(E)GPRS Capacity

Optimization

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Radio problem analysis

CS Busy Hour
CMAX=CDEF => Increase CMAX
0.75*CMAX < peak_gprs_territory => Increase CMAX (or
add/enable TRXs)
Configurati
on check

Peak_gprs_territory > (1-margin) * nbr of tsl in GTRXs (DR or

FR) => enable more TRXs for GPRS
CDEF-ava_44>0 => Reduce CS traffic if PS is high (check Not
used RTSLs!)
GPRS inactivity alarm (ref TN808)
If ho_61 is big => check territory upgrade reasons (PS
triggers => Increase CDEF. CS triggers => Decrease CDEF if PS
traffic is small, otherwise actions 1-4

Check PS
traffic
behavior

Do nothing

TBF/TSL >1.2 , (max(tbf_37c, tbf_38c))

And

No
y % of congestion in
previous BHs

UL / DL multislot allocation blocking hard (max(tbf_15,

tbf_16))
Ye
s

And
DL multislot blocking soft (blck_33)

Check Statistical

Do nothing

validity
No

Yes

(1)

If AMR and/or HR is used add Dual rate TSL

(2)

If Dual rate not possible add TRX (need to check the PCU, A-bis and Gb capacity)

(3)
CS traffic management (change HO parameters, resource management parameters)
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(4)
Increase nbr of dedicated PS timeslots

Radio problem analysis

CMAX=CDEF => Increase CMAX
PS Busy Hour
0.75*CMAX < peak_gprs_territory => Increase CMAX (or
add/enable TRXs)
Configurati
on check

Peak_gprs_territory>=(1-margin) * nbr of tsl in GTRXs (DR or

FR) => enable more TRXs for GPRS
GPRS inactivity alarm (ref TN808)
CDEF<ava_44 => Increase CDEF (check EDAP, PCU capacity
first)

No
Do nothing

If ho_61 is big => check territory upgrade reasons (PS

triggers => Increase CDEF. CS triggers => Decrease CDEF if PS
traffic is small, otherwise actions 1-4

Check PS
traffic
behavior

TBF/TSL >1.2 , (max(tbf_37c, tbf_38c))

And

y % of congestion in

Yes

UL / DL multislot allocation blocking hard (max(tbf_15,

tbf_16))

previous BHs

And
Check
Statistical

Do nothing
N
o

DL multislot blocking soft (blck_33)

validity
Yes

(1)

If AMR and/or HR is used add Dual rate TSL

(2)

If Dual rate not possible add TRX (need to check the PCU, A-bis and Gb capacity)

(3)
CS traffic management (change HO parameters, resource management parameters)
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(4)
Increase nbr of dedicated PS timeslots

Abis-EDAP Performance
Analysis
Is there

Dap_13

severe
congestion in EDAP pool?

Dap_13 : Down Link EDAP Congestion due to small Pool size

Yes

Do nothing

Do we

No

worry about
this link?

P_nbsc_dynamic_abis

(x)75% of congested EDAPs

Or
Payload x MBytes

Yes

Do nothing

No

Check
Statistical
validity

Yes

Increase pool size

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y% of congestion in
previous BHs

PCU/DSP Performance Analysis

Is there severe
congestion in PCU/DSP

Dap_15(DL), Dap_14(UL)
Blck_32

allocation?

Dap_15 : Down link EDAP congesting due to PCU limitation, %

Yes

Blck_32 : Territory Upgrade rejection due to PCU capacity , %

Do nothing

Do we

No

worry about
this link?

(x)75% of congested PCU/DSP

Or
Payload x MBytes

Yes

Do nothing

No

Check
Statistical
validity

y % of congestion in
previous BHs

Yes

PCU Replanning is needed

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Gb Performance Analysis - FR

Tool can read the Gb Link size :

C_NSVC (Configuration data)
Following table can be hard code in the tool
Or allowed the user to change if needed

Is there

Frl_8a ,Against Values from the table

severe
congestion in Gb link?

Frl_8a : Maximum received load % ( DL)

Yes

Check
Do nothing

No

Statistical
validity

Y % of congestion in
previous BHs

Yes

Increase Gb capacity
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Gb bandwidth
[kbps]

Restricting Gb link
utilisation [%]

128

25

256

61

384

68

512

68

640

70

768

75

896

85

1024

90