Intelligent Optimization

Behavior Analysis of Smartphones in 3G Networks

Understand Fast Dormancy & Signaling Load Impact

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Agenda
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Smartphone Penetration Understanding Fast Dormancy and how it impacts signaling load in 3G networks Smartphone analysis based on Traffic Measurement Recordings Summary Q&A

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About Presenter
Kean Chan Co-founder and currently Technology Director at Aexio Creator of Ericssons MCOM and NeXplorer tools > 15 years experience of RF Optimization Service & Tools development Past: Operational Product Manager at Ericsson TEMS, USA Senior RF Consultant, Ericsson AB, Sweden

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Global Smartphone penetration

Global smartphone penetration at 27% (1st half 2011) 472million units sold in 2011

Source: www.visionmobile.com (Nov 2011)

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Global Smartphone penetration

Smartphone penetration in US has increased from 36% to almost 50% in one year

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Impact of Smartphones on Networks

Smartphones behaves differently as compared to laptops/dongles Smartphones do not generate huge amount of data traffic, but it creates excessive signaling traffic

(0.77x)

Average smartphone generates

(0.43x)

8X

(15x)

signaling traffic than PC/laptop dongle

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UNDERSTANDING FAST DORMANCY

How Fast Dormancy impacts signaling load in 3G networks

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RRC State Transition Signalling vs Battery Consumption

RRC State Cell_DCH (Dedicated) Battery Consumption 100 x Idle

5 sig.
FACH

5 sig
40 x Idle

>16 RRC signaling messages

3 sig
Cell/URA PCH

2 sig
2

Idle

1 (Relative Unit)

3GPP RRC State was designed to achieve balance between battery life and latency of the connection
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Fast Dormancy
Fast Dormancy was first introduced by RIM to save battery life for Blackberry Fast Dormancy forces network to release UE to IDLE after data transmission by sending RRC Signaling Connection Release Indication (SCRI) message Lengthens battery life, but generates more signals that the network must manage. Modern Mobile Application e.g. Whats App with Keep Alive will generate new call setup Fast Dormancy + Keep Alive = Operators nightmare
Cell_DCH (Dedicated) Fast Dormancy - SCRI

Keep Alive

FACH

Cell/URA PCH

Idle

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Fast Dormancy Data Traffic vs Signaling Traffic

Fast Dormancy overrides CELL_FACH & CELL_PCH

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3GPP Rel 8 Fast Dormancy

3GPP addresses the Fast Dormancy in Release 8 Network indicates it supports Fast Dormancy by broadcasting timer T323 in SIB1 UE starts this timer as soon as data transfer finishes and once the timer expires sends a SCRI message with cause "UE Requested PS Data session end". Instead of releasing the call, UE can be down-switch to PCH

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3GPP Rel 8 Fast Dormancy Message

UE does not have to wait to send SCRI

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Solutions & Challenges Implement PCH State together with Rel 8 Fast Dormancy will reduce the signaling load Visualize and analyze call messages for each smartphone Optimize State Transition Timer to balance between battery life and signaling load Understand the impact of different smartphones in the network before pushing specific models to end users

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SMARTPHONE ANALYSIS
Based On Traffic Measurement Recordings (Ericsson GPEH)

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Xeus Pro Smartphone Analysis Feature for Ericsson GPEH

Visualization of state transitions in the network Ericsson GPEH Trace Identify UE model with high signaling load Network Configuration e.g. Bulk CM Export Analyze detailed messages for each call

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Smartphone Analysis
Provide RRC State Transition Breakdown for the network

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Signaling vs. RRC State Transition Statistics

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Smartphone KPI Chart

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Smartphone KPI Analysis

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SUMMARY

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Summary

Pre-Rel 8 Fast Dormancy generates excessive signaling in the network Implementing Rel 8 Fast Dormancy together with PCH will minimize the signaling load while preserving the battery life of the UE Understanding the behavior of each smartphone model allows better optimization of the RRC State timers

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References

Fast Dormancy Best Practises by GSMA - July 2011 Smartphones and a 3G network by Signals Research May 2010 Behavior Analysis of Smartphone - Huawei

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Traffic Measurement Recording

QOS Analysis Data Sources Ericsson GPEH (till W11) Huawei PCHR (till RAN13) Cell Analysis Blocked/Dropp ed Analysis Throughput Analysis Live Geo-Analysis Coverage Plot Coverage Analysis User Positioning User Quality Management VIP Analysis Subscriber KPI Analysis Phone Profiling Smartphone Analysis Network Optimization Neighbour Optimization Pilot Pollution Analysis Task Manager

Excel Report Designer Call Search

NSN Megamon

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What we are working on now

Support ZTE CTS analysis Support Ericsson LTE CTR/UETR

Smartphone for NSN Megamon/Huawei PCHR Backend Server aggregation for Traffic Recording

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A little bit about AEXIO

Aexio specializes in multi vendor Network Quality Management and helps clients manage the Quality of Service of their complex cellular networks Excellent track record in working and supporting mobile operators to deliver specific solutions

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Q&A

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