Course Content

Radio Resource Management Functions Overview

Parameter Configuration
Common Channels & Power Control
Load Control
Admission Control
Packet Scheduling
Handover Control
Resource Manager

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Module Objectives

At the end of the module you will be able to:

Understand the Nokia RNC parameter database structure

Name and describe the different Managed Object types
Understand the usage of parameter templates
Understand how parameters are updated and maintained in Nokia RAN

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Logical Structure of the RNC Database Objects

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Managed Object types

• RNC = Radio Network Controller • COCO = Radio Network Connection
• WBTS = WCDMA Base Station
Configuration

• WCEL = WCDMA Cell • CMOB = Congestion Management OBject

• ADJ = Adjacency for WCDMA cell • WANE = WCDMA Authorized Network
• ADJS = intra-frequency adjacency
• WSG = WCDMA subscriber group
• ADJI = inter-frequency adjacency
• WLCSE = WCDMA Location service entity
• ADJG = inter-system adjacency

• HOP = Handover Path • WSMLC = WCDMA Serving Mobile

Location Center
• HOPS, HOPI, HOPG

• FMC = Frequency Measurement Control

FMCS, FMCI, FMCG

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RNC Object
• The logical object of the Radio Network Controller
• It can have up to 512 WBTS objects (requires RAS51 RNC)
• In the RNC object the following interfaces are defined: Iu-PS, Iu-CS and Iur
• The logical object are hierarchically related to each other, therefore it is not
possible to create any other object before RNC creation.

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WBTS Object

• The logical object of the WCDMA Base Station (Node B). A WBTS can have up
to 24 WCDMA cells and one COCO object.

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WCEL object

• The logical object of the WCDMA Cell is created to define the configuration of
the WCDMA Node B site. In one RNC database there can be 1152 WCELs.

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Handover Path
HOPx

• The Handover Path object stores mainly cell reselection and Intra frequency HHO
parameters. One HOPx can be related to several Adjacency objects.
• The maximum number of HOPx objects within one category is 100.
• E.g. for different type of cells (urban, rural, macro/micro/pico)
• HOP Types:
• HOPS — object for intra-frequency
Handover Path
• HOPI — object for inter-frequency
Handover Path
• HOPG — object for inter-system
Handover Path

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HOPx Level Parameters
IntraFreqNcellHCSpriority InterFreqNcellHCSpriority GSMncellHCSpriority
IntraFreqNcellHCSthreshold InterFreqNcellHCSthreshold GSMncellHCSthreshold
IntraFreqNcellQqualMin InterFreqNcellQqualMin GSMncellQrxlevMin
IntraFreqNcellQrxlevMin InterFreqNcellQrxlevMin GSMncellPenaltyTime
IntraFreqNcellPenaltyTime InterFreqNcellPenaltyTime GSMncellQoffset1
IntraFreqNcellQoffset1 InterFreqNcellQoffset1 GSMncellTempOffset1
IntraFreqNcellQoffset2 InterFreqNcellQoffset2 HOPGId
IntraFreqNcellTempOffset1 InterFreqNcellTempOffset1
IntraFreqNcellTempOffset2 InterFreqNcellTempOffset2
EcNoAveragingWindow HOPIId
EnableInterRNCsho
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HHOMarginAverageEcNo
HHOMarginPeakEcNo
ReleaseMarginAverageEcNo
ReleaseMarginPeakEcNo
HOPSId
Idle Mode Parameters
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Adjacencies
ADJx

• Adjacencies for WCDMA cell refers to a handover relationship between two

cells. They are defined for neighbouring cells.
• Adjacency Types:
• ADJS — object for intra-frequency Adjacency
• ADJI — object for inter-frequency Adjacency
• ADJG — object for inter-system Adjacency

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Adjacencies (ADJx)

IntraFreqNcellCI InterFreqNcellCI GSMncellBandIndicator

IntraFreqNcellEcNoOffset InterFreqNcellLAC GSMncellBCC
IntraFreqNcellDERR InterFreqNcellTxPwrRACH GSMncellBCCH
IntraFreqNcellLAC InterFreqNcellMCC GSMncellCI
IntraFreqNcellTxPwrRACH InterFreqNcellMNC GSMncellLAC
IntraFreqNcellMCC InterFreqNcellMNCLength GSMncellTxPwrMaxRACH
IntraFreqNcellMNC NrtHopiIdentifier GSMncellMCC
IntraFreqNcellMNCLength InterFreqNcellScrCode GSMncellMNC
HSDPAHopsIdentifier InterFreqNcellRNCid GSMncellNCC
NrtHopsIdentifier InterFreqNcellRAC NrtHopgIdentifier
IntraFreqNcellScrCode RtHopiIdentifier RtHopgIdentifier
IntraFreqNcellRNCid InterFreqNcellTxDiv ADJGId
IntraFreqNcellRAC InterFreqNcellUARFCN
RtHopsIdentifier ADJIId
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Adjacencies (ADJx) to HOPx

• Every adjacency definition contains links to HOPx parameter sets

• RtHopxIdentifier defines the HOPx (x = S, I, G) parameter set that is applied
• Idle mode cell-reselections
• RT bearer intra-frequency hard handovers
• NrtHopxIdentifier defines the HOPx (x = S, I, G) parameter set that is applied
• Connected mode cell-reselections (CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH, URA_PCH)
• NRT bearer intra-frequency hard handovers
• HSDPAHopsIdentifier defines the HOPS parameter set that is applied
• For user having HS-DSCH allocated
• RTWithHSDPAHopsIdentifier defines the HOPS parameter set that is applied
• For user having HS-DSCH allocated simultaneously with AMR speech CS RAB

