Inter Band Offload

Feature Guide
 Inter Band Offload

Inter Band Offload

Version Date Author Reviewer Notes

Compared with UR13, there is no cha

V1.00 2015/05/20 ZhangBo Song Qiong
nge except software version.

V1.10 2016/03/30 Liu Fulei Modified chapter 3.1

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Feature Attribute ............................................................................................... 4

2 Overview ............................................................................................................ 4
2.1 Feature Introduction ............................................................................................. 4
2.1.1 ZWF21-04-036 Inter Band Offload Feature .......................................................... 4
2.2 License Control .................................................................................................... 5
2.3 Correlation With Other Features .......................................................................... 5

3 Technical Description ....................................................................................... 5

3.1 ZWF21-05-021 Inter Band Offload ....................................................................... 5

4 Parameters......................................................................................................... 8
4.1 ZWF21-04-036 Inter Band Offload ....................................................................... 8

5 Related Counters and Alarms ........................................................................ 14

5.1 Related Counters ............................................................................................... 14
5.2 Related Alarms .................................................................................................. 14

6 Engineering Guide .......................................................................................... 14

6.1 Application Scenario .......................................................................................... 14
6.2 Feature Activation Procedure ............................................................................. 15
6.3 Feature Validation Procedure ............................................................................ 17
6.4 Feature Deactivation Procedure......................................................................... 18
6.5 Impact on the Network ....................................................................................... 18

7 Abbreviation .................................................................................................... 18

8 Reference Document....................................................................................... 19

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TABLES

Table 2-1 License Control List ............................................................................................ 5

Table 5-1 Counter List .......................................................................................................14
Table 6-1 Feature Validation Procedure.............................................................................17
Table 6-2 RNC parameter list 2 .........................................................................................18

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1 Feature Attribute
BSC/RNC version: [ZXWR RNC V3.14.10.14/ZXUR 9000 V4.14.10.14]

BTS/Node B version: [ZXSDR V4.14.10]

Attribute: [Optional]

Involved NEs:
NE Name Related or Not Special Requirement

UE - None

Node B - None

RNC √ None

iTC - None

MSC - None

MGW - None

SGSN - None

GGSN - None

HLR - None
“√”: involved
“-”: not involved

2 Overview

2.1 Feature Introduction

2.1.1 ZWF21-04-036 Inter Band Offload

A low frequency band has a better coverage than a high frequency band. When the traffic
load in a high frequency is high, the traffic can be transferred to a low frequency without
inter-frequency measurement. This mechanism is not suitable for transferring traffic load
in reverse. However in some networks, a low frequency band is used to provide services
for users on the edge of the network. If the traffic load in a low frequency band is high, the

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coverage gets worse. This feature offloads the traffic in the central area from a low
frequency band to a high frequency band to make the users on the edge of the network
get better services.

2.2 License Control

Table 2-1 License Control List

License Configured
Feature ID Feature Name Unit
Control Item NE

Inter Band
ZWF21-04-036 Inter Band Offload RNC RNC
Offload

2.3 Correlation With Other Features

1. Required Features

None

2. Mutually Exclusive Features

None

3. Affected Features

None

3 Technical Description

3.1 ZWF21-04-036 Inter Band Offload

When cells belonging to different frequency bands share a site, the cells of low frequency
bands have larger coverage, on the contrary, the cells of high frequency bands have
smaller coverage. The load in central areas is absorbed in small coverage cells and the

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load on the edge of cells is absorbed in large coverage cells, in other words, if the UE
signaling quality is better than a certain threshold in large coverage cells, the RNC will
blind-handover the UEs to the co-site small coverage cells to distribute the load.

The feature is controlled by URncInfoLar2.lar2SmlCovBHoRncSw and

ULogicalCell.lar2SmlCovBHoCelSw.

The following describes the criteria of intra-frequency measurement:

After the first RAB assignment, or when a transition from common status to CELL_DCH
status occurs, or when the best cell changes, if the following conditions are satisfied, only
the 1E event of CPICH RSCP is filled in the measurement control message.
 URncInfoLar2.lar2SmlCovBHoRncSw is set to “On”.

