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ZTE UMTS UR14 NodeB Uplink Interference Cancellation Feature Guide
ZTE UMTS UR14 NodeB Uplink Interference Cancellation Feature Guide
Cancellation
Feature Guide
Uplink Interference Cancellation
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Feature Attribute ............................................................................................... 5
2 Overview ............................................................................................................ 5
2.1 Feature Introduction ............................................................................................. 5
2.1.1 ZWF21-41-001 Uplink Interference Cancellation .................................................. 5
2.1.2 ZWF21-41-006 BPs IC Sharing............................................................................ 6
2.1.3 ZWF21-41-007 TIC Enhancement ....................................................................... 6
2.1.4 ZWF21-41-008 OIC of HSDPA Non-Serving Cell ................................................. 6
2.2 License Control .................................................................................................... 6
2.3 Correlation With Other Features .......................................................................... 7
4 Parameters....................................................................................................... 14
4.1 ZWF21-41-001 Uplink Interference Cancellation ................................................ 14
4.2 ZWF21-41-006 BPs IC Sharing.......................................................................... 15
4.3 ZWF21-41-007 TIC Enhancement ..................................................................... 16
4.4 ZWF21-41-008 OIC of HSDPA Non-Serving Cell ............................................... 16
7 Abbreviation .................................................................................................... 30
8 Reference Document....................................................................................... 31
FIGURES
TABLES
1 Feature Attribute
RNC version: [RNCV4.14.10]
Attribute: [Optional]
Involved NEs:
NE Name Related or Not Special Requirement
MS/UE - None
BTS/Node B √ None
BSC/RNC √ None
iTC - None
MSC - None
MGW - None
SGSN - None
GGSN - None
HLR - None
“√”: involved
“-”: not involved
2 Overview
The Uplink Interference Cancellation (ULIC) feature reduces interference and increases
the Signal Interference Noise Ratio (SINR).
The users in the WCDMA uplink are identified by scrambling codes. The antenna power
of the users identified by different scrambling codes may be interference to other users.
The ULIC feature can cancel only the interference between the users on the same BP
board. The BPs IC Sharing feature cancels the interference between the users on
different BP boards in the same cell. With the BPs IC Sharing feature, users can benefit
from neighbor boards.
Based on the ULIC feature, the TIC Enhancement feature provides an additional
demodulation and cancellation. The HSUPA users that fail to be decoded during the
second demodulation can benefit from the cancellation of the users that are successfully
decoded during the third demodulation. This improves the SNR of users and increases
uplink throughput.
When an HSDPA UE is in SHO state, the OIC of HSDPA Non-Serving Cell feature
cancels the interference from the HS-DPCCH to the non-serving cell.
These features are under license control, and they must be authorized on the OMC or
LMT before being activated.
License Configured
Feature ID Feature Name Unit
Control Item NE
1. Required Features
The ZWF21-41-006 BPs IC Sharing feature requires that the ZWF21-41-001 Unlink
Interference Cancellation (for PIC) feature should be enabled.
The ZWF21-41-007 TIC Enhancement feature requires that the ZWF21-41-001 Unlink
Interference Cancellation (for TIC) feature should be enabled.
The ZWF21-41-008 OIC of HSDPA Non-Serving Cell feature requires that the
ZWF21-41-001 Unlink Interference Cancellation (for OIC) feature should be enabled.
3. Affected Features
None.
3 Technical Description
The following figure shows the structure of the original receiver without interference
cancellation.
This figure shows that the demodulation for each user is completed on the basis of the
original antenna data.
The following figure shows the structure of the receiver with interference cancellation.
The number of delay branches and the size of each delay depend on the resource
amount and the timing requirement of the system. Demodulating, reconstructing, and
calculating users in accordance with their speeds (concerning transmission power,
interference, and the success rate of demodulation and decoding) is ideal. However,
users can also be processed in accordance with a specified strategy.
Based on this technology, the BPs IC Sharing feature is introduced. With this feature, the
UEs on different BP boards in the same cell can benefit from the cancellation of the users
on other boards.
The interference cancellation technology reduces interference for target users and
increases the SINR. The reconstruction result determines the interference cancellation
result. If the reconstruction result is incorrect, not only existing interference cannot be
cancelled but also more interference is introduced.
