Cell Switch-Off Based On Automatic Co-Coverage Identification Feature Parameter Description

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Cell Switch-off Based on Automatic

Co-coverage Identification Feature
Parameter Description
Issue Draft A
Date 2020-12-29
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Cell Switch-off Based on Automatic Co-coverage
Identification Feature Parameter Description Contents
Contents
1 Change History.........................................................................................................................1
1.1 SRAN17.1 Draft A (2020-12-29)........................................................................................................................................ 1
2 About This Document.............................................................................................................3

2.1 General Statements................................................................................................................................................................ 3
2.2 Applicable RAT......................................................................................................................................................................... 3
2.3 Features in This Document.................................................................................................................................................. 4
3 Overview....................................................................................................................................5
4 Cell Switch-off Based on Automatic Co-coverage Identification (GSM)................... 7
4.1 Principles.................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
4.1.1 Co-coverage Neighboring Cell Learning...................................................................................................................... 7
4.1.2 Cell Shutdown and Restart............................................................................................................................................... 8
4.2 Network Analysis..................................................................................................................................................................... 9
4.2.1 Benefits.................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
4.2.2 Impacts.................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
4.3 Requirements......................................................................................................................................................................... 13
4.3.1 Licenses................................................................................................................................................................................. 13
4.3.2 Software................................................................................................................................................................................13
4.3.3 Hardware.............................................................................................................................................................................. 14
4.3.4 Others.................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
4.4 Operation and Maintenance............................................................................................................................................. 14
4.4.1 When to Use....................................................................................................................................................................... 14
4.4.2 Precautions.......................................................................................................................................................................... 14
4.4.3 Data Configuration........................................................................................................................................................... 14
4.4.3.1 Data Preparation............................................................................................................................................................ 15
4.4.3.2 Using MML Commands............................................................................................................................................... 15
4.4.3.3 Using the MAE-Deployment...................................................................................................................................... 15
4.4.4 Activation Verification..................................................................................................................................................... 16
4.4.5 Network Monitoring......................................................................................................................................................... 16
5 Cell Switch-off Based on Automatic Co-coverage Identification (UMTS)...............18

5.1 Principles.................................................................................................................................................................................. 18
5.1.1 Co-coverage Neighboring Cell Learning....................................................................................................................18
5.1.2 Cell Shutdown and Restart............................................................................................................................................ 21
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5.2 Network Analysis.................................................................................................................................................................. 23

5.2.1 Benefits................................................................................................................................................................................. 23
5.2.2 Impacts.................................................................................................................................................................................. 23
5.3 Requirements......................................................................................................................................................................... 24
5.3.1 Licenses................................................................................................................................................................................. 25
5.3.2 Software................................................................................................................................................................................25
5.3.3 Hardware.............................................................................................................................................................................. 26
5.3.4 Networking.......................................................................................................................................................................... 26
5.3.5 Others.................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
5.4.1 When to Use....................................................................................................................................................................... 26
6 Cell Switch-off Based on Automatic Co-coverage Identification (LTE)....................34

6.1 Principles.................................................................................................................................................................................. 34
6.1.1 Related Concepts............................................................................................................................................................... 34
6.1.2 Co-coverage Neighboring Cell Learning....................................................................................................................35
6.1.3 Cell Shutdown and Restart............................................................................................................................................ 36
6.2 Network Analysis.................................................................................................................................................................. 39
6.2.1 Benefits................................................................................................................................................................................. 39
6.2.2 Impacts.................................................................................................................................................................................. 40
6.3 Requirements......................................................................................................................................................................... 44
6.3.1 Licenses................................................................................................................................................................................. 44
6.3.2 Software................................................................................................................................................................................44
6.3.3 Hardware.............................................................................................................................................................................. 46
6.3.4 Networking.......................................................................................................................................................................... 47
6.3.5 Others.................................................................................................................................................................................... 47
7 Parameters.............................................................................................................................. 54
8 Counters.................................................................................................................................. 55
9 Glossary................................................................................................................................... 56
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10 Reference Documents........................................................................................................ 57
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Identification Feature Parameter Description 1 Change History
1 Change History
This chapter describes changes not included in the "Parameters", "Counters",

"Glossary", and "Reference Documents" chapters. These changes include:
● Technical changes
Changes in functions and their corresponding parameters
● Editorial changes
Improvements or revisions to the documentation
1.1 SRAN17.1 Draft A (2020-12-29)

This issue introduces the following changes to SRAN16.1 03 (2020-07-03).
Technical Changes
Change Description Parameter Change Base Station Model
Added a parameter to specify Added the 3900 and 5900 series

the evaluation period for CellShutdown.CarrSh base stations
determining whether to utdownTrigJudgePrd
trigger Cell Switch-off Based parameter.
on Automatic Co-coverage
Identification on the LTE side.
For details, see 6.1.3 Cell
Shutdown and Restart.
Added the function of exit Added the following 3900 and 5900 series
from carrier shutdown based options to the base stations
on acceleration guarantee and ENodeBAlgoSwitch.P
the function of fast SCC owerSaveSwitch
addition after the exit from parameter:
carrier shutdown. For details, ● AccGteeBasedCell-
see 6 Cell Switch-off Based ShutdnExSw
on Automatic Co-coverage
Identification (LTE). ● FastSccAddAftCell
ShutdownExSw
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Identification Feature Parameter Description 1 Change History
Change Description Parameter Change Base Station Model
Added the mutually exclusive None 3900 and 5900 series

relationship with Zero Guard base stations
Band Between Contiguous
Intra-Band Carriers. For
details, see 6.3.2 Software.
Editorial Changes
● Added the impact relationship with UL coordinated channel shutdown. For
details, see 6.2.2 Impacts.
● Revised the requirements on LTE capacity cells. For details, see 6.1.1 Related
Concepts.
● Added the description that the BBU3910C does not support Cell Switch-off
Based on Automatic Co-coverage Identification on the LTE side. For details,
see 6.3.3 Hardware.

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Identification Feature Parameter Description 2 About This Document
2 About This Document
2.1 General Statements

Purpose
Feature Parameter Description documents are intended to acquaint readers with:
● The technical principles of features and their related parameters

● The scenarios where these features are used, the benefits they provide, and
the impact they have on networks and functions
● Requirements of the operating environment that must be met before feature
activation
● Parameter configuration required for feature activation, verification of feature
activation, and monitoring of feature performance
NOTE
This document only provides guidance for feature activation. Feature deployment and
feature gains depend on the specifics of the network scenario where the feature is
deployed. To achieve the desired gains, contact Huawei professional service engineers.
Software Interfaces
Any parameters, alarms, counters, or managed objects (MOs) described in Feature
Parameter Description documents apply only to the corresponding software
release. For future software releases, refer to the corresponding updated product
documentation.
2.2 Applicable RAT

This document applies to GSM, UMTS, LTE FDD, and LTE TDD.
For definitions of base stations described in this document, see section "Base
Station Products" in SRAN Networking and Evolution Overview.

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Identification Feature Parameter Description 2 About This Document
2.3 Features in This Document

This document describes the following features.
RAT Feature ID Feature Name Chapter/Section
GSM MRFD-151204 Cell Switch-off Based 4 Cell Switch-off

on Automatic Co- Based on Automatic
coverage Co-coverage
Identification (GSM) Identification (GSM)
UMTS MRFD-151214 Cell Switch-off Based 5 Cell Switch-off

on Automatic Co- Based on Automatic
Identification (UMTS) Identification
(UMTS)
LTE MRFD-151224 Cell Switch-off Based 6 Cell Switch-off

FDD on Automatic Co- Based on Automatic
Identification (LTE Identification (LTE)
FDD)
LTE MRFD-151234 Cell Switch-off Based 6 Cell Switch-off

TDD on Automatic Co- Based on Automatic
Identification (LTE Identification (LTE)
TDD)

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Identification Feature Parameter Description 3 Overview
3 Overview
This feature automatically learns the co-coverage neighbor relationship between

intra-RAT inter-frequency cells. When the load of a cell to be shut down and its
inter-frequency co-coverage neighboring cells meets certain requirements, this
feature automatically shuts down the cell. Figure 3-1 shows the working
principles of this feature. The feature implementation on the GSM, UMTS, and LTE
sides differs from each other. For details, see 4 Cell Switch-off Based on
Automatic Co-coverage Identification (GSM), 5 Cell Switch-off Based on
Automatic Co-coverage Identification (UMTS), and 6 Cell Switch-off Based on
Automatic Co-coverage Identification (LTE).
Figure 3-1 Working principles
This feature differs from traditional energy-saving features in the following

aspects:
● Traditional energy-saving features allow for the shutdown of only co-site co-
coverage cells. This feature supports also the shutdown of co-site inter-
frequency cells in different sectors, and the shutdown of non-co-site inter-
frequency cells. Figure 3-2 illustrates the application scenarios of this feature.

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Identification Feature Parameter Description 3 Overview
Figure 3-2 Application scenarios of this feature
● This feature identifies co-coverage cells accurately, compared with the manual
configuration of co-coverage cells.
● This feature can recognize network topology changes, and supports periodic
updates of the co-coverage relationship.
On multimode base stations where the RF module is shared between different
radio access technologies (RATs), it is recommended that this feature be enabled
for each RAT of the multimode base stations to allow the shutdown of cells of
different RATs during off-peak hours. In this way, the RF module can enter the
sleep mode to further reduce power consumption.

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Cell Switch-off Based on Automatic Co-coverage 4 Cell Switch-off Based on Automatic Co-coverage
Identification Feature Parameter Description Identification (GSM)
4 Cell Switch-off Based on Automatic Co-

coverage Identification (GSM)
4.1 Principles
In densely-populated urban areas, the coverage areas of cells tend to overlap with
each other. The overlapping coverage of a cell can be determined based on the
measurement reports (MRs) reported by MSs. If the most traffic of a cell can be
absorbed by its neighboring cells, the cell can be shut down during off-peak hours
to reduce power consumption.
4.1.1 Co-coverage Neighboring Cell Learning

The process of co-coverage neighboring cell learning is as follows:
1. Calculate the overlapping coverage of a serving cell.
Calculate the overlapping coverage of a serving cell based on the MRs
reported by MSs. That is, calculate the proportion of traffic in the serving cell
that can be absorbed by its neighboring cells. Overlapping coverage of the
serving cell = Number of MRs in which the level of any neighboring cell is
greater than or equal to GCELLDYNTURNOFF.COCOVLEVELTHLD/Total
number of MRs x 100%
2. Calculate the overlapping coverage of a neighboring cell.
Calculate the overlapping coverage of each neighboring cell. That is, calculate
the proportion of traffic in the serving cell that each neighboring cell can
absorb. Overlapping coverage of a neighboring cell = Number of MRs in
which the level of the neighboring cell is greater than or equal to
GCELLDYNTURNOFF.COCOVLEVELTHLD/Total number of MRs x 100%
3. Learn the co-coverage neighboring cells.
If the overlapping coverage of the serving cell is greater than or equal to
GCELLDYNTURNOFF.COCOVRATIOTHLD, the traffic of the serving cell can
be absorbed by its neighboring cells. In this case, the serving cell can be shut
down. The co-coverage neighboring cells for the serving cell are selected by
observing the following rules:
– If the cell that meets the shutdown conditions is a 1800 MHz cell, the
neighboring cells whose overlapping coverage is among the top 3 are

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selected as the co-coverage neighboring cells. If the overlapping coverage

of a neighboring cell is extremely low (for example, 5%), the cell is
removed from the co-coverage neighboring cells. There are one to three
co-coverage neighboring cells for a 1800 MHz cell.
– If the cell that meets the shutdown conditions is a 900 MHz cell:
▪ The neighboring cells whose overlapping coverage is among the top

