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LTE Feature Recommendations

12th Aug 2020

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Feature recommendation Summary
SI Feature Feature ID Activation status (%) Comment
256 QAM in downlink LTE2479 63
256 QAM Enhancements LTE4064 63
Dynamic Power Backoff LTE4054 0 Activate the feature
RL000286.T 64 QAM in UL LTE44 62.3 Increase Activtation
RL000369.T Uplink carrier aggregation - 2 CC LTE1092 / LTE3313 20 Increase Activtation - Increase the load distribution
RL000227.T Load Triggered Idle Mode Load Balancing LTE2050 1 Increase Activtation
RL000294.T Idle mode mobility load balancing LTE487 Increase Activtation between Layers
RL000326.T
Load based PUCCH Region
Dynamic PUCCH allocation
LTE2664
LTE1130
63
0
Increase Activtation
- Increase UL / DL capacity
- Improved operational Eff
TCP service diff LTE5731 New Feature Recommendation
RL000479.T 256 QAM in uplink LTE4581 UL Tput Activate More
RL000464.T Advanced UL CA SCell handling LTE4053 Enhance UL CA Tput New Feature Recommendation
RL000500.T Flexible CA management LTE4961 UL Tput New Feature Recommendation
RL000434.T Flexible intra eNB UL CoMP LTE3897 Load Balancing New Feature Recommendation
CA aware idle mode load balancing LTE2601 Load Balancing New Feature Recommendation
RL000349.T CA aware idle mode load balancing II LTE4154 Load Balancing New Feature Recommendation
RL000239.T Dedicat VoLTE inter/target freq list LTE1942 VoLTE New Feature Recommendation
RL000404.T Source rate based UL grant assignment for VoLTE LTE2774 VoLTE New Feature Recommendation
Resource Allocation Type 1 LTE1118 RRM
SR000951LK BTS Embedded Power Meter for Energy Monitoring LTE2508 Operability New Feature Recommendation
RL000250.T Load based Power Saving for multi-layer networks LTE1103 Opex Saving New Feature Recommendation
RL000292.T eNode B power saving - Micro DTX LTE1891 Opex Saving New Feature Recommendation

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Software features to improve Up/Down-link air interface performance
Boost UL & DL capacity

Downlink
Downlink Closed
Loop 4x4MIMO
Downlink
Downlink CA
256QAM
Downlink Closed
Loop 4x2MIMO

TCP service differentiation

Uplink
Uplink 64QAM and UPlink CA
256QAM

Flexible Uplink CoMP

Distance from site

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 LTE4054 in FL18A
Dynamic Power Backoff
LTE4054
Dynamical power backoff per TTI on a per need bases
• The operator can configure a target power backoff value in dB for
each cell, e.g. 0.8dB
• The scheduler will decide each TTI dynamically about how much Power Backoff needed
power backoff is needed to the given TTI
• Configure target power backoff is the maximum applied power 3GPP, EVM limit 3.5% for
backoff for a TTI and this maximum backoff is applied on TTIs with 256QAM
reasonably high 256QAM usage AND transmitting at the max power
• In all other cases, e.g. when the cell is already transmitting at lower
power than the max power due to a smaller number of PRBs used,
the backoff will be reduced accordingly
• Time domain scheduler does not force concentration of 256QAM
users
• Impact on cell edge users using QPSK that are transmitting within a
power backoffed TTI can be controlled via a operator configurable
parameter

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 LTE 19B
LTE5731: TCP service differentiation
Increased End User DL Throughput Nokia Innovation

Network Challenge

• The Need to increase end user throughput.

• Decrease the buffering time for streaming
services.
• Improve the operator benchmark: Ookla ,
Opensignal, Rootmatrics, Tutela..

