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Introduction Key feature


Strategy and Pros vs Cons Evaluation Cases

Introduction
Background:
Remark: Multi-carrier strategy also include multi-band situation, such as U900+U2100. With the steady growth of radio services especially the data services, operators need to expand the capacity of the live network and add more carriers are one of the choices. Currently multi-band and multicarrier networking has become a main scenario for lots of operators live networks. According to the analysis of the operators requirements we classify them into two categories and they are Prefer system capacity and Prefer voice quality. Deploying different strategies will meet different operators requirements in different scenarios
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Strategy content

Neighboring Cell Manage

SPG Setting

Algorithm Switch

Camping Policy

Access Policy

Load Balance Policy

Mobility Policy

Status Transition

HSPA+

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Access policy feature DRD - Directed Retry Decision


RAB Setup procedure
Step1: Generates a list of candidate DRD-supportive inter-frequency cells with RAB DRD Conditions

RAN12
Step2: Get the Technical Priority of the DRD Cells by MIMO_64QAMorDCHSDPA and MIMOor64QAM.

Combine UE and cell Technology priority


Take DC service as an example

Priority

DRD: Directed Retry Decision

DRD Cells
Step3: The HSDPA Steering Cell will be selected.

DRD feature For access procedure

Capability Matching between Cells and UE Cell selection based on Service Steering Cell selection based on Load
Step4: The DC Group will be decided by comparing the DL Load between the DC Groups. And the Anchor Carrier will be selected based on the UL Load of the 2 carriers belonging to the DC Group.

If Technology Priority and Cell priority are same

In RAN11.0 and earlier versions, DRD is implemented based on blind handover (that is, the cell signal quality
meets certain threshold, but not to measure the target cell).

In RAN12.0, the original DRD algorithm implementation is kept, and measurement-based DRD algorithm is added (that is, to measure signals of the target cell). => Improve the performance and successful of DRD access procedure, increase the delay Measurement-based DRD or DRD of blind handover is based on parameters configuration and currently measurement-based DRD is closed by default.
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Load balance policy feature LDR


When the usage of cell resource exceeds the basic congestion triggering threshold, the cell enters the basic congestion state. In this case, Load Reshuffling (LDR) is required to reduce the cell load and increase the access success rate.
The RNC adopts the following behaviors until the congestion be removed: Inter-frequency load handover BE rate reduction Inter-RAT Handover in CS Domain Inter-Frequency Load Handover BE Rate Reduction CS/PS inter-RAT handover Resource QoS Renegotiation for Uncontrollable Real-Time Services code reshuffling Channel UL/DL AMR rate reduction

LDR in connected mode


LDR Actions QoS Renegotiation for Uncontrollable Real-Time Services Inter-RAT Handover in PS Domain AMR Rate Reduction Code Reshuffling

UL LDR actions intended for different resources Remarks If the downlink powerbased admission uses the ENU algorithm, the basic congestion can also be caused by the ENU. In this situation, LDR actions do not involve AMR rate reduction or MBMS power reduction, as indicated by the symbol * in the table. UL Credit DL Code Iub DL DL UL Power DL

DCH HSUPA DCH HSDPA DC-HSDPA DCH HSUPA DCH HSDPA DCH HSDPA DCH HSUPA DCH HSDPA

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UE Restriction( Refer to 3GPP 25.133)

More frequency => Many frequency was introduced in the network => but there UE restrictions according to 3GPP

UE can only measure 2 inter-frequency only for both


idle mode and connected mode in 3G UE can only measure 3 inter-frequency 3G frequency in GSM

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Strategy - Preferred Camping


SHO HHO DRD (f1 => f2) and LDR (F1 <=> F2) F2
HSPA+R99 HSPA+R99

Blind HO Camping

Coverage HO
F1
R99+HSPA

Load Balancing
R99+HSPA R99+HSPA R99+HSPA

1.Idle Users camp on F1 carrier 2.Through setting SPG, R99 directly establish on F1 3.Through setting SPG, H services establish on F2 preferentially 4.Allow intra-frequency handover based on coverage for all carriers 5.Configure blind handover neighboring cell between F1<-->F2 6.Allow bi-directional inter-freq HHO based on LDR between F1 and F2 7.Configure one way handover based on coverage from F2 to F1 but F1 to F2 are not allowed

