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Description
1 About TBF
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 About TBF.....................................................................................................................1
2 How to Improve the UL/DL TBF Establishment Success Rate..................................2
3 UL/DL TBF Establishment Success Rate....................................................................8
3.1 UL TBF Establishment Success Rate..........................................................................8
3.2 DL TBF Establishment Success Rate..........................................................................9
3.3 UL GPRS Establishment Success Rate.....................................................................11
3.4 DL GPRS Establishment Success Rate.....................................................................11
3.5 UL EGPRS Establishment Success Rate...................................................................12
3.6 DL EGPRS Establishment Success Rate...................................................................12
4 UL/DL TBF Establishment Process...........................................................................13
4.1 UL TBF Establishment Process.................................................................................13
4.1.1 One-Phase UL TBF Establishment Process on CCCH.......................................13
4.1.2 Two-Phase UL TBF Establishment Process on CCCH.......................................14
4.1.3 UL TBF Establishment Process on PACCH.......................................................15
4.2 DL TBF Establishment Process.................................................................................16
4.2.1 DL TBF Establishment Process on CCCH..........................................................16
4.2.2 DL TBF Establishment Process on PACCH.......................................................17
5 On-site Optimization Cases.......................................................................................18
5.1 A Case of TBF Establishment Success Rate Improvement for a Network in China (1)
.........................................................................................................................18
5.1.1 Background Description.....................................................................................18
5.1.2 Cause Analysis and Procedure..........................................................................18
5.1.3 Effect of Parameter Modification.........................................................................19
5.1.4 Verification of the Parameter Modification Effect................................................21
5.1.5 Change of Other Indicators After the Parameter Modification.............................22
5.2 A Case of TBF Establishment Success Rate Improvement for a Network in China (2)
.........................................................................................................................23
5.2.1 Background Description.....................................................................................23
5.2.2 Cause Analysis and Procedure..........................................................................23
5.3 A Case of TBF Establishment Success Rate Improvement for an Overseas Network
.........................................................................................................................25
5.3.1 Background Description.....................................................................................25
5.3.2 Cause Analysis and Procedure..........................................................................25
6 Related Measurement and Counters.........................................................................28
6.1 PS Basic Measurement..............................................................................................28
6.2 Usage of PS Resources.............................................................................................30
6.3 UL/DL GPRS/EDGE Data TBF .................................................................................31
About TBF
The temporary block flow (TBF) is one of the most important concepts of the packet
service. It is a physical connection used by two radio resource (RR) entities to transfer
LLC PDUS in one direction on packet data radio channels. The TBF is allocated radio
resources on one or more PDCHs and comprises a number of RLC/MAC blocks carrying
one or more LLC PDUs. TBF is temporary and is maintained only for the duration of the
data transfer (that is, until there are no more RLC/MAC blocks to be transmitted and, in
RLC acknowledged mode, all the transmitted RLC/MAC blocks have been successfully
acknowledged by the receiver). Each TBF is assigned with a temporary flow identity
(TFI) by the network. The TFI acts as the MS identifier on the RLC/MAC layer. And one
TFI can be used for transmissions in different directions (uplink or downlink). The TFI is
assigned in the resource assignment message and is sent before the LLC frame of a
TBF is sent. An RLC/MAC block associated with a certain TBF must comprise a TFI. If
an RLC data block is transmitted, the TBF is identified by the TFI and the direction
(uplink or downlink) in which the RLC data block is sent. If an RLC/MAC control
message is transmitted, apart from the TFI, the transmission direction and the message
type are also used to identify the TBF.
In the GPRS/EGPRS KPI system, UL/DL TBF establishment success rate is a quite
important indicator. Whether the TBF can be successfully established determines
whether data services can be provided normally. From the view of users perception,
TBF establishment success rate determines whether users can logon the Internet and
whether they can surf the internet fluently. In a word, TBF establishment success rate is
the basis of GPRS/EDGE data transmission.
TBF
To improve the UL/DL TBF establishment success rate, we need to start with the TBF
establishment process. There are many factors that influence the TBF establishment
success rate, such as PCU processing capability, Abis transmission band width, the
number of PDCHs, and the transmission BER on the Um interface and the Abis
interface. These factors will influence the whole process of TBF establishment. This
article introduces all the factors that may influence TBF establishment with the analysis
of the TBF establishment process. And it also gives suggestions on how to configure
relevant parameters to improve the UL/DL TBF establishment success rate.