3 are selected as the co-coverage neighboring cells. If the
overlapping coverage of a neighboring cell is extremely low (for
example, 5%), the cell is removed from the co-coverage neighboring
cells. If there are less than three co-coverage neighboring cells, the
serving cell cannot be shut down.
▪ Since 900 MHz cells are used to provide continuous coverage,

shutting down 900 MHz cells may cause coverage holes. If a 900
MHz cell needs to be shut down, you must turn on
GCELLDYNTURNOFF.LOWBANDCOTURNOFFSW. It is also
recommended that GCELLDYNTURNOFF.COCOVRATIOTHLD set to
the default value or to a value greater than the default value.
If the serving cell can be shut down, the co-coverage neighboring cells cannot
be shut down. Otherwise, coverage holes may occur.
When more than 10,000 MRs are received in the cell and the learning time lasts
for at least 24 hours, the process of co-coverage neighboring cell learning is
considered complete. If either of the preceding conditions is not met, the co-
coverage neighboring cell learning continues, and the serving cell is not shut
down.
NOTE
● When co-coverage cells are identified based on MRs, only common MRs are supported.
Pre-processed MRs and enhanced MRs are not supported.
● To adapt to changes in coverage, the overlapping coverage is recalculated every seven
days.
● When a cell is deactivated and then reactivated, the co-coverage neighboring cell
learning needs to be performed again for the cell. After the learning, the cell shutdown
status may change.
4.1.2 Cell Shutdown and Restart

When a serving cell that can be shut down meets all the following conditions, the
BSC will shut it down:
● The current date does not fall within the period when the intelligent
shutdown of TRX power amplifiers (PAs) is prohibited. You can set the period
by configuring BSCDSTPADATE.StartMonthDSTPA,
BSCDSTPADATE.StartDayDSTPA, BSCDSTPADATE.EndMonthDSTPA, and
BSCDSTPADATE.EndDayDSTPA. For details, see Intelligent Power
Consumption Decrease.
● The current time falls within the period specified by
GCELLDYNTURNOFF.TURNOFFCELLSTRTIME and
GCELLDYNTURNOFF.TURNOFFCELLSTPTIME.
● The duration between the current time and the time specified by
GCELLDYNTURNOFF.TURNOFFCELLSTPTIME is longer than the period
specified by GCELLDYNTURNOFF.PROTECTTIME.

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● The duration between the current time and the previous cell restart is longer
than the period specified by GCELLDYNTURNOFF.PROTECTTIME.
● The number of activated channels (Number of activated TCHs + Number of
activated PDCHs) in the cell is less than the value of
GCELLDYNTURNOFF.TURNOFFCELLCHANNUM.
● The BSC detects the load of co-coverage cells every minute. After a number of
consecutive detections specified by
GCELLDYNTURNOFF.SAMECVGCELLLOADSTATTM, the load of all co-
coverage cells is lower than the value of
GCELLDYNTURNOFF.SAMECVGCELLLOADTHRD.
The BSC determines that the cell that has been shut down can be powered on
again when either of the following conditions is met:
● The current time is not within the period specified by
GCELLDYNTURNOFF.TURNOFFCELLSTRTIME and
GCELLDYNTURNOFF.TURNOFFCELLSTPTIME.
● The BSC detects the load of the co-coverage cells of a shut-down cell every
minute. After a number of consecutive detections specified by
GCELLDYNTURNOFF.SAMECVGCELLLOADSTATTM, the load of each co-
coverage cell is greater than or equal to the value of
GCELLDYNTURNOFF.TURNONCELLLOADTHRD. In addition, the duration
between the current time and the previous cell shutdown is greater than the
value of GCELLDYNTURNOFF.PROTECTTIME.
The cell load is indicated by the percentage of the channel resource
occupation in the cell. When calculating the load of the co-coverage cell, the
BSC determines whether to include dynamic PDCHs in the load statistics
based on the setting of GCELLCHMGAD.TurnOffLoadType.
4.2 Network Analysis
4.2.1 Benefits
If the base station is configured with two frequency bands (900 MHz and 1800
MHz), and the network load is low during off-peak hours at night, the
deployment of this feature on the high frequency band allows the shutdown of
the cell served by the RF module working on the high frequency band. This
reduces the power consumption of the network.
4.2.2 Impacts
In dual-band networks, the 900 MHz frequency band provides basic coverage. The
shutdown of 1800 MHz cells does not affect coverage. However, after 1800 MHz
cells are shut down, the traffic is migrated to 900 MHz cells, and the GSM
performance deteriorates by 2%–10%.
In 900 MHz single-band networks, if cells working on the 900 MHz frequency
band are shut down, coverage holes may occur in some edge areas, affecting GSM
KPIs. The cell shutdown percentage is about 0–10%, and the GSM performance
relatively deteriorates by 0–10%.
The affected GSM KPIs are as follows:

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● The values of the following KPIs increase: TCH call drop rate (including
handover), TCH call drop rate (excluding handover), TCH congestion rate (all
busy), SDCCH call drop rate, uplink TBF call drop rate, downlink TBF call drop
rate, uplink EGPRS TBF call drop rate, downlink EGPRS TBF call drop rate,
uplink EGPRS TBF congestion rate, downlink EGPRS TBF congestion rate,
uplink TBF congestion rate, and downlink TBF congestion rate.
● The values of the following KPIs may decrease: handover success rate, radio
handover success rate, call setup success rate, immediate assignment success
rate, assignment success rate, uplink TBF setup success rate, downlink TBF
setup success rate, uplink EGPRS TBF setup success rate, and downlink EGPRS
TBF setup success rate.
After cells are shut down, UMTS-to-GSM handovers, and LTE CS fallback and
SRVCC handovers may be affected.

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Function Impacts
Function Name Function Switch Reference Description
TRX Power None Intelligent Power With the TRX

Amplifier Consumption Power Amplifier
Intelligent Decrease Intelligent
Shutdown Shutdown
function, the BSC
can shut down all
the TRXs except
the BCCH TRX in
a cell, and the cell
can still provide
services for users.
However, Cell
Switch-off Based
on Automatic Co-
coverage
Identification
shuts down all
TRXs in a cell, and
the cell does not
provide services to
users any more.
It is
recommended
that Cell Switch-
off Based on
Automatic Co-
coverage
Identification be
used together
with this function,
with the start
time of an
effective period of
this function set
to a value earlier
than the start
time of Cell
Switch-off Based
on Automatic Co-
coverage
Identification.
When the traffic
volume in a cell
decreases, the idle
TRXs in the cell
are disabled by
using the TRX
Power Amplifier
Intelligent

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Shutdown
function to reduce
the load of the
cell. When the cell
load decreases to
a certain level,
Cell Switch-off
Based on
Automatic Co-
coverage
Identification
shuts down the
BCCH TRX of the
cell to further
reduce the power
consumption of
the BTS.
Multi-band None Multiband It is

Sharing One BSC Network recommended
that Cell Switch-
off Based on
Automatic Co-
coverage
Identification be
used together
with this function.
The 900 MHz
+1800 MHz dual-
band networks
where this
function applies
are recommended
scenarios for Cell
Switch-off Based
on Automatic Co-
coverage
Identification.
Soft-Synchronized BTSOTHPARA.AIS Soft-Synchronized Cells on which

Network SOP (GBTS)/ Network Soft-Synchronized
TASM.FLAG Network is being
(eGBTS) performed can be
dynamically shut
down, but the
shutdown cells
cannot use Soft-
Synchronized
Network.

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Cell Frequency None Cell Frequency The cell whose

Scan Scan working
frequencies are
being scanned
cannot be
dynamically shut
down. If a cell has
been shut down,
it will be
restarted.
BTS Test Function None Operation and During BTS

Maintenance testing, the cells
with an ongoing
test task cannot
be dynamically
shut down. If a
cell has been shut
down, it will be
restarted. For
details about the
BTS test items,
see Operation and
Maintenance.
4.3 Requirements
4.3.1 Licenses
Feature ID Feature Name Model NE Sales Unit
MRFD-15120 Cell Switch-off LGMICOIDSW BSC Per Cell

4 Based on OFF
Automatic Co-
coverage
Identification
(GSM)
4.3.2 Software
Before activating this function, ensure that its prerequisite functions have been
activated and mutually exclusive functions have been deactivated. For detailed
operations, see the relevant feature documents.

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Prerequisite Functions
None
Mutually Exclusive Functions

Function Name Function Switch Reference
Dual-PA power sharing QTRUPWRSHARE GSM Dynamic

Power Sharing
Multi-site Cell None Multi-site Cell
4.3.3 Hardware
Base Station Models

3900 and 5900 series base stations
The following base stations do not support this feature: BTS30, BTS312, BTS3001C,
BTS3001CP, BTS3002C, BTS3012A, BTS3006A, BTS3012, BTS3006C, BTS3002E,
BTS3012AE, BTS3012_II, BTS3900B_GSM, and BTS3900E_GSM.
Boards
No requirements
RF Modules
No requirements
4.3.4 Others
None
4.4 Operation and Maintenance
4.4.1 When to Use

This feature is recommended when the cell co-coverage relationship cannot be
manually determined.
4.4.2 Precautions
When enabled in 900 MHz cells, this feature affects KPIs.
4.4.3 Data Configuration

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4.4.3.1 Data Preparation
Table 4-1 Parameters used for configuration
Parameter Name Parameter ID Setting Notes
Enable Turning Off GCELLDYNTURNOFF. Set this parameter to

Cell TURNOFFENABLE AUTOCOTURNOFF.
Joint Co-Coverage GCELLDYNTURNOFF. The default value is

Level Threshold COCOVLEVELTHLD recommended. A larger value
of this parameter indicates
fewer cells that can be shut
down and a smaller impact on
KPIs.
Joint Co-Coverage GCELLDYNTURNOFF. The default value is

Ratio Threshold COCOVRATIOTHLD recommended. A larger value
of this parameter indicates
fewer cells that can be shut
down and a smaller impact on
KPIs.
Low Band Joint Turn- GCELLDYNTURNOFF. This switch can be turned on

off Switch LOWBANDCOTURNO for low-band cells with high
FFSW overlapping coverage when a
slight performance loss is
acceptable.
4.4.3.2 Using MML Commands
Activation Command Examples

//Enabling Cell Switch-off Based on Automatic Co-coverage Identification (high frequency band)
SET GCELLDYNTURNOFF: IDTYPE=BYID, CELLID=0, TURNOFFENABLE=AUTOCOTURNOFF,
SAMECVGCELLLOADTHRD=50, TURNONCELLLOADTHRD=80, TURNOFFCELLCHANNUM=6,
PROTECTTIME=5, SAMECVGCELLLOADSTATTM=5, TURNOFFCELLSTRTIME=00&00,
TURNOFFCELLSTPTIME=06&00, COCOVLEVELTHLD=20, COCOVRATIOTHLD=90;
//Enabling Cell Switch-off Based on Automatic Co-coverage Identification (low frequency band)
SAMECVGCELLLOADTHRD=50, TURNONCELLLOADTHRD=80, TURNOFFCELLCHANNUM=6,
PROTECTTIME=5, SAMECVGCELLLOADSTATTM=5, TURNOFFCELLSTRTIME=00&00,
TURNOFFCELLSTPTIME=06&00, COCOVLEVELTHLD=20, COCOVRATIOTHLD=90,
LOWBANDCOTURNOFFSW=ON;
Deactivation Command Examples

//Disabling Cell Switch-off Based on Automatic Co-coverage Identification (high frequency band)
SET GCELLDYNTURNOFF: IDTYPE=BYID, CELLID=0, TURNOFFENABLE=DISABLE;
//Disabling Cell Switch-off Based on Automatic Co-coverage Identification (low frequency band)
LOWBANDCOTURNOFFSW=OFF;
4.4.3.3 Using the MAE-Deployment

For detailed operations, see Feature Configuration Using the MAE-Deployment.

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4.4.4 Activation Verification

Observing Co-coverage Neighboring Cells
1. Run the MML command DSP GCELLCOCOVINFO to query the progress of co-
coverage neighboring cell learning. If the value of Cell Co-coverage Learning
Progress % is 100, the co-coverage neighboring cell identification is
complete.
2. Run the MML command DSP GCELLCOCOVINFO to query Co-Coverage
Degree % of the serving cell and the co-coverage degrees of co-coverage
neighboring cells.
NOTE
In typical live network scenarios, the co-coverage neighboring cell learning is expected to
be completed within 24 hours.
Observing Shutdown Cells

● Using MML commands
Run the MML command DSP GCELLSTAT to check the value of Cell Dynamic
Switch. If the value is Yes, the cell is shut down.
● Observing counters
Subscribe to the CELL.TURNNING.OFF.DUR counter and check whether this
counter value is not zero.
NOTE
Whether a cell can be shut down is determined every minute. Therefore, a 60s
deviation may exist between the actual cell shutdown time and the configured time.
4.4.5 Network Monitoring

The feature gains can be evaluated by comparing the power consumption of GSM
base stations before and after this feature is activated. The power consumption is
measured by the counters listed in Table 4-2. For a multimode base station, the
overall power consumption of the base station equals the sum of the power
consumption of each RAT.

