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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Swap Principle and Strategy..............................................................................................8
1.1 Huawei Network Swap Experience........................................................................................... 8
1.2 General Swap Principle........................................................................................................... 9
1.3 Swap Implementation Strategy................................................................................................. 9
1.4 Swap Procedure...................................................................................................................... 9
Chapter 2 Network Information Collection and Evaluation..............................................................13
2.1 Network Information Collection............................................................................................. 13
2.1.1 Basic Information of the Original Network...................................................................13
2.1.2 Basic Needs and Functions of the Original Network.......................................................18
2.1.3 Basic Equipment Information of the Original Network...................................................19
2.1.4 RNP Data of the Original Network...............................................................................23
2.1.5 Core Network KPI of the Original Network..................................................................25
2.1.6 Transmission Networking Information of the Original Network......................................26
2.1.7 Power Supply Configuration of the Original Network....................................................28
2.1.8 Abnormal Network Information and Customer Complaints.............................................29
2.1.9 Customers Engineering and Maintenance Capability.....................................................29
2.1.10 Acceptance Information............................................................................................ 30
2.2 Analysis and Evaluation of the Original Network.....................................................................30
2.2.1 DT Evaluation............................................................................................................ 30
2.2.2 Network KPI Evaluation............................................................................................. 31
2.2.3 Other Evaluations....................................................................................................... 32
2.2.4 Confirmation of the Acceptance Indicators after Network Swap......................................36
Chapter 3 Project Survey, Equipment Installation and Test..............................................................36
3.1 Survey and Design................................................................................................................ 36
3.1.1 Survey of BSC/PCU Room......................................................................................... 37
3.1.2 BTS Survey............................................................................................................... 39
3.1.3 M2000 Survey........................................................................................................... 43
3.1.4 Project Design............................................................................................................ 44
3.2 Hardware Installation............................................................................................................ 45
3.2.1 Goods Preparation...................................................................................................... 45
3.2.2 BSC Installation......................................................................................................... 46
3.2.3 Huawei PCU Installation............................................................................................. 46
3.2.4 BTS Installation......................................................................................................... 46
3.2.5 M2000 Installation..................................................................................................... 48
3.2.6 Removing the Equipment of the Original Network.........................................................48
3.3 GBSS Test........................................................................................................................... 48
3.3.1 BSC Test Points......................................................................................................... 48
3.3.2 CDB/CBC Test.......................................................................................................... 49
3.3.3 PCU Test................................................................................................................... 50
3.3.4 BTS Test................................................................................................................... 51
3.3.5 M2000 Test................................................................................................................ 52
3.3.6 Equipment Function Acceptance..................................................................................53
Chapter 4 Network Swap Planning and Network Parameters...........................................................54
4.1 Network Swap Planning........................................................................................................ 54
4.1.1 Whole Network Planning............................................................................................ 54
4.1.2 Network Swap Planning Data Design...........................................................................57
4.1.3 RNP Data Review...................................................................................................... 61
4.2 Network Interconnection Parameter Confirmation....................................................................61
4.2.1 A-interface Interconnection Parameters.........................................................................61
4.2.2 Gb-interface Interconnection Parameters.......................................................................63
4.3 Customer Suggestion............................................................................................................ 64
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Preface
What are the characteristics of this document?
Whole swap procedures are described in this document and the focuses are given to four
aspects, including network information collection and evaluation, network optimization,
swap implementation, and risk analysis.
The differentiation of the original network information is available and the information
collected according to the forms provided in this document can meet swap requirement.
This document consists of several chapters, but the actual swap process can be divided into
three parts, including network information collection (Chapter 1, 2, and 3), swap
implementation (Chapter 4, 5, and 6), and network monitoring and acceptance (Chapter 7
and 8).
Collecting and evaluating the information of the original network is the most important for a
successful swap. Therefore, the earlier to provide technical service and use this document,
the better for the network swap. Generally, this document must be used after contract
signature but before network swap so that the network information collection and evaluation
can be finished as soon as possible.
The parts for survey, installation and commissioning, and integration preparation are for the
implementation engineers reference.
This document can be used as the template of network swap and integration during the
implementation of a swap project.
The parts for RNP and RNO are for the RNO engineers reference.
The parts for risk analysis are for project engineers reference.
Note:
In this document, the original network refers to the network need to be swapped but
has not been swapped.
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The RNP and RNO level is a great concern during network swap.
The performance of various equipments may be greatly different in the same geographic
environment.
As a leading GSM equipment provider in the world, Huawei has swapped multiple operators
networks and has acculturated rich experience. Hereunder lists several examples and gives a
general description of the swap strategies.
Operator
Equipment
provider
of
the
Swap scale
original network
Philippines
Digitel
Alcatel
5893TRX
Nigeria
MTN
Ericsson
4795TRX
Liaoning Province
Unicom
Lucent
6241TRX
Indonesia
Indosat
Siemens
4552TRX
Sichuan Province
China Mobile
Ericsson
4505TRX
Colombia
Movil
Siemens
1300TRX
Guangdong
China Unicom
Motorola
4405TRX
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Zhejiang
China Unicom
Nortel
870TRX
Fujian Province
China Mobile
Nokia
3000TRX
Inner Mongolia
China Mobile
Nokia
1065TRX
Note:
Actually, multiple network elements, such as MSC, HLR, and GPRS part, are involved in
GSM network swap. In this case, you should swap the core network part, and then swap the
base station part.
If network expansion and construction should be performed during the swap, you should swap
the network first so that the smooth transition of the network can be ensured.
The network indicators must be consistent with that specified in the contract for delivery.
Security
Smooth transition
High efficiency
Parallel swap
One-time swap
Mixed swap
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Hardware installation
Install g temporary
BTS
Install BSC/PCU/M2000
Transmission
adequate or not ?
Cabinet
installation space
adequate or not?
Allocate
temporary
transmission
resource
Temporary
installation space?
Y
Y
Constructing new
power supply?
Hardw are
installation
completed
Y
BSC/PCU hardw are check,
acceptance, pow er-on test,
hardw are status
Constructing new
antenna
Y
Hardw are
installation
completed
BSC/PCU
commissioning
Connect to core
netw ork
Joint debugging
w ith BSC
BTS transmissio
qualified or not?
BTS off-line
test
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Netw ork sw ap
planning
Sw ap solution design
General network swap solution/design and review for the swap solutions to network
elements/integration plan and customer confirmation
Sw ap preparation
Pre-integration
or not?
Pre-integration
Test passed
or not?
Failure
processing
Y
Transmission
confirmation
BSC integration
Is each network
element normal before
integration
Failure
processing
Y
BSC A-interface
integration
Failure
processing
Success
or not?
Changeback of the
data of the original
BSC
End
Y
Shut dow n the original
BTS
BTS integration
Transmission system
integration
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Field DT acceptance
Success
or not?
Failure processing
Success
or not?
End
Integration completed
Process equipment
problems online
Netw ork
optimization
adjustment
N
Meet the requirement
specified in contract or not?
Y
Sw ap acceptance/documentation handover
End
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RNP data
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Original
No.
Name
Capacity
Operator
Version
BSC Carried
MSC1
270,000
SR9
MSC2
300,000
SR9
MSC4
270,000
Huawei
G6
MSC3
220,000
R12
BSC
Name
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BTS number
TRX
number
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1
2
3
SBSC12
HWBSC2
HWBSC4
S
Huawei
Huawei
44
47
30
197
317
220
The accessibility of the third partys equipments for alarming and traffic statistics
The formats and interface standards of the original traffic statistics and alarming data
(Generally, TCP/IP is used for data connection and FTP is used for data transmission)
The types of the wide area network, including ISDN, DDN, X.25, frame relay, etc.
The components of the network, including HUB, exchange, router, ATM exchange, WAN
exchange, access server, timeslot integration equipment, etc.
The performance of the network, especially the indicators about bandwidth and delay.
Figure 1.1 shows the OMC networking diagram used in XXX area.
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Traffic model-1
0.018
48
39
57
Traffic model-2
0.018
48
39
57
1.35
1.35
80%
1.21
80%
2.61
20%
20%
1.7
128
100
384
211
10%
10%
10%
10%
100%
40%
36%
24%
100%
40%
36%
24%
Table 1.2 introduces the traffic model for the voice service of a foreign GSM network.
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Table 1.2 Traffic model for GSM voice service (a foreign GSM network)
Parameters
Average Call Hold Time
Erlang per Subscriber
BHCA
Mmobile to Mobile
Mobile to Other PLMN
Mobile to PSTN
PSTN to Mobile
SMS Numbers/BH/SUB(MO)
SMS Numbers/BH/SUB(MT)
Ratio of IN subscribers
location update numbers/BH/SUB
location update numbers/BH/SUB(to HLR)
Authentication numbers/BH/SUB
Value
72s
0.02
0.5MO+0.5MT
60%
20%
1
1
95%
1.5
0.3
0.3
Remark
Table 1.3 introduces the traffic model for packet data service.
Table 1.3 Traffic model for packet data service
Item
GOS of circuit service
Busy-hour Erlang per subscriber for circuit service
GPRS user penetration rate
IP layer bandwidth for each (BYTE/s)
Bandwidth for each GPRS channel (BYTE/s)
Busy-hour bandwidth for each GPRS subscriber (bps)
GoS of GPRS service
Value
2%
0.03
50.00%
2500
2000
400
2%
Remark
For reference
For reference
Note:
The increase of the SMS will raise the load on the NO.7 signaling link. Therefore, if the SMS
takes a larger ratio, the configuration of the NO.7 signaling link should be adjusted accordingly;
otherwise the SDCCH and NO.7 signaling link will be congested.
Monthly fee policies, including monthly fee for the calls made within the same network,
monthly fee for called services, and monthly fee for packet data service.
