Hawasa 3G_HSDPA Pre-

Optimization Drive Test

Report
CLUSTER 3
Document Control

Date
Version Prepared by Remark
(DD/MM/YYYY)
25/10/2020 V0.1 Mebratu Lemma

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 1 INTODUCTION

2 DRIVE TEST RESULTS

3 ANALYSIS

4 KPI ANALYSIS

5 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

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1.INTRODUCTION
Hawasa Cluster 3 has a total of 19 sites. The drive test is conducted to
check the 3G data service(HSDPA) performance of Cluster 3 and give
solution to areas where the throughput is low.

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INTRODUCTION

Test Type
Test Type HSDPA
Drive test date October 16,2020
Drive Test Duration 1 day
Measurement tool Nemo outdoor
Analysis tool Actix Software
UE Type Samsung S8

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Introduction
Drive Test Route

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 1 INTODUCTION

2 DRIVE TEST RESULTS

3 ANALYSIS

4 KPI ANALYSIS

5 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

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PS Call Performance
Call Statistics Value
Total Number of Calls 199
Successful Incoming Calls 17
Successful Outgoing Calls 182
Total Successful Calls 199
Call Failures - Incoming 0
Call Failures - Outgoing 0
Total Access Failures 0
Total Call Drops 2
Total Completed calls 195
Access Failure Rate 0.00%
Call Drop Rate 1.00%
call completion rate 99.00%
Call Setup Success rate 100.00%
3G DL FTP Avg. Best Cell RSCP (dBm) -78.9 dBm 
3G DL FTP Avg. Best Cell EcNo (dB) -9.69 dB 
3G DL FTP Avg. Best Cell CQI  24
3G DL FTP Avg. App_Throughput_DL 4.47 Mbps

The CSSR is 100% which is excellent and call drop rate is 1% which is in acceptable range.
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 Coverage (RSCP) Plot
CL3-Uu_ActiveSe t_RSCP_0 (dBm)
 Below -95.00 (214) 1.5%
 >= -95.00 to < -85.00 (3209) 22.3%
 >= -85.00 to < -80.00 (3065) 21.3%
 Above -80.00 (7890) 54.9%

The result shows great coverage with 98.5 % of the samples having RSCP >=95 dBm.

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 Quality (EcNo) Plot
CL3-Uu_Ac tive Se t_Ec No_0 (dB)
 Be low -13.00 (823) 5.7%
 >= -13.00 to < -12.00 (968) 6.7%
 >= -12.00 to < -8.00 (8596) 59.8%
 Above -8.00 (3991) 27.8%

As shown above 94.3% of the routes have good quality but 5.7% have bad quality(EcNo less than -13dB) which resulted
from overshooting cells and pilot pollution.
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 Uplink Coverage(UE TX Power) Plot
CL3-UE_TxP ow (dBm)
 Be low 0.0 (11567) 85.0%
 >= 0.0 to < 10.0 (1896) 13.9%
 >= 10.0 to < 15.0 (127) 0.9%
 >= 15.0 to < 20.0 (2) 0.0%
 Above 20.0 (12) 0.1%

The DT result shows the proportion of the UE Tx Power less than or equal to 10 dBm is greater than or equal to 99%
implying good Uplink Coverage.
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 CQI Distribution

CL3-Uu_HS DP A_CQI_Ave ra ge ()
 >= 0.0 to < 6.0 (57) 0.4%
 >= 6.0 to < 12.0 (277) 2.2%
 >= 12.0 to < 18.0 (1715) 13.5%
 >= 18.0 to < 24.0 (4189) 32.9%
 >= 24.0 to < 30.0 (6490) 51.0%

97.4 % of the CQI distribution is >=12 which good, the bad part is only 2.6%.
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 HSDPA Application Throughput Plot
CL2-App_Throughput_DL (kbps)
 Be low 384.00 (1204) 12.5%
 >= 384.00 to < 512.00 (460) 4.8%
 >= 512.00 to < 1024.00 (1442) 15.0%
 Above 1024.00 (6523) 67.7%

The overall throughput of Hawasa Cluster three is good with 67.7 % of the samples having DL application throughput
greater than 1Mbps and 19.8% have fair throughput between 384Kbps and 1Mbps but 12.5% have bad throughput of less
than 384Kbps.We should optimize these bad performing areas.
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 1 INTODUCTION

