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V100R014
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Date
2014-07-30
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Contents
Contents
1 About This Document .................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Scope ................................................................................................................................................................ 1
1.2 Product Versions ............................................................................................................................................... 1
1.3 Intended Audience ............................................................................................................................................ 1
1.4 Change History................................................................................................................................................. 2
2 Overview......................................................................................................................................... 3
3 Technical Description .................................................................................................................. 4
3.1 Basic Principles ................................................................................................................................................ 4
3.2 Basic Concepts ................................................................................................................................................. 7
3.2.1 KQIs for Evaluating the User Experience of Web Browsing Services .................................................... 7
3.2.2 KQIs for Evaluating the User Experience of Video Services .................................................................. 8
4 Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 10
4.1 Description ..................................................................................................................................................... 10
4.1.1 WOFD-091910 UMTS RAN KQI-Web Visibility ................................................................................ 10
4.1.2 WOFD-091911 UMTS RAN KQI-Video Visibility .............................................................................. 10
4.1.3 WOFD-091915 UMTS RAN KQI-Application Customization ............................................................ 11
4.1.4 WOFD-091916 UMTS RAN KQI-SPI Customization ......................................................................... 11
4.1.5 WOFD-091917 UMTS RAN KQI-Terminal Customization ................................................................ 11
4.2 Dependencies ................................................................................................................................................. 11
4.3 Impacts ........................................................................................................................................................... 11
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Figures
Figures
Figure 3-1 KQI data generation process ................................................................................................................ 5
Figure 5-1 Networking of the RAN Service Visibility feature (one ATAE subrack is involved and the TS and
U2000 are deployed together in a cluster) ............................................................................................................ 14
Figure 5-2 Networking of the RAN Service Visibility feature (two ATAE subracks are involved and the TS and
U2000 are deployed together in a cluster) ............................................................................................................ 15
Figure 5-3 Networking of the RAN Service Visibility feature (the TS is deployed independently in a cluster) . 15
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Tables
Tables
Table 3-1 KQI data generation process .................................................................................................................. 6
Table 3-2 Web browsing KQIs .............................................................................................................................. 7
Table 3-3 Video KQIs ............................................................................................................................................ 8
Table 4-1 Impacts of the RAN Service Visibility feature .................................................................................... 12
Table 5-1 Application scenarios and networking schemes of the RAN Service Visibility feature ...................... 13
Table 5-2 Requirements of the RAN Service Visibility feature on related product hardware ............................. 16
Table 5-3 Number of configured PRS boards ...................................................................................................... 16
Table 5-4 Number of configured TS boards (the TS and U2000 are deployed in a cluster) ................................ 17
Table 5-5 Number of configured TS boards (the TS is independently deployed in a cluster) ............................. 17
Table 5-6 Number of configured RNC boards ..................................................................................................... 17
Table 5-7 IP address planning .............................................................................................................................. 18
Table 5-8 Reference documents ........................................................................................................................... 18
Table 6-1 Technical specifications for the RAN service visibility feature ........................................................... 19
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1.1 Scope
This document describes the principles, deployment impacts, and deployment guidelines of
the RAN Service Visibility feature.
The RAN Service Visibility feature involves various features provided by the RNC, xSAU,
PRS, and Trace Server (TS). This document describes the following PRS features:
Product Version
RNC
xSAU
PRS
V100R014C00 or later
TS
V200R014C00SPC110 or later
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Feature change
Changes in features of a specific product version
Editorial change
Changes in wording or addition of information that was not described in the earlier
version
02 (2014-07-30)
This is the second commercial release for iManager PRS V100R014C00.
01 (2014-06-10)
This is the first commercial release for iManager PRS V100R014C00.
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Overview
User experience is an important indicator in assessing radio network quality. Requirements for
user experience differ according to service types. For example, users expect clear voice,
smooth video, and fast web browsing. Meanwhile, different services have different
requirements for quality of service (QoS). For example, a network with less than 64 kbit/s
bandwidth can provide clear voice services but unfavorable video services. To provide better
user experience, radio networks need to provide differentiated QoS schemes for different
types of services.
Traditional UMTS networks do not differentiate service types, and therefore provide the same
QoS scheme for all types of packet switched (PS) services. Such UMTS networks are referred
to as blind pipe.
To implement the smart pipe strategy, Huawei introduces the service awareness technology
and service type-based QoS management, which provide better user experience and help
operators manage QoS more easily.
Huawei provides features, hardware, and services in different RAN versions to facilitate smart
pipe management.
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Technical Description
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Web Client
PRS
Web Server
Configuration
Application
Database
Aggregation
ETL extraction
Collection
CORBA-based subscription
U2000
Trace Server
MML
Configuration
Mediation
MML-based subscription
RNC
SAU
OMU
Subscribe to data
SPU
NIU
Copy data
DPU
User service
packets
Process
packets
Obtain user
service flow
data
Sample user
service flow data
Implement
policies
Send
packets
The KQI data generation process involves the RNC, xSAU, TS, and PRS. Table 3-1 describes
the KQI data generation process.