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Content
FR
No
Not support
Support
Support
EFR
A50
2.4K
Remark
Cell name,
HR
AMR
A51
A52
4.8K
9.6K
Not support
Not support
advertisement,
LCS
SDCCH dynamic allocation
Mutual aid between main
Support
Support
Support
Not support
Not support
Not support
whether reports
BCCHs
MNC
digit
Support
Not support
function
Concentric cell
CO-BCCH
GS interface
Extended cell
GPRS/EDGE
BSC/BTS intra-exchange
Authentication
Paging mechanism
Support
Support
Support
Support
Support
Support
LAC paging
Not support
Not support
Not support
Not support
Not support
Not support
LAC
and
Other paging
2G/3G handover
Acoustic Echo Canceller
Support
Support
paging
Not support
Not support
Noise Suppression
Support
Not support
extension
CI
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Note:
To avoid that some functions cannot be realized normally after interconnection, you should check
the protocol phase version supported by the original equipment if the original network has been
there for a long time. You are suggested to use singling analyzer to collect the messages sent
across the A-interface and Abis interface at busy hour and send them to technical supports for
verification.
Equipment
MSC1
MSC4
BSC2
BSC1
Operator
S
Huawei
S
N
Type
G6
Software version
SR9
R003
SR9
R10
Remark
BTS
ULTRASITE
DE21
Location
Operator
BTS
TRX
number
number
Half
rate
EDGE
TRX
TRX
number
number
Coverage
Slave
area
MSC
Urban area
SBSC12
44
197
100
90
1
Urban area
MSC3
HWBSC2
Huawei
47
317
231
123
2
Suburban
MSC2
HWBSC4
Huawei
30
220
125
46
area
MSC3
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Location
Operator
Type
configuratio
n
TRX
Transmission
E1
Slave
number
mode
number
BSC
BFM
K
KPR
XX city
R11
S222
Micro wave
MSC3
I
CBI
XX island
Huawei
3002C
O1
Satellite
MSC2
XXX
Huawei
312
S3443
14
Optical fibre
MSC3
BTS312
Operator
Configurati
A
Huawei
on
S666
S222
Huawei
S666
Combiner Type
Combination
ANC+ANY
CDU
Mode
4-to-1
2-to-1
2CDU+SCU
Concentric cell
Combiner loss
Set-top
8dB
4.5 dB
Power
7.1W
21.4W
Underlay
Overlay:8dB;
:21.4W;
underlay:4.5dB
Overlay:
9.5W
Note:
You are suggested to select the BTSs with typical configuration and perform field verification of
the set-top power. In addition, you should check if the partner has installed the lightening
protector.
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Operator
Type
Frequency
Receiver
Working
Working
band
gain
voltage
current
Power
supply
mode
CDU
Triplex
900
12dB
12DC
100-200mA
feeder
Duplex
1800
Simplex
You should pay attention to collect the indoor coverage solution used in the original network. If
distribution antenna system is used, you should especially know the feeder configuration principle
of the distribution antenna system and check if there is diversity reception.
X. Repeater Information
The repeater is used in vast areas to cover the indoor dead zones and is the coverage extension of
the surrounding BTSs. The types of repeaters include wireless frequency selection repeater,
optical frequency selection repeater, wireless wide band repeater, and optical wide band repeater.
You should have an overall understanding of the repeaters in the original network and pay special
attention to the repeater location, transmit power, channel number setting, antenna configuration,
etc.
Table 1.1 lists the repeater information should be collected.
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Type
Provider and
Band or
specification
Channel
Selective
Allgon AR 120
Band
Channel
GSM 900
Mikom MR 340
Channel
Gain
Power
/dB
Downli
nk
)
Figure
/dB
Downli
(Uplink
Noise
Downli
nk
nk
(Uplink
(Uplink
Order
Intercep
t
No.
/dBm
of
Size
Downli
Channe
/mm
nk
ls
(Uplink
)
1,5,10,20
30,50,80,
4.5
40,47,50,
,25 W
95
(4.5)
54
550 x
(30,50,8
(40,47,5
220
0,95)
0,54)
24
40-60
<6
N/A
460 x
(10W)
2
230 (W)
(20)
285 (H)
dBm
120 (D)
32 dBm
85-89
(2channe
6-8
425 (W)
(2channe
channel
255 (H)
l)
l)
modules
110 (D)
28 dBm
82-86
(4channe
(4channe
l)
l)
per
cabinet
[2]
BTS information: BTS name, BTS number, BTS configuration, equipment specification
Cell information: cell number, longitude, latitude, CGI, BSIC, frequency band, channel
number, frequency hopping, cell name
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Antenna and feeder system: antenna type, antenna gain, polarization mode, half-power
angle, electrical tilt, frequency scope, mechanical tilt, antenna height, azimuth, down tilt,
feeder length, diversity mode.
Environment information: city, height above sea level, collocation site, coverage area (urban
area or suburban area)
II. Radio Parameters of the Original Network Providers and Special Functions
The radio parameters of the original network providers include cell parameter, system parameter,
handover, power control, access parameter, frequency hopping, adjacent cell, etc.
First you should obtain the RNP parameter configuration files used by the original network
providers from the customer, and then use the parameter conversion tool to convert these
parameters into the ones used by Huawei.
For more information, you can consult technical support engineers and related operation guides.
Radio quality
These KPIs are obtained from some basic indicators through certain calculations and they reflect
the statistical points used by the original equipment provider. You are suggested to collect the
remark files of the KPI formulas from customers.
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For cell naming principle, you should understand the composition of cell name, the matching
relationship between cell sequence and azimuth.
For CGI numbering principle, you should understand the matching relationship between the
MCC, MNC, LAC and the areas, and the CI numbering scheme as well.
For BSIC naming principle, you should know the optional scope of the BCC and NCC.
For VIP area, such as the coverage hot-spots, capacity hot-spots, and key organizations, you
should know the related agreements.
For more information, obtain the related documents from the technical support engineers.
V. Channel Configuration
You should know the principles used to configure the CCCH, SDCCH, and PDCH in the original
network. In addition, you should also know the usage of half rate and AMR.
MSC paging modes (paging according to LAC or CGI; TMSI paging, IMSI paging, or mixed
paging; paging times, paging interval; or total network page)
The settings of T305 and T308 have a great effect on call drop rate.
Subscriber number ratio and intelligent subscriber ratio of the local VLR
Average duration
BHCA
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The networking modes in common use, including star networking, tree networking, chain
networking, ring networking, and mixed networking, in which the chain networking and ring
networking should be paid special attention to.
If the operators are responsible for maintaining the transmission network by their own or
they rent other operators transmission network.
If the original transmission network has adequate capacity and if another one transmission
line can be added to the original site.
III. E1 Types
Twisted pair (120 ) and coaxial cable (75 ) are in common use. For the later one, its connector
types include SMB and BNC.
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Stability requirement of transmission (BTS and satellite), average failure time and
interruption time per year)
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Remark
110V, 220V, 110V (double live line)
50HZ, 60HZ
3-phase, single-phase
English system, European system, American
system
If the power supply always breaks, the
battery discharge will frequently occur. In
Mains supply
Diesel configuration
Capacity
of
AC
power
distribution box
Voltage of DC power
Capacity of rectifier
Capacity of battery
Feeding duration of battery
Lightning
on
power supply
Lightning requirement
on
transmission
Grounding requirement
Whether to use solar energy
for power supply
UPS configuration
configuration.
In the unit of KW.
+24V.-48V
In the unit of KW
In the unit of Ah
In the unit of hour, depending on battery
requirement
unit of KW.
In the unit of hour, depending on the fuel
service.
The power is twice that of the load, in the
capacity.
Pay attention
requirements,
especially
the
special
grounding
Often 5KA
customers
cable.
Pay attention to the diameters of the DC
to
unit of KVA).
Types: one-in and one-out; three-in and oneout; three-in and three-out.
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Inverter configuration
Power supply mode
of
outdoor BTS
The voice quality is poor. There are noise and one-way audio.
The complaints about service failures, such as one-way audio, cross talking, call drop,
incoming call failure, outgoing call failure, are made frequently.
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on acceptance time, place, personnel, standard, cases, documentation, and equipment should be
reached with the customer.
II. Area DT
The area DT aims to obtain the coverage signal level, conversation quality, handover, and call
drop in the swap areas. In addition, the BTS distribution and coverage weakness of the original
network should be obtained through area DT.
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V. NSS-related Indicators
The indicators related to NSS, including one-time paging success rate, location update success
rate, A-interface signaling load, and inter-MSC module handover success rate should be analyzed,
because these indicators may affect the radio network.
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Test value
Remark
You can perform CQT by using MS for spot dialing test. Through analyzing the CQT results, you
can see the network change.
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For the related references, seek help from technical support engineers.
IV. CW Test
To obtain the radio propagation model fitting the local environment, enhance the accuracy of
coverage prediction, and make a good preparation for network planning, some customers require
the propagation model to be adjusted. CW test stands for continuous wave test and is an important
step for propagation model adjustment. The brief steps of CW test are as follows:
1)
2)
3)
4)
For details, see the related guides about continuous wave test.
V. Simulation
Some customers require coverage and quality simulation before and after the swap of the network
and have certain requirements on DT data and simulation results. Generally, they require the
schematic drawings of the coverage and C/I. Simulation software and 3-D digital maps are needed
for simulation. And the adjusted propagation model is recommended. If the propagation has not
been adjusted, you can use the ones provided by the customer. At present, Huawei uses ASSET
and U-NET for simulation.
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the equivalent MOS value is provided accordingly. Currently, the PESQ is a mature standard.
Figure 1.1 shows the process.
