LTE Deployment - Ph 8.

Kerala Circle
 4G BTS Deployment in Ph 8.4
No of e-Node B Integrated
BA Name of city/place
Procured Count
Thodupuzha/Idukki/
EKM 128 121
Nedumkandam
Thrissur/Chalakudy/Irinjalakud
TCR 287 279
a/ Kodungallur/ Guruvayur
ALP Alappuzha/ Cherthala 96 94

KTM Kottayam/ Ettumanoor 106 105

MLP Nilambur 78 77
KNR Ezhimala 4 0
TVM IISER Vithura 2 2
Lakshadwee
Kavarathy 4 4
p
Total   705 682
 LTE Initial Deployment ..
 45 sites were chosen for initial
deployment in the major urban area
of Idukki district –Thodupuzha Town
and its surrounding.
Existing 3G Huawei is replaced by
Nokia 3G having 2T-2R hardware for
the entire cluster initially (by loading
both 3G&4G script in the BTS).
 Parallely 4G SIM distribution also
started around Thodupuzha area.
Once the whole 3G swap is
completed and sufficient SIMs are
distributed, 3G locked and 4G
unlocked in the all the sites together.
 LTE Deployment in MLP & TCR
ZTE 3G
swap in
Nilambur

NOKIA 3G
swapped with
4G in Thrissur
 LTE Deployment in IDK, KTM & ALP

Idukki

KTM
city

ALP
city
Response to initial Deployment
 All 4G SIM subscribers with compatible handset are 100% satisfied
with network performance..
 8 out of 10 LTE handset are found supporting band 1..
 Few handset like VIVO, Redmi3/4A, HTC handset couldn’t get
connected with BSNL 4G due to Band 1 incompatibility..
 No perceptible shrinkage in coverage is experienced..
 Improved and consistent throughput is experienced.. Even at low
RSRP level (-120 dBm), 1-3 Mbs throughput is received
 No major interference issues in 3G-4G boundary for the voice call..
 Latency came down to 80-100ms…user experience is very good...
 CSFB and return to LTE reselection are found smooth and fast.
LTE-UMTS Coverage comparison in TDP
LTE receive signal level taken with
RSRP level is matching with RSCP of
3G.

4G Coverage level (RSRP) is less

compared to 3G(reduction of about
10dbm), But due to the better
receive sensitivity and features like
MIMO and higher modulation
scheme usages of 4G it is not
affecting the actual serving area.

Even in a low coverage area like

-100 to -110 dbm ,throughput is
satisfactory in the range of 1-
4Mbps during the Drive Test
conducted.
LTE-UMTS Rx Quality comparison

LTE receive Quality taken with

RSRQ level is marginally ahead of
Ec/No of 3G
LTE-UMTS Throughput comparison

No comparison…..
LTE is far better
with similar
bandwidth
resource
4G Coverage Map in Thrissur City

95 % of area covered is having signal better than -100 dbm

 3G&4G Coverage Comparison

Uu_ActiveSet_ LTE_UE
% of _RSRP % of
Range CalculatedRSC Samples Range
P Count Sample samles
< -110.00 0 0.00% s
-110.00 to < -110.00 7 0.03%
-100.00 6 0.08%
-110.00 to
-100.00 to 1004 4.97%
230 2.88% -100.00
-90.00 -100.00 to
-90.00 to -80.00 1486 18.59% 4659 23.08%
-90.00
-80.00 to -70.00 2842 35.56% -90.00 to -80.00 7288 36.10%
> -70.00 3429 42.90%
-80.00 to -70.00 5793 28.70%
> -70.00 1435 7.11%

A reduction in signal level was observed in TCR City with around 90 4G sites. Mean Coverage in
3G( RSCP) was around -72dbm which is observed to be reduced to -84dbm RSRP in 4G
 4G RX Quality in Thrissur City
4G THROUGHPUT PLOT TCR CITY
4G SINR PLOT TCR CITY

4G Throughput depends on the SINR rather than Signal Level (RSRP)

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 COMARISON OF 3G&4G THROUGHPUT
3G THROUGHPUT PLOT TCR CITY 4G THROUGHPUT PLOT TCR CITY

