WCDMA RADIO NETWORK

FUNCTIONALITY
Chapter 1:
WCDMA Radio Network Solution
Objectives of Chapter 1,
WCDMA Radio Network Solution

After this chapter the participants will be able to:

1. Explain the logical architecture of WCDMA RAN and introduce Radio

Functionality
2. Detail the logical architecture of the Ericsson WCDMA RAN
3. Detail the Radio Functionality supported in the WCDMA RAN

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RAN Overview, Logical Interfaces Other
Management
Systems
Network
Core Network
Mun Management
Environment
OSS-RC

RNC TEMS
Iu Mur Mut
Mun
RNC Iur
Mub

RBS
RXI
Iub RBS Uu
Iub
RBS Radio Access
Network

RNC Radio Network Controller

RBS Radio Base Station
Uu OSS Operation Support System – Radio Core
TEMS TEMS Optimization Solution
Mobile Station RXI Radio Access Network Aggregator

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WCDMA Radio Access Bearers (RABs)
Conversational Speech RAB

Conversational 64 kbps CS RAB

CS Streaming 57.6 kbps RAB

PS Streaming RAB

PS Interactive 64,128,384,EUL/HS RAB

Multi RABs CS+PS,PS+PS,CS+PS+PS

UEs RBS RNC MSC/SGSN

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New P5 RAB combinations
CS Conversational Speech Multi Mode AMR

PS Interactive EUL/HS

Speech 12.2

PS Interactive 64/64

PS Interactive 64/64

PS Interactive 64/64, 64/128

PS Interactive 64/64, 64/128

Speech 12.2 kbps

PS 64/128, 128/64, 64/384, 64/HS, 384/HS

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Supported RAB Services in P5
CS Conversational Speech RAB 12.2 kbps, 7.95 kbps, 5.9 kbps, 4.75 kbps

CS Conversational Data RAB UDI (CS64)

CS Streaming RAB 57.6 kbps

64/64, 64/128, 64/384, 128/64, 128/128,

PS Interactive RAB 128/384, 384/64, 384/128, 384/384,
64/HS, 384/HS, EUL/HS, RACH/FACH
PS Streaming RAB 16/64, 16/128 (in combination with PS
Interactive RAB 8/8 kbps)
CS Conversational Speech (12.2kbps) + 0/0, 64/64, 64/128, 64/384, 128/64, 64/HS
PS Interactive and 384/HS
CS Data (64 kbps) + PS Interactive 8/8 UDI + Int 8/8
kbps
Combination of two PS Interactive RABs 64/64 + 64/64 and 64/128 + 64/128

Combination of two PS Interactive RABs Speech + 64/64 + 64/64

and one CS Conversational Speech (12.2)

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WCDMA Idle Mode Behavior

?
IDLE
MODE

GSM
UE
WCDMA

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WCDMA Radio Connection
Supervision
No
Coverage
Coverage Coverage

UE
UE loses Radio contact

RBS 1 RBS 2
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 WCDMA Power Control
BLER:Block Error Rate
SIR: Signal to Interference Ratio Uplink SIR target Uplink
TPC: Transmit Power Control
outer loop
BLER-Measured
Inner loop
SIR-Target
Downlink TPC modified
Uplink
TPC
Uplink SIR-Target
Downlink SIR target
Uplink SIR error
Downlink
outer loop
RNC
BLER-Measured Open loop
Starting Power
SIR-Target modified

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WCDMA Capacity Management
(Admission Control)

Admission

limit

Cell Load

RBS
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WCDMA Capacity Management
(Congestion Control)

t s’ Congestion
ke limit
ac
y p
el a Cell Load
‘ D

RBS
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WCDMA Handover (Soft
Handover)
RNC

RBS 1 RBS 2

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WCDMA Handover (Softer
Handover)

RBS

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 WCDMA Handover
(Inter Frequency Handover & Cell Re-selection)

f2
f2
f1
f1
f2
f1
 Handover for UEs on dedicated channel
 Cell re-selection on common channel and in idle mode
 Inter frequency Handover is done for mobility reasons – not capacity
– Inter frequency load sharing manage the balancing between frequencies for capacity

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WCDMA Handover – (Inter RAT
Handover)

WCDMA Network GSM Network

GSM Network

Multi RAT terminal

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Load Sharing

Directed Retry Inter Frequency

to GSM Load sharing

Carrier 1
WCDMA RAN
Carrier 2

GSM RAN

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 Channel Switching - example Coverage, bad
quality or RAB
not supported
by EUL can
trigger
Cell_DCH EUL/HS downswitch to
Upswitch HS, DCH or
based on FACH
Cell_DCH 384/HS
throughput
Downswitch
Cell_DCH 64/HS based on
throughput or
Coverage inactivity
Cell_DCH 64/384
triggered downswitch
DL
Cell_DCH 64/128 SHO can
initiate a
Soft switch if it
Congestion Cell_DCH 64/64 fails to add a
RL

Common to Dedicated
Dedicated Cell_FACH
to common
based on based on
buffer size No
Activity activity UL/DL user
or activity URA_PCH inactivity or
congestion
No
activity
Idle mode

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Summary

The student should now be will be able to:

 Explain the logical architecture of WCDMA RAN and
introduce Radio Functionality
 Detail the logical architecture of the Ericsson WCDMA
RAN
 Detail the Radio Functionality supported in the WCDMA
RAN

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