Events in TEMS Products: Prepared By: Date: Document

Events in TEMS Products
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Ascom Network Testing 2/26/2014 NT13-21914
Ascom (2014)
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Contents
1 Introduction ................................................................ 1
1.1 Product Versions Covered by This Document .......................1
2 GSM/WCDMA/LTE/TD-SCDMA Events ..................... 1

2.1 Event List ..................................................................................2
3 GSM and WCDMA Call Events: Detailed

Description ............................................................... 27
3.1 Introduction.............................................................................27
3.2 Event State Machine ...............................................................27
3.3 Description of Call Events .....................................................29
3.3.1 Call Initialization ........................................................................29
3.3.2 Call Attempt ..............................................................................29
3.3.3 Call Attempt Retry.....................................................................29
3.3.4 Call Setup .................................................................................30
3.3.5 Call Established ........................................................................30
3.3.6 Call Re-established...................................................................30
3.3.7 Call End ....................................................................................30
3.3.8 Blocked Call..............................................................................31
3.3.9 Dropped Call.............................................................................32
4 CDMA Events ........................................................... 33

4.1 Algorithm for Pilot Pollution and Missing Neighbor
Detection in CDMA .................................................................37
5 Overviews of Selected Event Families .................. 38

5.1 Cell Reselection/Neighbor Measurements ............................38
5.2 RAT Transition Events ...........................................................39
6 Data Service Testing Events ................................... 40

6.1 General ....................................................................................40
6.2 Notes on KPIs for Particular Data Services ..........................40
6.3 Notes on KPI Definitions in ETSI Specification ....................40
6.4 Event List ................................................................................41
7 Media Quality Events ............................................... 51
Ascom (2014) Document:

NT13-21914
1 Introduction
This document describes events that are generated in TEMS products. The
material is derived from TEMS Investigation documentation but is equally
valid for TEMS Symphony and TEMS Automatic as detailed in section 1.1
(except for occasional minor details, which are noted individually in the
document).
Please note, however, that it is not necessarily possible for every single
event listed here to be generated in all of the products; this depends, for
one thing, on what services each product supports.
1.1 Product Versions Covered by This Document

The present document is valid for:
TEMS Investigation 15.3
TEMS Symphony 7.2
TEMS Automatic 9.2
2 GSM/WCDMA/LTE/TD-SCDMA Events
Events in this category are generated by devices supporting at least one of
the technologies GSM, WCDMA, LTE, and TD-SCDMA.
The following is to be noted:
For TD-SCDMA devices a subset of the listed events can be generated
(in both TD-SCDMA and GSM mode). The extra information given in the
table is rarely provided with events originating from TD-SCDMA
devices. There are also a number of TD-SCDMA specific events.
Call events also encompass VoIP calls. For convenience, this is covered in
the present section rather than in chapter 6, Data Service Testing Events.
The asterisk column uses the following codes:
Code Meaning
c Requires that a cell file has been loaded.
e Generated in EDGE mode.
g Generated in GSM mode.
ga Generated by GAN-capable device interacting with a GANC.
lte Generated in LTE mode.
ps Generated for packet-switched (specifically, VoIP calls).
sg Generated during GSM scanning.

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Code Meaning
sw Generated during WCDMA scanning.
td Generated in TD-SCDMA mode (and unique to that mode).
w Generated in WCDMA mode.
2.1 Event List
Event Name Symb. * Description/Extra Information
Authentication g The authentication or ciphering failed.

Failure w Can be generated for both packet-
switched and circuit-switched.
Extra information: GMM/MM cause (if
available).
Baton Handover td Successful baton handover in

TD-SCDMA.
Baton Handover td An attempted baton handover in

Failure TD-SCDMA failed.
Call events (Blocked Call; Call*; Dropped Call): Some of these events are also
generated for VoIP. They are marked ps in the asterisk column. The extra
information sent with VoIP call events does not include or block/drop type or any
cause values; it does however include certain other items listed below.
Most of these events have a piece of extra information Call Domain, which is
either Circuit Switched or Packet Switched. This is not repeated for the
individual events below.
Blocked Call g GSM/WCDMA/TD-SCDMA: Call

(red) w abnormally ended prior to Call Established
ga event (for example because all traffic
ps channels were busy).
GAN: Layer 3 message Activate Channel
Failure received prior to Call Established.
Extra information:
Block type
CC cause
RR cause
Call time (time since Call Initiation
event)

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Call Attempt g GSM: A traffic channel was requested

(gray) w (through the Layer 3 message Channel
ga Request). (Note that the request could
ps also be for a signaling channel, in which
case no call is actually attempted; the two
types of request cannot be distinguished.)
WCDMA/TD-SCDMA: An RRC
Connection Request was sent following
initiation of an MO or MT call.
GAN:
(MO call) GAN Layer 3 message
Request sent with establishment cause
64 (TCH/H sufficient) or 224 (TCH/F
needed).
(MT call) GAN Layer 3 message Paging
Request received.
PS: Triggered by SIP Invite Request.
Call Attempt Retry g A call attempt (see the event Call Attempt)
(gray) w was repeated. Triggered by Channel
Request/RRC Connection Request.
Call End g A call was terminated. This event is

w normally triggered by
ps (CS:) the CC message Release
(PS:) the message SIP Bye.
Extra information:
Call end cause (usually one of MS
initiated release, NW initiated
release, User busy)
Call duration
Call Established g A call was established. The event is

(green) w triggered by
ga (GSM/WCDMA/TD-SCDMA:) the
ps Layer 3 message Connect (MO call) or
Connect Acknowledge (MT call)
(GAN:) the Layer 3 message Activate
Channel Complete
(PS:) the message SIP Invite Response
with status code 200 = OK.
Call Initiation g An MO call was initiated by a script (the

w equivalent of the yes button being
pressed on the handset). This event is
normally triggered by a report from the PC
communication protocol, never by a
Layer 3 message.
This event precedes Call Attempt.
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Call Re-established g Following a radio link failure, a call was re-

(green) w established (a drop thus being prevented).
Technology-specific details:
GSM: New traffic channel assigned within
20 s. 3GPP 45.008, section 6.7.2
WCDMA: New traffic channel assigned
before T314 timer expired. 3GPP
25.331, section 8.3.1.13
This event can occur only if call re-
establishment is enabled in the network. If
it is not, a call will be automatically
dropped in this situation.
Call Setup g A call was set up by the device. The event

w is triggered by
ga (GSM/WCDMA/TD-SCDMA:) one of the
ps Layer 3 messages Alerting or Connect
(GAN:) the GAN Layer 3 message
Activate Channel
(PS:) the message SIP Invite Response
with status code 180 = Ringing.
Extra information:
Call direction (MO/MT)
Call setup time (measured from Call
Attempt, i.e. the first call attempt)
User setup time (measured from Call
Initiation, thus more accurately
reflecting the user-perceived setup
time; obtained only for MO calls in
scripts)
Cell Change Order g Successful cell change order: handover

From UTRAN from UTRAN to GSM packet data
channel. Generated after entering GSM
mode.
Only occurs when the change takes place
from Cell_DCH mode. If it takes place
from a Common channel, the event Cell
Reselection From UTRAN is generated
instead.
Cell Change Order w Cell change order from UTRAN failed.

From UTRAN Failure
Cell Reselection g Cell reselection within GSM or within

w UTRAN (intra-frequency).
Extra information (GSM): BCCH ARFCN
and BSIC of new cell.

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Cell Reselection g Cell reselection from UTRAN to GSM.

From UTRAN Generated after entering GSM mode.
Cell Reselection To lte Cell reselection from UTRAN or GSM to

EUTRAN EUTRAN. Generated after entering LTE
mode.
Extra information:
New cell EARFCN and PCI
Old cell UARFCN and SC (WCDMA) or
ARFCN and BSIC (GSM)
Cell Reselection To w Cell reselection from GSM to UTRAN.

