Feature Optimization:

Um Interface Speech Frame Repairing

 What is Um Interface Speech Frame Repairing

Description
The Um Interface Speech Frame Repairing feature uses an enhanced decoding
technique on the Um interface and automatically repairs the bit-error speech frames
over the Um interface, thereby minimizing the impact of the bit-error speech frames on
speech performance. In the case of high bit error rate (BER) or low carrier-to-
interference ratio (CIR), if speech frames that cannot be decoded are discarded, the
speech quality is significantly impaired and users in calls undesirably perceive voice
intermittency. With Um Interface Speech Frame, the decoding success rate increases
and the speech quality in the case of high BER or low CIR improves.

Benefits
This feature provides the following benefits:
Increases the mean opinion score (MOS) by 0.1 to 0.2 when the uplink Frame
Erase Ratio (FER) exceeds 1%.
Decreases the voice intermittency and improves user satisfaction with speech
quality.

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 What is Um Interface Speech Frame Repairing

Technical Description
When the BER is high or the CIR is low, speech frames that cannot be decoded may be discarded. If
this occurs, the source decoding module receives no valid information about the discarded frames and has to
use traditional packet compensation technology. That is, the source decoding module reuses or expands the
previously received speech frames as replacements for these frames to compensate for the frame loss and
limits the amplitude of speech wave to mute the speech. The traditional packet compensation technology
protects users against uncomfortable voice or noise, but it cannot restore the lost speech frames.

Um Interface Speech Frame Repairing utilizes the following two kinds of information to reestablish
speech frames that fail to be decoded:
Information about channel decoding (such as the BER and signal-to-noise ratio): Certain reliable bits in
these frames are used.
Signal source coding parameters in speech frames received before and after these frames: These
parameters can be used to estimate the parameters contained in these frames.

After being repaired using Um Interface Speech Frame Repairing, the speech frames that fail to be
decoded will be sent as good-quality frames to the source decoding module for decoding. In this way, noise
caused by frame discarding can be prevented, and certain discarded frames can be resumed, thereby
decreasing the voice intermittency and improving the speech quality.

Um Interface Speech Frame Repairing applies when the uplink BER over the Um interface is high or
the CIR is low. When the uplink FER is higher than 1%, the MOS increases by 0.1 to 0.2.

Um Interface Speech Frame Repairing applies to EFR calls and calls that use narrowband AMR coding
rate 4.75 kbit/s, 7.4 kbit/s, or 12.2 kbit/s.
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Parameter Setting

Trial done on BSC_GOMBELSAC_01 to activate Um Interface Speech Frame Repairing Feature with
below parameter changing :

PARAMETER ID PARAMETER NAME EXISTING VALUE PROPOSED VALUE

UMSFRSWITCH Um Interface Speech Frame Repair Switch NO YES

UMSFRLLRFACTOR Speech Frame Classification Threshold 4 4
UMSFRLLRTHRESH BQ Speech Frame Repair BER Threshold 60 60
UMSFRBERTHRESH GQ Speech Frame Repair BER Threshold 50 50
 Trial Summary
Objective
The Um Interface Speech Frame Repairing feature uses an enhanced decoding technique on the Um
interface and automatically repairs the bit-error speech frames over the Um interface, thereby minimizing
the impact of the bit-error speech frames on speech performance.
Implementation
Trial implement on all EJ BSC at August 26th 2016

Result

CSSR overall maintain, degraded on BSC_BATURADEN_02 due to TRX Downgrade activity to support
2nd U900 activation (VIP Complain)
CDR maintain
HOSR maintain
TBF ESR degraded (lebaran mitigation)
TBF DR degraded
DL HQI Maintained
UL HQI Maintained
TCH Traffic Reduce
Data Volume maintained
CPU Load maintained
EFR , AMR FR 4.75, AMR HR 7.4 Average FER improved, AMR FR 12.2 & AMR FR 7.4 Average FER
degraded
EFR UL VQI & AMR HR VQI Improved

Proposed to roll out

Daily KPI Performance
Measurement
CS Performance Daily BH

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CS Performance Daily BH

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PS Performance Daily BH

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CS Performance Daily BH

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FER & VQI Performance Daily

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FER & VQI Performance Daily

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FER & VQI Performance Daily

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Thank You