LTE 2G & 3G – 4G Internetworking

for
Vodafone India

History

Version Date Description

1.1 Jul 28, 2016 Draft

LTE Interworking Strategy:

With the introduction of LTE, existing networks will be operating with multiple RATs (LTE, UMTS
and GSM). This section provides guidance for mobility and traffic handling between following
layers in a network
• LTE FDD, 1800 MHz
• UMTS 2100 MHz
• UMTS 900 MHz (if applicable)
• GSM 900 MHz
Broadly mobility strategy is divided into three parts
1. Idle mode
2. Connected Mode
3. Voice (CSFB)

Objective

 To ensure seamless interworking between all frequency bands and layers

 To distribute UEs between coverage and capacity layers
 To ensure that LTE capable UEs stay in LTE layer for most of the time provided
coverage is available
 Voice calls in LTE to be redirected to U2100 using CSFB

Idle Mode Layering Strategy

All LTE capable devices support absolute priority based cell selection and reselection.
Absolute priority can be defined from 0 (Lowest) to 7 (Highest). Recommended priority is
defined in following order

 LTE FDD (Highest)

 UMTS2100
 UMTS 900 (If Applicable)
 GSM 900/1800 (lowest)

In the current network configuration, L1800 will have highest priority. Priority 7 & 5 can be
used in future if additional LTE bands are acquired by Vodafone.
3G – 4G Internetworking

RAN2067 LTE Interworking (3G to 4G Idle)

VALUE
PARAMETERABBREVIAT OBJECT TO BE
PARAMETER NAME RANGE AND STEP
EDNAME CLASS SET (GUI
VALUES)
EUTRAdetection E-UTRA detection RNFC Disabled (0), Enabled (1) 1
LTECellReselection LTE Cell Reselection WCEL_SIB Disabled (0), Enabled (1) 1
SIB19Priority Priority for SIB19 RNC 1...4, step 1 1

E-UTRA Absolute Radio LTE

AdjLEARFCN ADJL 0...65535, step 1
Frequency Channel Number EARFCN

6 (6), 15 (15), 25 (25), As per

AdjLMeasBw Measurement Bandwidth ADJL 50 (50), 75 (75), 100 Available
(100) BW
Cell Reselection Absolute
AdjLAbsPrioCellReselec HOPL 0...7, step 1 7
Priority
Cell Reselection Minimum RX -140...-44 dBm, step 2
AdjLQrxlevminEUTRA HOPL -125
level dBm
 Cell Reselection Threshold
AdjLThreshigh HOPL 0...62 dB, step 2 dB 2
high
Cell Reselection Threshold
AdjLThreslow HOPL 0...62 dB, step 2 dB 0
low
Absolute priority level for
AbsPrioCellReselec WCEL_SIB 0...7, step 1 6
cell reselection

Threshservlow Thresh serving low WCEL_SIB 0...62 dB, step 2 dB 0

Sprioritysearch1 S prioritysearch1 WCEL_SIB 0...62 dB, step 2 dB 0

Sprioritysearch2 S prioritysearch2 WCEL_SIB 0…7 dB, step 1 dB 0

Cell reselection triggering
Treselection WCEL_SIB 0...31 s, step 1 s 2
time
Cell reselection triggering
TreselectionPCH WCEL_SIB 0...31 s, step 1 s 2
timefor PCH

RAN2717 Smart LTE Layering (3G Connected to 4G Idle)

Efficient mechanisms for moving active UEs to the LTE layer (RRC Connection Release with
Redirection command to LTE).

PARAMETER OBJECT
VALUE TO BE SET IN VODAFONE NETWORK(INTERNAL VALUES)
ABBREVIATED NAME CLASS
SmartLTELayeringRSCP WCEL 0 - RSCP threshold not in use
SmartLTELayeringUA WCEL 0 - User amount check is not done
SmartLTELayeringTSysSel WCEL 1- redirection allowed just to FDD neighbors
3- UEs with interactive and background services are allowed to be
SmartLTELayeringServ RNMOBI
moved ( bit 0 and bit 1 are enabled)
SmartLTELayeringPrevT RNMOBI 1 sec
AdjLFreqPriority HOPL 7
AdjLSelectFreq ADJL For SIB and CELL DCH meas (0)
HSDSCHQoSclasses RNHSPA 63 - All supported TCs and THPs are allowed.
EDCHQoSclasses RNHSPA 63 - All supported TCs and THPs are allowed.
SmartLTELayeringEnabled WCEL 4 -Enable for T1,T2 and T3

RAN2176 LTE PS Handover (4G to 3G Connected)

Seamless handover of data services to WCDMA when leaving the LTE coverage with minimal
interruption time. Multi-RAB handover is supported.

PARAMETER OBJECT
VALUE TO BE SET IN VODAFONE NETWORK(GUI)
ABBREVIATED NAME CLASS
IncomingLTEISHO WCEL Enabled
RAN2435 CSFB with HO (4G to 3G Connected)

CS Fallback support for realization of the voice call the UE is handed over to WCDMA for CS
connection setup.

PARAMETER OBJECT
VALUE TO BE SET IN VODAFONE NETWORK(GUI)
ABBREVIATED NAME CLASS
CSFBEnabled RNFC Enable
IncomingLTEISHO WCEL Enable

RAN3086 -CSFB with RIM feature

RAN3086 “CSFB with RIM” WCDMA16 which introduces RIM signaling support for UTRA SI
application. For both RNC of NSN and RNC of other vendors, the following peer RIM
procedures are required to be supported by target RNC as serving node.

