INITIAL LTE KPI TROUBLESHOOTING METRICS - NOKIA
ACCESSIBILITY
Measure of the ability of a user
to obtain an E-RAB from the
system.
The Initial E-RAB
Establishment process can be
divided into the following
phases:
1.RRC CONNECTION
ESTABLISHMENT
2.S1 SIGNALING
CONNECTION
ESTABLISHMENT
3.INITIAL E-RAB
ESTABLISHMENT OR E-RAB
ADDITION
RRC -Possible Causes of
degradation
User or Control Plane and
MME Overload ,Timer Expiry, UE.
protocol Error,Lack of PUCCH The call drops can also be
Resources,Max no of RRC
Connection Reached,RF
Quality Issues,cell availability timing alignment timer expiry,
S1 Signalling -Possible
Causes of degradation
Transport issue,Wrongly
Configured TAC,Degraded due UE SIDE-
to H/W Issue
ERAB -Possible Causes of
degradation
Radio & Transport resources 3.Handover failure (T304
not available,Radio connection expiry)
with UE lost,Failure radio
interface procedure,Mobility
Other Factor Impacting
Accessibility
RF Quality -
1.Poor Coverage in DL and UL
impact the accessibility KPI
2.High UL RSSI can cause
degradation
3.Low SINR impact the KPI
4.Check whether the block
error rate (BLER) is
excessively high on the radio
interface.
Admission Control
Cell Availability
Baseband Pooling Admission
Failures
Failure Counters for RRC:
SIGN_CONN_ESTAB_FAIL_O
VLUP
SIGN_CONN_ESTAB_FAIL_C
P_POOL
SIGN_CONN_ESTAB_FAIL_O
VLMME
SIGN_CONN_ESTAB_FAIL_P
UCCH
SIGN_CONN_ESTAB_FAIL_M
AXRRC
LTE_5590c E-UTRAN RRC
Connection Setup Rejection
Ratio (%)
LTE_5229e RRC Connection
Setup Failure Ratio due to
"RRC timer expiry" failure (%)
LTE_5230e RRC Connection
Setup Failure Ratio per Cause
RRCCOMPL_ERROR
No. of Establishment RRC
Connections per cell
(Connected Users)
RRC connected users,max
Avg_RRC_UE_Per_Cell
RETAINABILITY
Measure of the ability of a user
to retain the E-RAB once
connected, for the desired
duration.Call drops are also
referred as Radio Link
Failures (RLF).
The mechanisms dealing with
RLF are implemented at both
UE and eNB side.
1.If UE detects radio link
problems it tries to recover
from RLF during specified
interval of time by RRC
connection re-establishment
procedure.
2.If eNB detects a radio link
problem it will wait until the
recovery (cancellation of
RLF state), or release the
initiated by the eNB (or MME)
in other scenarios such as
S1 reset etc.
Retainability Issues
1.T310 expiry
2.Maximum number of RLC
retransmissions
4.Non-HO related random
access problem
eNodeB SIDE-
1.PUSCH RLF
2.CQI RLF
3.HARQ RLF
4.PDCCH Order failure
5.Maximum RLC
Retransmissions Exceeded at
eNB
6.GTP-U failure at eNB
7.S1 reset
Poor coverage*
Alarms*
High Load (high traffic)*
H/W issue (Re-set first) if
required replace RRU*
VSWR over threshold*
Faliure Counters:
ERAB_REL_ENB_RNL_UEL
ERAB_REL_ENB_RNL_EUG
R INTER_S1_HO_PREP_FAIL_ inactivityTimer - 30
ERAB_REL_ENB_TNL_TRU
ERAB_REL_ENB_RNL_RRN
A OTHER
ERAB_REL_HO_FAIL_TIM
EPC_EPS_BEARER_REL_RE
Q_RNL
EPC_EPS_BEARER_REL_RE
Q_OTH
EPS_BEARER_SETUP_COM
PLETIONS
RRC_CON_RE_ESTAB_ATT_
HO_FAIL
RRC_CON_RE_ESTAB_ATT_
HO_OTHER
Parameters tuning for Call
Drop:
rrcGuardTimer - 3sec to
12sec
MOBILITY INTEGRITY PARAMETERS INFO
UE moves from one eNB to User data speed in Mbps aPucchMinNumRrc:
target eNB while keeping its Minimum allocated number of
connected state. LTE Services Possible Causes of UEs in the cell which may
will be uninterrupted. degradation: establish a RRC connection.
Preparation – The Source LTE Downlink Throughput-
eNodeB sends a request to the Cell Load(Users and PRB) countdownPucchCompr
Target eNodeB, which PDCCH Blocking & higher specifies the countdown timer
performs admission control Usage that defines how long it takes
Execution – After successful Grant Bottleneck before any new SIB
preparation, the Source Air Interface modification process may be
eNodeB sends a handover Condition(RSSI,SINR,BLER) triggered again by a PUCCH
command to the UE RTT/Retransmission region compression.
