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TROUBLE SHOOTING
Series 4
Internal Training to Maintenance Staff
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Optimization Work Flow
Drive Test
Traffic statistics
Brief Introduction
Limitation of statistics
Traffic statistics analysis
Trouble shooting
Call Drop
Handover
SDCCH Congestion
Topics
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Monitor
Network Performance
Propose
Action Plan
Trouble TicketDrive TestNetwork Statistic
Is Performance OK?
Yes
No
Parameter, Configuration
and Hardware ChangesImplement
Action Plan
Optimization Work Flow
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STEP 1: Identify Problem
CustomerComplaints
Drive Test
Traffic Statistics
Alarm
What Problem ?
Optimization Work Flow
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STEP 2: Analyze Problem
How to solve?Any activity? Alarm / Hardware
Call Statistics
Drive Test
Optimization Work Flow
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STEP 3: Implement Solutions
Change what?Re-configurationHardware Change/Antenna tilting
Parameter Change
Software Upgrades
Optimization Work Flow
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STEP 4: Monitor Performance
Change Success? Alarm
Call Statistics
Drive test
CustomerFeedback
Optimization Work Flow
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Optimization Work Flow
Drive Test
Traffic statistics
Brief Introduction
Limitation of statistics
Traffic statistics analysis
Trouble shooting
Call Drop
Handover
SDCCH Congestion
Topics
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Standard for Drive Test
Define Route drive test
Specific drive test measurement tools
Time period for Drive Test
Summary drive test results
Drive Test
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Standard for Drive TestUsed external ANT outdoor mounted on rooftop of drive test
car.
Trace mode drive test
Drive test same direction in each route
Drive Test
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Define Route drive testMain road level 1
Normal road level 2
Route in city
Drive Test
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Specific drive test measurement toolsTEMS investigation version 2.0.4 or higher version.
External ANT 0 dB(i) Gain with cable and connector to Ericsson
R520
Log files from TEMS investigation will be process by GIMS (post
processing software) to Mapinfo table .
Drive Test
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Time period for Drive TestFor optimization perform drive test after launched in each batch
For trouble shooting drive test
Drive Test
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Drive Test after launched in each batch
Print out RXlevel and RXQUAL in whole region.
Graph or table of %RXleve >= -84 dBm compare with base line in
each route.
Graph or table of %RXqual
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Trouble shooting drive testThe report in each route will show detail as the following :
Print out RXlevel, RXQUAL and mark problem point.
Summary sheet
-how many problem that found in that route.
-which type of problem ( Missing neigbouring ,Drop call, HO fail,
interference, bad quality).
-give suggestion how to solve and due date.
Example summary sheet added in Appendix. (Demo)
Remark: If changed parameter to solve problem must be re-drive test for
verify results.
Summary drive test results.
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Optimization Work Flow
Drive Test
Traffic statistics
Brief Introduction
Limitation of statistics
Traffic statistics analysis
Trouble shooting
Call Drop
Handover
SDCCH Congestion
Topics
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Brief Introduction to BSC Traffic Statistics Item
MTP Measurement FunctionCell Measurement Function
Power-control Measurement
Call Drop Measurement
Site Initialization Measurement
Function
BSC Cell Broadcast
Measurement Function
BSC Measurement FunctionSCCP Measurement Function
A-interface Operation and
management statistic
A-interface Equipment
Maintenance statistic
A-interface Trunk Board
message statisticCPU Measurement Function
Demo
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BTS InitializationMeasurement
Cell Broadcast Statistic
Outgoing Inter-cell handover
Measurement Function
Incoming Inter-cell handover
Measurement Function
Undefined Adjacent CellMeasurement Function
GPRS Measurement Function
Defined Adjacent CellMeasurement Function
Receiving Quality Measurement
Function
Receiving Level Measurement
Function
Link Balance Measurement
FunctionLAPD Link Measurement Function
Cell Frequency Scan
Brief Introduction to BSC Traffic Statistics Item
Demo
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Optimization Work Flow
Drive Test
Traffic statistics
Brief Introduction
Limitation of statistics
Traffic statistics analysis
Trouble shooting
Call Drop
Handover
SDCCH Congestion
Topics
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Limitation of statistics
1. Traffic statistics task occupies some of the system resources. If too manytasks are implemented simultaneously or a task is implemented too
frequently, too much resource of BSC system will be used. Therefore, there
are restrictions to the number and period of traffic statistics task in BSC
system: At most 200 tasks can be created in each BM (Basic Module).
