Excellent Network Phase II-

Training Course
October 21, 2016

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Parameter optimization Course

• Channel introduce
• Network identification parameter
• Network paging parameter
• Radio link connection parameter
• Neighbor description parameter
• IDLE parameter
• Assignment parameter
• Handover parameter
• Power control parameter
Channel introduce

• Service Channel type

 BCCH
 TCH(TCHF & TCHH)
 PDCCH
 SDCCH
Network identification parameter
 CGI
CGI=MCC(0-999)+MNC(0-99)+LAC(1~65533, 65535)+CI (0~65535)
LAC: 1 LAC can contains more than 1 cells , different BSC can have the same lac, but only exit in 1 MSC.
 BSIC.
BSIC=NCC(0-7)+BCC(0-7)
Network paging parameter
 MSC paging can repeat at most 4 times, and periods between the repeat are 3 sec,3 sec,2 sec,2sec.
If there is no response until 2 seconds after the last paging(12 seconds after the first paging), MSC will
take it as no response , and report that user is not in service area.
 BSC can only transfer the paging message, can not repeat.
 Radio link connection parameter
 BS-PA-MFRMS
 range ： 0-63
 meaning ： SACCH Multi-Frames. This parameter is used by the BTS to inform the BSC of radio link connection
failure. From BTS TO BSC.
 suggestions ： 28

 Radio Link Timeout ， RLINKT

 range ： 4,8,12,16,20,24,28…..64
 meaning ： Radio Link Timeout. Time for disconnecting a call when the MS fails to decode the SACCH. Once a
dedicated channel is assigned to the MS, the counter S is enabled and the initial value is set to this parameter
value. Each time an SACCH message is not decoded, the counter S decreases by 1. Each time an SACCH
message is correctly decoded, the counter S increases by 2. When the counter S is equal to 0, the downlink
radio link is considered as failed. Therefore, when the voice or data quality is degraded to an unacceptable
situation and it cannot be improved through power control or channel handover, the connection is to be re-
established or released.. From MS to BTS.
 suggestions ： 36
Neighbor description parameter—BA1 & BA2
BA1:
MS in IDLE mode , measure the neighbor cells BCCH.
BA2:
MS in Dedicated mode , measure the neighbor cells BCCH.

B B
A C A C
D D

Neighbor situation in theory Neighbor situation in nature

IDLE parameter---cell select and re-select
① Power on or from no-coverage to covered
PLMN area
② by manual
③ Different PLMN(searching for the belonged
PLMN in cell
Qualified period)
conditions ：
• belong to selected PLMN
• Cell not BAR
• cell not in the BAR location area
• the Rxlev under the signal loss between MS

Cell select and BTS the ,C1>0 。

C1 = RLA_C - RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN- MAX((MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH- P), 0)

Five situation can cause the reselect

• Power loss to low （ C1<=0 ）；
• Severing cell downlink faulty （ DSC<=0 ）；
• Current severing cell is bared ；
• According to C2,there is another better cell or
Cell reselect according to CRH,there is another better cell in
different LAC
• Access times reach the MAX retry time,still not
access the current cell
C2 = C1+ CRO- TO*H(PT-T), if PT<>31; C2 = C1- CRO, if PT = 31
 IDLE parameter---GCELLIDLEBASIC

 Period location update couter(T3212)

This parameter specifies the length of the timer for periodic location update. This parameter
must work with the "Implicit IMSI detach timer" on the MSC side. Set this parameter to half
the value of the "Implicit IMSI detach timer" on the MSC side.
 Attach-detach Allowed(ATT)
Attach-detach Allowed (ATT). If this parameter is set to YES, when an MS is powered off, the
network does not process any call connection for the MS as a called party. In this way, the
network processing time and resources are saved.
 CELL ID: Cell Index
Index of a cell, uniquely identifying a cell in a BSC.
IDLE parameter---cell select and re-select

 Cell Bar Access ， CBA

 Cell Bar Qualify ， CBQ
 MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH
 RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN
 PI
 CRO
 TO
 PT
 Cell Selection Hysteresis ， CRH
IDLE parameter---cell select and re-select
Cell Bar Access, CBA
range ： yes （ 1 ）、 no （ 0 ）
meaning ： Used together with "Cell Bar Qualify" to decide the priority status of a cell. See
3GPP TS 45.008.
default ： YES

