NSA feature_DL MCS optimization

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DL MCS Optimization_ 1. Subframe-level MCS
 Principles  Activation
The IBLERs of different subframes change regularly within a certain Recommended
period of time. Subframe-level adjustment can accelerate IBLER MO Parameter ID Description
Value
convergence. The subframe-level MCS adjustment function has been DL_TD_MCS_ADJ_SW: Indicates whether to enable time-domain MCS adjustment.
DL_TD_MCS_ADJ_
NRDUCELLP If this option is selected, the base station performs MCS adjustment in the time
added for large-packet UEs. With this function, a baseline outer-loop DSCH
SW@DlLinkAdaptAlg
domain based on channel conditions. If this option is deselected, the base station
1
oSwitch
accumulated adjustment amount and a subframe-level outer-loop does not perform MCS adjustment in the time domain.

accumulated adjustment amount (that is, a set of outer-loop
accumulated adjustment amounts) are maintained for each subframe.
This parameter specifies the weight factor for the downlink base AMC adjustment
value used in downlink time-domain MCS adjustment. This parameter takes effect
NRDUCELLD DlBaseAmcAdjWeigh
LAMC tFactor
only when the DL_TD_MCS_ADJ_SW option of the 10
NRDUCellPdsch.DlLinkAdaptAlgoSwitch parameter is selected. This parameter
applies to FDD and low-frequency TDD.

 Expected Benefits
According to beta tests on live TDD networks in China, the subframe-level BLER converges
on the target after the subframe-level MCS adjustment function is enabled. Drive tests
indicated a gain of about 1%. The specific gain depends on the subframe-level BLER.
Downlink
Code0 DL SE
Code0 SS SS DL_IBLE DL_AVG DL_AVG DL_AVG MAC
LOG Scheduled (THP/GRAN GAIN
CQI RSRP SINR R (%) MCS RB RANK Throughput
Num T/RB)
(Mbps)
Baseline 11.63 1389.02 -90.84 12.09 9.74 19.27 242.98 2.65 577.27 1.71
After
subframe- 1%
12.56 1410.94 -89.17 10.12 9.85 21.21 245.46 2.36 600.38 1.73
level MCS is
enabled

slot NACK ACK slot NACK ACK

 Application Scenarios 0 20.60% 79.40% 0 8.76% 91.21%
1 12.14% 87.86%
• The IBLER is high in subframes (the subframe-level IBLER is 2 10.33% 89.64%
1 9.39% 90.58%
2 9.37% 90.58%
greater than 30%). 3 3.15% 96.81% 3 9.45% 90.50%
• The small file gain is low because the sub-frame level MCS needs to 5 10.36% 89.64% 5 7.94% 92.02%
6 12.72% 87.25%
be judged to be effective for large package users, and the effective 6 9.85% 90.10%
7 5.81% 94.15% 7 9.47% 90.48%
ratio for small file downloads is low. 8 3.68% 96.32% 8 9.47% 90.47%
10 26.92% 73.08% 10 9.56% 90.38%
11 12.20% 87.80% 11 9.21% 90.75%
12 3.65% 96.35% 12 9.81% 90.17%
13 4.00% 96.00% 13 9.45% 90.52%
15 11.05% 88.95% 15 7.40% 92.58%
16 12.97% 87.03% 16 9.28% 90.69%
17 5.41% 94.59% 17 9.39% 90.57%
18 3.83% 96.17% 18 9.40% 90.55%
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Feature parameter details
FEATURE MO Parameter Sub-Parameter Default Pre-Value Suggestio Parameter description
n
NRDUCELLP DlLinkAdaptAlgoS DL_TD_MCS_ADJ_ 0 0 1 Indicates whether to enable time-domain MCS adjustment. If this option is selected, the
Subframe-level MCS DSCH witch SW base station performs MCS adjustment in the time domain based on channel conditions.
adjustment NRDUCELLD DlBaseAmcAdjWe 10 10 10 Indicates the weight factor for the downlink base AMC adjustment value used in downlink
LAMC ightFactor time-domain MCS adjustment.
RB Priority Low MCS NRDUCellRs RsvdParam38 0 0 2 When the value is 0~10, the estimated RB expansion ratio of the users whose scheme
vdExt02 takes effect and the effective expansion of RB and MCS is effective is the actual effective
value of the parameter.
PMI weighting for NRDUCellRs RsvdParam151 0 0 11 Indicates the threshold for determining whether to use PMI-based weights for the
PDCCHs of UEs at vdExt01 PDCCH. The value range of this parameter is 0 to 41. When the SINR is less than the
the cell edge threshold, weight switching for the PDCCH is triggered.
If this parameter is set to 0, this function does not take effect.
If this parameter is set to a value in the range of 1 to 41, the value that actually takes
effect is equal to the configured value minus 21. The actual value range is -20 to 20.
If this parameter is set to a value outside the range of 0 to 41, the default value 0 takes
effect.
This parameter applies only to 8T low-frequency TDD cells with the
DISTRIBUTED_ANT_WEIGHT_OPT_SW option of the
NRDUCellAlgoSwitch.BeamOptSwitch parameter selected or 32T/64T low-frequency
TDD cells.