2 DRIVE TEST RESULTS

3 ANALYSIS

4 KPI ANALYSIS

5 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

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 PROBLEM ANALYSIS
FINDINGS
o PS Call Drop
o Low DL Throughput
o Incorrect Parameter
Setting
o Poor Quality

CAUSE ANALYSIS
o ACTION PROPOSED
DL Power Congestion
o Change Electrical Tilt---For 6 sites
o Overshooting Sites
o Parameter Adjustment—For 5
o Lack of Dominant sites
o Pilot Pollution Sites.
o pwrAdm threshold Adjustment—
o Antenna Orientation
o CE Shortage For 10 Sites

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 LOW HSDPA THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS

The three Areas circled above have bad data service performance and they should be optimized. The analysis is presented
in the coming slides.
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 LOW HSDPA THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS(Area one)
Hawasa CL3-App_Throughput_DL (kbps)
 Below 384.00 (305) 15.1%
 >= 384.00 to < 512.00 (144) 7.1%
 >= 512.00 to < 1024.00 (670) 33.1%
 Above 1024.00 (903) 44.7%
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Problem Identified
DL Power Congestion at 2079 S3,2082 all
sectors, 2084 S2 & S3 and 2085 S2.
2085 SC 256 Overshoots in the direction of
2082.
Max Number of Eul & Hsdpa Users is set
below capacity at 2084 which contributed to
high RAB congestion.
The area with bad data throughput is mostly
served by 222084 S2 which is congested and
relatively far.It should be served by the
nearby site 222079 where there is no
congestion.
Countermeasures
Adjust pwrAdm threshold from 75% to 85%
for 2079 S3,2082 all sectors, 2084 S2 &
S3,2085 S2 & 2082 all sectors.
Up tilt Electrical Tilt of 2079 S1 from 9 to 8
and adjust Azimuth of the same sector from
10 to 0 .
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At 2084 Adjust maxNumEulUsers &
maxNumHsdpa Users from 20 to 128.
 LOW HSDPA THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS(Area
Two)

The low throughput area circled above is resulted mainly from lack of dominant cell, congestion at 2097 & 2093 and quality
problem. Details presented in the next slide.

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 LOW HSDPA THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS(Area
Two)
Problem Identified
DL Power Congestion at 2087 S2 & S3,2090 S1 & S3,2097 S1 & S3 and 2093 S2 & S3.
The areas covered by 2104 SC 146 exceeds the planned scope which resulted in cross coverage.
Adjustment is already recommended in Cluster two Analysis.
Lack of dominant cell

Countermeasures
Adjust pwrAdm threshold from 75% to 85% for 2087 S2 & S3,2090 S1 & S3,2097 S1 & S3 and 2093
S2 & S3
Since 2097 S3 is congested and relatively far, it is better if 2090 S3 which is less congested is made
dominant in the area by adjusting azimuth direction from 280 to 310 and up-tilting ET from 6 to 5.
In addition down tilt 2097 S3 ET from 5 to 6.

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LOW HSDPA THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS(Area Three)
Problem Identified
DL Power Congestion at 2083 S2 & S3,2087 S2 &
S3,2080 S2 &S3.
2082 S2 is serving near the site 2077.Since it is
far and congested,2077 should be made
dominant in the area circled in red.
Pilot pollution

Countermeasures
Adjust pwrAdm threshold from 75% to 85% for
2083 S2 & S3,2087 S2 & S3,2080 S2 &S3.
Change Azimuth of 2077 S1 from 0 to 10,adjust
ET of 2082 S2 from 3 to 4.

