RU10 UTRAN Radio Dimensioning

Capacity Dimensioning – Flexi BTS BaseBand Dimensioning

in RAS06 and RU10

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Tool Chain for UTRAN Radio Dimensioning
Base Band Dimensioning
Infrastr.
Parameters
• # of sectors
• antennas
• required
coverage area
• etc.

DIM TOOL Per area and per Phase

LINK BUDGET DIM TOOL
• Number of Node Bs
Customer Air Interface
Rel’99, CPICH, Node B • Node B Type
Requirements Dimensioning
HSDPA, HSUPA Dimensioning • Node B Configuration
(Capacity: Rel’99
(CHC, DRIC, FSM) • Node B Upgrade
+ HSPA )

LiBu DimTool

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The Link Budget and Dim Tool are provided by COO NE
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Flexi WCDMA BTS Site Capacity Upgrade
Alternatives
Baseband (BB) capacity
• Channel Element (CE) refers to the capacity requirement of 1
User voice/16 kbps (UL&DL)
• Upgrades in min. 1CE (Channel Element) steps
• Additional CE by SW license key
• Softer HO overhead is included
• No site visit needed to optimize for changing traffic mix
• 1 type of HW supports CCH, DCH, HSDPA and HSUPA
• 384 kbps supported in UL and DL for both HSDPA and R99
services

Available measurement counters are (RAS06)

• Amount of maximum/minimum/average available CEs in BTS
– Counters: M5001C0, M5001C1, M5001C2
• Amount of maximum/minimum/average used CEs in BTS (DL/UL
direction)
– Counters: M5001C3…M5001C8
• Amount of maximum/minimum/average used CEs for HSUPA
(UL/DL direction)
– Counters: M5001C9…M5001C14
• Average used CEs per RB type (measured in RNC):
– RB types (with bit rates):
– AMR, CS Conversational, CS Streaming, PS Streaming,
PS Interactive, PS Background
– Counters: M1000C181…M1000C225

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Flexi BTS block diagram

• Up to 3 RF modules per System Module

(Single, Dual and new RU10 Triple RF
Module)
• up to 2 System Modules (Master module +
optional extension module)
• 1 Transmission sub-module per System
Module (usually in Master Module)
• up to 2 AC/DC Power Modules
• Site support module and long term battery
back-up
• Optional Outdoor cabinet

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Base band processing units – general info

Base band units of Flexi and Ultra BTS product line:

• Flexi WCDMA System Module (FSM)
– Used in Flexi Node B
– 2 FSMs are allowed in maximum in the NodeB
– Consists of FSP cards (Functional Signal Processing unit)
– CE (Channel Element) is basic processing unit

• Wideband Signal Processing unit (WSP)

– Used in UltraSite and MetroSite NodeB
– Max No of WSPs per NodeB depends on its type (18 WSPs in maximum)
– CE is basic processing unit

Both base band units provide Rx and Tx channel processing (scrambling

and descrambling, interleaving UL/DL, spreading and despreading, channel
coding and decoding)

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Flexi WCDMA BTS HW Capacity Evolution in Channel
Elements (CE)
Max.
240 CE Release 1 HW, FSMB 1500 CE

250 CE Release 2 HW, FSMC

500 CE Release 2 HW, FSMD

500 CE 750 CE

750 CE Release 2 HW, FSME 500 CE 750 CE

Other possible configurations:

please see following 2 slides

240 CE 500 CE 750 CE

240 CE 240 CE 240 CE 240 CE

Release 1 HW SM SM chaining New SM HW introduced High capacity SM, if market need

RAS05.1 RAS05.1 ED WBTS5.0 Study Item

(RU10)
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Flexi WCDMA BTS SW Capacity Evolution in Channel
Elements (CE)
Release 1 HW
Common channel usage with Release 1 HW
Number of cells RAS05.1 RAS05.1 RAS06 RU10
240 CE Release 1 HW, FSMB
ED
1…3 (e.g. 1+1+1) 16 CE 16 CE 26 CE 26 CE
4…6 (e.g. 2+2+2) n/a 32 CE 52 CE 52 CE
7…9 (e.g.. 3+3+3) n/a n/a n/a 78 CE

192 CE 240 CE
Release 2 HW
192 CE 240 CE System Modules

192 CE 192 CE 240 CE

RAS05.1 RAS05.1 ED RAS06

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 Flexi WCDMA BTS SW Capacity Evolution in Channel
Elements (CE) Release 2 HW
Each system module contains free CEs pool Common Channels included as below:
designed for CCCH which allow to support the 3 cells/20 km cell radius: with 1 System module
following configurations 6 cells/10 km cell radius: with 1 System module
6 cells/20 km cell radius: with 2 System modules
250 CE Release 2 HW, FSMC 9 cells/10 km cell radius: with 2 System modules
12 cells/10 km cell radius: with 2 System modules
500 CE Release 2 HW, FSMD

750 CE Release 2 HW, FSME*

720 CE*
468 CE
396 CE
720 CE*
468 CE
396 CE
All combinations possible
All combinations possible
All combinations possible 216 CE

180 CE 216 CE 468 CE

396 CE 468 CE 720 CE*

WBTS5.0 (RU10) Study item * High capacity SM, if market need

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 Flexi WCDMA BTS BB Site Configurations (FSMD)
1 System Module (FSMD):
• Default Rel2 HW Base Band Module
• For high capacity sites
• Can be used as capacity expansion for Rel1 HW System Module
(FSMB) or Rel2 HW System Module (FSMC/FSMD)
• Support for max. 3 RF Modules
• Support for up to 12 cells CCH
• max. HW capacity 500 CE , 396 for user traffic.
• 36 CEs included in System Module Basic OSW price

2 System modules (FSMB/C+FSMD or 2 * FSMD):

• Support for max. 3 RF Modules
• FSMB + FSMD: max. Site HW capacity 740 CE , 32+36 CEs Basic OSW price
• FSMC + FSMD: max. Site HW capacity 750 CE , 2*36 CEs Basic OSW price
• FSMD + FSMD: max. Site HW capacity 1000 CE , 2*36 CEs Basic OSW price

Available # of RF HW support Max HW Max SW Total Max SW

modules for # of capacity capacity capacity (for
cells CCH (traffic) traffic) with 2*SM
FSMB RAS05.1 3 6 240 240 (minus 480 (minus control 240 CE
ED control CEs) CEs)
FSMC RU10 3 6 250 180 360 250 CE
FSMD RU10
For internal use 3 12 500 396 492
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500 CE
Main changes compared to FSMB and FSMC/D

• RU10 delivers new system modules FSMC and FSMD, which

are more efficient from the baseband allocation perspective
• Main enhancements via new HW
– Maximum capacity is higher, with FSMD much higher
– R99 baseband allocation with 384 kbps is lowered from 16 to 12 CEs
– HSDPA allocation is lower
▪ Shared HSDPA scheduler for BB efficiency for FSMB 80 CE and for
FSMC/D 72 CEs (Note: In RU10 shared HSDPA with FSMB enables 48
users/LCG and with FSMC/D 64 users/LCG
▪ Dedicated HSDPA scheduler with 64 users/cell (1+1+1), FSMB 240 CEs
and FSMC/D 216 CEs
– HSUPA allocation is lower
▪ To meet the maximum number of users (60 users/LCG) FSMB =240 CEs
and FSMC/D 144 CEs

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CCCH dimensioning
Rel1 HW (FSMB) and Rel2 HW (FSMC/D)

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Base Band CE requirements for CCCH
Common Channels included as below:
RU10 Rel.2 HW CE for control 3 cells/20 km cell radius: with 1 System module
6 cells/10 km cell radius: with 1 System module
• Control CEs are included and
6 cells/20 km cell radius: with 2 System modules
noticed in CEs (FSMC/D)
9 cells/10 km cell radius: with 2 System modules
12 cells/10 km cell radius: with 2 System modules
In RAS06 and FSMB RU10
• Control channel consumption is needed to be noticed as follows
• >6 cells needs extension module
Common channel usage with Release 1 HW
Number of cells RAS05.1 RAS05.1 ED RAS06 RU10
1…3 (e.g. 1+1+1) 16 CE 16 CE 26 CE 26 CE
Flexi CEs for
CCCH 4…6 (e.g. 2+2+2) n/a 32 CE 52 CE 52 CE
7…9 (e.g.. 3+3+3) n/a n/a n/a 78 CE
10…12 (e.g. 4+4+4) Requires Rel2 System Module as Extension Module

# cells/BTS CE required for CCCH

Ultrasite (WSPC)
1…3 16
Ultra WSPC CEs for CCCH 4…6 32
7…9 48
For internal use 10…12 64
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DCH (R99) dimensioning
Rel1 HW (FSMB) and Rel2 HW (FSMC/D)

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Flexi WCDMA BTS Base Band CE requirements for R99
users

Less CE needed with high bitrate (384 kbps) with Rel2 HW System Module!

RAS06/RU10 Rel1 HW (FSMB) RU10 Rel2 HW (FSMC/FSMD/FSME*)

CE UL/min CE DL/min User data CE UL/min CE DL/min

User data SF SF SF SF

AMR (voice) 1) 1/ SF64 1/ SF128 AMR (voice) 1) 1/ SF64 1/ SF128

WB-AMR 2) 1 / SF64 1 / SF128 WB-AMR 2) 1 / SF64 1 / SF128
PS 16 kbps 1 / SF64 1 / SF128 PS 16 kbps 1 / SF64 1 / SF128
PS 32 kbps 2 / SF32 2 / SF64 PS 32 kbps 2 / SF32 2 / SF64
PS 64 kbps 4 / SF16 4 / SF32 PS 64 kbps 4 / SF16 4 / SF32
PS 128 kbps 4 / SF8 4 / SF16 PS 128 kbps 4 / SF8 4 / SF16
PS 256 kbps 8 / SF4 8 / SF8 PS 256 kbps 9 / SF4 9 / SF8
PS 384 kbps 16 / SF4 16 / SF8 PS 384 kbps 12 / SF4 12 / SF8
CS 64 kbps 4 / SF16 4 / SF32 CS 64 kbps 4 / SF16 4 / SF32
CS 57.6 kbps 4 / SF16 4 / SF32 CS 57.6 kbps 4 / SF16 4 / SF32
CS 14.4 kbps 1 / SF64 1 / SF128 CS 14.4 kbps 1 / SF64 1 / SF128

1) AMR codecs 12.2, 7.95 and 5.90 and 4.75 kbps supported * FSME (High capacity SM) if market need
2) WB-AMR codecs 12.65, 8.85 and 6.6 kbps supported
For internal use Note: Soft HOs not included in calculations, Soft HO user is seen as normal user on other BTS
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WCDMA Flexi BTS Example Base Band Capacity for R99
Rel1 HW (FSMB)

