Recommended solutions for Traffic Balancing

I. In case of GSM900 and DCS1800 co-location, the GSM900 has strong signal strength but we can use the idle
parameter setting and handover to control the traffic and achieve the balanced traffic between GSM900 and
DCS1800

II. In case of 2G and 3G co-location, we can use the idle parameter setting and handover to control the traffic
and achieve the balanced traffic between 2G and 3G

a. Set proper cell selection and reselection parameters

b. Utilize proper cell layer settings and other handover parameters

c. Control idle mode MS behavior, optimize handover settings to achieve proper traffic load sharing

d. other

Hierarchical strategy for GSM900 and GSM1800

The layer of GSM 1800 cell is higher than the layer of GSM 900 cell.

In idle mode, the MS stay in the GSM 900 cell B by setting the cell selecting or cell reselecting parameters.

When the DL signal level is good enough to reach the threshold, the MS is triggered the Layer HO to GSM 1800
cell B.

-1 Because the moving of Ms, the UL/DL signal level become worse. When UL/DL RxLevel is lower than the
threshold, the MS is triggered Edge HO to GSM 900 cell B.

-2 In oder to avoiding congestion of GSM 1800 cell, the Load HO can be used to share some traffic to GSM 900 cell.

Traffic Share Solution:

Strategy for 2G/3G Interoperability

For the areas covered by both the GSM network and the UMTS network,2G/3G interoperability can be performed to
achieve traffic balance between the GSM and UMTS.

I. Only suggest to active the cell reselection from 2G to 3G.

II. Both cell reselection and handover are suggested from 3G to 2G.

Cell reselection from 3G to 2G only when the UE leave 3G coverage.

UE will trigger cell reselection from 2G to 3G once it go back to 3G coverage.

Idle Mode & Call Control: Parameter suggested

PARAMETER PROPOSED VALUES

Abbreviated Name Parameter Name MG MD ID OD

2 4
MAX TA(bit period(1 Actual distance between MS & Repeater Repeater
62 33
bit=0.55km)) BTS site value site value
TBD TBD

RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN RxLevel Acces Min Rural,5 15 15 20

 Suburban 5 (follow (follow
existing existing
Others 8
value) value)
(follow
existing
value)

Radio Link Timeout (FR & EFR) RLT 32 28 36 28

Radio Link Timeout (AMR FR) AFRDSBLCNT 48 48 48 48

Layer of the Cell Layer of the Cell 3 2 1 1

Cell Priority Cell Priority 1 1 1 1

CRO Cell Reselection Offset 0 (0dB) 12 (24dB) 18(36dB) 15 (30dB)

TO Temporary Offset 0 (0dB) 0 (0dB) 4 (40dB) 4 (40dB)

0 (20 1 (40 0 (20

PT Penalty Time 0 (20 second)
second) second) second)

CRH Cell Reselection Hysteresis 14 dB 14 dB 14 dB 14 dB

Number of CCCH blocks

BS_AG_BLKS_RES 1 1 1 1
reserved for the AGCH

2 2 2
Number of multi-frames in a 2 Multiframe
BS-PA-MFRAMS Multiframe Multiframe Multiframe
cycle on the paging channel Period
Period Period Period

FMSMAXOPCC MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH 5 0 0 0

Edge Handover:

UL/DL Edge HO is triggered when:

Serving cell: Rxlev < Edge HO Threshold following P/N rules

Neighboring cells following P/N rules with:

16 bits values lower than serving cell

DL_Rx_Lev(n)> DL_Rx_Lev(s)+[Inter-cell HO Hysteresis](s->n)

Candidate cell exists and available

Layer Handover

Layer HO is triggered when:

Neighboring cells following P/N rules with:

16 bits values lower than serving cell

RX_LEV (n)>= [Inter-layer HO threshold] (n) + [Inter-layer HO hysteresis] (s->n)

Layer & level (n)<Layer & level (s)

Candidate cell exists and available

PBGT Handover

PBGT HO is triggered when:

 Path loss (s) Path loss (n) > PBGT HO Margin (s->n) and 16bits(n) < 16bits (s) following P/N rules

