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Date 2008-4-23 2008-7-30 Revision Version 0.88 1.0 Change Description Draft completed Some flowcharts are updated. Author Dong Xuan Dong Xuan
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Keywords
By analyzing the factors that affect the Handover Success Rate (HOSR) on the BSS side, this document provides a method of quickly locating the cause of low HOSR or slow handover. In addition, this document provides measures for optimizing the HOSR, thus meeting field engineers' working requirements for solving handover problems. This document is used for optimizing the KPIs of network performance and monitoring the network quality.
Acronyms and Abbreviations Abbreviations AMR BCCH BER BQ BSC BSIC CDU CIC HOSR KPI MR MS NE QoS RQI TA Adaptive Multi Rate Broadcast Control Channel Bit Error Ratio Bad Quality Base Station Controller Base Station Identity Code Combining and Distribution Unit Circuit Identification Code Handover Success Rate Key Performance Index Measure Report Mobile Station Network Element Quality of Service Radio Quality Indication Timing Advance Expansion
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Table of Contents
1 Basic Principles.................................................................................................................8 1.1 Definition....................................................................................................................8 1.2 Theory.......................................................................................................................8 1.3 Recommended Formula............................................................................................8 1.4 Measurement Point...................................................................................................9 2 Influencing Factors..........................................................................................................11 3 Analysis Process and Optimization Method..................................................................11 3.1 Process of Analyzing Handover Problems...............................................................12 3.1.1 General Process of Locating a Handover Problem.......................................12 3.2 Methods for Optimizing Handover Problems...........................................................14 3.2.1 Classification of Handover Problems............................................................14 3.2.2 Hardware and Transmission Failure..............................................................15 3.2.3 Improper Data Configuration.........................................................................17 3.2.4 Congestion of the Target Cell........................................................................19 3.2.5 Clock Problems.............................................................................................21 3.2.6 Interference Problems...................................................................................22 3.2.7 Coverage Problems, and Uplink and Downlink Imbalance............................23 3.2.8 Failed Inter-BSC/Inter-MSC Handovers........................................................24 3.2.9 Automatic Neighboring Cell Optimization......................................................25 3.2.10 Testing Tool Selection and Testing Suggestions..........................................26 3.2.11 Configuration Suggestions for Tests on the Existing Network.....................26 4 Optimization Cases..........................................................................................................27 4.1 A Handover Fails Because the BSIC Cannot Be Decoded......................................27 4.2 A Handover Fails Because Frequency Sequencing of the MS Is Different from That of the BSC.......................................................................................................................27 4.3 A Handover Fails Due to Unreasonable Parameter Configuration...........................27 4.4 The Number of Failed Incoming BSC Handovers Increases Because the Handover Request Does Not Contain Class Mark 3........................................................................27 4.5 An Incoming BSC Handover Fails Because the A Interface Phase Flag Is Set Wrongly...........................................................................................................................28 4.6 Because the Idle Burst Is Enabled, the Interference Increases, the Receiving Quality Decreases, and the HOSR Becomes Low...........................................................28 4.7 Different HOSRs Resulting from Different Cause Values Contained in the Clear Command Messages Sent by Different Switches............................................................29 5 Information Feedback......................................................................................................29 5.1 TEMS Log Files About Problem Cells......................................................................29
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5.2 Requirements of Configuration Data of the Existing Network and Traffic Measurement Feedback..................................................................................................29
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List of Tables
Table 3.1List of handover timers commonly used.............................................................18
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List of Figures
Figure 1.1Signaling process of intra-BSC handover...........................................................9 Figure 1.2Signaling process of inter-BSC handover.........................................................10 Figure 1.3Flow chart of locating a handover problem.......................................................13 Figure 1.4Flow chart and timer description........................................................................19 Figure 1.5Flow chart of automatic neighboring cell optimization....................................26
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GSM BSS Network KPI (Handover Success Rate) Optimization Manual 1 Basic Principles
1.1 Definition
Handover is an important function in mobile communication systems. As a means of radio link control, handover enables users to communicate continuously when they traverse different cells. The HOSR is the ratio of the number of successful handovers to the number of handover requests. The major purpose of handover is to guarantee call continuity, improve speech quality, reduce cross interference in the network, and thus provide better services for mobile station (MS) subscribers.
