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VoLTE Introduction—Basic Structure Signaling

Media

Description
Terminal Access Bearer CS IMS AS
VoLTE is voice sessions set up over IP networks between the UE and the IMS.
That is, the calling and the called parties can use voice services within an LTE
network. VOLTE AS
eMGW eMSC IM-MGW MGCF
(Called) BTS/NodeB BSC/RNC

Voice & PS service continuity EPC HLR/HSS


SCP AS
• SRVCC ( Single-Radio Voice Call Continuity ) based on LTE CSCF

coverage and inter-RAT mobility


MME PCRF
SMSC
• PS service handover to 2G/3G networks when DTM (Dual Transfer
SBC
Mode) is supported eNodeB
ENUM
(Caller
• PS service suspended when DTM is not supported. ) S-GW P-GW CRBT Platform

MME: Mobility Management Entity HSS : Home Subscriber Server


Note: SRVCC is triggered if and only if the LTE UE is going out of the LTE coverage
SCP : Service Control Point SBC : Session Border Controller
CRBT : Color Ring Back Tone PCRF : Policy and Charging Rule Function
Core Network Support MGCF: Media Gateway Control Function HSS : Home Subscriber Server
Sv interface between MME and MSC enhanced CSCF : Proxy Call Session Control Function SMSC : Short Message Service Centre
for SRVCC.
EMSC MME
Benefits
 VoLTE provides UEs in the E-UTRAN with voice services, without the need of falling back to GERAN or UTRAN.
Terminal Support
 VoLTE features the following characteristics: Higher spectral efficiency, Better user experience, such as lower
• 3GPP SRVCC UE is needed to perform
SRVCC access delay and better voice quality
eSRVCC : ATCF(Access Transfer Control Function)/ATGW(Access Transfer Gateway)

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IMS-based Voice Services
PCRF
MME

EPC
E-UTRAN IMS Core
S-GW/P-GW SBC I/S-CSCF
UE /P-CSCF
Default bearer: IMS signaling streams SIP signaling streams
Dedicated bearer: Voice media streams Voice media streams

 A default bearer(QCI5) is set up for IMS signaling streams when the UE attaches to the network.
 After the UE initiates a call, SIP signaling streams for call connection is transmitted over the de
fault bearer through the P-GW to the IMS Core.
 A dedicated bearer for IMS(QCI1) voice media streams is set up during call connection.
 Voice media streams of the calling and called parties are transmitted over the dedicated bearer.

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VoLTE Bearing and Attachment UE setup default bearing
Data Bearing QCI 9 for data service

Voice Bearing(QCI1&5)

Dedicated Bearer(GBR)QCI=2
Voice call Bearing(QCI1&5)
Video call
Bearing(QCI1&2&5)
UE not UE Support VoLTE Packet
Resourc Packet Error
support QCI Priority Delay Example Services
No VoLTE session VoLTE voice session VoLTE video session e Type Loss Rate
VoLTE Budget
1 2 100 ms 10-2 Conversational Voice
GBR Conversational Video
2 4 150 ms 10 -3
(Live Streaming)
QCI1 + QCI5 + QCI1
QCI9 QCI5+QCI9 5 No-GBR 1 100 ms 10-6 IMS Signalling
QCI9 +QCI2+QCI5+QCI9

VOLTE use SIP protocol to create, update and terminate a VOTE call: VoLTE voice Code :
 IMS need to be deployed in LTE core network and 2/3G core network to be upgraded for SRVCC. AMR-NB : 12.2K 、 10.2K 、 7.95K 、 7.4K 、 6.7K 、 5.9K 、 5.15K 、 4.75K
 The UE need registration in IMS APN for VOLTE service AMR-WB : 23.85K 、 23.05K 、 19.85K 、 18.25K 、 15.85K 、 14.25K 、 12.65K 、 8.85K 、 6.6K
 The voice code is negotiated between UE and IMS(independent with eNodeB), and carrier with QCI1 Silent Period one silent frame per 160ms
bearing. QCI1 is transparent to the eNodeB Active period one voice frame per 20ms or 40ms
 The VOLTE session negotiation(Signaling) is carrying with QCI5 which is control plane of LTE
network. It is transparent to the eNodeB.