• HW interdependencies : FSMF / Airscale

• UE dependencies – NO
• Parameter setting  - Basic
Value Drivers
• Improved End-user throughput.
• Improve the operator benchmark: Ookla ,
Opensignal, Rootmatrics, Tutela
•  CAPEX Efficiency

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 Field Result : TCP Service differentiation
24% Gains in DL End-User Throughput

A Clear Boost in Speed test result

%
- L1800 DL gain 24%, UL gain 24% 24
- Results are visible to end-user
- Results are observed via 3rd Party Speed
test tools

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 LTE19A
UL TCP Power Boost
Overview

• In LTE 18A UL Power Control settings are dictating behavior for whole cell, without possibility for adjustment
based on specific needs
• It has been noticed that with Closed Loop Power Control and wide center window (e.g. SINR [6:23]), UEs
often don’t reach maximal MCS:
• The UL TCP Power Boost algorithm:
- Further increasing throughput for users with medium sized data volume by allowing them to actually reach maximal
possible MCS
- Applicable for FDD and TDD
- Available on AirScale and FSMr3
- Same triggers as LTE5371 TCP service differentiation

Impact on end user experience with medium sized data volume (relevant to e.g. OOKLA, P3 tests):

•
It is expected that UE UL throughput during the UL Power Boosted can increase up to 40%
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 LTE 19B
256QAM in UL
Increase UL Peak Throughput
Network Challenge
• In areas with good radio condition, higher order modulation 256 QAM in
• How to increase UL peak rates with the same
UL is used by capable UEs .
spectrum.
• Increase the UL peak throughput by up to 33%.
• How to maximize the UL data volume in
areas with very good radio conditions

• HW interdependencies : FSMF / Airscale

• UE dependencies – yes . 3GPP R13
• Parameter setting  - Basic

Value Drivers
• Increased UL peak Data rates
• Increased UL Cell Capacity
• Improved End User experience.

 CAPEX efficiency

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Device ecosystem overview: 256QAM uplink
Qualcomm, Samsung support, Apple, Huawei/HiSilicon likely don‘t
Snapdragon 855 (X24) / 855+ X55 modem
• 256QAM UL • 256QAM UL
• 316Mbps (UL) • 316Mbps (UL)
• UL Cat.20 • UL Cat.20
 Most of today‘s 5G smartphones  5G FDD UEs

Exynos 9810 Exynos 9820 Exynos 9825

• 256QAM UL • 256QAM UL • 256QAM UL
• 200Mbps UL • 316Mbps (UL) • 316Mbps (UL)
• UL Cat.18 • UL Cat.20 • UL Cat.20
 Galaxy S9, Note9 versions  Galaxy S10 versions  Galaxy Note 10 versions

Kirin 980 Kirin „990“ ?

• No vendor information on UL speed • No information yet
 Huawei and Honor high-end phones

No vendor information on UL speed of iPhone XS, XS Max or XR No information yet

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 Field results: UL 256QAM
Up to 30% Gains in UL Peak Throughput

Feature testing Scenario

- Scenario 1 : Single cell 256QAM UL is OFF => THPUT 65Mbps
- Scenario 2 : Single cell 256QAM UL is ON => THPUT 85Mbps ~30% UL TPUT
- Tests were performed with Qualcom MTP8150
GAIN

UL 256QAM OFF . Peak UL THPUT is 65Mbps UL 256QAM ON . THPUT Increased to 85Mbps

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 LTE 18SP / LTE19B
LTE3897 / LTE3933 Flexible inter and intra eNB UL CoMP
Improved UL performance with Flexible UL CoMP on AirScale
Network Challenge Support Dynamic CoMP set between same BW cells.
• The challenge of high UL traffic load within
small area
• The need to reduce UL interference.
• The need for scalable and Dynamic CoMP set
within Baseband Hotel (C-RAN) Solution.

• HW interdependencies : Airscale
• UE dependencies – Yes
• Parameter setting  - Basic

Value Drivers
• Maximize the UL Cell throughput.
• Increased UL Cell capacity for mass events.

