Call Drop Rate improvement by Parameter change in 3G UMTS/WCDMA Huawei Network

Call drop rate in 3G WCDMA is important thing to optimize in our Network. There are many ways to
improve drop call such as hardware problem detection, Fix Coverage overlapping, Fix Missing neighbor
and Parameter changing. You can refer to previous chapter about Drop Call Rate Improvement to know
step by step about call drop reasons and optimization. What I want to share now is about how to
improve drop call rate in 3G UMTS/WCDMA by Parameter adjustment. Before go to the topic we need
to know call drop reasons in 3G UMTS:

- High Interference : As we know in that 3G UMTS/WCDMA is self interference because only use 1
frequency and differentiated by Scrambling Code(SC).

- Pilot pollution :Happened due to Coverage overlapping.You need to make sure first no coverage
overlapping and can be solved by Physical optimization(Antenna down tilt).

- Missing Neighbor: Make sure no missing neighbor in your network to improve drop call before you
start with Parameter optimization.

- Hardware problem: You need to fix first if you found hardware issue.

After you clear main issue for above reasons then you can go to Parameter optimization to reduce drop
call rate. Here are recommended Parameter to reduce call drop rate in 3G UMTS/WCDMA for Huawei
Network. If you work for other Vendor you can refer to your document and looking for same Parameter.

1. Increase HOASUTMR

HOASUTMR meaning HO active set update response timer, A timer to RNC wait for the response to
active set update in soft handover procedure. You can improve call drop in 3G by increase this
parameter.

2. Increase Parameter 2D/2F

The idea of this parameter setting is to make fast Handover to GSM network. You can increase 2D/2F
parameter and improve your drop call in 3G by moving traffic to GSM network.

Detail parameter need to be changed are as follow:

- INTERRATCSTHD2DECN0, ex: Change from -14 to -12

- INTERRATCSTHD2FECN0, ex: Change from -12 to -10

- INTERRATCSTHD2DRSCP, ex: Change from -100 to -98

- INTERRATCSTHD2FRSCP, ex: Change from -97 to -95

- INTERRATHTHD2DECN0, ex: Change from -15 to -12

- INTERRATR99PSTHD2DECN0, ex: Change from -15 to -13

- INTERRATHTHD2FECN0, ex: Change from -13 to -10

- INTERRATR99PSTHD2FECN0, ex: Change from -13 to -10

- INTERRATHTHD2DRSCP, ex: Change from -100 to -95

- INTERRATR99PSTHD2DRSCP, ex: Change from -100 to -95

- INTERRATHTHD2FRSCP, ex: Change from -107 to -105

- INTERRATR99PSTHD2FRSCP, ex: Change from -107 to -105

Description and meaning of Above Parameter can be described as below detail:

- INTERRATCSTHD2DECN0:

Threshold to trigger inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of Ec/No for CS domain
services

Value range: -24~0

Physical unit: dB

Content: For CS domain services, when Ec/No is used as the measurement quantity for inter-RAT
measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to activate compressed mode and start inter-RAT
measurement, if the UE reports the event 2D when the measured value is smaller than the value of this
parameter.

Recommended value (default value): -14

- INTERRATCSTHD2FECN0

Threshold to stop inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of Ec/No for CS domain services

Value range: -24~0

Physical unit: dB

Content: For CS domain services, when Ec/No is used as the measurement quantity for inter-RAT
measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to deactivate compressed mode and stop inter-RAT
measurement, if the UE reports the event 2F when the measured value is larger than the value of this
parameter.

Recommended value (default value): -12

- INTERRATCSTHD2DRSCP

Threshold to trigger inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of RSCP for CS domain services
Value range: -115~-25

Physical unit: dBm

Content: For CS domain services, when RSCP is used as the measurement quantity for inter-RAT
measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to activate compressed mode and start inter-RAT
measurement, if the UE reports the event 2D when the measured value is smaller than the value of this
parameter.

