NB_TSs 14 MAX_PDCH 14 MAX_SPDCH 14

AV_USED_CS 0 MIN_PDCH 1 MIN_SPDCH 1

AV_USED_PS 0 MAX_PDCH_HIGH_LOAD 4 MAX_SPDCH_HIGH_LOAD 4
AV_UNUSED_TS 13 HIGH_TRAFFIC_LOAD_GPRS 80%
THR_MARGIN_PRIOR_CS 20% THR_MARGIN_PRIO_PS 10%
NB_TS_MPDCH 0
MARGIN_PRIORITY_CS 2.00
MARGIN_PRIORITY_PS 0.40 TS
15
MARGIN_CS 6.50
14 0
MAX_SPDCH_LIMIT_CS 7.00 13
MAX_SPDCH_LIMIT_PS 1.00 12
11
MAX_SPDCH_LIMIT 7 7
10 Current CS traffic
9 CS Margin
8 PS Margin
7 To be de-allocated
6 Current PS traffic
5 MAX_SPDCH_LIMIT
4
7
3
2
1
0 0
 GMSK power 8-PSK power
Frequency band RIT name
Watt dBm Watt dBm
GSM 850 TRAL 45 46.5 15 41.8
GSM 900 MP TRAG 45 46.5 15 41.8
GSM 900 HP TAGH 60 47.8 25 44.0
GSM 1800 MP TRAD 35 45.4 12 40.8
GSM 1800 HP TADH 60 47.8 25 44.0
GSM 1900 TRAP 45 46.5 25 44.0
 8-PSK High
Max GMSK GMSK power Modulation
GMSK TRE 8-PSK TRE BS_TXPWR Power APD Attenuation
TRE type power in the in the cell Delta Power
power (dBm) power (dBm) _MAX (dB) Capability (dB) (dB)
cell (dBm) (dBm) (dB)
(MP or HP)
46.5
TRE 1 GSM 900 HP 47.8 44 0 46.5 46.5 2.5 HP 2.5 0
TRE 2 GSM 900 HP 47.8 44 0 46.5 46.5 2.5 HP 2.5 0
TRE 3 GSM 900 MP 46.5 41.8 0 46.5 46.5 4.7 MP 4.7 0
46.5

49
48
47
46
45 APD (dB)
44 8-PSK attenuation (dB)
43 8-PSK TRE power (dBm)
42 GMSK TRE power (dBm)
41 GMSK power in the cell (dBm)
40 Max GMSK power in the cell (dBm)
39 Max Power in the cell (dBm)
38
37
36
35
TRE 1 TRE 2 TRE 3
 CV_BEP
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
0 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1
1 5 5 5 5 1 1 2 2
2 5 5 5 5 1 2 2 2 APD=0dB, Type 1 ARQ, 8PSK table: if MCScurrent belongs to {5,6,7,8,9}
3 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 3
4 5 5 5 5 5 2 3 3
5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
6 5 5 6 5 5 5 3 3
7 5 5 6 5 5 5 3 3
8 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 4
9 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
10 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
11 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
12 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
13 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
14 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
15 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
16 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
17 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6

MEAN_BEP
18 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
19 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
20 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
21 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
22 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
23 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
24 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
25 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
26 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
27 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9
28 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9
29 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9
30 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9
31 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
 CV_BEP
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 APD=0dB, Type 1 ARQ, GMSK table: if MCScurrent belongs to {1,2,3,4}
3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
5 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
6 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
7 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
8 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
9 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
10 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 3
11 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
12 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
13 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
14 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
15 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
16 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3
17 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3

MEAN_BEP
18 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3
19 6 6 5 5 3 3 3 4
20 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 4
21 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4
22 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4
23 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4
24 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 4
25 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5
26 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5
27 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5
28 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6
29 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6
30 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6
31 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9
 CV_BEP
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
0 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1
1 5 5 5 5 1 1 2 2
2 5 5 5 5 1 2 2 2 APD=0dB, Type 2 ARQ, 8PSK table: if MCScurrent belongs to {5,6,7,8,9}
3 5 5 5 5 2 2 3 3
4 5 5 5 5 2 2 3 3
5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
6 5 5 6 5 5 3 3 3
7 5 5 6 5 5 5 3 3
8 5 5 6 5 5 3 3 4
9 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4
10 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
11 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
12 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
13 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
14 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 6
15 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
16 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6
17 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6

MEAN_BEP
18 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
19 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
20 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7
21 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
22 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
23 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
24 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
25 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
26 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
27 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9
28 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9
29 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9
30 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9
31 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
 CV_BEP
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 APD=0dB, Type 2 ARQ, GMSK table: if MCScurrent belongs to {1,2,3,4}
3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
5 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
6 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
7 5 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
8 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
9 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
10 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
11 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
12 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
13 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
14 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
15 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
16 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
17 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3

MEAN_BEP
18 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
19 6 6 5 3 3 3 3 4
20 6 6 5 5 3 3 3 4
21 7 6 5 5 3 3 4 4
22 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4
23 7 6 6 6 5 4 4 4
24 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 4
25 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5
26 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5
27 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5
28 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6
29 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6
30 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
31 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CV_BEP 2 2 2 3 7 5 3 0
MEAN_BEP 20 24 24 18 9 8 5 8
MCSind 5 6 8 7 4 2 1 5
New MCS 4 3 6 8 7 4 2 1 2
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
CV_BEP 2 1 2 1 3 7 5 3 0 2 5 7 5 2 1 3 2 1 2 5 2 3 7 3
MEAN_BEP 20 20 24 24 18 9 8 5 8 10 18 8 8 7 8 12 16 20 24 10 12 7 20 27
MCSind 5 6 6 6 3 2 2 1 5 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 6 6 2 3 2 4 7
N_inf 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 0 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 0
N_sup 0 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 0
New MCS 2 2 6
 Settable
Step Recommen
Name Type Min Max at OMC- Meaning
size ded Value
R
Format of the access burst used by (E)GPRS MSs when sending a
PACKET CHANNEL REQUEST, a PACKET CONTROL
ACCESS_BURST_TYPE Cell 0 1 N/A YES 0
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT or a PTCCH/U message
0 : 8 bits access bursts
This parameter indicates whether or not a MS of a certain priority
class is allowed to do Packet access
Coded over 3 bits
000: packet access not allowed in the cell
Allowed priority classes Cell 0 6 N/A YES 6
011:packet access allowed for priority level 1
100: packet access allowed for priority level 1 to 2
101: packet access allowed for priority level 1 to 3
110: packet access allowed for priority level 1 to 4
ALPHA Cell 0 1 0.1 YES 1 Used by the MS for the calculation of its output power
Ater_Usage_Threshold BSS 1% 100% 1% YES 70% Threshold (percentage of used Ater nibbles, in a GPU) above which
Filter constant for EGPRS channel quality measurements. The
BEP_PERIOD Cell 1 25 N/A YES 10 BEP_PERIOD parameter defines the forgetting factor e used
in the MEAN_BEP and CV_BEP averaging at the MS side
Number of remaining RLC data blocks sent (per assigned PDCH) by
BS_CV_MAX Cell 1 15 1 YES 8
the MS, below which the Count Down procedure is entered
Number of 51 multiframes between consecutive occurences of a
BS_PA_MFRMS Cell 2 9 1 YES 5
paging group. Used for the calculation of average levels in Packet Idle
BS_PAG_BLKS_RES Cell 1 10 1 YES 2 number of blocks reserved for access grant (PSI2)
BS_PBCCH_BLKS Cell 1 4 1 YES 4 number of blocks allocated to the PBCCH per 52 multi-frame (PSI1)
BS_PRACH_BLKS Cell 1 8 8 YES 2 number of blocks allocated to the PRACH per 52 multi-frame (PSI1)
This parameter defines the power reduction relative to the maximum
BS_TXPWR_MAX Cell -30dB 0dB -2dB YES 0dB
GMSK output power of the BTS
Determines whether an additional cell hysteresis shall be applied to
C31_HYST Cell No Yes N/A YES No the C31 criterion. The hysteresis is
GPRS_CELL_RESELECT_HYSTERESIS
Flag indicating an exception rule for GPRS_RESELECT_OFFSET in
C32_QUAL Cell No Yes N/A YES No
NC0 mode
CELL_BAR_ACCESS Cell Not Barred Barred N/A YES Not Barred Identifies if the cell is barred by the operator for MS initial access

