3G limitations and LTE response

LTE Architecture
 LTE Architecture
 LTE encompasses the evolution of:
• the radio access through the E-UTRAN
•the non-radio aspects under the term System Architecture
Evolution (SAE)
 Entire system composed of both LTE and SAE is called the
Evolved Packet System (EPS)
 At a high-level, the network is comprised of:
•Core Network (CN), called Evolved Packet Core (EPC) in SAE
• access network (E-UTRAN)
 A bearer is an IP packet flow with a defined QoS between the
gateway and the User Terminal (UE)
 CN is responsible for overall control of UE and establishment of
the bearers
 LTE Architecture
 Main logical nodes in EPC are:
•PDN Gateway (P-GW)
•Serving Gateway (S-GW)
•Mobility Management Entity (MME)
 EPC also includes other nodes and functions, such:
•Home Subscriber Server (HSS)
•Policy Control and Charging Rules Function (PCRF)
 EPS only provides a bearer path of a certain QoS, control of
multimedia applications is provided by the IP Multimedia
Subsystem (IMS), which considered outside of EPS
 E-UTRAN solely contains the evolved base stations, called
eNodeB or eNB
Huawei Hardware
 Type of eNode B
Indoor BTS3900 Outdoor BTS3900A
Distributed DBS3900
 Logical Structure of BBU 3900
BBU includes a :-
 Control subsystem
 Transport subsystem
 Baseband subsystem
Additional Module:-
 Clock module, power module, fan module & CPRI module

Signaling Clock Power Fan

Processing OM
Module Module Module
Control Subsystem

Decoding/Demodulation
MIMO
Transport
PDCP & CPRI
MME/ FE/GE
SGW
Protocol RLC Coding/Modulation
OFDM Module RRU
Port processing Processing
MAC
Transport Subsystem Baseband Subsystem
Boards and port of BBU3900
Board Connector type Function Signal Transmission
rate
RJ45 Maintenance & Serial port or Ethernet 10mbps or
commissioning port 100 mbps
RJ45(2) Ethernet port for FE/GE adaptive 100mbps or
traffic data signals 1000 mbps
LMPT
USB Clock test interface Clock 10mbps.5ms

SFP(2) Optical port for traffic FE/GE signals that can 100mbps or
data be automatically 1000mbps
identified
SMA Antenna connector GPS signal

Reset RESET button

SFP(3) Optical port CPRI-based signals 2.5GBps

LBBP
Indicator RUN/ACT/ALM

RJ45(2) RS485 port RS485 protocols

RJ45(2) Eight dry contact TTL signals

UPEU
outputs
3V3 Leading in power Power signals
supply
LMPT(LTE main processing and transmission unit)

Functions
 The board performs the function of main control, clock signal transmission, message
exchange and GPS signal
 It provides two FE/GE adaptive RJ45 ports and two FE/GE SFP ports
Configuration
 One LMPT module is configured
Redundancy support
 1+1 backup, when one card is faulty, another card can restart within 2 minutes
 LBBP(LTE Baseband processing unit)

Functions
 LBBP processes baseband signal implements the function of PHY and MAC layers and
supports the CPRI(common public radio interface)
 On LBBP is designed to support 3*20MHz 2T2R/1*20MHz 4T4R or 6*10 MHz
2T2R/3*10 MHz 4T 4R sectors.
Configuration
 1-6 LBBP can be configured, depending on the actual channel bandwidth per sector
Redundancy support
 LBBP supports cell level resource backup, that is, when one LBBP is out of work one cell
will be out of work
 LED indicator for LMPT a& LBBP board
Indicator Color Status detail

Always on Board is powered but fault occurs

Always off Board is not powered or fault occurs

RUN Green Flash for 1 sec The board working properly

Flash for 0.125 The board is taking software

sec
Always off No alarm is generated
ALM Red
Always on The board is reporting alarm

Always on The board is active state

ACT Green
Always off The board is stand by state
UPEU(Universal Power & environment interface unit)

Functions
 UPEU provides power supply for the base band subrack in intermediate bus architecture(IBA)
mode, with an input of -48V Dc and an output of +12V DC
Configuration
 One or two UPEU are configured, depending on the actual situation
Redundancy support
 1+1 backup
 Field replaceable no service outage required
UTRP(Universal transmission processing unit)

Fan Module
 Logical Structure of RF
• The LTE RF is based on modular design
• It includes a CPRI module, a power module, a TRX, power amplifier(PA),low
noise amplifier(LNA) and a duplexer

Duplexer
LRFU/MRFU specification and panel

LRFU Panel
LTE call flow
 KPI system overview
Radio Network
• RRC SETUP SR
• ERAB SETUP SR(VOIP & ALL)
Accessibility • Call SETUP SR(VOIP & ALL)

• Call Drop rate(VOIP & ALL)

Retainability • Call setup complete rate (VOIP & ALL)

• HHO SR(Intra/Inter Frequency)

• Ho in SR
Mobility • Inter – RAT HHO SR

• Radio Network unavailability rate

Availability
• UL/DL RAB utility Rate
Utilization
• Cell UL/DL traffic volume
Traffic • Radio Bearer Number
 KPI system overview
Service
 KPI attained approach

1) By Statistics/Counter

 Most of KPI’s are attained by this approach, such as RRC success

rate,HHO success rate.

2) By drive test/stationary test

 Some of KPI’s should be attained by drive test, such as attach latency

,Handover latency.
 Accessibility

 It includes RRC,S1 and E-RAB establishment

 Reasons of poor accessibility include but are not limited to:-
• Poor coverage. In this case, qRxLevMin can be decreased.
• UE camping in the wrong cell. In this case, parameters for cell reselection can be tuned
• High UL interference
• Admission reject, due to lack of licenses

RRC connection establishment(UE connected mode from Idle mode)

E-RAB Establishment with Initial Context Setup
E-RAB Establishment with E-RAB Setup Procedure
S1 Signaling Connection Establishment
 Retainability
 It includes E-RAB Release Rate[drops/s] & Call setup complete rate.
 Reasons for poor Retainability include but are not limited to:
•Missing neighbor relations
•Poor radio conditions
•Badly tuned handover parameters
•Admission reject, due to lack of licenses
 UE Session Time
It shows the accumulated active session time in a cell for the measurement period.

Number of session seconds aggregated for UEs in a cell. A UE is said to be ‘in session’ if any data on a DRB
(UL or DL) has been transferred during the last 100 ms
MME Initiated E-RAB Release
MME Initiated UE Context Release
RBS Initiated E-RAB Release
RBS Initiated UE Context Release