Table 2 Amount of TCHs Corresponding to Different Settings of CLSLEVEL and/or

CLSACC
No. of TRXs 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
1 (7 TCHs) 0 1 1 1 2 2 2
2 (14 TCHs) 1 2 2 3 4 4 5
3 (21 TCHs) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
4 (28 TCHs) 2 4 5 7 8 9 11
5 (36 TCHs) 3 5 7 9 10 12 14

3.4.2 Statistics for Performance Management

The object type CELEVENTH contains counters related to the Cell Load Sharing feature. See Reference [4] for deta

CLSTIME Accumulated time in seconds when Cell Load Sharing evaluation is performed in the ce

TOTCLSTIME Total time for the Cell Load Sharing feature being active in seconds.

HOATTLS Number of handover attempts due to Cell Load Sharing.

HOSUCLS Number of successful handovers due to Cell Load Sharing.

Value Ranges and Default Values

Table 3
Recomm
Parameter Default Value
ended Unit
name value range
value
CLSLEVEL 20 - 0 to 99 %
CLSACC 40 - 1 to 100 %
CLSRAMP 5 8 0 to 30 s
HOCLSACC OFF ON ON, OFF
RHYST 75 100 0 to 100 %
CLSTIMEIN 100 to
100 100 ms
TERVAL 1000
EBANDINCL
OFF - ON, OFF
UDED

Main Controlling Parameters

GPRSPRIO is a cell parameter that controls whether on-demand PDCHs shall be treated as idle or busy when calcu

CLSLEVEL defines a percentage of idle TCHs, at or below which the ranking recalculations are started. The para

CLSACC defines a percentage of idle TCHs, at or below which no handovers due to cell load sharing are accepte

RHYST is the hysteresis reduction parameter. It defines the final reduction of the hysteresis area as a percenta
e Reference [4] for details.

is performed in the cell.

idle or busy when calculating the percentage of idle channels (see the entire parameter description in Reference [1].

s are started. The parameter is defined as a percentage of the total number of available TCHs in the cell. It is defined per

ad sharing are accepted. The parameter is defined as a percentage of the total number of available TCHs in the cell. The v

esis area as a percentage. It is defined per cell.

n Reference [1].

the cell. It is defined per cell.

ble TCHs in the cell. The value of CLSACC shall be greater than that of CLSLEVEL . CLSACC is defined per cell.
 Figure 2 Actual Cell Border After Hysteresis Reduction

The purpose of ramping down the hysteresis is twofold:

the mobiles closest to the handover border are selected first,

the mobiles selected for handover are few at a time; too many Cell Load Sha

Certain additional conditions must be fulfilled for a Cell Load Sharing handover

Locating conditions:
Cell Load Sharing handover is not allowed during the assignment procedu
Cell Load Sharing handover is not allowed if there is an urgency condition, s

Conditions for the Neighbouring Cell:

defined per cell.

the neighbouring cell must belong to the same BSC as the serving cell,
the neighbouring cell must belong to the same hierarchical layer (see Refere
incoming Cell Load Sharing handover must be allowed (parameter HOCL
ected first,
e; too many Cell Load Sharing handovers at the same time might otherwise cause instabilities.

ll Load Sharing handover to take place:

ng the assignment procedure,

e is an urgency condition, see Reference [3].

BSC as the serving cell,

erarchical layer (see Reference [2]) as the serving cell,
allowed (parameter HOCLSACC ) for the neighbouring cell. Note that Cell load Sharing can still be set to inactive in the ne
e set to inactive in the neighbouring cell if Cell Load Sharing evaluations in that cell are to be avoided.