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V16.0 BSS (Access) Parameters User Guide - bPUG
PUBLICATION HISTORY
System release: GSM/BSS V16
November 2006
Issue 16.03/EN
Update for V16 ChR after review: Update of CellAllocation ( 5.21); update PCM error
correction ( 4.17.3); update of AMR based on traffic parameters ( 5.34)
October 2006
Issue 16.02/EN
Update for V16 ChR: Update of TEPMOS for AMR and not EFR calls ( 6.32.2 and 6.32.6)
I Multipaging command message ( 4.10.5); UI Multipaging command message ( 4.10.6);
Tx Power Offset for signalling Channels ( 4.23.9); update coderPoolConfiguration ( 5.34);
update PCM error correction ( 4.17.3); update rescue Handover ( 4.6.1) and PBGT formula
( 4.5.1); PCM priority ( 6.27.5); update Cabinet power description ( 4.13.1)
May 2006
Issue 16.01/EN
Update for V16 CuR: 6.16 Frequency Spacing Between Two TRXs of the Same Area
March 2006
Issue 16.0/EN
Update for V16. CuR: Repeated Downlink FACCH ( 4.23.8); Tx Power Offset for signalling
Channels ( 4.23.9); Directed Retry Handover and queuing ( 4.5.5, 4.23.5 removed from
WPS description); updates on CellAllocation and mobileAllocation description ( 5.21);updates
on AMR mechanism ( 4.23.2, 4.23.4);updates on TCH allocation management ( 4.9.1,
4.9.2); updates on interference cancellation ( 4.15, 6.22); update on lRxQualDLH and
lRxQualULH description ( 5.10);update on dARPPh1Priority description ( 5.36); update
coderPoolConfiguration ( 5.34); update on extended cell description ( 5.12)
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October 2005
Issue 15.10/EN
Update for V15.1.1 CuR: AMR based on traffic ( 4.22.7, 6.35); AMR improvements (amr
adaptation table : 4.22.2, 4.22.3, 6.32.3, 5.34); Network Synchronization ( 3.2.46,
4.25, 5.36, 6.36); Automatic Handover Adaptation ( 4.5.22 frequency hopping, 6.33.2
Fine Tuning); NMO I ( 4.9.5, 5.37); list of possible dual band network ( 6.20.3); update of
cell models ( 6.27.4); update on concentricCell with HePA ( 4.5.6 and 5.16
bizonePowerOffset
and
concentricCell,
6.6.1
bizonePowerOffset,
6.6.2
ZoneTxPowerMaxReduction); update CellAllocation and mobileAllocation description ( 5.21)
September 2005
Issue 15.09/EN
Update for V15.1 ChR + 8 weeks: overhaul of Concentric Cell matter ( 4.5.6
Concentric/DualCoupling/DualBand Cell Handover, 5.16 Concentric Cell Parameters and
6.6 Concentric Cell) and Microcell matter ( 6.21 Microcell Benefits) based on recent field
feedback, add of a guideline for traffic HO ( 6.34 Handover for traffic reasons activation
guideline), update on the appendix B: Erlang table, add of 4.5.10 Ad-Hoc Frequency plan,
update on amrReserved2 and uMTSAccessMinLevel parameters.
July 2005
Issue 15.08/EN
Update for V15.1 ChR: add of Satellite Abis Interface description, Automatic Handover
Adpatation field field feedback
March 2005
Issue 15.07/EN
Update for V15.1 CuR: update of existing features on BSC12000 (Automatic Handover
Adaptation, support of S18000, configure sending SI2Quater & SI13 on NORM or EXT
BCCH), update on Cell Group Management and Load Balancing, Changed
microCellCaptureTimer parameter range of values
April 2005
Issue 15.06/EN
Update for V15.0.1 ChR: correction for noOfBlocksForAccessGrant parameter (it is greater
than zero if the SysInfo 2Q and/or SysInfo 13 on extended BCCH features are activated)
November 2004
Issue 15.05/EN
Update for V15.0.1 CuR: AMR field feedback and GSM products update
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September 2004
Issue 15.04/EN
Update for V15.0 ChR
June 2004
Issue 15.03/EN
Update for AMR
December 2003
Issue 15.00/EN
Update for Wireless Priority Service
June 2004
Issue 14.05/EN
Update for AMR
December 2003
Issue 14.04/EN
Update for V14.3 ChR
December 2002
Issue 14.03/EN
September 2002
Issue 14.02/EN
Update with V14
September 2002
Issue 13.02/EN
Update with V13
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May 2001
Issue 12.02/EN
Update with V12 (Chapters 1 to 4 except the counters and GSM fields in Chapter 3
Algorithms Parameters).
January 2000
Issue 12.01/EN
Modifications after Review
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CONTENTS
1.
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT .........................................................................................................14

