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Prerequisites: Radio Network EngineeringFundamentals
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Overview
Frequency Hopping Basics
Simulation Results
Frequency Planning of Hopping Networks
Frequency Hopping Parameters
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Abbreviations
BCCH Broadcast Channel TCH Traffic Channel
FH Frequency Hopping
SFH Slow Frequency Hopping
BBH Base Band Hopping RFH Radio Frequency Hopping
MAI Mobile Allocation Index
MAIO Mobile Allocation Index Offset
HSN Hopping Sequence Number FN Frame Number
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Frequency Hopping Basics
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FFH
FH
SFH
BBH RFH
Method of FH notation
FFH - Fast Frequency Hopping SFH - Slow Frequency Hopping
BBH - Base Band Hopping
RFH - Radio Frequency Hopping (Synthesized Hopping)
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FFH
Fast Frequency Hopping changes frequencies faster than thesymbol rate
GMSK modulation; payload on air interface =22 kbit/s
1 symbol is modeled with 3 bits
Symbol rate on air interface around 7ksymbol/s
For FFH, > 7000 hopps per second
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SFH
Slow Frequency Hopping is able to change its frequency everytimeslot
Considering one user, occupying every 8th TDMA timeslot, SFH isleading to 216.6 hopps per second:
One TDMA frame: 4.616 ms -> 1/0.004616s=216.6Hz
The frequency changes every 8 bursts but the system permits afrequency change at every burst; however there is no benefit for
the MS and for the network
Frequency Hopping used in GSM is specified in GSM 05.02 (ETSI
recommendation)
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BCCH and SFH
Frequency Hopping can be applied on each traffic channel and eachsignaling channel except the logical BCCH channel!
As the BCCH frequency is used for RXLEV measurements ofneighbour cells, this frequency must be on air all the time without
power reduction
DTX and PC are not allowed on BCCH frequency
FH is not allowed on the BCCH channel (timeslot 0 on BCCHfrequency)
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Frequency Hopping Basics
Basics of BBH
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Base Band Hopping
FFH
FH
SFH
BBH RFH
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Base Band Hopping (1)
The Frame Units create the TDMAframe structure
The Carrier Units modulate thebase band signal onto the carrier
frequency
In BBH the connections betweenFUs and CUs are changed, not
the carrier frequencies
FU 1
FU 2
FU 3
FU 4
CU 1
CU 2
CU 3
CU 4
Nhop NTRX within one cell≤
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TRX 1
TRX 2
TRX 3
TRX 4
BCCH
Base Band Hopping (2) As the CUs aren’t tuning their
transmit frequency, RTCs (Remotetunable cavity / combiner) can beused
Less pathloss then with WBCs(Wide band combiner)
The communications (users) arehopping over the different CUs(Carrier Units)
TS 0 of the BCCH TRX is alwaystransmitting on the BCCH
frequency. Other timeslots can use other
frequencies unless the BCCHfrequency is transmitted by anyother TRX at the same time
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Frequency Hopping Basics
Basics of RFH
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Radio Frequency Hopping
FFH
FH
SFH
BBH RFH
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FU 1
FU 2
FU 3
FU 4
CU 1
CU 2
CU 3
CU 4
Radio Frequency Hopping (1)
In RFH, each Frame Unit is connected to one CarrierUnit
Hopping is performed by changing the carrier frequencywithin the carrier unit by using a synthesizer (synthesizerhopping)
A drawback of the synthesizer hopping configuration is
that the BTS cannot be equipped with remote tunablecombiners (RTC), since the tunable filters cannotchange their frequency on a timeslot basis. Therefore awideband combiner (WBC) has to be used for theconnection between transmitter and antenna,
WBC: 5.05 dB insertion loss = 1.6 dB duplexer loss
+3.45 combiner loss RTC: 3.2 dB insertion loss (for max. 4 TRX
combination)
=> 1.85 dB increased downlink path loss for theWBC configuration
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Radio Frequency Hopping (2)
As the communication(user) is not hopping
between the CUs, but the
CU frequency itself is
hopping, there is no limit
for the number offrequencies used for
hopping except the
software release!
TRX 1
TRX 2
TRX 3
TRX 4
BCCH
Nhop ≥ NTRX possible and mostly used
the BCCH will be on air all the time (needed for MS measurements) and
doesn’t perform hopping at all
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Hopping modes (1)
Cyclic hopping:
HSN = 0 All BTS use a unique periodical hopping scheme
Random hopping:
HSN = 1...63
63 possible pseudo random hopping schemes to guaranteeuncorrelated hopping
HSN = Hopping Sequence Number
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Hopping modes (2)
Cyclic hopping
Random hopping
F1
F2
F3
F4
F2
F3F4
F1
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Frequency Hopping Basics
Comparison between Non Hopping and HoppingNetworks
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Improved FER: 1.4%→ 0.6%
Reduced Call Drop Rate: 3.2%→ 2.4%
Reduced Call Establishment Failure: 6.5%→ 5.5%
Increased HO rate: 10%...15%
Increased HO rate based on quality: 20%
Can be reduced by adjusting HO quality thresholds
Results from Field Trial in Jakarta
(Implementing BBH)
BUT
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Results from Field Trial in South Africa
(Implementing RFH)
Improved CSSR from Improved CDR from
Increased HO Rate due toquality from
During Optimization of HOsdue to quality, the HO rate due
to quality decrease again from
93.64% to 98.51%
1.72% to 1.32%
6% to 25%
25% to 7%
BUT
Implemented was 1x3 reuse with 37.5% RF load
Capacity increase in Bloemfontain was about 100%!!!
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21 cells, 19 with 2 TRX-es and 2 with one TRX, 18 frequencies available fortraffic carriers
Dropped call reduction
Increase of the received mean level
Possibility of using tighter schemes (like 1/3) providing higher capacitycompared with non-hopping network
No degradation of audio quality
Conclusions useful for radio planning:
The number of hopping frequencies must be 4 of larger.
Hopping frequencies must be separated as much as possible.
