LTE Target performance figures

&

Design thresholds

Volker Hoehn, TSO – Access-Design

LTE Radio & Transport Design Standard

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LTE Target performance figures and Design thresholds
Target performance Understand
parameters & impact - Which target performance parameters & impact on design..

Target figures Understand

- Deployment scenario related target performance figures.

Sources of the target

Understand
figures - Where does it come from in order to set realistic targets..

Corresponding Understand
thresholds - Relation between Target figure and design threshold

Capacity dimensioning Understand

related threshold - How to dimension the Base Band Unit capacity.

E2E delay & transition Understand

time targets - How to get those and the expected order of magnitude..

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What is needed to know?

Target performance figures! Impact on LTE Radio Network Design!

Deployment scenario: Macro cellular Coverage, capacity
by re-using the UMTS-and GSM Network grid

Required UE class,
Peak Throughput Marketing

Number of users,
Cell Throughput/ cell capacity Base band capacity

Max. Pathloss,
Cell edge User throughput Cell range, coverage
Thresholds, RSRP, SINR

Cell range, Throughput

Interference load in adjacent cells
Cell capacity

Capacity, latency
Reference services/ QoS class TCP, UDP, VoLTE
QCI9, QCI5,QCI1
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 LTE Design Standard – Target performance figures
Deployment LTE Coverage LTE Capacity in Hot spots
scenario
LTE1800** LTE1800 LTE2600
LTE800* LTE TDD 2600
LTE configuration BW: BW: BW: 15/20
Bandwidth (BW): 10 MHz BW: 20 MHz
10/15/20MHz 10/15/20MHz MHz
Peak
Downlink Peak
Through 60 60/90/120 60/90120 90/120 60
Throughput in Mbps
put
Uplink Peak
30 30/45/60 30/45/60 45/60 25
Throughput in Mbps

Cell Downlink average

cell throughput (sector 20 20/30/40 15/20/30 20/30 18
Through
throughput) in Mbps
put
Uplink average cell
throughput (sector 10 10/15/20 8/12/16 12/16 9
throughput) in Mbps
Downlink cell edge
Cell edge throughput in Mbps 1/ 3(HD video) 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 3
Through (single user)
put
Uplink cell edge
throughput in Mbps 0,5*** 0,5*** 0,5 0,5 0,5
(single user)

Inter- Interference loading of 30

50 50 - 100 50 – 100 50 – 100
ference adjacent cells in % (low load)
load Reference QoS
& TCP, UDP TCP, UDP TCP, UDP TCP, UDP TCP, UDP
class/ Services
QoS
Target figures for LTE coverage planning and capacity dimensioning and corresponding
KPIs only achievable with different features to improve the Downlink & Uplink
Volker Hoehn,,TSO-A-Design
* corresponds to LTE700 in Australia&New Zealand
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**LTE means LTE FDD if not explicitly mentioned!
*** based on field measurement results with 10MHz
LTE800 Design requirements validation in the MVTC and Field
Example: MVTC results* BW: 2x10MHz Example: Field results**
2x2MIMO
DL performance (conducted) Downlink
Peak
rate

58Mbps

UL performance (conducted) Uplink

Peak
rate
23Mbps

*Results of common testing with **Results of field testing in

MVTC measurements cluster Sternenfels
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 to reach max.
Downlink Throughput versus RSRP throughput, RSRP must
UDP-DL Drivetest HXL6P5 Lindwedel be >= -70 dBm
LTE800 10MHz Bandwidth

60.000.000

50.000.000

DL throughput, [bit/s]
40.000.000

Cell edge Throughput √

30.000.000

even in worse radio

conditions (-110 to -120
dBm), throughput Average Throughput 20.000.000
between 1 – 5 Mbit/s
could be reached! Æ 20Mbps

√ 10.000.000

-
-130 -120 -110 -100 -90 -80 -70 -60 -50
RSRP [dBm] (Samsung-stick, inside car,without antenna)