1.1.
1.2.
1.3.
1.4.
1.5.
1.6.
OBJECT ..................................................................................................................................14
SCOPE ...................................................................................................................................14
AUDIENCE FOR THIS DOCUMENT ..............................................................................................14
DISCLAIMER ...........................................................................................................................14
DOCUMENT STRUCTURE ..........................................................................................................15
PARAMETERS MODIFICATION ...................................................................................................16
1.6.1
1.6.2
1.6.3
2.
RELATED DOCUMENTS ............................................................................................................19

2.1.
2.2.
3.
between V15.1.1 and V16.............................................................................................16

between V15.1 and V15.1.1..........................................................................................16
between V15.0 and V15.1.............................................................................................17
APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS ........................................................................................................19

REFERENCE DOCUMENTS .......................................................................................................19
CLASSIFICATION OF BSS PARAMETERS ..............................................................................21

3.1.
3.2.
3.3.
PARAMETERS INFORMATIONS ..................................................................................................21

GSM UNUSED PARAMETERS ....................................................................................................29
PARAMETERS VERSUS BSS FEATURES AND PROCEDURES .......................................................30
3.3.1
3.3.2
3.3.3
3.3.4
3.3.5
3.3.6
3.3.7
3.3.8
3.3.9
3.3.10
3.3.11
3.3.12
3.3.13
3.3.14
3.3.15
3.3.16
3.3.17
3.3.18
3.3.19
3.3.20
3.3.21
3.3.22
3.3.23
3.3.24
3.3.25
3.3.26
3.3.27
3.3.28
3.3.29
3.3.30
3.3.31
Level averaging.............................................................................................................30
Quality averaging ..........................................................................................................30
Distance averaging .......................................................................................................30
Cell eligibility..................................................................................................................30
Radio Link Failure .........................................................................................................30
Interference management .............................................................................................30
PCH and RACH control parameters .............................................................................30
Concentric Cell ..............................................................................................................30
Extended cell.................................................................................................................30
Queuing and priority management................................................................................31
SMS-CB ........................................................................................................................31
Frequency Hopping.......................................................................................................31
Selection / Reselection (idle mode) ..............................................................................31
Dynamic barring of access class ..................................................................................31
DTX ...............................................................................................................................31
Uplink Power control .....................................................................................................31
Downlink Power control.................................................................................................31
Directed retry handover.................................................................................................32
Uplink intracell handover...............................................................................................32
Downlink intracell handover ..........................................................................................32
Intercell handover on bad uplink quality criterion..........................................................32
Intercell handover on bad downlink quality criterion .....................................................32
Intercell handover on bad uplink level criterion.............................................................32
Intercell handover on bad downlink level criterion ........................................................32
Intercell handover on power budget criterion................................................................32
Microcellular algorithm ..................................................................................................32
Intercell handover on distance criterion ........................................................................33
Handover for traffic reasons (V12)................................................................................33
Handover decision according to adjacent cell (V12).....................................................33
General protection against HO PingPong (V12) ...........................................................33
Call clearing...................................................................................................................33
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3.3.32
3.3.33
3.3.34
3.3.35
3.3.36
3.3.37
3.3.38
3.3.39
3.3.40
3.3.41
3.3.42
3.3.43
3.3.44
3.3.45
3.3.46
3.3.47
3.3.48
4.
Frequency Band favouring ............................................................................................33

