3.

2 Dynamic SDCCH allocation

B8 Purpose

SDCCH/8 time slots can be dynamically

allocated on demand on a cell-by-cell
basis.

Allocated
“Dynamic SDCCH/8 time slots”. Dynamic
SDCCH/8
“Static SDCCH time slots” time slots
Max

Static Min
SDCCH
time slots
TCH
Capacity

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▼ Definitions
A Static SDCCH timeslot is a physical timeslot fixed allocated on the air interface. It contains 3, 4, 7 or 8 SDCCH sub-
channels depending on whether the timeslot is an SDCCH/3, SDCCH/4, SDCCH/7, or SDCCH/8 timeslot.

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B8 Principle (1/2)

Principles
Too few SDCCH time slots could result in high blocking rate
on SDCCH (Configuration 1)
Too many SDCCH time slots could lead to a lack of TCH
resources (Configuration 2)

Configuration 1 Configuration 2

SDCCH SDCCH
time slots time slots

TCH TCH
Capacity Capacity

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▼ Definition
An SDCCH is a logical SDCCH sub-channel mapped on a Static SDCCH timeslot or a Dynamic SDCCH/8 timeslot.

▼ Signaling load cases

Timeslot split between signaling and traffic channels depends on the network signaling load. The main cases are:
- Normal signaling load cells:
Rural area cells in center of Location Areas
(e.g. 1 SDCCH timeslot for a 3-TRX cell)
- High signaling load cells:
Urban or suburban area cells in the center of a Location Area
Rural area cells at the border of Location Areas
(e.g. 2 SDCCH time slots for a 3-TRX cell)
- Very high signaling load cells:
Urban or suburban area cells at the border of a Location Area
Cells with high SMS load (more than one SMS per call)
(e.g. 3 SDCCH time slots for a 3-TRX cell)

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 3.2 Dynamic SDCCH allocation
B8 Principle (2/2)

Allocation and de-allocation of Dynamic SDCCH/8 time slots

• An additional dynamic SDCCH/8 timeslot is allocated by the
BSC if there is no SDCCH sub-channel free in the cell.
• A dynamic SDCCH/8 timeslot is de-allocated by the BSC
after T_DYN_SDCCH_HOLD (10s) delay if all of its SDCCH
sub-channels become free

+ BCC
TCH
SDD
SDC
SDC
TCH
TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH

TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH

TCH
SDD TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH

BCC: BCCH
SDC: Static SDCCH

- SDD: Dynamic SDCCH

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▼ The location of the Dynamic SDCCH/8 time slots are fixed by O&M configuration.

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B8 TIMESLOT types

NEW TIMESLOT TYPES :

SDCCH
Pure SDCCH or “ static SDCCH “
TCH
Pure TCH
TCH/SDCCH
“ dynamic SDCCH”
TCH/SPDCH

MPDCH

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▼The OMC-R provides the BSC with the following O&M type of radio timeslots:
Main BCCH timeslot (BCC): It is a timeslot carrying FCCH + SCH + BCCH + CCCH.
Main combined BCCH timeslot (CBC): It is a timeslot carrying FCCH + SCH + BCCH + CCCH +
SDCCH/4 + SACCH/4.
Static SDCCH timeslot (SDC): It is a timeslot carrying SDCCH/8 + SACCH/8.
Dynamic SDCCH/8 timeslot (SDD): It is a timeslot carrying TCH + SACCH or SDCCH/8 + SACCH/8
TCH timeslot (TCH): It is a timeslot carrying TCH + SACCH or PDCH

▼In RAM point of view, a radio timeslot can be defined as:

Pure BCCH timeslot: The BCCH timeslot is the radio timeslot configured as BCC by O&M. Such a
timeslot only carries common CS signalling.
Pure SDCCH timeslot: A pure SDCCH timeslot is a timeslot configured as a CBC or SDC by O&M.
Such a timeslot can carry SDCCH traffic.
Pure TCH timeslot: A pure TCH timeslot is a timeslot configured as TCH by O&M. Such a timeslot only
carries TCH traffic.
TCH/SDCCH timeslot: A TCH/SDCCH timeslot is a timeslot configured as SDD by O&M. Such a
timeslot is dynamically allocated as TCH or as SDCCH depending on the usage of the timeslot. It can
carry TCH traffic or SDCCH traffic.
TCH/SPDCH timeslot: A TCH/SPDCH timeslot is a timeslot configured as TCH by O&M. Such a timeslot
is dynamically allocated as TCH or as SPDCH depending on the usage of the timeslot. It can carry TCH
traffic or PS traffic.
MPDCH timeslot: A MPDCH timeslot is a timeslot configured as TCH by O&M. Such a timeslot can only
carry common PS signalling.

▼A pure SDCCH timeslot can carry x SDCCH sub-channels where x equal to:
− 4 in case of combined CCCH and when CBCH is not configured on the timeslot,
− 7 in case of non-combined CCCH and when CBCH is configured on the timeslot,
− 3 in case of combined CCCH and when CBCH is configured on the timeslot,
− 8 for a normal SDCCH timeslot.
▼When allocated as SDCCH, a TCH/SDCCH timeslot can carry up to 8 SDCCH sub-channels.

