VNP 42Mbps HSDPA Deployment

Proposal
 1 DC-HSDPA Concepts

DC-HSDPA allows a UE to set up HSDPA connections with two inter-frequency synchronous cells
that have the same coverage. In the downlink, the UE can receive different data through HS-
DSCHs from the two cells simultaneously. In the uplink, however, the UE sends data only
through its primary cell.

Carrier Configuration:

• For DC users, the UL channel is only carried on the primary carrier.

Service Distribution:

• The CS service is carried on a single carrier.

• The BE/streaming service is carried on the DC-HSDPA preferentially.

Peak data rate

• physical layer: 3.84Mcps/16 * 6 * 15 * 2 = 21.6Mbps *2 = 43.2 Mbps

 2 Required Configuration

NE Requirements

CN CN and HLR are required to support a peak rate of 42 Mbit/s on the downlink

The RNC must support the Downlink Enhanced L2 feature.

RNC
The RNC must provide the radio bearer scheme for DC-HSDPA.

Node The NodeB must support MAC-ehs. A single MAC-ehs entity supports HS-DSCH
B transmission in multiple cells served by the same NodeB (FDD only).

In 3GPP Release 8, HS-DSCH UE categories 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,
UE 31, and 32 are introduced to support DC-HSDPA. In 3GPP Release 9 or later,
more HS-DSCH UE categories are introduced to support DC-HSDPA.

VNP Network overview

Remark for VNP SRAN

No Restrictions
Network

The two cells belong to the same sector of a NodeB and are inter-frequency
1 OK
co-coverage cells.

2 The two cells are in the same downlink resource group of a NodeB. OK.

The two cells operate on frequencies that belong to the same frequency
3 OK
band.

4 The two cells have the same time offset. OK

5 The two cells support HSDPA and the Downlink Enhanced L2 feature. OK

6 The dual cell transmission applies only to HSDPA physical channels. OK

To be mentioned,
For S333 sites in VNP Hanoi network, currently random camping is used for F1 and F2 and F3 is
used to share PS load. As checking load on F1 and F2 is much higher than F3, suggest configure
F1 and F3 as the server group for DC-HSDPA feature.

HSDPA/HSUPA throughput comparison between F1/F2/F3

HSDPA/HSUPA traffic comparison between F1/F2/F3
 3 Feature Activation Procedure

3.1 Scripts for the Test Case: Single User

Throughput of DC in Good Radio Condition
Global ID
FA265-0101

Priority
Middle

Objective
Evaluate the throughput performance differentiation between DC and SC single user in good position.