Reconstruction parameters include those concerning the search result of the searcher,
the channel estimation value, and the frequency offset estimation value. More correct
reconstruction parameters result in a more reliable construction result.
To maximize the benefit obtained from interference cancellation, the system divides
interference cancellation into three types: PIC (DPCCH interference cancellation for pilot
channels), OIC (HS-DPCCH interference cancellation for control channels), and TIC
(E-DPCCH or E-DPDCH interference cancellation for service channels). Each type
supports 384 users.
The BPs IC Sharing feature requires that PIC, OIC, and TIC should be enabled. With this
technology, the UEs on different BP boards in the same cell can benefit from the
cancellation of the users on other boards.
DPCCH interference cancellation (PIC) supports DPCCH interference cancellation for all
users, including the interference cancellation for DPCCH pilot fields and non-pilot fields,
which provides the erasing technology to effectively avoid negative gain. After
interference cancellation, antenna data is used for data channel demodulation, which
benefits from DPCCH interference cancellation.
The transmission power in traffic channels is higher than that in control channels.
Therefore, E-DPCCH or E-DPDCH reconstruction can obtain more considerable gain.
To ensure that reconstruction information is correct, the system reconstructs only the
users whose E-DPDCH decoding is correct and binds E-DPCCH reconstruction to
E-DPDCH.
2. Twice demodulation for HSUPA users. The HSUPA users that fail to be demodulated
or decoded can be demodulated or decoded again. In this way, the E-DPDCH
decoding success ratio is improved.
The NodeB has more than one BP board. Each cell on the NodeB has a master BP
board and a slave BP board. When there are a large number of UEs in the cell, the UEs
are allocated to different boards for load balancing. The BPs IC Sharing (IBIC) feature
can be used to exchange the cancellation result between the UEs on different boards. In
this way, the UEs can benefit from each other, and the boards that do not have
interference cancellation hardware can benefit from the cancellation.
The BPs IC Sharing feature is an inter-board solution for multiple users based on the
Uplink Interference Cancellation feature.
Currently, the combinations of any of BPKE, BPKD, and BPN and any of BPC, BPKE,
BPKD, and BPN are supported.
The following figure shows the antenna data flow between two BPK_e boards when the
BPs IC Sharing feature is enabled. Through the exchange of the reconstructed data
between the boards, the users on the boards can benefit from each other.
BPK_e A BPK_e B
Delayed Delayed
antenna antenna
data data
IBIC IBIC
Realtime Realtime
antenna antenna
data data
The following figure shows the antenna data flow between a BPK_e board and a BPC
board when the BPs IC Sharing feature is enabled. Although the BPC board does not
support Ul IC, the users on the BPC board can benefit by using the delayed antenna data
for demodulation.
Figure 3-4 Antenna Data Flow Between a BPK_e Board and a BPC Board
Delayed
antenna
data
Realtime
antenna Realtime antenna data
data
Before the TIC Enhancement feature is used, the TIC performs demodulation and
cancellation twice. The users properly decoded are sent for reconstruction and
cancelation. The users that fail to be decoded can be decoded during the second
demodulation in the delayed antenna data buffer. This improves the success rate of
decoding and the SNR through the cancellation of other users.
After the TIC Enhancement feature is used, an additional demodulation and cancellation
is performed. This is similar to the TIC. The users that fail to be decoded during the
second demodulation can still benefit from the cancellation of the users successfully
decoded during the second demodulation. This improves the SNR of users and increase
uplink throughput.
The TIC Enhancement technology shortens the demodulation and cannellation delay
and compresses time lag of each iteration. In this way, multiple demodulations become
possible.
The BPK_e and BPK_d boards support the TIC Enhancement feature but the BPK1
board does not.
For non-serving RL OIC, the ACK and CQI fields need to be demodulated and decoded.
Therefore, the parameters concerning HS-DPCCH demodulation must be set for
non-serving cells. Private information is added to NBAP signals during RL setup,
reconfiguration, addition, and deletion. The NodeB needs an effective reconstruction
erasing mechanism to ensure the channel quality of non-serving RLs.
4 Parameters
The ULIC, IBIC, and ETIC features are identified by the same parameter with different
values. The parameter of the ULIC feature is provided in the following table.
