Turbo IC Phase2

Feature proposal
 Content

• Overview
• Technical Description
• Related Features
• System Capacity and Network Performance
• Engineering Guidelines
• Paramters
• Performance Monitoring
• Trial Area
• Performance Results
• Conclusion and Parameter Settings Scenarios

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 Overview

Background ::

As the HSUPA rate continues to increase, uplink interference increases, thereby making a great impact on the uplink
system capacity. E-DPDCH IC increases the uplink system capacity by canceling interference from the E-DPDCH.

Introduction ::

Turbo IC Phase2 enables the NodeB to schedule a single hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process for a 2 ms
TTI HSUPA UEs with low-speed data transmission (using only one Radio Link Control packet data unit (RLC PDU) for
data transmission) when the Uu-interface resources are insufficient. That is, these UEs each use only one HARQ
process to transmit data, which reduces their minimum data rates from 160 kbit/s to 20 kbit/s. This decreases the
inter-user interference and increases the number of 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs in a cell.

Benefits ::

This feature can increase the number of 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs.

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 Technical Description

Principles ::
This feature is enabled by setting the TURBOICPHASE2 parameter to TRUE.

If the uplink Uu-interface resources in a cell are insufficient, that is, if the uplink load in a cell is greater than the value
of the MaxTargetUlLoadFactor parameter, the NodeB performs single HARQ process scheduling for low-speed 2 ms TTI
HSUPA UEs.

During the single HARQ process scheduling, the NodeB deactivates seven HARQ processes on the E-AGCH and retains
only one HARQ process for data transmission. Figure 3-1 shows the single HARQ process scheduling.

Figure 3-1 Single HARQ process scheduling

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 Technical Description

The single HARQ process scheduling increases the number of 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs in a cell. Figure 3-2 uses an example
to illustrate differences between single HARQ process scheduling and all HARQ process scheduling.

•When the NodeB performs all HARQ process scheduling for UE1, UE2, UE3, and UE4, the four UEs each use eight
HARQ processes for data transmission and the eight HARQ processes can be used by the four UEs only.

•When the NodeB performs single HARQ process scheduling for UE2, UE3, and UE4, the three UEs each use only one
HARQ process and other UEs (UEs 5 to 16) use the remaining HARQ processes. Therefore, the number of admitted UEs
increases.When single HARQ process scheduling is performed, the HARQ processes of a cell are evenly distributed
among UEs and only one HARQ process is distributed to each UE.

Figure 3-2 HARQ process scheduling based on the uplink load

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 Technical Description

If the uplink Uu-interface resources in a cell are sufficient, that is, if the uplink cell load is less than the value of
MaxTargetUlLoadFactor, the NodeB activates all HARQ processes on the E-AGCH for UEs that use only one HARQ
process. This increases the single-user uplink throughput for 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs.

After single HARQ process scheduling is performed, different HARQ processes still overlap in transmission time, as
shown in Figure 3-3. Therefore, a certain amount of interference still exists among UEs. However, the interference in
this scenario is less than that in the all HARQ process scheduling scenario. Therefore, single HARQ process scheduling
decreases inter-user interference.

Figure 3-3 Transmission time in all HARQ process scheduling and single HARQ process scheduling scenarios

