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Course Objectives
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Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
By the end of the course, the trainee will be able to:
Describe the Radio Measurements Statistics (RMS) feature
Activate the RMS job and tune RMS templates
Interpret RMS counters And through relevant case studies
Use RMS data for Optimization
Use RMS data for Frequency planning
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1 Introduction
Radio Measurements
The Radio Link Measurements:
Performed in the BTS on a per channel basis, and used in the BTS and BSC by Telecom functions.
The Radio Measurements Statistics (RMS):
Performed in the BTS on a per TRX basis, and aggregated at cell level in
the BSC. Those statistics are controlled by Performance Management functions, and used for operation purposes.
Electro-Magnetic Environment (EME) measurements
CCCH Load Measurements
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Principle
The radio measurements are performed in the BTS on a per channelbasis. The following channels are concerned :
bi-directional active traffic channels and dedicated control channels,
idle traffic channels,
random access channel (RACH).
For active channels, the radio measurements consist in : The carrying out of the uplink measurements,
The collection of the downlink measurements,
The computation of the Timing Advance (TA) command to be applied by the MS
For idle channels, the radio measurements consist in the measurement of the received interference level.
For RACH, the radio measurements consist in measuring the load of the channel.
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RLM Metrics
The basic radio link metrics are :
The signal strength
The signal quality
The MS-BS absolute distance
The signal strength:
The received signal level is denoted as RXLEV by 3GPP
The BTS must measure the RMS signal level at the receiver input over the full range of -110 dBm to -48 dBm
The reported value shall be the average of the received signal level
Measurement samples in dBm taken within the reporting period of length one SACCH multiframe. The actual averaging performed by the BTS is done with linear values
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RXLEV
RXLEV is used for active channels as an input parameter by the power control and handover preparation functions
For idle channels, RXLEV gives an estimation of the interference level on the channel
The received signal level shall be mapped to an RXLEV value between 0 and 63:
RXLEV RMS received signal level
RXLEV Assumed values of signal level
0 < -110 dBm 0 -110 dBm
1 -110 dBm to -109 dBm 1 -109 dBm
2 -109 dBm to -108 dBm 2 -108 dBm
: : : : :
62 -49 dBm to -48 dBm 62 -48 dBm
63 > -48 dBm 63 -47 dBm
3GPP TS 45.008 definition Values assumed by the power control and handover algorithms in the ALCATEL BSS.
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RXQUAL
The signal quality is denoted as RXQUAL by 3GPP
RXQUAL is used for active channels as a criterion by the power control and handover preparation functions
By definition, there is no RXQUAL estimation for idle channels.
The received signal quality shall be measured by the BTS in a manner that can be related to an equivalent average BER before channel decoding (i.e. chip error ratio), assessed over the reporting period of one SACCH multiframe.
The reported parameter (RXQUAL) shall be the received signal quality averaged over the reporting period of length one SACCH multiframe
The BTS estimated quality value is divided into eight quality bands.
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RXQUAL [cont.]
The mapping of the equivalent BER before channel decoding on thequality bands:
RXQUAL BER before channel decoding Assumed value of BER
0 less than 0.2% 0.14%
1 0.2% to 0.4% 0.28%
2 0.4% to 0.8% 0.57%
3 0.8% to 1.6% 1.13%
4 1.6% to 3.2% 2.26%
5 3.2% to 6.4% 4.53%
6 6.4% to 12.8% 9.05%
7 greater than 12.8% 18.10%
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Timing Advance
The absolute MS-BS distance is estimated by measuring the Time of Arrival (TOA) of the received burst at the BTS for each allocated timeslot (activated channel/subchannel) or for RACH.
The absolute MS-BS distance is evaluated by the BTS to calculate the TA command to be applied by the MS for adaptive time alignment purposes with the BTS
The value is expressed by a number of bit periods on the Radio interface. The bit rate on the Radio interface is 270.8 kbit/s therefore a bit period lasts 3.69 *s which corresponds to a distance of 1.1 km.
But due to the roundtrip delay between MS and BS, a bit period corresponds to a MS-BS distance of (1.1/2) km i.e. around 550 m.
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Reporting periods
The statistical values of signal level and quality are obtained over a measurement period. This period is also called "reporting period".
For a TCH, the reporting period of length 104 TDMA frames (480 ms) is defined in terms of TDMA frame numbers (FN) as shown in table Table:
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SACCH Multiframe
FACCHFast Associated
Control Channel
TCH cycle stealing peak 11.4 kb/s or 22.8kb/s
On-demand signalling- Call Setup, Call Release, HO Command, DTM procedures
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Measurements Reports
Radio Measurement Reporting : For each MS connected to the BTS (TCH or SDCCH)
The UL received level and quality are measured every SACCH
The Timing advance (TA) is computed
The UL information is gathered into a measurement report
this is the message result sent by the BTS to the BSC
DL measurements UL+DL measurements
MeasurementReport
MeasurementResult
MS BTS BSC
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Measurements Results
Measurement Result message:
L1 info: SACCH Layer 1 header containing:
MS_TXPWR_CONF and TOA.
