05 FO - NP2105 - E01 - 1 LTE Networking Parameter Planning 58P PDF

LTE Networking Parameter
Planning
Overview
Take everything into account before
starting network parameter planning
12 data subcarriers
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DC
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12 RACH
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Contents
Part 1 Basic Cell Parameter Planning

Part 2 Tracing Area Planning
Part 3 PCI Planning
Part 4 PRACH Planning
Part 5 Neighboring Cell Planning
Part 6 Frequency Planning
Part 7 Other Parameter Planning
Basic Cell Parameter: ECGI
ECGI = PLMN + Cell Identity

PLMN = MCC + MNC
Cell Identity = eNodeB ID + Cell ID
Parameter Descriptions
ECGI: global identifier of an E-UTRAN cell.
MCC: country code of a mobile subscriber.
MNC: code of the network that the mobile subscriber uses.
Cell Identity: consists of 28-bit information, where the former 20
bits indicate the eNodeB ID, and the latter 8 bits indicate the cell
ID.

Basic Cell Parameter: ECGI
System Information Block Type 1
Includes
Information indicating that a UE is allowed to connect to the cell;
Information about scheduling other systems. MIB
Information Elements SIB1

plmn-IdentityList
SIB2
trackingAreaCode
SIB3
cellIdentity, csg-Identity, cellBarred
SIB4-5
cellSelectionInfo
frequencyBandIndicator SIB6-8
schedulingInfoList SIB9
tdd-Config SIB10-11
valueTag
SIB12

ECGI Planning
1. MCC: consists of three decimal digits. Range: 0999.

2. MNC: consists of two or three decimal digits. Range: 0999.
3. ENodeB ID: Its value ranges from 0 to 1048575. The eNodeB ID of an
eNodeB is unique in a PLMN. When planning eNodeB IDs, take the
network scale into account. Generally speaking, networks include small-
sized networks, standard-sized networks, large-sized networks, and
shared networks.
4. Cell ID: The Cell ID of a cell is unique in the same eNodeB. Its value
ranges from 0 to 255.

Basic Cell Parameter: ENodeB ID
1. Standard-sized network
eNodeB ID format in a standard-sized network: ABCDEF
The first two digits (namely AB) indicate the city where the eNodeB is
located.
The last digit (namely F) indicates whether it is an indoor or outdoor
eNodeB. If F is set to 0, it indicates an indoor eNodeB. Otherwise, it
indicates an outdoor eNodeB.

Basic Cell Parameter: ENodeB ID
2. Large-sized network
In most cases, the eNodeB ID format is ABCDEF.
The first two digits (namely AB) indicate the city where the eNodeB is located.
Different AB combinations indicate different cities and a maximum of 99
cities can be represented. Each city can accommodate a maximum of 9999
eNodeBs.
Sometimes, the network may cover more than 99 cities. In this case, a AB
combination can be used to indicate two or more cities, and a maximum of
9999 eNodeBs in total can be accommodated. For example, if three cities use
the same AB combination, each city can accommodate an average of 9999/3
= 3333 eNodeBs.
The last digit (namely F) indicates whether it is an indoor or outdoor eNodeB.
If F is set to 0, it indicates an indoor eNodeB. Otherwise, it indicates an
outdoor eNodeB. In some special cases, the value 9 for F indicates a remote
eNodeB.

Basic Cell Parameter: eNodeB ID
3. Shared network
For a shared network, such as the TDD-FDD network of Hi3G, 6-digit
eNodeB IDs (format: ABCDEF) can be used.
The first digit (namely A) indicates the network system. The value 1
indicates a TDD network, and 5 indicates an FDD network.
The second digit (namely B) indicates the city where the eNodeB is
located.
The third digit (namely C) may indicate the administrative region where
the eNodeB is located.
The last digit (namely F) indicates whether it is an indoor or outdoor
eNodeB. If F is set to 0, it indicates an indoor eNodeB. Otherwise, it
indicates an outdoor eNodeB.

Basic Cell Parameter: CP Selection for Physical
Channel
Parameter Description
This parameter indicates the cyclic prefix (CP) of an OFDM symbol.
This parameter is used to determine the total number of OFDM symbols within
one slot. If this parameter is set to normal cyclic prefix, it indicates that seven
OFDM symbols are available within one slot. If this parameter is set to extended
cyclic prefix, it indicates that six OFDM symbols are available within one slot.
Value Range and Step Length

Value Range: enumerated type (normal cyclic prefix, and extended cyclic prefix)
Default Value: normal cyclic prefix
Configuration Principles
CP is dependent on the multipath delay of a radio channel. In case of either large
mutipath delay or a large cell radius, extended cyclic prefix is recommended.
The extended cyclic prefix option can help suppress radio interference caused by
multipath delay. However, due to smaller system capacity, it is recommended that
you set it to the default value.

