RCA for KPI in GSM Network

KPI (Key Performance Indicator)

TCH Drop: disconnect a unwanted call is known as TCH drop   [TCH Drop = (TNDROP)/TCASSAL*100]
SDCCH Drop Rate = [(CNDROP-CNRELCONG)/ (CMSESTAB)]*100 %
SDCCH Blocking = (CCONGS)\(CCALLS)*100
TASR = (TCASSAL) / (TASSALL) *100
HOSR = (SUMOHSUCC+SUMEOHSUCC)/ (SUMOHOATT+SUMEOHATT)*100
Random Access Success Rate = (CNROCNT)/ (CNROCNT+RAACCFA) * 100

RAACCFA: Failed Random Access

CNROCNT: All accepted Random Access
 TCH DROP
Low Signal strength DL & UL
Bad Quality DL & UL
High TA
Bad Parameter regulation
High ICM, VSWR or path imbalance
E1 error & Transmission fault
Bad Parameter setting
Drop call due to Handover
Less,  Many or  Mismatch NBR or HO Delay
Suddenly drop
wrong combing
Bad Antenna installation
Hardware fault ( Alarm & Swap)
Low SACCH multiframe value
Low RLT value
Low ACCMIN Value
Low RACCH_access_min
length of timer T3103 is low
length of timer T3109 is low
length of timer T3111 is low
Length of timer T305/T308 is set to great value.
SD DROP
Low SS, Bad Qual, and High TA
LAC Boundary
SW congestion
Due to TCH Congestion
Hardware or TS faulty
Interference or error  on E1
drop call due to TCH congestion
HO FAIL
Less,  Many or  Mismatch NBR
TCH Cong at target cell
Low SS or Bad Qual on cell border
Mismatch HO algorithm
Mismatch HO parameter setting
Sector swap
CO-BCCH / BSIC
HO Delay
uncorrected NBR planning
Interference or error  on E1
Hardware fault ( Alarm & Swap)
TASR
Poor coverage, Weak UL
High utilization ( FR utilization)>150%
Hardware alarm or Trx Faulty
abis or A interface congestion or error
PSR
Parameter of PSR is MFRMS and timer is T3113
incorrect cell parameter
excess paging discard
incorrect MSC parameter
poor paging streagady
SD congestion
combined BCCH
uncorrected LAC dimension
abis or A interface congestion or error
decreasing signaling load on CCCH
 DLQ
BCCH & TCH Frequency Interference
Interference or error  on E1
Mismatch MAIO & HSN
Hardware Issue, faulty or Alarm
 Antenna Faulty/ feeder
Time-slot Issue
Poor Coverage and Spill
High Utilization (>150%)
Ater Issue or Ater Circuit Faulty