 ULogicalCell.lar2SmlCovBHoCelSw is set to “On”. The best cell has the neighboring

relation ”Contained in“ with the neighboring cells (UUtranRelation.shareCover), and

the UE supports the cell frequency bands.

 Only the PS service exists.

When the 1E event is reported, if the following conditions are satisfied, the RNC will

blind-handover the UE to a neighboring cell.

 URncInfoLar2.lar2SmlCovBHoRncSw is set to “On”.

 ULogicalCell.lar2SmlCovBHoCelSw is “On”. The best cell has the neighboring

relation ”Contained in“ with the neighboring cells (UUtranRelation.shareCover), and

the UE supports the cell frequency bands.

 Only the PS service exists.

Note:

i. If compressed mode is activated, the received 1E event will be discarded by

the RNC.

ii. Because the number of measurement IDs is limited. The measurement ID of

this feature is the same as that of “Uplink Transmitted Power Based
Handover” (refer to the ZTE UMTS Transmitted Power Based Handover
Feature Guide). If this feature is enabled, the feature “Uplink Transmitted
Power Based Handover” becomes invalid.

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iii. The parameters of intra-frequency measurement of CPICH RSCP are

acquired as follows:
UUtranCellFDD

ref1UIntraMeasProfile

UIntraMeasProfile

UIntraMeasSrvSpec

UIntraRscpEvMeas

srvCategory

intraMeasCfgNo

1. First, obtain an intra-frequency configuration set UIntraMeasProfile by matching

UIntraMeasProfile.profileId with UUtranCellFDD.ref1UintraMeasProfile. Secondly,
obtain the measurement object in the next level in accordance with the event
reporting criterion in this configuration set. Then, obtain the next-level measurement
object from the UIntraMeasSrvSpec object.

2. Obtain the current measurement object (UIntraRscpEvMeas) in accordance with

the measurement quantity CPICH RSCP. Then, obtain intraMeasCfgNo
(intra-frequency measurement configuration number) in accordance with the
service type UIntraMeasSrvSpec.srvCategory.

3. Obtain the intra-frequency handover measurement parameters of the current

application scenario and service through the index intraMeasCfgNo. The details are
described as follows:

i. The event-triggered reporting is used and the measurement quantity is

P-CPICH RSCP. Refer to the following table to obtain the parameters that are
matched with intraMeasCfgNo and associated with
UIntraRscpEvMeas.intraMeasCfgNo from the UIntraRscpEvMeas object.
GUI Name Parameter
Intra-frequency Event Identity UIntraRscpEvMeas.meaEvtId

Event Number of Intra-frequency UIntraRscpEvMeas.measEvtNum

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GUI Name Parameter

Measurement

Filter Coefficient UIntraRscpEvMeas.filterCoeff

Hysteresis UIntraRscpEvMeas.hysteresis

Time To Trigger UIntraRscpEvMeas.trigTime

Threshold used frequency UIntraRscpEvMeas.threshUsedFreq

Where,

MeasEvtNum (UIntraRscpEvMeas.measEvtNum) and MeaEvtId

(UIntraRscpEvMeas.meaEvtId) control how many events can be configured during
the intra-frequency measurement, and which events should be configured. Only
event 1E is used in this feature.

Since UMTS SON function optimizes the threshold of event 1E above, the threshold
of event 1E should be modified as below.

threshUsedFreq= threshUsedFreq+ thrUsedFrqOfst1E

where，

threshUsedFreq is UIntraRscpEvMeas.threshUsedFreq，

thrUsedFrqOfst1E is UExtCelInfoFDD.thrUsedFrqOfst1E

4 Parameters

4.1 ZWF21-04-036 Inter Band Offload

Recom
Managed Logic Value Default
Parameter Description Unit mende
Object Name Range Value
d Value

URncInfo.laRNC Switch This parameter is a switch on RNC 0:Off N/A 0:Off 1:On

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Recom
Managed Logic Value Default
Parameter Description Unit mende
Object Name Range Value
d Value
r2SmlCovB of Blind level which is used for controlling 1:On
HoRncSw Handover RRC blind handover from large
from Large coverage cell to small coverage
Coverage cell. When the signaling quality of
Cell to Small large coverage cells is better than
Coverage a certain threshold, RNC will blind
Cell handover the UEs to the co-site
small coverage cells to distribute
load.

