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22 May 2020

4G High PRB Usage Issue

Analysis and Solution

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Training Agenda
 LTE Frame Structure, PRB allocation and Throughput calculation

 How to identify “Insufficient PRB Resource”

 High DL PRB Usage Analysis Cases

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LTE Frame Structure

1 Radio Frame = 10 ms

 LTE Frame structure

 1 Radio frame = 10 sub frames = 10 ms.
 1 sub frame = 2 slots = 1 ms.
 1 slot = 0.5 ms., can allocate at least 1 RB up to max RB according to LTE bandwidth

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PRB Allocation
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 PRB Allocation in 0.5 ms; RB = Resource Block

 1 slot = 0.5 ms. = 12 sub carriers
 1 sub carrier can carry 7 RE (Normal Cyclic Prefix) or 6 RE (Extended Cyclic Prefix)
 Therefore 1 RB has 84 REs for Normal Cyclic Prefix or 72 Res for Extended Cyclic Prefix
 1 RE (Resource Element) carry 1 symbol and each symbol can be modulated with QPSK, 16QAM or 64QAM depend on MCS(Modulation Coding Scheme)

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LTE Throughput Calculation LTE Througput
Calculation

 LTE Throughput calculation

 [(Number of RE x MCS bits x MIMO]/Slot Time Period = 0.5 ms.
 (84xRB Number) x MCS bits x MIMO/0.0005 sec.
 Modulation Coding Scheme
 64QAM 6 bits
 16QAM 4 bits
 QPSK 2 bits
 Multiple Input Multiple Output
 MIMO2x2 2Tx/2Rx
 MIMO4x4 4Tx/4Rx  Example: Find maximum LTE Throughput for LTE Bandwidth 20 MHz using
 Hence 1 RB has 12 subcarrier, 1 subcarrier has 7 REs for Normal Cyclic Prefix MIMO4x4, MCS 64 QAM, CP using is Normal Cyclic Prefix
 Therefore 1 RB = 7 x 12 = 84 REs  Throughput = {[(84x100) x 6 x 4]/0.0005}/1,000,000= 403.2x75%= 302.4, around 300 Mbps

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How to identify “Insufficient PRB Resource”
Day 1 Day 2 Day 7
Count of PRB>80% Count of PRB>80% Count of PRB>80%
Low PRB Usage Period

Average High
PRB Usage Count

High Traffic User YES

Or/And Need Improvement
PRB Usage in 15 Hours Period Low Throughput per
User

NO

END

Low PRB Usage Period

 Calculate %DL PRB usage from last 7 days to find >80% DL PRB usage cells then consider with high traffic user and low throughput per User

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High PRB Usage Analysis Cases

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High PRB Usage Analysis: Parameter Optimization

 Imbalance DL PRB Usage on F3

 High DL PRB on F1 and F2 and low on F3
Note: F1=20 MHz, 100 RB, F2=10 MHz, 50 RB and F3=20 MHz, 100 RB

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DL PRB Usage Imbalance Improvement: Hong Sa Trial Area
Hong Sa Trial Area: %DL PRB Usage

 After Parameter implemented on May 7, 2020 at around 23:30PM: DL PRB Usage gap between F1 to F3 and F2 to F3 reduced

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XYL Hong Sa Trial Area: F1 Overall Result

+7.17%

 Parameter implemented on May 7, 2020 at around 23:30PM

 %DL PRB Usage decreased and DL throughput improved

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XYL Hong Sa Trial Area: F2 Overall Result

+11.79%

 Parameter implemented on May 7, 2020 at around 23:30PM

 %DL PRB Usage decreased and DL throughput improved

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XYL Hong Sa Trial Area: F3 Overall Result

-7.08%

 Parameter implemented on May 7, 2020 at around 23:30PM

 %DL PRB Usage increased and DL throughput decreased due to load increased on F3 but 4T4R still have more throughput than F1, F2 (2T2R)

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High PRB Usage Analysis: Add L1800 F2

 High DL PRB Usage on F1

 According to also low DL User Throughput and high User traffic, need to add F2 for sector 3
Note: F1=20 MHz, 100 RB, F2=10 MHz, 50 RB and F3=20 MHz, 100 RB

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High PRB Usage Analysis: Add L1800 F3

 High DL PRB Usage on F1 and F2

 Already high DL PRB Usage on F1, F2 and also low Throughput

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High PRB Usage Analysis: Add TD2300 F2

 High DL PRB Usage on TD2300 F1

 Already high DL PRB Usage on F1, high traffic and low throughput

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High PRB Usage Analysis: Split Sector

 High DL PRB Usage on L900

 Already high DL PRB Usage on Sector 1 and low throughput
Note: …………….

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