Lte High capacity event

parameters

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

Pucch resources
highest pucch resources for sr
& CQI
T = 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 =

3rd attempt (nRB,format1 = 6, nRB,format2 =
4)
2)
nSR,res = (36*4-44)*10*10/10 = 1000
nSR,res = (36*6-44)*10*10/10 = 1720
(>810)
(>810)
2nd attempt (nRB,format1 = 5, nRB,format2 = noOfPucchSrUsers (limited by
nCQI,res = 4*4*80*10/10 = 1280 (>880) n nCQI,res
= 2*4*80*10/10 = 640 (<880)
CQI.res)=noOfPucchCqiUsers=640
3)
This setting will reduce peak UL throughput
nSR,res = (36*5-44)*10*10/10 = 1360
(>810)
nCQI,res = 3*4*80*10/10 = 960 (>880)

Pucch resources
number of pucch rb-pairs

Current setting
(noOfPucchSrUsers =
noOfPucchCqiUsers = 320)
nPUCCH,SR = [320/10 * 10/10] = 32

Recommended setting
(noOfPucchSrUsers =
noOfPucchCqiUsers = 640)
nPUCCH,SR = [640/10 * 10/10] = 64
nRB,Format1 = [(64+44)/36] = 3

nRB,Format1 = [(32+44)/36] = 3

nRB,Format2 = [640/(4*80) * 10/10] = 2

nRB,Format2 = [320/(4*80) * 10/10] = 1

nRB,PUCCH = 3 + 2 = 5 (even 6, <

max RB pair per DU)

nRB,PUCCH = 3 + 1 = 4

Odd number will leave 1

RB-pair unused by PUCCH and

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

adaptive pdcch (1/2)

PDCCH is used for

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 subframe 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

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)

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:Re-Tx
45ms/50ms,
recommend 80ms/80ms)
count
SRB/DRB :: tPollRetransmitUl (Current: 45ms/50ms, recommend 80ms/80ms)

#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 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 high
load (MP Load Ccontrol).

pmHoPrepRejInOverload

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
Increase Connected Users License
DUL
Rrc Conn
may have impact on signaling load

user

DUL21

1500

DUL31

2500

DUL41

3000

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_MAXIMU
M_3

CFI_AUTO_MAXIMUM_3
(no change)

pZeroNominalPucch

-117

-117 (no change)

pZeroNominalPusch

-96

-103

schedulingAlgorithm

3
(PROPORTIONAL_F
AIR_MEDIUM)

4
(PROPORTIONAL_FAIR_LO
W) 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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