LTE_RFOPtimization

Subject:

Alcatel-Lucent KPI Optimization Test Plan for LTE

Date:

April 22, 2010

Version 1.0

ABSTRACT

This This docume document nt provid provides es a detail detailed ed test test plan plan for KPI Optimi Optimizat zation ion of the LTE field field technology deployment as detailed in the Verizon High Level Test Plan. The tests ill !e e"ec e"ecut uted ed in #ost #oston on$$ %& and and surr surrou ound ndin ing g area areas. s. The The prim primar aryy o!'e o!'ect ctiv ivee of the the Optimization is to validate !asic KPI functionality$ evaluate performance of LTE &ir( Interface functionalities. The scope of test cases included in this KPI Test Plan spans several areas including access$ latency$ coverage and )apacity

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Intro:uction

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KPI OPTIIATIO TA'ET

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Trial *ystem Arc
his section provides a hi+h level description of the ,/ sste architecture and a description of all involved entities and interfaces between entities. )s shown in ;i+ure 1( the ,/ architecture networ is coposed of: • • • •

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)s shown in the fi+ure( the cluster of e5ode and three 6D>s. /ach D$> will consist of a u224s ?controller with interface to bachaul@ and three e2/4s ?odesA one for each sector@. /ach e2/4 will be connected via fiber optic cable to the 6D>.


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he inforation below details the hardware description and the associated O)4 eCuipent list for the rial networ: •

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,4 to confi+ure and set up the D$> platfor to coission IP addresses( D,2P server( and default +atewa. he ,4 connects locall to console port ,4 to confi+ure the eP2 coplex ?44/( S-3* and PD5 3*@ ?connects locall to console port@ 4ana+eent Server ?4S@ to confi+ure the e5< and displa e5< status and fault inforation 5etwor Perforance Optii!ation ?5PO@ to collect perforance counts and easureents. he 4S and the 5PO are to+ether referred to as the ,/ 4ana+eent Sste Server 4S and 5PO clients to interface to 4S and 5PO servers 5etscreen firewall to protect the ,/ networ eleents fro intrusion 5etscreen 3ate firewall to filter access to the 6)4S/S 4ediation sste 6)4S/S 6eote )ccess and 6)4S/S 4ediation P2 to provide access control and authentication on reote access to the ,/ networ eleents 9$0 S#* product ana+in+ the onitorin+ aspects on ==90


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Air Interface O!er!ieH

4ain inputs to setup ,/ air interface durin+ the Optii!ation are: • • • • • •

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,3/ 3 Series >/s will be used durin+ the Optii!ation

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LTE eo:e) functions

he e5ode< hosts the followin+ functions: •

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•

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;unctions for 6adio 6esource 4ana+eent: 6adio /s in both >plin and Downlin ?schedulin+@ 6outin+ of user plane data towards S)/ +atewa Schedulin+ and transission of pa+in+ essa+es ?ori+inated fro the 44/@ Schedulin+ and transission of broadcast inforation ?ori+inated fro the 44/ or O)4@. 4easureent and easureent reportin+ confi+uration for obilit and schedulin+ functions

AL/ 4490 *er!ice outer .unctions

he S6==90 is an ed+e router that will host the followin+ functions: • • • •

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,in a++re+ation DS2P appin+ ',)5 and ,)5 switchin+ IP router to reach different )pplication servers AL/ 4409 *er!ice A77re7ation outer .unctions

he ),> ==09 is a Service )++re+ation 6outer ?S)6@ that offers: • •

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) service-oriented capabilit to the 6)5 IP#4P,S 6)5 transport solution

LTE E .unctions

he 44/ hosts the followin+ functions: •

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S1 connection establishent Idle to active ode transition o )ctive to idle ode transition o Session ana+eent HoS control o S1 handlin+ durin+ 7O o

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LTE *AE .unctions

he S)/ 3atewa hosts the followin+ functions: • • • •

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4ultiple bearer support ?one default and one dedicated@ S1 3P-> bearer endpoint Idle ode handlin+: bearer suspension with pa+in+ reCuest S1 path switch durin+ handover $ata Laptop (onfi7uration

he access terinal will interface with a data laptop to support Pin+s( ;P( >DP( and 7P data transfers. he laptop should be confi+ured per the recoended paraeters to optii!e perforance and provide an appropriate coparison to existin+ data. hese recoendations include: • • • • •