Voice quality
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Bad
At present, many test instruments support MOS test. In many cities, the MOS test is a must now.
Therefore, you should check the contract carefully to see if the MOS test is required and if the test
instrument supports Huawei product.
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Understanding the test environment and the coverage of the original network.
For details, see the related operation guides about GSM BTS coverage.
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Sub-item
Result
Remark
The distance between the face of one cabinet and
the face of the opposite cabinet must be equal to or
Installation
position
cabinet
Conditions
Load-bearing
capability
280kg.
of equipment
room
45kg.
Temperature and
humidity
Net height
Size
Power
Capacity of the
supply
rectifier
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DC
power
distribution box
Battery capacity
Colour of power
cable
requirement?
Does the customer have special requirement?
Some customers require that the grounding cable
should be red.
At present, three specifications are available in
Diameter
of
power cable
Layout of power
cable
Impedance
of
trunk
Types
of
75; 120.
connectors used
Transmission
for
the
(75)
trunks
at
the
DDF side
Diameter
of
trunks (120) at
be used.
The BSC supports external alarm, but the PCU
External alarm
Lightning
protection
Outdoor
cable
lightning
for
hardware
installation;
Clock extraction
Clock
modes
measures
meet
the
requirement.
Responsibility
matrix
protection.
Others
BNC, SMB, L9
(BITS,
MCS, or others)
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Sub-item
Result
Remark
If there is special procedures for entry;
If there is restrictions for night entry;
Location of the
equipment room
Load-bearing
capability
capability must
be
greater
than
600kg/m2.
Conditions
of equipment
room
Communication
method used at
the
equipment
room
Temperature and
humidity
Net height
Power
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width.
For the convenience of maintenance, you should
position
Installation
conditions
outdoor BTS
AC
power
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distribution box
Capacity of the
rectifier
supply
DC
power
distribution box
Battery capacity
Colour of power
cable
the
design
requirement?
Does the customer have special requirement?
Some customers require that the grounding cable
should be red.
If the power supply equipment cannot be reused, you
Power supply of
transmission
equipment
Transmission
Impedance
of
trunk
Types
of
75; 120.
connectors used
for
the
(75)
trunks
at
BNC, SMB, L9
the
DDF side
Diameter
of
trunks (120) at
used.
allocated for E1
at
the
Abis
interface
Transmission
DDF
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transmission port
Transmission
concatenation
relationship
Check if there is outdoor lightning protection cable
Outdoor
lightning
protection cable
Lightning
protection
requirement.
Check if the grounding cable is present, if there is
Grounding
system
and
grounding
system
Antenna
feeder
lightning
Feeder
grounding rule
feeder
protector
Antenna
Diversity
distance between
antennas
Project
parameters
Feeder layout
Tower amplifier
Feeder
window
amplifier.
If other antennas need to be added, you should check
thru-wall
and
window.
If an antenna is shared by other equipment, you need
of
common antenna
Feeder connector
requirement?
If the antenna feeder of the network to be swapped
in the equipment
room
and
plane
Filter
combiner
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BTS
type
combiner
and
and
divider
Outdoor
environment
extension alarm
alarm
box
supports
10-channel
extension alarm.
Engineering
Others
responsibility
matrix
hardware
installation
Note:
If you find out that the environment of the equipment room or the installation of the antenna is not
in accordance with Huawei rule, you should discuss with the customer and design adjustment
measures, otherwise the operation of the network or the network indicators will be affected after
the integration of the network. If the customer rejects the adjustment measures, you should ask the
customer to sign a memo. In addition, if you find out that some connectors do not match Huawei
equipment; you should design the corresponding solutions immediately.
Number of network
elements
Remark
If the actual number of the cells is
known, you should perform the
calculation according to the actual
BSC+BTS
number;
1 network element.
calculation
otherwise
based
perform
on
the
cells
of
the
network
type
(W/C/G).
iMSC
tMSC
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rMSC
MSC
PCU
HLR
GT800 BSC+BTS
1
1
1
0.1
60 cells are equivalent to
1 network element.
Table 1.2 provides the matching relationship of the network element number and the server
configuration
Table 1.2 Matching relationship of network element number and server configuration
Management capability
Server configuration
Equipment type
(equivalent
network
Remark
element)
Mid-range-and-low-end
configuration
High-end configuration
Super configuration
? ?
Sun Netra 20
15
15
30
60
25
50
90
40
? ?
55
120
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Networking mode:
The communication between M2000 and each network element is based on TCP/IP. At the
physical layer, partial E1/T1, whole E1/T1, or DDN/X.25 can be used.
M2000 supports LAN and WAN. The networking planning depends on the geographic location of
the network elements and customer needs. If all the network elements locate in the same network
segment, LAN is often used; otherwise WAN is used.
Surveying and checking the installation environment of the Huawei equipment and
confirming the jumper length, trunk length, grounding system, feeder, and jumper connector
information.
Confirming the environment of the equipment room of the original network and collecting
the available resources.
Confirming the installation position of the Huawei BTS and attached equipment and
confirming the configuration solutions used for transmission and power supply.
Completing the engineering drawing related to the equipment installation and integration.
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For the convenience of engineering and collocation, it is better to store the goods in a vast
land.
The storage of the goods must be in accordance with the customers rules.
You need to communicate with the customer on how to handle the goods in advance.
The package cannot be opened during the handling of the goods and the goods should be
carried and placed lightly.
For the convenience of acceptance and cleanup, the goods should be placed according to
certain principles.
Pay attention to the storage of small components, such as cable, software, and screw,
especially the small and light expensive goods.
On the arrival of the goods, pay attention to how to allocate the goods to the installation site.
A record is needed before the allocation and the signature of the related project team is
required.
If the goods are provided by agents, you need to communicate with the customer fully to
ensure on-time delivery and security shipment.
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If the labels are clear? If the optical fiber is bounded according to requirement?
For software installation, the correct version and license should be used.
III. Expanding the Capacity of an Existing BSC Through Adding BIE Board Only
For hardware, you need to pay attention to the operation rule, DDF connection, and transmission
test.
For software, you need to pay attention to the version and license.
IV. Expanding the Capacity of an Existing BSC Through Adding BTS Only
There is no special requirement on hardware.
For software, you need to pay attention to the version and license.
If the antennas and feeders of the original network can be reused, you should make sure that
they can be connected to Huawei equipment normally and that the standing wave ratio will
not change greatly after the swap.
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If part of the original equipment can be reused while some new equipment should be added
to the network, you should install the new equipment in advance and make sure that the
original equipment and the new equipment can be normally connected.
If the antennas and feeders of other BTSs are used for this BTS, you need to check if the
combiner, filter, and other related specifications meet the requirement.
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If the transmission resources are inadequate, you should debug the transmission when integrating
the network. If a great number of BTSs need to be integrated, the transmission resources are the
key to the success of the swap. In this case, you need to perform off-line test to check if the BTSs
work normally.
You can use packaging material of Huawei equipment to package the removed material.
There are many BSC signaling points, so new signaling points should be used for swap.
If the MSC to be swapped is provided by other operator, you need to perform IOT
compatibility test with the help of Huawei technical support engineers.
Since it is the BSC that need to be tested, you are suggested to perform the test according to
the related acceptance manuals provided by Huawei. The customers special requirement
cannot go beyond the contract.
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If there is cross-BSC handover or cross-MSC handover after Huawei BSC has been
transmission is not good or the MSC clock is not stable, you need to make clock test.
If there is no signaling transmitted at the Abis interface, you should install a temporary BTS
Monitoring the messages sent across the Abis interface at the BSC maintenance console
You should use the interface monitoring function provided by the OMC to monitor the Abis
signaling and check if the CB messages from BSC to BTS are normal.
If the CDB and CBC cannot be interconnected, you need to check the phase mark carried in
the cdbcfg.ini of the CDB configuration file.
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When performing message display test, you need to pay attention to the language used in
that area, because some special characters cannot be displayed through MS.
Since the CDB interface and CBC interface are not standard interfaces according to
protocols, you must test the interconnection between CDB and CBC.
E1 configuration check
Input the command pcu check e1config to check the E1 configuration.
MS attach test
Once the MS is powered up, it will search the GPRS network automatically and initiate the
attach procedure, so you should test if the MS has been attached to the network successfully.
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TMU and TRX must be self checked after powered on. If the TMU self check fails, the ALM
indicator will flash.
Software version check (TMU and TRX)
You should check if the software versions of the TMU and TRX are consistent with the
applied ones. If the software versions are inconsistent, you need to upgrade the software to
the corresponding version.
Local software loading and activation
You should check if the communication between EAC and BTS is normal.
Environment alarming check
You should check if the environment alarm probe works normally and if the alarming
information can be reported to the BTS.
TRX power test
You should test the TRX power at each output port (the TRX board should be preheated for
at least 30 minutes). If there test value is abnormal, you need to replace the TRX board with
another one. (Generally, the normal test value ranges from 46.98 dBm to 49.08 dBm.
Test and evaluate the set-top power of the typically-configured BTSs and record the results.
After that, disconnect the antennas and feeders of the original BTSs and test the indicators
(such as the standing wave ratio) of the antenna feeder system to see if the they meet the
requirement of Huawei BTS. If yes, the antennas and feeders of the original network can be
integrated into the Huawei BTS; otherwise you should make corresponding measures
according based on the customers permission.
2)
Integrate the trunks of the original network into the Huawei BTS temporarily.
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3)
After the BTS finishes loading the data automatically, you should use frequency locking
function of the MS to make dialing test. Note that each channel number and timeslot should
be tested. In addition, you should also perform DT to test the coverage and handover.
4)
After the test, you should recover the equipment to the original state, and then evaluate the
coverage of the original network. This operation can be made before the on-line test.
