ACCESSIBILITY RETAINABILITY MOBILITY INTEGRITY PARAMETERS INFO
Measure of the ability of a user Measure of the ability of a user UE moves from one eNB to User data speed in Mbps aPucchMinNumRrc: to obtain an E-RAB from the to retain the E-RAB once target eNB while keeping its Minimum allocated number of system. connected, for the desired connected state. LTE Services Possible Causes of UEs in the cell which may The Initial E-RAB duration.Call drops are also will be uninterrupted. degradation: establish a RRC connection. Establishment process can be referred as Radio Link Preparation – The Source LTE Downlink Throughput- divided into the following Failures (RLF). eNodeB sends a request to the Cell Load(Users and PRB) countdownPucchCompr phases: Target eNodeB, which PDCCH Blocking & higher specifies the countdown timer The mechanisms dealing with performs admission control Usage that defines how long it takes 1.RRC CONNECTION RLF are implemented at both Execution – After successful Grant Bottleneck before any new SIB ESTABLISHMENT UE and eNB side. preparation, the Source Air Interface modification process may be 2.S1 SIGNALING 1.If UE detects radio link eNodeB sends a handover Condition(RSSI,SINR,BLER) triggered again by a PUCCH CONNECTION problems it tries to recover command to the UE RTT/Retransmission region compression. ESTABLISHMENT from RLF during specified Ul thp 3.INITIAL E-RAB interval of time by RRC Mobility Issues TM mode setting rrcGuardTimer: ESTABLISHMENT OR E-RAB connection re-establishment 1-Preparation Phase RRC Connected Users This timer is started when an ADDITION procedure. 1.1- Wrong Tac Definition CQI Reporting Parameter RRC message for setup, 2.If eNB detects a radio link 1.2-X2-Link Failure Scheduler Limitation modification or release of a RRC -Possible Causes of problem it will wait until the 1.3-CAC Failure QOS Profile radio bearer is sent to the UE. degradation recovery (cancellation of 1.4-Prep Timer Expiry Application server When the timer expires, the User or Control Plane and RLF state), or release the 1.5-Missing Neighbor eNB Data build corresponding procedure is MME Overload ,Timer Expiry, UE. 1.6-MME pool should be same RS Pwr boost aborted protocol Error,Lack of PUCCH The call drops can also be 1.7-Target cell is overloaded Others (VSWR,Backhaul Resources,Max no of RRC initiated by the eNB (or MME) 1.8-Target cell Unavailable Capacity) Power Parameters: Connection Reached,RF in other scenarios such as 1.9-Site Configuration issue Possible Causes of pMax- maximum output power Quality Issues,cell availability timing alignment timer expiry, 2.0-Target cell has a fault degradation: of the cell S1 Signalling -Possible S1 reset etc. (alarm, disabled cell, etc.) LTE Uplink Throughput dlCellPwrRed - dlCellPwrRed Causes of degradation Cell Load(Users and PRB) value 0dB only Transport issue,Wrongly Retainability Issues 2-Execution Phase Air Interface supported,Improve cell edge Configured TAC,Degraded due UE SIDE- 2.1-Failure due to delay HO Condition(RSSI,SINR,BLER) behaviour , reduce interference to H/W Issue 1.T310 expiry 2.2-Timer Expiry RTT/Retransmission and power consumption ERAB -Possible Causes of 2.Maximum number of RLC 2.3-RLF DL thp dlChBw-Downlink channel degradation retransmissions 2.4-ANR PCI Conflict (Collision Scheduler Limitation bandwidth Radio & Transport resources 3.Handover failure (T304 & Confusion)* QOS Profile dlRsBoost- Transmission not available,Radio connection expiry) 2.5-Target exceeds cell range Application server power of the downlink with UE lost,Failure radio 4.Non-HO related random 2.6-Target is a sleeping cell eNB Data build reference signals in a cell is interface procedure,Mobility access problem 2.7-Target has high uplink Others (VSWR,Backhaul boosted (positive value) interference Capacity) respectively deboosted Other Factor Impacting eNodeB SIDE- 