UMTS Radio Network

planning and
Dimensioning Basics
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Agenda
Section 1 CW Test
Section 2 WCDMA Coverage planning
Section 3 WCDMA Capacity planning
Section 4 Huawei CE dimensioning
Section 5 Huawei Iub Dimensioning

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CW Test

CW test is the Continuous Wave

Test.

CW Test is an important step in

propagation model tuning. As It
provides data for the propagation
model calibration.

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Purpose of CW Test

The electromagnetic wave

propagation model is closely related
to the specific terrain and clutter. So
the CW test used to correct the
formula of propagation model with
quantities of test data.

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Basic Principles of CW Test

CW test should follow at least the

two basic principles below:

1- Typicalness: The collected test data must be typical enough

to represent the electromagnetic wave propagation property in
this area.

2- Balance: The collected test data must reflect the

electromagnetic wave propagation properties of an area "in
proportion".

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CW Test Flow

There are 3 steps in the CW test:

1- Site Selection.
2- Setup the Test Platform.
3- Drive Test.

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Site Selection

In order to carry out the CW test, it

is necessary to select an
appropriate site to transmit RF
signal, the following special
principles for site selection should
be followed in CW test:

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Site Selection
1- The site number.
2- Typicalness.
3- Multiple types of models.
4- Areas overlapping.
5- Site Selection Criterion.

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Site Selection
1- The site number:
According to the general experiences, in the big city with dense
population, the test sites should be no less than 5; for the medium
or small city, one site is enough.

2- Typicalness:
The site selection principle is to make the station cover all types of
clutters in the planning area

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Site Selection
3- Multiple types of models:
If multiple models are required to describe the propagation
properties of the test environment, the area corresponding to each
model should be well defined.

4- Areas overlapping:
Increase the measurement overlapping areas to the
maximum; however, ensure that the distance between the
sites is appropriate.

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Site Selection
5- Site Selection Criterion:
A-

The antenna height should be more than 20m.

B-

The antenna should be higher than the nearest

obstacle by more than 5m.

(The obstacle herein refers mainly to the highest building
on the roof where the antenna is.)

C-

The building should be higher than the average height

of the surrounding buildings.

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5m

Site Selection

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Setup the Test Platform

An individual tone RF signal is required for CW test.

Transmit RF signal with the amplifier and the antenna,
and receive it with the drive test equipment. The
transmission subsystems include transmission antenna,
two pieces of feeders, high power amplifier, highfrequency signal source and antenna support. The
receiving subsystems include test receiver, GPS receiver,
test software and portable computer.

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Setup the Test Platform

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Setup the Test Platform

In the practice of the project, pay attention to the following:

1) The sum of the lengths of RF cable 1 and RF cable 2 should be

bigger than 10m at least.
2) In the amplifier selection, pay attention to its gain, so as to
ensure enough power transmitted by antenna.
3) The Omni-directional antenna is usually adopted as the
transmission antenna.
4) The receiving antenna gain is usually 0dBi.
5) The antenna height is bigger than 20m, and higher than the
roof by more than 5m.

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Drive Test

We should design the test route

according to:

1- Terrain:

The test path must cover all the main

terrains in the area.

2- Height: If the terrain in the area rolls up and down,

the test path must cover the terrains with different
heights.

3- Length:

The total route length of a CW test should

be bigger than 60km.

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propagation model tuning

The data file of the CW test result is

exported through drive test
software, and then it can be
imported into U-NET for model
tuning.

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Agenda
Section 1 CW Test
Section 2 WCDMA Coverage planning
Section 3 WCDMA Capacity planning
Section 4 Huawei CE dimensioning
Section 5 Huawei Iub Dimensioning

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Coverage, Capacity, Quality

Capacity & Coverage
Cell Load Cell Coverage
Users Cell Load

Capacity

Capacity & Quality

Quality (BLER ) Capacity

COST

Quality (GoS ) Capacity

Qualit
y

Coverag
e

Coverage & Quality

Quality (BLER ) Cell Coverage

Cell
Breathing
Higher Cell Load
Smaller Coverage Radius
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Coverage Dimension
Targets of coverage dimensioning
To obtain the cell radius for different Morphology
To estimate NodeB numbers in the view of coverage
Dimensi
on Start

Input
parameter
s

Link budget

Propagatio
n model

Max Pathloss

Coverage
area

Cell Radius

NodeB Number

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Step2:Configure link budget

parameters
Recommended that operator confirms the environment parameters,
and vendors provide the equipment parameters.

