NORTH UMTS TRIALS

PROPOSAL

Jan 2023
Summary

1. 3G - Call Reestablishment ( Post U2100 Carrier B Locked Optimization ) -- Internal Proposal Shared by @Syed Shujaat Ali/Guest/TEC/ISB // Open with Atif Bhai

2. 3G - Fast CS Fallback Based on RIM – Proposal Shared by @Syed Shujaat Ali/Guest/TEC/ISB // Open with HQ

3. 3G - Compress Mode Optimization Trial -- Proposal Shared by @Syed Shujaat Ali/Guest/TEC/ISB , trial done on a small cluster , need to ROLL OUT // Open with HQ

4. 3G - Automatic Neighbor Relation Optimization (ANR) || ISB-RWP|| DCR Optimization -- Proposal Shared with HQ by @Syed Shujaat Ali/Guest/TEC/ISB // Open with HQ

5. 3G - CST Improvement | 3G Trial | RRC Message Size Reduction Enhancement Switch -- Proposal Shared with HQ by @Mohsin Ashraf/Guest/TEC/ISB // Open with HQ

6. 3G - Efficient Improvement of Call Drop-related KPIs in Multi-Sector -- Proposal Shared with HQ by @Syed Shujaat Ali/Guest/TEC/ISB // Parked by HQ

7. 3G - CST Improvement || 3G Proposal : : Ultra Flash CSFB -- Proposal Shared with HQ by @Syed Shujaat Ali/Guest/TEC/ISB // Parked ( Ultra flash CSFB is not applicable in VoLTE network )

8. 3G - ACH - Automatic Congestion Handler ( TMG Batch ) -- Proposal Shared with HQ by @Syed Shujaat Ali/Guest/TEC/ISB // Parked by HQ
 3G- Call Reestablishment--Proposal
This feature is proposed to activate on worst cells in terms of high DCR to improve retainability KPIs

Introduction
Call reestablishment is a function by which radio links (RLs) are reestablished when a service interruption or an access failure occurs in temporary coverage holes and in tunnels, elevators, and
buildings that cause significant signal quality fluctuation.

Call reestablishment can be initiated by a UE or the RAN.

Call reestablishment initiated by a UE: The UE sends a call reestablishment request to the network to restore services upon detecting a downlink RL out-of-synchronization problem or a
signaling radio bearer (SRB) reset.
Call reestablishment initiated by the RAN: After the RAN detects a service interruption or an access failure (possibly due to a signaling radio bearer (SRB) reset or an uplink RL out-of-
synchronization problem) before the UE does, the RAN stops the UE's downlink RL sets to enable the UE to detect downlink RL out-of-synchronization problem as soon as possible. Upon
detecting a downlink RL out-of-synchronization problem, the UE sends a call reestablishment request to the RAN to restore services.
This document describes only call reestablishment initiated by the RAN.
Triggering Causes
The causes of triggering call reestablishment following a service interruption or an access failure are as follows:

• RL out-of-synchronization problem
• SRB reset
• PS TRB reset
• Air interface process timeout
• Air interface process overlap
• FP failure

Benefits
Call reestablishment initiated by the RAN improves user experience.

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 3G - Fast CS Fallback Based on RIM --Proposal
To improve CST, there is a RIM switch at 3G side , as per discerption, it reduces UE delay and CSFB SR, We are proposing it to enable this switch on few high RTWP cells as a trial?

RIM_UL_INTER_OPT_SWITCH:
Discerption: Whether to optimize the value of the IE "Uplink interference" carried in SIB7 in the Fast CS Fallback Based on RIM feature.
When this switch is turned on, the value of the IE "Uplink interference" carried in SIB7 is set to the actual RTWP.
When this switch is turned off, the value of the IE "Uplink interference" carried in SIB7 is set to -105 dBm.
Impact: When this switch is turned on, the UE access delay is reduced, and the access success rate during RIM-based CSFB is improved.
Case Study:

Problem Statement:
Due to High RTWP Higher number of CSFB Failures and high CST

Handling Process:
Higher Number of CSFB MOC Failures:

