RAN16.0 HSUPA Power Control Enhancement

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RAN16.0 HSUPA Power Control

Enhancement
Wireless Product Service Department
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Contents
Feature Introduction
Feature Benefits
Feature Deployment
Performance Monitoring
Application Cases
Precautions (FAQ)
Reference Documents & Glossary
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Objective
After completing this course, you are supposed to:
Learn about the benefits and application scenarios of HSUPA Power Control
Enhancement.
Learn about the specifications of HSUPA Power Control Enhancement.
Learn about the basic principles of HSUPA Power Control Enhancement.
Be able to configure and verify the HSUPA Power Control Enhancement feature and
to install and commission the products related to the feature.
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Feature Introduction-Background (1/4)

This feature is used for controlling power on the UMTS networks and is available in section 7.2.4 of HSUPA Power Control Enhancement Feature Parameter Description.
Channel Type
Common channel
Power Control Algorithm
Uplink common channel power control
Downlink common channel power control
Open loop power control
DCH
Inner loop power control
Detailed Algorithm
PRACH
P-CPICH
P-SCH
S-SCH
P-CCPCH
S-CCPCH
AICH
PICH
Related Features
Uplink DPCH open loop power control

Downlink DPCH open loop power control
Downlink F-DPCH open loop power control
WRFD-020501 Open Loop Power Control
WRFD-020504 Inner Loop Power Control

WRFD-150230 DPCH Pilot Power Adjustment
Inner Loop Power Control Optimization Based on RTWP Measurement
WRFD-150236 Load Based Dynamic Adjustment of PCPICH
Uplink DPCH inner loop power control in normal mode
Uplink DPCH inner loop power control in compressed mode

Downlink DPCH/F-DPCH inner loop power control in normal mode
Downlink DPCH/F-DPCH inner loop power control
in compressed mode
Downlink power balance
Outer loop power control
BLER-based outer loop power control

BER-based outer loop power control
Downlink outer loop power control
Outer loop power control enhancement
HSDPA channel
HS-DPCCH power control

HS-SCCH power control
HSUPA channel
HS-SCCH power control in the CELL_DCH state

HS-SCCH power control in the enhanced CELL_FACH state
Power control in the enhanced CELL_PCH/URA_PCH state
E-DPCCH power control
E-DPDCH power control
E-DCH outer loop power control
E-AGCH, E-RGCH, and E-HICH power control
Fixed power-based power control

Downlink DPCH/F-DPCH-based power control
HSUPA E-AGCH power control (based on CQI or HS-SCCH)
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WRFD-150235 DPCH Maximum Power Restriction
WRFD-020502 Downlink Power Balance

WRFD-020503 Outer Loop Power Control
Outer Loop Power Control Optimization Based on RTWP Measurement

WRFD-01061004 HSDPA Power Control
WRFD-01061203 HSUPA Power Control
WRFD-020138 HSUPA Coverage Enhancement at UE Power Limitation

WRFD-010712 Adaptive Configuration of Traffic Channel Power Offset for
HSUPA
Outer Loop Power Control
Outer Loop Power Control Optimization Based on RTWP Measurement
Joint Optimization of Inner Loop Power Control Optimization Based on RTWP
Measurement and E-DCH Outer Loop Power Control
WRFD-01061401 HSUPA E-AGCH Power Control (Based on CQI or HS-SCCH)
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HSUPA power control includes DPCCH-based inner loop power control and outer loop power control based on the number of E-DCH HARQ
retransmission times.
NE
Measurement
RNC
Number of retransmission times
NodeB
SIR
Purpose
Adjust the target SIR based on the number of
Adjust the power based on the rule of ensuring that the
SIR can be equal to the target SIR.
Measurement and
comparison for the
number of
retransmission times
NE Interaction
The RNC sends the latest target SIR to the
NodeB.
The NodeB sends the uplink DPCCH power
adjustment command to the UE.
SIR measurement and comparison
Outer loop power control

