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Introduction to LTE KPIs & Perf

ormance Counters with their com
parison with 3G
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Introduction LTE
There are at least three major key drivers for LTE mobile broa

dband networks:
Demand for higher data-rates
increasing device capabilities, growing mobile data consumption

New spectrum allocation

Maintaining operator profitability while continued cost reduction
and competitiveness.

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3G Long Term Evolution4G

DL: ~141Mbps
UL: ~50Mbps

~~150
150
ms
ms

~~100
100
ms
ms

LTE in R8

DL: ~42Mbps
UL: ~11Mbps

HSPA+ in R7/R8

DL: ~14.4Mbps
UL: ~5.76Mbps

HSPA in R5/R6
~70
~70
ms
ms

DL: ~384Kbps
UL: ~384Kbps
DL: ~144-360Kbps
UL: ~144-360Kbps

~45
~45
ms
ms

3G-WCDMA in
R99/R4

~20m
~20m
ss

GPRS/EDGE

Year 2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012 or later

LTE is the next step in the evolution of 3GPP Radio Interfaces to deliver
Global Mobile Broadband.
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LTE Network Architecture

E-UTRAN (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network)

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LTE/SAE Network Architecture - cont

.
SGSN

Gb

GPRS

BTS

BSC/PCU

EPS (Evolved Packet System)

Control plane
User plane

Iu
S3

S6d

NodeB

MME

RNC

HSS

S12

S1-MME

S11

S9

S4

eNodeB

Serving GW
A10/A11

SGi

Corporate
Internet

BTS
BSC

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PDN GW
S2a

cdma2000

Operator Service
Network

Gx
S5/8

S1-U

E-UTRAN

PCRF

S6a

S10

UMTS

SAE

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LTE Channel Bandwidths

LTE must support the international wireless market and regional spectrum regulat

ions and spectrum availability. To this end the specifications include variable cha
nnel bandwidths selectable from 1.4 to 20 MHz, with subcarrier spacing of 15 kH
z.

Channel bandwidth
BWChannel [MHz]

1.4

10

15

20

Transmission
bandwidth
configuration NRB

15

25

50

75

100

NRB is the number of resource blocks

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3G RAN KPI Counter

Accessibility
Retainability
Mobility

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UMTS KPI List

UMTS KPI
RRC connection setup
success rate
RAB connection setup
success rate

Call drop rate

Handover success rate

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Accessibility KPIs
Accessibility is the ability of a user to obtain the requested service from the system.
RRC connection and RAB setup are the main procedures of accessibility. These items can

be calculated per cell and per RNC, and the RNC level KPI is calculated by aggregating a
ll the cell counters that belong to the RNC.

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RRC SR
RRC SR

The RRC setup procedure is trigged by different reasons which are divided into two classes:

First is related to service and second is related to other reasons.

This KPI can be used to evaluate the RRC setup success ratio for service causes in a cluster.

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Troubleshooting RRC SR
Number of RRC Connection Rejects for Cell (UL Power Congestion)

VS.RRC.Rej.ULPower.Cong
Number of RRC Connection Rejects for Cell (DL Power Congestion)

VS.RRC.Rej.DLPower.Cong
Number of RRC Connection Rejects Due to Network Congestion for Cell Number of RR

C Connection Rejects for Cell (UL Iub Bandwidth Congestion)

VS.RRC.Rej.ULIUBBand.Cong
Number of RRC Connection Rejects for Cell (DL Iub Bandwidth Congestion)

VS.RRC.Rej.DLIUBBand.Cong
Number of RRC Connection Rejects for Cell (UL CE Resource Congestion)

VS.RRC.Rej.ULCE.Cong
Number of RRC Connection Rejects for Cell (DL CE Resource Congestion)

VS.RRC.Rej.DLCE.Cong

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Troubleshooting RRC SR
Number of RRC Connection Rejects for Cell (Code Resource Congestion)

VS.RRC.Rej.Code.Cong
Number of RRC Connection Rejects Due to Timeout of RRC CONNECT SETUP COMP

LETE for Cell

VS.RRC.FailConnEstab.NoReply
Number of RRC Connection Rejects Due to Radio Link Setup Failure for Cell

VS.RRC.Rej.RL.Fail
Number of RRC Connection Rejects for Cell (Transmission Setup Failure on Iub Interfa

ce )
VS.RRC.Rej.TNL.Fail

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RAB SR
AMR RAB SR

This KPI can be used to evaluate the RAB setup success ratio of the AMR service in a cluster.

This KPI cannot be used to evaluate the AMR call setup success ratio unless the related RRC
procedures of all AMR services are successful.

CS RAB SR

This KPI can be used to evaluate the RAB setup success ratio of all CS services in a cluster.

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RAB SR
PS RAB SR

This KPI can be used to evaluate the RAB setup success ratio of all PS services.

HSDPA RAB SR

This KPI can be used to evaluate the RAB setup success ratio of the PS service carried by HSDPA.

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RAB SR
HSUPA RAB SR

This KPI can be used to evaluate the RAB setup success ratio of the HSUPA service in a RNC
or a cluster.