Normal Low Normal

CELL_BAR_QUALIFY Cell N/A YES Indicates the priority of the cell for cell selection
Priority Priority Priority

Level hysteresis for cell reselection applied when the new cell is in a
CELL_RESELECT_HYSTERESIS Cell 0dB 14dB 2dB YES 6dB
different location area or, for a GPRS MS, in a different routing area,
CELL_RESELECT_OFFSET Cell 0dB 126dB 2dB YES 0dB Permanent offset to C2 criterion
CELL_RESELECT_PARAM_INDIC Cell Not Present Present N/A YES Present Indicates to the MS if parameters for C2 reselection criterion are
"Forgetting time” in the long term averaging of channel quality
CS_AVG_PERIOD_LT MFS 0,02s 5s 0,02s NO 2s
measurements in the GPRS link adaption
 "Forgetting time" in the short term averaging of channel quality
CS_AVG_PERIOD_ST MFS 0,02s 5s 0,02s NO 0,32s
measurements in the GPRS link adaption
CS3 BLER threshold used in the link adaptation algorithms to change
CS_BLER_DL_3_4 BSS 0% 100% 1% YES 5%
the Coding Scheme from CS3 to CS4 in the downlink direction when
CS4 BLER threshold used in the link adaptation algorithms to change
CS_BLER_DL_4_3 BSS 0% 100% 1% YES 15%
the Coding Scheme from CS4 to CS3 in the downlink direction when
Hysteresis value for AV_RXQUAL_LT thresholds used in the downlink
CS_HST_DL_LT BSS 0 6 0.1 YES 0.5
radio link supervision to change the TBF coding scheme
Hysteresis value for AV_RXQUAL_ST thresholds used in the downlink
CS_HST_DL_ST BSS 0 6 0.1 YES 1.5
radio link supervision to change the TBF coding scheme
Hysteresis value for AV_RXQUAL_LT thresholds used in the uplink
CS_HST_UL_LT BSS 0 6 0.1 YES 0.5
radio link supervision to change the TBF coding scheme
Hysteresis value for AV_RXQUAL_ST thresholds used in the uplink
CS_HST_UL_ST BSS 0 6 0.1 YES 1.5
radio link supervision to change the TBF coding scheme
Maximum downlink transfer interruption between two successive DL
TBFs to be able to reuse the coding scheme or modulation and coding
scheme of the previous DL TBF in case of data transfer resumption
CS_MAX_IDLE_PERIOD Cell 0ms 5000ms 20ms YES 680ms
for a DL TBF in delayed release state. When a new LLC PDU is
received and the downlink transfer is resumed, the timer defined by
CS_MAX_IDLE_PERIOD shall be checked. If it has not expired, then
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_DL_1_2_FH_ACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 6
change the TBF CS from CS1 to CS2 in downlink and in
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_DL_1_2_FH_NACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 3
change the TBF CS from CS1 to CS2 in downlink and in
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_DL_1_2_NFH_ACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 5
change the TBF CS from CS1 to CS2 in downlink and in
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_DL_1_2_NFH_NACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 3
change the TBF CS from CS1 to CS2 in downlink and in
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_DL_2_3_FH_ACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 4
change the TBF CS from CS2 to CS3 in downlink and in
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_DL_2_3_FH_NACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 2
change the TBF CS from CS2 to CS3 in downlink and in
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_DL_2_3_NFH_ACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 3.5
change the TBF CS from CS2 to CS3 in downlink and in
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_DL_2_3_NFH_NACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 2
change the TBF CS from CS2 to CS3 in downlink and in
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_DL_3_4_FH_ACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 0.5
change the TBF CS from CS3 to CS4 in downlink and in
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_DL_3_4_FH_NACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 0
change the TBF CS from CS3 to CS4 in downlink and in
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_DL_3_4_NFH_ACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 0.5
change the TBF CS from CS3 to CS4 in downlink and in
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_DL_3_4_NFH_NACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 0
change the TBF CS from CS3 to CS4 in downlink and in
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_UL_1_2_FH_ACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 6
change the TBF CS from CS1 to CS2 in uplink and in acknowledged
 AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_UL_1_2_FH_NACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 3
change the TBF CS from CS1 to CS2 in uplink and in
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_UL_1_2_NFH_ACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 5
change the TBF CS from CS1 to CS2 in uplink and in acknowledged
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_UL_1_2_NFH_NACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 3
change the TBF coding scheme from CS1 to CS2 in uplink and in
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_UL_2_3_FH_ACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 4
change the TBF CS from CS2 to CS3 in uplink and in acknowledged
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_UL_2_3_FH_NACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 2
change the TBF CS from CS2 to CS3 in uplink and in
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_UL_2_3_NFH_ACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 3.5
change the TBF CS from CS2 to CS3 in uplink and in acknowledged
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_UL_2_3_NFH_NACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 2
change the TBF CS from CS2 to CS3 in uplink and in
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_UL_3_4_FH_ACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 0.5
change the TBF CS from CS3 to CS4 in uplink and in acknowledged
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_UL_3_4_FH_NACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 0
change the TBF CS from CS3 to CS4 in uplink and in
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_UL_3_4_NFH_ACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 0.5
change the TBF CS from CS3 to CS4 in uplink and in acknowledged
AV_RXQUAL_LT threshold used in the radio link supervision to
CS_QUAL_UL_3_4_NFH_NACK BSS 0 7 0.1 YES 0
change the TBF CS from CS3 to CS4 in uplink and in
Signal to Interference Ratio threshold used in the link adaptation
CS_SIR_DL_3_4_FH_ACK BSS 0 15 0.1 YES 14 algorithms to change the Coding Scheme from CS3 to CS4 in the
downlink direction when the RLC mode is acknowledged and the TBF
Signal to Interference Ratio threshold used in the link adaptation
CS_SIR_DL_3_4_FH_NACK BSS 0 15 0.1 YES 15 algorithms to change the Coding Scheme from CS3 to CS4 in the
downlink direction when the RLC mode is unacknowledged and the
Signal to Interference Ratio threshold used in the link adaptation
CS_SIR_DL_3_4_NFH_ACK BSS 0 15 0.1 YES 13 algorithms to change the Coding Scheme from CS3 to CS4 in the
downlink direction when the RLC mode is acknowledged and the TBF
Signal to Interference Ratio threshold used in the link adaptation
CS_SIR_DL_3_4_NFH_NACK BSS 0 15 0.1 YES 15 algorithms to change the Coding Scheme from CS3 to CS4 in the
downlink direction when the RLC mode is unacknowledged and the
Signal to Interference Ratio hysteresis used in the link adaptation
CS_SIR_HST_DL BSS 0 15 0.1 YES 1
algorithms to change the Coding Scheme from CS4 to CS3 in the

