Cluster Optimization for UNO

Refarming
Process Overview

APJ Asia South, NPO

2017-04-11

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Cluster Definition

o 58 Cluster
(53 Metro Manila, 5 Bulacan)

o Optimization Period (based on

readiness assumptions)
May – November 2017

o Ø of 10 Clusters per month

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Overview of Process
Cluster
NI NTP completed
Ready (Smart) (KPI’s reached)
Network Implementation (Nokia)
1 2 Health Check 3 Cluster Optimization
Cluster Ready (NI)

Cluster/ Field Work lead by NI Remote / lead by NPO and Care Cluster / Field Work lead by NPO

o Internal FT (On Air)

o MS 3 On-Air mapping to clusters o Configuration and Parameter o Physical Optimization
Alignment o Coverage Optimization
o Antenna
o RET o Database Verification o MDT plots verification (3G/4G)
o Swap Sector o Capacity Verification o Drive Test
o P3 Panning Proposal o MDT plots verification (3G/4G) o Area improvements
o Alarm o Neighbor Optimization o KPI monitoring
o Filter installations o P3 Recommendation Reviews o Parameter Optimization
o Interim or Final Transmission o Final Transmission Required
(Smart) o Inter-system Handover Optimization
(Smart)
o Band 80%
o LTE BW 10 Mhz to 5Mhz
3 2 weeks 4 weeks
o Rehoming
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Indicative Batch Schedule

Indicative # April May June July August September October

Batch #
of cluster 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
1 1-10
2 11-20
3 21-30
4 31-40
5 41-50
6 51-58

Network Implementation Cluster Ready Note:

Health Check - deferred sites are not part of the cluster defintion
Cluster Optimization - with reference to the pre-condition and exclusion list

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Cluster Optimization Ready
Criteria for Clusters Optimization – Network Implementation Ready (Nokia)

1. 100% of sites minimum TRS bandwidth per band fulfillment – Transmission

- 2G : G900 6 Mbps ; G1800 15 Mbps
- 3G : U2100 30/75Mbps ; U900 15/25 Mbps
- 4G : L2100 40/90Mbps ; L850 40/90 Mbps

2. End state Technology as per Design- Capacity

- 80% of the sites (macro) in cluster achieved as per Design (6 Bands/site)
- 20% of the remaining Macro sites has to achieve Min 1 Band per Technology

* IBS, Micro, Street Pole Plan Design as single Band is measured in the 80%

3. Antenna Re-farming – Coverage

- 80% of the sites antenna Re-farming completion
- 100% RET is integrated/commissioned on 80% of the re-farmed sites

4. 100% filter Installation for all macro sites with L850 & U900

5. P3 Recommendation on Antenna Panning/Tilting

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Cluster Optimization (Smart)

Criteria for Clusters Optimization – Health Check & Pre Execution

1. Configuration and Parameter Assessment & Alignment (Radio Access, Controllers, CS Core, Iu Interfaces)

2. Assessment of PS Core and IP/Transport

3. Site database update based on RF As-built verification

4. Capacity assessment at 60% utilization (Radio Access, Controllers, CS Core)

5. MDT plots verification (3G/4G)

6. Neighbor cell management

7. Transmission quality assessment (Iub Congestion, Degradation, TWAMP, BFD Alarms)

8. Standard Feature audit and activation

9. Major alarm checking and clearance

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Cluster
Criteria for Clusters Optimization – Cluster Optimization completed
(KPI’s reached)

