eRAN20.

0 LTE Performance
Improvement Based on Cell
Coordination

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1. Solution Overview – Why
2. Low bands in LTE are generally congested. Capacity
1. In dense or common urban scenarios, low-band cells have
improvement, like adding physical sites, can be a key solution
relatively large overlapping coverage areas, leading to severe
to mitigating low-band interference. Continuous site addition,
intra-frequency interference. Inter-cell coordination helps increase
however, reduces inter-site distance and causes more inter-
the downlink throughput of cell edge UEs that experience
base-station interference, posing more importance on
interference.
coordination between cells.
The red grids indicate the grids whose SNR
UE proportion in overlapping areas of each
decreases after low-band site addition.
frequency
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
Total SINR gain
20.00%
10.00%
0.00% UE proportion in Intra-board UE Intra-subrack inter-
board UE proportion in
Inter-subrack UE
交叠区用户比例
overlapping areas 板内交叠区用户比例
proportion in 框内板间交叠区用户比例 框间交叠区用户比例
proportion in
overlapping areas overlapping areas overlapping areas

700M 1700M 2100M

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2. Solution Introduction – Inter-Cell Coordination
• Inter-cell coordination is an inter-cell interference coordination Start
technology.
• When interference is strong and load is a bit different between cells, the
An interference coordinated set
X2 interface is used to exchange the power reduction gain information. is constructed.
Each cell independently determines whether to reduce the power based
on the impact on cooperating cells and the local cell. This helps achieve
optimal power configuration at the cluster level. The local cell calculates the
X2: power reduction gains for
If the neighboring cell reduces power by 3 cooperating cells.
dB, the local cell obtains 4% gains.
Power reduction gain
The local cell is The local cell is information is exchanged
heavily loaded. lightly loaded between cells.
Power reduction of 0 and power
neighboring base L 90
reduction
stations mitigates L900 delivers minor Does the
interference and gains on itself. The cell enters the
local cell make Y
delivers 9% gains. L900 power reduction
a comprehensive decision
to reduce power? mode.
Minor power
reduction impact N
on itself
X2: The local cell recovers full
If the neighboring cell reduces power by 3 power mode.
dB, the local cell obtains 5% gains.

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3. Impact Analysis

Positive Impact Negative Impact

 The user-perceived rate in the cell increases by The impacts on the network are as follows:
 If dynamic DRX is enabled in a cell, it enables UEs to enter
3–10% in target scenarios (described in page 9).
the out-of-synchronization state and the throughput fluctuates.
In addition, throughput fluctuation may increase the online
duration of UEs, which may increase the duration of UEs in
the out-of-synchronization state.
 The values of certain performance indicators such as the

downlink IBLER and RBLER may fluctuate.

 The average RSRP or RSRQ measured by UEs in a cell may

slightly decrease. Therefore, the values of the indicators

related to the number of reporting times for measurement
reports (such as intra-frequency neighboring cell
measurement reports) and the number of resources occupied
by the measurement reports may increase. The number of
intra-frequency handovers and unnecessary handovers may
fluctuate.
 The number of PCC/PCell changes in CA and NSA scenarios

may fluctuate. The number of SCC/SCell removals and

changes may increase.
 The accuracy of RSRP grids slightly decreases.

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4. User Guide (1)
Feature Dependency
• All main control boards
Hardware/NE/Transmission • All LTE FDD 4T4R RRUs
• UBBPe and later boards (excluding UBBPem and UBBPf0)

Feature Licenses
Feature ID Feature Name Model NE Sales Unit
Performance Improvement Based on
LOFD-200204 LT1SPIBOCC00 gNodeB Per Cell
Cell Coordination

Mutually Exclusive Features

Feature Name Switch Description
CSPC CellCspcPara.CellCspcSwitch
eCSPC CellCspcPara.CelleCspcSwitch
Inter-cell coordination
Intra-eNodeB CSPC CellCspcPara.IntraEnbCspcSw
functions cannot be
Multi-cell coordinated intelligent power INTEL_MULTI_CELL_COOR_PC_SW option of the CellPwrSavingAlgo.PwrSavingAlgoSwitch used together.
control energy saving parameter
Downlink intelligent joint power control DL_INTEL_JOINT_PC_SW of the CELLDLSCHEXTPARAM.DlSchExtSwitch parameter
NB-IoT cell Cell.NbCellFlag The power of IoT cells
eMTC-only cell EMTC_ONLY_CELL_SWITCH option of the CellEmtcAlgo.EmtcAlgoSwitch parameter cannot be reduced.

