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NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 3 (136)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:-
It was indeed quite difficult to acknowledge the entire crowd who had a major influence on
the conception and fruition of this document.To the best of my ability I shall attempt to do so.I would like
to thank Pradeep Chattikal, Prashanth k, Vikrant Arun Dolas, Muthu Krushnan and Rajiv Mohan Gandhi
from Nokia Siemens Network. (India) for their technical support and providing valuable sujections during
the course of work.I would also like to thank Avnish Kumar from NSN, contributing for IBS solutions for
Idea Delhi Network.
My gratitude also to grand me and my team an opportunity of testing several queries and
features on Idea cellular Delhi Network and also on some of the Hutch Networks in India.
Stenin.N.P
Networks, and Service Optimization.
Nokia Siemens Network, India.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 4 (136)
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Table of contents:-
i. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................... 4
ii. INTRODUCTION ......................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
iii. OBJECTIVE.............................................................................................................7
1 Voice Audit...8
1.1 Radio Network Capacity and Traffic 8
1.2 Cell wise Capacity Utilization..10
1.3 Spectrum Loading .. .11
1.4 BSC and A-Interface Capacity and Utilization..11
BCSU Utilization and sujections .12
1.5 SDCCH Utilization and Failure Observations...12
1.6 LAC Subscribers and Paging analysis .13
LAC Distribution ...13
1.7 Handover Cause Distribution .17
1.8 Frequency Utilization .18
1.9 Network Discrepancies 18
SDCCH Redimensioning Requirement 18
Basic Parameter Discrepancy . .19
AMR Parameter Discrepancy 20
Neighbor Discrepancies ..20
Path Imbalance .....21
Ghost SDCCH Analysis .21
2. Data Audit...23
2.1 Executive summary ..23
2.2 EDGE / GPRS Configuration Settings ..23
2.3 GPRS / EDGE Parameter Discrepancies 24
2.4 NSCI Plan Review ...29
2.5 RAC Plan Review 30
2.6 Paging success rate verses LAC Plan .....31
2.7 Territory Upgrade ...................32
2.8 Multi slot allocation ..33
2.9 Sleeping Cells ..36
2.10 EDAP Congestion ...37
2.11 Gb Utilization ...39
2.12 Recommendations ..40
3 Parameter Audit. .....41
3.1 Transcoder Optimization ....41
Ignored Transcoder Failure_ITCF ..42
Explanation ....42
Parameter Discreption .....42
MML Command ....43
Performance Plot .....44
3.2 Rx_Level_Min_Cell [SL] .....46
Parameter Discreption ........46
Expected Improvement .......47
Handover Improvement Plot ...48
Drop due to HO Improvement Plot .......50
3.3 LAPD Timer T200 Optimization 51
Software Requirement .51
Parameter Discreption .52
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 5 (136)
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i. INTRODUCTION:-
The heigh marketing demand for better efficacy in the field of Optimization with less of
investement on the cellular Network has lead to conduct several Test Trials, which are summerised into
one single document. The test was done on technologies like GSM, GPRS and EDGE for both Voice
and Data. The document also covers some of the critical Alarms and the way forward to handle these
Alarms. Some of the methods that were adopted to achieve good Key performance Indicater were also
covered for performance enhancement of Cellular Network.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 8 (136)
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1. Voice Audit
Network Audit for GSM Network carried out with analysis of different Nokia ND Reports and OSS
Extracted statistics .The Voice Audit gives an understanding of the GSM Network and the discrepancies
in the Network, which can be corrected on time to time basis for better Efficacy of Network Operation.
This gives details of the Network taken for Voice Audit as listed below as for Idea Cellular
Delhi (India).
Observations Idea_Cellular-Delhi:
Total Cells in the Network 3563
Number of cells which are utilized more than 90% in Idea cellular Delhi Network tend towards a percentage of 44.
And there are also 6% of cells that are Under Utilized.
Utilization of cells can be planned appropriately for Idea Cellular Delhi Network.
Total Operational Cells in the Network 2993 for Idea Cellular DELHI Circle
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 11 (136)
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Observations:
NOTE: There seems a lot of SDCCH Utilized for Location Updates, for which The LAC Re-
Dimension will be carried out appropriately.
NOTE: The major share of the drop at the SDCCH is seen due to T3101 Expiry and also at
the Abis.
There are 26 LAC Created under 3 MSC. Cells planned under different LAC are as shown
below.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 14 (136)
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Comment:
The cells distributed under Different LAC are seen uneven.As some of the LAC has large
number of cells defined under them where as some other have few cells defined
The distribution can be done according to study made with respect to Paging Load and Location
update.Possibility of site rehoming, etc.LAC Distributed for Idea Cellular DELHI is as shown
below.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 15 (136)
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LAD redimensioning requirement for the following cells for Idea Cellular Delhi:
The cell listed in the attachment requires LAC Changes appropriately, to reduce signalling Load in the
Network.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 17 (136)
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Recommendation:
From the cause for Handover Network wide.The power budget Handover can be further
improved from a value of 29.31%.
Interfering frequency requires correction appropriately to reduce the Handover due to
interference as shown there is 14.66 % Ho, due to DL Interference.
NOTE: The most critical is the DL Interference of 14.66 demanding correction immediately.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 18 (136)
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NOTE;The BCCH Plan for Idea Cellular Delhi shows the difference between the most commonly used BCCH
Frequency and the Least BCCH Frequency used in the Network.
With appropriate Nokia ND reports the following Discrepancies were found when Network Audit for
Voice was conducted for Idea Cellular Delhi Netwrork.
NOTE- SDCCH RE-Dimensioning Requiremnt for Cells having High SDCCH Blocking (Considering that the cells do not
have time slots Blocked carrying SDCCH denoted by Alarm 7745) .Taking Optimization of SDCCH further, we can have
Dynamic SDCCH also switch on for better efficacy of SDCCH.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 19 (136)
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Some of the Discrepancies in the parameters were audited for better operation of
Cells in the Network.The data taken for audit was from OSS Statistics, ND Reports and BSS Dump.
The above discrepancy includes Prioritising of Cells for their Voice calls, Cells which
are barred from Operations, Call Re establishment requirements, Hysterisis papameter, Temporary
Offsets, Penality time requirements, Power controm Parameter enabled, and Handover papameters.
The above parameter describes the Band Requirement, Transmit power requirement, Access
grand requirement , Periodic MS location update, Discontinious Transmission, and power budjet
parameters.
The above table shows the RTSL which are not in use requiring Checks for those TRX.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 20 (136)
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The Discrepancies in the AMR Parameters are listed in the table for Idea Cellular Network.
Neighbor Discrepancies:-
The Neighbor Discrepancies for Idea Cellular Network, showing cells which are not
synchronised.
Cells which required Neighbours to be added and as well as to be deleted are done appropriately
with the analysis of Neighbor Stats taking help of the percentage of Handover attempts for these
perticular cells .
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 21 (136)
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Path Imbalance:-
Path imbalance in the cells of the network can be analysed with the help of Nokia ND report 183.This
report can be used to find the Transmitted power inbalance, the sensitivity of both MS and Basae station,
High VSWR in these cells.
Note:-For Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) the alarm threshold should be set to appropriate value
in advance to a value of about 1.2. So as to indicate if the value shoots more than the set value of 1.2.
The positive value indicates the Imbalance is in the Transmitted Path, and the Negative value
indicates the Imbalance in the Reception path with respect to the Base Transcive Station.
