HUAWEI

Network Optimization Platform

Nastar V600R010 Introduction

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Contents

1 Nastar Overview

2 Nastar Solution

3 Nastar Benefit

4 Global Application

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 How resources are
How to improve user
occupied
perception

MBB EraHuge Volume

1. Where is correct hotspot ?

2. Where is valuable hotspot
Does terminal impact 3. Where is weak coverage ? How to optimize
on network? effectively daily ?

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 Others

Service Resource
User Assurance Analysis

Coverage Neighbor

Frequency
Precise Geographic
Optimization
Terminal Analysis Daily Optimization

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 Multi-RAT Multi-M2000 Multi-Client
Access Access Access
SFTP
SSL/FTPS
SAU
BTS Intranet Intranet
BSC
GSM M2000
Nastar
SAU
NodeB
RNC CORBA over
UMTS SSL/SFTP

SAU
BTS MBSC
SingleRAN

eNodeB Intranet
MME Clients
LTE M2000(Trace Server)

Multi-Security Protocol
Data processing server + SAU board located in BSC/RNC : Support 100,000 TRX/Cell
Hardware architecture hardening, supports multiple security protocol, safety data transfer

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Content

2 The Platform of Nastar Solution

A Precise Geographic Optimization

B User Assurance

C Terminal Analysis

D Service Resource Analysis

E Daily Optimization

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 Voice traffic
HSDPA/HSUPA/R99
Network Map
volume & throughput
Coverage/Events

Service Map
30+ Services
600+ Applications

Terminal Map Valuable terminals

volume and capability

Notice: Geographic observation features are only provided by professional service

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 Traffic Coverage Abnormal Event

Find the failed SHO area

Add the small cell quickly and optimize with
to absorb traffic cell performance analysis

Adjust the azimuth

of antenna

Benefits: Benefits: Benefits:

Reduce 25% expansion CAPEX by 30% decrease of Drive test cost 30% efficiency increase of finding
precise identification 30% increase of Trouble shooting potential churns area
efficiency Improve subscriber experience

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 Coverage Traffic Abnormal event
Primary Serving Cell Voice Traffic Distribution Call drops
UL Coverage Strength Poor-Quality Traffic HO failures
DL Coverage Strength Distribution UL PS Access Failures
UL Poor Coverage Low Quality DL PS Access Failures
GSM DL Poor Coverage Low Quality UL PS Call drops
UL Interference Area DL PS Call drops
UL Interference Area
LAC Stability
No Dominance Serving Cell Area

Primary Serving Cell Voice Traffic Distribution Call drops

CPICH RSCP Poor-Quality Traffic SHO failures
CPICH Ec/No Distribution HHO failures
LAC Stability HSDPA Traffic Volume IRAT HO failures
UMTS Pilot Pollution Area HSDPA Throughput
SHO Area HSUPA Traffic Volume
HSUPA Throughput
UL PS R99 Traffic Volume
UL PS R99 Throughput
DL PS R99 Traffic Volume
DL PS R99 Throughput

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 Cell contribution of volume
%
42%

19% 21.5%

17.5%

Cell A Cell B Cell C Cell D

Sina
Others
IM
PPlive Youtube Drill down the resource occupation
Smart
Others Data for polygon area
Email phone
card
Face Identify hotspot of service/application
Web book Others Localize valuable hotspot precisely, improve
Streaming Feature
browsing phone the investment efficiency

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Terminal Volume Geographic Observation Terminal Capability Geographic Observation

30%
Identify the hotspot of Percentage of terminal
valuable terminal which supports U900
80%

Proactive care for popular terminal When &where to make refarming

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Content

2 The Platform of Nastar Solution

A Precise Geographic Optimization

B User Assurance

C Terminal Analysis

D Service Resource Analysis

E Daily Optimization

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 1 2 N
Call record
Service type:
Network
CS/PS
Driver test > 3 Hours
Service
Multi Service Analysis
(Locating problem time)
Mobility
Analysis
15 Min with Nastar
Call information
Cause type: User info
Return to the scene directly
Non-exception MR Access/release info
Setup failure Statistical info 1 2 3
Abnormal Release SHO/HHO
Delay problem Inter RAT HO
HO problem Signaling Quick response
DCCC / RAB info

Locating the problem exactly
Reappearing History of all users in 7 days Reducing 30% DT Cost
Supporting Inter-RAT complaint analysis
Notes: Nastar could provide complete personal information protection solution!

