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Huawei eRAN8.1 Intra-LTE Load

Balance Feature Discription
2014 June.
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Content

 Huawei MLB Overview

 MLB Feature Description
 Detail of the function
 Activation and Verification

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Road Map

• Intra-LTE Load Balance(base on
PRB usage)
• Connect-mode Load Balance
• Connect-mode Offload
• Intra-LTE User Number Load Balance(base
on UE number)
• Connect-mode Load Balance
• Idle-mode Load Balance
• Connect-mode Offload
• Intra-LTE Pre-Load balance
• Pre-Load balance in fixed mode
• Pre-Load balance in adaptive mode
• Support Load balance and offload work
together
• Intra-LTE Load Balancing for Non-cosited
Cell
• Intra-LTE User Number Load
Balance(base on UE number)
• Target Ratio can be controlled by
Users
• Handover Published for UE handover
in due to MLB.

• Intra-LTE Load Balance(base on PRB usage)

• Minimum UE number Trigger condition

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Solution at each load stage

Congested Admission
Rejection &
MLB: Pre-emption
L2L(inter- Redirection
Middle/ MLB L2L
Vendor) - for RRC, eRAB
IDLE CellReselPriority: -Connect-mode Load
High Allow UEs to camp on cells with offload between - GBR, non-GBR
z
large bandwidths by assigning the
Balance(Based on
LTE carriers Congestion
PRB usage) Control
frequency with large bandwidths
with a high reselection priority. -Idle-mode Load - For GBR
Freq-Prio-Based IFHO Balance(Based on
Allow UEs to perform services at UE Number)
cells with large bandwidths even -Connect-mode Load MLB: L2U
when the frequencies have the Balance(Based on offload from
Light UE Number)
same reselection priority LTE to UMTS
carrier
MLB L2L
- Pre-Balancing

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MLB in distributed Architecture
Other RAT LTE Other Vendor
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Make the load
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X2, Load exchanged under a certain
Load Balance threshold
Load Balance:
support an arbitrary number of frequencies and frequency bands.
support an arbitrary number of target cells on the same inter-frequency.
Support balance between cells that are co-located and not co-located.
Support balance between cells that are Macro and Macro/ Macro and Micro/ Micro and Micro
Offload:
Support offload to the cells without load exchanged, especially for cells between different vendors.
Support offload to UMTS

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Content

 Huawei MLB Overview

 MLB Feature Description
 Detail of the function
 Activation and Verification

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Connect-Mode Load Balance(base on PRB usage)
Overview Uplink Balance & Downlink Balance
DL PRB% of UL PRB% of the
Target: the UE UE
PRB
Handover Load exchanged Remain is When downlink load is
same high, UE with high PRB
usage of DL is choose
without consideration of
UL

SCENE: When uplink load is high, UE

 Inter-frequency with high PRB usage of UL and
low PRB usage of DL is choose
 X2 interface to avoid Ping Pang
 the Most user equipment is data card. Because
the feature need the statistic of PRB is stable. But for
smart phone user, non-GBR is usually short but Support:
frequent data transactions, the PRB usage is rapidly 1.Downlink PRB balance
changed. It is not suitable for the function 2.Uplink PRB balance
3.GBR downlink PRB balance
4.GBR uplink PRB balance

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Connect-Mode Offload(base on PRB usage)
Overview
Source Cell Target Cell

Target: High load

Handover PRB is low
than a Handover Request
threshold. (with Cause: Reduce Load in Serving Cell)

Low load
SCENE: HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE
 Inter-frequency
 No X2 interface, or method of load evaluation is
not same, such as inter-Vendor scene. High load
 the Most user equipment is data card. Because HANDOVER PREPARATION FAILURE
the feature need the statistic of PRB is stable. But for
smart phone user, non-GBR is usually short but Published the target cell
frequent data transactions, the PRB usage is rapidly
changed. It is not suitable for the function

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Connect-Mode Load Balance(base on UE Number)
Overview
Target:
UE Number of F1:UE Number
F1 of F2 = Bandwidth of F1:
bandwidth of F2
Handover Load exchanged 60% 60%

F2

SCENE: Support:
 Inter-frequency 1.CA users not selected The control resource(CCE)’s cost/RB cost increases as
 X2 interface is need 2.VoLTE users not selected connected user number growth
Sum of RB number
45000

