existing UTRAN network configuration management database and
corresponding Inter RAT neighbor relations are created for the concerned Flexi Multiradio BTS,
taking into account
· the geo-location of the source (LTE) and target UTRAN site / cell antenna,
· sectorization/antenna horizontal main lobe direction of source LTE and target UTRAN cells
(algorithm does basically not care if source and target are collocated),
The relevant parameters for Inter RAT neighbor relation establishment are provisioned by NetAct in
case of a co-existing Nokia Siemens UTRAN network or by NetAct northbound interface (Itf-N) as
external/foreign cells, in case of another Nokia Siemens NetAct regional cluster or other vendor's
co-existing 3G network.
The process of neighbor ship generation can be triggered manually.
In addition, NetAct Configurator updates/synchronizes LTE Inter RAT neighbor relation information
automatically in case of changes occurring at the UTRAN cells which are relevant for LTE Inter RAT
neighbor relations point of view, ensuring up-to-date Inter RAT neighbor relationships. This is part of
NetAct Configurator's plan prepare functionality.
Changes that may trigger an update/synchronization of the LTE Inter RAT neigbhor relation
configuration are:
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* UTRAN BTS deletion

* UTRAN cell deletion
* UTRAN cell-specific parameter change (for example, scrambling code, RAC, LAC)
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4.1.7. ANR InterRAT GERAN

Unique ID: 784
Short Description: The automated planning of neighbor relation to GERAN cells is done on NMS
level with the help of NetAct Configurator and Optimizer. This feature prepares neighbour relations
for each LTE cell in the optimization scope and GERAN automatically based on current LTE and
legacy GERAN network configuration data with an intelligent algorithm in Optimizer to identify
possible GERAN neighbor cells.
This functionality can be triggered manually.
From creation time onwards the established relations are updated/synchronized automatically in case
of changes occurring at the GERAN side (e.g. deletion of cell or change of the parameters), ensuring
up-to-date Inter RAT neighbor relationships.
Benefits for the Customer: Inter RAT interworking will be available to customers network as soon
as the network is setup and / or extended ensuring up-to-date Inter RAT neighbor relationships.
Functional Description: The configuration of Inter RAT neighbor relations will be handled by
NetAct whereby configuration data, relevant for Inter RAT neighbor relations, will be
uploaded/retrieved from any existing 2G network configuration management database and
corresponding Inter RAT neighbor relations are created for the concerned Flexi Multiradio BTS,
taking into account
· the geo-location of the source (LTE) and target GERAN site / cell antenna,
· sectorization/antenna horizontal main lobe direction of source LTE and target GERAN cells
(algorithm does basically not care if source and target are collocated),
The relevant parameters for Inter RAT neighbor relation establishment are provisioned by NetAct in
case of a co-existing Nokia Siemens 2G network or by NetAct northbound interface (Itf-N), in case of
another Nokia Siemens NetAct regional cluster or other vendor's co-existing 2G network.
The process of neighbor ship generation can be triggered manually.
In addition, NetAct Configurator updates/synchronizes LTE Inter RAT neighbor relation information
automatically in case of changes occurring at the GERAN cells which are relevant for LTE Inter RAT
neighbor relations point of view, ensuring up-to-date Inter RAT neighbor relationships. This is part of
NetAct Configurator's plan prepare functionality.
Changes that may trigger an update of the LTE Inter RAT neigbhor relation configuration are:
* GERAN BTS deletion
* GERAN cell deletion
* GERAN cell-specific parameter change (for example, frequency, RAC, LAC)
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4.1.8. System Upgrade with Backward Compatibility

Unique ID: 882
Short Description: This feature enables the smooth upgrade from major release (RLxx) N-1 to
release N in the overall network.
Benefits for the Customer: Smooth remote upgrade path from major release N-1 to release N.
Functional Description: Following functionality is supported with the upgrade from release N-1 to
release N:
1) The upgrade from release N-1 to release N is possible in one step. No intermediate SW versions
are necessary to be installed.
The impacted NEs are the Flexi Multiradio BTS, NetAct with all LTE relevant applications including
Optimizer, Trace Viewer, the Northbound interfaces and the iOMS.
2) All operator configured data are maintained in the system. If necessary, configuration data is
converted into new format.
This implies that the data from the previous release can be re-used after the upgrade. No manual
intervention is required.
This data does include
· Most obvious all configuration data of the Flexi Multiradio BTS
· Adaptations done by operator for different (graphical) presentations in BTS SM or NetAct, e.g. top
level user interface: topology view, as e.g.
· PM configuration
3) System data will be stored before system upgrade. A user-friendly backup concept is in place. No
manual intervention shall be required. The data will be available after upgrade.
This data does include as e.g.
· Measurements, as PM data
· User security, as data like user accounts/passwords, log files, ..
. Network security, as data like certificates, keys, ..
4) Command line / script execution
In case there are command line or scripts used they need to be backward compatible or a converter is
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in place for the upgrade support from release N-1 to release N.

