UTRAN Feature Description

Radio Subsystem

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Important Notice on Product Safety

Elevated voltages are inevitably present at specific points in this electrical equipment. Some of the parts may also have elevated operating temperatures. Non-observance of these conditions and the safety instructions can result in personal injury or in property damage. Therefore, only trained and qualified personnel may install and maintain the system. The system complies with the standards EN 60950-1 / IEC 60950-1; EN 60215 / IEC 60215 and EN 60825-1/2. All equipment connected has to comply with the applicable safety standards.

The same text in German: Wichtiger Hinweis zur Produktsicherheit In elektrischen Anlagen stehen zwangslufig bestimmte Teile der Gerte unter Spannung. Einige Teile knnen auch eine hohe Betriebstemperatur aufweisen. Eine Nichtbeachtung dieser Situation und der Warnungshinweise kann zu Krperverletzungen und Sachschden fhren. Deshalb wird vorausgesetzt, dass nur geschultes und qualifiziertes Personal die Anlagen installiert und wartet. Das System entspricht den Anforderungen der EN 60950-1 / IEC 60950-1; EN 60215 / IEC 60215 und EN 60825-1/2. Angeschlossene Gerte mssen die zutreffenden Sicherheitsbestimmungen erfllen.

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Table of Contents
This document has 21 pages. Reason for Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2 2.1 2.1.1 2.1.2 2.1.3 2.1.4 2.1.5 2.1.6 2.1.6.1 2.1.6.2 2.1.6.3 2.2 2.2.1 2.2.2 3 4 5 6 Short Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customer Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inter-Working / Dependencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7 7 8 8

Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Basic Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SRNC/DRNC - CRNC Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Handling of the RRC Connection Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Handling of Emergency Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Changes to the Slope Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Changes to the Thermal Noise Value and the Scaling Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Changes to the Congestion Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Thresholds 1 and 2 for the Received Total Wideband Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Thresholds 1 and 2 for Transmitted Carrier Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Congestion Check upon RAB Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Interdependencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Congestion Control and Pre-Emption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Congestion Control and HSDPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Functional Split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Man-Machine Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Operating the Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 Table 5 Parameters for the handling of emergency calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Changes to admission control thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Change of the thermal-noise range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Percentage of load for use of common measurements parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Changes to the description of congestion control thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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Reason for Update

Reason for Update

Issue History

Issue Number 1 2 3

Date of Issue 05/2004 11/2004 05/2005

Reason for Update First issue for new release. Update due to work progress. Information on interdependencies between admission control and load-based bit rate adaptation added. Updated due to review comments. Small changes due to review comments. Document restructured. Parameters updated for UMR6.0 due to the introduction of FD012267 - HSDPA Resource and Power Management.

4 5 6

02/2006 09/2006 02/2007

Details

Chapter/Section 2 4

Reason for Update Document restructured. Parameters updated for UMR6.0 due to the introduction of FD012267 - HSDPA Resource and Power Management.

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Short Description

Short Description

This chapter serves as short introduction to the Admission Control of Prioritized Bearers feature. The chapter is subdivided into the following sections: In General Customer Benefits Inter-Working / Dependencies Prerequisites

1.1

In General

The Admission Control of Prioritized Bearers feature contains a collection of changes to the admission control algorithm which improve the handling of emergency calls and simplify the handling for the operator. Modified handling for emergency calls Prior to UMR4.0, emergency calls were handled as NAS related signaling bearer and therefore the admission control threshold for NAS related SRB was used. In UMR4.0, additional operator-configurable thresholds for emergency calls are introduced. Emergency calls are identified by the setting of the RANAP allocation/retention priorities and based on the conversational traffic class. Furthermore, an additional flag CC for emergency calls is introduced for an operatorconfigurable congestion check. Changes to the slope function The slope function is the rate-availability function for interactive and background bearers. In UMR4.0, the slope function thresholds in UL and DL are changed from 8 kbit/s - 384 kbit/s to 8 kbit/s - 64 kbit/s. With this change, customers can define background and interactive admission control thresholds in a broader range. Changes to the thermal noise value and the scaling factors Admission control handling is based on thermal noise NUL and common channel power PCOMMON. In UMR4.0, the range for the operator-configurable initial value of NUL has been changed. Furthermore, individual percentage of load for the use of common measurements parameters are introduced for both the UL and DL thresholds. Congestion control check upon RAB setup Up to UMR4.0, a congestion check was not performed if the load of the bearer did not increase. In UMR4.0, a congestion check is always performed in the case of RAB setup, regardless of load changes. Changes to the congestion control In UMR4.0, the definitions of the congestion control thresholds are updated to prevent a situation in which the UL/DL threshold is below the current values of NUL and PCOMMON in UL and DL respectively. Up to UMR4.0, congestion checks were not performed if the load of the bearer did not change. In UMR4.0, a congestion check is always performed in the case of RAB setup, regardless of load changes.