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 Uplink Throughput versus RSRP
in a unloaded cell, max.
throughput can be reached
FTP-UL Drivetest HXL123 Buchholz
LTE800 10MHz Bandwidth with RSRP >= -100 dBm
20.000.000

15.000.000

Cell edge Throughput

UL throughput, [bit/s]
even in worse radio conditions 10.000.000
(-110 to -120 dBm), throughput
~ 500 Kbit/s could be reached!
Average throughput
√ Æ 10 Mbps
5.000.000
√

-
-130 -120 -110 -100 -90 -80 -70 -60 -50
RSRP [dBm] (Samsung-stick, inside car,without antenna)

LTE Radio&Transport Design Standard

No UL improvement features used!
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Example: Downlink Throughput LTE800 with KPI ranges

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Performance acceptance Targets – e.g. VF-DE
Target values in different scenarios for milestone Ready for Customer (RFC)

Measurement #1 (good Measurement #3

Throughput Drive-Test
RF) (low SINR, loaded NW)

Mean data rate DL ≥30Mbps ≥15Mbps ≥20Mbps

95%-percentile data rate DL ≥50Mbps ≥50Mbps

Mean data rate UL ≥10Mbps ≥8Mbps 8Mbps

95%-percentile data rate UL ≥20Mbps 12Mbps

Derived from VF Target Performance figures !

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LTE Standard Target Thresholds on Stationary-CPE & Mobile usage for
Coverage & Quality dimensioning
Deployment LTE Coverage LTE Capacity in Hot spots
scenario
LTE*800 LTE800 LTE1800
LTE1800 LTE2600 LTE TDD 2600
Configuration 10MHz 10MHz 10MHz
10MHz 20MHz 20MHz
CPE mobile coverage
Downlink Cell
Edge throughput 1 1 1 1 1 1
in Mbps (single user)
Uplink Cell Edge
Throughput in Mbps 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,5
(single user)
Maximum
146 142 142 142 142 142
Path loss in dB
3dB increase due to 3dB Reference Signal boosting/ no RS boosting
RSRP Threshold
-114/-117 -114/-117 - 110/-113 - 110/-113 - 110/-113 - 110/-113
street level dBm
RS-SINR Threshold
-3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
in dB

Rural Suburban, Urban, Urban, Urban,

Areas in focus Urban
(wireless DSL) urban dense urban dense urban dense urban

Corresponding KPIs are defined in LTE FDD/TDD KPIs_docs

Pathloss, thresholds & re-use of UMTS & GSM NW grid only achievable with different features
like IRC, FSS/ICIC, FPC, TTI bundling to improve the Uplink & Downlink of the various
configurations!
IRC: Interference Rejection combining ICIC: Inter-Cell-Interference Combining TTI: Transmission Time Interval
FSS: Frequency Selective Scheduling FPC: Fractional Power Control
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LTE Standard Target Thresholds on Stationary-CPE & Mobile usage for
Coverage & Quality dimensioning (HD-Video: 720p at cell edge)
Deployment LTE Coverage LTE Capacity in Hot spots
scenario
LTE*800 LTE800 LTE1800
LTE1800 LTE2600 LTE TDD 2600
Configuration 10MHz 10MHz 10MHz
10MHz 20MHz 20MHz
CPE mobile coverage
Downlink Cell
Edge throughput 3 3 3 3 3 3
in Mbps (single user)
Uplink Cell Edge
Throughput in Mbps 1,5 1,5 1,5 1,5 1,5 1,5
(single user)
Maximum
143 139 139 139 139 139
Path loss in dB
3dB increase due to 3dB Reference Signal boosting/ no RS boosting
RSRP Threshold
-111/-114 -111/-114 - 107/-110 - 107/-110 - 107/-110 - 107/-110
street level dBm
RS-SINR Threshold
0 0 0 0 0 0
in dB