• 1+1+1,common channels included in calculations

• Max.# CE licensed
• Max. # of Simultaneous users on Flexi WCDMA BTS based on Baseband capacity,
excluding Air and Iub Interfaces

BB Processing Capacity BB Processing Capacity

1 System Module 2 System Modules
User data CE required
(FSMB, RAS05.1) (FSMB+FSMB, RAS06)
192 CE, 16 CE for CCH 2* 240 CE, 26 CE for CCH
16kbps/ voice 1 176 454
32kbps 2 88 227
64kbps 4 44 113
128kbps 4 44 113
256kbps (DL) 8 22 56
384kbps 16 11 28

Note: Soft HOs not included in calculations

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WCDMA Flexi BTS Example Base Band Capacity for R99
Rel2 HW (FSMD) (RU10)

• 2+2+2, common channels included in calculations (cell range <10 km)

• Max.# CE licensed
• Max. # of Simultaneous users on Flexi WCDMA BTS based on Baseband capacity,
excluding Air and Iub Interfaces

BB Processing Capacity BB Processing Capacity

1 System Module 2 System Modules
User data CE required
(FSMD, RU10) (FSMD+FSMD, RU10)
396 CE 2* 396 CE
16kbps/ voice 1 396 792
32kbps 2 198 396
64kbps 4 99 198
128kbps 4 99 198
256kbps (DL) 9 44 88
384kbps 12 33 66

Note: Soft HOs not included in calculations

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HSDPA Dimensioning
Rel1 HW (FSMB)
Rel2 HW (FSMC/D) not available

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10 and 15 codes
Increased cell peak data rate and capacity when Frame Size
most of the power can be allocated to HSDPA H-ARQ

AMC
• Average cell HSDPA throughput increased
• Cell peak rate up to 14.4 Mbit/s (10 Mbit/s per user) Spreading HSDPA
& Multip.

Throughput Throughput Throughput

Modulation SF Code rate
(5 codes) (10 codes) (15 codes)
16 1/4 600 kbps 1.2 Mbps 1.8 Mbps
QPSK 16 2/4 1.2 Mbps 2.4 Mbps 3.6 Mbps
16 3/4 1.8 Mbps 3.6 Mbps 5.3 Mbps
16 2/4 2.4 Mbps 4.8 Mbps 7.2 Mbps
16QAM 16 3/4 3.6 Mbps 7.2 Mbps 10.8 Mbps
16 4/4 4.8 Mbps 9.6 Mbps 14.4 Mbps

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Shared HSDPA Scheduler for Baseband Efficiency
Peak rate of 10.8 Mbps is shared dynamically between sectors
Efficient utilization of resources since the peak rate of 10.8 Mbps is only
seldom available in macro cells due to interference

Instantaneous adaptation according to throughput per sector

Throughput shared equally HSDPA mobiles only in Throughput shared

between all sectors single sector between two sectors

3.6 Mbps 3.6 Mbps 0 Mbps (no 0 Mbps (no 7.2 Mbps 0 Mbps (no
HSDPA HSDPA HSDPA
mobiles) mobiles) mobiles)

3.6 Mbps 10.8 Mbps 3.6 Mbps

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 RAS06
Flexi WCDMA BTS BB Example, Rel1 HW
1+1+1, 240 CE, Shared HSDPA Scheduler for BB
Efficiency, 10/15 codes
• Max. capacity 240 CE/FSMB
• 32 CE included in OSW price
• Additional 134 CE licenses activated, based on traffic mix
FSMB
Common channels
Carrier
Carrier11
32CE included Common chs:26 CE
in OSW price
HSDPA BLOCK
Shared HSDPA scheduler
Carrier
Carrier11 80 CE
Based on traffic
requirements
Carrier
Carrier11 activated CE
(208)
Traffic channels available
capacity for traffic

134CE

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 RAS05.1
RAS05.1: HSDPA BTS Configuration Options for
Flexi BTS, Rel1 HW
1. Basic HSDPA
8 users • QPSK/16 QAM
• Max 5 codes per cell
4 users
• 16 Users per BTS
4 users
• Up to 3.6 Mbps per BTS
• 32 CE from FSMB allocated to HSDPA
scheduler
• 1 scheduler with 1-3 cells per BTS
Example 1:
16 users per BTS
• Cells can be on different frequencies
1*32 CE (e.g.., 2-omni or in later SW releases 3-
16 users omni, 2+1)

16 users 16 users 2. 16 Users per cell

• Up to 3.6 Mbps per cell
• Max 5 codes per cell
• Each HSDPA cell requires 32 CE from FSMB is
allocated to HSDPA
Example 2:
16 users per cell • Max 6 HSDPA schedulers per BTS
3*32 CE

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 RAS06
RAS06: HSDPA BTS Configuration Options for
Flexi BTS, Rel1 HW
3. Shared HSDPA Scheduler for Baseband
10 users Efficiency
• Up to 10.8 Mbps per BTS
22 users 16 users
• Max 15 codes per cell, 45 codes for BTS
• Max 48 Users per BTS
• 80 CE from FSMB allocated to HSDPA scheduler
Example 3: Shared
HSDPA Scheduler
• 1 scheduler per BTS
for BB Efficiency
1*80 CE

48 users 4. 48 Users per Cell

• Up to 14.4 Mbps per cell (with code multiplexing)
48 users 48 users • Max 15 codes per cell
• 80 CE from FSMB allocated per HSDPA
scheduler (=per cell)
• Max 5 schedulers per BTS (5*80=400CE)
Example 4:
48 Users per cell
3*80CE
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RAS06: Shared HSDPA Scheduler for Baseband
Efficiency, Rel1 HW
• Shared HSDPA Scheduler for BB Efficiency
3-sectors, 1 x80 16 users consumes 80 CE reservation per scheduler
CE
from FSMB
12 users 20 users • Max number of simultaneous users is 48 per 80
CE reservation
• Each 80 CE reservation can handle 1, 2 or 3
cells. BTS can have several code shared
schedulers which makes possible to configure
e.g.... 4 and 6 sectors sites with 2x80 CE
allocation.
20 users • Provides fully flexible 10.8 Mbps data rate to be
20 users
shared among up to 3 cells
13 users 12 users • If two cells are empty, one cell can use all 10.8
16 users Mbps, radio conditions permitting
15 users • In low usage scenario (e.g.. active users in only
one cell) provides identical performance as
dedicated HSDPA scheduler per cell

2*1+1+1, 2 x80 CE
(RU10 1+1+1+1+1+1)

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 RAS06
RAS06: Several ’16 Users per BTS’ Schedulers in
BTS by Tcell grouping from RNC
• ‘16 Users per BTS Scheduler’ -feature
B 11 users requires 32 CE of processing capacity to be
Tcell = 4 enabled for one to three cells in the BTS.
• Another 32 CEs can be added so that cell A
A (blue) is handled by first 32 CE and cells B
16 users
5 users Tcell = 0 (yellow) and C (yellow) by the second 32
Tcell = 3 CEs.
• Cells are grouped to each scheduler with
Tcell parameter from RNC.
• Max 4 schedulers per BTS

Example 1: Rules for grouping (max 4 groups):

1+1+1: 2 x32 CE Group 1: Tcell values 0, 1 and 2
Group 2: Tcell values 3, 4 and 5
Group 3: Tcell values 6, 7 and 8

f1 Tcell = 0 16 users
Tcell = 2
Tcell = 1 Group 4: Tcell value 9

Tcell = 316 users 16 users Tcell = 6

f2 16 users 4 schedulers (max 5 codes and 16 users):
Tcell = 9
F1: 3 cells sharing one scheduler
F2: 1 scheduler per cell
2+2+2: 4 x32 CE

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 RAS06
RAS06: Several ‘Shared HSDPA Schedulers for Baseband
Efficiency’ in BTS by Tcell grouping from RNC

• ‘Shared HSDPA Scheduler for Base Band

Efficiency’ -feature requires 80 CE capacity from
B 25 users FSMB to be enabled for two to three cells in the
Tcell = 4 BTS.
A • Another 80 CEs can be reserved from FSMB so
that cell A (blue) is handled by first 80 CE and cells
23 users 48 users B (yellow) and C (yellow) by the second 80 CEs.
Tcell = 3 Tcell = 0
• Cells are grouped to each scheduler with Tcell
parameter from RNC.
• MAX 4 schedulers per BTS

Rules for grouping (max 4 groups):

Group 1: Tcell values 0, 1 and 2
Group 2: Tcell values 3, 4 and 5
Group 3: Tcell values 6, 7 and 8
2 schedulers (max 15 codes and 48 users): Group 4: Tcell value 9

F1: 2 cells sharing one scheduler and 1

scheduler in one cell

1+1+1, 2 x80 CE

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Maximum number of HSDPA schedulers simultaneously
active

1 System Module 1 System Modules

HSDPA Scheduler (FSMB) (2 * FSMB)

Basic HSDPA, 16 users per BTS 1 (3*) 1 (4*)

16 Users per cell 3 6
Shared HSDPA Scheduler for BB efficiency 1 (2*) 1 (4*)
48 Users per cell 2 5

* Usage of Tcell parameter required

• Note that only one type of scheduler can be used in BTS at a time
– Still notice that when using shared scheduler you can have also one cell using
on shared scheduler
▪ thus almost corresponding to the performance of dedicated scheduler
– When using shared scheduler you can easily expand to more than one
schedulers
▪ Meet the HSDPA capacity requirement in cell level due to the traffic growth

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 RAS06
WCDMA Flexi BTS Base Band Dimensioning, Rel1
HW
Example for 1+1+1/ HSDPA activation

• Note that the table describes only BTS Baseband dimensioning. In practice also Iub, Air interface, etc has to be
taken into account. Please see RAS dimensioning guide for more information.
• CEs required for associated HSDPA UL is not included in the table
• Common Channels not included
• 5 code phones assumed to be used in NW. Figures in brackets (by red) assumes 10 code phones and figures in
brackets (by blue) assumes 15 code phones are used in NW

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Flexi WCDMA BTS Baseband CE requirements for HSDPA
users in uplink (associated uplink channel) with Rel1 HW
and Rel2 HW
RU10
Rel1 HW (FSMB) Rel2 HW (FSMC/FSMD/FSME***)

CE UL/min CE DL/min User data CE UL/min CE DL/min

User data SF SF SF SF
PS 16 kbps 1 / SF64 *) 1 / SF128 **) PS 16 kbps 1 / SF64 *) 1 / SF128 **)
PS 64 kbps 4 / SF16 1 / SF128 **) PS 64 kbps 4 / SF16 1 / SF128 **)
PS 128 kbps 4 / SF8 1 / SF128 **) PS 128 kbps 4 / SF8 1 / SF128 **)
PS 384 kbps 16 / SF4 1 / SF128 **) PS 384 kbps 12 / SF4 1 / SF128 **)

*)
In case of SF is 32, then 2 CE is required in UL
**)
1 CE for DL signaling is required per HSDPA user
Less CE needed with high
bitrates (384 kbps) with rel2 HW
System Module!