1.2 Theory
The HOSR is an important KPI of the call hold type. According to the processes, this KPI can be divided into two types: Handover Success Rate and Radio Handover Success Rate. According to the relations between involved network elements (NEs), this KPI can be divided into three types: Success Rate of Intra-BSC Handover, Success Rate of Incoming BSC Handover, and Success Rate of Outgoing BSC Handover. The HOSR is an important KPI assessed by operators because the value of the HOSR directly affects the user experience.
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Measurement Report CHAN ACT CHAN ACT ACK Handover Command Handover Access Handover detect PHY INFO SABM EST IND UA Handover Complete Handover Performed C1 B1 A1
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MS BTS2 BSC2 MSC BSC1 BTS1
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CHAN ACT ACK
Handover Required
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Handover Access Handover detect PHY INFO PHY INFO SABM EST IND UA Handover Complete
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Handover Command
Handover Command B3
C2 Handover Complete
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The measurement points illustrated in 1.4 and 1.4 are as follows: A1Measurement point of Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests and Internal IntraCell Handover Requests B1Measurement point of Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Responses (Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers) and Internal Intra-Cell Handover Commands C1Measurement point of Successful Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers and Successful Internal Intra-Cell Handovers A2Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Requests B2Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Responses (Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers) C2Successful Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers A3Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests B3Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers) C3Successful Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers Replaced with corresponding measurement points, the formulas for calculating different types of HOSR can be as follows: Success Rate of Handover: (C1<Successful Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers> +C3)/ (A1<Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests> +A3)
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Success Rate of Radio Handover: (C1 <Successful Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers> +C3)/(B1<Number of Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Responses> +B3) Success Rate of Intra-BSC Handover: C1/A1 Internal Radio Handover Success Ratio per cell: C1/B1 Success Rate of Incoming BSC Handover: C2/A2 Success Rate of Incoming BSC Radio Handover: C2/B2 Success Rate of Outgoing BSC Handover: C3/A3 Success Rate of Outgoing BSC Radio Handover: C3/B3
Note: If the BSC receives the Clear Command message sent by the MSC during an inter-BSC handover, the current version does not count this case as a failed handover. If a subscriber hangs up the phone during an intra-BSC handover, the current version counts this case as a failed handover.
2 Influencing Factors
According to the cases and experience of the existing network, the factors that influence the handover include the following types: Hardware and transmission failures Data configuration Congestion Coverage problems, and uplink and downlink imbalance Interference Clock problems Failed inter-BSC/inter-MSC handovers For details about all these factors, see section 3.2"Methods for Optimizing Handover Problems."
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The HOSR is low Check whether the handover thresholds and the BSC clock over the A interface circuit comply with the standards
Whether the problem occurs in some cells Yes Whether a hardware and transmission failure occurs No Whether the data is configured improperly No Whether the target cell is congested No Whether a clock problem occurs No Whether an interference problem occurs No Whether a coverage problem or uplink and downlink imbalance occurs No Whether the problem occurs in a co -BSC under a co-MSC No Perform automatic neighboring cell optimization
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Yes
Yes
Yes
Check whether a TRX or a channel failure causes high traffic in each timeslot. If yes, change the TCH Traffic Busy Threshold(%) and expand the capacity
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Yes
Optimize the RF
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Optimize the RF
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Check the common hardware, the handover data configuration between the BSC and the MSC, and the CGI of the cells
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measurement of outgoing and incoming external inter-cell handovers of the faulty cell. From the performance measurement of outgoing external intercell handovers, find out to which cells the handover fails. Analyze counters of the cells where incoming handovers fail, such as the Failed Incoming External/Incoming Inter-Cell Handovers (No Channel Available), the Traffic Volume on TCH, and the Congestion Ratio on TCH(All Channels Busy), to decide whether the congestion of the target cell causes the failed handover. (5) Query such counters as the TRX Availability and the TCH Availability of the target cell to check whether any device is faulty. (6) Query relevant alarms to analyze whether any terrestrial link device is faulty.
II. Traffic Measurement Analysis By registering and analyzing the following counters, you can decide the scope and the basic cause of a handover problem: Cell Level Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Measurement per Cell Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Measurement per Cell Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Measurement per Cell Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Measurement per Cell Incoming Inter-RAT Inter-Cell Handover Measurement per Cell Outgoing Inter-RAT Inter-Cell Handover Measurement per Cell Measurement of MRs upon Handover Initiation per Cell Channel Assignment Failure Measurement per Cell Traffic Volume on TCH
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I. Handling Process
(1) Check the data configuration of the hardware. If none of the data configuration of the faulty cell and its neighboring cells is changed recently, consider whether the handover problem is caused by a BTS hardware failure.