0s, 1s, Maximum value allowed for the MS to request for non-DRX mode
DRX_TIMER_MAX BSS 0s 4s YES 2s
2s, 4s after packet transfer mode

E_TX_EFFICIENCY_PERIOD BSS 1 500 1 YES 200 Number of received radio blocks for an EGPRS TBF after which
defines the maximum number of expected EGPRS Packet Downlink
ACK/NACK or Packet Control Acknowledgement message
EGPRS_N3105_LIMIT MFS 1 16 1 NO 16
consecutively lost (from the MS) on the radio interface, before
releasing abnormally the DL TBF. For a multi-slot EGPRS TBF or an
 Defines the radio resource allocation strategy used in E-GSM cells.
0: Different behavior for E-GSM capable MS: The BSS handles
EGSM_RR_ALLOC_STRATEGY BSS 0 1 N/A NO 0 differently E-GSM capable MS from P-GSM only capable MS in E-
GSM cells.
1: Same behavior for E-GSM capable MS: The BSS handles in the
This flag enables/disables the coding scheme adaptation mechanism
EN_CS_ADAPTATION_ACK Cell Disable Enable N/A YES Enable
in GPRS RLC acknowledged mode
Enables/disables the coding scheme adaptation mechanism in GPRS
EN_CS_ADAPTATION_NACK Cell Disable Enable N/A YES Enable
RLC unacknowledged mode
EN_DL_LLC_PDU_REROUTING BSS Disable Enable N/A YES Disable This flag enables / disables rerouting of DL LLC PDUs
EN_EGPRS Cell Disable Enable N/A YES Disable This flag enables / disables the EGPRS traffic within the cell
EN_EXTENDED_UL_TBF Cell Disable Enable N/A YES Disable Flag to disable/enable the extended TBF mode feature on the uplink
This flag indicates whether or not one Slave PDCH for (E)GPRS
EN_FAST_INITIAL_GPRS_ACCESS Cell Disable Enable N/A YES Disable
traffic usage will be statically established in the cell
EN_FAST_USF_UL_EXTENDED BSS Disable Enable N/A YES Enable Flag to disable/enable the transmission of USF every 20ms in
Enables/Disables resegmentation in case of Incremental Redundancy
EN_FULL_IR_DL BSS Disable Enable N/A YES Disable
for the downlink TBF in the cell
EN_IR_UL BSS Disable Enable N/A YES Disable Enables/Disables Incremental redundancy for the uplink TBF in the
EN_NACC Cell Disable Enable N/A YES Enables the Network Assisted Cell Change feature
Indicates whether or not outgoing GPRS redirections are
EN_OUTGOING_GPRS_REDIR Cell Disable Enable N/A YES Disable
systematically triggered from the serving cell
Enables the Packet SI Status feature in cells w/o PBCCH or the
EN_PSI_STATUS Cell Disable Enable N/A YES
Packet PSI Status feature in cells with a PBCCH
EN_RA_CAP_UPDATE BSS Disable Enable N/A YES Disable Flag to enable/disable the Radio Access Capability update on Gb
EN_RESEGMENTATION_UL BSS Disable Enable N/A YES Disable Enables/Disables the re-segmentation for the uplink TBF in the BSS
flag enabling the intracell handovers allowing to move TCH from the
EN_RETURN_CS_ZONE_HO Cell Disable Enable N/A YES Disable
PS zone to the CS zone of PDCH/TCH allocation
GAMMA_TNx Cell 0dB 62dB 2dB YES 30dB Binary representation of the “gamma ch” for MS output power control
GCH_RED_FACTOR_High_Ater_Usage Cell 0.1 1 0.01 YES 0.75 Reduction factor of the number of GCHs targeted per PDCH, when
GPRS_CELL_RESELECT_HYSTERESIS Cell 0dB 14dB 1dB YES 4dB Additional hysteresis which applies in READY state for cells in same

to be set
according Maximum TX power level an MS may use when accessing the system
GPRS_MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH Cell 5dBm 43dBm 2dBm YES
to the Cell Broadcast on PSI 3
Band type

Time during which GPRS_TEMPORARY_OFFSET is active in

GPRS_PENALTY_TIME Cell 10s 320s 10s YES 20s
neighbouring cells
Permanent offset for GPRS cell re-selection in neighbouring cells
GPRS_RESELECTION_OFFSET Cell -52dB 48dB 2dB YES 0dB
Broadcast on PSI 3
Minimum received level at the MS required for access to the system
GPRS_RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN Cell -110dBm -47dBm 1dBm YES -96dBm
(depends coverage and quality)
Negative offset used for MS cell re-selection process in neighbouring
60dB
GPRS_TEMPORARY_OFFSET Cell 0dB 10dB YES 0dB cells
infinity
Broadcast on PSI 3
 HCS signal strength
HCS_THR Cell -110dBm -48dBm 1dBm YES -84dBm
Broadcast on PSI 3 (depends coverage and quality)
80% (1- Load threshold used to determine a certain margin of radio timeslots
2TRX) reserved for CS traffic between two sending of the BSCGP Load
HIGH_TRAFFIC_LOAD_GPRS Cell 0% 100% 1% YES
90% Indication messages. The threshold is expressed in percentage of the
(>2TRX) radio timeslots available in the cell
This flag determines whether the MS shall perform interference
INT_MEAS_CHANNEL_LIST_AVAIL Cell Disable Enable N/A NO Disable
measurements on other channels
Parameter used for the calculation of average levels in packet
k for T_AVG_T Cell 0 25 1 YES 20
transfer mode
Parameter used for the calculation of average levels in packet idle
k for T_AVG_W Cell 0 25 1 YES 20
mode
Number of load samples (calculated every TCH_INFO_PERIOD) for
LOAD_EV_PERIOD_GPRS Cell 3 30 1 YES 3
load averaging for the enhanced GPRS traffic adaptation algorithm
MAX_DL_TBF_SPDCH Cell 1 10 1 YES 8 Maximum number of DownLink (E)GPRS TBFs per Slave PDCH
MCS2
MAX_EGPRS_MCS Cell MCS2 MCS9 to YES MCS9 Maximum coding scheme used for EGPRS traffic in the cell
MCS9
Maximum number of Packet DL Assignment messages retransmitted
Max_GPRS_Assign_AGCH_retrans Cell 0 7 1 YES 3 on PACCH, after which the complete DL TBF establishment
procedure may be restarted. This parameter is applicable only if the
Maximum number of Packet DL Assignment messages retransmitted
Max_GPRS_Assign_PCH_retrans Cell 0 7 1 YES 3 on PACCH after which the complete DL TBF establishment procedure
may be restarted. This parameter is applicable only if the Immediate
CS2,
MAX_GPRS_CS Cell CS2 CS4 CS3, YES CS4 Maximum coding scheme used for GPRS traffic in the cell
CS4
MAX_PAGING_QUEUE BSS 50 1000 1 YES 500 Maximum number of CS+PS paging messages stored in GPU
0 if no
Maximum number of slave and master PDCHs that can be
MAX_PDCH Cell 0 127 1 YES GPRS >0
established in the cell
if GPRS

