GPRS Radio Network Planning

ZTE university
Objective

 After completing this course, you will be able to ：

 Know the principle of the GPRS network planning
 Know how to make capacity planning and coverage
planning
 Know how to make GPRS frequency planning and
GPRS parameter planning
Catalog

 GPRS Network Planning Overview

 GPRS Traffic Distributing
 GPRS Coverage Planning
 GPRS Capacity Planning
 GPRS Frequency Planning
 GPRS Parameter Planning
Main Planning Principle

Balance CS and PS
traffic and make
development
together

Main Planning
Principle
Keep the quality of
Take full use of the
GSM network, meet
existing GSM
the need of GPRS
resource.
traffic
Influence of GPRS traffic

Signal load
increasing
Distribution of the radio
Short of traffic channel resource become more
complicated.

New interference Change of the traffic

from GPRS mode and planning

Influence of GPRS traffic

GPRS Planning Procedures

1
Create GPRS
traffic mode
2
GPRS coverage
Planning
3
GPRS Capacity
Planning
4 GPRS
frequency
Planning
5 GPRS
parameter
planning
Catalog

 GPRS Network Planning Overview

 GPRS Traffic Distributing
 GPRS Coverage Planning
 GPRS Capacity Planning
 GPRS Frequency Planning
 GPRS Parameter Planning
GPRS traffic sort and application

GPRS traffic sort GPRS traffic application

 Unconnected PTP  Information on Demand
service  SMS based on GPRS
 Connected PTP service  Inertnet explorer and
 PTM WAP
 others  E-mail
 FTP download and
upload
 E-trade
 others
Key point of GPRS traffic mode

Subscriber mode
Traffic mode
 The whole volume of GPRS
 Package length
traffic
distribution of each
 Percent of different traffic traffic
Key points of GPRS
 Traffic distributing by time traffic mode  Package interval

 Traffic distributing by space distribution

Radio transmission mode  ……
 ……
 Distributing of coding scheme

 Signaling cost

 ……
GPRS traffic mode calculation
 On the assumption that there is  M is the min RLC blocks for the transmission of N LLC PDU
no SNDCP
compression/decompression  A1 is the bytes number of N LLC PDU
and segmentation/reassembly  A2 is the bytes number of N IP packages
（one IP block is transferred as
 B is the bytes number of LLC PDU that one RLC block can bear
one LLC block on LLC layer）
 On the assumption that LLC is in  T is the time for the transmission of N LLC PDU
Nack mode  V_IP is assumed to be the bearing rate of IP layer for each
 On the assumption that LLC PDCH
frame is made of：LLC header(9  VGb is assumed to be the bearing rate of GB for each PDCH
bytes)＋SNDCP header(4 bytes)
＋IP data＋FCS(3 bytes)，one  「X」means round up (X) ,『X』 means round down (X)
RLC length indicator byte for
each block
 RLC in ack mode and 10%
retransmit rate
 On the assumption that the
average length of IP package is
200 bytes. M ＝ 「A1 / B」
 On the assumption that IP data T ＝ (M ＋ 『M×0.2』＋『M×0.1』) ×20
is continues for every 10 IP
packages. V_IP ＝ A2 / T
V_Gb ＝ V_IP×(200＋53) / 200＝1.265V_IP
Bearing Rate of GPRS traffic

CS-1(Kbps) CS-2(Kbps) CS-3(Kbps) CS-4(Kbps)

physical layer rate on

9.05 13.4 15.6 21.4
Um interface

Bearing rate of IP layer 5.58 8.31 9.89 13.95

Bearing rate of physical

16 16 32 32
layer on Abis interface

Bearing rate of physical

7.06 10.51 12.51 17.65
layer on Gb interface
Catalog

 GPRS Network Planning Overview

 GPRS Traffic Distributing
 GPRS Coverage Planning
 GPRS Capacity Planning
 GPRS Frequency Planning
 GPRS Parameter Planning
Allowable minimum C/I on different code scheme

Hopping (C/I) Non- hopping (C/I)

CS-1 7.1 10.8

CS-2 11.5 12.8

CS-3 13.6 13.7

CS-4 20.8 17.2

Remark: BELER=10%
Throughput affected by C/I using different code
scheme
Procedure of GPRS coverage planning

Link  Calculate the maximum allowable pass loss of CS and PS (on

budget certain code scheme) on certain assumption

Coverage
 According to the maximum allowable pass loss, calculate the
radius
calculating coverage area both of CS and PS traffic.

