DC-HSDPA Implementation Guide

Huawei UTRAN

Table of Contents
1 Synopsis................................................................................................................................................. 3
2 Implementation Checks & Strategy ...................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Hardware constraints:................................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Cell definitions: ............................................................................................................................. 4
2.3 RNC and NodeB licenses /features: .............................................................................................. 5
2.4 UE categories: ............................................................................................................................... 7
2.5 Neighbor Definitions: .................................................................................................................... 8
3 Implementation and verification .......................................................................................................... 8
4 Drive/Walk Test and Statistical Analysis: .............................................................................................. 9
4.1 Drive Test/Walk Test: .................................................................................................................... 9
4.2 Statistical Data: ........................................................................................................................... 10
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Document History
Edition Date Author Remarks
01 5th Nov 2014 Sajid Saleem First Edition
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Huawei UTRAN dual carrier/DC-HSPA

implementation guide.
1 SYNOPSIS
A single cell transmitting and receiving on two different frequency duplexes of 5 MHz each(adjacent to
each other) is called a dual carrier cell in WCDMA UTRAN systems.

DC-HSDPA allows a UE to set up HSDPA connections with two inter-frequency time-synchronous cells
that have the same coverage. In the two cells, the UE can be scheduled at the same time; it can also
receive different data through the two carriers at the same time. In the uplink, however, the UE sends
data only through its anchor carrier.

42 Mbps (64QAM + MIMO 2x2)

HSPA+ 30ms 11 Mbps 28 Mbps (16QAM + MIMO 2x2)
21 Mbps (no MIMO)

HSPA 60ms 5.7 Mbps 14 Mbps

UL peak DL peak
Latency
data rates data rates

HSPA was introduced in Release 5/6 of 3GPP (TS's) Technical Specifications and is a part of Huawei software releases since RAN 10.0.
HSPA+ was introduced in Release 7 of 3GPP (TS's) and is a part of Huawei software releases since RAN 11.0
DC-HSPA was introduced in Release 8 of 3GPP (TS's) and is a part of Huawei software releases since RAN 12.0

This brute force method of doubling bandwidth can greatly improve connection quality in weaker signal
areas in addition to simply providing faster data speeds. Without use of MIMO technology,
theoretically, DC-HSDPA with 64QAM can provide a peak rate of 42 Mbit/s in the downlink. This rate is
double of the peak rate obtained when only 64QAM is used on one carrier i.e. 21 Mbps (no MIMO).

The scope of this document is to provide detailed explanation on implementationof dual carrier and DC-
HSPA cells in the network. A number of pre-requisites such as license configuration on RNC and NodeB,
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Features that should be activated for DC-HSPA& HSPA, transmission BW, Parameters that should be
tweaked for optimized performance, load balancing between two adjacent carriers of same cell,
Significance/importance of correct definition of intra and inter-frequency neighbors, verification and
analysis via walk test results and statistical data.

2 IMPLEMENTATION CHECKS & STRATEGY

Following configuration checks will define the S.O.P when dual carrier cell implementation will be
launched. A number of pre-requisites include cell/site definitions, Hardware constraints, license and
feature activation, RAN limitations such as transmission bandwidth should be in between 25 MB to 50
MB, CN needs to support the downlink peak rate of 42 Mbit/s provided by downlink DC-HSDPA with
64QAM and UE that supports DC-HSDPA.

2.1 HARDWARE CONSTRAINTS:

Dependencies on BTS Hardware/Software:
 Two cells must belong to the same sector of the site.
 One cell can belong to only one DC group (Primary or secondary cell)1
 For distributed cells, two local cells of the same DC group should be served by the same RRU or by two
cascaded RRUs respectively.
 For 3900 series base station, BBU3900 needs to be configured with the WBBPb or WBBPd.

2.2 CELL DEFINITIONS:

The two cells operate on adjacent carriers with a frequency spacing of 5 MHz or smaller in the same
frequency band. The two carriers are specified by frequency channel numbers (DLFREQ/ ULFREQ). The
UL and DL UARFCN should be verified. They are configured as a DC-HSDPA group (ADD DUALCELLGRP).
The two cells are specified by the parameters (FIRSTLOCELL, SECONDLOCELL)

Cell level parameters for secondary cell are configured in the same way as primary cell. However there
are some fundamental differences that should be configured/checks to avoid degradation or service
interruptions. Following are some of the important parameters for DC-HSDPA and HSPA+ working that
should be checked by planners when creating the database for dual carrier cell.

