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LTE Fault Counters & Alarms Guide

This document discusses fault checking and related alarms for RRC connection success rate and E-RAB establishment setup success rate. It lists indicators, failure causes, and solutions for issues with L.RRC.SetupFail.ResFail, L.RRC.SetupFail.Rej, L.RRC.SetupFail.NoReply, and L.E-RAB.FailEst.NoReply. Solutions include checking hardware, temperature, link, RF, and configuration related alarms as well as cell operation records and signaling portion of messages.
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LTE Fault Counters & Alarms Guide

This document discusses fault checking and related alarms for RRC connection success rate and E-RAB establishment setup success rate. It lists indicators, failure causes, and solutions for issues with L.RRC.SetupFail.ResFail, L.RRC.SetupFail.Rej, L.RRC.SetupFail.NoReply, and L.E-RAB.FailEst.NoReply. Solutions include checking hardware, temperature, link, RF, and configuration related alarms as well as cell operation records and signaling portion of messages.
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15 July 2014

RNP NLUZ – Bienvenido Bie


RRC Connection Success Rate fault checking and Related
Alarms
Indicator RRC Connection Establishment Solution Hardware-related alarms
Failure Cause – ALM-26104 Board Temperature Unacceptable
– ALM-26106 Board Clock Input Unavailable
[Link] 1. The eNodeB sends the RRC REJ 1. Query the CPU, number of – ALM-26107 Board Input Voltage Out of Range
[Link] message due to either of the active UEs, and call attempt per – ALM-26200 Board Hardware Fault
Fail following: second (CAPS). – ALM-26202 Board Overload
[Link]  Cell admission failure 2. Check whether capacity is – ALM-26203 Board Software Program Error
[Link]  Number limitation of active UEs limited. – ALM-26208 Board File System Damaged
 Flow control triggered by high 3. For these cell-level problems, l Temperature-related alarms
CPU usage check the operation records – ALM-25650 Ambient Temperature Unacceptable
(including interference, – ALM-25651 Ambient Humidity Unacceptable
2. The RRC CONN REQ messages throughput, order, and CQI). In – ALM-25652 Cabinet Temperature Unacceptable
on the air interface are invalid. these cells, the E-RAB – ALM-25653 Cabinet Humidity Unacceptable
3. There are internal errors, such as a establishment rate, call drop – ALM-25655 Cabinet Air Outlet Temperature Unacceptable
memory allocation failure and a rate, and handover success rate – ALM-25656 Cabinet Air Inlet Temperature Unacceptable
message sending failure. These are high. l Link-related alarms
errors rarely occur. 4. Analyze the internal CHR. – ALM-25880 Ethernet Link Fault
4. There are other causes that are not – ALM-25886 IP Path Fault
indicated by counters and the RRC – ALM-25888 SCTP Link Fault
REJ message is transmitted over – ALM-25889 SCTP Link Congestion
the air interface. – ALM-26233 BBU CPRI Optical Interface Performance Degraded
[Link] 1. Abnormal UE 1. For these network-level – ALM-26234 BBU CPRI Interface Error
[Link] problems, check whether new – ALM-29201 S1 Interface Fault
2. Weak coverage – ALM-29211 Excessive Packet Loss Rate in the Transmission
eply NEs are released and whether
3. Interference the UEs are compatible with the Network
4. Signaling congestion live network. – ALM-29212 Excessive Delay in the Transmission Network
2. For these cell-level problems, – ALM-29213 Excessive Jitter in the Transmission Network
check the operation records l RF-related alarms
(including interference, – ALM-26239 RX Channel RTWP/RSSI Unbalanced Between RF
throughput, order, and CQI) in Units
cells with worst service quality. – ALM-26520 RF Unit TX Channel Gain Out of Range
In these cells, the E-RAB – ALM-26521 RF Unit RX Channel RTWP/RSSI Too Low
establishment rate and call drop – ALM-26522 RF Unit RX Channel RTWP/RSSI Unbalanced
rate are high. l Configuration-related alarms
3. Same as solution 2. – ALM-26245 Configuration Data Inconsistency
