Huawei eRAN KPI Introduction

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Huawei eRAN KPI Introduction

(eRAN 2.1)
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Agenda
KPI System Overview
KPI Detail Description
Recommended KPIs
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KPI System Overview
LTE KPIs
Accessability Retainability Mobility Availability Utilization Traffic Latency Integrity
• RRC • Call Drop • HHO SR • Radio • UL/DL • Cell UL/DL • Access • Service
SETUP SR Rate ( Intra/Inter Network RB Traffic Latency UL/DL
(VoIP/Data) Frequency) Unavailabil Utility Volume Throughput
• ERAB • Service
ity Rate Rate
Setup SR • Call Setup • HO in SR • Radio Latency
(VoIP/Data) Complete Bearer
• Inter-RAT • Interrupt
Rate Number
• Call Setup HHO SR Latency
SR (VoIP/Data)
(VoIP/Data)
Radio Network KPI : Service KPI :

Focus on the radio network performance Focus on the user experience

KPI Attained Approach
In general, there are two approaches to define/attain KPIs:
• By statistics /Counter:
Most of KPIs are attained by this approach, such as RRC Success Rate, HHO Success Rate…
• By drive test / Stationary test:

Some KPIs should be attained by drive test, such as Attach Latency, Handover latency…

Measurement Object for Counter
 Each measurement result is related to a specific measurement object.

 Counters are organized by Measurement Unit/Family.
Measurement Object
Measurement Measurement
Measurement Measurement …… ……
Family 1 Unit 1 Unit 2 Family 2
Counter 1 Counter 2 Counter 3 Counter 4 Counter 5 Counter 6 Counter 7 …… ……

Collection Method and Reporting Period
 Collection methods (TS 32.403)
CC (Cumulative Counter), for example, Attempted RRC connection establishments;

GAUGE (dynamic variable), used when data being measured can vary up or down
during the period of measurement, for example, Maximum E-RAB Setup time;
DER (Discrete Event Registration), when data related to a particular event are captured
every nth event is registered, where n can be 1 or larger, for example, Cell Unavailable
Time, Mean E-RAB Setup time;
SI (Status Inspection), for example, Average Number of simultaneous E-RABs;
 Reporting period
The measurement results are collected in a pre-defined reporting period, and this
reporting period, in general, is configurable at EMS, for example, 15mins, 60mins…

Agenda
KPI System Overview

• Coverage
• Accessibility
• Retainability
• Mobility
• Availability
• Utilization
• Traffic
• Integrity
• Latency
Recommended KPIs

Accessibility (1) – RRC Setup Success Rate
 RRC Setup Success Rate (service)
The RRC setup procedure is trigged by different reasons as identified by the establishmentCause
field in the RRCConnctionRequest message: emergency, highPriorityAccess, mt-Access, mo-
Signalling, mo-Data.
The UE sets the establishmentCause and received by eNodeB. Causes except mo-Signalling
are categorized as service related ones, and the cause of mo-Signalling is categorized as signal
related ones.
This KPI evaluates the RRC setup success rate with service related causes in a cell or cluster.
RRC _ Connection Success service

RRC _ SSRService  100 %
RRC _ Connection Attempt service
 RRC Setup Success Rate (Signal)
This KPI evaluates the RRC setup success rate with signal
related causes (mo-Signalling) in a cell or cluster.
RRC _ Connection Success Signal

RRC _ SSRSignal  100 %
RRC _ Connection Attempt Signal

Accessibility (2) – Counter Mapping for RRC SSR
L.RRC.ConnReq.Att…
L.RRC.ConnReq.Succ …

Accessibility (3) – QCI Definition
 LTE-SAE QoS Class Identifier
There are 9 QCIs defined in 3GPP TS 23.203. Each of QCI has its QoS requirements, and
each E-RAB will has the attribute of QCI.

