sirMax & sirMaxTti2 Trial

Mohamed Zaki
2/8/16

sirMax & sirMaxTti2

Objective
o Is to decrease the UL RSSI and consequently increase network capacity and other KPIs
through decreasing the value of sirMax from 120 to 100 & sirMaxTti2 from 173 to 120.
o sirMax is the max allowed SIR target for 10ms TTI users and sirMaxTti2 is the max
allowed SIR target for 2ms TTI users.
o High SIR target may cause power spikes in the network. Since when one UE increases SIR
target and thus output power to a high value, it causes interference to the network, and can
cause neighbor UEs to raise their power levels in turn noting that increased UE power levels
mean decreased capacity.
o An Ericsson Alert was sent to change the value of sirMaxTti2 to 140 for networks that
prefer single user throughput and 120 for normal network operations and to change
sirMax to 100 for all network conditions.
o

New settings were applied on RNC1 on 30th Of July.

sirMax & sirMaxTti2

EUL KPIs
Action Done

o
o
o
o

EUL
EUL
EUL
EUL

Action Done

2m Throughput enhanced from an average value of 175 kbit/s to 191 kbit/s.

2ms BLER decreased from an average value of 32.3% to 30.4 %.
10ms Throughput enhanced from an average value of 64.2kbit/s to 68.7 kbit/s.
10ms BLER decreased from an average value of 17.6% to 17.4 %.

sirMax & sirMaxTti2

EUL KPIs
Action Done

o The count of pmNoAllowedEul -represents the number of times that no E-DCH traffic is
allowed owing to uplink interference- decreased from an average value of 1.078 million
to an average value of 0.6 Million.
o The count of pmNoUlUuLoadLimitEul -represents number of times a scheduling decision
is taken to increase the Uu rate of an E-DCH user and there is a need to decrease the Uu
rate for another E-DCH user owing to UL Uu load limitations -decreased from an average
value of 1.77 million to an average value of 1.62 Million.

sirMax & sirMaxTti2

EUL KPIs
Action Done

Action Done

o The average of pmLEdch Total - Uu Load triggered by E DCH- decreased from an average
value of 6% to 5.2%.
o The average of pmOwnUuLoad -Intra Cell Interference- decreased from an average value
of 0.534 dB to 0.468 dB.

sirMax & sirMaxTti2

Action Done

o Speech Drop Rate decreased from an average value of 0.76% to 0.66%.

o UL RSSI decreased from an average value of -103.5 dBm to -103.8 dBm.

sirMax & sirMaxTti2

Conclusion
o Changing the value of sirMax from 120 to 100 & sirMaxTti2 from 173 to 120 helped
enhance all network KPIs.
o EUL 2m Throughput enhanced from an average value of 175 kbit/s to 191 kbit/s and
that of 10ms from 64.2kbit/s to 68.7 kbit/s.
o EUL 2ms BLER decreased from an average value of 32.3% to 30.4 % and that of 10ms
from 17.6% to 17.4 %.
o Speech Drop Rate decreased from an average value of 0.76% to 0.66%.
o UL RSSI decreased from an average value of -103.5 dBm to -103.8 dBm.
o The number of times that no E-DCH traffic is allowed owing to uplink interference
decreased from an average value of 1.078 million to an average value of 0.6 Million.
o The average of pmLEdch Total decreased from an average value of 6% to 5.2%.
o The average of pmOwnUuLoad decreased from an average value of 0.534 dB to 0.468
dB.

Power & Code Congestion

Relieving Actions
Mohamed Zaki
2/8/16

Code Congestion Relieving Actions

I.

Ensure that set ulPrefRate and dlPrefRate are set to 16.

II.

Decrease the number of sf16Adm in steps from 4 to 2 to 0.(will decrease power

congestion also if exists)

III. Decrease the number of sf32Adm in steps from 32 to 28 to 24. (will decrease power
congestion also if exists)
IV. Decrease the number of numhspdschcodes in steps from 5 to 4 to 3.
V.
VI.

