3GPP TSG RAN WG3 Meeting #81

R3-131437

Barcelona, Spain, 19 - 23 August, 2013

Title:
Response to:
Release:
Work Item:

Draft Reply LS to the LS on Questions to RAN on UPCON

R3-131207/S2-133070
REL-12
UPCON

Source:
Samsung (to be RAN3)
To:
SA2
Cc:
RAN2
Contact Persons:
Name:
Xiaowan Ke (Samsung)
E-mail Address: xiaowan(dot)ke(at)samsung(dot)com

Attachments:

1. Overall Description:
RAN3 thanks SA2 for the LS requesting the implementation-independent criteria for RAN to determine
whether it experiences user-plane congestion.
In the LS (R3-131207/S2-133070) , SA2 requests RAN2/3 to provide feedback on the following questions:
[Question1]
Based on which implementation-independent criteria can the RAN determine whether it experiences
user-plane congestion?
RAN3 would like to point out that the following load characteristics defined for load exchange inter-eNB and
inter-RATs can be applied to estimate the congestion severity level of eNB:
Hardware Load Indicator,
S1 TNL Load Indicator,
Radio Resource Status,
Composite Available Capacity Downlink and Composite Available Capacity Uplink.
[Queation2]
To enable that multiple congestion levels can be determined and reported to the Core Network while
also ensuring the same severity level being reported by different RAN implementations in similar
congestion situations, which implementation-independent criteria need to be configurable by
operators in the RAN to enable the RAN to detect and derive the different severity levels of
congestion?
RAN3 would like to point out that Hardware Load Indicator, S1 TNL Load Indicator, Composite Available
Capacity Downlink, Composite Available Capacity Uplink are preferred to be configured to reflect the
congestion severity per cell.

Hardware Load Indicator & S1 TNL Load Indicator

o 4 severity levels are defined for hardware load and S1 TNL load. Each cell at the same eNB shares
the same load indicator of hardware load and S1 TNL.
o To ensure same severity level being reported by different RAN in similar congestion situations, the 4
severity levels of Hardware Load Indicator & S1 TNL Load Indicator should be configured to reflect
the same usage or usage radio.

Composite Available Capacity Downlink & Uplink

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Composite Available Capacity is composed of an optional Cell Capacity Class Value and a
mandatory Capacity Value. Opposite to Radio Resource Status, Capacity Value represents the rest
available capacity ratio rather than the usage ratio.
The rest availble cell capacity can be deduced from the Cell Capacity Class Value and Capacity
Value.

2. Actions:
To SA2 group:
ACTION: RAN3 kindly asks SA2 to take the above feedback into consideration for further work on
UPCON.
3. Date of Next RAN3 Meetings:
3GPPRAN3#81-BIS

OR

7 - 11 Oct 2013

3GPPRAN3#82

OR

11 - 15 Nov 2013

Venice
San Francisco

IT
US