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Strategy - Random Camping


SHO Every users can access to every carriers randomly depending on signal quality F2
R99+HSPA R99+HSPA

HHO Blind HO Camping

F1
R99+HSPA

R99+HSPA

R99+HSPA

R99+HSPA

1.Idle User randomly camp on F1 or F2 carrier 2.R99 directly establish on each carrier that the user camp on 3.HSPA services DRD based on HSPA user number balanced 4.Allow intra-frequency handover based on coverage for all carriers 5.Configure blind handover neighboring cell between F1<-->F2 6.Allow bi-directional inter-freq HHO based on LDR between F1 and F2 7.Configure one way handover based on coverage from F2 to F1 but F1 to F2 are not allowed

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Strategy - Pros vs Cons


Pros
High system capacity, high carrier efficiency Less DRD for HSPA, the HSPA RAB setup
success ratio will be guaranteed as much as possible

Cons Random Camping


AMR and HSPA services are on the same
carriers, the AMR KPI may be deteriorated

As all carriers are used for HSPA, HSPA


experience may be better

AMR and HSPA are separate on different


carriers, the AMR experience will be guaranteed as much as possible

Preferred Camping

Resources on different carriers may not be


used equally

Due to HSPA carriers high load as well as


the DRD, the HSPA setup success ratio may be deteriorated

The AMR carrier load will be relatively low


and the drive test for high signal quality and coverage will be guaranteed as much as possible
Conclusion

AMR are basic service for WCDMA. Some operators pay special attention on AMR in order to satisfy these requirement (Prefer voice quality), HW suggests to use Preferred Camping Strategy. As the rapid growing of data service, system capacity become much more important than ever before, in order to help operator to improve HSPA experience (Prefer system capacity) , HW suggests to use Random Camping Strategy
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HSDPA Strategy Evaluation How to use tool


Network audit tool Omstar Start UMTS_NetworkAudit Choose items as below to analyze network strategy and corresponding KPIs Refer to the following document to see how to use UMTS_NetworkAudit :

- UMTS Network Evaluation Tool User Guide-

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Evaluation OMSTAR Result to analysis


According to the NodeB number, provide Top10 Strategy and as well as its pros and cons Provide each NodeBs strategy

Provide KPI for each carrier

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Case 1 Strategy analysis using tool example(1)

Conclusion: 94.2% NodeB deploy Random Camping Strategy

5.8% NodeB deploy Preferred Camping Strategy


Why are there so many different strategy?
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Are they right?

Case 1 Strategy analysis using tool example(2)

Remark: all the above KPIs are calculated by each cell Conclusion: F1/F2/F3/F4s traffic are almost equal and this is reasonable for

Random Camping Strategy


F5s deployed in suburb and its traffic is lower than other carrier Why are there so many different strategy? Are they right?
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Case 2 Strategy Adjust Example


1. In order to improve coverage and signal quality (voice quality) , operator x adjust its network strategy from random camping to preferred camping 2. As expected its drive signal quality improves 1.7% (EcNo>-12dB), AMR call drop rate reduces 0.05% but PS RAB setup success ratio deteriorates 0.46% and PS DL throughput reduces 7%

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Case 3 Strategy Configuration Example


Requirement: Prefer System Capacity Recommend Strategy: Random Camping

F4 : Non homogeneous carrier


HSPA+R99

SHO
HHO Blind HO

F4
Dual carrier Group

F3

HSPA+R99

HSPA+R99

F2

HSPA+R99

HSPA+R99

HSPA+R99

F1

HSPA+R99

HSPA+R99
Mobility Policy

HSPA+R99

Camping Policy Camp on F1 and F2 randomly Access and Load Balance Policy All carriers support HSPA and R99 Non H service are directly established in the cell where the UE camp on H service are established on F1/F2/F3/F4 through load balance LDR policy set as default HSPA+

Use F3 and F4 as DC dual carriers

Allow intra-frequency handover based on coverage for all carriers(ADD UINTRAFREQNCELL) Configure one way handover based on coverage from F4 to F3/F2 and from F3 to F2 (ADD UINTERFREQNCELL) Configure blind handover neighboring cell between F1<-->F2; F1,F2-->F3; F1, F2-->F4 (ADD UINTERFREQNCELL : BlindHOFlag=TRUE) Configure GSM as neighboring cell for all cells, only configure F1 and F2 as neighboring cell for GSM.

