Introduction of UMTS RAN15.0 - V1.3

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Introduction of UMTS
RAN15.0
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Author: xiqinghua 00160410

Email: xiqinghua@huawei.com
Version: V1.3(20130128)
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Content
1
Summary of RAN15.0
RAN15.0 Features in Details
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Summary of RAN15.0
Hardware & Platform
HSPA+ Evolution
New RNC Platform

New NodeB Hardware-WRFU
New Micro NodeB -BTS3803E
RNC in Pool
Turbo IC
DB-HSDPA
TDM
Flexible
DPCH PODC/DB-HSDPA
4C-HSDPA
CPICH
Capacity
Network Synergy
UMTS-LTE Inter-RAT Cooperation
HetNet Macro & Micro Co-carrier Uplink
Interference Control
U900-U2100 Multiband Direct Retry
Based on UE Location
MOCN Enhancement
Turbo IC
HSUPA Time Division Scheduling
Load Based Dynamic Adjustment of
PCPICH Power
DPCH Maximum Power Restriction
DPCH Pilot Power Adjustment
Layered Paging in Idle Mode
OAM
Experience
Platinum user prioritizing
Differentiated Service Based on
Resource Reservation
Fast customized QoE optimization
Capacity Visualization Platform

EBC (Event Based Counter)
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Summary of RAN15.0 (system capability)
NoteSystem Capability Info only for Huawei internal training
Experience
Network KPI
Accessibility Improvement
Retainability Improvement
Mobility Improvement
SMS Paging Enhancement

Cell HSPA Capability Indicator
Enhancement
HSPA
HSUPA Scheduler base on UE
location
Uplink Enhanced CELL_FACH
OAM
Sector level Counter for Multi-RRU
Co-cell
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Feature Owner List
ID
Feature Name
Macro & Micro Co-carrier Uplink Interference Control
Owner
qichunmei 00159872,
WRFD-150201
WRFD-150204
WRFD-150205
WRFD-150206
Idle
Turbo IC
WRFD-150207
4C-HSDPA
4C-HSDPA
liuqi 51062/huawei,
WRFD-150208
DC/DB-HSDPA
Flexible DC/DB-HSDPA
liuqi 51062/huawei,
WRFD-150209
DB-HSDPA
DB-HSDPA
wangxiaoxia 00151683/huawei,
WRFD-150211
RNC in Pool
RNC in Pool Load Sharing
gaolonglong 00151769/huawei,
WRFD-150212
RNC in Pool
RNC in Pool Node Redundancy
WRFD-150240
RNC in PoolRNC
WRFD-150213
WRFD-150214
MOCN Iub
MOCN CE
RNC in Pool Multiple Logical RNCs

MOCN Independent Iub Transmission Resource
Allocation
MOCN Independent CE Resource Allocation
WRFD-150222
WRFD-150215
HSUPA
LTEUMTSSRVCCPS SRVCC from LTE to UMTS with PS Handover
WRFD-150216
UMTSLTEPS
WRFD-150217
UMTSLTEPS
WRFD-150219
WRFD-150220
UMTSLTEPS Coverage Based PS Redirection from UMTS to LTE

UMTSLTEPS Coverage Based PS Handover from UMTS to LTE
WRFD-150231
RIMUMTS
RIM Based UMTS Target Cell Selection for LTE
WRFD-150230
DPCH Pilot
WRFD-150232
wuxianbin 00126768/huawei,
WRFD-150233
Multiband Direct Retry Based on UE Location

Differentiated Service Based on Resource
Reservation
WRFD-150236
Load Based Dynamic Adjustment of PCPICH
guanlijun 00184006/huawei,
WRFD-150235
DPCH
Platinum User Prioritizing

Turbo IC
wangxiaomei 54131/huawei,
mijunwen 00151496/huawei,
qihuali 00168890/huawei,
xubing 00141968/huawei,
xubing 00141968/huawei,
wanghaidan 00136487/huawei,
liyi 00133305/huawei,
Load Based PS Redirection from UMTS to LTE
juzhiqiang 51663/huawei,
Load Based PS Handover from UMTS to LTE
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xukai 00136474,
lijian 00138284/huawei,
liujianjun 58884/huawei,
weibo 00168749/huawei,
Content
1
Summary of RAN15.0
RAN15.0 Features in Details
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
Hardware & Platform
New RNC Platform
New NodeB Hardware-WRFU
New Micro NodeB -BTS3803E
RNC in Pool
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Experience Network Synergy OAM
New RNC Platform: BSC6910

Cloud and Convergence
BSC6910
New platform for MBB
BSC6900
Board pooling
BSC 6900
optimization
Single platform for GU
G&U
Future
UMTS
2013Q2 (R15.0)
GSM
Before
24 Gbps
3720K BHCA
Service awareness
2012Q2
40 Gbps
5300K BHCA
Interface board
pooling
Control plane
load sharing
120 Gbps
64M BHCA
EGPU, 1 for all
processing board
CP/UP dynamic
sharing
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Tbps level capacity

with
software upgrade
Cloud Architecture,
sharing resources
anywhere
BSC6910: Unified Hardware and Maximize Resource Utilization

Unified Hardware
Automatic CP / UP reconfiguration
CP Capacity
UMTS
GSM
DPUb
DPUe
SPUa
SPUb
DPUd
DPUg
XPUa
XPUb
One for All
CP Resource
Smartphone
Traffic model
UP Resource
MBB Traffic model
EGPUa
UP Capacity
Benefits:
Benefits:
Unified hardware, greatly simplify HW
Automatic CP/UP reconfiguration based on historical
management
Unified CP/UP processing enable dynamic
resource reconfiguration
statistics
Maximum resource utilization, adaptation to the
network evolution
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New NodeB Hardware - WRFUa (100W)

WRFUa (100W)
Radio Unit
module
WRFUa (100W)
Frequency Band
RX: 1920~1980; TX:

2110~2170
Multi Mode Support
UMTS Mode
Tx/Rx
1T2R
Working Bandwidth
25M
Output Power
@RF module
Antenna Port
(W)
4C/80 W
1 Carrier: per carrier 80W
Weight (Kg)
11Kg
Input Power
-48VDC (-38.4 ~ -57VDC)
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Micro NodeB- BTS3803E

Frequency : 2100 MHz, others developed as required
BWM:
20MHz, 1/11/101/1001
TX power : 2 x 2 W,2*2MIMO
Throughput : 84Mbps (DL) /23Mbps (UL)
CE:
128(DL) /128 (UL)
Size:
~5.2 L
Weight:
~6.5kg
Power:
POE (Power over Ethernet)
WiFi:
2*100mw, 802.11n, 2.4Ghz (Optional
Wired backhaul :
xPON/xDSL,GE/FE interface
Wireless backhaul : eRelay, MW, WiFi
BTS3803E
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
Hardware & Platform
New RNC Platform
New NodeB Hardware - WRFU
New NodeB - Atomcell 3803E
RNC in Pool
RNC in Pool : Load Sharing
RNC in Pool : Node Redundancy
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Background
Two features is introduced at RAN15.0

RNC in POOL Topology
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Load Sharing Introduction
logical RNC
Just CP
sharing is
supported
in RAN15.0.
CN
3GPP protocol defined logical entity, identified

by RNC ID.
IU
Physical RNC
L_RNC1
Physical RNC is physical equipment ,such as

BSC600 or BSC6910.
Iur-p
P_RNC1
Master
Master RNC
RNC network element hosting NodeB of a

logical RNC, Processing OM function for logical
RNC within POOL.
P_RNC2
Overflow
RNC in Pool
IUB
Overflow RNC
CP
RNC network element processes overflowing

NodeB
UP
traffic from Master RNC for a logical RNC
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Load Sharing Application Scenario

