The main reasons for low throughput in 4G networks include poor coverage, availability issues, uplink and downlink interference, problems with handovers and scheduling, high error rates on network links, incorrect configuration settings, and UEs operating in poor radio conditions. Specific issues can involve problems like high BLER, delays on the S1 link, limited physical resource blocks, problematic UEs, bad channel quality reports from UEs, and suboptimal MIMO and transmission parameters. Addressing problems with coverage, interference, scheduling, network performance, configuration settings, and UE radio conditions can help improve low throughput issues.
The main reasons for low throughput in 4G networks include poor coverage, availability issues, uplink and downlink interference, problems with handovers and scheduling, high error rates on network links, incorrect configuration settings, and UEs operating in poor radio conditions. Specific issues can involve problems like high BLER, delays on the S1 link, limited physical resource blocks, problematic UEs, bad channel quality reports from UEs, and suboptimal MIMO and transmission parameters. Addressing problems with coverage, interference, scheduling, network performance, configuration settings, and UE radio conditions can help improve low throughput issues.
The main reasons for low throughput in 4G networks include poor coverage, availability issues, uplink and downlink interference, problems with handovers and scheduling, high error rates on network links, incorrect configuration settings, and UEs operating in poor radio conditions. Specific issues can involve problems like high BLER, delays on the S1 link, limited physical resource blocks, problematic UEs, bad channel quality reports from UEs, and suboptimal MIMO and transmission parameters. Addressing problems with coverage, interference, scheduling, network performance, configuration settings, and UE radio conditions can help improve low throughput issues.
1 - Poor coverage (BLER) 2 - Avaibility issue 3 - Uplink Interference 4 - A poor RACH deconding SR 5 - High error on S1 link. 6 - Delay on S1 link towards MME & SGW. 7 - Accessiblity issue. 8 - Handover failure. 9 - Lack of PRBs. 10 - Problemtic UE. 11 - Downlink Interference (Bad CQI) 12 - MIMO Parameters 13 - High VSWR 14 - High radio errors or instability issue. 15 - Maximum number of RRC connections active per cell 16 - Maximum number of users per TTI supported per cell. 17 - Core network, MME/SGW, etc 18 - Transmission insability & bottleneck. 19 - Incorrect parameter setting. 20 - Badly tuned handover parameters. 21 - High traffic on Cell limit THp Radio Analysis - Downlink 22 - CQI (Channel Quality Index) and RI (Rank Indicator) reported from UE. 23 - Transmission Mode: MIMO (tm3) vs. TxD (tm2) vs. SIMO (tm1) 24 - MCS vs. number of assigned PRBs vs. assignable bits in scheduler 25 - UE Scheduling percentage of TTIs (how often is the UE scheduled) 26 - CFI (number of OFDM symbols for PDCCH) vs. MCS vs. % scheduling 27 - HARQ 28 - RLC retransmissions 29 - Another cause of low (or lower than expected) throughput is that the UE is not being scheduled in every TTI. Packet loss can lead to (retransmissions, dropped in RBS, etc) Radio Analysis – Uplink 30 - Uplink scheduling overview 31 - BSR (Buffer Status Report) 32 - PHR (Power Headroom Report) – is the UE at maximum power? 33 - Cell bandwidth vs. maximum allowable PRBs 34 - Link Adaptation 35 - MCS available and 16QAM 36 - PDCCH SIB scheduling colliding with. UL grant 37 - HARQ (less important, because we can measure SINR) 38 - QPSK cases in UL has increased from ~30% to ~40%. If more QPSK cases then there are more UEs in poor radio conditions