Network Impact Report 2016 04

eRAN
NetworkImpactReport
Issue 06
Date 20160430
HUAWEITECHNOLOGIESCO.,LTD.
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Contents
1 About This Document
1 About This Document
1.1Purpose
1.2IntendedAudience
1.3ChangeHistory
2 General Impacts
2.1NEsInvolved
2.2SystemCapacityandNetworkPerformance
2.3Hardware
2.3.1eNodeB
2.3.2USU3910
2.3.3ECO6910
2.3.4U2000
2.4Implementation
2.5License
2.6InterNEInterfaces
2.7OperationandMaintenance
2.8OtherNEs
3 Summary of New and Enhanced Feature Impact
4 Summary of Modified Feature Impact
5 Impacts of New and Enhanced eRAN8.1 Features on eRAN7.0 Networks
5.1LBFD002032ExtendedQCI(Enhanced/Basic)
5.1.1FeatureDescription
5.1.2SystemCapacityandNetworkPerformance
5.1.3NEs
5.1.4Hardware
5.1.5InterNEInterfaces
5.1.6OperationandMaintenance
5.1.7RelatedFeatures
5.2LBFD060102EnhancedULFrequencySelectiveScheduling(New/Basic)
5.2.2CapacityandPerformance
5.2.3NEs
5.2.4Hardware
5.3LBFD070107PDCCHUtilizationImprovement(Enhanced/Basic)
5.3.2ImpactonCapacityandPerformance
5.3.3ImpactonNEs
5.3.4ImpactonHardware
5.3.5ImpactonInterNEInterfaces
5.3.6ImpactonOperationandMaintenance
5.3.7ImpactonOtherFeatures
5.4LBFD081101PUCCHOuterLoopPowerControl(New/Basic)
5.4.3NEs
5.4.4Hardware
5.5LBFD081102PLMNIDManagement(New/Basic)
5.5.3NEs
5.5.4Hardware
5.6LBFD081103TerminalAwarenessDifferentiation(New/Basic)
5.6.2ImpactonSystemCapacityandNetworkPerformance
5.6.3ImpactonNEs
5.6.7ImpactonRelatedFeatures
5.7LBFD081104ULCompensationScheduling(New/Basic)
5.7.3NEs
5.7.4Hardware
5.8LOFD001001DL2x2MIMO(Enhanced/Optional)
5.8.3NEs
5.8.4Hardware
5.9.3NEs
5.9.4Hardware
5.10LOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMO(New/Optional)
5.10.3NEs
5.10.4Hardware
5.11LOFD001021PSInterRATMobilitybetweenEUTRANandCDMA2000(Enhanced/Optional)
5.11.3NEs
5.11.4Hardware
5.12LOFD001025AdaptivePowerConsumption(New/Optional)
5.12.3NEs
5.12.4Hardware
5.13LOFD001039RFChannelIntelligentShutdown(Enhanced/Optional)
5.13.3NEs
5.13.4Hardware
5.14LOFD001041PowerConsumptionMonitoring(New/Optional)
5.14.3NEs
5.14.4Hardware
5.15LOFD001042IntelligentPowerOffofCarriersintheSameCoverage(New/Optional)
5.15.3NEs
5.15.4Hardware
5.16LOFD001044InterRATLoadSharingtoUTRAN(Enhanced/Optional)
5.16.3NEs
5.16.4Hardware
5.17LOFD001048TTIBundling(Enhanced/Optional)
5.17.3NEs
5.17.4Hardware
5.18LOFD001051CompactBandwidth(Enhanced/Optional)
5.18.3NEs
5.18.4Hardware
5.19LOFD00105401Camp&HandoverBasedonSPID(Enhanced/Optional)
5.19.3NEs
5.19.4Hardware
5.20.3NEs
5.20.4Hardware
5.21LOFD001066IntraeNodeBULCoMP(Enhanced/Optional)
5.21.3NEs
5.21.4Hardware
5.21.7OtherFeatures
5.22LOFD001074IntelligentPowerOffofCarriersintheSameCoverageofUMTSNetwork(New/Optional)
5.22.3NEs
5.22.4Hardware
5.23LOFD002001AutomaticNeighbourRelation(ANR)(Enhanced/Optional)
5.23.3NEs
5.23.4Hardware
5.24LOFD002005MobilityRobustOptimization(MRO)(Enhanced/Optional)
5.24.3NEs
5.24.4Hardware
5.25LOFD002007PCICollisionDetection&SelfOptimization(Enhanced/Optional)
5.25.3NEs
5.25.4Hardware
5.26LOFD002015RACHOptimization(Enhanced/Optional)
5.26.3NEs
5.26.4Hardware
5.27LOFD00301302IEEE1588V2ClockSynchronization(Enhanced/Optional)
5.27.3NEs
5.27.4Hardware
5.28LOFD003029SFN(Enhanced/Optional)
5.28.3NEs
5.28.4Hardware
5.29LOFD008002LOFD008002DynamicServicespecificAccessControl(New/Optional)
5.29.3NEs
5.29.4Hardware
5.30LOFD070202UltraFlashCSFBtoUTRAN(New/Optional)
5.30.3NEs
5.30.4Hardware
5.31LOFD070205AdaptiveSFN/SDMA(Enhanced/Optional)
5.31.3NEs
5.31.4Hardware
5.32LOFD070207IntelligentAccessClassControl(Enhanced/Optional)
5.32.3NEs
5.32.4Hardware
5.33LOFD070208CoordinatedSchedulingbasedPowerControl(CloudBB)(Enhanced/Optional)
5.33.3NEs
5.33.4Hardware
5.34LOFD070220eMBMSPhase1basedonCentralizedMCEArchitecture(Enhanced/Optional)
5.34.3NEs
5.34.4Hardware
5.35LOFD070222IntraeNodeBULCoMPPhaseII(Enhanced/Optional)
5.35.3NEs
5.35.4Hardware
5.35.7OtherFeatures
5.36LOFD070223ULCoMPBasedonCoordinatedBBU(Enhanced/Optional)
5.36.3NEs
5.36.4Hardware
5.37LOFD080212SRLTEOptimization(New/Optional)
5.37.3NEs
5.37.4Hardware
5.38LOFD080215eMBMSServiceContinuity(New/Optional)
5.38.3NEs
5.38.4Hardware
5.39LOFD080216UubasedSoftSynchronization(New/Optional)
5.39.3NEs
5.39.4Hardware
5.40LOFD081202BusyHourDownloadRateControl(New/Optional)
5.40.3NEs
5.40.4Hardware
5.41LOFD081203VideoServiceRateAdaption(New/Optional)
5.41.3NEs
5.41.4Hardware
5.42LOFD081205AutomaticCongestionHandling(New/Optional)
5.42.3ImpactonNEs
5.43LOFD081206IntraeNodeBCoordinatedUplinkAMC(New/Optional)
5.43.3NEs
5.43.4Hardware
5.44LOFD081207SpecifiedPCIGroupbasedNeighboringCellManagement(New/Optional)
5.44.3NEs
5.44.4Hardware
5.45LOFD081208IntereNodeBSFNBasedonCoordinatedBBU(New//Optional)
5.45.3NEs
5.45.4Hardware
5.46LOFD081209IntereNodeBAdaptiveSFN/SDMABasedonCoordinatedBBU(New//Optional)
5.46.3NEs
5.46.4Hardware
5.47LOFD081218EnhancedExtendedQCI(New/Optional)
5.47.3NEs
5.47.4Hardware
5.48LOFD081219ULCoMPBasedonRelaxedBackhaul(New/Optional)
5.48.3NEs
5.48.4Hardware
5.48.7OtherFeatures
5.49LOFD081220InterBBUClockSharing(New/Optional)
5.49.3NEs
5.49.4Hardware
5.49.7OtherFeatures
5.50LOFD081221SuperCombinedCell(Enhanced/Optional)
5.50.3ImpactonNEs
5.50.5ImpactonInterfacesBetweenNEs
5.51LOFD081223ExtendedCellAccessRadiusBeyond100km(New/Optional)
5.51.3NEs
5.51.4Hardware
5.52LOFD081225NeighborCellClassificationManagement(New/Optional)
5.52.3NEs
5.52.4Hardware
5.53LOFD081227IntraLTELoadBalancingforNoncositedCells(New/Optional)
5.53.3NEs
5.53.4Hardware
5.54LOFD081228HandoverEnhancementatSpeedMobility(New/Optional)
5.54.3NEs
5.54.4Hardware
5.55LOFD081229VoiceCharacteristicAwarenessScheduling(New/Optional)
5.55.3NEs
5.55.4Hardware
5.56LBFD081105VoiceSpecificAMC(New/Basic)
5.56.3NEs
5.56.4Hardware
5.57LOFD081280eNodeBSupportingMultioperatorPKI(New/Optional)
5.57.3NEs
5.57.4Hardware
5.58LOFD081281eNodeBSupportingIPsecRedirection(New/Optional)
5.58.3ImpactonNEs
5.59LOFD081283UltraFlashCSFBtoGERAN(New/Optional)
5.59.3NEs
5.59.4Hardware
5.60LAOFD00100101IntraBandCarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin20MHz(Enhanced/Optional)
5.60.3NEs
5.60.4Hardware
5.61LAOFD00100102InterBandCarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin20MHz(Enhanced/Optional)
5.61.3NEs
5.61.4Hardware
5.62LAOFD00100103SupportofUECategory6(New/Optional)
5.62.3NEs
5.62.4Hardware
5.63.3NEs
5.63.4Hardware
5.64.3NEs
5.64.4Hardware
5.65.3NEs
5.65.4Hardware
5.66LAOFD001002CarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin40MHz(Enhanced/Optional)
5.66.3NEs
5.66.4Hardware
5.67LAOFD070201FlexibleCAfromMultipleCarriers(Enhanced/Optional)
5.67.3NEs
5.67.4Hardware
5.68LAOFD070202IntereNodeBCAbasedonCoordinatedBBU(Enhanced/Optional)
5.68.3NEs
5.68.4Hardware
5.69LAOFD080201IntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxedbackhaul(New/Optional)
5.69.3NEs
5.69.4Hardware
5.70LAOFD080202CarrierAggregationforUplink2CC(New/Trial)
5.70.3NEs
5.70.4Hardware
5.71LAOFD080207CarrierAggregationforDownlink3CCin40MHz(New/Optional)
5.71.3NEs
5.71.4Hardware
5.72.3NEs
5.72.4Hardware
5.73LAOFD081233DynamicTDMeICIC(New/Optional)
5.73.3NEs
5.73.4Hardware
5.74LAOFD081234FeICIC(New/Optional)
5.74.3NEs
5.74.4Hardware
5.75LAOFD081237CarrierAggregationwithDL4x4MIMO(New/Trial)
5.75.3NEs
5.75.4Hardware
5.76MRFD101221ULRefarmingZeroBufferzone(New/Trial)
5.76.3NEs
5.76.4Hardware
5.77MRFD101222FDD+TDDCarrierAggregation(LTEFDD)(New/Trial)
5.77.3NEs
5.77.4Hardware
5.78MRFD101401ULUnifiedVideoSteering(New/Optional)
5.78.3NEs
5.78.4Hardware
5.79MRFD101402ULUnifiedOverloadControl(New/Optional)
5.79.3NEs
5.79.4Hardware
5.80MRFD231601MultimodeBSCommonReferenceClock(eNodeB)(Enhanced/Optional)
5.80.1.1GBTSandeNodeBCommonReferenceClock
5.80.1.2NodeBandeNodeBCommonReferenceClock
5.80.1.3GBTS,NodeBandeNodeBCommonReferenceClock
5.80.3NEs
5.80.4Hardware
6 Impacts of Modified eRAN8.1 Features on eRAN7.0 Networks
6.1LOFD070202UltraFlashCSFBtoUTRAN
6.2LOFD081283UltraFlashCSFBtoGERAN
6.3LOFD001033CSFallbacktoUTRAN
6.4LOFD003029SFN
6.4.1ModifiedUplinkJointReceptioninSFNCell
6.4.2DifferentRSPowerCanbeConfiguredforDifferentPhysicalCellsofanSFNCell.
6.4.3SFNEnhancementSupporting12RRUsCombinedtoServeanSFNCell
6.5LOFD070205AdaptiveSFN/SDMA
6.5.4EnhancedAdaptiveSFN/SDMAandAchievedConfigurableSDMAThreshold
6.5.5EnhancedAdaptiveSFNforAdaptiveCSIRSConfiguration
6.6LOFD00101502DynamicScheduling
6.6.1OptimizedtheMechanismthatPUSCHOccupiesRBResourcesofthePUCCHintheSingleUEScenario.
6.6.2IncreasedtheProbabilitythatUplinkCellsEnterFrequencySelectiveScheduling
6.6.3OptimizedDownlinkSchedulinginScenariosofLargeTrafficVolume
6.6.4EnhancedDownlinkMCSLoweringforMultipleUEswithSmallPackets
6.6.5OptimizedPreallocationofSparseServicesforNSUEs
6.7LOFD081229VoiceCharacteristicAwarenessScheduling
6.7.1EnhancementintheVoiceCharacteristicAwarenessSchedulingFeature
6.7.2SupportofDynamicUplinkVoLTESchedulingDataAmountComputation
6.8LOFD001051CompactBandwidth
6.9LBFD002003PhysicalChannelManagement
6.9.1UpperLimitConfigurableforthePDCCHCodingRate
6.9.2OptimizedUplinkCCEAllocationAlgorithm
6.9.3EnhancementinUserLevelSRSPeriodConfiguration
6.9.4OptimizedtheEffectiveScopeofSRI/CQI/SRSAdaptiveParameters
6.10LOFD001076CPRICompression
6.10.1ConfiguringCPRICompressionTypesbySectorEquipmentforFDDSFNCells
6.10.2Supporting4:1CPRICompressionRatiointheLampSiteSolution
6.10.3OptimizationofCPRICompression
6.11LBFD002011Paging
6.11.1IncreasedPagingSpecificationsto1800paging/s
6.11.2PagingOptimization
6.12LOFD002001AutomaticNeighbourRelation(ANR)
6.12.1FrequencyspecificANR
6.12.2OptimizedCoordinationBetweentheAdditionofNeighboringCellsandtheHandoverDecisionMakingintheANRScenario
6.12.3OptimizedCoordinationBetweenPeriodicMeasurementGaprelatedFeaturesandVoIPServices.
6.12.4OptimizationofDisplayedQueryResultsofNeighboringCells
6.12.5OptimizedNeighborRelationshipRemovalbyANR
6.12.6OptimizedNeighboringCellAdditionforEventtriggeredANRandFastANR
6.12.7EnhancedX2Selfconfiguration
6.12.8EnhancementinAutoOptimizationofNeighboringCellswithAbnormalIntraRATHandoverSuccessRate.
6.13LOFD002002InterRATANR
6.13.3OptimizedHandoverNeighboringCellSelection
6.13.6OptimizedInterRATEventtriggeredANRinNotSelectingQCI1UEsforMeasurement
6.14LOFD002015RACHOptimization
6.14.1SupportforAdaptiveAdjustmentoftheSRBRLCParameter
6.14.2SupportforRootSequenceConflictDetection
6.14.3FlowControlTriggeredBackoff
6.15LBFD081105VoiceSpecificAMC
6.16LOFD001010SecurityMechanism
6.17LAOFD00100101IntraBandCarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin20MHz
6.17.1SupportforFlexiblyConfiguringCABandCombinations
6.17.2SupportforPCCAnchoringforUEsinIdleMode
6.18LAOFD00100102InterBandCarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin20MHz
6.19LAOFD001002CarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin40MHz
6.19.3EnhancementinCAConfigurations
6.20LAOFD070201FlexibleCAfromMultipleCarriers
6.20.3ChangeofNamesforCCrelatedFeaturesandFeatureDependencies
6.21LAOFD070202IntereNodeBCAbasedonCoordinatedBBU
6.22LAOFD080201IntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxedbackhaul
6.22.3OptimizedLicensingforIntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxedbackhaul
6.23LAOFD080202CarrierAggregationforUplink2CC
6.24LOFD070220eMBMSPhase1basedonCentralizedMCEArchitecture
6.25LBFD002025BasicScheduling
6.26LOFD001048TTIBundling
6.26.1TTIBundlingforUEsPerformingMixedServices
6.26.2SupportforConfigurableTTIBundlingParameters
6.27LOFD001008UltraHighSpeedMobility
6.27.1OptimizedThroughputPerformanceinHighSpeedRailwayNLOSScenarioswithHighFrequencyBand
6.27.2ImprovedSupportedMobilityRateandUENumberSpecificationofHighSpeed/UltraHighSpeedCells
6.28LOFD070214UL8AntennaReceiveDiversity
6.29LBFD00201802CoverageBasedInterfrequencyHandover
6.29.1OptimizationofInterFrequencyHandoverTriggeringEventTypeforCAUEs
6.29.2EnhancementintheCoveragebasedInterFrequencyHandover
6.30LOFD002005MobilityRobustOptimization(MRO)
6.30.1OptimizationofIntraRATMRO
6.30.2OptimizedMeasurementCriteriaforInterRATMROAgainstPrematureandDelayedHandovers
6.31LOFD001016VoIPSemipersistentScheduling
6.32LOFD001019PSInterRATMobilitybetweenEUTRANandUTRAN
6.33LOFD001043ServicebasedinterRAThandovertoUTRAN
6.34LOFD001072DistancebasedInterRAThandovertoUTRAN
6.35LOFD060201AdaptiveInterCellInterferenceCoordination
6.35.1ModifiedO&MModeofAdaptiveICIC
6.35.2ReducedNegativeGainofaICIConLoadinCommercialNetworks
6.36LOFD002007PCICollisionDetection&SelfOptimization
6.37MRFD231808GSMandLTEBufferZoneOptimization(LTE)
6.38LOFD001032IntraLTELoadBalancing
6.38.1OptimizedPenaltyMechanismforFrequenciesandUEsinMLB.
6.38.2EnhancedLoadBalancing
6.39LOFD070215IntraLTEUserNumberLoadBalancing
6.40LBFD002009Broadcastofsysteminformation
6.41LOFD001007HighSpeedMobility
6.42LBFD00201805ServiceBasedInterfrequencyHandover
6.43LAOFD001001LTEAIntroduction
6.43.1AddedBandCombinationsSupportedforCA
6.44LOFD001047LoCationServices(LCS)
6.45LOFD001018S1flex
6.46.1OptimizedDL3CCCAPreallocation
6.48LOFD001001DL2x2MIMO
6.50LOFD001060DL4X4MIMO
6.51LOFD002004Selfconfiguration
6.52LBFD004006FaultManagement
6.53LBFD004010SecurityManagement
6.53.1MaximumNumberofSimultaneousLoginsoftheSameUserAccountRestricted
6.53.2SecurityParameterSettingAddedtoSecurityLevelSetting
6.54LOFD070219IPActivePerformanceMeasurement
6.55LBFD00300503SynchronizationwithGPS
6.56LBFD004003SecuritySocketLayer
6.56.1EnhancedSSLAlgorithmsandMaintenance
6.56.2AutomaticSSLAuthenticationModeUpdatebytheU2000
6.57LOFD003010PublicKeyInfrastructure(PKI)
6.57.1EnhancedDigitalCertificateManagement
6.57.2EnhancedSignatureAlgorithmfortheDeviceCertificate
6.58LOFD00301402AccessControlList(ACL)AutoConfiguration
6.59LOFD003005OMChannelBackup
6.60LOFD001024RemoteElectricalTiltControl
6.61LOFD003009IPsec
6.62LBFD002023AdmissionControl
7 Glossary
8 Reference Documents
1AboutThisDocument
1.1Purpose
ThisdocumentdescribestheimpactofnewandenhancedfeaturesineRAN8.1oneRAN7.0.Thisdocumentalsoprovidestherequiredinformationfornetworkplanningpersonnel
andoperationandmaintenance(O&M)personneltoprepareforupgradestoeRAN8.1.
Thisdocumentisforyourreferenceonly,andissubjecttochangeduringthedevelopmentofthisnewrelease.Therefore,partoftheinformationmaybeincompleteorunavailable
untilGeneralAvailability(GA)oftheneweRAN8.1release.
FortheimpactofOSSchangesonnetworks,seeU2000NetworkImpactReport.
NOTICE:
ThisdocumentdescribestheimpactofnewandenhancedeRAN8.1featuresoneRAN7.0networksanddoesnotserveasguidancetotheupgradeofNEsoftwareversions.
ContractwithlocalHuaweiengineerstoobtainReleaseNotescorrespondingtoversionsoftheeNodeB,USU3910,ECO6910,andU2000duringupgradeplanninginlivenetworks.
TheReleaseNotesprovidessoftwareversionchangesandimpactsofthechanges.
ThisdocumentappliestothefollowingtypesofeNodeBs.
eNodeBType Model
Macro 3900serieseNodeB
Micro BTS3202E
LampSite DBS3900LampSite
1.2IntendedAudience
Thisdocumentisintendedfor:
Networkplanningengineers
Systemengineers
Networkoperators
1.3ChangeHistory
Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutthechangesindifferentdocumentversions.Therearetwotypesofchanges:
Featurechange
Changesinfeaturesofaspecifiedproductversion
Editorialchange
Changesinwordingoradditionofinformationthatwasnotdescribedintheearlierversion
eRAN8.106(20160430)
Thisissueincludesthefollowingchanges.
ChangeType ChangeDescription
Featurechange Addedthenetworkimpactsofmodifiedfeatures.Fordetails,see:
4SummaryofModifiedFeatureImpact
Editorialchange None
eRAN8.105(20151103)
Featurechange AddedpRRUs/RRUsandupdated2.3.1eNodeBaccordingly.
Editorialchange None
eRAN8.104(20150831)
Featurechange None
Editorialchange Revisedthefollowingfeatures:
eRAN8.103(20150630)
Featurechange AddedRRUsandupdated2.3.1eNodeBaccordingly.
Editorialchange Addedthemodifieddescriptionofmodifiedfeature.Fordetails,see4SummaryofModifiedFeatureImpact
Revisedthefollowingfeatures:
Addedthefollowingfeatures:
6.61LOFD003009IPsec
eRAN8.102(20150430)
Featurechange AddedUBBPdaandupdated2.3.1eNodeBaccordingly.
ChangedVoiceSpecificAMCfromanoptionalfeaturetoabasiconeanddeleteditslicense.Fordetails,see:
2.5License
3SummaryofNewandEnhancedFeatureImpact
Editorialchange Addedthenetworkimpactsofmodifiedfeatures.Fordetails,see:
6ImpactsofModifiedeRAN8.1FeaturesoneRAN7.0Networks
Revisedthefollowingfeatures:
eRAN8.101(20150323)
Featurechange None
Editorialchange Revisedthefollowingfeatures:
eRAN8.1DraftA(20150115)
ThisisthefirstdraftforeRAN8.1.
2GeneralImpacts
2.1NEsInvolved
Table21liststheproductsandtheirsoftwareversionsinvolvedineRAN8.1.
Table21ProductsandtheirsoftwareversionsrequiredbyeRAN8.1
NE Version
eNodeB BTS3900series
BTS3900LTEV100R008C10
BTS3900ALTEV100R008C10
BTS3900LLTEV100R008C10
BTS3900ALLTEV100R008C10
DBS3900series
DBS3900LTEV100R008C10
LampSiteseries
DBS3900LampSiteLTEFDDV100R010C10
Microseries
BTS3202EV100R010C10
U2000 iManagerU2000V200R015C10
CME iManagerU2000CMEV200R015C10
USU USU3900V100R010C10
USU3910V100R010C10
ECO6910 ECO6910V100R004C10
2.2SystemCapacityandNetworkPerformance
SystemCapacity
ImpactonmacroeNodeBs
ComparedwitheRAN7.0,eRAN8.1withthefollowingfeaturesachieveshigherpeakdatarates:
LAOFD080208CarrierAggregationforDownlink3CCin60MHz
LAOFD080202CarrierAggregationforUplink2CC[Trial]
When2T2Rcellsarecarrieraggregated,thetheoreticalpeakdownlinkdatarateofasinglecategory9orcategory10UEreaches450Mbit/s.When16QAMisusedinthe
uplink,thetheoreticalpeakuplinkdatarateofasinglecategory10UEreaches100Mbit/s.
Inaddition,comparedeRAN7.0,eRAN8.1nowsupportsthree2T8RFDDcells,eachwithabandwidthof20MHz,onasingleLBBPd4board.Eachofthecellscanserve
amaximumof1200UEs,andtheLBBPd4canserveamaximumof3600UEs.
ImpactonmicroeNodeBs
Noimpact.
ImpactonLampSiteeNodeBs
ComparedwitheRAN7.0,eRAN8.1withthefollowingfeaturesachieveshigherpeakdatarates:
When2T2Rcellsarecarrieraggregated,thetheoreticalpeakdownlinkdatarateofasinglecategory9orcategory10UEreaches450Mbit/s.When16QAMisusedinthe
uplink,thetheoreticalpeakuplinkdatarateofasinglecategory10UEreaches100Mbit/s.
Inaddition,comparedeRAN7.0,eRAN8.1nowsupportsthree2T8RFDDcells,eachwithabandwidthof20MHz,onasingleLBBPd4board.Eachofthecellscanserve
amaximumof1200UEs,andtheLBBPd4canserveamaximumof3600UEs.
NetworkPerformance
ComparedwitheRAN7.0,eRAN8.1achieveshighercellaveragedataratesandcelledgedataratesintheuplinkanddownlink.Fordetailsabouttheimprovements,seethe
descriptionsofnewandenhancedfeaturesin5ImpactsofNewandEnhancedeRAN8.1FeaturesoneRAN7.0Networks.
2.3Hardware
2.3.1eNodeB
ThefollowingtableliststhehardwarechangesinmacroeNodeBsofeRAN8.1.Fordetailsaboutthehardware,seetheeNodeBproductdocumentationforeRAN8.1.
Table22HardwarechangesinmacroeNodeBsofeRAN8.1
ChangeType HardwareType HardwareName
New BBU BBU3910A1

BBU3910A2
BBU3910A3
New Interconnectionboard UniversalinterConnectionComboUnit(UCCU)
New Batterycabinet IBBS300D
New Batterycabinet IBBS300T
New Batterycabinet IBBS20
New Bladepowermodule OPM50M
New PIMmitigationprocessingboard LTEPIMMitigationProcessingcard(LPMP)

New RRU RRU3220E

RRU3230E
RRU3959w
RRU3956
RRU3952m
MRFUdw
RRU3962
RRU3952
RRU3965
RRU3965d
New Universalbasebandprocessingunit UBBPda
Table23HardwarechangesinmicroeNodeBsofeRAN8.1
New RRU RRU3930E
Table24HardwarechangesinLampSiteeNodeBsofeRAN8.1
New pRRU pRRU3907
New pRRU pRRU3911
2.3.2USU3910
USU3910isintroducedineRAN8.1toconnectbasebandunits(BBUs).Itiscaseshapedandmeasures19incheswideand2Uhigh.
AsaswitchingunitbetweeneNodeBs,aUSU3910exchangesbothcontrolanduserplanedatabetweenBBUs.FordetailsaboutUSU3910,seeUSU3910ProductDocumentation.
2.3.3ECO6910
ComparedwithECO6910V100R004C00,ECO6910V100R004C10hasnochangeinhardware.
2.3.4U2000
ComparedwithiManagerU2000V200R014C10,iManagerU2000V200R015C10hasnochangeinhardware.
2.4Implementation
BeforeupgradingeNodeBsfromeRAN7.0toeRAN8.1,ensurethatallrequiredhardwarehasbeeninstalledandalllicensesfortherequirednetworkcapacityhavebeenobtained.
Performtheupgradeinthefollowingorder:
1.UpgradetheU2000fromiManagerU2000V200R014C00toiManagerU2000V200R015C10.
2.InstalliManagerU2000CMEV200R015C10.
3.UpgradeeNodeBsfromV100R007C00toV100R008C10.
2.5License
ThissectiondescribesthelicensechangesineRAN8.1comparedwitheRAN7.0.
NewLicenseControlItems
ThefollowingtableliststhenewlicensecontrolitemsforoptionalLTEfeatures.
Table25NewlicensecontrolitemsforoptionalLTEfeatures
FeatureID FeatureName LicenseControlItem SalesUnit LicenseConfiguredon
LOFD080212 SRLTEOptimization SRLTEOptimization(FDD) perCell MacroeNodeB/LampSite

eNodeB
LOFD080215 eMBMSServiceContinuity eMBMSServiceContinuity(FDD) perCell MacroeNodeB/Micro

eNodeB/LampSiteeNodeB
LOFD008002 DynamicServicespecificAccess DynamicServicespecificAccessControl percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

Control (FDD) eNodeB/LampSiteeNodeB
LOFD081206 IntraeNodeBCoordinatedUplink IntraeNodeBCoordinatedUplinkAMC percell MacroeNodeB

AMC (FDD)
LOFD081219 ULCoMPBasedonRelaxed ULCoMPBasedonRelaxedBackhaul pereNodeB MacroeNodeB/LampSite

Backhaul (FDD) eNodeB
LOFD081202 BusyHourDownloadRateControl BusyHourDownloadRateControl(FDD) percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

LOFD081203 VideoServiceRateAdaption VideoServiceRateAdaption(FDD) percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

LOFD081218 EnhancedExtendedQCI EnhancedExtendedQCI(FDD) percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

LOFD081220 InterBBUClockSharing InterBBUClockSharing(FDD) pereNodeB MacroeNodeB/LampSite

eNodeB
LOFD081280 eNodeBSupportingMultioperator eNodeBSupportingMultioperatorPKI pereNodeB MacroeNodeB/Micro

PKI (FDD) eNodeB/
LOFD081281 eNodeBSupportingIPsec eNodeBSupportingIPsecRedirection pereNodeB MacroeNodeB/Micro

Redirection (FDD) eNodeB/
LOFD081208 IntereNodeBSFNBasedon IntereNodeBSFNBasedonCoordinated pereNodeB MacroeNodeB/LampSite

CoordinatedBBU BBU(FDD) eNodeB
LOFD081209 IntereNodeBAdaptiveSFN/SDMA IntereNodeBAdaptiveSFN/SDMABased pereNodeB MacroeNodeB/LampSite

BasedonCoordinatedBBU onCoordinatedBBU(FDD) eNodeB
LOFD081207 SpecifiedPCIGroupbased SpecifiedPCIGroupbasedNeighboring percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

NeighboringCellManagement CellManagement(FDD) eNodeB/LampSiteeNodeB
LOFD081205 AutomaticCongestionHandling AutomaticCongestionHandling(FDD) pereNodeB MacroeNodeB/Micro

LOFD081223 ExtendedCellAccessRadius ExtendedCellAccessRadiusBeyond percell MacroeNodeB

Beyond100km 100km(FDD)
LOFD081225 NeighborCellClassification NeighborCellClassificationManagement percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

Management (FDD) eNodeB/LampSiteeNodeB
LOFD081221 SuperCombinedCell SuperCombinedCell(FDD) percell MacroeNodeB
LOFD081228 HandoverEnhancementatSpeed HandoverEnhancementatSpeedMobility percell MacroeNodeB

Mobility (FDD)
LOFD081227 IntraLTELoadBalancingforNon IntraLTELoadBalancingforNoncosited percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

cositedCells Cells(FDD) eNodeB
LOFD081229 VoiceCharacteristicAwareness VoiceCharacteristicAwarenessScheduling percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

Scheduling (FDD) eNodeB
LOFD081283 UltraFlashCSFBtoGERAN UltraFlashCSFBtoGERAN(FDD) perPerRRCConnected MacroeNodeB/Micro

User eNodeB
LOFD070202 UltraFlashCSFBtoUTRAN UltraFlashCSFBtoUTRAN(FDD) perPerRRCConnected MacroeNodeB/Micro

User eNodeB
ThefollowingtableliststhenewlicensecontrolitemsforLTEAdvancedfeatures.
Table26NewlicensecontrolitemsforLTEAdvancedfeatures
LAOFD080201 IntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxed IntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxed pereNodeB MaroeNodeB/MiroeNodeB

backhaul backhaul(FDD)
LAOFD081233 DynamicTDMeICIC DynamicTDMeICIC(FDD) percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

LAOFD081234 FeICIC FeICIC(FDD) percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

LAOFD080207 CarrierAggregationforDownlink CarrierAggregationforDownlink3CCin percell MacroeNodeB/LampSite

3CCin40MHz 40MHz(FDD) eNodeB
LAOFD080208 CarrierAggregationforDownlink CarrierAggregationforDownlink3CCin percell MacroeNodeB/LampSite

3CCin60MHz 60MHz(FDD) eNodeB
ComparedwitheRAN7.0,eRAN8.1doesnotincludenewlicensecontrolitemsforSingleRANfeatures.
ComparedwitheRAN7.0,eRAN8.1doesnotincludenewresourcecontrolitems.
ChangedLicenseControlItems
ThefollowingtableliststhelicensecontrolitemchangedineRAN8.1.
Table27LicensecontrolitemchangedineRAN8.1
FeatureID OldFeatureName OldLicenseControl NewFeatureName NewLicenseControl SalesUnit LicenseConfigured

Item Item on...
LAOFD070201 CAforDownlink2CC CAforDownlink2CC FlexibleCAfromMultiple FlexibleCAfrom percell eNodeB

FromMultipleCarriers FromMultipleCarriers Carriers MultipleCarriers(FDD)
(FDD)
LAOFD070202 CarrierAggregationfor CarrierAggregationfor IntereNodeBCAbasedon IntereNodeBCAbased pereNodeB eNodeB

2CCbasedon 2CCbasedon CoordinatedBBU onCoordinatedBBU
CoordinatedBBU CoordinatedBBU(FDD) (FDD)
DeletedLicenseControlItems
None
2.6InterNEInterfaces
IneRAN8.1,interfacesbetweeneacheNodeBandotherNEscomplywith3rdGenerationPartnershipProject(3GPP)Release11andarebackwardcompatiblewith3GPPRelease
10,Release9,andRelease8.Theinterfacesareasfollows:
S1
X2
Uu
2.7OperationandMaintenance
Fortheimpactsofeachfeatureonoperationandmaintenance,see5ImpactsofNewandEnhancedeRAN8.1FeaturesoneRAN7.0Networks.
2.8OtherNEs
eNodeBs,theevolvedpacketcore(EPC),andUEsmustallcomplywith3GPPRelease11forthenewandenhancedfeaturesineRAN8.1totakeeffect.IftheEPCorUEdoesnot
complywith3GPPRelease11,theearliestcompliantreleasewillbeapplied.
Thischaptersummarizestheimpactsofnew,enhanced,andmodifiedeRAN8.1featuresoneRAN7.0networks.
Featureimpactsarecategorizedas"Major"wheneitherofthefollowingconditionsismet:
Thefeaturerequiresneworadditionalhardware.
ThefeaturehasanimpactoneRAN7.0featuresorNEsoutsidetheEUTRAN.
Allotherimpactsarecategorizedas"Minor."
Table31ImpactseverityofnewandenhancedfeaturesformacroeNodeBsineRAN8.1
FeatureID FeatureName ImpactSeverity Remarks
LBFD001009 3GPPR11Specifications Minor New/Basic
LBFD081101 PUCCHOuterLoopPowerControl Minor New/Basic
LBFD002032 ExtendedQCI Minor Enhanced/Basic
LBFD070107 PDCCHUtilizationImprovement Minor Enhanced/Basic
LBFD081102 PLMNIDBlacklist Minor New/Basic
LBFD081103 TerminalAwarenessDifferentiation Minor New/Basic
LBFD081104 ULCompensationScheduling Minor New/Basic
LBFD081105 VoiceSpecificAMC Minor New/Basic
LOFD001048 TTIBundling Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD080212 SRLTEOptimization Minor New/Optional
LOFD008002 DynamicServicespecificAccessControl Minor New/Optional
LOFD070220 eMBMSPhase1basedonCentralizedMCEArchitecture Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD080215 eMBMSServiceContinuity Minor New/Optional
LOFD001001 DL2x2MIMO Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD001003 DL4x2MIMO Major Enhanced/Optional
LOFD001060 DL4x4MIMO Major Enhanced/Optional
LOFD070208 CoordinatedSchedulingbasedPowerControl(CloudBB) Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD081206 IntraeNodeBCoordinatedUplinkAMC Minor New/Optional
LOFD001066 IntraeNodeBULCoMP Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD070222 IntraeNodeBULCoMPPhaseII Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD070223 ULCoMPbasedonCoordinatedBBU Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD081219 ULCoMPBasedonRelaxedBackhaul Major New/Optional
LOFD00105401 Camp&HandoverBasedonSPID Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD081202 BusyHourDownloadRateControl Minor New/Optional
LOFD081203 VideoServiceRateAdaption Minor New/Optional
LOFD081218 EnhancedExtendedQCI Minor New/Optional
LOFD081229 VoiceCharacteristicAwarenessScheduling Minor New/Optional
LOFD070207 IntelligentAccessClassControl Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD001021 PSInterRATMobilitybetweenEUTRANandCDMA2000 Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD001051 CompactBandwidth Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD081228 HandoverEnhancementatSpeedMobility Minor New/Optional
LOFD081223 ExtendedCellAccessRadiusBeyond100km Minor New/Optional
LOFD00301302 IEEE1588V2ClockSynchronization Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD080216 UubasedSoftSynchronization Major New/Optional
LOFD081220 InterBBUClockSharing Minor New/Optional
LOFD081280 eNodeBSupportingMultioperatorPKI Minor New/Optional
LOFD081281 eNodeBSupportingIPsecRedirection Minor New/Optional
LOFD003029 SFN Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD070205 AdaptiveSFN/SDMA Minor Enhanced/Optional

LOFD081208 IntereNodeBSFNBasedonCoordinatedBBU Major New/Optional
LOFD081209 IntereNodeBAdaptiveSFN/SDMABasedonCoordinatedBBU Major New/Optional
LOFD081221 SuperCombinedCell Minor New/Optional
LOFD002001 AutomaticNeighbourRelation(ANR) Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD002007 PCICollisionDetection&SelfOptimization Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD081225 NeighborCellClassificationManagement Minor New/Optional
LOFD001044 InterRATLoadSharingtoUTRAN Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD081227 IntraLTELoadBalancingforNoncositedCells Minor New/Optional
LOFD002005 MobilityRobustOptimization(MRO) Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD002015 RACHOptimization Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD081207 SpecifiedPCIGroupbasedNeighboringCellManagement Minor New/Optional
LOFD081205 AutomaticCongestionHandling Minor New/Optional
LOFD001039 RFChannelIntelligentShutdown Major Enhanced/Optional
LOFD070202 UltraFlashCSFBtoUTRAN Minor New/Optional
LOFD081283 UltraFlashCSFBtoGERAN Minor New/Optional
LAOFD00100101 IntraBandCarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin20MHz Minor Enhanced/LTEA
LAOFD00100102 InterBandCarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin20MHz Minor Enhanced/LTEA
LAOFD00100104 SupportofUECategory7 Minor New/LTEA
LAOFD001002 CarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin40MHz Minor Enhanced/LTEA
LAOFD070201 FlexibleCAfromMultipleCarriers Minor Enhanced/LTEA
LAOFD070202 IntereNodeBCAbasedonCoordinatedBBU Minor Enhanced/LTEA
LAOFD080201 IntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxedbackhaul Major New/LTEA
LAOFD080207 CarrierAggregationforDownlink3CCin40MHz Minor New/LTEA
LAOFD081233 DynamicTDMeICIC Minor New/LTEA
LAOFD081234 FeICIC Minor New/LTEA
LAOFD080202 CarrierAggregationforUplink2CC(Trial) Minor New/LTEA
LAOFD081237 CarrierAggregationwithDL4x4MIMO(Trial) Major New/LTEA
MRFD101221 ULRefarmingZeroBufferzone Minor New/Trial
MRFD101222 FDD+TDDCarrierAggregation(LTEFDD) Minor New/Trial
MRFD101401 ULUnifiedVideoSteering Minor New/Optional
MRFD101402 ULUnifiedOverloadControl Minor New/Optional
MRFD231601 MultimodeBSCommonReferenceClock(eNodeB) Minor Enhanced/Optional
Table32ImpactseverityofnewandenhancedfeaturesformicroeNodeBsineRAN8.1
LOFD001048 TTIBundling Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD070220 eMBMSPhase1basedonCentralizedMCEArchitecture Minor New/Optional

LOFD07022001 MulticelltransmissioninMBSFNarea Minor New/Optional
LOFD07022002 Mixedtransmissionofunicastandbroadcast Minor New/Optional
LOFD07022003 Datasynchronization Minor New/Optional
LOFD07022004 Sessionadmissioncontrol Minor New/Optional
LOFD001002 UL2x2MUMIMO Minor New/Optional
LOFD081202 BusyHourDownloadRateControl Minor New/Optional
LOFD081203 VideoServiceRateAdaption Minor New/Optional
LOFD001025 AdaptivePowerConsumption Minor New/Optional
LOFD001039 RFChannelIntelligentShutdown Major New/Optional
LOFD001042 IntelligentPowerOffofCarriersintheSameCoverage Minor New/Optional
LAOFD080201 IntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxedbackhaul Major New/LTEA
LAOFD081233 DynamicTDMeICIC Minor New/LTEA
LAOFD081234 FeICIC Minor New/LTEA
Table33ImpactseverityofnewandenhancedfeaturesforLampSiteeNodeBsineRAN8.1
LBFD081101 PUCCHOuterLoopPowerControl Minor New/Basic
LOFD070220 eMBMSPhase1basedonCentralizedMCEArchitecture Minor Enhanced/Optional

LOFD001066 IntraeNodeBULCoMP Minor New/Optional
LOFD081220 InterBBUClockSharing Minor New/Optional
LOFD003029 SFN Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD070205 AdaptiveSFN/SDMA Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD081208 IntereNodeBSFNBasedonCoordinatedBBU Major New/Optional
LOFD081209 IntereNodeBAdaptiveSFN/SDMABasedonCoordinatedBBU Major New/Optional
LOFD001025 AdaptivePowerConsumption Minor New/Optional
LOFD001041 PowerConsumptionMonitoring Minor New/Optional
LOFD001042 IntelligentPowerOffofCarriersintheSameCoverage Minor New/Optional
LOFD001044 InterRATLoadSharingtoUTRAN Minor Enhanced/Optional
LOFD001074 IntelligentPowerOffofCarriersintheSameCoverageofUMTS Minor New/Optional

Network
LAOFD00100101 IntraBandCarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin20MHz Minor Enhanced/LTEA
LAOFD00100102 InterBandCarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin20MHz Minor Enhanced/LTEA
LAOFD001002 CarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin40MHz Minor Enhanced/LTEA
LAOFD080202 CarrierAggregationforUplink2CC(Trial) Minor New/LTEA
4SummaryofModifiedFeatureImpact
ThischaptersummarizestheimpactsofmodifiedeRAN8.1featuresoneRAN7.0networks.
Featureimpactsarecategorizedas"Major"wheneitherofthefollowingconditionsismet:
Thefeaturerequiresneworadditionalhardware.
ThefeaturehasanimpactoneRAN7.0featuresorNEsoutsidetheEUTRAN.
Allotherimpactsarecategorizedas"Minor."
Theimpactsofallmodifiedfeaturesarecategorizedas"Minor."
Table41ImpactseverityofModifiedfeaturesineRAN8.1
FeatureID FeatureName ModifiedDescription
LOFD070202 UltraFlashCSFBtoUTRAN OptimizationofUltraFlashCSFB
LOFD081283 UltraFlashCSFBtoGERAN OptimizationofUltraFlashCSFB
LOFD001033 CSFallbacktoUTRAN OptimizedtheProcessingMechanismofLTEtoUMTSCSFBMeasurementReports
LOFD003029 SFN ModifiedUplinkJointReceptioninSFNCell

DifferentRSPowerCanbeConfiguredforDifferentPhysicalCellsofanSFNCell
SFNEnhancementSupporting12RRUsCombinedtoServeanSFNCell
LOFD070205 AdaptiveSFN/SDMA ModifiedUplinkJointReceptioninSFNCell

DifferentRSPowerCanbeConfiguredforDifferentPhysicalCellsofanSFNCell
SFNEnhancementSupporting12RRUsCombinedtoServeanSFNCell
EnhancedAdaptiveSFN/SDMAandAchievedConfigurableSDMAThreshold
EnhancedAdaptiveSFNforAdaptiveCSIRSConfiguration
LOFD00101502 DynamicScheduling OptimizedtheMechanismthatPUSCHOccupiesRBResourcesofthePUCCHintheSingleUE

Scenario
IncreasedtheProbabilitythatUplinkCellsEnterFrequencySelectiveScheduling
OptimizedDownlinkSchedulinginScenariosofLargeTrafficVolume
EnhancedDownlinkMCSLoweringforMultipleUEswithSmallPackets
OptimizedPreallocationofSparseServicesforNSUEs
LOFD081229 VoiceCharacteristicAwareness EnhancementintheVoiceCharacteristicAwarenessSchedulingFeature

Scheduling SupportofDynamicUplinkVoLTESchedulingDataAmountComputation
LOFD001051 CompactBandwidth SupportofNonStandardSmallBandwidths
LBFD002003 PhysicalChannelManagement UpperLimitConfigurableforthePDCCHCodingRate

OptimizedUplinkCCEAllocationAlgorithm
EnhancementinUserLevelSRSPeriodConfiguration
OptimizedtheEffectiveScopeofSRI/CQI/SRSAdaptiveParameters
LOFD001076 CPRICompression ConfiguringCPRICompressionTypesbySectorEquipmentforFDDSFNCells

Supporting4:1CPRICompressionRatiointheLampSiteSolution
OptimizationofCPRICompression
LBFD002011 Paging IncreasedPagingSpecificationsto1800paging/s

PagingOptimization
LOFD002001 AutomaticNeighbourRelation FrequencyspecificANR

(ANR) OptimizedCoordinationBetweentheAdditionofNeighboringCellsandtheHandoverDecision
MakingintheANRScenario
OptimizedCoordinationBetweenPeriodicMeasurementGaprelatedFeaturesandVoIPServices
OptimizationofDisplayedQueryResultsofNeighboringCells
OptimizedNeighborRelationshipRemovalbyANR
OptimizedNeighboringCellAdditionforEventtriggeredANRandFastANR
EnhancedX2Selfconfiguration
EnhancementinAutoOptimizationofNeighboringCellswithAbnormalIntraRATHandoverSuccess
Rate
LOFD002002 InterRATANR FrequencyspecificANR

OptimizedCoordinationBetweentheAdditionofNeighboringCellsandtheHandoverDecision
MakingintheANRScenario
OptimizedHandoverNeighboringCellSelection
OptimizedCoordinationBetweenPeriodicMeasurementGaprelatedFeaturesandVoIPServices
OptimizedNeighborRelationshipRemovalbyANR
OptimizedInterRATEventtriggeredANRinNotSelectingQCI1UEsforMeasurement
OptimizedNeighboringCellAdditionforEventtriggeredANRandFastANR
LOFD002015 RACHOptimization SupportforAdaptiveAdjustmentoftheSRBRLCParameter

SupportforRootSequenceConflictDetection
FlowControlTriggeredBackoff
LBFD081105 VoiceSpecificAMC SupportofSeparateConfigurationofUplinkTargetIBLERforVoiceUsers
LOFD001010 SecurityMechanism SupportofAccessStratumSecurityKeyReconfigurationFollowinganX2basedHandover
LAOFD00100101 IntraBandCarrierAggregationfor SupportforFlexiblyConfiguringCABandCombinations

Downlink2CCin20MHz SupportforPCCAnchoringforUEsinIdleMode
LAOFD00100102 InterBandCarrierAggregationfor SupportforFlexiblyConfiguringCABandCombinations

Downlink2CCin20MHz SupportforPCCAnchoringforUEsinIdleMode
LAOFD001002 CarrierAggregationforDownlink SupportforFlexiblyConfiguringCABandCombinations

2CCin40MHz SupportforPCCAnchoringforUEsinIdleMode
EnhancementinCAConfigurations
LAOFD070201 FlexibleCAfromMultipleCarriers SupportforFlexiblyConfiguringCABandCombinations

SupportforPCCAnchoringforUEsinIdleMode
ChangeofNamesforCCrelatedFeaturesandFeatureDependencies
LAOFD070202 IntereNodeBCAbasedon SupportforFlexiblyConfiguringCABandCombinations

CoordinatedBBU SupportforPCCAnchoringforUEsinIdleMode
ChangeofNamesforCCrelatedFeaturesandFeatureDependencies
LAOFD080201 IntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxed SupportforFlexiblyConfiguringCABandCombinations

backhaul SupportforPCCAnchoringforUEsinIdleMode
OptimizedLicensingforIntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxedbackhaul
LAOFD080202 CarrierAggregationforUplink2CC SupportforFlexiblyConfiguringCABandCombinations

SupportforPCCAnchoringforUEsinIdleMode
LOFD070220 eMBMSPhase1basedon SupportforBroadcastofanMBMSSessiononMultipleMBSFNAreasWithinaneNodeB

CentralizedMCEArchitecture
LBFD002025 BasicScheduling SupportforANewLogicalChannelGroupConfiguration
LOFD001048 TTIBundling TTIBundlingforUEsPerformingMixedServices

SupportforConfigurableTTIBundlingParameters
LOFD001008 UltraHighSpeedMobility OptimizedThroughputPerformanceinHighSpeedRailwayNLOSScenarioswithHighFrequency

Band
ImprovedSupportedMobilityRateandUENumberSpecificationofHighSpeed/UltraHighSpeed
Cells
LOFD070214 UL8AntennaReceiveDiversity EnhancementofUL8AntennaReceiveDiversityinFDDMode
LBFD00201802 CoverageBasedInterfrequency OptimizationofInterFrequencyHandoverTriggeringEventTypeforCAUEs

Handover EnhancementintheCoveragebasedInterFrequencyHandover
LOFD002005 MobilityRobustOptimization(MRO) OptimizationofIntraRATMRO

OptimizedMeasurementCriteriaforInterRATMROAgainstPrematureandDelayedHandovers
LOFD001016 VoIPSemipersistentScheduling UplinkSPSSupportingSRMask
LOFD001019 PSInterRATMobilitybetweenE HandoverPolicybasedPenaltyintheCaseofNonresourceinducedAdmissionFailuresandUuTransmission

UTRANandUTRAN FailuresDuringInterRATMobilityBetweenEUTRANandUTRAN
LOFD001043 ServicebasedinterRAThandover HandoverPolicybasedPenaltyintheCaseofNonresourceinducedAdmissionFailuresandUuTransmission

toUTRAN FailuresDuringInterRATMobilityBetweenEUTRANandUTRAN
LOFD001072 DistancebasedInterRAThandover HandoverPolicybasedPenaltyintheCaseofNonresourceinducedAdmissionFailuresandUuTransmission

toUTRAN FailuresDuringInterRATMobilityBetweenEUTRANandUTRAN
LOFD060201 AdaptiveInterCellInterference ModifiedO&MModeofAdaptiveICIC

Coordination ReducedNegativeGainofaICIConLoadinCommercialNetworks
LOFD002007 PCICollisionDetection&Self OptimizedCoordinationBetweenPeriodicMeasurementGaprelatedFeaturesandVoIPServices

Optimization
MRFD231808 GSMandLTEBufferZone OptimizedCoordinationBetweenPeriodicMeasurementGaprelatedFeaturesandVoIPServices

Optimization(LTE)
LOFD001032 IntraLTELoadBalancing OptimizedPenaltyMechanismforFrequenciesandUEsinMLB

EnhancedLoadBalancing
LOFD070215 IntraLTEUserNumberLoad OptimizedPenaltyMechanismforFrequenciesandUEsinMLB

Balancing
LBFD002009 Broadcastofsysteminformation OptimizationoftheSIBMessageSendingMechanism
LOFD001007 HighSpeedMobility ImprovedSupportedMobilityRateandUENumberSpecificationofHighSpeed/UltraHighSpeedCells
LBFD00201805 ServiceBasedInterfrequency ServicebasedInterFrequencyHandoverEnhancement

Handover
LAOFD001001 LTEAIntroduction AddedBandCombinationsSupportedforCA

LOFD001047 LoCationServices(LCS) LCSOptimizationinRemoteScenariosandSFNScenarios
LOFD001018 S1flex S1InterfaceSupportingaMaximumof200MMEGIs
LAOFD080207 CarrierAggregationforDownlink OptimizedDL3CCCAPreallocation

3CCin40MHz ChangeofNamesforCCrelatedFeaturesandFeatureDependencies
LAOFD080208 CarrierAggregationforDownlink OptimizedDL3CCCAPreallocation

3CCin60MHz ChangeofNamesforCCrelatedFeaturesandFeatureDependencies
LOFD001001 DL2x2MIMO EnhancedAdaptiveSFNforAdaptiveCSIRSConfiguration
LOFD001003 DL4x2MIMO EnhancedAdaptiveSFNforAdaptiveCSIRSConfiguration

LOFD001060 DL4X4MIMO EnhancedAdaptiveSFNforAdaptiveCSIRSConfiguration
LOFD002004 Selfconfiguration EnhancedX2Selfconfiguration
LBFD004006 FaultManagement WhethertoReportCorrelativeAlarmsNowCustomizable
LBFD004010 SecurityManagement MaximumNumberofSimultaneousLoginsoftheSameUserAccountRestricted

SecurityParameterSettingAddedtoSecurityLevelSetting
LOFD070219 IPActivePerformance ConfigurableTWAMPTCPPortNumberNewNode

Measurement
LBFD00300503 SynchronizationwithGPS GSMFrameSynchronizationDisablinginSDRScenarios
LBFD004003 SecuritySocketLayer EnhancedSSLAlgorithmsandMaintenance

AutomaticSSLAuthenticationModeUpdatebytheU2000
LOFD003010 PublicKeyInfrastructure(PKI) EnhancedDigitalCertificateManagement

EnhancedSignatureAlgorithmfortheDeviceCertificate
LOFD00301402 AccessControlList(ACL)Auto PortNumberInformationAddedtoACLRulesinEndPointConfigurationMode

Configuration
LOFD003005 OMChannelBackup EnhancedSwitchoverMechanismforActiveandStandbyOMChannels
LOFD001024 RemoteElectricalTiltControl UserExperienceOptimizationDisplayedontheALDManagementInterface
LOFD003009 IPsec IPSecNATTraversal
LBFD002023 AdmissionControl EnhancedthemethodofdeterminingsystemresourceusageforQoSsatisfactionratebasedadmission
5ImpactsofNewandEnhancedeRAN8.1FeaturesoneRAN7.0Networks
5.1LBFD002032ExtendedQCI(Enhanced/Basic)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
applicabletoMacrofromeRAN3.0
applicabletoMicrofromeRAN3.0
applicabletoLampSitefromeRAN6.0
Summary
HuaweisupportsextendedQoSClassIdentifier(extendedQCI)(255QCIincluding9standardQCIdefinedin3GPP).ExtendedQCIcanbeusedasoperatordefinedQCItosupport
customizednonGBRservice.ExtendedQCIindexcanbedefinedbyoperatorandneedSAEtosupportit.
Benefits
Itcanbeconfigurableflexiblybyoperatorandmeetmultineedofoperatorwhowantstooperatethedifferentiatedservice.
Description
ThisfeaturesupportsextendedQCI,whichmeansthatMMEsendoneextendedQCIindexinRABassignmentmessage.TheeNodeBcanconfiguretheseextendedQCIandcanbe
assignedradioresourcedifferentlyaccordingtothedifferentQCInumberanddifferentschedulingweightfactor.
TheextendedQCIcanbeconfigurablewithGold,Silver,andBronze,whichisthesameastheARP.
HuaweicurrentlysupportsextendednonGBRQCI,andtheconfigurablescenarioisthateNodeBgettheQCIindexfirstly,settheARPandQoSparameter(PDB,PLER,schedule
weight)relatedwithQCIindex.
Enhancement
eRAN8.1
eNodeBsnowsupportthemappingbetweenuserschedulingweightfactorsandcombinationsofARPandQCI.
Userscanbeclassifiedintogold,silver,andcopperlevelsbyARP.TheschedulingweightfactorsfordifferentuserlevelscanbemappedtoQCIs6through9.This
mappingtakesprecedenceoverthemappingofARPirrelevantschedulingweightfactorstotheQCIs.
SystemCapacity
Thechangeinthisfeaturehasnoimpact.
NetworkPerformance
5.1.3NEs
ThisfeatureisimplementedontheeNodeB.
5.1.4Hardware
License
ConfigurationManagement
Thefollowingparametershavebeenintroducedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
ChangeType ParameterID MMLCommand ChangeDescription
Added UserPriority.ArpSchSwitch MODUSERPRIORITY ThisparametercontrolstheswitchofARPandQCI

LSTUSERPRIORITY baseddifferentiatedschedulingforusers.
Added UserPriority.Arp1Priority MODUSERPRIORITY Thisparametersetstheuserprioritycorrespondingto

LSTUSERPRIORITY ARP1.














Added UserQciPriority.Qci MODUSERQCIPRIORITY Thisparametersetstheschedulingpriorities

LSTUSERQCIPRIORITY correspondingtoQCIsrangingfrom6to9.
Added UserQciPriority.GoldUlSchPriorityFactor MODUSERQCIPRIORITY Thisparameterindicatestheweightfactorusedfor

LSTUSERQCIPRIORITY calculatingconnectionprioritiesduringuplinkscheduling
forgoldusers.
Added UserQciPriority.GoldDlSchPriorityFactor MODUSERQCIPRIORITY Thisparameterindicatestheweightfactorusedfor

LSTUSERQCIPRIORITY calculatingconnectionprioritiesduringdownlink
schedulingforgoldusers.
Added UserQciPriority.SilverUlSchPriorityFactor MODUSERQCIPRIORITY Thisparameterindicatestheweightfactorusedfor

forsilverusers.
Added UserQciPriority.SilverDlSchPriorityFactor MODUSERQCIPRIORITY Thisparameterindicatestheweightfactorusedfor

schedulingforsilverusers.
Added UserQciPriority.BronzeUlSchPriorityFactor MODUSERQCIPRIORITY Thisparameterindicatestheweightfactorusedfor

forbronzeusers.
Added UserQciPriority.BronzeDlSchPriorityFactor MODUSERQCIPRIORITY Thisparameterindicatestheweightfactorusedfor

schedulingforbronzeusers.
PerformanceManagement
FaultManagement
PrerequisiteFeatures
MutuallyExclusiveFeatures
ImpactedFeatures
AftertheARPandQCIbasedQoScontrolswitchisturnedon,themappingrelationshipsbetweentheweightfactorsoftheuplinkanddownlinkschedulingprioritiesandthe
standardizedQCIsinthefeatureLBFD00300201DiffServQoSSupportbecomeinvalid.
5.2LBFD060102EnhancedULFrequencySelectiveScheduling(New/Basic)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
notapplicabletoLampSite
Summary
ThisfeatureadaptivelyselectsthefrequencyselectiveschedulingmodebasedonthenumberofsynchronizedUEsandthenumberoftobescheduledUEsinacell.
Benefits
ThisfeaturereducestheinterferencetoUEs,improvesthemodulationandcodingschemes(MCSs),andthereforeincreasesUEthroughput.
Description
Frequencyselectivefadingisinevitableduetothemultipatheffectinradiochannels.BecausefrequencyselectivefadingchangesrelativelyslowlyforlowmobilityUEs,frequency
selectivefadingisconsideredtobestablewithinthechannelcoherencetime.TheLTEsystemadoptssinglecarrierfrequencydivisionmultipleaccess(SCFDMA)intheuplink.In
thesystem,thesystembandwidthiswideandthesubbandbandwidthsforresourceallocationcanbenarrow.Thechannelfadingeffectvarieswithsubbands.Duringscheduling,the
eNodeBallocatesthesubbandsingoodchannelqualitytoUEs,whichiscalledfrequencyselectivescheduling.Generally,thedistributionsoffrequencyselectivefadingforUEsare
scattered,thatis,goodqualitysubbandsareUEspecific.Therefore,allUEscanbescheduledontheirgoodqualitysubbands,therebyincreasingnetworkthroughput.
WhenthisfeatureisdisabledandthenumberofsynchronizedUEsinacellislessthanorequalto15,uplinkfrequencyselectiveschedulingisused.Whenthisfeatureisdisabled
andthenumberofsynchronizedUEsinacellisgreaterthan15,theeNodeBallocatesresourcesinorderofRBsequencenumber.Inthiscase,intercellinterferencecannotbe
avoidedandtheUEsexperienceinterferenceallthetime.
Whenthisfeatureisenabled,theeNodeBadaptivelyselectsthefrequencyselectiveschedulingmodebasedonthenumberofsynchronizedUEsandthenumberoftobescheduled
UEsinacell.Asaresult,thisfeaturereducestheinterferencetoUEsandthereforeincreasesUEthroughput.
Enhancement
IneRAN7.0
eNodeBsselectMCSsforslowlymovingUEsbasedonthereportedsignaltointerferenceplusnoiseratios(SINRs)insubbandsduringfrequencyselectivescheduling.
Therefore,thefrequencyselectiveschedulinggainsincrease,raisingthespectralefficiencyandthroughputoftheUEs.
5.2.2CapacityandPerformance
SystemCapacity
EnablingthisfeatureforacellservinglotsofusersreducesuplinkinterferencewithUEsandincreasestheMCSlevel,therebyimprovingULcellthroughput.WhenULPRBusageis
lessthan70%,thefeatureyieldssignificantgainswhenULPRBusageisgreaterthanorequalto70%,thefeatureyieldsinsignificantgains.
EnhancedULfrequencyselectiveschedulingprovidesUEsinthecellwithmoreopportunitiestobescheduledbyfrequencyselectivescheduling.WithenhancedULfrequency
selectivescheduling,largergainsandhigherspectralefficiencyofuplinktransmissionareyielded.
WhenoptimizedULfrequencyselectiveschedulingbasedontheestimatedUEspeedisenabled,lowspeedUEsthatperformcontinuousULdatatransmissionforalongperiodof
time(forexample,longerthan20s)canachievebettergainsoffrequencyselectiveschedulingatfarormediumdistancesfromcellcenter.Thisimprovesthroughputandspectral
efficiency,increasingnetworkcapacity.
NetworkPerformance
Noimpact.
5.2.3NEs
ThisfeatureisimplementedontheeNodeBandCME.
5.2.4Hardware
Noimpact.
None
License
Thisfeatureisabasicfeatureandisnotunderlicensecontrol.
Thefollowingparametershavebeenmodifiedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
ChangeType ParameterID MMLCommand Description

Modified CellAlgoSwitch.UlSchSwitch MODCELLALGOSWITCH Addedthe
LSTCELLALGOSWITCH UlEnhancedDopplerSwitchoptionto
theUlSchSwitchparameter.
None
FaultManagement
None
None
None
ImpactedFeatures
UplinkinterferencerandomizationbasedallocationfailswhenuplinkICICisenabled.
5.3LBFD070107PDCCHUtilizationImprovement(Enhanced/Basic)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
ThisfeatureenablestheeNodeBtoallocatePDCCHresourcesmoreflexibly,reducingtheprobabilityofPDCCHresourceallocationfailureandimprovingthePDCCHcapacity.
Benefits
ThisfeatureincreasesthenumberofUEsthatcanbescheduledperTTIinaheavilyloadednetworkandincreasesthesystemcapacity.
Description
AhigherPDCCHaggregationlevelmaydecreasethenumberofUEsthatcanbescheduledanddecreasethesystemcapacity.Withthisfeature,theeNodeBincreasesthePDCCH
resourceallocationsuccessratebydecreasingthePDCCHaggregationlevelandadjustingtheTXpowerwhileensuringdemodulationperformance.Inthismanner,thenumberof
UEsthatcanbescheduledandthesystemcapacityincrease.AsdifferentPDCCHCCEsmayoverlap,thereisahighprobabilityofPDCCHresourceallocationfailureforUEsthat
arescheduledlater.Withthisfeature,ifPDCCHresourceallocationfailsforaUE,theeNodeBallocatesPDCCHresourcesfortheUEagainwithadifferentaggregationleveland
powerlevelwhileensuringdemodulationperformance.Inthismanner,thePDCCHresourceallocationsuccessrateandthesystemcapacityincrease.
Enhancement
eRAN8.1
ThisfeatureusesalowerPDCCHaggregationlevelcombinedwithpowercontroltoincreasethePDCCHresourceallocationsuccessrateandimprovethePDCCH
capacity.
SystemCapacity
ThisfeaturereducestheCCEoverheadandimprovestheuplinkanddownlinkCCEallocationsuccessrateandthenumberofscheduledUEsineachTTIwithoutaffectingnetwork
coverage,therebyimprovingthesystemcapacity.
NetworkPerformance
BasedondifferentRBandCCEusage,thisfeaturehasthefollowingimpactonnetworkperformance:
LowaverageRBusageandunlimitedCCEusage
Thisindicatesalightlyloadednetwork.Thisfeaturedoesnotbringanygainstocellthroughput.Mostservicesonthelivenetworkareburstservices.Thisfeatureprobably
decreasesthenumberofPDCCHsymbolsandimprovesdownlinkuserperceivedrates,butbringsnogainstouplinkuserperceivedrates.
FullRBusage(greaterthan95%)andunlimitedCCEusage
Inthisscenario,theCCEusageislow(forexample,lessthan40%).Thisfeatureimprovesdownlinkuserperceivedrates,butbringsnogainstotheuplink.
FullRBusage(greaterthan95%)andhighCCEusage(greaterthan60%)
Thisisnottheexpectedscenarioforgainsofthisfeature.Thegainsareunpredictable.
TheuplinkordownlinkRBusageisnotfullduetolimitedCCEresources
Thisindicatesaheavilyloadednetwork.TheCCEusageislimitedbeforetheRBusage.ThisfeatureincreasesthenumberofscheduledUEsandimprovestheuplink
anddownlinkRBusage.
Forexample,thedownlinkRBusageisfull,buttheuplinkRBusageisnot.WhentheeNodeBincreasesthenumberofscheduledUEsintheuplink,thesmallpackets
increasesignificantlyintheuplink.However,possiblyduetoservicetypes,moresmallpacketUEsarescheduled,therebydecreasingtheaverageusersrate.
NOTE:
Severalfactorsmayincreaseuplinksmallpackets.Forexample,ifmostoftheincreaseduplinkUEschedulingtimescausedbyPDCCHcapacityimprovementarefor
smallpacketUEs,thenumberofsmallpacketsincreases.ThedownlinkthroughputrateimprovementincreasesthenumberofuplinkTCPresponsepackets,thereby
increasingsmallpackets.
5.3.3ImpactonNEs
None
None
LicenseManagement
Thisfeatureisnotunderlicensecontrol.
Thefollowingparameterhasbeenaddedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
ChangeType ParameterID MMLCommand NE Description
New CELLPDCCHALGO.PdcchPowerEnhancedSwitch LSTCELLPDCCHALGO eNodeB Thisparameterspecifieswhethertoenablepower

MODCELLPDCCHALGO controlenhancementforthePDCCH.
Afterthisfunctionisenabled,theeNodeBselectsthe
correctpowervaluesbasedonthePDCCHqualityto
expandthePDCCHcapacity.
N/A
FaultManagement
N/A
None
None
ImpactedFeatures
None
Availability
Thisfeatureis
applicabletoMacrofromeRAN8.1.
notapplicabletoMicro.
applicabletoLampSitefromeRAN8.1.
Summary
Thisfeatureadjuststhetargetsignaltointerferenceplusnoiseratio(SINRTarget)ofPUCCHformat1xbasedonthedifferencebetweenthemeasuredbiterrorrate(BER)andtarget
BER(BERTarget)ofPUCCHformat2xtoimprovethedemodulationperformanceofPUCCHformat2x.
Benefits
ThisfeatureincreasesdownlinkthroughputbyimprovingthedemodulationperformanceofPUCCHformat2xinheavyloadscenarios.
Description
OuterlooppowercontrolforthePUCCHiscontrolledbytheCellAlgoSwitch.UlPcAlgoSwitchparameter.
WhenOuterLoopPucchSwitchofthisparameteristurnedon,thisfeaturedynamicallyadjuststheSINRTargetforinnerlooppowercontrolofPUCCHformat1xbasedonthe
differencebetweenthemeasuredBERandBERTargetofPUCCHformat2x.ThisfeatureimplementsPUCCHpowercontrolbasedonchannelstatus.Itensuresthedemodulation
performanceofPUCCHformat2xwhenPUCCHformat2xexperienceshigherinterferencethanPUCCHformat1x.
ThisfeatureadjuststheSINRTargetasfollows:
IfthemeasuredBERisgreaterthantheBERTarget,thisfeatureincreasestheSINRTarget.
IfthemeasuredBERisequaltotheBERTarget,thisfeaturedoesnotchangetheSINRTarget.
IfthemeasuredBERislessthantheBERTarget,thisfeaturedecreasestheSINRTarget.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
LBFD081101PUCCHOuterLoopPowerControlhelpsincreasethePUCCHtransmissionreliabilityanddecreasetheprobabilityoffalsedetectiononPUCCHinformationindicating
channelconditions,suchasCQI,RI,andPMI,therebyincreasingtheaverageUEthroughputinthedownlinkandcellthroughputinthedownlink.
NetworkPerformance
LBFD081101PUCCHOuterLoopPowerControlhelpsincreasethePUCCHtransmissionreliabilityanddecreasetheprobabilityoffalsedetectiononPUCCHinformationindicating
channelconditions,suchasCQI,RI,andPMI,therebydecreasingthepercentageofPUCCHDTXsandincreasingdownlinkthroughput.
LBFD081101PUCCHOuterLoopPowerControlhelpsdecreasethedownlinkpacketlossrateofVoLTEservicesandincreasesvoicequalityofVoLTEservices.
LBFD081101PUCCHOuterLoopPowerControlmayincreasethenumberofuplinksmallpackets,therebydecreasingtheratioofL.Thrp.bits.ULtoL.Thrp.Time.UL.The
L.Thrp.bits.ULcountermeasuresthetotalamountofuplinkPDUdatareceivedinthePDCPlayer,andtheL.Thrp.Time.ULcountermeasuresthetotaltimelengththattheuplinkPDU
dataisreceivedinthePDCPlayer.
NOTE:
Thenumberofuplinksmallpacketincreasesduetoeitherofthefollowingreasons:
TheratioofPDCCHDTXsdecreases,whichdecreasesthenumberofPDCCHCCEstobeconsumedandincreasesPDCCHcapacity.Inthiscase,ifmostUEs
transmitsmallpacketsintheuplink,thenumberofsmallpacketsincreases.
ThenumberofuplinkTCPfeedbackincreasesalongwiththedownlinkthroughput.
5.4.3NEs
5.4.4Hardware
ThisfeatureisnotsupportedbytheLBBPcbutissupportedbytheLBBPdandUBBPd.
MacroandLampSiteeNodeBs
OuterloopPUCCHpowercontroltakeseffectinamultiRRUcellonlywhenallphysicalcellsconsistingthismultiRRUcellareestablishedonthesameLBBPdor
UBBPd.
MicroandPicoeNodeBs
BTS3202EdoesnotsupportouterloopPUCCHpowercontrol.
Noimpact.
License
Noimpact.
Thefollowingparameterhasbeenmodifiedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
Modified CellAlgoSwitch.UlPcAlgoSwitch MODCELLALGOSWITCH eNodeB TheOuterLoopPucchSwitch(OuterLoopPucchSwitch)

LSTCELLALGOSWITCH optionoftheCellAlgoSwitch.ULPcAlgoSwitch
parameterisaddedtocontrolwhethertoenableouterloop
PUCCHpowercontrol.
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
ThisfeaturemustworktogetherwithinnerloopPUCCHpowercontrolinLBFD002026UplinkPowerControl.
None
ImpactedFeatures
None
5.5LBFD081102PLMNIDManagement(New/Basic)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
ApplicabletoMacrofromeRAN8.1.
ApplicabletoMicrofromeRAN8.1.
ApplicabletoLampSitefromeRAN8.1.
Summary
ThisfeaturemanagesneighboringcellswithspecificPLMNIDsinscenarioswheretheneighboringcellsareneartheborderofPLMNsorabnormalUEsreportinvalidPLMNIDs.
Thisfeaturehelpsincreasetheneighborrelationshipmanagementefficiencyandimproveoperator'sOMexperience.
Benefits
ThisfeatureensuresthattheneighborrelationshipscanbecorrectlyconfiguredwhenabnormalUEsreportinvalidPLMNIDs.
WhentheneighboringcellsareneartheborderofPLMN,thisfeatureprovidesdifferentiatedmanagementtoincreasetheOMefficiencyofneighborrelationships.
Description
ThisfeatureallowsoperatorstoconfiguredifferentPLMNlistsforalocalcell:
IfaPLMNisblacklisted,thecellsinthisPLMNcannotbeconfiguredasneighboringcellsofthelocalcell.IftheIDofaPLMNreportedbyabnormalUEsisaninvalidID,
thisPLMNcanbeblacklisted.
IfaPLMNisgraylisted,thecellsinthisPLMNcanbeconfiguredasneighboringcellsofthelocalcell.Theseneighboringcellsareprocessedspeciallyduringqueryand
automaticremoval.APLMNcanbegraylistedifthisPLMNandthelocalcell'sPLMNoverlap,workonthesamefrequency,butdonothavehandoverrelationships
betweenthem.
IfaPLMNiswhitelisted,thecellsinthisPLMNcanbeconfiguredasneighboringcellsofthelocalcell.APLMNcanbewhitelistedifthisPLMNandthelocalcell's
PLMNhavehandoverrelationshipsbetweenthem.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
ThisfeaturepreventsneighborrelationshipswithcellsthathaveabnormalPLMNIDsfrombeingaddedtoNRTs,therebyincreasingthehandoversuccessrateanddecreasingthe
servicedroprate.
5.5.3NEs
ThisfeatureisimplementedontheeNodeBandU2000.
5.5.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
None
None
ImpactedFeatures
None
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Inlivenetworks,someUEshaveincompatibilityissueswithsomefeaturesduetoUEs'internalhardwareorsoftwarebugs.ThisaffectsnetworkKPIs.
HuaweieNodeBssupportdifferentiatedprocessingforsuchUEs.
Benefits
ThisfeaturehandlesUEs'incompatibilityissuesandimprovesnetworkKPIssuchastheservicedroprateanduplinkthroughput.
Description
WhenaHuaweiMMEidentifiesthattheeNodeBisaHuaweidevice,theMMEinformstheeNodeBofaUE'sinternationalmobilestationequipmentidentityandsoftwareversion
(IMEISV).Then,theeNodeBcomparestheUE'sIMEISVwiththeIMEISVinformationconfiguredforUEswithincompatibilityissuesontheeNodeB.Iftheyarematched,the
eNodeBperformspresetactionsonthisUE.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
TheblacklistcontrolfunctionofthisfeatureincreasessystemcapacitysuchascellthroughputbydisablingcertainfeaturesorfunctionsforblacklistedUEs.
Thewhitelistcontrolfunctionofthisfeatureinvolvesonlydownlinkrankdetection.ThisfunctionincreasesthedownlinkthroughputofwhitelistedUEsintheeventofinaccuraterank
indication(RI)reports.However,whentheseUEsreportRIsaccurately,thisfunctionmayslightlydecreasethedownlinkthroughput.
NetworkPerformance
ThisfeaturepreventsorreducesnetworkriskscausedbyUEincompatibility,suchasservicedropsandRRCconnectionreestablishment.
5.6.3ImpactonNEs
ThisfeaturerequiresthattheMMEsendtheIMEISVsofUEstotheeNodeB.IftheMMEisprovidedbyHuawei,theHuaweiMMEversionmustbePS12.1orlater.IftheMMEis
providedbyanothervendor,itmustcomplywith3GPPTS36.413V12.2.0.
The3GPPdefinednewIEMaskedIMEISVisoptional.IfaneNodeBcannotinterprettheIE,theeNodeBwillignoreit,withoutaffectingtheinterpretationoftheentiremessage.Itis
possiblethaterrorsoccurbecauseeNodeBsofothervendorsdonotcomplywith3GPPspecifications.
Noimpact.
CertainmessagesnowcontaintheIMEISVsofUEs.Specifically:
Duringinitialaccess,theMMEsendsanINITIALCONTEXTSETUPREQUESTmessageconveyingtheIMEISV.
DuringanS1basedhandover,theMMEsendsaHANDOVERREQUESTmessageconveyingtheIMEISVthroughtheS1interfacetothetargeteNodeB.
DuringanX2basedhandover,thesourceeNodeBsendsaHANDOVERREQUESTmessageconveyingtheIMEISVthroughtheX2interfacetothetargeteNodeB.
LicenseManagement
Thisfeatureisnotunderlicensecontrol.
ThefollowingMMLcommandshavebeenaddedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
ChangeType MMLCommand NE Description
New ADDUECOMPATOPT eNodeB ThiscommandisusedtospecifytheIMEISVcriterionanddifferentiatedhandlingpoliciesfor

thisfeature.
New RMVUECOMPATOPT eNodeB ThiscommandisusedtocanceldifferentiatedhandlingonUEswiththespecifiedTAC.
New MODUECOMPATOPT eNodeB ThiscommandisusedtomodifythedifferentiatedhandlingpoliciesforUEswithIMEISVs

thatmeetthespecifiedIMEISVcriterion.
New LSTUECOMPATOPT eNodeB ThiscommandisusedtoquerytheSVNconfigurationanddifferentiatedhandlingpoliciesfor

aspecifiedTACorallconfiguredTACs.
Thefollowingparametershavebeenaddedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
New UeCompatOpt.ImeisvTac ADDUECOMPATOPT eNodeB ThisparameterspecifiestheTACofdefectiveUEs.The

MODUECOMPATOPT TACidentifiesthemodelofeachUE.
New UeCompatOpt.ImeisvSvnCfgInd ADDUECOMPATOPT eNodeB ThisparameterspecifieswhethertospecifytheSVNof

MODUECOMPATOPT defectiveUEs.
New UeCompatOpt.ImeisvSvn ADDUECOMPATOPT eNodeB ThisparameterspecifiestheSVNofdefectiveUEs.The

MODUECOMPATOPT SVNidentifiesthesoftwareversionofeachUE.
New UeCompatOpt.BlkLstCtrlSwitch ADDUECOMPATOPT eNodeB Thisparameterspecifiesthedifferentiatedhandlingpolicies

MODUECOMPATOPT fordefectiveUEs.Setthisparameterbasedonsite
conditions.
New UeCompatOpt.UeTypeDesc ADDUECOMPATOPT eNodeB ThisparameterprovidesadescriptionoftheUEmodel.

MODUECOMPATOPT
New GlobalProcSwitch.S1MmePrivFeatureInd MOD eNodeB UeTypeRecogSwitchunderthisparametercontrolswhether

GLOBALPROCSWITCH theeNodeBrequestsIMEISVsfromanMME.EachIMEISV
thataneNodeBreceivesfromanMMEhasbeenmaskedby
settingthelastfourdigitsoftheSNRintheIMEISVto
FFFF.
New GlobalProcSwitch.UeCompatSwitch MOD eNodeB AbnormalUeHandleSwitchunderthisparameter

GLOBALPROCSWITCH determineswhethertoapplydifferentiatedhandlingto
defectiveUEs.
N/A
FaultManagement
N/A
None
None
ImpactedFeatures
TheblacklistcontrolfunctionofLBFD081103TerminalAwarenessDifferentiationaffectsthefollowingfeaturesaccordingtodataconfigurations:
LOFD002001AutomaticNeighbourRelation(ANR)
ThespecifieddefectiveUEsdonotperformmeasurementsforintraRATANRorconductproactivePCIconflictdetection.
LOFD002002InterRATANR
ThespecifieddefectiveUEsdonotperformmeasurementsforinterRATANR.
LOFD001105DynamicDRX
DynamicDRXdoesnotapplytothespecifieddefectiveUEs.
LAOFD001001LTEAIntroduction,LAOFD001002CarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin40MHz,LAOFD070201FlexibleCAfromMultipleCarriers,LAOFD070202
IntereNodeBCAbasedonCoordinatedBBU,LAOFD080207CarrierAggregationforDownlink3CCin40MHz,LAOFD080208CarrierAggregationforDownlink3CCin
60MHz,LAOFD080202CarrierAggregationforUplink2CC[Trial],LAOFD080201IntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxedbackhaul,LAOFD081237CarrierAggregation
withDL4x4MIMO[Trial],andMRFD101222FDD+TDDCarrierAggregation(LTEFDD)[Trial]
TheeNodeBdoesnotconfigureSCellsorperformPCCanchoringforthespecifieddefectiveUEs.
LOFD001048TTIBundling
TTIbundlingdoesnotapplytothespecifieddefectiveUEs.
LOFD001001DL2x2MIMO,LOFD001003DL4x2MIMO,andLOFD001060DL4x4MIMO
ThespecifieddefectiveUEscannotenterclosedloopMIMOmode.
LBFD002031SupportofaperiodicCQIreportsandLBFD060101OptimizationofPeriodicandAperiodicCQIReporting
EnhancedaperiodicCQIreportingdoesnotapplytothespecifieddefectiveUEs.
LOFD001017RObustHeaderCompression(ROHC)
ROHCdoesnotapplytothespecifieddefectiveUEs.
ThewhitelistcontrolfunctionofLBFD081103TerminalAwarenessDifferentiationaffectstheaccuracyofreportedranksandthereforehasanimpactonthefollowingfeatures:
LBFD002025BasicScheduling
LOFD00101502DynamicScheduling
LOFD001001DL2x2MIMO
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
ThisfeatureenablestheeNodeBtoproactivelyschedulevoicepacketsbasedontheirschedulingintervals.
Benefits
Thisfeaturereducestheuplinkpacketlossrate.
Description
TheeNodeBidentifiesvoiceusersand,foreachvoiceuser,monitorstheperiodduringwhichtheuserisnotscheduledintheuplink.Iftheperiodreachesathreshold,theeNodeB
sendsaULGranttotheUEtoensurethatuplinkvoicepacketscanbetimelytransmitted.Thisfeatureshortensthewaitingtimesofvoicepacketsandreducesthenumberof
packetsdiscardedbecauseoftheexpiryofPDCPDiscardTimer.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
Uplinkcompensationschedulingcanreducetherateofuplinkpacketlossesinheavytrafficscenarios,shortenvoicepacketdelays,andimprovevoicequality.However,thisfeature
increasesRBandCCEoverheadswhentherearemanyvoiceusers,thisfeaturealsoreducescellthroughput.
Inaddition,uplinkcompensationschedulingdecreasesthepossibilitythatuplinkcontrolinformationofvoiceusersistransmittedoverPUCCHandincreasesthepossibilitythat
uplinkcontrolinformationofvoiceusersistransmittedoverPUSCH.ThisaffectsthepossibilitythatPDSCHACK/NACKisdetectedasDTXandslightlyincreasesVoLTEdownlink
packetlossrate(indicatedbyL.Traffic.DL.PktUuLoss.Loss.QCI.1/L.Traffic.DL.PktUuLoss.Tot.QCI.1).
5.7.3NEs
5.7.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
License
Noimpact.
Modified CellAlgoSwitch.UlEnhencedVoipSchSw MOD eNodeB TheUlVoipSchOptSwitchoptionisadded

CELLULSCHALGO tothe
LST CellAlgoSwitch.UlEnhencedVoipSchSw
CELLULSCHALGO parametertocontroluplinkcompensation
scheduling.
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
ImpactedFeatures
Noimpact.
Availability
Thisfeatureis
applicabletoMicroformeRAN3.0
Summary
Twoantennaportsareconfiguredinthedownlink,andthetransmissionschemeperuserisdynamicallyselectedbetweenspatialdiversityandspatialmultiplexingtoimprovethe
downlinkthroughputandcoverageperformance.
Benefits
Thisfeatureprovidesthegainofhighpeakrateandthroughputperformanceusingspatialmultiplexing(twocodewords)andgoodcelledgeperformanceusingspatialdiversity(single
codeword),.
Description
Thedownlink2x2MIMOisacriticalfeaturetoallowanLTEsystemtodeliverbetterperformance,suchashigherdatarates,thanthelegacysystem.Bothspatialdiversityand
spatialmultiplexingaresupportedasdefinedinLTEspecifications,andsinceeRAN1.0thefollowingfour2x2MIMOschemesaresupportedinthedownlink:
Transmitdiversity
Largedelaycyclicdelaydiversityspatialmultiplexing
Closedloopspatialmultiplexing
Closedloopspatialmultiplexingusingasingletransmissionlayer
Transmitdiversityandclosedloopspatialmultiplexingusingasingletransmissionlayerarespatialdiversitysolutionstocombatsignalfading.Bothschemestransmitasinglestream
(i.e.,singlecodeword)andimprovethecelledgeperformance.Theformerappliesthespacefrequencyblockcode(SFBC),andisrobusttomobility.Thelatterappliesthecodebook
basedrank1precodingandistypicallyusedatlowmobilityasUEisrequiredtoreportitspreferredprecodingmatrixindex(PMI)timely.
Largedelaycyclicdelaydiversityisanopenloopspatialmultiplexingschemewithhighrobustnesstomobility.Closedloopspatialmultiplexingappliesthecodebookbasedfeedback
andistypicallysuitabletolowmobility.Bothopenloopandclosedloopspatialmultiplexingtransmittwoseparatelyencodedstreams(i.e.,twocodewords)toimprovethepeakrate
andthroughputperformanceofUEsundergoodchannelconditionswithmultiplexinggain.
Openloop/closedloopspatialmultiplexingcanbeenabled/disabledbymeansofO&M.Whenthisfunctionalityisenabled,adaptiveswitchbetweenspatialdiversityandspatial
multiplexingisperformedtakingintoaccounttheUEspecificlinkqualityandrankinformation.Whenthisfunctionalityisdisabled(bysettingthemaximumrankforspatial
multiplexingto1),asinglecodewordisalwaysscheduledforallUEs.
BesidesfixedMIMOmodes,adaptiveopenloopMIMO,adaptiveclosedloopMIMO,andadaptationbetweenopenloopandclosedloopMIMOmodescanbeconfiguredbymeansof
O&M.
Enhancement
eRAN8.1
Downlink2x2MIMOinTM9increasestheaveragecellthroughputandcelledgethroughputinthedownlinkinscenarioswhereadaptivesinglefrequencynetwork(SFN)is
deployedandeachcellisservedbymultipleRFmodules.
SystemCapacity
Comparedwithdownlink2x2MIMOinTM3orTM4,downlink2x2MIMOinTM9increasestheoverheadofdedicatedreferencesignalsandthesystemcapacitydecreasesif
downlink2x2MIMOinTM9doesnotworkwithotherfeatures.
DMRSandPDSCHareprecodedsimultaneously.Therefore,datademodulationandchannelestimationarealwaysmatched.Inthiscase,ifacellisservedbymultipleRRUs,the
SFNfeaturecanincreasetheaveragecellthroughputandcelledgethroughputinthedownlink.
NetworkPerformance
Downlink2x2MIMOinTM9mustworkwithotherfeaturesforcommercialuse.Fortheimpactonnetworkperformance,seeSFNFeatureParameterDescription.
IfLOFD070205AdaptiveSFN/SDMAisnotdeployed,theTM9performanceisworsethantheTM3andTM4performancebecauseoftheoverheadofDMRSs.IftheUEismoving
fasterthan30km/h,thelossintheaveragecellthroughputandcelledgethroughputisespeciallyobvious.IfUEsaremovingfasterthan30km/h,thelossintheaveragecell
throughputandcelledgethroughputisespeciallyobvious.Inaddition,theaveragethroughputandcelledgethroughputmaydecrease.ThethroughputlossishighiftheCSIRS
reportingperiodisshort,theratioofinventoryUEsishigh,andthenumberofantennaportsforCRSsislarge.
5.8.3NEs
ThechangeinthisfeatureisimplementedoneNodeBs.
ThechangeinthisfeaturerequiresthesupportfromUEsandtheEPC.Inaddition,UEsneedtosupportTM9.
5.8.4Hardware
ThechangeinthisfeatureisimplementedontheLBBPdorUBBPdofeNodeBs.
License
New Cell.CrsPortNum ADDCELL eNodeB IfTM9isusedinFDDmode,twoCRSportsarerecommended.IfTM9

MODCELL isnotusedinFDDmode,itisrecommendedthatthenumberofCRS
LSTCELL portsbeequaltothenumberofphysicalantennas.
New Cell.CrsPortMap ADDCELL eNodeB Thisparametercanbesetfora4T4Rcell,butcannotbesetfora2T2R

MODCELL or2T4Rcell.
LSTCELL Ifanintegrated4T4RRRUisusedfordeployingLOFD001003DL4x2
MIMO,LOFD001060DL4x4MIMO,ordownlink4x2MIMOinTM9,it
isrecommendedthatthisparameterbesetto4T4P_0321.
Ifcombined2T2Ror2T4RRRUsareusedfordeployingLOFD001003
DL4x2MIMOandLOFD001060DL4x4MIMO,itisrecommended
thatthisparameterbesetto4T4P_0213.
IfanintegratedRRUortwocombinedRRUsareusedfordownlink4x2
MIMOinTM9,itisrecommendedthatthisparameterbesetto
4T2P_0011.
New CellCsiRsParaCfg.CsiRsSwitch MOD eNodeB IftheTM9switchisturnedonfordeployingdownlink2x2MIMOinTM9

CELLCSIRSPARACFG ordownlink4x2MIMOinTM9,itisrecommendedthatthisparameter
LST besettoFIXED_CFG(Fixedconfigure).IftheTM9switchisturned
CELLCSIRSPARACFG offunderthesamecondition,itisrecommendedthatthisparameterbe
settoNOT_CFG(Notconfigure).
New CellCsiRsParaCfg.CsiRsPeriod MOD eNodeB Ifdownlink2x2MIMOinTM9ordownlink4x2MIMOinTM9areused,

CELLCSIRSPARACFG itisrecommendedthatthisparameterbesettoms5(ms5).
LST
CELLCSIRSPARACFG
New CellDlschAlgo.MbsfnSfCfg MODCELLDLSCHALGO eNodeB ThisparametercontrolsMBSFNsubframeconfiguration.10bits

LSTCELLDLSCHALGO correspondto10subframes.Thevalue0indicatesthatthesubframeis
notconfigured.Thevalue1indicatesthatthesubframeisconfigured.In
MBSFNsubframes,PDSCHservicesinMIMOinTM9canbe
scheduled.
Thefollowingcountershavebeenaddedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
ChangeType CounterName FunctionSubset NE Description
New L.Traffic.User.TM9.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB ThiscountermeasurestheaveragenumberofUEs

workinginTM9inacell.Ifthecountervalueisnotzero
andthePDCCHDCIformat2Cexistsintheresultof
DCIStatisticMonitoringontheU2000client,TM9has
takeneffect.
FaultManagement
ImpactedFeatures
Thefollowingfeaturesareimpacted:
LBFD002034RRUChannelCrossConnectionUnderMIMO
WhenLBFD002034RRUChannelCrossConnectionUnderMIMOisused,thetransmissiondelaysoftwoRFmodulesmaynotbealigned.Inthiscase,downlinkopenloop2x2
MIMOinTM9canbedeployed,butdownlinkclosedloop2x2MIMOinTM9isnotrecommended.
LOFD001016VoIPSemipersistentScheduling
ThisfeatureandLOFD001016VoIPSemipersistentSchedulingcanworktogether.DuringsemipersistentschedulingforTM9UEs,thePDSCHistransmittedonport7insteadofin
transmitdiversitymode.Fordetails,seesection7.1"UEprocedureforreceivingthephysicaldownlinksharedchannel"in3GPPTS36.213V10.5.0.
LOFD070205AdaptiveSFN/SDMA
InTM3orTM4,CRSsaretransmittedinmultipleRRUsorcellswhilethePDSCHaretransmittedinoneRRUorcell.ThismismatchaffectstheadaptiveSFNperformance.TM9
canavoidthismismatch,obviouslyincreasetheaveragecellthroughputandcelledgethroughputofacell,andimproveuserexperience.
LOFD0070220eMBMSPhase1basedonCentralizedMCEArchitecture
IfeMBMSisdeployed,PDSCHservicesinTM9cannotbescheduledinMBSFNsubframeswherethePMCHexists.ThereasonisthatthePMCHusesextendedCPbutextended
CPisnotcompatiblewithTM9.
LOFD001047LoCationServices(LCS)
WhenLCSisused,LCSreferencesignalsmayconflictwithCSIRSsandDMRSs.Inthiscase,ifonlyLCSreferencesignalsaretransmittedbutneitherCSRIRSsnorDMRSsare
transmitted,TM9performanceisaffected.ServicesinTM9arenotscheduledinsubframeswhereLCSreferencesignalsaretransmitted.
LOFD001070SymbolPowerSaving
Innormalsubframes,schedulingofservicesinTM9canworkwithbasicsymbolpowersaving.Insubframeswherepowersavingisapplied,noPDSCHservices(includingservices
inTM9)arescheduledbutCRSsandCSIRSscanbetransmitted.
However,theenhancedsymbolpowersavingmodeusesMBSFNsubframestoavoidschedulingandtoachievepowersaving.Bycontrast,TM9usesMBSFNsubframestoimprove
performance.Inenhancedsymbolpowersavingmode,servicesinTM9cannotbescheduledinMBSFNsubframesconfiguredforthismode.
Therefore,TM9needstobeconsideredintheentryandexitofthesymbolpowersavingmode.
LOFD001007HighSpeedMobility
ClosedloopMIMOissuitableinlowspeedscenarios.IfTM4,TM6,oradaptiveconfigurationofclosedlooptransmissionmodesisusedinhighspeedscenarios,system
performancedeteriorates.Inthiscase,adaptiveconfigurationofopenlooptransmissionmodesisrecommended.
WhenUEsaremovingathighspeed,theirdemodulationperformancebasedonDMRSsinTM9isnotsatisfactory.Inaddition,TM9iscommonlyusedinclosedloopmode,which
requiresthatUEsreportPMIsorRIs.Therefore,TM9isalwaysusedinlowspeedscenarios,notinhighspeedscenarios.
LOFD001008UltraHighSpeedMobility
performancedeteriorates.Inthiscase,adaptiveconfigurationofopenlooptransmissionmodesisrecommended.WhenUEsaremovingatultrahighspeed,theirdemodulation
performancebasedonDMRSsinTM9isnotsatisfactory.Inaddition,TM9iscommonlyusedinclosedloopmode,whichrequiresthatUEsreportPMIsorRIs.Therefore,TM9is
alwaysusedinlowspeedscenarios,notinultrahighspeedscenarios.
LOFD001009ExtendedCellAccessRadius
Generally,TM9isnotusedinextendedcoverage.
LOFD001031ExtendedCP
TM9isnotcompatiblewithLOFD001031ExtendedCP.
Availability
Thisfeatureis
notapplicabletoMicro
Summary
Fourantennaportsareconfiguredinthedownlink,andthetransmissionschemeperuserisdynamicallyselectedbetweenspatialdiversityandspatialmultiplexingtoimprovethe
downlinkthroughputandcoverageperformance.
Benefits
Thisfeatureprovidesthegainofhighpeakrateandthroughputperformanceusingspatialmultiplexing(twocodewords)andgoodcelledgeperformanceusingspatialdiversity(single
codeword).
Description
Similartothedownlink2x2MIMOfeature,four4x2MIMOschemesaresupportedinthedownlink:transmitdiversity,largedelaycyclicdelaydiversity,closedloopspatial
multiplexing,andclosedloopspatialmultiplexingusingasingletransmissionlayer.Theformertwoschemesarerobusttomobilitywhilethelattertwoaretypicallyusedatlow
mobilityasUEisrequiredtoreportitspreferredprecodingmatrixindex(PMI)timely.
4x2MIMOdiffersfromthe2x2MIMOmainlyinthefollowingaspects:
Additionalreferencesignaloverheadforantennaports2and3
TransmitdiversityappliestheschemeofSFBCplusfrequencyswitchtransmitdiversity(FSTD)insteadofSFBC
Theclosedloopprecodingappliesaseparatecodebookof16elements
Consequently,4x2MIMOhasaslightlylowerpeakratethan2x2MIMOduetoadditionalreferencesignaloverhead.Nevertheless,4x2MIMOcangetmoreprecodinggain,improving
thesystemthroughputandespeciallythecelledgeperformancebasedontheassumptionthat4x2MIMOiswellsupportedbytheterminals.
Openloop/closedloopspatialmultiplexingcanbeenabled/disabledbymeansofO&M.Whenthisfunctionalityisenabled,adaptiveswitchbetweenspatialdiversityandspatial
multiplexingisperformedonUEbasistakingintoaccounttheUEspecificlinkqualityandrankinformation.Whenthisfunctionalityisdisabled,asinglecodewordisalways
scheduledforallUEs.
BesidesfixedMIMOmodes,adaptiveopenloopMIMO,adaptiveclosedloopMIMO,andadaptationbetweenopenloopandclosedloopMIMOmodescanbeconfiguredbymeansof
O&M.
Enhancement
eRAN8.1
Downlink4x2MIMOinTM9enablessomeinventoryUEstoworkina4portCRSnetwork,wheretheeNodeBusesfourantennaportsforcellspecificreferencesignals
(CRSs).ItisatrailfunctionineRAN8.1.
SystemCapacity
Comparedwithdownlink4x2MIMOinTM4,downlink4x2MIMOinTM9increasestheoverheadofdedicatedreferencesignalsandthereforethepeakratedecreases.Thedecrease
degreeislowiftheratioofMBSFNsubframesishighandthenumberofPDCCHsymbolsissmall.
NetworkPerformance
Thefollowingtablecomparesthenetworkperformanceofdownlink4x2MIMOinTM4andthatofdownlink4x2MIMOinTM9[Trial].
BaselineConfiguration GainfromDownlink4x2MIMOinTM9
MovementSpeed<15km/h MovementSpeed>30km/h
AverageCellThroughput CellEdgeThroughput
2T2RRRU,2x2MIMOinTM4 5%through10% 10%through20% TM9maybringahighlosswhenUEsaremovingathighspeed.

