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Content
 ANR Feature Roadmap
 Feature Description
 Gain
 Usage scenarios
 Deployment
 Applications
 FAQ
Automatic Neighbour Relation Feature Roadmap

• Automatic adding • Inter-RAT neighbor cell • Ransharing ANR • Neighbour cell

neighbor cells blind handover priority Enhancement Classification
• Event ANR (Intra- optimization • Support query Management
RAT/Inter-RAT) neighbor cell info
• Fast ANR cross U2000
• ANR controlled based • Support query
• PLMN ID Management
(Intra-RAT/Inter-RAT)
• Intra-RAT adding on frequency neighbor cell info
neighbor cells based based on frequency • Handover successful rate
on UE history info • Automatic deleting based PCI confusion
neighbor cells • Inter-RAT Neighboring detection
• Automatic deleting enhancement cells selection
neighbor cells • Wrongly configured optimization • Specified PCI Group
• Intra-RAT Ncells deletion
Based Neighboring Cell
• Inter-RAT • Redundant Ncells
deletion
Management

• Ransharing ANR • Auto deletion when

NRT is maxed out
• EUTRAN Ransharing
• Inter-RAT Ransharing

Before eRAN 6.0 eRAN 7.0 eRAN 8.0 eRAN 8.1

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 Background
 The Automatic Neighbor Relation (ANR) feature manages neighbor cell lists (NCLs) on the eNodeB side.
ANR automatically detects and adds new neighboring cells to neighbor relation tables (NRTs). In addition,
ANR automatically identifies and removes redundant neighboring cells and neighbor relationships.
 The ANR feature automatically maintains the neighbor relationship, reducing manual intervention in the
maintenance of neighboring cells.

How to detect and query unknown neighbor

cell info:
a) Measurement Report (Phy-CID=5) a) UE is source Cell A, and detect unknown
Cell B
Cell A Cell B b) Cell A inform UE to read CGI info of Cell B
Phy-CID=3 Phy-CID=5
Global-CID=17 Global-CID=19 c) UE read CGI of Cell B from BCCH
d) UE report CGI of Cell B, and report to Cell A
c) Read BCCH

d) Report Global-CID=19

b) CGI request (Target Phy-CID=5)

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Background

O&M

Adding and updating neighbor

ANR include the following

relationship reports
Neighbor
functions:

relationships
• Adding NCL / NRT
• Deleting NCL / NRT

Internal • Neighbor cell Property Management

Neighbor Relation Table messages

Neighbour O&M controlled

Relation Neighbour Relation Attributes NRremove Removing
neighboring
No NRT
NR TCI Remove No HONo X2 NRupdate cells
management
1 TCl#1 function NRadd Detecting
2 TCI#1 neighbor
relationships
3 TCI#1
Mrmnt Mrmnt
ANR requests reports

RRC

eNodeB

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Basic Concepts (1)
NCL
Target Cell DlEarfc
SN eNodeB ID Cell ID PhyCellId TAC
PLMN n
1 46001 eNodeB ID#1 Cell ID#1 F1 PhyCellId#1 TAC#1
2 46001 eNodeB ID#2 Cell ID#2 F2 PhyCellId#2 TAC#2
3 46001 eNodeB ID#3 Cell ID#3 F1 PhyCellId#3 TAC#3
 The NCLs of an eNodeB contain information about the external cells of the eNodeB,
which belong to other base stations. NCLs are categorized as intra- and inter-RAT
NCLs. Each eNodeB has one intra-RAT NCL and multiple inter-RAT NCLs, such as
the GERAN NCL and the UTRAN NCL.
 An NCL records the information about an external cell, such as the E-UTRAN cell
global identifier (ECGI) or the UTRAN/GERAN CGI, public land mobile network
(PLMN), physical cell identifier (PCI), tracking area code (TAC), eNodeB ID, and E-
UTRA absolute radio frequency channel number (EARFCN).

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 Basic Concepts (2)
NRT
SN LCI Target Cell eNodeB ID Cell ID No Remove No HO
PLMN
1 LCI#1 46001 eNodeB ID#1 Cell ID#1 FORBID_RMV FORBID_HO

2 LCI#1 46001 eNodeB ID#2 Cell ID#2 PERMIT_RMV PERMIT_HO

3 LCI#1 46001 eNodeB ID#3 Cell ID#3 FORBID_RMV FORBID_HO

 The NRTs of a cell contain information about the neighbor

relationships of the cell with its neighboring cells.
 Each cell has one intra-RAT intra-frequency NRT, one intra-RAT
inter-frequency NRT, and multiple inter-RAT NRTs.