*indows $000 Professional or *indows EP edition IP header copression ?' copression@ turned O;; PPP software copression O;; except for 7P data transfer 1$BKbtes 2P window si!e 4> of 1900 btes

3+10 Application *er!ers

)pplication servers will be used durin+ the rial to provide the data content for the various tests. hese servers will be provided b )lcatel-,ucent and the need to be easil accessible and not bloced or restricted b low bandwidth pipes. *indows $000 Server /dition will be used as a data server( which should reside as close to the PD5 +atewa as possible. his will eliinate perforance uncertaint due to an external networ dela. Data applications available throu+h this server will be: • • •

>DP DOS ;P - 2P#IP Pin+

3+11 Test tools

In order to validate functionalit and Cuantif perforance( a variet of test tools will be used. raffic 3eneration ools:


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DOS-;P( *I5DS( Pin+ G o +enerate 2P#IP and >DP based traffic data for easurin+ data capacit and networ latenc Pin+ scripts for access tests • ,o++in+ tools •

)+ilent is a Dia+nostic 4onitor for lo++in+ and anal!in+ over-the-air 5etwor sste perforance and paraeters /nhanced )nalsis ool ?/)@: to collect internal traces +enerated b the e5< • )nalsis tools •

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)+ilent Protocol anal!er KPI collector and +enerator Pacet Data 4onitorin+ ?PD4@ tool: a distributed data perforance( analsis and troubleshootin+ service

3+11+1 P$ Tool

PD4 is a distributed data perforance analsis and troubleshootin+ service for pacet data( providin+ end-to-end and per-lin data Cualit analsis. It can be used for the followin+ functions: • • •

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'endor independent Pacet data networ onitorin+ capabilities 2onsistent and autoated testin+ and analsis of pace t networs 2haracteri!ation of end-user perceived perforance in ters of throu+hput( latenc( dropped pacets( etc. )bilit to onitor # test pacet networ to support tie sensitive applications( such as 'oIP Identification of lins#coponents reCuirin+ aintenance and optii!ation( and onitorin+ of lin and end-to-end perforance /nables precise data correlation across the entire networ 6educes resource reCuireents with an autoated and reote controlled sniffer sste

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To get EAT traces at eNB site: a local access point to OAM VLAN required either from an existing connection point or from an external hubs!itch to come !ith on eNB site

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.i7ure 2& EAT confi7uration in LTE Trial

3+11+3 A7ilent tool he )+ilent D5) is a protocol anal!er and can be used for user-plane analsis. It offers a scaleable( distributed probin+ architecture and the raw data is collected at the S1 level. Owin+ to the true client-server architecture( each user client is able to test independentl. o enable detailed protocol analsis( 7ardware Intelli+ent Pacet Processin+ ?7I-PI$@ at line rate will be reCuired. )t the user-plane( the analsis will also reCuire a separation of the si+nallin+ and paload pacets to be able to correlate and anal!e events at both levels. 3+11+5 6ires
*ireshar is a networ protocol anal!er. *ireshar offers the capabilities to capture networ data eleents and provide soe etrics on the data snoopin+.

3+11+9 *yncroTest Sncroest is an autoated test tool to control test obiles ?called JProbes@ reotel usin+ a central J4aster 2ontroller console. ?See ;i+ure 8: Sncroest )rchitecture below@ Sncroest probes control the functionalit of ,,D4#)+ilent( *I5DS and ;P to +enerate traffic and onitor the connections fro the probeLs point-of-view. he lo+ data is then sent bac to the aster control for analsis. Probes have also been developed to support reote control of /) so that testin+ and data collection can be snchroni!ed. ) sin+le Sncroest aster controller can control at least B )+ilent#,,D4#*I5DS probes and an /) probe siultaneousl eliinatin+ the need for an 6; en+ineer in each drive test vehicle. Sncroest uses self healin+ 2P connections with each probe to direct the probe and it receives periodic heartbeats fro the probe to update the probes status. Alcatel-Lucent– Proprietary See notice on first pa+e

