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LTE architecture, KPIs and Troubleshooting
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Summary
The document is intended to impart information on EPS architecture / elements and basic
KPIs i.e. Accessibility, Reatiainability, Integrity & Mobility and troubleshooting the poor
performing cells of those KPIs in order to improve the overall network performance.
Reasons and remedies for poor KPI are based on experience and and are not be limited to
the ones suggested in the subsequent slides. Similarly the target / thresholds may vary from
operator to operator.
The specific KPI equations used in the slides are for Ericsson system and are built using
Ericsson L11 PM counters.
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Index
1. EPS Network architecture
1.1 Network elements
1.2 Network interfaces
2. Accessibility
2.1 Random Access
2.2 RRC
2.3 S1 Signaling Connection
2.4 E-RAB
2.5 KPI formula and equation
3. Retainability
3.1 UE Session Time
3.2 MME Initiated E-RAB & UE Context Release with counters Description
3.3 RBS Initiated E-RAB & UE Context Release with counters Description
3.4 MME & RBS Initiated E-RAB Release Flow Chart
3.5 MME & RBS Initiated UE Context Release Flow Chart
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4. Integrity
4.1 Latency
4.2 Throughput
4.3 Packet Loss
5. Mobility
5.1 Intra LTE Intra MME Intra eNodeB 5.2 Intra LTE Intra MME Inter eNodeB (X2 based handover)
5.3 Inter LTE Inter MME (S1 Based Handovers)
5.4 IRAT (Inter Radio Access Technology)
5.5 Inter Frequency Mobility
5.6 Counters
5.7 KPI formula and equations
6 Availability
6.1 Counters
6.2 KPI formula and equation
Index
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EPS Network Architecture
EPS : Evolved Packet System E-UTRAN: Evolved UTRAN EPC: Evolved Packet Core
EPS = EUTRAN + EPC
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Network Elements
Evolved UTRAN (eNodeB) : The eNodeB supports the LTE air interface
Mobility Management Entity (MME): The MME manages mobility, UE identities and security
Parameters
Serving Gateway (SGW): The Serving Gateway is the node that terminates the interface towards
EUTRAN. For each UE associated with the EPS, at a given point of time, there is one single Serving
Gateway.
PDN Gateway (PGW): The PGW is the node that terminates the SGi interface towards the PDN. If a UE is accessing
multiple PDNs, there may be more than one PGW for that UE. The PGW provides connectivity to the UE to external
packet data networks by being the point of exit and entry of traffic for the UE. The PGW performs policy enforcement,
packet filtering for each user, charging support, lawful Interception and packet screening.
PCRF: PCRF is the policy and charging control element
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Network Interfaces
S1-C: Reference point for the control plane protocol between E-UTRAN and MME.
S1-U: Reference point between E-UTRAN and Serving GW for the per bearer user plane tunneling and inter eNodeB path switching during
handover
S5: It provides user plane tunneling and tunnel management between Serving GW and PDN GW. It is used for Serving GW relocation due to UE
mobility and if the Serving GW needs to connect to a non-collocated PDNGW for the required PDN connectivity
S6a: It enables transfer of subscription and authentication data for authenticating/authorizing user access to the evolved system (AAA interface)
between MME and HSS.
Gx: It provides transfer of (QoS) policy and charging rules from PCRF to Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF) in the PDN GW. The
interface is based on the Gx interface.
Gxa: It provides transfer of (QoS) policy information from PCRF to the Trusted Non-3GPP accesses.
Gxc: It provides transfer of (QoS) policy information from PCRF to the Serving Gateway
S9: It provides transfer of (QoS) policy and charging control information between the Home PCRF and the Visited PCRF in order to support local
breakout function.
S10: Reference point between MMEs for MME relocation and MME to MME information transfer.
S11: Reference point between MME and Serving GW
SGi: It is the reference point between the PDN GW and the packet data network. Packet data network may be an operator external public or
private packet data network or an intra operator packet data network, e.g. for provision of IMS services. This reference point corresponds to Gi
for 3GPP accesses.
X2: The X2 reference point resides between the source and target eNodeB
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General Call Flow
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1 Accessibility (CSSR or Call Setup Success Rate)
Accessibility includes RRC, S1 and E-RAB establishment success rate. For cells
reporting poor CSSR stats for a continuous span of time, success rate of each sub
metric must be analyzed individually.
Target value of CSSR: 98%
Reasons and Remedy for Low CSSR:
Poor coverage. Parameter qRxLevMin can be decreased to resolve.