Ul thp
Mobility Issues TM mode setting rrcGuardTimer:
1-Preparation Phase RRC Connected Users This timer is started when an
1.1- Wrong Tac Definition CQI Reporting Parameter RRC message for setup,
1.2-X2-Link Failure Scheduler Limitation modification or release of a
1.3-CAC Failure QOS Profile radio bearer is sent to the UE.
1.4-Prep Timer Expiry Application server When the timer expires, the
1.5-Missing Neighbor eNB Data build corresponding procedure is
1.6-MME pool should be same RS Pwr boost aborted
1.7-Target cell is overloaded Others (VSWR,Backhaul
1.8-Target cell Unavailable Capacity) Power Parameters:
1.9-Site Configuration issue Possible Causes of pMax- maximum output power
2.0-Target cell has a fault degradation: of the cell
(alarm, disabled cell, etc.) LTE Uplink Throughput dlCellPwrRed - dlCellPwrRed
Cell Load(Users and PRB) value 0dB only
2-Execution Phase Air Interface supported,Improve cell edge
2.1-Failure due to delay HO Condition(RSSI,SINR,BLER) behaviour , reduce interference
2.2-Timer Expiry RTT/Retransmission and power consumption
2.3-RLF DL thp dlChBw-Downlink channel
2.4-ANR PCI Conflict (Collision Scheduler Limitation bandwidth
& Confusion)* QOS Profile dlRsBoost- Transmission
2.5-Target exceeds cell range Application server power of the downlink
2.6-Target is a sleeping cell eNB Data build reference signals in a cell is
2.7-Target has high uplink Others (VSWR,Backhaul boosted (positive value)
interference Capacity) respectively deboosted
2.8-Poor RF conditions Power control Strategy (negative value) compared to
2.9-Due to radio deaf radio Proactive Scheduling PDSCH
PUCCH and PRACH
3-Other Causes Overheads tHalfRrcCon:
3.1-Poor Coverage The minimal time period during
3.2-Interference GOOD THROUGHPUT which the internal state and the
3.3-Wrong Parameters in 1.RSSI- (< -105 DBM) resources associated with an
eNodeB 2.SINR- Value >= 20 half-open RRC connection (i.e.
3.PRB UTILIZATION- (<80%) one for which no RRC
Failure Counters : 4.POWER RESTRICTED connection setup complete
FAIL_INTRA_ENB_HO_PREP TRANSPORT BLOCK-UL - (< message has yet been
_AC 50%) received) must not be deleted
FAIL_ENB_HO_PREP_OTH 5.CQI-(>10) in the eNB.
FAIL_ENB_HO_PREP_TIME 6.MIMO RANK 2 TM2(PDF
FAIL_ENB_HO_PREP_AC RANGE 1) & TM3(PDF p0NomPucch:
FAIL_ENB_HO_PREP_OTHE RANGE 2) This parameter defines the cell
R 7.HIGH USAGE OF 64 QAM specific nominal power to be
INTER_X2_HO_PREP_FAIL_ AND 16 QAM SCHEME IN DL used for PUCCH power
QCI 8.Rank indicator (should be 2) calculation in UE uplink power
INTER_S1_HO_PREP_FAIL_ control equation (P2), for
TIME Parameter to Improve PRB controlling mean received SNR
for control data.
NORR
INTER_S1_HO_PREP_FAIL_ Parameter to Improve p0NomPusch:
PDCCH: This parameter defines the cell
INTER_S1_HO_PREP_FAIL_ actLdPdcch – 0 specific nominal power for the
QCI actOlLaPdcch – 1 PUSCH. Used for P0_PUSCH
enableAmcPdcch – 1 calculation in UE uplink power
Parameter for HO enablePcPdcch – 1 control equation (P1) for
Improvement: pdcchAggMsg4 – 8 controlling the mean received
cellindividualoffsetEutran pdcchAggPaging – 4 SNR for user data during
hysteresisA3 pdcchAggPreamb – 4 (re)transmission corresponding
timeToTriggerA3 pdcchAggRaresp – 4 to a received PDCCH with DCI
a5ReportIntervalInterFreq- pdcchAggSib – 4 format 0 associated with a new
240ms pdcchAlpha – 0.8 packet transmission.
a5TimeToTriggerInterFreq- pdcchCqiShift – (-5)
480ms pdcchHarqTargetBler – 1
offsetFreqInter-0dB Qrxlevmin:
measQuantInterFreq-rsrp Parameter to Improve Specifies the minimum
interPresAntP-true Latency required RX RSRP level in the
hysThreshold3InterFreq-2 ilReacTimerUl – 0 cell.
threshold3InterFreq-60 cellSrPeriod – 2ms
threshold3aInterFreq-11 Parameter to Improve MIMO
"RRC timer expiry" failure (%) HO_FAIL a5ReportIntervalInterFreq- pdcchAggSib – 4 format 0 associated with a new
LTE_5230e RRC Connection RRC_CON_RE_ESTAB_ATT_ 240ms pdcchAlpha – 0.8 packet transmission.