Tech Version Feature Remark

NR 17.1 The specific gain depends on the subframe-level BLER. Drive tests indicated NR DL throughput would
Subframe-level MCS adjustment increase about 1%.

NR 17.1 Last Schedule UE with Spare PDSCH RB, to reduce MCS by increasing RBs, result in BLER decreasing.
RB Priority Low MCS For small packet service in root Metrics/umlaut, BLER would decrease.

NR 17.1 PMI weighting for PDCCHs of UEs at the cell edge If SRS interference exists, the service drop rate decreases after PMI weight is used on the PDCCH of
UEs at the cell edge.

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Test case
Features Test case UE MML
Activation Scripts:
//Subframe-level MCS
MOD NRDUCELLPDSCH:NrDuCellId=xx,DlLinkAdaptAlgoSwitch=DL_TD_MCS_ADJ_SW-1;
//RB Priority Low MCS
MOD NRDUCellRsvdExt02:NrDuCellId=xx,RsvdParam38=2;
//PMI weighting for PDCCHs of UEs at the cell edge
DL small packet drive test MOD NRDUCellRsvdExt01:NrDuCellId=xx,RsvdParam151=11;
DL MCS optimisation(Subframe-level MCS &
10M small file + 15KB small file *10 , 1 Deactivation scripts:
RB Priority Low MCS & PMI weighting for S21
thread, 1s interval //Subframe-level MCS
PDCCHs of UEs at the cell edge)
A->A->B->B MOD NRDUCELLPDSCH:NrDuCellId=xx,DlLinkAdaptAlgoSwitch=DL_TD_MCS_ADJ_SW-0;
//RB Priority Low MCS
MOD NRDUCellRsvdExt02:NrDuCellId=xx,RsvdParam38=0;
//PMI weighting for PDCCHs of UEs at the cell edge
MOD NRDUCellRsvdExt01:NrDuCellId=xx,RsvdParam151=0;

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DT result_10M
NR DL MAC NR DL PDCP
10M round1 NR RSRP NR SINR NR CQI NR DL MCS NR DL IBLER NR DL RANK NR DL RB NR DL RLC Thp
Thp Thp
Pre test -95.59 9.57 9.87 6.19 5.77 1.74 33.82 18.14 18.14 19.99
Post test -95.69 10.4 10.34 6.13 4.09 1.79 34.31 18.84 18.84 20.15
Delta% 0.10 8.67 4.76 -0.97 -29.12 2.87 1.45 3.86 3.86 0.80

NR DL MAC NR DL PDCP
10M round2 NR RSRP NR SINR NR CQI NR DL MCS NR DL IBLER NR DL RANK NR DL RB NR DL RLC Thp
Thp Thp
Pre test -94.48 10.2 10.23 6.77 5.5 1.8 34.87 18.2 18.2 18.77
Post test -95.79 10.73 10.83 5.97 3.13 1.67 34.4 24.73 24.73 26.13
Delta% 1.39 5.20 5.87 -11.82 -43.09 -7.22 -1.35 35.88 35.88 39.21

NR DL MAC NR DL PDCP
10M round3 NR RSRP NR SINR NR CQI NR DL MCS NR DL IBLER NR DL RANK NR DL RB NR DL RLC Thp
Thp Thp
Pre test -94.93 10.83 10.29 5.75 4.27 1.66 32.52 22.64 22.64 24.04
Post test -93.37 11.57 10.83 5.73 3.43 1.67 32.76 27.82 27.82 29.29
Delta% -1.64 6.83 5.25 -0.35 -19.67 0.60 0.74 22.88 22.88 21.84

All 3 round 10M combine result:

NR DL MAC NR DL PDCP
10M Combined NR RSRP NR SINR NR CQI NR DL MCS NR DL IBLER NR DL RANK NR DL RB NR DL RLC Thp
Thp Thp
Pre test -94.99 10.19 10.29 6.06 5.2 1.74 33.78 19.33 19.33 20.57
Post test -94.94 10.9 10.49 5.69 3.56 1.71 33.81 23.42 23.42 24.82
Delta% -0.05 6.97 1.94 -6.11 -31.54 -1.72 0.09 21.16 21.16 20.66