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SIP Protocol Stack and Call Procedure
 SIP(The Session Initiation Protocol) is one
Application
of application layer protocal defined in RF Servers

C3261, which is used to create, modify and


A call B
terminal one /multi session
 SIP run over the IP layer. TCP or UDP is us
ed as the transportation layer protocol, d
efault with UDP protocol.
5)Server Failure 服务器失败 (5XX)
1)Temporary Response 临时应答 4)Request Failure 请求失败 (4XX) 500 server internal error 服务器内部
(1XX) 400 bad request 错误请求 错误
100 Trying 正在处理中 401unauthorized 未授权 501 not implemented 不可执行
180 Ringing 振铃 402 payment required 付费要求 502 bad gateway 坏网关
181 call being forwarder 呼叫正在前 403 forbidden 禁止 503 service unavailable 服务无效
向 404 not found 未发现 504 server time-out 服务器超时
Later Ringing
182 queue 排队 405 method no allowed 方法不允许 505 version not supported 版本不支
183 session progress 会话进行 406 not acceptable 不可接受 持
407 proxy authentication required 代理需要认证 513 message too large 消息太大
2) Session Success 会话成功 (2XX) 408 request timeout 请求超时
200 OK 会话成功 410 gone 离开 6) Global Error(6XX)
413 request entity too large 请求实体太大 600 busy everywhere 全忙 The caller A hang
3) Redirection 重定向 (3XX) 414 request-url too long 请求 URL 太长 603 decline 丢弃 up the call
300 multiple 多重选择 415 unsupported media type 不支持的媒体类型 604 does not exist anywhere 不存在
301 moved permanently 永久移动 416 unsupported url scheme 不支持的 URL 计划 606 not acceptable 可接受
302 moved temporaily 临时移动 420 bad extension 不良扩展
305 use proxy 用户代理 421 extension required 需要扩展
380 alternative service 替代服务 423 interval too brief 间隔太短
480 temporarily unavailable 临时失效  Step 5: The terminal B begin to setup QCI 1 Bearing
481 call/transaction does not exist 呼叫 / 事务不存 RFC3261 Sip  Step 7: The terminal A begin to setup QCI 1 Bearing
在 Protocol  Step17:The called part picking up the telephone

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UE Attachment Process(1)
 EPS Attachment , Include Combined attach, QCI9&QCI5 Bearing activation

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UE Attachment Process(2)
 The detailed message of “Attach Request” :

IMS PS voice preferred, CS voice as secondary:


 Both IMS and SGs registration Success: VOLTE
 IMS registration success and SGs fail: VOLTE
 IMS registration fail and SGs success: CSFB
 Both IMS and SGs registration fail: voice centric, UE reselection to 2G/3G; data centric, UE stay in 4G and don’t support voice service

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UE Attachment Process(3)
 The detailed message of “ActivateDefaultEPSBearerContextRequest/Accept” for QCI9 :

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UE Attachment Process(4)

 The detailed message of “PDNConnectivityRequest” :

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UE Attachment Process(5)
 The detailed message of “ActivateDefaultEPSBearerContextRequest/Accept” for QCI5 :

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VoLTE Call Procedure(1)


 The SIP message of “Invite” and “100 trying” for the Caller(MS1) :

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VoLTE Call Procedure(2)


 The SIP message of “183 session progress” for the Caller(MS1) :

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VoLTE Call Procedure(3)


 The detailed message of “ActivateDefaultEPSBearerContextRequest/Accept” for QCI1:

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VoLTE Call Procedure(4)


 The detailed message of “PRACK” and “UPDATE” :

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VoLTE Call Procedure(5)