Setup Failure Ratio per Cause HO_OTHER a5TimeToTriggerInterFreq- pdcchCqiShift – (-5)
RRCCOMPL_ERROR 480ms pdcchHarqTargetBler – 1

No. of Establishment RRC

Connections per cell offsetFreqInter-0dB Qrxlevmin:
(Connected Users) Parameters tuning for Call measQuantInterFreq-rsrp Parameter to Improve Specifies the minimum
RRC connected users,max Drop: interPresAntP-true Latency required RX RSRP level in the
Avg_RRC_UE_Per_Cell rrcGuardTimer - 3sec to hysThreshold3InterFreq-2 ilReacTimerUl – 0 cell.
12sec threshold3InterFreq-60 cellSrPeriod – 2ms
No. of Active UE’s per Cell pdcchOrderConfig - 1 to 0 threshold3aInterFreq-11 Parameter to Improve MIMO T300:
ENB_LOAD_ACT_UE_AVG rlcProftPollRetr - 120ms to a3OffsetRsrpInterFreq-15 dlMimoMode - 10 Timer T300 supervises the
ENB_LOAD_ACT_UE_MA 200ms a3ReportIntervalRsrpInterFreq- mimoClCqiThD - 7 RRC connection establishment
nCqiDtx - 100 or 250 to 0 240ms mimoClCqiThU - 8 procedure.
Failure Counters for S1: rlcProfmaxRetxThresh - t16 to a3TimeToTriggerRsrpInterFreq-mimoClRiThD - 1.4
S1_SETUP_FAIL_IND_BY_M t32 320ms mimoClRiThU - 1.6 T301:
ME maxRetxThreshSrbUL - 16 to hysA3OffsetRsrpInterFreq-15 mimoOlCqiThD - 7 Timer T301 supervises the
S1_SETUP_FAIL_NO_RESP 32 threshold3InterFreqQci1-60 mimoOlCqiThU - 8 RRC connection re-
threshold3aInterFreqQci1-11 mimoOlRiThD - 1.4 establishment procedure.
Failure Counters for ERAB: Parameter to Improve ERAB: thresholdRsrpIFLBFilter--44 mimoOlRiThU - 1.6
ERAB_INI_SETUP_FAIL_RNL rrcGuardTimer - 3sec to thresholdRsrpIFSBFilter--100 Parameter to Improve T310:
_RRNA 12sec thresholdRsrqIFSBFilter--10 PUSCH: Timer T310 supervises the
ERAB_INI_SETUP_FAIL_TNL dFpucchF1b - 0 tS1RelPrepL - 2000 ms ulpcPuschConfig recovery from physical layer
_TRU dlSrbCqiOffset - -20 to -40 ulpcUpqualSch - 20 problems.
ERAB_INI_SETUP_FAIL_RNL Handover Preparation : ulpcPuschConfig
_UEL RLF Timer GUI Values: RRC Measurement Control ulpcLowqualSch - 0 T311:
ERAB_INI_SETUP_FAIL_RNL T300 - 1000ms (Source ENB ->UE) ulpcPuschConfig Timer T311 supervises the
_RIP T301 - 1500ms RRC Measurement Report (UE ulpcUplevSch - -88 RRC connection re-
T310 - 2000ms -> Source ENB) ulpcPuschConfig establishment.
LTE_5750a Cell Availability T311 - 5000ms X2AP Handover Request ulpcLowlevSch - -103
Ratio (%) t304IntraLte - 2000ms (Source ENB -> Target ENB) actUlpcMethod - 0 N310:
t304InterRAT - 500ms Uplink S1 Bearer deltaTfEnabled - 0 This is the maximum number
Parameters tuning for Call N310 - n20 Establishment (SGW <-> p0NomPusch - -80 of consecutive "out of sync"
Failures: N311 - n1 Target ENB) ulpcAlpha - 7 indications received from lower
aPucchMinNumRrc - 10 to 30 X2AP Handover Request Parameter to Improve layers.
countdownPucchCompr - Uplink PUSCH DTX detection Acknowledge (Target ENB -> PUCCH:
15min to 60min and recovery Source ENB) dFpucchF1 - 1 N311: Maximum number of
tHalfRrcCon - 3000ms to rlpDetEndNUl - 3(Mint) X2 Bearer Establishment dFpucchF1b - 0 consecutive "in-sync"
6000ms rlpDetMaxNUl - 1000(Mint) (Source ENB <-> Target ENB) dFpucchF2 - 1 indications received from lower
p0NomPucch: -120dBm to - dFpucchF2a - 1 layers.