2.8-Poor RF conditions Power control Strategy (negative value) compared to Accessibility 1.PUSCH RLF 2.9-Due to radio deaf radio Proactive Scheduling PDSCH RF Quality - 2.CQI RLF PUCCH and PRACH 1.Poor Coverage in DL and UL 3.HARQ RLF 3-Other Causes Overheads tHalfRrcCon: impact the accessibility KPI 4.PDCCH Order failure 3.1-Poor Coverage The minimal time period during 2.High UL RSSI can cause 5.Maximum RLC 3.2-Interference GOOD THROUGHPUT which the internal state and the degradation Retransmissions Exceeded at 3.3-Wrong Parameters in 1.RSSI- (< -105 DBM) resources associated with an 3.Low SINR impact the KPI eNB eNodeB 2.SINR- Value >= 20 half-open RRC connection (i.e. 4.Check whether the block 6.GTP-U failure at eNB 3.PRB UTILIZATION- (<80%) one for which no RRC error rate (BLER) is 7.S1 reset Failure Counters : 4.POWER RESTRICTED connection setup complete excessively high on the radio FAIL_INTRA_ENB_HO_PREP TRANSPORT BLOCK-UL - (< message has yet been interface. Poor coverage* _AC 50%) received) must not be deleted Admission Control Alarms* FAIL_ENB_HO_PREP_OTH 5.CQI-(>10) in the eNB. Cell Availability High Load (high traffic)* FAIL_ENB_HO_PREP_TIME 6.MIMO RANK 2 TM2(PDF Baseband Pooling Admission H/W issue (Re-set first) if FAIL_ENB_HO_PREP_AC RANGE 1) & TM3(PDF p0NomPucch: Failures required replace RRU* FAIL_ENB_HO_PREP_OTHE RANGE 2) This parameter defines the cell VSWR over threshold* R 7.HIGH USAGE OF 64 QAM specific nominal power to be Failure Counters for RRC: INTER_X2_HO_PREP_FAIL_ AND 16 QAM SCHEME IN DL used for PUCCH power SIGN_CONN_ESTAB_FAIL_O Faliure Counters: QCI 8.Rank indicator (should be 2) calculation in UE uplink power VLUP ERAB_REL_ENB_RNL_UEL INTER_S1_HO_PREP_FAIL_ control equation (P2), for SIGN_CONN_ESTAB_FAIL_C ERAB_REL_ENB_RNL_EUG TIME Parameter to Improve PRB controlling mean received SNR P_POOL R INTER_S1_HO_PREP_FAIL_ inactivityTimer - 30 for control data. SIGN_CONN_ESTAB_FAIL_O ERAB_REL_ENB_TNL_TRU NORR VLMME ERAB_REL_ENB_RNL_RRN INTER_S1_HO_PREP_FAIL_ Parameter to Improve p0NomPusch: SIGN_CONN_ESTAB_FAIL_P A OTHER PDCCH: This parameter defines the cell UCCH ERAB_REL_HO_FAIL_TIM INTER_S1_HO_PREP_FAIL_ actLdPdcch – 0 specific nominal power for the SIGN_CONN_ESTAB_FAIL_M EPC_EPS_BEARER_REL_RE QCI actOlLaPdcch – 1 PUSCH. Used for P0_PUSCH AXRRC Q_RNL enableAmcPdcch – 1 calculation in UE uplink power LTE_5590c E-UTRAN RRC EPC_EPS_BEARER_REL_RE Parameter for HO enablePcPdcch – 1 control equation (P1) for Connection Setup Rejection Q_OTH Improvement: pdcchAggMsg4 – 8 controlling the mean received Ratio (%) EPS_BEARER_SETUP_COM cellindividualoffsetEutran pdcchAggPaging – 4 SNR for user data during LTE_5229e RRC Connection PLETIONS hysteresisA3 pdcchAggPreamb – 4 (re)transmission corresponding Setup Failure Ratio due to RRC_CON_RE_ESTAB_ATT_ timeToTriggerA3 pdcchAggRaresp – 4 to a received PDCCH with DCI "RRC timer expiry" failure (%) HO_FAIL a5ReportIntervalInterFreq- pdcchAggSib – 4 format 0 associated with a new LTE_5230e RRC Connection RRC_CON_RE_ESTAB_ATT_ 240ms pdcchAlpha – 0.8 packet transmission. Setup Failure Ratio per Cause HO_OTHER a5TimeToTriggerInterFreq- pdcchCqiShift – (-5) RRCCOMPL_ERROR 480ms pdcchHarqTargetBler – 1
No. of Establishment RRC
Connections per cell offsetFreqInter-0dB Qrxlevmin: (Connected Users) Parameters tuning for Call measQuantInterFreq-rsrp Parameter to Improve Specifies the minimum RRC connected users,max Drop: interPresAntP-true Latency required RX RSRP level in the Avg_RRC_UE_Per_Cell rrcGuardTimer - 3sec to hysThreshold3InterFreq-2 ilReacTimerUl – 0 cell. 12sec threshold3InterFreq-60 cellSrPeriod – 2ms threshold3aInterFreq-11 Parameter to Improve MIMO "RRC timer expiry" failure (%) HO_FAIL a5ReportIntervalInterFreq- pdcchAggSib – 4 format 0 associated with a new LTE_5230e RRC Connection RRC_CON_RE_ESTAB_ATT_ 240ms pdcchAlpha – 0.8 packet transmission. Setup Failure Ratio per Cause HO_OTHER a5TimeToTriggerInterFreq- pdcchCqiShift – (-5) RRCCOMPL_ERROR 480ms pdcchHarqTargetBler – 1