1
The two cells specified during the DC group configuration implement joint scheduling. The UE is allowed to establish the connections with the
two inter-frequency and same-coverage cells at the same time in the DL.
FIRSTLOCALCELL
SECONDLOCALCELL
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2nd carrier 1st carrier

MO parameter Cell Cell Meaning
CELLHSDPA ACTSTATUS ACTIVATED ACTIVATED HSDPA activation status
CELLHSUPA ACTSTATUS ACTIVATED ACTIVATED HSUPA activation status
CELLHSDPA ALLOCCODEMODE Automatic Automatic HSDPA code allocation mode
CELLHSDPA CODEADJFORHSDPASWITCH ON ON Code adjustment towards HSDPA from R99.
When the value is TRUE, users can be selected for
inter-frequency handover during code resource
CELLLDR CODECONGSELINTERFREQHOIND TRUE TRUE congestion
CELLALGOSWITCH HSPAENHSWITCH E_F_DPCH_ON E_F_DPCH_ON Enhanced UL switch
CELLALGOSWITCH HSPAPLUSSWITCH 1000010010000 1000010010000 HSPA plus switch
CELLHSDPA HSPDSCHMINCODENUM 5 5 minimum HSPDSCH channels for a cell
CELL LAC 1001 1001 Location Area code
CELLDRD LDBDRDSWITCHHSDPA ON ON Directed Retry
CELLCAC MAXHSDPAUSERNUM 64 64 Max HSDPA Number
CELLCAC MAXHSUPAUSERNUM 20 10 Max HSUPA Number
timing of a cell, both carriers should have same
CELL TCELL CHIP0 CHIP0 timing inorder to behave as synchronous cells
CELL UARFCNDOWNLINK 10687 10662 DL UARFCN
CELL UARFCNUPLINK 9737 9712 UL UARFCN
CELLLDR ULLDRFIRSTACTION InterFreqLDHO InterFreqLDHO Channels are reconfigured for the BE service
The above mentioned values are exemplary and real value should be configured by the network planners based on system needs and constraints.

TCELLtiming of both cells in DC group should be same in order for them to be synchronous for
scheduling by MAC Layer. UARFCNDOWNLINK and UARFCNUPLINK should depict two adjacent FDD
bands of 5 MHz each. HSPA+ and enhanced UL should be enables on both cells. NodeB level switches
DLLDRFIRSTACTIONand ULLDRFIRSTACTIONare optionally set to BERateRedto reconfigure channels for
best effort services. Aside from above mention definitions more details cell level parameter list is
attached below.

Cell Important
Defintions.xlsx

It is important to manually check the Primary and Secondary cell and NodeB level important definitions
after they are configured.

2.3 RNC AND NODEB LICENSES /FEATURES:

A list of features & licenses must be active to support DC-HSPA functionality.

Radio Network Controller RNC

 CfgSwitch: RNC level Switch used to change the connection orientated algorithms
1. CFG_HSDPA_DC_SWITCH: Switch to enable DC-HSPA
2. CFG_HSDPA_64QAM_SWITCH: Switch to enable DL 64 QAM modulation scheme (6 bits/symbol)
3. CFG_HSUPA_16QAM_SWITCH: Switch to enable UL 16 QAM modulation scheme (4 bits/symbol)
 MAPSWITCH: Service mapping strategy switch (OPTIONAL)
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1. MAP_PS_STREAM_ON_HSDPA_SWITCH: When the switch is on, a PS streaming service is

mapped on the HS-DSCH if the DL maximum rate of the service is greater than or equal to the
HSDPA threshold for streaming services.
 UFRCCHLTYPEPARA:parameters related to the channel type of services or signaling.
1. DlStrThsOnHsdpa: switching of service in between HSDSCH and DCH based on the value of this
parameter.
2. DlBeTraffDecThs: The service will be set up on DCH only when DL/UL service rate is higher or
equal to this threshold. This parameter can only be set to 16 kbit/s or 8 kbit/s.
 RNC Supporting Features & Licenses(OPTIONAL):
1. The following licenses can be used for optimized performance