SD & TCH Congetion

High utilization
less Half rate
HCS feature

RACH
Poor BSIC Plan
Poor BCCH Plan
Poor Coverage and Spill
Phantom RACCH
Faulty antenna and cable
Poor ACCMIN and CRO
Mismatch MAXRET & TX
 Ericsson GSM Parameter
MODE ACCMIN  CCHPWR  CRH  NCCPERM  CBA
PARAMETER Or
IDLE MODE CB   CBQ   CRO  TO  PT  T3212   ATT   MaxRet   ACC   
PAGING AGBLK  MFRMS   MaxRET
BA List SIMSG
RACH PARA MaxRET  TX
LOCATION UPDATE DMQB   DMQBAMR  DMQBNAMR  DMQG
ATT  BCCH TYPE T312 CRH DMQGAMR
Dynamic Full/ Half Rate Mode DMQGNAMR DMTHAMR  DMTHNAMR DHA DTHAMR
 LAYER   LAYERTHR   LAYERHYST   PSSTEMP   PTIMTE
HCSBAND LAYER DTHNAMR
BSPWRB  BSPWRT CGI BSIC BCCH NO. BCCH
MP   FASTMSREG   CSYSTYPE   MBCR
CELL COMMON DATA
TALIM  PSSBQ  PSSTA  PTIMBQ  PTIMTA  PSSHF  PTIMH
TPYE  AGBLK FNOFFSET ECSC  MSTXPWR  TSC
LOCATING URGENCY CELL DATA 
F
KPI Target
5 Network Wide KPI's (NBH)
5.1 Random Access Success Rate % >=98
5.2 SDCCH Blocking % <=0.5
5.3 SDCCH Time Congestion/Cell <=12 sec
5.4 SDCCH Drop % <=1.2
5.5 TCH Blocking % <=1
5.6 TCH Time Congestion/Cell <=50 sec
5.7 TCH Assignment Success Rate % >=97
5.8 TCH Drop % <=2
5.9 Handover Success Rate % >=95
6 Network Wide KPI's (24 hrs)
6.1 Avg SDCCH Congestion/cell <=50 sec
6.2 Avg TCH Congestion/cell <=200 sec
6.3 Network Availability (Radio)% >=99.90
7 Cell Wise KPI % (Cell Busy Hour)
7.1 Random Access Success Rate >95% >90
7.2 SDCCH Blocking <=1% >90
7.3 SDCCH Congestion <=30 sec >90
7.4 SDCCH Drop <=2.5% >90
7.5 TCH Blocking <=3% >90
7.6 TCH Congestion <=100 sec >90
7.7 TCH Assignment Success Rate >=95% >90
7.8 TCH Drop <=3% >90
7.9 Handover Success Rate >94% >90
8 Voice Quality
% of cells having SQI samples between 16-30
8.1 >90
>90% or RxQual sub between(0-5)>95%
9 Switch KPI's
9.1 Peak Processor Load (MSCs/BSCs) % <=80
9.2 Switch BHCA Utilization (during Switch NBH) <=80
9.3 Paging Success Rate (24 hrs) % >=90
9.4 Location Update Success Rate (24 hrs) % >=95
9.5 Successful Call Rate (24 Hrs) % >=95
9.6 Network Availability (Switch/IN)% >99.99
10 Data KPI's
10.1 Core Network Availability % >99.99
Attach Success Rate excluding Unregistered
10.2 >=99
Subs. %
PDP context activation success rate (Only NW
10.3 >=99
Cause codes) %
11 GPRS KPIs
11.1 Round trip time <=700 ms
11.2 Average UL throughput per TBF >=12 kbps
11.3 Average DL throughput per TBF >=25 kbps
12 EDGE KPIs
12.1 Round trip time <=300 ms
12.2 Average UL throughput per TBF >=20 kbps
12.3 Average DL throughput per TBF >=45 kbps
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FORMULAE - ERICSSON

100 * CNROCNT / (CNROCNT + RAACCFA)

100 * CCONGS / CCALLS
100 * CTCONGS / (PERLEN*60)
100 * (CNDROP - CNRELCONG) / CMESTAB
100 * (CNRELCONG + TFNRELCONG + THNRELCONG) / TASSALL
Cells with Full Rate only: 100 * TFTCONGS / (PERLEN*60) Cells with Half Rate: 100 * THTCONGS
/ (PERLEN*60)
100 * TCASSALL / TASSALL
100 * TNDROP / TCASSALL
100 * HOVERSUC / HOVERCNT

100 * CTCONGS / (PERLEN*60)

Cells with Full Rate only: 100 * TFTCONGS / (PERLEN*60) Cells with Half Rate: 100 * THTCONGS
/ (PERLEN*60)
100 * (No of days * 24 * 60 * Total No of Cells – Summation of Downtime in minutes of Cells) /
(No of days * 24 * 60 * Total No of Cells)

100 * CNROCNT / (CNROCNT + RAACCFA)

100 * CCONGS / CCALLS
100 * CTCONGS / (PERLEN*60)
100 * (CNDROP - CNRELCONG) / CMESTAB
100 * (CNRELCONG + TFNRELCONG + THNRELCONG) / TASSALL
Cells with Full Rate only: 100 * TFTCONGS / (PERLEN*60) Cells with Half Rate: 100 * THTCONGS
/ (PERLEN*60)
100
100 ** TCASSALL
TNDROP / /((TCASSALL
TASSALL + (SUMIHOSUCC - SUMIABSUCC - SUMIAWSUCC) - (SUMOHOSUCC -
SUMOABSUCC - SUMOAWSUCC) + (SUMEIHOSUCC - SUMEIABSUCC - SUMEIAWSUCC) -
(SUMEOHOSUCC
100 * (SUMOHSUCC - SUMEOABSUCC
+ SUMEOHSUCC) - SUMEOAWSUCC))
/ (SUMOHOATT + SUMEOHATT)

90% of cells having percentage of Good samples>90%

ACCLOAD/NSCAN (These counters are available in object type LOAS)

