20040515 2 Introduction These slides focus only on initial UTRAN KPIs. There is a comprehensive list of raw counters from which these initial KPIs are produced. The counters as well as KPIs will continuously be redefined and updated. 3 UTRAN KPI Overview
Call Setup Success Rate Call Drop Rate of Signaling Plane Call Drop Rate of User Plane Signaling Congestion Rate Traffic Congestion Rate Soft Handover Success Rate Hard Handover Success Rate Inter-RAT Hard Handover Success Rate 4 Contents
Call Setup Call Drop Congestion Handover Traffic 5 Call Setup Success Rate Formula of Call Setup Success Rate: Call Setup Success Rate = RRCSetupSuccRate RABSetupSuccRate 100% Can be divided into two parts: CS&PS For four types of QoS: Conversational (e.g. voice and video) Streaming (e.g. streaming video or audio) Interactive (e.g. browsing) Background (e.g. emails or file download) 6 RRC Setup Success Rate The formula of RRC Setup Success Rate: RRC Setup Success Rate = RRC Connection Setup Success / RRC Connection Request 100% RRC Setup Reject Causes: Congestion (Walsh, Power, CE, etc.) Unspecified (mostly transmission or NodeB problem) Other RRC Setup failure reason UE cant receive RRC CONNECTION SETUP NodeB cant receive RRC CONNECTION SETUP COMPLETE
7 RRC Connection Setup UE SRNC RRC RRC RRC RRC RRC RRC RRC Connection Setup Complete NODEB NBAP NBAP NBAP NBAP Radio Link Setup Requset Radio Link Setup Response RRC Connection Request RRC Connection Setup 8 Example RRC_REQ 3332 RRC_REJ 2 RRC_REJ_CONG 0 RRC_SETUP 3330 RRC_SETUP_SUCC 3184 RRC_SETUP_SUCC_RATE 95.56% UE cant receive RRC CONNECTION SETUP The downlink channel transmit power is not enough or the UE receive sensitivity is not good. NodeB cant receive RRC CONNECTION SETUP COMPLETE The UE transmit power is not enough or the NodeB receive sensitivity is not good.
9 RAB Setup Success Rate The formula of RAB Setup Success Rate: RAB Setup Success Rate = RAB Assignment Success / RAB Assignment Request 100% Can be divided into two parts, for four types of QoS RAB Setup Failure Causes: Parameter violation Non supported UTRAN capabilities Relocation triggered Transport connection failed to establish Unavailable resources Protocol error 10 RAB Setup Flow Chart UE SRNC NodeB CN RANAP RANAP RAB Assignment Request RRC RRC RRC RB Setup RRC RB Setup Complete RANAP RANAP RAB Assignment Response NBAP NBAP RL Reconfig Prepare NBAP NBAP NBAP NBAP RL Reconfig Ready RL Reconfig Commit 11 Example RB_SETUP 1057 RB_SETUP_SUCC 1054 CS_RAB_REQ_SETUP_CONV 982 CS_RAB_SETUP_SUCC_CONV 979 PS_RAB_REQ_SETUP_BKG 75 PS_RAB_SETUP_SUCC_BKG 75 CS_RAB_SETUP_SUCC_RATE_CONV 99.69% PS_RAB_REL_SUCC_RATE_BKG 100.00% RB_SETUP_SUCC_RATE_CONV 99.72% 12 Contents
Call Setup Call Drop Congestion Handover Traffic 13 Call Drop Rate of Signaling Plane Call Drop Rate of Signaling Plane is calculated by counting RNC-originated Iu connection release. Can be divided into two parts: CS&PS RNC-originated Iu connection release Causes: OM intervention User inactivity Repeated integrity checking failure UE generated signaling connection release RL out-of-synchronization 14 Call Drop Rate of Signaling Plane The formula of Call Drop Rate of CS Signaling Plane: Call Drop Rate of CS Signaling Plane = RNC-originated CS Domain Iu Connection Release / RNC-originated CS Domain Iu Connection Setup Success 100% The formula of Call Drop Rate of PS Signaling Plane: Call Drop Rate of PS Signaling Plane = RNC-originated PS Domain Iu Connection Release / RNC-originated PS Domain Iu Connection Setup Success 100% 15 RNC-originated Iu connection release Flow Chart SRNC CN RANAP RANAP RANAP RANAP RANAP RANAP Iu Release Request Iu Release Command Iu Release Complete 16 Example RNC_CS_IU_REL 50 RNC_PS_IU_REL 51 RNC_CS_IU_REL_DUP_INTEG 0 RNC_PS_IU_REL_DUP_INTEG 0 RNC_CS_IU_REL_OM 0 RNC_PS_IU_REL_OM 0 RNC_CS_IU_REL_RL_FAIL 26 RNC_PS_IU_REL_RL_FAIL 18 RNC_CS_IU_REL_SIG_REL 5 RNC_PS_IU_REL_SIG_REL 22 RNC_CS_IU_REL_UE_INACT 0 RNC_PS_IU_REL_UE_INACT 0 RNC_CS_IU_SETUP 3085 RNC_PS_IU_SETUP 251 Call Drop Rate of CS Signaling 1.62% Call Drop Rate of PS Signaling 20.32% For Call Drop Rate of PS Signaling, the main reason is wrong APN configuration in UE For RL_FAIL, need optimize poor coverage and neighbors, 3G-2G handover also can improve this indicator