Recommended value (default value): -100

- INTERRATCSTHD2FRSCP

Threshold to stop inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of RSCP for CS domain services

Value range: -115~-25

Physical unit: dBm

Content: For CS domain services, when RSCP is used as the measurement quantity for inter-RAT
measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to deactivate compressed mode and stop inter-RAT
measurement, if the UE reports the event 2F when the measured value is larger than the value of this
parameter.

Recommended value (default value): -97

- INTERRATHTHD2DECN0

Threshold to trigger inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of Ec/No for PS domain HSPA
services

Value range: -24~0

Physical unit: dB

Content: For PS domain HSPA services, when Ec/No is used as the measurement quantity for inter-RAT
measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to activate compressed mode and start inter-RAT
measurement, if the UE reports the event 2D when the measured value is smaller than the value of this
parameter.

Recommended value (default value): -15

- INTERRATR99PSTHD2DECN0

Threshold to trigger inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of Ec/No for PS domain R99
services

Value range: -24~0

Physical unit: dB

Content: For PS domain R99 services, when Ec/No is used as the measurement quantity for inter-RAT
measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to activate compressed mode and start inter-RAT
measurement, if the UE reports the event 2D when the measured value is smaller than the value of this
parameter.

Recommended value (default value): -15

- INTERRATHTHD2FECN0

Threshold to stop inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of Ec/No for PS domain HSPA
services

Value range: -24~0

Physical unit: dB

Content: For PS domain HSPA services, when Ec/No is used as the measurement quantity for inter-RAT
measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to deactivate compressed mode and stop inter-RAT
measurement, if the UE reports the event 2F when the measured value is larger than the value of this
parameter.

Recommended value (default value): -13

- INTERRATR99PSTHD2FECN0

Threshold to stop inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of Ec/No for PS domain R99
services

Value range: -24~0

Physical unit: dB

Content: For PS domain R99 services, when Ec/No is used as the measurement quantity for inter-RAT
measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to deactivate compressed mode and stop inter-RAT
measurement, if the UE reports the event 2F when the measured value is larger than the value of this
parameter.

Recommended value (default value): -13

- INTERRATHTHD2DRSCP

Threshold to trigger inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of RSCP for PS domain HSPA
services

Value range: -115~-25

Physical unit: dBm

Content: For PS domain HSPA services, when RSCP is used as the measurement quantity for inter-RAT
measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to activate compressed mode and start inter-RAT
measurement, if the UE reports the event 2D when the measured value is smaller than the value of this
parameter.

Recommended value (default value): -110

- INTERRATR99PSTHD2DRSCP

Threshold to trigger inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of RSCP for PS domain R99
services

Value range: -115~-25

Physical unit: dBm

Content: For PS domain R99 services, when RSCP is used as the measurement quantity for inter-RAT
measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to activate compressed mode and start inter-RAT
measurement, if the UE reports the event 2D when the measured value is smaller than the value of this
parameter.

Recommended value (default value): -110

- INTERRATHTHD2FRSCP

Threshold to stop inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of RSCP for PS domain HSPA
services

Value range: -115~-25

Physical unit: dBm

Content: For PS domain HSPA services, when RSCP is used as the measurement quantity for inter-RAT
measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to deactivate compressed mode and stop inter-RAT
measurement, if the UE reports the event 2F when the measured value is larger than the value of this
parameter.

Recommended value (default value): -107

- INTERRATR99PSTHD2FRSCP

Threshold to stop inter-RAT measurement with measurement quantity of RSCP for PS domain R99
services

Value range: -115~-25

Physical unit: dBm

Content: For PS domain R99 services, when RSCP is used as the measurement quantity for inter-RAT
measurement, the RNC sends the signaling to deactivate compressed mode and stop inter-RAT
measurement, if the UE reports the event 2F when the measured value is larger than the value of this
parameter.

Recommended value (default value): -107

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