Hawaii

LTE IRAT Trial

Declan Quinn

V1.1
7/29/2013

Confidential and Proprietary Information of T-

Mobile USA
Introduction
 When MME SW NS2.2 was introduced, a changed behaviour (to
3GPP Compliant Behaviour) increased the number of Session
Continuity attempts to UMTS
 Optimisation of the A2 thresholds for Session Continuity was required
 A validation of the GSM Reselection Settings used in NSN LTE
ERAN was also required
 Set 1 (Idle Mode) reduced the number of GSM records
 Set 2 (Active Mode) reduced the WCDMA Session Continuity
Attempts and further reduced LTE Leakage
 Minor increase to ERAB DCR to Pre MME Upgrade levels
 The number of TAU Attempts have reduced which will reduce HLR
load

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Trial Sets
 Trial Set 1 was used for 1 day only (25 Jul 2013)
 Trial Set 2 commenced 26 Jul 2013
Technology E/// Object E/// Parameter Baseline Set 1 Set 2
EUtranCellFDD qRxLevMin -124 dBm -124 dBm -124 dBm
EUtranCellFDD threshServingLow 4 dB 4 dB 4 dB
EUtranCellFDD qRxLevMinOffset 2 2 2
GeranFreqGroupRelation threshXLow 2 6 6
SIB3 sintrasearch 46 dB 46 dB 46 dB
SIB3 sNonIntraSearch 8 dB 8 dB 8 dB
SIB6 tReselectionUtra 1 2 2
LTE SIB7 tReselectionGeran 1 7 7
EUtranFreqRelation qRxLevMin -124 dBm -124 dBm -124 dBm
UeMeasControl ueMeasurementsActive FALSE FALSE TRUE
UtranFreqRelation mobilityAction HANDOVER HANDOVER RELEASE_WITH_REDIRECT
ReportConfigB2Geran b2Threshold1Rsrp -122 -122 -122
ReportConfigB2Utra b2Threshold1Rsrp -120 -120 -120
ReportConfigEUtraBadCovPri
a2ThresholdRsrpPrim -115 -115 -118
m
EutranFreqRelation qRxLevMin -124 dBm -124 dBm -124 dBm
UMTS
EUtranFreqRelation threshHigh 10 10 10
RLSRC:CELL QRXLEVMINE -124 dBm -124 dBm -124 dBm
GSM
RLSRC:CELL HPRIOTHR 10 dB 10 dB 10 dB

 ** Changes highlighted in RED

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LTE Data Leakage
LTE Data Leakage

29.00
Set 1

27.00

25.00
% LTE Records

23.00

21.00 MME Upgrade

19.00

17.00
Set 2

15.00

DATA LEAKAGE IN UMTS COVERAGE

 Leakage from LTE (Mainly to GSM) reduced following MME Upgrade

 Further improvement with RAN parameter changes and Set 1 and 2 of Trial
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LTE Data Leakage
LTE Leakage Records
61.00 30.00

Set 1
59.00
25.00

57.00

20.00
55.00
% LTE Records

% 2G Records
53.00 15.00

51.00
10.00

49.00

Set 2 5.00
47.00

MME Upgrade

45.00 0.00

% LTE Records of total 2G+3G+LTE records % 2G Records of total 2G+3G (non-LTE) records

 Leakage from LTE (Mainly to GSM) reduced following MME Upgrade

 Further improvement with RAN parameter changes and Set 1 and 2 of Trial
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LTE Data Leakage (2)
LTE Leakage Records
2,500,000 350,000

Set 1
300,000

2,000,000

Set 2
250,000
Records (c) - LTE/UMTS

1,500,000
200,000

GSM Records (c)

150,000
1,000,000

100,000

500,000

MME Upgrade 50,000

0 0

LTE OVERLAY COUNT RECORDS 2G LTE OVERLAY COUNT RECORDS 3G LTE OVERLAY COUNT RECORDS LTE

 Set 1 reduced the count of GSM records (Already reduced after MME Upgrade)
 Set 2 Reduced the transitions between UMTS and LTE
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TAU Count
TAU Attempts
1,800,000

1,600,000

1,400,000
Set 2
1,200,000

1,000,000 Set 1

800,000

600,000

400,000

200,000 MME Upgrade

EPS_IS_TAU_GN_ATT EPS_CMB_INTER_TAU_ATT

 TAU Attempts improved Set 2 changes (Expected improvement on HLR) – Other changes following MME
upgrade due to individual site changes [> 50% reduction from pre MME Upgrade Levels)
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Accessibility
ERAB Access Failure Rate / Count
0.40 30,000.00

