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 Basically LTE capacity dimensioning includes two parts which are capacity
dimensioning for single site and total network throughput calculation.
 Capacity dimensioning for single site is performed based on some
dimensioning parameters such as duplex mode, system bandwidth and etc.
 Total traffic volume calculation is performed based on service model and traffic
model. Firstly the single user throughput is calculated. Then the total network
throughput is output.
 The Number of eNodeB by capacity is the result that the total traffic volume is divided
by the single site capacity.

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 Simulation assumptions:
 1. Frequency Reuse Schemes ：1*3*1
 2. Frequency Band: 2.6GHz
 3. Cell Power: 43dBm – 5MHz carrier, 46dBm - 10MHz carrier, 49dBm-20MHz
carrier
 4. Load: 100% for serving cell and neighbor cells
 5. Overhead: PDCCH=3 symbols, PUCCH=4 RBs
 6. MIMO:
 1) 2T2R: DL:2*2 MIMO adaptive switch; UL: 1*2 IRC
 2) 4T4R:
 7. In system level simulation, capacity features are not activated.
 8. All throughput refer to MAC layer rate

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 10% as busy hour traffic volume per day.

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 Based on service model and traffic model, the single user network throughput can be
calculated. Then the total network throughput can be obtained by multiplexing the
number of subscribers with the single user throughput.

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 Service model describe the service pattern which includes some typical parameters
for different service types.
 Parameters in service model:
 Session Time : the duration of each PPP session
 Session Duty Ratio: the data transmission ratio of each PPP session
 BLER: Block Error Rate
 Bearer Rate : the service application layer(IP) bearer rate

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 Traffic model describes the UE behaviors.

 Parameters in traffic model:
 Penetration Ratio: proportion of service type
 BHSA: busy hour session attempts for single user

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 The result is based on the example of traffic model.

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 The MBB Subscriber and Traffic Forecast is only focus on the mobile broadband
subscribers and their traffic model in T Operator network, and takes no account of
M2M subscribers. VoLTE is assumed to launch at 2016, and all 4G smartphone voice
(HD voice) will be carried by PS core.
 After T Operator network achieving excellent network performance, T Operator's MBB
market share is capable to up to the its Voice Market share point, so T Operator MBB
Market Share Goal in 5 Years is close to its Voice Market Share ( 44%). And the trend
is forecasted applying S-curve with 2015-2016 as the fast increasing year.
 The Dongle Subs. (3G and 4G) in T Operator MBB network will remain stable with
slightly increasing, Tablet will increase under the trend of keeping substitution of
PC/laptop. So here we make an assumption that the total scale of Dongle and Tablet
will approach 20% in 5 years. In T Operator network, only a small portion of the
conventional phone manage to consume an even smaller traffic, so this part in not
really considered in the forecast. We make an aggressive assumption as Smartphone
scale will be around 80% in 2018.

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 The Average Data Throughput@BH(kbps) stands for the average data throughput per
users in T Operator MBB network at Busy hour regarding an Convergence Factor of
0.40 to core network. Total Data Throughput of T Operator MBB Network is equal to
[sum(average throughput of terminal type* penetration ratio )* Convergence Factor
*wifi offload ratio* Total number of MBB Subscribers]. The Convergence Factor will
increase in 5 years, because the utilization of MBB service is increasing.
 According to Huawei's experience and worldwide trend in MBB market, 5 years traffic
model of all type of terminals is forecasted. For Huawei's forecast, the Compound
Annual Growth Rate of traffic mode will be more than 50%.
 Much mobile data activity takes place within the user’s home. For users with fixed
broadband and Wi-Fi access points at home, or for users served by operator-owned
femtocells and picocells, a sizable proportion of traffic generated by mobile and
portable devices is offloaded from the mobile network onto the fixed network. Our
forecast takes wifi offload into account in T Operator's network, since T Operator
already have some wifi hotspot. So in this forecast model a wifi offload factor is
considered. The wifi offload factor is set to 20%, this percentage will vary according to
T Operator's wifi strategy.

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 U-NET can simulate the throughput of the MAC layer and the application layer and
the throughput of each service on the basis of sites and cells.
 U-NET can also simulate the following counters:
 Actual transmit power
 Uplink IoT
 Actual uplink load
 Number of uplink RBs in use
 Number of downlink RBs in use
 Uplink/downlink service rate of the MAC layer
 Uplink/downlink service rate of the application layer
 Number of subscribers in each state

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 CDF: Cumulative Distribution Function

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 PDF: Probability Distribution Function

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 U-NET can simulate the throughput change.

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 U-NET can simulate the different UE states such as No Access, Offline, Uplink No
Cover, Downlink No Cover and etc.

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