117dBm CQI DTX detection and Handover Execution : dFpucchF2b - 1
p0NomPusch: -106dBm to - recovery 1. RRC Connection p0NomPucch - -116 nCqiDtx: The parameter
102dBm nCqiDtx - 0 Reconfiguration Request Parameter to Improve MCS: defines the number of
Qrxlevmin: -120dBm to - nCqiRec - 2 (Source ENB ->UE) actModulationSchemeUL - 0 consecutive CQI DTX
114dBm 2. X2AP SN Transfer Status actUlLnkAdp - 5 detections causing radio link
Uplink Ack/Nack DTX (Source ENB -> Target ENB) harqMaxTrDl - 5 failure indication.
Features: Detection 3. DL data flow during HO iniMcsDl - 4
actBbPooling - true ( rlpDetEndNoDl - 3(Mint) preparation (PGW -> UE) iniMcsUl - 5 dlSrbCqiOffset: Provides the
Baseband Pooling Feature ) rlpDetMaxNoDl - 1000(Mint) 4. UL data flow during HO ulsSchedMethod - 0 CQI link adaptation offset
RRC Connections, GBR, rlpDetMaxTimeDl - 0(Mint) preparation (UE -> PGW) Parameter to Improve RF applied to downlink
Scheduled UEs/TTI are 5. RACH Preamble (UE -> Quality: transmissions containing
dynamically distributed UE Detected Radio Link Target ENB) allowPbIndexZero - 0 SRB1 messages.
among cells depending on Failure initiates RRC 6. Random Access Response dlCellPwrRed - 0 The more negative the value,
Connection Re- (Target ENB -> UE) dlPcfichBoost - 0 the more conservative the
live traffic load.
establishment: 7. RRC Connection dlPhichBoost - 0 MCS and PDCCH aggregation
Improved individual cell
Possible Failure Reasons Reconfiguration Complete (UE -pMax - level will be for the downlink
capacity (up to 76% more RRC
resulting in Drop: > Target ENB) qrxlevmin - -130 SRB1 message transmissions.
connections possible in a
8. Transmit transmission of
single cell). When the signaling shown is
not completed, the RRC re- queued downlink data (Target Counters for troubleshoot: a3Offset: low values -
ENB -> UE) AVG UL PRBs handover earlier; high values -
Sleeping Cells Detection : establishment procedure fails
9. DL data flow during HO AVG DL PRBs delay the handover.
Early detection” which will The reasons for unsuccessful
execution (PGW -> UE) PRB_USED_UL_TOTAL
trigger after 30mins of below RRC re-establishment can be
10. UL data flow during HO PRB_USED_PUSCH hysA3Offset:low values - ping-
event : associated to, the transmission
execution (UE -> PGW) PRB_USED_PUCCH pong HO; High values - delay
1.RRC connection setup failure of RRC REESTABLISHMENT
11. S1AP path switch Request PRB_USED_DL_TOTAL the HO a& possible lead to lost
rate >= 1% REJECT message from the
(Target ENB -> MME) PRB_USED_PDSCH connection to the serving cell.
2.ERAB drop rate >=10% eNB .
12. Modify Bearer Request DL_SCH_Kbits_per_PRB_use
“Normal detection” which will Feature not activated
(MME -> PGW) d a3TimeToTrigger: low values -
trigger after 30mins of no Reception of another RRC
13. Modify Bearer Response ( UL_SCH_Kbits_per_PRB_use ping-pong HO; High values -
activity on the cell due to below CONNECTION
PGW -> MME) d delay the HO a& possible lead
procedure : REESTABLISHMENT
14. End Marker ( PGW -> Grant BottleNeck to lost connection to the
1.RRC attempts REQUEST
Target ENB) Average AGG level used for serving cell.
2.Throughput while the procedure is already
15. Downlink data flow after PDCCH
3.Successful RRC / bearer ongoing,
handover (PGW->UE) scheduling(LTE_1084a)(#) tS1RelPrepL : Timer is
setup attempts Unknown Reestab UE-Identity,
16. S1AP path switch Request Average Burst Initial Scheduler started when Source eNB
4.PRBs used for DL or UL Loss of S1 or cell service,
Ack (MME -> Target ENB) Delay sends S1AP:Handover
transmission CAC failure
17. . X2AP UE Context PDCP_PDU_Delay_PerLstTTI required message to MME and
Release (Target ENB -> _V1 (ms) it is stopped when S1AP
Source ENB) RSSI_PUSCH_AVG - Handover Command or S1AP
SINR_PUSCH_AVG Handover preparation failure.