1.
The TBF is fundamental for the performance of all the data services. To ensure
good Internet experience for users, sufficient network resources should be
guaranteed. The allocation of Abis resource and DSP resource has a great
influence on TBF establishment. It is recommended to plan the network resources
in advance. For the method of resources allocation, see the relevant guide. To
optimize the running network, you can check the current configuration according to
the above guide, or observe the Abis resource and DSP resource congestions in
the running network by checking the statistic measurement of the GPRS UL/DL
data TBF establishment and that of the EGPRS UL/DL data TBF establishment.
And then, you can make some adjustment based on these statistics.
2.
The amount of channel resources also influences TBF establishment. When the
average number of users and the maximum number of users per unit time exceed
the limit allowed by the network, some users may not be able to access the network
due to insufficient resources. This will impact users perception. In this case, you
need to take statistics of the average number of EDGE/GPRS users, the maximum
number of EDGE/GPRS users, and the maximum number of accessed users per
timeslot. And then, adjust the configuration of channel numbers. For the setting of
SDR PDCHs, see Special Subject Manual for GSM NPO---SDR Channel
Configuration.
3.
PDCH configuration also influences the UL/DL TBF establishment success rate.
Theoretically, this is not a problem. In practice, the PDCH is better to be configured
on the BCCH than on the TCH. Usually, the multiplexing rate of the TCH frequency
is higher than that of the BCCH frequency, and on average, the interference on the
TCH is greater, which will impact TBF establishment. Based on statistics, the TBF
establishment success rate of the PDCH configured on the BCCH is 1%2% higher
than that of the PDCH configured on the TCH.
4.
The adjustment of the access mode also influences TBF establishment. There are
two ways to access the network: two-phase access and one-phase access. The
greatest difference between them is as follows. When two-phase access is
adopted, after the network receives CHANNEL REQUEST from the MS, it will
allocate a single block to the MS. And on this single block, the MS will send
PACKET RESOURCE REQUEST, which carries some MS request information.
According to the requirement of the MS, the network will allocate resources to it.
Only when the network receives PACKET RESOURCE REQUEST sent by the MS
on the single block, can two-phase access be successful. Because there is just one
chance for the network to receive this message, if the UL BLER is too high, or the
message is lost during Abis transmission, it is very likely that the BSC will fail to
receive this single block. For one-phase access, the BSC has more than one
chance to receive the UL block. Even if it fails to receive the UL block for one time,
the MS will send radio blocks for many times. As long as the BSC receives the UL
block during a certain period (T3166, 5S) or within a certain number of blocks
(N3104 (3 BsCvMax + 9) number of channels), TBF link can be successfully
established. When the radio environment is not desirable, one-phase access is far
easier than two-phase access. Therefore, for field optimization, if two-phase access
is changed to two-phase access not compulsory, the UL TBF establishment
success rate will be greatly increased.
5.
The optimization of T3168 also influences TBF establishment. T3168 is used to set
the length of time when the MS waits for the PACKET UPLINK ASSIGNMENT
message. After the MS sends PACKET RESOURCE REQUEST, or after the MS
sends PACKET CONTROL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT to apply a new TBF, it begins
to wait for PACKET UPLINK ASSIGNMENT. And T3168 defines when the MS
should stop waiting for PACKET UPLINK ASSIGNMENT. After T3168 times out,
the MS will restart packet access process. If the MS sends PACKET RESOURCE
REQUEST for four times, it will indicate that TBF establishment fails and will report
RLC/MAC error to the upper layer. The value of T3168 will influence the TBF
establishment success rate. If the value of T3168 is small, the allowed time for TBF
establishment is short. When the radio environment is bad, the TBF establishment
success rate will be low. On the contrary, if the value is large, the MS will have
more time to judge whether TBF establishment fails. However, because the packet
access lasts longer, the system performance will deteriorate. Therefore, when the
radio environment is bad, the value of T3168 should be set larger to increase TBF
establishment success rate.
6.