• Note: Soft HOs not included in calculations

• *** FSME (High capacity SM) if market need

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HSUPA Dimensioning
Rel1 HW (FSMB)
Rel2 HW (FSMC/D) not available

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HSUPA
General information
• HSUPA activation requires a "fixed pool" of 8 CE when activating the
feature.
• BTS Resource Manager can dynamically allocate additional BB resources
for HSUPA.
– Depending on the total amount of free available CE (#licenses and installed
HW capacity) and the traffic load,
• A max. of 128 CE in UltraSite and 160 CE in Flexi BTS can be utilized by
HSUPA.
– In case of conflict with R99 RT or NRT traffic needs, BTS Resource manager
will reduce the amount of BB resources available for HSUPA.
• HSUPA user can reach max 2.0 Mbps
• HSUPA requires HSDPA for DL
• In addition to the CE consumption for HSDPA and HSUPA activation, 1
CE for signaling is required per user.
• Flexi BTS Rel2 HW HSUPA dimensioning: to be defined
– Note: Softer HO overhead is included in the CE dimensioning table (Table
3), similarly as with Rel99 DCH

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HSUPA resource steps
Rel1 HW (FSMB)
• HSUPA resources are allocated in steps of Channel Elements (CEs)
• Max 160 CE can be allocated to HSUPA
• Size of each HSUPA resource step in Channel Elements is described
below:

HSUPA Flexi BTS

Resource step Rel1 HW (FSMB)

1 32 CE

2 24 CE 1 Flexi BTS submodule

3 24 CE

4 32 CE

5 24 CE 1 Flexi BTS submodule

6 24 CE

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HSUPA combined minimum baseband throughput
• Number of HSUPA resource steps allocated to get certain combined BTS
baseband L1 throughput with certain number of UEs:
Flexi BTS Combined minimum baseband L1 throughput of all users
Minimum Number of
0 <1.4 Mbps 1.4 Mbps 2.8 Mbps 4.2 Mbps 5.6 Mbps 7 Mbps 8.4 Mbps
HSUPA UE per BTS
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1–4 0 1 1 2 3 4 n/a n/a
5–8 0 1 2 2 3 4 5 6
9 - 12 0 2 2 3 3 4 5 6
13 - 16 0 2 3 4 4 4 5 6
17 - 20 0 3 3 4 5 5 5 6
21 - 24 0 3 3 4 5 6 6 6

• UEs Peak Throughput depends on how many • Example: to get 4.2 Mbps combined (of
simultaneous UEs there is in each HSUPA all UEs) L1 throughput with 12 users, 3
resource step at a time: HSUPA resource steps are needed i.e.
• 1-2 UEs in one HSUPA resource step: Resource steps 1-3 (32 CE + 24 CE + 24
2 Mbps peak rate per UE CE = 80 CE)
• 3-4 UEs in one HSUPA resource step:
1.4 Mbps peak rate per UE
• 5-8 UEs in one HSUPA resource step:
384 kbps - <1.4 Mbps peak rate per UE
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HSUPA Channel Element dimensioning

• Amount of Channel Elements (CEs) allocated to get certain combined (of all UEs)
BTS baseband L1 throughput vs. certain number of UEs:
Note! Step1: 32 CE includes 8 CE fixed reservation
Flexi BTS Combined minimum baseband L1 throughput of all users
Minimum Number of <1.4 2.8
0 1.4 Mbps 4.2 Mbps 5.6 Mbps 7 Mbps 8.4 Mbps
HSUPA UE per BTS Mbps Mbps
0 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 RU10
1–4 8 32 CE 32 CE 56 CE 80 CE 112 CE n/a n/a 12.6 Mbps
5–8 8 32 CE 56 CE 56 CE 80 CE 112 CE 136 CE 160 CE
9 - 12 8 56 CE 56 CE 80 CE 80 CE 112 CE 136 CE 160 CE
13 - 16 8 56 CE 80 CE 112 CE 112 CE 112 CE 136 CE 160 CE
17 - 20 8 80 CE 80 CE 112 CE 136 CE 136 CE 136 CE 160 CE
21 - 24 8 80 CE 80 CE 112 CE 136 CE 160 CE 160 CE 160 CE

RU10
60 users
RU10 provides an extension and changes:
• up to 60 users
• L1 throughput up to 12.6 Mbps
• No <1.4 Mbps used
• No reservation (8 CEs) when HSUPA activated
For internal use • Minimum reservation means 1-4 users and 1.4 Mbps
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 RU10

HSPA Dimensioning
- RU10

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 RU10

HSDPA improvements in RU10

- Rel1 HW (FSMB)
• Same HSDPA schedulers available as before
• Same CE dimensioning rules apply as before
• Improvements:
– Cell dedicated scheduler (80CE): number of users increased from 48
UE to 64 UE

64 *

64 *
64 *
Cell Dedicated Scheduler:
• 64 HSDPA users

1+1+1 FSMB

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 RU10

HSDPA improvements in RU10

- Rel2 HW (FSMC/D)
• Same schedulers in use as with Rel1 HW System Module
• Improvements in Rel2 HW vs. Rel1 HW in RU10:
– Both Shared Scheduler for Baseband Efficiency and Cell Dedicated -scheduler
needs only 72 CE (80 CE with FSMB)
– Shared Scheduler for Baseband Efficiency: 14.4 Mbps peak rate (10.8 Mbps with
FSMB)
– Shared Scheduler for Baseband Efficiency: 64 users (48 users with FSMB)

22 *
Shared Scheduler for BB Efficiency:
• 14.4 Mbps peak rate
27 * • 64 HSDPA users
15 *
• 72 CE
Cell Dedicated Scheduler (64 users):
FSMC • 72 CE
1+1+1 FSMD

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 RU10

Max number of HSDPA schedulers simultaneously

active
- Rel2 HW: FSMC/D

2*FSM 2*FSM
HSDPA Scheduler FSMC FSMD
C D
Basic HSDPA, 16 users per BTS/LCG (32 CE) 1(4*) 1(8*) 1(4*) 1(8*)
16 Users per cell (32 CE) 5 10 11 12
Shared HSDPA Scheduler for BB efficiency (72 CE) 1(2*) 1(4*) 1(4*) 1(8*)
64 Users per cell (72 CE) 2 4 5 10

Note that only one type of scheduler can be used in BTS at

a time

FSMC/FSMD: up to 2+2+2/10 km or 1+1+1/20 km cell range configuration used, 1 * LCG

2*FSMC/2*FSMD: up to 4+4+4/10 km or 2+2+2/20 km cell range configuration used, 2 * LCG
* Usage of Tcell parameter required

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 RU10

HSUPA improvements in RU10

- Rel1 HW (FSMB)
• HSUPA fixed allocation is 0 CE
– In RAS06 when HSUPA is activated an 8 CE fixed reservation is done

• Number of HSUPA UE per BTS/LCG increased to 60

– In RAS06 max 24 users per BTS (20 per cell)
– Max 20 UE per cell also in RU10
– Total BTS level throughput increased to 12.6 Mbps (8.4 Mbps in RAS06)
– See HSUPA resource steps and dimensioning tables in next slides

• Improved resource handling:

– Resource Manager will reallocate free resources (relieved from Rel99) back to HSUPA.
▪ Improves user throughput
▪ In RAS06 only new HSUPA calls are allocated to relieved resources

– HSUPA users can be moved between Flexi sub modules.

▪ Improves HSUPA user throughput as second submodule is taken earlier into use as in RAS06
▪ In RAS06 HSUPA users can not be moved from one sub module to another

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 RU10

HSUPA improvements in RU10

- Rel1 HW (FSMB) HSUPA Resource Steps
• HSUPA resources are allocated in steps of Channel Elements (CEs)
• Size of each HSUPA resource step in Channel Elements is described
below:

HSUPA
Incremental CE Cumulative CE
Resource
value value
step
1 32 CE 32 CE

2 24 CE 56 CE 1st Flexi BTS

3 24 CE 80 CE submodule
4 32 CE 112 CE FSMB
5 24 CE 136 CE
2nd Flexi BTS Max 240
6 24 CE 160 CE submodule CE
7 32 CE 192 CE

8 24 CE 216 CE 3rd Flexi BTS

9 24 CE 240 CE submodule

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 RU10

HSUPA improvements in RU10

- Rel1 HW (FSMB) HSUPA Resource Steps
FSMB Combined minimum baseband L1 throughput of all users

Minimum
Number of 1.4 2.8 4.2 5.6 7.0 8.4 9.8 11.2 12.6
HSUPA UE per Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps
BTS
1–4 1 2 2 4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
5–8 2 2 2 4 5 6 7 8 n/a
9 - 12 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
13 - 16 3 4 4 4 5 6 7 8 9
17 - 20 3 4 5 5 5 6 7 8 9
21 - 24 3 4 5 6 6 6 7 8 9
25 – 28 4 5 6 7 7 7 7 8 9
29 – 32 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 9
33 – 36 5 6 6 8 9 9 9 9 9
37 – 40 5 6 7 8 9 n/a n/a n/a n/a
41- 44 6 6 8 8 9 n/a n/a n/a n/a
45 – 48 6 6 8 8 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
49 – 52 7 7 9 9 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
53 – 56 7 7 9 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
57 - 60 8 8 9 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

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 RU10

HSUPA improvements in RU10

- Rel1 HW (FSMB) HSUPA Resource Steps as CEs
FSMB Combined minimum baseband L1 throughput of all users
Minimum
Number of 1.4 2.8 4.2 5.6 7.0 8.4 9.8 11.2 12.6
HSUPA UE per Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps
BTS
1–4 32 56 56 112 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
5–8 56 56 56 112 136 160 192 216 n/a
9 - 12 56 80 80 112 136 160 192 216 240
13 - 16 80 112 112 112 136 160 192 216 240
17 - 20 80 112 136 136 136 160 192 216 240
21 - 24 80 112 136 160 160 160 192 216 240
25 – 28 112 136 160 192 192 192 192 216 240
29 – 32 112 136 160 192 216 216 216 216 240
33 – 36 136 160 160 216 240 240 240 240 240
37 – 40 136 160 192 216 240 n/a n/a n/a n/a
41- 44 160 160 216 216 240 n/a n/a n/a n/a
45 – 48 160 160 216 216 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
49 – 52 192 192 240 240 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
53 – 56 192 192 240 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
57 - 60 216 216 240 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