5)
Compare the set-top power and the coverage of the new network with that of the original
network and take anti-risk measures according to actual conditions.
Note:
You should report the coverage results to the customer in time to make the customer feels
confident in Huawei equipment. In this case, Huawei is more likely to win the customers support.
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Step
Operation
Reference
Configure Mercury3600.
To prevent the network coverage from being heavily affected by the swap, you need to check
the antennas and feeders of the original network if they can be reused. If there is any
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problem, you should sign a memo with the customer and provide corresponding adjustment
measures.
If new antenna and feeder will be used to replace the old ones, the azimuth and tilt angle of
the new antenna and feeder should be consistent with that of the old one. If the customer
requires you to adjust the azimuth and tilt angle of the antenna to meet special coverage
requirement, you should sign a memo with the customer. In this case, you should integrate
the change of antenna gain and feeder loss into consideration.
To obtain the set-top power used for the swap, you need to analyze the TRX power,
combination mode and loss of the sites of the original network. In addition, you should also
decide the configuration solution according to the TRX power and combiner type of Huawei.
If the set-top power of the original equipment is greater than that of the Huawei equipment,
you should guide the customer to accept the solutions provided by Huawei. Generally, you
can use the 60W/TRX or PBU. Note that you should output a configuration table for each
site.
Try best to use the common configuration solution of Huawei or the 60W/TRX to meet the
coverage requirement after swap.
If the set-top power of the new network is lower than that of the original network under
common configuration, you can use PBU if no cabinet should be added.
If PBU cannot be added to all the TRXs, you are suggested to use both the PBU and IUO
strategy.
If PBU cannot be added to the original cabinet, you can add PBU and use multi-antenna
configuration.
If the set-top power of some TRXs is still lower than that of the original network when
multi-antenna configuration is used, you are suggested to apply PBU configuration to all the
TRXs.
If multi-antenna configuration is not supported, you can apply PBU configuration to the
newly-added cabinet.
If both PBU configuration and multi-antenna configuration are not supported, you are
suggested to add new sites to the network and enable cell splitting strategy.
If some sites need to be expanded or their combination modes have changed after swap, you
should swap the sites according to the original configuration and then expand the capacity.
For the swap of the sites with large configuration, you can seek help from the technical
support engineers of Huawei and they will provide you with the corresponding operation
guide.
If the tower amplifier was used for the original site, it should also be used for the new site,
but you should check the power supply mode and working current.
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After the completion of coverage planning, you should input the planning information into the
total project parameter table.
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Design
Types
Frequency
Methods
Take
the
data used in
Advantages
1.
The
problems
concerning
the
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1. If the frequencies
1. You can
in
inherit
the
original
the
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the original
frequencies at edges do
frequency
network for
the
not exist.
planning data
reference
original network.
2. The understanding of
used in the
2. If frequency hopping is
original
problems
network.
allocation
thorough.
present.
2.
and MAIO.
more rational.
expansion,
data
used
of
in
the
frequency
are
2.
Network
TRX
construction,
BTS
Re-plan the
Prepare
new
frequency
data
1.
still
and
construction
swap.
1.
The
irrational,
frequency planning in
change
be corrected.
frequency
expansion,
TRX
network
of
the
planning
data
construction
prevent
frequency
plan
the
frequencies
for the total
network.
interference
occurring at edges.
1. You need to re-
Inherit
swap.
1. The
CI
apply
Inherit the
number
original
mixed LAC.
but
to
LAC and
LAC
are
be
the
methods.
in
network
the
network
methods used
concerning
The
planning
original
problems
the
frequency
cannot be performed
The
2.
If
workload
is
for
the
CI
segment;
re-plan the
in advance.
CI
the
Inherit both
of the LAC
to change plenty of
and CI
adjacent
cell
information, so the
BSIC
Shift
the
is light.
NCC
and
keep
the
network for
BCC
reference
cell in advance.
unchanged.
Take
the
Inherit
the
BSIC
data used in
the original
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NCCs
of
the
original
Re-plan the
you
data
unchanged.
simultaneously.
should
keep
it
Design
optimizati
conversion
to
data
on
data
according to
parameter
with operators.
corresponding
original
Take
the
data used in
the original
network for
reference
tools
Huawei
parameters
network
format
varies
the
the
are
parameters
inherited.
used in the
are
original
network and
characteristics of Huawei
use
equipment.
related
2. If some parameters of
parameter
the
collection
original
network
the
tools.
first
and
1.
network
simple
planning
data
2.
Configure
Huawei
according
empirical
empirical value.
the
to
and
the
workload is light.
data
The
radio
Huawei
network
indicators
value
after swap.
2. The optimization
workload is heavy
1. You can make the
after swap.
Some data of the
Modify
data used in
adjacent
data
data based on
the original
may be missing or
that used in
Adjacent
Take
cell
parameter
the
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actual
handover
reduce
the
MAPINFO
workload.
for
to
planning
optimization.
after
integration, so it is good
for
optimization.
network
network
should
notify the
the
control
of
the
original
reference
data accordingly.
network.
The
number
of
The calculation of LAC is based on certain traffic model and paging strategy. Since the traffic
models in cities and countries are different, the capacity of a location area may greatly different
from that of another location area. For details, you can refer to corresponding guides and seek
help from technical support engineers. The following table gives the capacity of a location area.
(If the traffic volume of each subscriber is 0.02Erl at busy hours.)
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Frame
No.
BCCH
Paging
allocation
mode
AGCH
reserved
blocks
PCH
blocks
number
between
same
Subscribers
supported
Traffic
volume
supported
pages
IMSI
Main
BCCH
TMSI
IMSI
Combined
BCCH
TMSI
are
In
for
average,
TRXs
are
each
cell.
configured
for
(Suppose
that
each
cell.
is
and
each
0.5%
cell
supports
11.8
83785
1676
Erl traffic.)
424
95754
1915
484
575
107724
2154
545
647
130701
2614
661
785
149372
2987
756
897
168044
3361
850
1009
30238
423
107
127
45357
635
161
191
48494
679
172
204
72740
1018
258
306
503
Remark
Immediate assignm
preferred
Immediate assignm
preferred
Immediate assignm
preferred
Immediate assignm
preferred
Note that in actual calculation, if the traffic models are used in another occasions, you need to change the traffic volume accordingly. In this case, the calculation res
will be different.
After completing planning the data, you need to design RNP parameter design report and project
parameter table.
If the corresponding documents are output, including project parameter table, swap planning
report, acceptance indicator confirmation and guide record, and RNP parameter design
report.
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If the output documents and RNP data are correct, applicable, and complete.
Item
Remark
Hex or decimal notation. The
Coding scheme
consistent
G9MSC
Relay
signalling
and
CIC range and CIC of each
E1
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and
BSC
must
be
and
SCCP-TIAS length
Matching impedance of E1
CRC verification
A-
connection
support
Physical
MSC.
Timers
not
of
in MSC.
Generally, it is 16. The signalling
length
does
that
consistent.
This slot must be set to unavailable
SCCP-TIAR
with
each module.
Generally, they
are
defaulted
be
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strategy
Mobile
country
mode,
strategy.
country
code,
mobile
network number
A-interface phase mark
CGI
MSCs.
For new sites, it is PHASE2+, and
sometimes it is PHASE1.
The CGI of BSC must be consistent
with that of MSC.
Paging according
Service
function
to
LAC
is
signalling
load
will
increase.
(A50, A51, A52). No encryption.
Encryption algorithm
T3212
Handover relationship
handover
should
be
properly
configured.
Item
Remark
FR (frame relay) has two formats,
FrFormat FR
CodeClass
FrameType
ClockMode
types,
including
pcm_df
and
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configured as slave.
The timeslot occupied by bearer
channel must be consistent with the
TimeSlot
DLCIType
BC
configuration
FR protocol
SGSN.
You
are
configure it as q933.
Generally, a NSE
NS-VC
PVC
configuration
suggested
to
should
be
CellID
Cell data
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Swap principles, such as security, smoothness, low cost, and high efficiency.
Conclusion.
5.1.2 Designing and Reviewing the Solutions Used to Swap Network Elements
After installing the equipment and finishing the test and after the completion of network swap
planning, you can begin to design the solutions used to swap network elements.
For the specific solutions of swap implementation, see Chapter 6.
The whole solutions include network swap planning report and network integration solutions.
A swap project will affect the BTS configuration and combination mode, so you should
implement the swap according to customers requirements specified in tender document. In
addition, you should also provide the coverage and capacity solutions based on full
communication with the customer.
Generally, the coverage should become better after swap. However, you should thoroughly
analyze the tender document before beginning the swap. For some rigorous requirements
beyond engineering capability, you should explain the reasons to the customer and give
reasonable suggestions. In this case, R&D engineers, RNP engineers, and marketing
engineers should cooperate with each other to design a competitive solution.
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On-site engineers should be familiar with all the coverage solutions provided by Huawei and
use the applicable one according to actual conditions.
Design the detailed swap solutions, including technical solutions, changeover solutions to
swap failure, swap planning, and personnel responsibility matrix. In addition, forms used for
subsequent test are needed, such as dialing test form, data check form, etc.
When designing network integration solutions, you must take all the possible risks into
consideration and communicate fully with the customer on these risks beforehand.
The swap solutions designed for large networks must be submitted to the technical support
engineers of the related regional divisions and the HQ for review before implementation. The
purpose of the review is to ensure the rationality, application, and correctness of the solutions.
Generally, after completing network swap planning report and integration solution, the on-site
project team should send the report and solution to the project monitoring owner and the owner
should organize the engineers concerned to review them. (The project monitoring owner can be
the project manager and the technical owner. If there is no project manager, you should send the
report and solution to the related product manager and RNO manager.). Note that the review
results should be copied to the related technical support engineers. For key projects and sensitive
projects, the on-site project team should organize R&D engineers, RNP engineers, marketing
engineers, and GBSS technical support engineers to hold a meeting to review the project. After
the meeting, a review summary is needed.
