Selection , Reselection and Handover Strategy

Hesham Yousef Mohamed

Selection / Reselection and Handover [Most Possible Scenarios]

A MS switched on and both 2G layer and 3G layer are available. [Selection 3G]
B MS in idle mode moving:
From 2G toward 3G [Reselection 3G]
From 3G toward 2G [Reselection 2G]
C MS in PTM moving:
From 2G toward 3G [2G to 3G Load base HO]
From 3G toward 2G [3G to 2G Load base (Coverage Based) HO]
D MS in CS dedicated mode moving:
From 2G toward 3G [2G to 3G HO]
From 3G toward 2G [3G to 2G HO]
E MS in PTM served by 2G while 3G layer is available [2G to 3G HO]
F MS in PIM served by 2G while 3G layer is available [2G to 3G Reselection]
G MS in CS dedicated mode served by 3G while 2G layer is available [3G to 2G Load base HO]
H MS in PIM served by 3G while 2G layer is available [Nothing to do]
I MS in PTM served by 3G while 2G layer is available [Nothing to do]
J MS in CS dedicated mode served by 2G while 3G layer is available [2G to 3G Load base HO]
2G - 3G Reselection Parameters
EN_2G_TO_3G_CELL_RESLECTION (enables 2G 3G cell reselection) [Value: 1 ]
0: Disabled
1: Enabled with 3G search activated while the UE/MS is in GMM ready state,
2: Enabled with 3G search deactivated while the UE/MS is in GMM ready state.
3: Enabled with 3G search activated while the UE/MS is in GMM ready state, even if Network_Control_Order > 1.
4: Enabled with 3G search activated with flexible priority while the UE/MS is in GMM ready state.
NETWORK_CONTROL_ORDER (decides whether BSS or MS would handle cell reselection) [Value: 0 ]
0: NC0 mode of operation for all MS. All MS controls their cell reselections and no MS reports packet measurements to the BSS.
1: NC1 mode of operation for all MS. All MS controls their cell reselections but all the MS reports packet measurements to the BSS. (Not
supported)
2: NC2 mode of operation for R99 onwards MS. The BSS controls the cell reselections of R99 onwards MS when in packet transfer mode or
of R99 onwards MS when in GMM Ready state (depending on the selected NC2 deactivation mode). While the NC2 mode is activated for
the concerned MS, the MS reports packet measurements to the BSS.
3: NC2 mode of operation for all MS. The BSS controls the cell reselections of all MS when in packet transfer mode or of all MS when in
GMM Ready state (depending on the selected NC2 deactivation mode). While the NC2 mode is activated for the concerned MS, the MS
reports packet measurements to the BSS.
4: NC2 mode of operation for Rel.4 onwards MS. The BSS controls the cell reselections of Rel.4 onwards MS when in packet transfer mode
or of Rel.4 onwards MS when in GMM Ready state (depending on the selected NC2 deactivation mode). While the NC2 mode is activated
for the concerned MS, the MS reports packet measurements to the BSS.

NC2_DEACTIVATION_MODE (defines whether or not the packet measurement order message with reset command is sent at the
end of a packet transfer)[Value: 0]
0: "NC2 deactivation at the end of the packet transfer". A Packet Measurement Order message is sent to deactivate the NC2 mode at the end
of the packet transfer.
1: "NC2 deactivation at the expiry of the GMM Ready timer". No Packet Measurement Order message is
sent to deactivate the NC2 mode.

FDD_ARFCN_LIST [Value: 10698, 10723 ]

TDD_ARFCN_LIST [Value: None ]
Qsearch_I [Value: 7 ]
FDD_Qoffset [Value: 0 ]
FDD_Qmin [Value: 7 ]
TDD_Qoffset [Value: Not In use ]
Qsearch_P [Value: Not In use ] PBCCH not used
SEARCH_3G_PRIO [Value: None] PBCCH not used
FDD_Qmin_Offset [Value: None] (Available if EN_CPICH_2G_3G_RESELECTION = 1)
FDD_RSCP_min [Value: None] (Available if EN_CPICH_2G_3G_RESELECTION = 1)

2G - 3G Handover Parameters
EN_3G_HO [Value: 1 ]
EN_2G_3G_HO_NO_SERVICE_HO (Allows handovers towards 3G cells for a given MS when I.E. Service Handover is
missing and the load in No the serving cell is high) [Value: 0]
THR_CELL_LOAD_3G_REQ (Load threshold on the serving cell below which handovers towards 3G cells are forbidden when
I.E. No Service Handover is missing) [Value: 0 ]
A_ECNO_HO (Window size for Ec/No level averages for 2G to 3G handover) [Value: 8 ]
N_TRAFFIC_LOAD (Number of consecutive load averages used in traffic load evaluation process.) [Value: 1 ]
A_TRAFFIC_LOAD (Window size for load averages.) [Value: 12 ]
FDD_ARFCN_LIST (Up to 3 FDD frequencies and/or 3 TDD frequencies) [Value: 10698, 10723 ]
Qsearch_C (Threshold for searching for 3G cells in dedicated mode). [Value: 7 ]
SEARCH_3G_PRIO (The MS may search 3G cells more frequently if SEARCH_3G_PRIO = 1) [Value: 1 ]
FDD_REP_QUANT (Type of measurement reported by the MS (CPICH RSCP or CPICH Ec/No)) [Value: 1 ]
FDD_MULTIRAT_REPORTING (Number of the strongest 3G cells to be reported by the MS.) [Value: 2 ]
FDD_REPORTING_OFFSET (Offset that the MS shall apply to measurements before reporting.) [Value: 0 ]
FDD_REPORTING_THRESHOLD (Threshold above which the MS shall report the measurements.) [Value: 0 ]
THR_ECNO_HO (Ec/No threshold above which a handover to UTRAN may be triggered) [Value: -10 ]
A_ECNO_HO (Window size for Ec/No level averages for 2G to 3G handover) [Value: 8 ]
MAX_ADJ_CELL_3G_HO [Value: ]
T_HO_REQD_LOST (Supervision of the MSC response after sending of HANDOVER REQUIRED). > T7 [Value: 30 ]
RESP_REQ (This flag controls Response request OIE inclusion in HANDOVER REQUIRED.) [Value: 0 ]
EN_EXT_DR (This flag enables/disables the Outgoing External Directed Retry procedure.) [Value: 0 ]
T3121 (This timer is started by sending an INTER SYSTEM TO UTRAN HANDOVER message to the MS and is
normally stopped when the MS has correctly seized the UTRAN channel(s). Its purpose is to keep the
old channels sufficiently long for the MS to be able to return to the old channels, and to release the
channels if the MS is lost). [Value: 14 ]