Lte High capacity event parameters

Prepared By:
RAJESH KUMAR
Focus areas
LTE High Capacity Focus Areas
1. Control Channel Dimensioning
PUCCH Resources
PDCCH Resources
2. UL Noise Rise
3. PRB Utilization / Cell Throughput Capacity
4. MP Load
RRC Connection Setup Intensity
Due to UE releases by Inactivity
Due to UE releases by RLC Supervision
Incoming Handover Intensity
Hardware expansion
5. Connected Users License
Summary of High Capacity Parameter Settings

Focus areas
LTE High Capacity Focus Areas
1. Control Channel Dimensioning
PUCCH Resources
PDCCH Resources
2. UL Noise Rise
3. PRB Utilization / Cell Throughput Capacity
4. MP Load
RRC Connection Setup Intensity
Due to UE releases by Inactivity
Due to UE releases by RLC Supervision
Incoming Handover Intensity
Hardware expansion
5. Connected Users License
Summary of High Capacity Parameter Settings

Control channel resources
UL Control Channel Resources
PUCCH
n
RB,PUCCH
depends on number of SR and CQI resources Focus Area for High
Capacity Parameters
PRACH
n
RB,PRACH
in 1 radio frame is independent of bandwidth and is fixed for different cell
range
DL Control Channel Resources
PDCCH
n
RE,PDCCH
depends on CFI Focus Area for High Capacity Parameters
PCFICH
n
RE,PCFICH
in 1 radio frame is 160, independent of bandwidth and # of antenna ports
PHICH
n
RE,PHICH
in 1 radio frame depends on bandwidth and is fixed for different bandwidth
PBCH
n
RE,PBCH
in 1 radio frame is 240, independent of bandwidth and # of antenna ports
Pucch resources
intro
PUCCH is used for transmitting
SR, HARQ ACK/NACK (PUCCH Format 1)
CQI, RI (PUCCH Format 2)
UE is allocated SR and CQI resources during setup procedure, and the
resources are kept as long as UE is UL synchronized.
UE is not allowed to connect to a cell if theres no free SR resources
noOfPucchSrUsers and noOfPucchCqiUsers determine number of resources
for SR and CQI per cell
PUCCH is allocated by
2 RB at the band edges (RB-pair)
Time domain sharing, each PUCCH is assigned to
a UE with a periodicity deciding which sub-frame
UE can access PUCCH (default periodicity for CQI
is 80ms, SR is 10ms)
Current setting
noOfPucchSrUsers, noOfPucchCqiUsers = 320

Pucch resources
highest pucch resources for sr & CQI
noOfPucchSrUsers (limited by n
CQI.res
)=noOfPucchCqiUsers=640
This setting will reduce peak UL throughput
3
rd
attempt (n
RB,format1
= 6, n
RB,format2
= 2)
n
SR,res
= (36*6-44)*10*10/10 = 1720 (>810)
n
CQI,res
= 2*4*80*10/10 = 640 (<880)
T
SR
= 10ms (SR periodicity)
n
SF,PUCCH
= 10 (# sub-frames for PUCCH)
n
cap
= 4 (CQI resources/RB pair)
T
CQI
= 80ms (CQI periodicity)
2
nd
attempt (n
RB,format1
= 5, n
RB,format2
= 3)
n
SR,res
= (36*5-44)*10*10/10 = 1360 (>810)
n
CQI,res
= 3*4*80*10/10 = 960 (>880)
1
st
attempt (n
RB,format1
= n
RB,format2
= 4)
n
SR,res
= (36*4-44)*10*10/10 = 1000 (>810)
n
CQI,res
= 4*4*80*10/10 = 1280 (>880)
Pucch resources
number of pucch rb-pairs
Recommended setting (noOfPucchSrUsers
= noOfPucchCqiUsers = 640)
n
PUCCH,SR
= [640/10 * 10/10] = 64
n
RB,Format1
= [(64+44)/36] = 3
n
RB,Format2
= [640/(4*80) * 10/10] = 2
n
RB,PUCCH
= 3 + 2 = 5 (even 6, < max RB
pair per DU)