RAN3086: CSFB with RIM feature

•for IPA-RNC:
ZW7M:FEA=5418:ON;
•for mcRNC:
set license feature-mgmt code 0000005418 feature-admin-state on

1 - Open the OMS Element Manager.

2 - Go to Topology and expand the ROOT directory.
3 - Expand the RNC and expand the RNFC object.
4 - Configure the RNFC object:
Sub-steps
a) Right-click on the RNFC object and select Edit parameters.
b) Set the RIMUtraSIEnab parameter value to Enabled.
Note: If all the needed license/feature states are not active (On), the system does not allow to set the
RIMUtraSIEnab RNFC parameter to value Enabled. Otherwise the feature is able to be activated and
deactivated without any locking/unlocking of any objects, which means that the new value shall be use
after the change.
5 - Select Apply button to save the changes.
2G – 4G Internetworking

BSS21353 LTE System Information – 2G IDLE to 4G IDLE

Reselection from GERAN to LTE is absolute priority based (BSS21353)

LTE Information system:

1 Check the LTE system information feature state. Set the feature state to “CONF”.
ZW7I:FEA,FULL:FEA=1965;

2 Create the LTE adjacent cell using the command

Following is an example command:
ZEAN:SEG=6:INDEX=0:MCC=xxx,MNC=yyy,TAC=x:FREQ= EARFCN;

3 Set the feature state to “ON”

ZW7M:FEA=1965:ON;

SYSTEM INFORMATION TYPE 2quater (SI2q) message on the BCCH to the mobile station (MS).
SYSTEM INFORMATION TYPE 2quater (SI2q) message on the BCCH to the mobile station (MS).
 To use this feature, the following information is required about the adjacent LTE cells:
•the frequencies and the bandwidth
•the cell indices, the country code, the tracking area code, and the network code
•priorities and lists of barred cells (to give the decision criteria if a cell reselection takes place or not).
To administer this information Adjacent LTE cell (ADJL) object class is introduced to the system. This
information is sent via the SYSTEM INFORMATION TYPE 2quater (SI2q) message on BCCH to the MS.

Priority based cell reselection algorithm is used when LTE neighbors are present in the cell. The following
segment level priority parameters are sent as part of the SI2q message to the MS when LTE neighbors are
present in the cell:

1.GSM priority
2.Priority search threshold
3.Low priority threshold
4.Priority based reselection hysteresis
5.Time hysteresis

RG301854 Fast Return to LTE

Redirection– upon completion of CS call, UE is forced to switch to idle mode and camp on
suitable LTE cell of indicated layer; for PS session setup in target cell, UE starts with Random
Access procedure.

Fast return to LTE:

1 Set the feature state to on

Use the following command: ZW7M:FEA=4367:ON;

2 Check if the LTE mode is set correctly

Use the following MML command: ZEEO;

If needed you can modify the parameter by ZEEM; command.

The BSC supports only one LTE mode at a time, FDD or TDD.

3 Activate the feature in the cell

Use the following command: ZEQF:BTS=<bts_id>:FRLTE=1;

Fast return to LTE and RG302301: TD+FD LTE

MOC
fastReturnToLTE BTS
lteMode BSC
4G – 2G & 3G Internetworking
Following features will be configured for 4G to 2G & 3G Interworking

LTE562: CSFB to UTRAN or GSM via redirect

This feature requires WCDMA/GERAN neighbor cell configuration data to initiate WCDMA/GERAN
measurements and the CS fallback procedure towards WCDMA/GERAN.

LTE56: Inter-RAT Handover to WCDMA

This feature is required for Handover to WCDMA PS Domain. The eNB takes the decision to start
Handover procedure based on measurements delivered by the UE.

LTE736: CS Fallback to UTRAN (with PS HO)

This feature requires WCDMA neighbor cell configuration data to initiate WCDMA measurements and the
hand over procedure towards WCDMA as for LTE56. The vendor templates for LNREW support
"csfbPsHoAllowed". The operator need to manually configure additional CSFB parameters and to
activate the feature. By default the feature is disabled and set to csfbPsHoAllowed = forbidden.

LTE736: CS Fallback to UTRAN (with PS HO)

This feature requires WCDMA neighbor cell configuration data to initiate WCDMA measurements and the
hand over

LTE762: Idle mode mobility from LTE to WCDMA, GSM or other LTE bands

This feature requests SIB broadcast of information to support idle mode mobility for inter-RAT
neighbor cells.

LTE498: RAN Information Management for GSM

This feature brings a mechanism for automatic GSM SysInfo provisioning and eliminating the need for
manual configuration; requires IS-NACC for LTE (BSS21355) feature in GSM.

LTE1196: RAN Information Management for WCDMA

This feature brings a mechanism for automatic WCDMA SysInfo provisioning and eliminating the need
for manual configuration.
LTE984: GSM Redirect with System Information

This feature speeds up the redirection procedure by targets cells SysInfo provisioning with no need for
manual configuration.

LTE1197: UTRAN redirect with system information

This feature speeds up the redirection procedure by targets cells SysInfo provisioning with no need for
manual configuration.