LTE Retainability

Problem cause &

solution a-z step
Prepared by-
Rajesh Kumar
 RetainAbility/SARR(Session abnormal release rate) :-

Definition: Ability of a user to retain the E-RAB once Connected for the
desired duration.

Point:-E-RAB release can be initiated by ENB & MME

Definition based on Counter:-

SARR=[(PmErabRelAbnormalEnbAct+PmErabRelMmeAct)/(PmErabRelAbnormalE
nbAct+PmErabRelNormalEnb+PmErabRelMme)]*100

Enb Initiated E-Rab Release:-

1> PmErabRelNormalEnb
2> PmErabRelAbnormalEnbAct

MME Initiated E-Rab Release:-

1> PmErabRelMme
2>PmErabRelMmeAct
RetainAbility/SARR(Session abnormal release rate) :-

1> pmErabRelAbnormalEnbActCdt(The total number of abnormal ERAB

releases by the eNB per cell due cell down time (manual intervention) with the
pre-condition that the Initial Context Establishment procedure must first have
been successfully completed and that there was data in either the UL or DL buffer
(i.e. active).
Soln: Check Outage report or Fluctuation Report.

2>pmErabRelAbnormalEnbActHo(The total number of abnormal ERAB

releases per cell by the eNB due to handover execution failure and that there was
data in either the UL or DL buffer (i.e. active).
Soln:1>PCI Collision issue check(PCI Planning should be correct).There should
no PCI re-use within near by cell(1tier,2tier neib).
2> Coverage issue(make Any PCI Dominant which should be based on Clutter as
per Common sense).Make EDT,Change Azimuth
3> High UL Interference issue on Target cell(PmRadiorecInterferencePwr). Check
Connection b/w Antenna Connector & RRU Connector.
4> Also Repeater is responsile sometimes for Hi-UL Interference.Might be due to
Power Leakage.
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4> H/W issue,Alarm issue.Correct the issue based on Problem u Identify.Take help
of Alex if you are not Understanding the Alarm meaning.

3> pmErabRelAbnormalEnbActUeLost(The total number of abnormal ERAB

releases by the eNB per cell due that the contact with the UE is lost with the pre-
condition that the Initial Context Establishment procedure must first have been
successfully completed and that there was data in either the UL or DL buffer (i.e.
active).
Soln: 1> Solve the Poor Coverage issue by making Tilt,Azimuth change or
Parameter change(Part of Sector Pwr,ENB Power), for uplink
Coverage(P0NominalPucch,P0NominalPusch).
2> High Ul Interference issue(As per earlier mentioned.Also make sure Nominal
pwr Should not set very high otherwise it will create interference in neib cell).

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4> pmErabRelAbnormalEnbLic(The total number of abnormal E-RAB

Releases initiated by the RBS due to license reject (per cell).
Soln:1. Recently this issue I have faced in “Sprint NV Project”.After
analysis it was found that there was issue with LKF file.Once New LKF file
uploaded issue get resolved.
2. If LKF is correctly loaded then This counter will Peg only When user
have crossed the ENB License limit.
Pls upgrade the License.Once u think that every basic Optimization u have
done.
5>pmErabRelAbnormalEnbActTnFail(The total number of abnormal
ERAB releases per cell due to S1 interface down, "X2 interface down" or
"Transport Resource Unavailable", with the pre-condition that the Initial
Context Establishment procedure must first have been successfully
completed and that there was data in either the UL or DL buffer (i.e.
active).
Soln: 1> Raise Ticket to NOC or IM Team to resolved the issue.
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6>pmErabRelAbnormalEnbActHpr(The total number of abnormal ERAB

releases by the eNB per cell due to handover preparation and that there was
data in either the UL or DL buffer (i.e. active).

Soln:1>MME might be Locked/ disabled.

2> MME mismatch b/w Scource & Target cell.
3> Tranport issue suspected.
4> License issue suspected.
5> Site Configuration issue.
6> Hi-Load on Target Cell.
RetainAbility/SARR(Session abnormal release rate) :-

› From drive test analysis, it was observed that a large portion of the
drop calls were due to poor radio environment.
› Just before HO, it was observed that the UE SINR was poor and this
caused the UE to drag the call in poor radio environment rather than
HO faster to a neighbour cell with better RSRP.
› In this optimization project, 2 parameters were tuned; A3offset and
a2TresholdRsrpPrim.
– A3offset : change from 3 to 2 db
– a2TresholdRsrpPrim : change from -120 to -110 dbm
› A trial was also conducted to evaluate the impact of changing the
values below for a few sites with high DCR:
– DataRadioBearer : dlMaxRetxThreshold / ulMaxRetxThreshold
› 8 to 32
– SignalingRadioBearer : dlMaxRetxThreshold / ulMaxRetxThreshold
› 8 to 32
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With current A3 setting, A3 event handover will be performed when

neighbour cell is greater than a3Offset + hysteresis (RSRP) of the current
serving cell.
a3Offset = 3 dB, hysteresis = 1dB  Handover will only be performed once
Neighbour Cell RSRP > 4dB of Serving Cell RSRP
Thus, it is important to expedite the HO with reduction of a3Offset to 2 dB.
After the parameter change, it was observed that the drop calls due to call
dragging was reduced in a cluster of 20 sites.
RetainAbility/SARR(Session abnormal release rate) :-

MO Class Parameter * Range Default

dlMaxRetxThreshold 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 16, 32 8
DataRadioBearer
ulMaxRetxThreshold 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 16, 32 8
dlMaxRetxThreshold 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 16, 32 8
SignalingRadioBearer
ulMaxRetxThreshold 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 16, 32 8

› RL Failure Timing
– t-PollRetransmit = 45ms (SRB), 50ms (DRB)
– If retransmission limit increases from 8  32, RL failure due to
retransmission limit reached:
› SRB: 360ms (8)  1440ms (32)
› DRB: 400ms (8)  1600ms (32) Therefore, from drive test
analysis, it is often observed
< T310 (2000ms)
that the drop occur before
T310 time out because ReTx
hits upper limit first
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› RRC Drops - T301 Timer

Timer is 1s, the UE is unable to successfully

RACH the serving cell.