5) NetAct is prepared to handle both NE releases (release N-1, release N) with release N timeframe.
A mixed configuration support is ensured.
6) BTS SM is prepared to handle both NE releases, at least as co-existing versions of BTS SM with
release N.
7) If a conversion of the data is required the related converter Software is available either in online or
offline mode.
8) A LTE system wide top-down upgrade sequence is defined.
9) The downtime of a network entity during the system upgrade is reduced to the activation of the
new software. The switch to the new release (activation of the software) will be performed on
operator request from NetAct or BTS SM.
10) In case of an upgrade failure an automatic fallback to the original release takes place. In addition
the fallback can be initiated from the operator on command.
The fallback has to consider as well the correct CM database and the consistency between them needs
to be ensured.
11) A delta description lists all differences to the old version as part of the development
documentation and of the customer documentation. This is valid for all data.
12) This feature is not including the upgrade of any HW.
RL30 release specifica
Following additional features are supported with Rl30:
- PM data upload finish from BTS before activation of new SW
HW Requirements:
Release RL30 LBTS3.0 OSS5.3 OMS3.0 - -
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4.2. Network Monitoring and Maintenance
4.2.1. Automatic interface alarm correlation

Unique ID: 424
Short Description: The purpose of the feature is to minimize the alarms which needs to be treated by
operator in NetAct in case of a central interface or entity problem either during set-up or loss of an
established connection.
In the flat architecture of the LTE, meaning multiple S1 and X2 interfaces this is more important than
e.g. in WCDMA system where only few common interfaces are in place.
Depending on the failed connection and/or node, a single failure can cause in worst case up to
1000-2000 or even more alarm events.
By using alarm correlation instead of this big amount of alarms only a dedicated alarm is send to the
operator in case of interface problems.
Benefits for the Customer: Operator will receive dedicated correlated alarm in case of problems of a
central interface (X2, S1) or entity, avoiding a flood of single alarms.
Functional Description: The solution consists of
- Flexi Multiradio BTS providing correlation information in the alarm message.

This information may consists of the IP address (in case the connection setup has not been done
before).
- NetAct providing basic correlation rules for appropriate LTE alarms.
- Correlation rules:
Whenever more than one alarm with the same correlation information is received, then NetAct
correlation suppresses the original alarms and triggers a new common alarm for all failures targeted to
this type of object.
HW Requirements:
Interdependencies between Features: LTE424 is based on NetAct7Monitor
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4.2.2. LTE Timing Advance Evaluation

Unique ID: 459
Short Description: Timing advance measurements can be used by the operator for network planning
and optimization exercises. It is possible to locate high and low traffic areas in the cell, to
geographically plot a generic user distribution in the cell, to obtain dropped call statistics etc. within
the limited scope of the timing advance accuracy and scope.
Timing advance alone is not providing enough indications to do localization services.
Benefits for the Customer: Based on the timing advance values measured / calculated in the Flexi
Multiradio BTS, the operator gets additional indication for analysis of the network behaviour in a cell.
Functional Description: With the introduction of Timing Advance (TA) measurements the operator
is able to perform
- Tracing evaluation with features cell trace and subscriber trace for network optimization and
troubleshooting to find out location areas with problems, e.g. to find out areas with high drop rates
1. General TA value availability
For all UEs assigned with MAC resource, the TA values will be collected in realtime.
The trace reporting mechanism will be used for reporting of the instantaneous TA value to NetAct or
3rd party tool using trace management framework.
2. Subscriber / Equipment trace and Cell trace
The timing advance (TA) value will be send at start of trace and when TA value changes.
A correlation of traced TA value to the traced UE can be done using the Trace Reference and Trace
Recording Session Reference contained in the Trace Report and Trace Records.
The evaluation tool (e.g. NetAct TraceViewer or 3rd party tool) is responsible to correlate the
instantaneous TA value with other traced messages based on the time sequence using the time stamp.
Ideas for using values of timing advance in evaluation of network performance (not part of this
feature, but may give here some indication for further processing)
- High TA + low CQI* + many drops
- Coverage problems
▪ All UEs in dual-stream mode are to be switched to Tx div.
▪ All UEs in Tx div. mode are handoff to 2G/3G if possible
- Low TA + low CQI* + many drops
- Overload possibility at the cell centre

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▪ Number of streams per UE should be increased (1Tx à dual-stream)
- TA + high CQI* + many drops
- Some UEs in the given TA area are scheduled with very high priority (+good radio conditions)
which increases the average CQI
- Many drops proof there are still many UEs experiencing very bad conditions
▪ Tuning of RRM scheduler parameters needed
*average CQI for all UEs in the given TA area
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4.2.3. Performance Management Administration