L3 info: MEASUREMENT REPORT from the MS:
This message contains the downlink measurements
and neighboring cell measurements.
Uplink measurements performed by the BTS.
SACCH BFI
BTS power level used.
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Principle
Radio Measurements Statistics are compound statistics based on available radio link measurements for Circuit Switched TCH calls, either performed by the BTS or reported by the MS
No RMS measurements are performed for SDCCH calls.
TCHs allocated to (E)GPRS traffic are not concerned by RMS.
These measurements are controlled by the Performance Management function
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RMS Entities
BTS RMS entity: This is the entity responsible for the RMS function in a TRX. It is controlled by the BSC RMS entity through the Abis RMS protocol.
BSC RMS entity: This is the BSC entity responsible for the control of the BTS TRX RMS function. There is one BSC RMS entity per TRX.
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RMS Data
General information :
These are general information to allow PM to make efficient use of the following statistics.
C/I vector :
This C / I ratio gives a representation of the difference of receive level on the downlink between the serving cell and the neighbor cell.
RXQUAL_UL / RXLEV_UL matrix :
This 2-dimension matrix gives for each entry defined by (RXLEV uplink in a given band, RXQUAL uplink in a given band),
the total number of reports,
an average of the corresponding MS power level,
an average of the corresponding MS Timing Advance.
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RMS Data [cont.]
RXQUAL_DL / RXLEV_DL matrix :
Same matrix but for the downlink.
BFI / RXLEV_UL matrix :
This 2-dimension matrix gives for each entry defined by
(RXLEV uplink in a given band , Number of consecutive BFI in a given band):
the total number of reports.
Radio link Counter (S) vector :
This vector gives for each entry defined by Radio link Counter (S) in a given interval:the total number of reports.
Path balance vector :
This vector gives for each entry defined by (path balance in a given interval): the total number of reports.
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RMS Data [cont.]
Voice quality statistics :
A set of counters is defined to represent the distribution of quality for speech calls, based on measurements of RXQUAL & RXLEV on the uplink and downlink, the FER on the uplink.
AMR measurements:
A set of counters is defined feature to allow monitoring the usage of each allowed AMR codecs (FR or HR), compared to the link level, in order to help the operator tuning the AMR parameters.
Timing Advance (TA) statistics:
The aim of this feature is to provide statistics information on timing advance, in order to understand geographical traffic distribution in a cell, to identify resurgences and hot spots
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Mobile Assisted Frequency Allocation:MAFA
This RMS sub-feature allows the RMS function to gather C/I information (see above) for specific frequencies declared by the operator (called EMO-frequencies).
This typically allows to monitor specific propagation conditions to optimize frequency plan
If allowed by configuration , the BSS sends the Extended Measurement Order (EMO) to the MS on SACCH with the list of EMO-frequencies to be reported,
the MS supporting the MAFA feature answers with a single Extended Measurement Report.
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Principle
The EME feature performs the assessment of the average power emitted at the BTS antenna output connector over time. Power data is provided per cell and per frequency band.
This feature provides: Power evolution over time for each cell (per band),
Warning report on the delta power between the emitted power and a predefined threshold,
Statistics and tendencies on the emitted power for each cell (per band).
EME measurement statistics are permanently handled by EVOLIUM BTS/TRE on any downlink channel.
Once started, TRE collects permanently power data. At the end of each measurement period, triggered by reception of EME_DATA_REQ, TRE finalizes EME statistics and generates 2 new counters: Statistics on emitted absolute power on the GSM band (850MHz and 900MHz)
Statistics on emitted absolute power on the DCS band (1800MHz and 1900MHz)
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Principle
The CCCH load measurements feature performs the assessment of load on CCCH channels.
This feature provides:
Number of blocks sent on AGCH and PCH,
Number of busy RACH slots,
Number of received channel requests
Statistics about IMMEDIATE ASSIGNMENT and pagings received from BSC
CCCH load measurements are permanently handled by EVOLIUM BTS/TRE on any CCCH channel.
Once started, TRE collects permanently power data. At the end of each measurement period, triggered by reception of CCCH LOAD REQUEST,TRE finalizes CCCH load measurements and generates 8 new counters:see comments pages
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Objectives
Radio Measurements Statistics (RMS) is a feature introduced since B7 BSS software release
Designed to make far easier the work for planning and optimisation of a network
Allowing to constantly check pure network QoS and optimize various network parameters:
Provides useful statistics on reported radio measurements
Based on real field measurements and not in predictions
Users mobiles and BTSs are acting as measurement equipments
RMS are performed by mobiles and BTSs and made available at the OMC-R through the usual PM application.
