Kuwait Zain 3G MS Project

HSUPA Data Rates

December 05 , 2011

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HSUPA Evolution Roadmap HSPA+
Phase 2

This feature is the enhancement of the

Zain UMTS Network HSUPA HSUPA Phase 2. The main
Phase 2
is almost here! enhancement includes:
1- HSUPA EFD
2- UL 16QAM
This feature is the enhancement of the
3- UL L2 Improvement
HSUPA Phase 1. The main
enhancement includes:
HSUPA
Phase 1
1- Peak rate: 5.76 Mbit/s per user (5.74
Mbit/s (MAC) per user) 11.5 Mbps
2- 2 ms / 10 ms TTI RAN12.0
This feature is the enhancement of the 3- Max users per cell : 60
UL R99. The main enhancement 4- UL compress mode (10 ms and 2
includes: ms)
1- HSUPA UE Category 1 to 7 5- Enhanced fast UL scheduling
2- HSUPA HARQ and Fast UL 6- SRB over HSUPA.
Scheduling in Node B 7- E-AGCH Power Control (Based on
3- HSUPA DCCC CQI or HS-SCCH)
5.74 Mbps
4- Interactive and Background Traffic
Class on HSUPA RAN10.0
5- HSUPA 1.44Mbps per User
6- 20 HSUPA Users per Cell 1.44 Mbps

RAN6.1

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HSUPA Theoretical Background

HSUPA TTI definition

The TTI for a service over HSUPA can be 2 ms or 10 ms. When the TTI is 2 ms, higher
throughput can be achieved. When the TTI is 10 ms, wider coverage can be achieved. The
HSUPA TTI selection feature can dynamically change the TTI from 2 ms to 10 ms on the edge for
wider coverage or from 10 ms to 2 ms for higher throughput. In this way, call drops are reduced
and the quality of service (QoS) is ensured.

peak data rate (E-DCH Category 6)

2( SF 4)
For a 10ms TTI UE: PeakDataRate 3.84Mcps 1.92Mbit / s 2Mbit / s
4
2( SF 4) 2( SF 2)
For a 2ms TTI UE, PeakDataRate 3.84Mcps ( ) 5.76Mbit / s
4 2
Max. Data Rate (Mbit/s)
E-DCH Max. Capability
E-DCH TTI MAC Layer
Category Combination Air Interface
10 ms TTI 2 ms TTI
Category 3 2 x SF4 10 ms only 1.45 1.92
Category 6 2 x SF4 + 2 x SF2 10 ms and 2 ms 2 5.74 5.76

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HSUPA CE Consumption table

SF Number of CE consumed Max. Data Rate (Mbit/s) E-DCH Category

SF32 1 0.064

SF16 2 0.128

SF8 4 0.256

SF4 8 0.384

2 x SF4 16 1.92

2 x SF2 32 3.84 Category 5

2 x SF4 + 2 x SF2 48 5.76 Category 6

2 x SF4 + 2 x SF2 64 11.52 Category 7

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HSUPA Initial BitRate & Rate Adjustment (DCCC)

When setting up a HSUPA RAB, a certain initial bitrate is directly assigned to the user

Based on the requested throughput, RNC will either increase or decrease the assigned
throughput according to a set of adjustment rates (steps)

During tests different initial bitrates/adjustment rates were put to test:

Previous Set Current Set

Initial bitrate
384 1280
(kbps)
Note: rates adjustment reverted back
to previous steps after testing. 128 608
Enabled
384 1280
adjustment rates
1280 2048
(kbps)
2048 5440

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HSUPA Testing Scenarios

Evaluating user experience with different sets of initial bitrates / adjustment

rates
o Higher initial rate & less steps gives better experience, but causes more resource
utilization
o Lower initial rate & more steps gives accepted experience, but causes less resource
utilization

Licensing RNC the following features:

o HSUPA 2ms/10ms TTI
o HSUPA 5.74Mbps per User

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 Practical Cases Analysis

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Comparison Practical Cases
10ms TTI 10ms / 2ms TTI

step3

step2
step2

step1

step1

HSUPA Initial BitRate: 1280 kbps

HSUPA Adjustment Rates (Steps):

1- 608 kbps 2- 1280 kbps 3- 2048 kbps

Available Bandwidth could reach 2048kbps only with 2ms TTI enabled
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Comparison Practical Cases
10ms TTI 10ms / 2ms TTI

UE requesting more throughput, UE having stable throughput

But 2048kbps step is never reached almost at maximum available bandwidth

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Comparison Practical Cases
10ms TTI 10ms / 2ms TTI
step3

step2

step1

When the upload session finishes, allocated bandwidth is reduced to conserve radio resource
If any higher throughput is requested, DCCC will increase bandwidth accordingly

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Practical Cases for HSUPA 5.74Mbps
10ms / 2ms TTI 10ms / 2ms TTI

step4

step3

step2

step1

Available Bandwidth could reach 5440 kbps only with 2ms TTI enabled

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Traces

HSUPA 2ms TTI

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Field investigation

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Field investigation

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