Equipment
parameters

Reference value

Tx Power

UL:21dBm/DL
AMR:30dBm

Environment
parameters

Reference value

Consecutive service

VP for Dense Urban

Cell load

UL:50%,DL 75% for

Antenna Gain

NodeB:18dBi, UE:0dBi

Body Loss

3dB(AMR),0dB(other)

Penetration Loss

18dB for Dense Urban

Noise figure

UL:7dB

Coverage Probability

95% for Dense Urban

Fast Fading Margin

UL:1.1dB for Dense

Coverage channel

TU3 for Dense Urban

Urban

model

Slow Fading

R99

3.8dB for Dense Urban

Margin
Required Eb/No

UL:5.4dB/DL:7.8dB
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Link Budget
Parameters:Equipments(1)

Some equipment parameters are recommended by 3GPP, it is

usually fixed in link budget.
BLER (Block Error
Rate)
Continued
BLER

Body Loss
3dB for AMR;
0dB for Video call

service

and PS service

Max Service Tx
Power
Continued
Power
service

Value

AMR(DL)

30~32dBm

AMR

1%

Video call

0.5%

Video call(DL)

34~36dBm

PS64K/PS384

5%

PS64K(DL)

31~33dBm

HSDPA

10%

PS384(DL)

35~39dBm

Mobile phone (UL)

21dBm

Data card (UL)

24dBm

Tx Power
BLER

27dBm 30dBm 33dBm

0.1%

1%

10%

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Link Budget
Parameters:Equipments(2)

Some parameters are depended on vendor equipment's, it is not invariable in the

link budget.

Thermal Noise Power (Nth):

Thermal noise Power is the noise density generated by environment and equals to (108dBm/3.84MHz)

Noise Figure (Nf):

Noise figure is the additional amount of noise generated by a receiver.

For UE of 2100MHz, typical noise figure is 7dB.
For Huaweis NodeB, latest noise figure is 1.6dB.

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Link Budget
Parameters:Equipments(3)

Eb/No:

Eb/No is the required bit energy over the density of total noise to
maintain service quality.
The table below shows the required Eb/No under different conditions.

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Link Budget
Parameters:Equipments(4)

Processing Gain (PG)

Processing gain is related with the service bearer rate:

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Environment parameters: SHO

Gain
Soft handover gain SHO gain consists of three parts:
SHO Gain against slow fading
SHO reduces slow fading compared to the single cell case
SHO gain against slow fading can improve the coverage probability
SHO Gain against fast fading

The fast fading margin and slow

fading margin in Huaweis link budget
has considered the SHO gain.

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Environment parameters:
fading margin
Path Loss fading due to propagation distance
Long Term (Slow) fading
caused by shadowing
Short Term (Fast) fading
caused by multipath
propagation

There should be
margin to
compensate the
Slow Fading Margin
fading
depends on:
Area Coverage
Probability

--- The higher coverage

probability is, the more SFM
required
Standard Deviation
--- The higher standard
deviation is, the more SFM
required

Clutter

Coverage
Probability

Standard
Deviation

Slow
fading
margin

Dense

95%

11.7

8.1

urban
Urban

95%

9.4

Suburban

90%

7.2

Rural

90%

6.2

0.8

Highway

90%

6.2

0.8

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Environment parameters:
Interference Margin
Interference margin is the required margin in the link budget due to
the noise rise caused by system load:
IM= 3dB at Load= 50%
IM= 4dB at Load= 60%
IM= 6dB at Load= 75%

NoiseRise(dB)

Interference Curve

UL Load

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Step3: Maximum Allowable

Pathloss
Maximum Allowable Pathloss
=UE Transmit Power
+ Antenna Gain
+ SHO Gain
Slow Fading Margin
Fast Fading Margin
Interference Margin
Body Loss
Cable Loss
Penetration Loss

Slow fading margin

SHO Gain

Fast fading margin

Interference margin

NodeB Antenna Gain

Body Loss
Cable Loss

UE Antenna Gain
UE Transmit Power

Penetration Loss

Antenna Gain
Pa
t

Lo

Maximum
allowable pathloss

ss

Penetration loss

Cable Loss

NodeB
Sensitivity

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MPL is the output of Link

budget
The output of link budget is MPL rather than cell radius!

