ZXWR RNS Dimensioning

Content

 Dimensioning Requirements
 ZXWR RNC Dimensioning Procedure
 RNC Dimensioning Exercises
 ZXSDR NodeB Dimensioning Procedure
ZXWR RNC Dimensioning Requirements
Items Value
Total Node B Number 1000
Total Cell Numer 3000
HSDPA cells 3000
Iu PS throughput DL(Mps) 120
Iu PS throughput UL(Mps) 30
CS Erl 10000
Iu CS Transmission Type GE IP
Iu PS Transmission Type GE IP
Iub CS Domain Transmission Type GE IP
Iub PS Domain Transmission Type GE IP
Iur CS Domain Transmission Type GE IP
Iur PS Domain Transmission Type GE IP
Marco Diversity Factor % 18.0%
Iu Transmission load % 50.0%
Iur Transmission load % 50.0%
Iub Transmission load % 50.0%
Process load % 67.0%
Sync. Method BITS
Location service Yes
Performance of RNC
Items Value

Number of Node B 1000

Numer of cells 3000
PS throughput DL 120Mbps(@67% Process Load)
PS throughput UL 30Mbps(@67% Process Load)
CS Erl 10000Erl(@67% Process Load)
BHCA 3000K BHCA(@67% Process Load)
Iu GE port 6(Load Sharing, Iur/Iu distinguished by VLAN, sharing
the same physical interface)
Iub GE port 6 (Load sharing)
Iu CSTM-1 port 0
Iur ATM STM-1 port 0
Performance of RNC

Items Value
Power input -48V
Allowale fluctuation -57 VDC to –40 VDC
range
Power Consumption 5540W
Content

 Dimensioning Requirements
 ZXWR RNC Dimensioning Procedure
 RNC Dimensioning Exercises
 ZXSDR NodeB Dimensioning Procedure
ZXWR RNC Dimensioning Procedure
RNC control plane processing board
(RCB) Configuration

RNC user plane processing board

(RUB) Configuration

Interface board Configuration

Auxiliary boards
RCB Consideration
 RCB is dimensioned based on following factors:
 Cell number

 Node B number

Parameter Value
RCB support cells 410->420(U9.3)

RCB support BHCA 500K

 RCB board is configured by 1+1 redundancy principle.

 Quantity of RCB boards =
Ceiling( MAX (【RNC managed Cell number / 420】,【RNC BHCA /
500K】), 1) * 2
= Ceiling (Max (3000/420, 3000/500),1)*2=16
RNC Signaling Board Consideration

 Besides, RCB board also takes the responsibility

to process signaling. This kind of RCB board is
logically called RSB (RNC Signaling Board). Here
is a simple way to calculate the quantity of RSB.
RCB Quantity RSB Quantity

<=10 2
12<=RCB<=20 4
>20 6

 Totally for the RNC 20 RCB boards should be

configured.
RCB Dimensioning Example
 For example, if one RNC is planned to deploy 100 S1/1/1
type NodeB, 100 S2/2/2 type NodeB and 1000K BHCA
 Calculation result:
NodeB number 200

Cell number 900

Ceiling(Cell Number per RNC / 410) = Ceiling(900 / 420) = 3

Ceiling(Node B Number per RNC / 140) = Ceiling(200 / 140) = 2
Ceiling(RNC BHCA / 500) = Ceiling(1000 / 500) = 2
So, RCB is equal to the larger one, 3.
 Considering 1+1 backup, RCB board should be double as 6
 Considering signaling processing boards, 2 more RCB
boards are needed.
 Consequently, total RCB boards = 6+2 = 8
BHCA Calculation Methodology
BHCA = RAB + 0.55*RRC + 0.4*HO + 0.38*CC + 0.38*DRBC
+ 0.15*ALCAP

 RAB means Radio Access Bearer.

 RRC means Radio Resource Connection.
 HO means hand over.
 CC means call connection.
 DRBC means dynamic Radio Bearer connection.

BHCA is necessary factor for the board dimensioning in Control Plane.

