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RF Optimization
Responsibilities Maintain the Networks Accessibility KPIs. Maintain the Networks Retainability KPIs. Maintain the Networks Service Integrity KPIs. Study and Apply new features. Try to think of innovative solutions to maximize the Network capacity. They have to maintain the performance of the Network as good as possible.
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GSM Revision
GSM stands for Global System for Mobile Communication GSM
Second Generation for Mobile System. Digital System. Efficient Use of the Spectrum. Speech privacy and security. Better resistance to interference (Introducing the frequency Hopping) Efficient use of the power battery (Introducing the power control) GSM Networks are called PLMN: Public Land Mobile Networks i.e. the Radio Sites are located on land, not using satellites.
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GSM System can work in different bands as follows:
Frequency Band-Down Link GSM 800 E-GSM (Extended GSM) P-GSM 900 (Primary GSM) GSM 1800 (DCS) GSM 1900 (PCS) 869 894 MHz 925 935 MHz 935 960 MHz 1805 1880 MHz 1930 1990 MHz Frequency Band-Up Link 824 849 MHz 880 890 MHz 890 915 MHz 1710 1785 MHz 1850 1910 MHz
But what do we mean by frequency Band? What is the DL and UL? Why DL is higher than UL band?
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Frequency Band
The range of frequencies which the operator is allowed to use for transmission and reception.
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Why DL band is higher than the UL band?
As freq then attenuation with air Since Power BaseStation > Power MobileStation then it is wise to configure the higher frequencies that will be attenuated fast to the side that is using higher power (BTS).
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Access Techniques
What do we mean by Multiple Access techniques?
These are the Techniques through which many MSs can access the shared media which is the air interface.
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In GSM System were using TDMA over FDMA where the frequency band is divided into no. of frequencies each of which is shared among no. of MSs, where each MS will be assigned a certain TS on certain frequency.
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For P-GSM (GSM 900)
UL Band 890MHz 915MHz, DL Band 935MHz 960MHz Each Band is 25 MHz Guard Band between DL and UL is 20 MHz Duplex Distance = 45 MHz Carrier separation = 200 KHz No. of frequencies = 124
Uplink 890 915 MHz
200 KHz 890.2 1 890 1 935
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For the all GSM Bands
System Uplink (MS BS) Downlink(BS MS) Wavelength Bandwidth Duplex distance Carrier separation No. of carriers Channel rate P-GSM 900
890 915 MHz 935 960 MHz
E-GSM 900
880 915 MHz 925 - 960 MHz
GSM(DCS) 1800
1710 1785 MHz 1805 - 1880 MHz
GSM(PCS) 1900
1850 1910 MHz 1930 - 1990 MHz
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MS (Mobile Station)
Mobile Equipment
Transmit the radio waves. Speech coding and decoding. Call control. Performance measurement of radio link.
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Logical Channels
Logical Channels
Traffic Channels
Control Channels
Half Rate
Full Rate Broadcast Frequency Correction Channel Synchronization Channel Broadcast Control Channel Common
Dedicated
Paging Channel
Access Grant Channel Random Access Channel
Fast Associated Control Channel Cell Broadcast Control Channel Slow Associated Control Channel Standalone Dedicated Control Channel
Traffic Channels
Full Rate Channels (FR)
Carries users speech traffic or user data DL and UL. Each user is assigned 1 TS. Transmission rate is 13 Kbit/s.
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Control Channels
These are used to carry signaling or synchronization data, theyre divided into three types:
Broadcast Channels (BCH) Common Control Channels (CCCH) Dedicated Control Channels (DCCH)
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Mapping of Logical Channels on the Physical channels Mapping on TS0/BCCH carrier (UL)
TS0 in UL is reserved for the RACH, for the MS to access the system.
Mapping of Logical Channels on the Physical channels Mapping on TS1/BCCH carrier (DL)
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Mapping of Logical Channels on the Physical channels Mapping on TS2/BCCH carrier (DL/UL) if it will be used by certain MS in active mode
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Super Frame 51 consecutive Traffic Multi Frames or 26 consecutive Control Multi Frames
Super Frame = 6.12 seconds
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MCC
(3 digits)
MNC
(2 digits)
MSIN
(10 digits)
Ex: IMSI = MCC-MNC-MSIN = 602-03-1234567890 where, 602 Egypt Country Code 03 Etisalat Network Code 1234567890 Mobile Subscriber Identification Number
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NDC
(2-3 digits)
SN
(max. 10 digits)
Ex: MSISDN = CC-NDC-SN =+20-10-1234567 where, 20 Egypt Country Code 10 Vodafone Network Code 1234567 Subscriber Number
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MNC
(2-3 digits)
LAC
(max.5 digits)
Ex: LAI= MCC-MNC-LAC = 602-01-12345 where, 602 Egypt Country Code 01 Mobinil Network Code 12345 Location Area Code
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MNC
(2-3 digits)
LAC
(max. 5 digits)
CI
(max. 5 digits)
Ex: CGI = MCC-MNC-LAC-CI = 602-01-12345-11223 where, 602 Egypt Country Code 01 Mobinil Network Code 12345 Location Area Code 11223 Cell Identity
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On authenticating certain user, the AUC will generate the triplets: RAND,SRES,Kc AUC generates a random no. RAND and send it to the MS Both the AUC and the MS will use RAND + Ki and Algorithm A3 to produce the SRES(Signed Response)
Ki1
RAND1
A3
(SRES1)_AUC
RAND1 Ki1
A3
(SRES1)_MS
AUC side MS Side - VLR will take the results from AUC and MS and if: (SRES1)_AUC = (SRES2)_MS then the MS is Authenticated
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A8
Kc_AUC
RAND1 Ki1
A8
Kc_MS
MS Side AUC side Kc_AUC should be equal Kc_MS, so the data encrypted by the network can be de-ciphered by the MS. Ciphering Process:
A5
Ciphered Speech
A5
Speech
Speech
Network side
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MS side
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MS in Idle Mode
Doesnt have a dedicated channel, but able to access the Network and able to be reached by the Network. MS will always try to camp on the best cell based on the signal strength criterion. MS will continuously monitor the serving and neighbor BCCH carriers to decide which cell to camp on. The purpose behind studying the Idle Mode Behavior is to always ensure that the MS is camped on the cell where it has the highest probability of successful communication.