Minimum Time between Handover (before V12) ..........................................................33
Radio resource control at cell level ...............................................................................33
Pre-synchronised Handover..........................................................................................33
Interferer cancellation....................................................................................................33
Early HO decision .........................................................................................................33
Maximum RxLev for PBGT ...........................................................................................34
Cell Tiering (V12) ..........................................................................................................34
2G -3G Mobility (V14.2) ................................................................................................34
TTY support on BSC/TCU 3000 (V14.3).......................................................................34
Potection against intracell HO Ping-pong (V14.3) ........................................................34
Automatic Handover adaptation (V14.3).......................................................................34
Adaptative Full/Half Rate (V14.3) .................................................................................34
Wireless Priority Service ...............................................................................................34
Network Synchronization ..............................................................................................35
Repeated Downlink FACCH..........................................................................................35
Tx Power Offset for Signalling.......................................................................................35
ALGORITHMS .............................................................................................................................36
4.1.
4.2.
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................36
CONVENTIONS AND UNITS .......................................................................................................36
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.2.3
4.2.4
4.2.5
4.2.6
4.3.
SELECTION, RESELECTION ALGORITHMS..................................................................................48
4.3.1
4.3.2
4.3.3
4.4.
Mp_1: Measurement processing (run by the BTS) .......................................................52

Mp_2: Measurement processing in dedicated mode (run by the MS) ..........................54
Missing Downlink Measurements .................................................................................55
DIRECT TCH ALLOCATION AND HANDOVER ALGORITHMS .........................................................57
4.5.1
4.5.2
4.5.3
4.5.4
4.5.5
4.6.
Selection or reselection between cells of current Location Area (Sel_1) .....................48

Criteria for reselection towards a cell of a different Location Area (Sel_2)...................49
Additional reselection criterion (for phase 2) (Sel_3)....................................................49
MEASUREMENT PROCESSING ..................................................................................................52
4.4.1
4.4.2
4.4.3
4.5.
Unit ................................................................................................................................36
Phase 2 BTS and MS maximum transmitting output powers .......................................37
GSM Products sensitivity and power ............................................................................39
Conversion rules ...........................................................................................................46
Accuracy related to measurements ..............................................................................46
Frequency band ............................................................................................................47
General formulas...........................................................................................................57
Direct TCH Allocation....................................................................................................60
Handovers .....................................................................................................................61
Handovers decision priority...........................................................................................63
Directed Retry Handover...............................................................................................65
CONCENTRIC/DUALCOUPLING/DUALBAND CELL HANDOVER (HO_3).........................................68
4.6.1
4.6.2
4.6.3
4.6.4
4.6.5
4.6.6
4.6.7
4.6.8
4.6.9
4.6.10
4.6.11
Rescue Handover .........................................................................................................72

Power Budget Handover ...............................................................................................74
Handover for traffic reasons (from V12)........................................................................74
Handover decision according to adjacent cell priorities and load (from V12)...............77
Automatic cell tiering (from V12) ...................................................................................78
Microcellular Handover .................................................................................................83
Forced Handover (Ho_10) ............................................................................................86
Early HandOver Decision..............................................................................................87
Maximum RxLev for Power Budget ..............................................................................88
Pre-synchronized HO....................................................................................................89
Radio channel allocation ...............................................................................................89
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4.6.12
4.6.13
4.6.14
4.6.15
4.6.16
4.6.17
4.7.
4.8.
HANDOVER ALGORITHMS ON THE MOBILE SIDE ..................................................................... 100

POWER CONTROL ALGORITHMS ........................................................................................... 101
4.8.1
4.8.2
4.8.3
4.8.4
4.8.5
4.9.
Cabinet power description.......................................................................................... 149

Pr computation ........................................................................................................... 150
Ps computation .......................................................................................................... 152
SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGES RELATED FEATURES ........................................................ 154
4.14.1
4.14.2
4.15.
4.16.
BSC12000 Overload Management ............................................................................ 142

BSC3000 Overload Management .............................................................................. 145
Load Balancing .......................................................................................................... 147
V15.1 Evolution of Load Balancing ............................................................................ 147
CABINET OUTPUT POWER SETTING ...................................................................................... 149
4.13.1
4.13.2
4.13.3
4.14.
Frequency hopping principles .................................................................................... 135

Main benefits of frequency hopping ........................................................................... 136
Synthesised frequency hopping................................................................................. 138
Baseband frequency Hopping.................................................................................... 139
Ad-Hoc frequency plan............................................................................................... 141
BSC OVERLOAD MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS....................................................................... 142
4.12.1
4.12.2
4.12.3
4.12.4
4.13.
Paging command Process (Pag) ............................................................................... 124

