Introduces Minimisation of Drive Testing (MDT) and how it can be used to collect data from the

population of live network subscribers. A set of typical use cases is included in this section.

Chapter Error: Reference source not found provides a brief introduction to solutions for the Internet
of Things (IoT) market and provides a link to the relevant planning and dimensioning documentation.

Unfortunately, SINR is not specifically defined in 3GPP specifications, this means that any SINR
measurements methods of UE and scanners are not known. SINR measurements can indicate
interference areas, it is impacted by network load (traffic in the neighboring cells will reduce serving
cell SINR), the measurement method (RS or SCH) and tools, and PCI planning etc. The SINR defines
the throughput, coverage, and capacity of the network, and ultimately the user experience. The
factors that impact SINR includes UE position in cell (RSRP), interfering cell load, interferer cell
geometry, clutter and terrain type, and reference signal configuration. In theory, downlink SINR of a
cell can be calculated from RSRQ if the RF utilization of the cell is known. For example, the serving
cell should know its own PRB utilization, while for calculation of a neighbor cell SINR the load can be
obtained by the X2 Resource status reporting procedure. RSRQ depends on own cell traffic load, but
SINR doesn’t depend on own cell load. For RSRQ to SINR mapping, we can use the number of REs/RB
in serving cell is an input parameter for RSRQ to SINR mapping. In practice, mapping from RSRQ to
SINR seems difficult. 12 1 RSRP*12N SINR = P1 + Pn_12N Pn_xN = Pn_ RE* xN RSRP*12 N x = RE /
RB_used, N = # RBs SINR = N* RSRP RSSI = Pi + RSRP* xN + Pn_12N RSRQ RSRQ N* RSRP RSRQ = RSSI
=−R

SINR (Signal to interference and noise ratio) is the ratio of the power of all subcarriers that make up
a cell‐specific reference signal to the power of the interference (I) plus noise (N) over the same
subcarriers. The measurement indicates the RF channel quality, which is measured using the
reference signals transmitted in each subframe, the measurement is sampled in every TTI and
averaged per second in the logged output. SINR RSRP RSRP I N serv other In a live network, SINR and
RSRP are basically presented a linear relationship, in the main range of RSRP, when RSRP upgrades
10dB, SINR will upgrade about 4‐6dB. At the same SINR, the throughput rate is weakly correlated
with the RSRP, and the strong RSRP does not imply a high throughput rate, so RSRP’s high design g

RSRQ (Reference signal received quality), is the ratio of wanted signal to all received power. It is
calculated as N*RSRP/RSSI. N is the number of RBs of the EUTRA carrier RSSI measurement
bandwidth as shown in Figure 2.22. RSRQ includes the loading of the non‐reference signal
subcarriers, so it is a good measurement to indicate the loading. There are five data subcarriers for
every one reference signal subcarrier, which means that if a lot of data are transmitted, the RSRQ
will be low even if the received signal is of high quality and there is little to no noise. RSSI increases
about 5dB when RB activity increases to 100% in a 10MHz cell. Typical working values of RSRQ are in
the range from −3 dB (low/no interference) to −18 dB (high load/high interference) shown in
Table 2.5. Example: RSRP=−82dB, RSSI=−54dB, N=100 => RSRQ=10lg100 + (−82)−(−54)=−8dB RSRQ
tends to drop off rapidly at the cell edge or as the serving cell load increases, which can make
designing an appropriate level difficult. Typically, RSRQ down to −11 dB can be strongly influenced by
serving or inter‐cell interference, with no indication as to which is the cause. Below −11 dB inter‐cell,
external interference or thermal noise become dominant

describes the importance of RF optimisation prior to parameter optimisation, i.e. parameter

optimisation will be relatively ineffective if antenna heights, azimuths and tilts are non-optimal. The
various types of antenna tilts are introduced in this chapter. There is also an introduction to
Automatic Cell Planning (ACP) tools which may be used to provide guidance upon optimal RF
configurations.

 an overview of typical issues experienced in live networks

 counters and KPI which can be used to quantify performance
 parameters associated with the topic
optimisation procedures which can be a

 an overview of typical issues experienced in live networks

 counters and KPI which can be used to quantify performance
 parameters associated with the topic
optimisation procedures which can be a1

References 5

2 Scope 6

3 Optimization Process 7

3.1 Identification and Understanding of KPI 7

3.2 Initial Checks 8

3.3 KPI Improvement 10

4 RF Optimization20

4.1 Antenna Tilt 20

4.2 Crossed feeders23

4.3 Feeder Loss Imbalance 27

4.4 Interference Checks 29

4.5 Automatic Cell Planning (ACP) 31

5 Feature Summary 33

6 Parameter Optimization42

6.1 Idle Mode Mobility Management 43

6.2 Random Access 57

6.3 Radio Admission Control 91

6.4 Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) 105

6.5 Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) 122

6.6 Downlink Power Control 130

6.7 Uplink Power Control 142

6.8 MIMO Mode Control 166

6.9 Downlink Throughput 173

6.10 Uplink Throughput 186

6.11 Interference Mitigation 202

6.12 RSRQ Mobility 217

6.13 Latency 226

6.14 Connection Setup Delay 234

6.15 Inactivity Timer 240

6.16 CS Fallback 245

6.17 VoLTE 253

6.18 Massive MIMO 275

7 Minimisation of Drive Testing 281

7.1 Introduction 281

7.2 Use Cases 282

8 Internet of Things (IoT) 283

8.1 Introduction 283

8.2 Guidelines 283