NOTE-Cells having Path Imbalance requires checks like Cable, Transmit Power , Connectors , VSWR
etc checked for these cells appropriately
The Phantom or Ghost SDCCH is due to reasons like Interference Both External and internal
Interference in the Network. Parameter Changes requirement for Ghost SDCCH Establishment- Idea
Cellular Delhi. By fine tuning changing the training Sequence the Ghost SDCCH can be reduced to an
extend in the cell site.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 22 (136)
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The Training sequence changes required for Non BCCH TRX Only as Listed in the table above
Note: There should not be any changes made in the Training Sequence for BCCH Trx as, it would be
difficult for a call to macheure, if the Training sequence differes from the BCC on the BCCH TRX of a
Sector, then there would be difficulty in the calls getting mechured.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 23 (136)
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2. Data Audit
Network Audit for Data (GPRS / EDGE) Network carried out with analysis of different Nokia ND
Reports and OSS Extracted statistics .The Data Audit gives an understanding of the Cellular Network
and the discrepancies in the Network related to Data, which can be corrected on time to time basis for
better Efficacy of Network Operation for smooth and agreed Data Throughput and efficacy.
MSC: 5
BSC: 22
Sites: 1393
Cells: 4038
TRX: 8517
Spectrum: 6.2 MHz (GSM 900)
Radio Network Capacity (Erlang): 36008.65
Radio Network Capacity (Erlang) - Data: 2512.35
VLR Subscribers (Attached): 945594
Registered GPRS Subscribers: 16450
Total BBH Traffic (Erlang): 36358
Total NBH Traffic (Erlang): 33623
The configuration settings helps to explain the total cells with GPRS and EGPRS
Enabled cells in the Network, and of the enabled cells with details of the Dedicated and Default
(Switchable) timeslots availability.
GPRS Enabled
Yes - 3285
No - 789 (to be verified with MML commands)
EGPRS Enabled
Yes - 750
No - 3324
GPRS TRX
1 TRX - 3875
2 TRX - 174
3 TRX - 22
4 TRX - 4
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 24 (136)
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CDED (%)
0 Ts: 1418 cells
1 Ts: 2610 cells
2 Ts: 33 cells
3 Ts: 13 cells
CDEF (%)
0 Ts: 901 cells
1 Ts: 2041 cells
2 Ts: 165 cells
3 Ts: 35 cells
4 Ts: 919 cells
6 Ts: 9 cells
9 Ts: 4 cells
Priority
BCCH: 3096 cells
Non-BCCH: 978 cells
It is recommended to have at least 2 GTRXs in cells prioritised with BCCH
This Priority helps in allocation of Data calls on the enabled priority first,
and then move on to remaining TRxs.
Alpha
Binary Representation ALPHA (ALPHA)
GSM Reference: ETS 300 940 (GSM 04.08)
Q3 name: Alpha
Modification: Online
Range: 0...10 according to the following principle:
0: =0.0
1: =0.1
2: =0.2
...
10: =1.0
MML default:
Description: With this parameter you describe the binary representation of the
parameter .
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 25 (136)
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Gamma
GSM reference: ETS 300 940 (GSM 04.08)
Q3 name: Gamma
Modification: Online
Description: With this parameter you describe the binary representation of the parameter ch
for MS output power control.
AGCH
Access Grant Channel requirement for the Network depends on the kind of Mode.
That is Combined and Non Combined Mode.
If combined mode ie (BCCH + SDCCH) then the requirement for AGCH is 1, and is Non
Combined mode ie separate BCCH and Separate SDCCH, then AGCH requirement is 2.
1: 2 cells
2: 4072 cells
Recommended Value: 2
The Recommended value is taken as 2, since most of the cells in the GSM
network are found to be with Combined Mode.
BFG / TRP:
Prefer BCCH frequency GPRS (BFG)
GSM No ref.
reference:
Q3 name: preferBCCHfreqGPRS2
Modification: You can modify the BFG parameter online when the value of the GENA
parameter is N. If the value of the GENA parameter is Y, you must lock the
BTS before modifying the BFG parameter.
Range: 02
MML default: 0
Description: With this parameter you define whether the BCCH TRX or other TRXs are
preferred in GPRS channel allocation.
Q3 name: trxPriorityInTCHAlloc
Modification: Online
Range: 03
MML default: 0
Description: With this parameter you define whether the BCCH TRX or other TRXs
are preferred in traffic channel allocation.
IFP
Idle mode signal strength filter period (IFP)
Q3 name: TAvgW
Modification: Online
Range: 0...25
MML default: 9
Description: With this parameter you control the signal strength filter period for power control
in the packet idle mode.
TFP
Transfer mode signal strength filter period (TFP)
Q3 name: TAvgT
Modification: Online
Range: 0...25
MML default: 13
Description: With this parameter you control the signal strength filter period for power
control in the packet transfer mode.
Few NSEIs have exceeded the capacity (64 cells) as highlighted in the circled regions
Many NSEIs have exceeded the recommended threshold (48 cells) as highlighted in the circled regions,
while some have very few cells associated to them.
PCU re-dimensioning to be done on priority to improve performance and also ensure better
utilisation of PCU resources.
Q3 name: Rac
Modification: Online
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 31 (136)
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Description: With this parameter you define the routing area code in the adjacent cell. In the
adjacent cell creation if this parameter is not given and the SEG and the adjacent
cell are in the same BSS, the value of this parameter is copied from the SEG.
Few sites have different LACs even amongst their cells as highlighted in the circled regions.
This needs to be rectified on priority.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 32 (136)
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PCU Congestion.
CS Traffic.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 33 (136)
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2911
3000
2500
2000
# Cells 1500
1000
500
65
10 7 2
0
< 1% >= 1%< 5% >= 5%< 10% >= 10%< 20% >= 20%
DL Multislot Blocking
Low Allocated Success Rate.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 35 (136)
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High Blocking:
870 869
900
800
700
590
600
500
# Cells 395
400
300
200 148
120
100
0
>= 99% >= 90% < 99% >= 80% < 90% >= 70% < 80% >= 60% < 70% < 60%
DL Mult islot Allocat ion Success % 870 120 395 869 590 148
1400
1225
1200
1000
915
800
# Cells
600
518
390
400
222
200 153
118
66
0
5 49 6 34 1 2 5 10
TBFs w it hout EDAP DL 153 66 518 222 118 1225 390 915
BSC TBFs w ithout EDAP DL
100000
88265
80000
61714
# Cells 60000
41350
40000
36097
0 15 18 8 4 2 44 79 10 3 18 72 46 11 5 6 6 1 5 10
T B F s wit h inadeq. ED A P D L 41350 22574 13658 88265 13421 13946 12775 17472 28013 27838 12844 10453 36097 27739 20573 119929 27971 11994 61714
Limited by PCU
2.11 Gb Utilization
2.12 Recommendations:
3. Parameter Audit.
Different Nokia Parameters are audited for their better Performnace with the Help of statistics
analysis and Field Test Trials.
XCDR Optimization
(ITCF). Performance Report
Idea Cellular Delhi
23rd-July-2007
Stenin.N.P
Networks, and Service Optimipation.
Nokia.India.
Explanation:
After a speech path connection has been established between the BTS and the TC, they try to align
with each other to enable speech coding both in uplink and downlink directions. If the alignment procedure
fails, speech decoding also fails and speech is no longer audible. In this case, the BTS sends
CONNECTION_FAILURE_INDICATION message to the BSC. The BSC requests for a clearing and then
releases the resources connected to the call. The cause field in this failure indication message is "REMOTE
TRANSCODER FAIL
When more aggressive HR is introduced, due to the interference in the air interface and signaling
messages can be lost. Re-sending the messages one or more times can lengthen the call establishment
dramatically and this might lead to trigger of REMOTE TRANSCODE FAIL counters.
