WCDMA KPI Classification

The KPI can be divided into following classes, and the counters related to the KPI should be well defined in the Performance Monitoring system of the RNC.


Coverage KPIs

• UL Interference Cell Ratio
• Soft Handover Ratio

Accessibility KPIs

• IU Paging Success Ratio
• Radio Access Success Ratio
• RRC Setup Success Ratio (other)
• RRC Setup Success Ratio (service)
• AMR RAB Setup Success Ratio
• VP RAB Setup Success Ratio
• CS RAB Setup Success Ratio
• PS RAB Setup Success Ratio
• HSDPA RAB Setup Success Ratio
• HSUPA RAB Setup Success Ratio

Retainability KPIs

• CS Service Drop Ratio
• AMR Call Drop Ratio
• VP Call Drop Ratio
• AMR Traffic Drop Ratio
• VP Traffic Drop Ratio
• PS Service Drop Ratio
• HSDPA Service Drop Ratio
•  HSUPA Service Drop Ratio

Mobility KPIs

• Soft Handover Success Ratio
• Softer Handover Success Ratio
• HS-DSCH Service Cell Change Success Ratio with SHO (HSDPA to HSDPA)
• Channel Handover Success Ratio (HSDPA to DCH)
• Channel Handover Success Ratio (DCH to HSDPA)
• Intra-frequency Hard Handover Success Ratio
• Intra-frequency Hard Handover Success Ratio (HSDPA to HSDPA)
• Inter-frequency Hard Handover Success Ratio
• Inter-frequency Hard Handover Success Ratio (HSDPA to HSDPA)
• CS Inter-RAT Handover Success Ratio (WCDMA to GSM)
• PS Inter-RAT Handover Success Ratio (WCDMA to GPRS)
• PS Inter-RAT Handover Success Ratio (GPRS to WCDMA)
• HSDPA Inter-RAT Handover Success Ratio (WCDMA to GPRS)
• SRNC Relocation Success Ratio
• TRNC Relocation Success Ratio
• E-DCH Soft Handover Success Ratio
• E-DCH Service Cell Change Success Ratio with SHO (HSUPA to HSUPA)
• E-DCH Service Cell Change Success Ratio with Inter-HHO (HSUPA to HSUPA)
• E-DCH to DCH Handover Success Ratio (Intra Cell)
• DCH to E-DCH Handover Success Ratio (Intra Cell)
• E-DCH to DCH Handover Success Ratio (with Inter HHO)
• HSUPA Inter-RAT Handover Success Ratio (UTRAN to GPRS)

Service Integrity KPIs

• PS Service UL Average Throughput
• PS Service DL Average Throughput
• Service UL Average BLER
• DL RLC Average Retransmission Ratio
• HSDPA RLC Throughput
• HSUPA RLC Throughput

Availability KPIs

• Worst Cell Ratio
• IU Paging Congestion Ratio
• Admission Refused Ratio
• Congested Cell Ratio
• Unserviceable Cell Ratio
• Average CPU Load
• IUB Bandwidth Utilizing Ratio

Traffic KPIs

• CS Equivalent Erlang
• PS UL Throughput
• PS DL Throughput
• UL Traffic of Typical Radio Bearers
• DL Traffic of Typical Radio Bearers
• HSDPA Mean UE Number
• HSDPA RLC Traffic Volume
• HSUPA Mean UE Number
• HSUPA RLC Traffic Volume
• UL Traffic Volume of QoS Classes
• DL Traffic Volume of QoS Classes

Above KPIs are from Huawe.