Current
BSC 6900
BSC 6900
Iur
Core
Network
BSC 6900
MSC
SGSN
Iur
BSC 6910
RAN15.0
Iur-p
RNC ID 1
Iur-p
RNC ID 2
RNC ID 3
Iur-p
6900
6900
NB1
NB2
6900
NB3
Iur
Iur

Smooth capacity expansion
New RNC CP capacity can be shared
with multiple existed BSC6900
NodeB Re-homing from existed
BSC6900 to new BSC6910 is No
needed
RNC ID 1
NB1
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RNC ID 2
RNC ID 3
NB3
NB2
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Load Sharing Typical Configuration
Load Sharing Specification
Support 3*BSC6900(Master RNC) + 1*BSC6910(Backup RNC).
Support 1*BSC6910 + 1*BSC6910
Only Iur-p interface over IP is supported
RAN15.0 only supports CP sharing , and UP sharing will be supported in future

version.
the NodeB of the logical RNC can only be hosted in the master RNC.
Configuration Case A
P_RNC4
P_RNC1
Master
6900
Configuration Case B
Logic RNCI
L_RNC1
Overflow
Master
RNC
Iur-p
Overflow
RNC
P_RNC2
Master
6900
Logic RNC2
6910
Overflow
6900
6910
Iur-p
Master
RNC
Overflow
RNC
P_RNC3
Master
Iur-p
Logic RNC3
Overflow
Iur-p
6910
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P_RNC1
L_RNC2
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P_RNC2
Load Sharing Trigger Procedure
The CP load should be shared if
Master RNC CP load is higher
than the absolute threshold (Tout )
and the load difference between

the master RNC and the overflow
RNC is higher than the relative
threshold (Tout).
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Load Sharing Benefit
Benefit
Provide a simpler path to capacity expansion (avoiding Iu/Iur/Iub

integration and NodeB re-homing)
Maximize the efficiency of the capacity purchased in BSC6910
hardware by allowing a single platform to augment multiple

existing RNCs
Two BSC6910 shares with each other to increase the hardware

utilization rate to the traffic break out scenario.
Impact
User call establishment delay is increased about 150ms

(Maximum 400ms).
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Load Sharing Dependence
License
CN
Feature Dependence
RNC level license at Master RNC is needed.

Iu
None
RNCID1
Hardware
Iur-p
For BSC6900, the IP interface board GOUc or FG2c is needed

for Iur-p
BSC6900
Master
For BSC6910, the IP interface board GOUc or FG2c or EXOua
BSC6910
Overflow
is needed for Iur-p
Iu
b
Other
CP
Transmission requirement for Iur-p interface: Time
NodeB
UP
delay<=10ms Jitter<=5ms Packet loss ratio<=0.01%
CME online is needed which support parameter configuration

synchronization.
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Active user numbers

are controlled by
License
Node Redundancy Introduction
Backup RNC:
CN
Provide RNC service when Master

RNC outage for a logical RNC
IU
RNC in Pool
All NodeBs of one logical RNC hosted to

one Master RNC, and secondary hosted
to one Backup RNC
P_RNC1
Master
RNC1
Normally, Master RNC provide service
P_RNC2
Backup
Iur-p
RNC2
and Backup RNC in standby status.

when Master RNC breakdown and cant
IUB
be recovered within a short term,
Primary Homed
Backup RNC can take over Master RNC
NodeB
Secondary Homed
to resume service.
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Node Redundancy Application Scenario

Current
BSC 6900
BSC 6900
Core
Network
BSC 6900
MSC
SGSN
Iu
Iur
Iur
BSC 6910
RAN15.0
Iur-p
RNC ID 1
RNC ID 2
Iur-p
RNC ID 3
Iur-p
6900
6900
NB1
NB2
6900
NB3
Iur
Iur
Iub

Improved RAN system availability
One BSC6910 work as redundancy for
multi BSC6900 or BSC6910
Eliminates risk of single RNC outage
RNC ID 1
RNC ID 2
RNC ID 3
Active
NB1
NB3
NB2
Standby
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Node Redundancy Typical Configuration
Node Redundancy Specification
Support N*BSC6900(Master RNC) + 1*BSC6910(Backup RNC). here,N<=3
Support 1*BSC6910 + 1*BSC6910
About 3 minutes needed for Node Redundancy activation procedure (Online user drops)
Redundancy Trigger
RAN15.0 only supports switch manually, automatic switch will be supported in future version.
Execute MML Command : REL UHOSTRNC at Master RNC Or Execute MML Command : FOC
UHOSTRNC at Backup RNC will trigger NodeB Redundancy procedure.
Node Redundancy Scenario for BSC6900
6900
L_RNC1
P_RNC4
P_RNC1
Master
Logic RNCI
Backup
Master
RNC
Iur-p
P_RNC2
Master
6900
6910
Logic RNC2 Backup
6900
Backup
RNC
Iur-p
6910
Iur-p
Logic RNC3
Iur-p
Backup
6910
Master
RNC
Backup
RNC
P_RNC3
Master
Node Redundancy Scenario for BSC6910
P_RNC1
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P_RNC2
Node Redundancy Benefit
Benefit
Improved RAN system availability. Eliminates risk of single RNC

outage.
Also, the feature could be used at RNC software upgrade
procedure. It will decrease service interrupt duration.
Network Impact
Backup RNC need add backup Iub/Iur/Iu interface configuration
Core Network need add backup Iu interface route
Neighbor RNC need add backup Iur interface route
NodeB need add dual-homing Iub interface configuration
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Node Redundancy Dependence
License
Iu
None
RNCID1
Hardware
CN
Feature Dependence
Node Redundancy software license ( RNC level ) is

neededthe unit is NodeB number.
BSC6900Iur-p
Master
For BSC6900, the IP interface board GOUc or FG2c

is needed for Iur-p
For BSC6910, the IP interface board GOUc or FG2c
or EXOua is needed for Iur-p
3900 series NodeB is required
Iub
Other
NodeB
CME online is needed which support parameter

configuration synchronization.
Only Iur-p interface over IP is supported
For the dual-homing NodeB the two transmission type
should be same for the two Iub interface.
BSC6910
Backup
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Number of Redundant
NodeBs are controlled
by License
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
HSPA+ Evolution
DB-HSDPA
4C-HSDPA
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DB-HSDPA Background
Before 3Gpp Release 8, HSDPA data transmission technology is based on

Single Carrier. Multi-Carrier data transmission technology is introduced from
3Gpp Release 8
3Gpp Roadmap is shown as following
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DB-HSDPA Introduction
Secondary Carrier
Carrier on Band B
Carrier on Band A
Primary Carrier
Description
DB-HSDPA allow that UE is able to setup HS-PDSCH connection on two

carriers of different bands and transmits data on two carriers simultaneously
At uplink, UE only transmit data at one carrier, i.e. Primer Carrier
Application Scenario
Urban area or city hotspot where multi carrier available or dual-band

available, such as U900+U2100 co-sites area
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DB-HSDPA Introduction (cont.)
Compared with DC-HSDPA
The technology of DB-HSDPA is the same as DC-HSDPA except the

frequencies of the two cells. So, the function such as channel
configuration, mobility is same with DC-HSPDA.
The frequencies of DB-HSDPA cell group comes from different bands but
the frequencies of DC-HSDPA cell group should be the same band and
the neighbor frequencies.
Band combination supported
Band I+ Band VIII (2100+900)
Band II+ Band IV (1900+AWS)
Band I+ Band V (2100+850)
Band II+ Band V (1900+850)
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DB-HSDPA Benefit
D B-H SD P A P e rfo rm a n c e G a in (2.1G H z+ 900M H z, Bu rst Tra ffic ) ,P A 3
Peak throughput
DB-HSDPA 42Mbps
DB-HSDPA+MIMO 84Mbit/s
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D B-H SD P A + 64Q A M
2.1G H z-H SD P A + 64Q A M
10
User experience
Maximum 80% UE average rate gain for burst

traffic compared with SC-HSDPA user.
900M H z-H SD P A + 64Q A M
80%
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Network Impact
A ve ra g e Bu rst R a te (M b p s)
Compared to the SC-HSDPA user, DB-HSDPA
should feedback CQIs of two frequencies
10
U se r N u m b e r/se c to r
15
instead of one CQI of one frequency in uplink.

