Power Control

CHAPTER 5

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 Module Objectives
• Explain the motivation for power control
• Indicate the BSS parameters required for power control in general (output
power levels, fixed step sizes)
• Describe the principle steps to be executed for power control (averaging,
triggering, power change step size estimation)
• Discuss the algorithms used to estimate the power change step size, when
the power has to be increased / decreased due to signal level / quality
• Explain the motivation for power optimisation
• Indicate the BSS parameters required for power optimisation additionally
• Discuss, how power control and traffic channel allocation are modified by
power optimisation

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Power Control Motivation

Reduced interference on DL/UL

Longer service time of battery

Realization of power class

Activation of DL power control

powerCtrlEnabled Y,N

Power control independent

for DL and UL
for each call
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Power Control Parameter
Control Output Power Limits
Maximum MS output power

msTxPwrMaxGSM 5..39 dBm GSM 900 TCH

Power msTxPwrMaxGSM1x00 0..36/32,33 dBm GSM 1800/1900
class TCH
dependent msTxPwrMaxCCH 5..39 dBm GSM 900 CCH
range msTxPwrMaxCCH1x00 0..30 dBm GSM 1800 CCH
Power Values 0..32 dBm GSM 1900 CCH

Minimum MS output power

minMSTxPower 5..39 dBm GSM 900

0..36 dBm GSM 1800
0..32 dBm GSM 1900
Maximum BTS output power (by minimum attenuation)
Attenuations bsTxPwrMax 0..30 dB GSM 900
bsTxPwrMax1x00 0..30 dB GSM 1800/1900
30 dB
Range Minimum MS output power (by maximum attenuation)

bsTxPowerMin 0..30 dB

Additional attenuation for super reuse TRx

bsTxPowerOffset 0..30 dB

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Power Control Parameters
Control Power Change Step Sizes
Desired power level can be achieved in 1 or 2 commands

Yes No

Fixed step size Variable step size

Fixed increment step size

powerIncrStepSize 2,4,6 dB

Fixed decrement step size

powerDecrStepSize 2,4 dB

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Power Control Strategy
Control Measurement Averaging

POWER CONTROL
UPLINK
UL Quality <Av_RXQUAL_UL>
UL Level <Av_RXLEV_UL THRESHOLD
> COMPARISON
DL Quality <Av_RXQUAL_DL>
DL Level <Av_RXLEV_DL
POWER CONTROL
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DOWNLINK

Power control interval

powerCtrlInterval 0..31 s

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Power Control Strategy
Control Triggering
Nx samples
Less than Px samples exceed threshold
Actual average samples No power change triggered

threshold

Nx samples
Signal level thresholds Px samples exceed threshold
Power change triggered
pcUpperThresholdLevelDL/UL -110..-47 dBm
pcLowerThresholdLevelDL/UL -110..-47 dBm
Power change step size estimation
Signal quality thresholds

pcUpperThresholdQualDL/UL 0..7
pcLowerThresholdQualDL/UL 0..7

Number of average samples

Nx 1..32
Px 1..32

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Power Control Strategy
Control Scenarios

Exceeded threshold Action Reason

pcUpperThresholdLevelDL BTS power decrease Signal level

pcLowerThresholdLevelDL BTS power increase Signal level
pcUpperThresholdLevelUL MS power decrease Signal level
pcLowerThresholdLevelUL MS power increase Signal level

pcUpperThresholdQualDL BTS power decrease Signal quality

pcLowerThresholdQualDL BTS power increase Signal quality
pcUpperThresholdQualUL MS power decrease Signal quality
pcLowerThresholdQualUL MS power increase Signal quality

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Power Increase Due to Signal Level