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 ANR adding Ncells introduction
CGI: Global cell ID Event Triggered ANR
PCI: Physical Cell ID

Fast ANR
NRT of Cell1 U2000

Cell2: PCI=2 CGI=17 Cell2 obtains CGI of Cell1 by UE history info,

5 and queries PCI info from U2000.
…… eNodeB1 Cell1
Source Cell
PCI=3 CGI= 27
Cell3: PCI=5 CGI=25

Report CGI and PCI of Cell2 eNodeB2 Cell2

NRT of Cell2 2 N-Cell
PCI=4 CGI=17

Cell1: PCI=3 CGI=27

…… Report CGI and PCI of
2 4 HO from Cell1 to Cell2
Cell3
Detect new Cell2 PCI and
1
CGI by Event ANR
Add Cell2 in NCL of eNodeB1 and NRT of Cell1 Detect new Cell3 PCI
3 1
by Event ANR (UE measurement) and CGI by Fast ANR

Add Cell1 in NCL of eNodeB2 and NRT of Cell2

6 by Event ANR (UE history info.)
eNodeB3 Cell3
3 Add Cell3 in NCL of eNodeB1 and NRT of Cell1 N-Cell
by Fast ANR PCI=5 CGI=25

Description:
• UE can detect new neighboring cells and report CGI measurement result by Event ANR.
• During handover procedure, target cell adds source cell as NR by UE history information. (only for intra-RAT)
• Source cell selects some UE do periodic measurement, and new neighboring cells can be added by Fast ANR.

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 ANR deleting Ncells introduction
NRT/NCL Deletion
Policies Auto deletion when
Wrongly configured Ncells NRT is maxed out.
deletion Redundant Ncells deletion

If handover success rate
of Ncell is below threshold,
the NCL/NRT will be deleted.
Period: ANR.StatisticPeriod
Y
ANR.StatisticNumForNRTDel > 0
If the Ncell has never been
handover to for a period of time,
the NRT will be deleted. N Ncells which has not been measured
for a period of time will be deleted.
Period:
4*ANR.StatisticPeriodForNRTDel Period: ANR.StatisticPeriodForNRTDel

HO success rate threshold: Ncells which have never If no Ncells meet the
ANR. DelCellThd been measured by UE will condition
(Default value 0%) be deleted.
Ncells to which HO hasn’t happened
If the NCL has no NRT and Period: for a period of time will be deleted.
X2 in period, NCL will be ANR.StatisticPeriodForNRTDelPeriod: ANR.StatisticPeriodForNRTDel
deleted.

If no Ncells meet the

condition
Description
Ncells to which the handover
• The following three criterions can be applied in Intra-LTE ANR auto deletion times are below threshold
and ranked with descent of HO times
• Wrongly configured neighboring cells deletion: Periodic trigger (The same as eRAN7.0) in the last position will be deleted.
• Redundant neighboring cells deletion : Periodic trigger (Newly added in eRAN7.0)
Handover threshold is configurable.
• Auto deletion when NRT has reached the maximum : Event trigger (Enhanced in ANR.NcellHoForNRTDelThd
eRAN7.0)
• The three criterions can take effect independently.

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Ransharing ANR
• Ransharing ANR
› Scenarios
» Shared Neighboring E-UTRAN Cell Broadcasting Its PLMN List in an RR
» Shared Neighboring E-UTRAN Cell Not Broadcasting Its PLMN List in an RR Manner
» Shared Neighboring UTRAN Cell
» Shared Neighboring GERAN Cell
› In ransharing scenarios, ANR need to maintain NCL/NRT and PLMN List.
› If the PLMN which UE reported is inaccurate or incomplete, neighbor cell info need to be
queried from U2000:
» If serving cell and neighbor cell are not managed by one U2000, neighbor cell info can be queried from
U2000.
» If serving cell and neighbor cell are not managed by the same U2000, the neighbor cell info need to be
imported to the serving cell’s U2000, the import action is in CME.

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Inter-RAT Blind neighboring cell optimization

Description
• Purpose of the function: try to eliminate inter-RAT measurement
before HO to reduce HO time, especially for CSFB.
• eNodeB Measurement:
• The number of HO based CSFB to the UTRAN
LTE Coverage Area
• Handover success ratio between source cell and UTRAN
target cell
• Measurement based HO to blind HO, if following conditions are
met:
Measurement
• 1. The proportion of HO based CSFB to UTRAN cell is higher Blind HO
Based HO
than the threshold ?
• 2. The measurement based handover success ratio to
UTRAN is higher than the threshold
• Blind HO to Measurement based HO, if following conditions are
met ：
UTRAN/GERAN
• 1. The blind handover number to UTRAN is higher than the Coverage Area
threshold
• 2. The blind handover success ratio to UTRAN is lower than
the threshold

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UTRAN Neighboring cells selection optimization

Description:
• B1/B2 measurement configuration can take at
most 32 NCells for one UTRAN frequency, but
ANR may find more than 32 UTRAN Ncells. How
to chose the most important UTRAN NCells to
UE?
• Flash CSFB redirection to GERAN or UTRAN:
How to chose most 8 important NCells to UE?

Solution:
• When switch ENodeBAlgoSwitch.NCellRankingSwitch is on, do neighboring cell sorting based on measurement times. The
measurement priorities can be periodically and automatically calculated based on the number of times that each neighboring
UTRAN/GERAN cell is measured. At the end of statistic period, eNodeB automatically sets UtranNCell.NCellMeasPriority and
GeranNcell.NCellMeasPriority. A larger value indicates a higher priority.
• UTRAN B1/B2 measurement configuration will choose the highest 24 priorities NCells and 8 randomly NCells to UE.
• Flash CSFB redirection to GERAN or UTRAN will carry the highest priorities NCells based on the priority of blind neighbor and the
ranked results to UE.

