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Title Supportofloadbalancingtoenhanceserviceavailability(usingPreambleIndexOverride
&RangingAbortTimer)

Date 20080419
Submitted
Voice:
Source(s) Jaejeong(Brian)Shim,KiBackKim,Aeri
Email:brian.shim@samsung.com
Lim
Vikas.Mehrotra@motorola.com
SamsungElectronics*
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VikasMehrotra,ApurvMathur,SimonJing,
AQ.html>
RishiArora,JosephSchumacher
Motorola*
Re: LB26c
Thiscontributionproposedaloadbalancingschemeduringinitialnetworkentry,HO,orre
Abstract
entryfromidlemode.

Purpose AccepttheproposedspecificationchangesonIEEEP802.16Rev2/D4.
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Support of load balancing to enhance service availability

(using Preamble Index Override & Ranging Abort Timer)

Jaejeong Shim, KiBack Kim, and Aeri Lim

Samsung Electronics
Vikas Mehrotra, Apurv Mathur, Simon Jing, Rishi Arora, and Joseph Schumacher
Motorola Inc.

Problem description

WhenaBScannotsupportanMStryinginitialnetworkentry,handover,orreentryfromidlemode,ithasto
movetheMStootherBSwhichcansupporttheMS.However,currentspecificationdoesnotsupportthe
operation.

BScanuseRNGRSP(withrangingstatus=abort)orDREGCMD(withactioncode=00),buttheycannot
designatespecifictargetBStotheMS.

BScanusetheDownlinkfrequencyoverrideTLV.ButtheTLVcannotdesignateaspecifictargetBSanditis
notavailablewhenreusefactor=1.

EventhoughMScanobtaintheServicelevelpredictionofeachtargetBSduringhandover,thesystemloadof
targetBSmaychangewhentheMSmovestotheBS.

MScouldgettheloadinginformation(AvailableDL/ULRadioResources)inDCD/UCDduringnetworkentry.
ButtheinformationisonlyfortheservingBS.Generally,theTXperiodofNBRADVmessageismuch
largerthanthatofDCD/UCD.Thus,MSmaynotgettheNBRADVmessageduringnetworkentry.MS
cannotperformloadbalancingbasedontheloadinginformationofonlytheservingBS.Incaseofreentry
fromidlemode,MSmaynotobtainlatestDCD,UCD,andNBRADV.TheConfigurationChangeCount
ofDCDandUCDdoesnotcountintheAvailableDLRadioResourceandAvailableULRadioResource
respectively.ThatmeansMSmostlyhaveloadinginformationwhichisnotvalidanymoreduringreentry
fromidlemode.

Draftspecification[IEEE802.16Rev2/D4]allowstheMStoscanandtoinitiateatanytimehandovertotarget
cellsdifferentfromtheonesindicatedbytheservingBS.MoreoverMScanexecutehandoverwithouteven
notifyingthetargetBSIDtotheBS.SuchbehaviormayleadtoconflictingdecisionsbetweenMSandthe
BS.MSinitiatedHOprimarilyaimsatindividualMSlinkoptimizationbytakingintoaccountchannel
qualitysituation.BSinitiatedLoadBalancingmayingeneralpursueoverallnetworkresources
optimizationbytakingintoaccountServingBSandnetworkloadconditions.

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Proposed Changes

Change#1:AddthefollowingTLVsanditsdescriptioninRNGRSPmessage:

Adopt the following changes in section 6.3.2.3.6 RNG-RSP (ranging response) message:

ThefollowingparametersmaybeincludedintheRNGRSPmessage:

TimingAdjustInformation
Ifthisfieldisnotincluded,noadjustmentshallbemade
PowerAdjustInformation
Ifthisfieldisnotincluded,noadjustmentshallbemade
DownlinkFrequencyOverride
UplinkChannelIDOverride
DownlinkOperationalBurstProfile
BasicCID
ArequiredparameteriftheRNGRSPmessageisbeingsentontheInitialRangingCIDinresponsetoaRNGREQmessage
thatwassentontheInitialRangingCID.
SSMACAddress(48bit)
ArequiredparameterwhentheCIDintheMACheaderistheInitialRangingCID.
FrequencyAdjustInformation
AASBroadcastPermission
PreambleIndexO verride
PreambleIndicesofnewtargetBS(s) wherethe
M Sshouldredoranging.
IftheTLVincludestwoormorePreambleInd
ices
,
thefirstoneinthelististhemostpreferableandthesecondisthenextpreferable.WhentheTLVisusedwithDownlink
frequencyoverrideTLV,theMSshouldredorangingonthenewDLchannelidentifiedbythePreambleIndices
.
RangingAbortTimer
Timerdefinedbya BStoprohibit
the
MS fromattemptingnetworkentryatthisBS,
for
a
specifictimeduration.

At the end of Section 6.3.9.5.1, page 316, line 33 insert as:

IftheRangingAbortTimerTLVencodingisincludedinRNGRSP,theMSshallabortthecurrentnetworkentryattemptandshall
notredorangingtothecurrentBSuntiltheRangingAbortTimerexpires.

Change#2:AddthefollowingTLVsinTable572RNGRSPmessageencodings:

Add the following TLVs into Table 572:

Table 572RNG-RSP message encodings

Name Type Length Value PHY

(1byte) scope
PreambleIndexO
verride 39 Length is PreambleIndicesofnewtargetBS(s)
where All
defined theM
Sshouldredoranging.
as: (Num
of IfthisTLVisused,theRangingStatus
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Preamble valueshallbesetto2.ThisTLVs
hallbe
Index)*1 usedforlicensedbandsonly.
RangingAbortTimer 40 1 0255:Inunitsofseconds All

Change#3:Rejectionofserviceflowcreation

6.3.14.7.1.1DynamicserviceflowcreationSSinitiated

CreationofserviceflowsmaybeinitiatedbyeitherBS(mandatorycapability)orbySS(optionalcapability).TheSSinitiated
protocolisillustratedinFigure111anddescribedindetailin6.3.14.9.3.1.ADSAREQfromanSScontainsaQoSparameterset
(markedeitherforadmissiononlyorforadmissionandactivation).BSrespondswithDSARSPindicatingacceptanceorrejection.
Inthecasewhenrejectionwascausedbypresenceofnonsupportedparameterofnonsupportedvalue,specificparametermaybe
includedintoDSARSP.IftheBSrejectsaserviceflowduetoabsenceofsufficientresourcestoadmittheserviceflow(seeTable
574,CC=3),theBSmayinitiateprocedurestomovetheSStoadifferentBS(see6.3.22).

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References

[IEEE802.16Rev2/D4] IEEEComputerSocietyandIEEEMicrowaveTheoryandTechniquesSociety,
DRAFT Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks Part 16: Air
Interface for Broadband Wireless Access Systems, P802.16Rev2/D4 (April
2008)(RevisionofIEEEStd802.162004andconsolidatesmaterialfromIEEE
Std802.16e2005,IEEEStd802.162004/Cor12005,IEEEStd802.16f2005and
IEEEStd802.16g2007)
.