Odd number will leave 1 RB-pair
unused by PUCCH and PUSCH
Current setting (noOfPucchSrUsers =
noOfPucchCqiUsers = 320)
n
PUCCH,SR
= [320/10 * 10/10] = 32
n
RB,Format1
= [(32+44)/36] = 3
n
RB,Format2
= [320/(4*80) * 10/10] = 1
n
RB,PUCCH
= 3 + 1 = 4
Pucch resources
observability
pmPucchSrCqiResCongCqi
The number of times a PUCCH allocation request
for CQI resource(s) could not be granted

pmPucchSrCqiResCongSr
The number of times a PUCCH allocation request
for SR resource(s) could not be granted

Pdcch resources
adaptive pdcch (1/2)
PDCCH is used for
UL/DL scheduling assignments, e.g. PUSCH/PDSCH resource indication,
transport format indication, HARQ info and PUCCH/PUSCH PC commands
Number of OFDM symbols available for PDCCH in a sub-frame is CFI. Max
OFDM symbols, limited by pdcchCfiMode, is not exceeded






Recommended setting:
Bandwidth =< 10MHz : CFI_AUTO_MAXIMUM_3 (current setting), to handle peaks of
PDCCH load
Bandwidth > 10MHz : CFI_AUTO_MAXIMUM_2, since higher number of symbols for
PDCCH can increase RB pairs for PUCCH, which leads to reduced UL peak rate
Pdcch resources
observability
pmPdcchCceUtil
PDF of % of CCEs utilized compared with total CCEs available (at the maximum CFI permitted by
pdcchCfiMode) each subframe, considering bandwidth and antenna configuration.









pmPdcchCfiUtil
PDF of number of subframes each CFI value was assigned
Focus areas
LTE High Capacity Focus Areas
1. Control Channel Dimensioning
PUCCH Resources
PDCCH Resources
2. UL Noise Rise
3. PRB Utilization / Cell Throughput Capacity
4. MP Load
RRC Connection Setup Intensity
Due to UE releases by Inactivity
Due to UE releases by RLC Supervision
Incoming Handover Intensity
Hardware expansion
5. Connected Users License
Summary of High Capacity Parameter Settings

Ul noise rise
pzeronominalpucch, pzeronominalpusch
pZeroNominalPucch and pZeroNominalPusch can be used to adjust power control
target, trade off between coverage and capacity
Current setting
pZeroNominalPucch = -117dBm
pZeroNominalPusch = -96dBm (should be reduced to default -103dBm to reduce UL
interference peaks at high load)
Ul noise rise
observability
pmSinrPucchDistr
Distribution of the SINR values calculated for PUCCH

pmSinrPuschDistr
Distribution of the SINR values calculated for PUSCH

pmRadioRecInterferencePwr
The measured Noise and Interference Power on PUSCH, according to 36.214 of the SINR values
calculated for PUSCH

pmRadioRecInterferencePwrPucch
The measured Noise and Interference Power on PUCCH, according to 36.214

pmRadioTbsPwrRestricted
The number of Transport Blocks on MAC level scheduled in uplink where the UE was considered to be
power limited.

pmRadioTbsPwrUnrestricted
The number of Transport Blocks on MAC level scheduled in uplink where the UE was NOT considered
to be power limited.

Focus areas
LTE High Capacity Focus Areas
1. Control Channel Dimensioning
PUCCH Resources
PDCCH Resources
2. UL Noise Rise
3. PRB Utilization / Cell Throughput Capacity
4. MP Load
RRC Connection Setup Intensity
Due to UE releases by Inactivity
Due to UE releases by RLC Supervision
Incoming Handover Intensity
Hardware expansion
5. Connected Users License
Summary of High Capacity Parameter Settings

Prb utilization / cell throughput capacity
schedulingalgorithm
System Fairness Cell Throughput
Current setting schedulingAlgorithm = 3
(PROPORTIONAL_FAIR_MEDIUM),
propose to change to following at high
load
4 (PROPORTIONAL_FAIR_LOW) or
5 (MAXIMUM_C_OVER_I)
Higher Cell Throughput
Higher TTI utilization
Higher PRB utilization





Performance comparison between
different schedulers
Best cell throughput (from lowest to
highest)
RR < ER < PFH < PFM < PFL < MCI
System fairness (from lowest to highest)
MCI < PFL < PFM < PFL < ER < RR