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 RU10

HSUPA resource steps in RU10

- Flexi WCDMA BTS, Rel2 System Module
• HSUPA resources are allocated in steps of Channel Elements (CEs)
• Size of each HSUPA resource step in Channel Elements is described
below:

HSUPA Incremental CE Cumulative CE

Resource step value value

1 30 CE 30 CE FSMC
2 6 CE 36 CE
FSMD
3 30 CE 66 CE

4 6 CE 72 CE

5 30 CE 102 CE
Max 144
6 6 CE 108 CE
CE
7 30 CE 138 CE

8 6 CE 144 CE

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 RU10

HSUPA in RU10
- Rel2 HW (FSMC/D) HSUPA Resource Steps
FSMC/D Combined minimum baseband L1 throughput of all users
Minimum
Number of 1.4 2.8 4.2 5.6 7.0 8.4 9.8 11.2 12.6
HSUPA UE per Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps
BTS
1-3 1 1 2 2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
4-6 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 n/a
7-9 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5
10 - 12 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 5 5
13 - 15 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5
16 - 18 3 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 6
19 - 21 3 4 4 4 5 6 7 7 7
22 - 24 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 8 8
25 - 27 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 8 n/a
28 - 30 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 8 n/a
31 - 33 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 8 n/a
34 - 36 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 n/a
37 - 39 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 n/a
40 - 42 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 n/a
43 - 45 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 n/a
46 - 51 7 7 8 8 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
51 - 60 8 8 8 8 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

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 RU10

HSUPA in RU10
- Rel2 HW (FSMC/D) HSUPA Resource Steps as CEs
FSMC/D Combined minimum baseband L1 throughput of all users
Minimum
Number of 1.4 2.8 4.2 5.6 7.0 8.4 9.8 11.2 12.6
HSUPA UE per Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps
BTS
1-3 30 30 36 36 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
4-6 30 36 36 36 66 66 72 72 n/a
7-9 36 36 66 66 66 66 72 72 102
10 - 12 36 36 66 72 72 72 72 102 102
13 - 15 36 66 66 72 102 102 102 102 102
16 - 18 66 66 66 72 102 108 108 108 108
19 - 21 66 72 72 72 102 108 138 138 138
22 - 24 72 72 72 72 102 108 138 144 144
25 - 27 72 72 102 102 102 108 138 144 n/a
28 - 30 72 72 102 102 102 108 138 144 n/a
31 - 33 102 102 108 108 108 108 138 144 n/a
34 - 36 102 108 108 108 108 108 138 144 n/a
37 - 39 108 108 108 138 138 138 138 144 n/a
40 - 42 108 108 108 138 138 138 138 144 n/a
43 - 45 108 138 138 144 144 144 144 144 n/a
46 - 51 138 138 144 144 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
51 - 60 144 144 144 144 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

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 CE consumption example, 1 Flexi System
module, Rel1 HW (FSMB)
Common channel CE Common CHs
R'99 only CE for 1+1+1
HSDPA CE
HSUPA only CE
HSUPA / R'99 CE

Dynamically
shared BB
R’99 only capacity, capacity
fully pooled across between R’99
freqs & sectors and HSUPA

HSDPA only capacity, Fixed reservation

fully pooled across of 8 CE to enable
sectors (16 users per HSUPA in the BTS
BTS)

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 CE consumption example, 2 Flexi System
modules, Rel1 HW (FSMB)
Common channel CE HSDPA only
R'99 only CE capacity, fully
pooled across
HSDPA CE
sectors (Shared
HSUPA only CE
HSDPA Scheduler
HSUPA / R'99 CE for BB Efficiency)

R’99 only capacity,

Dynamically shared
fully pooled across
BB capacity
freqs & sectors
between R’99 and
HSUPA

Fixed reservation of
8 CE to enable
HSUPA in the BTS

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Channel Elements estimation example for FSMB
# cells/BTS CE required for CCCH
Channel element estimation: Ultrasite Flexi
1…3 16 26
• Node B type Flexi and 3-sectors 4…6 32 52
– For CCCH 26 CE 7…9 48 RU10
10…12 64 RU10
• HSDPA associated UL DPCH is 64 kbps,
 4 CE per traffic channel from UL.
Feature CE required for HSDPA
– 6 simultaneous (rel 5.) users 6*4 CE = 24 CE Ultrasite Flexi
5 codes 32 32
• HSDPA shared scheduler and 15 codes, 48 users 10 codes 64 80
per Node B. 15 codes 64 80
Shared scheduler 48 users 64 80
– 80 CE UL/DL. Shared scheduler 16 users 32 32
– 1 CE/user for SRB (rel 5. + rel 6. = 12) Cell specific scheduler
16 user per Node B
192
32
240
32
• HSUPA 6 simultaneous users (rel. 6) and 2.8 Mbps 48 user per Node B 64 80
48 user per cell 192 240
(needs 2 resource steps)
– 56 CE UL/DL
– 1 CE/user for SRB, 6*1 = 6 CE # of HSUPA
0
<1.4 1.4 2.8
UE per BTS Mbps Mbps Mbps

0 8 8 8 8
• Thus total: 1–4 8 32 CE 32 CE 56 CE
– Downlink is 26 + 80 + 56 + 12 = 174 CE 5–8 8 32 CE 56 CE 56 CE

– Uplink is 26 + 24 + 80 + 56 + 6 = 192 CE 9 - 12 8 56 CE 56 CE 80 CE
(extra is the associated UL DPCH which only in 13 - 16 8 56 CE 80 CE 112CE
UL as well as minor difference in SRB) 17 - 20 8 80 CE 80 CE 112CE
21 - 24 8 80 CE 80 CE 112CE
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 FSMB capacity with HSPA

• When using one FSMB, there can is 112 CEs available for HSUPA
• When using two FSMB HSUPA/R99 can share up to 240 CEs and still
there is dedicated capacity available for R99 only
– There can up to two HSDPA schedulers
• When having dedicated HSDPA schedulers (1+1+1) there is 214 CEs
available for HSUPA/R99
Flexi BTS 1*FSMB (Max 240) Flexi BTS 2*FSMB (max.480 CE)

System # of HSDPA HSDPA HSUPA/DCH HSDPA HSUPA/DCH DCH

HSDPA Scheduler module # of codes Scheduling users CE usage CE (shared) DCH only CE CE usage CE (shared) only CE CCH CE
1* Shared Scheduler FSMB 5 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 16 user/BTS 32 112 70 32 240 182 26
2* Shared Scheduler FSMB 5 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 16 user/BTS 64 112 38 64 240 150 26
3* Shared Scheduler FSMB 5 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 16 user/BTS 96 92 0 96 240 92 52
4* Shared Scheduler FSMB 5 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 16 user/BTS N/A N/A N/A 128 240 60 52
Cell Specific (3 cells) FSMB 5 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 16 user/cell 96 112 6 96 240 118 26
Cell Specific (6 cells) FSMB 5 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 16 user/cell N/A N/A N/A 192 236 0 52
1* Shared Scheduler FSMB 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 48 user/BTS 80 112 22 80 240 134 26
2* Shared Scheduler FSMB 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 48 user/BTS 160 54 0 160 240 54 26
3* Shared Scheduler FSMB 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 48 user/BTS 240 N/A N/A 240 188 0 52
4* Shared Scheduler FSMB 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 48 user/BTS 320 N/A N/A 320 108 0 52
Cell Specific (2 cells) FSMB 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/cell 160 54 0 160 240 54 26
Cell Specific (3 cells) FSMB 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/cell 240 N/A N/A 240 214 0 26
Cell Specific (5 cells) FSMB 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/cell 400 N/A N/A 400 28 0 52
Cell Specific (6 cells) FSMB 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/cell 480 N/A N/A 480 N/A N/A 52

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FSMC capacity with HSPA

• FSMC enables multiple schedulers and via HSPA resource

allocation enhancements it can leave more capacity for R99

Flexi BTS 1*FSMC (Max 180) Flexi BTS 2*FSMC (max.360 CE)

System # of HSDPA HSDPA HSUPA/DCH DCH HSDPA HSUPA/DCH DCH

HSDPA Scheduler module # of codes Scheduling users CE usage CE (shared) only CE CE usage CE (shared) only CE CCH CE
1* Shared Scheduler FSMC 5 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 16 user/BTS 32 144 4 32 144 184 included
2* Shared Scheduler FSMC 5 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 16 user/BTS 64 116 0 64 144 152 included
3* Shared Scheduler FSMC 5 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 16 user/BTS 96 84 0 96 144 120 included
4* Shared Scheduler FSMC 5 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 16 user/BTS 128 52 0 128 144 88 included
Cell Specific (3 cells) FSMC 5 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 16 user/cell 96 84 0 96 144 120 included
Cell Specific (6 cells) FSMC 5 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 16 user/cell N/A N/A N/A 192 144 24 included
1* Shared Scheduler FSMC 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/BTS 72 108 0 72 144 144 included
2* Shared Scheduler FSMC 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/BTS 144 36 0 144 144 72 included
3* Shared Scheduler FSMC 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/BTS 216 N/A N/A 216 144 0 included
4* Shared Scheduler FSMC 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/BTS 288 N/A N/A 288 72 0 included
Cell Specific (2 cells) FSMC 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/cell 144 36 0 144 144 72 included
Cell Specific (3 cells) FSMC 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/cell 216 N/A N/A 216 144 0 included
Cell Specific (5 cells) FSMC 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/cell 360 N/A N/A 360 N/A N/A included
Cell Specific (6 cells) FSMC 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/cell 432 N/A N/A 432 N/A N/A included

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FSMD capacity with HSPA

• FSMD enables very high usage of HSPA and leaving lots of capacity for
R99
• With one FSMD you can have up to 4 shared HSDPA schedulers with 15
codes and 64 users/LCG
– Still there is room for HSUPA and R99
• With one FSMD you can also enable dedicated schedulers for 5 cells
• With two FSMD you can share easily two operators RAN with high HSDPA
usage
Flexi BTS 1*FSMD (Max 396 CE) Flexi BTS 2*FSMD (max.792 CE)