Description:-
ITCF:-Number of ignored transcoder Failures.
This parameter defines ,how many successive remote transcoder failure the BSC may receive before
releasing the particular Call.
Range: 0 to 5
Default: 0. Nokia Tested (2)
IT C F P a r a m e te r fro m M M L : -
W ith th e h e lp o f m m l c o m m a n d Z E E O :A L L , th e s ta tu s o f IT C F c a n b e fo u n d o n th e B S C L e v e l.
F or in t er n a l u s e
1 N o k ia S ie m e n s N e t w o r k s P r es e n t a tio n / A u t h o r / D a t e
P e r fo r m a n c e P lo t B D 0 1 7 :
F o r in t e r n a l u s e
4 N o k ia S ie m e n s N e t w o r k s P r e s e n t a tio n / A u t h o r / D a t e
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 44 (136)
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P e r fo r m a n c e P lo t B D 0 1 9 :
F o r in t e r n a l u s e
5 N o k ia S ie m e n s N e t w o r k s P r e s e n t a tio n / A u t h o r / D a t e
P e r f o r m a n c e P lo t B D 0 1 8 :
F o r in t e r n a l u s e
6 N o k ia S ie m e n s N e t w o r k s P r e s e n t a tio n / A u t h o r / D a t e
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 45 (136)
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P e r fo r m a n c e P lo t B D 0 2 0 :
F o r in t e r n a l u s e
7 N o k ia S ie m e n s N e tw o r k s P r e s e n ta tio n / A u th o r / D a te
F or internal us e
10 N okia Siem ens N etworks Pres entation / A uthor / D ate
Thus there was improvement on TCH Drop which was due to Transcoder failure, and there by enhancing
TCH Drop Call Performance on the Network Level.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 46 (136)
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Parameter
Optimization Performance Reprot.
Rx_Lev_Min_cell (SL)
Idea Cellular Delhi
31st-July-2007
Stenin N.P
Nokia Siemens Network.
Rx_Level_Min_Cell (SL) Parameters was fine tuned for Four BSCs (BSC02 ,BSC05
,BSC15,BSC12) for Idea Cellular Delhi Network.
Description :-
Rx_Lev_Min_Cell (SL):-
This Parameter defines the minimum signal level of an adjacent cell when an handover is allowed
to the Neighboring cell.
Range: -110 to -47 dBm.
Default: -100 dBm. Nokia Tested (-92dBm)
Note : The Value for SL can be Fine tuned to a value of -96dBm for Border Cells in the network for better
Performance Enhancement.
Expected Improvement:- With this Parameter fine tuning there should be improvement in
Handover success Rate and also Enhancement in drop Call which were dropping due to
handover.
H a n d o v e r Im p r o v e m e n t (B S C 0 5 ): -
B S C - 0 5 - H O S R IM P R O V E M E N T
10000 6
5
1000
4
d a te o f im p lim e n ta tio n
ERL
100 3
2
10
1
1 6 7 5 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0
-1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -3
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
-0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
T C H T r a f f ic ( E lr ) T C H d ro p S d cch D ro p H O F A IL P o ly . ( H O F A I L )
F o r in t e r n a l u s e
3 N o k ia S ie m e n s N e tw o r k s P r e s e n t a tio n / A u t h o r / D a t e
D r o p c a ll d u e to H a n d o v e r : Im p r o v e m e n t ( B S C 0 5 ) .
F o r in t e r n a l u s e
4 N o k ia S ie m e n s N e t w o r k s P r e s e n t a tio n / A u t h o r / D a t e
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 49 (136)
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B S C -0 2 H O S R Im p r o v e m e n t
D e g r a d a ti o n is d u e
to R e -H o m in g .
R e s o l v e d o n 3 0 th
10000 7
6
E rl %
1000
5
4
100
d a te o f
im p lim e n t a t io n
3
2
10
1
2 0 0 7 -0 7 -1 6
2 0 0 7 -0 7 -1 7
2 0 0 7 -0 7 -1 5
2 0 0 7 -0 7 -1 8
2 0 0 7 -0 7 -1 9
2 0 0 7 -0 7 -2 0
2 0 0 7 -0 7 -2 1
2 0 0 7 -0 7 -2 2
2 0 0 7 -0 7 -2 3
2 0 0 7 -0 7 -2 4
2 0 0 7 -0 7 -2 5
2 0 0 7 -0 7 -2 6
2 0 0 7 -0 7 -2 7
2 0 0 7 -0 7 -2 8
2 0 0 7 -0 7 -2 9
2 0 0 7 -0 7 -3 0
1 0
T C H T ra f f i c ( E l r) T C H d ro p S d c c h D ro p H O FA IL P o ly. (H O F A IL )
F o r in t e r n a l u s e
5 N o k ia S ie m e n s N e tw o r k s P r e s e n t a ti o n / A u t h o r / D a t e
D ro p c a ll d u e to H a n d o v e r : Im p ro v e m e n t ( B S C 0 2 ) .
F or in ter n a l u s e
6 N o k ia S ie m e n s N e tw o r ks P r es e n ta tio n / A u th o r / D a te
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 50 (136)
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H a n d o v e r Im p r o v e m e n t (B S C 1 5 ): -
B S C - 0 1 5 - H O S R IM P R O V E M E N T
10000 7
6
1000 5
4
ER L
T C H T ra f f i c ( E l r) S d c c h D ro p T C H d ro p H O FA IL P o ly. (H O F A IL )
F o r in t e r n a l u s e
7 N o k ia S ie m e n s N e tw o r k s P r e s e n t a tio n / A u t h o r / D a t e
H a n d o v e r Im p r o v e m e n t ( B S C 1 2 ) : -
B S C -0 1 2 H O S R Im p rov e m e n t
10000 7
6
1000
5
4
100
d a te o f 3
im p lim e n ta tio n
2
10
1
1 0
6 7 5 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
-1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -3
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
-0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
T C H T r a f f ic ( E lr ) T C H d ro p S d cch D ro p H O F A IL P o ly . ( H O F A IL )
F o r in t e r n a l u s e
9 N o k ia S ie m e n s N e t w o r k s P r e s e n t a tio n / A u t h o r / D a t e
Thus this Parameter can be implemented, Network Wide of Idea Cellular Delhi for Better Handover
Performance Enhancement and Drop Call Due to Handover.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 51 (136)
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LAPD-T200 Timer
Optimization Performance Report
Idea Cellular Delhi
20th-July-2007
Stenin.NP.
Nokia Siemens Networks.
Fine tuning of Timer LAPD-T200 to enhance SDCCH Drop call rate on BSC18 Idea
Cellular Delhi Network.
Discription:-
LAPD-T200 Timer:-
The Timer T200 Can be optimized to achieve a Maximum time the LAPD (Layer-2)
transmitter (at the BSC) will wait for an acknowledgment before making a retransmission.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 52 (136)
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LAPD-K Value:-
The K Value decides the maximum number of unacknowledgement frames a
transmitter will allow before holding up the transmission.
The K value is has dependency on the SAPI (Service access Point Identifier)
SDCCH Enhancement after timer T200 was finetuned appropriately from 0ms to
780ms (for both FACCH and SDCCH
T 2 0 0 P e rfo rm a n c e e n h a n c e m e n t :
W ith n o D e g r a d a tio n in T C H D r o p f o r th is P a r tic u la r B S C 1 8 .
F o r in t e r n a l u s e
5 N o k ia S ie m e n s N e tw o r k s P r e s e n t a tio n / A u t h o r / D a t e
Thus this Timer T-200 can be finetuned, Network Wide of Idea Cellular Delhi
for Better SDCCH Performance Enhancement
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H A N D O V E R O P T IM IZ A T IO N P E R F O R M A N C E ,
F O R D IF F E R E N T H A N D O V E R C R IT E R IA :
ID E A C E L L U L A R D E L H I.