Propagation model

Link budget

Max Pathloss

Cell Radius

Usually the MPL will be the criteria of the coverage performance, yet cell radius can
be a reference when given a consolidated propagation model.

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Cell Radius
According to the maximum path loss, BS antenna height

and propagation model, the cell radius can be obtained as

the following: (example of Cost 231 propagation model)

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Cell Radius

Lu1 = K1+K2*log(f)-K3*lg(Hbs);

Lu2 = K4-K5*log(Hbs);

Lu = Lu1 + Lu2*log(d)

Where:

d = Cell Radius (kilometer)

f = Frequency (MHz)

Hbs = NodeB Antenna Height

Hue = UE Antenna Height

a(Hm) =

Large City:

Rural/small city: (K6*log(f)-K7)*Hue-(K8*log(f)-K9)

Total Path Loss = Lu-a(Hm)+CM

K11*log(k12*Hue)*log(K12*Hue) - K13

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HSDPA & HSUPA Link Budget

The HSDPA link budget is usually based on the link

budget to get the cell edge throughput in downlink

using RND tool

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Agenda
Section 1 CW Test
Section 2 WCDMA Coverage planning
Section 3 WCDMA Capacity planning
Section 4 Huawei CE dimensioning
Section 5 Huawei Iub Dimensioning

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WCDMA Capacity Planning

overview
What is capacity for WCDMA?
Subscrib
Maximu
er/site
m
Power

Whole
network
subscriber

IuB

Site number
base on
coverage
planning

CE

Maximum
Subscriber
number/sit
e
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What is the most Important

Factor
What is this?

Traffic Model
a profile that occurred within ONE BUSY HOUR
the nominal services includes AMR12.2,
CS64, PS64, PS128, PS144, PS284, HSDPA and
HSUPA;
Penetrate Rate (%), to reflect one specific
service or bearers subscribing ratio against
all users in an entire network;
The Traffic Model for dimensioning is one
users profile within one hour and on the basis
of all subscribers in an overall network,
instead of active user or simultaneous user !

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CS Services traffic model

BHCA, Busy Hour Call Attempts,

Average Holding Time

BHCA AverageHol dingTime

ErlangPerUser @ BusyHour
3600
The CS service usually includes AMR and Video call

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PS services Traffic model

PS service traffic model is measured by the transfer volume for one
kind of service in busy hour with the unit in Kbit generally
For example:
It is Assumption that HSDPA traffic model is 4000bit@BH/user, the
subscriber is 2000/site. The throughput for HSDPA /site is
HSDPA throughput = 4000*2000/3600 =2222.2Kbps

UserThroug hput @ BusyHour ( Kbit ) (1 PSburst _ ratio) (1 PSretransm ission) (1 SHO _ Overhead )

BearerRate 3600 ActivityFactor

DataInErlang

Typical values for PS burst_ratio, PS retransmission, and Soft(er) Handover

Overhead are 20%, 5% and 30% respectively

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How Penetration Rate works

One user @
BH

Uplink

Downlink

Penetrati
on Rate

AMR 12.2 Voice

0.02 Erlang

0.02 Erlang

100%

Video Phone CS

0.002

64

Erlang

0.002 Erlang

50%

PS64

500Kbit

200Kbit

50%

PS128

600Kbit

50%

PS384

1600Kbit

25%

HSDPA

N/A

8000Kbit

20%

HSUPA

2000Kbit

N/A

20%

The traffic model

for dimensioning
input (After
multiplying
penetration
rate),
One user @
BH

Uplink

Downlink

AMR 12.2 Voice

0.02 Erlang

0.02 Erlang

Video Phone CS

0.001

64

Erlang

0.001 Erlang

PS64

250Kbit

100Kbit

PS128

300Kbit

PS384

400Kbit

HSDPA

N/A

1600Kbit

HSUPA

400Kbit

N/A

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Agenda
Section 1 CW Test
Section 2 WCDMA Coverage planning
Section 3 WCDMA Capacity planning
Section 4 Huawei CE dimensioning
Section 5 Huawei Iub Dimensioning

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Definition of a Channel
Element
A Channel Element is the base band resource

required in the Node B to provide capacity for one

voice channel.