If the coding scheme (CS) is too high, while data services are carried out, UL TBF
should be established during DL transmission. In this case, if the uplink is interfered
or the UL RxLev is poor, improper coding adjustment will cause UL data
transmission failure. And TBF establishment will be impacted. Therefore, it is
recommended to adopt CS1 or CS2 at most.
7.
Balance between the uplink and downlink. When uplink and downlink RxLevs are
unbalanced, on the edge of a cell, either uplink or downlink data cannot be
received. This will cause TBF establishment failure. To find out whether the uplink
and downlink is balanced, you can check the BTS transmit power first to see
whether it is consistent with that of the current network and whether it is too strong.
And then you can check the tower amplifier, BTS amplifier, antenna interface, and
other relevant parts that may influence UL/DL RxLev. In traffic statistics, unbalance
problem is usually indicated by big difference between average UL RxLev and DL
RxLev, poor UL or DL RxQual (high proportion of RQ5, RQ6, and RQ7), and low
immediate allocation success rate or assignment success rate. If there is
unbalance problem in the network, you should optimize the coverage of UL/DL
signals.
8.
Polling retry times also influences TBF establishment. Polling is sent to the MS
from the network side. If the MS gives no response, the system will send Polling
repeatedly. Until the number of retry times reaches the maximum value, the system
will release the MS instance. When the radio environment is not desirable, it is
recommended to set Polling retry times to 7 or above. Remarks: Large traffic on the
GB interface will cause time delay and increase the number of Polling failures to
the MS, which will also impact the TBF establishment success rate (2%).
9.
mode, it will stay in non-DRX mode for a while. When TBF is released and the MS
is in non-DRX mode, the MS will monitor all the CCCH blocks, and the PCU will
keep the MS related context. How long the MS related context will be kept is
determined by the minimum value of DrxTimerMax and NonDrxTimer. When the
network is not configured with the PCCCH, in non-DRX mode, IMMEDIATE
ASSIGHMENT COMMAND can be transmitted on the PCH and AGCH in about 40
ms, which is much shorter than the time needed to transmit this command in DRX
mode. Therefore, during the period of non-DRX mode, TBF establishment time is
short. In DRX mode, the MS can only monitor paging messages in the home
paging group, and receive IMMEDIATE ASSIGNMENT MESSAGE on all the
paging blocks and AGCH reserved blocks. And the time for the MS to receive the
paging message is long (on average, about half of the paging multiframe cycle). If
BS_PA_MFRMS is 2, the receiving period is about 235 ms. However in non-DRX
mode, MS consumes more power. Therefore, if the value of DrxTimerMax is large,
TBF establishment time can be shortened, but the MS consumes more power. If
this value is small, the MS consumes less power; however, in DRX mode, because
the addition of paging process increases the signaling load for the system, data
transmission delay will increase. In the current network, DrxTimerMax is 2 s by
default. It is suggested to modify it to 4 s.
11. NcNoDrxPer is a measurement parameter for network control, and is used at the
MS side. This parameter is broadcasted to the MS in the PSI5 message, indicating
the minimal time for the MS to stay in the non-DRX mode after sending an NC
measurement report. The default value of NC is 2 (0.48 s). It is recommended to
modify it to 4 (0.96 s).
12. The setting of N3105. During the process of packet DL transmission, BSS will set
the RRBP field on the DL RLC data block at a certain interval to notify the MS to
send the RLC/MAC CONTROL message on the relevant UL block. For a TBF, if
the RLC/MAC CONTROL message on the designated UL block is lost for over
N3105max times, T3195 will start. When T3195 times out, the network can use the
TFI resource again. The value of this parameter can be set to 10. When the field
radio environment is bad, the value can be larger (3050 is recommended).
13. PFCSupport enabled or disabled. This parameter determines whether the BSS
supports PFC function. The PFC function is realized by the joint work of the MS
and SGSN. The BSS supports the PFC process by the setting of BSC global
parameters. Therefore, the PFC function is valid only when the BSC global
parameter PFCSupport is enabled. It is recommended to enable this function. The
sites that do not need this function can adopt the default value (disabled).
14. Abis resource allocation parameters: PsAbisThs, RS, RR, RA, RM, RB, RG, and
RE
recommended.
RG defines the proportion of GPRS frequency carrier. Its default value is 15,
and the recommended value is 5.