If the handover problem occurs in only one cell under the BTS, consider whether the problem is caused by the hardware failure of the cell. If a TRX is damaged, a call fails to be handed over to this TRX. If a similar problem also occurs in a co-site neighboring cell of this cell, consider whether the problem is caused by the failure of the common hardware of the cells, for example, the TMU failure. You can block some TRXs to verify the preceding problems. If the HOSR returns to normal after a TRX is blocked, check whether this TRX is faulty or whether the CDU or the antenna related to this TRX is faulty. If the uplink and downlink signals of a TRX are unbalanced, handover problems such as frequent handover and lower HOSR often occur.
(2) Trace the Abis interface, and observe whether the signaling of the faulty cell is normal and whether the uplink and downlink receiving quality in the measure report is good. For detailed operations, refer to the M900&M1800 BSS Signaling Analysis Manual.
If the receiving level quality of half rate or full rate channel in the measurement report is poor, the hardware of the cell is faulty or signaling cannot interact normally due to serious interference in the cell. As a result, a handover problem occurs. II. Traffic Measurement Analysis Omitted. III. Alarm Analysis Observe whether any alarms with the following IDs are reported. If yes, refer to the BSS Alarm Guide to handle the alarms.
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5326 Level 1 VSWR alarm 5328 Level 2 VSWR alarm 3.2.3 Improper Data Configuration
I. Handling Process Symptoms: An MS does not initiate any handover or frequently initiates handovers, which affects the HOSR. The handover parameters control the handover decision algorithm. If the handover parameters are set improperly, the MS may not initiate any handover or frequently initiates handovers. In this case, consider the cause from the following aspects: Whether the PBGT HO Threshold in the data configuration is set properly Avoid difficult handovers due to too great values of the handover thresholds or frequent handovers due to the too small values. Proper settings can prevent ping-pong handovers. For detailed settings of the thresholds, refer to the GSM BSC6000 Performance Parameter Baseline (V900R008) (Chinese/English) V2.0. Do not set the thresholds to the values deviating greatly from the baseline values. Whether the parameters related to the handover candidate cell in the data configuration are set properly Avoid the case that the MS cannot be handed over to a neighboring cell due to the missed setting of the neighboring cell. Whether the handover hysteresis parameters in the data configuration are set properly Avoid difficult handovers due to too large values of the handover hysteresis parameters or frequent handovers due to too small values. Whether the N and P counters in the data configuration are set properly Avoid insensitive handover decision or difficult handovers due to the too large values of the parameters, or the case that the target cell of a handover is not the optimal due to the too small values of the parameters. Avoid configuring the neighboring cells that share the same BCCH or the same BSIC for a cell. Abnormal circuit identification code (CIC) circuits may cause failed handovers. For example, the CIC circuit allocated through a Handover REQ message received by the target BSC is identified in the BLOCK state in the target BSC. Therefore, the BSC responds to the MSC with a Handover Failure message whose cause value is Requested Terrestrial Resource Unavailable. In this case, check the statuses of the circuits at the two sides of the A interface and ensure that the circuits are in the same state. You can trace the A interface signaling on the maintenance console to check whether the failed handover is caused by the inconsistency of the circuit statuses. Do as follows: (1) Trace the A interface signaling.
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(2) Filter the Handover Failure message. (3) Check whether the cause value is Requested Terrestrial Resource Unavailable.
II. Handover timer When an abnormal handover occurs, promptly check the handover timer and ensure that the handover timer is not less than the preset default value. II lists the handover timers commonly used.
