NETWORK INTEROPERABILITY

— PART 1 :3G & 2G

Abdallah Salifou

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Contents

1 Summary

2 IDLE Mode

3 Dedicate Mode

4 Conclusion

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 Summary
— For most of the Network operators we have 2G/3G/4G separated Network but works together in different
type of topologies .
— The aim is to give the best quality to the end user customers and also to satisfy the operator requirement
which varies from one to another knowing The newer the technologies better the services for users in
multirat Ues.
— Avoid ping pong between technologies (user perception ,reduce signaling ressources ,Kpis )
— The Focus will on 3G and 2G for first part of the presentation

— Objective :
— Highlight the different interactions between those technologies
— Conditions and formulas to move from one technology to another in idle and connected mode.
— Share Ericsson recommended parameters

The document Doesn’t include Traffic balancing and Volte Network services .

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General network deployment (1/2)

In General the older the technologies the bigger the

coverage footprint .

LTE cell clusters are deployed on top of the existing

WCDMA/GSM there is no LTE standalone .

WCDMA is deployed on top of GSM cluster

Calls are maintained at highest possible quality

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General network deployment (2/2)

— G2W: IRAT mobility from GSM/GPRS/EDGE to

WCDMA.

— L2W: IRAT mobility from LTE to WCDMA.

— W2G: IRAT mobility from WCDMA to

GSM/GPRS/EDGE.

— W2L: IRAT mobility from WCDMA to LTE.

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Technologies interactions
Cell Reselection: move from a cell to another being in
Idle mode

HANDOVER: Moving from one cell to another in

dedicated mode without being disconnected

Session continuity :Redirection to a lower RAT due to

low coverage of the previous connected RAT

CSFB: voice and SMS services are delivered to LTE

devices through the use of GSM or another circuit-
switched network. Circuit Switched FallBack 

-In general in our Region we don’t activate handover from 2G to 3G ,only reselection
-There is no PS handover from 2G to 3G in Ericsson System, only Cell change

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 IDLE MODE

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 W2G: IRAT mobility from WCDMA to GSM/GPRS/EDGE.

— Starting GSM cell measurement

W2G_Idle_meas_EcNo (dB) = qQualMin + sRatSearch
W2G_Idle_meas_RSCP (dB) = qRxLevMin + sHcsRat + max(0 dB, UtranCell.maxTxPowerUl - P_MAX)

— Reselect to GSM cell :

W2G_Idle_reselect_RSCP = qRxLevMin
W2G_Idle_reselect_EcNo = qQualMin

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G2W: priority based criterion
— priority based criterion: Cell reselection is based on a predefine priority independant to the
signal quality .

— enable priority-based cell reselection functionality in all GSM cells (RATPRIO =1 (switch))
— Priority-based cell reselection method is enabled in all GSM cells and all GSM cells having
common coverage with WCDMA shall consider WCDMA as having higher priority.
— If Ues is not capable it will follow Ranking based criterion

— UMFI need to be defined

— G2W_Idle_prioReselect_RSCP (dBm) = HPRIOTHR + QRXLEVMINU

— G2W_Idle_prioReselect_EcNo (dB) = FDDQMIN – FDDQMINOFF

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 G2W: priority based criterion-Parameters
G2W Idle Mode reselection (Giving more attraction to technologie during reselection based on their Band frequency)

2. Priority-based cell reselection Check if feature "priority-based

reselection feature in GSM" is activated
Parameter comments Value
RATPRIO for the GSM cell itself 1
for all WCDMA frequencies, which is higher than GSM. As a consequence, priority-
capable UEs always measure WCDMA frequencies while in these GSM cells (In the
RATPRIO area where there WCDMA coverage 3
In the area where there is no WCDMA coverage, there is no need to make
RATPRIO UEs in GSM measure WCDMA 0
HPRIOTHR Offset above WCDMA minimum signal level for reselecting to WCDMA 3 (means 6 dB)
QRXLEVMINU Minimum WCDMA RSCP for camping 2 (means -115 dBm)
FDDQMIN    
FDDQMINOFF    
TRES This means that the above two conditions must be fulfilled for 5 seconds for starting cell 0 (meaning 5
reselection seconds )
QRxLevMin   -115
qQualMin   -20
If a GSM cell is partially or fully covered by WCDMA, set the GSM parameter
QSI = 7 in that cell, which means that WCDMA frequencies are always
QSI monitored (for cell-ranking reselection) when UE is camping on that cell 7

