LTE Drive Test Analysis Using Actix

By : Abdul Ghony Fattah Ifur

TOPIC
1

LTE Drive Test KPI

Optimization Principle

Drive Test Analysis Using Actix

Bad Spot Analysis and Reporting

LTE Drive Test and KPI

By : Abdul Ghony Fattah Ifur

1. DRIVE TEST INTRODUCTION

DRIVE TEST CONCEPTUAL :

Drive test is conducted for checking

coverage criteria of a cell with RF
The data collected by drive test tool as log
files is analyzed to evaluated various RF
parameters of the network

What we have to do before DT ?

Site Parameter Consistency Check
Network performance and system status
KPIs health check
DT Road

DT Scenario and Supporting tools like scrip

2. Drive Test KPI

Drive Test Tools

Accessibility

RRC connection request Success

Rate

Retain ability

E-RAB Abnormal Release Rate

Drops call rate
Round trip time

Integrity

DL User Throughput
UL User Throughput

Mobility

HO Success Rate

2.1 Accessibility (1)

LTE STATE

RRC Connection Request Success

Rate=
# RRC CONNECTION
RECONFIGURATION COMPLETE / #
RRC CONNECTION REQUEST *
100%

Drive test methodology

1.UE connect to server
2.Perform FTB download for 30
second
3.Call end
4.Idle 15 second
5.Repeat

2.1 Accessibility (2)

CALL SETUP OVERVIEW

2.2 Retain Ability

LTE RADIO LINK FAILURE DIAGRAM

ERAB Drop Rate=

# Call dropped / # success calls * 100%

DATA RADIO BEARER

Drive test methodology

1.UE connect to server
2.Perform FTB download for 5 minutes
3.Call end
4.Idle 15 second
5.Repeat

2.3 Integrity (1)

DL User Throughput, shall be calculated for each
sample in the call and aggregated over bins of
between 10x10m resolutions (morphology
dependent) and presented in PDF and CDF format
with the 5th, average and 95th percentiles,
DL Max Throughput, at least one data sample shall
be found that exceeds the maximum throughput
specification

Drive test methodology

1.UE connect to server
2.Multi stream FTB download for 5 Minute
3.Call end
4.Idle 30 second
5.Repeat

2.3 Integrity (2)

2.3 Integrity (3)

DL THP
COMPARE TO
SINR

UL THP
COMPARE TO
RSRP

2.4 Mobility
HO PROCEDURE :
1. Measurement
2. Filtering of Measurement
3. Reporting of Measurement
result
4. Hard HO algorithm
5. Execution of HO

HO SUCCES RATE = (HO SUCCESS / HO ATTEMP)* 100%

LTE Optimization Principle

By : Abdul Ghony Fattah Ifur

Optimization Index
Detecting interference using field measurement

Detecting interference and bad coverage using counter

Detecting overshooting site

PCI optimization

Impact of interference on LTE network performance- importance of

physical RF Optimization

Detecting Interference - Indicator

SINR

SINR measurement can indicate interference area, but its doesnt necessary see all interference source :
Impacted by traffic load
Depend on PCI Planning

RSRQ

RSRQ depend on network load

RSRQ similar with Ec/No in 3G

RSRP

RSRP measurement with scanner is the most reliable way to detect area with possible interference problems
and bad dominance.
Not impacted by network load
The number of PCI with same mod 3 in e.g 5 dB Power window is a useful indicator

Detecting Interference SINR (SINR VS RSRP)

Detecting Interference - RSRQ

Detecting Interference - RSRP

Optimization Index
Detecting interference using field measurement

Detecting interference and bad coverage using counter

Detecting overshooting site

PCI optimization

Impact of interference on LTE network performance- importance of

physical RF Optimization

GOOD DL VS BAD DL

GOOD UL VS BAD UL

PUSCH SINR, PUSCH RSSI Measurement

Optimization Index
Detecting interference using field measurement

Detecting interference and bad coverage using counter

Detecting overshooting site

PCI optimization

Impact of interference on LTE network performance- importance of

physical RF Optimization

OVERSHOOTING SITE

How to detect overshooting site ?