 Throughput improvement is seen in all 3 round of Drive test; though Round 2 & Round 3 are best
 All round combine Pre-Post shown improvement in the throughput
 DL MCS is slightly lower in round 2, but in other 2 round of DT DL MCS is maintained

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DT result_15K
NR DL MAC
15k round1 NR RSRP NR SINR NR CQI NR DL MCS NR DL IBLER NR DL RANK NR DL RB NR DL RLC Thp NR DL PDCP Thp
Thp
Pre test -94.94 9.47 10.24 2.31 1.73 1.34 11.97 0.879 0.879 0.934
Post test -94.77 10.32 10.46 2.16 1.39 1.39 11.24 0.716 0.716 0.792
Delta(%) -0.18 8.98 2.15 -6.49 -19.65 3.73 -6.10 -18.54 -18.54 -15.20
NR DL MAC
15k round2 NR RSRP NR SINR NR CQI NR DL MCS NR DL IBLER NR DL RANK NR DL RB NR DL RLC Thp NR DL PDCP Thp
Thp
Pre test -94.04 9.88 10.33 2.58 2.44 1.34 12.5 0.702 0.702 0.814
Post test -96.14 9.74 9.94 2.24 1.04 1.39 11.75 0.755 0.755 0.808
Delta(%) 2.23 -1.42 -3.78 -13.18 -57.38 3.73 -6.00 7.55 7.55 -0.74
NR DL MAC
15k round3 NR RSRP NR SINR NR CQI NR DL MCS NR DL IBLER NR DL RANK NR DL RB NR DL RLC Thp NR DL PDCP Thp
Thp
Pre test -94.85 9.82 10.28 2.16 1.98 1.4 11.28 0.950 0.950 1.060
Post test -91.84 11.04 11.1 2.34 1.05 1.4 11.82 1.189 1.189 1.286
Delta(%) -3.17 12.42 7.98 8.33 -46.97 0.00 4.79 25.16 25.16 21.32

All 3 round 15K combine result:

15k all NR DL MAC NR DL PDCP
NR RSRP NR SINR NR CQI NR DL MCS NR DL IBLER NR DL RANK NR DL RB NR DL RLC Thp
round(Combined) Thp Thp
Pre test -94.62 9.72 10.28 2.35 2.05 1.36 11.91 0.847 0.847 0.941
Post test -94.23 10.37 10.51 2.25 1.15 1.39 11.61 0.903 0.903 0.977
delta(%) -0.41 6.69 2.24 -4.26 -43.90 2.21 -2.52 6.61 6.61 3.83

 Out of 3 round drive test, 2 round (R2,R3) shown improvement in the throughput
 All round combine Pre-Post shown improvement in the throughput
 R1 Post DT showing lower throughput than pre , it is because of low RB allocation as per DT result

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Subframe-level MCS feature validation:-
Subframe 7/17 is for SRS, and BLER is high
Pre test: slot0/7/10/17 BLER is more than 10%
Post test: slot0/10 BLER converge to 10%, and slot 7/17
BLER is 10% lower than before.

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RB Priority Low MCS feature validation:-
Pre test ： Waiting data are 1366byte. Initial estimated RB is 16, schedule MCS is 20.

Pre test

Post test ： Waiting data is 1366byte. Initial estimated RB should be 16,but according to 20% increase, it would be
19.2 ， then round up is 20, and schedule MCS is 16.
Post test

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PMI weight for PDCCH-Root Metrics trace, feature validation

The bit04weightType value is 0 for SRS column

bit04weightType Total
weight, and 3 for PMI weight and UL CRC
DTX ratio reduced

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OSS KPI Verification
The OSS KPI didn't see any improvement in the KPI, this
activity happened just after the new year holidays so KPI was
following a downtrend due to an increase in traffic and active
users after the holiday period. so it was hard to observe any
improvement through OSS KPI. but we observe well
improvement in the DT KPIs. Customers agree to rollout these
parameters in the network

DL MCS slightly reduced after the activity as expected due

to subframe-level MCS adjustment function

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Suggestion and Summary
Summary:
Drive test observation:
From the Drive test result, it is observed both Round 1&2 show improvement in the Throughput KPIs.
OSS KPI Observation:
The OSS KPI didn't observe any gain due to an increase in traffic and active user in the network as the trial
happened just after the new year holidays.
DL MCS KPI degraded little but it was expected as per the feature working principle.

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