AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB Combination

Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Basic Characteristics
1.2 Benefits
1.3 Additional Information

2 Feature Operational Description

2.1 Network Requirements

3 Parameters
3.1 Introduced Parameters
3.2 Affected Parameters

4 Network Impact
4.1 Subscriber Capacity
4.2 Network Performance
4.3 Hardware
4.4 Inter-Node Interface
4.5 Other Network Elements

5 Associated Features and Affected Functions

5.1 Prerequisite Features
5.2 Affected Features
5.3 Related Features
5.4 Affected System Functions

6 Performance
6.1 KPIs
6.2 Counters
6.3 Events

7 Operation and Maintenance

7.1 Activating the Feature
7.2 Deactivating the Feature
7.3 Engineering Guidelines

1 Introduction
This document describes the AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB Combination
feature and its main benefits and impacts in the WCDMA RAN.

This feature introduces a Radio Access Bearer (RAB) combination, UeRc Id 126, which
contains:
  Conversational Circuit Switched (CS) speech Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR)
Wideband (WB) (12.65, 8.85, 6.60/12.65, 8.85, 6.60)
 Interactive Packet Switched (PS) (Enhanced Uplink (EUL)/High Speed (HS))
 Signalling Radio Bearer (SRB) (3.4/3.4)

This RAB combination supports the following capabilities: Enhanced Layer 2 (EL2), 2ms
Transmission Time Interval (TTI), 64 QAM, Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO), and
64QAM + MIMO.

1.1 Basic Characteristics

This section describes the basic characteristics of the feature.

Feature FAJ 121 1337: AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB
identity: Combination

Release: Introduced in W14.1

Dependencies

This feature requires the following RAN features to be active:

 FAJ 121 1059: AMR WB Speech

 FAJ 121 990: Enhanced Uplink Interactive RAB

This feature affects the following RAN feature:

 FAJ 121 1064: AMR WB Speech and Multiple HSPA PS Interactive RAB
Combinations

1.2 Benefits
This section describes the benefits of this feature.

The AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB Combination provides higher uplink
and downlink throughput when using one PS Interactive in combination with AMR WB.

1.3 Additional Information

More information about this feature and related topics can be found in the following
documentation:

 Connection Handling

2 Feature Operational Description

This section describes the AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB Combination
feature in more detail, including network configuration requirements and operation flows.
2.1 Network Requirements
The following must be fulfilled at feature activation:

 The feature license key CXC 403 0626 must be available.

 The feature AMR WB Speech (FAJ 121 1059) must be available and active.
 The feature Enhanced Uplink Interactive RAB (FAJ 121 990) must be available
and active.

RNC can support the following connection capabilities: EL2, 2ms TTI, 64QAM, MIMO, and
64QAM + MIMO for the combination of AMR WB and Int EUL/HS RAB.

3 Parameters
This section describes parameters introduced by the AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS
Interactive RAB Combination feature and parameters affected by activating the feature.

3.1 Introduced Parameters

This feature introduces no new parameters.

3.2 Affected Parameters

Table 1 describes the parameters affected by the feature.

Table 1 Affected Parameters

Parameter
edchTti2SpeechEnabled
eulDchMaxAllowedSchRate
Description
The 2ms TTI parameter edchTti2SpeechEnabled is also applicable for
the AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB Combination
feature.
The 2ms TTI parameter eulDchMaxAllowedSchRate, which is an RBS
parameter, is also applicable for the AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS
Interactive RAB Combination feature.

4 Network Impact
This section describes how the AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB
Combination feature impacts the network functions and capabilities.

4.1 Subscriber Capacity

No feature-specific information is identified.

4.2 Network Performance

No feature-specific information is identified.

4.3 Hardware
No feature-specific information is identified.

4.4 Inter-Node Interface

No feature-specific information is identified.

4.5 Other Network Elements

No feature-specific information is identified.

5 Associated Features and Affected Functions

This section describes how the AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB
Combination feature affects other features and functions.

5.1 Prerequisite Features

Table 2 lists prerequisite features to the AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB
Combination feature, that is, they must be active prior to introducing the AMR WB
Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB Combination feature.