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Scan RF Frequencies one by one and calculates the Average received signal strength over 3 5 seconds Tune to the RF Frequency with the highest average received signal strength Tune to the next higher frequency that wasnt tried before
No
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If MS found cell belongs to the desired PLMN but not suitable, the MS will start to scan the Idle BA list of this cell.
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Location Updating
To make it possible for the mobile subscriber to receive a call and initiate a call whenever needed, the network must know where the MS is located whenever it moves thats why Location Updating is needed. In the Idle Mode, the Network knows the location of the MS on a Location area resolution not on a cell resolution. There are three different types of location updating defined: 1. Normal Location Updating. 2. Periodic registration. 3. IMSI attach & IMSI detach (when the MS informs the network when it enters an inactive state)
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Location Updating
1. Normal Location Updating Initiated by the MS when it enters a cell belongs to a new Location Area (LA). The MS will compare the LAIold stored on the SIM with the LAInew broadcasted from the new cell and it will found them different so itll perform Location Update type normal.
Location Updating
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Periodic Registration Regularly the MS should update the Network with its current location Area. The Network will inform the MS how often it should report the location Area he is registering himself in. Based on the value of the Parameter T3212 the MS will know how frequent it should make periodic registration. T3212 take values from 1 (6min) to 255 (25.5 Hours), default = 40 (4 Hours) MSC has a supervision time = BTDM+GTDM if it doesnt hear from the MS during this period, the MSC will consider the MS implicitly detached. BTDM+GTDM should > T3212 , to not consider the MS detach before periodic location update is performed.
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Location Updating
3. IMSI Attach/Detach IMSI attach/detach operation is an action taken by the MS to inform the Network either it will go to inactive state (Power off) or it returned back to idle mode. ATT is a cell parameter that will inform the MS whether IMSI attach/detach is operational or not. If ATT=Yes, then before the MS will be switched off, it will send an IMSI detach request to the Network, so no paging messages will be sent to this MS while it is in this state. When the MS is switched on again it will send an IMSI attach request to the Network so now paging messages can be sent normally to this MS.
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Frame 1
Frame 2
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Frame 5
Frame 6
Frame 7
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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C 8 10
F S 11 12 13
C 14 16
C 18 20
F S 21 22 23
C 24
F S
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Default Mapping on TS0/C0 (BCH+CCCH) Non Combined Mode 51 TDMA Frames = 1 Control Multi-frame
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= COMBC (Combined with cell broadcast channel CBCH is in use, BCH&CCCH&SDCCH/4&CBCH) TS1/C0 will be free for TCH
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Non Default Mapping on TS0/C0 (BCH+CCCH) 2*51 TDMA Frames = 2 Control Multi-frame
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Frame 1
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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Default Mapping on TS0/C0 (BCH+CCCH) Non Combined Mode 51 TDMA Frames = 1 Control Multi-frame
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Parameters Summary
Parameter Name BSIC SCH Parameters Value Range Recommended Value NCC: 0 to 7 BCC: 0 to 7 RACH Control Parameters Value Range Recommended Value 1,2,4,7 4 Unit
Unit
Control Channel Parameters Value Range Recommended Value COMB COMBC NCOMB NCOMB 0 to 16 (0: No SDCCH/8 configured-combined mode) 1
Unit
Unit
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Parameters Summary
Paging Parameters and Periodic Update Parameter Name MFRMS AGBLK Value Range 2 to 9 0 or 1 0 to 255 (0: infinite-No periodic registeration) Recommended Value 6 0 Unit Control Channel Multi frame
T3212
40
6 minutes
Cell Selection and Reselection Parameters Parameter Name ACCMIN CCHPWR CRO TO PT CRH Value Range 47 dBm to 110 dBm GSM900: 13 to 43 in steps of 2 GSM1800: 4 to 30 in steps of 2 0 to 63 0 to 7 (7:infinite) 0 to 31 0 to 14 in steps of 2 Recommended Value 110 dBm GSM900: 33 dBm GSM1800: 30 dBm 0 0 0 Unit dBm dBm 2 dB 10 dB dB
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Filtering
Simply it is the process of collecting the required data on Signal Strength (SS), Quality and Time Advance (TA) for serving and neighbor cells and average these consecutive measurements over a specified period to rank these cells. This is accomplished in two steps: Measurements preparation SS, Quality and TA filtering
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1. Measurements preparation Data that is measured:
Cell on which measurements are reported Serving Cell Measured Quantity SS DL Quality DL (rxqual_DL) Quality UL (rxqual_UL) TA SS DL Who makes the measurements? MS MS BTS BTS MS
The MS can measure the SS of up to 32 neighbor frequencies but only the six strongest neighbors (which it succeeded to decode its BSIC over the last 10 seconds) are reported and considered candidates for HO.
