Channel Element

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FAQ- Channel Element (CE)

Drafted by:

Shailendra Nalavade (706090)

Date:

04/12/2012

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What is Channel Element (CE)

The resource of one equivalent 12.2k AMR voice, including 3.4k DCCH, consumed in baseband is defined as one Channel Element. If only 3.4k DCCH without voice channel, one CE will be consumed. Channel elements provide either uplink or downlink capacity for service. There are two kinds of CE (channel element): one is uplink CE for supporting uplink service, and another is downlink CE for supporting downlink service. So one 12.2K AMR voice consumes one uplink CE and one downlink CE.

CE Capacity of NodeB
The CE capacity of NodeB is not only based on the hardware capacity, such as the CPU capacity, DSP capacity, but also different software features and so on

Boards that decide the CE capacity for UMTS 3900 series:

Board Type

Cell

Uplink R99 /HSUPA CE

Downli nk R99 CE 256 64 128 256 384

HSDPA Capacity

HSDPA throughput

HSUPA throughput

WBBPa WBBPb1 WBBPb2 WBBPb3 WBBPb4

3 cells 3 cells 3 cells 6 cells 6 cells

128 64 128 256 384

45 HS-PDSCH codes 45 HS-PDSCH codes 45 HS-PDSCH codes 90 HS-PDSCH codes 90 HS-PDSCH codes

15Mbps 15Mbps 15Mbps 30Mbps 30Mbps

6Mbps 6Mbps 6Mbps 12Mbps 12Mbps

CE expansion
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NodeB capacity can be expanded by adding more CE license or by adding more channel boards. If the capacity of the existing hardware is enough for capacity expansion, only license file need to be upgraded. Uplink and downlink capacity expansion could be implemented separately. Otherwise, new board and new license need to be added to meet the new requirement of capacity expansion. Uplink and downlink capacity expansion could also be implemented separately both for the hardware and license.

CE relation for different service

Service type AMR 12.2kbps 32Kbps 64Kbps 128Kbps 384Kbps UL SF SF64 SF32 SF16 SF8 SF4 CE for UL R99 1 1.5 3 5 10 DL SF SF128 SF64 SF32 SF16 SF8 CE for DL R99 1 1 2 4 8

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Service type

MinSF

HSUPA CE MAP

VoIP 8k 16k 32k 64k 128k 144k 256k 384k 608k 1024k 1450k 2048k 2890k 5760k

SF32 SF64 SF64 SF32 SF32 SF16 SF16 SF8 SF4 SF4 2SF4 2SF2 2SF2 2SF2+2SF4 2SF2+2SF4

1.5 1 1 1.5 1.5 3 3 5 10 10 20 32 32 48 48

CE impact for R99 service after HSDPA is introduced.

For Uplink There is no CE consumption for HS-DPCCH for HSDPA in UL and only the A-DPCH traffic of HSDPA user will use R99 CE and share R99 CE.

For Downlink A-DPCH is treated as R99 DPCH. It will consume 1 DL CE if only bearing signaling. For HS-DSCH and HS-SCCH, they will not affect Baseband capacity for R99 services. The resource need not to be dynamically shared among the R99 and HSDPA channels.

The CE resources for R99 and HSDPA are separately reserved on the baseband board. The CE resources are not dynamically shared between R99 and HSDPA channels.

CE impact for R99 service after HSUPA is introduced

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For Uplink: HSUPA share CE resource with R99 services. SF of different channels is allocated by RNC, the NodeB implements different channels as per the RNCs control. The Spreading Factor determines the CE number consumed by the service. Different services are mapped to different spreading factors

For Downlink: There is no DL CE consumption for HSUPA downlink channel.

Conclusion
The Channel element is one of the important factors for the Network design. It is dependent upon the Hardware and controlled by the license. The expansion of CE depends upon the CE utilization which can be quarried through the KPI counters. The utilization of CE depends upon the service used.

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