Therefore, the upload would be increased
slightly in case of high penetration of DBHSDPA users. e.g. UL load is increased about
10% in case of 50 DB-HSDPA users in a cell.
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DB-HSDPA Dependence
Feature Dependence
WRFD-010610 HSDPA Introduction Package
WRFD-010685 Downlink Enhanced L2
WRFD-010629 DL 16QAM Modulation
Hardware
BTS3900/DBS3900,WBBPb,WBBPd or WBBPf board is needed
BTS3812E/BTS3812AE/BTS3812A is not supported
DBS3800, EBBC or EBBCd board is needed
UE
HSDPA
Category is 21 or higher , and DB-HSDPA capability is
needed
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
HSPA+ Evolution
DB-HSDPA
4C-HSDPA
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Flexible DC/DB Introduction

Flexible HSDPA Dual-Cell
Flexible HSDPA Dual-Band

F3(Band B)
DB
F3(Band A)
DB
F2(Band A)
DC
F2(Band A)
DC
DC
NodeB
NodeB
F1(Band A)
F3(Band A)
DC
F1(Band A)
DC
Description
Multi carriers are combination as one carrier group, any carrier could be allocated dynamically to
establish DC-HSPA or DB-HSDPA service
Up to 4 carriers supported at one carrier pool, which belong to one NodeB
DC-HSDPA is used for any two carriers; DB-HSDPA is used for any two carrier in different band
One Carrier could belong multi DC-HSDPA or DB-HSDPA or DC-HSDPA+MIMO or DB-HSDPA+MIMO or

4C-HSDPA+MIMOcell group simultaneously
Urban area or city hotspot where multi carrier available or dual-band available
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Flexible DC/DB Introduction (cont.)
Difference with traditional DC-HSDPA/DB-HSDPA, flexible DC/DB allows that

carrier cells are dynamically allocate to user.
Flexible DC/DB enable easy configuration for DC-HSDPA/DB-HSDPA
It not need configure each cell pair for DC-HSDPA/DB-HSDPA.

All cells used by DC-HSDPA/DB-HSDPA are pushed to carrier pool(multi-cell group).
RNC will dynamically select carrier and HSPA+ technology for each multi carrier
capability user.
With Flexible DC/DBRNC will select secondary carrier for DC/DB-HSDPA

users from multi candidate carriers.
Scheduler
MAC-ehs HSDPA scheduler supports joint schedule DC-HSDPA/DB-HSDPA users

on multi carriers.
Scheduler also supports mixed SC-HSDPA/DC-HSDPA/DB-HSDPA user scenario.
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Flexible DC/DB Benefit
Benefit
Due to higher network radio resource utilization, UE average burst

rate will improve about 5%~20% than fixed DC/DB by simulation.
The gain will variation according to live network carriers load
status.
Network impact
Refer to DC-HSDPA and DB-HSDPA
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Flexible DC/DB Dependence
Feature Dependence
WRFD-150209 DB-HSDPA (if one cell in the group operates at a different frequency band
from other cells, all cells in the group must support DB-HSDPA)
WRFD-010696 DC-HSDPA (is needed for all cells operated at the same frequency band)
Hardware
BTS3900/DBS3900
1) WBBPb,WBBPd or WBBPf board is needed
BTS3812E/BTS3812AE/BTS3812A
1)For intra-band 3Carriers, EBBI,EDLP+EULP(d) board is needed
2)Inter-band 3Carriers and 4Carriers is not supported
DBS3800
1)For inter-band or intra-band 3Carriers, EBBC or EBBCd board is needed
2)4Carriers is not supported
UE
HSDPA Category is 21 or higher.
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
HSPA+ Evolution
DB-HSDPA
4C-HSDPA (3C-HSDPA included)
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HSPA+ Evolution Roadmap

Smooth Evolution Proposal for
Commercial Network
3Gpp Evolution
4C+64QAM+4x
4MIMO
400
350
Mbps
4C+64QAM+
MIMO
300
336
2012
21M
(64QAM)
2013
2014
2015
2016~
HSPA+ 21M
250
DC+64QAM+
MIMO
200
DC+64QAM
Or 64QAM+MIMO
150
100
50 64QAM
0
42M(DC)
84M
(4C/DC+MIMO)
168
2X2MIMO
21
28
42
R6
R7
R8
84
R9
R10
HSPA+ 42M
R11
HSPA+ 84M
168M
(4C+MIMO)
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4C-HSDPA Introduction
HS-DSCH
Secondary Carrier 3rd
F4
HS-DSCH
Secondary Carrier 2nd
F3
HS-DSCH
Secondary Carrier 1st
F2
HS-DSCH
Primary Carrier
F1
BAND B
BAND A
DL:DPCH/F-DPCH
UE
UL:DCCH
NodeB
UL:HS-DPCCH( CQI,HARQ ACK/NAKC for all carrier)
Description
4C-HSDPA Feature (and 4C-HSDPA+MIMO) allow Maximum 4 carriers transmit downlink data to one
UE simultaneously
4C-HSDPA Feature includes 4C-HSDPA and 3C-HSDPA
4C-HSDPA+MIMO Feature include 4C-HSDPA+MIMO and 3C-HSDPA+MIMO
At one Band, only 3C-HSDPA or 3C-HSDPA+MIMO is supported according to 3Gpp R10
Urban area or city hotspot where multi carrier available
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4C-HSDPA Introduction (cont.)
Support band combination
Two carriers in Band I (2.1GHz)+ one carrier in Band VIII (900MHz)
Three carriers in Band I (2.1GHz)+ one carrier in Band VIII (900MHz)
One carrier in Band II(1900MHz)+ two carriers Band IV (AWS)
Two carrier in Band II(1900MHz)+ one carriers Band IV (AWS)
Two carrier in Band II(1900MHz)+ two carriers Band IV (AWS)
One carrier in Band I(2.1GHz)+ two carriers in Band V (850MHz)
Two carrier in Band I(2.1GHz)+ one carriers in Band V (850MHz)
Two carrier in Band I(2.1GHz)+ two carriers in Band V (850MHz)
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4C-HSDPA Benefit
Peak throughput
In case of dense urban, small file download such as
3C-HSDPA 63Mbps
MP3 download, 4C-HSDPA user throughput will
4C-HSDPA 84Mbps
improve 30%~80% compared with DC-HSDPA
3C-HSDPA+MIMO 126Mbps
4C-HSDPA+MIMO 168Mbps
Network Impact:
Cell uplink load (RTWP) will increased slightly in

