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If you work with UMTS,'ve probably heard someone talk about RTWP. Itsdefinition can be found in a dictionary of acronyms, such ashttp://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/RTWP: Received Total Wideband Power.
Represents a measure of UMTS technology: the total level of noise within the UMTS frequency band ofany cell.
RTWP is related to uplink interference, and its monitoring helps control the call drops - mainly CS. It also
What is RTWP?
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has importance in the capacity management, as it provides information for the Congestion Controlregarding Uplink Interference.
In UMTS, the uplink interference may vary due to several factors, such as the number of users in thecell, the Service, Connection Types and Conditions of Radio, etc..
As our goal is to always be as simple as possible, we will not delve in terms of formulas or conceptsinvolved. We will then know the typical values, and know what must be done in case of problems.
Typical Values
Ok, we know that RTWP can help us in checking the uplink interference, then we need to know its typicalvalues.
In a network is not loaded, normal, acceptable RTWP Average value is generally around -104.5 and -105.5 dBm.
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Values around -95 dBm indicate that the cell has some uplink interferers.
If the value is around -85 dBm, the situation is ugly, with strong uplink interferers.
Usually we have High, Low and Medium measures of RTWP. However, the maximum and minimumvalues are recommended only as auxiliary or reference, since they may have been caused by a peak ofaccess, or even been forced to have a momentary value due to some algorithm i.e..
Thus, the value that helps us, and has the most accurate information is the same Mean RTWP!
For cases in which cell has two carriers, the difference between them RTWP should not exceed 6 dB.
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Based on these typical values, most vendors have an alarm: RTWP "Very High. "
What to do in case of problems?
We have seen that RTWP can cause performance degradation, mainly CS Call Drops. Note: Actually, it'snot RTWP that causes performance degradation. What happens is that when its value is 'bad', it's actuallyindicating the presence of interference - the latter being responsible for degradation.
But what can we do when we find bad values?
If RTWP is not at acceptable levels, some actions should be taken.
The first thing to do is check if there is a configuration issue with the RNC or NodeB. This is the most common case,especially in cases of new activations.Once verified the parameter settings, the next step is the physical examination, especially jumpers and cables, oftenpartially reversed. It also should be checked if there is faulty transmitters, or any other problem that could generateintermodulation between the NodeB and the antenna.If the parameter settings and hardware are ok, the chance is very high that we have external interference, such as aInterferer Repeater.
In cases where there may be external interference, we must begin to act after such a prioritization basedon how much this is affecting the cell KPI's across the network, if it carry high traffic, major subscribers,etc..
Note: There are many forms of interference in the uplink, both internal and external. Only a few arelisted above. The deepening of all possibilities is beyond the goal of being simple to teach the concepts,but this is a suggestion for whoever wants to deepen the study, identification and elimination ofinterference.
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In practice
to find - and eliminate - problems of interference is one of the biggest challenges in our area. For beingsuch a complex problem, we recommend that be collected enough data for each investigation. Insufficientdata collected can lead to erroneous conclusions, further worsening the problem.
The uplink interference may appear only in specific periods. Thus, it is recommended that data becollected from at least one week (7 days) for every 24 hours. Usually this amount of data is sufficient. Inthe figure below, we see different days and times - colorful - a fictional example where the interferenceoccurred.
Data should be collected for the suspicious cell, but also for its adjacent cells, allowing it to make atriangulation increasing the chances of locating the source of interference.
Another way to locate the source of interference is to do a test in field. An antenna guy must graduallychange the azimuth of the antenna, while another professional do RTWP measurements. That is, throughthe information directing the antenna and the respective values of RTWP, you can draw conclusions verygood.
It is obvious that changing the online system may not be a good practice, and tests can be made with aYagi antenna and a Spectrum Analyzer.
Vendors offer several ways to measure RTWP, using the OSS, performance counters and logs.
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In this brief tutorial, we learn what is RTWP, and that the ideal typical value is about -104.5 dBm and -105.5 dBm.
As the RTWP is directly related to Uplink Interference - and we know that interference is the main causeof performance degradation - have concluded that improving RTWP, ie making is as close as possible to -105 dBm, improving the Call Drop Rate!
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