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LTE eRAN7.0 CSPC

Feature Introduction

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Content

 Feature Overview
 Planning
 Deployment and Commissioning
 Acceptance and Maintenance
 FAQs
 Reference Documents & Abbreviations

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Feature Overview-Benefits

 Supporting NEs: The region where the Coordinated Scheduling based Power Control (CSPC)
feature is enabled supports a maximum of 174 cells. The maximum number of subscribers
supported by each cell is 200. Once the number of subscribers in a cell exceeds the specification,
this cell automatically exits the CSPC region.
 Customer requirements: Inter-cell interference exists on the LTE network. The signal to interference
plus noise ratios (SINRs) of the UEs needs to be increased to improve network performance.
 Service gains: This feature effectively coordinates the inter-cell interference, increases the capacity
of cells with high Physical Resource Block (PRB) usage, and increases the throughput rate of cell-
edge UEs.
 Competitive edge: Downlink coordination and scheduling related features of the LTE system are
available from peer vendors.

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 CSPC

Basic Principles of the CSPC

 DL transmit power is coordinated

dynamically of each cell in the same
resource block.
 Cell-edge SINR is improved when
neighboring cell decreases or turn off the
transmit power Time Power
 More accurate compared with ICIC - self
adaptive to different scenarios
(Frequency/Power/Time)

 Synchronization requirements
 Area: network level
Frequency
 Accuracy: cyclic prefix level, about ±1.5
microsecond

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CSPC Implementation Architecture
• The CSPC is managed in a centralized manner, and its network structure is shown by the
right figure. The centralized controller is deployed on the centralized scheduling board.
• The following table describes the functions of each NE involved in CSPC.

NE Function Description
A UE measures and reports the reference signal received power (RSRP) of its serving cell and
UE neighboring cells, measures and reports the channel quality indicator (CQI) of the serving cell, and
receives the DL scheduling information from the eNodeB.

An eNodeB maintains the information, such as the RSRP measurement, MCS, and scheduling rate
eNodeB for each served UE and sends the information to the centralized controller. After receiving the
configuration suggestions from the centralized controller, the eNodeB updates the DL power for
each served cell and neighboring cells to improve the channel quality of the UEs.

The centralized controller performs scheduling in a centralized manner based on the UE information
Centralized provided by eNodeBs, generates the suggested DL power configurations for all the cells, and
controller delivers the results to the eNodeBs. Specifically, the centralized controller provides the following
(centralize functions:
d • Sets CSPC algorithm parameters for eNodeBs.
scheduling • Maintains the UE information provided by the eNodeBs.
board) • Runs the CSPC algorithm. Generates the suggested DL power configurations for all the cells
based on the RSRP and scheduling information about UEs.
• Delivers the power configurations to the eNodeBs.

M2000 On the U2000, users can enable or disable the CSPC feature, query the feature enabling status and
cell power configurations, and review the gains brought by the CSPC.

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Centralized Controller for CSPC
• The centralized controller periodically collects the information reported by each cell on the network and then
delivers the calculated power configurations. The sequence of this process is shown in the following figure.
Centralized scheduling

Note: The data reporting period of the eNodeB and the power configuration
delivery period of the centralized controller are the same, namely, T.

UE informaiton reporting Power configuration delivery

• UE information reporting and power configuration delivery occur in sequence. The total delay is determined
by the transmission delay.
• In Cloud BB scenarios, the transmission delay is low, less than 1 ms.

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RSRP Measurement for CSPC
• CSPC brings interference coordination gains by adjusting cell transmit
power and influencing the MCSs for cell-edge UEs. CSPC calculates the
MCS for a UE based on the RSRP measurement of the serving cell and
neighboring cells and the reported channel condition.
• There are two types of RSRP measurement:
• DL RSRP measurement
As shown in the right figure, a cell-edge UE receives signals from its serving cell and also
interference signals from neighboring cells. If the signal quality of a neighboring cell
meets a certain criteria so that the event A3 is triggered, the UE reports the RSRP values
of the serving cell and neighboring cells to the serving eNodeB. For details about event
A3, see section 5.5.4.4 "Event A3 (Neighbour becomes offset better than PCell)" in 3GPP
TS 36.331 V10.4.0.
• UL RSRP measurement
As shown in the right figure, the serving cell and neighboring cells all receive UL signals
from the cell-edge UE. The serving cell informs each neighboring cell of which time-
frequency resources are used for the UL transmission. Each neighboring cell then
measures the RSRP on the specified resources and sends the measurement result to the
serving cell.
• In eRAN7.0, users can use a switch to select one of the preceding measures for RSRP
measurement.