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Handover successful rate based PCI confusion
detection
Description: Cell1
Cell2
Source Cell PCI=1
PCI=1
• PCI confusion detection can be triggered by low HOSR
Neighbor
(handover success rate). Relationship UE
• Step1: When the Ncell HOSR is below the threshold
(configurable), CGI report will be triggered when
Event based ANR measurement report is received.
Measurement
configuration
• Step2: If new CGI with the same PCI is reported, the
new neighboring cell will be added, and PCI Measurement

confusion will be detected, and HOSR can be Report(PCI =1)

recovered. CGI HO will be performed till confusion is If the Ncell (Scell to Cell1) HOSR
is below the threshold, CGI CGI Request (PCI =1)
resolved.
report will be triggered.

• Step3: If no new CGI with the same PCI is reported

Reports CGI
and the HOSR is still below the threshold at the end of (ECGI of Cell2)
statistic period, this neighboring cell will be set to
‘Forbid HO’ until operator manually release it. Adds Cell2 to
NCL/NRT
After Cell2 is added to Scell’s
NRT, the HOSR from Scell to Detects PCI conflict
Cell1 will be recovered.
between Cell1 and cell2

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Neighbour cell Classification Management
Description Intra-RAT Neighbours
• New label will be added into intra-RAT NRT
• This label can be set to ‘Formal’ or ‘Extended’.
• ‘Formal’ and ‘Extended’ can be exchanged based on handover attempt Ncell 1
statistics. Ncell 2
• For new Ncell added by ANR, this label is set to ‘Extended’. If handover .
attempt of this Ncell is reached to the threshold, the label will be changed to .
‘Formal’.
.
• Differentiation for ‘Formal’ and ‘Extended’ table
FT .
• Handover target cell selection
• Formal table: Based on NRT, do not need UE to report ECGI
• Extended table: Not based on NRT, and need UE to report ECGI
• PCI confusion detection
• If two Ncells with same PCI are both in Formal table, or one is in
Formal table and another is in Extended table, do PCI confusion detect
and report to operator.
• If two Ncells with same PCI are both in Extended table, not do PCI
HO attempts threshold
confusion detect and not report to operator. Ncell n
• If two Ncells with same PCI, one is in Formal table and another is in Ncell n+1
Extended table, according to CGI report number statistics, neighbor
.
cell in extended table will be deleted. ET
.
• ANR auto deletion
• Extended table will be deleted firstly by redundant deletion and .

deletion when NRT is maxed out. .

• O&M Ncell 256
• DSP MML will be added, and users will only query the Formal table by
FT and ET share the NRT specification, and can be
default. replaced according to HO attempts statistics.

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 PLMN ID Management
• The real PLMN of Cell1 is A, but abnormal UE report
PLMN X, but X is actually not existed.
Description • NCell with PLMN X will not be added.

• PLMN type can be set by users

• User can set three types of PLMN: Black, Grey, White
• Use case 1: Ncells with this PLMN will not be added into NRT and NCL. Source Cell
The use case is for some abnormal UE reported ECGI with wrong PLMN, Cell 1 PLMN=A
which will not be added by ANR. PCI=1
PLMN=A
• Use case 2: Ncells with this PLMN will be added into NRT and NCL. The
use case is in the border of operators, two operators may use the same
frequency and cell signal will by detected by each other. The Ncells with
Use case 1: Abnormal UE report ECGI with wrong
different PLMN will be added by ANR, and set the PLMN attribute. PLMN

• Different treatment for Ncells with PLMN blacklist attribute

ANR auto deletion
• Ncells with PLMN greylist attribute will not be auto deleted based on • UE can detect PLMN B.
• NCell with PLMN B will be added, and do some different
redundant neighbour deletion to prevent added again.
management.
• Ncells with PLMN gerylist attribute will be firstly auto deleted when NRT
reach the maximum size because these neighbor cells with no
Cell 2
handover.
PCI=1
O&M PLMN=B
• DSP MML will be added, and users will only query the Ncells with PLMN Cell 1
PCI=1
whitelist by default. PLMN=A Source Cell
PLMN=A

Use case 2: Operators border

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Specified PCI Group Based Neighboring Cell
Management
TCell1
Scell
TCell2 (Small  Description
(Small cell) cell)
PCI=0 (Macro) • When there are too many small cells in the
PCI=0
UE moves network, PCI confusion would be prevalent
from Scell between small cells.
to Tcell2
• Macro cell and small cell use different
PCI range, and specified PCI is used
Measurement for small cell. And Macro use PCI
configuration range to identify small cell.
• When UE handover from macro to
Measurement
small cell, then CGI reporting will be
Report(PCI =1)
MR with neighbor cell required .
PCI=0 is in the CGI Request (PCI =1) • One or more identical PCI small cells
specified PCI range,
and Scell will ask UE can be configured as the neighbors of
to report CGI of this
Reports CGI of TCell2 Macro cell without reporting PCI
neighbor cell.
confusion.

Adds TCell2 to
 Benefits
• To Simplify PCI planning of micro, and
NCL/NRT
ensure the handover KPI between Macro
When Scell gets the
CGI fo Tcell2, it will HO command to TCell2 and Micros.
indicate UE handover
to Tcell2.