depends on
cell
capacity
Maximum number of slave and master PDCHs that can be allocated
MAX_PDCH_HIGH_LOAD Cell 0 127 1 YES and priority
to the MFS when the CS traffic is high
between CS
and PS
service

Maximum number of PDCH allocated to a single (E)GPRS

MAX_PDCH_PER_TBF Cell 1 5 1 YES 5 connection, when the Ater usage is Cell Type No
«normal»
 Maximum number of PACKET CHANNEL REQUEST retransmissions
MAX_RETRANS_* (* = 1, 2, 3 ,4) Cell 0 7 1 YES 2 by the MS on the PRACH with priority level *
Broadcast on PSI 1
MAX_UL_TBF_SPDCH Cell 1 6 1 YES 5 Maximum number of UpLink (E)GPRS TBFs per slave PDCH
Period Tegprs after which a weight of 0.9 is applied to the current UL
MCS_AVG_PERIOD MFS 0,02s 5s 0,02s NO 0,1s
or DL meanBEP samples in the averaging Modulation and Coding
0 or 1
Minimum number of master and slave PDCHs that are always
MIN_PDCH Cell 0 127 1 YES depending
allocated to the MFS
on operator
minimum throughput gain required to be provided to the MS when
MIN_THROUGHPUT_GAIN MFS 0,1 5 0,1 NO 0,4
performing a T2 or T3 TBF reallocation

to be set
Maximum transmission power an MS is allowed to use when
according
MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH Cell 5dBm 43dBm 2dBm YES accessing the cell until otherwise commanded, broadcast on PBCCH
to the Cell
for CS service establishment
Band type

Multi_GPU_INFO_BROADCAST_PERIOD MFS 1s 255s 1s NO 10s RRM reporting period to update the information (per cell) necessary
N_AVG_I Cell 0 15 1 YES 6 Interfering signal strength filter constant for power control
0 100 Number of kbytes which must be transferred on a TBF before the bias
N_BIAS_DETERMINATION MFS 1 NO 3KBytes
KBytes Kbytes of the on-going user application is determined

