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PS Power Control
CS services can be degraded due to increasing PS services, the reason being PS services are
Based on the measurement report provided by the downlink MS, perform dynamic power control
for receiving downlink data by MS and perform reasonable power control for downlink Dummy
control block to minimize the network interference and improve CS Network Quality and
Expected Gains
As compared with the situation that the power control is not enabled, in the simulation test with
large traffic and high frequency reuse rate, the system timeslot capacity under high interference is
value), the standby time extended by 30% (estimated value), and BTS transmit power reduced by
10%(estimated value). Low PS service volume in the network, after the algorithm is used could
MS measures the quality of each downlink radio block (Mean BEP and CV BEP);
MS sends the downlink measurement quality message to the BSC through the packet downlink
acknowledgment message;
BSC decides the PS downlink power control based on the downlink measurement quality and
corresponding power control threshold. If power adjustment is required, BSC will calculate PR,
BSC sends the PR parameter to the BTS through the downlink TRAU/PTRAU frame;
BTS adjusts the transmit power according to the PR parameter on the current radio block.
Stability decision of coding scheme is required for both uplink power control and downlink power
control. The power control cannot be enabled until the coding scheme is stable. The purpose of
this decision is not affecting the LA algorithm, avoiding oscillation of coding scheme and ensuring
The power control can be enabled only when the level of the stable coding scheme is equal to or
higher than the coding scheme threshold of power control start (power control start threshold).
This threshold is the lowest level of coding scheme to enable power control and it is a cell-level
set parameter, consisting of ULPCSTARTTHR and DLPCSTARTTHR. For GPRS, the power
control start threshold is CS4, a fixed value; for EGPRS GMSK, power control is not required
considering that the link quality is poor when the current coding scheme is MCS1~MCS4; for
EGPRS 8PSK, the value range of power control start threshold is MCS5–MSC9 and default value
is MCS9.
When entering the power control phase, the power control algorithm tries to fix the CIR of the
current coding scheme in the target CIR interval so that the BEP can stay stable in its fixed
interval, which can make the coding scheme stay stable and prevent coding scheme level from
dropping. However, at the same time, this type of coding scheme also suppresses the rise of the
coding scheme level, which is against the power control strategy. Therefore, the power control
algorithm must have the function of forecasting the rise of the coding scheme level. When the
power control algorithm forecasts the rise tendency of the current coding scheme, it will use the
maximum output power to make the coding scheme level rise. The coding scheme level rise is
(1) The PS downlink power control is not supported in the scenario only with uplink TBF but
(2) Obtain the downlink measurement report of MS. The measurement value carried in the
based on the existing method after the downlink measurement report is obtained.
(4) If the SUPPSDLPC parameter is set to Enabled, the ensuing power control procedure will
(5) Because the power attenuation value of PS downlink power control is relative to the
maximum output power on the BCCH. Therefore, when the PDCH and the main BCCH is on
the same frequency band, the PDCH can support the PS downlink power control and enter the
next power control procedure; otherwise, the power control procedure ends.
(6) Calculate the adjustment times of the coding scheme to decide whether the current coding
scheme is stable. If the current coding scheme is stable, enter the power control decision stage;
(7) During the power control decision, map the BEP measurement value MEAN_BEP to the
corresponding CIR and then decide whether the start conditions of power control are satisfied.
If yes, enter the power control execution stage; otherwise, the power control procedure ends.
(8) During the power control execution, the power adjustment step should be calculated based
on the current CIR, the CIR threshold and the current coding scheme.
(9) Calculate the downlink power control parameter (the power control attenuation value) based
on the power control adjustment step and then send the downlink power control parameter to
the BTS through the downlink TRAU/PTRAU frame. The BTS adjusts the power according to
Activation:
i. Activating EGPRS downlink power control and optimization of EGPRS downlink closed-loop
measurement report.
SUPEGPRSDLPCMROPT=YES;
GPRSDLPCRELADJGENE=6, PSPCPOLICY=0;
Trial:
Trial was done on 8 sites which had high data traffic, in BSCXXX.
Below is the KPI trending for cluster of cells where the feature was activated.
DCR is stable and reduced after implementation with slight increase in TCH Traffic.
Conclusion:
The Feature has a positive impact on the Network performance and should be implemented