Cisco Universal Small Cell
LTE R4.0 Software Release
Specification
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Contents
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INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 4
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R.4.0 LTE SMALL CELL FEATURES ........................................................................................... 5
ANNEX A – ABBREVI ATIO NS ......................................................................................................... 12
ANNEX B – CHANGE HIS TO RY ...................................................................................................... 13
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▀ Introduction
1 Introduction
The document describes the functionality that will be provided by the Cisco LTE Release R4.0.
This Specification must be read in conjunction with, and is subject to modification by, any software release notes or product bulletins issued by Cisco from
time to time.
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R.4.0 LTE Small Cell Features
The following table lists the functionality delivered as part of R4.0:
Sl.
Feature
No
1 Open Access Mode
Brief Description
Release Date
2
FDD
Support for operation in open access mode, which shall be the FCS 4.0
default access mode.
FCS 4.0
Support for FDD mode of operation.
3
QCI 1, 5, 8, 9 support
Support for QCIs 1, 5, 8, 9.
FCS 4.0
4
All R-9 MAC CEs supported
Support of MAC-CEs, as per TS36.321 Release 9.
FCS 4.0
5
All R9 UE categories (except 5) Support of all R9 UE categories other than 5.
support
FCS 4.0
6
IPv4 all signalling to EPC
Support of IPv4 connectivity to Operator's Private Network.
FCS 4.0
7
3GPP Rel 9 capabilities
Support for compliance to at least 3GPP Release 9 for all
supported 3GPP protocols & layers.
FCS 4.0
8
S1 Interface
Support for all S1-mme (control plane) related procedures not
covered by other more specific features.
FCS 4.0
9
Manual PCI Assignment
Support for manual PCI assignment to the cell.
FCS 4.0
10
Alarms (OAM)
Support for Fault Management.
FCS 4.0
11
Performance Management
(OAM)
Support for Performance Management of the FAP.
FCS 4.0
12
Factory Recovery
Support for Secure Auth based Factory Recovery.
FCS 4.0
13
All RLC modes
Support for all RLC modes (TM, UM, AM) depending on the
QCI of the bearer.
FCS 4.0
14
HeNB connects to HeNB GWY
Support for 3GPP HeNB connected to the EPC via a HeNB
Gateway.
FCS 4.0
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No
Feature
Brief Description
Release Date
15
Secure HeNB to HeMS
communication path
Support for TLS Secure Communication between HeNB and
HeMS.
FCS 4.0
16
Data Model (OAM)
Support for Data-model derived from TR-181, TR-196, TR262, and TR-157.
FCS 4.0
17
10 Mhz Throughput for one UE
under ideal channel: 65 Mbps
(DL), 19 Mbps (UL)
Support for 10MHz Throughput under ideal channel
conditions, with IPSec and Air interface ciphering enabled.
FCS 4.0
18
Band 2 & 4
Support for FAP Operation in Band 2 & 4.
FCS 4.0
19
LTE 5MHz Bandwidth Support
Support for LTE 5MHz Bandwidth.
FCS 4.0
20
Intra Frequency triggered
Support for Intra Frequency triggered Handover to small cell
Handover to small cell eNB with eNB with Data forwarding.
Data forwarding
FCS 4.0
21
Software Download
Support for Software Download.
FCS 4.0
22
PUCCH formats: 1, 1a, 1b, 2,
2a, 2b
Support for PUCCH formats: 1, 1a, 1b, 2, 2a, and 2b.
FCS 4.0
23
DL and UL MCS Adaptation
Support for DL (PDSCH) and UL (PUSCH and PUCCH) Link
Adaptation for channel and interference variation.
FCS 4.0
24
S1 Handout to LTE Macro Cell
Support for S1 handover from a LTE Small Cell to a LTE
Macro Cell, with and without data forwarding.
FCS 4.0
25
Configuration Management
Configuration Management supported by the eNB provides
supports for "TR-069, CPE WAN Management Protocol",
Amendment 4 Technical Report from the Broadband Forum,
as documented in EDCS-1465174.
FCS 4.0
26
3GPP Rel 8 UE Support
Support for 3GPP Release 8 UEs.
FCS 4.0
27
Call Admission Control
Support for Call Admission Control for VoLTE, emergency and FCS 4.0
QCI 8/9 based on PRB utilization: admission, rejection, preemption for UE contexts (RRC idle to connected, handovers),
and new bearer requests.
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No
Feature
Brief Description
Release Date
FCS 4.0
Support for stable stack for 16 Active UEs under different
channel and traffic profiles, and under use-cases such as RRC
transitions, handovers.
