Security Level:

BFKT & TUC

Network Inter-Working Strategy

7th Mar, 2016

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Network Frequency Spectrum Allocation
0.1M 0.1M
G900 =2.4M L900 = 3750 G900 =2.4M U850 F3 = 4358 U850 F2 = 4383 U850 F1 = 4408 GSM1800 L1.8 = 1275 GSM1800 U2.1 = 10638 L2.1 = 251

G900 L900 5M G900 U850 U850 U850 G1.8 L1800 10M G1.8 U2100 L2100 10M

BW = 10MHz BW = 4.8 x 3 MHz BW = 15MHz BW = 5M BW = 10M

System PLMN DL ARFCN UL ARFCN Bandwidth UL Frequency DL Frequency

UMTS 2100 520-04 10638 9688 5 MHz 1935 - 1940 2125 - 2130

LTE 2100 520-04 251 18251 10 MHz 1940 - 1950 2130 - 2140

LTE 1800* 520-04 1275 19275 10 MHz 1712.5 - 1727.5 1807.5 - 1817.5

LTE 900 520-04 3750 21750 5 MHz 907.5 912.5 952.5 957.5

UMTS 850 F1 520-00 4408 4183 4.8 MHz 834.2 - 839 879.2 - 884

UMTS 850 F2 520-00 4383 4158 4.8 MHz 829.2 - 834 874.2 - 879

UMTS 850 F3 520-00 4358 4133 4.8 MHz 824.2 - 829 869.2 - 874
1710.1 - 1712.5 1805.1 - 1807.5
GSM 1800 520-99 512 523 / 574-585 4.8 MHz
1722.5 - 1724.9 1817.5 - 1819.9
83-86, 114-124 (BCCH) 905.1 907.5 950.1 952.5
GSM 900 520-99 5 MHz
76-82,87/113 (TCH) 912.5 914.9 957.5 959.9
* L1800: current use 1300, will re-farm to 1275.

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Idle mode Inter-working
L1800 (Priority 6)
Idle-MLB
1. LTE High Band: Idle MLB;
L2100 (Priority 6) 2. LTE: Intra RAT Reselection;

3. LTE U850 F1/F2: IRAT

Reselection;
TUC PLMN04 L900 (Priority 5) 4. L1800/L2100 U2100: IRAT
L2U: F1/F2 Reselection;
U850 F1F2 + U2100; U2L: All LTE
F2 F1 + F3;
F3F1 + F2 5. U2100 U850 F1/F2: Intra
U2100 F1 + F2. RAT Reselection;

U2100 (Priority 4) 6. G900 U850 F1: One Way

G2L Reselection
Reselection;
F1/F2
7. G1800 U850 F1/U2100: One
Way Reselection;
BFKT PLMN00 U850 (Priority 3)
Prefer 3G F1/F2
8. G900 L900: One Way
Reselection.
TMV PLMN99 G1800 (Priority 0)

Red: LTE; Orange: UL IRAT; Blue: UMTS;

TUC PLMN99 Green: GU IRAT; Pink: GL IRAT; Gray: GSM
G900 (Priority 0)
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Voice Service Inter-working Strategy
L1800 (Priority 6) 1. VoLTE HO: L1.8/L2.1 HO to
FR L900;
2. VoLTE L1.8 L2.1/L900;
L2100 (Priority 6) 3. SRVCC: LTE to U850;
FR

CSFB CSFB VoLTE 4. L1.8/L2.1 CSFB: to U2100,

and FR to L1.8/L2.1;
TUC PLMN04 L900 (Priority 5) 5. L900 CSFB: to U850 and
G900, U850 enable
SRVCC to F1
FR measurement based fast
return to L900 after RAN17.1;
1. CSFB
6. U2100 U850 F1/F2: Voice
HO;
U2100 (Priority 4)
FR
3G Voice to F1/F2 7. U2100 G1800/G900: One
Way IRAT Voice HO;
BFKT PLMN00 U850 (Priority 3) 8. G1800 G900: bidirectional
Voice HO.
U2G HO
*CSFB from L2100/L1800 to U850 in
TMV PLMN99 case of Pico
G1800 (Priority 0)
2. CSFB
Red: LTE; Orange: UL IRAT; Blue: UMTS;
TUC PLMN99 Green: GU IRAT; Pink: GL IRAT; Gray: GSM
G900 (Priority 0)
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Data Inter-working Strategy
L1800 (Priority 6)
1. L1.8/L2.1 L900: PSHO;
2. L1.8 L2.1: PS HO;
3. L900 L1.8/L2.1 PS HO by
L2100 (Priority 6) priority;
L2U PS HO
U2L Redirection
4. LTE IRAT PS HO U850,
then U2L Redirection to LTE;
TUC PLMN04 L900 (Priority 5) 5. LTE L1.8/L2.1 IRAT PS HO
L2U PS HO U2100 (Only Co-sector
U2L Redirection Neighbor), then U2L
Redirection back;