At most 3000 subtasks can be created in each BM.
A traffic statistics task is divided into subtasks according to the traffic statistics
objects in the task. The number of traffic statistics objects of a traffic statistics taskequals to the number of the subtasks contained in this task. The number of subtasks
of a BM is the total number of the subtasks of all tasks created in this BM. For
example, if a BM is fully configured to supports 128 cells, there will be 128 subtasks
after creating a measurement task of cell performance for "all cells in the module".
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A task can have at most 60 different initial indices.
For example, BSC Measurement Function has more than 120 primitive indices. Cell
Measurement Function has more than 220 primitive indices. At least three tasks are
to be created to measure all indices of BSC Measurement Function. At least four
tasks are to be created to measure all indices of Cell Measurement Function.
Minimum traffic statistics cycle: 15 minutes
If the statistic cycle is too short and the task results are too many, the system load will
increase. Therefore, the statistic cycle should not be shorter than 15 minutes. The
default setting is 30 minutes. The maximum statistic cycle is 1440 minutes.
Limitation of statistics
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Limitation of statistics
At most 16 cells can be selected in each Outgoing/Incoming inter cell
handover measurement functiontask
There is a limitation about the communication between Host and BAM; So,
Outgoing inter cell handover measurement functionand Incoming inter cell
handover measurement functiononly support 16 cells in one task.
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2. Statistic items that cannot be registered more than once
Do not register the statistic items concerning maximum/minimum values (e.g.
Maximum num. of busy TCHs) in multiple tasks. Otherwise, the data of these
indices may be incorrect.
The BSC traffic statistics indices concerning maximum/minimum values and their
traffic statistics function types are listed in the following
Limitation of statistics
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Limitation of statistics
BSC indices concerning maximum/minimum values
Traffic statistics function type Index concerning maximum/minimum value
CPU Measurement Function Peak percentage of CPU occupation
Cell Measurement Function Maximum num. of busy SDCCHs
Cell Measurement Function Maximum TCH queue length
Cell Measurement Function Maximum num. of busy TCHs
Power-Control Measurement Function Maximum distance between MS and BTS
Power-Control Measurement Function Maximum downlink power duration
percentage
Power-Control Measurement Function Maximum uplink power duration percentageGPRS Related Measurement Function Max num. of available PDCH
GPRS Related Measurement Function Min num. of available PDCH
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Optimization Work Flow
Drive Test
Traffic statistics
Brief Introduction
Limitation of statistics
Traffic statistics analysis
Trouble shooting
Call Drop
Handover
SDCCH Congestion
Topics
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Analysis process First we shall analyze and compare the sub-item of BSC measurement
function to have a roughly acknowledgement for the whole network.
During analyzing, if any important items (such as call drop rate or handover
successful rate) are abnormal, we shall do some further and detailed analysis
for the corresponding contents.
Analyze the cell with abnormal items (call drop, congestion, handover failure
and so on).
Use percentage and absolute times (call drop, congestion, handover failure
and so on) together to decide whether doing some further analysis or not.
Traffic Statistics Analysis
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BSC Measurement Function
High call drop rate High congestion rate Low handover successful rate
TCH
p
erformance
Ca
lldrops
SDCCH
performance
Link
balance
Outgoin
ghandover
Ala
rmdata
Ala
rmdata
TCHperformance
TCHperformance
Incominghandover
Link
balance
Link
Balance
Ala
rmdata
General method for traffic analysis
Traffic Statistics Analysis
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TCH call drop analysis ( Analysis diagram )
Cell with high call drop rate
Cell performancestatistics
Call drop measurementHandovermeasurement
Call drop times
Interferenceband
Causes ofcall drop
Average uplink level atTCH call drops
Average down link level atTCH call drop
Average uplink quality atTCH call drop
Average downlink qualityat TCH call drop
Average TA value atTCH call drop
Outgoing-cellhandover success rate
Incoming inter cellhandover successful rate
Handoverfailure and re-establish
failure
Alarm andhardware fault
Traffic Statistics Analysis-TCH Call Drop
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Low Handover Success Rate
Handover MeasurementFunction
Alarm (Clock),Hardware FaultTCH Measurement Function
Outgoing-Cell FailureIncoming-cell Failure
Outgoing Inter-cell
Handover
Measurement Function
Incoming Inter cell
Handover
Measurement Function
Cause of Failure in BSC
1.Illegal Channels
2.Illegal Carrier
3.Illegal TA
4.Timer out
5.no available channel
6.others
Traffic Statistics Analysis-Handover
Handover analysis (Analysis diagram)
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Optimization Work Flow
Drive Test
Traffic statistics
Brief Introduction Limitation of statistics
Traffic statistics analysis
Trouble shooting
Call Drop
Handover
SDCCH Congestion
Topics
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Call drop is usually caused by the following: Radio link fault. During the communication, messages can not
be received correctly.