 The detailed message of “PRACK: 200 OK” and “UPDATE: 200 OK” :

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VoLTE Call Procedure(6)


 The detailed message of “180 Ringing” a
nd “INVITE: 200 OK” :

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VoLTE Call Procedure(7)


 The detailed message of “ACK” ,”BYE”
and “BYE: 200 OK” :

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VoLTE Call Even List

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Enhance coverage and capacity - RoHC


downlink, IP header AMR-NB12.2K raw data block 93 bytes
eNB compression, sended by AMR-WB23.85k raw data block 123 bytes
eNB on air interface
CN
IP Header AMR frame
60 Bytes 33 Bytes downlink,UE
3. Uplink, eNB decompress and restore
decompress and AMR frame IP header
restore IP header 1 ~ 6Bytes
33 Bytes VoIP User

2.Uplink, after IP header


compression, sended by IP Header AMR frame
UE on air interface  60 Bytes 33 Bytes
1. raw data 
RTP UDP IPv6 Header
FDD: RoHC can be deployment in the
+ + existing network
Header Header 40 Bytes
12 Bytes 8 Bytes TDD: Not Suggesting Deployment

RoHC key point :


• RoHC need support by eNB&UE, eNB negotiate with UE, if negotiation RoHC gain :
fails, not use compressed mode • increase capacity: AMR-NB12.2K speech data compression rate  about 58%
• RoHC only used for data block header compression and decompress ((60-6)/93), AMR-WB23.85K speech data compression rate  about 44% ( (60-
on user plane (QCI=1), 6)/123), decreased used RB, increase system capacity.
• VOIP DRB setup , RoHC parameter will be negotiated by eNB and
UE; • Enhance coverage: RoHC reduces edge rate of VoIP, reduces the power
inter-eNB handover , ROHC need negotiate again ; requirement of UE, enhances the edge coverage area (increase 2dB)
intra-eNB handover , ROHC need not negotiate again .

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Improve edge coverage-uplink TTI Bundling 3GPP TS 36.213 stipulate TTI Bundling can use 3 RB , QPSK,
highest rank of MCS is 10
Implementation scheme 
unbundled Based on the feedback, the UE
After transmits the data
determines whether a retransmission is
block in a bundle of TTIs, among which the
required. If it is required, the UE
last TTI is numbered N. The eNodeB sends an
retransmits the data block in the (N +
ACK or NACK
4 continuous sub- 13)th through (N + 16)th TTIs.
frames transfer 1 TB,
bind4 TTIs need not to wait
ACK/NACK of eNB
bundled

• LTE stipulate TTI Bundling


retransmission also
Bundling

Uplink Gain • TTI Bundling only used to enhance Uplink coverage at cell edge of voice
• When edge user on bad channel quality, UE transmit the same data block on 4
continuous uplink sub frames, uplink combining gain  is 3 dB
• TTI Bundling transmit the same TB on 4 continuous sub-frames (TTI_BUNDLE_SIZE =4),
need not to wait ACK/NACK of eNB, the same TB will be transmitted 4 times, used
different redundancy  algorithm
3dB
• UE must support TTI Bundling: TTI Bundling can be active according to radio link status
adaptively by network, the criterion for entering TTI Bundling is UE has VoLTE
FDD: TTIB can be deployment in the existing network
TDD: Not Suggesting Deployment
bearer(QCI1) only and UE has move to cell edge require improve uplink.