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1. Measurements Preparation SS measurements are delivered as integer values 0 63 corresponds to real SS from -110 dBm - 47 dBm Quality is measured based on the BER and it may be represented in two forms: Integers 0 (Best) 7 (Worst) Decitransformed Quality units (dtqu) from 0 (Best) 70 (Worst)
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Time Advance (TA) is reported as values between 0 63 bit period. N.B: If TA=1 then the MS is at nearly 0.5 km from the cell
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Filtering
2. SS, Quality and TA filtering: The consecutive measurements for SS, Quality and TA are averaged in some way based on the equation of the filter used.
Weve 5 Types of Filters that may be used, each one has its own equation or its way to produce output results from the collected consecutive measurements: A. General FIR filters (Finite Impulse response) B. Recursive Straight Average filter C. Recursive exponential filter D. Recursive 1st order Butterworth filter E. Median filter
Filtering
2. SS, Quality and TA filtering: In addition to the way each filter use to produce output results from the consecutive measurements, each filter has what we call filter length which is the period over which measurements are considered. We have controlling parameters on cell basis to select the type of filter used and the length of the filter. Also the type of the filter used in signaling (call setup) and dedicated phases may be configured separately as well see.
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Basic Ranking
It is called Basic coz in this stage ranking is done before handling the urgency conditions and evaluation of the auxiliary radio network features.
As mentioned earlier, two algorithms are available for basic ranking (SS&Path loss based Algorithm and SS based Algorithm) and theyre selected according to the parameter EVALTYPE EVALTYPE=1, SS & Path loss based Algorithm is used for basic ranking taking into consideration both Signal Strength measurements and the path loss. EVALTYPE=3, SS based Algorithm is used for basic ranking taking into consideration Signal Strength measurements only.
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Basic Ranking
Basic Ranking Algorithm following the SS based Algorithm will be done on four steps: A. Correction of Base Station output power. Common for B. Evaluation of the minimum signal strength condition for neighbors. Both C. Subtraction of signal strength penalties. Algorithms D. Rank the Candidates after applying Offsets and Hysteresis.
Basic Ranking
Basic Ranking Algorithm following the SS based Algorithm A. Correction of Base Station output power The location algorithm aims at making the Pure traffic frequencies to control the cell borders and not the BCCH frequencies, coz most of the time the seized TCH Time slot will be located on a TCH frequency. BSPWR is a parameter to set the output power of the BCCH carrier and BSTXPWR is a parameter to set the output power of the TCH frequencies. Correction for the output power will done for both: (A-i) Correction for Neighbor Cells. (A-ii) Correction for Serving Cell.
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Basic Ranking
Basic Ranking Algorithm following the SS based Algorithm A. Correction of Base Station output power (A-i) Correction for Neighbor Cells The MS is informed by the BCCH frequencies of the neighbors cells on which he has to perform his measurements via the Active BA list.
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Basic Ranking Algorithm following the SS based Algorithm A. Correction of Base Station output power (A-ii) Correction for Serving Cell 1) TCH Time Slot (TS) is on the BCCH frequency SS_corrected_DLservingcell = SS_measured_DLservingcell - ( BSPWR - BSTXPWR )
2) TCH TS is hopping between a BCCH frequency and a TCH frequency: SS_corrected_DLservingcell = SS_measured_DLservingcell - ( BSPWR - BSTXPWR )/N , Where N is the no. of the hopping frequencies
3) TCH TS is on the OL (Over Laid sub cell) SS_corrected_DLUnderLaid = SS_measured_DLOverLaid+ ( BSTXPWR Under Laid BSTXPWROverLaid )
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Basic Ranking
Basic Ranking Algorithm following the SS based Algorithm B. Evaluation of the minimum Signal Strength condition for Neighbors Not all the neighbors are allowed to be ranked!! The neighbor should pass the minimum signal strength condition in order to be ranked. SS_corrected_DLneighbor will be compared with respect to parameter called MSRXMIN, If SS_corrected_DLneighbor MSRXMIN this neighbor will be included in ranking If SS_corrected_DLneighbor < MSRXMIN this neighbor will be excluded from ranking If UL measurements are included then SS_corrected_ULneighbor will be compared with respect to parameter called BSRXMIN, If SS_corrected_ULneighbor BSRXMIN this neighbor will be included in ranking If SS_corrected_ULneighbor < BSRXMIN this neighbor will be excluded from ranking
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Basic Ranking Algorithm following the SS based Algorithm B. Evaluation of the minimum Signal Strength condition for Neighbors Example: Assume that a MS is connected to cell A that has five neighbors B,C,D,E&F, the MSRXMIN for all the cells is -104 dBm and the SS_corrected_DLneighbor for each cell after correcting the BTS o/p power is given in the below Table
Neighbors B C D E F SS_corrected_DLneighbor -85 dBm -110 dBm -87 dBm -70 dBm -100 dBm Cell C will be excluded from ranking and wont be considered in the next stage and the MS will never HO to it
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Basic Ranking
Basic Ranking Algorithm following the SS based Algorithm C. Subtraction of signal strength penalties Penalties or Punishments will be applied on cells that are for some reasons temporarily undesirable. A Penalty value will decrease the rank of some cells for certain penalty time. SS_punished_DL = SS_corrected_DL Locating Penalties HCS Penalties In the coming slides well talk about the two types of penalties: (C-i) Locating Penalties (C-ii) HCS Penalties