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 Gain
• Automatically Add or Remove NCL / NRT
 To save manual work.
• Handover successful rate based PCI confusion detection
 Potential PCI confusion neighbor cell can be detect more quickly to avoid handover to wrongly target cell.
• Neighbour cell Classification Management
 To improve efficiency of neighbor cell management and user operation experience, and reduce wrongly PCI conflict alarm.
• PLMN ID Management
 Neighbor cells with invalid PLMN can be identified and managed, user operation experience can be improved.
• Specified PCI Group Based Neighboring Cell Management
 To simplify PCI planning of small cells, and solve PCI reuse problem when amount of small cell deploy.

Step 1 Step 2 Step3

For example: Manual
3000+ site need more neighbor Neighbor planning Drive testing Maintenance More than 1 month
than planning
200,000 neighbor
relations
ANR Turn on ANR switch • Auto detect missing neighbor relation
1 step 15 days • Auto optimize incorrect neighbor relation
• Auto triggering of PCI collision detection.

Time saving Cost saving

Time saving: Cost saving:

100 60% down •No mapping surgery 70% down •Less human resourcing
100
80 •No NR configuration 80 •Simple procedure
60 •No drive test for 60 •Vehicle, gas saving
40 optimization 40 •Simple maintenance
20 •Auto establish NR 20
0 rapidly 0
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Usage scenarios
 Neighbor cell Classification Management
 If intra-RAT event ANR is on, this new feature is suggested to be always switched
on.
 PLMN ID management
 Abnormal UE reported ECGI with wrong PLMN, or in the border of operators, two
operators may use the same frequency and cell signal will by detected by each
other.
 Specified PCI Group Based Neighboring Cell Management
 When amount of small cell is deployed under Macro eNodeB, and neighbor cell
PCI of Macro eNodeB will be a lot of reuse.

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Deployment
 Hardware Dependency
 None
 Requirements
 U2000
 Dependent Feature
 WOFD-180600 Automatic Neighbor Relation Optimization –LTE
 WOFD-181400 Inter-RAT Automatic Neighbor Relation Optimization -LTE
 License
 LOFD-002001 Automatic Neighbor Relation (ANR)
 LOFD-002002 Inter-RAT ANR
 LOFD-081225 Neighbor cell Classification Management
 LBFD-081102 PLMN ID Blacklist
 LOFD-081207 Specified PCI Group Based Neighbor Cell Management

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 Deployment
Id Name Description Range Recommended Value MML

AnrSwitc ANR algorithm Indicates the ANR IntraRatEventAnrSwitch, IntraRatEventAnrSwitch: On MOD

h switch
algorithm switch. IntraRatFastAnrSwitch, IntraRatFastAnrSwitch: Off ENODEBA
IntraRatAnrAutoDelSwitch, IntraRatAnrAutoDelSwitch: On LGOSWIT
UtranEventAnrSwitch, UtranEventAnrSwitch: Off CH
GeranEventAnrSwitch, GeranEventAnrSwitch: Off
UtranFastAnrSwitch, UtranFastAnrSwitch: Off
GeranFastAnrSwitch, GeranFastAnrSwitch: Off
CdmaFastAnrSwitch, CdmaFastAnrSwitch: Off
UtranAutoNrtDeleteSwitch, UtranAutoNrtDeleteSwitch: Off
GeranAutoNrtDeleteSwitch, GeranAutoNrtDeleteSwitch: Off
CdmaAutoNrtDeleteSwitch CdmaAutoNrtDeleteSwitch: Off
MlbBasedEventAnrSwitch: Off
IntraRatNoHoSetAnrSwitch: Off
IntraRatEnhancedEventAnrSwitch: Off

RanShari ANR Under RAN Indicates the ANR NBSLTEPLMNRoundSwitch, NBSLTEPLMNRoundSwitch: Off MOD
ngAnrSw Sharing Algorithm algorithm switch in NBSLTERANSharingSwitch, NBSLTERANSharingSwitch: Off ENODEBA
itch Switch RAN sharing mode. NBSUTRANRANSharingSwitch, NBSUTRANRANSharingSwitch: Off LGOSWIT
NBSGERANRANSharingSwitch NBSGERANRANSharingSwitch: Off CH

BlindNce Blind Neighboring Indicates the Blind GeranBlindNcellOptSwitch GeranBlindNcellOptSwitch: Off MOD
llOptSwit cell Optimization Neighboring cell UtranBlindNcellOptSwitch UtranBlindNcellOptSwitch: Off ENODEBA
ch Switch Optimization Switch. LGOSWIT
CH
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 Deployment
Id Name Description Range Recom MML
mended
Value

DelCellT ANR delete cell Indicates the threshold for removing a neighbor relationship with a cell 0~100% 0 MOD
hd threshold by ANR based on the handover success rate. The threshold is the ANR
percentage of the number of successful handovers to the total number of
handovers from the local cell to the neighboring cell.

NcellHo Least Handover Indicates the threshold for the total number of handovers to an intra- 1~10000 200 MOD
StatNum Num for Statistic RAT neighboring cell, above which ANR begins to evaluate the removal ANR
of the neighboring relation in the case of a low handover success rate.