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.i7ure 3& *yncroTest Arc
3+11+ $ata Analysis Tool Be$ATC eDAT is a post-processing tool that allows a user to analyze RF performance KPIs. eDAT takes input from oth !" logs an# e$o#e% logs. eDAT pro&i#es a stan#ar#ize# approach to analyze metrics in the Ra#io Access $etwork. eDAT uses the !" 'ogs generate# y Agilent(''D) as input from the !" perspecti&e. The e$o#e% logs are generate# y "AT an# pro&i#e an a##itional input to eDAT to analyze KPIs from the e$o#e% perspecti&e. The following #iagram illustrates the eDAT configuration for the 'T" Deployment.


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Once the data has been collected( eD) post-processes the >/ and e5ode< lo+ files to +enerate the analses of the KPIs. eD) is a standalone tool that does not need to be connected to the fixed infrastructure. he output includes aps( +raphs( plots( reports and essa+e decodin+. )ll these can be used to evaluate the 6; perforance of the ,/ rial networ. eD) aes use of event tiestaps and locations of the >/s to +eo+raphicall plot out the data+


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Process O!er!ieH

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$eployment *ite Locations

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*ite ea:iness

he Site 6eadiness are health checs that ensure all cells are operatin+ as reCuired. hese procedures are usuall perfored after deploin+ a new networ or when introducin+ new cell sites reCuired for a professional service. Once these health checs have been perfored and it a satisfactor perforance of all cells can be +uaranteed( these health checs are no lon+er a prereCuisite of the 6; Optii!ation. 5+2+1

*pectrum (learance #erification

he spectru clearance assures that no external interference is present and sufficient +uard bands are obeed. he detection of the interferences can be a ver tie consuin+ and difficult tas once the ,/ sste is up and runnin+. It is desirable to have a ver hi+h de+ree of confidence that the spectru is cleared prior to an testin+. 5+2+2

Antenna Au:it

his phase involves a series of Cualit chec s to ensure proper installation of the antenna sste. he nuber of audited cell sites will depend on the custoer contract. here is a recoended audit iniu of $9M of cell sites in a cluster. he selection of cell sites ust be done with input fro the custoer. If ore than 90M of the audited antennas uncover installation errors( the reainin+ antennas in the cluster ust also be audited.
*ector #erification

he sector tests include verification of basic call processin+ functions includin+ ori+ination( terination and handover tests. 4easureents are ade on ,/ si+nal levels to verif that each sector is transittin+ with the appropriate power levels and the 2ell id. hese basic functions tests are intended to detect hardware -( software-( confi+uration G and paraeter errors for each cell site in the cluster prior to further drive testin+. Sector drives should be executed for each sector in the sste or accordin+ to contractual obli+ations. Due to the siple nature of the drives( sector drives do not reCuire custoer approval. 5+2+5

)aseline E>istin7 *ystem

he objective for the
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Drive routes and Ke Perforance Indicators will be the sae as the ones used later for Sste 'erification. It is iportant to eep the drive routes and KPILs identical for perforance validation and coparison purposes. Drive routes and KPILs ust be a+reed upon with the custoer. 5+3

. Optimization Plannin7

he Optii!ation plannin+ phase ensures sste and tool readiness for 6; Optii!ation before be+innin+ the actual drive testin+. 5+3+1

Perform . Parameter Au:it

6; paraeters ust be inspected for consistenc with the ,/ paraeter catalo+ue. he 6; paraeter settin+s used in the networ can be obtained fro the 5DP project database. hese settin+s are then audited usin+ the ,/ paraeter catalo+ue *PS 5+3+2

#ali:ate Initial ei7<%or Lists

)n iportant step within the 6; Optii!ation preparation phase is associated with the nei+hbor list verification. he coplete nei+hbor lists in the ,/ networ are reCuired to copare the nei+hbor relations with networ desi+n plots. 5ei+hbor relations need to be verified for recent updates( validit and appropriateness. he recoended strate+ is to have a iniu nuber of nei+hbor relations in the nei+hbor lists. he nei+hbor lists used in the networ can also be obtained fro the *PS project database. 5+3+3