Cell Bar Qualify, CBQ

range ： yes （ 1 ）、 no （ 0 ）
meaning ： Used together with "Cell Bar Access" to decide the priority status of a cell. See
3GPP TS 45.008. This parameter does not affect cell reselection but cell selection only.
default ： NO

Cell Bar Cell selection Cell reselection

Qualify Cell Bar Access priority priority
no no normal normal
no yes prohibited prohibited
yes no low normal
yes yes low normal
IDLE parameter---cell select and re-select
MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH
range ： 0 ～ 31
unit ： level
meaning ： Max MS transmit power level , deciedes the power access the cell before it receive the power
control command.
default ： 5 （ 900M ）， 0 （ 1800M ）

RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN
ange ： 0 ～ 63
unit ： dbm
meaning ： the min rxlev for access.
default ： 8-12
 IDLE parameter--- cell select and re-select
 PI : Cell Reselect Parameters Indication
range ： yes （ 1 ）、 no （ 0 ）
meanning ： Cell Reselect Parameters Indication (PI), sent on the broadcast channel, indicates whether "Cell Reselect
Offset", "Cell Reselect Temporary Offset" in the "SET GCELLIDLEAD" command, and "Cell Reselect Penalty Time" are used.
default ： yes

 CRO: Cell Reselect Offset

range ： 0 ～ 63 ， related to rxlev ： 0 ～ 126dB ， step=2dB 。
meaning ： Cell Reselect Offset (CRO), indicating a correction of the C2.
Proper setting of this parameter can reduce the number of handover times, helpful for assigning an MS to a better cell. In a
special case that the PT is 31, the larger the CRO value is, the lower the possibility of handing over an MS to the cell.
Generally, do not set the CRO to a value larger than 25 dB. The CRO with a too large value will cause uncertain states in a
network. The CRO values of the cells with different priorities in a network are almost the same. For details, see 3GPP TS 05.08
and 04.08. The setting of this parameter affects only the MSs supporting the protocol of GSM Phase 2 or a later version
default ： 0
 IDLE parameter--- cell select and re-select
 TO : Cell Reselect Temporary Offset
range ： 0 ～ 7 ， related to rxlev ： 0 ～ 60dB ， 7 related to“no limit big”
meanning ： Cell Reselect Temporary Offset (TO) indicates the temporary correction of C2. This parameter is valid only
within the value specified by "Cell Reselect Penalty Time". For details, see GSM Rec. 05.08 and 04.08. This parameter applies
to only GSM Phase II MS.
default ： 0

 PT : Cell Reselect Penalty Time

range ： 0 ～ 31 ， related to time : 20 ～ 620s ， when PT=31, C2 changed to negative number 。
meaning ： Cell Reselect Penalty Time (PT) is used to ensure the safety and validity of cell reselection because it helps to
avoid frequent cell reselection. For details, see GSM Rec. 05.08 and 04.08.
default ： 0

 CRH :Cell Reselect Hysteresis Parameters

range ： 0 ～ 14 ， step=2dB 。
meaning ： Cell reselection hysteresis. This is one of the parameters used to decide whether to reselect cells in different
location areas. Setting this parameter can avoid an increase in network signaling traffic due to frequent location updates and
reduce the risk of losing paging messages. For details, see 3GPP TS 05.08 and 3GPP TS 04.08.
default ： 0
 IDLE parameter--- cell select and re-select
Question:
How to use cell select and reselect parameter to balance the traffic?

RxLev.min RxLev(dbm) C1 CRO PT C2 priority

CELL.A 12 -88 2 31
CELL.B 12 -99 4 31
CELL.C 12 -88 0 0
CELL.D 12 -90 0 31
CELL.E 12 -102 4 0
CELL.F 12 -75 6 31
CELL.G 12 -109 15 0
IDLE parameter--- cell select and re-select
Case : neighbor sites CRO setting too big caused local user “subscriber not in
service”

【 case describe 】
Recently , the customer service staff reflects that the phone’s Rxlev is normal not very low, but when someone
called him always answer “subscriber not in service”

【 handle process 】
1. We tried 1000 times calling this user, and “subscriber not in service” happened 2 times, seems normal.
2. Then we find that the complains concentrated between 2 sites in different location area A and B , and most of the
users are local A users. We find that the RxLev a little low, so we checked the hardware and adjust the antenna ,still
not fixed. Then we use the test phones to find that the servicing cell is not site in location area A, but another cell
in location area B near to this site. The cell rxlev only -95dbm, but CRO sets 40(80db), caused the users reselect to
this cell and the servicing cell Rxlev too low and it’s easy to hanppen “subscriber not in service”
3. After change back to same value as site in Location Area A, the problem fixed.

