WTTX
WTTX
WTTX
Issue 01
Date 2016-03-18
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Overview
Wireless to the x (WTTx) is continuously developing around the world. WTTx networks
deployed in regions such as the Middle East (STC Saudi Arabia and Mobily Saudi Arabia),
Southeast Asia (First Media Indonesia), and China (Jilin Mobile) are maturing. However, the
growing demand of data services brings capacity challenges to WTTx networks. Congestion
occurs on WTTx networks during busy hours, causing problems including network access
failures and low service rates.
This document provides the LTE TDD WTTx network capacity monitoring guidelines and
network resource insufficiency diagnosis methods for maintenance and network planning
personnel to monitor various network resources in real time. The resource monitoring results
can serve as a reference for network resource optimization and capacity expansion, preventing
the network quality and user experience deterioration caused by insufficient resources.
This document provides only the method of monitoring LTE TDD WTTx network resources.
The criteria for performing network capacity expansion must be customized and evaluated by
Huawei Inventory management team.
1. For details about eNodeB MML commands, parameters, alarms, and performance counters
mentioned in this document, see 3900 Series Base Station Product Documentation.
2. Guidelines provided in this document do not apply to scenarios where a large amount of traffic
volume is involved. Service guarantee for these scenarios requires the support of Huawei
professional service.
Product Version
The following table lists the product versions covered by this document.
Product Version
DBS3900 V100R007C10
V100R008C10
V100R110C00
V100R110C10
Intended Audience
This document is intended for:
Change History
This section describes the changes in each version of this document.
01 (2016-03-18)
This is the first official release.
Contents
3 Appendix ................................................................................................................................. 11
3.1 Counter Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 11
3.2 Traffic Prediction Method .....................................................................................................................................12
This chapter describes the overall capacity planning solution for WTTx networks.
Identify
capacity-
limited
scenarios.
Drive future
service Plan capacity.
growth.
Unleash
service Implement
potential of the capacity
the live plan.
network.
Capacity planning for WTTx networks is performed in an iterative process. A proper capacity
plan is made based on user and service development in the foreseeable future predicted based
on historical user and service development trends and operators' development strategies, to
meet the demand of growing services. Routine capacity monitoring is performed during
service development to periodically adjust the capacity plan, ensuring that network capacity
meet the demand of growing services.
Figure 1-3 Capacity planning for target WTTx networks and live network resources
This chapter describes the method of WTTx network capacity planning and the planning
procedure.
Table 2-1 lists capacity expansion thresholds calculated for the preceding service models.
You can obtain the threshold of the average number of UEs in RRC_CONNECTED mode in
Table 2-1 based on the full-load cell transmission rate and user guaranteed rate.
Table 2-1 Capacity expansion threshold (the average number of UEs in RRC_CONNECTED
mode) for typical service models
Capacity Expansion Full-Load Cell Transmission Rate
Threshold 15 20 25 30 35 40
2 36 47 58 74 85 103
User 3 21 26 36 47 52 63
Guaranteed
Rate 5 12 16 21 26 31 36
8 4 7 12 14 16 21
For example, if the full-load cell transmission rate is 30 Mbit/s and the user guaranteed rate is
3 Mbit/s, the capacity expansion threshold (threshold of the average number of UEs in
RRC_CONNECTED mode) is 47.
k
P(k) = e k = 0,1,
k
User guaranteed rate X (Mbit/s)
Indicator source: service models
The user guaranteed rate can be set based on service or operator requirements. It is
recommended that X be set to a value greater than or equal to 5. A customer network is
used as an example:
Single-UE guaranteed rate = (Guaranteed rate of service i x Concurrence rate of service i) x
Number of concurrent services per UE during busy hours
China Mobile
Networks in City D
Web browsing
IM
SNS
Streaming
File transfer
Email
Gaming
Others
Total
The threshold of the average number of UEs transmitting data is the Poisson process
mean value Q obtained when the probability of the user experience rate equal to or
higher than X Mbit/s (that is, the number of UEs transmitting data is smaller than or
equals to Z) is equal to or higher than P%.
P(k Z) 90%
Z
Qk
P(k Z) = P(k = 0) + P(k = 1) + + P(k = Z) = eQ 90%
k=0
k
UE quantity-related indicators
Table 2-2 lists typical UE quantity-related indicators.
UE active rate with allocated numbers (during busy hours) 3.1% 6% 4.6%
Input
The full-load cell transmission rate Y is 30 Mbit/s.
The user guaranteed rate X is 5 Mbit/s.
Calculation
Tool: Microsoft Excel
Function: POISSON(k,mean,cumulative)
Calculation method
K indicates the maximum number of UEs performing data transmission. It is a known
input value.
Set cumulative to True.
Use the method of exhaustion and Microsoft Excel to calculate Q when the result of
POISSON(k, Q, TRUE) is greater than or equal to 90%.
The POISSON function has the following parameters:
K: Indicates the number of events and is mandatory.
Q: Indicates the expected value and is mandatory.
cumulative: Indicates the type of the returned probability distribution. It is a logical value and is mandatory. If cumulative is
set to TRUE, the POISSON function returns the cumulative Poisson probability for the number of random events ranging
from 0 to x. If cumulative is set to FALSE, the POISSON function returns the Poisson probability density function for the
number of random events x.