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increase capacity - semi-persistent scheduling  VoLTE Introduction Enhanced Feature VoLTE Deployment

(SPS )
voice service capacity is mainly subject to PDCCH resources. When dynamic scheduling used, eNodeB need to indicate the allocated resources
through the PDCCH every 20ms,consumed lot of PDCCH resource
 Open semi-persistent scheduling feature, eNB indicate UE resource(MCS&RB) by PDCCH, before receive new schedule, UE occupied allocated
resource to save PDCCH.
 If deploying SPS, it needs R&D Commercial security. (The iPhone enters SPS, it will loss packets)

transient state Talk Spurt Different Codec Rate Silent period voice data concurrency 
20 ms
160 ms
SID Frame

• transient state of call • talk Spurt State , produce one user voice • Silent period Background sound • voice data
setup , no voice packet per 20ms,so could be use SPS, avoided symbol per 160ms in in theory ,no voice concurrency ,
packet , use dynamic scheduling every time to save PDCCH. packet, used dynamic scheduling  need dynamic
dynamic scheduling • talk Spurt and Silent period judged by PDCH scheduling 。
layer
Key to SPS : SPS feature impact on network:
 UE must support SPS
 Consumed PDCCH, average voice users increase 20% compare
 Only for QCI=1 VoIP
 The UE can not use TTI bundling and SPS at the same time , according to air
with 20ms dynamic scheduling  ;
interface quality, eNB could be use SPS or TTI bundling to configure  on SPS, highest MSC strictly to 15,near end SPS user’s RB
increased, other services users employed RB decrease, bring
FDD&TDD: Not Suggesting Deployment
about cell throughput rate descend.

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UE Power saving-DRX
 DRX(Discontinuous Reception) , UE open receiver into activated state at necessary time,to receive downlink data and signaling, other
time close receiver into sleeping state, stop to receive downlink data and signaling in order to save power .
Monitor PDCCH information
Close DRX Open DRX
Monitor PDCCH information
Receive voice Receive voice
20ms frame(1ms) frame(1ms)
Sleep state
20ms

close DRX function,for LTE voice service,receive a 1ms frame in in the open DRX function, UE transmission cycle of speech frames based on open receiving
20ms,UE has been monitoring the PDCCH information during the antenna, PDCCH information monitoring, and receives downlink data; in sleep state closed
DRX receiving antenna, stop receiving downlink data and signaling
call.
DRX features of key points: (refer to the specific VoLTE solutions engineering instructions)
• QCI=1 configuration for a set of DRX parameters
DRX suggested parameter settings(Only for Reference) • According to the QCI=5 recommendations and QCI9 configuration use a same set of
Long Short parameters
DRX DRX On DRX Retrans Short
period DRX
QCI Type Whether to period Duration Inactivity Timer • Keep other DRX parameters of QCI, DRX parameters of the VoLTE service and data
is period
enable Timer(psf) Timer(psf) (psf) service does not conflict
( ms ) enabled ( ms )
suggested • DRX needs to support the terminal chip. Some terminal chip supporting DRX properties,
QCI1 20 8 5 8 close -
open but does not support the RF module is closed during the period of DRX. Therefore
QCI2 、 3 、 4 close - - - - - - opened DRX feature, power saving effect is not obvious
QCI5 、 6 、 7 The feature of DRX gain:
open 160 8 60 4 open 20
、8、9
• The use of DRX, in the data connection state without service maximum save power
66% ; speech to be tested

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VoLTE inter-system interoperability policy
– eSRVCC handover judgment process illustration
• eSRVCC need to launch neighboring cell for
LTE RSRP 3G RSCP 3G,handover to 3G
high high
• On eSRVCC process, if UE not support inter-RAT
Active 3G measurement
measurement, eNB will not send inter-RAT
measurement and will wait time point③ launch
A2 B1_UTRAN to 3G by blind redirection directly
● ●

• When voice and data concurrency ,support by


terminal and network(MME/RNC/IMS) , use
A2_blind ● low eSRVCC PS+CS handover to 3G
low Time
① ② ③ user move to edge coverage of LTE

Time point① Time point ② Time point ③


LTE RSRP below A2 , Ue UE MR indicate 3G level 3G signal not coincidence requirement of
report A2 event -> eNB above B1 or UE dose not support inter-
deliver B1 B1_UTRAN , report B1 frequency or inter-RAT measure , LTE
measurement-- 》 UE event-- 》 eNB launch to RSRP below A2_blind , trigger A2 blind
measure 3G signal 。 3G eSRVCC handover event-- 》 eNB launch to 3G by blind
redirection , voice interrupt 。