The BHCA is an equivalent value of all signal procedures in traffic
model, and the coefficient is the test result in Lab.
Counter Definition
RAB = C310090252+C310090274+C310090275+C310090276+C310090277
+C310090280+C310090293+C310090309
RRC = C310080005+C310080006+C310080007+C310080012+C310080013
+C310080014+C310080015+C310080016+C310080017+C310080018
+C310080019+C310080020
HO = C310322216+C310322217+C310322218+C310322232+C310322233
+C310322234+C310332558+C310332514+C310332536+C310332547
+C310332503+C310332525+C310342761+C310342780+C310342807
+C310342826+C310342837+C310342838+C310342839+C310342840
+C310342841+C310342842+C310342843+C310342849+C310342850
+C310342851+C310342852+C310342853+C310342854+C310342855
+C310342861+C310342862+C310342863+C310342864+C310342865
+C310342866+C310342867+C310342873+C310342874+C310342875
+C310342876+C310342877+C310342878+C310342879+C310352945
+C310352952+C310352959+C310352885+C310352886+C310352887
+C310352888+C310352889+C310352890+C310352891+C310352897
+C310352898+C310352899+C310352900+C310352901+C310352902
+C310352903+C310575251+C310575252+C310575255
 Counter Definition
CC = C310414096+C310414097+C310414098+C310414099+C310414100+
C310414101+C310414102+C310414103+C310414104+C310414105
+C310414106+C310414107+C310414130+C310414131+C310414132
+C310414133+C310414134+C310414135+C310414136+C310414137
+C310414138+C310414139+C310414140+C310414141+C310416901
+C310416902+C310416903+C310416904+C310416909+C310416910
+C310416911+C310416912+C310575256+C310575257

DRBC = C310404201+C310404203
ALCAP = C310930000
For detailed description of counter, please refer to ZXWR RNC (V3.09.30.09)
Radio Network Controller Performance Counter Reference.
User can get BHCA value through user-defined KPI and measurement task .
ZXWR RNC Dimensioning Procedure
RNC control plane processing board
(RCB) Configuration

RNC user plane processing board

(RUB) Configuration

Interface board Configuration

Auxiliary boards
RUB Dimensioning
 The capability of RUB board for PS service are dimensioned based on
throughput, while for CS service based on Erlang.
 RUB works in load sharing mode.
 The expansion of RUB has 14 normal levels and 2 extensive levels, each
containing two RUB boards. The maximum RUB number in one RNC is 28.
 Quantity of RUB boards=
Ceiling ((【RNC user data payload / 300M】+【RNC Erl/ 2400
Erl】)/Process load, 1)*2
= Ceiling (((120+30)/300+(10000/2400))/0.67,1) *2= 14
According to the table: Quantity of RUB boards = 16

Parameter Value
RUB support Erl (CS)
(Video services can be calculated as a 2100->2400 (U9.3)
equivalent value in Erlang)
RUB support throughput(PS) 265Mps->300M
(Calculate in downlink 384kps, uplink 64kps) (U9.3)
RCB and RUB Configuration Expansion (U9.3)
Capacity Configuration
Processing Capability
Scalability RCB (1+1 Backup) RUB (Load Sharing)
Level 1 2 2 140 Node B/410 Cells, 4200Erl/530Mbps
Level 2 4 4 280 Node B/820 Cells, 9400Erl/1060Mbps
Level 3 6 6 420 Node B/1230 Cells, 12600Erl/1590Mbps
Level 4 8 8 560 Node B/1640 Cells, 16800Erl/2120Mbps
Level 5 10 10 700 Node B/2050 Cells, 21000Erl/2650Mbps
Level 6 12 12 840 Node B/2460 Cells, 25200Erl/3180Mbps
Level 7 14 14 980 Node B/2870 Cells, 29400Erl/3710Mbps
Level 8 16 16 1120 Node B/3280 Cells, 33600Erl/4240Mbps
Level 9 18 18 1260 Node B/3690 Cells, 37800Erl/4770Mbps
Level 10 20 20 1400 Node B/4100 Cells, 42000Erl/5300Mbps
Level 11 22 22 1540 Node B/4510 Cells, 46200Erl/5830Mbps
Level 12 24 24 1680 Node B/4920 Cells, 50400Erl/6360Mbps
Level 13 26 26 1820 Node B/5330 Cells, 54600Erl/6890Mbps
Level 14 28 28 1960 Node B/5740 Cells, 58800Erl/7420Mbps
Ex-Level 1 - 30 1960 Node B/5740Cells, 63000Erl/7950Mbps
Ex-Level 2 - 32 1960 Node B/5740 Cells, 67200Erl/8480Mbps
ZXWR RNC Dimensioning Procedure
RNC control plane processing board
(RCB) Configuration

RNC user plane processing board

(RUB) Configuration

Interface board Configuration

Auxiliary boards
Type of RNC Interfaces

Interface Description Board Interface Type

IP over Electrical GE (on RNC

Iu-CS RNC <-> MGW GIPI4
side)

IP over Electrical GE(on RNC

Iu-PS RNC <-> SGSN GIPI4 side)

IP over Electrical GE (on RNC

Iub Node B <-> RNC GIPI4 side)

