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By the RNC signaling trace function, we can analyze the detail procedure of the fault.
Beside the air interface trace, RNC also supports terrestrial interface signaling trace,
which is very useful to locate the fault.
By real-time monitoring, we can check the performance of the objectives, such as
radio link, cell and board, which are important references for trouble shooting.

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Procedure for Creating a Tracing Task

The LMT sends a binary command to the OMU to create the task
The OMU assigns an ID to the task and forwards the command to the
debugging module of the specified board.
After receiving the command, the debugging module records the filter
parameters of the trace data in the filter table and notifies the service module.
The service module updates the local filter table according to the message
from the debugging module.
The OMU forwards the traced messages to the LMT that creates the task
according to the task ID.
The LMT translates the messages and displays them on the tracing window.
Only the user has the relevant rights can perform message tracing operations,
includes
admin, USER, OPERATOR, ADMINISTRATOR, and CUSTOM entitled to use
command group G_10That is, all users except the GUEST-level user and
CUSTOM-level users that are not entitled to use command group G_10 can
perform the tracing tasks online.

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Huawei RNC supports following trace functions:

Interface basis trace, include: IU interface, IUR interface, IUB interface, Uu
interfaceand the IU-PC interface which is for location services.;
UE basis trace: IOS (information of the subscribers)trace;
Cell basis trace and MNCDT (missing neighbor CDT);
IP link trace;

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IU interface trace In case of RAB Assignment failure, RAB Release failure, paging
failure, IU Release failure, UE initial message failure ,relocation failure, IU interface
trace can be used for trouble shooting and to fix the problems.You can select the
following operations:
Tracing the messages processed by the specified SPU subsystem
Tracing the required types of message
Tracing all types of messages
Tracing signaling messages at the transport network layer
A maximum of six tracing tasks can be performed on the Iu interface for a subsystem.
Thus, a maximum number of (6 x Number of subsystems) tracing tasks can be
performed on the Iu interface simultaneously.
The trace task can run according to the schedule in the background, the trace log file
is saved in the FTP folder:/bam/version_a/ftp/trace/ in the BAM. The log file can be
download by FTP client, or by the WEB LMT, we can upload the log file by FTP.

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An IU Trace Example

The message browse window displays the serial number, generation time, RFN,
tracing type, message direction, message type, user ID, subrack number, slot number,
subsystem number, and message content.

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You can perform this task to identify the cause of the failure in the following
procedures: radio link setup, radio link reconfiguration. You can select the following
operations:
Tracing the messages processed by the specified CPUS subsystem
Tracing the required types of message
Tracing all types of messages
Tracing signaling messages at the transport network layer
For each subsystem, a maximum of six Iur interface tracing tasks can be performed
simultaneously

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By this task ,IUB interface trace the NodeB Application Part (NBAP) messages ,we
can perform this task to identify the cause of the failure in the following procedures:
radio link setup, radio link reconfiguration, resource audit, cell setup, cell
reconfiguration, common transport channel setup, and system information update. To
start a tracing task, we can select the following operations:
Tracing messages of all the NodeBs
Tracing messages on all the ports of the specified NodeB
Tracing messages on the specified port of the specified NodeB
Tracing the messages processed by the specified CPUS subsystem
Selecting the types of traced messages
Tracing signaling messages at the transport network layer
For each subsystem, a maximum of six Iub interface tracing tasks can be performed
simultaneously.

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An IUB Trace Example

The message browse window displays the serial number, generation time, RFN,
tracing type, message direction, message type, user ID, subrack number, slot number,
subsystem number, and message content.

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By Uu interface trace ,we can perform this task to identify the cause of the failure in
the following procedures: RRC connection setup, radio bearer setup, physical
channel reconfiguration, and cell update. To start a tracing task, we can select the
following operations:
Tracing the messages in one or multiple BSC6900s and cells
Tracing all the types of messages on the Uu interface
Tracing the specified types of messages
A maximum of six Uu interface tracing tasks can be performed simultaneously. Each
Uu interface tracing task targets at a maximum of 32 cells.

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An Uu Trace Example

The message browse window displays the serial number, generation time, RFN,
tracing type, message direction, message type, user ID, subrack number, slot number,
subsystem number, and message content.

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This task can monitor the interworking of signaling on the standard interfaces, the
interworking of signaling on the user plane, and the uplink and downlink traffic during
a call. You can perform this task to locate the signaling problems of the VIP
subscribers, in combination with the drive test result.
The UE tracing task is to trace signaling messages of a UE on the Iu, Iur, Iub, and Uu
interfaces. The UE can be specified by IMSI, TMSI, P-TMSI, or IMEI.
In the Monitor meun , we can request UE or NodeB to report some measurement
result, which are helpful for trouble shooting, such as NodeB Sir measurement, UE tx
power measurement, UE rx BLER, downlink code channel tx power, downlink CPICH
Ec/No and RSCP.
A maximum of 12 UE tracing tasks can be performed simultaneously

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An UE Message Trace Example

The message browse window displays the serial number, generation time, RFN,
tracing type, message direction, message type, user ID, subrack number, slot number,
subsystem number, and message content.