Try to decrease traffic through decreasing CPICH and try offloading the traffic to other
neighboring cells.
Start thinking of sector splitting.

Power Congestion Relieving Actions

I.

Increase pwrAdm to 85 and decrease pwrOffset from 15 to 10.

II.

Decrease interPwrMax from 38 to 30 and maxPwrMax from 48 to 30.

III.

Decrease the number of sf16Adm in steps from 4 to 2 to 0.(will decrease code

congestion if exists)

IV. Decrease the number of sf32Adm in steps from 32 to 28 to 24. (will decrease code
congestion if exists).
V.
VI.

Try to decrease traffic through decreasing CPICH and try offloading the traffic to other
neighboring cells.
Start thinking of sector splitting.

EUL 2ms-10ms TTI

Selection
Mohamed Zaki
2/8/16

Objective

o Is to enhance the EUL performance through allocating 2ms TTI to the nearby users and
10ms to the far users.
o This is done through 2 controlling parameters
o minPwrRlTdd CPICH Ec/No threshold for selecting 2ms TTI for EUL. Calls with CPICH
Ec/No larger than this threshold will be considered for setup on 2ms TTI EUL.
o ulRateLimitTimer Pathloss threshold for selecting 2ms TTI for EUL. Calls with
pathloss less than this threshold will be considered for setup on 2ms TTI EUL.
o

minPwrRlTdd was changed from -350 to -12 and UlRateLimitTimer was changed from
200 to 130 on RNC5 & RNC8 on 22nd Of July.

RNC 5 KPIs
EUL BLER
WO Executed

o EUL 2ms BLER decreased from an average value of 29% to 24% while that of EUL 10ms
slightly increased from an average value of 10.4% to 11.9% .

RNC 5 KPIs
EUL Throughput
WO Executed

o EUL 2ms Throughput increased from an average value of 185 kb/s to 211 kb/s while
that of EUL 10ms decreased from an average value of 77 kb/s to 64 kb/s.

RNC 5 KPIs
EUL 2ms Percentage

WO Executed

o EUL 2ms traffic percentage of the total traffic decreased from an average value of 80%
from an average value of 71% while the total EUL traffic was unchanged.

RNC 5 KPIs
Accessability KPIs
WO Executed

o Lack UlHw was unchanged(needs cell level investigation).

o EUL RAB setup success Rate enhanced from an average value of 96.9%to an average
value of 98.6%.
o HSDPA RAB setup success Rate enhanced from an average value of 97.9%to an average
value of 99.2%.

RNC 5 KPIs
UL RSSI
WO Executed

o UL RSSI decreased from an average value of -104.36 dBm to an average value of

-104.41 dBm.

RNC 5 KPIs

WO Executed

o The percentage of EUL Grant reduction reasons due to Low Usage Unhappy decreased
from 53.55% to 51.7% that means better network satisfaction for the UE requested
rates.

RNC 5 KPIs

o More simultaneous E-DCH users having a rate greater than 0 kb/s are being scheduled.

RNC 5 KPIs
WO Executed

o The measured uplink Uu load of a cell that is caused by users configured with an E-DCH
decreased from 5.66% to 5.47%.

RNC 5 KPIs
WO Executed

o The own cell UuLoad slightly decreased.

RNC 8 KPIs
EUL BLER
WO Executed

o EUL 2ms BLER decreased from an average value of 29.4% to 22% while that of EUL
10ms slightly increased from an average value of 11.3% to 13.6% .

RNC 8 KPIs
EUL Throughput
WO Executed

o EUL 2ms Throughput increased from an average value of 182 kb/s to 217 kb/s while
that of EUL 10ms decreased from an average value of 93 kb/s to 75 kb/s.

RNC 8 KPIs
EUL 2ms Percentage

WO Executed

o EUL 2ms traffic percentage of the total traffic decreased from an average value of 70%
from an average value of 63% while the total EUL traffic was unchanged.