Basic Cell Parameter: Bandwidth
Downlink (DL) System Bandwidth

This parameter indicates the system bandwidth over the downlink (DL).
This parameter is used to determine the frequency domain location of a
downlink physical channel as well as downlink frequency allocation.

Value Range: enumerated type (6, 15, 25, 50, 75, and 100); Unit: RB
Default Value: 100
This parameter is dependent on the frequency bandwidth acquired by a
mobile operator. The downlink system bandwidth can either be identical to
or different from the Uplink (UL) system bandwidth.
Downlink resource allocation can be affected if this parameter is modified.

Basic Cell Parameter: Bandwidth
UL System Bandwidth
This parameter indicates the system bandwidth over the UL.
This parameter is used to determine the frequency domain location of a UL
physical channel as well as UL frequency allocation.

Value Range: enumerated type (6, 15, 25, 50, 75, and 100); Unit: RB
Default Value: 100
This parameter is dependent on the frequency bandwidth acquired by a
mobile operator. The system uplink bandwidth can either be identical to or
different from the DL system bandwidth.
Uplink resource allocation can be affected if this parameter is modified.

Basic Cell Parameter: Transmit Power
Cell Max Transmit Power

This parameter specifies the maximum available transmit power.

Value Range: floating-point type, 0 to 50; Step: 0.1; Unit: dBm
Default Value: 43
Using the default value is recommended in the following environment:
Object Value Object Value

Inter Site Distance 800 m Frequency Spectrum 2.6 GHz
BS Height 25 m Antenna Gain 18 dBi
Maximum Transmit Power (UE) 24 dBm Body/Path Loss 3 dB
Maximum UL Throughput at Cell 128 kbps Shadow Fading Margin 10 dB
Edge (Dynamic Scheduling)
Maximum Downlink Throughput 800 Penetration Loss 20 dB

Cell Transmit Power

This parameter specifies the used transmit power.

Value Range: floating-point type, 0 to 50; Step: 0.1; Unit: dBm
Default Value: 43
For the environment information about the use of the default value, see page
13 (Cell Ma Transmit Power).
This parameter is dependent on the cell radius and the planned DL
throughput at the cell edge. The greater the cell radius or the planned DL
throughput at the cell edge, the greater the value of this parameter is
required.

Cell-specific Reference Signals Power

This parameter specifies the absolute power value of the cell reference signal for
each resource element.

Value Range: integer type, 60 to 50; Unit: dBm
Default Value: 6
This parameter is dependent on cell coverage. The greater the cell coverage, the
greater the value of this parameter is required. This parameter should be used for
ensuring cell coverage while achieving the highest power.
A reference signal power value should be properly tuned in accordance with the
required power of the DL control channel at the cell edge based on link estimation
calculated by using such radio parameters as cell type , cell radius, and antenna
height.

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Part 3 PCI Planning
Tracing Area Planning: Paging Process
An idle UE can monitor a paging message by means of Discontinuous

Reception (DRX). It detects whether a PDCCH contains a P-RNTI on the
Paging Occasion (PO) of a specified paging frame. From the detection results,
the UE will know whether this PDSCH contains a paging message.
a) If the PDCCH contains the P-RNTI, the UE receives the data from the PDSCH based on
the PDSCH parameters.
b) If the PDCCH does not contain the P-RNTI, the UE changes into the sleep status.
Within a DRX cycle, the UE can receive the PDCCH data when the PO appears,
and then receive the PDSCH data based on the actual requirements.
As specified in the LTE physical layer protocol, the repetition period of a
radio frame No. is 1024. Every radio frame is divided into ten sub-frames. In
this regard, if the UE wants to know the accurate location of the PDCCH to
be monitored, it needs to work out the radio frame No. for this PDCCH, and
then work out the PO for this radio frame No.

Tracing Area Planning : Paging Parameters
DRX Cycle for Paging

Parameter description
This parameter specifies the DRX cycle for paging purposes.