No. of Establishment RRC
Connections per cell offsetFreqInter-0dB Qrxlevmin: (Connected Users) Parameters tuning for Call measQuantInterFreq-rsrp Parameter to Improve Specifies the minimum RRC connected users,max Drop: interPresAntP-true Latency required RX RSRP level in the Avg_RRC_UE_Per_Cell rrcGuardTimer - 3sec to hysThreshold3InterFreq-2 ilReacTimerUl – 0 cell. 12sec threshold3InterFreq-60 cellSrPeriod – 2ms No. of Active UE’s per Cell pdcchOrderConfig - 1 to 0 threshold3aInterFreq-11 Parameter to Improve MIMO T300: ENB_LOAD_ACT_UE_AVG rlcProftPollRetr - 120ms to a3OffsetRsrpInterFreq-15 dlMimoMode - 10 Timer T300 supervises the ENB_LOAD_ACT_UE_MA 200ms a3ReportIntervalRsrpInterFreq- mimoClCqiThD - 7 RRC connection establishment nCqiDtx - 100 or 250 to 0 240ms mimoClCqiThU - 8 procedure. Failure Counters for S1: rlcProfmaxRetxThresh - t16 to a3TimeToTriggerRsrpInterFreq-mimoClRiThD - 1.4 S1_SETUP_FAIL_IND_BY_M t32 320ms mimoClRiThU - 1.6 T301: ME maxRetxThreshSrbUL - 16 to hysA3OffsetRsrpInterFreq-15 mimoOlCqiThD - 7 Timer T301 supervises the S1_SETUP_FAIL_NO_RESP 32 threshold3InterFreqQci1-60 mimoOlCqiThU - 8 RRC connection re- threshold3aInterFreqQci1-11 mimoOlRiThD - 1.4 establishment procedure. Failure Counters for ERAB: Parameter to Improve ERAB: thresholdRsrpIFLBFilter--44 mimoOlRiThU - 1.6 ERAB_INI_SETUP_FAIL_RNL rrcGuardTimer - 3sec to thresholdRsrpIFSBFilter--100 Parameter to Improve T310: _RRNA 12sec thresholdRsrqIFSBFilter--10 PUSCH: Timer T310 supervises the ERAB_INI_SETUP_FAIL_TNL dFpucchF1b - 0 tS1RelPrepL - 2000 ms ulpcPuschConfig recovery from physical layer _TRU dlSrbCqiOffset - -20 to -40 ulpcUpqualSch - 20 problems. ERAB_INI_SETUP_FAIL_RNL Handover Preparation : ulpcPuschConfig _UEL RLF Timer GUI Values: RRC Measurement Control ulpcLowqualSch - 0 T311: ERAB_INI_SETUP_FAIL_RNL T300 - 1000ms (Source ENB ->UE) ulpcPuschConfig Timer T311 supervises the _RIP T301 - 1500ms RRC Measurement Report (UE ulpcUplevSch - -88 RRC connection re- T310 - 2000ms -> Source ENB) ulpcPuschConfig establishment. LTE_5750a Cell Availability T311 - 5000ms X2AP Handover Request ulpcLowlevSch - -103 Ratio (%) t304IntraLte - 2000ms (Source ENB -> Target ENB) actUlpcMethod - 0 N310: t304InterRAT - 500ms Uplink S1 Bearer deltaTfEnabled - 0 This is the maximum number Parameters tuning for Call N310 - n20 Establishment (SGW <-> p0NomPusch - -80 of consecutive "out of sync" Failures: N311 - n1 Target ENB) ulpcAlpha - 7 indications received from lower aPucchMinNumRrc - 10 to 30 X2AP Handover Request Parameter to Improve layers. countdownPucchCompr - Uplink PUSCH DTX detection Acknowledge (Target ENB -> PUCCH: 15min to 60min and recovery Source ENB) dFpucchF1 - 1 N311: Maximum number of tHalfRrcCon - 3000ms to rlpDetEndNUl - 3(Mint) X2 Bearer Establishment dFpucchF1b - 0 consecutive "in-sync" 6000ms rlpDetMaxNUl - 1000(Mint) (Source ENB <-> Target ENB) dFpucchF2 - 1 indications received from lower p0NomPucch: -120dBm to - dFpucchF2a - 1 layers. 117dBm CQI DTX detection and Handover Execution : dFpucchF2b - 1 p0NomPusch: -106dBm to - recovery 1. RRC Connection p0NomPucch - -116 nCqiDtx: The parameter 102dBm nCqiDtx - 0 Reconfiguration Request Parameter to Improve MCS: defines the number of Qrxlevmin: -120dBm to - nCqiRec - 2 (Source ENB ->UE) actModulationSchemeUL - 0 consecutive CQI DTX 114dBm 2. X2AP SN Transfer Status actUlLnkAdp - 5 detections causing radio link Uplink Ack/Nack DTX (Source ENB -> Target ENB) harqMaxTrDl - 5 failure indication. Features: Detection 3. DL data flow during HO iniMcsDl - 4 actBbPooling - true ( rlpDetEndNoDl - 3(Mint) preparation (PGW -> UE) iniMcsUl - 5 dlSrbCqiOffset: Provides the Baseband Pooling Feature ) rlpDetMaxNoDl - 1000(Mint) 4. UL data flow during HO