40000

35000

30000

25000

20000

15000

10000

5000

101
13
17
21
25
29
33
37
41
45

57
61
65
69
73
77
81
85
89
93
97
49
53
1
5
9
Time(S)

PRB usage Rapid changed in each second In one cell

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Idle-Mode Load Balance(base on UE Number)
In 3GPP 36.304:
Overview
Target: Absolute priorities of different E-
UE Number of F1:UE Number
F1 of F2 = Bandwidth of F1: UTRAN frequencies or inter-RAT
RRCRel(with bandwidth of F2 frequencies may be provided to the UE
Load exchanged 60% 60%
IMMCI)
in the system information, in the
F2 RRCConnectionRelease message, or by
inheriting from another RAT at inter-
IMMCI:Idle mode mobility RAT cell (re)selection. In the case of
control info system information, an E-UTRAN
frequency or inter-RAT frequency may
be listed without providing a priority
SCENE: (i.e. the field cellReselectionPriority is
 Inter-frequency absent for that frequency). If priorities
 X2 interface is need are provided in dedicated signalling,
the UE shall ignore all the priorities
 only one target cell on the same inter-frequency, usually the
provided in system information.
cells are co-coverage. Need configure the co-coverage cell as a
“overlapind”.

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Connect-Mode Offload(base on UE Number)
Overview
Source Cell Target Cell

Target: High load

Handover UE Number
is low than a Handover Request
threshold. (with Cause: Reduce Load in Serving Cell)

Low load
SCENE: HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE
 Inter-frequency
 No X2 interface, or method of load evaluation is
not same, such as inter-Vendor scene. High load
HANDOVER PREPARATION FAILURE

Published the target cell

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Pre-Load Balance in fixed mode
Overview
Support:
IMMCI with F1 higher 1.The target ratio can be set by
priority for 60%
operator
IMMCI 60%*N camp IMMCI
on F1
with F1
RRCRel(wit RRCRel(wit with F2
higher h IMMCI) h IMMCI) higher
priority 40%*N camp on F2 priority
for 60% for 40%
IMMCI with F2 higher
priority for 40%

SCENE:
 Inter-frequency
 Each cell has the same coverage capacity. That means there are almost no
coverage-based inter frequency handover happened.

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Pre-Load Balance in adaptive mode
Get the frequency load by
Accumulating the cells in Overview
same frequency. And Support:
calculate the release ratio 1.The target ratio can be set by
due to load diff in different
frequencies.
Target:60%*N
IMMCI with operator
camp on F1 F1 higher
RRCRel(with priority for
IMMCI) the Ratio
Target:40%*N
camp on F2 calculate by
the load diff.

SCENE:
 Inter-frequency
 Co-BBU, Each sector have same frequency configuration. For example, the scene
as follows is not suitable: Sector A: cell1(F1)/cell2(F2);
SectorB:Cell1(F1)/Cell2(F2)/Cell3(F3)

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Content

 Huawei MLB Overview

 MLB Feature Description
 Detail of the function
 Activation and Verification

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Huawei MLB Function description
Act period:
CellMLB.InterFreq Preliminary Load
LoadEvalPrd Candidate Informatio
Cell n
Continue 5S Enter
Selection Exchange
condition is satisfied
MLB Trigger Candidate Cell
Selection Final
Candidat
e Cell
Selection
Target Frequency
Selection

