Voice Services in LTE

CS Fall Back Feature

By: Sherjil Bari

www.huawei.com

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CSFB “Circuit-switched fallback”

CSFB relies on a temporary inter-system that switches between LTE and a
system where circuit-switched voice calls can be served, the solution is based
on the fact that LTE terminals ‘register’ in the circuit-switched domain when
powered on and attaching to LTE, This is handled through an interaction
between the MME and the MSC server in the CS domain.

The CS fallback in EPS enables the provisioning of voice and other CS-domain
services by reuse of CS infrastructure when the UE is served by E-UTRAN. A
CS fallback enabled terminal, connected to E-UTRAN may use GERAN or
UTRAN to connect to the CS-domain. This function is only available in case E-
UTRAN coverage is overlapped by either GERAN coverage or UTRAN
coverage.

It can be assumed that operators initially deploying CSFB may over time
migrate towards the MMTel (IMS) + SRVCC solution.

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CS fallback in EPS architecture

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CS Call Request in E-UTRAN, Call in GERAN/UTRAN

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CS Page in E-UTRAN, Call in GERAN/UTRAN

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LTE -> UMTS/GERAN CSFB SETTINGS IN VDC
LTE Parameter MML Command Recommended value Comments
HoAlgoSwitch MOD UtranCsfbSwitch: UtranCsfbSwitch: On Enable CSFB to Utran switch
ENODEBALGOSWI On
TCH Enable CSFB to Geran switch
HoAlgoSwitch GeranCsfbSwitch: GeranCsfbSwitch: On
On
HoModeSwitch BlindHoSwitch:On BlindHoSwitch:On Enable blind handover switch
to do CSFB to Utran/GERAN
without measurement

InterRatHighestPri MOD UTRAN UTRAN Indicates the high-priority

CSFALLBACKBLIN system to be considered in
blind handovers for CS fallback.
DHOCFG It is UTRAN by default.

InterRatSecondPri GERAN GERAN Indicates the medium-priority

system to be considered in
blind handovers for CS fallback.

CsfbHoUtranB1ThdR MOD -106 -106dBm RSCP threshold for event B1

scp CSFALLBACKHO
CsfbHoUtranTimeToT 40 40ms Time-to-trigger for event B1 that
rig is used in CS fallback to UTRAN.

CsfbHoGeranB1Thd -103 -103dBm RSSI threshold for event B1 that

is used in CS fallback to GERAN

CsfbHoGeranTimeTo 40 40ms Time-to-trigger for event B1 that

Trig is used in CS fallback to GERAN
(higher than Utran to do CSFB to
Utran first).

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CS FB FEATURE
IMPROVEMENTS IN ERAN3.0

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 Low Latency - Flash CSFB (R9 Redirection
with SIB)
GSM/UMTS RIM : LTE Core
RAN
Core Information
Management CSFB to G/U Core Network Support
SGSN M • Both GSM/UMTS and
ME
SGSN MME LTE core network support
RAN R9 RIM procedure
information
RAN information
request RRCConnectionRele
BSC/RNC ase(Frequency and
eNodeB
target cell system
information)
Terminal Support
• Terminal support R9
redirection with SIB
GSM/UMTS LTE
(System Info Block)
eNodeB saves UTRAN/GERAN
neighbor cell system information
(RIM: MME&RNC)

eNodeB receives command of CSFB Latency Reduced

from MME
Saving 1s for UMTS compare with R8 CSFB
eNodeB selects “Redirection” to CSFB based on
capability and strategy Saving 2s for GSM compare with R8 CSFB
eNodeB fills out target frequency and related neighbor cell
information in “RRCConnectionRelease” message（U: 1
Freq, 16 Cell ID; G: 1 Freq Group, 32 Cell ID)

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 LAI Based CS Fallback further optimized
latency

LTE Core LA: Location Area CSFB

LAI: Location Area LAI based CSFB to 1~2s
Indicator UMTS without LAU
TA1/LA
LAC: Location Area
1
Code
MM LAU: Location Area
E GSM/UMTS CSFB to UMTS with LAU
Update
TAI: Tracking Area
TAI/LAI Indicator
(PLMN+L CSFB to LA1
AC) 2~3s
LAI based CSFB to
GSM without LAU
Select same LA to
CSFB
CSFB to GSM with LAU
LTE GSM/UMTS
TA3/LA1 TA2/LA2

Latency
LAI Based CSFB:

1. Priority to select target GU cells with same LAC as 2. Support National Roaming UE to select suitable
UE registered in GU network during CSFB. fallback RAT/Cell bases on LAI Indicator among
multi-PLMNs.
The optimized CSFB process of eNB can avoid unnecessary LAU and reduce the CSFB E2E
latency 1~3 second(s)

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