Overshooting Site
1. Cell with to large or largely distributed
dominance area
2. Will cause increase interference to other
cells
3. Can collect excessive amount of traffic.

1. Drive Test : Analyzing HO performance

and neighbor cell measurement from DT
Log
2. Counter : Cell pair HO analysis with inter
site distance information. Indicating Hos
to cell with long inter site distance
3. Timing Advance Trace : Cell TA Trace
analyze to finding long distance user

Optimization Index
Detecting interference using field measurement

Detecting interference and bad coverage using counter

Detecting overshooting site

PCI optimization

Impact of interference on LTE network performance- importance of

physical RF Optimization

PCI Conflict
PCI Collision

PCI Confusion

A PCI collision occurs between two or more intra-frequency cells that

use an identical PCI but are insufficiently isolated.

In this case, UEs in the overlapping area of the two cells cannot
implement signal synchronization or decoding.

A PCI confusion occurs between a detected cell and a neighboring cell if the two
cells have the same frequency and PCI and if the reference signal received
power (RSRP) of the two cells reaches the handover threshold.
The PCI confusion may lead to UE handover failures or service drops.
Case :
eNodeB mistakenly considers that the detected cell is cell C and then initiates a
handover to cell C. If the spot that the UE is on is not covered by cell C but cell
B, a handover failure may occur.
If two or more neighboring cells of a cell have the same frequency and PCI,
there is a PCI conflict between these neighboring cells

Impact of PCImod3 collision on Tput

Optimization Index
Detecting interference using field measurement

Detecting interference and bad coverage using counter

Detecting overshooting site

PCI optimization

Impact of interference on LTE network performance- importance of

physical RF Optimization

RF OPTIMIZATION
Basic Optimization principle :

Clear cell dominance areas, minimize cell

overlapping

Avoid sit overshooting overlarge area with other

cell

Cant fix bad RF by tuning parameter

Antenna tilting and antenna replacement has big

impact on other cell interference

Impact of DL Load , 0% VS 70%

Antenna tilt tuning example (SINR before and after)

Antenna tilt tuning example (CQI before and after)

Antenna tilt tuning example (HO before and after)

LTE Drive Test Analys Using Actix

By : Abdul Ghony Fattah Ifur

1. Open Actix Application

Click this

2. Import Log File

3. Create super stream

4. Import CellRef

6. Setup Map

7. Setup Workspace Analysis 1/2

7. Setup Workspace Analysis 2/2

8. DL Analysis

9. UL Analysis

10. Statistic analysis

11. Save Workspace

LTE Bad Spot Analysis and Reporting

By : Abdul Ghony Fattah Ifur

Confidential

1. Cross Feeder Analysis

2. PCI Confusion Analysis

3. Poor RSRP Analysis

RECOMMENDATION :
1.
2.

Add new site near by poor RSRP

Area
Healthy Check Site with Red
Sign and give antenna down tilt
or up tilt

4. Poor SINR Analysis

RECOMMENDATION :
1.
2.

Give down tilt overshooting site

Healthy Check, site audit Site
with Red Sign and give antenna
down tilt or up tilt

5. Low DL THP Analysis

RECOMMENDATION :
1.
2.

3.
4.

Low DL THP because poor SINR

and Value RI 1
Value RI = 1 its mean MIMO in
mode transmit diversity, it
because poor SINR.
Poor SINR is caused by there are
no site dominance
Improve SINR, we need to give
down tilt overshooting site, and
give up tilt/down tilt site near
by poor SINR coverage area.

6. Low UL THP Analysis

RECOMMENDATION :
1.
2.
3.

Low UL THP due to low MCS

usage and Low RB usage
RSRP indicate good
Probably, in this spot UE just
start UL

7. HO Failure Analysis
RECOMMENDATION :
1.
2.

HO Failure due to poor coverage

Area
Need to add new site.