Set the number of target
Set the initial SIR.
Set the number of initial
Set the target SIR.
Inner loop power control
Adjust the uplink DPCCH power.
Parameters related to outer loop power control and inner loop power control
Number of
Retransmission Times
SIR Target
Uplink DPCCH
Power
E-DPCCH/E-DPDCH RTWP
Throughput
Power
(Interference)
SIR
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HSUPA Power Control Enhancement
In a high load cell, there is a small number of

high-rate HSUPA UEs and some other low-rate
UEs. Once the RTWP reaches an instant peak
value because of high upload (such as higher
than 2 Mbit/s), all the other UEs in this cell have
poor service experience.
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This feature is used for controlling power on the UMTS networks and is available in section 7.2.4 of HSUPA Power Control
Enhancement Feature Parameter Description.
In the HSUPA high-rate data transmission (such as higher than 2 Mbit/s) scenario with multipath effect, the SIR estimations are
far from accurate. As a result, the RTWP abnormally increases, which causes interference to other UEs in the cell. After HSUPA
Power Control Enhancement is enabled, the SIR estimations are optimized to decrease the interference to other UEs. In this way,
the cell throughput increases.
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Decrease the interference of high-rate

HSUPA UEs by performing inner loop power
control optimization. Cell throughput
increases by 5% to 10%.
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In the HSUPA low-rate data transmission (such as lower than 200 kbit/s) scenario, the interference among UEs
causes the RTWP to abnormally increase. After HSUPA Power Control Enhancement is enabled, joint optimization
on inner loop and outer loop power control is performed to decrease the interference among non-QoS-sensitive
UEs. In this way, the cell throughput increases.
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HSUPA Power Control Enhancement
In a high load cell, there is a large number of

UEs, and most are HSUPA UEs. Once there
is an abnormal RTWP increase because of
mutual interference, all UEs in this cell have
poor service experience.
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Decrease the interference of HSUPA UEs by

performing joint optimization for inner loop and
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As a result, cell throughput increases by 2% to
10%, and system stability is improved in this high
load cell.
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Feature Introduction-Technical Principle
This feature is implemented on the NodeB, serving the high-rate non-DTX HSUPA UEs, low-rate non-DTX HSUPA UEs, and DTX HSUPA
UEs. When the RTWP abnormally increases, this feature can be enabled based on the following procedure
Note 1: This feature contains two algorithm Branch for decreasing the RTWP that abnormally increases
Note 2: The user recognition algorithm is introduced in RAN14.0. DTX UEs and non-DTX UEs are determined in
the following way:
Note 3: Whether the RTWP is abnormal can be determined by comparing the actual RTWP with the severe
congestion threshold. If the actual RTWP is greater than or equal to the threshold, the RTWP is abnormal.
Introduced in RAN14.0, the severe congestion threshold is obtained based on the cell load and dynamic target
RoT adjustment result.
Note 4: In RAN14.0, the NodeB reports the UE congestion indication to the RNC. If the RNC receives the
indication, the RNC sets the maximum SIRtarget to min{current SIRtarget, INITSIRTARGET}. At the same
time, the RNC starts a 50 ms timer and keeps the maximum SIRtarget unchanged until the timer expires. If the
RNC does not receive the UE congestion indication, it sets the UE status to "Not Congested" and the
maximum SIRtarget to MAXSIRTARGET.
HSUPA UEs with no data transmission for

more than 200 ms are regarded as DTX
UEs. When data transmission resumes, the
HSUPA UEs are regarded as non-DTX UEs.
Non-DTX UEs over HSUPA channels are
classified into high-rate non-DTX UEs and
low-rate non-DTX UEs: UEs in the initial
service setup phase are regarded as lowrate UEs. If a UE is regarded as a low-rate
UE and the effective throughput of the UE is
greater than or equal to 700 kbit/s, the rate
of the
UE will be increased
so that the UE
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will become a high-rate UE. If a UE is
Feature Introduction-Application Scenarios
Typical scenarios
This feature is used in cells with high-rate HSUPA UEs (for example, greater than 2
Mbit/s) or with a large proportion of HSUPA UEs (for example, greater than 50%), and
the RTWP increases (for example, greater than the RTWP corresponding to the target
load), such as hotspots in cities.
The following figure shows the relationship between the