2 4 th A u g 2 0 0 7 .
F o r in t e r n a l u s e
2 N o k ia S ie m e n s N e tw o r k s P r e s e n ta tio n / A u th o r / D a te
The Window and Weighting have dependency on the raw measurement done on the SACCH (480msec)
for different Handover Criterias.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 55 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
Power Budget UL
Power Budget DL
Quality Handover UL
Quality Handover DL
Level Handover UL
Level Handover DL
Interference Handover UL
Interference Handover DL
Distance Handover UL
Distance Handover DL.
Each of these Handover Criteria have parameters which can be fine tuned
such as Window size ,Weighting , Threshold and NX and PX Value appropriately for better Performance
in Handover of a cellular Network. The analysis done is for Level and Quality based handover.
Statistics from ND 204,with cause values for Handover, Idea Cellular Delhi:-
[ CASE I ]
LEVEL HANDOVER IN THE DOWN LINK:
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 56 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
LDW:-Weighting
LDW:-Level Down Link Weighting.
Description:-
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 57 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
Range:
-110 to -47dBm.
MML Default:
-95 dBm.
LDN(Nx):-Total Number of Averages.
Description:-
This Parameter, states number of Averages that have to be taken into account when making a
Level based Downlink handover decision.
Range:
1 to 32.
MML Default:
Value of 1.
Example:- If the value set is 4, then total of 4 averages are used for decision making.
NOTE:-If the decision have to be speeded up or slowed down, this parameter can be reduced or
Incremented appropriately.
Diagram showing, how decision is made for Level based Downlink Handover:
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 58 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
[ CASE II ]
If LUWS is set to a value of 6,means that for the consecutive 6 SACCHs in the UP link, it will
take in the level and average it to get one value.The next average will happen between 2nd to 7th
SACCH period (For next 6 consecutive SACCHs). So in this scenario there will be 6 SACCHs taken into
account to make an average as set by LUWS=6 .
LUW:-Weighting.
LUW:-Level UP Link Weighting.
Description:-
This Parameter has a dependency on the DTX ( Discontinuous Transmission)
If Discontinuous Transmission in the UP link is switched off then the LUW Value should be set to
1,stating all SACCHs taken into consideration.
And in cause if Discontinuous Transmission in the UP link is switched On, then the LUW Value should
be set to 2 / 3 appropriately, stating blank speech in between, not a continuous Transmission.
Range:
1 to 3.
MML Default:
Value of 1.
Range:
-110 to -47dBm.
MML Default:
-95 dBm.
[ CASE III ]
Range:
0 to 7.
MML Default:
4 (1.6% to 3.2%).
Description:-
This Parameter, states number of Averages that have to be taken into account when making a
Quality based Downlink handover decision.
Range:
1 to 32.
MML Default:
Value of 6.
Example: - If the value set is 6, then total of 6 averages are used for decision making.
NOTE:-If the decision have to be speeded up or slowed down, this parameter can be reduced or
Incremented appropriately.
QDP (PX):-Number of samples to be satisfied out of the Nx.
Description:-
This Parameter, states the number of averages that should satisfy the threshold (QDR), out of
the Total averages (QDN-NX).
Range:
1 to 32.
MML Default:
Value of 4.
Example: - If the value set is 4, then there should be a minimum of 4 averages that should satisfy the
threshold of the total of 6 averages (NX) for a decision making for Quality based downlink handover.
4(PX) out of 6(NX).
NOTE:-NX should always be greater than PX.
NOTE:-In cause of Level, there are two trailing SACCH considered for decision making .But where as for
Quality, the sliding average is done only once as QDWS is by default set to one.
Diagram showing, how decision is made for Quality based Downlink Handover:
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 62 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
[CASE IV]
QUALITY HANDOVER IN THE UP LINK:
QUW:-Weighting.
QUW:-Quality UP Link Weighting.
Description:-
This Parameter has a dependency on the DTX (Discontinuous Transmission)
If Discontinuous Transmission in the UP link is switched off then the QUW Value should be set to 1,
stating all SACCHs taken into consideration.
And in cause if Discontinuous Transmission in the UP link is switched on, then the QUW Value should
be set to 2 / 3 appropriately, stating blank speech in between, not a continuous Transmission.
Range:
1 to 3.
MML Default:
Value of 1.
Range:
0 to 7.
MML Default:
4 (1.6% to 3.2%).
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 63 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
H A N D O V E R D IS T R IB U T IO N B E F O R E A N D A F T E R O P T IM IZ A T IO N
(N e tw o r k L e v e l) :-
F or in t er n a l u s e
24 N o k ia S ie m e n s N e t w o r k s P r es e n t a tio n / A u t h o r / D a t e
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 64 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
Thus these parameters can be fine tuned appropriately for Level and Quality for better Handover
performance. Further fine tuning requirement for improvement Power budget Handover and Handover
due to Interference for Both UP Link and Down Link on the Network Level after appropriate.
The umbrella handover concept was applied for IBS site HYATREG 2of
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 65 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
Idea Cellular Delhi Network, where there was performance enhancement seen in Handover and TCH
Drop Call.
The above param eters are explained in the previous session, on their operations.
P e rfo rm a n c e E n h a n c e m e n t P lo t:
F or in ter n a l u s e
6 N o k ia S ie m e n s N e tw o r ks P r es e n ta tio n / A u th o r / D a te
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 67 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
Thus there was improvement in Handover and TCH Drop Call for Site HYATREG of Idea
Cellular Delhi, with no degradation in performance of the neighboring sites.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 68 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
SUMMARY
In- Building survey was conducted for the Park Royal Hotel, Delhi. Summery of this
survey is as follows:
Due to uneven EIRP & improper IBS design there are some poor coverage areas inside
the Bldg. & on the window of rooms.
To improve the coverage & performance of this IBS site we had re-designed the Park
Royal IBS. This design gives sufficient & even EIRP to all planned antennas inside the
bldg.
As at present we are not having access to put antennas inside the Hotel rooms so we
may not have sufficient indoor coverage at the window of rooms to avoid Idea customer
to camp or latch on outdoor signal. On these windows at present we are facing Ping-
Pong condition.
After implementation of new design if we face same problem on the window of Hotel,
then we propose the dedicated outdoor site to give the proper indoor coverage inside the
rooms.
For the implementation of proposed new IBS design at Hotel Park Royal Hotel, we
require IDEA Delhi team help to get access inside the building & floor plan of all floors of
this Hotel. Also we require some extra IBS material.
As per new design antennas are having EIRP between 14 to 19 dBm. In old design EIRP
was 0 dBm to 10 dBm.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 69 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
The Trunking diagram was modified appropriately with a new Design for better efficacy, by
having the Metro cell replaced by ultra cell adding in more capacity.And also by splitting the sector to
have a constatnt and high EIRP appropriately.