Set 1
0.35
25,000.00

0.30 Set 2
20,000.00
0.25

0.20 15,000.00

0.15
10,000.00

0.10

5,000.00
0.05 MME Upgrade

0.00 0.00
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06.30.2013
07.01.2013
07.02.2013
07.03.2013
07.04.2013
07.05.2013
07.06.2013
07.07.2013
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07.11.2013
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07.19.2013
07.20.2013
07.21.2013
07.22.2013
07.23.2013
07.24.2013
07.25.2013
07.26.2013
07.27.2013
07.28.2013
Initial Access Failures (RRC + ERAB + S1) (c) ERAB Initial Access Failure Rate (%)

 ERAB Access Failure Rate unchanged after Set 1 and 2

 ERAB AFR increased after MME Upgrade
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Retainability
ERAB Drop Call Rate
0.08 5,000

4,500
0.07
Set 1
4,000
0.06
3,500

0.05
3,000

0.04 2,500

2,000
0.03

1,500
0.02
Set 2 1,000

0.01 MME Upgrade

500

0.00 0
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06.30.2013
07.01.2013
07.02.2013
07.03.2013
07.04.2013
07.05.2013
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07.07.2013
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07.15.2013
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07.19.2013
07.20.2013
07.21.2013
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07.23.2013
07.24.2013
07.25.2013
07.26.2013
07.27.2013
07.28.2013
ERAB Drops inc MME Releases ERAB Drop Rate inc MME Releases (%)

 ERAB DCR returned to Pre-MME upgrade levels (Due to the reduced number of sessions in poorer
coverage moving to WCDMA)
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10,000.00
20,000.00
30,000.00
40,000.00
50,000.00
60,000.00
70,000.00

0.00
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06.30.2013
07.01.2013
07.02.2013
07.03.2013
07.04.2013
Retainability (2)

07.05.2013
07.06.2013
07.07.2013
07.08.2013
07.09.2013
07.10.2013
07.11.2013

Normal releases from ENB reduced with Set 2

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07.13.2013
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07.15.2013

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ERAB Normal Releases eNodeB
07.16.2013
07.17.2013
07.18.2013
ERAB Normal Releases eNodeB

07.19.2013
MME Upgrade

07.20.2013
07.21.2013
07.22.2013
07.23.2013
Set 1

07.24.2013
07.25.2013
07.26.2013
Set 2

07.27.2013
07.28.2013
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DL Cell Throughput (kbps)

10,000.00
10,200.00
10,400.00
10,600.00
10,800.00
11,000.00
11,200.00
11,400.00

9,800.00
06.29.2013
06.30.2013
Throughput

07.01.2013
07.02.2013
07.03.2013
07.04.2013
07.05.2013
07.06.2013
07.07.2013
07.08.2013
07.09.2013

No negative impact to Cell Throughput

07.10.2013
07.11.2013
07.12.2013

DL Average Cell Throughput (kbps)

07.13.2013
07.14.2013
07.15.2013
07.16.2013

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07.17.2013
Avg Cell Throughput

07.18.2013
MME Upgrade

07.19.2013
07.20.2013
07.21.2013
07.22.2013
07.23.2013
Set 1

07.24.2013
UL Average Cell Throughput (kbps)

07.25.2013
07.26.2013
Set 2

07.27.2013
07.28.2013
0.00
200.00
400.00
600.00
800.00
1,000.00
1,200.00
1,400.00

UL Cell Throughput (kbps)

Mobility
Session Continuity to WCDMA
20.00 1,400,000

18.00
Set 1 1,200,000
16.00
Session Continuity to WCDMA (%)

1,000,000

Session Continuity to WCDMA (c)

14.00

12.00
800,000

10.00
Set 2
600,000
8.00

6.00 400,000

4.00

MME Upgrade 200,000

2.00

0.00 0
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# of Session Continuity RRc Release to WCDMA Session Continuity to WCDMA Rate (%)

 Session continuity to WCDMA reduced for Set 2

 Other changes due to market border cell changes
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Traffic
Traffic Volume
2,000,000.00 180,000.00

1,800,000.00 160,000.00

1,600,000.00
140,000.00

1,400,000.00
120,000.00

UL Traffic Volume (MB)

DL Traffic Volume (MB)

1,200,000.00 Set 1
100,000.00
1,000,000.00
80,000.00
800,000.00

60,000.00
600,000.00
Set 2 40,000.00
400,000.00

MME Upgrade
200,000.00 20,000.00

0.00 0.00
06.29.2013
06.30.2013
07.01.2013
07.02.2013
07.03.2013
07.04.2013
07.05.2013
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07.27.2013
07.28.2013
UE DRB DL Volume (MB) UE DRB UL Volume (MB)

 Continuing increase in LTE Traffic in HI Market

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Summary
 No unexpected behaviour with the parameter changes in Set 2
 Reduction in WCDMA Session Continuity attempts
 Reduced TAU Attempts
 Expected reduction in HLR Load (Unable to monitor for single
market)
 Rollout to multiple markets is advised

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