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RAN18.1
DPCH TPC Power Adjustment

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Wireless Product Service Department

Author/ Email: gaoxiaoxia/gaoxiaoxia@huawei.com

Version: V1.0(20151030)

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Objectives

 After completing this course, you are supposed to:

 Learn about the value and application scenarios of DPCH TPC
Power Adjustment.
 Learn about the specifications of DPCH TPC Power Adjustment.
 Explain the basic principles of DPCH TPC Power Adjustment.
 Be able to configure and verify DPCH TPC Power Adjustment and to
install and commission the products related to the feature according to
the manual.

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Contents
 Feature Description
 Feature Gains
 Feature Deployment
 Feature Performance Monitoring
 Application Cases
 FAQs
 Reference Documents & Glossary
 Feature Description-Background
 This feature is part of the UMTS downlink capacity expansion solution. For details, see section 7.1.2 in Power Control
Feature Parameter Description.
 If the signaling radio bearers (SRBs) of HSDPA UEs are carried on the dedicated physical channel (DPCH), the DPCH
consumes too much non-HSPA power. As a result, the non-HSPA power is insufficient, and the power available for data
channels decreases, leading to insufficient downlink capacity. This feature decreases the transmit power for the TPC for
HSDPA UEs enabled with SRB over DCH using PS services to improve non-HSPA power efficiency and increase the
downlink cell capacity.

 Live network survey:

 Non-HSPA power consumption: The downlink non-HSPA power consumption increases in a cell with the penetration of a large
number of smart devices.
 Customer's requirement: The downlink non-HSPA power efficiency and cell downlink capacity need to be increased.

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Feature Description-Technical Principles 1/2
 This feature is implemented on the NodeB.
 Requirements on features and bearers: Only for HSDPA UEs enabled with SRB over DCH using PS services
 Requirements on non-HSPA power load: The non-HSPA power load is greater than or equal to 60%.
 Principle: This feature reduces the transmit power of TPC to decrease the non-HSPA power load and improve the
downlink cell capacity.
 Before feature activation: The DPCCH consists of the pilot, Transport Format Combination Indicator (TFCI), and
TPC. The transmit power of the pilot, TFCI, and TPC is determined by the power offsets of the corresponding
DPDCH transmit power. The power offset is displayed as a parameter and is configurable. Before the feature
activation, the TPC power offset configured by the parameter takes effect for all UEs.
 After feature activation: The TPC power offset is fixed at 0 dB and is not configurable. If an out-of-synchronization
in the uplink is detected, the configured TPC power offset on the RNC takes effect.
 KPI protection mechanism:
After feature activation, the TPC transmit power is reduced, and the TPC bit error rate (BER) may increases, adversely
affecting uplink power control of UEs. Upon detecting an out-of-synchronization in the uplink, the NodeB sends the RNC
the RL Failure message and the TPC power offset (PO) configured on the RNC is used to prevent UEs from experiencing
a call drop.

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Feature Description-Technical Principles 2/2

 TPC PO:
 TPC PO is a cell-level parameter on the RNC and is set to 3 dB
by default. This parameter takes effect on all UEs served by the
cell.
 This feature enables the NodeB to set TPC PO to 0 dB and this
parameter cannot be configured. Max{TPC PO(configured on the
RNC)-3 dB, 0 dB} is used to prevent UEs from experiencing call
drops due to the decreased TPC PO when the TPC PO is not set
to the default value. Upon detecting an out-of-synchronization, the
NodeB sends the RNC the RL Failure message and the
configured TPC PO on the RNC is used.

 Risks of setting TPC PO to 0 dB:

 Call drop rate deterioration: TPC PO is a cell-level parameter
taking effect on all UEs in the cell. If this parameter is modified,
the CS service quality cannot be guaranteed. In this situation, if
an uplink synchronization failure is detected and the configured
TPC PO cannot take effect, the call drop rate will be adversely
affected.

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Feature Description-Application
Scenario
 Typical Scenarios
This feature applies to scenarios meeting the following conditions, for example, urban
hotspot areas:
 A large number of HSDPA UEs with SRB over DCH (more than 30 are
recommended)
 Low proportion of HSDPA UEs with SRB over HSDPA to downlink HSDPA UEs in the
cell (50% or lower is recommended)
 High downlink non-HSPA power load in the cell (60% or higher is recommended)

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 Feature Description
 Feature Gains
 Feature Deployment
 Feature Performance Monitoring
 Application Cases
 FAQs
 Reference Documents & Glossary

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Feature Gains and Network Impact
 Feature Gains
 The downlink non-HSPA power efficiency/downlink throughput improves by 5% to 10%.
 When there is no additional access requirement in the downlink, the downlink non-HSPA power efficiency/downlink throughput improves
by 5% to 10% after the feature activation.
 The number of downlink UEs increases by 5% to 10%.
 When there is no additional access requirement in the downlink, the number of downlink UEs increases by 5% to 10% after the feature
activation.

