WCDMA RAN QOS

Contents
QoS Background
Radio Access Network QoS Overview
Allocation Retention Priority (ARP)
Traffic Handling Priority (THP)
Configurable transport bearer QoS class

Feature Requirement & Configuration

Lesson Learned

No QoS Mechanisms

The problem of un balance load distribution

Heavy Users

Internet
Access
Shared Transmission Capacity
(radio access and/or transport link)

Problem: How to Limit the Traffic

Load from Heavy Users?

Normal Users

Operator alternatives when increasing

Mobile broadband subscriber base

Alternative 1

: Do nothing with resulting

slow data rate per user

Alternative 2

: Increase capacity

Alternative 3

: QoS differentiation between users

QoS Classes on UMTS Bearer

3GPP Standard

QoS Handling
Standardisation View
RANAP/Iu

Traffic Class
Maximum Bit Rate
Transfer Delay
Guaranteed Bit Rate
Traffic Handling Priority
Allocation/retention prio.
...

2. SGSN requests
subscriber data from
HLR (subscribed QoS)

Service Aware
Policy Controller

HLR

Gx+
3. SGSN stores the
users subscriber data

1. Attach request

RBS

Radio
Network

RNC

MGW
4. Attach accept

Gx+
Internet
3G

SGSN

IP
Backbone

GGSN

Packet
Core Network

SASN
Internet
MBB

QoS Handling

Radio Access Network

Works at
Congestion cell

Works at
Connection
Setup

RANAP/Iu

Traffic Class
Maximum Bit Rate
Transfer Delay
Guaranteed Bit Rate
Traffic Handling Priority
Allocation/retention prio.
...

RBS
Radio
Scheduling
Transmission
- Admission
- Scheduling
- Flow Control

RBS

Radio
Network

RNC

SGSN

Mapping the
QoS input from
CN to internal
RNC
parameters

RNC
Admission Configurable
&
QoS
Congestion
Mapping
(ARP/THP/SPI)
Control
Transmission
- Admission
- Scheduling
- Flow Control
HSPA shared
resource
allocation

CN sends QoS parameters to RAN at RAB request

Iub
Handling

RANAP Information Element

RAB Assignment Request

RANAP: 3GPP TS 25.413 V6.8.0

Traffic class

'conversational', 'streaming', 'interactive', 'background'

Maximum bit rate

kbps

Guaranteed bit rate

kbps

Delivery order
Maximum SDU size

y/n
octets

SDU format information

bits

SDU error ratio

[%]

Residual bit error ratio

[%]

Delivery of erroneous SDU

Transfer delay

y/n/ms

Traffic handling priority

Allocation/Retention Priority
Source statistics descriptor
Signaling Indication

'speech/unknown'
y/n

QoS Handling

Where Prioritisation Works?

Accessing the network : Admission Control
Determined by ARP (Allocation/Retention Priority)
Who gets higher priority to access the network
Who gets down switched or pre-empted
Congestion resolving action : Congestion Control
Determined by ARP (Allocation/Retention Priority)
Who gets released when the cell is congested
On-going data transfer :
Determined by THP (Traffic Handling Priority). THP will be mapped to SPI (Scheduling Priority Indicator)
which is the internal parameter in RAN
Who gets more resource when it is limited
MBR (Maximum Bit Rate) will influence the RAN algorithm

Allocation and Retention Priority (ARP)

This enables the operator to realize a per-user differentiation (gold, silver,
bronze) and a per-service differentiation (voice, video, PS call etc)
Used at admission and congestion control algorithm
Applicable to all R99 call type
14 priority levels are available
Operator configurable
Pre-emption is supported
RAN receive ARP attribute from CN at RAB assignment request message
and mapped it into internal priority

Traffic Handling Priority

(THP)
CN priority setting

Experienced bit rate

THP realizes a per-user differentiation in the QoS

differentiation (like gold, silver and bronze subscriptions)

Traffic Handling Priority

(THP)

THP1 is always the one with the highest throughputs, while THP3 experiences
the poorest throughputs.
The priority is also kept in cases where only THP2 and THP3 are present. In
this case THP2 achieves the best performance.
In cases where neither THP1 nor THP2 are not active, all the resources can be
used by THP3.

