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Issue 01
Date 2014-04-30
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Contents
2 Overview......................................................................................................................................... 3
3 Technical Description...................................................................................................................4
4 Related Features.............................................................................................................................5
5 Network Impact............................................................................................................................. 9
6 Engineering Guidelines............................................................................................................. 10
6.1 When to Use Anti-Imbalance of the Different Antenna............................................................................................... 10
6.2 Required Information................................................................................................................................................... 10
6.3 Deployment...................................................................................................................................................................11
6.3.1 Requirements............................................................................................................................................................. 11
6.3.2 Data Preparation........................................................................................................................................................ 12
6.3.3 Activation.................................................................................................................................................................. 12
6.3.3.1 Using MML Commands......................................................................................................................................... 12
6.3.3.2 MML Command Examples.................................................................................................................................... 12
6.3.3.3 Using the CME....................................................................................................................................................... 12
6.3.4 Activation Observation..............................................................................................................................................13
6.3.5 Deactivation...............................................................................................................................................................13
6.3.5.1 Using MML Commands......................................................................................................................................... 13
6.3.5.2 MML Command Examples.................................................................................................................................... 13
6.3.5.3 Using the CME....................................................................................................................................................... 13
6.4 Performance Monitoring...............................................................................................................................................14
6.5 Parameter Optimization................................................................................................................................................ 15
6.6 Troubleshooting............................................................................................................................................................ 15
7 Parameters..................................................................................................................................... 16
8 Counters........................................................................................................................................ 17
9 Glossary......................................................................................................................................... 22
10 Reference Documents............................................................................................................... 23
1.1 Scope
This document describes Anti-Imbalance of the Different Antenna, including its technical
principles, related features, network impact, and engineering guidelines.
NE Type NE Model
Micro BTS3911E
l Feature change
RAN16.0 01 (2014-04-30)
This issue does not include any changes.
2 Overview
Anti-Imbalance of the Different Antenna helps address shrinking uplink coverage and reduced
system capacity in multi-antenna scenarios. When a base station uses multiple antennas, these
antennas may cause interference to each other. If the antenna interference is imbalanced, the
measured RTWP may be inaccurate. This feature corrects the inaccurate RTWP values and
reflects the actual cell load. In this way, system capacity and network coverage are improved
and more balanced.
3 Technical Description
If the antennas are not installed properly or antennae performance deteriorates due to long-
term use, intermodulation interference may occur. For cells that use multiple antennas,
intermodulation interference is a major cause of imbalance between antennas.
For example, with a UMTS cell working in 1T2R mode, if there is intermodulation
interference on the TX antenna, serious interference will be triggered in the uplink of the
antenna; whereas the RX antenna does not have intermodulation interference because it is not
transmitting signals. As a consequence, there is strong interference on one antenna but no
interference on the other antenna, producing interference imbalance between antennas of the
same cell.
The RTWP of a cell is the average RTWP of all antennas serving the cell. When there is a
huge gap between the RTWP of two antennas within a cell, the RTWP of the cell is high but
does not accurately reflect the actual load of the cell, causing a decrease in uplink capacity of
the cell.
When there is interference imbalance between antennas in a cell, the anti-imbalance algorithm
for different antennas can be used to calculate the RTWP of the cell based on the RTWP of
each antenna and the power of useful signals received by each antenna. The RTWP calculated
in this way reflects the actual load of the cell more accurately. Therefore, more UEs are able
to access the cell and some UEs are allowed to increase their rates. As a result, system
capacity is increased.
This feature is controlled by the ANTIANTENNAIMBALANCESW parameter on the NodeB
side.
For details about load measurement, see Load Measurement Feature Parameter Description.
4 Related Features
Prerequisite Features
None
Impacted Features
Feature ID Feature Name Description
5 Network Impact
This function impacts system capacity and network performance during call admission and
during a call, and is described as follows:
l During call admission
If interference is imbalanced between antennas, enabling the function reduces the uplink
admission failure rate, improves the access success rate, and increases the number of
online users.
l During a call
– If WRFD 020136 Anti-Interference Scheduling for HSUPA is disabled,
In the case of imbalanced interference between antennas, enabling this function
improves HSUPA cell throughout if the data source is sufficient.