Table 3.1 List of handover timers commonly used Timer Name T7 T8 T3103 Default Value (ms) 10000 10000 10000 Description Timer for sending outgoing external inter-cell handover requests and handover commands Timer for running outgoing external inter-cell handover commands and handover completion or clearance From the time when an intra-cell or inter-cell handover command is executed to the time of an intra-cell or inter-cell handover completion During an asynchronous handover, from the time when the BTS sends the MS a physical message to the time when the BTS receives the set asynchronous balanced mode (SABM) from the MS During an asynchronous handover, from the time when the MS sends the network a handover access Burst message to the time when the MS receives a physical message from the BTS
T3105
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T3124
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After a handover fails because congestion occurs in the target cell, penalize the target cell to prevent the MS from retrying to be handed over to this target cell. It is recommended that Penalty Allowed be set to Yes. Check whether the channel the congested cell is normal. If a TRX is faulty or a channel is abnormal, rectify the relevant faults. If full rate channels cannot be converted to half rate channels, it is recommended that you change the channel attributes on the BSC6000 local maintenance terminal (LMT). That is, set the TCH Rate Adjust Allow of all the TRXs under this cell to Yes. If the full rate channels can be converted to half rate channels, properly reduce the value of TCH Traffic Busy Threshold(%) to allocate half rate channels ahead of time and thus increase the system capacity. If the preceding methods cannot solve the congestion problem, divide the cell or expand the capacity of the cell. Since capacity expansion cannot be completed in a short time, you can set Channel Type to 1 or 2 to reserve channels for handovers. In this way, the failed handovers caused by congestion can be reduced, and thus the HOSR improves. II. Traffic Measurement Analysis
(1) Register the measurement unit Channel Assignment Failure Measurement per Cell. By analyzing the traffic measurement, you can be familiar with the number of the times that all the channels are busy or that none of the channels is configured when the BSC allocates SDCCHs, TCHFs, or TCHHs in the processes such as immediate assignment, assignment, internal intra-cell handover, incoming internal inter-cell handover, and incoming external inter-cell handover. (2) Change relevant parameters for the target cell according to the cause of the failed handover.
If the failed handover is caused by the SDCCH congestion, set SDCCH Dynamic Allocation Allowed to Yes. If the failed handover is caused by the TCH congestion, reduce the value of the TCH Traffic Busy Threshold(%) to allocate half rates ahead of time and thus relieve congestion. In addition, you can set Channel Type to 1 or 2 to reserve channels for handovers. SN 1 2 3 4 5 Measurement Counter Channel Assignment Failures (All Channels Busy or Channels Unconfigured) in Immediate Assignment Procedure (SDCCH) Channel Assignment Failures (All Channels Busy or Channels Unconfigured) in Immediate Assignment Procedure (TCHF) Channel Assignment Failures (All Channels Busy or Channels Unconfigured) in Immediate Assignment Procedure (TCHH) Channel Assignment Failures (All Channels Busy or Channels Unconfigured) in Assignment Procedure (TCHF/TCHH) Channel Assignment Failures (All Channels Busy or Channels Unconfigured) in Internal IntraCell Handover Procedure (SDCCH)
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Channel Assignment Failures (All Channels Busy or Channels Unconfigured) in Internal IntraCell Handover Procedure (TCHF/TCHH) Channel Assignment Failures (All Channels Busy or Channels Unconfigured) in Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Procedure (SDCCH) Channel Assignment Failures (All Channels Busy or Channels Unconfigured) in Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Procedure (TCHF/TCHH) Channel Assignment Failures (All Channels Busy or Channels Unconfigured) in Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Procedure (SDCCH)
10 Channel Assignment Failures (All Channels Busy or Channels Unconfigured) in Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Procedure (TCHF/TCHH) 11 Channel Assignment Failures (All Channels Busy or Channels Unconfigured) (SDCCH) 12 Channel Assignment Failures (All Channels Busy or Channels Unconfigured) (TCHF) 13 Channel Assignment Failures (All Channels Busy or Channels Unconfigured) (TCHH) 14 Channel Assignment Failures (All Channels Busy or Channels Unconfigured) (TCH)
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alarms and the HOSR. (4) If the problem remains unsolved, replace the TMU.
II. Traffic Measurement Analysis Omitted. III. Alarm Analysis Observe whether any alarms with the following IDs are reported. If yes, refer to the BSS Alarm Guide to handle the alarms.
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Change the transmit power and the coverage area of the cell.
You can also register the measurement results of interference fringes by auxiliary means to estimate downlink interferences. For more details about the solutions of interference problems, refer to the GSM Interference Analysis Guide. II. Traffic Measurement Analysis Omitted. III. Alarm Analysis Omitted.
For example, the coverage area of the serving cell is much larger than that of its neighboring cells, and the neighboring relation between the serving cell and the neighboring cells of its neighboring cells is not configured. In this case, failed handovers easily occur at the fringe of the serving cell.