Recom
Managed Default
Logic Name Parameter Description Value Range Unit mended
Object Value
Value
Recom
Managed Default
Logic Name Parameter Description Value Range Unit mended
Object Value
Value
ion Cancellation working mode. PIC[1] OFF[0] IC[7]
OIC[2]
POIC[3]
TIC[4]
PIC+TIC[5]
OIC+TIC[6]
POIC+TIC[7]
PIC+IBIC[9]
POIC+IBIC[11]
POIC+TIC+IBI
C[15]
TIC+ETIC[20]
POIC+TIC+ETI
C[23]
POIC+TIC+IBI
C+ETIC[31]
The ULIC, IBIC, and ETIC features are identified by the same parameter with different
values. The parameter of the BPs IC Sharing feature is provided in the following table.
Recom
Managed Default
Logic Name Parameter Description Value Range Unit mended
Object Value
Value
NodeBFunct IC OFF[0]
ion PIC+IBIC[9]
POIC+T
POIC+IBIC[11] IC
Configure the Interference IC+IBIC[
setICMode POIC+TIC+IBI None OFF[0]
Cancellation working mode. 15]
C[15]
POIC+TIC+IBI
C+ETIC[31]
The ULIC, IBIC, and ETIC features are identified by the same parameter with different
values. The parameter of the TIC Enhancement feature is provided in the following table.
Recom
Managed Default
Logic Name Parameter Description Value Range Unit mended
Object Value
Value
NodeBFunct IC OFF[0]
TIC+ETI
ion TIC+ETIC[20]
IC C[20]
Configure the Interference POIC+TIC+ETI
setICMode None OFF[0] POIC+T
Cancellation working mode. C[23]
IC+ETIC
POIC+TIC+IBI
[23]
C+ETIC[31]
3. UMTS > Configure the Interference Cancellation working mode in OMMB,Notice the
parameter about the OIC,such as 0\2\3\6\7\11\15\23\31.
Recom
Managed Default
Logic Name Parameter Description Value Range Unit mended
Object Value
Value
Recom
Managed Default
Logic Name Parameter Description Value Range Unit mended
Object Value
Value
IC (OIC) OIC fuction .
Switch
Counter ID Name
C372480117 Average Io before IC of Antenna 1
C372480118 Average Io' after IC of Antenna 1
C372480119 Average Io before IC of Antenna 2
C372480120 Average Io' after IC of Antenna 2
C372480121 Average Io before IC of Antenna 3
C372480122 Average Io' after IC of Antenna 3
C372480123 Average Io before IC of Antenna 4
C372480124 Average Io' after IC of Antenna 4
C372480125 Average Io before IC of Antenna 5
C372480126 Average Io' after IC of Antenna 5
C372480127 Average Io before IC of Antenna 6
C372480128 Average Io' after IC of Antenna 6
C372480129 Average Io before IC of Antenna 7
C372480130 Average Io' after IC of Antenna 7
C372480131 Average Io before IC of Antenna 8
C372480132 Average Io' after IC of Antenna 8
C372480133 Average Io before IC of Antenna 9
C372480134 Average Io' after IC of Antenna 9
C372480135 Average Io before IC of Antenna 10
C372480136 Average Io' after IC of Antenna 10
C372480137 Average Io before IC of Antenna 11
C372480138 Average Io' after IC of Antenna 11
C372480139 Average Io before IC of Antenna 12
C372480140 Average Io' after IC of Antenna 12
None
6 Engineering Guide
The gain obtained through IC is related to the actual traffic and the coverage of OLPC. If
the traffic in the cell is heavy and users stay online for a long period, the gain obtained
through IC is considerable. If the traffic in the cell is light or users stay online for a short
period, the gain obtained through IC is limited.
In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Radio Parameter > UMTS and
set the IC working mode parameter, see the following figure.
In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Radio Parameter > UMTS and
set the IC working mode parameter, see the following figure.
In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Radio Parameter > UMTS and
set the IC working mode parameter, see the following figure.
This procedure describes how to locate the parameters related to this feature in the GUI.
The parameter values on the screenshots in the procedure are for reference only. Refer
to Chapter 4 for the recommended values of the related parameters.