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 Related Feature

Prerequisite Features
•WRFD-150206 Turbo IC
Impacted Features
•WRFD-010695 UL Layer 2 ImprovementIf the UL Layer 2 Improvement feature has been enabled, using the Turbo IC Phase2 feature further reduces the minimum rate of 2
ms TTI HSUPA UEs at the RLC layer to 10 kbit/s.
•WRFD-010690 TTI Switch for BE Services Based on CoverageThe TTI Switch for BE Services Based on Coverage feature expands network coverage but reduces the number
of2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs. That is, TTI Switch for BE Services Based on Coverage reduces the Turbo IC Phase2's gains in the number of 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs.
•TTI Adjustment Based on Uu-interface ResourcesTurbo IC Phase2 affects the function of differentiation-based dynamic TTI adjustment for a single BE service over HSUPA
in the following way:
•If the function is triggered based on Uu-interface resources, 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs enabled with Turbo IC Phase2 will not be switched to 10 ms TTI when Uu-interface
resources are insufficient in the uplink.
•The reason is as follows:
•The minimum rate of 10 ms TTI HSUPA UEs at the RLC layer is 32 kbit/s. Without Turbo IC Phase2, the minimum rate of 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs at the RLC layer is 160 kbit/s.
When Uu-interface resources are insufficient, the TTI of 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs will be switched from 2 ms to 10 ms to reduce the power consumption and the possibility of
call drops. After Turbo IC Phase2 is enabled, the minimum rate of 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs at the RLC layer is 20 kbit/s and therefore TTI switching is not required.
•The RNC determines whether to switch from 2 ms TTI to 10 ms TTI based on whether the 2 ms TTI HSUPA UE supports Turbo IC Phase2.
•The NodeB notifies the RNC whether or not a newly admitted or reconfigured 2 ms TTI HSUPA UE supports Turbo IC Phase2 using the proprietary information element (IE)
RtwpTtiEfficencyPrivate in the following messages:
• RL Setup Response
• RL Reconfiguration Response Ready
• RL ADD Response
• Cell common measurement messages
•The function of TTI adjustment based on the Uu-interface resources is enabled by setting the ResourceOption parameter in the SET UEDCHTTIRECFG command to
RTWP. For details about this function, see section "Differentiation-based Dynamic TTI Adjustment for a Single BE Service over HSUPA" in HSUPA TTI Selection Feature
Parameter Description.
•WRFD-160205 CE Efficiency Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2msIt is recommended that the Turbo IC Phase2 feature be used together with the WRFD-160205 CE Efficiency
Improvement for HSUPA TTI 2ms feature. Otherwise, HSUPA UEs will switch from 2 ms TTI to 10 ms TTI when CE resources are insufficient, which will reduce the gains
provided by the Turbo IC Phase2 feature.
•Uplink Admission Control Algorithm 2After the Turbo IC Phase2 feature takes effect, more 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs are admitted. In a cell enabled with the Turbo IC Phase2
feature, newly admitted 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs use only one HARQ process to transmit data when the Uu-interface resources are insufficient and therefore consume less
equivalent number of users (ENUs) than all-HARQ-process-scheduling UEs. This eliminates the probability of ENU-based admission failures in the uplink.
•For the ENUs that a 2 ms TTI HSUPA UE and a 10 ms TTI HSUPA UE consume in typical scenarios, see Table 7-14 "ENU references in typical scenarios" in section 7.3.1
"ENU" of Call Admission Control Feature Parameter Description.

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 System Capacity and Network Performance

System Capacity
•Increased number of 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEsCompared with Turbo IC, Turbo IC Phase2 significantly increases the number of full buffer 2 ms TTI
HSUPA UEs that are online simultaneously when the target Rise Over Thermal (RoT) is 6 dB.
•Note that full buffer UEs are those that have continuous and sufficient data transmission.
•If both the WBBPf/UBBP and WBBPa/WBBPb/WBBPd are configured in the uplink resource group, the gains provided by Turbo IC Phase2 will
be affected in the following way:
•The number of 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs that can be admitted decreases because the WBBPa, WBBPb, and WBBPd do not support Turbo IC Phase2.

Network Performance
After Turbo IC Phase2 is enabled, the NodeB performs single HARQ process scheduling for low-speed 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs. The scheduling
delay of single-HARQ-process-scheduling UEs is longer than that of all-HARQ-process-scheduling UEs.
Turbo IC Phase2 increases the transmission delay of HSUPA UEs when the size of data packets to be transmitted is larger than 100 bytes.
However, the impact on the transmission delay can be ignored because the size of most data packets transmitted by 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs is
smaller than 100 bytes in live networks.
When Turbo IC Phase2 is activated in scenarios in which the function of TTI adjustment based on Uu-interface resources has been enabled, the
TTI of 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs will not be switched to 10 ms. This increases the number of 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs. The impact of this feature is as
follows:
•The RNC will not switch from 2 ms TTI to 10 ms TTI based on Uu-interface resources for single-HARQ-scheduling UEs. This reduces the number
of reconfiguration signaling messages and the possibility of call drops.
•A large proportion of services initiated by non-intelligent terminals are FTP services, whereas a large proportion of services initiated by
intelligent terminals are small-packet services. If most services in the network are small-packet services, control channels will occupy many
load resources and load resources left for service channels will be insufficient because the power parameter settings for traditional services of
non-intelligent terminals cannot meet the requirements of services of intelligent terminals. This has great impact on 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs and
this feature cannot bring noticeable gains as a result. In addition, RTWP rises and HSUPA throughput decreases if more and more 2 ms TTI
HSUPA UEs access the network. Therefore, it is recommended that this feature be enabled together with the WRFD-010712 Adaptive
Configuration of Traffic Channel Power offset for HSUPA feature in order to maximize feature gains.