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Huawei Channel Elements Features

Channel Elements pooled in one NodeB

No need extra R99 CE resource for CCH

--- reserved CE resource for CCH

No need extra CE resource for Compressed Mode

--- reserved resources for Compressed Mode

No need extra CE resource for Softer HO

HSDPA does not occupy R99 CE resource

--- separate module for HSDPA

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Channel Elements for R99

Bearers:
Bearer
AMR12.2k

UL CE
CE

DL
1

CS64k

PS64k

PS128k

PS384k

10

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Channel Elements for more CS

Bearers:
Bearer

UL CE

DL CE

4.75k

28.8k

1.5

32k

1.5

56k

57.6k

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Channel Elements for more PS

Bearers:
Bearer

UL CE

PS8k

DL CE
1

PS16k

1
1

PS32k

1.5
1

PS144k

PS256k

10

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Why more CE is required in

uplink?
Signal processing in uplink is more complex than
that in downlink. Therefore uplink requires more
processing resources, consuming more CE for the
same bearer service.

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Channel Elements for CCH:

Extra Channel Elements are reserved for

common channels, which are cost free for

operators.
The Channel Elements for CCH are

separated from the ones for R99 traffic.

Channel Elements reserved in one

NodeB(3*1)
Uplink: 6 Channel Elements
Downlink: 15 Channel Elements
No Channel Elements License for CCH
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Channel Elements for HSDPA:

The Base Band resources for R99 and HSDPA are separate.

Downlink A-DCH does not occupy R99 Channel Elements.

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Multi dimensional Erlang B

principle
Huaweis CE dimensioning principle is based on multidimensional Erlang B
model. CS and PS service share the CE resource within a Node B.
PS service including HSPA packet services adopts the access strategies called

Best effort , which means PS service can only occupy the remaining CE
Resource after all the CS service are satisfied.

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Benefits of using Multi-Dimensional

Erlang B:

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CE Dimensioning Flow & Efficiency

CEUL _ Total Max(CE Erlang _ Peak _ UL , CE Erlang _ Average _ UL CE PS _ Average _ UL CE HSDPA _ AUL CE HSUPA _ UL )
CE DL _ Total Max(CE Erlang _ Peak _ DL , CE Erlang _ Average _ DL CE PS _ Average _ DL CE HSDPA _ DL CE HSUPA _ ADL )

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Case study
Input Information
Number of subscribers per NodeB

1049

Overhead of SHO

30%

CS GOS:

2%

PS retransmission:
CE utilization efficiency:

5.26%
70%

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CE Dimensioning R99 CE
DimensioningPeak
Peak CE
CE for
for CS
CS Service:
Service: UL/DL
UL/DL 75.98/75.98
75.98/75.98 CE
CE
UL
UL Peak
Peak CEs
CEs for
for CS
CS service
service == Multi-dimensional_Erl
Multi-dimensional_Erl [49.3
[49.3 Erl
Erl xx (1+SHO),
(1+SHO), 2%]
2%] xx 11 CE
CE
== 75.98
CE
75.98 CE

Voice (Erl)

49.303

DL
DL Peak
Peak CEs
CEs for
for Cs
Cs service
service == Multi-dimensional_Erl
Multi-dimensional_Erl [49.3
[49.3 Erl
Erl xx (1+SHO),
(1+SHO), 2%
2% ]] xx 11
CE
CE == 75.98
75.98 CE
CE

