Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Case Analsyis--Handover
ISSUE1.1
Wireless Curriculum
Development Section
Outline of Handover Topic
Measurement Report
Attempted incoming internal
Measurement Report inter cell handovers
Channel Activation
Chan Attempted outgoing internal
nel Activation ACK inter cell handovers
Handover Formula
cell handover Success rates >=internal inter cell handover success rates
Statistic Point of Handover Counter - Intra-BSC
Handover
Possible causes of failure of intra-BSC handover
Max repeat time of physical information *radio link connected with
the timer < time interval of EST IND~HO DETECT (120~180ms)
Waiting to timeout after establish indication (MS has not received
UA frame or has not sent handover complete message)
Statistic Point of Handover Counter - Inter-BSC Handover
MS BTS(Source) BSC MSC BSC BTS(Target)
Measureme
nt Report Meas
urement Report Attempted outgoing inter-BSC
The same as intra-MSC
Attempted incoming
Handover Required T17++ inter-BSC inter cell handovers
Channel ACT
Handover Command
Handover Access
MAP_Send_HO_Repor
t
MAP_Send_HO_Report_AC
K
HO-Request
MAP_Prepare_HO_ACK HO-Request-ACK
IAI
HO-Command ACM
HO-Access
MAP_Process_Access_Signalling
Some intermediate steps are omitted
HO-Complete
MAP_Send_End_Signal
Clear-Command
Clear-Complete
MAP_Send_End_Signal_ACK
Statistic Point of Handover Counter - Inter-BSC Handover
Success ratio of
Success times of inter-cell handover between BSCs
inter-BSC handover =————————————— --------------×100 %
Request times of inter-cell handover between BSCs
Success ratio of
Destination BSC receives HO-COMP from MS
In-BSC handover =————————————— ----------------×100 %
After destination BSC receives HO-REQ
Success ratio of
Source BSC receives Clear-COMD from MSC
Out-BSC handover =—————————————— ------------×100 %
After BSC sends HO-Required
Outline of Handover Topic
7. MSC first goes to “Location Area Cell Table” to search the cell
that matches the CGI of the destination cell. Once the cell is
found, confirm which BSC is belong to. Send the handover request
message to this BSC.
Locating problem
Causes of Handover Problem
Type of Handover Problem
1. Coverage:
There is no
adjacent cells,
so handover
become Non-adjacent
impossible. Adjacent
cell
cell N1
Service cell
Non-adjacent
cell Adjacent
Cell N2
Non-adjacent Adjacent
cell Cell N3
Isolated island
resulting from
cross-cell
coverage
Analysis of Causes of Handover Problem
IV. Transmission
1. Transmission is not stable
2. Serious BER in transmission
There are adjacent cells with the same frequency and the same BSIC
CGI and module ID in “Cell Description Data Table” are different from those i
n “Cell Module Information Table”.
CGI, BCCH and BSIC in “External Cell Description Table” are different from t
hose in the opposite BSC.
The Destination signaling point of BSC in MSC “Location Area Cell Table” is i
ncorrect.
Analysis of Causes of Handover Problem
Precautions:
“Frequency of Preprocess Measurement Report”: when “Measurement
Report Preprocess” is enable , if the link configuration is 15:1, the
setting is once per second. At this time, for the handovers that needs P/N
verdict, such as boundary handover, layer handover, PBGT handover
and concentric handover, the P/N verdict time should be shortened.
BSC can not process the CGI in lower case. Therefore it must be input
in upper case, otherwise the handover would fail.
BSC does not recognize CI as FFFF cell, otherwise the handover would
not happen
“Transmitting BS/MS Power Level”: If the measurement report
preprocess is enabled, this parameter must be set to “Yes”.
Analysis of Causes of Handover Problem
Case 1
Case 2
Case 2
Analysis:
Since the wireless handover ratio is low, check
data, coverage and interference.
Data: co-frequency of BCCH and co-BSIC
Coverage: signal is weak, uplink and downlink are
not balanced.
Interference: high BER, MS can not be accessed or
can not receive signals correctly.
Typical Handover Cases
Solution:
1. Check data: register “In-cell Handover Performance Measurement” and
find that the success ratio of handover into all adjacent cells is low, but is not
0. Check the data to find that there is no co-frequency 0f BCCH and co-BSIC
problem. Data cause is ruled out.
2. Check coverage:
The traffic in this cell is relatively low. Check “BS Maintenance” to find that
created. The called can be created but can not call out. A rough conclusion is
that poor uplink causes the problem.
3. Check the installation of uplink hardware, nothing abnormal is identified.
Maybe a fault has occurred to the uplink path of TRX or CDU. Replace CDU,
the problem is solved.
Case 3
Analysis:
1. Check whether it is attributed to LAPD
updating;
2. Analyze traffic statistics, the main causes of
the failure and locate the problem.
Typical Handover Cases
Solution:
1. Check whether it is attributed to LAPD updating: after the upgdating,
not all cells under module 4 are congested and the handover indexes of
some indexes are not lowered. Upgrading is not the cause.
2. Analyze traffic statistics:
Congested cells are mostly at Site A and Site B. Their traffics are lower
ed than those before the upgrading. It is a pseudo congestion.
The cells where handover success ratio is lowered are mostly at Site A
, B, C, D and E and the main cause of the failure is timer timeout.