UTRAN Generated after entering WCDMA mode.
Channel Switch From td Successful switch from HS-PDSCH to

HSDPA DPCH.
Channel Switch From td Switch from HS-PDSCH to DPCH failed.

HSDPA Failure
Channel Switch To td Successful switch from DPCH (3GPP

HSDPA Release 99) to HS-PDSCH.
Channel Switch To td Switch from DPCH to HS-PDSCH failed.

HSDPA Failure
Compressed Mode w The device entered compressed mode.

Entered
Compressed Mode w The device left compressed mode.

Exited
CS Call Initiated on g A VoIP (IP) call was requested by the

IP Call Request w user, but instead a CS voice call was
(Incoming) initiated by the UE.
CS Call Initiated on g Answering of a VoIP (IP) call was

IP Call Request w intended by the user, but instead the UE
(Outgoing) answered it by initiating a CS voice call.

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CSFB events: Some of these events have a piece of extra information Call
Domain, which however always takes the value Circuit Switched. The CS
fallback events are generated only in the CS domain.
CSFB Blocked Call g A CS fallback call was blocked. This can

(red) w happen in several ways:
lte The Extended Service Request timed
out without any response from network,
or the network responded with Service
Reject. In this case the CS fallback
procedure never reaches the RAT
change stage.
RAT change to UTRAN/GERAN failed,
as indicated by the event EUTRAN
RRC Connection Release Redirected
Failure.
After successful RAT change to
UTRAN/GERAN, the CS call setup
failed (CS Blocked Call event
generated).
Extra information:
Block type
Regarding CS fallback in general, see
3GPP 23.272.
CSFB Call Attempt lte A CS fallback call attempt was made.

(gray) Triggered by Layer 3 message NAS
Extended Service Request.
Extra information:
CSFB Call g A CS fallback call was established.

Established (green) w Triggered by the Layer 3 message
Connect (MO call) or Connect
Acknowledge (MT call).
Extra information:
Target technology (WCDMA/GSM)

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CSFB Call Initiation lte A CS fallback call was initiated by a

Service Control script. This event is
normally triggered by a report from the PC
communication protocol, never by a
Layer 3 message.
This event is generated if the device has
previously performed Combined EPS/IMSI
Attach, thereby notifying the network that
it desires to be able to make CS fallback
calls. If no such attach command has
been observed, the event is not
generated.
CSFB Call Setup g A CS fallback call was set up. Triggered

w by Layer 3 message Alerting.
Extra information:
Target technology (WCDMA/GSM)
Call setup time (measured from CSFB
Call Attempt, i.e. the first call attempt)
User setup time (measured from CSFB
Call Initiation, thus more accurately
reflecting the user-perceived setup
time. Obtained only for MO calls in
scripts. If no CSFB Call Initiation event
was generated, the user setup time
cannot be computed.)
CSFB During IP Call g The call setup procedure was initiated as

Setup w a VoIP (IP) call, but before the call setup
was completed, the call setup procedure
was handed over to the CS domain.
Datalink Failure g Datalink failure caused by unsolicited

Disconnected Mode response or
sequence error.
Dedicated Mode g The device entered dedicated mode.

Extra information: BCCH ARFCN and
BSIC.
Dropped Call g Call abnormally ended after Call

w Established event.
Extra information:
Drop type
Cause
CC cause
Call duration (time since Call
Established event)

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EGPRS MS Out Of e The devices status buffer filled up, so that

Memory the device is no longer able to use
Incremental Redundancy on the downlink
for link quality control. Consequently it is
forced to switch to using Link Adaptation.
Emergency Call g This event is generated for an emergency

Failure w call (after call end) if its duration was
shorter than 35 s. The call is then
regarded as failed because it is not certain
that a position fix was obtained within
such a short time.
Detailed trigger conditions: Step 1 as for
Emergency Call Success, but duration
criteron not satisfied in step 2.
Emergency Call g This event is generated for an emergency

Success w call (after call end) if it had a duration of at
least 35 s. It can then be regarded as
certain that a position fix was obtained.
Detailed trigger conditions:
GSM:
1. CM Service Request sent with Service
Type = 2 (Emergency call
establishment).
2. Call successfully set up and maintained
for at least 35 s (counting from step 1)
with TCH available without a break
throughout this time.
WCDMA:
1. RRC Connection Request sent with
establishment cause = Emergency
call.
2. Call successfully set up and maintained
for at least 35 s (counting from step 1)
with TCH available without a break
throughout this time.

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EPS events: Some of these, tagged lg below, are unique to LG chipset devices.
EPS NAS Signaling lte EPS NAS signaling failed.

Failure lg Extra information: Details the nature of
the failure, e.g.:
Release with cause Load Balancing TAU
Required by network
Release with cause Redirection by
network
Data transmission failure caused by RRC
mobility
Service loss
EPS NAS Timer lte An EPS NAS timer expired.

Expiry lg Extra information: Timer T<nnnn>
expired, where <nnnn> = 3411, 3402,
etc.
EPS RACH Failure lte An EPS random access procedure failed.

lg
EPS RACH Success lte An EPS random access procedure

lg succeeded.
EPS Radio Problem lte An EPS NAS radio problem occurred. This
lg event partially overlaps with EPS RRC
Timer Expiry.
Extra information: Problem cause, e.g.:
MAC out of sync
RLC max RETX
Integrity failure
Timer T300 expired
EPS RRC Timer lte An EPS RRC timer expired.

Expiry lg Extra information: Timer T<nnn>
expired, where <nnnn> = 300, 301, 304,
etc.
EPS TDD UL/DL lte TDD subframe configuration changed.

Configuration 3GPP 36.211, table 4.2-1
Changed Extra information:
Old subframe configuration
New subframe configuration
Each subframe configuration is
represented as a string where U = uplink,
D = downlink, and S = special subframe.
Example: D:S:U:U:U:D:S.

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EPS Transmission lte Change of EPS transmission mode.

Mode Changed Compare the LTE information element
Transmission Mode.
EUTRAN ANR lte The device reported CGI for a cell

Neighbor Reported identified as a missing neighbor by the
Automatic Neighbor Relation mechanism.
3GPP 36.300, sections 22.3.2a,
22.3.34; 3GPP 36.331, section 5.5
Extra information: Type of ANR
neighbor: intra-frequency, inter-frequency,
or Inter-RAT.
EUTRAN Attach lte The device successfully attached to

Complete EUTRAN. Triggered by EPS Attach
Complete.
Extra information:
Attach type: EPS attach result in Attach
Accept message
Attach time: Time from Attach Request
to Attach Complete
EUTRAN Attach lte Attach to EUTRAN failed. Triggered by

Failure Attach Reject or timeout.
Extra information:
Attach type
Failure cause
EUTRAN Detach lte The device successfully detached from

Accept EUTRAN. Triggered by EPS Detach
Accept.
Extra information:
Attach type detached from
Detach time: Time from Detach
Request to Detach Accept
EUTRAN Inter- lte Intra-RAT, inter-frequency, handover

frequency Handover signaled by the eNodeB. 3GPP 36.331,
section 5.3.5.4
Triggered by Layer 3 message RRC
Connection Reconfiguration with
targetPhyCellId differing from serving cell
ID, and on different EARFCN.
Extra information:
Old EARFCN, new EARFCN
Old cell ID, new cell ID
Handover interruption time

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EUTRAN Inter- lte Intra-RAT, inter-frequency, handover

frequency Handover failed. Triggered by expiry of the T304
Failed timer configured in the RRC Connection
Reconfiguration message. 3GPP
36.331, section 5.3.5.6
Extra information:
Old EARFCN, new EARFCN
EUTRAN Intra- lte Intra-RAT, intra-frequency, handover

frequency Handover signaled by the eNodeB. 3GPP 36.331,
section 5.3.5.4
Triggered by Layer 3 message RRC
Connection Reconfiguration with
targetPhyCellId differing from serving cell
ID, but on same EARFCN.
Extra information:
EARFCN
EUTRAN Intra- lte Intra-RAT, intra-frequency, handover

frequency Handover failed. Triggered by expiry of the T304
Failed timer configured in RRC Connection
Reconfiguration message. 3GPP
36.331, section 5.3.5.6
Extra information:
EARFCN
EUTRAN Reselection lte This event carries performance

Time After CSFB Call information on the switch back to LTE
after hangup of a CS fallback call.
Extra information:
Idle to LTE time: Time in seconds from
entering idle mode (in UMTS) to
reception of System Information Block
on LTE.
SIB 19 to LTE time: Time in seconds
from reception of System Information
Block Type 19 (UMTS) to reception of
System Information Block on LTE.

