Lte High capacity event parameters

Prepared By:
RAJESH KUMAR

Focus areas

LTE High Capacity Focus Areas

1. Control Channel Dimensioning
PUCCH Resources
PDCCH Resources
2. UL Noise Rise
3. PRB Utilization / Cell Throughput Capacity
4. MP Load

RRC Connection Setup Intensity

Due to UE releases by Inactivity
Due to UE releases by RLC Supervision

Incoming Handover Intensity

Hardware expansion
5. Connected Users License

Summary of High Capacity Parameter Settings

Focus areas

LTE High Capacity Focus Areas

1. Control Channel Dimensioning
PUCCH Resources
PDCCH Resources
2. UL Noise Rise
3. PRB Utilization / Cell Throughput Capacity
4. MP Load

RRC Connection Setup Intensity

Due to UE releases by Inactivity
Due to UE releases by RLC Supervision

Incoming Handover Intensity

Hardware expansion
5. Connected Users License
Summary of High Capacity Parameter Settings

Control channel resources

UL Control Channel Resources

PUCCH
nRB,PUCCH depends on number of SR and CQI resources Focus Area for High
Capacity Parameters
PRACH
nRB,PRACH in 1 radio frame is independent of bandwidth and is fixed for different cell
range

DL Control Channel Resources

PDCCH
nRE,PDCCH depends on CFI Focus Area for High Capacity Parameters
PCFICH
nRE,PCFICH in 1 radio frame is 160, independent of bandwidth and # of antenna ports
PHICH
nRE,PHICH in 1 radio frame depends on bandwidth and is fixed for different bandwidth
PBCH
nRE,PBCH in 1 radio frame is 240, independent of bandwidth and # of antenna ports

Pucch resources
intro

PUCCH is used for transmitting

SR, HARQ ACK/NACK (PUCCH Format 1)

CQI, RI (PUCCH Format 2)

UE is allocated SR and CQI resources during setup procedure, and the

resources are kept as long as UE is UL synchronized.
UE is not allowed to connect to a cell if theres no free SR resources

noOfPucchSrUsers and noOfPucchCqiUsers determine number of resources

for SR and CQI per cell
PUCCH is allocated by
2 RB at the band edges (RB-pair)
Time domain sharing, each PUCCH is assigned to
a UE with a periodicity deciding which sub-frame
UE can access PUCCH (default periodicity for CQI
is 80ms, SR is 10ms)

Current setting
noOfPucchSrUsers, noOfPucchCqiUsers = 320

Pucch resources
highest pucch resources for sr &TCQI
= 10ms (SR periodicity)
SR

nSF,PUCCH = 10 (# sub-frames for PUCCH)

ncap = 4 (CQI resources/RB pair)
TCQI = 80ms (CQI periodicity)

1st attempt (nRB,format1 = nRB,format2 = 4)

nSR,res = (36*4-44)*10*10/10 = 1000 (>810)
nCQI,res = 4*4*80*10/10 = 1280 (>880)
2nd attempt (nRB,format1 = 5, nRB,format2 = 3)
nSR,res = (36*5-44)*10*10/10 = 1360 (>810)
nCQI,res = 3*4*80*10/10 = 960 (>880)

3rd attempt (nRB,format1 = 6, nRB,format2 = 2)

nSR,res = (36*6-44)*10*10/10 = 1720 (>810)
nCQI,res = 2*4*80*10/10 = 640 (<880)
noOfPucchSrUsers (limited by nCQI.res)=noOfPucchCqiUsers=640
This setting will reduce peak UL throughput

Pucch resources
number of pucch rb-pairs

Current setting (noOfPucchSrUsers =

noOfPucchCqiUsers = 320)
nPUCCH,SR = [320/10 * 10/10] = 32
nRB,Format1 = [(32+44)/36] = 3
nRB,Format2 = [320/(4*80) * 10/10] = 1
nRB,PUCCH = 3 + 1 = 4

Recommended setting (noOfPucchSrUsers

= noOfPucchCqiUsers = 640)
nPUCCH,SR = [640/10 * 10/10] = 64
nRB,Format1 = [(64+44)/36] = 3
nRB,Format2 = [640/(4*80) * 10/10] = 2
nRB,PUCCH = 3 + 2 = 5 (even 6, < max RB
pair per DU)
Odd number will leave 1 RB-pair
unused by PUCCH and PUSCH

