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UMTS/HSPA Radio Resource Management & Parameter

Introduction to Radio Resource Management Power Control Load Control Admission Control Packet Scheduling Code Tree Management PLMN and Cell Selection Handover Procedures HSDPA Protocol Features HSDPA Power Management HSDPA Code Resource Management HSDPA Mobility HSUPA Protocol Features HSUPA Power Management HSUPA Mobility HSPA+

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HSDPA Code Resource Management
Configuration of HSDPA Code Resources Dynamic Handling of Code Resources

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Code Tree with HSDPA

SF16 +15 x SF16 HS-PDSCH SF32 32

SF64

64 FACH

64 (PCH) 128 128 HS-SCCH 256 256 256 256 256 256

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SF128

128

128 (PCH)

128 HS-SCCH 256 256

128

128 HS-SCCH 256 256

SF256

256 256 256

256

256

CPICH, BCH, AICH, PICH 128 128 128

Allocated CC

Blocked CC Available for HSDPA

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HSDPA easily leads to a blocking of the code TECHCOM Consulting tree, especially if the maximum of 15 codes of SF 16 is allowed. If both FACH and PCH are mapped onto a single S-CCPCH, than up to 4 HS-SCCHs can be realised simultaneously in this case. If FACH and PCH are mapped onto different SCCPCHs, there is space for only up to 3 HSSCCHs.

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Static and Dynamic Code Resources

- A minimum number of codes can be reserved for HSDPA - Further code resources can be allocated dynamically to HSDPA in dependence on the amount and priority of R99 traffic - Code resources allocated to HSDPA must be adjacent

SF16

16

16

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16

Blocked by common CHs

Dynamically shared by R99 and HSDPA

Guaranteed for HSDPA

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The code sharing between R99 and HSDPA TECHCOM Consulting traffic might be compared with the GPRS territory concept on the 2.5G air interface. A certain amount of resources is available exclusively for HSDPA. On the remaining resources voice traffic has higher priority for any vendor. The handling of the priority of other R99 traffic is vendor specific. When the first HSDPA user enters the cell, the service starts with the minimum number of codes.

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Number of HSDPA Codes

Minimum number of HSDPA codes Maximum number of HSDPA codes
NSN HSPDSCHCodeSet Parameter of 16 bit to enable/disable a specific number of codes Examples 00000 00000 100000 = 5 codes reserved, static configuration (default) 11010 10100 100000 = 5,8,10,12,14 or 15 codes reserved, dynamic configuration
11-15 codes

0-4 codes always disabled

6-10 codes

Ericsson numHsPdschCodes Minimum number of codes 5..15, 5 maxNumHsPdschCodes Maximum number of codes 5..15, 5

Huawei HsPdschMinCodeNum Minimum number of codes 1..15, 5 HsPdschMaxCodeNum Maximum number of codes 1.15, 10

All settings per cell

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According the Ericsson and Huawei TECHCOM Consulting implementation the number of codes offered to HSDPA changes just by 1, if an adjustment is done. In case of NSN the number of codes is changed by a bigger step (e.g. immediately from 5 to 8), if specific numbers of codes (e.g. 6 and 7) are disabled. With the NSN implementation therefore a faster upgrade (and downgrade) of the HSDPA resources is possible. On the other side more frequently an upgrade is blocked due to the lack of free adjacent codes.

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Upgrade of HSDPA Code Resources

- Upgrade of HSDPA code resources based on periodic monitoring of the traffic by the RNC The period is either settable (NSN) or hard coded (Ericsson, Huawei) - If there are unused adjacent codes, these can be offered to HSDPA The number of additional codes per upgrade is either settable (NSN) or hard coded to 1 code (Ericsson, Huawei), see last slide

- According NSN upgrade allowed only, if afterwards still enough free codes of SF128 for voice (default 8 codes)
- According Huawei upgrade allowed only, if afterwards still one free code of a specific SF for R99 (default SF8)

SF16

16

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16

Blocked by common CHs

Blocked by DCH or unused

Unused Available for HSDPA

Guaranteed for HSDPA

Adjustment period for HSDPA code resources

NSN
HSPDSCHAdjustPeriod 1..60 s, 10 s Configurable on RNC level only Ericsson Hard coded 1s Huawei Hard coded

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According Ericsson an upgrade of HSDPA TECHCOM Consulting resources is allowed in any case, if a free adjacent code is available. NSN checks, whether after an upgrade still enough voice capacity would be available, while Huawei checks for the availability of R99 resources in general. If after the HSDPA upgrade not enough code resources would be available for voice / R99 in general, according NSN / Huawei it is not allowed. The requirement of NSN to leave at least 8 codes of SF128 free for voice leads effectively to the loss of a further code of SF16 for HSDPA, i.e. the maximum is not 15, but 14 codes. The requirement of Huawei to leave 1 code of SF 8 free for R99 leads effectively to the loss of even 2 more codes of SF 16, i.e. the maximum is 13 codes only.

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Downgrade of HSDPA Code Resources

- According Ericsson HSDPA is downgraded immediately, if otherwise the setup or upgrade of a DCH would be blocked - According NSN HSDPA is downgraded in the following cases DCH for voice would be blocked (immediate downgrade) DCH for NRT service would be blocked AND the number of codes actually offered to HSDPA is very high (default at least 10 codes, immediate downgrade) Not enough codes of SF128 available for voice (default 8 codes) The last criterion is checked periodically according HSPDSCHAdjustPeriod - According Huawei HSDPA is downgraded in the following cases DCH for voice would be blocked (immediate downgrade) No code of specific SF available for R99 (default SF8) The last criterion is checked periodically - The number of HSDPA codes never is downgraded below the guaranteed minimum

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According Ericsson and Huawei the setup or TECHCOM Consulting upgrade of a DCH always has higher priority than a huge amount of HSDPA codes. In case of NSN HSDPA has higher priority, if there is an incoming request for R99 NRT and at the same time the number of codes allocated to HSDPA still is below a configurable threshold (default 10 codes). As the only vendor NSN applies a proactive downgrade even without DCH blocking: If not enough free codes with SF128 are available any more for voice (default 8 codes), HSDPA is downgraded. In this case, however, no immediate, but a periodic downgrade is performed only.

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