Number of bytes which must be transferred on a TBF deemed sub-

0 10000 100
N_CANDIDATE_FOR_REALLOC MFS NO 200Bytes optimal before the corresponding MS becomes candidate for resource
Bytes Bytes Bytes
re-allocation
total number of (unsuccessful) T3 radio resource reallocation attempts
that are allowed to be performed upon expiry of the
T_CANDIDATE_TBF_REALLOC timer. As soon as a T3 radio
N_MAX_PERIODIC_REALLOC_T3 MFS 0 500 1 NO 20 resource reallocation attempt succeeds, no other attempt is performed
(even if less than N_MAX_PERIODIC_REALLOC_T3 attempts have
been performed so far). The UL-biased MSs and the DL-biased MSs
are considered regardless of each other. As a result, in a given cell,
defines the total number of T4 radio resource reallocation attempts
N_MAX_PERIODIC_REALLOC_T4 MFS 0 500 1 NO 5
(successful or not) that are performed upon expiry of the
NstagnatingWindow limit above which a mono-slot downlink TBF
alone on its PDCH shall be released: the counter is incremented each
N_stagnating_Window_DL_LIMIT MFS 1 256 1 NO 10
time a Packet DL Ack/Nack or an EGPRS Packet DL Ack/Nack
reports the failure of progress of the RLC window. For a multi-slot TBF
NstagnatingWindow limit above which a mono-slot uplink TBF alone
on its PDCH shall be released: the counter is incremented each time a
N_stagnating_Window_UL_LIMIT MFS 1 256 1 NO 10
Packet UL Ack/Nack fails in making the RLC window progress. For a
multi-slot TBF or a TBF which shares its PDCH, the limit is
 In an UL TBF transfer procedure, maximum of consecutive times,
N3101_LIMIT MFS 8 64 1 NO 64 before releasing abnormally the UL TBF, when the network receives
an invalid UL RLC data block or nothing from the MS on its allocated
In an UL TBF releasing procedure, maximum of consecutive times,
N3103_LIMIT MFS 1 16 1 NO 1 before releasing abnormally the UL TBF, when the network does not
receive a PACKET CONTROL ACK from the MS in response of its
defines the maximum number of expected Packet Downlink
ACK/NACK or Packet Control Acknowledgement message
N3105_LIMIT MFS 1 16 1 NO 16
consecutively lost (from the MS) on the radio interface, before
releasing abnormally the DL TBF. For a multi-slot GPRS TBF or a
Number of all extra Abis (64k) timeslots of all the pools defined on the
NB_EXTRA_ABIS_TS Cell 0 96 1 YES 0
2 possible sectors on which the cell is mapped
Number of radio timeslots reserved for the primary and secondary
NB_TS_MPDCH Cell 0 4 1 YES 0
master PDCHs defined in the cell
Threshold below which a NC cell reselection Cause PT2 can be
NC_DL_RXLEV_LIMIT_THR Cell -110dBm -47dBm 1dB YES -47dBm
triggered due to the detection of a better neighbour cell
Threshold below which a NC cell reselection Cause PT1 is triggered
NC_DL_RXLEV_THR Cell -110dBm -47dBm 1dB YES -96dBm due to a too bad RXLEV in the downlink direction (while the MS is in
packet transfer mode) (depends coverage and quality)
Threshold above which a NC cell reselection Cause PT3 is triggered
NC_DL_RXQUAL_THR Cell 0 7 0.1 YES 7
due to a too bad RXQUAL in downlink direction (while the MS is in
NC ping-pong offset which is applied to the C2 or C32 criterion to
NC_PING_PONG_OFFSET Cell 0dB 63dB 1dB YES 5dB
disfavour the neighbour cells during T_NC_PING_PONG_OFFSET
NC_REPORTING_PERIOD_I MFS 0,48s 61,44s x2 NO 61,44s Reporting period of NC measurements reported by the MS while in
NC_REPORTING_PERIOD_T Cell 0,48s 61,44s x2 YES 0,96s Reporting period of NC measurements reported by the MS while in
NC_RESELECT_HYSTERESIS Adj -127dB 128dB 1dB YES 5dB NC cell reselection offset used for triggering power budget causes
Forgetting factor of the filter used to average the NC measurements
NC_RXLEV_FORGETTING_FACTOR Cell 0 1 0.001 YES 0.13
reported in the Packet Measurement Report messages
Period after which a weight of 0.9 s is applied to the current UL or DL
NC_RXQUAL_AVG_PERIOD Cell 20ms 10000ms 20ms YES 4000ms
RXQUAL samples in the averaging filter
Threshold above which a NC cell reselection Cause PT4 is triggered
NC_UL_RXQUAL_THR Cell 0 7 0.1 YES 7
due to a too bad RXQUAL in uplink direction (while the MS is in
defines whether or not the Packet Measurement Order message with
a Reset Command is sent at the end of a packet transfer.
NC2_DEACTIVATION_MODE Cell 0 1 N/A YES 0
0: NC2 deactivation at the end of the packet transfer
1: NC2 deactivation at the expiry of the GMM Ready timer
NC2_LOAD_EV_PERIOD MFS 3 30 1 NO 3 Number of NC2 load samples used to compute the NC2 load average
This parameter defines whether the MS or the BSS controls the cell
reselections
0: NC0 mode of operation for all MS
NETWORK_CONTROL_ORDER Cell 0 4 1 YES 0
1: NC1 mode of operation for all MS (not supported in B8)
2: NC2 mode of operation for R99 onwards MS
3: NC2 mode of operation for all MS
NETWORK_OPERATION_MODE BSS 1 3 1 YES 2 defines the CS-PS co-ordination for paging
Value to be decremented from MS counter N3102 when PACKET UL
PAN_DEC Cell 0 7 1 YES 0
ACK/NACK is not received before MS timer T3182
PAN_INC Cell 0 7 1 YES 0 Value to be incremented to MS counter N3102 when PACKET UL
PAN_MAX Cell 4 32 4 YES 32 Maximum allowed value for MS counter N3102
PC_MEAS_CHAN Cell BCCH PDCH N/A YES PDCH DL level measurements either on the BCCH or on PDCH
PENALTY_TIME Cell 20s 620s 20s YES 20s Time during which MS shall apply TEMPORARY_OFFSET to C2
This parameter indicates the values of the access persistence level
PERSISTENCE_LEVEL_* (* = 1, 2, 3 ,4) Cell 0 16 1 YES 0
for radio priority *
PRACH_BUSY_THRES Cell -110dBm 50dBm 4dBm YES -106dBm Received level above which a PRACH block is deemed busy
HCS priority of the cell, used in NC0
PRIORITY_CLASS Cell 0 7 1 YES 6
Broadcast on PSI 3
Indicates whether or not the PS requests shall be preferentially served
with PDCH(s) of the BCCH TRX
PS_PREF_BCCH_TRX Cell 0 1 N/A YES 0
0: No preference
1: PS requests preferentially served on BCCH TRX