Average
Average CE
CE for
for CS
CS Service:
Service: UL/DL
UL/DL 64.09/64.09
64.09/64.09 CE
CE
UL
UL Average
Average CEs
CEs for
for CS
CS service
service == 49.3
49.3 Erl
Erl xx (1+SHO)
(1+SHO) xx 11 CE=
CE= 64.09
64.09 CE
CE
DL
DL Average
Average CEs
CEs for
for CS
CS service
service == 49.3
49.3 Erl
Erl xx (1+SHO)
(1+SHO) xx 11 CE=
CE= 64.09
64.09 CE
CE

Average
Average CE
CE for
for PS64:
PS64: UL/DL
UL/DL 36.15/23.91
36.15/23.91 CE
CE
PS 64 UL (kbits)

1420346

UL:
UL: == [1420346
[1420346 kbits
kbits xx (1+
(1+ SHO)
SHO) xx (1+
(1+ Retransmission)
Retransmission) ]] // [(64
[(64 kbit/s
kbit/s xx 3600s)
3600s) xx

PS 64 DL (kbits)

1408807

DL:
DL: == [1408807
[1408807 kbits
kbits xx (1+
(1+ SHO)
SHO) xx (1+
(1+ Retransmission)
Retransmission) ]] // [(64
[(64 kbit/s
kbit/s xx 3600s)
3600s) xx
CE
Utilization
Ratio]
x
2
CE
=
23.91
CE
CE Utilization Ratio] x 2 CE = 23.91 CE

CE
CE Utilization
Utilization Ratio]
Ratio] xx 33 CE
CE

== 36.15
36.15 CE
CE

UserThroug hput @ BusyHour ( Kbit ) (1 PSburst _ ratio ) (1 PSretransm ission ) (1 SHO _ Overhead )

BearerRate 3600 ActivityFactor

DataInErlang

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Dimensioning
Average
Average CE
CE for
for PS128:
PS128: UL/DL
UL/DL 1.16
1.16 // 41.83
41.83 CE
CE
PS 128 UL
(kbits)
PS 128 DL
(kbits)

PS 384 DL
(kbits)

54548

UL:
UL: == [54548
[54548 kbits
kbits xx (1+
(1+ SHO)
SHO) xx (1+
(1+ Retransmission)
Retransmission) ]] // [(128
[(128 kbit/s
kbit/s xx 3600s)
3600s) xx CE
CE
Utilization
Utilization Ratio]
Ratio] xx 55 CE
CE == 1.16
1.16 CE
CE

2465150

DL:
DL: == [2465150
[2465150 kbits
kbits xx (1+
(1+ SHO)
SHO) xx (1+
(1+ Retransmission)
Retransmission) ]] // [(128
[(128 kbit/s
kbit/s xx 3600s)
3600s) xx
CE
Utilization
Ratio]
x
4
CE
=
41.83
CE
CE Utilization Ratio] x 4 CE = 41.83 CE

Average
Average CE
CE for
for PS384:
PS384: DL
DL 1.59
1.59 CE
CE
140566

DL:
DL: == [140566
[140566 kbits
kbits xx (1+
(1+ SHO)
SHO) xx (1+
(1+ Retransmission)
Retransmission) ]] // [(384
[(384 kbit/s
kbit/s xx 3600s)
3600s) xx
CE
CE Utilization
Utilization Ratio]
Ratio] xx 88 CE
CE == 1.59
1.59 CE
CE

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CE Dimensioning HSDPA CE
Dimensioning
CE
CE for
for HSDPA
HSDPATraffic
Traffic == 00
CE
CE for
for HSDPA
HSDPADL
DL A-DCH
A-DCH == 00 (Based
(Based on
on SRB
SRB over
over
HSDPA
HSDPA feature)
feature)
CE
CE for
for HSDPA
HSDPAUL
UL A-DCH
A-DCH == 14.42
14.42 CE:
CE:

HSDPA (kbits)

2112686

1.HSDPA
1.HSDPATotal
Total Traffic
Traffic == 2014
2014 kbits
kbits xx 1049
1049 subs
subs per
per NodeB
NodeB xx (1+Retransmission)
(1+Retransmission) ==
2223880
2223880 kbits
kbits
2.HSDPA
= HSDPA Total Traffic / (Online HSDPA average Rate x 3600s)=
2.HSDPA Users
Users_online
_online = HSDPA Total Traffic / (Online HSDPA average Rate x 3600s)=
10.3
10.3

