Guidance of EV-DO Rev.

A capacity calculation

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1 EV-DO capacity based on HW traffic model 2 Conception & traffic model of data service in EVDO 3 Calculation formula of EVDO capacity 4 Example of capacity calculation and adjustment A How can we get the calculation formula

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EV-DO capacity base on HW traffic model

Subs per Sector = Throughput per Sector / User Speed / EAP
Subs per Sector = Throughput per Sector / User Speed / EAP Throughput per Sector
Throughput per Sector in DORAgenerally equal to 1.5Mbps

Definition

User Speed
Ensure the speed rate of user during downloading

Equivalent active percentage (EAP) = (Subs DRF) x (Packet DRF)

EAP is an important parameter to scale the engrossed network resource by Subscribers Subs DRF The Number of users occupy the total users in BH The recommend value is 15~25%. If accurate value is needed, the value can be get after calculating from existing network. Packet DRF The percentage of average downloading time comparing with the total time for per user The recommend value is 15~25%. If there have subscribers, the value can be get after calculating from existing network.

For detail formula and illustration, refer to third part

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Instance of FA calculation

Instance

Background
For instance: The total subscribers are 2k. And in the BH of 19:00~20:00, there are 500 subscribers online.

The calculation of FA capacity

Suppose the Packet DRF is 20% To ensure the rate up to 300kbps per user, the FA calculation is:
Subs per Sector = Throughput per Sector / User Speed / EAP = Throughput per Sector / User Speed / (Subs DRF x Packet DRF) = 1.5Mbps / 300kbps / (500/2000 x 20%) = 1.5Mbps / 300kbps / (25% x 20%) = 100

Final result is:

Users of FA are 100

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Content

1 EV-DO capacity based on HW traffic model 2 Conception & traffic model of data service in EVDO 3 Calculation formula of EVDO capacity 4 Example of capacity calculation and adjustment A How can we get the calculation formula

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Definition of basic conception

PPP Session
After user open an account in the system, one session will be assigned. One Session delegates one connection. The duration of one session

Packet Call
The data call caused by discontinuous service request in PPP Session

Basic Packet
Several packets are sent in one Packet Call

BHCA (Busy Hour Call Attempt)

BHCA = ( Busy Hour Call attempt ) / (Subscriber Number)

BHE (Busy Hour Erlang)

BHE = ( Busy Hour Holding time ) / (3600 seconds)

CDR (Call Data Rate)

CDR = (Throughput) / (Holding time)

BHT (Busy Hour Throughput)

BHT = BHE x 3600 x CDR

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Traffic model of data service in EVDO

Four hierarchy EV-DO service model

PPP Session PPP Session

PPP Session

PPP Session Time PPP Timer or for ever or

Packet Call

Dormant Packet Call Basic Packet Basic Packet Basic Packet

More Packet Call Packet Packet .... Call Call Basic Packet Basic Packet Basic Packet

Time Basic Packet Basic Packet Basic Packet Time Dormant Timer

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Illustration of DO data service traffic model(1)

One PPP Session means once dial-up access. One PPP Session is constituted by many Packet Calls. Each Packet Call is composed by several Basic Packets. The relationship between PPP Session and Packet Call
The data downloading or uploading are not always happen when user is on-line The users status will switch to Dormant after a cycle (20s by default) of no data flowing. At this time one Packet Call is completed and the resource will be released to other users, but the PPP Session is not over.

When there is data flowing, the new Packet Call starting and the status of the user switch to Active again with new allocated resource.

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Illustration of DO data service traffic model(2)

The relation between Packet Call and Basic Packet
The data exchange is not happen all along the PPP Session Although there is no data transfer during the intermission, it need time to judge whether to switch the status to Dormant. The data will be encapsulated into Basic Packet according to the different data rate in the Packet Call every time. And these packets are actually the data transfer process. For example :Download traffic and frequency are different between web browsing and download big files. When browse webpage the Basic Packet may be multipacket rate of 38.4kbps including characters or pictures. But in the other hand, when downloading a big file, there may be only one big packet in rate of 2457.6kbps is continuing transferred.

The Basic Packet rate is the real rate that users can realize.

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The Model parameters and attributes

Parameters
Subscriber PPP Session Packet Call Packet Call Num Packet Call Erl Basic Packet Basic Packet Num Basic Packet Erl Subscriber Num Subscriber Erl

Num

BHCA
PPP Session Erl PPP Session CDR

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Attributes

Erl CDR

Subscriber CDR BHT

Subscriber DRF

Packet Call CDR BHT

Packet Call DRF

Basic Packet CDR BHT

BHT
EAP

BHT
PPP Session DRF

The latitudinal title refers to the 4 main parameters impacting the EVDO Service The longitudinal title refers to the 5 attribute of the 4 main parameters
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Content

1 EV-DO capacity based on HW traffic model 2 Conception & traffic model of data service in EVDO 3 Calculation formula of EVDO capacity 4 Example of capacity calculation and adjustment A How can we get the calculation formula

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The calculation of FA capacity based on specified data rate

Definition

Subs per Sector = Throughput per Sector / User Speed / EAP

EAP = Subscriber DRF x PPP Session DRF x Packet Call DRF
Subscriber DRF = Online Subs on Busy Hour / Total Subs PPP Session DRF= Packet Call Holding Time /PPP Session Holding Time Packet Call DRF= Basic Packet Holding Time / Packet Call Holding Time We can get the result based on above formula: PPP Session DRF * Packet CALL DRF = Basic Packet Holding Time /PPP Session Holding Time =(Packet Call Throughput / Basic Packet CDR)/PPP Session Holding Time =Packet Call Throughput /(Basic Packet Throughput / Basic Packet Holding Time)/ PPP Session Holding Time = Basic Packet Holding Time/ PPP Session Holding Time = Basic Packet Holding Time/ (Counter Period* PPP Session Number)