Paging command repetition process (run by BTS) (Pag_rep) ................................... 127
Request access command process (RA)................................................................... 128
Request access command repetition process (RA_rep) ........................................... 128
I Multipaging command message .............................................................................. 129
IU Multipaging command message............................................................................ 131
Network Mode of Operation I support in BSS ............................................................ 133
FREQUENCY HOPPING ......................................................................................................... 135
4.11.1
4.11.2
4.11.3
4.11.4
4.11.5
4.12.
TCH Allocation and Priority ........................................................................................ 106

Queuing...................................................................................................................... 110
Barring of access class .............................................................................................. 114
Radio link failure process (run by the MS) (Rlf-ms) ................................................... 119
Radio link failure process (run by the BTS) (Rlf-bs)................................................... 119
Call reestablishment procedure (Cr) .......................................................................... 120
Call Clearing Process (run by BTS) (Cc) ................................................................... 121
Interference Management (BTS and BSC) (If)........................................................... 121
DTX ............................................................................................................................ 121
PCH AND RACH CHANNEL CONTROL ................................................................................... 124
4.10.1
4.10.2
4.10.3
4.10.4
4.10.5
4.10.6
4.10.7
4.11.
Step by step Power Control (Pc_1)............................................................................ 101

One shot Power Control (Pc_2) ................................................................................. 102
Fast Power Control at TCH assignment (Pc_3)......................................................... 104
Power Control on mobile side (Pc_4) ........................................................................ 105
AMR Power Control (Pc_5)........................................................................................ 105
TCH ALLOCATION MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................... 106
4.9.1
4.9.2
4.9.3
4.9.4
4.9.5
4.9.6
4.9.7
4.9.8
4.9.9
4.10.
Define eligible neighbor cells for intercell handover (except directed retry) (Ho_11) ...90
Handover to 2nd best candidate when return to old channel (Ho_12) .........................91
Protection against RunHandover=1 ..............................................................................91
General protection against HO ping-pong (from V12) ..................................................92
Automatic handover adaptation ....................................................................................94
Protection against Intracell HO Ping-Pong ...................................................................97
Dual Band Handling ................................................................................................... 154

SI2Quater & SI13 on Extended or Normal BCCH...................................................... 157
INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION ............................................................................................ 159

EXTENDED CCCH ............................................................................................................... 161
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4.16.1
4.16.2
4.17.
PCM ERROR CORRECTION .................................................................................................. 162
4.17.1
4.17.2
4.17.3
4.18.
Principle...................................................................................................................... 216
Feature activation....................................................................................................... 217
Feature Interworking .................................................................................................. 217
NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION .............................................................................................. 218
4.26.1
4.26.2
5.
Principle...................................................................................................................... 210
WPS Queuing management ................................................................................... 210
WPS Access class barring with class periodic rotation .......................................... 213
WPS Public access bandwith protection................................................................. 214
SATELLITE ABIS INTERFACE .................................................................................................. 216
4.25.1
4.25.2
4.25.3
4.26.
Basics and specific terminology................................................................................. 175

AMR mechanisms ...................................................................................................... 177
Traffic Management mechanisms.............................................................................. 180
AMR L1m ................................................................................................................... 184
Legacy L1M................................................................................................................ 194
Engineering rules ....................................................................................................... 195
AMR based on traffic.................................................................................................. 197
Repeated Downlink FACCH....................................................................................... 201
Tx Power Offset for Signaling Channels .................................................................... 205
WPS - WIRELESS PRIORITY SERVICE ................................................................................... 210
4.24.1
4.24.2
4.24.3
4.24.4
4.25.
GSM to UMTS cell reselection ................................................................................... 171
BSC/TCU 3000 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 174

AMR - ADAPTATIVE MULTI RATE FR/HR .............................................................................. 175
4.23.1
4.23.2
4.23.3
4.23.4
4.23.5
4.23.6
4.23.7
4.23.8
4.23.9
4.24.
Principle...................................................................................................................... 168
Performances ............................................................................................................. 169
MOBILITY 2G - 3G RESELECTION.......................................................................................... 171
4.21.1
4.22.
4.23.
Principle...................................................................................................................... 167
Performances ............................................................................................................. 167
SMS-CELL BROADCAST....................................................................................................... 168
4.20.1
4.20.2
4.21.
TTY principle .............................................................................................................. 164