UE Selection
Continue 5S Leave
condition is satisfied
MLB Stop Load Transfer

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 Main change in eRAN8.1
Position Change information Parameter
Candidate Target ： the target of balance for ”Load balance based on UE number”can be adjust by operator 。 CellMLB.Ce
Cell Scene ： frequency efficiency is different for different cells llCapacitySc
Selection Implementation ： The cell level parameter CellMLB.CellCapacityScaleFactor“cell capacity scale factor” is added in the function aleFactor ，
， the target for load balance for cellA&cellB is ： UE num of CellA/UE num of CellB=(RB number of
CellA*CellMLB.CellCapacityScaleFactor of cellA)/ (RB number of CellB*CellMLB.CellCapacityScaleFactor of cellB)
Impact on device ： new item is added in the message of X2.
Impact on operation and maintenance ： new parameter is added for the function.
Impact on capacity and performance ：
capacity ： the efficiency of radio resource usage can be improved, so the capacity can increase.
Performance ： Average throughput per UE can increase 。
Impact on other features ： enhance the function of Connect-Mode Load Balance/Idle-Mode Load Balance in the feature“LOFD-
070215 Intra-LTE User Number Load Balancing”.
Candidate Target ： the enter condition of Load Balance/Offload is independent. CellMLB.Int
Cell Scene ： Multi-frequencies of HW+ frequency of other vendor erFrqUeNum
Selection Implementation ： OffloadOffse
In the “Intra-LTE User Number Load Balancing” ： when the load of serving cell lower than CellMLB.InterFreqMlbUeNumThd + t
CellMLB.MlbUeNumOffset + CellMLB.InterFrqUeNumOffloadOffset) ， the neighbor cell without load exchanged cannot be CellMLB.Int
selected as a candidate erFreqOffloa
In the “Intra-LTE Load Balancing” ： when the load of serving cell lower than (CellMLB.InterFreqMlbThd + CellMLB.LoadOffset + dOffset
CellMLB.InterFreqOffloadOffset) ， the neighbor cell without load exchanged cannot be selected as a candidate
Impact on device ：
Impact on operation and maintenance ： new parameter is added for the function.
Impact on capacity and performance ： before eRAN8.1 ， Load Balance&Offload cannot work together 。 In eRAN8.1, they can
work together
Impact on other features ： enhance the feature”LOFD-070215 Intra-LTE User Number Load Balancing/LOFD-001032 Intra-LTE
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Main change in eRAN8.1
Position Change information Parameter
Load Target ： in non co-located scene ， UE close to the site cannot be select to steer to other cell 。 EutranInterNFre
Transfer Scene ： non co-located scene 。 q.MlbInterFreq
Implementation ： When configure the parameter EutranInterNFreq.MlbInterFreqHoEventType as HoEventType
“EventA5” ， measurement control with EventA5 is sent to UE. InterFreqHoGro
Impact on device ： N/A up.MlbInterFreq
Impact on operation and maintenance ： new parameter is added for the function ； New LICENSE ： ” LOFD-081227 HoA5Thd1Rsrp
Intra-LTE Load Balancing for Non-cosited Cell “ is added for the function InterFreqHoGro
Impact on capacity and performance ： up.MlbInterFreq
capacity ： the efficiency of radio resource usage can be improved, so the capacity can increase. HoA5Thd1RsrQ
Performance ： Average throughput per UE can increase 。
Impact on other features ： enhance the function of Connect-Mode Load Balance 和 Connect-Mode Offload in the feature
LOFD-070215 Intra-LTE User Number Load Balancing/LOFD-001032 Intra-LTE Load Balancing
Load Target ： Handover Published for UE handover in due to MLB. CellMlbHo.Mlb
Transfer Scene ： All scene. HoInProtectMo
Implementation ： de
Set CellMlbHo.MlbHoInProtectMode to “ PROTECTTIMERMODE”,When UE in the period CellMlbHo.Mlb
CellMlbHo.MlbHoInProtectTimer ， UE cannot be transferred to other cell caused by MLB 。 HoInProtectTim
Impact on device ： N/A er
Impact on operation and maintenance ： new parameter is added for the function
Impact on capacity and performance ： set a suitable value of CellMlbHo.MlbHoInProtectTimer, the capacity is not affected
， set a much large value of CellMlbHo.MlbHoInProtectTimer ， It may cause the load cannot be balance, the capacity may
decrease 。
Impact on other features ： enhance the function of Connect-Mode Load Balance and Connect-Mode offload in the feature
LOFD-070215 Intra-LTE User Number Load Balancing/LOFD-001032 Intra-LTE Load Balancing