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Uplink RLC Segment
20ms Voice Frame (AMR 12.2k) MAC RLC PDCP RoHC Voice Payload

2 1 1 6 33 Bytes

Far end User (6PRB MCS4) TBS = 51 Bytes ←√


Edge User (3PRB MCS2) TBS = 18 Bytes ←X cannot hold one voice frame

PDCP RoHC Voice Payload

Segment 10 Bytes + 10 Bytes + 10 Bytes + 10 Bytes

 Segment one PDCP packet into several small packets and transmitted in
MAC RLC Seg Payload different subframe, this will reduce TBS size per subframe which result in
low MCS and improve the UL coverage
2 1 10
 TDD-LTE system, for the SA2(3:1), there are 4 UL frame in 20ms. The 4 UL
Edge User (3PRB MCS2) TBS = 18 Bytes ←√ frame could be used to transmitted the same voice frame and response
with one HARQ, this will gain around 4dB for UL coverage and save the
PDCCH resource in downlink .

More UL segments for voice frame may cause increase of packet delay in the air, this may cause the increase of packet loss (Schedule
issue) or voice quality Issue.
 RLC segments will increase the bits number of RLC head and MAC head or signaling cost.
 HARQ channel issue may influence the decode the PDCP layer packet and result in bad voice quality.

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Huawei VoLTE Solution Overview


flow 1 network 2 planning & 4 performance 6 Launch
3 Implementation 5 optimization
evaluation Design verification Assurance
VoLTEParameter check Performance evaluation
VoLTE feature design & optimization before launch
Software / hardware Pilot verification
S Basic network Network healthy check
E evaluation optimization before launch
L side inter-system
R (NC/Interference/PCI
V neibor planning VoLTE VoLTE single site VoLTE Performance
load monitoring
I implementation verification CQT VoLTE DT performance
C L side VoLTE optimization Performance issue
E VoLTE Parameter planning handling
(Access/Latency/Drop)
coverage/capacity
evaluation GU Parameter VoLTE KPI test(DT) VoLTE special scene User complaint
planning optimization handling after launch

T
O RND U-Net & OMStar P&A OMStar PRS
O
L SmartRNO
U-Net Nastar U2000

Optional/Customized
Basic service VoLTE complaint
service handling

6 Steps, 19 Actions, to ensure VoLTE launch successfully and improve the performance of the network

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Coverage and Capacity evaluation factors


Coverage Evaluation before Deployment Capacity Evaluation before Deployment

Traffic Model Equipment Capacity Others


T RSRP(dBm) SINR Traffic increment factor Equipment Type User number
hr Voice code Indoor Outdoor (dB) VoLTE penetration ratio Frequency band Voice code rate
es Video penetration ratio    
ho AMR12.65 -119 -99 -3 Input the correct value based on the understanding to the Huawei system
ld AMR23.85 -118 -98 -3 ability and project experience
Coverage requirement should be different based on service,
frequency band, customer requirement, etc. The threshold Item Threshold Item Threshold
requirement above is experience value in one of Huawei major PDCCH Usage ratio 70%
customer Data Rate/subscriber 3Mbps
PRB Usage ratio 70%
Paging Usage ratio 70% Simultaneous online 40
CPU Usage ratio 60% subscribers
Is Define these parameter based on project requirement
su
e
Id
en
tif Indentify the coverage issue area based on DT, MR data or
y simulation coverage analysis result to guideline adjust the site
planning.
VoLTE Cell load Analyze to expand the site or carrier capacity by the
load threshold

Include the optimization consideration during the planning for accurate VOLTE service planning

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VoLTE Strategy & Parameter design, Fast to meet VoLTE Requirements


feature Parameter design HO &Reselection design Neighbor cell design Load control design

