Departments in Telecommunication

RF

Transmission

BSS

MSC

OMC-R

VAS

IN

Planning

Survey

BTS (I&C)

Drive Test Optimization

RF-Radio Frequency Department is divided in further parts each performing different functions. 1)RF Planning- This department deals with planning of Cell sites, Frequency planning and Parameter Planning on Different Tools. After Planning is done, RF Survey is performed to check the feasibility of the site on the planned location. BSS-Base Station Subsystem Department is works with OMCR. After they get to know about the alarms on the site they go there and rectify it. Every zone has a BSS engineer. It is also responsible for BTS and BSC installation and commissioning.

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NSS-Network Switching Sub System consists of two things1)Mobile switching centre is the central heart of a telecom network. It controls all the switching functions and Engineers in this departments are responsible to handle the proper functioning of MSC and its nodes.2) Operation and maintance centre Switch is responsible for faults(Alarms) in MSC OMC-R-Operation & Maintains Centre-Radio Department Keeps on monitoring the Alarms (Faults) on the site and the inform the engineer on the site to rectify it. VAS- Value Added Service department is responsible for planning and performance of value added services(for those we have to pay extra money) like GPRS,CRBT and SMS. IN- Intelligent Network department deals with prepaid services and Online charging system In India we have defined list of 23 Telecom circle by Department of Telecommunications. If we change our circle then we have to bear roaming charges.. Telecom Circles are divided into 4 groups: 'metro circles' and then 'A', 'B', and 'C' circles. The 'metro' circles cover very dense population centers in the very largest Indian cities: Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai. The 'A', 'B', and 'C' circles cover various geographic territories of varying population sizes. 'A' circles are the largest in terms of population coverage. 'C' circles contain the smallest population.

Scope in Telecom Industry Telecom Operators-These companies are responsible for providing services to the frount end coustomers and after sales customer support. They have to start their process after they have bought spectrum from TRAI.

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Primary Vendor- They provide their services to operators based on signed contract. They are BTS Manufacturers .Following are such CompaniesNokia Siemens Network ,Ericssion India Pvt Ltd, Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment Huawei Telecoms, Alcatel Lucent . Secondary Vendor-Provide Manpower to primary vendor Companies for various projects. Definition: Global system for mobile communication (GSM) is a globally accepted standard for digital cellular communication. GSM is the name of a standardization group established in 1982 to create a common European mobile telephone standard that would formulate specifications for a pan-European mobile cellular radio system operating at 900 MHz. It is estimated that many countries outside of Europe will join the GSM partnership. The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is a set of recommendations and specifications for digital cellular telephone network.These recommendations ensure the compatibility of equipment from different GSM manufacturers, and interconnectivity between different administrations, including operation across international boundaries. TDMA and FDMA GSM uses the two multiple access schemes so that it cam maximise the uses of available resources.

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Frequency division for multiple acess-In this Division of GSM frequency band takes place so that multiple people can access the same frequency. For ex. We have GSM 900Mhz band,Uplink-890-915 Downlink-935-960MHz As per the GSM specification we divide 1 Mhz of band in 5 parts at a channel separation of 200 kHz. Practical Each part is known as ARFCN (Absolute radio frequency channel no.).It is furtherallocated to operators as per his requirement. For ex any operator A wants to setup a network in any circle, He to Buy for the spectrum (say 5Mhz of 25 ARFCNS).This has to be done for each circle separately by an operator Time Division For multiple AcessAfter FDMA we have TDMA in which each ARFCN is further divided into 8 Time slots. Practical That means each time slot is allocated to a single user who is making a call. So at one frequency maximum eight calls can be made simultaneously at a time.

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There are a limited number of frequencies available within the frequency band specified for cellular systems. Each operator licensed to run a cellular network, has been provided with a number of frequencies. A cell has one or several frequencies, depending on traffic load. To cover a country, for example, the available frequencies must be reused. The same frequency cannot be used in neighboring cells due to interference. STANDARD Uplink Downlink Band width Duplex Distance Carrier Separation channels 900 (GSM) 890-915 MHz 935-960 MHz 25 MHz 45 MHz 200 KHz 124 1800(GSM) 1710-1785 MHz 1805-1890 MHz 75 MHz 95 MHz 200 KHz 374 1900(GSM) 1850-1910 MHz 1930-1990 MHz 60 MHz 80 MHz 200 KHz 299 800(CDMA) 824-849 MHz 869-894 MHz 25 MHz 45 MHz 1.25 MHz 20

CELL and Its Orientation A cell is the basic unit of a cellular system and is defined as the area where radio coverage is given by one base station. The shape of a cell in theory is Hexagonal because it gives best symmetrical structure to plan a complete covered area.