System # of HSDPA HSDPA HSUPA/DCH DCH only HSDPA HSUPA/DCH DCH

HSDPA Scheduler module # of codes Scheduling users CE usage CE (shared) CE CE usage CE (shared) only CE CCH CE
1* Shared Scheduler FSMD 5 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 16 user/BTS 32 144 220 32 144 616 included
2* Shared Scheduler FSMD 5 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 16 user/BTS 64 144 188 64 144 584 included
3* Shared Scheduler FSMD 5 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 16 user/BTS 96 144 156 96 144 552 included
4* Shared Scheduler FSMD 5 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 16 user/BTS 128 144 124 128 144 520 included
Cell Specific (3 cells) FSMD 5 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 16 user/cell 96 144 156 96 144 552 included
Cell Specific (6 cells) FSMD 5 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 16 user/cell 192 144 60 192 144 456 included
1* Shared Scheduler FSMD 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/BTS 72 144 180 72 144 576 included
2* Shared Scheduler FSMD 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/BTS 144 144 108 144 144 504 included
3* Shared Scheduler FSMD 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/BTS 216 144 36 216 144 432 included
4* Shared Scheduler FSMD 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/BTS 288 108 0 288 144 360 included
Cell Specific (2 cells) FSMD 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/cell 144 144 108 144 144 504 included
Cell Specific (3 cells) FSMD 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/cell 216 144 36 216 144 432 included
Cell Specific (5 cells) FSMD 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/cell 360 36 0 360 144 288 included
Cellinternal
For Specific (6 cells)
use FSMD 15 Codes Round Robin / Proportional Fair 64 user/cell 432 N/A N/A 432 144 216 included
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BaseBand Dimensioning in DimTool v.6.0
BaseBand capacity calculation – Introduction

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Goal for baseband dimensioning

• Evaluation of base band unit capacity required to serve a certain assumed traffic
mix per each area, phase and NodeB type
– Calculation of a required number of baseband modules (#FSMs, #WSPs)
– Calculation of capacity usage of base band modules (occupied/free resources)
• To base required BB capacity dimensioning on (HW/SW) limitations, e.g.:
– Max HW capacity vs. max SW releases
– Max number of supported antenna carriers
– Consumption of RACH units
– Max number of supported CCCH cells
–… FSM estimation
FSP estimation
• In the tool estimation is divided in two parts:
– FSM estimation   NoFSP ReqCellsBTS  
NoFSM  RoundUP Max ;  
– FSP estimation   MaxFSPperFSM MaxCells 
• In Flexi RAS06 one FSMB includes three FSPs

It is possible to parameterize Ultra BTS in Dim Tool v6.0 and use the tool for Ultra BTS dimensioning

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DimTool usage in baseband calculation
Main window Base Band settings Modifiable

Equipment calculation

HSPA deployment
(high impact on CE consumption)

Equipment Description

Node B type and

configuration (impact on CEs)
Number of sites

Product line selection and release

selection impacts on:
• amount of CEs
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Input parameters required for calculation of BTS configuration (1/2)

Input for BB dimensioning (per each area, phase and Node B type):
• Offered traffic mix per site with GoS requirement

3
Traffic input  ordered traffic

2
1 HSPA features
• Required HSUPA / HSDPA configuration
Product line and release

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Input parameters required for calculation of BTS configuration (2/2)

Input for BB dimensioning (per each area, phase and NodeB type):
• NodeB type and NodeB configuration (# sectors and # carriers per NodeB)

Limitations for NodeB type (max HW

capacity and SW limitations) – stored in
Releases.xml and BaseBand.xml

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BaseBand Dimensioning in DimTool v.6.0
New in RU10 and DimTool v.6.0

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New in BaseBand Calculation in DimTool v.6.0

New and calculation enhancements in DimTool v.6.0:

• System Module rel.2
– New in RU10
– New CE capacities and consumption rules
– Same allocation rules
• Max HSDPA 64 users per cell
– New in RU10
– More simultaneous users with different schedulers
• Max HSUPA 60 users per BTS
– New in RU10
– More simultaneous users with different CE consumptions
• HSDPA Active Users Calculation
– Valid for RAS06 and RU10
• HSUPA Active Users Calculation
– Valid for RAS06 and RU10

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System Module Rel.2
• New System Modules (rel. 2) are supported by Dim Tool for Flexi product line:
FSMC and FSMD.
– FSMC – 180 CE for traffic
– FSMD – 396 CE for traffic
• Each system module contains free CEs pool designed for CCCH which allow to
support following configurations:
– 1 * System Module: 3 cells/20 km (eg. 1+1+1 with 20 km cells)
– 1 * System Module: 6 cells/10 km (eg. 2+2+2 with 10 km cells)
– 2 * System Module: 6 cells/20 km (eg. 2+2+2 with 20 km cells)
– 2 * System Module: 9 cells/10 km (eg. 3+3+3 with 10 km cells)
– 2 * System Module: 12 cells/10 km (eg. 4+4+4 with 10 km cells)
• Supported configurations:
Configuration Max. CE capacity
FSMB
RAS06 System Module
FSMB + FSMB = 480 CEs (-CCH CEs) 240 CE Release 1 HW, FSMB
FSMB + FSMC = 420 CEs (-CCH CEs)
FSMB + FSMD = 576 CEs (-CCH CEs)
250 CE Release 2 HW, FSMC
FSMC
FSMC + FSMC
RU10 System Modules = 360 CEs 500 CE Release 2 HW, FSMD
FSMC + FSMD
= 576 CEs
FSMD
FSMD + FSMC
= 576 CEs
FSMD + FSMD
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= 792 CEs
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System Module Rel.2 - BaseBand calculations in
DimTool v.6.0
Dim Tool 6.0 BB calculations for System Module rel2 are performed as follows:
• CCCH baseband calculation
– New rules are applied for FMSC/D depending on the cell configuration
– Control CEs are included in SM capacity, as following
– In case of extended cells configurations additional CEs have to be allocated

Two System Modules Rel.2: 6 cells / 10km -> 20km + 36CE

Two System Modules Rel.2: 9 cells / 10km -> 20km + 36CE Additional CEs for
extended cell
Two System Modules Rel.2: 12 cells / 10km -> 20km + 72CE
CEs included for CCCH

• R99 baseband calculations

– New CE requirements for FSMC and FSMD module
– Enhancement on 384 kbps

• HSDPA/HSUPA baseband calculations

– Due to the fact that HSUPA/HSDPA rules, targets values are still under investigations, baseband
calculation for FSMC/D module is based on System Module rel. 1 baseband calculation rules.
– New simultaneous users impact on CE consumption

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UTRAN DimTool v6.0 New Parameters
Baseband settings – HSDPA/HSUPA rules
• RU10 introduces 64 HSDPA active users per cell (48 in RAS06)

Note: Impact on CE
rules not clear yet!

• RU10 introduces 60 HSUPA active users per BTS (24 in RAS06)

– In DimTool there is different tables for each L1 throughput
– L1 throughput selection is done in HSPA deployment window

HSUPA user is
calculated as
shown previously

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HSDPA 64 users per cell

• Rules are currently as for RAS06 48 users in FSMB, so also

FSMB/C/D in RU10 are allocated as explained earlier
• Maximum of 64 HSDPA users per cell are supported.
• Up to 14.4 Mbps with 16QAM is supported per cell.
• Pool of 80 CE is reserved for each cell
Total number of CE required by HSDPA users :
Can be either
R99 RAB (or HSUPA)

CEUL _ HSDPA   Re qUL _ CE

HSDPA _ services
HSDPA _ service  CEULSchedulerPool

CEDL _ HSDPA   Re qDL _ CE

HSDPA _ services
HSDPA _ service  CEDLSchedulerPool

Can be either HSDPA reservation UL and DL

R99 signaling e.g. Basic HSDPA reserves
or HSUPA 32 CE UL and 32 CEs DL

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 HSUPA 60 users per BTS
Due to higher number of HSUPA users and higher throughput CEs pool
was extended, NOTE: this is for FSMB/C/D in RU10 (probable changes for
FSMC/D). L1 throughput <1.4 Mbps not available Higher L1 throughput
Number of
5,6 11,2
HSUPA UEs 0 1,4 Mbps 2,8 Mbps 4,2 Mbps 7 Mbps 8,4 Mbps 9,8 Mbps 12,6 Mbps
Mbps Mbps
per BTS
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 0 32 56 80 112 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
5-8 0 56 56 80 112 136 160 192 216 N/A
9-12 RAS06* 0 56 80 80 112 136 160 192 216 240
13-16 0 80 112 112 112 136 160 192 216 240
17-20 0 80 112 136 136 136 160 192 216 240
21-24 0 80 112 136 160 160 160 192 216 240
More HSUPA Users

25-28 0 112 136 160 192 192 192 192 216 240
29-32 0 112 136 160 192 216 216 216 216 240
33-36 0 136 160 160 216 240 240 240 240 240
37-40 0 136 160 192 216 240 N/A N/A N/A N/A
41-44 0 160 160 216 216 240 N/A N/A N/A N/A
45-48 0 160 160 216 216 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
49-52 0 192 192 240 240 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
53-56 0 192 192 240 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
57-60 0 216 216 240 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Activation of HSUPA doesn’t consume CEs (RAS06=8CEs)
Total number of CEs required by HSUPA users (NOTE: HSDPA needed always):
CEUL _ HSUPA  CEULUsersPool  ActiveUserHSUPA 1CE SRB reserves per active
CEDL _ HSUPA  CEDLUsersPool  ActiveUserHSUPA 1CE user from UL and DL
HSUPA reservation UL and DL
HSUPA L1 throughput selected
CEULUsersPool  ActiveUserHSxPA @ L1throughput from table
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HSDPA Active Users Calculation

• Active user calculation is based on traffic inputs

– Both - UL and DL traffic demand is taken into consideration

BaseBand
No of Active Users Calculation

Active user estimation is same for HSDPA and R99 (and HSUPA)
• SHF = soft handover factor (30% =1.3)
• TrafficPerSiteGoSHSxPA = HSDPA traffic throughput
SHF * TrafficPer SiteGoSHSDPADL
• MeanRateHSxPA = HSxPA mean rate ActiveUserHSDPADL 
MeanRateHSDPADL
SHF * TrafficPer SiteGoS PSBearerUL
ActiveUserPSBearerUL 
MeanRatePSBearerUL

ActiveHSDP AUserHSDPAServi ce  roundup  max( ActiveUserPSBearerUL ; ActiveUserHSDPADL ) 

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• In previous version of DimTool number of
HSUPA was assigned in HSPA Deployment
window

• Dim Tool 6.0 calculates number of Active

HSUPA users from traffic demands

MeanRateHSxPA

Active user estimation is same for HSDPA and HSUPA

• SHF = soft handover factor (30% =1.3) SHF * TrafficPerSiteGoSHSxPA
ActiveUserHSxPA 
• TrafficPerSiteGoSHSxPA = HSxPA traffic throughput MeanRateHSxPA
• MeanRateHSxPA = HSxPA mean rate

ActiveHSUPAUserHSxPAService  roundup (max( ActiveUserHSUPA ; ActiveUserHSDPA ))

