WRFD-010697 E-DPCCH Boosting

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 Feature Description
 Background
3GPP Release 6 introduces the High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) technology, which uses QPSK to increase the uplink peak
rate to 5.76 Mbit/s. To further increase the peak rate of HSUPA, 3GPP Release 7 introduces 16QAM, whereas the existing power control
algorithm cannot support the increased peak rate. Therefore, 3GPP Release 7 introduces the E-DPCCH Boosting technology to enable
a dramatic increase in the transmit power of an E-DPCCH in a short period of time, which improves the signal-to-interference ratio (SIR)
of services that require a high transmission rate. When the E-DPCCH Boosting feature is used together with the UL 16QAM feature, the
theoretical uplink peak rate of a single HSUPA user can reach 11.5 Mbit/s.

 Introduction
Compared with low-speed data transmission, high-speed data transmission has higher requirements for the uplink Signal-to-Interference
Ratio (SIR). The existing power control algorithms, however, cannot meet such high requirements. To solve this problem, 3GPP Release
7 introduces the E-DCH Dedicated Physical Control Channel (E-DPCCH) Boosting technique. When a user initiates high-speed data
transmission, E-DPCCH Boosting quickly increases the transmit power on the E-DPCCH and NodeB uses this channel for multipath
searching and channel estimation. This increases the accuracy of channel estimation and therefore improves the high-speed
transmission performance, allowing for higher peak throughput and cell throughput in the uplink.

E-DPCCH Boosting is essential for high-speed data transmission using uplink 16QAM, which requires strictly accurate channel
estimation. When used together with uplink 16QAM, E-DPCCH Boosting allows for a theoretical peak rate of 11.5 Mbit/s for a single user
in the uplink.
E-DPCCH Boosting is an optional feature, which is under license control.
E-DPCCH Boosting requires support from the RNC, NodeB, and UE.

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 Technical Description
 Basic Principles
 In HSUPA data transmission, the NodeB traditionally uses the uplink DPCCH for multipath searching and channel estimation to
demodulate the E-DPDCH data. The uplink DPCCH uses outer loop power control to adjust the target SIR, which must be raised quickly in
high-speed data transmission. Outer loop power control, however, cannot keep pace with the quick change in data rates. As a result, the
target SIR fails to be adjusted in time, leading to a high possibility in demodulation errors and therefore a low throughput.
 E-DPCCH Boosting solves the preceding problem. In the case of high-speed data transmission bursts, E-DPCCH Boosting uses the E-
DPCCH for multipath searching and channel estimation. The high power of the E-DPCCH results in high SIR, ensuring the demodulation
accuracy and high uplink throughput. Below Figure shows the change in channel estimation reference before and after using E-DPCCH
Boosting.
Figure: Change in channel estimation reference before and after using E-DPCCH Boosting

 UEs in HSUPA data transmission mode decide whether to use E-DPCCH Boosting according to the E-DCH Transport Format
Combination Indicator (E-TFCI) size and E-TFCI threshold (E-TFCIec,boost) chosen by each TTI.
 If E-TFCI is smaller than or equal to E-TFCIec,boost, the UE does not use E-DPCCH Boosting. In such a case, the transmit power of the
E-DPCCH and E-DPDCH is determined by power control algorithms.
 If E-TFCI is greater than E-TFCIec,boost, the UE uses E-DPCCH Boosting as follows:
1. To quickly increase the E-DPCCH transmit power, the UE computes the E-DPCCH power offset according to the amount of data
transmitted over the E-DPDCH. A larger amount of transmitted data corresponds to a higher E-DPCCH power offset. This allows for
prompt scaling of E-DPCCH transmit power, which enables high demodulation success rate of the E-DPDCH data.
2. To achieve higher SIR, the NodeB uses the E-DPCCH for multipath searching and channel estimation.

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 Technical Description
 Radio Bearer Policies
 E-DPCCH Boosting can be applied to HSUPA streaming services, BE services, and combined services when the following conditions
are met:
 The RNC supports E-DPCCH Boosting.
 UEs support E-DPCCH Boosting and the uplink RBs of UEs in the CELL_DCH state are carried on the E-DCH.
 All cells in the E-DCH active set support E-DPCCH Boosting.
 The maximum bit rate of HSUPA services must be greater than the value of the EcBoostingTotalRateThd(BSC6900,BSC6910)
parameter.
 The sum of the MBR of all HSUPA services in combined services must be greater than the value of the
EcBoostingTotalRateThd(BSC6900,BSC6910) parameter.

