HSIFLS TRIAL on TRIPOLI

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Introduction
HS Inter-Frequency Load Sharing (HSIFLS)

Conclusion

Introduction
In P7 inter-frequency load sharing feature has the following
properties:
Feature : FAJ 121 435
Triggered at RRC connection setup
Applies to all calls (R99 and HS)
Does not take into account UE and cell capabilities
Triggered only by non-HSDPA and the HSDPA required power
Triggered only when downlink transmitted power is above 50%
(fixed) of the pwradm (configurable).
Activation at RNC level by setting loadSharingRrcEnabled=1

Introduction
In W10 two new load sharing features are introduced (in
addition to the existing ones) to balance more efficiently
the traffic between cells:
HSDPA Inter-frequency loadsharing
Non-HSPA Inter-frequency loadsharing

Without loss of generality, These features have three

degrees of freedom:
Trigger type (HS users, Power, Dlcode)
Trigger thresholds (configurable)
UE type and cell capabilities (considered)

HSIFLS
HSDPA Inter-frequency loadsharing
Feature : FAJ 121 1467
Triggered at RAB setup or upswitch from FACH/DCH to HS
(Controlled by cell param iflsmode)
Applies to HS connection (Including EUL, MIMO, MC)
Triggered by the number of HS users
Activated on RNC level (HspaLoadSharing should be Enabled and
Activated)
Cell parameter Coveragerelation.hsLoadSharing should be ON
HSIFLS is working if cell parameter hsIflsThreshUsers>0
Up to 5 coveragerelations (colocated and non-colocated, SRNC) can
be defined for each cell and the best cell among them is chosen for
load sharing
UE and cell capability are considered (capability examined first)
Old cell selection procedure is disabled when HSIFLS is operational

HSIFLS-Algorithm

Feature is Enabled and activated on RNC level

On cell level CoverageRelation is defined, Attribute hsLoadSharing=ON and hsIflsThreshUsers>0
If any of previous conditions are not met, HS cell selection procedure is followed
Target cells should have at least same coverage as the source because Blind IFHO will be attempted
Trigger
(iflsmode)

Cpich_Pwr Cpich_RSCP >

iflsmode=1 (Upswith)
iflsmode=2 (New RAB OR Upswith)

pathlossThreshold

Path Loss check

This check is not performed in Cell_FACH

UE has
same
capability

iflsmode=0 (New RAB)

Continue in the same cell

(pathlossThreshold )

Evaluation : Load

Evaluation : Capability

Suitable cell found

If the UE is more capable than the source

cell, trigger in the source cell does not apply
and also the hysteresis

Non-Congested cell found

Blind IFHO, FACH to HS

HS-Reconfig; Fail?

Continue in target cell

Continue in Src cell

HSIFLS-Evaluation-load

Please
refer to
next slides
for param
definition

HSIFLS-Parameter
coverageRelation Used to define a coverage related candidate cell, that
can be used as a target for load sharing. Applies to both HSDPA and NonHSPA load sharing, and is also used by HS cell selection. The following
attributes can be configured:

hsLoadsharing. If this attribute is set to ON, this coverage relation applies for
HSDPA Inter-frequency load sharing.
dchLoadsharing. If this attribute is set to ON, this coverage relation applies for NonHSPA Inter-frequency load sharing.
hsCellSelection. Can be set to ON in only one coverage relation out from the same
cell. Defines that this coverage relation applies for HS cell selection.

hsIflsThreshUsers An Operator cell parameter. Defined as percent of

the admission limit hsdpaUsersAdm. More than this number of HS serving cell
users are required to trigger HS load sharing out from the cell. If set to 0 the
feature is OFF in the cell.

HSIFLS-Parameter
hsIflsMarginUsers An Operator cell parameter. Defines a number of serving

cell HS users that shall be subtracted when computing the remaining resources in
a cell. Defined as percent of the admission limit hsdpaUsersAdm.

pathlossThreshold An Operator cell parameter. Defines the maximum allowed

pathloss before triggering a blind IFHO attempt from a dedicated channel. Also
applies to Non-HSPA load sharing.

iflsHyst An Operator RNC parameter. Defines a required load hysteresis

between source and target cell, as a percent of current load. Also applies to NonHSPA load sharing.

iflsMode An Operator cell parameter. Configures which RAB switches that can
trigger load sharing. Also applies to non-HSPA load sharing.

