Call Setup Time

Call setup Time – Preamble PRACH

• During drive testing can be noted that there are call setup failures where the network does not seem to respond to
RRC Connection Requests with RRC Connection Setup –message.These are problems due to the spiky UL noise
and due to that the power ramping is not aggressive enough to provide high enough Tx power for the terminal
during open loop PC

PowerOffsetLastPreamblePRACHmessage
L1ACK/AICH
PtxAICH
Downlink / BS
PowerRampStepPRACHpreamble
UEtxPowerMaxPRACH

…. ….
PRACHRequiredReceivedCI Uplink / UE
Preamble 1 Preamble n RACH Message part
PRACH_preamble_retrans: The maximum
number of preambles allowed in one preamble
ramping cycle

RACH_tx_Max: # of preamble power ramping

cycles that can be done before RACH
transmission failure is reported,
Note: The power ramp-up process will continue until
1) A positive or negative AI is received from the network
2) RACH_tx_MAX value is reached
3) UE reaches UEtxPowerMaxPRACH value
Call setup Time – Preamble PRACH
The parameters affecting to open loop power control are, in brackets are the recommended values:
• PRACH_preamble_retrans (7)
• RACH_tx_Max (16)
• PowerOffsetLastPreamblePRACHmessage (2 dB)
• PowerRampStepPRACHpreamble (2dB)

The PRACHRequiredReceivedCI (-20dB) allow to calculate the UEpower for the fist preambleas in the
following:

Ptx = CPICHtransmissionPower-RSCP(CPICH) +RSSI(BS) +

PRACHRequiredReceivedCI (-20dB)
Example:
CPICH = 33dBm (Parameter per Node-B)
RSCP = -80dBm (Measured by UE)
RSSI = -85 dBm
UL_Required_C/I = -25 dB (Parameter per Node-B)
UE PRACH First Preamble Power = 33 dBm – (-80 dBm) + (-85
dBm) + (-25 dB) = 8 dBm

The parameter PRACHRequiredReceivedCI can be set to -18…-20dB instead of the default -25dB (typically -
20dB is enough)
Call setup Time – Preamble PRACH
Typical improvement passing from -25dB to -20dB:

PRACH req. C/I = -20dB PRACH req. C/I = -25dB

100% Clear improvement in number of needed
100% 88%
RRC Connection Request messages per
80%
call. For –20dB 100% of established calls
60% are setup with only 1 RRC Connection
%

40% Request message

20% 6%
0% 2% 0% 5% 0%
0%
1 2 3 4
# RRC Connection Request Messages per call setup

PRACH req. C/I = -25dB PRACH req. C/I = -20dB Clear improvement number of sent
100% preambles per RRC Connection Request
90% for –20dB case. For –20dB 50% of cases
80%
the needed number of preambles is <=4
70%
60%
where as for –25dB it is ~6.5
50%
40%
30%
20%
10% There should be significant improvement
0% also for call setup delay
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Call setup Time – Preamble PRACH

The average number of acknowledged PRACH preambles during the RRI period can be calculated based on the
KPI below

M1000C176 SUM_RACH_A CK_PREAMBL ES

M1000C177 DENOM_RACH _ACK_PREAM BLES

RACH load due to preamble can then be calculated by dividing the above further by the max number preambles
can be received during RRI
• For example if RRI period is 200ms the are 10 20ms RACH frames and in each 20ms RACH frame there are
15 RACH sub slots within each it is possible to receive and decode max 4 preambles -> therefore in 200ms it
is possible to receive 15*4*10=600 preambles

/600 *100 %

M1000C176 SUM_RACH_A CK_PREAMBL ES
M1000C177 DENOM_RACH _ACK_PREAM BLES
Call Setup Time – SRB Rate

Why 13.6kbit/s?
 Use of 13.6 kbit/s SRB also in highly loaded networks
 Decreased setup times (PDP context activation minimum 0.7s lower)
 Improved Iub efficiency

Typical improvement passing from 3.4 to 13.6

7
Nokia RAN1.5 (3.4 kbps) + M11
6
Nokia RAN04 (13.6 kbps) + M12
5 Nokia RAN target
Seconds

0
3G-3G CS call setup PS call setup DCH allocation
Call setup Time – KPI
In RN2.2 the following counters are available to monitor the Call Setup Time

RRC Setup Time

M1001C221/M1001C222

RAB Setup Time

M1001C223 / M1001C224 for CS
M1001C235 / M1001C236 for DATA BACKGR

In detail we have:

M1001C221 - SUM OF RRC SETUP TIMES

Sum of RRC setup times. This counter divided by the DENOMINATOR - M1001C222 gives the average
RRC setup time. RRC setup time is defined as the time between the RRC: RRC CONNECTION REQUEST
message and the RRC: RRC CONNECTION SETUP COMPLETE message.

M1001C223/235 - SUM OF RAB SETUP TIMES FOR CS VOICE/FOR DATA BACKGR

Sum of RAB setup times. This counter divided by the DENOMINATOR - M1001C224/236 gives the average
RAB setup time. RAB setup time is defined as the time between the RANAP: RAB ASSIGNMENT
REQUEST and RANAP: RAB ASSIGNMENT RESPONSE messages during RAB establishment.
Call setup Time – Annex1
Average
Typical value for CS Call Setup Time paging delay
of 320 ms
assumed (640
MO-UE MT-UE
ms paging
Mobile-to-mobile CS call setup on common channels
Delay
Cumulative cycle)
RRC connection request UE RNC 0 0
RRC connection setup RNC UE 40 40 Parallel RB setup for MO-
RACH/FACH

RRC connection setup completeUE RNC 100 140 UE and paging of MT-UE
CM service request UE CS 200 340 (CS core feature)
Security mode command RNC UE 100 440
Security mode complete UE RNC 200 640
Setup UE CS 300 940
Call proceeding CS UE 1001040 Paging RNC UE 400 1340
Radio bearer setup RNC UE 1001140 RRC connection request UE RNC 50 1390
Radio bearer setup complete UE RNC 3001440 RRC connection setup RNC UE 40 1430

RACH/FACH
RRC connection setup complete
UE RNC 100 1530
Paging response UE CS 100 1630
Security mode command RNC UE 100 1730
Security mode complete UE RNC 200 1930
Setup CS UE 300 2230
Call confirmed UE CS 100 2330
Radio bearer setup RNC UE 100 2430
Radio bearer setup complete UE RNC 300 2730
Alerting CS UE 250 2980 CS UE 250 2980

<3.0 s mobile-to-mobile
AMR call setup time
Call setup Time – Annex2
Typical value for PS Call Setup Time

Common channels
used for setup to avoid
slow synchronized
reconfigurations later

RRC + PDP on common channels Delay Cumulative

RRC connection request UE RNC 0 0

RACH/FACH
RRC connection setup RNC UE 40 40
RRC connection setup complete UE RNC 100 140
GPRS service request UE PC 200 340 Parallel RB setup and
Security mode command RNC UE 100 440
RL/AAL2 setups (or pre-
reserved Radio links)
Security mode complete UE RNC 200 640
PDP context activation request UE PC 250 890
Radio bearer setup RNC UE 150 1040
Radio bearer setup complete UE RNC 300 1340
PDP context activation accept PC UE 200 1540

Initial bit rate DCH allocated

<1.6 s PS call setup directly together with SRB
time