For PFL or Max C/I, user at cell
edge may have low throughput, as
scheduler has higher weightage for
RF condition
Prb utilization / cell throughput capacity
observability
Average Cell Throughput UL = pmUeThpVolUl/(pmSchedActivityCellUl/1000)
Average Cell Throughput DL = pmPdcpVolDlDrb/(pmSchedActivityCellDl/1000)

pmPrbUtilUl
A distribution that shows the uplink Physical Resource Block (PRB) pair utilization (total
number of used PRB pairs by available PRB pairs) on the Physical Uplink Shared Channel
(PUSCH)
pmPrbUtilDl
A distribution that shows the downlink Physical Resource Block (PRB) pair utilization (total
number of used PRB pairs by available PRB pairs) on the Physical Downlink Shared
Channel (PDSCH)

Average # Simultaneous Active UE UL = pmActiveUeUlSum/pmSchedActivityCellUl
Average # Simultaneous Active UE DL = pmActiveUeDlSum/pmSchedActivityCellDl



Focus areas
LTE High Capacity Focus Areas
1. Control Channel Dimensioning
PUCCH Resources
PDCCH Resources
2. UL Noise Rise
3. PRB Utilization / Cell Throughput Capacity
4. MP Load
RRC Connection Setup Intensity
Due to UE releases by Inactivity
Due to UE releases by RLC Supervision
Incoming Handover Intensity
Hardware expansion
5. Connected Users License
Summary of High Capacity Parameter Settings

Mp load
mp load control mechanism (new in L13A)
Main contributors (signaling) for MP Load
RRC Connection Setups
Incoming Handovers
Paging Requests
Mp load
1.1 RRC Connection setup intensity
(due to UE releases by inactivity)
The time a UE can be inactive before it is released is controlled
by tInactivityTimer
Current setting for tInactivityTimer is 10s, requirement from
UE vendor
Recommend to change to 30s to reduce signaling load for high
capacity cells
For tInactivityTimer set to 30s,
E-RAB drop rate will increase due to the E-RAB drops only consider the abnormal E-RAB Releases
if there was data in buffer (i.e. active).



Number of UEs stay in RRC_Connected state will be larger, thus lowering the number of available
Connected Users License for new users
Mp load
1.2 RRC Connection setup intensity
(due to UE releases by rLC Supervision) cont

As part of Radio Connection Supervision, RLC failures are caused by
T310 expiry
Max RLC re-transmissions reached
T310 is controlled by
After receiving N310 consecutive out-of-sync indications, start timer T310
After receiving N311 consecutive in-sync indications, stop timer T310
After T310 expired Radio Link Failure
Current settings:
N310 = 20 (recommended, no change)
N311 = 1 (recommended, no change)
T310 = 2s (recommended, no change)
UE is released after T310 (2s) + T311 (3s)
Mp load
1.2 RRC Connection setup intensity
(due to UE releases by rLC Supervision)
RLC re-transmissions are controlled by
Max # RLC re-transmissions before stopping and indicating to RRC max RLC re-tx reached
SRB/DRB :: dlMaxRetxThreshold (Current setting: 8/8, recommended, no change)
SRB/DRB :: ulMaxRetxThreshold (Current setting: 8/8, recommended, no change)
Poll timer for RLC re-Tx (if no status report received)
SRB/DRB :: tPollRetransmitDl (Current: 45ms/50ms, recommend 80ms/80ms)
SRB/DRB :: tPollRetransmitUl (Current: 45ms/50ms, recommend 80ms/80ms)

Increase Poll timer may reduce
SE/TTI usage for re-Tx and free
SE/TTI for traffic, but re-Tx time is
extended from 360-400ms to 640ms
(80ms x 8)

Re-Tx count
#1

#8 RLC Failure
Mp load
2. incoming handovers intensity
Current setting for handover is
ReportConfigEUtraBestCell::a3offset = 3dB
ReportConfigEUtraBestCell:: hysteresisA3 = 1dB
ReportConfigEUtraBestCell:: timeToTriggerA3 = 40ms



Propose to change a3offset to 5dB (handover margin increased to
6dB) for high capacity cells to reduce signaling load.
a3offsetAnrDelta remains unchanged
Increase handover margin reduces
handovers and may impact
retainability
Will review feasibility to use
alternative approach on UE Level
Oscillating Handover Minimization
feature
Mp load
3. hardware expansion
MP capacity for DUS is higher than MP capacity
on DUL