Unique ID: 602
Short Description: The performance management is supporting the administration of measurement
types.
Benefits for the Customer: The administration of measurement types does allow the scaling of
performance monitoring to operators needs.
Functional Description: The performance management administration is supporting the
administration of measurement types.
1) Measurement period configuration
The measurement period can be configured in the FlexiMultiradio BTS per measurement type. The
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supported values are 15min / 30min / 1h / 6h / 12h / 24h.
The default measurement period is 15 minutes.
2) Activation / De-activation of Measurement types
In default setting in Flexi Multiradio BTS all PM counters are activated and will be reported.
The PM Counters of a measurement type can now be activated/de-activated within a Flexi Multiradio
BTS with NetAct Configurator or BTS Site Manager.
Only counters belonging to activated measurement type are reported to NetAct or to the BTS Site
Manager.
Note: if some counters within a counter group belong to an optional feature then these counters are
only reported if the feature is enabled.
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4.2.4. Configurable cell trace content

Unique ID: 644
Short Description: With this feature for cell trace an operator configurable selection for trace content
is provided.
The trace content is getting by this scalable to the needs of the operators needs.
Currently for all trace features in the LTE trace set (LTE433 Cell Trace, LTE163 Subscriber /
Equipment Trace) the interfaces can be selected to be traced with maximum trace depth as defined by
3GPP is supported.
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Benefits for the Customer: Operator can select based on his needs the information he would like to
be kept in trace records.
By that the trace data amount can be limited to required scope and trace data analysis can be focused.
Functional Description: The operator is able to do a message based selection of trace content for cell
traces.
Based on the ASN.1 protocol the operator can choose which messages will be taken into the trace
record, e.g. only the handover messages. The selection is based on the information granularity as
provided with maximum trace depth. So this feature provides a reduction of trace content, but not an
addition to it.
This trace content definition is an addition to the standard defined trace depth steps. The definition is
3GPP conform as it makes use of the vendor specific extension for this purpose.
The configuration of this trace content is based on a simple input format with specific markings of the
messages which shall be collected to the trace content. It is possible to work with wildcards,
respectively an "all" selection is supported. No GUI support is planned for the message selection.
This message selection will be stored in a file and specifies a profile for the trace feature. For each
trace configuration in NetAct Trace Viewer it is possible to individually apply selected trace settings:
So either maximum trace depths or a specific trace profile can be applied.
The operator can easily understand which trace settings are used during the trace activation and the
trace data retrieval. The configuration applied is clearly indicated, e.g. the file name does include the
trace selection done and the applied trace content profile (e.g. file name and profile content) is
included in the content of the trace data once per trace session.
For operator usage already some trace profile selections are prepared as kind of templates for usual
use cases.
For each trace session an individual trace profile can be selected.
HW Requirements:
Interdependencies between Features: LTE433 Cell Trace or LTE163 Subscriber / Equipment Trace
required.
Release RL30 LBTS3.0 OSS5.3 OMS3.0 - - n/a
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4.3. Supplementary O&M features
4.3.1. DNS support for certificate examination

Unique ID: 482
Short Description: A part of the X.509 certificate examination is the check if the certificate has been
revoked. The URL of the revocation repository server is given by a Full Qualified Domain Names
within the certificate and the Domain Name Service is used to derive the corresponding IP address.
Benefits for the Customer: DNS support for certificate examination provides the operator possibility
to use Full Qualified Domain Name instead of IP-address for the certificate revocation repository
server.
OPEX savings when revocation repository server address is changed. Only DNS needs to be updated
with new address instead of all certificates using revocation repository in the network.
Functional Description: Certificates of remote peers (received as part of IPsec or TLS establishment)
and configured trust anchors need to be checked if they are valid and have not been revoked. To allow
this examination each certificate contains the URL of the responsible revocation repository server
given by a Full Qualified Domain Name (FQDN).
The DNS client is used to send the FQDN up to a DNS name sever which returns the corresponding
IP address assigned to the repository.
Supported functions:
- DNS Protocol according RFC 1034 und RFC 1035

- Name lookup to resolve Full Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) to allocated IP address
- Support of both
-- UDP transport
-- TCP transport
Note: reverse lookup, e.g. providing the FQDN which belongs to a given IP address, is not needed in
the context of certificate examination.
HW Requirements:
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1. BTS Site Solution................................................................................................ 7

3. Radio Resource Management and Telecom................................................... 26

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1. BTS Site Solution

1.1. 6 cell support with one System Module

Supported basic configurations:

- up to 1+1+1+1+1+1 1TX/2RX with two 3-sector RF Modules

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1.2. FFCB TRS External Filter for FHCA

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HW Requirements: Used together with FHCA.

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* 10mW + 10mW with two power amplifiers (2TX/2RX)

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- Number of Port : 2 Tx, 2 Rx (simplex)

- Rx : within 10dB (LNA output signal)

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1.4. FHCC Flexi 850 Repeater Interface Unit (RIU)

Optical Delay functionality

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1.6. Flexi RF Module 2TX 850 (FXCC)

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• industry leading RF integration level

Basic LTE Configurations:

HW Requirements: no specific HW requirements

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1.7. Flexi RRH 2TX 2100

- 40 W + 40 W with two power amplifiers.

- less than 20 liters

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1.8. Distributed Site

- LTE468 PCI management

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- LTE784 ANR InterRAT GERAN

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