Reuse 1*3 (4 frequencies) 1*3 (6 frequencies) 2*6 (3 frequencies) No Hopping
CDR 2.7 2 2.2 2.5
HO Rate 4000 3900 3700 3000
RXQual Increased with 10 % Increased with 20 % Increased with 35 % -
Results from Telefonica Field Trial in Spain
(RFH)
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Results from Field Trial in Egypt - Ismailia (RFH)
10 sites, 21 cells with 2 TRX-es and 9 cells with 3 TRX-es
Effect of the RF Load can be noticed on the quality HO between
Reuse 3 and Reuse 1 Applying DL PC and DTX together can enhance RFH performance
N e t w o r k
E v o l u t i o nN o H o p p in g 1 * 3
1 * 3 w i th Pa r a m e te r
S e t t i ngs
O f f se t_ H o p p in g _ H O
L _ RX Q u a l (PC
m in i m u m th r e sh o l d )
1 * 1
1 * 1 w i th
Pa r a m e te r s
S e t t i ngs
O f fse t_ H o pp i n g _ H O
L_ RXQ u a l
(PC
m in im u m
t h r e s h o l d )
1 * 1 w i th
D L PC +
D L D TX
+ EFR
D L Q u a l i t yH O
1 5 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
C D R 1 . 3 1 .2 1 0 . 8 0 .7 0 .7
Q V o i c e
Q u a l i t y
( g o o d )
9 1 .2 % 9 4 % 9 4 % 9 2 .6 % 9 2 .7 % 9 3 .2 %
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Frequency Hopping Simulation Results
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Why Frequency Hopping?
There are two advantages when using Frequency Hopping
Frequency Diversity
Cyclic and random hopping take benefit
Improves the effectiveness of the GSM error correction algorithm bytaking advantage from interleaving
improve the effect of fading
Interferer Diversity
Only random hopping takes full benefit!
Averages the interference on the hopping carriers, thus highlyinterfered cells (before hopping) gain significantly
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Frequency Hopping Simulation Results
Fading effects
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Fading
Caused by delay spread of original signal Multi path propagation
Time-dependent variations in heterogeneity of environment
Movement of receiver
Short-term fading, fast fading
This fading is characterised by phase summation andcancellation of signal components, which travel on multiplepaths. The variation is in the order of the consideredwavelength.
Their statistical behaviour is described by the Rayleigh
distribution (for non-LOS signals) and the Rice distribution (forLOS signals), respectively.
In GSM, it is already considered by the sensitivity values, whichtake the error correction capability into account.
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Fading
Mid-term fading, lognormal fading
Mid-term field strength variations caused by objects in the sizeof 10...100m (cars, trees, buildings). These variations are
lognormal distributed.
Long-term fading, slow fading
Long-term variations caused by large objects like largebuildings, forests, hills, earth curvature (> 100m). Like the mid-
term field strength variations, these variations are lognormal
distributed
Fading Effect consists in quality degradation
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Frequency Hopping Simulation Results
Frequency Diversity
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Frequency Diversity (1)
Especially SlowMoving Mobiles
suffer from fading
(fading time can
be long)
Fading means ashort breakdown
of the received
power due to
environmentalconditions-70
-60
-50
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
0 . 1
2 . 8
5 . 4
8 . 0
1 0
. 6
1 3
. 2
1 5
. 9
1 8
. 5
2 1
. 1
2 3
. 7
2 6
. 3
2 9
. 0
3 1
. 6
3 4
. 2
3 6
. 8
3 9
. 4
4 2
. 1
4 4
. 7
4 7
. 3
4 9
. 9
Distance [m]
R e c e i v e d P o w e
r [ d B m ]
Lognormal fading
Raleygh fading
fading notches
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Frequency Diversity (2)
Hopping over several frequencies, does not reduce the number offrames being destroyed by fading notches, but reduces the time of
being in a fading notch!
With FH the probability to get into a fadingnotch is higher, but the average duration of a
notch is shorter!
Note: The example is based on the assumption of cylic hopping
no fading notch
f1
f3
f4
Hopping over
f1,f2,f3,f4 fading notch
f2
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Frequency Diversity (3) - Interleaving and its
benefit
456 bit 456 bit
TDMA Time
Slot:
3 3 3 3 3 3
………...
…. …. …. …. …. ….2
260 bit Data with redundancy for error correction
TIMEBurst (partly) destroyed by
fading, but only 12.5% of 456
bit affected -> high chance for
successful error correction!
Interleaving depth: 8
used frequency: f2 f3 f4 f1 f3 f4f1
Note: Only f1 suffers from
fading in this example
Creating burst structure
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Frequency Diversity (4) - Interleaving and its
benefit
GSM collects 20 ms of speech data before packing it into the 260bits (456 bits include 260 data bits plus redundancy) Without hopping, several consecutive bursts (456 bits) would be
affected by fading
This would affect most of the 8 sub-blocks of the 456 bit, leading to
low chance of successful error correction. With hopping, in the regular case less consecutive blocks are
affected, leading to a good chance of error correction
As RXQUAL does not take interleaving into account, but the BERbefore de-interleaving, the FH benefit is not visible in RXQUAL!
RXQUAL is even worse, as the BER during “good quality time” ishigher.
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Frequency Hopping Simulation Results
Interference Diversity
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Interferer Diversity (1)
Interferer Diversity means the averaging of the interferencewithin the frequency group
Each frequency within a frequency group suffers frommore or less interference
The overall interference to one communication is thereforethe average of the single frequency interferences of thefrequency group
Note: The overall interference within the network does not
change, but the standard deviation is reduced
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Interferer Diversity (2)
Reducing the network wide C/I standard deviation by FH
Uncorrelated hopping is assumed in the example Random Hopping (HSN 1..63)!
C/IThr
C/IThr
C/I
σσ
C/Iwithout SFH with SFH
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8
One MS call which
changes the frequencyseveral times within the
frequency group (e.g. 8
times)
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Interferer Diversity (3)
If the average C/I in the network is below the required C/Ithr , the quality
gets worse when using frequency hopping
C/IThr
C/IThr
C/I
σσ
C/Iwithout SFH with SFH
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8
Uncorrelated hopping is assumed in the example Random Hopping (HSN 1..63)!
One MS call whichchanges the frequency
several times within the
frequency group (e.g. 8
times)
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Interferer Diversity (4)
If the standard deviation is quite high some mobiles sufferfrom a C/I smaller then the required C/Ithr
When using FH, the C/I values are average values from thecorrespondent frequency hopping group
Due to this averaging, the C/I standard deviation gets smaller
Now also the “bad” calls have acceptable conditions
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Summary of frequency and interference
diversity
F1F2
MS1BS1
C1
I2
I1
MS2
F2
P F1
F1,F2,F3
F1
F2
M S1BS1 M S2
F2,F3,F1
P
Inter ferenceDivers i t y
F requency
Divers i t y
N oHopping
FrequencyHopping
I1
I2
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BBH
Advantages
The timeslots 1 to 7 of the BCCH frequency are allowed toperform frequency hopping
Combination of “intelligent” frequency planning with thebenefit of frequency hopping
Disadvantages
Frequency hopping performs best with at least 4 hoppingfrequencies Cells must have at least 4 TRXs!