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Table 4-2 Counters used for measuring the power consumption of GSM base
stations
Counter ID Counter Name NE Description
1593835639 VS.EnergyCons.BTS.A eGBTS This counter indicates the

dding.GSM accumulated GSM power
consumption of the
boards in the base station
in co-MPT scenarios.
After the feature is
running over a period, the
power consumption
obtained is smaller than
that before the feature is
enabled.
1282449256 SITE.EnerConsump.A GBTS This counter indicates the

DDING accumulated GSM power
consumption of the
boards in the base station
in separate-MPT scenarios.
power consumption
enabled.

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Identification Feature Parameter Description Identification (UMTS)

coverage Identification (UMTS)
5.1 Principles
This feature applies to multi-band scenarios in which a NodeB is configured with
multiple frequency bands, such as 2100 MHz and 900 MHz. Different frequency
bands are configured on different RF modules. In multi-band scenarios, this
feature automatically learns the co-coverage neighboring cells of a cell to be shut
down. When the load of the cell to be shut down and its co-coverage neighboring
cells meets certain requirements, this feature automatically shuts down the cell
working on a high frequency band.
Cell Switch-off Based on Automatic Co-coverage Identification (UMTS) takes
effect only when the related cell-level parameters are set as follows:
● On the RNC: The UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN.DynShutDownType parameter is
set to CCISHUTDOWN.
● On the NodeB: The ULOCELLALGPARA.CELLSWITCHOFFBSDONCCISW
parameter is set to ON.

The following parameters must be set for the automatic learning of co-coverage
neighboring cells:
● CoCovCellLearnMode
– Set to ONE_TIME_LEARN: The learning is performed only once.
– Set to PERIODICAL_LEARN: The learning is periodically performed, and
the period is configured by the CoCovCellLearnPeriod parameter.
● CoCovNCellType
This parameter is set to INTERBAND to allow the learning of co-coverage
neighboring cells in multi-band scenarios.
If you want to manually configure co-coverage neighboring cells and do not want
any alterations of the co-coverage neighboring cells caused by the automatic
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addition, set the UINTRAFREQNCELL.DynCellShutDownFlag parameter to TRUE

for co-coverage neighboring cells.
The following describes the automatic learning of co-coverage neighboring cells in

multi-band scenarios:
1. Performs inter-frequency measurements with compressed mode.

The RNC instructs UEs to perform inter-frequency measurements with
compressed mode. To mitigate the impact of such measurements on UMTS
network performance, the RNC sends inter-frequency measurement
configurations to low activity UEs only when all the following conditions are
satisfied:
– UEs are performing only PS best effort (BE) services.
– For each SRNC cell in the active set, the number of UEs requiring
compressed mode does not exceed the value of the
UCOCOVERAGE.CoCovCellLearnCMUeNumThld parameter, and the UEs
have not entered the compressed mode.
– The serving cell is a to-be-shutdown cell enabled with this feature.
– The serving cell has inter-frequency or inter-band neighboring cells under
the SRNC.
– The total TCP load of the serving cell is less than or equal to 55%.
– The code resources of the serving cell are not congested.
– The number of times that UEs in each SRNC cell in the active set enter
the compressed mode in an hour is less than
UCELLCOALGOENHPARA.CoCovCellLearnCMNumThld.
NOTE
UEs are considered as low activity UEs if they meet the trigger conditions of any of the
following:
● Common CELL_DCH to CELL_FACH (D2F) state transitions
● Throughput-based CELL_DCH to CELL_PCH or URA_PCH (D2P) or D2F state
transitions
● Inactivity-based D2P state transitions
● Enhanced fast dormancy
The time required by co-coverage neighboring cell learning is related to the load of
the source cell and the number of D2F or D2P state transitions.
When the number of inter-frequency measurement configuration delivery
times delivered for a frequency on a frequency band different from that of the
source cell is greater than or equal to the value of the
UCOCOVERAGE.CoCovCellLearnMaxMcNum parameter, inter-frequency
measurement in compressed mode is terminated in the source cell.
Flow control is enabled by default for co-coverage neighboring cell
identification, to avoid affecting the RNC functions. If the RNC load is greater
than the flow control threshold, which is specified by the
FCCPUTHD.DCCCTHD parameter, the RNC terminates the measurement for
co-coverage neighboring cell identification. After the measurement is
terminated, the RNC restarts the measurement only when its load falls below
the flow control clearance threshold, which is specified by the
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2. Identifies the co-coverage neighboring cells.

The RNC determines whether the number of inter-frequency measurement
control messages for frequencies on a frequency band different from that of
the source cell is greater than or equal to the value of the
UCOCOVERAGE.CoCovCellLearnMinMcNum parameter. Co-coverage
neighboring cell identification is performed only when the number of inter-
frequency measurement control messages is greater than or equal to the
value of the UCOCOVERAGE.CoCovCellLearnMinMcNum parameter.
The source cell with the number of inter-frequency measurement control
messages less than the value of the
UCOCOVERAGE.CoCovCellLearnMaxMcNum parameter automatically stops
measurement in compressed mode after this feature is enabled for seven
days. The RNC checks the number of days during which this feature is enabled
in the early morning every day. If the duration is less than a day, it can be
ignored. After the measurement in compressed-mode stops, the RNC
identifies the co-coverage neighboring cells at the frequency with the number
of inter-frequency measurement control messages greater than or equal to
the value of the UCOCOVERAGE.CoCovCellLearnMinMcNum parameter. For
a frequency with the number of inter-frequency measurement control
messages less than the value of the
UCOCOVERAGE.CoCovCellLearnMinMcNum parameter, the RNC does not
perform co-coverage neighboring cell identification.
NOTE
For example, if this feature is activated during the daytime on 1 March, the RNC
determines that the duration is zero days in the early morning on 2 March, and the
RNC determines that the duration is one day in the early morning on 3 March. The
rest can be deduced by analogy and the RNC determines that the duration is seven
days in the early morning on 9 March. That is, after this feature is activated, the RNC
finishes co-coverage neighboring cell identification for the source cell within seven
whole days.
3. Collects statistics on MRs.
Upon receiving an MR, the RNC checks, for each involved frequency, whether
the received signal code power (RSCP) in the best neighboring cell is greater
than or equal to the value of the
UCOCOVERAGE.DynShutFlagLearnMinRscpThd parameter. If yes, the RNC
increments the number of MRs by one for the neighboring cell. If not, the
RNC keeps the number of MRs for the neighboring cell unchanged. Similarly,
the RNC counts the number of MRs for all best neighboring cells by
frequency.
4. Selects the neighboring cells with a high measurement success rate as co-
coverage neighboring cells.
The RNC calculates the measurement success rates of all neighboring cells on
each frequency. Measurement success rate = Number of MRs for a
neighboring cell/Number of measurement control messages delivered for the
operating frequency of the neighboring cell x 100%
The RNC sorts neighboring cells in descending order of the measurement
success rate, and determines whether the highest measurement success rate
for cells at a specific frequency is greater than or equal to the value of the
UCOCOVERAGE.DynShutFlagLearnMcSucRatio parameter. If the highest
measurement success rate is less than this parameter value, the RNC
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measurement success rates for cells at the frequency is greater than or equal
to this parameter value. If the sum does not meet the requirement, the RNC
continues the check. If the requirement is still not met, the RNC will
eventually determine whether the sum of the measurement success rates of
all neighboring cells at the frequency meets the requirement.
– If the sum of the top six measurement success rates of neighboring cells
meets this requirement, the RNC sets the
UINTRAFREQNCELL.DynCellShutDownFlag parameter to TRUE for
these six neighboring cells.
– If the sum of the top n (n > 6) measurement success rates of neighboring
cells meets this requirement, the RNC sets the
UINTRAFREQNCELL.DynCellShutDownFlag parameter to TRUE for only
the neighboring cells whose measurement success rate is among top six.
– If the sum of the measurement success rates of all neighboring cells at a
frequency does not meet the requirement, the RNC sets the
UINTRAFREQNCELL.DynCellShutDownFlag parameter to FALSE for all
neighboring cells at the frequency. This indicates that no neighboring
cells at the frequency are a co-coverage neighboring cell of the source
cell.
After the calculation is performed on all neighboring cells at each frequency,
the RNC considers that the neighboring cells with the
UINTRAFREQNCELL.DynCellShutDownFlag parameter set to TRUE are the
co-coverage neighboring cells of the source cell.

The RNC-level switch for this feature is set via the DynCellShutDownSwitch
parameter. The cell-level parameter DynShutdownSwitch specifies whether to
dynamically shut down a specific cell and how many effective periods are
configured for the dynamic shutdown of the cell. A maximum of three different
effective time periods can be configured for a day, and the configuration
parameters are StartTime1 and EndTime1, StartTime2 and EndTime2, and
StartTime3 and EndTime3.
1. When an effective period of dynamic cell shutdown arrives, the RNC checks at
an interval of 100s whether the conditions of cell shutdown are met based on
the specific networking.
– If the RNCCELLSHUTDOWNPARA.DynShutDownIgnoreCbsSwitch
parameter is set to OFF, there are no cell broadcast services (CBSs) in the
cell.
– If the UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN.DynShutDownCchUserSwitch parameter
is set to ON, the number of UEs in the CELL_FACH state is 0 and the total
number of UEs in the CELL_DCH state is less than or equal to the value
of the UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN.TotalUserNumThd parameter. If it is set
to OFF, the total number of UEs in the CELL_DCH and CELL_FACH states
is less than or equal to the value of the
UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN.TotalUserNumThd parameter.
– If the serving cell supports HSPA, the neighboring cells with their
DynCellShutDownFlag parameters set to TRUE must support HSPA.
– The number of HSDPA UEs is less than or equal to the value of the
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NOTE
The HSDPA UEs include SC-HSDPA UEs and multi-carrier HSDPA UEs (including
DC-HSDPA, DB-HSDPA, 3C-HSDPA, and 4C-HSDPA UEs). The multi-carrier UEs
include only those whose primary cell is the serving cell to be shut down.
– For a multi-carrier HSDPA cell to be shut down, the number of multi-
carrier HSDPA UEs whose primary cell is the serving cell to be shut down
is less than or equal to the value of the
UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN.McHsdpaUserNumThd parameter.
– The number of HSUPA UEs is less than or equal to the value of the
UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN.HsupaUserNumThd parameter.
The HSUPA UEs include SC-HSUPA and multi-carrier HSUPA UEs.
– All the neighboring cells of the serving cell with their
UINTERFREQNCELL.DynCellShutDownFlag parameters set to TRUE are
available and not in the load reshuffling (LDR) or overload control (OLC)
state, and their power load meets the remaining power load condition.
That is, the power load of each neighboring cell in both the uplink and
downlink is less than the difference between the LDR threshold and the
value of the UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN.NcellLdrRemainThd parameter.
The uplink and downlink LDR thresholds are specified by the
UCELLLDM.UlLdrTrigThd and UCELLLDM.DlLdrTrigThd parameters.
– If the UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN.RefUeBandAccessCapabSwitch
parameter is set to ON, the proportion of UEs in the CELL_DCH state
supporting a frequency band different from that of the serving cell within
the previous day is greater than or equal to the value of the
UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN.InterBandUeThd parameter.
– The noise floor of all neighboring cells of the current cell with the
UINTERFREQNCELL.DynCellShutDownFlag parameter set to TRUE is
less than the value of the
UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN.InterBandNCellInterfereThd parameter.
– The co-site intra-band cells that consider the current cell as a neighboring
cell for blind handovers are shut down.
If all conditions for a specific networking scenario are satisfied, the RNC
performs the operations in 2. Otherwise, the RNC continues the check.
2. User migration is performed based on pilot power adjustment. The
UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN.UserMigrationType parameter must be set to
PCPICHPOWERADJUST.
a. The NodeB gradually reduces the pilot power of the serving cell by a step
specified by the UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN.PCPICHPowerAdjStep
parameter. After the pilot power is reduced to a certain value, the RNC
hands over the UEs from the serving cell to a neighboring cell.
b. After the period specified by the
UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN.PCPICHPowerAdjPeriod parameter elapses, the
RNC checks whether there are UEs in the local cell.
If there are no UEs in the local cell, or there are only UEs in the
Cell_FACH state in the local cell with the
UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN.DynShutDownCchUserSwitch parameter set to
OFF, and the power load of neighboring cells is normal, the RNC sends a
cell shutdown indication to the NodeB. Otherwise, the RNC continues to
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met, the RNC continues to reduce the pilot power. If the conditions are
not met, the RNC restores the pilot power.
c. If there are still CELL_DCH UEs when the pilot power is reduced to -10
dBm, the NodeB retains the pilot power of -10 dBm and checks the
number of online UEs at an interval specified by the
UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN.PCPICHPowerAdjPeriod parameter to
determine whether the online UEs are handed over to a neighboring cell
or whether the services are released until the shutdown period ends.
NOTE
If the UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN.BlindHOLimitSwitch parameter is set to ON, the RNC