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4. User Guide (2)
Recommended Scenario

 Inter-site distance ≤ 500 m

 Average downlink load ≥ 30% (formula: L.ChMeas.PRB.DL.Used.Avg/L.ChMeas.PRB.DL.Avail)
 Low-band load ≥ Twice of high-band load
 Proportion of downlink tail packets = ((L.Thrp.Time.DL – L.Thrp.Time.DL.RmvLastTTI)/L.Thrp.Time.DL) ≤ 50%
 Proportion of transmission duration of A3 UEs = (L.Thrp.Time.DL.BorderUE/L.Thrp.Time.DL) ≥ 30%

In target scenarios where the preceding conditions are met, the user-perceived rate in a cell increases by 3–10%.

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5. Verification
Verification

 Run the DSP COORSETSTATUS command to query information about neighboring cells for interference coordination. If
the interference coordinated set is successfully constructed, related information is displayed, indicating that this feature
has taken effect.
 On the MAE-Access, check the value of the L.Cell.DlPc.PwrDecrease.TTI.Num counter. If the value is not 0, multi-cell
coordinated intelligent power control energy saving has taken effect.

Counters

Counter ID Description
L.Thrp.bits.DL Total downlink data volume of UEs in a cell
L.Thrp.bits.DL.LastTTI Downlink PDCP-layer traffic volume sent in the last TTIs before the buffer is empty
L.Thrp.Time.DL.RmvLastTTI Data transmission duration excluding the last TTIs before the downlink buffer is empty
L.Cell.DlPc.PwrDecrease.TTI.Num Number of TTIs during which power reduction is performed in downlink power control

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6. Feature activation Cluster1
Performance Improvement Based on Cell Coordination
(2024-12-21 17:00)
MOD CELLMIMOPARACFG: LocalCellId=0, MimoSwitch=DL_COORD_PC_SW-1;
MOD CELLCSPCPARA: LocalCellId=0, eCspcA3Offset=-12;
MOD CELLMCPARA: LocalCellId=0, ReportInterval=5120ms;
MOD CELLDLSCHEXTPARAM: LocalCellId=0, DlPcWeakCovUeNumThd=8,
DlPcCrsPwrReduceAmt=DB_3, DlPcPwrReduceReqPrbThld=15;
MOD CELLPWRSAVINGALGO: LocalCellId=0, IntelPcWeakCovRsrpThld=-106;
MOD ENODEBPWRSAVINGALGO:
PwrSavingAlgoSwitch=LOCAL_EN_NCELLCFG_ADAPT_SW-1;
MOD CELLDLSCHALGO: LocalCellId=0, CrsFullBwPreSibPagingTtiNum=1;

Cluster2:
Feature Enhancements in R20 (2024-12-21 17:00)
MOD CELLDLSCHEXTPARAM: LocalCellId=0, DlSchExtSwitch=CQI_SPCT_EFF_OPT_SW-
1&SCC_SPCT_EFF_STOP_SCH_SW-1;
MOD CELLDLSCHALGO: LocalCellId=0, RbgAllocStrategy=ROUND_UP,
DlFirstHarqTxTbsIncNum=4, EpfSchEnhPrbUsageThld=30;
MOD CELLDLSCHEXTPARAM: LocalCellId=1, PreciseRbAllocTbsIndexDec=6;
MOD CELLDLSCHEXTPARAM: LocalCellId=0,
DlSchExtSwitch=DL_LOAD_BASED_SCH_POL_ADAPT_SW-1,
DlHeavyLoadPrbUsageThld=60, DlLoadEvalPrbUsageThld=80;
MOD CELLALGOEXTSWITCH: LocalCellId=0, DlSchEnhSwitch=RETRANS_OPT_ENH_SW-1;
MOD CELLALGOEXTSWITCH: LocalCellId=0, DlSchEnhSwitch=DL_EPF_SCH_ENH_SW-1;
MOD CELLCQIADJALGO: LocalCellId=0, IblerTargetOffset=5;
MOD CELLALGOSWITCH: LocalCellId=0, DlSchSwitch=SmallPktMcsSelectAlgoSw-1;