TTY impact ................................................................................................................. 165
LOCATION SERVICES............................................................................................................ 167
4.19.1
4.19.2
4.20.
Feature principle ........................................................................................................ 162

Feature benefits ......................................................................................................... 163
Feature activation....................................................................................................... 163
CELLULAR TELEPHONE TEXT MODEM (TTY) ......................................................................... 164
4.18.1
4.18.2
4.19.
Customer/service provider benefits ........................................................................... 161

Feature functional description .................................................................................... 161
Global description ...................................................................................................... 218

Feature impacts expectations .................................................................................... 219
ALGORITHM PARAMETERS .................................................................................................. 220

5.1.
5.2.
5.3.
5.4.
5.5.
5.6.
5.7.
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 220

CELL SELECTION AND RESELECTION PARAMETERS ............................................................... 221
RADIO LINK FAILURE PARAMETERS ....................................................................................... 226
SIGNAL QUALITY AVERAGING PARAMETERS .......................................................................... 229
SIGNAL STRENGTH AVERAGING PARAMETERS....................................................................... 231
NEIGHBOR CELL AVERAGING PARAMETERS .......................................................................... 234
DISTANCE AVERAGING PARAMETERS .................................................................................... 236
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5.8.
5.9.
5.10.
5.11.
5.12.
5.13.
5.14.
5.15.
5.16.
5.17.
5.18.
5.19.
5.20.
5.21.
5.22.
5.23.
5.24.
5.25.
5.26.
5.27.
5.28.
5.29.
5.30.
5.31.
5.32.
5.33.
5.34.
5.35.
5.36.
5.37.
6.
HANDOVER (GLOBAL) PARAMETERS ..................................................................................... 238

INTRACELL HANDOVER PARAMETERS.................................................................................... 251
INTERCELL HANDOVER THRESHOLD PARAMETERS ................................................................ 254
HANDOVER FOR MICROCELLULAR NETWORK PARAMETERS ................................................... 257
DISTANCE MANAGEMENT PARAMETERS ................................................................................ 259
POWER CONTROL PARAMETERS........................................................................................... 263
TCH ALLOCATION MANAGEMENT PARAMETERS .................................................................... 271
DIRECTED RETRY HANDOVER PARAMETERS ......................................................................... 285
CONCENTRIC CELL PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 288
INTERFERENCE LEVEL PARAMETERS .................................................................................... 296
RADIO RESSOURCES CONTROL AT CELL LEVEL .................................................................... 299
BSS TIMERS ....................................................................................................................... 300
PAGING PARAMETERS .......................................................................................................... 307
FREQUENCY HOPPING PARAMETERS .................................................................................... 312
BSC LOAD MANAGEMENT PARAMETERS ............................................................................... 319
DUALBAND CELL PARAMETERS ............................................................................................ 320
DTX PARAMETERS .............................................................................................................. 326
MISCELLANEOUS ................................................................................................................. 327
INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION PARAMETERS ....................................................................... 330
PCM ERROR CORRECTION PARAMETERS ............................................................................. 331
CELL TIERING PARAMETERS ................................................................................................. 332
ENCODING PARAMETERS ..................................................................................................... 335
SMS-CELL BROADCAST PARAMETERS ................................................................................. 336
MOBILITY 2G - 3G RESELECTION PARAMETERS .................................................................... 337
PROTECTION AGAINST INTRACELL HO PING-PONG PARAMETERS .......................................... 339
AUTOMATIC HANDOVER ADAPTATION PARAMETERS .............................................................. 340
AMR - ADAPTATIVE MULTI RATE FR/HR PARAMETERS ......................................................... 342
WPS - WIRELESS PRIORITY SERVICES PARAMETERS ............................................................ 359
NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION PARAMETERS ......................................................................... 360
NETWORK MODE OF OPERATION PARAMETERS ..................................................................... 362
ENGINEERING ISSUE ............................................................................................................. 363

6.1.
GSM/GPRS TS SHARING: PRIORITY HANDLING AND QUEUING ............................................. 363
6.1.1
6.1.2
6.1.3
6.2.
LAYER 1 MANAGEMENT: CHANGES BETWEEN V1 AND V2 ...................................................... 366
6.2.1
6.2.2
6.2.3
6.3.
6.4.
Benefit of feature on mono-layer structure................................................................. 379