Table 2 Prerequisite Features

Feature Description
AMR WB Speech The AMR WB Speech feature must be available and active to
support the AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB
Combination. For details about the AMR WB Speech feature, refer
to System Description.
Enhanced Uplink Interactive RAB The Enhanced Uplink Interactive RAB feature must be available
and active to support the AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS
Interactive RAB Combination. For details about the Enhanced
Uplink Interactive RAB feature, refer to System Description.

5.2 Affected Features

Table 3 lists features that are affected by the AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive
RAB Combination feature.

Table 3 Affected Features

Feature Description
AMR WB Speech and Multiple HSPA PS The AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB Combination
Interactive RAB Combinations feature is a prerequisite feature for the AMR WB Speech and Multiple
HSPA PS Interactive RAB Combination feature.

5.3 Related Features

Table 4 lists features that are related to the AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive
RAB Combination feature.

Table 4 Related Features

Feature Description
AMR WB Speech
AMR WB Speech and PS Interactive RAB
combination
AMR WB Speech and HSDPA Interactive
RAB combination
AMR WB speech and two times PS
Interactive RAB combination
128 kbps and PS Interactive 8 kbps RAB
combination AMR-WB Speech, PS
Streaming
This feature is a conversational RAB for AMR WB coded speech
toward the circuit switched core network domain, which gives a
clear improved speech quality for mobile to mobile calls compared to
AMR Narrow Band (NB) coded speech. For details about the AMR WB
Speech feature, refer to System Description.
This feature is a combination of a conversational RAB for (12.65,
8.85, 6.6) kbps AMR WB coded speech and a PS interactive RAB,
with the PS radio bearers 0/0, 64/64, 64/128 and 128/64. For
details about the AMR WB Speech and PS Interactive RAB
combination feature, refer to System Description.
This feature is a combinations of a conversational RAB for (12.65,
8.85, 6.6) kbps AMR WB coded speech and an interactive RAB for
HSDPA with an uplink 384 or 64 kbps bit rate and a downlink max
bit rate depending on UE capability. For details about AMR WB
Speech and HSDPA Interactive RAB combination, refer to System
Description.
This feature is a combination of a conversational RAB for AMR WB
coded speech and two simultaneous interactive RABs for best effort
packet data. For details about the AMR WB speech and two times PS
Interactive RAB combination, refer to System Description.
This feature is a combination of a conversational RAB for (12.65,
8.85, 6.6) kbps AMR WB coded speech, a streaming RAB for 128
kbps downlink PS streaming and an interactive RAB for 8 kbps PS
data. For details about the 128 kbps and PS Interactive 8 kbps RAB
combination AMR-WB Speech, PS Streaming feature, refer to
System Description.

5.4 Affected System Functions

Table 5 lists function affected by the AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB
Combination feature.

Table 5 Affected System Function

Function Description
Licenses and Hardware To activate the AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB Combination
Activation Codes feature, the license for the feature must be installed and enabled.

6 Performance
This section describes performance indicators, counters, and events associated with the
AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB Combination feature.

6.1 KPIs
This feature has no associated Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

6.2 Counters
No directly associated counters are introduced by this feature. The existing counters for
AMR WB are also applicable for the AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB
Combination feature.

6.3 Events
This feature has no associated events.

7 Operation and Maintenance

This section provides Operation and Maintenance (O&M) information for the AMR WB
Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB Combination feature.

7.1 Activating the Feature

7.1.1 Preconditions

The preconditions for activation of FAJ 121 1337: AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS
Interactive RAB Combination are:

 The feature FAJ 121 1059: AMR WB Speech is activated.

 The feature FAJ 121 990: Enhanced Uplink Interactive RAB is activated.

7.1.2 Activating

The AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB Combination feature is activated by
doing as follows:

 Order and install FAJ 121 1337: AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive
RAB Combination feature with the license key CXC 403 0626.
 Activate the feature on the RNC level by setting the
RncFeature::RabCombination126 parameter to ACTIVATED.

More information about licenses can be found in Licenses and Hardware Activation Codes.

7.2 Deactivating the Feature

7.2.1 Preconditions

This feature has no preconditions for deactivating.

7.2.2 Deactivating

The feature FAJ 121 1337: AMR WB Speech and HSPA PS Interactive RAB Combination is
deactivated on the RNC level by setting the RncFeature::RabCombination126 parameter
to DEACTIVATED.

More information about licenses can be found in Licenses and Hardware Activation Codes.

7.3 Engineering Guidelines

No feature-specific engineering guideline is identified.