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What is RTWP?

PostedbyleopedriniTuesday,February01,20119:39:00AMCategories:Course

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IfyouworkwithUMTS,'veprobablyheardsomeonetalkaboutRTWP. RatethisContent
Its definition can be found in a dictionary of acronyms, such as
http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/RTWP:ReceivedTotalWidebandPower.

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RepresentsameasureofUMTStechnology:thetotallevelofnoisewithintheUMTSfrequencybandof
anycell.
RTWP is related to uplink interference, and its monitoring helps control the call drops mainly CS. It
alsohasimportanceinthecapacitymanagement,asitprovidesinformationfortheCongestionControl
regardingUplinkInterference.
InUMTS,theuplinkinterferencemayvaryduetoseveralfactors,suchasthenumberofusersinthe
cell,theService,ConnectionTypesandConditionsofRadio,etc..
As our goal is to always be as simple as possible, we will not delve in terms of formulas or concepts
involved.Wewillthenknowthetypicalvalues,andknowwhatmustbedoneincaseofproblems.

Typical Values

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Ok, we know that RTWP can help us in checking the uplink interference, then we need to know its
typicalvalues.
In a network is not loaded, normal, acceptable RTWP Average value is generally around 104.5 and
105.5dBm.

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Valuesaround95dBmindicatethatthecellhassomeuplinkinterferers.
Ifthevalueisaround85dBm,thesituationisugly,withstronguplinkinterferers.
Usually we have High, Low and Medium measures of RTWP. However, the maximum and minimum
valuesarerecommendedonlyasauxiliaryorreference,sincetheymayhavebeencausedbyapeakof
access,orevenbeenforcedtohaveamomentaryvalueduetosomealgorithmi.e..
Thus,thevaluethathelpsus,andhasthemostaccurateinformationisthesameMeanRTWP!
Forcasesinwhichcellhastwocarriers,thedifferencebetweenthemRTWPshouldnotexceed6dB.

Basedonthesetypicalvalues,mostvendorshaveanalarm:RTWP"VeryHigh."

What to do in case of problems?

WehaveseenthatRTWPcancauseperformancedegradation,mainlyCSCallDrops.Note:Actually,it's
not RTWP that causes performance degradation. What happens is that when its value is 'bad', it's
actuallyindicatingthepresenceofinterferencethelatterbeingresponsiblefordegradation.
Butwhatcanwedowhenwefindbadvalues?
IfRTWPisnotatacceptablelevels,someactionsshouldbetaken.
ThefirstthingtodoischeckifthereisaconfigurationissuewiththeRNCorNodeB.Thisisthemostcommoncase,
especiallyincasesofnewactivations.
Onceverifiedtheparametersettings,thenextstepisthephysicalexamination,especiallyjumpersandcables,often
partiallyreversed.Italsoshouldbecheckedifthereisfaultytransmitters,oranyotherproblemthatcouldgenerate
intermodulationbetweentheNodeBandtheantenna.
Iftheparametersettingsandhardwareareok,thechanceisveryhighthatwehaveexternalinterference,suchasa
InterfererRepeater.

In cases where there may be external interference, we must begin to act after such a prioritization
based on how much this is affecting the cell KPI's across the network, if it carry high traffic, major
subscribers,etc..
Note: There are many forms of interference in the uplink, both internal and external. Only a few are
listedabove.Thedeepeningofallpossibilitiesisbeyondthegoalofbeingsimpletoteachtheconcepts,
but this is a suggestion for whoever wants to deepen the study, identification and elimination of
interference.

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In practice
tofindandeliminateproblemsofinterferenceisoneofthebiggestchallengesinourarea.Forbeing
such a complex problem, we recommend that be collected enough data for each investigation.
Insufficientdatacollectedcanleadtoerroneousconclusions,furtherworseningtheproblem.
The uplink interference may appear only in specific periods. Thus, it is recommended that data be
collectedfromatleastoneweek(7days)forevery24hours.Usuallythisamountofdataissufficient.
In the figure below, we see different days and times colorful a fictional example where the
interferenceoccurred.

Data should be collected for the suspicious cell, but also for its adjacent cells, allowing it to make a
triangulationincreasingthechancesoflocatingthesourceofinterference.
Anotherwaytolocatethesourceofinterferenceistodoatestinfield.Anantennaguymustgradually
change the azimuth of the antenna, while another professional do RTWP measurements. That is,
through the information directing the antenna and the respective values of RTWP, you can draw
conclusionsverygood.
Itisobviousthatchangingtheonlinesystemmaynotbeagoodpractice,andtestscanbemadewitha
YagiantennaandaSpectrumAnalyzer.
VendorsofferseveralwaystomeasureRTWP,usingtheOSS,performancecountersandlogs.

Conclusion
Inthisbrieftutorial,welearnwhatisRTWP,andthattheidealtypicalvalueisabout104.5dBmand
105.5dBm.
As the RTWP is directly related to Uplink Interference and we know that interference is the main
cause of performance degradation have concluded that improving RTWP, ie making is as close as
possibleto105dBm,improvingtheCallDropRate!
IMPORTANT:Seizingtheopportunity,seewhatwasstatedatthestartofthistutorialdictionaryby
describingRTWP.RememberthatthissitehasbeenthesubjectofaveryinterestingtutorialintheTips
Section. If you have not visited this section of the portal yet , I strongly recommend, because it has
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