Rural Suburban, Urban, Urban, Urban,

Areas in focus Urban
(wireless DSL) urban dense urban dense urban dense urban

Corresponding KPIs are defined in LTE FDD/TDD KPIs_docs

Pathloss, thresholds & re-use of UMTS & GSM NW grid only achievable with different features
like IRC, FSS/ICIC, FPC, TTI bundling to improve the Uplink & Downlink of the various
configurations!
IRC: Interference Rejection combining ICIC: Inter-Cell-Interference Combining TTI: Transmission Time Interval
FSS: Frequency Selective Scheduling FPC: Fractional Power Control
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 LTE Reference Link Budget –LTE800 - Downlink
TX side – Downlink Reference case: 10 MHz channel bandwidth
Target bit-rate/ cell edge throughput Mbps 1,00 e. g. Minimum bit-rate per user or guaranteed bit rate
Number of assigned Resource blocks 50,00 Equal distributed over all RBs
Assigned Bandwidth MHz 9,00 Effective bandwidth for noise floor calculation (#RB
*180Khz)
Total TX power dBm 46,00 Total power available to be fed into antenna configuration

Number of antenna paths 2,00 In case of MIMO 2x2

TX power per antenna path/ DSCH dBm 43,00 TX Power per antenna branch
eNode B TX antenna gain dBi 16,50 higher gain antenna
RRH TX loss dB 1,00 Applicable to RRHs
BS TX loss dB 1,00 Applicable to Macro eNodeBs with feeder & jumper cable

EIRP dBm 58,50 TX power per antenna branch + antenna gain – RRH TX
loss
RX side - Downlink
Thermal noise density dBm/Hz -174,00
Thermal noise floor dBm -104,46 Thermal Noise density + 10Log (Assigned Bandwidth in
Hz)
UE Noise figure dB 7,00
Receiver noise floor dBm -97,46 Thermal noise floor + UE Noise figure
Implementation loss (IL)+ DL gains dB -2,00 Indoor pedestrian + TX Div gain (2dB)+ IRC gain
Interference margin (IM) dB 4,00 Reference case – low load at cell edge
Total noise + interference dBm -95,46 Receiver noise floor + interference margin+implement.
loss
Required SNR (target/cell edge bit-rate) dB -3,00 Related to the target/cell edge bit-rate of 1 Mbps
Receiver sensitivity with IM+IL dBm -98,46 Total noise + interference + required SNR
Body loss dB 0,00
UE antenna gain dBi -6,00
Log normal fading margin (LFM) dB 9,00 Corresponds to cell edge coverage probability of 85%
Max Path Loss on street level dB 141,96 EIRP – Receiver Sensit. + UE ant gain - body loss-LFM
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LTE Reference Link Budget –LTE800 - Uplink
TX side - Uplink Reference case: 10 MHz channel bandwidth
Target bit rate/ cell edge throughput Mbps 0,50 e.g. minimum bit-rate per user or guaranteed bit rate
Number of assigned Resource blocks (RBs) 8,00 According to localised assignment

Assigned Bandwidth MHz 1,44 (Number of assigned RBs) x 12 Subcarriers x 15kHz Sub-
carrier spacing
UE power dBm 21,00
UE antenna gain dBi -6,00
Body loss dB 0,00
EIRP dBm 15,00 UE power + antenna gain – body loss
RX side - Uplink
Noise density dBm/Hz -174,00
Thermal Noise floor dBm -112,42 Thermal Noise density + 10log (Assigned Bandwidth in Hz)

eNode B Noise figure dB 2,00

Receiver noise floor dBm -110,42 Thermal noise floor + UE Noise figure
UL improvement feature gain dB -10,00 e.g.: Higher gain antenna+UFPC+IRC+FSS
Interference margin (IM) dB 1,00
Total noise + interference dBm -119,42 Receiver noise floor +interference margin+implement. loss