 Choose the less one as the coverage area to meet the

Coverage coverage requirement both of CS and PS traffic. The
planning assumption of radio environment and transmission model is the
same as CS traffic.
PS coverage contrasted with the CS

GPRS code ratio of relative

scheme coverage radius

CS-1 97.02%

CS-2 85.94%

CS-3 71.66%

CS-4 44.13%
Catalog

 GPRS Network Planning

 GPRS Traffic Distributing
 GPRS Coverage Planning
 GPRS Capacity Planning
 GPRS Frequency Planning
 GPRS Parameter Planning
Assumption of Compbell algorithm

 On GPRS/EDGE channels，service with different

Assumpti
average bandwidth requirements at the same time are
on1
provided.

Assumpti  For each request（Session），data is transferred with

on2 traffic equivalent bandwidth continuously.

Assumptio  The number of PDCH requested by MS is the minimum

n3 number which can meet the bandwidth requirement.
Method of calculating the bearer bandwidth of
channels on IP layer
RLC
LLC efficiency LLC bearer rate RLC efficiency retransmission
rate
LLC
efficiency=(sign CS-1:8kbps 95% 1%
al flow+ data CS-2:12kbps
flow– number of
data package CS-3:14.4kbps
*4)/(signal flow CS-4:20kbps
+ data flow+
GMM/SM
messages
number +
number of
packages *10)

Bearer bandwidth on IP layer for a single channel (10kbps)

=LLC throughput * LLC efficiency * RLC efficiency *(1-RLC retransmission rate)

Compbell algorithm
Procedure of GPRS signal channel planning

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user
Examples of GPRS signal channel planning

Note: The above result is got based on vast of data after WAP
log-on; The number of paging that needs to be added shall
also conclude paging resending in CS domain caused when GPRS
users in PDP ACTIVE fail to monitor PCH during data
transferring.
Catalog

 GPRS Network Planning Overview

 GPRS Traffic Distributing
 GPRS Coverage Planning
 GPRS Capacity Planning
 GPRS Frequency Planning
 GPRS Parameter Planning
GPRS frequency planning programme for initial
network
 It’s suggested to set the PDCH on BCCH trx in
initiate stage of GPRS development. Main
advantages are:
 C/I can satisfy the requirement of GPRS coverage
 NO extra interference to GSM traffic
 Avoid the extra consideration of DTX, IUO, Hopping
and PC etc.
Catalog

 GPRS Network Planning Overview

 GPRS Traffic Distributing
 GPRS Coverage Planning
 GPRS Capacity Planning
 GPRS Frequency Planning
 GPRS Parameter Planning
Important parameters in GPRS Planning
 RAC  SPCUMUNIT
GPRS Cell Identifer  NSEI  BSIC
 BVCI  FREQ

 NMO  DRX_TIMER_MAX  PAN_INC

GPRS Cell Parameter  T3168  BS_CV_MAX  PAN_MAX
 T3192  PAN_DEC

 ACCESS_CONT  TX_INT
GPRS Cell Access ROL_CLASS  AG
Parameter  MAX_RETRANS  MFR
 CRH  PT
GPRS Cell Reselection
Parameter
 TEO  RXLEVACCESS
 CRO MIN

 α  ULPWCTRL
GPRS PC Parameter  T_AVG_W  DLPWCTRL
 T_AVG_T

 Priority  Peak Throughput Class

GPRS SM Parameter  Delay Class  Mean Throughput
 Reliabilty Class Class