SON Usage and Implementation in StarHub LTE Project (Singapore)

By: Rudi Wijaya

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AGENDA

StarHub LTE Network

Optimizer Overview

ANR Management by Optimizer

PCI Analysis

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AGENDA

StarHub LTE Network

Optimizer Overview

ANR Management by Optimizer

PCI Analysis

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NSN SON Suite Features in Radio and OSS

Plug & Play

Nokia Siemens Networks E2E SON Suite Centralised SON

Open northbound interfaces

SelfConfiguration

PRACH Management Automated Neighbor Relat. Interference Optimization Mobility Robustness (MRO)

nhanced Packet core

SON

LTE SON

SelfOptimization

Drive Test Minimization (MDT) Mobility Load Balancing Power Saving Other vendors network

SelfHealing

Cell Outage Detection, Reset and Compensation Alarm Correlation, Root Cause Analysis

2G/3G SON
Distributed SON

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StarHub LTE Network

LTE 1800 with 2G RF Sharing
Not using SON Plug and Play hence there is no DHCP server

Implement and Using Nokia Siemens Networks LTE ANR strategy

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StarHub LTE Network

NetAct
OSS5.3 MP1

Optimizer
Optimizer 3.0 MP2 CDs 4772 & 4773

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Optimizer Functionalities in StarHub LTE Network

PCI-IP Mapping Creation Physical Cell ID management Analyze PCI collisions and violations Reallocate PCI Visualize PCI reuse on map Forbidden Code Set Antenna Editor Distance-based adjacency creation (LTE->GSM)

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AGENDA

StarHub LTE Network

Optimizer Overview

ANR Management by Optimizer

PCI Analysis

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Optimizer

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Provisioning
OPT DB

CM DB

Plan
Foreign cluster CM data Other vendor CM data Local cluster CM data

Plan
Foreign cluster CM data Other vendor CM data Local cluster CM data

xml

Local NetAct cluster

Vendor X cluster Foreign NetAct cluster

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Provisioning process using CM applications

Export CM Plan from Optimizer CM Editor CM Analyser CM Operations Mgr CM Operations Mgr Modify Plan (optional) Check Plan Prepare Plan (automatic) Transfer plan to NW
End

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NetAct tools used in the ANR operation

CM Editor CM Operations Manager Optimizer SON Scheduler

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RL 25TDD, RL 30
SITE BTS(eNB) CELL

Intra LTE Adjacency (pointer

to target eNB)

Mobile triggers LNREL creation. eNB creates it automatically for all the neigbors that are reported.

ADJLL, LNREL

X2
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LTE Network Elements (RL 25TDD, RL 30)

LNBTS

0..64

1..6

LNADJ LNCEL

Optimizer creates an ADJLL for each LNADJ that doesnt have the corresponding LNREL.

0..389

0..389

ADJLL

LNREL

Present in CM and in Optimizer Present only in Optimizer

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LNADJ

AGENDA

StarHub LTE Network

Optimizer Overview

ANR Management by Optimizer

PCI Analysis

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Optimizer 3.0 CD3 for LTE

Use cases for Optimizer in LTE network: 1. New planned eNBs in the network 2. Handover in LTE network : case of an unknown cell

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Automated Neighbor Relation (ANR) Features

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Architecture of Automated Neighbor Relation (ANR)

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LTE 782 ANR UE Fully Based

1/2

eNB1

eNB2
1.) S1AP: ENB CONFIGURATION TRANSFER to eNB2-ID (SON Information Request)

MME

2.) S1AP: MME CONFIGURATION TRANSFER to eNB2-ID (SON Information Request) 3.) S1AP: ENB CONFIGURATION TRANSFER to eNB1-ID (SON Information Response with IP@)

4.) S1AP: MME CONFIGURATION TRANSFER to eNB1-ID (SON Information Response with IP@)

X2 Establishment

3GPP TS36.300 section 22.3.6.1

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LTE 782 ANR UE Fully Based

2/2

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Not Implementing LTE 782 - ANR UE Fully Based

Current NSN MME has been upgraded to NS2.1 ANR UE Fully Based is supported only in NS2.2. Radio part is OK and Tested! Where CGI resolution of Target eNB can be seen and transfer to Source eNB. Afterward, it should get X2 CP IP Addr given by MME. Unfortunately MME is not transferring the needed information to Target eNB.