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Basic Ranking Algorithm following the SS based Algorithm C. Subtraction of signal strength penalties (C-i) Locating Penalties 1) Due to HO failure: If HO to a neighbor cell failed then weve to apply a penalty value for some time on this neighbor so when basic ranking is done again we dont go back to this cell. Penalty value will be configured using parameter PSSHF (default 63 dB) Penalty time will be configured using parameter PTIMHF (default 5 sec)
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Basic Ranking
Basic Ranking Algorithm following the SS based Algorithm C. Subtraction of signal strength penalties (C-i) Locating Penalties 2) Due to Bad Quality (BQ) Urgency HO: If a cell was abandon due to BQ, then it should have been the best cell from SS point of view so without penalties using the basic ranking well be back to this cell. Penalty value will be configured using parameter PSSBQ (default 7 dB) Penalty time will be configured using parameter PTIMBQ (default 5 seconds) 3) Due to Excessive TA Urgency HO: Handled in the same manner like the BQ case. Penalty value will be configured using parameter PSSTA (default 63 dB) Penalty time will be configured using parameter PTIMTA (default 30 seconds)
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Basic Ranking Algorithm following the SS based Algorithm C. Subtraction of signal strength penalties (C-ii) HCS Penalties It is related to the HCS (Hierarchical Cell Structure) feature when a MS is detected as a fast moving mobile (If fast moving mobile feature is activated) A penalty will be applied on lower layer cells so in ranking we will prioritize cells in the same layer of the serving cell and cells in higher layers and in this way unnecessary HOs are prevented ( ex: layer2 cells will be prioritized than layer1 cells)
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Basic Ranking
Basic Ranking Algorithm following the SS based Algorithm D. Rank the Candidates after applying Offsets and Hysteresis Ranking for neighbor cells will be done after applying Offsets and Hysteresis. Offset: Displace the cell border as compared to The border strictly given by SS. Controlling parameter: OFFSET (default: zero dB) Hysteresis: To reduce the risk of ping pong HO a region for Hysteresis is applied around the cell border.
Basic Ranking
Basic Ranking Algorithm following the SS based Algorithm D. Rank the Candidates after applying Offsets and Hysteresis If the Hysteresis value is too high there will be a risk that the MS will be connected to the cell of low SS for long time and if the Hysteresis is too low then there will be a risk that ping pong HOs occur. So the applied value of Hysteresis will be variable based on the received SS of the serving cell. SS_corrected_DLservingcell will be compared to value HYSTSEP (default -90 dBm), If SS_corrected_DLservingcell > HYSTSEP, then the serving cell is strong enough and high value of Hysteresis will be applied such that Hysteresis value= HIHYST (default 5 dB) If SS_corrected_DLservingcell < HYSTSEP, then the serving cell is not strong enough and low value of Hysteresis will be applied such that Hysteresis value=LOHYST (default 3 dB)
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Basic Ranking Basic Ranking Algorithm following the SS based Algorithm D. Rank the Candidates after applying Offsets and Hysteresis SS_corrected_DLservingcell > HYSTSEPo
N HYST=LOHY ST
Yes HYST=HIHYST
Output from Basic Ranking
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After Basic Ranking and Evaluation of the Urgency Conditions, the Serving cell and Neighbor cells will be divided into 3 Groups
Better Cell
Categorization #1
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After these Evaluations, some candidates will be removed from the HO candidate list and Categorization#2 will be performed.
Assignment to Another Cell Evaluation The Locating Algorithm may be initiated after immediate assignment to know whether it is better for the MS to take a TCH time slot on the current cell or not. If during the signaling phase a better cell was found after ranking, then Assignment to Better Cell will be initiated. If during the signaling phase no better cell was found, then the MS will normally be assigned a TCH time slot on the current cell. If the Better/Serving cells were congested then Assignment to Worse Cell will be initiated if possible.
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Re-calculation of their ranking values will be performed Were going to recalculate the Ranking values of the valid CLS neighbors with reduced Hysteresis so these worse neighbors will appear with higher SS than they really are and the MS can make HO to them and relief the congestion on the current cell. This feature will be discussed in details afterwards.
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The OL/UL evaluation may result in a recommendation to change the subcell from the one currently in use, this evaluation is based on: DL SS, TA serving Cell, Distance to cell border, Traffic Load in the cell This feature will be discussed in details afterwards.
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This is can be accomplished by changing the channel the connection is currently using within the same cell. This feature will be discussed in details afterwards.
Cells of lower layers will be ranked higher than cells of higher layers in the HO candidate list. This feature will be discussed in details afterwards.
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After the Auxiliary Radio Network features evaluation some candidates may be prioritized and the order of the candidate list will be modified. The Serving cell and Neighbor cells will be divided into 3 Groups
Above S
Categorization #2
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To reach the final form before sending the list the following steps will be done: A. Removal of Candidates B. Ordering the Candidate list based on the Current Conditions.
