Dynamic Half Rate Allocation - ZTE
Dynamic Half Rate Allocation - ZTE
Dynamic Half Rate Allocation - ZTE
Rate Allocation
Feature Description
Date
Author
Reviewed by
Remarks
V8.0.1
2008-3-18
V8.1.1
2009-1-13
V8.1.2
2009-8-23
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Feature Attribute......................................................................................................... 1
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2.1
2.2
Overview ..................................................................................................................... 1
Feature Introduction ..................................................................................................... 1
Coleration with Other Features .................................................................................... 1
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4.1
4.2
5
5.1
5.2
6
6.1
6.2
6.3
Abbreviation.............................................................................................................. 19
FIGURES
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Feature Attribute
iBSC Version: [iBSC V6.20]
BTS Version: [No requirements of BTS hardware platform]
Property: [Optional]
Related Network Elements and Requirements:
Related or
NE Name
Special Requirements
Not
MS
BTS
BSC
MSC
MGW
SGSN
GGSN
HLR
Overview
2.1
Feature Introduction
The dynamic half rate allocation function allows the network to allocate the full rate
channel or half rate channel for MSs according to traffic of a cell. When the channel of a
cell may be congested, the system starts to allocate the HR channel to suspend the
possible cell congestion of the traffic peak to the maximum extent.
2.2
Technical Description
The dynamic half rate allocation allows the network to allocate the speech traffic channel
according to the current load of the cell. When the cell load is low, the full rate channel is
allocated for MSs to provide the better conversation quality. In the case of the traffic peak,
the cell load is high. To reduce the possibility of the cell congestion, partial conversation
quality is sacrificed and the half rate channel is allocated for MSs.
The dynamic half rate allocation function refers to the allocation of the TCH channel from
the cell when the cell load is high and the cell TCH occupation rate meets the configured
dynamic half rate conversion threshold while a new MS is accessed. In this case, the
system starts the dynamic half rate channel allocation function. To avoid the cell
congestion, the network allocates the half rate channel for MSs. Whether to allocate the
half rate channel to a MS depends on whether the accessed MSs support the half rate
channel. If MSs support the half rate channel, the applied channel type in the assignment
request or handover request contains the half rate channel type. The network allocates
the half rate channel for MSs if possible. If MSs do not support the half rate channel, the
applied channel type in the assignment request or handover request indicates only the
full rate channel is supported. In this case, the network allocates the full rate channel for
MSs to ensure the success ratio of the assignment and handover. When the cell load is
low and the cell TCH occupation ratio is smaller than the dynamic half rate conversion
threshold defined in the cell, the network disables the dynamic half rate channel
allocation function. It is subject to the normal wireless allocation policy for the distribution.
The support capability of MS for the half rate channel is contained the classmark update
reported to the MSC when the MS accesses the network. Hence, the MSC contains the
information that whether the MS supports the half rate channel information in the
assignment request.
In addition, one important parameter for implementing the dynamic half rate allocation
function is the cell busy level. The meaning of this parameter: Number of TCH channels
occupied in the cell/Number of all available TCH channels in the cell. The number of
TCH channels occupied in the cell includes all TCH/F and TCH/H occupied in the CS
service and PS service channels used for dynamically converting the TCH/F to the
PDCH (excluding static PDCH channels configured in the background). The number of
all available TCH channels in the cell includes all IDLE and BUSY channels, excluding
BLOCK channels (including unused channels due to too large uplink interferences). The
available TCH channel is the same as the above, including all TCH/F and TCH/H
channels and channels converting dynamically from TCH/F to PDCH.
The dynamic half rate conversion threshold refers to the cell busy threshold.
At present, the dynamic half rate allocation is applicable to the allocation of TCH
channels only. When MSs apply for the PDTCH in a PS service, the half rate allocation
of the PDTCH is not considered.
In channel priority property, if HR preferred is selected, even if HR conversion threshold
is not reached, HR channel will also be allocated if supporting dynamic HR.
