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Air Interface Capacity

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Air Interface Capacity

5G Radio Planning and Dimensioning for Nokia Internals [23R2-SR]

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Module Objectives

• Describe the air interface dimensioning process at an overview level


• Identify the conditions set for capacity simulations
• Practice on air Interface dimensioning using ACORD Platform

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5G Radio Capacity
 Air Interface Capacity Overview
 Air Interface Capacity Simulation
 Air Interface Capacity Dimensioning using ACORD

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5G Air Interface Capacity - Dimensioning process

Busy Hour traffic definition Air interface capacity


Network configuration
calculations

• Capacity of existing sites


• Network traffic demand
• Sites configuration • Required number of:
• DL/UL traffic ratio
• Small Cell penetration ᵒ Macro sites
• 5G offload ratio (NSA)
• Target network load ᵒ Small Cells
• Split between bands
• Average network load

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Average cell capacity calculation

Bandwidth

bps/Hz Mbps
bps/Hz
bps/Hz

SE improvement due to SE improvement due to Spectral Efficiency


Basic Spectral Efficiency
the activation of optional average cell load lower conversion to average cell
value for 100% load
features than 100% capacity

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Capacity dimensioning tooling


ACORD
• Nokia official tool for capacity dimensioning for 5G and LTE.
• It supports dimensioning on cell, BTS level and network (cluster) levels.

Tool available
through the NEI
5G Dim Tools
SharePoint site

Direct link to the


Radio Capacity tool tool:
ACORD | NetEng
dimensioning
platform

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5G Radio Capacity
 Air Interface Capacity Overview
 Air Interface Capacity Simulation
 Air Interface Capacity Dimensioning using ACORD

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Simulation input

Spectral Efficiency (SE) simulations are key input for network air interface dimensioning

Input from MoRSE Input from LTE & 5G Capacity Tool (excel based)

 5G and LTE simulations results  Reused of some baseline


 New features impact spectral efficiency values
(IoT, mMimo, 256QAM, UL CoMP) and feature gains for LTE

LTE & 5G capacity tool

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MoRSE simulator modeling scope

MoRSE is product aligned LTE and 5GNR simulator which provides accurate SE estimation

Layer 1 and 2 algorithms Control channels Mobility


Basic RRM functionality •PDCCH •Simplistic: based on RSRP
•Simple PUCCH
•scheduler algorithms, power control, link adaptation,
ATB,256QAM modulation …
•3GPP aligned CQI reporting (frequency, granularity, timing,
transmission errors, …)

User plane
Data transmission via air interface including impact C-Plane and baseband
of radio conditions capacity/limitations
•radio propagation, slow fading, fast fading, diversity, (BTS computation power, …) are
interference, transmission errors acc. to block error rate out of scope
(BLER), channel models, speed, …

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We take now a closer look at the MoRSE simulator.

[1] MoRSE is product aligned LTE and 5GNR simulator which provides accurate Spectral
Efficiency estimation.

[2] From the layer 1 and 2 algorithms point of view, the simulator supports basic Radio
Resource management Algorithms, such as: Scheduler, power control, link adaptation,
Adaptive Transmission bandwidth, 256QAM modulation in Downlink, etc.
The simulator is aligned with 3GPP regarding CQI reporting, in terms of frequency
granularity, timing, etc.

[3] Regarding the Control channel, only the PDCCH and a simplified PUCCH, are
currently simulated.

[4] When coming to Mobility, it is simulated in a simplistic manner, based on the RSRP.

[5] The data transmission over the air interface reflects the impact of radio conditions.

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Effects like slow and fast fading, diversity, interference, speed, etc… are used in the
simulation

[6] While aspects like Control Plane or baseband capacity and limitations are out of the
scope of the simulator.

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Different assumption for LTE & 5G


5G & LTE simulation assumptions Similar assumption for LTE & 5G
Parameter Value description (LTE) Value description (5G)
Duplex mode FDD / TDD TDD
Operational band 2.1 GHz 3.5 GHz

Bandwidth 20MHz 20MHz


Building penetration
20dB 20dB
loss
Fast fading 3D SCME 3D SCME
Slow fading Std. dev = 8 dB; corr. distance = 50 m Std. dev = 8 dB; corr. distance = 50 m

TM4 2x2 MIMO, TM4 4x2 MIMO, TM4 4x4 MIMO, TM8
Transmission mode TM8 Single User and TM8 Multi User MIMO
8x2/8x4

