Huawei Network Commissioning Overview

Jeff Fry, Wimax Systems Integration & Test

1. 2. 3. 4. Hardware Overview Network Overview Commissioning Process Huawei M2000 EMS 1. Hardware/Software Configuration 2. MML Configuration 3. Subscriber Tracing 4. Real-time Performance Monitoring 5. Performance History 6. Performance Reports with Spotfire 7. Alarms 8. Optimization 9. Site Retune

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Huawei BTS Overview

MIMO Multi-carrier system. Initial sites will have 1 single carrier per RRU, but capable of supporting 2 carriers (for capacity). Future software upgrades will add 3+ carriers per RRU. The BBU chassis has the following cards installed:
BMPT - The BMPT is the main processing and transmission board. BBI - The BBBI is the baseband processing and radio interface unit. UPEU - The UPEU is the chassis power supply unit. FAN - The fan unit for the chassis.

BBU Connections

RRU Connections
Local Debug

LED Indicators

Primary/ Secondary Fiber to BBU

Coax Antenna Ports

Power

To Antenna

Standard 3-Sector Hardware Configuration

Subrack 0
MPT in Slot 7 BBI in Slot 3 Fan in Slot 16 PEU in Slot 19

Subrack 20
Sector A RRU

Subrack 21
Sector B RRU

Subrack 22
Sector 3 RRU

RRU Hardware Configuration

RRUs are configured in Subracks. Subracks are external (to the BBU) equipment positions. Subrack positions begin at position 20. Our standard 3-sector hardware configuration has RRUs configured at positions 20, 21, and 22.

Sector/Carrier Hardware Configurations

2T2R (2 Transmit/2 Receive) for two port antennas if needed. 4T4R for four port antennas is typical.

Sector/Carrier Hardware Configurations (Continued)

Most sites are deployed with secondary fiber for future capacity. All that is needed is an additional BBI card (slot 2). Secondary fiber can also be helpful if a bad fiber run is encountered.

Expedience Co-existence
On overlay including the Seattle market, it is very important to check Wimax and Expedience noise floor for potential interference. Take Expedience baseline noisefloor prior to maintenance window. After Wimax is transmitting, measure Expedience and Wimax noisefloors for interference. Have had interference caused by bad jumpers.

X 4

Antenna & Diplexer Cut

What are they doing?
Overlay markets. Field tech and tower crew on site. New Wimax RF cabling installed to new diplexers (channel combiners). Existing expedience RF cabling connected to diplexers. New quad port antenna installed. Expedience and Wimax share it. Wimax powered up. Check installation for interference and reflection.

Wimax High-level Network Architecure

Nodes BS - Basestation, radio access point. ASN central control for data plane, mobility, authentication, QoS, accounting, packet inspection, and more. AAA Provisioning, authentication and accouting store, and proxy to external AAAs (Sprint). DHCP IP assignment.

Interfaces R1 air interface R2 logical interface from MS to CSN (authentication, QoS) R3 ASN to CSN R4 inter-ASN (we dont have yet) R5 inter-CSN (pseudo with Sprint) R6 BS to ASN (mobility signaling) R8 BS-to-BS (mobility handovers)

Wimax Network Profile C

Standardized R1, R2, R3, R4, and R6 interfaces. Standardized, open architecture allows theoretical plug-n-play of equipment.
Profile B only R4 and R3 open. (Motorola) Profile A similar to C, but some radio resource control is done by ASN.

Site Commissioning Overview

Data Planning
IP Plan uploaded to Portal. Network Engineering RF Plan uploaded to Clearvision. RF Engineering Site is constructed. BBU and RRUs installed. Field Ops

Site Construction

Offline ATP

Basic validation for hardware installation. Field Ops

Backhaul Established

Network Commissioning

Integrate site into network. BS receives commercial configuration and is managed by the M2000. Provisioned into the ASN. LV Commissioning Validate commercial parameters, network entry, mobility, throughput. Field Ops

Online ATP

Augments, too.
Network Optimization

Scan and HO triggers, neighbors are adjusted for optimal mobility performance. RF Engineering

Commercial Ready

Validate Network Entry and Throughput Performance (Field Ops)

For each of the sectors validate network entry and throughput performance near cell-core. RF Engineering requires data as input to form as well as a screen capture of the speed test.

Validate Coverage and Key Airlink Parameters (Field Ops)

Verify sector RF parameters: frequency, BSID, and sector azimuth. Verify coverage by driving from cell-core to cell-edge. Use WiTT to log data. Provide CSV drive test files to RF engineering.

Validate Intra-Sector Handovers (Field Ops)

Drive a circular route to validate intra-sector handovers. Use WiTT to log data. Provide CSV drive test files to RF engineering.

All data is entered into the ATP form and sent to RF engineering for approval.

RF Planning and Optimization

For a site to be commissioned, the following must be uploaded to Clearvision by RF Engineering:
Frequencies You should know this. BSID Basestation ID. Actually applies to each carrier. Its a globally unique identifer for a carrier. Contains Clearwire network, market, basestation, sector, and carrier identifiers. Preambles Local carrier/cell ID that is also used for PHY frame synchronization, power measurement, and mobility. Neighbors Adjacent carriers/cells to handover to and from. Triggers Scan triggers and handover (HO) triggers to support mobility. Paging Group Carrier/cell grouping to support idle mode of devices. Number of Carriers Plan the number of carriers needs for capacity required.

For cluster optimization, RF engineering adjusts the following for optimal mobility performance:
Handover triggers Minimize ping-ponging and drops. Scan triggers Minimize scanning time as much as possible. Neighbors Keep neighbors lists as small as possible.

Huawei M2000 EMS Installation

Huawei EMS installation: http://<EMS IP>/cau/ (May be different for each market) Download JRE. Run Setup. Configure EMS entry.

Wimax Enhanced Configuration

Configuration -> Wimax Enhanced Configuration. View and export software and hardware configuration.

MML Commands
Maintenance -> MML Command. Huaweis command line interface for the BTS. Some commands are restricted.

Real-time Subscriber Signal and MAC Tracing

Monitor -> Trace Collection Management.

Real-time Performance Monitoring

Monitor -> Performance Monitor.

Performance History
Performance -> Query Result.

Performance History with Spotfire

Metrics retrieved from the M2000 into the Spotfire reporting system. Various reports are available for Huawei, Motorola, and Samsung. Calvin is point of contact.

Alarms
Monitor -> Current Fault Alarms

Adjusting Neighbors, Scan Triggers, and HO Triggers for Optimization

Changes can be made real-time without disabling sectors or rebooting site. Adjustments performed through MML commands:
Scan Trigger LST TRIGGER MOD TRIGGER HO trigger LST TRIGGER MOD TRIGGER Neighbors LST NBR RMV NBR ADD NBR

Site Retune
Site retunes are performed to change frequency, preamble, and permbase. This change does require disabling carriers and will require a MOP of market is commercial. A short MML script is executed that blocks, makes changes, and then unblocks. If error is made, the original configuration can be restored.

Additional Resources
Huawei M2000 RF Configuration Guide (attached) Huawei BTS Troubleshooting Guide (attached) Questions?