1.2

Customer Benefits

By introducing the Admission Control of Prioritized Bearers feature, changes to the admission control and congestion control algorithms are performed, improving the algorithm for the handling of emergency calls and simplifying the handling for the operator.

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Inter-Working / Dependencies

The handling of emergency calls can be improved with the Pre-Emption feature, see FD012243 - Pre-Emption.

1.4

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

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Functional Description

Functional Description

The Admission Control of Prioritized Bearers feature is a collection of changes that improve the admission control algorithm with respect to the handling of emergency calls and simplified handling for the operator. This section provides an overview of all improvements.

2.1

Basic Concept

This section provides information on: SRNC/DRNC - CRNC Interface Handling of the RRC Connection Setup Handling of Emergency Calls Changes to the Slope Function Changes to the Thermal Noise Value and the Scaling Factors Changes to the Congestion Control

2.1.1

SRNC/DRNC - CRNC Interface

The SRNC sends the traffic class information to the CRNC in the RANAP RAB ASSIGNMENT REQUEST message or the RANAP RELOCATION REQUEST message. The SRNC sends one of the following traffic class information to the CRNC: 1. CRNC traffic class SRB 2. CRNC traffic class CONVERSATIONAL 3. CRNC traffic class EMERGENCY_CALL 4. CRNC traffic class STREAMING 5. CRNC traffic class INTERACTIVE 6. CRNC traffic class BACKGROUND 7. CRNC traffic class CONVERSATIONAL_AND_INTERACTIVE 8. CRNC traffic class CONVERSATIONAL_AND _BACKGROUND 9. CRNC traffic class CONVERSATIONAL_AND_CONVERSATIONAL 10. CRNC traffic class STREAMING_AND_INTERACTIVE 11. CRNC traffic class STREAMING_AND _BACKGROUND 12. CRNC traffic class IUR During congestion control, UEs to be reconfigured or dropped are selected in two stages. Stage 1 maintains QoS during congestion by avoiding call dropping as much as possible while stage 2 executes call dropping to ensure that the congestion is solved quickly and efficiently. The SRNC indicates to the CRNC whether or not a bearer can be treated in congestion control stage 1. Single PS BE RABs and PS BE RABs of multi-call services with a PS BE RAB higher than the minimum rate can be treated in the congestion control stage 1, PS BE RABs with minimum rate or UL: 0 kbit/s; DL: 0 kbit/s rate are excluded. All other bearers can be treated only in the congestion control stage 2. All UEs that are handled within stage 1 and 2 of the congestion control algorithm are selected according to their DL spreading factor starting with the lowest. The bearer with the lowest DL spreading factor is selected to handle an UL or DL congestion. A congestion check is performed before the establishment of an emergency call. Congestion handling and so bearer drop of an emergency call depends on the flag CC for Emergency Calls and the congestion control is bypassed if the flag set accordingly. The DRNC sends the traffic class information to the CRNC in the RNSAP:RL SETUP REQUEST message, the RL ADDITION REQUEST message, and the RNSAP:RL RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message. The traffic class is set to CRNC_TRAFFIC_CLASS_EMERGENCY_CALL for emergency calls and to

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CRNC_TRAFFIC_CLASS_IUR for all other calls. In the event of an emergency call, the admission control threshold for emergency calls is used. Otherwise, the admission control threshold for the Iur interface is used. Additionally, the SRNC checks whether or not a bearer is treated in congestion control stage 1. An emergency call is identified by the TrCh Source Statistics descriptor set to Speech and the allocation/retention priorities set to priority = 1, vulnerability = Non Pre-Emptable, pre-emption capability = May Pre-Empt. If the admission control threshold of the same traffic class/service is set to 0 only in one direction (UL or DL), this setting is rejected by the OAM. Admission control rejects a bearer request for soft handover, bearer setup, and bearer reconfiguration if the admission control load threshold is set to 0. This check is performed with the thresholds which are derived from office data no matter if load-based bit rate adaptation is active in the system or not.

