Event 2d/2f Quality Monitoring

When the UE has entered state CELL_DCH, the UE capability for

Inter-Frequency and GSM HO is checked. The Inter-Frequency Handover
is supported in the RNC if the corresponding parameter fddIFHOsupp is
set to ’ON’; in the same way the Inter-RAT Handover is supported in the
RNC if the corresponding parameter fddGsmHOsupp is set to ’ON’. The
Inter-Frequency Handover support is mandatory for the UE, while the Inter-RAT
Handover support is not. The condition for activating P-CPICH Quality
Monitoring is consequently: (fddIFHOsupp ’ON’) or (fddGsmHOsupp’ON’ and
the UE supports GSM). The same conditions applies for starting the 6d/6b
measurements.
Two separate MEASUREMENT CONTROL messages with “setup” for event 2d
/ 2f are sent to the UE, one for the Ec/No measurement and another one for
the Rscp measurement. Event 2d and event 2f are relevant only for cells
in the Active Set of the current WCDMA RAN used frequency. Therefore no
information on Inter-Frequency cells is needed.
The UE is configured for 2d event triggering based on thresholds
usedFreqThresh2dEcno+serviceOffset2dEcno (and usedFreqThr
esh2dRscp+serviceOffset2dRscp). The UE is configured for 2f event
triggering based on thresholds usedFreqThresh2dEcno+serviceOffset2
dEcno+usedFreqRelThresh2fEcno (and usedFreqThresh2dRscp+serv
iceOffset2dRscp+usedFreqRelThresh2fRscp).
If the WCDMA quality on the current used frequency goes below the 2d Ec/No
threshold minus the corresponding hysteresis, and the condition is maintained
during timeToTrigger2dEcno, (or the WCDMA quality on the current
used frequency goes below the 2d Rscp threshold minus the corresponding

hysteresis, and the condition is maintained during timeToTrigger2dRscp)

then event 2d occurs, and Inter-Frequency or GSM measurements need to
be performed by UE.
If the WCDMA quality on the current used frequency goes above the 2f Ec/No
threshold plus the corresponding hysteresis, and the condition is maintained
during timeToTrigger2fEcno, (and the WCDMA RAN quality on the current
used frequency goes above the 2f Rscp threshold plus the corresponding
hysteresis, and the condition is maintained during timeToTrigger2fRscp)
then event 2f occurs and the UE is informed to stop IF or IRAT measurements.
Note that all monitored quantities of the connection must be good before IF
or IRAT measurements are stopped.
If the value of 2d threshold changes as a result of an Active Set update, for
either the Ec/No or the Rscp measurement, due to different settings of the
cell parameter usedFreqThresh2dEcno or usedFreqThresh2dRscp,
the corresponding measurements using event 2d and event 2f must be
modified with new thresholds for both events, computed according to the
above description. This is also valid if the serviceOffset2dEcno or the
serviceOffset2dRscp changes as a result of a change of UeRc state.
Note: Ranges of absolute thresholds
The absolute threshold values for the events 2d and 2f (based on the
parameters and offsets described above) sent out to the UE in the
MEASUREMENT CONTROL message, will be altered to conform to 3GPP
ranges (i.e. -24..0 [dB] for EcNo and -115..-25 [dBm] for RSCP).
Event 2d Handling
When SRNC receives a MEASUREMENT REPORT message for event 2d from
the UE, measurements for IRAT HO event 3a or IF HO event 2b is setup in the
UE depending on how the parameter hoType / defaultHoType is set for the
cells in the Active Set, see Section 5.2 on page 46. The measurement quantity
for IRAT HO event 3a or IF HO event 2b, is set automatically depending on
which part of the connection quality that is bad (CPICH Ec/No or CPICH RSCP)
when the measurement is started.

Figure 11 on page 49 shows that the measured quality of WCDMA RAN is

below the used 2d threshold - hysteresis2d/2. And if this condition remains
true for a time at least timeToTrigger2dEcno, event 2d occurs. For more
details on hysteresis concept, see Section 3.4 on page 13.
Event 2f Handling
When SRNC receives a MEASUREMENT REPORT message for event 2f from the
UE, measurements for IRAT HO event 3a or IF HO event 2b and associated
compressed mode usage is stopped. Note that the connection quality must be
good for all monitored measurements before the HO attempt is stopped.
Figure 11 on page 49 shows that the measured quality of WCDMA RAN is now
above the used 2f threshold plus half the value of event 2f hysteresis, if this
condition remains for a time no less than timeToTrigger2fEcno then event
2f occurs. For more details on hysteresis , see Section 3.4 on page 13.
5.4 UE Tx Power Monitoring (Event 6d/6b)
The Ue Tx power monitoring using events 6d and 6b is started on the
same conditions as the 2d/2f events, see above. A MEASUREMENT
CONTROL message with “setup” for event 6d and event 6b is prepared and sent
to the UE. Event 6d and event 6b is relevant only for the Active Set of the
current WCDMA RAN used frequency.
The UE is configured for event trigger decision based on the threshold
ueTxPowerThresh6b, event 6d does not need a specific threshold.

If the UE Tx Power reaches maximum and the condition is maintained

during timeTrigg6d, then event 6d occurs and Inter-Frequency or GSM
measurements need to be performed by UE. The measurement quantity for
IRAT HO event 3a or IF HO event 2b, is set automatically to CPICH RSCP,
and the additional relative threshold utranRelThreshRscp is also used (see
Section 6.2 on page 51 and Section 7.2 on page 67). If the UE Tx Power
goes below ueTxPowerThresh6b threshold, and the condition is maintained
during timeTrigg6b , then event 6b occurs and the UE is informed to stop
measurements on Inter-Frequency GSM cells.
No MEASUREMENT CONTROL message with the IE MEASUREMENT
COMMAND set to ’Modify’ for event 6d and event 6b will be sent to the UE after
an Active Set update. The reason is that these measurements are not based
on Active Set cells or Monitored Set cells.
Event 6d Handling
When the UE Tx power reaches maximum during a time at least equal to
timeTrigg6d, event 6d occurs. Note that there is no support for hysteresis
for event 6d triggering, and that no threshold is used. The UE sends a
MEASUREMENT REPORT message for event 6d to the SRNC. When SRNC
receives the MEASUREMENT REPORT message for event 6d from the UE,
measurements for IRAT HO event 3a or IF HO event 2b is set up in the
UE depending on how the parameter hoType / defaultHoType is set for
the cells in the Active Set, see Section 5.2 on page 46. The measurement
quantity is set automatically to CPICH RSCP. The additional relative threshold
utranRelThreshRscp is also used.
Event 6b Handling
When the UE Tx power is below the absolute threshold ueTxPowerThres
h6b during a time at least equal to timeTrigg6b, event 6b occurs. Note
that there is no support for hysteresis for event 6b triggering. The UE sends
a MEASUREMENT REPORT message for event 6b to the SRNC. When SRNC
receives the MEASUREMENT REPORT message for event 6b from the UE,
ongoing HO attempts are stopped if the DL quality for both Ec/No and Rscp
is also good.