Modulation max 64QAM, max 256QAM max 64QAM, max 256QAM


8x8x2Tx(4x8x2Tx) 64Tx with 7.58dBi element antenna gain
Antenna configuration 2TRX for 2x2MIMO, 4TRX for 4x4 MIMO Antenna spacing: V0.7 lmd, H0.5 lmd with vertical half spacing
shift

Max # UEs per TTI 14 1 for SU-MIMO, 8 for MU-MIMO


Traffic model Full Buffer, 10UEs per cell Full Buffer, 10UEs per cell
Simulation time 60s 60s

UL/DL pattern DL only (FDD) Depending on selected frame structure


• All results are:
- …on one hand optimistic, because of regular hexagonal simulation layout
- …on the other hand, pessimistic because of cell load assumption (100% load everywhere, full buffer)
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Following table collects most of the assumptions used during the MoRSE simulations,
for both LTE and 5G.

Main differences between both technologies reside in:

[1] The duplex mode, only TDD is supported for 5G for the moment
[2] The operational bands: 2,1 GHz for LTE and 3,5 GHz for 5G
[3] The transmission mode. For 5G the simulator uses TM8 both for Single and Multiple
users.
[4] The antenna configuration, with up to 64 Tx antennas in case of 5G
[5] And the amount of UEs per TTI: 14 for LTE, whereas in case of 5G we have 1 for SU-
MIMO and 8 for MU-MIMO

Inputs which are common for both LTE and 5G are:

[6] Channel bandwidth, equal to 20MHz


[7] Building Penetration Loss, of 20 dB

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[8] Fast fading, using the 3D Spatial Channel Model Extended or 3D SCME
[9] The standard deviation, 8dB
[10] Modulation
[11] Traffic model: full buffer with 10 active UEs per cell
[12] And the simulation time, 1 minute

[13] The results obtained from the simulation are:


- Optimal having into account the regular hexagonal simulation layout used in the
simulation
- The worst possible, taking into account the simulation is running with 100% load
everywhere.

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Simulation assumptions: cell layout


• Hexagonal layout from 3GPP (3GPP 38.802 A.2) was used with 5 different scenarios:

Without buildings With buildings


Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Scenario 4 Scenario 5

Urban Micro Urban Macro Rural Macro -


Urban Micro – UMi Urban Macro – UMa
Name UMi (without UMa (without RMa (without
(with buildings) (with buildings)
building) building) building)
ISD 200m 500m 1732m 200m 500m

BS height 10m 25m 30.5m 10m 25m

Downtilt 15° 10° 6° 0° 10°


4 buildings, each with 4 buildins, each with 8-
Buildings No buildings No buildings No buildings 8-floors (40m x 40m) floors (40m x 40m) per
per cell cell

80% indoor (uniformly 50% indoor (uniformly


Traffic Uniform Uniform Uniform
distributed through all distributed through all
distribution distribution distribution distribution
floors), 20% outdoor floors), 50% outdoor
Available in capacity tools
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One additional assumption in the simulation setup is the cell layout.

We will consider the hexagonal layout with 5 different scenarios, 3 without buildings and 2 with
them, as shown in the table:

[1] Scenarios 1 & 4 corresponds to Urban Micro or UMi; In both cases the ISD is 200m, the Base
station antenna height is set to 10 meters, and there is 15 and zero degrees of antenna downtilt
respectively. Difference between both of them lays in the buildings: scenario 1 is without them
while scenario 4 considers 4 buildings per cell with 8 floors. The Traffic in this case is
asymmetrically distributed, coming 80% from indoor and remaining 20% from outdoor.

[2] Scenarios 2 & 4 are for Urban Macro or UMa; in these cases the ISD is 500 meters, Base
station antenna height of 25 m and 10 degrees of antenna downtilt. Again the difference is in
term of buildings: while scenario 2 does not have them, scenario 4 has once again 4 buildings
per cell, each building with 8 floors. The Traffic split is 50% indoor and 50% outdoor.

[3] Scenarios 3 represents a Rural Macro or RMa. It is characterized by an inter-site distance or


ISD, of 1732 m, Base station Height of 30,5 m. and a downtilt of 6 degrees. There are no
buildings and the traffic distribution is uniform.

[4] Currently only the “Scenario 2” is supported in Capacity Tools.

