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Technical Guide For WCDMA LAC Planning v1 1
Technical Guide For WCDMA LAC Planning v1 1
Version: v1.0
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1 WANG Feng 2007-3-6 V1.0 Guide
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Contents
1 OVERVIEW................................................................................................................................1
1 Overview
The guide introduces WCDMA paging channel capacity calculation from which deduces the
maximum number of sectors that can be supported by each LAC with different traffic model, as
well as general suggestions for LAC division; the guide provides instructions for LAC planning on
the phase of WCDMA radio network planning.
The guide includes paging principle, paging capacity calculation and LAC division principle.
Parameter
3 IMSI coding paging messages, or 5 TMSI coding paging messages can be put in 1X240
PCH FP transmission; therefore the maximum number of paging message that can be put in each
FP is defined as 5. Take the worst situation into account, we define sub-channel number of each
PCCH is 3, which can be adjusted dynamically.
3.1.2 GOS Confirmation
For improving paging success rate, RNC uses multi-retransmission; therefore the
corresponding relationship between call loss of multi-retransmission and call loss of single
retransmission needs to be calculated. Presently system’s RNC retransmission times are 4.
Suppose that the call completion ratio first time is x1, call loss is s1, then x1=1-s1.
Suppose that the call completion ratio second time is x2, call loss is s2, then x1=1-s2.
Suppose that the call completion ratio third time is x3, call loss is s3, then x1=1-s3.
Suppose that the call completion ratio forth time is x4, call loss is s4, then x1=1-s4.
Then, the call incompletion probability in these 4 times is:
(1- x1)*(1-x2)*(1-x3)*(1-x4) = s1*s2*s3*s4
Suppose that call loss ratios each time are the same, then:
GoS single call lose = Power (actual call loss in RNC multi-retransmission, 1/RNC
retransmission times)
Here Power means multiplied by itself a certain number of times or extraction of a root.
It is given that the actual RNC multi-retransmission call loss rate is 0.2%, so GoS single call
lose = (0.002)1/4=0.211474
Notice: the proper actual RNC multi-retransmission call loss rate needs to be discussed.
3.1.3 Channel Capacity Calculation
Erlang B formula requires average call loss of GoS in multi-paging; because RNC repeat
multi-transmission and paging ratio is independent, here we can regard that the average call loss of
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GoS in multi-paging is equal to single call loss of GoS.
Channel number (equivalent sub-channel number) and congestion rate are given; we can
calculate PCH traffic according to Erlang B formula, which is shown as follows:
( / ) N / N !
B pN N
( / ) / i!
i 0
i
Here, is average received call times in unit period of time; 1 / T , T is average call
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Activated
Activated
UE
3G UE UE density Single UE’s Traffic density
Area proportion
density on busy traffic (mErl) (mErl/km2)
on busy
hour
hour
Dense
Initial 1200 5% 60 0.75 45
urban
phase
Mean urban 300 2% 6 0.35 2.1
Dense
Developing 3600 8% 288 1.5 432
urban
phase
Mean urban 900 5% 45 0.7 31.5
Dense
Stable 7500 10% 750 3.4 2550
urban
phase
Mean urban 1950 8% 156 1.5 234
Paging traffic calculation on busy hour requires call times and call duration that converted by
traffic on busy hour in traditional traffic model. CS12.2K call duration is set as 72 seconds,
CS64K call duration is set as 60 seconds, and then converted traffic model is shown in the
following table.
Table Paging Capacity Calculation -3 CS Traffic Model after Conversion
Notice: BHCA and Call Duration need to be filled according to the actual situation of
countries and operators. As to each subscriber’s traffic on busy hour in traditional CS traffic
model, different BHCA will dramatically vary subscriber number that each LAC supports.
BHCA in traffic model is counted bilaterally, including MOC and MTC. Therefore when
counting paging BHCA, paging times shall be the half of call attempts, which is shown in the
following table.