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 1 INTODUCTION

2 DRIVE TEST RESULTS

3 ANALYSIS

4 KPI ANALYSIS

5 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

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 KPI ANALYSIS
Accesibility-30 Days
RBS Id Average of CSSR_HSDPA Average of CSSR_EUL Average of CSSR_R99
222075 99.29 99.54 99.92
222076 94.18 94.19 88.73
222077 74.82 75.06 89.22
222078 83.24 83.55 83.69
222079 99.26 95.98 98.31
222080 83.51 83.84 96.73
222081 99.34 99.60 98.76
222082 92.74 95.42 83.64
222083 98.21 98.60 98.22
222084 78.02 78.04 96.85
222085 97.30 98.46 93.64
222086 98.76 99.22 98.51
222087 98.74 99.12 96.34
222088 98.94 99.37 96.51
222089 99.05 99.53 94.31
222090 90.56 90.95 98.71
222091 98.93 99.45 97.94
222094 96.48 96.70 96.78
222097 96.63 97.42 79.29
Grand Total 93.55 93.89 92.97

The maximum number of simultaneous HS users is set below license capacity at 222077,222078,222080,222084 and 222090
which accounted for low accessibility. Others have good HSPA and EUL accessibility.
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 KPI ANALYSIS
Retainability-30 Days Mobility-30 Days
Average of Average of Average of Average of CDR_ Average of Soft Handover Average of 3G to 2G
RBS Id CDR_EUL CDR_HSDPA CDR_Speech(AMR) R99 RBS Id Success HandoverSuccessRate-Speech
222075 0.48 0.49 0.89 0.22 222075 99.98 92.33
222076 1.62 1.64 3.59 0.58 222076 99.87
222077 0.80 0.81 0.23 0.26
222077 95.29 94.67
222078 0.68 0.69 0.27 0.20
222078 92.96 91.07
222079 0.68 0.70 0.27 0.25
222080 0.77 0.78 0.34 0.29 222079 98.92 94.10
222081 1.15 1.16 0.31 0.16 222080 98.96 90.99
222082 0.49 0.49 0.22 0.46 222081 99.89 93.43
222083 1.09 1.15 0.25 0.22 222082 91.91 95.06
222084 0.63 0.64 0.26 0.34 222083 99.25 95.11
222085 0.58 0.59 0.25 0.21 222084 96.64 93.82
222086 0.74 0.75 0.24 0.21 222085 95.38 92.77
222087 0.52 0.52 0.16 0.35 222086 99.93 93.27
222088 0.39 0.39 0.20 0.18 222087 97.46 96.07
222089 0.44 0.44 0.18 0.28 222088 99.93 95.49
222090 0.50 0.50 0.16 0.18 222089 99.78 95.23
222091 0.64 0.64 0.50 0.26 222090 98.32 95.69
222094 0.74 0.74 0.26 0.30 222091 99.90 88.64
222097 0.51 0.51 0.14 0.31
222094 98.49
222097 97.86 95.96
Grand Total 0.67 0.68 0.35 0.27
Grand Total 97.86 93.88

Handover performance of most sites is great except some sites which have CE shortage. Retainability is also found in acceptable
range.
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 KPI ANALYSIS
Congestion-30 Days
Average of RRC Congestion Sum of RRC+RAB UL CE Sum of RRC+RAB DL CE
RBS Id Average of RAB Congestion Rate Rate Reject Reject Sum of RRC+RAB DL Power Reject
222075 0.36 0.31 0 0 0
222076 2.83 6.54 32 18669 1160277
222077 13.49 9.82 409044 2208989 11
222078 0.71 15.27 0 2553304 26
222079 0.50 0.09 0 145 1592
222080 12.33 2.26 0 329551 16095
222081 0.39 0.14 0 1286 668
222082 3.54 1.86 4999 340198 256698
222083 0.58 1.00 0 97928 4681
222084 17.39 2.25 408001 335700 35562
222085 1.62 0.26 1419 25712 16780
222086 0.40 0.59 0 31288 74
222087 0.59 0.35 7 27482 45465
222088 0.40 0.34 0 33719 60
222089 0.52 0.12 0 6603 171
222090 7.03 0.99 193254 159984 1047
222091 0.56 0.25 0 4759 152
222094 0.35 3.17 0 0 13
222097 1.49 1.60 209 97894 563836
Grand Total 3.45 2.34 1016965 6273211 2103208