Assumption
Online
average
: HSDPA
Rate

60 kbits/s

Active HSDPA average

500kbits/s
Rate
A-DCH CE for active user 1.5 CE
A-DCH CE for inactive
user
DL A-DCH Bearer

HSDPA

UL A-DCH Bearer

DCH

1 CE

3.HSDPA
= HSDPA Total Traffic / (Active HSDPA average Rate x 3600s )=
3.HSDPAUsers
Users_Active
_Active = HSDPA Total Traffic / (Active HSDPA average Rate x 3600s )=
1.61
1.61
4.HSDPA
= HSDPA Users _online--HSDPA
=10.301.61= 8.69
4.HSDPAUsers
Users_Inctive
HSDPAUsers
Users_Active
_Inctive = HSDPA Users_online
_Active =10.301.61= 8.69
5.UL
5.UL A-DCH
A-DCH for
for HSDPA
HSDPA Users_Active
Users_Active == HSDPA
HSDPAUsers_Active
Users_Active xx 1.5
1.5 CE
CE xx (1+SHO)
(1+SHO) ==
3.13
CE
3.13 CE
6.UL
6.UL A-DCH
A-DCH for
for HSDPA
HSDPA Users_Inactive
Users_Inactive == HSDPA
HSDPAUsers_Inactive
Users_Inactive xx 11 CE
CE xx (1+SHO)
(1+SHO) ==
11.30
CE
11.30 CE
7.CE
7.CE for
for HSDPA
HSDPAUL
UL A-DCH
A-DCH == 3.13
3.13 CE
CE ++ 11.30
11.30 CE
CE == 14.42
14.42 CE
CE

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CE
CE for
for HSUPA
HSUPATraffic
Traffic == 7.35
7.35 CE:
CE:

HSUPA (kbits) 546529

Assumption
:

1.HSUPA
1.HSUPATotal
Total Traffic
Traffic == 546529
546529 xx (1+Retransmission)
(1+Retransmission) xx (1+
(1+ SHO)=
SHO)= 747882
747882
kbits
kbits
2.CE
2.CE for
for HSUPA
HSUPAtraffic
traffic == 747882
747882 kbits
kbits // (128
(128 kbits/s
kbits/s xx 3600s)
3600s) xx 3.2
3.2 CE
CE // CE
CE
Utilization
Ratio
=
7.35
CE
Utilization Ratio = 7.35 CE

CE
CE for
for UL
UL A-DCH
A-DCH == 6.69
6.69 CE
CE (SRB
(SRB over
over HSUPA)
HSUPA)
1.HSUPA
= HSUPA Total Traffic / (Online HSDPA average Rate x
1.HSUPA Users
Users_online
_online = HSUPA Total Traffic / (Online HSDPA average Rate x
3600s)=
3600s)= 8.31
8.31
2.HSUPA
= HSUPA Total Traffic / (Active HSDPA average Rate x
2.HSUPAUsers
Users_Active
_Active = HSUPA Total Traffic / (Active HSDPA average Rate x
3600s
3600s )=
)= 1.62
1.62
3.HSUPA
= HSUPA Users _online -- HSUPA
=8.311.62=
3.HSUPAUsers
Users_Inctive
HSUPAUsers
Users_Active
_Inctive = HSUPA Users_online
_Active =8.311.62=
6.69
6.69
4.CE
UL A-DCH = 6.69 x 1 CE = 6.69 CE
4.CE for
for HSUPA
HSUPAUsers
Users_Inctive
_Inctive UL A-DCH = 6.69 x 1 CE = 6.69 CE

CE
CE for
for DL
DL A-DCH
A-DCH == 00 CE
CE (SRB
(SRB over
over HSDPA)
HSDPA)
CE
CE for
for HSUPA:
HSUPA: UL/DL
UL/DL (7.35
(7.35 ++ 6.69)
6.69) // 00 == 14.04
14.04 // 00 CE
CE

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Agenda
Section 1 CW Test
Section 2 WCDMA Coverage planning
Section 3 WCDMA Capacity planning
Section 4 Huawei CE dimensioning
Section 5 Huawei Iub Dimensioning

