CE Dimensioning for SPICE

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

R99 CE Factor Table
Different Bearer Types AMR12.2K CS64K R99 PS64K PS128K PS384K CE Factor BPC(192CE) Uplink 1 2.5 2.5 5 10 Downlink 1 1.8 1.8 3 6 SF 64 32 16 8 1*4

HSUPA Factor Table

Bearer Rate 12~17.2kbps 18.6~37.2kbps 52.2~70.8 kbps 85.8~154.8 kbps 169.8~711 kbps 742.8~1448.4 kbps 1455.6~2883 kbps

Uplink CE Factor 2
3.3 4 4.8 5.7

2*4
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) 2*2

11
28 39

2*2+ 2*4

2970~5742 kbps

Dimensioning Assumption
Traffic Model Proposed by ZTE
Bearer Types AMR12.2K CS64K PS64K/64K PS64K/128K PS64K/384K HSDPA/HSUPA Unit Erlang Erlang kbps kbps kbps kbps Traffic Model per Subs @Busy Hour Uplink Downlink 0.025 0.025 0.0025 0.0025 0.1 0.1 0.035 0.25 0.015 0.15 0.5 1.2 Penetration Ratio 100% 100% 30% 30% 30% 10%

Users per Site in Phase 1 to 3

Phase Subscribers Forecast Site to be deployed Sub. Per Site Phase 1 15000 30 500 Phase 2 35000 40 875 Phase 3 50000 50 1000

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.

CEUL _ AMR12.2 LinkNumber CEfactorAMR12.2 34 1 34 CE

CE DL _ AMR12.2 LinkNumber CEfactorAMR12.2 34 1 34 CE

Total traffic of CS64Kusers per site = 1000 * 0.0025 = 2.5Erl According to Erlang-B model, simultaneous link number is 7.

CEUL _ CS 64 K LinkNumber CEfactorUL _ CS 64 K 7 2.5 18CE

CE DL _ CS 64 K LinkNumber CEfactorDL _ CS 64 K 7 1.8 13CE

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

CEUL _ PS 64 K LinkNumber CEfactorUL _ PS 64 K [45 / 64 ] 2.5 3CE CE DL _ PS 64 K LinkNumber CEfactorDL _ PS 64 K [30 / 64 ] 1.8 2CE

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 Downlink CE = ((AMR)34+(VP)13+(PS64)2+(PS128)3+(PS384)6+2(HSUPA ADCH)+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

Services AMR12.2K CS64K R99 PS64K PS128K PS384K HSUPA Traffic HSUPA HSPA A-DPCH HSDPA A-DPCH Total (*1.3 because of 30% SHO Ratio) Phase 1 Uplink Downlink Phase 2 Uplink Downlink Phase 3 Uplink Downlink

20 13 3
N/A N/A

20 9 2 3 6 14 2

30 15 3
N/A N/A

30 11 2 3 6
N/A

34 18 3
N/A N/A

34 13 2 3 6
N/A

20 2
N/A

20 2
N/A

20 2
N/A

3
59

3
75

3
82

76

91

101

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.