Strategy Optimization Report

Layering HO Parameter
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Summary
Objective
Shifted Traffic from GSM to DCS band more due to DCS band frequency is more clean. In currently network,
many areas had external interference in GSM 900 band, and lead to very bad performance to the GSM 900
cells. By shifting the traffic to DCS, the KPI performance can be improved.
Implementation Result
Network Element
.MBSC Meruya1
MBSC Meruya1
MBSC Gambir
MBSC Gambir
MBSC Meruya2

Date
10-Apr

Actions Done
Layering parameter implementation - normal setting

KPI Result
KPI Improve

Remarks
High Uplink Interference Band

18-Apr

Layering parameter implementation - aggresive setting

KPI Improve

High Uplink Interference Band

12-Apr
18-Apr
26-Apr

Layering parameter implementation - normal setting

Fall back layering parameter
Layering parameter implementation - normal setting

KPI Degrade
KPI Improve
KPI Improve

26-Apr

Layering parameter implementation - normal setting

KPI Improve

Low uplink interference Band

Low uplink interference Band
Mid Uplink Interference Band
Low uplink interference Band;
KPI improve related to TCH
availability improve also.

26-Apr

Layering parameter implementation - normal setting

2-May

Layering parameter implementation - aggresive setting

MBSC TBS04
MBSC TBS05
MBSC Cihuni

No significant
improvement
No significant
improvement

Low uplink interference Band

Low uplink interference Band

For the BSC with low interference band (3-5) distribution, the KPI no improvement

Negative Impact
Rxlev Uplink/Downlink will decrease, possibly will caused call dragging and lead to bad quality issue.

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Layering HO Parameter Setting

Parameter Setting
Mid Interference
Scenario

Cell Level Parameter

HO Parameter
(Old Setting)

HO Parameter
(New Setting)

High Interference
Scenario
HO Parameter
(Aggresive
Setting)
GSM
DCS

No.

HO Parameter

GSM

DCS

GSM

DCS

Edge HO UL Rx_LEV Threshold

12

16

10

10

10

10

Edge HO DL Rx_LEV Threshold

16

20

16

18

16

15

Inter-layer HO Threshold

35

25

35

23

35

20

Inter-layer HO Hystersis

Min UL Power on HO Candidate Cell

Min DL Power on HO Candidate Cell

15

15

12

12

12

12

Per Neighbor Level Parameter

No.
1

HO Parameter
Mininum Access Level Offset

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HO Parameter
(Old Setting)

HO Parameter
(New Setting)

HO Parameter
(Aggresive
Setting)

GSM

DCS

GSM

DCS

GSM

DCS

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Traffic & Uplink Interference Profile

Week 18 Result

NE Name

GSM900
Implement
% IB 3- GSM900 GSM900
MD
MG
MD TCH MG TCH Layering HO
5
% IB 4-5 % IB 5 MD Cell(%) MG Cell (%) Traffic(%) Traffic(%) Drop (%) Drop (%)
Strategy

MBSC Slipi

55.69

25.57

8.97

64.71%

35.29%

79.44%

20.56%

55.51%

44.49%

MBSCAtrium

29.00

6.42

0.05

68.28%

31.72%

79.80%

20.20%

50.64%

49.36%

MBSCRajawali

28.37

9.42

3.30

64.96%

35.04%

81.23%

18.77%

56.02%

43.98%

MBSC Meruya1 25.18

11.63

3.20

59.81%

40.19%

76.28%

23.72%

58.41%

41.59% Finished

MBSCIndomobil 22.30

8.95

3.92

69.13%

30.87%

84.43%

15.57%

35.13%

64.87%

MBSC TBS 3

13.72

3.60

1.91

59.43%

40.57%

70.70%

29.30%

61.08%

38.92%

MBSC Gambir

12.86

4.83

2.82

66.02%

33.98%

79.38%

20.62%

65.34%

34.66% Fallback

MBSCWismul1

11.52

4.81

0.13

65.78%

34.22%

76.03%

23.97%

37.33%

62.67%

MBSC Meruya2 10.60

2.34

1.01

49.06%

50.94%

67.64%

32.36%

40.39%

59.61% Finished

MBSCBuaran1

8.72

2.57

0.71

55.86%

44.14%

74.59%

25.41%

53.22%

46.78%

MBSCBuaran3

8.21

2.49

0.17

66.67%

33.33%

78.71%

21.29%

53.55%

46.45%

MBSCTBS1

6.26

0.72

0.09

59.06%

40.94%

69.89%

30.11%

54.19%

45.81%

MBSC TBS 4

5.70

0.29

0.01

40.28%

59.72%

55.36%

44.64%

35.88%

64.12% Finished

MBSCBuaran2

5.45

1.88

0.04

54.55%

45.45%

73.43%

26.57%

38.98%

61.02%

MBSC TBS 2

3.67

0.51

0.01

44.37%

55.63%

58.92%

41.08%

33.00%

67.00%

MBSCCihuni

2.80

0.74

0.02

44.60%

55.40%

66.35%

33.65%

47.62%

52.38% Finished

MBSCTBS5

2.59

0.04

0.02

44.00%

56.00%

67.03%

32.97%

53.88%

46.12% Finished

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Parameter HO Parameter Description

Concept :
1. For GSM HO to DCS : will be triggering by Inter Layer HO
2. For DCS HO to GSM : will be triggering by Edge HO
Inter Layer Handover
Layer HO threshold adjustment
Neighbor cell criterion
Receive level >=layer HO threshold + layer HO hysteresis
Triggering
Target cell :
Layer of the Target cell is lower than the serving cell.
Receive level of the Target cell > Inter -layer cell threshold + Interlayer cell hysteresis.