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TDD Frame structure features


Introduction
• These features relate to TDD frame structures which can be configured for 5G TDD deployments (for
frequencies below and above 6 GHz) Frame structures
• Table below presents how to activate frame structure types in 5G TDD: introduced in 5G19
Original feature (No
longer available) NRCELL.tddFrameS NRCELL.nrarfcn NRCELL.tddFra NRCELL.tddFrame NRCELL.tddFram
tructure.frameStruct meStructure.ulDl Structure.guardPer eStructure.lteToNr
ureType DataSlotRatio iodLength FrameShift
Values for FR1 and
5GC000542 flexible 1/9, 2/8, 3/7 or 5/5 1 Not Applicable
FR2
5GC001127 semiStatic ≥ 2016667 (FR2) 1/4 2 Not Applicable
5GC001208 semiStatic ≤ 800000 (FR1) 1/4 2 or 4 Not Applicable
5GC001116 tdLte ≤ 800000 (FR1) Parameter obsolete 4 or 6 0 or 3
5GC001070 semiStatic ≤ 800000 (FR1) 3/7 2 or 4 Not Applicable
CB008406 semiStatic ≤ 800000 (FR1) 4/6 4 Not Applicable

TDD Frame
Structure Frame structure
introduced in 22R3 introduced in 5G19A

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Spectral Efficiency values


System Level simulation 5G results – ISD 500m All spectral efficiency values are in bps/Hz

FR1 TDD FR1 TDD


5GC001116 5GC001116
Downlink 5GC001070
(0 msec) (3 msec)
5GC001208 CB008406 Uplink 5GC001070
5GC001116 5GC001116
5GC001208
CB008
(0 msec) (3 msec) 406
2x2 SU-MIMO (64Tx) 3.33 3.77 4.32 3.47 3,33
64 QAM

4.91 5.37 7.39 5.14 4,91

64 QAM
2x2 MU-MIMO (64Tx)
2x2 SU-MIMO 2.36 2.09 3.35 2.13 2,36
2x2 SU-MIMO (4Tx) 2.06 2.34 2.35 2.09 2,53
(64Tx)
4x4 SU-MIMO (64Tx) 4.80 5.43 6.22 5.00 4,3
2x2 SU-MIMO 1.90 1.65 1.68 1.67 2,19
4x4 SU-MIMO (4Tx) 2.90 3.30 3.31 2.95 3,57
(4Tx)
2x2 SU-MIMO (64Tx) 4.10 4.64 5.06 4.18 4,1

256 QAM
2x2 SU-MIMO
256 QAM

5.36 5.88 7.86 5.65 5,36 2,49 2,2 3,53 2,24 2,49
2x2 MU-MIMO (64Tx) (64Tx)
2x2 SU-MIMO (4Tx) 2.33 2.64 2.66 2.36 3,11 2x2 SU-MIMO
2,06 1,93 2,21 1,9 2,06
(4Tx)
4x4 SU-MIMO (64Tx) 5.90 6.68 7.29 6.02 5,29
4x4 SU-MIMO (4Tx) 3.28 3.73 3.74 3.33 4,39
Based on Spectral efficiency values, channel bandwidth and
percentage of slots with PDSCH, cell capacity can be calculated
FR2 TDD (ISD 200m)
(applies to both FDD and TDD values)
Downlink Uplink
2x2 MIMO 3.45 2.62 Example:
• Frame structure introduced by 5GC001208 feature
FR1 FDD
• 2x2 SU-MIMO (64Tx) with 64 QAM
Downlink Uplink • Channel Bandwidth: 100MHz
2x2 MIMO 2.25 1.35 • Percentage of slots with PDSCH: 72.5% (Assuming no PDSCH
4x4 MIMO 3.17 1.35 scheduling in SSB slots)
DL Cell capacity = 3.47 bps/Hz * 100 MHz * 0.725 = 252 Mbps

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5G Radio Capacity
 Air Interface Capacity Overview
 Air Interface Capacity Simulation
 Air Interface Capacity Dimensioning using ACORD

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Inputs and course for capacity dimensioning

General network configuration Traffic demand


• Network target load • Busy Hour traffic definition
• Traffic split ratio Capacity demand based on e.g. Network KPIs
• Offload to Wi-Fi
• UE capabilities

5G & LTE Layers configuration 5G & LTE Layers configuration


• Number of available sites and their • Number of sites as a result from Link
Network capacity
types per layer
• Feature & MIMO configuration # Budget calculations

• Small Cell penetration

Tool inputs
• Capacity of existing sites
• Missing capacity Tool outputs

• Number of additional sites Calculation flow


• Average network load
#
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Capacity dimensioning tooling


ACORD
• Nokia official tool for capacity dimensioning for 5G and legacy LTE.
• It supports dimensioning on cell, BTS level and network (cluster) levels.