However,downlink4x2MIMOinTM9mayimproveperformance
whensomeinventoryUEsworkwiththeeNodeBthatusesfour
antennaportsfortransmission.Theimprovementdegreeisrelated
toUEcategoriesandmovementspeeds.
5.9.3NEs
ThechangeinthisfeaturerequiresthesupportfromUEsandtheEPC.Inaddition,UEsneedtosupportTM9.
5.9.4Hardware
ThechangeinthisfeatureisimplementedontheLBBPdorUBBPdofeNodeBs.
License
New Cell.CrsPortNum ADDCELL eNodeB IfTM9isusedinFDDmode,twoCRSportsarerecommended.IfTM9

MODCELL isnotusedinFDDmode,itisrecommendedthatthenumberofCRS
LSTCELL portsbeequaltothenumberofphysicalantennas.
New Cell.CrsPortMap ADDCELL eNodeB Thisparametercanbesetfora4T4Rcell,butcannotbesetfora2T2R

MODCELL or2T4Rcell.
LSTCELL Ifanintegrated4T4RRRUisusedfordeployingLOFD001003DL4x2
MIMO,LOFD001060DL4x4MIMO,ordownlink4x2MIMOinTM9,itis
recommendedthatthisparameterbesetto4T4P_0321.
Ifcombined2T2Ror2T4RRRUsareusedfordeployingLOFD001003
DL4x2MIMOandLOFD001060DL4x4MIMO,itisrecommendedthat
thisparameterbesetto4T4P_0213.
IfanintegratedRRUortwocombinedRRUsareusedfordownlink4x2
MIMOinTM9,itisrecommendedthatthisparameterbesetto
4T2P_0011.
New CellCsiRsParaCfg.CsiRsSwitch MOD eNodeB IftheTM9switchisturnedonfordeployingdownlink2x2MIMOinTM9

CELLCSIRSPARACFG ordownlink4x2MIMOinTM9,itisrecommendedthatthisparameterbe
LST settoFIXED_CFG(Fixedconfigure).IftheTM9switchisturnedoff
CELLCSIRSPARACFG underthesamecondition,itisrecommendedthatthisparameterbeset
toNOT_CFG(Notconfigure).
New CellCsiRsParaCfg.CsiRsPeriod MOD eNodeB Ifdownlink2x2MIMOinTM9ordownlink4x2MIMOinTM9areused,it

CELLCSIRSPARACFG isrecommendedthatthisparameterbesettoms5(ms5).
LST
CELLCSIRSPARACFG
New CellDlschAlgo.MbsfnSfCfg MODCELLDLSCHALGO eNodeB ThisparametercontrolsMBSFNsubframeconfiguration.10bits

LSTCELLDLSCHALGO correspondto10subframes.Thevalue0indicatesthatthesubframeis
notconfigured.Thevalue1indicatesthatthesubframeisconfigured.In
MBSFNsubframes,PDSCHservicesinMIMOinTM9canbe
scheduled.
New L.Traffic.User.TM9.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB ThiscountermeasurestheaveragenumberofUEs

workinginTM9inacell.Ifthecountervalueisnotzero
andthePDCCHDCIformat2Cexistsintheresultof
DCIStatisticMonitoringontheU2000client,TM9has
takeneffect.
FaultManagement
ImpactedFeatures
Thefollowingfeaturesareimpacted:
Therefore,TM9needstobeconsideredintheentryandexitofthebasicandenhancedsymbolpowersavingmodes.
WhenUEsaremovingatultrahighspeed,theirdemodulationperformancebasedonDMRSsinTM9isnotsatisfactory.Inaddition,TM9iscommonlyusedinclosedloopmode,
whichrequiresthatUEsreportPMIsorRIs.Therefore,TM9isalwaysusedinlowspeedscenarios,notinhighspeedscenarios.
ClosedloopMIMOissuitableinlowspeedscenarios.IfTM4,TM6,oradaptiveconfigurationofclosedlooptransmissionmodesisusedwhenUEsaremovingatultrahighspeed,
thesystemperformancedeterioratesgreatly.Inthiscase,adaptiveconfigurationofopenlooptransmissionmodesisrecommended.
whichrequiresthatUEsreportPMIsorRIs.Therefore,TM9isalwaysusedinlowspeedscenarios,notinultrahighspeedscenarios.
5.10LOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMO(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
HuaweieRAN1.0supportsUL2x2MUMIMObetweenUEandeNodeBimprovingsystemuplinkperformance.
Benefits
Thisfeaturecanimprovethesystemuplinkperformance,becauseitallowstwouserstotransmitdatausingthesametimefrequencyresources.
Description
TheuplinkvirtualMIMOisoneoftheimportantfeaturestodeliverthesuperiorperformanceforLTEsystems.Itreferstoatechniqueofmultiplexingseveralusersusingthesame
timeandfrequencyresourcesontheuplink.
UplinkvirtualMIMOisawaytoimprovethethroughputoftheLTEsystem.WithNreceiveantennasforanLTEeNodeB,nomorethanNvirtualMIMOuserscanbedemodulated.
TheuplinkvirtualMIMOdoesnotinvolveUEsanditistransparenttoUEs.
WithuplinkvirtualMIMO,theeNodeBrequiresthematchingdemodulationalgorithmandchannelestimationalgorithminordertosuccessfullydemodulatethesignalsfromdifferent
virtualMIMOusersthatusethesamefrequencytimeresources.
IftworeceiveantennasareconfiguredineNodeB,theeNodeBmeasurestheUE'suplinkchannelSINRandchannelorthogonalitywithanotherUE.IftheUEhavegooduplink
channelSINRandgoodchannelorthogonalitywiththeotherUE,2x2MUMIMOisused.Otherwise,2AntennaReceiveDiversityisused.
UL2x2MUMIMOisonlyusedforthephysicaluplinksharedchannel(PUSCH).
IftworeceiveantennasareconfiguredintheeNodeB,theeNodeBadaptivelyselectsbetweenUL2x2MUMIMOandUL2AntennaReceiveDiversity.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
ComparedwithSUMIMO,MUMIMOachievesmultiplexinggainsbecausemultipleUEsusethesametimefrequencyresourceandmoreUEshaveschedulingopportunitiesatthe
sametime.Thishelpsincreasetheaverageuplinkcellthroughput.However,UEpairingwillnegatepartoftheintercellinterferencesuppressioncapabilitybecausetheeNodeB
enabledwithLOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMOisconfiguredwithtworeceptionantennaswhichcandistinguishonlytwosignalinputs.Therefore,strongintercellinterferencewill
affectthecapacityimprovementperformanceofLOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMO.
NetworkPerformance
Wheninterferenceissevere,theuplinkcoverageandthethroughputofCEUsmaydecreasebecausemoreUEsbeingscheduledincreaseuplinkinterferenceandIOT.
5.10.3NEs
ThisfeatureisimplementedontheBTS3202E,BTS3203E(AAS),U2000,andCME.
5.10.4Hardware
License
AcelllevellicensecontrolitemhasbeenaddedtotheBTS3202EandBTS3203E(AAS)forthisfeature.
Modified CELLALGOSWITCH.UlSchSwitch MODCELLALGOSWITCH eNodeB TheUlVmimoSwitchoptionisaddedtothis

LSTCELLALGOSWITCH parametertocontroluplinkMUMIMO.
New SRSCFG.SrsCfgInd MODSRSCFG eNodeB ThisparameterspecifiesanSRSconfiguration

LSTSRSCFG indicator.
New SRSCfg.FddSrsCfgMode MODSRSCFG eNodeB ThisparameterspecifiesanFDDSRSconfiguration

LSTSRSCFG mode.
New L.ChMeas.MUBF.PairPRB.Succ ChMeas.MIMO.Cell eNodeB NumberofRBsallocatedtosuccessfullypairedUEsfor

multiuserbeamforming(MUBF)inacell
New L.ChMeas.VMIMO.PairPRB.Succ ChMeas.MIMO.Cell eNodeB NumberofRBsallocatedtosuccessfullypairedUEsfor

MUMIMOinacell
New L.ChMeas.VMIMO.PairPRB.Tot ChMeas.MIMO.Cell eNodeB NumberofRBsthatcanbeallocatedtopairedUEsfor

MUMIMOinacell
FaultManagement
Acellperformancetraceitem"MimoUEPairNum"isaddedontheU2000client.
WhenLOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMOisenabled,theeNodeBschedulestwoUEsusingthesameuplinktimefrequencyresources.Theenablinganddisablingofthisfeatureare
undercontrolofLOFD00101502DynamicScheduling.
LBFD00202001UL2AntennaReceiveDiversity
LOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMOrequiresLBFD00202001UL2AntennaReceiveDiversitytoreceiveandprocessuplinksignals.
LOFD003029SFNandLOFD070205AdaptiveSFN/SDMA
SFNcellsdonotsupportuplinkMUMIMO.Therefore,LOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMOcannotbeusedwithLOFD003029SFN.
ImpactedFeatures
LOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMOandLOFD001016VoIPSemipersistentSchedulingcanbeenabledsimultaneouslybuttheVoIPUEperformancemaynotreachtheoptimumlevel,
forexample,themeanopinionscore(MOS)maydecrease.
Whenbothfeaturesareenabled,MUMIMOUEsarepairedineachTTIanddifferentpairedUEscausedifferentlevelsofinterferencetothetargetVoIPUEs.However,the
interferencecannotbeimmediatelyadjustedbecausetheRBsandMCSsoftargetVoIPUEsarecomparativelystableinsemipersistentschedulingmode.
LOFD00101402UplinkDynamicInterCellInterferenceCoordination
UplinkMUMIMOisusedtoincreaseuplinkcapacitywhereasuplinkdynamicintercellinterferencecoordination(ICIC)isusedtocoordinateinterferencebetweencellstoachievea
tradeoffbetweencapacityandcoverage.Therefore,ifLOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMOisusedwithLOFD00101402UplinkDynamicInterCellInterferenceCoordination,MUMIMO
performancemaynotreachtheoptimum.
LBFD00202202UplinkStaticInterCellInterferenceCoordination
UplinkMUMIMOisusedtoincreaseuplinkcapacitywhereasuplinkstaticintercellinterferencecoordination(ICIC)isusedtocoordinateinterferencebetweencellstoachievea
tradeoffbetweencapacityandcoverage.Therefore,ifLOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMOisusedwithLOFD00101402UplinkDynamicInterCellInterferenceCoordination,MUMIMO
performancemaynotreachtheoptimum.
LOFD001066IntraeNodeBULCoMP
LOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMOcanbeusedwithLOFD001066IntraeNodeBULCoMP,LOFD001076IntraeNodeBULCoMPPhaseII,andLOFD001077ULCoMPbasedon
CoordinatedBBUbuttheycannottakeeffectsimultaneouslyforthesameUE.UplinkCoMPfortype1CoMPUEshasthehighestpriority,MUMIMOthesecond,anduplinkCoMP
fortype2CoMPUEsthethird.
LOFD070222IntraeNodeBULCoMPPhaseII
LOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMOandLOFD070222IntraeNodeBULCoMPPhaseIIcanbeenabledsimultaneouslybuttheycannottakeeffectsimultaneouslyforthesameUE.
UplinkCoMPfortype1CoMPUEshasthehighestpriority,MUMIMOthesecond,anduplinkCoMPfortype2CoMPUEsthethird.
LOFD070223ULCoMPbasedonCoordinatedBBU
LOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMOandLOFD070223ULCoMPbasedonCoordinatedBBUcanbeenabledsimultaneouslybuttheycannottakeeffectsimultaneouslyforthesame
UE.UplinkCoMPfortype1CoMPUEshasthehighestpriority,MUMIMOthesecond,anduplinkCoMPfortype2CoMPUEsthethird.
LOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMOandLOFD001007HighSpeedMobilitycanbeenabledsimultaneouslyforacell.However,UEsinthiscellcannotbeselectedforpairing.
LOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMOandLOFD001008UltraHighSpeedMobilitycanbeenabledsimultaneouslyforacell.However,UEsinthiscellcannotbeselectedforpairing.
LOFD001096AdvancedReceiver(PSIC)
LOFD001096AdvancedReceiver(PSIC)helpsimprovetheperformanceofuplink2x2MUMIMO.Therefore,itisrecommendedthatLOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMObeusedwith
LOFD001096AdvancedReceiver(PSIC).
LOFD070205AdaptiveSFN/SDMAiscompatiblewithLOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMOatthecelllevel.However,aUEcannotperformuplinkjointreceptionandMUMIMOatthe
sametime.UEsperforminguplinkjointreceptiontakeprecedenceoverUEsperformingMUMIMO.
5.11LOFD001021PSInterRATMobilitybetweenEUTRANandCDMA2000(Enhanced/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
ApplicabletoMacrofromeRAN1.0
ApplicabletoMicrofromeRAN3.0
ApplicabletoLampSitefromeRAN6.0
Summary
ThisfeatureprovidesthefunctionsofinterRATcellreselectionbetweenEUTRANandCDMA2000HRPDandhandoversfromEUTRANtoCDMA2000HRPD.Itincludesthe
followingfunctions:
CellreselectionbetweenEUTRANandCDMA2000HRPD
NonoptimizedhandoverfromEUTRANtoCDMA2000HRPD
Thisfunctionincludesthefollowingsubfunctions:
BlindredirectionfromEUTRANtoCDMA2000HRPD
Intersystemmeasurementbased(includingB1orB2measurementevent)redirectionfromEUTRANtoCDMA2000HRPD
OptimizedhandoverfromEUTRANtoCDMA2000HRPD
Benefits
Thisfeatureprovidesthefollowingbenefits:
SeamlessintegrationofEUTRANandCDMA2000HRPD
SmoothevolutionfromCDMA2000HRPDtoEUTRAN
SupplementingEUTRANcoveragewithCDMA2000HRPDinEUTRANearlyphasetoachieveseamlesscoverage.Thisimprovesnetworkperformanceanduser
experience.
Description
ThisfeatureisapplicablewhenUEsmovefromEUTRANcoverageareastoCDMA2000HRPDcoverageareasintheearlyphaseofEUTRANnetworks.Withthisfeaturedefined
in3GPPTS23.402,HuaweieNodeBscanallowUEstoperformEUTRANtoCDMA2000HRPDidlemodereselection,nonoptimizedhandovers,andoptimizedhandovers.
CellreselectionbetweenEUTRANandCDMA2000HRPD
AneNodeBbroadcastsinformationaboutneighboringCDMA2000HRPDcellsinanSIB8.WhenaUEintheidlestatemovesoutofanEUTRANcoveragearea,it
selectsaCDMA2000HRPDnetworkbasedontheinformationaboutneighboringCDMA2000HRPDcellsinanSIB8.WhenaUEmovesfromaCDMA2000HRPD
coverageareatoanEUTRANcoveragearea,theeNodeBallowstheUEtoreselectanEUTRANnetworkfromtheCDMA2000HRPDnetwork.
EUTRANtoCDMA2000HRPDnonoptimizedhandover
UEscampingonanEUTRANnetworkdonotpreregisterwithaCDMA2000HRPDnetwork.WhenaUEintheactivestatemovesoutofanEUTRANcoveragearea,
theeNodeBdeterminestoredirecttheUEfromEUTRANtoCDMA2000HRPDthroughblindredirectionormeasurementbasedtoredirection.
EUTRANtoCDMA2000HRPDoptimizedhandover
UEscampingonanEUTRANnetworkpreregisterwithaCDMA2000HRPDnetwork.WhenaUEintheactivestatemovesoutofanEUTRANcoveragearea,the
eNodeBrequestscellresourcesfromthetargetCDMA2000HRPDnetworkbasedonUE'smeasurementresults.Uponreceivingacellresourceallocationresponse,the
eNodeBsendsahandovercommandtotheUE.ThecommandcontainstheinformationabouttheCDMA2000HRPDcellresources.Uponreceivingthehandover
command,theUEhandsovertothetargetCDMA2000HRPDcell.
UEswithonlyoneRFreceiverperforminterRATcellmeasurementbasedontheGAPmeasurement.Inservingcells,UEsstartinterRATmeasurementwheneventA2occursand
stopinterRATmeasurementwheneventA1occurs.EventA2indicatesthatthequalityofEUTRANdownlinkreferencesignalsislowerthananabsolutethreshold,andeventA1
indicatesthatthequalityofEUTRANdownlinkreferencesignalsishigherthananabsolutethreshold.
InterRAThandoverparameterscanbesetforrespectiveservices.
Enhancement
eRAN8.1
ThisfeaturesupportsintersystemmeasurementbasedredirectionfromEUTRANtoCDMA2000HRPD.
SystemCapacity
NetworkPerformance
ThisfeaturehelpsimproveuserexperiencebyenablingUEstocampontheLTEnetworkandtherebydecreasingtheLTEtoCDMA2000HRPDhandoverfailurerateinthefollowing
scenarios:
ThesignalqualityoftheLTEnetworkisbetterthanthatoftheCDMA2000HRPDnetwork.
ThesignalqualityoftheLTEnetworkisthesameasthatoftheCDMA2000HRPDnetworkinareassuchaselevators.
5.11.3NEs
ThechangeinthisfeaturerequiressupportfromUEs.UEsmustsupporttheCDMA2000HRPDinterRATmeasurementreportingfunction.
5.11.4Hardware
ThechangeinthisfeaturerequiresthattheeNodeBbroadcastCDMA2000systemtime.Therefore,theeNodeBmustbeconfiguredwithGlobalPositioningSystem(GPS)orother
clockequipment.
License
Thefollowingparametershavebeenaddedormodifiedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
Change ParameterID MMLCommand NE Description

Type
Modified EnodebAlgoSwitch.HoModeSwitch MODENODEBALGOSWITCH eNodeB Theenumeratedvalue

CdmaHrpdNonOptMeaHoSwitchisaddedto
specifywhethertoenablemeasurementbased
nonoptimizedLTEtoCDMA2000HRPD
handovers.
New InterRatHoCdmaHrpdGroup.Cdma2000HrpdNonB2ThdRsrp MOD eNodeB ThisparameterisaddedtospecifytheB2

INTERRATHOCDMAHRPDGROUP RSRPthresholdusedduringmeasurement
basednonoptimizedhandoversfromtheLTE
networktotheCDMA2000HRPDnetwork.
New InterRatHoCdmaHrpdGroup.Cdma2000HrpdNonB2ThdRsrq MOD eNodeB ThisparameterisaddedtospecifytheB2

INTERRATHOCDMAHRPDGROUP RSRQthresholdusedduringmeasurement
basednonoptimizedhandoversfromtheLTE
networktotheCDMA2000HRPDnetwork.
FaultManagement
ImpactedFeatures
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
HuaweiLTEsupportsthegreeneNodeBsolutionwithpowersavingmanagement.Thissolutionhastwosubfeatures:AdaptivePowerAdjustmentandRFmoduleregulartimesleep
mode.
Benefits
ThisfeatureimprovestheefficiencyofthePAandsavespowerconsumptionoftheeNodeB.
Description
HuaweiLTEsupportsthegreeneNodeBsolutionwithpowersavingmanagement.Thissolutionhastwosubfeatures:AdaptivePowerAdjustmentandRFmoduleregulartimesleep
mode.
AdaptivePowerAdjustment
HuaweiAdaptivePowerAdjustmentsolution,basedonthetrafficload,supportsdynamicadjustmentofthePAworkingstate,andtherebyimprovesPAefficiencyandsaveseNodeB
powerconsumption.
Thetypicalscenariosaredescribedasfollows:
1.Basedonthechangeofcellloadinthedayandatnight,thePAworkingstateischangeddynamically.
2.Basedonthechangeofcellloadintheworkingdaysandnonworkingdaysofthebusinessdistricts,thePAworkingstateischangeddynamically.
3.Attheearlystageofnetworkdeployment,thereareusuallylessusersinthecell,andwhenthere'snoanyuserinthecell,thePAworkingstateischangeddynamically.
RFmoduleregulartimesleepmode
Insomescenarios,suchashighspeedrailway,whichwillstopoperatingatlatenight,theRFmoduleofeNodeBcanbeputintosleepmodeautomaticallyatpresettimebasedon
theoperator'sconfiguration.
Enhancement
None
Systemcapacity
Adaptivepoweradjustment
Thisfunctiondoesnotaffectsystemcapacity.ItisusedwhennoRRC_CONNECTEDUEisinacell.ThecellexitsadaptivepoweradjustmentmodewhenaUE
accessesthecell.
Thisfunctionaffectssystemcapacity.ItisusedwhenaneNodeBdoesnotneedtoserveUEsduringaspecificperiod,forexample,inthesubway.Whenthecellsinthe
eNodeBenterthesleepmode,UEscannotaccessthem.
Networkperformance
Adaptivepoweradjustment
AdaptivepoweradjustmentdynamicallyadjuststheworkingvoltagesofPAswhentheEUTRANcellisnotservinganyUEsinRRC_CONNECTEDmode.Whenthecell
startstoserveUEsinRRC_CONNECTEDmode,thecellwillexitadaptivepoweradjustmentmode.Therefore,thisfeaturehasnoimpactonthesystemcapacityor
networkperformance.
Thisfunctionaffectsnetworkperformance.RFmoduleregulartimesleepmodeturnsoffandturnsonRFmodulesasscheduledbytheoperator.
5.12.3NEs
5.12.4Hardware
LampSiteandmicroeNodeBsnowsupportthisfeature.
Noimpact.
License
Alicensecontrolitemhasbeenaddedforthisfeature.
FeatureID FeatureName LicenseControlItem NE SalesUnit
LOFD001025 AdaptivePowerConsumption AdaptivePowerConsumption(FDD) eNodeB Percell
New MODENODEBAUTOPOWEROFF eNodeB ThisnewcommandisusedtomodifytheRFmoduleregulartime

sleepconfigurationsaboutthemicroeNodeB.
New DSPENODEBAUTOPOWEROFF eNodeB ThisnewcommandisusedtoquerytheRFmoduleregulartime

sleepinformationaboutthemicroeNodeB.
New LSTENODEBAUTOPOWEROFF eNodeB ThisnewcommandisusedtoquerytheRFmoduleregulartime

sleepconfigurationsaboutthemicroeNodeB.
Thefollowingcountershavebeenmodifiedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
Modified L.ChMeas.DFEE.CarrierOFF.Dur DurationofEnergySaving eNodeB Thiscounternowalsomeasuresthedurationwhenacellisunder

andEmissionReduction amicroeNodeBinadaptivepowerconsumptionmode.
Modified L.Cell.Unavail.Dur.EnergySaving DurationofCell eNodeB Thiscounternowalsomeasuresthedurationofcellunavailability

Unavailability duetoadaptivepowerconsumptionofmicroeNodeBs.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
None
Theadaptivepoweradjustmentfunctionismutuallyexclusivewiththefollowingfeatures:
LOFD081208IntereNodeBSFNSolutionBasedonCoordinatedBBU
LOFD081209IntereNodeBAdaptiveSFN/SDMABasedonCoordinatedBBU
ImpactedFeatures
AdaptivepoweradjustmentandOTDOAbasedLCSdonottakeeffectsimultaneouslywhentheyarebothenabled.WhenOTDOAbasedLCSisenabled,cellsexitadaptivepower
adjustmentstateandwillnotenterthestateagain.
Adaptivepoweradjustmentandenhancedsymbolpowersavingmodedonottakeeffectsimultaneouslywhentheyarebothenabled(Toenabletheenhancedsymbolpowersaving
modeforacell,setMBSFNShutDownSwitchunderCellAlgoSwitch.DlSchSwitchto1andsetSymbolShutdownSwitchunderENodeBAlgoSwitch.PowerSaveSwitchto1.).
Whenenhancedsymbolpowersavingmodeisenabled,cellsexitadaptivepoweradjustmentstateandwillnotenterthestateagain.
Whenbothadaptivepoweradjustmentandloadsimulationareenabled,loadsimulationpreferentiallytakeseffect.Specifically,whenloadsimulationisenabled,cellsexittheadaptive
poweradjustmentstateandwillnotenterthestateagain.
5.13LOFD001039RFChannelIntelligentShutdown(Enhanced/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
NotapplicabletoLampSite.
Summary
TheRFChannelIntelligentShutdownfeatureshutsdownsometransmit(TX)channelsinacellwhenthereisnotrafficinthecellortrafficinthecellislightduringaspecifiedperiod.
Thisthereforereducesenergyconsumption.Inaddition,aftersomeTXchannelsareshutdown,theeNodeBincreasesthetransmitpowerofreferencesignals,therebyensuringwide
networkcoverage.
Benefits
ThisfeaturereduceseNodeBenergyconsumptionbyshuttingdownsomeTXchannelsonnoloadorlightlyloadedradiofrequency(RF)modules.
Description
AneNodeBisgenerallyconfiguredwithtwoorfourantennas.Trafficinacellvariesbytime.Incertainperiods,forexample,fromthemidnighttotheearlymorning(operatorscan
customizetheperiods),trafficislight,whichreachesthefeatureactivationthreshold.IftherearenoUEswhoseQoSclassidentifier(QCI)is1duringtheperiods,theeNodeBshuts
downoneTXchannel(iftwoTXchannelsareconfigured)orshutsdowntwoTXchannels(iffourTXchannelsareconfigured)todecreasetheenergyconsumptionofRFmodules.
WhentrafficreachesthefeaturedeactivationthresholdUEswhoseQCIis1accessacellorwhentheprecedingperiodsend,theeNodeBautomaticallyswitchesontheTX
channelsthatwereshutdown.Then,thecellrecoversandcontinuestoprovideservices.
Enhancement
eRAN8.1
ThisfeatureincorporatesthefollowingenhancementsforMacro:
Optimizesthefeatureactivationthresholdsothatthefeaturecantakeeffectwhentrafficislight.
SupportsidentifyingservicetypetopreventthefeaturefromtakingeffectwhenthereareUEswhoseQCIis1.
SystemCapacity
WhenacellcanentertheRFchannelintelligentshutdownmodeevenifitservesasmallnumberofUEs,shuttingdownsomeTXchannelsdecreasesthedownlinkdiversitygains
andnegativelyaffectsdownlinkdemodulationperformance.Therefore,thisfeaturehasanegativeimpactondownlinkcoverageinthisscenario.
NetworkPerformance
WhenacellcanentertheRFchannelintelligentshutdownmodeevenifitservesasmallnumberofUEs,shuttingdownsomeTXchannelsdecreasesthedownlinkdiversitygains
androllsbacktheUEtransfermodetoTM2duringtheshutdownperiod.Therefore,thisfeaturedecreasesthedownlinkaveragethroughputrateandpeakthroughputrateinthecellin
thisscenario.
5.13.3NEs
ThechangeinthisfeatureisimplementedontheeNodeB.
5.13.4Hardware
OnlymacroeNodeBssupportthechangeinthisfeature.
License
New CellRfShutdown.DlPrbThd MODCELLRFSHUTDOWN eNodeB DownlinkPRBthresholdforRFchannelintelligent

shutdown
New CellRfShutdown.UlPrbThd MODCELLRFSHUTDOWN eNodeB UplinkPRBthresholdforRFchannelintelligent

shutdown
New CellRfShutdown.DlPrbOffset MODCELLRFSHUTDOWN eNodeB DownlinkPRBoffsetforRFchannelintelligent

shutdown
New CellRfShutdown.UlPrbOffset MODCELLRFSHUTDOWN eNodeB UplinkPRBoffsetforRFchannelintelligentshutdown
New CellRfShutdown.UENumThd MODCELLRFSHUTDOWN eNodeB ThresholdofthenumberofUEsintheconnected

stateforRFchannelintelligentshutdown
FaultManagement
ImpactedFeatures
5.14LOFD001041PowerConsumptionMonitoring(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
TheeNodeBreportsthepowerconsumptionstatustotheEMS.ThroughtheEMS,thechangeinpowerconsumptionoftheeNodeBcanbemonitoredbytheoperator,andareporton
thepowerconsumptioncanbegenerated.
Benefits
TheeNodeBreportsthepowerconsumptionstatustotheEMS.Therefore,theoperatorcanmonitorthepowerconsumptionoftheeNodeB.Withthereportonthepower
consumption,theoperatorcanexactlyknowthebenefitsbroughtbythedecreaseinpowerconsumption.
Description
TheeNodeBperiodicallymonitorsthepowerofeachmonitoringpointandreportsthepowerconsumptionwithinaperiod.TheEMSreceivesandcollectsalldataaboutpower
consumption.ThroughtheEMS,theoperatorcanobservethechangeinthepowerconsumptionandanalyzethepowerconsumptionaccordingtoastatisticsreportgeneratedbythe
EMS.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
Noimpact.
5.14.3NEs
5.14.4Hardware
Noimpact.
License
LOFD001041 PowerConsumptionMonitoring PowerConsumptionMonitoring(FDD) eNodeB Percell
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
None
None
ImpactedFeatures
None
5.15LOFD001042IntelligentPowerOffofCarriersintheSameCoverage(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Whenthereislighttrafficinanareathatiscoveredbymultiplecarriers,someofthecarrierscanbeblocked,andallservicescanbeautomaticallytakenoverbythecarriersthat
remaininservice.Whenthetrafficincreasestoacertaindegree,thecarriersthatareblockedcanbeunblockedagainautomaticallytoprovideservices.
Benefits
Whenthereislighttrafficinanareathatiscoveredbymultiplecarriers,someofthecarrierscanbeblocked,andallservicescanbetakenoverbythecarriersthatremaininservice.
ThiscanhelpreducethepowerconsumptionoftheeNodeBwithoutanyimpactontheservicequality.
Description
Whenmultiplecarriersprovidecoverageforthesamearea,thetrafficoftheareavariesbytime.Insomecertainperiods,forexamplefromthemidnighttotheearlymorning(the
periodscanbepresetbytheoperator),thetrafficislight.WhentheeNodeBdetectsthelighttraffic,ittriggersUEstoperformmigrationtosomeofthecarriersandthenblocksthe
carrierswithoutanyload.Inthisway,thepowerconsumptionisreduced.Whenthetrafficincreasesorthepresetperiodsend,theeNodeBcanautomaticallyswitchonthecarriers
thatareunblockedtorecoverthefunctionalityofthecarriers.Inthisway,thesystemcapacityisincreasedwithoutanyimpactontheservicequality.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Withthisfeature,whentheloadinanEUTRANcellislessthanathreshold,theeNodeBtransferstheUEsoftheEUTRANcelltoitsinterfrequencycocoverageneighboringcell
andthenshutsdownthecarrieroftheEUTRANcell.Asaresult,eachtimeanEUTRANcarrierisshutdown,thetotalnetworkcapacityisreducedbyanamountequaltothe
capacityoftheshutdowncell.Therefore,usethisfeaturewhenthenetworkloadisrelativelylight.
NetworkPerformance
Duringtheintelligentpoweroffofcarriersinthesamecoveragemodeperiod,UEsinanonbasiccellaretransferredtoabasiccellandthefollowingcountervaluesinthenonbasic
cellincrease:
Onamacronetwork:
L.HHO.IntraeNB.InterFreq.PrepAttOut:numberofintraeNodeBinterfrequencyoutgoinghandoverattemptsinacell
L.HHO.IntraeNB.InterFreq.ExecAttOut:numberofintraeNodeBinterfrequencyoutgoinghandoverexecutionsinacell
L.HHO.IntraeNB.InterFreq.ExecSuccOut:numberofsuccessfulintraeNodeBinterfrequencyoutgoinghandoversinacell
OnaHetNetnetwork:
L.HHO.IntereNB.InterFreq.PrepAttOut:numberofintereNodeBinterfrequencyoutgoinghandoverattemptsinacell
L.HHO.IntereNB.InterFreq.ExecAttOut:numberofintereNodeBinterfrequencyoutgoinghandoverexecutionsinacell
L.HHO.IntereNB.InterFreq.ExecSuccOut:numberofsuccessfulintereNodeBinterfrequencyoutgoinghandoversinacell
Inaddition,thefollowingcountervaluesincreaseinthebasiccell:
Onamacronetwork:
L.HHO.IntraeNB.PrepAttIn:numberofintraeNodeBincominghandoverattemptsinacell
L.HHO.IntraeNB.ExecAttIn:numberofintraeNodeBincominghandoverexecutionsinacell
L.HHO.IntraeNB.ExecSuccIn:numberofsuccessfulintraeNodeBincominghandoversinacell
OnaHetNetnetwork:
L.HHO.IntereNB.PrepAttIn:numberofintereNodeBincominghandoverattemptsinacell
L.HHO.IntereNB.ExecAttIn:numberofintereNodeBincominghandoverexecutionsinacell
L.HHO.IntereNB.ExecSuccIn:numberofsuccessfulintereNodeBincominghandoversinacell
Afteranonbasiccellentersintelligentpoweroffofcarriersinthesamecoveragemode,UEsofothercellscannotbehandedovertothenonbasiccell.However,inthiscase,these
UEswillonlyencounterhandoverpreparationfailures,nothandoverfailures.TheservingcellsoftheseUEswillselectcandidatecellsandreattempthandoversuntiltheseUEsare
successfullyhandedover.Therefore,theL.HHO.Prep.FailOut.PrepFailurecounterisincreasedinthesourcecell.Thiscounterindicatesthenumberofoutgoinghandover
preparationfailuresbecausethetargetcellsendsthehandoverpreparationfailuremessage.
TotransferUEsfromanonbasiccellassoonaspossible,newUEsarenotallowedtoaccessthenonbasiccell.Therefore,resourceallocationfailuresoccurandthenumberof
RRCconnectionsetupfailures(L.RRC.SetupFail.ResFail)isincreasedinthecorrespondingperiod.
5.15.3NEs
5.15.4Hardware
Noimpact.
License
LOFD001042 IntelligentPowerOffofCarriersintheSame IntelligentPowerOffofCarriersinthe eNodeB Percell

Coverage SameCoverage(FDD)
New LSTCELLSHUTDOWN eNodeB Thisnewcommandisusedtoquerytheconfigurationofintelligent

poweroffofcarriersinthesamecoverageforthemicroeNodeB.
New MODCELLSHUTDOWN eNodeB Thisnewcommandisusedtomodifytheconfigurationofintelligent

poweroffofcarriersinthesamecoverageforthemicroeNodeB.
Modified L.ChMeas.DFEE.CarrierOFF.Dur DurationofEnergySaving eNodeB Thiscounternowalsomeasuresthedurationwhenacellisunder

andEmissionReduction amicroeNodeBinintelligentpoweroffofcarriersinthesame
coveragemode.

Unavailability duetointelligentpoweroffofcarriersinthesamecoverageof
microeNodeBs.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
LOFD001042IntelligentPowerOffofCarriersintheSameCoveragerequirestheLBFD00201802CoverageBasedInterfrequencyHandoverfeature.
ImpactedFeatures
TheIntelligentPowerOffofCarriersintheSameCoveragefeaturehasimpactsonthefollowingfeatures:
MLB
Thethresholdforenteringandexitingintelligentpoweroffofcarriersinthesamecoveragemodemustbelessthanthethresholdforexitingandenteringinterfrequency
mobilityloadbalancemode,respectively.
MobilityManagementinConnectedMode
Intelligentpoweroffofcarriersinthesamecoveragemaytriggerhandovers,whichareincludedinmobilitymanagementinconnectedmode.
Scheduling
Intelligentpoweroffofcarriersinthesamecoveragerequiresthephysicalresourceblock(PRB)usage,whichismeasuredduringscheduling.
CarrierAggregation
LAOFD001001LTEAIntroduction
Incarrieraggregation(CA)scenariosonamacronetwork,aCAUEisregardedasanRRC_CONNECTEDUEinboththebasiccellandthenonbasiccell.Intelligent
poweroffofcarriersinthesamecoveragecanbeenabledinanonbasiccellifthenumberofRRC_CONNECTEDUEsinthecelliszero.Therefore,intelligentpoweroff
ofcarriersinthesamecoveragecannotbeenabledinnonbasiccellswithCAenabled.
5.16LOFD001044InterRATLoadSharingtoUTRAN(Enhanced/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
InanLTEandUMTScocoveragescenario,thisfeaturecantransferloadfromanETURANcelltoneighboringUTRANcellswhentheloadstatusoftheEUTRANcellishigh.
Benefits
ThisfeatureachievesbetterutilizationofnetworkresourcesofLTEandUMTSnetworkanditisbasedonUEcapability.Inaddition,itreducestheprobabilityofsystemoverloadand
increasestheaccesssuccessrate.
Description
InacommercialLTEnetwork,LTEcellshavehighloadbecauseofthedifferentiaofUEservices.Inthissituation,MLBistriggeredtosharetrafficloadtoUMTS.
AnLTEcellmeasuresandevaluatesitscellload.ThenitdecideswhethertotransfersomeUEstoneighboringUTRANcells.ThetriggeringvariableofinterRATMLBcanbethe
PRBusage,numberofUEs,oreitherofthem.IfthetriggeringvariableisPRBusage,aneNodeBtriggersPRBusagebasedMLBtoUTRANwhenthePRBusageofacellandthe
numberofRRC_CONNECTEDUEsinthecellmeetcertainconditions.Inthiscase,theeNodeBtransferssomeRRC_CONNECTEDUEsandidleUEstoneighboringUTRAN
cellsthroughhandoverandredirection,respectively.AUEintheRRCconnectionreleaseprocedureisregardedasanidleUE.IfthetriggeringvariableisthenumberofUEs,an
eNodeBtriggersusernumberbasedMLBtoUTRANwhenthenumberofRRC_CONNECTEDUEsinacellmeetscertainconditions.Inthiscase,theeNodeBtransferssome
RRC_CONNECTEDUEstoneighboringUTRANcellsthroughhandover.IfthetriggeringvariableiseitherthePRBusageorthenumberofUEs,theeNodeBtriggersthe
correspondingtypeofMLBtoUTRANwhenthePRBusageorthenumberofUEsmeetscertainconditions.
TheMLBtoUTRANprocedureincludesthefollowingsteps:loadmeasurementandevaluation,loadbalancetriggering,loadinformationexchange(optional),targetcell/frequency
selection,UEselection,UEdedicatedpriorityupdate(optional),andloadtransfer.
ThisfeatureisusedintheLTEandUMTScocoveragescenarios.
Enhancement
eRAN2.1
TheInterRATLoadSharingtoUTRANfeatureisenhancedwiththefollowingadministrationfunctions:
OperatorscanenableordisabletheInterRATLoadSharingtoUTRANfunction.
eRAN3.0
InterRATLoadSharingtoUTRANforUEsreleasingtoIdleModeisintroduced.WhenthenumberofUEsinanLTEcellandthePRBusageofanLTEcellareboth
higherthanthethresholds,eNodeBwillselectsomeUEsinnormalRRCReleaseproceduretoreselectandcamponUMTS,byusingDedicatedPrioritycontainedRRC
ConnectionReleasemessage.
eRAN7.0
FrequencyprioritybasedMLBissupported.
eRAN8.1
UsernumberbasedMLBtoUTRANisnowsupported.InascenariowherethenumberofUEsinacellislargebutthePRBusageofacellissmall,usernumberbased
MLBcanbetriggeredwhenthenumberofRRC_CONNECTEDUEsinthecellmeetscertainconditions.
SystemCapacity
ThisfeaturenowtransfersUEstoneighboringUTRANcellswhenthenumberofUEsinanEUTRANcellisgreaterthanorequaltothespecifiedMLBthreshold.Thischange
decreasestheEUTRANloadandimprovestheuserexperienceofUEsintheEUTRAN.However,itincreasestheUTRANloadandnegativelyaffectstheuserexperienceofUEs
intheUTRAN.
NetworkPerformance
ThechangeinthisfeatureincreasesthenumberofEUTRANtoUTRANhandovers.
5.16.3NEs
5.16.4Hardware
License
New CellMLB.InterRatMlbTriggerMode MODCELLMLB eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiesthetriggeringvariableof

LSTCELLMLB interRATMLB.ThetriggeringvariablecanbethePRB
usage,thenumberofUEs,oreitherofthem.
New CellMLB.InterRatMlbUeNumModeThd MODCELLMLB eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiesthethresholdforthe

LSTCELLMLB numberofULsyncUEsusedtoevaluatetriggeringof
usernumberbasedinterRATMLB.
Thefollowingcountershavebeenintroducedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
ChangeType CounterName FunctionSubset NE CounterDescription
New L.IRATHO.E2W.UeNumLoad.PrepAttOut HO.IRAT.Out.Cell.1 eNodeB Numberofhandoverpreparationattemptsforuser

numberbasedMLBfromEUTRANtoWCDMA
networks
New L.IRATHO.E2W.UeNumLoad.ExecAttOut HO.IRAT.Out.Cell.1 eNodeB Numberofhandoverexecutionattemptsforuser

networks
New L.IRATHO.E2W.UeNumLoad.ExecSuccOut HO.IRAT.Out.Cell.1 eNodeB Numberofsuccessfulhandoverexecutionsforuser

networks
FaultManagement
ImpactedFeatures
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
TTIbundlingtransmissionisintroducedtoimproveLTEuplinkcoverage.TheUEsincelledgewithpooruplinkSINRcanretransmitthesamedatablockincontinuoussubframeby
meansofTTIbundling.
Benefits
TTIbundlingcouldhelptoimproveuplinkcoverageandinhousereceptionforvoice.
Description
TTIbundlingtransmissionisintroducedtoimproveLTEuplinkcoverage.TheUEsincelledgewithpooruplinkSINRcanretransmitthesamedatablockincontinuoussubframeby
meansofTTIbundling..TheactivationanddeactivationofTTIbundlingtransmissioniscontrolledbyRRCsignalingmessage.
IfTTIbundlingisconfiguredbytheRRClayer,TTI_BUNDLE_SIZEprovidesthenumberofTTIsofaTTIbundle.WithinaTTIbundle,HARQretransmissionsarenonadaptiveand
shallbeperformedwithoutwaitingforfeedbacks(e.g.NACKorACK)relatedtoprevioustransmissionsaccordingtoTTI_BUNDLE_SIZE.AfeedbackforaTTIbundleisonly
receivedforaspecificTTIcorrespondingtoTTI_BUNDLE_SIZE.AretransmissionofaTTIbundleisalsoaTTIbundle.TTI_BUNDLE_SIZEisfixedto4.
Enhancement
IneRAN8.1
Whenperformingmixedservices,UEsentertheTTIbundlingstateifVoIPservices(QCIof1)areincluded.
SystemCapacity
NetworkPerformance
LOFD001048TTIbundlingincreasesthecelledgecoverageofPUSCH,improvesMCSinuplinkweakcoverageareas,andreducesthepacketlossrate.However,thisfeature
increasessignalingoverheadsbecausetheentryandexitoftheTTIbundlingstaterequirestheexchangeofRRCmessages.WhenthenumberofTTIbundlingmodereconfiguration
messages(indicatedbythecountersL.Signal.Num.TtiBundling.EnterandL.Signal.Num.TtiBundling.Exit)increases,theaverageboardCPUusage(indicatedbythecounter
VS.BBUBoard.CPULoad.Mean(%))slightlyincreases.
Accordingtosection8.6.1"Modulationorderandredundancyversiondetermination"in3GPPTS36.213V10.1.0,whenTTIbundlingisenabled,theresourceallocationsizeis
restrictedtoamaximumofthreePRBsandthehighestMCSindexis10.Thatis,afterTTIbundlingisenabled,themaximumavailableTBSisaslargeas504bitsandtheuplink
peakrateis126kbit/s.Asaresult,theuplinkthroughputofTTIbundlingisrestricted.Thelogicalchannelpriorityofsignalingandvoiceservicesishigherthanthatofdataservices,
whichmeansthatUEspreferentiallysendsignalingandvoiceservices.Asaresult,theuplinkthroughputofdataservicesisfurtherrestricted.
5.17.3NEs
5.17.4Hardware
License
New CellAlgoSwitch.TtiBundlingTriggerStrategy MOD eNodeB None

CELLULSCHALGO
LSTCELLULSCHALGO
New CellAlgoSwitch.StatisticNumThdForTtibTrig MOD eNodeB None

CELLULSCHALGO
LSTCELLULSCHALGO
New CellAlgoSwitch.StatisticNumThdForTtibExit MOD eNodeB None

CELLULSCHALGO
LSTCELLULSCHALGO
New CellAlgoSwitch.HystToExitTtiBundling MOD eNodeB None

CELLULSCHALGO
LSTCELLULSCHALGO
New CellAlgoSwitch.TtiBundlingRlcMaxSegNum MOD eNodeB None

CELLULSCHALGO
LSTCELLULSCHALGO
New CellAlgoSwitch.TtiBundlingHarqMaxTxNum MOD eNodeB None

CELLULSCHALGO
LSTCELLULSCHALGO
FaultManagement
ImpactedFeatures
5.18LOFD001051CompactBandwidth(Enhanced/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis:
NotapplicabletoMicro.
Summary
HuaweiLTEeNodeBprovidestheCompactBandwidthfeatureforoperatorstodeploy1.4MHz,5MHz,10MHz,15MHz,or20MHzbandwidthoncompactbandsusingstrict
filteringandcompressedRB.
Benefits
Savesfrequencyresourcesbyfullyusingthecompactbands.
Increasescellthroughputandimprovesuserexperiencebyusingcompactbandwidth.
SupportscompatibilitywithterminalsofR8orlaterbecausethisfeatureisfullytransparenttoUEs.
Description
Thefollowingtablelistscompactbandwidthssupportedbythisfeature.
Table51Compactbandwidthssupportedbythisfeature
CompactBandwidth CompactBandwidthRange(MHz) NumberofAvailableRBs StandardBandwidthRange(MHz)

Scenario
1 1.21.3 6 1.4
2 4.44.7 23 5
3 4.84.9 25 5
4 8.99.1 46 10
5 9.29.5 48 10
6 9.69.9 50 10
7 14.614.9 75 15
8 18.318.5 94 20
9 18.618.9 96 20
10 1919.2 98 20
11 19.319.9 100 20
Enhancement
eRAN8.0
Thisfeatureissupportedincompactbandwidthscenarios8and9.
SystemCapacity
Thechangeinthisfeaturehasthesameimpactasthefeature.
NetworkPerformance
Thechangeinthisfeaturehasthesameimpactasthefeature.
5.18.3NEs
5.18.4Hardware
ThechangeinthisfeaturerequiresRRU3668tobedeployed.
License
FaultManagement
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
ThisfeatureisusedinthescenariosunderwhichtheoperatorwantstocontrolthemobilityofanUEtomakeitcampon,redirectorhandovertoasuitablecell.Theprioritiesforthe
cellselectionispredefinedandconfiguredtoeNodeBthroughSPID(SubscriberProfileIDforRAT/FrequencyPriority).
Benefits
Operatorscanmakeitssubscriberstocampin,redirectorhandovertoasuitableRAT(acellofLTE/UMTS/GSM)orfrequency(acellofLTE)basedontheservicecharacteristics.
Forexample,foradatacentricsubscriber,aLTEcellwillbethemoresuitableselectionthananUMTScelloraGSMcellforavoicecentricsubscriber,aGSMcelloranUMTScell
willbethemoresuitableselectionthanaLTEcellUEscanreturntotheirhomepubliclandmobilenetworks(HPLMNs)whentheymovetotheboundariesbetweenroamingareas
andnonroamingareas.Thisway,operatorscancustomizedifferentcampingpoliciesforUEs.
Description
TheSPIDisanindexreferringtouserinformation(forexample,mobilityprofileandserviceusageprofile).TheinformationisUEspecificandappliestoallitsRadioBearers.
ThisindexismappedbytheeNodeBtolocallydefinedconfigurationinordertoapplyspecificRRMstrategies(forexample,todefineRRC_IDLEmodeprioritiesandcontrolInter
RAT/interfrequencyredirection/handoverinRRC_CONNECTEDmode).
InRRC_IDLEmode,UEcancampinacellwithitssuitableRATorfrequency.
InRRC_CONNECTEDmode,whenloadbalanceoroverloadcontroltriggersaninterfrequencyorInterRAThandoverorredirection,eNodeBwillchooseasuitabletargetfromthe
cellsaccordingtotheprioritiesindexedbyitsSPID.Inaddition,whenUEfinishitsservice,eNodeBcanreleaseitintoasuitablecellaccordingtoitsSPIDpriority.ForUEwithout
SPID,whenoverloadhappens,theUEcouldalsoberedirecttoasuitablecellaccordingtocommonpriorityandoverloadinformation.
Thisway,operatorcanconfigureandpushsubscribersintothesuitablecellaccordingitssubscription.Forexample:adongleuserusuallystaysinaLTEhighfrequencybandfora
highservicerateaVoIPuserispriortostayinaLTElowfrequencybandtoguaranteethecontinuouscoverageUEswithaspecificSPIDcanreturntotheirHPLMNsfromanother
operator'snetworkbyusingthePShandover,circuitswitchedfallback(CSFB),orsingleradiovoicecallcontinuity(SRVCC)procedure.
Enhancement
eRAN3.0
WhenUEtriggersaninterfrequencyorinterRAThandover,eNodeBcannotonlychooseasuitabletargetfromthecellsbutalsochooseaHPLMNcellfornational
roamingsubscribersaccordingtotheprioritiesindexedbyitsSPID.Fornationalroamingsubscribers,HPLMNcellwillbemoresuitabletobeselectedthanroamingcell
whenenteringHPLMNLTEor3Gcoverageareathroughconnectedmodehandover.
eRAN8.1
The"enhancedpolicyofSPIDspecifichandoverbacktotheHPLMN"isintroduced,whichenablesUEswithaspecificSPIDtoreturntotheirHPLMNsbyusingthePS
handover,CSFB,orSRVCCprocedurewhentheymovetotheboundariesbetweenroamingareasandnonroamingareas.
The"enhancedpolicyofSPIDspecifichandoverbacktotheHPLMN"iscontrolledbytheSPIDbasedSelectPLMNAlgoSwitchparameter.
WhenthisparameterissettoON(On),theenhancedpolicyisenabled.AftertheMMEsendstheSPIDofaUEtotheeNodeB:
Ifallneighboringcellsonaspecificfrequencyarenotallowedtoserveascandidatecellsforhandoversduringroaming,theeNodeBcheckswhetherthe
PLMNoftheseneighboringcellsisontheHPLMNlistcorrespondingtotheUE'sSPID(thelistisconfiguredbytheSpidHPlmnListMO).Ifitis,theeNodeB
sendsmeasurementinformationaboutthatfrequencytotheUE.Ifitisnot,theeNodeBdoesnotsendmeasurementinformationaboutthatfrequencytothe
UE.
Ifaneighboringcellonaspecificfrequencyisallowedtoserveasacandidatecellforhandoversduringroaming,theeNodeBsendsmeasurementinformation
aboutthatfrequencytotheUE,regardlessofwhetherthePLMNoftheneighboringcellisontheHPLMNlistcorrespondingtotheUE'sSPID.
WhenthisparameterissettoOFF(Off),theenhancedpolicyisdisabled.
SystemCapacity
NetworkPerformance
TheenhancedpolicyofSPIDspecifichandoverbacktotheHPLMNallowsroamingUEstoreturntotheirHPLMN,therebydecreasingtheservicedroprateofallservicesincluding
VoIPservices.
TheServiceDropRate(ALL)KPIisusedtoevaluatetheservicedroprateofallservicesincludingVoIPservices.Fordetails,seeKPIReference.
5.19.3NEs
5.19.4Hardware
License
New ADDSPIDPLMNLIST eNodeB ThisnewcommandisusedtoaddalistofPLMNstowhichUEswitha

specificSPIDcanbehandedover.
New MODSPIDPLMNLIST eNodeB ThisnewcommandisusedtomodifyalistofPLMNstowhichUEswitha

New RMVSPIDPLMNLIST eNodeB ThisnewcommandisusedtodeletealistofPLMNstowhichUEswitha

New LSTSPIDPLMNLIST eNodeB ThisnewcommandisusedtoqueryalistofPLMNstowhichUEswitha

New ENODEBALGOSWITCH.SpidSelectPlmnAlgoSwitch MOD eNodeB ThisparameterspecifieswhethertosupportSPID

ENODEBALGOSWITCH basedmobilitymanagementinconnectedmode.If
LST thisparameterissettoON(On),SPIDbased
ENODEBALGOSWITCH mobilitymanagementinconnectedmodeis
supported.IfthisparameterissettoOFF(Off),
SPIDbasedmobilitymanagementinconnected
modeisnotsupported.
New GERANEXTERNALCELL.RoamingAreaHoInd MOD eNodeB Thisparameterspecifieswhetheraneighboring

GERANEXTERNALCELL GERANcellcanserveasacandidatecellfor
LST handoversduringroaming.Itsdefaultvalueis
GERANEXTERNALCELL NO(No).
IfthisparameterissettoYES(Yes),thisneighboring
cellcanserveasacandidatecellforhandovers
duringroaming.IfthisparameterissettoNO(No),
thisneighboringcellcannotserveasacandidatecell
forhandoversduringroaming.
IfthisparameterissettoYES(Yes)orthePLMNof
theneighboringcellisincludedinthelistofHPLMNs
whichUEswithaspecificSPIDcanbehandedover,
thisneighboringcellcanserveasacandidatecellfor
handoversduringroaming.
Intheboundariesofroamingareasandnonroaming
areas,youareadvisedtosetthisparameterto
YES(Yes)toensurethatneighboringcellsinroaming
areascanserveascandidatecellsforhandovers.
New UTRANEXTERNALCELL.RoamingAreaHoInd MOD eNodeB Thisparameterspecifieswhetheraneighboring

UTRANEXTERNALCELL GERANcellcanserveasacandidatecellfor
UTRANEXTERNALCELL NO(No).
New EUTRANEXTERNALCELL.RoamingAreaHoInd MOD eNodeB Thisparameterspecifieswhetheraneighboring

EUTRANEXTERNALCELL GERANcellcanserveasacandidatecellfor
EUTRANEXTERNALCELL NO(No).
Thefollowingcounterhasbeenaddedtoaccommodatethisfeature.

New L.SPID.SelectTgtPLMN.AttOut Algo.Cell eNodeB ThiscountermeasuresthenumberofSPIDbasedtargetPLMN
selectionattemptsinacell.
FaultManagement
ImpactedFeatures
Thechangeinthisfeatureaffectsthefollowingfeatures:
LOFD001033CSFallbacktoUTRAN
LOFD001034CSFallbacktoGERAN
LOFD001022SRVCCtoUTRAN
LOFD001023SRVCCtoGERAN
LOFD001019PSinterRATMobilitybetweenEUTRANandUTRAN
LOFD001020PSinterRATMobilitybetweenEUTRANandGERAN
LBFD00201801CoverageBasedIntrafrequencyHandover
LBFD00201802CoverageBasedInterfrequencyHandover
LBFD00201804DistanceBasedInterFrequencyHandover
LBFD00201805ServiceBasedInterfrequencyHandover
LOFD001043ServicebasedinterRAThandovertoUTRAN
LOFD001072DistancebasedinterRAThandovertoUTRAN
LOFD001046ServicebasedinterRAThandovertoGERAN
LOFD001073DistancebasedinterRAThandovertoGERAN
LOFD001044InterRATloadSharingtoUTRAN
LOFD001045InterRATloadSharingtoGERAN
LOFD00105401Camp&HandoverBasedonSPID
LOFD070204OperatorLoadBasedIntraLTEMLB
LOFD001032IntraLTELoadBalancing
LOFD070215IntraLTEUserNumberLoadBalancing
FrequencyPrioritybasedInterFrequencyHandover
Availability
Thisfeatureis
notapplicabletoLampSite.
Summary
ThisfeaturerequiresbotheNodeBsandUEstobeconfiguredwithfourantennaportsforthedownlink.Toincreasedownlinkthroughputandimprovecoverageperformance,this
featureadaptivelyselectsspatialdiversityorspatialmultiplexingforeachUE.
Benefits
ForUEsofcategory5,thisfeatureincreasesthedownlinkpeakrateandthroughputandimprovescoverageperformancebymultipletimes,comparedwith2x2MIMOand4x2MIMO.
Therefore,thisfeatureprovidesbetteruserexperience.
Description
ThisfeatureenablesUEsofcategory5tousefourantennaportsforreception,andthereforebringsreceivediversitygainsfortheseUEs,improvesdownlinkperformance,and
providesbetteruserexperience.Inaddition,thisfeatureschedulestheseUEsonamaximumoffourlayers,andthereforeincreasesthepeakrateandthroughput.
Openloopspatialmultiplexingcanbeenabledordisabled.UEsofcategory5canbescheduledonmorethantwolayersonlywhenthemaximumrankofspatialmultiplexingis4and
channelqualityisacceptable.
FixedMIMOmodesoradaptiveopenlooptransmissionmodecanbeconfigured.Inadaptiveopenlooptransmissionmode,thisfeatureadaptivelyselectstransmitdiversityorlarge
delaycyclicdelaydiversity(CDD)basedonUEs'channelconditionsandrankinformation.
Enhancement
eRAN8.1
Downlink4x4MIMOinTM9isintroduced.ThisfunctionenablessomeRelease8or9UEstoworkina4portCRSnetwork,wheretheeNodeBusesfourantennaports
forcellspecificreferencesignals(CRSs).ItisatrailfunctionineRAN8.1.
SystemCapacity
Incases1to3formacrocellsdefinedin3GPPTR36.814,downlink4x4MIMOinTM4andclosedloopmodeincreasestheaveragedownlinkthroughputbyabout50%to90%,
comparedwithdownlink2x2MIMOinTM4andclosedloopmode.
Comparedwithdownlink4x4MIMOinTM4,downlink4x4MIMOinTM9increasestheoverheadofdedicatedreferencesignalsandthereforethepeakratedecreases.Thedecrease
degreeislowiftheratioofMBSFNsubframesishighandthenumberofPDCCHsymbolsissmall.Incases1to3formacrocellsdefinedin3GPPTR36.814,downlink4x4MIMO
inTM9increasestheaveragedownlinkthroughputbyabout40%to70%,comparedwithdownlink2x2MIMOinclosedloopmode.
NetworkPerformance
Incases1to3formacrocellsdefinedin3GPPTR36.814,downlink4x4MIMOinclosedloopmodeincreasesthedownlinkcelledgethroughputbyabout50%to120%,compared
withdownlink2x2MIMOinclosedloopmode.Downlink4x4MIMOinTM9increasesthedownlinkcelledgethroughputbyabout50%to100%,comparedwithdownlink2x2MIMOin
TM9andclosedloopmode.
5.20.3NEs
ThechangeinthisfeaturerequiresthatUEssupportTM9.
5.20.4Hardware
ThechangeinthisfeaturerequiresthattheLBBPdorUBBPdbeused.
License
FaultManagement
LOFD001005UL4AntennaReceiveDiversity
Downlink4x4MIMOcanbeusedinacellonlywhenthecellisconfiguredwithatleastfourtransmitantennasandfourreceiveantennas.
None
ImpactedFeatures
MostUEscannotsupportCAand4Tsimultaneously.IfCAisusedina4Tnetwork,theUEperformancedeterioratesgreatly.IfallUEssupportbothCAand4T,CAand4Tcanbe
usedsimultaneously.
WhenUEsaremovingathighspeed,theirdemodulationperformancebasedonDMRSsinTM9isnotsatisfactory.Inaddition,TM9iscommonlyusedinclosedloopmode,which
requiresthatUEsreportPMIsorRIs.Therefore,TM9isalwaysusedinlowspeedscenarios,notinhighspeedscenarios.
ClosedloopMIMOissuitableinlowspeedscenarios.IfTM4,TM6,oradaptiveconfigurationofclosedlooptransmissionmodesisusedwhenUEsaremovingatultrahighspeed,
thesystemperformancedeterioratesgreatly.Inthiscase,adaptiveconfigurationofopenlooptransmissionmodesisrecommended.
whichrequiresthatUEsreportPMIsorRIs.Therefore,TM9isalwaysusedinlowspeedscenarios,notinultrahighspeedscenarios.
Therefore,TM9needstobeconsideredintheentryandexitofthesymbolpowersavingmode.
LAOFD002001StaticTDMeICIC
WhenLAOFD002001StaticTDMeICICisenabled,theeNodeBdoesnotsupportadaptiveconfigurationofopenandclosedlooptransmissionmodes.
LOFD00101401DownlinkDynamicInterCellInterferenceCoordination
WhenthefixedtransmissionmodeTM6isusedandLOFD00101401DownlinkDynamicInterCellInterferenceCoordinationisenabled,systemperformancedeterioratesbecause
usingICICtoexpandandshrinkthelowerfrequencybandedgeaffectsresourceallocationinTM6.
WhenthefixedtransmissionmodeTM6isselectedandthefrequencyselectiveschedulingfunctionofLOFD00101502DynamicSchedulingisenabled,frequencyselective
schedulingdoesnotprovidegainsbecauseitcannotworkwithresourceallocationinTM6.
NOTE:
FixedMIMOtransmissionmodeappliestoperformancetestsbeforethecommercialuseofmultipleantennatransmissionfeature.AdaptiveMIMOtransmissionmodeis
recommendedforcommercialscenarios.
5.21LOFD001066IntraeNodeBULCoMP(Enhanced/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis:
Summary
ULCoMPisshortforuplinkcoordinatedmultipointreception.
Thisfeatureimplementssignalcombiningandinterferencemitigationforcellsthataresetuponthesamebasebandprocessingunit(BBP).
Benefits
Thisfeatureincreasestheuplinkthroughputofcelledgeusers(CEUs)intheintraBBPneighboringcells.
Inaddition,thefeaturecanalsoincreasetheuplinkthroughputofsomecellcenterusers(CCUs).
Description
ULCoMPcanbeusedintwoscenarios:
Injointreceptionscenarios,thisfeatureusestheantennasoftwoneighboringcellstoreceivePUSCHsignalsfromasingleUE.ThisUEisatype1ULCoMPUE,
locatedattheedgeofitsservingcellandclosetothecoordinatedcell.
Ininterferencemitigationscenarios,ifaUEinaneighboringcellusesthesameRBsasatype1UEinthelocalcell,ULCoMPtreatstheformerUEasatype2UE.By
usingthesignalsreceivedfromthetype1UE,ULCoMPmitigatesinterferencefromthetype1UEtothetype2UEandimprovestheperformanceofinterference
rejectioncombining(IRC).
Thefollowingfigureillustratesjointreception.
Enhancement
eRAN6.0
OneLBBPd2orUBBPd4supportsamaximumofthreecells.Thisfeaturecanbeusedin4Rcells(thatis,cellseachwithfourreceiveantennas).
OneLBBPd3,UBBPd5,orUBBPd6supportsamaximumofsixcellsconfiguredevenlyontwocarriers.Thisfeaturecanbeusedin2Rcells.
eRAN7.0
OneLBBPd3,UBBPd5,orUBBPd6supportsamaximumofsixcellsconfiguredononecarrier.Thisfeaturecanbeusedin2Rcells.
eRAN8.1
Supports3cellULCoMP.TheantennasofthreecellsjointlyreceivesignalsfromasingleUE.Ina2Rcell,atotalofsixantennasjointlyreceivePUSCH
signalsfromasingleUE.ThisjointIRC(JIRC)achieveshighersignalqualitythanjointreceptionbyasinglecell'sortwocells'antennas.Thefollowingfigure
compares2cell(left)and3cellULCoMP(right).
Thisfeaturecanbeusedin1Rcellsorin1R+2Rcells."1R+2Rcells"meansthatacoordinatedsetcancontainboth1Rand2Rcells.
SupportsULCoMPinaHetNetcomposedofmacroeNodeBsandlowpowernodes(LPNs).
SupportsmacromicrointraBBPULCoMP.
ThesignalssentbyaUEinamacrocellcanbejointlyreceivedbythemacrocellandmicrocellsservedbyLPNs.Thejointreceptionimprovesthe
performanceofthisUE,asshowninthefollowingfigure.Inmacromicroscenarios,theeNodeBcanselectcoordinatedcellsbasedonsoundingreference
signal(SRS)measurements(thatis,ULRSRPvalues).
SupportsmicromicrointraBBPULCoMP.WhenLPNsareadjacenttoeachother,ULCoMPcanbeperformedbetweenthemicrocellsservedbytheLPNs.
TheworkingprinciplesarethesameasthoseforintraBBPmacromacroULCoMP.
SystemCapacity
ThisfeatureisenhancedineRAN8.1tosupport3cellULCoMPandincreasetheaverageuplinkthroughputforbothcellsandCEUs.ThecellscanbeLampSiteeNodeBserved
cells,macro+microcells,ormicro+microcells.
NetworkPerformance
Thisfeatureenhancesuplinkcoverageinmacro+microandmicro+microscenarios.
5.21.3NEs
5.21.4Hardware
License
Modified UplinkCompSwitch MOD BTS3900LTE Thefollowingoptionsareadded:

CELLALGOSWITCH UlJointReception3CellSwitch:Ifthisswitchisturned
LST off,ULCoMPcanbeperformedinatmosttwocells
CELLALGOSWITCH foreachUE.Ifthisswitchisturnedon,ULCoMPcan
beperformedinatmostthreecellsforeachUE.3cell
ULCoMPcanprovidebetterperformancethan2cell
ULCoMP.
UlHetnetJointReceptionSwitch:Itspecifieswhether
toenableordisablemacromicroULCoMP.
UlHetnetCompManualNcellCfgSw:Itspecifies
whethertomanuallyorautomaticallyconfiguretheto
bemeasuredneighboringcellsofamacrocellorthe
macrocelltowhichamicrocellbelongs.
toselectcoordinatedcellsformacromicroULCoMP
basedonULRSRP.
New L.ULCoMP.HetnetCoMP.User.Avg Traffic.User.Cell BTS3900LTE AveragenumberofUEsselectedformacromicroUL

CoMPinacell
New L.ULCoMP.HetnetCoMP.User.Max Traffic.User.Cell BTS3900LTE MaximumnumberofUEsselectedformacromicroUL

CoMPinacell
New L.ULCoMP.HetnetCoMP.RB ChMeas.PRB.Cell BTS3900LTE AveragenumberofPRBsscheduledformacromicro

ULCoMPinacell.
FaultManagement
5.21.7OtherFeatures
ImpactedFeatures
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
WhenthereislighttrafficinanareathatiscoveredbyUMTSNetworksinsettingtimeperiod,LTEcarriercanbeblocked,andallusers(includingDRXuser)canbeautomatically
handovertotheinterRATcarriers.Whenthesettingtimeperiodisexpired,theLTEcarrierthatisblockedcanbeunblockedagainautomaticallytoprovideservices.
Benefits
WhenthereislighttrafficinanareathatiscoveredbyUMTSNetworksinsettingtimeperiod,LTEcarriercanbeblocked,andallusers(includingDRXuser)canbeautomatically
handovertotheinterRATcarriers.ThiscanhelpreducethepowerconsumptionoftheeNodeB,thussaveOPEXofoperator.
Description
WhenmultipleRATcarriersprovidecoverageforthesamearea,thetrafficoftheareavariesbytime.Insomecertainperiods,forexamplefromthemidnighttotheearlymorning(the
periodscanbepresetbytheoperator),thetrafficislight.WhentheeNodeBdetectsthelighttraffic,ittriggersUEstoperformmigrationtosomeoftheUMTScarriersandthen
blockstheLTEcarrier.Inthisway,thepowerconsumptionisreduced.Whenthepresetperiodsend,theeNodeBcanautomaticallyswitchonthecarriersthatareunblockedto
recoverthefunctionalityofthecarrier.Inthisway,thesystemcapacityisincreased.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Withthisfeature,theeNodeBshutsdownthecarrieroftheEUTRANcellforthepurposeofpowersavingwhentheEUTRANcellloadislessthantheconfiguredthreshold.After
anEUTRANcellisshutdown,thecellnolongerprovidesservicesandUEsaretransferredtoaUTRANcell.Therefore,eachtimeanEUTRANcarrierisshutdown,thenetwork
capacityofthecorrespondingcellisdeductedaccordingly.
NetworkPerformance
Thisfeaturereducesthecapacityoftheentirenetwork,andthereforehasanegativeimpactonnetworkperformance.Tominimizetheimpact,usethisfeaturewhenthenetworkload
islight.
WhentheEUTRANcellentersEUTRANcarrierpoweroffmode,theeNodeBtransfersUEstoacocoverageUTRANcellbyhandoversorredirections.Asaresult,duringthe
intelligentpoweroffofcarriersinthesamecoverageofUMTSnetworkmode,thefollowingcountervaluesincrease:
L.IRATHO.E2W.PrepAttOut:numberofoutgoinghandoverattemptsfromEUTRANtoWCDMAnetwork
L.IRATHO.E2W.ExecAttOut:numberofoutgoinghandoverexecutionsfromEUTRANtoWCDMAnetwork
L.IRATHO.E2W.ExecSuccOut:numberofsuccessfuloutgoinghandoversfromEUTRANtoWCDMAnetwork
L.RRCRedirection.E2W:numberofredirectionsfromEUTRANtoWCDMAnetwork
TohastenoutgoinghandoversoftheUEs,theEUTRANcelldoesnotallownewaccessrequests.WhenaninterRATneighboringcell(thesourcecell)attemptstohandUEsoverto
theEUTRANcell,theEUTRANcellrejectsthehandoverrequestsfromthesourcecell.Inthiscase,thesourcecellcontinuestosendhandoverrequesttoothercandidate
neighboringcells(forexample,UTRANcells).Therefore,afteranonbasiccellentersintelligentpoweroffofcarriersinthesamecoveragemode,the
L.HHO.Prep.FailOut.PrepFailurecounterisincreasedinthesourcecell.Thiscounterindicatesthenumberofoutgoinghandoverpreparationfailuresbecausethetargetcellsends
thehandoverpreparationfailuremessage.
NotethatafteranEUTRANcarrierisshutdown,UEsinitscoverageareacaninitiateaccessonlytothecocoverageUTRANcell,whichdefinitelyaffectsuserQoSexperience.
Therefore,usethisfeatureonlyduringidletime,forexample,atnight.
5.22.3NEs
5.22.4Hardware
LampSiteeNodeBsnowsupportthisfeature.
Noimpact.
License
LOFD001074 IntelligentPowerOffofCarriersin IntelligentPowerOffofCarriersintheSameCoverageof eNodeB Percell

theSameCoverageofUMTS UMTSNetwork(FDD)
Network
New LSTInterRatCellShutdown eNodeB Thisnewcommandisusedtoquerytheconfigurationofintelligent

poweroffofcarriersinthesamecoverageofUMTSnetworkforthe
microeNodeB.
New MODInterRatCellShutdown eNodeB Thisnewcommandisusedtomodifytheconfigurationofintelligent

poweroffofcarriersinthesamecoverageofUMTSnetworkforthe
microeNodeB.
Modified L.ChMeas.DFEE.CarrierOFF.Dur DurationofEnergySaving eNodeB Thiscounternowalsomeasuresthedurationwhenacellisundera

andEmissionReduction microeNodeBinintelligentpoweroffofcarriersinthesame
coverageofUMTSnetworkmode.

Unavailability duetointelligentpoweroffofcarriersinthesamecoverageofUMTS
networkofmicroeNodeBs.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
LOFD001019PSInterRATMobilitybetweenEUTRANandUTRAN
LOFD003029SFN
LOFD081208IntereNodeBSFNSolutionBasedonCoordinatedBBU
LOFD081209IntereNodeBAdaptiveSFN/SDMABasedonCoordinatedBBU
ImpactedFeatures
TheIntelligentPowerOffofCarriersintheSameCoverageofUMTSNetworkfeaturehasimpactsonthefollowingfeatures:
MLB
ThethresholdforIntelligentPowerOffofCarriersintheSameCoverageofUMTSNetworkmustbelessthantheinterRATloadsharingthreshold.
MobilityManagementinConnectedMode
IntelligentpoweroffofcarriersinthesamecoverageofUMTSnetworkmaytriggerhandovers,whichareincludedinmobilitymanagementinconnectedmode.
Scheduling
IntelligentpoweroffofcarriersinthesamecoverageofUMTSnetworkrequiresthephysicalresourceblock(PRB)usage,whichismeasuredduringscheduling.
5.23LOFD002001AutomaticNeighbourRelation(ANR)(Enhanced/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
applicabletoMicrofromeRAN3.0.
Summary
Theautomaticneighborrelation(ANR)featuretakesadvantageoftheeNodeBalgorithmtoplanandconfigureneighborrelationshipsautomaticallyandtorectifyincorrectneighbor
relationshipconfigurations.ThisfeaturegreatlyreducestheOPEXforoperatorsbyavoidinghumaninterventionandsavinglaborwork.
Benefits
Missingorincorrectneighborrelationshipscanbedetectedorrectified.Therefore,nohandoverfailureiscausedbymissingorincorrectneighborrelationships.
Physicalcellidentifier(PCI)conflictdetectioncanbetriggered.
Description
ANRcanautomaticallyaddandupdateneighborrelationshipsinNeighboringRelationTables(NRTs).However,themanualconfigurationofNRT'sattributesincludingNohandover
indicatorandNoremoveindicatortakespriorityovertheANRalgorithm.Topreventautomaticremoval,settheNoremoveindicatorparametertoFORBID_RMV_ENUM(Forbid
ANRRemove)orsettheControlModeparametertoMANUAL_MODE(ManualMode)
ThefollowingexplainstheANRprocedure.
Figure51ANRprocedure
ThesourceeNodeBinformstheUEwhichEUTRAfrequencyneedstobemeasured(1).
1.TheUEdetectsthatcellBmeetsthemeasurementrequirements,anditreportsthePCIofcellBtothesourceeNodeB(2).ThisreportdoesnotincludeitsEUTRAN
CellGlobalIdentifier(ECGI).ThesourceeNodeBcheckswhethertheNRTincludesthePCIofcellB.
IftheNRTincludesthisPCI,theprocedureends.
IftheNRTdoesnotincludethisPCI,theprocedurecontinues.
2.TheeNodeBinstructstheUEtousethenewlydetectedPCItoreadtheECGIoftherelatedneighboringcell(3).TheeNodeBmayneedtoscheduleappropriateidle
periodstoallowtheUEtoreadtheECGIoftheneighboringcell,astheUEneedstodecodethenewcell'sBCHtoobtainECGI.
3.WhentheUEhasreadthenewcell'sECGI,itreportstheobtainedECGItothesourceeNodeB(4&5).
4.ThesourceeNodeBdecidestoaddthisneighborrelationshipandusesthePCIandECGItoperformthefollowingoperations:
SearchesatransportlayeraddresstothetargeteNodeB(OMsearchorMMEsearchmechanismthatisstandardizedby3GPP.)
UpdatesitsNRT
TherearetwomajormechanismsfortheeNodeBorcelltodetectanewneighboringcell.
Theneighboringcell'sPCIisreportedtotheeNodeBinthemeasurementreport,andthen,theeNodeBinstructstheUEtoreadtheECGIofthenewneighboringcell.
ThehandoverrequestmessagethatthesourceeNodeBsendstothetargeteNodeBcontainstheUEhistoryinformation.TheUEhistoryinformationcontainsthesource
cell'sECGI.Afterreceivingthehandoverrequestmessage,thetargeteNodeBobtainsthePCI,TAC,andfrequency.ofthenewneighboringcellfromU2000.
AftertheeNodeBaddsthenewneighboringcelltoanNRT,thePCIconflictdetectionprocedurecanbeactivated.FordetailsonPCIconflictdetection,seeLOFD002007PCI
CollisionDetection&SelfOptimization.
Ifneeded,theeNodeBsetsupanX2interfacebyusingtheAutomaticTransportSetupfunctioninthefeatureLOFD002004Selfconfiguration.Whenthereisnoneighborrelationship
betweentwoeNodeBsthroughoutaspecificperiod,theX2interfacewillbeautomaticallyremoved.
eNodeBssupportperiodicANR(thatis,fastANR).AneNodeBselectsandconfiguresUEstoperiodicallyreportthestrongestintraRATcells.IfaUEreportsanunknownPCI,the
eNodeBinstructstheUEtoperformANRmeasurementstoobtainthecorrespondingECGI.PeriodicalANRimproveshandoverperformance.
eNodeBsalsosupportintraRATeventtriggeredANR.IntraRATANRcanbetriggeredbycoveragebasedhandoversorloadbasedinterfrequencyhandovers.IfaUEincludesan
unknownPCIinameasurementreportsenttoaneNodeB,theeNodeBinstructstheUEtomeasureandreporttheECGIoftheunknowncell.
eNodeBssupportANRwithsharedcells.Ifaneighboringcellissharedbyoperators,ANRmaintainsitsPLMNlist,inadditiontotheNCLandNRT.Thisfunctioninvolvesthe
procedureofobtainingneighboringcellinformationfromtheU2000andrequiresthecooperationoftheU2000.
Enhancement
eRAN2.1
Thisfeatureisenhancedwiththefollowingadministrationfunctions:
TheANRlogsnowrecordthekeyeventduringtheSONprocessandthisinformationcanbeusedforqueryandstatistics.Operatorscanalsoanalyzetheloginformation
tolearnthefeaturerunningprocessandkeyevents.
eRAN6.0
Thisfeatureisenhancedwiththefollowingfunctions:
WhentheservingcellofaUEandanacquiredsharedcellaremanagedbythesameOSS,theservingcellcanobtaintheservingPLMNlistoftheacquired
cellwiththeassistanceoftheOSSiftheUEcannotreporttheservingPLMNlistortheacquiredcelldoesnotbroadcastthelist.
ANRcanbetriggeredbyinterfrequencyloadbalancingtoaddaninterfrequencyneighbor.
WhenthereisnoneighborrelationshipbetweentwoeNodeBsthroughoutaspecificperiod,theX2interfacewillbeautomaticallyremoved.
eRAN6.1
IfanX2interfaceisfaultythroughoutaspecifiedperiod,thelocaleNodeBautomaticallyremovestheX2interface.
IfthenumberofhandoversfromapeereNodeBtoalocaleNodeBandthenumberofhandoversfromthelocaleNodeBtothepeereNodeBarebothlessthan
thespecifiedthresholdsthroughoutaspecifiedperiod,thelocaleNodeBautomaticallyremovestheX2interfacebetweentheeNodeBs.
IfalocaleNodeBreceivesfromapeereNodeBarequestmessagetoremovetheX2interfacebetweentheeNodeBs,thelocaleNodeBremovestheX2
interface.
eRAN7.0
Optimizedautomaticneighborrelationshipremoval:IfthenumberofneighborrelationshipsinanNRThasreacheditsmaximumandanewneighborrelationshipneedsto
beaddedtotheNRT,theeNodeBremovesaneighborrelationshipwithaneighboringcellthatisnotmeasuredortowhichnohandoverhasbeentriggeredthroughouta
specificperiod.Afterthat,theeNodeBaddsthenewneighborrelationshiptotheNRT.
AutomaticsettingoftheNoHOattributeforneighboringcells:ANRcanautomaticallysettheNoHOattributetoFORBID_HO_ENUMfortheneighboringcellswhose
handoversuccessratesarelow.Thispreventstheimpactoflowhandoversuccessratesofneighboringcellsonthehandoversuccessrateoftheentirenetwork.
MoreintraRATneighborrelationships:Amaximumof256interandintrafrequencyneighborrelationshipsaresupported.
X2automaticmanagementhasbeenmovedfromANRmanagementtoLOFD002004Selfconfiguration.
eRAN8.1
InRANsharingscenarios,thisfeaturenowsupportsthefollowingfunctions:
CrossU2000neighboringcellinformationquery:Withthisfunction,aneNodeBcanobtaintheECGIsandPLMNlistsofcellsforaddingneighborrelationships
toNRTs.
FrequencyspecificsettingofRANsharingindicators:ThiscontrolsthewayinwhichaneNodeBobtainstheneighboringcellinformationfromtheU2000.
SystemCapacity
NetworkPerformance
ThefunctionofautomaticoptimizationofneighborrelationshipswithcellsofabnormalsuccessratesofintraRAThandoversincreasesthesuccessrateofintraRAThandoversand
decreasestheservicedroprate.
IntraRATfastANRnowsupportsaddingadetectedcelltoanNCLandaddinganeighborrelationshipwiththiscelltoanNRTinNRTmode.Inthismode,fastANRaddsneighbor
relationshipswithinterfrequencycellstoNRTsbasedontheCGIreadingresults.AddinganeighborrelationtoanNRTforthefirsttimegeneratesUusignalingmessages.However,
thisfunctionensuresthatneighborrelationshipsarecorrectlyadded,increasingthesuccessrateofinterfrequencyhandoversandtheservicedroprate.
IfthefunctionofenhancedintraRATeventtriggeredANRisenabled,theeNodeBcaninstructUEstoreadtheCGIsofunknowncellsandaddneighborrelationshipstotheNRTs
basedalltypesofhandoverevents.ThisimprovestheefficiencyofaddingneighborrelationshipswithunknowncellstoNRTs,increasesthesuccessrateofintraRAThandovers,
anddecreasestheservicedroprate.
5.23.3NEs
5.23.4Hardware
License
Thefollowingparametershavebeenaddedandmodifiedtoaccommodatethisfeature.

Type
New Cell.IntraFreqRanSharingInd ADDCell eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifieswhetherneighboringcellsontheserving

RMVCell frequencyaresharedcells.
MODCell
LSTCell
New EutranInterNFreq.InterFreqRanSharingInd ADD eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifieswhetherneighboringcellsonaneighboring

EUTRANINTERNFREQ EUTRANfrequencyaresharedcells.
RMV
EUTRANINTERNFREQ
MOD
EUTRANINTERNFREQ
LST
EUTRANINTERNFREQ
Modified ANR.FastAnrMode MODANR eNodeB ThisnewparameterspecifiesthepolicybasedonwhichfastANRaddsa

detectedcelltoanNCLandaddstheneighborrelationshipwiththe
detectedcelltoanNRT.
Type
Modified ENodeBAlgoSwitch.AnrSwitch MODENODEBALGOSWITCH eNodeB The

IntraRatEnhancedEventAnrSwitch(IntraRatEnhancedEventAnrSwitch)
optionhasbeenaddedtothisparameter.Thisoptioncontrolswhetherto
enableintraRATeventtriggeredANRtriggeredbyintraRAThandover
measurements.
New GlobalProcSwitch.X2SonDeleteMode MODGLOBALPROCSWITCH eNodeB ThisnewparameterspecifiestheX2automaticremovalmode.Ifthis

parameterissettoALL_FREE_MODE(Allfreemode),allenabledX2
automaticremovalfunctionsworkinfreemode.Inthismode,theeNodeB
directlyremovestheX2interfacesthataredeterminedtoberemoved.If
thisparameterissettoHUAWEI_FREE_OTHER_CONTROLLED(HW
freeothercontrolled),somefunctionsworkincontrolledmode.These
functionsrefertothosecontrolledbythePeerReqBasedX2DelSwitch
parameter,andBASED_ON_X2FAULT(BasedonX2Fault)and
BASED_ON_X2USAGE_WITHOUT_NEGO(BasedonX2Usage
WithoutNegotiation)oftheX2SonDeleteSwitchparameter.Inthis
mode,theX2interfacesthatneedtoberemovedarereportedtothe
U2000,andthentheoperatorsdeterminewhethertoremovetheX2
interfaces.
FaultManagement
ThechangeinthisfeaturerequirestheU2000featureWOFD180600AutomaticNeighborRelationOptimizationLTE.
ImpactedFeatures
5.24LOFD002005MobilityRobustOptimization(MRO)(Enhanced/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
ApplicabletoMicroformeRAN3.0.
Summary
MROaimstoreduceintraRAT/interRATpingponghandovers,prematurehandovers,delayedhandovers,intraRAThandoverstowrongcells,andunnecessaryinterRAThandovers.
Itisimplementedbyoptimizingthetypicalmobilitycontrolparameters.
Benefits
ReducingintraRAT/interRATpingponghandovers,prematurehandovers,delayedhandovers,intraRAThandoverstowrongcells,andunnecessaryinterRAThandovers
Savinglaborcostfortypicalandcommonmobilityoptimizationscenarios
Description
ThisfeaturereducesintraRAT/interRATpingponghandovers,prematurehandovers,delayedhandovers,intraRAThandoverstowrongcells,andunnecessaryinterRAThandovers
indifferentscenarios:
Pingponghandovers,handoverstowrongcells,prematurehandovers,anddelayedhandoversofintraLTEscenarios
ThemajorMROparameteradjustmentaretheCIO(CellIndividualOffset)ofeventA3forintrafrequencyMRO,CIOofeventA3/A4andmeasurementthresholdofevent
A2forinterfrequencyMRO.
BothprematureanddelayedhandoversarecapturedatthesourceeNodeB.Onlyoutgoinghandoverfailuresarecaptured.Thereisnoneedtocaptureincoming
handovers.
CIOoffsetisadjustedautomaticallybystepsaccordingtothenumberofabnormalhandoversinacertainperiod.CIOoffsetexplicitlydeclaresthehandoverthreshold
betweenmeasurementresultsofsignalingqualityfrombothsourceandtargetcells.Hence,changingtheCIOoffsetwillshiftaheadordelaythehappeningofhandovers.
ThereductionofpingponghandoversexploitstheUEHistoryInformationthatispassedfromthesourceeNodeBtothetargeteNodeBduringthehandoverpreparation.
WhentheUEHistoryInformationisreceived,thetargeteNodeBidentifiespingpongifthesecondnewestcell'sGCIisequaltothatofthetargetcellandthetimespent
inthesourcecellislessthanapingpongtimethreshold.PingpongiscorrectedbydecreasingtheCellIndividualOffset,therebydelayinghandovers.
Intheintrafrequencyscenario,thereisaUEspecificpingponghandoverreductionalgorithm.IftheUEisidentifiedunderpingponghandover,specificCIOparameteris
appliedfortheUEtostopthepingponghandover.
Pingponghandovers,prematurehandovers,delayedhandovers,andunnecessaryhandoversofinterRATscenarios
EventA2andB1measurementsthresholdsareadjustedforinterRATscenarios.
Enhancement
IneRAN2.1
TheMROfeatureisenhancedwiththefollowingadministrationfunctions:
FeatureOn/OffSwitch:operatorcanenableordisablethefeature
Log:recordsthekeyeventduringtheMROprocessandthisinformationcanbeusedforqueryandstatistic.Operatorcanalsoanalyzethelogtocheckthe
featurerunningstatusandkeyevents.
IneRAN6.0
UElevelMROagainstpingponghandoversisintroduced.TheeNodeBidentifiespingpongUEsandsendscorrespondingUElevelMROparameterstotheseUEs.This
typeofMROreducesthenumberofpingponghandovers,reducesUuresourceusage,andimprovesqualityofexperience(QoE)ofUEs.
TheUElevelMROalgorithmisindependentofthecelllevelMROalgorithm.Theyarecontrolledbydifferentswitches.
IneRAN8.1
ThemaintenanceandtestingmethodforinterRATMROisenhanced.ThecountersrelatedtoprematureanddelayedhandoversfromEUTRANtoGERANhavebeen
added.Thecountersrelatedtopremature,delayed,unnecessary,pingponghandoversfromEUTRANtoUTRANhavebeenadded.
InterRATMROoptimizesprematurehandovers,delayedhandovers,andunnecessaryhandovers.
SystemCapacity
IfinterRATMROagainstprematurehandoversorunnecessaryhandoversistriggered,UEsarelesslikelytobehandedoverthetargetsystem.Asaresult,UEscampon
theLTEsystemforalongerperiodoftime,andthenumberofUEsinLTEcellsismorelikelytoincrease.
IfinterRATMROagainstdelayedhandoversistriggered,UEsaremorelikelytobehandedoverthetargetsystem.Asaresult,UEscampontheLTEsystemfora
shorterperiodoftime,andthenumberofUEsinLTEcellsismorelikelytodecrease.
NetworkPerformance
MROagainstprematurehandoversandunnecessaryhandoversdecreasesthenumberofEUTRANtoUTRAN/GERANhandovers.
MROagainstdelayedhandoversincreasesthenumberofEUTRANtoUTRAN/GERANhandovers.
5.24.3NEs
ThechangeinthisfeatureisimplementedontheeNodeBandU2000.
5.24.4Hardware
Thechangeinthisfeaturehasnoimpactonhardware.
ThechangeinthisfeaturehasnoimpactoninterNEinterfaces.
License
Thechangeinthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
Modified ENodeBAlgoSwitch.MroSwitch MODENODEBALGOSWITCH eNodeB The

UtranUnnecHoOptSwitch(UtranUnnecHoOptSwitch)
optionisaddedtothisparameter.Whenthisoptionis
selected,theeNodeBdynamicallyadjustsparameters
abouthandoversfromEUTRANtoUTRAN.This
adjustmentreducesunnecessaryhandoversfromE
UTRANtoUTRAN.
New MRO.InterRatAbnormalHoRatioThd MODMRO eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiesthethresholdofthe

proportionofabnormalinterRAThandovers.Ifthe
proportionofabnormalinterRAThandoversishigher
thanthethreshold,MROagainstabnormalinterRAT
handoversisperformed.Iftheproportionofabnormal
interRAThandoversislowerthanorequaltothe
threshold,MROagainstabnormalinterRAThandovers
isnotperformed.
New MRO.InterRatMeasTooLateHoThd MODMRO eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiesthethresholdofthe

proportionofdelayedhandoversthatoccurbecause
interRATmeasurementisnotinitiatedinatimely
mannertothetotalnumberofabnormalinterRAT
handovers(includingprematureanddelayed
handovers).Alargervalueofthisparameterindicates
alowerprobabilityofoptimizingthethresholdforinter
RATeventA2.Asmallervalueofthisparameter
indicatesahigherprobabilityofoptimizingthe
thresholdforinterRATeventA2.
New MRO.UnnecInterRatHoOptThd MODMRO eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiesthethresholdfor

enablingMROagainstunnecessaryinterRAT
handoversbasedontheinterRAThandoversuccess
rate.IftheinterRAThandoversuccessrateishigher
thanorequaltothisthreshold,MROagainst
unnecessaryinterRAThandoversisenabled.
New MRO.UnnecInterRatHoRatioThd MODMRO eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiesthethresholdofthe

proportionofunnecessaryinterRAThandovers.Ifthe
proportionofunnecessaryinterRAThandoversis
higherthanthisthreshold,MROagainstunnecessary
interRAThandoversisenabled.
New MRO.UnnecInterRatHoRsrpThd MODMRO eNodeB ThisnewparameterspecifiestheRSRPthresholdfor

determininganunnecessaryinterRAThandover.Ifa
UEissuccessfullyhandedovertoaUTRANor
GERANcellandtheRSRPofanEUTRANcellis
greaterthanorequaltothisthresholdwithinthe
specifiedduration,thehandoverisanunnecessary
interRAThandover.
New MRO.UnnecInterRatHoMeasTime MODMRO eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiesthemeasurementtime

usedtodeterminewhetheraninterRAThandoverisan
unnecessaryhandover.IfaUEissuccessfullyhanded
overtoaUTRANorGERANcellandtheRSRPofan
EUTRANcellisgreaterthanorequaltothespecified
thresholdwithinthedurationspecifiedbythis
parameter,thehandoverisanunnecessaryinterRAT
handover.
Thefollowingfunctionsubsethasbeenaddedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
ChangeType FunctionSubset NE Description
New MroMeas.InterRat.Cell eNodeB Thisnewfunctionsubsetmeasuresabnormalhandoversrelatedto

interRATMRO,whichincludeprematurehandovers,delayed
handovers,unnecessaryhandovers,andpingponghandoversfrom
theEUTRANtoUTRAN/GERAN.
FaultManagement
Thechangeinthisfeaturehasnoimpactonfaultmanagement.
ImpactedFeatures
ThechangeinthisfeaturehasimpactontheLAOFD081233DynamicTDMeICICfeature.
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
ThisfeaturedetectsPhysicalCellIdentity(PCI)conflictautomatically,andthecellhasanincorrectPCIwillbeassignedwithaproperPCIfromEMS.
Benefits
ThisfeaturedecreasesoperatingcostinPCIconflictdetection&PCIconflictsolvingoperation.
Description
PCIisanessentialconfigurationparametertoEUTRANcells.Itcorrespondstoauniquecombinationofoneorthogonalsequence(PSS)andonepseudorandomsequence(SSS).
PCIaffectsDLsynchronization,demodulation,reselection,andhandover.
InLTE,thereare504PCIscanbeused,PCIreuseisallowedamongdifferentcells.ButtwocellsthatsharesamePCIcannotbegeographicallycloseanddonotcausemutual
interference.
EachLTEcellshouldbeassignedaproperPCIfortransmittingdatabetweencells.PCIassignmentmustmeetthefollowingconditions:
Collisionfree:ThePCIisuniqueinacertaingeographicalarea.
Confusionfree:AcellmustnothaveneighboringcellswithidenticalPCI.
PCIcollisionandPCIconfusionarebothPCIconflict,whichwilldeterioratenetworkperformance.
Manualoperation,ANR,andX2interactionmaycausechangesinconfigurationparameters,therebycausingPCIconflict.
WheneveranewneighborrelationshipisaddedtoeNodeB,PCI/DLEARFCNofanylocalcellischanged,orPCI/DLEARFCNofanyneighboringcellischanged,PCIconflict
detectionprocedurewillbetriggeredtocheckpossiblePCIconflict.
PCIconflictissolvedbyPCISelfoptimizationimplementedinEMS.InordertoallocatetheoptimalPCIforconflictingcell,engineeringinformation(longitude,latitude,azimuth)and
neighboringcellinformationaretakenintoaccount.AsforeNodeB,ifengineeringinformation(longitude,latitude,andazimuth)isunavailable,thealgorithmscanalsoallocatean
optimalPCIforconflictingcellsbymerelyconsideringitsneighboringcells'PCIinformation.
PCIselfoptimizationconsistsoftwoprocedures,PCIoptimizationanalysisandPCIoptimizationresultimplementation.PCIoptimizationanalysisisusedtocalculateaproperPCI
forconflictingcellsandPCIoptimizationresultimplementationisusedtomodifythePCIoftheconflictingcellsaccordingtothePCIoptimizationresult.
Thereare2modestostartPCIoptimizationanalysis:
Immediate&automaticanalysis:TheEMSwillcalculatenewPCIsforconflictingcellsassoonaspossible.
Periodic&automaticanalysis:TheEMSwillcalculatenewPCIsforconflictingcellsatacycletimebasis.
OnlywhennewlyassignedPCIisdeliveredtoconflictingcell,thePCIconflictissolved.ThenewlyassignedPCIcanbeconfiguredinthreemanners:
Immediate&automaticdelivery:TheEMSdeliversthenewPCItotheeNodeBassoonasitisgeneratedbyPCIoptimizationanalysis.
Scheduled&automaticdelivery:TheEMSdeliversthenewPCIataregularbasis.
Manuallyconfirmeddelivery:TheEMSwillgenerateanoticeforconfirmationbeforedeliveringthePCItotheeNodeB.OperatorcanchangethesuggestedPCI,and
decidewhethertodeliverthenewlyassignedPCI.
KeyeventscanbequeriedinSONlog,whicharerecordedwhen:
PCIconflictappearsordisappears
PCIoptimizationanalysisstartsorstops
PCIoptimizationadviceisdelivered
Enhancement
eRAN2.1
PCIcollisiondetectionisenhancedwithselfoptimizationimplementedinEMStosolvethedetectedcollisions.InordertoallocatetheoptimalcandidatePCIforthewhole
network,andtominimizetheinterferenceamongneighboringcells,thesiteengineeringinformation(longitude,latitude,azimuth),GCI,andneighboringcelllistaretaken
intothePCIassignment.ForMicroeNodeB,iftheaboveinformationcannotbeprovided,thealgorithmsalsocanallocatetheoptimalcandidatePCIforthemicrocell
baseonitsneighboringcells'PCIinformation.Theneighboringcells'informationofthemicroeNodeBcanbediscoveredbythesnifferorANR.ThenewassignedPCI
canbeconfiguredinthreemanners:
1.Immediate&Automaticdelivery:TheEMSwilldeliverthenewPCIstotheeNodeBassoonasitisgenerated.
2.Regular&Automaticdelivery:TheEMSwilldeliverthenewPCIatacycletimebasis.
3.Manuallyconfirmeddelivery:TheEMSwillgenerateanoticeforconfirmationbeforedeliverytotheeNodeB.
ThePCICollisionDetection&SelfOptimizationfeatureisenhancedwiththefollowingmaintenancefunctions:
1.Policysetting:Operatorcansetupsomepolicyofthefeature,suchastheoptimizationanalysismode.Breakpoint:operatorcansetupbreakpointsto
increasethecontrolcapabilityonthefeature.Thealgorithmcanbestoppedatthebreakpointsandoperatorconfirmationisneededfortheprocesscontinuity.
2.Log:recordsthekeyeventduringtheSONprocessandthisinformationcanbeusedforqueryandstatistics.Operatorcanalsoanalyzetheloginformationto
learnaboutthefeaturerunningprocessandkeyevent.
eRAN7.0
PCIselfoptimizationisenhancedwiththefollowingmaintenancefunctions:
1.Siteengineeringinformationimportfunction.IftheengineeringinformationisnotcompletelyorcorrectlyconfiguredineNodeB,userscanimportthis
informationthroughU2000sothatU2000cangetenoughengineeringinformationforPCIoptimization.
2.AvailablePCIrangeimportfunction.Innetworkborderarea,theU2000cannotobtainthePCIinformationofcellsintheothersideoftheborder,afterPCI
optimization,theU2000cannotguaranteethatnewPCIwillnotintroducenewPCIconflict.IneRAN7.0,operatorcannegotiateavailablePCIrangebetween
differentvendorsordifferentoperatorsandimporttherangeintotheU2000toperformPCIoptimization.Bydoingthis,newPCIconflictinborderareacanbe
avoided.
3.SelectconflictedcellbaseonuserdefinedpriorityandPCImodificationtime.
AnothertwofactswillbeconsideredineRAN7.0toselectconflictedcellforimplementingPCImodification,userdefinedpriorityandPCImodificationtime.
Userscandefinethepriorityofeachcellwithanyofthefollowing3values:"High","Low","Notallowedtomodify",U2000willselectacellwithahighpriority
toperformPCIoptimization.Ifthecellisdefinedas"Notallowedtomodify",theU2000cannotimplementanyPCIoptimizationtothiscell.
UserscanconfigurethethresholdforPCImodificationtime,ifcellPCImodificationtimeislessthanthisthreshold,itwillbeconsideredasnewcell,which
willhaveahigherprioritythanoldcelltoimplementPCIoptimization.
eRAN8.1
ThePCIcollisiondetectionisenhancedinthefollowingaspect:
ECGImeasurementscannowbetriggeredbylowhandoversuccessrates.ThemeasurementshelpdetecttheunknownneighboringcellswhosePCIsconflictwiththe
PCIsofotherneighboringcells.PCIconflictdetectionistriggeredduringANRproceduresforaddingthedetectedcells.
SystemCapacity
Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonsystemcapacity.
NetworkPerformance
Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonsystemcapacity.
5.25.3NEs
TheenhancementofthisfeatureisimplementedontheeNodeB.
5.25.4Hardware
Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonhardware.
TheenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactoninterNEinterfaces.
License
Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
Thefollowingparameterhasbeenintroducedtoaccommodatethisfeature.

