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Dynamic HR Allocation & Dynamic HR/FR Adaptation

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In high load situations it is important that the allocation of a channel is done efficiently for a new connection so that high utilization of channels is obtained while good speech quality is maintained for the existing connections. Therefore the feature Dynamic Half Rate Allocation may allocate Dual Rate capable MS:s on Half Rate channels (if Half Rate Channels are supported by the system) when resources are scarce. Dynamic Mode Adaptation increases the capacity by changing the mode for ongoing connections from Full Rate to Half Rate for Dual Rate MS:s. Also Half Rate connections are packed and Full Rate Channels are therefore released. The mode rate change may be based on channel quality measurements made both in uplink and downlink. If the speech quality for a Half Rate MS becomes unacceptably low the system may upgrade the MS to Full Rate if certain conditions are met.

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Dynamic HR Allocation
Threshold defined by operator

EFR AMR
Traffic threshold: New calls allocated HR

EFR AMR EFR AMR EFR AMR

Use HR only when and where it is needed Better utilization of AMR HR

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A separate traffic load threshold will be introduced that only applies to terminals that supports the AMR half rate speech codec, while the existing threshold only applies to terminals that only supports the standard half rate speech codec. This makes it possible to differentiate the use of half rate channels depending on the support of the AMR half rate speech codecs in the handset. Since the AMR half rate speech codec provides better speech quality compared to the standard half rate speech codec, the speech quality in the network will be better if AMR half rate capable terminals start using half rate channels first. In order to increase the flexibility so that half rate channels only have to be used where it is needed due to congestion problems, the load thresholds will be configurable per cell. This will improve speech quality since half rate channels does not have to be used in the whole BSC area.

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Dynamic HR Allocation

Allocate FR or HR TCH:s for new connections in accordance with the traffic load in the cell

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If the MS and the cell support AMR HR and the number of idle FR TCH:s divided by the total number of de-blocked FR TCH:s is equal or above DTHAMR FR TCH:s will have precedence over HR TCH:s. If the number of idle FR TCH:s divided by the total number of de-blocked FR TCH:s is less than DTHAMR HR TCH:s will have precedence over FR TCH:s If the MS or the cell do not support AMR HR and the number of idle FR TCH:s divided by the total number of de-blocked FR TCH:s is equal or above DTHNAMR FR TCH:s will have precedence over HR TCH:s. If the number of idle FR TCH:s divided by the total number of de-blocked FR TCH:s is less than DTHNAMR HR TCH:s will have precedence over FR TCH:s At handover, a change of priority order of preferred channel rate is only allowed if the MS is DR capable and if the MSC allows changes between FR and HR also after the first channel allocation request.

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Dynamic FR/HR Adaptation

Thresholds defined by operator Congestion threshold: Existing calls reallocated HR

EFR AMR

EFR AMR EFR AMR EFR AMR

Capacity boost from HR only when needed to avoid congestion

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Dynamic FR/HR Adaptation makes it possible to change between full rate and half rate channels for ongoing calls. The change from full rate to half rate channels is initiated when a cell is approaching congestion. Depending on the penetration of half rate capable terminals, a significant capacity increase can be achieved whenever the traffic situation demands it. Included in the feature are several functions to minimize the speech quality impact that is inherent with the use of half rate channels. The function in itself goes a long way to accomplish this, since half rate is only used when more capacity is needed. It is also the case that the AMR half rate speech codec provides better speech quality than the standard half rate speech codec. Due to this speech codec difference it is possible to initiate conversion of AMR half rate capable terminals first, due to separate threshold for AMR HR/non-AMR HR capable terminals. To ensure adequate flexibility it is possible to optimize all thresholds on cell level.

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Dynamic FR/HR adaptation

HR Packing process & FR/HR Mode Adaptation Thresholds Traffic Level:
DMTHAMR, DMTHNAMR

Thresholds Quality:
DMQGAMR, DMQGNAMR

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The system differentiates between AMR and non AMR MS:s. If the number of idle FR channels divided by the total number of deblocked FR channels is less than the threshold DMTHAMR and if there are AMR MS:s residing on FR channels these MS:s are candidates for a mode rate change. Note, to allow a change to HR the MSC must allow a channel rate change after the first allocation. If the parameter DMQG is OFF the system chooses the AMR MS satisfying the above conditions and with the longest connection time and changes the mode to AMR HR. If the parameter DMQG is ON the system checks if the filtered quality estimates rxqual_dl and rxqual_ul are below the threshold DMQGAMR. The first found MS satisfying the quality criteria will be subjected to mode switching to HR. If the system could not find any AMR MS satisfying the above mentioned criteria for rate switching the system will search for non AMR DR MS:s to switch to HR

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Quality based HR to FR mode change

