Analysis Report for

DC-HSDPA occasional low

throughput issue
2014-10-17 Huawei Confidential
1.Problem description
We have noticed that during the Auto Ping function from RNC to !" the
throughput changed occasionally after disconnecting and connecting
again with the S# datacard$ Without changing the radio conditions at all"
the CD% throughput could &e either '()&ps or *()&ps +,igure -.$
Figure 1: Occasional ping throughput reduction after VMC re-
connections
%he pause period &etween the connections was only a few seconds and
the ! position remained e/actly the same$
2.Problem Analsis
!very time a ! is connected to the networ0" RNC allocates a Chip 12set
to this !$ ,or DC service" the Chip 12set has an optimal value which can
ensure the highest performance of the DC user$ %he optimal value for the
Chip 12set in Huawei RNC is 3(-'4$ When the Chip 12set assigned to the
DC-! is 3(-'4 the ma/imum performance is guaranteed$ %he optimal Chip
12set is directly connected to the ! response performance$
,rom the collected traces of RNC and Node# CD% during the tests" we
have found that sometimes RNC did not allocate the optimal Chip 12set to
the user +,igure '.$
Figure 2: Chip o!set is not the optimal
5n these cases the Node# would not receive AC67NAC6 info on time from
the ! +,igure *.$
%herefore" the DC user schedule rate was reduced" and the DC user4s
throughput was less than its ma/imum capa&ility$
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Figure ": #ode$ does not recei%e &C-AC' in time
)ore speci8cally" in ,igure * the red mar0ed trace records show that many
times the Node# does not receive the DC-AC6 over the HSDPCH in time
during the 8rst 'ms frame" and waits for the ne/t 'ms$ %his issue causes
the DC ser4s throughput to drop$
".(olution
5n the current RNC software version +SPC'99." a Chip 12set optimi:ation
algorithm is included which can &e activated using the following two ));
commands$
SET URRMCDLCFG: INNERSWITCH3=RESERVED_SWITCH_BIT_0-1;
MOD UCELLALGOSWITCH: CellId=! R"#d$%&%3='; (()*& +*,- .%&&/e&"
%he 8rst command opens the algorithm switch in RNC level" &ut it will not
&e e2ective unless the second command is e/ecuted in cell level$
5n order for this function to &e e2ective" Node# RAN-' SPC''9
patch or later is also needed$
When this algorithm is activated" RNC will guarantee the optimal
Chip 12set for the DC-users in order to achieve the highest DC
performance$ %his change can &e implemented in live networ0 without any
ris0s$ %his function is used only for optimi:ation of DC and )5)1 users4
performance +<see note &elow.$ %here is no other e2ect on plain HSPA
users or legacy !s$
After activating the optimi:ation algorithm in the %est RNC" the CD%
auto-ping performance was sta&le=
Figure ): (table auto-ping performance
*MPO+,A#, #O,-
The above issue can also occur for MIMO users. However, the reduction
in MIMO throughput in this case could be of 1-2Mbps. This optimiing
algorithm can enhance the MIMO user!s throughput. The optimiation
in MIMO case is about 1-2Mbps. Therefore, Huawei suggests opening
this function in MIMO cells as well. Of course, "#$12 %&'22( or later
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$ode) patch is needed, as alread* mentioned.
).Function &eacti%ation
5n case we want to deactivate the optimi:ation algorithm we need to
e/ecute the &elow commands=
SET URRMCDLCFG: INNERSWITCH3=RESERVED_SWITCH_BIT_0-0;
MOD UCELLALGOSWITCH: CellId=! R"#d$%&%3=0; (()*& +*,- .%&&/e&"
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