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 Field results: LTE 3897 Flexible UL COMP
Up to 10 % Improvement in UL Throughput
10% UL Cell throughput Improvement

• Improved UL RF conditions. Better UL SINR

• Improved UL MCS => Better UL Tput
• Up to 10% UL cell Throughput improvement

6% UL MCS Improvement

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 Software features to fully utilize available spectrum
Carrier Aggregation and Dynamic Spectrum Sharing

TDD
LTE
• Efficient spectrum resource utilization in multi-
layer deployments. DL CA + FDD-TDD DL CA
LTE2600
• Boost peak and mean user throughput via 4x4MIMO FDD-TDD mMIMO + CA
simultaneous data transfer over several 3G/4G 2100
component carriers DL /UL CA DSS
• Up to 6CC Carrier Aggregation
• Complement CA with 4x4 MIMO LTE1800 FDD-TDD DL CA
• FDD-TDD CA FDD-TDD mMIMO + CA
• Intersite DL CA
GSM /LTE 900 (DSS)
• FDD-TDD mMIMO
• Enable 2G/4G or 3G/4G DSS

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Dynamic Spectrum Sharing WCDMA+LTE
Improved spectral Efficiency , Increased LTE capacity , Minimal Re-farming efforts
Network Challenge: Before DSS
• High LTE load, Limited Spectrum
• WCDMA is mandatory for Voice service

P (dBm/Hz)
• RF re-farming challenges.
Solution: 3G 4G
• WCDMA-LTE load shared spectrum: 15 In B1 (2.1Ghz) or B8
(900MHz) f (Hz)
5 MHz 10 MHz
• Feature : SR002167 (19B) supports: FSMF , 15MHz in B1
• Feature: SR002546 (20A), extend support for Airscale, B8, BW 15 MHz
of 10/15/20MHz
• According to WCDMA load , the LTE Cell BW increase in steps
of 0.6MHz. After DSS
• Maintain WCDMA for voice, expand LTE capacity, while
maintain WCDMA for voice and legacy U.E

P (dBm/Hz)
• Configurable threshold for WCDMA Load
• Reduce Re-Farming & RF Planning efforts
3G 4G
Benefits:
• CAPEX savings : LTE Capacity Gains ranges from +12% ~3.2 MHz ~11.8 MHz
f (Hz)

15 MHz
• OPEX Savings : Minimal Re-farming and planning efforts.

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Field results: 3G/4G DSS increased the total payload
Quality maintained across 4G and 3G & 10% Gains in Total DL Capacity

3G+4G gain +9.8% 4G only gain +14% 4G avg connected UE +17.9%

LTE 2100 KPI 3G 2100 KPI

KPI Before After KPI Before After
Total traffic (GB) 3159 3674 +16.3% Total traffic (GB) 485.7 293.6 -39.6%
Cell Availability 95.6% 100% +4.6% Cell Availability 99.8% 99.8% -0.09%
Ave RRC conn. UE 49.2 54.5 +10.75% RAB call block PS 0 0 0%
E-RAB setup SR 99.93 99.94 +0.01 RAB dropped calls CS 0.51 0.23 -54.8%
Block Error Rate Sum of ave user
DL 0.06 0.06 0.00 HSDPA -12.14%
Gain in traffic and quality Decreased traffic, maintained quality
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 LTE 19A / LTE19B
LTE4961: Flexible CA management
Simplified and more flexible CA configuration
W/O LTE4961: CA pool size is up to 13 cells; CA allowed only between
Network Challenge 13 selected sectors -> in multiple frequency layer network CA pool
planning/optimization is needed
• The Need to plan and configure CA pool
relation. More efforts are required to configure
CA for each newly added frequency layer.

• HW interdependencies : FSMF / Airscale F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7

• UE dependencies – NO
• Parameter setting  - Basic With LTE4961: no need for CA pool planning allows for more flexible CA
configurations

• Removes the need for CA pool ID planning .

