1.

DPCCH IC
Each UE is allocated a standalone DPCCH. Uplink interference from this channel reduces the
uplink system capacity.
CCPIC cancels interference from the DPCCH, thereby reducing the interference from this
DPCCH on other channels and increasing the uplink system capacity. The gains are obvious
when the uplink DPCCH uses a large proportion of the RTWP in the cell. For example, the gains
are obvious when a large number of UEs camp on the cell and the uplink throughput is low.
DPCCH IC includes CCPIC and CCPIC (Phase 2).

1.1. CCPIC
CCPIC is implemented as follows:
1. The NodeB detection module demodulates and decodes received DPCCH signals.
2. The NodeB regeneration module regenerates signals of UEs on their respective DPCCHs
by using information such as the detection result and the channel estimation result.
3. The NodeB cancellation module performs cancellation on the regenerated DPCCH
signals by removing the regenerated DPCCH signals of all UEs carried on the same
CCPIC-capable board from the total received signals.
After the interference from the DPCCH is canceled, the DPDCH and E-DPDCH are
demodulated. This reduces interference from the DPCCH to other channels, thereby improving
demodulation performance of the other channels.
CCPIC only supports intra-board IC.
Activation Observation

Run the NodeB MML command DSP LICENSE to query whether the license that controls
CCPIC has been activated.

1.2. CCPIC (Phase 2)

CCPIC (Phase 2) introduces the advanced regeneration cancellation algorithm, which makes
DPCCH regeneration more accurate and as a result improves CCPIC efficiency.
In addition, this feature allows inter-board IC. With this feature, the regenerated DPCCH signals
of all UEs carried on all CCPIC-capable boards, rather than a single board, are removed from the

total received signals. After the interference from the DPCCH is canceled, the DPDCH and EDPDCH are demodulated. When multiple baseband boards form an uplink resource group, the
CCPIC gains of UEs carried on one board benefit UEs carried on other boards.
This feature significantly increases the uplink system capacity. When the uplink DPCCH uses a
large proportion of RTWP in a cell, this feature increases the uplink system capacity by up to
20% compared to CCPIC. This gain is possible when, for example, the uplink throughput is low
but there are a large number of UEs in the cell.

1.3. Network Impact

1.3.1. WRFD-010210 Control Channel Parallel Interference Cancellation (CCPIC)

System Capacity
CCPIC noticeably increases the uplink cell capacity and enables CCPIC-capable UEs to benefit
from each other when the uplink DPCCH uses a large proportion of RTWP in a cell (for
example, when a large number of UEs camp on the cell but the uplink throughput is low) and a
small number of boards are configured in the uplink resource group that serves the cell.
CCPIC increases the uplink cell capacity for macro cells in urban areas that are configured with
the TU3 channel and serves only AMR 12.2 kbit/s UEs in the uplink.

If the uplink Uu-interface load threshold for the cell is 50%, the uplink cell capacity increases by
11%.
If the threshold is 75%, the uplink cell capacity increases by 18%.

Network Performance
None
1.3.2. WRFD-140202 Control Channel Parallel Interference Cancellation (Phase 2)

System Capacity
CCPIC (Phase 2) significantly increases the uplink system capacity by improving CCPIC
efficiency and extending the range in which CCPIC can take effect. CCPIC (Phase 2) can
increase the uplink system capacity by up to 20% when the uplink DPCCH uses a large
proportion of RTWP in a cell, for example, when the uplink throughput is low but a large
number of UEs camp on the cell. Gains provided by CCPIC (Phase 2) decrease if the uplink
DPCCH uses a smaller proportion of RTWP.

Network Performance
You are advised to replace the WBBPa or WBBPb board with a WBBPd or WBBPf board to
maximize the gains provided by CCPIC (Phase 2). The reason is as follows:

Assume that a WBBPa or WBBPb board and a WBBPd or WBBPf board form an uplink
resource group. When the INTERBOARDICSW parameter is set to FULL_IC for a WBBPa or
WBBPb board to benefit from CCPIC (Phase 2) gains provided by a WBBPd or WBBPf board,
UEs whose data channels are carried on the WBBPa or WBBPb board must set up DPCCHs on
the WBBPd or WBBPf board for power control purposes. In addition, UEs whose downlink
services are carried on HSDPA channels must set up another HS-DPCCH on the WBBPd or
WBBPf board. The new channels consume extra resources, which reduces the total number of
users supported by the system and decreases the access success rate.
If the replacement is not performed, you are advised to set the INTERBOARDICSW parameter
to PART_IC.