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Dual Band is introduced in order to increase the capacity of the network. Due
to the propagation feature of frequency of 900M and 1800M, the path loss is different between 900M and 1800M around 7dB. Because of the path loss differences, the MS usually select and reselect the

900M cells. During the handovers (mostly PBGT HO), the MS most likely will
choose 900M cells also. How to balance the traffic becomes our main topic.

In order to balance the traffic, We can tune layer, cell selection, cell reselection and handover parameters. Also TRX transmit power of 900M and

1800M can be fine tuned.

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I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII.

CO-BCCH Dual Band + 1800M Bared + Same Layer Dual Band + Not Bared + Different Layer Dual Band + Not Bared + Same Layer Enhanced Dual Band + Not Bared + Same Layer

Metrics of Evaluation and Suitable Scenario

How to Balance the Traffic Conclusion

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CO-BCCH
Advantage:

Increase the capacity The traffic will be easy to balance Simple the network structure (NL, LAC and CI)

GSM900 subcell
BCCH/SDCCH/TCH/PDTCH Assignment U-O handover

Disadvantage:

HO times can be increased HSR will decrease due to blind U-O HO If 900M is down, whole cell is down Can not catch 1800M roamers PBGT HO request will decrease Will be hard to distinguish between the hardware problem and configuration problem

DCS1800 subcell

TCH

Handover from 900M to 1800M is blind HO

Suitable Scenario:

Overlaid Continuous coverage If 1800M does not have continuous coverage ,900M TRX number >= 1800M TRX number in order to avoid congestion

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The main parameters of CO-BCCH

Application scenario type Enhanced Layer of RXLEV_AC Cell_Bar_A Concentric CRO(2dB) the Cell CESS_MIN ccess Allowed ECSC MBR Concentric Load HO Circles HO Allowed Allowed

COBCCH/concentric cell

YES

No

YES

YES

YES

Application scenario type

Edge HO UL to OL DL RX_LEV HO Threshold Allowed

AssignPref. OL to UL RX_LEV for RX_QUAL TA for UO Assign optimum- Subcell in HO UO HO for UO HO HO Optimum level HO of Allowed Allowed Allowed Allowed Layer Threshold Intra-BSC
System Optimizatio n System Optimizatio n

COBCCH/concentric cell

20

YES

YES

YES

NO

No

30

Application scenario type

Busy IncomingThreshold Tch Traffic Enhanced UtoO Inter-layer Inter-layer MS_TXPW to-BSC HO of TCH Busy Concentric Traffic HO Cell Type HO HO R_MAX_CC Optimum Traffic in Underlay Allowed Allowed Threshold Hysteresis H Layer Overlaid Threshold Subcell
Underlaid Subcell Concentric cell

COBCCH/concentric cell

Yes

NO

70

60

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Dual Band + 1800M Bared + Same Layer

Advantage:

GSM900 subcell
Access PBGT handover BCCH/SDCCH/ TCH/ PDTCH Emergency handover and etc. BCCH/SDCCH /TCH/ PDTCH

PBGT HO times will go up

Disadvantage:

1800M can be access only from HO Number of HO can be increased (if there is UL/DL quality of 1800M, or RF problem of 1800M, Ping-Pong HO will happen)

DCS1800 subcell

Traffic not balance, 900M has more traffic

Can not catch 1800M roamers Will be hard to distinguish between the hardware problem and configuration problem

Suitable Scenario:

Users are not far from the site Not in the 1800M roaming area

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The parameters(Dual Band + 1800M Bared + Same Layer)

Application scenario type Layer of the Cell
RXLEV_ACCESS_ Cell_Bar_Access MIN

ECSC

MBR

DualBand 1800M Bared Same Layer(900M)

No

YES

DualBand 1800M Bared Same Layer(1800M)

Yes

YES

Application scenario type

Load HO Allowed

MS_TXPWR_MA X_CCH

PBGT HO Threshold

LOAD HANDOVER THRESHOLD(%)

LOAD REQ. ON CANDIDATE CELL(%)

DualBand 1800M Bared Same Layer(900M)

YES

50

ACCORDING ACCORDING THE TRAFFIC THE TRAFFIC

DualBand 1800M Bared Same Layer(1800M)

YES

127

ACCORDING ACCORDING THE TRAFFIC THE TRAFFIC

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Dual Band + Not Bared + Different Layer

GSM900 subcell

Advantage:

Selection and Reselection Inter-Layer handover and etc.