Layer & level (n) = Layer & level (s)

Candidate cell exists and available

Handover: Parameter suggested

PARAMETER PROPOSED VALUES

Abbreviated Name Parameter Name MG MD ID OD

Edge HO UL RX_LEV Edge HO uplink RX Level -98 -94 -94 -94

Threshold threshold dBm dBm dBm dBm

Edge HO DL RX_LEV Edge HO downlink RX -94 -90 -90 -90

Threshold Level threshold dBm dBm dBm dBm

Inter-layer HO Inter-layer HO -75 -85 -85 -85

Threshold Threshold dBm dBm dBm dBm

Inter-layer HO Inter-layer HO
2dB 2dB 2dB 2dB
Hysteresis Hysteresis

PBGTMARGIN PBGT HO Margin 68 68 68 68

DLQUALIMIT DL Qual. Threshold 60 60 60 60

ULQUALIMIT UL Qual. Threshold 55 55 55 55

TALIMIT TA Threshold 62 33 2 4

2G/3G Interoperability: Cell Reselection Flow(2G->3G)

2G/3G Interoperability:Parameter suggested:

PARAMETER
PROPOSED VALUES
Abbreviated Name Parameter Name

INTERRATOUTBSCHOEN Inter-RAT Out BSC Handover Enable No

INTERRATCELLRESELEN Inter-RAT Cell Reselection Enable Yes

INTERRATINBSCHOEN Inter-RAT In BSC Handover Enable Yes

CELLSELECTAFTERCALLREL Select 3G Cell After Call Release Yes

0 (always select a cell if

FDDQOFF FDD Q Offset
acceptable)

FDDQMIN FDD Qmin 7 (-12 dB)

FDDQMINOFFSET FDD Qmin Offset 0 (0 dB)

FDDRSCPMIN FDD RSCP Min. -102 dBm

QI Qsearch I 7 (always)

QP QsearchP 7 (always)

QCI Qsearch C Initial Use_Qsearch_I

QSEARCHC Qsearch C 7 (always)

2G/3G Interoperability: 2G to 3G handover only activate in some spots:

PARAMETER PROPOSED VALUES

Abbreviated Name Parameter Name

INTERRATOUTBSCHOEN Inter-RAT Out BSC Handover Enable Yes

BET3GHOEN Better 3G Cell HO Allowed Yes

HOOPTSEL Inter-rat Ho Preference Pre_3G_Cell

HOPRETH2G HO Preference Threshold for 2G Cell -85 dBm

HORSCPTH3G RSCP Threshold for Better 3G Cell HO -75 dBm

HOECNOTH3G Ec/no Threshold for Better 3g Cell HO -7 dB

MINRSCPTHRES Min RSCP threshold -90 dBm

MINECNOTHRES Min Ec/No threshold - 9.5 dB

HOSTAT3G 3G Better Cell HO Watch Time 5 seconds

HODURT3G 3G Better Cell HO Valid Time 4 seconds

QCI Qsearch C Initial Use_Qsearch_I

QSEARCHC Qsearch C 7 (always)

Dense Urban & Urban:

Ec/No
FDDREP FDD REP QUANT
Suburban & Rural:
RSCP

Power Control: Parameter suggested

Parameter Name (UL) PROPOSED VALUES Parameter Name (DL) PROPOSED VALUES

ULRexLevHighThred 18 (Rxlev > -92dBm) DLRexLevHighThred 25 (Rxlev > -85dBm)

ULRexLevLowThred 18 (Rxlev < -92dBm) DLRexLevLowthred 25 (Rxlev < -85dBm)

ULFSRexQualHighThred 16 (C/I >16dB) DLFSRexQualHighThred 16 (C/I >16dB)

ULFSRexQualLowThred 16 (C/I <16dB) DLFSRexQualLowThred 16 (C/I <16dB)

ULHSRexQualHighThred 18 (C/I >18dB) DLHSRexQualHighThred 18 (C/I >18dB)

ULHSRexQualLowThred 18 (C/I <18dB) DLHSRexQualLowThred 18 (C/I <18dB)

