5G RAN NR Availability

and Resource Utilization

5G RAN NR KPIs (5/5)

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Objectives of Chapter 5

On completion of this chapter the participants will be able to:

5 Measure NR Availability and Resource Utilization performance
5.1 Explain the counters that are used to measure NR NSA and SA Availability
5.2 Use counters to measure NR NSA and SA Resource Utilization

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Partial Cell Availability for gNodeB Cell (Node Restart
Excluded) (SA and NSA)

Partial Cell Availability

B
for gNodeB Cell [%] = ROP X Cell X 900 - ∑ (pmCellDowntimeAuto + pmCellDowntimeMan) gNB
5G NR Cell
ROP X Cell X 900
KPI is on
NRCellDU level.

NRCellDU NRCellCU
Controls the Cell Lock/Unlock Controls the Cell Activation

KPI does not include time when gNodeB is down. That is,
node restart time is excluded

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NR NSA Availability Counters
Length of time the cell is disabled
NRCellDU.serviceState because of fault (cell MO ServiceStatus is

B OUT_OF_SERVICE (Cell is not operational and cannot

serve UE instances. gNB-DU is trying to make cell operational.)
set to OUT_OF_SERVICE).

gNB
pmCellDowntimeAuto + (every second)

NRCellDU

Cell Manually Locked:

B NRCellDU.administrativeState
Length of time the cell is disabled
because of one of the following reasons:
gNB LOCKED (The resource is administratively prohibited – administrativeState of cell MO is set
from performing services for its users.)
to LOCKED.
– Another MO the cell depends on is set
pmCellDowntimeMan + (every second)
to LOCKED.
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NR Sector Carrier Licensed Capacity
ManagedElement
+- GNBDUFunction
pmLic5Plus5MHzScActual
Current number of licensed NR 5+5 MHz Sector Carrier capacity units allocated to
all sector carriers of node. Only applicable for low and mid-band.
pmLic5Plus5MHzScFdd
Current number of licensed NR 5+5 MHz Sector Carrier capacity units allocated to
all FDD sector carriers. Only applicable for low band.

B pmLic5Plus5MHzScTdd
Current number of licensed NR 5+5 MHz Sector Carrier capacity units allocated to
gNB all TDD sector carriers. Only applicable for low and mid-band.
pmLic25Plus25MHzScActual
Current number of licensed NR 25+25 MHz Sector Carrier capacity units allocated
to all TDD sector carriers. Only applicable for high band.
pmLic5MHzBwHwacFdd
Number of NR FDD Channel Bandwidth 5 MHz HWACs allocated to FDD sector
carriers in the node. Applicable for NR non-AAS radios.
pmLic5MHzBwHwacTdd
Number of NR TDD Channel Bandwidth 5 MHz HWACs allocated to TDD sector
carriers in the node. Applicable for NR non-AAS radios.
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DL and UL Data Volume per Cell
Aggregated volume of successfully transmitted DL MAC PDUs
for DRB or SRB using cell as PCell or SCell. Unit: bytes

pmMacVolDl
DL Volume per Cell = 8 X kbits
1000

B
gNB Data volume in MAC SDUs successfully received in UL.
Unit: byte

pmMacVolUl
UL Volume per Cell = 8 X kbits
1000

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DL and UL Average Number of Active UEs per Cell
The number of UEs considered active in the downlink direction,
i.e. has designated DRB data in UE dedicated DL

pmActiveUeDlSum
Average Number of Active UEs in DL =
pmActiveUeDlSamp

Counts the number of times the corresponding sum counter

pmActiveUeDlSum has been incremented
B
gNB
Number of UEs considered active in the uplink direction, i.e. the
UE is considered to have DRB or SRB data in its buffer

pmActiveUeUlSum
Average Number of Active UEs in UL =
pmActiveUeUlSamp

Counts the number of times the corresponding sum counter

pmActiveUeUlSum has been incremented

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NR System Load Counters
ManagedElement
+- GNBDUFunction
+- NRCellDU
pmMacVolDl
Aggregated volume of successfully transmitted DL MAC PDUs for DRB or
SRB using cell as PCell or Scell
pmMacVolUl
Aggregated volume of successfully transmitted UL MAC PDUs for DRB or
SRB using cell as PCell or SCell
B pmActiveUeDlSum
Number of active UE instances that have DRB data in UE-dedicated
gNB downlink buffer
pmActiveUeDlSamp
Total number of downlink (DL) samples made for pmActiveUeDlSum
pmActiveUeUlSum
Number of UEs considered active in the uplink direction. The counter
aggregates for each TTI the number of UEs with buffer status reports
indicating DRB data to be sent in the uplink direction.
pmActiveUeUlSamp
Total number of uplink (UL) samples made for pmActiveUeUlSum

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Average Number of Allocated UE Contexts (NSA)
— Applicable for NR NSA.
— Supported at NRCellDU level. Sum of the number of allocated UE contexts from periodic readings.

Average Number of pmUeCtxtAllocatedSum

Allocated UE Contexts =
pmUeCtxtAllocatedSamp

Number of times pmUeCtxtAllocatedSum is stepped.