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Troubleshooting RAB SR
Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for Cell (Radio Network Layer Cause)

VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.RNL
Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for Cell (Transmission Network Layer Cause)

VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.TNL
Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for Cell (DL Iub Bandwidth Congestion)

VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.DLIUBBand.Cong
Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for Cell (UL Iub Bandwidth Congestion)

VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.ULIUBBand.Cong
Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for Cell (UL CE Congestion)

VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.ULCE.Cong
Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for Cell (DL CE Congestion)

VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.DLCE.Cong
Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for Cell (Code Congestion)

VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.Code.Cong

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Troubleshooting RAB SR
Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for Cell (UL Power Congestion)

VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.ULPower.Cong
Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for Cell (DL Power Congestion)

VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.DLPower.Cong
Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for Cell (Invalid configuration of UE during t

he RB setup procedure)
VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.RBIncCfg
Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for Cell (Configuration unsupported of UE d

uring the RB setup procedure)

VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.RBCfgUnsup
Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for Cell (No reply of UE during the RB setup

procedure)
VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.UuNoReply

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Troubleshooting RAB SR
Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for Cell (Physical channel failure of UE durin

g the RB setup procedure)

VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.PhyChFail
Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for cell (Radio Link Configuration Failure)

VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.IubFail
Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for cell (Uu Interface Configuration Failure)

VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.UuFail
Number of Failed CS RAB Establishments for Cell (Unsupported Capabilities)

VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.Unsp
Same for PS.

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Retainability KPIs
Retainability is defined as the ability of a user to retain its requested service for the desire

d duration once connected. These items can be calculated per cell and per RNC.
The RNC level KPIs can be calculated by aggregating all the cell counters and Iur counter

s.

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CDR
AMR CDR

This KPI can be used to evaluate the call drop ratio of the AMR service in one RNC or a cluster.

The call drop occurs due to RNC abnormal release trigged by RAB RELEASE REQUEST or
IU RELEASE REQUEST messages.

CS CDR

This KPI can be used to evaluate the call drop ratio of the CS service.

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CDR
PS CDR

This KPI can be used to evaluate the call drop ratio of all PS services in one RNC or a cluster.

The call drop occurs due to RNC abnormal release trigged by RAB RELEASE REQUEST or
IU RELEASE REQUEST messages.

HSDPA CDR

This KPI can be used to evaluate the call drop ratio of the PS service carried by HSDPA.

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CDR
HSUPA CDR

This KPI can be used to evaluate the call drop ratio of the PS service carried by HSUPA.

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CDR
Number of CS RABs Abnormally Released Due to RF for Cell (UL Synchronization Fail)

VS.RAB.AbnormRel.CS.RF.ULSync
Number of CS RABs Abnormally Released Due to RF for Cell (Failure in the Radio Interface

Procedure)
VS.RAB.AbnormRel.CS.RF.UuNoReply
Number of CS RAB Release Requests for Cell (O&M Intervention)

VS.RAB.AbnormRel.CS.OM
Number of CS RAB Release Attempts for Cell (RAB Preemption)

VS.RAB.AbnormRel.CS.Preempt
Number of CS RABs Abnormally Released for Cell (Signaling RLC Reset)

VS.RAB.AbnormRel.CS.RF.SRBReset
Number of CS RABs Abnormally Released for Cell (Iu Interface AAL2 Link Failure)

VS.RAB.AbnormRel.CS.IuAAL2
Same for PS.

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Mobility KPIs
Mobility KPIs are used to monitoring the successful ratio for several kinds of handover fe

atures or service mode changing in difference scenarios.

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HO
SHO SR

This KPI can be used to evaluate the soft handover success ratio in a cluster, including softer
handover.

IRAT HO SR

This KPI can be used to evaluate the CS inter-RAT handover out success ratio.

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HO
PS IRAT HO SR

This KPI can be used to evaluate the PS inter-RAT handover out success ratio in one RNC or a
cluster.

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Mobility
Number of Failed Radio Link Additions in Soft Handover for Cell (Configuration Unsupport

ed)
VS.SHO.FailRLAdd.CfgUnsupp
Number of Failed Radio Link Additions in Soft Handover for Cell (Incompatible Simultaneo

us Reconfiguration)
VS.SHO.FailRLAdd.ISR
Number of Failed Radio Link Additions in Soft Handover for Cell (Invalid Configuration)

VS.SHO.FailRLAdd.InvCfg
Number of Failed Radio Link Additions in Soft Handover due to UE No Response for Cell

VS.SHO.FailRLAdd.NoReply
Number of Failed Soft Handovers Between Neighboring Cells Due to Waiting Active Set Up

date Response Timeout

VS.SHO.FailASU.NoReply.NCell

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Mobility
Number of Failed CS Outgoing Inter-RAT Handovers for Cell (Configuration Unsupported)

IRATHO.FailOutCS.CfgUnsupp
Number of Failed CS Outgoing Inter-RAT Handovers for Cell (Physical Channel Failure)

IRATHO.FailOutCS.PhyChFail
Number of Times that the Timer Waiting for Iu Release Command Expires in CS Outgoing In

ter-RAT Handover for Cell

VS.IRATHO.FailOutCS.NoReply
Number of Abnormally Terminated CS Outgoing Inter-RAT Handovers for Cell

VS.IRATHO.FailOutCS.Abort
Number of Failed CS Inter-RAT HandoversBetween Neighboring Cells Due to UE Fault

VS.IRATHO.FailOutCS.UEFail.GCell

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LTE RAN KPIs

Accessibility KPIs
Retainability KPIs
Mobility KPIs

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LTE KPI List

UMTS KPI
RRC connection setup
success rate
RAB connection setup
success rate

Call drop rate

Handover success rate

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Accessibility KPIs
Accessibility is the ability of a user to obtain the requested service from the system.
RRC connection and RAB setup are the main procedures of accessibility. These items can

be calculated per cell and per RNC, and the RNC level KPI is calculated by aggregating a
ll the cell counters that belong to the RNC.

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Retainability KPIs
Retainability is defined as the ability of a user to retain its requested service for the desire

d duration once connected. These items can be calculated per cell and per RNC.
The RNC level KPIs can be calculated by aggregating all the cell counters and Iur counter

s.

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Mobility KPIs
Mobility KPIs are used to monitoring the successful ratio for several kinds of handover fe

atures or service mode changing in difference scenarios.

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Conclusion
Understand the KPI

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