Required SNR (target/cell edge bit-rate dB -3,00 Related to the target/cell edge bit-rate: optimum SNR
Receiver sensitivity with IM dBm -122,42 Total noise + interference + required SNR
RX loss RRH dB 1,00 In case of RRH & BS with TMA it is 1 dB
BS antenna gain dBi 15,00
Log normal fading margin (LFM) dB 9,00 Corresponds to cell edge coverage probability of 85%
Max Path Loss on street level dB 142,42 EIRP – Receiver Sensit. + UE ant gain - body loss-LFM
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 LTE Reference Link Budget – LTE2600 - Downlink
TX side – Downlink Reference case: 20 MHz channel bandwidth
Target bit-rate/ cell edge throughput Mbps 1,00 e. g. Minimum bit-rate per user or guaranteed bit rate
Number of assigned Resource blocks 100,00 Equal distributed over all RBs
Assigned Bandwidth MHz 18,00 Effective bandwidth for noise floor calculation (#RB
*180Khz)
Total TX power dBm 49,00 Total power available to be fed into antenna configuration

Number of antenna paths 2,00 In case of MIMO 2x2

TX power per antenna path/ DSCH dBm 46,00 TX Power per antenna branch
eNode B TX antenna gain dBi 18,00
RRH TX loss dB 1,00 Applicable to RRHs
BS TX loss dB 3,00 Applicable to Macro eNodeBs with feeder & jumper cable

EIRP dBm 63,00 TX power per antenna branch + antenna gain – RRH TX
loss
RX side - Downlink
Thermal noise density dBm/Hz -174,00
Thermal noise floor dBm -101,45 Thermal Noise density + 10Log (Assigned Bandwidth in
Hz)
UE Noise figure dB 7,00
Receiver noise floor dBm -94,45 Thermal noise floor + UE Noise figure
Implementation loss (IL) dB -1,00 Indoor pedestrian + TX Div gain (2dB)
Interference margin (IM) dB 7,00 Reference case – medium to high load at cell edge
Total noise + interference dBm -88,45 Receiver noise floor + interference margin+implement.
loss
Required SNR (target/cell edge bit-rate) dB -3,00 Related to the target/cell edge bit-rate of 1 Mbps
Receiver sensitivity with IM+IL dBm -91,45 Total noise + interference + required SNR
Body loss dB 0,00
UE antenna gain dBi -3,00
Log normal fading margin (LFM) dB 9,00 Corresponds to cell edge coverage probability of 85%
Max Path Loss on street level dB 142,45 EIRP – Receiver Sensit. + UE ant gain - body loss-LFM

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 LTE Reference Link Budget – LTE2600 - Uplink
TX side - Uplink Reference case: 20 MHz channel bandwidth
Target bit rate/ cell edge throughput Mbps 0,50 e.g. minimum bit-rate per user or guaranteed bit rate
Number of assigned Resource blocks (RBs) 8,00 According to localised assignment

Assigned Bandwidth MHz 1,44 (Number of assigned RBs) x 12 Subcarriers x 15kHz Sub-
carrier spacing
UE power dBm 21,00
UE antenna gain dBi -3,00
Body loss dB 0,00
EIRP dBm 18,00 UE power + antenna gain – body loss
RX side - Uplink
Noise density dBm/Hz -174,00
Thermal Noise floor dBm -112,42 Thermal Noise density + 10log (Assigned Bandwidth in Hz)

eNode B Noise figure dB 2,00

Receiver noise floor dBm -110,42 Thermal noise floor + UE Noise figure
UL improvement feature gain dB -6,00 e.g.: 4-way RX diversity + IRC + FDPS (PFS)
Interference margin (IM) dB 3,00
Total noise + interference dBm -113,42 Receiver noise floor +interference margin+implement. loss