Except HR dynamic conversion threshold, this feature also contains HR timeslot
percentage threshold HRTsPercentage, which includes BSC level and cell level. If HR
or AMR dynamic conversion threshold HRThs is sufficed, but current HR timeslot
threshold reaches or surpasses that of preset BSC level or cell level, HR dynamic
conversion is prohibited. HR timeslot percentage= (HR channel configured statically by
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Another AMR HR threshold is also classified into BSC levelBSCL and cell level. AMR HR
conversion threshold is smaller than that of HR, when reaching AMR conversion
threshold and cell supporting AMR TRX, cell phone supporting AMR speech version,
then HR channel will be distributed; while if AMR HR threshold is reached, but cell not
supporting AMR TRX or cell phone not supporting AMR speech version, HR channel
wont be allocated. Idea of AMR HR conversion threshold is similar as HR conversion
threshold. Detailed please refer to ZGF05-17-008 Independent Threshold for Dynamic
AMR HR/FR Conversion
4.1
Parameter List
Full name
Dynamic HR Enable
Abbreviation
DynaHREnable
Description
Value Range
Yes/No
Unit
None
Default
Management Object
Cell
Full name
Abbreviation
HRThs
Decription
Value Range
1 ~ 100
Unit
Default
60
Management Object
Full name
BSC
Abbreviation
UseCellDynHRPara
Description
Value Range
Yes/No
Unit
None
Default
Management Object
Full name
Cell
Abbreviation
HRThs
Description
4.2
Value Range
1 ~ 100
Unit
Default
60
Management Object
Cell
Full name
Abbreviation
HRTsPercentage
Description
Value Range
1 ~ 100
Unit
Default
50
Management Object
BSC
Full name
Percentage of HR Ts (Cell)
Abbreviation
HRTsPercentage
Description
Value Range
1 ~ 100
Unit
Default
50
Management Object
Cell
Parameter Configuration
1 In the configuration resource tree window, select OMC GERAN Subnetwork
BSC Managed Element Config Set Create BSC Function], show as following
figure:
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Figure 1
2. Click BSC Function, in Radio Basic Property tab set Dynamic HR enable to
Yes, and set value of Threshold for TRX switched from FR to HR, that is, only if the
HR threshold of any cell which busy level outreaches BSC level, and Support Dynamic
HR parameter is set to Yes of the BSC, the cell will activate dynamic HR conversion, as
shown in following figure:
Figure 2
3. In the navigation tree, right click [[OMC GERAN Subnetwork BSC Managed
Element Config Set BSC Function Site Config BTS IDCreateCell], show
as following figure:
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Figure 3
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6. In the navigation tree, right click [[OMC GERAN Subnetwork BSC Managed
Element Config Set BSC Function Site Config BTS IDCreateCell], set
HR channel percentage threshold of the cell.
Figure 6
5.1
Related Counters
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Counter ID
What It Counts
C900060038
C900060039
C900060040
C900060041
C900060042
C900060043
C900060044
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C900060047
C900060048
C900060049
C900060055
C900060061
C900060062
C900060063
C900060064
C900060065
C900060121
C900060127
C900060135
C900060151
C900060155
C900060174
C900060175
C900060176
C900060177
C900060178
C900060179
C900060180
C900060181
C900060182
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C900060184
C900060185
C900060186
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C900060188
C900060189
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C900060190
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C900060193
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C900060195
C900060196
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C900060198
C900060199
C900060200
C900060201
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C900060203
C900060204
C900060205
C900060206
C900060207
C900060208
C900060209
C900060210
C900060211
C900060212
C900060217
C900060222
C900060223
C900060224
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C900060225
C900060226
C900060227
C900060228
C900060229
C900060230
C900060231
C900060232
C900060233
C900060234
C900060235
C901060058
C901060059
C901060060
C901060061
C901060062
C901060063
C901060064
C901060065
C901060066
C901060067
C901060068
C901060069
C901060070
C901070029
C901070030
C901070031
C901070032
C901070033
C901070035
C901070036
C901070038
C901070039
C901070040
C901070042
C901070043
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C901070044
C901070045
C901070046
C901070047
C901070049
C901070055
C901070058
C901070060
C901070061
C901080014
C901080016
C901080017
C901080018
C901090125
C901090126
C901090127
C901090128
C901090129
C901090130
C901090131
C901090135
C901090136
C901090137
C901090138
C901090139
C901090140
C901090141
C901120024
C901130003
C901130004
C901130051
Number of TCH/H seizure attempts of the second sub cell (used for
assignment)
