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Troubleshooting
The general troubleshooting strategy is described below and the covered reasons for
bad throughput are shown in the figure below.
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Maximum number of users per TTI supported per cell (parameter or feature)
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b) If the maximum number of RRC connections active per cell is close or equal to the
maximum number of RRC connections supported, then. The cause for low throughput is
load.
c) A high number of scheduled users per TTI does not necessarily mean that demand is
the cause for low throughput.
Step 6: Scheduler Type
a) Find the scheduler types your OEM supports
b) Select the one that is more convenient for the type of cell you are investigating.
Examples of schedulers are: round robin, proportional fairness, maximum C/I, equal
opportunity, etc. OEMs allow you to switch the scheduler in your network but
recommend one in particular.
c) The wrong scheduler may be the reason for bad throughput.
Step 7: CQI reporting parameters
a) Check if your network is using periodic or aperiodic CQI reporting (or both).
b) Verify the frequency in which the CQI reporting is carried out for periodic reporting as
well as the maximum number of users supported per second.
c) If the value is too small compared with the maximum number of RRC active
connections, then, increase the values of the parameters CQIConfigIndex as well as
RIConfigIndex (deal with in future blog).
d) If your network is not using aperiodic CQI reporting, then enable it.
e) Slow frequencies of CQI reporting might yield bad channel estimations that prevent
the eNodeB from scheduling the right amount of data and Modulation and Coding
Schemes to UE.
Step 7: Other
a) Run a VSWR report or ask your OEM to run it for you.
b) High values of VSWR result in low throughput due to losses.
c) Check your backhaul capacity. Often times, the backhaul links are shared among
multiple RATs. Make sure your backhaul is properly dimensioned.
At the end of this methodology, you will be able to determine if the reasons for low
throughput in your cells is one of the following or a combination, thereof:
- BLER (bad coverage)
- Downlink Interference (Bad CQI)
- MIMO Parameters
- Scheduling algorithm
- Low Demand
- CQI reporting frequency
- Other (VSWR, Backhaul capacity)