17 Call Drop Rate of User Plane Call Drop Rate of User Plane is calculated by counting RNC-originated RAB releases. Can be divided into two parts, for four types of QoS RNC-originated RAB release Causes: OM intervention UTRAN generated reason RAB preempted 18 Call Drop Rate of User Plane The formula of Call Drop Rate of CS User Plane: Call Drop Rate of CS User Plane = RNC-originated CS Domain RAB Release / RNC-originated CS Domain RAB Setup Success 100% The formula of Call Drop Rate of PS User Plane: Call Drop Rate of PS User Plane = RNC-originated PS Domain RAB Release / RNC-originated PS Domain RAB Setup Success 100% 19 RNC-originated RAB release Cause UE SRNC CN RANAP RANAP RANAP RANAP RRC RANAP RAB Release Request Iu Release Command RANAP Iu Release Complete RRC RRC RRC RRC Connection Release RRC Connection Release Complete 20 Example CS_RAB_SETUP_SUCC_CONV 979 PS_RAB_SETUP_SUCC_BKG 75 RNC_CS_RAB_REL_REQ_CONV 4 RNC_PS_RAB_REL_REQ_BKG 4 Call Drop Rate of CS User Plane 0.41% Call Drop Rate of PS User Plane 5.33% For CS/PS_RAB_REL, need optimize poor coverage and neighbors, 3G-2G handover also can improve this indicator 21 Contents
Call Setup Call Drop Congestion Handover Traffic 22 Signaling Congestion Rate The formula of Signaling Congestion Rate: Signaling Congestion Rate = RRC Connection Reject (Cause: congestion) / RRC Connection Request 100% UE RNC NodeB RRC RRC RRC Connection Request RRC RRC Connection Reject (Cause : Congestion) RRC 23 Traffic Congestion Rate Traffic Congestion Rate is calculated by counting the RAB Assignment Setup Failure (cause: congestion). Can be divided into two parts: CS&PS 24 Traffic Congestion Rate The formula of CS Traffic Congestion Rate: CS Traffic Congestion Rate = CS Domain RAB Assignment Setup Failure (Congestion) / CS Domain RAB Assignment Setup Request 100% The formula of PS Traffic Congestion Rate: PS Traffic Congestion Rate = PS Domain RAB Assignment Setup Failure (Congestion) / PS Domain RAB Assignment Setup Request 100% 25 Traffic Congestion Rate SRNC CN RANAP RANAP RAB Assignment Request RANAP RANAP RAB Assignment Response (Failure cause: Congestion) 26 Contents
Call Setup Call Drop Congestion Handover Traffic 27 Soft (Softer) Handover Success Rate The formula of Soft (Softer) Handover Success Rate: Soft (Softer) Handover Success Rate = Soft (Softer) Handover Success / Soft (Softer) Handover Request 100% 28 Soft (Softer) Handover Flow Chart UE New NodeB SRNC NBAP NBAP NBAP NBAP RRC RRC RRC RRC DCCH : Active Set Update Complete Radio Link Addition Request DCCH : Active Set Update Radio Link Addition Response 29 SHO Failure Causes When the UE handles the ACTIVE SET UPDATE message, the abnormal cases may be occurred and the UE shall transmit an ACTIVE SET UPDATE FAILURE message with the following failure causes Configuration unsupported Incompatible simultaneous reconfiguration Protocol error Invalid configuration If the time expired before RNC receives the message ACTIVE SET UPDATE COMPLETE or ACTIVE SET UPDATE FAILURE from UE, RNC increases the SHO failure counter with the following cause No response from UE 30 SHO Failure Flow Chart UE New NodeB SRNC NBAP NBAP NBAP NBAP RRC RRC RRC RRC DCCH : Active Set Update Failure Radio Link Addition Request DCCH : Active Set Update Radio Link Addition Response 31 Example SHO_EVAL_REQ 5652 SHO 5511 SHO_SUCC 5500 SOFTERHO 1411 SOFTERHO_SUCC 1411 SHO_SUCC_RATE 99.8% 32 Hard Handover Success Rate The formula of Hard Handover Success Rate: Hard Handover Success Rate = Hard Handover Success / Hard Handover request 