Easy to Catch 1800M roamers Traffic is well balance by optimizing Idle Mode Parameters and HO Parameters Good for continuous coverage of 1800M /900M in huge network

BCCH/SDCCH/ TCH/PDTCH Emergency handover and etc. BCCH/SDCCH/ TCH/PDTCH

DCS1800 subcell
900M PBGT HO threshold Layer HO threshold

Disadvantage:

PBGT HO request will shift to the other type of HO

Network structure will be complicated (NL)

Suitable Scenario:

Continuous coverage of 1800M

Micro cells
Roaming Area

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The parameters(Dual Band + Not Bared + Different Layer)

Application scenario type Layer of the Cell Enhanced Concentric Allowed RXLEV_ACCESS Cell_Bar_Acces _MIN s CRO(2dB) ECSC MBR

Dual Band Not Bared Same Layer(900M)

NO

NO

YES

Dual Band Not Bared Same Layer(1800M)

NO

NO

6-10

YES

Application scenario type

Level HO Allowed

Concentric Circles HO Allowed

Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold

PBGT HO Allowed

LOAD LOAD REQ. ON MS_TXPWR_M HANDOVER CANDIDATE AX_CCH THRESHOLD(%) CELL(%)

Dual Band Not Bared Same Layer(900M)

NO

NO

20

YES

ACCORDING ACCORDING THE THE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ACCORDING ACCORDING THE THE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC

Dual Band Not Bared Same Layer(1800M)

NO

NO

20

YES

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Dual Band + Not Bared + Same Layer

Advantage:

Easy to Catch 1800M roamers PBGT HO will increase No need continuous coverage

GSM900 subcell
Selection and Reselection BCCH/SDCCH/ TCH/PDTCH Emergency handover and etc.

Disadvantage:

Neighbor Cells relations will be complicated Need time to optimized the parameters

PBGT handover and etc.

It is not easy to balance the traffic

DCS1800 subcell BCCH/SDCCH/

1800M PBGT HO threshold

TCH/PDTCH

Suitable Scenario:

The beginning of the network, 900M&1800M

900M PBGT HO threshold

without continuous coverage

1800M with more power

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The parameters(Dual Band + Not Bared + Same Layer)

Application scenario type Layer of the RXLEV_ACC Cell_Bar_Ac CRO(2dB) Cell ESS_MIN cess ECSC MBR Load HO Allowed

Dual Band Not Bared Different Layer(900M)

NO

YES

YES

Dual Band Not Bared Different Layer(1800M)

NO

6-10

YES

YES

Application scenario type

MBR

LOAD LOAD REQ. Edge HO DL Load HO HANDOVER ON Level HO MS_TXPWR RX_LEV Allowed THRESHOLD CANDIDATE Allowed _MAX_CCH Threshold (%) CELL(%) ACCORDIN ACCORDIN G THE G THE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ACCORDIN ACCORDIN G THE G THE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC

Dual Band Not Bared Different Layer(900M)

YES

YES

18

Dual Band Not Bared Different Layer(1800M)

YES

YES

16

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Enhance Dual Band + Nor Bared + Same Layer

Advantage:

The traffic will be balanced PBGT HO will increase

Disadvantage:

Just suitable for 900M/1800M have the same coverage Neighbor Cells relations will be complicated

GSM900 subcell
BCCH/SDCCH/TCH/PDTCH

Suitable Scenario:

Assignment

U-O handover PBGT HO

1800M coverage is not continuous Under Laid has almost the same coverage with Overlaid DCS1800 subcell

BCCH/SDCCH/TCH/PDTCH

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The parameters(Enhance Dual Band + Not Bared + Same Layer)

Application scenario type Layer of the RXLEV_ACC Cell_Bar_Ac CRO(2dB) Cell ESS_MIN cess ECSC MBR Load HO Allowed

Dual Band Not Bared Different Layer(900M)

NO

YES

YES

Dual Band Not Bared Different Layer(1800M)

NO

6-10

YES

YES

Application scenario type

LOAD LOAD REQ. Assign HANDOVER ON MS_TXPWR Optimum THRESHOLD CANDIDATE _MAX_CCH Layer (%) CELL(%) System Optimizatio n System Optimizatio n

AssignConcentric Enhanced optimumCircles HO Concentric level Allowed Allowed Threshold

ACCORDIN ACCORDIN Dual Band Not Bared Different Layer(900M) G THE G THE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ACCORDIN ACCORDIN G THE G THE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC

Yes

35

Yes

Dual Band Not Bared Different Layer(1800M)

Yes

35

Yes

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Matrix of Evaluation and

Evaluation of Different Dual Band Type
CO-BCCH Traffic Balance Catch 1800M Roamer Increase Capacity Simple the Network Structure Mobility Performance RF or Hardware problem impaction 4 0 5 5 3 0 Dual Band + 1800M Bared + Same Layer 2 0 3 0 3 0 Dual Band + Not Bared + Dual Band + Not Bared + Different Layer Same Layer 5 5 3 0 5 3 0 5 3 0 5 3 Enhanced Dual band + Not Bared + Same Layer 5 5 4 0 5 2

Suitable Scenario of Different Dual Band Type

CO-BCCH Suitable for Roaming Area Suitable for 1800M Continuous Coverage Suitable for User Near the site Suitable for Micro Site Traffic Balace Special Requirement No Dual Band + 1800M Bared + Same Layer No Dual Band + Not Bared + Dual Band + Not Bared + Different Layer Same Layer Yes Yes Enhanced Dual band + Not Bared + Same Layer Yes

Yes
Yes / Easy No

No
Yes No Middle No

Yes
Yes Yes Easy No

Yes
Yes

No
Yes

Yes / Difficult Very Easy Almost the Same Coverage Almost the Same Coverage of 900M/1800M of 900M/1801M

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How to Balance the Traffic

Function of 900M and 1800M in dual band 900M mostly used in high layer for mobility and1800M mostly used in low layer for capacity, normally, we should configure more TRX number in 1800M cells than in 900M cells. Usually 1800M should take high ratio of traffic than 900M, and normally we should keep 900M a little free to promise the coverage and mobility.

Layer 4

GSM Umbrella 900

Layer 3

GSM Macro 900

GSM Macro 900

Layer 2

GSM Macro1800

GSM Macro 1800

Layer 1

GSM Micro 900 GSM Micro 1800 GSM Micro 900 GSM Micro 1800

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How to Balance the Traffic

Traffic Balance Control Flow
GSM900 subcell GSM900 subcell GSM900 subcell GSM900 subcell

DCS1800 subcell

DCS1800 subcell

DCS1800 subcell

DCS1800 subcell

Selection

Reselection

Assignment

Handover

C1=RxLev - Rxlev _Access_Min

C2=C1 + CRO PI PT TO

Assign Optimum Layer Assign-optimum-level Threshold TA Threshold of Assignment Pref.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Load HO Allowed Level HO Allowed Concentric Allowed Enhanced Concentric Allowed PBGT HO Fast Move HO Edge HO Emergency HO

ALL Dual Band Type

ALL Dual Band Type

CO-BCCH Enhance Dual Band

CO-BCCH (1,3,4,5,7,8) Dual band+ Same Layer (1,5,7,8) Dual band + Different Layer (1,2,6,7,8) Enhance Dual Band (1,3,4,5,7,8)