1. Execute health check findings

2. DT for critical areas only based on MDT findings

3. Physical layer optimization

4. Area Improvements

5. Feature implementation

6. KPI Monitoring and Worst Cell Improvements

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Statistics Provide By Nokia

1. Daily Performance Stats Per Band

2. Weekly Cluster Dashboard Busy Hour – Every Tuesday

3. Cluster Database Table – Band On air Monitoring – Every Friday

4. Network Hardware Dump Database – Every Thursday

5. 2G/3G/LTE Cell config & Status – Daily

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MM UNO/REFARM KPI Exclusion List
EXCLUSION TYPE DESCRIPTION
Extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of both parties such as flooding, earthquake,
Force Majeure
war, riot, etc.
Outages due to power failure/major power grid failures in Core, BTS locations and other locations where
Power Outage
power is not in scope. Sites or its neighboring sites having power outages.
Sites or its neighboring sites having transmission outages.
Transmission Outage Degradation due to transport problem in Nokia external transport network, including SCTP connection
setup problems due to target eNodeB in the ANR procedure.
Non-NOKIA supplied equipment that impact performance (e.g. Other vendors‘ equipment, transmission
Non-NOKIA Equipment
links and ancillary systems provided by SMART)
Any KPI which is dependent on the readiness and completeness of both site and equipment
configuration (i.e., three-sector configuration, diversity, transmission requirements, power, antenna
Equipment Configuration
placement, site location) shall be excluded from KPI calculation. NOKIA to provide list of sites that have
encountered equipment configuration issues.
Non-NOKIA services provided that impact performance (e.g. Network Planning and Engineering design
Non-NOKIA Services
problems not in NOKIA scope or performed by other vendors)
Faults caused by activities associated with network alterations such as but not limited to re-parenting/re-
hosting, parameter modification and configuration changes which apply to CS Core/IP
Network Alteration Faults Backbone/Transmission/PS Core/MME/EPC and RAN, unless the network alteration has been proposed
by NOKIA and mutually agreed with SMART or unless NOKIA fails to make the necessary adjustments
in the network as agreed with SMART within a mutually agreed time frame.

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EXCLUSION TYPE DESCRIPTION
Planned downtime for maintenance or installation, SW Upgrade and/or SW Update activities,
Planned Maintenance
within the agreed ‘maintenance window‘

Mutually agreed Change Requests and recommendations that are a part of NOKIA responsibility
Non-Performance of Agreed
and that have a direct impact on the agreed KPI’s and have not been implemented in the agreed
Changes
time frame.

Unexpected traffic increase generated by marketing campaigns or due to unplanned mass

events are not solely attributable to NSN shall be excluded.

Unplanned Traffic Spike

Unexpected traffic increase due to mass provisioning of LTE subs in HSS. The committed KPI
target cannot take into account such situations where network load is considerable higher than
baseline performance.

Trials of any type that have an impact on the network performance KPI’s. The trial period of
Trial Impact
region or the sites affected by the same shall be excluded from the KPI computation.

Interface Upgrade Sites affected by interface upgrades not performed under Nokia service
Backhaul Downgrade Sites wherein Backhaul were downgraded

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EXCLUSION TYPE DESCRIPTION
Peak throughput can only be guaranteed, if sufficient Backhaul is provided
Insufficient Backhaul Base station sites suffering from frequency/phase synchronization impairments due to inadequate backhaul
transport QoS, including timing over packet degradation.
Exclusions only in case of verified cases of external interference which is beyond NOKIAs control that
External Interference
impact the agreed KPI.
Degradation due to an alarm
Degradation due to activities (configuration, rebalancing, re-hosting, etc.) performed by other vendor, third
party, or SMART (SGSN, IPBB, etc.)
Degradation due to HO fails due to insufficient capacity in non-Nokia target base station (2G/3G/LTE).
Degradation due to HO fails due to parameter configuration problem in non-Nokia target base station
(2G/3G/LTE), including X2 setup and SCTP rejects from target eNodeB.
Degradation due to missing neighbors because of ANR not functioning correctly in non-Nokia target
Nokia Uncontrolled Degradation eNodeB or EPC, including X2 setup and SCTP rejects from target eNodeB.
Abnormal releases initiated due to EPC or UE due to non-radio reason, including NAS release due to NAS
causes #15 (no LTE subscription in HSS) and #40 (UE has no IP address due to 2G/3G PS problem).
To avoid missing neighbors, ANR support is a prerequisite in MME and non-Nokia target eNodeBs.
LTE downlink/uplink coverage footprint impacts traffic absorbed by the layer as well as cell edge
performance. For this reason change in footprint can impact KPIs. Therefore, for example, downlink TX
power and mobility exit/entry thresholds should not change before/after. If DL TX power is changed mobility
thresholds may need to be modified to maintain performance.
Cluster must have a minimum of 500 samples (applicable for OSS KPIs) per day aggregated. Cluster
samples will be measured when 80% of the sites within the cluster are on-air.
Number of Samples
KPI can be reliably calculated only if there are enough attempts and for this reason low traffic sites need to
11 be excluded. Definition of low traffic (number of attempts) needs to be agreed by SMART/NOKIA.
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