forbids UEs to be blindly handed over to the cell during pilot power increase or
decrease.
If the UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN.UEAccCtrlInPCPICHPowerAdj parameter is set to ON,
no UEs can access the cell during pilot power adjustment.
3. Upon receiving a cell shutdown indication from the RNC, the NodeB shuts
down this cell. If no carrier is available for data transmission on the RRU
serving the cell, the RRU enters the dormancy state.
4. After the cell is shut down, the RNC checks whether the cell meets the startup
conditions at an interval specified by the
URNCCELLSHUTDOWNPARA.DynCellOpenJudgeTimerlen parameter. When
any of the following conditions is satisfied, the RRU exits the dormancy state
and starts the cell that has been shut down.
– The effective period of dynamic cell shutdown ends.
– A neighboring cell of the shutdown cell with the
UINTERFREQNCELL.DynCellShutDownFlag parameter set to TRUE
enters the LDR or OLC state.
– A neighboring cell of the shutdown cell with the
UINTERFREQNCELL.DynCellShutDownFlag parameter set to TRUE
becomes faulty or deactivated.
– The co-site intra-band cells that consider the shutdown cell as a
neighboring cell for blind handovers are started.
5.2.1 Benefits
If the base station is configured with two frequency bands (for example, 900 MHz
and 2100 MHz), and the network load is low during off-peak hours at night, the
deployment of this feature on the high frequency band allows the shutdown of all
the carriers on the RF module working on the high frequency band. This reduces
the power consumption of the network.
5.2.2 Impacts
Network Impacts
Enabling this feature has a slight impact on network performance.

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● Inter-frequency measurements will be triggered for low activity UEs during

co-coverage neighboring cell identification. This feature may slightly increase
the call drop rate due to an increase in the number of compressed mode
measurements, inter-frequency measurements, and inter-frequency
measurement timeouts.
Cells start co-coverage neighboring cell identification immediately after this
feature is activated for the first time for these cells. The number of
compressed mode measurements drastically increases, especially in the first
three days after this feature is activated. Co-coverage neighboring cell
identification lasts for a maximum of seven days. After co-coverage
neighboring cell identification terminates, the preceding impacts disappear.
Subsequent periodic co-coverage neighboring cell identifications are
performed during different time periods to reduce impacts on the network.
● UEs must be handed over from a cell working on a high frequency band to a
cell working on a low frequency band before this feature takes effect. If the
UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN.DynShutDownCchUserSwitch parameter is set to
OFF, the possibility of call drops increases on the FACH, PCH, and common
channel, causing the call drop rate to increase in the high-band cell.
● The UE migration from a high-band cell to a low-band cell increases the
number of UEs in the low-band cell, and the average single-UE throughput
decreases.
● Cells enabled with this feature perform co-coverage neighboring cell learning
after this feature is activated. During the period of learning, the CPU usage on
the user plane and control plane increases by less than 4%. The CPU usage
returns to the normal level after a maximum of seven days.
NOTE
The CPU usage can be evaluated using the following counters:

BSC6900: VS.XPU.CPULOAD.MEAN and VS.DSP.UsageAvg
BSC6910: VS.CPPOOL.CPULOAD.MEAN and VS.UPPOOL.CPULOAD.MEAN
Function Impacts
Function Function Reference Description
Name Switch
UMTS and ULOCELL.ULP UMTS and When UMTS networks

LTE Dynamic OWERSHARE LTE Dynamic determine that RRUs are in
Power Power the dormancy state, UMTS
Sharing Sharing and LTE Dynamic Power
Sharing becomes ineffective.
5.3 Requirements

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5.3.1 Licenses
Feature ID Feature Name Model NE Sales Unit
MRFD-15121 Cell Switch-off LQW9SFATC NodeB Per Cell

4 Based on CI01
Automatic Co-
coverage
Identification
(UMTS)
5.3.2 Software
None

Name Switch
Forced Cell Set the Green BTS For a cell, cell shutdown can
Shutdown DynShutDow be implemented by using the
nType Cell Switch-off Based on
parameter to Automatic Co-coverage
FORCESHUT Identification feature or using
DOWN one of these features listed in
this table.
Multi-Carrier Set the Green BTS
Switch off DynShutDow
Based on nType
Traffic Load parameter to
CONDITIONA
LSHUTDOW
N
Multi-Carrier Set the Green BTS

Switch off DynShutDow
Based on QoS nType
parameter to
QOSSHUTDO
WN

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Name Switch
RRU Set the Green BTS

Intelligent DynShutDow
Dormancy nType
parameter to
RRUDORMA
NCY
5.3.3 Hardware
Base Station Models

DBS3900 LampSite and DBS5900 LampSite
Boards
No requirements
RF Modules
No requirements
5.3.4 Networking
● The NodeB is configured with frequencies of different frequency bands (for
example, 2100 MHz and 900 MHz). One or multiple frequencies of the high
frequency band are configured, and these inter-frequency cells are co-
coverage cells, and are configured as inter-frequency neighboring cells of each
other. At least one frequency of the low frequency band provides continuous
network coverage.
● More than 90% of UEs on the network support the low frequency band.
● GSM network coverage is required to ensure the service provisioning for UEs
that do not support the UMTS low frequency band.
5.3.5 Others
None
5.4.1 When to Use

This feature is recommended for the following scenarios:

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● Operators have a strong demand for high gains of power consumption

reduction.
● The network is lightly loaded for at least three consecutive hours on average
every night. A network is lightly loaded if the TCP load of both capacity cells
and cells providing basic coverage is below 40%. You are advised to set the
start time and end time of an effective period of cell shutdown to lightly load
hours at night.
● For a multimode RF module serving different RATs, it is recommended that
this feature be enabled for all RATs with the same power-saving period.
On a multiband network, if multiple carriers work on a high frequency band, this
feature must work together with WRFD-020117 Multi-Carrier Switch off Based on
Traffic Load or with WRFD-020122 Multi-Carrier Switch off Based on QoS for
carriers working on the high frequency band. If only one carrier works on the high
frequency band, this feature needs to be enabled on only the high-band carrier
and does not have to work together with other features.
The following uses the inter-band scenario of 2100 MHz+900 MHz as an example
for illustration.
● When multiple frequencies of the 2100 MHz frequency band are configured,
enable this feature for F1. The co-coverage neighboring cell learning function
configures the UINTRAFREQNCELL.DynCellShutDownFlag parameter. The
900 MHz cells provide basic coverage and are configured as neighboring cells
of F1. Multi-Carrier Switch off Based on Traffic Load or Multi-Carrier Switch
off Based on QoS is enabled for 2100 MHz frequencies other than F1, and
cells working on F1 are configured as neighboring cells for blind handovers of
other 2100 MHz cells.
● If only one frequency of the 2100 MHz frequency band is configured, enable
this feature for this frequency. The neighboring cells working on the 900 MHz
frequency band provide basic coverage, and the
UINTRAFREQNCELL.DynCellShutDownFlag parameter is configured through
the co-coverage neighboring cell learning function.
This feature is not recommended for the following scenarios:
A huge number of UEs constantly stay in connected mode. For example, there are
more than 10 UEs in the CELL_DCH state during off-peak hours at night in a
hotspot. If this feature is enabled in such a scenario, UEs have to be handed over
to an inter-frequency neighboring cell that provides basic coverage. As a result,
user experience compromises and load increases in the neighboring cell that
provides basic coverage, leaving UEs at risk of ping-pong handovers.

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Table 5-1 Parameters used for configuration

Cell Dynamic URNCCELLSHUTDO Set this parameter to ON.

ShutDown Switch for WNPARA.DynCellShu
RNC tDownSwitch
Cell Dynamic UCELLDYNSHUTDO Set this parameter to ON_1.
ShutDown Switch WN.DynShutdownS
witch
Cell Dynamic UCELLDYNSHUTDO Set this parameter to
ShutDown Type WN.DynShutDownTy CCISHUTDOWN.
pe
Cell Sw-off Based on ULOCELLALGPARA.CE Set this parameter to ON.
Auto Co-cvge Ident LLSWITCHOFFBSDO
Switch NCCISW
Co-Coverage UCELLDYNSHUTDO In inter-band scenarios, set
Neighbor Cell Type WN.CoCovNCellType this parameter to
INTERBAND.
First Cell Dynamic UCELLDYNSHUTDO Set this parameter as required.

ShutDown Interval WN.StartTime1
Start Time
First Cell Dynamic UCELLDYNSHUTDO Set this parameter as required.

ShutDown Interval WN.EndTime1
End Time
User Migration Type UCELLDYNSHUTDO Set this parameter to

WN.UserMigrationTy PCPICHPOWERADJUST.
pe
Cell Startup Type UCELLDYNSHUTDO Set this parameter to
WN.CellStartUpType IMMEDIATELY.
Dynamic Shutdown URNCCELLSHUTDO If carrier shutdown is allowed

Ignore CBS Switch WNPARA.DynShutDo in CBS-enabled cells, set this
wnIgnoreCbsSwitch parameter to ON. Otherwise,
set parameter to OFF.
Considering User on UCELLDYNSHUTDO When the URA_PCH/

Com Channel for Cell WN.DynShutDownCc CELL_PCH/CELL_FACH is
Shut hUserSwitch enabled, it is recommended
that this parameter be set to
OFF.
Cell Dynamic UCELLDYNSHUTDO Set this parameter to the

ShutDown Total User WN.TotalUserNumTh average number of UEs during
Number Threshold d off-peak hours at night.

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ShutDown Hsdpa User WN.HsdpaUserNumT average number of UEs during
Number Threshold hd off-peak hours at night.

ShutDown Hsupa User WN.HsupaUserNumT average number of UEs during
Number Threshold hd off-peak hours at night.
Cell Dynamic UCELLDYNSHUTDO The default value is

ShutDown Neighbour WN.NCellLdrRemain recommended.
Cell Load Remain Thd
Threshold
Multi-carrier Dynamic UCELLDYNSHUTDO Set this parameter to the

Shutdown HSDPA WN.McHsdpaUserNu average number of UEs during
User Number mThd off-peak hours at night.
Threshold
Blind Handover Limit UCELLDYNSHUTDO It is recommended that this

Switch WN.BlindHOLimitSwi parameter be set to ON to
tch reduce the probability of blind
handover failures.
Refer UE Band Access UCELLDYNSHUTDO In inter-band scenarios, set

Capability Switch WN.RefUeBandAcces this parameter to ON.
sCapabSwitch
Inter Band UE UCELLDYNSHUTDO In inter-band scenarios, the
Threshold WN.InterBandUeThd default value is recommended.
Inter Band NCell UCELLDYNSHUTDO In inter-band scenarios, the

Interference Threshold WN.InterBandNCellI default value is recommended.
nterfereThd
User Access Ctrl in UCELLDYNSHUTDO When UEs are not allowed to
PCPICH Power Adjust WN.UEAccCtrlInPCPI access the shutdown cell
CHPowerAdj during an effective period of
cell shutdown, it is
recommended that this
parameter be set to ON.
Co Coverage NCell UCOCOVERAGE.CoCo The recommended value is 2.

