4T4R CA VoLTE Video WTTx Basic Performance

CA Evolution

Intra-site Downlink CA Intra-site Uplink CA

• DL 5CC CA • UL 2CC CA
• Flexible CA

Fast CA
Everywhere CA
Flexible CA

• IPRAN DL 5CC • IPRAN UL 2CC CA

• 1588V2 ATR and Direct
X2
• IPRAN DL 3CC

Inter-site IPRAN DL CA Inter-site IPRAN UL CA

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IPRAN UL 2CC and IPRAN DL 4CC/5CC

IPRAN makes CA everywhere (>90% area) IPRAN DL 5CC CA

750Mbps
intra-site CA capable area

IPRAN UL 2CC CA
60%

inter-site IPRAN CA area

IPRAN (latency <4ms)
(>30%) 150Mbps

IPRAN CA area

• Qualcomm: 2016Q2

Feature: LAOFD-080201 Inter-eNodeB CA based on Dependency :The LBBPc board cannot serve the PCC.
Relaxed backhaul Cells on micro eNodeB (except BTS3911E) cannot serve
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Challenges Of IPRAN CA/Coordination Deployment

Time Sync is hard for most scenarios X2 Time Delay can’t meet requirement

98.29%99.87%
100%
89.30%
22% 90%
80%
70% 62.60%
60%
78% 50%
36.32%
40%
30%
1ms 4ms 8ms 10ms 20ms

• Only 22% hardware can support 1588V2 • Only 63% scenario meets IPRAN UL CA
Time Synchronization by software upgrade requirement;
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1588v2 ATR: Easy To Realize Time Sync

1588v2 Adaptive Timing Recover IPCLK500 Specification

• 1U
IPCLK500 • 64 clients
EPC

eNB Item Specification

1*GPS;2*E1/2.048MHz line
input
Clock;
1588v2; ITU-T
IPCLK Output G.8265.1/G.8275.1; ITU-T
G.8275.2(draft); SyncETH;
Power -48V DC;
weight <5kg
ATR off: all nodes need upgrading to support time sync ATR algorithm is integrated in the eNodeB, the time
ATR on: no need to upgrade nodes, deploy IPCLK500 3~4 sync accuracy can meet the requirements of IPRAN
hops near to eNodeB CA, VoLTE CoMP features.

Feature: LOFD-121212 eNodeB Supporting Dependency :This feature requires LOFD-00301302 IEEE1588 V2 Clock
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Direct IPSEC Reduce the X2 latency

Direct connect Area

Direct X2@IPSEC

IP Backhaul IPSEC with S1

EPC

IPcore
IPcore

Direct IPSec enables adaptive direct X2@IPSEC and support security rules between eNodeB

Lower Less Stable

X2 Latency Transmission load Security rule

Feature: LOFD-121213 Direct Dependency :LBFD-002035 Self Configuration LOFD-

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VoLTE plus Ensure VoLTE as Basic Service

VoLTE

1 Coverage 2 Quality 3 Reliability

L1800 = G900 CD Music Level No Drop

• VoLTE Coverage Enhancement
Based on Extended Delay Budget
• eTTIB
• VoLTE Rate Control
• TTI Bundling
• Robust Head Compression
• RLC Segmentation Enhancement
• VoLTE CoMP
• EVS Rate Control • VoLTE User Prior Access
• SRI Code Channel Allocation • VoLTE Smartphone
Optimization Compatibility
• UL Compensation Scheduling • Uplink Call Mute Recovery
• VoLTE Handover Optimization
• Voice Characteristic Awareness
Scheduling
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VoLTE Plus Enables Voice Coverage L1800=G900

Coverage: L1800 = G900 Improve Coverage by Extended Delay Budget

Extended Delay Budget allows more retransmission

+0.5 ~1dB
eRAN12.1 EVS, Extended Delay Budget, eTTIB

eRAN11.1 VoLTE Rate Control

Normal QoS, Less Coverage

eRAN8.1 TTIB, RoCH, VoLTE CoMP Extended Delay Budget, More Retransmission
+2dB

+1dB
Frequency Selection Scheduling for TTIB Retransmission
+4dB
Freq
L1800

2nd Trans.
4th Trans.
G900 +0.5 ~1dB
3rd Trans.
1rs Trans.
Time

Feature: LOFD-120204 VoLTE Coverage Enhancement Based on Extended Delay Dependency:

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eTTIB Extends voice coverage by 0.5dB

MOS Single-User MOS Simulation

Init Tx Retrans1 Retrans2 Retrans3 5
R8 4
TTIB
3

2
Init Tx Retrans1 Retrans2 Retrans3 Retrans4

R12 1
eTTIB R8 TTI Bundling
0
R12 HARQ = 12

R8 HARQ = 16

Path Loss

Shorter HARQ TTI, More Retransmission, Better Coverage

• Qualcomm: 2017H1

Feature: LOFD-001048 TTI Dependency: UE should support eTTIB

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EVS Ensures CD Music Level Voice Experience

Fully Utilize Hearing Ability By EVS Enable FHD Voice With EVS

Hearing Ability 4.5G 4G 2/3G

CD Music Level
EVS AMR-WB AMR-NB MOS

4.5
EVS
20 Hz
50 Hz 50 Hz
300 Hz 4

AMR-WB
3400 Hz 9.6kbps 24.4kbps

7K Hz
12.65kbps 23.85kbps
Code Rate
* 3GPP EVS Characterization Test Result: Mixed / Music, P.800
20K Hz 20K Hz DCR test methodology

*EVS: Enhanced Voice Service (3GPP R12 Voice

Codec) Samsung S7 Sharp Zeta Sony Xperia Snapdragon 820
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EVS Rate Control enable UHD voice everywhere