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 But practically cells have no defined shape. They are irregular in shape because in actual practice we cant restrict a BTS to give coverage in hexagonal shape Radio coverage is given by one base station Ideally One Cell is divided in 3 Sectors We Serve each sector by One RF Antenna and each antenna is mounted on different angles with respect to north pole of the earth

Sector 1 Sector3 sector 2

CELL GLOBAL IDENTITY Cell global identity is an entity that is used to define a unique identification of each cell of a particular network. It consists of MCC+MNC+LAC+CI Mobile country code-This is used to define the country in which an operator is working. For ex any operator working in India has a code 404,405 or 406. Mobile network Code-This code is used to define the operator and the circle in which operator is working. For ex. 02 is the code of airtel Punjab and 70 is the code for airtel Rajasthan.

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Location Area code-It is a code given to each location area( group of cells) Cell Identification- It is a unique identification no that is given to each sector of a site. For ex.3451,in this case 345 is site id and 1 is sector. Last no. will always represent sector number. Handover Handover is the automatic transfer of the subscriber from one cell to another during the call process, without causing any hindrance to the call. There are two main aspects to this: the necessity to find a dedicated mode in the next cell as the mobile is on call, and the switching process being fast enough so as not to drop that call. So, how does the handover actually take place? There are many processes that can be used, but the one most used is based on power measurements. When a mobile is at the interface of two cells, the BSS measures the power that is received by the base stations of the two cells, and then the one that satisfies the criteria of enough power and least interference is selected. This kind of handover being directly related to power control, it provides an opportunity to improve the efficiency of use of the spectrum. Network Planning Process Before the actual planning is started for a new network the current market situation is analyzed. The market analysis covers all the competitors and the key information from them: market share, network coverage areas, services, tariffs, etc. Based on the market situation it is possible to create a future Deployment strategy for the new operator. Market analysis Competitor analysis Potential customers User profiles: services required and usage KAPIL BHUTANI

 Customer requirements Coverage requirements Capacity requirements Quality targets: call setup success, drop call rate, etc. Financial limitations Future deployment plans Environment factors and other boundary conditions Area morthography Area topography Hotspot locations Available frequency band Recommended base transceiver station (BTS) locations

RFSurvey The proposed network design shows only approximate site locations. The exact site position depends on the possibilities to construct a site on the suggested location. Different permits are usually necessary, e.g. a planning permit from the local council planning committee. Masts or towers almost always require planning permits and in many cases they are subject to permits from civil aviation or military authorities (i.e. obstruction lighting may be needed). Permission to use the site or a lease contract must be agreed upon with the owner of the site. Besides the need for the permits, the following must also be taken into account: Access roads - The site must be accessible to installation personnel and heavy trucks and if there is no road leading to the site, a helicopter might be needed for material transports and for mast or tower installation.

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Material transport and storage - The site must have an area suitable for efficient unloading and handling of goods. Space requirements - For an outdoor site it is necessary that the ground area is large enough for the radio base station and tower or mast foundation. Power cables must be installed and a mains power source must be found in the vicinity of the site if mains power is not available at the site. For an indoor site, the RBS equipment room must fulfill a number of requirements concerning mains power connection such as grounding, power outlet, and space for transport network interface products. Antenna support structures - These must be provided. They can consist of several short pipes on a roof, a guyed mast, or a self-supporting tower. The term tower usually refers to a self-supported structure, while the term mast refers to a structure supported with guy wires. There are two types of surveys Sharing Anchor SHARING Nominal data about the site like lat-long, planned height and planned orientation. Go to lat long and check the presence of the site. Check the shelter space, stability, antenna height, and orientation so planned. If there is no place in the shelter, one can use outdoor BTS. Take pictures at 360 degrees angle. ANCHOR NOMINAL Go to lat long