New ENodeBAlgoSwitch.PciConflictDetectSwitch MOD eNodeB PCIconflictdetectionswitch.
ENODEBALGOSWITCH IfCOLLISION_DETECT_SWITCHisselected,
LSTENODEBALGOSWITCH theeNodeBdetectsPCIcollision.If
COLLISION_DETECT_SWITCHisdeselected,
theeNodeBdoesnotdetectPCIcollision.
IfCONFUSION_DETECT_SWITCHisselected,
theeNodeBdetectsPCIconfusion.If
CONFUSION_DETECT_SWITCHis
deselected,theeNodeBdoesnotdetectPCI
confusion.
Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonperformancemanagement.
FaultManagement
Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonfaultmanagement.
Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonprerequisitefeatures.
Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonmutuallyexclusivefeatures.
ImpactedFeatures
Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonimpactedfeatures.
5.26LOFD002015RACHOptimization(Enhanced/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Thefeaturesupportsthefollowingfunctions:
Dynamicadjustmentofpreamblegroups
DynamicassignmentofPRACHresources
Optimizethebackofftime
PRACHfalsealarmdetection
Rootsequenceconflictdetection
Benefits
Thefeatureimprovestheperformanceofrandomaccess.
Dynamicadjustmentofpreamblegroupsadjuststheratiobetweenrandompreamblesanddedicatedpreambles.Whentheloadofcontentionbasedrandomaccessishigh
whiletheloadofnoncontentionbasedrandomaccessislow,thisfeaturereducesthepreamblecollisionprobabilityanddelayofcontentionbasedrandomaccess.When
theloadofcontentionbasedrandomaccessislowwhiletheloadofnoncontentionbasedrandomaccessishigh,thisfeaturereducesthedelayofnoncontentionbased
randomaccess.
PRACHresourceadjustmentisusedtoadjustRACHresourceconfigurationbasedontheRACHloadinacell.WhentheRACHloadishigh,moreRACHresourceswill
beallocatedtoreducethepreamblecollisionprobability.
PRACHfalsealarmdetectionreducestheprobabilityofreportingfalsealarms.
Rootsequenceconflictdetectionisusedtodetectforrootsequenceconflictbetweencells.Basedonthedetectionresult,rootsequencesarereplannedtoeliminateroot
sequenceconflictandreducetheprobabilityofpreamblecollisionandfalsealarmsreporting.
Description
Thereare64PRACHpreambles,whicharedividedintorandompreamblesanddedicatedpreambles.Thesetwotypesofpreamblesareusedforcontentionbasedrandomaccess
andnoncontentionbasedrandomaccess,respectively.TheeNodeBcandetectwhichpartisenoughwhileanotherpartisnotenough,andeNodeBcanadjustthenumberofthe
preamblegroupdynamicallyaccordingtothedemand.
ThePRACHconfigurationindexindicatesthenumberandpositionsofsubframeswhichareusedtosendrandomaccesspreamble.TheeNodeBmeasuresthenumberofpreamble
duringtheperiod,andeNodeBwilladjustthePRACHconfigurationindextofulfillthedemand.Ifthenumberofpreamblesismorethanthreshold,thePRACHconfigurationindexwill
beadjustedtoindicatemoresubframes,andviceversa.
WhenconflictonPRACHresourcedetected,eNodeBcouldsenddifferentbackofftimeindicatortoUEs.UEcouldselectarandombackofftimebasedonthebackofftime
indicatortotryaccessagain,sothatthechanceofconflictagainisreduced.
TheeNodeBdetectsforfalsealarmsbasedonthepeakvalueofcrosscorrelationsequenceofinitiallytransmittedrandompreamblesandthedistancecorrespondingtothetime
advance(TA).Apreamblewillbeidentifiedasafalsealarmineitherofthefollowingconditions:
Thepeakvalueofcrosscorrelationsequenceofinitiallytransmittedrandompreamblesissmallerthanthethreshold.
ThedistancecorrespondingtotheTAisgreaterthanthethreshold.
TheeNodeBdoesnotsendarandomaccessresponse(RAR)topreamblesidentifiedasfalsealarms.
Whentheservingcellworksproperly,theeNodeBwillreportarootsequenceconflictalarmifitdetectsthattheservingcellandneighboringcellortheservingcellandanintra
eNodeBcellworkonthesameuplinkfrequencyandusethesamerootsequence.Then,therootsequencewillbereplannedtopreventconflict.
Enhancement
eRAN8.1
Rootsequenceconflictdetectionisadded.
TheeNodeBsupportsthedetectionofrootsequenceconflictbetweenintraeNodeBcellsandbetweenintereNodeBcellswithX2links.
SystemCapacity
ThePRACHfrequencydomainpositionadjustmentfunctionisaddedtothisfeature.
WhenacellservesfewerthanfourUEs,PRACHfrequencydomainpositionadjustmentincreasestheuplinkPRBusageanduplinkcapacityofthecell.
However,thisfunctionincreasestheuplinkcapacitybyonlyabout1%becausefewPUSCHresourcesarewastedwhenthePRACHisnotadjacenttothePUCCH.
NetworkPerformance
PRACHfrequencydomainpositionadjustment
Noimpact.
PRACHrootsequenceconflictdetection
WiththefunctionofPRACHrootsequenceconflictdetection,theeNodeBcandetectrootsequenceconflictsbetweencellstooptimizetherootsequenceconfiguration
andeliminaterootsequenceconflict,decreasingthepossibilityoffalsealarmreportingandpreamblecollisions.
NOTE:
Rootsequencehasnoimpactoncellswhenthecellsbarelyaffecteachotherortheaccessloadinthecellsislow.Inthiscase,clearingrootsequenceconflictdoesnot
necessarilyreducethepossibilityoffalsealarmreportingandpreamblecollisions.
Flowcontrolbasedbackoff
InMsg3flowcontrolscenarios,thisfunctionmitigatestheRACHcongestionandincreasestheRRCconnectionsetupsuccessrateinboththeuserplaneandcontrol
plane.Afterthisfunctionisenabled,thenumberofpreamblesretransmittedbyUEswillsignificantlydecrease,whichmayincreasetheservicedroprate.
5.26.3NEs
5.26.4Hardware
Aftertheflowcontrolbasedbackofffunctionisenabled,thenumberofreceivedMsg1sandMsg2swilldecrease,reducingtheBBPCPUresourcesoccupiedbytheprocessingof
Msg1sandMsg2s.Inthiscase,theeNodeBcanprocessmoreMsg3sandthereforetheCPUusageoftheBBPincreasesbyabout3%.
License
ThefollowingMMLcommandhasbeenaddedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
New DSPROOTSEQCONFLICT eNodeB ThisnewcommandisusedtoquerythePRACHrootsequence

conflictsbetweenacellandneighboringcells.
NOTE:
TheparametersinthenewMMLcommandwillnotbedescribedinthefollowingparameterchangetable.
Thefollowingparameterhasbeenaddedormodifiedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
New ENODEBALGOSWITCH.RootSeqConflictDetSwitch LST eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifieswhethertoenableroot

ENODEBALGOSWITCH sequenceconflictdetection.
MOD
ENODEBALGOSWITCH
Modified ENodeBAlgoSwitch.HighLoadNetOptSwitch LST eNodeB TheFlowCtrlTriBackoffSwitch(FlowCtrlTriBackoffSwitch)

ENODEBALGOSWITCH checkboxisaddedtothisparametertocontroltheflow
MOD controlbasedbackofffunction.
ENODEBALGOSWITCH
FaultManagement
Thefollowingalarmhasbeenaddedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
ChangeType Alarm/EventName NE Description

New ALM26247ConfigurationFailure eNodeB ThisalarmisreportedwhentheeNodeBdetects
adataconfigurationfailure,forexample,a
PRACHrootsequenceconflict.Thisalarmis
clearedwhenthedataconfigurationfailure
disappears.
ImpactedFeatures
5.27LOFD00301302IEEE1588V2ClockSynchronization(Enhanced/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
IEEE1588definesthePTP(PrecisionTimeProtocol)protocol,whichappliestothestandardEthernet,withtheprecisiontomicroseconds.
TheIEEE1588V2clocksynchronizationtargetsprecisesynchronizationofdistributedandindependentclocksinmeasurementandcontrolsystems.InLTEapplications,high
accuracyfrequencysynchronizationandtimesynchronizationbetweenclockserverandeNodeBcanbeachieved.
IEEE1588V2clocksynchronizationisanalternativeclocksolutionfortheGPSclocksynchronization.
Benefits
ComparedwiththeGPSclocksolution,theIEEE1588V2clocksynchronizationreducesthenetworkdeploymentcostfortheoperatorandiseasyformanagementandmaintenance.
Description
Basicprinciples
Figure52illustratesthebasicprinciplesofIEEE1588.
Figure52BasicprinciplesofIEEE1588
TheNEwiththemasterclocksendssynchronizationtimingpacketstotheNEwiththeslaveclock.TheintermediateswitchingdeviceconnectstotheNEwiththe
masterclockasaslaveclocktoobtainthetiminginformationonthetransmissionofthemasterclock.Then,theintermediateswitchingdevicefunctionsasamaster
clockandconnectstootherdevicesfunctioningasslaveclocks.
TheTimeStampUnit(TSU)providestheabilityofprecisetimesynchronization,therebyreducingdelayandjittercausedbytheintermediateswitchingdeviceand
accuratelysendingtiminginformation.Inthisway,theworkrelatedtosynchronizationprocessingisshiftedtobeprocessedatthelayerbetweenthephysicallayerand
theMAClayer.
Synchronizationprinciples
Figure53illustratesthesynchronizationprinciplesofIEEE1588.
Figure53SynchronizationprinciplesofIEEE1588
Thesignalingprocedureisdescribedasfollows:
1.Theclockserver(forexample,IPCLK1000)periodicallysendsaSyncmessagetotheeNodeB.
TheSyncmessagecarriesthestandardtimeinformation,suchasyear,month,date,hour,minute,second,andnanosecond.TheeNodeBrecordsT2,thearrivaltimeof
theSyncmessageattheeNodeB.Thetimeforsendingorreceivingthemessageneedstobemeasuredandrecordedattheunderlyingphysicallayerortheposition
closetothephysicallayertoimprovetheclockaccuracy.
IntheIEEE1588standard,theoptionalhardwareassisttechniquesaredesignedtoimprovetheclockaccuracy.IftheSyncmessageisgeneratedthroughthehardware
assisttechniques,themessagecanalsocarrythetimestampT1,atwhichthemessageissent.IfthedelayoftheSyncmessagesendingfromtheclockserveris
uncertain,theclockservergeneratesaFollow_UPmessage,whichcarriesthetimestampT1.TheFollow_UPmessageisoptional.
2.TheeNodeBsendsaDelay_reqmessagetotheclockserveratT3.
TheeNodeBrecordsT3.TheclockserverreceivestheDelay_reqmessageatT4andthengeneratesaDelay_respmessagethatcarriesthetimestampT4tothe
eNodeB.ThedelayofsendingtheDelay_respmessagedoesnotaffectT4.Therefore,theDelay_respmessageneednotbeprocessedinrealtime.
3.TheeNodeBstoresthecompleteinformationaboutT1,T2,T3,andT4.
Then,thedelayofmessagepropagationbetweentheclockserverandtheeNodeBiscalculatedasfollows:
Delay=[(T4T1)(T3T2)]/2
Inprinciple,theabsolutetimeoftheeNodeBisequaltothestandardtimecarriedintheSyncmessageplusthedelay.
Enhancement
eRAN2.2
SecurityofIEEE1588V2infrequencysynchronizationmodeisenhancedbytransporting1588relatedmessageswithIPsecsecuritychannel.
eRAN8.1
SupportstheITUTG.8275.1timesynchronizationprotocol,whichappliestotheinterconnectionbetweentheeNodeBandthethirdpartynetworktransmissiondevices
thatcomplywiththisprotocolinIEEE1588V2layer2multicastnetworkingmode.
SystemCapacity
NetworkPerformance
5.27.3NEs
G.8275.1isahopbyhoptimesynchronizationprotocol.Eachdeviceinthesynchronizationnetworkmustsupportthisprotocol.
5.27.4Hardware
License

New IPCLKLNK.DSTMLTMACTYPE ADDIPCLKLINK eNodeB ThisparameterspecifiesthedestinationMACtypeof
LSTIPCLKLINK G.8275.1clocksynchronizationpacketssentbythe
eNodeB.ThedestinationMACtypeisusedtomatch
theMACtypeofmulticastpacketsthatcanbereceived
bytransmissionequipment.
Modified IPCLKLNK.PROFILETYPE ADDIPCLKLINK eNodeB ValueG.8275.1isaddedtotheparameterrange.

LSTIPCLKLINK
Modified IPCLKLNK.DM ADDIPCLKLINK eNodeB AddeddescriptionsaboutG.8275.1.

LSTIPCLKLINK
Modified IPCLKLNK.DELAYTYPE ADDIPCLKLINK eNodeB AddeddescriptionsaboutG.8275.1.

LSTIPCLKLINK
FaultManagement
ImpactedFeatures
5.28LOFD003029SFN(Enhanced/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Thisfeatureenablesmultipleremoteradiounits(RRUs)tobecombinedintoasinglefrequencynetwork(SFN)cell.TheSFNcellhasonlyonephysicalcellidentifier(PCI).RRUs
involvedinthisfeaturecanbecommonRRUsorpicoRRUs(pRRUs).
Intheuplink,thisfeaturesupportsuplinkselectivereceptionandjointreception.UplinkselectivereceptionselectstheRRUwiththebestsignalqualityforreception.Uplinkjoint
receptionselectstheRRUwiththebestuplinksignalqualityandtheRRUwiththehighestsignalstrengthforjointreception.
Inthedownlink,thisfeatureimplementsjointschedulingofairinterfaceresourcesondifferentRRUssothatthesamedataistransmittedusingthesametimefrequencyresources.
Benefits
TheSFNfeaturereducesinterferenceandgreatlyimprovesthesignaltointerferenceplusnoiseratio(SINR)atthecelledgeinadenselypopulatedarea.
TheSFNfeatureimprovestheblind/weakpointcoverageandindoorcoverage.
TheSFNfeaturereduceshandovertimesandcalldropratecomparedwiththeindependentRRU/pRRUdeployment.
Description
ThisfeatureprovidesindependentdemodulationofsignalsfrommultipleRRUsinonecell.
Intheuplink,theeNodeBperformsindependentdemodulationofthemultipleRRUreceiversignalswithinaBBU.TheeNodeBreceivesPRACHandSRSfromallRRUs
first.ThentheRRUwiththemaximumpreamblepowerisselectedforselectivereceptionofPUSCHandPUCCH.TheRRUwiththebestSRSSINRoranotherRRU
withthebestSRSRSRPisselectedforjointreceptionofPUSCHandPUCCH.
Inthedownlink,theeNodeBcopiesthesignalofacellandoutputsittomultipleRRUs.ComparingtosingleRRUcell,themultipleRRUscombinedcellhasno
interferencebetweenRRUs,butobtainedgainfromtransmittingfrommultipleRRUs.
Acellcanbedividedintomultiplecoveragearea,eachcoverageareahasindependentRRU,andmultipleRRUsbelongtothesamecellandhavethesamePCI.
ThisfeaturesupportstwotosixRRUs/pRRUgroupstobecombinedtosupportoneSFNcellbasedonLBBPboardtype.AllRRUs/pRRUusedforoneSFNcell'scombinationshall
beconnectedtoLBBPboard(s)withinsameBBU.
Enhancement
eRAN8.1
4T4RRRUscanbecombinedtoserveanSFNcell.Amixedconfigurationof2T2R,2T4R,and4T4RRRUscanbesupported.
TwoRRUscanbecombinedtoserveaphysicalcell.Amaximumof12RRUscanbecombined.
TheuplinkjointreceptionfunctionofanSFNcellisenhancedasfollows:
AllowsRRUsservinginterBBPphysicalcellstojointlyreceivedata
AllowsRRUsservinguptothreephysicalcellstojointlyreceivedata
AllowsRRUsservingthephysicalcells(workingin1R+1Ror1R+2Rmode)tojointlyreceivedata.
SFNcellssupporttheULCoMPfeature.
CommonRRUs/RFUsandpRRUscanbecombinedtoserveanSFNcell.PhysicalcellsworkingindifferentTX/RXmodescanalsobecombinedtoformanSFNcell.
Forexample,physicalcellsworkingin1T1R,2T2R,and2T4Rmodescanbecombined,andthoseworkingin2T2R,2T4R,and4T4Rmodescanalsobecombined.
Dependency
eNodeB
ThisfeaturerequiresSRSresourceallocation.
Whenthesystembandwidthis1.4MHzor3MHz,thisfeatureisnotrecommended.
TheLBBPcappliesonlytoLampSitebasestationsinsteadofmacrobasestations,andeachLBBPcsupportsanintraBBPSFNcellservedbyatmostthreecombined
RRUs.
TheLBBPd1,LBBPd2,LBBPd3,UBBPd3,UBBPd4,UBBPd5,andUBBPd6boardsapplytobothmacrobasestationsandLampSitebasestations,andeachofthese
boardssupportsaninterBBPSFNcellservedbyatmostsixcombinedRRUs.
TheTX/RXmodeforanSFNcellcanbeconfiguredas1T1R,2T2R,2T4R,or4T4R.Amixedconfigurationofthesemodescanbesupported.
ThisfeatureisnotsupportedwithLBBPcforMacroRRUcombination.
eCO
None
UE
None
Transportnetwork
None
CN
None
OSS
None
Otherfeatures
Thisfeatureisnotcompatiblewiththefollowingfeatures:
LOFD001039RFChannelIntelligentShutdown
LOFD070208CoordinatedSchedulingbasedPowerControl(CloudBB)
Others
None
SystemCapacity
Indenselypopulatedoutdoorscenarios,ifthreecommonRRUsarecombinedtoserveanSFNcellandthesystemloadreaches100%,uplinkjointreceptionincreases
theaveragecellthroughputbyabout4%andthecelledgethroughputbyabout10%comparedwithuplinkselectivereception.
Inindoorcoveragescenarios,iffivepRRUgroups(withonepRRUineachgroup)arecombinedtoserveanSFNcellandthesystemloadreaches100%,uplinkjoint
receptionbasicallygeneratesnogaincomparedwithuplinkselectivereception.
TheenhanceduplinkjointreceptionfunctionwithinanSFNcellandthecooperationbetweenSFNandULCoMPtogetherincreasetheaverageuplinkcellthroughputand
theuplinksystemcapacity.
NetworkPerformance
IntheSFNnetworkingscenario,multiplephysicalcellswithdifferentantennamodescanbecombinedintoanSFNcellandcommonRRUs/RFUsandpRRUsorpRRUgroupscan
becombinedtoserveanSFNcell,thereforeimprovingthedownlinkcoveragequalityandincreasingthethroughputofasingleUE.
TheenhanceduplinkjointreceptionfunctionwithinanSFNcellandthecooperationbetweenSFNandULCoMPtogetherincreasetheuplinkcoveragequalityandthethroughputof
edgeUEs.
5.28.3NEs
5.28.4Hardware
License
Thefollowingparametershavebeenintroducedtoaccommodatethechangeinthisfeature.
New CELLALGOSWITCH.SfnUplinkCompSwitch MODCELLALGOSWITCH eNodeB Thisparameterisusedtoenable

LSTCELLALGOSWITCH uplinkCoMPinSFNcells.
New CELLULCOMPALGO.SfnUlCompThd MODCELLULCOMPALGO eNodeB Thisparameterindicatesthe

LSTCELLULCOMPALGO accessthresholdofuplinkCoMP
inSFNcells.
ThefollowingeNodeBcountershavebeenintroducedtoaccommodatethechangeinthisfeature.
ChangeType CounterName MeasurementUnit NE Description
New L.ULSFNJR.User.Avg SFNmeasurement eNodeB AveragenumberofUEsinanSFNcellwith

uplinkjointreceptionenabled
New L.ChMeas.PRB.UL.ULSFNJR.Used.Avg SFNmeasurement eNodeB AveragenumberofPRBsusedbyUEsin

anSFNcellwithuplinkjointreception
enabled
New L.CellSectorEQUIP.ULSFNJR.User.Avg SFNmeasurement eNodeB AveragenumberofUEsservedbyasetof

sectorequipmentinanSFNcellwithuplink
jointreceptionenabled
New L.CellSectorEQUIP.ChMeas.PRB.UL.ULSFNJR.Used.Avg SFNmeasurement eNodeB AveragenumberofPRBsusedbyUEs

servedbyasetofsectorequipmentinan
SFNcellwithuplinkjointreceptionenabled
FaultManagement
ImpactedFeatures
5.29LOFD008002LOFD008002DynamicServicespecificAccessControl(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis:
Summary
Incaseofsuddendisasters,thisfeatureperformsdynamicaccessclass(AC)controlonsubscribersinitiatingmultimediatelephonyvideoorvoiceservices.Thecontrolisbasedon
cellload.
Benefits
Incaseofsuddendisasters,subscribersmayfrequentlymakemultimediavoiceorvideocallsinefforttocontacttheirrelatives.Thisconsumesanenormousamountofradio
resources,andthereforepreventsothersubscribersfromusingthedisastermessageboardservicethroughthePSnetworktoobtainthedisasterrelatedinformationandevacuation
advisoriesinrealtime.Inaddition,othersubscriberscannotcontacttheirrelativesthroughtheuseofshortmessages.
ThisfeatureoffersasolutionbyapplyingtheACcontrolfunctiononsubscribersinitiatingmultimediatelephonyvideoorvoiceserviceswhencellsarecongestedintheeventof
suddendisasters.SubscriberscanthenusethedisastermessageboardservicethroughthePSnetworkandcontacttheirrelativesthroughtheuseofshortmessages.
Description
ThisfeatureperformsdynamicACcontrolonsubscribersinitiatingmultimediatelephonyvideoorvoiceservicesbasedoncellcongestionstatusintheeventofsuddendisasters.
Thetriggeringscenarioisdeterminedasfollows:
Disasterstatus
AneNodeBdetermineswhetheradisasteroccursaccordingtotheearthquakeandtsunamiwarningsystem(ETWS)primarynotifications(PNs)orthecommercialmobile
alertsystem(CMAS)messagesreceivedfromtheMME.ThedisasterrelatedmessagesbasedonwhichaneNodeBdeterminesdisasterstatusareconfigurable.
Cellcongestionstatus
AneNodeBidentifiescellcongestionstatusbasedontheflowcontrollevelinthecell.
ThespecificpoliciesofdynamicACcontrolareasfollows:
Inthedisasterresponsestate,ifthecellcongestionstatusconsistentlymeetsthetriggeringconditionofACcontrolthroughoutaspecificnumberofconsecutive
measurementperiods,theeNodeBperformsACcontrolonsubscribersinitiatingmultimediatelephonyvideoorvoiceservices.
IfthecellstillstaysinthedisasterresponsestateandhasnotyetmetthestoppingconditionsofACcontrolthroughoutameasurementperiodafterACcontrolis
triggered,thentheeNodeBgraduallyincreasestheproportionofsubscribersunderACcontrolwithinallsubscribersinitiatingmultimediatelephonyvideoorvoiceservices
fromthenextmeasurementperiod.
AneNodeBretainsthecurrentproportionofsubscribersunderACcontrolandcontinuesperformingACcontrolinthenextmeasurementperiodshouldthenumberof
consecutiveperiodsthroughoutwhicheitherofthefollowingconditionsmetislessthanthespecifiednumber:
Thecellhasexitedthedisasterresponsestate.
ThecellmeetstheconditionsforstoppingACcontrol.
IfthecellstaysintheendingphaseofthedisasterresponsestateormeetstheconditionsforstoppingACcontrolthroughoutaspecifiednumberofconsecutiveperiods,
thentheeNodeBstopsACcontrolonsubscribersinitiatingmultimediatelephonyvideoorvoiceservices.
Enhancement
None
Dependency
eNodeB
None
UE
UEsmustcomplywith3GPPR9definedACcontrolonmultimediatelephonyvideoorvoiceservices.
Transportnetwork
None
CN
None
OSS
None
Otherfeatures
ThisfeaturerequirestheLBFD002009Broadcastofsysteminformationfeature.
Others
None
SystemCapacity
WhentheEnodebFlowCtrlPara.DynAcBarPolicyModeparameterissettoCPULOAD(CPULOAD),iftheEnodebFlowCtrlPara.CpuLoadThdparameterissettoavalueless
than80%(forexample,50%),theaccessofalargenumberofUEsisbarredalthoughtheCPUresourceissufficient.Inthiscase,userexperienceisaffectedandthespecified
BHCAoftheeNodeBmayfailtobereached.
NetworkPerformance
Thehighestfrequencyforaccessprobabilityfactoradjustmentisonceevery20secondsduringdynamicSSAC.Thishasnoinfluenceonnetworkperformance.
IftheRRCconnectionsetupsuccessratedecreasesbecauseofflowcontrolonthemaincontrolboardorbasebandprocessingunitsanddynamicSSACisenabled,theaccessof
someUEsisbarredandcellcongestionwillberelieved.TheRRCconnectionsetupsuccessratewillalsoincrease.Thedegreeintheincreasedependsonthecellcongestion
status,ACcontrolparametersettings,andtheproportionofUEsthatsupportACcontrolinthenetwork.IfUEaccessisbarred,users'accessexperienceisaffected.
5.29.3NEs
ThisfeatureisimplementedontheeNodeB,CME,andPRS.
ThisfeaturerequiresthatUEscomplywith3GPPRelease9orlaterandsupporttheACbarringfunction.
5.29.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
License
LOFD008002 DynamicServicespecificAccess DynamicServicespecificAccessControl(FDD) eNodeB Percell

Control
Added CellAlgoSwitch.AcBarAlgoforDynSwitch LSTCELLALGOSWITCH eNodeB Thisparameterspecifieswhetherto

MODCELLALGOSWITCH enableintelligentACcontrolonMO
dataandMOsignalingorenable
SSAConmultimediatelephonyvoice
andmultimediatelephonyvideo.
Added CellDynAcBarAlgoPara.DisasterReferenceInd LSTCELLDYNACBARALGOPARA eNodeB Thisparameterspecifiesthedisaster

MODCELLDYNACBARALGOPARA referenceindicationsusedfor
determiningwhetheracellisina
disasterstate.Ifnooptionunderthis
parameterisselected,thedisaster
stateofthecelldoesnotneedtobe
determined.
Added CellDynAcBarAlgoPara.DisasterDuration LSTCELLDYNACBARALGOPARA eNodeB Thisparameterspecifiestheduration

MODCELLDYNACBARALGOPARA thatthecellisinthedisasterstate.
ThedurationstartswhentheeNodeB
determinesthatthecellisinadisaster
state.Afterthedurationends,thecell
isoutofthedisasterstate.
Added CellDynAcBarAlgoPara.SsacTriggerCondSatiPeriods LSTCELLDYNACBARALGOPARA eNodeB Thisparameterspecifiesthenumberof

MODCELLDYNACBARALGOPARA consecutiveperiodsduringwhichthe
conditionfortriggeringdynamicSSAC
ismet.SSACistriggeredonlywhen
thenumberofconsecutiveperiods
duringwhichthetriggeringconditionis
metreachesthevalueofthis
parameter.
Added CellDynAcBarAlgoPara.SsacCancelCondSatiPeriods LSTCELLDYNACBARALGOPARA eNodeB Thisparameterspecifiesthenumberof

conditionforcancelingdynamicSSAC
ismet.SSACiscanceledonlywhen
thenumberofconsecutiveperiods
duringwhichthecancelingconditionis
metreachesthevalueofthis
parameter.
Added L.SSAC.Dyn.ACBar.Trigger.Num Algo.Cell eNodeB ThiscounterindicatesthenumberoftimesdynamicSSACis

triggered.
Added L.SSAC.Dyn.ACBar.Adjust.Num Algo.Cell eNodeB Thiscounterindicatesthenumberoftimestheparametersfor

dynamicSSACareadjusted.
Added L.SSAC.Dyn.ACBar.Cancel.Num Algo.Cell eNodeB ThiscounterindicatesthenumberoftimesdynamicSSACis

canceled.
Added L.SSAC.Dyn.ACBar.Control.Dur Algo.Cell eNodeB ThiscounterindicatesthedurationofdynamicSSAC.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
DynamicSSACdependsonthefeatureLBFD002009BroadcastofsysteminformationbecauseACcontrolparametersarebroadcastthroughSIB2messages.
DynamicSSACdependsonthefeatureLBFD002029EarthquakeandTsunamiWarningSystem(ETWS)whentheCellDynAcBarAlgoPara.DisasterReferenceIndparameterisset
toETWS_PN(ETWS_PN)orETWS_PN_TEST(ETWS_PN_TEST).
DynamicSSACdependsonthefeatureLOFD001092CMASSupportwhentheCellDynAcBarAlgoPara.DisasterReferenceIndparameterissettoCMAS(CMAS).
None
ImpactedFeatures
None
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
ThisfeatureappliestoareaswhereUMTSandLTEnetworksaredeployedandLTEnetworksdonotsupportVoIPservices.
WhenaUEinitiatesaCSservicesetuprequestinanLTEcell,thisfeatureenablestheRNCtoprepareCSresourcesbeforeaCSfallbackthroughtheSRVCChandoverprocedure.
ThisshortenstheaccessdelayfortheCSfallbackandimprovesuserexperience.
Benefits
ThisfeatureshortenstheaccessdelayforCSfallbacksbyaround1secondandimprovesuserexperience.
Description
Thisfeatureworksasfollows:
1.WhenaUEinitiatesaCSservicesetuprequestinanLTEcell,theeNodeBtriggersanLTEtoUMTSSRVCChandover.
2.UponidentifyingtheproprietarySRVCCbasedCSfallbackprocedure,theCNsendstheRNCaRELOCATIONREQUESTmessagethatincludesparameterindications
instructingtheRNCtoprepareCSresourcesbeforeaCSfallback.
3.Basedontheindications,theRNCpreparestherequiredCSresources.TheRNCthenperformsspecialoperationstoensurethattheCSfallbacksucceeds.
4.AftertheCSfallback,theUEandCNskiptheauthenticationandencryptionproceduresrequiredbythestandardCSfallbackprocedure.
Figure54illustrateshowthisfeatureworks.
Figure54WorkingprincipleofCSFBbasedonSRVCC
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
ComparedwithstandardCSFB,thisfeaturereducesthedelayofCSFBtoUTRANby1second,improvinguserexperience.
5.30.3NEs
ThisfeatureisaHuaweiproprietaryfeature.Toenablethisfeature,theMME,MSC,andRNCmustbeallprovidedbyHuaweiandsupportthisfeature.
5.30.4Hardware
Noimpact.
TheeNodeBsendstheHandoverRequiredmessage(withtheSRVCCHOIndicationIEsetto"PSandCS")overtheS1interface.
License
Theoperatorhaspurchasedandactivatedthelicenseforthefeaturelistedinthefollowingtable.
LOFD070202 UltraFlashCSFBtoUTRAN UltraFlashCSFBtoUTRAN eNodeB perRRCConnectedUser
Modified ENodeBAlgoSwitch.HoAlgoSwitch MOD TheUtranUltraFlashCsfbSwitch(UtranUltraFlashCsfbSwitch)optionisaddedtothis

ENODEBALGOSWITCH featuretospecifywhethertoenableultraflashCSFBtoUTRAN.
Modified UtranNetworkCapCfg.NetworkCapCfg ADD/MOD TheUltraFlashCsfbCap(UltraFlashCsfbCap)optionisaddedtothisfeaturetospecify

UTRANNETWORKCAPCFG whethertheRNCsupportsultraflashCSFBtoUTRAN.
New GlobalProcSwitch.UeCompatSwitch MOD TheUltraFlashCsfbComOptSw(UltraFlashCsfbComOptSw)optionisaddedtothis

GLOBALPROCSWITCH featuretospecifywhethertheeNodeBtriggersultraflashCSFBbasedontheprivateIE
SRVCCbasedeCSFBoperationpossiblefromtheMMEtosolvepossibleUE
compatibilityrisks.
ChangeType CounterName MeasurementUnit Description
New L.IRATHO.CSFB.SRVCC.E2W.PrepAttOut OutgoingInterRATHandover NumberofSRVCCbasedoutgoinghandoverattemptsfromEUTRAN

Measurement toWCDMAnetworkforultraflashCSFBtoUTRAN
New L.IRATHO.CSFB.SRVCC.E2W.ExecAttOut OutgoingInterRATHandover NumberofSRVCCbasedoutgoinghandoverexecutionsfromE

Measurement UTRANtoWCDMAnetworkforultraflashCSFBtoUTRAN
New L.IRATHO.CSFB.SRVCC.E2W.ExecSuccOut OutgoingInterRATHandover NumberofsuccessfulSRVCCbasedoutgoinghandoversfromE

Measurement UTRANtoWCDMAnetworkforultraflashCSFBtoUTRAN
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
ThisfeaturerequirestheoptionalfeatureLOFD001033CSFallbacktoUTRAN.
None
ImpactedFeatures
None
5.31LOFD070205AdaptiveSFN/SDMA(Enhanced/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
applicabletomacroeNodeBsfromeRAN7.0
notapplicabletomicroeNodeBs
applicabletoLampSiteeNodeBsfromeRAN7.0
Summary
WhenmultiplecommoncellsarecombinedintoanSFNcell,theeNodeBclassifiesUEsaccordingtotheirsignalquality,andimplementsadaptivejointschedulingandindependent
schedulingoftimefrequencyresourcesinmultiplecells.Thespacedivisionmultipleaccess(SDMA)technologyisintroducedtoimplementindependentschedulingoftimefrequency
resourcesinmultiplecells.
Benefits
AdaptiveSFN/SDMAincreasesresourceusageandsystemthroughputwhileensuringcoveragequality.
AninterbasebandboardconnectionenablescommunicationbetweendifferentcellsandallowstheadaptiveSFN/SDMAfeaturetobemorewidelyused.
TheuplinkjointreceptionfunctionofanSFNcellisenhancedasfollows:
AllowsRRUsservinginterBBPphysicalcellstojointlyreceivedata
AllowsRRUsservinguptothreephysicalcellstojointlyreceivedata
AllowsRRUsservingthephysicalcells(workingin1R+1Ror1R+2Rmode)tojointlyreceivedata.
SFNcellssupporttheULCoMPfeature.
CommonRRUs/RFUsandpRRUscanbecombinedtoserveanSFNcell.PhysicalcellsworkingindifferentTX/RXmodescanalsobecombinedtoformanSFNcell.Forexample,
physicalcellsworkingin1T1R,2T2R,and2T4Rmodescanbecombined,andthoseworkingin2T2R,2T4R,and4T4Rmodescanalsobecombined.
Description
Basedontheuplinkreferencesignalreceivedpower(RSRP),theeNodeBdeterminesUEattributesandthenperformsoneofthefollowingfunctions:
Jointschedulingofresourcesinallcells
Jointschedulingofresourcesinsomecells
Independentschedulingofresourcesinasinglecell
Inaddition,theeNodeBcollectstheworkingRRUlist.ThePDSCHsandPUSCHsoftheRRUsinthislistwillbescheduledjointlyorindependently.
Enhancement
eRAN8.1
4T4RRRUscanbecombinedtoserveanSFNcell.Amixedconfigurationof2T2R,2T4R,and4T4RRRUscanbesupported.
TwoRRUscanbecombinedtoserveaphysicalcell.Amaximumof12RRUscanbecombined.
SystemCapacity
Afterdownlink2x2MIMObasedonTM9isenabled,thecapacityoftheSFNcellincreases.
Inoutdoorcoveragescenarios,whentheSFNcellservedbytwoRFmodulesisfullyloaded,thedownlinkaveragethroughputofthecellincreasesby11%andthe
downlinkthroughputatthecelledgeincreasesby49%.
Inindoorcoveragescenarios,whentheSFNcellservedbytwopRRUsisfullyloaded,thedownlinkaveragethroughputofthecellincreasesby4%andthedownlink
throughputatthecelledgeincreasesby1%.
TheenhanceduplinkjointreceptionfunctionwithinanSFNcellandthecooperationbetweenSFNandULCoMPtogetherincreasetheaverageuplinkcellthroughputandtheuplink
systemcapacity.
NetworkPerformance
IntheSFNnetworkingscenario,multiplephysicalcellswithdifferentantennamodescanbecombinedintoanSFNcellandcommonRRUs/RFUsandpRRUsorpRRUgroupscan
becombinedtoserveanSFNcell,thereforeimprovingthedownlinkcoveragequalityandincreasingthethroughputofasingleUE.
TheenhanceduplinkjointreceptionfunctionwithinanSFNcellandthecooperationbetweenSFNandULCoMPtogetherincreasetheuplinkcoveragequalityandthethroughputof
edgeUEs.
5.31.3NEs
5.31.4Hardware
License
New CELLALGOSWITCH.SfnUplinkCompSwitch MODCELLALGOSWITCH eNodeB Thisparameterisusedtoenable

LSTCELLALGOSWITCH uplinkCoMPinSFNcells.
LSTCELLALGOSWITCH
New CELLULCOMPALGO.SfnUlCompThd MODCELLULCOMPALGO eNodeB Thisparameterindicatesthe

LSTCELLULCOMPALGO accessthresholdofuplinkCoMP
inSFNcells.
ThefollowingeNodeBcountershavebeenintroducedtoaccommodatethechangeinthisfeature.
ChangeType MMLCommand FunctionSubset NE Description
New L.CellSectorEQUIP.SFN.Traffic.User.TM9.Avg User.CellSectorEQUIP eNodeB AveragenumberofUEsthatapplyTM9

undersectorequipmentofanSFNcell
New L.CellSectorEQUIPGroup.SFN.Traffic.User.TM9.Avg User.CellSectorEQUIPGroup eNodeB AveragenumberofUEsthatapplyTM9

underasectorequipmentgroupofan
SFNcell
FaultManagement
ImpactedFeatures
5.32LOFD070207IntelligentAccessClassControl(Enhanced/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Thisfeatureenablesaccesscontrolinscenarioswherealargenumberofusersaccessthenetworksimultaneously,suchasNewYearparty,concert,orgathering.Accesscontrolis
performedbasedonthecellcongestionstatustoensuresmoothaccessofUEsandpreventasharpincreaseinsignalingload.
Thisfeaturemayaffectuserexperienceinnetworkaccess.Therefore,itisrecommendedthatthisfeaturebeenabledonlywhenalargenumberofusersaccessthenetwork
simultaneously.
Benefits
Thisfeatureoffersthefollowingbenefits:
ControlsUEaccesstopreventasharpincreaseinsignalingload.
RelievescellcongestionandimprovesuserexperienceofUEsthathaveaccessedthenetwork.
Description
Asdefinedin3GPPspecifications,accessclasscontrolsupportedsinceeRAN2.1enablesaneNodeBtosendaccesscontrolparametersinsysteminformationblocktype2(SIB2)
toUEsinacell.Basedonaccesscontrolparametersettings,UEsthendeterminewhethertheycanaccessthecell.
Basedontheaccesscause,SIB2cancontainaccesscontrolparametersfordifferenttypesofservices.ThecausesincludeMOSignaling,MOData,Emergency,
SSAC_MMTEL_Video,SSAC_MMTEL_Voice,andCSFB.
ForEmergencyservices,theaccesscontrolparametercanspecifywhethertoenableaccessbarring.Forotherservices,accesscontrolparameterscanspecifythebarringfactor,
barringduration,andbarringofaccessclasses11to15.
Intelligentaccessclasscontrolisanenhancementtoaccessclasscontrol.Withthisenhancement,aneNodeBcandeterminewhethertostartaccessclasscontrolbasedonthecell
congestionstatus.Afteraccessclasscontrolisstarted,theeNodeBcandynamicallyadjustaccesscontrolparametersuntilcellcongestionisrelieved.
Currently,onlyintelligentaccessclasscontrolforMOSignalingandMODataaresupported.
Intelligentaccessclasscontrolprovidesthefollowingenhancement:
EnablesaneNodeBtostartaccessclasscontrolbasedonthecellcongestionstatus.
EnablesaneNodeBtodynamicallyadjustaccesscontrolparametersafteraccessclasscontrolisenabled.
Enhancement
eRAN8.1
OperatorscanconfigurethetriggeringandstoppingconditionsofintelligentACcontrolbasedontheonsiterequirements.Forexample,operatorscanconfigurea"quick
enterslowout"policyora"slowenterquickout"policyforintelligentACcontrol.Inthe"quickenterslowout"policy,whenintelligentACcontrolisenabled,ACcontrolis
allowedtobetriggeredsoonafterthetriggeringconditionismetandisallowedtobestoppedsometimeafterthestoppingconditionismet.
5.32.3NEs
ThisfeatureisimplementedontheeNodeB,CME,andPRS.
ThisfeaturerequiresthatUEscomplywith3GPPRelease8orlaterandsupporttheACbarringfunction.
5.32.4Hardware
License
ChangeType ParameterID MMLCommand NE ChangeDescription
Added CellDynAcBarAlgoPara.MoTriggerCondSatiPeriods LSTCELLDYNACBARALGOPARA eNodeB Thisparameterspecifiesthenumberof

conditionfortriggeringintelligentAC
controlonMOdataorMOsignalingis
met.
IntelligentACcontrolonMOdataorMO
signalingistriggeredonlywhenthe
numberofconsecutiveperiodsduring
whichtheconditionfortriggering
intelligentACcontrolonMOdataorMO
signalingismetreachesthevalueofthis
parameter.
Added CellDynAcBarAlgoPara.MoCancelCondSatiPeriods LSTCELLDYNACBARALGOPARA eNodeB Thisparameterspecifiesthenumberof

conditionforcancelingintelligentAC
controlonMOdataorMOsignalingis
met.
IntelligentACcontrolonMOdataorMO
signalingiscanceledonlywhenthe
numberofconsecutiveperiodsduring
whichtheconditionforcanceling
intelligentACcontrolonMOdataorMO
signalingismetreachesthevalueofthis
parameter.
FaultManagement
ImpactedFeatures
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Basedoncoordinatedscheduling,CoordinatedSchedulingbasedPowerControl(CSPC)dynamicallyconfiguresdownlinktransmitpowerforeachsubframeineachcellwithinan
areaforintercellinterferencecoordination.
Benefits
InanEUTRAN,physicalresourceblock(PRB)usageincreaseswiththetrafficvolume.UEsexperiencesevereinterferenceindenselypopulatedurbanareaswhereintrafrequency
eNodeBsaredeployedwithanintersitedistanceoflessthan500m.
CSPCefficientlycoordinatesintercellinterferenceandoffersthefollowingbenefits:
Increaseshotspotcellcapacityinaloadunbalancednetwork.
IncreasesthethroughputofcelledgeUEsacrossthenetwork.
ReduceshandoverfailuresandservicedropscausedbyDLinterference.
Description
CSPCcoordinatesTTIspecifictransmitpowerconfigurationsinindividualcells.Itreducesintercellinterferencebasedoncollaborationofschedulingwithpowercontrol.
DuringCSPC,thecentralizedcontrollerperiodicallycollectsUEschedulinginformationabouteachEUTRANcell,calculatestheoptimalcellpowerconfigurationsfortheentire
network,anddeliverstheresultstotheEUTRANNodeBs(eNodeBs).TheeNodeBsthenchangetheirDLpowertothereceivedpowerconfigurations.Eachcellobtainsthetransmit
powerconfigurationsforthelocalcellanditsneighboringcellsonthesametimefrequencyresourcesandpromptlyupdatesthemodulationandcodingschemes(MCSs)forcelledge
UEs.Inaddition,ifaUEexperiencesinterferencefromneighboringcells,theservingcellschedulestheUEonthetimefrequencyresourceswheretheneighboringcellsreduce
transmitpower.ThistypeofschedulingincreasesspectralefficiencyoftheUE.
Thefigureshowsanexampleoftimedomainpowercoordination.Inthisexample,cell1andcell2areneighboringcells.Tomeettheirrespectiveschedulingrequirements,thecells
coordinatethetransmitpowerforresourceelements(REs)thatcarrydataonthephysicaldownlinksharedchannel(PDSCH)withineachTTI.Inthefigure,abluerectangledenotes
anREwithfulltransmitpower,ayellowrectangledenotesanREwithincreasedtransmitpower,andagrayrectangledenotesanREwithdecreasedtransmitpower.
Enhancement
eRAN8.1
CSPCinHetNetscenariosisnowsupportedinthecentralizedCloudBBarchitecture.Inthisarchitecture,remoteradiounits(RRUs)areinstalledatsites,andBBUsare
locatedtogetherandinterconnectedthroughaUSU.TheRRUsareconnectedtotheBBUsthroughopticalCPRIinterfaces.
SystemCapacity
Onaheavilyloadednetworkinadenselypopulatedurbanarea,CSPCproduces0%to10%positivegainstoaveragecellthroughput.
NetworkPerformance
CSPChasthefollowingimpactonnetworkperformance:
WhentheaveragePRBusageintheCSPCcoverageareaisaround30%,theaverageUEthroughputandthroughputofcelledgeratetestingUEsincreasebyabout20%
and40%,respectively.
WhentheaveragePRBusageintheCSPCcoverageareareaches100%,CSPCproducesthemaximumgainsinhotspotcells:increasesaverageUEthroughputand
celledgeUEthroughputby40%and200%,respectively.Themaximumgainsarereachedwhenthefollowingconditionsaremet:
TheCSPCcoverageareaisheavilyloaded,whichissimilartoafullbuffertrafficmodel.
TheratiooftheUEnumberinhotspotcellstotheUEnumberinneighboringcellsisgreaterthanorequalto3:1.
5.33.3NEs
5.33.4Hardware
HardwareplanningforCSPCisasfollows:
OneandonlyoneUBBPd6boardmustbeinstalledinoneoftheBBUsinterconnectedthroughUSUs,andtheboardmustbeusedonlytocarrythecentralizedcontroller.
TheotherBBPsmustbeLBBPdorUBBPdboards.
AUMPTmustbeconfiguredasthemaincontrolboardforeachBBU.
IfthecellsintheCSPCcoverageareaareconfiguredinBBU3900s,anLBBPdorUBBPdmustbeinstalledinslot2or3ofeachBBU.Thisconstraintdoesnotapplyto
cellsconfiguredinBBU3910s.
ExternalsynchronizationsourcesmustbeconfiguredforBBUs.Fordetails,seeSynchronizationFeatureParameterDescription.
Noimpact.
License
LOFD070208 CoordinatedSchedulingbasedPower CoordinatedSchedulingbasedPowerControl eNodeB percell

Control(CloudBB) (CloudBB)(FDD)
N/A
N/A
FaultManagement
N/A
CSPCrequiresthefollowingfeaturestobeactivated:
Oneofthefollowingfeaturesforsynchronizationbetweencells:
LBFD00300503SynchronizationwithGPS
LOFD00301302IEEE1588V2ClockSynchronization
LOFD001015EnhancedScheduling
EnhancedschedulingprovidesschedulingprioritiesforthecentralizedcontrollertocalculatetheDLpowerforindividualcells.
LOFD00101501CQIAdjustment
eNodeBsadjustchannelqualityindicator(CQI)valuesbasedonHARQfeedbacksothattheinitialblockerrorrate(IBLER)ofUEscanstillapproachtheoptimaltarget
valueafterCSPCisenabled.
CSPCdoesnotworkwiththefollowingfeatures:
BasicschedulingdoesnotensureschedulingfairnessamongUEs.CSPCrequiresenhancedscheduling.
Inhighmobilityscenarios,cellloadchangessorapidlythatthecentralizedcontrollercannotrespondpromptly.
Inhighmobilityscenarios,cellloadchangessorapidlythatthecentralizedcontrollercannotrespondpromptly.
LOFD001009ExtendedCellAccessRadiusandLOFD081223ExtendedCellAccessRadiusBeyond100km
TheradiusofeachcellwhereCSPCistobeusedcannotexceed15km.Otherwise,CSPCdoesnottakeeffect.
Thefollowingpowercontrolrelatedfeatures(becauseCSPCdeterminesDLpowerpercell):
LBFD002016DynamicDownlinkPowerAllocation
LBFD00202201DownlinkStaticInterCellInterferenceCoordination
LOFD00101401DownlinkDynamicInterCellInterferenceCoordination
LOFD060201AdaptiveInterCellInterferenceCoordination
CSPCworksonlogicalcells,whereasadaptiveSFNconductspowercontrolonphysicalcells.Therefore,thetwofeaturesdonotworkwitheachother.
LAOFD081233DynamicTDMeICIC
CSPCachievesTTIlevel(thatis,millisecondlevel)fastcoordination,whereaseICICachievesonlysecondlevelslowcoordination.Theyproducegainsindifferent
scenarios.Therefore,eICICandCSPCcannotbeusedtogether.
LOFD081221SuperCombinedCell
ThisfeatureandCSPCcannotbebothenabled.
ImpactedFeatures
CSPCaffectsthefollowingfeatures:
CSPCdoesnotapplytoUEsthatarescheduledinasemipersistentmanner.
LAOFD001001LTEAIntroductionandLAOFD001002CarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin40MHz
ServingandneighboringcellRSRPmeasurementsforCSPCarebasedonSRS,whichistransmittedbyUEstoeNodeBs.IfacellintheCSPCcoverageareais
configuredasasecondaryservingcell(SCell)ofacarrieraggregation(CA)UEbutisnotconfiguredwithaULoperatingband,SRSconfigurationsdonotapplytotheUE.
Asaresult,CSPCdoesnottakeeffectontheUE.
ThecentralizedcontrollerforCSPCincreasestheaveragethroughputofcellsontheaffectedfrequencyandthecelledgeUEthroughputinthenetworkinmostcases.
However,itmayhaveanegativeimpactonUEsthatachievehighthroughputandexperienceinterferenceinhotspotneighboringcells.Ifbasicschedulingisusedwith
CA,thedatarateofaCAUEisthetotaldatarateoftheUEonalltheaggregatedcarriersandthereforeistypicallyhigherthanthedatarateofanonCAUE.Asaresult,
CAUEsencounteralowerprobabilityofbeingscheduledandthereforealowerdatarateinCSPCscenarios.
LOFD003029SFN
CSPCappliestoSFNcellswhoseFddResMode.SfnCapabilityModeissettoNORMAL(NORMAL),butnottoSFNcellswhoseFddResMode.SfnCapabilityModeis
settoLARGECAPABILITY(LARGECAPABILITY).
LOFD081208IntereNodeBSFNBasedonCoordinatedBBU
WhenaCSPCclusterincludesanintereNodeBSFNcell,theCspcAlgoPara.CspcPowerConfigDelayparametermustbesettoavaluethatis1mslongerthanthe
valuefornonSFNcellscenarios.
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
HuaweieMBMSphase1supportstransmissionofmultimediabroadcastmulticastservice(MBMS)basedonthecentralizedmulticell/multicastcoordinationentity(MCE)
architecture,whichisdefinedin3GPPRelease9.
Benefits
Whenoperatorsprovideunicastservicesandthereisalargedemandforservices(forexample,livevideoofafootballmatch)inanLTEnetwork,eMBMSoffersthefollowing
benefits:
Astableandbandwidthguaranteedbroadcastoffersasatisfactoryserviceexperience.ThereisnolimitonthenumberofUEsthatreceiveMBMSservices,because
MBMSservicesarebroadcastusingsemistaticradioresourceconfigurationsandthenumberofUEsservedisirrelevanttotheamountofresourcesallocated.
NOTE:
EitherRRC_IDLEorRRC_CONNECTEDUEscanreceiveMBMSservices.ThereisnolimitonthenumberofUEsthatreceiveMBMSservices.However,the
maximumnumberofRRC_CONNECTEDUEsinaneMBMScapablecellissubjecttothecellcapacityexpressedinanumberofUEs.
Thebroadcastallowsresourcestobesharedinordertodelivertheservicesindemand.Itreducestherequirementforunicastbearerresourcesandlowerstheriskof
networkcongestion.Inaddition,itimprovesuserexperiencewithexistingunicastservicesinaheavilyloadedorevencongestednetwork.
eMBMSreducesinvestmentinequipmentforcapacityexpansionandallowsoperatorstodevelopnewvalueaddedservices(forexample,highdefinitionvideo)inorderto
increaserevenue.
Description
ComparedwiththeLTESAEarchitecturethatsupportsunicastservices,aneMBMScapableLTEnetworkincorporatesthreenewnetworkelements(NEs):
Broadcastmulticastservicecenter(BMSC):supportsserviceannouncement,securitymanagement,sessionmanagement,transmissionproxy,anddatasynchronization.
eMBMSgateway(MBMSGW):forwardsMBMSuserdatatotheeNodeBusingIPmulticastovertheM1interfaceandperformsMBMSsessioncontrol(sessionstart/stop)towards
theEUTRANthroughtheMME.TheMBMSGWcanbedeployedtogetherwiththePGW.
MCE:performsadmissioncontrolonMBMSsessions,andallocatesmultimediabroadcastmulticastservicesinglefrequencynetwork(MBSFN)timefrequencyresourcesusedbyall
eNodeBsintheMBSFNareaformulticellMBMStransmissions.
InHuaweieMBMSphase1,theMCE'sfunctionsareprovidedbytheeCoordinatorratherthantheeNodeB.ThefollowingfigureshowsthenetworkingforeMBMSphase1basedon
thecentralizedMCEarchitecture.
IneRAN7.0,frequencybandsandbandwidthssupportedbyHuaweieMBMSphase1areasfollows:
Frequencyband:800MHz,1800MHz,and2.6GHzforLTEFDD
Bandwidth:5MHz,10MHz,15MHz,or20MHzforFDDcells
Enhancement
eRAN8.1
SinceeRAN8.1,HuaweieMBMSsupportsMBSFNareaoverlaps,thatis,asinglecellcanbelongtoamaximumofthreeMBSFNareas.ThesupportofMBSFNarea
overlapsenablesmoreflexibledeploymentofMBMSservices,especiallywhensomeservicesmustbetransmittedacrossawideareaandsomeothersonlyathotspot
locations.
ForMBSFNareaoverlaps,HuaweieMBMSsupportsthefollowingsubfunctions:
ConfiguringthemappingbetweenasinglecellandmultipleMBSFNareasontheMCE
AllocationofMBSFNsubframesinacentralizedmannerinoverlappingMBSFNareas
AtthestartupofanMBMSsession,theMCEchoosestheMBSFNareawherethesessionistobedelivered.IfoverlappingMBSFNareasexistinthetargetregionfor
sessiondelivery,theMCEchoosesthelargestMBSFNareathatmeetstheMBMSservicearearequirementofthesession,andthenperformscentralizedallocationof
MBSFNsubframesforcellsinthechosenMBSFNarea.
LBBPcandLMPTdosupportthisfeature.
AneNodeBcannowbroadcastanMBMSsessionindifferentMBSFNareasatthesametime.Theapplicationscenariosareasfollows:
RRUsareinstalledremotely.Inaddition,asingleMBSFNareacannotincludeallthecellsservedbytheremoteRRUsorincludethesecellsandthecells
servedbylocalRFunits.
TheeNodeBoperatesinmultiplefrequencybands,andeMBMSisrequiredinmorethanoneofthebands.
SinceeRAN8.1,HuaweieMBMSsupportscellspecificPMCHtransmitpowerconfiguration.Ifthetransmitpowerofacelldoesnotreachthelicensedpowerandthe
transmitpowerofthesectorequipmentservingthecelldoesnotreachthemaximum,thecellspecificPMCHtransmitpowercanbeincreasedbymodifyingtheoffset
parameter.Then,anMCSofalargerindexcanbeusedfortheMBSFNareathatthecellbelongsto,sothattheeMBMSservicecapacitycanbeimproved.
SystemCapacity
ThisfeatureenableseNodeBstosupportMBSFNareaoverlaps.IfoverlappingMBSFNareasareinappropriatelyconfigured,someMBSFNsubframesarewasted,andin
certainareas,thecapacityofmulticastservicesdecreases.
IfasessionisbroadcastincellsthatbelongtodifferentMBSFNareasandareservedbythesameBBPofamacroeNodeB,theCPUusageoftheBBPincreases.Ifthe
sessiondataistransmittedatthe1Mbit/srateintwoMBSFNareas,theCPUusageincreasesbyabout0.4%.Ifthesessiondataistransmittedatthe1Mbit/sratein
threeMBSFNareas,theCPUusageincreasesbyabout0.8%.IftheCPUusageexceeds70%,theeNodeBstopstransmittingtheMBSMsessioninmultipleMBSFN
areas.Instead,ittransmitsthesessioninonlyoneMBSFNarea.ThetransmissioninmultipleMBSFNareasresumesonlyaftertheCPUusagefallsbelow50%.
ThisfeaturesupportscellspecificPMCHtransmitpowerconfiguration.IfthetransmitpowerofacelldoesnotreachthelicensedvalueandthetransmitpowerofanRRU
servingthecelldoesnotreachthemaximum,thevalueoftheCELLCHPWRCFG.PmchPwrOffsetparametercanbechangedtoincreasethePMCHtransmitpower.
Then,anMCSofalargerindexcanbeusedfortheMBSFNareathatthecellbelongsto,sothattheeMBMSservicecapacitycanbeimproved.
NetworkPerformance
5.34.3NEs
ThechangeinthisfeaturerequiressupportfromtheECO6910.
5.34.4Hardware
License
ThefollowingparametershavebeenaddedontheeNodeBsidetoaccommodatethisfeature.

New CELLMBMSCFG.NCellMbmsCfgSwitch LSTCELLMBMSCFG eNodeB Thisparameterenablesacelltoadaptively
MODCELLMBMSCFG broadcasttheinformationaboutconsistency
oftheMBSFNsubframeconfigurationwiththe
neighboringcellsusingtheneighCellConfigIE
inSIB3andSIB5.IneRAN7.0,consistency
oftheMBSFNsubframeconfigurations
betweencellscanonlybemanually
configured.SinceeRAN8.1,cellscan
exchangetheMBSFNsubframeconfiguration
informationwiththeirneighboringcellsover
theX2interface.Then,basedonthereceived
information,acellobtainsthelatest
informationabouttheconfiguration
consistencyandbroadcastsittotheserved
UEs.
New MBMSPARA.MbmsCtrlSwitch MODMBMSPARA eNodeB ThisparameterprovidesaneNodeBspecific

LSTMBMSPARA MBMSservicecontrolswitch
SessionForMultiMASwitch(SessionFor
MultiMASwitch).Ifthisswitchisturnedon,
asessioncanbebroadcastinmultipleintra
eNodeBcellsbelongingtodifferentMBSFN
areas.Ifthisswitchisturnedoff,such
broadcastingcannotbeachieved.
New CELLCHPWRCFG.PmchPwrOffset MODCELLCHPWRCFG eNodeB Thisparameterspecifiestheoffsetofthe

LSTCELLCHPWRCFG PMCHtransmitpowerrelativetothe
maximumPDSCHtransmitpower,whichis
determinedbythefollowingformula:
MaximumPDSCHtransmitpower=
Max{PPDSCH_A,PPDSCH_B}
ForthecalculationofPPDSCH_Aand
PPDSCH_B,refertothesectionsrelatedto
PDSCHtransmitpowercalculationinPower
ControlFeatureParameterDescription.
NoparameterhasbeenaddedorremovedontheMCE(ECO6910)sidefortheenhancementofthisfeature.However,theonetoonemappingbetweenthe
MBSFNAREACELL.CellIdandMBSFNAREACELL.MbsfnAreaIdparametershaschangedtoonetomanymapping.Thatis,youcanruntheADDMBSFNAREACELLcommand
toconfiguremultipleMBSFNareasforonecellinMBSFNareaoverlapscenarios.
FaultManagement
Thefollowingalarmshavebeenaddedormodifiedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
ChangeType Alarm/EventName NE Description
New ALM22714MBMSResourceAllocationFailure MCE TheeCoordinatorprovidestheMCEfunctionalityforeMBMS.The

eCoordinatorreportsthisalarmifanMBSFNsubframeallocation
conflictoccursduetoinsufficientMBSFNsubframesinan
MBSFNareatowhichanMBSFNsubframeexhaustedcellis
added.ThisalarmdenotesthatMBSFNsubframescannotbe
allocatedfortheMCCHintheMBSFNarea.Youneedtoremove
theMBSFNsubframeexhaustedcellfromthisMBSFNareaor
terminatesomesessionstoensuresuccessfulMCCHresource
allocations.
ThisalarmisclearedaftertheMCEsuccessfullyallocates
MBSFNsubframesfortheMCCH(aftersomesessionsare
terminated,forexample).
Modified ALM29240CellUnavailable eNodeB Thefollowingoperationshavebeenaddedto"4.Checkthepower

configurationsinthecell"inthe"ConfigurationHandling"sectionin
thealarmreference:
QueryingthePMCHtransmitpoweroffset
ChangingthePMCHtransmitpoweroffset
Modified ALM29241CellReconfigurationFailed eNodeB Thefollowingoperationshavebeenaddedto"1.Checkthepower

configurationsinthecell"inthe"ConfigurationHandling"sectionin
thealarmreference:
QueryingthePMCHtransmitpoweroffset
ChangingthePMCHtransmitpoweroffset
IftheUuinterfacebasedsoftsynchronizationsolution(introducedinthecurrentversion)isselectedfornodesynchronization,thisfeaturerequiresLOFD080216UubasedSoft
Synchronization.
ImpactedFeatures
5.35LOFD070222IntraeNodeBULCoMPPhaseII(Enhanced/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis:
Summary
ThisfeatureworkswithLOFD001066IntraeNodeBULCoMPtoimplementintraorinterBBPULCoMPwithinabasebandunit(BBU).
Benefits
ThisfeatureincreasestheuplinkthroughputofCEUsandsomeCCUsinintraBBPorintraBBUinterBBPcells,therebyimprovinguserexperience.
Description
ThisfeatureusesintraBBUinterBBPcellantennastoreceivesignalsfromasingleUE.TheservingandcoordinatedcellsaresetupondifferentBBPsinthesameBBU,andthey
exchangeinformationbetweentheBBPs.
ThefollowingfigureshowsintraBBUinterBBPULCoMP.
Enhancement
eRAN8.1
Supports3cellULCoMP.TheantennasofthreecellsjointlyreceivesignalsfromasingleUE.Ina2Rcell,atotalofsixantennasjointlyreceivePUSCH
signalsfromasingleUE.ThisjointIRC(JIRC)achieveshighersignalqualitythanjointreceptionbyasinglecell'sortwocells'antennas.Thefollowingfigure
compares2cell(left)and3cellULCoMP(right).
Thisfeaturecanbeusedin1Rcellsorin1R+2Rcells."1R+2Rcells"meansthatacoordinatedsetcancontainboth1Rand2Rcells.
SupportsULCoMPinaHetNetcomposedofmacroeNodeBsandlowpowernodes(LPNs).
SupportsmacromicrointerBBPULCoMP.
ThesignalssentbyaUEinamacrocellcanbejointlyreceivedbythemacrocellandmicrocellsservedbyLPNs.Thejointreceptionimprovesthe
performanceofthisUE,asshowninthefollowingfigure.Inmacromicroscenarios,theeNodeBcanselectcoordinatedcellsbasedonSRSmeasurements
(thatis,ULRSRPvalues).
SupportsmicromicrointerBBPULCoMP.
WhenLPNsareadjacenttoeachother,ULCoMPcanbeperformedbetweenthemicrocellsservedbytheLPNs.Theworkingprinciplesarethesameas
thoseforinterBBPmacromacroULCoMP.
SystemCapacity
ThisfeatureisenhancedineRAN8.1tosupport3cellULCoMPandincreasetheaverageuplinkthroughputforbothcellsandCEUs.ThecellscanbeLampSiteeNodeBserved
cells,macro+microcells,ormicro+microcells.
NetworkPerformance
Thisfeatureenhancesuplinkcoverageinmacro+microandmicro+microscenarios.
5.35.3NEs
5.35.4Hardware
License

CELLALGOSWITCH UlJointReception3CellSwitch:Ifthisswitchisturned
LST off,ULCoMPcanbeperformedinatmosttwocellsfor
CELLALGOSWITCH eachUE.Ifthisswitchisturnedon,ULCoMPcanbe
performedinatmostthreecellsforeachUE.3cellUL
CoMPcanprovidebetterperformancethan2cellUL
CoMP.
toenableordisablemacromicroULCoMP.
UlHetnetCompManualNcellCfgSw:Itspecifies
basedonULRSRP.

CoMPinacell
New L.ULCoMP.HetnetCoMP.User.Max Traffic.User.Cell BTS3900LTE MaximumnumberofUEsselectedformacromicro

ULCoMPinacell

ULCoMPinacell.
FaultManagement
5.35.7OtherFeatures
ImpactedFeatures
Availability
Thisfeatureis:
Summary
ThisfeatureimplementsinterBBUULCoMPbyworkingwithLOFD001066IntraeNodeBULCoMPandLOFD070222IntraeNodeBULCoMPPhaseIIinmultiBBU
interconnectionscenarios.
Benefits
ThisfeatureraisestheproportionofCEUsandsomeCCUsforwhichULCoMPisperformedininterBBUcells,increasesuplinkUEthroughput,andimprovesuserexperience.
Description
ThisfeatureusestheantennasofinterBBUcellstojointlyreceivesignalsfromasingleUE.TheservingandcoordinatedcellsaresetupondifferentBBUs,andtheyexchange
informationbetweentheBBUsthroughuniversalswitchingunits(USUs).
Timesynchronizationwithadeviationnomorethan1smustbeachievedbetweenBBUs,forexample,byusingaGPSorIEEE1588V2clock.
Thisfeaturecanbeusedinthefollowingscenarios:
InterBBUULCoMP
Figure55InterBBUULCoMP
MacromicrointerBBUULCoMP
ThesignalssentbyaUEinamacrocellcanbejointlyreceivedbythemacrocellandmicrocellsservedbyLPNs.Thejointreceptionimprovestheperformanceofthis
UE,asshowninthefollowingfigure.Inmacromicroscenarios,theeNodeBcanselectcoordinatedcellsbasedonSRSmeasurements(thatis,ULRSRPvalues).
MicromicrointerBBUULCoMP
WhenLPNsareadjacenttoeachother,micromicroULCoMPcanbeperformed.TheworkingprinciplesarethesameasthoseforinterBBUULCoMP.
Enhancement
eRAN8.1
Supports3cellULCoMP.
SupportsinterconnectionbetweenBBUsandtwolevelsofUSUs.
Inmacromicroscenarios,theeNodeBcanselectcoordinatedcellsbasedonSRSmeasurements(thatis,ULRSRPvalues).Themacrocellselects
appropriatecoordinatedcellsbasedonthedifferencebetweentheULRSRPmeasuredbytheservingcellandtheULRSRPvaluesmeasuredbyLPNserved
microcells.
SupportsmicromicrointerBBUULCoMP.TheprinciplesarethesameasthoseforinterBBUmacromacroULCoMP.
SystemCapacity
ThisfeatureisenhancedineRAN8.1tosupportjointreceptionindistributedCloudBB,centralizedCloudBB,macromicro,andmicromicroscenarios.Asaresult,thisfeature
increasestheaverageuplinkthroughputforbothcellsandCEUsinthecoordinationscopes.
NetworkPerformance
ThisfeatureenhancesuplinkcoverageindistributedCloudBB,centralizedCloudBB,macromicro,andmicromicroscenarios.
5.36.3NEs
5.36.4Hardware
License

CELLALGOSWITCH UlHetnetJointReceptionSwitch:Itspecifieswhether
LST toenableordisablemacromicroULCoMP.
CELLALGOSWITCH UlHetnetCompManualNcellCfgSw:Itspecifies
basedonULRSRP.

CoMPinacell
New L.ULCoMP.HetnetCoMP.User.Max Traffic.User.Cell BTS3900LTE MaximumnumberofUEsselectedformacromicroUL

CoMPinacell

ULCoMPinacell.
FaultManagement
5.37LOFD080212SRLTEOptimization(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
ApplicabletoMacrofromeRAN8.1
ApplicabletoMicrofromeRAN8.1
ApplicabletoLampSitefromeRAN8.1
Summary
ThisfeatureenablestheeNodeBtodetecttheperiodwhenanSRLTEcapableUEperiodicallyleavesorreturnstoRRC_CONNECTEDstate.Thedetectionresultservesasaninput
toscheduling.SRLTEisshortforSingleRadioLTE.
Benefits
UpondetectingthatanSRLTEcapableUEhasleftRRC_CONNECTEDstate,theeNodeBswitchestoscheduleotherUEs,increasingcellthroughput.
Description
AnSRLTEcapableUEperiodicallyleavesRRC_CONNECTEDstatetomonitorapagingchannelonaCDMA20001Xnetwork.TheUEdoesnotnotifytheeNodeBofthe
monitoring,andtheeNodeBcontinuesschedulingtheUE,decreasingcellthroughput.
ThefollowingfigureshowstheprocedureinwhichanSRLTEcapableUEperiodicallyleavestheRRC_CONNECTEDstatetomonitorapagingchannelonaCDMA20001Xnetwork.
Figure56SRLTEcapableUEmonitoringapagingchannelonaCDMA20001Xnetwork
ThepagingcycleintheCDMA20001Xnetworkisspecifiedbyaparameteronthenetwork.Thecyclecanbesetto1.28sor2.56s,forexample.Themonitoringdurationis
associatedwiththepagingcycle.Theminimumdurationis80ms.IfothermechanismssuchasTCPpenaltyareused,thedurationcanreach120ms.
ThisfeatureenablestheeNodeBtocheckthestatusofanSRLTEcapableUE.UpondetectingthattheUEhasleftRRC_CONNECTEDstatetomonitorthepagingchannelonthe
CDMA20001Xnetwork,theeNodeBswitchestoscheduleotherUEs,increasingthecellthroughput.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
WhenSRLTEcapableUEsaccessthenetwork,enablingthisfeatureincreasesthePRBusage,celldatathroughput,andapplicationlayerthroughput.
NetworkPerformance
Noimpact.
5.37.3NEs
ThisfeaturerequiressupportfromUEs.UEsmustsupportSRLTE.
5.37.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
License
Thefollowinglicensecontrolitemhasbeenaddedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
LOFD080212 SRLTEOptimization SRLTEOptimization(FDD) eNodeB PerCell
New MODCELLSRLTE eNodeB Thiscommandisusedtomodifytheconfigurationsofcelllevel

parametersforSRLTEOptimization.
New LSTCELLSRLTE eNodeB Thiscommandisusedtoquerytheconfigurationsofcelllevel

parametersforSRLTEOptimization.
Thefollowingfunctionsubsethasbeenmodifiedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
Modify Algo.Cell eNodeB ThecountersformonitoringtheperformanceofSRLTE

Optimizationareaddedtothisfunctionsubset.
ChangeType MMLCommand FunctionSubset NE Description
New L.SRLTE.Status.HOOut Algo.Cell eNodeB NumberofTimesthataUEIsDetectedBasedontheSRLTE

OptimizationFeaturetoBeSwitchedOutoftheStateofPerforming
LTEServices
New L.SRLTE.Status.HOIn Algo.Cell eNodeB NumberofTimesthataUEIsDetectedBasedontheSRLTE

OptimizationFeaturetoBeSwitchedBacktotheStateof
PerformingLTEServices
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
None
None
ImpactedFeatures
None
5.38LOFD080215eMBMSServiceContinuity(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Thisfeatureisanenhancementtotheevolvedmultimediabroadcast/multicastservice(eMBMS)featureforservicecontinuityaccordingto3GPPRelease11.Whenthisfeatureis
activated,UEscanidentifyMBMSservicestransmittedatdifferentfrequenciesinaninterfrequencynetworkingscenario.BasedontheinformationprovidedbyaUEaboutthe
MBMSservicethattheUEisinterestedin,thenetworkformulatesanappropriatefrequencycampingpolicyfortheUE.Basedonthispolicy,theUEcanswitchtotherightfrequency
forreceptionofthedesiredMBMSservice.
Benefits
ThisfeatureimprovesuserexperiencewithMBMSservices.
Description
TheservingcellofaUEbroadcastsalltheEUTRAabsoluteradiofrequencychannelnumbers(EARFCNs)andMBMSserviceareaIDs(SAIs)usedonthecurrentnetwork.After
receivingtheinformation,aUEidentifiesthetargetfrequencyusedtotransmittheMBMSservicethattheUEisinterestedin.Ifinidlemode,theUEdirectlyswitchestothetarget
frequencybycellreselectiontoreceivethedesiredMBMSservice.Ifinconnectedmode,theUEinformstheservingeNodeBaboutthetargetfrequencyatwhichitsdesiredMBMS
serviceistransmitted,andtheeNodeBdetermineswhethertoimmediatelyhandovertheUEtothetargetfrequency.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
eMBMSservicecontinuityrequiresSIB15transmission.SIB15isshortandsentatalonginterval(sentevery32radioframesbydefault).Therefore,thisfeaturehaslittleimpacton
thesystemcapacity.
NetworkPerformance
Noimpact.
5.38.3NEs
ThisfeaturerequiressupportfromtheUE.TheUEmustcomplywith3GPPRelease11orlater.
5.38.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
License
LOFD080215 eMBMSServiceContinuity(TDD) eMBMSServiceContinuity(FDD) eNodeB PerCell
New CELLSIMAP.Sib15Period MODCELLSIMAP eNodeB Thisparameterspecifiesthe

LSTCELLSIMAP intervalbetweenSIB15
transmissions.
New CellMBMSCfg.MBMSServiceSwitch LSTCELLMBMSCFG eNodeB Thisparametercontrolswhetherto

MODCELLMBMSCFG enableordisableeMBMSservice
continuity.
New L.HHO.InterFreq.MBMSInterest.PrepAttOut HO.eRAN.Out.Cell eNodeB Numberofinterfrequencyoutgoinghandover

preparationattemptstriggeredbyusers'
interestinMBMSservices
New L.HHO.InterFreq.MBMSInterest.ExecAttOut HO.eRAN.Out.Cell eNodeB Numberofinterfrequencyoutgoinghandover

executionattemptstriggeredbyusers'interest
inMBMSservices
New L.HHO.InterFreq.MBMSInterest.ExecSuccOut HO.eRAN.Out.Cell eNodeB Numberofsuccessfulinterfrequency

outgoinghandoverstriggeredbyusers'
New L.HHO.InterFddTdd.MBMSInterest.PrepAttOut HO.eRAN.Out.Cell eNodeB Numberofinterduplexmodeoutgoing

handoverpreparationattemptstriggeredby
users'interestinMBMSservices
New L.HHO.InterFddTdd.MBMSInterest.ExecAttOut HO.eRAN.Out.Cell eNodeB Numberofinterduplexmodeoutgoing

handoverexecutionattemptstriggeredby
users'interestinMBMSservices
New L.HHO.InterFddTdd.MBMSInterest.ExecSuccOut HO.eRAN.Out.Cell eNodeB Numberofsuccessfulinterduplexmode

outgoinghandoverstriggeredbyusers'
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
LOFD080215eMBMSServiceContinuityrequiresLOFD070220eMBMSPhase1basedonCentralizedMCEArchitecture.
Noimpact.
ImpactedFeatures
Noimpact.
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
ThisfeaturehelpsachievephasesynchronizationbetweeneNodeBsbasedonmeasurementsofUEsignalstransmittedovertheUuinterface.Inaddition,thisfeatureachievestime
synchronizationbetweeneNodeBsbasedontheGlobalPositioningSystem(GPS)equippedononeeNodeBandNetworkTimeProtocol(NTP)equippedonalleNodeBsina
synchronizationzone.
Benefits
PhasesynchronizationbetweeneNodeBsisrequiredbyLTEfeaturessuchastimedivisionmultiplexing(TDM)enhancedintercellinterferencecoordination(eICIC)andintersite
carrieraggregation(CA).TimesynchronizationbetweeneNodeBsisrequiredbyLTEfeaturessuchasevolvedmultimediabroadcast/multicastservice(eMBMS).GPS,IEEE1588V2
clocksynchronization,andUubasedsoftsynchronizationsupportphasesynchronizationandtimesynchronizationbetweeneNodeBs.Uubasedsoftsynchronizationachievesphase
synchronizationandtimesynchronizationbetweeneNodeBsatlowercoststhanGPSandIEEE1588V2clocksynchronization.
TheUubasedSoftSynchronizationfeatureprovidesthetimesynchronizationfunctionforeMBMSservices.
Description
IntwoneighboringeNodeBsthatareincludedinoneeNodeBpair,therandomaccesspreamblesentbyaUEattheeNodeBedgeisdetectedbybotheNodeBs.Thephasedifference
betweenthetwoeNodeBsiscalculatedbasedonthedelayintransmittingthepreamblefromtheUEtobotheNodeBsovertheUuinterface.
ThephasedifferencesbetweeneachpairofeNodeBsinasynchronizationzonecanbeusedtocalculatephaseadjustmentsforeacheNodeB,therebyachievingphase
synchronizationbetweeneNodeBsinthesynchronizationzone.eNodeBsperformphaseadjustmentsintheiroffpeakhourstoachievephasesynchronization.
eNodeBsinasynchronizationzoneusethesamereferenceclocksourcetoachievefrequencysynchronizationbasedonasynchronousEthernetandtoperformphasetracing.Inthis
way,thephasedifferencesbetweeneNodeBsremainstable,ensuringphasesynchronizationwithinthephasedifferenceadjustmentperiod.
Inasynchronizationzone,ifanyeNodeBisequippedwithGPSorIEEE1588V2,alleNodeBsareequippedwithNTP,andphasesynchronizationbetweeneNodeBsisachieved,
theseeNodeBscalibratetheNTPtimebasedonmappingbetweentheGPStimeandphasestoobtaintheGPStimeandachievetimesynchronization.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
IfthetimedifferencesbetweeneNodeBsineNodeBpairsarelargeduringinitialsynchronization,thetimeadjustmentstepisalsolarge.Asaresult,servicesareinterruptedfor
severalsecondsduringinitialsynchronization.BecauseinitialsynchronizationisperformedonceonlyafterLOFD080216UubasedSoftSynchronizationisenabledandperformed
whentrafficislight(forexample,02:00inthemorning),initialsynchronizationgenerallyhaslittleimpactonservices.Synchronizationtracinghasnoimpactonservices.
5.39.3NEs
ThisfeatureisachievedonboththeeNodeBandeCoordinatorsides.
5.39.4Hardware
ECO6910isrequired.
eNodeBsinanyofthefollowingtypes:
3900serieseNodeBswiththebasebandprocessingunitbeingLBBPdorUBBPandthemaincontrolboardbeingLMPTorUMPT.
NOTE:
Ifa3900serieseNodeBisequippedwiththeLBBPdandUBBPd,andserves4Rand8Rcells,thePRACHconfigurationsofonecellcannotoverlapwiththePRACH
configurationsofanothercellinthetimedomain.ThisrequiresthattheeNodeBlevelparameterPrachTimeStagSwitchbesettoON(On)andPrachConfigIndexCfgInd
besettoNOT_CFG(Notconfigure).
TheNTPserverandGPSmustbeinstalledifeMBMSisrequired.
ThefollowingtablelistsmessagesovertheSeinterfacebetweentheeCoordinatorandeNodeBs.
InterfaceMessage InterfaceType Description Remarks
[ECO6910toeNodeB] Messageinterface TheeCoordinatorrequireseNodeBsto New

AISS_STATE_START_REQ reporttheAISSsynchronizationstatus.
[eNodeBtoECO6910]AISS_ Messageinterface Afterreceivingthe New

STATE_START_RSP AISS_STATE_START_REQmessage,
eacheNodeBsendsanAISS_
STATE_START_RSPmessagetothe
eCoordinator.IftheeCoordinatorfailsto
receivetheresponsefromaneNodeB,the
eCoordinatorresendsan
AISS_STATE_START_REQmessageto
theeNodeB30secondslater.The
eCoordinatorresendsthe
AISS_STATE_START_REQmessagefor
threetimesatmost.
[eNodeBtoECO6910]AISS_STATE_RPT Messageinterface EacheNodeBreportsAISSsynchronization New

statustotheeCoordinator.
[ECO6910toeNodeB]AISS_ Messageinterface TheeCoordinatorrequireseNodeBstostop New

STATE_STOP_REQ AISSsynchronizationstatusreporting.
[eNodeBtoECO6910]AISS_ Messageinterface AfterreceivingtheAISS_ New

STATE_STOP_RSP STATE_STOP_REQmessage,each
eNodeBsendsanAISS_
STATE_STOP_RSPmessagetothe
eCoordinatorresendsanAISS_
STATE_STOP_REQmessagetothe
eNodeB30secondslater.TheeCoordinator
resendstheAISS_STATE_STOP_REQ
messageforthreetimesatmost.
[ECO6910toeNodeB]AISS_INFO_REQ Messageinterface TheeCoordinatorrequireseNodeBsto New

reporttopologyinformation.
[eNodeBtoECO6910]AISS_INFO_RSP Messageinterface AfterreceivingtheAISS_INFO_REQ New

message,eacheNodeBsendsthe
eCoordinatoranAISS_INFO_RSP
message,includingengineeringparameters
oftheeNodeB,neighborrelationships
betweencellsunderthiseNodeBandits
neighboringeNodeBinaneNodeBpair.If
theeCoordinatorfailstoreceivethe
responsefromaneNodeB,the
eCoordinatorresendsanAISS_INFO_REQ
messagetotheeNodeB30secondslater.
TheeCoordinatorresendsthe
AISS_INFO_REQmessageforthreetimes
atmost.
[ECO6910toeNodeB] Messageinterface TheeCoordinatorrequireseNodeBstostart New

AISS_MEAS_START_REQ timedifferencereporting.
[eNodeBtoECO6910] Messageinterface Afterreceivingthe New

AISS_MEAS_START_RSP AISS_MEAS_START_REQmessage,each
eNodeBsendsan
AISS_MEAS_START_RSPmessagetothe
AISS_MEAS_START_REQmessageto
theeNodeB30secondslater.The
eCoordinatorresendsthe
AISS_MEAS_START_REQmessagefor
threetimesatmost.
[ECO6910toeNodeB] Messageinterface TheeCoordinatorrequireseNodeBsto New

AISS_MEAS_PARA_UPT updateparametersrelatedtotime
differencemeasurements.
Thismessagedoesnotrequireresponses
sentfromeNodeBs.
InterfaceMessage InterfaceType Description Remarks
[eNodeBtoECO6910] Messageinterface EacheNodeBreportsthetimedifference New

AISS_MEASURE_RPT withitspairedeNodeBtotheeCoordinator.
Thismessagedoesnotrequirearesponse
sentfromtheeCoordinator.
[ECO6910toeNodeB] Messageinterface TheeCoordinatorrequireseNodeBstostop New

AISS_MEAS_STOP_REQ timedifferencereporting.

AISS_MEAS_STOP_RSP AISS_MEAS_STOP_REQmessage,each
eNodeBsendsan
AISS_MEAS_STOP_RSPmessagetothe
AISS_MEAS_STOP_REQmessagetothe
eNodeB30secondslater.TheeCoordinator
resendstheAISS_MEAS_STOP_REQ
messageforthreetimesatmost.
[ECO6910toeNodeB] Messageinterface TheeCoordinatorsendsthetime New

AISS_TIME_ADJUST_REQ adjustmentquantitytoeacheNodeB.

AISS_TIME_ADJUST_RSP AISS_TIME_ADJUST_REQmessage,
eacheNodeBsendsan
AISS_TIME_ADJUST_RSPmessageto
theeCoordinator.
ThefollowingtablelistsmessagesovertheX2interfacebetweeneNodeBs.
InterfaceMessage InterfaceType Description SettingNotes
[eNBtoPeereNB]HUAWEIPRIVATE Messageinterface Thismessageindicateswhetheralocal Modified

MSG eNodeBsupportsUubasedsoft
synchronization.
[SrceNBtoTgteNB]BLINDDETECT Messageinterface ThismessageincludestheEUTRANcell New

HANDOVERREQUEST globalidentifier(ECGI)ofthesourcecell
underthesourceeNodeB,comparedwith
thestandardX2interfacemessage
HANDOVERREQUEST.
[SvreNBtoNbreNB]BLINDDETECT Messageinterface TheservingeNodeBrequiresthe New

REQUEST neighboringeNodeBtoenableblind
detectiononpreamblessentbyCEUs
undertheservingcellinthescenarioof
preambleblinddetectionofCEUs.
[NbreNBtoSvreNB]BLINDDETECT Messageinterface Thetarget/neighboringeNodeBsendsthe New

RESPONSE blinddetectionstartresultstothe
source/servingeNodeB.Inscenariosof
preambleblinddetectionofUEsininter
eNodeBhandovers,thetargeteNodeB
sendsthesourceeNodeBitsPRACH
configurationandpreambleallocationfor
blinddetection.Inscenariosofpreamble
blinddetectionofCEUs,theneighboring
eNodeBsendstheservingeNodeBthe
preambleblinddetectionstartresults.
[NbreNBtoSvreNB]BLINDDETECT Messageinterface Thetargettarget/neighboringeNodeB New

RESULT sendstheblinddetectionresultstothe
source/servingeNodeB.Inscenariosof
preambleblinddetectionofUEsininter
eNodeBhandovers,thetargeteNodeB
sendsthesourceeNodeBtheframe
number,subframenumber,subframeoffset,
andTA.Inscenariosofpreambleblind
detectionofCEUs,theneighboringeNodeB
sendstheservingeNodeBtheframe
number,subframenumber,andsubframe
offset.
License
LOFD080216 UubasedSoftSynchronization UubasedSoftSynchronization eCoordinator TotalnumberofeNodeBs

(TotalnumberofeNodeBs)
ThefollowingMMLcommandshavebeenintroducedtoaccommodatethisfeature.

New ADDAISSZONE eCoordinator Thesecommandsareusedtoadd,modify,remove,andlistaUu
MODAISSZONE basedsynchronizationzone.
RMVAISSZONE
LSTAISSZONE
New ADDENBAISS eCoordinator ThesecommandsareusedtoaddeNodeBsin,modifyeNodeBin,

MODENBAISS removeeNodeBfrom,andlisteNodeBsinaUubased
RMVENBAISS synchronizationzone.
LSTENBAISS
New ADDAISSNENB eCoordinator Thesecommandsareusedtoadd,remove,andlistaneNodeB

RMVAISSNENB pair.
LSTAISSNENB
New DSPAISSZONEINFO eCoordinator ThiscommandisusedtoquerythedynamicinformationofaUu

basedsoftsynchronizationzone.
New ACTAISSZONE eCoordinator ThiscommandisusedtoactivateaspecifiedUubasedsoft

New DEAAISSZONE eCoordinator ThiscommandisusedtodeactivateaspecifiedUubasedsoft

New ACTAISSNENBCALC eCoordinator ThiscommandisusedtoactivateautomaticeNodeBpairingina

Uubasedsoftsynchronizationzone.
PerformanceMmanagement
ThefollowingtablelistscountersaddedontheeNodeBside.
New L.AISS.IntereNodeB.HoMeas.Att Algo.Cell eNodeB Thiscountermeasuresthenumberoftimesthatthe

sourceeNodeBattemptstomeasurethetime
differenceamongeNodeBsbyusingUEsperforming
intereNodeBhandovers.
New L.AISS.IntereNodeB.HoMeas.Succ Algo.Cell eNodeB Thiscountermeasuresthenumberoftimesthatthe

sourceeNodeBattemptstomeasurethetime
differenceamongeNodeBsbyusingUEsperforming
intereNodeBhandovers.
New L.AISS.IntereNodeB.CeMeas.Att Algo.Cell eNodeB Thiscountermeasuresthenumberoftimesthatthe

servingeNodeBattemptstomeasurethetime
differenceamongeNodeBsbyusingitsintereNodeB
CEUs.
New L.AISS.IntereNodeB.CeMeas.Succ Algo.Cell eNodeB Thiscountermeasuresthenumberoftimesthatthe

servingeNodeBattemptstomeasurethetime
differenceamongeNodeBsbyusingitsintereNodeB
CEUs.
ThefollowingtablelistscountersaddedontheeCoordinatorside.
New VS.ECO.AISS.AbsAvgTdifVarCnt0_15 AISS.ENODEB eCoordinator Thiscountermeasuresthenumberoftimesthe

absolutevalueofaverageintereNodeBtime
differencevariationrangesfrom0to15.





New VS.ECO.AISS.AbsAvgTdifVarCnt92 AISS.ENODEB eCoordinator Thiscountermeasuresthenumberoftimesthe

differenceisgreaterthan92.
New VS.ECO.AISS.AbsAvgTdifCnt0_15 AISS.ENODEB eCoordinator Thiscountermeasuresthenumberoftimesthe

differencerangesfrom0to15.





New VS.ECO.AISS.AbsAvgTdifCnt92 AISS.ENODEB eCoordinator Thiscountermeasuresthenumberoftimesthe

differenceisgreaterthan92.
FaultManagement
AlarmslistedinTable52havebeenintroducedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
Table52Table61AlarmsrelatedtoLOFD080216UubasedSoftSynchronization
AlarmID AlarmName NE Description
ALM22702 FeatureFunctionDisabledAbnormal eNodeB Relatedfeaturescannotworkproperly.
ALM22709 SynchronizationStateofeNodeBAbnormal eCoordinator TheeCoordinatorcannotadjustthetimeoneNodeBs,

andtheeNodeBshavethepossibilityofenteringtheout
ofsynchronizationstate,andfeaturesdependingontime
synchronizationbetweeneNodeBsareaffected.
Prerequisitefeatures
LOFD00301301SynchronizationwithEthernet(ITUTG.8261)
TheUubasedsoftsynchronizationaccuracyisdependentonsynchronizationreliabilityofthesynchronousEthernet.
Mutuallyexclusivefeatures
LOFD080216UubasedSoftSynchronizationcannotbeenabledifanyofthefollowingfeaturesthatareexclusivetoLOFD00301301SynchronizationwithEthernet(ITUTG.8261)
isenabled:
LBFD00300504SynchronizationwithBITS
LBFD00300505Synchronizationwith1PPS
LBFD00300506SynchronizationwithE1/T1
LOFD00301302IEEE1588V2ClockSynchronization
LOFD00301303ClockoverIP(Huaweiproprietary)
LOFD080216UubasedSoftSynchronizationcannotbeenabledifanyoffollowingfeaturesthatdonotsupporttheframeformatonthePRACHisenabled:
ThefollowingfeaturesapplytomultiRRUcellsandcannotworktogetherwiththeUubasedSoftSynchronizationfeature.
LOFD003029SFN
Impactedfeatures
LOFD080216UubasedSoftSynchronizationsupportstimesynchronizationforthefollowingfeatures:
LOFD07022001MulticelltransmissioninMBSFNarea
LOFD07022002Mixedtransmissionofunicastandbroadcast
LOFD07022003Datasynchronization
LOFD07022004Sessionadmissioncontrol
5.40LOFD081202BusyHourDownloadRateControl(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Thisfeaturerestrictsthedatarateofdownloadservicesduringbusyhours.
Benefits
Thedatarateofdownloadservicesisrestrictedduringbusyhourstospareairinterfaceresourcesforserviceswithhigherpriorities.
Description
UEsidentifydownloadservicesthroughtheserviceidentificationdeviceoftheEPCorathirdparty.Theresultsidentifiedbytheservicearelabeledonthedifferentiatedservices
codepoints(DSCPs)ofservicepackets.TheeNodeBidentifiestheseDSCPsandperformsdifferentiatedschedulingbasedonpresetQoSconfigurationssuchaspriorityandservice
maximumbitrate(SMBR).WhenthedataratesofdownloadservicesexceedtheconfiguredSMBR,theeNodeBlowerstheschedulingpriorityofdownloadservicestodecreasethe
resourcesoccupiedbysuchservices.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Thisfeaturedecreasestheschedulingweightfordownloadservicesandthereforedecreasesthedownloadservicerate.Asaresult,therateofhighpriorityservicesincreases.
ThechangeincellcapacityisrelatedtotheradioenvironmentoftheUEsusingdownloadservicesandtheproportionofthedownloadtrafficinthecell.IftheUEsusingdownload
servicesarelocatedinareaswithgoodsignalquality,thecellcapacitydecreases.IftheUEsusingdownloadservicesarelocatedinareaswithpoorsignalquality,thecellcapacity
increases.WhentheSMBRissettoasmallvalue,thedownloadserviceratedecreasesobviously,resultinginabigchangeinthecellcapacity.
Forexample,cellcongestionissimulatedforacellforwhichtheSMBRissetto500kbit/s.TherearethreeUEs(UEA,UEB,andUEC)inthecell.UEAislocatedatthecell
center,UEBislocatedatthecelledge,andUECislocatedhalfwaybetweenthecellcenterandcelledge.AssumethatUEAisusingdownloadservices,UEBisusingvideo
services,andUECisusingotherservices.BeforetheBusyHourDownloadRateControlfeatureisenabled,thecellthroughputis2.2Mbit/s.AftertheBusyHourDownloadRate
Controlfeatureisenabled,thecellthroughputis1.8Mbit/s,witha14%decreaseincellcapacity.AssumethatUEAisusingvideoservices,UEBisusingdownloadservices,and
UECisusingotherservices.ThecellcapacitydoesnotchangeaftertheBusyHourDownloadRateControlfeatureisenabled.Thereasonfortheunchangedcellcapacityisthat
thedownloadservicesarestartedlater,thedownloadservicerateislessthantheSMBR,andthereforetheschedulingweightisnotdecreasedforthedownloadservices.
NetworkPerformance
Thisfeaturedecreasestheschedulingweightfordownloadservicesandthereforedecreasesthedownloadservicerate.Ifadownloadpeakrateisset,youareadvisednottoenable
thisfeatureduringdownloadserviceperformanceevaluation.
5.40.3NEs
5.40.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
LicenseManagement
FeatureID FeatureName Model LicenseControlItem NE SalesUnit
LOFD081202 BusyHourDownloadRate LT1S0BHDRC00 BusyHourDownloadRate eNodeB percell

Control Control
New ADDQOSPOLICY eNodeB ThiscommandisusedtoaddQoSpolicies

inwhichtheservicetype,priorityqueue,
andservicemaximumbitratearedefined.
New RMVQOSPOLICY eNodeB ThiscommandisusedtoremoveQoS

policies.
New MODQOSPOLICY eNodeB ThiscommandisusedtomodifyQoS

policies.
New LSTQOSPOLICY eNodeB ThiscommandisusedtoqueryQoS

policies.
New ADDIPSERVICEQOS eNodeB Thiscommandisusedtoaddmappings

betweenDSCPsandQoSpolicies.
New RMVIPSERVICEQOS eNodeB Thiscommandisusedtoremovemappings

New MODIPSERVICEQOS eNodeB Thiscommandisusedtomodifymappings

New LSTIPSERVICEQOS eNodeB Thiscommandisusedtoquerymappings

New MODSERVICEDIFFSETTING eNodeB Thiscommandisusedtomodifyqueue

weights.
New LSTSERVICEDIFFSETTING eNodeB Thiscommandisusedtoqueryqueue

weights.
New MODCELLALGOSWITCH eNodeB Thiscommandisusedtomodifyfunction

switchsettings.TheswitchfortheBusy
HourDownloadRateControlfeatureis
DownLoadRateLimitSwitch.Afterthis
switchisturnedon,theBusyHour
DownloadRateControlfeaturetakeseffect
fornewlyadmittedUEs.
New LSTCELLALGOSWITCH eNodeB Thiscommandisusedtoqueryfunction

switchsettings.
New Traffic.Thruput.Diff.Cell eNodeB TheTraffic.Thruput.Diff.Cellfunctionsubset

measuresthethroughputandtransmission
delayofserviceswithdifferentpriorities
separately.TheeNodeBuseseight
prioritiestodifferentiateservices.
Thefollowingcountershavebeenaddedormodifiedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
ChangeType CounterName NE Description
New L.Thrp.bits.DL.Pri.0 eNodeB Thiscountermeasuresthedownlinktraffic

volumeofserviceswiththepriorityof0ina
cell.

cell.

cell.

cell.

cell.

cell.

cell.

cell.
New L.Thrp.Time.DL.Pri.0 eNodeB Thiscountermeasuresthetotaldownlink

datatransmissiondurationofserviceswith
thepriorityof0inacell.Theunitissecond.







FaultManagement
Noimpact.
None
None
ImpactedFeatures
None
5.41LOFD081203VideoServiceRateAdaption(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Thisfeatureisapplicabletoinitialvideoaccelerationandservicerateguarantee.
Benefits
Reducedvideowaitingtime,whichimprovesuserexperienceinopeningavideo
Guaranteedvideoplayingrate,whichavoidsvideoplaysuspension
Description
UEsidentifydownloadservicesthroughtheserviceidentificationdeviceoftheEPCorathirdparty.Theresultsidentifiedbytheservicearelabeledonthedifferentiatedservices
codepoints(DSCPs)ofservicepackets.TheeNodeBidentifiestheseDSCPsandperformsdifferentiatedschedulingbasedonpresetQoSconfigurationssuchaspriority,service
guaranteedbitrate(SGBR),andsegmentaccelerationpolicy.WhenthedataratesofvideoservicesarelowerthantheconfiguredSGBRduringvideoplayback,theeNodeBraises
theschedulingpriorityofvideoservices.IfthedataratessatisfytheSGBRrequirements,theeNodeBdoesnotadjusttheschedulingpriority.
Ifthesegmentaccelerationpolicyisconfigured,ahigherpriorityandahigherSGBRrateareadoptedtoguaranteevideoservicesduringtheinitialphaseforvideoservicesto
increasetheinitialvideodownloadrate.Theinitialphaseforvideoservicesisconfigurable.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Thisfeatureincreasestheschedulingweightforvideoservicesandthereforeensuresthevideoservicerate.Asaresult,therateoflowpriorityservicesdecreases.Thechangein
cellcapacityisrelatedtotheradioenvironmentoftheUEsusingvideoservicesandtheproportionofthevideotrafficinthecell.
Forexample,cellcongestionissimulatedforacellforwhichtheSGBRissetto2Mbit/s.TherearethreeUEs(UEA,UEB,andUEC)inthecell.UEAislocatedatthecell
center,UEBislocatedatthecelledge,andUECislocatedhalfwaybetweenthecellcenterandcelledge.AssumethatUEAisusingdownloadservices,UEBisusingvideo
services,andUECisusingotherservices.BeforetheVideoServiceRateAdaptionfeatureisenabled,thecellthroughputis2.2Mbit/s.AftertheVideoServiceRateAdaption
featureisenabled,thecellthroughputis1.5Mbit/s,witha32%decreaseincellcapacity.AssumethatUEAisusingvideoservices,UEBisusingdownloadservices,andUECis
usingotherservices.Thecellcapacityincreasesby10%aftertheVideoServiceRateAdaptionfeatureisenabled.
NetworkPerformance
Thisfeatureincreasestheschedulingweightforvideoservices,ensuringthatthevideoservicerateapproximatestheSGBR.Whentheamountofdownlinkservicesrequiredby
varioustypesofservicesinacellisgreaterthantheavailableamountofdownlinkresourcesinthecell,thisfeaturedecreasestheratesofothernonGBRservicesandincreasesthe
averageGBRservicedelaywithoutaffectingtheGBR.Whentheamountofdownlinkservicesrequiredbyvarioustypesofservicesinacellislessthantheavailableamountof
downlinkresourcesinthecell,thisfeaturedoesnotaffectothertypesofservices.
EnablingtheVideoServiceRateAdaptionfeaturereducesthevideobufferingtime,guaranteesthevideoservicerate,andreducesthenumberofvideofreezes.
Forexample,cellcongestionissimulatedforacellforwhichthefirstphaseSGBRissetto2.5Mbit/s.Inthecell,therearethreeUEsseparatelyperformingFTPdownload,P2P
download,andvideoservices.AftertheVideoServiceRateAdaptionfeatureisenabled,theinitialvideodownloaddelaydecreasesby35%.
5.41.3NEs
5.41.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
LicenseManagement
LOFD081203 VideoServiceRateAdaption LT1S00VSRA00 VideoServiceRateAdaption eNodeB percell

New ADDQOSPOLICY eNodeB ThiscommandisusedtoaddQoSpolicies

inwhichtheservicetype,priorityqueue,
andservicemaximumbitratearedefined.
New RMVQOSPOLICY eNodeB ThiscommandisusedtoremoveQoS

policies.
New MODQOSPOLICY eNodeB ThiscommandisusedtomodifyQoS

policies.
New LSTQOSPOLICY eNodeB ThiscommandisusedtoqueryQoS

policies.
New ADDIPSERVICEQOS eNodeB Thiscommandisusedtoaddmappings

New RMVIPSERVICEQOS eNodeB Thiscommandisusedtoremovemappings

New MODIPSERVICEQOS eNodeB Thiscommandisusedtomodifymappings

New LSTIPSERVICEQOS eNodeB Thiscommandisusedtoquerymappings

New MODSERVICEDIFFSETTING eNodeB Thiscommandisusedtomodifyqueue

weights.
New LSTSERVICEDIFFSETTING eNodeB Thiscommandisusedtoqueryqueue

weights.
New MODCELLALGOSWITCH eNodeB Thiscommandisusedtomodifyfunction

switchsettings.TheswitchfortheVideo
ServiceRateAdaptionfeatureis
VideoRateAdaptSwitch.Afterthisswitch
isturnedon,theVideoServiceRate
Adaptionfeaturetakeseffectfornewly
admittedUEs.
New LSTCELLALGOSWITCH eNodeB Thiscommandisusedtoqueryfunction

switchsettings.
New Traffic.Thruput.Diff.Cell eNodeB TheTraffic.Thruput.Diff.Cellfunctionsubset

measuresthethroughputandtransmission
delayofserviceswithdifferentpriorities
separately.TheeNodeBuseseight
prioritiestodifferentiateservices.
Thefollowingcountershavebeenaddedormodifiedtoaccommodatethisfeature.

cell.

cell.

cell.

cell.

cell.

cell.

cell.

cell.








