4G1 LTE Project Initial Tuning Report_V3.docx

Site nameApproved Date 1.5.2012

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STC LTE TDD 4G1 Project

STC LTE-TD Radio Network Acceptance

Cluster/Site Initial Tuning Report


Cluster /Site NameDrive test dateTest interactionTest Type Scanner / Scanner + UEAnalysed byDate of report supmission

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1 CLUSTER OVERVIEW...............................................................................................4 2 SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS.........................................................................................5 3 TEST METHODOLOGY..............................................................................................5 4 REFERENCE SIGNAL................................................................................................5

4.1 BEST SERVER...................................................................................................5 4.1.1 Best serve Plots............................................................................................5 4.2 RSRP CLUSTER RESULTS.................................................................................6 4.2.1 RSRP Plots prior and after initial tuning activities.........................................6 4.3 RSRQ CLUSTER RESULTS.................................................................................6 4.3.1 RSRQ Plots Prior and After initial tuning activities........................................7 4.3.2 RSRQ Statistics.............................................................................................8 4.3.3 RSRP and RSRQ Statistics...........................................................................8 4.4 SINR CLUSTER RESULTS...................................................................................9 4.4.1 SINR Plots.....................................................................................................9 4.4.2 SINR Statistics.............................................................................................10

5 THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS......................................................................................11 5.1 ACTUAL DL THROUGHPUT FROM UE.................................................................11 5.2 DL THROUGHPUT PLOT.....................................................................................11 5.2.1 DL Throughput vs. SINR Statistics..............................................................12 5.3 ACTUAL UL THROUGHPUT FROM UE.................................................................12 5.4 UL THROUGHPUT PLOT.....................................................................................13 5.4.1 UL Throughput vs. SINR Statistics..............................................................13 5.4.2 End to End Latency Statistics RTT (Round Trip Time)................................14

6 TROUBLE SPOTS AND AREAS..............................................................................15 7 CHANGE REQUESTS..............................................................................................15

7.1 PHYSICAL CHANGE REQUESTS........................................................................15 7.2 PARAMETER CHANGE REQUESTS....................................................................16 7.3 DRIVE TEST DIARY..........................................................................................16 7.4 ALARM DETAILS..............................................................................................16

8 APPENDIXES...........................................................................................................16 9 DISTRIBUTION LIST................................................................................................16

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1 Cluster/Site Overview

Figure 1 Cluster/Site Location on Map

Number of Sites in cluster or Site Name:Integration Status:Alarm Status (from integrated sites): 0 Service impacting alarms; 2 Non-critical alarmsCell Availability (from integrated sites):EARFCN(s) DL/UL:DL/UL Configuration:Bandwidth: 20MHzTest Duration: Approx. duration of the drive test

Tabel 1:Summary of Cluster/Site status

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Cluster or site Location on Map


2 Summary of Analysis

<Insert summary of results and of any suggestions for improvement specifying desired outcome>

<All results in details are summarized in the Final Acceptance report >

3 Test Methodology

<Insert description of the drive test methodology and equipment used during the drive test>

Insert short description of the drive test route and the difficulties and circumstances faced during the drive test, if any]

[This chapter should be the same for all clusters unless changes are required]

4 Reference Signal

Below are the results of the scanned reference signal data from the cluster. All data presented is binned at 25m intervals

4.1 Best Server

Based on RS signal Best PCI

<Insert summary of Best server Analysis>

4.1.1 Best serve Plots

Figure 1: Best Server Plot (no Binning)

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4.2 RSRP Cluster Results

<Insert summary of RSRP Analysis>

4.2.1 RSRP Plots prior and after initial tuning activities

Figure 2: Cluster RSRP Prior initial tuning activities – Scanner [binned]

Figure 3: Cluster RSRP After initial tuning activities – Scanner [binned]

4.3 RSRQ Cluster Results

<Insert summary of RSRQ Analysis here>

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4.3.1 RSRQ Plots Prior and After initial tuning activities

Figure 2: Cluster RSRP Prior initial tuning activities – Scanner [binned]

Figure 3: Cluster RSRP After initial tuning activities – Scanner [binned]

4.3 RSRQ Cluster Results

<Insert summary of RSRQ Analysis here>

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4.3.1 RSRQ Plots Prior and After initial tuning activities

Figure 4: Cluster RSRQ Prior initial tuning activities - Scanner [binned]

Figure 5: Cluster RSRQ After initial tuning activities - Scanner [binned]

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4.3.2 RSRQ Statistics

See Table for breakdown of RSRQ samples statistics for drive area

Figure 6: Cluster RSRQ Distribution After initial tuning activities [No Binning]

4.3.3 RSRP and RSRQ Statistics

Table 2: Cluster RSRP vs. RSRQ After initial tuning activities – Scanner [binned]

Target ( in case available full cluster ): 80% of the measured samples within the cluster are fulfilling:

RSRP >= -110dBm and RSRQ >= -15dBm

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Figure 7: RSRP vs. RSRQ Distribution After initial tuning activities

4.4 SINR Cluster Results

Below is the SINR Analysis, based on the SINR reported by TEMS.