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 Define search ring Find Hot Spot BLIND No nominal data is given except the area where you need to plan the site. FOR RF SURVEY WE NEED: GPS(Global Positioning System):Latches with satellite and tells the lat long Magnetic Compass Notepad We are given the latitude and longitude of the hot spot and moving on to the particular lat long we find the nominal spots keeping in mind the various points: The lat long of nominal point The obstacles Clutter Height of antenna Other competitors and their plan and their schemes PROCEDURE FOR SITE SELECTION Maximum height of the building is to be considered so that we can find where we need to plan the site. But we also need to check the second highest building so that the coverage can be given to the top floor of the highest building. G+3N=height of site

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Where G= Ground Floor(4m); N= No. of floors All the buildings with basement have to be taken care of, so as to finalize the tilt. Our site should cover the maximum clutterso as to give the bets possible coverage. While performing the survey all the area information should be collected like type of area, clutter, major competitor, total population, percent of mobile users. After this orientationof GSM antenna should be planned according to the clutter. MAJOR OBSTACLES Buildings Power Grid Water Tank Railway Lines Length of Feeder Cables Height of Antenna

INTERFERENCE Interference is the sum of all signal contributions that are neither noise not the wanted signal.

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EFFECTS OF INTERFERNCE Interference is a major limiting factor in the performance of cellular systems.It causes degradation of signal quality. It introduces bit errors in the received signal.Mobile stations and base stations are exposed to different interference situation SOURCES Another mobile in the same cell. A call in progress in the neighboring cell. Other base stations operating on the same frequency. Any non-cellular system which leaks energy into the cellular frequency band. TYPES There are two types of system generated interference Co-channel interference Adjacent channel interference Co-Channel Interference This type of interference is the due to frequency reuse, i.e. several cells use the same set of frequency. These cells are called co-channnel cells. Co-channel

interference cannot be combated by increasing the power of the transmitter. This is

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because an increase in carrier transmit power increases the interference to neighboring co-channel cells. To reduce co-channel interference, co-channel cells must be physically separated by a minimum distance to provide sufficient isolation

Adjacent-Channel Interference Interference resulting from signals which are adjacent in frequency to the desired signal is called adjacent channel interference. Adjacent channel interference results from imperfect receiver filters which allow nearby frequencies to leak into the pass band.Adjacent channel interference can be minimized through careful filtering and channel assignments.By keeping the frequency separation between each channel in a given cell as large as possible , the adjacent interference may be reduced considerably FREQUENCY HOPPING: The Frequency Hopping feature changes the frequency used by a channel on the air-interface every new TDMA frame in a regular pattern. ADVANTAGES: Decreasing the probability of interference Ease in frequency planning Increase in Capacity TYPES OF HOPPING

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SYNTHESIZER FREQUENCY HOPPING: No. of frequencies hopping on one TRX card. In this technique a unique Mobile allocation list is attached to every sector. This list contains a number of frequencies within which the TRXs present in that sector would hop for every burst. The number of frequencies present in the list must be equal to or more than the number of TRXs in that sector. Synthesised

hopping is preferred over base band hopping due to the fact that for hopping to be really effective in case of base band hopping, one must have more number of carriers (TRXs) in a single sector.

BASEBAND HOPPING: Here frequency hopping is done by switching the information frame of 1 call from one trans receiver to another within the cell. Here the hop between different frequencies depends on the number of carriers (TRXs) present in that particular cell. There is no separate Mobile allocation list attached to every sector of the BTS. Here hopping of frequencies occur by shifting a single call between different TRXs of the same sector for every burst. Parameters: MA (Mobile Allocation) List ARFCNs used in hopping sequence HSN (Hopping Sequence Number) Algorithms of sequence (0-63) MAIO (Mobile Allocation Index Offset) Entry of MA List at which hopping sequence begins

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region and periodically initiating calls and measuring signal strength. The types of test data collected include unsuccessful handovers, low-quality audio and dropped calls etc. These results are transferred from the MS to a dedicated PC where the various data groups are processed in order to produce graphical and tabular data in a format that can be readily interpreted by the test engineer.

DRIVE TEST EQUIPMENTS: Data collected to find and analyze problems in the network Vehicle Drive test mobile phone External vehicle mounted GPS Laptop with drivetest software and GPS connection capability Dongle Key GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS After connecting the drive test tool, following activities are carried out during Drive test: 1. Software like TEMS is opened in the Laptop. The system by default opens GSM window displaying the empty tables and charts meant for RF information. 2. Both external devices, Handset and GPS are detected by the devices but are indicated as disconnected with the red color symbol. This changes to green color after clicking Connect All in the Connection Toolbar. 3. Now the mobile is connected in the idle mode. The GSM window starts displaying the live network data in the corresponding tables and charts. GPS window shows Latitude & Longitude of the place.