Value Drivers
• Applies to FDD-FDD CA and FDD-TDD as well as TDD-TDD CA
• Maximize the benefits of DL CA.
(LTE19B)
• Increased Cell Throuhgput
• Less efforts spent on CA configuration

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 FDD LTE 19B

LTE1118 Resource Allocation Type 1

Higher capacity for LTE DL with inband NB-IoT

• RAT0 however can only address resources with the granularity of
resource block group (RBG) LTE DL
resources lost
• RBG ranges from 2 to 4 PRBs depending on cell bandwidth
due to NB-
• When NB-IoT is enabled with RAT0 only, whole RBG is lost from IoT without
legacy LTE scheduler LTE1118
• LTE1118 improves this by allowing subset of users to be scheduled
with RAT1
• RAT1 enables per PRB scheduling, therefore only single DL PRB is
lost from legacy LTE due to inband NB-IoT
• Scenarios with improvements are: NB-IoT,
LTE3145 Slim Carrier usage and dynamic spectrum sharing.
LTE DL
resources lost
due to NB-
IoT without
LTE1118

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LTE4053 Advanced UL CA SCell handling

Improved UL performance for UL CA UEs in poor radio conditions

ell
d U L SC
• Two new mechanisms for UL CA SCell handling n
DL a config
ll
PCe
- UL pathloss criterion as a new trigger for the onfi
g
ll c
release of UL CA component of the SCell SCe
freq1 DL only
l l
- UL radio quality* criterion as a new trigger for PCe
suspending UL scheduling on SCell freq2

• HW interdependencies : FSMF / Airscale Pathloss threshold for UL

CA SCell configuration
• UE dependencies – yes
• Parameter setting  - Basic he duli
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L sc
SC ell U
Good UL ll
PCe
SCell ng
duli
Value Driver: quality
ell s
c he
freq1 L SC
No U
• Higher network capacity efficiency l
Poor UL PCel
•  CAPEX & OPEX savings freq2 SCell
quality

* UL radio quality expressed with UL Transport Block Size (TBS)

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 SRAN 20A

LTE4050 UL traffic driven UL CA SCell configuration

UL centric trigger for UL CA SCell configuration
DL UL
• Enhancement of the UL carrier aggregation buffer buffer
functionality ell
d UL SC
n
- UE UL non-GBR buffer status as a new trigger criterion for DL a ll
PCe
the UL CA SCell configuration freq1 ll
- logical 'OR’ with existing DL buffer based criterion for PCe
Cell
SCell configuration No S
freq2
DL UL
- applies if the UE is not configured with any UL CA SCell buffer buffer
yet
w/o LTE4050
• Allows the UEs to benefit from UL CA regardless of
the need for DL CA DL UL
buffer buffer
ell
d UL SC
n
DL a ll
PCe
e ll
freq1 UL SC
and
DL
ll
PCe
freq2
DL UL
buffer buffer
with LTE4050
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 LTE Load Balancing Solution
Efficient usage of network Capacity
Network Challenge HO event boundary
HO events are
• Need to optimize CAPEX spend by steering triggered earlier initial conditions
and balancing network load to appropriate
Band B Band B
frequency layers and radio access
technologies
Low Loaded
• Need to manage congestion and optimize Neighbor Cell B
Band A
user experience for best customer satisfaction

Intra - site Inter- site Highly Loaded

• HW interdependencies : FSMF / Airscale Serving Cell A
• UE dependencies – No
UE is handed over
• Parameter setting  - Advanced earlier

Value Drivers Inter-frequency load balancing Intra-frequency load balancing

• More efficient usage of network assets
• Better user experience Solution
Cell load is balanced between frequency layers, between neighboring cells and
 CAPEX/OPEX savings sites, and between radio technologies (WCDMA – LTE). Specific features are
used for idle mode and connected mode, respectively.

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 FDD LTE 19B

LTE5266 Configurable number of UEs for load balancing

load balancing in case of burst increase of Ues in cells

• New configurable parameter to
control the maximum number of
UEs which can be
simultaneously considered as
candidates for load balancing. Band B Band B
• Allows the operators to control
reactiveness of load balancing in
case of burst increase of the
Band A
number of the UEs in the cell.

