URA_PCH Feature Activation

Prepared by: Hassan Rizwan

Agenda

1. Introduction
2. Trial Results
3. Summary

Introduction

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Introduction
Feature Description:
Cell/URA_PCH states are UTRAN Connected mode states where UE is only RRC Connected(No RAB). The UE is
placed in this state incase of low activity. There is no data transfer for PS and incase of incoming paging, the
Network pages the UE on the URA level.
Trial Objectives :
It reduces signaling load, especially in terms of PS RAB setup/release.
Better handle of the paging load by reducing the paging area.
Significant improvement on UE Battery consumption.
The usage of additional states provides Better resources usage than only Cell_DCH and Cell_FACH
configurations.
Parameter Description: PchRrcStates=URA_PCH
Trial Cluster: RNC N309

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CellPCH vs URAPCH

Advantages vs Drawbacks with URA_PCH

Improvement on the signaling load, less TMU load observed. high

Less latency on the upsize for PS sessions high

Improvement on paging load depending on the number of URA_ids Intermediate

Expected improvement on Ue battery life (not measured) high

Increase on the PS Iu contexts kept in RNC

Advantages vs Drawbacks with Cell_PCH

Signaling load will be a balance between more Cell-Update vs less RRC. low, depends on network profile

Less latency on the upsize for PS sessions high

Higher improvement on paging load than with URA_PCH. high

Expected improvement on Ue battery life. high

Increase on the PS Iu contexts kept in RNC

Advantages vs Drawbacks with URA_PCHandCell_PCH

Balance between Signaling load Cell_PCH vs URA_PCH depending on Cell reselection load . Intermediate

Less latency on the upsize for PS sessions high

improvement on paging load in between of cell-PCH and URA_PCH. Intermediate based on settings

Expected improvement on Ue battery life high

Increase on the PS Iu contexts kept in RNC

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Trial Results

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RRC/RAB ATTEMPTS
Decrease in RRC/RAB Attempts(PS/HS) by around 52% observed.

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TMU LOAD
Decrease in TMU Load For the RNC observed(decrease by 33%).

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ACCESSIBILITY KPIS
Slight degradation observed in PS/HS CSSR due to reduction in the number of attempts.

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CS CALL DROP RATE

Increase in CS_CDR observed due to Multirab Traffic(ticket opened with Support Team).

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MULTIRAB TRAFFIC/DROPS
Increase in Multirab Traffic and Drops observed which is the main contributor towards degraded CS CDR.

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PS CALL DROP RATE

Increase in PS_CDR observed due to high FACH Load(ticket opened with Support Team).

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HS CALL DROP RATE

Increase in HS_CDR observed.

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CONGESTION
Increase in Code Congestion resulting in degraded Throughput observed initially which was relieved after enabling
Multirab with HS.

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Summary

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Summary

Advantages:
Improvement observed in the CPU load(TMU) observed with decrease in the number
of RRC/RAB Attempts.

Disadvantages:
Degradation observed in CS_CDR/PS_CDR.Also, increase in FACH load observed.
Ticket opened with the Support Team for this issue and awaiting their feedback.

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