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Main change in eRAN8.1
Position Change information Parameter
Load Target ： work together with eMBMS ， When UE is receiving MBMS, it will not be transferred to other frequency by N/A
Transfer MLB
Scene ： When the frequency active eMBMS and connect-Mode load balance/connect-Mode offload
Implementation ： When UE report“ MBMSInterestIndication ” ， When the frequency of serving cell is in the mbms-
FreqList ， the measurement control will not be sent to the UE, and when the measurement control has been sent to the UE,
after the UE report the measurement report, handover will not trigger 。
Impact on device ： N/A
Impact on operation and maintenance ： N/A
Impact on capacity and performance ： N/A
Impact on other features ： enhance the function of Connect-Mode Load Balance/Connect-Mode Offload in the feature
“LOFD-070215 Intra-LTE User Number Load Balancing/LOFD-001032 Intra-LTE Load Balancing; LOFD-070220 eMBMS
Phase 1 based on Centralized MCE Architecture
Load Target ： When the ratio of UE not support handover is high, support use redirect to transfer load. CELLALGOS
Transfer Scene ： the ratio of UE not support handover is high WITCH.MlbHo
Implementation ： Mode 中子开
When the sub-switch InterFreqMlbRedirect of the paratermterCELLALGOSWITCH.MlbHoMode set to 1 ， When the UE 关
selected not support handover to the target frequency, it will redirect to the target frequency 。 InterFreqMlbRe
Impact on device ： N/A direct
Impact on operation and maintenance ： new parameter is added for the function ；
Impact on capacity and performance ： (Note:For
capacity ： the efficiency of radio resource usage can be improved, so the capacity can increase. OneTrack ， do
Performance ： the UE be transferred by redirect will be down, so it will cause the performance of the UE be bad. the same
Impact on other features ： enhance the function of Connect-Mode Load Balance/Connect-Mode Offload in the feature funtion as
“LOFD-070215 Intra-LTE User Number Load Balancing/LOFD-001032 Intra-LTE Load Balancing; TDD)

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Main change in eRAN8.1
Position Change information Parameter
Load Target ： All the frequency priority for MLB used as the IMMCI of “Idle-Mode Load Balance” 。 CELLMLBHO.
Transfer Scene ： N/A 。 IdleUeSelFreqS
Implementation ： the parameter CELLMLBHO. IdleUeSelFreqStrategy set to “ MLBPRIOBASED” ， When fill the trategy
IMMCI of Idle-Mode Load Balance ， the target frequency for load transfer will be set to 7 ， other frequency will be
ordered as EUTRANINTERNFREQ.MlbFreqPriority 。 (Note:For
Impact on device ： N/A OneTrack ， do
Impact on operation and maintenance ： new parameter is added for the function the same
Impact on capacity and performance ： N/A funtion as
Impact on other features ： enhance the function “Idle-Mode Load Balance” in the feature LOFD-070215 Intra-LTE User TDD)
Number Load Balancing

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L2L MLB
1. Trigger Mechanism

UE number to trigger （ Connect- UE number to trigger （ Idle-Mode)

Mode)
eRAN7.0 , Load balance & offload : eRAN7.0 , Load balance :
UL_Sync_User > = InterFreqMlbUeNumThd UL_Sync_User > = IFIdleMlbUeNumThd +
+ MlbUeNumOffset, for 5s, then MLB is MlbUeNumOffset, for 5s, then MLB is
triggered triggered
eRAN8.1 , Load balance: eRAN8.1 , Load balance:
UL_Sync_User > = InterFreqMlbUeNumThd UL_Sync_User > = IFIdleMlbUeNumThd +
+ MlbUeNumOffset, for 5s, then MLB is MlbUeNumOffset, for 5s, then MLB is triggered
triggered
eRAN8.1 , Offload:
UL_Sync_User > = InterFreqMlbUeNumThd
+ MlbUeNumOffset
+InterFrqUeNumOffloadOffset, for 5s, then
MLB is triggered

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L2L MLB
2. Target Selection

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Target Frequency Selection

 Target Frequency Selection

 Neighbor cell list  Candidate cell List  Candidate Frequency List  Target Frequency

Target
Frequency
(for dedicated
priority in RRC_Rel)
Neighbor Cell Candidate Cell Candidate
List List Frequency List
Target
Frequency
(for IFHO)

Different scope for 1. MLBTargetInd=allowed;  (M-A/B*N)/M >

different X2 scenarios. 2. NoHoFlag = UeNumDiffThd Two options for frequency policy
See next pages. PERMIT_HO_ENUM;  Random
3. Not in blacklist;
 ServCell_PRB% >  Priority
4. No PCI confliction; Target_PRB% +
5. Cell is activated LoadDiffThd

