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V100R016C10
Transmission Performance
Monitoring
Issue 01
Date 2020-04-07
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Contents
Product Version
Product Name Solution Version Product Version
BTS3900L
BTS5900L
BTS3900AL
BTS5900AL
DBS3900 ● SRAN16.1
DBS5900 ● GBSS22.1
● RAN22.1
● eRAN16.1
● eRAN TDD 16.1
● 5G RAN3.1
BTS3900C ● SRAN16.1
● RAN22.1
Intended Audience
This document is intended for:
● System engineers
● Site maintenance personnel
1.1 Changes in 3900 & 5900 Series Base Station Transmission Performance
Monitoring
1.2 Overview
1.3 Transmission Capacity Monitoring
1.4 Transport Congestion Monitoring
1.5 Transmission QoS Monitoring
01 (2020-04-07)
This is the first commercial release.
Compared with Draft A (2020-01-20), this issue does not include any new topics
or changes, or exclude any topics.
Draft A (2020-01-20)
This is a draft.
Compared with V100R015C10, this issue does not include any new topics or
changes, or exclude any topics.
1.2 Overview
1.3.1 Overview
This section describes counters related to base station service traffic. By
monitoring these counters, operators can observe the current traffic of the devices
and measure the bandwidth usage of the IP network. The counter monitoring
helps operators to determine:
VS.UserPlaneHostIP.RxMaxSpeed
These counters measure the maximum transmit and receive rates for a single
local IP address at the IP layer during a measurement period. The
measurement results reflect the maximum load of the local IP address.
VS.UserPlaneHostIP.TxMeanSpeed
VS.UserPlaneHostIP.RxMeanSpeed
These counters measure the average transmit and receive rates for a single
local IP address at the IP layer during a measurement period. The
measurement results reflect the average load of the local IP address.
● Impact of Counter Changes on Services
All the counters described above reflect rate changes for services carried on
local IP addresses at the IP layer. When the average transmit and receive rates
of all local IP addresses are close to or exceed 80% of the bandwidth
configured for the resource group or physical port, capacity must be
expanded.
● Recommended Measures for Abnormal Counters
If at least one of the above counters has an abnormal value (such as a
sudden rate decrease) within a period, it is recommended that this counter
and other related counters be analyzed together. The analysis result helps
determine whether the exception is normal or caused by a fault.
higher throughput, for example, from 100 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s or from 1 Gbit/s
to 10 Gbit/s.
1.4.1 Overview
This section describes counters related to base station bandwidth congestion. The
counter monitoring result helps the O&M personnel learn real-time bandwidth
usage of the equipment, check whether the IP-based network experiences
congestion, and determine the following information:
● Whether bandwidth resources of transmission links are insufficient to meet
service requirements
● Whether the base station transmission bandwidth needs to be increased
The base station provides counters measuring resource group congestion and
control-plane congestion. Resources in resource groups are scheduled based on
user-plane, control-plane, and management-plane data. Therefore, resource group
congestion indicates the congestion of a base station. Control-plane congestion is
indicated by SCTP link congestion.
The downlink bandwidth of a base station is generally greater than its uplink
bandwidth as the majority of wireless services are downlink services. For GSM and
UMTS, uplink congestion seldom occurs on base stations, and admission control is
implemented by the BSC and RNC. For LTE, the possibility of uplink congestion is
greater than that of GSM and UMTS. Admission control in LTE is implemented by
the base station. Temporarily, NR does not support admission control.
1.4.2.1 Introduction
Data packets (including the packets of all types of services) transmitted by the
base station are cached in the resource group buffer. Resource group congestion
usually occurs in the following scenario:
Service data has a peak value. When burst services mushroom, the resource group
send buffer is temporarily used up.
This counter measures how long there is congestion in the transmit direction
of a resource group during a measurement period. The measurement results
indicate the buffer status of service data in a resource group. If the resource
group experiences long-time congestion, services will be affected.
VS.RscGroup.FlowCtrol.UL.CongTime
VS.RscGroup.FlowCtrol.DL.CongTime
These counters measure how long there is uplink and downlink congestion in a
resource group during a measurement period. If the resource group experiences
long-time congestion, services will be affected.
1.4.3.1 Introduction
Data packets transmitted on the control plane are cached in the SCTP link buffer.
If no confirmation message is received from the peer end, packets accumulate in
the buffer, causing control-plane congestion. Control-plane congestion occurs in
either of the following scenarios:
● Delays or packet loss occurs on the transport network.
● Service data has a peak value. When burst services mushroom, the local send
buffer is temporarily used up.
1.5.1 Introduction
This section describes how to monitor the QoS of a transport network based on
counters provided by the base station, and details technologies used by the base
station to measure the QoS of the transport network.
The transport network QoS is a key indicator for evaluating network quality. It
involves packet loss, delay, and jitter. Long-term monitoring of QoS-related
counters of a transport network helps users track the network quality.
If the network quality is poorer than a specified standard within a long time,
expand the network capacity.
The transport network QoS also provides a basis for the base station flow control
algorithm to detect congestion. QoS changes reflect network congestion, based on
which targeted flow control can be performed to mitigate network congestion.
QoS-related counters are used in maintenance and capacity expansion scenarios.
Maintenance: QoS-related counters of a transport network are monitored to
determine whether an intermediate device becomes faulty or whether the
network is affected by an abnormal process.
Network capacity: The transport network QoS is monitored for a long period. If
the QoS is poor within a long time, network capacity needs to be expanded.
The base station measures the QoS of the transport network either using the IP
Performance Monitor (IP PM) or Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol
(TWAMP) technology.
IP PM complies with a Huawei proprietary protocol and can be used only when
the devices that support this protocol at both ends are provided by Huawei.
TWAMP is a standard protocol and can be used between a base station and a peer
device as long as the peer device passes the TWAMP interoperability test (IOT).
The following describes how to observe the transport network QoS using available
performance counters related to delay, packet loss, and jitter.
circumstances, if the base station uses an IP clock, the base station needs a
longer time to lock the IP clock or fails to lock the IP clock. If the packet loss
is small, the transport network quality is good.
● Recommended Measures for Abnormal Counters
If the value of one or more of the above counters increases suddenly within a
given period, check whether the transport network is congested and whether
the bandwidth used by the Ethernet port or LAG port on the base station is
close to the available physical bandwidth. In addition, check whether a fault
occurs on the transport network or on the transmission equipment and causes
transmission quality deterioration. If the bandwidth used by the Ethernet port
or LAG port on the base station is close to the available physical bandwidth,
increase the bandwidth. If the transport network is congested, expand the
capacity of the transport network.