CE Dimensioning

18 Aug, 2009


CE Definition
One Channel Element is the base band resources
required in the Node-B to provide capacity for one
voice channel including control plane signaling,
compressed mode, transmit diversity and softer
handover.

ZTE Channel Elements Features
Channel elements are pooled in one NodeB.
No additional CE resource is needed for CCH
The baseband processing board can process uplink and downlink
resource separately. ZTEs BPC board can support 192CE for uplink
and downlink respectively.
The processing resource consumed by softer handover has been
reserved, so softer handover doesnt consume more CE.
ZTEs baseband processing board has special chip to handle the
traffic of HS-PDSCH and HS-SCCH. So HSDPA downlink traffic will
not consume CE.
HSUPA shares CE resource with R99 services


CE Dimensioning Procedure
Subscribers per NodeB and traffic model will be the input of CE dimensioning.
For CS service, CE number is calculated by using ErlangB model.
Soft handover are considered.
Base on the R99 CE mapping table and HSPA simulation result, the total CE per site can be calculated.


CE Mapping of Different Bearer Types
Different Bearer Types
CE Factor
BPC(192CE)
Uplink Downlink
R99
AMR12.2K 1 1
CS64K 2.5 1.8
PS64K 2.5 1.8
PS128K 5 3
PS384K 10 6
SF Bearer Rate
Uplink CE
Factor
64 12~17.2kbps 2
32 18.6~37.2kbps 3.3
16 52.2~70.8 kbps 4
8
85.8~154.8
kbps
4.8
1*4 169.8~711 kbps 5.7
2*4
742.8~1448.4
kbps
11
2*2
1455.6~2883
kbps
28
2*2+
2*4
2970~5742
kbps
39
R99 CE Factor Table HSUPA Factor Table
CE Consumed by A-DCH
0CE: SRB OVER HSPA
0.3CE: SRB OVER R99 (3.4K low speed signaling)
1CE: SRB OVER R99(13.6K high speed signaling)

Dimensioning Assumption
Traffic Model Proposed by ZTE
Bearer Types Unit
Traffic Model per Subs
@Busy Hour
Penetration
Ratio
Uplink Downlink
AMR12.2K Erlang 0.025 0.025 100%
CS64K Erlang 0.0025 0.0025 100%
PS64K/64K kbps 0.1 0.1 30%
PS64K/128K kbps 0.035 0.25 30%
PS64K/384K kbps 0.015 0.15 30%
HSDPA/HSUPA kbps 0.5 1.2 10%
Phase Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Subscribers Forecast 15000 35000 50000
Site to be deployed 30 40 50
Sub. Per Site 500 875 1000
Users per Site in Phase 1 to 3

Calculation Process 1-2 (Phase 3 as Example)
Total traffic of AMR 12.2K per site = 1000 * 0.025 = 25Erl
According to Erlang-B model, simultaneous link number is 34.
CE CEfactor LinkNumber CE
AMR AMR UL
34 1 34
2 . 12 2 . 12 _

Total traffic of CS64Kusers per site = 1000 * 0.0025 = 2.5Erl
According to Erlang-B model, simultaneous link number is 7.
CE CEfactor LinkNumber CE
AMR AMR DL
34 1 34
2 . 12 2 . 12 _

CE CEfactor LinkNumber CE
K CS UL K CS UL
18 5 . 2 7
64 _ 64 _

CE CEfactor LinkNumber CE
K CS DL K CS DL
13 8 . 1 7
64 _ 64 _

Total uplink throughput of PS64K users per site = 1000 * (0.1+0.035+0.015) *30% = 45kbps
Downlink throughput of PS64K users per site = 1000 *0.1 *30% = 30kbps

CE CEfactor LinkNumber CE
K PS UL K PS UL
3 5 . 2 ] 64 / 45 [
64 _ 64 _

CE CEfactor LinkNumber CE
K PS DL K PS DL
2 8 . 1 ] 64 / 30 [
64 _ 64 _

Same with PS64K, PS128K consumes 3CE@DL, PS384K consumes 6CE@DL

Calculation Process 2-2 (Phase 3 as Example)
CE Consumed by HSUPA
If we assume that there are 4 HSUPA users per cell and throughput is 100kbps per user.
Then ZTEs base processing unit will consume 20(4.8*4) CE.
For HSUPA uplink and downlink associated channel, one online user will consume 0.3 CE if
SRB over R99 3.4k signalling. HSUPA associated channel for 4 online users require 2CE
for uplink and downlink respectively.
So total CE consumed by HSUPA will be 22@UL and 2@DL.
CE Consumed by HSDPA
For HSDPA service, ZTE base band processing board has special chip to handle the traffic
of HS-PDSCH and HS-SCCH. So traffic consumes no CE in downlink.
If HSDPA downlink SRB is borne on R99 (3.4K signalling), 8 online users will consume 3
(=0.3*8) CE.
So total CE consumed by HSDPA will be 3@DL.

Total Required CE
If consider 30% SHO Ratio
Total Uplink CE = ((AMR)34+(VP)18+(PS64)3+22(HSUPA))*1.3=101 CE
Total Uplink CE = ((AMR)34+(VP)13+(PS64)2+(PS128)3+(PS384)6+2(HSUPA A-
DCH)+3(HSDPA A-DCH))*1.3=82 CE
Limited by uplink, Total CE required is 101 CE.
ZTEs BPC board can hardware support 192CE. So the base band processing resource
can meet the requirement.

CE Dimensioning Result for Phase 1 to 3
ZTEs BPC board can hardware support 192CE. According to users
number that SPICE provided and traffic model ZTE proposed, one BPC
board can meet the requirement with the configuration of S111. With the
further development of users and high speed data service, then the
configuration of S222 and accordingly more CE will be required.
Services
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Uplink Downlink Uplink Downlink Uplink Downlink
R99
AMR12.2K 20 20 30 30 34 34
CS64K 13 9 15 11 18 13
PS64K 3 2 3 2 3 2
PS128K
N/A 3 N/A 3 N/A 3
PS384K
N/A 6 N/A 6 N/A 6
HSPA
HSUPA
Traffic
20 14 20 N/A 20 N/A
HSUPA
A-DPCH
2 2 2 2 2 2
HSDPA
A-DPCH
N/A 3 N/A 3 N/A 3
Total
(*1.3 because of 30%
SHO Ratio)
76 59 91 75 101 82