Mp load
observability
pmProcessorLoad
The average CPU load on the whole MP system (all the CPU cores).
pmProcessorLoadDistr
A distribution of the CPU load of the MP corresponding to the definition of the CPU load used by MP Load
Management.
This counter also includes CPU load consumption from execution on priorities below traffic priority. This includes CPU
load from performance management and some O&M tasks.

pmPagS1Received
This counter counts the number of received S1AP paging messages in the RBS.
pmPagS1Discarded
The number of discarded S1AP paging messages not routed to any cell due to high load (MP Load Control).

pmRrcConnEstabFailHighLoad
The total number of failed RRC connection establishments due to high load (MP Load Control).
pmRrcConnEstabFailOverload
The total number of failed RRC connection establishments due to overload (Procedure Latency Supervision).

pmHoPrepRejInHighLoad
The number of Handover Preparation Failure messages sent by the target eNodeB due to high load (MP Load Ccontrol).
pmHoPrepRejInOverload
The number of Handover Preparation Failure messages sent by the target eNodeB due to overload (Procedure Latency
Supervision).


Focus areas
LTE High Capacity Focus Areas
1. Control Channel Dimensioning
PUCCH Resources
PDCCH Resources
2. UL Noise Rise
3. PRB Utilization / Cell Throughput Capacity
4. MP Load
RRC Connection Setup Intensity
Due to UE releases by Inactivity
Due to UE releases by RLC Supervision
Incoming Handover Intensity
Hardware expansion
5. Connected Users License
Summary of High Capacity Parameter Settings

Connected users license
Current Connected Users License is 800 per DUL
Connected Users license should be topped-up for high traffic sites on demand basis
Increase Connected Users License may
have impact on signaling load


Connected Users License
check is part of RRC
Setup procedure
DUL Rrc Conn user
DUL21 1500
DUL31 2500
DUL41 3000
Connected users
observability
pmRrcConnEstabFailLic
The total number of failed RRC Connection
Establishments due to lack of connected users
license
Focus areas
LTE High Capacity Focus Areas
1. Control Channel Dimensioning
PUCCH Resources
PDCCH Resources
2. UL Noise Rise
3. PRB Utilization / Cell Throughput Capacity
4. MP Load
RRC Connection Setup Intensity
Due to UE releases by Inactivity
Due to UE releases by RLC Supervision
Incoming Handover Intensity
Hardware expansion
5. Connected Users License
Summary of High Capacity Parameter Settings


Summary of high cap parameters
Parameter Current Recommended Objective
noOfPucchSrUsers 320 640 Maximize number of allowed SR users
noOfPucchCqiUsers 320 640 Maximize number of allowed CQI users
pdcchCfiMode (10MHz) CFI_AUTO_MAXIMUM
_3
CFI_AUTO_MAXIMUM_3 (no
change)
Recommended setting is already set, just monitor CCE
and CFI usage
pZeroNominalPucch -117 -117 (no change) Recommended setting is already set
pZeroNominalPusch -96 -103 Reduce UL noise rise at high load
schedulingAlgorithm 3
(PROPORTIONAL_FAIR
_MEDIUM)
4 (PROPORTIONAL_FAIR_LOW)
or 5 (MAXIMUM_C_OVER_I)
Increase cell throughput and PRB utilization
tInactivityTimer 10s 30s Reduce signaling load
SRB/DRB::dlMaxRetxThreshold
SRB/DRB::ulMaxRetxThreshold
8/8
8/8
8/8 (no change)
8/8 (no change)
Max # RLC re-Tx in UL/DL (control signaling load).
Recommended setting is already set
SRB/DRB::tPollRetransmitDl
SRB/DRB::tPollRetransmitUl
45ms/50ms
45ms/50ms
80ms/80ms
80ms/80ms
Increase poll timer for RLC re-Tx (if no status report
received) to avoid RLC failures, reduce signaling load
T310 / T311 20 / 1 20 / 1 (no change) Recommended setting is already set, for RLC
supervision
N310 / N311 2s / 3s 2s / 3s (no change) Recommended setting is already set, for RLC
supervision
a3Offset 30 (3dB) 50 (5dB) (low priority) Reduce signaling load. Will review feasibility to use
alternative approach on UE Level Oscillating Handover
Minimization feature
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