FaultManagement
Noimpact.
None
None
ImpactedFeatures
None
5.42LOFD081205AutomaticCongestionHandling(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis:
Summary
BasedonconditionbasedadaptiveparameteradjustmentrulespredefinedinaneNodeB,theeNodeBperiodicallydetermineswhethertoenableadaptiveparameteradjustmentfora
cellbasedonthemonitoredresults,includingUEnumber,physicalresourceblock(PRB)usage,andcontrolchannelelement(CCE)usageonthephysicaldownlinkcontrolchannel
(PDCCH)inthecell.Ifthemonitoredresultsmeettheconditionsforparameteradjustments,theeNodeBautomaticallyadjustsparameterstoimprovenetworkperformance.
Benefits
Inheavytrafficscenarios,theeNodeBautomaticallyadjustsparametersbasedonpredefinedrulestoimprovenetworkperformanceanduserexperience.
Adaptiveparameteradjustmentsimplifiesnetworkmaintenanceandreducesmanpowercostsinheavytrafficscenarios.
Description
TheeNodeBmonitorsusageofspecifiedresources,suchasthenumberofadmittedusers,physicalresourceblocks(PRBs),andPDCCHcontrolchannelelements(CCEs).Based
onthemonitoringresultsandpredefinedtriggerconditions,theeNodeBdecideswhethertotriggerintelligentoptimizationfunctions.Theprocedureconsistsofthefollowingthree
steps:
1.Datacollection
TheeNodeBperiodicallycollectsdatarequiredforintelligentoptimizationfunctions.
2.Triggerconditionjudgment
TheeNodeBjudgesthetriggerconditionsforeachintelligentoptimizationruleofanintelligentoptimizationfunctionbasedonthecollecteddatainaperiod.Ifatrigger
conditionapplies,theeNodeBimplementsthespecifiedparameteradjustment.Ifnoneofthetriggerconditionsapply,thecurrentprocedureendsandanewprocedure
startsinthenextperiod.
3.Parameteradjustmentsaccordingtointelligentoptimizationfunctions
TheeNodeBadjuststheparametersspecifiedbytheintelligentoptimizationfunctionswhosetriggerconditionsaremet.
Withperiodicexecutionoftheprecedingthreeoperations,thisfeaturehelpsmonitorthenetworkloadinatimelymannerandautomaticallyperformsparameteradjustmentsto
improvenetworkperformance.
Figure57Mechanismforhandlingautomaticconfiguration
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Ifthenetworkiscongested,insufficientPDCCHCCEsbecomearesourcebottleneck.IfPDCCHCCEsareexhausted,PRBscannotbeusedforscheduling.AutomaticCongestion
Handlingenablesadaptiveparameteradjustmentintheeventofnetworkcongestiontoreduceresourceconsumption,improvingCCEutilizationandincreasingsystemcapacity.
Thefollowingareimpactsoftheintelligentoptimizationfunctionsonsystemcapacityintheeventofnetworkcongestion:
AdaptiveRBGallocation
ThisfunctionenablestheeNodeBtoadaptivelyallocatethenumberofRBGstomeetthedatatransmissionrequirements.TheeNodeBcanscheduleuserdatawitha
minimumnumberofschedulingoccurrencesatthecostofafewPRBs.Thisfunctionreducesthetotalnumberofschedulingoccurrences,lowersthenumberof
consumedCCEs,andincreasesdownlinkcellcapacity.
OptimizeduplinkPRBallocationpolicy
ThisfunctionenablestheeNodeBtorandomizethepositionsofallocateduplinkPRBs,reducingtheinterferenceamongneighboringcellsandincreasinguplinkcell
capacity.
OptimizedTA
ThisfunctionenablestheeNodeBtoreducetheresourcesusedforTAmeasurementandlowerthetransmissionfrequencyofTAadjustmentinstructions,therebyreducing
theconsumedPDCCHCCEsandPRBsandincreasingcellcapacity.
DetectionandschedulingforabnormalUEs
ThisfunctionenablestheeNodeBtodetectabnormalUEsandstopschedulingforabnormalUEs,preventingPRBsandCCEsfrombeingwastedbyabnormalUEs.The
eNodeBcanschedulemoreservicesinheavytrafficscenarios,increasingcellcapacity.
PDCCHCCEcapacityimprovement
ThisfunctionenablestheeNodeBtoreallocateCCEs,intheeventofaCCEallocationfailureforscheduling,byaggregatingCCEsatalowlevelandincreasingthe
transmitpower.ThisfunctionimprovesthePDCCHCCEutilizationandincreasescellcapacity.
Smartcontrolfordownlinkfrequencyselectivescheduling
ThisfunctionenablestheeNodeBtoreduceaperiodicCQIreporting,therebydecreasingtheconsumedCCEsanduplinkPRBs.Thisfunctionhelpsreducetheuplink
interferenceandincreaseuplinkcellcapacity.
NetworkPerformance
Thefollowingareimpactsoftheintelligentoptimizationfunctionsonnetworkperformanceintheeventofnetworkcongestion:
AdaptiveRBGallocation
ThisfunctionenablestheeNodeBtoscheduleuserdatawithaminimumnumberofschedulingoccurrencesatthecostofafewPRBs.Inthisway,thisfunctionimproves
downlinkPRButilizationandincreasesdownlinkcellcapacity.However,thisfunctionreducestheperiodoftimeforuserdatainthebufferandlowersthenumberofactive
usersinacell.Inaddition,thisfunctionmayslightlydecreasetheaveragescheduledusersnumberperTTI(SUNPT)inthedownlink.
OptimizeduplinkPRBallocationpolicy
Thisfunctionreducesuplinkinterferenceamongneighboringcellsandincreasesuplinkcellcapacity.
OptimizedTA
ThisfunctionenablestheeNodeBtoreducetheresourcesusedforTAmeasurementandlowerthetransmissionfrequencyofTAadjustmentinstructions,therebyreducing
theconsumedPDCCHCCEsandPRBsandincreasingcellcapacity.Whenthisfunctionapplies,theaverageSUNPTinthecellmayslightlydecrease.Thisfunction
alsoslightlydecreasestheTAaccuracyofUEs,adverselyaffectinghighspeedUEthroughput.IftheeNodeBcannotmeasuretheTAthroughthesoundingreference
signal(SRS),PUCCH,oruplinkdatatransmissionwhenthetransmissionperiodforaTAadjustmentinstructionarrives,theeNodeBperformsuplinkschedulingforthe
UEtomeasuretheTAthroughDMRS.Inthissituation,uplinkinterferencemayincreaseandRACHfalsealarmsmayoccur,reducingtheRACHaccesssuccessrate.If
thechannelqualityfortheUEistoobad,uplinkschedulingwillcauseuplinkblockerrors,increasingtheuplinkblockerrorrate(BLER).
DetectionandschedulingforabnormalUEs
Thisfunctionhelpsincreasethecellcapacity.However,thereisalowprobabilitythattheeNodeBincorrectlydetectsandschedulesabnormalUEs.IfaUEisincorrectly
identifiedasanabnormalUE,itwillexperienceprolongedtransmissiondelay,degradeduserexperience,andanincreasedprobabilityofcalldrops.
PDCCHCCEcapacityimprovement
ThisfunctionimprovesthePDCCHCCEutilizationandcellcapacity.However,theincreaseinthetransmitpowerforCCEsmayincreasetheinterferenceagainstthe
correspondingsymbolsinneighboringcells,adverselyaffectingdownlinkthroughput.
Smartcontrolfordownlinkfrequencyselectivescheduling
Thisfunctionhelpsreducetheuplinkinterferenceandincreasetheuplinkcellcapacitybutdecreasesdownlinkcellcapacity.
TheprecedingintelligentoptimizationfunctionsaimtoreducetheconsumedPDCCHCCEsandenabletheeNodeBtomeettheschedulingrequirementsofmoreusersintheevent
ofPDCCHCCEinsufficiency,therebyincreasingPRButilizationandcellcapacity.TheschedulingrequirementscomefromtheuserswhohavecampedonthecellandtheRRC
connectionsetuprequestsfromnewusers.IfthePRButilizationincreasesinacell,theinterferenceagainstitsneighboringcellsincreasesandnetworkperformancemayslightly
fluctuate,suchasthecalldroprate,delay,andRACHaccesssuccessrate.
IfanRRCconnectionsetuprequestisrejectedinacellduetosomereasons(forexample,thenumberofaccessedusershasreachedthelimit),subsequentRRCconnectionsetup
requestswillalsoberejectedinthecell.Therefore,thenumberofrejectedRRCconnectionsetuprequestsincreases.
5.42.3ImpactonNEs
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
LicenseManagement
Thefollowinglicensecontrolitemshavebeenaddedforthisfeature.
LOFD081205 AutomaticCongestionHandling AutomaticCongestionHandling(FDD) eNodeB PereNodeB
New LSTLIOPTFEATURE eNodeB Liststheparametersettingsoftheintelligentoptimizationfeature.
New LSTLIOPTFUNCTION eNodeB Liststheparametersettingsofintelligentoptimizationfunctions.
New MODLIOPTFUNCTION eNodeB Modifiestheparametersettingsofintelligentoptimizationfunctions.
New DSPLIOPTFUNCTION eNodeB Displaystherunningstatusofintelligentoptimizationfunctions.
New LSTLIOPTRULE eNodeB Liststheparametersettingsofintelligentoptimizationfunctions.
New MODLIOPTRULE eNodeB Modifiestheparametersettingsofintelligentoptimizationfunctions.
New ACTLIOPTRULE eNodeB Activatesanintelligentoptimizationrule.
New DEALIOPTRULE eNodeB Deactivatesanintelligentoptimizationrule.TheeNodeBdoesnotjudgethetriggercondition

oradjustthespecifiedparametersofadeactivatedintelligentoptimizationrule.
New DSPLIOPTRULE eNodeB Displaystherunningstatusofintelligentoptimizationfunctions.
New MODLIOPTATOMRULE eNodeB Modifiestheparametersettingsofanatomruleforanintelligentoptimizationrule.
New LSTLIOPTATOMRULE eNodeB Liststheparametersettingsofanatomruleforanintelligentoptimizationrule.
New LSTLIOPTRULEMEMBER eNodeB Liststheparametersettingsofanintelligentoptimizationrulemember.
New MODLIOPTRULEMEMBER eNodeB Modifiestheparametersettingsofanintelligentoptimizationrulemember.
New ENODEBALGOSWITCH.IOptAlgoSwitch MOD eNodeB Indicateswhethertoenabletheintelligentoptimization

ENODEBALGOSWITCH algorithmsforAutomaticCongestionHandling.
LST IfACHSwitchunderthisparameterison,theeNodeB
ENODEBALGOSWITCH periodicallydetermineswhethertoadjustparametersas
specifiedbytheintelligentoptimizationrules.Ifthetrigger
conditionofanintelligentoptimizationruleismet,the
eNodeBadjustsparametersasspecifiedbytheintelligent
optimizationrule,therebyimprovingnetworkperformancein
theeventofnetworkcongestion.
New LIOptFeature.IOptFeatureID LSTLIOPTFEATURE eNodeB IndicatestheIDofanintelligentoptimizationfeature.
New LIOptFeature.IOptFeatureName LSTLIOPTFEATURE eNodeB Indicatesthenameofanintelligentoptimizationfeature.
New LIOptFunction.IOptFeatureID DSPLIOPTFUNCTION eNodeB IndicatestheIDofanintelligentoptimizationfeature.

LSTLIOPTFUNCTION
New LIOptFunction.IOptFunctionID DSPLIOPTFUNCTION eNodeB IndicatestheIDofanintelligentoptimizationfunction.

LSTLIOPTFUNCTION
MODLIOPTFUNCTION
New LIOptFunction.IOptFunctionName MODLIOPTFUNCTION eNodeB Indicatesthenameofanintelligentoptimizationfunction.

DSPLIOPTFUNCTION
LSTLIOPTFUNCTION
New LIOptFunction.LocalCellId DSPLIOPTFUNCTION eNodeB IndicatestheIDofthecellwheretherulesofanintelligent

optimizationfunctionareapplied.Thevalueofthis
parametercanonlybequeriedbyrunningtheDSP
LIOPTFUNCTIONcommand.Informationdisplayedinthe
DSPLIOPTFUNCTIONcommandoutputiscellspecific.
ThisparameterdoesnottakeeffectforeNodeBlevel
intelligentoptimizationfunctions.
New LIOptFunction.Status DSPLIOPTFUNCTION eNodeB Indicatesthestatusofanintelligentoptimizationfunction.

ThisparametercanonlybequeriedbyrunningtheDSP
LIOPTFUNCTIONcommand.
IftheparametervalueisNORMAL,theintelligent
optimizationfunctionisinthenormalstatus.
IftheparametervalueisPENALTY,theintelligent
optimizationfunctionisunderpenaltyandallofitsrules
cannotbeused.
New LIOptFunction.MeasureObjType LSTLIOPTFUNCTION eNodeB Indicatesthemeasurementobjecttypecorrespondingtoan

intelligentoptimizationfunction.
IftheparametervalueisCell,themeasurementobjectsare
celllevelfunctions.
IftheparametervalueiseNodeB,themeasurementobjects
areeNodeBlevelfunctions.
New LIOptRule.Action DSPLIOPTRULE eNodeB Indicatestheparameteradjustmentsspecifiedbyan

LSTLIOPTRULE intelligentoptimizationrule.
New LIOptRule.ActionType DSPLIOPTRULE eNodeB Indicatesthetypeofparameteradjustmentwhenthetrigger

LSTLIOPTRULE conditionsforanintelligentoptimizationrulearemet.
IftheparametervalueisMODIFY,theintelligent
optimizationruleisusedtomodifyparameters.
IftheparametervalueisRESUME,theintelligent
optimizationruleisusedtorestoreparameterstotheoriginal
settings.
New LIOptRule.ActiveStatus DSPLIOPTRULE eNodeB Indicateswhetheranintelligentoptimizationruleis

LSTLIOPTRULE activated.IftheparametervalueisACTIVATED,the
intelligentoptimizationrulehasbeenactivatedandtaken
effect.IftheparametervalueisDEACTIVATED,the
intelligentoptimizationrulehasbeendeactivatedanddoes
nottakeeffect.
New LIOptRule.AdaptiveRAT MODLIOPTRULE eNodeB Indicatestheradioaccesstechnologytowhichanintelligent

DSPLIOPTRULE optimizationruleapplies.
LSTLIOPTRULE IftheparametervalueisFDD,theintelligentoptimization
ruleappliestoFDD.
IftheparametervalueisTDD,theintelligentoptimization
ruleappliestoTDD.
IftheparametervalueisBOTH,theintelligentoptimization
ruleappliestobothFDDandTDD.
New LIOptRule.AtomRuleRelationType DSPLIOPTRULE eNodeB Indicatestherelationshiptypeamongatomrulesofan

LSTLIOPTRULE intelligentoptimizationrule.
IftheparametervalueisAND,thetriggerconditionforan
intelligentoptimizationruleismetonlywhenallatomrules
oftheintelligentoptimizationruleapply.
IftheparametervalueisOR,thetriggerconditionforan
intelligentoptimizationruleismetifanyatomruleforthe
intelligentoptimizationruleapplies.
New LIOptRule.LocalCellId DSPLIOPTRULE eNodeB IndicatestheIDofthecellwheretheatomrulesfor

intelligentoptimizationrulesareapplied.Thisparametercan
onlybequeriedbyrunningtheDSPLIOPTRULEcommand.
InformationdisplayedintheDSPLIOPTRULEcommand
outputiscellspecific.Thisparameterdoesnottakeeffect
foreNodeBlevelintelligentoptimizationrules.
New LIOptRule.ExecutiveStatus DSPLIOPTRULE eNodeB Indicatesthestatusofparameteradjustmentspecifiedbyan

intelligentoptimizationrule.Thisparametercanonlybe
queriedbyrunningtheDSPLIOPTRULEcommand.
IftheparametervalueisUNEXECUTED,parameter
adjustmenthasnotbeenperformed.
IftheparametervalueisEXECUTING,parameter
adjustmentisbeingperformed.
IftheparametervalueisEXECUTED,parameter
adjustmenthasbeenperformed.
New LIOptRule.IOptFunctionID DSPLIOPTRULE eNodeB IndicatestheIDoftheintelligentoptimizationfunctionthat

LSTLIOPTRULE includestheintelligentoptimizationrule.
New LIOptRule.PenaltyTime MODLIOPTRULE eNodeB Indicatesthepenaltydurationforanintelligentoptimization

DSPLIOPTRULE rule.
LSTLIOPTRULE Thepenaltydurationstartswhenthetriggerconditionsforan
intelligentoptimizationrulearemetandtheeNodeBadjusts
theparametersspecifiedbytheintelligentoptimizationrule.
Thepenaltydurationappliestoallatomrulesofthe
intelligentoptimizationrule.Duringthepenaltyperiod,the
eNodeBdoesnotadjustthoseparametersagainevenifthe
triggerconditionforanatomruleoftheintelligent
optimizationruleismet.Iftheparametervalueis0,no
penaltyisimposedontheintelligentoptimizationrule.
New LIOptRule.Period MODLIOPTRULE eNodeB Indicatestheevaluationperiodforanintelligentoptimization

DSPLIOPTRULE rule.
LSTLIOPTRULE
New LIOptRule.RuleID ACTLIOPTRULE eNodeB IndicatestheIDofanintelligentoptimizationfunction.

DEALIOPTRULE
DSPLIOPTRULE
LSTLIOPTRULE
MODLIOPTRULE
New LIOptAtomRule.AtomRuleID LSTLIOPTATOMRULE eNodeB IndicatestheIDofanatomruleinanintelligentoptimization

MODLIOPTATOMRULE rule.
New LIOptAtomRule.ConditionType LSTLIOPTATOMRULE eNodeB Indicatestherelationshipbetweenameasurementobject

andathresholdinanatomruleofanintelligentoptimization
rule.
New LIOptAtomRule.MeasureObject LSTLIOPTATOMRULE eNodeB Indicatesthemeasurementobjecttypeinanatomruleofan

intelligentoptimizationrule.
New LIOptAtomRule.MeasureObjType LSTLIOPTATOMRULE eNodeB Indicatesthemeasurementobjecttypecorrespondingtoan

atomruleofanintelligentoptimizationrule.
IftheparametervalueisCell,themeasurementobjectsare
celllevelatomrules.
IftheparametervalueiseNodeB,themeasurementobjects
areeNodeBlevelatomrules.
New LIOptAtomRule.ThresholdforNumPara MODLIOPTATOMRULE eNodeB Indicatesthethresholdforselectingameasurementobject

LSTLIOPTATOMRULE withanumericalvalueinanatomruleofanintelligent
optimizationrule.
Ifthemeasurementobjectisapercentagetype,usersonly
needtoenteranumber.Forexample,aparametervalueof
30indicates30%.Ifthemeasurementobjectisoneofother
types,theenteredvalueistheactualvalue.
New LIOptRuleMember.ActiveStatus LSTLIOPTRULEMEMBER eNodeB Indicateswhetheranintelligentoptimizationrulememberis

MODLIOPTRULEMEMBER activated.
IftheparametervalueisACTIVATED,theatomruleisused
asatriggerconditionfortheassociatedintelligent
optimizationrule.
IftheparametervalueisDEACTIVATED,theatomruleis
notusedasatriggerconditionfortheassociatedintelligent
optimizationrule.
New LIOptRuleMember.AtomRuleID LSTLIOPTRULEMEMBER eNodeB IndicatestheIDofanatomrulecorrespondingtoan

MODLIOPTRULEMEMBER intelligentoptimizationrulemember.
New LIOptRuleMember.RuleID LSTLIOPTRULEMEMBER eNodeB IndicatestheIDofanintelligentoptimizationrule

MODLIOPTRULEMEMBER correspondingtoanintelligentoptimizationrulemember.
N/A
FaultManagement
N/A
None
None
ImpactedFeatures
None
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
ThisfeatureisanenhancementtotheAMCfeature.
Thisfeatureusescoordinatedinterferencepredictiontobettertraceinterferencechanges,helpingaccuratelypredicttheSINRtoselectanappropriateMCS.Thisfeatureincreases
systemthroughput.
Benefits
Thisfeatureimprovesuserexperiencewhentheheavilyloadedcellsareexperiencingsevereinterference.
ThisfeatureincreasesthroughputofheavilyloadedcellsandUEsatthecelledge.
Description
Thisfeaturepredictsinterferenceattimeofdatatransmission,therebyaccuratelypredictingtheSINRtoselectanappropriateMCS.Thisisachievedby:
UsingresourceallocationinformationexchangedbymultiplecellsinacoordinatedAMCset
ConsideringtheinterferenceandchannelmeasurementsofUEsinneighboringcells
ThisfeatureisapplicabletointraeNodeBmultisectorscenariosandallowseachcoordinatedAMCsettosupportuptothreeintrafrequencycells.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
CAMCenablesbettertrackingofinterferencechangesinULinterferencelimitedscenarios.IteffectivelyimprovestheaccuracyoftheestimatedSINRandtheselectedMCS,
increasingthespectralefficiencyofULdatatransmissionandULcellthroughput.
ThegainsataneNodeBinthemultiUEscenariowithanintereNodeBdistanceof500metersanddiscontinuousinterferenceareasfollows.TheIoTislowerthan10dBandtheUL
RBusagerangesfrom10%to80%attheeNodeB.
WhenaCAMCsetincludesthreecellsoftheeNodeB,theULcellthroughputincreasesbyupto5%andtheULaverageperceivablerateincreasesbyupto10%.
WhenaCAMCsetincludestwocellsoftheeNodeBandonecellofaneighboringeNodeB,theULcellthroughputincreasesbyupto3%andtheULaverageperceivable
rateincreasesbyupto5%.
InscenarioswhereallstronginterferencecomesfromtheCAMCsetcells,CAMCincreasescellthroughputby60%orhigher.
NOTE:
CAMCandbasicAMCusedifferentSINRestimationmethodsandthereforetheydonothavethesameperformance.InscenarioswhereCAMCdoesnotyieldexpectedgains(for
example,averylowinterferenceprobabilitybecauseULRBusageislessthan20%),CAMCcannotdeliversignificantandstableimprovementbutmayresultinnegativeimpact.
Forexample,ifthecellservesonlyoneUEwithULdatatransmissionandthereisnointerference,theincreaseinUEthroughputcausedbyCAMCrangesinascopeof1%.The
increaseinUEthroughputisbasedonstatisticsatdifferentpositionsinthecell.
NetworkPerformance
CAMCdependsoneventA3reporting.EnablingCAMCincreasesthesignalingoverheadsandincreasesthevalueoftheL.Signal.Num.Uucounter.CAMCenablesuserplane
resourcepreemptioniftheUL/DLPRBorCCEresourcesareinsufficient,reducingDLthroughputby5%atmost.
CAMCimprovesthespectralefficiencyofULdatatransmissioninULinterferencelimitedscenarios,improvingULcellthroughputandperceivableULservicerates.
ThefollowingaremainfactorsthataffectCAMCperformance:
ProportionandabsolutevalueofstronginterferenceinaCAMCset
CAMCestimatesthechangesinstronginterferenceinaCAMCsettohelpimprovetheaccuracyoftheestimatedSINRandtheselectedMCS.Therefore,theexpected
improvementsyieldedbyCAMCarepositivelycorrelatedwiththeproportionofstronginterferencetothetotalinterferenceintheCAMCsetandtheabsolutevalueofthe
stronginterference.Conversely,theexpectedimprovementsyieldedbyCAMCarenegativelycorrelatedwiththeproportionofotherinterferencetothetotalinterferencein
theCAMCsetandtheabsolutevalueofotherinterference.
TheproportionandabsolutevalueofstronginterferenceinaCAMCsetareaffectedbythefollowingpoints:
CAMCsetdivision.CAMCmaynotyieldgainsifCAMCsetsareimproperlydivided.ImproperCAMCsetdivisionleadstostronginterferencethatismainlyor
allfromoutsidetheCAMCsets.YouareadvisedtoincludeonlyintrafrequencyneighboringcellstoaCAMCset.Stronginterference,however,comesfrom
intraeNodeBneighboringcellsinmostcases.ItisstronglyrecommendedthatintrafrequencycellsmanagedbythesameeNodeBbegroupedintoaCAMC
set.
UplinkRBusage.ThehighertheuplinkRBusageinCAMCsetcells,thegreatertheprobabilitythatCAMCsetcellscausestronginterferenceagainstUEsin
theservingcellandthegreatertheexpectedimprovementprovidedbyCAMC.
IntereNodeBdistance.IftheintereNodeBdistanceistoosmall(lessthan200m),theproportionofstronginterferencefromoutsidetheCAMCsets
increases,adverselyaffectingCAMCperformance.Ifthecellradiusistoolarge(greaterthan30km),eventheinterferencewithinaCAMCsetbecomes
insignificant,adverselyaffectingCAMCperformance.
StronginterferencethresholdforUEs.LoweringthevalueofCellUlSchAlgo.UlCamcDlRsrpOffsetmakesmoreUEsbeselectedasUEswithstrong
interference,improvingCAMCperformanceattheexpenseofincreasingsignalingoverheads.Inthissituation,downlinkthroughputmaydecrease.
CAMCuserproportion
ThehighertheproportionofuserstowhomCAMCcannotbeapplied,thesmallerthebenefitsCAMCprovides.TheuserstowhomCAMCcannotbeappliedaremainly
highspeedusersandVoIPusers.
5.43.3NEs
5.43.4Hardware
ThisfeatureisapplicableonlytoamacroeNodeBconfiguredwithaUBBPdboard.
Noimpact.
License
LOFD081206 IntraeNodeBCoordinatedUplink IntraeNodeBCoordinatedUplinkAMC eNodeB percell

AMC (Percell)
ThefollowingMMLcommandhasbeenintroducedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
New DSPCELLULCAMCCLUSTER eNodeB DisplaystheCAMCcoordinatingcelllistofa

localcell.
New CellUlschAlgo.UlCamcDlRsrpOffset MODCELLULSCHALGO eNodeB IndicatesthedownlinkRSRPdifference

threshold,whichisusedforCAMCto
maintaintheinterferencemeasurementsetof
users.
New CellAlgoSwitch.CamcSwitch MODCELLALGOSWITCH eNodeB SpecifieswhethertoenabletheCAMC

function.UlCamcSwunderthisparameter
specifieswhethertoenabletheULCAMC
function.
New L.ULCAMC.User.Avg CellUserQuantityMeasurement eNodeB AveragenumberofUEsforwhichcoordinated

uplinkAMCisusedinacell
FaultManagement
None
LBFD001006AMC
SINRadjustmentandMCSselectioninCAMCarethesameasthoseintheAMCfeature.
LBFD002025BasicScheduling/LOFD001015EnhancedScheduling
AspartofULscheduling,CAMCrequirestheULschedulertoprovideRBallocationinformation.
LOFD003029SFN
LAOFD080202CarrierAggregationforUplink2CC
ImpactedFeatures
LOFD001066ULCoMP
CellsinaCAMCsetmusthavethesamesettingsfortheULCoMPfeature.Thatis,ULCoMPiseitherenabledordisabledforallcellsinaCAMCset.Otherwise,the
interferencemeasurementsetforCAMCchangesafterULCoMPisactivatedandthereforeCAMCperformanceisadverselyaffected.
ItisrecommendedthattheA3offsetthresholdbeconfiguredasthesamevalueforULCoMPandCAMC.Otherwise,theinterferencemeasurementsetforCAMC
changesafterULCoMPisactivatedandthereforeCAMCperformanceisadverselyaffected.
5.44LOFD081207SpecifiedPCIGroupbasedNeighboringCellManagement(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis:
Summary
Whenalargenumberofmicrobasestationsaredeployedunderamacrobasestation,dedicatedPCIrangesarespecifiedformicroandmacrobasestationstodistinguishcommon
sitesfromdenselydeployedsites.TheeNodeBadoptsdifferentmanagementpoliciesonneighboringcellsdependingondifferentPCIranges.Thisfeatureimplementshandovers
betweenmacroandmicrobasestationsbasedonCGIreading,therebyreducingmanualoperations,savingoperators'costs,andensuringnormalhandoversbetweenmacroand
microbasestations.
Benefits
ThisfeaturesimplifiesPCIplanninginscenarioswherealargenumberofmicrobasestationsaredeployed.
ThisfeatureimplementshandoversbetweenmacroandmicrobasestationsbasedonCGIreading,therebypreventinghandoverfailurescausedbyPCImultiplexingof
microbasestations.
Description
Whenalargenumberofmicrobasestationsaredeployedunderamacrobasestation,dedicatedPCIrangesarespecifiedformicroandmacrobasestationstodistinguishcommon
sitesfromdenselydeployedsites.MacrobasestationsusethePCIsforcommonsites,andmicrobasestationsusePCIsfordenselydeployedsites.AfterUEsreportthe
neighboringcellmeasurements,thePCIscontainedinthemeasurementreportsareusedtoidentifythetypeofneighboringcells.
Whenthesourcecellservedbyacommonsitedetectsthatitsneighboringcellsareservedbydenselydeployedsites,aCGIreadingprocedureistriggered,irrespectiveofwhether
itsneighboringcellshavebeenconfigured.BasedonCGIreadingresults,theeNodeBaddsorupdatesneighboringcellconfigurationsanddetermineswhetherthehandoveris
complete.Inthisscenario,youcanconfigurecellsservedbyintrafrequencydenselydeployedsiteswiththesamePCIasneighboringcellsforthecommonsiteintheneighboring
celllist.Inthiscase,PCIconfusioncheckisnotrequired.
Thisfeaturedoesnotapplytothescenariowhereboththesourcecellanditsdetectedneighboringcellsareservedbythecommonsiteorthesourcecellisservedbyadensely
deployedsite.
Enhancement
None
Dependency
UE
ThisfeaturerequiressupportfromtheUE.
Otherfeatures
ThisfeaturerequiresLOFD002001AutomaticNeighbourRelation(ANR)andLOFD002007PCICollisionDetection&SelfOptimization.
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
SpecifiedPCIgroupbasedneighboringcellmanagementhasthefollowingimpactsonthenetworkperformance:
AregularcellinstructsUEstoperformECGIreadingtoselectatargetcellbeforehandoversfromtheregularcelltoaspecifiedPCIcell.ECGIreadingprolongsthedelay
inhandovers,andthereforetheservingcellmaynotbeabletoselectatargetcell,affectingthehandoversuccessrateandtheservicedroprate.
UEsreadECGIsinthesleeptimeduringDRX.ThetrafficvolumeofUEsaffectsthemechanismofECGIreadingduringthesleeptime.TimerT321controlsthe
maximumtimeaUEcanspendreadingECGIs.Forthetimervalues,see5.5.2.3"Measurementidentityaddition/modification"in3GPPTS36.331V10.5.0.
Thesleeptimestopswhenadatapacketarrives.ThishasanimpactontheECGIreadingsuccessrate.ThissuccessrateisevenlowerifUEsareperformingVoLTE
services,whicharescheduledatafixedintervalandencounterahigherprobabilitythatthesleeptimestops.
ECGIreadingduringthesleeptimeaffectstheUEthroughput.ThisisbecauseUEscannotbescheduledwhiletheyarereadingtheECGIofanunknowncellintheDRX
state.Inacommercialnetwork,theimpactonUEsdependsontheservicesthatUEsareperforming.
5.44.3NEs
5.44.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
License
FeatureID Item LicenseControlItem NE SalesUnit
LOFD081207 SpecifiedPCIGroupbased SpecifiedPCIGroupbased eNodeB percell

NeighboringCellManagement NeighboringCellManagement
(FDD)
New CellAlgoSwitch.SpePCIBasedPolicySw MODCELLALGOSWITCH eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifies

LSTCELLALGOSWITCH whethertoenablespecifiedPCI
groupbasedalgorithms.
New EutranSpePciCell.DlEarfcn MODEUTRANSPEPCICELL eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifies

LSTEUTRANSPEPCICELL thedownlinkEUTRAabsolute
radiofrequencychannelnumber
(EARFCN)oftheEUTRANcell
withaspecifiedPCI.
New EutranSpePciCell.StaPhyCellId MODEUTRANSPEPCICELL eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifies

LSTEUTRANSPEPCICELL thestartPCIofthespecified
PCIgroup.
New EutranSpePciCell.SpePhyCellIdRange MODEUTRANSPEPCICELL eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifies

LSTEUTRANSPEPCICELL thenumberofPCIsinthe
specifiedPCIgroup.
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
ThefunctionofintraRATANRbasedonthespecifiedPCIgrouprequirestheLOFD002001AutomaticNeighbourRelation(ANR)feature.
ThefunctionofPCIconflictdetectionbasedonthespecifiedPCIgrouprequirestheLOFD002007PCICollisionDetection&SelfOptimizationfeature.
None
ImpactedFeatures
Withthisfeatureenabled,theeNodeBthatservesaregularcellmayaddaneighborrelationshipwithaspecifiedPCIcelltotheintraRATNRToftheregularcell.ThespecifiedPCI
celloperatesonthesamefrequencyandusesthesamePCIasothercellsintheNRT.ThisadditionintheNRTaffectsfeaturesthatcannotidentifyintrafrequencycellswiththe
samePCI.
Thisfeatureaffectsthefollowingfeatures:
LOFD070204OperatorLoadBasedIntraLTEMLB.
IfanintraRATNRTofaregularcellcontainsneighborrelationshipswithintrafrequencycellssharingonePCI,theprecedingfeaturescannottransferloadfromtheregularcellto
thesecells.
5.45LOFD081208IntereNodeBSFNBasedonCoordinatedBBU(New//Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
applicabletoMacroandLampSitefromeRAN8.1
implementedinCloudBBnetworkingscenarios
Summary
Thisfeatureisusedwiththesinglefrequencynetwork(SFN)feature.Withthisfeature,multipleremoteradiounits(RRUs)canbecombinedtoserveanSFNcell.TheSFNcellhas
onlyonephysicalcellidentifier(PCI).RRUsinvolvedinthisfeaturecanbecommonRRUsorpicoRRUs(PRRUs).
Intheuplink,thisfeaturechoosestheRRUwiththebestsignalqualityforreception.
Inthedownlink,thisfeatureimplementsjointschedulingofairinterfaceresourcesondifferentRRUssothatthesamedataistransmittedusingthesametimefrequencyresources.
Benefits
ThisfeatureisusedwiththeSFNfeature.InadditiontothebenefitsfromtheSFNfeature,thisfeatureprovidesthefollowingbenefits:
ThisfeaturehasnorestrictionsonphysicalcellstobecombinedintoanSFNcell.Thatis,physicalcellswiththestrongestinterferencecanbecombinedintoanSFNcell,which
furtherimprovesedgecoverage.
Description
Dependingondifferenttypesofbasebandprocessingunits,thisfeatureenables2to6physicalcellstobecombinedintoanSFNcell.Thesephysicalcellscanbeconfiguredon
differentBBUs.
Thisfeaturesupportsinadvancescheduling,loweringtherequirementsforthedelayandbandwidthbetweenBBUs.Therefore,thereisenoughbandwidthbetweenBBUsfor
cooperationwithotherfeatures.
Thisfeaturesupportstheconfigurationofprimaryandsecondarysubracks.TheprimarysubrackhousestheBBUconfiguredwithbasebandprocessingunitsforSFNscheduling,and
thesecondarysubrackshouseotherBBUswherethephysicalcellsareconfigured.Toenhancereliability,thephysicalcellscombinedintotheSFNcellcanbeconfiguredas
secondarycellsinthesecondarysubrack.Inthisway,whenthecommunicationbetweentheprimarysubrackandthesecondarysubrackisinterrupted,thesecondarycellsstart
functioningtoreduceperformanceloss.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Inoutdoordenselypopulatedurbanareas,SFNandIntereNodeBSFNBasedonCoordinatedBBUhavethefollowingimpact:
ThissectionusesthecombinationofthreeRRUsasanexample.Thecellthroughputkeepsunchangedunderalightload(thetotaldownlinkPRBusageofcommoncells
beforethecombinationislessthan45%).Theperceivedaveragedownlinkthroughputincreasesby30%to80%.WiththeincreaseofthedownlinkPRBusage,the
perceivedthroughputgaindecreases.OncethetotalPRBusageexceeds45%,thenegativegainwilloccur.IfthetotalPRBusageofcommoncellsbeforethe
combinationexceeds100%,thedownlinkcellthroughputmaydecreasebecausethePRBusageisrestrictedafterthecombination.
NOTE:
TheprecedinggainiscalculatedbasedontheassumptionthatUEsareevenlydistributedintheSFNcellandservicesareinitiatedrandomly.
AftercommoncellsarecombinedintoanSFNcell,thePRBresourcesavailablefortheSFNcellarethesameastheoriginalPRBresourcesofonecommoncell.Ifthe
sumofloadsofcommoncellsishighbeforethecombination,thePRBresourcesarerestrictedafterthecombinationandthedownlinkcelltrafficvolumewillgetaloss.
Inindoorcoverageareas,SFNandIntereNodeBSFNBasedonCoordinatedBBUhavethefollowingimpact.ThissectionusesthecombinationoftwopRRUgroupsinto
oneSFNcellasanexample.EachpRRUgroupconsistsoffivepRRUs.
Theperceivedaveragedownlinkthroughputincreasesby10%to50%underalightload(thetotaldownlinkPRBusageofcommoncellsbeforethecombinationisless
than60%).AsthedownlinkPRBusageincreases,theperceivedthroughputgaindecreasesandevenbecomesnegative.
ThefollowingKPIsmaychangeobviously:
Averageuplinkcellthroughput=L.Thrp.bits.UL/L.Thrp.Time.Cell.UL.HighPrecision
Averagedownlinkcellthroughput=L.Thrp.bits.DL/L.Thrp.Time.Cell.DL
AverageuplinkUEthroughput=L.Thrp.bits.UL/L.Thrp.Time.Cell.DL.HighPrecision
AveragedownlinkUEthroughput=L.Thrp.bits.DL/L.Thrp.Time.DL
ReserveddownlinkPRBusageonCCErestriction=L.ResOpt.CCELimit.PRB.DL(ThevalueofthiscounterincreasesifthePDCCHresourcesoftheSFN
cellbecomefewerthanthoseofcommoncells.)
AllcountersusedforcalculatingtheseKPIsperformmeasurementsonanSFNcellbasis.
BoththetrafficvolumeandthedatatransmissiondurationofanSFNcellchangeafterthecombinationofnonSFNcells.However,thedegreeofchange
differsandasaresulttheaveragecellthroughputmaychangeobviously.Forexample,thetrafficvolumeofanSFNcellistwotimesthetotaltrafficvolumeof
thenonSFNcellswhilethedatatransmissiondurationoftheSFNcellis1.5timesthatofthenonSFNcells.Asaresult,theaveragecellthroughputchanges
greatly.
Forasimilarreason,theaverageUEthroughputmayalsochangeobviously.
NetworkPerformance
IfcommonSFNisusedonalargescale,theSINRoftheentiresystemincreases.Specifically:
IfthreecommonRRUsorRFUsarecombinedtoserveoneSFNcellinadenselypopulatedoutdoorareawithafullload,theaverageCRSSINRincreases
about2dBto3dB.
IfmultiplepRRUgroupsarecombinedtoserveoneSFNcellinanindoorareawithafullload,theaverageCRSSINRincreasesabout10dBto20dB.The
specificgaindependsonthedeploymentdensityofpRRUsbeforeandafterthecombination.
WhentheSFNfeatureisappliedinthehighspeedrailwayscenario,theSINRgainmaybenegativeatboundariesbetweenphysicalcellsduetofrequency
offset.IftheSINRgainisnegative,theSINRisdifferentfromtheactualSINRusedfordemodulation.ItisrecommendedthattheCQIsbeforeandafterthe
SFNapplicationbecomparedtochecktheSFNgain.
AftercommoncellsarecombinedintoanSFNcell,iftheloadoftheSFNcellisheavierthanthatofthecommoncellsbeforethecombination,theloadofthe
neighboringcommoncellswillincreaseandtheSINRwilldecreaseslightly.
WhenthesupportedfunctionsandenvironmentremainthesameandtheapplicationconditionofSFNismet(thatis,thecellloadislight),theexpectedchangesin
networkKPIsinSFNnetworkingscenarioscomparedwithcommoncellnetworkingscenariosareasfollows:
KPI ExpectedChange
Celldownlinkthroughput Notdecreased
Celluplinkthroughput Notdecreased
DownlinkaveragethroughputofUEs Improved
UplinkaveragethroughputofUEs Improved
ERABsetupsuccessrate Notdecreased
RRCsetupsuccessrate Notdecreased
Handoversuccessrate Notdecreased
Numberofhandovers Decreased
Servicedroprate Notdeteriorated
UplinkPRBusage Increased
DownlinkPRBusage Increased
NOTE:
InthescenarioofreconstructingcommoncellstobuildanSFNcell,itisassumedthattheSFNcelliscomposedofphysicalcellswithdifferenttransmitchannels(such
as1T+2T).IftheSFNcellusesasinglechannelasatransmitchannelandreportsRANK2afterreconstruction,thedownlinkaveragethroughput,PDSCHMCS,downlink
CQI,anddownlinkRBLERofUEsintheSFNcellwilldecrease,comparedwiththoseofUEsinsinglechannelcommoncells.
IfSRSmeasurementisnotenabledforcommoncellsanduplinkinterferenceisweak,aftercommoncellsarereconstructedtobuildanSFNcell,theuplinkthroughputof
UEsintheSFNcelldecreases.
TheexpectedKPIchangesintheprevioustablearenotapplicableforthesubwayandhighspeedrailwayscenarios.
5.45.3NEs
5.45.4Hardware
UBBPd3/UBBPd4/UBBPd5/UBBPd6
OnlytheUSU3910allowsRRUsconnectedtodifferentBBUstoconstituteanSFNcell.
ThefollowingboardssupportthecentralizedcrosssubrackSFNcell:
LBBPd1/LBBPd2/LBBPd3/UBBPd3/UBBPd4/UBBPd5/UBBPd6/UBBPda/UBBPdb
ThefollowingboardssupportthedistributedcrosssubrackSFNcell:
Noimpact.
License
Thefollowinglicenseitemisaddedtothisfeature:
FeatureID Element LicenseDescription NE SalesUnit
LOFD081208 IntereNodeBSFNBasedon IntereNodeBSFNbasedoncoordinated eNodeB PereNodeB

CoordinatedBBU BBU(FDD)
ChangeType Command NE Description
New ADDSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB ThiscommandisexecutedontheauxiliaryeNodeBforaddingthe

bindingrelationshipbetweenthesectorequipmentoftheauxiliary
eNodeBandthecellsoftheprimaryeNodeB.
New MODSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB ThiscommandisexecutedontheauxiliaryeNodeBformodifying

thebindingrelationshipbetweenthesectorequipmentofthe
auxiliaryeNodeBandthecellsoftheprimaryeNodeB.
New RMVSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB ThiscommandisexecutedontheauxiliaryeNodeBfordeletingthe

New LSTSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB ThiscommandisexecutedontheauxiliaryeNodeBforqueryingthe

New ADDSFNCELLBIND eNodeB Thiscommandisexecutedtoaddthebindingrelationshipbetween

anSFNcellandtheauxiliaryeNodeB.
New LSTSFNCELLBIND eNodeB Thiscommandisexecutedtoquerythebindingrelationship

betweenanSFNcellandtheauxiliaryeNodeB.
New RMVSFNCELLBIND eNodeB Thiscommandisexecutedtodeletethebindingrelationship

New ADDSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB Thiscommandisexecutedtoaddthebindingrelationshipofthe

SFNauxiliaryeNodeBresources.
New LSTSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB Thiscommandisexecutedtoquerythebindingrelationshipofthe

New MODSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB Thiscommandisexecutedtomodifythebindingrelationshipofthe

New RMVSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB Thiscommandisexecutedtodeletethebindingrelationshipofthe

New SFNCELLBIND.LocalCellId ADDSFNCELLBIND eNodeB Thisparameterindicatesthelocal

LSTSFNCELLBIND identityofthecell.Ituniquely
identifiesacellwithinaneNodeB.
RMVSFNCELLBIND
New SFNCELLBIND.eNodebId ADDSFNCELLBIND eNodeB ThisparameterindicatestheIDofthe

LSTSFNCELLBIND auxiliaryeNodeB.
RMVSFNCELLBIND
New SFNAUXRESBIND.SectorEqmId ADDSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB Thevalueofthisparameteris

LSTSFNAUXRESBIND consistentwiththesectorequipment
IDoftheauxiliaryeNodeB.
MODSFNAUXRESBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESBIND
New SFNAUXRESBIND.eNodebId ADDSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB ThisparameterissettotheIDofthe

LSTSFNAUXRESBIND maineNodeB.
MODSFNAUXRESBIND
RMV
New SFNAUXRESBIND.LocalCellId ADDSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB Thisparameterissettothelocalcell

LSTSFNAUXRESBIND IDofthemaineNodeB.
MODSFNAUXRESBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESBIND
New SFNAUXRESBIND.BaseBandEqmId ADDSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB Thisparameterindicatesthenumber

LSTSFNAUXRESBIND ofthebasebandequipmentusedby
thecell.
MODSFNAUXRESBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESBIND
New SFNAUXRESBIND.ReferenceSignalPwr ADDSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB Thisparameterindicatesthepowerof

LSTSFNAUXRESBIND referencesignalsusedbythe
resourcesoftheSFNauxiliary
MODSFNAUXRESBIND
eNodeB.
RMVSFNAUXRESBIND
New SFNAUXRESBIND.ReferenceSignalPwrMargin ADDSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB Thisparameterindicatesthereference

LSTSFNAUXRESBIND signalpowerheadroomforthesector
deviceservingthecell.
MODSFNAUXRESBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESBIND
New SFNAUXRESBIND.SectorCpriCompression ADDSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB ThisparameterindicatestheCPRI

LSTSFNAUXRESBIND compressiontypeofthesector
equipment.
MODSFNAUXRESBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESBIND
New SfnAuxResGrpBind.eNodebId ADDSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB ThisparameterissettotheIDofthe

LSTSFNAUXRESGRPBIND maineNodeB.
MODSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
New SfnAuxResGrpBind.SectorEqmGroupId ADDSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB Thevalueofthisparameteris

LSTSFNAUXRESGRPBIND consistentwiththesectorequipment
groupIDoftheauxiliaryeNodeB.
MODSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
New SfnAuxResGrpBind.LocalCellId ADDSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB Thisparameterissettothelocalcell

LSTSFNAUXRESGRPBIND IDofthemaineNodeB.
MODSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
New SfnAuxResGrpBind.ReferenceSignalPwr ADDSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB Thisparameterindicatesthereference

LSTSFNAUXRESGRPBIND signalpowerofthesectorequipment
groupontheauxiliaryeNodeB.
MODSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
New SfnAuxResGrpBind.SectorGroupCpriCompression ADDSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB Itisrecommendedthatthisparameter

LSTSFNAUXRESGRPBIND besettoNO_COMPRESSION.
MODSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
New SfnAuxResGrpBind.SfnSectorEqmRef ADDSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB Filltheactualnumberofsectorsinthe

LSTSFNAUXRESGRPBIND sectorequipmentgroupsasplanned.
MODSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
LOFD003029SFN
IntereNodeBSFNBasedonCoordinatedBBUcannotworkwithanyofthefollowingfeatures:
ImpactedFeatures
IntereNodeBSFNBasedonCoordinatedBBUimpactsthefollowingfeatures:
AftermultiplecommoncellsarecombinedintoanSFNcell,thesamecellIDcorrespondstomultiplephysicalcellsandthecoverageareaoftheSFNcellexpands.Ifthe
ECIDpositioningmethodisused,thepositioningaccuracyofLCSdecreases.
LBFD001003ScalableBandwidth
TherecommendedbandwidthofSFNcellsis5,10,15,or20MHz.
LOFD001040LowPowerConsumptionMode
Inlowpowerconsumptionmode,theeNodeBservingcommoncellscansaveenergyinfourways:decreasingthetransmitpowerofcellavailableservices,decreasing
thetransmitpowerofreferencesignals,shuttingdownpartoftransmitchannels,andshuttingdowncarriers.Inlowpowerconsumptionmode,theeNodeBservingSFN
cellsdoesnotsupporttheshutdownofsometransmitchannels.
5.46LOFD081209IntereNodeBAdaptiveSFN/SDMABasedonCoordinatedBBU(New//Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
applicabletoMacroandLampSitefromeRAN8.1
implementedinCloudBBnetworkingscenarios
Summary
ThisfeatureisusedwiththeadaptiveSFN/SDMAfeature.Withthisfeature,multipleRRUscanbecombinedtoserveanSFNcell.
WhenmultiplecommoncellsarecombinedintoanSFNcell,theeNodeBclassifiesUEsintodifferentcategoriesaccordingtothesignalqualityandadaptivelyperformsjoint
schedulingorindependentschedulingoftimefrequencyresourcesformultiplecells.Thespacedivisionmultipleaccess(SDMA)technologyisusedtoimplementindependent
schedulingoftimefrequencyresourcesformultiplecells.
Benefits
ThisfeatureisusedwiththeadaptiveSFN/SDMAfeature.InadditiontothebenefitsfromtheadaptiveSFN/SDMAfeature,thisfeatureprovidesthefollowingbenefits:
ThisfeaturehasnorestrictionsonphysicalcellstobecombinedintoanSFNcell.CommoncellswiththestrongestinterferencecanbecombinedintoanSFNcell.Thisfeature
furtherimprovesedgecoverage.
Description
Dependingondifferenttypesofbasebandprocessingunits,thisfeatureenables2to6physicalcellstobecombinedintoanSFNcell.Thesephysicalcellscanbeconfiguredon
differentBBUs.
Thisfeaturesupportsinadvancescheduling,loweringtherequirementsforthedelayandbandwidthbetweenBBUs.Therefore,thereisenoughbandwidthbetweenBBUsfor
cooperationwithotherfeatures.
Thisfeaturesupportstheconfigurationofprimaryandsecondarysubracks.TheprimarysubrackhousestheBBUconfiguredwithbasebandprocessingunitsforSFNscheduling,and
thesecondarysubrackshouseotherBBUswherethephysicalcellsareconfigured.Toenhancereliability,thephysicalcellscombinedintotheSFNcellcanbeconfiguredas
secondarycellsinthesecondarysubrack.Inthisway,whenthecommunicationbetweentheprimarysubrackandthesecondarysubrackisinterrupted,thesecondarycellsstart
functioningtoreduceperformanceloss.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
TakingthecombinationofthreecommonRRUsasanexample,inoutdoordenselypopulatedurbanareas,AdaptiveSFN/SDMAandIntereNodeBAdaptiveSFN/SDMA
BasedonCoordinatedBBUincreasetheaveragedownlinkcellthroughputby16%to72%comparedwithSFN.
TakingthecombinationoftwopRRUgroups(withfivepRRUsineachpRRUgroup)intooneSFNcellasanexample,inindoorcoveragescenario,AdaptiveSFN/SDMA
andIntereNodeBAdaptiveSFN/SDMABasedonCoordinatedBBUincreasetheaveragedownlinkcellthroughputby30%to70%comparedwithSFN.
WhenUEsareindependentlyscheduledorsomeUEsarejointlyscheduled,downlinkcellspecificreferencesignals(CRSs)aretransmittedjointlybymultipleRF
modules.Asaresult,theCRSSINRishigherthanthePDSCHSINRandthepeakratesofUEsareaffected.ThepeakrateofanadaptiveSFNcellislowerthanthatof
bothacommonSFNcellandanonSFNcell,undertheconditionthattheCRSSINRsinthesecellsarethesame.
SomeKPIsmaychangeobviously.Fordetails,seeLOFD081208IntereNodeBSFNBasedonCoordinatedBBU.ComparedwithSFN,AdaptiveSFN/SDMAandInter
eNodeBAdaptiveSFN/SDMABasedonCoordinatedBBUincreasethenumberofUEsthatcanbescheduledatthesamemomentandthepossibilityoflimitingCCE
resources.Inaddition,thevalueofL.ResOpt.CCELimit.PRB.DLincreasessignificantly.
Whenthecellthroughputremainsunchanged,thePRBusageinadaptiveSFNscenarioscomparedwiththatincommonscenariosdecreases.
NetworkPerformance
Thenumberofhandoversdecreases,thehandoversuccessrateincreases,andtheservicedropratedecreases.
IfadaptiveSFNisusedonalargescale,theSINRoftheentiresystemincreases.Specifically:
IfthreecommonRRUsorRFUsarecombinedtoserveoneSFNcellinadenselypopulatedoutdoorareawithafullload,theaverageCRSSINRincreases
about2dBto3dB.
IfmultiplepRRUgroupsarecombinedtoserveoneSFNcellinanindoorareawithafullload,theaverageCRSSINRincreasesabout5dBto15dB.The
specificgaindependsonthedeploymentdensityofpRRUsbeforeandafterthecombination.
Whenthesupportedfunctionsandenvironmentremainthesameandthecellloaddoesnotreachthefullload,theexpectedchangesinnetworkKPIsinadaptiveSFN
scenarioscomparedwithcommonSFNscenariosareasfollows:
KPI ExpectedChange ExpectedKPIChangesinAdaptive

SFNCellComparedwithCommon
Cell
Celldownlinkthroughput Improved Notdecreased
Celluplinkthroughput Nochange Notdecreased
DownlinkaveragethroughputofUEs Improved Notdecreased
UplinkaveragethroughputofUEs Nochange Improved
ERABsetupsuccessrate Decreased Notdecreased
RRCsetupsuccessrate Decreased Notdecreased
Handoversuccessrate Notdecreased Notdecreased
Numberofhandovers Nochange Decreased
Servicedroprate Deteriorated Nochange
UplinkPRBusage Nochange Decreased
DownlinkPRBusage Decreased Decreased
NOTE:
AdaptiveSFN/SDMAusesthejointschedulingmodeintheuplink.
TheexpectedKPIchangesintheprevioustablearenotapplicableforthesubwayandhighspeedrailwayscenarios.
5.46.3NEs
5.46.4Hardware
OnlytheUSU3910allowsRRUsconnectedtodifferentBBUstoconstituteanSFNcell.
ThefollowingboardssupportthecentralizedcrosssubrackSFNcell:
LBBPd1/LBBPd2/LBBPd3/UBBPd3/UBBPd4/UBBPd5/UBBPd6/UBBPda/UBBPdb
ThefollowingboardssupportthedistributedcrosssubrackSFNcell:
Noimpact.
LicenseManagement
Thefollowinglicenseitemisaddedtothisfeature:
FeatureID Name LicenseDescription NE SalesUnit
LOFD081209 IntereNodeBAdaptiveSFN/SDMA IntereNodeBadaptiveSFN/SDMAbased eNodeB PereNodeB

BasedonCoordinatedBBU oncoordinatedBBU(FDD)
New ADDSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB ThiscommandisexecutedontheauxiliaryeNodeBforaddingthe

New MODSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB ThiscommandisexecutedontheauxiliaryeNodeBformodifying

thebindingrelationshipbetweenthesectorequipmentofthe
auxiliaryeNodeBandthecellsoftheprimaryeNodeB.
New RMVSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB ThiscommandisexecutedontheauxiliaryeNodeBfordeletingthe

New LSTSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB ThiscommandisexecutedontheauxiliaryeNodeBforqueryingthe

New ADDSFNCELLBIND eNodeB Thiscommandisexecutedtoaddthebindingrelationshipbetween

anSFNcellandtheauxiliaryeNodeB.
New LSTSFNCELLBIND eNodeB Thiscommandisexecutedtoquerythebindingrelationship

New RMVSFNCELLBIND eNodeB Thiscommandisexecutedtodeletethebindingrelationship

New ADDSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB Thiscommandisexecutedtoaddthebindingrelationshipofthe

New LSTSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB Thiscommandisexecutedtoquerythebindingrelationshipofthe

New MODSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB Thiscommandisexecutedtomodifythebindingrelationshipofthe

New RMVSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB Thiscommandisexecutedtodeletethebindingrelationshipofthe

New SFNCELLBIND.LocalCellId ADDSFNCELLBIND eNodeB Thisparameterindicatesthelocal

LSTSFNCELLBIND identityofthecell.Ituniquely
identifiesacellwithinaneNodeB.
RMVSFNCELLBIND
New SFNCELLBIND.eNodebId ADDSFNCELLBIND eNodeB ThisparameterindicatestheIDofthe

LSTSFNCELLBIND auxiliaryeNodeB.
RMVSFNCELLBIND
New SFNAUXRESBIND.SectorEqmId ADDSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB Thevalueofthisparameteris

LSTSFNAUXRESBIND consistentwiththesectorequipment
IDoftheauxiliaryeNodeB.
MODSFNAUXRESBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESBIND
New SFNAUXRESBIND.eNodebId ADDSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB ThisparameterissettotheIDofthe

LSTSFNAUXRESBIND maineNodeB.
MODSFNAUXRESBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESBIND
New SFNAUXRESBIND.LocalCellId ADDSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB Thisparameterissettothelocalcell

LSTSFNAUXRESBIND IDofthemaineNodeB.
MODSFNAUXRESBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESBIND
New SFNAUXRESBIND.BaseBandEqmId ADDSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB Thisparameterindicatesthenumber

LSTSFNAUXRESBIND ofthebasebandequipmentusedby
thecell.
MODSFNAUXRESBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESBIND
New SFNAUXRESBIND.ReferenceSignalPwr ADDSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB Thisparameterindicatesthepowerof

LSTSFNAUXRESBIND referencesignalsusedbythe
resourcesoftheSFNauxiliary
MODSFNAUXRESBIND
eNodeB.
RMVSFNAUXRESBIND
New SFNAUXRESBIND.ReferenceSignalPwrMargin ADDSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB Thisparameterindicatesthereference

LSTSFNAUXRESBIND signalpowerheadroomforthesector
deviceservingthecell.
MODSFNAUXRESBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESBIND
New SFNAUXRESBIND.SectorCpriCompression ADDSFNAUXRESBIND eNodeB ThisparameterindicatestheCPRI

LSTSFNAUXRESBIND compressiontypeofthesector
equipment.
MODSFNAUXRESBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESBIND
New SfnAuxResGrpBind.eNodebId ADDSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB ThisparameterissettotheIDofthe

LSTSFNAUXRESGRPBIND maineNodeB.
MODSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
New SfnAuxResGrpBind.SectorEqmGroupId ADDSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB Thevalueofthisparameteris

LSTSFNAUXRESGRPBIND consistentwiththesectorequipment
groupIDoftheauxiliaryeNodeB.
MODSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
New SfnAuxResGrpBind.LocalCellId ADDSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB Thisparameterissettothelocalcell

LSTSFNAUXRESGRPBIND IDofthemaineNodeB.
MODSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
New SfnAuxResGrpBind.ReferenceSignalPwr ADDSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB Thisparameterindicatesthereference

LSTSFNAUXRESGRPBIND signalpowerofthesectorequipment
groupontheauxiliaryeNodeB.
MODSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
New SfnAuxResGrpBind.SectorGroupCpriCompression ADDSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB Itisrecommendedthatthisparameter

LSTSFNAUXRESGRPBIND besettoNO_COMPRESSION.
MODSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
New SfnAuxResGrpBind.SfnSectorEqmRef ADDSFNAUXRESGRPBIND eNodeB Filltheactualnumberofsectorsinthe

LSTSFNAUXRESGRPBIND sectorequipmentgroupsasplanned.
MODSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
RMVSFNAUXRESGRPBIND
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
LOFD003029SFN
IntereNodeBAdaptiveSFN/SDMABasedonCoordinatedBBUcannotbeusedwithanyofthefollowingfeatures:
MRFD231806GSMandLTEDynamicPowerSharing(LTE)
LOFD001067800MSelfinterferenceCancellation
LBFD002022StaticICIC
LOFD001014DynamicICIC
LOFD060201AdaptiveICIC
ImpactedFeatures
RefertosectionLOFD003029SFN,LOFD070205AdaptiveSFN/SDMA,andLOFD081208IntereNodeBSFNBasedonCoordinatedBBU.
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
ComparedwithcommonextendedQoSclassidentifiers(QCIs),enhancedextendedQCIsarecharacterizedbyhigherschedulingpriorities.Thisenhancesreliabilityofserviceswith
theextendedQCIs.
Benefits
TheschedulingprioritiesmappedtoextendedQCIsnowequalorexceedthoseofguaranteedbitrate(GBR)services.Asaresult,thedataratesofserviceswiththeextendedQCIs
areguaranteedevenwhencellsareseverelycongested.
TouseextendedQCIsforserviceswithhighreliabilityrequirements(forexample,pushtotalk[PTT]services),theEnhancedExtendedQCIfeatureenablesdedicatedbearersfor
theseservicestobeassignedhigherguaranteedschedulingpriorities.
Description
Previously,extendedQCIsindicatedQoSpoliciesfornonGBRservices.Theydidnotmeethighreliabilityrequirementsofoperators.TheEnhancedExtendedQCIfeaturenowraises
theQoSpoliciesofextendedQCIstothelevelforGBRservices.TheschedulingprioritiesmappedtotheextendedQCIscanbeconfiguredtoequalorexceedtheprioritymappedto
QCI1.(QCI1isusedforvoiceoverIP[VoIP]servicesaccordingto3GPPspecifications.)
Withthisfeatureactivated,dedicatedbearerswiththeextendedQCIscanuserobustheadercompression(ROHC)toreduceIPheaderoverheadsandincreasetheirtransmission
efficiency.
TheEnhancedExtendedQCIfeaturecanbeusedonlyincollaborationwithextendedQCIconfigurationsintheEPC.ParametersrelatedtodedicatedGBRbearers,suchasuplink
anddownlinkguaranteedbandwidthsforGBRservices,mustbeconfiguredforextendedQCIsintheEPC.Otherwise,eNodeBsdonotapplytheQoSpoliciesforGBRservicesto
theextendedQCIs.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
Noimpact.
5.47.3NEs
5.47.4Hardware
ThisfeaturetakeseffectonlywhenUEsonthelivenetworksupportextendedQCIsortheEPCdevicesareHuaweidevices.
Noimpact.
License
Thefollowinglicensecontrolitemshavebeenaddedforthisfeature.
LOFD081218 EnhancedExtendedQCI EnhancedExtendedQCI(FDD) eNodeB Percell
Thefollowingparametershavebeenmodifiedforthisfeature.
Added CellAlgoSwitch.LtePttQoSSwitch MODCELLALGOSWITCH eNodeB IndicateswhethertoenableGBRforextendedbearers

allocatedtoPTTservices.
Added ExtendedQci.LtePttDedicatedExtendedQci ADDEXTENDEDQCI eNodeB IndicateswhetherthisextendedQCIisusedasthe

MODEXTENDEDQCI dedicatedQCIforPTTvoiceservices.
Added ExtendedQci.LtePttUplinkPriority ADDEXTENDEDQCI eNodeB Indicatestheuplinkschedulingpriorityofdedicatedbearers

MODEXTENDEDQCI forPTTservices.
Added ExtendedQci.LtePttDownlinkPriority ADDEXTENDEDQCI eNodeB Indicatesthedownlinkschedulingpriorityofdedicated

MODEXTENDEDQCI bearersforPTTservices.
Thefollowingcountershavebeenmodifiedforthisfeature.
Added L.ERAB.NormRel.QCI.PTT ERABreleasemeasurement(E eNodeB NumberofnormalERABreleasesforPTT

RAB.Rel.Cell) servicesinacell
Added L.ERAB.NormRel.HOOut.QCI.PTT ERABreleasemeasurement(E eNodeB NumberofnormalERABreleasesforoutgoing

RAB.Rel.Cell) handoversofPTTservices
Added L.ERAB.AbnormRel.HOOut.QCI.PTT ERABreleasemeasurement(E eNodeB NumberofabnormalERABreleasesforoutgoing

RAB.Rel.Cell) handoversofPTTservices
Added L.PDCP.Tx.Disc.Trf.SDU.QCI.PTT PDCPmeasurement eNodeB NumberofdownlinkPDCPSDUsdiscardedfor

(Traffic.PDCP.Cell) PTTservicesinacell
Added L.Traffic.UL.PktLoss.Tot.QCI.PTT Packetmeasurement eNodeB NumberofexpecteduplinkPDCPSDUsforPTT

(Traffic.Packet.Cell) servicesinacell
Added L.ERAB.SuccEst.QCI.PTT ERABsetupmeasurement(E eNodeB NumberofsuccessfulERABsetupsinitiatedby

RAB.Est.Cell) UEsforPTTservices
Added L.ERAB.AttEst.QCI.PTT ERABsetupmeasurement(E eNodeB NumberofERABsetupattemptsinitiatedby

RAB.Est.Cell) UEsforPTTservices
Added L.ERAB.InitAttEst.QCI.PTT ERABsetupmeasurement(E eNodeB NumberofinitialERABsetupattemptsinitiated

RAB.Est.Cell) byUEsforPTTservices
Added L.ERAB.InitSuccEst.QCI.PTT ERABsetupmeasurement(E eNodeB NumberofsuccessfulinitialERABsetups

RAB.Est.Cell) initiatedbyUEsforPTTservices
Added L.ERAB.AttEst.HOIn.QCI.PTT ERABsetupmeasurement(E eNodeB NumberofERABsetupsattemptsforincoming

RAB.Est.Cell) handoversofPTTservices
Added L.ERAB.SuccEst.HOIn.QCI.PTT ERABsetupmeasurement(E eNodeB NumberofsuccessfulERABsetupsforincoming

RAB.Est.Cell) handoversofPTTservices
Added L.ERAB.AbnormRel.QCI.PTT ERABreleasemeasurement(E eNodeB NumberofabnormalERABreleasesforPTT

RAB.Rel.Cell) services
Added L.Traffic.DL.PktUuLoss.Tot.QCI.PTT Packetmeasurement eNodeB NumberofdownlinkPDCPSDUstransmittedfor

(Traffic.Packet.Cell) PTTservicesinacellovertheUuinterface
Added L.Traffic.UL.PktLoss.Loss.QCI.PTT Packetmeasurement eNodeB NumberofuplinkPDCPSDUsdiscardedforPTT

(Traffic.Packet.Cell) servicesinacell
Added L.E ERABsetupfailuremeasurement eNodeB NumberofERABsetupfailuresforPTTservices

RAB.FailEst.NoRadioRes.DLSatis.PTT (ERAB.EstFail.Cell) becauseofalowdownlinksatisfactionrate
Added L.E ERABsetupfailuremeasurement eNodeB NumberofERABsetupfailuresforPTTservices

RAB.FailEst.NoRadioRes.ULSatis.PTT (ERAB.EstFail.Cell) becauseofalowuplinksatisfactionrate
Added L.Traffic.DL.PktUuLoss.Loss.QCI.PTT Packetmeasurement eNodeB TotalnumberofdownlinkPDCPSDUsdiscarded

(Traffic.Packet.Cell) forPTTservicesinacellovertheUuinterface
Added L.Traffic.DL.PktUuLoss.Tot.QCI.PTT Packetmeasurement eNodeB NumberofdownlinkPDCPSDUstransmittedfor

(Traffic.Packet.Cell) PTTservicesinacellovertheUuinterface
FaultManagement
N/A
LBFD002032ExtendedQCI
TheenhancedextendedQCIisdependentonthefunctionarchitectureoftheextendedQCI.
None
ImpactedFeatures
WhenGlobalProcSwitch.LcgProfileissettoLCG_PROFILE_1,thepriorityofPTTserviceswithenhancedextendedQCIscannotberaisedhigherthanthepriorityof
VoLTEserviceswithaQCIof1evenifExtendedQci.LtePttUplinkPriorityandExtendedQci.LtePttDownlinkPriorityaresettoHIGHER_PRI_THAN_QCI1(priority
higherthanQCI1).
Availability
Thisfeatureis:
Summary
WhenthisfeatureworkswithLOFD001066IntraeNodeBULCoMPandLOFD070222IntraeNodeBULCoMPPhaseII,interBBUULCoMPwithBBUsconnectedthrougha
relaxedbackhaulnetworkcanbeperformedforVoLTEUEsinTTIbundlingmode.
NOTE:
WhenBBUsarelocatedindifferentplaceswithoutdedicatedtransmissionlinksbetweenthem,interBBUcoordinationdatacanbeexchangedthrougharelaxedbackhaulnetwork.
Benefits
ThisfeatureallowsBBUstobeconnectedthrougharelaxedbackhaulnetworkratherthanthroughUSUs.Withouttransportnetworkreconstruction,thisfeaturecanreducethe
numberoftransportblocks(TBs)failingtobeinitiallytransmittedforVoLTEUEsinTTIbundlingmode,therebyloweringthepacketlossrateandimprovingvoicequality.
Description
Whentransmissionconditionsarenotsatisfactorybecauseoftransmissiondelayandtransmissionbandwidth,thisfeatureusestheantennasofcellsservedbydifferentBBUsto
jointlyreceivesignalsfromaUE.TheservingcellandcoordinatedcellsaresetupindifferentBBUsandhavealooserequirementontransmissionbetweenBBUs.
Timesynchronizationwithadeviationnomorethan1smustbeachievedbetweenBBUs,forexample,byusingaGPSorIEEE1588V2clock.Thepermissibleoneway
transmissiondelayisshorterthan4ms.TheeNodeBperiodicallymeasuresonewaytransmissiondelaysbetweentheservingcellandneighboringcellsconnectedthrougharelaxed
backhaulnetwork.Ifadelayexceedsthemaximumpermissiblevalue,theeNodeBdisablesULCoMPbetweenthesecells.
Figure58ULCoMPbetweenBBUsconnectedthrougharelaxedbackhaulnetwork
Figure59Differencesamongrelaxedbackhaul,centralizedcloudBB,anddistributedcloudBB
NOTE:
CloudBB:TwoormoreBBUscommunicatewitheachotherandprocessservicesbyphysicallyconnectingtheBBUsandUSUsusingsignalcables.
CentralizedcloudBB:BBUsandUSUsarelocatedinthesameplace,andthelengthsofthesignalcablesconnectingtheBBUsandUSUsarelessthan100m.
DistributedcloudBB:BBUsandUSUs,orthefirstlevelandsecondlevelUSUs,areremotelyconnectedusingsignalcableswithlengthslessthan10km.
Thisfeaturecanbeusedinthefollowingscenarios:
InterBBUmacromacroULCoMP
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
ThisfeatureisintroducedineRAN8.1toexpandthecoordinationscope.Itcanbeusedwhentransmissiondelayortransmissionbandwidthisunsatisfactory.Itincreasesthe
averageuplinkthroughputforbothcellsandCEUsintheTTIbundlingstate.
NetworkPerformance
Thisfeatureenhancesuplinkcoverageinscenarioswheretransmissiondelayortransmissionbandwidthisunsatisfactory.
5.48.3NEs
Noimpact.
5.48.4Hardware
TheBBUmustbeLBBPdorUBBPd.
eNodeBVersion BBPModel NumberofReceive NumberofCellsinaCoordinated Scenario

Antennas Set
eRAN8.1 LBBPd2,LBBPd3,UBBPd3,UBBPd4,UBBPd5, 2 3 InterBBUULCoMP

andUBBPd6
Noimpact.
License
LOFD081219 ULCoMPBasedonRelaxed ULCoMPBasedonRelaxed eNodeB pereNodeB

Backhaul Backhaul(FDD)
New UlCompA3OffsetForRelaxedBH MODCELLULCOMPALGO BTS3900LTE ThisnewparameterspecifiesaULCoMPA3

LSTCELLULCOMPALGO offsetforrelaxedbackhaul.
Modified OverBBUsSwitch MODENODEBALGOSWITCH BTS3900LTE TheUlJROverRelaxedBHSwoptionisadded

LSTENODEBALGOSWITCH tospecifywhethertoenableordisableUL
CoMPbasedonrelaxedbackhaul.
New L.ChMeas.ULRelaxedBHCoMP.PRB.Avg ChMeas.PRB.Cell BTS3900LTE AveragenumberofPRBsscheduledforUL

CoMPbasedonrelaxedbackhaulinacell
New L.ULCoMP.ULRelaxedBHCoMP.User.Avg Traffic.User.Cell BTS3900LTE AveragenumberofUEsselectedforUL

CoMPbasedonrelaxedbackhaulinacell
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
5.48.7OtherFeatures
LOFD081219ULCoMPBasedonRelaxedBackhaulrequiresthefollowingfeatures:
LOFD081219ULCoMPBasedonRelaxedBackhaultakeseffectonlywhenthisfeatureandallitsprerequisitefeaturesareenabled.
TheotherprerequisitefeaturesarethesameasthoseofLOFD001066IntraeNodeBULCoMP.
ThefeaturesmutuallyexclusivewiththisfeaturearethesameasthoseforLOFD070223ULCoMPBasedonCoordinatedBBU.
ImpactedFeatures
TheimpactedCAfeaturesareasfollows:
LAOFD070201FlexibleCAfromMultipleCarriers
LAOFD080201IntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxedbackhaul
Foracell,theseCAfeaturescanbeenabledtogetherwithLOFD081219ULCoMPBasedonRelaxedBackhaul.ForaCAUE,cellsthatareconnectedthrougharelaxedbackhaul
networkarenotselectedascoordinatedcellsforULCoMP.
eX2QoSHandlingMechanism
WhentheeNodeBdetectsthattransportqueuesonaneX2interfacearecongested,ittriggersbackpressureontrafficrelatedtointerBBUULCoMPbasedonrelaxedbackhaulon
theeX2interfaceinquestionorittriggersaremovalofcoordinatedcellsconnectedthroughtheeX2interface.Asthenumberofcoordinatedcellsdecreases,thedataratesofUL
CoMPUEsmayalsodecrease.
WhentheeNodeBdetectsthatthecongestionisrelieved,iteitherstopsthebackpressureorrestoresthecoordinatedcells.
WhentheeNodeBdetectsthatthetransportresourceisoverloaded,ittriggersaremovaloftheeX2interfaceandthecoordinatedcellsconnectedthroughtheeX2interface.
SFN
TheimpactedSFNfeaturesareasfollows:
LOFD003029SFN
TheseSFNfeaturescanbeenabledtogetherwithLOFD081219ULCoMPBasedonRelaxedBackhaul.However,ULCoMPcannotbeperformedinanSFNcellandanothercell
thatareconnectedthrougharelaxedbackhaulnetwork.
TheotherimpactedfeaturesarethesameasthoseofLOFD001066IntraeNodeBULCoMP.
5.49LOFD081220InterBBUClockSharing(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
ThisfeatureimplementsintersubracksharingoftheGPSreferenceclock(includingtheRGPSreferenceclock).Byusingauniversalswitchingunit(USU),thisfeatureallowsa
macroeNodeBtodistributetheGPSreferenceclock(includingtheRGPSreferenceclock)lockedbyoneofitsbasebandunit(BBU)amongotherBBUs,includingLampSiteBBUs.
Benefits
ThisfeatureeliminatestheneedfordeployingtheGPSreferenceclock(includingtheRGPSreferenceclock)onLampSiteBBUsandimprovesBBUclockreliabilityofmacro
eNodeBs.
Description
Withthisfeature,theUSUdistributestheclockoftheBBUthathaslockedtheGPSreferenceclock(includingtheRGPSreferenceclock)amongotherBBUs,includingLampSite
BBUs.Bydefault,otherBBUssynchronizetheirclockwithGPSreferenceclocks(includingtheRGPSreferenceclock)distributedbytheUSU.IftheGPSreferenceclock(including
theRGPSreferenceclock)distributedbytheUSUisfaultyandtheBBUshavebeenconfiguredwiththeGPSreferenceclock(includingtheRGPSreferenceclock),theBBUs
automaticallysynchronizetheirclockwiththeconfiguredGPSreferenceclock(includingtheRGPSreferenceclock)
TwoGPSreferenceclocks(includingtheRGPSreferenceclock)canbeconfiguredfortwoseparateBBUs.ThetwoGPSreferenceclocks(includingtheRGPSreferenceclock)
workinactive/standbymode.IftheactiveGPSreferenceclock(includingtheRGPSreferenceclock)clockbecomesfaulty,BBUsautomaticallysynchronizetheirclockwiththe
standbyGPSreferenceclock(includingtheRGPSreferenceclock).
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
InCentralizedCloudBB(IdealBackhaul)(centralizedCloudBBforshort)mode,ifboththesharedclocksourceanditsbackuparefaulty,eNodeBscannotreceiveclocksignalsfrom
USUs.Asaresult,servicesontheeNodeBswithoutanybackupclockareinterruptedafterthesharedclocksourceisoutoflock.
5.49.3NEs
ThisfeatureisimplementedontheeNodeB,USU3900orUSU3910,andCME.
5.49.4Hardware
IncentralizedCloudBBmode,hardwaremustmeetthefollowingrequirements:
MacroorLampSiteeNodeBsareused.
ThemaincontrolboardineacheNodeBisaUMPT.
AtleastoneBBUisconfiguredwithaGPSorRGPSclocksourceandsharestheclocksourcewithotherinterconnectedBBUs.Ifclocksourcebackupisrequired,two
BBUsareconfiguredwithGPSorRGPSclocksources.
NonewinterNEinterfaceisintroducedforthisfeature.AnewIEisaddedtoquerytheinterBBUclocksharingstateontheCME.
License
LOFD081220 InterBBUClock LT1S0ICLKS00 InterBBUClock eNodeB pereNodeB

Sharing Sharing(FDD)
None
None
FaultManagement
None
5.49.7OtherFeatures
IncentralizedCloudBBmode,theeNodeBprovidingaclocksourcefortimesynchronizationmustsupportLBFD00300503SynchronizationwithGPS.
None
ImpactedFeatures
WhentheclocksourceisfaultyandeNodeBsdonotreceiverequiredclocksignals,alleNodeBservicefeaturesareaffected.
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
ThisfeaturetogetherwithLOFD003029SFNallowsmultiplesinglefrequencynetwork(SFN)cellsthatprovidecontinuouscoveragetobecombinedintoonecell,calledsuper
combinedcell,tosupporthighspeedmobility.
ThisfeatureusesaseamlesstransfertechniquetoreducethenumberofhandoversbetweenSFNcells.Inaddition,thisfeatureusesajointtransmissiontechniquetoimprovesignal
qualityintheoverlappingareasbetweenSFNcells.
TheSFNcellsinasupercombinedcellmustbeconfiguredwiththesamephysicalcellidentifier(PCI)butdifferentcellglobalidentifications(CGIs).
Benefits
Thisfeatureoffersthefollowingbenefits:
ReducesthenumberofhandoversofUEsmovingathighspeedandimprovessignalqualityintheoverlappingareasbetweenSFNcells.
EnablesflexibleconfigurationofphysicalcellsinanSFNcell.
Assumethatthereare36physicalcells.Beforethisfeatureisused,eachSFNcellneedstocontain6physicalcellstominimizethenumberofhandoversandtherearea
totalof6SFNcells.Afterthisfeatureisused,eachSFNcellcancontainonly3cellsandthereareatotalof12SFNcells.
IncreasesUEthroughputbymorethan50%inthetraditionalhandoverareasbetweenSFNcells.
Description
ThisfeatureallowsmultipleSFNcellsthatprovidecontinuousstripcoveragetobecombinedintoasupercombinedcelltosupporthighspeedmobility.TheseSFNcells(eachhaving
threetosixphysicalcells)mustbeservedbythesamebasebandunit(BBU)ordifferentBBUsconnectedinacentralizedCloudBBarchitecture.Inaddition,theseSFNcellsmust
beconfiguredwiththesamePCIbutdifferentCGIs.
ThisfeatureusesaseamlesstransfertechniqueandajointtransmissiontechniquebetweenSFNcells.Thesetechniquesreducethenumberofhandoversandimprovesignalquality
intheoverlappingareasbetweenSFNcells,therebyimprovingtheexperienceofusersmovingathighspeed.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
ComparedwithSFNcells,asupercombinedcellincreasessingleUEthroughputinboundaryphysicalcellslocatedwithinSFNcellsbymorethan50%.
NetworkPerformance
AsupercombinedcellimprovesthesignalqualityinoverlappingareasofSFNcellsandreducesthenumberofhandovers.
5.50.3ImpactonNEs
ThisfeatureisimplementedoneNodeBs.
Basebandprocessingunits(BBPs)thatsupporttheSuperCombinedCellfeatureareUBBPd3,UBBPd4,UBBPd5,andUBBPd6.
5.50.5ImpactonInterfacesBetweenNEs
None
License
FeatureID Element LicenseControlItem NE SalesUnit
LOFD081221 SuperCombinedCell SuperCombinedCell(FDD) eNodeB PerCell
NOTE:
PerCellintheSalesUnitcolumnofLOFD081221SuperCombinedCellindicatesaphysicalcelllocatedinanSFNcell.
Added ADDSFNEDGERRURELATION eNodeB Thesecommandsareusedforadding,querying,

DSPSFNEDGERRURELATION modifying,anddeletingtherelationshipbetweenan
SFNcellandaboundaryphysicalcell.
LSTSFNEDGERRURELATION
MODSFNEDGERRURELATION
RMVSFNEDGERRURELATION
Added ADDSUPERCOMBCELL eNodeB Thesecommandsareusedforadding,querying,

LSTSUPERCOMBCELL modifying,anddeletingsupercombinedcells.
MODSUPERCOMBCELL
RMVSUPERCOMBCELL
Added SuperCombCellSwitchof MODCELLALGOSWITCH eNodeB None

CellAlgoSwitch.SfnAlgoSwitch LSTCELLALGOSWITCH
Added SfnEdgeRruRelation.LocalCellId ADD eNodeB None

SFNEDGERRURELATION
DSP
SFNEDGERRURELATION
MOD
SFNEDGERRURELATION
RMV
SFNEDGERRURELATION
Added SfnEdgeRruRelation.SectorEqmId ADD eNodeB None

SFNEDGERRURELATION
DSP
SFNEDGERRURELATION
MOD
SFNEDGERRURELATION
RMV
SFNEDGERRURELATION
Added SfnEdgeRruRelation.eNodeBId ADD eNodeB None

SFNEDGERRURELATION
DSP
SFNEDGERRURELATION
MOD
SFNEDGERRURELATION
RMV
SFNEDGERRURELATION
Added SfnEdgeRruRelation.NeighborCellId ADD eNodeB None

SFNEDGERRURELATION
DSP
SFNEDGERRURELATION
MOD
SFNEDGERRURELATION
RMV
SFNEDGERRURELATION
Added SfnEdgeRruRelation.NeighborSectorEqmId ADD eNodeB None

SFNEDGERRURELATION
DSP
SFNEDGERRURELATION
MOD
SFNEDGERRURELATION
RMV
SFNEDGERRURELATION
Added SfnEdgeRruRelation.Mcc ADD eNodeB None

SFNEDGERRURELATION
DSP
SFNEDGERRURELATION
MOD
SFNEDGERRURELATION
RMV
SFNEDGERRURELATION
Added SfnEdgeRruRelation.Mnc ADD eNodeB None

SFNEDGERRURELATION
DSP
SFNEDGERRURELATION
MOD
SFNEDGERRURELATION
RMV
SFNEDGERRURELATION
Added SuperCombCell.LocalCellId ADDSUPERCOMBCELL eNodeB None

LSTSUPERCOMBCELL
MODSUPERCOMBCELL
RMVSUPERCOMBCELL
Added SuperCombCell.SfnCellId ADDSUPERCOMBCELL eNodeB None

LSTSUPERCOMBCELL
MODSUPERCOMBCELL
RMVSUPERCOMBCELL
ThefollowingperformancecountershavebeenaddedontheeNodeBsidetoaccommodatethisfeature.
Added L.HHO.SuperCombCell.IntereNB.ExecAttOut HO.eRAN.Out.Cell eNodeB IndicatesthenumberofintereNodeBinter

SFNoutgoinghandoversinasuper
combinedcell.
Added L.HHO.SuperCombCell.IntraeNB.PrepAttOut HO.eRAN.Out.Cell eNodeB IndicatesthenumberofintraeNodeBinter

SFNoutgoinghandoverattemptsinasuper
combinedcell.
Added L.HHO.SuperCombCell.IntraeNB.ExecSuccOut HO.eRAN.Out.Cell eNodeB Indicatesthenumberofsuccessfulintra

eNodeBinterSFNoutgoinghandoversina
supercombinedcell.
Added L.HHO.SuperCombCell.IntereNB.PrepAttOut HO.eRAN.Out.Cell eNodeB IndicatesthenumberofintereNodeBinter

SFNoutgoinghandoverattemptsinasuper
combinedcell.
Added L.HHO.SuperCombCell.IntereNB.ExecSuccOut HO.eRAN.Out.Cell eNodeB Indicatesthenumberofsuccessfulinter

eNodeBinterSFNoutgoinghandoversina
supercombinedcell.
FaultManagement
None.
LOFD003029SFN
LOFD081221SuperCombinedCelldoesnotworkwithanyofthefollowingfeatures:
MRFD231806GSMandLTEDynamicPowerSharing(LTE)
LAOFD00100101IntraBandCarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin20MHz
LAOFD00100102InterBandCarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin20MHz
ImpactedFeatures
Thisfeaturehasthefollowingimpacts:
WheninterSFNjointtransmissionistriggeredformultipleUEs,resourceblocks(RBs)cannotbefairlyallocatedbetweenneighboringSFNcellsbecausetimeresources
areallocatedaccordingtothenumberofUEsinboundaryphysicalcells.
WheninterSFNjointschedulingistriggeredformultipleUEs,thenumberofUEsthatcanbescheduledbyeachTTIintheuplinkdecreases.Asaresult,thecelluplink
RBusagemayfailtoreach100%.
Whenasupercombinedcellcooperateswithothercells(excludingthehighspeedrailwaycoveragescenario),thefeatureLOFD081207SpecifiedPCIGroupBased
NeighboringCellManagementmustbeenabledforthecellsandthePCIofthesupercombinedcellmustbesetinaspecialPCIrange.Otherwise,handovermayfail
whenaUEishandedoverfromacommoncelltothesupercombinedcell.
ThePCIconflictdetectionfeatureisaffected.AftertheSuperCombinedCellfeatureisactivated,therestrictionthatcellswiththesamefrequencyandPCIcannotbe
configuredintheneighboringcelllistandtheexternalcelllistislifted.IfitisdetectedthatthePCIsoftwoneighboringsupercombinedcellsarethesameduringPCI
conflictdetection,theeNodeBdoesnotreportaPCIconflictalarm.
AftertheSuperCombinedCellfeatureisactivated,thefollowingparametersettingsareaffected:
TheSRSADAPTIVECFG.SrsPeriodAdaptiveswitchmustbeturnedoffsothattheSRSconfigurationmodemustnotbeadaptive.
CELLSRSADAPTIVECFG.UserSrsPeriodmustnotbe5or10ms.
TheSrsSubframeRecfSwitchoptionofCELLALGOSWITCH.SrsAlgoSwitchmustbeturnedoffsothattheSRSsubframeconfigurationcannotbe
dynamicallyadjusted.
TheCELLPDCCHALGO.PdcchSymNumSwitchswitchmustbeturnedoff.
ThePUCCHresourceadjustmentswitchPucchSwitchandthePUCCHflexibleconfigurationswitchPucchFlexCfgSwitchassociatedwith
CELLALGOSWITCH.PucchAlgoSwitchmustbeturnedoff.
CELL.HighSpeedFlagmustnotbesettoLOW_SPEED.
RACHinformationmustbeconfigured.
WhenaneighboringinterBBUSFNcellisconfiguredforaninterBBUsupercombinedcell,theX2linkmustbeworkingproperly.
IfthedownlinkdatajointlytransmittedbetweenSFNcellsinasupercombinedcellconflictswiththedownlinkpublicdataofcoordinatedcells,Msg2willfailtobe
detectedandthenumberoffalsealarmswillincreasebyamaximumof0.2%intheory.
ThenumberofUEsthatcanbescheduledinthedownlinkwithinthesameTTImaybedifferentintwoneighboringSFNcells.Asaresult,jointtransmissionmayfail.To
ensuresuccessfuljointtransmission,thenumberofUEsthatcanbescheduledwithineachTTIineachcellislimitedto12.Insuchacase,upto240voiceservice
subscriberscanbesupported.
ThehandoverrelatedperformancecountersofSFNcellsinthesupercombinedcellareinvalid:
IntraRAToutgoinghandovermeasurement(HO.eRAN.Out.Cell)
L.HHO.IntraeNB.IntraFreq.PrepAttOut
L.HHO.IntraeNB.IntraFreq.ExecAttOut
L.HHO.IntraeNB.IntraFreq.ExecSuccOut
L.HHO.IntereNB.IntraFreq.PrepAttOut
L.HHO.IntereNB.IntraFreq.ExecAttOut
L.HHO.IntereNB.IntraFreq.ExecSuccOut
L.HHO.Prep.FailOut.MME
L.HHO.Prep.FailOut.NoReply
L.HHO.Prep.FailOut.PrepFailure
L.HHO.Prep.FailOut.HOCancel
L.HHO.IntraFreq.NoData.ExecAttOut
L.HHO.IntraFreq.NoData.ExecSuccOut
L.HHO.FailOut.HOCancel
L.HHO.IntraeNB.IntraFreq.PrepAttOut.VoIP
L.HHO.IntraeNB.IntraFreq.ExecAttOut.VoIP
L.HHO.IntraeNB.IntraFreq.ExecSuccOut.VoIP
L.HHO.IntereNB.IntraFreq.PrepAttOut.VoIP
L.HHO.IntereNB.IntraFreq.ExecAttOut.VoIP
L.HHO.IntereNB.IntraFreq.ExecSuccOut.VoIP
L.HHO.IntraFreq.Prep.FailOut.MME
L.HHO.IntraFreq.Prep.FailOut.NoReply
L.HHO.IntraFreq.Prep.FailOut.PrepFailure
L.HHO.IntraFreq.Prep.FailOut.HOCancel
L.HHO.Prep.FailOut.TargetIllegal
L.HHO.IntraFreq.Prep.FailOut.TargetIllegal
IntraRATincominghandovermeasurement(HO.eRAN.In.Cell)
L.HHO.IntraeNB.PrepAttIn
L.HHO.IntraeNB.ExecAttIn
L.HHO.IntraeNB.ExecSuccIn
L.HHO.IntereNB.PrepAttIn
L.HHO.IntereNB.ExecAttIn
L.HHO.IntereNB.ExecSuccIn
L.HHO.Prep.FailIn.AdmitFail
L.HHO.Prep.FailIn.HOCancel
L.HHO.IntereNB.PathSwAtt
L.HHO.IntereNB.PathSwSucc
L.HHO.PrepAttIn.disc.FlowCtrl
L.HHO.Prep.FailIn.FlowCtrl
L.HHO.Prep.FailIn.AdmitFail.Load
L.HHO.Prep.FailIn
L.HHO.X2.Cancel.ExecIn
L.HHO.Prep.FailIn.AdmitFail.SRS
L.HHO.Prep.FailIn.AdmitFail.PUCCH
L.HHO.Prep.FailIn.AdmitFail.ULThrpLic
L.HHO.Prep.FailIn.AdmitFail.DLThrpLic
L.HHO.Prep.FailIn.AdmitFail.UserLic
L.HHO.Prep.FailIn.AdmitFail.UserSpec
L.HHO.Prep.FailIn.AdmitFail.TNL.DLRes
L.HHO.Prep.FailIn.AdmitFail.TNL.ULRes
IntraRATX2outgoinghandovermeasurement(HO.eRAN.X2Out.Cell)
L.HHO.X2.IntraFreq.PrepAttOut
L.HHO.X2.IntraFreq.ExecAttOut
L.HHO.X2.IntraFreq.ExecSuccOut
L.HHO.X2.FailOut.HOCancel
L.HHO.X2.Prep.FailOut.MME
L.HHO.X2.Prep.FailOut.NoReply
L.HHO.X2.Prep.FailOut.PrepFailure
L.HHO.X2.Prep.FailOut.HOCancel
L.HHO.X2.Prep.FailOut.TargetIllegal
L.HHO.X2.IntraFreq.Prep.FailOut.MME
L.HHO.X2.IntraFreq.Prep.FailOut.NoReply
L.HHO.X2.IntraFreq.Prep.FailOut.PrepFailure
L.HHO.X2.IntraFreq.Prep.FailOut.HOCancel
L.HHO.X2.IntraFreq.Prep.FailOut.TargetIllegal
L.HHO.X2.Exec.FailOut.MMERel
L.HHO.X2.IntraFreq.Exec.FailOut.MMERel
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Thisfeaturesupportstheextendedcellradiusupto160kminopenareas(forexample,onthesea)whilekeepcertainnetworkperformance.
Benefits
Withthisfeature,thecoverageareacanbeextendedtomorethan100kminopenareas(thatis,onthesea).
Description
InscenarioswhereaUEislocated100kmawayfromthecellcenterandtheUEdoesnotsupportalargetimingadjustment,thistechnologyallowstheeNodeBdelaysthetimefor
receivinguplinksignalsfromtheUE,sothattheeNodeBcancorrectlyreceivetheuplinksignalsfromtheUE.ThisfeaturedoesnotrequireanymodificationoftheUEandcomplies
withthecurrentprotocols.
Toprovideacoveragebeyond100km,theeNodeBusestwoRRUstoprovidecoverageinthelocalarea(0toNkm)andremotearea(Nto100+Nkm)byadjustingtheantenna
heightanddowntilt.Here,0N60km.Thecellprovidesanormalcoverage,andtheuplinktimingalignmenttimerdoesnotneedtobeadjusted.Theremotecellprovidesan
extendedcoverage,andtheuplinktimingalignmenttimerneedstobeadjusted.Ifthereisnocoveragerequirementinthelocalarea,theRRUthatcoversthelocalareadoesnot
needtobeinstalled.
Enhancement
None
Dependency
eNodeB
Thebasebandprocessingunitmustbe:
UBBPd3
UBBPd4
UBBPd5
UBBPd6
TheTXandRXmodeofthecellmustbe:
1T1R
1T2R
2T2R
2T4R
TheRRUcannotbe:
RRU3201
RRU3203
RRU3220
RRU3222
RRU3808
RRU3908
LRFU
MRFU
eCoordinator
None
UE
None
Transportnetwork
None
CN
None
OSS
None
Otherfeatures
Thisfeaturecannotworkwiththefollowingfeatures:
LOFD081219ULCoMPBasedonRelaxedBackhaul
LOFD081206IntraeNodeBCoordinatedUplinkAMC
LOFD001003DL4x2MIMO
LOFD001060DL4x4MIMO
LOFD003029SFN
LOFD081209IntereNodeBadaptiveSFN/SDMABasedonCoordinatedBBU
LAOFD070201CAforDownlink2CCFromMultipleCarriers
LAOFD070202CarrierAggregationfor2CCbasedonCoordinatedBBU
LAOFD080201IntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxedbackhaul
LAOFD081237CarrierAggregationwithDL4x4MIMO[Trial]
MRFD101222FDD+TDDCarrierAggregation(LTEFDD)[Trial]
Others
None
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
Thecellradiuscanbeextendedtoupto160km.
5.51.3NEs
5.51.4Hardware
OnlyUBBPdboardssupportthisfeature.Onlyonecellofradiusgreaterthan100kmcanbeestablishedonaUBBPdboard.IfsuchacellisestablishedonaUBBPdboard,nomore
cellscanbeestablishedonthisboard.
ThefollowingmodelsofRRUsdonotsupportthisfeature:RRU3201,RRU3203,RRU3220,RRU3222,RRU3808,RRU3908,LRFU,andMRFU.
Noimpact.
License
LOFD081223 ExtendedCellAccessRadius ExtendedCellAccessRadiusBeyond eNodeB Percell

Beyond100km 100km(PerCell)(FDD)
Thefollowingparametershavebeenintroducedandmodifiedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
New Cell.CellRadiusStartLocation ADDCELL eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiesthestartlocationof

thecellcoverage.Thisparameterisusedasthe
inputtocalculatethehysteresisinuplinktiming
whentheLOFD081223ExtendedCellAccess
RadiusBeyond100kmfeaturetakeseffect.
Modified Cell.CellRadius MODCELL eNodeB Thevaluerangeofthisparameterhasbeen

changedfrom1100000to1160000.
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
None
ItisrecommendedthatthedistancebetweenRRUsforULCoMPbelessthanorequalto1km.Therefore,LOFD081223ExtendedCellAccessRadiusBeyond100km
cannotworkwiththefollowingULCoMPfeatures:
ThisfeaturecannotworkwithLOFD081223ExtendedCellAccessRadiusBeyond100km.
LOFD081206IntraeNodeBCoordinatedUplinkAMC
LOFD001003DL4x2MIMO
Channelcalibrationisnotsupportedinthescenariowherethecellradiusexceeds100km.Therefore,4TclosedloopMIMOcannotworkwithLOFD081223ExtendedCell
AccessRadiusBeyond100km.
LOFD001060DL4x4MIMO
Channelcalibrationisnotsupportedinthescenariowherethecellradiusexceeds100km.Therefore,4TclosedloopMIMOcannotworkwithLOFD081223ExtendedCell
AccessRadiusBeyond100km.
Accordingto3GPPspecifications,highspeedmobilityisnotsupportedinthescenariowherethecellradiusexceeds100km.
Accordingto3GPPspecifications,ultrahighspeedmobilityisnotsupportedinthescenariowherethecellradiusexceeds100km.
FeaturesrelatedtomultiRRUcombinationcell
LOFD003029SFN
LOFD081223ExtendedCellAccessRadiusBeyond100kmdoesnotsupportmultiRRUcombinationcells.
Carrieraggregation(CA)features
LAOFD00100101IntraBandCarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin20MHz
LAOFD00100102InterBandCarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin20MHz
Acellwithacellradiusgreaterthan100kmdoesnotsupportCA.
ImpactedFeatures
Inamobilecommunicationssystem,aradiolinkhastwodirections:uplinkanddownlink.Thereisanimbalancebetweenuplinkanddownlinkwhentheydifferinaspectssuchas
fadingeffect,transmitpower,antennagain,andreceiverdemodulationperformance.
Asaresult,thetransmissionqualityintheuplinkisnegativelyaffectedinextendedcoverage.Therefore,thefollowingcoverageenhancementfeaturesarerequiredtoensureuplink
coveragequality:
LBFD00202001UL2AntennaReceiveDiversity
LOFD001012ULInterferenceRejectionCombining
5.52LOFD081225NeighborCellClassificationManagement(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
ThisfeatureallowsclassificationofintraRATneighborrelationshipsbasedonthestatisticsofneighborrelationshipsandappliesdifferentmanagementpoliciestodifferentclassesof
neighborrelationships.Thisfeaturehelpsincreasetheneighborrelationshipmanagementefficiencyandimproveoperator'sOMexperience.
Benefits
ThisfeaturegeneratestheautomaticclassificationresultsofneighborrelationshipsandincreasestheOMefficiencyofneighborrelationships.
Description
Intheintraandinterfrequencyneighboringrelationtable(NRT),anewattribute"NcellClassLabel"isaddedtoclassifytheneighborrelationshipsinto"Formal"and"Extended"ones.
TheeNodeBcollectsthenumberofhandoverattemptsfromthelocalcelltoaneighboringcellwithinameasurementperiodandautomaticallysetsthisattributefortheneighbor
relationship.Basedonthisattribute,operatorscanprioritizeneighboringcellsandtheeNodeBadoptsdifferentiatedpoliciesforneighboringcells.
Inahandovertoaneighboringcellwiththisattributesetto"Formal",theUEishandedoverdirectlybasedontheNRTconfiguration.Inahandovertoaneighboringcellwiththis
attributesetto"Extended",theUEishandedoverbasedontheECGIreadingresults.
IftwointrafrequencyneighboringcellsshareonePCI,then:
Iftheattributevaluesofthetwocellsareboth"Formal"or"Formal"and"Extended",thelocalcellneedstoperformPCIconfusiondetectionontheseneighboringcells.
Iftheattributevaluesofthetwocellsare"Extended",thelocalcelldoesnotperformPCIconfusiondetectionontheseneighboringcells.
Thefunctionofsettingtheattribute"NcellClassLabel"basedonthenumberofhandoverattemptsandthefunctionofselectingthetargetcellbasedontheattribute"NcellClassLabel"
requiretheLOFD002001AutomaticNeighbourRelation(ANR)feature.
ThefunctionofPCIconfusiondetectionbasedontheattribute"NcellClassLabel"requirestheLOFD002007PCICollisionDetection&SelfOptimizationfeature.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
IftheNeighborCellClassificationLabelparameterissettoEXTENDED(EXTENDED)foraneighboringcellandthe
NCELL_CLASS_HO_POLICY_SW(NCELL_CLASS_HO_POLICY_SW)optionoftheNeighborCellClassificationMgtSwitchparameterisselected,theeNodeBinstructsaUE
toperformCGIreadingbeforehandingtheUEovertothisneighboringcell.ThiscandetectpossiblePCIconfusion,increasingthehandoversuccessrateanddecreasingtheservice
droprate.However,thisincreasesthehandoverdelayoftheUEanddecreasestheUEthroughput.IftheCGIreadingfails,thereisapossibilitythatUEexperiencesaservicedrop.
5.52.3NEs
5.52.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
License
LOFD081225 NeighborCellClassification NeighborCellClassification Cell Percell

Management Management(PerCell)
ThefollowingMMLcommandshavebeenintroducedandmodifiedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
New MODNCELLCLASSMGT eNodeB Thesenewcommandsareusedtomodifyandlist

LSTNCELLCLASSMGT theconfigurationofneighboringcellclassification
parameters.
Modified ADDEUTRANINTRAFREQNCELL eNodeB Thesenewcommandsareusedtoadd,modify,and