Value Range: enumerated type (32, 64, 128, and 256); Unit: sub-frames
Default Value:128
When the UE is in idle state but the DRX is being used, the UE needs to
monitor a P-RNTI in a PO every DRX cycle.
If this parameter is modified, other UEs being in idle state can be affected.

nB
This parameter is used to derive the paging frame and PO, as defined in
TS36.304.

Value Range: enumerated type (4T, 2T, T, 1/2T, 1/4T, 1/8T, 1/16T, and 1/32T)
Default Value: T
T represents a paging cycle. For example 2T indicates two default paging
cycles.
This parameter indicates the paging attempts made by a radio frame. Its
maximum value is 4T.

DRX cycle length for paging

This parameter is used to determine the BCCH modfication period (BCCH
modification period = N DRX cycle length for paging). The purpose of this
constraint is to ensure that all idle UEs can monitor system broadcast change
messages.

Value Range: enumerated type (2, 4, 8, and 16)
Default Value: 4
If the value of this parameter is set too large, system messages will be updated
less frequently, not in real time.
If the value of this parameter is set too small, system messages will be updated
very frequently and the UE will monitor systemInfoValueTag more frequently.

Tracing Area Planning
Each paging message travels with a Paging Record List. This list contains the records
of all UEs that have been paged related to this message. Each record contains a P-RNTI,
which is a UE identifier for paging purposes. ENodeBs page UEs through either IMSIs
or S-TMSIs.
Not more than 15 digits
3 digits 2 or 3
digits
MCC MNC MSIN
NMSI
IMSI
1. To send data to an idle UE, the network will start paging this UE.
2. To restore itself due to an error (for example, unusable S-TMSI), the network will start IMSI
paging.
A PCH uses QPSK modulation. A paging message is transferred on a PDSCH.
Theoretically, each paging message includes at most 16 UE records, meaning that a
maximum of 16 UEs can be paged simultaneously.

TAC: indicates a tracing area in a PLMN and is used to manage

UE locations and page UEs.
1. A TAC is unique in a PLMN.
2. A cell must belong to a Tracing Area (TA) exclusively. When you plan a TAC,
you must consider the number of cells in this TA.
3. The binding relation between the TAC and a cell is determined by the cell size,
cell type (high-speed cell or low-speed cell), and TA list configuration.

Principles
1. Determine the size of a TA based on UE paging capabilities and the network.
2. Avoid frequent IRAT cell re-selection and LAU/TAU.
3. Take geographical features into account.
a) Do not place the boundary of a TA in a heavy-traffic area (for example, a downtown
area or central business zone). Place the boundary in a low-traffic area (for example,
a suburban area or factory).
b) The TA boundary must not be orthogonal or diagonal to the road. Moreover, keep
the overlapped part between TAs away from an area where UEs move in high speed.
c) Do not place different TA boundaries in the same small area. Otherwise, UEs may
frequently update the TA information or perform handoffs between these TAs.
4. Take the traffic increase tendency into account so as to provide TAs with
proper TA paging capacity, traffic capacity and expandability information.

TA Information in the OMC

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Part 3 PCI Planning
PCI Planning (1)
In an LTE system, there are 504 Physical A UE detects the PSCH to obtain the 5 ms
clock and the cell IDs in a cell ID group.
Cell IDs (PCIs), ranging from 0 to 503.
These IDs are divided into 168 groups,
each of which contains three IDs. UEs
try to identify ID group numbers by The UE detects the SSCH to obtain the RAN
monitoring SSCHs, and identify cell IDs clock, the cell ID group and the BCH antenna
by monitoring PSCHs. configuration.
cell
N ID 3N ID
(1)
N ID
(2)
The UE detects the downlink reference signals

PCIs contained in the primary
to obtain the BCH antenna configuration and
synchronization signal: (0-2)
(1)
N ID check whether pilot frequency shift is in use.
PCIs contained in the secondary
synchronization signal: (2)
N ID (0-167)
The UE reads the BCH to obtain the information
PCIs are usually used to search for cells. about other cells.
For the search flow, see the flow chart
on the right.

PCI Planning (2)
Principles
1) Assume that there are three cells: cell A, cell B and cell C. Cell A and cell B make up a
group of neighboring cells, and cell B and cell C make up another group of neighboring
cells. In this case, cell A and cell C must use different PCIs.
2) When PCIs are assigned to different cells controlled by the same eNodeB, the values of
PCI mod 3 must be different. This principle also apply when PCIs are assigned to a
cell and its nearest neighboring cell.
3) Cells sharing the same PCI should be as far from each other as possible.