100% 33 Hard Handover Flow Chart UE Target NodeB Source NodeB SRNC RRC NBAP NBAP Radio Link Setup Request NBAP NBAP Radio Link Setup Reponse RRC DCCH : Physical Channel Reconfiguration NBAP NBAP Radio Link Failure Indication RRC RRC DCCH : Physical Channel Reconfiguration Complete NBAP NBAP Radio Link Deletion Request NBAP NBAP Radio Link Delete Response 34 Hard Handover Failure Cause The detail hard handover failure cause statistics include two hard handover directions on the cell object : outgoing hard handover initiated by RNC in each original cell. incoming hard handover in the target cell initiated by RNC When the UE handles the PHYSICAL CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION message, the abnormal cases may be occurred and the UE shall transmit an PHYSICAL CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION FAILURE message with the following failure cause: Configuration unsupported Physical channel failure Incompatible simultaneous reconfiguration Protocol error Cell update occurred Invalid configuration If the time expired before RNC receives the message PHYSICAL CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION COMPLETE or PHYSICAL CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION FAILURE from UE, RNC increases the hard handover failure counter with the following cause No response received from UE 35 Hard Handover Failure Flow Chart UE Target NodeB (Incoming the Cell) Source NodeB (Outgoing the Cell) SRNC RRC NBAP NBAP Radio Link Setup Request NBAP NBAP Radio Link Setup Reponse RRC DCCH : Physical Channel Reconfiguration NBAP NBAP Radio Link Failure Indication RRC RRC DCCH : Physical Channel Reconfiguration Failure NBAP NBAP Radio Link Deletion Request NBAP NBAP Radio Link Delete Response 36 InterRAT Handover to GSM Success Rate The formula of InterRAT Handover to GSM Success Rate:
InterRAT Handover to GSM Success Rate = inter-RAT handover from UTRAN to GSM success / inter-RAT handover from UTRAN to GSM attempts 100%
37 InterRAT Handover to GSM Flow Chart UE NodeB RNC NBAP NBAP NBAP NBAP RRC RRC Handover Complete Radio Link Deletion Request Handover From Utran Command Radio Link Deletion Response 3G MSC 2G MSC BSS RANAP RANAP Relocation Required RANAP RANAP Relocation Command RANAP RANAP Iu Release Command RANAP RANAP Iu Release Complete Prepare Handover Handover Request Handover Request Ack Prepare Handover Response 38 InterRAT Handover to GSM Failure Cause When the UE handles the the HANDOVER FROM UTRAN COMMAND message, the abnormal cases may be occurred and the UE shall transmit an HANDOVER FROM UTRAN FAILURE message with the following failure causes Configuration unacceptable Physical channel failure Protocol error Inter-RAT protocol error Unspecified If the time expired before RNC receives the message IU RELEASE COMMAND from MSC, RNC increases the InterRAT handover to GSM failure counter with the following cause InterRAT handover to GSM no response
39 InterRAT Handover to GSM Failure Flow Chart UE NodeB RNC RRC RRC RRC Handover From Utran Failure Handover From Utran Command 3G MSC 2G MSC BSS RANAP RANAP Relocation Required RANAP RANAP Relocation Command Prepare Handover Handover Request Handover Request Ack Prepare Handover Response RRC 40 Example CS_INTRAT_HO_OUT_PREP 60 CS_INTRAT_HO_OUT_PREP_SUCC 54 CS_INTRAT_HO_OUT_ATT 54 CS_INTRAT_HO_OUT_SUCC 48 CS_INTRAT_HO_OUT_SUCC_RATE(%) 88.89% CS_INTRAT_HO_OUT_FAIL_CFG_UNSUPP 0 CS_INTRAT_HO_OUT_FAIL_INTER_RAT_PROTCL 0 CS_INTRAT_HO_OUT_FAIL_NO_RSP 0 CS_INTRAT_HO_OUT_FAIL_PHYCH_FAIL 6 CS_INTRAT_HO_OUT_FAIL_PROTCL 0 CS_INTRAT_HO_OUT_FAIL_RELOC_ABORT 0 CS_INTRAT_HO_OUT_FAIL_UNSPEC 0 Need optimize 3G-2G neighbors and configuration (RNC&CN), 3G-2G handover parameters for example: Report interval/Inter-RAT handover trigger time/GSM RSSI threshold/ Hysteresis 41 InterRAT Handover to GPRS Success Rate The formula of InterRAT Handover to GPRS Success Rate:
InterRAT Handover to GPRS Success Rate = interRAT handover from UTRAN to GPRS success initiated by UTRAN / interRAT handover from UTRAN to GPRS attempts initiated by UTRAN 100%
42 InterRAT Handover to GPRS Flow Chart - initiated by UTRAN UE NodeB RNC NBAP NBAP NBAP NBAP RRC RRC Route Area Update Request Radio Link Deletion Request Cell Change Order From Utran Radio Link Deletion Response 3G SGSN 2G SGSN BSS RANAP RANAP SRNS Context Request RANAP RANAP SRNS Context Response RANAP RANAP SRNS Data Forward Command RANAP RANAP Iu Release Complete SGSN Context Request Update PDP Context Request Update PDP Context Request SGSN Context Response SGSN Context Ack RANAP RANAP Forward Packet Forward Packet RANAP RANAP Iu Release Command Route Area Update Accept 43 InterRAT Handover to GPRS Failure Cause When the UE handles the the CELL CHANGE ORDER FROM UTRAN message, the abnormal cases may be occurred and the UE shall transmit an CELL CHANGE ORDER FROM UTRAN FAILURE message with the following failure causes Configuration unacceptable Physical channel failure Protocol error Unspecified If the time expired before RNC receives the message SRNS CONTEXT REQUEST or IU RELEASE COMMAND from SGSN, RNC increases the InterRAT handover to GPRS failure counter with the following cause InterRAT handover to GPRS no response 44 InterRAT Handover to GPRS Failure Flow Chart UE NodeB RNC RRC RRC Cell Change Order From Utran 3G SGSN 2G SGSN BSS RRC RRC Cell Change Order From Utran Failure 45 Contents
Call Setup Call Drop Congestion Handover Traffic 46 CS Traffic One Erlang is defined as the one 12.2K CS AMR call lasting for one hour. The traffic of other different services are derived by converting to equivalent 12.2K CS AMR call. CS Traffic for two types of QoS: CS Conversational Traffic (i.e. voice and video) CS Streaming Traffic (e.g. streaming video or audio) CS Traffic for two types of Service: CS AMR Traffic (Voice) CS CONV 64k Traffic (Video Phone) 47 PS Traffic The traffic of different services are derived by converting to equivalent 12.2K CS AMR call. PS Traffic for four types of QoS: PS Conversational Traffic PS Streaming Traffic PS Interactive Background Traffic 48 PS Throughput PS Throughput for four types of QoS (in Bytes) PS UL Conversational services Throughput PS UL Streaming services Throughput PS UL Interactive services Throughput PS UL Background services Throughput PS DL Conversational services Throughput PS DL Streaming services Throughput PS DL Interactive services Throughput PS DL Background services Throughput 49 Summary (1/3) KPI Stage Failure Cause Level Call Setup Success Rate RRC Setup Success Rate - Congestion - Unspecified RAB Setup Success Rate - Parameter violation - Non supported UTRAN capabilities - Relocation triggered - Transport connection failed to establish - Unavailable resources - Protocol error CN domain: - CS - PS QoS Classes: - Conversational - Streaming - Interactive - Background Call Drop Rate Signaling Plane - OM intervention - User inactivity - Repeated integrity checking failure - UE generated signaling connection release - RL out-of-synchronization -CS - PS User Plane - OM intervention - UTRAN generated reason - RAB preempted CN domain: - CS - PS QoS Classes: - Conversational - Streaming - Interactive - Background Congestion Rate Signaling Congestion Rate RRC Connection Reject (Cause: congestion) Traffic Congestion Rate RAB Assignment Setup Failure (cause: congestion). - CS - PS 50 KPI Stage Failure Cause Level Soft & Softer Handover Success Rate Radio Link Addition - Configuration unsupported - Incompatible simultaneous reconfiguration - Protocol error - Invalid configuration - No response from UE
Radio Link Deletion Hard Handover Success Rate
- Configuration unsupported - Physical channel failure - Incompatible simultaneous reconfiguration - Protocol error - Cell update occurred - Invalid configuration - No response received from UE