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Content

2 The Platform of Nastar Solution

A Precise Geographic Optimization

B User Assurance

C Terminal Analysis

D Service Resource Analysis

E Daily Optimization

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Terminal Penetration in Multi-dimension Terminal Performance Evaluation
Help operator to make market strategy Find the problematic terminal
Accessibility
Service Retain
Traffic ability

Terminal
Service Performance
Service
Delay Quality

Intra-System Inter-System
HO HO

Performance
88% 90% 95%
76%

Terminal vendor Operating System

11%
Terminal Type

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 Terminal Capability Statistics Terminal Traffic Model Analysis
Introduce new feature in proper time Evaluate new terminal performance

100%
U900
80%
55% WiFi
60% HSPA
44% 40%
40%
20%
0%
U900 WiFi HSPA

When to
Perform refarming
Deploy WiFi
Introduce HSPA/Fast Dormancy
Traffic model occupation based on application

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 UE Power Class
UE Capability HSPA Ability
57%
0.6 1.2
49% 96%
HSDPA 0.5 43% 1
&HSUP 0.4 35%
0.8
A 0.3
Support 0.6
R99 0.2 13%
23% Only 0.4
0.1 1% 3%
47% 0.2
0 4% 1%

HSDPACAT10_rate
HSDPACAT11_rate
HSDPACAT12_rate
HSDPACAT13_rate
HSDPACAT14_rate
HSDPACAT15_rate
HSDPACAT4_rate

HSDPACAT8_rate
HSDPACAT3_rate

HSDPACAT5_rate
HSDPACAT6_rate
HSDPACAT7_rate

HSDPACAT9_rate

HSUPACAT1_rate
HSUPACAT2_rate
HSUPACAT3_rate
HSUPACAT4_rate
HSUPACAT5_rate
HSUPACAT6_rate
HSUPACAT7_rate
0

HSDPA
Only
30%

More than half of 3G UE(53%) support HSDPA; And 1/3 of HSDPA UE support 3.6Mbps(CAT 6), half of them support
7.2Mbps(CAT 8);
Only 3% HSDPA UE (1.5% of total 3G UE) support HSPA+ (CAT14). Terminal capability is bottleneck, although
network support HSPA+.
Half of HSUPA UE support 2Mbps (CAT5), another half support 5.76Mbps(CAT6); No UE support UL 16QAM;
96% of UE support power class 2 (24 dBm). This parameter is valuable for link budget.

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Content

2 The Platform of Nastar Solution

A Precise Geographic Optimization

B User Assurance

C Terminal Analysis

D Service Resource Analysis

E Daily Optimization

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 Missing Neighbor Coverage Problems Network Interference

Out of Service Call drop Access failure Noise Low data rate

How to improve the optimization efficiency?

How to lower the optimization

difficulty? ?

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 Input Result
Coverage

Measurement Report Frequency

Neighbor
Data Comprehensive
Uplink Interference
Data Accurate

Call History Record Uplink High Efficiency

Pilot
Engineering Data Interference Pollution
Low Cost
Configuration Data Cell
Performance

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 Drill down
BSC/RNC
User
Abnormal
event

Cell
Drill down

Identify abnormal
Poor UL level on TCH
Top N cells, Top N users
Um Interface problem Poor DL quality on TCH

