Slide

GPRS Link Adaptation

03813-LZU 108 5958 Uae Rev A Slide 1 (10)

Why GPRS Link Adaptation?

• Four Coding Schemes available on DL (CS-1 to CS-4)

• GPRS Link Adaptation dynamically selects the most optimal coding
scheme depending on the interference situation
• The algorithm is applied per downlink TBF
• CS-1 and CS-2 is supported on UL and will be static

03813-LZU 108 5958 Uae Rev A Slide 2 (10)

03813-LZU 108 5958 Uae Rev A 1

 Slide

The coding schemes in GPRS

Coding Scheme RLC data size Max RLC data

(bits) rate (kbps)
CS-1 160 8,0

CS-2 240 12,0

CS-3 288 14,4
CS-4 400 20,0

03813-LZU 108 5958 Uae Rev A Slide 3 (10)

Coding throughput, TU 50, ideal FH

Throughput per channel

20 CS-4

CS-3

CS-2
10
CS-1

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
C/I [dB]
03813-LZU 108 5958 Uae Rev A Slide 4 (10)

03813-LZU 108 5958 Uae Rev A 2

 Slide

CS3&CS4 Affected Nodes

SGSN

BSC PCU

64 kbit/s Abis
connections needed
for CS-3 and CS-4

BTS

03813-LZU 108 5958 Uae Rev A Slide 5 (10)

Radio link quality measurements

• MS will send Channel quality report to the BTS on request

• The initial coding scheme is set by CHCSDL
• The signal variance (SIGN_VAR) and a filtered RXQUAL
value are used as input to the algorithm
• The coding scheme will be changed to maximize the
throughput

Filtering of RXQUAL
If RXQUALreported < RXQUAL (n-1) then k=0.3, else k=1
RXQUAL(n) = (1-k)*RXQUAL(n-1) + k*RXQUALreported

03813-LZU 108 5958 Uae Rev A Slide 6 (10)

03813-LZU 108 5958 Uae Rev A 3

 Slide

If Channel quality report is missing...

• If Channel quality reports are missing, the coding scheme

will change slowly to a more robust one

Current CS Missing Channel New CS

quality report

CS-4 2*240 ms CS-3

CS-3 4*240 ms CS-2
CS-2 8*240 ms CS-1*

* if CHCSDL is set to CS-1 or CHCSDL=NA and CHCODING=CS-1

03813-LZU 108 5958 Uae Rev A Slide 7 (10)

SIGN_VAR RXQUAL

LA Matrix to select 0
76543210
11122334

coding scheme 2
4
11122334
11222334
6 11223334
8 11223333
10 11223333
12 11223333
14 11223333
16 12223333
18 12223333
20 12223333
22 12223333
23 12223333
26 12223333
28 12223333
30 12223333
32 12223333
34 12223333
36 12223333
38 12223333
40 12223333

03813-LZU 108 5958 Uae Rev A Slide 8 (10)

03813-LZU 108 5958 Uae Rev A 4

 Slide

Parameter summary

• LA The parameter is used to activate and deactivate GPRS

Link Adaptation per cell. The values are ON and OFF.

• CHCODING This parameter defines the static coding scheme to be

used for the uplink with values (CS-1, CS-2). If Link
Adaptation is switched OFF, and CHCSDL is NA, then
CHCODING will be used also for the downlink.

• CHCSDL The parameter CHCSDL has the value range NA, CS-1, CS-2,
CS-3, CS-4 and is set per cell. It is valid for the downlink only.
If GPRS Link Adaptation is switched ON in a cell, then
CHCSDL will be used as the initial coding scheme.

03813-LZU 108 5958 Uae Rev A Slide 9 (10)

Parameter Default value Rec. Value Value range

name
LA OFF ON ON, OFF

CHCODING CS-2 CS-2 CS-1, CS-2

CHCSDL NA CS-2 NA, CS-1,

CS-2, CS-3,
CS-4

03813-LZU 108 5958 Uae Rev A Slide 10 (10)

03813-LZU 108 5958 Uae Rev A 5