Table Paging Capacity Calculation -4 Paging BHCA Model
CS64K paging CS domain paging
CS12.2K paging
Area BHCA(times/hour BHCA(times/hou
BHCA(times/hour)
) r)
Initial Dense urban 0.75 0.0225 0.7725
phase Mean urban 0.325 0.0105 0.3355
Paging traffic in RNC once paging can be calculated through paging BHCA model, which is
equal to BHCA x paging duration (10ms, one frame of PCCH).
Now ZTE RNC radio paging retransmission times is set as 4, RNC retransmission times is
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set as 2, CN paging interval between two paging is 3 seconds, CN twice paging proportion is 25%.
RNC transmits each paging for four times, therefore each subscriber’s paging traffic is equal
to the sum of all paging traffic in the four paging initiated by RNC as well as two paging traffic
initiated by CN. But the proportion of CN twice paging is not 100%, so the paging traffic of CN
twice paging is lower, which is the true situation in actual network. Each subscriber’s CS paging
traffic on busy hour = (the first paging traffic initiated by RNC + the second paging traffic
initiated by RNC + the third paging traffic initiated by RNC + the forth paging traffic initiated by
RNC)*(1+ the proportion of CN twice paging). The calculation result is shown in the following
table.
Table Paging Capacity Calculation -5 Each Subscriber’s CS Paging Traffic on Busy Hour
Each Subscriber’s
The first paging traffic The second paging
CS Paging Traffic
Area initiated by traffic initiated by
on Busy
RNC(Erl) CN(Erl)
Hour(Erl)
Initial Dense urban 2.14583E-06 5.36458E-07 9.11979E-06
phase Mean urban 9.31944E-07 2.32986E-07 3.96076E-06
5.1 Calculation of the Maximum Subscriber Number that Each LAC Supports
When network is configured with one PCH, which is the common configuration in most
actual networks, and RNC retransmission congestion rate is 0.2%, if we use IMSI paging, paging
traffic that PCH supports =2.00633(erl); if we use TMSI paging, paging traffic that PCH supports
= 4.13931(erl). Therefore, the subscriber number that each LAC supports = paging traffic that
PCH supports/each subscriber’s paging traffic on busy hour. As to IMSI paging and TMSI paging,
the subscriber number that each LAC supports is shown in the following table.
Table Paging Capacity Calculation -6 Maximum Subscriber Number that Each LAC Supports
CS domain paging Subscriber number Subscriber number
traffic of each that each LAC that each LAC
Area
subscriber on busy supports in IMSI supports in TMSI
hour (Erl) paging paging
Initial Dense urban 9.12E-06 220000 454000
phase Mean urban 3.96E-06 507000 1050000
1) In LAC division, the upper limit of LAC is determined by paging capacity of each cell,
lower limit of LAC is determined by LAC update frequency. If LAC is too large, paging
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times in the network will be increased dramatically, even congestion will occur and
network paging success rate will be decreased. If LAC is too small, LAC update will be too
frequent and network signaling load will be increased. Therefore, these two factors need to
be considered in LAC division, and LAC shall be divided properly according to actual
network situation.
2) LACs of areas with different traffic characteristics vary. Generally, LAC of dense urban <
LAC of mean urban < LAC of suburb < LAC of rural.
3) Geographic characteristic and UE distribution shall be taken into account in LAC boundary
selection for decreasing LAC update frequency. Generally LAC boundary is located in
areas that have lesser subscribers or lower handover probability.
4) Try to avoid LAC boundary locating in areas that have group subscriber or VIP clients.
5) Impact from load increase shall be considered in LAC division.
6) NodeBs that use multi-carriers shall belong to one same LAC.
7) NodeBs coverage shall be continuous in one same LAC.
8) In principle, LAC setting methods of 2G and 3G system are generally the same, therefore
3G LAC planning can refer to 2G LAC planning. Firstly, calculate paging capacity in radio
interfaces according to paging process and channel characteristic; secondly, figure out
traffic that one LAC can support according to traffic model; and finally set LAC according
to actual or estimated traffic in the network.
