ICIC - Autonomous Resource Allocation

Feature Description

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 Contents

Contents

1 Overview 1

2 Dependencies 2

3 Parameters 4

4 Activate Basic Feature 5

5 Engineering Guidelines 6
5.1 Enable ICIC - Autonomous Resource Allocation 6
5.2 Disable ICIC - Autonomous Resource Allocation 6

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1 ICIC - Autonomous Resource Allocation
Overview

The feature allows uplink and downlink interference management.

Access Type: LTE

Feature Identity: FAJ 121 1074
Value Package Name: LTE Base Package
Value Package Identity: FAJ 801 0400
Node Type: Baseband Radio Node
Licensing: Basic feature. No license is required.

Summary
The AIR interface resources are divided by time and frequency into resource
blocks. Each resource block uses 180 kHz of the spectrum and has a length of
1 ms. The amount of resource blocks allocated depends on the amount of data
available and the channel conditions.

The allocation of resources in the AIR interface is controlled by the network.

The ICIC - Autonomous Resource Allocation feature introduces support to

activate the downlink and uplink interference management. The downlink
interference management functionality randomly selects the starting point in
frequency. The uplink interference management functionality randomly selects
the starting point in frequency from the lower or the upper end.

This feature increases the end-user bitrate, while operating under a moderate
load level.

Additional Information
For information on the preferred state and parameter settings of this feature, see
RAN Parameter Recommendations Lists.

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2 Dependencies of ICIC - Autonomous

Resource Allocation

It is recommended to use the default configuration of ICIC - Autonomous

Resource Allocation when it is used together with the Minimum Interference
Scheduling feature. The feature cannot be used together with the Flexible
Channel Bandwidth feature.

Table 1 Feature Dependencies

Feature Relationship Description
Minimum Interference Related The uplink ICIC can
Scheduling (FAJ 121 block PUSCH PRBs,
5222) which limits resources
allocated by the uplink
scheduler. Blocked PRBs
between two PUCCH
regions can lead
to inaccurate PRB
use calculations. In
addition, they affect
the randomized start
position function of the
Minimum Interference
Scheduling feature.
Blocked PRBs can
also move to the
reserved region if an
uplink reserved region
is configured. Using
the default configuration
for the ICIC -
Autonomous Resource
Allocation feature is
recommended for the
best uplink interference
management results.
Flexible Channel Conflicting The Flexible Channel
Bandwidth (FAJ 121 Bandwidth and the
4756) ICIC - Autonomous
Resource Allocation
features cannot be
used together. To use
the Flexible Channel
Bandwidth feature,

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 Feature Relationship Description
disable the ICIC -
Autonomous Resource
Allocation feature by
setting the following
attributes to FALSE:
— EUtranCellFDD.dlI
nterferenceManage
mentActive

— EUtranCellFDD.ulI
nterferenceManage
mentActive

— EUtranCellTDD.dlI
nterferenceManage
mentActive

— EUtranCellTDD.ulI
nterferenceManage
mentActive
Supplemental Downlink Conflicting The uplink interference
with License-Assisted management must be
Access (FAJ 121 4573) disabled by setting the
EUtranCellFDD.ulInte
rferenceManagementAc
tive or the
EUtranCellTDD.ulInte
rferenceManagementAc
tive to false when the
Supplemental Downlink
with License-Assisted
Access feature is
activated.

Hardware
No specific hardware requirements.

Limitations
No known limitations.

Network Requirements
No specific network requirements.

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3 Parameters for ICIC - Autonomous Resource

Allocation

The feature has configuration parameters related to interference

management and to controlling the blocking certain PRB ranges.

Table 2 Parameters
Parameter Type Description
EUtranCellFDD.dlInte Introduced See MOM description.
rferenceManagementAc
tive
EUtranCellFDD.dlInte Introduced See MOM description.
rferenceManagementDu
ration
EUtranCellFDD.ulInte Introduced See MOM description.
rferenceManagementAc
tive
EUtranCellFDD.ulInte Introduced See MOM description.
rferenceManagementDu
ration
EUtranCellTDD.dlInte Introduced See MOM description.
rferenceManagementAc
tive
EUtranCellTDD.dlInte Introduced See MOM description.
rferenceManagementDu
ration
EUtranCellTDD.ulInte Introduced See MOM description.
rferenceManagementAc
tive
EUtranCellTDD.ulInte Introduced See MOM description.
rferenceManagementDu
ration

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4 Activate Non-License-Controlled Features

Non-license-controlled features do not require manual activation and

cannot be deactivated.

While license-controlled features need to be activated, non-license-controlled

features are activated automatically during node integration. They also do not
have a software license key associated, which means that they have no entries in
the LKF that is installed on the node.

In some cases, non-license-controlled features need to be configured manually or

have some of their subfunctions enabled to work properly.

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5 Engineering Guidelines

The feature can be enabled and disabled by setting parameters to the

necessary values.

5.1 Enable ICIC - Autonomous Resource Allocation

The feature can be enabled by setting parameters to the necessary values.

1. Set the following parameters to TRUE:

— EUtranCellFDD.dlInterferenceManagementActive

— EUtranCellFDD.ulInterferenceManagementActive

— EUtranCellTDD.dlInterferenceManagementActive

— EUtranCellTDD.ulInterferenceManagementActive

5.2 Disable ICIC - Autonomous Resource Allocation

The feature can be disabled by setting parameters to the necessary values.

1. Set the following parameters to FALSE:

— EUtranCellFDD.dlInterferenceManagementActive

— EUtranCellFDD.ulInterferenceManagementActive

— EUtranCellTDD.dlInterferenceManagementActive

— EUtranCellTDD.ulInterferenceManagementActive

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