Calculation Results
Q = 3.89
Threshold of the average number of UEs in RRC_CONNECTED mode = 3.89/15% = 26
Threshold of the number of UEs with allocated numbers = 25.9/30%/90% = 96
To ensure that the user experience rate is greater than or equals to 5 Mbit/s in 90% of time or
more:
Expand cell capacity when the average number of UEs in RRC_CONNECTED mode
exceeds 26.
The cell should be capable of providing services for up to 96 UEs with allocated
numbers.
The application scenarios of the calculated thresholds are as follows:
Use the threshold of the average number of UEs in RRC_CONNECTED mode to
determine whether to expand capacity for live networks.
Use the threshold of the number of UEs with allocated number to determine whether to
expand capacity to meet future service requirements.
Input
The full-load cell transmission rate Y is 30 Mbit/s.
The user guaranteed rate X is 5 Mbit/s. (For 720p videos, the video buffering rate is 5
Mbit/s and the playing rate is 2 3 Mbit/s. The user guaranteed rate is set based on the
maximum service requirement.)
The user satisfaction rate P is 90%.
The UE duty rate is 30%. (UEs do not transmit data when playing videos. The duty cycle
of video UEs does not reach 100%.)
The UE active rate is 50%.
The UE attach rate is 90%.
The preceding items and the following formulas are used to calculate the threshold of the
average number of UEs performing data transmission Q (the capacity expansion threshold).
Z
Qk
P% eQ
k=0
k
k=30/5
Q6
90% eQ
k=0
k
Calculation Results
Q = 3.89
Threshold of the average number of UEs in RRC_CONNECTED mode = 3.89/30% = 13
Threshold of the number of UEs with allocated numbers = 13/50%/90% = 29
To ensure that users are satisfied about 720p video services in 90% of time or more:
Expand cell capacity when the average number of UEs in RRC_CONNECTED mode
exceeds 13.
The cell should be capable of providing services for up to 29 UEs with allocated
numbers.
The application scenarios of the calculated thresholds are as follows:
Use the threshold of the average number of UEs in RRC_CONNECTED mode to
determine whether to expand capacity for live networks.
Use the threshold of the number of UEs with allocated number to determine whether to
expand capacity to meet future service requirements.
RRC_CONNECTED mode and threshold of the number of UEs with allocated numbers based
on UE quantity-related counters.
Input items:
Full-load cell transmission rate Y (Mbit/s)
User guaranteed rate X (Mbit/s)
User satisfaction rate P (%)
Table 2-4 Threshold of the average number of UEs transmitting data for differentiated scenarios
Full-Load Cell User Satisfaction Rate
User Guaranteed
Transmission
Rate (Mbit/s) 90% 80% 70% 60% 50%
Rate (Mbit/s)
2 5.43 6.43 7.22 7.95 8.67
3 3.15 3.9 4.52 5.09 5.67
15
5 1.74 2.3 2.76 3.21 3.67
8 0.53 0.82 1.1 1.38 1.68
2 7.02 8.16 9.05 9.86 10.67
3 3.89 4.73 5.41 6.04 6.67
20
5 2.43 3.09 3.63 4.15 4.67
8 1.1 1.53 1.91 2.28 2.67
2 8.64 9.91 10.9 11.79 12.67
3 5.43 6.43 7.22 7.95 8.67
25
5 3.15 3.9 4.52 5.09 5.67
8 1.74 2.3 2.76 3.21 3.67
2 11.14 12.57 13.69 14.69 15.67
3 7.02 8.16 9.05 9.86 10.67
30
5 3.89 4.73 5.41 6.04 6.67
8 2.04 3.1 3.195 3.68 4.17
2 12.82 14.37 15.56 16.63 17.67
3 7.83 9.03 9.97 10.83 11.67
35
5 4.66 5.58 6.31 6.99 7.67
8 2.43 3.09 3.63 4.15 4.67
2 15.38 17.08 18.38 19.54 20.67
3 9.47 10.79 11.82 12.75 13.67
40
5 5.43 6.43 7.22 7.95 8.67
8 3.15 3.9 4.52 5.09 5.67
3 Appendix
UE active rate with allocated numbers Proportion of the number of UEs transmitting data to
the number of UEs with allocated numbers
L.Thrp.bits.DL/1024/1024/(L.Thrp.Time.Cell.DL.HighPrecision/1000/Downl
Downlink cell rate (Mbit/s)
ink coefficient)
L.Thrp.bits.UL/1024/1024/(L.Thrp.Time.Cell.UL.HighPrecision/1000/Uplink
Uplink cell rate (Mbit/s)
coefficient)
Uplink full-load cell transmission rate L.Thrp.bits.UL/1024/1024/3600/(L.ChMeas.PRB.UL.DrbUsed.Avg /
(Mbit/s) L.ChMeas.PRB.UL.Avail)
The uplink/downlink coefficient is calculated based on the uplink-downlink subframe configuration and
special subframe configuration. For example, for the uplink-downlink subframe configuration 2 and
special subframe configuration 5, the uplink coefficient is 1/5 and the downlink coefficient is 3/5.
Figure 3-1 Procedure for traffic prediction based on historical traffic trends
Modeling of
the random Prediction of the
traffic trend random traffic trend
Random (p)
Step 3 Modify the predicted traffic growth based on historical prediction results and the user/UE type
development plans of operators.
Figure 3-2 Procedure for modifying the predicted traffic growth from multiple dimensions
Tariff
The traffic prediction algorithm is added to iDart since WINS V001R008C300. You can visit
http://support.huawei.com to obtain iDart of this version and its operation guide.
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