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 Mobility Load Balance

 Parameter Introduction
 Impacts on KPIs
 Counters

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 Load Balancing Scenarios
• Scenarios according to source and target cell:
• Inter-Frequency
• Inter-RAT
Cell1 (f1)
Cell2 (f2)

UTRAN GERAN
LTE

UTRAN

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 OAM
Intra-RAT Load Balancing(1/4) Source eNB Target eNB

Configure LB parameters

• OAM configure LB parameters

• Load evaluation on source cell Load Evaluation

• Load information exchange on X2 (intra-RAT)

Exchange load information
• Load balancing decision: select target cell
LB decision
• Select UE and perform inter-freq measurement

• Perform inter-freq handover according to measurement

UE

result Select UE & perform inter-freq

measurement

Perform inter-freq handover

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Intra-RAT Load Balancing(2/4)
eNB1 eNB2
• LB target candidate selection RESOURCE STATUS REQUEST
• All available neighbors list as LB target candidates
• Filter the list according to: RESOURCE STATUS FAILURE
• Whether HO is permitted
• Whether X2 interface is available
• Whether history handover record is satisfactory

• Exchange load information between local and candidate eNB1 eNB2

• Send Resource Status Request to LB target candidate neighbors
• Neighbors send Resource Status Response RESOURCE STATUS UPDATE
• Neighbors send periodical load report in Resource Status Update

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 Intra-RAT Load Balancing(3/4) sGW
Evaluation of loads
• Radio Resource of both source and target cells: S1 TNL Usage
• Measurement for each cells
• Measurement of PRB usage according to 3GPP 36.314 HW Usage
eNB
• Periodically report to MLB
• Evaluate:
PRB Usage
• GBR: PRB usage
• Cell load = GBR load + Non-GBR load
• S1 TNL resource status of target cell:
• Report from transmission layers
• Low load, Medium load, High load, Overload (36.423)
UE UE UE UE
• Hardware resource status of target cell:
• Report from hardware layers according to DSP usage
• Low load, Medium load, High load, Overload (36.423)

MLB is triggered by radio resource load which is the bottle-neck of load rather than TNL or Hardware

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 Intra-RAT Load Balancing(4/4)
• Target cell selection
• Load difference between neighbors is considered in UL/DL independently.
• Multiple target may be selected.

• Target UE selection
• UE support target band
• UE PRB usage

• Perform inter-freq measurement and handover

• UE’s PLMN Judgment

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Content
• Mobility Load Balance
• Parameter Introduction
• Impacts on KPIs
• Counters

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Key Parameters (1)
Id Name Description Range Recommended Value MML

MlbAlgoSwitch MLB algorithm Indicate the switches used to enable or disable the mobility InterFreqMlbSwitch, InterFreqMlbSwitch: ON MOD
UtranMlbSwitch, UtranMlbSwitch: off
switch load balance algorithms. Unit: None GeranMlbSwitch, GeranMlbSwitch: off CELLALGOSWI
UtranIdleMlbSwitch, UtranIdleMlbSwitch: off TCH
MlbLoadInfoSwitch MlbLoadInfoSwitch: off

InterFreqMlbThd Inter-Frequency Indicate the trigger threshold for Inter-Frequency MLB. GUI value range: 1~100 40 on LTE800 cell MOD CELLMLB
When cell PRB usage is higher than the sum of 60 on LTE2600 cell
MLB Threshold InterFreqMlbThd and LoadOffset, MLB is triggered. When
cell PRB usage is lower than InterFreqMlbThd, MLB is
canceled. Unit: %

DL PRB usage in
Dresden city cells at 7-
8PM (02.06.2014)

Note: MlbLoadInfoSwitch should be set to ON when RIM procedure is used by Inter-RAT Load Sharing to UTRAN.
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Key Parameters (2)
Id Name Description Range Recommended Value MML
LoadDiffThd Load This parameter specifies the minimum load GUI value range: 1~50 15 MOD CELLMLB
difference between two cells that triggers MLB.
Difference When the load difference between two cells
Threshold exceeds the value of this parameter, the eNodeB
regards the load as imbalanced and triggers MLB
between the two cells. When the load difference
between these cells drops below this threshold, the
eNodeB no longer regards the load as imbalanced
and stops MLB between the cells. Unit: %

LoadOffset Load Offset This parameter specifies an offset applied to the GUI value range: 0~50 5 MOD CELLMLB
threshold value for triggering MLB. MLB is
triggered only when the load is continuously equal
to or greater than the sum of the threshold and
offset values. This mechanism helps prevent load
fluctuations from frequently triggering and stopping
MLB. Unit: %

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Mobility Load Balance

Parameter Introduction
Impacts on KPIs
Counters

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 Impacts on KPIs
When RIM procedure is used by Inter-RAT Load Sharing to UTRAN, both UMTS KPI
and LTE KPI will be impacted:
• UMTS KPI will be improved because LTE UE won’t be handover to UMTS when UMTS
cell is overload.
• LTE KPI will be decreased because LTE load cannot be offload to UMTS when UMTS c
ell is overload.

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Mobility Load Balance

Parameter Introduction
Impacts on KPIs
Counters

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 Counters
Level Counter Name Note

Number of inter-frequency handover preparation attempts triggered because of

Cell L.HHO.InterFreq.Load.PrepAttOut
high load
Number of inter-frequency handover execution attempts triggered because of
Cell L.HHO.InterFreq.Load.ExecAttOut
high load
Number of successful inter-frequency handovers triggered because of high load
Cell L.HHO.InterFreq.Load.ExecSuccOut

Cell L.HHO.IntraeNB.InterFreq.PrepAttOut Number of intra-eNodeB inter-frequency outgoing handover attempts in a cell

Cell L.HHO.IntraeNB.InterFreq.ExecAttOut Number of performed intra-eNodeB inter-frequency outgoing handovers in a cell

Cell L.HHO.IntraeNB.InterFreq.ExecSuccOut Number of successful intra-eNodeB inter-frequency outgoing handovers in a cell

Cell L.HHO.IntereNB.InterFreq.PrepAttOut Number of inter-eNodeB inter-frequency outgoing handover attempts in a cell

Cell L.HHO.IntereNB.InterFreq.ExecAttOut Number of performed inter-eNodeB inter-frequency outgoing handovers in a cell

Cell L.HHO.IntereNB.InterFreq.ExecSuccOut Number of successful inter-eNodeB inter-frequency outgoing handovers in a cell

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