Load Control

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Course Content
Radio Resource Management Overview
Parameter Configuration
Common Channels & Power Control
Load Control
Admission Control
Packet Scheduling
Handover Control
Resource Manager
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Course Objectives
At theend of the course you willl be ableto:
Describe the difference between controllable and non-controllable loads
Describe the difference between preventive and over overload threshold
Describe the relationships of Load Control with Admission Control and Packet
Scheduler
Name and describe summarily the main RAN parameters related to load control
LoadControl
Load Control Functions
Radio Interface Load
BTS Measurements
Load Control Functional Overview
LCis a cell based RRM Function, utilising cell specific:
thresholds set by RNP,
load measurements,
AC, PS & LC algorithms.
Main functions of LCare:
to maximise capacity,
preventive load control,
overload control.
LCperforms the function of load control in association with AC & PS
LCUpdatesload status using resource measurements & estimations provided by AC and
PS
Continuously feeds cell load information to the other RRM functions, e.g. PS and AC
SHO LC in RNC consists of MS specific part and cell specific part. The UE specific part is
the controlling entity between the cell specific entities (LC, AC and PS)
LC
AC
AC AC
PS
PS PS
RM
RM RM
RNC
RRM in RNC
LC
AC
PS
Load change
estimations
Load change
estimations
Scheduling period
CCHload
measurement
period
BS
RadioResource
Indication Period
RLmeasurement
reporting period
parameters
parameters
measurements
estimations
when changed Load change info
Load status request
Load status
NRTload
measurements
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LC includes the following load status reports and load control parameters:
Parametersrelatedto theLC, which are common for AC, LC and PS:
PrxTarget [dB], PtxTarget [dBm]
PrxOffset [dB], PtxOffset [dB]
PrxNoise [dBm]
Cell load status, including the load measurement results:
In theRadio Resource Indication Message:
PrxTotal [dBm]
PtxTotal [dBm]
RACH load(#of receivedRACH preambles during the measurement period)
In theRadio Link Measurement Report:
PtxAverage[dBm]
Estimated cell load:
PrxNc[dBm], PtxNc[dBm] updated byLC
PrxRTinacitive[dBm], PtxRTinacitve[dBm] updated byLC
PrxNRT [dBm], PrxNRT[dBm] updated byPS
Lrt updated byAC
Lnrt updated byPS
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Load Control
Introduction/Functions
BTS Measurements
Load Estimation Methods
Throughput
based threshold
Widebandpower
based threshold
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Througput Based Load Estimation
The downlink load of the cell can be estimated by using the sum of the downlink allocated bit
rates as follows
The uplinkload of the cell can be estimated by using the sum of the load factorsof the users
connectedto this cell.
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Power Based Load Estimation- Nokia way
The downlink load of the cell can be estimated by dividingthe total downlink transmission
power, P
tx_total
by the maximum NodeB transmissionpower P
tx_BTS,max
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The uplink load can be estimated with P
rx_noise
, the backgroundand receiver noiseand P
rx_total
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thetotal receivedpower, accordingto this formula:
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The BTS measures the total received power (PrxTotal) and the total transmitted power
(PtxTotal) on cell basis
The BTS reports PrxTotal and PtxTotal of each cell to the RNC by sending RADIO
RESOURCE INDICATION message periodically(RRIndicationPeriod)