PA RK RO YA L H O TEL D ELH I
T R U N K IN G D IA G R A M
U L T R A M IN I
BTS LEVEL 3
SECTO R 1
A SH AFT 1
B SH AFT 2
15m
C SH AFT 3
D SH AFT 4
5m A 1 -L 4 1 9 .8 5 d B m
5m
A
10m
A 1 -L 5 1 9 .3 d B m
15 m
5m A 1 -L 6 1 9 .8 5 d B m
5m
10m
A 1 -L 7 1 9 .3 d B m
30m
5m A 1 -L 8 1 9 .8 5 d B m
5m
10m
A 1 -L 9 1 9 .3 d B m
15m
5m A 1 -L 1 0 1 9 .8 5 d B m
5m
10m
A 1 -L 1 1 1 9 .3 d B m
L E V E L 4 T O L E V E L 1 1 - G U E ST F L O O R S -SH A F T 1
1
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 71 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
PA R K R O YA L H O TEL D ELH I
10m
A2 -L6 17.75 dBm
10m
A2 -L7 19.4 dB m
30m 5m 5m
A2 -L8 19.95 dBm
10m
A2 -L10 18.85 dBm
10m
A2 -L12 18.85 dBm
5m A3 -L4 19.85dBm
5m
C
10m
A3 -L5 19.3 dB m
15 m
5m
10m
A3 -L7 19.3 dB m
30m
5m
10m
A3 -L9 19.3 dB m
15m
5m
10m
A3 -L11 19.3 dB m
P A R K R O YA L H O TEL D ELH I
TR U N K IN G D IA G R AM
5m A4 -L4 19.85 dB m
5m
D
10m
A4 -L5 19.3 dB m
15 m
5m A4 -L6 19.85 dB m
5m
10m
A4 -L7 19.3 dB m
30m
5m A4 -L8 19.85 dB m
5m
10m
A4 -L9 19.3 dB m
15m
5m A4 -L10 19.85 dB m
5m
10m
A4 -L11 19.3 dB m
P A R K R O Y A L H O T EL D ELH I
T R U N K IN G D IA G R AM
U L T R A M IN I
BTS LEVEL 3
SE C T O R 2
5m A1 -L0 1 5 .3 5 dB m
10m
10m
A2 -L0 1 4 .8 dB m
10m
30m
10d B
10m
10m A4 -L0 1 4 ..9 dB m
15m
15m
A5 -L0 1 4 .4 dB m
40m
45m A6 -L0
5m 1 5 .5 dB m
20m
40m
A7 -L0 1 4 .1 dB m
A1 -L1 1 8 .2 dB m
5m
15m
15m
A2 -L1 1 7 .2 dB m
15m
30m A3 -L1
L E V E L 1- B A NQ UE T FLO O R 1 6 .2 dB m
40m
30m
A4 -L1 1 6 .2 dB m
7d B 10m
5m
A5 -L1 1 8 .7 dB m
5m A6 -L1 1 7 .9 dB m
30m 30m
25m
A7 -L1 1 7 .2 dB m
T O LE V EL S 1
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 74 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
PA R K R O YA L H O TEL D ELH I
T R U N K IN G D IA G R A M
F R O M L EV EL 1
20m
L E V E L S1 A 1 -L S1 1 6 .6 dB m
5m
20m 30m
A 2 -L S1 1 5 . 5 dB m
20m A 3 -L S1 1 6 .6 dB m
7d B 10m
20m
A 4 -L S1 1 7 .1 dB m
15m 15m A 5 -L S1 1 7 .7 dB m
30m
A 6 -L S1 1 6 .0 dB m
10m A 1 -L S2
5m 1 8 .9 dB m
15m
15m
A 2 -L S2 1 8 .3 5 dB m
L E V E L - S2- H E AL TH C L UB
5m A 3 -L S2 1 6 .3 dB m
20m
A 4 -L S2 1 4 .6 5 dB m
40m 30m
25m A 5 -L S2 1 4 .1 dB m
35m A 6 -L S2 1 8 dB m
10m A 7 -L S2 -H C 1 5 .8 dB m
45m
10m
A 8 -L S2 -H C 1 5 .8 dB m
5m
A 9 -L S2 -H C 1 5 .8 dB m
T O LE V EL B 2
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 75 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
PA RK RO YA L H O TEL D ELH I
T R U N K IN G D IA G R A M
FRO M LEVELS2
10m
LEVEL B2 A 1 -L 7 1 6 .5 d B m
5m 25m 15m
A 1 -L 8 1 5 .9 d B m
7dB 20m A 1 -L 9 1 5 .4 d B m
15m
15m A 1 -L 1 1 8 .5 d B m
20m
30m
A 2 -L 1 1 6 .9 d B m
10m A 1 -L 1 1 6 .0 d B m
40m
LEVEL B1
25m
A 2 -L 1 1 4 .3 d B m
The EIRP before plan was unevenly distributed with some nodes having very low EIRP when compared
to some nodes with quite high EIRP, which was finetuned in the new design appropriately with the help
of 2 ways to 3 ways couplers.Sectorisation helped in power increment and Capacity enhancement as
well.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 76 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
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Parameter Description:
The below performance plot shows how cells had performance enhancement
TCH_COMPLETION_RATE after fine tuning RLT from value of 20 to 24 SACCH
The above Diagram shows how RLT is incremented (Steps of 2) on successful decoding of a SACCH,
and also Decrement (Steps of 1) on unsuccessful decoding of Consecutive SACCH.
Similarly ARLT was fine tuned from a value of 20 SACCH to 36 SACCH on the Network Level for
Idea Cellular Delhi Network with enhancement in TCH_COMPLETION_RATIO as shown in the
Performance plot below.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 80 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
92.00
89.00
86.00
83.00
80.00
77.00
74.00
71.00
68.00
65.00
56.00
53.00
50.00
/07 4/07 4/07 5/07 5/07 5/07 5/07 5/07 5/07 5/07 5/07 5/07 5/07 6/07 6/07 6/07 6/07 6/07 6/07 6/07 6/07 6/07 6/07 7/07 7/07 7/07 7/07
/04 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0 /0
23 26 29 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 26 29 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 01 04 07 10
TCHCompletion Ratio.
Thus optimizing RLT and ARLT parameters can bring in enhancement in performance
on TCH_COMPLETION_RATIO (TCH Drop Call) appropriately
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Advantage of TRHO:-
Distributes traffic between cells in close proximity.Increases coverage area of under utilized target cell.
Reduces congested coverage area of a particular cell.
To Modify:
1) ZEPI; BTS=Source & Target cell id RI=ON; RIM=PER.
2) ZEPH; BTS=Source cell id TRHO=ON; OUCT=98.
3) ZEPH; BTS=Target cell id TRHI=ON.
Parameter Description:
AMH provided both Capacity and Coverage by distributing traffic evenly over the network.
Used especially in 1) Multi band (GSM 900/ GSM 800)
2) Micro cellular or Multilayer (IUO) Network.
AMH is used to relief load of a congested cell. AMH Dynamically distributes traffic to appropriate cell /
Layer / Frequency band according to load in the Network.
To avoid additional handover, back to heavy loaded cell, the AMH has a particular penalty system. Thus
mobiles cannot be directed back to original heavy loaded cell before the penalty timer expires.
Range: 0 to 100 or
N (Not used)
MML Default:
N (Not in use)
Tested value 60.
TGT: TRHO Guard Time:-
This Parameter defines the guard time after a BSC-controlled or an MSC-controlled TRHO,
during which a handover back to the original cell is not allowed. In other words the MS will not be
directed back to the original heavy loadad cell until the time set by TGT is attained.If TGT set to 20 sec,
then the handover from target back to source will happen after 20 sec only.
Range:
0 to 120 Sec.
MML Default:
30
Tested value 20.
SL: Rx level min cell:-
This Parameter defines the minimum signal level of an adjacent cell when a handover is allowed to the
Neighboring cell
Range:
-110 to -47 dBm.
MML Default: -100
Tested value -92 dBm.
ATPM:AMH TRHO Pbdgt Margin:-
This Parameter defines the guard time after a BSC-controlled or an MSC-controlled TRHO,
during which a handover back to the original cell is not allowed. In other words the MS will not be
directed back to the original heavy loadad cell until the time set by TGT is attained.If TGT set to 20 sec,
then the handover from target back to source will happen after 20 sec only.
