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2012 AIRCOM International Ltd
Introduction
The aim of this report is to show the status of RTWP and load in
MTN network and our recommendations to improve them.
Overview
RTWP is the Uplink Received Total Wideband Power. The RTWP is indicated by the VS.MeanRTWP counter, if the value of
VS.MeanRTWP is greater than -100 dBm then the uplink load and the HSUPA uplink capacity are limited. The average HSUPA throughput is indicated by the VS.HSUPA.MeanChThroughput counter. If the average HSUPA throughput of an HSUPA user is smaller than 150 kbit/s, this user is processing low-speed data services. The following charts show the average VS.MeanRTWP and VS.HSUPA.MeanChThroughput over the period between 13 and 17May-2013.
Analysis
From the chart of RTWP, we can see that the average RTWP value is
acceptable. However, the average HSUPA throughput is low.
following: The UL Call Admission Control (CAC) function is configured with Power-based Admission Algorithm 2 which depends on the Equivalent Number of Users (ENU), and the UL total equivalent user number parameter is set to a high value (160) comparing to the default value (95). And the thresholds for admitting the UL users are all higher than the default value hence more UL users are being admitted by these configurations. Load Reshuffling (LDR) functions thresholds also are configured with higher values than the default. During the connection, these configurations slow the triggering of load reshuffling actions such as Inter frequency HO, code reshuffling, and BE service rate reduction.
2012 AIRCOM International Ltd
Analysis
IRAT HO is not configured as an option for load reshuffling except
for 38 cells (HO to 2G network because of load is not allowed). Overload Control (OLC) function is not configured. The number of cells which handle more than 15 mean number of HSUPA users is about 70. The charts in the next slide show the UL power congestion appeared (due to high UL load) after changing the UL total equivalent user number to 95 (in the first chart), and after changing the UL Power-based Admission Algorithm 2 to 3 which depends on power for admitting users not ENU (in the second chart).
All of these issues indicate that the load in MTN 3G network is high.
Analysis
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Appendix
In this study the below points were covered:
Measurement Filtering, Auto-Adaptive Background Noise Update Algorithm parameters have been checked. have been checked both in UL and DL.
PUC, CAC, LDB, LDR, OLC, and DCCC algorithms and parameters
PUC, LDB, LDR, and OLC timers have been checked.
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Thank You
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