Benefit of feature on multi-layers structure ................................................................ 380
CONCENTRIC CELLS ............................................................................................................ 383
6.6.1
6.6.2
6.7.
6.8.
Micro-cellular network ................................................................................................ 376

Non micro-cellular network......................................................................................... 378
DIRECTED RETRY HANDOVER BENEFIT ................................................................................. 379
6.5.1
6.5.2
6.6.
Main differences......................................................................................................... 366

Benefit ........................................................................................................................ 374
Change in Handover performance after L1mV2 implementation............................... 374
ONE-SHOT POWER CONTROL .............................................................................................. 375

MINIMUM TIME BETWEEN HANDOVER.................................................................................... 376
6.4.1
6.4.2
6.5.
Resources reserved for priority 0 and preemption..................................................... 363

GSM/GPRS TS sharing and queuing: ....................................................................... 364
Resources strategy .................................................................................................... 365
Concentric Cell Parameter Definition......................................................................... 384

Concentric Cell Field Experience ............................................................................... 387
IMPACT OF DTX ON AVERAGING ........................................................................................... 391

BEST NEIGHBOR CELLS STABILITY........................................................................................ 392
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6.9.
TCH ALLOCATION GENERAL RULES ..................................................................................... 393
6.10. GENERAL RADIO FREQUENCY RULES ................................................................................... 394
6.11. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UPLINK AND DOWNLINK LEVELS ........................................................ 395
6.12. EFFECTS OF NOOFMULTIFRAMESBETWEENPAGING ON MOBILE BATTERIES AND RESELECTION
REACTIVITY ...................................................................................................................................... 396
6.13. EFFECTS OF SMS-CELL BROADCAST USE ON NOOFBLOCKSFORACCESSGRANT................. 398
6.14. IMPACT OF THE AVERAGING ON THE HANDOVERS .................................................................. 399
6.14.1
6.14.2
6.14.3
6.15.
IMPACT OF CALL RE-ESTABLISHMENT ON THE NETWORK ....................................................... 401
6.15.1
6.15.2
6.16.
Frequency super reuse .............................................................................................. 428

Traffic Homogenization .............................................................................................. 428
Radio conditions improvement................................................................................... 428
Microcell Field Experience ......................................................................................... 429
INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION USAGE ................................................................................. 430

SET UP PRINCIPLES OF A NEIGHBORING LIST AND A BCC PLAN ............................................. 431
6.23.1
6.23.2
6.23.3
6.23.4
6.24.
frequency band favouring........................................................................................... 424

frequency band defavouring....................................................................................... 426
Possible dualband network ........................................................................................ 427
MICROCELL BENEFITS .......................................................................................................... 428
6.21.1
6.21.2
6.21.3
6.21.4
6.22.
6.23.
Nortel choice between Baseband and Synthesised Frequency hopping .................. 409
Fractional load............................................................................................................ 411
Maximum TRX configuration (homogeneous sites of configuration Sxxx) ................ 412
SFH parameter setting for 1X1 pattern: strategy 1 .................................................... 413
SFH parameter setting for 1X3 pattern: Strategy 2 ................................................... 418
DUALBAND NETWORKS ........................................................................................................ 424
6.20.1
6.20.2
6.20.3
6.21.
Broadband noise ........................................................................................................ 407

Blocking...................................................................................................................... 407
How to improve the MCL............................................................................................ 408
GENERAL RULES FOR SYNTHESISED FREQUENCY HOPPING .................................................. 409
6.19.1
6.19.2
6.19.3
6.19.4
6.19.5
6.20.
Gains and losses........................................................................................................ 403

Designs margins ........................................................................................................ 404
Environmental factors margins................................................................................... 404
Link budget balance or disbalance ()....................................................................... 405
MINIMUM COUPLING LOSS (MCL)......................................................................................... 407
6.18.1
6.18.2
6.18.3
6.19.
Intra_cell..................................................................................................................... 402
intra_site..................................................................................................................... 402
Inter_site..................................................................................................................... 402
LINK BUDGET (LB)............................................................................................................... 403
6.17.1
6.17.2
6.17.3
6.17.4
6.18.
Impact on capacity ..................................................................................................... 401