RE defines the proportion of EDGE frequency carrier. Its default value is 35,
and recommended value is 10.
It is required that the sum of these seven parameters (RS, RR, RA, RM, RB, RG,
RE) should be 100.
15. Highest coding scheme of signaling TBF and GPRS/EDGE initial coding
scheme. Valid bytes of the signaling block are very few; therefore, it is
unnecessary to use high CS to transmit blocks. Using lower CS to transmit blocks
can improve TBF establishment success rate, transmission success rate,
throughput, and other relevant indicators. And the TBF abnormal failure rate can
also be reduced. It is recommended that the CS of the signaling TBF is not higher
than MCS6. GRPS initial CS is set to CS2. And EDGE initial CS should be set
according to the field radio environment. MCS4 or lower is recommended.
16. The EGPRS packet channel request access program support parameter should
be set to Yes, if the EDGE service is enabled; and it should be set to No, if the
GPRS service is enabled. If two-phase access is not compulsory, the UL access
mode is determined by the MS. However, the field experience shows that with this
function enabled, the proportion of one-phase access is increased. Because the
one-phase access success rate is higher than the two-phase access, for the
network that supports EGPRS, with this function enabled, the UL TBF
establishment success rate can be improved.
UL/DL
Rate
TBF
Establishment
3.1
of
Success
successful
UL
TBF
KPI
Formula
V6.1
V6.2
Notes
3.2
of
successful
DL
TBF
V6.1
Formula 1:
(C900040007 + C900040015 + C900040008 +
C900040016)/(C900040141 + C900040142 + C900040143
+ C900040144 + C900040145 + C900040146 +
C900040147 + C900040148)
10
Formula 2:
(C900040007 + C900040015 + C900040008 +
C900040016 + (C900040110 - C900040111) +
(C900040116 - C900040117) + (C900040112 C900040113) + (C900040118 - C900040119) +
C901000001 + C901000023)/(C900040141 + C900040142
+ C900040143 + C900040144 + C900040145 +
C900040146 + C900040147 + C900040148 + C900040110
+ C900040116 + C900040112 + C900040118 +
C901000001 + C901000023)
Formula 3:
1 - (C900040109 + C900040115)/(C900040141 +
C900040142 + C900040143 + C900040144 + C900040145
+ C900040146 + C900040147 + C900040148)
V6.2
Notes
3.3
3.4
KPI
Definition
KPI
Formula
11
V6.2
Notes
3.5
KPI
Definition
KPI
Formula
Notes
3.6
V6.1
V6.2
In the UL establishment process, only after the Packet Resource
Request message is received, GPRS or EGPRS can be determined.
Therefore, it is impossible to obtain GPRS/EGPRS establishment
success rate independently in the uplink.
KPI
Definition
KPI
Formula
Notes
V6.2
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4.1
4.1.1
MS
RACH/PRACH
AGCH/PAGCH
PDTCH
PACCH
PDTCH
PACCH
PDTCH
......
1.
2.
When the BSS at the network side receives CHANNEL REQUEST or PACKET
CHANNEL REQUEST on the CCH/PCCCH channel, it will send IMMEDIATE
ASSIGNMENT or PACKET UPLINK ASS in unacknowledged mode to allocate UL
resources for the MS.
3.
After the MS receives the UL assignment message, the first three RLC data
blocks sent by the MS must carry TLLI. When the network receives the first
RLC data block, it will response it with the PACKET UPLINK ACK message,
13
and the received TLLI must be included in the message. Then the MS will
receive the PACKET UPLINK ACK message. If the included TLLI is identical
with that of the MS, the radio resource is allocated to this MS. Otherwise, the
MS should exit.
2.
4.1.2
When the BBS at the network side receives the first RLC data block (TLLI)
correctly, the preemptive judgment of the one-phase access is completed at
the network side.
MS
RACH/PRACH
AGCH/PAGCH
PACCH
PACCH
PDTCH
PACCH
PDTCH
......
1.
During the two-phase access, the IMM ASSIGN or PACKET UPLINK ASS
message will allocate a PACCH single block to the MS. With this single block, the
MS sends the PACKET RESOURCE REQUEST message (with TLLI) to the
network.
2.
3.