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Illustration of parameters in capacity calculation

Illustration of parameters
Throughput per Sector, restricted by the bandwidth of EVDO, the average value is 1500kbps User Speed is the respected ratefor instance300kbps Only DRF can impact the capacity of FA at the fixed throughput per sector and rate of 300kbps DRF (Dormant Reduction Factor)
Subscriber DRF= Online Subs on Busy Hour / Total Subs. Online Subs on Busy Hour can be queried in Max Times of PPP Dormancy on PCF PPP Session DRF * Packet CALL DRF = Basic Packet Holding Time / (Counter Period * PPP Session Number) Counter Period is the traffic cycle; PPP Session Number is the active users in the statistical period Because we can not know the exact time of PPP Session Holding Time, we only can suppose that all the active uses are connectted during the statistical period.

Basic Packet Holding Time = Basic Packet Number * Basic Packet Payload / Raw speed
Basic Packet Number can be get from the Stat. The relationship among Basic Packet Number and Basic Packet Payload and Raw speed showed in the next table HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Relation of Basic Packet Number, Basic Packet Payload, Raw speed

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Theoretic and operational traffic model

Adjustment of traffic model

Definition

With the increasing of the user, If the tariff strategy is not change, the habit of customer will not change too. So, theoretically, the DRF will not change. But actually, with the increasing of the user, the Basic Packet allocation mechanism will change, the fact is that the Call DRF will increase along with the increasing of users. So generally we need to assume a bigger number for the number of Packet Call DRF to match the change of the theoretic capacity with the increasing of users After getting the result of the three DRF, we should correct the value of Packet Call DRF according to the developing trend of recent network to adjust the value of Subscriber DRF and PPP Session DRF.

The theoretic traffic model:

Get the theoretic capacity value based on the existing networks traffic model The capacity, founded on the before formula, is called theoretical traffic model

Traffic model for operation

Used to guide how to operate and launching numbers based on the recent development of subscribers.

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Content

1 EV-DO capacity based on HW traffic model 2 Conception & traffic model of data service in EVDO 3 Calculation formula of EVDO capacity 4 Example of capacity calculation and adjustment How can we get the calculation formula

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Instance of capacity calculation in TN EVDO

Instance

Calculate one weeks billing record in BH, get the number of users and the data of PPP Session Total launching number this month: Total Subs = 200 On-line user in BH this month: Online Subs on Busy Hour = Max Times of PPP Dormancy on PCF = 40 Total number of PPP Session
Total PPP Session Holding Time = Counter Time = 1800*7*2*40 Seconds Note: 1800:the cycle of traffic Stat.; 7: 7 days of 1week; 2:each day 2half an hour;

40: total number of users

Total Basic Packet Action Time= 79243 Seconds

To ensure the rate of 2000kbps, input the above value to the formula:
Subscriber DRF = 40 / 200 = 20%

Basic Packet Action Time/PPP Session Holding Time=79243/1800/7/2/40=7.86%

EAP = Subscriber DRF x PPP Session DRF x Packet Call DRF = 20% * 7.86% = 1.57% Subs per sector = Throughput per Sector / User Speed / EAP = 1500 / 300 / 1.57% = 318

The theoretic value calculated per sector base on the existing network is 318 users
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Instance of one carriers capacity calculation

Instance

The DRF value adjusts to the below according to the user development trend
Subscriber DRF = 20%
1/5 user are on-line through EVDO network during BH The DRF will decreasing with the increasing of users, because of the competition of getting the forward timeslot. One may cannot transfer without timeslot. Generally we need to assume a bigger number for the number of Packet Call DRF to match the change of the theoretic capacity

PPP Session DRF * Packet Call DRF = 20%

The equivalent activated rate in BH is: 20%

The final operate-guide traffic model

EAP = 20% * 20% = 4% Subs per Sector = 1500 / 300 / 4% = 125

Conclusion
The viable EVDO capacity is 125 users/sector

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Instance of EVDO capacity calculation

Instance

Please open the Excel file attached

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Content

1 EV-DO capacity based on HW traffic model 2 Conception & traffic model of data service in EVDO 3 Calculation formula of EVDO capacity 4 Example of capacity calculation and adjustment A How can we get the calculation formula

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How to get the DRF formula

DRF definition
Packet Call DRF = Basic Packet Holding Time / Packet Call Holding Time PPP Session DRF= Packet Call Holding Time / PPP Session Holding Time

Reference

CDR definition
Basic Packet CDR = Basic Packet Throughput / Basic Packet Holding Time Packet Call CDR = Packet Call Throughput / Packet Call Holding Time PPP Session CDR = PPP Session Throughput / PPP Session Holding Time Packet Call Throughput = Basic Packet Throughput = PPP Session Throughput

Formula
Basic Packet CDR = Packet Call Throughput / Basic Packet Holding Time PPP Session CDR = Packet Call Throughput / PPP Session Holding Time

Then
Basic Packet Holding Time = Packet Call Throughput / Basic Packet CDR Packet Call Holding Time = Packet Call Throughput / Packet Call CDR PPP Session Holding Time = Packet Call Throughput / PPP Session CDR

Result
Packet Call DRF = Basic Packet Holding Time / Packet Call Holding Time = Packet Call CDR / Basic Packet CDR PPP Session DRF= Packet Call Holding Time / PPP Session Holding Time = PPP Session CDR / Packet Call CDR HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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