target load and rise of background noise.
If the background noise is 106 dBm, RTWPs of different target

loads are as follows:
Target Load
Rise of Background
Noise
RTWP
50%
3 dB
-103 dBm
60%
4 dB
-104 dBm
75%
6 dB
-100 dBm
88%
9 dB
-97 dBm
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Feature Benefits
Feature Deployment
Application Cases
Precautions (FAQ)
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Feature Benefits and Network Impact
Feature benefits
In the HSUPA high-rate data transmission (such as higher than 2 Mbit/s) scenario with multipath effect, the
throughput can increase by 5% to 10% after the SIR estimations are optimized. In this scenario, when UEs move
from the cell center to the cell edge, the number of uplink retransmissions equals to that of uplink target
retransmission times, and throughput of high-rate HSUPA UEs at the cell edge increases by 5% to 10%.
In the HSUPA low-rate data transmission (such as lower than 200 kbit/s) scenario, interference among UEs will lead
to abnormal RTWP increase. Therefore, the HSUPA Power Control Enhancement feature is introduced to improve
cell throughput by adjusting the SIR and reducing interference in low-rate data transmission. When there is a large
number of HSUPA UEs in a cell, the gains of the feature are more significant. For example, if there are more than 20
UEs in a cell and the proportion of HSUPA UEs is greater than 50%, this feature can effectively reduce the RTWP
that exceeds the RTWP corresponding to the target load, and increases the cell throughput by 2% to 10%.
Network impact
The UMTS system is an interference-limited system in which UEs interfere each other and the RTWP abnormally
increase accordingly. When a small number of HSUPA UEs perform high-rate data transmission (such as greater
than 2 Mbit/s) in the scenario with multipath effect, the RTWP may surge to an instant peak and the SIRtarget may
be equal to MaxSirtarget. Consequently, outer loop power control does not coverage. In this case, this feature can
reduce the RTWP peak value and improve the system stability.
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Feature Benefits
Feature Deployment
Application Cases
Precautions (FAQ)
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Feature Deployment-Prerequisites
Prerequisite Features
Mutually Exclusive Features
None
Impacted Features
This feature requires the WRFD-01061203 HSUPA Power Control feature.
None
Dependencies on Hardware
This feature requires 3900 series base stations. Uplink services must be established on the WBBPd,
WBBPf, or UBBP board, and downlink services must be established on the WBBPb, WBBPd, WBBPf or
UBBP board.
Dependency on Other NEs
None
License
None
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Feature Deployment-When to Use This

Feature and Required Information (1)
When to Use This Feature
This feature is used in cells with high-rate HSUPA UEs (for example, greater than 2
Mbit/s) or with a large proportion of HSUPA UEs (for example, greater than 50%), and the
RTWP increases (for example, greater than the RTWP corresponding to the target load),
such as hotspots in cities.
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Required Information
Before activating this feature, collect the following information to evaluate whether this feature is suitable for the live network.
Number of cell UEs and average number of HSUPA UEs in a cell
The number of cell UEs and average number of HSUPA UEs in a cell is indicated by VS.CellDCHUEs and
VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.Cell, respectively. The proportion of HSUPA UEs can be calculated by using the following formula:
Proportion of HSUPA UEs = VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.Cell/VS.CellDCHUEs
The gain provided by this feature is noticeable only when the load is limited and there is a large number of HSUPA UEs in
this cell, for example, the proportion of HSUPA UEs account for more than 50%.
Cell RTWP and cell throughput
VS.HSUPA.MeanChThroughput
~
This counter can be used to compare the throughput before and after this function is enabled.
VS.MeanRTWP
~
This counter indicates whether the RTWP during busy hours exceeds the RTWP corresponding to the target load.
For example, if the target load is 75% and the background noise is 106 dBm, then the RTWP corresponding to the
target load is 100 dBm.
This counter can be used to check whether the RTWP decreases after this function is enabled.
VS.MaxRTWP
~
This counter can be used to check whether the RTWP decreases after this function is enabled.
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Throughput of HSUPA UEs in different ranges of load over the Uu interface in a cell
Counter Name
Description
VS.HSUPA.Thruput.ROTMor3
Cell throughput of HSUPA users under the 3 dB or above Uu interface load
VS.HSUPA.Thruput.ROTAll
Cell throughput under all Uu interface loads
Average number of 2 ms/10 ms TTI HSUPA UEs in different rate ranges in a cell
Counter Name
Description
VS.HSUPA.LowRateTTI2msUserNumber
Average number of 2 ms TTI HSUPA users at a rate in the range of [0 kbit/s, 23.25 kbit/s) in a cell
VS.HSUPA.TTI2msUserNumber.0
Average number of 2 ms TTI HSUPA users at a rate of below 150 kbit/s in a cell
Average number of 2 ms TTI HSUPA users at a rate in the range of [150 kbit/s, 700 kbit/s] in a cell
Average number of 10 ms TTI HSUPA users at a rate of interval 0 in a cell
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Load over the Uu interface of a cell
Compare the load probability distribution after this feature takes effect.
Counter Name
Description
VS.HSUPA.LoadOutput.0
Number of times that the load on the air interface is within the range of [0, 0.5)
dB
Number of Cell Ul Load Between 0.5db to 1db
Number of Cell Ul Load Between 1.0db to 1.5db
Number of Cell Ul Load Between 4db to 5db
Number of Cell Ul Load above 30db
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Feature Deployment-Network Planning
Network planning
None
RF planning
None
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Feature Deployment-Parameter Preparation