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An Assignment request came and the AW flag is not raised An Assignment request came and the AW flag is Above S S Below S raised Serving Cell has BQ so it should be abandon but coz the OL/UL subcell change flag is raised, then Above S S Below S the serving cell is included coz this subcell change may solve the issue with no need to go for a below worse cell
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The resulting candidate list will form the basis on which HO will be performed.
Empty list means that no options are better than remaining on the current cell and no HO will occur. The channel allocation reply may be success or failure. Failure may be due to congestion or signaling failure on the target cell. Based on the result of allocation either success/failure, some actions will be taken like applying some penalties or enabling of certain timers as we saw previously.
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Example1:
Assume that the o/p from the Filtering stage for the SS measurements is as below and we want to prepare the Basic Ranking Candidate list for HO:
Cell A B (Serving Cell) C D E F G SS(dBm) -70 -74 -78 -68 -80 -92 -95
Where, BSPWR = BSTXPWR, MSRXMIN = -90 dBm, Cell A was abandon due to BQ urgency HO (PSSBQ=7dB) SS based Algorithm is in use where OFFSET=0, HYSTSEP= -90 dBm, HIHYST= 5 dB, LOHYST= 3 dB
Solution:
A) Correction of Base Station output power: Since BSPWR = BSTXPWR then the current measurements will be kept as it is. SS_corrected_DLneighbor = SS_measured_DLneighbor SS_corrected_DLserving = SS_measured_DLserving B) Evaluation of the minimum Signal Strength condition for Neighbors The SS for neighbors will be compared against MSRXMIN = -90 dBm Cell SS(dBm) Cell F and Cell G have SS < MSRXMIN then they will be A -70 B (Serving Cell) -74 removed from the list and cant be candidates for HO.
C D E F G -78 -68 -80 -92 -95
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Solution:
C) Subtraction of signal strength penalties Since Cell A was abandon due to BQ urgency HO (PSSBQ=7dB) then it will be punished, SS_punished_DL Cell A = SS_corrected_DL PSSBQ = -70 7 = -77 dBm The candidate list will now be in the following form:
Cell A B (Serving Cell) C D E SS(dBm) -77 -74 -78 -68 -80
Solution:
D) Rank the Candidates after applying Offsets and Hysteresis
Cell
A B (Serving Cell) C D E
SS(dBm)
-77 -74 -78 -68 -80
Since SSServing cell B = -74 dBm > HYSTSEP= -90 dBm, then it is better to stay on the current cell and high Hysteresis will be applied i.e. HYST = HIHYST = 5 dB
Rankservingcell B = -74 dBm Serving Cell RankA= -77 dBm OFFSET HYST = -77 0 5 = -82 dBm RankC= -78 dBm OFFSET HYST = -78 0 5 = -83 dBm RankD= -68 dBm OFFSET HYST = -68 0 5 = -73 dBm RankE= -80 dBm OFFSET HYST = -80 0 5 = -85 dBm
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Solution:
Now the final list according to Categorization#1 will be arranged as follows:
Categorization#1
Cell
D B A C E
RANK(dBm)
-73 -74 -82 -83 -85
Category
Better Cell Serving Cell Worse Cell Worse Cell Worse Cell
Disconnection Criteria
The Disconnection algorithm is not part of the locating algorithm but for completeness, the topic is treated here. The Disconnection algorithm manages when the connection between the MS and the Network shall be dropped when signaling failure is detected.
The Disconnection criterion can be made in both the DL and the UL such that: In the DL: managed by the MS and in the UL: managed by the BSC.
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Disconnection Criteria
In DL: Controlled by a parameter RLINKT (max. bucket size) , when the MS couldnt decode a SACCH message (0.48 sec), the bucket will be decreased by 1 unit, when the MS successfully decodes a SACCH message, the bucket will be increased by 2 units, if the bucket reached value = Zero then disconnection will occur, recommended value RLINKT=16 In UL: The disconnection algorithm will run in the same way, the BSC will make the evaluation, and the controlling parameter is called RLINKUP, , recommended value RLINKUP=16 N.B: The bucket cant have values larger than the max. value given by RLINKT/ RLINKUP
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Parameters Summary
Algorithm Selection Parameter Name EVALTYPE Value Range 1 or 3 Recommended Value 3 Unit
Flow Control Parameters Parameter Name TALLOC TURGEN Value Range 0 to 120 0 to 120 Recommended Value 2 2 Unit SACCH period=480 msec SACCH period=480 msec
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Parameters Summary
Parameter Name HYSTSEP LOHYST HIHYST OFFSET Signal Strength based Basic Ranking Parameters Value Range Recommended Value 150 to 0 -90 0 to63 3 0 to63 3 63 to 63 0 Unit dBm dB dB dB
Handover Failure Parameters (Signaling Failure) Value Range Recommended Value 0 to 63 63 0 to 600 5
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Parameters Summary
Parameter Name QLIMUL QLIMDL BQOFFSET PSSBQ PTIMBQ TALIM PSSTA PTIMTA Urgency Conditions Parameters Value Range Recommended Value 0 to 100 55 0 to 100 55 0 to 63 3 0 to 63 7 0 to 600 15 0 to 63 62 0 to 63 63 0 to 600 30 Unit dtqu dtqu dB dB Seconds Bit Period (0.577msec) dB Seconds
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A mixture of small micro cells (lower layers) and large macro (higher layers) cells will achieve both high capacity and good coverage. Micro cells will be used for capacity issues while macro cells will be used to provide coverage, fill coverage holes and handle the fast moving mobiles.