Statistic Statistic cycle Indicates the period during which the total number of handovers to an 1~10080min 1440min MOD
Period intra-RAT neighboring cell is measured by ANR to evaluate the removal ANR
of the neighboring relation in the case of a low handover success rate.

Statistic Statistic Cycle For Indicates the period during which the number of handovers are 1~50400 10080 MOD
PeriodF Delete NRT measured for neighboring relation removal from a neighbor relation ANR
orNRTD table (NRT).
el

Statistic Statistic Number For Indicates the number of handovers above which neighboring relations 1~10000 200 MOD
NumFor Delete NRT are to be removed from a neighbor relation table (NRT). ANR
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Id Name Description Range Recommended Value MML

NrtDelMode NRT Delete Indicates the mode of automatically EUTRAN_DELREDUNDANCE EUTRAN_DELREDUNDANC MOD
Mode removing neighbor relationships by NCELL, ENCELL:OFF, ANR
ANR. If event-triggered ANR and UTRAN_DELREDUNDANCEN UTRAN_DELREDUNDANCE
automatic neighbor relationship CELL, NCELL:OFF,
removal for an RAT are enabled, the GERAN_DELREDUNDANCEN GERAN_DELREDUNDANCE
following switches of the RAT take CELL, NCELL:OFF,
effect. UTRAN_DELERRORNCELL, UTRAN_DELERRORNCELL:
GERAN_DELERRORNCELL, OFF,
GERAN_DELERRORNCELL:
OFF,

NcellHoForN Handover Indicates the threshold of the number 0~10000 0 MOD

RTDelThd threshold of handovers to a neighboring E- ANR
for delete UTRAN cell under which the E-
NRT UTRAN neighbor relationship is to
be removed from an NRT when the
number of E-UTRAN neighbor
relationships in the NRT has reached
the maximum and a new E-UTRAN
neighbor relationship needs to be
added to the NRT by ANR.

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 Deployment
Id Name Description Range Recommen MML
ded Value

StatisticP Statistic Period Indicates the period for Inter-Rat blind handover priority 1~50400 10080min MOD
eriod optimization. min BlindNcellOp

SampleN Sample Number Indicates the threshold for the sample number of blind 1~100000 200 MOD
umThd Threshold handover priority. 0 BlindNcellOp

CsfbHoAt CSFB Handover Indicates CSFB handover attempt ratio threshold for blind 0~100% 98% MOD
tempRati Attempt Ratio handover optimization to identify blind neighbor cell. BlindNcellOp
oThd Threshold

HoSuccR Handover Indicates handover success ratio threshold for blind 0~100% 98% MOD
ateThd Success Ratio handover optimization. If handover success ratio is higher BlindNcellOp
Threshold than the threshold, the neighbor cell can be considered
as a blind neighbor cell.

BlindHoS Blind Handover Indicates blind handover success ratio threshold for blind 0~100% 98% MOD
uccRateT Success Ratio handover optimization. If blind handover success ratio is BlindNcellOp
hd Threshold lower than the threshold, the neighbor cell can not be a
blind neighbor cell.

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 Deployment
Id Name Description Range Recom MML
mended
Value

NCellRan Neighboring Cell Indicates whether to enable neighboring cell ranking. This GERAN_ GERAN MOD
kingSwitc Ranking Switch parameter consists of the following switches: SWITCH, _SWITC ENodeBAl
h UTRAN_ H:Off, goSwitch
SWITCH UTRAN_
SWITCH
:Off

NCellMea Neighbering Cell Indicates the measurement priority of the neighboring GERAN 0~64 Null LST
sPriority Measure Priority cell. A larger value indicates a higher priority. GERANN
CELL

NCellMea Neighbering Cell Indicates the measurement priority of the neighboring UTRAN 0~128 Null LST
sPriority Measure Priority cell. A larger value indicates a higher priority. UTRANN
CELL

PeriodFor Period for Indicates the period for automatic optimization on neighboring 10~50400 10080 MOD ANR
NCellRan Neighboring Cell measurement priorities. The neighboring measurement priorities
king Ranking are arranged based on the number of times that each neighboring
cell is measured within the optimization period.

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Id Name Description Range Recommended MML
Value

NCellClas Neighbor Indicates the Neighbor Cell Classification Mgt INTRA_RAT_NCELL INTRA_RAT_NCE MOD
sMgtSw Cell switch. _CLASS_SW, LL_CLASS_SW: CELLALG
Classificatio NCELL_CLASS_HO_ Off OSWITC
n Mgt POLICY_SW, NCELL_CLASS_H H
Switch NCELL_CLASS_PCI O_POLICY_SW:
_CONFLICT_SW Off
NCELL_CLASS_P
CI_CONFLICT_S
W: Off

StatPerio Statistics Indicates the statistical period for neighbor cell 1~50400 1440 MOD
dForNCell Period For classification. NCellClas
Class Neighbor sMgt
Cell
Classificatio
n

HoAttemp Handover Indicates the handover attempt threshold for 0~10000 20 MOD
tThd Attempt neighbor cell classification. NCellClas
Threshold sMgt

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Id Name Description Range Recommended MML
Value

Mcc Mobile Indicates the mobile country code of the E- 000~999 Null ADD
Country UTRAN neighboring cell. NCELLPL
Code MNLIST

Mnc Mobile Indicates the mobile network code of the E- 00~99,000~999 Null ADD
network UTRAN neighboring cell. NCELLPL
code MNLIST

PlmnListT Plmn List Indicates the Plmn list type. Black, Grey, White Null ADD
ype Type NCELLPL
MNLIST

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Id Name Description Range Recommended Value MML

NoHoSet No Ho Set Indicates the No Ho Set Mode. When set to NO_CHECK, PCI PCI _CHECK MOD ANR
Mode Mode NO_CHECK, if HOSR is below the threshold, _CHECK
do not check the Ncell configuration, and set
Forbid HO; When set to PCI_CHECK, firstly to
indicate UE to report CGI for this PCI, the
judge to set Forbid HO or not.