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EUTRAN RRC A1 lte Measurement Report containing A1 event

Event sent from device: serving cell is better
than threshold. 3GPP 36.331, section
5.5.4.2
Extra information: Serving cell readings.

Event sent from device: serving cell is worse
than threshold. 3GPP 36.331, section
5.5.4.3
Extra information: Serving cell readings.

Event sent from device: neighbor is offset better
than serving cell. 3GPP 36.331, section
5.5.4.4
Extra information: Serving cell and
neighbor readings.

Event sent from device: neighbor is better than
threshold. 3GPP 36.331, section
5.5.4.5
Extra information: Neighbor readings.

Event sent from device: serving cell is worse
than threshold1 and neighbor is better
than threshold2. 3GPP 36.331, section
5.5.4.6
Extra information: Serving cell and
neighbor readings.
EUTRAN RRC lte An RRC connection was rejected.

Connection Reject
EUTRAN RRC lte An RRC connection was redirected.

Connection Release Triggered by EPS RRC Connection
Redirected Attempt Release message with redirection flag.
Extra information: Redirection control
information from RRC Connection
Release message.
EUTRAN RRC lte Redirection of RRC connection failed; the

Connection Release device returned to EUTRAN without
Redirected Failure successful new connection setup.

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EUTRAN RRC lte Successful new connection setup

Connection Release w following EPS RRC Connection Release
Redirected Success g message with redirection flag. Triggered
1 by one these messages:
WCDMA: RRC Connection Setup
Complete
GSM: Immediate Assignment
GPRS/EDGE: Packet Uplink/Downlink
Assignment
EV-DO: Traffic Channel Complete
1x: Service Connect
Extra information:
Technology and cell to which the device
was redirected.
Redirection control information from
RRC Connection Release message.
RRC Reconnect Time, measured from
RRC Connection Release to the
relevant message above.
EUTRAN RRC lte An RRC connection was established.

Established (green) Triggered by RRC Connection Setup
Complete message.
Extra information: Establishment cause.
Handover g Successful inter-cell handover in GSM.
Handover Failure g Inter-cell handover in GSM failed.
Handover From w Successful handover from EUTRAN to

EUTRAN UTRAN. Generated after entering
WCDMA mode.
Extra information:
Handover type: PS or SRVCC
Source RAT, target RAT
Handover interruption time, measured
from Mobility From EUTRA Command
(with Handover To UTRAN indication)
to Handover To UTRAN Complete.
Handover From lte Handover from EUTRAN to UTRAN failed.

EUTRAN Failure
1 Also occurs in 1x and EV-DO in case of redirection to either of these technologies.

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Handover From GAN ga Successful handover from GAN to

GERAN (GSM).
Triggered by GAN Layer 3 message
Handover Command if followed by
Deregister or if a period of 2 s passes
without Handover Failure being received.
Handover From GAN ga Handover from GAN to GERAN (GSM)

Failure failed.
Handover Failure.
Handover From g Successful handover from UTRAN to

UTRAN GSM. Generated after entering GSM
mode.
Handover From w Handover from UTRAN to GSM failed.

UTRAN Failure
Handover Intracell g Successful intra-cell handover in GSM.
Handover Intracell g Intra-cell handover in GSM failed.

Failure
Handover To lte Successful handover from UTRAN to

EUTRAN EUTRAN. Generated after entering LTE
mode.
Extra information: Handover interruption
time, measured from Handover From
UTRAN Command-EUTRA to RRC
Reconfiguration Complete.
Handover To w Handover from UTRAN to EUTRAN failed.

EUTRAN Failure
Handover To GAN ga Successful handover from GERAN (GSM)

to GAN.
Handover Complete.
Handover To GAN ga Handover from GERAN (GSM) to GAN

Failure failed.
Triggered if TU3920 timer expires after
Handover Access without Handover
Complete being received. TU3920 is a
timer included in the Register Accept
message sent from the GANC.
Handover To UTRAN w Successful handover from GSM to

UTRAN. Generated after entering
WCDMA mode.

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Handover To UTRAN g Handover from GSM to UTRAN failed.

Failure
HS Serving Cell HO w Successful HSPA serving cell handover.

The same symbol is used as for Inter-
frequency Handover, since HSPA serving
cell handover is handled in a similar way
(and differently from UMTS soft
handover).
HS Serving Cell HO w HSPA serving cell handover failed.

Failure The same symbol is used as for Inter-
frequency Handover Failure (compare HS
Serving Cell HO).
Idle Mode g The device entered idle mode.

BSIC.
Inter-frequency Cell w Successful WCDMA inter-frequency cell

Reselection reselection.
Extra information: New UARFCN; new
SC.
Inter-frequency w Successful inter-frequency handover in

Handover td WCDMA or TD-SCDMA.
Extra information: New UARFCN.
Inter-frequency w Inter-frequency handover in WCDMA or

Handover Failure td TD-SCDMA failed.
Intra-frequency Hard w Successful intra-frequency hard handover

Handover td in WCDMA or TD-SCDMA.
Intra-frequency Hard w Intra-frequency hard handover in WCDMA

Handover Failure td or TD-SCDMA failed.
Limited Service Mode g The GSM device entered limited service

mode (emergency calls only).
Location Area g The device changed location areas.

Update w Extra information: Location update type
(LUT).
Location Area g The device failed to change its location

Update Failure w area.
Extra information: Cause; location
update type (LUT).

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Measurement w Intra-frequency measurement report sent

Report 1 from device (UMTS reporting events 1A,
1B, etc.). 3GPP 25.331, section 14.1
Extra information: Type of UMTS event.
Measurement w Inter-frequency measurement report sent

2B, etc.). 3GPP 25.331, section 14.2
Measurement w Inter-RAT measurement report sent from

Report 3 device (UMTS reporting events 3A, 3B,
etc.). 3GPP 25.331, section 14.3
Measurement w Traffic volume measurement report sent

4B). 3GPP 25.331, section 14.4
Measurement w Quality measurement report sent from

Report 5 device (UMTS reporting event 5A).
3GPP 25.331, section 14.5
Measurement w UE-internal measurement report sent from

Report 6 device (UMTS reporting events 6A, 6B,
etc.). 3GPP 25.331, section 14.6
Measurement w UE positioning measurement report sent

7B, etc.). 3GPP 25.331, section 14.7

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Missing GSM sg This is a GSM event based on scan data

Neighbor (yellow that includes decoded BSIC and System
bar on Information. The event does not require a
the right) cell file.
It is assumed that the strongest cell with
decoded BSIC is the serving cell. Among
other cells with decoded BSIC, the six
strongest ones are looked up in the
strongest cells neighbor list (which is
extracted from System Information
messages). For each cell that is not in the
neighbor list, an instance of this event is
generated.
The event is only generated once for each
combination of assumed serving cell
(ARFCN + BSIC) and missing neighbor
(ARFCN).
BSIC of serving cell; ARFCN, BSIC, and
signal strength (in dBm) of missing
neighbor.
Missing GSM g This is a GSM event based on UE data. It

Neighbor, GSM (yellow does not require a cell file.
Symmetry bar on Triggered in when the source cell of a
the right)
handover is not in the target cells
neighbor list.
Cells are compared with respect to
ARFCN and BSIC. If BSIC is not
available, the event will not be triggered.
The event triggering is delayed two
seconds after the handover to ensure that
the entire neighbor list of the target cell
has been received.
Extra information: Serving cell ARFCN
and BSIC (i.e. new serving cell after
handover); missing neighbor ARFCN and
BSIC (i.e. old serving cell prior to
handover).