Actual receive level RXLEV_DL/UL

pcLowerThresholdsLevelDL/UL

Power control triggered

UL: Power increase of MS
DL: Power increase of BTS

RXLEV_DL/UL > pcLowerThresholdLevelDL/UL - 2 powerIncrStepSize

Yes No

Fixed step size Variable step size

PWR_INCR_STEP = powerIncrStepSize PWR_INCR_STEP = pcLowerThresholdLevelDL/UL –

RXLEV_UL/DL
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Power Decrease Due to Signal Level
Control (BTS)

pcUpperThresholdsLevelDL

Actual received level RXLEV_DL

Power control triggered
Power decrease

RXLEV_DL < pcUpperThresholdLevelDL + 2 powerDecrStepSize OR

variableDLStepUse = No

Yes No

Fixed step size Variable step size

PWR_DECR_STEP = powerDecrStepSize PWR_DECR_STEP = Min (RXLEV_DL –

pcUpperThresholdLevelDL, 10)
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Power Decrease Due to Signal Level
Control (MS)

pcUpperThresholdsLevelUL

Actual received level RXLEV_UL

Power control triggered
Power decrease

RXLEV_UL < pcUpperThresholdLevelUL + 2 powerDecrStepSize

Yes No

Fixed step size Variable step size

PWR_DECR_STEP = powerDecrStepSize PWR_DECR_STEP = RXLEV_UL –

pcUpperThresholdLevelUL

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Power Increase Due to Signal Quality

Actual receive quality RXQUAL_DL/UL

pcLowerThresholdsQualDL/UL

Power control triggered

UL: Power increase of MS
DL: Power increase of BTS

Variable step size based on actual quality

PWR_INCR_STEP = (1 + Max (0,QUAL)) * powerIncrStepSize

QUAL = RXQUAL_DL/UL – pcLowerThresholdQualDL/UL

Take largest step size
Step size based on actual level

Take algorithm for power increase due to signal level

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Power Decrease Due to Signal Quality
Control (No Power Optimisation)

pcUpperThresholdsQualDL/UL

Actual received quality RXQUAL_DL/UL

Power control triggered

Actual RXLEV_DL/UL – pcLowerThresholdLevelDL/UL < 6 dB

Yes No

No power decrease Power decrease

Avoid ping pong effect Take algorithm for power decrease due to signal level

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Power Decrease Due to Signal Quality
Control (Ping Pong Effect)
Lower Level Upper Level

Upper Quality

Lower Quality

Power decrement due to quality Power increment due to level

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Power Control Summary

Lower Level Upper Level

Power increase Power decrease Power decrease

due to level 6 dB due to quality due to level
or quality
Upper Quality

Power increase No action Power decrease

due to level due to level

Lower Quality
Power increase Power increase Power increase
due to level due to quality due to quality
or quality

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Power Control Parameters
Control Power Optimisation

Activation of power optimisation

optimumRxLevDL -109..-47 dBm

optimumRxLevUL -109..-47 dBm

Maximum decrement step size in dependence on signal quality

pwrDecrLimitBand0 0..38 dB used for quality 0

pwrDecrLimitBand1 0..38 dB used for quality 1
pwrDecrLimitBand2 0..38 dB used for quality 2 and worse

Enable power decrement below optimum level for UL

powerDecrQualFactor 0,1 enabled, if set to 1

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Power Decrease Due to Signal Quality
Control (With Power Optimisation)

Power decrease step size for MS

PWR_DECR_STEP = Min (pwrDecrLimit, Max (A,B))

A = Max (0, RXLEV_UL - optimumRxLevUL)

B = (powerDecrQualFactor + Max (0,QUAL)) * powerDecrStepSize

with QUAL = pcUpperThreshold - <RXQUAL_UL>

Term A: Would bring actual receive level exactly to optimum level

Term B: Considers difference between average receive quality and threshold quality

Power decrease step size for BTS

PWR_DECR_STEP = Min [Min (pwrDecrLimit, Max (A,B)),10]

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TCH Allocation
Control (With Power Optimisation)

Modified maximum acceptable interference level

Call set up or intra cell handover

MAX_INTF_LEV = max (min (RXLEV_UL + msTxPrwMax - MS_TXPWR, optimumRxLevUL),

RXLEV_UL + msTxPrwMin - MS_TXPWR) - cnThreshold

Inter cell handover

MAX_INTF_LEV = max (min (AV_RXLEV_NCELL (n) - rxLevBalance, optimumRxLevUL (n)),

AV_RXLEV_NCELL (n) - rxLevBalance +
msTxPrwMin (n) - msTxPrwMax (n)) - cnThreshold (n)

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