To win the customers acceptance and recognition of the swap project, you should communicate
fully with the customer on the reviewed swap solutions.
The time to start and end the swap; and the mark for successful integration and changeover
conditions.
The responsible swap persons of the customer and Huawei; the responsibility matrix of
project teams; and manpower arrangement. A dispatch management team should be set to
coordinate the implementation of the whole project. A supervisor and a skilled engineers
should be allocated for each project team. In addition, a standby team must be available.
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Resource requirements, such as vehicles, test MS, test card, emergency lamp, and multi-
meter, light emitting diode, standby transmission equipment, standby board, keys, and other
common tools.
Customers coordination departments and related affairs.
When swapping the network, the engineers responsible for transmission, switch, and BSC should
cooperate with each other. The following table gives the responsibility matrix.
No.
Cooperation
department
Cooperation affairs
Debug the A-interface transmission and Abis interface transmission for
1
2
3
4
5
Transmission
Switch
Original BSC
Customers BTS
engineer
RNO
after integration.
Leader team
It is responsible for communication, guidance, and resource coordination. Generally, a leader team
consists of PM and local marketing and service leaders.
It is responsible for implement the swap project. Generally, this group consists of general
technical owner, BSC supervisor, BTS integration test personnel. (Partners engineers are usually
responsible for the integration test.)
Emergency/standby group
If a project team cannot finish the corresponding task due to unexpected reasons, the
emergency/standby group will continue the task. In addition, the emergency/standby group is also
responsible for the equipment delivery and test.
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RNP&RNO team
It is responsible for network planning and optimization and it consists of Huawei engineers and
partners engineers.
Support team
It consists of the experts from regional divisions and Huawei HQ and R&D experts. These experts
are responsible for emergency cases.
The customer should arrange the contact persons for each group mentioned above and a general
contact person. In addition, technical engineers responsible for transmission debugging, data
modification, problem elimination, and network changeover are needed.
For the information of personnel arrangement, it should be provided according to the following
table.
Role
Customers
Name
Telephone
general
coordinator
Huawei general owner
Responsibility
Monitor and coordinate the whole swap
project.
Arrange and dispatch Huawei engineers.
Coordinate the personnel, vehicle, SIM card,
dialing test, etc.
Cooperate with Huawei engineers on BSC
integration, transmission, and dialing test.
Responsible for BTS integration, equipment
room entry, and lighting.
Responsible for MSC cooperation and BSC
Customers cooperation
cooperation.
personnel
day
after
integration
and
handle
emergency cases.
Responsible for on-site BSC integration and
acceptance.
Responsible for on-site BTS integration and
check.
Owner of network optimization. Responsible
for DT after integration and monitoring the
Huawei BSS integration
personnel
at
the
remote end.
Responsible
for
MSC
cooperation
if
necessary.
Automotive personnel
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Telephone
Responsibility
Note:
Two engineers are needed in BSC room. One is responsible for BSC test and A-interface
dialing test. And the other is responsible for confirming the identifiers of A-interface port and
Abis-interface port and debugging BTS.
Generally, a team is responsible for integrating two BTSs at most. And the personnel arrangement
depends on actual conditions.
Purpose
Test TRX transmit power
Remark
When
Match-terminated line
cannot
be
antennas
relationship,
if
the
cell
handover
direction,
and
designed ones.
They are used for the connection
card.
Portable computer
BTS local maintenance line
you
should
have
swap.
Serial port, BTS maintenance
upgrade.
It is used to connect the TMUs of
each site.
Cutter
Screwdriver
Cross
screwdriver
and
shovel
screwdriver
It is used to measure the voltage of
Multi-Meter
amplifier.
It is used to check if the transceiver
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connector
is
used
to
connect
feeder
connectors.
It is used for night swap.
It is used for 120- transmission.
It is used for 120- transmission.
It is used to make the connectors of
Electric iron
Feeder
It
making
tool
V. Emergency Measures
The emergency measures must be made in advance.
need to confirm if the Huawei data is supported by the customer. In addition, you should
note that if the BSCs of the original network are under the control of one MSC and if the
LAI and CGI of the original network can be reallocated.
For the BSC data of the original network, you need to modify the handover-related data only.
That is, add adjacent cell data to the original cells that have been swapped and configure the
Huawei cells as adjacent cells of the ordinal cells.
Hereunder introduces the steps to design Huawei BSC swap data:
1)
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After the RNP&RNO data has been reviewed, you should submit the RNP parameter design
report to the project supervisor. For details, see the previous introductions.
2)
Design BSC hardware data, BTS hardware data, interconnection data, and network planning
data. After that, the project supervisor should check the data according to the following
instructions:
If the configuration data of the BSC hardware is consistent with the designed file. For
example, the position of the transparent BIE must be fit for the actual connection and the
FTC board configuration must also fit the actual connection.
If the type and port configuration of the BTS are in accordance with the actual connection.
If external cell data is added to Huawei data. In addition, if the parameters (such as phase
mark and CIC) related to A-interface are necessary.
Make sure that if the functional hardware supports related functions, such as half rate
function, and check the corresponding 14FTC/34BIE.
3)
After designing the project supervisory data, you should submit the DBF data to the network
planning owner for review. And the network planning owner should use OMC program and Nastar
to check the DBF data. In addition, the network planning owner should also check the followings:
If the values of the parameters are greater than the suggested values.
If the configuration of half rata and MAR is fit for the design.
If any abnormal information is found, you should correct the information. After that, create an
Autocfg.dat and put all the above information into the file. And this file should be sent to
engineering personnel for loading.
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For packet service, you need to confirm the data related to LAC and SGSN. For prepaid service,
you need to consider if the routing information of the prepaid subscribers should be modified.
ATTR data configuration (Pay attention to check the configuration of CGI and routing area.)
GPRS data configuration (Pay attention to check the network mode of operation and other
defaulted values.)
E1 configuration at Gb interface (Pay attention to the load sharing principle, the backup
principle, clock, frame format, code, and other interconnection parameters.)
NS-VC configuration
V. BTS Integration
You need to get the key to the equipment room. The BTS integration is performed according to
BTS survey, but you can finish the preparations in advance.
If many BTSs are to be integrated, you need to carry computers to load the software; otherwise
the load at the BSC side will become heavy.
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Note:
A work memo is needed for data design and modification. The memo should include modification
contents, required feedback time, name and ID of engineering personnel, engineering time, etc. At
last, this work memo must be confirmed and loop closed.
In addition, you should confirm the transmission according to the following instructions:
The labels of the A-interface, Abis-interface, and Gb interface (the three interfaces locate at
the GBSS side and GBSS is installed on DDF rack) are confirmed and placed in due
position.
The trunks are normal and the status of the indicators of BIE board and MSM board is
normal.
A-interface transmission is fit for CIC configuration according to project file and data.
The connection between each BTS and the concatenation relationship of each are correct
according to project file and data.
The A-interface transmission at the MSC side and the Gb interface transmission at the SGSN
side should be confirmed.
5.2.6 Pre-integration
Pre-integration is often used in a swap project. You should judge if the pre-integration is necessary
according to actual conditions. If yes, the pre-integration should also be implemented according to
strict steps and plans. If any problem is found according to the pre-integration, you should correct
them and make a conclusion immediately. All the information collected according to the preintegration should be sent to the related experts for analysis.
If the pre-integration results are very good and win the customers reorganization, you should
begin formal integration. Before designing the pre-integration solutions, you can communicate
with the customer in advance to reach an agreement on the integration.
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help. Therefore, the project team should be well managed and the clear responsibility matrix
should be divided.
According to past experiences, transmission debugging has the greatest effect against the
swap project, because it can only be performed at the swap night. Therefore, you need to
fully communicate with the customer on whether to delay the network integration if the
transmission conditions are not met.
Customers often pay much attention on duration during network swap. For Huawei,
however, to enhance the customer satisfaction rate, engineers should ensure the engineering
duration, quality, and cost.
Time
Owner
Responsibility
Technical sup
port engineers
ap
PM
meeting,
of
the
swap day
Technical ow
ner or PM
BTS
BTS personne
contact method.
Check if BTS has been in the equipment room
l/customer
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RNP
ement
Transmission co
nfirmation
22:00 oclock of
PM or general
technical
support
coordinator
General
technical
HQ contact person.
support
and
experts
of
each network
element
Integration problem handling and A-interface int
erconnection.
Supervise engineers to enable BTS;
Perform dialing test for CS/PS;
Check if the antennas of some cells are inversely
connected;
Check if it is necessary to use test MS to test the
BSS
and
traffic
statistics.
Monitor and coordinate the implementation
RNP
progress.
Monitor the BSS;
Perform CS test;
MSC
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PCU
M2000
OMC management;
PM
swap
All
RNP
Query the running status and alarming information of the BTSs attached to the original BSC
and record them. Meanwhile, report them to the related personnel of XXX Company and
require them to solve the problems affecting network integration as quickly as possible.
2)
Check the status of each BSC board at the maintenance console and check if the indicator of
each BSC board is correct.
3)
Check the status of the relay circuit of the A-interface. The NSS engineers of XXX Company
should cooperate with Huawei engineers to query the status of the relay-circuit of the Ainterface at the MSC side.
4)
Check the status of each No.7 signaling link and query the status of LAPD link.
5)
Check the status of each enabled BTS, BTS board, and channel. (For example, check if there
is congested channel.)
6)
Check the status of special equipments, such as the semi-permanent connection equipment
and timeslot extraction equipment.