B
gNB

Maximum number of allocated UE contexts during reporting period.

Maximum Number of
Allocated UE Contexts = max[pmUeCtxtAllocatedMax ]

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Average Number of RRC Connected Users (SA)
— Applicable for NR SA.
— Measured in duplex mode TDD.
— Supported at NRCellCU and GNBCUCPFunction level.
Sum of all sample values recorded for number of NR
SA UEs in RRC_CONNECTED mode in NR CU-CP

Average Number of pmRrcConnLevelSumSa

RRC Connected Users =
B pmRrcConnLevelSamp
gNB

Number of times corresponding Sum counters accumulate a

new sample. Associated Sum pmCounters are
pmRrcConnLevelSumSa and pmRrcConnLevelSumEnDc.

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Average Number of RRC Connected Users, EN-DC UE Connections
— Applicable for NR NSA.
— Measured in duplex mode TDD.
— Supported at NRCellCU and GNBCUCPFunction level.
Sum of all sample values recorded for number of NR
EN-DC UEs in RRC_CONNECTED mode in NR CU-CP

Average Number of RRC Connected pmRrcConnLevelSumEnDc

Users, EN-DC UE Connections =
B pmRrcConnLevelSamp
gNB

Number of times corresponding Sum counters accumulate a

new sample. Associated Sum pmCounters are
pmRrcConnLevelSumSa and pmRrcConnLevelSumEnDc.

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Peak Number of RRC Connected Users (SA)
— Applicable for NR SA.
— Measured in duplex mode TDD.
— Supported at NRCellCU and GNBCUCPFunction level.
Peak number of NR SA UEs in RRC_CONNECTED
mode in NR CU-CP.

B Peak Number of RRC

Connected Users, EN-DC = max[pmRrcConnLevelMaxSa ]
gNB UE Connections

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Peak Number of RRC Connected Users, EN-DC UE Connections
— Applicable for NR NSA.
— Measured in duplex mode TDD.
— Supported at NRCellCU and GNBCUCPFunction level.
Peak number of NR EN-DC UEs in RRC_CONNECTED
mode in NR CU-CP.

B Peak Number of RRC

Connected Users, EN-DC = max[ pmRrcConnLevelMaxEnDc ]
gNB UE Connections

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PDSCH and PUSCH Slot Utilization per Cell
Total duration of slots where there is DL PDSCH scheduling activity.
– Applicable for NR, Mid-Band and High-Band. Unit: 125 us
– Measured in duplex mode FDD and TDD.
– Supported at NRCellDU level: pmPdschSchedActivity
PDSCH Slot Utilization = 100 X %
pmPdschAvailTime

Total duration of slots where gNodeB scheduler can schedule on

PDSCH. Unit: 125 us

B
gNB
Total duration of slots where at least one MAC SDU is received on
PUSCH. Unit: 125 us

pmPuschSchedActivity
PUSCH Slot Utilization = 100 X %
pmPuschAvailTime

Total duration of slots where at least one MAC SDU is received on

PUSCH. Unit: 125 us
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NR Physical Resources Counters (1)
ManagedElement
+- GNBDUFunction
+- NRCellDU
pmPdschSchedActivity
Total duration of slots where there is DL PDSCH scheduling
activity. Unit: 125 us
Condition: Stepped for each slot where PDSCH is available,
regardless if any UE is scheduled.
B pmPdschAvailTime
Total duration of slots where gNodeB scheduler can schedule
gNB on PDSCH. Unit: 125 us
pmPuschSchedActivity
Total duration of slots where at least one MAC SDU is received
on PUSCH. Unit: 125 us
pmPuschAvailTime
Total duration of slots where gNodeB scheduler can schedule
on PUSCH. Unit: 125 us
Condition: Stepped for each slot where PUSCH is available,
regardless if any UE is scheduled.

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Basic Resource Unit for Observability
Taking into consideration multiple numerologies, Example:
mini-slots, and so on, it is desired to have a single
66 RB x 14 Symbols = 924 RBSym of total available DL resources
unit to unify the resources measurement;
48 RB x 1 Symbol = 48 RBSym used for PDCCH
56 RB x 14 Symbols – 48 RBSym = 736 RBSym used for PDSCH
The basic resource unit (RBSym) is defined in two
dimensions. In frequency domain, it is Common
Resource Block (i.e. 12 SCs). In time domain, it is a
symbol.

SCS RB BW Slots per frame

15 180 10
30 360 20
60 720 40
120 1440 80
240 2880 160

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1 Slot
DL RBSym Utilization
– Applicable for NR, Mid-Band and High-Band. No PM counter is defined for PDSCH type B use.
No feature supports PDSCH type B
– Measured in duplex mode FDD and TDD.
– Supported at NRCellDU level: pmMacRBSymUsedPdschTypeA +
pmMacRBSymUsedPdcchTypeA +
pmMacRBSymUsedPdcchTypeB +
pmMacRBSymUsedPdschTypeABroadcasting +

B
pmMacRBSymCsiRs

gNB DLTotUsedRBSym
DL RBSym Utilization [%] = 100 X %
pmMacRBSymAvailDl

Total aggregated number of resource block symbols available for

DL transmission during complete ROP.
Resource Indicator (RI) shows cell
resource use for downlink with
resource block symbols (RBSym).