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RFH
Advantages
Hopping over more frequencies than installed TRXspossible
NHOP ≥ NTRX
More benefit from Interferer Diversity
The more frequencies are used, the higher the “averaging effect”
Disadvantages
No hopping at all on the BCCH TRX!
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Comparison BBH vs. RFH (1) BBH is better than RFH
Interference point of view BBH intelligence integrated in the frequency plan
RFH not (so much) intelligence in the frequency plan (especially in 1*1). Thedrawback is the increased level of interference (cf. A955 simulations)
Strategy for operator for hopping mode selection:
prefer BBH instead of RFH if the available BW is sufficient migrate from BBH to RFH only
when the point comes to deploy a new TRX in the BBH network
without any violations
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Comparison of hopping schemes 1 x 3, 1 x 1 and BBH
(Network Design point of view)R e u s e
s c h e m e
B e n e f i t s D r a w b a c k s
1 x 3 A l l o w a r e - u s e o f t h eh o p p i n g f r e q u e n c i e s ( f o r t h e
m i c r o c e l l s ) .
E a s e t h e t r a n s i t i o nb e t w e e n h o p p i n g a r e a a n d
n o n - h o p p i n g a r e a .
F r o m i n t e r f e r e n c er e d u c t i o n p . o . v . N e e d a g o o d
d e s i g n o f t h e n e t w o r k ( s a m e
h e i g h t o f t h e s i t e s , r e g u l a r
a z i m u t h o f t h e a n t e n n a s , f l a t
a r e a , c a r e f u l t i l t t u n i n g ) t o b e
f u l l y e f f i c i e n t .
R e q u i r e h o p p i n g o n an u m b e r o f f r e q u e n c i e s
m u l t i p l e o f 3 .
1 x 1 F r o m i n t e r f e r e n c e
r e d u c t i o n p . o . v . , t h e
r e q u i r e m e n t t o h a v e s a m e
a n t e n n a h e i g h t a n d a c a r e f u l
t i l t t u n i n g i s e v e n h i g h e r a s f o r
1 x 3 , w h e r e a s t h e r e i s n o
r e q u i r e m e n t f o r s a m e a z i m u t h
G o o d c e l l p l a n n i n gr e q u i r e d , l i t t l e c o v e r a g e
o v e r l a p a l l o w e d .
N o r e - u t i l i z a t i o n o f t h eh o p p i n g f r e q u e n c i e s
p o s s i b l e ( f o r e x a m p l e f o r
m i c r o c e l l s ) .
M o r e d i f f i c u l t t r a n s i t i o nb e t w e e n h o p p i n g a r e a a n d
n o n - h o p p i n g a r e a .B B H
M i n i m u m i n t e r f e r e n c e +
b e n e f i t s o f i n t e r f e r e r a n d
f r e q u e n c y d i v e r s i t y
F e w e r c o n s t r a i n t s o n t h en e t w o r k d e s i g n : a n t e n n a
h e i g h t + a z i m u t h , t i l t t u n i n g
a r e n o t c r i t i c a l f a c t o r s
a n y m o r e
H i g h e r e f f o r t f o r f r e q u e n c yp l a n n i n g
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FH field trial
Field trial performed in TMN Network in Portugal 2003
The result is a comparison between RFH 1x1, BBH and RFH 1x3
TMN Network configuration
Hardware 19 BSCs with 1400 cells
dual band network azimuths with regular patterns
Frequency policy GSM 900: 21 freq. for BCCH; 18 freq. TCH with RFH 1x1
DCS 1800: 14 freq. for BCCH; 16 freq. TCH with RFH 1x1
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FH field trial - reasons for FH modifications
Network had a high RFLoad - due to high number of TRX per cell
(urban areas)
RxQual in hopping TRX was worse than RxQual in BCCH (fromdrive tests)
Band % cells with more TRX than recommended
GSM900 45% of cells have more TRX than recommended (for RFLoad < 12%)
DCS1800 85% of cells have more TRX than recommended (for RFLoad < 12%)
BCCH/ Hop % bad RxQual
BCCH (RxQual > 4) 10.4%
Hopping (RxQual > 5) 13.0%
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FH field trial - 1x1 vs 1x3
Motivation for 1x3: network has a regular pattern
QoS Results
Drive tests results
Conclusion: reduction of Quality HO
increase of Level HO
no significant modification for other QoS indicators or in QVoicemeasurements
I n d i c a t o r 1 x1 1 x3
Better cell HO 90,000
47%
90,000
47%
Q uality HO 47,500
24%
44,000
23%
Level HO 50 000
27%
53,000
28%
Bad RxQual - b efore Bad RxQual - after
16.7% 15.2%
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FH field trial - BBH
Motivation:
TCH TRX using 1x1 have RxQual worse than BCCH more frequencies for BCCH
Using the BCCH band reduces the network RFLoad
Call Drops on the BCCH frequencies, due to interference can be
reduced by hopping BBH combines the benefits of
intelligent frequency planning
frequency hopping
BBH was applied only for one BSC
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FH field trial - BBH Results QoS results
Drive tests
results
QoS indicators
1x1 Baseband
hopping
Obs
SDCCH drop 1.2% 0.8% Significant improvement
RTCH assign fail 0.6% 0.4% Significant improvement,showing c learly a reduction of
interference
Call-drop 1.1% 0.9% Significant improvement
Handover
success rate
96.2% 96.4% Improvement more visible in
some other BSCs
HO causes Better-cell: 43%
Qual HO: 34%
Level HO: 19%
Better-cell: 41%
Qual HO: 32%
Level HO: 22%
Reduction of Qual HO with BBH
Interference
bands
(% in band 900)
54% 61% Improvement is visible with BBH
HO/call 0.64 0.58 Reduc tion with BBH even morevisible in other BSCs: shows
improvement in Voice Quality
Hopping 1x1 Baseband
HoppingVQ – good 88.9% 90.8%
VQ – suffic ient 6.7% 6.8%
VQ – bad 4.4% 2.6%
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FH field trial - BBH Conclusion
Clear reduction of network interference: real reduction of
SDDCH drop
RTCH assign fail
Call Drop
Reduction of HO/call
QVoice measurements showed improvement
Due to good results, BBH was generalized for entire network (19BSCs):
SDCCH drop: 1.1% -> 0.8%
RTCH assign fail: 0.5% -> 0.3% Call-drop: 1.2% -> 1.0%
HO Success Rate 96.8% -> 97.5%
Call Success Rate: 97.2% -> 97.9%
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Frequency Hopping Simulation Results
Hard Blocking / Soft Blocking
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Hard blocking
Hard blocking is determined by the amount of availablechannels
This type of blocking occurs in conventional traffic systems,with a low interference probability
The blocking is defined by the blocking probability, e.g.Pblock=2%
With hard blocking, mobiles will not get access to the network,since all channels are in use (100% traffic load)
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The maximum capacity in a system is defined as the limit, where either the
hard blocking or the soft blocking limit is reached
Soft blocking
Soft blocking occurs due to high interference or due to an
unacceptable call drop rate This type of blocking occurs in a network design with a low reuse
cluster size, resulting in a high level of interference
The soft blocking limit can be defined by the traffic load, at which the
quality in the network becomes unacceptable e.g. when 10% of themobiles will suffer from a C/I < C/IThr or when the call drop rate
reaches 5%
With increasing traffic load, the capacity will be limited due to softblocking before the hard blocking limit is reached (traffic load
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DTX Discontinuous Transmission PC Power Control
Usage of Power Control and DTX
DTX and PC (used only by TCH carriers) reduce interference
Capacity increase possible with remaing QoS figures
In non hopping systems, "bad" communications take much advantage from PC and DTX
"good" communications do not see any improvement
In hopping systems, due to interferer diversity, allcommunications will experience an improvement
Hopping networks with ARCS < 9 are limited by softblocking
Any interference reducing feature is more effective in such asystem
PC and DTX in UL and DL are recommended especially for hoppingnetworks!
