Power congestion issue in Huawei-WCDMA Network

I agree with the previous post, how can we achieve AMR rate reduction?? Is
it automatic or something manual?? Switch in the RNC side or NodeB side??
Yet another way is to decrease DL SIR target value, so that RNC would assign
lower power for UEs in DL. However the first thing is to determine, what is
consuming DL power - AMR, R99 PS RAB or RRC. I have seen site that had
power congestion due to high load of registration RRC. It was on in correct
LAC.
I have Huawei 3G network, there is high PS RAB congestion and from Huawei PS congestion counters i
have checked below things:
lub congestion (VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.lubband.Cong)
CE congestion (VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.CE.Cong)
Code Congestion (VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.Code.Cong)
Power congestion (VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.Power.Cong)
Out of the total PS RAB congestion 60% is Power congestion but rest 40% is not from any of the above
reasons.
Can you share what can be the other causes, Like HSPA Congestion or some thing else?
khurrambilal01

2012-09-06, 02:05 PM

Hi friends,
Anyone plz comment? Thanks!
khurrambilal01

2012-09-07, 05:29 AM

Nobody can answer :(

Fado
2012-09-07, 02:00 PM
hi check below counters too,
- VS.RAB.FailEstPs.Code.Cong: PS RAB establishment failures due to code congestion
- VS.RAB.FailEstPs.Power.Cong: PS RAB establishment failures due to power congestion
- VS.RAB.FailEstPs.ULCE.Cong: PS RAB establishment failures due to UL CE congestion
- VS.RAB.FailEstPs.DLCE.Cong: PS RAB establishment failures due to DL CE congestion
- VS.RAB.FailEstab.PS.DLIUBBand.Cong: PS RAB establishment failures due to UL Iub bandwidth
congestion
- VS.RAB.FailEstab.PS.ULIUBBand.Cong: PS RAB establishment failures due to DL Iub bandwidth
congestion
- VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.Unsp.Other: PS RAB establishment failures due to congestion in other resources
than the previous 6 cases
- VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.RNL.Other: PS RAB establishment failures due to any RNL related reason other
than the previous 10 cases
Lack of system resources like memory, high CPU load, etc.
- VS.RAB.FailEstPS.NResAvail: PS RAB establishment failures due to shortage on system resources
Any other reason: following counter indicate failure due to any other reason apart from the previous
ones
- VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.Other.Cell: PS RAB establishment failures due to any other reason except the
previous 13 cases
miri
Hi,
try to see how many times and how long the cell is in Overload state:
VS.LCC.OLC.UL.Num - Number of UL Overload Congestions for Cell
VS.LCC.OLC.DL.Num - Number of DL Overload Congestions for Cell

2012-09-07, 08:13 PM

VS.LCC.OLC.UL.Time - Duration of UL Overload Congestion for Cell

VS.LCC.OLC.DL.Time - Duration of DL Overload Congestion for Cell
Btw, which software release do you use? The counter names change from release to release.
khurrambilal01

2012-09-07, 09:57 PM

We are using RAN 12.0

Hi,
try to see how many times and how long the cell is in Overload state:
VS.LCC.OLC.UL.Num - Number of UL Overload Congestions for Cell
VS.LCC.OLC.DL.Num - Number of DL Overload Congestions for Cell
VS.LCC.OLC.UL.Time - Duration of UL Overload Congestion for Cell
VS.LCC.OLC.DL.Time - Duration of DL Overload Congestion for Cell
Btw, which software release do you use? The counter names change from release to release.
mobile4lte
2012-09-28, 06:05 PM

ye,i understand now ,why my 3G network speed could be so slow.

phuvuong_uk

2012-10-05, 04:02 AM

Hi Friends,
I have Huawei 3G network, there is high PS RAB congestion and from Huawei PS congestion counters i
have checked below things:
lub congestion (VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.lubband.Cong)
CE congestion (VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.CE.Cong)
Code Congestion (VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.Code.Cong)
Power congestion (VS.RAB.FailEstabPS.Power.Cong)
Out of the total PS RAB congestion 60% is Power congestion but rest 40% is not from any of the above
reasons.
Can you share what can be the other causes, Like HSPA Congestion or some thing else?
Do you use 2 carriers for 1 cell? If yes, check the Service Priority for RNC and cell.
maoper11

2012-10-05, 02:09 PM
check the RTWP, and if you have 2 carriers configure some feature for load balancing.
sant
make sure the coverage is good...
I think the best way to overcome the congestion is by downtilt...

2012-10-11, 08:44 PM

Regard,
khurrambilal01
2013-07-22, 03:18 AM
Do you use 2 carriers for 1 cell? If yes, check the Service Priority for RNC and cell.
Hi,
We have two carriers for one cell, How to check Service priority for RNC & cell?
tharinduwije
2013-07-22, 05:54 PM
Go to RNC MML & in help tab type SPG (Service Priority Group).You can use DRD based load balancing
with either serviced based or Load based Switch.We currently have two carriers configured with Service
Priority.Best way to reduce Power congestion is Reduce Tilt or Deploy more carries.Take a TCP export
(Total Cell Power) & see for which services most of the power has been used (AMR or HSDPA).Then you
can adjust them accordingly.Power congestion Significantly impacts user throughput.
jenriqp

2013-10-01, 06:59 AM

Hi everyone,
If you want to reduce pw congestion should verify the dedicate channel on RNC in fact, how many power
does it have the DPCCH (dB). I changed to 4dB and it was succesfull. the pw congestion decreased. Be
carefull and dont forget add reputation :)
SET UFRC: PilotPo=4;