2.1.2

Handling of the RRC Connection Setup

The following load thresholds are used for admission control upon RRC connection setup: Downlink: RRC DL AC Thr = MAX [DL Conv AC Thr, DL Streaming AC Thr, DL IA 8k AC Thr, DL BG 8k Thr] Uplink: RRC UL AC Thr = MAX [UL Conv AC Thr, UL Streaming AC Thr, UL IA 8k AC Thr, UL BG 8k Thr]

This handling is not valid for emergency calls, see Handling of Emergency Calls. The admission thresholds in the above formulas are derived from office data no matter if the Load-Based Bit-Rate Adaptation feature is active in the system or not.

2.1.3

Handling of Emergency Calls

Emergency calls were handled as NAS related signaling bearer prior to UMR4.0. Therefore, the admission control threshold for NAS related signaling bearer was used. With the Admission Control of Prioritized Bearers feature, additional operator-configurable thresholds are introduced for emergency calls to specify the admissible UL load, emergency,RAB,UL, and the admissible DL power, Pemergency,RAB,DL. These thresholds are used for both the RRC signaling (establishment cause emergency call) and the emergency RAB. The CRNC applies the emergency-RAB admission control thresholds if the traffic class is set to Emergency Call. The soft handover thresholds are used for emergency calls in the event of a soft handover. An emergency call is specified by: The CS conversational traffic class The source statistics descriptor set to Speech The RANAP allocation/retention priorities set to priority = 1, vulnerability = Non Pre-Emptable, pre-emption capability = May Pre-Empt The SRNC indicates in the internal message to the CRNC that the corresponding bearer belongs to the emergency-call traffic class, see SRNC/DRNC - CRNC Interface. The additional operator-configurable flag CC for emergency calls specifies the handling of emergency calls during congestion control stage 2: CC for Emergency Calls = true The congestion check during admission control is performed for emergency calls. CC for Emergency Calls = false The congestion check during admission control is bypassed. Furthermore, emergency calls are not dropped by congestion control. During congestion control stage 1, however, the CC for emergency calls flag is not checked.

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The emergency call handling can be improved by the use of the optional feature Pre-emption: RAB pre-emption is active: The emergency call uses the emergency call threshold instead of the highest threshold of any traffic class. If admission control rejects the setup, normal pre-emption handling is applied. RAB pre-emption is inactive: The emergency call uses the emergency call threshold. Emergency calls can be identified on the Iur interface only if the Pre-Emption feature is active, see SRNC/DRNC - CRNC Interface.

2.1.4

Changes to the Slope Function

The slope functions are the rate availability functions for interactive and background bearers. In UMR4.0, the slope functions are described by the admission threshold for the 8 kbit/s bearer and the 64 kbit/s bearer. In addition, the functions within the admission control are optimized according to field experience. Four different rate-availability functions are defined via the load threshold 8 for the 8 kbit/s bearer and the load threshold 64 for the 64 kbit/s bearer: Rate-availability function in UL for the traffic class PS background fBG,UL(x) = (( 64,BG,UL - 8,BG,UL)*x + 64* 8,BG,UL - 8* 64,BG,UL)/56 Rate-availability function in DL for the traffic class PS background fBG,DL(x) = (( 64,BG,DL - 8,BG,DL)*x + 64* 8,BG,DL - 8* 64,BG,DL)/56 Rate-availability function in UL for the traffic class PS interactive fIA,UL(x) = (( 64,IA,UL - 8,IA,UL)*x + 64* 8,IA,UL - 8* 64,IA,UL)/56 Rate-availability function in DL for the traffic class PS interactive fIA,DL(x) = (( 64,IA,DL - 8,IA,DL)*x + 64* 8,IA,DL - 8* 64,IA,DL)/56