This parameter is a switch on cell

Cell Switch level which is used for controlling
of Blind RRC blind handover from large
ULogicalCe Handover coverage cell to small coverage
ll.lar2SmlC from Large cell. When the signaling quality of 0:Off
N/A 0:Off 1:On
ovBHoCelS Coverage large coverage cells is better than 1:On
w Cell to Small a certain threshold, RNC will blind
Coverage handover the UEs to the co-site
Cell small coverage cells to distribute
load.

This parameter indicates the

neighboring relationship between
0:
a serving cell and its GSM
Neighbor
neighboring cell. It is used in load
1:
balancing and handover policies.
UUtranRela Overlap 0: 3:
Share Cover Load balancing policies can be
tion.shareC 2: N/A Neighbo Containe
Indication applied to an adjacent cell that has
over Covers r d in
an overlap or containment
3:
relationship with the serving cell.
Containe
Handover policies can be applied
d in
to an adjacent cell regardless of its
relationship with the serving cell.

Intra-freque This parameter indicates the

UIntraRsc ncy configuration index of the
pEvMeas.i Measureme intra-frequency measurement 0..6553 Set by Set by
N/A
ntraMeas nt parameters, which is used to 5 system system
CfgNo Configurati index different parameter
on Index configuration sets for

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Recom
Managed Logic Value Default
Parameter Description Unit mende
Object Name Range Value
d Value
intra-frequency measurement.
There are several different sets
of measurement values for the
same set of parameters
according to specific
measurement purpose,
measurement quantity and so
on.

This parameter indicates the

1a[0],
event ID triggered by the
1b[1],
intra-frequency measurement.
UIntraRsc Intra-freque 1c[2], 1a,1b,1 1a,1b,1
MAX_INTRA_MEAS_EVENT
pEvMeas. ncy Event 1d[3], N/A c,1d,1e, c,1d,1e,
indicates the maximum number
meaEvtId Identity 1e[4], 1f,1j 1f,1j
of intra-frequency
1f[5],
measurement event, which is
1j[6]
7.

This parameter indicates

number of events required to
1..MAX
be configured for the set of the
_INTRA
intra-frequency measurement
_MEAS
Event parameters for a certain
_EVEN
UIntraRsc Number of purpose. The number of the
T
pEvMeas. Intra-freque events is related to the purpose
Where N/A 7 7
measEvtN ncy of the measurement and the
MAX_IN
um Measureme judgment method of the soft
TRA_M
nt handover. The measurement
EAS_E
parameter of the soft handover
VENT
is related to the number of the
=7.
events in the soft handover
algorithm.

This parameter indicates the (0[0],

filtering factor that UE performs 1[1],
UIntraRsc the L3 filtering on the 2[2],
Filter
pEvMeas.f measurement results of the 3[3], N/A 3 3
Coefficient
ilterCoeff intra-frequency measurement. 4[4],
UE executes intra-frequency 5[5],
measurement on L1 in the 6[6],

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Recom
Managed Logic Value Default
Parameter Description Unit mende
Object Name Range Value
d Value
fixed cycle (measure several 7[7],
points in one measurement 8[8],
cycle and L1 filters the 9[9],
measurement results. This 11[10],
method can be decided by UE 13[11],
freely). Then L1 reports to L3 at 15[12],
intervals and L3 filters the 17[13],
latest measurement results 19[14])
and the measurement results
saved previously. The filtering
shall be performed according
to the following formula
described in 3GPP TS 25.331:
"RRC Protocol Specification":
Fn= (1-a)*Fn-1+a*Mn , a = 1/2^
(k/2) .
Fn is the updated filtered
measurement result
Fn-1 is the previous filtered
measurement result
Mn is the latest received
measurement result
a = 1/2^ (k/2), where the value
of k is the Filter Coefficient.
NOTE: if k is set to 0 that will
mean no layer 3 filtering.
This formula indicates that the
smaller the value of the filtering
factor is, the larger effect the
current measurement result will
have on the measurement
result reported to RNC
(periodical report) or the
judgment (event report).