RNC <-> another IP over Electrical GE (on RNC

Iur GIPI4 side)
RNC
Interface Board Capacity

 The interface boards are dimensioned based on

two factors:
 Data throughput
 Connection Port
 GIPI4 Capability
 The GIPI4 capability is 1.4Gbps for each direction.
Taking consideration of 50% redundancy, one board
will support 700Mbps for one direction.
 The GIPI capability is 900Mbps.
Iux Bandwidth Calculation Background - Iux Protocol
Iux Bandwidth Background – Transmission Overhead
Transmission overhead (%)
Parameter
On ATM On Ethernet
Iub transmission overhead for CS service 33% 70%

Iub transmission overhead for PS service 20% 14%

Iub transmission overhead for Uu Signaling 38% 64%

IuCS transmission overhead 29% 72%

IuPS transmission overhead 17% 14%

 Definition:
Transmission overhead = head length/(head length + payload length)
The transmission overhead needs to be considered for different
service. Different transmission type, different value.
Interface Boards Configuration
Interface and Payload(Mps) Cost Throughput with head
service (Mps)
Iu-CS 122 72% 435.7
Iu-PS 3216 14% 3739.5
IuB-CS 122 70% 406.7
IuB-PS 3216 14% 3739.5
Note:
Iu-PS Payload = 300Mbps * 16 * 0.67 = 3216Mbps
IuB-CS Payload = 10000Erl*12.2kbps(AMR)/1000=122Mbps

GIPI4 Boards = Ceiling【Iu interface throughput / 1400Mbps/Transmission

load, 1 】*2
Interface Boards Configuration
Iu-CS&Iu-PS&Iur interface:
we assume 30% of CS services will be in the border of RNC, and 18% of them will go
across Iur interface, 2* is for both direction;
For PS services over Iur, DSCR or relocation will be used, so not taken into consideration
GIPI4 Board = Ceiling ((435.7(1+2*30%*18%)+3739.5)/1400/0.5, 1) = 7

Iub interface:
18% Soft handover factor also should be taken into consideration
GIPI4 Board = Ceiling ((406.7*(1+18%)+3739.5)/1400/0.5, 1) = 7

OMCB:
We need another two GIPI4 boards(1+1) for the interface for OMCB

The total amount of GIPI4 boards would be 2*7+2 = 16

Dimensioning Result

Board Quantity
RCB 20
RUB 16
GIPI4 16
APBE 0
SDTA 0
Iub Interface Detailed Calculation Methodology
BIub = BIubData + BIubSig
BIub: Bandwidth of Iub interface
BIubData: User data bandwidth of Iub interface, BIubData = BIubCS+ BIubPS
BIubSig: Signaling bandwidth of Iub interface, BIubSig= BIubUuSig + BIubNodeBSig

Total Traffic Data Throughput: Total Signal Data Throughput：

 BIubCS = (CS_voice+ CS_video) *(1+RIub) /
(1-CIubCS) / RelayB
 BIubPS = TPS * Rd *(1+RIub) / (1-CIubPS) /
RelayB
In which:
BIubCS: User plane bandwidth for Iub interface
CS_voice/CS_video: CS service traffic
throughput
CIubCS /CIubPS: Transmission overhead for
CS /PS service
RIub: Iub interface macro diversity factor
RelayB: Utilization of interface
TPS: Total Throughput of PS
Rd: Ratio of DL
 BIubUuSig = (BIubCS+BIubPS) × RSig
 BIubNodeBSig = (NC * Vcom ) /(1-CIubSig) /
RelayB
In which:
RSig: Signaling percentage of the traffic. Default
value is 9%
NC: Number of cells
Vcom: Average signal data rate for common
channel per cell. Default value is 24kbps
CIubSig: Transmission overhead for Iub
common channel signalling
IuCS Interface Detailed Calculation Methodology
BIuCS = BIuCSData + BIuCSSig
BIuCSData = (CS_voice+ CS_video)/(1-CIuCS) / RelayB
BIuCSSig = BIuCSData × RSig
In which:
BIuCS: Total bandwidth for IuCS
CIuCS: Transmission overhead for voice and video calls services
BIuCSSig: IuCS interface signaling throughout
RSig: Signaling percentage of the traffic
IuPS Interface Detailed Calculation Methodology
BIuPS = BIuPSData + BIuPSSig
BIuPSData = TPS* Rd /(1-CIuPS) / RelayB
BIuPSSig = BIuPSData × RSig
In which:
BIuPS: Total bandwidth for IuPS interface
TPS:Total throughput of Packet data service
CIuPS: Transmission overhead for Packet data service
BIuPSSig: IuPS interface signaling throughout
Rd: Ratio of DL
Iur Interface Detailed Calculation Methodology
The Iur interconnects different RNCs in order to support handover
procedures between two different RNCs areas. This specific
handover is called drift handover (DHO). The user data traffic and
signaling traffic is transmitted over the Iur interface.

