LTE Traffic Balance Trial Report

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MLB (Mobility Load Balance) Overview
MLB Overview True Network MLB
F1 L1800(Priority 6)

MLB MLB
RRCRel
(with IMMCI)
Load exchanged 60% 60%
F2 L2100(Priority 6)

Target:
UE Number of F1:UE
IMMCI: Idle mode mobility Number of F2 = Bandwidth
of F1: Bandwidth of F2 L900(Priority 5)
control info

MLB Scenario: Inter Frequency & same coverage;

MLB Relation: L1800  L2100 & L2100  L1800;
MLB Trigger: Serving cell RRC Connected user is more than
“InterFreqIdleMlbUeNumThd + MlbUeNumOffset” & Co-sector inter frequency cell has
less user than serving cell (M-N)/M > UeNumDiffThd
LTE Inter Frequency Handover Strategy

Coverage Handover Priority Handover

L1800/10MHz
Priority=6

Coverage Based Handover:

L1800 to L900;
L1800 to
L2100 HO L1800 to L2100;
L2100 to L900 (starting
L1800 to
L900 HO implement).
L2100 10MHz
Priority=6

Priority Based Handover:

L2100 to L900 to L900 to L2100.
L900 HO L2100 HO

L900 5MHz
Priority=5
Current Load Balance Status
RRC Connected User DL Traffic Volume
Region Province
L2100 L1800 Gap L2100 L1800 Gap
BKN BKA 80200.95 75557.00 -5.79% 2.9063E+13 2.6796E+13 -7.80%
BKS BKB 38521.98 38410.11 -0.29% 1.37567E+13 1.31166E+13 -4.65%
BKS BKC 41338.39 42121.48 1.89% 1.40779E+13 1.41093E+13 0.22%
BKS BKD 32613.42 35130.47 7.72% 1.20425E+13 1.28381E+13 6.61%
BKS BKE 37030.38 33871.01 -8.53% 1.35732E+13 1.20037E+13 -11.56%
BKN BKF 29897.30 24478.41 -18.13% 1.0847E+13 8.85782E+12 -18.34%
BKN NTB 17325.39 11916.25 -31.22% 5.85566E+12 4.19611E+12 -28.34%
BKN PTT 13815.98 9445.73 -31.63% 4.99725E+12 3.56458E+12 -28.67%
BKS SMP 29325.01 27015.27 -7.88% 1.09201E+13 9.85634E+12 -9.74%
NEA ANC 454.79 150.04 -67.01% 1.57367E+11 47173833160 -70.02%
NEA BRR 1615.08 951.28 -41.10% 5.32227E+11 3.48526E+11 -34.52%
NEA CYP 833.00 600.11 -27.96% 3.08915E+11 2.053E+11 -33.54%
NEA KKN 3844.34 2402.30 -37.51% 1.31692E+12 8.23776E+11 -37.45%
NEA KLS 866.58 517.59 -40.27% 2.79148E+11 1.60208E+11 -42.61%
NEA LOI 1268.23 812.91 -35.90% 5.07128E+11 2.88591E+11 -43.09%

Gap Analysis based on Co-sector L2100 and L1800 Load:

1. High Traffic Area (like BKA, BKB, BKC): less than 10%;
2. Low Traffic Area (like NEA): gap more than 30%.
Optimization Plan LTE Load Balance

Feature Before Step 1 Step 2

Trigger when user >60 Trigger when user >30 Trigger when user >20
MLB MlbUeNumOffset=15, MlbUeNumOffset=10, MlbUeNumOffset=5,
InterFreqIdleMlbUeNumThd=45 InterFreqIdleMlbUeNumThd=20 InterFreqIdleMlbUeNumThd=15

L2100 to L900: No Hanodver

L2100 to L900: Coverage Hanodver
Inter Freq HO L900 to L2100: when RSRP>-
L900 to L2100: when RSRP>-90dBm
100dBm

• L2100 to L900: didn’t enable handover during the roll out;

• L900 to L2100 Handover by priority: trigger when L900 RSRP is higher than
-100dBm, change to -90dBm, and only enable L900 to L2100 priority handover
when co-located.
Trial Area Plan LTE Load Balance

Trial in one cluster with low LTE traffic.

Traffic User Average Comparison LTE Load Balance

Percentage L1800 L2100 L900 L1.8 L2.1 Gap

Before 36.62% 57.42% 5.96% 20.80%
Step 1 39.89% 50.63% 9.48% 10.74%
Step 2 41.51% 48.22% 10.28% 6.71%
Traffic DL Traffic Comparison LTE Load Balance

Percentage L1800 L2100 L900 L1.8 L2.1 Gap

Before 36.58% 58.12% 5.31% 21.54%
Step 1 38.34% 51.50% 10.15% 13.16%
Step 2 40.62% 49.43% 9.95% 8.81%
Traffic DL Throughput Comparison LTE Load Balance

OSS Average DL Throughput is maintain, mainly is due to the overall traffic is low in this area.
DL Throughput vs Average RRC Connected User LTE Load Balance

Less samples

Less samples

* Reference from whole network busy hour

• With same number of user, L1800 throughput is a bit higher than L2100;
• When RRC Connected user more than 60, the average DL Throughput is less than
10mbps.
Summary LTE Load Balance

• Due to L900 and L1800/L2100 have different coverage, cannot enable MLB between
L1900 and L1800/L2100;
• Between L1800 and L2100: Load balance can be achieved by MLB parameter
optimization, current threshold is applicable for High Load Area, for Low Load Area,
can implement low threshold for balancing.
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