7)
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Check if the traffic statistics, alarm, and maintenance function of the M2000 network
management system are normal.
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power
control
performance
measurement,
call
drop
performance
Register the traffic statistical tasks reflecting KPI at the MSC and SGSN.
Alarm query and analysis; alarm solution; abnormal alarms related to BSS; important alarms
related to BSC.
The handover data applied to the old MSC and new MSC must be adjusted.
During the integration, both the old and new MSC are valid. In this case, you should
preserve adequate inter-change circuit according to the traffic between the old MSC and new
MSC.
III. Conclusion
Hereunder summarize the MSC-related work needs to be done during GBSS integration. The
seamless cooperation between MSC and GBSS is the key to a successful swap.
1)
Test phase
The customer needs to prepare redundant E1 for A-interface. The E1 must be interconnected
with Huawei BSC when the BSC and BTS are powered on. The data related to Huawei BSC
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must be added to the core network and interconnected with A-interface. Note that all the
services must be tested.
2)
Integration preparation
Huawei is responsible for BSC-side transmission, and the customer is responsible for
transmission layout and debugging from core network to DDF rack.
The data related to BSC integration must be made at the core network.
Adjacent cell relationship must be designed before the swap of BSC and MSC. If there is
cross-MSC cell, you need to design the adjacent cell relationship at other MSCs.
If some BTSs are not successfully swapped, you need to recover the data and adjacent cell
DDF rack
Power supplier
Relay signaling
Dialing personnel
Disassemble the original BTS. The disassembly has no side or negative effect against the
network.
Prepare the related tools and vehicles before integration. After the arrival of the integration
team, the BTS door should be opened and the light in the equipment room should be
enabled. In some special cases, engineers must get the permission of the third party before
entering the equipment room, so you should explain this to the customer and make
preparations in advance.
Only the direct current power supply cabinet is discussed in this document. For alternating
current input, you need to communicate with the customer in advance.
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To enhance working efficiency and increase test time, you must finish the related work
before integration.
In some places, you have to move not only the BTSs to be swapped but also other networks
or power supply equipment. In this case, you need to communicate with the customer on this
action.
The partner is always responsible for BTS integration, so you must take measures to ensure
I. Installation Steps
This section introduces the steps to install the BTS when no standby transmission, no power
supply cabinet used for replacement, and no position restriction.
After the arrival of the BTS, you need to check the places where the power supply cable is long or
the transmission needs to be re-arranged in advance.
1)
After confirming the BSC port, confirm that the BTS-side transmission port is correct
through self-loop test.
2)
Disconnect the power supply of the BTS and move out the original power supply cabinet and
BTS. When moving out the BTS, you do not have to move the connection line and antenna
feeder so that that the BTS can be changed back to the original position in emergency
conditions.
3)
Finish installing Huawei power supply cabinet, power on the cabinet with alternating
current, and observe the running status of each module. After that, disconnect the power
supply.
4)
Install Huawei BTS at the corresponding location; connect the transmission line, power
supply cable, and grounding line. If the time is urgent, you do not have to fix the BTS and
secondary installation is allowed.
5)
When Huawei BTS is powered on, observe the status of the indicator.
6)
Connect transmission to Huawei BTS and check if the status of LIU1 is normal. After the
transmission is normal, check if the BTS runs normally. During this period, do not
disconnect the power supply of the BTS. If software needs to be upgraded, you need to
notify the BSC to upgrade the related software or perform near end upgrade.
7)
After the BTS runs normally, you can connect the jumpers and the lightening protector. If the
time is urgent, you do not have to fix them and secondary installation is allowed.
8)
Finish the standing wave test from the CDU interface is necessary. No instrument can be
used to observe the standing wave indicator of the CDU.
9)
After the BTS is initialized, perform dialing test and handover test. In addition, you should
test power and confirm cell direction. Other ATP tests can also be performed.
10) If all the test results are normal, you should perform drive test for network optimization. If
there is no problem, it means that you have succeeded in integrating the network.
11) For the convenience of network maintenance, you should paste labels for the corresponding
cells.
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12) Finish connecting the match heads and EAC; install the sensor; and test the EAC connection
and function.
13) Install battery or battery rack.
14) If the drive test results are normal, it means that the BTS has been successfully integrated.
15) Package the old equipment if necessary.
16) Collect the test record and tool; tidy up the engineering field, and return the key.
When arriving at the engineering field, the BTS integration team should phone the transmission
changeover team and shout down the power supply of the original BTS. Generally, this action is
taken at 00:00 or later.
In this case, Huawei should wait for the xx company to make preparations, and the xx company is
responsible for shutting down the original BTS.
2)
After confirming that the polarity, voltage, and label of the power supply are correct, you can
connect the power supply to Huawei BTS.
In this case, Huawei is responsible for providing power cable and putting the cable near the
equipment room, and the xx company is responsible for removing the power supplier of the
original BTS and connecting the Huawei BTS power supplier.
3)
Disconnect the Abis interface relay (2M) from the original equipment and connect it to Huawei
BTS through DDF rack.
In this case, Huawei is responsible for providing the transmission from BTS to DDF rack, and the
xx company is responsible for removing the transmission between the original BTS and BSC and
connecting it to the DDF rack for Huawei BTS.
4)
After the power supplier and transmission are connected, you need to confirm that the Huawei
BTS is well installed, and then power-on the BTS. Huawei BTS will send loading application to
BSC after performing self-check.
In this case, Huawei is responsible for checking the BTS installation, powering on the BTS, and
testing the BTS transmit power. (The connector of the lightening protector is the test interface, so
you need to check if the power fluctuates at each connector, because the power should keep stable.
Note that digital power meter is preferred.). And the xx company is responsible for cooperate with
Huawei in the test.
5)
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After the BTS has finished loading data automatically and all the cells are available, you should
perform dialing test. The called numbers are decided by test engineers. Ten calls should be made
for each cell. Finally, you need to send the test results to the BSC maintenance team.
In this case, Huawei needs to cooperate with the test engineers to solve problems occurred during
the test, and the xx company should perform the dialing test according to plans and confirm the
BTS working status.
6)
After the dialing test, you can integrate the antenna feeder system. That is, remove the indoor soft
jumper of the original antenna feeder and connect the corresponding antenna feeder to Huawei
BTS.
In this case, Huawei is responsible for providing BTS interface for the jumper and finishing
standing wave test. (The test interface locates at the CDU antenna connector. so you need to check
if the standing wave ratio fluctuates at each connector, because this ratio should keep stable.).
7)
After all the BTSs are integrated, you can perform drive test for them. The test contents include
cell direction, signal strength, handover, and interference.
In this case, Huawei RNO engineers should perform drive test to check the coverage quality, and
the xx company should provide vehicles and cooperate with Huawei RNO engineers in the drive
test.
8)
To have an overall understanding of the network after integration, you can analyze the drive test
results. The test results can work as reference for next-phase network optimization.
In this case, Huawei is responsible for analyzing the coverage quality after BTS integration and
providing reference data for the next-phase network optimization, and the xx company is
responsible for analyzing the network quality after BTS integration and putting forward network
optimization requirements.
9)
Huawei engineers are not responsible for dealing with the original BTS. The xx company is
responsible for dealing with these old goods either by themselves or with the help of the third
party.
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Check Gb interface data configuration, including E1 configuration, BC configuration, NCVC configuration, and cell configuration.
2)
Check hardware connection to make sure that the Gb interface board is inserted at the right
position.
3)
Test transmission self loop to make sure that the E1 line is correctly configured for Gb
interface.
4)
Check E1 connection. If the green light of the PMC board flashes slowly, the E1 connection
is normal.
5)
Check BC state through mt fr bc show statinfo all. If the link consistency check is
available and the user is not blocked, it means that the BC state is normal.
6)
Check the NSE state through MT BVC SIG SHOW <NSEI> to see if it is normal.
7)
Check the NSVC state through mt nsvc showstate <NSEI><NSVCI>. If the NSVC is
unlocked, it means that it is normal.
8)
Check the Signal BVS state through mt bvc signal show state <NSEI> to see if it is
normal.
9)
Check the PTP BVC state through mt bvc ptp show state <NSEI> {<BVCI>|all to see if it
is normal.
Pb
interface
performance
measurement;
G-Abis
interface
performance
measurement, Um interface performance measurement, etc. The six indicators reflecting the cell
details are recommended. For the following indicators, the ones in black must be registered, and
the others are optional.
CPU measurement
BSC overall performance measurement
G-Abis interface performance measurement
Pb interface performance measurement
Cell performance measurement: packet assignment performance measurement; uplink TBF
setup and release performance measurement; downlink TBF setup and release performance
measurement; PDCH resource performance measurement; PDCH peak value performance
measurement, uplink RLC data transmission performance measurement, downlink RLC
transmission performance measurement, radio channel performance measurement, resource
maintenance performance measurement.
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Export the frequency planning data (including frequency hopping, BSIC, etc) according to
the backup data of the original network because the data will be used for the changeback. If
there is changeback failure, you need to check the frequencies planned at edges.
If the whole swap fails, you can completely use the backup data for the adjacent cells. If the
swap for some of the sites fails, you need to design new data for the edge adjacent cells and
modify the corresponding adjacent cell relationship between the original BSC and Huawei
BSC.
The planning data, such as LAC and CI, should be exported according to the backup data
during changeback, because the planning data should be modified in the MSC. When the
swap for some of the sites fails and if the planning data such as LAC and CI is different from
that in the original network, you need to decide if the LAC and CI should be changed back to
the original ones; otherwise the network will be negatively affected.
If the BSC-related data used in the original network does not have to be deleted, you can use
the backup data.
The data related to the changeback BTSs should be modified in the MSC.