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4. Click Record tool bar. Save logfile followed by originating call on the phone. The test enters in the dedicated mode. 5. Drive the roads on routes covering the cell and all neighboring cells. 6. Cell coverage, Received signal strength, Quality and many other RF parameters are measured.Call connection, call mobility control, call release and many other events are checked and recorded. 7. Drive test log file is generated and can be exported to different formats for Post processing requirement

DRIVE TEST TYPES(w.r.t work to be done in drive test) TYPES OF DRIVE TESTS(w.r.t. area covered) CW Drive Test- Initial network setup SWAP Drive Test- Updation in existing network GPRS Drive Test- Data drive test of GPRS Benchmarking Drive Test- Multiple Operator Drive Test Frequency Scanning Drive Test Extensive Drive Test- Dive in each Sector Single Call Functionality Test- Making 10 calls and 5 sms in each site Green Field Drive Test- New network acceptance Test Drive Current Channel Parameter Time: It is system time of computer. Cell name: It displays the name of the sector which is serving according to the cellfile that is loaded in TEMS. KAPIL BHUTANI

 CGI : It stands for the Cell Global Identity which is unique for every sector of the site. It consists of MCC,MNC,LAC,CI. MCC: Mobile Country Code 0 999 (e.g. 404 in India), MNC: Mobile Network Code 0 99 (e.g. 98 for Airtel in Gujarat) LAC : Location Area Code 0 -65535 (e.g. 5101 in Gujarat) CI: Cell Identity 0 65535 (e.g. 11001) Cell GPRS Support: Tells sector is having GPRS or not. Values are Yes or No . Band : It tells in which Freq. Band mobile is operating e.g. GSM 900/ 1800. BCCH ARFCN: It tells by which BCCH is the mobile station getting served. TCH ARFCN: On which Traffic Freq. call is going on. BSIC (Base Station Identity Code) : It is combination of Network Color Code (NCC) (0 7) & Base Station Color Code (BCC) (0 7). e.g. 62. It is decoded by mobile on every Sync. Channel Message. Mode: It is shows in which state is mobile operating, Idle, Dedicated & Packet. Time slot: On which time slot of current TCH call is going on. Viz. time slot no. of TRX. Channel Type: Type of channel mobile is getting now. Like BCCH / SDCCH/8 + SACCH/C8 or CBCH / TCH/F +FACCH/F +SACCH/F. Channel Mode : Shows mode of coding like Speech Full Rate of Half Rate. Speech Codec: It shows FR for Full Rate, HR for Half Rate & EFR for Enhanced Full Rate. Ciphering Algorithm : It shows ciphering algorithm used by the system to protect data for privacy. E.g. Cipher by A5/2. Sub Channel Number: It is displayed at a time when mobile is on dedicated mode at time of call setup when it is getting SDCCH at that time it shows which SDCCH it is getting out of 8 available. E.g. 2. RADIO PARAMETERS WINDOW RxLev :Receiving level in terms of dBm that mobile is receiving from the site. Range of -30 dBm to -110dBm. RxQual : Quality of voice which is measured on basis of BER. Range of RxQual 0 -7.

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 FER : Frame Erasure Rate it represents the percentage of frames being dropped due to high number of non-corrected bit errors in the frame. It is indication of voice quality in network. BER Actual : Ratio of the number of bit errors to the total number of bits transmitted in a given time interval. BER is a measure for the voice quality in network.. Depending on BER RxQual is measured. E,g, BER 0 to 0.2 % corresponds to RxQual 0. Max. BER countable and useful is up to 12.8 % which corresponds to RxQual of max. 7. SQI :SQI is a more sophisticated measure which is dedicated to reflecting the quality of the speech (as opposed to radio environment conditions). This means that when optimizing the speech quality in your network, SQI is the best criterion to use. SQI is updated at 0.5 s intervals. It is computed on basis of BER and FER. For EFR 30, FR 21 & HR 17 are respectively ideal values. C/I : The carrier-over-interference ratio is the ratio between the signal strength of the current serving cell and the signal strength of undesired (interfering) signal components. It should be atleast>9 .