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 3G&4G Throughput Comparison
3G THROUGHPUT DISTRIBUTION 4G THROUGHPUT DISTRIBUTION
App_Through % of App_Through % of
Range put_DL App_Throughp Range put_DLSampl App_Throughp
Sample Count ut_DL Samples es Count ut_DLSamples
< 128.00 1735 21.03% < 128.00 8 0.08%
128.00 to 1518 18.40% 128.00 to
512.00 512.00 192 2.03%
512.00 to 1316 15.95% 512.00 to
1024.00 503 5.33%
1024.00
1024.00 to 1421 17.22% 1024.00 to
2048.00 1496 15.85%
2048.00
2048.00 to 2048.00 to
1483 17.98% 3845 40.74%
4096.00 4096.00
4096.00 to 711 8.62% 4096.00 to
8000.00 3223 34.15%
8000.00
> 8000.00 66 0.80% > 8000.00 171 1.81%
Around 40% of samples in 3G were in the <500kbps range where as in 4G it is reduced to just
2% .Similarly 27% samples in 3G were above 2Mbps where as in 4G it is nearly77%
 3G&4G Throughput Comparison

Considerable increase in throughput is observed in the TCR City Areas. Average throughput is
around 3.6Mbps compared to 1.4Mbps in 3G
 Capacity Comparison of 3G&4G
  3G 4G
Active
Active Avg Avg
DL DL LTE
HSDPA Cell Cell
DATA DATA USER
Site Name USER Throug Throug
VOLU VOLU COU
COUN h Put h Put
ME ME NT
T DL (Mbps) (Mbps)
DL
Karoorpadanna-1 51.1 53 0.58 80.73 102 9.83
Karoorpadanna-2 37.8 30 1.19 43.61 49 7.79
Karoorpadanna-3 32.63 32 1.21 33.73 32 9.67
Karoorpadanna-4 50.86 53 0.62 69.71 78 9.2
Total 172.39 168   227.8    

Even with double the number of users, Avg Cell throughput is around 10 Mbps in LTE. It is
observed that in 3G when the number of HSDPA users goes above 40 ,throughput degrades to
below 1Mbps where as in LTE is able to manage high no of users without affecting throughput
performance upto a certain level
4G BENCHMARKING activity in Thrissur City
Operators
BSNL
IDEA
VODAFONE
JIO

Test Type
DATA Download using multiple ftp

Area Thrissur City as well as Outskirts

Distance – 50 Km
 4G Coverage Benchmarking
2000
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800 JIO
600 IDEA
VODAFONE
400 BSNL
200
0
nge .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
Ra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-14 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4
< to to to to to to to to
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 .0 0 .0 0 0. 9 0. 8 0. 7 0. 6 0. 5 0.
4 1 -1 - - - - -
-1 -1

BSNL coverage is matching with other operators, IDEA is dominating

 RSRQ MAP Benchmarking
1600

1400

1200

1000

800 JIO
IDEA
600 VODAFONE
BSNL
400

200

0
< -20.00 -17.00 -15.00 -13.00 -11.00 -9.00 -7.00 -5.00 > -3.00
-20.00 to to to to to to to to
-17.00 -15.00 -13.00 -11.00 -9.00 -7.00 -5.00 -3.00

RSRQ is good in comparison with other TSP, more samples better than -15
 4G Throughput Benchmarking
70.00%

60.00%

50.00%

40.00%
JIO
30.00% IDEA
VODAFONE
20.00% BSNL
10.00%

0.00%
0.00 to 512.47 to 1024.02 2048.49 4000.00 > 8000.00
512.47 1024.02 to to to
2048.49 4000.00 8000.00

BSNL far better than IDEA & Vodafone in throughput with 5 MHz spectrum
compared to 10 MHz spectrum of respective TSP
 Payload Trend after swap

15-Jan-19

16-Jan-19

17-Jan-19

18-Jan-19

19-Jan-19

20-Jan-19
Coun
SSA t of Pre
Sites
IDK 120 4249 5477 5119 5008 5060 5069 5193
LD 4 292 472 517 285 493 505 512
MLP 77 5312 6342 6294 6033 6302 6435 6701
TCR 280 16271 14209 14054 14002 14454 14853 14845
ALP 94 5732 4218 4297 4060 4424 4792 4813
KTM 105   0 0 6 7 16 3
Grand
680 31856 30719 30281 25486 26810 31670 32067
Total
 4G Registered User count
14.12.2018