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Frequency Measurement Control
• The FMC object contains information concerning the frequency measurement
functionality of the RNC.
• The maximum number of frequency measurement control objects within one
category is 100.
• E.g. for different type of cells (urban, rural, macro/micro/pico)
• One FMC can be related to several WCDMA cells.
• FMC Types:
• FMCS — object for intra-frequency
Frequency Measurement Control
• FMCI — object for inter-frequency
Frequency Measurement Control
• FMCG — object for inter-system
Frequency Measurement Control

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FMCX Level Parameters Threshold & Trigger Handover Cause

ActiveSetWeightingCoefficient IFHOcauseCPICHEcNo GSMcauseCPICHEcNo

AdditionReportingInterval IFHOcauseCPICHrscp GSMcauseCPICHrscp
AdditionTime IFHOcauseTxPwrDL GSMcauseTxPwrDL
AdditionWindow IFHOcauseTxPwrUL GSMcauseTxPwrUL
EcNoFilterCoefficient IFHOcauseUplinkQuality GSMcauseUplinkQuality
DropTime InterFreqDLTxPwrThrAMR GsmDLTxPwrThrAMR
DropWindow InterFreqDLTxPwrThrCS GsmDLTxPwrThrCS
MaxActiveSetSize InterFreqDLTxPwrThrNrtPS GsmDLTxPwrThrNrtPS
ReplacementReportingInterval InterFreqDLTxPwrThrRtPS GsmDLTxPwrThrRtPS
ReplacementTime InterFreqMaxMeasPeriod GsmMaxMeasPeriod
ReplacementWindow InterFreqMeasAveWindow GsmMeasAveWindow
HHoEcNoCancel InterFreqMeasRepInterval GsmMeasRepInterval
HHoEcNoCancelTime InterFreqMinHoInterval GsmMinHoInterval
HHoEcNoThreshold InterFreqMinMeasInterval GsmMinMeasInterval
HHoEcNoTimeHysteresis InterFreqNcellSearchPeriod GsmNcellSearchPeriod
HHoRscpCancel InterFreqUETxPwrFilterCoeff GsmUETxPwrFilterCoeff
HHoRscpCancelTime InterFreqUETxPwrThrAMR GsmUETxPwrThrAMR
HHoRscpFilterCoefficient InterFreqUETxPwrThrCS GsmUETxPwrThrCS
HHoRscpThreshold InterFreqUETxPwrThrNrtPS GsmUETxPwrThrNrtPS
HHoRscpTimeHysteresis InterFreqUETxPwrThrRtPS GsmUETxPwrThrRtPS
IMSIbasedSHO InterFreqUETxPwrTimeHyst GsmUETxPwrTimeHyst
FMCSId FMCIId FMCGId
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WCEL to FMCx

• Every WCEL definition contains links to max. 14 FMCx parameter sets

• RtFmcxIdentifier (x = S, I, G) defines the FMCx parameter set that is applied for radio
links with RT bearers
• NrtFmcxIdentifier (x = S, I, G) defines the FMCx parameter set that is applied for radio
links with only NRT bearers
• HSDPAFmcxIdentifier (x = S, I, G) defines the FMCx parameter set controlling
measurements of a user having HS-DSCH allocated
• RTWithHSDPAFmcxIdentifier (x = S, I, G) defines the FMCx parameter set controlling
measurements of a user having HS-DSCH allocated simultaneously with AMR
speech CS RAB
• HSPAFmcsIdentifier defines the FMCS parameter set controlling measurements of a
user having HS-DSCH and E-DCH allocated
• RTWithHSPAFmcsIdentifier defines the FMCS parameter set controlling
measurements of a user having HS-DSCH and E-DCH allocated simultaneously with
AMR speech CS RAB

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Connection Configuration
COCO

• A new logical COCO object is created in order to reserve local transmission

resources for the WCDMA BTS.
• The COCO objects display the transmission resources in the Iub interface, but
not the actual network topology
• There can be up to 400 COCO objects
in the RNW database

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WANE & WSG Objects
IMSI BASED HO

• WANE & WSG MO groups are for the IMSI Based HO, which is optional feature
• WANE set contain PLMN id where UE is allowed to make handover.
• WSG object should be created to every subscriber (PLMN id) visiting in network
and it maps subscriber (PLMN id) to certain WANE sets

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WSMLC & WLCSE objects

LOCATION BASED SERVICE

• WSMLC & WLCSE object groups are for Location based service. LCS is
RAN04 feature
7 WSMLC-WCDMA Serving Mobile Location Center, represents a logical
object with RNC specific mobile location center parameters
7 WLCSE-WCDMA Location service entity, represent a logical object with
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CMOB object

• CMOB object contains parameters for the WCDMA RAN Access Regulation
feature
• This allows to temporarily bar certain Access Classes from accessing the
network e.g. in case of disasters or large events
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Parameter Dictionary
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Parameter management - Overview

• Radio network parameters are managed via Netact OSS or directly via Element
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GUI example -General

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WCEL –FMCx mapping

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GUI examples -HOPS

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Chapter 2
-Parameter configuration-

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ANNEX – RAN04 RAS05.1 RAS06

• RAS05: HSDPA related parameters

• Integrated to existing parameter groups
• HSDPAFmcxIdentifier
• HSDPAHopsIdentifier

• RAS05.1 new parameter mapping

• RTWithHSDPAHopsIdentifier
• RTWithHSDPAFmcxIdentifier

• RAS06 new parameters

• HSPAFmcxIdentifier
• RTWithHSPAFmcxIdentifier

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