additional capacity (in terms of radio bandwidth and in terms of
transmission resources) which is reserved for a streaming TBF (RT
QOS_SAFETY_MARGIN Cell 0% 100% 1% YES 20%
PFC) to correctly fulfill its AGBR contract and to possibly convey
other multiplexed NRT PFC(s) of the same TBF. The part of this
R_AVERAGE_EGPRS Cell 0 59200 bits/s 1 bit/s YES 30000 bits/s average bitrate per PDCH for Edge capable terminals in this cell
R_AVERAGE_GPRS Cell 0 20000 bits/s 1 bit/s YES 12000 bits/s average bitrate per PDCH for non-Edge capable terminals in this cell
Maximum number of repetition of Radio Access capability in case of
RA_CAPABILITY_UPDATE_RETRIES MFS 3 3 N/A NO 3
no answer from SGSN at T5 expiry
to be set
RA_CODE Cell -1 255 1 YES according Routing Area Code
to RA plan

to be set
RA_COLOUR Cell 0 7 1 YES according Routing Area Colour
to RA plan
This parameter indicates in both STANDBY and READY states the
RA_RESELECT_HYSTERESIS Cell 0db 14dB 1dB YES 8dB
additional hysteresis which applies when selecting a cell in a new
This flag determines whether random access retry to another cell is
RANDOM_ACC_RETRY Cell Not Allowed Allowed N/A YES Allowed
allowed
Round_Trip_Delay Cell 80ms 940ms 10ms YES 160ms Round trip delay between the MFS and a MS
this parameter allows to tune the time between two sendings of the
RR_ALLOC_PERIOD BSS 1 30 1 NO 2
BSCGP RR Allocation Indication message
Minimum received level at the MS required for initial access to the
RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN Cell -110dBm -47dBm 1dBm YES -96dBm
cell (depends coverage and quality)
Number of slots between 2 successive PACKET CHANNEL
S Cell 12 217 N/A YES 30
REQUEST
when computing the best candidate timeslot allocation for a NRT TBF,
SCHEDULING_PRIORITY_FACTOR MFS 1 10 1 NO 5 this factor enables to give a higher weight (PDCH capacity) to the
already established NRT TBFs having a higher scheduling priority
Timer defining the maximum time to wait for a MS answer (i.e.Packet
T_ACK_WAIT Cell 0,5s 5s 0,1s NO 1,2s Control Ack or beginning of an UL TBF) to a network sollicitation sent
on PACCH/DL when the MS is in PTM, or on PPCH when the MS is in
 Timer defining the maximum time to wait for a MS answer (i.e.Packet
T_ACK_WAIT_DRX_PCCCH MFS 0s 10s 0,1s NO 2,5s
Control Ack) to a network sollicitation sent on PPCH when the MS is
T_AVG_T Cell 0 25 1 YES 20 Signal strength filter period for power control in packet transfer mode
T_AVG_W Cell 0 25 1 YES 20 Signal strength filter period for power control in packet idle mode
Timer value controlling the time duration between successive
T_CANDIDATE_TBF_REALLOC Cell 1s 20s 1s NO 1s
resource reallocation attempts for candidate MSs (trigger T3)
T_CONFIG_TBF MFS 200ms 400ms 20ms NO 280ms Supervision timer for TBF context configuration in a TRX
T_DELAYED_DL_TBF_POL MFS 60ms 500ms 20ms NO 200ms This timer controls the polling period on the downlink when a TBF is in
Time that the MFS shall wait before sending the first RLC data block
T_DELAYED_DL_TBF_POL_INITIAL MFS 60ms 1000ms 20ms NO 100ms
containing only LLC Dummy UI command(s) after the last DL RLC
Time that the MFS shall wait before sending the first RLC data block
T_Delayed_DL_TBF_Pol_UL MFS 0,5s 5s 0,1s NO 2s
containing only LLC Dummy UI command(s) after the last DL RLC
This timer defines the duration of the delay introduced by the BSS to
T_DELAYED_FINAL_PUAN BSS 0ms 2000ms 100ms YES 400ms
send the final Packet UL Ack/Nack message when releasing an UL
T_DL_EGPRS_MeasReport Cell 60ms 3000ms 20ms YES 200ms Time period to request for an EGPRS Packet Downlink Ack/Nack with
T_DL_GPRS_MeasReport Cell 60ms 3000ms 20ms YES 400ms Time period to request for a Packet Downlink Ack Nack with
T_EXTENDED_UL_TBF_POL MFS 120ms 500ms 20ms NO 200ms To control the USF scheduling on the uplink when a TBF is in
T_FLOW_CTRL_CELL BSS 0s 10s 1s YES 0s Periodicity of emission of NM- FLOW-CONTROL-BVC message to
T_FLOW_CTRL_MS BSS 0s 250s 1s YES 10s Periodicity of emission of NM- FLOW-CONTROL-MS message to
T_GCH_CORR Cell 0,1s 2s 0,1s YES 0,2s Timer to supervise clock drift correction loop for 16k channel
T_GCH_ESTAB Cell 0,1s 2s 0,1s YES 0,2s Supervision of loss of GCH link establishment for 16k channels
- For Non Evolium BTS :
Timer to postpone the release of one slave PDCH, when it does not
support any (E)GPRS traffic
T_GCH_INACTIVITY BSS 1s 100s 1s YES 3s
- For Evolium BTS :
Timer to postpone the release of the "unused" GCHs of the M-EGCH
link of a TRX (the condition for some GCHs of the M-EGCH link of a
'- Evolium BTS :
Timer to postpone the release of the last
N_GCH_FAST_PS_ACCESS GCHs established in a cell, when the
last TBF has been released in the cell. There is no more (E)GPRS
T_GCH_INACTIVITY_LAST BSS 1s 200s 1s YES 20s traffic in the cell, but keeping some GCHs established will be useful in
case of (E)GPRS traffic resumption in the cell (e.g. WAP, WEB).
- Non Evolium BTS :
Timer to postpone the release of the last established slave PDCH of
a cell, when it does not support GPRS traffic anymore. There is no
This timer represents the maximum emission duration of an
Immediate Assignment message on AGCH. It is used by the MFS in
0,8s
the following procedure:
(computed
T_GPRS_assign_AGCH = T_PUA − in the one-phase UL TBF establishment on CCCH to monitor the
Cell 0s 5s 0,1s NO according
(T_ul_assign_ccch) beginning of the uplink data transfer
to other
− in the two-phase UL TBF establishment on CCCH to define the
parameters)
number of radio blocks from which one uplink radio block can be
allocated to carry the Packet Resource Request message
 1,2s
(computed This timer represents the maximum emission duration of an
T_GPRS_assign_PCH = T_PDA
Cell 0,5s 4,7s 0,1s NO according Immediate Assignment message sent on PCH aimed at establishing a
(T_dl_assign_ccch)
to other downlink TBF
parameters)