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Part 3 PCI Planning
Random Access Parameter
1. Cell High-speed Attribute
2. Ncs Used to Generate PRACH Preamble
3. Logical Root Sequence Start Number Used to Generate PRACH Preamble
4. Number of Non-dedicated Random Access Preambles
5. Size of Random Access Preambles Group
6. Threshold of Selecting Preamble Group
7. Message Power Offset for Group B
8. the Initial RB Number for Random Access Preambles
9. PRACH Configuration Index
10. Initial Power for Preamble of PRACH
11. Power Ramping Step for PRACH
12. Max retransmit number for PRACH
13. TTI Window Size for PRACH Response
14. Max Number of Messages HARQ Transmissions
15. MAC Contention Resolution Timer
16. Dedicated Preamble Life Time

Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) is mainly used in the random access
procedure.
Random access for a UE in an LTE network is used to:
Establish UL synchronization for example during initial access or handoffs.
Assign a unique C-RNTI for the UE during initial network access establishment, for example,
when the status is changed from RRC_IDLE to RRC_CONNECTED.

Two scenarios are involved in the random access procedure:
Scenario I: contention-based access
Scenario II: contention-free access
1 ms
t PUCCH
PUSCH
PRACH
Total
bandwidth
Max. PUCCH Bw

Random access falls into two types:

Synchronized random access
Non-synchronized random access
Random access is performed in two modes:
Contention-based access (The UE selects a random preamble)
Contention-free access (The eNodeB assigns a dedicated preamble to the UE.)
Triggers for initial access and random access
RRC_IDLE (initial access)
Break of a radio link (initial access)
Handoff (random access)
RRC_CONNECTED, the DL data is arriving but the UL is out-of-synchronization.
(random access)
RRC_CONNECTED, the UL data is arriving but the DL is out-of-synchronization, or
the scheduling request is received from the PUCCH (random access)
Contention-based access: applicable to all these five triggers.
Contention-free access: applicable to triggers 3 and 4.
Cell High-speed Attribute

Default Value: Not high speed cell
Value Range: enumerated type (Not high speed cell, high speed cell)
Preamble RadiusThrdLRa RadiusThrdHRa

Format (km) (km)
0 0 14
Cell Radius 1 29 77
2 14 29
3 77 100

TCP TSEQ TGP
CP Sequence Guard Pd
T RTD TMTD
Preamble TCP TMTD MaxCellRadius

Format TGP (km)
Rcell min(TCP TMTD , TGP ) / 6.67 0 103.2768 97.0176 5.2 14.545367
1 685.3824 516.384 16.7 77.418191
2 203.424 197.1648 16.7 27.994603
3 685.3824 716.6784 16.7 100.25223
TMTD
One sub-frame (1 ms)
15360 Ts 15360 Ts 15360 Ts 15360 Ts 15360 Ts 15360 Ts

One slot
2976 Ts
Cell Radius:
015 km;
3168 Ts 24576 T
24576 Tss Format
0
21024 Ts 24576 Ts 15840 Ts
Format
1
3077 km;
6240 Ts 24576 Ts 24576 Ts 6080 Ts
Format
2
1530 km;
21024 Ts 24576 Ts 24576 Ts 21993 Ts
Format 77100 km.
3

Ncs Used to Generate PRACH Preamble
Value Range: integer type, 0 through 15; Default Value: 10
Table: N CS for Preamble Generation (Preamble Formats 0 3)
Low and
High Speed
Ncs Medium Cell Radius Number of Cell Radius Number of
Preamble Ncs Ncs Preamble Ncs
Configuration Speed Ncs (km) Roots(u) (km) Roots(u)
()
(<)
0 0 118.93 1 64 15 1.08 55 2
1 13 0.79 64 1 18 1.51 46 2
2 15 1.08 55 2 22 2.08 38 2
3 18 1.51 46 2 26 2.65 32 2
4 22 2.08 38 2 32 3.51 26 3
5 26 2.65 32 2 38 4.37 22 3
6 32 3.51 26 3 46 5.51 18 4
7 38 4.37 22 3 55 6.80 15 5
8 46 5.51 18 4 68 8.66 12 6
9 59 7.37 14 5 82 10.66 10 7
10 76 9.80 11 6 100 13.23 8 8
11 93 12.23 9 8 128 17.23 6 11
12 119 15.95 7 10 158 21.52 5 13
13 167 22.82 5 13 202 27.81 4 16
14 279 38.84 3 22 237 32.82 3 22
15 419 58.86 2 32 - -