RRC and RAB congestion is observed in almost all sites the prominent reasons being shortage of UL and DL Channel Element. In
addition, there is DL power limitation in most sites. License expansion is required for CE especially in the DL.
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 KPI ANALYSIS
RBS Id
Data Traffic-30 Days
Sum of HSDPA_DataVol_MB Sum of EUL_DataVol_MB Sum of R99_DL_DataVol_MB Sum of R99_UL_DataVol_MB
222082 3847021.17 695946.8 16707.39465 22205.19946
222085 3768531.25 666284.9662 12308.93091 14119.4314
222087 3737548.55 626777.322 7062.860596 7085.025146
222095 3610568.77 609573.5516 5448.902222 5067.028564
222097 3496614.63 627369.0569 9481.605225 11568.47827
222093 3373180.69 596209.5958 7931.235718 8126.821167
222090 3335414.69 505442.5576 11161.00024 8844.591431
222092 3227138.42 589445.2351 7654.357178 8781.318359
222089 3026462.85 461175.8367 5103.210327 5097.401733
222080 2715786.57 389533.5638 10539.07178 8848.596924
222084 2542173.40 443369.9324 19680.27295 17827.24292
222077 2498764.30 399178.9874 18102.94653 17371.32019
222088 2450989.25 366915.4618 3708.178955 3632.428345
222078 2282502.05 363184.1133 8504.288086 7504.03833
222083 2078289.13 350686.8428 5352.69397 5209.638428
222079 1811895.49 273024.0646 4946.240479 5107.093262
222094 1588465.36 263479.7188 2061.734375 1993.447998
222096 1524488.32 294203.3937 2773.155762 2822.081299
222091 1401541.97 215766.8333 3444.716187 3365.649902
222086 1299035.61 256044.0602 3701.716919 3330.5271
222081 825886.49 158612.2065 1987.130371 1878.687134
222075 479769.28 74871.28564 1244.848389 1242.786865
222076 444207.85 71182.59106 2915.970581 2243.147949

Monthly Data traffic in Hawasa CL3 sites is high especially on sites shown in blue. It is better if these sites are considered for LTE
deployment considering the traffic volume and location
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 Channel Element Utilization-30 days

RBS Id InstalledCEsPoolUL InstalledCEsPoolDL LicensedCEsPoolDL LicensedCEsPoolUL CE_DL_Util_% CE_UL_Util_%

222075 768 512 128 512 15.03565228 59.992493
222076 768 640 48 96 67.12876157 100.0471609
222077 768 651 96 512 91.07417052 83.8131336
222078 768 512 96 512 85.76601769 100.2010789
222079 768 512 128 512 50.45121063 96.96653336
222080 768 651 128 512 78.45173249 99.24361359
222081 768 512 96 512 48.62494833 90.16240389
222082 768 512 176 512 85.57972019 102.0742207
222083 768 512 96 512 74.98327271 99.83117417
222084 768 651
222085 768 512 176 512 78.53605437 102.3765695
222086 768 512 96 512 53.49743028 86.54025285
222087 768 512 176 512 73.45554315 101.7829415
222088 768 512 128 512 59.54585452 95.98156932
222089 768 512 160 512 56.02978671 100.0329461
222090 768 651 144 512 68.41931217 91.59070987
222091 768 512 128 512 59.17228578 95.18798828
222094 768 512 128 512 62.17360336 84.65820119
222097 768 512 192 512 75.92979084 101.9867098
Grand
Total 768 548 128.8888889 488.8888889 65.76973042 94.02609447

o As it can be seen above the purchased amount of CE is only a small proportion of the total hardware capacity especially in
downlink which resulted in overutilization of Channel Elements in most sites. This resulted in severe DL CE congestion.
Additional hardware activation code must be purchased from Ericsson to resolve the congestion and hence to get most
out of the network.
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 1 INTODUCTION

2 DRIVE TEST RESULTS

3 ANALYSIS

4 KPI ANALYSIS

5 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

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 CONCLUSION AND
RECOMMENDATION
CONCLUSION
The DT result of Hawasa Cluster 3
shows good Coverage(RSCP) but
some areas have bad quality(EcNo)
due to overshooting and pilot
pollution.
The overall throughput is good but
low data throughput is observed in
some areas due to CE & Power
Congestion and quality problem.
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RECOMMENDATION
To give some relief for sites with power
congestion, increase power
Admission( pwrAdm) as recommended
in the analysis section.
Adjust Tilt and Azimuth to fix
overshooting Sites.
License expansion for Channel Element
should be done immediately since most
sites are suffering from CE shortage.
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 Thank you

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