SpePCIB Specified PCI Indicates the switch of Specified PCI Based INTRA_ANR_POLI INTRA_ANR_POLICY MOD
asedPolic Based Policy Policy. CY_SWITCH, _SWITCH: OFF, ENODEB
ySw Switch PCI_CONFLICT_D PCI_CONFLICT_DET ALGOSWI
ETECT_POLICY_ ECT_POLICY_SWITC TCH
SWITCH H : OFF

DlEarfcn Downlink Indicates the downlink EARFCN. 0~46589,54436~6 Null ADD

EARFCN 5535 EutranSp
ecialCell

StaPhyCe Start Indicates the starting PCI of Eutran special 0~503 Null ADD
llId Physical Cell cells. EutranSp
ID ecialCell

SpePhyC Specified Indicates the PCI range of Eutran special cells. 1~504 Null ADD
ellIdRang Physical Cell EutranSp
e ID Range ecialCell

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Counter Description Unit Measurement Points
L.IntraFreqHO.No Number of not performed attempt When eNodeB receives an intra-frequency measurement
NRT handovers due to no intra- s report for handover, but handover cannot be performed
frequency NRT. due to no intra-frequency neighbor cell, this counter is
incremented by 1.

L.InterFreqHO.No Number of not performed attempt When eNodeB receives an inter-frequency measurement
NRT handovers due to no inter- s report for handover, but handover cannot be performed
frequency NRT. due to no intra-frequency neighbor cell, this counter is
incremented by 1.

L.IRATHO.E2W.N Number of not performed attempt When eNodeB receives a WCDMA measurement report,
oNRT handovers due to no WCDMA s but handover cannot be performed due to no WCDMA
NRT. neighbor cell, this counter is incremented by 1.

L.IRATHO.E2HRP Number of not performed attempt When eNodeB receives a HRPD measurement report, but
D.NoNRT handovers due to no HRPD s handover cannot be performed due to no HRPD neighbor
NRT. cell, this counter is incremented by 1.

• Description: ANR can find and add missing neighbor cells. The neighbor cell relations will be
convergent gradually. And statistical number of these two counters will be reduced.

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SON Log for ANR :
• U2000 -> Configuration -> LTE Self Optimization -> Query SON Log

Event Event Source Event Description

Name Object

Set ANR Mcc; Mnc; ANR sub-switch type; ANR

Switch eNodeBId sub-switch state; Modified
Type

Add Mcc; Mnc; Neighbor cell info: Mcc;

Neighborin eNodeBId; Mnc; eNodeBId; CellId;
g Cell CellId PhyCellId; RatType

Delete Mcc; Mnc; Neighbor cell info: Mcc;

Neighborin eNodeBId; Mnc; eNodeBId; CellId;
g Cell CellId PhyCellId; RatType

Add Mcc; Mnc; External cell info: Mcc; Mnc;

External eNodeBId eNodeBId; CellId; PhyCellId;
Cell RatType

Delete Mcc; Mnc; External cell info: Mcc; Mnc;

External eNodeBId eNodeBId; CellId; PhyCellId;
Cell RatType

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SON Log for ANR :
• U2000 -> Configuration -> LTE Self Optimization -> SON Log Statistics

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Applications
-ANR Make Swap NB Management Easily
2000+ Sites Swap NB Management by ANR

NB & X2 Swap to
HW Site
 New eNodeB ID
Swap to
HW Site  New Cell ID
 New PCI
Swap to
NB & X2 HW Site  New IP

HW

Manual NB process ANR process

 eNodeB ID mapping
 Cell ID mapping
 PCI mapping  Automatic
 IP mapping
 Prepare delete and add NB /X2
scripts
 Execute scripts after swap
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Applications
-ANR help Normal to SFN change efficient
2000+ cells : Normal change to SFN scenario

Ncell4
Ncell
4 Ncell3
Ncell
3
Scell2 SFN
Scell1 PCI=2 PCI=1
PCI=1 Ncell1
Ncell1

Ncell
2 Ncell2

Manual NB process ANR process

 Delete about Scell2 NB

Delete Scell2 –Ncell3, Scell2 –Ncell4;
Delete Ncell3 –Scell2, Ncell4 –Scell2;  Automatic
 ADD SFN NB
ADD SFN –Ncell3, SFN –Ncell4