Pucch resources
observability

pmPucchSrCqiResCongCqi
The number of times a PUCCH allocation request
for CQI resource(s) could not be granted

pmPucchSrCqiResCongSr
The number of times a PUCCH allocation request
for SR resource(s) could not be granted

Pdcch resources
PDCCH is used for

adaptive pdcch (1/2)

UL/DL scheduling assignments, e.g. PUSCH/PDSCH resource indication,

transport format indication, HARQ info and PUCCH/PUSCH PC commands

Number of OFDM symbols available for PDCCH in a sub-frame is CFI. Max

OFDM symbols, limited by pdcchCfiMode, is not exceeded

Recommended setting:
Bandwidth =< 10MHz : CFI_AUTO_MAXIMUM_3 (current setting), to handle peaks of
PDCCH load
Bandwidth > 10MHz : CFI_AUTO_MAXIMUM_2, since higher number of symbols for
PDCCH can increase RB pairs for PUCCH, which leads to reduced UL peak rate

Pdcch resources
observability

pmPdcchCceUtil

PDF of % of CCEs utilized compared with total CCEs available (at the maximum CFI permitted by
pdcchCfiMode) each subframe, considering bandwidth and antenna configuration.

pmPdcchCfiUtil

PDF of number of subframes each CFI value was assigned

Focus areas

LTE High Capacity Focus Areas

1. Control Channel Dimensioning
PUCCH Resources
PDCCH Resources
2. UL Noise Rise
3. PRB Utilization / Cell Throughput Capacity
4. MP Load

RRC Connection Setup Intensity

Due to UE releases by Inactivity
Due to UE releases by RLC Supervision

Incoming Handover Intensity

Hardware expansion
5. Connected Users License

Summary of High Capacity Parameter Settings

Ul noise rise
pzeronominalpucch, pzeronominalpusch

pZeroNominalPucch and pZeroNominalPusch can be used to adjust power control

target, trade off between coverage and capacity
Current setting
pZeroNominalPucch = -117dBm
pZeroNominalPusch = -96dBm (should be reduced to default -103dBm to reduce UL
interference peaks at high load)

Ul noise rise
observability

pmSinrPucchDistr

pmSinrPuschDistr

The measured Noise and Interference Power on PUCCH, according to 36.214

pmRadioTbsPwrRestricted

The measured Noise and Interference Power on PUSCH, according to 36.214 of the SINR values
calculated for PUSCH

pmRadioRecInterferencePwrPucch

Distribution of the SINR values calculated for PUSCH

pmRadioRecInterferencePwr

Distribution of the SINR values calculated for PUCCH

The number of Transport Blocks on MAC level scheduled in uplink where the UE was considered to be
power limited.

pmRadioTbsPwrUnrestricted

The number of Transport Blocks on MAC level scheduled in uplink where the UE was NOT considered
to be power limited.

Focus areas

LTE High Capacity Focus Areas

1. Control Channel Dimensioning
PUCCH Resources
PDCCH Resources
2. UL Noise Rise
3. PRB Utilization / Cell Throughput Capacity
4. MP Load

RRC Connection Setup Intensity

Due to UE releases by Inactivity
Due to UE releases by RLC Supervision

Incoming Handover Intensity

Hardware expansion
5. Connected Users License
Summary of High Capacity Parameter Settings

Prb utilization / cell throughput capacity

schedulingalgorithm

Current setting schedulingAlgorithm = 3

(PROPORTIONAL_FAIR_MEDIUM),
propose to change to following at high
load

System Fairness

4 (PROPORTIONAL_FAIR_LOW) or
5 (MAXIMUM_C_OVER_I)
Higher Cell Throughput
Higher TTI utilization
Higher PRB utilization

For PFL or Max C/I, user at cell

edge may have low throughput, as
scheduler has higher weightage for
RF condition

Cell Throughput

Performance comparison between

different schedulers

Best cell throughput (from lowest to

highest)

RR < ER < PFH < PFM < PFL < MCI

System fairness (from lowest to highest)

MCI < PFL < PFM < PFL < ER < RR

Prb utilization / cell throughput capacity

observability

Average Cell Throughput UL = pmUeThpVolUl/(pmSchedActivityCellUl/1000)

