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Bago Interference report (BGE)

Current Status

28-July-2022
Bago 900MHz interference case
<G900 cells location>
<Updated information>
Currently blocked 184 cell ( 93 site)
1) After agreed by regional team on 2nd Aug. As per MA request MOC unblocked 15 G900 cells on 8th Aug.
Do not unblock 169 cell (78 site)
2) MA requested and MOC has completed blocked 452 cells on 06 July.
For unblock 15 cell (15 site)
3) Overall good improvement in KPI’s. Voice traffic  Increase, Data traffic  Maintain
4) Bago division manager request to unblock GSM cells for GSM customer feedback receive related to GSM
handset limitation issue after RRU block.
ZOOM OUT –VIEW
MA Response Polygon
 Inside Polygon
• Customer feedback mainly received from inside polygon as shown ( ) ZOOM IN -VIEW
• MA analysis, due to high risk not allow unblock GSM (169/184 cells) because interference is high
( ) and will impact user experience
• No further optimization or solution possible
 Outside polygon
• Not a customer feedback location
• However, MA analysis finding (15/184) cells have low risk due to lower interference and can
possible to unblock these 15 cells ( )
Bago city GSM customer Do not unblock For unblock
<Follow up item> (Polygon) feedback (High risk) (Low risk)
 MA will inform to Bago regional manager to assess this 15 GSM cell’s outside polygon if really need to
unblock, because its not customer feedback location
169/184 cell (Group level avg) 15/184 cell (Group level avg)
RTWP (dBm) - BBH -60
RTWP (dBm) - BBH
Inside Polygon(Group) & Outside -65
High Interference -70
Polygon(Group) (High risk)
-75 lower Interference
-60 -80 (low risk)
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-80 -90
Target (- 90dBm) -95 Target (- 90dBm) • Data Collection - RTWP(Avg dBm) – BBH group level
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-100 • Data collect : (01 June to 4 th July) - Before blocking activity
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Bago 900MHz interference case
<G900 cells location>
<Updated information>
Currently blocked 184 cell ( 93 site)
1) After agreed by regional team on 2nd Aug. As per MA request MOC unblocked 15 G900 cells on 8th Aug.
Do not unblock 169 cell (78 site)
2) MA requested and MOC has completed blocked 452 cells on 06 July.
For unblock 15 cell (15 site)
3) Overall good improvement in KPI’s. Voice traffic  Increase, Data traffic  Maintain
4) Bago division manager request to unblock GSM cells for GSM customer feedback receive related to GSM
handset limitation issue after RRU block.
ZOOM OUT –VIEW
MA Response Polygon
 Inside Polygon
• Customer feedback mainly received from inside polygon as shown ( ) ZOOM IN -VIEW
• MA analysis, due to high risk not allow unblock GSM (169/184 cells) because interference is high
( ) and will impact user experience
• No further optimization or solution possible
 Outside polygon
• Not a customer feedback location
• However, MA analysis finding (15/184) cells have low risk due to lower interference and can
possible to unblock these 15 cells ( )
Bago city GSM customer Do not unblock For unblock
<Follow up item> (Polygon) feedback (High risk) (Low risk)
 MA will inform to Bago regional manager to assess this 15 GSM cell’s outside polygon if really need to
unblock, because its not customer feedback location
169/184 cell (Group level avg) 15/184 cell (Group level avg)
RTWP (dBm) - BBH -60
RTWP (dBm) - BBH
Inside Polygon(Group) & Outside -65
High Interference -70
Polygon(Group) (High risk)
-75 lower Interference
-60 -80 (low risk)
-70 -85
-80 -90
Target (- 90dBm) -95 Target (- 90dBm) • Data Collection - RTWP(Avg dBm) – BBH group level
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-100 • Data collect : (01 June to 4 th July) - Before blocking activity
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Bago 900MHz interference case
<G900 cells location>
<Updated information>
1) MA requested and MOC has completed blocked 452 cells on 06 July. Currently blocked 184 cell ( 93 site)
2) Overall good improvement in KPI’s. Voice traffic  Increase, Data traffic  Maintain Do not unblock 169 cell (78 site)
For unblock 15 cell (15 site)
3) Bago division manager request to unblock GSM cells for GSM customer feedback receive related to GSM
handset limitation issue after RRU block.
MA Response
 Inside Polygon ZOOM OUT –VIEW
Polygon
• Customer feedback mainly received from inside polygon as shown ( )
• MA analysis, due to high risk not allow unblock GSM (169/184 cells) because interference is high ( ZOOM IN -VIEW
) and will impact user experience
• No further optimization or solution possible
 Outside polygon
• Not a customer feedback location
• However, MA analysis finding (15/184) cells have low risk due to lower interference and can
possible to unblock these 15 cells ( )
<Follow up item> For unblock
Bago city GSM customer Do not unblock
 MA will inform to Bago regional manager to assess this 15 GSM cell’s outside polygon if really need to (Polygon) feedback (High risk) (Low risk)
unblock, because its not customer feedback location