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Objectives [cont.]
Using RMS, the operator is able to :
Detect interfered frequencies and interferes
Assess quality of the cell coverage
Assess radio link quality
Evaluate the voice quality
Assess the traffic distribution from statistics
On reported neighbour cells
Based in Timing advance statistics
Monitor AMR codec use to evaluate AMR operation and the quality of radio coverage in a cell
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RMS results usage
Optimize the neighborhood and frequency planning
Detection of the origin of a bad QoS in order to optimize consequently the network parameters.
RNP
Benefit to whole NPO
Compute
Interference
Matrix
OMCR
BSC
RMS Templates
MAFA tuning
BTS
RMS Binary Files
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2 How Does it work?
Principle
Radio Measurement Statistics are performed by mobiles and BTSs on TCH channels
The BTS format those requested statistics and stores all the results
SF15SF16SF17SF18SF19SF20SF21SF22
SpeechFrame
MR
BTS
Voice:
Measurement Report (MR)
Call quality statistics
Radio quality statistics
C/I statistics
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Principle [cont.]
At the end of observation period, BTS builds a report and sends it to BSC
BSC forwards the measurement to the OMC-R thought PM application
RMS results can be exported from OMC-R to a post-processing tool
RMS results are retrieved once per job
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3 RMS Job Activation
Activations methods
RMS Job can be activated from OMC-R via two methods:
Permanent Measurement Campaign
On demand measurement campaign
Activating RMS wont overload the network
Most of the work is done in the BTS
1 job per day
RMS can be activated permanently on all the cells of the network
This has been done on several main Alcatel-Lucent networks
Frequently asked question:
Will activating RMS overload the network?
No, activating RMS wont overload the network since most of the work is done in the BTS.
That's why RMS can be activated permanently on all the cells of the network, this has been done on several
main Alcatel-Lucent networks.
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Permanent Measurement Campaign
Permanently through the PM type 31
Provide start & stop time
RMS job is launched automatically
every day
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On demand measurement campaign
On demand measurement campaign
Provide start & stop time
Provide BSS identity & object list
Accumulation period
Must be restarted after the RMS stop
time, so as to get new RMS data.
On demand RMS job is launched only
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How to Do It
PMC activation through UFM
ODMC activation through BSSUSM
Check Campaigns are unlocked and enabled
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RMS protocol
The BSC initiates the RMS job for the concerned TRX.
The BTS starts the measurements job for all new TCH calls, based on:
BTS uplink measurements,
MS downlink measurement reports.
MS downlink Extended Measurements Report (EMR)
MS BTS BSC
START_RMS_REQ
Start of RMS Job
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RMS protocol [cont.]
The BSC stops the RMS job,
The BTS stops the RMS measurements, finishes compiling the statistics, and prepares the measurement report for upload.
MS BTS BSC
STOP_RMS_REQ
Finalise RMS stats
Prepare upload
STOP_RMS_REP
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RMS protocol [cont.]
The BSC asks for the current RMS results by sending the RMS_DATA_REQ message.
The BTS transfers the RMS measurements, segmented in blocksThe BTS uses timer T_RMS_BTS to interleave the reported data at regular interval, in order to avoid LAPD overload.
The BTS notifies that the RMS transfer has finished by sending the RMS_DATA_REP (success) message.
MS BTS BSC
RMS_DATA_REQ start T_RMS_BTS
RMS_DATA_IND (Block 1)T_RMS_BTS expiry
restart T_RMS_BTS
RMS_DATA_IND
(last Block)T_RMS_BTS expiry
restart T_RMS_BTS
RMS_DATA_REP(success)stop T_RMS_BTS
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5 MAFA
Principle
Provides a way for the system to ask each MS to measure extra-frequencies (frequencies of non-neighbour cells)
MAFA can be used to check interferences from non-neighbour cells and help the operator find "clean" frequencies
Frequencies will be reported even if they are received with a lower level than the BCCH frequency of neighbour cells
It is a standardized GSM feature
Mobile dependent feature.
MAFA is totally included in the RMS feature,
Nevertheless, some specific actions are required at the OMC-R and BSC side in order to launch the MAFA procedure
6 strongestneighboring cellsServing
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5 MAFA
How does it work?
Inside a RMS job is possible to apply the Mobile Assisted Frequency Allocation (MAFA) or Extended Measurement Reporting:
Consists in sending an Extended Measurement Order (EMO) to the mobiles
Mobile takes one SACCH multiframe to perform measurements on specific frequencies
These measurements are reported via the EXTENDED_MEASUREMENT_REPORT message
The EMO is only sent once per call.
