Interference at Site XX in City

Interference at a Site in City L
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Prepared By Ye Mangu, Cai Xiang, Hou Date 2014-06-22

Lizheng, Wang Zhiguang
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Interference at a Site in City L INTERNAL
Change History
Date Issue Description Author

2014/06/23 1.0 Provided the summary on routine Ye Mangu
troubleshooting with OMStar.
2014/06/24 1.1 Optimized the principle analysis contents. Cai Xiang
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Contents
1 Site Information ............................................................................................................................ 1

2 Background .................................................................................................................................... 1
3 Analysis Procedure ....................................................................................................................... 1
3.1 Data Collection................................................................................................................................................. 1
3.2 Observing Entire Network or Regional KPIs ................................................................................................... 1
3.3 Trend Analysis by Day ..................................................................................................................................... 2
3.4 Observing Daily Top Cells ............................................................................................................................... 3
3.5 Regional Correlation Analysis ......................................................................................................................... 3
3.6 Observing Interference in Top Cells ................................................................................................................. 4
3.7 Observing Alarm Logs on Top Base Stations ................................................................................................... 5
3.8 Comparing GPS Parameters of Base Stations That Report Alarms .................................................................. 5
3.9 Observing RRC Access Success Rate by Disabling the Base Station .............................................................. 6
3.10 Closing the Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................... 7
4 Case Experience Summary .......................................................................................................... 7

4.1 Summary .......................................................................................................................................................... 7
4.2 Principle Analysis............................................................................................................................................. 7
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1 Site Information
In the stage-2 mobile LTE project in city L, a total of 2751 eNodeBs were connected by June 2014.
2 Background
The OMStar is used to import the M2000 traffic statistics collected within one week (from June 5, 2014 to
June 10, 2014). The RRC access success rate trend shows that the entire network KPIs are good. Then the
daily top 10 cells are observed. It is found that the top 10 cells with low RRC access success rate are
basically the same. Figure 1 shows the top 10 cell information. We conclude that some potential problems
may exist in the top 10 cells.
Figure 1 Top 10 cells with low RRC access success rate
3 Analysis Procedure
3.1 Data Collection
Use the M2000 data collection template (see template customization and M2000 data collection for details)
customized using the OMStar to export the KPI information in the previous day from the OMC every
morning. On the OMStar data import interface, select M2000 Perf Data.
Remarks: If the NIC data collection is convenient, use the NIC to configure a periodic data collection task.
If the NIC collection efficiency is low or the network size is large, use the M2000 template to improve the
data collection efficiency.
3.2 Observing Entire Network or Regional KPIs

With the OMStar LTE troubleshooting function, observe the entire network KPIs or KPIs of a certain
region within one week in city L. Figure 2 shows an example.
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Figure 2 Observing the whole network KPIs
3.3 Trend Analysis by Day

Right-click L.RRC.Setup.Succ.Rate.custom and choose Trend Analysis by Day, as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 4 shows the trend analysis result.
Figure 3 Trend analysis by day
Figure 4 Trend analysis result

3.4 Observing Daily Top Cells

Observe the top cells on June 5, 2014 to June 10, 2014 by choosing TopN Analysis, as shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5 TopN analysis
Observe the daily top cell changes, as shown in Figure 6.
Figure 6 Daily top cells comparison
Figure 6 shows that the daily top cells are almost the same, including the base stations at the following
sites:
 32rd middle school in Jianxi district of city L
 Huaming Glasses in Jianxi district of city L
 Tiancheng Yipin in Jianxi district of city L
 Tongle Acetylene in Jianxi district of city L
 Southern Tonglezhai village in Jianxi district of city L
 Western Wunvzhong village in Jianxi district of city L
3.5 Regional Correlation Analysis

Figure 7 shows the geographical distribution of top 10 cells. Most top cells are located within 2.3
kilometers of the base stations. We conclude that this region has a problem.

Figure 7 Top cell correlation analysis
3.6 Observing Interference in Top Cells

Observe the interference in top cells and find that the interference level in top cells is -11o dBm higher that
other area, as shown in Figure 8. Further analysis shows that uplink interference may exist.
Figure 8 Interference levels in top cells

3.7 Observing Alarm Logs on Top Base Stations

The DashBoard function (shown in Figure 9) can correlate the traffic statistics and alarms. Observe alarms
reported by the top base stations. If no alarm information is collected, log in to the OMC and run the LST
ALMLOG command to query alarms reported by top base stations. The System Clock Failure alarm is
reported for Tongle Acetylene in Jianxi district of city L, as shown in Figure 10.
Figure 9 DashBoard function
Figure 10 Alarm reported by the base station in Tongle Acetylene
3.8 Comparing GPS Parameters of Base Stations That Report Alarms

Run the DSP GPS command to query the GPS states of normal base stations and base stations that report
alarms.