Suitable rate for better performance Better MOS and better Coverage

MOS
+1dB
MOS 5
EVS-SWB 24.4

EVS-SWB 13.2
4.5

+0.5
EVS-SWB 9.6

4
VoLTE Rate Control

3.5

Path Loss
3
140 141 142 143 144 145
• There are Two UE EVS-SWB capability suit {24.4,13.2, 9.6} and PathLoss(dB)
{24.4, 13.2CAM}
24.4k 9.6k EVSC1

Gain : MOS +0.5; Coverage +1dB

Feature: LEOFD-121202 EVS Rate Dependency: UE should support EVS in R12, and support
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Priority Access Ensure High Accessibility (Trial)

Mo VoLTE Identification VoLTE user access ensure in crowded network

Based on R12 new IE

New VoLTE User

SIB2：voiceServiceCauseIndication-r12 Normal User

….

MSG3:RRC Request(mo-VoiceCall-v1280) VoLTE User

eNodeB VoLTE user

* High traffic network

Feature: LOFD-121202 VoLTE User Prior Access Dependency: UE should support

4.5G Evolution, eRAN12.1 Goes for 5G

4.5G Evolution
From 4.5G to 5G

Go Giga Go Vertical Go Cloud

CloudAIR
Hotspo Cell CIoT LiTRA
t Edge
3D 3D Flexible
PSM IOPS Coordinatio
Beamformi Coordination Bandwidth
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ng
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3D Beamforming, Improves Capacity by 100%

Gain
Cell-level Space
Division Multiplexing Load Balancing

100%
8T4P Cell1
Cell0 Cell1 Cell0

8T4P
50% Cell

Low Medium/High Load

Feature: LEOFD-121204 3D Dependency : The baseband board should be UBBPex1 or UBBPex2; The RRU should be
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User Centric Network Oriented 3D

Coordination
3D
Coordination

Single Band 2 Multi-band 3

1 Multi-RAT

Intra-band Coordination Inter-band Coordination Inter-RAT Coordination

 Reduce intra-band interference  Best CA performance  Best User bearing
 Improve edge user experience  Best carrier selection  Best CA combination
 Most precise diverging in CA
• Uplink CoMP • CA
• Uplink CS • IPRAN CA • LAA
• Uplink IC • FDD + TDD CA
• NAICS • Multi-band Active Isomerism
• SFN • Multi-band Fast Carrier Selection
• Downlink CoMP
• AWPC
• ICIC
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UL CS Improve UL Cell Edge User THP by

Coordinated Resource Allocation
30% Coordinated Power Control
PUSCH Inner Loop Power
Cell 1 Control

IPRAN
Relaxed Backhaul
(IPRAN ,one way delay < 100ms)

Cell 2 Cell 3
Transmit
power
Coordinated Power Control Interference
PUSCH
RB
Cell 1
Allocate Band
Cell 2
Protected Band
Cell 3 Relaxed Backhaul
(IPRAN ,one way delay < 8ms)

Low load Medium/High

UL user perceived throughput Gain: load
Average gain 0~5% 5~20%
Edge gain 2~10% 5~30%
Feature: LOFD-081206 Uplink Coordinated Dependency : LBBPc not supported, CRA can not support 5M and
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Uplink IC improves 20% THP of Cell Edge

Users
Uplink Interference Cancellation based on IPRAN

One way delay < 4ms

① Cell1 sends scheduling information of

UE1 to cell0

② Cell0 cancels UE1’s interference from

Cell UL receiving signal

cell0 cell1
③ Retry demodulation or decoding of

UE0
Benefit User0 Interfering User1

Gain: UL Cell Edge User Throughput +5%~20%

*Based on UBBPe

Feature: LOFD-120202 Uplink Interference Cancellation Dependency : Time

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NAICS improves DL Edge User THP by 10% (Trial)

Challenge UE eliminate CRS and PDSCH
Interference from neighboring cells interference in every sub-frame

CRS of Serving Cell

CRS Interference
X2 X2
PDSCH Interference

CELL1

CELL2
CELL0

CELL0 CELL1
X2

• Scenario: Urban Area with high interference

DL Edge User Throughput gain: 10%(Macro-Macro), 5%(Macro-Micro)

*NAICS: Network Assistant Interference Cancelling and Suppression

*CRS-(Cell-specific Reference Signal) Feature: LAOFD-120202 Dependency : UE shall support 3GPP R12 NAICS. It requires LBFD-
NAICS 00300503 Synchronization with GPS or LOFD-00301302
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DL CoMP Improves Cell Edge Throughput (Trial)

DL DPS for TM10 DL JT for TM10

• Handover Region
CloudBB
PDSCH change to
better SINR cell.

PDCCH
2Cells Joint
PDSCH
Trans. to UE1

• Imbalance Network
PDSCH change to
Low load cell.
Cell1 Cell2
UE1

• Scenario: Light Load Site

• Scenario: Urban area

Gain: 10%(Macro-Macro), 30%(Macro-Micro)

Feature: LAOFD-120201 DL Dependency : UE shall support R11 TM10，LBBPc not supported. Micro Site not supported. Lampsite
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Multi-band Optimal Carrier Selection: Always at the

Center
Carrier selection based on network Carrier selection based on user experience

Intra-band Redirection/HO with SINR

f2

f3
A better SINR chance in
inter-band is omitted

Load balanced based on Resource f1

No chance for
MLB based Experience
on resources improvement  Users with traffic will always move to optimal frequency
based on SINR
 System always gets best spectrum efficiency

Gain: Downlink user average throughput + 20%

Feature: LOFD-121201 Multi-band Optimal Carrier Selection Dependency :