Overshooting cells Study Using ERA

KISH ISLAND REGION 6

Summary

 Indoor RSRP Samples are in good range. Most of the sample are in range of -95 to -
105dbm.
 Most of the SINR samples are between range 5 to 15db .
 Average DL Throughput is 24Mbps in the city.
 CQI distribution is good, Most of the sample are reported between range of 10 to
15. It means we are getting most of time 64QAM & 16QAM MCS in city.
 Overshooting cells are identified and recommended the changes.
 Most of the over shooter are stand alone or they are serving on open area.
 Down tilt can impact the coverage.

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OVER-Shooting cells Analysis BASED ON TIMING ADVANCE

ECell ENodeB TA Avg (km) TA Std (km) TA 98th perc (km) Overshooting factor Remraks

LE1114XC1 LE1114X_1 2.137 0.63 2.188 1.22 Cell serving on open area

LE1120XB1 LE1120X_1 2.815 1.635 8.281 2.4 Cell serving on open area

LE1120XC1 LE1120X_1 2.536 3.072 13.906 2.4 Cell serving on open area

LT8666XC1 LT8666X_1 2.875 2.364 7.188 3.55 Cell serving on open area

LT8779XA1 LT8779X_1 3.647 1.42 6.406 1.71 Cell serving on open area

LT8781XA1 LT8781X_1 2.529 2.099 4.922 2.51 Down Tilt Need to required

LE1115XC2 LE1115X_2 6.646 4.876 11.797 2.42 Cell serving on open area

LT8958XA2 LT8958X_2 2.238 0.795 4.375 1.13 Down Tilt Need to required

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RSRP

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SINR

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DL_Throughput

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CQI Distribution

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RSRP_SAMPLE_1800_2600

EARFCN_1750

EARFCN_2825

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cqi_distribution_1800_2600

EARFCN_1750

EARFCN_2825

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Individual cell-wise ‘Timing Advance’ Distribution
Plot of some cells for reference

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 TA Distribution: LT8781XA1

~12% of samples are overshooting and serving at areas over 3KM distance from the site.

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TA Distribution: LT8781XA1

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 TA Distribution: LT8958XA2

~15% of samples are overshooting and serving at areas over 3KM distance from the site.

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TA Distribution: LT8958XA2

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 Recommendations
To reduce overshooting and improve network level KPIs, following are tilt recommendations
for the overshooting cells : -

TA Avg TA Std TA 98th perc Overshooting Recommended

ECell ENodeB Current Tilt Remraks
(km) (km) (km) factor Tilt
Down Tilt Need to
LT8781XA1 LT8781X_1 2.529 2.099 4.922 2.51 60 70
required
Down Tilt Need to
LT8958XA2 LT8958X_2 2.238 0.795 4.375 1.13 60 70
required

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