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users per cell
• After calculation of active users, Dim Tool checks if number of calculated
HSUPA and HSDPA active users do not exceed allowable number of
HSUPA / HSDPA users.
• If number of calculated HSUPA or HSDPA Active users exceeds max
number of allowable users  DimTool request user to provide lower traffic
demand
No No
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Us f H Us f H
e r SU er SD
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No of HSUPA Active No of HSUPA No of HSDPA Active No of HSDPA

Users Service 2
Users Service 2
Active Users Active Users

e e
tiv tiv
Ac 3 Ac 3
A PA e
UP ice SD ervic
f HS Serv H
of s S
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No User
s No User

n n
ActiveHSUPAUser   ActiveHSUPAUserHSUPAServi ce _ i ActiveHSDPAUser   ActiveHSDPAUserHSDPAServi ce _ i
i 1 i 1

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calculation

Re99/HSDPA Active users calculation

 SHF  TrafficPer SiteGoSPSRel99_bearer 
ActiveUsers PSRel99_bearer  Roundup 
 MeanRate 
 PSRel99_bearer 
 SHF  TrafficPer SiteGoS HSDPA_bear er 
ActiveUsers HSDPA_bear er  Roundup 
 MeanRate HSDPA_bear er 
 
ActiveUsers Rel99/HSDPA_bearer  max  ActiveUsers PSRel99_bearer ; ActiveUsers HSDPA_bearer 

Example of HSPA Active users calculation for I-PS128 / I-HSDPA service

 1,3  64,79   84,23 
ActiveUsers I-PS128_UL  Roundup   Roundup  1
 101,1   101,1 
ActiveUsers IPS/IHSPA_ bearer  max1;14  14
 1,3 1404,25   1825,5 
ActiveUsers I-HSPA_DL  Roundup   Roundup   14
 138,7   138,7 

The same formulas are used for all services based on Rel99/HSPA bearers
 PSRel99 / HSDPA
 I-PS / I-HSDPA
 PS I/B (Str) VoIP (ROHC) / VoIP I/B (Str) HSDPA (ROHC)
 PS Str / HSDPA Str
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HSPA Active users calculation

 SHF  TrafficPer SiteGoS HSUPA_bear er 
ActiveUsers HSUPA_bear er  Roundup 
 MeanRate 
 HSUPA_bear er 
 SHF  TrafficPer SiteGoS HSDPA_bear er 
ActiveUsers HSDPA_bear er  Roundup 
 MeanRate HSDPA_bear er 
 
ActiveUsers HSPA_beare r  max ActiveUsers HSUPA_bear er ; ActiveUsers HSDPA_bear er 

Example of HSPA Active users calculation for IHSUPA/IHSDPA service

 1,3 113,57   147,64 
ActiveUsers I-HSUPA_UL  Roundup   Roundup 4
 37,4   37,4 
ActiveUsers HSPA_bearer  max 4;7   7
 1,3  702,12   912,76 
ActiveUsers I-HSPA_DL  Roundup   Roundup 7
 138,7   138,7 

The same formulas are used for all services based on HSPA bearer
 HSUPA / HSDPA
 I-HSUPA / I-HSDPA
 VoIP I/B (Str) HSUPA (ROHC) / VoIP I/B (Str) HSDPA (ROHC)
 HSUPA Str / HSDPA Str
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BaseBand capacity calculation
FSM and FSP estimation

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FSM estimation (1/5)
FSMB all settings related to
FSM are stored in
BaseBand.xml
and can be edited /
viewed via Expert
menu in Base band
settings window

FSM limitations:
• Max CE UL/DL capacity – HW related (SW limited)
• Max No of FSP cards
• Max No of CCCH cells
• Max Rake Capacity (maximum range of the search window
that can be handled by a single FSM with respect to UL
PRACH resources )
• Max number of antenna carriers (SW limit)

Operator profits related to FSMs

• Pool of CE resources provided together with HW
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FSM estimation (2/5)
FSPs parameters:
• Max CE UL/DL capacity (HW limited) FSMB FSMB System Module 3 FSPA
FSMB
• #FSPs with respect to RACH units FSMC FSMC System Module 1 FSPB
FSPA • Supported antenna carriers FSMD FSMD System Module 2 FSPB
• CEs for CCCH (1 FSMB provides common control channels for up to 6 cells, FSMD provides up to 12 cells)
FSME FSME System Module 3 FSPB
FSPA • CEs for DCH (Rel’99, associated DCH)
• CEs for HSDPA
FSPA • CEs for HSUPA

FSMC FSMD
FSPB FSPB

FSPB

RU10 Rel.2 HW

all settings can be edited/viewed via Expert menu in Baseband settings window
TCH settings HSPA rules settings

For internal use

Cell radius settings
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FSM estimation (3/5)
• FSM estimation is including
– estimation of cells, how many system modules are needed to support certain amount of
cells in BTS
– FSP calculation, where is estimated how many FSPA/FSPB is needed for certain traffic,
control channels and cell range need
• Amount of FSPs are different between rel.1 and rel.2 HW
– FSMB includes three (3) FSPA
– FSMC includes one (1) FSPB
– FSMD include two (2) FSPB
• Formula is noticing maximum of two calculation ReqCellsBTS = number of cells per BTS

  NoFSP ReqCellsBTS  

NoFSM  RoundUP Max ;  
  MaxFSPperFSM MaxCells  

NoFSP – maximum required number of FSPs with respect to CE usage for

traffic (DCH, HSDPA, HSUPA, CCCH), antenna carriers and RACH units
NoFSP  max MinFSP _ CE ; MinFSP _ RACH ; MinFSP _ AntCarriers 

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FSM estimation based on required cells (4/5)

• Estimation of FSM need based on required cells

  NoFSP ReqCellsBTS  
NoFSM  RoundUP Max ;  
  MaxFSPperFSM MaxCells  

• There is different amount of cell supported by one system

module for FSMB/C (6 cells with one SM) and FSMD (12 cells)
– For example if 3+3+3 then FSMB/FSMC needs two modules
– 3+3+3 with FSMD is needed only one system module
Number of FSMs with respect to required number of CCCH cells
e.g. 3-sector site  3/6 = 1 system module is enough
e.g. 3-sector site with 2 carriers
ReqCellsBTS = 1 * 3 * 2 = 6
MaxCells (Max nr. Of cells/FSMB) = 6
1 system module is enough

MaxCells/FSM

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FSM estimation based on number of FSPs (5/5)
• Estimation of FSM need based on number of FSPs
  NoFSP ReqCellsBTS  
NoFSM  RoundUP  Max ;  
  MaxFSPperFSM MaxCells  

• NoFSP – is the maximum required number of FSPs with respect to CE usage

for traffic (for DCH, HSDPA, HSUPA, CCCH), antenna carriers and RACH
units  This will be introduced in detail up coming slides

NoFSP  max MinFSP _ CE; MinFSP _ RACH ; MinFSP _ AntCarriers 

Traffic Cell range Number of

consumption (extended cell) antenna carriers

• MaxFSPperFSM – Number of FSMs with respect to required number of FSPs

– One FSMB includes always max. 3 FSPAs
– One FSMC includes always max. 1 FSPB
– One FSMD includes always max. 2 FSPB

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BaseBand capacity calculation
FSP estimation

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FSP estimation (1/15) – Main calculation (1/1)
• NoFSP, Number of FSP defines amount of CE needed due to:
– Traffic inputs which is separately calculated for UL and DL - MinFSP_CE
– RACH is taken into calculation as it will impact on CE calculation especially in sites with
big cell range (>20 km up to over 180 km) – MinFSP_RACH
▪ One RACH handler is used for processing of UL PRACHs, one unit can handle max a 20 km
– Antenna carriers support by FSP (HW limit) e.g. 2/2/2 with RX div  12 antenna carriers
- MinFSP_AntCarriers

NoFSP  max MinFSP _ CE ; MinFSP _ RACH ; MinFSP _ AntCarriers 

Traffic Cell range Number of
consumption (extended cell) antenna carriers

• One main calculation is the traffic inputs and its impact on CE consumption
– Noticing control, rel.99, HSDPA and HSUPA CE consumption
– Uplink and downlink are calculated separately and maximum is selected

total number of required CEs in UL/DL

  CEUL_Occup ied CEDL_Occup ied  
MinFSP_CE  roundup  max  ;  
  CEUL_Limit CEDL_Limit 

CE limits (SW limit)

Where :
CEUL/DL_Occupied  CE_CCCH  CE_Rel99  CE_HSDPA  CE_HSUPA
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FSP estimation (2/15) – CCCH Calculation (1/1)
Rel.1 HW (FSMB) CCCH Calculation:
• UL/DL CE resources required for common control channels
are defined per pool of 3 cells CCH CE usage with Release 1 HW
• Required CEs per pool of 3 cells depend on HW release Number of cells RAS06 RU10
and cell range
1…3 (e.g. 1+1+1) 26 CE 26
– Cells up to 20 km: 1 system module CE
▪ 26 CEs per 3 cells HW Rel’1 (FSPA)
4…6 (e.g. 2+2+2) 52 CE 52
▪ 52 CEs for up to 6 cells with FSPA 2 SMs CE
– Cells > 20 km (Extended Cells) 7…9 (e.g.. 3+3+3) n/a 78
▪ 20 km < R ≤ 60 km: 81 CEs per 3 cells (27 CEs per 1 cell) CE
▪ 60 km < R ≤ 120 km: 162 CEs per 3 cells (54 CEs per 1 cell) Note: In RAS06, extended cell is
▪ 120 km < R ≤ 180 km: 240 CEs per 3 cells (80 CEs per 1 cell) tested up to 150 km
• Free of charge CE pool for Common Control Channels
– HW Rel1: 32 CEs per system module

Rel.2 HW (FSMC/FSMD) CCCH calculation

• For Rel.2 HW control channels are already noticed in the CE Common Channels included as below:
consumption
– No need to calculated if cell radius and configuration is in 3 cells/20 km cell radius: with 1 System
following limits module
• For higher configurations and extended cells additional CEs are 6 cells/10 km cell radius: with 1 SM
needed
– FSMC can support with one module configuration up to 6 cells and 6 cells/20 km cell radius: with 2 SMs
with 10 km cell radius 9 cells/10 km cell radius: with 2 SMs
– FSMC can support 12 cells with cell radius of 10 km
– Extension from 10 km  20 km is needing additional 36 CEs per cell 12 cells/10 km cell radius: with 2 SMs

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FSP estimation (3/15) – R99 BB estimation (1/5)
• R99 Traffic Channel element usage is divided in PS and CS bearer consumption
– There is small difference between FSMB (rel.1 HW) and FSMC/D (rel.2 HW)
384 kbps consumption in FSMB = 16 CEs and FSMC/D = 12 CEs
• Uplink and downlink are calculated separately as well as CS and PS
CEUL _ Re l 99   Re qUL _ CE PS _ ULbearer   Re qUL _ CECS _ ULbearer
PS _ ULbearers CS _ ULbearers
CEDL _ Re l 99   Re qDL _ CE PS _ DLbearer   Re qDL _ CECS _ DLbearer
PS _ DLbearers CS _ DLbearers