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4.1.3
PDTCH
PACCH
PACCH
PDTCH
PACCH
PDTCH
BSS
......
1.
2.
3.
The MS transfers to the assigned UL PDCH and starts sending RLC data blocks
(without TLLI).
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4.2
4.2.1
AGCH/PAGCH
PACCH
PACCH
PACCH
PACCH
PDTCH
BSS
......
1.
If there is a request to send LLC PDU to the MS in packet idle mode at the BBS
side, the DL TBF establishment process is triggered.
2.
3.
The DL assignment message should include timing advance. If the BSS does not
have valid initial timing advance (TA), it should send PACKET POLLING
REQUEST to notify the MS to send PACKET CONTROL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
so that it can obtain timing advance.
4.
After the MS receives the above message, it will send four burst pulses PACKET
CONTROL ACK. And the BSS uses these four access burst pulses to calculate the
initial timing advance of the MS.
5.
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4.2.2
BSS
......
PDTCH
PACCH
PDTCH
......
1.
During UL transmission, The BSS at the network side sends PACKET DOWNLINK
ASSIGNMENT or PACKET TIMESLOT RECONFIGURE through the PACCH to
the MS, so as to launch DL TBF establishment. If PACKET TIMESLOT
RECONFIGURE
is
sent,
this
message
should
include
DOWNLINK_TFI_ASSIGNMENT field. And the MS multi-timeslot limit must be
observed.
2.
After the MS receives the assignment message and after the TBF start time (if
provided), the MS should transfer to the assigned PDCH to transmit the DL data.
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5.1
5.1.1
Background Description
ZTES GPRS optimization engineer checked the GPRS performance data of the
operators current network and found that the UL/DL TBF establishment success rates of
some BSCs were not high. The performance data of the whole network during busy
hours at night is shown in the following table.
UL
TBF
Esta
blish
ment
Succ
ess
Rate
(%)
Start
Time
Comple
tion
time
Number
of UL
TBF
Establish
ment
Requests
(UL
Resource
Available
)
200811-16
2008-1117
19976048
6269943
11559545
10739971
25846888
96.78
%
200811-17
2008-1118
19671183
6031754
11152743
11510653
24220614
96.95
%
Number
of UL
TBF
Establis
hment
Reques
ts (on
PACCH)
Number
of UL
TBF
Establish
ment
Requests
(on
CCCH)
Number
of UL
Signaling
TBF
Establish
ment
Times
Number
of UL
Data TBF
Establish
ment
Times
From the above table, we can see that the UL TBF establishment rate of the whole
network is about 96%97%, which is far from our optimization target.
5.1.2
18
Numb
er of
ailed
UL
TBF
Establ
ishme
nt
Reque
sts
(Time
out on
PACC
H)
Numb
er of
failed
UL
TBF
Establ
ishme
nt
Reque
sts
(Due
to
Other
Factor
s on
PACC
H)
Numb
er of L
TBF
Establ
ishme
nt
Reque
sts
(on
CCCH
)
Numb
er of
ailed
UL
TBF
Establ
ishme
nt
Reque
st
s(Due
to
OnePhase
Comp
etition
Failur
e on
CCCH
)
6269
943
21160
115595
45
1043693
115955
6031
754
19028
111527
43
118
934292
112291
Start
Time
Co
mp
leti
on
tim
e
Num
ber
of
UL
TBF
Esta
blish
ment
Req
uest
s
(UL
Reso
urce
Avail
able)
Num
ber
of
UL
TBF
Esta
blish
ment
Req
uest
s (on
PAC
CH)
200811-16
200
81117
1997
6048
200811-17
200
81118
19671
183
Number
of failed
UL TBF
Establis
hment
Reques
ts
(Resour
ce
Reques
t is not
Receive
d on
CCCH
During
TwoPhase
Access)
Numb
er of
failed
UL
TBF
Establ
ishme
nt
Reque
sts
( Due
to
Other
Factor
s on
CCCH
)
The above table indicates that UL TBF establishment failures caused by resource
request not received on the CCCH during two-phase access account for 87%-89%.
Therefore, it is crucial to reduce this kind of failures.
In order to reduce this kind of failures and simplify TBF establishment process to speed
up TBF establishment, the engineers decided to enable one-phase access. That
requires modifying the parameter of TwoPhaseAccess from Yes to No.