Range:
-24 to 24 dBm. Or N.
MML Default:
N (Not active)
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 84 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
Range:
On/Off
MML Default:
Off
RIM: Resource Indication Method:-
Range:
No Indication.
Per=Periodic Indication
MML Default: No Indication
Range:
On / Off
MML Default:
Off
TRHI: Traffic Reason Ho function to Cell:-
Range:
On / Off
MML Default:
Off
OUTC: Out Criterion:-
Range:
MML Default:
10%
Nokia Tested 98%
Thus Congestion forms Healy loaded cell can be relived using TRHO appropriately for evenly distribution
of traffic in the Cellular Network.
4. Optimizer Cycle
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 86 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
OPTIMIZER CYCLE 2
General Information:
Optimizer 2.0 was run for Idea Cellular Delhi Network, with measurements enabled for consecutive three
days having the Network Freeze for this duration.
There were also Prediction's made for Cell sites that were planned for the month of Oct 2007, yet to be
rolled out.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 87 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
There were several iterations run for better efficacy of Plan and some of the results from the Plan is
jotted down along with the Improvement in performance from Statistics extracted form Nokia OSS.
The total number of TRXs which were interfered have Come Down in the New Plan. Initially
there were about 700 TRXs 100% Interfered which have reduced to about 250 TRXs in this scenario of
New Plan.
U L & D L Q U A L IT Y Id e a C e llu la r D e lh i.
2 .6 0
2 .5 0 2 .4 0
O p tim iz e r
C y c le
2 .4 0
2 .3 0
2 .2 0
2 .2 0
2 .1 0
U L Q u a lit y .
D L Q u a lit y .
2 .0 0
2 .0 0
1 .9 0
1 .8 0
1 .8 0
1 .7 0
1 .6 0
1 .6 0
1 .5 0
1 .4 0 1 .4 0
1 .3 0
2007-06-18
2007-06-22
2007-06-26
2007-06-30
2007-07-04
2007-07-08
2007-07-12
2007-07-16
2007-07-20
2007-07-24
2007-07-28
2007-08-01
2007-08-05
2007-08-09
2007-08-13
2007-08-17
2007-08-21
2007-08-25
2007-08-29
2007-09-02
2007-09-06
2007-09-10
2007-09-14
2007-09-18
2007-09-22
2007-09-26
2007-09-30
2007-10-04
2007-10-08
2007-10-12
1 .2 0 1 .2 0
Date .
H O P e r fo r m a n c e I d e a C e l l u l a r D e l h i :
40000 7 .8 0
7 .6 0
7 .4 0
38000 O p tim iz e r
7 .2 0
C y c le
7 .0 0
6 .8 0
36000 6 .6 0
6 .4 0
6 .2 0
H a n d o v e r _ F a ilu r e .
34000 6 .0 0
5 .8 0
T r a f f ic ( E lr ) .
5 .6 0
32000 5 .4 0
5 .2 0
5 .0 0
30000
4 .8 0
4 .6 0
28000 4 .4 0
4 .2 0
4 .0 0
26000 3 .8 0
3 .6 0
3 .4 0
24000 3 .2 0
3 .0 0
2 .8 0
22000 2 .6 0
2 .4 0
2 .2 0
2007-06-18
2007-06-22
2007-06-26
2007-06-30
2007-07-04
2007-07-08
2007-07-12
2007-07-16
2007-07-20
2007-07-24
2007-07-28
2007-08-01
2007-08-05
2007-08-09
2007-08-13
2007-08-17
2007-08-21
2007-08-25
2007-08-29
2007-09-02
2007-09-06
2007-09-10
2007-09-14
2007-09-18
2007-09-22
2007-09-26
2007-09-30
2007-10-04
2007-10-08
2007-10-12
20000 2 .0 0
D a t e ...
T C H T r a f f ic ( Elr ) H O F a il Po ly . ( H O F a il)
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 90 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
40000 3.00
2.90
2.80
Optimizer
2.70
Cycle
2.60
37500 2.50
2.40
2.30
2.20
2.10
TCH_Drop , SDCCH_Drop .
35000 2.00
1.90
1.80
Traffic (Elr) .
1.70
1.60
32500 1.50
1.40
1.30
1.20
1.10
30000 1.00
0.90
0.80
0.70
0.60
27500 0.50
0.40
0.30
0.20
0.10
25000 0.00
18 - 23 - 28 - 03 - 08 - 13 - 18 - 23 - 28 - 02 - 07 - 12 - 17 - 22 - 27 - 01 - 06 - 11 - 16 - 21 - 26 - 01 - 06 - 11
6- 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0
7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -0 7 -1 7 -1 7 -1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Date ...
TCH Traf f ic (Elr) TCH Drop SD Drop Poly. (TCH Drop) Poly. (SD Drop)
Thus there was improvement in performance of Uplink Quality, Down Link Quality, Handover,
and also on TCH Drop and SDCCH Drop Call on the Network Level.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 91 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
EOSFLEX OPERATIONS.
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This Nokia Propriety tools EOSFLEX Release 5.52, helps in extracting statistical Data
from a 2G, 2.5G and WCDMA Networks, by querying the Data base server at the Nokia OSS.
Different .xml scripts are written for extraction of the required Data from the OSS.
The data extraction can be scheduled, with the help of a scheduler for atomizing the
stats extraction task, wherein reducing the time requirement for Data extraction.
Once a query is made for a particular day for a particular data from the OSS, and the
task is carried out for the second time for stats of the same day, the tool reduces the time it will
take after the first attempt to query the Data base server, which is time consuming.
Note: The output can be extracted as .csv (Excel output).
Note: The engine handles all scheduled jobes.It process scheduled jobs defined in the XML
file.
The engine contains of Perl script, supporting modules for Excel, Zip, and mailing
interface
The engine starts via WIN2K Task scheduler.
The reports Excel file offers.
1) Frozen panes (Column header and date / object identifiers are always available)
2) Web Link
3) support for markup coloring
4) support for number formatting
5) Vertical column header (Space saving)
SCRIPT: There are different tables from which the raw counters are to be extracted.