RNC 8 KPIs
Accessability KPIs
WO Executed

o Lack UlHw decreased from an average value of 396K to an average value of 240K.
o EUL RAB setup success Rate enhanced from an average value of 98.89%to an average
value of 99.27%.
o HSDPA RAB setup success Rate enhanced from an average value of 99.24%to an average
value of 99.68%.

RNC 8 KPIs
UL RSSI
WO Executed

o UL RSSI decreased from an average value of -103.83 dBm from an average value of
-103.96 dBm.

RNC 8 KPIs

o The percentage of EUL Grant reduction reasons due to Low Usage Unhappy decreased
from of 54.43% to 51.94% that means better network satisfaction for the UE requested
rates.

RNC 8 KPIs

o More simultaneous E-DCH users having a rate greater than 0 kb/s are being scheduled.

RNC 8 KPIs
WO Executed

o The measured uplink Uu load of a cell that is caused by users configured with an E-DCH
decreased from 8.6% to 7.8%.

RNC 8 KPIs
WO Executed

o The own cell UuLoad decreased after the action from an average value of 0.65 dB to 0.6
dB.

Conclusion
o EUL 2ms/10ms TTI selection according to ECNO and Pathloss showed good results in most
of the KPIs.
o EUL/HSDPA RAB Setup success rate was enhanced due to the high reduction in UL HW
rejection.
o EUL 2ms BLER was enhanced as now the bad samples are being carried on the EUL 10ms
leading to a better EUL 2ms throughput.
o Slight enhancement in UL RSSI was noticed.
o The percentage of EUL Grant reduction reasons due to Low Usage Unhappy decreased
that means better network satisfaction for the UE requested rates.
o The measured uplink Uu load of a cell that is caused by users configured with an E-DCH
decreased

dlInitSirTarget Trial
Mohamed Zaki
2/8/16

dlInitSirTarget
Objective
o Is to decrease the power congestion and R99 power utilization through decreasing
dlInitSirTarget from 41 to 20.
o dlInitSirTarget is the initial SIR target for the downlink DPDCH part of all RABs and
consequently decreasing it by 2.1 dB should be reflected in a reduction in the R99 power
utilization.
o Action was implemented on RNC7 on 29th Of July.

dlInitSirTarget
Action Done

o Speech Drop rate showed more stable trend after the action and there was a slight
enhancement in the figure.

dlInitSirTarget

Action Done

Action Done

o The daily average R99 power utilization decreased from an average value of 24.43% to
24.24%.
o The BH average R99 power utilization decreased from an average value of 28.4% to
28.1%.

dlInitSirTarget

Action Done

o No clear reduction in LackDlPwr was detected however that was accompanied with an
increase in Speech traffic and R99 DL Payload.

dlInitSirTarget

Action Done

Action Done

o The average daily HS-PDSCH power shortage percentage in the remaining resource check
decreased from an average value of 39.36% to 37.6%.
o The average BH HS-PDSCH power shortage percentage in the remaining resource check
decreased from an average value of 42.6% to 39.23%.
o This is reflected in a better HSDPA experience.

dlInitSirTarget
Conclusion
o Changing the value of dlInitSirTarget from 41 to 20 helped reduce R99 power utilization.
o Speech drop rate showed more stable trend after the change.
o The average HS-PDSCH power shortage percentage in the remaining resource check
decreased in both the daily figure and the BH and that is reflected in a better HSDPA
experience.
o No clear reduction in LackDlPwr was detected however that was accompanied with an
increase in Speech traffic and R99 DL Payload.

Backup Slides

Counters
Counters Used
pmTransmittedCarrierPower
WNonHs-Daily
pmRemainingResourceChec
k

CQI Adjustment Trial

Mohamed Zaki
2/8/16

Objective
o

Is to decrease the HSDPA BLER and enhance the overall real cell throughput through enabling CQI
Adjustment on cells with HS-BLER greater than 10%

The CQI value reported by the UE is translated into a normalized CQI in the RBS. If the normalized
CQI, due to the CQI reported by the UE, does not mirror the actual channel conditions, this will lead
to an inefficient use of the HS-DSCH, since both scheduling and TFRC selection is done based on
erroneous input.

