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 Basically LTE capacity dimensioning includes two parts which are capacity dimensioning for
single site and total network throughput calculation.
 Capacity dimensioning for single site is performed based on some dimensioning
parameters such as duplex mode, system bandwidth and etc.
 Total traffic volume calculation is performed based on service model and traffic model.
Firstly the single user throughput is calculated. Then the total network throughput is
output.
 The Number of eNodeB by capacity is the result that the total traffic volume is divided by the
single site capacity.

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 Simulation assumptions:
 1. Frequency Reuse Schemes ：1*3*1
 2. Frequency Band: 2.6GHz
 3. Cell Power: 43dBm – 5MHz carrier, 46dBm - 10MHz carrier, 49dBm-20MHz carrier
 4. Load: 100% for serving cell and neighbor cells
 5. Overhead: PDCCH=3 symbols, PUCCH=4 RBs
 6. MIMO:
 1) 2T2R: DL:2*2 MIMO adaptive switch; UL: 1*2 IRC
 2) 4T4R:
 7. In system level simulation, capacity features are not activated.
 8. All throughput refer to MAC layer rate

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 10% as busy hour traffic volume per day.

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 Based on service model and traffic model, the single user network throughput can be
calculated. Then the total network throughput can be obtained by multiplexing the number
of subscribers with the single user throughput.

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 Service model describe the service pattern which includes some typical parameters for
different service types.
 Parameters in service model:
 Session Time : the duration of each PPP session
 Session Duty Ratio: the data transmission ratio of each PPP session
 BLER: Block Error Rate
 Bearer Rate : the service application layer(IP) bearer rate

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 Traffic model describes the UE behaviors.

 Parameters in traffic model:
 Penetration Ratio: proportion of service type
 BHSA: busy hour session attempts for single user

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 Single User Throughput can be calculated based on traffic model and service model.
Basically it is the sum of throughput of different service types for one subscriber.
 For PS service some margin should be reserved for burst traffic. So the parameter Peak to
Average Ratio is used in the formula.

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 The result is based on the example of traffic model.

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 The MBB Subscriber and Traffic Forecast is only focus on the mobile broadband subscribers
and their traffic model in T Operator network, and takes no account of M2M subscribers.
VoLTE is assumed to launch at 2017, and all 4G smartphone voice (HD voice) will be carried
by PS core.
 After T Operator network achieving excellent network performance, T Operator's MBB market
share is capable to up to the its Voice Market share point, so T Operator MBB Market Share
Goal in 5 Years is close to its Voice Market Share ( 44%). And the trend is forecasted applying
S-curve with 2015-2017 as the fast increasing year.
 The Dongle Subs. (3G and 4G) in T Operator MBB network will remain stable with slightly
increasing, Tablet will increase under the trend of keeping substitution of PC/laptop. So here
we make an assumption that the total scale of Dongle and Tablet will approach 20% in 5
years. In T Operator network, only a small portion of the conventional phone manage to
consume an even smaller traffic, so this part in not really considered in the forecast. We make
an aggressive assumption as Smartphone scale will be around 80% in 2018.

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 The Average Data Throughput@BH(kbps) stands for the average data throughput per users in
T Operator MBB network at Busy hour regarding an Convergence Factor of 0.40 to core
network. Total Data Throughput of T Operator MBB Network is equal to [sum(average
throughput of terminal type* penetration ratio )* Convergence Factor *wifi offload ratio* Total
number of MBB Subscribers]. The Convergence Factor will increase in 5 years, because the
utilization of MBB service is increasing.
 According to Huawei's experience and worldwide trend in MBB market, 5 years traffic model
of all type of terminals is forecasted. For Huawei's forecast, the Compound Annual Growth
Rate of traffic mode will be more than 50%.
 Much mobile data activity takes place within the user’s home. For users with fixed broadband
and Wi-Fi access points at home, or for users served by operator-owned femtocells and
picocells, a sizable proportion of traffic generated by mobile and portable devices is offloaded
from the mobile network onto the fixed network. Our forecast takes wifi offload into account
in T Operator's network, since T Operator already have some wifi hotspot. So in this forecast
model a wifi offload factor is considered. The wifi offload factor is set to 20%, this
percentage will vary according to T Operator's wifi strategy.

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 U-NET can simulate the throughput of the MAC layer and the application layer and the
throughput of each service on the basis of sites and cells.
 U-NET can also simulate the following counters:
 Actual transmit power
 Uplink IoT
 Actual uplink load
 Number of uplink RBs in use
 Number of downlink RBs in use
 Uplink/downlink service rate of the MAC layer
 Uplink/downlink service rate of the application layer
 Number of subscribers in each state

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 CDF: Cumulative Distribution Function

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 PDF: Probability Distribution Function

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 U-NET can simulate the throughput change.

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 U-NET can simulate the different UE states such as No Access, Offline, Uplink No Cover,
Downlink No Cover and etc.

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