WCDMA 1900 DC Frequency Refarming

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WCDMA/HSPA Frequency Refarming

deployment phases
Strategy
definition for
GSM refarming

GSM,WCDMA
Network
assessments

WCDMA1900 4.2 - 3.8

MHz filter
3GPP specification- 5.0 Mhz
3.8 MHz

WCDMA/
HSPA
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3.8 MHz

GSM/
EDGE

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GSM
Optimization

Unique GSM features

OSC
SRA
Precise Paging

Deploy
GSM,WCDMA
WCDMA 1900 multilayer
network
optimization

WCDMA SW features
Dual band & optimized
load balancing features
High performance 6
sector site solution

Continue
optimization

NetAct Optimizer has proven

to be a vital tool when
refarming frequencies from
GSM to WCDMA

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Solution
Maximal
spectral efficiency with highest performance
Configurable WCDMA carrier bandwidth
Selectable WCDMA/HSPA uplink bandwidth
4.2 MHz, 4.0 MHz or 3.8 MHz (RU40)
Selectable WCDMA/HSPA downlink bandwidth
4.8 MHz, 4.6 MHz (RU40)
DC- HSPA carrier bandwidth can be individually selected by 4.2, 4.0 or 3.8 MHz
Carrier spacing (WCDMA 850/1900, 2 carrier operation)
4.6, 4.2MHz (RU20-RU30); 4.0 or 3.8 MHz (RU40)

Liquid Radio GSM SW suite

Market leading GSM efficiency features e.g. OSC, SRA, Precise Paging
Voice, data and signaling capacity is increased and spectrum is freed up for
WCDMA or LTE refarming or for more GSM traffic
Up to/typically 30% more TRX, 90% more cell capacity,

Utilizing Flexi Multiradio BTS for the most compact site solutions
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Dual-Cell: HSPA+ performance more than doubled

Transmission on two parallel

carriers to single UE
Joint scheduling over the two
carriers brings capacity benefits
over separate single carriers
Dual-Cell HSPA+ is specified in
3GPP Rel.8

Uplink

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Downlink

Benefits:
Peak rate increased to 42Mbps
Up to 20% capacity gain
Up to 100% average user throughput gain in low loaded
networks with bursty traffic

Nokia Siemens Networks:

41 Dual-Cell HSPA+ commercial networks,
6 in deployment
Over 50% of DC-HSPA+ customers

Dual Cell HSPA+ refarming in RU30

Traditional WCDMA refarming

Traditional Dual Cell Refarming

with UL 5.0 MHz Carrier

Bandwidth

Min. carrier spacing

5.0 MHz

0 GSM channels within 10Mhz

5.0 MHz

5.0 MHz

UL carrier bandwidth

NSN refarming

Nokia Siemens Networks Dual-Cell Refarming

4.2MHz UL BW
4.2MHz carrier spacing
6 additional TCH channels and

Min. carrier spacing

4.6- 4.2- MHz

2 BCH channels within 10Mhz

4.2 MHz

4.2 MHz

UL carrier bandwidth

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Dual Cell HSPA+ refarming in RU40

Traditional DC-HSPA refarming
Min. carrier spacing
5.0 MHz

UL filtering 3.8MHz
DL carrier spacing 3.8-5.0Mhz
Variable DL filtering
5.0 MHz

5.0 MHz

UL carrier bandwidth

DC-HSPA + refarming in 7.6

MHz bandwidth 2.4MHz of
additional GSM spectrum
Enables 12 additional GSM
carriers compared to standard
5MHz refarming

NSN Configurable carrier bandwidth DC-HSPA refarming

Min. carrier spacing
4.6-4.2-3.8 MHz

4.2 or 3.8 MHz

4.2- or 3.8 MHz

UL carrier bandwidth

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Field Results with 3.8 MHz Carrier Spacing in DC-HSDPA

DC-HSDPA field
measurements

DC-HSDPA gives 30+

Mbps
Unique NSN Flexi BTS
filtering solution

7.8-8.2 MHz
3.8 MHz
WCDMA

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WCDMA

Multiband Load Balancing

Traffic steering over multiple frequency bands

Traffic can be steered between U850 and U1900 for balancing the loading and taking full
benefit of the two bands togethers

