ULTRA EXTENDED COVERAGE

Radio Strategic Alignment

MAIN CONTENT
 What’s Ultra Extend Coverage
 Objective
 Roadmap Technology
 Expected Result
 Test Case and Scenario
 Success Criteria
 Time Plan
 Final and Actual Result
 Lesson Learnt
 Cost Benefit Analysis / TCO
 Deployment Recommendation
Extended Cell Range
For Ocean & Rural Scenario

› This extended cell

radius feature can be
used in rural areas
where coverage is
limited due to high
site to site distance,
and is implemented
in low band coverage
such as L900, due to
better propagation
loss.
Equipment for Extended Coverage
Specification and detail Baseband – Radio - Antenna
Antennas used for deployment of extended cell range must be selected based on site-specific requirements:

•In most cases, it is recommended that 18 dBi antennas with a half-power beamwidth of 65° be used.

•When deployed at sea, the antennas are mounted as high as possible, in order to resist the effect of the
Earth's curvature. However, this may also create coverage holes for areas near the antennas. In this scenario,
suitable antennas must be selected to avoid coverage holes. In addition, antennas with smaller surface areas
are recommended, to resist the ocean wind, which also reduces the wind resistance on the tower or pole
where the antennas are mounted.

•In open areas, vertically polarized antennas have better performance than other types of polarized
antennas. If wide cell coverage is required, vertically polarized antennas are recommended.

•Non-RET antennas can be used for scenarios that do not require tilt adjustment.
Feature Description

In principle, this feature allows UE propagation delay to be more than 15 km, and in order to work requires
a preamble format RACH that supports cell range above 15 km, i.e preamble format 1, 2, and 3. The
count is as follows:
  OBJECTIVE

The ultimate 4G experience for your

Connected digital life
Introduction

Background :
Nowadays, mobile communications networks cover most of the inland areas, but remote
areas such as at sea, or in the desert, or grasslands, have poor coverage due to site acquisition
problems. It is difficult to find suitable site locations at sea. Site deployment as usual in the
desert or in grasslands (where traffic is light) requires excessively huge investment.

Objectives :
This feature increases cell coverage to meet communication requirements in rural and remote
areas such as at sea, in the desert, and in grasslands, significantly decreasing the cost to
deploy sites in such areas.
 ROADMAP TECHNOLOGY
 Roadmap Ultra Extended Coverage Solution
In Extended Coverage, No need to change with New Module or New Software RAN

RRU
Antenna Element
Frequency Range
IBW
OBW
Power Output
Dimension (HxWxD)
Weight
Software
Dependency

Baseband Module

GA
 T E S T C A S E AND S C E N A R I O
 Field Test Area & Parameters

Feature ON(After):
PREAMBLEFMT=2,CELLRADIUS=25000

Feature OFF(Before):
PREAMBLEFMT=0,CELLRADIUS=8000

Feature ON: 22~28 Nov

Feature OFF: 29-Nov ~ Now

Antenna
Sector DL TX
Site id OSS LTE NE Name OSS LTE eNodeB Cell name Bandwidth PCI Longitue Latitude Height to Azimuth E-Tilt M-Tilt
Number EARFCN power
ground
CJR372MM1_NAGAS C_CJR372MT1_NAGASARICJ
CJR372 3 3700 5 Mhz 113 106.966872 -7.352681 85 20W 260 2 0
ARICJR RMT3
Field Test Methodology

Drive Test Method :

DT in island site (RURAL Area) --> unlock All System and drive as far as possible to check the
coverage distance
• DT with DL service to ensure the user experience

Customer Experience Test :

2 test :
• 1st at the end of coverage before activation
• 2nd at the end of coverage after activation
 SUCCESS CRITERIA
KPI To Be Monitored
OSS KPI & Expected Result:
1. Accessibility (RRC success rate, ERAB success rate, RACH success rate) – slightly degraded
2. Retainability – slightly degraded
3. Payload & number of RRC & active users - increased
4. DL quality: CQI, DL MCS, DL cell / user throughput – slightly degraded
5. UL quality: UL MCS, UL RSSI, UL cell / user throughput- Propagation delay
6. PDCCH AGG8 - increased
7. TA8 (14.4KM~30KM) - increased

Drive Test:
• DT far distance - before no service, after active can do DL/UL load service.
• Samples of service area - increasing
 F I N A L AND A C T U A L R E S U L T
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Before

0
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5

10
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10
15
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25
30
35