T3103 counter gives no response after timeout
Other system faults (for example, the matching between BSC
timer and MSC timer)
Timers that may cause call drops (BSC timer):
T3103: Time counting from sending up HANDOVER CMD start
to receive HANDOVER CMP end, If it is timeout.(20s)
T3109: Time counting from sending up CHAN REL to receive
REL IND end. If it is timeout.(5s)
Trouble shooting--Call Drop
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Analyze the causes of the fault of radio links. The causes can be:
Interference
Internal interference, external interference and the equipment
interference
Poor coverage
Coverage insufficient, isolated island, uplink/downlink unbalance Improper parameter setting
radio link timeout counter, SACCH multi-frame number, handover,
power control etc.
Equipment problem (Antenna---Feeder---CDU---TRX)
Clock problem
Transmission problem
Trouble shooting--Call Drop
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Call drop types
Edge call drop: low receiving signaling strength, large TA.
Short distance call drop: low receiving signal strength and
small TA.
BQ call drop: high receiving signal strength and poor quality.
Sudden call drop: before call drop, the call is normal then
call drop happened suddenly.
Trouble shooting--Call Drop
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Edge call drop
Causes
MS is out of cells effective coverage area.
Island phenomenon caused by over shooting or missing neighbor.
Stand along site.
Solutions
Add new site to guarantee the effective continuous coverage.
Add the necessary neighbor.
Adjust antenna height and antenna downtilt, use high gain antenna
Modify some parameters : SACCH multi-frames , Radio link
timeout counter, handover threshold, handover statistic time, etc..
Trouble shooting--Call Drop
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Short distance call drop Causes
Poor coverage caused by complicated terrain structure or high
dense building.
Solutions
Increase EIRP.
Adjust antenna direction and downtilt, make the main lobe point
to high traffic area.
Adjusting call drop related parameters.
Trouble shooting--Call Drop
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BQ call drop( high signal strength)
Causes
High transmission bit error rate (BER).
Uplink or downlink interference.
Interference caused by Repeater.
Interference caused by Radar or other similar equipment.Interference caused by improper frequency planning.
Self-interference caused by BTS.
Solutions
Try to find the external interference.
Optimize frequency planning.
Adjust antenna system, avoid island.
Avoid transmission BER.
Trouble shooting--Call Drop
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Equipment problem (TRX, power amplifier, tower amplifier, etc.)
Problem description
In TCH measure function: many TCH seizure failures due to A interface
problem.
In call drop measurement function: many call drops due to ground links.
In TCH measurement function: many TCH seizure failures due to
equipment failure.
Disposing process
Monitor transmission and board alarms (TC board failure, A interface
PCM synchronization alarm, LAPD link disconnected, TRX alarm);
analyze whether transmission is disconnected or some boards have
fault (for example, the TRX cant work).
Trouble shooting--Call Drop
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TCH Call Drop items
N:TCH call drop
A: TCH lost radio connections (connection failure)
B: TCH lost radio connections (error indication)
C: TCH seizure failures due to terrestrial link failure (A-bis) D: TCH drop during Handover and preemption (No item in
OMC)
N=A+B+C+D
Trouble shooting--Call Drop
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SDCCH call drop Refer to TCH call drop analysis.
Note: The cause and mechanism of SDCCH call drop are almost the
same as TCH.
Trouble shooting--Call Drop
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Optimization Work Flow Drive Test
Traffic statistics
Brief Introduction Limitation of statistics
Traffic statistics analysis
Trouble shooting
Call Drop
Handover
SDCCH Congestion
Topics
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Trouble Shooting--Handover
Handover failure analysis Causes of handover failure
Improper handover parameters.
Hardware fault (TRX board fault).
