3G LAYERING GUIDELINES

Document Name 3G Layering Guidelines Date Created May 27, 2016

Version V001 Approved By ISAT NPS Manager
Document Number Owner NPO
Prepared By Aruna Fermadi Designed For NPO
Reviewed By Walid Abdulla Ali Project Indosat Optimization 2016

1. Version History

Version Modified By Date Modified Description of Changes

001 Aruna Fermadi May 27, 2016 First draft of the 3G Layering Guidelines

2. OBJECTVE

This document outlines the Layering Strtegy to provide best solution for efficient co-usage of U900
and U2100 Network Layering Design to fulfill INDOSAT Network Requirement.

Three Carriers in Different Bands (U2100 + U900). General Strategy all carriers support the R99 and
HSPA services. UEs randomly camps on F1, F2 and UE will camp on F3 U900 at U2100 coverage edge.
The coverage of U900 F3 is better than that of U2100 F1 or F2. Some sites need to use U900s for
improvement of weak coverage, that is, use U900s to handle services in areas that are not covered by U2100s.
In this scenario, a lot of hard handovers occur during voice services and call drop rate “can be” high. Therefore,
it is recommended that the optimization solution be used when U900 F3 is also used for continuous coverage.
In the general strategy of this scenario, U900s are not used for improvement of weak coverage.

NSN Solutions such as RAN2135: Layering in RRC Connection Release, RAN2172: Multi-Band Load
Balancing should be used to balance coverage. and RAN2179: Dual Band HSDPA 42 Mbps could be used for
NodeB’s where contiguous 10 MHz frequency allocation is not available
 3G LAYERING GUIDELINES

Document Name 3G Layering Guidelines Date Created May 27, 2016

Version V001 Approved By ISAT NPS Manager
Document Number Owner NPO
Prepared By Aruna Fermadi Designed For NPO
Reviewed By Walid Abdulla Ali Project Indosat Optimization 2016

1. Version History

Version Modified By Date Modified Description of Changes

001 Aruna Fermadi May 27, 2016 First draft of the 3G Layering Guidelines

2. OBJECTVE

This document outlines the Layering Strtegy to provide best solution for efficient co-usage of U900
and U2100 Network Layering Design to fulfill INDOSAT Network Requirement.

Three Carriers in Different Bands (U2100 + U900). General Strategy all carriers support the R99 and
HSPA services. UEs randomly camps on F1, F2 and UE will camp on F3 U900 at U2100 coverage edge.
The coverage of U900 F3 is better than that of U2100 F1 or F2. Some sites need to use U900s for
improvement of weak coverage, that is, use U900s to handle services in areas that are not covered by U2100s.
In this scenario, a lot of hard handovers occur during voice services and call drop rate “can be” high. Therefore,
it is recommended that the optimization solution be used when U900 F3 is also used for continuous coverage.
In the general strategy of this scenario, U900s are not used for improvement of weak coverage.

NSN Solutions such as RAN2135: Layering in RRC Connection Release, RAN2172: Multi-Band Load
Balancing should be used to balance coverage. and RAN2179: Dual Band HSDPA 42 Mbps could be used for
NodeB’s where contiguous 10 MHz frequency allocation is not available
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3. LAYERING STRATEGY（Inter-UMTS）

F1, F2 and F3 U900 are equal layer in terms of service priority; each will support R99+HS service.

Service Layer
F3 U900

R99+HS R99+HS Layer2

F2
R99+HS R99+HS R99+HS Layer1

F1
R99+HS R99+HS R99+HS Layer1

Setting equal service priorities in layer 1 can be defined by the following parameter settings:
MO Parameter F1 U2100 F2 U2100 F3 U900
WCEL DirectedRRCEnabled Enabled Enabled Enabled
DirectedRRCForHSDPALayer Enabled Enabled Enabled
HSDPALayeringCommonCh Enabled Enabled Enabled
CellWeightForHSDPALayering 1 1 0.5
RNMOBI SLHOUseBackgroundPSNRTData No No No
SLHOUseConvCSSpeech No No No
SLHOUseConvCSTData No No No
SLHOUseConvPSRTData No No No
SLHOUseConvPSSpeech No No No
SLHOUseInteractivePSNRTData No No No
SLHOUseStreamCSNTData No No No

