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UMTS Planning
Radio Planning Process
Use TEMS
Cellplanner and
digitized map
Site type
Site Count
Site to Site Distance
Carrier Required
Input Analysis Hardware dimensioning
Mapping of Radio Access Channel Elements
Bearer
Overall Planning Process
The overall Planning Process can be described with the following figure:
Performance Monitoring
System Radio Pre-launch Post-launch Capacity
Optimisation Optimisation
Dimensioning Network Evolution
Node B count & Planning
Site selection 3G neighbour lists 3G neighbour lists RF carriers
configuration Site design 2G neighbour lists 2G neighbour lists Sectorisation
Adapter count & 3G neighbour lists Antenna tilts Antenna tilts ROC to modules
System CEC
configuration 2G neighbour lists Local area Local area Node B power
Transmission Scrambling codes parameter tuning parameter tuning Baseband proc.
capacity & Location areas Additional sites Transmission
configuration Routing areas User experience HSDPA
RNC areas
URA areas optimisation Microcells
Link budgetanalsysis
Link budget analysis Wide area parameter tuning
Dimensioning Objective
Average user in BH
Voice/Video in mE
PS in kB/BH
UL/DL Asymmetry = 15-20%
BH Traffic = 10-15% Daily Traffic
Air Interface Dimensioning
Input Data Assume an
uplink loading
Calculate PDCH
No
Balanced?
Yes Calculate
DL Capacity
No DL Capacity
fulfill req.
Yes
Finished
Link Budget Method - Overview
Uplink PS & CS traffic
Lsa
Step 1 Step 2
Start
UL link budget CPICH link budget
Lsa or PCCH
too large
- Link budget margins
- HW configuration
- Cell border parameters Lsa or PDCH
too large
Step 3 PCCH,
Lsa Average DL
network load (Q)
DL link budget
Inputs
The reddish color shows different inputs that affects the end result.
-The amount UL CS and PS traffic decides the UL link budget (noise rise).
-Link budget margins (antenna gain, building penetration loss, body loss, etc), HW configurations
(RBS power) and DL network load decides Lsa. Note that the network load is assumed to 100%
for HSDPA dimensioning.
System Reference Point
Eb/No vs BLER
A Eb/No = 1 dB
B Eb/No = 6 dB
12
0
E.g. 20%=0,97dB, 50%=3dB 0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8 0,9
Load
Calculating Cell Range
Maximum Pathloss (Okumura-Hata)
Lpath = A - 13.82log(ha) + (44.9 - 6.55log(ha))logR - a(hm)
[dB]
Where the following A values are valid for 2050 MHz:
A = 155.1 in urban areas ha base station antenna height [m
= 147.9 in suburban and semiopen areas hm UE antenna height [m]
= 135.8 in rural areas R distance from transmitter [km]
= 125.4 in open areas a(1.5) = 0
Range
R = 10,
where: = [Lpath - A + 13.82logHb]/[44.9 - 6.55logHb]
3 9 3
Area = 3R 2 Area = 3R2 Area = 3R 2
2 8 2
R R
R
3
Site to Site= 3R Site to Site= R Site to Site= 3R
2
Downlink Dimensioning
Transmitter (RBS) is in a single point, Receivers (Terminals) are
distributed in the cell
DL coverage and capacity are not only dependent on the number
of terminals, but also on their distribution in a cell and their relative
position towards other cells
Downlink Service
Service Speech CS Data PS Data PS Data PS Data
Service Rate 12.2 64 64 128 384 kbps
Transmitter - Node B
Max Tx Power (Total) 43 dBm
Max Tx Power (per Radiolink) 34.2 37.2 37.2 40.0 40.0 dBm
Cable Loss 2 2 2 2 2 dB
MHA Insertion Loss 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 dB
Tx Antenna Gain 18.5 18.5 18.5 18.5 18.5 dBi
EIRP 50.2 53.2 53.2 56.0 56.0 dBm
Receiver - Handset
Handset Noise Figure 8 dB
Thermal Noise -108 dBm
Downlink Load 80 %
Interference Margin 7.0 dB
Interference Floor -93.0
Service Eb/No 7.9 5 5 4.7 4.8 dB
Service PG 25.0 17.8 17.8 14.8 10.0 dB
Receiver Sensitivity -110.1 -105.8 -105.8 -103.1 -98.2 dBm
Rx Antenna Gain 0 2 2 2 2 dBi
Body Loss 3 0 0 0 0 dB
DL Fast Fade Margin 0 0 0 0 0 dB
DL Soft Handover Gain 2 2 2 2 2 dB
MDC Gain 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 dB
Building Penetration Loss 12 12 12 12 12 dB
Indoor Location Prob. 90 90 90 90 90 %
Indoor Standard Dev. 10 10 10 10 10 dB
Slow Fade Margin 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.8 dB
Isotropic Power Required -90.5 -91.2 -91.2 -88.5 -83.6 dB
Allowed Prop. Loss 140.6 144.4 144.4 144.5 139.6 dB
Uplink v/s Downlink
HSDPA Dimensioning
Decided by:
Signal Attenuation, Lsa
Power left for HSDPA
HS-DSCH power calculation
Power
Max cell power
HS-DSCH power
Admission control threshold
DCH power
HS-SCCH power
CCH power
time
HS-DSCH power calculation (2)