【 suggesions 】 Generally, do not set the CRO to a value larger than 25 dB

Assignment parameter
MS BTS BSC
RACH: CHAN REQ
RSL: CHAN REQ

RSL: IMM ASSIGN CMD

AGCH: IMM ASSIGN

• MSMAXRETRAN
• COMMACC & SPECACC
• IMMASSEN
• IMMASSCBB
 Assignment parameter
MSMAXRETRAN
 range：1、2、4、7
 unit：times
 Meaning : Maximum number of Channel Request messages that can be sent by an MS in an immediate assignment procedure.
 Suggestions : This parameter should be set as required: In the areas where the traffic volume is low, this parameter can be set to 4 or
7 to increase the network access success rate of MS. In the areas where congestion occurs or in the micro cells where the traffic
volume is high, it is recommended this parameter be set to 1.

 COMMACC
 range ： multi- choices ， including 0-9 。
 meaning ： Common Access Control Class .Level of common access control, used for load control, allowing or forbidding the access of
MSs of common access levels.
 suggestions ：“ 0”

 IMMASSEN
 range：yes ,no
 Meaning : Whether to allow TCH immediate assignment when the BSC processes the channel request from an MS and
there is no available SDCCH for allocation. If this parameter is set to YES, the BSC can allocate a TCH to the MS
immediately. If this parameter is set to NO, the BSC can only allocate an SDCCH to the MS.
 Suggestions : no
Assignment parameter
 SPECACC
 range ： multi- choices ， including 0,1,11-15 。
 meaning ： Special Access Control Class . This parameter is used for load control. It determines whether the
users of special access class are allowed to access the network. Value 1 indicates that network access is not
allowed. Value 0 indicates that network access is allowed.
1. If the access class of an MS's SIM card contains ACC11 or ACC15, the corresponding access level L11_FORBID
or L15_FORBID is set to allow MS access, and the current PLMN is the MS-used HPLMN or EHPLMN, the MS
is allowed to access the network.
2. If the access class of an MS's SIM card contains ACC12, ACC13, or ACC14, the corresponding access level
L12_FORBID, L13_FORBID, or L14_FORBID is set to allow MS access, and the MCC of the current network is
the same as that of the MS, the MS is allowed to access the network.
 suggestions ：“ 0”

 IMMASSCBB
 range ： yes ,no
 meaning ： The channel activation and immediate assignment messages are sent at the same time to
accelerate the signaling processing, thus increasing the response speed of the network..
 suggestions ： no
Handover parameter-why handover


 Handover purpose • Keep the call continuity while moving
• improve network quality
• Decrease call drop
• Dearease congestions
Handover parameter-handover classificaion

 Handover types ： due to different object
Handover parameter-handover classificaion

 Handover types ： due to different decision criteria
1 、 emergent HO
• over TA HO
• bad quality HO
• Rx_Level_Drop HO
• interference HO
2 、 Load HO
3 、 normal HO
• Edge HO
• LEVEL HO
• PBGT HO
4 、 quick move HO
5 、 Concentric Circles HO
Handover parameter-handover decision

Initial measure

Order by lelel

CO-BSC/MSC
Forced HO Direct retry
Emergent HO Send Handover command

Load HO Send Handover command

Normal HO Send Handover command

Edge HO
Quick move HO
Layer HO

Concentric Circles HO
PBGT HO
Handover parameter
Old New
MS BTS BSC BTS MS
Measure Report
Measure Report CHAN ACTIV

CHAN ACTIV ACK

HO CMD HO CMD
HO ACCESS
HO DETECTION PHYSICAL INF

SABM
EST IND UA
HO COMPLETE

LAYER & LEVHOHYST & INTELEVHOHYST

DLEDGETHRES & ULEDGETHRES
 Handover parameter
 LAYER
 range ： 1-4
 meaning ： Layer where a cell is located. The network designed by Huawei has four layers: Umbrella (layer 4), Macro (layer
3), Micro (layer 2), and Pico(layer 1). Each layer can be set with 16 priorities.
 suggestions ： GSM 3, DCS 2.