Impact on call drops ................................................................................................... 401
FREQUENCY SPACING BETWEEN TWO TRXS OF THE SAME AREA .......................................... 402
6.16.1
6.16.2
6.16.3
6.17.
Global statistics .......................................................................................................... 399

Study of reactivity....................................................................................................... 400
Ping pong vs Reactivity.............................................................................................. 400
Introduction................................................................................................................. 431
4/12 reuses pattern .................................................................................................... 431
1X3 and 1X1 Fractional reuse pattern specific case ................................................. 433
Set-up principles of a BSIC plan ................................................................................ 435
STREET CORNER ENVIRONMENT .......................................................................................... 436
6.24.1
Description ................................................................................................................. 436

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6.24.2
6.24.3
6.25.
SYNCHRONIZED HO VERSUS NOT SYNCHRONIZED HO .......................................................... 439
6.25.1
6.25.2
6.25.3
6.26.
NSS Interaction .......................................................................................................... 469

AMR Theoretical Performances ................................................................................. 470
AMR Engineering Studies .......................................................................................... 473
Half Rate Penetration Analysis .................................................................................. 479
AMR User Behaviour Effect ....................................................................................... 482
Voice Quality Analysis................................................................................................ 484
AMR Monitoring ......................................................................................................... 486
IMPACT OF AUTOMATIC HANDOVER ADAPTATION ACTIVATION ................................................. 492
6.33.1
6.33.2
6.34.
Paging parameters..................................................................................................... 466

Field examples: BSS paging repetition tuning ........................................................... 467
Field examples: NSS paging repetition tuning ........................................................... 468
AMR FIELD FEEDBACK ........................................................................................................ 469
6.32.1
6.32.2
6.32.3
6.32.4
6.32.5
6.32.6
6.32.7
6.33.
Dualband cell ............................................................................................................. 462

Concentric cell............................................................................................................ 464
Dualcoupling cell ........................................................................................................ 465
GSM PAGING REPETITION PROCESS TUNING ....................................................................... 466
6.31.1
6.31.2
6.31.3
6.32.
CPU Engineering limit meaning............................................................................... 460

CPU Call Processing limit meaning......................................................................... 461
POWER CONTROL COMPENSATION IN INTERZONE HANDOVER ................................................ 462
6.30.1
6.30.2
6.30.3
6.31.
BSS prerequisite ........................................................................................................ 455

BSS: Suggestions for parameters to be modified for the special event .................... 456
NSS level.................................................................................................................... 457
ENGINEERING LIMITS WITH BSC OVERLOAD CONTROL MECHANISM ....................................... 460
6.29.1
6.29.2
6.30.
SDCCH Dimensioning................................................................................................ 449

SDCCH distribution .................................................................................................... 451
TDMA Model .............................................................................................................. 451
TDMA priorities .......................................................................................................... 452
PCM Priority ............................................................................................................... 454
ENGINEERING GUIDELINES FOR EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS .......................................................... 455
6.28.1
6.28.2
6.28.3
6.29.
Definition of Sensitivity ............................................................................................... 444

Static and Dynamic Sensitivity ................................................................................... 445
Typical / Guaranteed Sensitivity................................................................................. 445
Space diversity gains ................................................................................................. 445
Cross-polarization antenna use ................................................................................. 446
Circular polarization and crosspolar antennas........................................................... 447
SDCCH DIMENSIONING AN TDMA MODELS ......................................................................... 449
6.27.1
6.27.2
6.27.3
6.27.4
6.27.5
6.28.
Introduction................................................................................................................. 439
OMC-R Parameter settings........................................................................................ 439
Timing HO .................................................................................................................. 440
BTS SENSITIVITY ................................................................................................................. 444
6.26.1
6.26.2
6.26.3
6.26.4
6.26.5
6.26.6
6.27.
Case A: Mobile moving straight ................................................................................. 437

Case B: Mobile turning at the cross road................................................................... 438
Related parameters.................................................................................................... 492

Deployment Optimization and Monitoring .................................................................. 493
HANDOVER FOR TRAFFIC REASONS ACTIVATION GUIDELINE .................................................. 497
6.34.1
6.34.2
Algorithms and Parameters Definition ....................................................................... 497

Expected effects and recommended parameters ...................................................... 499
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6.35.
6.36.
DISABLING AMR BASED ON TRAFFIC IN V15.1.1 .................................................................... 503

NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION ENGINEERING PLANNING METHODOLOGIES ............................... 504
6.36.1
6.36.2
6.36.3
7.
TSC planning ............................................................................................................. 504

Collision probability .................................................................................................... 505
Interference cancellation ............................................................................................ 508
APPENDIX A: MAIN EXCHANGE PROCEDURES AT BSC LEVEL...................................... 510

7.1.
7.2.
7.3.
7.4.
7.5.
7.6.
7.7.
7.8.
7.9.
7.10.
ESTABLISHMENT PROCEDURE .............................................................................................. 510

CHANNEL MODE PROCEDURE .............................................................................................. 511
DEDICATED CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT ...................................................................................... 512
INTRACELL HANDOVER PROCEDURE ..................................................................................... 513
INTRABSS HANDOVER PROCEDURE ..................................................................................... 514
INTERBSS HANDOVER PROCEDURE ..................................................................................... 515
RESOURCE RELEASE PROCEDURE (EXAMPLE)...................................................................... 516
SACCH DEACTIVATION PROCEDURE ................................................................................... 517
MOBILE TERMINATING CALL ................................................................................................. 518
MOBILE ORIGINATING CALL .................................................................................................. 519
8.
APPENDIX B: ERLANG TABLE.............................................................................................. 520
9.
ABBREVIATIONS & DEFINITIONS ......................................................................................... 523

9.1.
9.2.
10.
ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................... 523

DEFINITIONS ........................................................................................................................ 529
INDEX ....................................................................................................................................... 532
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ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT .........................................................................................................14

RELATED DOCUMENTS ............................................................................................................19

between V15.1.1 and V16.............................................................................................16

APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS ........................................................................................................19

CLASSIFICATION OF BSS PARAMETERS ..............................................................................21

PARAMETERS INFORMATIONS ..................................................................................................21

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Frequency Band favouring ............................................................................................33

SELECTION, RESELECTION ALGORITHMS..................................................................................48

Mp_1: Measurement processing (run by the BTS) .......................................................52

DIRECT TCH ALLOCATION AND HANDOVER ALGORITHMS .........................................................57

Selection or reselection between cells of current Location Area (Sel_1) .....................48

MEASUREMENT PROCESSING ..................................................................................................52

CONCENTRIC/DUALCOUPLING/DUALBAND CELL HANDOVER (HO_3).........................................68

Rescue Handover .........................................................................................................72

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HANDOVER ALGORITHMS ON THE MOBILE SIDE ..................................................................... 100

Cabinet power description.......................................................................................... 149

SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGES RELATED FEATURES ........................................................ 154

BSC12000 Overload Management ............................................................................ 142

CABINET OUTPUT POWER SETTING ...................................................................................... 149

Frequency hopping principles .................................................................................... 135

BSC OVERLOAD MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS....................................................................... 142

Paging command Process (Pag) ............................................................................... 124

FREQUENCY HOPPING ......................................................................................................... 135

TCH Allocation and Priority ........................................................................................ 106

PCH AND RACH CHANNEL CONTROL ................................................................................... 124

Step by step Power Control (Pc_1)............................................................................ 101

TCH ALLOCATION MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................... 106

Dual Band Handling ................................................................................................... 154

INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION ............................................................................................ 159

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PCM ERROR CORRECTION .................................................................................................. 162

NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION .............................................................................................. 218

SATELLITE ABIS INTERFACE .................................................................................................. 216

Basics and specific terminology................................................................................. 175

WPS - WIRELESS PRIORITY SERVICE ................................................................................... 210

GSM to UMTS cell reselection ................................................................................... 171

BSC/TCU 3000 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 174

MOBILITY 2G - 3G RESELECTION.......................................................................................... 171

SMS-CELL BROADCAST....................................................................................................... 168

TTY principle .............................................................................................................. 164

LOCATION SERVICES............................................................................................................ 167

Feature principle ........................................................................................................ 162

CELLULAR TELEPHONE TEXT MODEM (TTY) ......................................................................... 164

Customer/service provider benefits ........................................................................... 161

Global description ...................................................................................................... 218

ALGORITHM PARAMETERS .................................................................................................. 220

INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 220

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HANDOVER (GLOBAL) PARAMETERS ..................................................................................... 238

ENGINEERING ISSUE ............................................................................................................. 363