Learn CM UE Number vCellLearnCMUeNum
Threshold Thld
Co Coverage NCell UCOCOVERAGE.CoCo The recommended value is
Learn Max MC vCellLearnMaxMc- 1000.
Number Num
Co Coverage NCell UCOCOVERAGE.CoCo The recommended value is
Learn Min MC vCellLearnMinMc- 700.
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Dynamic Shutdown UCOCOVERAGE.DynS The default value is

Flag Learn MC hutFlagLearnMcSu- recommended.
Success Ratio cRatio
Dynamic Shutdown UCOCOVERAGE.DynS The default value is
Flag Learn Min RSCP hutFlagLearnMinRsc recommended.
Threshold pThd
Co Coverage NCell UCOCOVERAGE.CoCo ● If you want to configure
Learn Mode vCellLearnMode the co-coverage
neighboring cells via self-
learning, set this parameter
to the default value.
● If you want to configure
the co-coverage
neighboring cells manually,
set this parameter to
NOT_LEARN.
Co Coverage NCell UCOCOVERAGE.CoCo The default value is

Learn Period vCellLearnPeriod recommended.
Co Coverage NCell UCELLCOALGOENHP The default value is

Learn CM Number ARA.CoCovCellLearn recommended.
Threshold CMNumThld
PERFENH_DYNSHUTD PERFENH_DYNSHUT Select this option.
OWN_OPT_SWITCH DOWN_OPT_SWITCH
option of the
UNBMPARA.PerfEnha
nceSwitch2
parameter
PERFENH_CELL_DYN_ PERFENH_CELL_DYN_ Select this option.

CLOSE_NCELL_STAT_S CLOSE_NCELL_STAT_
WITCH SWITCH option of the
UNBMPARA.PerfEnha
nceSwitch3
parameter

//On the RNC
//Configuring the RNC-level cell shutdown parameter
SET URNCCELLSHUTDOWNPARA: DynCellShutDownSwitch=ON;
//(Optional) Configuring cell-level dynamic cell shutdown parameters for the carriers other than the carrier
working on high-frequency F1 (skip this step if there is only one carrier working on the high frequency
band)
ADD UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN: CellId=1, DynShutdownSwitch=ON_1, StartTime1=00&00, EndTime1=06&00,
DynShutDownType=CONDITIONALSHUTDOWN, TotalUserNumThd=5, HsdpaUserNumThd=2,
HsupaUserNumThd=2, NCellLdrRemainThd=20, UserMigrationType=BLINDHO;

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//(Optional) Configuring the blind handover relationship between carrier F1 and other carriers working on
the high frequency band (skip this step if there is only one carrier working on the high frequency band)
ADD UINTERFREQNCELL: RNCId=110, CellId=1, NCellRncId=110, NCellId=0, SIB11Ind=TRUE,
SIB12Ind=FALSE, TpenaltyHcsReselect=D0, BlindHoFlag=TRUE, NPrioFlag=FALSE,
InterNCellQualReqFlag=FALSE;
//Configuring cell-level dynamic cell shutdown parameters for the cell working on the high-frequency F1
ADD UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN: CellId=0, DynShutdownSwitch=ON_1, StartTime1=00&00, EndTime1=06&00,
DynShutDownType=CCISHUTDOWN, CoCovNCellType=INTERBAND, TotalUserNumThd=8,
HsdpaUserNumThd=6, HsupaUserNumThd=6, NCellLdrRemainThd=20, CellStartUpType=IMMEDIATELY,
RefUeBandAccessCapabSwitch=ON, InterBandUeThd=90, InterBandNCellInterfereThd=-95,
BlindHOLimitSwitch=ON, UserMigrationType=PCPICHPOWERADJUST;
//Turning on the dynamic cell shutdown optimization switch and the neighboring cell state optimization
switch for the dynamic cell shutdown algorithm
SET UNBMPARA: PerfEnhanceSwitch2=PERFENH_DYNSHUTDOWN_OPT_SWITCH-1,
PerfEnhanceSwitch3=PERFENH_CELL_DYN_CLOSE_NCELL_STAT_SWITCH-1;
//Configuring the parameters for identifying co-coverage neighboring cells
SET UCOCOVERAGE: CoCovCellLearnCMUeNumThld=2, CoCovCellLearnMaxMcNum=1000,
CoCovCellLearnMinMcNum=700, DynShutFlagLearnMcSucRatio=90, DynShutFlagLearnMinRscpThd=-100,
CoCovCellLearnMode=PERIODICAL_LEARN, CoCovCellLearnPeriod=D30;
//(Optional) Configuring the co-coverage neighboring cell for the carrier working on the high-frequency F1
(Skip this step if the co-coverage neighboring cell learning mode is not NOT_LEARN)
MOD UINTERFREQNCELL: RNCId=110, CellId=0, NCellRncId=110, NCellId=10, DynCellShutDownFlag=TRUE;
//On the NodeB

//Enabling Cell Switch-off Based on Automatic Co-coverage Identification
SET ULOCELLALGPARA: ULOCELLID=0,CELLSWITCHOFFBSDONCCISW=ON;

//On the NodeB
//Disabling Cell Switch-off Based on Automatic Co-coverage Identification
SET ULOCELLALGPARA: ULOCELLID=0,CELLSWITCHOFFBSDONCCISW=OFF;
//On the RNC

//Turning off the cell-level cell shutdown switch
MOD UCELLDYNSHUTDOWN: CellId=0, DynShutdownSwitch=OFF;
//Turning off the RNC-level cell shutdown switch
SET URNCCELLSHUTDOWNPARA: DynCellShutDownSwitch=OFF;


1. Run the DSP UCELLCOCOVINFO command to query the learning progress of
cell switch-off based on automatic co-coverage identification. The learning
progress information includes Learning Progress, Number of Measurement
Control Messages, Number of Valid Measurement Reports, and Co-
coverage Rate for the downlink frequency of the co-coverage cell.
2. After the feature has been enabled for seven days, obtain the RNC MML
script, and check whether the cell has co-coverage neighboring cells based on
the value of the UINTERFREQNCELL.DynCellShutDownFlag parameter.
– If at least one neighboring cell with
UINTERFREQNCELL.DynCellShutDownFlag set to TRUE exists, co-
coverage neighboring cells exist.
– If no neighboring cells with UINTERFREQNCELL.DynCellShutDownFlag
set to TRUE exist, co-coverage neighboring cells do not exist.

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NOTE
In typical scenarios (the average TCP load of a cell greater than or equal to 30%), the co-
coverage neighboring cell learning can be completed within three days. The average TCP
load of a cell can be measured by the VS.TCP.Usage.Mean counter.
In an extremely lightly loaded cell, if the number of MRs collected within seven days is less
than the value of the UCOCOVERAGE.CoCovCellLearnMinMcNum parameter, the co-
coverage neighboring cell learning does not apply. You are advised to manually configure
co-coverage neighboring cells.

● Observing RNC counters
Observe the counters listed in the table below for the cell with this feature
enabled. If any counter returns a non-zero value, this feature has taken effect.
Counter Name Counter Description
VS.Cell.DynShutDown.Time Duration of Cell Dynamic Shutdown

Due to Automatic Shutdown for Cell
VS.DynClose.CellDel Number of Cell Deletions Due to

Dynamic Cell Shutdown
VS.DynOpen.CellSetup Number of Cell Setup Due to

Dynamic Cell Shutdown
● Checking the related event on the RNC

If EVT-22942 UMTS cell shutdown is reported with the cause value "Cell
Switch-off Based on Automatic Co-Coverage Identification" during an
effective period of cell shutdown, this feature has taken effect.

The feature gains can be evaluated by comparing the NodeB power consumption
measured by the counter in Table 5-2 before and after this feature is activated.
For a multimode base station, the overall power consumption of the base station
equals the sum of the power consumption of each RAT.
Table 5-2 Counter for measuring the NodeB power consumption
Counter ID Counter Name NE Description
1593835628 VS.EnergyCons.BTS.A NodeB This counter provides the

dding.UMTS sum of the power
consumption of modules
working in UMTS mode.
power consumption
enabled.

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In multiband scenarios, after the high frequency band is shut down, some UEs are
likely to experience call drops if they do not support the low frequency band. The
negative gains of this feature can be evaluated using the following KPIs:
● CS call drop rate
● AMR call drop rate
● PS call drop rate
● PS R99 call drop rate
● HSDPA service drop rate
● HSUPA service drop rate

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Identification Feature Parameter Description Identification (LTE)

coverage Identification (LTE)
6.1 Principles
In inter-frequency co-coverage scenarios, the inter-frequency co-coverage
relationship between capacity and basic cells is automatically identified through
co-coverage learning based on inter-frequency MRs. When the load is light, the
traffic of the capacity cell is migrated to the co-coverage basic cells that can
handle the added load, and then the capacity cell is shut down to reduce the base
station power consumption.
This feature applies to inter-frequency co-coverage networking. To enable this

feature, run the CellShutdown.CellShutdownSwitch command with
CellShutdown.StartTime and CellShutdown.StopTime set to the start time and
end time of cell shutdown.
6.1.1 Related Concepts

Basic Cell
In an inter-frequency co-coverage network, the cells working on the frequency
that provide basic coverage are called basic cells. Basic cells are generally low-
band cells and cannot be shut down.
Basic cells can be identified through the following parameter configurations:
● CellShutdown.CellShutdownSwitch is set to ON_CO_COV_AUTO_IDENT.

● CellShutdown.UlPrbThd or CellShutdown.DlPrbThd is set to 0.
When a basic cell serves as the neighboring cell of a capacity cell, the basic cell is
called the neighboring basic cell of the capacity cell. When the neighboring basic
cell has a large coverage overlap with the capacity cell, the neighboring basic cell
is called the co-coverage neighboring basic cell of the capacity cell. Before the
learning of co-coverage neighboring cells is complete, the co-coverage
neighboring basic cells can be identified based on parameter configuration. When
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set to YES, the cell is considered as the co-coverage neighboring basic cell of the
capacity cell. If the EutranInterFreqNCell.OverlapInd parameter is set to NO for
all neighboring basic cells of a capacity cell, all neighboring basic cells are
considered as the co-coverage neighboring basic cells of the capacity cell. After
the learning of the co-coverage neighboring cells is complete, the eNodeB
determines the co-coverage neighboring basic cells based on the learning results.
When the X2 link between the eNodeB serving the basic cell and the eNodeB
serving the capacity cell is faulty, the configuration information about the inter-
eNodeB neighboring cell cannot be obtained over the X2 interface. In this case,
the inter-eNodeB neighboring cell over the X2 interface cannot be identified as co-
coverage neighboring basic cells of the current capacity cell before the X2 fault is
rectified.
Capacity Cell
In an inter-frequency co-coverage network, the cells working on the frequency
that is for capacity improvement are called capacity cells. Capacity cells are
generally high-band cells and can be shut down when the network load is low. To
enable UE handover from capacity cells to basic cells, the basic cells need to be
configured as neighboring cells of the capacity cells.
Capacity cells can be identified through the following parameter configurations:
● CellShutdown.CellShutdownSwitch is set to ON_CO_COV_AUTO_IDENT.

● CellShutdown.UlPrbThd and CellShutdown.DlPrbThd are set to non-zero
values.
In NSA networking, ensure that at least one anchor frequency is not used as the
frequency where capacity cells operate.
Non-carrier Shutdown Cell

Non-carrier shutdown cells do not participate in co-coverage neighboring cell
shutdown. For non-carrier shutdown cells, the
CellShutdown.CellShutdownSwitch parameter is set to OFF.

To enable co-coverage learning, you need to configure capacity cells and basic
cells as follows:
● Set CellShutdown.UlPrbThd or CellShutdown.DlPrbThd to 0 for basic cells.