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 Engineering Guidelines

When to Use Turbo IC Phase 2 :

This feature is recommended for cells in which Turbo IC has been enabled.
If most services in the network are small-packet services, it is recommended that this feature be enabled together with
the WRFD-010712 Adaptive Configuration of Traffic Channel Power offset for HSUPA feature in order to maximize feature
gains.
This feature provides noticeable gains for a cell that meets the following conditions:
The penetration rate of 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs is high.
The Uu-interface resources are insufficient in the uplink.
The uplink throughput of HSUPA UEs is low and the proportion of low-speed 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs is high.
If the function of TTI adjustment based on Uu-interface resources is enabled (the ResourceOption parameter is set to
RTWP), the proportion of switching from 2 ms TTI to 10 ms TTI is high.
Deployment Requirement:
•Other Features
•For details, see section 4.3 WRFD-160213 Turbo IC Phase2.
•Hardware
•The NodeB hardware must meet the following requirements:
• The 3900 series base stations must be configured with WBBPf or UBBP boards. In addition, the cell's downlink
services cannot be set up on a WBBPa and the uplink resource group must contain WBBPf or UBBP boards.Run
the NodeB MML command DSP ULOCELLRES to query which baseband processing board the cell's downlink
services are set up on.
• Run the NodeB MML command LST BASEBANDEQM to query the baseband processing boards contained in the
uplink resource group and run the NodeB MML command DSP BRDMFRINFO to query the type of a baseband
processing board.
•License
•For details about how to activate the license, see License Management Feature Parameter Description.
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 Parameters

Parameter Name Parameter ID Value

This parameter must be set to

Turbo IC Phase2 TURBOICPHASE2 TRUE(TRUE)

Activation Observation :

Check the value of the NodeB counter VS.HSUPA.AlltoSingleHARQNum.RTWPCong. If the

value of this counter is not 0, this feature has taken effect.
MML Command :

MOD ULOCELL: ULOCELLID=211, LOCELLTYPE=NORMAL_CELL, ICMODE=TRUE, TURBOIC=TRUE, TURBOICPHASE2=TRUE;

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 Performance Monitoring

Performance Monitoring
Number of Switchovers from All HARQ Process Scheduling to Single HARQ Process Scheduling
If the value of the VS.HSUPA.AlltoSingleHARQNum.RTWPCong counter is small, a small number of UEs
use this feature in the measurement period and the gains provided by this feature are not noticeable.
Benefits
Number of 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs in a Cell and HSUPA Cell Throughput After this feature takes effect, the
number of online 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs in a cell increases. The number of online 2 ms TTI HSUPA UEs is
indicated by the RNC counter VS.HSUPA.UE.Mean.TTI2ms.
Number of TTI Adjustments Based on Uu-interface Resources If the function of TTI adjustment based on
Uu-interface resources has been enabled, the number of TTI adjustments based on Uu-interface will
significantly decrease after Turbo IC Phase2 is activated. The number of TTI adjustments based on Uu-
interface is indicated by the RNC counter VS.HSUPA.TTI2to10.ResRTWP.Succ.
Parameter Optimization:
The coverage performance of a 2 ms TTI HSUPA UE is better than that of a 10 ms TTI HSUPA UE. If the
number of coverage-based call drops increases after the Turbo IC Phase2 feature is enabled, you are
advised to enable the WRFD-010690 TTI Switch for BE Services Based on Coverage feature. The number
of coverage-based call drops is indicated by the following counters:
• VS.RAB.AbnormRel.PS.RF.SRBReset(BSC6900,BSC6910)
• VS.RAB.AbnormRel.PS.RF.TRBReset(BSC6900,BSC6910)
• VS.RAB.AbnormRel.PS.RF.UuNoReply(BSC6900,BSC6910)

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 Trial Area

We will do the trail on LRRNC01

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 Performance Results

Summary ::
•EUL Throughput User NB improve on average by 40Kbits/sec.
•Number of 2ms TTI users increased and 10ms TTI users decreased.
•Data & Voice traffic is same as before.
•RRC SSR and AMR Success Rate doesn’t change.
•HSDPA and HSUPA RAB SSR slightly degraded because of ULCE Congestion on some sites. ( Modify
“ULTTICREDITSFRESTHD” to “8SF8” to reduced congestion)
•AMR Drop rate is same , no change observed.
•Slight increase in HSDPA and HSUPA Drop rate, which can be compensated with good improvement in drop after D2P transition
switch enabled. ( Modify the values for “TTI Switch for BE Services Based on Coverage feature” to improve drop rate )
•Avg UL RTWP slightly increased.

BETHD6A1 BETHD6B1 BETHD6A2 BETHD6B2

3>>7 3>>7 4>>8 4>>8

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Performance Results

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Performance Results

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Performance Results

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Performance Results

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 Conclusion and Parameter Settings Scenarios

• The Feature gave a very excellent improvement in UL Throughput

• The slight degradation in Drop rate and RTWP can be covered by “TTI Switch for
BE Services Based on Coverage feature “ enabling coverage based

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