Power Control

CHAPTER 5

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Module Objectives
Explain the motivation for power control
Indicate the BSS parameters required for power control in general (output
power levels, fixed step sizes)
Describe the principle steps to be executed for power control (averaging,
triggering, power change step size estimation)
Discuss the algorithms used to estimate the power change step size, when
the power has to be increased / decreased due to signal level / quality
Explain the motivation for power optimisation

Indicate the BSS parameters required for power optimisation additionally

Discuss, how power control and traffic channel allocation are modified by
power optimisation

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Power Control Motivation

Power
Control

Reduced interference on DL/UL

Longer service time of battery

Realization of power class

Activation of DL power control

powerCtrlEnabled

Y,N

Power control independent

for DL and UL
for each call
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Power Control Parameter

Output Power Limits

Power
Control

Maximum MS output power

Power Values

Power
class
dependent
range

msTxPwrMaxGSM
msTxPwrMaxGSM1x00
TCH
msTxPwrMaxCCH
msTxPwrMaxCCH1x00

5..39 dBm GSM 900 TCH

0..36/32,33 dBm GSM 1800/1900
5..39 dBm GSM 900 CCH
0..30 dBm GSM 1800 CCH
0..32 dBm GSM 1900 CCH

Minimum MS output power

minMSTxPower

5..39 dBm GSM 900

0..36 dBm GSM 1800
0..32 dBm GSM 1900

Maximum BTS output power (by minimum attenuation)

Attenuations
30 dB
Range

bsTxPwrMax
bsTxPwrMax1x00

0..30 dB GSM 900

0..30 dB GSM 1800/1900

Minimum MS output power (by maximum attenuation)

bsTxPowerMin

0..30 dB

Additional attenuation for super reuse TRx

bsTxPowerOffset
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0..30 dB

Power Control Parameters

Power Change Step Sizes

Power
Control

Desired power level can be achieved in 1 or 2 commands

Yes

No

Fixed step size

Variable step size

Fixed increment step size

powerIncrStepSize

2,4,6 dB

Fixed decrement step size

powerDecrStepSize

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2,4,6 dB

Power Control Strategy

Measurement Averaging

Power
Control

UL Quality

<Av_RXQUAL_UL>

UL Level

<Av_RXLEV_UL
>
<Av_RXQUAL_DL>

DL Quality
DL Level

<Av_RXLEV_DL
>

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THRESHOLD
COMPARISON
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Power control interval

powerCtrlInterval

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0..31 s

Power Control Strategy

Triggering

Power
Control

Actual average samples

Nx samples
Less than Px samples exceed threshold
No power change triggered

threshold
Signal level thresholds
pcUpperThresholdLevelDL/UL
pcLowerThresholdLevelDL/UL

-110..-47 dBm
-110..-47 dBm

Power change step size estimation

Signal quality thresholds

pcUpperThresholdQualDL/UL
pcLowerThresholdQualDL/UL
Number of average samples
Nx
Px
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Nx samples
Px samples exceed threshold
Power change triggered

0..7
0..7

Power Control Strategy

Scenarios

Power
Control

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Exceeded threshold

Action

Reason

pcUpperThresholdLevelDL
pcLowerThresholdLevelDL
pcUpperThresholdLevelUL
pcLowerThresholdLevelUL

BTS power decrease

BTS power increase
MS power decrease
MS power increase

Signal level
Signal level
Signal level
Signal level

pcUpperThresholdQualDL
pcLowerThresholdQualDL
pcUpperThresholdQualUL
pcLowerThresholdQualUL

BTS power decrease

BTS power increase
MS power decrease
MS power increase

Signal quality
Signal quality
Signal quality
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Power Increase Due to Signal Level

Power
Control

Actual receive level RXLEV_DL/UL

pcLowerThresholdsLevelDL/UL
Power control triggered
UL: Power increase of MS
DL: Power increase of BTS

RXLEV_DL/UL > pcLowerThresholdLevelDL/UL - 2 powerIncrStepSize

Yes

No

Fixed step size

Variable step size

PWR_INCR_STEP = powerIncrStepSize

PWR_INCR_STEP = pcLowerThresholdLevelDL/UL
RXLEV_UL/DL

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Power Decrease Due to Signal Level

(BTS)

