Power Control

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Module Objectives
Explain the motivation for power control
Indicate the BSS parameters required for power control in general (output
power levels, fixed step sizes)
Describe the principle steps to be executed for power control (averaging,
triggering, power change step size estimation)
Discuss the algorithms used to estimate the power change step size, when
the power has to be increased / decreased due to signal level / quality
Explain the motivation for power optimisation
Indicate the BSS parameters required for power optimisation additionally
Discuss, how power control and traffic channel allocation are modified by
power optimisation

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Power
Control

Power Control Motivation

Reduced interference on DL/UL

Longer service time of battery

Realization of power class

Activation of DL power
control
powerCtrlEnabled

Y,N

Power control independent

for DL and UL
for each call
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Power Control Parameter

Output Power Limits

Power
Control

Maximum MS output power

Power Values

msTxPwrMaxGSM
Power
msTxPwrMaxGSM1x00
TCH
class
dependent msTxPwrMaxCCH
msTxPwrMaxCCH1x00
range

5..39 dBm GSM 900 TCH

0..36/32,33 dBm GSM 1800/1900
5..39 dBm GSM 900 CCH
0..30 dBm GSM 1800 CCH
0..32 dBm GSM 1900 CCH

Minimum MS output power

minMSTxPower

Attenuations

Maximum BTS output power (by minimum

attenuation)
bsTxPwrMax
bsTxPwrMax1x00

30 dB
Range

5..39 dBm GSM 900

0..36 dBm GSM 1800
0..32 dBm GSM 1900

0..30 dB GSM 900

0..30 dB GSM 1800/1900

Minimum MS output power (by maximum

attenuation)
bsTxPowerMin

0..30 dB

Additional attenuation for super reuse TRx

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bsTxPowerOffset

0..30 dB

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Control

Power Control Parameters

Power Change Step Sizes
Desired power level can be achieved in 1 or 2 commands

Yes

No

Fixed step size

Variable step size

Fixed increment step size

powerIncrStepSize

2,4,6 dB

Fixed decrement step size

powerDecrStepSize

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2,4 dB

Power Control Strategy

Measurement Averaging

Power
Control

UL
Quality
UL Level
DL
Quality
DL Level

<Av_RXQUAL_UL>
<Av_RXLEV_U
L>
<Av_RXQUAL_DL>
<Av_RXLEV_D
L>

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COMPARISON
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Power control interval
powerCtrlInterval

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0..31 s

Power Control Strategy

Triggering

Power
Control

Nx samples
Less than Px samples exceed thres
No power change triggered
Actual average samples

threshold
Signal level thresholds
pcUpperThresholdLevelDL/UL
pcLowerThresholdLevelDL/UL

-110..-47 dBm
-110..-47 dBm

Signal quality thresholds

pcUpperThresholdQualDL/UL
pcLowerThresholdQualDL/UL
Number of average samples
Nx
Px
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0..7
0..7

Nx samples
Px samples exceed threshold
Power change triggered

Power change step size estimatio

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Scenarios

Power
Control

Exceeded threshold

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Action

Reason

pcUpperThresholdLevelDL
pcLowerThresholdLevelDL
pcUpperThresholdLevelUL
pcLowerThresholdLevelUL

BTS power decrease

BTS power increase
MS power decrease
MS power increase

Signal level
Signal level
Signal level
Signal level

pcUpperThresholdQualDL
pcLowerThresholdQualDL
pcUpperThresholdQualUL
pcLowerThresholdQualUL

BTS power decrease

BTS power increase
MS power decrease
MS power increase

Signal quality
Signal quality
Signal quality
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Power Increase Due to Signal Level

Actual receive level RXLEV_DL/UL

pcLowerThresholdsLevelDL/UL
Power control triggered
UL: Power increase of MS
DL: Power increase of BTS
RXLEV_DL/UL > pcLowerThresholdLevelDL/UL - 2 powerIncrStepSize
Yes

No

Fixed step size

Variable step size

PWR_INCR_STEP = powerIncrStepSize

PWR_INCR_STEP = pcLowerThresholdLevelDL/UL
RXLEV_UL/DL

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Power Decrease Due to Signal

Level
(BTS)

Power
Control

pcUpperThresholdsLevelDL

Actual received level RXLEV_D

Power control triggered
Power decrease
RXLEV_DL < pcUpperThresholdLevelDL + 2 powerDecrStepSize OR
variableDLStepUse = No
Yes
Fixed step size

No
Variable step size

PWR_DECR_STEP = powerDecrStepSize PWR_DECR_STEP = Min (RXLEV_DL

pcUpperThresholdLevelDL, 1
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Power Decrease Due to Signal

Level
(MS)

Power
Control

pcUpperThresholdsLevelUL

Actual received level RXLEV

Power control triggered
Power decrease
RXLEV_UL < pcUpperThresholdLevelUL + 2 powerDecrStepSize

Yes
Fixed step size

No
Variable step size

PWR_DECR_STEP = powerDecrStepSize PWR_DECR_STEP = RXLEV_UL

pcUpperThresholdLevelUL

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Power
Control

Power Increase Due to Signal

Quality

Actual receive quality RXQUAL_DL/UL

pcLowerThresholdsQualDL/UL
Power control triggered
UL: Power increase of MS
DL: Power increase of BTS
Variable step size based on actual quality
PWR_INCR_STEP = (1 + Max (0,QUAL)) * powerIncrStepSize
Take largest step size

QUAL = RXQUAL_DL/UL pcLowerThresholdQualDL/UL

Step size based on actual level
Take algorithm for power increase due to signal level

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Power Decrease Due to Signal

Quality
(No Power Optimisation)

Power
Control

pcUpperThresholdsQualDL/UL

Actual received quality RXQUAL_D

Power control triggered
Actual RXLEV_DL/UL pcLowerThresholdLevelDL/UL < 6 dB
Yes

No

No power decrease

Power decrease

Avoid ping pong effect

Take algorithm for power decrease due to signal level

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Power Control Summary

Lower Level

Upper Level

Power increase
Power decrease Power decrease
6 dB due to quality due to level
due to level
or quality
Upper Quality
Power increase
due to level

Lower Quality
Power increase
due to level
or quality

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No action

Power increase
due to quality

Power decrease
due to level

Power increase
due to quality

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Control

Power Control Parameters

Power Optimisation
Activation of power
optimisation
optimumRxLevDL
optimumRxLevUL

-109..-47 dBm
-109..-47 dBm

Maximum decrement step size in dependence on signal

quality
pwrDecrLimitBand0
pwrDecrLimitBand1
pwrDecrLimitBand2

0..38 dB
0..38 dB
0..38 dB

used for quality 0

used for quality 1
used for quality 2 and worse

Enable power decrement below optimum level for UL

powerDecrQualFactor

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0,1

enabled, if set to 1

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Control

Power Decrease Due to Signal

Quality
(With Power Optimisation)

Power decrease step size for MS

PWR_DECR_STEP = Min (pwrDecrLimit, Max (A,B))
A = Max (0, RXLEV_UL - optimumRxLevUL)
B = (powerDecrQualFactor + Max (0,QUAL)) * powerDecrStepSize
with QUAL = pcUpperThreshold - <RXQUAL_UL>
Term A: Would bring actual receive level exactly to optimum level
Term B: Considers difference between average receive quality and threshold quality

Power decrease step size for BTS

PWR_DECR_STEP = Min [Min (pwrDecrLimit, Max (A,B)),10]
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