5.1.3
19
Start
Time
Compl
etion
time
Numb
er of
UL
TBF
Establ
ishme
nt
Reque
sts
(UL
Resou
rce
Availa
ble)
Numb
er of
UL
TBF
Establ
ishme
nt
Reque
sts
(on
PACC
H)
Number
of UL
TBF
Establish
ment
Request
(on
CCCH)
Numb
er of
UL
Signal
ing
TBF
Establ
ishme
nt
Times
200811-18
200811-19
249721
28
631183
6
10879732
224337
59
19072081
98.44%
200811-19
200811-20
243067
75
603344
9
10678961
220544
48
18317672
98.42%
200811-20
200811-21
241556
75
595766
7
10635179
220661
26
18065659
98.49%
Number of
UL Data
TBF
Establish
ments
Times
Number of
UL TBF
Establishme
nt Success
Rate (%)
According to the above table, the UL TBF establishment rate of the whole network after
the network modification is about 98.4%, which is a satisfactory result.
Further observation of the performance data during UL TBF establishment showed that
the number of UL TBF establishment failures caused by resource request not received
on the CCCH during two-phase access decreased dramatically. The following table
shows the performance data of the whole network during busy hours at night.
Num
ber
of
UL
TBF
Esta
blish
ment
Req
uest
s (on
PAC
CH)
Num
ber
of
faile
d UL
TBF
Esta
blish
ment
Req
uest
s
(Tim
eout
on
PAC
CH)
Numb
er of
failed
UL
TBF
Establ
ishme
nt
Reque
sts
(Due
to
Other
Factor
s on
PACC
H)
Numb
er of
UL
TBF
Establ
ishme
nt
Reque
sts
(on
CCCH
)
Numb
er of
failed
UL
TBF
Establ
ishme
nt
Reque
sts
(Due
to
OnePhase
Comp
etition
Failur
e on
CCCH
)
Number
of failed
UL TBF
Establis
hment
Reques
ts
(Resour
ce
Reques
t is not
Receive
d on
CCCH
During
TwoPhase
Access)
Numb
er of
failed
UL
TBF
Establ
ishme
nt
Reque
sts
( Due
to
Other
Factor
s on
CCCH
)
Start
Time
Com
pleti
on
time
Num
ber
of
UL
TBF
Esta
blish
ment
Req
uest
s
(UL
Reso
urce
Avail
able)
200811-18
200811-19
2497
2128
63118
36
29046
108797
32
275
217515
47614
200811-19
200811-20
2430
6775
6033
449
27315
106789
61
626
218043
44392
2008-
2008-
2415
5957
82
28368
106351
783
218027
45207
20
Start
Time
Com
pleti
on
time
Num
ber
of
UL
TBF
Esta
blish
ment
Req
uest
s
(UL
Reso
urce
Avail
able)
11-20
11-21
5675
Num
ber
of
UL
TBF
Esta
blish
ment
Req
uest
s (on
PAC
CH)
667
Num
ber
of
faile
d UL
TBF
Esta
blish
ment
Req
uest
s
(Tim
eout
on
PAC
CH)
Numb
er of
failed
UL
TBF
Establ
ishme
nt
Reque
sts
(Due
to
Other
Factor
s on
PACC
H)
Numb
er of
UL
TBF
Establ
ishme
nt
Reque
sts
(on
CCCH
)
Numb
er of
failed
UL
TBF
Establ
ishme
nt
Reque
sts
(Due
to
OnePhase
Comp
etition
Failur
e on
CCCH
)
Number
of failed
UL TBF
Establis
hment
Reques
ts
(Resour
ce
Reques
t is not
Receive
d on
CCCH
During
TwoPhase
Access)
Numb
er of
failed
UL
TBF
Establ
ishme
nt
Reque
sts
( Due
to
Other
Factor
s on
CCCH
)
79
According to the above table, the number of UL TBF establishment failures caused by
resource request not received on the CCCH during two-phase access decreased from
one million to around 210,000. Therefore, the parameter modification is quite effective.
5.1.4
Test result: The engineers conducted a WAP login test for the BTS at the exhibition
center and found that the WAP service of the BTS was normal and the one-phase
access function was also normal.