Intra - site Inter- site

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 LTE2601 / LTE4154 CA aware idle mode load balancing
Improved CA performance during high load
Network Challenge Solution
Current idle mode load balancing mechanism • Enhance the current idle mode load balancing mechanism to be CA aware
hasn’t taken CA capability into consideration, by introducing a dedicated CA specific cell reselection priority weights
so that CA capable UEs may be allocated to • CA specific IMLB related parameters are operator configurable.
non-CA carrier and cannot have superior
experience on aggregated high peak rate.
Without CA aware IMLB With CA aware IMLB
CA UEs could be allocated to non-CA carrier, CA UEs will be allocated to CA carrier with
which limited the user experience higher priority
• HW interdependencies : FSMF / Airscale
• UE dependencies – No F4 (CA) F4 (CA)
• Parameter setting  - Advanced 20% 20%
20%
F3 (CA) F3 (CA)
20% 20%
40% F2
F2 (nonCA)
Value Drivers 40% 40% (nonCA)
F1 (CA) F1 (CA)
20%
• Increased end-user Tput 20% 40%
Non-CA CA UEs Non-CA
• More efficient usage of network assets IMLB Legacy CA UEs CA IMLB IMLB Legacy
UEs Weights for non UEs
Weights (non weights
 CAPEX/OPEX savings CA aware) CA aware UEs

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Significantly Improve the UE’s 2CC and 3CC DL CA Utilization
Field pilot result in one APAC operator

CA Utilization Comparison, Without and With LTE2601

42%
63%

• 28 sites joined the test. 2CC and 3CC sites

196%
in use. SW: FL16A PD 2.3 291%
• Test with 6 days feature de-activated and
then 6 days feature activated.

• CA utilization clearly improved after feature activated.

• Overall KPIs slightly improved, especially HO related.

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 LTE2774 Source rate based UL grant assignment for VoLTE

Why

• Improved Resource Efficiency

• Improved VoLTE Capacity

What

• Allows the eNB to detect the actual UL bit rate usage (based
on SR and BSR) and adapts the resource allocation to meet
the actual bit rate.
• The eNB adapts the UL grant to actual size needed by the
UEs in order to minimize the padding overhead.
• E.g. operator assign to high GBR rates for VoLTE (> 70
kbit/s, although 41 kbit/s would be sufficient). Without
LTE2774 this results in a too high padding (50….100% more
PRBs assigned as needed)

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• Clear reduction in VoLTE UL

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 LTE 19B

LTE4944 BTS Transport bandwidth Ethernet utilization counters

Monitor bandwidth utilization
Network Challenge
• How ensure sufficient Backhaul capacity.
VLAN Interface IP layer Ethernet Interface
Utilization counters Utilization with
• How to measure the Backhaul link utilization (VLAN-tagged frames)
VLAN x VLAN y Untagged Frames counters
(untagged + priority tagged frames)

Solution: Counters for:

• Counters Bandwidth utilization Aggregated Ethernet Interface
VLAN Interface Utilization counters
• Counters for Peak and Average transmission (VLAN-tagged + untagged +
throughput Ethernet Interface priority-tagged frames)

• HW interdependencies : FSMF / Airscale Internal

• UE dependencies – No Bridge

rt o

rt
• Parameter setting  - Basic Port

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Po
g

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id
RELAY (Switch)

id
Br

Br
Benefits
Ethernet Ethernet
• OPEX Savings. Link Link

• Improve network performance due to the ability to EIF1 EIF2

determine capacity bottlenecks & take actions Ethernet Link Utilization

counters

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 LTE 19
LTE3639 Software antenna port re-mapping
Avoids site visits for antenna re-cabling

Network Challenge
• How ensure cored RRH&RFM Antenna cabling
• Wrong cabling impacts the 4x4 and 4x2 MIMO
• Site visit to correct RF cabling
Solution:
• The eNode B supports software antenna port re-mapping
for 4Tx/4Rx configurations I/Q data stream3 I/Q data stream2 I/Q data stream1 I/Q data stream0

