RAN Planning - Weekly Report

Week 24

19/06/2023

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 A. Project Updates

Expected Day
No Task Current Status/Details Next Action Status of Closure
1 Q1 BCM Risk Open 28/06/2023
Assessment • Data-centre assessment done • Resolve pending issues

2 WB-AMR Feature • Iu_Flex project closed • Core to finalize SPS project Open 14/07/2023
• Commission E2E WB-AMR

L2600 Capacity • TDD Livingstone Towers modified to 8T8R done

3 • F2 parameters shared with NMC • BBP resource mobilization. Open 31/06/2023
expansion
• 10 /23 sites activation pending Licence upgrade

• CAB Approved
• Monitor and resolve High PRB and TCP
4 L2100 Project • L2100 activated in 117 sites (273 cells ) cells
Open 23/06/2023

• LMB SEQ & Probe installations done

• VPN tunnel configurations
• LLG Probe installations done
4 CEM Project • Commission servers Open 17/07/2023
• Configured and Commissioned Switches for
both probe (LL) and SEQ (LMB). • Connect Switches to network for remote
access.

• 15/21 SRAN done • 3 sites with DRFU needs GTMU upgrade

5 SRAN implementation before SRAN implementation Open 09/06/2022
• Regional teams occupied with TX training
• 3 sites pending BT region

6 LLRNC IuPS Expansion • 3Gbit/s to 10Gbit/s capacity done successfully Closed 16/06/2023
• Performance and closure report

7 Q2 DR RAN Tests • Lilongwe controller interface failure tests done • Performance and closure report Closed 16/06/2023
successfully
8 Nkhotakota LAC Closed 16/06/2023
Addition • LAC –TAC Addition done successfully • Performance and closure report

8 GENEX Discovery • Rack space identified at LMB DC • New LLD design in progress Open 17/07/2023

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 B. Operational Updates
No Task
1 External clock
reference faults
2 Capacity Management
Report.
3 TNM Cell Database.
Current Status/Details Next Action Status Expected Day
of Closure
• 10/11 Excessive frequency difference with local Open 19/06/2023
oscillator cleared • Resolve 1 pending clock issues
• Second carrier L2600 (10/23) cells
activation for high PRB cells pending
• Top 20 worst cells analysis (TCH, SD, TCP, PRB) Licence upgrade. Open On – going
• Action Plan for top TCH cells underway.
• 2/6 GTRX added and congestion
cleared
• Update May 2023 Database
• LAC-TAC Audit. • Submit to stakeholders
On-going 19/06/2023
• Location Audit
• Nomenclature and Code Audit

5 H2 NE Health Check • 80 percent of tasks completed. Check summary in Open 09/06/2023

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6 Projects and • Dispatched 3 2100 MHZ sectors to BT region • Coordinate installations and Open 09/06/2023
Warehouse Support (Soche_Chihema) and 2 1800Mhz RRUs commissioning

• Mponela
9 • NMC configurations for 2023 New Open 16/06/2023
Parameters Planning • DCS Cells additions sites
• TRX additions

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 H1 LTE – Health Check Summary

UMTS NE Health Checks GSM NE Health Checks

104 250
102
200
100
98 150
96
100
94
92 50
90
0
88 No of issues Resolved
No of issues Resolved

2G HC Summary
LTE Health Checks No of issues Resolved % Resolve rate
64.5 210 153 72.85714286

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3G HC Summary
63.5 No of issues Resolved % Resolve rate
63 103 93 90.29126214
62.5

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4G HC Summary
% Resolve
61.5 No of issues Resolved rate
61 64 62 96.875
No of issues Resolved

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 TCP Utili≥90% and 90%>TCP Utili≥70% TCH CONG≥2% and 2%>TCH
CONG≥0.5%

1000
1200
1400

0
200
400
600
800
0
50
100
150
200
250
24-Mar
24-Mar
31-Mar
31-Mar
7-Apr 7-Apr
14-Apr 14-Apr

TCH CONG≥2%

TCP Utili≥90%
21-Apr 21-Apr

28-Apr 28-Apr

5-May

TCP Utilization
5-May
TCH Congestion
Capacity Visibility

12-May 12-May

19-May 19-May

90%>TCP Utili≥70%
2%>TCH CONG≥0.5%

26-May 26-May

2-Jun 2-Jun

9-Jun 9-Jun

PRB Utili≥90% and 90%>PRB Utili≥70% SD CONG≥2% and 2%>SD

CONG≥0.5%
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
0
50
100
150
200
250
300

24-Mar
24-Mar
31-Mar
31-Mar
7-Apr
7-Apr
14-Apr
14-Apr
SDCCH CONG≥2%

PRB Utili≥90%

21-Apr
21-Apr
28-Apr
28-Apr

5-May
PRB Utilization

5-May
SDCCH Congestion

12-May 12-May

19-May 19-May
90%>PRB Utili≥70%
2%>SDCCH CONG≥0.5%

26-May 26-May
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2-Jun 2-Jun

9-Jun 9-Jun
 License Status

License Host NE Type Expiration Date Grace Period Days Left

LLBSC-2 BSC6910 GSM PERMANENT,2023-05-31 42

BSC-1 BSC6900 GSM PERMANENT,2023-05-31 42

LLBSC BSC6900 GSM PERMANENT,2023-05-31 42

BSC-2 BSC6900 GSM PERMANENT,2023-05-31 42

BLKBSC BSC6900 GSM PERMANENT,2023-05-31 42

BLK_RNC BSC6900 UMTS PERMANENT,2023-05-31 42

BT-RNC BSC6910 UMTS PERMANENT,2023-05-31 42

RNC-2 BSC6900 UMTS 1/1/2023 22

MZ_GUBSC_2 BSC6910 GU PERMANENT,2023-05-31 42

LLRNC_2 BSC6910 UMTS PERMANENT,2023-05-31 42

BT_BSC_2 BSC6910 GSM PERMANENT,2023-05-31 42

SA_GUBSC BSC6900 GU 5/9/2023 20

MZ_GUBSC BSC6900 GU PERMANENT,2023-05-31 42

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 Equipment Lifecycle (EOS)
13Q1 25Q2 25Q4 30Q4

BSC6910 09Q3 17Q4 17Q2 22Q4

BSC6900

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

GA-EOM EOM-LODSP LODSP-EOS Decided Execution Time Planned Time

NE Version Quantity Hardware EOS Date Software EOS Date

BSC6900 GSM V900R022ENGC10SPC530 4 12/31/2022 12/31/2022
BSC6900 UMTS V900R022ENGC10SPC530 2 12/31/2022 12/31/2022
BSC6900 GU V900R022ENGC10SPC530 2 12/31/2022 12/31/2022
BSC6910 GSM V100R022ENGC10SPC530 2 12/31/2030 12/31/2030
BSC6910 UMTS V100R022ENGC10SPC530 3 12/31/2030 12/31/2030
BSC6910 GU V100R022ENGC10SPC530 1 12/31/2030 12/31/2030
V100R016C10SPC230 207 \ 12/31/2023
GSM BTS
V100R017C10SPC130 466 \ 12/25/2024
V100R016C10SPC112 260 \ 12/31/2023
UMTS NodeB
V100R017C10SPC130 496 \ 12/25/2024
V100R016C10SPC112 13 \ 12/31/2023
LTE eNodeB
V100R017C10SPC130 609 \ 12/25/2024

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