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How to Balance the Traffic

Traffic Balance Control Flow Step1: Cell Selection
The MS will choose the Cell with the biggest C1 to stay when it power on
C1 = RxLev RxLev _ Access _ Min

GSM900 subcell
-80 dbm -90 dbm

GSM900 subcell

TRX Transmit Power

Cell Parameter
-90 dbm
-80 dbm

DCS1800 subcell

Rxlev

DCS1800 subcell

C1 C1
If Rxlev_Access_Min the same with each other

Rxlev_Access_Min

Normally, we configure 1800M with low Rxlev_Access_Min in dual band, to make 1800M cells easy to be
GSM900 subcell GSM900 subcell

selected.
Selection DCS1800 subcell Selection

DCS1800 subcell

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Traffic Balance Control Flow Step2: Cell Reselection
The MS will choose the Cell with the biggest C2 to stay during cell reselection
C2= C1 + CRO (PT <> 31) GSM900 subcell C1=30 CRO=0 C1=25 CRO=0 GSM900 subcell

RxLev RxLev _ Access _ Min

Cell Parameter DCS1800 subcell C1=25 CRO=6 C1=28 CRO=6 DCS1800 subcell

Rxlev CRO

C2 C2
Resection

Rxlev_Access_Min C2

Normally, we configure 1800M with high CRO in dual band, to make 1800M cells easy to be selected.
GSM900 subcell C2=30 C2=25 GSM900 subcell

C2=40 DCS1800 subcell C2=37 DCS1800 subcell

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How to Balance the Traffic

Traffic Balance Control Flow Step3: Assignment
Assignment in dual band just happen in CO-BCCH and Enhance Dual Band Assign Optimum Layer Assign-optimum-level Threshold TA Threshold of Assignment Pref.
GSM900 subcell GSM900 subcell

TCH assignment will check Assignoptimum-level Threshold and TA Threshold of Assignment Pref. When Assign Optimum Layer = System Optimization, Rxlev >= Assignoptimum-level Threshold and TA <= TA Threshold of Assignment Pref. , the system will choose UL. When Assign Optimum Layer = System Optimization, Rxlev <= Assignoptimum-level Threshold and TA >= TA Threshold of Assignment Pref. , the system will choose OL.

Request DCS1800 subcell

Assignment DCS1800 subcell TA RxLev

GSM900 subcell

GSM900 subcell

Request DCS1800 subcell

Assignment DCS1800 subcell

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How to Balance the Traffic

Traffic Balance Control Flow Step4: Handover
With the same layer, to change PBGT Threshold to push traffic to 1800M With different layer, to change Inter-layer HO Threshold to push traffic to 1800M

GSM900 subcell

GSM900 subcell

PBGT HO

Easy

Difficult

Inter-Layer handover and etc.

Emergency handover and etc.

DCS1800 subcell
Same Layer For 1800M outgoing cell HO, to configure high PBGT HO Threshold to make PBGT HO hard to occur; For 1800M incoming cell HO, to configure high PBGT HO Threshold to make PBGT HO easy to occur;

DCS1800 subcell
900M PBGT HO threshold Layer HO threshold

Different Layer Use level HO, it easy to keep user in 1800M layer by adjust Inter-layer HO Threshold When Rxlev > Inter-layer HO Threshold and content P/N rule, the user will HO to 1800M and keep there until other type of HO occur;

Outgoing Cell HO 900M Cell 50 1800M Cell 127

Incoming Cell HO 127 50

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 Before we add 1800M, we need to check the traffic area, if the traffic is far
from the cell, there will be no traffic balance. So the best way is to put the Micro site in that hot point. The best suitable solution for the network is Dual Band + Not Bared +

Different Layer:
Traffic will be balanced Suitable for the network growth Suitable for Micro cell It easy to distinguish hardware problem or parameters problem if traffic is not balance

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