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Applications
-Keep Outstanding performance with ANR
2100+ Sites , 27000+ cells,: Outstanding performance
HHO Succ Rate RRC Succ Rate
99.99% 100.00%
99.97%
99.95% 99.90%
850M 850M
99.93%
2.1G 99.80% 2.1G
99.91%
99.89% 2.6G 99.70% 2.6G
99.87%
99.85% 99.60%
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2 0 1 2 01 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 01 2 0 1 2 01 2 01 2 0 1 2 01 2 01 2 01 2 01 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 01 2 0 1 2 01 2 01
5/ 8/ 1 / 4 / 7 / 0 / 3/ 6 / 9 / 2/ 5/ 8 / 1 / 4 / 7 / 0 / 3/ 6 / 9 / 2/
4 /1 4 /1 4/2 4/2 4/2 4/3 5/ 0 5/0 5/0 5/1 4 / 1 4/1 4/2 4/2 4/2 4/3 5/0 5/0 5 /0 5/ 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Call Drop Rate Max Connect User

0.14% 80,000.00
0.12%
0.10% 60,000.00
850M
0.08%
8 40,000.00 2.1G
0.06% 5
0.04% 2.6G
0 20,000.00
0.02% M
0.00% 0.00
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2 0 1 2 01 2 0 1 2 01 2 01 2 01 2 01 2 01 2 01 2 0 1
5 / 8 / 1 / 4 / 7 / 0 / 3 / 6 / 9 / 2/
4 /1 4/1 4/2 4/2 4/2 4/3 5/0 5 /0 5 /0 5/1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Content
 PCI Conflict Detection & Self-Optimization Roadmap
 Feature Description
 Gain
 Usage scenarios
 Deployment
 FAQ

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• PCI conflict detection • PCI self-optimization enhancement • PCI conflict detection

• Manual modify neighbor cell • Support user to set PCI re- enhancement
configuration triggered allocation range • PCI collision and
• ANR modify neighbor cell confusion can be
configuration triggered independently switched on
• X2 message modify neighbor or off
cell configuration triggered

• PCI self-optimization
• PCI re-allocation is
implemented in U2000

Before eRAN 6.0 eRAN 7.0 eRAN 8.1

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Background
 PCI is the physical identifier of EUtran Cell, ranges from 0 to 503. Each Eturan cell should be configured with one PCI.
 PCI reuse always happens if there are more cells in the network than the number of the available PCI resource. And PCI conflict is
likely to occur when adjacent intra-frequency cells share the same PCI.

• PCI collision
› The PCI and EARFCN of CellA are the same as CellB's

• PCI confusion
› The PCI and EARFCN of CellC are the same as CellB's
Case1 、 if CellB and CellC are both the neighboring cell of cell A, eNodeB
can’t figure out which cell is the target cell to handover.
Case2 、 if Cell C is the neighboring cell of cell A while Cell B is not, UE will
handover from CellA to cell C and may cause handover failure and call
drops.
 PCI conflict detection & Self-Optimization aims at finding out PCI conflicts automatically, and eliminates PCI conflict by reassigning a
new PCI to the conflicting cell. Therefore, this mechanism can facilitate handover and reduce call drop.

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Overview
3 、 U2000 Carries out PCI self-
Optimization task and gives
advice of suggested PCI

4 、 U2000 assigns new PCI to
corresponding conflict
cells ,and changes the external
cell’s PCI of it’s neighboring
eNodeB
PCI self-Optimization
U2000
2 、 eNodeB inform U2000 to
latest PCI conflict state, then
OM OM U2000 acquire the PCI conflict
information from eNodeB.
(Through OM Link)

UU X2 UU
1 、 PCI conflict detection is
eNodeB eNodeB implemented in eNodeB ， and
triggered by events
UE UE
PCI conflict detection

Based On X2 message Based On ANR

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 PCI conflict detection based on ANR
Cell2
Cell1
Source Cell PCI=1
PCI=1
 Intra-RAT ANR triggered PCI Conflict Detection: Neighbor Relationship
UE
Based on Intra-RAT Event ANR or Intra-RAT Fast ANR a
cell added to the NCL does not have a PCI conflict with a
serving cell or a configured neighbouring cell of the
serving cell, but it possibly has a PCI conflict with other
local cells of the eNodeB that serves the serving cell. Measurement A3 and A4 Event
configuration

Measurement
 Proactive PCI Conflict Detection
Report(PCI =1)
Detect PCI confusion between configured and un-
configured neighbouring cells.
CGI Request
(PCI =1)

Reports CGI
(ECGI of Cell2)

Adds Cell2 to NCL/NRT

Detects PCI conflict

between Cell1 and cell2

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 PCI conflict detection based on X2

eNB1 eNB2 In LTE network, neighboring eNodeBs are connected with X2 interface.
 When X2 interface setup successfully between adjacent eNodeBs, X2
X2 Setup Request message and X2 Setup Response message will be
transmitted through X2 link.
 When changes of configuration parameters happen within an eNodeB ,
the eNodeB will use X2 eNB Configuration Update message to inform
the changes to it’s adjacent eNodeBs.

If GLOBALPROCSWITCH .X2BasedUptENodeBCfgSwitch is ON
On receiving X2 Setup Request, X2 Setup Response, or X2 eNB Configuration Update message from
adjacent eNodeB, current eNodeB will use these kind of information to update the corresponding
external cells(NCL) or NRT, then triggers PCI conflict detection.