 Mobility Management
 Before performing a soft handover on a UE configured with E-DPCCH Boosting, the RNC checks whether all RB policies can be followed
after the soft handover. If yes, the RNC continues to configure the UE with E-DPCCH Boosting. If not, the UE is no longer configured with
E-DPCCH Boosting.
 Before performing a soft handover on a UE that is not configured with E-DPCCH Boosting, the RNC checks whether all RB policies can
be followed after the soft handover. If yes, the RNC configures the UE with E-DPCCH Boosting by using HSPA+ directed retry. If not, the
RNC does not configure the UE with E-DPCCH Boosting.

 Involved Ies
 UEs and NodeBs report their E-DPCCH Boosting capabilities to the RNC through IEs as follows:
 UEs send the RNC the IE "UE CAPABILITY INFORMATION" to report their E-DPCCH Boosting capabilities. The IE is contained in
messages UE CAPABILITY INFORMATION and RRC CONNECTION SETUP COMPLETE.
 NodeBs send the RNC the IE "E-DPCCH Power Boosting Capability" to report the E-DPCCH Boosting capability of each cell. The IE
is contained in messages AUDIT RESPONSE and RESOURCE STATUS INDICATION.
 When configuring a UE with E-DPCCH Boosting, the RNC informs the UE and the NodeB as follows:
 Sends the UE the Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages, such as ACTIVE SET UPDATE, RRC CONNECTION SETUP, and
RADIO BEARER SETUP.
 Sends the NodeB the NodeB Application Part (NBAP) messages, such as RADIO LINK SETUP REQUEST, RADIO LINK ADDITION
REQUEST, and RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST.
 After E-DPCCH Boosting is configured for a UE, whether to enable this feature is determined by the scheduling grant on the NodeB and
the service type to be processed.

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 Feature Benefit
 Benefits
When a user initiates high-speed data transmission, E-DPCCH Boosting quickly increases the transmit power on the E-DPCCH and
NodeB uses this channel for multipath searching and channel estimation:
This increases the accuracy of channel estimation and therefore improves the high-speed transmission performance, allowing for
higher peak throughput and cell throughput in the uplink.

 Notice
It need to enable the WRFD-01061403 HSUPA 2ms TTI and WRFD-010636 SRB over HSUPA features because this feature takes
effect by default when the UE throughput is larger than 4 Mbit/s. can use the EcBoostingTotalRateThd(BSC6900,BSC6910)
parameter to set the UE throughput. The values of parameters related to reference power offset affect the E-DPDCH power. To
ensure that the peak rate reaches the expected value, check that the parameters related to reference power offset are set to
appropriate values before enabling this feature.

 Suggestion
In networks enabled with UL 16QAM, it is recommended that E-DPCCH Boosting be enabled to increase the uplink peak rate for a
single UE. Enabling E-DPCCH Boosting and UL 16QAM can increase the uplink peak rate for a single UE to 11.5 Mbit/s.

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 Feature Dependence
 Prerequisite hardware
3900 series macro base stations must be configured with the WBBPd, WBBPf, UBBPd, UBBPe, or UBBPei board.

 Prerequisite features

Feature ID Feature Name Description

WRFD-010612 HSUPA Introduction Package NA

 License

Feature ID Feature Name License Control License Control License NE License Sales
Item Name Control Allocation for Unit
Item Name Multiple
on U2000 Operators
GUI
WRFD-010697 E-DPCCH LQW9EDBST0 E-DPCCH E-DPCCH NodeB Method 2 per Cell
Boosting 1 Boosting Boosting
Function(per Cell Num
Cell)

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 Feature Conclusion
 System Capacity
E-DPCCH Boosting increases the accuracy of channel estimation, thereby increasing the uplink throughput of UEs using UL 16QAM.

 Network Performance
When E-DPCCH Boosting is enabled with WRFD-010694 UL 16QAM, the theoretical uplink peak rate of a single UE at the physical
layer can reach 11.5 Mbit/s.