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Load-exchange Mode
 Two load-exchange modes
 Non-Blind mode
 Load info is a must for target frequency selection (via. Co-BBU signaling or X2)
 L2L: MlbAlgoSwitch = InterFreqMlbSwitch-1 & InterFreqBlindMlbSwitch-0

 Blind MLB mode (for IFHO action only)

 X2 is not available. MLB functions without load info.
 L2L: MlbAlgoSwitch = InterFreqMlbSwitch-0 & InterFreqBlindMlbSwitch-1

Load-exchange Mode eRAN6.0 eRAN7.0

Non-Blind or Blind or
L2L MLB Non-Blind or Blind
Both

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Candidate Cell Scope

 Candidate Cell Scope

Mode Non-Blind Blind Both
InterFreqMlbSwitch=ON InterFreqMlbSwitch=OFF InterFreqMlbSwitch=ON
Switch
InterFreqBlindMLBSwitch=OFF InterFreqBlindMLBSwitch=ON InterFreqBlindMLBSwitch=ON
No OverlapInd is configured Overlap No OverlapInd is configured Overlap No OverlapInd is configured
OverlapInd is Ind is LoadBalanceNc Ind is
NCell Configuration LoadBalanceNcellS LoadBalanceNc LoadBalanceNcel LoadBalanceNcel LoadBalanceNc
configured configur ellScope=Adapti configur
cope=Adaptive ellScope=All lScope=All lScope=Adaptive ellScope=All
ed ve ed
OverlapInd
Co-BBU Ncell. If Co-BBU Ncell. If
Ncell in the
none co-BBU ncell Co-BBU Ncell Overlap Overlap none co-BBU
same BBU and Ncell from other
Selection Result available, then and X2 Ncell Ind All Ncell Ind ncell available, All Ncell
OverlapInd BBU
select Ncell with X2 from other BBU Ncell Ncell then select Ncell
Ncell with X2
from other BBU from other BBU
from other BBU

 OverlapInd and LoadBalanceNcell are new parameters in eRAN7.0

 Rules of OverlapInd for MLB – RRC_Rel with dedicated priority
 If more than one Ncell are configured with OverlapInd on the same frequency, then the frequency can be a
MLB candidate only if all of Ncell with OverlapInd are in Candidate Cell List.
 If no Ncell is configured with OverlapInd, a frequency can be MLB candidate if there is at least one Ncell is in
Candidate Cell List.

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OverlapInd
Background
In a real multi-carrier network, the coverage between carriers are not exactly the same. The
overlapping area could be large or small due to site planning, band propagation characteristic, etc.
Introduction
OverlapInd is introduced as an attribute in EUTRANINTERFREQNCELL, to facilitate MLB to select a
better candidate cell.
In the example below, only Cell2 is possible to become a MLB Candidate Cell for Cell1.

Cell1: F1

MLB
MLB

Cell3: F2
Cell2: F2 OverlapInd=NO
OverlapInd=YES

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Target Frequency for IFHO

Two Policies for IFHO MLB action

 Random
 Randomly a frequency is selected from Candidate Frequency List and sent to all UE.
 Priority policy (newly introduced in eRAN7.0)
 Frequency priority of MLB is configurable for neighbor frequencies. The frequency with highest
priority is sent firstly to UE for measurement.
 LTE: EUTRANINTERNFREQ.MlbFreqPriority
 If multi frequencies have the same priority, then all of them will be in the MC, which means HO
target can be more than one.
 eRAN6.0, there is only one random frequency in MC to UE if MLB triggered.

 Frequency Priority doesn’t apply to the action of RRC_Rel with dedicated priority.

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Target Frequency for Dedicated Priority in RRC_Rel

All frequencies in Candidate Frequency List will be used as Target Frequency.

Target Frequency, dedicated priority value and T320 will be contained in the IE
IdleModeMobilityControlInfo of RRCConnectionRelease, in the sequence as below:
1. Target Frequency of MLB
2. LTE other frequencies
3. UMTS (if exists)
4. GSM (if exists)

For 1. 2. 3. 4. above, if there are more than one frequency in each department, the relative order will be
in accord with the order of their common reselection priority (in SIB).
 If SPID-based reselection priority (or Operator-based reselection priority) exists, the relative order will be in
accord with the order in SPID-based reselection priority.

