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LTE KPIS Cheat Sheet

The document discusses key performance indicators (KPIs) for monitoring the performance of an LTE radio access network. It describes 6 categories of KPIs: Accessibility, Retainability, Mobility, Integrity, Availability, and Utilization. For each category, 2-3 main KPIs are defined and their purpose and calculation methodology explained. The KPIs measure aspects like setup success rates, handover success rates, throughput, latency, cell availability, and resource utilization. Regular monitoring of these KPIs is important for network optimization and quality of service.

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LTE KPIS Cheat Sheet

The document discusses key performance indicators (KPIs) for monitoring the performance of an LTE radio access network. It describes 6 categories of KPIs: Accessibility, Retainability, Mobility, Integrity, Availability, and Utilization. For each category, 2-3 main KPIs are defined and their purpose and calculation methodology explained. The KPIs measure aspects like setup success rates, handover success rates, throughput, latency, cell availability, and resource utilization. Regular monitoring of these KPIs is important for network optimization and quality of service.

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LTE KPIS CHEAT SHEET

Prepared By:
Adel AbdelHamid Tanash
RF Post Processing Engineer Ericsson MEA.
LTE KPI
KPI: Key Performance Indicator
The purpose is to check the performance of Network. We have categories of KPI and numbers of
KPI of each category. In the Optimization process we have to check the KPI value to monitor and
optimize the radio network performance in order to provide better subscriber quality.

📈 Accessibility KPI

📈 Retainability KPI

📈 Mobility KPI

📈 Integrity KPI

📈 Availability KPI

📈 Utilization KPI

KPIs for LTE RAN (Radio Access Network)

LTE KPI Main KPIs Indicator


• RRC setup success rate
used to measure properly of whether services requested
Accessibility KPI • ERAB setup success rate
by users can be accessed
• Call Setup Success Rate
- used to measure how the network keep user's
• Call drop rate
Retainability KPI possession or able to hold and provide the services for the
• Service Call drop rate
users

• Intra-Frequency Handover Out Success Rate


- used to measure the performance of network which can
Mobility KPI • Inter-Frequency Handover Out Success Rate
handle the movement of users such as handover,...
• Inter-RAT Handover Out Success Rate (4g to 3g)

• E-UTRAN IP Throughput
- used to measure the honesty of network , such as the
Integrity KPI • IP Throughput in DL
throughput, latency of user
• E-UTRAN IP Latency
• E-UTRAN Cell Availability - used to measure how the network keep user's
Availability KPI
Partial cell availability possession

Utilization KPI • Mean Active Dedicated EPS Be-r Utilization - used to measure the utilization of network
ACCESSIBILITY KPI:
☰ RRC Setup Success Rate
RRC setup success rate is calculated based on the counter at the eNodeB when the eNodeB
received the RRC connection request from UE. Number of RRC connection attempt is collected
by the eNodeB to the measurement at point A, and the number of successful RRC connection
calculated at point C. Here's an illustration:
☰ ERAB setup success rate
ERAB setup success rate KPI shows the probability of success ERAB to access all services
including VoIP in a cell or radio network. KPI is calculated based counter ERAB connection setup
attempt (point A) and successful ERAB setup (point B). The explanation is as given in the following
illustration:

☰ Call Setup Success Rate


Call Setup Success Rate KPI call setup indicates the probability of success for all service on the
cell or radio network. KPI is calculated by multiplying the RRC setup success rate KPI, S1 signaling
connection success rate KPI, and ERAB success rate KPI. The table below describes the definition
Call Setup Success Rate:
RETAIN-ABILITY KPI:

☰ Call Drop
VoIP call drop arise when VoIP ERAB release is not normal. Each ERAB associated with QoS
information. Here's an illustration of two procedures being done to release ERAB namely: ERAB
release indication and the UE context release request:
MOBILITY KPI:
☰ Intra-Frequency Handover Out Success Rate
Intra-Frequency Handover Success Rate Our KPI shows intra-frequency handover success rate
of locall cell or radio network to the intra-frequency neighboring cell or radio network. Intra-
frequency HO included in a single cell eNodeB or different eNodeB.
Intra-frequency HO scenario shown in the figure below:

No attempt HO calculations at point B. When ENodeB sending RRC connection reconfiguration


message to the EU, he will do the handover. ENodeB will count the number of times the HO attempt
at the source cell. HO calculation of success is at point C. The HO ENodeB count the number of
the source cell when ENodeB receive RRC connection reconfiguration message complete of the
EU.
Here's a scenario intra-frequency handovers inter ENodeB:
Handover attempt occurs at point B, when the source ENodeB (S-eNodeB) sends RRC connection
reconfiguration message to the UE. He decided to conduct inter ENodeB HO. in this KPI, the
source and the target cell work on the same frequency. The number of the attempt HO calculated
at the source cell. The number of successful HO occurs at point C. During HO, HO amount which
success is measured in the cell souce. This measurement appears typing S-eNodeB received a
UE context release message from the target eNode B (T-eNodeB), or the UE context release
command from the MME, which shows that the UE-eNodeB T has successfully attach at the T-
eNodeB.
The following scenarios illustrate intra frequency B HO - inter ENodeB:

Following the definition of Intra Frequency Out Handover Success Rate KPI:
☰ Inter-RAT Handover Out Success Rate (LTE to WCDMA)
Inter RAT Handover Out Success rate shows the success rate KPI HO from LTE cell or radio
network to_a_WCDMA_cell.
Here's a scenario out inter RAT handover success rate:
INTEGRITY KPI:

☰ E-UTRAN IP Throughput
A KPI that shows how E-UTRAN impacts the service quality provided to an end-user.
Payload data volume on IP level per elapsed time unit on the Uu interface. IP Throughput for a
single QCI.

To achieve a throughput measurement that is independent of bursty traffic pattern, it is important


to make sure that idle gaps between incoming data is not included in the measurements. That shall
be done as considering each burst of data as one sample. ThpVolDl is the volume on IP level and
the ThpTimeDl is the time elapsed on Uu for transmission of the volume included in ThpVolDl.
☰ E-UTRAN IP Latency
A measurement that shows how E-UTRAN impacts on the delay experienced by an end-user.
Time from reception of IP packet to transmission of first packet over the Uu.
To achieve a delay measurement that is independent of IP data block size only the first packet
sent to Uu is measured.
To find the delay for a certain packet size the IP Throughput measure can be used together with
IP Latency (after the first block on the Uu, the remaining time of the packet can be calculated
with the IP Throughput measure).

T_Lat is defined as the time between receiption of IP packet and the time when the eNodeB
transmits the first block to Uu.
Since services can be mapped towards different kind of E-RABs, the Latency measure shall be
available per QoS group.

AVAILABILITY KPI:
☰ E-UTRAN Cell Availability
E-UTRAN Cell Availability.A KPI that shows Availability of E-UTRAN Cell.
Percentage of time that the cell is considered available.

As for defining the cell as available, it shall be considered available when the eNodeB can provide
E-RAB service in the cell.
UTILIZATION KPI:

☰ Mean Active Dedicated EPS Bearer Utilization


This KPI describes the ratio of the mean number of active dedicated EPS bearer to the maximum
number of active dedicated EPS bearers provided by EPC network, and it is used to evaluate
utilization performance of EPC network.
This KPI is obtained by the mean number of dedicated EPS bearers in active mode divided by
the system capacity.

The mean number of simultaneous online and answered sessions together with maximum number
of sessions provided by network can reflect system resource utilization. If the value of this KPI is
very high, it indicates system capacity is not enough, and needs to be increased. This KPI is
focusing on network view.

Summarization
References:

1- https://munin.nmu.edu/network/lte.network/lte_sector_counts_LANATW.html
2- https://www.slideshare.net/tharinduwije/hw-lte-rfoptimizationguide
3- https://en.hiclc.com/
4- http://telcoaaminto.blogspot.com/2015/03/eran-performance-kpi-overview-mobility.html
5- http://www.apekshatelecom.in/4g/lte-ran-kpis-part-1/

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