Tool ea:iness

)ppropriate drive test tools and post-processin+ tools( need to be prepared for optii!ation. 5+3+5

$efine (lusters

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$ri!e oute Plannin7

Drive routes need to be defined for Sector 'erification( 2luster Optii!ation and Sste 'erification. 2overa+e prediction plots( orpholo+ and clusters can define all drive test routes. he drive route should aintain a distance eCual to N of the cell site radius for sector verification. he routes for 2luster Optii!ation shall consist of ajor roads( hi+hwas and hotspots. otal tie to drive all routes in atpical cluster should be approxiatel  to B hours. )dditional border route is chosen b the wa it crosses the cluster borders witout +oin+ into the cluster areas. he Sste 'erification drive route are used to collect the etrics for the /xit 2riteria. he routes are a cobination of individual clusters.


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. Optimization E>ecution

he 6; Optii!ation /xecution consists of drive tests( proble area identification( verification drives( and final drives to ensure copletion of /xit 2riteria. he core activit is to provide sste tunin+( as well as data collection and reportin+. ,/ networ optii!ation would be perfored under loaded networ conditions. 5+5+1

(luster Optimization

he 2luster Optii!ation consists of three phrases: >nloaded 2luster Optii!ation • ,oaded 2luster Optii!ation • 2luster Perforance 'erification • Durin+ the first 2luster Optii!ation phase( a easureent drive is perfored under unloaded networ conditions usin+ the optii!ation route. Once the data fro the first phase are collected( proble spots are identified and optii!ed. he unloaded drive test identifies covera+e holes( handover re+ions an d ultiple pilot covera+e areas. It also spots eventual overshootin+ sites ?as interferences is inial@ fro areas belon+in+ to nei+hbor clusters. he first pass i+ht lead to correction of nei+hbor lists and adjustents of the fundaental 6; paraeters such as transit powers and#or antenna a!iuths and antenna tilts. he drive test inforation hi+hli+hts fundaental flaws in the 6; desi+n under best-case conditions he second 2luster Optii!ation phase is perfored under loaded conditions. he drive routes for the loaded 2luster Optii!ation will be exactl the sae routes as those used for the unloaded easureents drives. ,oadin+ the cell will cause an increase of ne+ative S56 valuses( identif potential covera+e holes( result in hi+her <,/6( result in lower obilit throu+hput( and ore dropped calls. he objective is to fix the probles observed b the field teas. his involves the fine-tunin+ of 6; paraeters such as the transit power or handover paraeters. )ntenna re-adjustents ?e.+. down-tilts( a!iuths( patterns#tpes or hei+hts@ are also occasional perfored. he 2luster perforance is easured a+ainst the cluster /xit 2riteria. he exit driveLs purpose is to verif and to confir specific /xit 2riteria deanded b the custoer. he final statistics fro the cluster exit drive are presented to the custoer for approval. hese statistics contain plots as well as data in tabular for. 5+5+2

*ystem #erification

Sste 'erification is the final phase of the 6; Drive est

1B

5+9

Test (ases

he default test ode in the D, will be the open loop spatial ultiplexin+ ?O,S4@ and for the >, it will be SI4O. D,,S ?down-lin load siulator@ will be used to +enerate interference on the D, of the nei+hborin+ cells for loadin+ purposes.

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Test $escription& ests will be executed in 2lose-,oop Spatial 4ultiplexin+ ?2,S4@.

