Telkomsel Network Performance Analysis

May 14th, 2012

Analyze of RLC Unrecoverable Error : Definition

If the maximum number of tranmissions of a RESET PDU is
equal to MaxRST-1,
then RLC unrecoverable error shall be indicated to upper
layers. The concept of RLC unrecoverable error is valid only
for RLC-AM entities.
The UE will initiate a RRC Cell update procedure, when a
RLC unrecoverable error is detected. The cell update cause
will be set to "RLC unrecoverable error".

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Analyze of RLC Unrecoverable Error

OSS counters
-Number of cell
updates attempts are
calculated when RNC
receive cell update
message from the UE
- Number of
successful cell
updates are calculated
when the RNC sends
Cell update confirms
to the RNC
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Analyze of RLC Unrecoverable Error

OSS counters
- There are different reasons for cell updates (paging
response, reselection..).
-Here we are interested in Number of Cell Updates Due to
SRB and TRB RLC Unrecoverable Error for Cell
-VS.AttCellUpdt.ErrSRB and VS.AttCellUpdt.ErrTRB

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Analyze of RLC Unrecoverable Error

Reestablishment process
When RNC receives cell update message due to to RLC
recoverable Error, the process of reestablishment should be
triggered, in order to reestablish the call and not to drop.
In huawei, Call reestablishment is only triggered by UE cell
update due to Radio Link failure or TRB reset (RLC
Unrecoverable Error on Traffic Radio Bearer TRB)

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Analyze of RLC Unrecoverable Error

When SRB reset happens, RNC will send IU Release Request to CN
Reestablishment
process
and the call is dropped.

RNC does not consider the cell updates due to RLC Unrecoverable
Error in SRB, and proceeds with immediate Iu release and RRC
connection release
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Cell update success rate from OSS counters : RLC

Unrecoverable Error

- Around 60% success rate for cell update due to RLC error
recovery when reset occurs in Traffic Radio Bearer
- Considering that these counters take into account
retransmissions (up to N302=3), this value is quite
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RLC Unrecoverable Error

-Workaround : R13 version contains algorithm for

Reestablishment in case of SRB reset
--> Expecting Drop rate improvement in both CS and PS

--> This option can be proposed in order to improve cell

update succ rate and drop rate
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Reestablishment improved version

we recommend also to activate the reestablishment for the UPLINK synchronization failure, and TRB/SRB reset in UL,
as it is not the case currently.
T313 starts only when the RIF or reset occurs in DL.
In Uplink, the UE does not know about the issue occurring in UL, and do not start cell update process. So immediate Iu
release is triggered.
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But
in R13, there is possibility that when getting lost
of Communication
synchro in UL,
the NodeB will start switching off power to the
concerned UE, and then this UE will detect a RIF in DL, and starts looking for another cell.

Actions

& Next Steps

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