Power
Control

pcUpperThresholdsLevelDL

Actual received level RXLEV_DL

Power control triggered
Power decrease

RXLEV_DL < pcUpperThresholdLevelDL + 2 powerDecrStepSize OR

variableDLStepUse = No

Yes

No

Fixed step size

Variable step size

PWR_DECR_STEP = powerDecrStepSize

PWR_DECR_STEP = Min (RXLEV_DL

pcUpperThresholdLevelDL, 10)

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Power Decrease Due to Signal Level

(MS)

Power
Control

pcUpperThresholdsLevelUL

Actual received level RXLEV_UL

Power control triggered
Power decrease

RXLEV_UL < pcUpperThresholdLevelUL + 2 powerDecrStepSize

Yes

No

Fixed step size

Variable step size

PWR_DECR_STEP = powerDecrStepSize

PWR_DECR_STEP = RXLEV_UL
pcUpperThresholdLevelUL

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Power
Control

Power Increase Due to Signal Quality

Actual receive quality RXQUAL_DL/UL

pcLowerThresholdsQualDL/UL
Power control triggered
UL: Power increase of MS
DL: Power increase of BTS

Variable step size based on actual quality

PWR_INCR_STEP = (1 + Max (0,QUAL)) * powerIncrStepSize

QUAL = RXQUAL_DL/UL pcLowerThresholdQualDL/UL

Take largest step size

Step size based on actual level

Take algorithm for power increase due to signal level
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Power Decrease Due to Signal Quality

(No Power Optimisation)

Power
Control

pcUpperThresholdsQualDL/UL

Actual received quality RXQUAL_DL/UL

Power control triggered
Actual RXLEV_DL/UL pcLowerThresholdLevelDL/UL < 6 dB

Yes

No

No power decrease

Power decrease

Avoid ping pong effect

Take algorithm for power decrease due to signal level

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Power
Control

Power Decrease Due to Signal Quality

(Ping Pong Effect)
Lower Level

Upper Level

Upper Quality

Lower Quality

Power decrement due to quality

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Power increment due to level

Power Control Summary

Power
Control

Upper Level

Lower Level
Power increase
due to level

Power decrease
6 dB due to quality

Power decrease
due to level
or quality

Power increase
due to level

No action

Power decrease
due to level

Power increase
due to quality

Power increase
due to quality

Upper Quality

Lower Quality
Power increase
due to level
or quality

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Power Control Parameters

Power Optimisation

Power
Control

Activation of power optimisation

optimumRxLevDL
optimumRxLevUL

-109..-47 dBm
-109..-47 dBm

Maximum decrement step size in dependence on signal quality

pwrDecrLimitBand0
pwrDecrLimitBand1
pwrDecrLimitBand2

0..38 dB
0..38 dB
0..38 dB

used for quality 0

used for quality 1
used for quality 2 and worse

Enable power decrement below optimum level for UL

powerDecrQualFactor

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0,1

enabled, if set to 1

Power
Control

Power Decrease Due to Signal Quality

(With Power Optimisation)

Power decrease step size for MS

PWR_DECR_STEP = Min (pwrDecrLimit, Max (A,B))
A = Max (0, RXLEV_UL - optimumRxLevUL)
B = (powerDecrQualFactor + Max (0,QUAL)) * powerDecrStepSize
with QUAL = pcUpperThreshold - <RXQUAL_UL>
Term A: Would bring actual receive level exactly to optimum level
Term B: Considers difference between average receive quality and threshold quality

Power decrease step size for BTS

PWR_DECR_STEP = Min [Min (pwrDecrLimit, Max (A,B)),10]
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TCH Allocation
(With Power Optimisation)

Power
Control

Modified maximum acceptable interference level

Call set up or intra cell handover

MAX_INTF_LEV = max (min (RXLEV_UL + msTxPrwMax - MS_TXPWR, optimumRxLevUL),
RXLEV_UL + msTxPrwMin - MS_TXPWR) - cnThreshold

Inter cell handover

MAX_INTF_LEV = max (min (AV_RXLEV_NCELL (n) - rxLevBalance, optimumRxLevUL (n)),
AV_RXLEV_NCELL (n) - rxLevBalance +
msTxPrwMin (n) - msTxPrwMax (n)) - cnThreshold (n)

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