Confidentiality: INTERNAL

Introduction to the RAN14.0 Fe

atureLayered Paging in URA_PCH
Wireless Product Rollout
Department

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About This Course

This course is based on the radio access network (RAN) 14.

0 version.

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Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

Understand the values and application scenarios of the Layere

d Paging in URA_PCH feature.

Understand the basic theory of the Layered Paging in URA_P

CH feature.

Explain the basic principles of the Layered Paging in URA_PC

H feature.

Enable and verify the Layered Paging in URA_PCH feature ba

sed on manuals.

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Contents
1 Feature Description
2 Feature Planning
3 Feature Deployment
4 Performance Optimization
5 Operation Maintenance and Fault Handling
6 Acronyms & Abbreviations

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Feature Description
A large number of unnecessary paging messages have been generated because of rapid mobile network
development and exponential growth of smartphone use in recent years. This has led to an explosive increase in
signaling overheads. To reduce high signaling overheads, Huawei applied the CELL_PCH state to commercial
networks in RAN 12.0 by setting related parameters on the radio network controller (RNC).
When the CELL_PCH solution is used with the feature WRFD-020500 Enhanced Fast Dormancy, UEs on the
related white list are configured properly and some UEs enter the CELL_PCH state as required. This reduces
signaling overheads generated during a network access process.
UEs in the CELL_PCH state (hereinafter called CELL_PCH UEs) exchange signaling with the RAN every time
they perform a cell update. This affects forward access channel (FACH) and random access channel (RACH)
traffic. Statistics show that the number of signaling messages exchanged during cell updates accounts for 3% to
15% of FACH traffic.
To reduce the signaling generated during cell update, Huawei applied the URA_PCH state to commercial
networks in RAN 13.0 by setting related parameters on the RNC.
When the URA_PCH solution is used with the feature WRFD-020500 Enhanced Fast Dormancy, UEs on the
related white list are configured properly and some UEs enter the URA_PCH state as required.
In this way, UEs in the URA_PCH state (hereinafter called URA_PCH UEs) do not exchange signaling with the
RAN every time they perform a cell update, and therefore signaling overheads are reduced.
However, the URA_PCH solution may easily trigger paging channel (PCH) congestion, which easily occurs after
WAP Push services become popular along with the explosive growth of smartphone use.
For WAP Push services (for example, Push e-mail), the RNC actively pages smartphones where the Packet
Data Protocol (PDP) is applied and pushes WAP content to these smartphones. To page a URA_PCH UE, the
RNC sends the PAGING TYPE 1 message in the entire UTRAN registration area (URA). If the URA has 2000
cells, the PAGING TYPE 1 message is sent to 2000 cells, which can easily trigger PCH congestion.
Huawei introduced Layered Paging in URA_PCH in RAN14.0 to address the PCH congestion issue.
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Related Feature

Required feature

Mutually exclusive feature

None.
None.

Affected feature

None.

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Impact of Layered Paging in URA_P

CH

When the Layered Paging in URA_PCH feature is activated, and the CELL_PCH st
ate is not enabled, the number of paging messages is reduced. The reason is that t
he Layered Paging in URA_PCH feature allows the paging of idle UEs only in certa
in cells, instead of the entire location area. This increases the PCH capacity.

When the Layered Paging in URA_PCH feature is activated and the CELL_PCH st
ate is enabled, the number of times cells are reselected when UEs move between
cells is reduced. This increases the FACH and RACH capacity. However, the Layer
ed Paging in URA_PCH feature causes a slight decrease in the PCH capacity, bec
ause Cell_PCH UEs are paged in the cell scale whereas URA_PCH UEs are page
d in the URA scale.

When the Layered Paging in URA_PCH feature is activated, and the URA_PCH st
ate is enabled, the number of signaling messages generated when URA_PCH UEs
are paged is reduced, and therefore the PCH capacity is increased.

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Contents
1 Feature Description
2 Feature Planning
3 Feature Deployment
4 Acceptance and Maintenance
5 Precautions (FAQ)
6 Acronyms & Abbreviations

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Activation Suggestion and Informatio

n Collection
Before activate Layered Paging in URA_PCH, perform the following steps to collect
required information.
1. Analyze the traffic model of the target area, and evaluate the penetration of smart
phones.
If there are a small number of smartphones in the live network, you do not need to
enable this feature.
If there are a large number of smartphones in the live network, go to the next step.
2. Evaluate the system resource utilization of the target area.
Use counters to measure the FACH or RACH bandwidth that is used to carry signaling
messages involved in cell reselection.
Enable this feature when large FACH or RACH bandwidth is used to carry signaling
messages involved in cell reselection.
You can enable this feature when a large amount of FACH or RACH resources are
available.
You are advised not to enable this feature when the CELL_PCH state is enabled and the
PCH utilization is high (for example, higher than 85%).
3. Check whether users are delay-sensitive.
Communicate with users to determine whether they are delay-sensitive and whether to
use the real-time service function based on the communication results.