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Network Impact
• Impact on System Capacity
› On a heavily loaded network in a densely populated urban area, CSPC brings certain positive gains (0% to 10%) for system capacity.
• Impact on Network Performance
› Key factors determining the CSPC gains:
› Inter-cell interference: The gains brought by CSPC have a negative correlation with the inter-RRU distance. An average inter-RRU distance of not greater than 500 m is
recommended for CSPC coverage areas.
› Network load distribution: Cell load is represented by the DL PRB usage in individual cells. The more unbalanced the load between cells is, the more gains CSPC brings.
Therefore, it is recommended that hotspot cells whose busy-hour DL PRB usage is greater than 70% exist in CSPC coverage areas.
› Overall network load: Network load is represented by the average DL PRB usage of all cells in the network. The higher the average PRB usage, the more severe the
interference and the higher the gains brought by CSPC.
› Network performance gains:
› Hotspot cell capacity increases by more than 5%, and cell-edge UE throughput increases by more than 30%.
To achieve the maximum CSPC gains, hotspot cell capacity can increase by 40%, and cell-edge UE throughput can increase by 200%.
The following conditions are required to achieve the maximum CSPC gains: overall network resource block (RB) usage is 100%. The ratio of hotspot cell load to neighboring cell
Average RB usage on
load is greater than or equal to 3:1. the network Overall network capacity gains: 0% Overall network capacity gains: 0%
› Non-hotspot cells may encounter negative gains. 100% Hotspot cell capacity gains: 0% Hotspot cell capacity gains: 40%
Overall network edge-cell UE gains: Overall network edge-cell UE gains: 200%
› Overall network gains are positive. 20%

Overall network capacity: 0% to 5%

50% Hotspot cell capacity gains: 10%
Overall network edge-cell UE gains: 30%

Overall network capacity gains: 0%; Hotspot cell capacity gains: 0%; Overall network edge-cell UE gains: 0%
0% User quantity ratio among cells
1:1 3:1

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Content

 Feature Overview
 Planning
 Deployment and Commissioning
 Acceptance and Maintenance
 FAQs
 Reference Documents & Abbreviations

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Version/License Planning

 Version Mapping:
Feature
LOFD-070208 Coordinated Scheduling based Power Control (Cloud BB)
Involved NEs
eNodeB eRAN7.0 or later
USU eRAN7.0 or later
M2000 iManager M2000 V200R014C00
CME iManager M2000-CME V200R014C00

 License Control:
Feature ID Feature Name License Control Item NE Sales Unit
Coordinated Scheduling based Power Coordinated Scheduling based Power
LOFD-070208 eNodeB per cell
Control (Cloud BB) Control (Cloud BB)(per Cell)(FDD)

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Version/License Planning
 Mutually Exclusive Features: CSPC and the following features are mutually exclusive:
 LBFD-002025 Basic Scheduling:
This feature does not ensure scheduling fairness among UEs. CSPC requires enhanced scheduling.
 LOFD-001007 High Speed Mobility

In high-speed mobility, cell load changes so rapidly that the centralized controller cannot respond in a timely manner.
 LOFD-001008 Ultra High Speed Mobility

In high-speed mobility, cell load changes so rapidly that the centralized controller cannot respond in a timely manner.
 LOFD-001009 Extended Cell Access Radius

The larger the cell radius, the lower the inter-cell interference. CSPC does not apply to low-interference scenarios.
The following power-control-related features (because CSPC determines DL power per cell):
 LBFD-002016 Dynamic Downlink Power Allocation

 LBFD-00202201 Downlink Static Inter-Cell Interference Coordination

 LOFD-00101401 Downlink Dynamic Inter-Cell Interference Coordination

 LAOFD-002001 Static TDM eICIC

 LOFD-060201 Adaptive Inter-Cell Interference Coordination

 Prerequisite Features: CSPC requires the following features to be enabled:

 CSPC based Cloud BB requires the one of the following features for synchronization between cells:
 LBFD-00300503 Synchronization with GPS
 LBFD-00300504 Synchronization with BITS
 LBFD-00300505 Synchronization with 1PPS
 LBFD-00300506 Synchronization with E1/T1
 LOFD-00301301 Synchronization with Ethernet(ITU-T G.8261)
 LOFD-00301302 IEEE1588 V2 Clock Synchronization
 LOFD-00301303 Clock over IP (Huawei proprietary)
 LOFD-001015 Enhanced Scheduling CSPC
This feature provides scheduling priorities for the centralized controller to calculate the DL power for individual cells.
 LOFD-00101501 CQI Adjustment
This feature adjusts channel quality indicator (CQI) values based on HARQ feedback so that the initial block error rate (IBLER) of UEs can still approach the
optimal target value after CSPC is enabled.

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Network Planning/Acceptance Planning/Tool
Planning/Hardware Planning
 Network Planning
 CSPC requires a universal switching unit (USU) and the U2000 to be deployed and BBUs to be interconnected in the
Cloud BB architecture.
 Coordinated scheduling applies to cells served by eNodeBs connected through one USU, but not to cells served by
eNodeBs connected through different USUs.
 In a CSPC coverage area, all the cells must operate at the same frequency, have the same bandwidth, and primarily
provide outdoor coverage.
 Acceptance/Tool Planning
 Includes U2000 and CME version mapping.
 Hardware Planning
 Hardware installation should follow the first type of interconnection between BBUs and a USU described in Multi-BBU
Interconnection Feature Parameter Description.
 A clock synchronization solution must be planned for Cloud BB by referring to Multi-BBU Interconnection Feature
Parameter Description. For details about how to configure external synchronization sources for the USU and BBU, see
Synchronization Feature Parameter Description.
 CSPC requires a UMPT be configured as the main control board for each BBU.
 In addition, a universal baseband processing unit (UBBP) must be installed in one of the BBUs and used only to carry the
centralized controller. The baseband processing units in each BBU must be LBBPd or UBBP board.

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Data Planning
Parameter ID Setting Notes Data Source
This parameter specifies the interval between the time the eNodeB reports measurement information and the time the
CSPC Power Config Delay power configurations delivered to the eNodeB take effect. MO:CspcAlgoPara
The default value of this parameter is 7.
This parameter specifies the method of measuring RSRP for CSPC. If this parameter is set to RSRP_UL, the uplink
RSRP is measured based on the uplink sounding reference signal (SRS) measurement. If this parameter is set to
CSPC RSRP Measurement Mode MO:CspcAlgoPara
RSRP_DL, downlink RSRP is reported by UEs in event A3 or A6.
The default value of this parameter is RSRP_UL.
This parameter specifies the maximum number of UEs that can be selected for CSPC.
CSPC Schedule UE Specification MO:CspcAlgoPara
Set this parameter to 25 to achieve the maximum CSPC gains and to 1 in Beta scenarios.
This parameter specifies the interval at which the local cell reports its UE-specific SRS configurations to the centralized
CSPC UE SRS Config Report Period control node. MO:CellCspcPara
The default value of this parameter is 30.
This parameter sets whether to report the UE-specific sounding reference signal (SRS) configurations to the centralized
CSPC UE SRS Config Rapid Report
control node immediately after the configurations are changed. MO:CellCspcPara
Switch
Set this parameter to ON to achieve the maximum CSPC gains and the default value is OFF.
This parameter specifies the user-level CQI period.
UserCqiPeriodCfg To achieve the maximum CSPC gains: Use the default setting when CSPC is disabled. Set this parameter to 10 ms when MO:CQIADAPTIVECFG
CSPC is enabled and disable CqiPeriodAdaptive.
This parameter specifies the filtering coefficient for CQIs in CSPC-based power optimization. This filtering makes the
CSPC CQI Filter Coefficient reported CQIs more stable. MO:CellCspcPara
The default value is 0.
This parameter specifies whether to enable or disable SRS period adaptation.
SrsPeriodAdaptive Set this parameter to OFF if CspcAlgoPara.CspcAlgoSwitch is set to ON and CspcAlgoPara.CspcRsrpMeasMode is MO:SRSADAPTIVECFG
set to RSRP_UL.
This parameter specifies the SRS configuration of a cell.
If CspcAlgoPara.CspcAlgoSwitch is set to ON and CspcAlgoPara.CspcRsrpMeasMode is set to RSRP_UL,
reconfigure the cell SRS based on the PCI mod 3 value as follows:
SrsSubframeCfg MO:SRSCFG
PCI mod 3 = 0, SRS = SC3(3)
PCI mod 3 = 1, SC4(4)
PCI mod 3 = 2, SC5(5)
SrsAlgoSwitch If the CSPC is enabled and CSPC RSRP Measurement Mode is set to RSRP_UL, this parameter is set to OFF. MO:CELLALGOSWITCH
This parameter specifies the interval at which neighboring cells report their UL RSRP measurement results to the local
Uplink RSRP Measurement Report
cell. MO:CellCspcPara
Period
Set this parameter to 100 ms to achieve the maximum CSPC gains. The default value of this parameter is 1s.