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Case 4 U900 and 5 Carriers Strategy(1)


Requirement: 1. U900 absorb weak coverage traffic 2. Prefer system capacity
DL3038
U900 U900 U900

DL10737

U2100 F1

U2100 F1

U2100 F1

DL10713

U2100 F2

U2100 F2

U2100 F2

DL10688

U2100 F3

Network Coverage: 1. F1/F2/G900 full coverage 2. U900,F3,F4 hotspot coverage

DL10663

U2100 F4

G900

G900

G900

G1800

G1800

G1800

Suggestion: Random Camping Strategy and dedicated U900 strategy

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Case 4 U900 and 5 Carriers Strategy(2)


Key Switches for idle / connection mode cell reselection, RAB DRD, Inter-frequency handover, Load reshuffling:

Parameter
SIB11Ind
UE in idle mode

Value
True/False

MML Command
ADD UINTERFREQNCELL

Parameter Description
"FALSE" indicates that neighboring information are not included in the SIB11. "TRUE" indicates that neighboring information are included in the SIB11. "FALSE" indicates that neighboring information are not included in the SIB12. "TRUE" indicates that neighboring information are included in the SIB12 "0" indicates that the coverage-based inter-frequency handover is not supported. (based on load) Eg. for Blind HO "1" indicates that the cell is assigned with the highest priority for the handover. "3" indicates that the cell is assigned with the lowest priority for the handover. FALSE indicates that the cell is not considered as a candidate cell for blind handover.(HO based measurement) TRUE indicates that the cell can be considered as a candidate cell for blind handover "TRUE" indicates that the cell can be considered as the measurement object in the DRD measurement algorithm or LDR measurement algorithm. The value "FALSE" indicates that the cell is invalid. DRD switch for single RAB DRD switch for combine RAB

SIB12Ind
UE in Con mode

True/False

ADD UINTERFREQNCELL

HOCovPrio
Type of Inter-freq HO

0/1/2/3

ADD UINTERFREQNCELL

BlindHoFlag

True/False

ADD UINTERFREQNCELL

DrdOrLdrFlag DR_RAB_SING_D RD_SWITCH DR_RAB_COMB_D RD_SWITCH

True/False ON/OFF ON/OFF

ADD UINTERFREQNCELL SET UCORRMALGOSWITCH SET UCORRMALGOSWITCH

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Case 4 U900 and 5 Carriers Strategy(3)


UEs will camp on U2100 F1/F2, G900 and G1800 in idle mode (i.e. Access Layers).
U900 set as limited access layer UEs can reselect to U900 when coverage of U2100 F1/F2 is poor. Idle UEs on U900 will reselect to F1/F2 when within U2100 coverage area.

U900 layer will be considered as the coverage layer for both CS and PS only one way for UE to go to
this layer (from all U2100 layers) during Connected Mode is due to coverage (i.e. Inter-Frequency HO). Coverage-based Inter-RAT from U2100 layers to G900 is for CS services only.

Calls end on U2100 F3/4 will be forced to re-select to U2100 F1/F2, U900 or G900 immediately.
F3 and F4 will be the Non-Access and HS-preferred layers UEs will only perform HSPA RAB DRD from F1 to co-sector F2/3/4 cells and from F2 to co-sector F1/3/4 cells.

Combined 3G services will access at the current 3G cell, where the first service is being served.

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LDR happens 1) 2) between all U2100 layers (bi-directional blind Inter-Frequency HO) from 3G to G900 and co-sector G1800 for CS services only (Inter-RAT - only as 4th action for DL LDR). Measurement-Based LDR algorithm will be enabled from U900 to U2100 F1/2 (feature can only support 2 target frequencies according to 3GPP).

