PCH AGCH - LAC

BSC Paging capacity

The maximum delivery rate of 1 paging/15ms = 240.000 pagings per hour which is applied in releases starting from BR70/30 (the slightly slower delivery rate was applied in order to avoid unnecessary buffer congestion situations in the BTS). It is recommended to plan LAC-splitting or BSC re-homing if the PCH-Load reaches 80% and before PCH-Load reaches 90%, perform LAC-splitting or BSC re-homing. 80% load = 192.000 pagings per hour/LAC 90% load = 216.000 pagings per hour/LAC The maximum number of configurable LAC is restricted to 20, the number of paging blocks possible are 9 (cells with number of paging blocks greater than 8 are handled all together in the fastest delivery rate)

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BTS Paging capacity

BTS Paging capacity CCCH Utilization NBLKACGR=1 3 Subscriber pages/CCCH TMSI Reallocation =ON Paging Repetition Factor = 1.3 Combined BCCH: 33% CCCH-Utiliz.: 33% x 2 x 3 x 4.25 x Uncombined BCCH: 33% CCCH-Utiliz.: 33% x 8 x 3 x 4.25 x

3600 / 1.3 = 23,303

3600 / 1.3 = 93,212

66% CCCH-Utiliz.: 66% x 2 x 3 x 4.25 x 3600 / 1.3 = 46,606

66% CCCH-Utiliz.: 66% x 8 x 3 x 4.25 x 3600 / 1.3 = 186,424

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AGCH Capacity
The logical Channels PCH and AGCH share the same CCCH-Blocks whereas the PCH takes precedence over the AGCH when a PCHCommand is waiting in the queue. Reserved AGCH using parameter NBLKACGR = 1 (value: 0..7) Up to BR7 the number of AGCH events that can be served per AGCH message = 1 (one) immediate assignment (IMASS)

NBLKACGR = 1: AGCH Capacity = 4.25 IMASS/sec or 15,300 IMASS/hr With refer to this, whenever the threshold of NBLKACGR = 1 is exceeded additional reserved AGCH is required accordingly

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Simulation CCCH
Parameter CCCH Blocks CCCH-AGCH CCCH-PCH CCCH-AGCH CCCH-PCH CCCH-AGCH CCCH-PCH CCCH-AGCH CCCH-PCH CCCH-AGCH CCCH-PCH CCCH-AGCH CCCH-PCH CCCH-AGCH CCCH-PCH CCCH-AGCH CCCH-PCH Blocks 9 1 8 2 7 3 6 4 5 5 4 6 3 7 2 8 1 51 Multi-frames/s Pages/CCCH Paging Rep Ref. Max. Pages/h CCCH-PCH Utilization

4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25

1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3

1.3

15,300 180,000 30,600 180,000 45,900 180,000 61,200 176,538 76,500 141,231 91,800 105,923 107,100 70,615 122,400 35,308

64%

1.3

73%

1.3

85%

1.3

100%

1.3

100%

1.3

100%

1.3

100%

1.3

100%

Note: Maximum Allowed AGCH reserved based on the simulation is proposed NBLKACGR = 3 in order to have safety margin of CCCH utilization for shared PCH & AGCH
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Counter
PCH: TACCBPRO 1: Number of accesses to the PCH NTDMPCH:
1 Number of transmitted messages for CS traffic 2 Number of transmitted messages for PS traffic 3 Number of messages discarded from the paging queue (NTDMPCH) resp. packet paging queue (NTDMPPCH) for CS traffic 4 Number of messages discarded from the paging queue (NTDMPCH) resp. packet paging queue (NTDMPPCH) for PS traffic

AGCH: TACCBPRO 2: Number of accesses to the AGCH NTDMAGCH:

1 Number of transmitted messages on the AGCH CS traffic 2 Number of transmitted messages on the AGCH PS traffic 3 Number of messages discarded from the AGCH queue CS traffic 4 Number of messages discarded from the AGCH queue PS traffic
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LAC Splitting - Guideline

- High Season Factor - Measurement PCH & AGCH: TACCBPRO NTDM

Calculate High Season Load Estimation: PCH & AGCH

AGCH Reserved Requirement NBLKACGR

>3

If required with max NBLKACGR=5 as limit, with dimensioning parameter: Max Paging 120,000 pages/h per LAC

3 Max Paging 150,000 pages/h per LAC Dimensioning Result: # LAC # NBLKACGR

Note: For NBLKACGR is based on 15,300 IMASS/hr per 1(one) reserved AGCH therefore the AGCH reserved requirement for High Season is defined by using NBLKACGR = [Estimated Load AGCH]/ 15,300
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LAC Splitting
1. Guideline for AGCH is NBLKACGR=1 with 4.25 IMASS/sec or 15,300 IMASS/hr 2. Guideline for PCH with max NBLKACGR = 3 (45,900 IMASS/hr) is proposed resulting CCCH-PCH utilization 85% with refer to 180,000 pages/h. Though, for dimensioning 150,000 pages/h is proposed as max paging per LAC to have a safety margin 3. For the case where the estimation of AGCH reserved requirement >3 then LAC dimensioning will be based on 120,000 pages/h as max paging per LAC to have a safety margin (Note: NBLKACGR = 5 as the limitation) 4. HO Attempt should be used as reference to split the LAC border in the urban area

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