The statistics related to MAFA will be collected in the BTS and integrated in the RMS results
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How does it work?
MS BSC MSC
< -----------------------------------ASSIGNMENT REQUEST< --------------------------------------------------------
PHYSICAL CONTEXT REQUEST-------------------------------------------------------- >
PHYSICAL CONTEXT CONFIRM
< --------------------------------------------------------CHANNEL ACTIVATION (TCH)
(EMO included)-------------------------------------------------------- >CHANNEL ACTIVATION ACKNOWLEDGE
.
.
TCH establishment.--------TCH---------> .
ASSIGNT COMPLETE ------------------------------------------------------- >ASSIGNMENT COMPLETE ----------------------------------- >
EMR(MAFA freq. RxLev)
TCH ASSIGNMENT PHASE (OC or TC)BTS
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Activation
MAFA job is included in the RMS job MAFA job that allows measurements of specific frequencies by MAFA mobiles during the RMS job
Two aspects on MAFA job definition: The activation of the MAFA feature, that can be done through the flag EN_EXT_MEAS_REP
The definition of the frequencies to be monitored by the MAFA mobiles (called MAFA frequencies)
The definition of the MAFA frequencies and EN_EXT_MEAS_REP flag can be performed thought NPO also
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Using NPO tuning session: MAFA Tuning
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2 The neighbor cells statistics 10Name of No Level 11Name of No Level 12CI-vector based on Normal Measurement Report 13CI-vector based on EMR 17Example 18Exercise 19
3 Radio Quality related statistics 20The RXQUAL_UL/RXLEV_UL matrix 21The RXQUAL_DL/RXLEV_DL matrix 24Example 27BFI/RXLEV_UL Matrix 28Example 32Radio link Counter (S) vector 33Example 35Path Balance vector 36Example 38Exercise 39
4 Voice Quality Statistics 40Name of No Level 41Computation of Voice Quality statistics 42VQ RMS Counters 49Example 57
5 AMR Statistics 58Measurement of AMR codec usage 59AMR FR UL BFI vector 61AMR HR UL BFI vector 62Example 63AMR FR XL usage/XL_RXLEV matrix 64AMR HR XL usage/XL_RXLEV matrix 65Example 66Exercise 67
6 TA Statistics 68Name of No Level 69Timing advance distribution 70Average RXLEV per TA band counters 71Average RXQUAL per TA band counters 72Example 73End of Module 74
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TRX based information
The TRX based information indicators:
Indicate whether the report does not include all the reported neighbor
cells(overflow, see note below).
Indicate whether a TRX overload occurred.
Indicate whether a partial restart (C/I only) of the RMS job on the TRX occurred.
RNO RMS Indicators:
- RMS_info_CI_overload_indication:
Flag indicating that the upper limit of 42 C/I vectors is exceeded during RMS job duration. In this case,
new C/I vectors are not taken into account
The list of frequencies to be monitored by the mobile is limited to 33 but due to resurgence the same
frequency can be reported several times (each time with a different BSIC). If the number of reported
cells is above the dimensioning limit (maximum 42 CI-vectors are reported), the extra new reported
frequencies are not taken into account anymore. In the result report the related overflow indicator is
set accordingly.
- RMS_info_overload_indication:
Indication whether a TRX overload occurred during RMS job duration. In this case, the measurements
data collection is interrupted until the overload situation disappears. RMS statistics are thus based on
partial measurements collection
-RMS_info_Partial_Restart_indication:
Bit map indicating that the measurements (for and only for CI vector computation) on either Neighbour
cells or on MAFA frequencies or on both or none were restarted during RMS job duration.
The bitmap is represented as follows :
0 : no CI partial resul
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TRX based information [cont.]
Total number of MEASUREMENT RESULTS messages used for statistics
Total number of EXTENDED_MEASUREMENT_REPORT messages, used for (C/I) statistics
RMS_Extended_Meas_Report_total:
Total number of extended measurements (through MAFA) during the RMS statistics retrieval
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2 The neighbor cells statistics
CI-Vector
The RMS function builds C/I statistics based on measurement reports gathered:
for regular neighbour cells from MS MEASUREMENT REPORT,
and for EMO-frequencies from MS EXTENDED MEASUREMENT REPORT.
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CI-Vector [cont.]
Declared/reported neighbor cell:
For each declared/reported neighbor cell:
The Neighbor cell identity
CI-vector.
The identification of the Neighbor cell shall be done using:
BCCH_ARFCN and BSIC.
EMO-frequency:
For each reported EMO-frequency:
The frequency_id
CI-vector.
The identification of these frequencies shall be done using:
Frequency ARFCN.
