Handover Problem 3

Wireless Network Optimization Examples

Problem Description
1 Mixed networking scheme of equipment from Huawei and other suppliers
2. Low success rate (%) of handover

Analysis and Solutions

Before optimization, the in-BSC handover success rate of Huanggang Ducheng cell traffic statistics is 80%, and
out-BSC success rate is 20% . Apparently, some problem exists in handover interworking with the surrounding
ITATEL equipment.
The on-site installation engineers report that ITATEL adjusted data not long ago, and no such problem was
found before the adjustment. Such a low success rate of handout indicates that either something is wrong with
relationship of most adjacent cells or handover data do not match only in some adjacent cells with large quantity
of handover.
As the problem occurs after ITATEL data adjustment, the latter is more likely. Because the Market Department
dont want to disturb the equipment buyers, no data for the surrounding adjacent cells can be acquired from
them, the problem can be located only by route test.
From the traffic statistics when the system is busy, the occupation request times of caller and called in Ducheng
cell is about 50, while the occupation request times of handover total around 200. There is only one main
highway: Huanggang-Ducheng-Tuanfeng. Influential cells include Yuwang cell 1, Cable Works cell 1,
Yangyingling cell 2 and Tuanfeng cell 2. Continuous communication test mode is adopted in this highway
section.
Observe the handover process from Huanggang to Yuwang cell 1: after a few successful handovers with
Ducheng cell, here comes Ducheng, and the handover between Ducheng cell and Yuwang cell from Ducheng to
Huanggang is also very successful. It indicates that there is no problem with handover data interworking
between Ducheng cell and Yuwang cell.
In the direction from Ducheng to Tuanfeng, MS established a call in Ducheng cell. On the way to Tuanfeng, after
quite a few handovers between Ducheng, Yangyingling cell 2 and Yuwang cell 1, hand back to Ducheng cell in
the end. When TA was 16 from Ducheng, the receiving level of the current service cell, Ducheng cell, decreased
to -90dBm, but that of the first adjacent cell, Tuanfeng cell, was -70dBm, without handover yet. Further on, when
TA was 17 (the urgent handover TA for Ducheng cell was limited to 16.), an urgent handover was made to
Tuanfeng cell 2, but it failed. After the failure, MS chose to reside in Tuanfeng cell 2. Back to Ducheng, MS
reestablished a call in Ducheng cell and went for Tuanfeng. When TA was 14, Tuanfeng cell once queued in the
first adjacent cell for some time but still without handover. Further on, after the handover from Ducheng cell to
Yangyingling cell 2, hand over to Tuanfeng cell 2; afterwards no handover occurred until Tuanfeng county is
reached.
Basically it can be determined that, after ITATEL data adjustment, the relevent handover data for Tuanfeng cell
2 before and after the adjustment are inconsistent. Preliminary on-site analysis shows that the parameters which
have the greatest effect on the handover are ARFCN, LAC, CI and BSIC of the adjacent cells. Make a residence
test in Tuanfeng cell 2 and analyze the above four parameters of its information system. It was found that the
cell CI had changed from 597D before adjustment to 597C after adjustment.
The continuous communication test back in Ducheng from Tuanfeng indicated that handover to Ducheng cell
from Tuanfeng cell 2 was normal.

Handover Problem 3

Wireless Network Optimization Examples

The data of Huawei was modified at nine on that evening and another check was carried out the following day
for this section of the highway. The result showed that handover to Tuanfeng cell 2 from Ducheng cell was
normal. The out-BSC handover success rate of the traffic statistics increased to around 80%.
Experiences:
When handover relationship exists with cells of different manufacturers, the latest modified data, which has
handover relationship with cells of Huawei , should be obtained from the other party through the equipment
buyers so as not to land ourselves in a passive position and waste human and material resources.
With respect to optimization, more coordination with the Market Department and Engineering Department is
required. A lot of uncertain factors exist in wireless network. It is difficult to locate problems, and remarkable
improvement can not be expected from every optimization, and it is difficult for some indexes to increase even a
few zero point percentage points. Furtive optimization practice due to the anxiety that the optimization will come
to no good will affect the efficiency. Data interworking like hand-in can not be implemented without collaboration
of the equipment buyers.