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B8 Allocation algorithm

SDCCH mapped on” TCU

SDCCH REQUEST
very high load state” removal

Are they any free SDCCH Are they any free SDCCH Are they any Dynamic
sub-channel among Static sub-channel among Dynamic SDCCH/8 timeslots available
SDCCH timeslots ? SDCCH/8 already allocated ? and free in the cell ?

No No Yes

? ? ? Allocate
Yes Yes No
one dynamic

Selection of one Select one SDCCH SDCCH request SDCCH/8

SDCCH sub-channel sub-channel rejected !!! timeslot

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Principle 1 : Preference is given to pure SDCCH timeslots

Principle 2 : Balance TCU processor load between different TCUs
in fact before entering in this algorithm ( see slide) the first step is :
Removal of all the SDCCH subchannels mapped on TCU in « Very High Overload » state
Principle 3 : FR TRX preference

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B8 SDCCH sub-channel selection

TS with
Pure SDCCH LOWEST TCU
LOAD
Timeslots
TS with
MAXIMUM FREE
TCH/SDCCH SDCCH Sub
TS allocated as channels
SDCCH
TS on FR
TRX
TCH/SDCCH
allocated as TCH
TS with lowest
index on TRX
with lowest
TRX_ID
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Note that a SDCCH request can not access the timeslots reserved by NUM_TCH_EGNCY_HO. If all remaining
TCH/SDCCH timeslots are reserved by NUM_TCH_EGNCY_HO, then the SDCCH request shall be rejected.

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B8 De allocation algorithm

all SDCCH At least one

TCH/SDCCH allocated
sub-channels
of a TCH/SDCCH
timeslot
No
in the cell are free ? Yes
T_DYN_SDCCH_HOLD

? started

No
Yes

T_DYN_SDCCH_HOLD

No
running ? Yes

? T_DYN_SDCCH_HOLD ?
Yes Expires ?
No
T_DYN_SDCCH_HOLD TCH/SDCCH

stopped deallocated

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The de-allocation algorithm ensures that :

· TCH/SDCCH timeslots are not allocated too fast to TCH after de-allocating them
TCH/SDCCH timeslots are not re-allocated too frequently to SDCCH

Note : · while T_DYN_SDCCH_HOLD is running:

¨ the dynamic SDCCH/8 timeslot marked as “HOLD” is still considered as allocated to SDCCH (and can not be
allocated to TCH);
¨ If a subsequent dynamic SDCCH/8 timeslot (used as SDCCH and in the same cell) becomes free:
a) If this just freed dynamic SDCCH/8 timeslot has a higher priority, T_DYN_SDCCH_HOLD is re-started and
precedent dynamic SDCCH/8 timeslot in “HOLD” state is de-allocated immediately;
b) If this just freed dynamic SDCCH/8 timeslot has lower priority, and T_DYN_SDCCH_HOLD is re-started and
the just freed dynamic SDCCH/8 timeslot is de-allocated immediately.

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B8 O&M configuration 1/2

selection of static or dynamic Massive modification by

SDCCH script
Timeslot configuration 10 templates
menu
Template
customization
Template
launched
through PRC

3 10

4 7 1 8 5

2 9 6 11

12

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▼Dynamic sdcch rules

▼The CBCH must be configured on a static SDCCH/8 or SDCCH/4 timeslot.
▼Combined SDCCHs (SDCCH/4 + BCCH) are always static.
▼To avoid incoherent allocation strategy between SDCCH and PDCH, a dynamic SDCCH/8 timeslot cannot have
the characteristic of being a PDCH (it cannot carry GPRS traffic).
▼The operator must configure at least one static SDCCH/8 or SDCCH/4 timeslot on BCCH TRX in a cell.
▼In cells with E-GSM, only the TRX, which do not belong to the G1 band, can support dynamic and static
SDCCHs.
▼In multiband and concentric cells, only the TRX, which belongs to the outer zone, can support dynamic and static
SDCCHs.
▼Up to 24 static/dynamic SDCCH sub-channels can be configured per TRX.

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B8 O&M configuration 2/2
Default configuration for a cell which has only Full rate TRX

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Note1: For one TRX, dynamic SDCCHs are over-dimensioned because of the granularity of 8. According
to the Alcatel traffic model, all dynamic SDCCHs will not be used.
Note2: An additional dynamic SDCCH/8 must be provided for each DR TRX (these are expected mainly
on small cells).

▼ rules:
At least one static SDCCH/4 or SDCCH/8 on BCCH TRX
Up to 24 static/dynamic SDCCH sub-channels per TRX
Up to 32 static/dynamic SDCCH sub-channels per TCU
Up to 88 static/dynamic SDCCH sub-channels per CELL

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3.3 TCH resource allocation algorithm

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LCS
Dynamic SDDCH allocation
MS Reselection algorithms

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