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 Feature Implementation1
 Activation
/*Activating E-DPCCH Boosting */
/*On the RNC side*/
/*Configuring the E-DPCCH Boosting function*/
//Turning on the E-DPCCH Boosting algorithm switch
SET UCORRMALGOSWITCH: CfgSwitch=CFG_EDPCCH_BOOSTING_SWITCH-1;
//Enabling the E-DPCCH Boosting function for a cell
MOD UCELLALGOSWITCH: CellId=1, HspaPlusSwitch=EDPCCH_BOOSTING-1;
//Turning on the E-DPCCH Boosting retry algorithm switch
SET UFRC: RetryCapability=EDPCCH_BOOSTING-1;
//Setting the total data rate threshold for an E-DPCCH Boosting-enabled UE
SET UFRC: EcBoostingTotalRateThd=40;
//Modifying values of the HSUPA power control parameters corresponding to the RAB index (such as 40 to 49, 52, 55, 56, 58, 66, 70 to
79, 82, 85, 86, 88, 96, 112, or 113) that is to take effect
//Performing the following configurations if neither UL 16QAM nor UL Layer 2 Improvement is supported
MOD UTYPRABHSUPAPC:RABINDEX=40, SUBFLOWINDEX=0, TRCHTYPE=TRCH_EDCH_2MS, UL16QAMIND=FALSE,
ULL2ENHANCEIND=FALSE, EDPWRINTERPOLATIONIND=FALSE, ULECBOOSTINGIND=TRUE, ETFCITABIDX=1,
REFETFCINUM=D8, REFETFCIIDX1=1, REFETFCIIDX2=10, REFETFCIIDX3=108, REFETFCIIDX4=111, REFETFCIIDX5=113,
REFETFCIIDX6=117, REFETFCIIDX7=119, REFETFCIIDX8=123, REFETFCIPO1=PO_21/15, REFETFCIPO2=PO_42/15,
REFETFCIPO3=PO_67/15, REFETFCIPO4=PO_75/15, REFETFCIPO5=PO_84/15, REFETFCIPO6=PO_95/15,
REFETFCIPO7=PO_106/15, REFETFCIPO8=PO_119/15, ERGCH2INDSTPTHS=18, ERGCH3INDSTPTHS=15;
//Performing the following configurations if UL 16QAM is not supported but UL Layer 2 Improvement is supported
MOD UTYPRABHSUPAPC:RABINDEX=40, SUBFLOWINDEX=0, TRCHTYPE=TRCH_EDCH_2MS, UL16QAMIND=FALSE,
ULL2ENHANCEIND=TRUE, EDPWRINTERPOLATIONIND=FALSE, ULECBOOSTINGIND=TRUE, ETFCITABIDX=0,
REFETFCINUM=D8, REFETFCIIDX1=1, REFETFCIIDX2=10, REFETFCIIDX3=122, REFETFCIIDX4=123, REFETFCIIDX5=124,
REFETFCIIDX6=125, REFETFCIIDX7=126, REFETFCIIDX8=127, REFETFCIPO1=PO_17/15, REFETFCIPO2=PO_21/15,
REFETFCIPO3=PO_67/15, REFETFCIPO4=PO_75/15, REFETFCIPO5=PO_84/15, REFETFCIPO6=PO_95/15,
REFETFCIPO7=PO_106/15, REFETFCIPO8=PO_119/15, ERGCH2INDSTPTHS=20, ERGCH3INDSTPTHS=16;

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 Feature Implementation2
 Activation
//Performing the following configurations if UL 16QAM is supported but UL Layer 2 Improvement is not supported
MOD UTYPRABHSUPAPC:RABINDEX=40, SUBFLOWINDEX=0, TRCHTYPE=TRCH_EDCH_2MS, UL16QAMIND=TRUE,
ULL2ENHANCEIND=FALSE, EDPWRINTERPOLATIONIND=FALSE, ULECBOOSTINGIND=TRUE, ETFCITABIDX=3,
REFETFCINUM=D6, REFETFCIIDX1=1, REFETFCIIDX2=3, REFETFCIIDX3=10, REFETFCIIDX4=104, REFETFCIIDX5=115,
REFETFCIIDX6=118, REFETFCIPO1=PO_27/15, REFETFCIPO2=PO_42/15, REFETFCIPO3=PO_60/15,
REFETFCIPO4=PO_134/15, REFETFCIPO5=PO_150/15, REFETFCIPO6=PO_189/15, ERGCH2INDSTPTHS=19,
ERGCH3INDSTPTHS=16;
//Performing the following configurations if both UL 16QAM and UL Layer 2 Improvement are supported
MOD UTYPRABHSUPAPC:RABINDEX=40, SUBFLOWINDEX=0, TRCHTYPE=TRCH_EDCH_2MS, UL16QAMIND=TRUE,
ULL2ENHANCEIND=TRUE, EDPWRINTERPOLATIONIND=FALSE, ULECBOOSTINGIND=TRUE, ETFCITABIDX=2,
REFETFCINUM=D8, REFETFCIIDX1=1, REFETFCIIDX2=6, REFETFCIIDX3=96, REFETFCIIDX4=108, REFETFCIIDX5=114,
REFETFCIIDX6=125, REFETFCIIDX7=126, REFETFCIIDX8=127, REFETFCIPO1=PO_24/15, REFETFCIPO2=PO_27/15,
REFETFCIPO3=PO_75/15, REFETFCIPO4=PO_95/15, REFETFCIPO5=PO_119/15, REFETFCIPO6=PO_168/15,
REFETFCIPO7=PO_189/15, REFETFCIPO8=PO_212/15, ERGCH2INDSTPTHS=19, ERGCH3INDSTPTHS=16;

