FASTLINK-IRAQ

SECOND CARRIER FEATURE INTRODUCTION

ALU RF Team
16th Dec 2013

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AGENDA

Introduction
LTE Inter-frequencyuency Cell Reselection
LTE Inter-frequencyuency Handover
LTE Inter frequencyuency Load balancing
Load Based Idle Mode Mobility

Conclusion

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AGENDA

Introduction
LTE Inter-frequency Cell Reselection
LTE Inter-frequency Handover
LTE Inter frequency Load balancing
Load Based Idle Mode Mobility

Conclusion

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INTRODUCTION
DUAL CARRIER
As a result of traffic growth in Fastlink network, increased capacity and
offloading is considered through the 2nd carrier approach
the second carrier is proposed with:
- 10 MHz carrier bandwidth adjacent to the original 20MHz.
- No Guard band required.

Alcatel-Lucents Dual carrier feature is implemented using:

- 1 extra bCEM to handle the second carrier 3 cells in the same BBU (alongside the
original 20MHz Carrier bCEM)
- 3 RRHs
- 3 Antennas

The presentation purpose is to showcase the functionality and features

associated with the Dual carrier such as Selection, Reselection , Mobility and
Load Balancing between carriers.
Inter freq load balance feature no L115223
Load Based Idle Mode Mobility feature no L115203
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INTRODUCTION
FEATURE SUMMARY
Dual
Carrier
KEY BENEFITS
Dual Carrier
feature is
proposed to
allow 2 bCEM to
populate 1 BBU

Reselection

Handover

KEY BENEFITS
Idle mode
connectivity
allows the user
continuous
service
availability

KEY BENEFITS
Connected
mode
connectivity
allows service
retainability
and minimizes
data
interruption

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Load
Balancing
KEY BENEFITS
Load Balancing
between
carriers to
minimize CAC
blocking

INTRODUCTION
TEST CASES

Reselection

Inter-frequency HO

3 Preventive Offloading

Test cases
Reselection Low to High Priority
Reselection High to Low Priority
Reselection Equal Priority
Inter-frequencyuency HO based on Event A3
Inter-frequencyuency HO based on Event A5
Inter-frequencyuency Redirection based on Event A2 Floor
Preventive Offloading Load Balancing based on Event A4
X2 RESOURCE STATUS REPORTING

Field Results
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass

Preventive Offloading Load balancing with eMCTA filtering

Pass

reactive offloading

Reactive Offloading through Outgoing Mobility

Reactive Offloading through Release

Not tested
Not tested

Load Based Idle Mode

Mobility

Idle Mode Load Balancing

Pass

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AGENDA

Introduction
LTE Inter-frequency Cell Reselection
LTE Inter-frequency Handover
LTE Inter frequency Load balancing
Load Based Idle Mode Mobility

Conclusion

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THEORY
RESELECTION SUMMARY

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THEORY
RESELECTION SUMMARY

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FIELD RESULTS
RESELECTION - PARAMETER SETTINGS

Parameter

Value

isInterfrequencyEutraSameFrameStructureMobilityAllowed

TRUE

cellReselectionPriority (High)

cellReselectionPriority (Low)

threshServingLow (dB)

10

threshXhigh (dB)

20

threshXLow (dB)

qRxLevMin (dBm)

-126

tReselectionEUTRAN (S)

sIntraSearch (dB)

62

10

sNonIntraSearch (dB)

16

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FIELD RESULTS
RESELECTION LOW TO HIGH PRIORITY

1.SIB3 message

CRP-Serving

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FIELD RESULTS
RESELECTION LOW TO HIGH PRIORITY

2.SIB5 message

CRP-Target

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FIELD RESULTS
RESELECTION LOW TO HIGH PRIORITY

3.Reselection to higher priority cell

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FIELD RESULTS
RESELECTION HIGH TO LOW PRIORITY

1.SIB3 message

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FIELD RESULTS
RESELECTION HIGH TO LOW PRIORITY

2.SIB5 message

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FIELD RESULTS
RESELECTION HIGH TO LOW PRIORITY

3.Reselection to lower priority cell

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FIELD RESULTS
RESELECTION EQUAL PRIORITY

1.SIB3 message

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FIELD RESULTS
RESELECTION EQUAL PRIORITY

1.SIB5 message

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FIELD RESULTS
RESELECTION EQUAL PRIORITY

3.Reselection to lower priority cell

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AGENDA

Introduction
LTE Inter-frequency Cell Reselection
LTE Inter-frequency Handover
LTE Inter frequency Load balancing
Load Based Idle Mode Mobility

Conclusion

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THEORY
HANDOVER EVENTS SUMMARY
UE measurement report trigger types supported in eNB:

Event A1 UE sends measurement reports when serving is better than a threshold value.

Event A2 UE sends measurement reports when serving is worse than a threshold value.

Event A3 UE sends measurement reports when neighbor becomes offset better than serving.

it is used to trigger intra-frequencyuency HO and inter-frequencyuency redirection/HO if UE does not support event A5 configuration.