Accessibility (4) – ERAB Setup Success Rate
VoIP ERAB Setup Success Rate
This KPI can be used to evaluate the ERAB setup

success rate of VoIP service (QCI 1 service) in a cell
or cluster.
VoIP _ ERAB _ SetupSuccess

VoIP _ ERAB _ SSR  100 %
VoIP _ ERAB _ SetupAttem pt
 Data Service ERAB Setup Success Rate
This KPI can be used to evaluate the ERAB setup

success rate of data service (QCI 2~9 service) in a
cell or cluster
Data _ ERAB _ SetupSuccess

Data _ ERAB _ SSR  100 %
Data _ ERAB _ SetupAttem pt

Accessibility (5) – Counter Mapping for ERAB SSR
ERAB Setup Attempt Counters
ERAB Setup Success Counters
ERAB Setup Attempt Counters
ERAB Setup Success Counters

Accessibility (6) – Call Setup Success Rate
VoIP Call Setup Success Rate (VoIP CSSR)
This KPI evaluates the success rate of the whole setup procedure for VoIP service
(QCI 1 service) in a cell or cluster, which mainly includes two phases : RRC setup
phase and VoIP E-RAB setup phase:
RRC _ ConnectionSuccessService VoIP _ ERAB _ SetupSuccess

VoIP _ CSSR  * 100%
RRC _ ConnectionAttemptService VoIP _ ERAB _ SetupAttempt
 Data Service Call Setup Success Rate (Data Service CSSR)
This KPI evaluates the success rate of the whole setup procedure for data service
(except QCI 1 service) in a cell or cluster, which mainly includes two phases : RRC setup
phase and data E-RAB setup phase:
RRC _ ConnectionSuccessService Data _ ERAB _ SetupSuccess

Data _ CSSR  * 100%
RRC _ ConnectionAttemptService Data _ ERAB _ SetupAttempt

Accessibility (7) – Counter Mapping for CSSR

Retainability (1) – Call Drop Rate
VoIP Call Drop Rate
This KPI can be used to evaluate the call drop rate of VoIP
service (QCI 1 service) in a cell or cluster, the call drops happen
when eNode initiate ERAB release process by E-RAB Release
Indication or UE Context Release Request message with Cause
field with abnormal reasons (the cause other than : Normal
Release, User Inactivity, Partial Handover, or Handover
triggered), and all of the other E-RAB releases are consider as
normal E-RAB release.
VoIP _ ERAB _ Abnormal Re lease

VoIP _ CDR   100 %
VoIP _ ERAB _ Re lease
 Data Service Call Drop Rate
This KPI can be used to evaluate the call drop rate of data service
(except QCI 1 service) in a cell or cluster,
Data _ ERAB _ Abnormal Re lease

Data _ CDR  100 %
Data _ ERAB _ Re lease

Retainability (2) – Counter Mapping for Call Drop Rate
Abnormal release Counters
Normal and Abnormal release

Counters based on the cause

Retainability (3) - Call Setup Complete Rate
VoIP Call Setup Complete Rate (VoIP CSCR)
This KPI evaluates the call Setup Complete Rate for VoIP service (QCI 1 service) in a cell or
cluster, which means the rate of the VoIP service can be normally terminated once user do
the attempt to setup the service. And it can include 3 phases: RRC setup phase, VoIP E-
RAB setup phase and VoIP service E-RAB release phase;
RRC _ ConnectionSuccessService VoIP _ ERAB _ SetupSuccess VoIP _ ERAB _ Normal Re lease

VoIP _ CSTR  * * 100%
RRC _ ConnectionAttemptService VoIP _ ERAB _ SetupAttempt VoIP _ ERAB _ Re lease
 Data Service Call Setup Complete Rate (Data Service CSCR)
The similar as upper KPI, this KPI will evaluate the success rate in totally for 3 phases: RRC
setup phase, data service E-RAB setup phase and data service E-RAB release phase;
RRC _ ConnectionSuccessService Data _ ERAB _ SetupSuccess Data _ ERAB _ Normal Re lease