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Frequency Hopping Simulation Results
Simulation Results
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FH Performance Simulation - Description
The next slides present the results of a hopping performance
investigation done with the Alcatel Radio Network Planning Tool A9155
Two different approaches are used to determine the softblockinglimit:
Softblocking defined by the traffic load at which 10 % of themobiles suffer from an C/I < C/Ithr
Softblocking defined by the traffic load at which the call droprate reaches 5 %
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Considering softblocking based on C/I
? What is the achievable capacity when 10% of all MS sufferfrom a C/I < C/Ithr ?
Parameters: BW=36, (hard)blocking=2%, 8 TCH per TRX
Considering DTX, PC, HO, GSM signal processing:
BUT: Call drop rate for the design rises up to 16%!
Configuration
Capacity (Erl/Site) 86.4 71.1 49.8
Gain comp. to +74% +42% +0%
‘C/I’ Simulation (1)
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ARCS >= 12:
Hard blockingrelated
ARCS = 9:
Hardblocking =
Softblocking
ARCS < 9:Soft blocking
related
C: 45ErlD: 20Erl
A: 49.8Erl
E: 86.4Erl=+74%
16% Call dropB: 71.1Erl=+42%
0
50
100
150
200
250
3 6 9 12
ARCS
E r l a n
g p e r
3 s e c
t o r s
i t e
Hard Block.
Soft Block/No Hopping
Soft Block/Hopping
‘C/I’ Simulation (2)
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‘C/I’ Simulation (3) Nonhopping:
The hardblocking limit would be reached at ARCS of 12(traffic load=100%)
Hopping: The hardblocking limit still can be reached at a ARCS of 9,
meaning that the C/I or the call drop rate is still below the
threshold (traffic load=100%) If the ARCS is 3 and the traffic load has reached 30% of the
theoretical available hardware capacity, we can see, that thesoftblocking limit with a "too" bad quality can be reached
The increased call drop rate is also based on the fact, that
the used PC and HO algorithm were very simple HO is based on distance only, thus with an according quality
based emergency HO the call drop rate can further bereduced.
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‘C/I’ Simulation (4)
The simulation does not take into account real
topography,morphology etc. 4*3 and 3*3: capacity can be calculated manually, soft block not
reached
49.8 Erl/3 sector site = 16.63 Erl/sector *3 sectors/site
16.63 Erl : from Erl table with 24 (3*8) channels and GOS=2% 1*3 case: capacity can not be calculated manually, soft blocking is
reached (hardblocking would lead to 3*84.1=252 Erl per site for 12
(TRX) *8 slots = 96 channels per sector at 2%block)
But due to the soft block (interference), the real capacity is lower
Simplification: No signalling considered
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‘C/I’ Simulation (5)
Bandwidth=constant in the example
Idea of fractional loading:
Since at a ARCS of 3 the softblocking limit is reached andonly 30% of a HW will be used, it is certainly not
cost effective to install all the HW if 70% of the hardware
is unused. Thus the amount of TRX is lower then theamount of hopping frequencies
Fractional reuse (ARCS, FARCS) only possible with RFH
Summary: Optimum in terms of capacity could be achievedwith an ARCS of 1x3
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‘Call drop’ Simulation (1)
Considering Softblocking based on Call Drop Rate of 5% or
hardblocking limit is reached What is the capacity when 5% of all calls will drop?
More suitable definition of softblocking for an operatorcompared to the "C/I" criteria
Same simulation conditions as in previous example Best results are achieved with the reuse scheme
But: no quality based handover considered in simulation
Reduced call drop rate in reality can be expected
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0
10
2030
40
50
60
70
80
Configuration
E
r l a n g p e r s i t e
‘Call drop’ Simulation (2)
Best solution when taking
into account the call droprate as the softblocking limit
is achieved with ARCS of 9.
The hardblocking limit stillcould be reached: Capacity
increase here: 42%, but
when taking into account
the BCCH with an ARCS of
12, only 30% can be
achieved.Max. Capacity with softblocking based on call drop rate of 5%
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Conclusion on Simulations System simulations show:
"C/I" simulation: best result with the scheme, but with
an increased amount of call drops "Call drop" simulation: reuse scheme is the optimum
Therefore for a first introduction, NTRX=NHop should be used,aiming at an ARCS of 9 for the TCH
30% capacity increase, taking into account a BCCH with ARCS of 12 in a typical scenario
Further reduction of the ARCS has to be evaluated in a secondstep with NTRX
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Frequency Planning in Hopping Networks
Introduction
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A9155 FH planning strategy
AFP - Automatic Frequency Planning Several frequencies can be assigned to one carrier
1*1 and 1*3 fractional reuse supported
HSN and MAIO allocation done automatically
Absolute calculated interference value is taken into account duringfrequency assignment
Aim: Minimize the cost! The cost includes violation of channelseparation, interference etc.
