Inter-RAT Cell Reselection

Trial

Objective
To find a good balance between
coverage and performance for LTE by
adjusting UMTS reselection to LTE

Background Information

Idle mode reselection parameters from LTE to UMTS and vice

versa was set to -110 dBm for the market
30% RRC MO-Signaling: UE ping pong from LTE to UMTS
with high RRC failures
Reselection from UMTS to LTE was set to AT&T GSV of -104
dBm while LTE to UMTS was retained at -110 dBm
12% RRC MO-Signaling, reduced RRC failures due to
signaling
20% ERAB attempts lost
6 dB reselection hysteresis may be too high

Summary of UMTS SIB19

Impact

Negligible impact seen on Accessibility and Retainability

Increased RRC, ERAB and S1 Signaling Attempts
RRC Distribution shows a 6% (abs) increase in RRC MO
signaling
Threshhigh at 16 RRC signaling at 12%
Threshhigh at 14 RRC signaling at 18%
Traffic increase
Small Increase in IRAT Session Continuity to WCDMA
Throughput is unchanged

Parameterization

UMTS
Threshhigh 16 (Gold Standard Value, initial value)
Threshhigh 14 (Current Setting)

LTE (idle mode)

EUtranCellFDD: qRxLevMin: -120 (GSV)
EUtranCellFDD: sNonIntraSearch:10 (GSV)
EUtranCellFDD: threshServingLow:10 (GSV)

LTE (dedicated mode)

ReportConfigEUtraBadCovPrim: a2ThresholdRsrpPrim: -115
(Current Setting)

Idle Mode Behaviour

UE reselects to UMTS when RSRP falls below -110 dBm and
UE reselects to LTE when LTE measured RSRP is -106 dBm
Dedicated Mode Behaviour
UE will IRAT to UMTS when RSRP is -116 dBm (-115 dBm + 1
dB hysteresis). UE will remain in LTE longer when in
dedicated mode.

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