UE camping in the wrong cell. Cell reselection parameters can be tuned to resolve.
High UL interference
Admission reject, due to lack of licenses License capacity upgrade or offloading the traffic can resolve.
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Call Setup
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Steps Involved in UE initiated call setup (complementary to call setup diagram)
UE reads the system information broadcast in the cell and performs DL/UL synchronization.
UE then requests RRC Connection setup. Once completed, eNB then forwards NAS Service
Request in Initial UE Message to MME. MME then carries out Authentication process (optional)
and requests eNB to establish the S1 UE context. eNB then activates security functions.
Later Radio Bearers are setup to support EPS bearers in RRC Connection Reconfiguration
messages.
After successfully establishing the bearers, eNB responds to the MME with Initial Context Setup
Response
MME then sends Modify Bearer Request to update SGW with IP address etc. for the DL of the
user plane.
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The accessibility process can be broadly divided in 4 steps: 1) Random Access 2) RRC Connection setup 3) S1 Signalling setup 4) ERAB Establishment
Detailed
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1.1 Random Access In the LTE network, the UE uses the random access process to gain access to cells
for the following reasons: Initial access to the network from the idle state Regaining access to the network after a radio link failure As part of the handover process to gain timing synchronization with a new
cell Before uplink data transfers when the UE is not time synchronized with the
network
Two types of RA procedures are defined in the standard for FDD CBRA (Contention Based Random Access) CFRA (Contention Free Random Access)
The main counters for this scenario are the following: pmRaAttCbra pmRaSuccCbra
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1.2 RRC
RRC connection establishment is used to make the transition from RRC Idle mode to RRC Connected mode.
The RRC connection establishment procedure can be of 2 types
1) UE Initiated : example, the UE triggers RRC connection establishment if the end
user starts an application to browse the internet, or to send an email.
2) Network Initiated: example, Network triggers the RRC connection establishment
procedure by sending a Paging message. This could be used to allow the delivery of an
incoming SMS or notification of an incoming voice call.
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RRC Connection Establishment Counters
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Random Access and RRC setup
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1.3 S1 Signaling Connection Establishment
The UE sends the RRC CONNECTION SETUP COMPLETE message to the eNodeB. (Message contents: PLMN, NAS message i.e. Attach Request)
RRC connection completed
eNodeB sends the INITIAL UE MESSAGE to MME. (Message contents: Attach request message; UE is identified by IMSI or GUTI in this message)
MME sends AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION REQUEST to HSS (Message contents: Auth vectors Kasme, RAND, AUTN, XRES, used for security between
UE and network and also the IMSI to identify the UE)
HSS responds to MME with AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION ANSWER.\ (Message contents: Answers to requested auth vectors for the corresponding IMSI)
The MME sends AUTHENTICATION REQUEST to the UE
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S1 Signaling Establishment Counters
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S1 Signalling Establishment message flow
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MME sends INITIAL CONTEXT SETUP REQUEST message to eNodeB . ( Message contents: info on first ERAB, security algo. And security keys)
The eNodeB sends SECURITY MODE COMMAND message to UE. (eNodeB applies security information to the message)
The UE responds with SECURITY MODE COMPLETE message. (Data between eNodeB and UE is now encrypted)
The eNodeB allocates resources configures the UE by sending message RRC CONNECTION RECONFIGURATION
The UE responds with RRC CONNECTION RECONFIGURATION COMPLETE
eNodeB sends INITIAL CONTEXT SETUP RESPONSE to the MME. (Process complete)
1.4 E-RAB establishment
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E-RAB Establishment Success Rate Counters
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ERAB establishment procedure
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CSSR KPI Formula and Equation
Pseudo Formula
CSSR = RRC connection establishment SR * S1 Signalling Conn Estb SR * Initial ERAB estab SR
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The retainability is abnormal releases per second normalized with the time that the UE is active.
Active UE here is a UE that has UL / DL transmitted data during the last 100 ms.
Also the retainability can be expressed as the percentage of abnormal releases of the total
established calls, precisely known as Dropped Call Rate.
Reasons and Remedies for poor Retainability:
Missing neighbor relations Neighbor list fine tuning would be the solution.
Poor radio conditions Physical optimization or eNodeB health check can help.
Badly tuned handover parameters Fine tuning HO parameters to perform handover in an optimized way i.e.
avoiding delayed HO and also too early HO or frequent ping pong.
Admission reject, due to lack of licenses License Capacity upgrade or offloading of the eNodeB
2 Retainability
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UE Session Time
It shows the accumulated active session time in a cell for the measurement period.