LC updates cell load status for each cell based on RADIO RESOURCE INDICATION
LC updates non-controllable UL (PrxNC) and DL (PtxNC) load in cell
AC and PS algorithms work on the current cell load statusprovided by LC
Denying call admission (AC) and throttling back NRT traffic (PS) are the overload
actions
After scheduling PS provides LC with PrxNRT, PtxNRT & L
NRT
estimates
After admitting RT RAB, AC provides LC with NC load increase estimate
System Noise
System noise (PrxNoise) is the sum of all stationary noises;
thermal noise
interference caused by spurious emissions of other systems,
noise cause by additional equipment such as repeaters
PrxNoisecan vary place to place and even time to time
PrxNoiseis a RNP parameter whose setting affects the capacity of cell
PrxNoisetoo low: overestimation of cell load and can lead to unnecessary call blocking
PrxNoisetoo high: underestimation of cell load and can lead to overload situation
PrxNoise AutotuningAlgorithm
RNC providestools to measure unloaded system noise, PrxUnloaded, and tools to
adjust PrxNoiseparameter based on these measurements
PrxTotal = PrxUnloaded when own cell is considered unloaded (or very low load);
Own Cell;
L
RT
Unloaded
RT
and
L
NRT
Unloaded
NRT
Unloaded
RT
and Unloaded
NRT
are RNC parameters (values for NRT: 1 %, RT: 2 %)
L
RT and
L
NRT
are UL load factor for own cell RT (AC estimates) & PS users (PSestimates)
RNC calculates averaged PrxUnloaded values using a mean filter to remove
temporary interference peaks
PrxNoiseis updated by the autotuningalgorithm based on PrxUnloaded
PrxNoise autotuning step size is limited by PrxNoiseMaxTuneAbsoluteparameter
UL Preventive & Overload Thresholds
Prx Target [dB]
PrxTarget [dB] +PrxOffset [dB]
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Overloaded Area
Marginal Load Area
Feasible Load Area
UL Preventive Thresholds
Preventive threshold = PrxTarget
PrxTarget is relative to the system noise, it gives an upper threshold for the noise rise
Target thresholddefines the optimal operating point of the cell load, up to which PS &
AC can operate normallyandis calculated from theULloading() value:
If cell load exceeds these limits then AC & PS move to PREVENTIVE STATE function
NewRT RABs are blocked, and PS can't schedule more NRT bit rates in the cell
PrxTarget
range: 0...30 dB, step0.1 dB
default: 4 dB
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PrxTarget =
Overload threshold = PrxTarget + PrxOffset
Overload Thresholddefines the limit when the cell is considered to be overloaded
If load in the cell exceeds these limits then AC &PS move to OVERLOAD STATE function
Newcalls are blocked, and PS starts to decrease NRT bit rates in the cell
PrxOffset
default: 1 dB
UL Overload Thresholds
DL Preventive & Overload Thresholds
Ptx Target [dBm]
Ptx Target [dBm] +PtxOffset [dB]
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Marginal Load Area
Feasible Load Area
Cell Maximum
DL Preventive Thresholds
Preventive threshold = PtxTarget
Target thresholddefines the optimal operating point of the cell load, up to which PS &
AC can operate normally
If cell load exceeds these limits then AC & PS move to PREVENTIVE STATE function
NewRT RABs are blocked, and PS can't schedule more NRT bit rates in the cell
PtxTarget
range: -10...50dBm, step0.1 dB
default: 40dBm
Default value dependsonthe cell maxTX power: incase the cell maxpower is43dBm,
the PtxTarget should be40dBm(3 dBbelow max)
DL Overload Thresholds
Overload threshold = PtxTarget + PtxOffset
Overload Thresholddefines the limit when the cell is considered to be overloaded
If load in the cell exceeds these limits then AC &PS move to OVERLOAD STATE function
Newcalls are blocked, and PS starts to decrease NRT bit rates in the cell
PtxOffset
default: 1 dB
The default value is given for 20W WPA!
