Q2 Features/Trials Progress

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Act ion It e m Cat eg ory Ve ndor W1 4 W1 5 W1 6 W1 7 W1 8 W1 9 W2 0 W2 1 W2 2 W2 3 W2 4 W2 5 W2 6 Comme nt s Completed
3 G - Voice Se rvice Est ablishme nt Lat e ncy Acce ssibilit y ZTE Rolle d out NW In Progress
Planned
LTE - IRC for 2 RX Pat hs Throughput NOKIA Rolle d out NW
To be Rescheduled
2 G - Pre cise Paging Acce ssibilit y NOKIA Rolle d out NW
Roll Out
3 G - HSUPA 1 6 QAM Throughput NOKIA Rolle d out NW

3 G - Fre que ncy Domain Equalize r Throughput NOKIA Pre - Re q for HSUPA 16 QAM

LTE - Downlink int e rfe re nce shaping Re t ainabilit y NOKIA Re ve rt Back due to No Significant Gains

3 G - Fle xible RLC in UL Throughput NOKIA Re sults Share d

LTE - Uplink Int ra- e NB CoMP Throughput NOKIA Gujranwala - 26 Site s. Re sults share d.

LTE - Ne ighbor Re lat ion Robust ne ss Mobilit y NOKIA Pe shawar (Cluste r 04_01). Re sults Share d

3 G - Uplink CoMP Throughput NOKIA Rolle d out NW

LTE - Incre ase d Uplink MCS Range Throughput NOKIA Rolle d out NW

3 G - RRC Conne ct ion Se t up Re dire ct ion Acce ssibilit y NOKIA Re sult s for Mandi bahauddin Share d
LTE - Opt imizat ion of PRACH/ RACH Powe r Acce ssibilit y NOKIA Clust e r 4 2 _0 1 (Talagang)
Khawazakhe la (Cluste r 03_01) Imple me nte d. Pe shawar Triale d
LTE - Int ra- fre que ncy Load Balancing Traffic St e ering NOKIA
howe ve r re ve rte d back due to conflict with IRAT LB (LTE->3G)
LTE- Int e r- fre que ncy Load Equalizat ion Traffic St e ering NOKIA Re sults Share d for Mardan City. Planne d in GJ T City

LTE - Int e rfe re nce aware UL powe r cont rol Int e rfere nce Re duct ion NOKIA Imple ment ed in Abbot t abad. Unde r Monit oring
LTE - Idle Mode Mobilit y Balancing (Basic)* Mobilit y NOKIA
3 G - Guarant e e d Voice calls in High Load* Acce ssibilit y NOKIA
LTE - Dynamic Handove r Blacklist ing* Mobilit y NOKIA
3 G - UE Hist ory for WCDMA- LTE Mobilit y* Mobilit y NOKIA
LTE - Use r Plane Ove rload Handling* Acce ssibilit y NOKIA

3 G- High Spe e d Ce ll_FACH* Throughput NOKIA To be imple me nt e d on same Fle x RLC in UL Clust e r

* To be rescheduled in Q3
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Accessibility/Signalling
Voice Service Establishment Latency Optimization

Tech: 3G
Vendor: ZTE
Objective: To improve CS Call Setup Time
Implementation: Nationwide

Gains:
CS MO 3G CST has improved
3G CST has improved from 3.4s3.0s (Field Results)

2G Precise Paging Activation

Tech: 2G
Vendor: Nokia
Objective: To improve CS & PS Paging deletion and Paging load
Implementation: Nationwide

Gains:
Air Interface Paging Load improved
Precise Paging Usage & Precise Paging Hit Rate Improved
DRX Buffer load, A Interface Utilization improved
Gb Interface buffer Occupancy Improved
Paging Buffer size enhanced
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Throughput [1]
IRC for 2 RX Paths

Tech: LTE
Vendor: Nokia
Objective: To Improve UL data user experience
Implementation: North Cirlce

Gains:
UL User THPR Improved [ 33.85 % ]
UL THRP per prb enhancement [ 37.44% ]
UL Cell THRP enhancement [18.58 %]
UL Payload gain [ 7.08 % ]

IRC for 2 RX Paths

Tech: LTE
Vendor: Nokia
Objective: To Improve UL data user experience
Implementation: East Circle

Gains:
UL User THPR Improved [ 39.14 % ]
UL THRP per prb enhancement [ 52.74% ]
UL Cell THRP enhancement [ 24.8 %]
UL Payload gain [ 5.42 % ]

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Throughput [2]
3G Uplink CoMP

Tech: 3G
Vendor: Nokia
Objective: : To improve UL Cell Thp and SHO SR
Implementation: Nationwide

Gains:
HSUPA User throughput has improved [ 1.43 % ]
SHO SR is showing stable trend
RTWP has improved slightly [ 0.026 % ]

DL Interference Shaping

Tech: LTE
Vendor: Nokia
Objective: : To Improve DL data user experience
Implementation: North

Results:
No Major gain is observed during the activity.
Dl/UL Cell Thp is slightly degraded
DL User Thp is slightly improved, primarily due to decrease in the
number of users

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Flexible RLC in UL

Tech: 3G
Vendor: Nokia
Objective: To improve UL cell throughput
Implementation: LHR995NAR01

Gains:
HSUPA Cell throughput is improved [ 0.93 % ]
Average CQI is improved [ 1.02% ]
RTWP is improved [ 0.39% ]

UL 16QAM Extended MCS Range

Tech: LTE
Vendor: Nokia
Objective: : To Improve UL data user experience
Implementation: Nationwide

Results:
Avg MCS PUSCH enhancement by [ 3.1 % ]
Payload of high MCS codes for non 64QAM capable UE’s increased
significantly
Higher MCS codes assignment for non 64QAM capable UE’s

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Throughput [4]
HSUPA 16 QAM

Tech: 3G
Vendor: Nokia
Objective: : To improve User throughput for HSUPA Users
Implementation: Nationwide

Gains:
HSUPA 16 QAM RAB Start assigning to CAT-7 or higher UEs
USER Throughput improved [8.2%]
Generally, 44% UEs are supporting UL 16 QAM.
Other KPIs are Stable

Inter Frequency Load Equalization

Tech: LTE
Vendor: Nokia
Objective: : To improve User perception through balancing load
between layers
Implementation: North (Mardan – 32 Sites)
Results:
L850: DL User Throughput improved [33.3% ]
L1800: DL User Throughput improved [38.1% ]
L850: DL Payload Decreased [17.2% ]
L1800: DL Payload Increased [10.0% ]
L850: DL PRB Decreased [9% ]
L1800: DL PRB is almost same [- ]
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CQI Samples improved on both layers
Other Major KPIs are Stable
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Intra-Freq Load Balancing

Tech: LTE
Vendor: Nokia
Objective: : To improve LTE DL Thp
Implementation: North, Khawazakhela (CL 03_01)

Gains:
LTE DL Throughput improved by [17%], in the Trial Cluster
DL PRB Utilization has also shown improvement, due to Load Sharing
between Intrafreq Cells
Rest of the KPIs are showing stable trend

Intra eNB Uplink CoMP

Tech: LTE
Vendor: Nokia
Objective: : To improve PUSCH SINR/UL Thp
Implementation: Gujranwala (26 Sites)

Gains:
UL Cell throughput is improved [ 1.40 % ]
Average PUSCH SINR is improved [ 3.514 % ]
Rest of the KPIs remain stable

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Mobility / Accessibility
Neighbour Relations Robustness

Tech: LTE
Vendor: Nokia
Objective: : Automatic Removal of Redundant Neigh
Implementation: North, Peshawar (CL_04_01)

Gains:
Total Neigh Deleted: 1175
HO Attempts (Deleted Neigh during Monitoring Period) : 0
Total intra/Inter ENB HO attempts are stable after LTE1685 activation i.e
only those neighbors relation were removed by feature which were not
having any HO attempts for last 72 hours

RRC Conn Setup Redirection

Tech: 3G
Vendor: Nokia
Objective: To improve RRC overload/Accessibility KPIs
Implementation: East, Mandi Bahauddin (99 Cells)

Gains:
RRC failure due to AC is improved [ 78.79 % ]
AMR CSSR is improved [ 0.42 % ]
RRC failure due to UU is improved [ 3.97 % ]
RRC connection request retransmissions improved by [24.41 %]

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Accessibility
Optimisation of PRACH-RACH Power

Tech: LTE
Vendor: Nokia
Objective: : Automatic Tuning of PRACH Initial Target PWR
Implementation: North, Talagang (CL_42_01)

Gains:
Automatic tuning of PRACH Power to changing PRACH Interference
No need to manually tune the ulpcIniPrePwr parameter
With the feature enabled PRACH interference into neighboring cells are
minimised

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