 New feature open  Idle reselection strategy design  Neighbor cell adjust  Inter-system load balance
strategy  Connection eSRVCC strategy
strategy design strategy design
 Original feature design  Access control strategy design
 2G/3G back strategy design
 Neighbor cell number
Optimization principle design of initial congestion
Strategy  Service layer strategy design
design  Congestion stage service
eSRVCC
Pre
SPS
release and redirect design
Allocation
VoLTE
DRX ROHC
TTI bundling

 DRX Parameter design , to  Inter-system idle re-selection


ensure power saving Parameter Optimization  L->GSM/UMTS NB cell  Load balance Parameter
efficiency  Connection eSRVCC design design
 Intelligent pre-schedule Parameter design
Paramete design, to increasing UL  Original interworking  GSM/UMTS NB cell  Access control Parameter
r design coverage Parameter Optimization design->L NB cell design
 PDCP/RLC Parameter  Service layer Parameter design
design , improving voice design(option )  Service release and re-
quality direction Parameter
design
 VoLTE service involve feature open, project based & customized secondary feature design, and original feature check & optimization
 VoLTE service involve 140+ new & optimization item, parameter design directly related to network performance & user experience

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VoLTE Wireless Test Solution, to Evaluate Network Performance Accurately


Test method and tools E2E MOS Evaluation System
• Test Terminal: Huawei Mate7 Connections with MOS
box GPS
IN1 IN2 IN3 OUT2OUT1
• Tool : Probe
• Route : main road, second main road, MME POOL
edge 、 the provincial border
• Speed: normal speed by the speed limit and the actual MS1 MS2

road traffic conditions

test item
KPI category KPI name test type explain
QCI1, QCI2 ERAB setup success rate Performance analysis
VoLTE calling wireless setup success Collection by road test tool, can not distinguish service for performance
single site test/DT test
Accessibility rate ( MOC/MTC ) in RRC stage
The coverage requirements of video call is high, the fixed-point test is
Video calling wireless setup success rate single site test
recommended
Performance analysis /DT
Retainability VoIP drop rate
test
less HO SRVCC test in LTE continuous coverage scene, no need test;
single site test/Performance
SRVCC HO success rate To test the function(normal or not) by the single site test or performance, if
Mobility analysis
Conditions permit
SRVCC to GSM delay ( singling plane/user plane ) DT test Only the DT tool statistics
Calling delay Calling setup delay (MOC/MTC) method DT test Only the DT tool statistics
Service Integrity VoLTE MOS DT test Only the DT tool statistics

Function test , including single site function test 、 main road test , to ensure voice/video/SRVCC is ok
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VoLTE Voice Quality E2E Factors
Air interface channel Factors Bearer network
Factors
1. Air interface coding 1. Incorrect parameter channel
(MCS/IBLER) configuration 1. Large delay and 1. Parameter
2. Air interface resources 2. Limited traffic volume jitter configuration Two channels
3. Air interface delay 3. Poor coverage 2. Packet loss and 2. Limited capacity
4. QoS configuration 4. External interference disorder or capability
5. Packet loss caused by 5. Abnormal handover 3. Transmission
other air interface reasons 6. Version problem quality

UE Factors eNodeB Factors CN Factors


1. Terminal 1. Hardware 1. eNodeB 1. Parameter Reasons such Parameter
capability performance processing setting as core network configuratio
Three NEs
2. Software 2. Parameter capability 2. Engineering parameter n and TrFO
configuration setting 2. Algorithm error
3. Speech 3. Software and feature 3. eNodeB
coding scheme limitation restriction exception
4. Version problem TrFO: Transcoder Free Operation

It’s helpful for troubleshooting voice quality issue if you better understanding the voice E2E Influencing factors.

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XX Project VoLTE DT MOS Value Optimization


XX Project use Probe+Mate7 to test some cluster , the MOS value is as low as 3.35. See
detailed reason analysis below.