Deviating CQI reports lead to

faulty scheduling decisions, since the channel quality is one factor in the weighted priority
value in the HSDPA Scheduler. Thus, a UE that consistently overestimates the channel quality
will be scheduled too often, at the expense of other users. If the UE instead underestimates
the channel quality, it will be scheduled too seldom. In both cases, both system throughput
and end-user experience of the service is negatively impacted.

incorrect TFRC selection decisions. A UE that overestimates the channel quality will experience
a block error rate that is higher than the target 10%, with more retransmissions and reduced
system throughput and increased service delay. If the UE instead underestimates the channel
quality, the block error rate will be lower than 10%, which will lead to lower transmitted data
rates than possible and hence reduced system throughput.

The CQI adjustment algorithm in the RBS processes the ACKs and NACKs received from the UE to
determine if the UE is overestimating or underestimating the channel quality. The algorithm strives
to achieve a block error rate of 10% for the initial transmissions.

Selection Criteria & Trial Steps

o The worst 201 cells in terms of HS-BLER were selected for the trial.
o cqiAdjustmentOn was set to True on the selected cells on 9th Of July.
o hsMeasurementPowerOffset was set to 130 on 17th Of July.

Aggregated Cells KPIs

cqiAdjustmentOn
=True

Average
BLER=19.64%

Average
BLER=14.75%

hsMeasurement
PowerOffset=13
0

Average
BLER=13.7%

o HS-BLER decreased from an average value of 19.64% to 13.7% .

Aggregated Cells KPIs

hsMeasurement
PowerOffset=13
0
cqiAdjustmentOn
=True

Average
CQI=16.71%

Average
CQI=15.52%

Average
CQI=19.27%

o Average Used CQI increased from an average value of 16.71% to 19.27% .

Aggregated Cells KPIs

cqiAdjustmentOn
=True

Average
TBS=2886

Average
TBS=2668

hsMeasurement
PowerOffset=13
0

Average
TBS=2657

o Average pmUsedTbsQpsk decreased from an average value of 2886 to 2657 because of

the CQI Adjustment feature that target HS-BLER not more than 10% and most of QPSK
samples were bad samples with high retransmissions.

Aggregated Cells KPIs

cqiAdjustmentOn
=True

Average
TBS=11267

Average
TBS=11409

hsMeasurement
PowerOffset=13
0

Average
TBS=11397

o Average pmUsedTbs16QAM increased from an average value of 11267 to 11397.

Aggregated Cells KPIs

cqiAdjustmentOn
=True

Average
TBS=22166

Average
TBS=22349

hsMeasurement
PowerOffset=13
0

Average
TBS=22493

o Average pmUsedTbs64QAM increased from an average value of 22166 to 22493.

Aggregated Cells KPIs

cqiAdjustmentOn
=True

Average =42.1%

Average
=45.04%

hsMeasurement
PowerOffset=13
0

Average
=46.64%

o The HS-PDSCH power shortage increased from an average value of 42.1% to 46.64%
because the average used TBS increased that needs more power.

Aggregated Cells KPIs

cqiAdjustmentOn
=True

hsMeasurement
PowerOffset=13
0

o The average cell and user throughput decreased after the action that was mainly due to
the increase in Used TBS especially QPSK.

Conclusion
o CQI Adjustment proved to be beneficial in decreasing HS-BLER for cells suffering from
high HS-BLER.
o Average pmUsedTbsQpsk decreased because of the CQI Adjustment feature that target
HS-BLER not more than 10% and most of QPSK samples were bad samples with high
retransmissions.
o Average pmUsedTbs16Qam and pmUsedTbs64Qam increased after increasing
hsMeasurementPowerOffset to 130 while the HS-BLER was kept less than before.
o

Average Cell and user throughput decreased mainly due to the increase in the sum of the
used TBS of the 201 cells.

o It is recommended to apply the new settings for all cells suffering from HS-BLER greater
than 10%.