Parameter Name
RTWP Abnormal SIR

Target Adjustment Switch
Parameter ID
Setting Notes
Data Source
Version
RTWPSIRTGTADJSW
It is recommended that
this switch be set to on
in hotspots with lots of
HSUPA UEs whose
transmit power is
limited.
Default
value/Recommended value
RAN 14.0
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Feature Deployment Activation
Using MML Commands
Run the NodeB MML command SET ULOCELLALGPARA and set

RTWPSIRTGTADJSW to ON.
MML Command Examples (Enabling this Feature)
SET ULOCELLALGPARA: CellID=xx, RTWPSIRTGTADJSW=ON;
//xx indicates the ID of the cell.
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Feature Deployment-Activation Observation (1)
Observe related KPIs in labs or drive tests for HSUPA high-rate data transmission.
In the scenario with multipath effect in which uplink services are carried on WBBPd boards, use an HSUPA UE to
perform continuous data transmission through FTP. Check whether the target SIR decreases by 1 to 3 dB.
On the RNC LMT main page, click Monitor. In the Monitor Navigation Tree pane, choose Monitor > UMTS
Monitoring > Connection Performance Monitoring. The Connection Performance Monitoring dialog box is
displayed. In this dialog box, set Monitor Item to OLPC. If the target SIR has decreased by 1 to 3 dB, this
feature has been activated (keep tracing the target SIR for 2 to 3 minutes to obtain the average value).
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Feature Deployment-Activation Observation (1)
Observe related KPIs after the network has been running for a period.
Obtain the counters listed in the preceding tables within a week (at a specified busy hour every day)
before and after this feature is enabled. The following figure shows the comparison results. After this
feature is enabled, the possibility that the load over the Uu interface of the cell exceeding 20 dB
decreases noticeably (such as by 10% to 70%).
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Feature Deployment Deactivation
Using MML Commands
Run the NodeB MML command SET ULOCELLALGPARA and set

RTWPSIRTGTADJSW to OFF.
MML Command Examples (Disabling this Feature)
SET ULOCELLALGPARA: CellID=xx, RTWPSIRTGTADJSW=OFF;
//xx indicates the ID of the cell.
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Feature Deployment - Troubleshooting
None
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Feature Benefits
Feature Deployment
Application Cases
Precautions (FAQ)
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Performance Monitoring New Counter
None
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Performance Monitoring - Feature Evaluation