ULAFSRexQualHighThred 14 (C/I >14dB) DLAFSRexQualHighThred 14 (C/I >14dB)

ULAFSRexQualLowThred 14 (C/I <14dB) DLAFSRexQualLowThred 14 (C/I <14dB)

ULAHSRexQualHighThred 16 (C/I >16dB) DLAHSRexQualHighThred 16 (C/I >16dB)

ULAHSRexQualLowThred 16 (C/I <16dB) DLAHSRexQualLowThred 16 (C/I <16dB)

ULMAXDOWNSTEP 6 dB DLMAXDOWNSTEP 4 dB

ULMAXUPSTEP 8 dB DLMAXUPSTEP 8 dB
ULREXLEVADJFCTR 3 DLREXLEVADJFCTR
ULREXQUALADJFCTR 4 DLREXQUALADJFCTR
DLRXLEVPROTECTFACTOR 10
DLRXQUALPROTECTFACTOR 60
Key Performance Description
Indicator(KPIs)
Ration of TCH call drops to
DCR (Drop Call Rate)
Successful TCH seizures (All)
Ratio of attempted TCH
seizures meeting congestion to
CBR (Call Blocking Rate) total attempts TCH Seizure for
call
Ratio of attempted TCH
seizures meeting congestion to
TCH (TCH Blocking Rate)
total attempts TCH Seizure for
all
Ration of SDCCH drops to
SDR (SDCCH Drop Rate) Successful SDCCH seizures
(All)
Ratio of attempted SDCCH
SDBR (SDCCH Blocking seizures meeting congestion to
Rate) total attempted SDCCH
seizures Attempts
CSSR (Call Setup Success Ratio of Successful TCH
seizures(Call) to Number of
Rate)
call attempt.
Ration of Call completion to
CSR (Call Success Rate)
Successful TCH seizures (All)
Ratio of Successful outgoing
HSR (Handover Success
HO to total Number of
Rate)
outgoing HO attempts
Distribution of HO Quality
HO Quality UL and DL
over total HO attempts
Distribution of intracell HO
Intracell HO
over total HO attempts
HO Power Budget (Better Distribution of HO PBGT over
cell) total HO attempts
Ratio of Number of
% of Cells Congested > 2% Congestion Cells to total
Number of cells
Ratio of Number of Cells with
% of Cells with DCR > 2% DCR>2% to total Number of
cells
3
4
ULRXLEVPROTECTFACTOR 10
ULRXQUALPROTECTFACTOR 60
Measurement Huawei Formulae
Period
% TCH Drop = <TCH call drop ,2142> / (<Successful TCH
seizures for call ,2106> + <Successful TCH seizures for early
assignment ,2107> + <Successful incoming internal inter cell
Average (AV) handover ,2239> + <Successful incoming inter BSC inter cell
handover ,2240> - <Successful outgoing internal inter cell
handover ,2243> - <Successful outgoing inter BSC inter cell
handover ,2244>)
% CBR (Call Blocking Rate) = <Attempted TCH seizures
Network Busy
meeting a TCH blocked state ,2124> / <Attempted TCH
Hour(NBH)
seizures (call) ,2090>
% TBR (TCH Blocking Rate) = <Attempted TCH seizures
Network Busy
meeting a TCH blocked state ,2124> / <Attempted TCH
Hour(NBH)
seizures (all) ,2089>
% SDCCH Drop = <SDCCH call drop ,2070> / Successful
Average (AV)
SDCCH seizures (all) (2049)
%SDCCH Blocking =<Attempted SDCCH seizures meeting
Network Busy
an SDCCH blocked state ,2062> / <Attempted SDCCH
Hour(NBH)
seizures (all) ,2048>
% CSSR = <Successful TCH seizures for call ,2106> /
Average (AV)
(<Attempted TCH seizures for call ,2090>
Average (AV) % CSR = CSSR*<1-CDR>
% Handover Success = (<Successful outgoing internal inter
cell handovers, 2243> + <Successful outgoing inter BSC inter
cell handovers, 2244>+<Successful intracell handovers,2265>
Average (AV)
/ (<Outgoing internal inter cell handover ,2205> + <Outgoing
inter BSC inter cell handover ,2291>+< Attempted intracell
handovers,2264>
[<Attempted handovers for uplink quality>+<Attempted
handovers for downlink quality>] /[<Attempted outgoing
Average (AV) internal inter cell handovers>+ <Attempted outgoing
interBSC inter cell handovers>+<Attempted intracell
handovers>]
<Attempted Intracell handovers >/[<Attempted outgoing
internal inter cell handovers>+ <Attempted outgoing
Average (AV)
interBSC inter cell handovers>+<Attempted intracell
handovers>]
<Attempted handovers for better cell >/[<Attempted outgoing
internal inter cell handovers>+ <Attempted outgoing
Average (AV)
interBSC inter cell handovers>+<Attempted intracell
handovers>]
Cell Busy Hour (CBH) % Congested Cells (GoS 5%) = Congested Cells / Total Cells
Average (AV) %of Cells with DCR>2%= Cells with DCR>2% / Total Cells
 Ratio of Number of Cells with
%of Cells with CSSR>95%= Cells with CSSR>95% / Total
% of Cells with CSSR < 95% CSSR<95% to total Number of Average (AV)
Cells
cells