ulsSchedMethod - 0 CQI link adaptation offset RRC Connections, GBR, rlpDetMaxTimeDl - 0(Mint) preparation (UE -> PGW) Parameter to Improve RF applied to downlink Scheduled UEs/TTI are 5. RACH Preamble (UE -> Quality: transmissions containing dynamically distributed UE Detected Radio Link Target ENB) allowPbIndexZero - 0 SRB1 messages. among cells depending on Failure initiates RRC 6. Random Access Response dlCellPwrRed - 0 The more negative the value, Connection Re- (Target ENB -> UE) dlPcfichBoost - 0 the more conservative the live traffic load. establishment: 7. RRC Connection dlPhichBoost - 0 MCS and PDCCH aggregation Improved individual cell Possible Failure Reasons Reconfiguration Complete (UE -pMax - level will be for the downlink capacity (up to 76% more RRC resulting in Drop: > Target ENB) qrxlevmin - -130 SRB1 message transmissions. connections possible in a 8. Transmit transmission of single cell). When the signaling shown is not completed, the RRC re- queued downlink data (Target Counters for troubleshoot: a3Offset: low values - ENB -> UE) AVG UL PRBs handover earlier; high values - Sleeping Cells Detection : establishment procedure fails 9. DL data flow during HO AVG DL PRBs delay the handover. Early detection” which will The reasons for unsuccessful execution (PGW -> UE) PRB_USED_UL_TOTAL trigger after 30mins of below RRC re-establishment can be 10. UL data flow during HO PRB_USED_PUSCH hysA3Offset:low values - ping- event : associated to, the transmission execution (UE -> PGW) PRB_USED_PUCCH pong HO; High values - delay 1.RRC connection setup failure of RRC REESTABLISHMENT 11. S1AP path switch Request PRB_USED_DL_TOTAL the HO a& possible lead to lost rate >= 1% REJECT message from the (Target ENB -> MME) PRB_USED_PDSCH connection to the serving cell. 2.ERAB drop rate >=10% eNB . 12. Modify Bearer Request DL_SCH_Kbits_per_PRB_use “Normal detection” which will Feature not activated (MME -> PGW) d a3TimeToTrigger: low values - trigger after 30mins of no Reception of another RRC 13. Modify Bearer Response ( UL_SCH_Kbits_per_PRB_use ping-pong HO; High values - activity on the cell due to below CONNECTION PGW -> MME) d delay the HO a& possible lead procedure : REESTABLISHMENT 14. End Marker ( PGW -> Grant BottleNeck to lost connection to the 1.RRC attempts REQUEST Target ENB) Average AGG level used for serving cell. 2.Throughput while the procedure is already 15. Downlink data flow after PDCCH 3.Successful RRC / bearer ongoing, handover (PGW->UE) scheduling(LTE_1084a)(#) tS1RelPrepL : Timer is setup attempts Unknown Reestab UE-Identity, 16. S1AP path switch Request Average Burst Initial Scheduler started when Source eNB 4.PRBs used for DL or UL Loss of S1 or cell service, Ack (MME -> Target ENB) Delay sends S1AP:Handover transmission CAC failure 17. . X2AP UE Context PDCP_PDU_Delay_PerLstTTI required message to MME and Release (Target ENB -> _V1 (ms) it is stopped when S1AP Source ENB) RSSI_PUSCH_AVG - Handover Command or S1AP SINR_PUSCH_AVG Handover preparation failure. RSSI_PUCCH_AVG - SINR_PUCCH_AVG INITIAL LTE KPI TROUBLESHOOTING METRICS - ERICSSON ACCESSIBILITY RETAINABILITY MOBILITY INTEGRITY FORMULAS INFO Measure of the ability of a Measure of the ability of a user UE moves from one eNB to User data speed in Mbps / Initial E-RAB Establishment user to obtain an E-RAB to retain the E-RAB once target eNB while keeping its Throughtput in Bits per Success Rate: from the system. connected, for the desired connected state. LTE Services second. duration.Call drops are also will be uninterrupted. C=B.LOG(1+S/N) RRC Succ Rate = The Initial E-RAB referred as Radio Link Preparation – The Source (pmRrcConnEstabSucc/pmRrc Establishment process Failures (RLF). eNodeB sends a request to the GOOD THROUGHPUT ConnEstabAtt- can be divided into the Target eNodeB, which CONDITION pmRrcConnEstabReAtt)*100 following phases: The E-RAB Retainability QCI performs admission control 1.RSSI- (< -105 DBM) drops per second and Execution – After successful 2.SINR- Value >= 20 S1 Sign Succ Rate = 1.RRC CONNECTION percentage KPIs represent the preparation, the Source 3.PRB UTILIZATION- (<80%) (pmS1SigConnEstabSucc/pm ESTABLISHMENT number of abnormal active eNodeB sends a handover 4.POWER RESTRICTED S1SigConnEstabAtt)*100 2.S1 SIGNALING releases initiated by the command to the UE TRANSPORT BLOCK-UL - (< CONNECTION EnodeB and the MME. 50%) Erab Estab Succ Rate = ESTABLISHMENT Mobility Issues 5.CQI-(>10) (pmErabEstabSuccInit/ 3.INITIAL E-RAB Retainability Issues Preparation Phase 6.MIMO RANK 2 TM2(PDF pmErabEstabAttInit)*100 ESTABLISHMENT OR E-RAB 1.OSS Alarm MME pool should be same. RANGE 1) & TM3(PDF ADDITION 2.UL Interference SpidHoWhiteList is active on RANGE 2) E-RAB Drop = 3.ERAB Abnormal release the target, which has 7.HIGH USAGE OF 64 QAM ((pmErabRelAbnormalEnbAct Accessibility issues causes primaryplmnReserved set to AND 16 QAM SCHEME IN DL + Poor coverage 4.UE Context Abnormal true. 8.Rank indicator (should be 2) pmErabRelAbnormalMmeAct) Alarms release causes Target cell is overloaded (High / (pmErabRelAbnormalEnb + High Load (High Traffic) 5.MME Abnormal release capacity) Total Performance - Check all pmErabRelnormalEnb + H/W issue (Hard Reset on site 6.Mobility causes Target cell Unavailable : The important Accessibly, Mobility pmErabRelMme)) *100 / RRU Replacement, if 7.CTR and UETR analysis target cell is down / disabled and Retainability KPI required) 8.Poor coverage* TAC not defined on site, as per HO Preparation Succ Rate = High UL interference 9.High Load (high traffic)* network design RRC Connected Users - Dl ((pmHoPrepSuccLteIntraF + PCI conflict 10.H/W issue (Re-set first) if License issue/Software issue. Throughput would reduce with pmHoPrepSuccLteInterF) / RACH Root Sequence Index required replace RRU* Target cell has a fault (alarm, increase in number of (pmHoPrepAttLteIntraF + plan need to be reviewed 11.VSWR over threshold* disabled cell, etc.) connected users. pmHoPrepAttLteInterF)) *100 UE camping in the wrong cell. Failure Counters: Site Configuration issue. Cell Reselection Parameters ENODEB INITIATED E-RAB CQI ,64/16QAM,TM Modes HO Execution Succ Rate = need to be tuned RELEASE:- 2-Execution Phase Av CQI, % 64QAM samples ((pmHoExeSuccLteIntraF + Wrong System constant pmErabRelNormalEnb ANR PCI Conflict (Collision & and RI indicates DL SINR pmHoExeSuccLteInterF) / setting(SC-556) pmErabRelAbnormalEnbAct Confusion) status. Average CQI should be (pmHoExeAttLteIntraF + VSWR over threshold MME INITIATED E-RAB Target exceeds cell range high (>10%), % of 64QAM pmHoExeAttLteInterF)) *100 Cell availability RELEASE:- Target is a sleeping cell sample should be high (>10%), pmErabRelMme Target has high uplink DL Average UE Failures Counters for RRC: pmErabRelMmeAct interference PRB(DL) And PDCCH Throughput(Mbps) = pmRrcConnEstabFailLic Poor RF conditions Utilization - High PRB and (pmPdcpVolDlDrb – pmRrcConnEstabFailHighLoad 1.pmErabRelAbnormalEnbA PDCCH utilization would pmPdcpVolDlDrbLastTTI + pmRrcConnEstabFailOverload ctCdt – The total number of Parameters for improving impact the DL Throughput pmPdcpVolDlDrbTransUm) / pmRrcConnEstabFailActiveUs abnormal ERAB releases by intra LTE HOSR: pmUeThpTimeDl erLicenseExceeded the eNB per cell due cell down cellindividualoffsetEutran DL Latency And RLC pmRrcConnEstabFailFailureIn time (manual intervention) hysteresisA3 Retransmission - High value UL Average UE RadioProcedure Probable Solutions : - Check timeToTriggerA3 of DL latency(>9ms) and RLC Throughput(Mbps) = pmRrcConnEstabFailBearerAd Outage report retransmission(> 1%) would pmPdcpVolUlDrb / missionRej 2.pmErabRelAbnormalEnbA Parameter tuning for Inter impact DL throughput. pmUeThpTimeUl pmRrcConnReestFailLicMtRee ctHo – The