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Involved
Device
Description
Sampling user
service flow data
RNC
Identifying
services
RNC
Parsing services
RNC
Extracting KQIs
Aggregating
KQIs
PRS
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Definition
Description
Page
Response
Success Ratio
Page
Response
Delay
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KQI Name
Definition
Description
Page
Browsing
Success Ratio
Page
Browsing
Delay
Page
Download
Throughput
Definition
Description
Streaming Start
Success Ratio
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KQI Name
Definition
Description
Streaming Start
Delay
Streaming Stall
Frequency
Average
Streaming Stall
Time
Streaming
Download
Throughput
In a few cases, the measured KQIs cannot reflect the actual situations:
When a user's network connection is dropped, the user's web browsing and video services may be
interrupted, and accordingly the KQI measurement ends. Subsequently, if the user re-establishes a
network connection, the web browsing and video services can resume. In this case, the KQIs reflect
only the situation before the network connection is dropped.
To achieve visibility of web browsing and video KQIs, Huawei PRS must be deployed and
the RAN Service Visibility (KQI) feature must be enabled.
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Introduction
The RAN Service Visibility feature of the PRS includes the following functions, which can
help operators detect abnormal KQIs in time and perform network capacity expansion and
optimization accordingly:
4.1 Description
4.1.1 WOFD-091910 UMTS RAN KQI-Web Visibility
After this feature is activated, engineers can achieve visibility of web browsing service
experience. Engineers can select objects and specify a time range to query web browsing
KQIs based on the selected objects and time range.
The time range can be set to one or more days or several consecutive hours within one day.
The PRS displays the average KQI values for the specified objects within the specified time range.
The average KQI values that exceed the preset thresholds will be highlighted.
The data displayed on the PRS supports data drilling. This helps engineers learn the KQIs for the
specified objects or view the line chart that shows the KQI change trends within the specified time
range.
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The time range can be set to one or more days or several consecutive hours within one day.
The PRS displays the average KQI values for the specified objects within the specified time range.
The average KQI values that exceed the preset thresholds will be highlighted.
The data displayed on the PRS supports data drilling. This helps engineers learn the KQIs for the
specified objects or view the line chart that shows the KQI change trends within the specified time
range.
4.2 Dependencies
The functions provided by the PRS's RAN Service Visibility feature can be deployed together
once and for all. After the deployment, these functions can be enabled separately.
Engineers must check that the PRS's basic features have been deployed before they deploy the
RAN Service Visibility feature.
The following functions can be enabled only after WOFD-091910 UMTS RAN KQIWeb Visibility and WOFD-091911 UMTS RAN KQI-Video Visibility are enabled:
4.3 Impacts
The deployment of the RAN Service Visibility feature affects the RNC, xSAU, and TS. For
details, see Table 4-1.
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Description
Impact on the TS
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5 Engineering Guidelines
Engineering Guidelines
5.1.1 Networking
Table 5-1 describes the application scenarios and networking schemes of the RAN Service
Visibility feature.
Table 5-1 Application scenarios and networking schemes of the RAN Service Visibility feature
Scenario
Scenario Description
Networking
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
Scenario 3
Scenario 4
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5 Engineering Guidelines
Boards related to the RAN Service Visibility feature as shown in Figure 5-1 and Figure 5-2 are as
follows:
PRS boards: include the master and slave MBB RAN boards, the standby PRS board, and the active
and standby MBB database (DB) boards.
Figure 5-1 Networking of the RAN Service Visibility feature (one ATAE subrack is involved and
the TS and U2000 are deployed together in a cluster)
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Figure 5-2 Networking of the RAN Service Visibility feature (two ATAE subracks are involved
and the TS and U2000 are deployed together in a cluster)
Figure 5-3 Networking of the RAN Service Visibility feature (the TS is deployed independently in
a cluster)
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Hardware Requirement
PRS
New MBB RAN service boards and DB boards need to be deployed. The
number of required new MBB RAN service boards and DB boards is
determined by operators' requirement on network management capacity.
For details, see Table 5-3.
TS
BSC6900
NIUa boards and SAU (SAUa or SAUc) boards need to be deployed. For
details about the number of required NIUa boards and SAU boards, see
Table Table 5-6.
BSC6910
ENIUa boards and ESAUa boards need to be deployed. For details about
the number of required ENIUa boards and ESAUa boards, see Table 5-6.
5.0
10.0
20.0
40.0
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Table 5-4 Number of configured TS boards (the TS and U2000 are deployed in a cluster)
Management Capacity
(Number of Equivalent
Subscribers)
20.0
40.0
20.0
40.0
Board
Type
Number
Description
BSC6900
SAUc
SAUa
BSC6910
NIUa
ESAUa
ENIUa
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PRS
TS
RAN SAU
5 Gbit/s
10 Gbit/s
20 Gbit/s
40 Gbit/s
15
Planned
based on the
number of
RNCs on
the live
network
Reference Document
RAN SAU
NIUa board
TS
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Technical Specifications
Table 6-1 Technical specifications for the RAN service visibility feature
Function
Specification
Value
14
92
15 to 30
10
Number of IMEI-TACs
defined by users
50,000
Maximum number of
terminal subgroups in a userdefined terminal group
10
Location management
Maximum number of
regions that can be
configured on the PRS
100
Service management
10
10
Processing performance
Terminal management
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D
DB
Database
DPU
Dispatching Unit
E
EPS
ETL
K
KPI
KQI
M
MBB
Mobile Broadband
MPS
N
NIU
O
OMU
P
PCHR
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PS
Packet Switched
Q
QoS
Quality of Service
S
SA
Service Awareness
SPI
SPU
T
TS
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Trace Server
21