For practical project experiences, the transmission bandwidth of Iur

is set as 9% for Iu interface.
ZXWR RNC Dimensioning Procedure
RNC control plane processing board
(RCB) Configuration

RNC user plane processing board

(RUB) Configuration

Interface board Configuration

Auxiliary boards
ZXWR RNC Auxiliary Board Configuration Principle

Board Name Dimension Principle

ROMB 2 piece per RNC.

SBCX 2 or 3 piece per RNC

CLKG 2 piece per RNC

THUB 2 piece per RNC

UIMC 2 piece per Control Shelf or Switch Shelf

GUIM 2 piece per Resource Shelf

GLI 2 piece for every 2 Resource Shelves

PSN 2 piece per RNC

Content

 Dimensioning Requirements
 ZXWR RNC Dimensioning Procedure
 RNC Dimensioning Exercises
 ZXSDR NodeB Dimensioning Procedure
3G Network Forecast Dimensioning Exercises
Item May '11 2011 2012 2013
Max Registered WCDMA subscribers 179034
Max Attached WCDMA subscribers 157809
Max Registered GSM subscribers 1848349
Max Attached GSM subscribers 1635927
Max Registered subscribers 1984252 2082134 2199613 2349869
Max Attached subscribers 1751665 1838073 1941782 2074426
WCDMA NodeBs 922 1839 2577 3034
WCDMA Cells 2766 6742 11321 13853
Ericsson Cells 1005 2291 3175 3505
PS throughput DL(Mps) 103 271 1083 4334
PS throughput UL(Mps) 20 53 212 846
2G CS throughput (Erl) 38598 44288 48262 50398
3G CS throughput (Erl) 750 1000 5000 10000
3G ratio R99 (%) 5
3G ratio R4 (%) 0
3G ratio R5 (%) 50
3G ratio R6 (%) 43
3G ratio R7 (%) 1
3G ratio R8 (%) 0
3G Network Forecast Dimensioning Result

Item May '11 2011 2012 2013

RCB 20 ? ? ?
RUB 16 ? ? ?
GIPI4 16 ? ? ?
Content

 Dimensioning Requirements
 ZXWR RNC Dimensioning Procedure
 RNC Dimensioning Exercises
 ZXSDR NodeB Dimensioning Procedure
ZXSDR Node B Dimensioning Procedure

Requirement Analysis

SDR Node B
Baseband Unit Configuration

SDR Node B
Interface Configuration

SDR Node B
Radio Unit Configuration
Requirement Analysis- example
Traffic Model Per Site

Total Number of Subscriber per site 190

Penetration
Erl Per Sub. QOS
Rate

Voice 0.023 2% 100%

CS 64 0.0004 2% 100%
DL Throughput
UL Throughput Per Penetration
Per Sub.
Sub. [kbps] Rate
[kbps]
PS 64/64 0.1615 25.3%
PS 64/128 2.2614 0.2538 25.3%
PS 64/384 1.8918 25.3%

HSUPA/HSDPA 1.8502 16.4235 25.3%

ZXSDR Node B Dimensioning Procedure

Requirement Analysis

SDR Node B
BBU Configuration

SDR Node B
Interface Configuration

SDR Node B
RRU Configuration
BBU Board Configuration Principle
Name Description
Control & Clock board
Providing Iub interface function
CC and process system clock.
Managing baseband unit
Fabric Switch board. Providing
the interface between BBU and
FS RRU. Each board supports 6
pairs of optical ports.
Configuration Principle Interface
Mandatory. 2×GE/FE electrical interface
1×GE/FE optical interface
Every B8200 needs 1 CC board.
Mandatory
In standard configuration every
6 CPRI interface
B8200 needs 1 FS board. It
supports 2 FS boards in maximum

Actual number of BPC board

depends on site’s CS, CE, HSPA
BPC Baseband Processing board
throughput. Every B8200 supports
-
maximum 5 BPC

Mandatory. 8×E1/T1 interfaces；8 dry contact

SA Site Alarm board interfaces（6 input, 2 bidirectional)
Every B8200 needs 1 SA board. 1×RS485/232 interface；