3. Check alarm:
At 19:31 of September 18, the clock systems of Site A and Site B gave al
arms. It was found that 13M loses lock.
the clock problem lowers the handover success ratio of the two sites. S
uch impact is spread to the adjacent cells of these two cells and even to t
he whole network.
Typical Handover Cases
Solution:
4. Analyze handover data and traffic statistics:
All cells where handover success ratio is lowered are adjacent
to A and B except A and B themselves.
5. Reset Site A and Site B, the clock system is recovered, and
the handover success ratio inter/intra-BSC goes up to 93 % . The
problem is solved.
Case 4
Case 4
Solution:
1. Trace interface message. After receiving HO-REQUEST
message, Huawei BSC returns HO-FAILURE message
immediately but Huawei BSC should have returned HO-
REQ-ACK message as in normal conditions.
Solution :
HO-FALUER: The cause of the failure is invalid message cont
2.解决方法:
ent
3. HO-REQ : the difference is basically the Address Indicator in c
omparison with the normal handover request message. HUAWEI B
SC does not recognize case 41. The system thinks that Address In
dicator must be 0x43. inform the owner of network, modify the rel
ation parameter,and this problem is solved.
Typical Handover Cases
Case 4
Conclusion:
解决方法:
In interworking with equipment of other manufacturers, faults
can be located by analyzing the signaling.
Typical Handover Cases
Case 5
MAP_Send_HO_Repor
t
MAP_Send_HO_Report_AC
K
HO-Request
MAP_Prepare_HO_ACK HO-Request-ACK
IAI
HO-Command ACM
HO-Access
MAP_Process_Access_Signaling
Intermediate steps
HO-Complete are omitted.
MAP_Send_End_Signal
Clear-Command
Clear-Complete
MAP_Send_End_Signal_ACK
Typical Handover Cases
Analysis 2: Abnormally:
MAP_Abort
HO-REJECT
Typical Handover Cases
Case 6
Analysis 2:
1. Analyze the Prepare-HO message sent from Huawei MSC to the opposite
end. The voice version is full rate version 1, 2 and half-rate version 1. It is a
PHASE 2+ version. However there is only full rate version 1 in the message
sent from M900 to Huawei M1800. It turns out that the opposite does not
support half-rate version, so the handover fails.
2. Modify A interface circuit pool table of Huawei MSC data, only using full-rate
version 1.
3. Then the out-BSC handover is normal.
Fault Description: A specific GSM network, where one MSC is attached with t
wo BSC, is all configured with Huawei equipment. When the two BSCs are cu
t over one after another, the success ratio of handover from BSC1 to BSC2 i
s very low, but the success ratio of handover from BSC2 to BSC1 is normal. I
ntra-BSC handover inside BSC1 and BSC2 is normal.
Typical Handover Cases
Case 7
Solution:
1. Check all data of inter-BSC handover: external cell description data table,
BA2 table, CGI of MSC. No problem is found.
2. Trace A interface message of BSC1 and BSC2. After BSC1 sends “HO-
Required”, BSC2 has not received “HO-Request” message, but BSC1 has.
3. The path of data search: MSC goes to “Location Area Cell Table” according
to the CGI of the destination cell in “HO-Required” message, refers to the
description of the DSP of the cell given in the table and sends HO request to
the correct BSC.
4. The Ho-request message, which should have been sent to BSC2, is sent to
BSC1, so it is DSP error. After correction, the problem is solved.
Typical Handover Cases
Case 7
Conclusion:
For the data of inter-BSC handover, besides checking
whether CGI at MSC side is consistent with that at the
opposite and at BSC, check whether the DSP is correct. MSC
indexes to the CGI of the destination cell with the existing
CGI.. When the DSP is incorrect, “HO-Request” will be sent to
wrong BSC.
Typical Handover Cases
Case 7
Solution:
1. Perform forced handover with a tester between several cells where
handovers have failed. The forced handovers are all successful. Data
problem is ruled out.
2. The interference band of cells is ideal, dropout and congestion ratio are
normal. It is unlikely that the coverage and interference at the radio port
causes the problem.
3. Trace A interface signal and compare the failure signaling and success
signaling:
Typical Handover Cases
A interface signaling analysis of inter-BSC
handover in MSC:
Failure signaling:
Success signaling:
Typical Handover Cases
Case 7:
Solution:
4. The comparison result is that Huawei BTS has not detected any MS access informat
ion (No HO DETECT signaling occurs). It shows that there is problem when the MS is a
ccessing cell M1800 or the MS does not access cell 1800.
5. Reconfirm that there is no problem with the handover data, otherwise the handover
success ratio will be very low.
6. Re-trace large number of handover signalings to find that all failures are attributed t
o the same cause. In addition, the problem mode is the same: one MS makes multiple
handover requests in one communication and all requests fail.
7. Analyze other similarities of the failed message, to find that the first 6 digits of IMEI
numbers of these MSs are all 449684. It shows that the MSs that have handover proble
m are of the same model.
8. Find the MS owners with the IMSI numbers and find that all MSs with handover prob
lem are F-MS. Not long before it was proved that this MS has poor insulation performa
nce between 900 and 1800, so it can not access 1800 network. Now the cause is found.
.
Typical Handover Cases
Case 7: