L2100 LTE SFN Deactivation

MPT Commercial Network

Date : 13-May-2020

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Content

1 Background
2 Site Selection
3 Hardware Software Dependency
4 Gain and Impact
5 ROI calculation
6 Implementation plan
7 Customer Queries

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Background :Deactivate the SFN for L2100 to improve Capacity with lower Capex 07/13/2021

• The single frequency network (SFN) feature allows multiple physical cells that work at the same frequency to be combined
into one SFN cell.
• The traffic volume in an SFN cell may increase after a period of time. If the PRB usage of an SFN cell exceeds 50-70% for
a long time, the SFN cell can be split into common cells

L2100 Multi Sector with Existing HW&SW

L2100 SFN L2100 Multi Sector

Cell1
One Logic Cell
Cell2

 For existing sites from U2100 Multi-sector to L2100 SFN, deactivate the SFN
 To get the multi sector capacity gain 50%~70% with existing HW/SW.

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L2100 De-activation SFN Criteria
 Overall Consideration with capacity , experience and KPI for SFN/ASFN/MS Selection.
2~3 sector 1 sector
Scenario No congestion
Start 1 congestion 2 congestion 3

• LTE PRB
Mode Utilization(%) ≥ 50% • LTE PRB • LTE PRB
Sector A N Selection @ Busy Hour ( at Utilization(%) ≥ Utilization(%) ＜
least 1 Sec > 70 %) 70% @ Busy Hour
PRB > 70% @ BH ? Criteria 50% @ Busy Hour

Y
• Capacity gain
~50%
• Capacity gain ~70%
• Experience gain • Experience gain
Advantag • Experience gain ≥
Sector B/C N N
maintain or ≥ 60%
e 60%
4~10% • No SINR
PRB > 50% @ BH ? • Payload gain ≥ 35%
• Payload gain ≥ decreased.
16%
Y
655-Sites / 1653 Cells 229-Sites / 229 Cells
1 2 3
De-active SFN De-active SFN No change Disadvant Average SINR 1~2dB SINR and Other KPI SINR and Other
for A & B/C for A age decreased maintained KPI maintained

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Site Selection: Overview for SFN in current network with deactivation requirement 07/13/2021

51% Cells required SFN deactivation Summary BH User Downlink throughput summary
60% SFN-PRB vs Cell Ratio SFN-DL User Throughput vs Cell Ratio
49%
50% 43% 60%
40% 49%
50%
30%
40%
Cell Ratio (%)

20% 30%

Cell Ratio (%)

10% 8% 21%
20% 16%
0% 9%
10% 4%
1 ( >70%)

2 (>50 % < 70 %)

3 ( <50 % )
0%

2 ( 3~5 Mbps)

4 ( >10 Mbops)

5 ( No Data)
1 (< 3 Mbps )

3 ( < 10 mbps)
PRB Utilization (%) DL User throughput(Mbps)

DL PRB Uti Range Cell Ratio(%) Number of Cell DL User Thpt (Mbps) Cell Ratio(%) Cells Priority
>70% 43% 1587 < 3 Mbps 18.0% 338 P1
>3~ <5 Mbps 32.0% 602 P2
>50 % < 70 % 8% 295
< 10 Mbps 41.7% 784 P3
<50 % 49% 1832 >10 Mbps 8.4% 158 p4
Total 100% 3714 Total 100% 1882

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Site Selection: Deactivate the SFN for L2100 to improve Capacity with lower Capex 07/13/2021

[Summary]:-
- Criteria to Disable SFN Cells is taken Only PRB Utilization >70%
- Currently SFN Active Cells (Count is 3723) in whole Network & Out of 3723 Cells, 1882 Cells (885 Sites) are
recommended to Disable SFN , based upon below 03 example cases.
SFN Status
PRB Utilization (%) Deactivate Keep No SFN Grand Total
1 ( >70%) 1587 1587
2 (>50 % < 70 %) 295 295
3 ( <50 % ) 1832 4486 6318
Total 1882 1832 4486 8200

Note: BH Cell KPI for 1 Week Avg.

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SFN Deactivation Flow Structure.

Task Flow Team Scope

SFN Deactivation
Optimization Team
Cell Selection Audit

SFN Cell Definition

Configuration Planning Team
i.e PCI/RACH/Neighbor
Script

SFN Deactivation
Implementation & Wireless Team
License Check

Configuration Script
Rollout Team
Implementation

KPIs Performance & Optimization Team

Analysis Report
SFN Disable
Proposal Cell List_V1

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Deactivate 07/13/2021

There is hardware and software need for new cell activation

All MPT network equipment condition are
Licenses
License need for new cell activation
Software
Before activating this function, ensure that its prerequisite functions have been activated and mutually exclusive functions have
been deactivated.
Prerequisite Functions
None
Mutually Exclusive Functions
None

Hardware

Base Station Models

Yes requirements

Boards
Yes requirements

RF Modules
Yes requirements

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Project Timeline 07/13/2021

Master plan

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Q&A 07/13/2021

Q.1 Cell List Validation by RND Team:

 The traffic model is not fixed. Therefore, the traffic volume in an SFN cell may increase after a period of time. If the PRB
usage of an SFN cell exceeds 50% for a long time, the SFN cell can be split into common cells. PCIs need to be re-planned
after splitting.
 
Q.2 Expected Gain suggested by RND Team:

 Refer Page-4
 
Q.3 Cost Estimation:

 Refer Page-YY
 

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07/13/2021

Thank You

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Reference ： PRB 30% Threshold Selection Criteria
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PRB > 70%, User Throughput < 3Mbps, MS can improved to >3Mbps

PRB Utilization(%)
PRB >70% Time
Throughput(Mbps)

14 100

90
12
80

10 70

60
8
50
6
40

4 30

20
2
10

0 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 0

SFN - PDSCH utilization rate (PRB DL) ASFN - PDSCH utilization rate (PRB DL) MS - PDSCH utilization rate (PRB DL)
SFN - DL Throughput Per UE(Mbps) ASFN - DL Throughput Per UE(Mbps) MS - DL Throughput Per UE(Mbps)