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Required number of Frequencies
Investigations show, that most benefit is taken from FH when
hopping over at least 4 frequencies!
TU3
TU50
6
7
8
910
11
12
13
14
15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
number of frequencies in hopping sequence
r e q u
i r e
d C / I ( d B )
TU3
TU50
For slow moving mobiles, the benefit of FH is much bigger!
Remark: TU3 = Typical Urban Environment with an average mobile speed of 3 km/h
TU50 = Typical Urban Environment with an average mobile speed of 50 km/h
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Frequency Planning of Hopping Networks
Fractional Reuse
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Reuse Cluster Size Definition for FH
The classical definition of the Reuse Cluster Size is:
The definition of the Reuse Cluster Size for RFH conditions is:
cell per TRX of amount Average
Bandwidth ARCS =
cell per sFrequencieof amount Average
Bandwidth
FARCS =
FARCS = Fractional Average Reuse Cluster Size
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Examples for ARCS
ARCS
27 frequencies for TCH TRXs
3 TCH TRXs in average per cell
9
3
27
/#
===
cellTRX
B ARCS Example: Group planning with 9
frequency groups, 3
frequencies each
A1
A3
A2 B1 B2
B3
A1 A2
A3
B2
B3
B1
C2
C3
C1B2B1
B3
A1 A2
A3
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Examples of FARCS (1)
FARCS
27 frequencies for TCH TRXs 3 hopping groups with 9
frequencies each
1 hopping group per cell
39
27
/#===
cell f
BFARCS
REUSE 1*3
Example:
3 frequency groups, 9 frequencies
each
A
C
B A B
C
A B
C
B
C
A
B
C
AB A
C
A B
C
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Examples of FARCS (2)
FARCS
27 frequencies for TCH TRXs 1 hopping group with 27
frequencies
same hopping group on each
cell
127
27
/#===
cell f
BFARCS
REUSE 1*1
Example:
1 frequency group including all
27 frequencies
A
A
A A A
A
A A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A A A
A
A A
A
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Frequency Planning of Hopping Networks
Creating Hopping Groups
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The GSM Hopping Sequence Generator
External Parameters which can be modified by operator
MA Mobile Allocation MAI Mobile Allocation Index
MAIO Mobile Allocation Index Offset
FHS Frequency Hopping Sequence
HSN Hopping Sequence Number Internal Parameters which cannot be modified
T1, T1R, T2, T3 GSM internal timers
FN Frame Number
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MA
MAI ARFCN
1
2
3
0
4
... ...
2
5
12
7
6
MA - Mobile Allocation
The MA is the look up table that is
giving the relation between thedifferent MAI numbers and the
corresponding ARFCN.
Range:The look up table has N lines.
N is the number of
frequencies used in the
hopping sequence (hopping
group)
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Selection of hopping channels acc. to MA
Overall speech quality improved in relation with frequency
management During the channel assignment procedure, the BSC will take into
account the MA of the channels before allocating the resource
The MA gives the number of frequencies over which the targetchannel hops: the bigger it is, the better the quality can be expected
Hence, the BSC will select preferably the channels with the biggestMA
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MAI - Mobile Allocation Index
The MAI is an index number, which allows to determine the correct
line in the MA look up table to find the corresponding ARFCN. Range: 0 .. N-1
Note: N is the number of frequencies used in the hopping sequence.
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MAIO - Mobile Allocation Index Offset
The MAIO is selectable for each timeslot and each TRX separately
The MAIO is constant on the TRX but it changes between the FU Due to the fact, that normally for each timeslot within one TRX the
same FHS is used, there is no need to change the MAIO from
timeslot to timeslot. Therefore the MAIO is constant on the TRX.
It is a number that is added to the calculated MAI to avoid intra-sitecollisions due to co or adjacent channel usage.
Range: 0 .. N-1 (max. 63)
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MAIO - BBH Example (1)
TS 0 TS 1 TS 2 TS 3 TS 4 TS 4 TS 5 TS 6 TS 7
FU 1 BCCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH
fhs_id, maio freq 1, 0 1, 0 1, 0 1, 0 1, 0 1, 0 1, 0 1, 0
FU 2 TCH SD/8 TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH
fhs_id, maio 2, 0 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1FU 3 TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH
fhs_id, maio 2, 1 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2
FU 4 TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH
fhs_id, maio 2, 2 1, 3 1, 3 1, 3 1, 3 1, 3 1, 3 1, 3 1, 3
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MA
MAI ARFCN
1
2
3
0
F2
F3
F4
F1E.g. MAI = 1 calculated
MAIO=2
F4 is used
MAIO - Example (2)
E.g. a TRX has the MAIO 2
Frequencies used on this TRX: f1, f2, f3 ,f4 The frequency hopping generator creates the MAI sequence
3,0,1,2,1,1,3,0,2,…
The hopping sequence will be:
f2, f3, f4,f1,f4,f4,f2,f3,f1,...
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FHS - Frequency Hopping Sequence
The FHS is the set of frequencies (max. 63) to be used in the
hopping sequence (frequency hopping group). It is given by theoperator and can be different for each timeslot and each TRX of
each cell
TS 0 TS 1 TS 2 TS 3 TS 4 TS 4 TS 5 TS 6 TS 7
FU 1 bc/ sd4
or
bcch
TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH
fhs_id, maio freq 1, 0 1, 0 1, 0 1, 0 1, 0 1, 0 1, 0 1, 0
FU 2 TCH SD/8 TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH
fhs_id, maio 2, 0 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1
FU 3 TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH
fhs_id, maio 2, 1 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2
FU 4 TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH
fhs_id, maio 2, 2 1, 3 1, 3 1, 3 1, 3 1, 3 1, 3 1, 3 1, 3
FHS_ID = 1: all associated frequencies of the BTS are used
FHS_ID = 2: all associated frequencies of the BTS except BCCH frequency are used
(BCCH in TS 0 have to stay on its fixed frequency)
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Extended Frequency Hopping Sequence
Since release B5.1, FHS can be extended up to 63 frequencies
SDCCH and TCH (Traffic channels) can hop on up to 63 frequenciesin a cell
As the GSM standard does not allow CBCH (Common BroadcastChannel used for SMS-CB) to hop on such a high number of
frequencies, the operator can configure the frequency hopping
system in two different ways, depending on his decision to make the
CBCH hop or not
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SMS-CB with/without hopping CBCH
Hopping CBCH
All FHS (Frequency Hopping Sequence) of the differentchannels (CBCH, SDCCH, TCH) have an upper limit of 16
frequencies (for both bands)
Non-hopping CBCH (or if there is no SMS-CB)
in GSM 900: SDCCH and TCH can hop on up to 63 frequencies.In GSM 1800, the GSM standard limits the number of
frequencies which can be used for SDCCH channels to an
upper limit which depends on the span in the cell. The span
represents the shift between the higher frequency used in the
cell and the lower frequency
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Non hopping SMS-CB with hopping TCH’s
The maximum number of frequencies in the hopping sequence for
GSM 1800 cells is defined in the table below
Span in the cell Max number of frequencies in the FHS
up to 22.5 MHz 63
from 22.5 up to 25.5 MHz 28
from 25.5 up 51 MHz 21
from 51 up 75 MHz 17
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HSN - Hopping Sequence Number
The HSN is one of 4 input parameters to the GSM hopping
sequence generator algorithm (see GSM Rec: 05.02). Range: 0 .. 63
HSN = 0 means cyclic hopping!