The traffic estimation requires information related to the network topology, subscribers &
traffic:
Cell Area from Coverage Dimensioning
Subscriber density from Marketing
Subscriber traffic profile from Marketing
Topology Subscribers Basic Traffic Model
Air Interface
Dimensioning
Traffic / site
Channel Card
Dimensioning
Iub
Dimensioning
Load Calculation: Uplink Load
Processing Gain
1
Load Lj Lj =
of subscriber W / Rj 1
1
with Service j
Eb / N 0 j j
Activity Factor
18
16
Margin [dB]
N UL = 30 50 %
UL = L j
UL 14
12
total
loss/dB
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
95
98
loading/%
Cell Load [%]
j: Activity factor; for Speech some 67% due to VAD/DTX; for Data: 1
Load Calculation Formulas in analogy to
H. Holma WCDMA for UMTS
Inter-Cell Interference: Little i
In the real environment we will never have separated cell. Therefore, in the load factor calculation the other cell
interferences should be taken into account.
This can be introduced by means of the Little i value, which describes how much two cells overlap (bigger
overlapping more inter-cell interferences)
1
UL = (1 i) L j = (1 i)
W / Rj 1
j j
1
Eb / N 0 j j
Uplink Load calculation
Simplified UL load equation UL DCH capacity
for 1 service type j only
W/Rj >> (Eb/No)j
( Eb / No) j
UL = (1 i) N j j
W / Rj
Nj: No. of Trunks
Nj x Rj = Cell Throughput = Capacity [kbps]
Downlink Load calculation
Cell Type
Macro Cell 0.4 0.9
Micro Cell > 0.9
Load Calculation Examples
Load factor for different services has to be calculated separately, total load is then the sum of
different services in the cell area
UL/DL single connection load examples are shown in the table below
For example 50 % UL load means on average 50 speech users or about 9 64 kbits/s users/cell in
a 3-sector (1+1+1) configuration
ALLOCATION STRATEGIES
Clustered
Use a minimum number of clusters
Cluster =
Distributed per Cell Scrambling Code Group
Use as many clusters as possible
One Cluster per site
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AUTOMATIC ALLOCATION
EXAMPLES OF ALLOCATION STRATEGIES
DISTRIBUTED
CLUSTERED PER CELL
ONE
CLUSTER
PER SITE
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Planning Tasks
IF: Inter-Frequency
Inter-Frequency Neighbors (3G to 3G) (2/2)
When a UE is in intra-RNC SHO the neighbor lists belonging to each of the active set cells are combined
Neighbor lists are not combined for Inter-RNC SHO (no support of inter-frequency neighbor signaling
across Iur)
The RNC generates a new inter-frequency neighbor list after an active set update procedure, if
compressed mode CM is not running
In CM the neighbor list valid at the time to trigger the hard handover is taken
NSN allows the network to specify a max. of 32 inter-frequency cells for the UE to measure per carrier,
and a max. of 48 cells for all carriers
Inter-frequency
neighbour list
AS: Active Set
Inter-System Neighbors (3G to 2G) (1/2)
Used for cell re-selection and (hard) handover towards 2G
GSM neighbor list can be based upon existing BSC 2G neighbor list if 3G and 2G sites are co-sited
If an operator has both GSM900 and DCS1800 networks then inter-system neighbors can be defined
only for GSM900 or only for DCS1800
The following procedures are not supported
Inter-system handover from Cell_FACH
Inter-system handover while anchoring at an RNC
Inter-system neighbor lists are transmitted in SIB11 and dedicated measurement control messages
Neighbor lists are not combined for inter-RNC SHO (no support of inter-system neighbor signaling
across Iur)
The RNC generates a new inter-system neighbor list after an active set update procedure, if
compressed mode is not running
In compressed mode the neighbor list valid at the time to trigger the HHO is taken
3GPP allows the network to specify a maximum of 32 inter-system cells for the UE to measure
Inter-
Inter- system 3G
system 3G to LTE
Inter- to 2G
Intra- frequency
frequency
Maximum Neighbor List Length (2/2)
Enables transmission of all defined neighbors
32 intra-frequency
32 inter-frequency
32 inter-system (both to 2G and LTE together)
Single RRC
Connection Node B
CS PS
state state
UE
Location Area
Identification of LA
Globally using a Location Area Identification (LAI)
LAI: concatenation of Mobile Country Code (MCC), Mobile Network Code
(MNC) & Location Area Code (LAC)
2 Bytes for LAC
00 00 and FF FE values reserved
Almost 65536 LAC values per PLMN
LA2
The cells of a LA can belong to VLR area
LA1
One or several RNC
Just to a single MSC/VLR LA3
The size of a LA can range between
Single cell (minimum)