DSPEUTRANINTRAFREQNCELL queryintrafrequencyneighboringcellclassification
labels.
LSTEUTRANINTRAFREQNCELL
MODEUTRANINTRAFREQNCELL
Modified ADDEUTRANINTERFREQNCELL eNodeB Thesenewcommandsareusedtoadd,modify,and

DSPEUTRANINTERFREQNCELL queryinterfrequencyneighboringcellclassification
labels.
LSTEUTRANINTERFREQNCELL
MODEUTRANINTERFREQNCELL
New CellAlgoSwitch.NCellClassMgtSw MODCELLALOSWITCH eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiesthe

neighboringcellclassificationswitches.
New NCellClassMgt.StatPeriodForNCellClass MODNCELLCLASSMGT eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiesthelengthof

themeasurementperiodforneighboring
cellclassification.
New NCellClassMgt.HoAttemptThd MODNCELLCLASSMGT eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiesthehandover

numberthresholdforneighboringcell
classification.
New EutranIntraFreqNcell.NCellClassLabel MOD eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiesthe

EUTRANINTRAFREQNCELL classificationlabelofanintrafrequency
neighboringcell.
New EutranInterFreqNcell.NCellClassLabel MOD eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiesthe

EUTRANINTERFREQNCELL classificationlabelofaninterfrequency
neighboringcell.
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
LOFD002001AutomaticNeighbourRelation(ANR)orLOFD002007PCICollisionDetection&SelfOptimization
None
ImpactedFeatures
None
5.53LOFD081227IntraLTELoadBalancingforNoncositedCells(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Thisfeatureprovidesthefollowingtwofunctions:
EventA2triggeredfrequencyprioritybasedinterfrequencyhandovers
EventA5triggeredloadbasedinterfrequencyhandovers
Benefits
Thisfeaturebringsthefollowingbenefitstoimprovetheinterfrequencymobilityloadbalancing(MLB)performanceinnoncositedscenarios:
IncreasesthepeakthroughputofUEsinlightlyloadedcells
Improvesthespectralefficiency
Description
Thisfeatureprovidesthefollowingtwofunctions:
EventA2triggeredfrequencyprioritybasedinterfrequencyhandovers
WhenaUEinitiallyaccessesacell,aUEishandedovertothecell,ortheRRCconnectionoftheUEisreestablishedtothecell,theeNodeBdeliversA2related
measurementconfigurationtotheUE.WhentheUEreportseventA2andPRBusagebasedinterfrequencyMLBorusernumberbasedinterfrequencyMLBisnot
triggeredinthetargetcellofafrequencyprioritybasedhandover,theeNodeBperformsahandoverandtransfersthisUEtothiscell.
Inscenarioswhereinterfrequencyneighboringcellsthatareconfiguredwithdifferentbandwidthsarelocatedindifferentsites,cellswithsmallerbandwidthscanchoose
cellswithlargerbandwidthsastargetcellsforfrequencyprioritybasedhandovers.Whenthecellloadislight,UEsthatarenotlocatedinthesitecenterofsmall
bandwidthcellscanbehandedovertolargebandwidthcells,improvingthepeakthroughputofUEs.
EventA5triggeredloadbasedinterfrequencyhandovers
PRBusagebasedinterfrequencyMLBandusernumberbasedinterfrequencyMLBsupportsfrequencyspecificmeasurementconfigurationsforeventA4orA5that
triggersloadbasedinterfrequencyhandovers.Inscenarioswhereinterfrequencyneighboringcellsarenotlocatedinthesamesite,theeNodeBinitiateshandoversbased
oneventA5.Inthisway,UEsthatarenotlocatedinthesitecenterareselectedforMLB,improvingtheUuinterfaceperformanceofUEsafterMLBandthespectral
efficiency.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Thisfeatureimprovestheradioresourceutilizationandincreasessystemcapacityinnoncositedscenarios.
NetworkPerformance
ThisfeatureincreasesthepeakthroughputofUEs.
5.53.3NEs
5.53.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
License
LOFD081227 IntraLTELoadBalancingforNon IntraLTELoadBalancingforNoncositedCells eNodeB percell

cositedCells (FDD)
Thefollowingparametershavebeenintroducedandmodifiedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
New EutranInterNFreq.MlbInterFreqHoEventType ADDEUTRANINTERNFREQ eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiestheeventthattriggers

LSTEUTRANINTERNFREQ loadbasedinterfrequencyhandovers.Theeventcanbe
MODEUTRANINTERNFREQ eventA4orA5.
RMVEUTRANINTERNFREQ
New InterFreqHoGroup.MlbInterFreqHoA5Thd1Rsrp ADDINTERFREQHOGROUP eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiestheservingcell'sRSRP

MODINTERFREQHOGROUP threshold1foreventA5thattriggersloadbasedinter
LSTINTERFREQHOGROUP frequencymeasurements.
RMVINTERFREQHOGROUP
New InterFreqHoGroup.MlbInterFreqHoA5Thd1RsrQ ADDINTERFREQHOGROUP eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiestheservingcell'sRSRQ

MODINTERFREQHOGROUP threshold1foreventA5thattriggersloadbasedinter
LSTINTERFREQHOGROUP frequencymeasurements.
RMVINTERFREQHOGROUP
Modified CellAlgoSwitch.FreqPriorityHoSwitch MODCELLALGOSWITCH eNodeB The

LSTCELLALGOSWITCH A2BasedFreqPriHoSwitch(A2BasedFreqPriHoSwitch)
optionhasbeenaddedtothisparameter.Thisnew
optionspecifieswhethereventA2canbeusedtotrigger
frequencyprioritybasedmeasurementsandhandovers.
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
LOFD081227IntraLTELoadBalancingforNoncositedCellsrequiresthefollowingfeatures:
None
ImpactedFeatures
None
5.54LOFD081228HandoverEnhancementatSpeedMobility(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Inhighspeedmobilityscenarios(suchashighspeedrailways),thisfeatureensuressufficientresourcesforhighspeedusersbythefollowinghandoverenhancements:
eNodeBshandoverlowspeedusersoutfromcellsenabledwithhighspeedmobilityfeatures.
eNodeBshandoverhighspeeduserstocellsenabledwithhighspeedmobilityfeatures,preventingthemfrombeinghandedovertocommoncells.
Benefits
Userexperienceisimprovedinhighspeedmobilityscenarios.
Description
Generally,adedicatednetworkisdeployedforhighspeedmobilityscenarios(suchashighspeedrailways).
Topreventcommonusersfromoccupyingresourcesinthisnetwork,whenthisnetworkcoversurbanareaswherecommonmacroeNodeBsaredeployed,theeNodeBsenabledwith
thisfeaturehandovercommonuserstocommoncellsservedbythecommonmacroeNodeBs.Inaddition,theeNodeBshandoverhighspeeduserstocellsenabledwiththehigh
speedmobilityfeatureinthededicatednetwork,preventingthemfrombeinghandedovertocommoncells.Thisensuresthathighspeeduserscanobtainsufficientresourcesinthe
dedicatednetwork.Asaresult,theexperienceofhighspeedusersisimprovedandthevalueofthededicatednetworkismaximized.
NOTE:
Inthisfeature,highspeedmobilityscenariosrefertohighspeedandultrahighspeedmobilityscenarios.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
ThelowspeedUEoutmigrationalgorithmisusedtotransferUEsservedbythepublicnetworkfromthehighspeedrailwaydedicatednetworktothepublicnetwork,ensuringthe
capacityofthededicatednetwork.
NetworkPerformance
Noimpact.
5.54.3NEs
Noimpact.
5.54.4Hardware
ThisfeatureissupportedbythebasebandprocessingunitsUBBPdandLBBPdandisalsosupportedbytheUMDU.
Noimpact.
License
AneNodeBlicensecontrolitemhasbeenaddedforthisfeature.
LOFD081228 HandoverEnhancement LT1S00HESM00 HandoverEnhancementatSpeed eNodeB perCell

atSpeedMobility Mobility(FDD)
New CellAlgoSwitch.LowSpeedInterFreqHoSwitch MOD eNodeB Indicateswhethertomeasureinterfrequencycellsfor

CELLALGOSWITCH lowspeedUEsinconnectedmodeinhighspeed
LST railwaydedicatednetworksandhandovertheUEsto
CELLALGOSWITCH lowspeedinterfrequencycells.
New CellAlgoSwitch.InterFreqDirectHoSwitch MOD eNodeB Indicateswhethertomeasureinterfrequencycellsfor

CELLALGOSWITCH UEsinconnectedmodeinhighspeedrailway
LST dedicatednetworksandhandovertheUEstohigh
CELLALGOSWITCH speedinterfrequencycells.
New EutranInterNFreq.InterFreqHighSpeedFlag ADD eNodeB Indicateswhetheraninterfrequencycellissetto

EUTRANINTERNFREQ LOW_SPEED(LowspeedInterfrequency),
MOD HIGH_SPEED(HighspeedInterfrequency),
EUTRANINTERNFREQ ULTRA_HIGH_SPEED(UltrahighspeedInter
frequency),orEXTRA_HIGH_SPEED(Extrahigh
LST
speedInterfrequency).Thisparameterspecifiesthe
EUTRANINTERNFREQ
handoverdirectionwhenthehighorlowspeed
handoveralgorithmisenabledforhighspeedUEs.
New CellHoParaCfg.HighSpeedThreshold MOD eNodeB IndicatesthethresholdfortheeNodeBtoidentifya

CELLHOPARACFG highspeedUE.IfaUEmovesfasterthanthe
LST threshold,theUEisahighspeedUEotherwise,the
CELLHOPARACFG UEisalowspeedUE.
New L.HHO.InterFreq.LowSpeed.PrepAttOut HO.eRAN.Out.Cell eNodeB Numberofattemptstoprepareforinter

frequencyoutgoinghandoversoflow
speedUEswithinacell
New L.HHO.InterFreq.LowSpeed.ExecAttOut HO.eRAN.Out.Cell eNodeB Numberofattemptstoexecuteinter

frequencyoutgoinghandoversoflow
speedUEswithinacell
New L.HHO.InterFreq.LowSpeed.ExecSuccOut HO.eRAN.Out.Cell eNodeB Numberofsuccessfulinterfrequency

outgoinghandoversoflowspeedUEs
withinacell
New L.HHO.InterFreq.LowSpeed.MMEAbnormRsp HO.eRAN.Out.Cell eNodeB Numberofresponsesforabnormalcauses

receivedbytheeNodeBfromtheMME
duringtheexecutionofinterfrequency
outgoinghandoversoflowspeedUEs
withinacell
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
BeforeenablingLOFD081228HandoverEnhancementatSpeedMobility,enableeitherofthefollowingfeatures:
None
ImpactedFeatures
None
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
ThisfeatureisimplementedbasedonuplinkdelaybaseddynamicschedulinganduplinkVoLTEvolumeestimationfordynamicscheduling.Thisfeatureadjustsschedulingpriorities
andestimatesuplinkvolumetobescheduledtoimproveuplinkvoiceperformanceinheavytrafficscenarios.
Theindependentconfigurationforvoiceinactivitytimerimprovesuserexperiencesonvoiceservices.
Benefits
Thisfeatureimprovesuplinkvoiceperformanceinheavytrafficscenarios.
Description
Uplinkdelaybaseddynamicscheduling
TheeNodeBprioritizesvoicepacketsbasedontheirwaitingtimesalongerwaitingtimeindicatesahigherpriority.Thisway,theeNodeBmakesabalanceamongschedulingqueues
andimprovesvoicequality,especiallythevoicequalityofUEsatthecelledgewherechannelconditionsarepoor.
UplinkVoLTEvolumeestimationfordynamicscheduling
TheeNodeBestimatesuplinkVoLTEvolumefordynamicschedulingbasedontheVoLTEmodelanduplinkschedulingintervals:
Duringtalkspurts,theeNodeBestimatesthenumberofvoicepacketsintheUEbufferbasedontheiruplinkschedulingintervalsandthencalculatesthe
volumeofvoicepacketsbasedonthesizeofavoicepacket.
Duringsilentperiods,theeNodeBtakesthesizeofavoicepacketastheuplinkVoLTEvolumefordynamicscheduling.
WhenacalledUEdoesnotanswerthecall,thecallingUEisreleasedaftertheUEinactivitytimerexpires.Inthiscase,thecallingUEinidlemodemaybereselectedtoacellthat
doesnotsupportvoiceservices.IfthecalledUEstartstoanswerthecall,theservicewithQCIof1ofthecallingUEfailstobesetup.
Withindependentconfigurationforvoiceinactivitytimer,theUEscandistinguishvoiceandnonvoicescenarios.Thatis,thelengthoftheUEinactivitytimercanbeindependently
configuredtoavoidtheprecedingnegativeimpact.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
UplinkVoLTEvolumeestimationfordynamicschedulingcanshortenvoiceservicedelays,reducetheuplinkpacketlossrate,andimprovevoicequalitywhenacellisheavilyloaded
andDRXisenabled.However,thisfunctionincreasesRBoverheadsandlowersMCSindexesallocatedtovoiceuserswhentherearemanyvoiceusers,thisfunctionalsoreduces
cellthroughput.
Uplinkdelaybaseddynamicschedulingcanbeusedinheavytrafficscenariostoimprovevoicequalityinweakcoverageareas.However,thisfunctionprolongsSRbased
scheduling,whichfurther:
ProlongsprocessingtimesuchasERABsetuptime,RRCconnectionsetuptime,pingdelay,timeoftransitionfromidlemodetoconnectedmode,andattachdelay.
Slightlydecreasescellthroughput.
Independentconfigurationforvoiceinactivitytimerhasthefollowingimpactsonnetworkperformance:
IfthevalueoftheRrcConnStateTimer.UeInactiveTimerQci1parameterissmallerthanthatoftheRrcConnStateTimer.UeInactiveTimerparameter,theonlineduration
ofvoiceserviceUEsbecomesshortandvoiceservicedropratedecreases.
IfthevalueoftheRrcConnStateTimer.UeInactiveTimerQci1parameterisgreaterthanthatoftheRrcConnStateTimer.UeInactiveTimerparameter,theonlineduration
ofvoiceserviceUEsbecomeslong,RRCconnectionrequestnumberdecreases,numberofnormalreleasesdecreases,andvoiceservicedroprateincreases.
5.55.3NEs
5.55.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
License
LOFD081229 VoiceCharacteristicAwareness VoiceCharacteristicAwareness eNodeB perCell

Scheduling Scheduling(FDD)
Modified CellAlgoSwitch.UlEnhencedVoipSchSw MODCELLULSCHALGO eNodeB TheUlVoLTEDataSizeEstSwitchoptionis

LSTCELLULSCHALGO addedtotheUlVoLTEDataSizeEstSwitch
parametertocontroluplinkVoLTEvolume
estimationfordynamicscheduling.
New CellAlgoSwitch.UlDelaySchStrategy MODCELLULSCHALGO eNodeB None

LSTCELLULSCHALGO
New CELLALGOSWITCH.UEInactiveTimerQCI1Switch MOD eNodeB None

CELLALGOSWITCH
LSTCELLALGOSWITCH
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
ImpactedFeatures
Noimpact.
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Thisfeatureappliestovoiceservice.ItenablestheeNodeBtosetanuplinktargetIBLERforUEsnotintheTTIbundlingstatetoreducethenumberofuplinkVoLTEpacketlosses
andshortenVoLTEpacketdelays.
Benefits
ThisfeatureimprovestheuplinkvoiceperformanceofUEsnotatthecelledge.
Description
TheeNodeBadjustsSINRsforUEstobedynamicallyscheduledintheuplinkbasedontheconfigureduplinktargetIBLERandthenpreliminarilyselectsMCSsfortheUEs.The
optimaluplinktargetIBLERdiffersindifferentscenariosandthereforeshouldbeconfiguredfordifferentscenarios.ConsideringthetradeoffbetweenVoLTEperformanceandresource
overheads,thedefaultuplinktargetIBLERisrecommended.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
Thisfeatureaffectsvoicequalityinthefollowingaspects:
IftheCellAlgoSwitch.SinrAdjTargetIblerforVoLTEparameterissettoasmallervalue,theMCSindexesselectedforuplinkvoiceservicesaresmaller.For
voiceusersinthecellcenter,theuplinkQCI1packetlossratemayslightlydecreaseandvoicequalityalmostremainsunchanged.Forvoiceusersnotinthe
cellcenter,thenumberofuplinkRLCsegmentsincreasesandtheuplinkQCI1packetlossratemayincreaseinthecaseofheavyloadasaresult,voice
qualitybecomesworseandvoicecapacitydecreases.
IftheCellAlgoSwitch.SinrAdjTargetIblerforVoLTEparameterissettoalargervalue,theMCSindexesselectedforuplinkvoiceservicesarelarger.Inthe
uplink,theIBLER,RBLER,andQCI1packetlossrateincreases,andvoicequalitybecomesworse.Inthedownlink,theQCI1packetlossratealso
increasesandvoicequalityalsobecomesworsebecausethedemodulationperformancedeterioratesforACKs/NACKsandchannelstatusinformation
transmittedonthePUSCH.
Thisfeaturemayalsoaffectcellthroughputanddataservicethroughput.
IftheCellAlgoSwitch.SinrAdjTargetIblerforVoLTEparameterissettoasmallervalue,theMCSindexesselectedforuplinkvoiceservicesaresmallerandthenumber
ofconsumedRBsincreases.Whentherearemanyvoiceusers,cellthroughputdecreases.
ItisrecommendedthattheCellAlgoSwitch.SinrAdjTargetIblerforVoLTEparameterbesettoavaluelessthanorequalto10%inlightlyloadedcellsandto10%inheavilyloaded
cells.
5.56.3NEs
5.56.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
License
None
New CellAlgoSwitch.SinrAdjTargetIblerforVoLTE MODCELLULSCHALGO eNodeB None

LSTCELLULSCHALGO
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
LBFD001006AMC
Noimpact.
ImpactedFeatures
Noimpact.
5.57LOFD081280eNodeBSupportingMultioperatorPKI(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
ThisfeatureappliestoRANSharingscenariossoastosecurelyisolatetheservicesofeachoperator.Afterthisfeatureisenabled,ifeachoperatordeploysitsownPKIserver,the
eNodeBcanloadandmanagethedevicecertificatesissuedbymultiplePKIservers.TheeNodeBestablishesanindependentsecuritytunnelforeachoperatorbasedontheir
respectivedevicecertificates,soastoachievethesecureisolationofeachoperator'sservices.
Benefits
InRANSharingscenarios,ifeachoperatordeploysitsownPKIserver,thisfeatureprovidesanindependentsecuritytunnelforeachoperatorsoastoachievethesecureisolationof
eachoperator'sservices.
Description
TheeNodeBsupportsloadingandmanagingdevicecertificatesandCRLfilesissuedbymultiplePKIservers.Thefollowingactionsareinvolved:
Certificateapplication:EachoperatorusesaHuaweiissueddevicecertificatetoapplytoitsownPKIserverforacertificate,andtheeNodeBestablishesanindependent
IPsectunnelforeachoperator.AsshowninFigure510,operatorA'sPKIserverissuescertificateAtotheeNodeB,andoperatorB'sPKIserverissuescertificateBto
theeNodeB.Then,theeNodeBestablishesIPsectunnelsAandBforoperatorsAandB,respectively.
Certificateupdate:Similarly,eachoperator'sPKIserverissuesanupdatedcertificate.
Certificaterevocation:Similarly,eachoperator'sPKIservercanrevokeacertificate.
CRLfilemanagement:Similarly,theeNodeBcanobtaintheCRLfileoneachserver.TheeNodeBthenindependentlymanageseachcertificatefile.
Tosecurelyisolatetheservicesofoperators,theeNodeBcanusetheirrespectivedevicecertificatestoestablishadedicatedIPsectunnelforeachoperator.
Figure510eNodeBsupportingMultioperatorPKI
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
Thedurationofbasestationdeploymentisprolongedby10sduetocertificateapplicationforeachoperator.
5.57.3NEs
ThisfeatureisimplementedonthebasestationandrequiressupportfromthePKIserver.ThisfeaturetakeseffectonlywhenthebasestationisconfiguredwithmultiplePKIs.
5.57.4Hardware
InmultiPKIscenarios,abasestationsupportsamaximumofsixoperators'PKIservers.
Noimpact.
License
LOFD081280 eNodeBSupportingMultioperator eNodeBSupportingMultioperator eNodeB pereNodeB

PKI PKI(FDD)
ThefollowingMMLcommandhasbeenaddedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
New MODCERTMK eNodeB Usethiscommandtomodifythebindingrelationshipsbetweena

devicecertificateandaCA.
NOTE:
ParametersinthenewMMLcommandarenotlistedinthefollowingtable.
WhentheREQDEVCERTcommandisexecutedtotriggeraCMPv2basedcertificateapplication,thepreconfiguredHuaweiissueddevicecertificateisusedforcertificate
applicationbydefault,whichsavesthetroubleofrunningtheMODAPPCERTcommandtochangeaconfigureddevicecertificatetothepreconfiguredHuaweiissueddevice
certificate.
New CERTREQSW ADDCA eNodeB Indicatesthecertificaterequesttemplateusedbythebasestation

RMVCA toapplyforacertificatefromtheCA.Whenthisparameterissetto
MODCA DEFAULT,thecertificaterequesttemplateconfiguredintheMOD
CERTREQcommandisused.Whenthisparameterissetto
LSTCA
USERDEFINE,acustomizedcertificaterequesttemplateisused.
New CERTREQSIGNALG ADDCA eNodeB Indicatesthesignaturealgorithmforthecertificaterequestfile.The

RMVCA signaturealgorithmcanbeSHA1,MD5,orSHA256.SHA256is
MODCA recommended.
LSTCA
New CERTSOURCE ADDIKEPEER eNodeB IndicatesthesourceofthecertificateusedforIKEnegotiationin

RMVIKEPEER multiPKIscenarios.
MODIKEPEER WhenthisparameterissettoAPPCERT,thecertificateconfigured
LSTIKEPEER bytheAPPCERTMOisused.Whenthisparameterissetto
CERTMK,thecertificateconfiguredbytheCERTMKMOisused.
DSPIKEPEER
ThedefaultvalueisAPPCERT.
New CERTNAME ADDIKEPEER eNodeB IndicatesthenameofthecertificatefileusedintheIKEnegotiation

RMVIKEPEER inmultiPKIscenarios.Thisparameterisvalidonlywhen
MODIKEPEER CERTSOURCEissettoCERTMK.
LSTIKEPEER
DSPIKEPEER
New CERTREQPOLICY CRECERTREQFILE eNodeB Indicatesthepolicyusedinthecertificaterequestconfiguration

informationinmultiPKIscenarios.
WhenthisparameterissettoDEFAULT,thedefaultcertificate
requesttemplateconfiguredinMODCERTREQisused.When
thisparameterissettoCACERTREQ,thecertificaterequest
templatespecifiedbytheCAisused.
ThedefaultvalueisDEFAULT.
New CANAME CRECERTREQFILE eNodeB IndicatesthenameoftheCAwhichspecifiesthecertificate

requesttemplateinmultiPKIscenarios.Thisparameterisvalid
onlywhenCERTREQPOLICYissettoCACERTREQ.
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
CMPmessagetracingcanbeperformedformultipleCAsontheLMT.
None
None
ImpactedFeatures
None
5.58LOFD081281eNodeBSupportingIPsecRedirection(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
ThisfeaturesupportsdeployingtheIPsecredirectionfunctiononthenetwork.WhentheIKEv2redirectionfunctionisenabledfortheeNodeBandSeGW,theSeGWdecideswhether
tocontinuetoprovideservicesfortheeNodeBorinitiatearedirectiontoanewSeGWaccordingtotheredirectionpolicy.IftheeNodeBreceivesaredirectionpacketfromtheSeGW,
theeNodeBinitiatesIKEnegotiationwithanewSeGWandestablishesanewIPsectunnel.
Benefits
EasierSeGWcapacityexpansionandlowernetworkconfigurationcomplexity
HigherSeGWreliability
Description
ThisfeatureallowsredirectinganeNodeBfromonesecuritygatewaytoanotheriftheloaddecisionconditionsaremetorifmaintenanceisrequired,soastoimproveIPsectunnel
reliability.
ThisfeatureenablesaneNodeBtoimplementIKEnegotiationwithdifferentSeGWsusingthesameIKEconfigurationandtoestablishanIPsectunnel,therebysimplifyingSeGW
networkconfigurationandreducingnetworkconfigurationcomplexity.Thisfeaturehasthefollowingcharacteristics:
CompatiblewiththeRFC5685protocol,theeNodeBcanonlyserveasaninitiator.
SupportsinitiatingaredirectionduringtheIKEv2InitialexchangephaseandIKE_AUTHexchangephaseforIKEv2.
Duringtheredirection,theeNodeBsupportsindicatingthetargetSeGWonlythroughIPV4.
SupportssettingthemaximumnumberofredirectionswithinfiveminutessoastoeliminatethepossibilitythattheeNodeBcannotprovideservicesnormallybecauseitis
repeatedlyredirectedduetoaconfigurationerrororamaliciousattack.
IPsecredirectionisnotsupportedwhenanIPseclinkisestablishedusingDHCP.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
TheIPsecredirectionfeatureallowstheSeGWconnectedtoabasestationtosendaredirectionrequesttothebasestationbasedonwhethertheSeGWisoverloadedorfaulty.
Afterreceivingtheredirectionrequest,thebasestationinitiatesanIKEnegotiationwithanewSeGW.IPsecredirectionhelpsbalanceloadbetweenSeGWsandimproveIPsec
tunnelreliability.IfthebasestationisredirectedtothenewSeGW,communicationbetweenthebasestationandthesourceSeGWisaffected:Voicecallsaredroppedanddata
transmissionratesareextremelylow.
5.58.3ImpactonNEs
Tosupportthisfeature,theSeGWsmustmeetthefollowingrequirements:
TheSeGWsmustsupporttheRFC5685IKEv2Redirectfunction.
TheSeGWscangenerateinternaldynamicroutingbasedonIPsecSAs.
TheinitialSeGWcanestablishIPsectunnelswiththebasestationsothatbasestationdeploymentbyplugandplay(PnP)canbeused.
TheeNodeBmustbeconfiguredwiththeUMPT,UMDU,LMPT,orUTRPcboardtosupportthisfeature.
ThefollowingthreefieldshavebeenaddedtoIKEnegotiationmessagesbetweentheeNodeBandtheSeGWtoaccommodatethisfeature:
Redirectioncapability(REDIRECT_SUPPORT)
Redirectionrequest(REDIRECT,New_GW_ID)
Redirectioninformation(REDIRECTED_FROM,Initial_IP_R)
Fordetails,seeRFC5685.
License
AneNodeBlevellicensecontrolitemhasbeenaddedforthisfeature.
LOFD081281 eNodeBSupportingIPsec eNodeBSupportingIPsec eNodeB pereNodeB

Redirection Redirection(FDD)
ThefollowingMMLcommandshavebeenmodifiedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
Modified DSPIKEMSGSTAT eNodeB Addedthefollowingcheckresultparameters:

NumberofSuccessfulIKEv2Redirects
NumberofFailuresinIKEv2Redirects
NumberofDeniedIKEv2Redirects
Modified DSPDIAGNOSE eNodeB AddedthepeerSeGWIPaddresstotheIKESAnegotiationresultinthis

command.
NOTE:
ParametersinthenewMMLcommandsarenotlistedinthefollowingtable.
New REDIRECTSW ADDIKEPEER eNodeB SetthisparametertoONiftheeNodeBneedstosupport

RMVIKEPEER IPsecredirection.Otherwise,setthisparametertoOFF.
MODIKEPEER
LSTIKEPEER
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
Thefollowingalarmsandeventshavebeenaddedormodifiedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
ChangeType Alarm/Event NE Description
New EVT25956IKEHandoverEvent eNodeB Thiseventisgeneratedwhenthefollowingconditionsaremet:TheIKEv2

redirectfunctionisenabledforanIKEpeer,theIKESAcorrespondingto
thisIKEpeerexists,andredirectionsoccur.
Modified ALM25891IKENegotiationFailure eNodeB IfIPsecredirectionisenabled,thisalarmisreportedwhenanIKE

negotiationwiththepeerendfails.
Modified ALM25950BaseStationBeingAttacked eNodeB ThisalarmisreportedwhenaDOSattackoccursduetoIPsecredirection.

LOFD003009IPsec
LOFD003019IPsecTunnelBackup
ImpactedFeatures
None
5.59LOFD081283UltraFlashCSFBtoGERAN(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
WhenaUEinitiatesavoiceservicerequestinaVoIPincapableEUTRANcellwithintheoverlappingareabetweentheEUTRANandaGERAN,thisfeaturetriggersasingleradio
voicecallcontinuity(SRVCC)proceduretohavecircuitswitched(CS)resourcespreparedintheGERAN.
Benefits
ThisfeaturedecreasestheCSfallback(CSFB)delaybyabout1.5sandimprovesuserexperience.
Description
ThefollowingfigureshowstheprocedureforultraflashCSFBtoGERAN..
Figure511ProcedureforultraflashCSFBtoGERAN
WhenthecorenetworkidentifiestheHuaweiproprietarySRVCCprocedureforCSFB,itsendstheBSCahandoverrequestmessagethatcontainsCSrelatedparameters.As
instructedbythemessage,theBSCpreparesCSresources.
ComparedwithstandardCSFBprocedures,thisCSFBproceduredoesnotrequireauthentication,ciphering,orCSbearersetupaftertheUEishandedovertotheGERAN.Asa
result,theCSFBdelaydecreases.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
WhenDRXisusedformeasurements,thereisahigherprobabilitythattheUEenterssleeptime.Thisaffectsschedulingandthereforedecreasescellthroughput.
NetworkPerformance
ComparedwithstandardCSFB,thisfeaturereducesthedelayofCSFBtoGERANby2seconds,improvinguserexperience.
5.59.3NEs
ThisfeatureisaHuaweiproprietaryfeature.Toenablethisfeature,theMME,MSC,andeNodeBmustbeallprovidedbyHuaweiandsupportthisfeature.
5.59.4Hardware
None
TheeNodeBsendstheHandoverRequiredmessage(withtheSRVCCHOIndicationIEsettoCsOnly)overtheS1interface.
License
Theoperatorhaspurchasedandactivatedthelicenseforthefeaturelistedinthefollowingtable.
LOFD081283 UltraFlashCSFBtoGERAN UltraFlashCSFBtoGERAN eNodeB perRRCConnectedUser
Modified ENodeBAlgoSwitch.HoAlgoSwitch LST/MOD TheGeranUltraFlashCsfbSwitch(GeranUltraFlashCsfbSwitch)optionisaddedto

ENODEBALGOSWITCH thisfeaturetospecifywhethertoenableUltraFlashCSFBtoGERAN.
Added GeranExternalCell.UltraFlashCsfbInd ADD/MOD IndicateswhethertheexternalGERANcellsupportsUltraFlashCSFBtoUTRAN.

GERANEXTERNALCELL
ChangeType CounterName MeasurementUnit Description
Modified L.IRATHO.CSFB.SRVCC.E2G.PrepAttOut InterRAToutgoinghandovers NumberofSRVCCbasedoutgoinghandoverattemptsfromE

UTRANtoGERANforUltraFlashCSFBtoUTRAN
ThecounterisaddedineRAN7.0anditsowningfeatureischanged
fromLOFD070202UltraFlashCSFBtoUTRANtoLOFD081283
UltraFlashCSFBtoGERAN.
Modified L.IRATHO.CSFB.SRVCC.E2G.ExecAttOut InterRAToutgoinghandovers NumberofSRVCCbasedoutgoinghandoverexecutionsfromE

Modified L.IRATHO.CSFB.SRVCC.E2G.ExecSuccOut InterRAToutgoinghandovers NumberofsuccessfulSRVCCbasedoutgoinghandoversfromE

Modified L.IRATHO.CSFB.SRVCC.E2G.MMEAbnormRsp InterRAToutgoinghandovers NumberofabnormalresponsesfromtheMMEduringhandoversfrom

EUTRANtoGERANforUltraFlashCSFBtoUTRAN
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
ThisfeaturerequirestheoptionalfeatureLOFD001034CSFallbacktoGERAN.
None
ImpactedFeatures
None
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Thisfeaturesupportsintrabandcarrieraggregation(CA)fortwodownlinkcontiguousornoncontiguouscarriers.
Thetwodownlinkcarriersmustmeetthefollowingrequirement.
Table53BandwidthrequirementforCA
IndividualBandwidthRequirement TotalBandwidthRequirement
1.4MHz 20MHz
Benefits
Maximizedresourceutilization
ACAcapableUE(referredtoasCAUE)canuseidleresourceblocks(RBs)ontwocomponentcarriers(CCs)tominimizewastedresources.
Efficientutilizationofnoncontiguousspectrumchunks
WithCA,anoperator'snoncontiguousspectrumchunkscanbeaggregatedforefficientutilization,especiallyinspectrumrefarmingscenarios.
Betteruserexperience
OnalivenetworkthatservesanumberofUEs,CAUEswithactivatedsecondaryservingcells(SCells)canuseidleresourcesintheirSCellsandhaveincreased
throughputifthenetworkisnotoverloaded.
Description
CAenablesaggregationofmultiplecontiguousornoncontiguouscarrierstoprovideawiderbandwidthasrequiredbyLTEAdvancedandtobetterutilizespectrumchunks.
Withcarriersaggregated,upperlayerdatastreamsaremappedtoandtransmittedoneachCC.ThismappingisperformedattheMediaAccessControl(MAC)layer.TheeNodeB
constructsone(twoormoreifspatialmultiplexingisused)transportblockpertransmissiontimeinterval(TTI)foreachCC.EachCCworkswithanindividualhybridautomaticrepeat
request(HARQ)entityandusesanindependentlinkadaptationmechanism.Therefore,LTEAdvancedcaninheritthesinglecarrierorientedphysicallayerdesignfromtheLTE
system.Furthermore,inthecaseofnoncontiguouscarrieraggregation,theuseofindependentlinkadaptationmechanismscanachievehigherfrequencyselectivegains.
Withthisfeature,upto20MHzofintrabanddownlinkbandwidthcanbeallocatedtoasingleCAUEsothatthepeakdownlinkthroughputoftheUEcanreach150Mbit/swhen2x2
multipleinputmultipleoutput(MIMO)isused.
Enhancement
eRAN7.0
Addedfrequencybandcombinations.Forthecompletesetofcombinationssupported,see1.1LTEAIntroduction.
Addedprimarycomponentcarrier(PCC)anchoring.CAUEspreferentiallyselectcellswithhighPCellprioritiesorcellsoncarrierswithhighPCCpriorities.
AddedblindSCellconfiguration.
AddedfrequencybasedCAconfiguration.UEsmeasuretheconfiguredfrequenciesandreportthesignalstrengthofcellsonthefrequencies.eNodeBs
configurethecellsthatmeetspecificconditionsasPCellsorSCells.
AddeddeliveryofSCellinformationduringCAUEhandovers.
AddedCAsupportinhybridRANsharingscenarios.
eRAN8.1
Addedfrequencybandcombinations.Forthecompletesetofcombinationssupported,see1.1LTEAIntroduction.
SystemCapacity
NetworkPerformance
5.60.3NEs
ThechangeinthisfeaturerequiressupportfromUEsandtheEPC.UEsmustcomplywith3GPPRelease10orlater.Inaddition,UEsmustsupportthebandcombinationsand
bandwidthsofthecarrierstobeaggregated.Toallow2CCaggregationtoreachapeakdatarateof150Mbit/sin2x2MIMOscenarios,themaximumbitratethattheUEsubscribes
tointheEPCcannotbelessthan150Mbit/s.
5.60.4Hardware
License
FaultManagement
ImpactedFeatures
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
eNodeBssupportaggregationoftwodownlinkinterbandcarriers.
Thetwodownlinkcarriersmustmeettherequirementslistedinthefollowingtable.
Table54BandwidthrequirementforCA
IndividualBandwidthRequirement TotalBandwidthRequirement
1.4MHz 20MHz
Benefits
Maximizedresourceutilization
ACAUEcanuseidleresourceblocks(RBs)ontwocomponentcarriers(CCs)tominimizewastedresources.
Efficientutilizationofnoncontiguousspectrumchunks
WithCA,anoperator'snoncontiguousspectrumchunkscanbeaggregatedforefficientutilization,especiallyinspectrumrefarmingscenarios.
Betteruserexperience
OnalivenetworkthatservesanumberofUEs,CAUEswithactivatedsecondaryservingcells(SCells)canuseidleresourcesintheirSCellsandhaveincreased
throughputifthenetworkisnotoverloaded.
Description
Withthisfeature,upto20MHzofinterbanddownlinkbandwidthcanbeallocatedtoasingleCAUEsothatthepeakdownlinkthroughputoftheUEcanreach150Mbit/swhen2x2
multipleinputmultipleoutput(MIMO)isused.
Enhancement
eRAN7.0
Addedafrequencybandcombination.Fordetails,see1.1LTEAIntroduction.
AddedPCCanchoring.CAUEspreferentiallyselectcellswithhighPCellprioritiesorcellsoncarrierswithhighPCCpriorities.
AddedblindSCellconfiguration.
AddedfrequencybasedCAconfiguration.UEsmeasuretheconfiguredfrequenciesandreportthesignalstrengthofcellsonthefrequencies.eNodeBs
configurethecellsthatmeetspecificconditionsasPCellsorSCells.
AddeddeliveryofSCellinformationduringCAUEhandovers.
AddedCAsupportinhybridRANsharingscenarios.
eRAN8.1
Addedafrequencybandcombination.Fordetails,see1.1LTEAIntroduction.
LoadbasedSCellselection
Duringinitialaccess,ahandover,orRRCconnectionreestablishmentofaCAUE,aneNodeBselectsalightlyloadedcellasanSCellfortheUEifmultiple
candidatesareavailable.
PCCanchoringforCAUEsinidlemode
DuringtheRRCconnectionreleaseofaCAUE,aneNodeBsendstheUEafrequencythatispreconfiguredtosupportCAandissupportedbytheUE.During
thesubsequentaccessprocedure,theUEcanquicklyentertheCAstate.
SystemCapacity
NetworkPerformance
5.61.3NEs
5.61.4Hardware
License
FaultManagement
ImpactedFeatures
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
eNodeBssupportUEsofcategory6asdefinedin3GPPRelease10.
Benefits
Withthisfeature,asingleUEofcategory6canreachapeakdatarateof300Mbit/sinthedownlinkand50Mbit/sintheuplink.
Description
ThisfeatureenableseNodeBstosupportUEcategory6.UEsofcategory6supportapeakdatarateof300Mbit/sinthedownlinkand50Mbit/sintheuplink.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
ThisfeatureunderCAincreasesthepeakdatarateofaCAUEto50Mbit/sintheuplinkand300Mbit/sinthedownlink.
NetworkPerformance
Noimpact.
5.62.3NEs
ThisfeaturerequiressupportfromUEsandtheEPC.UEsmustcomplywith3GPPRelease10orlater.Inaddition,UEsmustsupportthebandcombinationsandbandwidthsofthe
carrierstobeaggregated.Toallow2CCaggregationtoreachapeakdatarateof300Mbit/sin2x2MIMOscenarios,themaximumbitratethattheUEsubscribestointheEPC
cannotbelessthan300Mbit/s.
5.62.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
License
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
ImpactedFeatures
Noimpact.
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
eNodeBssupportUEsofcategory7asdefinedin3GPPTS36.306v10.0.0.
Benefits
Description
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
NetworkPerformance
Noimpact.
5.63.3NEs
carrierstobeaggregated.Toallowdownlink2CCaggregationin2x2MIMOscenariosanduplink2CCaggregationtoreachpeakdownlinkanduplinkdataratesof300Mbit/sand100
Mbit/s,themaximumbitratethattheUEsubscribestointheEPCcannotbelessthan300Mbit/sforthedownlinkand100Mbit/sfortheuplink.
5.63.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
License
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
ImpactedFeatures
Noimpact.
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Benefits
Description
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
NetworkPerformance
Noimpact.
5.64.3NEs
carrierstobeaggregated.Toallowdownlink3CCaggregationtoreachapeakdatarateof450Mbit/sin2x2MIMOscenarios,themaximumbitratethattheUEsubscribestointhe
EPCcannotbelessthan450Mbit/s.
5.64.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
License
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
ImpactedFeatures
Noimpact.
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Benefits
Description
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
NetworkPerformance
Noimpact.
5.65.3NEs
carrierstobeaggregated.Toallowdownlink3CCaggregationin2x2MIMOscenariosanduplink2CCaggregationtoreachpeakdownlinkanduplinkdataratesof450Mbit/sand100
Mbit/s,themaximumbitratethattheUEsubscribestointheEPCcannotbelessthan450Mbit/sforthedownlinkand100Mbit/sfortheuplink.
5.65.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
License
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
ImpactedFeatures
Noimpact.
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Thisfeatureallowsaggregationofcarrierstoatotalbandwidththatisgreaterthan20MHz.
Benefits
Withthisfeature,upto40MHzofdownlinkbandwidthcanbeallocatedtoasingleCAUEsothatthepeakdownlinkthroughputoftheUEcanreach300Mbit/swhen2x2multiple
inputmultipleoutput(MIMO)isused.
Description
CAenablesaggregationoftwocontiguousornoncontiguouscarrierstoprovideawiderbandwidthasrequiredbyLTEAdvancedandtobetterutilizespectrumchunks.
Comparedwithtwoseparate20MHzcarriers,aggregatedcarriersprovideatotalbandwidthupto40MHzandthereforeimproveuserexperience.
Enhancement
eRAN8.1
Addedfrequencybandcombinations.Fordetails,see1.2CAPerformanceEnhancement.
SystemCapacity
NetworkPerformance
5.66.3NEs
5.66.4Hardware
License
FaultManagement
ImpactedFeatures
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
ThisfeatureallowsaneNodeBtoselectseveralmostsuitablecarriersfrommultiplecarriersforcarrieraggregation(CA).TheselectionisbasedontheCAcapabilityreportedbythe
CAUEandcarriermanagementprinciples.
Benefits
Thisfeaturemaximizescarrierusage,increasesthepeakdatarateofUEs,andimplementsefficientmulticarriermanagementthroughmobilityloadbalancing.
Description
Since2014,multicarriernetworkshavebeendeployedincertainregions,forexample,800M/1800M/2600MinEuropeandAsia.
FlexibleCAfromMultipleCarriersisbasedontheCAcapabilityofUEsandcarriermanagementprinciples.Withthisfeature,aneNodeBcancurrentlyselecttwoorthreemost
suitablecarriersforCA.
WhenaCAUEestablishesanRRCconnection(duringinitialaccessorahandover)onacarrier(thatis,thePCC),itreportsitsCAcapabilitytotheeNodeB.TheCAcapability
includesbandcombinationsandCCbandwidths.TheeNodeBthenchecksitsowncarrierdeploymentandselectsthemostsuitablecarriersfrommultiplecandidatesfortheCAUE
asitssecondarycomponentcarriers(SCCs).
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
NetworkPerformance
5.67.3NEs
5.67.4Hardware
License
Thelicensecontrolitemhasbeenrenamed"FlexibleCAfromMultipleCarriers(FDD)".
FaultManagement
ImpactedFeatures
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Thisfeaturesupportscarrieraggregation(CA)betweeninterBBUcells.
Benefits
AneNodeBcanassigninterBBUcellsforasingleCAUE.
SinceeRAN7.0,centralizedmultiBBUinterconnectionhasbeensupported,inwhichcasethepeakdownlinkdataratereaches300Mbit/sif2x2MIMOanddownlink2CC
aggregationareenabled.SinceeRAN8.1,distributedmultiBBUinterconnectionhasalsobeensupported,inwhichcasetheeffectofCAvariesdependingontheroundtriptimeof
intereNodeBtransmissionif2x2MIMOisenabled:
Iftheroundtriptimeislessthan32s,downlink2CCaggregationanddownlink3CCaggregationachieveapeakdownlinkdatarateof300Mbit/sand450Mbit/s,
respectively.
Iftheroundtriptimeisgreaterthanorequalto32sandlessthan260s,downlink2CCaggregationanddownlink3CCaggregationachieveapeakdownlinkdatarate
of270Mbit/sand400Mbit/s,respectively.
Iftheroundtriptimeisgreaterthanorequalto260s,CAdoesnotwork.
Description
Onamultibandnetwork,frequenciesmaybedeployedindifferentBBUs.IntraeNodeBCAcannotbeimplementedinthisscenario.
InHuaweiCloudBBarchitecture,interBBUCAisnowsupported.
eRAN7.0supportscentralizedmultiBBUinterconnection,inwhichcasetheBBUsexchangesignalingmessagesandtransmitservicedatathroughoneortwolevelsofuniversal
switchingunits(USUs).
InadditiontocentralizedmultiBBUinterconnection,eRAN8.1supportsdistributedmultiBBUinterconnection,inwhichcaseaUniversalinterConnectionComboUnit(UCCU)board
mustbeinstalledineachBBUandconnectedtoaUSUthroughanopticalcableforsignalingexchangeanddatatransmissionbetweentheBBUs.Inthisarchitecture,thesinglehop
distancebetweenaBBUanditsconnectedUSUcannotexceed10km,andtheendtoenddistancebetweentwoBBUscannotexceed20km.
Enhancement
eRAN8.1
ThisfeaturealsoappliestodistributedmultiBBUinterconnectionscenarios.
SystemCapacity
NetworkPerformance
WhentheroundtriptimeforintereNodeBtransmissionisbetween32s(including32s)and260s,thechangeinthisfeaturehasthefollowingimpactsonnetworkperformance:
CQIreportsaredelayed,causingslightdeteriorationinfrequencyselectiveschedulingperformanceandanincreaseinIBLER.
ReportsofHARQdemodulationresultsaredelayed,affectingthepeakdatarateofasingleUEandresultinginanincreaseinRBLER.
CQIandIBLERfeedbackisdelayed,causingafluctuationinthedatarateofUEslocatedatplacesofmediumorlongdistancestothecenteroftheirSCells.
DuetothedifferenceinRLCdataarrivaltimebetweentheaggregatedcarriers,aCAUEhastocombinethereceiveddataandarrangetheorderofthedata.Thedata
combiningandorderingconsumeUECPUresources.IftheCPUcapacityisinsufficient,thedatarateoftheUEfluctuates.
DuetopossibleerrorsintheestimatedschedulingpriorityofaCAUE,thePRBsinanSCellfortheUEmaynotbefullyutilizedwhentheSCellservesasmallnumberof
nonCAUEsandthenonCAUEtrafficislight.
TominimizetheimpactofintereNodeBtransmissiondelay,RLCretransmissionsoccuronlyinthePCellofeachCAUE.IftheUubandwidthofthePCellisusedupby
GBRservices,RLCretransmissionsforaCAUEareoftenblockedandthedatarateoftheUEfluctuates.
IfaneNodeBdetectscongestioninthetransmissionqueuesonaneX2interface,ittriggersbackpressureontheintereNodeBCAUEsontheinterface,andthedata
ratesoftheCAUEsdecrease.WhentheeNodeBdetectsthatthecongestionisrelieved,itstopsthebackpressure,andthedataratesoftheCAUEsreturntothe
originallevels.
5.68.3NEs
ThisfeatureisimplementedontheeNodeBandUSU.
5.68.4Hardware
Thechangeinthisfeaturerequiresanewboard:UCCU.
ThechangeinthisfeaturerequireseX2interfacesbetweeneNodeBs.
License
Modified ENodeBAlgoSwitch.CaAlgoSwitch MODENODEBALGOSWITCH eNodeB TheoptionDistributeCloudbbCaSwitchhas

LSTENODEBALGOSWITCH beenadded.
ThisswitchspecifieswhethertoenableCAin
distributedmultiBBUinterconnection
scenarios.
Ifthisoptionisselected,thistype
ofCAappliestothecellsservedby
theeNodeB.
Ifthisoptionisdeselected,this
typeofCAisdisabledforthecells
servedbytheeNodeB.
FaultManagement
ImpactedFeatures
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Onlivenetworkswithrelaxedbackhaulrequirements,ifUEsandtheEPCcomplywith3GPPRelease10,intereNodeBCAcanbedeployedwithoutrequiringnetwork
reconstruction.
Inearlierversions,CAappliedtointraBBUcellsorinterBBUcellsintheCloudBBarchitecture.SinceeRAN8.1,CAhadalsoappliedtointereNodeBcellsinrelaxedbackhaul
scenarios,inwhicheNodeBsareinterconnectedwithaonewaytransmissiondelaylessthanorequalto4ms.
SinceeRAN8.1,macroandmicrocellscanbecarrieraggregatedinrelaxedbackhaulscenarios.
Benefits
Thisfeaturereducestheneedforhardwaredeploymentandnetworkreconstruction.ItenablesquickandlightweightdeploymentofintereNodeBCA.Withthisfeature,aneNodeB
canallocateatotalof40MHzbandwidthfromanytwocarrierstoaCAcapableUE(CAUEforshort).ThepeakdataratethatintereNodeBCAcanreachisdependentontheinter
eNodeBtransmissiondelayandtransmissionquality.When2x2MIMOisusedandonewaytransmissiondelaybetweeneNodeBsislessthanorequalto4ms,downlink2CC
aggregationincreasesthedownlinkaveragedatarateofaCAUEby40%80%andpeakdataratebymorethan80%,comparedwiththedataratesofanonCAUE.Thedatarate
reachesitspeakvaluewhentheCAUEistheonlyUEinthecellandislocatedinthecellcenter.
Description
TheCAprocedureisasfollows:
1.DuringinitialaccessorRRCconnectionreestablishment,aCAUEreportsitsCAcapabilitytotheeNodeBaftersettinguptheRRCconnectioninitsPCell.
2.TheeNodeBchecksthesettingoftheCAfeatureswitch,thestatusoftheeX2interfacetoeachpeereNodeB,andtheintereNodeBtransmissiondelay.IftheCA
featureswitchison,theeX2interfacetoapeereNodeBhasbeensetup,andthetransmissiondelaybetweenthelocalandpeereNodeBsmeetstherequirement,the
localeNodeBselectsacarrierofthepeereNodeBasanSCCfortheCAUE.
3.AfteractivatingtheSCell,theeNodeBthatservesthePCellwilldivertRLCtrafficoftheCAUEtotheSCell.WhenintereNodeBtransmissionqualitydeteriorates(for
example,thetransmissiondelaydoesnotmeettherequirementortransmissionisinterrupted),theeNodeBremovestheSCelltoexitCA.CArestartsaftertransmission
qualityrecovers.
IntereNodeBCAbasedonrelaxedbackhaulrequiresthatatimesynchronizationsolution(suchasGPSorIEEE1588V2)bedeployedwithaminimumaccuracyof1.5sandthe
onewayintereNodeBtransmissiondelaybewithin4ms.ItalsorequiresthatthejitterandpacketlossratemeettherequirementsforS1andX2interfaces.
Thefollowingfigureillustratesanexampleofthenetworkarchitecture.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
DuetointereNodeBtransmissiondelayandlimitedbandwidth,thisfeaturehasthefollowingimpactsonnetworkperformance:
CQIreportsaredelayed,causingslightdeteriorationinfrequencyselectiveschedulingperformanceandanincreaseinIBLER.
ReportsofHARQdemodulationresultsaredelayed,affectingthepeakdatarateofasingleUEandresultinginanincreaseinRBLER.
CQIandIBLERfeedbackisdelayed,causingafluctuationinthedatarateofUEslocatedatplacesofmediumorlongdistancestothecenteroftheirSCells.
DuetothedifferenceinRLCdataarrivaltimebetweentheaggregatedcarriers,aCAUEhastocombinethereceiveddataandarrangetheorderofthedata.Thedata
combiningandorderingconsumeUECPUresources.IftheCPUcapacityisinsufficient,thedatarateoftheUEfluctuates.
DuetopossibleerrorsintheestimatedschedulingpriorityofaCAUE,thePRBsinanSCellfortheUEmaynotbefullyutilizedwhentheSCellservesasmallnumberof
nonCAUEsandthenonCAUEtrafficislight.
TominimizetheimpactofintereNodeBtransmissiondelay,RLCretransmissionsoccuronlyinthePCellofeachCAUE.IftheUubandwidthofthePCellisusedupby
GBRservices,RLCretransmissionsforaCAUEareoftenblockedandthedatarateoftheUEfluctuates.
IfaneNodeBdetectscongestioninthetransmissionqueuesonaneX2interface,ittriggersbackpressureontheintereNodeBCAUEsontheinterface,andthedata
ratesoftheCAUEsdecrease.WhentheeNodeBdetectsthatthecongestionisrelieved,itstopsthebackpressure,andthedataratesoftheCAUEsreturntothe
originallevels.
5.69.3NEs
5.69.4Hardware
Thisfeaturehasthefollowingrequirementsforhardware:
CellsonLBBPcboardscannotactasthePCellsforCAUEs.
MicrocellscannotactasthePCellsforCAUEs.
ThisfeaturerequireseX2interfacesbetweeneNodeBs.
License
LAOFD080201 IntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxed IntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxedbackhaul(per eNodeB pereNodeB

backhaul eNodeB)
Modified ENodeBAlgoSwitch.CaAlgoSwitch MOD eNodeB TheoptionHetNetCaSwitchhasbeenadded.This

ENODEBALGOSWITCH switchspecifieswhethertoenableCAbetween
LST macroandmicrocellsonanetworkwithrelaxed
ENODEBALGOSWITCH backhaulrequirements.
NOTE:
ThisswitchisprovidedbymicroeNodeBs.
Ifthisswitchison,thistypeofCAis
enabled.
Ifthisswitchisoff,thistypeofCAis
disabled.
New L.Traffic.User.PCell.DL.RelaxedBackhaulCA.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB Averagenumberofdownlinkrelaxedbackhaul

basedintereNodeBCAUEsthattreatthelocal
cellastheirPCell
New L.Traffic.User.PCell.DL.RelaxedBackhaulCA.Max Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB Maximumnumberofdownlinkrelaxedbackhaul

cellastheirPCell
New L.Traffic.User.SCell.DL.RelaxedBackhaulCA.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB Averagenumberofdownlinkrelaxedbackhaul

cellastheirSCell
New L.Traffic.User.SCell.DL.RelaxedBackhaulCA.Max Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB Maximumnumberofdownlinkrelaxedbackhaul

cellastheirSCell
New L.ChMeas.PRB.DL.PCell.RelaxedBackhaulCAUsed.Avg ChMeas.PRB.Cell eNodeB NumberofdownlinkPRBsoccupiedbyrelaxed

backhaulbasedintereNodeBCAUEsthattreat
thelocalcellastheirPCell
New L.ChMeas.PRB.DL.SCell.RelaxedBackhaulCAUsed.Avg ChMeas.PRB.Cell eNodeB NumberofdownlinkPRBsoccupiedbyrelaxed

backhaulbasedintereNodeBCAUEsthattreat
thelocalcellastheirSCell
New L.Thrp.bits.DL.RelaxedBackhaulCAUser Traffic.Thruput.Cell eNodeB TotalPDCPlayertrafficvolumeofdownlinkdata

senttoactiverelaxedbackhaulbasedinter
eNodeBCAUEsinacell
New L.Thrp.Time.DL.RelaxedBackhaulCAUser Traffic.Thruput.Cell eNodeB Totaldurationfordownlinkdatatransmissionto

activedownlinkrelaxedbackhaulbasedinter
eNodeBCAUEsatthePDCPlayerinacell
New L.Traffic.User.PCell.RelaxedBackhaulCA.OFF Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB NumberoftimesintereNodeBCAbasedon

relaxedbackhaulhasstoppedbecausetheinter
eNodeBtransmissiondelaydoesnotmeetthe
requirement
FaultManagement
ChecktheL.Traffic.User.PCell.RelaxedBackhaulCA.OFFcounterforthenumberoftimesCAhasstopped.Ifthecountervalueislessthan10,nofurtheractionisrequired.Ifthe
countervalueisequaltoorgreaterthan10,contactHuaweiengineers.
(Optional)LAOFD001002CarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin40MHz
Thisfeatureisrequiredifthetotalbandwidthisgreaterthan20MHzbutdoesnotexceed40MHz.
LOFD001007HighSpeedMobilityandLOFD001008UltraHighSpeedMobility
Inhighspeedscenarios,RRCconnectionreconfigurationproceduresmayfrequentlytakeplacebecausetheeNodeBnotifiesUEsofSCellconfigurationorremoval
throughRRCConnectionReconfigurationmessages.Thisincreasesthenetworksignalingload.TopreventthefrequentRRCconnectionreconfigurationprocedures,cells
withtheCell.HighSpeedFlagparametersettothefollowingvaluescannotparticipateinCAcurrently:
HIGH_SPEED(Highspeedcellflag)
ULTRA_HIGH_SPEED(Ultrahighspeedcellflag)
EXTRA_HIGH_SPEED(Extrahighspeedcellflag)
LOFD081223ExtendedCellAccessRadiusBeyond100km
Comparedwithcommoncells,cellswitharadiusofover100kmexperienceadelayinuplinkreception,whichresultsinagreatdifferenceinthetimingoffsetfrom
commoncells.Therefore,cellswitharadiusofover100kmdonotsupportCA.
ImpactedFeatures
LBFD002028EmergencyCall
WhenaCAUEisrunninganemergencycallservice,theeNodeBterminatesSCellconfigurationproceduresinwhichgapassistedmeasurementsarerequired.Gap
assistedmeasurementsnegativelyaffecttheservicequalityofemergencycalls.Aftertheemergencycallserviceisfinished,theeNodeBreattemptstoconfigureSCells
fortheUEiftheUEtrafficvolumeandSCellconfigurationintervalconditionsarefulfilled.
Accordingto3GPPTS36.321,semipersistentschedulingtakeseffectonlyonthePCCsforCAUEs.
LOFD001032IntraLTELoadBalancing,LOFD001044InterRATLoadSharingtoUTRAN,LOFD001045InterRATLoadSharingtoGERAN,andLOFD070215Intra
LTEUserNumberLoadBalancing
WhenselectingUEsforatypeofloadbalancingdefinedinthesefeatures,theeNodeBfiltersouttheCAUEsthattreatthesourcecellastheirPCellsorSCells.
LOFD002001AutomaticNeighbourRelation(ANR)andLOFD002002InterRATANR
DuringANR,theeNodeBdetermineswhethertoselectCAUEstoperformmeasurementsbasedontheANR.CaUeChoseModeparametersetting.Fordetails,seeANR
Management.
Adaptivesinglefrequencynetwork(SFN)requiresUEstoreportsoundingreferencesignal(SRS),basedonwhicheNodeBsselectremoteradiounits(RRUs)for
independentschedulingoftheUEs.IfanadaptiveSFNcellisconfiguredasanSCellforaCAUEonlyinthedownlink,onlyjointschedulingappliestotheSCell.Ifthe
SCellisalsoconfiguredfortheuplink,independentschedulingcanbeusedinthecell.
Thisfeaturerequiresacentralizedcontroller,whichisaprocessdeployedonaBBPintheeNodeB.Thecentralizedcontrollerincreasestheaveragethroughputofcellson
theaffectedfrequencyandthecelledgeUEthroughputinthenetwork.However,ithasanegativeimpactonthehighthroughputUEsthatcausecochannelinterference
tothecelledgeUEs.IfbasicschedulingisusedwithCA,thedatarateofaCAUEisthetotaldatarateoftheUEonalltheaggregatedcarriersandthereforeistypically
higherthanthedatarateofanonCAUE.Asaresult,CAUEshavealowerprobabilityofbeingscheduledandthereforealowerdatarateinCSPCscenarios.
Afterthisfeatureisenabled,CAUEscanreceiveMultimediaBroadcastmulticastserviceSingleFrequencyNetwork(MBSFN)subframesintheirPCellsbutnotintheir
SCells.ThisfeatureworksforCAUEsonlyinPCells.
Referencesignaltimedifference(RSTD)measurementsforOTDOAbasedpositioningincreasetheACK/NACKlossrate.AhigherACK/NACKlossrateresultsin
schedulingperformancedeterioration,whichmayaffectuserexperienceofCAUEs.
LAOFD002001StaticTDMeICICandLAOFD081233DynamicTDMeICIC
Whenoneorbothofthesetwofeaturesareenabled,theinterferencebetweenmacroandmicrocellscannotbemitigatedasexpected,becauseofsubframe
synchronizationbetweenthePCellandSCellsofeachCAUE.
LOFD001066IntraeNodeBULCoMP,LOFD070222IntraeNodeBULCoMPPhaseII,andLOFD070223ULCoMPbasedonCoordinatedBBU
WhenLOFD001005UL4AntennaReceiveDiversityisenabled,ULCoMPdoesnotworkforCAUEs.
LOFD081219ULCoMPbasedonrelaxedbackhaul
eNodeBsdonotselectcellsascoordinatedcellsforULCoMPofCAUEsifthecellsareinterconnectedtotheservingcellsoftheUEsbasedonrelaxedbackhaul.
LBFD002005DLAsynchronousHARQ
DuetointereNodeBtransmissiondelay,HARQfeedbackispostponed,whichhasanimpactontheresidualblockerrorrate(RBLER)ofCAUEs.AmongHARQ
retransmissionstatistics,theRBLERrelatedcountersproducelargervalues.Inaddition,CQIreportsaboutSCellsofCAUEsarealsodelayed,whichaffectstheinitial
blockerrorrate(IBLER)oftheUEs.TheIBLERrelatedcountersproducelargervalues.
IfaUEislocatedamediumorlongdistancefromthecenterofitsPCellorSCell,thedatarateoftheUEfluctuates.
TheimpactappliesonlytotheUEsonwhichintereNodeBCAbasedonrelaxedbackhaultakeseffect.TomitigatetheimpactofintereNodeBtransmissiondelay,an
eNodeBmustestimatetheschedulingopportunitiesforCAUEsinadvance.ThismayhaveaslightshorttermimpactonfairnessamongUEsbutnoimpacton
schedulingrelatedperformanceindicators.
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Withthisfeature,aneNodeBselectssuitablecarriersforaCAUEbasedontheCAcapabilityoftheUE,celllevelalgorithmswitchsettings,andcarriermanagementprinciples.This
featureallowsaggregationoftwouplinkCCstoamaximumbandwidthof40MHzsothatthepeakuplinkdataratecanreach100Mbit/swhen1x2MIMOand16QAMareused.
Benefits
ThepeakuplinkdatarateofasingleUEcanreach100Mbit/s.
Thisfeaturecontributestoapositivebrandeffectforoperators.
Theoverallresourceutilizationismaximized.
Thedataratesexperiencedbyusersaremaximized.
Description
request(HARQ)entityandusesanindependentlinkadaptationmechanism.Therefore,LTEAdvancedcaninheritthesinglecarrierorientedphysicallayerdesigninLTEsystem.
Furthermore,inthecaseofnoncontiguouscarrieraggregation,theuseofindependentlinkadaptationmechanismscanachievehigherfrequencyselectivegain.
ForaUEthatsupportsaggregationoftwouplinkCCs,aneNodeBconfiguresanSCellintheuplinksothattheUEtransmitsdataoverthetwoCCstotheeNodeB.
Notethat,accordingto3GPPspecifications,anuplinkCCcanbeconfiguredonlyifthedownlinkcarrierinthesamecellisaggregatedwiththePCCfortheUE.Itisnotallowedto
aggregatetwoCCsintheuplinkwhilethereisonlyoneCCinthedownlink.
Thisfeatureallowsaggregationofcarriersinthefollowingbands.
BandCombination BW(MHz) ApplicableEntity Version Max.TotalBW

(MHz)
Band7(2.6GHz),contiguous 15+15 MacroeNodeBs eRAN8.1orlater 40

10+20
15+20
20+20
Band3(1.8GHz),contiguous 5+20 MacroeNodeBs eRAN8.1orlater 40

10+20
15+20
20+20
Band7(2.6GHz)+band3(1.8 Band7:{10,15,20} Macro,micro,andLampSite eRAN6.0orlater 40

GHz) Band3:{5,10,15,20} eNodeBs
Band1(2.1GHz)+band5(850 Band1:{10} MacroandmicroeNodeBs eRAN7.0orlater 20

MHz) Band5:{10}
BandCombination BW(MHz) ApplicableEntity Version Max.TotalBW
(MHz)
Band1(2.1GHz)+band7(2.6 Band1:{5,10,15,20} MacroandLampSite eRAN7.0orlater 40

GHz) Band7:{5,10,15,20} eNodeBs
Band5(850MHz)+band7(2.6 Band5:{5,10,15,20} MacroeNodeBs eRAN7.0orlater 40

GHz) Band7:{5,10,15,20}
Band2(1.9GHz),noncontiguous Band2:{5,10,15,20} MacroeNodeBs eRAN8.1orlater 40
Band2(1.9GHz)+band12(700 Band2:{5,10,15,20} MacroeNodeBs eRAN8.1orlater 30

MHz) Band12:{10}
Band2(1.9GHz)+band13(700 Band2:{5,10,15,20} MacroeNodeBs eRAN8.1orlater 30

MHz) Band13:{10}
Band2(1.9GHz)+band17(700 Band2:{5,10} MacroeNodeBs eRAN8.1orlater 20

MHz) Band17:{5,10}
Band5(850MHz)+band12(700 Band5:{5,10} MacroeNodeBs eRAN8.1orlater 20

MHz) Band12:{5,10}
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
IfMTAisenabled,noncontentionbasedrandomaccessoccursinSCells.Asaresult,thecountersrelatedtorandomaccesstotheSCellsproducelargervalues.
5.70.3NEs
carrierstobeaggregated.Toallowuplink2CCaggregationtoreachapeakdatarateof100Mbit/sin2x2MIMOscenarios,themaximumuplinkanddownlinkbitratesthattheUE
subscribestointheEPCcannotbelessthan100Mbit/sand300Mbit/s,respectively.
5.70.4Hardware
LBBPcdoesnotsupportthisfeature.
Noimpact.
License
ThisfeatureisatrialfeatureineRAN8.1andthereforeisnotunderlicensecontrol.
Modified CaMgtCfg.CellCaAlgoSwitch MODCAMGTCFG eNodeB TheoptionCaUl2CCSwitchhasbeenadded.

LSTCAMGTCFG Thisswitchspecifieswhethertoenableuplink2CC
aggregation.
Whenthisswitchison,uplink2CCaggregation
worksifatleasttwofrequenciesorcellsthatcan
beaggregatedareconfiguredusingSccFreqCfgor
CaGroupSCellCfgMOs.Whenthisswitchisoff,
uplink2CCaggregationdoesnottakeeffect.
New L.ChMeas.PRB.UL.PCell.Used.Avg ChMeas.PRB.Cell eNodeB AveragenumberofuplinkPRBsoccupiedbyCAUEs

thattreatthelocalcellastheirPCell
New L.ChMeas.PRB.UL.SCell.Used.Avg ChMeas.PRB.Cell eNodeB AveragenumberofuplinkPRBsoccupiedbyCAUEs

thattreatthelocalcellastheirSCell
New L.CA.Traffic.bits.UL.PCell Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB UplinkMAClayertrafficvolumeofCAUEsinthe

uplinkCAstatethattreatthelocalcellastheirPCell
andhavetheirSCellsactivated
New L.CA.Traffic.bits.UL.SCell Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB UplinkMAClayertrafficvolumeofCAUEsinthe

uplinkCAstatethattreatthelocalcellastheirSCell
New L.Thrp.bits.UL.CAUser Traffic.Thruput.Cell eNodeB UplinkPDCPlayertrafficvolumeofCAUEsthatarein

theuplinkCAstateandtreatthelocalastheirPCell
withallSCellsactivated
New L.Traffic.User.PCell.UL.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB AveragenumberofCAUEsthatusethelocalcellas

theirPCellsintheuplink
New L.Traffic.User.PCell.UL.Max Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB MaximumnumberofCAUEsthatusethelocalcellas

theirPCellsintheuplink
New L.Traffic.User.SCell.UL.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB AveragenumberofuplinkCAUEsthatusethelocal

cellastheirSCell
New L.Traffic.User.SCell.UL.Max Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB MaximumnumberofuplinkCAUEsthatusethelocal

cellastheirSCell
New L.Traffic.User.SCell.Active.UL.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB AveragenumberofCAUEsthattreatthelocalcellas

theirSCellandhavetheSCellactivatedintheuplink
New L.Traffic.User.SCell.Active.UL.Max Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB MaximumnumberofCAUEsthattreatthelocalcellas

theirSCellandhavetheSCellactivatedintheuplink
New L.CA.UL.PCell.Act.Dur Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB DurationofCAUEsintheuplinkCAstatethattreatthe

localcellastheirPCellandhavetheSCellactivated
New L.CA.UL.SCell.Act.Dur Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB DurationofCAUEsintheuplinkCAstatethattreatthe

localcellastheirSCellandhavetheSCellactivated
New L.CA.PCell.ChMeas.PUSCH.MCS.0~31 ChMeas.MCS.CA.PCell eNodeB NumberoftimesanMCSindex(intherangeof0to31)

isusedforschedulingonthePUSCHforCAUEsthat
treatthelocalcellastheirPCell
New L.CA.SCell.ChMeas.PUSCH.MCS.0~31 ChMeas.MCS.CA.SCell eNodeB NumberoftimesanMCSindex(intherangeof0to31)

isusedforschedulingonthePUSCHforCAUEsthat
treatthelocalcellastheirSCell
New L.CA.PCell.ChMeas.PRB.UL.MCS.0~31 ChMeas.MCS.CA.SCell eNodeB NumberofusedPRBswhenanMCSindex(inthe

rangeof0to31)isusedforschedulingonthePUSCH
forCAUEsthattreatthelocalcellastheirPCell
New L.CA.SCell.ChMeas.PRB.UL.MCS.0~31 ChMeas.MCS.CA.SCell eNodeB NumberofusedPRBswhenanMCSindex(inthe

rangeof0to31)isusedforschedulingonthePUSCH
forCAUEsthattreatthelocalcellastheirSCell
New L.CA.PCell.Traffic.UL.SCH.QPSK.TB Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofTBsinitiallytransmittedontheuplinkSCH

inQPSKmodulationmodeforCAUEsthattreatthe
localcellastheirPCell
New L.CA.PCell.Traffic.UL.SCH.16QAM.TB Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofTBsinitiallytransmittedontheuplinkSCH

in16QAMmodulationmodeforCAUEsthattreatthe
New L.CA.PCell.Traffic.UL.SCH.64QAM.TB Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofTBsinitiallytransmittedontheULSCHin

64QAMmodulationmodeforCAUEsthattreatthe
New L.CA.SCell.Traffic.UL.SCH.QPSK.TB Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofTBsinitiallytransmittedontheuplinkSCH

inQPSKmodulationmodeforCAUEsthattreatthe
localcellastheirSCell
New L.CA.SCell.Traffic.UL.SCH.16QAM.TB Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofTBsinitiallytransmittedontheuplinkSCH

New L.CA.SCell.Traffic.UL.SCH.64QAM.TB Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofTBsinitiallytransmittedontheuplinkSCH

New L.CA.PCell.Traffic.UL.SCH.QPSK.ErrTB.Ibler Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofuplinkerrorTBsafterinitialtransmissionin

QPSKmodulationmodeforCAUEsthattreatthelocal
cellastheirPCell
New L.CA.PCell.Traffic.UL.SCH.16QAM.ErrTB.Ibler Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofuplinkerrorTBsafterinitialtransmissionin

New L.CA.PCell.Traffic.UL.SCH.64QAM.ErrTB.Ibler Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofuplinkerrorTBsafterinitialtransmissionin

New L.CA.SCell.Traffic.UL.SCH.QPSK.ErrTB.Ibler Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofuplinkerrorTBsafterinitialtransmissionin

QPSKmodulationmodeforCAUEsthattreatthelocal
cellastheirSCell
New L.CA.SCell.Traffic.UL.SCH.16QAM.ErrTB.Ibler Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofuplinkerrorTBsafterinitialtransmissionin

New L.CA.SCell.Traffic.UL.SCH.64QAM.ErrTB.Ibler Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofuplinkerrorTBsafterinitialtransmissionin

New L.CA.PCell.Traffic.UL.SCH.QPSK.ErrTB.Rbler Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofuplinkerrorTBsafterthemaximumnumber

ofretransmissionsinQPSKmodulationmodeis
reachedforCAUEsthattreatthelocalcellastheir
PCell
New L.CA.PCell.Traffic.UL.SCH.16QAM.ErrTB.Rbler Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofuplinkerrorTBsafterthemaximumnumber

ofretransmissionsin16QAMmodulationmodeis
PCell
New L.CA.PCell.Traffic.UL.SCH.64QAM.ErrTB.Rbler Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofuplinkerrorTBsafterthemaximumnumber

PCell
New L.CA.SCell.Traffic.UL.SCH.QPSK.ErrTB.Rbler Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofuplinkerrorTBsafterthemaximumnumber

ofretransmissionsinQPSKmodulationmodeis
SCell
New L.CA.SCell.Traffic.UL.SCH.16QAM.ErrTB.Rbler Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofuplinkerrorTBsafterthemaximumnumber

SCell
New L.CA.SCell.Traffic.UL.SCH.64QAM.ErrTB.Rbler Traffic.MAC.CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofuplinkerrorTBsafterthemaximumnumber

SCell
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
Thisfeatureisrequiredifthetotalbandwidthisgreaterthan20MHzbutnotgreaterthan40MHz.
ImpactedFeatures
Management.
UplinkCAdoesnotworkwithTTIbundling.InHuaweisolutions,TTIbundlingoverridesuplinkCA.WhenaneNodeBdeterminestoconfigureTTIbundlingforaCAUE,
theeNodeBsendsanRRCConnectionReconfigurationmessagetoremovetheuplinkSCellandconfigureTTIbundling.
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
featureallowsaggregationofthreedownlinkCCstoamaximumbandwidthof40MHzsothatthepeakdownlinkdataratecanreach300Mbit/swhen2x2MIMOisused.
Benefits
ThepeakdownlinkdatarateofasingleUEcanreach300Mbit/s.
Description
ForaUEthatsupportsaggregationofthreeCCs,aneNodeBconfigurestwoSCellssothatdataistransmittedoverthreeCCsfortheUE.PUCCHformat3isintroducedtomeetthe
transmissionrequirementsofacknowledgments(ACKs)andnegativeACKs(NACKs)forthethreecarriers.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Whendownlink3CCaggregationisenabled,oneRBisusedforPUCCHformat3overhead.IfPucchSwitchundertheCellAlgoSwitch.PucchAlgoSwitchparameterison,thisRB
isanadditionalRBforthePUCCH.Itwasoriginallyallocatedforthephysicaluplinksharedchannel(PUSCH).IfPucchSwitchisoff,thisRBisanexistingRBforthePUCCH.It
wasoriginallyallocatedforperiodicCQIreporting.Asaresult,moreUEshavetouseaperiodicCQIreporting.
NetworkPerformance
Noimpact.
5.71.3NEs
5.71.4Hardware
ThisfeaturedoesnotapplytoCAscenarioswhereacellonanLBBPcactsasthePCellforaUE.
Noimpact.
License

LAOFD080207 CarrierAggregationforDownlink CarrierAggregationforDownlink3CCin eNodeB percell
3CCin40MHz 40MHz(FDD)
Modified CaMgtCfg.CellCaAlgoSwitch MODCAMGTCFG eNodeB TheoptionCaDl3CCSwitchhasbeenadded.

LSTCAMGTCFG Thisswitchspecifieswhethertoenabledownlink
3CCaggregation.
Whenthisswitchison,downlink3CCaggregation
worksifatleastthreefrequenciesorcellsthatcan
downlink3CCaggregationdoesnottakeeffect.
New L.Traffic.User.PCell.DL.3CC.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB Averagenumberof3CCCAUEsthatusethe

localcellastheirPCellsinthedownlink
New L.Traffic.User.PCell.DL.3CC.Max Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB Maximumnumberof3CCCAUEsthatuse

thelocalcellastheirPCellsinthedownlink
New L.Traffic.User.PCell.DL.3CC.Active.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB AveragenumberofCAUEswiththelocalcell

astheirPCellandwithallconfiguredtwo
SCCsactivated
New L.Traffic.User.PCell.DL.3CC.Active.Max Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB MaximumnumberofCAUEswiththelocal

cellasPCellandwithallconfiguredtwoSCCs
activated
New L.CA.DL.PCell.3CC.Act.Dur CA.Cell eNodeB DurationofCAUEswiththelocalcellastheir

PCellandwithallconfiguredtwoSCCs
activated
New L.Thrp.bits.DL.3CC.CAUser Traffic.Thruput.Cell eNodeB DownlinkPDCPlayertrafficvolumeofCA

UEsthatareinthe3CCCAstateandtreatthe
localcellastheirPCellwithtwoSCells
activated
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
ImpactedFeatures
Management.
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
featureallowsaggregationofthreedownlinkCCstoamaximumbandwidthof60MHzsothatthepeakdownlinkdataratecanreach450Mbit/swhen2x2MIMOisused.
Benefits
ThepeakdatarateofasingleUEcanreach450Mbit/s.
Description
ForaUEthatsupportsaggregationofthreeCCs,aneNodeBconfigurestwoSCellssothatdataistransmittedoverthreeCCsfortheUE.PUCCHformat3isintroducedtomeetthe
transmissionrequirementsofacknowledgments(ACKs)andnegativeACKs(NACKs)forthethreecarriers.
Thisfeatureallowsaggregationofcarrierstoatotalbandwidththatisgreaterthan40MHz.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
TomeetthetransmissionrequirementsofACK,NACK,andCQIfeedbackforthreedownlinkCCs,PUCCHformat3mustbeused.Whendownlink3CCaggregationisenabled,one
RBisusedforPUCCHformat3overhead.IfPucchSwitchundertheCellAlgoSwitch.PucchAlgoSwitchparameterison,thisRBisanadditionalRBforthePUCCH.Itwas
originallyallocatedforthephysicaluplinksharedchannel(PUSCH).IfPucchSwitchisoff,thisRBisanexistingRBforthePUCCH.ItwasoriginallyallocatedforperiodicCQI
reporting.Asaresult,moreUEshavetouseaperiodicCQIreporting.
NetworkPerformance
Noimpact.
5.72.3NEs
5.72.4Hardware
ThisfeaturedoesnotapplytoCAscenarioswhereacellonanLBBPcactsasthePCellforaUE.
Noimpact.
License
LAOFD080208 CarrierAggregationforDownlink CarrierAggregationforDownlink3CCin eNodeB percell

3CCin60MHz 60MHz(FDD)
Modified CaMgtCfg.CellCaAlgoSwitch MODCAMGTCFG eNodeB TheoptionCaDl3CCSwitchhasbeenadded.

LSTCAMGTCFG Thisswitchspecifieswhethertoenabledownlink
3CCaggregation.
Whenthisswitchison,downlink3CCaggregation
worksifatleastthreefrequenciesorcellsthatcan
downlink3CCaggregationdoesnottakeeffect.
New L.Traffic.User.PCell.DL.3CC.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB Averagenumberof3CCCAUEsthatusethelocalcellas

theirPCellsinthedownlink
New L.Traffic.User.PCell.DL.3CC.Max Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB Maximumnumberof3CCCAUEsthatusethelocalcellas

theirPCellsinthedownlink
New L.Traffic.User.PCell.DL.3CC.Active.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB AveragenumberofCAUEswiththelocalcellastheir

PCellandwithallconfiguredtwoSCCsactivated
New L.Traffic.User.PCell.DL.3CC.Active.Max Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB MaximumnumberofCAUEswiththelocalcellasPCell

andwithallconfiguredtwoSCCsactivated
New L.CA.DL.PCell.3CC.Act.Dur CA.Cell eNodeB DurationofCAUEswiththelocalcellastheirPCelland

withallconfiguredtwoSCCsactivated
New L.Thrp.bits.DL.3CC.CAUser Traffic.Thruput.Cell eNodeB DownlinkPDCPlayertrafficvolumeofCAUEsthatarein

the3CCCAstateandtreatthelocalcellastheirPCellwith
twoSCellsactivated
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
ImpactedFeatures
Management.
5.73LAOFD081233DynamicTDMeICIC(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Unlikestatictimedivision(TDM)enhancedintercellinterferencecoordination(eICIC),dynamicTDMeICICadaptivelyadjuststhealmostblanksubframe(ABS)patternbasedon
interferencebetweenmacroandmicrocells,increasingthedownlinkthroughputofcelledgeUEsinthecells.
Benefits
DynamicTDMeICICreducesdownlinkinterferencefrommacrocellstomicrocellssothatmoreUEscanbeoffloadedfromthemacrocellstothemicrocells,increasingthe
downlinkcelledgethroughputinthenetwork.
DynamicadjustmentsoftheABSpatternsimplifyTDMeICICconfigurationandreduceoperationandmaintenancecosts.
Description
WhenamicroeNodeBisdeployedinornearthecenterofamacrocelltoabsorbtraffic,thecoverageareaofthemicrocellnoticeablyshrinksbecauseoflowtransmitpowerfrom
themicrocell.Toutilizefrequencyreusegainsbroughtbythemicrocellandimproveoverallnetworkperformance,thecellrangeexpansion(CRE)techniqueisused,extendingmicro
cellcoverage.However,ifalargeCREoffsetisused,UEsintheextensionareaofthemicrocellexperiencestronginterferencefromthemacrocell.Toreducetheinterferenceto
theseUEs,themacrocellusestheABStechniquesothattheUEscanperformservicesintheABSs'counterpartsinthemicrocell.Therefore,theCREandABStechniquesmust
beusedtogetherinthemacroandmicrocells.
DynamicTDMeICICdividesmacroandmicrocellsintoclusters.Eachclusterconsistsofonemacrocellandmicrocellsinornearthecenterofthemacrocell.CREandABS
configurationstakeeffectonaperclusterbasis.TheclustersmayhavedifferentCREandABSconfigurations.Inacluster,themacrocellperiodicallyselectsanappropriateABS
patternbasedoninterferencebetweenthemacroandmicrocellsandthecellload.Then,themacrocellsendstheABSpatterntoeachmicrocellthrougheachX2interface.Afterthe
ABSpatterntakeseffect,themicrocellresourcescanbefullyutilized.
Enhancement
None
Dependency
eNodeB
MacroandmicroeNodeBsmustbeHuaweiproducts.Inaddition,themicroeNodeBsmustbeBTS3202E.
Macroandmicrocellsmustbeconfiguredasintrafrequencyneighboringcellsofeachother.
X2interfacesmustbesetupbetweenmacroandmicroeNodeBs.
UE
UEsmustcomplywith3GPPRelease10orlater.
Transportnetwork
None
CN
None
OSS
None
Otherfeatures
None
Others
Macroandmicrocellsmustbetimesynchronized.
SystemCapacity
eICICperformanceissubjecttofactorssuchasmicroeNodeBdeploymentdensityandpositions,UEdistribution,andUEservices.TheimpactofeICIConoverallsystemcapacity
dependsonsituationsinlivenetwork.Thedescriptiveimpactisasfollows:
Impactonmacrocells
SettinganABSpatterninamacrocelldecreasesULandDLcapacitiesofthecell.ThisisbecauseinABSs,themacrocellschedulesneitherDLdedicateddata
transmissionsnorULinitialtransmissionsoradaptiveretransmissions.However,ifaproperCREoffsetvalueisset,ULandDLthroughputofUEsinthecellwill
increase.ThisisbecausesomeUEsareoffloadedfromthemacrocelltomicrocellsandtheincreaseintheamountofavailableresourcesoffsetsthecapacityloss
causedbyABSsettings.
Impactonmicrocells
DLthroughputofmicrocellsincreasesbecausetheABSsettinginthemacrocellreducesinterferencetothemicrocells.However,ifonlyafewmicroeNodeBsare
deployedinamacrocell,themicrocellsstillcannottakeinasmanyUEsasexpectedevenafterthelargestCREoffsetvalueisappliedtothemicrocells.ABSsettings
donotproducegainstocelledgeuserthroughputacrosstheentirenetwork.
EachUEinthemicrocellsconsumesmorePUCCHresourcesbecauseitreportsCSIfortwotypesofsubframes.IfthenumberofUEsservedbyamicrocellremains
unchanged,somephysicaluplinksharedchannel(PUSCH)resourcesmustbesparedforthePUCCHandthereforeULthroughputinthemicrocelldecreases.
NetworkPerformance
Insuitableapplicationscenarios,eICICincreasescelledgeuserthroughputacrosstheentirenetworkwhileensuringthattheoverallnetworkcapacitydoesnotdecrease.Celledge
usersarethe5%UEswiththelowestthroughputacrossthenetwork.
InanetworkwitheICICenabledonlyinsomemacrocells,ifUEsintheextensionareaofamicrocellexperiencehighinterferencefrommacrocellswhereeICICisdisabled,the
highinterferencemaycauseadecreaseinthehandoversuccessrateandanincreaseintheservicedroprate.Thefollowingdescribestheimpactoneachtypeofcells:
Impactonmacrocells
Theschedulingdelayisaffected,becausethePDCCHthatcarriesUEspecificinformationisnottransmittedinABSsandthetotalamountofavailablePDCCH
resourcesdecreasesaccordingly.Thespecificschedulingdelaydependsonthetrafficmodelandschedulingpriorities.
Ifdiscontinuousreception(DRX)isenabledtogetherwitheICIC,itisrecommendedthattheDrxParaGroup.OnDurationTimerandDrxParaGroup.DrxInactivityTimer
parametersbesettonotlessthanPSF10(10PDCCHsubframes)sothatatleastonenonABSwillfallintoUEactivetime.TimersettingslessthanPSF10(10PDCCH
subframes)mayhaveanegativeimpactondatatransmissionbecausemacrocellsscheduleneitherDLdedicateddatatransmissionsnorULinitialtransmissionsor
adaptiveretransmissionsinABSs.
Theloadofamacrocellishigherthanthatofamicrocellinmostcases.AfteraproperCREoffsetvalueisapplied,someUEsareoffloadedfromthemacrocelltothe
microcell,sothattheincreaseintheresourcesavailableforUEsinthemacrocellcancompensatefortheresourcelosscausedbythesettingofABSs.Asaresult,
eICICincreasesthesingleUEthroughputofthemacrocell,withoutaffectingotheraspectsofnetworkperformance.
Impactonmicrocells
AlowerCCEaggregationlevelforthePDCCHisusedinprotectedsubframeswhencomparedwithunprotectedsubframessothatmoreUEscanbe
scheduledsimultaneouslyandtheschedulingdelayisshortened.
Systeminformationissentonlyinprotectedsubframes,increasingthesuccessrateofreceivingsysteminformationinextensionareasanddecreasingthe
servicedroprate.
ChannelperformanceinprotectedandunprotectedsubframesimprovesbecauseofaccurateCSIreportsspecifictoprotectedandunprotectedsubframes.
Therefore,UEthroughputincreases.
Transmittinghandoverrelatedsignalingmessagesonlyinprotectedsubframesincreasesthesuccessrateofmessagedelivery,and,accordingly,thehandover
successrate.
Amicrocelltransmitssignalingmessagesrelatedtohandoverstoamacrocellinprotectedsubframes.IftheABSpatternsetinthemacrocellindicatesa
smallproportionofABSs,thehandoverdelayisslightlyprolongedwhenhandoversformultipleUEsneedtobeperformedsimultaneously.
IfDRXisenabledtogetherwitheICIC,theOnDurationTimerandDRXInactivityTimermustbesetinawaythatprotectedsubframesfallintoUEactive
time.ZeroprotectedsubframesinUEactivetimemayhaveanegativeimpactondatatransmissionintheextensionareabecausethemicrocellreceives
stronginterferencefromthemacrocellinunprotectedsubframes.
5.73.3NEs
ThisfeaturerequiressupportfromUEs.UEsmustcomplywith3GPPRelease10orlaterandsupportdynamicTDMeICIC.
5.73.4Hardware
eNodeBsmustmeetthefollowingrequirements:
MacroeNodeBsare3900serieseNodeBs.
MicroeNodeBsareBTS3202E.
AclockservermustbedeployedforIEEE1588V2orGPSsynchronization.
X2interfacesmustbeconfiguredbetweenmacroandmicroeNodeBs.
License
LAOFD081233 DynamicTDMeICIC DynamicTDMeICIC(FDD) eNodeB percell

New CellEicic.ABSAdjPeriod MODCELLEICIC eNodeB ThisparameterspecifiestheABS
LSTCELLEICIC patternadjustmentperiodformacroand
microcells.
New EutranIntraFreqNCell.AttachCellSwitch ADDEUTRANINTRAFREQNCELL eNodeB Thisparameterspecifieswhethertoset

MODEUTRANINTRAFREQNCELL upanassociationbetweenintra
LSTEUTRANINTRAFREQNCELL frequencymacroandmicrocells.
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
LOFD00301302IEEE1588V2ClockSynchronizationorLBFD00300503SynchronizationwithGPS
LAOFD081233DynamicTDMeICICdoesnotworkwithLOFD070208CoordinatedSchedulingbasedPowerControl(CloudBB).CSPCachievesTTIlevel(thatis,millisecond
level)fastcoordination,whereaseICICachievesonlysecondlevelslowcoordination.Theyproducegainsindifferentscenarios.Therefore,eICICandCSPCcannotbeused
together.
ImpactedFeatures
LOFD002005MobilityRobustOptimization
Ifmobilityrobustnessoptimization(MRO)andeICICarebothenabled,MROmayaffectCREoffsetconfigurationsforeICIC.Asaresult,eICICcannotachieveoptimal
performanceintermsofcelledgeuserthroughputacrosstheentirenetwork.FordetailsaboutMRO,seeMROFeatureParameterDescription.
eICICintroducesABSsinmacrocells,affectingdatatransmissioninMBSFNsubframesforeMBMS.ItisnotrecommendedthateICICandeMBMSbeusedtogether.
FordetailsabouteMBMS,seeeMBMSFeatureParameterDescription.
IfeICICandTTIbundlingarebothenabledforamacrocell,theABSpatternusedinamacrocellmustbelessthan2/10sothatfourconsecutiveTTIscanbebundledfor
scheduling.However,dynamicTDMeICICmayadjusttheABSpatterntobegreaterthan2/10,inwhichcaseTTIbundlingperformancedeteriorates.Therefore,itisnot
recommendedthateICICandTTIbundlingbeusedtogether.
LAOFD001001LTEAIntroduction,LAOFD001002CarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin40MHz,LAOFD070201FlexibleCAfromMultipleCarriers,LAOFD070202
IntereNodeBCAbasedonCoordinatedBBU,andLAOFD080201IntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxedbackhaul
IfdynamicTDMeICICandcarrieraggregation(CA)arebothenabled,CSImeasurementsinneithermeasurementsubframesetworkinthesecondaryservingcells
(SCells)ofCAUEs.Therefore,CAUEsdonotsupportdynamicTDMeICIC.However,ifmacroandmicrocellsoperateonthesamefrequency,nonCAUEsservedby
thisfrequencysupportdynamicTDMeICIC.
LBFD00202201DownlinkStaticInterCellInterferenceCoordination,LOFD00101401DownlinkDynamicInterCellInterferenceCoordination,andLOFD060201Adaptive
InterCellInterferenceCoordination
Thethreearefrequencydomainintercellinterferencecoordination(ICIC)features.TheycanbeenabledtogetherwitheICIC,whichworksinthetimedomain.However,
thefrequencyandtimedomainfeaturesproducegainsindifferentscenariosandthereforecannotachievetheiroptimalperformanceatthesametime.
eICICmustbeenabledinallthemacroandmicrocells.MicroeNodeBscurrentlydonotsupportextendedcyclicprefix(CP).IfextendedCPisenabledinthemacro
eNodeB,optimaleICICperformanceisnotguaranteed.
Ifmicrocellsareconfiguredasasinglefrequencynetwork(SFN)cell,eICICmayfailtoachieveitsoptimalperformancebecausethemicrocellsarenot
associatedwiththesamemacrocell.
IfmacrocellsareconfiguredasanSFNcell,SFNproducespositivegainswhenthemacrocellsarelightlyloaded.However,theapplicationscenarioforeICIC
isthatthemacrocellsareheavilyloaded.Therefore,eICICisnotrecommendedwhenmacrocellsareconfiguredasanSFNcell.
IfmacroandmicrocellsareconfiguredasanSFNcell,theentireSFNcellusesauniqueID.eICICdoesnotworkinthisscenario.
AftereICICisenabled,UEsinamacrocellarenotscheduledinABSs.ThiscausesadelayofvoicepacketsforVoLTEUEs.Thedelayiswithintherangeof0msto3
ms,dependingontheABSpattern.DynamicTDMeICIChasanegativeimpactonVoLTEservicesofUEsinthemacrocellandintheextensionareaofeachassociated
microcell.
Highspeedcellsandultrahighspeedcellsarecharacterizedbyfastchangingchannelconditionsandgreatlyvaryingdelay,whichhaveasignificantimpactoninformation
collectionandadjustmentforeICIC.Therefore,eICICisnotrecommendedforhighspeedorultrahighspeedcells.
5.74LAOFD081234FeICIC(New/Optional)
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
ThefullnameofFeICICisfurtherenhancedintercellinterferencecoordination.
WithnecessarysignalingsupportfromeNodeBs,UEsperformcellspecificreferencesignalinterferencecancellation(CRSIC)inalmostblanksubframes(ABSs),furthermitigating
interferenceinABSstoUEslocatedinmicrocells.
Benefits
ComparedwithTDMeICIC,FeICICallowslargerCREoffsetsandthereforelargermicrocellcoverageareas,offloadingmoreUEstothemicrocells.Thisincreasesdownlinkcell
edgethroughputinthenetwork,reducescelldeploymentcostsperunitarea,andincreasesthereturnoninvestment(ROI)ofmicroeNodeBs.
Description
ThoughtheABStechniqueofTDMeICICgreatlyreducestheinterferencefromPDCCHandPDSCHinmacrocellstomicrocells,CRSisstilltransmittedinABSs.Inthecaseofa
largeCREoffset,CRShasasevereimpactonUEsintheextensionareaofeachmicrocell.
FeICICisintroducedtoallowUEstoperformCRSICinABSssothattheinterferenceinABSstoUEsinmicrocellsisfurthermitigated.
Enhancement
None
Dependency
eNodeB
MacroandmicroeNodeBsmustbeHuaweiproducts.
X2interfacesmustbesetupbetweenmacroandmicroeNodeBs.
UE
UEsmustsupportCRSICdefinedin3GPPRelease11.
Transportnetwork
None
CN
None
OSS
None
Otherfeatures
Thisfeaturerequiresthefollowingfeatures:
Others
Macroandmicrocellsmustbetimesynchronized.
SystemCapacity
SameastheimpactdescribedinSystemCapacityfordynamicTDMeICIC
NetworkPerformance
SameastheimpactdescribedinNetworkPerformancefordynamicTDMeICIC
5.74.3NEs
ThisfeaturerequiressupportfromUEs.UEsmustcomplywith3GPPRelease11orlaterandsupportCRSIC.
5.74.4Hardware
eNodeBsmustmeetthefollowingrequirements:
MacroeNodeBsare3900serieseNodeBs.
MicroeNodeBsareBTS3202E.
AclockservermustbedeployedforIEEE1588V2orGPSsynchronization.
X2interfacesmustbeconfiguredbetweenmacroandmicroeNodeBs.
License
LAOFD081234 FeICIC FeICIC(FDD) eNodeB percell
Thefollowingparameterhasbeenintroducedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
New CellAlgoSwitch.FeicicSwitch MODCELLALGOSWITCH eNodeB Thisparameterspecifieswhetherto

LSTCELLALGOSWITCH enableFeICIC.

New L.Traffic.User.FeICIC.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB AveragenumberofFeICICcapableUEsina
cell
New L.Traffic.HetnetCEU.FeICIC.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB AveragenumberofFeICICcapableUEsina

cellthatareclosetotheborderwiththeother
typeofcellsinaHetNet
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
LOFD00301302IEEE1588V2ClockSynchronizationorLBFD00300503SynchronizationwithGPS
LAOFD081234FeICICdoesnotworkwithLOFD070208CoordinatedSchedulingbasedPowerControl(CloudBB).CSPCachievesTTIlevel(thatis,millisecondlevel)fast
coordination,whereaseICICachievesonlysecondlevelslowcoordination.Theyproducegainsindifferentscenarios.Therefore,eICICandCSPCcannotbeusedtogether.
ImpactedFeatures
SameasthosedescribedinImpactedFeaturesfordynamicTDMeICIC
Availability
Thisfeatureis
Summary
Whentheantennamodeofcellsissetto4T4R,aneNodeBselectsappropriatecarriersforcarrieraggregation(CA)basedontheCAandtransmissionmode9(TM9)capabilities
reportedbytheUEandcarriermanagementprinciples.ThismaximizescarrierusageandincreasesthepeakdatarateofUEs.
Benefits
ThesingleUEpeakdatarateincreasesto600Mbit/s,meetingoperators'brandrequirementforahighpeakdatarate.
Description
Whentheantennamodeofcellsissetto4T4R,aneNodeBselectsappropriatecarriersfordownlink2CCaggregationbasedontheCAandTM9capabilitiesreportedbytheUEand
carriermanagementprinciples.Specifically:
Eitheronecellorbothcellscanworkin4T4Rantennamode.
4T4Rcellssupport4x4or4x2multipleinputmultipleoutput(MIMO)definedin3GPPRelease8orTM9based4x4or4x2MIMOdefinedin3GPPRelease10.
Thisfeatureimplementsdownlink2CCaggregationin4x4or4x2MIMOscenarios.ItappliestointraeNodeBscenariosandmultiBBUinterconnectionscenarios.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
Noimpact.
5.75.3NEs
downlinkcarrierstobeaggregated.Toallow2CCaggregationtoreachapeakdatarateof300Mbit/sor450Mbit/sin4x4MIMOscenarios,themaximumbitratethattheUE
subscribestointheEPCcannotbelessthan300Mbit/sor450Mbit/s,respectively.
5.75.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
License
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
TheenhancedschedulingalgorithmperformsschedulingforeachCAUEintheUE'sPCellandSCells.Inbasicscheduling,thepriorityofCAUEsisthesameasthepriorityofnon
CAUEsthatrunserviceswiththesameQCIonthePCC.Indifferentiatedscheduling,thepriorityofCAUEsisthesameasthepriorityofnonCAUEsthatrunserviceswiththe
sameQCIoneachCC.Thatis,foraCAUE,thepriorityonthePCCisthesameasthatofsuchanonCAUEonthePCC,andthepriorityonanSCCisthesameasthatofsuch
anonCAUEontheSCC.
ImpactedFeatures
Management.
Availability
ThisfeatureisavailablefromSRAN10.1.
Summary
ThroughUMTSinterRATmeasurements,theLTEeNodeBestimatestheamountofuplinkinterferencethatanLTEUEcausestoUMTSintrafrequencyneighboringcellsinorderto
determinewhethertheUEisacellcenteruser(CCU)orcelledgeuser(CEU).WhenintrafrequencyUMTSandLTEbasestationsaredeployedadjacently,thisfeaturelimits
PUSCHschedulingforLTECEUs,soastoavoidtheuplinkinterferencethattheLTEPUSCHcausestotheUMTSNodeBandtoeliminatetheneedtoplanaUMTSandLTEbuffer
zone.Inthisway,theutilizationofspectrumresourcesinthebufferzoneisimproved.
Benefits
DuringUMTSandLTErefarming(ULrefarming),thisfeaturemakesitpossibletodeploymorebandwidthforLTEinthebufferzonewithoutcompromisingtheperformanceofintra
frequencyneighboringUMTScells.ThisfeaturenotonlyreducesthedifficultyinULrefarmingbutalsoincreasesLTEnetworkcapacityandspectrumutilization.
Assumethatanoperatorowns15MHzofspectrumresources:5MHzexclusivetoUMTS,5MHzexclusivetoLTE,and5MHzsharedbyUMTSandLTE.Inthebufferzone,10
MHzofspectrumresourcescanbedirectlydeployedforLTE.InthecoverageareaofanLTEcell,inthedownlink,10MHzofspectrumresourcescanbeusedbyallusers,andthe
capacitygainscanreachupto100%.Intheuplink,onlyCCUscanoccupytheentire10MHzofspectrumresources,whileCEUscanoccupyonlythe5MHzofspectrumresources
thatareexclusivetoLTE.
Description
DuringthetransitionfromUMTStoLTE,theULrefarmingprogressineachareavariesdependingonthetrafficmigrationspeedinthatarea.Topreventcochannelinterference
betweenUMTSandLTE,theconventionalsolutionistoplanageographicalintrafrequencybufferzoneforthesharedULspectrum.However,planningabufferzonemaywaste
spectrumresourcesandreducespectralefficiency.
AnindepthstudybyHuaweishowsthatanLTEUEcausesinterferencetotheUMTSNodeBwhenintrafrequencyUMTSandLTEbasestationsaredeployedadjacently.Ifthe
PUSCHschedulingonLTEUEsisnotlimited,theseUEscausestronginterferencetotheUMTSNodeB,therebydeterioratingtheRTWP.
Toreduceinterference,theLTEeNodeBdetermineswhetheranLTEUEisaCEUorCCUbyestimatingtheamountofuplinkinterferencethattheUEcausestoUMTSintra
frequencyneighboringcellsintheareaservedbythe5MHzofspectrumresourcesexclusivetoLTE.
IftheLTEUEisaCEU(ithasasmallpathlosstointrafrequencyneighboringUMTScells),theUEcanoccupytheRBthatisallocatedtotheexclusiveLTEspectrum
whentheeNodeBschedulesPUSCHsfortheUE.
IftheLTEUEisaCCU,thePUSCHschedulingontheUEisnotlimited.
Figure512illustratesthenetworkingassumingthatanoperatorowns15MHzofspectrumresources:5MHzexclusivetoUMTS,5MHzexclusivetoLTE,and5MHzsharedby
UMTSandLTE.
Figure512Networkingwiththeassumptionthatacarrierowns15MHzofspectrumresources
ThisfeatureappliesonlytoscenariosinwhichtheexclusiveLTEspectrumalreadyexistsintherefarmingfrequencybandandtherefarmingfrequencybandisnotlessthan10MHz.
Whenthisfeatureisused,thereisnoneedtoplanabufferzone.Asaresult,spectrumresourceutilizationisimprovedandevensitelevelULrefarmingcanbeachieved.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Whenthisfeatureisused,bufferzoneplanningisnotrequiredbetweenUMTSandLTEnetworks.Comparedwithbufferzoneplanning,thisfeatureimprovesthespectrumefficiency
inbufferzoneareasandimprovestheirnetworkcapacity.
BecausecertainrequirementsareimposedonuplinkRBschedulingforLTEcells,LTECEUsclosetointrafrequencyneighboringUMTScellscannotuseRBresourcesonULshared
spectrums.ThoughthiscausescertainlossinuplinkLTEcapacitycomparedwiththeLTEnetworkwithnointerference,thedownlinkLTEcapacityisgreatlyimprovedwitha
maximumof100%capacitygains.
NetworkPerformance
ImpactontheUMTSsystem
InscenariosofadjacentUMTSandLTEsiteswiththesameinterference,thisfeaturecanoptimizetheRTWPinUMTScells,therebyensuringUMTSuplinkperformance.
ImpactontheLTEsystem
Afterthisfeatureisenabled,differentcenterfrequenciesoccurinLTEnetworksduetodifferentbandwidthsusedbyLTEnetworksandintrafrequencyinterLTEcell
handoversincrease.
5.76.3NEs
5.76.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
License

MRFD101221 ULRefarmingZeroBufferzone ULRefarmingZeroBufferzone eNodeB PereNodeB
New MODULZeroBufferZone eNodeB UsedtomodifyparameterconfigurationsofULRefarmingZero

Bufferzone
New LSTULZeroBufferZone eNodeB UsedtocheckparameterconfigurationsofULRefarmingZero

Bufferzone
NOTE:
ChangeType ParameterID NE MMLCommand Description
New AvoidInterfSwitch: LTEeNodeB MOD UsedtocontroltheULRefarmingZeroBufferzonefeature.