Some of the commonly used tables are listed:-
<conf_file>
<column_order>
<trf_6></trf_6>
<sdcch_comp_ratio></sdcch_comp_ratio>
<tch_comp_ratio></tch_comp_ratio>
</column_order>
<kpi name="tch_comp_ratio">
<Formula>
Nvl (decode (((traffic.tch_norm_seiz
+ho.msc_i_sdcch_tch
+ho.bsc_i_sdcch_tch
+ho.cell_sdcch_tch
-traffic.tch_succ_seiz_for_dir_acc
+traffic.tch_seiz_due_sdcch_con
)), 0, 0+null,
100-100*
(Traffic.tch_radio_fail+
Traffic.tch_rf_old_ho+
traffic.tch_abis_fail_call+
traffic.tch_abis_fail_old+
traffic.tch_a_if_fail_call+
traffic.tch_a_if_fail_old+
traffic.tch_tr_fail+
traffic.tch_tr_fail_old+
traffic.tch_lapd_fail+
Traffic.tch_bts_fail+
traffic.tch_user_act+
traffic.tch_bcsu_reset+
traffic.tch_netw_act+
traffic.tch_act_fail_call)
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 96 (136)
TRAIL TEST & ANALYSIS
/
( traffic.tch_norm_seiz
+ho.msc_i_sdcch_tch
+ho.bsc_i_sdcch_tch
+ho.cell_sdcch_tch
-traffic.tch_succ_seiz_for_dir_acc
+traffic.tch_seiz_due_sdcch_con)
), null)
</formula>
<kpi_alias> Tch Comp ratio</kpi_alias>
<kpi_format>format %3.2f</kpi_format>
<kpi_mark></kpi_mark>
<area_level>all</area_level>
<kpi_info>
<title>Drop Call Ratio (dcr_3i)</title>
<use></use>
<use_experience></use_experience>
<known_problems></known_problems>
<open_questions></open_questions>
<formula></formula>
<pm_class></pm_class>
<unit>(%)</unit>
<tables> p_nbsc_traffic</tables>
</kpi_info>
</kpi>
<info>
<release number="5"/>
<maxrows>100</maxrows>
<header>Idea_kpi </header>
<help_file> about_eosflx.htm</help_file>
<csv_title> gos_new </csv_title>
<bts_number>20< /bts_number>
<csv_rule>reuse</ csv_rule>
<wrap_header>on< /wrap_header>
<dst>RC</dst>
<nokia_counter_id_help_file></nokia_counter_id_help_file>
<nokia_counter_db_help_file></nokia_counter_db_help_file>
<nokia_kpi_help_file></nokia_kpi_help_file>
<external_kpi_help_file></external_kpi_help_file>
<report_version></report_version>
<min_obj_agg>BTS</min_obj_agg>
<nw_tp>2g</nw_tp>
<obj_number>20</obj_number>
<bts_number>20</bts_number>
<implementation>2g_ran</implementation>
<addon_sorting></addon_sorting>
<help_text><!-- <br> -->
</help_text>
</info> <! -- ============================ end =============================== -->
</conf_file>
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Note: The above script is used for display in the Main report selection window.
After script is run to fetch report is stored @ D:\raproot\apps\scheduler\log\01.05.2007
Thus the output is calculated with the formula in the script and displayed in the above link after zipping
the output file appropriately.
After continuous execution of report using EOSFLEX, the old files can be cleared from over
loading the system from D:\raproot\data\incs\odrcache.
To add script for a new BSC Integrated D:\raproot\apps\scheduler\ IDEA_BSC_CS_BH.xml
Scheduler script.
<sched>
<!--The <info> node contains general definitions applicable to each report node/entry -->
<info id="info"> <!--Optional: The host IP address is used in report links for the title of the XLS sheet -->
<!--If the host IP address is not defined here the Scheduler will lookup the host name -->
<host_ip></host_ip> <!--The date format affects the name of the default XLS output directory and file
names -->
<date_format>europe</date_format>
<!--The default dsn is used if no report specific dsn(s) are defined. Also used in the default XLS dir -->
<dsn>idea_nw_rc</dsn>
<!--The default XLS directory structure. The directory structure will be put under the
SCHEDULER_OUTPUT path. On WAS this is equivelent to
%DIR_PERLAPI%/wwwroot/htdocs/dlbrowser -->
<xls_dir>/dlbrowser/{today}/</xls_dir>
</info>
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</freq>
<xlsfile> <!-- The name of the XLS file. You may use variables in the name.-->
BSC10_CS_BH.xls
</xlsfile>
<xlssheet> <!-- The name of the XLS sheet. You may use variables in the name.-->
BSC10_CS_BH
</xlssheet>
<title> <!-- The Title on the XLS sheet. You may use variables here too.-->
idea_report (1 day(s) end {yesterday}) Time Agg: CS_BH Object Type: BSC,
Object(s): '190657' Object Aggregation:
</title>
<replink go="yes"> <!-- The Title on the XLS sheet will be a http link back to the Web version of the
report.-->
<exclude_params>
SCHEDULE=1 UI=1
</exclude_params>
</replink>
<freezepane> <!-- Freeze a number of rows and columns in the XLS sheet - e.g. used to keep the
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column headers and object info in window while scrolling results in Excel.-->
5,5
</freezepane>
<sumxls> <!-- The name of the summary XLS file (leave empty if not required). Use the same
<sumxls>
name for several reports and each report will be a sheet in the same Excel workbook. You may use
variables
in the name.-->
</sumxls>
<markup>
<!-- Define markup for certain KPI results, e.g. "rlt5" = "red < 5" -->
</markup>
<datasetformat> <!-- Define the format for each column., e.g. "%5.2f" = "floating point 5 digits, two
decimals" -->
undef,undef,undef,undef,undef, %8u, %.2f, %.2f, %.0f, %.2f, %3i, %.2f, %3.2f, %.2f, %3.2f,
%.2f, %.0f, %.1f, %.1f, %8u, %8u, %3.2f, %.2f, %3.2f, %.0f, %.0f, %.0f, %.0f, %.0f, %.0f, %.0f, %.0f,
%.0f, %.0f, %.0f, %.0f, %.0f, %.0f, %.0f, %.0f, %8u, %8u, %0u, %.0f, %.0f, %.0f, %3.2f, %.0f, %.0f,
%.0f
, %.0f , %.0f , %.0f , %.0f , %.0f , %.0f , %.0f , %.0f , %.0f , %.1f , %.0f , %.0f , %.0f , %3.2f, %3.2f,
%.0f, %.0f, %3.2f, %.0f, %3.2f, %.0f, %.0f, %3.2f, %3.2f, %.0f, %.0f, %3.2f, %3.2f, %.0f, %.0f
</datasetformat>
</xls>
<sched_csv>
<!-- The CSV file name pattern. The question marks (??) in the sched_csv tag represent date specific
numbers; e.g. 20031109-20031110 -->
/odrcache//eosflx_idea_KPI3.xmlidea_nw_rc_CS_BH??.??.????_??.??.????_3_190657__._desc___SE
G_ID_.csv
</sched_csv>
<sched_csv_age>
</sched_csv_age>
<zip go="yes">
<zipfile>
BSC_CS_BH_IDEA.zip
</zipfile>
<sourcefiles>
{xlsfile}, {sumxls}, {sched_csv}
</sourcefiles>
</zip>
<mail go="no">
<mailfile>
RS_mail.csv
</mailfile>
<sourcefiles>
{xlsfile}, {sumxls}, {zipdest}
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</sourcefiles>
<mailaddress>
[email protected]
</mailaddress>
</mail>
</instance>
</report>
</sched>
The above stat was generated for a particular BSC Using EOSFLEX.
- a detailed analysis and field test for some of the Common Alarms and its Causes -
This displays degradation of both SDCCH Timeslot and TCH Time slots that have gone faulty.At the
foremost instent a soft reset (Locking that particular Time slot and then unlockimg )can help in overcommng the
problem.If it is found to have all the Timeslots degraded ,then that particular TRX can be given a reset on a temporary
basis.
If the Problem still exists then change the TRX.
Causes: 1) If Alarm noticed on BCCH Carrier, then swap BCCH /TCH Carrier appropriately.
Solution:
a) Temporary => Inservicing appropriate Time slots.
b) Permanent => Replace Hardware (Radio).
STATISTICS ANALYSIS:7745.
The statistics showing no calls been handled by a particular Timeslot found to be having this alarm 7745.
Time slot number 2 showing Alarm 7745 for TRX -002 of Site AMITYSCHL1 of BSC015
Statistics showing no calls been handled by this particular Timeslot number 2 of TRx-002 of site
AMITYSCHL1 of BSC15.
The alarm 7745 shows for this particular cell SARAIJLNA1 that Timeslot (TS0 & TS1) to be
working fine and Timeslots(TS2, TS3,TS4,TS5,TS6, & TS7) not carrying calls(blocked).
Field test was conducted with TEMS for this particular cells at non busy hour and could find that the
Mobile could latch on to Time slot TS0 & TS1 only and and the remaining Time slots ( TS2, TS3, TS4, TS5,
TS6, & TS7 ) could not get calls going on tending the timeslot Faulty.