Backup Slides

Counters
Counters Used
pmUsedTbsQpsk
pmUsedTbs16Qa
m
pmUsedTbs64Qa
m
pmRemainingRes
ourceCheck
pmNackReceived
pmAckReceived
pmReportedCqi
pmUsedCqi

CQI Adjustment Trial

Mohamed Zaki
2/8/16

Objective
o

Is to decrease the HSDPA BLER and enhance the overall real cell throughput through enabling CQI
Adjustment on cells with HS-BLER greater than 10%

The CQI value reported by the UE is translated into a normalized CQI in the RBS. If the normalized
CQI, due to the CQI reported by the UE, does not mirror the actual channel conditions, this will lead
to an inefficient use of the HS-DSCH, since both scheduling and TFRC selection is done based on
erroneous input.

Deviating CQI reports lead to

faulty scheduling decisions, since the channel quality is one factor in the weighted priority
value in the HSDPA Scheduler. Thus, a UE that consistently overestimates the channel quality
will be scheduled too often, at the expense of other users. If the UE instead underestimates
the channel quality, it will be scheduled too seldom. In both cases, both system throughput
and end-user experience of the service is negatively impacted.

incorrect TFRC selection decisions. A UE that overestimates the channel quality will experience
a block error rate that is higher than the target 10%, with more retransmissions and reduced
system throughput and increased service delay. If the UE instead underestimates the channel
quality, the block error rate will be lower than 10%, which will lead to lower transmitted data
rates than possible and hence reduced system throughput.

The CQI adjustment algorithm in the RBS processes the ACKs and NACKs received from the UE to
determine if the UE is overestimating or underestimating the channel quality. The algorithm strives
to achieve a block error rate of 10% for the initial transmissions.

Selection Criteria & Trial Steps

o hsMeasurementPowerOffset was set to 130 on all cells of RNC4 & RNC10 on 25th Of
July.
o cqiAdjustmentOn was set to True on 519 cells in RNC4 & RNC10 where the HS-BLER was
greater than 10% on 5th of August (2 actions were done).

Aggregated Cells KPIs-Cells With 2 Actions

hsMeasurement
PowerOffset=13
0

Average
BLER=13.92%

Average
BLER=12.03%

o HS-BLER decreased from an average value of 13.92% to 12.01% .

cqiAdjustmentOn
=True

Average
BLER=12.01%

Aggregated Cells KPIs-Cells With 2 Actions

hsMeasurement
PowerOffset=13
0

Average
CQI=18.48%

cqiAdjustmentOn
=True

Average
CQI=21.34%

Average
CQI=20.65%

o Average Used CQI increased from an average value of 18.48% to 20.65% .

Aggregated Cells KPIs-Cells With 2 Actions

hsMeasurement
PowerOffset=13
0

Average
TBS=2819

Average
TBS=2900

cqiAdjustmentOn
=True

Average
TBS=2890

o Average pmUsedTbsQpsk increased from an average value of 2819 to 2890 .

Aggregated Cells KPIs-Cells With 2 Actions

hsMeasurement
PowerOffset=13
0

Average
TBS=11431

cqiAdjustmentOn
=True

Average
TBS=11540

Average
TBS=11844

o Average pmUsedTbs16QAM increased from an average value of 11431 to 11844.

Aggregated Cells KPIs-Cells With 2 Actions

hsMeasurement
PowerOffset=13
0

Average
TBS=21542

cqiAdjustmentOn
=True

Average
TBS=21902

Average
TBS=22561

o Average pmUsedTbs64QAM increased from an average value of 21542 to 22561.

Aggregated Cells KPIs-Cells With 2 Actions

hsMeasurement
PowerOffset=13
0

Average
=32.82%

cqiAdjustmentOn
=True

Average
=34.88%

Average
=32.51%

o The HS-PDSCH power shortage (Remaining Resource Check) increased from an average
value of 32.82% to 34.88% and then decreased to 32.51% after enabling CQI
Adjustment.