HUAWEI G2G NBR Parameter

Parameter ID Parameter Name Recommand value

Current HO CTRL
SRCHOCTRLSWITCH Algorithm in Source HOALGORITHM1
Cell
In densely populated urban areas, the
recommended value is 68; in the
INTERCELLHYST Inter-cell HO Hysteresis
suburbs, the recommended value is
72.
MINOFFSET Min Access Level Offset 0
In densely populated urban areas, the
recommended value is 68; in the
PBGTMARGIN PBGT HO Threshold
suburbs, the recommended value is
72.
BQMARGIN BQ HO Margin 69
ISCHAINNCELL Chain Neighbor Cell NO
Adjacent Cell Inter-layer
INTELEVHOHYST 67
HO Hysteresis
Directed Retry
DRHOLEVRANGE 72
Handover Level Range
Chain Neighbour Cell
CHAINNCELLTYPE QUICK_HO_NCELL_TYPE_A
Type
Edge HO AdjCell Watch
EDGEADJSTATTIME 6
Time
Edge HO AdjCell Valid
EDGEADJLASTTIME 4
Time
LEVSTAT Layer HO Watch Time 6
LEVLAST Layer HO Valid Time 4
PBGTSTAT PBGT Watch Time 6
PBGTLAST PBGT Valid Time 4
Better Cell HO Watch
BETTERCELLSTATTIME 6
Time
Better Cell HO Valid
BETTERCELLLASTTIME 4
Time
Quick Handover Static
HOSTATICTIME 4
Time
Quick Handover Last
HOLASTTIME 3
Time
HCSSTATTIME HCS HO Watch Time 3
HCSLASTTIME HCS HO Valid Time 2
BQSTATTIME BQ HO Watch Time 1
BQLASTTIME BQ HO Valid Time 1
TASTATTIME TA HO Watch Time 1
TALASTTIME TA HO Valid Time 1
ULBQSTATTIME UL BQ HO Static Time 1
ULBQLASTTIME UL BQ HO Last Time 1
Set this parameter to YES for the
neighboring cell with co-channel
IBCA Dyn Measure interference and the neighboring cell
IBCADYNCMEASURENCELLALLOWED
Neighbour Cell Flag that may cause interference; set this
parameter to NO for other
neighboring cells.
IBCARXLEVOFFSET IBCA RxLev Offset 4
Load HO PBGT
LOADHOPBGTMARGIN 0
Threshold
Neighboring Cell
NCELLPRI None
Priority