2.1.5

Changes to the Thermal Noise Value and the Scaling Factors

Admission control handling is based on thermal noise NUL and common channel power PCOMMON. In UMR4.0, the range for the operator-configurable initial value of NUL has been changed because the range in UMR3.5 may have led to problems for indoor scenarios. In UMR3.5, the operator specified the UL and DL thresholds which update the internal scaling factors by one parameter called percentage of load for the use of common measurements. In UMR4.0, individual percentage of load for the use of common measurements parameters are introduced for both the UL and DL thresholds. Therefore, the update thresholds for admission-control-internal scaling factors can be adjusted separately for UL and DL by operator configurable cUL and cDL parameters. The threshold for updating the scaling factor, however, will also change if the UL/DL threshold for newly established conversational radio bearers changes. For more information see OMN:RNC Radio Network Configuration - Basics part.

2.1.6

Changes to the Congestion Control

The SRNC sends the information to the CRNC whether or not a bearer can be treated in congestion control stage 1, see SRNC/DRNC - CRNC Interface. A congestion check is not performed on emergency calls if the CC for Emergency Calls flag is set to false. In UMR4.0, the definitions of the congestion control thresholds are updated to prevent a situation in which the UL/DL threshold is below the current values of NUL and PCOMMON in UL and DL respectively.

2.1.6.1

Thresholds 1 and 2 for the Received Total Wideband Power

The thresholds for the received total wideband power are: THR1(range: -112-50 dBm by step of 0.1 dB) = NUL + UL_cong_threshold

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THR2(range: -112-50 dBm by step of 0.1 dB) = MAX(THR1 - UL_cong_hyst, NUL)

The update threshold for uplink congestion control is specified by: Update threshold for UL CC = MIN (Update_threshold, UL_cong_threshold) The uplink congestion control threshold is configurable by the operator and must be set to a value greater than 0. In addition, the uplink congestion hysteresis is specified by the operator. The Update_Threshold cannot be changed by the operator.

2.1.6.2

Thresholds 1 and 2 for Transmitted Carrier Power

The thresholds for the transmitted carrier power are: THR1(range: 01 by step of 0.01) = MAX(DL_cong_threshold, PCOMMON) THR2(range: 01 by step of 0.01) = MAX(THR1 - DL_cong_hyst, PCOMMON) Measurement Threshold 1 = median (0; 100; THR1*100) and Measurement Threshold 2 = median (0; 100; THR2*100) The downlink congestion threshold and the downlink congestion hysteresis are specified by the operator.

2.1.6.3

Congestion Check upon RAB Setup

In UMR4.0, a congestion check is always performed upon RRC connection setup (except for NAS related handling) and RAB setup. Therefore, a congestion check is performed at RAB setup, even if the load does not change or an existing bearer is reconfigured to a lower rate, for example PS 384 kbit/s -> PS Streaming + PS 8 kbit/s. Upon setup of an emergency call, however, the congestion check is bypassed if indicated by the CC for Emergency Calls flag, see Handling of Emergency Calls.

2.2

Interdependencies

This section provides information on: Congestion Control and Pre-Emption Congestion Control and HSDPA

2.2.1

Congestion Control and Pre-Emption

The allocation/retention priorities specified for Pre-Emption are used in the congestion-control selection algorithm: Stage 1 UEs with a PS BE in the RAB combination are either switched to common channels or the rate of the PS BE is reduced to minimum rate (if channel-type-switching is not possible). Stage 2 The CRNC uses the ordered list of pre-emptable radio links and selects the radio links to be released in ascending order of priorities and increasing DL spreading factor for radio links with the same priority. If all preemptable radio links of this list are released and the congestion still persists, the CRNC selects users from non-pre-emptable radio links with increasing DL spreading factor. Triggering of congestion control does not prevent the execution of ongoing pre-emption procedures. New preemption procedures, however, are not started during congestion control except in the event of a soft handover. For more information see FD012243 - Pre-Emption.