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L2L MLB

4.1 UE Selection
and HO
Execution

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UE Selection

1. Total_UE_PRB% is calculated and a ‘minimum amount’ to transfer is determined

For each cell in Candidate Cell List, calculation is based on formula below:
 Total_UE_PRB% = Min{ServCell_PRB%-( InterFreqMlbTh-LoadOffset-1%), 0.5*(ServCell_PRB%–Target_PRB%) +
LoadDiffThd*LoadTransferFactor}
From all of the calculation results, get the smallest one as minimum Total_UE_PRB% to transfer, so as to
guarantee there is no risk of Ping-Pong no matter what cell the UEs finally go to.

2. What is LoadTransferFactor?
A parameter to control the amount of load to transfer. Larger value means more load is allowed to be
transferred to target cell, but Ping-Pong will not happen as the factor is multiplied by LoadDiffThd.
Parameter range: 0%-100%

3. Total number of UE to transfer is calculated on each cell in Candidate Cell List

TotalTransfUENum = min{ (B*M-A*N)/(B+A), ServCell_Ul_Sync_User_Num – CellMLB.InterFreqMlbUeNumThd+1,
MlbMaxUeNum }
A is ServCell’s total RB, B is Ncell’s total RB, M is ServCell’s user number, N is Ncell’s user number.

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HO Execution
 Execution Results depends on different target frequency policies
 Random:UE may go to different cells but on the same frequency
 Priority (new in eRAN7.0):UE may go to different cells of different frequencies
 In eRAN7.0 if the best cell in Measurement Report does not exist in Candidate Cell List, HO will not
carry out.
 This policy is controlled by CellMLB.MlbHoCellSelectStrategy:
 ONLY_STRONGEST_CELL/PERMIT_NON_STRONGEST_CELL can be selected

 The RSRP/RSRQ condition for target cell is need fulfill:

 eRAN6.0/eRAN7.0, A4 is support, InterFreqLoadBasedHoA4ThdRsrp A: F1
/InterFreqLoadBasedHoA4ThdRsrq can be set by operator
 eRAN8.1: for different target frequency, A4/A5 can be choose by
MlbInterFreqHoEventType, and MlbInterFreqHoA5Thd1Rsrp C: F2
B: F2
/ MlbInterFreqHoA5Thd1Rsrp can be set by operator.
 MLB HO can be BlindHO (supported since eRAN6.0)
 Configurable. CellAlgoSwitch.MlbHoMode An example for MLB HO execution under ‘Random’ policy
 InterFreqMlbBlindHo

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L2L MLB
4.2 RRC_Rel
Execution

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Pre-load Balancing

Example of Load Pre-balancing in Fix Proportions:
F1 has N users to release their RRC Connection
F3 Ratio=50%
 Works before L2L MLB is triggered
 To allocate UE to different carriers according to
the pre-defined ratio
 Dedicated priority of reselection is carried in
RRC_Rel message with T320

50%*N UE to
camp on F3

F2 Ratio=30%

30%*N UE to
camp on F2

Serving cell
F1 Ratio=20% N UE RRC_Rel from F1

20%*N UE to
stay on F1

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Content

 Huawei MLB Overview

 MLB Feature Description
 Detail of the function
 Activation and Verification

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Activation Guide
Scene1: multi target cells in same frequency , such as

Idle-Mode common Low load (Target ： Camp on Middle/High load(Target ： Load

Priority wide bandwidth) Balance)

same Connect Mode ： frequency- Connect Mode ： Connect-Mode Load

priority-based inter-frequency Balance
handover

Same Idle-Mode common priority is suggest to prevent the UE back to overload cell after MLB handover it to
the low load cell.

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Activation Guide2
Scene2: only one target cells in same frequency , such as

Mothod1:
Idle-Mode common Low load (Target ： Camp on wide Middle/High load(Target ： Load
Priority bandwidth) Balance)
same Connect Mode ： frequency- Connect Mode ： Connect-Mode Load
priority-based inter-frequency Balance(optional)
handover
Idle-Mode dedicated Priority ： N/A Idle-Mode dedicated Priority ： Idle-Mode
Load Balance

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Activation Guide3
Scene2: only one target cells in same frequency , such as

Mothod2:
Idle-Mode common Low load (Target ： Camp on wide Middle/High load(Target ： Load
Priority bandwidth) Balance)