Tool available
through the NEI
5G Dim Tools
SharePoint site

Direct link to the


Radio Capacity tool tool:
ACORD | NetEng
dimensioning
platform

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ACORD Roadmap
LTE and 5G air interface capacity Dimensioning

Done
• Further Spectral Efficiency updates
accordingly to LTE and 5G program
milestones
• Additional tool enhancements
E2E Dimensioning (Available
now)
Porting Link Budget tool
Official release functionality as a plugin in ACORD
v. 1.2 to ease E2E Dimensioning cases
• Official version with 5G and handling together with capacity
legacy LTE supported on cell and tool.
BTS level.
v.1.1 Network Level
• Dimensioning on the network (cluster) level

v.1.0

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Dimensioning approaches
LTE and 5G air interface capacity dimensioning

• Two distinct dimensioning


Coverage Capacity Baseband approaches impact the
requirements for dimensioning
Product dimensioning support efforts
• At the beginning classical
greenfield project support is
needed to estimate the
Dimensioning efforts

required volume of the sites in


field
Greenfield Site-based • In later stages mostly site-
based approach is needed to
Product lifecycle support capacity dimensioning
Required capacity Capacity of existing sites of already deployed hardware
Indicates required capacity to meet Providing information about capacity
assumed traffic demand, providing also of the existing sites in the network • Both modes are currently
information about required macro sites
and missing capacity with configured
supported with the tool
network

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Different dimensioning level


LTE&5G Capacity dimensioning tool in ACORD

• Cell level approach is the easiest way to quickly check performance of the single cell with different
Cell Level

feature configuration.
LTE/5G cell
• Independently on how many cells the network may have, the assumption is that all the cells have the
same configuration.

eNodeB/gNodeB • BTS level (Site level) approach gives possibility to evaluate capacity of the whole BTS (or group of
BTSs) assuming number of carriers and sectors per BTS
BTS Level

• Independently on how many sites (BTSs) the network may have, the assumption is that all the BTSs
have the same configuration.
• Results will be presented per carrier and also on BTS level.

eNodeB group 1
Network Level

gNodeB group 1
• Network level approach will be introduced to help evaluate capacity of the network(cluster), where
we are assuming differencing groups of BTSs for 5G or LTE.
• Results will be presented per BTS group and on the Network level.

gNodeB group 2 eNodeB group 2

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Cell level approach


(only 1 cell is configured, and it is assumed all cells in the network have the same configuration)

<chapter:introduction>

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ACORD Tool
Landing Page https://acord.emea.nsn-net.net/

LTE & 5G Radio


Capacity option in
ACORD

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ACORD Tool
LTE & 5G Radio Capacity

3 Main sections:

1. Network Definition
2. Radio Configuration
3. Capacity Dimensioning Results

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Cell Level Planning with ACORD Dimensioning Mode


1.- Network Definition settings Simplified or Expert

Main network
parameters
BTS Group
Technology and number of Different types of
cells in the network or cluster projects (Site-based or
greenfield) impact
required inputs and the
outputs during
Cell load dimensioning process.
Cell load to keep capacity
margin for potential peaks Different dimensioning
levels give possibility to
Busy Hour traffic evaluate capacity on
demand and traffic ratio cell/BTS/Network level.

BH traffic demand and DL/UL


traffic ratio in percentage

In the example:
1000*0,85=850Mbps DL/
1000*0,15=150 Mbps UL
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Cell Level Planning with ACORD


2.- Radio Configuration settings

General network
configuration
for 5G layers

Including Duplex
mode, operating
band, Antenna
Configuration,
different ISDs, and
the channel
bandwidth

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Cell Level Planning with ACORD


Feature configuration

Feature Multi-user MIMO


configuration
By default, Single User MIMO
Including: DL MIMO Mode is selected, MU-MIMO
mode, UL Receiver mode requires separate
type, Beamforming activation.
Mode, option for
Multi-user MIMO,
Frame structure
type, DL to UL
data slot ratio and Additional gain
maximum Starting from 5G21B, there will be
modulation used in no more new features added to
DL & UL ACORD tool and all necessary
feature gains can be found in
dedicated webNEI materials.
Feature gains can be added
manually in the ACORD tool via
„additional gain” field.