0
5
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45
Object
Object

Object
0 - 78 m 0 - 78 m 0 - 78 m

78 - 234 m 78 - 234 m 78 - 234 m

234 - 546 m 234 - 546 m 2-Dec-18 234 - 546 m

2-Dec-18

2-Dec-18
546 - 1014 m 546 - 1014 m 546 - 1014 m
NAGASARICJRMT2
NAGASARICJRMT1

NAGASARICJRMT3
1014 - 1950 m 1014 - 1950 m 1014 - 1950 m

1950 - 3510 m 1950 - 3510 m 1950 - 3510 m

3510 - 6630 m 3510 - 6630 m 3510 - 6630 m

6630 - 14430 m 6630 - 14430 m 6630 - 14430 m

4G TA Data Distribution
4G TA Data Distribution

4G TA Data Distribution
14430 - 30030 m 14430 - 30030 m 14430 - 30030 m

CJR372 Sector3 TA8 has value when feature on, TA8 is 0 when feature off.
30030 - 53430 m 30030 - 53430 m 30030 - 53430 m

53430 - 76830 m 53430 - 76830 m 53430 - 76830 m

> 76830 m > 76830 m > 76830 m

After

0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40

0
5
0

10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
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Object

Object
Object

0 - 78 m 0 - 78 m 0 - 78 m

78 - 234 m 78 - 234 m 78 - 234 m

234 - 546 m 234 - 546 m 234 - 546 m

24-Nov-18

24-Nov-18
24-Nov-18

546 - 1014 m 546 - 1014 m 546 - 1014 m

NAGASARICJRMT1

NAGASARICJRMT3
NAGASARICJRMT2

1014 - 1950 m 1014 - 1950 m 1014 - 1950 m

1950 - 3510 m 1950 - 3510 m 1950 - 3510 m

Before, Sector 3 CJR372 only can cover up to 14 Km, after the feature turn ON, this sector can covered up to 30 Km  around 108.54% coverage improvement

3510 - 6630 m 3510 - 6630 m 3510 - 6630 m

6630 - 14430 m 6630 - 14430 m 6630 - 14430 m

4G TA Data Distribution

4G TA Data Distribution
4G TA Data Distribution
Trial Result | L900 CJR372 – TA Analysis (Feature ON at sector 3)

14430 - 30030 m 14430 - 30030 m 14430 - 30030 m

30030 - 53430 m 30030 - 53430 m 30030 - 53430 m

53430 - 76830 m 53430 - 76830 m 53430 - 76830 m

> 76830 m > 76830 m > 76830 m

Trial Result | L900 CJR372 – OSS KPI Analysis (Daily Cell Level)
PERFORMANCE MONITORING | Extend Cell Radius Cell 3
System KPI Group AVG User vs Max User Traffic Volume (GB)
KPI Name Status Improvement(%) 22-28 Oct 29 Oct - 5 Nov
DL Volume (GB) 58.36 3429.85 5431.55 25 8000 900
7000 800
UL Volume (GB) 53.56 352.63 541.50 20
Traffic 6000 700
AVG User 59.93 5.85 9.36 600
15 5000
Max User 25.49 10.86 13.63 500
4000
% DL PRB -2.58 33.38 31.66 10 400
Utilization 3000 300
% UL PRB 3.64 26.91 29.57
5 2000 200
% RRC SR 58.01 99.64 99.85 1000
Before After Before After 100
% ERAB SR 66.78 99.17 99.72 0 0 0
Accessbility

22-Oct
23-Oct
24-Oct
25-Oct
26-Oct
27-Oct
28-Oct
29-Oct
30-Oct
31-Oct
1-Nov
2-Nov
3-Nov
4-Nov
5-Nov