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Content

 Feature Overview
 Planning
 Deployment and Commissioning
 Acceptance and Maintenance
 FAQs
 Reference Documents & Abbreviations

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Deployment and Commissioning – Deployment Procedure

1. Determine the area in which CSPC is to be deployed.

2. Configure the USU, a U2000, and eNodeBs.
3. Configure data, such as IP addresses, IP routes, and operator information of the NE.
4. Perform time alignment in the Cloud BB network.
5. Configure control-plane links and user-plane paths between the USU and BBUs
6. Configure the cells to be involved in CSPC on the eNodeB side.
7. Turn on CSPC switches on the eNodeB side.

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Deployment and Commissioning – Data Configuration
Step Command Description
ADD ENODEBFDDBBRES: eNodeBFddBbResId=2, SN=2,
Step 1 Configure a UBBP for centralized scheduling.
WorkMode=COORDINATED_SCHEDULING;

Step 2
MOD ENODEBALGOSWITCH: ClusterPartitionNodeFlag=ON; Set the ClusterPartitionNodeFlag parameter to ON.

Step 3 ADD CSPCCLUSTER: CspcClusterId=0; Add a CSPC cluster.

ADD CSPCCLUSTERCELL: CspcClusterId=0, Mcc="302",

Step 4 Add cells to the CSPC cluster.
Mnc="610", eNodeBId=682173, CellId=1;
When UL RSRP measurement is used, add neighboring cells, which
Step 5 ADD CSPCCELLSRSMEASNCELL
will perform SRS measurements, for each cell in the CSPC cluster.
MOD SRSCFG: LocalCellId=1, SrsSubframeCfg=SC3,
SrsCfgInd=BOOLEAN_TRUE; When UL RSRP measurement is used, specify the fixed cell- and
Step 6
MOD SRSADAPTIVECFG: SrsPeriodAdaptive=OFF, UE-specific SRS configurations.
UserSrsPeriodCfg=ms40;
Set CSPC algorithm parameters, set the CSPC Algorithm Switch
MOD CSPCALGOPARA: CspcAlgoSwitch=ON,
Step 7 parameter to ON and specify a value for the CSPC Cluster Mode
CspcClusterMode=STATIC_CONFIG;
parameter.
Set cell-specific CSPC parameters and set the Cell CSPC Switch
Step 8 MOD CELLCSPCPARA: LocalCellId=11, CellCspcSwitch=ON;
parameter to ON.