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Test result: The engineers conducted a WAP login test for the BTS of Funan Primary
School and found that the WAP service of this BTS was normal and the one-phase
access function was normal too.
Test site 3: Xinshikong Building
The screenshot of the test result is as follows.
Test result: The engineers conducted a WAP login test for the BTS of the Xinshikong
Building and found that the WAP service of this BTS was normal and the one-phase
access function was normal too.
5.1.5
22
establishment process. The following table shows the relevant performance data of the
whole network during busy hours at night.
Numb
er of
PRS
UL
TBF
Data
Establ
ishme
nt
Times
Number
of
GPRS
UL TBF
Abnorm
al
Release
s Due
to
N3101
Overflo
w
Numb
er of
GPRS
UL
TBF
Abnor
mal
Relea
ses
Due to
N3103
Overfl
ow
Numb
er of
GPRS
UL
TBF
Relea
ses
Due to
Force
d
Relea
se
Number
of
GPRS
UL TBF
Release
s Due
to
Instanc
e
Suspen
sion
Number
of
GPRS
UL TBF
Release
s Due
to Inner
Abnorm
al
Start
Time
Compl
etion
time
Numb
er of
PRS
UL
TBF
Signal
ing
Establ
ishme
nt
Times
200811-16
200811-17
107399
71
258468
88
860180
325270
140031
1658
660098
200811-17
200811-18
115106
53
242206
14
792474
318434
112116
1421
619080
200811-18
200811-19
224337
59
190720
81
526025
421180
101486
970
621291
200811-19
200811-20
220544
48
183176
72
506556
402282
95179
816
594196
200811-20
200811-21
220661
26
180656
59
500110
406515
102641
839
582291
The above table indicates that after the parameter modification, the number of
successful GPRS UL signaling TBF establishments improved a lot. This is mainly
because the number of establishment failures reduced after the parameter modification.
However, because of various factors, the number of successful GPRS UL data TBF
establishments did not change much. Therefore, parameter modification improved the
stability of the network performance, and the influence on other indicators was very little.
5.2
5.2.1
Background Description
In one ZTE network, the GPRS UL TBF establishment success rate was only 92% on
average, which was very low.
5.2.2
23
Time
Granula
rity
GERAN
SubNetwork
UL TBF
Establis
hment
Succes
s Rate
Number of
GPRS UL TBF
Establishmen
t Failures
(Due to OnePhase
Competition
Failure)
Number of
GPRS UL TBF
Establishmen
t Failures
(CCCH/PCCC
H) (Resource
Request is
not Received
During TwoPhase
Access)
Number of
GPRS UL
TBF
establishm
ent
Failures
(CCCH/PC
CCH)
(Other
Reasons)
1.18
22:0023:00
Tongliang,
Tongnan iBSC
(19)
95.69%
6476
495
1.19
22:0023:00
Tongliang,
Tongnan
iBSC(19)
95.64%
6232
543
1.20
22:0023:00
Tongliang,
Tongnan
iBSC(19)
95.76%
6855
587
24
GERAN Subnetwork
Time
Bef
ore
Mod
ifica
tion
Afte
r
Mod
ifica
tion
UL TBF
Establish
ment
Success
Rate
Number of
GPRS UL
TBF
Establish
ment
Failures
(Due to
One-Phase
Competitio
n Failure)
Number of
GPRS UL
TBF
Establishme
nt Failures
(CCCH/PCC
CH)
(Resource
Request Is
not
Received
During TwoPhase
Access)
Number of
GPRS UL
TBF
establishm
ent
Failures
(CCCH/PC
CCH)
(Other
Reasons)
1.18
Tongliang,Tongn
an iBSC(19)
95.69%
6476
495
1.19
Tongliang,Tongn
an iBSC(19)
95.64%
6232
543
1.20
Tongliang,Tongn
an iBSC(19)
95.76%
6855
587
1.21
Tongliang,Tongn
an iBSC(19)
96.68%
3941
451
1.22
Tongliang,Tongn
an iBSC(19)
96.51%
4474
499
1.23
Tongliang,Tongn
an iBSC(19)
96.18%
4695
530
5.3
5.3.1
Background Description
The UL TBF establishment success rate of one ZTEs overseas network is just around
90% on average during 24 hours, which is far from the operators requirement (96%).
