Resource Allocation Failure Service

Degraded

Operating Instructions

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Contents

Contents

1 Alarm Description 1

2 Prerequisites 3

3 Procedure 4
3.1  Action for AdditionalT
AdditionalText
ext Insufficient
Insufficient RF Power in Radio
Radio
Equipment 4
3.2  Action for AdditionalT
AdditionalText
ext Insufficient
Insufficient RF Power Hardware
Hardware
 Activation Codes
Codes 4
3.3  Action for AdditionalT
AdditionalText
ext Unable to Allocate
Allocate Baseband
Baseband HW
Resources for This MO 5
3.4  Action for AdditionalT
AdditionalText:
ext: Failed To
To Allocate Path 5

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 Alarm Description

1 Alarm Description

Resource Allocation Failure Service Degraded is a primary alarm.

Table 1 Alarm Description

Descriptio n

Probable Managed Description Impact

Cause Object
Configuration SectorCarrie The alarm is raised when a The SectorCarrier,
or customizing ,
r  SectorCarrier, NodeBSectorCarrier, or 
error  NodeBSectorC  NodeBSectorCarrier, or Trx is Trx is enabled.
, or Trx  setup and there is insufficie
arrier  insufficient
nt  Availability
 Availability status
RF power in the sector to fulfil degraded.
requirements,, which is
requirements
indicated by the additional
text:
 AdditionaText
 AdditionaText
Insufficient RF power
available in radio
equipment or 
Insufficient RF power
Hardware Activation
Code available.

The alarm is ceased after 

lock/unlock of the cell, if the
available power in the sector 
is increased or if the total
requested power for the
sector is decreased (by
manual action). The latter 
happens if the requested
power for this or any other 
carrier or Trx using the same
sector in a multi-standard
multi-standard
configuration is lowered.
Configuration EutranCellFDD The alarm is raised when lack Service impact is
or customizing EutranCellTDD of baseband HW resources degraded.
error  within the allocated Baseband
Resource Set prohibits the
setup of some - but not all - of 
the sectors constituting a
Multi-Sector Cell (Combined

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Probable Managed Description Impact

Cause Object
cell or PSI-Coverage cell).
The cell is brought up in
degraded state and an alarm
is raised.
Configuration EUtranCellFD  The AdditionalText Failed The cell is degraded.
or Customizing D  to allocate path
Error  indicates that the error is
EUtranCellTD 
caused by one or more of the
D 
following reasons:

• IQ slots that have been

used for total configured
cell exceed the CPRI
capability

• Non-OAM link failure for 

multi-link configurations
configurations
(two input links to a radio
unit)

• LTE system (DU) and

CDMA system (XMU) has
become out of sync for 
XMU02 LTE and CDMA
mixed mode configurations
configurations

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Prerequisites

2 Prerequisites

General Prerequisites

The prerequisites that apply to all alarm procedures are stated in Manage
Faults..
Faults

There are no additional prerequisites for this alarm.

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3 Procedure

1. Analyz
Analyze
e the
the alar
alarm
m deta
details the Alarm Descri
ils in the Alarm Description
ption on
 on page 1 table.

2. Choose
Choose the action
action depend
depending
ing on
on the Addition
Additional
al Text:
Text:

• AdditionalText: Insufficient RF power in radio

equipment

• AdditionalText: Insufficient RF power hardware

activation codes

• AdditionalText: Unable to allocate baseband HW 

resources for this MO 

• AdditionalText: Failed to allocate path

3.1 Action for AdditionalText Insufficient RF Power in

Radio Equipment
To resolve the alarm, do the following:

Steps

1. Lock
Lock the
the ce
cell
ll..

2. Decrease
Decrease the
the requeste
requestedd power
power per SectorC
SectorCarrie
arrierr or add a radio
radio unit to
to
support more power. Also consider the power configuration of other 
SectorCarriers or NodeBSectorCarriers
NodeBSectorCarriers or TRXs using the same radio in a
mixed-mode configuration.
configuration.

3. Unloc
nlock
k tthe
he ce
cell
ll..
4. Check
Check if the alarm
alarm has ceased
ceased..

5. If the alarm
alarm remains,
remains, reinsta
reinstallll the or
origin
iginal
al unit
unit and consult
consult the
the next level
level of 
maintenance support.
support.

3.2 Action for Ad

AdditionalText Insufficient RF Power 
Hardware Activation Codes
To resolve the alarm,
alarm, do the following:

Steps

1. Lock
Lock the
the ce
cell
ll..

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2. Activate
Activate addition
additional
al HW
HWAC
AC Licenses
Licenses or decrea
decrease
se requeste
requestedd power.
power. Also
consider the power configuration of other SectorCarriers or 
NodeBSectorCarriers
NodeBSecto rCarriers or TRXs using the same radio in a mixed-mode
configuration.

3. Unlock
lock the
the c
cel
ell.
l.

4. Check
Check if the alarm
alarm has ceased
ceased..

5. If the alarm
alarm remains,
remains, reinsta
reinstallll the ori
origina
ginall unit and
and consult
consult the next
next level
level of 
maintenance
maintenanc e support.