22-Oct
23-Oct
24-Oct
25-Oct
26-Oct
27-Oct
28-Oct
29-Oct
30-Oct
31-Oct
1-Nov
2-Nov
3-Nov
4-Nov
5-Nov
% S1 SIG SR -36.03 99.92 99.89
% Call Setup SR 63.10 99.62 99.86
4G
Retainbility % Service Drop -20.00 0.06 0.07 Avg User Max User Sum of Downlink_Traffic_Volume(MB)
Mobility % IFHO SR 0.25 100.00 99.75
Sum of Uplink_Traffic_Volume(MB)
Cell DL Throughput 9.27 5.54 6.06
Cell UL Throughput -1.73 0.79 0.78
Integrity
User DL Throughput 19.09 4.52 5.39
Cell DL vs CELL UL Throughput PDCCH AGG 8
User UL Throughput 3.68 0.77 0.80 8000 1200 70
DL CQI 4.72 10.50 11.00 7000 60
1000
%CQI>7 26.81 90.02 92.70 6000
Quality 800 50
PDCCH AGG 8 19.11 39.67 28.15 5000
40
UL Interference -0.24 -118.18 -118.71 4000 600
Conclusion : 3000 30
400
• PDCCH Agg8 reduce around 19%, this is shown that user get a better coverage exp after 2000 20
FMT turn on 200
1000 10
• AVG User increase around 59% and total Payload increase more than 53% Before After Before After
0 0
• User DL Throughput has around 19% improvement while UL Throughout in maintain 22-Oct
0
23-Oct
24-Oct
25-Oct
26-Oct
27-Oct
28-Oct
29-Oct
30-Oct
31-Oct
1-Nov
2-Nov
3-Nov
4-Nov
5-Nov
condition

22-Oct
23-Oct
24-Oct
25-Oct
26-Oct
27-Oct
28-Oct
29-Oct
30-Oct
31-Oct
1-Nov
2-Nov
3-Nov
4-Nov
5-Nov
• SDR reduce around 20%  this is the cons due to larger coverage covered (edge user)
• UL Interference in maintain condition and Overall KPI has good improvement AVG Cell DL Throughput (kbps)
• Need to concern about the availability on this site due to intermittent power problem /
PLN Off. AVG Cell UL Throughput (kbps)
Trial Result | L900 CJR372 – Serving PCI
Before After

Note :
Site id Cell name DL EARFCN Bandwidth PCI • Drive test locked on L900 CJR372 sector3 (PCI=113) until no service.
• Poor Coverage and Quality on main road taken from Drive test result and no
different between before - after Turn On feature.
• Drive Test Result :
CJR372 C_CJR372MT1_NAGASARICJRMT3 3700 5 Mhz 113  Average RSRP < -110dBm
 Average SNR < -5dB
 Average DL – UL Throughput < 100kbps
Trial Result | L900 CJR372 – Serving RSRP
Before After

Note :
• RSRP in range (-100) ~ (-120) has around 15% improvement  getting better
covered area
• RSRP in very poor (<-120 dBm) area has reduce around 3.25%  Which is good
Trial Result | L900 CJR372 – Serving SINR
Before After

Note :
• SNR in low quality range (between -5 till 0 dB) has around 29.86% improvement
 User getting better experience
• SNR in very poor quality range (<-2 dB) area has reduce around 6.24%  Which is
good because poor exp user was reduce
Trial Result | L900 CJR372 – UL Throughput
Before After

Note :
• UL low throughput experience (From 100-500 Kbps) was reduce around 83.79 %
inline with the fact that more user in poor area now get covered
• UL in very low throughput experience (From 0-100 Kbps) was reduce around
53.73% inline with the fact that more user in poor area now get covered
Trial Result | L900 CJR372 – DL Throughput
Before After

Note :
• DL in very low throughput experience (From 0-100 Kbps) was slightly maintain
• User exp in DL might be not improve but the number of user get covered and
payload will get higher
 LESSON LEARNT
Lesson Learnt | Key Finding Issue

Site antenna height and power is basic condition for far coverage.
Relay trial site CJR372, 20W, from ground to site 183-158=25m, total antenna height is 60+25=85m.
DT test can serving 17KM
This case proved if antenna height and power enough, extend coverage feature working fine.
 DEPLOYMENT RECOMMENDATION
Deployment Recommendation
› This extended cell radius feature can be used in rural areas where
coverage is limited due to high site to site distance, and is
implemented in low band coverage such as L900, due to better
propagation loss.

› Coverage level (RSRP) will be the same but more users are
allowed to access cells. To make this feature more effective,
there is a good thing if it is equipped with coverage
enhancement on the DL and UL side, namely: UL TMA for UL
coverage gain and Higher PA Power for DL ​coverage gain

› For the evaluation itself, maybe it can be done with the format
1 preamble that supports up to 28 km and the radius cell is
raised gradually, for example the first cell radius is 18 km, 20
km, then 25 km.

› DT verification will be very difficult unless you can find 1 island

site, and try to do a coverage test to what extent.

› RSI / PRACH Config Index Also need to check or configure so

that the preamble is not collision around it or in the other hand
we differentiate the PRACH config index if we want to be
simpler.