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PCI conflict detection is implemented by eNodeB

Trigger Point: If PCI_COLLISION_DETECTION_SWITCH of

PciConflictDetectSwitch is ON, eNodeB will check:

PCI conflict detection will be triggered as soon as the following 1. If different local cells in the eNodeB have the same
configuration parameter changes: EARFCN and PCI
 PCI or EARFCN of any local cell
2. If any local cell and any external cell in the eNodeB
 PCI or EARFCN of any neighboring cell
 Deleting or adding neighboring relationship/ external cell
have the same EARFCN and PCI

Configuration parameter changes can be caused by: If PCI_CONFUSION_DETECTION_SWITCH of

 ANR PciConflictDetectSwitch is ON, eNodeB will
 X2 interaction check:
 Manual operation
3. If different neighboring cells have the same
EARFCN and PCI

When PCI conflict detection executes, not only the

occurrence of PCI conflict is detected, but also the
disappearance of PCI conflict will be checked.
OM
Modify Parameter

X2
X2 message interact
UU

ANR

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PCI Optimization -- PCI Conflicting Cell Selection
PCI optimization is implemented in U2000, and the task needs to be started.
Purpose:
Minimize service impact from cell PCI re-assignment which is determined to be conflicting cell..

Determine the optimization priority of conflicting cell

Designated Priority: Set by Operator

Conflict Degree: indicate the number of other LTE cell that conflicts with this LTE cell

Deployment Time: The newer cell is more possible to be the offender.

eNB Type: Pico/Micro is preferred than Macro.

#of NCells: Conflicting cell with the samllest number of neighboring cells will be optimized first

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PCI Optimization -- PCI Reallocation Method
The conditions to allocate PCI:
1. Use available PCI
Operator is able to set PCI range for each LTE cell (eRAN7.0)
2. PCI conflict free
 No local cells with same EARFCN and PCI;
 No local cell and external cells with same EARFCN and PCI;

 No serving cell and neighboring cells ‘s neighboring cell with same EARFCN and PCI ;

If more than one PCI available based on above criteria, and longitude, latitude, azimuth
and beamwidth can help to allocate optimal PCI.
1. PCI Mod 3 is taken into account.
Enhance DL RS SINR by avoiding adjacent cells using the same PCI mod3
2. PCI Mod 30 is taken into account
Enhance UL RS and SRS by avoiding adjacent cells using the same PCI Mod30;
3.Largest PCI re-sued Distance
a. More than 8* serving cell radius, or
b. Maximum of [distance * #ofSiteinTheMiddle]

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Gain
 PCI reallocation can solve PCI conflict
 To avoid handover failure or call drop caused by PCI conflict

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 PCI conflict detection and optimization
 PCI conflict detection is suggested to always be switched on.
 PCI optimization is suggested to use open mode, PCI re-allocation
advise is given by U2000, and take effect after user confirm.

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 Hardware Dependency
 None
 Requirements
 U2000
 Dependent Feature
 Activating ANR feature, PCI conflict detection can be triggered on the basis of ANR
 License
 LOFD-002007 PCI Collision Detection & Self-Optimization

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Parameter Name Parameter ID Setting Notes
ANR Active PCI ANR.ActivePCIConflictSwitch If this switch is turned on at the time specified for proactive PCI
Conflict Detection conflict detection, proactive PCI conflict detection based on ANR is
Switch enabled.
If this switch is turned off, proactive PCI conflict detection based
on ANR is disabled.
It is recommended that this switch be turned on for cells that
experience high service drop rates or low outgoing handover
success rates.
Start time ANR.StartTime This parameter specifies the start time of proactive PCI conflict
detection.
If ANR.ActivePCIConflictSwitchis set to ON(On), the proactive
PCI conflict detection is started at the time specified by this
parameter.
It is recommended that proactive PCI conflict detection based on
ANR be started when there are many UEs on the network. This is
because PCI conflict is easier to detect at that time.
Stop time ANR.StopTime This parameter specifies the stop time of proactive PCI conflict
detection.
If ANR.ActivePCIConflictSwitch is set to ON(On), the proactive
PCI conflict detection is stopped at the time specified by this
parameter.
Similar to ANR.StartTime, it is recommended that proactive PCI
conflict detection based on ANR be stopped when there are many
UEs on the network.

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Parameter Name Parameter ID Setting Notes

PCI conflict alarm ENodeBAlgoSwitch.PCIC When the PCI conflict alarm switch is turned on, the eNodeB reports
switch ONFLICTALMSWITCH the PCI conflict alarm to the U2000 alarm console when a PCI
conflict is detected.
PCI Conflict Detect PciConflictDetectSwitch PCI_CONFUSION_DETECTION_SWITCH indicates whether the
Switch eNodeB will detect PCI conflict between neighbors.
PCI_COLLISON_DETECTION_SWITCH indicates whether the
eNodeB will detect PCI conflict among local cells, as well as PCI
conflict between local cell and external cell.
It’s suggested to set PCI_CONFUSION_DETECTION_SWITCH -
>ON, PCI_COLLISION_DECTION_SWITCH ->OFF.
In CloudBB or remote RRU situation, if
PCI_COLLISION_DECTION_SWITCH ->ON, PCI conflicts are
likely mis-detected
Default value is ON.

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