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Missing LTE This event is based on LTE scan data. It

Neighbor (yellow requires that a cell file is loaded and that
bar on the currently strongest cell has a neighbor
the right) list defined in that file.
Triggered in the following cases:
1. A cell not defined as a neighbor of the
strongest cell is more than n dB
stronger than at least one neighbor of
the strongest cell. The margin n dB is
set in the General window under LTE
(TEMS Investigation specific remark).
strongest cell is within n dB of the
strongest cell. (The event is then
triggered regardless of the strength of
defined neighbors.)
3. No cell from the strongest cells
neighbor list is detected, but at least
one cell is detected besides the
that cell.)
The signal power measure used in the
comparisons is RSRQ.
Extra information: EARFCN plus the
following (different for each of the three
cases listed above):
Case 1: Defined neighbor Cell Identity
and RSRQ; missing neighbor Cell
Identity and RSRQ.
Case 2: Strongest cell Cell Identity;
missing neighbor Cell Identity and
RSRQ.
Case 3: Strongest cell Cell Identity;
missing neighbor Cell Identity.

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Missing TD-SCDMA This event is based on TD-SCDMA scan

Neighbor (yellow data. It requires that a cell file is loaded
bar on and that the currently strongest cell has a
the right) neighbor list defined in that file.
set in the General window under
TD-SCDMA (TEMS Investigation
specific remark).
defined neighbors.)
that cell.)
comparisons is Ec/Io.
Extra information: UARFCN plus the
Case 1: Defined neighbor CPID and
Ec/Io; missing neighbor CPID and
Ec/Io.
Case 2: Strongest cell CPID; missing
neighbor CPID and Ec/Io.
Case 3: Strongest cell CPID; missing
neighbor CPID.

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Missing WCDMA w This is a WCDMA event based on UE

Intra-frequency (yellow data. The event does not require a cell
Neighbor bar on file.
the right)
1. The strongest active set member lies
between 18 dB and 12 dB, and the
strongest detected neighbor is stronger
than 12 dB.
2. The strongest active set member is
stronger than 12 dB, and the strongest
detected neighbor is stronger than
12 dB.
3. A detected neighbor exists, although no
active set member or monitored
neighbor exists.
The signal strength measure used in the
comparisons is CPICH Ec/No.
Extra information:
Cases 1 and 2 above: Priority (1 and
2 respectively); strongest active set
member SC and Ec/No; missing
neighbor SC and Ec/No.
Case 3: Missing neighbor SC and
Ec/No.

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Missing WCDMA (c) This event is based on WCDMA scan

Neighbor (yellow sw data. It requires either
bar on that the scan data includes decoded
the right)
SIBs, or
that a cell file is loaded and that the
currently strongest cell has a neighbor
list defined in that file.
If both SIB and cell file data are available,
the SIBs are used and the cell file is
ignored.
set in the General window under
WCDMA (TEMS Investigation specific
remark).
defined neighbors.)
that cell.)
comparisons is Aggr Ec.
Extra information: UARFCN plus the
Case 1: Defined neighbor SC and
Ec/Io; missing neighbor SC and Ec/Io.
Case 2: Strongest cell SC; missing
neighbor SC and Ec/Io.
Case 3: Strongest cell SC; missing
neighbor SC.

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More Than 3 Strong sw This event is based on WCDMA scan

SCs (red bar data.
on the The information element Poss No of AS
right)
Members (with argument = power
threshold n dB governed by the Missing
Neighbor Margin setting in the General
window under WCDMA) is larger than 3,
and all the detected scrambling codes are
stronger than 100 dBm. (TEMS
Investigation specific mechanism.)
Extra information: UARFCN.
No Service Mode g The device entered no service mode,

since it could not find a control channel.
Packet Mode g The device entered packet mode

(switched to a PDCH).
BSIC.
PDP Context g A PDP context was successfully activated.

Activation w Extra information:
Setup time, counted from the first RRC
Connection Request message to Activate
PDP Context Accept.
PDP context completion time, counted
from the first Activate PDP Context
Request message to Activate PDP
Context Accept.
PDP Context g Activation of a PDP context failed.

Activation Failure w Extra information: Failure cause.
PDP Context g An active PDP context was deactivated.

Deactivation w
PDU Error g Protocol Data Unit error caused by syntax

error in Layer 3 message.
PS Attach g The device successfully attached to the

w packet service.
Extra information: Attach type; attach
completion time.

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PS Attach Failure 2 g The device failed to attach to the packet

w service.
Extra information: Attach type; failure
cause.
PS Channel Type w A switch between a dedicated data

Switch Complete channel and a common data channel
succeeded.
Extra information: Direction of switch:
Dedicated to Common or Common to
Dedicated.
PS Channel Type w A switch between a dedicated data

Switch Failure channel and a common data channel
failed.
Extra information: Direction of switch:
Dedicated to Common or Common to
Dedicated.
PS Data Interruption g This event reports the IP interruption time

Time Due To CSFB w during RAT change to UTRAN/GERAN
due to initiation of a CS fallback call.
Always generated in conjunction with the
IP Interruption event (TEMS Investigation
specific remark).
Extra information: Interruption time in
ms. Measured from last received IP
packet in EUTRAN to first received IP
packet in UTRAN/GERAN.
PS Detach g The device successfully detached from

w the packet service.
PS RAB Channel w The spreading factor, and hence the data

Rate Switch rate, was changed successfully for the
Complete radio access bearer.
Extra information: Uplink and downlink
spreading factors.
PS RAB Channel w A change of spreading factor failed for the

Rate Switch Failure radio access bearer.
Extra information: Uplink and downlink
spreading factors.
Radio Bearer w The device could not reconfigure the radio

Reconfiguration bearer.
Failure Extra information: Cause value.
2Retained here although a similar event exists among the data service testing events (see
chapter 6). The latter (only) is used as input to KPIs.
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Radio Bearer Setup w The device could not set up the radio
Failure bearer.
Extra information: Cause value.
Radio Link Addition w One or several radio links were added.

Extra information: Added scrambling
codes; soft handover type; event type.
Radio Link Addition w Addition of one or several radio links

Failure failed.
Extra information: Failure cause.
Radio Link Removal w One or several radio links were removed.

Extra information: Removed scrambling
codes; event type.
Radio Link Removal w Removal of one or several radio links

Failure failed.
Radio Link w Combined addition and removal of radio

Replacement links.
Extra information: Added scrambling
codes; removed scrambling codes; soft
handover type; event type.
Radio Link w Addition or removal of one or several radio

Replacement Failure links failed.
Ringing g The GSM device started emitting a ringing

signal.
Routing Area Update g The device changed routing areas.

w
Routing Area Update g The device failed to change its routing

Failure w area.
Rove In To GAN ga Successful reselection from GSM to GAN.

Register Accept.
Rove In To GAN ga Reselection from GSM to GAN failed.

Failure Triggered by GAN Layer 3 message
Register Reject or by the TU3904 timer
expiring after Register Request is sent.

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Rove In To GAN ga When reselecting from GSM to GAN, the

Redirect device was redirected from the default
GANC to a different GANC.
Register Redirect.
Rove Out From GAN ga Successful reselection from GAN to GSM.

Deregister.
Rove Out From GAN ga Reselection from GAN to GSM failed.

Failure Triggered when the information element
GA-RC/GA-CSR State switches to
Deregistered without Deregister message
being received. (TEMS Investigation
specific remark.)
RRC Connection w An RRC connection was abnormally

Abnormal Release released.
RRC Connection w An RRC connection was rejected.

Reject Extra information: Failure cause.
3GPP 25.331, section 10.3.3.31
RRC Established w An RRC connection was established.

(green) Triggered by RRC Connection Setup
Complete message.
Extra information: Establishment cause.
RRC Protocol Error w An RRC protocol error occurred.

