LTE to GERAN STUDY CASE

22 December 2016
Introduction

There is request from Indosat to review jumping technology from 2G

to 4G in term of Network KPI’s. The review will be based on 3 sites 2G
4G Colo which already on air (WayJepara, SPG_Brajadewa and Way
Urang Lampung ) South Sumatra .
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
 Based on CTO Road show in South Sumatera from 5-7 September
2016, and to absorb high traffic in area Way Jepara (South
Lampung), , SPG_Brajadewa and Way Urang Indosat provided new
innovation to jump technology from 2G to 4G without 3G sites. It
has successful implemented on 3 sites Way_Jepara, SPG_Brajadewa
and Way Urang.

 There are some advantages & weakness with this jump technology
based on our review. Below is advantage of 2G-4G configuration

 Wide Coverage : 2G have more gain more power compare to 3G

which lead to more coverage since 2G has max power 40 Watt
and can reach 5 - 10 km . This will increase payload & Voice
traffic in 2G sites
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (advantage cont’)
 Based on layering strategy 4G to 2G and vise versa can be created even
in data and Voice ( CSFB ) .There is no limitation for both systems in CSFB
and traffic Balancing

The cell reselection to lower frequency
priority 2G cells shall be triggered when
the RSCP of the serving 4G cell falls below
the -120 dBm, and the RLA_C of the
target low priority frequency is above the
-99 dBm
PS redirection to G900 triggered when The cell reselection to higher
LTE serving cell RSRP falls below -120 frequency priority 4G when the
dBm RSRP of the target cell is above the
-116 dBm
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (advantage cont’)

Below CSFB explanation for 2G & 4G

CSFB PROCEDURE:
• UE camps in LTE to get
access to high data rates
• Paging can be routed from
MSC-S via MME to LTE UE
• UE moves to 2G/3G to
make CS voice call
• Data session continues in
3G network
• When CS call is over, UE
returns back to LTE
network
 Cell Reselection strategy
4G to 2G idle mode: reselection to lower priority 2G frequencies
 The cell reselection to lower frequency priority 2G cells shall be triggered when the
RSCP of the serving 4G cell falls below the -120 dBm, and the RLA_C of the target low
priority frequency is above the -99 dBm
RSRP < THRESH_SERVING_LOW + Q_RX_LEV_MIN= -120 dBm
q-RxLevMin=-128 dBm AND
RLA_C > THRESH_XLOW + Q_RX_LEV_MIN= -99 dBm

-120 dBm LTE SIB 7:

L1800 cell

q-RxLevMin=-109 dBm

G900/G1800 cell -99 dBm

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Cell Reselection strategy cont’
2G to 4G idle mode: reselection to higher priority frequencies
 The cell reselection to higher frequency priority 4G when the RSRP of the
target cell is above the -116 dBm

RSRP > THRESH_XHIGH + Q_RX_LEV_MIN= -116 dBm

q-RxLevMin=-128 dBm

GERAN SI2-quater
-116 dBm

L1800 cell

q-RxLevMin=-109 dBm

G900/G1800 cell

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (advantage cont’)

 From KPI Performance point of view

 Payload CS: In 2G a small increase might be expected with CSFB
 Payload PS: As per the PS offload effect it will dramatically increase on the 4G side
& Vise versa
 Accessibility CS: Depends on the 2G network status (TCH /SDCCH blocking,
SDCCH Dop etc) and in general in line with the current 2G voice KPI. No voice
traffic increase is expected
 Accessibility PS: it will improve as some of the PS traffic will be offloaded to 4G &
Vise versa
 Retainability CS: It will be in line with previous KPI The reason is there will be no
changes in the CS traffic load,
 Retainability PS: It can potentially improve, as some of PS data will be offloaded to
LTE so less interference on 2G
 Handover 4G: 4G enabled UE will reselect the 4G NW for all the PS data , because
of the PS offloading effect the 2G PS users will enjoy better accessibility and
throughput.
 Handover 2G: 4G enabled UE will perform CSFB to 2G for the voice service and
will experienced a slightly longer voice call setup time because of the CSFB to 2G
(as a reference it takes 1 or 2 seconds longer than the CSFB to 3G)
 Transmission: Transmission shall be upgraded in order to deliver the additional 4G
capacity
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (weakness)

• Below Weakness of 2G-4G Configuration

• PS Payload distribution will depend on UE capability. Jumping from 2G
to 4G need more 4G UE capability otherwise data will stay in 2G.Below
PS Payload from 3 sites in Lampung
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (weakness cont’)
• Low 2G Throughput to max 256 Kbps since will impact to customer
experience especially for PSHO from 4G to 2G

 CSFB from 4G to 2G will depend on 2G Voice Quality since in 2G have

limitation frequencies especially 1800 bands. CSFB will be worst if DL
UL quality below 85 %
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