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2G CDR Fast Analyze

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 Retainability : DCR– Classification of Call Drop Rate

 Typically, most call drops in a network occur over radio interface (CM33C). These call
drops are classified into call drops that occur in the stable state (CM330) and call drops
that occur during handover (CM331) and should be given special attention.
 Other types of call drops seldom occur in the network, among which, pay attention
to CM333 Abis link Failure and CM334 Equipment Failure. The loopback function is
seldom used in the network, therefore, loopback call drops (CM397 & CM385) seldom
occur.

Major drop
cause
Retainability : DCR – Classification of Call Drops that occur on Radio Interface
 Retainability : DCR – Check Procedure for Troubleshooting Call Drop Problems

High proportion of Drop

CM33C
(Drop over Radio Interface)

High proportion of Drop

CM333 & CM334
(Drop due to
Transmission/Equipment
Failure)
Retainability : DCR – Coverage Check (1/3)

Actions:
Analyze the traffic statistics and find whether problems such as high proportion of great
TAs, Imbalance between uplink and downlink, and high portion of low level exist
1. Identify Overshooting by checking TA distribution vs. Site-to-Site distance

- The site to site distance (D) has a major impact for defining rules of overshooting
- For example: in dense urban areas the site to site distance is between 500m to 700m a bigger amount
of TA measurements TA=1 (550m to 1100m) would indicate an potential overshooting already. But in Rural
or Suburban areas the site to site distance could be up to 2000m, for such areas TA measurements could
have TA sample with TA2 (1100m to 1650m) without indication of overshooting
Retainability : DCR – Coverage Check (2/3)

2. Identify Overshooting by Drive Test results

For example: From DT results, it was found that this area has
Overshooting from cell 12292
Retainability : DCR – Coverage Check (3/3)

3. Imbalance between Downlink and Uplink

Normal distribution, slightly shifts
to lower or higher values are
acceptable
Imbalance DL too weak :Reasons could be
related to the downlink path of the cell,
Actions:
- Check if Output power of the cell is too
low, possible related to reduced power
settings or broken hardware
- Escalate to BSS team to check Combiner,
Jumper cable, Feeder cable, Connector,
Antenna
Imbalance UL too weak :Reasons
could be related to the uplink path
of the cell
Actions:
Escalate to BSS team to check
Combiner, Jumper cable, Feeder
cable, Connector, Antenna
Retainability : DCR – Interference Check (1/2)

Actions:
Check Uplink Interference Band
Band Level
Interference Band 1 -110 dBm to -106 dBm
Interference Band 2 -105 dBm to -99 dBm
Interference Band 3 -98 dBm to -93 dBm
Interference Band 4 -92 dBm to -88 dBm
Interference Band 5 -87 dBm to -47 dBm

Uplink Interference could have “internal” or “external” sources

 GSM 900 external interference sources: CDMA sites close by the site, repeater
CDMA Interferences:
- This kind of uplink interferences can be identified by using the channel scan function in the cell.
- A scan over the GSM channels will give the information about interference level over the GSM channel 1 to
124.
- CDMA interfered cells have a higher interference level in the lower GSM channels. The higher channels have
less or non interferences
 DCS 1800 external interference sources: repeater
Retainability : DCR – Interference Check (2/2)

 Internal interference can only come from the own network from MS using the same
frequencies of the cell but assigned to a different cell.
- The interferences impact from internal sources are higher during busy hour times than
during off peak hours, see example below.

External interference:
Internal Interference: Check if Interference
Check if Interference is independent of
profile follows traffic profile
increases in traffic
profile

- 2 Type of interferences: Co-Channel interference and Adjacent-Channel interference. If

found, revise frequency plan. Interference C/I C/I in actual project
(3dB margin needed)
Co-Channel >= 9dB >= 12dB
Adjacent-Channel >= -9dB >= -6dB
Retainability : DCR – Neighboring Cell Check

Actions:
 Check No Missing Mandatory Adjacent Cells –
perform checking based on geographical view.
 Optimizing Redundant Adjacent Cells – based on
finding isolated cells resulting from overshooting, and
based on following KPIs
- H370c:Outgoing Inter-Cell Handover Requests
- H380:Incoming Inter-Cell Handover Requests
Correct all non symmetrical adjacencies i.e. cell B
is neighbor of Cell A but cell A is not neighbor of Cell
B
Cell
Mandatory Adj Cell
Redundant Adj Cell
Other Cell
OSS KPI: DCR – Alarm Check

Actions:
For call drops over none Um interface, pay attention to CM333 and CM334.
 For CM333, determine whether they are caused by links problem on the Abis interface according to the
proportion and number of call drops.
• Disconnection of RSL links may also cause CM333 call drops.
 For CM334, determine whether they are caused by equipment failure according to the proportion and
number of call drops.
• The following factors may cause increase of call drops due to equipment failure:
- Mutual aid of TRXs, dynamic modification of cell attributes, dynamic modification of
frequencies on TRXs, dynamic modification of frequency hopping data of TRXs, dynamic
deletion of cells, dynamic deletion of TRXs, blocking of cells, blocking of TRXs, blocking of
channels

If CM333/CM334 increase, check the related

alarm information, locate the problem
according to the alarm information. If
necessary, troubleshoot transmission
equipment and hardware on site
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