Data _ CSTR  * * 100%
RRC _ ConnectionAttemptService Data _ ERAB _ SetupAttempt Data _ ERAB _ Re lease

Retainability (4) - Counter Mapping for CSCR

Mobility (1) – Intra-LTE Handover (Out) Success Rate
Intra-frequency Handover Out Success Rate
This KPI can be used to evaluate the intra-frequency

handover out success rate in a cell or cluster.
IntraF _ HOOutSuccess
IntraF _ HOOut _ SR  100 %
IntraF _ HOOutAttempt
Inter-frequency Handover Out Success Rate

This KPI can be used to evaluate the inter-frequency
handover out success rate in a cell or cluster.
InterF _ HOOutSuccess
InterF _ HOOut _ SR  100 %
InterF _ HOOutAttempt

Mobility (2) – Counter Mapping for Intra-LTE HO SR
Handover Attempt Counters
Handover Success Counters

Mobility (3) - Intra-LTE Handover (In) Success Rate
Handover In Success Rate
This KPI can be used to evaluate the handover in

success rate in a cell or cluster.
HOInSuccess
HOIn _ SR  100 %
HOInAttempt

Mobility (4) - Counter Mapping for Intra-LTE HO In SR
HO in Attempt Counters
HO in Success Counters

Mobility (5) – Inter-RAT Handover Success Rate
Inter-RAT Handover Success Rate (LTE to WCDMA)
This KPI can be used to evaluate the inter-RAT handover

success rate from LTE to WCDMA in a cluster.
IRATHO _ L 2W _ SuccessOut
IRATHO _ L 2W _ SRout   100 %
IRATHO _ L 2W _ AttemptOut
Inter-RAT Handover Success Rate (LTE to GERAN)
This KPI can be used to evaluate the inter-RAT handover success rate from LTE to GERAN in a cluster.
IRATHO _ L 2G _ SuccessOut
IRATHO _ L 2G _ SRout  100 %
IRATHO _ L 2G _ AttemptOut

Mobility (6) – Counter Mapping for Inter-RAT HO SR
HO attempt, and distinguish

the target system by an
element “targetRAT-Type ” in
the message
HO Success

Availability (1) - Radio Network Unavailability Rate
 Radio Network Unavailability Rate
This KPI provides the percentage of time that a cell is unavailable in order to evaluate the
degradation of the network performance caused by the unavailable cells. It is calculated based
on the time of all cell unavailability in the radio network (cluster).
Where the {SP} denotes the reports period of counters, and the unit is minutes.

Availability (2) – Counter Mapping for RAN Unavailability Rate

Utilization (1) – DL/UL RB Utility Rate
Downlink Resource Block Utility Rate
This KPI evaluates the DL RB (Resource Block) utility rate of a cell or cluster.
DLRB _ Used
DLRB _ UtilityRat e  100 %
DLRB _ Available
Uplink Resource Block Utility Rate
This KPI evaluates the UL RB (Resource Block) utility rate of a cell or cluster.
ULRB _ Used
ULRB _ UtilityRat e  100 %
ULRB _ Available
The ULRB_Availbable and DLRB_Available are fix values, which can be calculated by system
bandwidth.

Utilization (2) – Counter Mapping for RB Utility Rate

Traffic (1) – Active Users
Active Users
This group of KPIs consist of 4 KPIs, which are used to evaluate the user numbers with uplink data in
the buffer or with downlink data in the buffer, and also give the average user number and maximum user
number in a cell or cluster.
AvgUserNumber _ DLData
MaxUserNumber _ DLData
AvgUserNumber _ ULData
MaxUserNumber _ ULData

Traffic (2) – Counter Mapping for Active Users

Traffic (3) – Counter Mapping for Active Users

Traffic (4) – Radio Bearers
Radio Bearers
The radio bearers KPIs consist of nine sub-KPIs mapped into nine QCIs (QCI 1~9), the radio bearers
of each QCI is based on the number of active RRC connections of each QCI.
This set of KPIs can be used to evaluate the average radio bearer number of a cell or cluster.
RadioBearers _ QCI _ 1
……
RadioBearers _ QCI _ 9