HUAWEI Basic Handover Parameter

Parameter ID Parameter Name Recommended Value
Current HO Control
HOCTRLSWITCH HOALGORITHM1
Algorithm
COBSCMSCADJEN Co-BSC/MSC Adj YES
SIGCHANHOEN SDCCH HO Allowed NO
In the hot-spot areas, densely
populated urban areas, urban areas,
suburbs, and rural areas, the
INTRACELLHOEN Intracell HO Allowed
recommended value is YES; in the
high-speed circumstances, the
recommended value is NO.
Intracell F-H HO
INTRACELLFHHOEN YES
Allowed
LoadHoEn Load Handover Support NO
MS Fast Moving HO Set this parameter to YES only in
QCKMVHOEN
Allowed special scenarios such as highways.
In dual-band networking mode for
densely populated urban areas, the
level drops rapidly due to multiple
barriers. The propagation loss of
the 1800 MHz frequency band is
Rx_Level_Drop HO greater than the propagation loss of
RXQCKFALLHOEN
Allowed the 900 MHz frequency band.
Considering the preceding factors,
you can set this parameter to YES
for the DCS1800 cell. Under
normal conditions, set this
parameter to No.
PBGTHOEN PBGT HO Allowed YES
LEVHOEN Level HO Allowed YES
FRINGEHOEN Edge HO Allowed YES
BQHOEN BQ HO Allowed YES
TAHOEN TA HO Allowed YES
Concentric Circles HO
CONHOEN NO
Allowed
Interference HO
INTERFHOEN YES
Allowed
 Edge HO UL RX_LEV
ULEDGETHRES 10
Threshold
The recommended value is 20
when HUAWEI I Handover is
Edge HO DL RX_LEV used;
DLEDGETHRES
Threshold The recommended value is 15
when HUAWEI II Handover is
used.
Handover Algorithm II
EDGESTAT 1
Edge HO Watch Time
Handover Algorithm II
EDGELAST 1
Edge HO Valid Time
Intracell F-H HO Stat
INFHHOSTAT 10
Time
Intracell F-H HO Last
INFHHOLAST 8
Time
INHOF2HTH F2H HO Threshold 25
INHOH2FTH H2F HO Threshold 12
Inter-layer HO
HOTHRES 25
Threshold
Inter-layer HO
LEVHOHYST 2
Hysteresis
Min UL Level on
HOCDCMINUPPWR 0
Candidate Cell
Min DL Level on
HOCDCMINDWPWR 10
Candidate Cell
TIGHT BCCH HO
TIGHTBCCHHOSTATTIME 6
Watch Time
TIGHT BCCH HO
TIGHTBCCHHOLASTTIME 4
Valid Time
QUICKHOEN Quick Handover Enable NO
Concentric Circles
ATCBHOEN NO
ATCB HO Allowed
Interfere HO Static
INTERFERESTATTIME 3
Time
INTERFERELASTTIME Interfere HO Valid Time 2
Better Cell Handover
BETTERCELLHOEN YES
Enable
AMRFULLTOHALFHOALLOW AMR F-H Ho Allowed NO
AMR F-H Traffic
AMRFULLTOHALFHOTHRESH 75
Threshold