RSSI_PUCCH_AVG -
SINR_PUCCH_AVG

ACCESSIBILITY
Measure of the ability of a Measure of the ability of a user
user to obtain an E-RAB to retain the E-RAB once
from the system. connected, for the desired
duration.Call drops are also
The Initial E-RAB
referred as Radio Link
Establishment process
Failures (RLF).
can be divided into the
following phases:
1.RRC CONNECTION
ESTABLISHMENT
2.S1 SIGNALING
CONNECTION
ESTABLISHMENT
3.INITIAL E-RAB
ESTABLISHMENT OR E-RAB
ADDITION
Accessibility issues
Poor coverage
Alarms
High Load (High Traffic)
H/W issue (Hard Reset on site
/ RRU Replacement, if
required)
High UL interference
PCI conflict
RACH Root Sequence Index
plan need to be reviewed
UE camping in the wrong cell.
Cell Reselection Parameters
need to be tuned
Wrong System constant
setting(SC-556)
VSWR over threshold
Cell availability
Failures Counters for RRC:
pmRrcConnEstabFailLic
pmRrcConnEstabFailHighLoad
pmRrcConnEstabFailOverload
pmRrcConnEstabFailActiveUs
erLicenseExceeded
pmRrcConnEstabFailFailureIn
RadioProcedure
pmRrcConnEstabFailBearerAd
missionRej
pmRrcConnReestFailLicMtRee
st
pmRrcConnEstabFailLackOfR
esources
pmRrcConnEstabFailUnspecifi
ed
Counters for S1 fails:
pmS1SigConnEstabFail
Counters for ERAB Setup
fails:
pmErabEstabFailGbrDlEnb
pmErabEstabFailGbrUlEnb
pmErabEstabFailAddedLic
pmErabEstabFailInitLic
Troubleshooting for CFR:
High load – offload the traffic 3.pmErabRelAbnormalEnbA Improper parameter setting:
Implementation of Hi-Cap
Parameter (if Max RRC Conn
Users is more than
150/sector and
pdcchutil>70% )
If still traffic load is more, Solve the Poor Coverage issue 122 dBm to -124dBm
new site integration and
deployment plan is
submitted
dlMaxRetxTh of SRB1
ULMaxRetxTh of SRB1
pZeroNominalPucch: From - / P0NominalPusch (for uplink pmHoPrepRejInLicMob
120 to -117
INITIAL LTE KPI TROUBLESHOOTING METRICS - ERICSSON
RETAINABILITY MOBILITY INTEGRITY FORMULAS INFO
UE moves from one eNB to User data speed in Mbps / Initial E-RAB Establishment
target eNB while keeping its Throughtput in Bits per Success Rate:
connected state. LTE Services second.
will be uninterrupted. C=B.LOG(1+S/N) RRC Succ Rate =
Preparation – The Source (pmRrcConnEstabSucc/pmRrc
eNodeB sends a request to the GOOD THROUGHPUT ConnEstabAtt-
Target eNodeB, which CONDITION pmRrcConnEstabReAtt)*100
The E-RAB Retainability QCI performs admission control 1.RSSI- (< -105 DBM)
drops per second and Execution – After successful 2.SINR- Value >= 20 S1 Sign Succ Rate =
percentage KPIs represent the preparation, the Source 3.PRB UTILIZATION- (<80%) (pmS1SigConnEstabSucc/pm
number of abnormal active eNodeB sends a handover 4.POWER RESTRICTED S1SigConnEstabAtt)*100
releases initiated by the command to the UE TRANSPORT BLOCK-UL - (<
EnodeB and the MME. 50%) Erab Estab Succ Rate =
Mobility Issues 5.CQI-(>10) (pmErabEstabSuccInit/
Retainability Issues Preparation Phase 6.MIMO RANK 2 TM2(PDF pmErabEstabAttInit)*100
1.OSS Alarm MME pool should be same. RANGE 1) & TM3(PDF
2.UL Interference SpidHoWhiteList is active on RANGE 2) E-RAB Drop =
3.ERAB Abnormal release the target, which has 7.HIGH USAGE OF 64 QAM ((pmErabRelAbnormalEnbAct
causes primaryplmnReserved set to AND 16 QAM SCHEME IN DL +
4.UE Context Abnormal true. 8.Rank indicator (should be 2) pmErabRelAbnormalMmeAct)
release causes Target cell is overloaded (High / (pmErabRelAbnormalEnb +
5.MME Abnormal release capacity) Total Performance - Check all pmErabRelnormalEnb +
6.Mobility causes Target cell Unavailable : The important Accessibly, Mobility pmErabRelMme)) *100
7.CTR and UETR analysis target cell is down / disabled and Retainability KPI
8.Poor coverage* TAC not defined on site, as per HO Preparation Succ Rate =
9.High Load (high traffic)* network design RRC Connected Users - Dl ((pmHoPrepSuccLteIntraF +
10.H/W issue (Re-set first) if License issue/Software issue. Throughput would reduce with pmHoPrepSuccLteInterF) /
required replace RRU* Target cell has a fault (alarm, increase in number of (pmHoPrepAttLteIntraF +
11.VSWR over threshold* disabled cell, etc.) connected users. pmHoPrepAttLteInterF)) *100
Failure Counters: Site Configuration issue.