Poor UL interference on TCH

Make deep analysis
Abnormal call release CN fault

Call setup failure Transmission fault High TA Locate the problem

Qos problem quickly & effectively

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 Challenge Solution Benefit

Operator I, Country M Based on Nastar Cell The call drop is normal after
Problem A: BSCx has serious performance analysis expansion of MSC circuits
abnormal release Quickly find the drop reason-- After changing BBUthe call
Problem B: Cellx has many lack enough circuits between setup successful rate is
call setup failures MSCs improved greatly
Quickly find the call setup Nastar provide quick and
failure reason BBU problem effective solution

No circuit channel available

R eleas e caus e of Call s etup failure B efore After
945 Requested circuit or channel not
11 8
available
Immediate assignment reject 146 2
15 TCH assignment failure/Equipment
462 1
failure
2011/8/17 2011/8/24

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 MR
MR Nastar Single Indicator
MR
Analysis
Directly displays
coverage status

Baded on MR data
Through RxLev/RxQual/TA/MS
Power/BTS Power, analyze
GSM coverage status
Through RSCP/EcNo/TP, Over Two Indicators
analyze UMTS coverage status Coverage combination analysis
Locate the
Comprehensive, Accurate, Weak
Coverage Narmal coverage problem
High efficiency, Low cost

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 AFC-
Over Coverage Weak Coverage

Interference Link Balance Problem

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 Overview Neighboring Cells data of the test cells
Rank the neighboring cells and candidates cells.
Give the feasible suggestions
CME Nastar
Directly display on the chart/GIS

011000100100101010110

UMTS

GSM GSM
GSM Neighboring Cell / UMTS Neighboring Cell
2G/3G Neighboring Cell

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 ICDM:
Co-frequency ICDM
MR Adj-frequency ICDM
MR Nastar
MR

Frequency Table
Whether to meet the spacing
rules
Based on the MR data, ICDM (inter Interference to the VIP cells
cell dependency matrix) is calculated,
and is applied in frequency
optimization.
Interference Chart:
Accurate, High efficiency, Directly display interference of each
Low cost frequency on the histogram and line
chart

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 Configuration before Configuration after

Optimize start from the worst cell of the network

Optimize start from the worst frequency of a cell
Candidate frequency consideration:
Do not break the frequency isolation rules
Total interference traffic is low
Interference traffic to VIP is low
Load the candidate frequency to the live network before continuing the next frequency optimization

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 Traditional Method
Manual test site by site
The time and the type of
interference could not be
identified

Analysis by Nastar
Remote analysis is based on
RTWP data
The time and the type of
interference are identified
according to RTWP trend chart
Nastar and main-diversity difference
chart

Accurate, Low cost, Low

difficulty

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ProblemCheck the uplink interference of the cells with the same antenna: the difference between main and diversity
receiver is 10 dB.
Advice : Check the connection of main antenna, and locate the interference of the main receiver.

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 Overview all the polluted cells and
their polluter cells
Display the cells that are polluted by
the selected polluter cell

View the cells that are polluted by the selected

polluter cell.

Display polluted cells and polluter cells

in geographic mode

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Contents

1 Overview of Huawei Optimization Platform

2 Nastar Solution

3 Nastar Benefit

4 Global Application

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 Traditional Way Nastar Way
Based on MR Statistics and DT Based on real MR data

20 BSC, 15000 CELLs, 4 times a year 20 BSC, 15000 CELLs, 4 times a year

Planning/traffic/DTData MR data collection 5 days for

375 cells one
collection Analysis result output
working day 20 BSCs
Data Analysis and loading Data lading

Cost
15000/375(working 5(working
days)*200EUR(man-day cost)*4 day)*200EUR(man-day
(times a year)= 32000 EUR cost)*4(times a year)
= 4000 EUR

Low efficiency & accuracy High efficiency & accuracy

Help operator save at most EUR 28,000 for the network of 20 BSCs

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 Traditional Nastar ->Traffic
-> DT based map/Mr based

Cost1: Routine audit Twice a year/20 man Routine audit Twice a year: 40 man days
for whole network /months for one time Daily Optimization 0.3 man-day/BSC

