CE & IuB Capacity Dimensioning

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Contents

CE Dimensioning IuB Dimensioning Example of CE & IuB Dimensioning Exercise Recommended Node B Configuration In Practice: Dimensioning based on HSDPA Subs

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CE Dimensioning

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CE Dimensioning
Common channel CE requirement
# cells/BTS 13 46 79 1012 HSDPA
5 codes 10 codes 15 codes Shared Scheduler 10/15 codes

CE required for CCCH Ultrasite (WSPC) Flexi 16 26 32 52 48 RU10 64 RU10

HSDPA CE requirement
Channel Elements required Ultrasite Flexi
32 64 64 64 to support HSDPA in 3 cells 64/cell 32 80 80 80 to support HSDPA in 3 cells 80/cell

Cell Specific Scheduler

+ 1 CE per HSDPA user for signalling channels

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CE Dimensioning
R99 CE Requirement
CE required for R99 Ultrasite (WSPC) Flexi 16kbps / voice 1 1 32kbps 2 2 4 64kbps 4 4 128kps 4 256kps 8 8 384kbps 16 16 Bit rate

R99

HSUPA CE requirement
# HSUPA users CE required for HSUPA Ultrasite (WSPC) Flexi /BTS 0 8 8 1-4 32 32 5-8 48 56 9-12 64 80 13-16 88 112 17-20 108 132 21-24 128 160 + 1 CE per HSUPA user for signalling channels

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Illustration of CE Usage
Configuration
Ultra Site Supreme Node B 3 cells 1x5code HSDPA 3 WSPC (192 CE) 3 WSPCs in this case can accommodate simultaneously: 12 HSDPA users w 64 kbps UL 3 R99 PS 384DL/64UL users 5 R99 PS 128DL/64UL users 8 Video users 32 AMR users

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IuB Dimensioning

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IuB Dimensioning
IuB required size is determined by the following factors
Bandwidth allocation for control plane Bandwidth reserved for HSDPA Bandwidth for carrying R99 traffic

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IuB Bandwidth for various services

R99 IuB BW

HSDPA IuB BW

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Example of IuB and CE Dimensioning Exercise With Flexi WCDMA BTS (FSMB)

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CE & IuB Dimensioning (With FSMB)

Assumptions

R99 traffic mix and HSDPA requirement is given CS (video and voice) is assumed with GOS 5% Node B type: Flexi WCDMA BTS (FSMB) HSDPA QoS: 512 kbps/user Soft Handover Overhead: 30%

Node B & HSDPA Config

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CE & IuB Dimensioning (With FSMB)

Traffic Carried

SHO and CS Trunking Calculation

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CE Dimensioning (With FSMB)

CE Calculation

CE Required
DL: 118, UL: 116 CE required: 118

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IuB Dimensioning (With FSMB)

R99 Traffic to be carried in the IuB

IuB Capacity Required

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Example of IuB and CE Dimensioning Exercise With Flexi WCDMA BTS (FSMC/FSMD/FSME)

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CE Dimensioning (With FSMC/FSMD/FSME)

Assumptions

R99 traffic mix and HSDPA requirement is given CS (video and voice) is assumed with GOS 5% Node B type: Flexi WCDMA BTS (FSMC/FSMD/FSME) HSDPA QoS: 512 kbps/user Soft Handover Overhead: 30%

Node B & HSDPA Config

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CE Dimensioning (With FSMC/FSMD/FSME)

Traffic Carried

SHO and CS Trunking Calculation

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CE Dimensioning (With FSMC/FSMD/FSME)

CE Calculation

CE Required
DL: 92, UL: 90 CE required: 92

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IuB Dimensioning (With FSMC/FSMD/FSME)

R99 Traffic to be carried in the IuB

IuB Capacity Required

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Dimensioning Based on HSDPA Subs

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HSDPA Driven Capacity Dimensioning

Factor considered

HSDPA Bandwidth (1x3.6, 3x3.6, 3x7.2, 3x14.4) User predefined QoS (512 kbps/user, 256 kbps/user, 128 kbps/ser) Contention Ratio # Subs to be supported

Example for 512 kbps /user QoS

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Node B CE & IuB Configuration Examples

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Node B Requirements HSDPA 1x7.2 Mbps (10 code w shared scheduler)

CE Requirement

IuB Requirement
HSDPA ATM level throughput max 8,350 kbps ~ 5 E1(7% control plane) IuB requirement for HSDPA only traffic w/o R99 = 5 E1 Recommended IuB size = 7 E1
5 E1 for HSDPA 2 E1 for R99
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Node B Requirements HSDPA 3x7.2 Mbps (10 code w/o shared scheduler)
CE Requirement

IuB Requirement
HSDPA ATM level throughput max 3x8,350 kbps = 25,050 kbps (6% control plane) From HSDPA counters, ratio of WBTS level throughput to sum cell throughput (HSDPA
overbooking) is 48% 48%*25,050 = 12,024 kbps ~ 7 E1 IuB requirement for HSDPA only traffic w/o R99 = 7 E1 Recommended IuB size = 10 E1
7 E1 for HSDPA 2 E1 for R99 1 E1 for HSDPA overbooking buffer
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Node B Requirements HSDPA 3x14.4 Mbps (15 code w/o shared scheduler)
CE Requirement

IuB Requirement
HSDPA ATM level throughput max 3x16,700 kbps = 50,100 kbps (6% control plane) From HSDPA counters, ratio of WBTS level throughput to sum cell throughput (HSDPA
overbooking) is 48% 48%*50,100 = 24,048 kbps ~ 14 E1 IuB requirement for HSDPA only traffic w/o R99 = 14 E1 Recommended IuB size = 18 E1
14 E1 for HSDPA 2 E1 for R99 2 E1 for HSDPA overbooking buffer
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