6. U2100 U850: PS HO;

U2100 (Priority 4)
7. G900/G1800 U850/U2100:
CLB / PSHO F1/F2 G2U Reselection;

BFKT PLMN00 U850 (Priority 3) 8. G1800 G900: PS

G2U
Reselection.
Reselection
G2U Reselection
TMV PLMN99 G1800 (Priority 0)
PS Reselection
Red: LTE; Orange: UL IRAT; Blue: UMTS;
TUC PLMN99
G900 (Priority 0) Green: GU IRAT; Pink: GL IRAT; Gray: GSM

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Neighbor Relation
L1800 (Priority 6) L1800 (Priority 6)
CA/MLB CA/MLB/PSHO
CA/PSHO PSHO
L2100 (Priority 6) L2100 (Priority 6)
L2U PS HO/CSFB
U2L Redirection CA/PSHO

PSHO
L900 (Priority 5) L900 (Priority 5)
L2U PSHO/CSFB L2U F1/F2 PS HO
U2L Redirection U2L Redirection

U2100 (Priority 4) U2100 (Priority 4)

CLB / HO F1/F2
Fake Neighbor 3G HO F1

U850 (Priority 3) U850 (Priority 3)

U2G Coverage HO
G2U Reselection

G1800 (Priority 0) G1800 (Priority 0)

CS HO/PS Reselection

G900 (Priority 0) G900 (Priority 0)

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Green: GU IRAT; Pink: GL IRAT; Gray: GSM
Inter-Frequency Relation
L1800 (Priority 6)

L2100 (Priority 6)

L900 (Priority 5)

LTE to U850 F1/F2

U850 F1/F2/F3 to LTE

U2100 (Priority 4)
LL: Define the frequency;
UU: Add Neighbor instead of inter frequency;
UG: Add Neighbor instead of inter frequency;
U850 (Priority 3) L900G900: Define the frequency;
GU: Add Frequency.
G2U F1/F2
G1800 (Priority 0) Red: LTE; Orange: UL IRAT; Blue: UMTS;
Green: GU IRAT; Pink: GL IRAT; Gray: GSM

G900 (Priority 0)
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Neighbor / Frequency Relation

L1800 All All All CoSector All CoSite N/A N/A N/A

L2100 Co-Sector All All CoSector All CoSite N/A N/A N/A

L900 All All All N/A* All CoSite N/A Freq N/A

U2100 Co-Sector F Co-Sector F N/A** All All CoSite N/A Co-Site All

CoSector
U850 F1 Co-Sector F Co-Sector F Co-Sector F CoSite All CoSector N/A N/A
(SIB11 OFF)

U850 F2 Co-Sector F Co-Sector F Co-Sector F N/A CoSector All CoSector N/A N/A

U850 F3 Co-Sector F Co-Sector F Co-Sector F N/A CoSector CoSector All N/A N/A

G900 N/A N/A Fake NB G2U Freq G2U Freq G2U Freq N/A All All

*L900 U2100 Co-sector Frequency configured in the Smart RNO tool;

** U2100 L900 Frequency configured in the Smart RNO tool.

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Carrier Aggregation Strategy

CA setting Scell Priority

Pcell = L1800 and L2100

L1800
Scell priority, L1800=L2100>L900
Use adaptive Scell selection based on
L2100
frequency priority
CA activation due to traffic
CA deactivation due to traffic and CQI L900

level.

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Risks and Concerns
Inter-working strategy during roll out:
The inter-working strategy may need to be modified according roll out status;
Due to RNC Capacity, the U2100/U900 Rehoming is required after new RNC integration;
1. Without U900:
If not implement MTRF, use different TAC for L900 from L1800 and L2100.
After implement MTRF, use same TAC for 900, 1800 and 2100 but longer call setup time will be
observed if CSFB from L900 to U850.
2. With U900 on air together with L900:
Use same TAC for L900 1800 and 2100
Use same LAC for U2100 and U900 for smooth CSFB
With same PLMN, LAC U2100 and G900 cannot be the same due to limited configuration in
CS core.

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True Current UE Capability Analysis

LTE Band vs UMTS

1). L2100 & L1800 UE: less than 0.1% UE not support U2100;
2). L900 UE: 0.6% UE not support U900 (in which 94% support U850).
LTE Inter Frequency
1). L2100 and L1800 UE nearly the same, 3% difference;
2). L2100 and L1800 UE: about 24% not support L900;
3). L900 UE: less than 1% not support L1800 or L2100.
UMTS Inter Frequency
1). U2100 UE: 33% not support U900, 12% not support U850;
2). U850 UE: 32% not support U900, 2.6% not support U2100;
3). U900 UE: 10% not support U850, 2.6% not support U2100.

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