This parameter indicates the

UIntraRsc
hysteresis used when judging (0..7.5)d 4,4,6,6, 4,4,6,6,
pEvMeas. Hysteresis dB
whether to trigger the event. B, step 4,4,6 4,4,6
hysteresis
This parameter makes it 0.5dB

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Recom
Managed Logic Value Default
Parameter Description Unit mende
Object Name Range Value
d Value
different between the status to
trigger an event and the status
to leave the event, so as to
avoid the trigger status change
due to very small change.
The larger the value is, the
larger the difference between
the status to trigger the event
and the status to leave the
event will be.
This parameter is related to the
measurement quantity and the
event type.
Different events are configured
separately and can be
configured with different
hysteresis
MAX_INTRA_MEAS_EVENT
indicates the maximum number
of intra-frequency
measurement event, which is
7.

This parameter indicates the (0[0],

time difference between having 10[1],
detected the event generation 20[2],
and reporting the event. Only 40[3],
when the event generation is 60[4],
detected and still meets all 80[5],
requirements of event 100[6], 200,200 200,200
UIntraRsc
Time To triggering after Time to trigger, 120[7], ,200,20 ,200,20
pEvMeas.t ms
Trigger the event can be triggered and 160[8], 0,200,2 0,200,2
rigTime
reported. The larger the value 200[9], 00,200 00,200
is, the stricter the judgment is 240[9],
for the event to be triggered. 320[10],
The parameter should be set 640[11],
according to the actual 1280[12
requirements. Sometimes, if it ],
is set too large, the quality of 2560[13

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Recom
Managed Logic Value Default
Parameter Description Unit mende
Object Name Range Value
d Value
calls may decrease. ],
MAX_INTRA_MEAS_EVENT 5000[14
indicates the maximum number ])ms
of intra-frequency
measurement event, which is
7.

This parameter indicates the

offset of the absolute threshold
Offset for
value used for event 1E. It is
Threshold
used as the offset of the
UExtCelIn of the (-50..50
event-triggered Cpich RSCP
foFDD.thr Quality of )dB,
1E threshold for the function dB 0 0
UsedFrqO the Used step:
"Blind Handover from Large
fst1E Frequency 1dB
Coverage Cell to Small
for Event
Coverage Cell". This
1E
parameter can be adjusted
dynamically by the SON.

This parameter indicates the

absolute threshold value used
for event 1e/1f.
If the pilot signaling quality is
better than this threshold for a
moment, event 1e is triggered,
DL DCH/UL DCH will be
Threshold CPICH
switched to DL HS-DSCH/UL
of the RSCP:
UIntraRscp E-DCH or DL HS-DSCH/UL
Quality of (-115..-
EvMeas.thr DCH.
the Used 25) dBm -80 -80
eshUsedFr If the pilot signaling quality is
Frequency dBm,
eq poorer than this threshold for a
for Event step
moment, event 1f is triggered,
1E/1F 1dBm
DL HS-DSCH/UL E-DCH or DL
HS-DSCH/UL DCH will be
switched to DL DCH/UL DCH.
MAX_INTRA_MEAS_EVENT
indicates the maximum number
of intra-frequency
measurement events, which is

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Recom
Managed Logic Value Default
Parameter Description Unit mende
Object Name Range Value
d Value
7.

5 Related Counters and Alarms

5.1 Related Counters

Table 5-1 Counter List

Counter ID Name
Number of outgoing blind hard handover attempt, from a big
C314107075
coverage cell to a small coverage cell

Number of outgoing blind hard handover success, from a big

C314107076
coverage cell to a small coverage cell

300982 Success Rate of Hard Handover

5.2 Related Alarms

This feature has no related alarm.

