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HSDPA Throughput Optimization

HSDPA Basic

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HSDPA Basic

 High Speed Downlink Packet Access

 Maximum Throughput 14.4Mbps
 Physical Channel

HS-SCCH
High Speed Shared Control Channel

HS-PDSCH

High Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel

HS-DPCCH

High Speed Dedicated Physical Control Channel

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HSDPA Basic

Fast Scheduling AMC HARQ（Hybrid ARQ）

SF16, 2ms and CDM/TDM 16QAM 3 New Physical Channels

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HSDPA Throughput

"=3.84 /SF *(Modulation* Code* Coding rate)"

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HSDPA Throughput

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Flexible scheme power allocation

Fully used

Total Power

HSDPA Available power

DPCH Power

Allocated to CCH Power

Time

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HSDPA Rate

The TTI is 2 ms. So for example Cat 10 can

decode 27952 bits/2 ms = 13.976 MBit/s (and
not 14.4 MBit/s as often claimed incorrectly).

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CQI
CQI Transport Number Modulation Reference NIR XRV
value Block of HS- power
Size PDSCH adjustment
0 N/A Out of range
1 137 1 QPSK 0
2 173 1 QPSK 0
3 233 1 QPSK 0
4 317 1 QPSK 0
5 377 1 QPSK 0
6 461 1 QPSK 0
7 650 2 QPSK 0
… … … … …
12 1742 3 QPSK 0
13 2279 4 QPSK 0
14 2583 4 QPSK 0
28800 0
15 3319 5 QPSK 0
16 3565 5 16-QAM 0
... ... ... … …
21 6554 5 16-QAM 0
22 7168 5 16-QAM 0
23 9719 7 16-QAM 0
24 11418 8 16-QAM 0
25 14411 10 16-QAM 0
26 17237 12 16-QAM 0
… … … … 0
30 25558 15 16-QAM 0
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Worst Performance Cell – HSDPA Throughput
Analyze HS & Steps :
 Check HS and UL R99 RAB
UL R99 RAB SR
SR  Check reason of RAB
Start blocking
 Correlate trend of HS & UL
Low R99 RAB SR with HS
throughpu YESthroughput to find relation
Tune parameter of Cell
t because
Any YES Admission Control
of RAB
hardware or Solve Steps :
blocking ?
transmission instability  Perform parameter audit on
instability? NO related CAC part (e.g FTI, power
Steps : CAC, HW adm, DL code
 Check detail alarm and adm,etc)
NO escalate to related PIC  Adjust parameter setting to
 Follow up rectification progress Steps proper
: value
Low HS  Monitor HSDPA throughput Analyze  Check Iub utilization
Verification of impact(standard
(check <
payload? YES after instability clear 75%)
overall KPI also)
Analyze on Check if CS traffic capacity  Check DL power utilization
(standard
< 30
Low HS of same cell or utilization (standard < 75%)
Payload  Check UL CE utilization
Mbits/day colocated F1 also (standard < 75%)
) low  Check DL CE utilization
Radio (standard < 75%)
NO  YESCheck OVSF code utilization
capacity
Analyze Steps : (standard < 75%)
 Check CQI distribution over same need to
CQI
be  Check UL RTWP (standard < -
period 96 dBm)
distributio Get average CQI value (standard expanded Request for
n >22) ?
 Correlate trend of reported CQI NO Steps : expansion
with HS throughput to find  Check retransmisión,
Steps : scheduled throughput,
relation  Perform TP analysis to
 Investigate if low throughput was Conduct cell trace for served throughput
check if cell  Check used CQI, reported
caused by low CQI overshoots, poor further investigation
Low YES CQI
Investigate coverage, bad indoor  Check HSPA cell change
throughput
penetration,etc frequency
because of
RF issue  Check if current target  Check throughput
low CQI ?
coverage is proper or interuption characteristic
not Finish
NO  Check CPICH power
balanced or not
 Check any CPICH
change activity
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 Conduct site audit and
(A)Action1. Check Alarm

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(A)Action2. Check License

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(A)Action3. Check DCCC Setting

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(A)Action4. Check Downlink Power
Resource
 LST UCELLHSDPA (RNC)

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 LST MACHSPARA (NodeB)

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(A)Action5. Check Downlink Code
Resource
 DSP LICENSE (NodeB)

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 LST MACHSPARA (NodeB）

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 LST UCELLHSDPA (RNC)

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(A)Action6. Check Iub Bandwidth

 Physical BW (AAL2PATH or IPPATH)

 HSDPA PATH Configuration
 Alarm

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(A)Action7. Check Iub Packet Loss
Rate
 CDT

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 UMAT check RLC layer Retransmission
(RB.UsDlRetranRate)

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(B)Action8. Check Channel Quality
 Check CQI by DT Tool

 Check CQI by Counter (VS.CQI.0~VS.CQI.35)

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 Check SBLER by DT Tool

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(C)Action9. Check HSDPA Cell Status

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(D)Action10. Check APN

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(D)Action11. Check Access Signaling
1. Start UE Trace by LMT
2. Check info hsdsch-physical-layer-category identifying the UE capacity
in RRC_CONNECT_SETUP_CMP message, whether UE capability meets
requirement. (CAT8 – 7.2Mbps; CAT10 – 14.4Mbps; CAT14 – 21Mbps)
3. Check info MaxBitRate in RANAP_RAB_ASSIGNMENT_REQ message
(ExtendedMaxBitRate for HSPA+). If not meet requirement, need to
check
 Laptop AT command
 Subscription information of USIM in HLR
 Max rate in SGSN and GGSN
4. If 64QAM is available, check info in RRC_RB_SETUP

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  Whether License supported
 LST CELLALGOSWITCH: Cell Hspa Plus Function
Switch_L2ENHANCED & 64QAM is switch on

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(E)Action14. Check CPU Usage of
Laptop
 Check CPU usage of laptop during data transmission.
 If high (>90%) the response message to RLC layer or TCP
layer are transmitted in a low rate, which cause the window
restriction.

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(E)Action15. Check Online HSDPA
User

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Why CQI not Ec/No

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