Cost2: DT requested
Two teams daily Partial DT Around 30% of traditional
by routine optimization

Cost1=Test cost + car/gas + analysis cost =

Total cost = DT cost + Routine audit= 395700 * 30% +
10(man)*2(times)*30(days)*200(man-day cost) +
2(man)*2(time)*20*200 + 0.3*20*22*12= 118710 + 1584 =
150(Car/gas)* 30(days) + 10(man)* 30(days)*200(Man-day
120294 EUR
cost) =184500 EUR
Cost2=4(man)*200(man-day cost)*22(days)* 12(months) = Cost saving = 275406 EUR
211200 EUR
Total cost = 184500 + 211200 = 395700 EUR
Only for major roads, 30% of whole network Cover whole area, both in house and road
Low efficiency & accuracy Save 70% DT

Help operator save at most EUR 275,406 for the network of 20 BSCs

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 DT based Nastar based

20 BSCs, 20 complains in one BSC in one day. Routine audit Twice a year: 40 man days
2% need RNO handling Daily Optimization 0.3 man-day/BSC

Traffic collection/DT 2 man day for one

Analysis and issue close Partial DT Around 30% of traditional
case

Total cost = DT cost + Analysis Total cost = DT cost + Analysis cost =

cost=(8*150 + 20*20*2*200*2%) * 22* 12 = (8*30%*150 + 8*200)*30*12 = 705600 EUR
1584000EUR Cost saving = 1584000 705600 = 878400
EUR

High DT rate and cost Save 70% DT

Low efficiency & accuracy High efficiency & accuracy

Help operator save at most EUR 878400 for the network of 20 BSCs

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Contents

1 Overview of Huawei Optimization Platform

2 Nastar Solution

3 Nastar Benefit

4 Global Application

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 Nastar is applied in the HUAWEI optimization projects that covers more than 80 countries and 200+ projects, including 62 Commercial projects.
Assist the renowned network operators in establishing and optimizing the network with high quality. The network operators include but not limited to: China
Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom, Vodafone, Telenor, Orange, Optus, MTN, Etisalat, etc.
With the increasing deployment of 2G and 3G network, Nastar aims at consistently providing professional solutions for network planning and optimization.

80% improvement of RF Monitoring

& analysis efficiency
Complaints Handling decrease
from 2 or 3 days to 6 hours
50% improvement of Antenna
problem solving
Nastar becomes an essential tool for HUAWEI engineers involved in network planning and
optimization, and gains recognizable achievements and reliability in the commercial use.

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 Feature Name Function Description
VIP Shows concern for a maximum of 2000 subscribers recorded in the Nastar system.
Assurance The Nastar can periodically export subscriber-level KPI monitoring reports and analyze
critical signaling messages of calls. This enables the operators to analyze and solve
network problems in advance and therefore improve End-User experience.

Complaint You can obtain critical signaling messages of calls within seven days for a subscriber
Analysis when receiving network complaints from the subscriber. The critical signaling messages
Support help you analyze network problems, shorten the period of solving problems related to
subscribers complaints, therefore improving End-User satisfaction.

Cell Performance The Nastar can collect statistics about type and causes for abnormal calls in the cell
Analysis and provide in-depth analysis means to assist network optimization engineers in
locating problems. With Bottom User Analysis of the feature, critical signaling
messages of subscribers with worst call quality can be obtained.

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BSC/RNC Issue t he cipher key
FTPS
M2000
SFTP

Nast ar
O&M staffs
BSC/RNC SAU
O&M
dont know
Cipher key
personnel the real
(abc...)
Nastar subscriber
IMSI IMSI IMSI
HMAC Query IMSI
(460..) (def ..) (def ..)

Feedback t he problem

Call cent er
HMAC Ut ilit y Call center
Subscriber
Ent er t he cipher key
Cipher key staffs cannot
complains (abc..)
Provide t he IMSI
obtain the
Feedback IMSI IMSI subscribers
Ent er IMSI HMAC
(460..) (def ..)
personal
information

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