case of high penetration of DB-HSDPA users due to 4CHSDPA uplink HS-DPCCH channel need more
180
power consumption
4C-HSDPA vs DC-HSDPA
160
140
120%
120
100%
100
w/t MIMO
80
w/o MIMO
60
40
User Tht Gain
User Experience
80%
60%
40%
20%
20
0%
2 UE per sector 4 UE per sector 8 UE per sector
0
1c
2c
3c
4c
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16 UE per
sector
4C-HSDPA Dependence
Features Dependence
WRFD-010683 Downlink 64 QAM
WRFD-150209 DB-HSDPA ( is not needed while intra-band 3Carriers scenario)
WRFD-010696 DC-HSDPA (is needed for all cells operated at the same frequency band) ??
WRFD-150208 Flexible DC/DB-HSDPA
Hardware
BTS3900/DBS3900
1) For 3Carriers, WBBPb,WBBPd or WBBPf board is needed
2) For 4Carriers, WBBPd or WBBPf board is needed
BTS3812E/BTS3812AE/BTS3812A
1) For intra-band 3Carriers, EBBI,EDLP+EULP(d) board is needed
2) Inter-band 3Carriers and 4Carriers is not supported
DBS3800
1) For inter-band or intra-band 3Carriers, EBBC or EBBCd board is needed
2) 4Carriers is not supported
UE
HSDPA Category 29, 30, 31, or 32
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
Capacity
Turbo IC
Load Based Dynamic Adjustment of PCPICH Power
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Background
UMTS Cell uplink capacity is limited by

the multi-access interference (MAI)
from UEs in and interference outside
the system.
Interference cancellation (IC) reduces

or eliminates interference between UEs
to effectively improve UE receive
performance, which is an effective
method to improve uplink capacity.
The higher UE data rate

results in higher interference to
other UEs.
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Turbo IC Introduction
Description
Turbo IC executes signal reconstruction and cancellation based on decoded UE

information to eliminate interference between UEs.
Compared with IC, Turbo IC improves reconstruction accuracy and cancellation

efficiency.
Dense urban or hotspot area which have high percentage of HSUPA 2 ms users and
data transmission requirement
SIC(Successive IC)
PIC (Parallel IC)
Total Interference
Total Interference
Total Interference
Total Interference
Demodulate or decode
Signal reconstruction and cancellation
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Total Interference
Turbo IC Benefit
Benefit:
Improve 10% uplink capacity than IC depended on penetration of

2ms HSUPA UE and enough traffic volume.
Impact
If old baseband board(WBBPa or WBBPb or WBBPd) is working

with WBBPf board, though the old board will sharing the interface
cancellation result, but the capacity gain will degraded.
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Turbo IC Dependence
Feature Dependence
WRFD-01061403 HSUPA 2ms TTI
WRFD-010691 HSUPA UL Interference Cancellation
Hardware
Only BTS3900/DBS3900 is supported, and WBBPf board is

needed
UE
HSUPA Category 6 or higher
License
Software license (cell level ) is needed
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
Capacity
Turbo IC
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Background
HSUPA User Scheduling
WCDMA is a self-interfering
system. The higher uplink
data rate , the greater uplink
interference
At RAN15.0, HSUPA Time

Division Scheduling is
introduced which avoid and
decrease system interfering
User1
User2
User3
User4
User5
General scheduling mode: code division
Time Division Scheduling mode:

User transmitting data in different time, cell
interference be reduced
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HSUPA Time Division Scheduling Introduction
Description
Timing alignment
When HSUPA UEs set up the first radio link (RL), set the Default DPCH Offset Value for
time alignment to ensure no data transmission time overlap between different processes
TD User selection
Only 2ms HSUPA user will be scheduled with time division mode
SRB over HSUPA is required
soft handover or softer handover user will not selected due to timing alignment issue
CD Scheduling Timing
TD Scheduling Timing
P-CCPCH
P-CCPCH
E-DPDCH 1
E-DPDCH 1
DPCH,4
E-DPDCH 2
E-DPDCH 2
DPCH,2
E-DPDCH 3
E-DPDCH 3
DPCH,3
E-DPDCH 4
E-DPDCH 4
DPCH,4
DPCH,4
Time
2ms
UE1 Active Process
UE3 Active Process
UE2 Active Process
UE4 Active Process
Time
2ms
Deactive Process
Figure 2: Time alignment of HSUPA user
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Introduction (cont.)
TD user HARQ allocation
Only one user is ensured to transmit high-speed data at one 2ms TTI and Up to 8
users supported simultaneously
If a UE gives up time division, the released process is allocated to the UE with the
lowest rate.
If a new UE requires scheduling, the UE with the highest rate satisfaction will release
partial HARQ to the new UE.
If there is no change on the time division UEs, periodically adjust the processes
between UEs to ensure fairness and differentiation between UEs.
Dense urban or hotspot area which have high percentage of HSUPA 2 ms users and
data transmission requirement
Single Antenna Scenario is recommended, such as indoor system
High mobility is NOT recommended, such as highway and high-speed train
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Benefit
Benefit:
Uplink cell throughput increase about 10%~90% without

IC in case of single Rx Antenna and 2~8 Time Division
users by simulation
Uplink cell throughput increased about 5%~15% with

IC in case of 2 Rx Antenna and 2~8 Time Division users
by simulation
live network gain depended on penetration of 2ms

HSUPA UE and enough traffic volume.
Impact
Because that Time Division User should keep DL

DPCCH timing alignment , then PA PAR will increased
which impact cell downlink throughput
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Dependence
Feature Dependence
WRFD-01061403 HSUPA 2ms TTI
WRFD-010636 SRB Over HSUPA
Hardware
Only BTS3900/DBS3900 is supported (DBS3902E excluded), and

WBBPf board is needed
UE
multiple RRUs share one cell scenario is NOT supported
HSUPA Category 6 or higher
License
Software license (cell level) is needed
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
Capacity
Turbo IC
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Introduction
Description
If cell Non-HSPA consumption ratio is higher than configured active

threshold, degrade PCPCIH power step by step
On-line user max DL power not impacted during the adjustment procedure.
i.e. keep the default value
If cell Non-HSPA consumption ratio is less than configured restore

threshold, upgrade PCPCIH power step by step
The PCPICH adjustment range , period and step is configured.
Hotspot cells at Multi-Carrier network. The carrier which supply

continuous coverage is not suggested to active this feature, the carrier
which supply traffic is suggested to active it.
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Benefit
Benefit
Decrease CCH power consumption and shrink cell coverage range, then
decrease cell Non-HSPA power consumption
Assumed default PCPICH power ratio is 10% and PCPICH degrade threshold
is 3dB. The cell Non-HSPA power consumption will decrease 10%~15% at
busy hour of hotspot cells which has amount of HSPA users
Impact
Cell edge handover attempts and call drop maybe increased due to shrink
coverage
For multi-carriers network, the blind handover between different carriers due to
shrink coverage
Dependence
Cell level license at RNC is needed
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
Capacity
Turbo IC
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Background
Description:
As smart-phones penetrate quickly, more and more UEs will keep on line but
transmit nothing which wastes cell DL DPCH power for HSDPA users
This phenomena is shown as the figure. It means that most of cell power is
used by DL DPCH channel, and cell downlink throughput impacted due to
power limitation.
DL Tx Power
User Num
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Introduction
Description
Only HSDPA user is selected

If cell Non-HSPA power higher than configured active threshold
If cell Non-HSPA power less than configured restore threshold
If No SRB transmission at DL DPCH of HSPA user , decrease DL DPCH max power value
If SRB transmission detected at DL DPCH of HSPA user ,restore DL DPCH max power value
The adjustment period is one TTI (i.e. 40ms)
No adjustment action at the TTI edge (i.e. last 10ms of TTI) to avoid DL RL failure
Restore DL DPCH max power value
this feature is recommended when both Non-HSPA power consumption ratio and PS
user ratio are high.
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Lab Test Result with 40 ftp download users distributed at cell edge
Benefit
Benefit
Impact
The average cell Non-HSPA power consumption is expected to decrease

by 5%~15% at busy hours of hotspot cell. The gain is variable according
to cell HSDPA user number and location distribution of live network.
Cell HSDPA call drop ratio maybe increased due to cell edge user call
drop possibility increased
Dependence
Cell level license at NodeB is needed