T_MAX_EXTENDED_UL Cell 100ms 4000ms 100ms YES 2000ms Maximum duration of the extended uplink TBF phase
maximum time between two scheduling of a given NRT TBF (either
T_MAX_FOR_TBF_SCHEDULING MFS 120ms 300ms 20ms NO 300ms
between two DL block requests for a NRT DL TBF, or between two UL
T_NC_PING_PONG Cell 0ms 20000ms 100ms YES 5000ms Time during which the ping-pong offset is applied
Time during which a NC cell reselection is inhibited towards that cell
T_NC_REJ_CELL Cell 0ms 20000ms 100ms YES 5000ms
due to a previous NC cell reselection failure on that cell
T_NC_RXQUAL_VALID MFS 0s 12,7s 0,1s NO 1s Timer used to control the validity of the NC RXQUAL averages at the
T_NC2_LOAD_RANKING MFS 1s 100s 1s NO 5s Period of the cell load evaluation for the NC2 cell ranking process
This timer indicates the typical response time of a network server as
seen from this MFS. The response time corresponds to T1 – T2 where
T2 corresponds to the time at which a command is sent to the SGSN
T_NETWORK_RESPONSE_TIME BSS 0ms 5000ms 100ms YES 1600ms
and T1 the time at which the response is received on the MFS side.
This command / response is e.g. the LLC PDU containing an FTP
GET and the first LLC PDU starting the file transfer. It can also be the
This timer indicates the maximum time a PS PAGING message can
T_PAG_PS Cell 0s 25,5s 0,1s YES 3s
remain in a Paging Group Queue. It includes the round-trip delay on
Timer guarding on network side the sending of Packet Serving Cell
Data or PSI messages for Packet (P)SI Status feature. It is started at
T_PSCD_SCHEDULE_ACK MFS 0ms 2000ms 10ms NO 840ms
reception of Packet PSI Status / Packet SI Status message, and
stopped when all PSCDs / PSIs have been sent to the mobile (as
T_PSI_PACCH BSS 0s 30s 1s YES 14s Scheduling period of PSI1 or PSI13 on PACCH
Timer whose expiry allows a MS, which has performed an abnormal
T_RESEL Cell 5s 300s 5s YES 5s release with cell re-selection, to reselect the previous cell
Broadcast on PSI 3
Timer defining the number of radio blocks from which one uplink radio
T_ul_assign_PCCCH Cell 0,1s 0,7s 0,1s YES 0,4s bock may be allocated to transport the PACKET RESOURCE
REQUEST msg in "2 phases UL TBF establisment on PCCCH"
Time to elapse between the transmission of the Immediate
T_USF_scheduling_AGCH MFS 0ms 300ms 50ms NO 0ms
assignment message by the MFS and the scheduling of the first USF
This timer defines the maximum time the MS waits for a packet UL
1s
assignment, after sending a Packet Resource Request (case of two-
T3168 Cell 1s 4s 0,5s YES (1,5s if Ater
phase UL TBF establishment) or after including a Channel Request
satellite)
Description Information Element in a Packet Downlink Ack/Nack (case
Timer used in the procedure ”DL TBF abnormal release”: when the DL
T3190n MFS 0s 15s 1s NO 5s
TBF is cut due to radio link quality or loss of the MS, the TFI and TAI
T3192 Cell 500ms 1500ms 500ms YES 500ms Wait for release of the downlink TBF on MS side after reception of the
 Timer guarding on network side the sending of Packet Neighbor Cell
T3208n MFS 0ms 1000ms 10ms NO 800ms Data messages for NACC feature. It is started at reception of Packet
Cell Change Notification message, and stopped when all PNCDs have
Timer to supervise the reception of the MS’s current Radio Access
T5_RA_CAP_UPDATE MFS 1s 30s 1s NO 5s
capability from the SGSN on Gb
Threshold defining the number of consecutive Packet Downlink
TBF_CS_DL BSS 0 15 1 YES 8 Ack/Nack not received above which the coding scheme of a downlink
acknowledged or unacknowledged TBF is changed to CS1
TBF_CS_PERIOD MFS 1 256 1 NO 20 Number of RLC data blocks after which the CS adaption decision may
Threshold defining the maximum number of consecutive times the
TBF_CS_UL BSS 1 64 1 YES 32 network receives an invalid UL RLC data block or nothing from the
MS having a monoslot TBF before changing the coding scheme to
Defines the window size required to estimate the CS3 BLER. The
TBF_CS3_BLER_PERIOD BSS 1 512 1 YES 32
window size is expressed as a number of DL RLC data blocks
Defines the window size required to estimate the CS4 BLER. The
TBF_CS4_BLER_PERIOD BSS 1 512 1 YES 32
window size is expressed as a number of DL RLC data blocks
Value of the downlink coding scheme when the link adaptation
TBF_DL_INIT_CS Cell CS1 CS2 N/A YES CS2
algorithm is disabled or initial value of the coding scheme otherwise
Value of the downlink modulation and coding scheme when the link
TBF_DL_INIT_MCS Cell MCS1 MCS9 N/A YES MCS3
adaptation algorithm is disabled or initial value of the modulation and
For a monoslot TBF alone on its PDCH, threshold defining the
TBF_MCS_DL BSS 0 15 1 YES 4 number of consecutive EGPRS Packet Downlink Ack/Nack not
received above which the coding scheme of a downlink acknowledged
TBF_MCS_PERIOD MFS 1 256 1 NO 20 Number of radio blocks after which the MCS adaptation decision may
Threshold defining the maximum number of consecutive times the
TBF_MCS_UL BSS 0 192 1 YES 32 network receives an invalid UL RLC data block or nothing from the
MS having a monoslot EGPRS TBF before changing the coding
Value of the uplink coding scheme when the link adaptation algorithm
TBF_UL_INIT_CS Cell CS1 CS2 N/A YES CS2
is disabled or initial value of the coding scheme otherwise
Value of the uplink modulation and coding scheme when the link
TBF_UL_INIT_MCS Cell MCS1 MCS9 N/A YES MCS3
adaptation algorithm is disabled or initial value of the modulation and
60dB
TEMPORARY_OFFSET Cell 0dB 10dB YES 0dB Offset applied to C2 criterion for the duration of PENALTY_TIME
infinity
margin of radio timeslots reserved for PS traffic between two sendings
THR_MARGIN_PRIO_PS BSS 0% 100% 1% NO 10%
of the BSCGP RR Allocation Indication message. The threshold is
depends on
Threshold above which the load of the serving cell is considered in a
THR_NC2_LOAD_RANKING Cell 0% 100% 10% YES cell
high load situation in the NC2 cell ranking process
capacity
0 if GPRS
TRX_PREF_MARK TRX 0 7 1 YES Preference mark assigned to a given TRX
allowed
TSC Cell 0 7 1 YES BCC Training Sequence Code used on all channels except for BCCH,
Threshold below which the TBF is released because of a bad
TX_EFFICIENCY_ACK_THR Cell 0% 100% 1% YES 10%
transmission efficiency in acknowledged mode
 Threshold below which the TBF is released because of a bad
TX_EFFICIENCY_NACK_THR Cell 0% 100% 1% YES 15%
transmission efficiency in unacknowledged mode
TX_EFFICIENCY_PERIOD BSS 0 500 1 YES 200 Number of received RLC data blocks after which TX_EFFICIENCY is
Number of PRACH timeslots to spread transmission of PACKET
TX_INT Cell 2 50 N/A YES 8
CHANNEL REQUEST
Weighting factor used in the transfer bias determination in order to
WEIGHT_BIAS_DETERMINATION MFS 0% 100% 10% NO 70%
mitigate resource re-allocations due to changing bias
WI_PR Cell 0s 255s 1s YES 3s Wait indication used in PACKET ACCESS REJECT
 Step Settable at Recommended
Name Type Min Max Meaning
size OMC-R Value
Defines the radio resource allocation strategy used in E-
GSM cells.
0: Different behavior for E-GSM capable MS: The BSS
handles differently E-GSM capable MS from P-GSM only
EGSM_RR_ALLOC_STRATEGY BSS 0 1 N/A NO 0
capable MS in E-GSM cells.
1: Same behavior for E-GSM capable MS: The BSS
handles in the same way only P-GSM capable MS as E-
GSM capable MS in E-GSM cells
Flag to disable/enable the extended TBF mode feature on
EN_EXTENDED_UL_TBF Cell Disable Enable N/A YES Disable
the uplink
Flag to disable/enable the transmission of USF every 20ms
EN_FAST_USF_UL_EXTENDED BSS Disable Enable N/A YES Enable
in extended mode
Enables/Disables Incremental redundancy for the uplink
EN_IR_UL BSS Disable Enable N/A YES Disable
TBF in the BSS
EN_NACC Cell Disable Enable N/A YES Enables the Network Assisted Cell Change feature
Enables the Packet SI Status feature in cells w/o PBCCH
EN_PSI_STATUS Cell Disable Enable N/A YES
or the Packet PSI Status feature in cells with a PBCCH
Flag to enable/disable the Radio Access Capability update
EN_RA_CAP_UPDATE BSS Disable Enable N/A YES Disable