Evaluate the feature from the following aspects:
In HSUPA high-rate data transmission (such as greater than 2 Mbit/s) scenarios with
multipath effect, check whether the throughput increases (such as 5% to 10%) after this
feature has been enabled.
In hotspots, when the number of HSUPA UEs is large (for example, the number of total
UEs is greater than 20 and the proportion of HSUPA UEs account for more than 50%).
and cell load reaches the maximum, check whether the RTWP is reduced and cell
throughput increases by 2% to 10% after this feature is enabled.
When the RTWP is abnormally high, check whether this feature reduces the impact on
the RTWP increase from non-QoS-sensitive UEs, improves the network stability, and
reduces the call drop rate.
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Performance Monitoring - Parameter Optimization
None
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Feature Benefits
Feature Deployment
Application Cases
Precautions (FAQ)
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Application Cases
The feature is activated at 2014/4/9(00:00am) on most cells under Kuwait VIVA RNC3.
We choose the top Cell 48552 to analyze, which meet better the requisite conditions :
RTWP is higher and HUSPA User number is greater.
After enable this Enhancement The Uu interface load of the cell exceeds 16 dB >
VS.HSUPA.LoadOutput.20 noticeably decreases by 60%, and increases the cell
throughput by 7%.
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Application Cases
1T2R networking for HSUPA high-rate data transmission
The following figure shows the simulated 1T2R network for uplink services.
Duplexer: separates the uplink and downlink signals. A circulator can also be used
(signals are transmitted in one direction).
Attenuator 1: used to adjust the RTWP of the RX antenna.
Attenuator 2: used to adjust the downlink path loss.
Channel simulator: used to set the fading channels. To ensure that signals of the input
device are not overloaded, you can add an attenuator.
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Feature Benefits
Feature Deployment
Application Cases
Precautions (FAQ)
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Precautions (FAQ)
None
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Feature Benefits
Feature Deployment
Application Cases
Precautions (FAQ)
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Reference Documents
See sections about HSUPA Power Control Enhancement in RAN16.0 Power

Control Feature Parameter Description.
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Glossary
For the acronyms, abbreviations, and terms, see Glossary
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Thank you
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Reference Documents & Glossary

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After completing this course, you are supposed to:

Learn about the specifications of HSUPA Power Control Enhancement.

Learn about the basic principles of HSUPA Power Control Enhancement.

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Feature Introduction-Background (1/4)

Power Control Algorithm

Uplink common channel power control

Downlink common channel power control

Open loop power control

Inner loop power control

Uplink DPCH open loop power control

WRFD-020501 Open Loop Power Control

WRFD-020504 Inner Loop Power Control

WRFD-150236 Load Based Dynamic Adjustment of PCPICH

Uplink DPCH inner loop power control in normal mode

Uplink DPCH inner loop power control in compressed mode

Outer loop power control

BLER-based outer loop power control

HS-DPCCH power control

HS-SCCH power control in the CELL_DCH state

E-DPCCH power control

E-DPDCH power control

E-DCH outer loop power control

E-AGCH, E-RGCH, and E-HICH power control

Fixed power-based power control

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WRFD-150235 DPCH Maximum Power Restriction

WRFD-020502 Downlink Power Balance

Outer Loop Power Control Optimization Based on RTWP Measurement

WRFD-01061203 HSUPA Power Control

WRFD-020138 HSUPA Coverage Enhancement at UE Power Limitation

WRFD-01061401 HSUPA E-AGCH Power Control (Based on CQI or HS-SCCH)

Feature Introduction-Background (2/4)

Number of retransmission times

SIR measurement and comparison

Outer loop power control

Set the target SIR.

Inner loop power control

Adjust the uplink DPCCH power.

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Feature Introduction-Background (3/4)

HSUPA Power Control Enhancement

In a high load cell, there is a small number of

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Decrease the interference of high-rate

Feature Introduction-Background (4/4)

HSUPA Power Control Enhancement

In a high load cell, there is a large number of

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Decrease the interference of HSUPA UEs by

Feature Introduction-Technical Principle

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HSUPA UEs with no data transmission for

Feature Introduction-Application Scenarios

The following figure shows the relationship between the

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If the background noise is 106 dBm, RTWPs of different target

Reference Documents & Glossary

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