New
Parameter Name Meaning
Value
When the switch is on, DRD and redirection is performed
DR_RRC_DRD_SWITCH 1
for RRC connection if retry is required.
When the switch is on, DRD is performed for single service if retry is
DR_RAB_SING_DRD_SWITCH 1
required
LdbDRDchoice UserNumber DRD is based on Power or HSDPA users
LdbDRDOffsetHSDPA 5 HSDPA load balancing DRD offset algorithm
LdbDRDLoadRemainThdHSDPA 100 HSDPA DL load balancing loading threshold
NODEB_CREDIT_LDR_SWITCH 1 Open NODEB_CREDIT_LDR algorithm
LCG_CREDIT_LDR_SWITCH 1 Open Local group_CREDIT_LDR algorithm
LC_CREDIT_LDR_SWITCH 1 Open local cell_CREDIT_LDR algorithm
CARRIERTYPEPRIORIND DCH Open carrier business priority reference
NODEB_CREDIT_CAC_SWITCH 1 Open NodeB credit access control algorithm

Cell and NobeB level

UCELLALGOSWITCH: Add the algorithm switch to a cell.

HspaPlusSwitch:
1. DC_HSDPA
2. DL_L2ENHANCED
The cell and NodeB level licenses that must be enable are mentioned below:

Downlink and Uplink Channel elements must be configured w.r.t. operator license, HSDPA scheduler
NodeB function, 15 HSDPA codes per cell, downlink and uplink 64QAM license, DC-HSDPA NodeB level
license, UL L2 enhanced function.
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License Identifier License Item Allocated

LQW9ULCE01 UL CE Num 384
LQW9DLCE01 DL CE Num 384
LQW9HSDPA01 HSDPA Function(per NodeB) 1
LQW9HDPCK01 HSDPA RRM Package 1(per NodeB) 1
LQW9HDCODE01 HSDPA Code Number 60
LQW9HSUPA01 HSUPA Function(per NodeB) 1
LQW9PASHR01 Power Sharing Function(per NodeB) 0
LQW9HU2MS01 HSUPA 2ms TTI Function(per NodeB) 1
LQW9DYNCCE01 Dynamic CE Function(per NodeB) 1
LQW964QAM01 DL 64QAM Function(per Cell) 4
LQW9U16Q01 UL 16QAM Function(per Cell) 4
LQW9UL201 UL L2 Enhanced Function(per Cell) 2
LQW9DDC01 DC-HSDPA Function(per Cell) 4
LQW9PA460 Local Cell Number in 460(0.1dBm) 4
The above mentioned values are exemplary and real value should be configured by the network planners based on system
needs and constraints.

Aside from above mention definitions more details cell level parameter list is attached below.

NodeB_Licenses.xlsx

2.4 UE CATEGORIES:
The UE can monitor a maximum of six HS-SCCHs in the two cells of DC-HSDPA. In each cell, the UE can
monitor a maximum of three HS-SCCHs at the same time.
In 3GPP Release 8, HS-DSCH UE categories 21, 22, 23, and 24are added to support DC-HSDPA. In 3GPP
Release 9 or later, more HS-DSCH UE categories support DC-HSDPA.
The following UE categories can be used to test the throughput ofDCHSDPA cells.

Max. number Max.

Code Rate
3GPP of HS-DSCH data
Category Modulation MIMO, Multi-Cell at max data
Release codes (per rate
rate
cell) [Mbit/s]

Release 8 21 15 16-QAM Dual-Cell 0.81 23.4

Release 8 22 15 16-QAM Dual-Cell 0.97 28

Release 8 23 15 64-QAM Dual-Cell 0.82 35.3

Release 8 24 15 64-QAM Dual-Cell 0.98 42.2

The above mentioned UE categories can be used to test the throughput of a cells on which DC-HSDPA is configured.
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2.5 NEIGHBOR DEFINITIONS:

Aside from Intra-frequency neighbors new inter-frequency neighbors must be defined both ways among
tier1 and tier2 facing sites/cells. Inter-RAT neighbor also must be defined constraint here needs to kept
in mind is the IRAT strategy set in the network F2->F1=> IRAT and F2=>IRAT or F1=> IRAT.

 BlindHOFlag must be enabled between Primary and Secondary cell in bothway direction to avoid call
drop.
 To perform the blind handover DRDEcN0Threshold must be set to an adequate value. The DRD is
permitted if Ec/No of the current cell is greater than the DRD Ec/No threshold of an inter-RAT/inter-
frequency neighboring cell.