total number of LTE HOSR: st abnormal ERAB releases per a5Threshold1RSRP/-107 Power Limited UE And No Throughput Calculation: pmRrcConnEstabFailLackOfR cell by the eNB due to a5Threshold2RSRP/-115 Of A2 Events - High esources handover execution failure hysteresisA5/10 occurrence of Lets’ assume we have 20 MHz pmRrcConnEstabFailUnspecifi Probable Solutions:- Check timeToTriggerA5/480 channel bandwidth. pmRadioTbsPwrRestricted and ed PCI Planning,Coverage pmBadCovEvalReport we need to calculate the issue.Make EDT, Change If MCPC enabled, then the resource elements in a indicates poor DL coverage. Counters for S1 fails: Azimuth following parameters are subframe for this band i.e. pmS1SigConnEstabFail High UL Interference issue on used: Alarm & Parameter/ Feature 12subcarriers x 7 OFDMA Target cell a1a2SearchThresholdRsrp/- Check symbols x 100 resource blocks Counters for ERAB Setup (PmRadiorecInterferencePwr). 103 x 2 slots= 16800 REs per fails: Check Connection b/w hysteresisA1A2SearchRsrp/20RSSI - High uplink RSSI would subframe. pmErabEstabFailGbrDlEnb Antenna Connector & RRU impact the throughput. Assume we have 64 QAM pmErabEstabFailGbrUlEnb Connector. Major reasons / causes behind modulation and no coding, one pmErabEstabFailAddedLic Also Repeater is responsible poor IRAT handover success % of 16 QAM samples - Low modulation symbol will carry 6 pmErabEstabFailInitLic sometimes for Hi-UL rate are as follows : - usage of 16 QAM modulations bits. Interference. Might be due to Coverage gap between LTE & scheme in UL would impact 16800 modulation symbols x 6 Troubleshooting for CFR: Power Leakage. 3G/Other Technology. the UL throughput bits / modulation symbol = High load – offload the traffic 3.pmErabRelAbnormalEnbA Improper parameter setting: 100800 bits. Implementation of Hi-Cap ctUeLost – The total number a1a2SearchThresholdRsrp PUCCH & PUSCH SINR - So, the data rate is 100800 bits Parameter (if Max RRC Conn of abnormal ERAB releases by from -110 dBm to -112 dBm Poor UL SINR conditions / 1 ms = 100.8 Mbps. Users is more than the eNB per cell due that the b2Threshold2RscpUtra from -would impact UL throughput. With 4×4 MIMO, the peak data 150/sector and contact with the UE is lost 115 dBm to -105 dBm rate goes up to 100.8 Mbps x 4 pdcchutil>70% ) Probable Solutions:- a2CriticalThresholdRsrp from - Power limited UE - High = 403 Mbps. If still traffic load is more, Solve the Poor Coverage issue 122 dBm to -124dBm number of power limited UE Estimate about 25% overhead new site integration and by changing tilt / azimuth or indicates poor uplink coverage. e.g. PDCCH, reference signal, deployment plan is sync signals, PBCH, and some submitted We get 403 Mbps x 0.75 = 302 Mbps. appropriate parameter value BLER (bad coverage) setting Failure Counters: Downlink Interference (Bad dlMaxRetxTh of SRB1 E.g. : - partOfSectorPower, License Counters CQI) THROUGHPUT ULMaxRetxTh of SRB1 ENB Power, P0NominalPucch pmHoPrepRejInLicConnUsers MIMO Parameters TROUBLESHOOTING: pZeroNominalPucch: From - / P0NominalPusch (for uplink pmHoPrepRejInLicMob Scheduling algorithm 120 to -117 Coverage). pmHoPrepRejInLicRlcUm Low Demand Check whether the block error High UL NI Issue(As per earlier pmHoPrepRejInLicMultiErab rate (BLER) is excessively high pdcchutil>70% ) Probable Solutions:- a2CriticalThresholdRsrp from - Power limited UE - High = 403 Mbps. If still traffic load is more, Solve the Poor Coverage issue 122 dBm to -124dBm number of power limited UE Estimate about 25% overhead new site integration and by changing tilt / azimuth or indicates poor uplink coverage. e.g. PDCCH, reference signal, deployment plan is sync signals, PBCH, and some submitted We get 403 Mbps x 0.75 = 302 Mbps. appropriate parameter value BLER (bad coverage) setting Failure Counters: Downlink Interference (Bad dlMaxRetxTh of SRB1 E.g. : - partOfSectorPower, License