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Version/License Planning
Version configuration
BSC6900V900R014C01 and later versions
License control
The Layered Paging in URA_PCH feature is under license control.
Feature conflict
None.
Required feature
None.

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Network Planning
None.

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Contents
1 Feature Description
2 Feature Planning
3 Feature Deployment
4 Performance Optimization
5 Operation Maintenance and Fault Handling
6 Acronyms & Abbreviations

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Overall Deployment Process

You only need to set parameters to enable the Layered Paging in URA_PCH
feature.

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Deployment Requirements
Perform the following steps to enable the Layered Paging in URA_PCH feature:
1. Activate the license for this feature.
2. Based on data preparation, enable this feature by running SET URRCTRLSWITCH on the
BSC6900 and set related parameters as follows:

For real-time services, set RAPCH_LAYERED_PAGING_RT_SWITCH under PROCESSSWITCH4 to

ON.
For non-real-time services, set URAPCH_LAYERED_PAGING_NRT_SWITCH under
PROCESSSWITCH4 to ON.

Perform the following steps after enable this feature:

1. Reduce the threshold of CellReSelectCounter steadily so that the number of URA_PCH
UEs in the network can increase.
2. Check values of key performance indicators (KPIs). If KPI values are within the normal
range, reduce the threshold of CellReSelectCounter until the lower limit is reached.
3. After the RNC operates for a certain period of time, check the values of the KPIs related
to this feature.

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Contents
1 Feature Description
2 Feature Planning
3 Feature Deployment
4 Performance Optimization
5 Operation Maintenance and Fault Handling
6 Acronyms & Abbreviations

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Performance Monitoring
When the Layered Paging in URA_PCH feature is enabled, collect statistics about the
following counters in the live network, and determine network performance based on the
following formulas:

First-layer success rate of layered paging on an RNC

The first layer success rate of real-time service layered paging in URA_PCH =
VS.Paging1.Succ1.URA.RealTime.Cell/VS.Paging1.Att1.URA.RealTime.Cell
The first layer success rate of non-real-time service layered paging in URA_PCH =
VS.Paging1.Succ1.URA.NoneRealTime.Cell/VS.Paging1.Att1.URA.NoneRealTime.
Cell

Final success rate of layered paging on an RNC

The final success rate of real-time service layered paging in URA_PCH =
VS.Paging1.TotalSucc.URA.RealTime.Cell/ VS.Paging1.Att1.URA.RealTime.Cell
The final success rate of non-real-time service layered paging in URA_PCH =
VS.Paging1.TotalSucc.URA.NoneRealTime.Cell/
VS.Paging1.Att1.URA.NoneRealTime.Cell

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Performance Parameter Optimization

When the first-layer success rate of layered paging in URA_PCH on an RN

C is low, the mobility of UEs in a specific area is high. Therefore, it is reco
mmended that the Layered Paging in URA_PCH feature be.

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Contents
1 Feature Description
2 Feature Planning
3 Feature Deployment
4 Performance Optimization
5 Operation Maintenance and Fault Handling
6 Acronyms & Abbreviations

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Customized Parameters and Traffic M

easurement
ID

Description

Value Range

Recommended Value

MML Command

Level

URAPCH_LAYERED_PAG
ING_RT_SWITCH

This parameter specifies whether

the Layered Paging in URA_PCH
feature is enabled for real-time
services.

ON, OFF

OFF

SET
URRCTRLSWITCH

RNC

URAPCH_LAYERED_PAG
ING_NRT_SWITCH

This parameter specifies whether

the Layered Paging in URA_PCH
feature is enabled for non-realtime services.

ON, OFF

OFF

SET
URRCTRLSWITCH

RNC

Counter

Description

VS.Paging1.Att1.URA.RealTime.Cell

Number of the first layer paging attempts of real-time service in URA PCH.

VS.Paging1.Succ1.URA.RealTime.Cell

Number of the first layer paging successful attempts of real-time service in URA PCH.

VS.Paging1.Att1.URA.NoneRealTime.Cell

Number of the first layer paging attempts of non-real-time service in URA PCH.

VS.Paging1.Succ1.URA.NoneRealTime.Cell

Number of the first layer paging successful attempts of non-real-time service in URA
PCH.

VS.Paging1.TotalSucc.URA.RealTime.Cell

Number of the total paging successful attempts of real-time service in URA PCH.

VS.Paging1.TotalSucc.URA.NoneRealTime.Cell

Number of the total paging successful attempts of non-real-time service in URA PCH.

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Fault Handling

None.

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Contents
Layered Paging in URA_PCH Feature
1 Feature Description
2 Feature Planning
3 Feature Deployment
4 Performance Optimization
5 Operation Maintenance and Fault Handling
6 Acronyms & Abbreviations

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Acronyms & Abbreviations

URA: UTRAN registration area

PCH: paging channel
PRACH: physical random access channel

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