• re-mapping is realized by re-routing I/Q data streams No need for physical re-cabling to change mapping
between particular Tx ports between I/Q data streams and antenna polarization ->
routing controlled with OAM parameters

• HW interdependencies : 4TX RRH & 6TX RFM

• UE dependencies – No
• Parameter setting  - Basic
Benefits
• OPEX Savings.
• Improve DL Tput performance due to correct 4TX
RF cabling. I/Q data stream3 I/Q data stream2 I/Q data stream1 I/Q data stream0

• Improved user experience

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LTE Power Saving Features Recommendation
Savings from more and more idle resource
Expected Gain based on
High traffic No traffic References
P P
LTE1891 - Micro DTX (LTE16) Office Office
• Up to 20% RF power consumption reduction
at low load period.
t • Max. gain in 0 load. Benefit decreases until 0
• Switch the power amplifier off in case when load is about 20%.
of unused OFDM symbols, to improve
PA utilization efficiency • Not all radio modules support micro DTX.

LTE1203 - MIMO TX path Office Office

• Up to 40% radio power consumption
switching off (LTE16) reduction at low load period.
MIMO • Saving varies with different radio modules and
2x2
• Shut down the additional Tx in low load site configurations. In average:
periods in the network 2TX -> 1TX: 33%; 4TX -> 2TX: 30%
• 2Tx -> 1Tx; 4 Tx -> 2 Tx; 8 Tx -> 2 Tx
8TX -> 2TX: 40%

LTE 1103 - Multi-layers switch- Office Office • Up to 30% RF power consumption reduction
off (LTE15A) in eNBs with 2+ carriers
• In multi-layered eNBs, shut down • Best gain (30%) in case carriers are operated
capacity layer cell(s) in low load in different radio modules. Limited saving
period. (5.5%) in case carriers are operated in the
• Thresholds configurable. same radio module
Trial guideline

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LTE2508 BTS Embedded power meter for energy efficiency monitoring

Energy consumption is measured and reported on eNB level

• Most of the energy consumed by a BTS relates to the RF
modules NetAct
• Feature provides energy metering functionality and
reporting the consumption via new PM counters (Current,
Voltage and Power) to OSS and BTSSM Counters for
• Applicable for modules with embedded HW energy Current, Voltage and
metering functionality Power

• Therefore energy consumption can be measured in the

Radio Network at the network element level
• Feature works in single-RAT mode (GSM, WCDMA, LTE) BTS
Site Manager
and as well in RF Sharing mode.

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SR002216 Load based Power Saving for AirScale SM for LTE
Energy Consumption Challenge

• SBTS System Module power consumption is same whatever

traffic.
• During low load period (e.g. during night), some SBTS resources
are not used and consume energy with no added value.

Solution PG#ABIAPG#
1 2
• Switch OFF SBTS System Module resources (Power Group#2)
ASIA
that are not used in low traffic periods. high load
low load
• Feature triggers based on existing LTE1103 feature criteria.
• Feature also supports Static Power Saving. In the case were PG#2
is left empty after BTS Configuration is completed (e.g. 3 LTE
cells only BTS), the PG#2 is switched OFF.

Benefits

PG#ABIAPG#
• Power consumption reduction up to 18% at System Module level 1 2
in ideal conditions for minimal configuration . ASIA
• OPEX Savings

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LTE652 Intelligent Flexi BTS Shutdown LTE19A

Longer BTS operation when using battery power

Network Challenge
• Longer site availability during power cut
Solution
• When BTS detects a problem with the power
provisioning - so switching to battery power supply -
an alarm will be raised and the BTS will automatically
apply mechanism to reduce the power consumption. power outage power restored
• The reduction of power is done via the stepwise
shutdown of services (cells) which are triggered by
operator configurable timers per BTS.
Benefits
• Increased site Availability

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