(red) Extra information: Failure cause.
Scanning Mode sg The GSM device entered scanning mode,

i.e. it started some type of scanning.
Security Mode w A security mode command failed.

Failure Extra information: Cause value.
SHO Procedure w Soft handover: Active set update

Complete procedure completed with Measurement
Control message.
SHO Procedure w Soft handover: Active set update

Complete Without procedure completed without a
Measurement Control Measurement Control message (because
another soft handover procedure started).
Extra information: One of Addition,
Removal, Replacement.

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Silent Call g A silent call was detected by the AQM

w algorithm: all system signaling was OK,
but the audio was not transferred in both
directions. The event is triggered 27.5 s
after the last Stop DTMF Acknowledge
message.
See the document AQM in TEMS
Products.
SMS Error g Transfer of an SMS message failed

w (during either sending or receiving).
SMS Received g An SMS message was successfully

w received.
SMS Sent g Sending of an SMS message was

w successfully competed.
T200 Expired g A Layer 2 Timeout occurred.
T3126 Expired g A Channel Request Timeout occurred.
T3162 Expired g A Packet Queuing Timeout occurred.
T3168 Expired g A Packet Assignment Timeout occurred.
T3170 Expired g A Packet Channel Request Timeout

occurred.
VCC Handover From w Voice Call Continuity handover of VoLTE

EUTRAN g call from EUTRAN to UTRAN/GERAN.
3
Extra information: Handover type:
SRVCC (Single Radio VCC) or DRVCC
(Dual Radio VCC).
3 Also occurs in 1x and EV-DO in case of redirection to either of these technologies.

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3 GSM and WCDMA Call Events:
Detailed Description
3.1 Introduction
This chapter provides an in-depth description of how GSM and WCDMA
call events are generated. By calls are meant voice calls as well as video
calls (the latter in WCDMA only).
The document should be regarded as supplementary to the account of the
call events in chapter 2.
3.2 Event State Machine

When explaining the generation of call events, it is helpful to refer to the
state machine depicted below.

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Channel Request
RRC Connection
Request
(W1) RRC Connection

(G1) GSM Channel Requested
Requested
RRC Connection Request
Immediate Assignment Reject

RRC Connection Reject
Channel Request
RRC Connection Setup
Channel Release or
Immediate Assignment
(W2) RRC Connection
Setup Received
RRC Connection Setup Complete

(G2) GSM Channel Assigned
(W3) RRC Connection

Setup Complete Received
)
(UL
up
Set Setu
p (D
L) Setup (DL)
Setup (UL)
(6) CALL
(1) CALL INIT Setup (UL) (0) NULL Setup (DL)
PRESENT
Re
le as
e
(11) DISCONNECT
Release or
Alerting REQUEST
Release Complete
Rele
ase Call Confirmed
se
Disconnect (UL)
(4) CALL States
lea
Connect
DELIVERED 1,4,6,7,8,9
Re
(12) DISCONNECT States (9) MT CALL

Disconnect (DL)
INDICATION 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 CONFIRMED
Connect
t
ec
nn
Co
Alerting
(8) CONNECT (7) CALL

(10) ACTIVE Connect Acknowledge Connect
REQUEST RECEIVED
The state machine covers both WCDMA and GSM. The top left part shows
the WCDMA service setup, while the top right part shows the service setup
in GSM. Note that these setup procedures are generic and not unique to
the speech service. MO calls are represented by states 1-4-10; MT calls
are represented by states 6-9-7-8-10. The central part of the diagram,
including states 11 and 12, is concerned with the handling of call
disconnects.

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Each state has a tag [X]n where [X] is an (optional) letter and n is a
number. States without a letter are valid in both GSM and WCDMA; states
with G in front of the number are valid only for GSM; states with W in
front of the number are valid only for WCDMA.
Layer 3 and CC messages are represented by arrows. For certain
messages the direction (UL or DL) is indicated. Please note that the
depiction of the message traffic and state transitions is a simplified one,
with only the most important mechanisms included. Note in particular that a
transition to state NULL can take place from any state following one of the
events Blocked Call or Dropped Call; such state transitions are not shown
in the diagram.
3.3 Description of Call Events
3.3.1 Call Initialization

This event is generated only when the call is initiated by a command
sequence and only for mobile-originated (MO) calls. The event is triggered
by a phone mode report (i.e. not by a Layer 3 message) which in turn is
generated at the time the yes (or send) key is pressed.
3.3.2 Call Attempt

This event is generated in the following circumstances:
1. (GSM) Channel Request message with establishment cause Speech
received in state NULL.
2. (WCDMA) RRC Connection Request message with establishment
cause Speech received in state NULL.
3. Setup message received in state NULL. This can occur when a channel
has been set up for a service other than speech and a CM Service
Request has been received to change the reason for the channel
setup. (The CM Service Request message itself does not have a cause
value indicating whether speech is being requested, so it is not possible
to have the Call Attempt event triggered by CM Service Request.)
3.3.3 Call Attempt Retry

1. (GSM) Channel Request message with establishment cause Speech
received in state GSM Channel Requested.
2. (WCDMA) RRC Connection Request message with establishment
cause Speech received in state RRC Connection Requested.

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3.3.4 Call Setup
1. Connect message received in state Call Init or in state MT Call
Confirmed.
2. Alerting message received in state Call Init or state MT Call Confirmed.
3.3.4.1 Extra Information
Call direction: MO call or MT call.

Call setup time in ms, measured from Call Attempt, i.e. the first call
attempt; this is not included if Call Attempt was triggered by the Setup
message (see section 3.3.2, step 2).
User setup time in ms, measured from Call Initialization (thus more
accurately reflecting the user-perceived setup time). Included only if the
Call Initialization event has been previously generated, i.e. for MO calls
in a command sequence.
3.3.5 Call Established

This event is generated when entering state Active following the message
Connect (MO call) or Connect Acknowledge (MT call).
3.3.6 Call Re-established

This event is generated when, following a radio link failure, a call is re-
established (a drop thus being prevented; the UE never leaves state
ACTIVE).
Technology-specific details:
GSM: New traffic channel assigned within 20 s. 3GPP 45.008,
section 6.7.2
WCDMA: New traffic channel assigned before T314 timer expired.
3GPP 25.331, section 8.3.1.13
This event can occur only if call re-establishment is enabled in the network.
If it is not, a call will be automatically dropped in this situation. The same
thing happens if the re-establishment fails (compare section 3.3.9.1).
3.3.7 Call End

1. Release message sent or received by phone, causing return to state
NULL without any of the events Blocked Call or Dropped Call having
been generated during the call.
2. Channel Release message received in state GSM Channel Assigned.
The following event information is then appended: Not a call,
procedure completed with a SDCCH (cf. below).
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Call end cause, one of the following strings:

o MS initiated release
o NW initiated release
o User busy
o Not a call, procedure completed with a SDCCH
o Technical drop: Release Missing
Call duration in ms, indicating the time elapsing between the event Call
Established and the message Disconnect or (if, exceptionally, no
Disconnect is received) the message Release.
3.3.8 Blocked Call

This event is generated if the call is abnormally ended before the event Call
Established is generated.
Block type, one of the following:

o No Immediate Assignment
o No Traffic Channel Assignment
o No Alerting or Connect
o No Connect
o No Call Confirmed
o No Connect Acknowledge
o No RRC Connection Setup
o No RRC Connection Setup Complete
o RRC Connection Reject
o Abnormal RRC Connection Release
o No Setup
o No Radio Bearer Setup Complete
o N-300 and T-300 expiry
CC Cause: <str>, where <str> is a string. Included if the message that
generated the event included CC cause.
"RR Cause: <str>", where <str> is a string. Included if the message that
generated the event included RR cause.
Call time in ms, indicating the time since the event Call Initialization.

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3.3.9 Dropped Call
This event is generated if the call is abnormally ended after the event Call
Established.
Drop type, one of the following:

o Abnormal network
o Abnormal RRC Connection Release
o No service
o Re-establishment failure
o T313 expired
Cause: <str>, where <str> is a string describing the cause of the drop.
CC Cause: <str>, where <str> is a string. Included if the message that
generated the event included CC cause.
Call duration in ms, indicating the time since the event Call Established.