If WRFD-010652 SRB over HSDPA activated, this feature will not be used
if UE support SRB over HSDPA; this feature will still be used for UE which
not support SRB over HSDPA.
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
Capacity
Turbo IC
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Introduction
Description
Decrease DPCCH Pilot PO and Pilot bit number when cell Non-HSDPA
power ratio is high than configured threshold
this feature is recommended when both Non-HSPA power consumption

ratio and PS user ratio are high.
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Benefit
Benefit
When this feature is activated and most UEs setup services over HSDPA,
the average power consumed by every UEs DL DPCH is expected to
decrease by 5%~20%
Impact
Cell drop ratio maybe increased due to Pilot info impact UE SIR
estimation.
Dependence
None
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
Capacity
Turbo IC
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Background
The penetration of Smartphone is increasing continuously ,

more PS paging is happened at live network. It means that
PCH load is increasing rapidly, and high PCH load will cause
high discard!
Discard ratio
9.00%
8.00%
7.00%
6.00%
5.00%
4.00%
3.00%
2.00%
1.00%
0.00%
0.00%
Live network PS paging stat.
10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 70.00% 80.00%
PCH utilization
PCH utilization vs Paging Discard Ratio
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Layered Paging in Idle Mode Introduction
Description
Layer1: Paging is sent to the latest cell and all the intra and inter neighboring cells;
Layer2: if no response from UE before the timer (DRX cycle+360ms) expires, the
paging will be sent again in whole LA or RA area.
It is recommended if PCH congestion happened.

it is NOT recommended at high mobility scenario due to high Layer 1 paging failure
will happened. Such as highway, metro.
No paging
response
Without Layered
Paging
Step1: cell
level
paging
If fail , then:
Step2: LA/RA
level paging
With Layered Paging

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Introduction(cont.)
Description
CS and PS switch independently
Flexible cell configuration
Control switches are designed separately for real time service

(Conversational and Streaming) and non real time service (Interactive,
Background and SMS);
A black list of cells can be used to avoid this feature to be applied for these
cells (usually with high mobility).
UE ID info management
A UE list is maintained in RNC to record the UE ID(IMSI,TMSI)and the

latest cell ID where the UE turns into idle mode.
If theres no interaction between UE and RNC before the timer
(UsrLocInfoAgingTmr, 30 minutes by default) expires since it turns into idle
mode, the UE will be removed from the UE list.
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Layered Paging in Idle Mode Benefit
Benefit :
Reduce the amount of Paging messages for idle mode UEs, which will reduce the
PCH load.
Assumption
Reduced paging amount ratio
1 (64 * 80% + (64 + 500) * 20%) / 500 = 67.2%
Network Impact
Total cell number in the LA/RA: 500

Average neighboring cell number: 64
Success ratio of layer 1 paging: 80%
Success ratio of layer 2 paging : 100% (only one time Layer2 paging)
Call access delay is increased if layer 1 paging failure. The delay is ~1s if the DRX
cycle is 640ms.
License
RNC level license is required
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
Network Synergy
HetNet Co-Carrier Coordination Phase 1
U900-U2100 Multiband Direct Retry Based on UE Location
MOCN Enhancement
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UMTS to LTE PS Handover and Redirection
LTE
LTE
Handover/Redirection
Based on Cell Load
Handover/Redirection
Based on Coverage
UMTS
UMTS
UMTS
Multi features are introduced
Benefit:
1) Load Based PS Redirection from UMTS to LTE
In some special cases, such as L800 in
2) Load Based PS Handover from UMTS to LTE
suburban and U2100 in urban, this
3) Coverage Based PS Redirection from UMTS to LTE
feature can improve end users PS service
4) Coverage Based PS Handover from UMTS to LTE
experience when someone is moving into

LTE coverage.
Dependence:
UMTS and LTE dual-mode UE is needed
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LTE to UMTS SRVCC with PS Handover
Benefit:
VoIP & Data
LTE
With PS handover, the

interruption of PS service
decreased and bring the end
Voice & Data
UMTS
user a better experience.
UMTS
Dependence
UE should support SRVCC
UL dual-mode UE
with both voice &
data
SRVCC Single Radio Voice Call Continuity
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
Network Synergy
HetNet Macro & Micro Co-carrier Uplink Interference Control
MOCN Enhancement
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Background
Co-Channel Challenges on Uplink
The gap on pilot power between Macro and Micro leads to imbalance on DL/UL at Microcell edge area. (Ie.
Macro Tx Pwr= 20 W, Micro Txpwr = 5W, the GAP on DL is ~6 dB)
UL boundary
DL boundary
- Because of pilot power difference, Micros DL

coverage is much less that of Macros
- However, UL coverage is basically the same
between Micro and Macro
At Non-SHO area:
At SHO area:
Victim: Microcell
Impact: Substantial RTWP rise, UL blocking as the worse
Victim: Macro cell

Impact: Poor UL radio link quality perceived by Macro
case
cell, causing degraded HSPA T-Put

Cause: UE TxPwr is reduced as a result of Power control
dominated by the Microcell
Cause: UEs at Macro cell edge transmitting high power,

perceived by Microcell as huge noise
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Introduction
Description
HetNet Macro & Micro Co-carrier Uplink Interference Control included 3 subfeatures
Micro Cell Dynamic Rx Sensitivity Control
Macro & Micro Joint Inter-frequency Redirection
Macro & Micro Joint Inter-frequency Handover.
Application Scenarios
Urban traffic hot-spot where Macro and Micro cell use the same frequency
Typical network topology
As following figure
Problematic area
F1
F2
Macro
Macro
Micro
Macro
Problematic area
Micro
F2 can be configured
as F1's neighboring
cell for blind
handovers.
Macro
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Introduction(cont.)
3-Step Approach to Mitigate Co-channel Impact
Step1 Perform partially desensitization ( ie. half desensitisation value) first, to avoid the possible UL blocking by the serve UL interference. This step
can be disabled by parameter
After the partial
without
desensitization
Before
the partial
desensitization: UL
desensitization: UL
boundary
boundary
When UE in the
problematic areas and
try to access or execute
handover, or modify
service, go to step 2
DL boundary
DL boundary
UL boundary
Gap between the

and the UL and DL boundaries:
Partial desensitization
Gap UL
between
intensity
problematic areas
DL boundaries:
Cancel the total

desensitization, and fall
back to the partial
desensitization after the
UEs in the problematic
areas left.
Problematic areas
Max. gap between the UL and DL boundaries
Step2 take RRC Re-direction and IFHO, make the users at the problematic
area move to other Macro frequencies
Step3 if there are still users in the problematic area after previous
step, perform full value Desensitization
If inter-frequency
handover fails
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Introduction(cont.)
How to identify users in problematic area?
Non-SHO area
How to identify users at ON-SHO area- when there is 1A event reporting
Self defined 1A event: RNC sends Meas. Control with a new ID# for this self defined 1A event and waits for UE to report
Only Macro with Co-channel Micro neighbor will send 1A Meas. Control
1A event can be considered as earlier trigger for entering SHO area (but no SHO as the consequence) , therefore 1A threshold is
typically higher than that of 1A
After 1A event triggered, there will be periodic 1A event reporting until a timer expiry
How to identify users at SHO area?
SHO area
Based on the RL(s) in the active set: when there are Macro & Micro RLs in the active set and the best cell is Macro cell
From Macro to Micro, 1A event is used as the sign of entering the problematic area, 1D event as exiting; From Micro to
Macro, 1D as the entering, stop 1A report as the exiting
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Introduction(cont.)
RRC Redirection and Inter-frequency Handover
To reduce the UE numbers in
problematic area
For online H users without
CS RAB over DCH
For Idle User access

request for PS service
The target cell for the inter-frequency blind
handover and redirection must meet all
RRC Redirection
following conditions:
Yes
No
Is the UE in a
problematic area?
Macro & Micro Joint Inter-frequency

Handover
1. The target cell is a macro cell.