The values 1 to 63 are so called Pseudo Random HoppingSequence Numbers. Their usage forces the hopping sequence
generator algorithm to determine MAIs randomly. Due to the fact,
that only the GSM internal timers T1R, T2 and T3 are additional
input to this algorithm, their period is also the period of the hopping
sequence
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T1, T1R, T2, T3 - GSM internal timers
Ranges of the timers:
T1: 0 .. 2047 T1R: 0 .. 63(T1R = T1 modulo 64)
T2: 0 .. 25
T3: 0 .. 50
T2 and T3 are triggered every 8 timeslots (1 TDMA Frame). Whenboth timers switch back to 0, T1 (and T1R) is triggered (that is every
26*51= 1326 TDMA Frames).
In the GSM hopping sequence algorithm the timers T1R, T2 and T3are used. This is leading to a period of 64*26*51-1 = 84863 for the
MAI sequence (hopping sequence)
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Note: Duration of one TS 577 µs
FN - Frame Number
It is incremented after every TDMA frame (8 timeslots)
At each FN increment, timers T1, T1R, T2, T3 are impacted,however only T1R, T2, T3 determine the periodicity of the MAI
sequence (hopping sequence)
FN periodicity is 26*51*2048-1 = 2 715 647 TDMA frames
Each frame has a duration of apporx. 4.62 ms
The absolute time from FN 0 to next time FN 0 is accordingly:2 715 647 * (8*577 µs) = 3h 28min 53 s
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Hopping Sequence Generation - Diagram
With the before shown parameters,the used absolute frequency can
be determined
MA MAIO HSN T1 T2 T3
Algorithm specified inGSM Rec. 05.02
ARFCN = MA(MAI)
Press for demonstration
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The Period of the Hopping Sequence
Timer T1R is only increased, when T2 and T3 switch back to zero at
the same time (every 1326 TDMA frames)! The total period of the 3 timers T1R, T2, T3 (=duration of FHS):
64*26*51-1 = 84863 TDMA frames 6min 32sec
This means, that even if we select the same HSN on two different(not synchronised I.e no common master clock) sites, they have a
probability of
1/84863 = 1.18*10-6
to use the same frame number.
If they have different frame numbers, the order of the used hopping
frequencies is uncorrelated
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New understanding of reuse
A reuse of A X B means, that A sites belong to the same reusecluster and B frequency groups are used on this site.
A
A
A
A
AA
A
C
B
A
CB
Re-use 1x3 Re-use 1x1
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Co-cell / co-site constraints max RF load
Co-cell constraint 2 channels spacing (ETSI recommends 3, but
with Alcatel EVOLIUM capabilities this value can be set to 2) Co-site constraint 2 channels spacing
As on the same site the minimum distance between two frequenciesis 2, only every second frequency of a band of consecutive
frequencies can be used
This is leading to a effective usage of the spectrum resources ofmaximum 50%
These 50% are the so called maximum RF load on the site
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Max RF Load
The max RF load within a cell can be calculated according the
following formula:
This maximum RF load is only achieved, if all TRXs within the cellare fully loaded!
If the TRXs are only fractional loaded, the effective RF load is muchlower!
CellsFrequencie
CellTRX load RF
/#
/#max =
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%7.1612
2.max ==load RF
%504
2.max ==load RF
Max RF Load - Examples
3 sector site, 12 hopping frequencies, 2 hopping TRX per sector
1*1 reuse:
1*3 reuse:
These values (16.7% and 50%) are the theoretical maximum
achivable RF loads for the two cases.This is due to the fact, that a consecutive frequency band isassumed and thus due to inter cell constraint of 2 channelsspacing only every second frequency can be used at the sametime
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Real RF Load
The real RF load within a cell can be calculated according the
following formula:
Only active timeslots contributes to the RF Load
Average number of active timeslots are given by the traffic capacity,in Erlang
RF Load can be reduced due to the features “BCCH TRX Marking(since B5.2) or “TRX Prioritized Preference Quality Control (since
B6.2)
8*)/#(
/A#
CellsFrequencie
Celltimeslotsctiveload RF real =
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3 sector site, 12 hopping frequencies, 2 hopping TRX per sector
BCCH TRX Marking is used, therefore BCCH carrier is preffered tobe filled by traffic 3 TRX -> 14.896 Erlang, 2% blocking probability 14.896 timeslots active during the busy hour. The remaining 7.104
timeslots guarantee a blocking probability of 2%
The average timeslots active on hopping carrier is then14.896 timeslots - 6 timeslots on first carrier = 8.896 active timeslots 1*1
reuse:
1*1 reuse:
1*3 reuse
%26.912*8
896.8==load RF real
%8.274*8
896.8==load RF real
Real RF Load - Examples
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Real RF-load Proposed max. values:
Reuse
scheme
Service target Real RF load
marginal service quality (theoretical upper limit for
synchronized hopping)
50 %1 x 3
service quality comparable to conventional systems30 % … 35 %
marginal service quality (theoretical upper limit for
synchronized hopping)
16.6 %1 x 1
service quality comparable to conventional systems 10 %
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Real RF Load with Directed Retry and Fast
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Real RF Load with Directed Retry and Fast
Traffic Handover
The efficiency of TRX is increased by these features
The same number of timeslots can carry a higher amount of trafficwith the same blocking probability
The interference in the network is increased
Therefore the Real RF Load has to be reduced whenthese features are used
It is preferred to use these kind of features, even it lead to a reducedRF Load instead of having a high RF Load without these features
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I t it t i t
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Inter site constraints
The maximum RF load is just a theoretical value, up to which we canavoid violating the co-cell and co-site constraints
The real RF load of a cell (e.g. the traffic in Erlang handled by thehopping carriers) is the real indicator for the interferer potential of the
cell
With increasing number of used hopping TS, the probability ofhaving a collission with a used TS of another cell using the samehopping frequencies is increasing
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Traffic / Interference relation Examples
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Traffic / Interference relation - Examples Which scenario interferes most to your communication (yellow)?
Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3
TRX1
TRX2
TRX3
TRX4
TS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
TRX1
TRX2
TRX3
TRX4
TS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
TRX1
TRX2
TRX3
TRX4
TS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
TRX1
TRX2
TRX3
TRX4
TS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
TRX1
TRX2
TRX3
TRX4
TS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
TRX1
TRX2
TRX3
TRX4
TS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Assumptions: Cells not syncronized, cells using same hopping frequencies, BCCH not included
I n t e
r f e r e r
S e r v e r
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Creating Hopping sequences
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Creating Hopping sequences The following slides show, how new frequency hopping groups can
be generated and how the MAIO is assigned to the different TRXs
within the cell
Keep in mind the two GSM constraints
2 channels spacing between the frequencies on air at the sametime within one cell (only Alcatel EVOLIUM equipment)
2 channels spacing between the frequencies on air at the sametime within one site
Assumptions: 12 consecutive frequencies available (1..12) excluding BCCH frequencies
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Fractional
Reuse 1*2, 1*3,
1*x
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1*3 reuse (1)
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1 3 reuse (1) Before we create new groups, we have
to keep two things in mind:
The RF-load of 50% is not possiblewith consecutive frequencies in the
FHS
50% RF-load is only possible when
all odd or all even frequencies areon air at the same time sameamount of odd and even
frequencies in each group
1 4 7 10
2 5 8 11
3 6 9 12
Cell A
Cell B
Cell C
Group A: 1,4,7,10
Group B: 2,5,8,11
Group C: 3,6,9,12
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1*3 reuse (2)
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1 3 reuse (2)
To avoid violating the GSM constarints, MAIOs have to be definedfor each TRX of the site.
1 4 7 10 1 4 7
2 5 8 11 2 5 8
3 6 9 12 3 6 9
Cell A
Cell B
Cell C
MAI = 0
….
….
….
Frequency used by TRX 1
Frequency used by TRX 2
MAIO settings:
Group A: 0,2
Group B: 1,3
Group C: 0,2
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1*3 reuse (3)
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1 3 reuse (3) In a hopping group with 4 frequencies, the MAIs 0 to 3 are possible to
be generated by the hopping sequence generator
1 4 7 10 1 4 7
2 5 8 11 2 5 8
3 6 9 12 3 6 9
Cell A
Cell B
Cell C
1 4 7 10 1 4 7
2 5 8 11 2 5 8
3 6 9 12 3 6 9
Cell A
Cell B
Cell C
1 4 7 10 1 4 7
2 5 8 11 2 5 8
3 6 9 12 3 6 9
Cell A
Cell B
Cell C
1 4 7 10 1 4 7
2 5 8 11 2 5 8
3 6 9 12 3 6 9
Cell A
Cell B
Cell C
MAI = 0
MAI = 3MAI = 1
MAI = 2
Assumption:
MAIOs are as defined
before
Group A: 0,2
Group B: 1,3
Group C: 0,2
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1*3 reuse (4)
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1 3 reuse (4)
For each frequency group we have an own MA table
With the group allocation from before, we get:
MAI ARFCN
MA - Group B
1
2
3
2
5
8
11
0
MAI ARFCN
MA - Group A
1
2
3
1
4
7
10
0
MAI ARFCN
MA - Group C
1
2
3
3
6
9
12
0
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1*2 reuse (1)
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1 2 reuse (1) On a two sector site we may have only 2 frequency groups and
therefore only an 1*2 reuse.
In a first step we allocate the frequencies according to the allocationscheme known from the 1*3 reuse
Group A
Group B 2 4 6 8 10 12
1 3 5 7 9 11
Problem: For max. possible RF load, all odd or even must be
on air at the same time. This is not possible in this case, as
all odd frequencies are in group A and all even in group B
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1*2 reuse (2)
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1 2 reuse (2)
To have an equal distribution between odd and even frequencieswithin one frequency group, we change every second frequency
Group A
Group B 2 4 6 8 10 12
1 3 5 7 9 11 Group A
Group B 2 3 6 7 10 11
1 4 5 8 9 12
To be done: MAIO assignment!
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1*2 reuse (3)
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1 2 reuse (3)
To assign MAIOs we assume the FN 0, and circle as manyfrequencies as TRXs are using this group. The circeled frequencies
must fulfil the GSM intra site and intra cell constraint
1 4 5 8
2 3 6 7
Cell A
Cell B
9
10 11
12MAIO TRX 1
MAIO TRX 2
MAIO TRX 3
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1*4 - Exercise
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The frequencies 1..24 are available (excluding BCCH freq.)
4 sectors on the site 3 TRXs are hopping in each cell
Cells are syncronized in terms of FN
Create Hopping Groups and assign MAIOs!
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Fractional Reuse
1*1
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Reuse 1*1 - 3 sector site
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In the reuse 1 case, we use all available frequencies (1..12) on eachcell of the site
Intra site collisions are only avoided by the MAIO assignment
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
Cell A
Cell B
5
5 6
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4Cell C 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
... .... ... ..........
..........................
MAIO of TRX 1
MAIO of TRX 2
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On a 2 sector site with 12 frequencies of course 3 TRXs per cell arepossible
61 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
5
5 6
7 8 9 1011 12
7 8 9 10 11 12
Cell A
Cell B
MAIO of TRX 1
MAIO of TRX 2
MAIO of TRX 3
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The frequencies 1..24 are available
4 sectors on the site
4 TRXs are hopping in each cell
Cells are syncronized in terms of FN
Create Hopping Groups and assign MAIOs!
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Summary: 1*2/1*3/1*4/…
1 4C ll A
Only
necessary if
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1
2
Cell A
Cell B
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
3
...
Cell C
Cell ...
1 4
2 3
Cell A
Cell B
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
1
2
Cell A
Cell B
3
...
Cell C
Cell ...
....... .......
.......
.......
.......
.......
MAIO TRX 1
MAIO TRX 2
MAIO TRX 3
MAIO0 2 3 4 51
Cell A
Cell B
Cell C
Cell D
.......
T R X 1
T R X 2
T R X 3
T R X . . . .