3.3 Action for AdditionalText Unable to Allocate

Baseband HW Resources for This MO
To resolve the alarm, do the following:

Steps

1. Delet
Delete
e exce
excessi
ssive
ve cell
cells
s or
or TRXs.
TRXs.

2. If the alarm
alarm rremai
emains,
ns, either
either delete
delete the cell
cell or TRX
TRX and set
set it up again
again with
with
the same attributes.

3. Check
Check tha
thatt the
the alar
alarm
m has
has ceased
ceased..

4. If the alarm
alarm remains
remains,, restart
restart the
the DU
DU or Baseband
Baseband unit.
unit.

5. Check
Check if the alarm
alarm has ceased
ceased..

6. If the alarm
alarm rremai
emains,
ns, consul
consultt the next
next level
level of mainten
maintenance
ance suppo
support.
rt.

3.4 Action for AdditionalText: Failed To Allocate Path

To resolve the alarm, check the following:

• Check how many IQ slots are used for the total configured cell.

 – Check DU and radio

radio unit CPRI
CPRI capability.
capability. 2.5G, 5G, and 10G CPRI
CPRI
support up to 16, 32, and 64 IQ slots respectively.

 – IQ slots for FDD are calculated

calculated as follows:
follows: (number of cells)
cells) × (total
number of antennas for both TX and RX) × (number of used IQ slots
for cells). The number of used IQ slots for
f or cells can be maximum 4,6,
8 IQ slots used for 10, 15, 20 MHz bandwidth, respectively. For 
example, 2 cells, 4 x 2, 10 MHz bandwidth is 2 × (4+2) × 4 = 48 IQ
slots used.

 – IQ slots for TDD are calculated

calculated as follows:
follows: (number of cells)
cells) ×
(maximum number of antennas for both TX and RX) × (number of 
used IQ slots for cells). The number of used IQ slots for cells can be

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maximum 4,6, 8 IQ slots used for 10, 15, 20 MHz bandwidth,

respectively. For example, 2 cells, 4 x 2, 10 MHz bandwidth is 2 × 4 ×
4 = 32 IQ slots used.

If the IQ slots used for the total configured cell exceed the CPRI capability
capability,,
to Action for IQ Slots Exceed
go to Action Exceed the CPRI Capacity 
Capacity  on
 on page 6.

• Check the operationalState attribute and the presence of Link

Failure alarms on the RiLink MO used by the cell.

If the Link Failure alarm appears on the RiLink MO, go to Action

to Action for 
Link Failure for Multi-Link Configurations on
Configurations on page 6.

 Another possible
possible alarm cause can be that the LTE
LTE system (DU) anandd CDMA
system (XMU) are out of sync for XMU02 LTE and CDMA mixed mode
to Action for LTE 
configurations. To resolve the alarm due to this problem, go to Action LTE 
System and WCDMA System Out of Sync  on  on page 7.

3.4.1 Action for IQ Slots Exceed the CPRI Capacity

If the IQ slots used for

f or the total configured cell exceed the CPRI capability,
capability, do
the following:

Steps

1. Lock
Lock the
the ce
cell
ll..

2. Adjust
Adjust the numbe
numberr of cells,
cells, number
number of
of antennas,
antennas, or
or carrier
carrier bandwid
bandwidth.
th.

3. Unloc
nlock
k tthe
he ce
cell
ll..

4. Check
Check tha
thatt the
the alar
alarm
m has
has ceased
ceased..

5. If the alarm
alarm remains,
remains, consu
consult
lt the next level
level of mainten
maintenance
ance..

3.4.2 Action ffo

or Link Failure ffo
or Multi-Link C
Co
onfigurations

If the alarm is due to link failure for multi-link configurations, do the following:

Steps

1. Lock the cell.

2. Repl
Replac
ace
e tthe
he faul
faulty
ty li
link
nk..

3. Unloc
nlock
k tthe
he ce
cell
ll..

4. Check
Check tha
thatt the
the alar
alarm
m has
has ceased
ceased..

5. If the alarm
alarm remains,
remains, consu
consult
lt the next level
level of mainten
maintenance
ance..

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3.4.3 Action for LTE System and WCDMA System Out of Sync

If the LTE system (DU) and CDMA system (XMU) are out of sync for XMU 02
LTE and CDMA mixed mode configurations, do the following:

Steps

1. Lock the
the cell.
ell.

2. Unlock
lock the
the c
ce
ell
ll..

3. Check
Check tha
thatt the
the ala
alarm
rm has
has ceased
ceased..

4. If the
the alarm
alarm remain
remains,
s, resta
restart
rt the
the XM
XMU
U 02.
02.

5. Check
Check tha
thatt the
the ala
alarm
rm has
has ceased
ceased..

6. If the
the alarm
alarm remain
remains,
s, resta
restart
rt the
the no
node.
de.

7. Check
Check tha
thatt the
the ala
alarm
rm has
has ceased
ceased..

8. If the alarm
alarm remains
remains,, consult
consult the
the next
next level
level of mainten
maintenance
ance..

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