AvoidUtranInterfSwitch CELLALGOSWITCH
LSTCELLALGOSWITCH
New ULSharedFreqInd LTEeNodeB MODUTRANNFREQ IndicatesthefrequencyofaULsharedspectrum.Whenthisparameterissetto

LSTUTRANNFREQ BOOLEAN_TRUE(True),theUMTSfrequencyispartofsharedULspectrums.When
thisparameterissettoBOOLEAN_FALSE(False),theUMTSfrequencyispartof
exclusiveUMTSspectrums.
CounterID CounterName CounterDescription NE FeatureID FeatureName
1526737760 L.Traffic.ULShared.USER.Avg Averagenumberofusers eNodeB MRFD101221 ULRefarmingZero

usingsharedUL Bufferzone
spectrumsinacell
AveragenumberofCCUs L.ChMeas.PRB.UL.ULShared.Used.Avg Averagenumberofuplink eNodeB MRFD101221 ULRefarmingZero

usingsharedUL usedPUSCHPRBson Bufferzone
spectrumsinacell sharedULspectrums
11089 L.Thrp.bits.UL.Freqshare UplinkPDCPlayertraffic eNodeB MRFD101221 ULRefarmingZero

volumeofCCUsinacell Bufferzone
usingtheUMTSandLTE
sharedspectrum
11090 L.Thrp.Time.UL.Freqshare Transmissiondurationof eNodeB MRFD101221 ULRefarmingZero

uplinkPDCPlayerdata Bufferzone
forCCUsinacellusing
theUMTSandLTE
sharedspectrum
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
FeatureID FeatureName Description
WRFD140225 NarrowbandInterferenceSuppression ThisfeaturemustbeenabledtosuppresstheinterferenceoftheLTEPUCCHto

intrafrequencyneighboringUMTScells.
FeatureID FeatureName/FunctionName Description
LOFD060201 AdaptiveInterCellInterferenceCoordination TheULRefarmingZeroBufferzonefeatureandfeaturesrelatedtoIntercell

interferencecoordination(ICIC)aremutuallyexclusivefortworeasons.First,
applicationscenariosforthetwofeaturesaredifferent.TheULRefarmingZero
BufferzonefeatureisappliedtomixednetworkingwithLTEusingdifferent
bandwidthswhiletheICICrelatedfeaturerequirescontinuousLTEcoverage
withthesamefrequencyandbandwidth.Second,thetwofeaturesgroupLTE
RBresourcesdifferently.
LOFD003029 SFN Thisfeatureisalsomutuallyexclusivewithfeaturesrelatedtosinglefrequency

network(SFN).ThisfeaturecannotdeterminethelocationofaUEinanSFN
cellbecauseinterferencebetweenSFNcellscannotbesimplydetermined
LOFD070205 AdaptiveSFN/SDMA
basedonthresholdsrelatedtothelevel.
ImpactedFeatures
FunctionName Description
Scheduling ThisfeaturecategorizesUEsintotwotypes:CCUsandCEUs.
WhentheuplinkRBusagerateinanLTEcellislessthanorequaltoULZeroBufZonePRBThd,alltheUEs
canuseonlyRBresourcesontheexclusiveLTEspectrumintheuplink.
WhentheuplinkRBusagerateinanLTEcellisgreaterthanULZeroBufZonePRBThd,CCUscan
preferentiallyuseRBresourcesonthesharedspectrumwhileCEUscanuseonlyRBresourcesonthe
exclusiveLTEspectrum.Thisistoimprovetheuplinkspectralefficiency.
Whenthisfeatureisenabled,uplinkinterferencerandomizationautomaticallybecomesinvalid.
Availability
Summary
WhenanoperatorownsbothLTEFDDandLTETDDspectrumresources,aneNodeBselectsFDDandTDDcarriersforcarrieraggregation(CA)basedontheCAcapabilityreported
bytheUEandcarriermanagementprinciples.ThismaximizescarrierusageandincreasesthepeakdatarateofUEs.
Benefits
ThepeakdatarateofUEsrises,improvinguserexperience.
LTEFDDandTDDnetworksconvergedeeply,buildinganadvancedbrandimageofthenetworks.
LTETDDspectrumresourcesareutilizedtooffsetspectrumshortagesandaddressMBBcompetitions.
Description
ThereareanincreasingnumberofoperatorsthatownbothLTEFDDandLTETDDspectrumresourcesoraredeployingFDD+TDDconvergentnetworks.eNodeBsforthese
operatorsselectFDDandTDDcarriersforCAbasedontheCAcapabilitiesofUEsandcarriermanagementprinciples.FDD+TDDCAmaximizescarrierusage,increasesthepeak
datarateofUEs,improvesuserexperience,andbuildsanadvancedbrandimagefortheseoperators.
WhenanoperatorownsbothLTEFDDandLTETDDspectrumresources,ifaCAUEintheFDDorTDDnetworkreportsthatitsCAcapabilityisconsistentwiththeFDD+TDDCA
configurationofthenetwork,theeNodeBconfiguresaTDDorFDDcellasanSCellfortheUEinablindmannerorbasedonmeasurementsaccordingtocarriermanagement
principles.WhenthetrafficvolumeoftheUEmeetstheSCellactivationcondition,theeNodeBactivatestheSCellfortheUEsothatdataistransmittedonboththeFDDandTDD
carriersfortheUE.
ThisfeatureworksintypicalscenariosandbetweeneNodeBsinrelaxedbackhaulscenarios.Intypicalscenarios,downlink2CC,3CC,or4CCaggregationworks.However,in
relaxedbackhaulscenarios,onlydownlink2CCaggregationbetweenmacrocellsworks.
Enhancement
None
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
WhenanFDDcarrierworksasthePCCandTDDcarriersasSCCsforaCAUE,thedownlinkTDDspectralresourcesarefullyutilizedtoincreasedownlinkthroughput.Inaddition,
theFDDPCCprovidesbetteruplinkcoveragefortheCAUEthanaTDDcarrierdoesforanonCAUE.
5.77.3NEs
downlinkcarrierstobeaggregated.Toallowdownlink2FDD+2TDDaggregationtoreachapeakdatarateof520Mbit/sindownlink2x2MIMOscenarios,themaximumbitratethat
theUEsubscribestointheEPCcannotbelessthan520Mbit/s.
5.77.4Hardware
IfanFDDcellonanLBBPd4boardactsasthePCellforaCAUE,downlinkFDD+TDD3CCor4CCCAwillnotwork.
ThePCellandSCellsofaCAUEcannotbeconfiguredonasingleBBPthatworksforbothFDDandTDD.
TheLTETDDcellswhosecarriersaretobeaggregatedforasingleCAUEmustbeconfiguredinthesameBBU.
FDD+TDDCAdoesnotapplytocellsonLBBPcboards.
Noimpact.
License
Thefollowingparametershavebeenaddedandmodifiedtoaccommodatethisfeature.

Modified CaMgtCfg.CellCaAlgoSwitch MODCAMGTCFG eNodeB TheoptionInterFddTddCaSwitchhasbeen
LSTCAMGTCFG added.Thisswitchspecifieswhethertoenable
FDD+TDDCA.
Ifthisswitchison,thelocalcellcan
beaggregatedwithinterduplexmode
cells.TDDcellscanactasSCellsto
accompanyanFDDPCell.
Ifthisswitchisoff,FDDcellsand
TDDcellscannotbeaggregated.
TheoptionCaDl4CCSwitchhasbeenadded.
Thisswitchspecifieswhethertoenabledownlink
4CCaggregation.
Whenthisswitchison,downlink4CC
aggregationworksifatleastfour
frequenciesorcellsthatcanbe
aggregatedareconfiguredusing
SccFreqCfgorCaGroupSCellCfg
MOs.
Whenthisswitchisoff,downlink4CC
aggregationdoesnottakeeffect.
Modified CaGroup.CaGroupTypeInd ADDCAGROUP eNodeB TheoptionFDDTDDhasbeenadded.Thisoptionindicates

MODCAGROUP thattheCAgroupcanincludebothFDDandTDDcells.
LSTCAGROUP
New ENodeBFrameOffset.FddFrameOffset MOD eNodeB Thisparameterspecifiestheoffsetoftheframestarttimefor

ENODEBFRAMEOFFSET allLTEFDDcellsservedbytheeNodeBrelativetothetime
LST ofthereferenceclock.
ENODEBFRAMEOFFSET
New ENodeBFrameOffset.TddFrameOffset MOD eNodeB Thisparameterspecifiestheoffsetoftheframestarttimefor

ENODEBFRAMEOFFSET allLTETDDcellsservedbytheeNodeBrelativetothetime
LST ofthereferenceclock.
ENODEBFRAMEOFFSET
New CellFrameOffset.LocalCellId ADDCELLFRAMEOFFSET eNodeB ThisparameterspecifiesthelocalIDofacell.Ituniquely

LSTCELLFRAMEOFFSET identifiesacellservedbyaneNodeB.
MODCELLFRAMEOFFSET
RMVCELLFRAMEOFFSET
New CellFrameOffset.FrameOffsetMode ADDCELLFRAMEOFFSET eNodeB Thisparameterspecifiesthetypeoftheframeoffsetforthe

MODCELLFRAMEOFFSET cell.Therearethreeoptions:
LSTCELLFRAMEOFFSET CustomFrameOffset(CellFrameOffset):
indicatesauserdefinedframeoffset.Thisisthe
onlyvalueofthisparameterthatappliestoFDD
cells.
TL_FrameOffset(TLDualModeframeoffset):
indicatestheframeoffsetautomatically
determinedbasedonthesubframeconfiguration
inaTDSCDMA+LTETDDdualRATnetwork.
TL_FrameOffset_SA2_SSP5(TLDualMode
SA2+SSP5frameoffset):indicatestheframe
offsetautomaticallydeterminedbasedonuplink
downlinkconfiguration2andspecialsubframe
configuration5inaTDSCDMA+LTETDDdual
RATnetwork.
New CellFrameOffset.FrameOffset ADDCELLFRAMEOFFSET eNodeB Thisparameterspecifiestheoffsetoftheframestarttimefor

MODCELLFRAMEOFFSET thecellrelativetothetimeofthereferenceclock.
LSTCELLFRAMEOFFSET
New L.Traffic.User.FddTddCA.PCell.DL.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB AveragenumberofCAUEsthattreatthelocalcellastheir

PCellinthedownlinkFDD+TDDCAstate
New L.Traffic.User.FddTddCA.PCell.DL.Max Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB MaximumnumberofCAUEsthattreatthelocalcellastheir

PCellinthedownlinkFDD+TDDCAstate
New L.Traffic.User.FddTddCA.PCell.DL.Active.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB AveragenumberofCAUEsthattreatthelocalcellastheir

PCellandhaveallSCellsactivatedfordownlinkFDD+TDD
CA
New L.Traffic.User.FddTddCA.PCell.DL.Active.Max Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB MaximumnumberofCAUEsthattreatthelocalcellastheir

CA
New L.Thrp.Time.DL.FddTddCAUser Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB DurationofdownlinkPDCPlayerdatatransmissiontoCA

UEsthathaveallSCellsactivatedfordownlinkFDD+TDD
CAinacell
New L.Thrp.bits.DL.FddTddCAUser Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB TotaltrafficvolumeofdownlinkPDCPSDUstoCAUEs

thathaveallSCellsactivatedfordownlinkFDD+TDDCAin
acell
New L.ERAB.AbnormRel.FddTddCAUser CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofabnormalERABreleasesforUEsinthe

downlinkFDD+TDDCAstate
New L.ERAB.NormRel.FddTddCAUser CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofnormalERABreleasesforUEsinthedownlink

FDD+TDDCAstate
New L.Traffic.User.FddTddCA.3CC.PCell.DL.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB AveragenumberofCAUEsthattreatthelocalcellastheir

PCellinthedownlinkFDD+TDD3CCCAstate
New L.Traffic.User.FddTddCA.3CC.PCell.DL.Max Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB MaximumnumberofCAUEsthattreatthelocalcellastheir

New L.Traffic.User.FddTddCA.3CC.PCell.DL.Active.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB AveragenumberofCAUEsthattreatthelocalcellastheir

3CCCA
New L.Traffic.User.FddTddCA.3CC.PCell.DL.Active.Max Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB MaximumnumberofCAUEsthattreatthelocalcellastheir

3CCCA
New L.Thrp.Time.DL.3CC.FddTddCAUser Traffic.Thruput.Cell eNodeB DurationofdownlinkPDCPlayerdatatransmissiontoCA

3CCCAinacell
New L.Thrp.bits.DL.3CC.FddTddCAUser Traffic.Thruput.Cell eNodeB TotaltrafficvolumeofdownlinkPDCPSDUstoCAUEs

thathaveallSCellsactivatedfordownlinkFDD+TDD3CC
CAinacell
New L.ERAB.AbnormRel.FddTddCAUser.3CC CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofabnormalERABreleasesforUEsinthe

downlinkFDD+TDD3CCCAstate
New L.ERAB.NormRel.FddTddCAUser.3CC CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofnormalERABreleasesforUEsinthedownlink

FDD+TDD3CCCAstate
New L.Traffic.User.FddTddCA.4CC.PCell.DL.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB AveragenumberofCAUEsthattreatthelocalcellastheir

New L.Traffic.User.FddTddCA.4CC.PCell.DL.Max Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB MaximumnumberofCAUEsthattreatthelocalcellastheir

New L.Traffic.User.FddTddCA.4CC.PCell.DL.Active.Avg Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB AveragenumberofCAUEsthattreatthelocalcellastheir

4CCCA
New L.Traffic.User.FddTddCA.4CC.PCell.DL.Active.Max Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB MaximumnumberofCAUEsthattreatthelocalcellastheir

4CCCA
New L.Thrp.Time.DL.4CC.FddTddCAUser Traffic.Thruput.Cell eNodeB DurationofdownlinkPDCPlayerdatatransmissiontoCA

4CCCAinacell
New L.Thrp.bits.DL.4CC.FddTddCAUser Traffic.Thruput.Cell eNodeB TotaltrafficvolumeofdownlinkPDCPSDUstoCAUEs

thathaveallSCellsactivatedfordownlinkFDD+TDD4CC
CAinacell
New L.ERAB.AbnormRel.FddTddCAUser.4CC CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofabnormalERABreleasesforUEsinthe

downlinkFDD+TDD4CCCAstate
New L.ERAB.NormRel.FddTddCAUser.4CC CA.Cell eNodeB NumberofnormalERABreleasesforUEsinthedownlink

FDD+TDD4CCCAstate
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
(Optional)LAOFD001001LTEAIntroduction
ThisfeatureisrequiredifatleasttwoFDDcarriersareinvolvedinFDD+TDDCAandthetotalbandwidthoftheFDDcarriersdoesnotexceed20MHz.
ThisfeatureisrequiredifatleasttwoFDDcarriersareinvolvedinFDD+TDDCAandthetotalbandwidthoftheFDDcarriersisgreaterthan20MHzbutnotgreaterthan
40MHz.
ThisfeatureisrequiredifthreeFDDcarriersareinvolvedinFDD+TDDCAandthetotalbandwidthoftheFDDcarriersdoesnotexceed40MHz.
ThisfeatureisrequiredifthreeFDDcarriersareinvolvedinFDD+TDDCAandthetotalbandwidthoftheFDDcarriersisgreaterthan40MHzbutnotgreaterthan60
MHz.
(Optional)LAOFD070201FlexibleCAfromMultipleCarriers
ThisfeatureisrequiredifflexibleCAistobeusedforFDDCCs.
(Optional)TDLAOFD001001LTEAIntroduction
ThisfeatureisrequiredifatleasttwoTDDcarriersareinvolvedinFDD+TDDCAandthetotalbandwidthoftheTDDcarriersdoesnotexceed30MHz.
(Optional)TDLAOFD001002CarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin40MHz
ThisfeatureisrequiredifatleasttwoTDDcarriersareinvolvedinFDD+TDDCAandthetotalbandwidthoftheTDDcarriersisgreaterthan30MHzbutnotgreaterthan
40MHz.
(Optional)TDLAOFD081405CarrierAggregationforDownlink3CC
ThisfeatureisrequiredifthreeTDDcarriersareinvolvedinFDD+TDDCA.
(Optional)TDLAOFD070201FlexibleCAfromMultipleCarriers
ThisfeatureisrequiredifflexibleCAistobeusedforTDDCCs.
FDD+TDDCAisnotcompatiblewiththefollowingFDDeRANfeatures:
LOFD003029SFN,LOFD070205AdaptiveSFN/SDMA,LOFD081208IntereNodeBSFNBasedonCoordinatedBBU,andLOFD081209IntereNodeB
AdaptiveSFN/SDMABasedonCoordinatedBBU
ThePCellandSCellsofaCAUEcannotbeSFNcells.
ThePCellandSCellsofaCAUEcannotbehighspeedorultrahighspeedcells.
LBFD002017DRXandLOFD001105DynamicDRX
DRXdoesnotworkonUEsintheFDD+TDDCAstate.
Uplink2CCaggregationdoesnotworkinFDD+TDDCAscenarios.
FDD+TDDCAisnotcompatiblewiththefollowingTDDeRANfeatures:
TDLOFD001075SFN,TDLOFD002008AdaptiveSFN/SDMA,TDLOFD001098InterBBPSFN,TDLOFD001081InterBBPAdaptiveSFN/SDMA,
TDLOFD001080InterBBUSFN,TDLOFD001082InterBBUAdaptiveSFN/SDMA,andTDLOFD070227PDCCHDCSinSFN
ThePCellandSCellsofaCAUEcannotbeSFNcells.
TDLOFD001007HighSpeedMobilityandTDLOFD080205HandoverEnhancementatSpeedMobility
Inhighspeedscenarios,RRCconnectionreconfigurationproceduresmayfrequentlytakeplacebecausetheeNodeBnotifiesUEsofSCellconfigurationor
removalthroughRRCConnectionReconfigurationmessages.Thisincreasesthenetworksignalingload.TopreventthefrequentRRCconnection
reconfigurationprocedures,cellswiththeCell.HighSpeedFlagparametersettoHIGH_SPEED(Highspeedcellflag)cannotparticipateinCAcurrently.
TDLBFD002017DRXandTDLOFD001105DynamicDRX
DRXdoesnotworkonUEsintheFDD+TDDCAstate.
TDLAOFD081407CarrierAggregationforUplink2CC[Trial]
Uplink2CCaggregationdoesnotworkinFDD+TDDCAscenarios.
ImpactedFeatures
TheimpactedFDDeRANfeaturesareasfollows:
LBFD070103MultiBandCompatibilityEnhancement
FrequencybasedCAandadaptiveCAdonotapplytomultibandcells.Ineitherconfigurationmode,whenaneNodeBcomparesitsbandcombination
capabilitywiththatofaCAUE,theeNodeBcalculatesbandindicatorsbasedonthedownlinkEUTRAabsoluteradiofrequencychannelnumbers
(EARFCNs)ofthePCCandSCCsinSccFreqCfgMOs.However,currentlytheeNodeBdoesnotconsidermultibandcapabilitiesofcells.Therefore,the
calculationproducesonlytheprimarybandindicator.
LOFD001032IntraLTELoadBalancingandLOFD070215IntraLTEUserNumberLoadBalancing
WhenselectingUEsforeithertypeofloadbalancingdefinedinthetwofeatures,theeNodeBfiltersouttheCAUEsthattreatthesourcecellastheirPCellsor
SCells.
DuringANR,theeNodeBdetermineswhethertoselectCAUEstoperformmeasurementsbasedontheANR.CaUeChoseModeparametersetting.For
details,seeANRManagement.
Thisfeaturerequiresacentralizedcontroller,whichisaprocessdeployedonaBBPintheeNodeB.Thecentralizedcontrollerincreasestheaveragethroughput
ofcellsontheaffectedfrequencyandthecelledgeUEthroughputinthenetwork.However,ithasanegativeimpactonthehighthroughputUEsthatcause
cochannelinterferencetothecelledgeUEs.IfbasicschedulingisusedwithCA,thedatarateofaCAUEisthetotaldatarateoftheUEonallthe
aggregatedcarriersandthereforeistypicallyhigherthanthedatarateofanonCAUE.Asaresult,CAUEshavealowerprobabilityofbeingscheduledand
thereforealowerdatarateinCSPCscenarios.
Whenthisfeatureisenabled,CAUEscanreceiveMBSFNsubframesintheirPCellsbutnotintheirSCells.ThisfeatureworksforCAUEsonlyinPCells.
TheimpactedTDDeRANfeaturesareasfollows:
TDLBFD00201806MultiBandCompatibilityEnhancement
IfMultiBandCompatibilityEnhancementisenabledforacell,theeNodeBcheckswhethertheprimaryandsecondaryoperatingbandsofthecellarepresent
intheCAbandcombinationssupportedbyCAUEs.ThecellcanbeconfiguredasanSCellforaCAUEaslongasanoperatingbandofthecellisincludedin
theCAbandcombinationssupportedbytheUE.IftheCAUEcanoperateintheprimarybandandasecondarybandandonlythesecondarybandsupports
CA,theeNodeBtransferstheUEtothesecondarybandthroughanintracellhandoverbeforeconfiguringthecellasanSCellfortheUE.
TDLOFD001016VoIPSemipersistentScheduling
TDLOFD001032IntraLTELoadBalancingandTDLOFD070215IntraLTEUserNumberLoadBalancing
WhenselectingUEsforeithertypeofloadbalancingdefinedinthetwofeatures,theeNodeBfiltersouttheCAUEsthattreatthesourcecellastheirPCellsor
SCells.
TDLOFD002001AutomaticNeighbourRelation(ANR)andTDLOFD002002InterRATANR
DuringANR,theeNodeBdetermineswhethertoselectCAUEstoperformmeasurementsbasedontheANR.CaUeChoseModeparametersetting.For
details,seeANRManagementFeatureParameterDescription.
TDLOFD070220eMBMSPhase1basedonCentralizedMCEArchitecture
Whenthisfeatureisenabled,CAUEscanreceiveMBSFNsubframesintheirPCellsbutnotintheirSCells.ThisfeatureworksforCAUEsonlyinPCells.
Availability
Summary
ThisfeaturedefinesahappybitrateforvideoservicesonUMTS/LTEnetworkstoensureuserexperienceofvideoservices.IftherateofavideoserviceinaUMTSorLTEcellis
lowerthanthehappybitrate,thisfeaturehandsoverthevideoservicetoaninterRATcellthatcanprovidethehappybitrate,therebyensuringthequalityofvideoservices.
Benefits
ThisfeatureselectsthebestcellonUMTS/LTEnetworksforvideoserviceswhoseratesarelowerthanthehappybitrate,therebyoptimizingtheusageofUMTS/LTEnetwork
resourcesandimprovinguserexperienceofvideoservices.
Description
TheratesofvideoservicesinsomecellsonUMTS/LTEnetworksmaybelowerthanthehappybitrateduetononcontiguouscoverageorimbalancenetworkloadbetweenUMTS
andLTE.Thequalityofvideoservicesisaffectedasaresult.
ThisfeatureisintroducedtoensurethatvideoservicesonUMTS/LTEnetworkscanalwayshavethehappybitrate.Theworkingmechanismofthisfeatureisasfollows:
TheRNCandeNodeBreportstheaverageUEthroughput,cellload,andnumberofUEswithdatatransmissiontotheeCoordinator.Onreceivingthisinformation,theeCoordinator
classifiesthehandovertargetcellsforvideoservicesintothreetypes:bestcells,normalcells,andbarredcells,andthensendstheclassificationresultstotheRNCandeNodeB.
WhenvideoserviceuserscannothavethehappybitrateinanLTEcell:
1.TheeNodeBinstructsdualmodeUEstoperformmeasurementsinthebestandnormalcellsbasedontheclassificationresultssentbytheeCoordinator.The
eNodeBthenforwardstheUEs'measurementresultstotheeCoordinator.
2.OnreceivingtheUEs'measurementresults,theeCoordinatordeterminesthecellsthatcanprovidethehappybitrateforvideoservicesandsendsthe
estimationresultstotheeNodeB.
3.TheeNodeBhandsovervideoservicestothoseUMTScellsthatcanprovidethehappybitrate,therebyensuringthequalityofvideoservices.
WhenvideoservicesinaUMTScelltriggerserviceorloadbasedinterRAThandovers:
1.TheRNCinstructsdualmodeUEstoperformmeasurementsinthebestandnormalcellsbasedontheclassificationresultssentbytheeCoordinator.The
RNCthenforwardstheUEs'measurementresultstotheeCoordinator.
2.OnreceivingtheUEs'measurementresults,theeCoordinatordeterminesthecellsthatcanprovidethehappybitrateforvideoservicesandsendsthe
estimationresultstotheRNC.
3.TheRNChandsovervideoservicestothoseLTEcellsthatcanprovidethehappybitrate,therebyensuringthequalityofvideoservices.
Enhancement
N/A
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
Afterthisfeatureisenabled,thenumberofQoEbasedhandoversincreases,whichconsequentlyincreasesthenumberofL2Uhandovers.
Duringahandover,theeNodeBandRNCneedtointeractwiththeeCoordinator,whichprolongsthehandoverpreparation.
5.78.3NEs
ThisfeaturerequirestheCNtosupporttheserviceidentificationfunction.
5.78.4Hardware
Noimpact.
Noimpact.
License
MRFD101401 ULUnifiedVideoSteering ULUnifiedVideoSteering eCoordinator PerCell
New ADDULUNIVIDSTLCELL eCoordinator UsethiscommandtoaddanLTEcellenabledwiththeULUnifiedVideoSteeringfeature

andconfigurerelatedparameters.
New ADDULUNIVIDSTUCELL eCoordinator UsethiscommandtoaddaUMTScellenabledwiththeULUnifiedVideoSteeringfeature

andconfigurerelatedparameters.
New DSPELTECELLNUCELL eCoordinator UsethiscommandtoquerytheneighboringUMTScellconfigurationsofanLTEcell.

New DSP eCoordinator UsethiscommandtoquerytheneighboringLTEcellconfigurationsofaUMTScell.

EUMTSCELLNLCELL
New DSPULUNIVIDSTLCELL eCoordinator UsethiscommandtoquerytherunningstatusoftheULUnifiedVideoSteeringfeaturein

LTEcells.
New DSPULUNIVIDSTUCELL eCoordinator UsethiscommandtoquerytherunningstatusoftheULUnifiedVideoSteeringfeaturein

UMTScells.
New LSTECOMMONCTRL eCoordinator Usethiscommandtoquerythecommoncontrolparametersofthecoordinatingservices.
New LSTULUNIVIDSTLCELL eCoordinator UsethiscommandtoqueryLTEcellsenabledwiththeULUnifiedVideoSteeringfeature

andparametersettingsofthesecells.
New LSTULUNIVIDSTUCELL eCoordinator UsethiscommandtoqueryUMTScellsenabledwiththeULUnifiedVideoSteeringfeature

andparametersettingsofthesecells.
New MODULUNIVIDSTLCELL eCoordinator UsethiscommandtomodifyparameterssettingsofanLTEcellenabledwiththeULUnified

VideoSteeringfeature.
New RMVULUNIVIDSTLCELL eCoordinator UsethiscommandtoremoveanLTEcellenabledwiththeULUnifiedVideoSteering

featureandparameterconfigurationsforthiscell.
New RMVULUNIVIDSTUCELL eCoordinator UsethiscommandtoremoveaUMTScellenabledwiththeULUnifiedVideoSteering

featureandparameterconfigurationsforthiscell.
New SETULUNIVIDST eCoordinator UsethiscommandtoconfigureparametersfortheULUnifiedVideoSteeringfeature.
New ADDQoEHoCommonCfg eNodeB UsethiscommandtomodifycommonparametersrelatedtoQoEbasedhandovers.
NOTE:
New QoEBasedHandoverLast ADDQOEHOCOMMONCFG eNodeB IndicatesthevaluePintheP/NruleforQoEbased

handoverdecision.
IfthethroughputisunsatisfactoryforPconsecutive
secondsduringthemeasurementperiodN,aQoE
basedhandoveristriggered.
New QoEBasedHandoverStat ADDQOEHOCOMMONCFG eNodeB IndicatesthevalueNintheP/NruleforQoEbased

handoverdecision.
IfthethroughputisunsatisfactoryforPconsecutive
secondsduringthemeasurementperiodN,aQoE
basedhandoveristriggered.
New ULUniVidStAlgoSwitch SETULDM BSC6900 WhethertheRNCperiodicallyreportscellload

BSC6910 informationtotheeCoordinatorandenablestheUL
UnifiedVideoSteeringfeature.
Whenthisswitchissettoon,theRNCperiodically
reportscellloadinformationtotheeCoordinatorand
enablestheULUnifiedVideoSteeringfeature.
Whenthisswitchissettooff,theRNCdoesnotreport
cellloadinformationtotheeCoordinatorandtheUL
UnifiedVideoSteeringfeatureisdisabled.
New VS.RAB.Mean.GBR.DL.Throughput.0 ALGO2.Cell RNC MeanNumberofRABsConfiguredwiththeGBRManagementPolicyin

DLThroughputRange0forCell






New L.Traffic.GBRUser.BitRate.Index0 Traffic.User.Cell eNodeB NumberofUEsThatAreConfiguredwithaGBRandWhoseThroughput

FallsWithinRange0forCell






New L.IRATHO.E2W.QOE.PrepAttOut HO.IRAT.Out.Cell eNodeB NumberofQoEbasedEUTRANtoWCDMAHandoverAttempts
New L.IRATHO.E2W.QOE.ExecAttOut HO.IRAT.Out.Cell eNodeB NumberofQoEbasedEUTRANtoWCDMAHandoverExecutions
New L.IRATHO.E2W.QOE.ExecSuccOut HO.IRAT.Out.Cell eNodeB NumberofSuccessfulQoEbasedEUTRANtoWCDMAHandovers
New L.IRATHO.E2W.QOE.MMEAbnormRsp HO.IRAT.Out.Cell eNodeB NumberofResponsesforAbnormalCausesReceivedbytheeNodeB

fromtheMMEDuringQoEbasedEUTRANtoWCDMAHandover
Executions
NOTE:
Therearesevenrangesdefinedforthroughput:
Rang0is(0kbit/s,256kbit/s).
Range1is[256kbit/s,512kbit/s).
Rang2is[512kbit/s,1Mbit/s).
Rang3is[1Mbit/s,2Mbit/s).
Rang6is[4Mbit/s,)
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
LOFD081203 VideoServiceRateAdaption TheeNodeBusesthisfeaturetoidentifyvideoservices.
TDLOFD111206 VideoServiceRateAdaption
WRFD150252 VideoServiceRateAdaption TheRNCusesthisfeaturetoidentifyvideoservices.
LOFD001019 PSInterRATMobilitybetweenEUTRAN
andUTRAN
TDLOFD001019 PSInterRATMobilitybetweenEUTRAN
andUTRAN
WRFD140218 ServiceBasedPSHandoverfromUMTS IfaUMTStoLTEvideoservicehandoverisrequiredinconnectedmode,enabletheWRFD

toLTE 140218ServiceBasedPSHandoverfromUMTStoLTEfeature.
WRFD150217 LoadBasedPSHandoverfromUMTSto IfaUMTStoLTEvideoservicehandoverisrequiredinconnectedmode,enabletheWRFD

LTE 150217LoadBasedPSHandoverfromUMTStoLTEfeature.
None
ImpactedFeatures
WRFD140218 ServiceBasedPSHandoverfromUMTStoLTE IfaUEprocessingvideoservicestriggersaservicebasedU2L

PShandover,thehandoverisperformedonlywhenthe
eCoordinatordeterminesthattherateofthetargetcellmeetsthe
satisfactoryraterequiredbyvideoservices.
WRFD150217 LoadBasedPSHandoverfromUMTStoLTE IfaUEprocessingvideoservicestriggersaloadbasedU2LPS

handover,thehandoverisperformedonlywhentheeCoordinator
determinesthattherateofthetargetcellmeetsthesatisfactory
raterequiredbyvideoservices.
WRFD140226 FastReturnfromUMTStoLTE AftertheCSserviceofanSRVCCorCSFBUEprocessinga

CS+PScombinedserviceiscomplete,theUEtriggersa
handoverbasedU2Lfastreturn.IfthePSservicesincludevideo
services,theRNCperformsthehandoveronlywhenthe
eCoordinatordeterminesthattherateofthetargetcellmeetsthe
satisfactoryvideoservicerate.SRVCCisshortforsingleradio
voicecallcontinuityandCSFBisshortforCSfallback.
LOFD001044 InterRATLoadSharingtoUTRAN Targetcellselection

ThefollowingneighboringLTEcellsaredeletedfrom
theneighboringUMTScelllist:
Neighboringcellsthatarecongestedor
overloaded
NeighboringcellswhoseNoHoFlagisset
toFORBID_HO_ENUM(ForbidHo)
Neighboringcellsthatareworstcells
UEselection
AftertheULUnifiedVideoSteeringfeatureisenabled,
UEsinanLTEcellareclassifiedintothefollowingtwo
types:
UEsconfiguredwithDLSGBR
UEsnotconfiguredwithDLSGBR
Duringamobilityloadbalancing(MLB),onlyUEsnot
configuredwithDLSGBRareselected.
Availability
Summary
ThisfeatureadjustsUMTS/LTEinteroperabilitypoliciesthroughunifiedoverloadcontrolonUMTS/LTEnetworksontheeCoordinatorwhenthetrafficontheUMTSorLTEnetworkis
heavyandoverloadoccurs.
ForUEsinconnectedmode,iftheseUEstriggerinterRAThandoversorredirections,thisfeaturepreferentiallyselectsalightlyloadedinterRATcellorfrequencyasthe
targetcellorfrequency,toavoidthesignalingoverheadcausedbyahandoverpreparationfailure.
ForUEsinidlemode,oncetheirconnectionsarereleasedontheUMTSnetwork,thisfeatureenablesthemtoreselectlightlyloadedLTEcellstoavoidsignalingimpact
onheavilyloadedLTEcells.
Benefits
WhenthetrafficisheavyonUMTS/LTEnetworksinthecaseofbigeventssuchassportingevents,concerts,andimportantfestivals,thisfeatureincreasestheRRCconnection
setupsuccessrate,accesssuccessrate,andinterRAThandoversuccessrateforUMTS/LTEnetworks.
Description
Beforethisfeatureisintroduced,whenthetrafficofUMTS/LTEnetworksisheavy:
ForUEsthatareinconnectedmodeandtriggerinterRAThandovers,theyexperiencehandoverfailuresifthetargetnetworkisoverloaded.Thenumberofhandover
attemptsisincreased.
ForUEsthatareinconnectedmodeandtriggerinterRATredirections,fastreturntoLTE,andfastreturntoLTEafterSRVCC,theyfailtoaccessthetargetcellinallof
theseproceduresifthetargetnetworkisoverloaded.
ForUEsinidlemode,dualmodeUEsfrequentlyperformcellreselectionsbetweenUMTSandLTEnetworksbecausethechannelqualityfluctuatessignificantlyinheavy
trafficscenarios.Thesignalingoverheadisincreasedasaresult,andnetworkoverloadmaybecomesevere.
Afterthisfeatureisintroduced,whenthetrafficofUMTS/LTEnetworksisheavy:
TheeCoordinatordeterminesthetrafficstatusofinterRATneighboringLTEcellsandadjacentfrequenciesbasedontheoverloadstatusofLTEcellsperiodicallyreported
bytheeNodeB.TheeCoordinatorthensendstheresultstotheRNC.
TheeCoordinatordeterminesthetrafficstatusofinterRATneighboringUMTScellsandadjacentfrequenciesbasedontheoverloadstatusofUMTScellsperiodically
reportedbytheRNC.TheeCoordinatorthensendstheresultstotheeNodeB.
OnreceivingtheresultsfromtheeCoordinator,theeNodeBperformsthefollowingoperationsonUEsinconnectedmode:
WhenUEsinconnectedmodetriggeracoverage,distance,uplinkqualitybasedhandoverorredirectionfromLTEtoUMTS,theeNodeBpreferentiallyselectsalightly
loadedinterRATneighboringcelloradjacentfrequency.
WhenUEsinconnectedmodetriggeraservicebasedhandoverorredirection,theeNodeBselectsalightlyloadedinterRATneighboringcelloradjacentfrequency
withoutmeasuringheavilyloadedcellsorfrequencies.
OnreceivingtheresultsfromtheeCoordinator,theRNCperformsthefollowingoperationsonUEsinconnectedmode:
WhenUEsinconnectedmodetriggeracoveragebasedhandoverorredirectionfromUMTStoLTE,theRNCpreferentiallyselectsalightlyloadedinterRATneighboring
LTEcelloradjacentfrequency.
WhenUEsinconnectedmodetriggeraloadbasedhandoverorredirection,theRNCselectsalightlyloadedinterRATneighboringLTEcelloradjacentfrequencywithout
measuringheavilyloadedcellsorfrequencies.
WhenUEsinconnectedmodetriggerafastreturntoLTEorfastreturntoLTEafterSRVCC,theRNCselectsalightlyloadedneighboringinterRATfrequency.
UEsinidlemodepreferentiallyreselectlightlyloadedLTEcells.
Enhancement
N/A
SystemCapacity
Noimpact.
NetworkPerformance
WhentrafficisconstantlyheavyoncocoverageUMTSandLTEnetworksinscenariossuchassportingevents,concerts,andbigfestivals,thisfeaturecanincreasetheRRC
connectionsetupsuccessrate,accesssuccessrate,andinterRAThandoversuccessrateofthesenetworks.
5.79.3NEs
ThisfeatureisimplementedontheeNodeB,RNC,andeCoordinator.TheeNodeB,RNC,andeCoordinatormustbepurchasedfromHuawei.
5.79.4Hardware
Noimpact.
TheSeinterfacebetweentheeCoordinatorandtheeNodeBisenhanced.Table55describesthenewmessagesandIEsinvolved.
Table55NewmessagesandIEs
Direction Message/IEName Description
eCoordinator>eNodeB ENBNEIGHBORCELLREQ NeighboringUMTS/LTEcellreportingrequest
eNodeB>eCoordinator ENBNEIGHBORCELLTRANSFER UMTS/LTEneighboringrelationship
eCoordinator>eNodeB ENBNEIGHBORCELLTRANSFERACK Neighboringrelationshipacknowledgement
eCoordinator>eNodeB FEATUREALGOPARACONFIG Featureswitchstatus
eNodeB>eCoordinator FEATUREALGOPARACONFIGACK Acknowledgementoffeatureswitchstatus
eCoordinator>eNodeB ULUOCUCELLLOAD HeavytrafficstateofneighboringUMTScellsand

frequenciesforLTEcells
eNodeB>eCoordinator ULUOCUCELLLOADACK Acknowledgementofheavytrafficstateofneighboring

UMTScellsandfrequenciesforLTEcells
eNodeB>eCoordinator ENBCELLLOADSTATUSRPT HeavytrafficstateofLTEcells
IEUMTSNeighborCellList ListofneighboringUMTScellsforLTEcells
TheSrinterfacebetweentheeCoordinatorandtheRNCisenhanced.Table55describesthenewmessagesandIEsinvolved.
Table56NewmessagesandIEs
Direction Message/IEName Description
eCoordinator>RNC RNCRESOURCESTATUSREQ NeighboringUMTS/LTEcellreportingrequest
RNC>eCoordinator RNCRESOURCESTATUSTRANSFER UMTS/LTEneighboringrelationshipandfeaturesupport

capability
eCoordinator>RNC RNCRESOURCESTATUSTRANSFERACK Neighboringrelationshipacknowledgement
eCoordinator>RNC FEATUREALGOPARACONFIG Featureswitchstatus
RNC>eCoordinator FEATUREALGOPARACONFIGACK Acknowledgementoffeatureswitchstatus
eCoordinator>RNC ULUOCLCELLLOAD HeavytrafficstateofneighboringLTEcellsand

frequenciesforUMTScells
RNC>eCoordinator ULUOCLCELLLOADACK AcknowledgementofheavytrafficstateofneighboringLTE

cellsandfrequenciesforUMTScells
RNC>eCoordinator RNCCELLLOADSTATUSRPT AirinterfaceloadstatusofUMTScells
License
MRFD101402 ULUnifiedOverloadControl ULUnifiedOverloadControl eCoordinator percell
Added ADDCellULUnifiedOLC eNodeB AddsparametersforULUnifiedOverloadControl.
Added ADDULUNIOLCTRLLCELL eCoordinator AddsLTEcellsforULUnifiedOverloadControl.
Added ADDULUNIOLCTRLUCELL eCoordinator AddsUMTScellsforULUnifiedOverloadControl.
Added SETULUNIOLCTRL eCoordinator SetsparametersforULUnifiedOverloadControl.
NOTE:

Added DLPwrLoadStaForULUniOLC ADDUCELLLDM RNC InitialstateofthedownlinkpowerloadcongestionwhentheUL
MODUCELLLDM unifiedoverloadcontrolalgorithmtakeseffect.TheMBSC
determinestheairinterfacecongestionstateofacellbasedonthe
downlinkpowerload,actualuplinkserviceload,andthenumberof
UEsintheCELL_DCHstate.WhenthenonHSPApowerloadofa
cellisheavierthanorequaltotheloadofthisstate,thedownlink
poweriscongested.
Added ULActulLoadStaForULUniOLC ADDUCELLLDM RNC Initialstateoftheactualuplinkserviceloadcongestionwhenthe

MODUCELLLDM ULunifiedoverloadcontrolalgorithmtakeseffect.TheMBSC
determinestheairinterfacecongestionstateofacellbasedonthe
downlinkpowerload,actualuplinkserviceload,andthenumberof
UEsintheCELL_DCHstate.Whentheactualuplinkserviceload
ofacellisheavierthanorequaltotheloadofthisstate,theactual
uplinkserviceloadiscongested.
Added DchUserLoadStaForULUniOLC ADDUCELLLDM RNC InitialstateoftheDCHUEnumbercongestionwhentheULunified

MODUCELLLDM overloadcontrolalgorithmtakeseffect.TheMBSCdeterminesthe
airinterfacecongestionstateofacellbasedonthedownlinkpower
load,actualuplinkserviceload,andthenumberofUEsinthe
CELL_DCHstate.WhenthenumberofDCHUEsisgreaterthan
orequaltothatofthisstate,thenumberofDCHUEsis
congested.
Added EQrxlevminOffset ADDUCELLNFREQPRIOINFO RNC Offsettotheminimumreferencesignalreceivedpower(RSRP)of

thecellonthetargetfrequencywhentheULUnifiedOverload
Controlfeatureisenabled.
New EQqualminOffset ADDUCELLNFREQPRIOINFO RNC Offsettotheminimumreferencesignalreceivedquality(RSRQ)of

thecellonthetargetfrequencywhentheULUnifiedOverload
Controlfeatureisenabled.
Added EQrxlevminStep ADDUCELLNFREQPRIOINFO RNC Adjustmentstepfortheminimumreferencesignalreceivedpower

(RSRP)ofthecellonthetargetfrequencywhentheULUnified
OverloadControlfeatureisenabled.
Added EQqualminStep ADDUCELLNFREQPRIOINFO RNC Adjustmentstepfortheminimumreferencesignalreceivedpower

(RSRP)ofthecellonthetargetfrequencywhentheULUnified
OverloadControlfeatureisenabled.
Added HoSwitch2: SETUCORRMALGOSWITCH RNC ThisparameterspecifieswhethertheRNCsupportsULUnified

HO_UL_UOLC_SWITCH OverloadControl.IfthisparameterissettoON,theRNCsupports
ULUnifiedOverloadControl.IfthisparameterissettoOFF,the
RNCdoesnotsupportULUnifiedOverloadControl.
Added VS.ELTECELL.ULUOC.Overload.Num ELTECELL eCoordinator NumberofTimesanLTECellIsOverloaded
Added VS.ELTECELL.ULUOC.NFreqStatusMod.Num ELTECELL eCoordinator NumberofTimestheOverloadStatusofaNeighboring

UMTSFrequencyforanLTECellChanges
Added VS.EUMTSCELL.ULUOC.Overload.Num EUMTSCELL eCoordinator NumberofTimesaUMTSCellIsOverloaded
Added VS.EUMTSCELL.ULUOC.NFreqStatusMod.Num EUMTSCELL eCoordinator NumberofTimestheOverloadStatusofaNeighboring

LTEFrequencyforaUMTSCellChanges
FaultManagement
Noimpact.
None
None
ImpactedFeatures
WRFD020129 ServiceBasedPSServiceRedirectionfromUMTStoLTE ThisfeatureaffectsthetargetLTEcellandfrequencyselection

duringhandoverandredirectioninvolvedinthefeaturesonthe
WRFD140218 ServiceBasedPSHandoverfromUMTStoLTE left.
WRFD150219 CoverageBasedPSRedirectionfromUMTStoLTE
WRFD150220 CoverageBasedPSHandoverfromUMTStoLTE
WRFD150216 LoadBasedPSRedirectionfromUMTStoLTE
WRFD150217 LoadBasedPSHandoverfromUMTStoLTE
WRFD140226 FastReturnfromUMTStoLTE ThisfeatureaffectsthetargetLTEfrequencyselectionduring

redirectioninvolvedinthefeaturesontheleft.
WRFD171223 FastReturntoLTEforSRVCCUser
LOFD001019 PSInterRATMobilitybetweenEUTRANandUTRAN ThisfeatureaffectsthetargetUMTScellandfrequencyselection

duringhandoverandredirectioninvolvedinthefeaturesonthe
LOFD001043 ServicebasedinterRAThandoverfromEUTRANtoUTRAN left.
LOFD001072 DistancebasedInterRAThandovertoUTRAN
ULqualitybasedinterRAThandovertoUTRANorGERAN
5.80MRFD231601MultimodeBSCommonReferenceClock(eNodeB)(Enhanced/Optional)
Availability
5.80.1.1GBTSandeNodeBCommonReferenceClock
ThisscenarioisavailablefromSRAN5.0.
Summary
FromSRAN5.0,HuaweimultimodebasestationsprovidecommonreferenceclockforGSMandLTEthatshareoneBBU.
Benefits
ThisfeatureprovidescommonreferenceclockforGSMandLTEthatshareoneBBU,therebysavingtheCAPEXandOPEX.
Description
Thisfeaturesupportsthefollowingapplicationscenarios:
CommonGPSreferenceclock
CommonGPSreferenceclockrequiresonlyonesetofexternalequipmentandonesetoffeederandantennaforaGLdualmodebasestation,whichreducesthe
installationcostsanddeploymentcosts.
CommonBITSreferenceclock
CommonBITSreferenceclockrequiresonlyonesetofexternalequipmentforaGLdualmodebasestation,whichsavescosts.
CommonE1/T1referenceclockfromAbisinterface
WhentheAbisinterfaceisbasedonTDMoverE1/T1andS1interfaceisbasedonIPoverFE/GE,theLMPT/UMPT_Lcanobtainthereferenceclockfromtheclock
synchronizedfromtheAbisE1/T1intheGTMU.TheclockserverisnotnecessaryforLTEandthecostissavedaccordingly.
CommonE1/T1referenceclockfromS1interface
WhenGSMandLTEsharethesametransmissioninterfacebasedonIPoverE1/T1orhybridtransmissionbasedonIP,theGTMUcanobtainthereferenceclockfrom
theclocksynchronizedfromtheS1E1/T1intheUTRPforLTEmode.TheclockserverisnotnecessaryforGSMandthecostissavedaccordingly.
CommonEthernetreferenceclockfromS1interface
WhencommonEthernetreferenceclockisused,GSMcanobtainthereferenceclockviatheBBUbackplanefromtheLMPT/UMPT_LorUTRP.
CommonIPnetwork1588V2referenceclockforfrequencysynchronizationfromS1interface
WhenGSMandLTEBTSsupportthe1588V2referenceclockforfrequencysynchronization,onlyone1588V2clockserverandclientarerequired.GSMcanobtainthe
referenceclockviatheBBUbackplanefromtheLMPTorUMPT_L.
Enhancement
SRAN10.1
CommonIPnetwork1588V2referenceclockfortimesynchronizationfromS1interface
WhenGSMandLTEsupportthe1588V2referenceclockfortimesynchronization,onlyone1588V2clockserverandone1588V2clockclientarerequired.GSMcan
obtainthereferenceclockfortimesynchronizationviatheBBUbackplanefromtheLMPTorUMPT.
5.80.1.2NodeBandeNodeBCommonReferenceClock
Summary
FromSRAN5.0,HuaweimultimodebasestationsprovidecommonreferenceclockforUMTSandLTEthatshareoneBBU.
Benefits
ThisfeatureprovidescommonreferenceclockforUMTSandLTEthatshareoneBBU,therebysavingtheCAPEXandOPEX.
Description
CommonGPSreferenceclockrequiresonlyonesetofexternalequipmentandonesetoffeederandantennaforaULdualmodebasestation,whichreducesthe
CommonBITSreferenceclockrequiresonlyonesetofexternalequipmentforaULdualmodebasestation,whichsavescosts.
CommonE1/T1referenceclockfromIubinterface
WhentheIubinterfaceisbasedonE1/T1andS1interfaceisbasedonIPoverGE,theLMPTcanobtainthereferenceclockfromtheclocksynchronizedfromtheIub
E1/T1intheWMPT/UMPT_UorUTRP.TheclockserverisnotnecessaryforLTEandthecostissavedaccordingly.
WhencommonEthernetreferenceclockisused,theWMPTcanobtainthereferenceclockviatheBBUbackplanefromtheLMPT/UMPT_L.
WhenUMTSandLTEsupportthe1588V2referenceclockforfrequencysynchronization,onlyone1588V2clockserverandclientarerequired.TheWMPTcanobtainthe
referenceclockviatheBBUbackplanefromtheLMPTorUMPT.
Enhancement
SRAN10.1
WhenUMTSandLTEsupportthe1588V2referenceclockfortimesynchronization,onlyone1588V2clockserverandone1588V2clockclientarerequired.UMTScan
obtainthereferenceclockfortimesynchronizationviatheBBUbackplanefromtheLMPTorUMPT.
5.80.1.3GBTS,NodeBandeNodeBCommonReferenceClock
Summary
FromSRAN7.0,HuaweimultimodebasestationprovidescommonreferenceclockforGSM,UMTS,andLTEwhentheBBUsareinterconnected.
Benefits
ThisfeatureprovidescommonreferenceclockforGSM,UMTS,andLTEwhentheBBUsareinterconnected,therebysavingtheCAPEXandOPEX.
Description
CommonGPSreferenceclockrequiresonlyonesetofexternalequipmentandonesetoffeederandantennaforaGULmultimodebasestation,whichreducesthe
CommonBITSreferenceclockrequiresonlyonesetofexternalequipmentforaGULmultimodebasestation,whichsavesthecosts.
CommonE1/T1referenceclockfromAbis/Iubinterface
WhentheAbisorIubinterfaceisbasedonTDMoverE1/T1andtheS1interfaceisbasedonIPoverGE,thethreemodescanobtainthereferenceclockfromtheclock
synchronizedfromtheAbisorIubE1/T1.
WhencommonEthernetreferenceclockisused,GSMandUMTScanobtainthereferenceclockviatheBBUbackplanefromtheLMPTorUMPT_L.
WhenGSM,UMTSandLTEBTSsupportthe1588V2referenceclockforfrequencysynchronization,onlyone1588V2clockserverandclientarerequired.GSMand
UMTScanobtaintheclockviatheBBUbackplanefromtheLMPTorUMPT_L.
Enhancement
SRAN10.1
WhenGSM,UMTS,andLTEsupportthe1588V2referenceclockfortimesynchronization,onlyone1588V2clockserverandone1588V2clockclientarerequired.GSM
andUMTScanobtainthereferenceclockfortimesynchronizationviatheBBUbackplanefromtheLMPTorUMPT.
SystemCapacity
NetworkPerformance
5.80.3NEs
5.80.4Hardware
TheWMPT,UTRP2,andUTRP9donotsupportIEEE1588V2clocksynchronization.
License
FaultManagement
ThisfeatureisdependentontheLOFD00301302IEEE1588V2ClockSynchronizationfeature.
ImpactedFeatures
6ImpactsofModifiedeRAN8.1FeaturesoneRAN7.0Networks
6.1LOFD070202UltraFlashCSFBtoUTRAN
Description
UltraflashCSFBisaHuaweiproprietaryfeatureandthereforeitmaynotbesupportedbysomeUEs.
Inearlierversions,UEsarenotdifferentiated.Asaresult,UEswithcompatibilityproblemsfailinultraflashCSFBandthenattemptacommonCSFBprocedureorexperiencea
servicedrop.Thismechanismprolongsdelaysandaffectsuserexperience.
Inthecurrentversion,thisfeatureisoptimizedtoallowonlywhitelistedUEstoperformultraflashCSFBsoastoreduceunnecessarysignaling,improveuserexperience,and
increasetheCSFBsuccessrate.TheoptimizationavoidspossiblecompatibilityrisksinsomeUEs.ItisrecommendedthatthisoptimizationbeenabledwhenbotheNodeBsand
MMEsareprovidedbyHuaweiandsomeUEsdonotsupportultraflashCSFB.
Implementation
AnewoptionUltraFlashCsfbComOptSwhasbeenaddedtotheUeCompatSwitchparameterintheGlobalProcSwitchMOtospecifywhethertoenabletheoptimizationforUEs
thatdonotsupportultraflashCSFB.
Iftheoptimizationisenabled,theultraflashCSFBprocedureisasfollows:
1.TheeNodeBsendsaproprietarymessagetotheMME,notifyingthattheeNodeBisaHuaweieNodeBandsupportsthehandlingofUEswithcompatibility
problems.WhenaUEsendsaCSFBrequest,theMMEsearchesanIMEIwhitelisttoseewhethertheUEsupportsultraflashCSFB.
2.IftheUEiswhitelisted,theMMEsendsaproprietarymessagePrivateUFCSFBInformationTransfertotheeNodeB,containinganIE"SRVCCbased
eCSFBoperationpossible".Otherwise,theMMEdoesnotsendthismessage.
3.IftheeNodeBreceivesthe"SRVCCbasedeCSFBoperationpossible"IE,theeNodeBperformsultraflashCSFBfortheUE.Otherwise,theeNodeB
performscommonCSFBfortheUE.
Iftheoptimizationisdisabled,theeNodeBdirectlyenterstheultraflashCSFBprocedure,withoutcheckingwhethertheUEsupportsdetermineultraflashCSFBand.
ImpactonCapacityandPerformance
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
Theoptimizationreducesunnecessarysignaling,improvesuserexperience,andincreasestheultraflashCSFBsuccessrate.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
ImpactonInterNEInterfaces
None
ImpactonOperationandMaintenance
Impactonlicensemanagement
None
Impactonconfigurationmanagement
AnewoptionUltraFlashCsfbComOptSwhasbeenaddedtotheUeCompatSwitchparameterintheGlobalProcSwitchMO.
Impactonperformancemanagement
None
Impactonfaultmanagement
None
ImpactonOtherFeatures
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
OntheeNodeBside,runtheMODGLOBALPROCSWITCHcommandtosettheUltraFlashCsfbComOptSwoptionoftheUeCompatSwitchparameter.
Forexample,toselecttheUltraFlashCsfbComOptSwoption,runthefollowingcommand:
MODGLOBALPROCSWITCH:UeCompatSwitch=UltraFlashCsfbComOptSw1;
OntheMMEside,configureanIMEIwhitelistforUEsthatsupportultraflashCSFB.
6.2LOFD081283UltraFlashCSFBtoGERAN
Fortheimpactofthechangeinthisfeature,see6.1LOFD070202UltraFlashCSFBtoUTRAN.
6.3LOFD001033CSFallbacktoUTRAN
Description
DuringmeasurementbasedLTEtoUMTSCSFB,theeNodeBimmediatelyperformsCSFBdeterminationuponreceivingthefirstmeasurementreportinearlierversions.Whenthe
UMTSnetworkoftheoperatorhasmultipleUTRANfrequencies,theoptimizedprocessingmechanismallowstheeNodeBtoimmediatelyperformCSFBdeterminationorinstructthe
UEtocontinuethemeasurementuponreceivingthefirstUMTSB1measurementreportbasedontheoperator'spolicy.Inthisway,theoptimumtargetUTRANfrequencyandtarget
neighboringUTRANcellcanbeselectedforCSFB.
Implementation
TheL2UCsfbMRProModeparameter(canbespecifiedbyrunningtheMODCELLHOPARACFGcommand)isaddedtoconfiguretheprocessingmechanismwhentheeNodeB
receivesthefirstUMTSB1measurementreportduringLTEtoUMTSCSFB.
IftheL2UCsfbMRProModeparameterissettoHANDOVER_IMMEDIATELY,theeNodeBimmediatelyperformsCSFBdeterminationuponreceivingthefirstUMTSB1
measurementreport.
IftheL2UCsfbMRProModeparameterissettoBASED_ON_SIGNAL_STRENGTH,theeNodeBstartstheCSFBmeasurementreportwaitingtimerspecifiedbythe
CsfbMRWaitingTimerparameteruponreceivingthefirstUMTSB1measurementreport,instructingtheUEtocontinuetomeasureUTRANfrequencies.Amongall
measurementreportsmeasuredbeforethetimerexpires,theeNodeBselectstheneighboringUTRANcellwiththestrongestsignalstrengthasthetargetcellforCSFB.
ConsiderthattheL2UCsfbMRProModeparameterissettoBASED_ON_FREQ_PRIORITY.IfthefrequencyservingtheneighboringUTRANcellthatisincludedinthe
firstUMTSB1measurementreporthasthehighestpriority,theeNodeBselectstheneighboringUTRANcellasthetargetcellforCSFB.Otherwise,theeNodeBstarts
theCSFBmeasurementreportwaitingtimerspecifiedbytheCsfbMRWaitingTimerparameteruponreceivingthefirstUMTSB1measurementreport,instructingtheUE
tocontinuetomeasureUTRANfrequencies.Amongallmeasurementreportsmeasuredbeforethetimerexpires,theeNodeBselectstheneighboringUTRANcellwiththe
highestfrequencypriorityasthetargetcellforCSFB.
TheCsfbMRWaitingTimerparameter(canbespecifiedbyrunningtheMODCELLHOPARACFGcommand)isaddedtosettheCSFBmeasurementreportwaitingtimerafterthe
L2UCsfbMRProModeparameterissettoBASED_ON_SIGNAL_STRENGTHorBASED_ON_FREQ_PRIORITY.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
ThepossibilityofLTEtoUMTSCSFBtoneighboringUTRANcellwiththestrongestsignalstrengthorthehighestfrequencypriorityincreases,therebyincreasingthe
CSFBsuccessrate.However,theCSFBlatencyincreases.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
SettingtheCsfbMRWaitingTimerparametertoarelativelysmallvalueintheunitofmsslightlyincreasestheCPUload.
None
None
ParametersL2UCsfbMRProModeandCsfbMRWaitingTimerareaddedtotheCellHoParaCfgMO.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODCELLHOPARACFGcommandtosetparametersL2UCsfbMRProModeandCsfbMRWaitingTimer.
6.4LOFD003029SFN
Description
Inearlierversions,theadmissionthresholdforuplinkjointreceptioninanSFNcellisspecifiedbytheULCoMPadmissionthreshold.Inthisversion,anindependentadmission
thresholdisaddedforuplinkjointreceptionsothatthethresholdcanbeseparatelyconfigured.ThishelpsincreasetheperceivabledataservicerateofuplinkusersinanSFNcell.
Implementation
TheSfnUlCompThdparameterisaddedtospecifythetheadmissionthresholdforuplinkjointreceptioninanSFNcell.Whenthereceivedsignalstrengthdifferencesamong
physicalcellsofdifferentsectorequipmentinanSFNcellarelessthanthethreshold,theUEperformsjointreceptioninthephysicalcellsthatmeettherequirements.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheSfnUlCompThdparameterisaddedtotheCellUlCompAlgoMO.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODCELLULCOMPALGOcommandtoconfiguretheSfnUlCompThdparameter.
Description
Thisfeatureallowsuserstoconfiguredifferentreferencesignal(RS)powerforthephysicalcellsofanSFNcell.ThisremovestherestrictionthatphysicalcellsservedbyRRUsof
differentpowerspecificationscannotbecombinedintoanSFNcellandthereforeextendstheapplicationscenariosofSFN.Youareadvisedtoenablethisfeaturewhennetworkingof
RRUsofdifferentpowerspecificationsisrequiredorwhendifferentpowerisrequiredtobeconfiguredfortheRRUs.
Implementation
TheReferenceSignalPwrparameterisintroducedforuserstoconfiguretheRSpowerforeachphysicalcell.Differentvaluescanbeconfiguredandtakeneffectforthephysical
cells.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheReferenceSignalPwrparameterisaddedtotheEUCELLSECTOREQMMO.
None
None
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheADDEUCELLSECTOREQMorMODEUCELLSECTOREQMcommandwiththeReferenceSignalPwrparameterset.
RuntheLSTEUCELLSECTOREQMcommandtoquerythevalueoftheReferenceSignalPwrparameter.
Description
Aftersinglefrequencynetwork(SFN)isenhanced,12*2T2RRRUscanbecombinedtoserveanSFNcell.Thisenhancementpreventsfrequenthandoversintunnelscenariosand
improvessystemperformanceinhandoverareasanddownlinkthroughput.Thisenhancementisrecommendedintunnelscenariosorotherscenarioswherefrequenthandoversaffect
systemperformance.
Implementation
Two2T2RRRUsarecombinedtoservea4T4Rphysicalcell.Then,twotosix4T4RphysicalcellsarecombinedintoanSFNcell.Thetwo2T2RRRUsconnecttotheleftandright
antennastocovertheareasontheleftandrightsidesofthepole,respectively,asshowninthefollowingfigure.
Impactoncapacity
Thisenhancementimprovesthedownlinkthroughputinhandoverareasandinotherareaswithstronginterferenceinthedownlink.
Impactonperformance
Thisenhancementdecreasesthenumberofhandoversandreducestheprobabilityofhandoversuccessratedecreaseduetofrequenthandovers.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
Basebandprocessingunitsmustsupport4Rcells.
None
TheexistinglicenseforSFNisstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
None
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
1.Combinetwo2T2RRRUstoservea4T4Rphysicalcell.Fordetails,seeMIMOFeatureParameterDescription.
2.WhenconfiguringanSFNcell,setTxRxModeto4T4R,andsetCrsPortMapto4T2P_0101or4T2P_0110inhighspeedmobilityscenarios.FordetailsaboutotherSFNcell
configurations,seeSFNFeatureParameterDescription.
6.5LOFD070205AdaptiveSFN/SDMA
Description
Inearlierversions,theadmissionthresholdforuplinkjointreceptioninanSFNcellisspecifiedbytheULCoMPadmissionthreshold.Inthisversion,anindependentadmission
thresholdisaddedforuplinkjointreceptionsothatthethresholdcanbeseparatelyconfigured.ThishelpsincreasetheperceivabledataservicerateofuplinkusersinanSFNcell.
Implementation
TheSfnUlCompThdparameterisaddedtospecifythetheadmissionthresholdforuplinkjointreceptioninanSFNcell.Whenthereceivedsignalstrengthdifferencesamong
physicalcellsofdifferentsectorequipmentinanSFNcellarelessthanthethreshold,theUEperformsjointreceptioninthephysicalcellsthatmeettherequirements.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheSfnUlCompThdparameterisaddedtotheCellUlCompAlgoMO.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODCELLULCOMPALGOcommandtoconfiguretheSfnUlCompThdparameter.
Description
Thisfeatureallowsuserstoconfiguredifferentreferencesignal(RS)powerforthephysicalcellsofanSFNcell.ThisremovestherestrictionthatphysicalcellsservedbyRRUsof
differentpowerspecificationscannotbecombinedintoanSFNcellandthereforeextendstheapplicationscenariosofSFN.Youareadvisedtoenablethisfeaturewhennetworkingof
RRUsofdifferentpowerspecificationsisrequiredorwhendifferentpowerisrequiredtobeconfiguredfortheRRUs.
Implementation
TheReferenceSignalPwrparameterisintroducedforuserstoconfiguretheRSpowerforeachphysicalcell.Differentvaluescanbeconfiguredandtakeneffectforthephysical
cells.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheReferenceSignalPwrparameterisaddedtotheEUCELLSECTOREQMMO.
None
None
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheADDEUCELLSECTOREQMorMODEUCELLSECTOREQMcommandwiththeReferenceSignalPwrparameterset.
RuntheLSTEUCELLSECTOREQMcommandtoquerythevalueoftheReferenceSignalPwrparameter.
Description
Aftersinglefrequencynetwork(SFN)isenhanced,12*2T2RRRUscanbecombinedtoserveanSFNcell.Thisenhancementpreventsfrequenthandoversintunnelscenariosand
improvessystemperformanceinhandoverareasanddownlinkthroughput.Thisenhancementisrecommendedintunnelscenariosorotherscenarioswherefrequenthandoversaffect
systemperformance.
Implementation
Two2T2RRRUsarecombinedtoservea4T4Rphysicalcell.Then,twotosix4T4RphysicalcellsarecombinedintoanSFNcell.Thetwo2T2RRRUsconnecttotheleftandright
antennastocovertheareasontheleftandrightsidesofthepole,respectively,asshowninthefollowingfigure.
Impactoncapacity
Thisenhancementimprovesthedownlinkthroughputinhandoverareasandinotherareaswithstronginterferenceinthedownlink.
Impactonperformance
Thisenhancementdecreasesthenumberofhandoversandreducestheprobabilityofhandoversuccessratedecreaseduetofrequenthandovers.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
Basebandprocessingunitsmustsupport4Rcells.
None
TheexistinglicenseforSFNisstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
None
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
1.Combinetwo2T2RRRUstoservea4T4Rphysicalcell.Fordetails,seeMIMOFeatureParameterDescription.
2.WhenconfiguringanSFNcell,setTxRxModeto4T4R,andsetCrsPortMapto4T2P_0101or4T2P_0110inhighspeedmobilityscenarios.FordetailsaboutotherSFNcell
configurations,seeSFNFeatureParameterDescription.
6.5.4EnhancedAdaptiveSFN/SDMAandAchievedConfigurableSDMAThreshold
Description
WhenthedownlinksignalstrengthdifferencesbetweenphysicalcellsinanSFNcellaregreaterthantheSDMAthreshold,resourcescanbereusedamongthesephysicalcells.If
thedownlinksignalstrengthdifferencesaresmallerthanorequaltotheSDMAthreshold,resourcescannotbereusedamongthesephysicalcells.
ThisfeatureprovidesconfigurableSDMAthresholds,therebyimprovingperceiveddatarateswhenthevaluesofSFNcellparametersindifferentscenariosareproperlyconfigured.
Implementation
TheSFNDownlinkHighLoadThreshold,SFNDownlinkLowLoadThreshold,andDownlinkHighLoadSDMAThresholdOffsetparametersareaddedtocontrolthe
downlinkSDMAthreshold(indicatedbyDlSdmaThd).
SFNDownlinkHighLoadThreshold:ThisparameterindicatesthePRBusagethresholdusedtodeterminethechangefromlowloadtohighloadinthedownlink.Thedefaultvalue
is45%,andthevaluerangeis0%to100%.
SFNDownlinkLowLoadThreshold:ThisparameterindicatesthePRBusagethresholdusedtodeterminethechangefromhighloadtolowloadinthedownlink.Thedefaultvalue
is30%,andthevaluerangeis0%to100%.
DownlinkHighLoadSDMAThresholdOffset:ThisparameterindicatestheoffsettothehighloadthresholdinthedownlinkofanadaptiveSFNcell.Thedefaultvalueis0dB,and
thevaluerangeis25dBto25dB.
WhenthenumberofRRUsforacellis2to3:
CQI DlSdmaThd
CQI4 5+DlSdmaThdOffset+PingpongOffset
4<CQI11 10+DlSdmaThdOffset+PingpongOffset
11<CQI 15+DlSdmaThdOffset+PingpongOffset
WhenthenumberofRRUsforacellisgreaterthan3:
CQI DlSdmaThd
CQI4 5+DlSdmaThdOffset+PingpongOffset
4<CQI11 8+DlSdmaThdOffset+PingpongOffset
11<CQI 10+DlSdmaThdOffset+PingpongOffset
ThevaluesofDlSdmaThdOffsetareasfollows:
LoadStatus DlSdmaThdOffset
0%X%SfnDlHighLoadThd% 25dB
SfnDlLowLoadThd%X%100% DlHighLoadSdmaThdOffset
ThePingpongOffsetparameterspecifiesanoffsettopreventpingpongeffect.IftheRFmoduleiswithintheworkingRFmodulesetoftheUEinthepreviousdecisionperiodand
randomaccessisnottriggered,thevalueofthePingpongOffsetparameteris5dB.IftheRFunitisnotwithintheworkingRFmoduleset,thevalueofthePingpongOffset
parameteris0.
Impactoncapacity
WhenthevalueoftheSFNDownlinkHighLoadThresholdorDownlinkHighLoadSDMAThresholdOffsetissmall,moreUEsenterindependentschedulingmode.
Thismeansthatmoreresourcescanbereused,whichincreasessystemcapacity.
Impactonperformance
Settingtheseparameterstopropervaluesensuressufficientresourceswhilereducinginterferencecausedbyresourcereuse.Thishelpsimproveaverageperceived
throughputinSFNcells.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
ThisfeatureiscontrolledbytheexistinglicenseforLOFD070205AdaptiveSFN/SDMA.
TheSFNDownlinkHighLoadThreshold,SFNDownlinkLowLoadThreshold,andDownlinkHighLoadSDMAThresholdOffsetparametersareadded.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODCELLDLSCHALGOcommandtoconfiguretheSFNDownlinkHighLoadThreshold,SFNDownlinkLowLoadThreshold,andDownlinkHighLoadSDMA
ThresholdOffsetparameters.
6.5.5EnhancedAdaptiveSFNforAdaptiveCSIRSConfiguration
Description
BesidestheoptionsNOT_CFG(Notconfigure)andFIXED_CFG(Fixedconfigure),theADAPTIVE_CFG(ADAPTIVE_CFG)optionisaddedtotheCSIRSSwitchparameterto
allowaneNodeBtoadaptivelydeterminewhethertoconfigureCSIRSfornewUEsbasedontheproportionofUEssupportingCSIRSinacell.
Implementation
TheADAPTIVE_CFGoptionisaddedtotheCsiRsSwitchparameterandthefollowingparametersareaddedtoimplementadaptiveCSIRSconfiguration:
CsiRsConfigUserNumTh
CsiRsConfigUserRatioTh
CsiRsUnconfigUserNumTh
CsiRsUnconfigUserRatioTh
IfthenumberofRRC_CONNECTEDUEssupportingCSIRSisgreaterthanorequaltoCsiRsConfigUserNumThandtheratiooftheseUEsisgreaterthanorequalto
CsiRsConfigUserRatioThinacell,thecellswitchesfromtheCSIRSunconfiguredstatetotheCSIRSconfiguredstateandtheeNodeBconfiguresCSIRSfornewUEs.
IfthenumberofRRC_CONNECTEDUEssupportingCSIRSislessthanCsiRsUnconfigUserNumThandtheratiooftheseUEsislessthanCsiRsUnconfigUserRatioThina
cell,thecellswitchesfromtheCSIRSconfiguredstatetotheCSIRSunconfiguredstate,andtheeNodeBdoesnotconfigureCSIRSfornewUEsanddeletesCSIRS
configurationsfrompreviouslyconfiguredUEsonebyone.
CsiRsSwitch:TheADAPTIVE_CFG(ADAPTIVE_CFG)optionisadded.IfADAPTIVE_CFG(ADAPTIVE_CFG)isselected,adaptiveCSIRSconfigurationisenabled.
CsiRsConfigUserNumTh:indicatesthethresholdforthenumberofRRC_CONNECTEDUEssupportingCSIRSintheCSIRSunconfiguredstatewhenadaptiveCSIRS
configurationisadopted.
CsiRsConfigUserRatioTh:indicatesthethresholdfortheratioofRRC_CONNECTEDUEssupportingCSIRSintheCSIRSunconfiguredstatewhenadaptiveCSIRS
CsiRsUnconfigUserNumTh:indicatesthethresholdforthenumberofRRC_CONNECTEDUEssupportingCSIRSintheCSIRSconfiguredstatewhenadaptiveCSIRS
CsiRsUnconfigUserRatioTh:indicatesthethresholdfortheratioofRRC_CONNECTEDUEssupportingCSIRSintheCSIRSconfiguredstatewhenadaptiveCSIRS
Impactoncapacity
CsiRsConfigUserNumThandCsiRsConfigUserRatioTh
Thesmallerthevaluesofthetwoparameters,thefewerthenumberofrequiredRRC_CONNECTEDUEssupportingCSIRSandthelowertheratioofsuch
UEsintheCSIRSconfiguredstate.Inthiscase,thedownlinkthroughputimprovesforUEsusingTM9butdecreasesforUEsnotusingTM9.Ifthetwo
parametersaresettolargevalues,thedownlinkthroughputdecreasesforUEsusingTM9butimprovesforUEsnotusingTM9.
CsiRsUnconfigUserNumThandCsiRsUnconfigUserRatioTh
Thesmallerthevaluesofthetwoparameters,thehighertheratioofrequiredRRC_CONNECTEDUEsnotsupportingCSIRSandthefewerthenumberof
UEsusingTM9intheCSIRSunconfiguredstate.Inthiscase,thedownlinkthroughputimprovesandthecalldropratedecreasesforUEsusingTM9,andthe
downlinkthroughputdecreasesforUEsnotusingTM9.Thelargerthevaluesofthetwoparameters,themorethenumberofUEsusingTM9intheCSIRS
unconfiguredstate.Inthiscase,thedownlinkthroughputdecreasesandthecalldroprateincreasesforUEsusingTM9,andthedownlinkthroughputimproves
forUEsnotusingTM9.
Tomaximizetheaveragedownlinkuserthroughputforacell,setpropervaluesfortheparametersCsiRsConfigUserNumTh,CsiRsConfigUserRatioTh,
CsiRsUnconfigUserNumTh,andCsiRsUnconfigUserRatioTh.
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheADAPTIVE_CFGoptionisaddedtotheCsiRsSwitchparameterundertheCellCsiRsParaCfgMOandthefollowingparametersareaddedtothisMO:
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMMLcommandMODCELLCSIRSPARACFG.Inthisoperation,setCsiRsSwitchtoADAPTIVE_CFG(ADAPTIVE_CFG),andsetparametersCsiRsConfigUserNumTh,
CsiRsConfigUserRatioTh,CsiRsUnconfigUserNumTh,andCsiRsUnconfigUserRatioThtoappropriatevalues.
6.6.1OptimizedtheMechanismthatPUSCHOccupiesRBResourcesofthePUCCHintheSingleUEScenario.
Description
ThisfeatureallowsthePUSCHtooccupyRBresourcesofthePUCCHinthesingleUEscenario,therebyincreasingtheuplinkpeakratefortheUE.Itisrecommendedthatthis
featurebeenabledinscenariosthathavehighrequirementsontheuplinkpeakrateforasingleUE.
Implementation
TheUlPuschUsePucchSwitchoptionisaddedtotheUplinkscheduleswitchparametertoaccommodatethisfeature.
InthesingleUEscenario:
WhenthePuschUsePucchSwitchoptionisselected,thePUSCHcanoccupyRBresourcesofthePUCCH.
WhenthePuschUsePucchSwitchoptionisdeselected,thePUSCHisnotallowedtooccupyRBresourcesofthePUCCH.
InthemultiUEscenario,thePUSCHisnotallowedtooccupyRBresourcesofthePUCCHirrespectiveofwhethertheoptionisselected.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
IfthePUSCHisallowedtooccupyRBresourcesofthePUCCHinthesingleUEscenario,theuplinkpeakratefortheUEnearcellcenterincreases.WhenalltheRB
resourcesinthecellareoccupied,PUCCHinterferenceincreases.However,thisscenarioismainlyforpeakratetestandseldomappliesincommercialuse.
TheUlPuschUsePucchSwitchoptiondoesnottakeeffectinthemultiUEscenario,whichmeansthatnetworkperformanceisnotaffected.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
ThePuschUsePucchSwitchoptionisaddedtotheUplinkscheduleswitchparameter.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
None
6.6.2IncreasedtheProbabilitythatUplinkCellsEnterFrequencySelectiveScheduling
Description
WhentheLBBPdandUBBPdboardsareused,enablingthisfeaturehelpsincreasetheprobabilitythatuplinkcellsenterfrequencyselectivescheduling.Enablingthisfeature
increasestheuplinkthroughputanddecreasestheuplinkRBLER.
ItisrecommendedthatthisfeaturebeenabledwhenthenumberofUEsinacellislessthan200andinteruplinkcellinterferenceislarge.
Implementation
Theuplinkfrequencyselectivecalculationcomplexityisimprovedtoincreasethefrequencyselectiveschedulingproportion.
TheUlFssUserThdStSwitchoptionisaddedtotheUlSchSwitchparameterintheCellAlgoSwitchMOtospecifythewhethertoincreasetheprobabilitythatuplinkcellsenter
frequencyselectivescheduling.
Whenthisoptionisselected,theprobabilityforenteringfrequencyselectiveschedulingincreasesforuplinkcellsservedbyLBBPdandUBBPdboardsinlighttraffic
scenarios.SelectingthisoptiondoesnotaffectthecellsservedbytheLBBPcboard.
Whenthisoptionisdeselected,theprobabilityforenteringfrequencyselectiveschedulingremainsunchanged.
Impactoncapacityandperformance
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
1.ForcellsservedbyLBBPdandUBBPdboardsinlighttrafficscenarios,enablingthisfeatureincreasesperceivableuplinkrateanddecreasestheuplink
RBLER.
2.TheimpactonperformanceofcellsservedbytheLBBPcboardremainsunchanged.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheUlFssUserThdStSwitchoptionisaddedtotheUlSchSwitchparameterintheCellAlgoSwitchMO.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODCELLALGOSWITCHcommandwiththeUlFssUserThdStSwitchoptionoftheUlSchSwitchparameterselected.
6.6.3OptimizedDownlinkSchedulinginScenariosofLargeTrafficVolume
Description
Inscenariosoflargetrafficvolume,servicesusingsmallsizeddatapacketsoccupymanyradioresources.Inaddition,thenumberofUEsindownlinkschedulingisrestricted
becausePDCCHresourcesarelimited.Asaresult,thedownlinkPDSCHresourceusageislow.
ThissolutionimprovesdownlinkPDSCHresourceusageanddownlinkthroughputinscenariosoflargetrafficvolume.
Implementation
Inscenariosoflargetrafficvolume(determinedbythenumberofcelllevelUEs),theeNodeBrandomlyselectsaUEusinglargesizeddatapacketsduringdownlinkschedulingand
reservesPDCCHresourcesfortheUE.TheeNodeBallocatesPDCCHresourcestotheUEwhenschedulingthelastUE.
Impactoncapacity
ThissolutionimprovesdownlinkPRBusageanddownlinkthroughputinscenariosoflargetrafficvolume.However,uplinkthroughputmaybeadverselyaffectedbecause:
Theincreaseinthenumberofpacketssentindownlinkincreasespacketrepliesinuplink,whichoccupiesuplinkresourcesandaffectsuplinkperformance.
MorePDSCHresourcesareallocatedindownlink,andthereforelongertimeisrequiredfordownlinkscheduling.Asaresult,uplinkschedulingbecomes
shorter,whichaffectsuplinkperformance.
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheUeNumThdInPdcchPdschBalparameterisaddedtotheCELLDLSCHALGOMO,specifyingthethresholdforthenumberofcelllevelUEsabovewhichthe
PDCCHandPDSCHresourceallocationoptimizationmechanismisactivated.TheDataThdInPdcchPdschBalparameterisadded,specifyingthetrafficvolume
thresholdabovewhichtheUEisdeterminedasaUEwithlargepackets.
None
None
None
None
ImpactedFeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODCELLDLSCHALGOcommandtoconfiguretheUeNumThdInPdcchPdschBalandDataThdInPdcchPdschBalparameters.
6.6.4EnhancedDownlinkMCSLoweringforMultipleUEswithSmallPackets
Description
ThisenhancementrestrictsthemaximumnumberofordersfordownlinkMCSloweringtocontroltheRBsizeextension.Thisreducestheinterferencetoneighboringcellsand
thereforeincreasesthedownlinkthroughputofUEsandcells.Itisrecommendedthatthisfunctionbeenabledwhenthedownlinkloadisnotheavy.
Implementatio
DownlinkMCSloweringformultipleUEswithsmallpacketsisnowenhancedsothatamaximumofthreeMCSorderscanbeloweredfornonpingservicesindownlinkscheduling.
Thisrestrictiondoesnotapplytopingservices.
ThisenhancementtakeseffectwhentheRBPriMcsSelectStrategyparameterintheMODCellDLSCHALGOcommandissettoMULTIUSER_LOWERMCSLIMITED_STRATEGY
andtheRBPriMcsSelectRatioThdparameterissettoalargervalue.
Impactoncapacity
Whenthisenhancementtakeseffect,thedownlinkthroughputforcellsandUEsincreases.
Impactonperformance
Whenthisenhancementtakeseffect,thedownlinkUEthroughputisincreasedandtransmissiondelayisshortened.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
ImpactonInterNEInterface
None
None
ThevalueMULTIUSER_LOWERMCSLIMITED_STRATEGYhasbeenaddedtotheCellDlschAlgo.RBPriMcsSelectStrategyparameter.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODCELLDLSCHALGOcommandwithRBPriMcsSelectStrategysettoMULTIUSER_LOWERMCSLIMITED_STRATEGYandRBPriMcsSelectRatioThdtoalarger
value.
6.6.5OptimizedPreallocationofSparseServicesforNSUEs
Description
Fornormalservice(NS)UEs,boththepreallocationperiodandpreallocateddatavolumeofsparseservicesarenowcontrolledindependentlyfromthoseofotherservices.Thishelps
shortenthedelayofsparseservicesforNSUEswithoutincreasingtheuplinkinterference.
Implementation
TheMinimalPeriodofSparsePreallocationandDataSizeofSparsePreallocationparametershavebeenaddedtotheCellUlschAlgoMO.AneNodeBperformsuplink
preallocationofsparseservicesforNSUEsbasedonthesettingsofthetwoparameters.OperatorscanoptimizethedelayofsparseservicesforNSUEsbyadjustingthese
parameterswhileensuringthatothertypesofservicesarenotaffected.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
ForsparseservicesofNSUEs,ashorterpreallocationperiodresultsinashorterservicedelay,withoutaffectingthepreallocationofothertypesofservices.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheMinimalPeriodofSparsePreallocationandDataSizeofSparsePreallocationparametershavebeenaddedtotheCellUlschAlgoMO.
None
None
ThisfunctiondependsonthesmartpreallocationfunctionintheLOFD00101502DynamicSchedulingfeature.
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODCELLULSCHALGOcommandtosettheMinimalPeriodofSparsePreallocationandDataSizeofSparsePreallocationparameters.
6.7LOFD081229VoiceCharacteristicAwarenessScheduling
6.7.1EnhancementintheVoiceCharacteristicAwarenessSchedulingFeature
Description
Inpreviousversions,thisfeatureinvolvesULDelaybasedDynamicSchedulingandUplinkVoLTEVolumeEstimationforDynamicScheduling.Inthisversion,theindependent
configurationforvoiceinactivitytimerisadded.WhenacalledUEdoesnotanswerthecall,thecallingUEisreleasedaftertheUEinactivitytimerexpires.ThecallingUEinidle
modemaybereselectedtoacellthatdoesnotsupportvoiceservices.Thisfeatureisenhancedtoresolvetheprecedingissue.Itisrecommendedthatthisfeaturebeenabledin
systemswithcellsnotsupportingvoiceservices.
Implementation
ThecelllevelswitchUEInactiveTimerQCI1SwitchhasbeenaddedtocontrolwhethertheUEinactivitytimerforvoiceservicestakeseffect.Whenthe
UEInactiveTimerQCI1SwitchparameterissettoON(On),theUEinactivitytimerforvoiceservicestakeseffect.Otherwise,thistimerdoesnottakeeffect.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
WhentheUEinactivitydetectiontimerforvoiceservicesisturnedon,theonlinedurationofvoiceserviceUEsbecomesshortiftheUeInactiveTimerQci1parameter
valueissmallerthantheUeInactiveTimerparametervalue.Thevoiceservicedropratedecreases.WhentheUeInactiveTimerQci1parametervalueisgreaterthanthe
UeInactiveTimerparametervalue,theonlinedurationofvoiceserviceUEsbecomeslonger.ThisreducesthenumberofRRCconnectionrequests,decreasesnumberof
normalreleases,andincreasesthevoiceservicedroprate.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
TheexistinglicenseforEnhancementintheVoiceCharacteristicAwarenessSchedulingFeatureisstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthe
license.
TheUEInactiveTimerQCI1SwitchparameterhasbeenaddedtotheCellAlgoSwitchMO.
None
Thisfeatureisunderlicensecontrol.AfteraneNodeBisupgradedfromanearlierversiontoBTS3900V100R010C10SPC050,ALM26819DataConfigurationExceeding
LicensedLimitmaybegenerated.
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODCELLALGOSWITCHcommandtosettheUEInactiveTimerQCI1Switchparameter.WhenthisparameterissettoON(On),theUEinactivitytimerforvoiceservices
takeseffect.Otherwise,thistimerdoesnottakeeffect.
6.7.2SupportofDynamicUplinkVoLTESchedulingDataAmountComputation
Description
ThisfeatureallowsaneNodeBtoaccuratelycomputethedynamicuplinkschedulingdataamountofVoLTEservicesbasedontheVoLTEservicemodelanduplinkscheduling
interval.Theaccuratecomputationimprovesvoicequalitywhencellsareheavilyloaded,theprobabilityoffailingtodetecttheschedulingrequest(SR)ishigh,orDRXisenabled.It
isgoodpracticetoenablethisfeatureinVoLTEscenarios.
Implementation
TheUlVoLTEDataSizeEstSwitchparameterhasbeenaddedtotheCellUlSchAlgoMOtocontrolthisfeature.IfaneNodeBisenabledwiththisfeature,
DuringtalkspurtsofuplinkVoLTEservices,theeNodeBcomputesthenumberofvoicepacketscachedbyUEsbasedontheuplinkschedulingintervalandthen
calculatesthedynamicuplinkschedulingdataamountbasedonthevoicepacketsize.
DuringsilentperiodsofuplinkVoLTEservices,theeNodeBcomputesthedynamicuplinkschedulingdataamountbasedonthesizeofavoicepacket.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
Whenthisfeatureisenabled:
Thepackettransferdelayanduplinkpacketlossrate(indicatedbytheL.Traffic.UL.PktLoss.Loss.QCI.1orL.Traffic.UL.PktLoss.Tot.QCI.1counter)ofVoLTE
servicesdecrease,improvingvoicequality.
TheRBandCCEresourceoverheadsofvoiceusersincrease,decreasingthevaluesoftheTraffic.Thruput.CellandTraffic.Thruput.PDF.Cellcountersifthe
numberofvoiceusersislarge.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
TheVoiceCharacteristicAwarenessSchedulinglicensecontrolitemhasbeenaddedforthisfeature.
TheUlVoLTEDataSizeEstSwitchparameterhasbeenaddedtotheCellUlSchAlgoMO.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
Toenablethisfeature,runtheMODCELLULSCHALGOcommandwithUlVoLTEDataSizeEstSwitchsetto1.
Todisablethisfeature,runtheMODCELLULSCHALGOcommandwithUlVoLTEDataSizeEstSwitchsetto0.
6.8LOFD001051CompactBandwidth
Description
LTEspecificationsdefineonlysixstandardfrequencybandwidths:1.4MHz,3MHz,5MHz,10MHz,15MHz,and20MHz.However,insomecountries,operatorsmayacquirenon
standardbandwidths.HuaweieNodeBssupporttheCompactBandwidthfeaturetoenableoperatorstodeployLTEsystemsundernonstandardbandwidthsinthe1800MHzband,
whichareconsideredcompactwhencomparedwiththecorrespondingstandardbandwidths.
TheCompactBandwidthfeatureincreasesspectralefficiency,raisescellthroughput,andimprovesuserexperience.
Inearlierversions,RBpuncturingforCompactBandwidthappliesonlytothe20MHzchannelbandwidth.Itnowalsoappliestothe5MHzand10MHzchannelbandwidths.In
addition,thetechniqueofreducingguardbandwidths(withoutpuncturingRBs)nowappliestothe1.4MHzand3MHzchannelbandwidths.Thesechangesincreasespectral
efficiencyinsmallbandwidths.
TheCompactBandwidthfeatureisrecommendedfornonstandardbandwidthsinthefollowingranges:4.54.9MHz,8.99.9MHz,14.614.9MHz,and18.319.9MHz.
Implementation
Underacompactbandwidth,thenumberofavailableRBsmaybelessthanthatunderthecloseststandardbandwidth.Thefollowingkeytechniquesfacilitatethedeploymentofthe
LTEsystemundernonstandardbandwidths:
Reducingguardbandwidthsthroughstringentfiltering
Stringentfilteringadoptsfilterswithbetterperformancetoensurethattheguardbandwidthsarelessthan10%andeffectivebandwidthsarenotaffected.Thistechnique
helpsachievehigherspectralefficiency.Itappliesonlyinscenarioswhereanoperator'snonstandardbandwidthisslightlysmallerthanastandardbandwidth.
Reducingeffectivebandwidths
Actualbandwidthsareconfiguredasstandardbandwidths.Restrictionandcompressionprocessingareimplementedforstandardbandwidthssothatthestandard
bandwidthsfordatatransmissionarewithintheactualbandwidthrange.
Impactoncapacity
TheCompactBandwidthfeatureprovideshigherspectralefficiencyandsystemcapacitythananystandardbandwidthinthesameavailablebandwidth.
Impactonperformance
ThetechniquesfortheCompactBandwidthfeaturearetransparenttoUEs.Whenthisfeatureisused,UEsbehaveinthesamewayasinacellwiththecorresponding
standardbandwidth.However,UEsinacellwithacompactbandwidthexperiencehigherinterRATinterferencethanthoseinacellwiththecorrespondingstandard
bandwidth.Thehigherinterferencecausesnetworkperformancedeteriorationintermsoftheaccesssuccessrate,handoversuccessrate,andservicedroprate.
ImpactonNEs
ThisfeatureisimplementedontheeNodeB,CME,andOMStar.
ImpactonHardware
WhentheeNodeBuses450MHzRRU3668astheRFmodule,thenonstandardbandwidths4.54.9MHzaresupported.
WhentheeNodeBusesthe1800MHzMRFUd,1800MHzRRU3928,or1800MHzRRU3929astheRFmodule,thenonstandardbandwidths4.84.9MHz,9.69.9MHz,14.614.9
MHz,and18.319.9MHzaresupported.
None
TheexistinglicenseforCompactBandwidth(FDD)isstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
Thevaluerangesforthefollowingparametershavebeenmodified.
Name ID Description
Customizeddownlinkbandwidth CustomizedDLBandWidth Thisparameterspecifiesthecustomizeddownlinkcell

bandwidth.Itsvaluerangehasbeenmodifiedtosupportsmall
bandwidths.
Customizeduplinkbandwidth CustomizedULBandWidth Thisparameterspecifiesthecustomizeduplinkcellbandwidth.