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4 CDMA Events
Event Name Symb. Description/Extra Information
Blocked Call Unexpected change to idle or init state before

(red) Call Established, or Order (PCH) Message
received with one of the order codes Reorder,
Intercept, Registration Reject, or Release.
Call Attempt MO call: Origination (ACH) message sent with a

(gray) voice Service Option.
MT call: Page Response (ACH) message
received with a voice Service Option.
Call Attempt Retry A call attempt (see Call Attempt) was repeated.
(gray)
Call End Triggered by Order (RTCH) Message or Order

(FTCH) Message with order code Release.
Call Established MO call: Triggered by Service Connect

(green) Completion (RTCH) Message.
MT call: Order (RTCH) Message with order code
Connect.
Call Initiation Triggered by Protocol Report containing dialed

number.
Call Setup A call was set up by the device. Triggered by

Service Connect Completion (RTCH) Message.
Dedicated Mode The device is in traffic state.
Dropped Call Unexpected change to idle or init state after Call

Established.
EV-DO 1x The device suspended the EV-DO service to

Tune-away look for 1x paging.
Triggered by EV-DO Tuneaway Information
Report.
EV-DO Access An EV-DO access attempt failed.

Failure Triggered by EV-DO Access Attempt Report.
EV-DO Access An EV-DO access attempt completed

Success successfully.
Triggered by EV-DO Access Attempt Report.
EV-DO Connection An EV-DO connection attempt failed.

Failure Triggered by EV-DO Connection Attempt Report.

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EV-DO Connection An EV-DO connection attempt completed

Triggered by EV-DO Connection Attempt Report.
EV-DO Dynamic The device switched back from fixed rate to

Rate dynamic rate during an EV-DO session.
Triggered by occurrence of fixed rate end time
(see EV-DO Fixed Rate).
EV-DO Fixed Rate The device entered fixed rate mode for a period
of time during an EV-DO session.
Triggered by receipt of Fixed Mode Enable
Message (containing a given end time).
EV-DO Handoff The EV-DO active set was reduced to a single

1 Active pilot.
Extra information:
EV-DO Rev. A: PN offset of each active pilot.
EV-DO Rev. B: RF channel(s) and PN offset
of each active pilot (to one pilot PN may
correspond multiple RF channels:
<Channel 1>-<PN 1>, <Channel 2>-
<PN 1>, ...)
EV-DO Handoff Handoff in EV-DO traffic mode, two pilots in

2 Actives active set.
Extra information: See EV-DO Handoff
1 Active.
EV-DO Handoff Handoff in EV-DO traffic mode, three pilots in

1 Active.
EV-DO Handoff Handoff in EV-DO traffic mode, four pilots in

1 Active.
EV-DO Handoff Handoff in EV-DO traffic mode, five pilots in

1 Active.
EV-DO Handoff Handoff in EV-DO traffic mode, six pilots in

1 Active.

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EV-DO Island There is only a single active EV-DO pilot and no

candidates.
Triggered by EV-DO Pilot Sets Ver2 Report.
EV-DO Session An EV-DO session attempt failed.

Failure Triggered by EV-DO Session Attempt Ver2
Report.
EV-DO Session An EV-DO session attempt completed

Triggered by EV-DO Session Attempt Ver2
Report.
Hard Handoff Handoff in traffic state to another frequency, a

different band, a different pilot set, or another
frame offset, or a combination of these.
Triggered by Active Set Change.
Extra information:
If band changed: RF mode (EV-DO or 1x);
new band; new RF channel; new top pilot PN.
If only channel changed: RF mode; new RF
channel.
Idle Handoff Idle handoff 1x to 1x or EV-DO to EV-DO.

Triggered by Active Set Change.
Extra information:
If band changed: RF mode (EV-DO or 1x);
new band; new RF channel; new top pilot PN.
If only channel changed: RF mode; new RF
channel.
Idle Handoff To System change from 1x or EV-DO to Analog in

Analog idle mode.
Triggered by System Determination Last Main
Action Report.
Idle Handoff To System change from Analog or EV-DO to 1x in

CDMA idle mode.
Action Report.
Idle Handoff To System change from 1x to EV-DO in idle mode.

EV-DO Triggered by System Determination Last Main
Action Report.
Extra information: New RF channel.
Idle Mode The device is in init state or entered idle mode.

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Missing CDMA See algorithm description in section 4.1.

Neighbor (olive
green
bar on
the right)
Narrowband Generated in the course of narrowband

Interference interference scanning.
Triggered when an in-band RF channel has a
strength exceeding the average in-band RSSI by
an amount at least equal to Interference Offset.
The latter margin is set in the General window
(TEMS Investigation specific remark).
The event is generated only once for a given
interferer in the course of a scan. Furthermore, if
interference is detected on several contiguous
RF channels, only one event is reported for all of
these channels.
No Service Mode The mobile is searching for serving network, or

is in sleep mode.
Packet Mode The device entered data traffic mode.
Polluter See algorithm description in section 4.1.

(red bar
on the
right)
Soft Handoff 2-Way Soft handoff in 1x traffic mode, two pilots in

active set.
Soft Handoff 3-Way Soft handoff in 1x traffic mode, three pilots in

active set.
Soft Handoff 4-Way Soft handoff in 1x traffic mode, four pilots in

active set.
Soft Handoff 5-Way Soft handoff in 1x traffic mode, five pilots in

active set.
Soft Handoff 6-Way Soft handoff in 1x traffic mode, six pilots in active
set.
Soft Handoff Active set in 1x reduced to a single pilot.

Complete
Traffic Handoff To System change from 1x to Analog during traffic.

Analog Triggered by System Determination Last Main
Action Report.

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Traffic Handoff To System change from Analog or EV-DO to 1x

CDMA during traffic.
Action Report.
Traffic Handoff To System change from 1x to EV-DO during traffic.

EV-DO Triggered by System Determination Last Main
Action Report.
4.1 Algorithm for Pilot Pollution and Missing

Neighbor Detection in CDMA
1. Order all pilot responses by descending . Discard pilots that lie below
the noise floor (which is technology and frequency band dependent).
2. Identify all pilots whose strength exceeds , where
3. Let , where is the maximum number of fingers that a receiver

can demodulate.
4. For , check whether the strongest pilot is in the neighbor list. Any
pilot not in the neighbor list is flagged as a missing neighbor.
5. Calculate
6. Calculate
where is the largest integer such that
7. Calculate the percentage of useful energy .

8. If , there is no pilot pollution.
9. If , then each pilot such that is a polluter.

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5 Overviews of Selected Event Families
5.1 Cell Reselection/Neighbor Measurements
Please note that this diagram also includes a number of information
elements (blue).
Cell reselection and inter-RAT neighbor measurements; missing neighbor events.

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5.2 RAT Transition Events
RAT transition events; handover/handoff, cell reselection, and others.

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6 Data Service Testing Events
6.1 General
These events are generated in the course of PS data service testing. Many
of them serve as input to the computation of data service KPI statistics in
TEMS Discovery. KPIs are defined in the document KPI Definitions in
TEMS Products, doc.no. NT13-25359. Individual KPIs in that document
are referred to in the table in section 6.4.
Certain data service testing events do not have anything to do with KPIs:
chiefly, those consisting of a service designation plus one of the suffixes
Start, End, or Error. These events signify simply that a data service
session has started, ended, or aborted because of an error (of whatever
kind; the cause is specified in the extra information).
Call events for VoIP are dealt with in chapter 2.
6.2 Notes on KPIs for Particular Data Services

MMS Notification and MMS End-to-end KPIs are based on multiple KPI
events; this is not indicated in the table below.
No KPI events exist for email because of the ubiquitous use of
encryption in connection with that service, which makes it impossible to
obtain many of the measurements that would be required for KPI
calculation.
No KPI events exist for SMS. The SMS events in section 2.1 are
unrelated to KPI computation.
The MMS, WAP, and RTP streaming KPIs exist for TEMS Investigation
only.
6.3 Notes on KPI Definitions in ETSI Specification

The ETSI KPI specification ( ETSI TS 102 250-2) describes two slightly
different methods of KPI measurement, called Method A and Method B
respectively. TEMS Investigation supports both of these; measurements
according to Methods A and B may be delivered in two separate instances
of the event, or they may both be given in the same event instance.