on Gb
Enables/Disables the re-segmentation for the uplink TBF in
EN_RESEGMENTATION_UL BSS Disable Enable N/A YES Disable
the BSS
flag enabling the intracell handovers allowing to move TCH
EN_RETURN_CS_ZONE_HO Cell Disable Enable N/A YES Disable
from the PS zone to the CS zone of PDCH/TCH allocation
Reduction factor of the number of GCHs targeted per
GCH_RED_FACTOR_High_Ater_Usage Cell 0.1 1 0.01 YES 0.75
PDCH, when the Ater usage is “high”
minimum throughput gain required to be provided to the MS
MIN_THROUGHPUT_GAIN MFS 0,1 5 0,1 NO 0,4
when performing a T2 or T3 TBF reallocation
RRM reporting period to update the information (per cell)
Multi_GPU_INFO_BROADCAST_PERIOD MFS 1s 255s 1s NO 10s
necessary for the Multi-GPU feature
total number of (unsuccessful) T3 radio resource
reallocation attempts that are allowed to be performed upon
expiry of the T_CANDIDATE_TBF_REALLOC timer. As
soon as a T3 radio resource reallocation attempt succeeds,
no other attempt is performed (even if less than
N_MAX_PERIODIC_REALLOC_T3 MFS 0 500 1 NO 20 N_MAX_PERIODIC_REALLOC_T3 attempts have been
performed so far). The UL-biased MSs and the DL-biased
MSs are considered regardless of each other. As a result,
in a given cell, up to 2 x
N_MAX_PERIODIC_REALLOC_T3 T3 radio resource
reallocation attempts will be performed upon expiry of the
defines the total number of T4 radio resource reallocation
N_MAX_PERIODIC_REALLOC_T4 MFS 0 500 1 NO 5 attempts (successful or not) that are performed upon expiry
of the T_CANDIDATE_TBF_REALLOC timer
 Number of NC2 load samples used to compute the NC2
NC2_LOAD_EV_PERIOD MFS 3 30 1 NO 3
load average
additional capacity (in terms of radio bandwidth and in
terms of transmission resources) which is reserved for a
streaming TBF (RT PFC) to correctly fulfill its AGBR
QOS_SAFETY_MARGIN Cell 0% 100% 1% YES 20%
contract and to possibly convey other multiplexed NRT
PFC(s) of the same TBF. The part of this margin that is not
used by the streaming TBF may be used by other TBF(s)
R_AVERAGE_EGPRS Cell 0 59200 bits/s 1 bit/s YES 30000 bits/s average bitrate per PDCH for Edge capable terminals in
average bitrate per PDCH for non-Edge capable terminals
R_AVERAGE_GPRS Cell 0 20000 bits/s 1 bit/s YES 12000 bits/s
in this cell
Maximum number of repetition of Radio Access capability
RA_CAPABILITY_UPDATE_RETRIES MFS 3 3 N/A NO 3
in case of no answer from SGSN at T5 expiry
this parameter allows to tune the time between two
RR_ALLOC_PERIOD BSS 1 30 1 NO 2
sendings of the BSCGP RR Allocation Indication message
when computing the best candidate timeslot allocation for a
NRT TBF, this factor enables to give a higher weight
SCHEDULING_PRIORITY_FACTOR MFS 1 10 1 NO 5 (PDCH capacity) to the already established NRT TBFs
having a higher scheduling priority (combination of THP
and of Precedence) than the TBF to be established or
T_CONFIG_TBF MFS 200ms 400ms 20ms NO 280ms Supervision timer for TBF context configuration in a TRX
To control the USF scheduling on the uplink when a TBF is
T_EXTENDED_UL_TBF_POL MFS 120ms 500ms 20ms NO 200ms
in extended TBF mode
- For Non Evolium BTS :
Timer to postpone the release of one slave PDCH, when it
does not support any (E)GPRS traffic
- For Evolium BTS :
T_GCH_INACTIVITY BSS 1s 100s 1s YES 3s
Timer to postpone the release of the "unused" GCHs of the
M-EGCH link of a TRX (the condition for some GCHs of the
M-EGCH link of a TRX to become "unused" is that some
TBFs established on that TRX were released)
'- Evolium BTS :
Timer to postpone the release of the last
N_GCH_FAST_PS_ACCESS GCHs established in a cell,
when the last TBF has been released in the cell. There is
no more (E)GPRS traffic in the cell, but keeping some
GCHs established will be useful in case of (E)GPRS traffic
T_GCH_INACTIVITY_LAST BSS 1s 200s 1s YES 20s resumption in the cell (e.g. WAP, WEB).
- Non Evolium BTS :
Timer to postpone the release of the last established slave
PDCH of a cell, when it does not support GPRS traffic
anymore. There is no more GPRS traffic in the cell, but
keeping a PDCH established will be useful in case of
GPRS traffic resumption in the cell.
T_MAX_EXTENDED_UL Cell 100ms 4000ms 100ms YES 2000ms Maximum duration of the extended uplink TBF phase
 maximum time between two scheduling of a given NRT
T_MAX_FOR_TBF_SCHEDULING MFS 120ms 300ms 20ms NO 300ms TBF (either between two DL block requests for a NRT DL
TBF, or between two UL blocks received for a given NRT
Period of the cell load evaluation for the NC2 cell ranking
T_NC2_LOAD_RANKING MFS 1s 100s 1s NO 5s
process
Timer guarding on network side the sending of Packet
Serving Cell Data or PSI messages for Packet (P)SI Status
T_PSCD_SCHEDULE_ACK MFS 0ms 2000ms 10ms NO 840ms feature. It is started at reception of Packet PSI Status /
Packet SI Status message, and stopped when all PSCDs /
PSIs have been sent to the mobile (as indicated by RLC
Timer guarding on network side the sending of Packet
Neighbor Cell Data messages for NACC feature. It is
T3208n MFS 0ms 1000ms 10ms NO 800ms started at reception of Packet Cell Change Notification
message, and stopped when all PNCDs have been sent to
MS (as indicated by RLC layer to RRM layer)
Timer to supervise the reception of the MS’s current Radio
T5_RA_CAP_UPDATE MFS 1s 30s 1s NO 5s
Access capability from the SGSN on Gb
margin of radio timeslots reserved for PS traffic between
THR_MARGIN_PRIO_PS BSS 0% 100% 1% NO 10% two sendings of the BSCGP RR Allocation Indication
message. The threshold is expressed in percentage of
Threshold above which the load of the serving cell is
depends on cell
THR_NC2_LOAD_RANKING Cell 0% 100% 10% YES considered in a high load situation in the NC2 cell ranking
capacity
process
 Step Settable at Recommended
Name Type Min Max Meaning
size OMC-R Value
Enabling / disabling of the resource reallocation feature
4 bits are used:
0: resource reallocation is disabled for all triggers
1: resource reallocation is enabled for all triggers
2: resource reallocation is enabled only for trigger T1
3: resource reallocation is enabled only for trigger T2
4: resource reallocation is enabled only for trigger T3
5: resource reallocation is enabled only for triggers T1 and T2
6: resource reallocation is enabled only for triggers T2 and T3
EN_RES_REALLOCATION BSS 0 15 1 YES 1
7: resource reallocation is enabled only for triggers T1 and T3
8: resource reallocation is enabled only for triggers T4
9: resource reallocation is enabled only for triggers T1, T2 and T3
10: resource reallocation is enabled only for triggers T1 and T4
11: resource reallocation is enabled only for triggers T2 and T4
12: resource reallocation is enabled only for triggers T1, T2 and T4
13: resource reallocation is enabled only for triggers T3 and T4
14: resource reallocation is enabled only for triggers T1, T3 and T4
15: resource reallocation is enabled only for triggers T2, T3 and T4
Maximum number of PDCH allocated to a single (E)GPRS connection,
MAX_PDCH_PER_TBF_High_Ater_Usage Cell 1 5 1 YES 5 when the Ater usage is
«high»
Defines the number of radio resource reallocations which can be performed
in each list: L5 (T3 UL bias), L6 (T3 DL bias) and L7 (T4) at each
N_MAX_PERIODIC_REALLOC MFS -1 500 1 NO 5
T_Candidate_TBF_Realloc expiry (i.e. 3 xN_Max_Periodic_Realloc
maximum attempts)
Number of TBF that can be established on one PDCH before requesting a
N_TBF_PER_SPDCH Cell 1 5 1 YES 1
new PDCH to the BSC
Timer to postpone the deallocation of one PDCH of a cell (except the last
T_PDCH_INACTIVITY BSS 0s 100s 1s YES 3s PDCH with an allocated transmission resource), when it does not support
anymore
Timer to postpone the deallocation of the last PDCH of a cell which has a
T_PDCH_INACTIVITY_LAST BSS 0s 200s 1s YES 20s
transmission resource, when it does not support GPRS traffic anymore
Timer to limit the duration of the soft pre-emption process (at its expiry, a
T_PDCH_Preemption Cell 0s 240s 1s YES 2s
fast pre-emption is undertaken)