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Parameter HO Parameter Description

EDGE Handover
Edge HO Criterion:
In N seconds, when there are P seconds that the DL or UL signal level is lower than
the Edge HO threshold, Then the criterion is met and Edge HO occurs.

Requirements for the Target cell:

The target cell should be ranked higher than the serving cell.
Remove the serving cell from the candidate cell list
The neighbor cells should meet the P/N (Edge HO Valid Time (s)/Edge HO Watch
Time (s) criterion.

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Layering HO Parameter - Old Settings

Inter Layer HO criteria for serving cell in the

adjustment state
GSM : <= -77 dBm (DCS might be -84 dBm)

Inter layer will triggering when

DCS <= -83 dBm

DCS Coverage
GSM Coverage
GSM to DCS

DCS to GSM

DCS : <= - 83 dBm

DCS : <= - 90 dBm

The EDGE HO will triggering

At this point GSM might be -83 dBm
consider still good signal strength

GSM band approximately stronger

than DCS and 7 dBm.
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New Layering HO Parameter - Normal Settings

Inter Layer HO criteria for serving cell in the

adjustment state
GSM : <= -77 dBm (DCS might be -84 dBm)

Inter layer will triggering when

DCS <= -85 dBm

DCS Coverage
GSM Coverage
GSM to DCS

DCS to GSM

DCS : <= - 85 dBm

DCS : <= - 92 dBm

The EDGE HO will triggering

At this point GSM might be -85 dBm
consider still good signal strength

GSM band approximately stronger

than DCS and 7 dBm.
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New Layering HO Parameter - Aggressive Settings

Inter Layer HO criteria for serving cell in the

adjustment state
GSM : <= -77 dBm (DCS might be -84 dBm)

Inter layer will triggering when

DCS <= -88 dBm

DCS Coverage
GSM Coverage
GSM to DCS

DCS to GSM

DCS : <= - 88 dBm

DCS : <= - 95 dBm

The EDGE HO will triggering

At this point GSM might be -88 dBm
consider still good signal strength

GSM band approximately stronger

than DCS and 7 dBm.
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MBSC Meruya01 KPI

Result

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Meruya01 - HO Causes
HO Causes Distribution
Before

Relatio
n
MDMD
MDMG
MGMD
MGMG

Sum of
H374A:Out
going InterCell
Handover
Requests
(Uplink
Quality)
(none)

Sum of
H374B:Out
going InterCell
Handover
Requests
(Downlink
Quality)
(none)

Sum of
H374C:Out
going InterCell
Handover
Requests
(Uplink
Strength)
(none)

Sum of
H374D:Out
going InterCell
Handover
Requests
(Downlink
Strength)
(none)

1.73%

4.48%

14.03%

1.93%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

60.95%

0.00%

0.01%

16.86%

9.13%

9.49%

57.30%

20.95%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.01%

3.12%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

74.54%

0.00%

0.01%

New

Relatio
n
MDMD
MDMG
MGMD
MGMG

Sum of
H374L:Out
going InterCell
Handover
Requests
(Other
Causes)
(none)

8.09%

5.52%

2.34%

6.73%

Sum of
18.05%
H374A:Out
going InterCell
Handover
Requests
(Uplink
Quality)
(none)

Sum of
21.00%
H374B:Out
going InterCell
Handover
Requests
(Downlink
Quality)
(none)

Sum of
3.94%
H374C:Out
going InterCell
Handover
Requests
(Uplink
Strength)
(none)

Sum of
6.90%
H374D:Out
going InterCell
Handover
Requests
(Downlink
Strength)
(none)

1.35%

4.74%

1.53%

1.12%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

71.02%

0.00%

0.07%

20.18%

15.02%

16.04%

17.62%

43.10%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

1.28%

6.94%

2.98%
Sum of
15.41%
H374A:Out
going InterCell
Handover
Requests
(Uplink
Quality)
(none)
1.33%
20.33%
3.65%
14.12%

3.00%
Sum of
21.60%
H374B:Out
going InterCell
Handover
Requests
(Downlink
Quality)
(none)
5.09%
24.77%
3.24%
21.36%

0.30%
Sum of
0.84%
H374C:Out
going InterCell
Handover
Requests
(Uplink
Strength)
(none)
1.70%
21.47%
0.39%
1.09%