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Iub Dimensioning
Core Network
Iu

Iu

RNS

RNS
Iur

RNC
Iub
NodeB

Iub

RNC
Iub

Iub
NodeB

NodeB

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NodeB

Iub Dimensioning Iub Bandwidth

Factors (R99&CCH&OM)

1) The activity factor of AMR12.2k and CS/VoIP over HSPA is 0.65, and that of
the other services is 1;
2) The Iub bandwidth occupied by SRB (3.4kbps) is included and the SRB
activity factor is 0.1;
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Iub Dimensioning Iub Bandwidth

Factors (HSPA)
1) Terminal Type 1: supports HSDPA( lower than 14.4Mbps) and phase 1 / phase 2
HSUPA( 1.96Mbps or 5.76Mbps);
2) Terminal Type 2: supports 64QAM or MIMO or 64QAM+MIMO or DC-HSDPA in
downlink, and 16QAM in uplink.

Iub Overhead of
HSPA per Link

IP over Ethernet

Terminal Type1
Uplink

15%

Downlink

20%

Terminal Type2

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10%

Downlink

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CS Average Iub Calculation

The average Iub bandwidth for CS services is obtained without
consideration of the GoS requirements.
The formula below is used to calculate CS average bandwidth:

IubCS _ Average [Traffic _ Servicei * Iub _ BW _ Servicei * (1 SHO _ Factor )]

i

Voice Traffic

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of Voice Service

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Iub
Bandwidth

R99 PS Service Iub Calculation

Almost same as the calculation of CS average Iub bandwidth
PS characteristics are considered, (e.g. PS burst ratio,
retransmission)
PS Iub bandwidth calculation formula:
IubPS
PS __ Average
Average

[ Traffic _ Service _ i * Iub _ BW _ service _ i * ( 1 + Re transmissi on _ Ratio _ i )

=
]
* ( 1 + Burst _ Ratio _ i ) * ( 1 + SHO _ Factor )
ii

Traffic of PS
Service 1

Iub Bandwidth
of PS Service 1

+ Retransmission
Ratio

+ Burst
Ratio

+ SHO
Factor
PS
Average
Iub
Bandwidth

.
.
.
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HSUPA Service Iub Calculation

Since HSPA usually bears BE service, the calculation of Iub
bandwidth for HSPA follows almost the same procedure as that for
PS.
The formula below is used to calculate HSUPA Iub bandwidth:
IubHSUPA
= Traffic HSUPA
HSUPA / Sub * Num _ Subs / NodeB * ( 1 + HSUPA _ Overhead )
HSUPA
* ( 1 + Re transmissi onHSUPA
HSUPA ) * ( 1 + Burst _ RatioHSUPA
HSUPA ) * ( 1 + SHO _ Ratio )

Traffic of
HSUPA

+ Iub
Overhead

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Bandwidth

HSDPA Service Iub Calculation

HSDPA does not use Soft HO and therefore no Iub SHO Ratio is
needed by HSDPA.
The formula below is used to calculate HSDPA Iub bandwidth:

IubHSDPA
= Traffic HSDPA
HSDPA / Sub * Num _ Subs / NodeB * ( 1 + HSDPA _ Overhead )
HSDPA
* ( 1 + Re transmissi onHSDPA
HSDPA ) * ( 1 + Burst _ RatioHSDPA
HSDPA )

Traffic of
HSDPA

+ Iub Overhead

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Bandwidth

Iub bandwidth for HSPA End-user Experience Rate

Bandwidth requirement
If HSPA End-user Experience Rate Bandwidth such as 3.6Mbps and
7.2Mbps is given, the Iub bandwidth needed by peak rate can be
calculated by the following formula:

Iub _ peak HSDPA ( peak _ rate / NodeB * (1 HSDPA _ Overhead )