2. The target cell is in neither the LDR state nor
Yes
the OLC state.
Is the UE in a
problematic area?
No
3. The target cell is an inter-frequency neighboring

cell for blind handover.
RRC
Redirection
No
action
4. The target cell supports HSDPA or HSUPA.

5. The UE supports the frequency of the target
Blind
IFHO
No action
cell.
6. The target cell has no intra-frequency
neighboring micro cells (Indicated by MicroCellFlag)
Featrue2: Macro & Micro Joint Inter-frequency
Handover
Featrue1: Macro & Micro Joint Inter-frequency

Redirection
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Introduction(cont.)
Microcell Dynamic Rx Sensitivity Control
Triggering Desensitization
Implementation
Event-triggered:
Inter-Freq HO failure or any UE is detected in the
problematic area
Desensitization value configuration
State 1: No UE in the
problematic areas: Partial
desensitization value
State 2: UEs are in the

problematic areas. Full
desensitization value
Periodic detection:
The full desensitization timer expires and no UE is
detected in problematic area
Partial desensitization
value
MaxGAP
Total2PartDesense
Full desensitization
value
Update the reference background noise and maximum

target RTWP for HSUPA scheduling on the NodeB
based on the new desensitization value:
MaxGAP
Diff
MaxGAP = Difference in the pilot power -Difference in the

receiving capability + Difference in the background
noise
The NodeB configures desensitization value on

RRUs according to the private information element
DesensPower.
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Benefit & Impact

Co-carrier Networking Case Analysis
Case #1: Microcell is implemented in RAN15 with Co-carrier, with 3 features of Co-carrier coordination enabled
F1(Macro) + F1(Micro) + F2 (Macro), 3 features work jointly
- RAN15.0
Vs.
F1(Macro) + F2 (Macro)
Impact to be observed after Microcells implementation
The soft handover amount increases as a result of cells boundaries increase due to Microcell deployment
The Hard handover amount increase due to Feature enabled
When microcell is located as the weak coverage area of Macrocell, call drop rate, access successful rate
and other KPI will be improved due to coverage enhancement by Microcell
When Microcell is located at the hot spot for traffic offload, the overall KPI of the network basically keeps
unchanged or improves slightly due to traffic offload by Micarocell

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Dependence
Feature Dependence
WRFD-020400 DRD Introduction Package
WRFD-020110 Multi Frequency Band Networking Management
Hardware:
Marco NodeB:DBS3900/BTS3900
Micro NodeB:BTS3902E, BTS3803E
License Planning
Software license (cell level) at RNC is needed
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
Network Synergy
MOCN Enhancement
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Background
Multi-bands network:
3G low
band cell
3G high
band cell
Low band cell (U900/U850) has better coverage performance (stronger

penetration capabilities and lower path loss).
High band cell (U2100/U1800) can provide more capacity and improve the
user experience.
Location Based Multi-band Direct Retry Feature is introduced at RAN15.0
to support U900/U850 & U2100/U1800 Synergy
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Introduction
Main ideas:
Low band cell serves mainly the users at cell edge.
High band cell serves mainly the users at cell centre.
Note: This feature is only applied to HSDPA users.

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Description
Pathloss and target cell load

status should be checked
when new RAB assignment
request received.
Pathloss is calculated form

cell RSCP measurement
RSCP measurement should
be triggered only the feature

switch ON
Note: The RSCP measurement report period is 250ms.

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Benefit & Impact
Benefit
In a UMTS multiband network where high- and low-frequency carriers

are under the same NodeB and cover the same area, this feature
preferentially helps ensure capacity for high-frequency carriers (e.g.
U2100) and helps ensure coverage for low-frequency carriers(e.g.
U900).
Impact:
More blind DRD could potentially cause more RAB success failure.
U900 cell accessibility and call drop maybe degrade due to more cell
edge user accessed.
Traffic cannot be balanced between high band cells and low band
cells if most of the UEs are at the cell centre or at the cell edge.
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Dependence
Feature Dependence
WRFD-020400 DRD Introduction Package
WRFD-020110 Multi Frequency Band Networking Management
WRFD-010610 HSDPA Introduction Package
Hardware:
None
UE
The UEs must support both high- and low-frequency bands, such as
U2100 and U900.
License
Cell level license at RNC is needed
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
Network Synergy
MOCN Enhancement
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Background
MOCN
MOCN (multiple operator Core

network) is defined at 3Gpp which allow
GGSN, HLR
& apps
multi operator sharing radio equipment

and resource
MSC
SGSN
MOCN should save operators

investigation and improve resource
utilization
RNC
NodeB
Two new feature about MOCN

enhancement is introduced at RAN15.0
Cell
MOCN Independent Iub Transmission

Resource Allocation
Shared NEs
MOCN Independent CE Resource

Allocation
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MOCN Independent Iub Transmission

Resource Allocation Introduction
NCP bandwidth
CCPs bandwidth
ALCAP bandwidth
OM bandwidth
Common channel bandwidth
Iub transmission resource has two part: control plane

bandwidth and user plane bandwidth. With this feature,
the user plane bandwidth can be allocate between
Must be
shared
operators, the control plane bandwidth must be shared.

Could be
dedicate
d or
shared
Description
User plane bandwidth
RNC configure different logical port for each operator;

RNC identify the UEs serving operator;
Different operators UE user plane bandwidth will be assign to different logical port.
Independent Logical ports for each Op, Each logical port has independent Admission Control and Flow
control.
Application Scenario:
1.Share Iub physical link; 2. dedicated physical links;
Physical Link
Logical port for Op A
Logical port for Op A
Physical Link
Logical port for Op B
Physical Link
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Benefit
Benefit
This feature prevents one operator from occupying excess Iub

user-plane transmission resources in MOCN scenarios and
ensures that operators retain independent Iub user-plane
transmission resources.
Impact
Each operators MAX available Iub bandwidth will reduced, and

total resource utilization efficiency maybe reduced
If one operators predefined Iub bandwidth less than the traffic

required, the KPI (RRC/RAB success rate ,HSPA throughput )will
be degraded.
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Dependence
Feature Dependency
WRFD-021311 MOCN Introduction Package is needed.
This feature cannot be used with WRFD-02130501 Dedicated Iub

Transmission Control or WRFD-140208 Iub Transmission
Resource Pool in RNC simultaneously.
Hardware
UE
This feature does not support BSC6910 IP transmission.
None
License
NodeB level license is needed
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MOCN Independent CE Resource Allocation
Description
M2000 allocate UL/DL CE license group for each operator;
Configure UL/DL CE license private group and common group for NodeB in M2000
Private group CE only can be used by the operator;
Common group CE can be shared between operators, it can be set to zero.
RNC indicate the users serving operator to NodeB
NodeB consume different group CE according the users serving operator.
private group CE will be first consumed;
common group can be used when the private group is used up;
first come first serve in common group.
RNC execute the action to release from congestion for each operator independently.
If one operators CE can be used is insufficiency, RNC will choose the operators users to do
BE rate reduction or TTI adjustment from 2ms to 10ms.
Operator
B
Operator
C
Operator
Common
D
Group
Operator
A
BBU Resource Allocation:

Private Group + Shared Group
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Benefit
Benefit
This feature prevents one operator from occupying excess CE

resources in MOCN scenarios. This ensures that each operator
retains independent CE resources.
Guarantee each Operators CE proportion by Private Group,