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G2W: IDLE Ranking based criterion:

— Ranking based criterion: Cell reselection is based on signal quality on GSM and WCDMA cells
— WCDMA and GSM cells, shall always rank all GSM cells lower than WCDMA cells, even if GSM
cells have very good signal quality

— G2W_Idle_reselect_RSCP (dBm) = FDDRSCPMIN - min(3 dB, P_MAX -21 dBm)

— G2W_Idle_reselect_EcNo (dB) = FDDQMIN – FDDQMINOFF
— UMFI need to be defined

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 G2W: Ranking based criterion parameters

G2W Idle Mode reselection (Giving more attraction to WCDMA during reselection based on signal ranking)

1. Cell-ranking-based cell reselection Check if feature "Combined Cell Reselection

Triggering GSM to WCDMA" is activated
Parameter comments recommended
FDDRSCPMIN minimum threshold for the WCDMA signal strength measure, CPICH RSCP, for cell
reselection to WCDMA 4 (-106 dbm)
P_MAX maximum output power that the UE power class can use in UTRAN FDD mode. 24 dbm
FDDQMIN QMIN of the UTRAN 6 (-14 db)
FDDQMINOFF Defines an offset to the threshold FDDQMIN 0 (0 db)
FDDQOFF The value 0 meaning -infinity dB, which disables the influence of GSM cell's signal
strengths in
cell reselection 0
If a GSM cell is partially or fully covered by WCDMA, set the GSM parameter
QSI = 7 in that cell, which means that WCDMA frequencies are always
QSI monitored (for cell-ranking reselection) when UE is camping on that cell 7
QRxLevMin   -115
qQualMin   -20
usedFreqThresh2dEcNo   -15
usedFreqThresh2dRscP   -109
hysteresis2d   0

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 DEDICATED MODE

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 W2G: CS SPEECH CALL
— Start GSM measurement :

— W2G_speech_2d_RSCP : usedFreqThresh2dRscp + serviceOffset2dRscp - hysteresis2d / 2 for

TimeToTrigger2dRscp period.

— W2G_speech_2d_EcNo: usedFreqThresh2dEcno + serviceOffset2dEcNo - hysteresis2d / 2 for

timeToTrigger2dEcno period

— W2G_speech_DL_Code_Power : primaryCpichPower + p - dlCodePwrThreshCmStartDch for

dlCodePwrTimeTriggMeasDch period (Downlink Code Power Based Compressed feature )

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 Downlink Code Power Based Compressed (overview )
Background
— This feature introduces an additional trigger for entering and leaving compressed mode, Downlink
Code Power. The compressed mode is triggered based on that there are no downlink power left to
communicate with the device and hence, compressed mode is needed to search for better cells on
other WCDMA frequencies and/or GSM. Current trigger Ec/N0 varies a lot dependent on the
traffic in the cell and forces devices unnecessary to enter compressed mode.

Benefit
— less dropped calls, due to less delayed Soft Handovers
— unnecessary IRAT handovers to GSM are avoided giving better 3G coverage
— higher PS throughput, because devices are not handed over to GSM prematurely
— less blocking of UEs that are entering compressed mode
— the risk of Paging outage is reduced when device is toggling between WCDMA and GSM,
because when device is in transition it cannot be paged.

Implementation
SystemFunctions=1,Licensing=1,RncFeature=DlCodePowerCm featureState 1
Set UtranCell=cellxxx dlCodePowerCmEnabled 1
RncFunction=1,IurLink=Iurxxx dlCodePowerCmEnabled 1

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Downlink Code Power Based Compressed (TRIAL OSL)
proposed
Parameter old value value comment
dlCodePwrThreshCmStartDch 100 10 RNC level
dlCodePwrThreshCmStopDch 120 30 RNC level
dlCodePwrTimeTriggMeasDch 3200 320 RNC level
dlCodePwrRelThreshRscp 5 40 RNC level
usedFreqThresh2dEcno -14 -24 Cell level
usedFreqThresh2dEcnoDrnc -16 -24 RNC level
timeToTrigger2dEcno 640 5000 RNC level
usedFreqThresh2dRscp -105 -110 Cell level
dlCodePwrThreshCmStartHsDpch 100 0 RNC level
dlCodePwrThreshCmStartHsFdpch 100 0 RNC level
dlCodePwrTimeTriggMeasHsDpch 3200 60000 RNC level
dlCodePwrTimeTriggMeasHsFdpch 3200 60000 RNC level