Required SNR (target/cell edge bit-rate dB -3,00 Related to the target/cell edge bit-rate: optimum SNR
Receiver sensitivity with IM dBm -116,42 Total noise + interference + required SNR
RX loss RRH dB 1,00 In case of RRH & BS with TMA it is 1 dB
BS antenna gain dBi 18,00
Log normal fading margin (LFM) dB 9,00 Corresponds to cell edge coverage probability of 85%
Max Path Loss on street level dB 142,42 EIRP – Receiver Sensit. + UE ant gain - body loss-LFM
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 LTE Features for LTE planning to improve the LTE Uplink
GAP
final:
GAP in MPL 0
between DL & UL
of upto 10 dB Higher gain
Antenna: + 1.5dB
4-way Rx
Diversity:
Optimum SNR +2.5dB
for cell edge:
Interference
+4dB
rejection
Frequency combining:
domain 3dB
scheduling:
UL fractional 3dB
power control:
TTI bundling 1dB
for VoIP:
3dB

R
GAP:
10dB LTE Radio&Transport Design Standard
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• Over The Air Pathloss (OTA PL) target figure: ≥ 142dB
E// Huawei

PATHLOSS vs. DL Troughput
170
160

OTA Pathloss [dB]
150
140
130
120
110 PATHLOSS
100
90
80
0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000
DL Network Throughput
DL-TP: 1Mbps
DL-TP: 5Mbps
PATHLOSS vs. UL Throughput
170
160

OTA Pathloss [dB]
150
140
130
120
110 OTA PATHLOSS
100
90
80
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000
UL Network Througput [kbit/s]

UL-TP:0.5Mbps UL-TP:2.5Mbps
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 to reach max.
Downlink Throughput versus RSRP throughput, RSRP must
be >= -70 dBm
UDP-DL Drivetest HXL6P5 Lindwedel
LTE800 10MHz Bandwidth

60.000.000

50.000.000

DL throughput, [bit/s]
√
40.000.000
Cell edge Throughput

30.000.000
even in worse radio
conditions (-110 to -120
dBm), throughput Average Throughput 20.000.000
between 1 – 5 Mbit/s
could be reached! Æ 20Mbps

√ 10.000.000

-
-130 -120 -110 -100 -90 -80 -70 -60 -50
RSRP [dBm] (Samsung-stick, inside car,without antenna)
RSRP Threshold
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√
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-114dBm
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 Uplink Throughput versus RSRP in a unloaded cell, max.
throughput can be reached
FTP-UL Drivetest HXL123 Buchholz
LTE800 10MHz Bandwidth with RSRP >= -100 dBm
20.000.000

15.000.000

Cell edge Throughput

UL throughput, [bit/s]
even in worse radio conditions 10.000.000
(-110 to -120 dBm), throughput
~ 500 Kbit/s could be reached!
Average throughput
√ Æ 10 Mbps
5.000.000
√

-
-130 -120 -110 -100 -90 -80 -70 -60 -50
RSRP [dBm] (Samsung-stick, inside car,without antenna)

No UL improvement features used!

√
RSRP Threshold
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-114dBm
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 Threshold: Reference Signal Measured at Cell Edge
Outdoor threshold level (RSRP) (dBm) = RS-TX-power + DL-TX antenna gain
– cable loss + UE antenna gain - MPL + indoor penetration loss
Transmitted
Reference Signal
Design Threshold: (e.g. RS-TX)
Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP)
&
corresponding Signal to Interference&Noise
Ratio (RS-SINR)
pathlossmax_UL
For
Target cell edge Throughput

pathlossmax_DL
Received
Reference Signal
Design Threshold

( RSRP, RS-SINR)

R
Target cell
Cell Range
Edge throughput
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Example: LTE2600 Threshold Explanation dense urban
Corresponding threshold you find in the
RSRP= - 110 dBm LTE Radio & Transport Design Document
Indoor

