Configuration/capacity S3-B2

User plane capacity

AMRErlangs 53500
AMRErlangs(includingsofthandover) 74900
Userplanethroughput(IubtotalinMbps) 7520
DLuserplanethroughput(IubtotalinMbps) 6300
ULuserplanethroughput(IubtotalinMbps) 2700
Control plane capacity
RNCsubscribers 2140000
AMRBusyHourCallAttempts 2140000
PSBusyHourCallAttempts1 3500000
PSSessionBusyHourCallAttempts 7000000
SmartphoneBusyHourCallAttempts2 2940000
TotalBusyHourCallAttempts3 11200000
NASBusyHourCallAttempts(ontopofmaximumcall capacity) 7680000
MaxnumberofRRCconnectedUE's 1000000
Network connectivity
Maxnumberofcells 6600
MaxnumberofBTSsites 1320

NumberofsimultaneouslysupportedHSPAusers
Configuration ID
MaxnumberofHSPAusers 66000
MaxnumberofNRT 1 PS16/16 33900
MaxnumberofNRTPS64/64 32100
MaxnumberofNRTPS128/64 30300
MaxnumberofNRTPS384/128 15700
MaxnumberofRT 2PS64/64 41800
MaxnumberofRTPS128/64 28700
MaxnumberofRTPS256/128 18000
MaxnumberofHSDPAPS16ULDCH 40600
MaxnumberofHSDPAPS64ULDCH 24000
MaxnumberofHSDPAPS128ULDCH 17100
MaxnumberofHSDPAPS384ULDCH 10400
1200000
 Functional description
IPA2800 based RNC2600 is an evolution of RNC450 providing a significant increase in capacity and
connectivity.Three different HW configurations are supported similarly for RNC450.

The maximum capacity figures for RNC2600 are:

Step 1:

Iubthroughputin DL: 900 Mbps

AMR capacity: 8000 Er

BTS connectivity: 1440

Carrier connectivity: 1440

Step 2:

Iubthroughputin DL: 1450 Mbps

AMR capacity: 14000 Erl

BTS connectivity: 2100

Carrier connectivity: 2100

Step 3:

Iubthroughputin DL 2000 Mbps

AMR capacity 20000 Erl

BTS connectivity 2800

Carrier connectivity 2800

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[Mbit/s]

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 elated
counters /
KPIs

RNC_5020a

Licensing
Feature ID Type RNC_5019a
variant

License Key,
RAN1198 Capacity
NE licensing

License Key,
RAN1198 Capacity
NE licensing

License Key,
RAN1198 Capacity
NE licensing
 Monitoring
Recommended values
interval

SeeAvailable WCDMA RAN key performance indicators.

 Coverage optimized solution
RNC2600 supports coverage optimized configuration, which means that the supported
cell number or carrier number can be increased from 2800 to 4800 by 10% compromise
in AMR and PS capacity. This can be achieved by SW configuration. HW configuration is
always the same.

The following tables describe the differences between standard configuration and
coverage optimized configuration.

Table 12.

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3

Table 13.

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3

Table 14.

Associated UL channel
16 kbit/s
64 kbit/s
128 kbit/s
384 kbit/s
HSUPA

Table 15.

R99 DL service type

16 kbit/s
64 kbit/s
128 kbit/s
256 kbit/s
384 kbit/s

Table 16.
 Cell_FACH users
R99 CELL_FACH
R7 HS_CELL_FACH

Table 17.