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Content

 Feature Overview
 Planning
 Deployment and Commissioning
 Acceptance and Maintenance
 FAQs
 Reference Documents & Abbreviations

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Operation and Maintenance – Activation Observation
Step 1
Run the eNodeB command DSP CELLCSPCSTATUS. View the value of Cell CSPC Status in the command output.
Expected result: The value is On.
Step 2
Run the eNodeB command LST CSPCALGOPARA. View the value of CSPC RSRP Measurement Mode in the command output.
If the value is Uplink RSRP, go to step 3.
If the value is Downlink RSRP, go to step 4.
Step 3
Log in to the U2000 client. Choose Monitor > Signaling Trace > Signaling Trace Management. In the displayed window, choose Trace
Type > LTE > User Performance Monitoring > Quality of Channel Monitoring in the navigation tree. In the displayed dialog box, select
target eNodeBs and create a task of monitoring the UL RSRP of serving and neighboring cells. Then, go to step 5.
Expected result: The serving and neighboring cells all report UL SRS RSRP.
Step 4
Log in to the U2000 client. Choose Monitor > Signaling Trace > Signaling Trace Management. In the displayed window, choose Trace
Type > LTE > User Performance Monitoring > DL RSRP/RSRQ Monitoring in the navigation tree. In the displayed dialog box, select
target eNodeBs and create a task of monitoring the DL RSRP of serving and neighboring cells.
Expected result: Each serving cell reports values in the ServCell RSRP (dBm) column, and each neighboring cell reports values in the
NeighborCell RSRP (dBm) column.
Step 5
On the U2000 client, choose Monitor > Signaling Trace > Signaling Trace Management. In the displayed window, choose Trace Type >
LTE > Cell Performance Monitoring > Usage of RB Monitoring in the navigation tree. In the displayed dialog box, select target eNodeBs
and create a task of monitoring RB usage and observes the cell power configuration issued by the centralized controller.
Expected result: Downlink Power off RB Num has a valid value.

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Operation and Maintenance – Traffic Statistics Counters
• Observe the following counters before and after activating CSPC. The changes in the counter values
indicate CSPC performance.
Counter ID Counter Name Counter Description

1526729056 to 1526729065 L.Thrp.DL.BitRate.Samp. Number of cell DL throughput samples within each value range
Index0~9

1526728261 L.Thrp.bits.DL Total DL traffic volume from the PDCP layer of a cell

1526728997 L.Thrp.Time.Cell.DL.Hig Total duration of DL data transmission in a cell (with a precision of 1 ms)
hPrecision

1526728599 to 1526728662 L.ChMeas.PRB.DL.RAN Number of PRBs for which each individual MCS index (0 to 31) is
K1/2.MCS.0~31 selected during scheduling on the PDSCH with rank 1 or rank 2 in a cell

1526728262 L.Thrp.Time.DL Total duration of DL data transmission from the PDCP layer of a cell

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Operation and Maintenance – Fault Management

No new alarms are defined for CSPC.

If any of the alarms listed in this section is reported after CSPC is enabled, handle the alarm according to the alarm
reference. If the alarm persists, disable CSPC for the cells served by the faulty BBU.

• eNodeB alarms related to multi-BBU interconnection in the Cloud BB architecture:

Alarm ID Alarm Name
26116 Inter-NE Address Conflict
26310 Inter-BBU Optical Module Fault
26311 Inter-BBU Optical Module Not in Position
26312 Inter-BBU Optical Module Receive Failure
26313 Inter-BBU Optical Module Transmit Failure
26314 Inter-BBU Port Failure
26315 Inter-BBU Port Connection Error
• USU alarms related to multi-BBU interconnection:
Alarm ID Alarm Name
26116 Inter-NE Address Conflict
27105 Interconnected Optical Module Fault
27106 Interconnected Optical Module Not Installed
27107 Interconnected Optical Module Receive Failure
27108 Interconnected Optical Module Transmit Failure
27109 Inter-Port Failure
27110 Inter-Port Connection Error

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Content

 Feature Overview
 Planning
 Deployment and Commissioning
 Acceptance and Maintenance
 FAQs
 Reference Documents & Abbreviations

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FAQs

 None

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Content

 Feature Overview
 Planning
 Deployment and Commissioning
 Acceptance and Maintenance
 FAQs
 Reference Documents & Abbreviations

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Reference Documents

1 CSPC Feature Parameter Description

2 Synchronization Feature Parameter Description
3 Scheduling Feature Parameter Description
4 Multi-BBU Interconnection Feature Parameter Description
5 3GPP TS 36.331,"Radio Resource Control (RRC);Protocol specification"
6 eNodeB Performance Counter Reference
7 eNodeB MO Reference
8 eRAN 7.0 Reconfiguration Guide

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