Figure 11 GPS state comparison
3.9 Observing RRC Access Success Rate by Disabling the Base Station
At 10:00 a.m. on June 10, 2014, disable the base station in Tongle Acetylene in Jianxi district of city L.
Observe the RRC access success rates of surrounding base stations. The success rate increases significantly
after 11:00 a.m., as shown in Figure 12.
Figure 12 RRC access success rate after disabling the problem base station

3.10 Closing the Troubleshooting

Submit the problem encountered in Tongle Acetylene in Jianxi district of city L to the base station
maintenance personnel. The maintenance personnel handle the problem on June 15, 2014 but the problem
persists. On June 16, 2014, the maintenance personnel handle the problem again and the problem is
resolved. After that the RRC access success rate, E-RAB access success rate, and call drop rate of
surrounding base stations significantly improve. Figure 13 shows the comparison of RRC access success
rates on the entire network.
Figure 13 Comparison of RRC access success rates on the entire network
4 Case Experience Summary

4.1 Summary
The good entire network KPIs do not indicate that KPIs in all the regions are good. You can use the
Troubleshooting function of the OMStar to continuously observe the daily top N cells. With the
geographical distribution function, you can determine whether the problem persists for a long period of
time in a region and therefore find the problem principle. Furthermore, you can use the parameter
comparison and alarm information check to acknowledge the problem.
4.2 Principle Analysis

When the External Clock Reference Problem alarm is generated, the TDL side traces the GPS phase locked
by the RTSMT satellite card on the TDS side. After the satellite card obtains the GPS phase transient
response, the TDL logic finds a large difference between the actual phase and the GPS phase based on the
calculation result, and therefore an exception occurs due to the phase offset of clock reference sources.
The TDS mode of the site is in the interlock state and does not check the phase. Therefore, the TDS does
not report the large phase offset alarm. The TDL, however, reports the large phase offset alarm. The TDL
uses the satellite card on the TDS main control board, therefore, there is an offset between the satellite card
phase and the phase calculated by the base station logic. The satellite card is the unique clock source on the
base station. Therefore, the base station is forced to follow the output of the satellite card. After 20 minutes,

the base station phase is changed to the same as the phase of the satellite. The hardware of the RT_SMT
satellite card of Trimble may be occasionally invalid during the startup or interference. As a result, the 1pps
reference signal phase has a drift, resulting in the offset between the phase of the problem base station and
the surrounding base stations. In addition, this may bring interference to surrounding base stations.
If the External Clock Reference Problem alarm is generate during routine optimization, you are advised to
reset the satellite card and wait for about half an hour. Then check whether the interference is cleared. Trace
and compare the traffic statistics to check whether the base station becomes normal.

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For Internal Use Only

Prepared By Ye Mangu, Cai Xiang, Hou Date 2014-06-22

Reviewed By Date yyyy-mm-dd

Reviewed By Date yyyy-mm-dd

Approved By Date yyyy-mm-dd

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Date Issue Description Author

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1 Site Information ............................................................................................................................ 1

4 Case Experience Summary .......................................................................................................... 7

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Figure 1 Top 10 cells with low RRC access success rate

3.2 Observing Entire Network or Regional KPIs

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Figure 2 Observing the whole network KPIs

3.3 Trend Analysis by Day

Figure 3 Trend analysis by day

Figure 4 Trend analysis result

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3.4 Observing Daily Top Cells

Figure 5 TopN analysis

Observe the daily top cell changes, as shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6 Daily top cells comparison

3.5 Regional Correlation Analysis

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Figure 7 Top cell correlation analysis

3.6 Observing Interference in Top Cells

Figure 8 Interference levels in top cells

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3.7 Observing Alarm Logs on Top Base Stations

Figure 9 DashBoard function

Figure 10 Alarm reported by the base station in Tongle Acetylene

3.8 Comparing GPS Parameters of Base Stations That Report Alarms

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Figure 11 GPS state comparison

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3.10 Closing the Troubleshooting

Figure 13 Comparison of RRC access success rates on the entire network

4 Case Experience Summary

4.2 Principle Analysis

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