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Solution:
II. Fault reason: Incompatible unit presence has been detected in the BTS.
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Solution:
1. Replace the high power or EDGE TRX(s) with normal type TRX(s)
and reset the BCF.
2. Or, replace the normal type FAN and power supply with high power
or EDGE units. Now EDGE and high power TRXs are supported.
III. Fault reason: Difference between the PCM and BTS frequency reference.
Solution:
Note: If this Supplementary alarm appears there is Drift in clock value(DAC). That
leads to HO failures
IV. Fault reason: Oven oscillator control is close to its margins. The oven
might be outdated.
Solution:
Note: If this Supplementary alarm appears there is Drift in clock value (DAC). That
leads to HO failures
Solution:
1-6 XX XX XX XX XX XX
1 2 3 4 5 6
2. shelf number
3. slot
4. Type of unit
5. unit number
6. subunit number
This alarm is used for supervising the BTS traffic capacity and to indicate sudden loss
of service on BTS level
No SDCCH
Transaction
NO SDCCH TRANSACTION
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NO GPRS TRANSACTION
2.
NO GPRS
Transaction
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Description: Major fault (or faults) has occurred in a unit (or units) that
Belong to the sector indicated in the alarm.This alarm belong to particular
sector.
Solution:
Solution:
III. Fault reason: Rx levels differ too much between main and
diversity antennas.
Solution:
1-6 XX XX XX XX XX XX
1 2 3 4 5 6
8. shelf number
9. slot
IV: Fault Reason: Fault in the chain between power unit and high gain MNxx with.
Descrpition: During the supervision period, the TCH time slot has suffered
Excessive interference in idle mode that is equal to or higher than
the operator-defined alarm threshold percentage.
That is the ,Interference in the time slot has lasted longer than is acceptable.
1-8 the percentage (per each TRX time slot) that the channel has
Spent in excessive interference during the supervision period.
The number is a hexadecimal, 0 - 64 %.
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These alarms basically indicate the uplink interfencence, check MAIO, HSN. MAIOSTEP
Check any Repeaters installed near the site, fine tune the repeaters
Critical fault has occurred in a TRX. This alarm blocks the TRX.
Call drops will be severely with the faulty TRX.
Solution:
Solution:
Site ID
Site Name
Site Connected to BSC
TRX Configuration.
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Inter MSC Incoming Handovers with all surrounding MSC's (if applicable) checked
OK
GPRS Attach
GPRS PDP Context Activation
GPRS PDP Context Deactivation
GPRS Routing Area Update (If applicable)
GPRS Detach
TRX # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Sector 1 Freq.
RxLev
TRX # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Sector 2 Freq.
RxLev
TRX # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Sector 3 Freq.
RxLev
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TRX # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Sector 4 Freq. 801 805 808
RxLev -51 -49 -57
Remarks
In the above example the efficacy of the Radio per sector can be checked in the field for better
performance.Say for Example, in sector 4 as shown above, having 3 TRX, and when tested of their
RXLev should not have a difference in the RXLev of not more than 5dbm between the TRX of the same
sector.
And as this test is to be conducted in a close proximity to the cell site, should not have an RXLev
not less than -55dbm proximately in each of the TRX.
Along with RXQual and Level Plot from the Drive, Problems like Hardware Faulty, Sector Swap,
Cable Swap, Etc can be further analysed with Field Drive testing.
The Benchmarking of 2G networks for Idea, Airtel, Dolphin, Hutch (all GSM),
Reliance (CDMA) was conducted with Measurement period from Sept 16, 2007 Oct 26, 2007
Test done at static locations were SMS, MMS & FTP test.
Measurement systems used:
SwissQual 7.5 for Voice and Data drive tests
SwissQual QualiPoc for SMS & MMS static tests
N6680 for GSM, LG RD6000 for CDMA
Per operator approximately:
2100 two-minute voice calls (mobile to fixed) evaluated
300 FTP up- and downloads, 300 Emails send and received, 300 HTTP requests,
200 SMS, 60 MMS tests performed
2600 km of routes driven
The Benchmarking Tool Swis Qual version 7.5 was used to analyse competator network at Delhi
Region for both Voice and Data.The following are the summerised comparision found as described
below.
Data Session
The data test comprised of sequence of Attach, then PDP Activation, followed by FTP Download,
HTTP Brouser, FTP Upload, Email Sending and then Email Reception.
Overall Idea has good Call Setup success rates, most of the failed calls are due to
coverage issues.
Idea slightly under performs with regards to the call completion rate and should be
worked upon.
Ideas speech quality is found good and speech samples for both the Uplink as well as
Downlink are well balanced .
With respect to call Accessibility and Retainability Dolphin is clearly underperforming.
In International comparison Airtel appears to have a fairly high cell density and is also the
highest compared to local competitors.
M o b ile S e rv ic e s Q u a lity in a N u ts h e ll
D e lh i, O c to b e r 2 0 0 7
VCQI DCQI
t o p 2 0 % p e r fo r m e r s
i n t e r n a t i o n a lly
4
4 5 in t e rn a t io n a l a v e ra g e
1
3 5
2
1 lo w 2 0 % p e r fo r m e r s
1 ID E A
i n t e r n a t i o n a lly
2 A i r te l
3 D o lp h in
4 H u tc h
5 R e lia n c e
22 N o k ia S ie m e n s N e tw o r ks B e n c h m a r k S e r vic e R e p o rt / P M & R H / 2 0 .1 1 .2 0 0 7
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CST = Ca ll Se t u p Ti m e
V o ic e S e rv ic e Q u a lity CSSR = Ca ll Se t u p Su cce ss Ra t e
CCR = Ca ll Co m p le t i o n Rat e
M OS = M e a n Op i n io n Sco r e
2 .6 100% 1 00 % 3 .9 4
1 4 9 9 .3 %
2 5 9 9 .4 %
2 3 1 9 8 .2 %
3 .3 3 2
4
9 8 .6 %
9 6 .1 % 5
3 .7
1
4
3 .6 9
4 .5 9 7 .0 %
2
3 1 4 3 .6 0
2 3
3 .3 8
5
3 5
1 ID E A
2 A i r te l
3 D o lp h in
4 H u tc h
9 .4 7 4 .6 % 8 9 .2 % 2 .9 5
5 R e lia n c e
* ) CST sco r e f o r Re li a n ce se t t o m e d ia n v a lu e
24 N o k ia S ie m e n s N e tw o r ks B e n c h m a r k S e r vic e R e p o rt / P M & R H / 2 0 .1 1 .2 0 0 7
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1 4
4
2
2
4 4
2
5
5
45
1 5
5 5 5
5
5
2
2
1 2
2
4 1 1 4
2 4
12 1 1
The above plot shows Performance for Voice and Data when compared to other competator
Operators at Delhi area.
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The table above gives an overview about the most important performance figures collected during
this 2G Benchmarking campaign.
NOKIA BSS PARAMETER 127 (136)
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8. Nokia Macros:-
Table shows the availability of Macros for differend Nokia ND Reports.
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The Detailed List of availability of Macros for ND and MML is listed above.
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TCH Drop.
Drop on the TCH could be brought down to a value of 1.01 from an initial value of 2.6, with
taking the new sites getting integrated in the Network.
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TCH BLOCKING:
Traffic Distribution:
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SDCCH Drop:
SDCCH Blocking:
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Handover Failure:
RACH Failure:
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UL & DL Quality:
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10. Appendices.
End.
NETWORKS, AND SERVICE OPTIMIZATION
NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS. 2nd Dec 2007.