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6. Cluster1 KPIs
From 21th data,
Orumiyeh Cluster1 R20 Cell Coordination Throughput improved by 2.7%
Cell Coordination Throughput improved
60000 13000
by 2.7% , from
50000 12500
11.48Mbps to

40000 12000 11.79Mbps after Cell

Coordination license
30000 11500
load;
20000 11000

10000 10500

0 10000
24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
/ 20 /20 /20 /20 /20 /20 /20 /20 /20 /20 /20 /20 /20 /20 /20 /20 /20 /20 /20 /20 /20 /20 /20
/8 2/9 /10 /11 /12 /13 /14 /15 /16 /17 /18 /19 /20 /21 /22 /23 /24 /25 /26 /27 /28 /29 /30
12 1 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Payload_PDCP_Total_GByte Throughput_UE_Legacy_DL

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6. Cluster1 KPIs
Orumiyeh Cluster1 CQI improved from 9.49 to 9.52 Orumiyeh Cluster1 Interference_PUSCH_Avg
9.58 -112.4
9.56
-112.5 024 024 024 024 024 024 024 024 024 024 024 024 024 024 024 024 024 024 024 024 024 024 024
9.54 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2
/8 /9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
9.52 12 12 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/
-112.6
9.5 -112.7
9.48
9.46 -112.8
9.44 -112.9
9.42
9.4 -113
9.38 -113.1
24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 -113.2
/8/ /9/ 10/ 11/ 12/ 13/ 14/ 15/ 16/ 17/ 18/ 19/ 20/ 21/ 22/ 23/ 24/ 25/ 26/ 27/ 28/ 29/ 30/
12 12 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ -113.3

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Cluster2 KPIs
Orumiyeh Cluster1 R20 Feature Enhancements no gain for Throughput
50000 16000

15000
48000
14000
46000
13000

44000 12000

11000
42000
10000
40000
9000

38000 8000
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02
8/2 9/2 0/2 1/2 2/2 3/2 4/2 5/2 6/2 7/2 8/2 9/2 0/2 1/2 2/2 3/2 4/2 5/2 6/2 7/2 8/2 9/2 0/2
/ / 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
12 12 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/ 12/

Payload_PDCP_Total_GByte Throughput_UE_Legacy_DL

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6. Question
Question related to cell coordination:

1. Check whether cell-level coordinated power adjustment only reduces the power but does not increase the power.
Answer: Cell coordinated power control only reduces the power but cannot increase the power.
2. Is cell coordinated power adjustment a TTI-level adjustment? What measurement index is used to reduce power?
Answer: Within a period of 100 ms, if the downlink PRB load and the number of UEs in the coordinating cell meet the adjustment conditions, the
local cell sends a power reduction request to the coordinating cell with strong interference.
If the load of the local cell within a period of 100 ms is higher than the configured downlink PRB usage threshold, the local cell sends a power
reduction request to the coordinating cell with strong interference.
After receiving the power reduction request, the coordinating cell checks the load information and the number of weak-coverage UEs. If both the
load and the number of weak-coverage UEs meet the requirements and the coordinating cell determines that the power of the serving cell is
reduced, user experience in the entire cluster improves. The eNodeB decides to accept the request and executes the power reduction action.
3. Briefly describe the working principle of coordinated cell power adjustment.
In downlink coordinated power control, the serving cell and coordinating cell are constructed based on event A3 measurement. The serving cell
and coordinating cell exchange interference impact information. Each cell independently determines whether to reduce the power based on the
interference impact on other cells and the impact on itself. In this way, the optimal power configuration of the entire cluster is achieved.

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