In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Managed Element > UMTS
Logical Function Configuration > Link Configuration > Iub Link > Iub Link-List >
SDRxxx$Iub Linkxxx and set the OIC Function Switch parameter, see the following
figure.
In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Radio Parameter > UMTS-List >
UMTS and set the IC working mode and HSDPA Non-Serving Cell HS-DPCCH IC
(OIC) Switch parameters, see the following figures.
If users can be supported by one cell, the users are allocated to one board so the IBIC
feature does not take any effect.
To make sure that this feature can take effect, you can use commands on the CC board
to allocate the users to two BP boards in the lab test. This procedure is complex. For
details, refer to the FD document.
1. Set the OIC Function Switch parameter to Off on the RNC side.
2. Activate the PS service on ten UEs and start FTP upload.
3. Make all the UEs in Cell1 and Cell2 stay in soft handover state.
4. Save HSUPA Cell Measurement and Cell Throughput
Steps
Measurement information for about 10 minutes in the EPMS.
5. Deactivate the PS service on all UEs.
6. Set the OIC Function Switch parameter to On on the RNC side,
and repeat steps 2 to 5.
In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Radio Parameter > UMTS and
set the IC working mode parameter to IC OFF[0], see the following figure.
Figure 6-7 ULLC Deactivation for All the Cells on the NodeB
In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Radio Parameter > UMTS and
set the IC working mode parameter to IC OFF[0] or a value unrelated to IBIC, see the
following figure.
Figure 6-8 IBIC Deactivation for All the Cells On the NodeB
In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Radio Parameter > UMTS and
set the IC working mode parameter to IC OFF[0] or a value unrelated to ETIC, see the
following figure.
Figure 6-9 TIC Enhancement Deactivation for All the Cells On the NodeB
The parameters concerning the Non-Serving RL OIC feature are divided into three parts
but you need to configure only the first two parts to deactivate the feature.
1. In the OMMR, select RL function configure > Iub link > OIC switch and set the
OIC Function Switch parameter to Off[0].
2. In the OMMB, select UMTS > HSDPA Non-Serving Cell HS-DPCCH IC (OIC)
Switch and set the HSDPA Non-Serving Cell HS-DPCCH IC (OIC) Switch
parameter to Off[0].
Managed Object. logic Default Value Deactivation
GUI Name
name Value
OIC Function
vsDataUIubLink.oICSwitch Off[0] Off[0]
Switch
NodeBFunction.
HSDPA Non-Serving Cell
nonServHsdpaOI No[0] No[0]
HS-DPCCH IC (OIC) Switch
CSwitch
In the commercial environment, most user operations are webpage browsing so data
packages are not large and serving times are short. The actual serving time is much
shorter than the online time. Therefore, the gain of IC is smaller than that obtained in
tests. In the cells with heavy traffic, the gain of IC can be observed. However, in the cells
with light traffic, there are a few CS users and online PS users and uplink PS traffic is
light. As a result, the gain of IC cannot be observed.
7 Abbreviation
Abbreviation Full Name
IC Interference Cancellation
PIC Pilot IC
IBIC Inter-board IC
CS Circuit Switch
8 Reference Document
[1] 3GPP TS25.999 V7.1.0 High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) evolution; Frequency
Division Duplex (FDD),
[2] 3GPP TS25.211 V8.4.0 Physical channels and mapping of transport channels onto
physical channels (FDD)
[7] 3GPP TS25.321 V8.6.0 Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol specification
[8] 3GPP TS25.322 V8.5.0 Radio Link Control (RLC) protocol specification
[9] 3GPP TS25.323 V8.4.1 Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) specification
[10] 3GPP TS25.433 V8.5.0 UTRAN Iub interface Node B Application Part (NBAP)
signalling
[11] 3GPP TS25.435 V8.3.0 UTRAN Iub interface user plane protocols for Common
Transport Channel data streams
[12] 3GPP TS25.331 V8.7.0 Radio Resource Control (RRC); Protocol specification
[13] 3GPP TS25.308 V8.6.0 High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA); Overall
description; Stage 2
[15] 3GPP TS25.413 V8.3.0 UTRAN Iu interface Radio Access Network Application Part
(RANAP) signaling
[16] 3GPP TS25.423 V8.5.0 UTRAN Iur interface Radio Network Subsystem Application
Part (RNSAP) signalling