FCS 4.0
Support for 16 simultaneous voice calls reliably up to a SINR
of 0dB and higher.
Support for enabling only open loop power control for PUSCH. FCS 4.0
28
16 Active UEs, 16 RRC
Connected UEs
29
16 VoLTE calls
30
Open Loop Power Control
31
Mix of VoLTE and FTP
32
Long DRX Support
33
LTE Neighbour List / ANR (LTE) Support for ANR LTE Capability.
FCS 4.0
34
NTP Source time and date
Support setting the HeNB internal system time using NTP.
Support HeMS configuration of the HeNB local time zone and
daylight savings time.
FCS 4.0
35
Inter-frequency handover
triggering for handout
Support for Inter-frequency measurements using A5 event.
FCS 4.0
36
Immediate Cell Shutdown
Support for Immediate Cell Shutdown.
FCS 4.0
37
S1 handover Handling of
negative scenarios for
Measurement and Handover
procedures
Support for rainy day scenarios related to Measurement (Intra
and Inter) along with Handover procedure.
FCS 4.0
38
Initial Multimode Aspects
Support for basic Multimode operation.
FCS 4.0
39
Sunset Beach Band 7 Support
Support for FAP Operation in Band 7.
FCS 4.0
40
16 VoLTE calls - Phase 2
Support for additional features related to 16 VoLTE Calls with
98th percentile delay within budget when all UEs have SINR
greater than 0dB
FCS 4.0
Support for mix of FTP and VoLTE traffic on each UE (DL and FCS 4.0
UL) simultaneously for up to 16 UEs.
FCS 4.0
Support for Long DRX with very basic capability.
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Feature
Brief Description
Release Date
FCS 4.0
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All RLC modes - Phase 2
Support for additional features related to RLC support for all
the modes (TM, UM, AM) depending on QCI of the bearer.
42
LTE Bearer QoS Modification
Support for accepting LTE Bearer QoS Modification Requests. FCS 4.0
43
Support Chassis ID for Sunset
Beach Multi Mode product
Support for Chassis ID which can be used to deduce that the
Device IDs presented by 3G and 4G software are part of a
single multimode device.
44
HeNB connects to HeNB GWY - Support for additional features related to 3GPP HeNB
Phase 2
connected to the EPC via a HeNB Gateway.
FCS 4.0
45
Sunset Beach Band 3 Support
Support for FAP Operation in Band 3.
FCS 4.0
46
EEA2 / EIA2 support
Support for 128-EEA2 ciphering and 128-EIA2 integrity
protection algorithms to secure RRC connections with UEs.
FCS 4.0
47
Open Loop Power Control Phase 2
Support for additional features related to enabling only open
loop power control for PUSCH.
FCS 4.0
48
CSFB to 3G
Support for operators' needs to serve a LTE user’s voice call
by using 3G network via CS Fallback procedure.
FCS 4.0
49
DSCP Marking for egress traffic Support for operators' needs for backhaul traffic management
and QoS differentiation by providing H(e)NB L3 IP DSCP
marking abilities for various traffic categories.
50
Freq Synchronisation (UMTS
Master)
51
52
53
FCS 4.0
FCS 4.0
FCS 4.0
Support for frequency synchronization of the multimode unit
when UMTS is running on the master SoC and LTE is running
on the slave SoC.
FCS 4.0
Reset due to change of location Support to verify the location of an AP from locations of
neighbouring cells and/or from GPS location readings.
FCS 4.0
3GPP Subscriber and
Support for 3GPP defined Subscriber Trace Procedure to
Equipment Trace
trace messages on protocol interfaces.
FCS 4.0
3GPP Cell Trace
Support for 3GPP defined Cell Trace Procedure to trace
messages on protocol interfaces.
54
X2 interface set up to peer
HeNbs
Support for X2 Connectivity with the Intra HeNB GW
Neighbour HeNBS configured via RMS.
FCS 4.0
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Feature
Brief Description
Release Date
FCS 4.0
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Performance Management
(OAM) - Phase 2
Support for Performance Management of the FAP.
56
16 Active UEs, 16 RRC
Connected UEs - phase 2
57
Mix of VoLTE and FTP - phase
2
58
S1 Interface - Phase 2
FCS 4.0
Support for stable stack for 16 Active UEs under different
channel and traffic profiles, and under use-cases such as RRC
transitions, handovers.
Support for mix of FTP and VoLTE traffic on each UE (DL and FCS 4.0
UL) simultaneously for up to 16 UEs.