Traffic (5) – Counter Mapping for Radio Bearers

Traffic (6) - Traffic Volume
Downlink Traffic Volume
Similar to the radio bearers KPIs, the DL traffic volume KPIs consist of nine sub-KPIs mapped into nine
QCIs (QCI 1~9), they can be used to evaluate the DL traffic volume of each QCI in a cell or cluster,
which is measured at RLC layer excluding the RLC header and RLC retransmission.
DLTrafficV olume _ QCI _ 1 …… DLTrafficVolume _ QCI _ 9
Uplink Traffic Volume
Similar to the radio bearers KPIs, the UL traffic volume KPIs consist of nine sub-KPIs mapped into nine
QCIs (QCI 1~9), they can be used to evaluate the UL traffic volume of each QCI in a cell or cluster,
which is measured at RLC layer excluding the RLC header and RLC retransmission.
ULTrafficVolume _ QCI _ 1 …… ULTrafficV olume _ QCI _ 9

Traffic (7) - Counter Mapping for Traffic Volume

Traffic (8) - Counter Mapping for Traffic Volume

Service Integrity (1) – Service Average Throughput
Service Downlink Average Throughput
This KPI consist of nine sub-KPIs mapped into nine QCIs (QCI 1~9), they evaluate the downlink
throughput of a service with a specific QCI per user in each cell, it reflects the end-user experience.
DLAverageT hroughput _ QCI _ 1 …… DLAverageThroughput _ QCI _ 9
The total downlink traffic volume at PDCP layer of each QCI and total duration for transmitting them are
measured within a measurement period. Then the average throughput of each QCI is obtained at the end
of the measurement period.
Service Uplink Average Throughput
Same with the service downlink average throughput, this set of KPIs consist of nine sub-KPIs mapped
into nine QCIs (QCI 1~9), and the meaning is also similar with it.
ULAverageT hroughput _ QCI _ 1 …… ULAverageThroughput _ QCI _ 9

Service Integrity (2) – Counter Mapping for Service Average
Throughput

Service Integrity (3) – Measurement Principle for Throughput
Refer to TS 32.450

Service Integrity (4) – Counter Mapping for Service Average
Throughput

Latency (1)
Access Latency
This grouped KPI can be used to evaluate the latency of access phase.
AccessLatency_Attach
Defined as the duration from the time the UE

send AttachRequest message to the time the UE
send AttachComplete message message
AccessLatency_Idle2Active
Defined as the duration from (UE in idle mode) the

time the UE send RRCConnectionRequest
message to the time the UE send
RRCConnectionReconfiguration message

Latency (2)
Service Latency
This grouped KPI can be used to evaluate the latency of a particular service, we can distinguish
them by different services, this KPI will be attained by drive test (or stationary test).
ServiceLat ency _ Ping _ 32bytes
ServiceLat ency _ Ping _ 1460 bytes
Control Plane HO Interrupt Latency

This grouped KPI can be used to evaluate the control plane interrupt latency during the handover, we can
further distinguish them by different handover scenarios.
This KPIs is measured through drive test. Defined as the duration from the time the UE receives the
handover command（RRCConnectionReconfiguration after MeasurementReport) to the time the UE send
the handover confirm message (RRCConectionReconfigurationComplete) .
ControlPla ne _ Interrupt _ IntraLTE _ HO
ControlPla ne _ Interrupt _ IRATHO _ L 2C
ControlPla ne _ Interrupt _ IRATHO _ L 2W
ControlPla ne _ Interrupt _ IRATHO _ L 2G