This section does not describe it in detail. To solve signal coverage problems, do as follows: (1) Find out the coverage problems in the existing network through drive test reports of network optimization. (2) Optimize the RF. The low HOSR caused by uplink and downlink imbalance generally occurs when uplink signals are weak. For example, there are problems in the hardware such as the CDU combiner, the uplink channel loss is large, the uplink signals are weak, and the success rate of incoming external intercell handover is low. This low HOSR is generally caused by data problems (such as CGI errors in the cell description data table, lack of measurement frequencies in BA list 1 and BA list 2, or intrafrequency and inter-frequency interferences), coverage dead zones in high traffic, or MS access difficulties due to weak uplink signals. To test and analyze the low HOSR caused by uplink and downlink imbalance, do as follows:
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(1) Check whether the hardware and maintenance boards of the relevant cell are in the normal state, and whether there are any alarms about hardware failures and the standing wave ratio (SWR). Refresh the channel status and check whether the TCHs can be normally occupied. (2) After hardware and channel problems are solved, check the handover data configuration and ensure that the handover data complies with the parameter baseline. (3) Register the traffic measurement results of cell-level handovers. Check whether the HOSR between some cells is always low.
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Make a field test for the cells where the HOSR is always low. That is, perform a switchover and lock the main BCCH to act as the calling and called parties respectively. Then decide the uplink and downlink problems accordingly. If the uplink loss is large, it is recommended that you replace the combiner to carry out an observation and a test.
2)
Coverage problems and uplink and downlink imbalance are solved through RF optimization. For detailed analysis, refer to the GSM BSS Network KPI (Coverage Problems) Optimization Manual (V1.0). II. Traffic Measurement Analysis Register the measurement unit Uplink-and-Downlink Balance Measurement per TRX about the cells where the HOSR is low. Collect the uplink and downlink balance cases and carry out analysis. III. Alarm Analysis Omitted.
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(2) Check whether the neighboring cells of the source and the destination BSC are set correctly. If there is any abnormality, correct it and observe whether handovers succeed. (3) Trace A interface signaling. Check whether there is any abnormality in the signaling cooperation of the handover process between the source BSC and the MSC, and between the MSC and the destination BSC. For example, check whether such a process that the MSC abnormally releases a handover exists. If there is any abnormal process, find out the cause and observe whether handovers succeed after such a problem is solved. For detailed signaling analysis, refer to the M900&M1800 BSS Signaling Analysis Manual. (4) Check whether the source and the destination BSCs relevant to handovers are locked with the clock of the upper-level MSC. If not, find out the cause that the clock cannot be locked. Observe whether handovers succeed after this problem is solved.
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The call drop rate is higher than 80%. The handovers are relatively fewer according to the traffic, for example, about 30 handovers every hour.
(4) After a neighboring cell is excluded, re-add a new neighboring cell according to the timing advance (TA) principle from small to large, and repeat the preceding steps.
Set the observation period and the thresholds of the HOSR, handover times, and call drops
The TA is limited to six times as many as the average distance between sites. Do not consider the cells with the TA beyond this threshold. You can flexibly set the lower limit of the HOSR and the fewer limit of handover times.
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4 Optimization Cases
4.1 A Handover Fails Because the BSIC Cannot Be Decoded
During a drive test in an office, it is found that an MS cannot decode the BSIC of a neighboring cell. As a result, the MS cannot initiate a handover even when the MS detects good levels of the neighboring cell. After analysis, it is learned that the PTCCH points to a wrong memory zone. As a result, some MSs misunderstand that this channel is an FCCH, thus fail to synchronize the SCH and fail to decode the BSIC. This product problem must be solved through version upgrade.
4.2 A Handover Fails Because Frequency Sequencing of the MS Is Different from That of the BSC
In an office, field engineers check the TEMS drive test file and find that the cells of the main BCCH at the EGSM cannot be handed over to the PGSM. It is checked that the rule of sequencing frequencies at the MS side is different from that at the BSC side. When the serving cell is at the EGSM and is configured with 1,800 neighboring cells, the MS sorts the EGSM first and then the 1,800 neighboring cells, whereas the BSC does in the contrary order. Thus, the different sequences of neighboring cells at the BSC and MS sides cause a failed handover. To mitigate such a problem, disable the Way of BA Delivery Optimized.