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HCSBANDTHR: Decides if the cell should be prioritized over stronger cells from different HCS bands or not.
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Cell D didnt fulfill the condition (SS_Cell D = -95 dBm < -90 dBm) so it will be out of the HCS evaluation and it will go to be sorted in the Basic Ranking list.
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Now Cells G & B will go direct to be HCS evaluated, while cells E,A,C&F will be examined in the next steps.
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HCS Evaluation Algorithm Solution: (D) Identify the Strongest Cells within each layer After Cells E,A,C&F all of them passed the layer threshold condition (LAYERTHR), Cells that are strongest within their own layer will be identified and theyll pass direct to be HCS ranked.
Cell SS(dBm) Band G -68 Band 8 E -72 Band 8 B -73 Band 4 A -74 Band 4 C -75 Band 8 F -75 Band 4 D -95 Band 4 Layer Layer 7 Layer 6 Layer 4 Layer 3 Layer 7 Layer 4 Layer 4 Comment Strongest in Band 8 - Go direct to HCS Evaluation list Strongest in Layer 6 - Go direct to HCS Evaluation list Strongest in Band 4 - Go direct to HCS Evaluation list Strongest in Layer 3 - Go direct to HCS Evaluation list Not Strongest in Layer-Will be examined in the next step Not Strongest in Layer-Will be examined in the next step Out of the HCS Evaluation Back to the Basic Ranking list
Cells E&A are strongest within their own layer so they will go direct to be HCS ranked. Cells C&F are not the strongest within their own layer, so they will be examined in the next step to know if they can pass to be HCS ranked or not
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1 For reduced HCS functionality we have only 2 bands HCS Band1 and HCS Band2 (default) 2 For reduced HCS functionality we have only 3 layers
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Now high Co-channel interference will occur on f4 at the border between the two cells, coz f4 is reused between two adjacent cells.
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f4 will be used in the OL subcell and it will be restricted to serve in a small area only near to the site so interference from the neighbor cell will be minimized and a good C/I can be enjoyed.
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This is achieved by moving established connections to neighboring cells that have idle resources.
Cell Load Sharing increases the number of handovers in the part of the network where the traffic load is unevenly distributed.
If the percentage of idle full rate traffic channels is parameter CLSLEVEL, then this cell will try to get rid of some traffic by initiating cell load sharing handovers to neighbors. For a neighbor cell to accept HOs due to cell load sharing then parameter HOCLSACC should be set to ON The traffic load on the neighbor cells should also be examined so handovers due to cell load sharing will only be done to neighbors having enough idle full rate TCHs ( percentage of idle full rate TCHs > CLSACC inorder to accept HO due to CLS)
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The settings for CLSLEVEL and CLSACC should be adjusted such that CLSACC > CLSLEVEL in order to not having unstable situation.
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Intra Cell Handover aims at maintaining good quality of a current connection by performing handover to a new channel within the same cell when bad quality is detected. Channel suffering f1 TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS
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When a connection suffers from bad quality and at the same time the Signal Strength is still high, there is a reason to believe that the bad quality is due to interference.
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rxqual_UL > QOFFSETUL + FQSS (RXLEV_UL + SSOFFSETUL) FQSS is a quality vs. signal strength function that specify at each signal level the quality beyond which an intra cell handover should be triggered.
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RXLEV_DL and RXLEV_UL both are measured in rxlev units 0 63, which corresponds to -110 dBm - 47 dBm
Example: If RXLEV_DL = 57 and QOFFSETDL=SSOFFSETDL= zero, then when rxqual_DL > 52 dtqu an intra cell handover will be initiated.
The FQSS Table. The rxqual Values Is Given in dtqu (deci Transformed Quality Units) RXLEV Rxqual <=30 31 32 - 35 36 - 38 39 - 41 infinity 60 59 58 57
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1st choice at IHO(Change CHGR) 2nd choice at IHO (Change Time Slot within the same CHGR ) 3rd choice at IHO (Same CHGR, same TS but different channel)
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Dynamic HR Allocation
In high load situations it is important that the allocation of a traffic channel is done efficiently for a new connection. This will result in high utilization of the channels while keeping good speech quality for the existing connections.
Dynamic HR Allocation
For a new connection the Dynamic HR Allocation Algorithm evaluates the traffic load in the cell and based on this decides the connection mode: FR, HR or AMR HR
To Activate the feature, set the parameter: DHA to ON
The feature differentiates between AMR and NAMR MSs and can be controlled on cell level.
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DTHAMR: The threshold below which the Dynamic HR Allocation starts for AMR supported MSs
DTHNAMR: The threshold below which the Dynamic HR Allocation starts for Non AMR supported MSs
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Parameters Summary
Intra Cell Handover Control Parameters Value Range Default Value Recommended Value ON,OFF OFF ON 0 to 100 30 30 0 to 100 15 15
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Frequency Hopping
During a call connection, a time slot (burst) can easily be lost when the mobile station happens to be located in a fading dip for that particular frequency or if it is subjected to interference. If the next time slot is sent on another frequency, there is high probability that this time slot will be received correctly and this can be done via frequency hopping.