Number of session seconds aggregated for UEs in a cell. A UE is said to be in session if any data
on a DRB (UL or DL) has been transferred during the last 100 ms.
Ue Session time counters
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The call releases can be classified as under. 1) MME initiated ERAB release 2) MME initiated UE Context release 3) eNodeB initiated ERAB release
4) eNodeB initiated UE context release.
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MME Initiated E-RAB & UE Context Release counters
RBS Initiated E-RAB & UE Context Release counters
Counter Description
pmErabRelAbnormalMmeAct The total number of abnormal E-RAB Releases initiated by the MME and that there was data in either the UL or DL
pmErabRelMmeAct The total number of E-RAB Releases initiated by the MME excluding succesfull HO. The counter is stepped regardless of whether data was or was not lost in UL/DL buffers.
pmUeCtxtRelAbnormalMmeAct The total number of abnormal UE context Releases initiated by the MME and that there was data in either the UL or DL
pmUeCtxtRelMme The total number of UE Context Releases initiated by the MME excluding succesfull HO. The counter is stepped regardless of whether data was or was not lost in UL/DL buffers.
pmUeCtxtRelMmeAct The total number of UE context Releases initiated by the MME excluding successful HO and that there was data in either the UL or DL
Counter Description
pmErabRelAbnormalEnb The total number of abnormal E-RAB Releases initiated by the RBS. The counter is stepped regardless of whether data was or was not lost in UL/DL buffers.
pmErabRelAbnormalEnbAct The total number of abnormal E-RAB Releases initiated by the RBS and that there was data in either the UL or DL
pmErabRelNormalEnb The total number of normal E-RAB Releases initiated by the RBS. The counter is stepped regardless of whether data was or was not lost in UL/DL buffers.
pmErabRelNormalEnbAct The total number of abnormal E-RAB Releases initiated by the RBS and that there was data in either the UL or DL
pmUeCtxtRelAbnormalEnb The total number of abnormal UE Context Releases initiated by the RBS. The counter is stepped regardless of whether data was or was not lost in UL/DL buffers.
pmUeCtxtRelAbnormalEnbAct The total number of abnormal UE context Releases initiated by the RBS and that there was data in either the UL or DL
pmUeCtxtRelNormalEnb The total number of normal UE Context Releases initiated by the RBS. The counter is stepped regardless of whether data was or was not lost in UL/DL buffers.
pmUeCtxtRelNormalEnbAct The total number of abnormal UE context Releases initiated by the RBS and that there was data in either the UL or DL
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KPI Formula and equations
Number of abnormally released E-RAB with data in any of the buffers
Active E-RAB Time
Pseudo Formula:
Equation
Call Drops Per Second
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4. Integrity
4.1 Latency
Average IP Latency in DL Direction (ms)
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Latency Counters
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4.2 Throughput The speed at which packets can be transferred once the first packet has been scheduled on the air
interface.
Unit : Kbps
The threshold for throughput is defined by the network policies and practices, it also depends on your
design parameters.
Low Throughput causes in the Downlink for LTE networks.
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Downlink interference: Cells with downlink interference are those whose CQI values are low. If low CQI values are found after a CQI
report is obtained, then downlink interference might be the cause of low throughput. Common sources of interference : inter-modulation interference, cell jammers and wireless microphones
BLER Values: Larger BLER values are an indication of bad RF environment .Threshold value 10%
Typical causes of bad BLER are downlink interference, bad coverage (holes in the network, etc.)
MIMO Parameters: Identify the transmission mode of N/W. There are seven transmission modes as shown in the table below:
Adjust the SINR thresholds for transition of transmission modes as recommended by the OEM. Request the Link Level simulations they
used to set these thresholds and see if the conditions under which the values were calculated apply to your network. Otherwise, update
them if the parameters are settable and not restricted.
Low Demand: If the maximum number of RRC connections active per cell is close or equal to the maximum number of RRC
connections supported, then. The cause for low throughput is load.
A high number of scheduled users per TTI does not necessarily mean that demand is the cause for low throughput.
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Scheduler Type: Find the scheduler types your OEM supports. Select the one that is more convenient for the type of cell you are
investigating. Examples of schedulers are: round robin, proportional fairness, maximum C/I, equal opportunity, etc. OEMs allow you to
switch the scheduler in your network but recommend one in particular. The wrong scheduler may be the reason for bad throughput.