100*( BHCA/SwitchBHCA Capacity)
100 * (NLAPAG1RESUCC + NLAPAG2RESUCC) / NLAPAG1TOT
100 * NLALOCSUCC / NLALOCTOT
(NBANS + NABEFA1 + NABEFA2 + NCAWNOA + NTOBEFA + NBOUT + NBBUSY) / NCALLS
100 * (No of days * 24 * 60 * Total No of Nodes – Summation of Downtime in minutes of
Nodes) / (No of days * 24 * 60 * Total No of Nodes) Where: Nodes are GMSCs, MSCs, SCPs, SDPs
100 * (No of days * 24 * 60 * Total No of Nodes – Summation of Downtime in minutes of
Nodes)
100 * [1/- (No of days * 24 * 60 * Total No
((gprsMmSgsnUnsuccAttReq of Nodes) Where: Nodes are GGSNs,/ SGSNs
- gprsMmSgsnUnsuccAttReqCC7/8/14)
gprsMmSgsnAttReq)]
100 * gprsSmSgsnSuccActivations / (gprsSmSgsnSuccActivations +
gprsSmSgsnUnsuccActivations) 

Ping either a DNS server or an external Internet server by the MS PING SIZE - 32BYTE
ULBGGTHR / ULBGGDATA
DLBGGTHR / DLBGGDATA

Ping either a DNS server or an external Internet server by the MS PING SIZE - 32BYTE using
Release 4 EDGE handset or Release 4 Data Card
ULBGEGTHR / ULBGEGDATA
DLBGEGTHR / DLBGEGDATA
T3103   -           Handover command
T100     -           RLT is the timer for holding of call if SACCH multiframe is not decoded than RLT
                         timer is start and if  RLT is reach is zero than call will disconnected.
                         Default value of this  timer is 28.
T3105     -          Time between repetitions of physical information to MS. Will be repeated NY1 times.
                         Recommend Value 8   (1 = 10MiliSecond)
T3124   -           Handover access

T3212     -         Location Update parameter

T3107     -         Assignment command
T3113     -         This timer is start after PAGING REQUEST and stop before paging response.
T3260    -          The timer is started when AUTHENTICATION REQUEST is sent from MSC.
                        The timer is stopped when AUTHENTICATION RESPONSE is received in MSC.

T3101     -         The BSS allocates a SDCCH, if available, and sends a IMMEDIATE ASSIGNMENT message on the downlink. This

T3110     -       On the receipt of the channel release, the MS starts internal timer T3110 and disconnects the main signalling
T3111      -       When T3111 has expired all RF links are terminated.

AMR (Adaptive Multi Rate)

Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR) is a new speech and channel codec for both half rate and full rate channels. By adapting the cod
is increased and the channel coding is decreased.

Both the BTS (uplink) and the MS (downlink) continuously measures the radio quality (C/I) and based on these measurements

AMR makes it possible to change codec rate during a call. There are 8 different codec rates available in the AMR transcoder:

According to the standard, 12.2 kbps and 10.2 kbps can only be used in FR channels and the other six can be used in both FR

Frequency Hopping
Frequency Hopping:
                                Frequency Hopping is mechanism in which the system changes the frequency (uplink and downlink) duri
(4.615 ms).  The frequency is changed on a per burst basis, which means that all the bits in a burst are transmitted in the sa

Advantages of Frequency Hopping:    Frequency Diversity, Interference Averaging, Increase capacity

There are two types of hopping 1 Base Band FH (BBH) 2 Synthesizer FH (SFH). 
1. Base Band Frequency Hopping: In baseband hopping, each transmitter is assigned with a fixed frequency. At transmission
combiners can be used.

2. Synthesizer Frequency Hopping (SFH).  Synthesizer hopping means that one transmitter handles all bursts that belong to
transmission of each burst the advantage of this mode is that the number of frequencies that can be used for hopping is not
wide-band hybrid combiners have to be used. This type of combiner has approximately 3 dB loss making more than two comb
Frequency Hopping Parameters

Mobile Allocation (MA): Set of frequencies the mobile is allowed to hop over.  Maximum of 63 frequencies can be defined in
Hopping Sequence Number (HSN): Determines the hopping order used in the cell.  It is possible to assign 64 different HSNs.
Mobile Allocation Index Offset (MAIO): Determines inside the hopping sequence, which frequency the mobile starts do trans