– ALM-26243 Board Configuration Data Ineffective
4. Check signaling portion of
– ALM-26812 System Dynamic Traffic Exceeding Licensed Limit
paging messages, PRACH
usage, access success rate, – ALM-26815 Licensed Feature Entering Keep-Alive Period
handover success rate, – ALM-26818 No License Running in System
reestablishment attempts, and – ALM-26819 Data Configuration Exceeding Licensed Limit
TAU attempts, and confirm the – ALM-29243 Cell Capability Degraded
CAPS capacity and CPU usage. – ALM-29247 Cell PCI Conflict
NL a GTP-U setup failure 2. For these cell-level or base-
during the UE context setup
E-RAB Establish Setup Success Rate fault checking and Related Alarms
procedure or E-RAB
station-level problems, check
whether resource allocation fails
establishment procedure
Indicator E-RAB Establishment Solution
because the UE context setup
2. UE context
Failure Causesetup failure due procedure is combined with the
to an interaction of the UE reestablishment procedure; check
Hardware-related alarms
L.E- 1. context
Abnormal setup
UEprocedure and 1. whether
For thesethe low layer problems,
network-level – ALM-26104 Board Temperature Unacceptable
[Link].N the reestablishment transmission
check whetheris new
faulty based
NEs are on – ALM-26106 Board Clock Input Unavailable
2. procedure
Weak coverage
as well as a GTP- alarms.
oReply released and whether the UEsload,
If yes, check system are – ALM-26107 Board Input Voltage Out of Range
3. U reconfiguration failure
Interference system resource usage, and
compatible with the live network. – ALM-26200 Board Hardware Fault
during the reestablishment throughput rate. – ALM-26202 Board Overload
procedure 2. Same
3. For these cell-level
as solution 2. problems, – ALM-26203 Board Software Program Error
3. UE context setup failure due check the operation records – ALM-26208 Board File System Damaged
to an interaction of the E- (including interference, l Temperature-related alarms
RAB establishment throughput, order, and CQI). In – ALM-25650 Ambient Temperature Unacceptable
procedure and the these cells, the E-RAB – ALM-25651 Ambient Humidity Unacceptable
reestablishment procedure as establishment rate, call drop rate, – ALM-25652 Cabinet Temperature Unacceptable
well as a GTP-U and handover success rate are – ALM-25653 Cabinet Humidity Unacceptable
reconfiguration failure – ALM-25655 Cabinet Air Outlet Temperature Unacceptable
high.
during the reestablishment – ALM-25656 Cabinet Air Inlet Temperature Unacceptable
procedure 3. Same as solution 2. l Link-related alarms
– ALM-25880 Ethernet Link Fault
L.E-
L.E- 1. Error
This in the
counter messagethe
measures 1. Check
This whether
counter is usedthe
in Sig messages
scenarios – ALM-25886 IP Path Fault
[Link].M
[Link].R following errors
2. Repeated caused
E-RAB IDby on the S1 interface are sent by the
where radio resources are insufficient – ALM-25888 SCTP Link Fault
ME
NL problems at the radio network MME.
or the If security
UE in the numbermodeof errors is
does not – ALM-25889 SCTP Link Congestion
3. Failure to process the
layer: large on the MME, the Sig
respond. – ALM-26233 BBU CPRI Optical Interface Performance Degraded
message due to an message becomes faulty easily. – ALM-26234 BBU CPRI Interface Error
 Insufficient radio
interaction of the resources
E-RAB – ALM-29201 S1 Interface Fault
 Error in the security
establishment modeand
procedure 2. If a conflict occurs in E-RAB – ALM-29211 Excessive Packet Loss Rate in the Transmission
 other
No S1AP-related
response from the UE resource allocation, confirm Network
eNodeB resources and CPU – ALM-29212 Excessive Delay in the Transmission Network
For procedures
details about problems at usage. – ALM-29213 Excessive Jitter in the Transmission Network
the radio network layer, see l RF-related alarms
section Error! Reference 3. Check whether the MME and – ALM-26239 RX Channel RTWP/RSSI Unbalanced Between RF
source not found."Error! eNodeB are working well with Units