With frequency hopping: Tighter frequency reuse can be implemented and so higher capacity can be maintained. More robust environment can be obtained. There will be a possibility to give subscribers more uniform speech quality.
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In frequency hopping, a set of predefined frequencies is used in each cell and the MS will be allowed to transmit on different frequency every TDMA frame (4.61 msec) i.e. The MS will change its frequency 217 times per second With frequency hopping we can get: i. Frequency Diversity ii. Interference Diversity
Frequency Hopping
i. Frequency Diversity Frequency hopping can solve the multipath fading (fast fading) problem. The multipath fading results from reflections from the surrounding buildings resulted in low signal strength fading dips. The multipath fading is frequency and location dependent. With frequency hopping, slow and non-moving MS wont still in a low signal strength fading dip more than 1 TDMA frame.
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ii. Interference Diversity Frequency hopping can also offer better quality when the currently used frequency is interfered.
Using frequency hopping will result in spreading the interference on many MSs which will lead to a radio environment that is more even (symmetric).
The interference diversity can be expressed as a gain in the C/I ratio.
Frequency Hopping
Channel Group Concept (CHGR) Each number of frequencies (Transmitters) in the cell are grouped in what we called channel group (CHGR), some parameters are defined per the CHGR and not per cell, for example: within the same cell frequency hopping can be enabled on certain CHGRs and disabled on others.
HOP: Is a parameter that is used to enable or disable frequency hopping on certain CHGR, it has two values either ON/OFF
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Frequency hopping is applied on Traffic channels (TCHs), on SDCCHs and packet data channels but it is not applied on Broadcast and Common control channels which are mapped on TS#0 on F0 Methods of Hopping: we have two methods of hopping
A. B. Base Band Hopping (BB Hopping) Synthesized frequency Hopping (SY Hopping)
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A. Base Band Hopping (BB Hopping) Each Transmitter is assigned certain frequency and connected to many MSs, each Time slot out of the transmitter will belong to different MS but at the same frequency. From MS prospective, each MS will transmit each TS on different frequency.
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B. Synthesizer Frequency Hopping (SY Frequency Hopping) With Synthesized frequency hopping, the MS will receive all its time slots via only 1 transmitter and the transmitter will change its frequency consequently every TDMA frame based on certain sequence.
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The Advantage of Synthesized frequency hopping is that the number of hopping frequencies can be larger than the number of the already existing transmitters causing the hopping gain to increase without a need to use more hardware.
Modes of Hopping Cyclic Frequency Hopping Random Frequency Hopping
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i. Cyclic Frequency Hopping With this type of hopping, frequencies are changed every TDMA frame in a consecutive order starting with the frequency of the lowest Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (ARFCN). For P-GSM (UL 890-915 MHz, DL 935-960MHz), ARFCNs: 1,2,3,4, 124 For example for four frequencies the cyclic hopping between them will appear as follow: f1, f2, f3, f4, f1, f2, f3, f4, f1, f2, f3, f4, f1, HSN (Hopping Sequence Number) : Is a parameter defined per CHGR (number of frequencies) that will be used to specify the mode of hopping, it take values from 0 63 When HSN = 0, this means that Cyclic frequency hopping will be used.
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Based on the settings of the parameter HSN (163), one of the 63 independent random sequences will be used.
A random hopping sequence for four frequencies may appear as follow: , f1, f4, f4, f3, f1, f2, f4, f1, f3, f3, f2,. The period of the Random sequence=6 minutes, i.e. the random sequence repeats itself once every 6 minutes.
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Synthesizer Frequency Hopping (SY Frequency Hopping) MAIO Concept
As we mentioned before that HSN is defined per CHGR, so if a CHGR contains 4 Transmitters and HSN=0, then this means that cyclic hopping will be used over these 4 transmitters. But in order for the transmitters within the same CHGR to not interfere each other they must start their hopping with different frequencies. Same CHGR, HSN=0 And in order to do so a MAIO f0,f1,f2,f3,f4,f5 Transmitter#1 (Mobile Allocation Index Offset) will be ,f0,. (f0,f1,f2,.fn) assigned for each transmitter so each f1,f2,f3,f4,f5,f0 Transmitter#1 of them will start the hopping sequence ,f1. (f0,f1,f2,.fn) either cyclic/random from a different f2,f3,f4,f5,f0,f1 Transmitter#1 starting point, based the MAIO assigned ,f2. (f0,f1,f2,.fn) to it. f3,f4,f5,f0,f1,f2 Transmitter#1 ,f3. (f0,f1,f2,.fn)
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B. Synthesizer Frequency Hopping (SY Frequency Hopping) MAIO Concept
We have different MAIOs, i.e. there are different ways through which each transmitter will start the cyclic/random hopping. Using the default MAIO, the even MAIO values in increasing order are picked first then the odd values, example: for a CHGR of 4 Transmitters, the default MAIO list is 0,2,4,1 Transmitter#1 (f0,f1,f2,.fn) f0,f1,f2,f3,f4,f5,f0, . f2,f3,f4,f5,f0,f1,f2 . f4,f5,f0,f1,f2,f3,f4 . f1,f2,f3,f4,f5,f0,f1 . N.B: Number of used frequencies can exceed the no. of Transmitters.
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Parameters Summary
Frequency Hopping Control Parameters Parameter Name HOP FHOP HSN MAIO Value Range ON,OFF BB,SY 0 to 63 0 to 31 or Default Default Value OFF Default Recommended Value ON Unit
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ii. Decreases the consumption of the MS battery and the BTS backup batteries when the main supply is down.
