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Multi-Carrier
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Challenges of Multi-Carrier Deployment

Multi-Carrier Solution

Case Study

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Network Evolution

Mature Phase

H14.4+R9
9
H14.4+R9
9
H+R99

Multi-Carrier
Deployment

H+R99

H+R99

R99

R99

HSDPA 14.4M
Deployment

R99+H

R99+H

H+R99

Initial Phase

R99

H+R99

H+R99

R99

R99

H+R99

R99

R99

R99

R99

Hot Spot & Dense

Urban

Urban

Suburban & rural

Network architecture evolutes, which will impact existing network!

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Impact on Inter-Operation
Basic Inter-operation Control

Complicated

Service distribution
H14.4+R9
9
H14.4+R9
9
H+R99

Load balance for R99 and HSDPA

GBR admission and load control

complicated

Intra-frequency soft handover

inter-frequency hard handover
Camping on f1 with priority, DRD access

H+R99
R99

Load balance for R99

Middle

Intra-frequency soft handover

Inter-frequency hard handover

H+R99

Camp on one cell

Simple

Intra-frequency soft handover

The network strategy should be designed before the deployment of multi-carrier.

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Impact on Resource Allocation

Code Share

Tx Power Share

Backhaul Share

H14.4+R9
9
H14.4+R9
9
H+R99

H+R99

R99

H+R99

R99

R99

R99

The resource design should be done before the deployment of multi-carrier.

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Current Network Pre-Evaluation

Information Collection

Evaluation & Analysis

Current Network

Resource & Capacity

Architecture

Transmission

Current Network Basic

Network Performance

Configuration

Target Network

Statistic data

Prediction

CHR Information

RNC/Node-B License

Target Network
Planning

Provide a reference for solution design

Facilitate the comparison analysis before and after multi-carrier deployment

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Network Architecture & Strategy Design

Network Architecture

Resident & Access

R99

UE resident strategy

HSPA+R99

Service steering

HSPA

Urban

HSPA+R99

GSM

GSM

Hotspot
Dense Urban

Urban

HSPA+R99

HSPA+R99

R99

R99

HSPA+R99

GSM

GSM

GSM

F2

F1

GSM

Mobility control

Load control

Neighbor cell configuration

DRD during RRC/RAB connection setup procedure

Mobility strategy

LDR action for UE in connection mode

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1Carrier & 2 Carrier comparison

F1 with 60 watts,support
R99+HSPA

Coverage
(pilot channel)

F1 &F2 with 30 watts in each carrier

F1 support R99,F2 support
F1 &F2 support R99+HSPA
HSPA

If pilot power is set 36dBm, then pilot coverage is same

Coverage
(dedicated
channel)

smaller than F1 with 60 watts

Capacity

if there is no power congestion, the capacity increase 48%

Throughput

Advantage

high power utilization rate

Disadvantage

HSDPA throughout is better than

other

low power utilization rate

R99 service it will affect the HSDPA throughput

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Resource Design
HSDPA Power Design

HSDPA Code Design

License Design

Transmission Design

HSDPA 14.4Mbps per user

Iub

Iu

Iur

Node-B
Feature

Iub

15 HS-PDSCH code per cell

NodeB

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NodeB

16QAM
NodeB-controlled dynamic
code allocation

RNC

RNC
Feature

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Backhaul share
RNC

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Evaluation & Tuning

Access

Data Analysis:
RNC Log

Problems caused by:

Poor RF Coverage
Resource/license limitation

Optimization
Suggestion

Problems caused by:

Multi-carrier deployment
Implementation of H14.4M

Network
Tuning

(CHR,PCHR)
KPI
Retain

Trace
Mobility

(IOS,IFTS
DT/CQT

Performance Evaluation

Ensure the normal use of multi-carrier network.

Guarantee that the implemented service has no influence on network
performance.

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Hong Kong PCCW

Highlights of PCCW network:
1300 Huawei Node-Bs
Two Sets of Core network and 4 RNCs
60% sites are multi-carrier sites
Even use three carriers in very hot spots

Service assignment strategy

R99: F1, F2, F3
HSPA: F2
CMB /MBMS: F1

Performance of multi-carrier network

Typical IFHO KPI (e.g. voice handover
success rate) is around 96% to 97%.
All other related KPIs (such as RRC
connection success rate, HSDPA PDP
activation success rate) have not
degraded after adding second/third
carriers
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Vodafone Spain
Network Configuration

HSPA+R99 HSPA+R9
9

f2

Continuous coverage with frequency F1;

one more frequency (F2) in hotspots
Hotspots: F1 dedicated for R99 and F2 for
HSPDA.
Non-hotspots: F1 shared by HSPDA/R99

Performance of multi-carrier network

f1

R99+HSPA

R99+HSUPA R99+HSUPA

HSDPA UE Move into

hotspot area. It access
HSPA cell by blind
Handover

UE will access HSPA

cell by DRD when
start HSDPA service

Typical IFHO KPI (e.g. voice handover

success rate) is around 97% to 98%.
All other related KPIs (such as RRC
connection success rate, HSDPA PDP
activation success rate) have not
degraded after adding second/third
carriers

Customer Benefits
Network Throughput improvement 30%
than other Operator.
40% 3G subscribers increasing.
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R99+HSPA
when leave hot spot,
HSDPA service will
resume after HHO to
F1

Philippine SMART
Network Configuration
4 carrier in the main city(2 carrier
850MHz and 2 carrier 2100MHz)
All the carrier support R99+HSPA
Random access for all the carrier

Performance of multi-carrier network

Typical IFHO KPI (e.g. voice handover
success rate) is around 97% to 98%.

HSDPA+R99

HSDPA+R99

HSDPA+R99

850 MHz

HSDPA+R99

HSDPA+R99

HSDPA+R99

850 MHz

HSDPA+R99

HSDPA+R99

HSDPA+R99

2100 MHz

HSDPA+R99

HSDPA+R99

HSDPA+R99

2100MHz

All other related KPIs (such as RRC

connection success rate, HSDPA PDP
activation success rate) have not
degraded after adding second/third
carriers

Customer Benefits
All the carrier support R99+HSPA, high
power
utilization

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Huawei Can Help with Global Experience

Huawei Multi-Carrier
service Solution has been
applied in several leading
mobile networks

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