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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
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.
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.
UE Attachment Process(1)
EPS Attachment , Include Combined attach, QCI9&QCI5 Bearing activation
UE Attachment Process(2)
The detailed message of “Attach Request” :
UE Attachment Process(3)
The detailed message of “ActivateDefaultEPSBearerContextRequest/Accept” for QCI9 :
UE Attachment Process(4)
UE Attachment Process(5)
The detailed message of “ActivateDefaultEPSBearerContextRequest/Accept” for QCI5 :
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.
(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.
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
2 1 1 6 33 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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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
Include the optimization consideration during the planning for accurate VOLTE service planning
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
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
It’s helpful for troubleshooting voice quality issue if you better understanding the voice E2E Influencing factors.
SN Para Value
NGSN Suggest: AMR-NB 12.2
kbps
1 AMR NGSN Prefered: AMR-WB
23.65kbps
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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VoLTE Introduction Enhanced Feature VoLTE Deployment
Key Factors for VoLTE Deployment
From the United States, Japan and South Korea's VoLTE development, the coverage is the basis for the deployment
of VoLTE
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