Event A4 UE sends measurement reports when neighbor becomes better than a threshold.

Event A5 UE sends measurement reports when serving becomes worse than threshold1
and neighbor becomes better than threshold2.
It is used to trigger inter-frequencyuency redirection/HO and intra-frequencyuency with ANR.

Event B1 UE sends measurement report when Inter-RAT neighbor becomes better than
Threshold.

Event B2 UE sends measurement report when serving becomes worse than threshold1
and inter-RAT neighbor becomes better than threshold2.

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THEORY
HANDOVER EVENTS SUMMARY

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FIELD RESULTS
HANDOVER - PARAMETER SETTINGS

Parameter

Value

isInterfrequencyEutraSameFrameStructureMobilityAllowed

TRUE

isMeasurementGapsAllowed

TRUE

ReportConfigEUTRA::thresholdEutraRsrp (Event A2 Coverage Alarm)

-100

ReportConfigEUTRA::thresholdEutraRsrp (Event A2 Below Serving Floor)

-119

ReportConfigEUTRA::thresholdEutraRsrp (Event A1 Coverage Alarm)

ReportConfigEUTRA::thresholdEutraRsrp (Event A5)

-100

ReportConfigEUTRA::threshold2EutraRsrp (Event A5)

-100

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-90

FIELD RESULTS
INTER-FREQUENCYUENCY HO BASED ON EVENT A3

Add
A2 EVENT COVERAGE ALARM EARFCN 3050 @CALL SETUP
, A2_BELOW SERVING FLOOR 3050 @ CALL SETUP

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FIELD RESULTS
INTER-FREQUENCYUENCY HO BASED ON EVENT A3

Measurement Report
A2_ COVERAGE ALARM 3050

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FIELD RESULTS
INTER-FREQUENCYUENCY HO BASED ON EVENT A3

Add
A1 EVENT 3050
A3 EVENT 2900

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Remove
A2_COVERAGE ALARM

FIELD RESULTS
INTER-FREQUENCYUENCY HO BASED ON EVENT A3

Measurement report
A3 EVENT 2900

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FIELD RESULTS
INTER-FREQUENCYUENCY HO BASED ON EVENT A3

HO CMD
30502900

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FIELD RESULTS
INTER-FREQUENCYUENCY HO BASED ON EVENT A3

HO Complete
IFHO SUCCESSFUL

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FIELD RESULTS
INTER-FREQUENCYUENCY HO BASED ON EVENT A3

Add

Remove

A2_COVERAGE ALARM
2900

A1_CA

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FIELD RESULTS
INTER-FREQUENCYUENCY HO BASED ON EVENT A5

Add
A1_CA 3050
A3 2900
A5 2900

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Remove
A2_CA

FIELD RESULTS
INTER-FREQUENCYUENCY HO BASED ON EVENT A5

MR
A5 2900

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FIELD RESULTS
INTER-FREQUENCYUENCY HO BASED ON EVENT A5

Add

Remove

A2_CA 2900

A1_CA
A5

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FIELD RESULTS
INTER-FREQUENCYUENCY REDIRECTION BASED ON A2 FLOOR

MR
A2_FLOOR 3050

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FIELD RESULTS
INTER-FREQUENCYUENCY REDIRECTION BASED ON A2 FLOOR

Release
REDIRECT 2900

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FIELD RESULTS
INTER-FREQUENCYUENCY REDIRECTION BASED ON A2 FLOOR

RRC Setup
REDIRECT
SUCCESSFUL

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AGENDA

Introduction
LTE Inter-frequency Cell Reselection
LTE Inter-frequency Handover
LTE Inter frequency Load balancing
Load Based Idle Mode Mobility

Conclusion

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THEORY
LOAD BALANCING STEPS

Step 1:
TRIGGERING
Estimated DL/UL PRB
usage per cell is
updated by new
admitted requests and
periodic modem PRB
usage reporting.
Load balancing is
triggered when current
PRB usage exceeds a
configurable % of
total PRBs available in
the cell.

Step 2: UE
SELECTION FOR
OFFLOADING

Step 3: EXECUTION
OF OFFLOADING

UE candidates for
offloading must
support interfrequencyuency HO
UE candidates must
have ARP priority
level above a
configurable
threshold (i.e.lowest
priority UEs are
selected for
offloading).

eMCTA algorithm
selects unloaded
target carrier(s) for UE
Measurements, based
on X2 Resource Status
Reporting information.
Best cell in RRC
Measurement Report
is filtered on load
status.
Inter-frequencyuency
HO only to unloaded
cell.

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THEORY
LOAD CONTROL
There are two types of congestion control supported:
1. Reactive Load Control: initiated when congestion is detected during radio
admission control of a new request. This procedure attempts to offload UEs or
release radio bearers in order to free enough resources to admit a higher priority
request.

2. Preventive Load Control : initiated before congestion is reached during radio

admission control of a new request or upon reception of a modem report. This
procedure attempts to offload lower priority UEs to avoid reaching congestion and to
achieve load balancing of calls between eNBs by offloading selected UEs to neighboring
inter-frequencyuency cells which have spare load capacity..