Counters CQI) THROUGHPUT ULMaxRetxTh of SRB1 ENB Power, P0NominalPucch pmHoPrepRejInLicConnUsers MIMO Parameters TROUBLESHOOTING: pZeroNominalPucch: From - / P0NominalPusch (for uplink pmHoPrepRejInLicMob Scheduling algorithm 120 to -117 Coverage). pmHoPrepRejInLicRlcUm Low Demand Check whether the block error pZeroNominalPusch: From - High UL NI Issue(As per earlier pmHoPrepRejInLicMultiErab CQI reporting frequency rate (BLER) is excessively high 106 to -102 mentioned. Also make sure Other (VSWR, Backhaul on the radio interface. If the qRxLevMin : from -120 to - Nominal power Should not set Coverage Evaluation capacity) BLER is higher than 10%, the 114 very high otherwise it will Counters channel condition is poor and MCPC feature need to enable create interference in pmBestCellEvalReport Counters for troubleshoot will result in low throughput. for poor coverage neighbour cell). pmBadCovEvalReport pmRrcConnMax Check whether uplink connected users license 4.pmErabRelAbnormalEnbLi pmHoOscIntraF pmPrbUtilDl / pmPrbUtilUl interference exists, in a normal Change from 1000 to 2000 c – The total number of pmHoOscInterF pmBadCovEvalReport case, the UL RSSI on each abnormal E-RAB Releases pmMeasMissingNeighRel pmRadioRecInterferencePwrP resource block (RB) is about ( The following KPIs need to initiated by the RBS due to UCCH/pmRadioRecInterferenc – {119 to 120} ) dBm when the be closely monitored, once license reject (per cell). IRAT MCPC FEATURE: ePwr cell is unloaded. If the RSSI is the required changes for HI 5.pmErabRelAbnormalEnbA featureStateStateMobCtrlAtP pmsinrpucchdistr & 3 dBm to 5 dBm higher than CAP Settings are ctTnFail – The total number of oorCov - provides information pmsinrpuschdistr the normal value (when un- implemented: abnormal ERAB releases per about the licensed feature – pmRlcArqUlack / loaded), uplink interference RACH Success Rate. cell due to S1 interface down, Mobility Control At Poor pmRlcArqUlNack exists. Locate the interference Accessibility and Retainability. "X2 interface down" or Coverage. The feature needs pmSchedActivityCellDl source, and mitigate the Max and Average RRC "Transport Resource to be set to 1. /pmSchedActivityUeDl interference (Could be some Connected UEs. Unavailable pmRadioTxRankDistr external interferer or values of High/Over load. Probable Solutions : - Issue serviceStateStateMobCtrlAtP pmRadioTbsPwrRestricted/pm pZeroNominalPusch in Handover performance. can be resolved with the help oorCov - Indicates the RadioTbsPwrunRestricted neighbour cells are too high) UL/DL Throughput. of NOC / IM Team by raising licensed feature Mobility pmMacHarqDlAck16qam/64qa Check whether the eNodeB’s CCE utilization. the required tickets. Control At Poor Coverage. The m/Qpsk parameter settings are correct. 6.pmErabRelAbnormalEnbA feature needs to be set to 1. pmMacHarqDlNack16qam/64q If the values are inconsistent, HI-CAP Parameters: ctHpr – The total number of am/Qpsk confirm whether the settings ulMaxRetxThreshold - set to abnormal ERAB releases by mobCtrlAtPoorCovActive - pmMacHarqUlFail16qam/Qpsk are customized for the operator 8 (reduces the number of the eNB per cell due to Specifies if the feature Mobility pmMacHarqUlSucc16qam/Qps or have been changed to uplink RLC retransmissions for handover preparation Control at Poor Coverage is k incorrect values signaling radio bearer and data Probable Solutions:- enabled or disabled in the cell. Check whether the number of radio bearer) MME missing issue or MME The parameter needs to be set Parameters for throughput users in the cell is excessively tPollRetransmitDl - set to 160 might be disabled. to TRUE. improvement: large. If an excessively large ms (It extends the downlink Transport issue suspected. number of users have time for new poll if no status License issue suspected. a1a2SearchThresholdRsrp - dlMaxRetxThreshold accessed the