C901130052
Number of TCH/H seizure success of the second sub cell (used for
assignment)
C901130053
Number of TCH/H seizure failure of the second sub cell (used for
assignment)
C901130054
Number of TCH/H seizure attempts of the second sub cell (used for
handover)
C901130055
Number of TCH/H seizure success of the second sub cell (used for
handover)
C901130056
Number of TCH/H seizure failure of the second sub cell (used for
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handover)
C901130058
C901130060
C901230016
C901230017
C901230018
C901230019
C901230049
C901230050
C901230051
C901230052
C901230053
C901230054
C901270002
C901270005
C901270007
C901270008
C901270010
C901270011
C901270012
C901270013
C901270016
C901270017
C901270018
C901270019
C901270021
C901270024
C901270026
C901270027
C901270032
C901270033
C901270038
C901270039
C901270044
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C901270045
C901270050
C901270051
C901270056
C901270057
C901270062
C901270065
C901270067
C901270068
C901270070
C901270073
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C901270090
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C901270099
C901270100
C901270101
C901270102
C901270103
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C901270104
C901270105
C901270106
C901270107
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request UDP port failure for
assignment (speech version 1)
C901270108
C901270109
C901270110
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request UDP port failure for
handover (speech version 1)
C901270111
C901270112
C901270113
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request UDP port failure for
assignment (speech version 2)
C901270114
C901270115
C901270116
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request UDP port failure for
handover (speech version 2)
C901270117
C901270118
C901270119
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request UDP port failure for
assignment (speech version 3)
C901270120
C901270121
C901270122
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request UDP port failure for
handover (speech version 3)
C901270123
C901270124
C901270125
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request UDP port failure for
assignment (data)
C901270126
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assignment (data)
5.2
C901270127
C901270128
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request UDP port failure for
handover (data)
C901270129
Related Alarms
None
Engineering Guide
6.1
Application Scenarios
HR reduces speech quality objectively. For key areas such as dense urban where has a
high utilization of HR adoption, capacity problem should be addressed by network
expansion or cell splitting as early as possible. Dynamic HR normally is applied in
following scenarios:
To alleviate outburst traffics in holidays;
Cells with high outburst traffics;
Cells can not be expanded. With limit frequency points, activating dynamic HR increases
cell channels capacity.
6.2
Configuration Description
This feature does not involve iBSC and BTS hardware configuration adjustment.
6.3
Network Impact
Impacts on network performance from this feature can be analyzed by STS (such as
call drop times, congestion level, access indices changes, and data channel allocation in
speech channel), MRR and DT test. Specifically, this feature influences the network in
following aspects:
Improve BTS capacity, TRX max channel quantity can be doubled;
In better radio environment, dynamic HR has no impacts on call drop rate and traffic
drop rate; it enhances call success rate and handover success rate a little, apparently
decrease congestion ratio;
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By DT test, SQI and RXQUAL become worse obviously after activating dynamic HR
under the same radio environment, and speech quality during conversation is dropped; in
worse C/I environment, compared with FR, HR speech quality falls a lot;
Therefore, HR can effectively resolve the heavy traffic problems. But if it desires to
keep better performance, current radio environment needs to be optimized, especially for
interference (after activating HR, encoding style of HR and FR is different, which causes
channel error correcting capability decrease under the same environment), then
requirements on network planning such as frequency planning and BTS coverage control
are boosted.
Abbreviation
Abbreviations
AMR
Full Characteristics
Adaptive Multi-Rate
BSC
BTS
FR
Full Rate
GERAN
GSM
HR
Half Rate
MS
Mobile Station
OMC
SACCH
SDCCH
TCH
Traffic Channel
TDMA
Reference Document
[1] ZXG10 iBSC (V6.20.10) Performance Counter Manual V1.0
[2] ZXG10 BSS (V6.20.10) Radio Parameters Reference V1.0
[3] ZGF05-17-002 Half Rate
[4] ZGF05-17-005 Adaptive Multi-rate Codec (AMR)
[5] ZGF05-17-008 Independent Threshold for Dynamic AMR HR/FR Conversion
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