LTE eNode B
site
Penetration loss 25 dB
dense urban indoor

RSRP= - 85 dBm
outdoor measured

„measured outdoor
to secure indoor“

Cell edge
Cell range
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 Downlink/ Uplink throughput versus SINR as example
DL: RLC Throughput Mbps
80

60

40
RLC Throughput Mbps
20

0
-6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28
RS-SINR in dB

SINR: - 3dB

UL: PUSCH throughput percentiles for SINR in the range

of -5dB to +30dB

Number of samples [#]

PUSCH throughput UL

5% percentile 50% percentile 95% percentile Number of samples [#]

25.000 1000
22.500
20.000
[kbit/s]

17.500 750
15.000
12.500 500
10.000
7.500 250
5.000
2.500
0 0
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718192021222324252627282930

SINR [dB]

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 How to achieve the Throughput & Capacity targets?
Throughput /Capacity targets only achievable
by
Reducing/managing the Inter-cell Interference
& increasing the RS-SINR across the cell

RLC Throughput Mbps Frequency-Re-use Æ 1

70
60
50
40
30
RLC Throughput Mbps
20
10 Tilting antennas is an efficient way
0
-6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28
RS-SINR in dB
of reducing
inter-cell interference

15Mbps Æ 10MHz bandwidth

30Mbps Æ 20MHz bandwidth
by planning & selecting the available GSM900/UMTS2100 sites to get
the optimum Inter-Site-Distance but also
optimizing the antenna tilting!
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 - URBAN AREA

Optimum LTE2600 Optimum LTE800 related to CC &CE performance

CE: Cell edge

ISD: Inter-Site-Distance
CC: Cell centre
DL: Downlink

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 - URBAN AREA

Optimum LTE2600 Optimum LTE800

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LTE Cell ranges & Inter- Site- Distance as indication

Scenario/ 2.6GHz 1,8 GHz 0,9 GHz 0.8GHz 0.8GHz

configuration capacity capacity/ Mobile/ Mobile/ CPE
hot spot, coverage, coverage, coverage, coverage,
BW: 20 MHz BW: 10MHz BW: 5MHz BW: 10MHz BW:10MHz
Max. Pathloss 142 142 142 142 146

Cell ranges/ISD
[km]
Dense urban 0.2 / 0.3 0.29 / 0.45 0.51 / 0.77 0.54 / 0.8 0.67 / 1
indoor

Urban 0.23/ 0.35 0.33 / 0.5 0.58 / 0.87 0.62 / 0.93 0.78 / 1.2
indoor

Suburban 0.32/ 0.5 0.45 / 0.68 0.8 / 1.2 0.85 / 1.3 1.1 / 1.65
indoor

Rural 4/6 4,75 / 7.2 6,3 / 9.5 6,75 / 10 8,8 / 13

quasi open
indoor
Rural 9 / 13.5 10 / 15 14 / 21 15 / 22.5 19 / 28
quasi open
outdoor

ISD: Inter-Site- Distance: [(3x cell range)/ 2] according to hexagon approach

eNode B antenna hight: 30m
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Design Target impact on customer experience Customer Experience

Design Target

Peak PDSCH throughput by number of measured neighbours (10dB window)

Optimise overlapping within network with target:  1st to 2th server inside 10dB 

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- Traffic volume based capacity dimensioning – standard-
LTE Cell capacity = 15 Mbps (BW: 10MHz)

Convert Mbps in GBytes: / 8192 15 Mbps/ 8192= 0,0017 GByte/s

x 3600 s per hour 0,0017 x 3600= 6 GByte

Busy hour average loading: x 50% 6 GByte x 50%= 3 GByte

Busy hour share of daily traffic: / 15% 3 GByte /15%= 20 GByte

Number of days per month: 30 20 GByte x 30 = 600 GByte

Number of sectors per site: 3 600 GByte x 3 = 1800 GB/site/month

Traffic per user per month: /5 GB 1800 GB/ 5 GB

Total number of users per site 360 users per site 400 active users (BBU)