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Output& Pea >plin 6,2 laer throu+hput should be recorded

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Test O%ecti!es& /valuate the sector throu+hput for ultiple >/s at stationar locations and for liited obilit drive tests within the sae sector. ests will be conducted under unloaded and loaded conditions( and for >DP and ;P applications. Test $escription& hree different scenarios will be tested: Open-,oop Spatial 4ultiplexin+ ?O,S4@( S;<2 and SI4O

;or the stationar tests( B test >/s will be placed at selected locations correspondin+ to the appropriate S56 ran+es for 5ear 2ell ?52@( 4id 2ell ?42@( and 2ell /d+e ?2/@ locations. he B >/s will be placed in a ?$( "( $@ confi+uration: $ >/s at 52( " >/s at 42 and $ >/s at 2/ locations ?shown as $"$ in ables below@. he B >/s will be placed in four different vans ?'1-'" in ables below@ with $ >/s in each van. See /rror: 6eference source not found for S56 ran+es. ;our different sets of ?$( "( $@ confi+urations will be tested ?,oc1-" in ables below@. ;or the obilit tests the test >/s will be driven accordin+ to a predefined liited obilit ?sin+le sector@ drive route. D,,S will be used to load the D, of the cells nei+hborin+ the tar+et cell. ,oadin+ will be +enerated b occupin+ portions of the 6esource
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Test O%ecti!es& /valuate the sector throu+hput for ultiple >/s at stationar locations in an ebedded sector and for liited obilit drive tests within the sae sector. ests will be conducted under unloaded and loaded conditions( and for >DP and ;P applications. Test $escription& ;or the stationar tests the test >/s will be located at selected locations correspondin+ to the appropriate S56 ran+es for 5ear 2ell ?52@( 4id 2ell ?42@( and 2ell /d+e ?2/@. See /rror: 6eference source not found for S56 ran+es. ;or the obilit tests the test >/s will be driven accordin+ to a predefined liited obilit ?sin+le sector@ drive route

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Test $escription& ;or the stationar tests the test >/s will be located at selected locations correspondin+ to the appropriate S56 ran+es for 5ear 2ell ?52@( 4id 2ell ?42@( and 2ell /d+e ?2/@. See /rror: 6eference source not found for S56 ran+es. ;or the obilit tests the test >/s will be driven accordin+ to a predefined liited obilit ?sin+le sector@ drive route.

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Test $escription&

Settin+s coon to all tests: - Open-,oop Spatial ultiplexin+ ?O,S4@ ode - 100M loadin+ on D, of nei+hbor cells ;or the stationar tests( B test >/s will be placed at selected locations correspondin+ to the appropriate S56 ran+es for 5ear 2ell ?52@( 4id 2ell ?42@( and 2ell /d+e ?2/@ locations. he B >/s will be placed in four different vans with $ >/s in each van. he nuber of active >/s will be increased increentall to illustrate the schedulin+ +ain. ;or the stationar cases( each cobination of a subset of the B >/s will be depicted as a triplet ?x( ( !@ in the tables below to represent the nuber of active >/s at each of the three locations. ;or the cases with a ix of stationar and obilit >/s( each cobination of a subset of the B >/s will be depicted as a Cuartet ?x( ( !( @ where  will denote the nuber of obilit >/s. See /rror: 6eference source not found for S56 ran+es. ;or the obilit tests the test >/s will be driven accordin+ to a pre defined liited obilit ?sin+le sector@ drive route. D,,S will be used to load the D, of the cells nei+hborin+ the tar+et cell. ,oadin+ of 100M will be used for the tests.

Test *etup& 1. One or ore drive test vans will be used with rooftop ounted antennas

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;or the stationar tests( B test >/s will be placed at selected locations correspondin+ to the appropriate S56 ran+es for 5ear 2ell ?52@( 4id 2ell ?42@( and 2ell /d+e ?2/@ locations. he B >/s will be placed in four different vans with $ >/s in each van. he nuber of active >/s will be increased increentall to illustrate the schedulin+ +ain. ;or the stationar cases( each cobination of a subset of the B >/s will be depicted as a triplet ?x( ( !@ in the tables below to represent the nuber of active >/s at each of the three locations. ;or the cases with a ix of stationar and obilit >/s( each cobination of a subset of the B >/s will be depicted as a Cuartet ?x( ( !( @ where  will denote the nuber of obilit >/s. See /rror: 6eference source not found for S56 ran+es. ;or the obilit tests the test >/s will be driven accordin+ to a pre-defined liited obilit ?sin+le sector@ drive route. )ll tests will be executed with 100M >, loadin+. he uplin loadin+ will be +enerated b placin+ loadin+ >/s in the nei+hborin+ cells to +enerate an Io correspondin+ to 100M loadin+ in the tar+et sector.