<Insert summary of overall SINR on cluster> 4.4.1 SINR Plots

Figure 8: Cluster SINR Before initial tuning activities - Scanner [binned]

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RSRP vs. RSRQ Graph


Figure 9: Cluster SINR After initial tuning activities - Scanner [binned]

4.4.2 SINR Statistics

Figure 10: SINR Distribution After initial tuning activities [No Binning]

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5 Throughput Analysis

5.1 Actual DL Throughput from UE

DL Throughput data reported from LTE UE for FTP Sessions 5.2 DL Throughput plot

<Insert DL throughput Analysis here>

Figure 11: Cluster DL Throughput Plot [No Binning]

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5.2.1 DL Throughput vs. SINR Statistics

Graph of all measured samples throughput values recorded during drive test

Figure 12: Cluster DL Throughput vs. SINR [No Binning]

Target: see below table

Average DL User Throughput Stationary Test (best location)

Value (max, average, min)

Target Result (pass/fail)

Comment

No conditionMin: XXX Mbps Avg: XXX Mbps

Max: XXX Mbps

≥55 Mbps

≥70 Mbps

pass/Fail Red Target Value can only be considered if STC provides Vendor with Priority LTE class SIM card.

Average DL User Throughput (DLUT) Mobile



Comment

DLUT Quality Low(Cell edge)0dB ≤ DL_SINR < 7dBDL_RSRP>-100dBm

Min: XXX Mbps

Avg: XXX Mbps

Max: XXX Mbps

≥5.5 Mbps *)≥7 Mbps


DLUT Medium(Mid Cell)7dB ≤ DL_SINR < 15.5dBDL_RSRP>-100dBm

Min: XXX Mbps

Avg: XXX Mbps

Max: XXX Mbps

≥11 Mbps *)≥14 Mbps


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DL Throughput vs. SINR Graph


DLUT High(Under antennas)DL_SINR ≥ 15.5dBDL_RSRP>-100dBm

Min: XXX Mbps

Avg: XXX Mbps

Max: XXX Mbps

≥20 Mbps *)≥30 Mbps


*) This Target value is the standard value that must be met using a conventional LTE SIM card during the drive test.

5.3 Actual UL Throughput from UE

UL Throughput data reported from LTE UE for FTP Sessions

5.4 UL Throughput plot

<Insert UL throughput Analysis>

Figure 13: Cluster UL Throughput Plot [No Binning]

5.4.1 UL Throughput vs. SINR Statistics Graph of all throughput samples values recorded during drive test

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Figure 13: Cluster UL Throughput vs. SINR [No Binning]


Average UL User Throughput Stationary Test (best location)



Comment

No conditionMin: XXX Mbps Avg: XXX Mbps

Max: XXX Mbps

≥5 Mbps

≥7 Mbps


Average UL User Throughput (ULUT)



Comment

ULUT Quality Low(Cell edge)-100dBm ≤ DL_RSRP < -90dBm

Min: XXX Mbps

Avg: XXX Mbps

Max: XXX Mbps

≥1.8 Mbps *)≥2.4 Mbps


ULUT Medium(Mid Cell)-90dBm ≤ DL_RSRP < -80dBm

Min: XXX Mbps

Avg: XXX Mbps

Max: XXX Mbps

≥2.5 Mbps *)≥3.6 Mbps


ULUT High(Under Antenna)DL_RSRP ≥ -80dBm

Min: XXX Mbps

Avg: XXX Mbps

Max: XXX Mbps

≥3.2 Mbps *)≥4.8 Mbps


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UL Throughput vs. SINR Graph


*) This Target value is the standard value that must be met using a conventional LTE SIM card during the drive test.

5.4.2 End to End Latency Statistics RTT (Round Trip Time)

All RTT values recorded by the second UE during drive test

<Insert RTT Analysis>


Round Trip Time RTT (msec) Stationary Value (min, average,)


No condition (32 bytes data)RAN located at different geographical area as the EPC there is a large distance between the two entities.

XXX ms ≤35 ms

≤45 ms

pass/Fail

Round Trip Time (RTT) MobileDL_SINR>0dBDL_RSRP>-100dBmExcluding the worst 2..5% of RTT values.RAN located at the same geographical area as the EPC

Min: XXX ms

Avg: XXX ms

≤35ms Pass/fail

Round Trip Time (RTT) MobileDL_SINR>0dBDL_RSRP>-100dBmExcluding the worst 2..5% of RTT

Min: XXX ms

Avg: XXX ms

≤45ms Pass/fail

values.RAN located at different geographical area as the EPC there is a large distance between the two entities.

6 Trouble Spots and areas

<Insert any considerable difficulties faced during drive test as well as during the initial tuning of the cluster and where Vendor might need support from STC >

<Insert technical remedies and solutions in order to enhance the quality of the RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, DL TP and UL TP…ect at these particular trouble spots and areas>.

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<Insert any comment related to these particular trouble spots and areas that you want to share with the Optimization Responsible at STC>.

Figure 14: Trouble Spot/Area Map

7 Change Requests

List of all change requests made during the initial tuning activities

7.1 Physical Change Requests

<Insert Physical Change requests Tracker for cluster/ Site>

Site ID Changes Old value New value Comment

7.2 Parameter Change Requests

<Insert Cluster/ Site wide parameter changes>

Site ID Parameter Previous value New Value Comment

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Trouble Spots/Areas Map


7.3 Drive test Diary

<Insert drive test diary as xls object if needed>

7.4 Alarm Details

<Insert alarm printout for alarms checked during drive>

Site ID Alarm type Cause of the Alarm

Date of clearance

Comment

8 Appendixes

<Insert any valuable appendix>

TEMS logfiles, Cluster list of sites, …

9 Distribution List

For your Information

1. xx

2. xx

3. xx

Receiver

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2. xx

3. xx

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