GPRS Dimensioning and Performance Workshop

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General Packet Radio Services
General Packet Radio Services
Dimensioning Example
N ew Tel ecom W or l d
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Subscriber Forecast (subs)
Total users 2 000 000
GPRS users (10%) 200 000
Simultaneously Attached Users (50%) 100 000
# of PDP-context (1 per SAU) 100 000
I nput
Geographical Distribution
WAP Town 60%
High Speed City 13%
Packet Data Village 27%
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I nput
Traffic Model
Application data (bit/s/BH/user) 200
Peak data load factor 3
Number of BSCs
WAP Town 8
High Speed City 4
Packet Data Village 4
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Fur t her Assumpt i ons
n Mean packet si ze: 300 byt es
n Mean CS- 2 appl i cat i on : 7 kbps/ PDCH dat a payl oad
n Gb TS l i nk l oad: 80%
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n Si nce mean CS-2 payl oad i s 7 kbps/ PDCH we wi l l use
Al t er nat i ve 2 t o get as many channel s per RPP and as f ew
RPPs as possi bl e.
Wi t h RGSL = 7; x = 80% * 83% ; y = 91% :
TS = 21 / GSL = 140
GSL = 100 + (31-TS)*4
PCU Di mensi oni ng ( WAP Town)
( ) RGSL
y
x
RGSL
TS
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n Cal cul at e number of GSL devi ces needed per BSC:
n Cal cul at e number of RPPs requi red:
GPRS subs * data load per sub * peak factor * Abis OH
PDCH load * #BSCs
PCU Di mensi oni ng ( WAP Town) ( 2)
(2000000 * 10% * 50% * 60%) * (200 bits/s) * (3) * (1.1)
7000 bits/s * 8
= 708 GSL devices
=
=
GSL devices required 708
GSL configuration per RPP 140
# RPPGSL = = =
6
=
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n Cal cul at e t he number of Gb TS needed per BSC:
n Cal cul at e number of RPPs requi red:
PCU Di mensi oni ng ( WAP Town) ( 3)
(2000000 * 10% * 50% * 60%) * (200 bits/s) * (3) * (1.20)
64 kbits/s * 80% * 8
= 106 Gb timeslots
=
=
GPRS subs * data load per sub * peak factor * Gb OH
64 kbits/s * Gb link load * #BSCs
Gb timeslots required 106
Gb configuration per RPP 21
=
= =
6
# RPPGb
=
(FR+BSSGP)
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n Det er mi ne number of RPPs r equi r ed per BSC:
A PCU-magazi ne wi t h 6( + 1) RPP i s r equi r ed i n each BSC
i n WAP Town.
= Max(6; 6) = 6
PCU Di mensi oni ng ( WAP Town) ( 4)
# RPPBSC = Max(#RPPGSL ; #RPPGb) =
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Gb I nt er f ace Di mensi oni ng ( WAP Town)
n Det er mi ne number of Gb i / f :
one E1 per RPP:
That means i n one BSC wi t h 6 RPPs t he Gb-i nt er f ace
wi l l requi re 6 E1s ( 21 TS on every E1)
f ract i onal FR E1:
21 TS per RPP = 21 * 6 = 126 Gb TS r equi r ed
= > Gb t raf f i c can be carri ed by 5 E1s
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How about Al t er nat i ve 3 t hen?
We r equi r e
5658/ 8 = 708 GSL devi ces per BSC
844/ 8 = 106 Gb TS per BSC
Fi r st RPP, 1 E1 connect ed wi t h 31 Gb TS, 100 GSL devi ces avai l abl e = = >
100* 7* (0,91) = 637 kbi t / s
One DL2 l i nk can handl e 31* 64* ( 0,80* 0,83) = 1317 kbi t / s appl i cat i on dat a on
t he Gb-I / f .
Thi s DL2 can ser ve anot her ( 1317-637) / ( 7* ( 0,91) ) = 107 GSL devi ces on
RPPs wi t hout Gb i / f .
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We wi l l need 4 E1s and 6 RPPs.
0
31
1*E1
0
0
0
1*E1
1*E1
1*E1
RPP-0 (100 GSL, 31 Gb TS) RPP-1a (107 GSL)
RPP-2 (100 GSL, 31 Gb TS) RPP-1b (43 GSL) RPP-3a (64 GSL)
RPP-4 (100 GSL, 31 Gb TS) RPP-3b (86 GSL) RPP-5a (21 GSL)
RPP-5b (87 GSL, 13 Gb TS)
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Al t er nat i ve 2:
6 E1s - 6 RPP
Al t er nat i ve 3:
4 E1s - 6 RPP
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GSN Di mensi oni ng ( GSN- 1.0) ( 1)
Di mensi on consi der i ng # SAU and # PDP-cont ext :
n CGSN : SAU / 10 000 = 100 000 / 10 000 = 10 CGSN
n CGSN : PDP / 10 000 = 100 000 / 10 000 = 10 CGSN
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GSN Di mensi oni ng ( GSN- 1.0) ( 2)
Di mensi on consi deri ng # packet s:
GPRS subs * data load per sub * peak factor
# bytes per packet * 8
#Packets on Gb =
=
(2 000 000 * 10% * 50%) * (200 bits/s) * (3)
300 * 8
=
= 25 000 packets/s
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Dimension considering #packets (continued):
GSN Di mensi oni ng ( GSN- 1.0) ( 3)
n CGSN : packet s / 4 200 = 25 000 / 4 200 = 6 CGSN
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GSN Di mensi oni ng ( GSN- 1.0) ( 4)
CGSN : SAU / 10 000 = 100 000 / 10 000 = 10 CGSN
CGSN : PDP / 10 000 = 100 000 / 10 000 = 10 CGSN
CGSN : packet s / 4 200 = 25 000 / 4 200 = 6 CGSN
10 CGSNs
Enough to meet
required capacity demand
Result
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GSN Di mensi oni ng ot her consi der at i ons
n Number of BSCs connected to SGSN
n Number of E1 required to connect to other nodes
n Amount of C7 terminals for the Gs, Gd and Gr I/f
And now...
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GPRS Wor kshop HW node Di mensi oni ng Exer ci se
Task:
n Cal cul at e dat a vol ume
n Cal cul at e GSL-devi ces and Gb-t i mesl ot s
n Choose Al t . 2 or Al t . 3
n Cal cul at e Gb-E1
n Di mensi on SGSN/ GGSN/ CGSN nodes
Net work:
l 3 000 000 GSM-subs
l 50 BSCs ( St ockhol m, Gt eborg and Mal m)
l 400 bi t / s ( 1,5) - Appl i cat i on Dat a rat e ( Peak f act or)
l 6 kbi t / s PDCH-l oad
l Gb TS max l i nk-l oad 80% ( 51.2 kbi t s/ s)

The exercise is
included in the
binder