- The BCCH ARFCN is deduced in the BTS from the BCCH frequency index and the list of indexed
frequencies (sent by the BSC at the beginning of the RMS job).
- In case of a frequency reported via Extended Measurement Reporting, no BSIC is required : the
frequency ARFCN is not directly linked to a BCCH frequency. The ARFCN value of the frequency is
deduced in the BTS from the place of the measurement in the EXTENDED_ MEASUREMENT_REPORT and
from the ordered list of the EMO-frequencies. This list is built by the OMCR and passed via BSC to BTS
at the beginning of the RMS job.
- The CI-vector shall be provided for each requested (by operator) frequency in context of Extended
Measurement Reporting. The maximum number of frequencies in the order (EMO) is the maximum
defined in 3GPP (=21). Hence the maximum in the report is 21 also. When in exceptional cases, more
results are available (future expansion in 3GPP), only the first 21 are reported.
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CI-vector based on Normal Measurement Report
This vector gathers measurements related to regular neighbor cells
For each neighbor cell, it gives the total number of measurement reports in which the C/I related to the neighbor cell is reported in C/I band X (as described next slides)
C/I is expressed in dB and it is computed as follows : If EN_BALANCED_CI = TRUEthen :C/I (dB) = RXLEV_DL + abs(BS_TXPWR - BS_TXPWR_MAX) -
RXLEV_NCELL else :C/I (dB) = RXLEV_DL (dBm) - RXLEV_NCELL (dBm)
- The difference of (BS_TXPWR - BS_TXPWR_MAX) has been introduced in order to compensate the
differences of the power transmission levels due to the DL power control.
- The expression (RXLEV_DL + abs(BS_TXPWR - BS_TXPWR_MAX)) can be seen as a kind of normalized
received power level in case the BTS would always have used the maximum allowed power level.
- Note that the formula is written independently of the coding used for the variables.
- RXLEV_DL and RXLEV_NCELL are the received signal levels of the serving and of the neighbor cells,
expressed in dBm.
- BS_TXPWR is the BTS transmitted power
- and BS_TXPWR_MAX is the maximum allowed BTS transmission power.
- Both are defined relatively to the maximum absolute output power of the BTS
(BTS_MAX_OUTPUT_POWER).
- BS_TXPWR and BS_TXPWR_MAX are expressed in dB.
- The function abs() gives the absolute value of its argument.
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CI-vector based on Normal Measurement Report [cont.]
The difference of (BS_TXPWR - BS_TXPWR_MAX) has been introduced in order to compensate the differences of the power transmission levels due to the DL power control
BTS Power (dBm)
BTS_MAX_OUTPUT_POWER BS_TXPWR_MAX (dB)
BS_TX
PWR
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BS_power_level (real transmission power level)
RXLEV_DL (dBm) (real received power level)
BS_TXPWR - BS_TXPWR_MAX
Path loss DL
- The difference of (BS_TXPWR - BS_TXPWR_MAX) has been introduced in order to compensate the
differences of the power transmission levels due to the DL power control.
- The expression (RXLEV_DL + abs(BS_TXPWR - BS_TXPWR_MAX)) can be seen as a kind of normalized
received power level in case the BTS would always have used the maximum allowed power level.
- Note that the formula is written independently of the coding used for the variables.
- RXLEV_DL and RXLEV_NCELL are the received signal levels of the serving and of the neighbor cells,
expressed in dBm.
- BS_TXPWR is the BTS transmitted power
- and BS_TXPWR_MAX is the maximum allowed BTS transmission power.
- Both are defined relatively to the maximum absolute output power of the BTS
(BTS_MAX_OUTPUT_POWER).
- BS_TXPWR and BS_TXPWR_MAX are expressed in dB.
- The function abs() gives the absolute value of its argument.
- Note:
From B9, the variable BTS_MAX_OUTPUT_POWER (used for the power control and the path balance
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CI-vector based on Normal Measurement Report [cont.]
There are 10 C/I bands which are defined through 9 thresholds parameters, tuneable on a per RMS template basis:
C1,C10: Indicate the number of measurement reports received for the corresponding band
C3C2C1 C10 Max
-63 dB MEAS_STAT_C/I_3 MEAS_STAT_C/I_663 dB
Vector Maximum
C/I
C/I band 1 is defined by : -63 dB
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Memory limitations have led to the use of 10 slots, or buckets that gather the data.
The bucket width and position can be adjusted by tweaking the 9 internal boundaries in each cell (the extreme boundaries are fixed).
This template adjustment can be easily done in RNO.
The number of drops in each bucket is also an approximation and is only one byte (0..255) which is then multiplied by a factor (the MAX_SAMPLE value)
-63dB 63dBMEAS_STAT_C/I_5
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10
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CI-vector based on Normal Measurement Report [cont.]
