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3rd March 2008 at 09:00 #51295LeilaGuest
Hello every one,
I am working with Alcatel BSS (release B9).
I am trying to increase Ul/DL initial MCS. Throughput has increased but drop has also increased. The tested area has a good radio conditions
Is there any way to lead with drop increasing ?
Thanks in advance3rd March 2008 at 15:56 #51296PixGuestWhich MCS INIT have you chosen in UL and in DL ?
A higher MCS is weaker, and any interference or low coverage can lead to a call drop.
INIT MCS should be limited to 6 in DL, and in UL you can choose 6 or even a lower value.
There is no point from using higher MCS if it leads to TBF drops 😉 The MCS adaptation (from lower MCS to higher MCS) is a quite reactive mechanism, that will increase efficiently the MCS if the radio conditions are good enough.
5th March 2008 at 16:19 #51297LeilaGuestThank you Pix,
We have choose MCS6 as initial MCS in UL and MCS9 as initial MCS in DL.
We notice a little increase in drop.
Throughput per PDCH and per TBF increase in UL which is expected.
But Throughput per PDCH and per TBF decrease significantly in DL and remain stable.
Also, retransmission rate decrease in DL.
Please Pix, have you any explanation to throughput per PDCH and per TBF in DL direction ?
Thanks a lot !5th March 2008 at 18:18 #51298PixGuestHi Leila,
Well, MCS9 is a very very bad idea. This coding scheme offers zero protection, and it requires a C/I above 30dB and a RXLEV DL > 85dBm in order to provide acceptable throughput.
I strongly recommend you move back to MCS-6, or even MCS-5. Beware, MCS3 & MCS4 are not resistant at all.
FYI, this is the list of coding scheme from most resistant to less resistant :
MCS1
MCS2
MCS5
MCS6
MCS3
MCS7
MCS8
MCS4
MCS9this is approximate.
regards,
pix6th March 2008 at 06:10 #51299BilalGuestHi Leila,
Throughput per PDCH and per TBF are different because PDCH is one data channel and TBF is one data session which can use multiple PDCHs and one PDCH can also be shared by multiple TBFs.
6th March 2008 at 08:41 #51300LeilaGuestHi Pix,
Just a thing normally there is no protection (MCS9 usage) retransmissions normally increase
But retransmission decreases in our case
What do you think ?6th March 2008 at 09:40 #51301PixGuestThe TBF drops before it could make a retransmission ?
Maybe the TBF establishment failure is much higher ? Or the overall downlink LLC traffic is much lower ?What about MCS usage ? CAn you check whether the TBF remain in the MCS9 or do they dynamically adapt to lower MCS ?
You need to give me more details about your QoS 🙂
10th March 2008 at 09:54 #51302PanGuestHello, Leila!
Which initial DL-MCS and MCS Families you had before MCS change? And now (MCS and Families)?
Is Dynamic Link Adaptation Mechanism implemented in your network?
If it is, then what BLER (Block Erasure Ratio or retransmission rate) threshold values you have for downgrade switching points between MCS9 and other MCS (MCS9 -> MCSy). These thresholds are varied for different switching points.
Have you a BLER threshold that is lower than it was before change?10th March 2008 at 11:06 #51303PixGuestPan,
I’m surprise, I thought the thresholds to swith from MCSi to MCSj (EGPRS only) are fixed and defined by the 3GPP, they are based on MEAN BEP and CV BEP measurements. The tables can be found in the standards.
Is it different in your equipment ?
The thresholds are modifiable only in GPRS (CS1/2/3/4).
11th March 2008 at 06:40 #51304PanGuestHello, Pix!
You meaning the table in 45.008 (AnnexD)? I think, it is only for example. In our RAN the triggering of the switch does not use separate measurements of channel quality, but
it is executed by analyzing the number of blocks to be repeated (not acknowledged
blocks) versus the number of transmitted blocks in total. Link adaptation is then
based on BLER measurements (indirect measures of the radio quality). They are really fixed in BSC database and stored in pre-calculated matrix tables, one for each possible RF environment, since switching points depend on the actual RF scenario (lowDiversity or highDiversity). These switching points are varied for different transitions MCSi->MCSj, different RF scenario, and whether the incremental redundancy (IR)used or not.11th March 2008 at 09:29 #51305PixGuestSo your BLER thresholds are fixed, and not changeable, right ?
When I read your previous post, I thought you asked Leila to check the BLER settings in her network. Since it can’t be changed, I don’t think there is much to do on this side.I don’t know if alcatel is using 3GPP tables or not, but they are using the same measurements methods : mean bep, cv bep.
Then there are different tables depending on APD, on IR, on GMSK/8PSK, etc, as recommended by 3gpp.11th March 2008 at 11:12 #51306PanGuestYes, Pix. Our thresholds are not changeable by O&M action. By O&M, it is possible to select the suitable matrix table, containing all of the ideal switching points
(downgrade/upgrade switching points from/to all coding schemes) for the particular RF
scenario, by selecting the right radio environment.
When I write my previous post, I imlied following.. For example:
We have EDGE with Incremental Redundancy and RF scenario with HIGHDIVercity// Then,
switching point for MCS9 to MCS7 transition is BLER > 35%,
but switching point for MCS5 to MCS2 transition is BLER > 70%.
If there is only FamilyB (MCS7,5,2) was implemented with init MCS5, then the retransmission rate will be greater, than in case when both families were implemented – FamilyB ((MCS7,5,2)) and FamilyA (MCS9,6,3).
This is assumption only 🙂 Laila should give us more details. -
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