cell and ENodeB report is received for both Site Configuration issue. The Reference Signal (DRB/SRB) - 8/8 – Reduce the are exhausted when a UE signaling radio bearer and data Received Power (RSRP) no. of RLC retransmission for accesses the cell, the user radio bearer ) DL/UL MAXRETXTHDRB: threshold value for events SRB/DRB in DL. throughput will be low. tPollRetransmitUl - set to dl maxRetxthdrb from 8 to 32 A1Search and A2Search. For Check whether relative license 160ms (It extends the uplink ul maxRetxthdrb from 8 to 32 single-carrier sites, ulMaxRetxThreshold information is incorrect and if time for new poll if no status a1a2SearchThresholdRsrp (DRB/SRB) - 8/8 - Reduce the the license has not expired report is received for both tinactivity timer value is replaces a2ThresholdRsrpPrim no. of RLC retransmission for Check whether the traffic Signaling Radio Bearer and changed from 61s to 20s parameter. It needs to be set to SRB/DRB in UL. volume to the eNodeB is Data Radio Bearer. The -116 for intraLTE, -112 for insufficient. A common reason changes will reduce SE/TTI a3offset : Change from 3 to 2 interRAT_10 and -110 tPollRetransmitDl for the insufficient input traffic usage for retransmissions, and dB interRAT_5. (DRB/SRB) – volume is a bottleneck allow more SE/TTI to serve a2TresholdRsrpPrim : 160msec/1600msec. transmission bandwidth at an traffic) Change from -120 to -110 a2CriticalThresholdRsrp - intermediate node. deltaPsdRs2Tx - (3dB) to dBm. The Reference Signal noOfPucchsrUsers – 590 - (0dB) (RS power boost is Received Power (RSRP) Max no. of PUCCH users is RBS Parameter Settings reduced for inter-site/cell a3Offset = 3 dB, hysteresis = threshold value for event used EUtranCellFDD interference under low Inter A2Critical. The dlChannelBandwidth / Site Distance (ISD) RF radio performed once Neighbor Cell a2CriticalThresholdRsrp noOfPucchCqiUsers – 320 - dlChannelBandwidth environment) RSRP > 4dB of Serving Cell parameter replaces Max no. of PUCCH users is (nrOfSymbolsPdcch) (Control numInitialAccessAndIncomi RSRP a2ThresholdRsrpSec. The used Region Size) ngHo - is changed from a A3 setting, A3 event handover setting for will be performed when a2CriticalThresholdRsrp is - deltaPsdRs2Tx – 0dB – controls whether OLSM MIMO Global 10 to Local 10 or 20 (It neighbor cell is greater than 122 for all sites. Change RS Power boost to is used (2) or not. reduces the maximum number of initial accesses and a3Offset + hysteresis (RSRP) reduce DL inference and of the current serving cell. timeToTriggerA2Critical - shrink coverage. this is the % part of RU incoming handovers that are allowed during a time window The time-to-trigger value for capability independent of without triggering the load If retransmission limit measurement in event PdcchLaGinrMargin – 3dB – SectorEquipmentFunction::con control mechanism ) increases from 8 to 32, RL A2Critical. This parameter is Reduce PDCCH link adaption fOutputPower settings pdcchLaGinrMargin - set to failure due to retransmission set to 1280ms for all sites. algorithm from 10db to 3 db. limit reached: UEs need this to be increased 30 (3dB) (This reduces PDCCH link adaption SRB: 360ms (8) to 1440ms timeToTriggerB2 - The time QciProfilePredefined.schedu or ACK/NACKs are not (32) to trigger value for the eventB2 lingAlgorithm – Favor user received successfully on algorithm from 10db to 3 db . DRB: 400ms (8) to 1600ms measurement. Set to 1280ms with better CQI in order to PUCCH. 3dB is a reasonable compromise between saving (32) for all sites. increase the utilization of less robust MCS Values. UEs need this to be increased CCE resources and ensuring Retainability issue due to HO from default or lots of errors reception of PDCCH by the failure: UL THROUGHPUT seen on PUSCH UE) Need to tune pzeronominalpucch (-120dBm cellindividualoffset to -117dBm) pzeronominalpusch (-102dBm to -98dBm)