To save on the memory resources, these counters are in a coded format.
The used coding mechanism is the following:
The counters in the table (C1,C10) are one-byte percentage-counters. In fact the counters indicate
the fraction of the row-maximum. (see Max).
At coding time the coded values (the fraction) are determined as follows:
Ci = Vi x 254 / row_maximum
Notes:
Vi represents the real number of measurements
the value Ci=0 indicates number_of_meas = 0
the value Ci=254(0FE) indicates number_of_meas = row_max
the value Ci=255(0FF) is reserved to indicate overflow
At decoding time the real values are determined as follows:
Vi = Ci x row_maximum / 254
Max: The maximum number of measurement reports received.
Max = max of (V1,V2,V10)
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RMS 9a:
Same format as regular neighbor cells based vector
The EMO based CI-vector is identified by the ARFCN only.
2 The neighbor cells statistics
CI-vector based on EMR
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Example
C/I band 1 is defined by : -63 dB
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Exercise
Compute the C/I for the case hereafter:
EN_BALANCED_CI = TRUE
BS_TXPWR_MAX = - 2 dB
BS_TXPWR = - 6 dB
RXLEV_DL = - 84 dBm
RXLEV_NCELL = - 102 dBm
C/I (dB) = (RXLEV_DL + abs(BS_TXPWR - BS_TXPWR_MAX) - RXLEV_NCELL)
= ((-84dBm + abs(-6dB - (-2dB))) - (-102dBm)= (-84dBm + 4dB) + 102dBm= -80dB + 102dBm= 22dB
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The RXQUAL_UL/RXLEV_UL matrix
One Matrix of total number of reports in which:
the uplink RXQUAL is reported in quality band X
and the uplink RXLEV is reported in level band Y.
For each total number of reports, the corresponding averaged value of MS power level and Timing Advance are given
TA
C
PWR
Quality
Level
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The RXQUAL_UL/RXLEV_UL matrix [cont.]
RMS3a: Consist..
C80PWR80TA80
Max10
TA1
Max1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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- 110 dBm
RXLEV_UL
RXQUAL_UL
- 47 dBm0
MEAS_STAT_LEV_3
C1
MEAS_STAT_LEV_4
PWR1C2PWR2TA2
C3PWR3TA3
This counter RMS3a=TPR_RXQUAL_UL_RXLEV_UL is a matrix
represented on the left side
This counter RMS3b=TMR_RXQUAL_UL_RXLEV_UL is a vector
represented on the right side
The real number of Measurement Results in which UL RxQual is equal to i and UL RxLev is in RXLEV band
j, is equal to :
S(RXQUAL i, RXLEV band j) x Max j / 254
TPR_RXQUAL_UL_RXLEV_UL(i,j) x TMR_RXQUAL_UL_RXLEV_UL(j) / 254
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The RXQUAL_UL/RXLEV_UL matrix [cont.]
There are 10 levels bands which are defined through 9 thresholdsparameters tuneable on a per RMS template basis:
MEAS_STAT_LEV1 to MEAS_STAT_LEV9: -110 MEAS_STAT_LEV(i+1) MEAS_STAT_LEV(i) < -47 dBm
RXQUAL bands are fixed and they correspond to the possible values of the RXQUAL measurement : 0 to 7
0 being the best quality value and 7 the worst one
The matrix gathers following different information :
C1,C80: Indicate the number of measurement reports received for the corresponding row and column
PWR1PWR80: Averaged value of MS_TXPWR in dBm for that total number of reports
TA1TA80: Averaged value of Timing Advance for that total number of reports
There are 10 levels bands which are defined through 9 thresholds parameters, tuneable on a per RMS
template basis, as follows :
Level band 1 is defined by : -47 dBm >= RXLEV >
MEAS_STAT_LEV_1
Level band 2 is defined by : MEAS_STAT_LEV_1 >= RXLEV > MEAS_STAT_LEV_2
Level band 3 is defined by : MEAS_STAT_LEV_2 >= RXLEV > MEAS_STAT_LEV_3
:
Level band 10 is defined by : MEAS_STAT_LEV_9 >= RXLEV >= -110 dBm
C1,C80: Indicate the number of measurement reports received for the corresponding row and
column. To save on the memory resources, these counters are in a coded format. The used coding
mechanism is as described in the CI-vector section.
Max1,Max10: The maximum number of measurement reports received for the
corresponding ROW.
Max_1 = max of (V1,V2,V8)
Max_2 = max of (V9,V10,V16)
:
Max_10 = max of (V72,V73,V80)
In order to provide correct averages, the TRE cumulates the MS_TXPWR and timing advance. Therefore during measurement the TRE requires a 4 byte-storage for every counter. At the end of the observation, before passing it to the BSC, the TRE determines the average value (with one decimal) and coded it into a one_byte_average value.