6 Engineering Guide

6.1 Application Scenario

This feature is applied in co-site scenarios for cells of different frequency bands. The
cells of low frequency bands have larger coverage while the cells of high frequency
bands have smaller coverage. The load in central areas is absorbed in small coverage
cells while the load on cell edges is absorbed in large coverage cells.

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For example, in the U900-U2100 co-site scenario, this feature is enabled to distribute the
load.

6.2 Feature Activation Procedure

This procedure describes how to locate the parameters related to this feature in the GUI.
The parameter values on the screenshots in the procedure are for reference only. Refer
to Chapter 4 for the recommended values of the related parameters.

In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Managed Element > UMTS
Logical Function Configuration > Extended Info of RNC, and set the parameter RNC
Switch of Blind Handover from Large Coverage Cell to Small Coverage Cell , see the

following figure.

Figure 6-1 Parameter Configuration 1

In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Managed Element > UMTS
Logical Function Configuration > PLMN Relating Configuration, and set the
parameter Cell Switch of Blind Handover from Large Coverage Cell to Small Coverage
Cell, see the following figure.

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Figure 6-2 Parameter Configuration 2

In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Managed Element > UMTS
Logical Function Configuration > UTRAN Cell > Neighbouring Cell, and set the
parameter Share Cover Indication, see the following figure.

Figure 6-3 Parameter Configuration 3

In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Managed Element > UMTS
Logical Function Configuration > UTRAN Cell > Neighbouring Cell, and set the
parameters Intra-frequency Measurement Configuration Index, Intra-frequency Event
Identity, Event Number of Intra-frequency Measurement, Filter Coefficient, hysteresis,
and Time To Trigger, see the following figure.

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Figure 6-4 Parameter Configuration 4

6.3 Feature Validation Procedure

Table 6-1 Feature Validation Procedure

Test Item Inter Band Offload

1. The WCDMA system is ready.

2. Cell1 and Cell2 support HSUPA, HSDPA and DCH. Cell1
belongs to RNC1/NodeB1. Cell2 belongs to RNC1/NodeB2.
3. Cell1 is a 900m cell.Cell2 is a 2.1G cell. Cell1 and Cell2 are
configured as neighbor cells and Cell2 was contained in Cell1.
Prerequisite 4. UE1 camps on Cell1 in Idle mode.
5. The Intra-frequency measurement parameter is set to CPICH
RSCP.
6. The two switches “RNC Switch of Blind Handover from Large
Coverage Cell to Small Coverage Cell” and “Cell Switch of Blind Handover
from Large Coverage Cell to Small Coverage Cell” are enabled.

1. UE1 makes a PS services in Cell1.

2. UE1 report 1E in Cell1.
Steps
3. The RNC makes the UE handover to Cell2.
4. Release the PS call.

Expected
1. UE1 performed the hard handover successfully.
Result

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6.4 Feature Deactivation Procedure

Table 6-2 RNC parameter list 2

Default Deactivation
Managed Object.Logic name GUI Name
Value Value
RNC Switch of Blind
Handover from
URncInfo.lar2SmlCovBHoRncSw Large Coverage Cell 0:Off 0:Off
to Small Coverage
Cell

Cell Switch of Blind

Handover from
ULogicalCell.lar2SmlCovBHoCelSw Large Coverage Cell 0:Off 0:Off
to Small Coverage
Cell

6.5 Impact on the Network

Advantages of this feature:

The load in central areas is absorbed in small coverage cells and the load on cell edges
is absorbed in large coverage cells, which can distribute the system load.

Disadvantages of this feature:

Blind-handover may result in handover failure, which will affect the handover success
rate.

7 Abbreviation
Abbreviation Full Name

3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project

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KPI Key Performance Indicator

RNC Radio Network Controller

UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

8 Reference Document
ZXUR 9000 UMTS (V4.14.10.14) Radio Network Controller Radio Parameter Reference

ZXWR RNC (V3.14.10.14) Radio Network Controller Radio Parameter Reference

ZXUR 9000 UMTS (V4.14.10.14) Radio Network Controller Performance Counter

Reference

ZXWR RNC (V3.14.10.14) Radio Network Controller Performance Counter Reference

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