Itsvaluerangehasbeenmodifiedtosupportsmall
bandwidths.
None
None
None
Bandwidthcustomizationdoesnotapplyto2T8Rcells.
Impactedfeatures
LBFD002003PhysicalChannelManagement
Theamountanddistributionofresourcesallocatedtophysicalchannelsundercompactbandwidthsareslightlydifferentfromthoseunderstandardbandwidths.
ThephysicalchannelsincludethePRACH,PUCCH,PUSCH,SRS,PCFICH,PHICH,PDCCH,andPDSCH.
LBFD002016DynamicDownlinkPowerAllocation
Undercompactbandwidths,PDCCHpowermustbeincreasedoccasionallytooffsettheenergylosscausedbyRBpuncturingfromthecorresponding
standardbandwidths.
LOFD002007PCICollisionDetection&SelfOptimization
PCIsofcellsaffectthelocationsofRBsoccupiedbyPHICHsandPCFICHs.TheCompactBandwidthfeatureimposesconstraintsonPCIassignmentto
preventbandedgeRBsfrombeingoccupiedbyPHICHsandPCFICHs.ThisensuresthatUEscorrectlyinterpretthePHICHsandPCFICHs.
LOFD00101501CQIAdjustment
CQImeasurementerrorscausedbytheCompactBandwidthfeaturearecorrectedbyusingtheCQIadjustmentalgorithm.
LBFD002023AdmissionControlandLOFD001032IntraLTELoadBalancing
WhencalculatingtheRBusageandcheckingthenumberofRBsoccupiedbyGBRservices,theadmissioncontrolandloadbalancingalgorithmsmeasurethe
totalnumberofRBsavailableforservicesbasedonthemaximumnumberofRBsundercompactbandwidths.
LBFD00202201DownlinkStaticInterCellInterferenceCoordination
WhenRBpuncturingfortheCompactBandwidthfeatureisusedinacell,onlystaticandadaptiveICICcanbeusedfordownlinkintercellinterference
coordination.
RelatedOperations
None
6.9LBFD002003PhysicalChannelManagement
6.9.1UpperLimitConfigurableforthePDCCHCodingRate
Description
ThisfeatureallowsuserstoconfiguretheupperlimitofthePDCCHcodingrate.Withoutthisfeature,aggregationlevel1cannotbeconfiguredforPDCCHswhosecodingrate
exceedstheupperlimitinsomeDCIformats.ThisfeaturehelpsincreasethemaximumnumberofuserssupportedbyPDCCHs,therebyincreasingsystemcapacity.Itis
recommendedthatthisfeaturebeenabledwhenPDCCHsareinsufficient.
Implementation
ThePdcchMaxCodeRateparameterisaddedtospecifytheupperlimitofthePDCCHcodingrate.
Impactoncapacity
Aggregationlevel1cannowbeconfiguredinsomeDCIformatsaftertheupperlimitofthePDCCHcodingrateisincreased.Thisway,themaximumnumberofusers
supportedbyPDCCHsincreases,therebyincreasingsystemcapacity.
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
ThePdcchMaxCodeRateparameterhasbeenaddedtotheCELLPDCCHALGOMOMO.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODCELLPDCCHALGOcommandwithPdcchMaxCodeRatesettoanappropriatevalue(recommendedvalue:0.95)toincreasetheupperlimitofthePDCCHcoding
rate.
6.9.2OptimizedUplinkCCEAllocationAlgorithm
Description
Thisfeaturereservescontrolchannelelements(CCEs)inthecommonsearchspaceforUEsintheuplink.ItincreasestheuplinkCCEallocationsuccessratewhenphysical
downlinkcontrolchannel(PDCCH)resourcesareinsufficient.
ItisrecommendedthatthisfeaturebeenabledifuplinkperformanceispoorbecauseofinsufficientPDCCHresources.
Implementation
TheunusedCCEsnumberedfrom0to7inthecommonsearchspacearereservedforUEsintheuplinkifallthefollowingconditionsaremet:
Thecellbandwidthisgreaterthanorequalto5MHz.
ThenumberofPDCCHsymbolshasreacheditsmaximum.
ThenumberofavailableuplinkCCEsisgreaterthanorequalto8.
Impactoncapacity
WhenPDCCHresourcesareinsufficient,thisfeatureraisestheuplinkCCEallocationsuccessrate,therebyincreasingtheVoIPcapacityanduplinkthroughput.
However,thisfeatureextendsdownlinkschedulingdelayforsomeUEs.
Impactonperformance
Thisfeatureincreasestheaccesssuccessrate(RRCSetupSuccessRate(Service))onwhichPDCCHresourceinsufficiencyhasanegativeimpact.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheUlPdcchAllocImproveSwitchparameterhasbeenaddedtotheCellPdcchAlgoMOtocontrolthepolicyusedtoincreasetheuplinkCCEallocationsuccessrate.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
ToenableCCEreservationinthecommonsearchspaceforUEsintheuplink,runtheMODCELLPDCCHALGOcommandwithReserveCommonCCESwitchofthe
UlPdcchAllocImproveSwitchparameterselected.Todisablethisfunction,runtheMODCELLPDCCHALGOcommandwithReserveCommonCCESwitchofthe
UlPdcchAllocImproveSwitchparameterdeselected.
6.9.3EnhancementinUserLevelSRSPeriodConfiguration
Description
ThisfeatureextendsthevaluerangeoftheuserlevelSRSperiodtothemaximumvalueallowableinthe3GPPspecifications.TheimprovementallowsmoreUEstobeconfigured
withSRSinacell.Itisrecommendedthatfeaturebeenabledinhightrafficscenarios.
Implementation
ThevaluerangeoftheUserSRSperiodconfigparameterhasbeenextended.Now,thesupportedvaluerangesarems5(5ms),ms10(10ms),ms20(20ms),ms40(40ms),
ms80(80ms),ms160(160ms),andms320(320ms).
Impactoncapacity
MorevaluesareavailablefortheUserSRSperiodconfigparameter,whichallowsmoreUEstobeconfiguredwithSRSinacell.
Impactonperformance
AlongerSRSperiod(suchasms80(80ms),ms160(160ms),orms320(320ms))resultsindegradedSRSmeasurementcapacityandloweruplinktimealignmentaccuracy,
whichresultsinoutofsynchronizations.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
ThevaluerangeoftheUserSRSperiodconfigparameteroftheSrsAdaptiveCfgMOisextended.Thenewparametervaluesms80(80ms),ms160(160ms),and
ms320(320ms)aresupported.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODSRSADAPTIVECFGcommandtosettheUserSRSperiodconfigparameter.
6.9.4OptimizedtheEffectiveScopeofSRI/CQI/SRSAdaptiveParameters
Description
TheeffectivescopeofSRI/CQI/SRSadaptiveparametersischangedfromeNodeBleveltocelllevel.Thatis,eachcellindependentlycontrolstheconfigurationsofSRI/CQI/SRS
adaptiveparameters.
Implementation
Thefollowingparametersareindisusetoimplementthisfeature.
MO ParameterName
GlobalProcSwitch SRIAdaptiveSwitch
CqiAdaptiveCfg CQIPeriodAdaptiveSwitch
UserlevelCQIPeriodConfiguration
SimulAckNackAndCQIConfigSwitch
HandoverAperiodicCQIConfigSwitch
SrsAdaptiveCfg SRSPeriodAdaptiveSwitch
UserSRSperiodconfig
ThefollowingMOisindisusetoimplementthisfeature.
MOName
SrsAdaptiveCfg
ThefollowingMOsareaddedtoimplementthisfeature.
MOName
CellCqiAdaptiveCfg
CellSrsAdaptiveCfg
Thefollowingparametersareaddedtoimplementthisfeature.
MO ParameterName
PUCCHCfg SRIPeriodAdaptiveSwitch
CellCqiAdaptiveCfg CQIPeriodAdaptiveSwitch
UserCQIperiod
CellSrsAdaptiveCfg SRSPeriodAdaptiveSwitch
UserSRSPeriod
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
1.Thefollowingparametersareindisuse.
MO ParameterName
GlobalProcSwitch SRIadaptiveswitch
CqiAdaptiveCfg CQIPeriodAdaptiveSwitch
UserCQIperiodconfig
SrsAdaptiveCfg SRSperiodadaptiveswitch
UserSRSperiodconfig
2.ThefollowingMOisindisuse.
MOName
SrsAdaptiveCfg
3.ThefollowingMOsareadded.
MOName
CellCqiAdaptiveCfg
CellSrsAdaptiveCfg
4.Thefollowingparametersareadded.
MO ParameterName
PUCCHCfg SRIPeriodAdaptiveSwitch
CellCqiAdaptiveCfg CQIPeriodAdaptiveSwitch
UserCQIperiod
CellSrsAdaptiveCfg SRSperiodadaptiveswitch
UserSRSPeriod
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODPUCCHCFGcommandtosettheSRIPeriodAdaptiveSwitchparameter.
RuntheMODCELLCQIADAPTIVECFGcommandtosettheCQIperiodadaptiveswitchparameter.
RuntheMODCELLCQIADAPTIVECFGcommandtosettheUserCQIperiodparameter.
RuntheMODCELLCQIADAPTIVECFGcommandtosettheSimulAckNackAndCQIConfigSwitchparameter.
RuntheMODCELLCQIADAPTIVECFGcommandtosettheHandoverAperiodicCQIConfigSwitchparameter.
RuntheMODCELLSRSADAPTIVECFGcommandtosettheSRSPeriodAdaptiveSwitchparameter.
RuntheMODCELLSRSADAPTIVECFGcommandtosettheUserSRSPeriodparameter.
6.10LOFD001076CPRICompression
6.10.1ConfiguringCPRICompressionTypesbySectorEquipmentforFDDSFNCells
Description
ThisfeatureallowsuserstoconfiguretheCPRIcompressiontypebysectorequipmentforFDDSFNcells.Withoutthisfeature,ifFDDSFNcellsareconfiguredondifferent
basebandprocessingboards,theseboardsmustbeconfiguredwiththesameCPRIcompressiontype.Withthisfeature,differentsectorequipmentcanbeconfiguredwithdifferent
CPRIcompressiontypesbasedontheCPRIcompressioncapabilitiesofbasebandprocessingboardsandCPRIlinkbandwidthrequirements.Itisrecommendedthatthisfeaturebe
enabledwhenSFNcellsareconfiguredonLBBPdand/orUBBPdboardsanddifferentcompressiontypesareconfiguredforsectorequipment.
Implementation
TheSectorCpriCompressionparameterintheEUCELLSECTOREQMMOismodifiedtoallowuserstoconfiguretheCPRIcompressiontypeforeachsectorequipmentinFDD
mode.ThisparameterandtheCPRICompressionparameterintheCELLMOcanbeconfiguredsimultaneously.ThevalueoftheCPRICompressionparametertakeseffectfor
sectorequipmentonlywhentheSectorCpriCompressionparameterissettoNULL(Invalid).
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
TheenhancementsofthisfeatureareimplementedontheeNodeBandU2000.
ImpactonHardware
None
None
TheexistinglicensefortheCPRIcompressionfeatureisstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
Modified EUCELLSECTOREQM. MODEUCELLSECTOREQM Thisparameterisnowallowedtobeconfiguredin

SectorCpriCompression ADDEUCELLSECTOREQM theEUCELLSECTOREQMMOinFDDmode.
None
None
None
LOFD001076CPRICompressionandLOFD001031ExtendedCParemutuallyexclusive.
Impactedfeatures
LOFD003029SFN
DifferentsectorequipmentinSFNcellscanbeconfiguredwithdifferentCPRIcompressiontypes.
CPRIcompressiontypescanbeconfiguredbasedontheCPRIcompressioncapabilitiesofbasebandprocessingboardsandCPRIlinkbandwidthrequirements.
Therefore,CPRIcompressionparametersforSFNcellscanbeflexiblyconfigured.
RelatedOperations
None
6.10.2Supporting4:1CPRICompressionRatiointheLampSiteSolution
Description
IntheLampSitesolution,4:1CPRIcompressionratioforLTEcellscanbeachievedontheelectricalports(connectedusingEthernetcables)betweenanRHUBandthepRRUs,
savingbandwidthresourcesofEthernetcables.LTEcellswith5MHzbandwidthsupportonly2:1CPRIcompressionratio.
Implementation
InthedownlinkforLTEFDDcellswith20,15,or10MHzbandwidth,thisfeatureisimplementedasfollows:
1.TheRHUBcompressestheinphase/quadrature(I/Q)databyusing4:1CPRIcompressionratioandthensendsthedatatothepRRUsoverEthernetcables.
2.ThepRRUsdecompressthereceivedI/Qdataandthensendthedecompresseddatatothedownlinkintermediateandradiofrequencysubsystem.
Theprocessingintheuplinkisreversetothatinthedownlink.Intheuplink,pRRUsfirstcompressI/QdataandsendthedatatotheRHUB,whichthenperformsdecompressing.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
ThefollowingparameterisaddedontheeNodeBsidetoaccommodatethisfeature.
New CpriEthCompressionRatio ADDCELL eNodeB Thisparameterisaddedtospecifythe

MODCELL CPRIcompressionratiofortheCPRIE
electricalport.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
Fordetails,seesection"EngineeringGuidelines"inCPRICompressionFeatureParameterDescription.
6.10.3OptimizationofCPRICompression
Description
ThisfeatureenhancesCPRIcompression.ComparedwithcommonCPRIcompression,enhancedCPRIcompressionsupportsahigherCPRIcompressionratio.EnhancedCPRI
compressionresolvestheproblemofinsufficientCPRIlinkbandwidthinthecaseofmultilevelRRUcascading.EnhancedCPRIcompressionappliestoscenarioswheretheCPRI
linkbandwidthisstillinsufficientaftercommonCPRIcompressionisenabled.
Implementation
Byreducingthesamplingrateandbitwidthandusingspecialcompressionalgorithms,enhancedCPRIcompressioncanprovide3:1CPRIcompressioncapabilityforcellswiththe
bandwidthof15MHzor20MHzandprovide2:1CPRIcompressioncapabilityforcellswiththebandwidthof10MHz.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
TheenhancementsofthisfeatureareimplementedontheeNodeBandU2000.
ImpactonHardware
OnlytheUBBPdandtheRRU3630andRRU3632supporttheenhancementsofthisfeature.
None
TheexistinglicensefortheCPRIcompressionfeatureisstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
Modified CELL.CPRICompression LSTCELL TheENHANCED_COMPRESSIONvaluehasbeen

ADDCELL addedtotheCPRICompressionparameterinthe
MODCELL CellMO.
Modified EUCELLSECTOREQM. LSTEUCELLSECTOREQM TheENHANCED_COMPRESSIONvaluehasbeen

SectorCpriCompression MODEUCELLSECTOREQM addedtotheSectorCpriCompressionparameterin
ADDEUCELLSECTOREQM theeUCellSectorEqmMO.
None
None
None
LOFD001076CPRICompressionisnotcompatiblewithLOFD001031ExtendedCP.
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
None
6.11LBFD002011Paging
6.11.1IncreasedPagingSpecificationsto1800paging/s
Description
Thepagingspecificationsareincreasedfrom1000paging/sto1800paging/s.
Implementation
Thedesignisoptimizedtosupportthisfeature..
Thevaluesofcountersrelatedtothenumberofdiscardedpagingmessagesareaffected.Ahigherpagingspecificationresultsinshorterexpectedaveragepagingdelayandlarger
PRBusageonthePDSCH.However,thishasminorimpactonthroughput.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
RelatedOperations
1.RuntheMODPCCHCFGcommandwiththeDefaultPagingCycleparametersettorf128(128radioframes).
2.RuntheMODPCCHCFGcommandwiththeNbparametersettoTWOT.ThedefaultvalueoftheNbparameterisONET.Ifthisparameterissettothedefaultvalue,
themaximumpagingspecificationisnotachievable.
6.11.2PagingOptimization
Description
Theprocessingmechanismofpaginghasbeenenhancedtosupporttheconfigurationonthebitrateofpagingmessagesandthenumberofpagingrecordssoastoimprovethe
pagingsuccessrate.Itisrecommendedthatyouenablethisfeatureinscenarioswherethepagingsuccessrateislow.
Implementation
Thebitrateofpagingmessagesandrandomaccessresponsemessagesischangedfromthefixednumber0.117tobeconfigurable.Inaddition,themaximumnumberofrecordsthat
canbecontainedinapagingmessageischangedfromthefixednumber16tobeconfigurable.
Impactoncapacity
Ifdefaultbitratesareused,thisfeaturedoesnotaffectthesystemcapacity.Ifthebitrateofpagingmessagesorrandomaccessresponsemessagesischanged,thepeak
throughputofthesystemchangesslightlyasthenumberofRBsoccupiedbythesemessageschanges.
Impactonperformance
Ifdefaultbitratesareused,thisfeaturedoesnotaffectthesystemperformance.Ifthebitrateofpagingmessagesorrandomaccessresponsemessagesisincreased(decreased),
thepagingsuccessrateandrandomaccesssuccessratedecrease(increase).
Ifthebitratesaresettobetoosmall,agreatnumberofRBsareoccupiedbyrandomaccessresponsemessagesandthenumberofrandomaccessesincreases.Whenthereare
insufficientsystemresources,thesendingofrandomaccessresponsemessagesmaybedelayed,andthereforetherandomaccessresponsetimeisaffected.
IftheeNodeBneedstopagemultipleUEssimultaneously,itautomaticallyincreasesthebitratepagingmessagesiftheremainingRBscannotsupportthesendingofpaging
messagesbasedonthedefaultbitrate.Ifthemaximumnumberofrecordsthatcanbecontainedinapagingmessageissettoalargevalue,theeNodeBmayincreasethepaging
messagebitratewhenthereareaplentyofpagingmessages,andthisdecreasesthepagingsuccessrate.Ifthemaximumnumberofrecordsthatcanbecontainedinapaging
messageissettoasmallvalue,thesendingofpagingmessagesmaybedelayed,andthisaffectsthepagingresponsetime.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
ImpactonlicenseManagement
None
ImpactonconfigurationManagement
TheRarAndPagingCRparameterisaddedtotheCellDlschAlgoMOtospecifythebitratesforrandomaccessresponsemessagesandpagingmessages.
TheMaxPagingRecordsNumparameterisaddedtothePCCHCfgMOtospecifythemaximumnumberofrecordsthatcanbecontainedinapagingmessage,thatis,
themaximumnumberofUEsthatcanbepagedinonepagingopportunity.
ImpactonperformanceManagement
None
ImpactonfaultManagement
None
None
None
ImpactedFeatures
LBFD002010/TDLBFD002010RandomAccessProcedure
RelatedOperations
1.RuntheMODCELLDLSCHALGOcommandwiththeCodeRateforRandomAccessResponseandPagingMessageparametersettoapropervalue.
2.RuntheMODPCCHCFGcommandwiththeMaximumNumberofPagingRecordsparametersettoapropervalue.
6.12LOFD002001AutomaticNeighbourRelation(ANR)
Description
Automaticneighborrelation(ANR)cannowtakeeffectonaperfrequencybasis,increasingANRflexibility.FrequencyspecificANRisrecommendedinamultibandnetworkwhere
ANRdeploymentpoliciesarediversified.
Implementation
FrequencyspecificANRindicatorsarenowconfigurable.TheCell.IntraFreqAnrInd,EutranInterNFreq.AnrInd,UtranNFreq.AnrInd,andGeranNfreqGroup.AnrIndparameters
specifywhethertoallowANRmanagementofexternalcellsandneighborrelationshipswiththesecellsontheservingfrequency,neighboringEUTRANfrequencies,UTRAN
frequencies,andGERANfrequencygroups,respectively.
WheneventtriggeredorfastANRisenabled,ANRmanagesexternalcellsonafrequencyandneighborrelationshipswiththesecellsonlyiftheANRindicatorissetto
ALLOWED(ALLOWED)forthisfrequency.
WheneventtriggeredorfastANRisdisabled,ANRdoesnotmanageexternalcellsonafrequencyorneighborrelationshipswiththesecellsregardlessofwhethertheANRindicator
issettoALLOWED(ALLOWED)orNOT_ALLOWED(NOT_ALLOWED)forthisfrequency.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
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ImpactonHardware
None
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TheexistinglicensesforthefeaturesAutomaticNeighbourRelation(ANR)andInterRATANRarestillapplicable.Theenhancementofthesefeatureshasnoimpacton
thelicenses.
Thefollowingparametershavebeenadded.
MO ParameterID Description
Cell IntraFreqAnrInd ThisnewparameterspecifieswhethertoallowANRmanagementofexternal

cellsontheservingfrequencyandneighborrelationshipswiththesecells.
EutranInterNFreq AnrInd ThisnewparameterspecifieswhethertoallowANRmanagementofexternal

cellsonaneighboringEUTRANfrequencyandneighborrelationshipswith
thesecells.
UtranNFreq AnrInd ThisnewparameterspecifieswhethertoallowANRmanagementofexternal

cellsonaneighboringUTRANfrequencyandneighborrelationshipswiththese
cells.
GeranNfreqGroup AnrInd ThisnewparameterspecifieswhethertoallowANRmanagementofexternal

cellsonfrequenciesinaneighboringGERANfrequencygroupandneighbor
relationshipswiththesecells.
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RelatedOperations
RuntheMODCELLcommandwiththeIntraFreqANRIndicationparametersettoNOT_ALLOWED(NOT_ALLOWED)orALLOWED(ALLOWED).
RuntheMODEUTRANINTERNFREQcommandwiththeANRIndicationparametersettoNOT_ALLOWED(NOT_ALLOWED)orALLOWED(ALLOWED).
RuntheMODUTRANNFREQcommandwiththeANRIndicationparametersettoNOT_ALLOWED(NOT_ALLOWED)orALLOWED(ALLOWED).
RuntheMODGERANNFREQGROUPcommandwiththeANRIndicationparametersettoNOT_ALLOWED(NOT_ALLOWED)orALLOWED(ALLOWED).
ThevaluesALLOWED(ALLOWED)andNOT_ALLOWED(NOT_ALLOWED)indicateANRmanagementisallowedandprohibited,respectively.
Description
ThisfeatureoptimizesthecoordinationbetweentheadditionofneighboringcellsandthehandoverdecisionmakingwhentheOptModeparameterintheANRMOissetto
CONTROLLED(CONTROLLED).Specifically,thisfeaturecontrolswhethertoinitiatehandoverstoanewlyaddedneighboringcelltobemanuallyconfirmedwhentheOptMode
parameterintheANRMOissettoCONTROLLED(CONTROLLED).Therefore,thisfeaturepreventshandoverstoabnormalneighboringcellsbeforeoptimizationadviceforadding
theneighborrelationshipismanuallyconfirmed,improvingthehandoversuccessrate.ItisrecommendedthatthisfeaturebeenabledwhentheOptModeparameterintheANRMO
issettoCONTROLLED(CONTROLLED).
Implementation
TheAnrControlledHoStrategyparameterintheANRMOcontrolswhethertoinitiateahandovertoaneighboringcellwhenboththefollowingconditionsaremet:
WhenthisparameterissettoPERMIT_HO(PERMIT_HO),handoverscanbeinitiatedtoanewneighboringcellregardlessofwhetherthecellhasbeenaddedtotheneighboringcell
list(NCL)orneighboringrelationtable(NRT).WhenthisparameterissettoFORBID_HO(FORBID_HO),handoverscannotbeinitiatedtoanewneighboringcellthathasnotbeen
addedtotheNRT.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
WhenthisparameterissettoPERMIT_HO(PERMIT_HO),handoverscanbeinitiatedtonewneighboringcellsinatimelymanner.However,handoversfailifpeerend
neighboringcellsareabnormal.
WhenthisparameterissettoFORBID_HO(FORBID_HO),handoverscannotbeinitiatedtoanyneighboringcellthathasnotbeenconfirmedbyusers.Ifsuchacellisan
optimalneighboringcell,thissettingcausestheservicedropratetoincreaseandthehandoversuccessratetodecrease.
ImpactonNEs
ImpactonHardware
None
None
TheexistinglicensecontrolitemAutomaticNeighbourRelation(ANR)/InterRATANRisstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
TheAnrControlledHoStrategyparameterhasbeenaddedtotheANRMO.ThisparametercanbesettoPERMIT_HO(PERMIT_HO)orFORBID_HO(FORBID_HO).
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RelatedOperations
RuntheMODANRcommandwithAnrControlledHoStrategysettoPERMIT_HO(PERMIT_HO)orFORBID_HO(FORBID_HO).
Description
ThisfeatureoptimizesthecoordinationbetweenperiodicmeasurementgaprelatedfeaturesandVoIPservices.ItiscontrolledbytheVoipWithGapModeparameter.Whenperiodic
measurementgaprelatedfeaturesandVoIPservicesareusedsimultaneously,ifthisparameterissettoDISABLE,periodicgapassistedmeasurementsarenotinitiatedforVoIP
UEs,therebypreventingdeteriorationinvoicequality.YouareadvisedtoenablethisfeaturewhenperiodicmeasurementgaprelatedfeaturesandVoIPservicesareused
simultaneously.
Implementation
IfthefeaturesthattriggerperiodicinterfrequencyandinterRATmeasurementareenabled,VoIPUEsareallowedtoenterperiodicmeasurementgaps.Duringthegaps,UEsarenot
scheduledandthereforevoicequalitydeteriorates.
TheVoipWithGapModeparameterhasbeenaddedtotheGLOBALPROCSWITCHMO.
ThisparametercontrolswhetherVoIPUEsareallowedtoenterperiodicmeasurementgaps.VoIPUEsmayenterperiodicmeasurementgapswhenoneofthefollowing
featureorfunctionsisenabled:
MRFD231808GSMandLTEBufferzoneOptimization
Periodicinterfrequencymeasurementincelltracing
PeriodicinterRATmeasurement
ThisparametercontrolswhetherVoIPUEsexitperiodicmeasurementgapswhenVoIPservicesareinitiated.VoIPUEsmayexitperiodicmeasurementgapswhenoneof
thefollowingfeaturesorfunctionsisenabled:
TDLOFD002001AutomaticNeighbourRelation(ANR)
TDLOFD002002InterRATANR
TDLOFD002007PCICollisionDetection&SelfOptimization
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
IftheVoipWithGapModeparameterissettoDISABLE,VoIPUEsarenotallowedtoenterperiodicmeasurementgapsandthereforevoicequalityisnotaffected.
However,foraUEthathasenteredperiodicmeasurementgapsandtheninitiatesVoIPservices,theeNodeBautomaticallyremovestheperiodicinterfrequencyandinter
RATmeasurementsfortheUE.ThenumberofRRCconnectionreconfigurationmessagesovertheUuinterfaceincreasesandtheCallDropRatealsoincreases
indirectly.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
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Impactedfeatures
MRFD231808GSMandLTEBufferZoneOptimization(LTE)
TheprecedingfeaturesrequireaselectionofUEstoenterperiodicmeasurementgaps.IftheVoipWithGapModeparameterissettoDISBALE,thenumberof
UEsthatcanbeselectedandthefeatureefficiencydecrease.TheprecedingfeaturescannotbeusedifacellhasonlyVoIPUEs.
RelatedOperations
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6.12.4OptimizationofDisplayedQueryResultsofNeighboringCells
Description
ThisfeatureoptimizestheintraRATintrafrequencyandinterfrequencyneighboringcellqueryresults.NeighboringcellfrequencyandPCIinformationareaddedtothequeryresults
sothatuserscanconvenientlyviewtheresults.
Implementation
TheDSPEUTRANINTRAFREQNCELLandDSPEUTRANINTERFREQNCELLcommandsareaddedtoqueryintraRATintrafrequencyandinterfrequencyneighboringcells,
respectively.ThefieldsinthecommandsincludeLocalCellId,Mcc,Mnc,eNodeBId,CellId,DlEarfcn,andPhyCellId.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
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ImpactonHardware
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TheDSPEUTRANINTRAFREQNCELLandDSPEUTRANINTERFREQNCELLcommandsareaddedtoqueryintraRATintrafrequencyandinterfrequencyneighboringcells,
respectively.
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Impactedfeatures
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RelatedOperations
RuntheDSPEUTRANINTRAFREQNCELLcommandtoquerytheintraRATintrafrequencyneighboringcellinformation.
RuntheDSPEUTRANINTERFREQNCELLcommandtoquerytheintraRATinterfrequencyneighboringcellinformation.
Description
Neighborrelationshipremovalhasbeenoptimizedinautomaticneighborrelation(ANR)toaddresstheissuethatANRfailstoaddaneighborrelationshipbecauseofuntimely
neighborrelationshipremoval.ThisoptimizationincreasesefficiencyandaccuracyofANRmanagement.Itisrecommendedthattheoptimizedneighborrelationshipremovalfunction
beenabledwheneventtriggeredorfastANRtakeseffect.
Implementation
ANRnowsupportsthreetypesofneighborrelationshipremoval:
Removalofredundantneighborrelationships
ThisremovalfunctiontakeseffectonneighborrelationshipsofEUTRANcellswithEUTRAN,UTRAN,orGERANcells.Aneighborrelationshipisredundantifthe
numberofhandoversfromthelocalcelltotheneighboringcellis0butthetotalnumberofhandoversfromthelocalcelltoallitsneighboringcellsreachesthevalueofthe
ANR.StatisticNumForNRTDelparameterwithineachoffourconsecutivemeasurementperiodsdefinedbytheANR.StatisticPeriodForNRTDelparameter.
Thisremovalfunctiontakeseffectonintrafrequencyneighborrelationshipsonlywhenthelocalcellisconfiguredwithmorethan32intrafrequencyneighboringcells.This
restrictiondoesnotapplytoneighborrelationshipswithinterfrequencyEUTRANcells,UTRANcells,orGERANcells.
Thisremovalfunctiondoesnotapplytotheneighboringcellsthatmeetanyofthefollowingconditions:
TheNoremoveindicatorparameterissettoFORBID_RMV_ENUM(ForbidANRRemove).
TheControlModeparameterissettoMANUAL_MODE(ManualMode).
Theblindhandoverpriorityissettoanonzerovalue.
TheOverlapIndicatorparameterissettoYES(YES).
TheNohandoverindicatorparameterissettoFORBID_HO_ENUM(ForbidHo).
Removalofinappropriateneighborrelationships
AneighborrelationshipisinappropriateifthenumberofhandoversfromeachcellservedbythelocaleNodeBtothisneighboringcellreachesthevalueofthe
ANR.NcellHoStatNumparameterandthehandoversuccessrateislessthanorequaltothevalueoftheANR.DelCellThdparameterwithinameasurementperiod
definedbytheANR.StatisticPeriodparameter.
Inearlierversions,thisremovalfunctionappliesonlytointraRATneighborrelationships.Now,thisfunctionalsoappliestoneighborrelationshipswithUTRANand
GERANcells.
Thisremovalfunctiondoesnotapplytotheneighboringcellsthatmeeteitherofthefollowingconditions:
Prioritybasedremovalwhenthenumberofneighborrelationshipsreachesitsmaximum
ThisremovalfunctiontakeseffectonneighborrelationshipsofEUTRANcellswithEUTRAN,UTRAN,orGERANcells.
ANRselectsaneighborrelationshipasacandidateifthenumberofhandoversfromthelocalcelltoallitsneighboringcellsreachesthevalueofthe
ANR.StatisticNumForNRTDelparameterandthenumberofhandoversfromthelocalcelltothisneighboringcellorthenumberofmeasurementsonthisneighboringcell
isnotgreaterthanaspecificthresholdwithinameasurementperioddefinedbytheANR.StatisticPeriodForNRTDelparameter.Thisthresholdisspecifiedbythe
ANR.NcellHoForNRTDelThd,ANR.UtranNcellHoForNRTDelThd,orANR.GeranNcellHoForNRTDelThdparameteriftheneighboringcellisanEUTRAN,UTRAN,
orGERANcell,respectively.
ANRarrangescandidateneighborrelationshipsbasedonfrequencyprioritiesandthenumberofmeasurementsorhandovers.Theprioritiesoftheservingfrequency,
neighboringEUTRANfrequencies,UTRANfrequencies,orGERANfrequencygroupsarespecifiedbytheFreqPriorityForAnrparameterintheCell,EutranInterNFreq,
UtranNFreq,orGeranNfreqGroupmanagedobjects(MOs),respectively.Whenthenumberofneighborrelationshipsreachesitsmaximum,ANRremovesthelowest
priorityneighborrelationshipbeforeitaddsanotherneighborrelationship.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
TheoptimizedneighborrelationshipremovalfunctionincreasesefficiencyandaccuracyofANRmanagement,reducesthenumberofhandoverfailurescausedby
inappropriateneighborrelationships,andreducesphysicalcellidentifier(PCI)conflictalarmsreportedduetoredundantneighborrelationships.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
thelicenses.
Thefollowingparametershavebeenaddedormodified.
ChangeType MO ParameterID Description

New ANR NrtDelMode Thisnewparameterprovidesthefollowingoptions:
EUTRAN_DELREDUNDANCENCELL
Itspecifieswhethertoenableremovalofredundantneighbor
relationshipswithEUTRANcells.
UTRAN_DELREDUNDANCENCELL
relationshipswithUTRANcells.
GERAN_DELREDUNDANCENCELL
relationshipswithGERANcells.
UTRAN_DELERRORNCELL
Itspecifieswhethertoenableremovalofinappropriateneighbor
GERAN_DELERRORNCELL
New Cell FreqPriorityForAnr ThisnewparameterinanyoftheseMOsspecifiesthefrequencypriority

EutranInterNFreq usedinevaluationofneighborrelationshipremovalwhenthenumberof
neighborrelationshipsreachesitsmaximum.
UtranNFreq
GeranNfreqGroup
Modified ANR NcellHoForNRTDelThd Thevaluerangeofthisparameterhasbeenextended.
New ANR UtranNcellHoForNRTDelThd Thisnewparameterspecifiesthethresholdusedtoselectcandidate

UTRANcellsforneighborrelationshipremovalwhenthenumberof
New ANR GeranNcellHoForNRTDelThd Thisnewparameterspecifiesthethresholdusedtoselectcandidate

GERANcellsforneighborrelationshipremovalwhenthenumberof
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RelatedOperations
To... Run... With...Specified
Enableordisableremovalofredundantneighborrelationships MODANR EUTRAN_DELREDUNDANCENCELLundertheNRTDelete

withEUTRANcells Modeparameter
Enableordisableremovalofredundantneighborrelationships MODANR UTRAN_DELREDUNDANCENCELLundertheNRTDeleteMode

withUTRANcells parameter
Enableordisableremovalofredundantneighborrelationships MODANR GERAN_DELREDUNDANCENCELLundertheNRTDeleteMode

withGERANcells parameter
Enableordisableremovalofinappropriateneighbor MODANR UTRAN_DELERRORNCELLundertheNRTDeleteMode

relationshipswithUTRANcells parameter
Enableordisableremovalofinappropriateneighbor MODANR GERAN_DELERRORNCELLundertheNRTDeleteMode

relationshipswithGERANcells parameter
SetthepriorityoftheservingfrequencyforANR MODCELL ANRFrequencyPriority
SetthepriorityofaneighboringEUTRANfrequencyforANR MODEUTRANINTERNFREQ ANRFrequencyPriority
SetthepriorityofaneighboringUTRANfrequencyforANR MODUTRANNFREQ ANRFrequencyPriority
SetthepriorityofaneighboringGERANfrequencygroupfor MODGERANNFREQGROUP ANRFrequencyPriority

ANR
SetthethresholdusedtoselectcandidateEUTRANcellsfor MODANR HandoverthresholdfordeleteNRT

neighborrelationshipremoval
SetthethresholdusedtoselectcandidateUTRANcellsfor MODANR UtranHandoverThresholdforDeleteNRT

SetthethresholdusedtoselectcandidateGERANcellsfor MODANR GeranHandoverThresholdforDeleteNRT

Description
Withthisfeature,interRATeventtriggeredANRandfastANRcanaddneighboringrelationtables(NRTs)withouttheneedofneighboringcelllists(NCLs).Thisfeatureimproves
neighboringcelladditionefficiencyandaccuracyandresolvestheproblemthatneighboringcellsareconfiguredincorrectlywhenRRUsareinstalledfarawayfromtheBBU.Itis
recommendedthatthisfeaturebeenabledwhenRRUsareinstalledfarawayfromtheBBU.
Withthisfeature,intraRATeventtriggeredANRsupportsthediscoveryandadditionofunknownneighboringcellsbasedonallhandoverandmeasurementtypes.Thisfeature
improvesintraRATneighboringcelladditionefficiencyandresolvestheproblemthatunknownneighboringcellscannotbeaddedintimeincertainintraRAThandoverscenarios.
Implementation
IfthePCIofaneighboringcellhasbeenconfiguredintheNCL,thisfeatureprovidestwopoliciesforNRTadditionininterRATeventtriggeredANRtoUTRANorGERAN:NCL
basedNRTadditionandnonNCLbasedNRTaddition.
TheUtranEventANRModeparameterisaddedtotheANRMOtospecifytheNRTadditionpolicyduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRtoUTRAN:
WhentheparameterissettoBASED_NCL,NRTisaddedbasedonNCLduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRtoUTRAN.
WhentheparameterissettoNOT_BASED_NCL,NRTisaddedbasedontheCGIreportedbytheUEinsteadofbasedonNCLduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRto
UTRAN.
TheGeranEventANRModeparameterisaddedtotheANRMOtospecifytheNRTadditionpolicyduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRtoGERAN:
WhentheparameterissettoBASED_NCL,NRTisaddedbasedonNCLduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRtoGERAN.
GERAN.
AftertheNRTisaddedineventtriggeredANR,theeventtriggeredANRmechanismintheRANsharingscenariovaries.IntheRANsharingscenario,theU2000maybetriggeredto
queryneighboringcellinformation.Inthiscase,theeNodeBaddsbothNCLandNRTaftertheU2000returnsthequeryresult,irrespectiveofwhethertheparameterissetto
BASED_NCLorNOT_BASED_NCL.
WhentheNRTisaddedthroughinterfrequencyorinterRATfastANR,theNRTcanbeaddedwithouttheneedofNCLifthePCIofaneighboringcellhasbeenconfiguredinthe
NCL.
TheNRT_MODEoptionisaddedtotheFastANRModeparameterintheANRMO.WhenthisparameterissettoNRT_MODE,NRTisaddedbasedontheCGIreportedbytheUE
insteadofbasedonNCLduringinterfrequencyorinterRATfastANR.AftertheNRTisaddedinfastANR,thefastANRmechanismintheRANsharingscenariovaries.Inthe
RANsharingscenario,theU2000maybetriggeredbyfastANRtoqueryneighboringcellinformation.Inthiscase,theeNodeBaddsNCLandNRTaccordingtothe
ANR.FastAnrModeparametervalueaftertheU2000returnsthequeryresult.
IntraRATeventtriggeredANRsupportsthediscoveryandadditionofunknownneighboringcellsbasedonallhandoverandmeasurementtypes.The
IntraRatEnhancedEventAnrSwitchoptionisaddedtotheANRalgorithmswitchparameterintheENodeBAlgoSwitchMO.Thisoptioncontrolstheswitchforeventtriggered
ANRsexcludingthosetriggeredbycoveragebasedhandovers,MLBbasedhandovers,servicebasedhandovers,andservicerequestbasedhandovers.
WhenIntraRatEventAnrSwitchisonandtheANRindicationforthecorrespondingfrequencytakeseffect:IftheIntraRatEnhancedEventAnrSwitchoptionisselected,
intraRATeventtriggeredANRisenabledtoconstructandoptimizeintraRATintraorinterfrequencyneighborrelationshipsbytriggeringintraRAThandoverevents.
IftheIntraRatEnhancedEventAnrSwitchoptionisdeselected,intraRAThandovereventsarenottriggeredtoconstructoroptimizeintraRATneighborrelationships.
Inaddition,theServiceBasedEventAnrSwitchoptioncontrolstheANRtriggeredbyservicebasedhandovers.Inthisversion,thisoptiontakeseffectonbothFDDandTDDcells
underthesameeNodeBandthevalueinheritstheparametervaluebeforetheupgrade.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
Thisenhancementensuresthatcorrectneighboringcellsareadded,whichhelpsimprovethefollowingKPIs:
IntrafrequencyHandoverOutSuccessRate
InterfrequencyHandoverOutSuccessRate
InterRATHandoverOutSuccessRate(LTEtoWCDMA)
InterRATHandoverOutSuccessRate(LTEtoGSM)
TheServiceDropRate(AlwaysOnline)KPIdeteriorates.
WhenRRUsareinstalledfarawayfromtheBBUandthePCIofaneighboringcellexistsintheNCLbutnotintheNRTofacell,theeNodeBinstructstheUEtoreadthe
CGI.Therefore,signalingoverheadsovertheUuinterfaceincreaseswhentheneighborrelationshipwiththeneighboringcellisaddedtotheNRTofthecellforthefirst
time.
ThisfeaturehelpsdiscoverandaddunknownneighboringcellsinthesystemandimprovethefollowingKPIs:
IntraRATeventtriggeredANRsupportsthediscoveryandadditionofunknownneighboringcellsbasedonallhandoverandmeasurementtypes.Forunknownneighboring
cells,theeNodeBinstructstheUEtoreadtheCGI.Therefore,signalingoverheadsovertheUuinterfaceincreaseswhentheneighborrelationshipwiththeneighboring
cellisaddedtotheNRTofthecellforthefirsttime.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
thelicenses.
TheUtranEventANRModeandGeranEventANRModeparametersareaddedtotheANRMO.TheNRT_MODEoptionisaddedtotheFastANRModeparameter.
TheIntraRatEnhancedEventAnrSwitchoptionisaddedtotheANRalgorithmswitchparameterintheENodeBAlgoSwitchMO.
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Impactedfeatures
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RelatedOperations
RuntheMODANRcommand,withtheUtranEventANRModeparametersettoBASED_NCLorNOT_BASED_NCL.
RuntheMODANRcommand,withtheGeranEventANRModeparametersettoBASED_NCLorNOT_BASED_NCL.
RuntheMODANRcommand,withtheFastANRModeparametersettoNCL_MODE,NCL_NRT_MODE,orNRT_MODE.
RuntheMODENODEBALGOSWITCHcommand,withtheIntraRatEnhancedEventAnrSwitchoptionoftheANRalgorithmswitchparameterselectedordeselected.
6.12.7EnhancedX2Selfconfiguration
Description
ThisfunctionimplementsenhancedX2selfconfiguration,includingX2selfsetupandautomaticremoval.TheeNodeBdetermineswhethertoautonomouslygenerateX2optimization
policybasedonthenumberoftimesX2selfsetupisrequested.ThispreventsX2linkswithlowutilizationfrombeingautomaticallysetup,savingX2interfaceresources.Manual
interventionisnowaddedtotheX2automaticremovalmechanismfordeterminingwhethertodeleteanX2linkbetweenaHuaweieNodeBandaneNodeBfromanothervendor.This
improvesmanageabilityandmaintainabilityofX2automaticremoval.
Implementation
EnhancedX2selfsetup
TheeNodeBchecksthenumberofX2selfsetuprequestswithinameasurementperiod.AnX2linkisestablishedonlywhentherequestnumberexceedstheconfiguredthreshold
withinthemeasurementperiod.Ifthethresholdisnotexceeded,anX2linkisnotestablishedbutthenumberofX2selfsetuprequestsforthemeasurementperiodincreasesby1.
TheparametersX2SonSetupTimerandX2SonSetupNumThdintheGlobalProcSwitchMOspecifythemeasurementperiodandthreshold,respectively.
EnhancedX2automaticremoval
AftertheeNodeBautonomouslydeterminesanX2linkthatneedstobedeletedbetweenaHuaweieNodeBandaneNodeBfromanothervendor,asuggestionforX2removalis
reportedtotheU2000foruserstodecide.ThisX2linkisdeletedonlyafterauserdeterminestodoso.TheX2SonDeleteModeparameterintheGlobalProcSwitchMOdetermines
whethertoenableenhancedX2automaticremoval.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
ThefollowingparametershavebeenaddedtotheGlobalProcSwitchMO:
X2SonSetupNumThd:specifiesthethresholdfordeterminingwhethertosetupanX2linkbetweeneNodeBs.IfthenumberofX2selfsetuprequestsreachesthevalue
ofthisparameterwithinaperiod,anX2linkissetup.
X2SonSetupTimer:specifiesthedurationofeachperiodduringwhichthenumberofX2selfsetuprequestsismeasured.AnX2linkissetupifthenumberofX2self
setuprequestsduringtheperiodspecifiedbythisparameterreachesthevalueofX2SonSetupNumThd.
X2SonDeleteMode:specifiesthemodeforX2automaticremoval.
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Impactedfeatures
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RelatedOperations
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6.12.8EnhancementinAutoOptimizationofNeighboringCellswithAbnormalIntraRATHandoverSuccessRate.
Description
ThisfeatureenhancestheautooptimizationofneighboringcellswithabnormalintraRAThandoversuccessrateandavoidshandoverfailurescausedbyincorrectintraRAT
neighboringcellconfigurations,therebyincreasingtheintraRAThandoversuccessrateanddecreasingtheservicedroprate.Itisrecommendedthatthisfeaturebeusedwhenthe
ANRandIntraRATNeighborCellClassificationManagementfeaturesareenabled.
Implementation
TheIntraRatEventAnrSwitchandIntraRatNoHoSetAnrSwitchoptionsoftheENodeBAlgoSwitch.AnrSwitchparametercontroltheautooptimizationofneighboringcellswith
abnormalintraRAThandoversuccessrate.Afterautooptimizationisenabled,theimplementationisdependentonthesettingsoftheANR.NoHoSetModeparameter:
WhenthisparameterissettoNO_CHECK,intraRATANRautomaticallysetstheNoHoFlagoftheneighboringcellintheNRTtoFORBID_HO_ENUMwhenthe
followingconditionsaremet:ThetotalnumberofhandoverstoaneighboringcellwithinastatisticalperiodisgreaterthanorequaltotheANR.NcellHoStatNum
parametervalueandthehandoversuccessrateissmallerthanorequaltotheANR.NOHOSetThdparametervalue.
WhenthisparameterissettoPCI_CHECK,thetotalnumberofhandoverstoaneighboringcellwithinastatisticalperiodreachestheANR.NcellHoStatNumparameter
value,andthehandoversuccessrateissmallerthanorequalto80%,theeNodeBfirstinstructstheUEtoreadtheECGIoftheneighboringcellinthenextstatistical
periodiftheintraRAThandovermeasurementreportsentbytheUEcontainsthefrequencyorPCIcorrespondingtotheneighboringcell.Ifanunknownneighboringcellis
detected,theneighboringcellisaddedtotheNCLandNRT.IfthehandoversuccessratetoaneighboringcellisequaltoorlessthantheANR.NOHOSetThdparameter
valueintwoconsecutiveperiods(includingtheprecedingECGIreadingperiod),intraRATANRautomaticallysetstheNoHoFlagoftheneighboringcellintheNRTto
FORBID_HO_ENUM.Otherwise,theeNodeBdeterminesthatthehandoversuccessrateisnormalandretainsthevalueofNoHoFlag.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
ThisfeaturedetectsneighboringcellswithpotentialPCIconfusionintime,whichincreasesthehandoversuccessrateanddecreasestheservicedroprateforneighboringcellswith
PCIconfusion.However,CGIreadingdeterioratestheUEthroughput.Inaddition,theCGIreadingfailuremayleadtohandoverfailuresandservicedrops.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
TheexistinglicensefortheAutomaticNeighbourRelation(ANR)featureisstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
TheNoHandoverSetModeparameterisaddedtotheANRMO.
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Impactedfeatures
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RelatedOperations
RuntheMODANRcommandwiththeNoHandoverSetModeparametersettoNO_CHECKorPCI_CHECK.
Description
Automaticneighborrelation(ANR)cannowtakeeffectonaperfrequencybasis,increasingANRflexibility.FrequencyspecificANRisrecommendedinamultibandnetworkwhere
ANRdeploymentpoliciesarediversified.
Implementation
FrequencyspecificANRindicatorsarenowconfigurable.TheCell.IntraFreqAnrInd,EutranInterNFreq.AnrInd,UtranNFreq.AnrInd,andGeranNfreqGroup.AnrIndparameters
specifywhethertoallowANRmanagementofexternalcellsandneighborrelationshipswiththesecellsontheservingfrequency,neighboringEUTRANfrequencies,UTRAN
frequencies,andGERANfrequencygroups,respectively.
WheneventtriggeredorfastANRisenabled,ANRmanagesexternalcellsonafrequencyandneighborrelationshipswiththesecellsonlyiftheANRindicatorissetto
ALLOWED(ALLOWED)forthisfrequency.
WheneventtriggeredorfastANRisdisabled,ANRdoesnotmanageexternalcellsonafrequencyorneighborrelationshipswiththesecellsregardlessofwhethertheANRindicator
issettoALLOWED(ALLOWED)orNOT_ALLOWED(NOT_ALLOWED)forthisfrequency.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
thelicenses.
Thefollowingparametershavebeenadded.
MO ParameterID Description
Cell IntraFreqAnrInd ThisnewparameterspecifieswhethertoallowANRmanagementofexternal

cellsontheservingfrequencyandneighborrelationshipswiththesecells.
EutranInterNFreq AnrInd ThisnewparameterspecifieswhethertoallowANRmanagementofexternal

cellsonaneighboringEUTRANfrequencyandneighborrelationshipswith
thesecells.
UtranNFreq AnrInd ThisnewparameterspecifieswhethertoallowANRmanagementofexternal

cellsonaneighboringUTRANfrequencyandneighborrelationshipswiththese
cells.
GeranNfreqGroup AnrInd ThisnewparameterspecifieswhethertoallowANRmanagementofexternal

cellsonfrequenciesinaneighboringGERANfrequencygroupandneighbor
relationshipswiththesecells.
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RuntheMODCELLcommandwiththeIntraFreqANRIndicationparametersettoNOT_ALLOWED(NOT_ALLOWED)orALLOWED(ALLOWED).
RuntheMODEUTRANINTERNFREQcommandwiththeANRIndicationparametersettoNOT_ALLOWED(NOT_ALLOWED)orALLOWED(ALLOWED).
RuntheMODUTRANNFREQcommandwiththeANRIndicationparametersettoNOT_ALLOWED(NOT_ALLOWED)orALLOWED(ALLOWED).
RuntheMODGERANNFREQGROUPcommandwiththeANRIndicationparametersettoNOT_ALLOWED(NOT_ALLOWED)orALLOWED(ALLOWED).
ThevaluesALLOWED(ALLOWED)andNOT_ALLOWED(NOT_ALLOWED)indicateANRmanagementisallowedandprohibited,respectively.
Description
ThisfeatureoptimizesthecoordinationbetweentheadditionofneighboringcellsandthehandoverdecisionmakingwhentheOptModeparameterintheANRMOissetto
CONTROLLED(CONTROLLED).Specifically,thisfeaturecontrolswhethertoinitiatehandoverstoanewlyaddedneighboringcelltobemanuallyconfirmedwhentheOptMode
parameterintheANRMOissettoCONTROLLED(CONTROLLED).Therefore,thisfeaturepreventshandoverstoabnormalneighboringcellsbeforeoptimizationadviceforadding
theneighborrelationshipismanuallyconfirmed,improvingthehandoversuccessrate.ItisrecommendedthatthisfeaturebeenabledwhentheOptModeparameterintheANRMO
issettoCONTROLLED(CONTROLLED).
Implementation
TheAnrControlledHoStrategyparameterintheANRMOcontrolswhethertoinitiateahandovertoaneighboringcellwhenboththefollowingconditionsaremet:
WhenthisparameterissettoPERMIT_HO(PERMIT_HO),handoverscanbeinitiatedtoanewneighboringcellregardlessofwhetherthecellhasbeenaddedtotheneighboringcell
list(NCL)orneighboringrelationtable(NRT).WhenthisparameterissettoFORBID_HO(FORBID_HO),handoverscannotbeinitiatedtoanewneighboringcellthathasnotbeen
addedtotheNRT.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
WhenthisparameterissettoPERMIT_HO(PERMIT_HO),handoverscanbeinitiatedtonewneighboringcellsinatimelymanner.However,handoversfailifpeerend
neighboringcellsareabnormal.
WhenthisparameterissettoFORBID_HO(FORBID_HO),handoverscannotbeinitiatedtoanyneighboringcellthathasnotbeenconfirmedbyusers.Ifsuchacellisan
optimalneighboringcell,thissettingcausestheservicedropratetoincreaseandthehandoversuccessratetodecrease.
ImpactonNEs
ImpactonHardware
None
None
TheexistinglicensecontrolitemAutomaticNeighbourRelation(ANR)/InterRATANRisstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
TheAnrControlledHoStrategyparameterhasbeenaddedtotheANRMO.ThisparametercanbesettoPERMIT_HO(PERMIT_HO)orFORBID_HO(FORBID_HO).
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RelatedOperations
RuntheMODANRcommandwithAnrControlledHoStrategysettoPERMIT_HO(PERMIT_HO)orFORBID_HO(FORBID_HO).
6.13.3OptimizedHandoverNeighboringCellSelection
Description
ThisfeatureoptimizestheselectionofneighboringcellstobecontainedduringanLTEtoUMTShandovermeasurementandaninterRATredirection.Thisfeatureensuresthatthe
mostappropriateneighboringcellsareselected,therebyimprovingtheinterRAThandoversuccessrateandtheflashredirectionaccuracy.Itisrecommendedthatthisfeaturebe
enabledwhenthemeasurementbasedLTEtoUMTShandoverfunctionortheinterRATflashredirectionfunctionisenabled.
Implementation
WhentheGERAN_SWITCH(GREANNeighboringCellRankingSwitch)orUTRAN_SWITCH(UTRANNeighboringCellRankingSwitch)optionoftheNCellRankingSwitch
parameterisselected,theeNodeBsortsneighboringGSM/UMTScellsinmeasurementreportsofallUEsinthedescendingorderofthenumberoftimestheseneighboringcellsare
measuredinthespecifiedmeasurementperiodtoobtainthemeasurementprioritiesoftheseneighboringcells.
Thefirst24neighboringcellsbasedontheprecedingsortingandeightotherrandomlyselectedneighboringcellswillbecontainedinanLTEtoUMTShandovermeasurementevent.
Accordingto3GPPspecifications,32neighboringcellsshouldbecontainedinanLTEtoUMTShandovermeasurementevent.
NeighboringcellstobecontainedduringaninterRATflashredirectionareselectedbasedonthesortingofneighboringcellsforblindhandoversandthenbasedonthesortingof
measurementprioritiesoftheseneighboringcells.
WhentheGERAN_SWITCH(GREANNeighboringCellRankingSwitch)orUTRAN_SWITCH(UTRANNeighboringCellRankingSwitch)optionoftheNCellRankingSwitch
parameterisdeselected,neighboringcellsareselectedintheoriginalmanner.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
WhentheGERAN_SWITCH(GREANNeighboringCellRankingSwitch)orUTRAN_SWITCH(UTRANNeighboringCellRankingSwitch)optionofthe
NCellRankingSwitchparameterisselected,parametersrelatedtoneighboringcellmeasurementprioritiescanbesetbasedonthenumberoftimestheseneighboring
cellsaremeasured,andmeasurementprioritiesofneighboringcellscanbeautomaticallysorted.Thisimprovesaccuracyinneighboringcellselectionandeliminatesthe
needofmanuallysettingmeasurementprioritiesofneighboringcells.
WhentheGERAN_SWITCH(GREANNeighboringCellRankingSwitch)orUTRAN_SWITCH(UTRANNeighboringCellRankingSwitch)optionofthe
NCellRankingSwitchparameterisdeselected,userscannotmeasurementprioritiesofneighboringcells.Inthiscase,LTEtoUMTShandovereventsandaninterRAT
flashredirectionmaycontainnonoptimalneighboringcells,affectinghandovermeasurementaccuracy.
ImpactonNEs
ImpactonHardware
None
None
TheexistinglicensecontrolitemInterRATANRisstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
TheNCellRankingSwitchparameterhasbeenaddedtotheENODEBALGOSWITCHMO.
ThePeriodForNCellRankingparameterhasbeenaddedtotheANRMO.
TheNCellMeasPriorityparameterhasbeenaddedtotheUTRANNCELLMO.
TheNCellMeasPriorityparameterhasbeenaddedtotheGERANNCELLMO.
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LOFD001022SRVCCtoUTRAN
LOFD001033CSFallbacktoUTRAN
LOFD001052FlashCSFallbacktoUTRAN
LOFD001053FlashCSFallbacktoGERAN
LOFD001019PSInterRATMobilitybetweenEUTRANandUTRAN
LOFD001043ServicebasedinterRAThandovertoUTRAN
LOFD001072DistancebasedinterRAThandovertoUTRAN
LOFD001078EUTRANtoUTRANCS/PSSteering
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RelatedOperations
RuntheMODENODEBALGOSWITCHcommandwiththeGERAN_SWITCH(GREANNeighboringCellRankingSwitch)orUTRAN_SWITCH(UTRANNeighboringCell
RankingSwitch)oftheNCellRankingSwitchparameterselected.
RuntheMODANRcommandwithPeriodForNCellRankingsettoanappropriatevalue.
Description
simultaneously.
Implementation
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
indirectly.
ImpactonNEs
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ImpactonHardware
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Description
Neighborrelationshipremovalhasbeenoptimizedinautomaticneighborrelation(ANR)toaddresstheissuethatANRfailstoaddaneighborrelationshipbecauseofuntimely
neighborrelationshipremoval.ThisoptimizationincreasesefficiencyandaccuracyofANRmanagement.Itisrecommendedthattheoptimizedneighborrelationshipremovalfunction
beenabledwheneventtriggeredorfastANRtakeseffect.
Implementation
ANRnowsupportsthreetypesofneighborrelationshipremoval:
Removalofredundantneighborrelationships
ThisremovalfunctiontakeseffectonneighborrelationshipsofEUTRANcellswithEUTRAN,UTRAN,orGERANcells.Aneighborrelationshipisredundantifthe
numberofhandoversfromthelocalcelltotheneighboringcellis0butthetotalnumberofhandoversfromthelocalcelltoallitsneighboringcellsreachesthevalueofthe
ANR.StatisticNumForNRTDelparameterwithineachoffourconsecutivemeasurementperiodsdefinedbytheANR.StatisticPeriodForNRTDelparameter.
Thisremovalfunctiontakeseffectonintrafrequencyneighborrelationshipsonlywhenthelocalcellisconfiguredwithmorethan32intrafrequencyneighboringcells.This
restrictiondoesnotapplytoneighborrelationshipswithinterfrequencyEUTRANcells,UTRANcells,orGERANcells.
Theblindhandoverpriorityissettoanonzerovalue.
TheOverlapIndicatorparameterissettoYES(YES).
Removalofinappropriateneighborrelationships
AneighborrelationshipisinappropriateifthenumberofhandoversfromeachcellservedbythelocaleNodeBtothisneighboringcellreachesthevalueofthe
ANR.NcellHoStatNumparameterandthehandoversuccessrateislessthanorequaltothevalueoftheANR.DelCellThdparameterwithinameasurementperiod
definedbytheANR.StatisticPeriodparameter.
Inearlierversions,thisremovalfunctionappliesonlytointraRATneighborrelationships.Now,thisfunctionalsoappliestoneighborrelationshipswithUTRANand
GERANcells.
Thisremovalfunctiondoesnotapplytotheneighboringcellsthatmeeteitherofthefollowingconditions:
Prioritybasedremovalwhenthenumberofneighborrelationshipsreachesitsmaximum
ThisremovalfunctiontakeseffectonneighborrelationshipsofEUTRANcellswithEUTRAN,UTRAN,orGERANcells.
ANRselectsaneighborrelationshipasacandidateifthenumberofhandoversfromthelocalcelltoallitsneighboringcellsreachesthevalueofthe
ANR.StatisticNumForNRTDelparameterandthenumberofhandoversfromthelocalcelltothisneighboringcellorthenumberofmeasurementsonthisneighboringcell
isnotgreaterthanaspecificthresholdwithinameasurementperioddefinedbytheANR.StatisticPeriodForNRTDelparameter.Thisthresholdisspecifiedbythe
ANR.NcellHoForNRTDelThd,ANR.UtranNcellHoForNRTDelThd,orANR.GeranNcellHoForNRTDelThdparameteriftheneighboringcellisanEUTRAN,UTRAN,
orGERANcell,respectively.
ANRarrangescandidateneighborrelationshipsbasedonfrequencyprioritiesandthenumberofmeasurementsorhandovers.Theprioritiesoftheservingfrequency,
neighboringEUTRANfrequencies,UTRANfrequencies,orGERANfrequencygroupsarespecifiedbytheFreqPriorityForAnrparameterintheCell,EutranInterNFreq,
UtranNFreq,orGeranNfreqGroupmanagedobjects(MOs),respectively.Whenthenumberofneighborrelationshipsreachesitsmaximum,ANRremovesthelowest
priorityneighborrelationshipbeforeitaddsanotherneighborrelationship.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
TheoptimizedneighborrelationshipremovalfunctionincreasesefficiencyandaccuracyofANRmanagement,reducesthenumberofhandoverfailurescausedby
inappropriateneighborrelationships,andreducesphysicalcellidentifier(PCI)conflictalarmsreportedduetoredundantneighborrelationships.
ImpactonNEs
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ImpactonHardware
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thelicenses.
Thefollowingparametershavebeenaddedormodified.
New ANR NrtDelMode Thisnewparameterprovidesthefollowingoptions:

EUTRAN_DELREDUNDANCENCELL
relationshipswithEUTRANcells.
UTRAN_DELREDUNDANCENCELL
GERAN_DELREDUNDANCENCELL
UTRAN_DELERRORNCELL
GERAN_DELERRORNCELL
New Cell FreqPriorityForAnr ThisnewparameterinanyoftheseMOsspecifiesthefrequencypriority

EutranInterNFreq usedinevaluationofneighborrelationshipremovalwhenthenumberof
UtranNFreq
GeranNfreqGroup
Modified ANR NcellHoForNRTDelThd Thevaluerangeofthisparameterhasbeenextended.
New ANR UtranNcellHoForNRTDelThd Thisnewparameterspecifiesthethresholdusedtoselectcandidate

UTRANcellsforneighborrelationshipremovalwhenthenumberof
New ANR GeranNcellHoForNRTDelThd Thisnewparameterspecifiesthethresholdusedtoselectcandidate

GERANcellsforneighborrelationshipremovalwhenthenumberof
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To... Run... With...Specified
Enableordisableremovalofredundantneighborrelationships MODANR EUTRAN_DELREDUNDANCENCELLundertheNRTDelete

withEUTRANcells Modeparameter
Enableordisableremovalofredundantneighborrelationships MODANR UTRAN_DELREDUNDANCENCELLundertheNRTDeleteMode

withUTRANcells parameter
Enableordisableremovalofredundantneighborrelationships MODANR GERAN_DELREDUNDANCENCELLundertheNRTDeleteMode

withGERANcells parameter
Enableordisableremovalofinappropriateneighbor MODANR UTRAN_DELERRORNCELLundertheNRTDeleteMode

relationshipswithUTRANcells parameter
Enableordisableremovalofinappropriateneighbor MODANR GERAN_DELERRORNCELLundertheNRTDeleteMode

relationshipswithGERANcells parameter
SetthepriorityoftheservingfrequencyforANR MODCELL ANRFrequencyPriority
SetthepriorityofaneighboringEUTRANfrequencyforANR MODEUTRANINTERNFREQ ANRFrequencyPriority
SetthepriorityofaneighboringUTRANfrequencyforANR MODUTRANNFREQ ANRFrequencyPriority
SetthepriorityofaneighboringGERANfrequencygroupfor MODGERANNFREQGROUP ANRFrequencyPriority

ANR
SetthethresholdusedtoselectcandidateEUTRANcellsfor MODANR HandoverthresholdfordeleteNRT

SetthethresholdusedtoselectcandidateUTRANcellsfor MODANR UtranHandoverThresholdforDeleteNRT

SetthethresholdusedtoselectcandidateGERANcellsfor MODANR GeranHandoverThresholdforDeleteNRT

6.13.6OptimizedInterRATEventtriggeredANRinNotSelectingQCI1UEsforMeasurement
Description
Withthisfeature,theeNodeBdoesnotselectaUEthatsetsupabearerwithaQCIof1formeasurementduringinterRATeventtriggeredANR.Inaddition,thetimersforCGI
readingduringinterRATANRtoUTRANorGERANarenowconfigurableparameters.ThisparameteroptimizationhelpsimprovetheCGIreadingsuccessrateaswellasuser
experiencesinserviceswithQCIof1.ItisrecommendedthatthisfeaturebeenabledinscenarioswhereneighboringcellsforUEsperformingvoiceservicescanbeconstructed
throughPSservices.
Implementation
TheEventANRWithVoIPModeparameterisaddedtotheANRMOtospecifywhethertheeNodeBselectsUEthatsetsupabearerwithaQCIof1formeasurementduringinter
RATeventtriggeredANR.WhentheUTRAN_EVENT_ANR_WITH_VOIP_MODEoptionoftheEventANRWithVoIPModeparameterisselected,theeNodeBselectsUEthat
setsupabearerwithaQCIof1formeasurementduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRtoUTRAN.Whenthisoptionisdeselected,theeNodeBdoesnotselectUEthatsetsupa
bearerwithaQCIof1formeasurementduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRtoUTRAN.WhentheGERAN_EVENT_ANR_WITH_VOIP_MODEoptionoftheEventANRWith
VoIPModeparameterisselected,theeNodeBselectsUEthatsetsupabearerwithaQCIof1formeasurementduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRtoGERAN.Whenthisoption
isdeselected,theeNodeBdoesnotselectUEthatsetsupabearerwithaQCIof1formeasurementduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRtoGERAN.Whenthe
CDMA_EVENT_ANR_WITH_VOIP_MODEoptionoftheEventANRWithVoIPModeparameterisselected,theeNodeBselectsUEthatsetsupabearerwithaQCIof1for
measurementduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRtotheCDMAnetwork.Whenthisoptionisdeselected,theeNodeBdoesnotselectUEthatsetsupabearerwithaQCIof1for
measurementduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRtotheCDMAnetwork.
ThetimersforCGIreadingduringinterRATANRtoUTRANorGERANarenowconfigurableparameters.ThisparameteroptimizationimprovestheCGIreadingsuccessrate.The
UTRANEventANRCGITimerparameterisaddedtotheANRMOtospecifythelengthofthetimerforCGIreadingduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRtoUTRAN.TheGERAN
EventANRCGITimerparameterisaddedtotheANRMOtospecifythelengthofthetimerforCGIreadingduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRtoGERAN.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
WhentheUTRAN_EVENT_ANR_WITH_VOIP_MODE,GERAN_EVENT_ANR_WITH_VOIP_MODE,orCDMA_EVENT_ANR_WITH_VOIP_MODEoptionofthe
EventANRWithVoIPModeparameterisselected,theeNodeBselectsUEthatsetsupabearerwithaQCIof1formeasurementduringinterRATeventtriggeredANR
toUTRAN,GERAN,orCDMAnetwork.ThismayaffecttheuserexperienceinserviceswithQCIof1.Whentheprecedingoptionisdeselected,theeNodeBdoesnot
selectUEthatsetsupabearerwithaQCIof1formeasurementduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRtoUTRAN,GERAN,orCDMAnetwork.Thisdoesnotaffectthe
userexperienceinserviceswithQCIof1.However,theefficiencyindiscoveringunknownneighboringcellsdegrades.
AsmallerUTRANEventANRCGITimerorGERANEventANRCGITimerparametervalueindicatesshortertimeinreadingtheUTRANorGERANCGI,which
decreasestheCGIreadingsuccessrateanddegradestheefficiencyinaddingunknownneighboringcells.AlargerUTRANEventANRCGITimerorGERANEvent
ANRCGITimerparametervalueindicateslongertimeinreadingtheUTRANorGERANCGI,whichincreasestheCGIreadingsuccessrate.However,thisincreases
theschedulingdelayandschedulingmaynotmeetQoSrequirements.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
TheexistinglicensecontrolitemforinterRATANRisstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
TheEventANRWithVoIPMode,UTRANEventANRCGITimer,andGERANEventANRCGITimerparametersareaddedtotheANRMO.
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Impactedfeatures
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RelatedOperations
RuntheMODANRcommand,withtheUTRAN_EVENT_ANR_WITH_VOIP_MODE,GERAN_EVENT_ANR_WITH_VOIP_MODE,orCDMA_EVENT_ANR_WITH_VOIP_MODE
optionoftheEventANRWithVoIPModeparameterselectedordeselected
RuntheMODANRcommandtosettheUTRANEventANRCGITimerparametertospecifyspecifythelengthofthetimerforCGIreadingduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRto
UTRAN.
RuntheMODANRcommandtosettheGERANEventANRCGITimerparametertospecifythelengthofthetimerforCGIreadingduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRto
GERAN.
Description
Withthisfeature,interRATeventtriggeredANRandfastANRcanaddneighboringrelationtables(NRTs)withouttheneedofneighboringcelllists(NCLs).Thisfeatureimproves
neighboringcelladditionefficiencyandaccuracyandresolvestheproblemthatneighboringcellsareconfiguredincorrectlywhenRRUsareinstalledfarawayfromtheBBU.Itis
recommendedthatthisfeaturebeenabledwhenRRUsareinstalledfarawayfromtheBBU.
Withthisfeature,intraRATeventtriggeredANRsupportsthediscoveryandadditionofunknownneighboringcellsbasedonallhandoverandmeasurementtypes.Thisfeature
improvesintraRATneighboringcelladditionefficiencyandresolvestheproblemthatunknownneighboringcellscannotbeaddedintimeincertainintraRAThandoverscenarios.
Implementation
IfthePCIofaneighboringcellhasbeenconfiguredintheNCL,thisfeatureprovidestwopoliciesforNRTadditionininterRATeventtriggeredANRtoUTRANorGERAN:NCL
basedNRTadditionandnonNCLbasedNRTaddition.
TheUtranEventANRModeparameterisaddedtotheANRMOtospecifytheNRTadditionpolicyduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRtoUTRAN:
WhentheparameterissettoBASED_NCL,NRTisaddedbasedonNCLduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRtoUTRAN.
UTRAN.
TheGeranEventANRModeparameterisaddedtotheANRMOtospecifytheNRTadditionpolicyduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRtoGERAN:
WhentheparameterissettoBASED_NCL,NRTisaddedbasedonNCLduringinterRATeventtriggeredANRtoGERAN.
GERAN.
AftertheNRTisaddedineventtriggeredANR,theeventtriggeredANRmechanismintheRANsharingscenariovaries.IntheRANsharingscenario,theU2000maybetriggeredto
queryneighboringcellinformation.Inthiscase,theeNodeBaddsbothNCLandNRTaftertheU2000returnsthequeryresult,irrespectiveofwhethertheparameterissetto
BASED_NCLorNOT_BASED_NCL.
WhentheNRTisaddedthroughinterfrequencyorinterRATfastANR,theNRTcanbeaddedwithouttheneedofNCLifthePCIofaneighboringcellhasbeenconfiguredinthe
NCL.
TheNRT_MODEoptionisaddedtotheFastANRModeparameterintheANRMO.WhenthisparameterissettoNRT_MODE,NRTisaddedbasedontheCGIreportedbytheUE
insteadofbasedonNCLduringinterfrequencyorinterRATfastANR.AftertheNRTisaddedinfastANR,thefastANRmechanismintheRANsharingscenariovaries.Inthe
RANsharingscenario,theU2000maybetriggeredbyfastANRtoqueryneighboringcellinformation.Inthiscase,theeNodeBaddsNCLandNRTaccordingtothe
ANR.FastAnrModeparametervalueaftertheU2000returnsthequeryresult.
IntraRATeventtriggeredANRsupportsthediscoveryandadditionofunknownneighboringcellsbasedonallhandoverandmeasurementtypes.The
IntraRatEnhancedEventAnrSwitchoptionisaddedtotheANRalgorithmswitchparameterintheENodeBAlgoSwitchMO.Thisoptioncontrolstheswitchforeventtriggered
ANRsexcludingthosetriggeredbycoveragebasedhandovers,MLBbasedhandovers,servicebasedhandovers,andservicerequestbasedhandovers.
WhenIntraRatEventAnrSwitchisonandtheANRindicationforthecorrespondingfrequencytakeseffect:IftheIntraRatEnhancedEventAnrSwitchoptionisselected,
intraRATeventtriggeredANRisenabledtoconstructandoptimizeintraRATintraorinterfrequencyneighborrelationshipsbytriggeringintraRAThandoverevents.
IftheIntraRatEnhancedEventAnrSwitchoptionisdeselected,intraRAThandovereventsarenottriggeredtoconstructoroptimizeintraRATneighborrelationships.
Inaddition,theServiceBasedEventAnrSwitchoptioncontrolstheANRtriggeredbyservicebasedhandovers.Inthisversion,thisoptiontakeseffectonbothFDDandTDDcells
underthesameeNodeBandthevalueinheritstheparametervaluebeforetheupgrade.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
Thisenhancementensuresthatcorrectneighboringcellsareadded,whichhelpsimprovethefollowingKPIs:
InterRATHandoverOutSuccessRate(LTEtoWCDMA)
InterRATHandoverOutSuccessRate(LTEtoGSM)
WhenRRUsareinstalledfarawayfromtheBBUandthePCIofaneighboringcellexistsintheNCLbutnotintheNRTofacell,theeNodeBinstructstheUEtoreadthe
CGI.Therefore,signalingoverheadsovertheUuinterfaceincreaseswhentheneighborrelationshipwiththeneighboringcellisaddedtotheNRTofthecellforthefirst
time.
ThisfeaturehelpsdiscoverandaddunknownneighboringcellsinthesystemandimprovethefollowingKPIs:
IntraRATeventtriggeredANRsupportsthediscoveryandadditionofunknownneighboringcellsbasedonallhandoverandmeasurementtypes.Forunknownneighboring
cells,theeNodeBinstructstheUEtoreadtheCGI.Therefore,signalingoverheadsovertheUuinterfaceincreaseswhentheneighborrelationshipwiththeneighboring
cellisaddedtotheNRTofthecellforthefirsttime.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
thelicenses.
TheUtranEventANRModeandGeranEventANRModeparametersareaddedtotheANRMO.TheNRT_MODEoptionisaddedtotheFastANRModeparameter.
TheIntraRatEnhancedEventAnrSwitchoptionisaddedtotheANRalgorithmswitchparameterintheENodeBAlgoSwitchMO.
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Impactedfeatures
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RelatedOperations
RuntheMODANRcommand,withtheUtranEventANRModeparametersettoBASED_NCLorNOT_BASED_NCL.
RuntheMODANRcommand,withtheGeranEventANRModeparametersettoBASED_NCLorNOT_BASED_NCL.
RuntheMODANRcommand,withtheFastANRModeparametersettoNCL_MODE,NCL_NRT_MODE,orNRT_MODE.
RuntheMODENODEBALGOSWITCHcommand,withtheIntraRatEnhancedEventAnrSwitchoptionoftheANRalgorithmswitchparameterselectedordeselected.
6.14LOFD002015RACHOptimization
6.14.1SupportforAdaptiveAdjustmentoftheSRBRLCParameter
Description
ThisfunctionallowsforadaptiveadjustmentoftheSRBRLCpollingretransmissiontimervalueattheeNodeBtomatchtheuplinkschedulinginterval.Usingthisfunctionreducesthe
numberofunnecessarydownlinkRLCretransmissionsandoverheadscausedbythepollingretransmissiontimerexpiryduringtheSRBphaseandthereforeimprovescellthroughput.
ThisreducednumberofRLCretransmissionsduringtheSRBphasemayinturnreducethenumberofabnormalERABreleasesandservicedropsbecausethenumberofSRBRLC
retransmissionsislesslikelytoreachthemaximumvalue.
ItisrecommendedthatthisfunctionbeusedinheavytrafficscenarioswherethedownlinkRLCretransmissionrateishigh(20%to30%)andthevalueoftheL.E
RAB.AbnormRel.Radio.SRBResetcounterishigh.TheL.ERAB.AbnormRel.Radio.SRBResetcounterindicatesnumberofabnormalERABreleasesbecausethenumberofSRB
RLCretransmissionsreachesthemaximumvalue.
Implementation
IfthenumberofonlineusersinacellexceedsthevalueofSrbPollTimerAdjUserNumThd,theeNodeBadaptivelyadjuststhevalueofitsSRBRLCPollingretransmissiontimerto
matchtheuplinkschedulinginterval.Inthisway,thenumberofunnecessarydownlinkSRBRLCretransmissionscausedbythepollingretransmissiontimerexpirycanbereduced.
TheSrbRlcParaAdaptSwitchparameterhasbeenaddedtotheMODSRBCFGcommandtocontrolwhethertoenablethisfunction.
RetainthedefaultvalueOFF(Off)forbothnewnetworksandupgradescenarios.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
ThisfunctionreducesthenumberofunnecessarydownlinkRLCretransmissionsandoverheadscausedbythepollingretransmissiontimerexpiryduringtheSRBphase,
andthereforeimprovescellthroughput.ThisreducednumberofRLCretransmissionsduringtheSRBphasemayinturnreducethenumberofabnormalERABreleases
andservicedropsbecausethenumberofSRBRLCretransmissionsislesslikelytoreachthemaximumvalue.InscenarioswherepacketlossoccursontheSRBover
theUuinterface,usingthisfunctionmayincreasetheSRBtransmissiondelayoftheUE.
ThisfunctionmayreduceservicedropsoccurredduringSRBtransmissionandthereforemayincreasethenumberofUEsenteringtheDRBtransmissionstate.Asa
result,theBLERincreases,uplinkanddownlinkRLCretransmissionsduringtheDRBtransmissionphaseaswellastheservicedropsmayincrease,andtheRRC
connectionsetupsuccessrateandhandoversuccessratemayalsodecrease.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
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ChangeType ParameterID ParameterName MO
New SrbRlcParaAdaptSwitch SRBRLCParameterAdaptive SrbCfg

Switch
New SrbPollTimerAdjustStep SRBPollingTimerAdjustStep SrbCfg
New SrbPollTimerMaxAdjustValue SRBPollingTimerMaximum SrbCfg

AdjustValue
New SrbPollTimerAdjUserNumThd SRBPollingTimerAdjustUser SrbCfg

Threshold
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Impactedfeatures
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RelatedOperations
RuntheMODSrbCfgcommandwithSrbRlcParaAdaptSwitchsettoON(On)andSrbPollTimerAdjustStepto20,SrbPollTimerMaxAdjustValuetom200(200ms),and
SrbPollTimerAdjUserNumThdto150.
6.14.2SupportforRootSequenceConflictDetection
Description
ThisfunctionallowstheeNodeBtodetectrootsequenceconflictsinatimelymannerandeliminatetheconflictsbyoptimizingtherootsequences.Thisreducesthefalsealarmrate
andcollisionprobabilityofcontentionbasedpreambles.Itisrecommendedthatthisfunctionbeenabledwhenthefalsealarmrateofacellishigherthanexpectedandrootsequence
conflictshavenotyetbeenchecked.
Implementation
ThisfunctionenablestheeNodeBtodetectrootsequenceconflictsbetweentheservingcellandneighboringcellsorintraeNodeBcells.Thedetectedconflictsarereportedthrough
alarms.ThisfunctioniscontrolledbytheparameterENodeBAlgoSwitch.RootSeqConflictDetSwitch.
Theprocedurefordetectingrootsequenceconflictsisasfollows:
1.AnX2basedmessageissenttoneighboringcellswhentheservingcellisactivatedorthePRACHinformationischanged.Themessageisusedtoexchangethe
PRACHinformationbetweencells.
2.TherootsequencesusedbyacellarecalculatedbasedonthePRACHinformation,frequencies,bandwidths,andotherinformation.
3.RootsequenceconflictsaredetectedbasedonrootsequencesusedbytheservingcellandthoseusedbyneighboringorintraeNodeBcells.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
Thisfunctionreducesthefalsealarmrateandpreamblecollisionprobability.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
AnewparameterRootSeqConflictDetSwitchhasbeenaddedtocontrolwhethertoenablethisfunction.
None
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Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
Activatingrootsequenceconflictdetection:
RuntheMODENODEBALGOSWITCHcommandwithRootSeqConflictDetSwitchsettoON(On).
Deactivatingrootsequenceconflictdetection:
RuntheMODENODEBALGOSWITCHcommandwithRootSeqConflictDetSwitchsettoOFF(Off).
6.14.3FlowControlTriggeredBackoff
Description
ThisfunctionimplementsbackofftriggeredbyMsg3flowcontrol,therebyrelievingRACHcongestionandincreasingRRCconnectionsetupsuccessrates.Itisrecommendedthat
thisfunctionbeusedinheavyloadscenarios.
Implementation
AnewoptionFlowCtrlTriBackoffSwitchhasbeenaddedtoenableordisableflowcontroltriggeredbackoff.
TheeNodeBadjuststhebackoffvaluebasedonstatisticsonMsg3flowcontroleverysecond:
IftheratioofthenumberofflowcontrolledMsg3messagestothenumberofreceivedMsg3messagesexceeds5%,theeNodeBincreasesthebackoffvalue.
IfMsg3flowcontrolisnotperformed,theeNodeBdecreasesthebackoffvalue.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
ThroughMsg3flowcontrol,thisfunctionrelievesRACHcongestionandincreasesRRCconnectionsetupsuccessratesforbothservicesandsignaling.However,this
functionreducesthetimesthatUEssendpreamblesandincreasestheservicedroprate.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
AnewoptionFlowCtrlTriBackoffSwitchisaddedtotheHighLoadNetOptSwitchparameter.FlowCtrlTriBackoffSwitchcanbeONorOFFbydefaultitisOFF.
None
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Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODHighLoadNetOptSwitchcommandtosetFlowCtrlTriBackoffSwitch.
6.15LBFD081105VoiceSpecificAMC
Description
ThisfeatureallowsforservicetypespecificconfigurationofuplinktargetIBLERvaluessothataseparatetargetvaluecanbeconfiguredforvoiceusers,improvingvoicequality.Itis
goodpracticetoenablethisfeatureinVoLTEscenarios.
Implementation
TheSinrAdjTargetIblerforVoLTEparameterhasbeenaddedtotheCellUlSchAlgoMOtospecifythetargetIBLERvalueusedbytheSINRadjustmentalgorithmfor
dynamicuplinkschedulingofvoiceuserswhoarenotinTTIbundlingstate.
TheexistingparameterSinrAdjTargetIblerintheCellUlSchAlgoMOisusedtospecifythetargetIBLERvalueusedbytheSINRadjustmentalgorithmfordynamic
uplinkschedulingoftheotherusers(includingvoiceusersinTTIbundlingstateandnonvoiceusers).
Impactoncapacity
Thisfeatureaffectscellthroughputandthroughputrateaswellasuserthroughputofdataservices.
IftheSinrAdjTargetIblerforVoLTEparameterissettoasmallvalue,theuplinkMCSlevelofvoiceusersislowandRBconsumptionincreases.Inthiscase,ifthe
numberofvoiceusersislarge,thevaluesoftheTraffic.Thruput.CellandTraffic.Thruput.PDF.Cellcountersdecrease.
Impactonperformance
Thisfeatureaffectsuplinkvoicequality.
IftheSinrAdjTargetIblerforVoLTEparameterissettoasmallvalue,theuplinkMCSlevelofvoiceusersislow.Inthiscase,forvoiceusersatthenearpoint,
theuplinkpacketlossrate(indicatedbytheL.Traffic.UL.PktLoss.Loss.QCI.1orL.Traffic.UL.PktLoss.Tot.QCI.1counter)maydecreaseslightlyandthevoice
qualityismoderateforvoiceusersatthemiddleorfarpoint,theuplinkpacketlossratemayincreaseandthevoicequalitydeterioratesduetoincreased
segmentationattheRLClayerofvoicepackets.
IftheSinrAdjTargetIblerforVoLTEparameterissettoalargevalue,theuplinkMCSofvoiceusersishigh.Inthiscase,forvoiceusersatthenearormiddlepoint,the
uplinkpacketlossratemayincreaseandthevoicequalitydeterioratesforvoiceusersatthefarpoint,theuplinkpacketlossratemaydecreaseslightlyandthevoice
qualityimprovesduetodecreasedsegmentationattheRLClayerofvoicepackets.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
TheVoiceSpecificAMClicensecontrolitemhasbeenaddedforthisfeature.
TheSinrAdjTargetIblerforVoLTEparameterhasbeenaddedtotheCellUlSchAlgoMO.
None
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Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODCELLULSCHALGOcommandwiththeSinrAdjTargetIblerforVoLTEparametersettoanappropriatevaluebasedonactualrequirements.
6.16LOFD001010SecurityMechanism
Description
ThisfeatureallowsaneNodeBtoactivelyreconfiguretheaccessstratumsecuritykeyforUEsafterahandoverovertheX2interfaceiscomplete.Iftheaccessstratumsecuritykey
ofaUEiscrackedbyillegalattacksonthesourceeNodeB,securityriskspersistaftertheUEishandedovertothetargeteNodeB,becausetheUEstillusestheaccessstratum
securitykeyobtainedfromthesourceeNodeB.Byreconfiguringthesecuritykey,thisfeatureimprovesnetworksecurityreliabilityandisrecommendedwhentherequirementson
securityreliabilityarehigh.
Implementation
TheSecKeyRecfgSwitchparameterintheGLOBALPROCSWITCHMOisusedtocontrolthisfeature.
Ifthisfeatureisenabled,thetargeteNodeBperformsthefollowingoperationsafteraUEishandedovertothetargeteNodeBovertheX2interface:
1.TriggersanintracellhandoverfortheUE.
2.Usesthelatestnexthop(NH)valuedeliveredbytheEPCtoupdatetheaccessstratumsecuritykey(KeNB)
3.SendsthelatestNexthopChainingCounter(NCC)deliveredbytheEPCtotheUEbysuingahandovercommand.B
BasedonthereceivedNCC,theUEupdatestheKeNBtoavalueconsistentwiththatontheeNodeBside.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
Ifthisfeatureisenabled,theeNodeBactivelyreconfigurestheaccessstratumsecuritykeyafterahandoverovertheX2interfaceiscomplete.Thereconfiguration
increasessignalingprocessesattheaccessstratum,increasingcalldrops.Inhighspeedscenarios,theprobabilityofcalldropsincreasesandthereforeitisgoodpractice
nottoenablethisfeature.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheSecKeyRecfgSwitchparameterhasbeenaddedtotheGLOBALPROCSWITCHMOtocontrolthisfeature.
None
None
LOFD001010SecurityMechanism
TDLOFD001010SecurityMechanism
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
Toenablethisfeature,runtheMODGLOBALPROCSWITCHcommandwiththeSecKeyRecfgSwitchparametersettoON.Todisablethisfeature,runtheMOD
GLOBALPROCSWITCHcommandwiththeSecKeyRecfgSwitchparametersettoOFF.
6.17LAOFD00100101IntraBandCarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin20MHz
Description
Withthisfeature,userscanflexiblyconfigureCAbandcombinationssupportedbytheeNodeB.IftheCAbandcombinationssupportedbytheUEarenotsupportedbueNodeBdue
toprotocolincompatibility,youcanaddconfigurationstoimplementthisfeature.ThisalsoresolvestheincompatibilityissuebetweentheeNodeBandcustomizedUEsinscenarios
wheretheCAbandcombinationssupportedbycustomizedUEsarenotplanned.
Implementation
ThePrivateCaBandCombMOisaddedforconfiguringtheprivateCAbandcombinationssupportedbytheeNodeB.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
ThePrivateCaBandCombMOisaddedtomanagetheprivateCAbandcombinationssupportedbytheeNodeB.
ThefollowingparametershavebeenaddedtothePrivateCaBandCombMO:
ParameterName Description
PrivateCaCombId IdentifieseNodeBprivateCAbandcombinations.
MaxAggeratedBw SpecifiesthemaximumaggregationbandwidthsupportedbytheprivateCAbandcombination.
BwCombSetId IdentifiestheprotocolsetcorrespondingtotheprivateCAbandcombination.
CombBand1Id SpecifiesthebandIDforband1.
CombBand1Bw Specifiesthebandwidthcombinationofband1.
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Impactedfeatures
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RelatedOperations
Activatingthefeature:
RuntheADDPRIVATECABANDCOMBcommandtoaddaprivateCAbandcombination.
Deactivatingthefeature:
RuntheDELPRIVATECABANDCOMBcommandtodeletetheprivateCAbandcombination.
Description
Thisfunctionsupportsprimarycomponentcarrier(PCC)anchoringforUEsinidlemode.InaCAenabledcell,aftertheRRCconnectionofaCAUEisreleased,thecellreselection
prioritiesarechangedsothattheUEcanbeservedbyahighpriorityfrequencyafterreselection.
Implementation
TheoptionIdleModePccAnchorSwitchisaddedtotheCaAlgoSwitchparameterintheENodeBAlgoSwitchMO.
ThisnewoptionappliestoaCAUE,forwhichthefollowingprioritiesarenotconfigured:
SPIDspecificdedicatedcellreselectionpriorities
Dedicatedcellreselectionpriorityfortheoperatortowhichaneighboringfrequencybelongs
Dedicatedcellreselectionpriorityfortheoperatortowhichtheservingcellbelongs
Whenthisoptionisselected,theeNodeBgeneratesacellreselectionprioritylistusedupontheRRCconnectionreleaseofaUE.ThelistgenerationisbasedontheCAfrequency
bandssupportedbytheUEandthevalueofthePccDlEarfcnparameterinthePccFreqCfgMO.ThislisthelpstheUEreselectafrequencywiththehighestprioritywithintheCA
bandcombinationsupportedbytheUE.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
ThisfunctionincreasestheproportionofUEsusingCAinacellwhenthefrequencywiththehighestcommoncellreselectionpriorityisnotwithintheCAband
combinationsupportedbytheUE.ThisfunctionreducesthenumberofinterfrequencyhandoversforCAUEswhenthePccAnchorSwitchoptionisalsoselected.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
Theexistinglicensesforthefollowingfeaturesarestillapplicable:
IntraBandCarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin20MHz
InterBandCarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin20MHz
CarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin40MHz
SupportofUECategory6
CAforDownlink2CCFromMultipleCarriers
CarrierAggregationfor2CCbasedonCoordinatedBBU
CarrierAggregationforUplink2CC
IntereNodeBCAbasedonrelaxedbackhaul
None
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Impactedfeatures
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RelatedOperations
RuntheMODENODEBALGOSWITCHcommandwiththeIdleModePccAnchorSwitchoptionundertheCaAlgoSwitchparameterselected.
6.18LAOFD00100102InterBandCarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin20MHz
Fortheimpactofthechangeinthisfeature,see6.17LAOFD00100101IntraBandCarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin20MHz.
Description
Implementation
Impactoncapacity
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Impactonperformance
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ImpactonHardware
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Description
Implementation
Impactoncapacity
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Impactonperformance
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Description
ThisfeatureallowstheeNodeBtoperformadaptiveCAconfigurations.Thatis,SCellscanbeaddedinablindmannerwhenCAisconfiguredbasedonfrequencies.Itis
recommendedthatthisfeaturebeenabledforquickSCellconfigurationinCAbasedonfrequencypairs.
Implementation
TheAdpCaSwitchoptionisaddedtotheCAAlgorithmSwitchparameteroftheENodeBAlgoSwitchMO.ThisoptionspecifieswhethertoperformadaptiveCAconfigurationsina
blindmannerbasedonpresetcellinformationwhenCAisconfiguredbasedonfrequencies.EnsurethatthefrequencyofthetargetcellhasbeenconfiguredintheSCCDownlink
EARFCNparameteroftheSccFreqCfgMO.
TheeNodeBcanadaptivelyconfigureSCellswhenthefollowingconditionsaremet:
TheoptionsFreqCfgSwitchandAdpCaSwitchundertheCaAlgoSwitchparameteroftheENodeBAlgoSwitchMOarebothselected.
ThePCellandcandidateSCellsareconfigured.
TheSCellBlindCfgFlagparameteroftheCaGroupSCellCfgMOissettoTRUE(TRUE)forthecandidateSCells.
WhenaCAUEaccessesacellforthefirsttime,fromahandover,orfromaRRCconnectionreestablishment,theeNodeBselectsacandidatefrequencyfortheCAUEaccordingto
thesettingoftheSccPriorityparameteroftheSCCFreqCfgMO.IfacandidateSCellisconfiguredontheselectedfrequencyandtheSCellBlindCfgFlagparameterofthe
CaGroupSCellCfgMOissettoTRUE(TRUE),theeNodeBblindlyconfiguresthiscandidateSCellastheSCell.Otherwise,theeNodeBselectsanSCellthrougheventA4
measurement.
Aftertheconfigurationiscomplete,SCellscanbedeletedthrougheventA2measurement.IfUEssupporteventA6,SCellchangecanbeimplementedthrougheventA6.
Theinformationconfiguredinblindmannertakeseffectonlyonceduringanincomingaccess,handover,orreestablishment.Theconfigurationdoesnotapplytoscenarioswherenew
SCellsareaddedafterSCellsaredeletedorSCellsareaddedbasedontrafficvolume.
ThisconfigurationisrecommendedwhenthecoverageofintrafrequencycellsperformingPCCunderF1overlapsthecoverageofacellunderF2.Inthiscase,thecellunderF2is
regardedasthetargetcellofblindconfiguration.ThisconfigurationisnotrecommendedwhenthecoverageofacellperformingPCCunderF2overlapsthecoverageofintra
frequencycellsunderF1.
TheeNodeBsupportsamaximumof72instancesoftheCaGroupSCellCfgMO.
IntheCaGroupSCellCfgMO,eachcellcanestablishacell(routing)relationshipwithamaximumof8cells.Whenthisspecificationisreached,newroutescannotbe
establishedthrougheventA4/A6measurementandtheSCellscannotbeconfiguredormodified.Acellrelationshipoccupiesthespecificationevenwhentheconfigured
SCellisnotactivatedorinvalidorwhennoroutescanbesetupfortheSCell.
TheCaGroupSCellCfg.SCellPriorityparameterdoesnottakeeffectinenhancedCAconfigurationmodeandthefrequencyprioritycomplieswiththesettingofthe
SccFreqCfg.SccPriorityparameter.
InenhancedCAconfigurationmode,theCaGroupSCellCfg.SCellBlindCfgFlagparameterisnotcontrolledbytheSccBlindCfgSwitchoptionofthe
ENodeBAlgoSwitch.CaAlgoSwitchparameter.TheblindconfigurationtakeseffectwhentheCaGroupSCellCfg.SCellBlindCfgFlagparameterissettoTRUE(TRUE).
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
SCellscanbeaddedinablindmannerwhenCAisconfiguredbasedonfrequencies.Bydoingthis,UEscanquicklyentertheCAstate,therebyimprovinguser
experience.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheAdpCaSwitchoptionisaddedtotheCAAlgorithmSwitchparameteroftheENodeBAlgoSwitchMO.
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6.20LAOFD070201FlexibleCAfromMultipleCarriers
Description
Implementation
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
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Description
Implementation
Impactoncapacity
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Impactonperformance
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Description
IneRAN8.0,theLAOFD070201CAforDownlink2CCFromMultipleCarriersfeatureallowsaneNodeBtoselecttwomostsuitablecarriersfrommultiplecarriersforCA.Since
eRAN8.1,thisfeaturehasbeenrenamedtoLAOFD070201FlexibleCAfromMultipleCarriersandenhancedtoallowaneNodeBtoselectmultiplesuitablecarriersfrommultiple
carriersforCA.
TheLAOFD070202CarrierAggregationfor2CCbasedonCoordinatedBBUfeatureisrenamedtoLAOFD070202IntereNodeBCarrierAggregationbasedonCoordinatedBBU.
FeaturedependenciesforthefeaturesLAOFD080207CarrierAggregationforDownlink3CCin40MHzandLAOFD080208CarrierAggregationforDownlink3CCin60MHzare
changedsothattheydonotdependontheLAOFD070201CAforDownlink2CCFromMultipleCarriersfeature.
Implementation
TheLAOFD070201CAforDownlink2CCFromMultipleCarriersfeatureisenhancedtoallowaneNodeBtoselectmultiplesuitablecarriersfrommultiplecarriersforCA.Feature
namesandfeaturedependenciesarechanged.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
Namesofthefollowingfeaturesandfeaturelicensesarechanged.Purchasedlicensesstilltakeeffect.