Optimize CE resource utilization efficiency by Shared Group
Impact
If one operators predefined CE license less than the traffic

required, the KPI (RRC/RAB success rate ,HSPA throughput )will
be worse.
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Dependence
Feature
WRFD-021311 MOCN Introduction Package is needed.
This feature cannot be used with WRFD-021304 RAN Sharing

Introduction Package simultaneously.
Hardware
UE
DBS3900/BTS3900 with WBBPb,WBBPd or WBBPf board
None
License
Software license (cell level) is needed
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
Experience
Differentiated Service Based on Resource Reservation
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Background
During Sport Game (e.g ATP match) or important festival (e.g Hajj), the traffic
will increase sharply and serious networks congestion will happen, and all user
experience will deteriorate severely.
Platinum user prioritizing feature will improve valuable customers (such as VIP
group) experience in such congestion scenarios.
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Introduction
Platinum User identification
Platinum User access

prioritizing both at RRC and RAB
phase
Platinum User quality

Prioritizing at service holding
phase both for CS and PS service
Application Scenario: Hot Event
Scenario. Such as Sport Game or

festival
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Platinum User Configuration
Platinum User Identification
Platinum user will preempt other users resource both at RRC and RAB establishment phase
In flow control , RRC Connection Request of platinum user is with same priority as conversational service .
Platinum User Voice Quality
RNC will save and maintain Platinum Users IMSI-TMSI mapping list
If Initial UE identity IE in RRC connection request is TMSI or IMSI, RNC will distinguish Platinum User by TMSI-IMSI
table.
Whatever CS or PS service is initiated, TMSI will be used preferentially according 25.331.
RNC will get new TMSI from NAS message and refresh IMSI-TMSI mapping list.
Platinum user Access Prioritizing
Platinum user IMSI list (at most 1000 users per RNC) should be configured by operator with administrator right , without
CN configuration changed.
Platinum user with AMR service will get more downlink power at weak coverage
Platinum User preferential Scheduling
Platinum user with PS service will get highest scheduling weight. it is independent of the Gold/Sliver/Copper user
configuration.
Gold/Sliver/Copper differentiation is only applied at scheduling phase, but Platinum user prioritizing is applied both at
access and scheduling phase
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Benefit & Impact
Benefit
Platinum user will get higher access success rate than other users
at cell congestion scenario.
Platinum user CS voice quality is improved especially at weak
coverage condition.
Higher PS throughput will be supplied for Platinum user.
Impact
Cell Call drop rate in busy hours will increase due to Platinum
users resource preemption.
Dependence
RNC level License is required
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
Experience
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Background
Cell downlink power congestion is often happened at busy hour

of some hotspot cell which will degrade user throughput
experience.
At RAN15.0, this feature is introduced to support finer cell

downlink power allocation for different HSDPA user groups.
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Introduction
Description
Up to 4 groups supported simultaneously

Each group can setting HSDPA Power Quota per cell
SPI and Group mapping should be configured by operator
Scheduler calculate resource consumption in every TTI
Only HSDPA user is selected
Cell power congestion cells which has high HSDPA user penetration
SPI vs Group Mapping Example

User
Class
User SPI
Resource
Group
Gold
8,9,10
Group0
Silver
5,6,7
Group1
Copper
2,3,4
Group2
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Description
Cell HSDPA Power Quota is means that the percentage of cell total
Tx Power
Cell HSDPA Power Quota of each group only take effect in case of
cell power congestion
For example
The HSDPA Power Quota is Group Gold 100%, Group Silver 70%, Group
Copper 10%
When cell power is NOT congested, the Group Copper users could use
more power as required. I.e. Quota will not limit the power allocation.
Only Cell power congestion happened, the Group Copper user could use
10% Quota maximally. i.e. Quota is effect.
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Benefit
Benefit
Impact
Limit low valuable HSDPA user power consumption and supply more
power resource to high valuable HSDPA users at cell power
congestion scenario.
The GBR throughput of users at low valuable group is maybe not be
guaranteed due to multi users sharing the limited Quota at cell power
congestion scenario. Even, call drop risk is increased for users at low
valuable group.
Dependence
RNC level license is needed

This feature could not activated simultaneously with WRFD-030005
ICR downlink resource allocation or WRFD-140223 MOCN cell
resource allocation.
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
Experience
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Background
As the investigation of 3rd party, Different application distribution at different

area. So single QoS strategy cant fit multiplex custom requirement.
At RAN15.0, customized QoS management platform is introduced to support
colorful and finer QoS management capability for different operator.
Top Applications list - North America, Mobile Access

Top Applications list - Asia-Pacific, Mobile Access
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SmartCare Professional Service

is required
Introduction
Optimization Request
Fast optimization solution

w/o RAN release upgrade
3
Dependence
Target Application
experience improved
quickly
NIU board equipped
1 (Hardware)
NIU
2 APP charact. Database

M2000
(software)
3 SmartCare Professional
Service
NodeB
RNC
SGSN/GGSN
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Step1: Applications
Aware by NIU
Step2: Service Mapping
Step3: Costumed
QoS Configuration
Skype voice
Google voice
YouTube
VOIP
Sensitivity
Latency
HD
Real time video

Web
Sensitivity
PP Live
File sharing
Google Search
Non-real time video
Yahoo!
APP Store
Data access
Bandwid
th
HBR
HT
MBR
Packet
loss
TCP Drop
Rate
HD: Happy Delay
HT: Happy Time
HBR: Happy Bit Rate
MBR: Max Bit Rate
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Hardware& Platform
HSPA+
Capacity
OAM
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SmartView Professional
Service is required
Comprehensive and clear capacity

dashboard by multiple dimensions
NodeB
RNC
RNC
Board License
CPU Load Utility
Iu
Utility
Iur
Utility
Capacity
RNC1
Overview
RNC2
Visualization by table
Visualization by GIS
PRS
Cell1:
Neighbor Cells outage
RNC1
Board License
CPU Load Utility
Bottleneck
Identification
In-depth
Analysis
Cell3:
Hot spot
Iu
Utility
RNC Capacity Alarm Map
Dependence
Cell Capacity Map
PRS server
SmartView Prof. Service
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Dual-band
load
unbalance
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One Feature of M2000

Event
Counter 1
Event
Counter 3
Event
Counter 6
Benefit
Event
Counter 2
Event
Counter 4
Event
Counter 7
meet different customers need
Customized counter definition to
M2000
Flexible counter amount, not

dependant on software upgrade
Simplifies service evaluation and

trouble shooting in the radio
network
SAU Board RNC

User A Service Dimension
User B
User C
Feature Dimension
Dependence
SAU Board
Cause Dimension
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System Capability Improvement
Network KPI
Experience
HSPA
OAM
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Accessibility Enhancement
Improve RRC connect success ratio
Description
Traditional programsMessage of
RRC Connection Setup is sent over the
FACH with fixed power during the RRC
setup Stage
New programs: Message of RRC

Connection Setup is sent over the
FACH with Dynamic power according
to the coverage
This algorithm could be active by cell
Benefit
Note: only one fixed power addition step
Improve RRC connect setup success

rate in case of downlink weak coverage
is supported for Power Up procedure.

i.e. all RRC Connect Setup message at Power Up status will
user same FACH power.
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Accessibility Enhancement (cont.)

