MONITOR AND SOLVING CONGESTION 2G NSN

1. Preparing data
- List of cell that serving fesival zone and list of cell that we could share traffic
to in case of congestion.
- Parameter of each cell exported from OSS.
- Google map of all cells in system ( both 2G and 3G) which’s including
informations about position, AZM, Antena hight vv….
2. Monitor tool
- Netact 2G ( use for detecting congestion).
- CM Editor ( using for check and change parameter).
3. Step to deploy
3.1. SDCCH congestion

Following these step:

Step 1: Check to locked cell, locked trx, if these’s a cell or trx that is locked,
unlock them.
Step 2: Add one more time slot SDCCH to trx if that trx haven’t reached
maximum number of SDDCH/TRX ( 2SD/TRX) yet.
For example: “channel1Type = 3 – SDCCH”

Step 3: If the number of SDCCH reached maximum and there’s still happening
congestion, change to parameters’s solving method:
+ Change Cell reselection offset ( CRO) form 0 to 20 ( using step 2 dB), and
set penalty time = 640.
For example: “cellReselectOffset = 4” - “Penalty Time = 640”

Step 4: (In case of congestion cell layed near boundary between two BSC) to
avoid pingpong phenomenon, increase Cell Reselection Hysteresit (CRH) to all
 of neighbor cells at BSC neighbor to congestion cell’s BSC, ( each step 2dB)
from 0 to 14 ( default is 6 dB).
For example: “cellReselectHysteresis = 10”

Step 5: Decrease Max Number of Retranmission ( MAXRET) from 4 to 2,

even 1.
For example: “maxNumberRetransmission = 2”;

3.2. TCH congestion

Following these step:
Step 1: Check for lock Cell and TRX.
Step 2: Check for TCH time slot of each TRX, if these’s any time slot diffirent
to TCHD, change it to TCHD immediately.
For example: “ChannelxType = 2 - TCHD”

Step 3: Change threshold to switch a full rate call to half rate call:
“btsSpLoadDepTchRateUpper = 100%”
“btsSpLoadDepTchRateLower = 90%”
Noted:
parameter btsSpLoadDepTchRateUpper must always be greater than
tsSpLoadDepTchRateLower.
Step 4: Change the number of time slot that use for GPRS service by
dedicatedGPRScapacity parameter. In case of congestion, change this
parameter to 20 or 0, and set defaultGPRScapacity to 20.
DedicatedGPRScapacity: 0% = 0TS, 20% = 1TS, 40% = 2TS, 70% = 4TS.
“defaultGPRScapacity = 20”
 Step 5: Using POWER BUDGET by 2 actions below:
 Decrease Ho Power Budget Threshold of relation form congestion cell
to non-congestion cell.
 Increase Ho Power Budget Threshold of relation form non-congestion
cell to congestion cell.
For example: “hoMarginPbgt = 2” in relation form congestion to non –
congestion.

Bước 6: Using HO Umbrella parameter:

Decrease HO Umbrella Level to -85 dBm on relations form congestion cell to
non – congestion cell.
For example: “hoLevelUmbrella = -85”.

Step 7: Using Directed Retry parameter

“drThreshold = -85”.
“drInUse = Yes”

- Step 8: Reduce cell’s power, but not greater than 10 dB.

NetAct: “bsTxPwrMax = 2”

Bước 9: Change AZM of serving cell..