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6.4 Event List
Associated KPI
Event Name Symb. Extra Info
(or Description)
ABM (Available bandwidth measurement) events
ABM Error Cause
ABM Start For each ABM server:

Server ID; Server IP
address; Server port
ABM Stop
AQM events (VoIP)
AQM Session Complete Phone number; synch time
AQM Session Failure Phone number; synch time
AQM Session Start
Attach events
Attach Failure Attach Failure Ratio (%)
Attach Setup Time Time in ms Attach Setup Time (s)
DNS events
DNS Host Name Domain name(s); DNS

Resolution Failure server address
DNS Host Name Domain name(s); DNS

Resolution Time server address; Resolution
time in seconds
Email events
Email Receive End Outcome (No KPIs defined for email)
Email Receive Error Cause
Email Receive Start POP3 server IP address or

host name
Email Send End Outcome
Email Send Error Cause
Email Send Start SMTP server IP address or

host name

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Associated KPI
(or Description)
ETSI marker events
First SYN Marker of the time First [SYN] sent
First SYN ACK Marker of the time Reception of [SYN, ACK]
First ACK Marker of the time Reception of the [ACK] from

the [SYN, ACK]
First HTTP Post Marker of the time Sending of the first GET
command
First HTTP Get Marker of the time Sending of the first POST
command
First Packet With Content Marker of the time Sending / Reception of the first
data packet containing content
Received FIN ACK Marker of the time Reception of [FIN, ACK]
FTP download events: Not obtained for SFTP.
FTP Download Data Cutoff point Data Transfer Cut-off Ratio (%)
Transfer Cutoff
FTP Download Data Time in seconds Data Transfer Time (s)

Transfer Time
FTP Download End Outcome
FTP Download Error Cause
FTP Download IP Service Details of failure IP Service Access Failure

Access Failure Ratio (%)
FTP Download IP Service Time in seconds IP Service Setup Time (s)

Setup Time
FTP Download Mean Data rate in kbit/s Mean Data Rate (kbit/s)
Data Rate
FTP Download Service Details of failure Service Non-Accessibility (%)

Not Accessible
FTP Download Setup Time in seconds Setup Time (s)

Time
FTP Download Start File path and name

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Associated KPI
(or Description)
FTP upload events: Not obtained for SFTP.
FTP Upload Data Cutoff point Data Transfer Cut-off Ratio (%)
Transfer Cutoff
FTP Upload Data Time in seconds Data Transfer Time (s)

Transfer Time
FTP Upload End Outcome
FTP Upload Error Cause
FTP Upload IP Service Details of failure IP Service Access Failure

FTP Upload IP Service Time in seconds IP Service Setup Time (s)

Setup Time
FTP Upload Mean Data Data rate in kbit/s Mean Data Rate (kbit/s)
Rate
FTP Upload Service Not Details of failure Service Non-Accessibility (%)

Accessible
FTP Upload Setup Time Time in seconds Setup Time (s)
FTP Upload Start File path and name
HTTP events: General
HTTP Service Not Details of failure Service Non-Accessibility (%)

Accessible
HTTP Setup Time Time in seconds Setup Time (s)
HTTP events: Get
HTTP Data Transfer Cutoff point Data Transfer Cut-off Ratio (%)
Cutoff
HTTP Data Transfer Time Time in seconds Data Transfer Time (s)
HTTP End Outcome
HTTP Error Cause
HTTP IP Service Access Details of failure IP Service Access Failure

Failure Ratio (%)
HTTP IP Service Setup Time in seconds IP Service Setup Time (s)

Time

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Associated KPI
(or Description)
HTTP Mean Data Rate Data rate in kbit/s Mean Data Rate (kbit/s)
HTTP Start IP address or host name
HTTP events: Post
HTTP Post Data Transfer Cutoff point Data Transfer Cut-off Ratio (%)
Cutoff
HTTP Post Data Transfer Time in seconds Data Transfer Time (s)
Time
HTTP Post End Outcome
HTTP Post Error Cause
HTTP Post IP Service Details of failure IP Service Access Failure

HTTP Post IP Service Time in seconds IP Service Setup Time (s)

Setup Time
HTTP Post Mean Data Data rate in kbit/s Mean Data Rate (kbit/s)
Rate
HTTP Post Start HTTP server script URL
IP events
IP Interruption Time Time in seconds (unrelated to KPIs)

Generated on handover and
indicates time gap between last
IP packet in old cell and first IP
packet in new cell.4
Note: For this time to be
correct, IP sniffing must not be
configured for Optimized
Performance.
MMS receive events
MMS Receive Data Data Transfer Cut-off Ratio (%)

Transfer Cutoff
MMS Receive Data Time in seconds Data Transfer Time (s)

Transfer Time
MMS Receive End Outcome
4 This event is currently generated only when an LTE network is involved in the handover.
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Associated KPI
(or Description)
MMS Receive Error Cause
MMS Receive Start
MMS Retrieval Failure MMS Retrieval Failure Ratio

(MT) (%)
MMS Retrieval Time Time in seconds MMS Retrieval Time (MT) (s)
MMS send events
MMS Send Data Transfer Data Transfer Cut-off Ratio (%)

Cutoff
MMS Send Data Transfer Time in seconds Data Transfer Time (s)
Time
MMS Send End Outcome
MMS Send Error Cause
MMS Send Failure MMS Send Failure Ratio (MO)

(%)
MMS Send Start
MMS Send Time Time in seconds MMS Send Time (MO) (s)
MTSI events
MTSI Registration Failure MTSI Registration Failure Ratio

(%)
MTSI Registration Time Time in seconds MTSI Registration Time (s)
MTSI Session Completion MTSI Session Completion

Failure Failure Ratio (%)
MTSI Session Completion Time in seconds

Time
MTSI Session Setup MTSI Session Setup Failure

Failure Ratio (%)
MTSI Session Setup Time Time in seconds MTSI Session Setup Time (s)
Network connect events
Network Connect Connection type Network Unavailability (%)

(NDIS/RAS); IP address

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Associated KPI
(or Description)
Network Connect Attempt Connection type (unrelated to KPIs)

(NDIS/RAS) Triggered when a Network
Connect activity starts
executing.
Network Connect Error Cause Network Unavailability (%)
Network Connection Lost (unrelated to KPIs)

Triggered when the operational
state of the .NET network
interface changes to Down for
a device to which Network
Connect was previously
applied.5 Generated only for
NDIS connections.
Network Disconnect
PDP context events
PDP Context Activation Time in ms PDP Context Activation Time

Time (s)
PDP Context Cutoff PDP Context Cut-off Ratio (%)
Ping events
Ping End Max. delay; Min. delay;

Avg. delay; Success count;
Failed count
Ping Error Cause
Ping Roundtrip Time Time in seconds; Ping size; Ping Roundtrip Time (ms)
IP address
Ping Start IP address or host name
Ping Timeout
SIP events
SIP Invite Handshake Time between SIP Invite

Time and SIP Invite Response
messages
5Reference: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/
system.net.networkinformation.operationalstatus.aspx
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Associated KPI
(or Description)
Social network testing events
Social Network Logon Logon Success Count /

Rate Logon Attempt Count 100 These events report
(%) percentages/averages
aggregated over the whole
Social Network Weibo Weibo Total Duration /
execution of a Social Network
Average Time Weibo Success Count
activity rather than single
100 (%) instances of success/failure or
elapsed time.
Social Network Weibo Weibo Failure Count /
Failure Rate (Weibo Attempt Count
Weibo Timeout Count)
100 (%)
(timeouts are disregarded in
this calculation)
Social Network Weibo Weibo Success Count /

Success Rate Weibo Attempt Count 100
(%)
SRVCC events
SRVCC Handover Time in ms

Interruption Time (User Time from last RTP report on
Plane) LTE to first UMTS DL Vocoder
report on UTRAN/GERAN.
Streaming events: Common to HTTP and RTP
Streaming End Outcome
Streaming Start HTTP: File URL

RTP: File path and name
Streaming events: HTTP-specific
Streaming Quality MOS Avg. audio MOS; Avg. (No KPI defined)
absolute video MOS; Avg. Event gives overall VQmon
relative video MOS; Avg. scores for an entire streaming
audiovideo MOS session.
Streaming events: RTP-specific
Streaming Error Cause
Streaming Intermediate MOS value Streaming Quality (MOS-VSQI)

VSQI Event gives average of the
latest 30 values of Streaming
VSQI.