Load
Signal level
Services
Terminal capability

UMTS1900

UMTS850

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2G Feature Gains

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Orthogonal Sub Channel

Introduction

RG20 introduces Orthogonal Sub-channel (OSC) feature: Double Half Rate (DHR)
Multiplexes 4 AMR-HR calls into one time slots
Only requires SAIC terminals penetration in todays networks 60-80%
No need to wait for VAMOS terminals

OSC increases hardware efficiency

Increases TRX voice capacity

Increases capacity for PS services
Reduces call blocking
Frees spectrum for refarming
improved energy efficiency

AMR HR

OSC-HR

Half Rate voice codec

Dual Half Rate voice codes

De/Multiplexing

OSC0
OSC1

2 users per TSL

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4 users per TSL

OSC DHR Results Telefonica Chile

Sites with at least

4TRX per sector

Peak hour average OSC gain 15-39%, with peaks of 61%

SAIC penetration between 50% and 70%
OSC busy hour average call share - KPI

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Extended CCCH
Up to 4 times more smart device users
Applications send frequent
data messages

Voice and data call set up

failures increasing

Paging deletions

Up to 4 times more smart

device users with extended
CCCH
Paging deletions

Paging attempts

Paging deletions increasing when CCCH

channels are getting full

Weekdays

Avoid deterioration of voice service quality,

case example: eCCCH reduced the paging
deletions from 5.8M to 40k !

Improve paging success and make call establishment faster

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E-CCCH Results Telefonica Peru

No se observa mayor problema de PAGING_DELETES, salvo unos picos,

pero son problemas puntuales en algunas BTS.
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RG10
Smart Resource Adaptation - Application Software - in brief

Needs-based resource allocation with shallow packet inspection

Conventionally, radio
resources are allocated by
mobile device multi-slot
class
Today, most of the
transferred packets are
small. Multi-slot allocation is
not efficient way
With SRA feature, PCU2
performs shallow packet
inspection to allocate only
one timeslot for small
packets
For large packets, allocation
is according to multi-slot
class as before

Resources allocated by multi slot class

1 user reserves 5 resources

= resources needed in one data call

Resources allocated by need

1 user, 1 resource
Smart Resource Adaptation BSS402059

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Up to five times more

users
Fewer resources needed
for <250B packets
Less territory resources
needed
Reduced multi-slot (hard)
blocking
Fewer CS voice
resources needed
Increased throughput for
multi-slot users
Fewer PS resources
needed for paging
attempts and RAU/LAU
updates

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Paging Co-ordination

RG10

Receive voice calls during data calls

Share of packet data calls is
increasing

Increasing number of voice

calls are missed

Activate Paging coordination

with BSC

During data call no

voice call
Share of paging for packet data

Share of paging for packet data

Missed
voice call

Data call suspended

during voice call

100%
80%
60%
40%

Paging for
Voice Calls

20%

Paging for
Packet Data

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4 missed calls
You have 2 messages

Already available with RG10 and PCU2

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With NOM II

Paging Coordination in BSC field results operator

A
Feature activation

Reduction of Delete Paging Command confirms positive impact on Paging Success Rate
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Precise Paging application software - in brief

RG20EP1

Network alerts the Mobile Station (MS) for incoming voice, data calls and SMS by paging all the cells
Conventionally, CCCH signaling channels are added if there are enough frequencies
Precise Paging feature sends paging only to the cell where MS was last known and also to adjacent
cells
Reduces the paging load up to 70% in both Air and Abis interfaces
Fewer paging deletions, avoidance of LA and RA downsizing, better customer perceived quality
MS
Paging

MSC

Paging
Abis/LAPD
BSC
Paging

SGSN

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LAC1

Examples
Very high number
of cells in LA/RA
MS is stationary
Smart devices with
high number of
transactions
Limited spectrum
GSM frequency
re-farming

Results field trial Peru

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THANK YOU!

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