FULLTOHALFHODURATION F-H Ho Duration 5
FULLTOHALFHOPERIOD F-H Ho Period 1
AMR F-H Ho Pathloss
AMRFULLTOHALFHOPATHADJSTEP 1
Adjust Step
AMR F-H Ho ATCB
AMRFULLTOHALFHOATCBADJSTEP 2
Adjust Step
AMR F-H Ho Pathloss
AMRFULLTOHALFHOPATHTHRESH 100
Threshold
F-H Pathloss Offset
FULLTOHALFHOPATHOFFSET 10
Overlay
AMR F-H Ho ATCB
AMRFULLTOHALFHOATCBTHRESH 20
Threshold
 F-H ATCB Offset
FULLTOHALFHOATCBOFFSET 20
Overlay
AMR F-H Ho Qual.
AMRFULLTOHALFHOQUALTHRESH 0
Threshold
FULLTOHALFHOSTATTIME F-H Ho Stat. Time 6
FULLTOHALFHOLASTTIME F-H Ho Last Time 4
AMR H-F Traffic
AMRHALFTOFULLHOTHRESH 15
Threshold
Allow AMR H-F
AMRHALFTOFULLHOQUALALLOW NO
Quality-based HO
HALFTOFULLHODURATION H-F Ho Duration 5
AMR H-F Ho ATCB
AMRHALFTOFULLHOATCBTHRESH 4
Threshold
H-F ATCB Offset
HALFTOFULLATCBOFFSET 20
Overlay
AMR H-F Ho Pathloss
AMRHALFTOFULLHOPATHTHRESH 108
Threshold
H-F Pathloss Offset
HALFTOFULLHOPATHOFFSET 10
Overlay
AMR H-F Ho Qual.
AMRHALFTOFULLHOQUALTHRESH 3
Threshold
HALFTOFULLHOSTATTIME H-F Ho Stat. Time 6
HALFTOFULLHOLASTTIME H-F Ho Last Time 4
Non-AMR F-H Ho
NOAMRFULLTOHALFHOALLOW NO
Allowed
Non-AMR F-H Traffic
NOAMRFULLTOHALFTHRESH 85
Threshold
Non-AMR F-H Ho
NOAMRFULLTOHALFHOPATHADJSTEP 1
Pathloss Adjust Step
Non-AMR F-H Ho
NOAMRFULLTOHALFHOATCBADJSTEP 2
ATCB Adjust Step
Non-AMR F-H Ho
NOAMRFULLTOHALFHOPATHTHRESH 95
Pathloss Threshold
Non-AMR F-H Ho
NOAMRFULLTOHALFHOATCBTHRESH 30
ATCB Threshold
Non-AMR F-H Ho
NOAMRFULLTOHALFHOQUALTHRESH 0
Qual. Threshold
Non-AMR H-F Traffic
NOAMRHALFTOFULLTHRESH 25
Threshold
Allow Non-AMR H-F
NOAMRHALFTOFULLHOQUALALLOW NO
Quality-based HO
Non-AMR H-F Ho
NOAMRHALFTOFULLHOATCBTHRESH 14
ATCB Threshold
Non-AMR H-F Ho
NOAMRHALFTOFULLHOPATHTHRESH 103
Pathloss Threshold
Non-AMR H-F Ho
NOAMRHALFTOFULLHOQUALTHRESH 2
Qual. Threshold
Inter-RAT Out BSC
INTERRATOUTBSCHOEN NO
Handover Enable
Inter-RAT In BSC
INTERRATINBSCHOEN NO
Handover Enable
 Allow Incoming BSC
InterRatIurgInBscHoEn NO
Handover at Iur-g
Carry Speech Data at
InterRatIurgVoiceCarryEn NO
Iur-g
Inter-RAT Cell
INTERRATCELLRESELEN NO
Reselection Enable
PATHLOSSHOEN Pathloss Ho. Enable NO
Handover Algorithm I
EDGESTAT1 6
Edge HO Watch Time
Handover Algorithm I
EDGELAST1 4
Edge HO Valid Time
LTE Cell Reselection
LTECELLRESELEN NO
Allowed
SRVCC Handover
SRVCCHOEN NO
Allowed