Reference source not found.." each other. – ALM-26520 RF Unit TX Channel Gain Out of Range
– ALM-26521 RF Unit RX Channel RTWP/RSSI Too Low
L.E- 1. Air interface admission 1. For these cell-level problems, – ALM-26522 RF Unit RX Channel RTWP/RSSI Unbalanced
[Link].N failure or timeout analyze license limitation, CPU l Configuration-related alarms
oRadioRes 2. E-RAB establishment failure resource limitation, start flow – ALM-26245 Configuration Data Inconsistency
due to a radio resource control mechanism, RB, number – ALM-26243 Board Configuration Data Ineffective
preemption failure of UEs, and paging attempts. – ALM-26812 System Dynamic Traffic Exceeding Licensed Limit
– ALM-26815 Licensed Feature Entering Keep-Alive Period
L.E- UE fails to respond to the These network-level problems are – ALM-26818 No License Running in System
[Link].S eNodeB with the SEC CMD simple, and therefore problem – ALM-26819 Data Configuration Exceeding Licensed Limit
ecurModeFail FAIL message during the UE location is easy. – ALM-29243 Cell Capability Degraded
context setup procedure. – ALM-29247 Cell PCI Conflict
E-RAB Establish Setup Success Rate fault checking
and Related Alarms Continuation -
Hardware-related alarms
Indicator E-RAB Establishment Solution – ALM-26104 Board Temperature Unacceptable
Failure Cause – ALM-26106 Board Clock Input Unavailable
– ALM-26107 Board Input Voltage Out of Range
L.E- 1. UE access or E-RAB 1. Troubleshoot errors on the GTP-U
L.E- 1. Abnormal UE failure due to 1. For these network-level problems, – ALM-26200 Board Hardware Fault
[Link].T establishment layer.
[Link].N
NL a GTP-U setup failure check whether new NEs are – ALM-26202 Board Overload
2. Weak coverage 2. For these cell-level or base-
oReply during the UE context setup released and whether the UEs are – ALM-26203 Board Software Program Error
3. Interference station-level problems, check – ALM-26208 Board File System Damaged
procedure or E-RAB compatible with the
whether resource live network.
allocation fails
establishment procedure l Temperature-related alarms
2. For thesethe
because cell-level problems,
UE context setup
– ALM-25650 Ambient Temperature Unacceptable
2. UE context setup failure due procedure
check is combined
the operation with the
records
to an interaction of the UE reestablishment procedure; check – ALM-25651 Ambient Humidity Unacceptable
(including interference, – ALM-25652 Cabinet Temperature Unacceptable
context setup procedure and whether the low
throughput, order, layer
and CQI). In
the reestablishment transmission is faulty based on – ALM-25653 Cabinet Humidity Unacceptable
these cells, the E-RAB – ALM-25655 Cabinet Air Outlet Temperature Unacceptable
procedure as well as a GTP- alarms. If yes, check system load,
U reconfiguration failure establishment
system resource rate, call and
usage, drop rate, – ALM-25656 Cabinet Air Inlet Temperature Unacceptable
during the reestablishment and handover
throughput [Link] rate are l Link-related alarms
procedure high.
3. Same as solution 2. – ALM-25880 Ethernet Link Fault
3. UE context setup failure due 3. Same as solution 2. – ALM-25886 IP Path Fault
to an interaction of the E- – ALM-25888 SCTP Link Fault
RAB establishment – ALM-25889 SCTP Link Congestion
procedure and the – ALM-26233 BBU CPRI Optical Interface Performance Degraded
reestablishment procedure as – ALM-26234 BBU CPRI Interface Error
well as a GTP-U – ALM-29201 S1 Interface Fault
reconfiguration failure – ALM-29211 Excessive Packet Loss Rate in the Transmission
during the reestablishment Network
procedure – ALM-29212 Excessive Delay in the Transmission Network
L.E- This counter measures the This counter is used in scenarios – ALM-29213 Excessive Jitter in the Transmission Network
[Link].R following errors caused by where radio resources are insufficient l RF-related alarms
NL problems at the radio network or the UE in security mode does not – ALM-26239 RX Channel RTWP/RSSI Unbalanced Between RF Units
layer: respond. – ALM-26520 RF Unit TX Channel Gain Out of Range