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 LTE Radio&Transport Design Standard
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 Different user states Sleep state

DORM ANT
Active Data ACTIVE
< 50 ms “long DRX”
Transfer, or
“ long DRX” RRC_ CONNECTED
(EM M -CONNECTED)
EMM registered,
< 1 00 ms
ECM connected
UE on,
Inactivity timer:
IP Ad ress +
IDLE EM M -IDLE 60s Æ 11s
Core Network
ECM idle,
connected
EMM registered
Not sp ec ified

UE off,
no IP Ad ress DETACHED EM
EMMM -DETACHED
deregistered

• Idle state is defined as the behaviour of a user when it is registered to

network, but inactive for a long time, so radio resources have been released.
• Sleep state is defined as the behaviour of a user when it is registered to
network, but inactive for a short period of time, so it changes to long DRX
cycle times.
• Active State is defined as the behaviour of a user when it is making use
of a service.
EMM: EPS Mobility Management State
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 E2E delay & transition
E2E latency & transition time targets time targets

25 • User plane
- Latency including resource allocation
20
Core
delay approx 20 ms
BTS
15 UE
- Latency with pre-allocated resources <15 ms
Capacity grant
ms
Capacity request
10 Retransmissions
Buffering time < 20 ms
Transmission time
5

• Control plane:
0
- Less than 100 ms e.g. to allow fast
LTE round trip time
transition times from idle state
to active state.

Latency
Round Trip Delay Idle to Active Time

19 ms
134 ms Single User
23 ms
147 ms Multi‐user
35 ms
100 ms
0,00 20,00 40,00 60,00 80,00 100,00 120,00 140,00 160,00

Latency [m s]

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Performance acceptance Targets – e.g. VF-DE
Target values in different scenarios for milestone Ready for Customer (RFC)

KPI VF-DE target

Network Non-Accessibility (NNA) <1%
Round Trip Time (RTT) <40ms (need to be improved!!!)
FTP Session Failure Ratio <2%
HTTP Session Failure Ratio Stationary: <1% // Drive-Test: <3%
FTP Service Non-Accessibility <2%
EPS Bearer Activation Failure Ratio Stationary: <1% // Drive-Test: <2%
EPS Bearer Activation Time <400ms

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 Abbreviations
LTE – Long Term Evolution of UMTS
2G- 2. generation Mobile Network – GSM
MIMO – Multiple Input Multiple Output
3G – 3. generation Mobile Network – UMTS
MPLS - Multi Protocol Label Switching
ANR – Automatic Neighbour Relations
BEP – Backhaul Evolution Program MW – Micro wave

BTS – Base Transceiver Station QAM – Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

CPE – Customer premisy equipment QoS – Quality of Service

DL - downlink PCI – Physical Cell Identity

DSL – Digital Subscriber Line PoC – Point of Concentration

DVB-T – Digital TV Terrestrial RAN – Radio Access Network

DVB-C – Digital TV via Cable RAT – radio Access technology
DOCSIS – Data over Cable Service Interface Specification RET – remote Electrical Tilting
EIRP – Equivalent Isotrppic Radiated Power RF – Radio Frequency
E-UTRAN – Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network RSRP- reference Signal Received Power
eNode B – E-UTRAN node B RSRQ – Reference Signal received Quality
FDD – Frequency Division Duplex RX – Received path
HSDPA – High Speed Downlink Packet Access SNR – Signal to Noise Ratio
HSPA+ - High Speed Packet Access evolution
SON – Self Organising Network
HO – Handover
TCP – Transmission Control Protocol in the internet
HW - hardware
Tx – Transmission path
IP – Internet Protocol
IMATE – Initiative for Mobile Access Transport Evolution UE- User equipment

KPI – Key Performance Indicator UDP –User datagram Protocol in the internet
UL – Uplink
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