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Cell Level Planning with ACORD


Additional Features Activation of Additional
Features

Majority of the features in the list


were introduced in 5G20B

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Cell Level Planning with ACORD


3.- Capacity Dimensioning Results

Results

Site-based results will present the


number of cells assumed for the
calculations and also total number of
required cells to meet traffic demand

• Assumed number of cells – number of cells assumed during calculations which was provided by the user
under “Number of cells in the network” parameter.
• Average spectral efficiency – overall average SE including cell load, features impact etc.
• In the example we get:
• 6,28 bps/Hz in DL Please note that the spectral efficiency provided by the tool already considers
• 2,86 bps/Hz in UL the cell load (100% in this case)

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Cell Level Planning with ACORD Capacity of exiting cells


Capacity Dimensioning Results Capacity (average cell throughput) for assumed
number of cells at 100% load
Note: SE is given for selected cell load
=#cells * SE * ChBw * DL or UL Tx share

DL  1 * 6,28 *100 * 0.7= 439,6 Mbps


UL  1 * 2,86 *100 * 0.2= 57,2 Mbps

Missing Capacity Number of required cells


Number of cells which are required to meet the busy
Presents traffic which configured cell can’t provide during busy hour hour traffic demand (including the cells which are
already assumed)
= BH traffic demand – capacity of existing cells
Additional cells=
DL  850-439,6 = 410,4 Mbps round up (Missing capacity/cell capacity)
UL 150 – 57,2 = 92,8 Mbps
DL  round up (410,4/439,6) = 1
UL  round-up (92,8 / 57,2) = 2
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BTS level approach


(only 1 BTS, with multiple sectors and carriers, is configured and it is assumed all BTSs in the network have
the same configuration)

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BTS Level Planning with ACORD


Network Definition settings (1/4) Dimensioning Mode
Simplified or Expert

Network parameters

Different types of projects


(Site-based or greenfield)
impact required inputs and the
outputs during dimensioning
process.

Different dimensioning levels


give possibility to evaluate
capacity on cell/BTS/Network
level.

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BTS Level Planning with ACORD


Network Definition settings (2/4) BTS Group Parameters

In BTS level approach, the BTS group


parameters are:
• Technology
• Number of BTSs
• Number of carriers in the network
• Number of sectors per BTS
• And cell load

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BTS Level Planning with ACORD


Network Definition settings (3/4)

Traffic ratio between carriers

In BTS level traffic between


carriers can be distributed
equally based on the carrier
bandwidth or can be defined
by the user.

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BTS Level Planning with ACORD


Traffic distribution per Carrier (4/4)

BTS summary
Traffic Depending on
distribution the number of
carriers, number
After selecting of baseline BTSs
“Traffic ratio between and number of
carriers”, details will sectors per BTS,
be summarized for all information
carriers. about total
assumed
number of cells
will be presented
with total
spectrum
available.

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BTS Level Planning with ACORD


Radio Configuration (1/2)

Carrier configuration

Depending on the
Radio
Configuration for configured “Number of
5G layers carriers in the network”,
tool will reflect the number
Settings to in the Radio Configuration
configure each section. Each carrier
carrier are still the requires to be configured
same a in the Cell separately.
level

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BTS Level Planning with ACORD


Radio Configuration (2/2)

Feature
Configuration

It is done
independently for
each carrier

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BTS Level Planning with ACORD


Radio Configuration for Carrier 2 and Carrier

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BTS Level Planning with ACORD


Capacity Dimensioning Results

Results for BTS level

Results will be presented


both on carrier level and
also on BTS level.

• Assumed number of BTS – number of BTS assumed during calculations which was provided by the user under “Number of baseline BTS”
parameter.
• Average capacity– Average capacity (average throughput) for assumed number of BTSs.
• Average spectral efficiency – overall average SE including cell load, features impact etc.
• Missing capacity – presents traffic which configured cell can´t provide during busy hour.
• Number of required BTSs – number of BTSs which are required to meet the busy hour traffic demand (including the BTS which are
already assumed – in this case no additional BTS is needed)
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Carrier 1 Capacity (FDD @ 20 MHz)


BTS Level Planning with ACORD =# sites * #cells * SE * ChBw
Capacity Dimensioning Results
DL  1 * 3 * 2,25 * 20= 135 Mbps
UL  1 * 3 * 1,26 * 20= 75,6 Mbps