Congestion
Interference
Coverage
Clock fault (Internal clock, external clock)
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Handover failure analysis Disposing process
Find out the cells with low handover successful rate.
Find the out the cells with high handover failures.
Compare the incoming cell handover failures and outgoing cell
handover failures.
Register the task to measure the incoming cell handover and
outgoing cell handover.
Find out handover failure relation (failure to all the neighbor cells or
parts of the neighbor cells).
Trouble Shooting--Handover
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Improper parameter settings Disposing process
Check whether the handover parameter threshold such as TA, BQ
and handover function switch are suitable or not.
Check whether the successful TCH seizures for handover are much
more than successful TCH seizures for call. If handover divide by
call is larger than 3, then it indicates that there maybe has Ping-
Pong handover. Check the parameter setting and adjust them (layer
setting, inter-lay handover hysteresis, inter-cell handover hysteresis,
PBGT threshold, etc.).
Check whether the average signal strength is low When the
handover happens. If it is, it indicate the edge handover threshold
are too low.
Trouble Shooting--Handover
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Hardware fault Problem description
The target cell has active channels but when applying for the
channels, get NACK or TIMEOUT message.
TCH availability is abnormal.
If the call drop rate and congestion rate are high, the equipment
may have some fault.
Trouble Shooting--Handover
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Hardware fault Disposing process
Monitor transmission and board alarms (TC board failure, A
interface PCM sync alarm, LAPD link disconnected, power amplifier
board, HPA, TRX alarm board, and CUI/FPU alarm).
Analyze whether the transmission is disconnected or the boards
have some fault (for example: the TRX is damaged).
Check whether there is a clock alarm.
Trouble Shooting--Handover
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Congestion Objects needed to be analyzed
Cells with low incoming handover successful rate.
Neighbor of the cell with low incoming handover successful rate.
Analysis process
In incoming inter-cell handover Measurement function: check
whether many handover failures caused by congestion.
Low incoming handover successful rate: check the cells traffic .
Low outgoing handover successful rate: check the neighbor cells
traffic.
Trouble Shooting--Handover
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Congestion
Disposing process
Adjust the cells coverage (adjust BTS transmitting power,
RXLEVEL_ACCESS_MIN, RACH access threshold, and the antenna
downtilt and height).
Adjust parameters (CRO, load handover parameters, cell priority and
handover parameters).
Expand or adjust TRX configuration between high and low traffic cell.
Trouble Shooting--Handover
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Optimization Work Flow Drive Test
Traffic statistics
Brief Introduction Limitation of statistics
Traffic statistics analysis
Trouble shooting
Call Drop
Handover
SDCCH Congestion
Topics
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SDCCH congestion
Main causes
Transmission fault and Board fault
Excessive SDCCH location updating in location area boundary
More traffic
Improper setting of system parameters
Interference
Trouble ShootingSDCCH Congestion
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Transmission faultandBoard fault
Problem description
Massive location updates happen suddenly.
Solution:Check transmission
Check hardware
Trouble ShootingSDCCH Congestion
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Excessive SDCCH location updating in location area boundary
Problem description
The border of different location area is the street.
The border of different location area is at the high traffic area.
Solution:Modify location area selection
Modify CRH (Cell Reselect Hysteresis)
Modify the parameters of periodical area updating.(T3212)
Modify the frequent handover problem of the dual-frequency
network
Add more SDCCH channel
Trouble ShootingSDCCH Congestion
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More traffic
Problem description
Many location updates happen at the border of different location
areas.
Solution:
Hardware fault in adjacent cell cause to suddenly traffic
increase
Traffic balance
Reduce CRO to reduce C2
Add more SDCCH channel
Trouble ShootingSDCCH Congestion
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Improper setting of system parameters
Solution:
Increase RACH access threshold (for coping with interference)
Decrease maximum resend times MS MAX retrans
Increase extended transmission timeslots appropriately
T3101 3s (Used to limit the duration of immediate assignment.)
T3122 10s Wait indication time, defines the MS waiting time before the
MS attempts another channel request after IMMEDIATE ASSIGNMENT
REJECT.
Trouble ShootingSDCCH Congestion
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Interference
Problem description
RACH threshold is low. At the same time, there is some
interference in the system, which will bring a lot of illusory
SDCCH channel requests.Disposing process
Properly set the RACH threshold
Dispose interference
Trouble ShootingSDCCH Congestion
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Case study
Refer to Problem Investigation
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Review and Thanks