Radio Introduction

2015
Kasidit Yusuf
Don Plooksawasdi
Songkran Jarusirisawad

Basic Steps
1.
Radio or
Non-Radio?

2.
Coverage

3.
Interference

4.
Configuration

5.
Conclude

6.
Take Action

WCDMA Characteristics
1.
GSM is
similar to
public speech

2.

3.

WCDMA is
similar to a
party

WCDMA is
interference
limited

LTE Characteristics
1.

2.

3.

LTE is similar
to many small
parties
organized on
a short notice
(RB)

LTE is a
mixed of GSM
& WCDMA
into what is
called
OFDMA

LTE tries to
evolve the
mobile
network into
a large IP
network

Technologies
Comparison
GSM

Signal
(Coverage)

WCDMA

LTE

Rx Level

RSSI

RSSI

Signal (Code
coverage)

RSCP

RSRP

Interference

C/I

Ec/Io

SINR & RSRQ

Rx Qual

BLER &
SBLER

BLER

S/N

A/M/D

S/N/D

BER(Packet Loss))

Cell Mobility

GSM Basic

1.

2.

3.

Rxlvl

RxQual

C/I

4.
RLT

GSM Data Basic

1.
RLC
Throughput

4.
Coding
scheme

2.

3.

GPRS C/I

Modulation

WCDMA Basic

1.

2.

3.

EC/IO

RSCP

BLER

4.
RSSI

WCDMA Data Basic

1.

2.

L1 Throughput

CQI

4.

5.

Num code used

SBLER

3.
Modulation

LTE Basic

1.

2.

3.

RSRP

SINR

RSSI

4.
RSRQ

LTE Data Basic

1.

2.

Transmission
Mode

Rank

4.

5.

RB

L1 Throughput

3.
BLER

Layer 3 Messages
1.
Protocol
Layer

2.

3.

Request

Response

4.

5.

Non-Radio

Radio

User Data VS Radio Signaling

User Data flow
Request

Connect

Flow

Disconnect

Radio Signaling Flow (RRC/Bearers) - EMX

Request

Signaling Bearer Setup

Setup

Flow

Radio Disconnect

Radio Maintenance (Measurement Report/ Mobility)

L3 Message References
WCDMA

GSM
Radio

Non-Radio

LTE

RR

RRC

RRC

44.018

25.331

36.331

CC , MM , GMM , SM

EMM

24.007 , 24.008

24.301

SINR by Download

RSRP by Upload

RSRP

RSRQ

PDSCH Spatial Rank

Overall Throughput

QOS Issues
1.

2.

Call Block

Call Drop

4.
Low DL/UL
Throughput

3.
Data
Connect Fail

Some common causes

1.

2.

RL Link Failure

RRCConnection
release

4.

5.

CM Service
Reject

CC Disconnect

3.
Pilot Pollution

Basic Steps
1.
Radio or
Non-Radio

4.
Configuration

2.

3.

Coverage

Interference

5.

6.

Conclude

Take Action

What to report
1.
PCI/PSC
Lat/Lon/LAC

2.
Problem
Cause

Sample logs