CCH DSP (Min)

HS_CCH DSP (Min)
HS_DCH DSP (MAX)
Standard Configuration

AMR [Erl]
23 800
47 600
70 000

Coverage Optimized Configuration

AMR [Erl]
21 420
42 840
63 000

Maximum number of simultaneous HSDPA users in Cell_DCH state (NRT RABs)

RNC2600 step 1
19 230
13 666
11 205
6 016
23 471

Maximum number of simultaneous R99 PS subscribers (NRT RABs)

RNC2600 step 1
10 407
9 630
7 564
7 564
4 066

Maximum number of simultaneous users in CELL_FACH state

 RNC2600 step1/2450 cells
24,953
23,356

DSP Pool Configuration

RNC2600 step1 2450 cells

33
5
106
 PS Iubthroughput[Mbit/s] Cells
1 540 1 440
2 520 2 100
3 500 2 800

PS Iubthroughput[Mbit/s] Cells
1 380 2 450
2 260 3 600
3 150 4 800

RNC2600 step 2 RNC2600 step 3

30 404 41 578
21 564 29 462
17 654 24 103
9 472 12 928
35 912 48 705

RNC2600 step 2 RNC2600 step 3

16 434 22 461
15 300 20 970
12 008 16 452
12 008 16 452
6 460 8 854
 RNC2600 step2/3600 cells RNC2600 step3/4800 cells
39,272 53,591
35,726 48,335

RNC2600 step2 3600 cells RNC2600 step3 4800 cells

47 62
6 8
171 234
nalyze the radio capacity after completing the measurements.

Check the configuration mis-matches of Power Optimization for HSPA:

PtxMaxHSDPA [W], PtxTargetHSDPA [W], PtxOffsetHSDPA [W]

HSDPA Priority [enum]

PrxMaxTargetBTS [dBm], PrxNoise [dBm], TargetNSEDCHToTotalEDCHPR [dBm]

Check for performance problems of WCDMA Base Station (WBTS) (Wideband

Signalling Processor cards for HSDPA).

Active HS-DSCH cell throughput [Mbps] (RNC_722)

Average HSUPA UL Load [dBm] (RNC_1180)

Active HSUPA cell throughput [Mbps] (RNC_1883)

Check for performance problems of WCEL/Uu (High-speed Downlink Packet

Access (HSDPA), DCH data).

Percentage of RTWP in marginal area [%] (RNC_5203)

Marginal Transmitted Carrier Power Time Share DL [%] (RNC_5201)

HSDPA Access Failure Rate due to UL DCH [%] (RNC_661)

Check for performance problems of the RNC, for example, performance for
HSDPA, HSUPA, and DCH data capacity.

HSDPA Resource Accessibility for RT Traffic (RNC_5000)

HSDPA Resource Retainability for RT Traffic (RNC_5010)

HSDPA Resource Accessibility for NRT Traffic (RNC_605)

HSDPA Resource Retainability for NRT Traffic (RNC_609)

HSUPA Resource Accessibility for NRT Traffic (RNC_913)

Average NRT DCH DL Throughput [Mbps] (RNC_611)

Average NRT HS-DSCH DL Throughput [Mbps] (RNC_5033)

Average Allocated Downlink Dedicated Channel Capacity for Data Calls in

Controlling RNC [Mbps] (RNC_165)
Average Allocated Uplink Dedicated Channel Capacity for Data Calls in Controlling
RNC [Mbps] (RNC_164)

RAB Success Ratio, NRT Services from Network Perspective [%] (RNC_615)

Packet Service Setup Success Ratio (CSSR) [%] (RNC_576)

Check for performance problems of Iub/Iur, for example, transmission capability.

Iub throughput capacity for PS traffic

Available Iub transport capacity per HSDPA connection

AAl2 connectivity capacity

AAL2 connection reservation success rate [%] (RNC_602)

AAL2 path average reserved bandwidth [%] (RNC_601)

IU-PS data volume per drop (RNC_5051)

IP ROUTE Accessibility for outgoing traffic (RNC_5005)

IP ROUTE Accessibility for incoming IUB traffic (RNC_5031)

reserved IP bandwidth (RNC_1909)

 Data capacity

Table: Data capacity

Network data capacity - IPA-RNC and mcRNC

There are two different cases to take into account:
licensed data capacity
hard data capacity
The RAN monitors:
throughput utilization levels of interfaces that need a license, that
is, Iub
the load of the Iu-PS interface (for the hard capacity case)

The user is able to monitor the utilization on the Iu-PS licensed capacity
pro actively with the RNC_1771a and RNC_1772a KPIs.