Improve CS/PS RAB establishment success ratio
Description
Current Algorithm: CE is hardware resource in NodeB, RNC do the CE admission and

preemption, NodeB only do the CE dynamic scheduling between admitted UE.
UE is rejected in RNC by CE resource, preemption is triggered in RNC;
UE is admitted in RNC, and reject in NodeB by CE resource (because of CE fragment, etc), preemption
can not be triggered.
Enhancement at RAN15.0CE Preemption triggered in NodeB, increase the all the feature of
preemption
Benefit
Decrease CS/PS RAB Failure due to CE congestion by Enhancement of RAB Preemption

Algorithm
Impact
Low priority
service call drop due preempt will increased
Original
UE request
Admitted in RNC
UE request
Admitted in RNC
UE admit success
Rejected by CE
Preemption triggered in NodeB
Rejected by CE
Preemption failure
UE is rejected
Enhancement
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Retainability Enhancement
Decrease PS Call Drop
Description
Current Algorithm: RNC detected TRB reset of

Single PS user in state of Cell_DCHRadio link
will be deleted and user drop in R14 and earlier
versions.
Enhancement at RAN15.0Deactivate Radio link

instead of deleteuser detect downlink Radio
link failure will trigger cell update procedure. If the
Cell update procedure establish successfully, the
user traffic is resume.
Benefit
Reduce the call drop trigged by TRB Reset,

improve PS call drop rate(PS R99 and PS
HSDPA
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Retainability Enhancement(cont.)
Decrease CS/PS Call Drop
Description
Current algorithm: RNC release RL

when RNC detect SRB Reset after
Inter-RAT handover command
message sent. One call drop is
counted
Enhancement at RAN15.0: RNC

cancel the relocation procedure and
trigger call re-establishment by cell
update.
Benefit
Decrease call drop during Inter-RAT

CS IRATHO procedure
handover procedure
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Mobility Enhancement(CS+PS with Iur Relocation)

Current
Release PS , then execute

CS Relocation due to Hard
Handover
Only CS+PS SHO over

Iur executed
Description
Current
Iur
SRNC
Iur
DSCR switch is ON, Execute CS+PS
DRNC
DRNC
If CS Relocation switch and PS
combined service handover over Iur,
No Iur
no relocation executed
RAN15.0
If CS Relocation switch and PS

DSCR switch is ON, Execute CS+PS
combined service handover firstly,
RAN15.0
SRNC
Step1: CS+PS SHO over

Iur executed
Step2:Release PS , then
execute CS relocation (UE
Not involved)
Step1: CS+PS SHO over Iur

executed
Step2:Release PS , then
execute CS relocation (UE
Not involved)
Iur
Iur
DRNC
then release PS, execute CS

relocation lastly.
Benefit
Decrease CS call drop because that CS

Relocation due to HHO will trigger higher
DRNC
call drop compared with CS static

relocation (UE Not involved)
Dependence
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Network KPI
Experience
HSPA
OAM
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SMS Paging Enhancement

Description
SMS
Current Algorithm:
Discard
SMS Paging
SMS
Discard PS
Paging
SMS Paging priority is equal to PS Paging priority. So

when PCH is congested, SMS Paging may be
discarded, leading to SMS Experience get worse
Enhancement at RAN15.0:
Upgrade SMS Paging priority higher than PS Paging

priority as following: Conversational Call > SMS
(Low_Priority_Signalling)
CS
CS
CS
PS
SMS
PS
PS
PS
PS
> Interactive /Background
/High_Priority_Signalling.
CS
when PCH channel congestion happened ,discard

lowest priority to prioritize higher priority service
Benefit
To improve the success ratio of SMS paging
Paging Queue
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118 118
Cell HSPA Capability Indicator Enhancement
Description
Most of UE, Android especially will display network status as
In idle status. Display H logo if SIB5 HSDPA cell Indicator is true; else, display 3G logo.
In Connection status. Display H logo if HS-PDSCH is allocated; else, display 3G logo .
Normally, System will broadcast cell HSPA capability according to cell configuration.
So, some UE will display H logo at HSPA cell even at idle status. In this case, the
user maybe have misunderstanding that the phone is online always, the battery
consumption and traffic consumption is increased.
At RAN15.0, one Cell HSPA Capability Display Switch is added to control if broadcast
cell HSPA capability at SIB5
Benefit
Eliminating user misunderstandings
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Network KPI
Experience
HSPA
OAM
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HSUPA Scheduler base on UE location
Description
Degrade Scheduling weight for UEs in SHO area. i.e. Degrade UE
throughput which stay in SHO area. It means that system will allocation more
resource to user without SHO links.
Benefit
Improve cell uplink throughput
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Physical channels for E-FACH/E-RACH users
DPCCH
Description
F-DPCH
Current Algorithm
E-HICH/E-AGCH/E-RGCH
E-DPDCH/E-DPCCH
Enhancement at RAN15.0
HS-DPCCH
HS-DPCCH is Not supported.

NodeB executes blind retransmission
(fixed retransmission times) since there
is no ACK/NACK.
HS-SCCH
HS-DPCCH feedback for E-RACH/EFACH user supported

NodeB executes the retransmission
based on the ACK/NACK feedback from
UE.
Benefit
HS-PDSCH (1N)
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Improve eFACH/eRach user downlink

throughput
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Network KPI
Experience
HSPA
OAM
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Sector level Counter for Multi-RRU Co-cell
Description
New Counter Measurement Object is design to evaluate sector

accessibility and retainability
New Counter is useful in case of Multi-RRU co-cell scenario, such as
IDS, highway coverage
Benefits
Improve KPI issue troubleshooting efficiency
No
1
2
3
4
Item
VS.RL.NormRel.Locell.Sector
VS.RL.AbnormRel.Locell.Sector
VS.PositiveNum.AICH.Locell.Sector
VS.NegativeNum.AICH.Locell.Sector
VS.TBNum.Succ.RACH.Locell.Sector
VS.TBNum.Total.RACH.Locell.Sector
Description
Cell-Sector level RL normal release number
Cell-Sector level RL abnormal release number
Cell-Sector level AI positive response number
Cell-Sector level AI positive response number
Cell-Sector level RACH Channel received TB successfully
number
Cell-Sector level RACH Channel received TB total number
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Thank you
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RAN15.0 Features in Details

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New RNC Platform

Capacity Visualization Platform

Summary of RAN15.0 (system capability)

NoteSystem Capability Info only for Huawei internal training

SMS Paging Enhancement

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Feature Owner List

RNC in Pool Load Sharing

RNC in Pool Node Redundancy

RNC in Pool Multiple Logical RNCs

UMTSLTEPS Coverage Based PS Redirection from UMTS to LTE

RIM Based UMTS Target Cell Selection for LTE

DPCH Pilot Power Adjustment

Multiband Direct Retry Based on UE Location

Load Based Dynamic Adjustment of PCPICH

DPCH Maximum Power Restriction

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Platinum User Prioritizing

Load Based PS Redirection from UMTS to LTE

Load Based PS Handover from UMTS to LTE

RAN15.0 Features in Details

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Hardware & Platform

New RNC Platform

New NodeB Hardware-WRFU

New Micro NodeB -BTS3803E

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Experience Network Synergy OAM

New RNC Platform: BSC6910

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Tbps level capacity

BSC6910: Unified Hardware and Maximize Resource Utilization

One for All

MBB Traffic model

Unified hardware, greatly simplify HW

Automatic CP/UP reconfiguration based on historical

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New NodeB Hardware - WRFUa (100W)

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RX: 1920~1980; TX:

Multi Mode Support

-48VDC (-38.4 ~ -57VDC)

Micro NodeB- BTS3803E

128(DL) /128 (UL)

POE (Power over Ethernet)

2*100mw, 802.11n, 2.4Ghz (Optional

Wireless backhaul : eRelay, MW, WiFi

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Hardware & Platform

New RNC Platform

Support 3BSC6900(Master RNC) + 1BSC6910(Backup RNC).

Support 1BSC6910 + 1BSC6910

Support NBSC6900(Master RNC) + 1BSC6910(Backup RNC). here,N<=3

Support 1BSC6910 + 1BSC6910