Problem Cases 1. Interference 2. Handover 3. Call Setup Failure 4. Dropped Call 5. Misc.

Possible Reasons 1. Shadowed Antenna 2. Antenna Direction 3. Antenna Height / down tilt 4. Output Power 5. Missing Neighbor Relation 6. Site Location 7. Faulty Hardware e.g. antenna & TMA 8. Cell is down

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Possible solutions 1. Enable Frequency Hopping or add frequencies to Hopping group. 2. Enable BTS Power Control, MS power control and make it less aggressive. 3. Change frequency of interferer or interfered cell Possible to find new frequency by 4. using TEMS Scanning. 5. Down tilt or change antenna of interferer. LOGICAL CHANNELS Logical channels were created to transmit a specific content. There are, for instance, logical channels to transmit the cell system information paging information or user data Control Channels (CCH) Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH) Paging Control Channel (PCCH) Common Control Channel (CCCH) Dedicated Control Channel (DCCH) TRAFFIC CHANNELS (TCH) Dedicated Traffic Channel (DTCH) Common Traffic Channel (CTCH). Common Packet Channel (CPCH) Transport Channels (TrCH)

The transport channels determine how the content is organised to be transmitted. User Dedicated Channel (DCH) Common (FACH/RACH) DEDICATED TRANSPORT CHANNELS Dedicated Channel (DCH) Physical Channels (PhyCH)

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The physical layer offers the transport of data to the higher layer. The characteristics of the physical transport need to be described. When information is transmitted between the RNC and the UE, the physical medium changes. Between the RNC and Node B, where the interface Iub is discussed, the transport of information is physically organised in so-called frames. Between Node B and the UE, where the WCDMA radio interface Uu is found, the physical transmission is described by physical channels. A physical channel is defined by the carrier frequency number (UARFCN) and the spreading code (SC) in the FDD mode. Primary Synchronisation Channel (P-SCH) The P-SCH uses the first 256 chips of every timeslot. In a P-SCH a primary synchronisation code is transmitted. This is done in every UMTS cell in every timeslot. If the UE detects the P-SCH it has performed chip synchronisation. Secondary Synchronisation Channel (S-SCH) The S-SCH also uses only the first 256 chips of a timeslot. In an S-SCH the secondary synchronization code is transmitted. There are 16 different secondary synchronisation codes that are organised into 64 different combinations. The 64 combinations are grouped with 64 scrambling code groups, each consisting of 8 scrambling codes. Common Pilot Indication Channel (CPICH) CPICH carries a predefined bit/symbol sequence at a fixed rate (15 kbps, SF=256). It is used for channel estimation and for measurement of the neighbour cells. Primary Common Control Physical Channel (PCCPCH) PCCPCH is the physical channel that carries broadcast channel (BCH) information

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Secondary Common Control Physical Channel (SCCPCH) SCCPCH carries two different common transport channels, the FACH (Forward Access Channel) and the PCH (Paging Channel). It is on air only when it has something to transmit. There can be up to three secondary CCPCHs configured. FACH and PCH can be mapped in two different physical channels. In addition, if the Service Area Broadcast (SAB) service is implemented it requires an additional SCCPCH. Paging Indicator Channel (PICH) The Paging Indicator Channel (PICH) operates together with the Paging Channel (the transport channel is sent on the physical channel: SCCPCH). The paging indicator is sent on PICH, and the corresponding paging message is sent on the associated SCCPCH. Having one channel for indicators and one for messages provides terminals for an efficient sleep mode operation.. Acquisition Indication Channel (AICH) The AICH is a downlink physical channel with SF 256 in which an echo of the preamble RACH is sent from the WBTS (WCDMA BTS). The WBTS knows that there will be a message part coming and starts to listen to the channellisation code indicated by the signature Dedicated Physical Control Channel (DPCCH) The DPCCH has a constant bit rate and carries all information needed to keep a physical connection running. 3G Drive Test Parameters 1.CPICHEc/No Common Pilot channel Ec/No is the ratio of energy of the chip and the combined power of all the signals including the pilot itself received by the UE at that particular point. It is a very important factor for call quality. 2.CPICH RSCP Received Signal Code Power is the level of the signal received by the U.E from a particular pilot