ENODEB INITIATED E-RAB CQI ,64/16QAM,TM Modes HO Execution Succ Rate =
RELEASE:- 2-Execution Phase Av CQI, % 64QAM samples ((pmHoExeSuccLteIntraF +
pmErabRelNormalEnb ANR PCI Conflict (Collision & and RI indicates DL SINR pmHoExeSuccLteInterF) /
pmErabRelAbnormalEnbAct Confusion) status. Average CQI should be (pmHoExeAttLteIntraF +
MME INITIATED E-RAB Target exceeds cell range high (>10%), % of 64QAM pmHoExeAttLteInterF)) *100
RELEASE:- Target is a sleeping cell sample should be high (>10%),
pmErabRelMme Target has high uplink DL Average UE
pmErabRelMmeAct interference PRB(DL) And PDCCH Throughput(Mbps) =
Poor RF conditions Utilization - High PRB and (pmPdcpVolDlDrb –
1.pmErabRelAbnormalEnbA PDCCH utilization would pmPdcpVolDlDrbLastTTI +
ctCdt – The total number of Parameters for improving impact the DL Throughput pmPdcpVolDlDrbTransUm) /
abnormal ERAB releases by intra LTE HOSR: pmUeThpTimeDl
the eNB per cell due cell down cellindividualoffsetEutran DL Latency And RLC
time (manual intervention) hysteresisA3 Retransmission - High value UL Average UE
Probable Solutions : - Check timeToTriggerA3 of DL latency(>9ms) and RLC Throughput(Mbps) =
Outage report retransmission(> 1%) would pmPdcpVolUlDrb /
2.pmErabRelAbnormalEnbA Parameter tuning for Inter impact DL throughput. pmUeThpTimeUl
ctHo – The total number of LTE HOSR:
abnormal ERAB releases per a5Threshold1RSRP/-107 Power Limited UE And No Throughput Calculation:
cell by the eNB due to a5Threshold2RSRP/-115 Of A2 Events - High
handover execution failure hysteresisA5/10 occurrence of Lets’ assume we have 20 MHz
Probable Solutions:- Check timeToTriggerA5/480 channel bandwidth.
pmRadioTbsPwrRestricted and
PCI Planning,Coverage pmBadCovEvalReport we need to calculate the
issue.Make EDT, Change If MCPC enabled, then the resource elements in a
indicates poor DL coverage.
Azimuth following parameters are subframe for this band i.e.
High UL Interference issue on used: Alarm & Parameter/ Feature 12subcarriers x 7 OFDMA
Target cell a1a2SearchThresholdRsrp/- Check symbols x 100 resource blocks
(PmRadiorecInterferencePwr). 103 x 2 slots= 16800 REs per
Check Connection b/w hysteresisA1A2SearchRsrp/20RSSI - High uplink RSSI would subframe.
Antenna Connector & RRU impact the throughput. Assume we have 64 QAM
Connector. Major reasons / causes behind modulation and no coding, one
Also Repeater is responsible poor IRAT handover success % of 16 QAM samples - Low modulation symbol will carry 6
sometimes for Hi-UL rate are as follows : - usage of 16 QAM modulations bits.
Interference. Might be due to Coverage gap between LTE & scheme in UL would impact 16800 modulation symbols x 6
Power Leakage. 3G/Other Technology. the UL throughput bits / modulation symbol =
100800 bits.
ctUeLost – The total number a1a2SearchThresholdRsrp PUCCH & PUSCH SINR - So, the data rate is 100800 bits
of abnormal ERAB releases by from -110 dBm to -112 dBm Poor UL SINR conditions / 1 ms = 100.8 Mbps.
the eNB per cell due that the b2Threshold2RscpUtra from -would impact UL throughput. With 4×4 MIMO, the peak data
contact with the UE is lost 115 dBm to -105 dBm rate goes up to 100.8 Mbps x 4
Probable Solutions:- a2CriticalThresholdRsrp from -
Power limited UE - High = 403 Mbps.
number of power limited UE Estimate about 25% overhead
by changing tilt / azimuth or indicates poor uplink coverage. e.g. PDCCH, reference signal,
sync signals, PBCH, and some
We get 403 Mbps x 0.75 = 302
Mbps.
