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 Retainability is defined as the ability of a user to retain
its requested service once connected for the desired
duration

 The metrics PRESENT within the Ericsson RNC and OSS

provide counters and KPI’s that describe the behavior
and experience of the subscribers In the UMTS network

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DCR VOICE (%) :
=100*(sum(pmNoSystemRabReleaseSpeech)/sum(pmNoSystemRabReleaseSpeech)+
sum(pmNoNormalRabReleaseSpeech))
DCR VIDEO (%) :
=100*(sum(pmNoSystemRabReleaseCs64)/sum(pmNoNormalRabReleaseCs64)+
sum(pmNoSystemRabReleaseCs64))
DCR PS/R’99 (%) :
=100*(sum(pmNoSystemRabReleasePacket-pmNoSystemRabReleasePacketUra-
pmNoSystemRbReleaseHs)/sum(pmNoNormalRabReleasePacket+pmNoSystemRabReleasePacket-
pmNoNormalRabReleasePacketUra-pmNoSystemRabReleasePacketUra+pmChSwitchSuccFachUra-
pmNoSystemRbReleaseHs-pmNoNormalRbReleaseHs+pmNoSuccRbReconfOrigPsIntDch+
pmUpSwitchFachHsSuccess))
DCR HSDPA (%) :
=100*(sum(pmNoSystemRbReleaseHs)+sum(pmNoSystemRabReleasePsStreamHs)/
sum(pmNoSystemRbReleaseHs)+sum(pmNoSystemRabReleasePsStreamHs)+
sum(pmNoNormalRabReleasePsStreamHs)+sum(pmNoNormalRbReleaseHs)+
sum(pmNoSuccRbReconfPsIntDch)+sum(pmPsIntHsToFachSucc))
DCR EUL (%) :
=100*(sum(pmNoSystemRbReleaseEul)/(sum(pmNoSystemRbReleaseEul)+sum(pmNoNormalRbReleaseEul)
+sum(pmNoSuccRbReconfOrigPsIntEul)+sum(pmPsIntHsToFachSucc))
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 Drop Reasons Counters to be monitored
Drops due to Neighbors pmNoSysRelSpeechNeighbor
Drops due to Soft
pmNoSysRelSpeechSoHo
handover Failures
Drops due to Uplink Sync pmNoSysRelSpeechUlSynch
Drops due to Congestion pmNoOfTermSpeechCong
pmNoAttOutIratHoSpeech-pmNoSuccessOutIratHoSpeech-
pmNoFailOutIratHoSpeechReturnOldChPhyChFail-
IRAT Drops
pmNoFailOutIratHoSpeechReturnOldChNotPhyChFail-
pmNoFailOutIratHoSpeechUeRejection
pmNoSystemRabReleaseSpeech-pmNoSysRelSpeechUlSynch-
Other Reasons Drops pmNoSysRelSpeechSoHo-pmNoSysRelSpeechNeighbor-
pmNoOfTermSpeechCong-IRAT Drops
Overshooting pmPropogationDelay
RTWP pmSumUlRssi, pmSamplesUlRssi
Cell Availability pmCellDowntimeAuto, pmCellDowntimeMan
Alarms/Transmission/
CM & FM Dumps
HW Issues

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Layer 1 process ensures that there is no parameter discrepancy
MO Parameter
dlcodeadm
hsdpauseradm
eulServingCellUsersAdm
eulServingCellUsersAdm Tti2
Maxrate
MaxTransm issionPow er
prim aryCpichPow er
Pow er offset
Utrancell Pw radm
sf16adm
sf16adm Ul
sf16gAdm
sf32Adm
sf4Adm Ul
sf8Adm
sf8Adm Ul
sf8gAdm Ul
codeThresholdPdu656
hsMeasurem entPow erOffset
Hsdsch
num HsPdschCodes
num HsScchCodes
dlhw adm
Iublink
ulHw Adm
eulMaxTargetRtw p(
num EagchCodes
Eul num EhichErgchCodes
initialAckNackRepetitionFactor
secondarySchPow er

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FOLLOWING SET OF Parameters can be CONSIDERED FOR IMPROVING
THE retainability performance

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CASE STUDIES
 Radio connection supervision (RCS) strategy consISTS OF some
PARAMETERS, TIMERS & system constant to supervise the connection at
L1 (phySIcal), L2 (RLC) and L3 (RRC) lAYERS in order to dECIDE the best
moment to release the connection
 A new RCS strategy has been considered for better handling OF the
current 3G traffic & DCR PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT

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 6 8
4 9

1 2
24% Improvement
3 5 Achieved

1 RKLP101
2 RNGP101
3 RNSK101
4 RPUN103
5 RAUR101
6 RGOA101
7 RPUN101
8 RPUN102
9 RPUN104
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 3
1 2 5
4 25% Improvement
Achieved

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 High values of RTWP observed PERSISTENTLY in all areas across
RAJKOT RNC THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MARCH’13 & APRIL’13
 HIGH VALUES OF RTWP OBSERVED INTERMITTENTLY ACROSS OTHER
RNCs AS WELL
 Drop Call Rate (Voice, HSDPA, R’99, HSUPA) are significantly
affected
 All other MAJOR KPIs seem to be normal
 Parameter Audit done on RNC & Cell Level & no MAJOR
discrepancies WERE found
 No common alarms are observed on the affected cells
 WNCS recording performed and processed to find for new site
or missing neighbor issue

 External Interference suspected due to sudden fluctuation in

RTWP
 Need to use spectrum analyzer and check the source of
interference in these towns

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 UE Model #Calls #Drops DCR(%)
Unknown 23245 409 1.73
SQN100-3_ Q10_
14644 212 1.43
RFN81UW
Galaxy S III 8808 265 2.92
BlackBerry 9900 7510 476 5.96
BlackBerry 9360 5923 393 6.22
9320 4760 363 7.09
iPhone 4 (A1332) 3646 224 5.79
Torch 9810 3202 239 6.95
A68 216 192 47.06

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 WHILE SETTING UP AN EUL RAB, INFORMATION IS SENT BY RNC TO UE DESCRIBING THE
MAPPING FOR E-TFCI & E-TBS
 THIS INFORMATION DEFINES WHICH MINIMUM E-TFCI THE UE IS ALLOWED TO USE, WHICH IS
SET BY THE SYSTEM CONSTANT “EDCHMINIMUMSETETFCI” & CAN TUNED PER UERC
 DEFAULT VALUE OF 1 FOR EUL-10MS RABS CORRESPONDS TO 186BIT/FRAME AS PER 3GPP
SPECIFICATIONS SHOWN BELOW, WHICH IS ONLY GOOD ENOUGH FOR SRB BUT NOT ENOUGH TO
HAVE A DATA PDU [MINIMUM DATA PDU SIZE CORRESPONDS TO E-TFCI=4]
 IN COVERAGE LIMITED AREAS, WITH THIS VALUE, ONLY SRB IS SENT IN THE UPLINK & WITH NO
DATA IN THE UPLINK, L2 EXPIRES RESULTING IN DROP CALLS

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 WHEN UE IS POWER LIMITED & EDCHMINIMUMSETETFCI=1, THE UE CANNOT SCALE TO E-TFCI=4,
AND INSTEAD SELECTS E-TFCI=1. SINCE THIS TB SIZE IS LESS THAN THE MIN. DATA PDU SIZE, THE
DATA IS REDUCED TO 0.
 THIS WOULD CAUSE EUL USER FREEZE WHICH INTURN WILL RESULT IN DROP CALLS DUE TO RLC
LAYER LACK OF RESPONSE IN UL OR TCP TIMEOUT
 WHEN THE UE IS POWER LIMITED ON E-TFCI=4 & EDCHMINIMUMSETETFCI=4, IT SCALES DPCCH,
EDPCCH & EDPDCH allowing THE DATA COVERAGE TO CONTINUE
 UE WILL KEEP ON TRYING UNTIL IT GETS AN “ACK” OR FAILS AT THE MAX. NO. OF
RETRANSMISSIONS SET BY THE PARAMETER “HARQTRANSULMAX=4”
 DUE TO THE HARQ RETRANSMISSIONS, DATA HAS A CHANCE TO GET THROUGH WHICH INTURN
WILL REDUCE THE RLC OR TCP TIME OUT & THUS REDUCE THE DROP CALLS

MO Name Parameter Name Old Value Proposed Value

UeRc=25,UeRcPhyChEdch=1 edchMinimumSetEtfci 1 4

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Objective: To reduce the 3G voice drop call & improve network quality
Description: If the quality measure of the new cell in the proposed
Active Set exceeds the quality measure of the best cell in the Active Set
by the amount of releaseConnOffset dB's, the connection shall be
released if the RADIO LINK cannot be added

Rxlev_det Rxlev_serv

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 Q&A
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