Load Control
Introduction/Functions
BTS Measurements
Prx and PtxTotal Measurements
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Frame average measurements
Frame Prx and PtxTotal
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Alpha Trimmed Filter
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Ptx/Prx MeasAveWindow
1. Frame average measurement values are sorted
into frames consistingof Ptx/Prx MeasAveWindow
values
2. (Ptx/Ptx MeasAveWindow Ptx/PrxAlpha)
lowest and highest values are removed
3. (Ptx/Ptx MeasAveWindow (1-Ptx/PrxAlpha))
values remain
4. Remaining values are used by theBTS for average
Prx/PtxTotal calculationand aresent to theRNC
every RRIndPeriod
Prx/PtxMeasAveWindow= 10
Prx/PtxAlpha= 0.2
Frameaverages are sorted into groups consistingof 10 values
2 lowest and 2 highest values are excluded (0.2 10)
Final P
rx_total
&P
tx_total
averages are calculatedusing 6 remaining values
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Example
Frame average measurements
Prx/Ptx
Parameters
Prx/PtxMeasAveWindow
The parameter defines the number of frames used for long term averaging at the BS of
the short term (frame based) averages of Prx/PtxTotal measurements
range: 10...200frames, step1frame
default: 20frames(during oneRRI period whenRRI=200 ms)
In case the measured values are fluctuating very much, the averaging period could be
made longer to get better PS performance
Prx/PtxAlpha
Definesthe type of measurement filter used for the total received wideband power
(PrxTotal) in a cell. If the value is 0, pure sliding window mean filter is used and if the
value is 0.5, sliding window median filter is used. If the value is between 0 - 0.5,
trimmed mean filter is used
range: 0... 0.5, step0.05
default: 0
Radio Resource Indication Period
BTSMeasurements
RRI Period
Radio Resource Indication Period
RRIndPeriod
The parameter defines the reporting period of the RADIO RESOURCE INDICATION
messages, which are used for cell based load measurements.
range: 0...2000 ms, step100 ms
default: 200ms
The BTS informs the RNC about the current load at the radio interface from the radio
resource point of view and the load of every RACH in each cell.
For that purpose the BTS sends periodically a Radio Resource Indication message to the
RNC
In the Radio Resource Indication message the BTS reports periodically:
the total uplink interference power of the cells
the total transmitted power of the cell,
and RACH load
A BTS measures RACH load of cell, and reports it to the RNC using the RADIO
RESOURCE INDICATION message
RACH load includes following measurements:
RACH load: Averaged number of received RACH preambles per radio frame during the
reporting period
RACH decoded messages: Averaged number of all decoded RACH messages per radio frame
during the reporting period
Successfully decoded messages: Averaged number of successfully decoded RACH messages
per radio frame during the reporting period
Reporting is controlled by parameters RRIndicationPeriod & RACHLoadIndicationPeriod
which the BTS receives in the CONFIGURATION DATA message
RACH Measurements
RACHLoadIndicationPeriod
The parameter defines the reporting period of thePRACHsin a BTS. TheBTS may
report load figures to the RNC in every Nth (N=1-20) NBAP RadioResource Indication
message. Value 0 of the parameter means that the BTSdoes not report the load
information for RACH.
range: 1...20, step1
default: 1
RACH Measurements
Connection Based Measurements
A base station measures:
transmission power of one carrier
one scrambling code
onechannelisationcode
and averages it during the reporting period. BTS reports transmitted code powers using dedicate
RADIO LINK MEASUREMENT REPORT message.
Reporting is controlled byRLMeasRepPeriodparameter, which the BTS receives from
theRNC in the CONFIGURATION DATA message.
These measurement reportsareused as an input for defining initial power for PS and AC
The report affects the accuracy of PS and AC initial power definition
RLMeasRepPeriod
range: 0...2000 ms, step100 ms
default: 500 ms
Bigger value decreases I
ub
signalling load, smaller value increases accuracy
Value 0 =OFF
Connection Based Measurements
Chapter 3
-Load Control-
1. Which RRM functional entities are in direct relationship with load control?
2. List the traffic load included in non controllable load
3. List the traffic load included in controllable load
4. WhichLC parameter gives the upper limit for the noise rise? What is its default value?
5. What hapens if cell load exceeds this limit?
6. How the overload threshold is defined?
7. What kindof filter is used for WBTS measurements?
8. Howoffen BTS sends measurement to theRNC?

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