All cells connected to a single VLR (maximum)
The mapping between LA and its associated RNCs is handled by the MSC/VLR
The mapping between LA and its cells is handled by the RNC
Routing Area
Identification of LA
Globally using a Routing Area Identification (RAI)
A LAI is a concatenation of Location Area Identification (LAI) & Routing Area Code
(RAC)
1 Byte for RAC
256 RAC values per of LA LA split into
several RAs
RA2
The cells of a RA can belong to LA1
One or several RNC
Just to a single SGSN RA1
Just to a single
LA
The size of a RA can range between
Single cell (minimum) LA3 LA identical
All cells belonging to a single LA (maximum)
RA3 with RA
The mapping between RA and its associated RNCs is handled by the SGSN
The mapping between RA and its cells is handled by the RNC
Paging Capacity
NSN RAN provides either a 8 kbps or 24 kbps PCH transport channel on the S-CCPCH
One page message has a size of 80 bits and is transmitted within 10 ms (1 radio frame)
With 8 kbps PCH thus 100, with 24 PCH 300 UEs can be paged per second
In practice in most cases the 8 kbps PCH clearly is sufficient
LA1 LA2
Road
LA/RA with both 2G and 3G Cells
A LA/RA can have both 2G and 3G cells
Requires unique 2G and 3G Cell Identities (CI) and Cell Global Identities (CGI)
A CGI is a concatenation of Location Area Identification (LAI) and Cell Identity (CI)
CN not able to distinguish between 2G & 3G network for paging purpose both
2G & 3G paging appears on both the 2G & 3G network
Less probable that UE misses paging message when it completes inter-system cell
re-selection
But increased paging traffic on both systems and coordinated cell identities
needed
In practice implementation of the same location areas for 2G & 3G may be difficult
2G & 3G network often have different coverage area
Not all sites are co-sited
UE States
Idle mode
No connection to radio network (No RRC connection established)
This minimizes resource utilization in UE and the network
CELL_FACH mode
User Equipment (UE) in Connected Mode (has an RRC Connection to radio
network)
UE uses the common transport channels RACH or FACH
If the parameter interFreqFDDMeas Indicator = 1, the UE will evaluate cell
reselection criteria on inter-frequency cells (0)
CELL_DCH mode
User Equipment (UE) in Connected Mode (has an RRC Connection to radio
network)
UE uses dedicated channels for transmitting data and signalling
System Information
System parameters are broadcast on BCCH. It has information
regarding Idle Mode Behaviour.
PLMN Selection
Cell Selection and
Reselection
Location Area (LA) and
Routing Area (RA)
updating
Paging
System Information
Broadcast
PLMN Selection
PLMN selection performed upon power on or upon recovery from lack of coverage
Manual mode
UE displays all PLMNs (allowed and not allowed) by scanning all frequency
carriers
The user makes a manual selection and the UE attempts registration on the
PLMN
Automatic mode
Each PLMN in the user-controlled PLMN list in the USIM, in order of priority
Each PLMN in the operator-controlled PLMN list in the USIM
Other PLMNs according to the high-quality criterion
Roaming
Roaming is a service through which a UE is able to obtain services from another
PLMN
The UE in Automatic mode, having selected and registered a Visited PLMN
(VPLMN) periodically attempts to return to its Home PLMN (HPLMN) according to
a timer. Default = 30mins
Cell selection and reselection
procedure Start
Measurements Suitable
evaluation cell selected
Camped on an
Cell Acceptable cell
Reselection (Limited Service)
Process
In Automatic
mode, new
PLMN
selection
Cell Selection
UE looks for a suitable cell in the selected PLMN and camps on to it
Cell search procedure
UE acquires slot synchronization using P-SCH
It acquires frame synchronization using S-SCH
Primary scrambling code is obtained from CPICH
1
Serving cell 1
2
Neighbour 1 1
2
Qoffset1sn
Neighbour 2
3 3
tReselection
Location and Routing Area updating
Location Area = The area to which the Core Network sends a paging
message for circuit switched.
Routing Area = The area to which the Core Network sends a paging
message for packet switched.
If the Location Area Identity (LAI) or Routing Area Identity (RAI) read
on system information is different to the one stored on the USIM, the
UE performs a LA or RA registration update
Three types of registration update
Normal
Periodic according to T3212, T3312
IMSI attach/detach - used if att = 1 (1)
UE sends attach or detach messages when the UE is
powered on or off
Paging