We started with Alarm definition checking, as there were huge numbed of CSFB Failures in one cluster.
Mapped the baseline parameters of all the sites and found no discrepancy.
Checked the signaling part and found UE connection request for MOC with one TMSI, RNC respond 4
times RRC connection setup with another TMSI, so UE didn’t respond the RRC connection setup complete
message. Access 3G network failure, lead to CSFB failure

In ideal scenario, there should be immediate response of RRC connection request from RNC. But in our
case there were multiple RRC connection from ONE TMSI & response was from another TMSI which lead
to the CSFB failures.
Checked the RTWP of serving cell and found high RTWP range
Root Cause:High RTWP on 3G was the root cause of High number of Failures, that’s why RNC was responding back with different TMSI not to the one which has sent the RRC request. Root
cause was high RTWP. We changed below parameter as a temporary solution, as The CSFB UE access success rate decreases when the cell uplink is under strong interference.
Solution:
After changing below listed parameter as a temporary solution in one most affected cluster, CSFB MOC failure count reduced a lot. Finally we achieved the desired KPI threshold.
MOD UCELLALGOSWITCH:CELLID=XXX,NBMLdcAlgoSwitch=RIM_UL_INTER_OPT_SWITCH-1;
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 3G- Compress Mode Optimization Trial– Rollout Proposal
This trialed(succeeded) feature so need to be rolled out in dual carrier areas

In our network 3G compressed mode length is not set as per recommended value due to which cell performance might be deteriorated as UE transmit max power during compress mode
leading to noise floor increased .i.e. default value is 60s and recommended value is 10s but we are proposing to set it 20s,
If the parameter value is large, UEs stay in compressed mode for a long period of time, affecting the cell performance and user may experience voice distortion(bad EVQI).
We suggest to set the compress mode length as per recommendation, in 1 st step, we have to tune inter freq compress mode length on few cells as a trial where both U2100 and U900 layers
are available

Current value(default): 60s

Recommended value: 10s
Proposed value: 20s
UINTERFREQHOCOVà InterFreqMeasTime:
Length of the timer for the inter-frequency measurement.
If the inter-frequency handover is not performed before this timer expires, the inter-frequency measurement is stopped and the compression mode is disabled (if enabled before). The value 0
indicates that this timer is not to be started.
This parameter is used to prevent the long duration of the inter-frequency measurement state (compression mode) due to unavailability of a target cell that meets the handover criteria.

Impact on Radio Network Performance: If the parameter value is small, the compressed mode is easy to be stopped earlier. In this situation, inter-frequency handovers can reduced. If the
parameter value is too large, UEs stay in compressed mode for a long period of time, affecting the cell performance.
Note: its cell level parameter

Please find below the benchmark of the trial along with the field MOS testing,

WO was implemented on trial area on 8 th November 2022

Visible improvement observed in MOS during field testing
MOS< 3 samples decreased ~62%
Retainability OSS KPIs improved especially R99 DCR
HS throughput has improved as well after WO implemented
Rest of the OSS KPIs are following in stable trend

Way5
Forward: need to be rolled out in dual carrier areas
 3G-Automatic Neighbor Relation Optimization (ANR) || ISB-RWP|| DCR Optimization

As already addressed that after U2100 Carrier

B locking the retainability KPIs degraded, we City No Yes ANR
Enabled(%)
suggest to enable 3G ANR for DCR optimization
purposes as this SON feature is already running ISB 337 748 68%
in our network, RWP 283 1667 85%

Currently, 3G ANR is enabled on 68% and 85%

cells in ISB & RWP respectfully, initially, we
suggest to enable ANR on remaining 337 cells
of ISB.
If it brings improvement in KPIs especially in
DCR than will enable it in RWP as well
 3G- RRC Message Size Reduction Enhancement Switch