Camping Layer

UEs camps on F1 or F2 at random and will camp F3 U900 on coverage edge on U2100.
UE F3 U900 will reselect to F1 or F2 within same coverage.
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Reselection (bi-directional) Camping Layer

F3 U900 F3 U900

F1 U2100 F1 U2100 F1 U2100

F2 U2100 F2 U2100 F2 U2100

2G GSM+DCS 2G GSM+DCS 2G GSM+DCS

When configuring
the cell selection
or reselection
data, set the inter-
frequency band
reselection
threshold of F3 to
a larger value
compared to F1
and F2 value to
avoid overload of
Parameter F1 U2100 F2 U2100 F3 U900
U900 frequency
and Inter-Band
Ping-Pong Cell
Reselection. The
following are
parameter
settings for
selection and
reselection:

MO
Qhyst1 1 dB 1 dB 1 dB
Qhyst1FACH 1 dB 1 dB 1 dB
Qhyst1PCH 1 dB 1 dB 1 dB
Qhyst2 1 dB 1 dB 1 dB
Qhyst2FACH 1 dB 1 dB 1 dB
WCEL
QqualMin -18 dB -18 dB -18 dB
QrxlevMin -115 dBm -115 dBm -115 dBm
Sintrasearch 7 7 7
SintrasearchConn 7 7 7
Sintersearch 4 4 4
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SintersearchConn 4 4 4

For U2100 border under U900 coverage:

MO Parameter F1 U2100 F2 U2100 F3 U900
WCEL Sintrasearch 7 7 7
SintrasearchConn 7 7 7
Sintersearch 4 4 4
SintersearchConn 4 4 4
CellSelQualMeas CPICH Ec/No CPICH Ec/No CPICH Ec/No

Set the AdjiQoffset1 and AdjiQoffset2 that UEs camp on F1 or F2 at random and F3 on coverage edge of the
U2100 layers. The following is a configuration example:

MO Parameter F1 U2100 F2 U2100 F3 U900

0 -> F2 0 -> F1
AdjiQoffset1 -2 -> F1/F2
2 -> U900 2 -> U900
HOPI
0 -> F2 0 -> F1
AdjiQoffset2 -2 -> F1/F2
2 -> U900 2 -> U900

Access Layer
UEs directly initiate R99 services on the camped-on carrier (F1 or F2). Traffic of HSPA services is balanced
between F1 and F2 carriers.
Access Layer
Reselection (bi-directional)

IFHO BHO HSDPA

F3 U900 F3 U900

F1 U2100 F1 U2100 F1 U2100

F2 U2100 F2 U2100 F2 U2100

The following are the configuration settings for F1 and F2 HSDPA load balancing during call setup phase
MO Parameter F1 U2100 F2 U2100 F3 U900
WCEL DirectedRRCEnabled Enabled Enabled Enabled
DirectedRRCForHSDPALayer Enabled Enabled Enabled
HSDPALayeringCommonCh Enabled Enabled Enabled
CellWeightForHSDPALayering 1 1 0.5
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Also set the following definition for Co-site settings:

MO Parameter F1 U2100 F2 U2100 F3 U900

BlindHORSCPThrTarget -90 dBm -90 dBm -90 dBm
WCEL BlindHOEcNoThrTarget -20 -20 -20
ADJI BlindHOTargetCell Enabled Enabled Enabled

To ensure that UE will not get in bad quality at F3 U900 coverage edge it is recommended to enable BlindHO
to the neighbours Interfrequency cells at such sites. It is recommended to provide it possibly late to avoid ping-
pong HO.

MO Parameter F1 U2100 F2 U2100 F3 U900

BlindHORSCPThrTarget -90 dBm -90 dBm -90 dBm
WCEL BlindHOEcNoThrTarget -20 -20 -20
ADJI BlindHOTargetCell Disable Disable Disable
HOPI BlindHORSCPThr -98 dbm - 98 dBm -98 dBm

Multy-Band Load Balancing

This feature enhances the network capacity by allowing optimal traffic split between different bands and
between different frequencies inside bands. The operator can take into account various factors when deciding
on the best frequency or band for the call. This feature enhances the network capacity by allowing optimal
traffic split between different bands and between different frequencies inside bands. The operator can take
into account various factors when deciding on the best frequency or band for the call.