Mandatory -48V DC input interface, debug

PM Power Module
Every B8200 needs 1 PM board. interface and RS232 interface

Mandatory
FAM Fan Module
Every B8200 needs 1 FAM board
-

optional 8×E1/T1 interfaces；8 dry contact

SE Site alarm Extension board. When more than 8 E1 is required interfaces（6 input, 2 bidirectional）；
for Iub, add SE board. 1×RS485/232 interface；
BPC Board Configuration Rule

 Capacity of each BPC board

 UMTS: 6CS(Carrier Sector)
 Maximum throughput
HSDPA: 43.2Mbps/HSUPA:15Mbps
 UL: 192CE/ DL: 192CE

 The quantity of BPC boards = ceiling(MAX(CS requirement/6, UL CE

requirement/192CE, DL CE requirement/192CE, HSDPA throughput
requirement/43.2Mbps, HSUPA throughput requirement/15Mbps))

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CE Definition
 One Channel Element is the baseband resource required
in the Node-B to provide capacity for one voice channel
including control plane signaling, compressed mode,
transmit diversity and softer handover.
CE Features
 Channel elements are pooled in Node B.
 No additional CE resource is needed for CCH.
 The baseband processing board can process uplink and
downlink resource separately.
 The processing resource consumed by softer handover
has been reserved, so softer handover doesn’t consume
more CE.
 ZTE’s baseband processing board has special chip to
process with the traffic of HS-PDSCH and HS-SCCH. So
HSDPA downlink traffic will not consume CE.
 HSUPA shares CE resource with R99 services.
CE Factor For R99 Service

Different Bearer
Uplink CE factor Downlink CE factor
Types

AMR12.2K 1 1

CS64K 2.5 1.8

R99 PS64K 2.5 1.8

PS128K 5 3

PS384K 10 6
CE Factor For HSPA Service

SF Bear Rate UL CE Factor DL CE Factor

64 12~17.2kbps 2 0
32 18.6~37.2kbps 3.3 0
16 52.2~70.8 kbps 4 0
8 85.8~154.8 kbps 4.8 0
HSUPA 1*4 169.8~711 kbps 5.7 0
2*4 742.8~1448.4 kbps 11 0
2*2 1455.6~2883 kbps 28 0
2*2+2*4 2970~5742 kbps 39 0
signaling 0.3 0
HSDPA signaling 0 0.3
Required CE Calculation Procedure
Required CE number = 【 MAX（ Required UL CE number ， Required DL CE number ）】

Required UL CE number
= MAX（（CE_UL_R99 + CE_UL_HSDPA + CE_HSUPA) × CS number, CE_HSUPA_MAX)

CE_UL_R99 = CE_UL_Voice + CE_UL_VT + CE_UL_PS

CE_UL_HSDPA = 0

CE_HSUPA = ( CE_average throughput per subscriber+ signaling overhead ) ×concurrent online

subscribers
CE_HSUPA_MAX = CE_HSUPA peak throughput + signaling overhead

Required DL CE number =（CE_DL_R99 + CE_DL_HSDPA）×CS number

CE_UL_R99 = （CE_DL_voice + CE_DL_VT + CE_DL_PS）

CE_DL_HSDPA =（ HSDPA+ signaling overhead） × concurrent online subscribers

CE Dimensioning Procedure
ZXSDR Node B Dimensioning Procedure

Requirement Analysis

SDR Node B
BBU Configuration

SDR Node B
Interface Configuration

SDR Node B
RRU Configuration
SDR Node B Interface Configuration

 When Iub transmission is E1, SA board is required

to support 8 E1.
 When Iub transmission is Ethernet, CC board is
required to support FE/GE. The bandwidth
consists of traffic bandwidth and signaling
bandwidth, both of them depending on traffic
model.
ZXSDR Node B Dimensioning Procedure

Requirement Analysis

SDR Node B
BBU Configuration

SDR Node B
Interface Configuration

SDR Node B
RRU Configuration
New-deployed and Upgrade R8840 Configuration Rules
Node B Add R8840
R8840 number Node B Upgrade type
deployed type number
O1 1 O1->O2 0
S11 2 S111->S2/2/2 0
S111 3 S11-> S111 1
S222 3 S222->S333 0
S333 3 S333->S444 0
S444 3

Carrier 4 S111 S222

Carrier 3

Carrier 2

Carrier 1

O1 S444
 Lightning Protection & Power Supply

RRU Internal R8840

Lightning Protection

Outdoor Lightning
Protection(OLP) Box -
RRU External
Lightning Protection B8200

Power
cable Indoor Lightning
Protection(ILP) Power
Box Supply

-48V DC, normal range:-35V ~ -60V

220VAC, normal range：90V ~ 300V
ZXWR R8840