appropriate parameter value BLER (bad coverage)
setting Failure Counters: Downlink Interference (Bad
E.g. : - partOfSectorPower, License Counters CQI) THROUGHPUT
ENB Power, P0NominalPucch pmHoPrepRejInLicConnUsers MIMO Parameters TROUBLESHOOTING:
Scheduling algorithm
Coverage). pmHoPrepRejInLicRlcUm Low Demand Check whether the block error
High UL NI Issue(As per earlier pmHoPrepRejInLicMultiErab rate (BLER) is excessively high
pdcchutil>70% )
If still traffic load is more,
new site integration and
deployment plan is
submitted
dlMaxRetxTh of SRB1
ULMaxRetxTh of SRB1
pZeroNominalPucch: From -
120 to -117
pZeroNominalPusch: From -
106 to -102
qRxLevMin : from -120 to -
114
MCPC feature need to enable
for poor coverage
connected users license
Change from 1000 to 2000
The following KPIs need to
be closely monitored, once
the required changes for HI
CAP Settings are
implemented:
RACH Success Rate.
Accessibility and Retainability.
Max and Average RRC
Connected UEs.
High/Over load.
Handover performance.
UL/DL Throughput.
CCE utilization.
HI-CAP Parameters:
ulMaxRetxThreshold - set to
8 (reduces the number of
uplink RLC retransmissions for
signaling radio bearer and data
radio bearer)
tPollRetransmitDl - set to 160
ms (It extends the downlink
time for new poll if no status
report is received for both
signaling radio bearer and data
radio bearer )
tPollRetransmitUl - set to
160ms (It extends the uplink
time for new poll if no status
report is received for both
Signaling Radio Bearer and
Data Radio Bearer. The
changes will reduce SE/TTI
usage for retransmissions, and
allow more SE/TTI to serve
traffic)
deltaPsdRs2Tx - (3dB) to
(0dB) (RS power boost is
reduced for inter-site/cell
interference under low Inter
Site Distance (ISD) RF radio
environment)
numInitialAccessAndIncomi
ngHo - is changed from a
Global 10 to Local 10 or 20 (It
reduces the maximum number
of initial accesses and
incoming handovers that are
allowed during a time window
without triggering the load
control mechanism )
pdcchLaGinrMargin - set to
30 (3dB) (This reduces
PDCCH link adaption
algorithm from 10db to 3 db .
3dB is a reasonable
compromise between saving
CCE resources and ensuring
reception of PDCCH by the
UE)
Probable Solutions:- a2CriticalThresholdRsrp from - Power limited UE - High = 403 Mbps.
Solve the Poor Coverage issue 122 dBm to -124dBm number of power limited UE Estimate about 25% overhead
by changing tilt / azimuth or indicates poor uplink coverage. e.g. PDCCH, reference signal,
sync signals, PBCH, and some
We get 403 Mbps x 0.75 = 302
Mbps.
appropriate parameter value BLER (bad coverage)
setting Failure Counters: Downlink Interference (Bad
E.g. : - partOfSectorPower, License Counters CQI) THROUGHPUT
ENB Power, P0NominalPucch pmHoPrepRejInLicConnUsers MIMO Parameters TROUBLESHOOTING:
/ P0NominalPusch (for uplink pmHoPrepRejInLicMob Scheduling algorithm
Coverage). pmHoPrepRejInLicRlcUm Low Demand Check whether the block error
High UL NI Issue(As per earlier pmHoPrepRejInLicMultiErab CQI reporting frequency rate (BLER) is excessively high
mentioned. Also make sure Other (VSWR, Backhaul on the radio interface. If the
Nominal power Should not set Coverage Evaluation capacity) BLER is higher than 10%, the
very high otherwise it will Counters channel condition is poor and
create interference in pmBestCellEvalReport Counters for troubleshoot will result in low throughput.
neighbour cell). pmBadCovEvalReport pmRrcConnMax Check whether uplink
4.pmErabRelAbnormalEnbLi pmHoOscIntraF pmPrbUtilDl / pmPrbUtilUl interference exists, in a normal
c – The total number of pmHoOscInterF pmBadCovEvalReport case, the UL RSSI on each
abnormal E-RAB Releases pmMeasMissingNeighRel pmRadioRecInterferencePwrP resource block (RB) is about (
initiated by the RBS due to UCCH/pmRadioRecInterferenc – {119 to 120} ) dBm when the
license reject (per cell). IRAT MCPC FEATURE: ePwr cell is unloaded. If the RSSI is
5.pmErabRelAbnormalEnbA featureStateStateMobCtrlAtP pmsinrpucchdistr & 3 dBm to 5 dBm higher than
ctTnFail – The total number of oorCov - provides information pmsinrpuschdistr the normal value (when un-
abnormal ERAB releases per about the licensed feature – pmRlcArqUlack / loaded), uplink interference
cell due to S1 interface down, Mobility Control At Poor pmRlcArqUlNack exists. Locate the interference
"X2 interface down" or Coverage. The feature needs pmSchedActivityCellDl source, and mitigate the
"Transport Resource to be set to 1. /pmSchedActivityUeDl interference (Could be some
Unavailable pmRadioTxRankDistr external interferer or values of
Probable Solutions : - Issue serviceStateStateMobCtrlAtP pmRadioTbsPwrRestricted/pm pZeroNominalPusch in
can be resolved with the help oorCov - Indicates the RadioTbsPwrunRestricted neighbour cells are too high)
of NOC / IM Team by raising licensed feature Mobility pmMacHarqDlAck16qam/64qa Check whether the eNodeB’s
the required tickets. Control At Poor Coverage. The m/Qpsk parameter settings are correct.
