06 G-LII 304 Traffic Statistics Analysis-20071205-A-2.0
06 G-LII 304 Traffic Statistics Analysis-20071205-A-2.0
06 G-LII 304 Traffic Statistics Analysis-20071205-A-2.0
High call drop rate High congestion rate Low handover success rate
SDCCH performance
Outgoing handover
Incoming handover
TCH performance
TCH performance
TCH performance
Link Balance
Link balance
Link balance
Alarm data
Alarm data
Alarm data
Call drops
Average TA value at
TCH call drop
Incoming Inter Cell Outgoing Inter Cell Failure Cause of Failure in BSC
Failure
Hardware fault
Problem description
− The target cell has idle channels but when applying for the
channels CH_ACT_NACK or TIMEOUT message appears.
− TCH availability is abnormal.
− If the call drop rate and congestion rate are both high, the
equipment may have some fault.
Hardware fault
Disposing process
− Monitor transmission and board alarms (FTC board failure, A
interface PCM sync alarm, LAPD link disconnected, TRX
alarm).
− Analyze whether the transmission is disconnected or the
boards have some fault (for example: the TRX is damaged).
− Check whether there is clock alarm.
Congestion
Objects needed to be analyzed
− Cells with low incoming handover success rate.
− Neighbor of the cell with low incoming handover success rate.
Locating the problem
− In incoming inter cell handover measurement function, check
whether many handover failures are caused by congestion.
− For low incoming handover success rate, check the cell’s traffic .
− For low outgoing handover success rate, check the neighbor
cell’s traffic.
Congestion
Disposing process
− Adjust the cell’s 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 cells.
TCH congestion
Main causes
− Insufficient system capacity
− Interference
− Coverage
− Antenna and feeder problems
− Improper parameter setting (system information
parameters)
Judgment method
Disposing process
− Expand or adjust the configuration between high and low traffic cells
Coverage
Refer to coverage analysis for TCH call drop rate.
SDCCH congestion
Main causes
− Improper parameter settings (system information)
− Insufficient system capacity
− Improper LAC planning
− Interference
Judgment method
− Successful immediate assignments / immediate assignment
transmissions >85%.
− The above formula shows the ratio between number of EST_IND
messages that MS sends to BSC and the immediate assignment
commands that BSC sends to BTS. It indicate whether there are some
improper parameters in the system information.
Disposing process
− Adjust the access parameters (Random access error threshold, RACH
minimum access level, MS Max Retrans, Tx-integer).
− Adjust the location update related parameters (dual-band network
parameters such as CRO, cell reselection hysteresis, T3212).
Interference
Problem description
− RACH minimum access level is low.
− Interference in the system, which will bring a lot of illusory
SDCCH channel requests.
Disposing process
− Properly set the RACH minimum access level
− Eliminate the interference
Problem description
Handover success rate is always very low because of the
congestion (about 70%)
In the evening of 3rd. Dec, site D located in urban is
expanded from “S2/2/2” to “S3/3/3”. The busy hour
handover success rate does not get improved after
expansion. Sometimes handover success rate is lower than
before. At the same time, lots of subscribers complain
about the network quality.
Refer to busy hour traffic statistics of 3rd. Dec.
Analysis
Analyzing the traffic statistics before expansion and after
expansion, we find that before the expansion the handover
failure is caused by congestion and the radio handover
success rate is normal. In Urban area many cells’ radio
handover success rate decreased after expansion, therefore
we conclude that the cause of handover failure after
expansion has been changed.
Analyzing the urban site location diagram, we find lots of cells’
radio handover success rate are low and these cells have
handover relationship with site D. Therefore we can suspect
that the handover problem may be caused by site D.
Analysis
After checking the hardware of site D through maintenance
console, we find the state of TMU board is abnormal and
clock is unstable. Finally we affirm the low handover
success rate is caused by the wrong setting of switches in
TMU board. For sure, the high call drop rate is caused by
handover failures.
The day after processing, the busy hour handover success
rate is higher than 90%. Thus the problem is solved.
Refer to busy hour traffic statistics of 17th. Dec.
Fault description
When we analyze the traffic statistics, we find that a cell’s
call drop rate in busy hour is large than 2%.
In cell call drop measurement function, we find that the
average uplink level of call drop is 1 (-109dBm), while the
downlink level is 26 (-84dbm). High call drop rate is caused
by imbalance between uplink and downlink.
In up-down link balance measurement function: we find one
TRX is normal, but there may be some problem with the
other one. Result of rank 1 is 0, while that of rank 11 is
5833. It means the downlink is better than uplink.
Analysis
We can exclude the problem of antenna and feeder
because only one of the two TRXs is abnormal. Therefore
we think that the problem may be caused by the uplink
channel of TRX or CDU.
After we change the CDU, the problem is solved.
Fault description
In the network, the radio link connection success rate is low.
After analyzing the traffic statistics, we find that it caused by
SDCCH congestion and the congestion only exists in a few
sites.
Analyzing traffic statistics we find that in the congested cell,
attempted SDCCH seizures are from 300 to 400 in a
certain hour. The configuration of all the related BTSs is
S1/1/1. Each cell has one SDCCH/8 channel. Normally, it
can deal with 300-400 SDCCH seizures. But it is very
strange that there are dozens of SDCCH congestions in
busy hour.