TCH or TBF seizure rejects due to Packet Abis Overload An important measure for CS calls related to Packet Abis

overload is to compare the number of times an attempt to seize a TCH (for CS) has been rejected due to Packet Abis overload. The ratio of rejections as compared to assignment attempts can be estimated by the formula shown in Equation 1. TCHRejectionRatio=(OVERLOADREJCON/(TFCALLS + THCALLS))*100 Equation 1: Percentage of TCH seizure attempts (for CS) that failed due to Abi s overload protection. OVERLOADREJCON This counter counts the number of new CS connections that were rejected due to Abis overload. The counter is stepped when an attempt to allocat e an idle TCH fails, due to Abis overload. The counter is valid for the features Packet Abis over TDM and Packet Abis over IP. TFCALLS THCALLS Number of channel allocation attempts for a TCH full rate channel. Number of channel allocation attempts for a TCH half rate channel.

Summary of STS Counters for Packet Abis over IP and Packet Abis over TDM This section describes packet Abis related metrics.

Object type: SUPERCH The counters in this object type are used to monitor Abis use for Packet Abis ov er TDM (for more information please see Reference [37]) and frames lost for both Packet Abis over TDM and Packet Abis over IP. Please, note that some counters do not yield any values when Packet Abis over IP is used (as indicated below on a per counter basis). The operator can monitor the use of the Abis links to each base station in order to determine when new Abis resources needs to be added or when resources can be removed. THRULPACK This counter shows the number of CS traffic frames and PS traffic fr ames discarded on the UL by the BTS due to Abis overload. The same information c an also be obtained by ULPSSCBUFTHR+ULSCBUFTHR.Note: This counter is only valid for Packet Abis over TDM and will show value 0 for a super channel group where Packet Abis over IP is used for transmission. However, please note that ULPSSCBU FTHR+ULSCBUFTHR is working both for Packet Abis over IP and Packet Abis over TDM . THRDLPACK This counter shows the total number of CS traffic frames and PS traf fic frames discarded on the DL by the PGW due to Abis overload. Please note that the sum DLPSSCBUFTHR+DLCSSCBUFTHR is equal to the value shown by THRDLPACK.Note : These counters are only valid for Packet Abis over TDM and will show value 0 for a super channel group where Packet Abis over IP is used for transmission.