PilotPo
Pilot power offset
Meaning: Transmit power offset of pilot bits to data bits in every timeslot for a downlink DPCCH frame.
For details about this parameter, see 3GPP TS 25.214.
This parameter is an advanced parameter. To modify this parameter, contact Huawei Customer Service
Center for technical support.
GUI Value Range: 0~24
Unit: 0.25dB
Actual Value Range: 0~6
MML Default Value: None
Recommended Value: 12
Parameter Relationship: None
Service Interrupted After Modification: No (And no impact on the UE in idle mode)
Impact on Network Performance: The smaller the value of this parameter: the lower the transmit power
of pilot bits, the less accurate of the SIR assessment on the UE side, the greater the downlink DPCCH
transmit power fluctuation, and the higher the downlink DPDCH mean power. The small parameter value
also affects downlink cell capacity. The larger the value of this parameter, the higher the transmit power
of pilot bits. The large parameter value also wastes downlink power resources and affects downlink cell
capacity.

DlDpchSf256PilotBit
DL DPCH pilot bits of SF256
Meaning: This parameter specifies the number of DPCCH pilot bits in each timeslot used when the
spreading factor for DL DPCH is 256, so as to determine the timeslot format.
- The value D2 of this parameter corresponds to timeslot format 2 or 3.
- The value D4 of this parameter corresponds to timeslot format 4 or 5.
- The value D8 of this parameter corresponds to timeslot format 6 or 7.
For details of this parameter, refer to the 3GPP TS 25.211.
GUI Value Range: D2, D4, D8
Unit: bit
Actual Value Range: 2, 4, 8
MML Default Value: None
Recommended Value: D4
Parameter Relationship: None
Service Interrupted After Modification: No (And no impact on the UE in idle mode)
Impact on Network Performance: When this parameter is set to D8, the number of downlink DPCCH pilot
bits increases. In this case, UEs can obtain more accurate SIRs but the transmit power of DPCCH pilots
is high. To reduce the transmit power of these pilots, you can use a small pilot power offset for these

pilots. By doing this, the downlink cell capacity increases. When this parameter is set to D2, the number
of downlink DPCCH pilot bits decreases. In this case, UEs obtain less accurate SIRs and the transmit
power of DPCCH pilots is low. To increase the transmit power of these pilots, you can use a large pilot
power offset for these pilots. By doing this, the downlink cell capacity decreases.
shishio

2013-10-05, 02:09 AM

Hi,
also check if you have any SCTP link congestion alarms on the sites, if yes then you have to tell
transmission guys to expand the link.
shishio

2013-10-05, 02:18 AM
Go to RNC MML & in help tab type SPG (Service Priority Group).You can use DRD based load balancing
with either serviced based or Load based Switch.We currently have two carriers configured with Service
Priority.Best way to reduce Power congestion is Reduce Tilt or Deploy more carries.Take a TCP export
(Total Cell Power) & see for which services most of the power has been used (AMR or HSDPA).Then you
can adjust them accordingly.Power congestion Significantly impacts user throughput.

HI,

Power congestion in WCDMA network is very serious problem. Sometimes we

observe power congestion in our network for DL or UL or for both.

In Common practice if someone face power congestion they recommend to

add power capability or add new carriers or add new site to resolve power
congestion.

But suppose power capability is already reached to max allowed value, we

are not able to add new carrier as 2 carriers already implemented on cells o

In such circumstances we can do some parameter optimization to reduce

power congestion at worst cells. Here I want to share few such techniques to
reduce power congestion.

Solution for DL Power congestion :

1. Implement DL LDR

Enable DL LDR switch:

MOD UCELLALGOSWITCH: CellId=X, NBMLdcAlgoSwitch= DL_UU_LDR-1;

Modify UCELLLDR parameters:

MOD UCELLLDR: CellId=X, DlLdrFirstAction=CodeAdj,

DlLdrSecondAction=BERateRed, DlLdrThirdAction=InterFreqLDHO,
DlLdrFourthAction=CSInterRatShouldBeLDHO,
DlLdrBERateReductionRabNum=3, GoldUserLoadControlSwitch=ON; (if
customer agrees for handover of CS service to 2G in case of congestion in 3G
otherwise remove fourth action; if we have single carrier InterFreqLDHO
action should be removed from proposal)

2. Modify UCELLLDM Parameters:

MOD UCELLLDM: CellId=X, DlLdrTrigThd=60, DlLdrRelThd=50;

3. Modify UCELLCAC Parameters:

MOD UCELLCAC:CELLID=X,DLCONVAMRTHD=85,DLCONVNONAMRTHD=
85,DLOTHERTHD=83,DLHOTHD=87,DLCELLTOTALTHD=93;

Solution for UL Power congestion :

1. Implement UL LDR

Enable Switch for UL LDR-

MOD UCELLALGOSWITCH: CellId=X, NBMLdcAlgoSwitch= UL_UU_LDR-1;

Modify LDR parameters-

MOD UCELLLDR:CELLID=X,ULLDRFIRSTACTION=BERateRed,ULLDR
SECONDACTION=InterFreqLDHO,ULLDRBERATEREDUCTIONRAB NUM=3; (This
is without IRAT for example if customer dont want IRAT even if congestion in
3G; if we have single carrier InterFreqLDHO action should be removed from
proposal).

2. Modify UCELLLDM Parameters:

MOD UCELLLDM:CELLID=X,ULLDRTRIGTHD=55,ULLDRRELTHD=45;

3. Modify UCELLCAC Parameter :

MOD UCELLCAC:CELLID=X,ULTOTALEQUSERNUM=160;