G900 / G1800 Layer :


Re-selections to the G1800 layer is only possible via the G900 layer. Uni-directional traffic handovers are possible from G900 to G1800. UEs on G1800 can move to G900 in connected mode due to coverage.

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Case 4 U900 and 5 Carriers Strategy(4)


IDLE MODE
U900
U900

CONNECTED MODE
U900
U900

Access Layer

U2100 F1

U2100 F1

U2100 F1

U2100 F1

U2100 F1

Access Layer

U2100 F2

U2100 F2

U2100 F2

U2100 F2

U2100 F1

CS LDR (to G900) Capacity/Non Access Layer

U2100 F3

U2100 F3

Load balance layer


Capacity/Non Access Layer

U2100 F4

U2100 F4
CS Inter-RAT and LDR (to G900)

G900
Traffic -based (uni-directional)

G900
Coverage-based (uni-directional)

Access Layer

G1800

G1800
Blind IFHO LDR (co-sector, bi and uni-directional)

Reselection (bi-directional) Reselection (uni-directional)

For LDR ,2 possibilities : -Blind HO or -Measurement based HO

Coverage-based CS & PS IFHO/ CS ISHO (uni-directional) HSPA RAB DRD (co-sector, bi and uni-directional) Measurement based LDR

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Case 4 U900 and 5 Carriers Strategy(5)


Parameter U2100 F1 U2100 F2 U2100 F3 U2100 F4 U900

Cell Reselection Qqualmin Qrxlevmin Qhyst2 IdleSintrasearch IdleSintersearch -18 dB -58(-115dBm) 1 (2dB) 5(10dB) 4(8dB) -18 dB -58(-115dBm) 1 (2dB) 5(10dB) 4(8dB) -18 dB -58(-115dBm) 1 (2dB) 5(10dB) 127 (Off) -18 dB -58(-115dBm) 1 (2dB) 5(10dB) 127 (Off) -18 dB -58(-115dBm) 1 (2dB) 5(10dB) 127 (Off)

Inter-freq Neighbors
To U900/F2 - True To co-sector F3/4 False 0 dB > U2100 F2 3 dB -> U900 To U900/F1 - True To co-sector F3/4 False 0 dB > U2100 F1 3 dB -> U900 To U900/F1 - True To U900/F2 - True To F2 and co-sector F4 - To F1 and co-sector F3 False False -50 dB -> U2100 F1 3 dB > U900 -50 dB -> U2100 F2 3 dB > U900 To F1/F2 - True

SIB11 Ind
(Idle mode)

IdleQoffset2 - inter (for ncells with SIB11 True)

-3 dB -> U2100 F1/2

Blind handover flag (for Only True for co-sector Only True for co-sector Only True for co-sector Only True for co-sector LDR and DRD) U2100 cells U2100 cells U2100 cells U2100 cells HOCOVPRIO U900 - 2 co-sector F2/3/4 - 0 U900 - 2 co-sector F1/3/4 - 0 U900 and other F1 - 2 U900 and other F2 - 2 co-sector F1/2/4 - 0 co-sector F1/2/3 0

None F1/F2 - 2

Exemple : 3G cell with EcNo = -9 et RSCP = -106dB Squal = CPICH_EC/No qQualMin Squal = -9 (-18) = 9 > Sintrasearch = 5

If Squal > Sintrasearch, the UE need not start the intra-frequencymeasurement. If Squal Sintrasearch, the UE need to start the intra-frequency measurement.