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2.2.2

Congestion Control and HSDPA

The basic congestion control mechanism selects UEs according to their downlink spreading factor no matter if the congestion is occurred in DL or UL. If HSDPA is used, this mechanism may lead to inappropriate handling. Moreover, HSDPA users may be dropped even though they were not the root cause of the situation. Therefore, the following rules apply if HSDPA is used: Congestion occurs in DL direction only or in UL and DL direction: In stage 2 and in stage 1, UEs with the lowest DL spreading factor are handled first by taking into account both primary and secondary scrambling code. Congestion occurs in UL direction only: In stage 1, UEs are sorted as follows: At first, all UEs which have a DL spreading factor of 256 (including HSDPA users) are listed. Afterward, other UEs are ordered by increasing DL spreading factor. In stage 2 UEs with the lowest DL spreading factor are handled first by taking into account both primary and secondary scrambling code. If bearers with identical DL spreading factors are found and they are comprised from the primary and the secondary scrambling code tree, bearers from the secondary scrambling code tree are treated first. For single PS BE HSDPA RAB UEs, the spreading factor of their associated DPCH channel is used, when ranking UEs. For more information see FD012249 - Support of HSDPA.

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Functional Split

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Man-Machine Interface
Name Range 0,...,2 by step of 0.01 2 Default Description Admissible downlink power for emergency calls

Table 1 shows new parameters for the handling of emergency calls.

Pemergency RAB,DL emergency RAB,UL

0,...,2 by step of 0.01

Admissible uplink load for emergency calls

CC for emergency calls

True, False

False

True: A congestion check is performed upon the establishment of an emergency call. In addition, emergency calls can be handled during the stage 2 of congestion control. False: The Congestion check is bypassed upon the establishment of an emergency call. In addition, emergency calls are not handled during the stage 2 of congestion control.

Table 1

Parameters for the handling of emergency calls

Table 2 shows changes to admission control thresholds. Name Maximum uplink load for new PS background radio bearer Maximum uplink load for new PS interactive radio bearer Range 0,...,2 by step of 0.01 0,...,2 by step of 0.01 0.83, 0.73 0.7, 0.7 Default 0.7, 0.7 Description Admissible uplink load for new 8 kbit/s and 64 kbit/s background radio bearer new,BG,UL Admissible uplink load for new 8 kbit/s and 64 kbit/s interactive radio bearer new, IA,UL Admissible downlink power for new 8 kbit/s and 64 kbit/s interactive radio bearer Pnew,IA,DL UMR6.0 onward: If the HSDPA Enhanced Admission Control feature is available and applicable, it is applied for level 1 HSDPA admission control. For more information see FD012267 - HSDPA Resource and Power Management. Table 2 Changes to admission control thresholds

Maximum downlink power 0,...,2 for new PS interactive radio by step of 0.01 bearer

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Name Maximum downlink power for new PS background radio bearer

Range 0,...,2 by step of 0.01

Default 0.83, 0.73

Description Admissible downlink power for new 8 kbit/s and 64 kbit/s background radio bearer Pnew,BG,DL UMR6.0 onward: If the HSDPA Enhanced Admission Control feature is available and applicable, it is applied for level 1 HSDPA admission control. For more information see FD012267 - HSDPA Resource and Power Management.

Table 2

Changes to admission control thresholds (Cont.)

Table 3 shows changes of the range for thermal noise. Name NUL Range -112,..., -50 dBm by step of 0.5 dBm Table 3 Change of the thermal-noise range Default -105 dBm Description Initial value of thermal noise

Table 4 shows the definition of the percentage of load for use of common measurements parameters in UL and DL. Name UL percentage of load for use of common measurements Range 0,,1 by step of 0.05 Default 0.5 Description Specifies the UL update threshold for internal UL scaling factors. Note: The UL update threshold is based on the following formula: 1/max[1-cUL*ThresholdUL, 0.5] cUL: UL percentage of load for use of common measurements ThresholdUL: UL threshold for new conversational radio bearer If the UL admission control threshold for new conversational radio bearer is changed, the UL update threshold is also changed. Table 4 Percentage of load for use of common measurements parameter

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Name DL percentage of load for use of common measurements

Range 0,,1 by step of 0.05

Default 0.5

Description Specifies the DL update threshold for internal DL scaling factors. Note: The DL update threshold is based on the following formula: 1/max[1-cDL*ThresholdDL, 0.5] cDL: DL percentage of load for use of common measurements ThresholdDL: DL threshold for new conversational radio bearer If the DL admission control threshold for new conversational radio bearer is changed, the DL update threshold is also changed.