Element POLQA DL Element SINR


Average 3.35Average 10.82
CDF 5% 2.67CDF 5% -1
Maximum 3.83Maximum 30
Minimum 1.18Minimum -20
Std 0.38Std 7.36
[0,1) 0[18,50] 643
[1,2) 5[12,18) 1031
[2,3) 44[6,12) 949
[3,4) 297[0,6) 631
[4,5] 0[-20,0) 218
Sum Total 346Sum Total 3472

MOS deterioration Air interface related cause MOS counter statistics

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Factors Influence VoLTE MOS value
VoLTE QoS Requirement From MNGN Voice Codec influence to MOS(P863MOS) Handover Influence to MOS

SN Para Value
 NGSN Suggest: AMR-NB 12.2
kbps
1 AMR  NGSN Prefered: AMR-WB
23.65kbps

AMR-NB @12.2kbps MOS: ~3.6


desired, ~3.8 preferred ØAMR-WB
2 MOS @23.85kbps MOS: ~3.8 desired, ~
4preferred
  1.Wide band AMR12.65kbps have integrated benefit with coverage, capacity and quality. WB12.65kbps is 0.5 higher than NB12.2kbps (P863
3 PLR PLR < 0.5%
standard)
4 Jitter Jitter < 50 ms / reception point 2.Handover has high influence to MOS. Inter-frequency/inter system has worse influence than intra-Frequency handover

5 Delay End to End Delay< 250ms 3.For voice MOS, Codec is base, Delay and Jitter is the key factor, focus on coverage/handover/backhaul quality

 Packet Loss, Delay and Jitter are the key factors which will influence VoLTE voice quality(MOS). The RF engineer should pay more attention to these KPI during optimization delivery.
 PLR is the most important KPI which should be taken care. MOS will reduce sharply after PLR is higher than 1%. The Jitter will influence MOS obviously when the jitter is bigger than 86ms and Delay influence
to MOS is tiny.
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Key Factors for VoLTE Deployment

VoLTE strategy has difference


between CDMA Operator and
IMS Deployment affects WCDMA Operator
VoLTE Deployment IMS deployment  CDMA operators by the industrial chain constraints,
the basic use of SvLTE solutions, global planning VoLTE
operators are not considered SRVCC program;
Spectrum  GSM/WCDMA operators are using CSFB as a transition
program, and in a long period of time VoLTE and CSFB
Terminal industry chain Terminal coexistence
maturity and cooperation to
promote the development of Brand/
VoLTE Competition
Strengthen the "VoLTE" influence,
priority deployment to enhance the
Coverage brand and market competitiveness

From the United States, Japan and South Korea's VoLTE development, the coverage is the basis for the deployment
of VoLTE

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The basic network performance is very impo
rtant and the optimization is difficult
① Coverage is still the Foundation ② The Neighbor cell affects the Voice Service
 Neighbor cell Configuration: CSFB VS eSRVCC

LTE
CSFB: Only Need
eSRVCC: Need
configure the ARFCN
configure the exact NC

UMTS
Coverage directly affects the quality of speech, and MOS levels are
directly related to the level of RSRP and SINR
Optimization Inter-RAT NC to ensure the continuity of voice coverage
③ Impact of uplink interference
 Missing NC configuration affects the MOS

Re-established

The inter-Rat NC is not reasonable, resulting in more drops, RRC reestablish and other
Interference and VoLTE quality of service has a direct relationship, the need for the whole
abnormal events, seriously affect the voice quality of VoLTE. LTE has many ARFCN and
network uplink interference analysis, through interference or parameter optimization,
network is complicated, and the optimization is difficult
improve voice quality
VoLTE on the basis of network requirements is higher than the data service, for the VoLTE based network optimization will improve the overall performance of the
whole network

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VoLTE HDX Document
The Latest Released VoLTE Document MBB V1R7 Version Link:
http
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ge.html?&docnumber=OFFE00018917_TGL98EN&docoid=ext.huawei.huaweidoc.Hu
aweiDoc:24336475796&docedition=F.
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