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Associated KPI
(or Description)
Streaming Quality MTQI MOS value (No KPI defined)

Event gives overall MTQI score
for an entire streaming session.
Streaming Quality VSQI MOS value Streaming Quality (MOS-VSQI)

Event gives overall VSQI score
for an entire streaming session.
Streaming Reproduction Reproduction Cut-off Ratio (%)

Cutoff
Streaming Reproduction Time in seconds Reproduction Start Delay (s)

Start Delay
Streaming Reproduction Reproduction Start Failure

Start Failure Ratio (%)
Streaming Service Time in seconds Service Access Time (s)

Access Time
Streaming Service Not Service Non-Accessibility (%)

Accessible
Streaming Session Cutoff Streaming Session Cut-off

Ratio (%)
Streaming State State of RTP streaming

video client: one of
Connecting, Negotiating,
Prebuffering,
Reproducing,
Rebuffering, Finished
TCP events
TCP Download End Outcome (No KPIs defined for TCP)
TCP Download Error Cause
TCP Download Start IP address
TCP Handshake Time IP address; Time in

seconds
TCP Upload End Outcome
TCP Upload Error Cause
TCP Upload Start IP address

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Associated KPI
(or Description)
Trace Route events
Trace Route End Destination; Reached (No KPIs defined for Trace
(True/False) Route)
Trace Route Hop Hop sequence no.; IP

address reached; Hop time
Trace Route Start Destination
Trace Route Timeout Hop sequence no.; IP

address targeted
UDP events
UDP Download End Outcome (No KPIs defined for UDP)
UDP Download Error Cause
UDP Download Packet Packet loss in %

Loss
UDP Download Start IP address
UDP Upload End Outcome
UDP Upload Error Cause
UDP Upload Packet Loss Packet loss in %
UDP Upload Start IP address
VoIP events
VoIP End Outcome (KPIs based on MTSI

events, which see)
VoIP Error Cause
VoIP Lost Packets Count No. of missing RTP packets

During Handover from handover start (RRC
Reconfiguration Command)
to successful playback of
first RTP packet after
handover (RRC
Reconfiguration Complete)
VoIP Start Cause (e.g. A-Party (KPIs based on MTSI

calling); Client used events, which see)

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Associated KPI
(or Description)
WAP events
WAP Activation Failure WAP Activation Failure Ratio

(%)
WAP Activation Time Time in ms WAP Activation Time (ms)
WAP End Outcome
WAP Error Cause
WAP Page Data Transfer Data Transfer Cut-off Ratio (%)

Cutoff
WAP Page Data Transfer Time in seconds Data Transfer Time (s)
Time
WAP Page Mean Data Data rate in kbit/s Mean Data Rate (kbit/s)
Rate
WAP Page Request WAP Page Request Failure

Failure Ratio (%)
WAP Page Request Time Time in seconds WAP Page Request Time (s)
WAP Portal Access Time Time in seconds WAP Portal Access Time (s)
WAP Portal Not WAP Portal Non-accessibility

Accessible (%)
WAP Site Access Time Time in seconds WAP Site Access Time (s)
WAP Site Not Accessible WAP Site Non-accessibility (%)
WAP Start URL; Connection method

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7 Media Quality Events
Under this heading are collected events pertaining to audio quality
measurement and audio perception.
AQM Out of Synch The synchronization between the AQM module

and the Call Generator was lost. See the
document AQM in TEMS Products.
AQM Session The device completed a Voice Quality activity

Complete normally.
Extra information: Phone number; synch time.
AQM Session Failure The device aborted a Voice Activity abnormally

because of an error.
Extra information: Phone number; synch time.
AQM Session Start The device started executing a Voice Quality

activity.
AQM Sync Failure Synchronization was never achieved within the

duration of the (intended) audio quality
measurement. As a consequence, no AQM
output was obtained.
AQM Synched The synchronization between the AQM module

and the Call Generator was re-established. See
the document AQM in TEMS Products.
Handover Speech The information element Speech Interruption

Interruption Downlink Downlink took on the value Silence detected at
some point in connection with a handover.
Extra information: Length of silent period; type
of handover.
Speech Interruption The information element Speech Interruption

Time Downlink Downlink had the value Silence detected for at
least 100 ms.
Extra information: Length of silent period.

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2 GSM/WCDMA/LTE/TD-SCDMA Events ..................... 1

3 GSM and WCDMA Call Events: Detailed

4 CDMA Events ........................................................... 33

5 Overviews of Selected Event Families .................. 38

6 Data Service Testing Events ................................... 40

7 Media Quality Events ............................................... 51

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1.1 Product Versions Covered by This Document

The asterisk column uses the following codes:

c Requires that a cell file has been loaded.

e Generated in EDGE mode.

g Generated in GSM mode.

ga Generated by GAN-capable device interacting with a GANC.

lte Generated in LTE mode.

ps Generated for packet-switched (specifically, VoIP calls).

sg Generated during GSM scanning.

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sw Generated during WCDMA scanning.

td Generated in TD-SCDMA mode (and unique to that mode).

w Generated in WCDMA mode.

2.1 Event List

Event Name Symb. * Description/Extra Information

Authentication g The authentication or ciphering failed.

Baton Handover td Successful baton handover in

Baton Handover td An attempted baton handover in

Blocked Call g GSM/WCDMA/TD-SCDMA: Call

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Call Attempt g GSM: A traffic channel was requested

Call End g A call was terminated. This event is

Call Established g A call was established. The event is

Call Initiation g An MO call was initiated by a script (the

Call Re-established g Following a radio link failure, a call was re-

Call Setup g A call was set up by the device. The event

Cell Change Order g Successful cell change order: handover

Cell Change Order w Cell change order from UTRAN failed.

Cell Reselection g Cell reselection within GSM or within

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Cell Reselection g Cell reselection from UTRAN to GSM.

Cell Reselection To lte Cell reselection from UTRAN or GSM to

Cell Reselection To w Cell reselection from GSM to UTRAN.

Channel Switch From td Successful switch from HS-PDSCH to

Channel Switch From td Switch from HS-PDSCH to DPCH failed.

Channel Switch To td Successful switch from DPCH (3GPP

Channel Switch To td Switch from DPCH to HS-PDSCH failed.

Compressed Mode w The device entered compressed mode.

Compressed Mode w The device left compressed mode.

CS Call Initiated on g A VoIP (IP) call was requested by the

CS Call Initiated on g Answering of a VoIP (IP) call was

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CSFB Blocked Call g A CS fallback call was blocked. This can

CSFB Call Attempt lte A CS fallback call attempt was made.

CSFB Call g A CS fallback call was established.

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CSFB Call Initiation lte A CS fallback call was initiated by a

CSFB Call Setup g A CS fallback call was set up. Triggered

CSFB During IP Call g The call setup procedure was initiated as

Datalink Failure g Datalink failure caused by unsolicited

Dedicated Mode g The device entered dedicated mode.

Dropped Call g Call abnormally ended after Call

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EGPRS MS Out Of e The devices status buffer filled up, so that