– ALM-26521 RF Unit RX Channel RTWP/RSSI Too Low
Insufficient radio resources
– ALM-26522 RF Unit RX Channel RTWP/RSSI Unbalanced
 Error in the security mode l Configuration-related alarms
 No response from the UE – ALM-26245 Configuration Data Inconsistency
For details about problems at – ALM-26243 Board Configuration Data Ineffective
the radio network layer, see – ALM-26812 System Dynamic Traffic Exceeding Licensed Limit
section Error! Reference – ALM-26815 Licensed Feature Entering Keep-Alive Period
source not found."Error! – ALM-26818 No License Running in System
Reference source not found.." – ALM-26819 Data Configuration Exceeding Licensed Limit
– ALM-29243 Cell Capability Degraded
L.E- 1. Air interface admission 1. For these cell-level problems,
– ALM-29247 Cell PCI Conflict
[Link].N failure or timeout analyze license limitation, CPU
oRadioRes 2. E-RAB establishment failure resource limitation, start flow
PS Drop Rate fault checking and Related Alarms

Indicator Remarks Solution Hardware-related alarms


– ALM-26104 Board Temperature Unacceptable
L.E- 1. Abnormal E-RAB releases It is triggered by the weak coverage, – ALM-26106 Board Clock Input Unavailable
[Link] are roughly classified, and interference, or insufficient resources. – ALM-26107 Board Input Voltage Out of Range
[Link] therefore you can only For details, see 3GPP TS 36.331. – ALM-26200 Board Hardware Fault
troubleshoot the problem – ALM-26202 Board Overload
L.E- For an abnormal release triggered by – ALM-26203 Board Software Program Error
based on solutions for a
[Link] the transmission layer, check – ALM-26208 Board File System Damaged
general category.
[Link] transmission alarms, transmission l Temperature-related alarms
2. In Huawei counters, normal configuration, and traffic volume. – ALM-25650 Ambient Temperature Unacceptable
E-RAB releases include – ALM-25651 Ambient Humidity Unacceptable
L.E- releases on the MME and For an abnormal release triggered by – ALM-25652 Cabinet Temperature Unacceptable
[Link] eNodeB sides, but abnormal congestion, check congestion times – ALM-25653 Cabinet Humidity Unacceptable
[Link] E-RAB releases are and duration in a cell as well as the – ALM-25655 Cabinet Air Outlet Temperature Unacceptable
measured on the MME and CPU load. – ALM-25656 Cabinet Air Inlet Temperature Unacceptable
eNodeB sides, respectively. l Link-related alarms
L.E- Analyze the problem based on the – ALM-25880 Ethernet Link Fault
[Link] handover success rate and handover – ALM-25886 IP Path Fault
[Link] failure causes. – ALM-25888 SCTP Link Fault
– ALM-25889 SCTP Link Congestion
L.E- Check MME status and alarms on the – ALM-26233 BBU CPRI Optical Interface Performance Degraded
[Link] MME side. – ALM-26234 BBU CPRI Interface Error
[Link] – ALM-29201 S1 Interface Fault
– ALM-29211 Excessive Packet Loss Rate in the Transmission
Network
– ALM-29212 Excessive Delay in the Transmission Network
– ALM-29213 Excessive Jitter in the Transmission Network
l RF-related alarms
– ALM-26239 RX Channel RTWP/RSSI Unbalanced Between RF Units
– ALM-26520 RF Unit TX Channel Gain Out of Range
– ALM-26521 RF Unit RX Channel RTWP/RSSI Too Low
– ALM-26522 RF Unit RX Channel RTWP/RSSI Unbalanced
l Configuration-related alarms
– ALM-26245 Configuration Data Inconsistency
– ALM-26243 Board Configuration Data Ineffective
– ALM-26812 System Dynamic Traffic Exceeding Licensed Limit
– ALM-26815 Licensed Feature Entering Keep-Alive Period
– ALM-26818 No License Running in System
– ALM-26819 Data Configuration Exceeding Licensed Limit
– ALM-29243 Cell Capability Degraded
– ALM-29247 Cell PCI Conflict
Intra Freq HO Success Rate fault checking and
Related Alarms
Indicator Root Cause Solution Hardware-related alarms
– ALM-26104 Board Temperature Unacceptable