Aggregated Cells KPIs-Cells With 2 Actions

cqiAdjustmentOn
=True
hsMeasurement
PowerOffset=13
0

o The average cell and user throughput increased.

Aggregated Cells KPIs-Cells With 2 Actions

Average =18.98
dBm

hsMeasurement
PowerOffset=13
0

cqiAdjustmentOn
=True

Average =19.07
dBm

Average =17.65
dBm

o Average HSDPA power utilization increased from an average value of 18.98 dBm to
19.07 dBm and then decreased to 17.65 dBm after enabling CQI Adjustment.

Conclusion

o Average of pmUsedTbsQpsk , pmUsedTbs16Qam and pmUsedTbs64Qam increased after

increasing hsMeasurementPowerOffset to 130 while the HS-BLER decreased significantly.
o Average Cell and user throughput increased .
o The HS-PDSCH power shortage increased after increasing hsMeasurementPowerOffset to
130 and then decreased after after enabling CQI Adjustment.
o Average HSDPA power utilization increased after increasing hsMeasurementPowerOffset to
130 and then decreased after enabling CQI Adjustment.

Backup Slides

Counters
Counters Used
pmTransmittedCar
rierPowerHs
pmUsedTbsQpsk
pmUsedTbs16Qam
pmUsedTbs64Qam
pmRemainingReso
urceCheck
pmNackReceived
pmAckReceived
pmReportedCqi
pmUsedCqi

Transmission Target Error

Trial
Mohamed Zaki
2/8/16

Transmission Target Error Trial

Objective
o Is to decrease the UL RSSI and consequently increase network capacity and enhance
other KPIs through increasing the value of transmissionTargetError from 10 to 50 and
transmissionTargetErrorTti2 from 20 to 50.
o transmissionTargetError is the wanted percentage of E-DCH frames for which the
number of harq transmissions is greater than the target, for 10 ms TTI users. Unit is 0.1%.
o transmissionTargetErrorTti2 is the wanted percentage of E-DCH frames for which the
number of harq transmissions is greater than the target, for 2 ms TTI users. Unit is 0.1%.
o Action was done on RNC10 on 23rd of July taking into consideration that
transmissionTargetError was increased to 100 on 23rd of July then was decreased to 50
on 24th of July as it resulted in a high increase in 10 ms EUL BLER.

Transmission Target Error Trial

Action Done
First Action

Second
Action

o EUL 2m Throughput and EUL 10ms Throughput were almost unchanged.

o EUL 2ms BLER increased from an average value of 28.46% to 32.55 %.
o EUL 10ms BLER increased from an average value of 13.58% to 25.83%. to 20.23% after
the second action.

Transmission Target Error Trial

Action Done

o The E-DCH load - Uu Load triggered by E DCH- decreased from 10.02% to 9.06% though
the EUL traffic increased after the action by from an average value of 293 GB to 313 GB.

Transmission Target Error Trial

Action Done

o The average of pmOwnUuLoad -Intra Cell Interference- decreased from an average value
of 0.79 dB to 0.73 dB.

Transmission Target Error Trial

Action Done

o UL RSSI decreased from an average value of -102.8 dBm to -102.95 dBm while speech
drop rate was almost unchanged.

Transmission Target Error Trial

Conclusion
o Changing the value of transmissionTargetError from 10 to 50 and
transmissionTargetErrorTti2 from 20 to 50 helped reduce EDCH load while increasing
the EUL traffic.
o EUL 2m Throughput and EUL 10ms Throughput were almost unchanged.
o EUL 2ms BLER increased from an average value of 28.46% to 32.55 %.
o EUL 10ms BLER increased from an average value of 13.58% to 20.23% .
o The average value of pmOwnUuLoad and UL RSSI decreased.
o These new settings may impact the peak user throughput.
o It is recommended to fallback to the original values now taking into consideration these
settings could be used to allow the network to support the expected EUL traffic increase in
the future.