LAOFD070201 FlexibleCAfromMultipleCarriers FlexibleCAfromMultipleCarriers(perCell) eNodeB percell
(FDD)
LAOFD070202 ChangesfromCarrierAggregationfor2CC IntereNodeBCarrierAggregationbasedon eNodeB pereNodeB

basedonCoordinatedBBUtoInter CoordinatedBBU(FDD)
eNodeBCarrierAggregationbasedon
CoordinatedBBU.
Licensedependenciesarechangedasfollows:
ThefeaturesLAOFD080207CarrierAggregationforDownlink3CCin40MHzandLAOFD080208CarrierAggregationforDownlink3CCin60MHzdonotdependontheLAOFD
070201LAOFD070201CAforDownlink2CCFromMultipleCarriersfeature.
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RelatedOperations
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Description
Implementation
measurement.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
experience.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
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6.21LAOFD070202IntereNodeBCAbasedonCoordinatedBBU
Description
Implementation
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
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Description
Implementation
Impactoncapacity
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Description
Implementation
measurement.
Impactoncapacity
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Impactonperformance
experience.
ImpactonNEs
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Description
carriersforCA.
Implementation
Impactoncapacity
None
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None
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None
ImpactonHardware
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None

(FDD)

CoordinatedBBU.
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6.22LAOFD080201IntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxedbackhaul
Description
Implementation
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
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Description
Implementation
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
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6.22.3OptimizedLicensingforIntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxedbackhaul
Description
IneRAN8.0,thelicensecontrolstrategyfortheLAOFD080201IntereNodeBCAbasedonrelaxedbackhaulfeaturespecifiescelllevellicenseconsumption,whereasineRAN8.1,
thelicensecontrolstrategyischangedtomakethisfeatureswitchcontrolledoneNodeBs.AfterthefeaturelicenseisactivatedontheprimaryandsecondaryeNodeBs,thelicense
unitwillbedeductedontheeNodeBs.Thisoptimizationhelpsbetterservetheneedsofsalespersonnelandoperators.
ThelicensecontrolstrategyalsoappliestonetworksenabledwiththeIntereNodeBCarrierAggregationbasedonCoordinatedBBUfeature.
Implementation
ThelicensecontrolstrategyfortheLAOFD080201IntereNodeBCAbasedonrelaxedbackhaulfeaturehasbeenchangedtomakethisfeatureswitchcontrolledoneNodeBs.
Therefore,activatethefeatureonprimaryandsecondaryeNodeBs.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
ThesalesunitischangedtopereNodeB.
LAOFD080201 IntereNodeBCAbasedonrelaxed IntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxedbackhaul eNodeB pereNodeB

backhaul (FDD)
ThisfeaturetakeseffectonlywhenitisactivatedontheprimaryandsecondaryeNodeBs.
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6.23LAOFD080202CarrierAggregationforUplink2CC
Fortheimpactofthechangeinthisfeature,see6.17LAOFD00100101IntraBandCarrierAggregationforDownlink2CCin20MHz.
6.24LOFD070220eMBMSPhase1basedonCentralizedMCEArchitecture
Description
ThisfunctionallowsanMBMSsessiontobebroadcastonmultipleMBSFNareas(MAs)withinaneNodeB.ThisfunctionenablestheMBMSserviceplanninganddeploymenttobe
moreflexible.Beforethisfunctionisintroduced,anMBMSsessioncanbebroadcastononlyoneMAwithinaneNodeB.ThisfunctionisrecommendedwhenmultiplesMAsare
plannedonaneNodeBandtheyneedtobroadcastthesameMBMSsessions(suchasserviceannouncements).
Implementation
Whenthebasebandprocessingunit(BBP)ofaneNodeBreceivesanMBMSsessionandtheeNodeBdeterminesthatthissessionneedstobebroadcastonmorethanoneMS,the
eNodeBcopiestheMBMSsessionforallrelatedMAsandsendstheMBMSsessionstothecorrespondingcells.
ThisfunctioniscontrolledbyanewoptionSessionForMultiMASwitchunderanewparameterMbmsCtrlSwitchintheMBMSParaMO.
Impactoncapacity
IfanMBMSsessionisbroadcastonmultipleMAsofaBBPinamacroeNodeB,theCPUusageoftheBBPwillincrease.
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheMbmsCtrlSwitchparameterisaddedtotheMBMSParaMOandtheSessionForMultiMASwitchoptionisaddedtothisnewparameter.
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RelatedOperations
RuntheMODMBMSPARAcommandwiththeSessionForMultiMASwitchoptionundertheMbmsCtrlSwitchparameterselected.
6.25LBFD002025BasicScheduling
Description
Thisfeaturesupportsanewlogicalchannelgroupconfiguration.Inpreviousversions,iftheLcgProfileparameterissettoLCG_PROFILE_1,highpriorityandlowprioritynonGBR
uplinkservicesareassignedlogicalchannelgroups2and3,respectively.However,controlplanedata(includingSRB1,SRB2,andbearerswithaQCIof5)andVoLTEservicesare
bothassignedlogicalchannelgroup0.InscenarioswherenonGBRservicesneedtobeprioritized,thisfeatureensuresthattheuplinkschedulingpriorityofcontrolplanedatais
higherthanthatofVoLTEservices.EspeciallywhenthenumberofVoLTEUEsislargeandtheuplinkVoLTEtrafficvolumeisheavy,thisfeatureensuresthatthecontrolplanedata
canbescheduledintheuplinkinatimelymanner.ItisrecommendedthatthisfeaturebeenabledinscenarioswhereUEsareperformingVoLTEservices(withaQCIof1)butnot
GBRservices(withQCIs2to4)andnonGBRservicesneedtobeprioritized.
Implementation
ThevalueLCG_PROFILE_2isaddedtotheLcgProfileparameterintheGlobalProcSwitchMOtoindicateanewlogicalchannelgroupconfiguration.TheLcgProfilenowhasthe
followingvalues:
IfthisparameterissettoLCG_PROFILE_0,then:
Controlplanedata(SRB1,SRB2,andbearerswithaQCIof5),VoLTEservices(withaQCIof1),GBRservices(withQCIsof2to4),nonGBRservices(withQCIsof6
to9orwithanextendedQCI)areassignedlogicalchannelgroups0,1,2,and3,respectively.
Controlplanedata(SRB1,SRB2,andbearerswithaQCIof5),GBRservices(withQCIsof2to4),highprioritynonGBRservices,andlowprioritynonGBRservices
areassignedlogicalchannelgroups0,1,2,and3,respectively.Inaddition,VoLTEservices(withaQCIof1)areassignedlogicalchannelgroup0.Toensurethe
schedulingpriorityofthecontrolplanedata,itisrecommendedthattheVoLTEservicebedisabledwhenthisparameterissettoLCG_PROFILE_1.
Controlplanedata(SRB1,SRB2,andbearerswithaQCIof5),VoLTEservices(withaQCIof1),highprioritynonGBRservices,andlowprioritynonGBRservicesare
assignedlogicalchannelgroups0,1,2,and3,respectively.Inaddition,GBRservices(withQCIsof2to4)areassignedlogicalchannelgroup1.Toensuretheservice
qualityofVoLTEservices,iftheparameterissettoLCG_PROFILE_2andtheVoLTEserviceisactivated,GBRservices(withQCIsof2to4)cannotbeconfigured.The
valueLCG_PROFILE_2appliestoonlyLTEFDD.
IftheparameterissettoLCG_PROFILE_1orLCG_PROFILE_2,thelogicalchannelprioritiescanbesetintheLogicalchannelpriorityparameterintheStandardQciMOsand
ExtendedQciMOs.IftheLogicalchannelpriorityparameterissetto9to10fornonGBRservices(withQCIsof6to9oranextendedQCI),thepriorityofnonGBRservicesis
high.IftheLogicalchannelpriorityparameterissetto11to16fornonGBRservices(withQCIsof6to9oranextendedQCI),thepriorityofnonGBRservicesislow.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
IftheLcgProfileparametervalueischangedfromLCG_PROFILE_0toLCG_PROFILE_2,thethroughputofhighprioritynonGBRservicesincreasesbutthethroughput
oflowprioritynonGBRservicesdecreases.ThethroughputcanbeobservedbyusingtheTraffic.Thruput.PDF.Cellfunctionsubset.
IfthenumberofVoLTEUEsislargeandtheuplinkVoLTEtrafficvolumeisheavy,changingtheLcgProfileparametervaluefromLCG_PROFILE_1toLCG_PROFILE_2
hasthefollowingimpacts:
Shortenstheuplinkschedulinglatencyofthecontrolplanedata.
ReducestheERABestablishmentduration,whichcanbeobservedbyusingthefollowingcounters:L.ERAB.Est.TimeAvg,L.ERAB.Est.TimeMax,L.E
RAB.InitEst.TimeAvg,L.ERAB.InitEst.TimeMax
ReducestheRRCconnectionsetupduration,whichcanbeobservedbyusingthecountersL.RRC.ConnSetup.TimeAvgandL.RRC.ConnSetup.TimeMax.
IncreasestheERABestablishsuccessrate(indicatedbytheERABEstablishSuccessRatecounter),thehandoversuccessrates,thesuccessrateofRRC
connectionsetupforservices(indicatedbytheServiceRRCConnectSuccessRatecounter),thesuccessrateofRRCconnectionsetupforothertypes,
whichequals100x(L.RRC.ConnReq.Succ.MoSig)/(L.RRC.ConnReq.Att.MoSig).
MaybenegativelyaffecttheservicequalityofVoLTEservicesandincreasetheuplinkpacketlossrateofserviceswithaQCIof1,whichisequalto
L.Traffic.UL.PktLoss.Loss.QCI.1/L.Traffic.UL.PktLoss.Tot.QCI.1.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
TheexistinglicensefortheBasisSchedulingfeatureisstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
ThevalueLCG_PROFILE_2isaddedtotheLcgProfileparameterintheGlobalProcSwitchMO.
None
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ImpactedFeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODGLOBALPROCSWITCHcommandwiththeLCGProfileparametersettoLCG_PROFILE_2.
6.26LOFD001048TTIBundling
6.26.1TTIBundlingforUEsPerformingMixedServices
Description
ThisfeatureallowsUEstoentertheTTIbundlingstatewhenUEsareperformingVoLTEanddataservicesatthesametime(hereinafter,thecombinationofVoLTEanddataservices
iscalledmixedservices).IfUEscannotentertheTTIbundlingstatewhenperformingmixedservices,thevoiceservicequalityispoorinweakcoverageareas.Thisfeature
addressesthisissueandimprovestheuplinkvoiceservicequalityinweakcoverageareasforUEsperformingmixedservices.Itisrecommendedthatthisfeaturebeactivatedin
VoLTEscenarioswiththeTTIbundlingfeatureenabled.
Implementation
TheTtiBundlingTriggerStrategyparameterhasbeenaddedtotheCellUlSchAlgoMO.
WhentheTtiBundlingSwitch(TtiBundlingSwitch)optionoftheUlSchSwitchparameterisselected,theTtiBundlingTriggerStrategyparametertakeseffectasfollows:
IfthisparameterissettoSERVICE_VOIP(SERVICE_VOIP),theeNodeBcaninstructUEsperformingonlyVoLTEservicestoentertheTTIbundlingstate.
IfthisparameterissettoSERVICE_MULTIAPP(SERVICE_MULTIAPP),theeNodeBcaninstructUEsperformingonlyVoLTEservicesormixedservicestoenterthe
TTIbundlingstate.
ThisfeatureandtheTtiBundlingTriggerStrategyparameterapplytoonlyLTEFDD.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
SettingtheTtiBundlingTriggerStrategyparametertoSERVICE_MULTIAPP(SERVICE_MULTIAPP)hasthefollowingimpacts:
IncreasestheprobabilityofUEsenteringtheTTIbundlingstate,improvingthevoiceservicequalityinweakcoverageareasandreducingthepacketlossrate
ofserviceswithaQCIof1.ThispacketlossrateisequaltoL.Traffic.UL.PktLoss.Loss.QCI.1/L.Traffic.UL.PktLoss.Tot.QCI.1.
MaybedecreasethedataservicethroughputofUEsintheTTIbundlingstate,whichcanbeobservedusingthefunctionsubsetTraffic.Thruput.PDF.Cell.
AsthenumberofRBsusedbyaUEincreasesaftertheUEenterstheTTIbundlingstate,thereispossibilitythatthetrafficvolumeandthroughputofthelocal
celldecreasewhenthenumberofUEsinthecellislargeandtheuplinkRBusageishigh.Thecelltrafficvolumeandthroughputcanbeobservedusingthe
Traffic.Thruput.Cellfunctionsubset.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
TheexistinglicensefortheTTIBundlingfeatureisstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
TheTtiBundlingTriggerStrategyparameterhasbeenaddedtotheCellUlSchAlgoMO.
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ImpactedFeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODCELLULSCHALGOcommandwiththeTTIBundlingTriggerStrategyparameterspecified.
IfthisparameterissettoSERVICE_VOIP(SERVICE_VOIP),theeNodeBcaninstructUEsperformingonlyVoLTEservicestoentertheTTIbundlingstate.
IfthisparameterissettoSERVICE_MULTIAPP(SERVICE_MULTIAPP),theeNodeBcaninstructUEsperformingonlyVoLTEservicesormixedservicestoenterthe
TTIbundlingstate.
6.26.2SupportforConfigurableTTIBundlingParameters
Description
ThisfunctionallowsforconfigurableTTIbundlingparameters.ItisrecommendedthatthisfunctionbeenabledinVoLTEscenarioswhenTTIbundlingisenabled.
Implementation
TheparametersTtiBundlingHarqMaxTxNum,TtiBundlingRlcMaxSegNum,StatisticNumThdForTtibTrig,StatisticNumThdForTtibExit,andHystToExitTtiBundlingareadded
totheCellUlSchAlgoMOtoimplementthisfunction.
WhentheTtiBundlingSwitchoptionundertheUlSchSwitchparameterisselected,
TheTtiBundlingHarqMaxTxNumparameterspecifiesthemaximumnumberofHARQtransmissiontimesintheuplinkinTTIbundlingmode.
TheTtiBundlingRlcMaxSegNumparametercontrolswhethertoapplyupperlimitcontrolonservicedataunit(SDU)segmentationattheRLClayerintheuplinkfor
servicesscheduledinTTIbundlingmodeandthemaximumSDUsegmentsattheRLClayer.Ifthisparameterissetto0,theupperlimitcontrolonSDUsegmentationat
theRLClayerisdisabledintheuplinkforservicesscheduledinTTIbundlingmode.IfthisparameterissettoanonzerovalueX,upperlimitcontrolonSDU
segmentationattheRLClayerisenabledandamaximumofXSDUsegmentsthatcanbedividedforservicesinuplinkdynamicschedulinginTTIbundlingmode.
TheStatisticNumThdForTtibTrigparameterspecifiesthethresholdofchannelqualitystatistictimesduringwhichthechannelqualityofaUEconsistentlymeets
conditionsforenteringTTIbundling.BeforeaUEentersTTIbundling,theeNodeBperformsstatisticonthechannelqualityoftheUEattheintervalof20msorlonger.If
thenumberofstatistictimesduringwhichthechannelqualityoftheUEconsistentlymeetsconditionsforenteringTTIbundlingisgreaterthanthisparametervalue,the
UEentersTTIbundling.
TheStatisticNumThdForTtibExitparameterspecifiesthethresholdofchannelqualitystatistictimesduringwhichthechannelqualityofaUEconsistentlymeets
conditionsforexitingfromTTIbundling.BeforeaUEexitsfromTTIbundling,theeNodeBperformsstatisticonthechannelqualityoftheUEattheintervalof20msor
longer.IfthenumberofstatistictimesduringwhichthechannelqualityoftheUEconsistentlymeetsconditionsforexitingfromTTIbundlingisgreaterthanthisparameter
value,theUEexitsTTIbundling.
TheHystToExitTtiBundlingparameterspecifiesthehysteresisofStatisticNumThdForTtibExitascomparedtoStatisticNumThdForTtibTrig.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
AsmallervalueoftheTtiBundlingHarqMaxTxNumparameterresultsinfewerradioresourceoverheadscausedbyHARQretransmissionsbutlowerradiolinkreliability.Alarger
valueofthisparameterresultsintheoppositeeffects.
SettingtheTtiBundlingRlcMaxSegNumparametertotherecommendedvalueinanRATimprovesthevoicequalityforVoLTEusersinTTIbundlingmodebutmaydecreasethe
dataservicethroughputoftheseusers.Asmallernonzerovalueofthisparameter(1isthesmallestvalue)resultsinfewerSDUsegmentsthatcanbedividedforservicesinuplink
dynamicschedulinginTTIbundlingmode,pooreruplinkcoverageforVoLTEservices,andfewercontrolchannelelements(CCEs)consumedinuplinkdynamicschedulingofVoLTE
services.Alargernonzerovalueofthisparameterresultsintheoppositeeffects.TherecommendedvalueinanRATisthemaximumvalueintheRAT.Ifthisparameterissetto0
oravaluegreaterthantherecommendedvalueintherelatedRAT,thenumberofSDUsegmentsattheRLClayerforservicesduringuplinkdynamicschedulinginTTIbundlingmode
mayexceedtherecommendedvalueintheRAT.Asaresult,voicepacketdelayisprolonged,leadingtomorediscardedpacketsduetotimerexpiryontheUEsideanddeteriorated
uplinkcoverageforVoLTEservices.
SettingtheStatisticNumThdForTtibTrigparametertoanappropriatevaluehelpsdecreasetheprobabilityofunnecessaryTTIbundlingenteringcausedbywirelesssignalfluctuation
andpreventunnecessaryRRCconnectionreconfigurations.AsmallervalueofthisparameterresultsinashortertimetodelayTTIbundlingentering,ahigherprobabilityofentering
TTIbundling,ahigherprobabilityofunnecessaryTTIbundlingentering,andmoreRBresourcestobeconsumedifaUEentersTTIbundlingwhenthechannelqualityisgood.Asa
result,throughputdeceases.AlargervalueofthisparameterresultsinalongertimetodelaytheTTIbundlingentering,alowerprobabilityofenteringTTIbundling,andahigher
probabilitythatvoiceservicequalitydeteriorates,andmoreCCEstobeconsumedandlowerMOSscoresifaUEdoesnotenterTTIbundlinginatimelymannerwhenthechannel
qualityisbad.
SettingtheStatisticNumThdForTtibExitparametertoanappropriatevaluehelpsdecreasetheprobabilityofunnecessaryexitfromTTIbundlingcausedbywirelesssignalfluctuation
andpreventunnecessaryRRCconnectionreconfigurations.AsmallervalueofthisparameterresultsinashortertimetodelaytheexitfromTTIbundling,ahigherprobabilityof
exitingfromTTIbundling,ahigherprobabilityofunnecessaryexitfromTTIbundling,moreRRCconnectionreconfigurations,andlowerMOSscores.Alargervalueofthisparameter
resultsinalongertimetodelaytheexitfromTTIbundling,alowerprobabilityofexitingfromTTIbundling,andahigherprobabilitythatUEsretaininTTIbundlingmodeevenwhen
thechannelqualityisgood,whichconsumesmoreRBresourcesanddecreasesthroughput.
SettingtheHystToExitTtiBundlingparametertoanappropriatevaluehelpsdecreasetheprobabilityofunnecessaryexitfromTTIbundlingcausedbywirelesssignalfluctuationand
preventunnecessaryRRCconnectionreconfigurations.AsmallervalueofthisparameterresultsinahigherprobabilityofexitingfromTTIbundling,ahigherprobabilityof
unnecessaryexitfromTTIbundling,moreRRCconnectionreconfigurations,andlowerMOSscores.AlargervalueofthisparameterresultsinalowerprobabilityofexitingfromTTI
bundlingandahigherprobabilitythatUEsretaininTTIbundlingmodeevenwhenthechannelqualityisgood,whichconsumesmoreRBresourcesanddecreasesthroughput.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
TheexistinglicenseforTTIBundlingisstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
TheparametersTtiBundlingHarqMaxTxNum,TtiBundlingRlcMaxSegNum,StatisticNumThdForTtibTrig,StatisticNumThdForTtibExit,andHystToExitTtiBundlingareadded
totheCellUlSchAlgoMO.
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Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODCELLULSCHALGOcommandwiththeparametersTtiBundlingHarqMaxTxNum,TtiBundlingRlcMaxSegNum,StatisticNumThdForTtibTrig,
StatisticNumThdForTtibExit,andHystToExitTtiBundlingsettopropervalues.
6.27LOFD001008UltraHighSpeedMobility
6.27.1OptimizedThroughputPerformanceinHighSpeedRailwayNLOSScenarioswithHighFrequencyBand
Description
Thisfeatureenhancesfrequencyoffsetestimationandcorrectioninhighspeedrailwaynonlineofsight(NLOS)scenarios,andthereforeincreasestheuplinkthroughoutinsuch
scenarios.Itisrecommendedthatyouenablethisfeatureinscenarioswithafrequencybandbetween1GHzand2.6GHzandamobilityspeedof350km/hor450km/h.
Implementation
Withthisfeature,algorithmsareselectedbasedontheDopplerfrequencyshiftandspreadspectrum.Inaddition,theMIMOmodeisselectedmanuallyaftertheupgradetoimprove
thedownlinkthroughput.
Impactoncapacity
Theuplinkthroughputinscenarioswithgreatfrequencyoffsetincreases.Inaddition,thedownlinkthroughputalsoincreasesastheMIMOmodeischangedtoopenloop
adaptivemode.
Impactonperformance
Theaccesssuccessrate,handoversuccessrate,andservicedroprateincreaseinNLOSscenarios.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
ThisfeatureisnotsupportedbyLBBPcboards.
None
ThisfeatureiscontrolledbytheexistinglicenseUltraHighSpeedMobility(perCell)(FDD),andlicenseupdateisnotrequiredforthefeatureenhancement.
IfCELL.HighSpeedFlagissettoULTRA_HIGH_SPEED,thedefaultvaluesofCELLMIMOPARACFG.MimoAdaptiveSwitchand
CELLMIMOPARACFG.InitialMimoTypewillchangeaftertheupgrade.Therefore,it'snecessarytosetCELLMIMOPARACFG.MimoAdaptiveSwitchtoOL_ADAPTIV
andCELLMIMOPARACFG.InitialMimoTypetoADAPTIVEMIMOmanualaftertheupgrade.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMMLcommandMODCELLMIMOPARACFGwithMimoAdaptiveSwitchsettoOL_ADAPTIV.
RuntheMMLcommandMODCELLMIMOPARACFGwithInitialMimoTypesettoADAPTIVE(ADAPTIVE).
6.27.2ImprovedSupportedMobilityRateandUENumberSpecificationofHighSpeed/UltraHighSpeedCells
Description
ThisfeatureenhancesthefrequencyoffsetestimationandcorrectionfunctionandincreasestheUEnumberspecificationinhighspeed/ultrahighspeedcells.Thisaimstoenable
highspeed/ultrahighspeedcellstosupportamobilityspeedof350km/handsupportmoreUEs.Inaddition,KPIperformancesareimprovedthroughSFN.Itisrecommendedthat
youenablethisfeatureinhighspeedrailwaysorhighwaysthatworkinafrequencybandbetween1GHzand2.6GHzandhaveaspeedhigherthan120km/h.
Implementation
Withthisfeature,thefrequencyoffsetestimationrangeisextended,thefrequencyoffsetcorrectioncapabilityisenhanced,andthevaluesofsomeparametersforhighspeed/ultra
highspeedcellsarechanged.Inthismanner,highspeedcellscansupportthefrequencybandof2.6GHzand400activatedUEinamobilityspeedof350km/handultrahighspeed
cellscansupportthefrequencybandof2.6GHzand200activatedUEinamobilityspeedof450km/h.Inaddition,KPIperformancesareimprovedthroughSFN.
Impactoncapacity
Theaverageuplinkthroughputandsingleuseruplinkthroughputincreasesinhighspeedcells.InSFNscenarios,however,enablingthisfeaturedecreasestheoverallnetwork
capacity.
Impactonperformance
Theaccesssuccessrate,handoversuccessrate,andservicedroprateinhighspeedcellsimprovebecauseofenhancedfrequencyoffsetestimationandcorrectioncapabilityas
wellastheapplicationofSFN.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheHighSpeedRootSequenceCycleShiftSwitchparameterisaddedtotheENodeBAlgoSwitchMOtospecifywhethercyclicshiftisappliedduringthegeneration
ofpreambles.
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None
ImpactedFeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODENODEBALGOSWITCHcommandwiththeHighSpeedRootSequenceCycleShiftSwitchparametersettoapropervalue.
6.28LOFD070214UL8AntennaReceiveDiversity
Description
Uplink(UL)8antennareceivediversityinfrequencydivisionduplex(FDD)modehasbeenenhanced.ComparedwithUL2antennaand4antennareceivediversity,UL8antenna
receivediversityprovideshigherdiversitygainsandarraygains,therebyimprovingcellcoverageperformanceandcellcapacity.ItisrecommendedthatUL8antennareceive
diversitybeenabledtoimproveULcoverage.
Implementation
Inearlierversions,two2T4RRRUsarecombinedtoservea2T8R(2T4R+2T4R)celltoimplementUL8antennareceptionanddownlink(DL)4antennatransmission(2x2MIMOin
theDL).
Inthecurrentversion,thisfeatureisenhancedasfollows:
Two2T4RRRUsarecombinedtoservea2T8R(2T4R+0T4R)celltoimplementUL8antennareceptionandDL2antennatransmission.
Impactoncapacity
ComparedwithLOFD001005UL4AntennaReceiveDiversityandLBFD00202001UL2AntennaReceiveDiversity,UL8antennareceivediversityprovidesabout3dB
diversitygainsand6dBarraygains.Thisreducesthetransmitpowerofcellcenterusers(CCUs)andincreasesthemodulationandcodingscheme(MCS)indexand
throughputofcelledgeusers(CEUs).
Inscenarioswhere8antennareceptionhasthesamecoverageas2antennaand4antennareception:
FortheDL,UL8antennareceptionhasnoimpactonDLperformance.
FortheUL,UL8antennareceptionimprovestheULaverageMCSindexandthroughputobviouslyforCEUsandby100%ormoreforUEsextremelyfarfrom
theeNodeB.ThethroughputofCCUsdoesnotimproveorimproves,buttheUEtransmitpowerdecreasesto8dBormore.
Inscenarioswhere8antennareceptionprovideswidercoverageandservesmoreUEsthan2antennaand4antennareception:
FortheDL,UL8antennareceptionmaydecreasetheDLaverageMCSindexandthroughput.Ononehand,theDLthroughputofUEsdecreasesintheDL2
antennacoverageareabecausetheamountofavailabletimefrequencyresourcesdecreases.Ontheotherhand,theDLaverageMCSindexandthroughout
decreaseduetopoorchannelconditionsintheUL8antennanewcoveragearea.
FortheUL,UL8antennareceptionmaydeteriorateULaverageMCSindexandthroughput.Ononehand,theULthroughputofUEsdecreasesintheUL2
antennacoverageareabecausetheamountofavailabletimefrequencyresourcesdecreases.Ontheotherhand,theULaverageMCSindexandthroughout
decreaseduetopoorchannelconditionsintheUL8antennanewcoveragearea.
Impactonperformance
ComparedwithLOFD001005UL4AntennaReceiveDiversityandLBFD00202001UL2AntennaReceiveDiversity,UL8antennareceivediversityprovides
about3dBdiversitygainsand6dBarraygainsandincreasesthemodulationandcodingscheme(MCS)indexandthroughputofCEUs.
Inscenarioswhere8antennareceptionhasthesamecoverage,UL8antennareceptionimprovesnetworkperformance.ThemoretheCEUs,themore
effectivelythenetworkperformanceimproves.
However,8antennareceptionextendsthecoverageareawith3dBdiversitygainsand6dBarraygainscomparedwith2antennaand4antennareception,and
thereforethenumberofonlineUEsmayincrease.ThechannelconditionsfortheseUEsarepoor.Therefore,thecoverageperformanceoftheentirecelldoes
notsignificantlyimproveandevendeteriorates.
ImpactonNEs
ThisfeatureisimplementedonthemacroeNodeB,U2000,andCME.
ImpactonHardware
ThebasebandprocessingunitmustbeLBBPd4.Iftwo2T4RRRUsarecombinedintoa4T8RRRUforUL8antennareception,the2T4RRRU(RRU3262)mustbeused.Iftwo
2T4RRRUsarecombinedintoa2T8RRRUforUL8antennareception,the2T4RRRU(RRU3632orRRU3630)mustbeused.
None
TheexistinglicensecontrolitemUL8AntennaReceiveDiversity(perCell)(FDD)isstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
ThisfeatureisconfiguredbyusingtheSECTOR,CELL,andEUCELLSECTOREQMMOs.TheSECTOREQMandCELLMOsareconfiguredintheeNodeBRadio
DatasheetofthesummarydatafileontheCME.
CellperformancemonitoringcanbeperformedontheU2000toobservethereceivedsignalstrengthindicator(RSSI)valuesofeightantennas.IfalltheRSSIvaluesare
valid,theUL8antennareceivediversityfeaturehastakeneffect.
CellperformancemonitoringcanbeperformedontheU2000toobservetheRSSIvaluesofeightantennas.
LOFD001001DL2x2MIMO
UL8antennareceivediversitycanbeusedonlywhena4T8R(2x2MIMOusedintheDL)or2T8Rcellissetup.
LOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMO
LOFD001058UL2x4MUMIMO
LOFD070214UL8AntennaReceiveDiversityisnotcompatiblewithLOFD001002UL2x2MUMIMOorLOFD001058UL2x4MUMIMO.
LOFD070214UL8AntennaReceiveDiversityisnotcompatiblewithLOFD001066IntraeNodeBULCoMP.
LOFD070214UL8AntennaReceiveDiversityisnotcompatiblewithLOFD001031ExtendedCP.
LOFD070214UL8AntennaReceiveDiversityisnotcompatiblewithLOFD001008UltraHighSpeedMobility.
LOFD070214UL8AntennaReceiveDiversityisnotcompatiblewithLOFD001096AdvancedReceiver(PSIC).
LOFD070214UL8AntennaReceiveDiversityisnotcompatiblewithLOFD003029SFNorLOFD070205AdaptiveSFN/SDMA.
LOFD001051CompactBandwidth
LOFD070214UL8AntennaReceiveDiversityisnotcompatiblewithLOFD001051CompactBandwidth.
LOFD001076CPRICompression
LOFD070214UL8AntennaReceiveDiversityisnotcompatiblewithLOFD001076CPRICompressionfora4T8Rcell.
LAOFD080207CarrierAggregationforDownlink3CC[Trial]
LOFD070214UL8AntennaReceiveDiversityisnotcompatiblewithLAOFD080207CarrierAggregationforDownlink3CC[Trial].
LOFD070214UL8AntennaReceiveDiversityisnotcompatiblewithLAOFD080202CarrierAggregationforUplink2CC[Trial].
Impactedfeatures
4T8Risnotdirectlyexclusivewithextendedcellcoverage.Whenmultipathdelayislarge,the4T8RcellcannotbeconfiguredastheextendedCP(ECP)celland
thereforeextendedcellcoverageperformanceisaffected.
LBFD070101UplinkTimingBasedonPUCCH
LOFD070214UL8AntennaReceiveDiversityisnotcompatiblewithLBFD070101UplinkTimingBasedonPUCCH.Fora4T8Rcell,LBFD070101UplinkTiming
BasedonPUCCHdoesnottakeeffect.
RelatedOperations
Fordetails,see"EngineeringGuidelinesonMultipleAntennaReceiveDiversity"inMIMOFeatureParameterDescription.
6.29LBFD00201802CoverageBasedInterfrequencyHandover
6.29.1OptimizationofInterFrequencyHandoverTriggeringEventTypeforCAUEs
Description
InCAscenarios,eventA4hasbeenchangedtoeventA5sothatuplinkqualitybasedanddistancebasedinterfrequencyhandoverscanbeperformedbetweenthePCellandSCell.
Implementation
AftereventA4basedmeasurementischangedtoeventA5basedmeasurement,uplinkqualitybasedinterfrequencyhandoverscanbeperformedbetweenthePCellandSCell.
AftereventA4basedmeasurementischangedtoeventA5basedmeasurement,distancebasedinterfrequencyhandoverscanbeperformedbetweenthePCellandSCell.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
ThenumberofhandoversbetweenthePCellandSCellincreases.
ImpactonNEs
ThisoptimizationisimplementedontheeNodeB.
ImpactonHardware
None
None
TheexistinglicensesforDistanceBasedInterfrequencyHandoverandCoverageBasedInterfrequencyHandoverarestillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeature
hasnoimpactonthelicense.
None
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None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
None
6.29.2EnhancementintheCoveragebasedInterFrequencyHandover
Description
ThisfeatureallowsVoIPservicestobepreferentiallyhandedovertotheuserspecifictargetfrequencyorfrequencysetduringcoveragebasedinterfrequencyhandovers.This
featurehelpsreducethenumberofVoIPservicehandoversandimprovethevoicequality.ItisrecommendedthatthisfeaturebeusedinscenarioswhereVoIPservicesare
performedinanetworkthatcontainsthreeormorethanthreefrequencies,withcertainfrequencieshavingtheoptimalcoverage.
Implementation
Whenmeetingthecriterionfordeterminingweakcoverage,aUEsendsameasurementreporttriggeredbyeventA2.Uponreceivingthemeasurementreport,theeNodeBdetermines
whethertheUEhasthevoiceservicebearer.IftheUEhasthevoiceservicebearer,theeNodeBdeliversA4measurementconfigurationstoinstructtheUEtoselectameasurement
frequencydependingonthesettingoftheVoipMeasFreqPriSwitchoptionoftheCellAlgoSwitch.MultiFreqPriControlSwitchparameter:
Whenthisoptionisselected,theUEselectstheinterfrequencywiththehighestEutranInterNFreq.VoipPriorityparametervalueasthemeasurementfrequency.
Whenthisoptionisdeselected,themethodofselectingthemeasurementfrequencyforUEswithvoiceservicebeareristhesameasthatforUEswithoutvoiceservice
bearer.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
ThisenhancementreducesthenumberofVoIPservicehandovers(indicatedbythesumoftheL.HHO.IntraeNB.InterFreq.ExecAttOut.VoIPand
L.HHO.IntereNB.InterFreq.ExecAttOut.VoIPcounters)andimprovesthevoicequality.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheVoipMeasFreqPriSwitchoptionisaddedtotheCellAlgoSwitch.MultiFreqPriControlSwitchparameter.TheEutranInterNFreq.VoipPriorityparameterisaddedtospecifythe
frequencypriorityofcoveragebasedhandoversforVoIPservices.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
Toenablethisfeature,runtheMODCELLALGOSWITCHcommand,withtheVoipMeasFreqPriSwitchoptionoftheCellAlgoSwitch.MultiFreqPriControlSwitchparameter
selected.
RuntheMODEUTRANINTERNFREQcommand,withthevalueoftheVoipPriorityparameterofthefrequencywiththebestcoveragesettothehighestvalue.
6.30LOFD002005MobilityRobustOptimization(MRO)
6.30.1OptimizationofIntraRATMRO
Description
IntraRATmobilityrobustnessoptimization(MRO)hasbeenoptimized.ThisoptimizationsolvestheshortageofmaintenanceandtestmethodsforintraRATMROandrectifies
functiondefectsofintraRATMROinsomenetworkingscenarios.ThisoptimizationalsoimprovesgainassessmentoninterfrequencyMROandUElevelMROagainstpingpong
handoversandfurtherimprovesthemechanismforidentifyinghandoverexceptionsandintraRATMROmechanism.ItisrecommendedthatintrafrequencyMROandUElevelMRO
beenabledinintrafrequencycontiguouscoveragenetworkingscenariosandthatinterfrequencyMRObeenabledininterfrequencycontiguouscoveragenetworkingscenarios.
Implementation
IntraRATMROhasbeenoptimizedasfollows:
MaintenanceandtestmethodsforUElevelMROagainstpingponghandovershavebeenadded.TheeNodeBnowmeasuresthenumberoftimespingponghandovers
aredeterminedbyUElevelMROandthenumberoftimespingponghandoverpreventreconfigurationmessagesaredelivered.
ThecounterformeasuringthenumberoftimesinterfrequencymeasurementconfigurationisdeliveredhasbeenaddedtoevaluatethegainsaftertheeventA2triggering
thresholdforinterfrequencymeasurementisoptimized.
TheprocedurefortriggeringMROagainstprematureordelayedhandoverswhentheintraMROsuccessrateislessthanaspecifiedthresholdhasbeenremoved.This
helpsreduceinvalidadjustmentinintraRATMRO.
ThemechanismforchangingtheeventA1triggeringthresholdwhentheeventA2triggeringthresholdisoptimizedbyinterfrequencyMROhasbeenadded.This
mechanismpreventsfrequentdeliveryanddeletionofinterfrequencymeasurementconfigurationswhentheeventA2triggeringthresholdisclosetotheeventA1
triggeringthresholdandallowsoperatorstochangeparametersettings.
WhentheproportionofdelayedhandoversrelatedtoeventA2basedinterfrequencymeasurementissmall,theeventA2triggeringthresholdforinterfrequency
measurementcanbechangedtoavaluelessthantheinitiallyconfiguredvalue.Thishelpsreducethenumberofinvalidinterfrequencymeasurementsduetotheinitially
configuredhigheventA2triggeringthreshold.
ThemechanismfordeterminingdelayedhandoversduringintraRATMROhasbeenoptimizedincompliancewith3GPPRelease11.IfaUEfailstoaccessthetargetcell
andreestablishesanRRCconnectiontothetargetcellafterreceivingthehandoverinstruction,theeNodeBdoesnotmeasurethisscenarioasadelayedhandover.
Impactoncapacity
ForinterfrequencyMRO,ifthethresholdfortheproportionofdelayedhandoversrelatedtoeventA2basedmeasurementissmall,interfrequencyMROiseasilytriggered
toincreasetheeventA2triggeringthreshold.ThiscanreducethenumberofdelayedhandoversrelatedtoeventA2basedmeasurementandincreasetheprobabilityof
invalidinterfrequencymeasurement.InterfrequencymeasurementmayinterruptservicesofUEs,andthereforetheaveragethroughputofUEsatthecelledgemay
decrease.
Impactonperformance
WhenintraRATMROisperformedtopreventprematurehandovers,thenumberofprematurehandoversdecreasesbuttheprobabilityofdelayedhandoversincreases,
whichmayincreasetheservicedroprate.Similarly,whenintraRATMROisperformedtopreventdelayedhandovers,thenumberofdelayedhandoversdecreasesbutthe
probabilityofprematurehandoversincreases,whichincreasesthenumberofoutgoinghandovers.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
TheexistinglicensefortheMROfeatureisstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
TheInterFreqMroAdjParaSelparameterhasbeenaddedtotheCellMroMOtospecifythepolicyforselectingMROparameters.
TheL.MeasCtrl.InterFreqA3.Coverage.Num.TotalandL.MeasCtrl.InterFreqA4A5.Coverage.Num.Totalcountershavebeenaddedtomeasurethenumberoftimesinter
frequencymeasurementconfigurationisdeliveredduringinterfrequencyMRO.ThesetwocountersareusedtoevaluatethegainsaftertheeventA2triggeringthreshold
forinterfrequencymeasurementisdecreased.
TheL.HHO.NCell.PingPongHo.ConsecutiveandL.HHO.NCell.UeMro.Ciocountershavebeenaddedtomeasurethenumberoftimespingponghandoversare
determinedbyUElevelMROandthenumberoftimespingponghandoverpreventreconfigurationmessagesaredelivered,respectively.Thesetwocountersareusedto
evaluatethegainsofferedbyUElevelMROagainstpingponghandovers.
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
None
6.30.2OptimizedMeasurementCriteriaforInterRATMROAgainstPrematureandDelayedHandovers
Description
ThemeasurementcriteriaforinterRATMROagainstprematureanddelayedhandovershavebeenoptimizedtoaddresstheissuewhereinterRATMROparametersareincorrectly
adjusted.
Implementation
Themeasurementcriteriahavebeenmodifiedasfollows:
1.InthefunctionofinterRATMROagainstprematurehandovers,theeNodeBmeasuresonlythenumberofnecessaryprematurehandoversandnolongermeasuresthe
numberofothertypesofprematurehandovers.Necessaryhandoversrefertocoverage,distance,andULqualitybasedhandovers.
2.InthefunctionofinterRATMROagainstdelayedhandovers,ifanexceptionoccursonaUEafterahandoverrequestissentduringanecessaryhandover,sucha
handoverisnotregardedasaninterRATdelayedhandover.
3.InthefunctionofinterRATMROagainstdelayedhandovers,ifaneNodeBdoesnotdeliverthecoveragebasedinterRATmeasurementconfigurationforeventA2toa
UE,abnormalhandoversthatoccuronsuchaUEarenotregardedasA2relateddelayedinterRAThandovers.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
RelatedOperations
None
6.31LOFD001016VoIPSemipersistentScheduling
Description
ThisfeatureenablestheeNodeBtoimplementtheSRMaskfunctionintroducedin3GPPRelease9.Withthisfeature,UEsthatperformVoLTEservicesnolongertriggerscheduling
requests(SRs)overlogicalchannelsonwhichuplinksemipersistentscheduling(SPS)isactivated.ThisfeaturehelpsimprovethepowersavingperformanceofUEs.
ItisrecommendedthatthisfeaturebeenabledwhentheuplinkSPSfunctionisenabled.
Implementation
TheSRMaskfunctiontakeseffectwhenallthefollowingconditionsaremet:
1.UEscomplywith3GPPRelease9orlater.
2.UEshaveactivatedtheuplinkSPSonalogicalchannel.
3.TheeNodeBhasconfiguredthelogicalChannelSRMaskinformationelement(IE)forthelogicalchannelusingRRCsignaling.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
ThepowersavingperformanceofUEsimproveswhentheuplinkSPSisactivatedforVoLTEservices.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheSrMaskSwitchparameterhasbeenaddedtotheCELLULSCHALGOMOtocontrolwhethertoenabletheSRMaskfunction.
None
None
ThisfeaturetakeseffectwhentheuplinkSPSfunctionandtheSRMaskfunctionareenabled.
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODCELLULSCHALGOcommandwithSrMaskSwitchsettoanappropriatevalue.
6.32LOFD001019PSInterRATMobilitybetweenEUTRANandUTRAN
Description
ThisfeatureoptimizesthepenaltyandretrymechanismsinthecaseofhandoverfailurescausedbynonresourceinducedadmissionfailuresandUutransmissionfailuresduring
interRATmobilitybetweenEUTRANandUTRAN.Withthisfeature,UEscanproperlyperformSRVCChandoversduringapenaltyinthecaseofPShandoverfailures,thereby
decreasingtheservicedroprate.
Implementation
TheL2UBasedHoPolicyPenaltySwitchoptionoftheHoCommOptSwitchparameterintheENodeBAlgoSwitchMOcontrolswhethertoenablethisfeature.Whenthisoptionis
selected,thisfeatureisenabled.InthecaseofnonresourceinducedadmissionfailuresandUutransmissionfailures,PShandoverpenaltiesandretriesareperformedseparately
fromSRVCChandoverpenaltiesandretries.Specifically,UEscanretrySRVCChandoversduringaPShandoverpenaltyorretryPShandoversduringanSRVCChandoverpenalty.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
Afterthisfeatureisenabled,thenumberofinterRAThandoversincreaseswithalowprobability.However,thenumberofservicedropsandcallreestablishmentsdueto
delayedinterRAThandoversandthenumberofcallreestablishmentsdecrease.
ImpactonNEs
ImpactonHardware
None
None
TheexistinglicensefortheMobilityManagementfeatureisstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
TheL2UBasedHoPolicyPenaltySwitchoptionhasbeenaddedtotheHoCommOptSwitchparameterintheENodeBAlgoSwitchMO.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODENODEBALGOSWITCHcommandwiththeL2UBasedHoPolicyPenaltySwitchoptionoftheHoCommOptSwitchparameterselectedordeselected.
6.33LOFD001043ServicebasedinterRAThandovertoUTRAN
Fortheimpactofthechangeinthisfeature,see6.32LOFD001019PSInterRATMobilitybetweenEUTRANandUTRAN.
6.34LOFD001072DistancebasedInterRAThandovertoUTRAN
Fortheimpactofthechangeinthisfeature,see6.32LOFD001019PSInterRATMobilitybetweenEUTRANandUTRAN.
6.35LOFD060201AdaptiveInterCellInterferenceCoordination
6.35.1ModifiedO&MModeofAdaptiveICIC
Description
TheAdaptiveICICfeatureofeRAN7.0canbedeployedininventorybasedmode(intheSONarchitecture)orevolutionbasedmode(intheRRMarchitecture).
Theinventorybasedmodeappliesinthefollowingscenarios:
UseECO6910V100R002fordeployingandmaintainingAdaptiveICIC.
UseECO6910V100R003fordeployingandmaintainingAdaptiveICIC,whereECO6910V100R003isupgradedfromECO6910V100R002buttheinventorybasedmode
hasnotbeenswitchedtotheevolutionbasedmode.
Theevolutionbasedmodeappliesinthefollowingscenarios:
UseECO6910V100R003orlaterfordeployingandmaintainingAdaptiveICIC.
UseECO6910V100R003fordeployingandmaintainingAdaptiveICIC,whereECO6910V100R003isupgradedfromECO6910V100R002andtheinventorybasedmode
hasbeenswitchedtotheevolutionbasedmode.
DuetoECO6910architectureevolution,theinventorybasedmodewillbedisusedandtheevolutionbasedmodewillbereservedinECO6910V100R003orlater.InECO6910
V100R003,theinventorybasedmodeisswitchedtotheevolutionbasedmode.
IneRAN8.0,theinventorybasedmodeforAdaptiveICICisdisusedandtheevolutionbasedmodeforAdaptiveICICisreserved.ThismodificationhasnoimpactsontheO&Mmode
selectioniftheinventorybasedmodehasbeenswitchedtotheevolutionbasedmodeinversionsearlierthaneRAN8.0.Iftheinventorybasedmodeisstillusedinversionsearlier
thaneRAN8.0,itmustbeswitchedtotheevolutionbasedmodeineRAN8.0.ThismodificationaffectstheselectionoftheO&MmodeoftheAdaptiveICICfeaturewithoutaffecting
theperformanceofAdaptiveICIC.
Implementation
Thefollowingmodificationsaremade:
1.O&MchannelsbetweentheeNodeBandtheeCoordinatorareremoved,whicharedatachannelstheinventorybasedmode.
2.TheO&MGUIsforAdaptiveICICareremovedfromtheU2000,whichincludeGUIsforaddinganoptimizationarea,creatinganoptimizationtask,configuring
optimizationparameters,andqueryingtherunningstatus.
3.ThefaultalarmmechanismintheinventorybasedmodeisremovedfromtheeCoordinator.
4.ThelicensemanagementmechanismintheinventorybasedmodeisremovedfromtheeCoordinator.
5.SONlogsareremovedfromtheeCoordinator.
6.ThefollowingMMLcommandsandparametersrelatedtoAdaptiveICICtheinventorybasedmodeareremovedfromtheeCoordinator:
MMLcommands:ADDOPTIZONE,ADDOPTIOBJ,MODAICICOPTIPARA,andMODOPTIFEATURE
Parameters:OptiZoneId,OptiZoneName,OptiObjType,OptiObjId,RAT,OptiType,OptiPeriod,OptiFeatureId,OptiName,FeatureType,OptiCellType,
ParaId,OptiZoneId,EnableSwitch,ImplementMode,andImplementSchedule
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
O&MchannelsbetweentheeNodeBandtheeCoordinatorhavebeenremoved.
TheAdaptiveInterCellInterferenceCoordination(LTEFDD)(perCell)licensecontrolitemintheinventorybasedmodehasbeendeletedineRAN8.0.
ThefollowingMMLcommandsandparametersrelatedtoAdaptiveICICintheinventorybasedmodehavebeenremovedfromtheeCoordinator:
MMLcommands:ADDOPTIZONE,ADDOPTIOBJ,MODAICICOPTIPARA,andMODOPTIFEATURE
Parameters:OptiZoneId,OptiZoneName,OptiObjType,OptiObjId,RAT,OptiType,OptiPeriod,OptiFeatureId,OptiName,FeatureType,OptiCellType,
ParaId,OptiZoneId,EnableSwitch,ImplementMode,andImplementSchedule
None
ALM22746TaskRunningAbnormal,ALM22701NEDataAbsence,andALM22702FeatureFunctionDisabledAbnormalhavebeendeleted.
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
IftheinventorybasedmodehasbeenswitchedtotheevolutionbasedmodebeforeeRAN8.0,retaintheevolutionbasedmode.Iftheinventorybasedmodeisstillusedinversions
earlierthaneRAN8.0,switchittotheevolutionbasedmodeineRAN8.0.
Fordetailsabouthowtoswitchtheinventorybasedmodetotheevolutionbasedmode,seesection"Deployment"inAdaptiveICICFeatureParameterDescription.
6.35.2ReducedNegativeGainofaICIConLoadinCommercialNetworks
Description
EnablingtheaICICalgorithmbrings5%negativegainsinaveragethroughput.Thenegativegainsourcesareasfollows:
NoiseafflictedUEsareidentifiedascellcenterusersandtheeNodeBdecreasepowerforthem.
TheICICalgorithmprovidesobviousnegativegainsinlightlyloadedcells.AfteraICICisenabled,averagecellthroughputdecreases.
Implementation
NoiseafflictedUEscannotbeidentifiedascelledgeusers.Therefore,theeNodeBusesspectralefficiencytodetermineusers.Inaddition,interferencerandomizationisusedto
mitigatethenegativegainsinlightlyloadedcells.
Thissolutionincreasesaveragecellthroughputandhasnoimpactonotherfeatures.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
None
6.36LOFD002007PCICollisionDetection&SelfOptimization
Description
simultaneously.
Implementation
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
indirectly.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
RelatedOperations
None
6.37MRFD231808GSMandLTEBufferZoneOptimization(LTE)
Fortheimpactofthechangeinthisfeature,see6.36LOFD002007PCICollisionDetection&SelfOptimization.
6.38LOFD001032IntraLTELoadBalancing
6.38.1OptimizedPenaltyMechanismforFrequenciesandUEsinMLB.
Description
ThisfeatureenablestheeNodeBtomakepenaltydecisioninthemobilityloadbalancing(MLB)functionandallowsuserstoflexiblyconfigurethetimeforthepenaltyonfrequencies,
cells,andUEs.ThisfeatureavoidsincorrectpenaltyonfrequencieswheninappropriateUEsareselectedbytheMLBalgorithm.
Implementation
ThePunishJudgePrdNum,FreqPunishPrdNum,CellPunishPrdNum,andMlbUeSelectPunishTimerparametershavebeenaddedtotheCellMLBMOtosupportthisfeature.
Thepenaltyonfrequenciesisoptimized.Specifically,apenaltyisperformedonafrequencywhenbothofthefollowingconditionsaremet:
ThenumberofselectedUEsisnot0withinnMLBperiods,wherenisspecifiedbyPunishJudgePrdNum.
NoUEsarehandedovertothisfrequency.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
Thisfeaturehelpsdecreasethenumberofincorrectpenaltiesonfrequencies.Therefore,thisfeaturemayincreasethenumberofinterfrequencyhandoversorredirections
forMLBonfrequencies.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
TheexistinglicensesIntraLTELoadBalancing(FDD)andIntraLTEUsernumberloadbalancing(FDD)orexistinglicensesIntraLTELoadBalancing(TDD)andIntraLTE
Usernumberloadbalancing(TDD)forthisfeaturearestillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
ParameterName ParameterID DataSource SettingNotes

NumberofPeriodsfor PunishJudgePrdNum Networkplan(negotiationnot NumberofconsecutiveMLBperiodsthattheeNodeB
PunishmentJudgement required) evaluatesbeforedeterminingtoperformapenaltyona
frequencyafterMLBistriggered.
Therecommendedvalueis1.
NumberofPeriodsfor FreqPunishPrdNum Networkplan(negotiationnot NumberofMLBperiodsinwhichafrequencycannotbe

PunishmentonFrequency required) consideredinMLBaftertheMLBalgorithmhasperformed
apenaltyonthefrequency.
NumberofPeriodsfor CellPunishPrdNum Networkplan(negotiationnot NumberofMLBperiodsinwhichacellcannotbe

PunishmentonCell required) consideredinMLBaftertheMLBalgorithmhasperformed
apenaltyonthecell.
MLBUESelectionPunish MlbUeSelectPunishTimer Networkplan(negotiationnot TimerlengthforapenaltyonaUEthatisselectedbythe

Timer required) MLBalgorithmbutfailstobetransferred.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperationsRuntheMODCELLMLBcommandwithPunishJudgePrdNum,FreqPunishPrdNum,CellPunishPrdNum,andMlbUeSelectPunishTimersettoappropriate
values.
6.38.2EnhancedLoadBalancing
Description
UserscanadjustthebalancingtargetfortheIntraLTEUserNumberLoadBalancingfeaturebysettinganewparameter.Thisparametercanbeusedtoincreasethe
averageUEthroughput.Itisrecommendedthatthisparameterbeadjustedwhendifferentfrequencieshavedifferentspectralefficiency.
TheeNodeBimposesapenaltyonanincomingUEfromatransferforloadbalancing.ThispreventsaUEfrombeingrepeatedlyselectedandtransferredforload
balancing.Thisenhancementhasnoapplicationlimitations.
TheeNodeBobtainsthenumberofPRBsavailableinintereNodeBneighboringcellsthroughtheX2interfacefortheIntraLTEUserNumberLoadBalancingfeature.This
ensuresthatPRBsareevaluatedinthesamewayforthesourcecellandintereNodeBneighboringcellsandpreventspingponghandoverscausedbyloadcalculation
differences.ItisrecommendedthatthisfeaturebeappliedinintereNodeBcellswheretheyareusedforloadbalancing.
Implementation
AcelllevelparameterCellCapacityScaleFactorisaddedtotheCellMLBMOsothatuserscanadjustthebalancingtargetfortheIntraLTEUserNumberLoadBalancing
feature.ThetargetofloadbalancingbetweencellAandcellBisindicatedbythefollowingformula:NumberofuplinksynchronizedUEsincellA/Numberofuplink
synchronizedUEsincellB=(NumberofavailableRBresourcesincellAxCellCapacityScaleFactorforcellA)/(NumberofavailableRBresourcesincellBx
CellCapacityScaleFactorforcellB)
CelllevelparametersMlbHoInProtectModeandMlbHoInProtectTimerareaddedtotheCellMlbHoMO.WhentheMlbHoInProtectModeparameterissetto
PROTECTTIMERMODE(PROTECTTIMERMODE),apenaltywillbeimposedonanincomingUEfromatransferforloadbalancing.Afterthetransfer,thisUEwillnotbe
transferredduringtheperiodspecifiedbytheMlbHoInProtectTimerparameter.
ThenumberofPRBsavailableinintereNodeBneighboringcellsfortheIntraLTEUserNumberLoadBalancingfeatureisimplementedasfollows:Beforethemodification,
thenumberofPRBsavailableinintereNodeBneighboringcellsiscalculateddirectlybasedontheradiochannelbandwidthofneighboringcells.Afterthemodification,the
numberofPRBsforthedatachannelsiscalculatedforintereNodeBneighboringcells(thatis,thenumberofPRBsmappingtheradiochannelbandwidthminusthe
numberofPRBsmappingsignalingresources)andthensenttothesourcecellthroughtheX2interface.ThisschemeensuresthatthenumberofPRBsavailableininter
eNodeBneighboringcellsisevaluatedinthesameasthatinthesourcecellandintraeNodeBneighboringcellsaswellandtherebyavoidspingponghandoverscaused
byloadcalculationdifferences.
Impactoncapacity
SettingtheCellCapacityScaleFactorparametertoapropervalueimprovesresourceusageandthereforeincreasessystemcapacity.
SettingtheMlbHoInProtectTimerparametertoapropervaluehasnoimpactonsystemcapacity.However,ifthisparameterissettoavaluetoohigh,theexpectedload
balancingresultmaynotbeachieved,reducingsystemcapacity.
Impactonperformance
SettingtheCellCapacityScaleFactorparametertoapropervalueincreasestheaverageUEthroughput.
ThepenaltymechanismforincomingUEsfromtransfersforloadbalancinghasnoimpactonnetworkperformance.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
TheavailableRbNumIEisaddedforloadinformationexchangeovertheX2interfacefortheIntraLTEUserNumberLoadBalancingfeature.
Fortheenhancementofbalancingtargetadjustment,theexistinglicensefortheIntraLTEUserNumberLoadBalancingfeatureisstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthis
featurehasnoimpactonthelicense.
Fortheenhancementofthepenaltymechanism,theexistinglicensefortheIntraLTEUserNumberLoadBalancingorIntraLTELoadBalancingfeatureisstillapplicable.
AcelllevelparameterCellCapacityScaleFactorisaddedtotheCellMLBMOsothatuserscanadjustthebalancingtargetfortheIntraLTEUserNumberLoadBalancing
feature.
CelllevelparametersMlbHoInProtectModeandMlbHoInProtectTimerareaddedtotheCellMlbHoMOforthepenaltymechanismforincomingUEsfromtransfersfor
loadbalancing.TheparametersareapplicabletoLTEFDD.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
None
6.39LOFD070215IntraLTEUserNumberLoadBalancing
Fortheimpactofthechangeinthisfeature,see6.38LOFD001032IntraLTELoadBalancing.
6.40LBFD002009Broadcastofsysteminformation
Description
ThisfeatureoptimizestheSIBmessagesendingmechanismandpreventssystemmessagesfromoccupyingextraPDCCHresources.Withthisfeature,thePDCCHresource
utilizationratedecreases,andthereforemoreRBresourcesandPDCCHCCEresourcesareavailablefordataservicescheduling.Thisincreasestheratefordownlinkservices,
improvinguserexperience.ItisrecommendedthatthisfeaturebeenabledwhenthePDCCHresourceutilizationrateishigh.
Implementation
Thisfeaturereducesthesystemmessage(excepttheMIBandSIB1messages)resendingfrequency.Withoutthisfeature,asystemmessagewillberesentforatleastfourtimes.
Withthisfeature,asystemmessagewillberesentatmosttwice.
ImpactonCapacity
None
ImpactonPerformance
ThenumberofPDCCHCCEsusedbyL.ChMeas.CCE.DLUseddecreases.
RRCSetupSuccessRatemayreducebyabout0to0.005%.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
SIBTransmissionControlSwitchisaddedtoMOCELLSIMAP.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODCELLSIMAPcommandwithSibTransCtrlSwitchsettoONtoenablethisfeature.
6.41LOFD001007HighSpeedMobility
Description
ThisfeatureenhancesthefrequencyoffsetestimationandcorrectionfunctionandincreasestheUEnumberspecificationinhighspeed/ultrahighspeedcells.Thisaimstoenable
highspeed/ultrahighspeedcellstosupportamobilityspeedof350km/handsupportmoreUEs.Inaddition,KPIperformancesareimprovedthroughSFN.Itisrecommendedthat
youenablethisfeatureinhighspeedrailwaysorhighwaysthatworkinafrequencybandbetween1GHzand2.6GHzandhaveaspeedhigherthan120km/h.
Implementation
Withthisfeature,thefrequencyoffsetestimationrangeisextended,thefrequencyoffsetcorrectioncapabilityisenhanced,andthevaluesofsomeparametersforhighspeed/ultra
highspeedcellsarechanged.Inthismanner,highspeedcellscansupportthefrequencybandof2.6GHzand400activatedUEinamobilityspeedof350km/handultrahighspeed
cellscansupportthefrequencybandof2.6GHzand200activatedUEinamobilityspeedof450km/h.Inaddition,KPIperformancesareimprovedthroughSFN.
Impactoncapacity
Theaverageuplinkthroughputandsingleuseruplinkthroughputincreasesinhighspeedcells.InSFNscenarios,however,enablingthisfeaturedecreasestheoverallnetwork
capacity.
Impactonperformance
Theaccesssuccessrate,handoversuccessrate,andservicedroprateinhighspeedcellsimprovebecauseofenhancedfrequencyoffsetestimationandcorrectioncapabilityas
wellastheapplicationofSFN.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheHighSpeedRootSequenceCycleShiftSwitchparameterisaddedtotheENodeBAlgoSwitchMOtospecifywhethercyclicshiftisappliedduringthegeneration
ofpreambles.
None
None
None
None
ImpactedFeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODENODEBALGOSWITCHcommandwiththeHighSpeedRootSequenceCycleShiftSwitchparametersettoapropervalue.
6.42LBFD00201805ServiceBasedInterfrequencyHandover
Description
Thisenhancementenablesuserstoactivateanddeactivateservicebasedinterfrequencyhandoveratthecelllevel.Thisenhancementapplieswhenservicebasedinterfrequency
handoverneedstobeactivatedonlyinsomecellsunderaneNodeB.Thisenhancementisusedtosolveissuesincertainscenarios,forexample,KPIissuesatmultioperatorcore
network(MOCN)andnonMOCNcellbordersinCloudBB+MOCNscenarios.
Implementation
Thisenhancementisimplementedasfollows:
AnewparameterHoAllowedSwitchisaddedtotheCellAlgoSwitchMOandanewoptionSrvBasedInterFreqHoSwisaddedtotheHoAllowedSwitchparameter.Thisnewoption
isusedwiththeServiceBasedInterFreqHoSwitchoptionundertheENodeBAlgoSwitch.HoAlgoSwitchparametertocontrolwhethertoactivateservicebasedinterfrequency
handover.Thefollowingtablegivesthedetails.
ServiceBasedInterFreqHoSwitch ServiceBasedInterFreqHoSwitch WhethertoActivateServicebasedInterFrequency

Handover
OFF ON/OFF No
ON ON Yes
ServiceBasedInterFreqHoSwitch ServiceBasedInterFreqHoSwitch WhethertoActivateServicebasedInterFrequency
Handover
ON OFF No
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
AnewparameterHoAllowedSwitchisaddedtotheCellAlgoSwitchMOandanewoptionSrvBasedInterFreqHoSwisaddedtotheHoAllowedSwitchparameter.
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
WhentheServiceBasedInterFreqHoSwitchoptionisselectedundertheENodeBAlgoSwitch.HoAlgoSwitchparameter,runtheMODCELLALGOSWITCHcommandwiththe
SrvBasedInterFreqHoSwoptionselectedundertheHoAllowedSwitchparameter.
6.43LAOFD001001LTEAIntroduction
6.43.1AddedBandCombinationsSupportedforCA
Description
MorebandcombinationshavebeenaddedofCA.ThisimprovesuserexperienceofCAUEssupportingbandcombinations.Thisfeatureisrecommendedforcommercialnetworks.
Implementation
Thefollowingtableslistthenewlyaddedbandcombinations.
Intrabandcontiguous:
BandCombination Bandwidth(MHz) ULCASupported Version Max.Total

Bandwidth
Band7(2.6GHz),contiguous 15+15 Yes eRAN6.0orlater 40MHz

20+20
10+20 Yes eRAN8.1orlater 40MHz

15+15/20
20+10/15/20
Band3(1.8GHz),contiguous 5/10/15+20 Yes eRAN8.1orlater 40MHz

20+5/10/15/20
Intrabandnoncontiguous:

Bandwidth
Band2(1.9GHz),non Band2{5,10,15,20} Yes eRAN8.1orlater 40MHz

contiguous Band2{5,10,15,20}
Bandwidth


Interband:

Bandwidth
Band2(1.9GHz)+Band12(700 Band2{5,10,15,20} Yes eRAN8.1orlater 30MHz

MHz) Band12{10}
Band2(1.9GHz)+Band13(700 Band2{5,10,15,20} Yes eRAN8.1orlater 30MHz

MHz) Band13{10}
Band2(1.9GHz)+Band17(700 Band2{5,10} Yes eRAN8.1orlater 20MHz

MHz) Band17{5,10}
Band5(850MHz)+Band12 Band5{5,10} Yes eRAN8.1orlater 20MHz

(700MHz) Band12{5,10}
Band2(1.9GHz)+Band4(2.1 Band2{5,10,15,20} No eRAN8.1orlater 45MHz

GHz)+Band29(700MHz) Band4{5,10,15}
Band29{5,10}
Band2(1.9GHz)+Band5(850 Band2{5,10,15,20} No eRAN8.1orlater 40MHz

MHz)+Band29(700MHz) Band5{5,10}
Band29{5,10}
Band4(2.1GHz)+Band7(2.6 Band4{5,10,15} No eRAN8.1orlater 45MHz

GHz)+Band12(700MHz) Band7{5,10,15,20}
Band12{5,10}
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
ThisfunctionimprovesuserexperienceofCAUEssupportingtheaddedbandcombinations.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
TheexistinglicenseforLAOFD001001LTEAIntroductionisstillapplicable.Theenhancementofthisfeaturehasnoimpactonthelicense.
None
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
None
Description
Implementation
measurement.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
experience.
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
None
6.44LOFD001047LoCationServices(LCS)
Description
Thisfunctionoptimizeslocationservice(LCS).Inremotescenarios(whereRRUsarefarawayfromtheBBU),thisfunctionreducestheimpactoftransmissiondelaybetween
basebandunit(BBU)andantennaontheprecisionofECIDbasedpositioningandOTDOAbasedpositioning.Insinglefrequencynetwork(SFN)scenarios,thisfunctionincreases
theprecisionofECIDbasedpositioning.ECIDstandsforEnhancedCellID,andOTDOAstandsforObservedTimeDifferenceOfArrival.
Implementation
Inremotescenarios,forECIDbasedpositioning,thisfunctionsubtractsthedelaybetweenBBUandantennafromthetimingadvance(Tadv )toensurethepositioningprecision.For
OTDOAbasedpositioning,thisfunctionalignsthepositioningreferencesignals(PRSs)ofdifferentcellsattheantennaports.
InSFNscenarios,thisfunctionreportstheantennalongitudeandlatitudetoincreasetheECIDbasedpositioningprecision.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
Inremotescenarios,thisfunctionincreasestheprecisionofECIDbasedpositioningandOTDOAbasedpositioning.InSFNscenarios,thisfunctionincreasesthe
precisionofECIDbasedpositioning.
ImpactonNEs
InSFNscenarios,thisfunctionrequirestheevolvedservingmobilelocationcenter(ESMLC)tousethereportedantennalongitudeandlatitudetoincreasethepositioningprecision.
ImpactonHardware
None
OvertheinterfacewiththeESMLC,thisfunctionreportsafieldincludingtheantennalongitudeandlatitudetoincreasetheprecisionofECIDbasedpositioninginSFNscenarios.
Thedatastructureofthisfieldisprotocoldefined.Thisfieldisoptionalandnotreportedifthisfunctionisnotused.
ThisfunctioniscontrolledbythelicenseforLOFD001047LoCationServices(LCS).
None
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
None
6.45LOFD001018S1flex
Description
Inearlierversions,theS1SETUPRESPONSEmessagesentfromtheMMEtotheeNodeBcarriesamaximumof100mobilitymanagemententitygroupidentifiers(MMEGIs),
basedonwhichtheeNodeBgeneratesthegloballyuniqueMMEidentifier(GUMMEI)fortheS1interface.Withthisfeature,theS1SETUPRESPONSEmessagecarriesamaximum
of200MMEGIssothattheS1interfacecarriesmoreGUMMEIs.WhenaUEaccessesaneNodeB,theeNodeBspecifiesacorrespondingS1interfacefortheUEtoaccessthe
MMEdependingontheGUMMEIcarriedbytheUE.
Implementation
TheeNodeBallowstheS1SETUPRESPONSEmessagesentfromtheMMEtotheeNodeBtocarryamaximumof200MMEGIs.TheMMEGIs,PLMNs,andMMECscombineto
formGUMMEIscorrespondingtotheS1interface.IfRegisteredMMEcarriedintheRRCConnectionSetupCompletemessagesentfromtheUEtotheeNodeBisthesameasany
GUMMEIcorrespondingtotheS1interface,theeNodeBinstructstheUEtoaccesstheMMEthroughthisS1interface.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
OnlyUMPTsupportsthisfeature.LMPTdoesnotsupportthisfeature.
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
None
Description
Thisoptimizationincreasessingleuserthroughputifacellservesasmallnumberofusers.
Implementation
HARQIDsareallocatedtoUEswhentheyarescheduledratherthanatpreallocation.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
None
Description
carriersforCA.
Implementation
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None

(FDD)

CoordinatedBBU.
None
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
None
Description
Thisoptimizationincreasessingleuserthroughputifacellservesasmallnumberofusers.
Implementation
HARQIDsareallocatedtoUEswhentheyarescheduledratherthanatpreallocation.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
None
Description
carriersforCA.
Implementation
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None

(FDD)

CoordinatedBBU.
None
None
None
None
None
Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
None
Description
BesidestheoptionsNOT_CFG(Notconfigure)andFIXED_CFG(Fixedconfigure),theADAPTIVE_CFG(ADAPTIVE_CFG)optionisaddedtotheCSIRSSwitchparameterto
allowaneNodeBtoadaptivelydeterminewhethertoconfigureCSIRSfornewUEsbasedontheproportionofUEssupportingCSIRSinacell.
Implementation
TheADAPTIVE_CFGoptionisaddedtotheCsiRsSwitchparameterandthefollowingparametersareaddedtoimplementadaptiveCSIRSconfiguration:
IfthenumberofRRC_CONNECTEDUEssupportingCSIRSisgreaterthanorequaltoCsiRsConfigUserNumThandtheratiooftheseUEsisgreaterthanorequalto
CsiRsConfigUserRatioThinacell,thecellswitchesfromtheCSIRSunconfiguredstatetotheCSIRSconfiguredstateandtheeNodeBconfiguresCSIRSfornewUEs.
IfthenumberofRRC_CONNECTEDUEssupportingCSIRSislessthanCsiRsUnconfigUserNumThandtheratiooftheseUEsislessthanCsiRsUnconfigUserRatioThina
cell,thecellswitchesfromtheCSIRSconfiguredstatetotheCSIRSunconfiguredstate,andtheeNodeBdoesnotconfigureCSIRSfornewUEsanddeletesCSIRS
configurationsfrompreviouslyconfiguredUEsonebyone.
CsiRsSwitch:TheADAPTIVE_CFG(ADAPTIVE_CFG)optionisadded.IfADAPTIVE_CFG(ADAPTIVE_CFG)isselected,adaptiveCSIRSconfigurationisenabled.
CsiRsConfigUserNumTh:indicatesthethresholdforthenumberofRRC_CONNECTEDUEssupportingCSIRSintheCSIRSunconfiguredstatewhenadaptiveCSIRS
CsiRsConfigUserRatioTh:indicatesthethresholdfortheratioofRRC_CONNECTEDUEssupportingCSIRSintheCSIRSunconfiguredstatewhenadaptiveCSIRS
CsiRsUnconfigUserNumTh:indicatesthethresholdforthenumberofRRC_CONNECTEDUEssupportingCSIRSintheCSIRSconfiguredstatewhenadaptiveCSIRS
CsiRsUnconfigUserRatioTh:indicatesthethresholdfortheratioofRRC_CONNECTEDUEssupportingCSIRSintheCSIRSconfiguredstatewhenadaptiveCSIRS
Impactoncapacity
CsiRsConfigUserNumThandCsiRsConfigUserRatioTh
Thesmallerthevaluesofthetwoparameters,thefewerthenumberofrequiredRRC_CONNECTEDUEssupportingCSIRSandthelowertheratioofsuch
UEsintheCSIRSconfiguredstate.Inthiscase,thedownlinkthroughputimprovesforUEsusingTM9butdecreasesforUEsnotusingTM9.Ifthetwo
parametersaresettolargevalues,thedownlinkthroughputdecreasesforUEsusingTM9butimprovesforUEsnotusingTM9.
CsiRsUnconfigUserNumThandCsiRsUnconfigUserRatioTh
Thesmallerthevaluesofthetwoparameters,thehighertheratioofrequiredRRC_CONNECTEDUEsnotsupportingCSIRSandthefewerthenumberof
UEsusingTM9intheCSIRSunconfiguredstate.Inthiscase,thedownlinkthroughputimprovesandthecalldropratedecreasesforUEsusingTM9,andthe
downlinkthroughputdecreasesforUEsnotusingTM9.Thelargerthevaluesofthetwoparameters,themorethenumberofUEsusingTM9intheCSIRS
unconfiguredstate.Inthiscase,thedownlinkthroughputdecreasesandthecalldroprateincreasesforUEsusingTM9,andthedownlinkthroughputimproves
forUEsnotusingTM9.
Tomaximizetheaveragedownlinkuserthroughputforacell,setpropervaluesfortheparametersCsiRsConfigUserNumTh,CsiRsConfigUserRatioTh,
CsiRsUnconfigUserNumTh,andCsiRsUnconfigUserRatioTh.
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheADAPTIVE_CFGoptionisaddedtotheCsiRsSwitchparameterundertheCellCsiRsParaCfgMOandthefollowingparametersareaddedtothisMO:
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Impactedfeatures
None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMMLcommandMODCELLCSIRSPARACFG.Inthisoperation,setCsiRsSwitchtoADAPTIVE_CFG(ADAPTIVE_CFG),andsetparametersCsiRsConfigUserNumTh,
CsiRsConfigUserRatioTh,CsiRsUnconfigUserNumTh,andCsiRsUnconfigUserRatioThtoappropriatevalues.
Fortheimpactofthechangeinthisfeature,see6.48LOFD001001DL2x2MIMO.
6.50LOFD001060DL4X4MIMO
Fortheimpactofthechangeinthisfeature,see6.48LOFD001001DL2x2MIMO.
6.51LOFD002004Selfconfiguration
Description
ThisfunctionimplementsenhancedX2selfconfiguration,includingX2selfsetupandautomaticremoval.TheeNodeBdetermineswhethertoautonomouslygenerateX2optimization
policybasedonthenumberoftimesX2selfsetupisrequested.ThispreventsX2linkswithlowutilizationfrombeingautomaticallysetup,savingX2interfaceresources.Manual
interventionisnowaddedtotheX2automaticremovalmechanismfordeterminingwhethertodeleteanX2linkbetweenaHuaweieNodeBandaneNodeBfromanothervendor.This
improvesmanageabilityandmaintainabilityofX2automaticremoval.
Implementation
EnhancedX2selfsetup
TheeNodeBchecksthenumberofX2selfsetuprequestswithinameasurementperiod.AnX2linkisestablishedonlywhentherequestnumberexceedstheconfiguredthreshold
withinthemeasurementperiod.Ifthethresholdisnotexceeded,anX2linkisnotestablishedbutthenumberofX2selfsetuprequestsforthemeasurementperiodincreasesby1.
TheparametersX2SonSetupTimerandX2SonSetupNumThdintheGlobalProcSwitchMOspecifythemeasurementperiodandthreshold,respectively.
EnhancedX2automaticremoval
AftertheeNodeBautonomouslydeterminesanX2linkthatneedstobedeletedbetweenaHuaweieNodeBandaneNodeBfromanothervendor,asuggestionforX2removalis
reportedtotheU2000foruserstodecide.ThisX2linkisdeletedonlyafterauserdeterminestodoso.TheX2SonDeleteModeparameterintheGlobalProcSwitchMOdetermines
whethertoenableenhancedX2automaticremoval.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
ThefollowingparametershavebeenaddedtotheGlobalProcSwitchMO:
X2SonSetupNumThd:specifiesthethresholdfordeterminingwhethertosetupanX2linkbetweeneNodeBs.IfthenumberofX2selfsetuprequestsreachesthevalue
ofthisparameterwithinaperiod,anX2linkissetup.
X2SonSetupTimer:specifiesthedurationofeachperiodduringwhichthenumberofX2selfsetuprequestsismeasured.AnX2linkissetupifthenumberofX2self
setuprequestsduringtheperiodspecifiedbythisparameterreachesthevalueofX2SonSetupNumThd.
X2SonDeleteMode:specifiesthemodeforX2automaticremoval.
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Impactedfeatures
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RelatedOperations
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Description
Thisfeatureisintroducedtocustomizethereportingofcorrelativealarms.Withthisfeature,onlyrootalarmsarereported,andcorrelativealarmsaremasked.Thisfeatureis
recommendedinscenarioswherethecorrelativealarmcontainstheserialnumberoftherootalarmanddoesnotneedtobereported.
Implementation
AddedthefollowingMMLcommands:
SETALMCORRSHLD:Usedtosetthecorrelativealarmreportflagforaspecifiedalarm.
LSTALMCORRSHLD:Usedtoquerythecorrelativealarmreportflagforaspecifiedalarm.
RSTALMCORRSHLD:Usedtoresetthecorrelativealarmreportflagforaspecifiedalarm.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
AddedthefollowingMMLcommands:
SETALMCORRSHLD
LSTALMCORRSHLD
RSTALMCORRSHLD
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RelatedOperations
RuntheMMLcommandSETALMCORRSHLDtosetReportFlagofSonAlarmforacorrelativealarm.WhenthisparameterissettoNOT_REPORT,thecorrelativealarmisnot
reported.WhenthisparameterissettoREPORT,thecorrelativealarmisreported.Forexample,whentherootalarmALM26232BBUOpticalModuleTransmit/ReceiveFaultandits
correlativealarmALM26235RFUnitMaintenanceLinkFailurearebothgenerated,operatorscansetReportFlagofSonAlarmforALM26235toNOT_REPORTifALM26235
doesnotneedtobereported.
Thiscommandprovidesadvancedalarmmanagementfunctionandisusedtoreducecorrelativealarms.Fullyevaluatetheimpactsofthiscommandbeforeusingit.
RuntheMMLcommandLSTALMCORRSHLDtoquerythecorrelativealarmreportflagforaspecifiedalarm.
RuntheMMLcommandRSTALMCORRSHLDtoresetthecorrelativealarmreportflagforaspecifiedalarm.
6.53.1MaximumNumberofSimultaneousLoginsoftheSameUserAccountRestricted
Description
Operatorsmayuseoneormultipleuseraccountstorepeatedlylogintothebasestationandbasestationcontrollerinroutinemaintenance.Whenthenumberofonlineloginsreaches
themaximum,otheruseraccountssuchasadminfailtologintothesystem.Networkmaintenanceisaffectedasaresult.
Thisfeaturerestrictsthemaximumnumberofsimultaneousloginsofthesameuseraccountbymakingthisnumberconfigurable.Itensuresthatotheruseraccountscanlogintothe
system.
Implementation
Themaximumnumberofsimultaneousloginsofthesameuseraccountisnowconfigurable.Whenthenumberofsimultaneousloginsofauseraccountreachestheconfigured
threshold,thisuseraccountcannotbeusedforanewlogin.Otheruseraccountscanstilllogintothesystemifthenumberofonlineloginsdoesnotreachthemaximum.Inaddition,
fordomainusers,theirmaximumnumberofonlineloginsisrestricted,butthemaximumnumberofsimultaneousloginsofasingledomainuserisnot.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
N/A
AddedtheMMLcommandSETUSRMAXONLINE.
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RelatedOperations
RuntheSETUSRMAXONLINEcommandtosetthemaximumnumberofsimultaneousloginsofthesameuseraccount.
6.53.2SecurityParameterSettingAddedtoSecurityLevelSetting
Description
Duringsecuritylevelsetting,afterselectingasecuritylevelbasedonthelivenetworkconditions,securityparametersofthissecuritylevelcanbeconfigured.
InBTS3900V100R010C10,somesecurityparametersareaddedtosecuritylevelsetting.Inthisway,theseparametersdonotneedtobemanuallyconfigured,therebyimprovingthe
availabilityofsecurityfunctions.
Implementation
Thefollowingsecurityparametersareaddedtosecuritylevelsetting:
MaxMissTimes
Thisparameterindicatesthemaximumnumberoffailedpasswordattempts.Auseraccountwillbelockedifthenumberoffailedpasswordattemptsexceedsthevalueof
thisparameter.
Forsecuritylevel1,thevalueofthisparameteris5forsecuritylevel2,thevalueofthisparameteris3.
WeakPasswordDictionaryCheckingSwitch
Thisswitchisusedforcheckingwhetherapasswordisintheweakpassworddictionarywhenauseraddsormodifiesapassword.Ifthepasswordisintheweak
passworddictionary,thispasswordcannotbeused.
Thisswitchmustbeturnedonforeachsecuritylevel.
SupportStateFirewall
Thisparameterindicatesthestatefirewallissupported.
Thisparametermustbeenabledforeachsecuritylevel.
RenegotiationSwitch
Thisswitchcanbeturnedoffforsecuritylevel1.
Thisswitchmustbeturnedonforsecuritylevel2.Thedefaultnumberofallowedrenegotiationtimesisusedforeachmeasurementperiod.
Switch
Thisswitchcanbeturnedonforsecuritylevel1andmustbeturnedoffforsecuritylevel2.
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ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
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None
RelatedOperations
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Description
Toenhancecompatibilitywithathirdpartydevice,basestationsrunningBTS3900V1000R010C10SPC000allowconfigurationoftheTWAMPTCPportnumbers.Whenthebase
stationservesasaTWAMPresponder,thenumbersoflocallisteningTCPportscanbeconfigured.WhenthebasestationservesasaTWAMPcontroller,thenumbersofpeer
listeningTCPportscanbeconfigured.
Implementation
TheparameterLOCPORTisaddedtotheMOTWAMPRESPONDERtoconfigurethelisteningTCPportnumberofaspecifiedcontrollinkatthelocalend.Theparameter
PEERPORTisaddedtotheMOTWAMPCLIENTtoconfigurethelisteningTCPportnumberofaspecifiedcontrollinkatthepeerend.
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ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheparameterLOCPORTisaddedtotheMOTWAMPRESPONDER.
TheparameterPEERPORTisaddedtotheMOTWAMPCLIENT.
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RelatedOperations
ToconfigurethelisteningTCPportnumberforthepeerTWAMPserverwhenthebasestationservesasaTWAMPcontroller,runtheMMLcommandADDTWAMPCLIENTtoset
theparameterPEERPORT.
ToconfigurethelisteningTCPportnumberforthelocalTWAMPserverwhenthebasestationservesasaTWAMPresponder,runtheMMLcommandADDTWAMPRESPONDER
tosettheparameterLOCALPORT.
Description
ForaseparateMPTsoftwaredefinedradio(SDR)basedorcoMPTGSM/LTEdualmodebasestation,ifthebasestationontheGSMsideandthatontheLTEsideshareclockand
thebasestationontheLTEsideneedstosupporttimesynchronization,thebasestationontheGSMsidewillalsobeconfiguredwithtimesynchronization,causingtheframe
synchronizationfunctiontobeenabled.Whenthisoccurs,interGSMcellinterferenceiscaused.
ThisfeatureintroducesaswitchspecifiedbytheGSMFrameSyncSwitchparameter.Withthisparameter,youcandisabletheframesynchronizationfunctionwhenitisnotrequired
ontheGSMside.ThispreventsinterGSMcellinterference.
Implementation
TheGSMFrameSyncSwitchparameterisadded.ThisparametertakeseffectonlywhenClockSynchronizationModeissettoTIME(TIME)forthebasestationontheGSM
side.TheframesynchronizationfunctionisenabledwhenGSMFrameSyncSwitchissettoON(ON)andisdisabledwhenitissettoOFF(OFF).
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
ThisfeaturerequiressupportfromtheCMEandBSC.
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
AddedtheGSMFrameSyncSwitchparameter(defaultvalue:ON(ON))totheSETCLKSYNCMODEcommand.ThisparameterisvalidonlywhenClock
SynchronizationModeissettoTIME(TIME).
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RelatedOperations
TodisabletheframesynchronizationfeatureontheGSMside,runtheSETCLKSYNCMODEcommandwithGSMFrameSyncSwitchsettoOFF(OFF).
6.56.1EnhancedSSLAlgorithmsandMaintenance
Description
SomealgorithmscurrentlysupportedbySecureSocketLayer(SSL)havebeencrackedorconsideredweakalgorithms.Duringnegotiation,thebasestationdoesnotdenyaccessof
peerdevicessupportingonlyweakalgorithms,whichposessecurityrisks.
Afterthisfeatureisimplemented,theminimumstrengthlevelofalgorithmscanbeconfiguredforthebasestation.Theminimumstrengthlevelofalgorithmscanbelow,medium,or
high.Thestrengthlevelofalgorithmstobenegotiatedmustbehigherthanorequaltotheconfiguredminimumstrengthlevel.Ifthelocaldeviceusesamediumlevelstrength
algorithm,andthepeerdevicesupportsonlythelowlevelstrengthalgorithms,thenegotiationwillfailandthebasestationwilldenyaccessofthepeerdevice,therebyimproving
networksecurity.
Afterthisfeatureisenabled,statisticalresultsofSSLrenegotiationcanbequeried.
Implementation
1.TheMMLcommandSETSSLCONFismodified,whichallowstheconfigurationoftheminimumstrengthlevelofalgorithms.Thestrengthlevelofalgorithmstobe
negotiatedmustbehigherthanorequaltotheconfiguredminimumstrengthlevel.
2.TheMMLcommandSETSSLCSisadded,whichallowstheconfigurationofthealgorithmsuitecorrespondingtoeachalgorithmstrengthlevel.Thishelpsflexiblyhandle
changesinalgorithmstrengthafterthealgorithmiscracked.
3.TheMMLcommandDSPSSLRENEGOisaddedtoquerythestatisticalresultsofSSLrenegotiation.
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ImpactonNEs
ThisfeaturemustworkwiththeU2000,webLMT,orCMEofamatchedversion,whichallowstheconfigurationoftheminimumstrengthlevelofalgorithmsandthatofalgorithm
strengthlevelscorrespondingtotheSSLalgorithmsuite.
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheparameterLOWESTCSLEVELisaddedtotheMMLcommandSETSSLCONF.
TheMMLcommandsSETSSLCSandDSPSSLRENEGOareadded.
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RelatedOperations
Toconfigurethealgorithmstrengthofdifferentalgorithmsuites,runtheMMLcommandSETSSLCS.Thisoperationisoptional.Thealgorithmstrengthcorrespondingto
thedefaultalgorithmsuitemeetsthecurrentapplicationconditions.Iftheoperatorhasspecialapplicationscenarios,thealgorithmstrengthlevelcanbeadjustedby
runningthiscommand.Ifthealgorithmiscrackedanditsstrengthlevelisreduced,thiscommandcanalsobeusedforadjustment.
TosettheminimumstrengthlevelofSSLalgorithms,runtheMMLcommandSETSSLCONF.
ToquerythestatisticalresultsofSSLrenegotiation,runtheMMLcommandDSPSSLREGNO.
6.56.2AutomaticSSLAuthenticationModeUpdatebytheU2000
Description
InversionsearlierthanBTS3900V100R010C10,iftheSSLauthenticationmodeissettoonlySSLonthebasestationsideandissettocompatiblemodeontheU2000side,theOM
channelwillbedisconnectedduetotheinconsistency.
InBTS3900V100R010C10,theOMchannelwillnotbedisconnectedeventhoughtheSSLauthenticationmodeonthebasestationsidediffersfromthatontheU2000side.
Implementation
WhenfindingthattheU2000initiatesaconnectionincompatiblemode,thebasestationsendsamessageindicatingthecurrentbasestationconfigurationtotheU2000.TheU2000
willautomaticallychangeitsconfigurationaccordingtothemessageandthenreinitiateaconnectionwiththebasestation.
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ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
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None
RelatedOperations
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6.57.1EnhancedDigitalCertificateManagement
Description
Whenabasestationautomaticallyupdatesitscertificates,messagesexchangedbetweenthebasestationandCertificateAuthority(CA)maybelostifintermittenttransmission
occursonthelivenetwork.Inthiscase,thecertificateupdateisconsideredfailed,andALM26842AutomaticCertificateUpdateFailedisreported.
Withtheenhanceddigitalcertificatemanagementfunction,thecertificatesofabasestationcanbeupdatedsuccessfullyinthecaseofintermittenttransmission,whichimprovesthe
successrateofcertificateupdates.
Implementation
Thebasestationupdatesthecertificatesforthreeconsecutivetimes.Ifthethreeupdatesfail,thecertificateupdateisconsideredfailedandALM26842AutomaticCertificateUpdate
Failedisreported.Thisavoidscertificateupdatefailurescausedbyintermittenttransmission.
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ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
RelatedOperations
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6.57.2EnhancedSignatureAlgorithmfortheDeviceCertificate
Description
ThebasestationoriginallyusestheSHA1algorithmasthedefaultsignaturealgorithmfordigitalcertificates.However,theSHA1algorithmisconsideredunsecure.
Therefore,theSHA256algorithmisnowusedasthedefaultsignaturealgorithmfordigitalcertificatestoimprovesecurityofbasestations.
Implementation
ThedefaultvalueoftheSIGNALGparameterintheMMLcommandADDCAischangedtoSHA256.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
None
None
None
RelatedOperations
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Description
Inoriginalendpointconfigurationmode,theACLrulesautomaticallygeneratedforuserandcontrolplanescontainonlysourceanddestinationIPaddressesanddonotcontainport
numberinformation.Inthiscase,thesecuritylevelsoffirewallsconfiguredforportsarelow.
Afterthisfunctionisimplemented,inendpointconfigurationmode,theACLrulesautomaticallygeneratedforuserandcontrolplanesduringpacketfilteringalsocontainportnumber
information.Inaddition,dataflowtobetransmittedtothebasestationisstrictlycontrolled,therebyimprovingthesecuritylevelsoffirewallsconfiguredforports.
Implementation
Inendpointconfigurationmode,portnumberinformationisautomaticallyaddedtoACLrulesforuserandcontrolplanesduringtheautomaticconfigurationofACLbasedpacket
filtering.
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ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
TheUMPT,LMPT,andUTRPcmustbeconfiguredforthebasestation.
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RelatedOperations
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Description
ThisfunctionremediesthedefectintheswitchovermechanismforactiveandstandbyOMchannelsproposedbytheCyberSecurityEvaluationCentre(CSEC).Thedefectallows
attackerstoforgeUserDatagramProtocol(UDP)packetsandchangetheactiveOMchanneltothestandbyOMchannelorthestandbyOMchanneltotheactiveOMchannel,which
affectstheoperationandmaintenance(OM)ofthebasestation.
Withthisfunction,theauthenticationmechanismfortheswitchovercommandisaddedtotheswitchovermechanismforactiveandstandbyOMchannels,soastoprevent
switchovermessagesagainstreplayattacksandensurethatattackerscannotforgeUDPpackets.
Implementation
Thisfunctionisimplementedasfollows:
ReauthenticationneedstobeperformedontheswitchovercommandbetweenabasestationandU2000toensurethatthecommandisnotforged.
Duringreauthentication,exchangedmessagesareprotectedbyanantireplaymechanismtoensurethatattackerscannotforgetheswitchovercommand.
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ImpactonNEs
ThisfunctioninvolvesU2000modifications.Therefore,thisfunctioncantakeeffectonlyaftertheU2000modificationsareperformed.
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
RelatedOperations
None
Description
TheSubunitNumber,TMASubunitNumber,andRAESubunitNumberparametersarechangedtoNumberofSubunits,NumberofTMASubunits,andNumber
ofRAESubunits,respectively.TheActualSubunitNumberandActualSubUnitNumbersparametersarechangedtoActualNumberofSubunits.
TheSectorIDparameterischangedtoAISGSectorID,whichfacilitatesdifferentiatingsectorsintheAISGprotocolfromsectorsinHuaweibasestationmodels.
TheDeviceNameandSubunitNameparametersareaddedtoclearlyshowtheassociationbetweendevicedataandspecifieddevices.
Implementation
eGBTS/NodeB/eNodeBMML GBTSMMLCommand ParameterNameBeforeModification ParameterNameAfterModification

Command
SCNALD STRBTSALDSCAN SubunitNumber NumberofSubunits
ADD/MOD/LSTRET ADD/MOD/LSTBTSRET RETSubunitNumberorRETSubUnit NumberofRETSubunits

Number
ADD/MOD/LSTTMA ADD/MOD/LSTBTSTMA TMASubunitNumberorTMASubUnit NumberofTMASubunits

Number
ADD/MOD/LSTRAE N/A RAESubunitNumber NumberofRAESubunits
DSPRET DSPBTSRET ActualSubunitNumberorActualSubUnit ActualNumberofSubunits

Numbers
DSPTMA DSPBTSTMA ActualSubunitNumberorActualSubUnit ActualNumberofSubunits

Numbers
DSPRAE N/A ActualSubunitNumberorActualSubUnit ActualNumberofSubunits

Numbers
eGBTSULMMLCommand GBTSMMLCommand ParameterNameBeforeModification ParameterNameAfter

Modification
MOD/LST/DSPRETDEVICEDATA MOD/LSTBTSRETDEVICEDATA SectorID AISGSectorID
MOD/LST/DSPTMADEVICEDATA MOD/LSTBTSTMADEVICEDATA SectorID AISGSectorID
MOD/LST/DSPRAEDEVICEDATA N/A SectorID AISGSectorID
DSPRETSUBNIT N/A SectorID ActualSectorID
eGBTSULMMLCommand GBTSMMLCommand NewParameter
DSPTMA/TMASUBUNIT/TMADEVICEDATA DSPBTSTMA/BTSTMASUBUNIT/BTSTMADEVICEDATA DeviceName
DSPRAE/RAESUBUNIT/RAEDEVICEDATA N/A DeviceName
DSPRET/RETSUBUNIT/RETDEVICEDATA DSPBTSRET/BTSRETSUBUNIT/BTSRETDEVICEDATA DeviceName
DSPRETSUBUNIT/RETDEVICEDATA N/A SubunitName
DSPRAESUBUNIT/RAEDEVICEDATA N/A SubunitName
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
ThisfunctionmustworkwiththeU2000ofamatchedversion.
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheSubunitNumber,TMASubunitNumber,andRAESubunitNumberparametersarechangedtoNumberofSubunits,NumberofTMASubunits,andNumber
ofRAESubunits,respectively.TheActualSubunitNumberandActualSubUnitNumbersparametersarechangedtoActualNumberofSubunits.
TheSectorIDparameterischangedtoAISGSectorID.
TheDeviceNameandSubunitNameparametersareadded.
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None
RelatedOperations
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6.61LOFD003009IPsec
Description
ThisfeatureenablesIPSectunnelstotraversetheNetworkAddressTranslation(NAT)gatewaysothattheIPSecfunctionissupportedwhenanNATgatewayisdeployed.
EquipmentcomplyingwiththeAuthenticationHeader(AH)protocoldoesnotsupportNAT.
Implementation
TheswitchfortheNATtraversalfunctionisaddedinIPSecnetworkingscenariossothatIPSectunnelscanbeestablishedaccordingtotheNATTransferprotocolofIPSecto
implementIPSecencryptionanddecryptionwhenanNATgatewayisdeployed.
Impactoncapacity
None
Impactonperformance
None
ImpactonNEs
None
ImpactonHardware
None
None
None
TheNATTRAVparameterisaddedtotheIKEPEERMOtocontroltheNATtraversalfunction.TheNATTRAVparameterisusedinthefollowingMML
commands:ADDIKEPEER,MODIKEPEER,DSPIKEPEER,LSTIKEPEER,andRMVIKEPEER.
TheNATKLIparameterisaddedtotheIKECFGMOtocontroltheintervalforsendingNATupdatepackets.TheNATKLIparameterisusedintheDSP
IKECFGandLSTIKECFGcommandstoquerytheintervalforsendingNATupdatepackets,andusedintheSETIKECFGcommandtosettheinterval.
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None
RelatedOperations
RuntheMMLcommandADDIKEPEERwithNATTRAVsettoENABLEtoenabletheNATtraversalfunction.
RuntheMMLcommandSETIKECFGtosetthetimerforNATkeepalivepackets.
FeatureDescription
ThisfeatureenhancesthemethodofdeterminingsystemresourceusageforQoSsatisfactionratebasedadmission.
Implementation
ThisfeaturedeterminessystemresourceusagewhentheQoSsatisfactionrateofservicesislessthantheadmissionthreshold.Ifthesystemresourceusageislow,theeNodeB
admitsGBRservicesdirectly.Ifthesystemresourceusageishigh,theeNodeBdeterminesthesubsequentproceduresbasedonwhethertheservicepreemptionswitchisturnedon.
TheeNodeBmonitorssystemresourceloadasfollows:
IftheeNBCellRsvdPara.RsvdU8Para7parameterissetto0:
TheeNodeBdeterminesthatthedownlinksystemresourceloadishigh.
TheeNodeBdeterminesthattheuplinksystemresourceloadishighwhentheuplinkGBRPRBusageishighorthewaittimeforuplinkVoIPschedulingis
long.
IftheeNBCellRsvdPara.RsvdU8Para7parameterissettoavalueotherthan0:
TheeNodeBdeterminesthatthedownlinksystemresourceloadishighwhenthedownlinkGBRPRBusageorGBRCCEusageishigh.
TheeNodeBdeterminesthattheuplinksystemresourceloadishighwhentheuplinkGBRPRBusageorGBRCCEusageishigh.
ImpactonSystemCapacityandNetworkPerformance
Systemcapacity
Networkperformance
TheERABsetupsuccessrateincreasesandtheservicedropratedecreases.
ImpactonNEs
ImpactonHardware
Licensemanagement
Configurationmanagement
ActivatedtheeNBCellRsvdPara.RsvdU8Para7parameter.
Performancemanagement
Faultmanagement
ImpactonRelatedFeatures
Impactedfeatures
RelatedOperations
RuntheMODENBCELLRSVDPARAcommandtosetReservedU8Parameter7to50.
FeatureDescription
Thisfeaturenowsupportsthefollowing:
UEsperformingVoLTEservicescanbeselectedformeasurementsforeventriggeredANRwithUTRANandGERAN.
AneNodeBcanaddaninterRATexternalcelltoanNCLandaddaneighborrelationshipwithaninterRATcelltoanNRTbyeventtriggeredinterRATANR.
Whether3GPPspecificationmodificationrelatedtointerRATmeasurementstakeseffectiscontrollable.
Implementation
Fordetails,seeANRManagementFeatureParameterDescriptionineRANFeatureDocumentation.Thespecificsectionsarelistedinthechangehistoryofthedocument.
ImpactonSystemCapacityandNetworkPerformance
Systemcapacity
Networkperformance
InterRATeventtriggeredANRcanaddadetectedcelltoanNCLandaddtheneighborrelationshipwiththedetectedcelltoanNRTbasedontheNCLornotbasedon
theNCL:
IfneighboringUTRANorGERANcellsdonotsharethesamescramblingcodeorBSIC,respectively,itisrecommendedthattheEventANRModeparameterbesetto
BASED_NCL(BASED_NCL).Inthiscase,theeNodeBdirectlyaddsaneighborrelationshipwiththedetectedcelltoanNRTbasedontheNCL,avoidingUusignaling
messagesgeneratedforaddinganeighborrelationshipforthefirsttimeandfacilitatingtheprocedureforaddinganeighborrelationshiptoanNRT.
IfneighboringUTRANorGERANcellssharethesamescramblingcodeorBSIC,respectively,itisrecommendedthattheEventANRModeparameterbesetto
NOT_BASED_NCL(NOT_BASED_NCL).Inthiscase,theeNodeBaddsaneighborrelationshipwiththedetectedcelltoanNRTbasedontheCGIreadingresults.
InterRATfastANRnowsupportsaddingadetectedcelltoanNCLandaddinganeighborrelationshipwiththiscelltoanNRTinNRTmode.Inthismode,fastANR
addsneighborrelationshipswithinterRATcellstoNRTsbasedontheCGIreadingresults.AddinganeighborrelationtoanNRTforthefirsttimegeneratesUusignaling
messages.However,thisfunctionensuresthatneighborrelationshipsarecorrectlyadded,increasingthesuccessrateofinterRAThandoversandtheservicedroprate.
InterRATeventtriggeredANRcaninstructUEsthatdonotrunserviceswithaQCIof1toperformANRrelatedmeasurements.Thisimprovestheuserexperienceof
UEsrunningserviceswithaQCIof1.
eNodeBssupporttheprotocolchangesofmeasurementsrelatedtoANRwithGERAN.ThisincreasesthesuccessrateofCGIreadingofneighboringcells,increasesthe
successrateofEUTRANtoGERANhandovers,anddecreasestheservicedroprate.
ImpactonNEs
ImpactonHardware
Licensemanagement
Configurationmanagement
Thefollowingparametershavebeenintroducedormodifiedtoaccommodatethisfeature.
New GeranNfreqGroup.GeranRanSharingInd ADDGERANNFREQGROUP eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifies

RMVGERANNFREQGROUP whetherneighboringcellson
GERANfrequenciesinaneighboring
MODGERANNFREQGROUP
GERANfrequencygroupareshared
LSTGERANNFREQGROUP cells.
New UtranNFreq.UtranRanSharingInd ADDUTRANNFREQ eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifies

RMVUTRANNFREQ whethercellsonaneighboring
UTRANfrequencyaresharedcells.
MODUTRANNFREQ
LSTUTRANNFREQ
New ANR.UtranEventAnrMode MODANR eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiesthe

policybasedonwhichinterRAT
eventtriggeredANRwithUTRAN
addsaneighborrelationshiptoan
NRT.
New ANR.GeranEventAnrMode MODANR eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiesthe

policybasedonwhichinterRAT
eventtriggeredANRwithGERAN
addsaneighborrelationshiptoan
NRT.
Modified ANR.FastAnrMode MODANR eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiesthe

policybasedonwhichfastANR
addsadetectedcelltoanNCLand
addstheneighborrelationshipwith
thedetectedcelltoanNRT.
New ANR.EventAnrWithVoipMode MODANR eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifies

whethertheeNodeBselectsUEs
thatarerunningVoLTEservicesto
performANRrelatedmeasurements.
New ANR.UtranEventAnrCgiTimer MODANR eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiesthe

lengthofthetimerofCGIreadingfor
eventtriggeredANRwithUTRAN.
New ANR.GeranEventAnrCgiTimer MODANR eNodeB Thisnewparameterspecifiesthe

lengthofthetimerofCGIreadingfor
eventtriggeredANRwithGERAN.
New GlobalProcSwitch.ProtocolMsgOptSwitch MODGLOBALPROCSWITCH eNodeB TheGeranAnrMcOptSwitchoption

isaddedtothisparameter.This
optionspecifieswhether
measurementconfiguration
optimizationtakeseffectwhenANR
withGERANisenabled.
Performancemanagement
Faultmanagement
ImpactonRelatedFeatures
ThechangeinthisfeaturerequirestheU2000feature:WOFD181400InterRATAutomaticNeighborRelationOptimizationLTE.
Impactedfeatures
RelatedOperations
Fordetails,seetheengineeringguidelinesinANRManagementFeatureParameterDescriptionofeRANFeatureDocumentation.
7Glossary
Fortheacronyms,abbreviations,terms,anddefinitions,seeGlossary.
8ReferenceDocuments
1.eRAN8.1LTEFDDFeatureList
2.eRAN8.1LTEFDDLTEAFeatureList
3.eRAN8.1LTEFDDBasicFeatureDescription
4.eRAN8.1LTEFDDLTEAFeatureDescription
5.eRAN8.1LTEFDDOptionalFeatureDescription
6.BTS3900V100R010C10(eNodeB,FDD)ReleaseNotes(foreachspecificpatch)
7.BTS3202EV100R010C10ReleaseNotes(foreachspecificpatch)
8.SingleRAN3900SeriesBaseStationProductDescription
9.BTS3202EProductDescription
10.3900SeriesBaseStationProductDocumentation
11.BTS3202EProductDocumentation
12.eRANFeatureDocumentation

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What network elements are involved in the eRAN network upgrade?

What network elements are involved in the eRAN network upgrade?

What new hardware is required to support the new features?

What new hardware is required to support the new features?

eRAN

ChangeType HardwareType HardwareName

New BBU BBU3910A1

New Interconnectionboard UniversalinterConnectionComboUnit(UCCU)

New Batterycabinet IBBS300D

New Batterycabinet IBBS300T

New Batterycabinet IBBS20

New Bladepowermodule OPM50M

New PIMmitigationprocessingboard LTEPIMMitigationProcessingcard(LPMP)

New RRU RRU3220E

New Universalbasebandprocessingunit UBBPda

ChangeType HardwareType HardwareName

New RRU RRU3930E

ChangeType HardwareType HardwareName

New pRRU pRRU3907

New pRRU pRRU3911

FeatureID FeatureName LicenseControlItem SalesUnit LicenseConfiguredon

LOFD080212 SRLTEOptimization SRLTEOptimization(FDD) perCell MacroeNodeB/LampSite

LOFD080215 eMBMSServiceContinuity eMBMSServiceContinuity(FDD) perCell MacroeNodeB/Micro

LOFD008002 DynamicServicespecificAccess DynamicServicespecificAccessControl percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

LOFD081206 IntraeNodeBCoordinatedUplink IntraeNodeBCoordinatedUplinkAMC percell MacroeNodeB

LOFD081219 ULCoMPBasedonRelaxed ULCoMPBasedonRelaxedBackhaul pereNodeB MacroeNodeB/LampSite

LOFD081202 BusyHourDownloadRateControl BusyHourDownloadRateControl(FDD) percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

LOFD081203 VideoServiceRateAdaption VideoServiceRateAdaption(FDD) percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

LOFD081218 EnhancedExtendedQCI EnhancedExtendedQCI(FDD) percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

LOFD081220 InterBBUClockSharing InterBBUClockSharing(FDD) pereNodeB MacroeNodeB/LampSite

LOFD081280 eNodeBSupportingMultioperator eNodeBSupportingMultioperatorPKI pereNodeB MacroeNodeB/Micro

LOFD081281 eNodeBSupportingIPsec eNodeBSupportingIPsecRedirection pereNodeB MacroeNodeB/Micro

LOFD081208 IntereNodeBSFNBasedon IntereNodeBSFNBasedonCoordinated pereNodeB MacroeNodeB/LampSite

LOFD081209 IntereNodeBAdaptiveSFN/SDMA IntereNodeBAdaptiveSFN/SDMABased pereNodeB MacroeNodeB/LampSite

LOFD081207 SpecifiedPCIGroupbased SpecifiedPCIGroupbasedNeighboring percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

LOFD081205 AutomaticCongestionHandling AutomaticCongestionHandling(FDD) pereNodeB MacroeNodeB/Micro

LOFD081223 ExtendedCellAccessRadius ExtendedCellAccessRadiusBeyond percell MacroeNodeB

LOFD081225 NeighborCellClassification NeighborCellClassificationManagement percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

LOFD081221 SuperCombinedCell SuperCombinedCell(FDD) percell MacroeNodeB

LOFD081228 HandoverEnhancementatSpeed HandoverEnhancementatSpeedMobility percell MacroeNodeB

LOFD081227 IntraLTELoadBalancingforNon IntraLTELoadBalancingforNoncosited percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

LOFD081229 VoiceCharacteristicAwareness VoiceCharacteristicAwarenessScheduling percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

LOFD081283 UltraFlashCSFBtoGERAN UltraFlashCSFBtoGERAN(FDD) perPerRRCConnected MacroeNodeB/Micro

LOFD070202 UltraFlashCSFBtoUTRAN UltraFlashCSFBtoUTRAN(FDD) perPerRRCConnected MacroeNodeB/Micro

FeatureID FeatureName LicenseControlItem SalesUnit LicenseConfiguredon

LAOFD080201 IntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxed IntereNodeBCAbasedonRelaxed pereNodeB MaroeNodeB/MiroeNodeB

LAOFD081233 DynamicTDMeICIC DynamicTDMeICIC(FDD) percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

LAOFD081234 FeICIC FeICIC(FDD) percell MacroeNodeB/Micro

LAOFD080207 CarrierAggregationforDownlink CarrierAggregationforDownlink3CCin percell MacroeNodeB/LampSite

LAOFD080208 CarrierAggregationforDownlink CarrierAggregationforDownlink3CCin percell MacroeNodeB/LampSite

FeatureID OldFeatureName OldLicenseControl NewFeatureName NewLicenseControl SalesUnit LicenseConfigured

LAOFD070201 CAforDownlink2CC CAforDownlink2CC FlexibleCAfromMultiple FlexibleCAfrom percell eNodeB

LAOFD070202 CarrierAggregationfor CarrierAggregationfor IntereNodeBCAbasedon IntereNodeBCAbased pereNodeB eNodeB

FeatureID FeatureName ImpactSeverity Remarks

LBFD001009 3GPPR11Specifications Minor New/Basic

LBFD081101 PUCCHOuterLoopPowerControl Minor New/Basic

LBFD002032 ExtendedQCI Minor Enhanced/Basic

LBFD070107 PDCCHUtilizationImprovement Minor Enhanced/Basic

LBFD081102 PLMNIDBlacklist Minor New/Basic

LBFD081103 TerminalAwarenessDifferentiation Minor New/Basic