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5+10 Latency (-plane Test O%ecti!es& o assess the control plane latenc associated with call setup events Test $escription& his test will deterine the call setup tie. he dela will be easured fro the first 6)27 attept to the tie the >/ copletes traffic channel setup. his test will be executed with >/ in
ests will also be executed to easure obile terinated connection setup tie. hese tests will also be executed with >/ in
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)E (-Plane Latency Set the lo+ as for the D4 tool to include the debu+ essa+es. Initiate a call fro the test >/ with the >/ in / with >/ in / with >/ in 3<6 HoS ode Initiate a call fro the networ side to the >/ with >/ in 3<6 HoS ode 6epeat 100 ties each

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5+11 Latency /-plane Test O%ecti!es& o assess the end user experienced latenc. o easure the round trip dela fro the tie a pacet is +enerated at the IP level to the tie a response is received. Test $escription& his test will be conducted with a total of B >/s placed at different sector locations ?52( 42( /2@. Pin+ tests with 8$ btes#1"$ btes will be executed on the test >/ ?/s to +enerate D, and >, loadin+. he nuber of loadin+ >/s will be varied in the tests. Proce:ure&

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/-Plane Latency /xecute 8$ bte Pin+ tests on the B >/s one at a tie for 80 seconds each. /xecute 8$ bte Pin+ tests on the test >/1 with bi-direction IP traffic runnin+ on the other loadin+ >/s ?8 >/s( 9 >/s and = >/s@ 6epeat steps 1 and $ the test with a pin+ paload si!e of 1"$ <tes. 6epeat steps 1-8 with >/ in 3<6 ode

Key etrics Bper /EC& 1. 6esource >tili!ation $. ransport ;orat Distribution 8. ,atenc ". Phsical ,aer hrou+hput 9. )pplication ,aer hrou+hput >DPQ . Initial

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5+12 uality of *er!ice Test O%ecti!es& o assess the HoS perforance of an ,/ >/ with 'oIP and 7P applications in various ulti->/ loadin+ scenarios Test $escription& #oIP o* Test& his test will be executed with the test >/ in 'oIP ode. ests will be executed under different loadin+ conditions. he loadin+ >/s will be executin+ /s will be varied fro 8 to = and the will be placed at a 5ear 2ell location. "TTP o* Test& his test will be executed with the test >/ in 3<6 ode runnin+ 7P application. ests will be executed under different loadin+ con ditions. he loadin+ >/s will be executin+ /s will be va ried fro 8 to = and the will be placed at a 5ear 2ell location.

Proce:ure&

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') #OIP o* Test 2onfi+ure test >/Ls 4)2 Downlin Scheduler with the followin+ settin+s: a. 'oIP ;la+ R rue b. Initial 42S: 9 ?HPSK( 2ode 6ate 0."8B@ c. 7)6H 4ax 5uber of ransissions: 1 2onfi+ure test >/ with the followin+ >,#D, ; inforation: a. 6eote IP address#subnet as b. Port 6an+e for 6P#62P: 10000 G 10010 c. Protocol: >DP 2onfi+ure test >/ with the followin+ HoS Inforation: a. HoS 2lass Identifier ?H2I@: 1 b. >,#D, 4<6: ?not used@ c. >,#D, 3<6: ?not used@ Initiate a call fro >/1 to Ix2hariot to siulate voice traffic. Increentall add >/s with best effort IP transfers until ou have = active >/s. 6epeat steps 1 G " for the 4id 2ell and the 2ell /d+e +eoetries

') "TTP o* Test . 6epeat steps 1-8 and activate Ix2hariot. Initiate an 7P session at the 5ear 2ell location. Increentall add >/s with best effort IP transfers until ou have = active >/s. 6epeat the tests for both the 4id 2ell and the 2ell /d+e locations Key etrics Bper /EC& 1. 6esource >tili!ation $. ransport ;orat Distribution Alcatel-Lucent– Proprietary See notice on first pa+e