6.pmErabRelAbnormalEnbA feature needs to be set to 1. pmMacHarqDlNack16qam/64q If the values are inconsistent,
ctHpr – The total number of am/Qpsk confirm whether the settings
abnormal ERAB releases by mobCtrlAtPoorCovActive - pmMacHarqUlFail16qam/Qpsk are customized for the operator
the eNB per cell due to Specifies if the feature Mobility pmMacHarqUlSucc16qam/Qps or have been changed to
handover preparation Control at Poor Coverage is k incorrect values
Probable Solutions:- enabled or disabled in the cell. Check whether the number of
MME missing issue or MME The parameter needs to be set Parameters for throughput users in the cell is excessively
might be disabled. to TRUE. improvement: large. If an excessively large
Transport issue suspected. number of users have
License issue suspected. a1a2SearchThresholdRsrp - dlMaxRetxThreshold accessed the cell and ENodeB
Site Configuration issue. The Reference Signal (DRB/SRB) - 8/8 – Reduce the are exhausted when a UE
Received Power (RSRP) no. of RLC retransmission for accesses the cell, the user
DL/UL MAXRETXTHDRB: threshold value for events SRB/DRB in DL. throughput will be low.
dl maxRetxthdrb from 8 to 32 A1Search and A2Search. For Check whether relative license
ul maxRetxthdrb from 8 to 32 single-carrier sites, ulMaxRetxThreshold information is incorrect and if
a1a2SearchThresholdRsrp (DRB/SRB) - 8/8 - Reduce the the license has not expired
tinactivity timer value is replaces a2ThresholdRsrpPrim no. of RLC retransmission for Check whether the traffic
changed from 61s to 20s parameter. It needs to be set to SRB/DRB in UL. volume to the eNodeB is
-116 for intraLTE, -112 for insufficient. A common reason
a3offset : Change from 3 to 2 interRAT_10 and -110 tPollRetransmitDl for the insufficient input traffic
dB interRAT_5. (DRB/SRB) – volume is a bottleneck
a2TresholdRsrpPrim : 160msec/1600msec. transmission bandwidth at an
Change from -120 to -110 a2CriticalThresholdRsrp - intermediate node.
dBm. The Reference Signal noOfPucchsrUsers – 590 -
Received Power (RSRP) Max no. of PUCCH users is RBS Parameter Settings
a3Offset = 3 dB, hysteresis = threshold value for event used EUtranCellFDD
A2Critical. The dlChannelBandwidth /
performed once Neighbor Cell a2CriticalThresholdRsrp noOfPucchCqiUsers – 320 - dlChannelBandwidth
RSRP > 4dB of Serving Cell parameter replaces Max no. of PUCCH users is (nrOfSymbolsPdcch) (Control
RSRP a2ThresholdRsrpSec. The used Region Size)
A3 setting, A3 event handover setting for
will be performed when a2CriticalThresholdRsrp is - deltaPsdRs2Tx – 0dB – controls whether OLSM MIMO
neighbor cell is greater than 122 for all sites. Change RS Power boost to is used (2) or not.
a3Offset + hysteresis (RSRP) reduce DL inference and
of the current serving cell. timeToTriggerA2Critical - shrink coverage. this is the % part of RU
The time-to-trigger value for capability independent of
If retransmission limit measurement in event PdcchLaGinrMargin – 3dB – SectorEquipmentFunction::con
increases from 8 to 32, RL A2Critical. This parameter is Reduce PDCCH link adaption fOutputPower settings
failure due to retransmission set to 1280ms for all sites. algorithm from 10db to 3 db.
limit reached: UEs need this to be increased
SRB: 360ms (8) to 1440ms timeToTriggerB2 - The time QciProfilePredefined.schedu or ACK/NACKs are not
(32) to trigger value for the eventB2 lingAlgorithm – Favor user received successfully on
DRB: 400ms (8) to 1600ms measurement. Set to 1280ms with better CQI in order to PUCCH.
(32) for all sites. increase the utilization of less
robust MCS Values. UEs need this to be increased
Retainability issue due to HO from default or lots of errors
failure: UL THROUGHPUT seen on PUSCH
Need to tune pzeronominalpucch (-120dBm
cellindividualoffset to -117dBm)
pzeronominalpusch (-102dBm
to -98dBm)