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Optimizer 3.0 CD3 for LTE

LTE492 Automated Neighbor Relation (ANR)
PCI = 3

PCI 4 PCI = 5 IP@ = 1 ADIPNO PCI = 0 IP@1 IP@2 IP@3 PCI = 2 IP@ = 2 PCI = 1 IP@4 .. IP@32 PCI = 4

In autoconfiguration the neighbor eNBs IPs are stored in ADIPNO object or in LNADJs and the eNBs get this data from Configurator. Based on this the X2 connection to neighbor relations can be established.

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LTE492: Automated Neighbor Relation (ANR)

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Preparation for Optimizer

In optimizer, sites can be listed by using browser

Site list can be exported and check the consistency with on-air sites from MR-Status
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Preparation for Optimizer

Add the new sites and updated the sites with changed antenna information Prepared the Outdoor and Indoor Antenna Import Files

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Preparation for Optimizer

When importing the antenna data files in Antenna Data Editor (Optimizer), you may have a
message in problem window

Recommended to check the same line number in your imported excel file Probably because of wrong cell name, missing antenna data, 2-sector and indoor
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Preparation for Optimizer

Antenna Data now fully integrated to NetAct OSS and sites are ready to be used in Optimizer

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Preparation for Optimizer

Refresh Actual and ready to go for PCI-IP mapping

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Creating PCI-IP Mapping Table

Create a New Plan for your job

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Creating PCI-IP Mapping Table

Check site to site distance to know the range to define the neighbor

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Creating PCI-IP Mapping Table

After planning site to site distance to define the range, you can now put the search distance

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Creating PCI-IP Mapping Table

Now you can create PCI-IP mapping table for your selected sites

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Creating PCI-IP Mapping Table

According to your search distance, the mapping table creation done for neighbour sites.

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Creating PCI-IP Mapping Table

In order to export optimizer plan, click on CM Data Exchange

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Creating PCI-IP Mapping Table

Launch CM Operation Manager and Refresh to see your plan

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Creating PCI-IP Mapping Table

Provision your plan

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Creating PCI-IP Mapping Table

Provision your plan

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Creating PCI-IP Mapping Table

If there is no error and finished the provision, PCI-IP mapping tables are now successfully
created in NetAct OSS

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Creating PCI-IP Mapping Table

Check the sites with PCI-IP mapping table in NetAct

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Creating PCI-IP Mapping Table

Now ready to go out for drive testing and you will see the successful hand over in the field You can also see the LNADJ after coming back from drive testing

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StarHub LTE Network

Downlink Throughput

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LTE784: ANR InterRAT GERAN

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Creating LNRELG
As the project is LTE-2G RF sharing, distance-based adjancy creation can be used. For creation of LTE=> GSM adjancies Save the result into the plan and continue results verification in Browser and on the Map

LNRELG

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Creating LNRELG
Click on LNRELG and define the search distance according to network topology

Run and check the result for numbers of LNRELG created Listing the results in Browser and also can remove unwanted one
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Example of Inter-RAT LTE to GERAN initial neighbor allocation

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AGENDA

StarHub LTE Network

Optimizer Overview

ANR Management by Optimizer

PCI Analysis

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Physical-layer Cell Identities (PCIs)

PCI offset 0 1 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503

14 23 66 1 98 322 412

502 234

PCI group 0 1 2 165 166 167

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PCI Collisions and Confusions

3GPP defines collision-free as the PCI is unique in the area that the cell covers

ideally only initial PCI values need to be assigned

3GPP defines confusion-free as a cell shall not have neighboring cells with identical PCIs

PCI values of ACTUAL cells need to be changed

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PCI Management

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Analyze PCI collisions and violations

1/5

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Analyze PCI collisions and violations

2/5

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Analyze PCI collisions and violations

3/5

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Analyze PCI collisions and violations

4/5

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Analyze PCI collisions and violations

5/5

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Forbidden Codes
Customer want to reserve some PCI group for future Femto Cells In this case, there are some codes that cannot be used in the allocation Create a new Forbidden Code Set and assign to the cells

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Summary
Efficient, Easy and User Friendly Geographical visualization and Analysis Powerful CM parameters management with Browser Effective parameters changes Speed up the rollout project with accurate neighbor creation and parameters managements Good Customers Impression on Optimizer for NSN ANR method giving a quick successful
handover in the field during the drive test
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Thank You
Rudi Wijaya
LTE eNB CLT APAC

Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks Jakarta INDONESIA

+62 812 1083902 rudi.wijaya@nsn.com

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