16.12.2018

28.12.2018

19.01.2019

20.01.2019

21.01.2019
15.12.2018

17.12.2018

27.12.2018

18.01.2019
Count
SSA of
Sites

TDPA 50 6540 6403 6612 6715 7154 7304 8460 8891 8884 9034

LD 4 2731 2749 2601 2696 2492 2877 3115 3086 3209 3036

TCR 267 11738 13218 12691 14473 25579 27037 39783 41564 39419 42948

MLP 76 6586 7548 8567 9345 13297 13777 17440 18718 18638 18981

IDK 66 2 0 0 48 5053 5092 6955 7388 7427 7867

ALP 92 123 155 156 178 122 145 11517 12619 12657 12833

KTM 93 0 9 15 20 77 97 168 402 188 7923

Grand
648 27720 30082 30642 33475 53774 56329 87438 92668 90422 102622
Total
 4G Subscriber count trend…
120000

100000

80000
TDPA
60000 LD
TCR
MLP
40000
IDK
ALP
20000 KTM
Grand Total
0
 Major Benefits with 4G deployment
 4G network is a self optimized network, no need to specify neighbor
definition between cells in the network. This makes quality maintenance
very easy. For 2G-3G networks, too much time and resource are used for
clearing hand over issues.
 No voice call service through 4G in the initial launch. The issues faced with
3G network in dual mode does not arise, the entire spectrum is dedicated
for data experience and this aspect in tandem with MIMO feature and low
latency takes the throughput level a notch ahead.
 Steady increase in user payload in general in the network. However, in
places like Thrissur and Alleppey, travel hub in the state, lot of passing
subscribers are not able to latch onto 4G due to non-compatible SIM, this
reflected in the comparison of data payload in pre and post 4G
deployment.
 Major Benefits with 4G deployment
 User count can be doubled in 4G cell compared to 3G without affecting
the cell throughput (Above 32 HSDPA users 3G cell throughput is
usually degrading to below 1 Mbps where as there are 4G cells with
more than 74 Users with average 5 Mbps cell Throughput).
 Even in a low coverage area like -100 to -110 dbm ,throughput is
satisfactory in the range of 1-4Mbps during the Drive Test conducted.
 There are no/extremely low number of Port outs observed in the 4G
launched areas because of Handset-on the other hand there is clear
increase in Port in and Sales in the 4G launched areas. VLR count
increase is also observed in one the major 4G launched area like
Thrissur BA.
 Major Benefits with 4G deployment
 The Smartphone Handsets now available for purchase in the market are
supporting LTE FDD Band - in addition to 90% of the Handsets released
in the market in last one and half years.
 By the experiences of 4G service launch, it is suggested that 4G has to
be launched in all major Cities as early as possible to capture as much
market share and revenue as possible.
 From the experience it is felt that it is better to go with 10MHz BW in
major cities, rather than 5 Mhz 3G and 5Mhz 4G. 4G with 10MHz will
give us enough capacity to provide sufficient throughput by the time
customer base builds up in 4G. We can have 3G with Dual carrier(DC) in
places of 3G deployment using the additional 5MHz in 2100Mhz band if
allotted.
Issues faced with 4G deployment

• SIM availability/swap..
• Sanchar soft issue..
• 3G 4G boundary..
• Mobile Handset compatibility..
• Shortage of Single sectored 4G..
• Dedicated 4G DATA plans not available
 Network Deployment Strategy
LTE BTS with similar BW resource is far superior in performance with 3G BTS
More investment in 3G in lieu of 4G is not suggested since cost of 3G&4G BTS is
almost same, 3G cost could be even higher considering the need for RNC.
4G deployment is mandatory for BSNL for keeping pace with other TSP’s.
As voice service is a mandatory feature, the circle cannot ignore or dilute a
quality 2G network even now, because of the presence of 900 band deployment
in that technology which ensures a near carpet coverage across the state. 3G
and 4G are obviously better technology compared to 2G, but being in 2100 Band,
the number of sites required in 3G or 4G for maintaining similar accessibility is
almost twice to the existing 2G count.
2G-4G procurement is a better option under the present situation
particularly with Huawei network not opened license for CSFB feature..
3G/4G Deployment at present
Thank You
 4G Throughput Map in Thrissur City

1. Average Throughput is coming around 3-5 Mbps

2. 90 % of Total area is having a throughput of more than 1 Mbps