9) RNC capacity in 3G network is generally larger than BSC capacity in 2G network, thus the
number of RNC is smaller than that of BSC and one LAC will not step across BSC,
therefore existing network LAC configuration and BSC traffic situation shall be taken into
account while planning 3G network LAC. 3G LAC can be the combination of the existing
network LACs according to traffic balance principle; 3G LAC boundary shall be better the
same with the boundary of the outer layer of combined 2G LACs.
This section offers calculation of paging capacity without consideration of factors such as
paging congestion rate, RNC multi-paging times and CN second paging, but brief comparison of
ideal paging capacity of WCDMA and GSM system, so as to analyze whether co-using LAC is
feasible as well as what advantages and disadvantages it may introduce.
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WCDMA minimum paging capacity per second: the whole network uses IMSI paging, one
10ms PCCH/PCH frame includes 3 paging messages, 100 PCCH/PCH frames can be transmitted
on one PCH each second, totally 300 paging messages.
5.1 Advantage and Disadvantage of WCDMA and GSM co-use LAC, as well
as Suggestions
1)Advantage of GSM900, GSM1800 and WCDMA co-use LAC
When WCDMA and GSM are co-constructed, especially when most WCDMA sites co-site
with GSM sites, WCDMA uses the same LAC planning with that of GSM for speeding up data
configuration in network commissioning that facilitates fast commissioning of commercialized
WCDMA network.
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After long-term optimization, GSM LAC planning project is mature and LAC division is
reasonable. It accelerates LAC optimization process and decrease LAC optimization pressure if
WCDMA network uses the same LAC planning with that of GSM network.
GSM LAC division reflects existing network’s traffic distribution and paging load; WCDMA
network is generally constructed after GSM network construction, then unreasonable LAC
division caused by inexact traffic estimation will be decreased if WCDMA uses the same LAC
planning with that of GSM network.
3)Suggestions for LAC division when GSM900, GSM1800 co-exist with WCDMA
WCDMA LAC division can be operated separately from reference to GSM LAC division,
which includes:
WCDMA LAC boundary location refers to that of GSM; GSM LAC boundaries are usually
on cells with low traffic and less handover times. WCDMA LAC is larger than that of GSM, but
WCDMA LAC boundary selection can refer to that of GSM completely. One important reason to
take GSM LAC boundary as a reference is that WCDMA traffic is low in the initial phase and its
traffic distribution has no statistic meaning.
The WCDMA LAC division refers to GSM LAC paging load statistics; try to balance each
LAC’s paging load. GSM network is mature and GSM subscriber number increases slowly, so it
will be more accurate in balancing WCDMA LAC paging load according to GSM existing
network traffic statistics.
There are totally 260 sites in the phase one and phase two Libya Tripoli network and they
belong to 7 LACs; RNC10 has 2 LACs, RNC1 has 5 LACs. It is hard to avoid areas with high
traffic becoming LAC boundary due to too many LACs, which will surly impact call performance.
DT KPI is regulated in Libya acceptance, including Call Setup Success Rate which will inevitably
be impacted by too many LACs.
As to commercialized network, stability is the primary demand. Therefore, we use this
project while combining LAC: Sites controlled by RNC1 are classified into 2 LACs, sites
controlled by RNC10 are classified into 1 LAC, so the original 7 LACs now turn out to be the
present 3 LACs, and then LAC update requests decrease dramatically. The project is shown in the
following figure.
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therefore the combination project is temporarily suspended in the field.
The PCH paging times calculation in the table is according to Section 6.2.4 in 25435-700
Protocol. Two consecutive PCH frames carry paging indication information and paging message
separately, and the two compose a complete paging message. Related description in the protocol is
as follows:
The PCH DATA FRAME includes the paging indication information and paging messages [FDD -
To page one User Equipment, two consecutive PCH DATA FRAMEs with consecutive CFN
numbers are transmitted, the first frame contains the Paging Indication Information and the second
contains the Paging Message.] [TDD – To page one User Equipment, one or more PCH DATA
FRAMEs are transmitted.]
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