There is a reactive RNC_1770a KPI, which reacts when

the throughput exceeds the licensed capacity (and the rate limitation is
active).

1. Monitored capacity item The user is able to use the 3294 LICENCE CAPACITY
WARNING alarm to notify that Iub PS data throughput is close to the
licensed capacity, and the 3295 LICENCE CAPACITY EXCEEDED alarm
to notify that system drops the PS data packets because of exceeding the
licensed capacity.

For details, see SW License Key Controlled RNC Capacity.

Network data capacity - Flexi Direct

Flexi Direct uses the trust-based licensing to control the average PS
data throughput supported.

You can monitor the average utilization of the Iu-PS capacity pro actively
with the IHSPA_1873a and the peak utilization by IHSPA_5041b KPIs.
There is no licensing applied on Iu-PS throughpututilizations but the
capacity limit is defined by the RNW-parameter RNFC-
>DLPSGTPDataThroughputMax.

2. Proactive monitoring Counter/KPI Name, unit Target Red flag Description

 Throughput di
stribution ratio
of the Iub-PS
licensed
capacity. It
shows the
percentage
Iub-PS of throughput
licensed distribution,
40% (together
capacity throu between 80
RNC_1771a with -
ghputdistributi and 90% of
RNC_1772a)
on ratio - 80- the licensed
90% capacity
(occurrences
compared to
the total
amount of
distribution
load
occurrences).

Licensed data capacity

Throughput di
stribution ratio
of the Iub-PS
licensed
capacity. It
shows the
percentage
of throughput
Iub-PS
distribution,
licensed
higher than
RNC_1772a capacity throu 20% -
90% of the
ghputdistributi
licensed
on ratio >90%
capacity
(occurrences
compared to
the total
amount of
distribution
load
occurrences).
 Iu-PS This is Iu-PS
See Flexi
average throu average throu
IHSPA_1873a Direct product -
ghputdownlink ghput downlin
description
[Kbits/s] k direction.

This is peak
Iu-
PS throughput
Hard data capacity Iu-PS
calls in one
IHSPA_5041b peak throughp - -
Flexi Direct
ut[Mbits/s]
RNC over the
reporting
period.

Iu-PS Iu-PS peak

peak throughp load in
RNC_5021b 90% -
utdownlink downlink
[kbps] direction

Counter/KPI Name, unit Description

3. Reactive monitoring Iu- The percentage of time when the Iu-

PS throughput PS throughput was over the licensed
RNC_1770a
over licensed capacity, and as a result, the rate limitation
capacity [%] was active.

Licensed data capacity

If there are more than 40% of all occurrences in either of the given KPIs
and/or more than 20% in the RNC_1772a, the Iu-PS capacity license,
needs to be updated.
Hard data capacity

4. Analysis Iu-PS average throughput must be compared to the

peak throughput capacity in RNC. If the threshold is exceeded, there
might be an overload in the access network regarding the monitored RNC.
The capacity is dependent on the available interface capacity, that is, used
RNC capacity step; for more information, see the RNC product description
(RNC196 Product Description, RNC450 Product Description, RNC2600
Product Description, mcRNC Product Description ).

Licensed data capacity

When the throughput is higher than the licensed capacity, the RNC starts
5. Overload to limit the downlink PS throughput on each Iu-PS interface.
The throughput is limited by dropping a small percentage of the GTP
packets. If PS data throughput remains over the licensed capacity, the
RNC increases the packet dropping percentage.

Licensed data capacity

Upgrade Iub PS throughput license.
6. Upgrade Flexi Direct
6. Upgrade

Maximum capacity is available without license restrictions.