Probable Reasons of Bad Handover Performance

---Neighboring Cell Relation

Action:Add neighbor cell relation.

---Missed measurement frequencies in BA-list

Action:Check measurement frequencies list.

---Permitted Network Color Code problem

Action:Check NCC Permitted

---HW faults.
Action: Check BTS error log.

---Blocking on Target Cell

Action:Remove Blocking on Tager Cell

---Congestion
A high congestion might lead to dragged calls (handover performed at a not intended location) and a lot of
unsuccessful handovers.
Action: Check TCH congestion.

---Timer Expire After MS is Lost

The MS never answers the base station.
Action: Check coverage. Check interference.

---Link Connection or HW Failure

Action: Check BTS error log. Perform site visit. Perform link performance measurements.

---Bad Antenna Installation

Action: Perform site survey and check antenna installation. Check antenna cabling.

---Many Neighbors Defined

Many defined measurement frequencies defined (>16) will decrease the accuracy of the mobile measurements to
locate the best six servers. Many measurement frequencies mean few samples per frequency and problem for
mobiles to decode the BSIC.
Action: Check number of definitions.
---Delayed Handover Decision
A delayed handover decision can be due to congestion in the target cell.
Action: Check handover parameters.

---Wrong Locating Parameter Setting

Action: Check locating parameters.

---Bad Radio Coverage

Action: Check coverage plots.

---High Interference, Co-Channel or Adjacent

The potential handover candidate is disturbed by interference. Outgoing handover due to bad uplink quality may
indicate interference from co-channel another MS. On the border, the quality may be rather bad and the signal
strength low. Bad downlink quality may indicate interference from another co-channel base station.
Action: Check interference. Check if many handovers are performed due to downlink or uplink bad quality.

---Receiver Antenna Problem or RBS HW problems (in candidate cell)

Action: Check antenna installation. Check RBS HW and Error log of the target cell

---Poor Inter-MSC/BSC Handover Performance

For outer or external cell, wrong definitions in either MSC or BSC may be reason for the problem.
Action: Check inter-MSC/BSC handover performance.

---Incorrect Down Tilt

Action: Perform site survey and check antenna installation.
Solution: Correct antenna tilting.