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Configuring Downlink Enhanced L2
This section describes how to activate, verify, and deactivate the optional feature WRFD-010685 Downlink Enhanced L2.
Prerequisites
Dependencies on Hardware
This feature does not have any special requirements for hardware.
Dependencies on Other Features
The feature WRFD-010610 HSDPA Introduction Package must be configured before this feature is
activated.
License
The license controlling this feature has been activated.
Others
The UE is of 3GPP R7 or later and supports this feature.
Context
The Downlink Enhanced L2 feature eliminates contradictions between high-rate transmission that requires a large PDU
size and cell-edge coverage that requires a small PDU size by using flexible Protocol Data Unit (PDU) sizes. This feature
enables dynamic adjustment of the PDU size. This improves transmission efficiency on the Iub and Uu interfaces and
increases the cell-edge throughput and coverage radius.
This feature is a prerequisite for the features DL 64QAM, 2x2 MIMO, and Enhanced CELL_FACH.
Procedure
Activation Procedure
1. Run the BSC6900 MML command SET UFRC to set the RNC-level downlink layer 2 enhancement
parameters. In this step, set Cell_DCH DL L2 enhance max PDU size and Cell_FACH L2
enhance max PDU size.
2. Run the BSC6900 MML command MOD UCELLALGOSWITCH. In this step, set Cell Hspa Plus
function switch to DL_L2ENHANCED to turn on the cell-level layer 2 enhancement switch.
Verification Procedure
1. Start Uu interface tracing on the BSC6900 LMT, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Uu Interface Trace dialog box
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2. Use the UE to establish an HSDPA service. Check whether the value of the IE dl-
TransportChannelType in the rb-MappingInfo of the RRC_RB_SETUP message is hsdsch.
3. View the value of the IE dL RLC PDU size in the RRC_RB_SETUP message.
If the value of the IE dL RLC PDU size is flexibleSize, as shown in Figure 2, this
feature has been activated.
If the value of the IE dL RLC PDU size is fixedSize, this feature is not activated.
Figure 2 Value of the IE dL RLC PDU size
Deactivation Procedure
1. Run the BSC6900 MML command MOD UCELLALGOSWITCH. In this step, deselect
DL_L2ENHANCED from the Cell Hspa Plus function switch drop-down list box.
Example
//Activating Downlink Enhanced L2
//Enabling the cell-level downlink L2 enhancement
MOD UCELLALGOSWITCH: CellId=1, HspaPlusSwitch=DL_L2ENHANCED-1;
//Deactivating Downlink Enhanced L2
//Disabling the cell-level downlink L2 enhancement
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MOD UCELLALGOSWITCH: CellId=1, HspaPlusSwitch=DL_L2ENHANCED-0;
Parent topic: RAN Feature Activation Guide
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