 Network Impact
 System Capacity
 This feature can increase the downlink capacity of the cell by 5% to 10% or reduce the downlink non-HSPA power load by 5% to 10%. If the
downlink non-HSPA power consumption remains unchanged, the number of UEs accessing the cell increases by 5% to 10%. The specific
gains are subject to the proportion of HSDPA UEs with SRB over DCH to the total number of downlink UEs. The higher the proportion, the
greater the gains.
 Network Performance
The saved power can be used to admit more UEs or increase the downlink throughput of a cell.
 If the number of UEs that access a cell remains unchanged and the services performed by the UEs are sufficient, this feature can increase
the downlink throughput of the cell.
 This feature can improve the access success rate in a cell during busy hours when the downlink power of the cell is congested.

Maximum
Downlink
Non-HSPA Power
Transmit Traffic Mode Number of UEs Near Point
Improvement
Power of the Distribution
Cell
Continuous 5 kbit/s 59 HSPDA UEs UEs are
43 dBm ftp downloading enabled with distributed in 6.11%
services SRB over DCH near points.

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 Feature Description
 Feature Gains
 Feature Deployment
 Feature Performance Monitoring
 Application Cases
 FAQs
 Reference Documents & Glossary

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Feature Deployment-Prerequisites
 Prerequisite Features
 WRFD-010610 HSDPA Introduction Package
 Mutually Exclusive Features
 None
 Impacted Features
 WRFD-010652 SRB over HSDPA: The gains provided by the DPCH TPC Power Adjustment feature for a cell
decease as the number of UEs using the SRB over HSDPA feature increases.
 The following features can improve downlink non-HSPA power efficiency (if any of the following features have been
enabled, the gains provided by the DPCH TPC Power Adjustment feature decrease):
WRFD-171204 DPCH Power Control Based on Radio Quality
WRFD-150230 DPCH Pilot Power Adjustment
WRFD-150235 DPCH Maximum Power Restriction
 The DPCH TPC Power Adjustment feature is not supported by UEs for which any of the following features has
been enabled:
WRFD-150204 Platinum User Prioritizing
WRFD-150222 HSUPA Time Division Scheduling
WRFD-01061020 Improvement of User Experience in Low Traffic Service
 Hardware
 3900 series macro base stations support this feature. For micro base stations, the BTS3902E, BTS3803E, and
BTS3911E support this feature. LampSite base stations support this feature.
 The WBBPb, WBBPd, WBBPf, UBBPd, or UBBPe board is configured.
 Other NEs
 None
 License Planning
 The license control item for this feature is introduced for cell-level control. This feature is optional.

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Feature Deployment-Deployment
Suggestions and Required Information (1)
• Deployment Suggestions
 Proportion of HSDPA UEs with SRB over HSDPA to HSDPA UEs with SRB over DCH

Counter ID Counter Name Counter Description

73426170 VS.HSDPA.SRBoH.UE.Mean.Ce Average Number of SRB over

ll HSDPA UEs in a Cell
67202932 VS.HSDPA.UE.Mean.Cell Average Number of HSDPA UEs
in a Cell

This feature provides higher gains in a cell with a lower proportion of HSDPA UEs with SRB over
HSDPA (VS.HSDPA.SRBoH.UE.Mean.Cell/VS.HSDPA.UE.Mean.Cell). It is recommended that the
proportion not exceed 50%.

This feature is recommended when the number of HSDPA UEs with SRB over DCH
(VS.HSDPA.UE.Mean.Cell-VS.HSDPA.SRBoH.UE.Mean.Cell) exceeds 30. The higher the
proportion of HSDPA UEs with SRB over DCH to total downlink UEs, the greater the gains provided
by this feature.