ARP vs. THP

THP is used to determine which user, active in the
network, shall have the higher priority in a congested
situation
ARP is used to determine which user shall be
downgraded or moved out of the network first to make
room to more prioritised users who want to access the
network

Maximum Bit Rate

(MBR)

Subscription-based user differentiation

RNC limits the downlink bit rate for R99
RBS limits the downlink bit rate for HSPA
RBS limits the uplink bit rate of the UE

RNC

RBS

UE

Enables subscription based user differentiations

Maximum Bit Rate

(MBR)

RAN will be able to read the MBR value from Core Network, and execute the bit rate limitation

Channel Switching algorithm in PS R99 (Up switch to higher rate than MBR prevented)

Flow Control algorithm in HSDPA and Scheduled grant algorithm in EUL

Adjust the PS interactive rate accordiong to the MBR attribute

Service or user differentiation (e.g. gold, silver, bronze) by different maximum bit rate

Bronze
Silver
Gold

Feature Requirement
Flexible QoS and Allocation/Retention Handling
Traffic Handling Priority
HSDPA QoS Scheduler
EUL QoS Scheduler
Max bit rate capability for QoS profiling
HSDPA MBR for QoS profiling
Configurable transport bearer QoS class

Allocation/Retention priority
License and Parameter Activation
RNC
License :
FAJ 121 1093, Flexible QoS and Allocation/Retention Handling
Parameter :
QosMapUL
QosMapDL
FlexArpMap
QoS Table Configuration
ArpQosClassProfile
TrafficClass
TrafficClassPsInt
RBS
License :
FAJ 121 1093, Flexible QoS and Allocation/Retention Handling

Traffic Handling Priority

License and Parameter Activation
RNC
License :
FAJ 121 1094, Traffic Handling Priority
Parameter :
ThpSupportHspa
QoS Table Configuration
RnlQosClassProfile
TrafficClassPsInt
SpiQosClass
RBS
License :
FAJ 121 1094, Traffic Handling Priority
FAJ 121 1115, HSDPA QoS Scheduler
FAJ 121 1111, EUL QoS Scheduler

Configurable transport bearer QoS class License

and Parameter Activation
RNC
License :
FAJ 121 966, Configurable transport bearer QoS class
Parameter :
TnlQosMap
QoS Table Configuration :
TnlIuQosClassProfile
TnlDchQosClassProfile
RBS
License :
FAJ 121 966, Configurable transport bearer QoS Class

Maximum Bit Rate

License and Parameter Activation
RNC
License :
FAJ 121 1091, HSDPA MBR for QoS profiling
Parameter :
HsMbrQoSProfiling
EulMbrQosProfiling (If EUL was activated)
QoS Table Configuration :
No table configuration is required
RBS
License :
FAJ 121 1091, HSDPA MBR for QoS profiling
FAJ 121 425, Max bit rate capability for QoS profilling

Configurable transport bearer QoS class License

and Parameter Activation
RNC
License :
FAJ 121 966, Configurable transport bearer QoS class
Parameter :
TnlQosMap
QoS Table Configuration :
TnlIuQosClassProfile
TnlDchQosClassProfile
RBS
License :
FAJ 121 966, Configurable transport bearer QoS Class

XL Traffic Type
PRIORITY

PRODUCT

THP

ARP

SPI di RAN

-Reserved-

PP PAYU (Prepaid), Postpaid Unlimited, Hotrod Premium

PP PAYU (Postpaid)

HotRod, Begadang, Xmartplan, BlackBerry, Super Ngebut, SP Bebas, HotRod Premium, XL

Unlimited, and Axis BB

Axis Unlimited & Axis PP

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Q&A