 LEVHOHYST
 range ： 0-63
 meaning ： Hysteresis value during the handovers between cells on different layers or of different priorities. This value is
used to suppress inter-layer ping-pong handovers. Inter-layer handover threshold of the serving cell = "Inter-layer HO
threshold" - "Inter-layer HO Hysteresis"; Inter-layer handover threshold of a neighboring cell = "Inter-layer HO threshold" +
"Adjacent Cell Inter-layer HO Hysteresis" - 64..
 suggestions ： 25

 INTELEVHOHYST
 range ： 0-63
 meaning ： Hysteresis value during the handovers between cells on different layers or of different priorities. This value is
used to suppress inter-layer ping-pong handovers. The actual value of this parameter is equal to the GUI value minus 64.
 suggestions ： 2
 Handover parameter
 DLEDGETHRES
 range ： 0-63
 meaning ： Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold . Threshold for triggering downlink edge handovers. Edge
handovers are triggered when the downlink receive level remains lower than this threshold..
 suggestions ： 15.

 ULEDGETHRES
 range ： 0-63
 meaning ： Edge HO UL RX_LEV Threshold . If the UL receive level remains lower than the "Edge HO UL
RX_LEV Threshold" for a period, the edge handover is triggered..
 suggestions ： 10
Handover parameter

No hysteresis Add hysteresis

Neighbor cell Neighbor cell

Service cell

Service cell
Handover parameter

GSM1800
A -92dBm
B -82dBm

S GSM900
H -84dBm
C -68dBm E -78dBm
D -90dBm F -88dBm

G -96dBm
Handover parameter
Umbrella
Cell GSM 900

GSM900
GSM 900 GSM 900 GSM 900
Cell

GSM1800
GSM1800 GSM1800 GSM1800
Cell

GSM900 GSM900 GSM900 GSM900

Micro
Cell GSM1800 GSM1800 GSM1800 GSM1800
Handover parameter
Umbrella
Cell GSM 900

GSM900
GSM 900 GSM 900 GSM 900
Cell

GSM1800
GSM1800 GSM1800 GSM1800
Cell

GSM900 GSM900 GSM900 GSM900

Micro
Cell GSM1800 GSM1800 GSM1800 GSM1800
Handover parameter
Question:
How to use handover parameter to balance traffic?

G/D RxLev(dbm) LAYER LEVHOHYST INTELEVHOHYST priority

CELL.A GSM -88 3 25 2
CELL.B DSC -99 2 25 2
CELL.C GSM -88 3 25 2
CELL.D DCS -90 2 25 2
CELL.E DCS -102 2 25 2
CELL.F GSM -75 3 25 2
CELL.G DCS -109 2 25 2
Power control parameter-purpose

What’s Power control ？

Why power control ？

• Power control ： adjust the Power according to need

• on the basis of ： measurement report sent by MS & BTS
• purpose ： Base on ensuring the call quality, try to decrease the
transmit power, so that we can decrease the interference and
power expense of whole network.
Power control parameter- types

• Uplink and downlink, independent

• uplink ： Adjust MS power, make BTS gain signal with stable strength, so
that decrease the interference and save the MS power.

• downlink ： Adjust BTS power, make MS gain signal with stable strength,
so that decrease the interference and save the BTS power.
 Power control parameter- main parameter
Recomm
GUI Value
MO Parameter ID Meaning Unit ended
Range
Value
Filter adjustment factor for downlink power control. Setting this
parameter high helps to smooth the filtered values and to reduce the
GCELLPWR3 DLFILTADJFACTOR impact of poor measurement reports on the filtered values. Setting 1~10 None 3
this parameter low helps to draw the filtered values close to the
actual values and to heighten the power control effect.
This parameter specifies the downlink signal strength factor
multiplied by 10 during the calculation of the downlink power control
step.
GCELLPWR3 DLREXLEVADJFCTR 0~10 None 3
The downlink signal strength factor is a coefficient indicating how
much the signal strength is considered during the calculation of the
downlink power control step.
This parameter specifies the downlink quality level factor multiplied
by 10 during the calculation of the downlink power control step.
DLREXQUALADJFCT
GCELLPWR3 The downlink quality level factor is a coefficient indicating how much 0~10 None 4
R
the quality level is considered during the calculation of the downlink
power control step.
Upper receive level threshold for downlink power control. If the
DLREXLEVHIGHTHR
GCELLPWR3 downlink receive level is greater than this threshold, the power of the 0~63 dB 24
ED
downlink signal needs to be decreased.
Lower receive level threshold for downlink power control. If the
DLREXLEVLOWTHRE
GCELLPWR3 downlink receive level is smaller than this threshold, the power of the 0~63 dB 24
D
uplink signal needs to be increased.
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