Call Drop Rate improvement by Parameter change in 3G

UMTS/WCDMA Huawei Network

Call drop rate in 3G WCDMA is important thing to optimize in our Network. There are many
ways to improve drop call such as hardware problem detection, Fix Coverage overlapping,
Fix Missing neighbor and Parameter changing. You can refer to previous chapter about Drop
Call Rate Improvement to know step by step about call drop reasons and optimization. What
I want to share now is about how to improve drop call rate in 3G UMTS/WCDMA by Parameter
adjustment. Before go to the topic we need to know call drop reasons in 3G UMTS:
- High Interference : As we know in that 3G UMTS/WCDMA is self interference because only
use 1 frequency and differentiated by Scrambling Code(SC).
- Pilot pollution :Happened due to Coverage overlapping.You need to make sure first no
coverage overlapping and can be solved by Physical optimization(Antenna down tilt).
- Missing Neighbor: Make sure no missing neighbor in your network to improve drop call
before you start with Parameter optimization.
- Hardware problem: You need to fix first if you found hardware issue.
After you clear main issue for above reasons then you can go to Parameter optimization to
reduce drop call rate. Here are recommended Parameter to reduce call drop rate in 3G
UMTS/WCDMA for Huawei Network. If you work for other Vendor you can refer to your
document and looking for same Parameter.
1. Increase HOASUTMR
HOASUTMR meaning HO active set update response timer, A timer to RNC wait for the response to
active set update in soft handover procedure. You can improve call drop in 3G by increase this parameter.
2. Increase Parameter 2D/2F
The idea of this parameter setting is to make fast Handover to GSM network. You can
increase 2D/2F parameter and improve your drop call in 3G by moving traffic to GSM
network.
Detail parameter need to be changed are as follow:
- INTERRATCSTHD2DECN0, ex: Change from -14 to -12
- INTERRATCSTHD2FECN0, ex: Change from -12 to -10
- INTERRATCSTHD2DRSCP, ex: Change from -100 to -98
- INTERRATCSTHD2FRSCP, ex: Change from -97 to -95
- INTERRATHTHD2DECN0, ex: Change from -15 to -12
- INTERRATR99PSTHD2DECN0, ex: Change from -15 to -13
- INTERRATHTHD2FECN0, ex: Change from -13 to -10
- INTERRATR99PSTHD2FECN0, ex: Change from -13 to -10
- INTERRATHTHD2DRSCP, ex: Change from -100 to -95
- INTERRATR99PSTHD2DRSCP, ex: Change from -100 to -95
- INTERRATHTHD2FRSCP, ex: Change from -107 to -105
- INTERRATR99PSTHD2FRSCP, ex: Change from -107 to -105
Description and meaning of Above Parameter can be described as below detail:
- INTERRATCSTHD2DECN0:
Threshold to trigger inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of Ec/No for CS
domain services
Value range: -24~0
Physical unit: dB
Content: For CS domain services, when Ec/No is used as the measurement quantity for interRAT measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to activate compressed mode and start
inter-RAT measurement, if the UE reports the event 2D when the measured value is smaller
than the value of this parameter.
Recommended value (default value): -14