Compared with reactive offloading, preventive offloading will use a more

rigorous UE selection scheme in order to have as small an impact on user
experience as possible.

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THEORY
PREVENTIVE LOAD CONTROL

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FIELD RESULTS
LOAD BALANCING- PARAMETER SETTINGS
PARAMETER

VALUE

1 isInterfrequencyEutraSameFrameStructureMobilityAllowed

True

2 isInterfrequencyLoadBalancingFeatureEnabled

True

3 isPreventiveLoadControlAllowed

True

4 isReactiveLoadControlAllowed

True

5 ReportConfigEUTRA::thresholdEutraRsrp (Event A4)

-100

6 dlPreventiveLoadControlThresholdOnPrb

10

7 ulPreventiveLoadControlThresholdOnPrb

80

8 dlCellLoadedThreshold

80

9 ulCellLoadedThreshold

80

10 cellCapacityClass

<unset>

11 dlMinBitRateForBE

2048

12 ulMinBitRateForBE

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FIELD RESULTS
PREVENTIVE OFFLOADING LOAD BALANCING BASED ON EVENT A4

Add
A4 2900

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FIELD RESULTS
PREVENTIVE OFFLOADING LOAD BALANCING BASED ON EVENT A4

MR
A4 2900

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FIELD RESULTS
PREVENTIVE OFFLOADING LOAD BALANCING BASED ON EVENT A4

HO CMD
30502900

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FIELD RESULTS
PREVENTIVE OFFLOADING LOAD BALANCING BASED ON EVENT A4

HO Complete
IFHO SUCCESSFUL

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FIELD RESULTS
PREVENTIVE OFFLOADING LOAD BALANCING BASED ON EVENT A4

Add
A2_CA 2900

Remove
A2_CA
A4

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FIELD RESULTS
X2 RESOURCE STATUS REPORTING

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FIELD RESULTS
PREVENTIVE OFFLOADING LOAD BALANCING WITH EMCTA FILTERING

MR

NoNo HO CMD

A4 2900

NBR CELL LOADED

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AGENDA

Introduction
LTE Inter-frequency Cell Reselection
LTE Inter-frequency Handover
LTE Inter frequency Load balancing
Load Based Idle Mode Mobility

Conclusion

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THEORY
RESELECTION SUMMARY

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THEORY
LOAD BASED IDLE MODE MOBILITY

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THEORY
LOAD BASED IDLE MODE MOBILITY

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FIELD RESULTS
IDLE MODE LOAD BALANCING- PARAMETER SETTINGS
PARAMETER

VALUE

1 isSIB3ReselectionAutomationEnabled

True

2 isInterfrequencyEutraSameFrameStructureMobilityAllowed

True

3 autoReselectValueTagChange

True

4 autoReselectMinInterval (sec)

60

5 dlMinBitRateForBE

2048

6 weightDlPrbCell/weightDlPrbEnb

7 ulMinBitRateForBE

8 weightUlPrbCell/weightUlPrbEnb

9 qHyst

dB6

10 sNonIntraSearch

20

11 threshServingLowDelta (All Objects)

13 threshXLowDelta (All Objects)

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FIELD RESULTS
IDLE MODE LOAD BALANCING- PARAMETER SETTINGS
PARAMETER

VALUE

LowerBound

UpperBound

qHystDelta

-2

sNonIntraSearchDelta

14

LowerBound

UpperBound

qHystDelta

-4

sNonIntraSearchDelta

20

LowerBound

UpperBound

100

qHystDelta

-6

sNonIntraSearchDelta

26

1
2

10
11

Object1

Object2

Object3

12

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FIELD RESULTS
IDLE MODE LOAD BALANCING

Paging
SystemInfoModification is True

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FIELD RESULTS
IDLE MODE LOAD BALANCING

SIB1
SystemInfoValueTag has increased by 1

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FIELD RESULTS
IDLE MODE LOAD BALANCING

SIB3
NO LOAD

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FIELD RESULTS
IDLE MODE LOAD BALANCING

SIB3
LOAD WITHIN OBJECT 1

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FIELD RESULTS
IDLE MODE LOAD BALANCING

SIB3
LOAD WITHIN OBJECT 2

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FIELD RESULTS
IDLE MODE LOAD BALANCING

SIB3
LOAD WITHIN OBJECT 3

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AGENDA

Introduction
LTE Inter-frequency Cell Reselection
LTE Inter-frequency Handover
LTE Inter frequency Load balancing
Load Based Idle Mode Mobility

Conclusion

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CONCLUSION
RESULTS
Alcatel-Lucents Dual Carrier Solution is capable of operating six cells of two carriers
Mobility functions of Reselection and Handover is ensuring coverage continuity between the two
carriers/layers
Load Balancing through Preventive Offloading is capable of shifting and balancing traffic between the two
carriers/layers
Idle Mode Load Balancing has the capability to adjust cell selection settings according to cell load, thus
helping to balance traffic and load among cells, it impacts intra-frequency, inter-frequency reselection
Reactive Offloading was not tested

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