RAB_EST: Trigger at RAB establishment only.

UPSWITCH_ATT: Trigger at upswitch attempts caused by channel switching. Note that
this value will disable non-HSPA load sharing since this feature is only triggered by RAB
establishment.
RAB_EST_OR_UPSWITCH_ATT: Trigger both a RAB establishment and at upswitch
attempts.

HSIFLS-Monitoring
pmOutHsIflsHhoAtt
Number of attempted outgoing Hard Handovers due to HS Inter-Frequency load sharing. This counter is incremented
by one when an RRC Physical Channel Reconfiguration, Radio Bearer Setup or Radio Bearer Reconfiguration is sent
to the UE, for an attempt to do a Hard HO or reconfiguration to a load sharing candidate cell, and triggered by HS
Inter-Frequency load sharing. The counter is stepped in the best cell in the source active set.

pmOutHsIflsHhoSucc
Number of successful outgoing Hard Handovers due to HS Inter-Frequency load sharing.This counter is incremented
by one when an RRC Physical Channel Reconfiguration Complete, Radio Bearer Setup Complete or Radio Bearer
Reconfiguration Complete is received from the UE, during an attempt to do a Hard HO or reconfiguration to a load
sharing candidate cell, triggered by HS Inter-Frequency load sharing. The counter is stepped in the best cell in the
source active set.

pmInHsIflsHhoAtt
Number of attempted incoming Hard Handovers due to HS Inter-Frequency load sharing. This counter is incremented
by one when an RRC Physical Channel Reconfiguration, Radio Bearer Setup or Radio Bearer Reconfiguration is sent
to the UE, for an attempt to do a Hard HO or reconfiguration to a load sharing candidate cell, and triggered by HS
Inter-Frequency load sharing. The counter is stepped in the target cell.

pmInHsIflsHhoSucc
Number of successful incoming Hard Handovers due to HS Inter-Frequency load sharing. This counter is incremented
by one when an RRC Physical Channel Reconfiguration Complete, Radio Bearer Setup Complete or Radio Bearer
Reconfiguration Complete is received from the UE, during an attempt to do a Hard HO or reconfiguration to a load
sharing candidate cell, triggered by HS Inter-Frequency load sharing. The counter is stepped in the target cell.

HSIFLS-Case Study
HS-HIFLS can be used to control user distribution between carriers.
It can be used to efficiently utilize all resources on both carriers.

Feature activated on a Tripoli cell sector 2.

4 different scenarios and thresholds are done:
RNC

Feature/Param

hsLoadSharing

ON

iflsHyst

Parameter

Carrier

Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Scenario 4

hsIflsThreshUsers

50

35

10

20

pathlossThreshold

140

140

140

140

hsIflsMarginUsers

iflsmode

HSIFLS-Case Study
Prioritize sharing from 1st carrier to 2nd carrier
IFLS intensity increases at more aggressive settings with good success rate.

IFLS at 50%

IFLS at 10%

IFLS at 35%

IFLS at 20%

HSIFLS-Case Study
At HSIFLS activation (at 50% threshold), the gap between F1 and F2 in
terms or HS users and HS RAB attempts is reduced. At 35% it is even
reduced more. At aggressive settings(10% and 20%), F2 is favorized more.
IFLS at 50%

IFLS at 10%
IFLS at 35%

IFLS at 20%

HSIFLS-Case Study
HS RAB SR is stable except at aggressive settings where F2 HS rejections
increased.
IFLS at 50%

IFLS at 10%
IFLS at 35%

IFLS at 20%

HSIFLS-Case Study-Conclusion
Using different thresholds we can distribute the HS users
and the HS load between the 2 carriers.
The recommended scenario is to equally distribute the
users on both carriers
For higher spectrum efficiency
Lower HS rejections
To achieve the maximum possible user throughput especially a very
high load.