Quality of Service

USER DESCRIPTION

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Contents

1 Introduction 1
1.1 Basic Characteristics 1
1.2 Dependencies and Associated Features 1

2 Feature Overview 3
2.1 Benefits 3
2.2 Impacts 3
2.3 Further Information 3

3 Feature Operation Details 5

3.1 Network Configuration Requirements 6
3.2 High Level Feature Flow Chart 6

4 Parameters 9
4.1 Introduced Parameters 9

5 Network Impact 11

6 Associated Features 13
6.1 Prerequisite Features 13

7 Performance 15
7.1 KPIs 15

8 O&M Information 17

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1 Introduction

This document describes the Quality of Service (QoS) feature.

The information in this document reflects the feature at the time of its release.

The main characteristics of the feature are presented below.

1.1 Basic Characteristics

Feature identity:
Part of FAJ 121 0484, LTE Basic

This feature has replaced:

N/A

Connected to: N/A

Release: Introduced in L10B

1.2 Dependencies and Associated Features

This section lists related features.

This feature requires the following RAN features to be active:

• No prerequisite features are required.

This feature may affect the following RAN features:

• No features are affected.

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2 Feature Overview

The LTE QoS feature coordinates and assigns the appropriate QoS to other
functions in LTE RAN. The RBS maps Quality of Service Class Identifiers
(QCIs) to priorities for different Data Radio Bearers (DRBs) in the LTE
radio interface and different data flows in the transport network. The RBS
also ensures that different traffic types can be separated in the uplink by
configuration of logical channel groups.

2.1 Benefits
The LTE QoS handling complies with the 3GPP Release 8 QoS concept,
see 3GPP TS 23.203. It provides traffic separation in downlink by supporting
multiple parallel bearers. To provide traffic separation in the uplink, an
operator-configurable mapping is offered between QCIs and Logical Channel
Groups (LCGs), in addition to multiple bearers. LCGs are also referred to as
radio bearer groups. Service prioritization is enabled by mapping QCIs to logical
channel priorities used by the User Equipment (UE) for uplink rate control.

Signalling Radio Bearers (SRBs) are assigned a higher priority than Data Radio
Bearers (DRBs). SRB1 has higher priority than SRB2.

The transport network benefits from QoS by mapping QCI to Differentiated

Service Code Point (DSCP) in the RBS. This enables the transport network to
prioritize between different data flows over the S1 interface in the uplink.

All QoS class identifiers defined by 3GPP are supported.

2.2 Impacts
QoS handling affects the overall behavior of LTE RAN and directly influences
the scheduling of DRBs and user plane performance. It also has impact on the
transport network by prioritizing between data flows.

2.3 Further Information

The following documents provide further reference and background information:

• 3GPP TS 23.203

• 3GPP TS 23.401

• 3GPP TS 36.413

• 3GPP TS 36.321

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• 3GPP TS 36.300

• Scheduler

• Transport Network Configuration

• Operation and Support System - Radio and Core (OSS-RC) documents

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3 Feature Operation Details

QoS handling is based on mapping QCIs received from the core network to
RBS-specific parameters. This makes it possible to have different priorities
and DSCP values.

Services with different QCIs are mapped to different data radio bearers. This
separation achieves benefits for the end-user QoS as it removes the risk that
one service such as file download would block the traffic for a voice call.

In uplink, the Scheduler grants resources based on Logical Channel Groups.

The distribution of the granted resource, internally within the UE, is done for
each logical channel using a rate control function.

In OSS-RC, the priorities associated with the QCIs are displayed but cannot be
configured. Standardized QCIs (1-9) are used, according to 3GPP TS 23.203.
Non-standardized QCIs (0, 10–255) are all given the same priority, which must
be lower compared with priorities for the standardized QCIs. For the uplink,
priorities associated with QCI are mapped to logical channel priorities. These
logical channel priorities are sent to the UE, which prioritizes between its logical
channels.