If the quality of an existing connection falls below the defined thresholds DMQBAMR, DMQBAMR, the MS change to FR.
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The traffic case "Intra-cell handover due to channel rate change" could also be initiated if the mode is changed from HR to FR. This could happen if the quality of an existing connection falls below a defined threshold. A prerequisite for that to happen is that both the parameters DMSUPP and DMQB are ON. The latter implies that the rx_qual_dl and rx_qual_ul will be monitored for existing HR connections. As before the AMR and non AMR MS:s will be treated separately when deciding when to upgrade to FR. If either of the filtered quality estimates rxqual_dl and rxqual_ul is above the threshold set by the parameter DMQBAMR for an AMR MS occupying a AMR HR channel and there is an idle FR channel or an idle channel can be released the MS shall change to a FR channel. It is also a pre-requisite that the MSC allows channel rate change after the first allocation. Note that the higher the filtered rxqual_dl and rxqual_ul values the worse speech quality. The same applies for non AMR DR MS:s.

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Command Description
RLDHC:CELL=3300A,DHA=ON,DTHAMR=35,DTHNAMR=20; This example enables the function Dynamic HR Allocation and changes threshold parameters in the cell 3300A. RLDMC:CELL=3300A,DMQG=ON,DMTHAMR=30,DMTHNAMR=20, DMQGAMR=50,DMQGNAMR=40; This example enables quality estimates, changes traffic level threshold and quality threshold for FR to HR mode adaptation in the cell 3300A RLDMC:CELL=3300A,DMQB=ON,DMQBAMR=60,DMQBNAMR=50; This example enables HR to FR mode adaptation and changes quality thresholds in the cell 3300A

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Parameter Summary (I)

DHA is used to turn the feature Dynamic Half Rate Allocation ON or OFF per cell DMQB is used to switch ON or OFF the quality based channel rate switching from HR to FR per cell DMQG is used to switch ON or OFF the quality based channel rate switching from FR to HR per cell. DMQBAMR is the threshold triggering a switch from a HR channel to a FR if the filtered value of rxqual_dl or rxqual_ul for an AMR MS is exceeding this threshold. The parameter is set per cell. DMQBNAMR is the threshold triggering a switch from a HR channel to a FR if the filtered value of rxqual_dl or rxqual_ul for a non AMR DR capable MS is exceeding this threshold. The parameter is set per cell

DMSUPP is the parameter controlling the activation of DYMA (Dynamic FR/HR Mode Adaptation). It is set per cell.

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Parameter Summary (II)

DMQGAMR is the threshold triggering a switch from a FR channel to a HR channel if the filtered value of rxqual_dl or rxqual_ul for an AMR MS is less than this threshold. DMQGNAMR is the threshold triggering a switch from a FR channel to a HR if the filtered value of rxqual_dl or rxqual_ul for a non AMR DR capable MS is less than this threshold. DMTHAMR is the HR packing threshold parameter for AMR HR capable MS:s. The parameter is set per cell. DMTHNAMR is the HR packing threshold parameter for non AMR but DR capable MS:s. The parameter is set per cell. DTHAMR is the threshold parameter for AMR HR capable MS:s at channel allocation above which an AMR MS will be allocated on a HR channel. The parameter is set per cell and is a percentage value. DTHNAMR is the threshold parameter for non AMR HR but DR capable MS:s at channel allocation above which a DR capable MS will be allocated on a HR channel. The parameter is set per cell and it is a percentage value.
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Parameter values
Parameter name DHA DMQB DMQBAMR DMQBNAMR DMQG DMQGAMR DMQGNAMR DMSUPP DMTHAMR DMTHNAMR DTHAMR DTHNAMR
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Default Rec. value value OFF ON OFF ON 50 50 45 45 OFF ON 35 35 30 30 OFF ON 20 20 10 10 30 30 15 15

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Value range ON/OFF ON/OFF 0 to 100 0 to 100 ON/OFF 0 to 100 0 to 100 ON/OFF 0 to 100 0 to 100 0 to 100 0 to 100

Unit dtqu dtqu dtqu dtqu % % % %

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Examples of different parameter settings (AMR only)

Example 1: DHA=ON, DTHAMR=0. DMSUPP=OFF. Example 2: DHA=ON, DTHAMR=80. DMSUPP=OFF. Example 3: DHA=ON, DTHAMR=10. DMSUPP=ON, DMTHAMR=80, DMQGAMR=20, DMQBAMR=40. Example 4: DHA=ON, DTHAMR=100. DMSUPP=OFF. Example 5: DHA=OFF. DMSUPP=ON, DMTHAMR=100, DMQG=OFF, DMQB=OFF.
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AMR FR calls only.

AMR FR/ HR mixed using DHA only

AMR FR/HR mixed using both DHA & DYMA

AMR HR calls only using DHA.

AMR HR Calls using DYMA . Setup FR

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