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IOS(information of subscribers) task can trace several connected subscribers in a

cell(RNC can select the trace target, the number of the targets can be set in RRC or
RAB menu), and like the UE message trace, this task can request UE or NodeB to
report some measurement results(set in monitor menu).
Assume that the specified number of continuous calls is N. If N calls are already
being traced, the system does not trace any newly accessed calls. If the number
becomes less than N because of the termination of a traced call, the system
automatically traces a new call.
A maximum of six IOS tracing tasks can be performed simultaneously. Each task
targets a maximum of 30 calls and 32 cells.
You need to specify the number of successive calls to be traced, tracing cell range,
sampling criteria, and tracing time. The calls that meet the sampling criteria are traced
within the specified tracing time. When creating a new call tracing task, you can
define the sampling criteria by setting the RAB parameter constraints and the RRC
Est Cause. Once the call meets the criteria, the tracing of the call is not stopped even
if the RAB parameters of the RRC establishment cause are changed during the call. If
the initial settings of the RAB parameters or the RRC establishment cause value of a
call does not meet the criteria, the BSC6900 does not trace the call even if these
parameters are modified to meet the criteria during the call. You can specify the
message types to be traced by selecting the event types. You can also select one or
more cells to trace.

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This section describes how to trace the cell messages. The UE statistics can be
reported in the tracing result if required. The tracing results of the cell messages
provide reference for troubleshooting the CCH fault when the access success rate is
low or zero in the cell.
A maximum of six cell tracing tasks can be performed simultaneously; Each cell
tracing task targets at only one cell; Each cell tracing task targets at a maximum of
two S-CCPCHs.

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Cell Message trace Example

The message browse window displays the details of a tracing message, including the
task number, task time, RFN, subrack number, slot number, subsystem number,
message direction, message type, message source, user ID, and message content.

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The internal procedure for creating a real-time monitoring task is:

When you create a monitoring task on the LMT, the LMT sends a binary
command to the OMU to create the task.
The OMU assigns a number to the task and sends the command to the
debugging module of the specified board
After receiving the command, the debugging module records the filter
parameters in the filter table and notifies the service module
The service module updates the local filter table according to the messages
from the debugging module
The service module compares the collected data against the local filter table
and reports the qualified messages to the OMU
The OMU forwards the data to the LMT that crea
tes the task according to the task ID
The LMT displays the data in a chart or a list on the interface

A maximum of 64 monitoring tasks can be performed simultaneously on the same

LMT
You must have the required rights to perform real-time monitoring operations on the
BSC6900.
Except GUEST-level users and CUSTOM users that are not entitled to command
group G_10, all the other levels of users can perform the real-time monitoring.

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After the monitoring task is started, a monitoring window is displayed, showing the
real-time monitoring results of CPU/DSP, radio link, cell, board and transmission by
list and chart, so as to monitor the system and service states.

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This operation affects the CPU usage. Therefore, if the CPU usage reaches 80% or
higher, you are advised to set the monitoring period to five seconds.
After the monitoring task is started, a monitoring window is displayed, showing the
real-time monitoring result by list and chart. The task name and related parameters
are displayed on the title bar of the window.
The monitoring log files is saved in C:\Web LMT\output\MBSC\monitor by default.

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Example of Monitoring CPU/DSP Usage:

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By this task following resources can be monitored

IMA group throughput;
UNI link throughput ;
SAAL link throughput ;
IPOA PVC throughput ;
AAL2 PATH throughput ;
FE/GE throughput ;
PPP link throughput ;
MLPPP group throughput ;
SCTP link throughput ;
IP PATH throughput ;
Logical port throughput ;
OM throughput ;
Logical port bandwidth;

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Example of Monitoring IP PATH:

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The following targets may be monitored:

Monitoring Cell P-CPICH TX Power
Monitoring UL RX Total Wideband Power of a Cell
Monitoring DL TX Power in a Cell
Monitoring User Volume in Cell
Monitoring Node Synchronization
Monitoring UL CAC
Monitoring DL CAC
Monitoring the Number of UL Equivalent Users
Monitoring the Number of DL Equivalent Users
Monitoring the Cell Code Tree
Monitoring the Minimum Required Power of the HS-DSCH
Monitoring the Bit Rate Provided by the HS-DSCH
Monitoring the Bit Rate Provided by the E-DCH
Monitoring UL Throughput of a Cell
Monitoring DL Throughput of a Cell
Monitoring Cell CE
Monitoring the FDPCH SYMBOL

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An Example of Cell RTWP Monitoring

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Cell Tx Power Monitoring

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CE Usage Monitoring

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This monitoring is an IMSI based, include:

Monitoring P-CPICH Ec/No and RSCP
Monitoring SIR of the Uplink RLS
Monitoring the Enhanced Outer Loop Power Control
Monitoring the SIR Error Values of UL RLSs
Monitoring DL Code TX Power
Monitoring the UE TX Power
Monitoring UL Traffic
Monitoring DL Traffic
Monitoring UL Throughput and Bandwidth
Monitoring DL Throughput and Bandwidth
Monitoring Handover Delay
Monitoring the BLER of the DL Transport Channel
Monitoring the AMR Mode

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Uplink DCH SIR Monitoring

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Downlink DCH code tx power Monitoring

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CPICH Ec/No & RSCP Monitoring

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Answer:
RNC can not measure the CPICH directly, UE reports the measured results to
RNC in a real-time monitoring task.
During a normal service, RNC doesnt request UE measure the CPICH
periodically. Only after a monitoring task starts, RNC sends the measurement
control signaling to force UE report periodically. If the monitoring task stops,
RNC will send the measurement control again to stop the UEs measurement.
By the UE trace, we can confirm this.

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d1 The casue is the dl power limitation. By modifying the RL power for voice can solve the problem. The
disadvantage is , this may affect the DL capacity and then affect the HSDPA throughput
d, 9/27/2010

d2 the ue drops, from signaling, we know call drops because of the RF reason, then from power trace, we
can confirm , because DL power limitation; at last , check the cfgmml, the downlink RL power cfg is not
reasonable, so increase the RL power for voice call, the problem is solved
d, 10/10/2010
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