Network diagram
Standard networking of acceptance:
NE: RNC1, NodeB1, CELL XXXX0, CELL XXXX1 and they are DC group.
Local cell is 0 and 1.
Prerequisites
1. WCDMA system is operational.
2. One DC-64QAM category24 UE is subscribed correctly in HLR: Set traffic class to Interactive/background,
max bit rate to UL 5740 kbit/s/DL 42100 kbit/ss and camps on the DC cell.
3. One SC-64QAM category14 UE is subscribed correctly in HLR: Set traffic class to Interactive/background,
max bit rate to UL 5740 kbit/s/DL 21600 kbit/s and camps on the DC cell.
4. RNC license switch HSPA + Downlink 42 Mbps per User=ON.
5. RNC license switch HSPA + Downlink 21 Mbps per User=ON.
6. DC Cells support DL L2 Enhance, 64QAM, DC-HSDPA in RNC:
   SET UCORRMALGOSWITCH: CfgSwitch=CFG_HSDPA_64QAM_SWITCH-1&CFG_HSDPA_DC_SWITCH-1;
   MOD UCELLALGOSWITCH: CellId=XXXX0, HspaPlusSwitch=64QAM-1&DL_L2ENHANCED-1&DC_HSDPA-1;
   MOD UCELLALGOSWITCH: CellId=XXXX1, HspaPlusSwitch=64QAM-1&DL_L2ENHANCED-1&DC_HSDPA-1;
7. Set DL BE traffic threshold on HSDPA to 256 kbit/s in RNC:
   SET UFRCCHLTYPEPARA: DlBeTraffThsOnHsdpa=D256;
8. Set UL BE traffic threshold on HSUPA to 608 kbit/s in RNC:
   SET UFRCCHLTYPEPARA: UlBeTraffThsOnHsupa=D608;
9. Modify the code resource of test cell: On the RNC LMT, configure 14 HS-PDSCH codes and 4 HS-SCCH
codes:
   DEA UCELLHSDPA: CELLID= XXXX0;
   MOD UCELLHSDPA: CELLID= XXXX0, AllocCodeMode=Automatic, HsPdschMaxCodeNum=14,
HsPdschMinCodeNum=5, HsScchCodeNum=4;
   DEA UCELLHSDPA: CELLID= XXXX1;
   MOD UCELLHSDPA: CELLID= XXXX1, AllocCodeMode=Automatic, HsPdschMaxCodeNum=14,
HsPdschMinCodeNum=5, HsScchCodeNum=4;
10. Set Cell Max Power=43dBm, PCPICH Power=33dBm in RNC.
11. NodeB license Number of local cells supporting DL 64QAM is bigger than 2;
12. NodeB license Number of local cells supporting DL DC-HSDPA is bigger than 2;
13. DC local cells are in the same sector, and in DUALCELLGROUP of NodeB:
   ADD DUALCELLGRP: FIRSTLOCELL=0, SECONDLOCELL=1;
14. Act the DC cells in RNC:
   ACT UCELLHSDPA: CELLID= XXXX0;
   ACT UCELLHSDPA: CELLID= XXXX1;
15. Trace the IU/IUB/UU interface and Throughput Bandwidth in RNC LMT.

Procedure Expected result

UE must be located at good radio condition The CQI of the UE is around 30.
(CQI>29, PCPICH RSCP>-70dBm).
Category24 UE dials up and sets up a PS service. UE PS service is set up successfully, and the service is
do FTP downloading from FTP server. carried on the E-DCH and the HS-DSCH.
The bandwidth of downlink throughput is 42.1
Mbit/s in RNC LMT.

Use Dumeter to record the throughput for 3 Dumeter can record the throughput normally.
minutes.

Dumeter stops recording throughput and then Max throughput, Min throughput and AVE
Category24 UE stops the PS service. throughput can be read in Dumeter.

Category14 UE dials up and sets up a PS service. UE PS service is set up successfully, and the service is
do FTP downloading from FTP server. carried on the E-DCH and the HS-DSCH.
The bandwidth of downlink throughput is 21 Mbit/s
in RNC LMT.

Use Dumeter to record the throughput for 3 Dumeter can record the throughput normally.
minutes.

Dumeter stops recording throughput and then Max throughput, Min throughput and AVE
Category24 UE stops the PS service. throughput can be read in Dumeter.

Repeat 2~7 for 3 times. Get the throughput of each test.

3.2 Preparations for activation

Objective: This test case aims to demonstrate the downlink peak rate per user (42 Mbit/s) in a
cell when the DC feature is enabled.

Minimum networking requirements: RNC x 1; NodeB x 1; two cells with adjacent frequencies
support HSUPA, downlink 64QAM, and DC-HSDPA; the local cell on the NodeB must support
downlink 64QAM and DC-HSDPA.

Two UEs are required for the test:

 A UE CAT 24 whose subscribed rate is 5740 kbit/s on the uplink and 43,200
kbit/s on the downlink
 A UE CAT 14 whose subscribed rate is 5740 kbit/s on the uplink and 21,600
kbit/s on the downlink
Check in the RNC license whether the transmission rates of 21 Mbit/s and 42 Mbit/s are
supported on the downlink.
Check in the NodeB license whether there are more than two local cells supporting the
Downlink 64QAM and DC-HSDPA features under the NodeB.