Description:-
During an RRC connection setup procedure, the RNC sends the UE an RRC CONNECTION SETUP message. Benefits
According to section 10.3.4.24 "Signalling RB information to setup" in 3GPP TS 25.331, if all the signalling This will reduce the call setup time delay and improve the RRC Setup Success Rate.
radio bearers (SRBs) in the RRC CONNECTION SETUP message contain the same value for the information
element (IE) RLC Info, the RNC replaces the IE RLC Info with "Same as RB" to shorten the length of the RRC
CONNECTION SETUP message. This function is controlled by RRC_CONN_SETUP_OPT_SWITCH under the Feature Conditions:-
ProcessSwitch4 parameter in the SET URRCTRLSWITCH command.  3GPP Release 5 or later handsets
 RRC Connections should be established on DCH Channels. As per the current network strategy, RRC
Establishments are already defined on DCH channels.
RRC_CONN_SETUP_OPT_SWITCH pre-requisite switch already implemented in whole north region.
Parameter KPI
MO Name Switch Name 208 221 209 222 220 Category
Name Improvement
Post Implementation Monitoring
Process RRC_CONN_SE
RRCTRLSWITC
Control Switch TUP_OPT_SWI 1 1 1 1 1
Already RRC
CONNECTION
1. Pre and Post call setup time testing will be done on same site , location and time to get the exact comparison.
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4 TCH SETUP 2. AMR WB and NB call establish time counters to be checked after the implementation.
Message Size
Process
RRC_CONN_SE Reduction 3. RRC Setup Success Rate KPI to be checked after implementation.
RRCTRLSWITC TUP_MSG_EN Proposed to (RRC SR & CST
Control Switch 0 0 0 0 0
H
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H_OPT_SWITC “1” Improvement) 4. Rest all major KPIs will be benchmarked once its implemented.
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If the RRC_CONN_SETUP_MSG_ENH_OPT_SWITCH (This can be implemented) check box under

the ProcessSwitch5 parameter in the SET URRCTRLSWITCH command is selected, the RNC does not
include the Rb-identity IE in RRC CONNECTION SETUP messages. In addition, the RNC does not send the cell-
id IE to UEs complying with 3GPP Release 5 or later if RRC connections are established on the DCH.

Switch Details:-
RRC_CONN_SETUP_MSG_ENH_OPT_SWITCH
Whether the enhancement of RRC CONNECTION SETUP message optimization is enabled.
1: Indicates that this switch is set to ON. The RRC CONNECTION SETUP message does not contain the
"rb-identity" IE. In addition, the RRC CONNECTION SETUP message sent to UEs complying with 3GPP
Release 5 or later does not contain the "cell-id" IE if the RRC connections are set up on dedicated
channels.
0: Indicates that this switch is set to OFF. The RRC CONNECTION SETUP message contains the "rb-
identity" IE. In addition, the RRC CONNECTION SETUP message sent to UEs complying with 3GPP
Release 5 or later contains the "cell-id" IE if the RRC connections are set up on dedicated channels.
 3G - Efficient Improvement of Call Drop-related KPIs in Multi-Sector--Proposal

To improve DCR Efficient Improvement of Call Drop-related KPIs in Multi-Sector is proposed

Background

the wireless environment is complicated with the soft handover (SHO) area expanded and co-channel interference (CCI) increased. The Efficient Improvement of Call Drop-
related KPIs in Multi-Sector feature is introduced to reduce CCI and signal fluctuation, thereby decreasing the call drop rate in these scenarios. The following methods are used
to implement this feature:

 Optimizing multi-sector SHO parameters

 Increasing the downlink power for Adaptive Multirate (AMR) services

 Enabling the cell-level call reestablishment function

Benefits
Using the one-click deployment of multiple functions to improve call drop-related KPIs, this feature reduces the
O&M costs and complexity, as well as operating expense (OPEX). Additionally, this feature improves
call drop-related KPIs in multi-sector scenarios.
In multi-sector cells with weak coverage or significant signal fluctuation, enabling this feature decreases
the call drop rate. The weaker the coverage and the fewer the call reestablishment functions that are enabled,
the more significant the feature benefits.
Activation MML Command
//Modifying the basic information of a cell according to the split antennas used by the cell
MOD UCELL:CELLID=01,SplitCellInd=HWSplitANT33Deg;
//Activating the Efficient Improvement of Call Drop-related KPIs in Multi-Sector feature
ADD UCELLCONNALGOPARA:CellId=01,CellConnAlgoSwitch=SPLIT_CELL_CDR_OPTIMIZATION_SWITCH-1;
MOD UCELLCONNALGOPARA:CellId=01,CellConnAlgoSwitch=SPLIT_CELL_CDR_OPTIMIZATION_SWITCH-1;

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