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As the Quality got worse ( 0 7), the BTS will try to increase its power to compensate for the quality drop.
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Both SS_DL and Quality_DL measurements will be used in the equation through which the next power order is calculated.
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Quality_DLCompensated is calculated in the same way such that: Quality_DLCompensated = Quality_DLmeasured (in dBs) + 2*PLused Where the Quality_DLmeasured (in dBs) is the Quality_DLmeasured (07) after transforming it into dBs
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a & b (b=1-a) are the non-linear filters coefficients and a will define the length of the filter L, where each filter length L corresponds to certain value of a
But how the length of the non-linear filter is calculated?
In this case up regulation is needed and it should be done very fast in order to not lose the connection.
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then L = QSLENDL *UPDWNRATIO/100 where, QSLENDL = 1 20 SACCH periods UPDWNRATIO = 100 700 In this case Down regulation is needed and it should be done in a smooth way, coz decreasing the power suddenly may harm the connection.
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i = 1,2 and 1 & 1 are parameters to compensate for the path loss and quality.
1 = LCOMPDL/100, 1 = QCOMPDL/100, 2 = 0.3, 2 = 0.4 pu1 is calculated according to settings of 1 & 1 ( The operator will set the proper values from his point of view for LCOMPDL & QCOMPDL), Default values: LCOMPDL=5 and COPMDL=55
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i = 1,2 and 1 & 1 are parameters to compensate for the path loss and quality. pu1 and pu2 both of them aim to maintain the SS within the desired value defined according to SSDESDL and to maintain the Quality within the desired value defined according to QDESDL but each will calculate the path loss in different way. pu_used = max (pu1,pu2), max of pu1 and pu2 will be used as the desired power order in the next measurement report coz the max of both of them will mean lower down regulation/higher up regulation.
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As the Quality got worse ( 0 7), the MS will try to increase its power to compensate for the quality drop.
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Both SS_UL and Quality_UL measurements will be used in the equation through which the next power order is calculated.
The BTS is able to changes its output power in the form of steps of 2 dBs (ex: 2dBs, 4dBs,. , max to 16 dBs)
When power control is in use the MS output power level will be given as: MS o/p powernew (dBm) = MS o/p powerold 2*PLused where PLused = 0 to 8
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Quality_ULCompensated is calculated in the same way such that: Where the Quality_ULmeasured (in dBs) is the Quality_ULmeasured (07) after transforming it into dBs
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Used as a measure of the Quality of the neighbor UMTS cell. CPICH RSCP: Common Pilot Channel - Received Signal Code Power Used as a measure of the SS of the neighbor UMTS cell after dispreading.
But when or at which conditions the UE will perform measurements on the UMTS neighbors? This will be based on the settings of the parameters QSI and QSC.
QSI: used to manage the conditions of measuring the UMTS cell in Idle Mode QSC: used to manage the conditions of measuring the UMTS cell in Active Mode
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When to start measuring the neighbor UMTS cell ? QSI/QSC Signal Strength of the serving GSM Cell 0 to 6 "Below" -98dBm to -74 dBm in steps of 4 dB 7 Always 8 to 14 "Above" -78dBm to -54 dBm in steps of 4 dB 15 Never
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QSC: Which defines at which conditions the UMTS cell will be measured in active mode, because there wont be any kind of cell reselection without performing measurements. MRSL: It is a BSC parameter that gives the minimum threshold for the quality (Ec/No) for a UMTS neighbor cell in order to be added to the HO candidate list, recommended value= -9 dB ISHOLEV: It is a Cell parameter. The percentage of idle TCHs in the serving GSM cell will be compared vs. ISHOLEV to decide if the UMTS will be added to the HO candidate list or not. Conditions that should be fulfilled for a UMTS cell to be added to the HO candidate list: (1) No. of Idle TCHsGSM ServingCell ISHOLEV, or urgency conditions are detected in the GSM serving cell either due to BQ or TA (2) CPICH Ec/No UMTS Neighbor MRSL
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On MSC level there is counters to count: No. of attempts of paging to the Location Area No. of paging response to first paging No. of paging response to the repeated paging. Using these counters we can form the equation to calculate the paging success rate.
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There are counters to count the no. of accepted random access requests, and the no. of discarded requests (incremented for random access requests that are received with too high Time Advance) through which the random access success rate can be calculated.
Causes of low random access success rate may be due to: Too high Time Advance (TA) High Interference Bad BSIC Planning
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It is the drop of the connection on the traffic channel which was assigned to the MS
There are counters to count the no. of dropped connections and the initiated connections on TCH channels through which the TCH drop rate can be calculated. Causes of high TCH drop rate may be due to: Bad coverage. Interference. Hardware problems. Missing Neighbors or Incomplete Active BA lists. Wrong parameters settings.
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Rxqual take values from 0 (Best) 7 (Worst) and gives indication for the quality of the radio environment.
There are counters to measure the no. of samples that received with Rxqual 0,1,2,.7
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Typically, the SQI take values from 0 (Worst) 30 (Best), on HR connection SQImax=17dBQ, FR connection SQImax=22dBQ, AMR HR SQImax=28dBQ, EFR connection SQImax=30dBQ
N.B: HR Half Rate, FR Full Rate, EFR Enhance Full Rate
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