– If WRFD 020136 Anti-Interference Scheduling for HSUPA is enabled,
In the case of imbalanced interference between antennas, this feature corrects the
measured RTWP. This will reduce the probability of anti-interference scheduling
taking effect and increase the HSUPA cell throughout when anti-interference
scheduling does not take effect. In general, however, this feature improves the
HSUPA cell throughput.
l If interference is imbalanced between antennas, this feature improves capacity but
reduces the coverage. As a result, the call drop rate increases.
l With this function, the NodeB CPU usage increases. However, the increase is not
noticeable because the load of a CPU with a 1 GHz main frequency is only 0.001%.
6 Engineering Guidelines
l Multi-RRU cells, including cells with the 0.5/0.5 configuration mode, the distributed
sector configuration mode, or independent demodulation of signals from multiple RRUs
in one cell. Multi-RRU cells are often used for highway and tunnel coverage.
l LampSite cells in which WRFD-141202 Independent Demodulation of Signals from
Multiple Small Cell RRUs in One Cell has been enabled.
6.3 Deployment
6.3.1 Requirements
Other Features
See 4 Related Features.
Hardware
3900 and 5900 series macro base stations configured with the WBBPa board or the 20 W
RRU3801C do not support this function.
License
This function is not under license control.
Other Requirements
None
6.3.3 Activation
NOTE
When configuring the feature on the CME, perform a single configuration first, and then perform a batch
modification if required.
Configure the parameters of a single object before a batch modification. Perform a batch modification
before logging out of the parameter setting interface.
Step 2 (Optional) Modify objects in batches on the CME. (CME batch modification center)
To modify objects in batches, click on the CME to start the batch modification wizard.
For instructions on how to perform a batch modification through the CME batch modification
center, press F1 while running the wizard to obtain online help.
To check whether a parameter supports batch modification, see the Remarks column in the
table in "Data Preparation" section.
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6.3.5 Deactivation
Parameter Parameter ID Setting Notes Remarks
Name
1. Check whether this function takes effect by monitoring counters listed in Table 6-2.
This function takes effect if the value of the VS.MeanRTWP (BSC6900, BSC6910)
counter on the RNC side is less than or equal to the values before enabling this function.
In cells where interference exists on antennas, after this function is enabled, the capacity
increases, the coverage shrinks, and the cell service drop rate and access and handover
success rates increase. The increased cell capacity brings more interference to the neighboring
cells, causing KPI deterioration for the surrounding networks. For example, the service drop
rate increases and access and handover success rates decrease. The following lists the detailed
monitoring results.
l After this function is enabled, the average HSUPA throughput in a cell increases when
antenna interference is imbalanced.
l If the average HSUPA throughput does not increase when antenna interference is
imbalanced, the live network may not meet the requirements in section 6.1 When to Use
Anti-Imbalance of the Different Antenna or the traffic volume is so small that the
gains provided by this function are not noticeable.
Monitor the CS RAB Setup Success Ratio and PS RAB Setup Success Ratio KPIs during
busy hours to determine whether the access success rate increases.
l After this function is enabled, the access success rate increases when antenna
interference is imbalanced and the RTWP-based anti-interference function is disabled;
the access success rate decreases when antenna interference is imbalanced and the
RTWP-based anti-interference function is enabled.
Monitor the CS Service Drop Ratio and PS Call Drop Ratio KPIs to observe whether the call
drop rate increases.
l After this function is enabled in scenarios where antenna interference is imbalanced, the
throughput increases, the coverage shrinks and the call drop rate increases. You are
advised to disable this function if the call drop rate increases significantly.
6.6 Troubleshooting
None
7 Parameters
ANTIA BTS390 SET None None Meaning: Indicates whether to enable anti-antenna
NTENN 0, ULOCE imbalance. If this switch is turned on, the RTWP value
AIMBA BTS390 LLALG and uplink load factor are corrected according to the
LANCE 0 PARA RTWP values of each antenna and the multipath
SW WCDM LST search energy.
A, ULOCE GUI Value Range: OFF(OFF), ON(ON)
BTS590 LLALG
0, Unit: None
PARA
BTS590 Actual Value Range: OFF, ON
0 Default Value: OFF(OFF)
WCDM
A
8 Counters
9 Glossary
10 Reference Documents