- INTERRATCSTHD2FECN0
Threshold to stop inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of Ec/No for CS
domain services
Value range: -24~0
Physical unit: dB
Content: For CS domain services, when Ec/No is used as the measurement quantity for interRAT measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to deactivate compressed mode and stop
inter-RAT measurement, if the UE reports the event 2F when the measured value is larger
than the value of this parameter.
Recommended value (default value): -12
- INTERRATCSTHD2DRSCP
Threshold to trigger inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of RSCP for CS
domain services
Value range: -115~-25
Physical unit: dBm
Content: For CS domain services, when RSCP is used as the measurement quantity for interRAT measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to activate compressed mode and start
inter-RAT measurement, if the UE reports the event 2D when the measured value is smaller
than the value of this parameter.
Recommended value (default value): -100
- INTERRATCSTHD2FRSCP
Threshold to stop inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of RSCP for CS domain
services
Value range: -115~-25
Physical unit: dBm
Content: For CS domain services, when RSCP is used as the measurement quantity for interRAT measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to deactivate compressed mode and stop
inter-RAT measurement, if the UE reports the event 2F when the measured value is larger
than the value of this parameter.
Recommended value (default value): -97
- INTERRATHTHD2DECN0
Threshold to trigger inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of Ec/No for PS
domain HSPA services
Value range: -24~0
Physical unit: dB
Content: For PS domain HSPA services, when Ec/No is used as the measurement quantity for
inter-RAT measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to activate compressed mode and start
inter-RAT measurement, if the UE reports the event 2D when the measured value is smaller
than the value of this parameter.
Recommended value (default value): -15
- INTERRATR99PSTHD2DECN0
Threshold to trigger inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of Ec/No for PS
domain R99 services
Value range: -24~0
Physical unit: dB
Content: For PS domain R99 services, when Ec/No is used as the measurement quantity for
inter-RAT measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to activate compressed mode and start
inter-RAT measurement, if the UE reports the event 2D when the measured value is smaller
than the value of this parameter.
Recommended value (default value): -15

- INTERRATHTHD2FECN0
Threshold to stop inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of Ec/No for PS
domain HSPA services
Value range: -24~0
Physical unit: dB
Content: For PS domain HSPA services, when Ec/No is used as the measurement quantity for
inter-RAT measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to deactivate compressed mode and
stop inter-RAT measurement, if the UE reports the event 2F when the measured value is
larger than the value of this parameter.
Recommended value (default value): -13
- INTERRATR99PSTHD2FECN0
Threshold to stop inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of Ec/No for PS
domain R99 services
Value range: -24~0
Physical unit: dB
Content: For PS domain R99 services, when Ec/No is used as the measurement quantity for
inter-RAT measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to deactivate compressed mode and
stop inter-RAT measurement, if the UE reports the event 2F when the measured value is
larger than the value of this parameter.
Recommended value (default value): -13
- INTERRATHTHD2DRSCP
Threshold to trigger inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of RSCP for PS
domain HSPA services
Value range: -115~-25
Physical unit: dBm
Content: For PS domain HSPA services, when RSCP is used as the measurement quantity for
inter-RAT measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to activate compressed mode and start
inter-RAT measurement, if the UE reports the event 2D when the measured value is smaller
than the value of this parameter.
Recommended value (default value): -110
- INTERRATR99PSTHD2DRSCP
Threshold to trigger inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of RSCP for PS
domain R99 services
Value range: -115~-25
Physical unit: dBm
Content: For PS domain R99 services, when RSCP is used as the measurement quantity for
inter-RAT measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to activate compressed mode and start
inter-RAT measurement, if the UE reports the event 2D when the measured value is smaller
than the value of this parameter.
Recommended value (default value): -110
- INTERRATHTHD2FRSCP
Threshold to stop inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of RSCP for PS domain
HSPA services
Value range: -115~-25
Physical unit: dBm
Content: For PS domain HSPA services, when RSCP is used as the measurement quantity for
inter-RAT measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to deactivate compressed mode and
stop inter-RAT measurement, if the UE reports the event 2F when the measured value is
larger than the value of this parameter.
Recommended value (default value): -107

- INTERRATR99PSTHD2FRSCP
Threshold to stop inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of RSCP for PS domain
R99 services
Value range: -115~-25
Physical unit: dBm
Content: For PS domain R99 services, when RSCP is used as the measurement quantity for
inter-RAT measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to deactivate compressed mode and
stop inter-RAT measurement, if the UE reports the event 2F when the measured value is
larger than the value of this parameter.
Recommended value (default value): -107
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Huawei, hope can help you best network.
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