Frequency with Wider Connect Mode ： frequency-priority- Connect Mode ： N/A

bandwidth has higher priority based inter-frequency
handover(optional)
Idle-Mode dedicated Priority ： N/A Idle-Mode dedicated Priority ： Idle-Mode
Load Balance

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Activation Guide4
Scene3: Hetnet

Idle-Mode common Low load (Target ： Camp on wide Middle/High load(Target ： Load
Priority bandwidth) Balance)

Frequency of Micrio has N/A Connect Mode ： N/A

higher priority Idle-Mode dedicated Priority ： N/A Idle-Mode dedicated Priority ： Micro-
>Macro: Idle-Mode Load Balance
Macro->Micro:N/A

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Activation Guide5
Scene

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Activation Guide5
 L2L MLB
 PRB% based:
MOD CELLMLB: LocalCellId=0, MlbTriggerMode=PRB_ONLY;
MOD CELLALGOSWITCH: LocalCellId=0, MlbAlgoSwitch=InterFreqMlbSwitch-1;

 UL_Sync_User based:
MOD CELLMLB: LocalCellId=0, MlbTriggerMode=UE_NUMBER_ONLY , InterFreqUeTrsfType=SynchronizedUE-
1&IdleUE-1;
MOD CELLALGOSWITCH: LocalCellId=0, MlbAlgoSwitch=InterFreqMlbSwitch-1;

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Verification

 L2L
 L.HHO.InterFreq.UeNumLoad.PrepAttOut will be pegged when feature is working.
 UL_Syn_User number diffenence (L.Traffic.User.Ulsync.Avg) between carriers can be decreased
 Average user throughput = L.Thrp.bits.DL/(L.Thrp.Time.Cell.DL* L.Traffic.User.Avg) could get improved
 Package delay time = L.Traffic.DL.PktDelay.Time.QCIX/L.Traffic.DL.PktDelay.Num.QCIX could be shorter

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Counter
TYPE Counter Name Description
L.Traffic.User.Ulsync.Avg Number of Average UL Synchronized UEs in a Cell

User Number L.Traffic.User.Avg Average Number of Users in a Cell

L.Traffic.User.Max Maximum Number of Users in a Cell

L.InterFreq.HighLoad.Dur.Cell Duration in which a cell with inter-frequency load balancing enabled is in the high-load state
Load
L.InterFreq.HighLoad.Num.Cell Number of times a cell with inter-frequency load balancing enabled enters from the low-load state to the high-load state

L.Thrp.bits.DL Total downlink traffic volume for PDCP SDUs in a cell

L.Thrp.bits.UL Total uplink traffic volume for PDCP SDUs in a cell

Throughput
L.Thrp.Time.Cell.DL Total duration of downlink data transmission in a cell

L.Thrp.Time.Cell.UL Total duration of uplink data transmission in a cell

Package Delay L.Traffic.DL.PktDelay.Num.QCI.1~9 Number of successfully transmitted downlink traffic PDCP SDUs for DRB services with the QCI of 1~9 in a cell
Time
L.Traffic.DL.PktDelay.Time.QCI.1~9 Processing delay of downlink PDCP SDUs for DRB services with the QCI of 1~9 in a cell
L.HHO.InterFreq.UeNumLoad.PrepAttOut Number of user-number-load-based inter-frequency handover preparation attempts

L.HHO.InterFreq.UeNumLoad.ExecAttOut Number of user-number-load-based inter-frequency handover execution attempts

L.HHO.InterFreq.UeNumLoad.ExecSuccOut Number of successful user-number-load-based inter-frequency handover executions

Handover L.HHO.InterFreq.Load.PrepAttOut Number of load-based inter-frequency handover preparation attempts

Related
L.HHO.InterFreq.Load.ExecAttOut Number of load-based inter-frequency handover execution attempts

L.HHO.InterFreq.Load.ExecSuccOut Number of successful load-based inter-frequency handover executions

L.InterFreq.Load.Meas.Num.Cell Number of times the eNodeB delivers the load-triggered inter-frequency measurement configuration to a UE

L.InterFreq.Load.MeasSucc.Num.Cell Number of times the load-triggered inter-frequency measurement is successful

RRC_REL MLB L.RRCRel.DedicatedPri.LTE.High Number of RRC Release with EUTRAN is the highest priority in dedicate priority

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