By Arief Agung Pribowo M

Background
RTWP

Background
RTWP
RTWP (Received Total Wideband Power) is The total
level of noise within the UMTS frequency band of any
cell
RTWP is related to uplink interference
In other, RTWP is called High UL Interference

Affected of User view

RTWP

Difficult to Internet Access,

cant open page of webpage

Difficult to Call Access,

Dropped Call

Low speed (Lemot),

Cycling time while posting

Event the phone have Full bar Signal, many user getting bad feeling of
using their smartphone

Affected of Operator View

RTWP
Aaa. I cant
make a call

Customer
Service
Handling
What the hell.
I cant sent an email, I cant
make video call, I cant do
everything for internet
service

O shit Drop ..
Drop.. always drop,
when Im Calling

Operator getting many complaint from the customer due to cant enjoying the service
when they are in the Building (Mall, Office tower)

Affected of Owner DAS View

RTWP

Customer
Handling

Investigation of Root Cause

problem RTWP
1. DAS Problem
2. PIM
3. HW/SW Problem
4. External Interferences
5. High Load Cell

Joint Meeting, gathering information

from operator, create step by step
troubleshooting.
1. Statistics trend of RTWP
2. Walk test Statistic (block, drop,
low access internet)

Troubleshooting (joint operator team)

to do solving the RTWP problem
1. Measurement VSWR
2. Measurement PIM
3. Check Hardware

End to end Problem Solving

RTWP
Operator

IBC + Operator

IBC + Operator

Historical
Problem

Design
Review

Installation &
Hardware Measurement

Bad experience in service

(voice and data)
Found High UL RSSI

DAS
RBS
Hardware Specifications
EIRP

Cable Installation
Transmissions
RBS
VSWR/PIM Measurement
Signal Measurement

Operator

Operator

Operator

Field
Measurement

Parameter

Healthy Check

UET
Drive Test

Accessibility
Retainability
Mobility

Availability
Alarm/Faulty
Transport
Performances/Capacity

Test Case Solution

Replacement antenna RTWP at Kota Kasablanka

Replace

Action
: Replace antenna brand Comba to other brand Pasific Wave
Purpose : bad performance of antenna COMBA
Impact : Improve signal performance

Test Case Solution

Replacement HC 2i2o RTWP at Kota Kasablanka

HC 2in 2out

HC 2in 1out

Replace

Action : Replace hybrid combiner 2in-2out with 2in-1out.

Purpose : reduce problem due to dummy load overheat

Test Case Solution

Trial Attenuator 3dB RTWP at Kota Kasablanka

Action : trial install 3dB attenuator at 3G output signal

Purpose : reduce UL RSSI
Impact : bad user experience, signal getting worst & unstable, because power DL
also reduced.

Test Case Solution

Replacement Antenna RTWP at Kota Kasablanka

Action : trial swap RUS between sector 2 and 3

Purpose : to make sure that RUS device is working properly
Impact : based on trial, found that high RSSI are move from sector 3 to sector 2
means that RUS are in good condition.

Test Case Solution

Monitoring RTWP at Kota Kasablanka

Replace

Action : trial Re-Config DAS to offload of sector 3 only cover 8th Office Floor.
Purpose : to make sure that That Load affected to RTWP
Impact : Show improvement that RTWP is decreased.

Test Case Solution

Monitoring RTWP at Kota Kasablanka

33%
IMPROVED

Showed improvement after reconfigure DAS, UL RSSI inline with traffic decrease due to swing to
sector 2. It Means problem RTWP is High load on cell, the solution is Add Capacity by Split
RBS/Sector