Average Cell Throughput DL = pmPdcpVolDlDrb/(pmSchedActivityCellDl/1000)

pmPrbUtilUl
A distribution that shows the uplink Physical Resource Block (PRB) pair utilization (total
number of used PRB pairs by available PRB pairs) on the Physical Uplink Shared Channel
(PUSCH)

pmPrbUtilDl
A distribution that shows the downlink Physical Resource Block (PRB) pair utilization (total
number of used PRB pairs by available PRB pairs) on the Physical Downlink Shared
Channel (PDSCH)

Average # Simultaneous Active UE UL = pmActiveUeUlSum/pmSchedActivityCellUl

Average # Simultaneous Active UE DL = pmActiveUeDlSum/pmSchedActivityCellDl

Focus areas

LTE High Capacity Focus Areas

1. Control Channel Dimensioning
PUCCH Resources
PDCCH Resources
2. UL Noise Rise
3. PRB Utilization / Cell Throughput Capacity
4. MP Load

RRC Connection Setup Intensity

Due to UE releases by Inactivity
Due to UE releases by RLC Supervision

Incoming Handover Intensity

Hardware expansion
5. Connected Users License
Summary of High Capacity Parameter Settings

Mp load
mp load control mechanism (new in L13A)

Main contributors (signaling) for MP Load

RRC Connection Setups
Incoming Handovers
Paging Requests

Mp load
1.1 RRC Connection setup intensity
(due to UE releases by inactivity)
The time a UE can be inactive before it is released is controlled
by tInactivityTimer
Current setting for tInactivityTimer is 10s, requirement from
UE vendor
Recommend to change to 30s to reduce signaling load for high
capacity cells
For tInactivityTimer set to 30s,
E-RAB drop rate will increase due to the E-RAB drops only consider the abnormal E-RAB Releases
if there was data in buffer (i.e. active).

Number of UEs stay in RRC_Connected state will be larger, thus lowering the number of available
Connected Users License for new users

Mp load

1.2 RRC Connection setup intensity

(due to UE releases by rLC Supervision) cont

As part of Radio Connection Supervision, RLC failures are caused by

T310 expiry
Max RLC re-transmissions reached

T310 is controlled by

After receiving N310 consecutive out-of-sync indications, start timer T310

After receiving N311 consecutive in-sync indications, stop timer T310
After T310 expired Radio Link Failure
Current settings:
N310 = 20 (recommended, no change)
N311 = 1 (recommended, no change)
T310 = 2s (recommended, no change)
UE is released after T310 (2s) + T311 (3s)

Mp load

1.2 RRC Connection setup intensity

(due to UE releases by rLC Supervision)
RLC re-transmissions are controlled by
Max # RLC re-transmissions before stopping and indicating to RRC max RLC re-tx reached
SRB/DRB :: dlMaxRetxThreshold (Current setting: 8/8, recommended, no change)
SRB/DRB :: ulMaxRetxThreshold (Current setting: 8/8, recommended, no change)

Poll timer for RLC re-Tx (if no status report received)

SRB/DRB :: tPollRetransmitDl (Current: 45ms/50ms, recommend 80ms/80ms)
SRB/DRB :: tPollRetransmitUl (Current: 45ms/50ms, recommend 80ms/80ms)

Re-Tx count

#1

Increase Poll timer may reduce

SE/TTI usage for re-Tx and free
SE/TTI for traffic, but re-Tx time is
extended from 360-400ms to 640ms
(80ms x 8)

#8

RLC Failure

Mp load
2. incoming handovers intensity

Current setting for handover is

ReportConfigEUtraBestCell::a3offset = 3dB
ReportConfigEUtraBestCell:: hysteresisA3 = 1dB
ReportConfigEUtraBestCell:: timeToTriggerA3 = 40ms

Propose to change a3offset to 5dB (handover margin increased to

6dB) for high capacity cells to reduce signaling load.
a3offsetAnrDelta remains unchanged
Increase handover margin reduces
handovers and may impact
retainability
Will review feasibility to use
alternative approach on UE Level
Oscillating Handover Minimization
feature