Logical Root Sequence Start Number Used to Generate PRACH
Value Range: integer type, 0 through 837; Default Value: N/A
Table: Root Zadoff-Chu Sequence Order for Preamble Formats 0 3
Logical Root Physical Root Sequence Number
Sequence Number (in Ascending Order of the Corresponding Logical Sequence Number)
023 129, 710, 140, 699, 120, 719, 210, 629, 168, 671, 84, 755, 105, 734, 93, 746, 70, 769, 60, 779
2, 837, 1, 838
2429 56, 783, 112, 727, 148, 691
204263 152, 687, 144, 695, 134, 705, 138, 701, 199, 640, 162, 677, 176, 663, 119
720, 158, 681, 164, 675, 174, 665, 171, 668, 170, 669, 87, 752, 169, 670, 88, 751, 107, 732, 81, 758, 82, 757, 100,
739, 98, 741, 71, 768, 59, 780, 65, 774, 50, 789, 49, 790, 26, 813, 17, 822, 13, 826, 6, 833

328383 225, 614, 224, 615, 221, 618, 220, 619, 127, 712, 147, 692, 124, 715, 193, 646, 205, 634, 206, 633, 116, 723, 160,
679, 186, 653, 167, 672, 79, 760, 85, 754, 77, 762, 92, 747, 58, 781, 62, 777, 69, 770, 54, 785, 36, 803, 32, 807, 25,
814, 18, 821, 11, 828, 4, 835
384455 3, 836, 19, 820, 22, 817, 41, 798, 38, 801, 44, 795, 52, 787, 45, 794, 63, 776, 67, 772, 72, 767, 76, 763, 94, 745, 102,
737, 90, 749, 109, 730, 165, 674, 111, 728, 209, 630, 204, 635, 117, 722, 188, 651, 159, 680, 198, 641, 113, 726,
183, 656, 180, 659, 177, 662, 196, 643, 155, 684, 214, 625, 126, 713, 131, 708, 219, 620, 222, 617, 226, 613

820837 336, 503, 305, 534, 373, 466, 280, 559, 279, 560, 419, 420, 240, 599, 258, 581, 229, 610

PRACH Format Selection

Considering the resources used by the PRACH, and the coverage area and
features of macro cells, select format 0 when configuring the initial network.
PRACH Root Sequence Selection Principles:

1) Ensure that the root sequences between neighboring cells are different.
2) Select the root sequence of a cell based on the radius of the cell.
3) Select a root sequence with a smaller cyclic shift for a high speed scenario.
The Ncs in a high speed scenario should be appropriate to

address the impact on the peak data rate check that a cyclic shift
caused by frequency offset has. The recommended value is given
in the protocol.

Number of Non-dedicated
Random Access Preambles
Default Value: 60
64 preambles Value Range: enumerated type (4,
8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44,
48, 52, 56, 60, and 64)
n preambles dedicated M preambles non-dedicated
p preambles in group A q preambles in group B
Size of Random Access Threshold of Selecting Message Power Offset

Preambles Group A Preamble Group for Group B
Default Value: 56 Default Value: 144 bits Default Value: 0 dB
Value Range: enumerated type Value Range: Value Range: enumerated
(4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, enumerated type (56, type (-infinity, 0, 5, 8, 10,
40, 44, 48, 52, 56, and 60) 144, 208, and 256) bit 12, 15, and 18) dB

PRACH Configuration Index Value
Range: integer type, 0 through 63
Initial RB Number for Random Access
Default Value: 3
Value Range: integer type, 0 through 94
Default Value: N/A
UL sub-frame
Special
Specifical UL
Uplink
subframe
subframe subframe
subframe
nPRB 49
nPRB 48
nPRB 47

nPRB 8
nPRB 7
nPRB=2
...
nPRB 2
nPRB 1
nPRB 0
0 nPRBoffset
RA
N RB
UL
6 SR CCR#0 data: CQI CCR#0 pilot: CQI
PUSCH CCR#1 data: CQI CCR#1 pilot: CQI
DMRS CCR#2 data: ACK/NACK CCR#2 pilot: ACK/NACK
RACH CCR#3 data: ACK/NACK CCR#3 pilot: ACK/NACK