1.84%
Sum of
3.24%
H374D:Out
going InterCell
Handover
Requests
(Downlink
Strength)
(none)
0.34%
21.59%
2.00%
3.82%

Aggressive

Relatio
n
MD-MD
MD-MG
MG-MD
MG-MG

Sum of
Sum of
Sum of
Sum of
Sum of
Sum of
H374E:Out
Sum of
H374G:Out H374H:Out H374I:Outg H374J:Outg H374K:Out
going Inter- H374F:Outg going Inter- going Inter- oing Inter- oing Inter- going InterCell
oing InterCell
Cell
Cell
Cell
Cell
Handover
Cell
Handover
Handover
Handover
Handover
Handover
Requests
Handover
Requests
Requests
Requests
Requests
Requests
(Timing
Requests
(MSC
(OM
(Better
(Rapid
(Directed
Advance)
(Load)
Intervention Intervention
Cell)
Level Drop)
Retry)
(none)
(none)
) (none)
) (none)
(none)
(none)
(none)

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Sum of
Sum of
Sum of
Sum of
Sum of
Sum of
Sum of
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
46.93%
0.00%
0.08%
H374E:Out
H374F:Outg
H374G:Out
H374H:Out
H374I:Outg
H374J:Outg
H374K:Out
going Inter- oing Inter- going Inter- going Inter- oing Inter- oing Inter- going InterCell
Cell
Cell
Cell
Cell
Cell
Cell
Handover
Handover
Handover
Handover
Handover
Handover
Handover
Requests
Requests
Requests
Requests
Requests
Requests
Requests
(Timing
(Load)
(MSC
(OM
(Better
(Rapid
(Directed
Advance)
(none)
Intervention Intervention
Cell)
Level Drop)
Retry)
(none)
) (none)
) (none)
(none)
(none)
(none)

0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
86.81%
0.00%
0.03%
Sum of
Sum of
Sum of
Sum of
Sum of
Sum of
Sum of
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
51.85%
0.00%
0.39%
H374E:Out
H374F:Outg
H374G:Out
H374H:Out
H374I:Outg
H374J:Outg
H374K:Out
going Inter- oing Inter- going Inter- going Inter- oing Inter- oing Inter- going InterCell
Cell
Cell
Cell
Cell
Cell
Cell
Handover
Handover
Handover
Handover
Handover
Handover
Handover
Requests
Requests
Requests
Requests
Requests
Requests
Requests
(Timing
(Load)
(MSC
(OM
(Better
(Rapid
(Directed
Advance)
(none)
Intervention Intervention
Cell)
Level Drop)
Retry)
(none)
) (none)
) (none)
(none)
(none)
(none)
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
71.24%
0.00%
0.07%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
1.95%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
84.75%
0.00%
0.03%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
52.89%
0.00%
0.33%

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2.76%
Sum of
3.10%
H374L:Out
going InterCell
Handover
Requests
(Other
Causes)
(none)

5.04%
Sum of
6.67%
H374L:Out
going InterCell
Handover
Requests
(Other
Causes)
(none)
20.23%
9.89%
5.95%
6.38%

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Traffic Movement

Aggressive setting

No traffic loss
DCS traffic increase from 72% to 76% after new settings
DCS traffic further increase to 78% after aggressive settings
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Meruya01 KPI Benchmarking

Aggressive setting

KEDOYAAGAVE hardware
problem

HOSR, TDR, number of TCH call drop and HO failed improved on both
layering settings
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Meruya01 KPI Benchmarking per Band

HOSR, TDR, number of TCH call drop and HO failed improved on both
layering settings
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Meruya01 Rxlev &Rxqual

DL

UL

GBSS13 uplink
compensation
algorithm change

GBSS13 uplink
anti-interference
improvement

DL Rxlev (>-85dBm) decrease from 97% to 96.2%;

UL Rxlev (>-100dBm) decrease from 85.7% to 82.8%, which is related to UL EDGE HO threshold setting
change to -100 dBm ;
UL Rxlev (>-100dBm) decrease to 78.0% due to GBSS13 BTS upgrade, the new software fix the mistake of
uplink power compensation algorithm in GBSS9, will be 2dB lower than the old value.
DL Rxqual (0-5) maintained;
UL Rxqual (0-5) improve from 97.0% to 97.3%;
UL Rxqual (0-5) improve to 97.8% due to GBSS13 BTS upgrade, the interference band decrease.
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Traffic Shifting
(Cell Level Adjustment)

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Objective
To shift the interfered GSM traffic to surrounding DCS cells, by changing min offset
to 10.
Parameter
Parameter

Old Value

New Value

MINOFFSET

0-9

10

Interfered GSM Cell

406

Surrounding 1st Tier Cell

4336

Result
TDR improved;
HOSR improved

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 GSM 900 cells TDR improved from 5% to 3%;

Surrounding 1st tier cell & cluster level TDR improved;
HOSR of GSM 900 cells improved, cluster level maintained.

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 Network Level TDR improve from 0.85% to 0.8%

Around 8000 Erls interfered 900M cells traffic shift to surrounding cells.

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