0
1
0
1
2
3
2
3
4
5
4
............ ..... .......
..... .......
.......
.......
.......
necessary, if
the number of
frequency
groups id
even“Rotate” the
frequencies
through the
cells
AssignMAIOs
according to
the standard
scheme for
Reuse 1*X
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1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
Cell A
Cell B
5
5 6
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4Cell C 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
... .... ... ..........
..........................
MAIO of TRX 1
MAIO of TRX 2
Cell A
Cell B
Cell C
.....
.......
T R X 1
T R X 2
T R X 3
T R X . . . .
0
2
4
x+2
x+4
2x+4
....
....
2x+2
.......
..... .......
..... .......
.......
.......
.......
x
....
....
“Rotate” the
MAIOs
through the cells
Standard MAIOassignment for
Reuse 1*1
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FH parameter relation to Hardware - 1*3
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FN
(T1R, T2, T3)
(0 … 84863)
HSN
(0 … 63)
Frequency Hopping
Sequence A
(e.g. 1,4,7,10)
Sector 1
Frequency Hopping
Sequence B
(e.g. 2,5,8,11)
Sector 2
Frequency Hopping
Sequence C
(e.g. 3,6,9,12)
Sector 3
MAIO (e.g. 2)
Hopping TRX 2
Site Cells TRXs
MAIO (e.g. 0)
Hopping TRX 1
MAIO (e.g. 1)
Hopping TRX 1
MAIO (e.g. 3)
Hopping TRX 2
MAIO (e.g. 2)
Hopping TRX 2
MAIO (e.g. 0)
Hopping TRX 1
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FN
(T1R, T2, T3)(0 … 84864)
HSN
(0 … 63)
Sector 1
Frequency Hopping
Sequence
(e.g. 1,2,3,4,5,
6,7,8,10,11,12)
Sector 2
Sector 3
Site Cells TRXs
MAIO (e.g. 6)
Hopping TRX 2
MAIO (e.g. 0)
Hopping TRX 1
MAIO (e.g. 2)
Hopping TRX 1
MAIO (e.g. 8)
Hopping TRX 2
MAIO (e.g. 10)
Hopping TRX 2
MAIO (e.g. 4)
Hopping TRX 1
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Alcatel BTS - Hopping concepts
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A910 (M4M) - Evolium Micro BTS
RFH possible for each non BCCH TRX
(max. 4 TRX within one sector)
A9110-E (M5M) Micro Base Station
BBH
RFH for each non BCCH TRX
A9100 - Evolium Macro BTS
BBH
RFH for each non BCCH TRX
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Implementation of Frequency Plan to theOMC R
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OMC-R Directly using OMC-R
Frequencies are implemented manually in the OMC-R Used for small networks
Using External Tools
A9156 RNO or Excel edit of PRC files (for small changes)
Particularly A9155 RNP offers its A9155 PRC Generator Module toupload the frequency plan to the OMC-R (for massive changes)
Number of Cells Time Estimation using
OMC-R
Time Estimation using
external tool
10 1h22' 1h22'
100 4h24' 4h26'
500 17h50' 17h58'1000 34h38' 34h55'
2000 68h14' 68h49'
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RNP Extension: B8 Frequency Hopping
Frequency Hopping Parameters
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BSS and CAE parameters
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In the hopping case, RXQUAL does not reflect the real quality in the
network as explained before
To overcome this problem, Offsets are applied to RXQUALdedendent parameters
Offset_Hopping_PC influences
L_RXQUAL_UL_P
L_RXQUAL_DL_P
Offset_Hopping_HO influences
L_RXQUAL_UL_H
L_RXQUAL_DL_H
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Default Parameters for SFH
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Find hereafter the parameters which are different within hopping
networks
Offset_Hopping_PC = 1.0
Offset_Hopping_HO = 1.0
HO_INTRACELL_ALLOWED = DISABLED
Note: Resolution of Offset_Hopping_XX is 0.1 since B6.2
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Quality indicator for FH (1)
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The RXQUAL calculation takes only the BER before de-interleaving into account
The benefit of FH is not visible in RXQUAL
The higher probability to get into a fading notch (but for ashorter time) is leading to a worse RXQUAL then without
hopping, except the non hopping frequency would be in afading notch at this location
FER - Frame Erasure Rate
is counted after de-interleaving
takes higher error correction possibilities due to FH intoaccount
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Quality indicator for FH (2)
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Principle of quality indicator calculation within the mobile
DEMOD DECODER
ENCODER
Frame Erasure DecisionVoice
Decoder
RXQUALFrame Erasure Rate
FER
Deinterleave
Error
correct.
Inside the mobile station Air
-
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Influence of FH on RXQUAL
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- 1 1 0
- 1 0 6
- 1 0 2
RXQUAL_DL = f (RXLEV_DL)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
- 9 8
- 9 4
- 9 0
- 8 6
- 8 2
- 7 8
- 7 4
- 7 0
- 6 6
- 6 2
- 5 8
- 5 4
- 5 0
Without Hopping
With Hopping
R X Q U A L
RXLEV [dBm]
Subjective speech quality isgood with RXQUAL=5
approximately:
RXQUAL(FH)
=
RXQUAL(no FH) + 1
Offset_Hopping_PC and
Offset_Hopping_HO are
introduced for correcting this
“error”.Resolution : 0.1
Min value : 0; Max value : 7
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FH implementation via OMC-R (1)
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One of the tasks of the OMC-R is the management of relationshipsbetween a cell and its neighbouring cells in the network
In the OMC-R it is done by the logical configuration management
For example, it enables you to:
Radio configuration including frequency allocation, frequencyhopping schemes, TRX and logical channel configuration
PC/HO parameters
Import/Export…
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FH impl. via OMC-R (2) B8 TRX configuration
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Selecting hopping mode and MAIO
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FH impl. via OMC-R 1353-RA (3) B8 Frequency Allocation and FHS definition
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q y
Selecting HSNSelecting
cell
hopping
type
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FH Summary Main benefits of frequency hopping are:
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q y pp g
frequency diversity
interference diversity
BBH is recommended since combines an intelligent frequency planand frequency hopping benefits
RFH
used when the capacity increase is not possible with BBH
fractional reuse allows cluster reduction
key parameters ARE real traffic load
the level of interference
should be used in well planned and optimized networks quality can be improved while using it with DTX and PC
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What about Your network?
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How to start?
Frequency Band and its subdivision
Special Cells (micro-cells, concentric cells…)
Hopping useful?BBH or RFH?
Problems (RF load, interference…)/Solutions
Open Discussion