MO Parameter F1 U2100 F2 U2100 F3 U900

WCEL MBLBRABSetupEnabled Enabled Enabled Enabled
MBLBStateTransEnabled Enabled Enabled Enabled
MBLBInactivityEnabled Disable Disable Disable
MBLBMobilityEnabled Disable Disable Disable
FMCI MBLBMobilityOffset 2 dB 2 dB 2 dB
MBLBMobilityRABComb All All All
RNMOBI MBLBGuardTimer 10 10 10
WCEL MBLBRABSetupMultiRAB 1 1 1
RNMOBI PreferBandForLayering 2100 band

Layering priority and weight factors should be set up at PFL object.

Load Control
The following table describes the LC strategy.
MO Parameter F1 U2100 F2 U2100 F3 U900
WCEL DirectedRRCEnabled Enabled Enabled Enabled
DirectedRRCForHSDPALayer Enabled Enabled Enabled
HSDPALayeringCommonCh Enabled Enabled Enabled
CellWeightForHSDPALayering 1 1 0.5
RNMOBI SLHOUseBackgroundPSNRTData No No No
SLHOUseConvCSSpeech No No No
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SLHOUseConvCSTData No No No
SLHOUseConvPSRTData No No No
SLHOUseConvPSSpeech No No No
SLHOUseInteractivePSNRTData No No No
SLHOUseStreamCSNTData No No No
WCEL AutoACResULOLThr 50 50 50
PrxTarget 10 10 10
PrxOffset 4 4 4
PtxOffsetHSDPA 8 8 8
WeightHSPABG 25 25 25
WeightHSPATHP1 100 100 100
WeightHSPATHP2 75 75 75
WeightHSPATHP3 50 50 50
WeightDCHBG 15 15 15
WeightDCHTHP1 90 90 90
WeightDCHTHP2 65 65 65
WeightDCHTHP3 40 40 40
MaxNumberEDCHCell 0 0 0
MaxNumberEDCHS 0 0 0
MaxNumberHSDPAUsers 0 0 0
MassEventHandler 15 15 15

Mobility Strategy
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Handover based on coverage:

MO Parameter Area F1 U2100 F2 U2100 F3 U900

IFHOcauseCPICHEcNo 1 1 1
FMCI
IFHOcauseCPICHrscp 1 1 1

Border -110 dBm -110 dBm -110 dBm

HHoRscpThreshold(RT)
Non
-110 dBm -110 dBm -110 dBm
Border

FMCS Border -107 dBm -107 dBm -107 dBm

HHoRscpCancel(RT)
Non
-107 dBm -107 dBm -107 dBm
Border

HHoEcNoThreshold(RT) Border -16 dBm -16 dBm -16 dBm

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Non
-16 dBm -16 dBm -16 dBm
Border

Border -13 dBm -13 dBm -13 dBm

HHoEcNoCancel(RT)
Non
-13 dBm -13 dBm -13 dBm
Border

Border -115 dBm -115 dBm -115 dBm

HHoRscpThreshold(NRT)
Non
-115 dBm -115 dBm -115 dBm
Border

Border -112 dBm -112 dBm -112 dBm

HHoRscpCancel(NRT)
Non
-112 dBm -112 dBm -112 dBm
Border

Border -20 dBm -20 dBm -20 dBm

HHoEcNoThreshold(NRT)
Non
-20 dBm -20 dBm -20 dBm
Border

Border -17 dBm -17 dBm -17 dBm

HHoEcNoCancel(NRT)
Non
-17 dBm -17 dBm -17 dBm
Border

AdjiMinRSCP 16 16 16
HOPI
AdjiMinEcNo 23 23 23

 Configure 2G inter-RAT only for U900, remove the GSM neighbor cell configuration from U2100 ( in case
of Dual Band sites)

4. LAYERING STRATEGY（UMTS with LTE）

Idle Mode
1) Technology Priority : LTE FDD 1800 > LTE FDD 900 > UMTS > GSM
2) Higher priority setting only should be enable when there’s related coverage footprint.
3) UE Inactive Timers set to be 5s.