Carrier 2 Capacity (TDD @ 50 MHz)


=# sites * #cells * SE * ChBw * DL/UL TX Share

DL  1 * 3 * 4,64 * 50 * 0,7= 487,21 Mbps


UL  1 * 3 * 2,09 * 50 * 0,2= 62,7 Mbps

Carrier 3 Capacity (TDD @ 100 MHz)


=# sites * #cells * SE * ChBw * DL/UL TX Share

DL  1 * 3 * 4,64 * 100 * 0,7=974,42 Mbps


UL  1 * 3 * 2,09 * 100 * 0,2= 125,4 Mbps
BTS Level Results
Average capacity= Carrier 1 cap + Carrier 2 cap + Carrier 3 cap BTS Level Results
Average Spectral Efficiency = linear average of spectral efficiency
DL  135 + 487,21 + 974,42 = 1596, 64 Mbps for various carriers
UL  75,6 + 62,7 + 125,4 = 263,7 Mbps DL  (2,25 + 4,64 + 4,64)/3= 3,84 bps/Hz
UL  (1,26 + 2,09 + 2,09)/3=1,81 bps/Hz
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Network (Cluster) level approach


(The network is composed of multiple types of BTSs with different configurations)

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Dimensioning Mode
Network Level Planning with ACORD Simplified or Expert
Network Definition Settings (1/3)

Network parameters

In Network level
approach various types
of BTS groups can be
defined. By default,
there is only one BTS
group

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Network Definition Settings (2/3)

BTS group

Definition of the BTS


group includes the
same settings we
have seen already on
BTS level
dimensioning

This section is
repeated for each BTS
group

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Network Level Planning with ACORD


Network Definition Settings (3/3)

Traffic assumption

We keep the same


setting as in BTS level
Planning.

In case of multiple Network


carriers in the BTS, the parameters
traffic is distributed
based on the channel
bandwidth Basic parameters on
carrier level, such as
channel bandwidth
and number of cells
per site

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Carrier Configuration

Carrier configuration

It has to be repeated for every carrier on every


BTS group

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Network Definition Results

Network Level Dimensioning


Results

The results are provided on BTS


group and on network levels

Carrier 1 Capacity (TDD @ 50 MHz)


=# sites * #cells * SE * ChBw * DL/UL TX Share

DL  1 * 3 * 3,53 * 50 * 0,7= 370,65 Mbps


UL  1 * 3 * 2,05 * 50 * 0,2= 61,5 Mbps

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Links to ACORD tool:


Proposed Exercise https://acord.emea.nsn-net.net/
Practice on Air Interface Capacity with ACORD https://acord.apac.nsn-net.net/
 Use the BTS Level dimensioning in ACORD to verify if the amount of BTS resulting from the Coverage-
based dimensioning is enough to provide 30 Gbps of network throughput, with a DL/UL ratio of
80%/20%.
 In case actual configuration is not able to cope with required capacity, how many additional sites are
needed?
Carrier configuration (Cont.)
Assumptions: • ISD: 500 m
• Channel Bandwidth: 100MHz
Network Definition
• Dimensioning Mode: Expert Feature Configuration
• Type of Project: Site-based • DL MIMO Mode: 2x2
• Dimensioning level: BTS level • UL Receiver Type: 2RX MRC
• Beamforming mode: Grid of Beams
BTS Group • Frame structure feature: 5GC001116 with 3 msec shift
• Network Technology: 5G (SA) • DL to UL ratio: 7 to 2
• Number of BTS (sites) = 19 (output of coverage-based dimensioning) • Modulation: 256QAM in DL/64QAM in UL
• Number of carriers: 1 • Optional features:
• Number of sectors per Site: 3 • 5GC000679: UL-DL FDM Scheduling
• Cell Load: 70% • 5GC002537: FDM Allocation Enhancements
• 5GC002534: PDSCH at SSB slots (4 SSB slots)
Carrier configuration • 5GC002538: PDSCH Extensions in SSB and TRS slots
• Duplex mode: TDD • 5GC001348: Uplink Channel Multiplexing
• Operating band: FR1 (3,5 GHz) • 5GC002015: DMRS Handling Extensions
• Antenna Configuration: 32Tx32Rx • CB006555: Dynamic PDCCH pattern modification
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Solution:
• 19 sites are not enough
• 21 Additional sites are needed (Total of 40 sites)
• SE given by the tool: 5,24 bps/Hz in DL and 2,5 bps/Hz in UL

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