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3.Tx Power As the name suggests it is the transmitting power of a Mobile Station. Its value can vary from -50 to 50. The minimum the Tx power of the Mobile station the better it is for call quality. 4.UTRA Carrier RSSI - It is the Received Signal Strength Indicator of the Mobile Station or the U.E. It tells us the total Power Received by the Mobile Station from all the Pilots including itself at that particular location 5.SIR It is the signal to interference Ratio is the ratio of Energy in the DPCC(Dedicated Physical Control Channel) to that of the interference and noise received by the U.E. 6.Target SIR It is the target Signal to Interference ratio that Mobile Equipment is supposed to achieve by increasing or decreasing its power. It is set by the use of Power Control procedure 7.SQI - It is the speech Quality Index which is a parameter to rate the voice Quality on that particular call. It ranges from 0 30 with 30 being the best quality. 8.RRC State It tells the current state and channel as in Idle or dedicated. 9.Mode It is the mode that we are using GSM or WCDMA.

3G Parameters and Their Value

1.UE Tx power Max 2.Pilot pollution

<15 dBm Assuming 21 dBm max. . Max % < 10 % pilotpolluter% of time a cell is seen as aThreshold 8 dB KAPIL BHUTANI

Relative to best server when cell is not in Active Set 3..Active Set size Target 4.CPICH Ec/Io 5.CPICH RSCP 6.SHO Success rate 3G Kpis The RAN KPI can be classified into the following categories : Accessibility Cell availability,Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR),RRC Setup & Access Rate Retain ability Usage Mobility Call Drop rate Packet Session setup/success rate (NRT, HSDPA, HSUPA) SHO/ISHO/HSPA SCC success rate 3 Based on scanner data -8 dB to - 14 dB 0 dBm 110 dBm > 95%

Gategory Name of the tests Target 1. Performance tests Value Call setup success rate for Voice > 94.0 % Call setup success rate for CS 64 kbits/s Data > 92.0 % Session setup success rate for PS 64 kbits/s Data > 92.0 % Call drop rate for Voice < 4.0 % Call drop rate for CS 64 kbits/s Data < 4.0 % Session drop date for PS 64 kbits/s data < 4.0 % 2. Coverage tests Depends on the planning criteria, suggestions below CPICH RSCP >-95 dBm KAPIL BHUTANI

CPICH EcNo

>-12 dB

High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) Features Node B decisions ,Multi-code operation,FastLink Adaptation, Adaptive Modulation & Coding AMC FastPacket Scheduling, Fast H-ARQ, FastTTI = 2 ms, Downwards Compatibility with R99 Network Modifications for HSDPA New Node B and Fast H-ARQ (Acknowledged transmission) Faster retransmission / reduced delays, less Iub retransmission traffic, higher spectrum efficiency Fast Packet Scheduling - fast & efficient resource allocation and Fast Link Adaptation - Adaptive Modulation & Coding Compensation of fast fading (without fast PC)- higher peak rates & spectrum efficiency Fast Packet Scheduling. Node B decides allocation of HSDPA resources to UE every TTI = 2 ms,supported Packet Scheduler algorithm 1) Round Robin RR (2) Proportional Fair PF Round Robin RR assigns sub-frames in rotation: User at cell edge served as frequently as user at cell centre doesnt account for UEs channel conditions Low total throughput in cell Proportional Fair PF

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 Takes into account multipath fading conditions experienced by UE Improved total throughput in cell compared to RR Ratio instantaneous data rate / average data rate experienced in the past User at cell edge served less frequently as user at cell centre HSUPA problems / differences to HSDPA: Power Control PC: Fast Power Control (on DL centralizedPC,on UL individual PC Higher order modulation difficult for UE Soft Handover required due to coverage reasons 3G Kpis The RAN KPI can be classified into the following categories : Accessibility Cell availability,Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR),RRC Setup & Access Rate

Retain ability Call Drop rate Usage Packet Session setup/success rate (NRT, HSDPA, HSUPA)

Mobility SHO/ISHO/HSPA SCC success rate Gategory Name of the tests Target 1. Performance tests Value Call setup success rate for Voice > 94.0 % Call setup success rate for CS 64 kbits/s Data > 92.0 % Session setup success rate for PS 64 kbits/s Data > 92.0 % Call drop rate for Voice < 4.0 % Call drop rate for CS 64 kbits/s Data < 4.0 % Session drop date for PS 64 kbits/s data < 4.0 %

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2. Coverage tests Depends on the planning criteria, suggestions below CPICH RSCP >-95 dBm CPICH EcNo >-12 dB

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