Dynamic Hotspot

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Module Objectives
Explain the motivation for the dynamic hotspot algorithm
Give an overview about its applications
Discuss, by which settings the dynamic hotspot algorithm becomes active
Explain, how the signal quality of adjacent cells and the probability to get a
TCH in them is estimated
Demonstrate, how about a TCH request in the serving cell is decided

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Hotspot

Dynamic Hotspot Idea

Cell A
Cell B
Same frequencies as cell A
Hard blocking:
All TCHs occupied in A
Soft blocking:
High load in A causes high interference
in B Calls are dropped in B
Solution:
Load in A exceeds certain limit
-> TCH request in A rejected, if
signal quality in B too low
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Hotspot

Dynamic Hotspot Applications

Load control for serving cell +
Signal quality control for interfered
adjacent cells
For hopping TRXs
For following procedures

Call set
up

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Inter cell
handover

Intra cell
handover

Convention
al IUO

Only regular <> super reuse

TRX

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Hotspot

Load Dependent TCH Allocation

(Activation)

Thresholds
softBlockingStartReg
softBlockingStartSup

0..255 TCHs
0..255 TCHs

threshold, if TCH from regular TRX requested

threshold, if TCH from super reuse TRX requested

Number of busy TCHs in serving cell threshold

Default setting

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-> feature is active

-> feature is disabled

Dynamic
Hotspot

Load Dependent TCH Allocation

(Adjacent Cell Signal Quality)

Indication of cell as potentially interfered

interferedCell

0..3

0 = not interfered
1 = interfered on regular frequencies
2 = interfered on super reuse frequencies
3 = interfered on both

Estimation of signal quality

TRX
Cell

-> quality = number of bad uplink/downlink samples / number of all samples * 100 %
-> quality = average over all TRXs

TCH from regular TRX requested -> estimation for interferedCell = 1 or 3

TCH from super reuse TRX requested
-> estimation for interferedCell = 2 or 3

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Load Dependent TCH Allocation

(TCH Access Probability)

Probability to get access to TCH function of signal quality

Theoretical models
Test measurements
Define estimated function as table
Signal quality

TCH access probability

Q < GQL (10%)
100 %
GQL (10%) Q < SQL2 (20%)
TCP3 (80 %)
SQL2 (20 %) Q < SQL1 (30%)
TCP2 (72 %)
SQL1 (30%) Q < BQL (90%)
TCP1 (51 %)
BQL (90%) Q
0%
Signal quality thresholds (all 0..100)
GQL = goodQualLimit
SQL2 = sigQualLimit2
SQL1 = sigQualLimit1
BQL = badQualLimit
TCH access probabilities (all 0..100)
TCP3 = tchProbability3
TCP2 = tchProbability2
TCP1 = tchProbability1
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Load Dependent TCH Allocation

(Decision Process)
At least softBlockingStartReg/Sup
TCHs busy in serving cell
Check which adjacent cells
are interfered according
interferedCell
type of TRX requested
Estimate signal quality of
interfered cells
Estimate TCH access
probability in interfered cells
Multiply single probabilities
Total probability < 50 %
Reject TCH request

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Otherwise
TCH request

Example
1st cell with Q = 25 % -> P = 72 %
2nd cell with Q = 35 % -> P = 51
%
Total P = 0.72 * 0.51 = 37 %
Total P < 50 % -> TCH request
rejected

Accept