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5+13 (o!era7e Testin7 Test O%ecti!es& 'alidate the covera+e for sin+le->/ tests on the pre-selected drive route. ests will be conducted under interfered and non-interfered conditions for >DP application. Test $escription& est >/ will be driven accordin+ to the pre-selected drive route fro 5ear 2ell ?52@ to 2ell /d+e ?2/@ until call drops. >plin ?>,@ interference is +enerated b placin+ loadin+ >/s in nei+hborin+ cells at pre-selected locations. D,,S will be used to +enerate D, interference in the nei+hborin+ cells. Interference of 100M will result in an Interference over heral ?Io@ of , and >/ for D,@( while interference of 90M will result in an Io of , and D, phsical-laer data rate and Si+nal to Interference plus 5oise 6atio ?SI56@ will be easured and si+nalin+ will be recorded in the tests.

Proce:ure& /L Tests

1. Set SI56 tar+et in nei+hborin+ cells to control the power of loadin+ >/s $. Place loadin+ >/s in nei+hborin+ cells at pre-selected locations to +enerate desired Io in the tar+et cell 8. 4ae a >DP / and easure both >, and D, phsical-laer data rates( SI56( and record the si+nalin+ essa+es ". Place the test >/ in a van and drive on a pre-selected route fro 52 to 2/ of the tar+et cell until the call drops 9. 6epeat steps 1 to " for each interference condition $L Tests

1. Set D,,S in nei+hborin+ cells to +enerate desired D, interference levels $. 4ae a >DP / fro the tar+et cell and easure both >, and D, phsicallaer data rates( SI56( and record the si+nalin+ essa+es 8. Place the test >/ in a van and drive on a pre-selected route fro 52 to 2/ of the tar+et cell until the call drops ". 6epeat steps 1 to 8 for each interference condition

Key etrics& 1. Phsical ,aer hrou+hput $. SI56 8. PD227 error rate


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5+15 "an:o!er Test O%ecti!es& /valuate handover perforance in followin+ scenarios: - Intra-Site ?different sectors within one e5ode<@ - Inter-Site ?different e5odenloaded Destination e5ode
Test $escription&

est >/ will be driven alon+ two routes: 7andover 6oute coprisin+ of intra and inter e5ode< handovers between 8-" • sectors. On this route( additional >/s will be stationed in each sector alon+ the drive route. hese >/s will load both downlin and uplin of their respective sectors with , and D, SI56 ?Si+nal to Interference plus 5oise 6atio@ will be easured and Si+nalin+ essa+es will be recorded in the tests. Key etrics& 1. Phsical ,aer hrou+hput $. SI56 8. ,atenc


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5+19 #-Pol !s+ (ross-Pol Test O%ecti!es& 2opare the perforance of 'erticall and 2ross polari!ed antenna confi+urations

Test $escription&

Settin+s coon to all tests: - Open-,oop Spatial ultiplexin+ ?O,S4@ ode - 100M loadin+ on D, of nei+hbor cells - Stationar ) sin+le >/ will be used for all the tests. ests will be executed in 52( 42 and /2 locations with >DP and ;P applications on both D, and >,. ;or the '-pol ?verticall polari!ed@ tests( both the e5ode< and >/ antennas will be set to the ' pol confi+urations. Siilarl( for the E-pol ?cross polari!ed@ tests( both the e5ode< and >/ antennas will be set to the E-pol confi+urations. D,,S will be used to load the D, of the cells nei+hborin+ the tar+et cell. ,oadin+ of 100M will be used for all the tests.

Test *etup& 1. One test van will be used with rooftop ounted antennas

Proce:ure&

1. Set the e5< and >/ to '-pol confi+uration $. 6un D,#>, >DP#;P tests in each of 52( 42 and /2 locations 8. 6epeat for E-pol confi+uration settin+

Key etrics& 1. 2hannel 2orrelation Statistics at >/ for D, tests $. Phsical ,aer hrou+hput 8. )pplication ,aer hrou+hput ". Initial

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