› Cause: Radio Link problem

–Poor RSRP, e.g. below -105dB can cause the up link synch be
lost.
–10 seconds later a new RRC Connection Request is sent.
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›RRC Drops - T304 Timer

Timer is 1s, The UE is

unable to RACH the Target
Cell at Handover.

› Cause: Handover Failure

– Check RF Conditions, UE TX Power and missing relation (PCI).
– If the issue is seen in good RF conditions, troubleshoot with UETR, tuning of
HysterisisA3, TimetoTriggerA3 and filterCoefficientEUtraRsrp parameters.
–
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›RRC Drops - T310 Timer

The UE in RRC-CONNECTED mode, evaluates in the

downlink the quality of the radio link of the serving cell.
The UE bases its evaluation on the cell-specific reference
signal relative to thresholds Qout and Qin.
Qout is defined as the level at which the downlink radio link
cannot be reliably received and Qin is defined as the level
at which the downlink radio link can be received with
significant reliability.
At the expiry of the timer T310, the UE switches off uplink
transmission.

Cause: Radio Link (RL) Synchronization

- Poor RSRP and SINR
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›RRC Drops - T311 Timer

›Cause: Radio Link (RL) Synchronization

–UE not able to find suitable cell due to poor coverage.
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› RRC Drops – Random Access failure at Handover

MAC_RA_Problem – Random Access

attempt to re-sync, for no response
after 10 retransmission (SIB2)

› Cause: RA failure, UE is not able to synch to target eNB.

– Poor RF, Timing Advance alignment with target cell.
– UE can reach max TX power increasing UL noise.
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› RRC Drops – Random Access failure at Handover

MAC_RA_Problem – Random Access

attempt to re-sync, for no response
after 10 retransmission (SIB2)

› Cause: RA failure, UE is not able to synch to target eNB.

–Poor RF, Timing Advance alignment with target cell.
–UE can reach max TX power increasing UL noise.
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› RRC Drops – Maximum RLC Retransmissions

› Cause: Repeated RLC Retransmissions due to unsuccessful RLC PDU reception (either UL or
DL).
– This occurs when maximum retransmission has occurred at RLC level (ARQ).
– UL/DL interference and Poor RF conditions.
– UE will consider RL failed and initiate RRC Connection Re-establishment.
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MOC Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter - High Cap Site

System Constant ulInterferenceForgettingFactor (system constant 70) Site Level Parameter 5

System Constant deltaPsdRs2Tx (system constant 872) Site Level Parameter 0
System Constant SpdcchLaGinrMargin (system constant 220) Site Level Parameter 30
System Constant numInitialAccessAndIncomingHo (system constant 556) Site Level Parameter 10
Hidden Parameter tPollRetransmitUl - DataRadioBearer Site Level Parameter 160
Hidden Parameter tPollRetransmitUl - SignallingRadioBearer Site Level Parameter 160
Hidden Parameter tPollRetransmitDl - DataRadioBearer Site Level Parameter 160
Hidden Parameter tPollRetransmitDl - SignallingRadioBearer Site Level Parameter 160
Hidden Parameter dlMaxRetxThreshold - DataRadioBearer Site Level Parameter 8
Hidden Parameter ulMaxRetxThreshold - DataRadioBearer Site Level Parameter 8
EUtranCellFDD noOfPucchCqiUsers Sector Level Parameter 640
EUtranCellFDD noOfPucchSrUsers Sector Level Parameter 590

EUtranCellFDD pdcchCfiMode Sector Level Parameter CF_Static_3 (3)

EUtranCellFDD ulSrsEnable Sector Level Parameter TRUE
UlFss featureStateUlFss Site Level Parameter 1
EUtranCellFDD pZeroNominalPucch Sector Level Parameter -120
EUtranCellFDD pZeroNominalPusch Sector Level Parameter -102

QciProfilePredefined schedulingAlgorithm - default Site Level Parameter RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

QciProfilePredefined schedulingAlgorithm - qci 1 Site Level Parameter RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

QciProfilePredefined schedulingAlgorithm - qci 2 Site Level Parameter RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

QciProfilePredefined schedulingAlgorithm - qci 3 Site Level Parameter RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

QciProfilePredefined schedulingAlgorithm - qci 4 Site Level Parameter RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

QciProfilePredefined schedulingAlgorithm - qci 5 Site Level Parameter RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

schedulingAlgorithm - qci 6
QciProfilePredefined Site Level Parameter RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

QciProfilePredefined schedulingAlgorithm - qci 7 Site Level Parameter RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

QciProfilePredefined schedulingAlgorithm - qci 8 Site Level Parameter RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

QciProfilePredefined schedulingAlgorithm - qci 9 Site Level Parameter RESOURCE_FAIR (0)

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