Mapping QCIs to Logical Channel Groups (LCGs) can be configured in

OSS-RC and enables traffic separation in the uplink. Three LCGs (1–3) are
available. The SRBs are assigned LCG 0. The default setting is LCG 1
assigned to all QCIs.

The following figure shows an example of:

• QCI 1–3 mapped to LCG 1
• QCI 4–6 mapped to LCG 2
• QCI 7–9 mapped to LCG 3
• Other (non-standardized) QCIs mapped to LCG 3

The non-standardized QCIs are always mapped to the same LCG. In the
following figure, the non-standardized QCIs are mapped to LCG 3:

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QCI LCG
1–3 1
4–6 2
7–9 3 LCG 1 LCG 2 LCG 3
0, 10–255 3 QCI 1 QCI 4 QCI 7
QCI 2 QCI 5 QCI 8
QCI 3 QCI 6 QCI 9
QCI 10–255
Logical QCI LCG
Channel
1 8 3 6 3 8 5 2 1 4 7
2 4 2
3 3 1 Logical Channels
4 8 3
5 3 1 UE
6 3 1
7 7 3
8 2 1
L0000054A

Figure 1 Example of Mapping of Logical Channels to LCG

See the Managed Object Model RBS for default values.

Mapping QCI to DSCP for the uplink over S1 can be configured in OSS-RC.
The DSCP setting determines the priority for the data stream in the IP transport
network. The DSCP values may also be mapped to Ethernet Priority Bits
(P-bits), the values of which are used on Ethernet layers. This mapping is
described in Transport Network Functions and Transport Network Configuration.

Several QCIs can be mapped to the same DSCP value. Non-standardized

QCIs are all given the same configurable DSCP value. Multiple RBSs can be
configured in parallel from OSS-RC.

See the Managed Object Model RBS for default values.

3.1 Network Configuration Requirements

QoS handling is part of the LTE Basic system functions. No specific licences
are required to activate QoS handling. OSS-RC is used for easy configuration
of QoS parameters.

3.2 High Level Feature Flow Chart

An example of using QoS support is to map voice on QCI 1 and to let QCI1 be
assigned to its own logical channel group.

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An overview of the QoS framework is shown in the following figure:

Core Network OSS-RC

QoS parameters
QCI table

QCI Parameters

QoS
handling QoS
translation QCI table
-QoS configuration

-Priorities, etc
DSCP -LCGs

Radio Network
Transport UL/DL
Network UL (S1)
(Radio interface)

QCI RT Prio LCG DSCP

1 GBR 2 2 46
2 4 2 36
Standardized QCIs : : : :
: Non-GBR : : :
9 9 3 12
0, 10–255 10 4 0
L0000056A

Figure 2 QoS Overview

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4 Parameters

Parameters related to QoS include those introduced by the feature, and other
network parameters affected by the QoS function.

4.1 Introduced Parameters

The managed object configuration QciProfilePredefined has
Managed Object (MO) QciTable as parent. Only dscp and
logicalChannelGroupRef can be configured.

The parameters that related to QoS handling are described in the following
table:

Table 1 Parameters for Each QCI

Parameter Description
logicalChannelGroupRef Controls the mapping of QCI to logical channel group
dscp Controls the mapping of QCI to DSCP
priority QCI related priority (read-only parameter)

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5 Network Impact

There are no specific impacts from Quality of Service on network capacity,

coverage, or handover.

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6 Associated Features

This section describes how the feature affects other features and functions.

6.1 Prerequisite Features

The QoS handling is part of LTE Basic system functions. OSS-RC is used to
configure the feature.

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7 Performance

This section describes performance indicators, counters, and events associated

with Quality of Service.

7.1 KPIs
The following main Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are associated with
this feature:

EPS Bearer Setup

Events are created, for example, at EPS Bearer Setup.
These can be viewed and post-processed on QCI level
from cell-trace files.

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8 O&M Information

The QoS parameters set from OSS-RC influence the QoS. The centralized
QoS handling function is configured from a centralized set of MOs with the
MO class QciTable.

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