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 Implementation for OSL Q1 2018
— Number of IRAT attempts reduced
from 18000 hourly to 2000

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 Implementation for OSL Q1 2018

— Traffic increased

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 W2G: DEDICATED MODE
— Perform Handover:

— W2G_speech_3a_EcNo= (usedFreqThresh2dEcno + serviceOffset2dEcNo + utranRelThresh3aEcno - hysteresis3a /

2) for timeToTrigger3a period

— W2G_speech_3a_RSCP= (usedFreqThresh2dRscp + serviceOffset2dRscp + utranRelThresh3aRscp - hysteresis3a /

2) for timeToTrigger3a period

— W2G_speech_3aUeTx_RSCP= (usedFreqThresh2dRscp + serviceOffset2dRscp + utranRelThresh3aRscp +

utranRelThreshRscp - hysteresis3a / 2) for timeToTrigger3a period

— W2G_speech_3a_DL_Code_ Power= (usedFreqThresh2dRscp + serviceOffset2dRscp + utranRelThresh3aRscp +

dlCodePwrRelThreshRscp - hysteresis3a / 2) for timeToTrigger3a period

— W2G_speech_3a_Gsm= gsmThresh3a + hysteresis3a / 2 for timeToTrigger3a period

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 ERICSSON RECOMMANDED VALUES
Parameter Parameter value Comments
usedFreqThresh2dEcno "-24 (dB)" Used for Active Set cell in SRNC.
serviceOffset2dEcNo 0 (dB) For Speech a nd Speech + PS
(2)
usedFreqThresh2dRscp -110 (dBm) Used for Active Set cell in SRNC.
serviceOffset2dRscp 0 (dBm) For Speech a nd Speech + PS
Used for Active Set cell in DRNC. Sa me va lue a s for the ca se of SRNC, a ssuming DRNC is
(3)
usedFreqThresh2dEcnoDrnc -24 (dB) a lso Ericsson RNC.
Used for Active Set cell in DRNC. Sa me va lue a s for the ca se of SRNC, a ssuming DRNC is
(4)
usedFreqThresh2dRscpDrnc -110 (dBm) a lso Ericsson RNC.

va lue 10 ma ps to 1 dB
dlCodePwrThreshCmSta rtDch 10 (1 dB)
utra nRelThresh3a Ecno 0 (dB)
utra nRelThresh3a Rscp 0 (dB)
utra nRelThreshRscp 40 (dB)
dlCodePwrRelThreshRscp 40 (dB)
gsmThresh3a -95 (dBm)
usedFreqRelThresh2fEcno 2 (dB)
usedFreqRelThresh2fRscp 3 (dB)
ueTxPowerThresh6b 18 (dBm)

va lue 30 ma ps to 3 dB
dlCodePwrThreshCmStopDch 30 (3 dB)
hysteresis2d 0 (dB)
hysteresis2f 0 (dB)
hysteresis3a 0 (dB)

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 ERICSSON RECOMMANDED VALUES
Parameter Parameter value Comments
timeToTrigger2dEcno 5000(5) timeToTrigger2dEcno = 5000 mea ns that no Ec/ N0 mea surements will be started.
timeToTrigger2dRscp 320 (ms)
timeToTrigger2fEcno 1280 (ms)
timeToTrigger2fRscp 1280 (ms)

dlCodePwrTimeTriggMea sDch 320 (ms)

timeToTrigger3a 6 value 6 maps to 100 (ms)
timeToTrigger6d 320 (ms)
timeTrigg6b 1280 (ms)

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 MOOV Benin Network Overview
GSM FEATURES UMTS FEATURES:
— GSM-UMTS Cell Reselection and Handover — Inter-RAT Cell Change to GSM
— Combined Cell Reselection Triggering GSM to WCDMA — Inter-RAT Cell Reselection
— Fast Return to WCDMA at Call Release — Inter-RAT Handover
— GSM-LTE Cell Reselection — Downlink Code Power Based Compressed
— Fast Return to LTE after Call Release (FAJ 121 1873)

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 Conclusion
— Awareness of the formulas and the parameters involve to avoid
ping pong and also to satisfy the Customer requirement

— Idle mode behavior &Inter-Radio Access Technology (in alex )

— Second part of the presentation :

— Focus on LTE interaction with 3G and 2G and a use present a use

case .

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