FACH BW Expansion

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Introduction:
FACH congestion is becoming very common congestion due high penetration on smart phone. High
FACH congestion causes delay services like Whatsapp, Wechat etc. ( which are depends on FACH
channel ) and degraded PS call drop.

DTCH FACH congestion

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Solution :
We follow given below steps :

1) ADD 2nd SCCPCH

2) We can expand FACH BW by re-configuring the SCCPCH Parameter as follow:

• Change the slot format from D8(SF64) to D10(SF32) to support higher bit rate
• Add three new TFC(4,5,6)
• Increase the max FACH power to +3dB to optimize the RRC failures brought by decreased
SF gain to avoid RRC fail increment due to poor RF condition.

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MML script :
DEA UCELL:CELLID=CI;
DEA USCCPCH:CELLID=CI, PHYCHID=9;
RMV UFACHLOCH:CELLID=CI, TRCHID=4;
RMV UFACHDYNTFS:CELLID=CI, TRCHID=4, RLCSIZE=168;
RMV UFACHDYNTFS:CELLID=CI, TRCHID=5, RLCSIZE=360;
RMV UFACH:CELLID=CI, TRCHID=4;
RMV UFACH:CELLID=CI, TRCHID=5;
RMV USCCPCH:CELLID=CI, PHYCHID=9;
ADD USCCPCHBASIC:CELLID=CI, PHYCHID=9, SCCPCHOFFSET=100, SCRAMBCODE=0, SLOTFORMAT=D10, TFCIPRESENCE=EXISTS;
ADD USCCPCHTFC:CELLID=CI, PHYCHID=9, CTFC=0;
ADD USCCPCHTFC:CELLID=CI, PHYCHID=9, CTFC=1;
ADD USCCPCHTFC:CELLID=CI, PHYCHID=9, CTFC=2;
ADD USCCPCHTFC:CELLID=CI, PHYCHID=9, CTFC=3;
ADD USCCPCHTFC:CELLID=CI, PHYCHID=9, CTFC=4;
ADD USCCPCHTFC:CELLID=CI, PHYCHID=9, CTFC=5;
ADD USCCPCHTFC:CELLID=CI, PHYCHID=9, CTFC=6;
ADD UFACH:CELLID=CI, PHYCHID=9, TRCHID=4, RATEMATCHINGATTR=220, TOAWS=35, TOAWE=10, MAXFACHPOWER=30,
CHCODINGTYPE=CONVOLUTIONAL;
ADD UFACH:CELLID=CI, PHYCHID=9, TRCHID=5, RATEMATCHINGATTR=130, TOAWS=35, TOAWE=10, MAXCMCHPI=D13, MINCMCHPI=D0,
SIGRBIND=FALSE, CHCODINGTYPE=TURBO;
ADD UFACHDYNTFS:CELLID=CI, TRCHID=4, RLCSIZE=168, TFSNUMBER=D3, TBNUMBER1=0, TBNUMBER2=1, TBNUMBER3=2;
ADD UFACHDYNTFS:CELLID=CI, TRCHID=5, RLCSIZE=360, TFSNUMBER=D3, TBNUMBER1=0, TBNUMBER2=1, TBNUMBER3=2;
ADD UFACHLOCH:CELLID=CI, TRCHID=4;
ACT USCCPCH:CELLID=CI, PHYCHID=9;
ACT UCELL:CELLID=CI;

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Results: FACH BW expansion done on 5th April night

FACH Congestion
reduced a lot

After FACH BW expansion

activity RRC reject due to
Uu No reply increased lot
but recovered itself after
7-8 hrs later ( UE
synchronization takes
times after FACH
configuration modification
cause RRC reject)

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Results: FACH BW expansion done on 5th April night

PS Call drop
improved

User throughput little

affected after FACH BW
expansion due high TCP
utilization

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Summary:

FACH BW expansion reduce DTCH FACH congestion but we need to check following steps carefully:

1. Expand FACH bandwidth should make sure there are two SCCCPH in network first.
2. Increasing the max FACH power will decrease the DCH power capability of cell, which may increase
the power congestion for access as well as HSDP throughput.
3. Increase the max FACH power to +2dB to optimize the RRC failures brought by decreased SF gain.
4. Expand FACH bandwidth should change the slot format from D8(SF64) to D10(SF32) to support
higher bit rate. So it will decrease the code capability of cell, which may increase the code congestion
for access.
5. The RACH utilize rate will increase after Increase the FACH bandwidth. So it may cause the RACH
congestion, which will impact the RRC access.

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