In this test case, as certain settings on the RNC and NodeB sides need to be modified, you need
to record the current parameter status before setting the parameters for the test case. In this
way, environment restoration after the test can be performed easily.

For the parameters used for modifying the RNC and NodeB code allocation in this test case, you
need to run the LST command to check the current configurations before modification.

On the RNC, run the LST UCELLHSDPA command to check the settings for code allocation. On
the NodeB, run the LST MACHSPARA command to check the switch status of dynamic code
allocation.

3.3 Activation Procedure

3.3.1 Set the parameters.

To turn on the algorithm switches for the Downlink 64QAM and DC-HSDPA features in the RNC,
run the following command on the RNC:
SET UCORRMALGOSWITCH: CfgSwitch=CFG_HSDPA_64QAM_SWITCH-
1&CFG_HSDPA_DC_SWITCH-1;

To turn on the algorithm switches for the Downlink 64QAM, enhanced L2, and DC-HSDPA
features in all cells, run the following command on the RNC:
MOD UCELLALGOSWITCH: CellId=XXXX, HspaPlusSwitch=64QAM-1&DL_L2ENHANCED-
1&DC_HSDPA-1;

Note that the command must be executed for the two cells in a DC group.

To set the uplink and downlink thresholds for best effort (BE) services, run the following
command on the RNC:
SET UFRCCHLTYPEPARA: DlBeTraffThsOnHsdpa=D256; SET UFRCCHLTYPEPARA:
UlBeTraffThsOnHsupa=D608;

To set a maximum number of 14 High-Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channels (HS-PDSCHs)

and 4 High Speed Shared Control Channel (HS-SCCHs) for each cell, run the following command:

DEA UCELLHSDPA: CELLID= XXXX;

MOD UCELLHSDPA: CELLID= XXXX, AllocCodeMode=Automatic, HsPdschMaxCodeNum=14,

HsPdschMinCodeNum=5, HsScchCodeNum=4;
To bind two local cells as a DC group, run the following command on the NodeB:
ADD DUALCELLGRP: FIRSTLOCELL=0, SECONDLOCELL=1;

To activate the two cells in a DC group and set parameter, run the following command on the
RNC:
ACT UCELLHSDPA: CELLID= XXXX;

3.3.2 Enable the trace on the Uu interface (as shown in the following figure).
Step 1 Log in to the LMT. Then click Trace to open the trace page.

On the navigation tree, choose UMTS Services > Uu Interface Trace to open the trace window.

Fill in the RNC ID and cell ID in the Cell Config field and then click Submit to start the trace
process.

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3.3.3 Enable the connection performance monitoring (as shown in the

following figure).
Step 1 Log in to the LMT. Then click Monitor to open the monitoring page.

On the navigation tree, choose UMTS Monitoring > Connection Performance Monitoring to
open the monitoring configuration window.

In the Parameter Setting message box, select DL Throughput Bandwidth.

Fill in the IMSI.

Click Submit to start the monitoring process.

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3.3.4 Use the QXDM to detect a site with relatively good radio signal (CQI>29,
PCPICH RSCP>-70dBm).
At this site, use the UE CAT 24 to initiate PS services. It is recommended that the terminal be
connected to a stable FTP server without speed restriction. Check the signaling trace and
performance monitoring windows.

In case of stable FTP downloading, you can find the downlink rate (the downlink rate should be
about 37 Mbit/s) in the performance monitoring window.