● Set CellShutdown.UlPrbThd and CellShutdown.DlPrbThd to non-zero
values for capacity cells.
After CellShutdown.CellShutdownSwitch is set to ON_CO_COV_AUTO_IDENT

for both basic cells and capacity cells, co-coverage learning based on inter-
frequency MRs is enabled.
The process of co-coverage learning is as follows:
1. In a capacity cell, the eNodeB randomly selects UEs and delivers

measurement control messages to selected UEs, instructing them to measure
the inter-frequency frequencies of all the basic cells and non-carrier shutdown

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cells of the capacity cell. The eNodeB selects a UE every 30s, and does not
select high-priority UEs.
2. The eNodeB performs co-coverage learning.
– If the eNodeB receives at least 1000 valid MRs within a learning period,
which lasts one week, the eNodeB stops inter-frequency measurement.
The eNodeB calculates the value of
EutranInterFreqNCell.CoverageOverlapProportion, which indicates the
overlapping coverage proportions between the capacity cell and all
neighboring basic cells, and the value of
CellShutdown.CoverageHoleProportion, which indicates the coverage
hole proportion that is caused by the shutdown of the capacity cell.
▪ EutranInterFreqNCell.CoverageOverlapProportion = Number of
times that the neighboring basic cell is the strongest cell/Number of
times measurement control messages are delivered for the frequency
of the neighboring basic cell
▪ CellShutdown.CoverageHoleProportion = Number of times that no

neighboring cell is detected in any basic cell and non-carrier
shutdown cell/Total number of valid measurement control delivery
times in the capacity cell
A cell with a high overlapping coverage proportion with the capacity cell
is considered as a co-coverage neighboring basic cell of the capacity cell.
After calculating the overlapping coverage proportions with all
neighboring basic cells, the eNodeB considers that the co-coverage
learning is successful, and starts learning when the next learning period
arrives.
– If the eNodeB receives less than 1000 valid MRs in the current learning
period, the eNodeB considers the learning failed. The eNodeB starts
learning again when the next learning period arrives, and discards the
MR samples received in the previous learning period.
NOTE
After the configurations of basic cells and capacity cells change, the eNodeB does not
immediately restart the learning of co-coverage neighboring cells. Instead, it starts learning
in the next learning period.
If you want to restart the learning of co-coverage neighboring cells immediately, turn off
CellShutdown.CellShutdownSwitch, and then set it to ON_CO_COV_AUTO_IDENT.

If co-coverage neighboring cell learning results are available in a cell, the cell
shutdown procedure is started when the entry conditions are met, and is stopped
when the leaving conditions are met.
Entry Conditions
If co-coverage neighboring cell learning results are available, the eNodeB
periodically (specified by the CellShutdown.CarrShutdownTrigJudgePrd
parameter) determines whether a capacity cell meets the following conditions
within the period specified by CellShutdown.StartTime and
CellShutdown.StopTime. The cell enters the co-coverage carrier shutdown state
when all of the following conditions are met:

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● The local cell and all its co-coverage neighboring basic cells meet the
following conditions:
– Uplink PRB usage of the local cell + Uplink PRB usage of a co-coverage
neighboring basic cell < Uplink PRB usage threshold for the local cell to
start intelligent shutdown of carriers in the same coverage (specified by
the CellShutdown.UlPrbThd parameter)
– Downlink PRB usage of the local cell + Downlink PRB usage of a co-
coverage neighboring basic cell < Downlink PRB usage threshold for the
local cell to start intelligent shutdown of carriers in the same coverage
(specified by the CellShutdown.DlPrbThd parameter)
– The number of UEs in RRC_CONNECTED mode in the local cell is less
than the value of CellShutdown.UENumThd.
● The proportion of coverage holes (specified by
CellShutdown.CoverageHoleProportion) that may be caused by the
shutdown of capacity cells is less than or equal to 10%.
● In LTE FDD, the local cell is not in the trigger state of the low power
consumption mode or the inter-RAT cell shutdown mode. In LTE TDD, the cell
is not in the trigger state of the low power consumption mode.
● There is at least one co-coverage neighboring basic cell, and all co-coverage
neighboring basic cells are available.
If co-coverage neighboring cell learning results are unavailable, the capacity cell
enters the co-coverage carrier shutdown mode within the period specified by
CellShutdown.StartTime and CellShutdown.StopTime when the following
conditions are met:
● The local cell and all its co-coverage neighboring basic cells meet the
following conditions (details about co-coverage neighboring basic cells can be
found in "Basic Cell" in 6.1.1 Related Concepts):
– Uplink PRB usage of the local cell + Uplink PRB usage of a co-coverage
neighboring basic cell < Uplink PRB usage threshold for the local cell to
start intelligent shutdown of carriers in the same coverage (specified by
the CellShutdown.UlPrbThd)
– Downlink PRB usage of the local cell + Downlink PRB usage of a co-
coverage neighboring basic cell < Downlink PRB usage threshold for the
local cell to start intelligent shutdown of carriers in the same coverage
(specified by the CellShutdown.DlPrbThd parameter)
– The number of UEs in RRC_CONNECTED mode in the local cell is less
than the value of CellShutdown.UENumThd.
● In LTE FDD, the local cell is not in the trigger state of the low power
consumption mode or the inter-RAT cell shutdown mode. In LTE TDD, the cell
is not in the trigger state of the low power consumption mode.
If the function of exit from carrier shutdown based on acceleration guarantee

(specified by the AccGteeBasedCellShutdnExSw option of the
ENodeBAlgoSwitch.PowerSaveSwitch parameter) is enabled and a base station
serves acceleration guarantee UEs identified based on service classification (SC),
no capacity cell under the base station can enter the co-coverage carrier
shutdown state.

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To avoid the impact on the MLB feature, the uplink and downlink PRB thresholds
for starting intelligent shutdown of carriers in the same coverage must be less
than the value of CellMLB.InterFreqMlbThd.
Shutdown Process
After detecting that the co-coverage shutdown entry conditions are met and the
number of UEs in RRC_CONNECTED mode in a capacity cell is 0, the eNodeB
directly blocks the cell, and notifies adjacent eNodeBs and neighboring cells. If the
number of UEs in RRC_CONNECTED mode in a capacity cell is not 0, the eNodeB
performs the following operations:
● Broadcasts the barred state of the local cell through SIB1. In addition, the
eNodeB sends an eNodeB configuration update message (carrying
deactivation indication) to the neighboring eNodeB over the X2 interface to
prevent handovers from other cells to the local cell. After the barred
indication takes effect, new UEs cannot access the local cell.
● Prohibits the local cell from being configured as a secondary cell. The related
secondary cell configurations need to be removed from carrier aggregation
(CA) UEs.
● Attempts to hand over all UEs in the local cell to the co-coverage neighboring
basic cells within 60s. If some UEs fail to be handed over and carrier
shutdown cannot be forcibly performed, the eNodeB cancels the barred state
and informs all neighboring eNodeBs over the X2 interface that the local cell
has exited the energy saving state. The eNodeB checks the trigger conditions
again after the penalty duration specified by CellShutdown.PunishTime
elapses.
● Checks the number of UEs in the local cell once every 5s within the period of
60 seconds. If the number of RRC_CONNECTED UEs is less than or equal to
the value of CellShutdown.ForceShutdownUENumThd and there are no UEs
performing QCI1 services in the cell after 60s elapse, the carrier of the local
cell is shut down and the local cell is blocked.
NOTE
When a capacity cell is shut down, only its carrier is shut down. The cell itself is not
deactivated. Its baseband resources will not be preempted and the scheduling-related
performance counters are still measured. In this way, the capacity cell can quickly exit the
shutdown mode when it meets the exiting conditions.
Leaving Conditions
When any of the following conditions is met, the eNodeB exits the automatic co-
coverage identification-based cell shutdown mode, restarts the shutdown carrier,
and notifies neighboring eNodeBs and neighboring cells:
● The uplink PRB usage of a co-coverage neighboring basic cell is higher than
the uplink PRB threshold for exiting the co-coverage-based intelligent carrier
shutdown of the capacity cell. The threshold is equal to the sum of
CellShutdown.UlPrbThd and CellShutdown.UlPrbOffset.
● The downlink PRB usage of a co-coverage neighboring basic cell is higher
than the downlink PRB threshold for exiting the co-coverage-based intelligent
carrier shutdown of the capacity cell. The threshold is equal to the sum of
CellShutdown.DlPrbThd and CellShutdown.DlPrbOffset.

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● The period specified by CellShutdown.StartTime and

CellShutdown.StopTime elapses.
● Co-coverage neighboring basic cells are unavailable.
● The capacity cell is reset.
If the function of fast exit from the co-coverage carrier shutdown state for specific
network services (for example, access to a specific DNS server or IP address) is
required, the operations below can be performed. If this function is enabled, all
capacity cells under the eNodeB immediately exit the co-coverage carrier
shutdown state once the eNodeB detects an acceleration guarantee UE
performing specific network services.
● Select the AccGteeBasedCellShutdnExSw option of the
ENodeBAlgoSwitch.PowerSaveSwitch parameter, to enable the base station
to exit from carrier shutdown based on acceleration guarantee.
● Use the SCAPPPARACFG MO to configure air interface acceleration guarantee
for the DNS server or IP address requiring guarantee. For details, see Video
Experience Optimization.
Assume that fast SCC addition (specified by the
FastSccAddAftCellShutdownExSw option of the
ENodeBAlgoSwitch.PowerSaveSwitch parameter) is enabled and a capacity cell
exits the co-coverage carrier shutdown state. If SCell configuration is required
immediately after the exit for UEs in the intra-base-station basic cells of the
capacity cell, the following conditions must be met in addition to the basic
triggering conditions for SCell configuration:
● The frequency of the capacity cell can be configured as an SCC.

● The frequency of the capacity cell has not been configured as an SCC.
NOTE
Note: Assume that both the function of exit from carrier shutdown based on acceleration
guarantee (specified by the AccGteeBasedCellShutdnExSw option of the
ENodeBAlgoSwitch.PowerSaveSwitch parameter) and the fast SCC addition function
(specified by the FastSccAddAftCellShutdownExSw option of the
ENodeBAlgoSwitch.PowerSaveSwitch parameter) are enabled. SCell configuration is
triggered immediately after a capacity cell exits the co-coverage carrier shutdown state for
acceleration guarantee UEs served by the base station regardless of whether the traffic
volume exceeds the SCell activation threshold.
To avoid the impact on the MLB feature, the uplink and downlink PRB thresholds
for exiting intelligent shutdown of carriers in the same coverage must be less than
the sum of CellMLB.InterFreqMlbThd and CellMLB.LoadOffset.
6.2.1 Benefits
This feature is recommended if the base station is configured with at least two
frequencies and the network load is low during off-peak hours at night, for
example, the uplink and downlink PRB usage of capacity cells and basic cells are
lower than 20%.

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For a capacity cell that is served by a multimode RF module where the power
amplifier (PA) is shared between carriers, for example, GL PA sharing, GSM
carriers still work after the LTE cell is shut down. In this case, the PA cannot be
shut down, and the power saving gain is limited.
To prevent energy saving–triggered shutdown from affecting the lifespan of RF
modules, the RF modules may exit the energy saving state when their own
temperature differential exceeds a specified threshold within 24 hours. Energy
saving gains decrease in this case.
6.2.2 Impacts
Network Impacts
To save power, Cell Switch-off Based on Automatic Co-coverage Identification
shuts down some carriers when the network load is less than a configured
threshold. When a carrier is shut down, the capacity of the cell corresponding to
the carrier is lost and the capacity of the entire network is reduced. Therefore, this
feature can be used only when the network load is relatively light.
● Before the capacity cell is shut down, UEs in the capacity cell are handed over
to a basic cell, causing an increase in the values of counters measuring inter-
frequency handovers in a period of time.
● When some capacity cells are shut down, intra-frequency handovers between
capacity cells may be affected. As a result, the values of counters measuring
intra-frequency handovers decrease while the values of counters measuring
inter-frequency handovers increase.
● When CellShutdown.ForceShutdownUENumThd is set to a non-zero value
and the triggering conditions for forced shutdown are met, the UEs that fail
to be handed over from capacity cells to basic cells experience service drops
because capacity cells are forcibly shut down. As a result, Service Drop Rate
increases.
● To ensure that UEs are handed over to target cells at the earliest time
possible, new UEs are prohibited from accessing the capacity cell. In addition,
the SIB1 message is used to broadcast the barred state of the cell. However, a
small number of UEs may still send RRC connection requests to access the
network, and consequently the value of the L.RRC.SetupFail.Rej counter
increases. The number of such access failures is indicated by the
L.RRC.SetupFail.ResFail.CellBarred counter.
● When UEs in a capacity cell are being handed over to a basic cell, if the
CellMLB.InterFreqMlbThd parameter for the basic cell is set to a small value
(for example, a value smaller than the default value), the basic cell rejects the
incoming handover attempts of these UEs due to a heavy cell load. As a
result, the value of Inter-Frequency Handover Out Success Rate decreases.