169/184 cell (Group level avg) 15/184 cell (Group level avg)
RTWP (dBm) - BBH -60
RTWP (dBm) - BBH
Inside Polygon(Group) & Outside -65
High Interference -70
Polygon(Group) (High risk)
-75 lower Interference
-60 -80 (low risk)
-70 -85
-80 -90
Target (- 90dBm) -95 Target (- 90dBm) • Data Collection - RTWP(Avg dBm) – BBH group level
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-100 • Data collect : (01 June to 4 th July) - Before blocking activity
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Backup
Slides
<Background>
• Interference issue in Bago east region starting 13 Apr
• MOC blocked GUL 452 cells on 06 July based on MA OPT-T analysis Polygon boundary is provided by regional team (source located inside)
 Advantages G900 blocked 184 (Total cell)
 Voice traffic increase; Data traffic maintained Keep block 168 (High risk)
 KPI improvement For unblock 16(Low risk)
 Disadvantage
 Increase in GSM customer feedback as using GSM handset (145 as of 22nd Jul)
<Reason> some user’s cannot use smartphone.
 MA-OPT already highlighted ‘GSM handset limitation’ risk before activity

<Divisional team suggestion>

• Bago division manager suggested to unblock complete G900 (outside polygon) area
for monks & industrial zone users who using GSM handset (total= 116 cells/69 sites)

<MA OPT- assessment>

• MA OPT do not recommend to unblock complete G900
Risk  since G900 is interfered
 Risk # 1. GSM user can get coverage but not good user experience due to high
High risk : RTWP >-85dBm
interference (Info  GSM user penetration only = ~1.5%) at township level Low risk RTWP < -85dBm
 Risk # 2: smartphone user will face poor quality after serving from G900 at cell edge.

<Conclusion>
• OPT-T only proposed to unblock 16/116 G900 cells (outside polygon) as low risk.
• After review approval, MA OPT-T will request MOC to unblock G900 proposed list.

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G900 – User penetration – Township level (Bago-East)
As per study, ~1.5% handset support GSM only technology in whole townships where RRU blocking cells operation implemented.

Whole Township Active RRU blocked Whole Township

Sr. Township
Cell number Cell number Cell number 2G Penetration%
1 Bago 270 130 140 1.32% (1,665 users)
2 Taungoo 162 144 18 1.28% (417 users)
3 Thanatpin 54 39 15 1.38% (189 users)
4 Waw 57 53 4 1.12% (153 users)
5 Kawa 66 61 5 1.56% (302 users)
Data source : CME (Huawei smart care)
6 Daik-U 72 70 2 1.19% (281 users)
Data collection – Daily 29th Jun to 5th July
Total = 184 cells

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Bago 900MHz interference case
<Updated information>
• MOC has completed unblocked 15 G900 cells on 8th Aug.
• MA analysis –No degradation observe in performance KPIs. Overall KPIs are stable.
• Bago cell status as of Wk34 as shown Fig- A
• Low interference (Blocked) Total count = 437 GUL cells. [169(-15) GSM], [184 UMTS] , [84 LTE].
• High interference (Keep Monitor) Total count = 168 GUL cells (79 (+15) GSM), (64 UMTS) , (25 LTE).
• Regional team feedback for testing location is awaited

