Huawei eRAN6.

0 MLB Feature
Introduction

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Mobility Load Balance Features Roadmap

• Intra-LTE Load Balancing • Remove Intra-Freq. MLB

• Intra-Freq. MLB
• Inter-Freq. MLB • Enhanced Inter-RAT Load
Sharing to UTRAN
• Target Cell Load via RIM
• Inter-RAT Load Sharing to
Procedure
UTRAN
• Handover
• RRC Release with
Dedicated Priority

• Inter-RAT Load Sharing to

GERAN

eRAN 3.0 eRAN 6.0 ……

(2012Q2) (2013Q2)

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 Content

 Mobility Load Balance

 Parameter Introduction
 Activation Guide
 Impacts on KPIs
 Counters

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 Load Balancing Scenarios
• Scenarios according to source and target cell:
• Inter-Frequency
• Inter-RAT
Cell1 (f1)
Cell2 (f2)

UTRAN GERAN
LTE

UTRAN

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 OAM
Intra-RAT Load Balancing(1/4) Source eNB Target eNB

Configure LB parameters

• OAM configure LB parameters

• Load evaluation on source cell Load Evaluation

• Load information exchange on X2 (intra-RAT)

Exchange load information
• Load balancing decision: select target cell
LB decision
• Select UE and perform inter-freq measurement

• Perform inter-freq handover according to measurement

UE

result Select UE & perform inter-freq

measurement

Perform inter-freq handover

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Intra-RAT Load Balancing(2/4)
eNB1 eNB2
• LB target candidate selection RESOURCE STATUS REQUEST
• All available neighbors list as LB target candidates
• Filter the list according to: RESOURCE STATUS FAILURE
• Whether HO is permitted
• Whether X2 interface is available
• Whether history handover record is satisfactory

• Exchange load information between local and candidate eNB1 eNB2

• Send Resource Status Request to LB target candidate neighbors
• Neighbors send Resource Status Response RESOURCE STATUS UPDATE
• Neighbors send periodical load report in Resource Status Update

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 Intra-RAT Load Balancing(3/4) sGW
Evaluation of loads
• Radio Resource of both source and target cells: S1 TNL Usage
• Measurement for each cells
• Measurement of PRB usage according to 3GPP 36.314 HW Usage
eNB
• Periodically report to MLB
• Evaluate:
PRB Usage
• GBR: PRB usage
• Cell load = GBR load + Non-GBR load
• S1 TNL resource status of target cell:
• Report from transmission layers
• Low load, Medium load, High load, Overload (36.423)
UE UE UE UE
• Hardware resource status of target cell:
• Report from hardware layers according to DSP usage
• Low load, Medium load, High load, Overload (36.423)

MLB is triggered by radio resource load which is the bottle-neck of load rather than TNL or Hardware

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 Intra-RAT Load Balancing(4/4)
• Target cell selection
• Load difference between neighbors is considered in UL/DL independently.
• Multiple target may be selected.

• Target UE selection
• UE support target band
• UE PRB usage

• Perform inter-freq measurement and handover

• UE’s PLMN Judgment

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Inter-RAT Load Sharing to UTRAN(1/2)
OAM Source eNB Target NodeB
• OAM configure LB parameters
Configure LB parameters
• Load evaluation on local cells

• Exchange inter-RAT load information via RIM procedure

Load Evaluation
• When UMTS cell load status changes, UMTS will inform

LTE neighbor cell by sending RIM Information message Exchange load information

• If target cell load is overload, UE cannot be handover LB decision

• Load balancing decision: select target cell

UE
• Select UE and perform inter-RAT measurement
Select UE & perform inter-RAT
• Perform inter-RAT handover according to measurement measurement

• Or Select some RRC Release UE with Dedicated Priority to

Perform inter-RAT handover/reselect
reselect to UTRAN with high priority

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Inter-RAT Load Sharing to UTRAN(2/2)
RAN Information Request
• LB target candidate selection: eNodeB MME
• All available neighbors list as LB target candidates RAN Information

• Filter the list according to:

• Whether HO is permitted

• Exchange inter-RAT load information via RIM procedure RAN Information Request
• If UMTS target cell is overload, UE cannot be handover to this cell RNC SGSN
RAN Information

• UE selection:
• Inter-RAT capability

• Perform Inter-RAT measurement and handover

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Inter-RAT Load Sharing to GERAN
OAM Source eNB Target BTS

• OAM configure LB parameters Configure LB parameters

• Load evaluation on source eNB

• Not exchange inter-RAT load information via RIM Load Evaluation

• Load balancing decision: select target cell

• Select UE and perform inter-RAT measurement

LB decision

• Perform inter-RAT handover according to measurement

UE

Select UE & perform inter-RAT

measurement

Perform inter-RAT handover

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Content
• Mobility Load Balance
• Parameter Introduction
• Activation Guide
• Impacts on KPIs
• Counters

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Key Parameters (1)
Id Name Description Range Recommended Value MML

MlbAlgoSwitch MLB algorithm Indicate the switches used to enable or disable the mobility InterFreqMlbSwitch, InterFreqMlbSwitch: off MOD
UtranMlbSwitch, UtranMlbSwitch: off
switch load balance algorithms. Unit: None GeranMlbSwitch, GeranMlbSwitch: off CELLALGOSWI
UtranIdleMlbSwitch, UtranIdleMlbSwitch: off TCH
MlbLoadInfoSwitch MlbLoadInfoSwitch: off