Latency (3)
User Plane HO Interrupt Latency
This grouped KPI can be used to evaluate the user plane interrupt latency during the handover, we
can further distinguish them by different handover scenarios.
The user plane interrupt latency is different when observed at different layers, for example, at IP
layer or RLC layer or MAC layer.
This KPIs is measured through drive test. Defined as the duration from the last RLC layer package
received before the handover, to the first RLC layer package received after handover. It can be
observed in Probe.
UserPlane _ Interrupt _ IntraLTE _ HO

UserPlane _ Interrupt _ IRATHO _ L 2C
UserPlane _ Interrupt _ IRATHO _ L 2W
UserPlane _ Interrupt _ IRATHO _ L 2G

Agenda
KPI System Overview
Recommended KPIs

Recommended KPIs
 The recommended KPIs at this phase include:
KPI Class KPI Name

RRC Setup Success Rate (service)
Accessibility RRC Setup Success Rate (Signal)
Data Service ERAB Setup Success Rate
Retainability Data Service Call Drop Rate
Mobility Intra-frequency Handover Out Success Rate
Radio Bearers for QCI 1~9
Traffic Downlink Traffic Volume for QCI 1~9
Uplink Traffic Volume for QCI 1~9
Service Downlink Average Throughput for QCI 1~9
Integrity
Service Downlink Average Throughput for QCI 1~9

Performance Data Manager
The PRS is a platform used to manage mobile network

performance reports and analyze network performance.
(iManager PRS V100R006 Product Description V1.1)

Customizing Reports
(iManager PRS V100R006 Product Description V1.1)

Restrictions on Measurement Activations
 The period of measurement on northbound interface should be consist

with southbound interface. So far, Huawei support 15minutes and 60minutes
periods as default.
 There is no restrictions on the number of NE objects, measurement

objects for 15minutes and 60minutes measurement periods. M2000 can
provide all measurement results of all managed NEs via northbound
performance file interface.


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KPI System Overview

KPI Detail Description

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Accessability Retainability Mobility Availability Utilization Traffic Latency Integrity

Radio Network KPI : Service KPI :

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In general, there are two approaches to define/attain KPIs:

• By drive test / Stationary test:

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 Each measurement result is related to a specific measurement object.

Counter 1 Counter 2 Counter 3 Counter 4 Counter 5 Counter 6 Counter 7 …… ……

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 Collection methods (TS 32.403)

CC (Cumulative Counter), for example, Attempted RRC connection establishments;

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KPI System Overview

KPI Detail Description

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 RRC Setup Success Rate (service)

RRC _ Connection Success service

 RRC Setup Success Rate (Signal)

RRC _ Connection Success Signal

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VoIP ERAB Setup Success Rate

This KPI can be used to evaluate the ERAB setup

VoIP _ ERAB _ SetupSuccess

 Data Service ERAB Setup Success Rate

This KPI can be used to evaluate the ERAB setup

Data _ ERAB _ SetupSuccess

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ERAB Setup Attempt Counters

ERAB Setup Success Counters

ERAB Setup Attempt Counters

ERAB Setup Success Counters

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VoIP Call Setup Success Rate (VoIP CSSR)

RRC _ ConnectionSuccessService VoIP _ ERAB _ SetupSuccess

 Data Service Call Setup Success Rate (Data Service CSSR)

RRC _ ConnectionSuccessService Data _ ERAB _ SetupSuccess

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VoIP Call Drop Rate

VoIP _ ERAB _ Abnormal Re lease

 Data Service Call Drop Rate

Data _ ERAB _ Abnormal Re lease

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Abnormal release Counters

Normal and Abnormal release

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VoIP Call Setup Complete Rate (VoIP CSCR)

RRC _ ConnectionSuccessService VoIP _ ERAB _ SetupSuccess VoIP _ ERAB _ Normal Re lease

 Data Service Call Setup Complete Rate (Data Service CSCR)

RRC _ ConnectionSuccessService Data _ ERAB _ SetupSuccess Data _ ERAB _ Normal Re lease

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Intra-frequency Handover Out Success Rate

This KPI can be used to evaluate the intra-frequency