Table: Random Access Configuration for Preamble Format 0 in Case of Frame Structure Type 1
PRACH Configuration Index Preamble Format System Frame Number Sub-Frame Number
0 0 Even 1
1 0 Even 4
2 0 Even 7
3 0 Any 1
4 0 Any 4
5 0 Any 7
6 0 Any 1, 6
7 0 Any 2,7
8 0 Any 3, 8
9 0 Any 1, 4, 7
10 0 Any 2, 5, 8
11 0 Any 3, 6, 9
12 0 Any 0, 2, 4, 6, 8
13 Number
0 of Any Prach Configuration
1, 3, 5, 7,Index
9
Slots Per
14 0
Second Preamble Any Preamble Format 0, 1,12, 3, 4, 5,Preamble
6, 7, 8, 9 Preamble Format
Format 0 Format 2 3
15 0 Even 9
50 0, 1, 2, 15 16, 17, 18, 31 32, 33, 34, 47 48, 49, 50, 63
Number of contention- 100 3, 4, 5 19, 20, 21 35, 36, 37 51, 52, 53
based random access
200 6, 7, 8 22, 23, 24 38, 39, 40 54, 55, 56
times
300 9, 10, 11 25, 26, 27 41, 42, 43 57, 58, 59
Probability of RA colliding
PCI 500 12, 13 28, 29 44, 45 N/A
ZTE Corporation. All rights reserved 1000 14 N/A N/A N/A
Max retransmit number for PRACH
Default Value: 8
P0 + 5deta (P)
Value Range: enumerated type (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10,
20, 50, 100, 200) Ramping power (configurable)
P0 + 3deta (P)
Power Ramping Step for PRACH
Default Value: 2 dB P0 + 2deta (P)
Value Range: enumerated type (0, 2, 4, 6) dB P0 + deta (P)
P0
Initial Power for Preamble of PRACH

Default Value: 110 dBm
Value Range: enumerated type ( 120, 118, T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6

116, 114, 112, 110, 108, 106, 104, 102,
100, 98, 96, 94, 92, and 90) dBm
PRACH = min (PcMAX , PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER + PL)

PcMAX = Plmax + Pinitial + (N-1) step

TTI Window Size for PRACH Response
UE eNodeB
Default Value:10 ms
Value Range: enumerated type ( Msg1: Random Access Preamble

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10) ms
Msg2: Random Access Response

Max Number of Messages HARQ
Transmissions [1..8]
Default Value: 3
Value Range: enumerated type (

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10) ms Msg3: Scheduled Transmission
MAC Contention Resolution Timer

Default Value: 48 sf Msg4: Contention resolution
Value Range: enumerated type (
8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, and 64) sf

Dedicated Preamble Life Time
Default Value:100 ms
Value Range: enumerated type, 010 ms
UE eNode
Msg0: PDCCH order B
0
Dedicated preamble ID, mask index
Msg1: Random Access Preamble

1
Dedicated preamble
Msg2: RA Response
2
sent on the PDSCH
Msg3: Contention requirement

3
Data or padding
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Part 3 PCI Planning
Neighboring Cell Planning

Neighboring cell planning aims to allow services of UEs on cell edges

to be handed over to neighboring cells with best signals so that
voice quality and performance of the entire network can be ensured.
The principles are as follows:
1. Generally, geographically adjacent cells are configured as neighboring cells.
2. Generally, neighboring cell relations are bilateral. They are unilateral at times.
3. The number of neighboring cells should be appropriate. It is not good to have too
many or few neighboring cells. Too many neighboring cells may cause UEs to be
overloaded with measurement and too few neighboring cells may result in
inevitable call drops and handoff failures. At most 16 neighboring cells are
recommended for initial configuration.
4. Neighboring cell planning should be based on drive tests and actual radio
environment. To ensure possible handoffs in suburban and rural areas, any cell
that is geographically adjacent to the cell should be configured as a neighboring
cell, even if the distance between the two cells is long.

Add a neighboring cell

Add a neighboring cell

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Part 3 PCI Planning
ICIC Overview
Fractional Frequency Reuse Soft Frequency Reuse
The power of some sub-frequency-bands is partially reduced

The frequency reuse
instead of being reduced to 0. In this regard, you need to adjust
coefficient may differ on
different sub-frequency the power on some sub-frequency-bands if the SFR is in use..
bands. The coefficient may Cell 1 Cell 2 Cell 3
be 1 or greater than 1.
Power
Power
Power
Frequency Frequency Frequency
Full Frequency Reuse
The unit of both time resource usage

and transmit power restriction is PRB.
The full frequency reuse factor is 1/3.
All cells share all frequency resources.