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Percentage of load for use of common measurements parameter (Cont.)

Table 5 shows the updated description of UL and DL congestion control thresholds. Name Uplink congestion threshold Range 0,..., 62 dB by step of 0.1 dB Note: THR1 = NUL + UL_cong_threshold where UL_cong_threshold > 0 Uplink congestion hysteresis 0,...,10 dB by step of 0.1 dB Note: THR2 = MAX(THR1 - UL_cong_hyst, NUL) It is recommended to set this parameter under the following condition: UL_cong_hyst < UL_cong_threshold THR2 shall not be <= NUL Table 5 Changes to the description of congestion control thresholds 2 dB Uplink congestion hysteresis Default 10 dB Description Uplink congestion threshold

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Name Downlink congestion threshold

Range 0,...,1 dB by step of 0.01 dB

Default 0.9 dB

Description Downlink congestion threshold (0.9 corresponds to 18 Watt) Note: DL_cong_threshold >= Pcommon

Downlink congestion hysteresis

0,...,1 dB by step of 0.01 dB

0.15 dB

Downlink congestion hysteresis (this corresponds to 0.75 lower CC threshold and 0.8 dB CC hysteresis) Note: It is recommended to set this parameter under the following condition: DL_cong_hyst < DL_cong_threshold THR2= DL_cong_threshold - DL_cong_hyst THR2 must be > Pcommon

Table 5

Changes to the description of congestion control thresholds (Cont.)

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Operating the Feature

Operating the Feature

The basic procedure to set up the Admission Control of Prioritized Bearers feature in the RNC at network launch is the following: 1. Specify the handling of emergency calls:

1.1 Specify the admissible downlink power mdlp_emg and uplink load mul_emg for emergency calls.

CLI command: cell adc GUI window: Cell Procedure: --

1.2 Specify whether or not the congestion check is performed for emergency calls by the cc_emg parameter.

CLI command: cell cctl GUI window: Cell Procedure: --

2.

Specify whether or not the Pre-Emption feature is activated by the flag_preempt parameter. Note: The value of this parameter is effective only for customers who have purchased the PreEmption feature.

CLI command: rbc GUI window: Radio Bearer Control Procedure: --

3.

Specify admission control thresholds.

CLI command: cell adc GUI window: Cell Procedure: --

4.

Specify the handling of thermal noise and the scaling factors:

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4.1 Specify the initial value of thermal noise by the inv_thrmns parameter. This parameter cannot be modified when the cell is active.

CLI command: cell adc GUI window: Cell Procedure: --

4.2 Specify the thresholds which update the internal scaling factors by the percentage of load for the use of common measurements parameters ulpol_comm and dlpol_comm.

CLI command: cell adc GUI window: Cell Procedure: --

5.

Specify the congestion control thresholds.

CLI command: cell cctl GUI window: Cell Procedure: --

For detailed information, please see OMN:RN-750 Radio Network Configuration - Procedures.

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Abbreviations

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AC BG BE CC CRNC CS DL DRNC IA Iur NAS NUL OAM PS QoS RAB RANAP RL RNC RNSAP RRC SRB SRNC UE UL UMR

Abbreviations
Admission Control Background Best Effort Congestion Control Controlling Radio Network Controller Circuit Switched Downlink Drift Radio Network Controller Interactive Interface between two RNCs Network Access Signaling Thermal Noise Operation and Maintenance Packet Switched Quality of Service Radio Access Bearer Radio Access Network Application Part Radio Link Radio Network Controller Radio Network Subsystem Application Part Radio Resource Control Signaling Radio Bearer Serving Radio Network Controller User Equipment Uplink UMTS Mobisphere Release

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