<Background>
• Request received from MPT regional team “Difficulty of making a phone call” on 21 April 2022.
• High interference in the 900MHz band in Bago city starts on 13 April. [Mute call is high and impacts CS user experience].
• 900MHz interference is recovered starting from 17 May 2022 & increased again from 31 May
• Multiple optimization actions completed
<Next action>
• Total impacted within the polygon = 248 RRU 900 band (605 cells)
(G900 – 248 cells, U900 – 248 cells, L900 – 109 cells) – 119 sites
• Proceed to 900 band RRU block = 184/248 (No risk) (452 cells)
(G900 – 184 cells, U900 – 184 cells, L900 – 84 cells) – 93 sites
• Not proceed to 900 band RRU block = 64/248 (Have Risk) (153 cells)
(G900 – 64 cells, U900 – 64 cells, L900 – 25 cells) – 26 sites
Temporary solution
Block 184 RRU (452 cells) (900 band) *OPEX cost (power saving by block)
 Voice traffic: G9 Traffic loss as handset limitation as some users not supporting UMTS technology
 Data traffic: No impact
Permanent solution :
o Need to perform field hunting in this area to identify external sources & request to PTD shutdown the sources.
o However, the region team has suggested not to send a hunting team due to safety issues.
<Info> RRU/cells will be unblocked once interference is back to normal
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Bago 900MHz interference case
<Updated information>
• MOC has completed blocked 452 cells on 06 July.
• Overall good improvement in KPI’s. Voice traffic  Increase, Data traffic  Maintain
• Total feedback from Bago region= 173 (Data as of 26 July)
• 150/173 : Open  Related to GSM handset. Highlighted by MA OPT-T before activity as possible risk
Bago division manager request to unlock G900 outside Bago city area. 2G Handset use by monk. OPT-T final study. [Target 27 July]
• 22/173 : Related to UMTS (Only MOC operation day)
• 1/173(+22) : VIP feedback. Optimization completed and issue resolved (Closed)

<Background>
• Request received from MPT regional team “Difficulty of making a phone call” on 21 April 2022.
• High interference in the 900MHz band in Bago city starts on 13 April. [Mute call is high and impacts CS user experience].
• 900MHz interference is recovered starting from 17 May 2022 & increased again from 31 May
• Multiple optimization actions completed
<Next action>
• Total impacted within the polygon = 248 RRU 900 band (605 cells)
(G900 – 248 cells, U900 – 248 cells, L900 – 109 cells) – 119 sites
• Proceed to 900 band RRU block = 184/248 (No risk) (452 cells)
(G900 – 184 cells, U900 – 184 cells, L900 – 84 cells) – 93 sites
• Not proceed to 900 band RRU block = 64/248 (Have Risk) (153 cells)
(G900 – 64 cells, U900 – 64 cells, L900 – 25 cells) – 26 sites
Temporary solution
Block 184 RRU (452 cells) (900 band) *OPEX cost (power saving by block)
 Voice traffic: G9 Traffic loss as handset limitation as some users not supporting UMTS technology
 Data traffic: No impact
Permanent solution :
o Need to perform field hunting in this area to identify external sources & request to PTD shutdown the sources.
o However, the region team has suggested not to send a hunting team due to safety issues.
<Info> RRU/cells will be unblocked once interference is back to normal 9
Bago-East – Traffic Assessment (900 blocking)
CS Traffic is slight increase, and PS traffic & user are stable 7 Days Comparison (Avg)
Traffic Results
Tech Band Traffic/Daily Before Operation After Operation Difference Traffic Observation
CS Traffic (Erlang) 16,930.66 17,295.19 +364.5 Slight increase
GSM G900
PS Traffic (GB) 32.89 35.77 +2.88 Stable
CS Traffic (Erlang) 51,377.61 52,065.70 +688.08 Slight increase
U2100
PS Traffic (GB) 4,433.31 4,502.97 +69.65 Slight increase
CS Traffic (Erlang) 22,841.08 22,495.20 -345.88 Slight reduce (blocking)
UMTS U900
PS Traffic (GB) 3,274.67 3,306.66 +31.9 Stable
Total CS Traffic (Erlang) 74,218.69 74,560.90 +342.21 Slight increase
(U21/U9) PS Traffic (GB) 7,707.98 7,809.63 +101.64 Stable
PS Traffic (GB) 11,574.53 11,639.59 +65.06 Stable
L1800
Users (Count) 127,451.28 128,814.41 +1,363.12 Stable
PS Traffic (GB) 9,151.81 9,235.55 +83.73 Stable
L2100
Users (Count) 94,872.73 95,865.84 +993.10 Stable
LTE
PS Traffic (GB) 4,664.60 4,724.74 +60.13 Stable
L900
Users(Count) 55,866.20 57,439.63 +1,573.43 Stable
Total PS Traffic (GB) 25,390.94 25,599.88 +208.94 Stable
(L18/L21/L9) Users (Count) 278,190.21 282,119.87 +3,929.65 Stable

Operation Date : 6th July PRE: 29 June to 5 July

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POST : 7th July to 13th July 10