5.3.2
25
interface, the BSC is very likely to fail to receive the single block. When the value of
TwoPhaseAccess is set to No, the MS is allowed to adopt one-phase access mode. In
this case, which access mode is to be used is determined by whether the MS supports
EGPRS PACKET CHANNEL REQ. Usually, the MS adopts one-phase access for
signaling TBF. Therefore, when one-phase access is allowed, TBF establishment
success rate can be improved.
Based on this analysis, the field engineer adjusted BSC1 of the current network on
March 22 to allow one-phase access. The following table shows the data collected
before and after the modification.
Object
Time
ADDISGPRS UL
TBF
Establish
ment
Success
Rate
ADDIS-OnePhase
Competition
Failure
ADDISResource
Request Is
not Received
During TwoPhase Access
ADDISNumber of
GPRS UL
TBF
Establish
ment
Failures
(CCCH/PC
CCH)
(Other
Reasons)
BSC1
2010-03-13
92.07
65680
7075
BSC1
2010-03-14
93.29
52695
7394
BSC1
2010-03-15
89.45
85692
6645
BSC1
2010-03-16
89.39
99289
8884
BSC1
2010-03-17
90.98
84783
6445
BSC1
2010-03-18
90.46
84738
5820
BSC1
2010-03-19
90.74
107911
6098
BSC1
2010-03-20
88.88
134056
6472
BSC1
2010-03-21
92.35
75041
6705
BSC1
2010-03-22
93.2
37118
2849
BSC1
2010-03-23
96.8
15
3169
202
BSC1
2010-03-24
96.36
3226
212
BSC1
2010-03-25
96.98
3365
242
BSC1
2010-03-26
96.69
3874
369
BSC1
2010-03-27
97.24
3769
421
BSC1
2010-03-28
97.55
2467
418
The operators requirement of TBF establishment success rate for this network is 96%.
After the two-phase access mode is changed to one-phase access mode, UL TBF
establishment success rate is greatly increased to meet this requirement.
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6.1
PS Basic Measurement
Counter ID
Counter Name
C900040108
C900040109
C900040110
C900040111
C900040112
C900040113
C900040114
C900040115
C900040116
C900040117
C900040118
C900040119
C900040120
C900040121
C900040122
C900040123
C900040124
C900040125
C900040126
C900040127
28
Counter ID
Counter Name
C900040128
C900040129
C900040130
C900040131
C900040132
C900040133
C900040134
C900040135
C900040136
C900040137
C900040138
C900040139
C900040140
C900040141
C900040142
C900040143
C900040144
Number of GPRS
CCCH/PCCCH
C900040145
C900040146
C900040147
C900040148
Number of EGPRS
CCCH/PCCCH
C900040149
C900040150
C900040151
C900040152
C900040153
C900040154
C900040155
DL
DL
TBF
TBF
establishment
establishment
requests
requests
29
on
on
Counter ID
6.2
Counter Name
C900040156
C900040157
C900040158
C900040159
C900040160
C900040161
C900040162
C900040163
C900040164
C900040165
C900040166
Number of EGPRS
CCCH/PCCCH
C900040167
C900040168
Number of GPRS
CCCH/PCCCH
C900040169
C900040170
C900040171
UL
UL
TBF
TBF
establishment
establishment
requests
on
requests
on
Usage of PS Resources
Counter ID
Counter Name
C901040001
C901040002
C901040004
C901040005
C901040006
C901040009
C901040010
C901040011
C901040012
C901040013
C901040014
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6.3
Counter Name
C901190002
C901190003
C901190004
C901190005
C901190006
C901190015
C901190016
C901190017
C901190018
C901200002
C901200003
C901200004
C901200005
C901200006
C901200015
C901200016
C901200017
C901200018
C901170002
Number of GPRS
CCCH/PCCCH
C901170003
C901170004
C901170005
C901170007
C901170008
C901170009
C901170010
C901180002
Number of EGPRS
CCCH/PCCCH
C901180003
C901180004
DL
TBF
DL TBF
establishment
establishment
requests
requests
31
on
on
Counter ID
Counter Name
C901180005
C901180007
C901180008
C901180009
C901180010
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