Method and server for dynamically determining a reference signal (RS) power boost level

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9473371-B2
Application number	US-201414227216-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2014
Priority date	Mar 27, 2014
Publication date	Oct 18, 2016
Grant date	Oct 18, 2016

Abstract

A method and application server for dynamically determining a Reference Signal (RS) Power Boost level in a radio telecommunication network. The application server may be a Self-Optimized Network (SON) application server configured to received network performance information from Performance Management (PM) counters and configuration information from a configuration database server. The application server monitors a plurality of network Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), compares the KPIs to associated thresholds, and derives and assigns values to KPI threshold factors. The server calculates a scaling factor based on values of the KPI threshold factors, and calculates a dynamic RS Power Boost level by applying the scaling factor to a baseline RS Power Boost level.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed in a Self-Optimized Network (SON) Application Server for dynamically determining a Reference Signal (RS) Power Boost level in a radio telecommunication network, the method comprising:
monitoring a plurality of network performance indicators for a monitoring time interval;
calculating a scaling factor based on values of the plurality of network performance indicators measured or computed during the monitoring time interval; and
calculating a dynamic RS Power Boost level by applying the scaling factor to a baseline RS Power Boost level;
wherein calculating the scaling factor based on values of the plurality of network performance indicators includes:
evaluating the plurality of network performance indicators to determine a corresponding plurality of performance threshold factors, wherein each given network performance indicator is evaluated to determine whether the value of the given network performance indicator during the monitoring interval causes an associated threshold to be exceeded;
when the associated threshold is exceeded, assigning a first value to a performance threshold factor corresponding to the given network performance indicator;
when the associated threshold is not exceeded, assigning a different, second value to the performance threshold factor corresponding to the given network performance indicator; and
calculating the scaling factor based on the assigned values of the plurality of performance threshold factors corresponding to the plurality of network performance indicators.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
monitoring includes monitoring the plurality of network performance indicators for a monitoring time interval; and
calculating the scaling factor includes calculating the scaling factor based on values of the plurality of network performance indicators measured or computed during the monitoring time interval.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the monitoring time interval is user-defined and is in a range of 15 minutes to three days.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the performance threshold factors is assigned a value of 1 or 0.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein calculating the scaling factor based on the assigned values of the plurality of performance threshold factors includes calculating an average of the values assigned to the plurality of performance threshold factors to obtain the scaling factor.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the baseline RS Power Boost level is a maximum allowed RS Power Boost value, and calculating the dynamic RS Power Boost level includes multiplying the maximum allowed RS Power Boost value in decibels, dB, by the calculated scaling factor;
wherein the dynamic RS Power Boost level indicates the amount in dB that a normal RS transmit power level is to be boosted.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the baseline RS Power Boost level is a normal RS transmit power level, and calculating the dynamic RS Power Boost level includes multiplying the normal RS transmit power level by the calculated scaling factor to obtain a result;
wherein the result is added to the normal RS transmit power level to achieve a boosted RS transmit power level.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein monitoring includes monitoring at least one network performance indicator selected from a group consisting of:
Average Downlink (DL) Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) Threshold Factor (AvgDlCqiThreshFactor);
Average Uplink (UL) Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio (SINR) Threshold Factor (AvgUlSinrThreshFactor);
Average UL Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) Threshold Factor (AvgUlRssiThreshFactor);
Maximum Timing Advance Value Threshold Factor (MaxTaThreshFactor);
Power Headroom Report Threshold Factor (PHRThreshFactor);
Maximum UL/DL Block Error Rate (BLER) Threshold Factor (MaxUlDlBlerThreshFactor);
Physical Resource Block Scheduling (PRB/SCH) Utilization Factor (PrbUIDIUtilizationThreshFactor);
Random Access Channel (RACH) Failure Rate Threshold Factor (PrachFailTdThreshFactor);
Connected Users Limit Threshold Factor (ConnectUsersThreshFactor);
IntraLTE Neighbor Threshold Factor (IntraLteNbrThreshFactor); and
Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) Mode Threshold Factor (MimoModeThreshFactor).

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein calculating the scaling factor includes calculating an average of the values of the monitored network performance indicators.

10. A Self-Optimized Network (SON) Application Server configured to dynamically determine a Reference Signal (RS) Power Boost level in a radio telecommunication network, the SON Application Server comprising:
a receiving interface configured to receive network performance information and configuration parameters from the network for a monitoring time interval; and
one or more processing circuits configured to:
derive a plurality of network performance indicators from the received performance information and configuration parameters;
calculate a scaling factor based on values of the plurality of network performance indicators measured or computed during the monitoring time interval; and

calculate a dynamic RS Power Boost level by applying the scaling factor to a baseline RS Power Boost level;
wherein the one or more processing circuits are further configured to calculate the scaling factor based on values of the plurality of network performance indicators by performing the following:
evaluating the plurality of network performance indicators to determine a corresponding plurality of performance threshold factors, wherein each given network performance indicator is evaluated to determine whether the value of the given network performance indicator during the monitoring interval causes an associated threshold to be exceeded;
when the associated threshold is exceeded, assigning a first value to a performance threshold factor corresponding to the given network performance indicator;
when the associated threshold is not exceeded, assigning a different, second value to the performance threshold factor corresponding to the given network performance indicator; and
calculating the scaling factor based on the assigned values of the plurality of performance threshold factors corresponding to the plurality of network performance indicators.

11. The SON Application Server according to claim 10 , wherein the one or more processing circuits are configured to:
monitor the plurality of network performance indicators for a monitoring time interval; and
calculate the scaling factor based on values of the plurality of network performance indicators measured or computed during the monitoring time interval.

12. The application server according to claim 11 , wherein the monitoring time interval is user-defined and is in a range of 15 minutes to three days.

13. The SON Application Server according to claim 10 , wherein each of the performance threshold factors is assigned a value of 1 or 0.

14. The SON Application Server according to claim 13 , wherein the one or more processing circuits are further configured to calculate the scaling factor by calculating an average of the values assigned to the plurality of performance threshold factors to obtain the scaling factor.

15. The SON Application Server according to claim 14 , wherein the baseline RS Power Boost level is a maximum allowed RS Power Boost value, and the one or more processing circuits are configured to calculate the dynamic RS Power Boost level by multiplying the maximum allowed RS Power Boost value in decibels, dB, by the calculat

Assignees

• Ericsson Telefon Ab L M
• ERICSSON TELEFON AB L M (publ)

Inventors

• Sarkar Debasish
• Rajendran Karupaiah
• Sen Ayan

Classifications

• H04L43/08 Primary

  Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters · CPC title

• H04W52/325 Primary

  Power control of control or pilot channels · CPC title

• H04W52/367

  Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range · CPC title

• H04W52/346

  distributing total power among users or channels · CPC title

• H04W52/241

  taking into account channel quality metrics, e.g. SIR, SNR, CIR or Eb/lo · CPC title