* (1 Re transmissionHSDPA ))
Peak rate /Node B

Iub Overhead

+ HSDPA
Retransmission
Ratio

Physical

Application

Layer Rate

Layer Rate

+ HSDPA

3.6Mbps

3.2Mbps

7.2Mbps

6.4Mbps

14.4Mbps

12.7Mbps

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HSDPA peak
Iub
Bandwidth

IUB bandwidth for common channels and O&M

Iub bandwidth for common channels mainly includes FACH
and PCH for downlink while RACH for uplink for one cell.
Iub bandwidth for O&M the typical recommended value is
64kbps for both uplink and downlink for one NodeB.
Iub Bandwidth Occupation for O&M
ATM

IP over E1

IP over Ethernet

64 kbps

64 kbps

64 kbps

CCH Channel

Iub Bandwidth per Link

ATM

IP over E1

IP over Ethernet

RACH

56 kbps

46 kbps

51 kbps

FACH

29 kbps

25 kbps

27 kbps

PCH

41 kbps

35 kbps

39 kbps

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Case study

Input Information

NodeB configuration S111

Subscribers number per NodeB is 1000
Soft HO ratio is 20%
PS traffic burst ratio is 20%
HSDPA traffic burst ratio is 20%
HSDPA End-user experience rate: 7.2Mbps in Physical Layer, 6.4Mbps in application
Layer
HSDPA average Rate: 1920kpbs
HSDPA UE Type: Type 1
Retransmission ratio of PS services is 1%
Retransmission ratio of HSPA is 1%

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CS and CS over HSPA services

peak Iub bandwidth
0.01Erl / user 1000user / NodeB 10 Erl

Voice traffic
Video call
traffic
CS over HSPA
traffic

0.001Erl / user 1000user / NodeB 1Erl

0.001Erl/user 1000user/NodeB 1Erl

From RND, the peak Iub bandwidth for CS and CS over HSPA services

IubCS and CS over HSPA services_Peak 0.58Mbps

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Average Iub bandwidth
Average Iub needed
by voice
Average Iub needed
by Video Call

10Erl*(1 20%)*13.7/1024 0.16Mbps

1Erl*(1 20%)*86.7/1024 0.10Mbps

1Erl*(1 20%)*13.9/1024 0.02Mbps

Average Iub needed
by CS over HSPA

Average Iub needed by CS and CS over HSPA call is:

IubCS and CS over HSPA services_Average 0.16 0.10 0.02 0.28 Mbps

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R99 PS Iub bandwidth

Average Iub needed

by PS64k

1000*4227
* 1 20% * 1 20% * 1 1% *89.7 /1024 2.39Mbps
64*3600

Average Iub needed

by PS128k

Average Iub needed

by PS384k

1000*456
* 1 20% * 1 20% * 1 1% *156.7/1024 0.22Mbps
128*3600

1000*380
* 1 20% * 1 20% * 1 1% *447.7/1024 0.18Mbps
384*3600

Average Iub needed by PS Services:

IubPS services_Average 2.39 0.22 0.18 2.79Mbps

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HSDPA , CCH and O&M Iub

bandwidth
1000*15188* 1 20% * 1 1%
Iub

* 1 20% /1024 6.00Mbp

Average Iub
bandwidth needed
by HSDPA

Peak HSDPA Iub

bandwidth

HSDPA

3600

Since the 7.2Mbps physical layer rate corresponding to

application layer rate 6.4Mbps, Peak HSDPA Iub bandwidth
for each NodeB is:

IubHSDPA _ Peak 6400* 1 1% * 1 20% /1024 7.59Mbps

Iub bandwidth for

CCH

Iub bandwidth
for O&M

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IubCCH_DL 0.213Mbps

The
The Iub
Iub bandwidth
bandwidth of
of O&M
O&M is
is 64kbps.
64kbps.

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Total Iub bandwidth

IubTotal
Max[( Max[ IubErlangServ
, ( IubPS
IubErlangServ
IubHSPA
)]),
Total
ErlangServices
ices _
_ Peak
Peak
PS _
_ Avg
Avg
ErlangServices
ices _
_ Avg
Avg
HSPA
IubHSPA
] IubMBMS
IubCCH
IubOO&
HSPA _
_ End
End
used
used _
_ Experience
Experience _
_ Rate
Rate
MBMS
CCH
&M
M

Iubtotal Max{Max[0.58M ,(0.28M 2.79M 6.00M)],7.59M} 0 0.213 0.064 9.347 Mbps

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