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Feature Deployment-Deployment
Suggestions and Required Information (2)
• Deployment Suggestions
 Downlink non-HSPA power consumption in the cell
Observe the value of the RNC counter VS.MeanTCP.NonHS.
Evaluate the downlink non-HSPA power consumption based on the ratio of VS.MeanTCP.NonHS to
MaxTxPower. If the ratio is high, the downlink non-HSPA power consumption is high. Enable this
feature when the ratio is 60% or higher.
 Before enabling this feature in a cell, back up or obtain the values of other RNC counters and KPIs
of the cell, which will be used to check the activation of the feature.
Counter ID Counter Name Counter Description

73410510 VS.CellDCHUEs Number of UEs in CELL_DCH

State for Cell
67202902 VS.MeanTCP.NonHS Mean Non-HSDPA Transmitted
Carrier Power for Cell
67202894 VS.HSDPA.MeanChThroughput Mean Downlink Throughput of
single HSDPA MAC-d Flows for
Cell

 KPIs
RRC Setup Success Rate
CS RAB SetupCO.,
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Feature Deployment-Network Planning

 Network Plan
 N/A
 RF Plan
 N/A

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Feature Deployment-Parameter
Preparation
Parameter Parameter ID Setting Notes Data Source
Name
DPCH TPC DPCHTPCPOADJSW The value ON is recommended. Default/
Power recommended
Adjustment value
Switch

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Feature Deployment-Activation

 NodeB MML command configuration

 Run the NodeB MML command SET ULOCELLALGPARA with DPCHTPCPOADJSW set to
ON(ON).

 MML command example

 //Activating this feature
SET ULOCELLALGPARA:ULOCELLID=XXX,DPCHTPCPOADJSW=ON;

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Feature Deployment-Activation
Observation
 If the NodeB counter VS.DPCHTPCPwrAdj.UserNum returns values
greater than 0, this feature is activated.

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Feature Deployment-Deactivation

 NodeB MML command configuration

 Run the NodeB MML command SET ULOCELLALGPARA with
DPCHTPCPOADJSW set to OFF(OFF).

 MML command example

 //Deactivating this feature
SET ULOCELLALGPARA:ULOCELLID=XXX,DPCHTPCPOADJSW=OFF;

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Feature Deployment-Troubleshooting

 None

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Contents
 Feature Description
 Feature Gains
 Feature Deployment
 Feature Performance Monitoring
 Application Cases
 FAQs
 Reference Documents & Glossary

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Feature Performance Monitoring-New
Counters
Counter Name Counter Description

VS.DPCHTPCPwrAdj.UserNu Number of UEs for which DPCH TPC power adjustment takes
m effect in a cell

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Feature Performance Monitoring-
Performance Evaluation
Counter Name
VS.MeanTCP.NonHS
VS.HSDPA.MeanChThroughput
VS.CellDCHUEs
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Counter Description Expected Gains
Mean Non-HSDPA Transmitted Carrier Power for The expected improvement
is 5% to 10%. The actual
Cell
improvement depends on
Mean Downlink Throughput of single HSDPA MAC-d the ratio of HSDPA UEs
Flows for Cell enabled with SRB over DCH
using PS services to
Number of UEs in CELL_DCH State for Cell downlink UEs.
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Feature Performance Monitoring-
Parameter Optimization

 N/A

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 Feature Description
 Feature Gains
 Feature Deployment
 Feature Performance Monitoring
 Application Cases
 FAQs
 Reference Documents & Glossary

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Application Cases
Beta results of guangzhou unicom ：
The feature is activated on 17 cells belong to 6 sites in one cluster of guangzhou unicom , and 4 cells matches the scene which
is recommended by the feature. The ratio of cells which matches the conditons is 23.5%. When the feature is activated, the
nonHSPA power gain of top cells is 4.8%~7.9% , the throughout gain is about 9.69%, all the gains match the expectations.

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 Feature Description
 Feature Gains
 Feature Deployment
 Feature Performance Monitoring
 Application Cases
 FAQs
 Reference Documents & Glossary

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FAQs

 None

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 Feature Description
 Feature Gains
 Feature Deployment
 Feature Performance Monitoring
 Application Cases
 FAQs
 Reference Documents & Glossary

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Reference Documents

 Sections about DPCH TPC Power Adjustment in Power Control

Feature Parameter Description
 RAN18.1 DPCH TPC Power Adjustment Feature Design
Specification

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Glossary

HSDPA: High Speed Downlink Packet Access

SRB: Signal Radio Bearer
TPC: Transmission Power Control
TFCI: Transport Format Combination Indicator
PO: Power Offset
DPCH: Dedicated Physical Channel
ftp: File Transfer Protocol

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