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Feature #2591

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ramp up cell slowly based on access control class to avoid severe RACH/SDCCH overload

Added by laforge over 6 years ago. Updated almost 6 years ago.

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Resolved
Priority:
Normal
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Target version:
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Start date:
10/23/2017
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0%

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Description

When a cell is enabled in presence of many (e.g. 10k) phones and no other network around, the network is severely overloaded. We should implement a variety of ramping mechanisms to slowly grow the cell. This includes
  • ramping of transmit power (pretty useless in case of active antenna distribution system)
  • ramping of access control classes (SIMs are assumed to have equal statistic distribution over all ACC)
  • ramping of "rxlev access min"
The ramping could be split in two parts:
  1. some generic ramping code that increments/decrements a certain value
    • the existing TX power ramping code of osmo-bts can be used as a template?
  2. parameter-specific code that uses the generic code/api for the specific parameter
  3. vty parameters to configure the ramping in terms of
    • initial value
    • maximum (normal) value
    • step size
    • delay between steps
There are some open questions, though:
  • should all ramps execute concurrently?
  • should they execute after each other? If yes, how do we trigger that?

Furthermore, aside the static ramping based on a timer, it would be great to be able to have a feedback loop that automatically runs those ramps using RACH / SDCCH load as input to the feedback loop. If theres no/low load, ramp fast. If load is high, ramp slower. Care must be taken not to completely stall any progress under high load.


Related issues

Related to OsmoBSC - Feature #2592: Use "waiting time" of IMMEDIATE ASSIGN REJECTResolvedstsp10/23/2017

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Related to OsmoBSC - Feature #2722: document RACH tuning parameters more thoroughly, give explanationsResolveddaniel12/08/2017

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Related to OsmoBSC - Feature #2893: automatic simulator for large LU load Stalled01/27/2018

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Related to OsmoBSC - Feature #3097: ramping of "rxlev access min"New03/22/2018

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Related to OsmoBSC - Feature #3098: ramping of transmit powerRejectedstsp03/22/2018

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Actions #1

Updated by laforge over 6 years ago

  • Tracker changed from Bug to Feature
Actions #2

Updated by laforge over 6 years ago

  • Related to Feature #2592: Use "waiting time" of IMMEDIATE ASSIGN REJECT added
Actions #3

Updated by laforge over 6 years ago

  • Related to Feature #2722: document RACH tuning parameters more thoroughly, give explanations added
Actions #4

Updated by laforge about 6 years ago

  • Assignee changed from 4368 to stsp
Actions #5

Updated by laforge about 6 years ago

  • Related to Feature #2893: automatic simulator for large LU load added
Actions #6

Updated by stsp about 6 years ago

  • Status changed from New to In Progress
Actions #7

Updated by stsp about 6 years ago

Initial implementation proposal: https://gerrit.osmocom.org/#/c/6324/

Actions #8

Updated by stsp about 6 years ago

Access Control Class ramping is now implemented in master.

This issue is also asking for ramping of "rxlev access min". Should we keep this issue open for this reason, or should we spin that off into a separate issue?

Actions #9

Updated by stsp about 6 years ago

Access Control Class ramping has now been backported to OpenBSC as well: https://gerrit.osmocom.org/#/c/7295/

Actions #10

Updated by stsp almost 6 years ago

I have spun off the other ramping approaches into separate issues: issue #3097 and issue #3098

This issue, which in practice was all about access control class ramping, will be closed.

Actions #11

Updated by stsp almost 6 years ago

  • Subject changed from ramp up cell slowly to avoid severe RACH/SDCCH overload to ramp up cell slowly based on access control class to avoid severe RACH/SDCCH overload
  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
Actions #12

Updated by stsp almost 6 years ago

Actions #13

Updated by stsp almost 6 years ago

Actions #14

Updated by stsp almost 6 years ago

  • Status changed from Resolved to In Progress
Actions #16

Updated by stsp almost 6 years ago

  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved

Closing this ticket again. Unless new problems show up unexpectedly, this work is now complete.

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