[Link] Problems on the Check the MME based on the E-RAB establishment – ALM-26106 Board Clock Input Unavailable
[Link] MME side failure and the abnormal E-RAB releases triggered by – ALM-26107 Board Input Voltage Out of Range
.MME the MME if the following rates are high: – ALM-26200 Board Hardware Fault
 E-RAB establishment failure rate – ALM-26202 Board Overload
– ALM-26203 Board Software Program Error
 Abnormal E-RAB release rate – ALM-26208 Board File System Damaged
l Temperature-related alarms
[Link] No response from 1. Check the transmission layer, target eNodeB, MME,
– ALM-25650 Ambient Temperature Unacceptable
[Link] the target cell and transmission status if the following events
– ALM-25651 Ambient Humidity Unacceptable
.NoReply occur: – ALM-25652 Cabinet Temperature Unacceptable
 The timer expires before the source cell receives the – ALM-25653 Cabinet Humidity Unacceptable
Handover Request message. – ALM-25655 Cabinet Air Outlet Temperature Unacceptable
 The source cell fails to send the message. – ALM-25656 Cabinet Air Inlet Temperature Unacceptable
l Link-related alarms
 The target cell does not process the message on – ALM-25880 Ethernet Link Fault
time. – ALM-25886 IP Path Fault
 The MME does not process the message on time. – ALM-25888 SCTP Link Fault
– ALM-25889 SCTP Link Congestion
 Transmission congestion occurs. – ALM-26233 BBU CPRI Optical Interface Performance Degraded
2. Check CPU usage and GTP-U transmission in the – ALM-26234 BBU CPRI Interface Error
source cell. – ALM-29201 S1 Interface Fault
– ALM-29211 Excessive Packet Loss Rate in the Transmission
3. Analyze the failure based on E-RAB establishment Network
failures caused by the MME if the relationship – ALM-29212 Excessive Delay in the Transmission Network
between the target cell and the source eNodeB – ALM-29213 Excessive Jitter in the Transmission Network
cannot be determined. l RF-related alarms
– ALM-26239 RX Channel RTWP/RSSI Unbalanced Between RF Units
[Link] Handover Analyze handover attempts and successful handovers – ALM-26520 RF Unit TX Channel Gain Out of Range
[Link] Preparation Failure together if the target cell cannot be determined. – ALM-26521 RF Unit RX Channel RTWP/RSSI Too Low
.PrepFailur message from the – ALM-26522 RF Unit RX Channel RTWP/RSSI Unbalanced
e target cell l Configuration-related alarms
– ALM-26245 Configuration Data Inconsistency
[Link] Problems on the Check the CPU usage, RRC connection establishment – ALM-26243 Board Configuration Data Ineffective
[Link] source cell side success rate, and E-RAB establishment success rate in – ALM-26812 System Dynamic Traffic Exceeding Licensed Limit
.HOCancel the source cell and check whether resources are – ALM-26815 Licensed Feature Entering Keep-Alive Period
sufficient. – ALM-26818 No License Running in System
– ALM-26819 Data Configuration Exceeding Licensed Limit
– ALM-29243 Cell Capability Degraded
– ALM-29247 Cell PCI Conflict

RNP NLUZ – Bienvenido Bie LTE LTE LTE Fault Related Counters and Fault Related Counters and Fault Related Counters and Alarms
Indicator 
RRC Connection Establishment 
Failure Cause 
Solution 
L.RRC.Set
upFail.Res
Fail 
L.RRC.Set
upFail.Rej 
1. The eNo
E-RAB Establish Setup Success Rate fault checking and Related Alarms 
Hardware-related alarms 
– ALM-26104 Board Temperature
Hardware-related alarms 
– ALM-26104 Board Temperature Unacceptable 
– ALM-26106 Board Clock Input Unavailable 
– ALM-26107 B
Hardware-related alarms 
– ALM-26104 Board Temperature Unacceptable 
– ALM-26106 Board Clock Input Unavailable 
– ALM-26107 B
Indicator 
Root Cause 
Solution 
L.HHO.Pr
ep.FailOut
.MME 
Problems on the 
MME side 
Check the MME based on the E-RAB establ

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