Frequency Planning
Usually, the entire LTE network adopts the same frequency band,
for example, 20 MHz. To avoid ICIC, you need to assign different
bands to different cells. Ensure that two cells that greatly overlap
use different frequency resources.
Currently, frequency allocation falls into four modes:
Based on Same-Frequency
Based on SFR (Non Exclusive IC)
Based on SFR (Exclusive IC)
Based on Differ-Frequency

Frequency Planning
Intra-frequency Planning Inter-frequency Planning

Frequency Planning
Frequency Band Name: different from the name of any existing frequency band.
E-UTRA Band Indicator: indicator of an E-UTRA band.
Center Frequency (MHz): center frequency.
Band Width (MHz): bandwidth.
Duplex Mode: duplex mode.
Num of RB: varies with the selected bandwidth.
Based on Same-Frequency: intra-frequency networking.
Based on SFR (Non Exclusive IC): network architecture based on SFR (Non Exclusive IC),
meaning mode 3.
Based on SFR (Exclusive IC): network architecture based on SFR (Exclusive IC), meaning mode 4.
Based on Differ-Frequency: inter-frequency network architecture.

Frequency Planning
ICIC Information in OMC

Static ICIC Implementation
Static SFR
As shown in the left figure, the whole frequency band is divided into three equal parts,
and f1, f2 and f3 indicate the outer region of the three sectors respectively.
SFR FFR
Static FFR
As shown in the right figure, the whole frequency band is divided into four parts. It is
similar to the case that the f1 in SFR mode is divided into three equal parts, each of
which serves as the outer region of the three sectors respectively. In this way, cell edge
users(CEUs) are separated from cell center users (CCUs), reducing the serving cell CCU
interference caused by the neighboring cell sidelobe users.

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Part 3 PCI Planning
Ground Parameters for Site Commissioning
Basic NE Information Operator Information NTP Clock DryContact
Subnet Managed NE Longitu Operator NTP Server

Latitude MCC MNC dryNo almNo
ID Element ID Name de Name Address
Platform Transmission Resource Parameters OMC Channel Parameters
Trans
Ethernet Band
Gatewa missi OMC OMC Server
Port Ethernet Port VLAN IP Subnet width OMC Server
y IP on Server IP Gateway IP
Operation Rate (kbps) ID Address Mask Weig Subnet Mask
Address Band Address Address
Mode ht
width
1588 Server IP Parameters SCTP Association Parameters Static Route Parameters
1588 Server Remote Subnet Mask of

1588 Server IP Local Port Remote IP Destination Next-Hop
Gateway IP Port the Destination
Address Number Address IP Address IP Address
Address Number Network

Other Parameters
It is recommended that the system default values be used.

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LTE Networking Parameter

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Part 1 Basic Cell Parameter Planning

ECGI = PLMN + Cell Identity

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Information Elements SIB1

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1. MCC: consists of three decimal digits. Range: 0999.

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Value Range and Step Length

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Downlink (DL) System Bandwidth

Value Range and Step Length

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Value Range and Step Length

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Cell Max Transmit Power

Value Range and Step Length

Object Value Object Value

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Cell Transmit Power

Value Range and Step Length

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Cell-specific Reference Signals Power

Value Range and Step Length

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Part 1 Basic Cell Parameter Planning

An idle UE can monitor a paging message by means of Discontinuous

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DRX Cycle for Paging

Value Range and Step Length

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Value Range and Step Length

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DRX cycle length for paging

Value Range and Step Length

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TAC: indicates a tracing area in a PLMN and is used to manage

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TA Information in the OMC

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Part 1 Basic Cell Parameter Planning

The UE detects the downlink reference signals

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when the status is changed from RRC_IDLE to RRC_CONNECTED.

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Random access falls into two types:

Cell High-speed Attribute

Preamble RadiusThrdLRa RadiusThrdHRa

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Preamble TCP TMTD MaxCellRadius

Rcell min(TCP TMTD , TGP ) / 6.67 0 103.2768 97.0176 5.2 14.545367

1 685.3824 516.384 16.7 77.418191

2 203.424 197.1648 16.7 27.994603

3 685.3824 716.6784 16.7 100.25223