InterFreqMlbThd Inter-Frequency Indicate the trigger threshold for Inter-Frequency MLB. GUI value range: 1~100 60 MOD CELLMLB
When cell PRB usage is higher than the sum of
MLB Threshold InterFreqMlbThd and LoadOffset, MLB is triggered. When
cell PRB usage is lower than InterFreqMlbThd, MLB is
canceled. Unit: %

InterRatMlbThd Inter-RAT MLB Indicate the trigger threshold for Inter-RAT load sharing to GUI value range: 1~100 75 MOD CELLMLB
UTRAN or GERAN. When cell PRB usage is higher than the
Threshold sum of InterRatMlbThd and LoadOffset, Inter-RAT load
sharing is triggered. When cell PRB usage is lower than
InterRatMlbThd, Inter-RAT load sharing is canceled. Unit: %

Note: MlbLoadInfoSwitch should be set to ON when RIM procedure is used by Inter-RAT Load Sharing to UTRAN.

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Key Parameters (2)
Id Name Description Range Recommended Value MML
LoadDiffThd Load This parameter specifies the minimum load GUI value range: 1~50 15 MOD CELLMLB
difference between two cells that triggers MLB.
Difference When the load difference between two cells
Threshold exceeds the value of this parameter, the eNodeB
regards the load as imbalanced and triggers MLB
between the two cells. When the load difference
between these cells drops below this threshold, the
eNodeB no longer regards the load as imbalanced
and stops MLB between the cells. Unit: %

LoadOffset Load Offset This parameter specifies an offset applied to the GUI value range: 0~50 8 MOD CELLMLB
threshold value for triggering MLB. MLB is
triggered only when the load is continuously equal
to or greater than the sum of the threshold and
offset values. This mechanism helps prevent load
fluctuations from frequently triggering and stopping
MLB. Unit: %

InitValidPeriod Utran Idle MLB Indicate the initial valid period to calculate the actual valid GUI value range: 0~30 10 MOD CELLMLB
period of UTRAN Idle MLB. When the cell user number
Initial Valid increases, the actual valid period also increases.
Period Unit: 1 second

InterRatMlbUe Inter-RAT MLB Indicate the uplink synchronize user number threshold to GUI value range: 0~100 15 MOD CELLMLB
NumThd trigger Inter-RAT load sharing to UTRAN. When the cell
UE Number uplink synchronize user number is higher than this
Threshold threshold, Inter-RAT load sharing to UTRAN is triggered.
When the cell uplink synchronize user number is lower than
this threshold, Inter-RAT load sharing to UTRAN is
cancelled.
Unit: 10 user

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Mobility Load Balance

Parameter Introduction
Activation Guide
Impacts on KPIs
Counters

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Activation Guide
Inter-RAT Load Sharing to UTRAN using RIM procedure

Execution Command Note

Step 1 MOD CELLALGOSWITCH: LocalCellId=0,
MlbAlgoSwitch. UtranMlbSwitch=ON;
Step 2 MOD CELLALGOSWITCH: LocalCellId=0,
MlbAlgoSwitch. MlbLoadInfoSwitch=ON;
Step 3
Switch for LTE Load Sharing to
UTRAN via Handover
Switch for UMTS target cell selection
based on load info (through RIM)
Turn on RIM switch in MME

Step 4 Turn on RIM switch in SGSN

Step 5 Turn on RIM switch in RNC

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Mobility Load Balance

Parameter Introduction
Activation Guide
Impacts on KPIs
Counters

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 Impacts on KPIs
When RIM procedure is used by Inter-RAT Load Sharing to UTRAN, both UMTS KPI
and LTE KPI will be impacted:
• UMTS KPI will be improved because LTE UE won’t be handover to UMTS when UMTS
cell is overload.
• LTE KPI will be decreased because LTE load cannot be offload to UMTS when UMTS
cell is overload.

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Mobility Load Balance

Parameter Introduction
Activation Guide
Impacts on KPIs
Counters

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 Counters
Level Counter Name Note

Cell L.RRCRel.DedicatePri.UMTS.High Number of RRC Release with Dedicated Priority (UMTS highest)

Cell L.IRATHO.E2W.PrepAttOut Number of Outgoing Handover Attempts from E-UTRAN to UTRAN

Cell L.IRATHO.E2W.ExecAttOut Number of Performed Outgoing Handovers from E-UTRAN to UTRAN

Cell L.IRATHO.E2W.ExecSuccOut Number of Successful Outgoing Handovers from E-UTRAN to UTRAN

Cell L.HHO.IntraeNB.InterFreq.PrepAttOut Number of intra-eNodeB inter-frequency outgoing handover attempts in a cell

Cell L.HHO.IntraeNB.InterFreq.ExecAttOut Number of performed intra-eNodeB inter-frequency outgoing handovers in a cell

Cell L.HHO.IntraeNB.InterFreq.ExecSuccOut Number of successful intra-eNodeB inter-frequency outgoing handovers in a cell

Cell L.HHO.IntereNB.InterFreq.PrepAttOut Number of inter-eNodeB inter-frequency outgoing handover attempts in a cell

Cell L.HHO.IntereNB.InterFreq.ExecAttOut Number of performed inter-eNodeB inter-frequency outgoing handovers in a cell

Cell L.HHO.IntereNB.InterFreq.ExecSuccOut Number of successful inter-eNodeB inter-frequency outgoing handovers in a cell

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