Support for all S1-mme (control plane) related procedures not FCS 4.0
covered by other more specific features.
59
Handover - Phase 2
Support for S1 handover from a LTE Small Cell to a LTE
Macro Cell, with and without data forwarding.
FCS 4.0
60
Multimode Shutdown and Reset Support for coordinated shutdown and reset of the two
modules in the multimode unit to minimize the impact on
- non-graceful 4G shutdown
providing UMTS and LTE service.
FCS 4.0
61
QCI 1, 5, 8, 9 should be
supported - Phase 2
62
X2-based Handover between
LTE Small Cell - Phase 1
63
IKEv2 Fragmentation
64
Data Model (OAM) - Phase 2
Support for Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2) FCS 4.0
Message Fragmentation
FCS 4.0
Support for additional DM parameters
65
Automatic PCI Assignment
Support for Automatic PCI Assignment
FCS 4.0
66
Multi-Mode: 3G only operation
mode (on master)
Support for 3G only operation mode i.e. 3G on master / LTE
dark on slave
FCS 4.0
67
Alarms: align LTE alarms with
WCDMA alarms
Support for coherent alarm set between LTE and WCDMA
FCS 4.0
68
Robust Operator NTP
Support for Secure NTP Time and Date
FCS 4.0
Support to add, delete and configure multi-object instances for FCS 4.0
QCIs 1, 5, 8 and 9.
FCS 4.0
Support for X2-based Handover between LTE Small Cell
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Feature
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Network Listen (LTE)
70
Location requirements
71
Automatic PCI assignment: NL
based fast convergence
72
Firewall for security
73
Power over Ethernet (PoE+)
Brief Description
Release Date
Support for Network Listen, also known as Radio Environment FCS
Monitoring(REM)
FCS
Support for S1AP location reporting procedure in order to
identify the cell that is currently serving the UE
FCS
Enhanced support for Automatic PCI SON capability by for
performing an intra-frequency REM scan on initialization, to
detect neighbours of the HeNB, prior to assigning a PCI value
FCS
Support for firewall capability that blocks external access to
the internal operation of the HeNB through the backhaul
interface
Support for powering up Sunset Beach Hardware using PoE+ FCS
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
Power Supplies
74
Baseline LED functionality
Support for Basic LED functionality
FCS 4.0
75
"Enable" and "MustInclude"
attributes for NeighborList
Support to add "Enable" and "MustInclude" attributes to the
NeighborList.LTECell object
FCS 4.0
76
MultiMode Peer Band
Avoidance
Support to avoid sniffing of UMTS cells in LTE band or LTE
cells in UMTS band, and also avoid UMTS and LTE cells
operation in same band
FCS 4.0
77
4G Graceful Cell Shutdown
Support for extended Managed Cell Shutdown
FCS 4.0
778 Random Assignment for some
PRACH configuration
parameters
Support dynamic selection of optimised PRACH configuration
parameters from the set of values provided from the
provisioning system
FCS 4.0
779 PM Counters
Support PM counters – refer to the PM counters doc for
support PM counters
FCS 4.0
780 X2 Mobility Enhancements
Support automatic X2 connectivity with neighbours detected
by UE based ANR and handover policy enforcement for Intra
HeNB GW mobility
FCS 4.0
881 X2 interface & HO (Corner
Scenarios)
Support handling of multiple corner cases during X2 HO – RLF FCS 4.0
detection during HO preparation, RRC Connection Reestablishment.
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Feature
Brief Description
Release Date
882 Limiting LTE Usage on
Backhaul to Allow Capacity for
3G Voice-Phase1
Support efficient Backhaul capacity sharing by limiting the LTE FCS 4.0
usage to allow the 3G-voice capacity in case of shared
backhaul for multimode cells.
883 Emergency Location Reporting
- Cell ID Based
Support of S1AP Location Reporting in order to identify the
cell that is currently serving the UE.
FCS 4.0
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Annex A – Abbreviations
Abbreviation
Description
LIPA
Local IP Access (Data off load)
LTE
Long-Term Evolution
MSC
Mobile Switching Centre
REM
Radio Environment Monitoring
UE
User Equipment (e.g. user handset)
USC
Universal Small Cell (aka HNB/Access Point)
VoLTE
Voice over LTE
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Annex B – Change History
Version
Authors
Date
Status
Comment
0.2
Simon Hughes
16-10-2015
Draft
Minor updates
0.1
Simon Hughes
16-10-2015
Draft
Initial draft
1.0
Arati Rita Glasfurd
16-02-2016
Released
Released for R4.0 FCS
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