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UL RBSym Utilization
– Applicable for NR, Mid-Band and High-Band.
– Measured in duplex mode FDD and TDD.
– Supported at NRCellDU level:

pmMacRBSymUsedPuschTypeA + pmMacRBSymUsedPuschTypeB

B ULTotUsedRBSym
gNB UL RBSym Utilization [%] = 100 X %
pmMacRBSymAvailUl

Total aggregated number of resource block symbols available for

UL transmission during complete ROP

Resource Indicator (RI) shows cell

resource use for downlink with
resource block symbols (RBSym).

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NR Physical Resources Counters (2)
ManagedElement
+- GNBDUFunction
+- NRCellDU
pmMacRBSymUsedPdschTypeA
Aggregated number of resource block symbols used for PDSCH mapping Type A during complete ROP
pmMacRBSymUsedPdcchTypeA
Aggregated number of resource block symbols used by PDCCH for scheduling of PDSCH or PUSCH using mapping type A
pmMacRBSymUsedPdcchTypeB
Aggregated number of UL resource block symbols used for PUSCH mapping Type B for ROP.

B
pmMacRBSymUsedPdschTypeABroadcasting
Aggregated number of resource block symbols used for PDSCH mapping Type A broadcasting during complete ROP.
Counts DL resource block symbols used for Synchronization Signal (SS) PBCH, BCCH, and PCCH including SIBs and
gNB Random Access (RA) Msg2.
pmMacRBSymCsiRs
Aggregated number of resource block symbols used for Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) during
complete ROP
pmMacRBSymAvailDl
Total aggregated number of resource block symbols available for DL transmission during complete ROP.
pmMacRBSymUsedPuschTypeA
Aggregated number of resource block symbols used for PUSCH mapping Type A during complete ROP
pmMacRBSymUsedPuschTypeB
Aggregated number of UL resource block symbols used for PUSCH mapping Type B for ROP.
pmMacRBSymAvailUl
Total aggregated number of resource block symbols available for UL transmission during complete ROP
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Downlink RBSym Utilization Distribution
pmMacRBSymUtilDlDistr
Distribution of utilization for downlink resource block symbols averaged over 1 second.
Unit: N/A Ranges:
– Applicable for NR Mid-Band and High-Band Bin[0]: [0..5] %
– Supported on the NRCellDU level: Bin[1]: [6..10] %
Bin[2]: [11..15] %
Bin[3]: [16..20] %
Bin[4]: [21..25] %
Resource Indicator (RI) shows the distribution Bin[5]: [26..30] %
Bin[6]: [31..35] %
over time with resource block symbol for cell Bin[7]: [36..40] %
resource utilization for downlink. Bin[8]: [41..45] %
Bin[9]: [46..50] %
Bin[10]: [51..55] %
Bin[11]: [56..60] %
Bin[12]: [61..65] %
Bin[13]: [66..70] %
Bin[14]: [71..75] %
Bin[15]: [76..80] %

B Bin[16]: [81..85] %
Bin[17]: [86..90] %
Bin[18]: [91..95] %
gNB Bin[19]: [96..100] %
Condition: Calculated based on the following numbers:
Aggregated number of resource block symbols used for all DL channels in 1 second.
NRCellDU Aggregated number of available DL resource block symbols in 1 second.

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Uplink RBSym Utilization Distribution
pmMacRBSymUtilUlDistr
Distribution of utilization for uplink resource block symbols averaged over 1 second.
Unit: N/A Ranges:
– Applicable for NR Mid-Band and High-Band Bin[0]: [0..5] %
– Supported on the NRCellDU level: Bin[1]: [6..10] %
Bin[2]: [11..15] %
Bin[3]: [16..20] %
Bin[4]: [21..25] %
Resource Indicator (RI) shows the distribution Bin[5]: [26..30] %
Bin[6]: [31..35] %
over time with resource block symbol for cell Bin[7]: [36..40] %
resource utilization for downlink. Bin[8]: [41..45] %
Bin[9]: [46..50] %
Bin[10]: [51..55] %
Bin[11]: [56..60] %
Bin[12]: [61..65] %
Bin[13]: [66..70] %
Bin[14]: [71..75] %
Bin[15]: [76..80] %

B Bin[16]: [81..85] %
Bin[17]: [86..90] %
Bin[18]: [91..95] %
gNB Bin[19]: [96..100] %
Condition: Calculated based on the following numbers:
Aggregated number of resource block symbols used for all UL channels in 1 second.
NRCellDU Aggregated number of available UL resource block symbols in 1 second.

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Summary of Chapter 5

The participants should now be able to:

5 Measure NR Availability and Resource Utilization performance
5.1 Explain the counters that are used to measure NR NSA and SA Availability
5.2 Use counters to measure NR NSA and SA Resource Utilization

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