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Function Impacts
RAT Function Function Reference Description
Name Switch
FDD Handover None Mobility Cell Switch-off Based

TDD Management on Automatic Co-
in Connected coverage
Mode Identification triggers
inter-frequency
handovers.
An inter-frequency
blind handover will
fail if the target cell is
in carrier shutdown
state. Therefore,
measurement-based
inter-frequency
handover is
recommended for
cells where Cell
Switch-off Based on
Automatic Co-
coverage
Identification is
enabled.
FDD Channel Joint channel MIMO If channel calibration

TDD calibration calibration: is being performed
RruJointCalP when carrier
araCfg.TxChn shutdown takes effect,
CalSwitch channel calibration
Downlink- fails.
only module You can run the DSP
channel CELLCALIBRATION
calibration command to check
(FDD): whether channel
RruJointCalP calibration is
araCfg.AauPa successful.
ssivePortCali
bPeriod

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Name Switch
FDD RAN Sharing RAN sharing RAN Sharing In RAN sharing

TDD with common scenarios, the PLMN
carrier: IDs of a capacity cell
ENodeBShari must be a subset of
ngMode.ENo the PLMN IDs of its
deBSharingM co-coverage
ode set to neighboring basic
SHARED_FRE cells. Otherwise, the
Q capacity cell cannot
be shut down.
RAN sharing
with
dedicated
carrier:
ENodeBShari
ngMode.ENo
deBSharingM
ode set to
SEPARATED_
FREQ
Hybrid RAN
sharing:
ENodeBShari
ngMode.ENo
deBSharingM
ode set to
HYBRID_SHA
RED
FDD Low Power CellLowPowe Energy If the local cell has

TDD Consumption r.LowPwrSwi Conservation already been in co-
Mode tch and Emission coverage-based
Reduction intelligent carrier
shutdown mode and
meets the trigger
conditions for the low
power consumption
mode, it will enter the
low power
consumption mode
after exiting the
intelligent carrier
shutdown mode and
enabling the
shutdown carrier
again.

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Name Switch
FDD Carrier None Carrier Carrier aggregation

TDD Aggregation Aggregation cannot be performed
for capacity cells in
the co-coverage-
based intelligent
carrier shutdown
mode.
FDD Dynamic CellDynPowe Dynamic When a cell enters the

TDD Power rSharing.Dyn Power intelligent carrier
Sharing amicPowerSh Sharing shutdown mode, it
Between LTE aringSwitch Between LTE does not participate in
Carriers Carriers power sharing.
TDD Inter-Cell DL InterCellDmi D-MIMO When a cell in an

D-MIMO moJTSwitch (TDD) inter-cell D-MIMO
option of cluster enters the
CellAlgoSwit intelligent carrier
ch.DMIMOAl shutdown mode,
goSwitch inter-RRU channel
calibration fails. As a
result, the inter-cell
D-MIMO cluster is
disabled.
TDD RF Module None RF Module When location

Location Location sequences are being
Identification Identification transmitted or
received, the co-
coverage-based
intelligent carrier
shutdown mode does
not work.
TDD Intra- None Soft Split Cell Switch-off Based

frequency Resource on Automatic Co-
split Duplex (TDD) coverage
Identification can take
effect only in the
primary cell. Although
the split cell will also
be shut down with the
shutdown of the
primary cell, the
related command
output indicates that
the split cell is not in
the intelligent carrier
shutdown mode.

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Name Switch
TDD LNR CellRfShutdo Multi-RAT A cell in the LNR

coordinated wn.MultiRatJ Coordinated coordinated channel
channel ointChnShut Channel shutdown state will
shutdown downSw Shutdown exit this state and
enter the co-coverage
carrier shutdown state
when the cell fulfills
the conditions for
triggering co-coverage
carrier shutdown.
6.3 Requirements
6.3.1 Licenses
RA Feature ID Feature Name Model NE Sales Unit
T
LTE MRFD-1512 Cell Switch-off LT1SCSBACI eNodeB Per Cell

FD 24 Based on 00
D Automatic Co-
coverage
Identification
(LTE FDD)
LTE MRFD-1512 Cell Switch-off LT4SCSCCIT eNodeB Per Cell

TD 34 Based on DD
D Automatic Co-
Coverage
Identification
(LTE TDD)
6.3.2 Software

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Name Switch
FDD Coverage InterFreqCov Mobility None

TDD Based Inter- erHoSwitch Management
frequency option of in Connected
Handover CellHoParaCf Mode
g.CellHoAlgo
Switch
FDD SC-based SC_SERVICE_I Video Enable SC-based
TDD service DENTITY_SW Experience service identification
identification and Optimization before enabling the
SC_SUPPORT function of exit from
_IPV6_SW carrier shutdown
options of the based on acceleration
ScPolicy.ScAl guarantee.
goSwitch
parameter

Name Switch
FDD RF Channel CellRfShutdo Energy A cell in the Cell

TDD Intelligent wn.RfShutdo Conservation Switch-off Based on
Shutdown wnSwitch and Emission Automatic Co-
Reduction coverage
Identification state
will not enter the RF
channel intelligent
shutdown state.
FDD Service UsUeGuarant None When the

TDD guarantee for eeSwitch, UsUeGuaranteeSwitc
UEs running SfCtrlAsScell, h option is selected,
unlimited and the cell does not enter
services SfCtrlAsInter the Cell Switch-off
Ncell options Based on Automatic
of the Co-coverage
CellUSParaCf Identification state if
g.UsAlgoSwit either the
ch parameter SfCtrlAsScell or
SfCtrlAsInterNcell
option is selected.

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Name Switch
FDD LTE In-band Prb.DeployM NB-IoT Basics In LTE in-band

Deployment ode (FDD) deployment scenarios,
Cell Switch-off Based
on Automatic Co-
coverage
Identification can be
enabled in basic cells,
but cannot be used in
capacity cells.
Therefore, Cell Switch-
off Based on
Automatic Co-
coverage
Identification does not
work with LTE in-band
deployment.
FDD Massive None Massive None

MIMO MIMO (FDD)
FDD Zero Guard CONTIG_INT Seamless Only capacity cells are
TDD Band RA_BAND_CA Intra-Band mutually exclusive
Between RR_SW Carrier with the Zero Guard
Contiguous option of the Joining (FDD) Band Between
Intra-Band ContigIntraB Seamless Contiguous Intra-Band
Carriers andCarr.Cont Intra-Band Carriers function.
igIntraBandC Carrier
arrSw Joining (TDD)
parameter
6.3.3 Hardware
Base Station Models
DBS3900 LampSite and DBS5900 LampSite
Boards
All BBUs except the BookBBU5901 support this feature.
RF Modules
None

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6.3.4 Networking
● This feature applies to inter-frequency co-coverage scenarios and requires one
or more frequencies at the capacity layer.
● The frequency of basic cells can ensure continuous coverage.
6.3.5 Others
None
Table 6-1 Data to be prepared
Intelligent power-off CellShutdown.CellSh Set this parameter to

of carriers switch utdownSwitch ON_CO_COV_AUTO_IDENT.
Start time CellShutdown.StartTi Set this parameter based on

me actual requirements.
Stop time CellShutdown.StopTi Set this parameter based on

me actual requirements.
Carrier Shutdown CellShutdown.CarrSh The default value is

Trigger Judge Period utdownTrigJudgePrd recommended.
Downlink PRB CellShutdown.DlPrbT This parameter specifies the

threshold hd downlink PRB threshold for
starting intelligent carrier
shutdown of a cell. When the
sum of the uplink or downlink
PRB usage of the serving cell
and its inter-frequency
neighboring cells is less than
the uplink or downlink PRB
threshold, the intelligent
carrier shutdown function is
enabled.
If this parameter is set to 0,
the cell is not shut down. You
are advised to set this
parameter to 0 for basic cells
and to 20 for capacity cells.

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Downlink PRB offset CellShutdown.DlPrb This parameter plus the

Offset downlink PRB threshold equals
the downlink PRB threshold
for stopping intelligent carrier
shutdown in a cell.
When the average downlink
PRB usage of inter-frequency
neighboring cells exceeds the
downlink PRB threshold for
stopping intelligent carrier
shutdown, the co-coverage-
based intelligent carrier
shutdown function is stopped.
Before UE handovers due to
intelligent carrier shutdown,
the predicted downlink PRB
usage of the target cell must
be less than the sum of the
downlink PRB threshold and
the downlink PRB offset. This
prevents the shutdown carriers
from being restarted again
due to high downlink PRB
usage after UEs are handed
over to the target cell.
Uplink PRB threshold CellShutdown.UlPrbT This parameter specifies the

hd uplink PRB usage threshold for
starting intelligent carrier
shutdown of a cell. When the
sum of the uplink or downlink
PRB usage of the serving cell
and its inter-frequency
neighboring cells is less than
the uplink or downlink PRB
threshold, the intelligent
carrier shutdown function is
enabled.
If this parameter is set to 0,
the cell is not shut down. You
are advised to set this
parameter to 0 for basic cells
and to 20 for capacity cells.

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Uplink PRB offset CellShutdown.UlPrb This parameter plus the uplink

Offset PRB threshold equals the
uplink PRB threshold for
shutdown in a cell.
When the average uplink PRB
usage of inter-frequency
neighboring cells exceeds the
uplink PRB threshold for
shutdown, the co-coverage-
based intelligent carrier
shutdown function is stopped.
Before UE handovers due to
intelligent carrier shutdown,
the predicted uplink PRB
usage of the target cell must
be less than the sum of the
uplink PRB threshold and the
uplink PRB offset. This
prevents the shutdown carriers
from being restarted again
due to high uplink PRB usage
after UEs are handed over to
the target cell.
UE Number Threshold CellShutdown.UENu Set this parameter to its

mThd recommended value.
Force Shutdown UE CellShutdown.ForceS Set this parameter to its

Number Threshold hutdownUENumThd recommended value.
Punish Time CellShutdown.Punish Set this parameter to its

Time recommended value.
Power save switch ENodeBAlgoSwitch.P ● It is recommended that the

owerSaveSwitch AccGteeBasedCellShutd-
nExSw option be selected
for specific network services
(for example, access to a
specific DNS server or IP
address).
● It is recommended that the
FastSccAddAftCellShut-
downExSw option be
selected when CA is
enabled between basic cells
and capacity cells.

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//Configuring a basic cell and setting the uplink and downlink PRB thresholds for the basic cell to 0. A basic
cell must be configured prior to a capacity cell.
MOD
CELLSHUTDOWN:LocalCellId=1,CELLSHUTDOWNSWITCH=ON_CO_COV_AUTO_IDENT,STARTTIME=00&00&0
0,STOPTIME=06&00&00,DLPRBTHD=0,DLPRBOFFSET=0,ULPRBTHD=0,ULPRBOFFSET=0,InterBbuCarrierShutd
ownSw=ON, CarrShutdownTrigJudgePrd=1;
//Configuring a capacity cell and setting the uplink and downlink PRB thresholds for the capacity cell to
non-zero values
MOD
CELLSHUTDOWN:LocalCellId=0,CELLSHUTDOWNSWITCH=ON_CO_COV_AUTO_IDENT,STARTTIME=00&00&0
0,STOPTIME=06&00&00,DLPRBTHD=20,DLPRBOFFSET=20,ULPRBTHD=20,ULPRBOFFSET=20,ForceShutdown
UENumThd=0,PunishTime=60,UENumThd=20,InterBbuCarrierShutdownSw=ON;
//(Optional) Running the following command if the function of exit from carrier shutdown based on
acceleration guarantee is required
MOD ENODEBALGOSWITCH: PowerSaveSwitch=AccGteeBasedCellShutdnExSw-1;
//(Optional) Running the following command if the function of fast SCC addition after the exit from carrier
shutdown is required
MOD ENODEBALGOSWITCH: PowerSaveSwitch=FastSccAddAftCellShutdownExSw-1;
NOTE
In inter-BBU carrier shutdown scenarios, the GlobalProcSwitch.X2ServedCellType

parameter needs to be set to CONFIGURED_CELL. This enables the capacity cell to exit the
carrier shutdown mode when the co-coverage basic cell served by a neighboring base
station is deactivated.