Mp load
3. hardware expansion

MP capacity for DUS is higher than MP capacity

on DUL

Mp load

pmProcessorLoad

The number of Handover Preparation Failure messages sent by the target eNodeB due to high load (MP Load Ccontrol).

pmHoPrepRejInOverload

The total number of failed RRC connection establishments due to overload (Procedure Latency Supervision).

pmHoPrepRejInHighLoad

The total number of failed RRC connection establishments due to high load (MP Load Control).

pmRrcConnEstabFailOverload

The number of discarded S1AP paging messages not routed to any cell due to high load (MP Load Control).

pmRrcConnEstabFailHighLoad

This counter counts the number of received S1AP paging messages in the RBS.

pmPagS1Discarded

A distribution of the CPU load of the MP corresponding to the definition of the CPU load used by MP Load
Management.
This counter also includes CPU load consumption from execution on priorities below traffic priority. This includes CPU
load from performance management and some O&M tasks.

pmPagS1Received

The average CPU load on the whole MP system (all the CPU cores).

pmProcessorLoadDistr

observability

The number of Handover Preparation Failure messages sent by the target eNodeB due to overload (Procedure Latency
Supervision).

Focus areas
LTE High Capacity Focus Areas
1. Control Channel Dimensioning
PUCCH Resources
PDCCH Resources

2. UL Noise Rise
3. PRB Utilization / Cell Throughput Capacity
4. MP Load

RRC Connection Setup Intensity

Due to UE releases by Inactivity

Due to UE releases by RLC Supervision

Incoming Handover Intensity

Hardware expansion

Connected users license

Current Connected Users License is 800 per DUL
Connected Users license should be topped-up for high traffic sites on demand basis

DUL

Rrc Conn user

DUL21

1500

DUL31

2500

DUL41

3000

Increase Connected Users License may

have impact on signaling load

Connected Users License

check is part of RRC
Setup procedure

Connected users
observability

pmRrcConnEstabFailLic
The total number of failed RRC Connection
Establishments due to lack of connected users
license

Focus areas
LTE High Capacity Focus Areas
1. Control Channel Dimensioning
PUCCH Resources
PDCCH Resources
2. UL Noise Rise
3. PRB Utilization / Cell Throughput Capacity
4. MP Load
RRC Connection Setup Intensity
Due to UE releases by Inactivity
Due to UE releases by RLC Supervision
Incoming Handover Intensity
Hardware expansion
5. Connected Users License
Summary of High Capacity Parameter Settings

Parameter

Summary of high cap parameters

Current

Recommended

noOfPucchSrUsers

320

640

Maximize number of allowed SR users

noOfPucchCqiUsers

320

640

Maximize number of allowed CQI users

CFI_AUTO_MAXIMUM
_3

CFI_AUTO_MAXIMUM_3 (no
change)

pZeroNominalPucch

-117

-117 (no change)

pZeroNominalPusch

-96

-103

schedulingAlgorithm

3
(PROPORTIONAL_FAIR
_MEDIUM)

4 (PROPORTIONAL_FAIR_LOW)
or 5 (MAXIMUM_C_OVER_I)

tInactivityTimer

10s

30s

SRB/DRB::dlMaxRetxThreshold
SRB/DRB::ulMaxRetxThreshold

8/8
8/8

8/8 (no change)

8/8 (no change)

45ms/50ms
45ms/50ms

80ms/80ms
80ms/80ms

T310 / T311

20 / 1

20 / 1 (no change)

Recommended setting is already set, for RLC

supervision

N310 / N311

2s / 3s

2s / 3s (no change)

Recommended setting is already set, for RLC

supervision

30 (3dB)

50 (5dB) (low priority)

pdcchCfiMode (10MHz)

SRB/DRB::tPollRetransmitDl
SRB/DRB::tPollRetransmitUl

a3Offset

Objective

Recommended setting is already set, just monitor CCE

and CFI usage

Recommended setting is already set

Reduce UL noise rise at high load
Increase cell throughput and PRB utilization

Reduce signaling load

Max # RLC re-Tx in UL/DL (control signaling load).
Recommended setting is already set
Increase poll timer for RLC re-Tx (if no status report
received) to avoid RLC failures, reduce signaling load

Reduce signaling load. Will review feasibility to use

alternative approach on UE Level Oscillating Handover
Minimization feature

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