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Case 4 U900 and 5 Carriers Strategy(6)


Parameter U2100 F1 U2100 F2 U2100 F3 U2100 F4 U900

Inter-freq Handover (only for your reference, pls. refer to the default value according each version) CS 2D CS 2F H 2D H 2F -16dB/-110dBm -14dB/-108dBm -16dB/-110dBm -14dB/-107dBm -16dB/-110dBm -14dB/-108dBm -16dB/-110dBm -14dB/-107dBm -16dB/-110dBm -14dB/-108dBm -16dB/-110dBm -14dB/-107dBm -16dB/-110dBm -14dB/-108dBm -16dB/-110dBm -14dB/-107dBm -16dB/-110dBm -14dB/-108dBm -16dB/-110dBm -14dB/-107dBm

Inter-RAT Handover (only for your reference, pls. refer to the default value according each version) CS 2D CS 2F -16dB/-110dBm -14dB/-108dBm -16dB/-110dBm -14dB/-108dBm -16dB/-110dBm -14dB/-108dBm -16dB/-110dBm -14dB/-108dBm -16dB/-110dBm -14dB/-108dBm

H 2D
H 2F

-24dB/-115dBm
-21dB/-112dBm

-24dB/-115dBm
-21dB/-112dBm

-24dB/-115dBm
-21dB/-112dBm

-24dB/-115dBm
-21dB/-112dBm

-24dB/-115dBm
-21dB/-112dBm INTERFREQ

Inter-Frequency and InterSIMINTERFREQRAT SIMINTERFREQRAT SIMINTERFREQRAT SIMINTERFREQRAT RAT Coexist Switch

COEXIST_MEAS_TH COEXIST_MEAS_TH COEXIST_MEAS_TH COEXIST_MEAS_TH COEXIST_MEAS_T CoexistMeasThdChoice D_CHOICE_INTERF D_CHOICE_INTERF D_CHOICE_INTERF D_CHOICE_INTERF HD_CHOICE_INTE REQ REQ REQ REQ RFREQ

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Case 4 U900 and 5 Carriers Strategy(7)


Parameter U2100 F1 U2100 F2 DRD Service Steering LdbDRDSwitchDCH
LdbDRDSwitchHSDPA

U2100 F3

U2100 F4

U900

OFF OFF ON

OFF OFF ON

OFF OFF OFF

OFF OFF OFF

OFF OFF OFF

LdbDRDchoice

UserNumber

UserNumber

UserNumber

UserNumber

UserNumber

H user balance Related LdbDRDLoadRemain ThdHSDPA MaxHsdpaUserNum LdbDRDOffsetHSDPA 100(default) 64(default) 100(default) 64(default) 100(default) 64(default) 100(default) 64(default) 100(default) 64(default)

1 -> Target blind HO cell will be considered as a DRD candidate when HS-DSCH load of source cell is greater than the load of the target cell by 1% or more.

Measurement based LDR for U900 cell: TargetFreqThdRscp: -92 dBm, TargetFreqThdEcN0: -12 dB

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Appendix
Multi-frequency relevant features
Feature Number WRFD-020110 WRFD-020160 WRFD-02040001 WRFD-02040002 WRFD-02040003 WRFD-02040004 WRFD-020302 WRFD-020103 WRFD-021200 WRFD-020105 WRFD-020402 WRFD-020160 Feature Number WRFD-02040001 WRFD-02040002 WRFD-02040003 WRFD-02040004 WRFD-020302 WRFD-020103 WRFD-021200 WRFD-020105 WRFD-02040001 WRFD-02040002 WRFD-02040003 WRFD-020402 Feature Number WRFD-020303 WRFD-020306 WRFD-020305 WRFD-020401 Feature Name Multi Frequency Band Networking Enhanced Multiband Management Intra System Direct Retry Inter System Direct Retry Inter System Redirect Traffic Steering and Load Sharing During RAB Setup Inter Frequency Hard Handover Based on Coverage Inter Frequency Load Balance HCS (Hierarchical Cell Structure) Potential User Control Measurement Based Direct Retry Enhanced Multiband Management Feature Name Intra System Direct Retry Inter System Direct Retry Inter System Redirect Traffic Steering and Load Sharing During RAB Setup Inter Frequency Hard Handover Based on Coverage Inter Frequency Load Balance HCS (Hierarchical Cell Structure) Potential User Control Intra System Direct Retry Inter System Direct Retry Inter System Redirect Measurement Based Direct Retry Feature Name Inter-RAT Handover Based on Coverage Inter-RAT Handover Based on Load Inter-RAT Handover Based on Service Inter-RAT Redirection Based on Distance

Multi-carrier relevant features

2G/3G inter-operation

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