//Deactivating the capacity cell
MOD CELLSHUTDOWN:LocalCellId=0,CELLSHUTDOWNSWITCH=OFF;
//Deactivating the basic cell
MOD CELLSHUTDOWN:LocalCellId=1,CELLSHUTDOWNSWITCH=OFF;


1. Run the MML command DSP CELLSHUTDOWN to query the progress of co-
coverage learning. If the value of Learning Progress(%) is 100, the co-
coverage learning is complete.
2. Run the MML command DSP EUTRANINTERFREQNCELL to view the value of
Coverage Overlap Proportion.
3. Run the MML command DSP CELLSHUTDOWN to view the value of
Coverage Hole Proportion.
NOTE
In typical scenarios, the co-coverage neighboring cell learning can be completed

within two days. The average downlink PRB usage is observed using Downlink
Resource Block Utilizing Rate (eNodeB, eNodeB).
If a cell is lightly loaded for a long time, there is a possibility that the co-coverage
neighboring cell learning fails to be completed. You are advised to manually configure
co-coverage neighboring basic cells.

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Step 1 Run the MML command DSP TIME to check that the system time falls within the
period of co-coverage-based intelligent carrier shutdown.
Step 2 On the MAE-Access, choose Monitor > Signaling Trace > Signaling Trace
Management. In the left navigation tree of the displayed window, choose Trace
Type > LTE > Cell Performance Monitoring > Usage of RB Monitoring. Verify
that the uplink and downlink PRB usage of the serving cell and its co-coverage
inter-frequency neighboring cells are lower than the uplink and downlink PRB
thresholds for starting co-coverage-based intelligent carrier shutdown. In this case,
the cell enters the co-coverage-based intelligent carrier shutdown mode.
Step 3 Two minutes later, run the MML command DSP CELL to check the value of Cell
power save state. If the value is RF intelligent shutdown mode, the cell is shut
down.
----End
Benefit Monitoring
Operators can monitor and evaluate the performance of this feature by observing
the counters on the MAE-Access. After activating this feature, check the following
counters to evaluate the gains produced by this feature:
● eNodeB power consumption

The power consumption of a macro or LampSite eNodeB can be observed via
the counter VS.EnergyCons.BTS.Adding.LTE. For a multimode base station,
the overall power consumption of the base station equals the sum of the
power consumption of each RAT.
● Duration of co-coverage-based intelligent carrier shutdown or UMTS co-
coverage-based intelligent carrier shutdown in a cell
The duration can be observed via the counter
L.ChMeas.DFEE.CarrierOFF.Dur. For details, see 3900 & 5900 Series Base
Station Performance Counter Reference.
● Duration of cell unavailability due to energy saving
The duration can be observed via the counter
L.Cell.Unavail.Dur.EnergySaving.
Because of the difference in the sampling period, L.ChMeas.DFEE.CarrierOFF.Dur

and L.Cell.Unavail.Dur.EnergySaving have a maximum deviation of 5s.
You can compare the eNodeB power consumption data on the live network one
week before and after the feature is enabled to evaluate the energy saving gains
of the feature.
Troubleshooting Procedure
When a cell cannot enter the carrier shutdown mode as expected, perform the
following operations:

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Step 1 Verify that inter-frequency neighboring cells are configured correctly. For details
about how to configure inter-frequency neighboring cells, see Mobility
Management in Connected Mode.
Step 2 Run the DSP CELLSHUTDOWN command to query the current status and cause
values of carrier shutdown. Table 6-2 lists the details.
Table 6-2 Current status and cause values of carrier shutdown

Cause Value Description
DL_CARRIER_SHUTDOWN The cell is in the carrier shutdown

state in the downlink.
UL_AND_DL_CARRIER_SHUTDOWN The cell is in the carrier shutdown

state in both the uplink and downlink.
SWITCH_OFF_OR_NO_LICENSE The cell does not enter the carrier

shutdown state because the function
switch is turned off or the license is
abnormal.
NOT_IN_SHUTDOWN_TIME The cell does not enter the carrier

shutdown state because the system
time is not within the carrier shutdown
period.
DELAY_FOR_PUNISHMENT A penalty is imposed after UEs fail to

be transferred during carrier
shutdown. The eNodeB determines
whether to trigger carrier shutdown
again after the penalty period elapses.
UE_CONNECTED_EXCEED The cell does not enter the carrier

shutdown state because the number of
RRC_CONNECTED UEs in the cell
exceeds the value of the
CellShutdown.UENumThd parameter.
PRB_USAGE_EXCEED The cell does not enter the carrier

shutdown state because the uplink or
downlink PRB usage of the cell
exceeds the configured threshold
(uplink: CellShutdown.UlPrbThd;
downlink: CellShutdown.DlPrbThd) or
the PRB usage cannot be correctly
obtained.
BASIC_CELL_ABNORMAL The cell does not enter the carrier

shutdown state because a basic cell is
abnormal.

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Cause Value Description
CO_CARRIER_CELL_NOT_TRIGGER The cell does not enter the carrier

shutdown state because carrier
shutdown is not triggered for other
cells that share the same carrier with
the local cell.
OTHERS The cell does not enter the carrier

shutdown state. The possible causes
are as follows:
● UEs are being transferred from the
capacity cell to a basic cell.
● Functions that do not work with
Cell Switch-off Based on Automatic
Co-coverage Identification, for
example, service guarantee for UEs
running unlimited services, are
enabled.
● The cell is already in another
energy saving state, for example,
low power consumption mode.
● The initial evaluation period for Cell
Switch-off Based on Automatic Co-
coverage Identification does not
end.
ACCELERATION_GUARANTEE The cell does not enter the carrier

shutdown state because the base
station is serving acceleration
guarantee UEs.
HARDWARE_CAPB_NOT_SUPPORTED The cell does not enter the carrier

shutdown state because the hardware
does not support carrier shutdown in
scenarios such as LTE in-band
deployment mode.
Step 3 Verify that the UEs support different frequencies.
----End

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Identification Feature Parameter Description 7 Parameters
7 Parameters
The following hyperlinked EXCEL files of parameter documents match the

software version with which this document is released.
● Node Parameter Reference: contains device and transport parameters.

● eNodeBFunction Parameter Reference: contains all parameters related to
radio access functions, including air interface management, access control,
mobility control, and radio resource management.
● eNodeBFunction Used Reserved Parameter List: contains the reserved
parameters that are in use and those that have been disused.
NOTE
You can find the EXCEL files of parameter reference and used reserved parameter list for
the software version used on the live network from the product documentation delivered
with that version.
FAQ 1: How do I find the parameters related to a certain feature from

parameter reference?
Step 1 Open the EXCEL file of parameter reference.
Step 2 On the Parameter List sheet, filter the Feature ID column. Click Text Filters and
choose Contains. Enter the feature ID, for example, LOFD-001016 or
TDLOFD-001016.
Step 3 Click OK. All parameters related to the feature are displayed.
----End
FAQ 2: How do I find the information about a certain reserved parameter

from the used reserved parameter list?
Step 1 Open the EXCEL file of the used reserved parameter list.
Step 2 On the Used Reserved Parameter List sheet, use the MO, Parameter ID, and BIT
columns to locate the reserved parameter, which may be only a bit of a parameter.
View its information, including the meaning, values, impacts, and product version
in which it is activated for use.
----End

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Identification Feature Parameter Description 8 Counters
8 Counters
The following hyperlinked EXCEL files of performance counter reference match the
software version with which this document is released.
● Node Performance Counter Summary: contains device and transport counters.
● eNodeBFunction Performance Counter Summary: contains all counters related
to radio access functions, including air interface management, access control,
mobility control, and radio resource management.
NOTE
You can find the EXCEL files of performance counter reference for the software version used
on the live network from the product documentation delivered with that version.
FAQ: How do I find the counters related to a certain feature from

performance counter reference?
Step 1 Open the EXCEL file of performance counter reference.

Step 2 On the Counter Summary(En) sheet, filter the Feature ID column. Click Text
Filters and choose Contains. Enter the feature ID, for example, LOFD-001016 or
TDLOFD-001016.
Step 3 Click OK. All counters related to the feature are displayed.
----End

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Identification Feature Parameter Description 9 Glossary
9 Glossary
For the acronyms, abbreviations, terms, and definitions, see Glossary.

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Identification Feature Parameter Description 10 Reference Documents
10 Reference Documents
1. SRAN Networking and Evolution Overview for SingleRAN

2. Intelligent Power Consumption Decrease in GBSS Feature Documentation
3. Multiband Network in GBSS Feature Documentation
4. Soft-Synchronized Network in GBSS Feature Documentation
5. Cell Frequency Scan in GBSS Feature Documentation
6. Operation and Maintenance in GBSS Feature Documentation
7. GSM Dynamic Power Sharing in GBSS Feature Documentation
8. Multi-site Cell in GBSS Feature Documentation
9. UMTS and LTE Dynamic Power Sharing for SingleRAN
10. Green BTS in RAN Feature Documentation
11. Mobility Management in Connected Mode in eRAN Feature Documentation
12. Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction in eRAN Feature Documentation
13. Carrier Aggregation in eRAN Feature Documentation
14. Dynamic Power Sharing Between LTE Carriers for SingleRAN
15. D-MIMO (TDD) in eRAN Feature Documentation
16. RF Module Location Identification in eRAN Feature Documentation
17. NB-IoT Basics (FDD) in eRAN Feature Documentation
18. 3900 & 5900 Series Base Station Performance Counter Reference
19. Multi-RAT Coordinated Channel Shutdown in eRAN Feature Documentation
20. RAN Sharing in eRAN Feature Documentation
21. Seamless Intra-Band Carrier Joining (FDD) in eRAN Feature Documentation
22. Seamless Intra-Band Carrier Joining (TDD) in eRAN Feature Documentation
23. Video Experience Optimization in eRAN Feature Documentation
24. Soft Split Resource Duplex (TDD) in eRAN Feature Documentation
25. MIMO in eRAN Feature Documentation
26. Massive MIMO (TDD) in eRAN Feature Documentation

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2.1 General Statements

● The technical principles of features and their related parameters

2.2 Applicable RAT

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2.3 Features in This Document

RAT Feature ID Feature Name Chapter/Section

GSM MRFD-151204 Cell Switch-off Based 4 Cell Switch-off

UMTS MRFD-151214 Cell Switch-off Based 5 Cell Switch-off

LTE MRFD-151224 Cell Switch-off Based 6 Cell Switch-off

LTE MRFD-151234 Cell Switch-off Based 6 Cell Switch-off

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This feature automatically learns the co-coverage neighbor relationship between

Figure 3-1 Working principles

This feature differs from traditional energy-saving features in the following

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Figure 3-2 Application scenarios of this feature

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4 Cell Switch-off Based on Automatic Co-

4.1.1 Co-coverage Neighboring Cell Learning

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selected as the co-coverage neighboring cells. If the overlapping coverage

▪ The neighboring cells whose overlapping coverage is among the top

▪ Since 900 MHz cells are used to provide continuous coverage,

4.1.2 Cell Shutdown and Restart

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4.2 Network Analysis

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TRX Power None Intelligent Power With the TRX

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Function Name Function Switch Reference Description

Cell Frequency None Cell Frequency The cell whose

BTS Test Function None Operation and During BTS

MRFD-15120 Cell Switch-off LGMICOIDSW BSC Per Cell