• PS traffic calculation:
ReqUL_CEPS_ULbearer = CEULperTCH_ULbearer * ActiveUsers_PS_ULbearer PS calculation
ReqDL_CEPS_DLbearer = CEDLperTCH_DLbearer * ActiveUsers_PS_DLbearer

• CEULperTCH_UL/DLbearer
– Number of UL CEs and DL CEs required for one active user/traffic channels of bearer e.g. CEULperTCH(128)_ULbearer = 4 CE
CEDLperTCH(384)_ULbearer = 16 CE

FSMB FSMC/D

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PS traffic calculation (cont.)
PS calculation
• PS active users calculation UL/DL for all PS Rel’99 traffic channels
ReqUL_CEPS_ULbearer = CEULperTCH_ULbearer * ActiveUsers_PS_ULbearer
ReqDL_CEPS_DLbearer = CEDLperTCH_DLbearer * ActiveUsers_PS_DLbearer

Note: UL and DL active users

• Active users independently for UL and DL for PS service are calculated
 SHF  TrafficPer SiteGoS_ PS_ULbearer 
ActiveUsers_ PS_ULbearer  Roundup  separately due to the service
 MeanRate_ 
 PS_ULbearer  asymmetry. E.g. When using
 SHF  TrafficPerSiteGoS_ PS_DLbearer  PS64 in UL might cause very
ActiveUsers_ PS_DLbearer  Roundup  
high requirement for PS384
 MeanRate_ 
 PS_DLbearer 
in DL, leading to high # of CEs

• Where
– SHF - Soft Handover Factor (e.g. 30%)
– TrafficPerSiteGOS – inputted traffic with/without traffic overhead depending on GoS
▪ no overhead for ‘best effort’
▪ ‘delay’ overhead calculated on base of lookup tables equivalent to M/G/R-PS
– MeanRate_PS_UL/DL bearer = DataRatebearer * Throughput
▪ Throughput as a percentage of the nominal Data Rate
▪ Throughput => 79% - it includes the L2 re-transmission overhead of 10% and 15% of buffer headroom to avoid
overflow (peak to average load ratio headroom) => (1+0.10) x (1+0.15) = 1.265 => 26.5% overhead => throughput is
79% of user traffic (= 1/26.5%)
▪ For example 128 kbps * 0.79 = 101 kbps
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CS bearer traffic channel calculation CS calculation

ReqUL_CECS_ULbearer = CEULperTCH_ULbearer * ActiveUsers_CS_ULbearer
ReqDL_CECS_DLbearer = CEDLperTCH_DLbearer * ActiveUsers_CS_DLbearer

• CEperTCH_UL or DLbearer – number of UL CEs

and DL CEs required for one active user/traffic channels
of bearer (for speech 1 CE and CS64 video 4 CE)
– No changes in RU10 or rel.2 HW

• ActiveUsers - Active users / traffic channels per CS bearer

– For 1 CS bearer normal Erlang B is used
– For 2 or more CS bearers either
▪ Active users from Erlang B separately for each bearer or
▪ Active users from MDE (multiplexing gain due to the same resource sharing)
▪ For final calculation more optimistic results coming from above is used (usually MDE)
CS calculation differs bit from PS as the CS services are mostly symmetry so active user is
Forcalculated
internal use and impacting on both UL and DL. Traffic input is also commonly same for UL and DL
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FSP estimation (6/15) – R99 BB estimation (4/5) CS calculation

• ActiveUsers - Active users / traffic channels per CS bearer Values for example
– For 1 CS bearer normal Erlang B is used • Activity (factor) = 0,5 for voice
 SHF  TrafficPer Site_ CS_UL/DLbe arer [ Erl ] 
ActiveUsers_ CS_UL/DLbe arer  ErlangB ; Blocking 
 Activity  • Activity (factor) = 1 for video
• SHF = 30 %
– For 2 or more CS bearers
• Blocking = 2 %
▪ Active users from Erlang B separately for each bearer
▪ Active users from MDE (multiplexing gain due to the same resource sharing)
ActiveUsers_ CS_UL/DLbearer  Roundup Traffic_ CS_UL/DLbearer_1 * MDE _ UL / DLFactor

Where:
MDE _ CH
MDE _ Factor 
Traffic_ CS_bearer_1  BC_ CS_bearer_1  ...  Traffic_ CS_bearer_n  BC_ CS_bearer_n
Where:
MDE _ CH  MDE Traffic_ CS_bearer_1 ,..., Traffic_ CS_bearer_n ; Blocking_ CS_bearer_1 ,..., Blocking_ CS_bearer_n ; BC_ CS_bearer_1 ,..., BC_ CS_bearer_n 

SHF  TrafficPer Site_ CS_bearer_1[ Erl ]

Traffic_ CS_bearer_1 
Activity _ CS_bearer_1

BC_ CS_bearer_n - CE resources required per 1 active user of bearer n

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• Soft handover (traffic channel)

– Each DCH user
– Each associated DCH in UL and
SRB in DL

• Softer handover
– No additional CEs are needed for
softer HO or compressed mode.
– Softer HO is included in the CE
consumption tables
– Control HSUPA channels in DL
for softer handover users are
included in CE pool for HSUPA

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FSP estimation (8/15) – HSDPA BB estimation (1/3)
• HSDPA BB calculation is depended on selected features
– Number of HSDPA users per site 16 or 48 / Number of HSDPA users per cell 16 or 48
– As a new RU10 feature also 64 users is available per cell or site
– Amount of HS-PDCH codes 5 or 15 (15 codes include also 10 codes possibility)
– Amount of schedulers, e.g. two 16 users per cell group –schedulers  64 CEs
– Wanted peak throughputs up to 14.4 Mbps in cell level or higher in BTS level

• HSDPA required FSPs are calculated based on following formula

CEUL _ HSDPA   Re qUL _ CE

HSDPA _ services
HSDPA _ service  CEULShedulerPool
Depending on selected
HSDPA features
CEDL _ HSDPA   Re qDL _ CE
HSDPA _ services
HSDPA _ service  CEDLShedulerPool

– For rel.99 uplink

▪ HSDPA CE consumption requires to notice UL DPCH (ReqUL_CE),
• possible bit rates are 16, 64, 128 and 384 kbps and CE consumption as in R99
▪ 1 CE for SRB in DL per HSDPA user (ReqDL_CE)
– For HSUPA uplink
▪ HSUPA users and L1 throughput defines the CE consumption

• CESchedulerPool is equal and fixed for both UL and DL, which depends on HSDPA
selections as mentioned above
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FSP estimation (9/15) – HSDPA BB estimation (2/3)
• HSDPA Active Users Calculation impacts on required CEs in uplink
– Rel.99 associated channel
▪ HSDPA CE consumption requires to notice UL DPCH (ReqUL_CE),
• possible bit rates are 16, 64, 128 and 384 kbps and CE consumption as in R99
▪ 1 CE for SRB in DL per HSDPA user (ReqDL_CE)

CEUL _ HSDPA   Re qUL _ CE

HSDPA _ services
HSDPA _ service  CEULShedulerPool

CEDL _ HSDPA   Re qDL _ CE

HSDPA _ services
HSDPA _ service  CEDLShedulerPool

• ReqUL and ReqDL are based on Active user calculation

– Both - UL and DL traffic demand is taken into consideration and max is selected and used to
define the CE consumption
1) DL active users 2) UL active users – R99
SHF * TrafficPer SiteGoS HSDPADL SHF * TrafficPer SiteGoS PSBearerUL
ActiveUserHSDPADL  ActiveUserPSBearerUL 
MeanRateHSDPADL MeanRatePSBearerUL

HSDPAServi ce  roundup  max( ActiveUserPSBearerUL ; ActiveUserHSDPADL ) 

3) Max selected ActiveHSDPAUser

For example UL and DL traffic both = 105.56 kbps

 1,3 105,56   137.2 
ActiveUsers PS128_UL  Roundup   Roundup 2
 101,1   101,1  ActiveUsers PS/HSPA_be arer  max1;2  2
 1,3 105,56   137.2 
ActiveUsers HSPA_DL  Roundup   Roundup  1
 138,7   138,7 

 DL needs control channel for 2 users = 2 CEs Max active user is used to estimate that how many
users are generated via traffic inputs. If only one
 UL needs 2 * 128 kbps bearer = 2* 4 CEs = 8 CEs HSDPA user is wanted then remember to scale UL
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There can’t be one HSDPA user with e.g. 2 * PS64
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FSP estimation (10/15) – HSDPA BB estimation (3/3)
"Shared HSDPA
• CESchedulerPool can have following combination: "48 HSDPA Users Scheduler for BB
– "16 HSDPA users per cell“, with 5 HS-PDCH codes per cell"
Efficiency“
 32 CEs per Cell
– "16 HSDPA users per BTS“, with 5 HS-PDCH codes, 3 cells
 32 CEs per BTS
– "48 HSDPA Users per cell" (with code mux), 15 codes per
cell
 80 CEs per cell
– "Shared HSDPA Scheduler for Baseband Efficiency“ (max 48
users per BTS), 15 codes per scheduler, 3 cells per
scheduler
 80 CEs per scheduler Currently FSMC/D rules
are the same
• Following selections will impact on total amount of
CEs needed for HSDPA

Number of HS-PDCH codes:

5 to 15. 10 will be as 15 codes. Max number of HSDPA cells/scheduler:
Only impact with Shared scheduler
Scheduler type: type, can be shared from 1 to 3 cells
Cell FP/RR = cells each have own scheduler
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FSP estimation (11/15) – HSUPA BB estimation (1/3)
HSUPA Flexi BTS
HSUPA resources are allocated in CE steps Resource step Rel1 HW (FSMB)

• 1 resource step is always 24 CEs after allocation 1 32 CE

2 24 CE
• 1 resource CE step can handle up to 4 users in 1.4 Mbps 3 24 CE
• 1 resource step provides a certain min L1 throughput (decoding 4 32 CE
capability without retransmissions) for all UEs 5 24 CE
• min L1 throughput depends on the number of simultaneous UEs in 6 24 CE
resource step: for up to 4 users in the step => 1.4 Mb/s
# of
• 1 FSMB can handle up to 3 resource steps for each FSMB HSUPA UE 0
<1.4 1.4 2.8
additionally 8 CEs are required for HSUPA activation (these 8 CEs per BTS
Mbps Mbps Mbps
are added to 1st and 4th allocation step at the beginning) 0 8 8 8 8

