Call Re-establishment feature in WCDMA

By using call reestablishment feature in the WCDMA we can reduce

the call drop in CS and PS domain. This feature enables us to
successful reestablish the call after the abnormal release indication
has been sent by the RNC.
In this doc study we will cover the below details:
1. Impact of Call Reestablishment on Network in NBH, DBH and
cell BBH Hour.
2. Detailed parameter description and impact analysis of call
reestablishment.
3. UE Signaling analysis for CS and PS domain.
4. Further scope of improvement.
5. Suggestions required.

1.1 Impact of Call Reestablishment on Network in NBH ,DBH and cell

BBH

By using call reestablishment feature in the WCDMA we can reduce the call
drop in CS and PS domain. This feature enables us to successful reestablish
the call after the abnormal release indication has been sent by the RNC.
The re-establishment procedure allows MS to resume a connection in
progress after a radio link failure, possibly in a new cell or in a new location
area (re-establishment in a new location area initiates no location updating).
Below trend provides the details of CSV Drop (NBH) , HS+PS Drop (DBH) and
Erlang Minutes per drop (NBH) : Improvement observed in the CSV Drop and
Erlang Minutes per drop.

CSV Drop Rate(NBH)

HS+PS Drop Rate(DBH)

Erlang Minutes per Drop(NBH)

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Parameter changes
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The below trend provide the details of improvement observed in the cell BBH
for the KPI CSV call drop rate and HS+PS Drop Rate.
CSV Drop Rate 2%

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This drop rate improvement has been observed n the cell BBH level and
indicates that the cell KPI has improved overall as far as the CSV and PS drop
rate is considered. Beside no major impact seen on other KPIs due to this
parameter changes.
On the trial basis the parameter changes were firstly performed in the Jaipur
RNC on 22nd Nov 2012 and in Ajmer and Jodhpur RNC the changes were
implemented on 27th Nov 2012.
2.1 Detailed parameter description and impact analysis of call reestablishment
The CS call drop analysis is as shown below the basic counter responsible for
the call drops are as mentioned :
1. VS.RAB.AbnormRel.CS.IuAAL2

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VS.RAB.AbnormRel.CS.OLC
VS.RAB.AbnormRel.CS.OM
VS.RAB.AbnormRel.CS.Preempt
VS.RAB.AbnormRel.CS.RF
VS.RAB.AbnormRel.CS.RF.SRBReset
VS.RAB.AbnormRel.CS.RF.ULSync
VS.RAB.AbnormRel.CS.RF.UuNoReply
VS.RAB.AbnormRel.CS.UTRANgen

From the above counter list the major pegged counters are the point no. 5 , 6
and 7.

CSV Call Drop rate(%)

VS.RAB.NormRel.AMR

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The below graph indicates the RAB abnormal release analysis for the major
pegged counters in the CS domain , it can clearly be seen that the CS Call
drop rate due to SRB reset and UL sync has dipped a large volume thus
impacting the overall CS call drop rate :

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The below graph indicates the RAB abnormal release analysis for the major
pegged counters in the PS domain , it can clearly be seen that the PS Call
drop rate due to SRB reset , TRB Reset and UL sync has dipped a large
volume thus impacting the overall CS call drop rate :

VS.RAB.AbnormRel.PS.RF.SRBReset

VS.RAB.AbnormRel.PS.RF.ULSync

VS.RAB.AbnormRel.PS.RF.TRBReset

VS.Call.Drop.PS.Other

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3.1 UE Signaling analysis for CS and PS domain

The below signaling details indicate the 20 pre and post signaling at call drop
, The CS Timer set to 15000 ms for Enhanced Call Reestablishment, start
after RNC send the RL Active CMD, stop after RNC receives cell update
message.
3.1.1 CS Domain call signaling :

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The below signaling details indicate the 20 pre and post signaling at call drop
, The PS Timer setted to 30000 ms for Enhanced Call Reestablishment, start
after RNC send the RL Active CMD, stop after RNC receives cell update
message.
PS Domain call signaling :

3.2.3
Below is the signaling flow for the call setup details in the WCDMA mode :

The call re-establishment details are transmitted in the SIB 4 and SIB 12 after
the release indication has been received a counter N313 starts which repeats
it self for the times T313 value is assigned.
We need to increases these timers in order to provide UE the time for relaching and making a call re attempt for the RAB new connection.
4.1 Further scope of improvement.
In this section we will discuss the relevant further analysis and modification
needed for the CS and PS call drop rate improvement
1. Further modification of counters and timers to improve the call drop
rate.

2. These changes were made on the RNC level and cell level further
changes need to be performed on the cell level for the in synsc and out
sync parameters.
3. RSVDBIT1_BIT27 testing to be done at RNC level , in this part we need
to check the pre and post changes after the RSVDBIT1_BIT27 enable
and disable
5.1 Suggestions required.
Request readers for further suggestions and proposals for making
further improvement in the KPIs.