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The RXQUAL_DL/RXLEV_DL matrix
Matrix of total number of reports in which: the downlink RXQUAL is reported in quality band X
the downlink RXLEV is reported in level band Y
For each total number of reports, the corresponding averaged value of:
BS power level
and Timing Advance are given
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The RXQUAL_DL/RXLEV_DL matrix [cont.]
RMS4a:Row
Maximum
C80PWR80TA80
Max10
TA1
Max1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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- 110 dBm
RXLEV_DL
RXQUAL_DL
- 47 dBm0
MEAS_STAT_LEV_3
C1
MEAS_STAT_LEV_4
PWR1C2PWR2TA2
C3PWR3TA3
There are 10 levels bands which are defined through 9 thresholds parameters, tuneable on a per RMS
template basis, as follows :
Level band 1 is defined by : -47 dBm >= RXLEV >
MEAS_STAT_LEV_1
Level band 2 is defined by : MEAS_STAT_LEV_1 >= RXLEV > MEAS_STAT_LEV_2
Level band 3 is defined by : MEAS_STAT_LEV_2 >= RXLEV > MEAS_STAT_LEV_3
:
Level band 10 is defined by : MEAS_STAT_LEV_9 >= RXLEV >= -110 dBm
C1,C80: Indicate the number of measurement reports received for the corresponding row and
column. To save on the memory resources, these counters are in a coded format. The used coding
mechanism is as described in the CI-vector section.
Max1,Max10: The maximum number of measurement reports received for the
corresponding ROW.
Max_1 = max of (V1,V2,V8)
Max_2 = max of (V9,V10,V16)
:
Max_10 = max of (V72,V73,V80)
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The RXQUAL_DL/RXLEV_DL matrix [cont.]
Level bands are defined as previously
RXQUAL bands are fixed and they correspond to the possible values of the RXQUAL measurement : 0 to 7
The matrix gathers following different information :
C1,C80: Indicate the number of measurement reports received for the corresponding row and column
PWR1PWR80: Averaged value of the BS power level in dBm for that total number of reports, i.e. the corresponding averaged value of
[BTS_MAX_OUTPUT_POWER - abs(BS_TXPWR)], TA1TA80: Averaged value of Timing Advance for that total number of
reports
BS_TXPWR is the BTS transmitted power defined relatively to the maximum absolute output power of the BTS.
BS_TXPWR is expressed in dB, whereas BTS_MAX_OUTPUT_POWER is expressed in dBm. The function abs( ) gives the absolute value of its argument
Remark: In order to provide correct averages, the TRE cumulates the BS_TXPWR and timing advance. Therefore during measurement the TRE requires a 4 byte-storage for every counter. At the end of the observation, before passing it to the BSC, the TRE determines the average value (with one decimal) and coded it into a 1-byte_average value.
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BFI/RXLEV_UL Matrix
Matrix of total number of reports in which:
the number of consecutive BFI (Bad Frame Indication) is in BFI band X the uplink RXLEV is reported in level band Y
The number of consecutive BFI is computed over one SACCH multiframe The BTS increments the BFI (or CFE) counter as soon as consecutive speech frames cannot be decoded (next slide)
Consecutive Frame Erasure (CFE):
MEAS_STAT_BFIi parameters define 9 intervals of cumulated numbers of consecutive
speech frames which have a Bad Frame Indicator value set to 1 (it means that the
speech frame is considered as erroneous by the BTS).
As the TC will erase speech frames for which a Bad Frame Indicator flag (BFI) has
been set to the value 1 by the BTS, a BFI is used in the RMS counters description
whereas the CFE is used in the RMS indicators defined in the RNO tool.
Note: By default, a BFI relates to a speech frame. When considering SACCH
measurement, SACCH_BFI should be used.
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BFI/RXLEV_UL Matrix [cont.]