S06 1 – 4 8 32 CE 32 CE 56 CE

• The Min L1 combined throughput is set in HSPA deployment A

R 5–8 8 32 CE 56 CE 56 CE
window by the user 9 - 12 8 56 CE 56 CE 80 CE
– On this basis the tool finds the amount of required CE pool per BTS 13 - 16 8 56 CE 80 CE 112CE
– Active users calculation is used to estimate the amount of HSUPA 17 - 20 8 80 CE 80 CE 112CE
users 21 - 24 8 80 CE 80 CE 112CE

# of
1,4 2,8 4,2
HSUPA UE 0
per BTS Mbps Mbps Mbps

10
0 0 0 0 0
U
R 1–4 0 32 56 80
5–8 0 56 56 80
9 - 12 0 56 80 80
RU10 expands the # of users to 60 and L1 HSUPA 13 - 16 0 80 112 112
For internal throughput
use to 12,6 Mbps for FSMB/C/D 17 - 20 0 80 112 136
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FSP estimation (12/15) – HSUPA BB estimation (2/3)
• For HSUPA the similar method is used to estimate the CE usage and number of active users
• HSDPA is always in DL
– HSDPA feature will be noticed in HSDPA/R99 calculation
– R99 associated signaling channel is allocated per active user in DL (1 user = 1 CE)
• HSUPA allocation is as HSDPA reserving both UL and DL
– HSUPA can have fixed allocation already in commissioning
• HSUPA allocation depends on selected L1 throughput and calculated simultaneous users
CEUL _ HSUPA  CEULUsersPool  ActiveUserHSUPA 1CE
CEDL _ HSUPA  CEDLUsersPool  ActiveUserHSUPA 1CE

• CEULUserPool and CEDLUserPool are based on Active user calculation and L1 throughput
– Both - UL and DL traffic demand is taken into consideration and SiteGoS
SHF * TrafficPer max is selected and used to define
the CE consumption ActiveUserHSxPA  HSxPA
MeanRateHSxPA

ActiveHSUPAUserHSxPAService  roundup (max( ActiveUserHSUPA ; ActiveUserHSDPA ))

For example UL+DL traffic = 111 kbps  leads to 4 active users (HSUPA mean rate is 37.4 kbps)
Selection L1 throughput 2.8 Mbps  leads to 56 CEs UL and DL and 4 CE for UL + DL signaling
L1throughput
# of HSUPA
CEULUsersPool  ActiveUserHSxPA @ L1throughput UE per BTS
0 <1.4 Mbps 1.4 Mbps 2.8 Mbps

0 8 8 8 8
ActiveUserHSxPA 1–4 8 32 CE 32 CE 56 CE
5–8 8 32 CE 56 CE 56 CE
9 - 12 8 56 CE 56 CE 80 CE
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FSP estimation (13/15) – HSUPA BB estimation (3/3)
Number of HSUPA resource steps / the number of CEs required to get a certain combined BTS base band
L1 throughput with a certain number of UEs
RA
Flexi BTS Combined minimum baseband L1 throughput of all users S0
Minimum Number of 6
0 <1.4 Mbps 1.4 Mbps 2.8 Mbps 4.2 Mbps ta
HSUPA UE per BTS bl
0 0 / 8 CE 0 / 8 CE 0 / 8 CE 0 / 8 CE 0 / 8 CE e
1–4 0 / 8 CE 1 / 32 CE 1 / 32 CE 2 / 56 CE 3 / 80 CE
5–8 0 / 8 CE 1 / 32 CE 2 / 56 CE 2 / 56 CE 3 / 80 CE
9 - 12 0 / 8 CE 2 / 56 CE 2 / 56 CE 3 / 80 CE 3 / 80 CE
13 - 16 0 / 8 CE 2 / 56 CE 3 / 80 CE 4 / 112 CE 4 / 112 CE
17 - 20 0 / 8 CE 3 / 80 CE 3 / 80 CE 4 / 112 CE 5 / 136 CE
21 - 24 0 / 8 CE 3 / 80 CE 3 / 80 CE 4 / 112 CE 5 / 136 CE

Example 1 Example 2
Basic HSDPA (32 CEs/BTS) Basic HSDPA (32 CEs/BTS)
4 active users 10 active users
L1 2.8 Mbps (=56 CEs) L1 4.2 Mbps (=80 CEs)

HSDPA reservation
HSUPA HSUPA
56 CEs + 80 CEs +
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FSP estimation (14/15) – RACH Unit estimation (1/1)
NoFSP  max MinFSP _ CE ; MinFSP _ RACH ; MinFSP _ AntCarriers 
MaxNoOfRACH – Max
• each FSP contains 3 Rake handlers number of RACH units
• each Rake contains 3 RACH handlers, but only one per FSP for UL PRACH

of them is used for processing of UL PRACHs

• each RACH unit can handle in max a 20 km slice of
search window therefore UL RACH resources depend
on cell range
 No of RACH Units per BTS Configuration 
MinFSP_RACH  ROUNDUP  NoofRACHUnitsCellRange
 MaxNoOfRACH  – Max number of RACH
units per FSP for UL
No of RACH Units per BTS Configuration  No of CellsPerBTSCell Range * No of RACH UnitsCell Range PRACH

240sqkm/3-sec = cell radius 11.1 km 1123sqkm/3-sec = cell radius 24 km

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FSP estimation (15/15) – Antenna Carriers estimation (1/1)
NoFSP  max MinFSP _ CE ; MinFSP _ RACH ; MinFSP _ AntCarriers 

Antenna carrier limitation is based on two limitation, one for FSP and other for FSM It is required to check
which of these two is the limiting one:
• antenna carriers supported by FSP (HW limit) (= MaxAntCarrFSP)
– FSPA/FSPB support - max 2/2/2 with RX div  12 antenna carriers
– Note: one FSMD supports up to 24 antenna carriers (2*FSPB)
• antenna carriers supported by FSM (SW limit)
– FSM support - max 4/4/4 with RX div  24 antenna carriers (= MaxAntCarrFSM)

In reality this is not limiting!

AntennaCarriersPerBTS  NoSectors_BTS * NoCarriers_BTS * NoRxAntennasPerSector

 AntennaCarriersPerBTS 
MinFSP_AntCarriers  ROUNDUP 
 AntennaCarriersPerFSP 

No of Antenna Carriers per FSP = min (MaxAntCarrFSP ; MaxAntCarrFSM/NoFSPperFSM)

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BaseBand capacity calculation
Outputs from DimTool

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Direct output of Flexi BTS dimensioning in UTRAN DimTool (1/4)

The following results are presented in detailed tool

report:

• Basic dimensioning information

– Frequency band, Channel mode
– Area size, number of subs and sites/carriers

• Carrier information
– Which carriers used, R99 only, HSPA only or shared
carrier between HSPA and R99
– Loading of carrier in uplink and downlink direction

• Ordered traffic in kbps and capacity demand,

which is in format of user inputted (e.g. in Erlangs)

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Direct output of Flexi BTS dimensioning in UTRAN DimTool (2/4)

• Summary information
– Release
– Required number of BTS, BTS type and configuration
– # of sites and cells, cell range and site-to-site distance

• FSM calculation – Active users

– Information about the number of active users per BTS

• Required number of extension modules

– Currently no possibility to have 3rd extension module
– Note: 1st FSM extension means the master module

• CE calculation
– Free CEs information (32 CEs for FSMB, 36 for C/D)
– Resource consumption, between different carriers
▪ Rel99/Rel99
▪ HSDPA/Rel99
▪ HSDPA/HSUPA

• Additional information
– Soft-Handover Factor
– Calculation method for CS services

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Direct output of Flexi BTS dimensioning in UTRAN DimTool (3/4)

• Scrambling code usage based on

configured
– This tells how much SC are used based
on settings
▪ Traffic for R99
▪ Selected HSDPA features
▪ HSUPA usage

• Scrambling code usage based on

calculation
– The difference to the configured is that
this estimates how much codes are
available for HSDPA

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Direct output of Flexi BTS dimensioning in UTRAN DimTool (4/4)

• HSUPA details
– Shows relevant information
impacting to CEs

• HSDPA details
– Shows selected features for
HSDPA

• Other features
– Selected in network description
window

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Network Modernization from UMR to RAS06

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RAS6.0 Flexi Vs UMR7.0 NodeB8xx
• The following example is showing a comparison between
Flexi BTS and NodeB880 Stream line.
• Here we see how same inputs will lead small difference
• The main issues when considering CE comparison is that:
– Use same traffic model for both product lines
– Same coverage requirement – area size to estimate with low amount
of site or by using average site
– Understand the HSDPA requirement and how those will impact on
capacity
• This example show how BB resources are needed to support
the same number of subscribers per site

• RU10 provides lots of new configuration possibilities as well

as new CE consumption rules via Rel.2 HW, but this example
considers only RAS06
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RAS6.0 Flexi Vs UMR7.0 NodeB8xx

• Coverage is assumed same for both

• In this case one site for both is used

One site approach used

LiBu can be used to estimate the coverage performance, but remember

that there is also differences via different simulations and assumptions
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RAS6.0 Flexi Vs UMR7.0 NodeB8xx “HSxPA”

• HSDPA requirements needs detailed consideration

– Shared scheduler in Flexi will consume 1/3 of cell specific scheduler
CE usage  performance is still very high
• HSUPA Flexi will reserve 8 CEs only, if no fixed allocation has
been given in commissioning

NodeB880

Flexi BTS

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• The same traffic model applied to both product lines and

the BB resources needed to support the same number of
subscribers per site have been calculated.
• Number of subscribers are estimated the wanted 70%
loading
• Voice and CS traffic in mErl
Traffic Model per Subscriber
Service CS (mErl) PS kB/BH UL PS kB/BH DL
Voice 12.2 kbps 45
CS64 4.5
PS64/64 30 70
PS64/128 60 140
PS64/384 90 280
HSPA 29.4 146.4

DIM tool Input

Maximum Planned cell load is 70%
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RAS6.0 Flexi Vs UMR7.0 NodeB8xx “Traffic input”

• Same traffic inputs are used

• Some loading differences can be noticed as different pole
capacities and assumptions
1100 Subs => 70% cell load

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RAS6.0 Flexi Vs UMR7.0 NodeB8xx

• Rel99 traffic mix is higher with NodeB8xxx

• HSDPA feature selection impacts on CEs
– Flexi can consume 32 / 64 / 96 or 80 / 160 / 240 CEs for HSDPA
• Control channel consumption is within Flexi 26 CEs
For Rel99 Mix traffic, Flexi BTS is
more efficient than NodeB8xxx Rel99 CE = 188
AMREQ Rel99 = 216

HSPA CE = 96
AMREQ HSPA = 74
With shared Scheduler
only 32 CE needed
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