3 IMPLEMENTATION AND VERIFICATION

Before toggling the DC-HSDPA switch at RNC or NodeB level all the above mentioned Pre-Requisites
must be checked.
 Both cells of the same site are under the same RRU and are of same sector => by check the logical cell
definitions via M2000 Topology and LMT this can be verified.

 Cell Definitions =>Cell Parameters and activated cell features like TCELL, ACTSTATUS, HSPAPLUSSWITCH
etc can be checked by taking the parametric export from M2000 or LST UCELL command on M2000
MML interface.

 NodeB & RNC Licenses and Features =>by checking the DSP LICENSE command on NodeB and taking
RNC license export from M2000 shows different essential license’s activation status.

 Neighbor Definitions => Inter-frequency, Intra-frequency and IRAT neighbors can be checked by taking
the 3G and 2G RNP export from M2000 or by the following commands on M2000’s MML interface:
1. LST U2GNCELL:CELLID=10581; 2G neighbors of 3G cell ID
2. LST UINTERFREQNCELL:CELLID=10581; 3G inter-frequency neighbors of 3G cell ID
3. LST UINTRAFREQNCELL:CELLID=10585; 3G intra-frequency neighbors of 3G cell ID

 3G Adjacency Parameter =>BlindHOFLAG status between primary and secondary cells can be checked
via RNP export from M2000 or by checking the result of LST UINTERFREQNCELL on M2000’s MML
interface.

 Cell/NodeB health and Scope Check =>DSP UCELLCHK:CHECKSCOPE=NODEBNAME,NODEBNAME=and

DSP UCELLCHK:CHECKSCOPE=CELLID,CELLID=on RNC level both of these commands present
compendium information regarding different feature and license activation. The following should be
checked out of the complete attached list below.
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 Cell is activated or not, Cell is unblocked or not, RTWP measure state, Whether HSDPA is
configured and active, Whether HSDPA is supported by NodeB, Whether 64QAM is supported by
cell, Whether downlilnk L2 enhanced is supported by cell, Whether uplink 16QAM is supported
by cell, Whether DC-HSDPA is supported by local cell

DSP UCELL
CHECKSCOPE.xlsx

4 DRIVE/WALK TEST AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS:

4.1 DRIVE TEST/WALK TEST:

Further premises should be traversed to check the performance of HSDPA and DC-HSDPA on primary
and secondary cell.

The Category of UE, Load on Primary cell and Radio Condition (depicted by CQI and reported by UE to
controller) limit the theoretical possible throughput i.e. 42 Mbps.

(a) (b)
(a) HS Session will show current access technique, CQI will depict link adaptation and accordingly channel coding and modulation
scheme will be selected which will translate into relevant throughput.
(b) DU Meter can be used to check the Max and Average user throughput.
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4.2 STATISTICAL DATA:

In equivalent deployment of primary and secondary cells, the RNC selects the primary cell for UEs based
on the load and radio bearer scheme. Both cells can work independently for non-DC-HSDPA UEs or
legacy HSDPA UEs.
In this case both cells can behave independently and relevant counters in RNC will report PDU
throughput on different layers.

Cell ID Maximum Average

Mbps Mbps
10581 36 25
10584 33.5 25.2
10582 31.6 26.4
10585 27.7 25.7

Alternatively, the primary cell is configured with all channels whereas the secondary cell is configured
with only HS-DSCH and P-CPICH. The secondary cell cannot work independently. This is called non-
equivalent deployment. Non-equivalent deployment is not supported.
To Specifically check the performance of DC-HSDPA Huawei RAN13.0 provides the following counters.

Counter Name Counter Description

Number of DC-HSDPA RAB Setup Requests in the primary carrier of DC-HSDPA

VS.HSDPA.RAB.DC.AttEstab
VS.HSDPA.RAB.DC.SuccEstab
VS.HSDPA.RAB.AbnormRel.DC
VS.HSDPA.RAB.NormRel.DC
VS.HSDPA.DC.PRIM.UE.Mean.Cell
VS.HSDPA.DC.SEC.UE.Mean.Cell
counted for cell
Number of DC-HSDPA RABs Setup Successfully in the primary carrier of DC-
HSDPA counted for cell
Number of DC-HSDPA RABs Abnormal Released in the primary carrier of DC
counted for Cell(including RF Cause)
Number of DC-HSDPA RABs Normal Released in the primary carrier of DC counted
for Cell
Average number of DC-HSDPA UEs in anchor carrier in a Cell
Average number of DC-HSDPA UEs in supplementary carrier in a Cell