4.4 The Number of Failed Incoming BSC Handovers Increases Because the Handover Request Does Not Contain Class Mark 3
In a cell at the BSC boundary, the frequency of the main BCCH is configured as the PGSM and that of the other TRXs is configured as the EGSM. Symptoms: The number of failed incoming BSC handovers increases. The cause value is No Available Channel. The BSC6000 decides the frequency supporting capability of an accessing MS according to class mark 3. If there is no class
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mark 3, the BSC considers that the MS supports only the frequency of the main BCCH. If the Handover Request does not contain class mark 3 and the frequency of the other TRXs in the cell is different from that of the main BCCH, accessing MSs are all allocated to the main BCCH. This causes congestion and thus handovers fail. After the frequency of the other TRXs is changed to the PGSM, the number of failed incoming BSC handovers caused by no available channel decreases to 0. The problem is mitigated. According to the protocol, however, class mark 2 also has a field for identifying whether an MS supports the EGSM or the RGSM (incapable of identifying the DCS1800). Such a problem often occurs because some MSCs carry only class mark 2 in the Handover Request or because an MS in a cell with the EGSM enabled does not report class mark 3. To solve such a problem, upgrade the software version.
4.5 An Incoming BSC Handover Fails Because the A Interface Phase Flag Is Set Wrongly
During an incoming BSC handover, after the BSC returns a Handover Request Ack message to the MSC, the MSC returns a Clear Command immediately to clear call resources. The clearance cause is Equipment Failure. The system responds to the MSC with a Handover Request Ack message containing the speech version IE only when the A Interface Tag in the BSC attributes is GSM_Phase_2+ and the BSC software parameter SpeechVer Send Flag In Ho Req Ack is set to Yes. Since the A Interface Tag in the data configuration is GSM_Phase_2, the Handover Request Ack message does not contain the speech version IE. Therefore, the MSC considers that this message is illegal and sends a Clear Command. To mitigate such a problem, set the A Interface Tag in the BSC attributes to GSM_Phase_2+ and the BSC software parameter SpeechVer Send Flag In Ho Req Ack to Yes.
4.6 Because the Idle Burst Is Enabled, the Interference Increases, the Receiving Quality Decreases, and the HOSR Becomes Low
After an office is cut over, the drive test results show that the network quality decreases obviously by about 3% to 4%. After it is confirmed that the problem is not caused by the problems about the hardware, frequency planning, or cross engineering, it is found that the HOSR of the network is 2% to 3% lower than that the original network and other KPIs are normal. After analysis, it is found that the idle burst function is enabled for testing. This function cannot automatically be disabled. As a result, idle timeslots of TRXs are transmitted at full power, the interference increases, the bit error ratio (BER) rises, and the receiving quality decreases. Manually disable the idle burst function. The air interface quality of the entire network improves effectively. The HOSR increases by 2% on the whole, almost the same as that of the original network.
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4.7 Different HOSRs Resulting from Different Cause Values Contained in the Clear Command Messages Sent by Different Switches
There are multiple BSCs in office Z. Some BSCs are connected to Nortel switches and some are connected to Ericsson switches. The whole HOSR of the BSCs connected to Ericsson switches is 2% to 3% lower than that of the BSCs connected to Nortel switches. The result of the analysis on traffic measurement shows that the whole number of Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (Others) of the BSCs connected to Ericsson switches is very great whereas the counter value of the BSCs connected to Nortel switches is 0. As defined in the protocol, a Clear Command sent by the MSC can contain four cause values: 09: Call Control 0B: Handover Success 0A: Radio Interface Failure, Reverse to old Channel 01: Radio Interface Failure For the failed handovers caused by MSC clearance, the Clear Command messages sent by Ericsson switches contain the cause values of 0A and 01, whereas those sent by Nortel switches contain the cause value of 09. Nortel switches do not send messages in accordance with the protocol. Under Nortel switches, the failed handovers caused by MSC clearance are not collected into the statistics. As a result, the HOSR of Nortel switches is higher.
5 Information Feedback
5.1 TEMS Log Files About Problem Cells
Cell information tables of TEMS tests are required to be provided in log files. The tables must be in the format of *.cel.
5.2 Requirements of Configuration Data of the Existing Network and Traffic Measurement Feedback
The latest data configuration and engineering parameter list are required. The feedback of traffic measurement counters is required for consecutive two days. The following table lists the counter types. Call Drop Measurement per Cell Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Measurement per Cell Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Measurement per Cell Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Measurement per Cell Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Measurement per Cell
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Incoming Inter-RAT Inter-Cell Handover Measurement per Cell Outgoing Inter-RAT Inter-Cell Handover Measurement per Cell Measurement of MRs upon Handover Initiation per Cell Channel Assignment Failure Measurement per Cell
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