CQI reporting parameters:
a) Identify CQI reporting of the network periodic or aperiodic (or both).
b) Verify the frequency of CQI reporting & max number of users supported per second.
c) If the value is too small compared with the maximum number of RRC active connections, then, increase the values of the parameters
CQIConfigIndex as well as RIConfigIndex.
d) Enable aperiodic CQI reporting, if not used.
e) Slow CQI reporting frequencies may give bad channel estimations that restrict the eNodeB from scheduling the appropriate amount of
data and correct Modulation and Coding Schemes to UE.
Other : VSWR, Backhaul capacity
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DL DRB Traffic Volume Counters
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UL DRB Traffic Volume Counters
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KPI formulae and equation
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4.2 Packet Loss
Two types of Packet Loss:
The rate of congestion related packet losses (for example, the packets that get dropped due to active queue management functionality).
The rate of non-congestion related packet losses (those are packets that get lost in transmission, for example, discarded by some link layer receiver due to CRC failure).
Downlink Packet Error Loss Rate [%]:
Uplink Packet Loss Rate [%]:
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Counters
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5 Mobility
HOSR (Handover Susses Rate) is the measure of Mobility . Target 98%.
Reasons and remedy for poor Mobility:
Missing neighbor relations NL Fine tune is the solution
Poor radio conditions Physical Optimization or site health check
Badly tuned handover parameters Fine tune the HO parameters to a tradeoff b/w too early or delayed handovers
Handover hysteresis and TTT (time-to-trigger) parameters to be tuned to avoid excessive ping-pong handovers.
(Parameter tuning may vary case to case and should be planned as per requirement. Values may differ for
different terrain, under different traffic conditions etc.)
Besides this the coverage overlap needs to be carefully planned. Too much cell overlap may result in
interference or low cell edge throughput. No or very less overlap may result in higher dropped calls .
Overlap can be optimized with parameters and physical changes.
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Network Architecture Configuration
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Triggering Events for sending Measurement reports to eNodeB
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Measuring quantity
User equipment use two alternative types of measurements in the cell evaluation
process:
Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) representing the mean
measured power per reference signal
Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) providing an indication of
the reference signal quality
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The LTE mobility can be broadly divided into Intra-LTE mobility and Inter-LTE
mobility (inter-working with 2G/3G and CDMA 2000).
Classification of HOs
Intra-LTE Handover - within one MME pool
Intra-eNodeB
Inter-eNodeB
Inter LTE Handover - Inter MME pool
Inter-RAT Handover
Inter Frequency Handovers
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As long as the UE moves between eNBs that belong to the same pooling area where the UE is
currently registered, the handovers are executed via the X2 interface. However HO can
proceed on S1 in case the X2 is not defined between source and tareget eNodeBs
5.1 Intra LTE Intra MME Intra eNodeB Handovers between the cells of the same eNodeB
5.2 Intra LTE Intra MME Inter eNodeB (X2 based handover)
Intra MME Handover Network Architecture Configuration
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5.3 Inter LTE Inter MME
(S1 Based Handovers)
In cases when the UE moves between eNBs that belong to different pooling areas the handover
procedure necessarily has to be executed via the S1 interface.
5.4 IRAT (Inter Radio Access Technology):
5.5 Inter Frequency Mobility
The Inter Frequency Mobility consists of Coverage Triggered Inter Frequency
Handover and Coverage Triggered Inter Frequency Session Continuity.
Inter-working between LTE (E-UTRAN) and
UTRAN GERAN CDMA2000
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5.6 Counters
Intra Frequency Handover Preparation Counters
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Intra Frequency Handover Execution Counters
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Inter Frequency Handover Preparation Counters
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Inter Frequency Handover Execution Counters
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EUTRAN Mobility Success Rate [%]:
5.7 KPI Formula and equations
Pseudo formula : 100 *(Succ HO Prep / HO Pre Att) * (Succ HO Exec / HO Exec Att) %
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6 Availability
Partial cell availability (node restarts excluded)
This KPI measures system performance. Since the KPI is measured by the eNodeB, it does not
include time when the eNodeB is down, i.e. node restart time is excluded.
The length of time in seconds that a cell is available for service is defined as cell availability.
6.1 Counters
The main counters for this cell down time are:
pmCellDowntimeAuto - Length of time the cell has been disabled due to a fault
pmCellDowntimeMan - Length of time the cell has been disabled due to
Administrative State of the cell
(The counter is only incremented when the eNodeB is operational)
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6.2 KPI Equation
M - number of cells
N - reporting periods
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References: Google Aircom SoW Document Ericsson Counter Reference LTE L11 KPIs tutorial by CHAVANKUMAR T C
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