In the signaling trace window, you can find the RRC_RB_SETUP message sent by the RNC to the
UE. Double-click this message. The contents of the message are displayed. In the rab-
InformationSetupList signaling message, ul-TrCH-Type should be e-dch and dl-
TransportChannel-Type should be hsdsch. In the dl-HSPDSCH-Information signaling message,
you can find dl-64QAM-Configured: true, which indicates that 64QAM is successfully set up. In
the dl-SecondaryCellInfoFDD signaling message, you can find dl-64QAM-Configured: true, which
indicates that 64QAM for the cell of the second frequency is successfully set up. If both dl-
64QAM-Configured: true and dl-64QAM-Configured: true are displayed, it indicates that DC is
successfully set up.

In the performance monitoring window, you can find that the allocated bandwidth is 42.1
Mbit/s.

3.3.5 On the Dumeter, observe the performance KPIs for more than 3 minutes,
save the obtained results, and terminate PS services on the UE CAT 24.

3.3.6 Use UE CAT 14 to initiate PS services using dialup access.

In the performance monitoring window, you can find that the allocated bandwidth is 21 Mbit/s.
In the trace of the RRC_RB_SETUP signaling message, you can find ul-TrCH-Type: e-dch in the
"rab-InformationSetupList" information element (IE).
3.3.7 On the Dumeter, observe the performance KPIs for more than 3 minutes,
save the obtained results, and terminate PS services on the UE CAT 14.

3.3.8 Save the monitoring result file and message trace result.

3.3.9 Restore the test environment.

The operation procedure for the test case (DC-HSDPA Service Throughput in the Center of Cell)
is complete.

4 Observing KPI for DC-HSDPA

NE Traffic Statistics Index Meaning

RNC VS.HSDPA.RAB.DC.AttEstab Number of DC-HSDPA RAB

Setup Requests in the primary

carrier of DC-HSDPA counted

for cell

RNC VS.HSDPA.RAB.DC.SuccEstab Number of DC-HSDPA RABs

Setup Successfully in the

primary carrier of DC-HSDPA

counted for cell

RNC VS.HSDPA.DC.PRIM.UE.Mean.Cell Average number of DC-HSDPA

UEs in anchor carrier in a Cell

RNC VS.HSDPA.DC.SEC.UE.Mean.Cell Average number of DC-HSDPA

UEs in supplementary carrier in

a Cell

RNC VS.HSDPA.RAB.AbnormRel.DC Number of DC-HSDPA RABs

Abnormal Released in the

primary carrier of DC counted

for Cell(including RF Cause)

RNC VS.HSDPA.RAB.NormRel.DC Number of DC-HSDPA RABs

Normal Released in the primary

carrier of DC counted for Cell

RNC VS.HSDPA.UE.Mean.CAT21.24 Average Number of HSDPA UEs

with Category 21-24 in a Cell

RNC VS.HSDPA.UE.Max.CAT21.24 Maximum Number of HSDPA

UEs with Category 21-24 in a

Cell

NodeB VS.HSDPA.DCCfg.SupCarrierActedNum Total number of times DC-

HSDPA-enabled users are

scheduled by the

supplementary carrier

NodeB VS.HSDPA.DCCfg.AnchorCarrierActedNu Total number of times DC-

m HSDPA-enabled users are

scheduled by the anchor carrier

NodeB VS.HSDPA.DCCfg.DualCarrierActedNum Total number of times DC-

HSDPA-enabled users are

scheduled by the anchor and

supplementary carriers at the

same time
 5 Risk and Pre-Caution

Network load will increase after 42M HSPA feature activation, below
KPIs deteriorated should be accepted:
 Network RTWP will increase 2db;
 CS Call drop rate increases 10%;
 PS R99 setup successful rate decrease 10%
 PS Call drop rate increases 15%;
 Soft handover successful rate decreases 5%.

6 Test Cases

Test
Type Categories Procedure Test Targe
case
Test average
Activate HSDPA service in UMTS mode, download a file throughput and PS
Data HSDPA
Drive test from VNP FTP server (500MB), after finish, the test will HO(DC-HSDPA to DC-
card Download
repeat until finish the whole test route. HSDPA and DC-HSDPA
to HSDPA)