//Enabling the E-DPCCH Boosting function in a cell on the NodeB side

//3900 series macro base stations
MOD ULOCELL: ULOCELLID=1, LOCELLTYPE=NORMAL_CELL, BOOST=TRUE;

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 Feature Verification
 Activation Observation

Monitoring counters
Monitor the value of the VS.HSUPA.RAB.Boosting.SuccEstab(BSC6900,BSC6910) counter. This counter measures the number of
successful HSUPA boosting RAB establishments in a cell. If the counter value is not zero, this feature is working properly for the cell it
corresponds to.

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 Feature Deactivation
 Deactivation

/*Deactivating E-DPCCH Boosting */

//Disabling the E-DPCCH Boosting function in all cells on the RNC side
SET UCORRMALGOSWITCH: CfgSwitch=CFG_EDPCCH_BOOSTING_SWITCH-0;
//Disabling the E-DPCCH Boosting function in a cell on the RNC side
MOD UCELLALGOSWITCH: CellId=1, HspaPlusSwitch=EDPCCH_BOOSTING-0;
//Disabling the E-DPCCH Boosting function in a cell on the NodeB side
MOD ULOCELL: ULOCELLID=1, LOCELLTYPE=NORMAL_CELL, BOOST=FALSE;

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 Performance Monitoring
 Performance Monitoring
Observe the following RNC counters to monitor the performance of the E-DPCCH Boosting feature.
NE Counter Name Measurement Object Description
RNC VS.HSUPA.RAB.Boosting.AttEstab(BSC6900,BSC6910) HSUPA.CELL Number of HSUPA Boosting RAB Setup Attempts for Cell
VS.HSUPA.RAB.Boosting.SuccEstab(BSC6900,BSC6910) HSUPA.CELL Number of Successful HSUPA Boosting RAB Setups for Cell
VS.HSUPA.RAB.AbnormRel.Boosting(BSC6900,BSC6910) HSUPA.CELL Number of Abnormally Released HSUPA Boosting RABs for Cell
VS.HSUPA.RAB.NormRel.Boosting(BSC6900,BSC6910) HSUPA.CELL Number of Normally Released HSUPA Boosting RABs for Cell
VS.HSUPA.Boosting.UE.Mean.Cell(BSC6900,BSC6910) HSUPA.CELL Number of UEs Supporting E-DPCCH Boosting for Cell
VS.HSUPA.BoostingCPC.UE.Mean.Cell(BSC6900,BSC6910) HSUPA.CELL Number of UEs Supporting E-DPCCH Boosting and CPC for Cell
VS.HSUPA.MeanChThroughput(BSC6900,BSC6910) HSUPA.CELL Mean Uplink Throughput of single HSUPA MAC-d Flow for Cell
Nod VS.HSUPA.Boosting.UtilizeTimeRatio HSUPA.LOCELL Proportion of the time when E-DPCCH Boosting is used in a cell
eB VS.HSUPA.Thruput.ROTAll/(VS.HSUPA.DataTtiNum x 0.002) HSUPA.LOCELL Average throughput of HSUPA users in a cell when data is
(kbit/s) transmitted

The throughput gains can be observed only when E-DPCCH Boosting enabled with WRFD-010694 UL 16QAM and WRFD-010698
HSPA+ Uplink 11.5Mbps per User.
• Monitoring the throughput gains by using countersMonitor the value of the VS.HSUPA.MeanChThroughput(BSC6900,BSC6910)
counter. If the value increases after E-DPCCH Boosting is enabled, E-DPCCH Boosting produces gains in the average throughput
of UEs.
• Monitor the value of VS.HSUPA.Thruput.ROTAll/(VS.HSUPA.DataTtiNum x 0.002) (kbit/s). If the value increases after E-DPCCH
Boosting is enabled, E-DPCCH Boosting produces gains in the cell throughput.
• As there are only a small number of full buffer UEs on the live network, the throughput gains monitored by the preceding counters
are not obvious. Full buffer UEs are those that have a large amount of data to continuously transmit.

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