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preparations are inadequate. In addition, some important functions are not supported, the
important boards fails, or the customers A-interface is not in due position.
1)
If all the BSC is changed back and shares one MSC with the original BSC, you should do the
followings:
Recover the data of the BTSs under the control of the original BSC
2)
If all the BSC is changed back and uses another MSC, you should do the followings:
Recover the data of the BTSs under the control of the original BSC
Reset the BTS, power supply, and antenna, and check the working status of the BTS.
Modify the neighbor cell relationship between the original BSC and Huawei BSC.
If the two BSC does not belong to one MSC, the inter-MSC handover relationship will be
present.
If the CGI is used for route analysis in the MSC, you need to modify the related data.
For the convenience of problem location and analysis, Huawei BTS engineers should record the
details and test data, and the BSC supervisor should monitor and save the corresponding data.
Check if the history alarms of the BTS and BSC are normal, because failures related to
transmission, antenna, and board will affect KPI and result in complaints.
Check if the traffic volume in each cell is normal and if there is no traffic at some sites.
Check if the important indicators, such as call drop rate, handover success rate, and
congestion rate are normal.
Check if the success rate of the handover between different customers equipment is normal.
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Analyze the customers complaints and solve them. After solving the problems, you should
notice the customer immediately. In addition, you need to create a history record for the
complaints to make sure that no problem will be missing.
If no problem is found, the project team should feed back the results (including traffic statistics,
drive test, and dialing test) to the customer. In this case, it can be taken that the network has been
successfully integrated.
Coverage complaints
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Voice quality complaints (one way audio, no audio, cross-talking, call drop, echo, noise, etc)
Service failure complaints (incoming call failure, outgoing call failure, fax service
unavailable, etc)
Alarm Name
Signalling link layer 2 congestion alarm
Destination signalling point unavailable alarm
Signalling link layer 3 congestion alarm
Signalling link unavailable alarm
SCCP remote signalling point failure alarm
SCCP destination signalling point forbidden alarm
Signalling link service interruption alarm
Signalling link location failure alarm
Digital relay PCM failure alarm
Internal flow class change
Cell flow control class change
BSC reset alarm
BSC reset acknowledgment alarm
BSC reset circuit alarm
MS reset alarm
MSC overload alarm
BSC unequipped with circuit alarm
MSC unequipped with circuit alarm
GCKS clock 10 minutes deviated from reference time
GCKS clock 24 hours deviated from reference time
Remark
Signaling alarm
Relay alarm
System load
Cell load
Circuit failure
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otherwise new coverage problem will be introduced. To prevent sensitive problems from causing
great negative effect, you need to notify marketing personnel to maintain good customer
relationship.
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The cause values of the inter-BSC outgoing handover failure in cell performance measurement (3)
can be divided into multiple types and they can be used for the analysis of inter-BSC handover.
Transmission
performance
Accessibility
Resource
utilization rate
Retain ability
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Traffic data should be sent back to the performance service platform of the regional division for
analysis and handling.
For details, see NASTAR Operation Guide.
1)
Prepare dialing test for the cells in which frequency hopping is available
2)
Register traffic tasks, monitor and optimize network performance after swap, and check the
change of KPIs.
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For the problems which have not been solved yet, you should communicate with the product
manager of the corresponding representative office on them. And the problems cannot be recorded
in the acceptance report. Instead, they should be0020recorded in the project memo.
On the completion of the preliminary test, the customer should leave signature and seal on the
project completion acceptance certificate and system preliminary acceptance certificate.
The network indicators fail to reach the standard specified in the contract after swap.
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II. Case 2: Customer Complained that the Coverage Area Became Smaller after Huawei
Used BTS3002C to Replace Company Ns Outdoor BTS
According to on-site engineers analysis, company Ns outdoor BTS was small in size, which
looked like small BTS. Therefore, the project supervisor took it for another BTS whose power
was 10W. According to later measurement, the actual power of the BTS was 34W, but the power
of the Huawei BTS3002C was 20W.
III. Case 3: Repeaters Caused High Call Drop Rate After Swap
According to traffic statistics, the call drop rate was high for the cells covering the countryside. It
is found that these cells have repeaters. All the repeaters were wireless, some of which were
broadband repeaters, and some of which were frequency selective repeaters. The information
related to the repeaters was not fully collected before swap, so the adjacent cell relationship
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between the repeaters and neighboring cells was improperly designed. As a result, high call drop
rate occurred. Especially because of the capacity expansion or frequency change after swap, the
calls controlled by frequency selective repeaters will certainly drop.
In the following case, the call drop rate will also rise.
If a call hands over from a repeater cell to a neighbor cell under the control of the same BTS, the
path difference of the source cell and target cell is great. In this case, if the repeater cell is set to
synchronization handover cell, the TA value cannot be adjusted after handover. As a result, call
drop will easily occur. To solve the problem, you need to change the repeater cell to asynchronous
handover cell.
IV. Case 4: Coverage Area Became Smaller Due to Lacking Understanding of the
Movable BTS Used in the Original Network
The customer complained that the call quality at a road section was poor after network swap.
According to field survey, it is found that no strong cell was present within this section and the
interference between signals was serious. The call quality was still unsatisfactory even through
adjusting the antennas and frequencies of the surrounding cells. According to further analysis, the
reason was that a movable BTS was used for the coverage of this section. At last, Huawei closed
the movable BTS and installed a new BTS for this section. And the problem was successfully
solved.
VI. Case 6: Information of the Original Network was Not Fully Collected and Analyzed
[Problem]
It was found that the A-interface circuit is inadequate when Huawei BTS was used for a swap
project, which prolonged the project duration. To ease the traffic pressure, the related engineers
expanded the capacity of the A-interface.
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[Reason analysis]
The traffic models of the original network were not fully collected and the predict traffic volume
was inconsistent with the actual traffic volume. As a result, the capacity of the A-interface circuit
was inaccurately estimated, and thus the project duration was prolonged. Therefore, the customer
began to doubt Huawei engineers capability.
[Reflection]
The traffic information of the original network should be fully collected before swap and provide
the solutions of A-interface expansion to the customer in advance. Though it is GBSS swap, but
the information related to NSS, especially the information related to MSC should be noted and
monitored.
VII. Case 7: The Longtitude and Latitude of the BTS were Not Fully Checked
In a network swap project, engineers failed to check the longitude and latitude of the BTS fully.
After the completion of the project, it is found that the several BTSs were locating in the areas
covered by other BSCs. Therefore, the network structure was irrational. After that, the engineers
had to perform rehoming operation.
Invite related customer relationship manager, service manager, marketing personnel, and PM
to persuade the customer to cooperate with the swap project actively.
Check the environment of the engineering field in advance to ensure that the equipment
installation and commissioning can be finished within the schedule.
No.
Problem Description
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Clock
problem
caused
by
G9
integration
transmission.
Enhance A-interface utilization rate through
late assignment.
The corresponding representative office should exert strict management on the partner.
Take measures to solve problems quickly and exert penalty on the responsible party if
necessary.
On-site project supervisor should perform careful self-check after engineers finish installing
the hardware and before the equipment is enabled, especially the set-top power and TRX
power must meet requirement and the cell direction must be correct.
In overseas, corresponding trainings must be provided to the local project team. The
trainings should cover operation rules and flows. And the project supervisor is responsible
for guide the project team to install the project according to rules and flows.
The project team should sample some BTSs for quality check.
The corresponding regional division and representative office should routine check the
engineering quality.
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Trainings should be provided to the project teams whose techniques have much to be
improved.
The project supervisor should cooperate with the project manager to monitor the network
quality and supervise the project team to follow swap procedures.
If the version is available, you can confirm the features of the version from the related
technical owner or the technical support department.
If the version is not provided, you can confirm the features of the version from the product
manager, marketing (CCM) and the general office of the regional division.
The confirmation of functions and needs should be fulfilled in the electronic process of the
requirement and commitment, and each electronic process should be monitored.
The information of the version is inconsistent with the version; you should reach an
agreement with the front marketing and R&D departments.
The plans provided in the version should be listed into the general project plan.
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because the synchronization timeslots were not provided, the clock of the GSM BTS could not
synchronize the upper level clock. As a result, the BTS could not work normally after swap.
III. Case 3: Inadequate Capacity of Reused Battery Delayed BTS Installation Progess
In a swap project, the power supply equipment of the original network was reused in the new
network. In addition, the capacity of the BTS was also expanded in the new network. After
installation, however, engineers found that the power supply equipment provided by the customer
could not meet requirement. And it cost some time for engineers to buy new power supply
equipment. Therefore, the BTS installation progress was greatly delayed.
IV. Case 4: BTS Integration Date Was Delayed Because of the Transmission Connector
Used in the Original Network Mismatched That Used by Huawei
In a swap project, engineers found that the transmission connector used in the original network
mismatched that used by Huawei. Therefore, on-site engineers must remake the E1 line, but no
SMB connector was available then. In this case, the BTS integration date was delayed.
V. Case 5: BTS Installation Schedule Was Delayed Due to Goods Distribution Problem
According to plans of swap project, the project installation should be performed immediately after
customs clearance, but the distance between sites was large, so the transportation period was long.
Therefore, the goods could not be distributed to each site in time. As a result, multiple BTSs were
integrated twice, which delayed the network swap progress. Meeting this kind of problem, the
customer made many complaints. If you meet similar situation later, you should make proper
arrangement in advance.
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IX. Case 9: BTS Integration Date Was Delayed Because of the Connector of the Jumper
to Be Used Was Different from the One Provided by Huawei
In a swap project, the connector of the jumper to be used was different from the one provided by
Huawei, so it cannot be connected to the lightening protector of Huawei. Therefore, on-site
engineers must remake the connector, but no auxiliary equipment was available then, so the
integration date was delayed. If you meet similar situations in the future, you need to confirm if
the connector is available before in advance.