Consecutive Frame Erasure:
The BTS increments the BFI (or CFE) counter as soon as consecutive speech frames cannot be decoded:
isolated speech frames with BFIs set to 1 are not counted
sequences of not decoded speech frames are cumulated
SF
01
SF
02
SF
03
SF
04
SF
05
SF
06
SF
07
SF
08
SF
09
SF
10
SF
11
SF
12
SF
13
SF
14
SF
15
SF
16
SF
17
SF
18
SF
19
SF
20
SF
21
SF
22
SF
23
SF
24
SACCH
FRAME
BFI
0
BFI
0
BFI
0
BFI
1
BFI
0
BFI
0
BFI
0
BFI
1
BFI
1
BFI
1
BFI
1
BFI
0
BFI
0
BFI
1
BFI
1
BFI
0
BFI
1
BFI
1
BFI
1
BFI
0
BFI
1
BFI
0
BFI
1
BFI
0
BFI
1
CFE
0
CFE
0
CFE
0
CFE
0
CFE
0
CFE
0
CFE
0
CFE
0
CFE
2
CFE
3
CFE
3
CFE
3
CFE
3
CFE
4
CFE
4
CFE
4
CFE
6
CFE
6
CFE
6
CFE
6
CFE
6
CFE
7
CFE
7
CFE
1
CFE
5
SACCH Multiframe
The number of consecutive BFI is computed over one SACCH multiframe in the following way :
In the period of the SACCH multiframe, a counter counts the number of speech frames which are
consecutive and with BFI = 1 (it means that the speech frame is counted if its BFI = 1 and the previous
frame has also BFI = 1). The counter must hold concurrently several periods of consecutive bad speech
frames within the SACCH multiframe.
Consecutive Frame Erasure (CFE):
MEAS_STAT_BFIi parameters define 9 intervals of cumulated numbers of consecutive speech frames
which have a Bad Frame Indicator value set to 1 (it means that the speech frame is considered as
erroneous by the BTS).
As the TC will erase speech frames for which a Bad Frame Indicator flag (BFI) has been set to the
value 1 by the BTS, a BFI is used in the RMS counters description whereas the CFE is used in the RMS
indicators defined in the RNO tool.
Note: By default, a BFI relates to a speech frame. When considering SACCH measurement,
SACCH_BFI should be used.
If during this SACCH multiframe, DTX is applied on the uplink path (DTX_UL =1), the counter on consecutive BFI shall be ignored and the corresponding report shall not be taken into account in the statistics. Otherwise, the counter of consecutive BFI is computed over 25 frames (the 24 speech frames and the SACCH frame).
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BFI/RXLEV_UL Matrix [cont.]
The matrix consists in BFI bands on X axis and level bands on Y axisRow
Maximum
Max10
Max1
MEAS_STAT_BFI_3
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RXLEV_UL
CONSECUTIVE BFI COUNTER
- 47 dBm
MEAS_STAT_LEV_3
MEAS_STAT_LEV_4
C2
MEAS_STAT_BFI_4
C1 C3
C100
Level bands are defined as previously.
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BFI/RXLEV_UL Matrix [cont.]
Level bands are defined as previously
There are 10 BFI bands which are defined through 9 thresholds parameters, tuneable on a per RMS template basis:
MEAS_STAT_BFI1 to MEAS_STAT_BFI9:0 < MEAS_STAT_BFI(i) MEAS_STAT_BFI(i+1) 25 speech frame
C1,C100: Indicate the number of measurement reports received for the corresponding row and column.
BFI band 1 is defined by :0
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Radio link Counter (S) vector
vector of total number of measurement reports for which the value of S (Radio link counter) is in S band X
C3C2C1 C10 Max
0 MEAS_STAT_S_3 MEAS_STAT_S_6 128Vector Maximum
Radio Link Counter S
To save on the memory resources, these counters are in a coded format. The used coding mechanism is
as described in the CI-vector section
The real number of Measurement Results in which Uplink Radio Link Counter is in S band j, is equal to:
S(S band j) x Max / 254
TPR_RADIO_LINK(j) x MAX_RADIO_LINK / 254
Recall on the Uplink Radio Link Supervision procedure:
For each active dedicated radio channel in a cell, a counter S called Radio Link Counter is:
decremented by 1 by the BTS each time an SACCH measurement from the mobile cannot be
decoded (SACCH_BFI=1).
incremented by 2 by the BTS each time a valid SACCH measurement is received from the mobile
(SACCH_BFI=0).
Initial value of S = RADIOLINK_TIMEOUT_BS (cell parameter)
if S reaches N_BSTXPWR_M, a radio link recovery is triggered (BTS and MS power increased at their
maximum).
if S reaches 0, a Radio Link Failure is triggered (channel drop).
Therefore the value of S gives a measure of the quality of the radio uplink.
RADIOLINK_TIMEOUT_BS: Counter threshold to detect a radio link failure on the uplink path.
Min value : 1
Max value: 128 Samfr
Default value: 18 Samfr
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Radio link Counter (S) vector [cont.]
There are 10 S bands which are defined through 9 thresholds parameters, tuneable on a per RMS template basis:
MEAS_STAT_S1 to MEAS_STAT_S9: 0 < MEAS_STAT_S(i) MEAS_STAT_S(i+1) 128 SACCH mfr
C1,C10: Indicate the number of measurement reports received for the corresponding column
S band 1 is defined by : 0
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S: counter managed by the BTS on a per call basis
S = RADIOLINK_TIMEOUT_BS if good radio conditions
S decr