HSDPA
High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) is an enhanced 3G (third-generation) mobile
telephony communications protocol in the High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) family, also dubbed 3.5G, 3G+, or
Turbo 3G, which allows networks based on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) to have higher
data-transfer speeds and capacity. As of 2013 HSDPA deployments can support down-link speeds of up to
42.3 Mbit/s. HSPA+ offers further speed increases, providing speeds of up to 337.5 Mbit/s with Release 11 of
the 3GPP standards

Capacity
It is the maximum throughput that the RBS can deliver to one cell. The capacity is shared by all HSDPA users.

System Capacity
It is the average capacity per cell for a cluster of cells. For system capacity calculation it is assumed that the load
is homogenously distributed and HSDPA is deployed in all cells.

Dedicated Channel Traffic

DCH traffic is defined as the traffic carried by dedicated transport channels such as speech, PS or CS radio
bearers i.e. on channels other than HSDPA.

RBS Load
It is the percentage of the maximum available RBS power that is used in the downlink.

Power Margin
Power margin saves a part of the RBS power to cater for power variations, due to the dynamic UE behavior when
users move and experience varying channels conditions.
For HSDPA it is assumed that no power margin is needed and RBS may use 100% of the available power in a system
with HSDPA.

Shared Channel Transmission

Shared channel transmission means that a set of radio resources are dynamically shared among multiple users.
The sharing is done in time and code domain

Fast Radio Dependent Scheduling

Scheduling is the function that determines which UE to transmit to at a given time instant.
Three scheduling algorithms are implemented.
1. Proportional Fair Scheduling
2. Round Robin Scheduling
3. Maximum Channel Quality Indicator
Proportional Fair Scheduling
The algorithm uses information about fading peaks to prioritize users with good radio conditions
It also takes delay into account promoting users that have not been given any data for a long time
Round Robin Scheduling
The algorithm gives every user same amount of radio resources (TTI).
The algorithm is fair for all users from a resource point of view but bit rate varies.
Max CQI (Channel Quality Indicator)
UE sends CQI in the UL to aid rate adaptation and scheduling
The algorithm maximizes system throughput by prioritizing users with good radio channels
The CQI report estimates the number of bits that can be transmitted to the UE using a certain assumed power
with a block error rate of 10%

High-order Modulation
HS-DSCH uses 16 QAM if the UE category permit.
This allows twice as high data rates to be transmitted as compared to QPSK
2 ms TTI
Transmission Time Interval for HSDPA is short when compared to R99
It is 2 ms for HS-DSCH for R99 it is 10-40 ms

Fast Link Adaptation

As opposed to R99 RBs, HS-DSCH is transmitted with constant power within the TTI.
Transmission rate is controlled by adaptive channel coding.
Data rate depends on radio conditions (CQI)
Fast Hybrid ARQ with soft combining
In hybrid automatic repeat request scheme, the received blocks that cannot be decoded are buffered and soft
combined with later received transmissions of same information bits. Hybrid ARQ protocol terminates in Node B
which means short RTT (typically 12 ms

HSDPA Power
The RBS power available for HSDPA is determined dynamically, depending on R99 power usage
At least 25% of the average power can be used for HSDPA

HSDPA Channel Structure

New Physical and Transport channels are introduced in HSDPA:

Transport Channel
High Speed Downlink Shared Channel (HS-DSCH)

Physical Channels
High Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel (HS-PDSCH)
High Speed Shared Control Channels (HS-SCCH)
High Speed Dedicated Physical Control Channel (HS-DPCH)
Associated Dedicated Channel (A-DCH)

Inter-RAT Handover ( IRAT Handover)

The 2G/3G inter-RAT handover involves the handover from GSM to UMTS and the handover from UMTS to GSM. The
handover is controlled mainly by the network. For MSs in dedicated mode, inter-RAT handovers can be performed,
including the emergency handover, better cell handover, inter-RAT load handover, and inter-RAT service handover.

Inter-RAT Handover from UMTS to GSM

MSs in dedicated mode can be handed over from a UMTS cell to a GSM cell. The handover decision and handover
procedure are controlled by the RNC. The BSS considers the incoming handover from UMTS to GSM as a common
inter-BSC handover.
The parameter Inter-RAT In BSC Handover Enable determines whether inter-RAT handover from UMTS to GSM is
enabled. If Inter-RAT In BSC Handover Enable is set to No, the BSS rejects all the requests for the handover from
UMTS to GSM.

Inter-RAT Handover from GSM to UMTS

The parameter Inter-RAT In BSC Handover Enable determines whether the inter-RAT handover from GSM to UMTS
is enabled. If Inter-RAT In BSC Handover Enable is set to NO(No), the BSS rejects all the requests for the handover
from GSM to UMTS and does not select a UMTS cell as the target cell.

Evolved Node B (eNB)

Inter-cell RRM: HO, load balancing between cells
Radio Bearer Control: setup, modifications and release of Radio Resources
Connection Mgt. Control: UE State Management, MME-UE Connection
Radio Admission Control
eNode B Meas. collection and evaluation
Dynamic Resource Allocation (Scheduler)
IP Header Compression/ de-compression
Access Layer Security: ciphering and integrity protection on the radio interface
MME Selection at Attach of the UE
User Data Routing to the SAE GW
Transmission of Paging Msg coming from MME

Transmission of Broadcast Info (e.g. System info, MBMS)