The customer thinks that the network should be optimized when faced with the pressure
from the indicator requirement.
[Solution]
Before swapping the network, you should collect the necessary data and test the network in
advance together with the customer. In addition, you should perform comparison test after swap.
Furthermore, you should optimize the network if necessary.
To make the comparison more effective, you can obtain the important indicators of original
network from the customer one month before the swap.
If the antennas of the original network need to be reused, you should test the standing wave ratio
of the antennas before swap. In addition, you should also pay attention to the operation of other
related equipment, such as MSC.
Meanwhile, you should guide the customer to believe in the equipment provided by Huawei and
pursued the customer to accept that the problem can be solved through network optimization.
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You must record the set-top power of the original BTS and configure the Huawei BTS
accordingly. If the set-top power of the Huawei BTS is lower than that of the original BTS, you
can apply two EDUs, two CDUs, and 60WTRX to the downlink, and apply tower mounted
amplifier to the uplink.
If receiving customer complaints, you can compare the set-top power before and after network
swap, and then locate the problem.
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The coverage area became smaller after operator Ns large-configuration BTS was replaced by
Huawei equipment in an urban area. In addition, the signals fluctuated greatly after swap.
[Reason Analysis]
The information the original equipment, such as BTS configuration, combiner mode, and antenna
number, were incompletely colleted before swap. After swap, the customer complained that the
combiner loss of Huawei equipment was greater than that of the original equipment, but the settop power of Huawei equipment was lower than that of the original equipment. Based on
negotiation with the customer, engineers strengthen the coverage through adding antennas and
PBU to the network and changing the BTS type.
[Reflection]
All the parameters of the original network must be colleted before network swap.
III. Case 3: Frequency Interference Was Generated Because of the Coverage Area of a
BTS Was Enlarged After Swap.
The reason was that engineers failed to have an overall understanding of the original network.
Huawei 80W BTS was used to replace the operator Ns 40W BTS, but the frequencies of the
original network was still used in the new network, so frequency interference was generated.
IV. Case 4: Paging Success Rate Was Low Because of the Configuration Parameters of
the Original Network Were Imcompletely Collected
The one-time paging success rate became lower after network swap. Through careful test and
analysis, engineers found that the operator Ns BTS did not control RACH minimum access level
but supported paging retransmission, so the one-time paging success rate was low.
Therefore, the information of the original network should be fully understood and analyzed. To
solve the previous problem, engineers can set the RACH minimum access level to 0-1.
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A swap project was characterized by short duration, large service volume, and complex
networking, so engineers found it hard to write down the integration solution, which may cause
potential risk.
[Solution]
Test the trunk with E1 card to ensure that the trunks are correctly connected. If necessary,
you can confirm the transmission and CIC for each line and paste label on each line.
Block half of the trunks before integration and unlock them after integration.
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Apply for more time for transmission commissioning and integration from the customer.
Integrate the BTSs by batch and fully consider the BTS location and adjacent cell
relationship.
Discuss the integration solutions with related parties fully and organize the exports for the
HQ of Huawei to review the solutions.
Find the responsible person for each component and arrange a specialist to check if all the
components are available.
Check all the tables needed for the integration, such as BTS project parameter table, BTS
antenna jumper description table, integration time table, etc.
Create a channel through which engineers can communicate with the customer freely.
Organize experts from the HQ of Huawei to support the integration and ensure free
communication between experts and on-site engineers.
The parameters of the original network and that of the new network should be consistent
with each other.
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supervisor should monitor and save the data such as interface messages and BTS log. If the
problem cannot be solved in time, you should change the data back to recover normal
communication. For details, see BSC Emergency Guide.
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II. Case 2: The Speed for the MS to Access the Network Was Slow Due to Clock Problem
Engineers found that the speed for the MS to access the network was slow in a site. First
engineers thought that the problem was present at the BSC. Through further analysis, engineers
found that UMG and Msoft3000 were located in different places, but the network was organized
according to IP. Therefore, the UMG could not obtain precise clock from IP transmission, which
resulted in BSC problem. As a result, the speed for the MS to access the network was slow.
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[Solution]
Engineers should read the acceptance manuals beforehand and make corresponding correction. In
addition, engineers should accompany the customer with the acceptance test. If any problem is
found engineers should feed it back to the related personnel and correct the acceptance manuals
accordingly.
II. Acceptance Progress Was Slow Because the Distance between BTSs Was Large
In an area, the distance between BTSs was large, so it cost test engineers lot of time on road. In
this case, the acceptance progress was affected.
To solve the problem, engineer should perform the acceptance test at the network optimization
stage with the company of the customer.
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Huawei should adapt its networking planning solutions to the local network. The network
adjustment suggestions provided by the RNO teams should be put into practice after confirmed by
both the customers RNO owner and Huawei RNO owner. If you need the customers cooperation
or modify parameters in MSC, you should prepare corresponding application document. If the
customer or BSS engineers are responsible for the adjustment, you should require them to feed
back the adjustment results. RNO engineers are not allowed to change the BTS configuration by
their own, and RNP engineers are not allowed to change the RNO parameters by their own.
Therefore, the responsibility matrix of the RNO team and RNP team should be clearly defined.
The project team should notify the problem handling progress to the RNO team.
2)
Subcontractor Management
Pay more attention to manage teams whose engineering capability is relatively poor.
Set up a unified database and report template if multiple subcontractors are responsible for
the project.
3)
Customer cooperation
Full communication with the customer must be implemented. If necessary, you should prepare
written document for customer cooperation.
4)
Supervisor management
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Supervisor connects the customer to Huawei, so you should fully communicate with the
supervisor. In some cases, the supervisor can help you manage the engineering team. Therefore,
supervisor management should be properly and strictly implemented.
Within the project team, daily report and weekly report system should be implemented. In
addition, the members of the project team should fix a period of time to communicate with
each other in a week. The daily report includes project progress, difficulty, and support
needed. The weekly report also includes the project progress in terms of a week, difficulty,
support needed, next weeks plan, etc.
Communicate with the related leaders of the representative office on the project. If there is
emergent problem, you should communicate with the leaders immediately.
Communicate with the customer through meetings, weekly report, and summary report. The
customer is expected to know the progress, difficulty, and future plans related to the project.
Note that the engineers responsible for customer communication should be fixed and the
communication with the customers senior management team should be emphasized.
Feed back the field conditions to Huawei according to working flows. If necessary, you can
organize the related departments and engineers to have meetings to solve serious problems
together.
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[Solution]
You are suggested to communicate with the customer on the detailed integration solution to win
the customers agreement. In addition, you ensure that the manpower, project supervisor, and
engineering team are available in advance. You are not suggested to assign multiple BTSs for a
project team.
Engineers should be familiar with the work flow and follow the flow strictly.
Self-reflection is encouraged.
Feed back the customers extra requirement to the related party and any self-reply is
forbidden.
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IV. Case 4: Shortage of Project Duration Made the Swap Plan in a Mess.
The customer required a swap to be finished in a shorter time than planned, which made the swap
plan in a mess. As a result, the network quality was greatly affected and customers always
complained about network problems. To solve the problems, Huawei explained the reasons to
customers and guides them to accept the planned swap strategies. Results proved that the planned
strategies were applicable.
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Test Item
Basic service
Sub-item
Location
when
update
the
powered
Conclusion
MS
is
on
Normal
Evaluation Standard
1) Location update succeeds and MS can
access network successfully.
Abnormal
or
Remark
powered off.
Call service
Both
calling
party
Normal
Abnormal
Normal
Abnormal
Normal
Abnormal
Normal
Abnormal
displayed correctly.
Normal
Abnormal
Call service
Call service
Short
MS
sends
and
message
receives
service
message
Handover
Intra-cell handover
short
service
Handover
Overlay-to-underlay
Normal
1)
service
handover
Abnormal
2)
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Handover
Inter-cell
service
within BSC
Normal
1)
Abnormal
2)
Handover
Inter-BSC handover
Normal
service
1)
Abnormal
2)
10
Basic service
Normal
1)
Abnormal
2)
3)
Basic service
Basic service
Sub-item
Conclusion
If the MS attach Normal
Evaluation Standard
Remark
Check if the service is normal through
activation
function Abnormal
is normal.
If the MS
cell Normal
update is normal.
Abnormal
Basic service
Basic service
area
Basic service
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is Abnormal
normal.
services
such
6
update
normally, Abnormal
as
www
service.
If the MS service Normal
rate is normal.
Abnormal
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FTC
BSC
Transmis Starting
Problem
Problem
No.
Board
DDF
sion DDF
ing CIC
Timeslot
CIC
NO.
Port No.
Port No.
CIC
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Note:
For each blank, if the test result is normal, mark the blank with ; and if the test result is abnormal, mark the
blank with , and write down the abnormal timeslot and CIC number.
Owner:
Test Time:
Abis Interface Dialing Test Checklist
Trans
Modul
e No.
BIE
BIE
Group
Port
No.
No.
Succe
BSC-
missio
DDF
BTS
Port
DDF
Name
No.
Port
Confi
gurati
on
No.
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Board
Initiali
State
zation
Chann
el
State
ss
Chann
Locati
el
on
Dialin
Updat
g Test
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Site No.
Site Name
Site Type
Site
Test Result
Configurati
Remark
Timeslot No.
on
Note:
The site number, site name, site type (such as BTS30), and configuration type (S3/3/3) must be recorded if they
are tested. Each TRX and each timeslot of a site must be tested. If the test result is normal, mark the blank with
; and if the test result is abnormal, mark the blank with , and write down the abnormal timeslot and CIC
number.
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