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Ericsson BSS Introduction for Optimization and Planning Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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Contents Introduction Type of BTS Connect to BTS Connect to BSS Alex Frequency Hopping Multi Band (Common BCCH) Cell Load Sharing (CLS) Channel Administration Hierarchical Cell Structure AMR BTS and MS Power Control Idle Mode Behavior Some Important Commands
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Introduction This presentation is designed to provide an introduction to the planning, optimization and implementation processes in 2G Ericsson networks. However, this file tries to explain and mention the most important things that a RF engineer needs to know for Network Optimization along with some examples. As a matter of fact, this topic is prepared for engineer that has good knowledge about GSM and optimization but he/she are not familiar with Ericsson BSS networks. BACK TO MAIN MENU
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TYPE OF BTS BACK TO MAIN MENU
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Types of RBS RBS 6000 series RBS 6101 RBS 6201 RBS 6301 RBS 6601 RBS 6102 RBS 6202 ….
RBS 2000 Series RBS 2111 RBS 2216 RBS 2308 RBS 2116 RBS 2206 RBS 2202 RBS 2106 …
RBS 3000 Series RBS 3216 RBS 3116 RBS 3206 RBS 3106 …
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2000 RBS Overview (2202)
•IDM (Internal Distributed Module) •Power Supply Unit (PSU)
•ECU(Energy Control Unit) •CDU(Combining and Distributed Unit) • DXU (Distribution Switch Unit) •TRU (Transciever Unit)
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2000 RBS units function DXU TRU CDU ECU PSU
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RBS 6000 Overview •Support Control Unit (SCU) •Support Hub Unit (SHU) • Power Distribution Unit (PDU) • Power Connection Unit (PCU) • Battery Fuse Unit (BFU) • Power Supply Unit (PSU) •Power Filter Unit (PFU) •Support Alarm Unit (SAU) •Power Connection Filter (PCF) •Surge Protection Device (SPD) •Digital Unit (DU) •Radio Unit (RU) •Digital Baseband Advanced (DBA) •Channel Element Expansion Module (CEEM)
•AuXiliary Multiplexing Unit (XMU)
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DU (Digital Unit) The DU has the following functions: Timing function Loadable software (from Flash Card) Radio interface Transmission handling External synchronization Tower Mounted Amplifier Control Module (TMA-CM) (only for DUG 10 01) Type of DU The DUG 10 01 uses the architecture from RBS 2000 The DUG 20 01 uses the same architecture as the other radio standards in RBS 6000 (WCDMA and LTE)
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RU (Radio Unit) The RUS has the following functions: •Transceiving Receiving Processing (TRP) •Uplink and downlink filtering •Power Amplifier (PA) functions Up to four carriers downlink and uplink with 2-RX diversity (valid for RUS 01) •Up to eight carriers downlink and uplink with 2-RX diversity (valid for RUS 02) The RUG has the following functions: •Timing reference function by Local Timing Unit (LTU) •Transmitter Combining •UC/HC connector supervision •Output Power Supervision function •DC/DC function •Tower Mounted Amplifier Control Module (TMA-CM) Power
RU
t = G | L | W | S; G for GSM, L for LTE, W for WCDMA, S for Multi-standard gg = generation; 01 and so on bb = 3GPP band; B1 and so on
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Supported Radio Configurations Configuration in each RBS is depended on which RBB and DBB is used.
RBBs: Radio Building Block is a unique way of combining either RUs, RRUs
DBBs: Digital Building Blocks are one or two DUs with defined connections to the RBBs in each sector
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Configuration Fore Single Standard Base Station RBB
Number of RUs per Sector
RBB11_1A
1
2× RBB11_1A RBB11_1A + RBB32_3B
2 4
RBB32_3A
3
2× RBB32_3A
6
RBB43_4A
4
Maximum Total Number of Carriers
DBB
12 12 24 24 48 12 36 24 48 36 48 12 24 36
DBB10_01 DBB10_02 2× DBB10_01 2× DBB10_01 DBB10_01 + 3× DBB10_44 DBB10_44 3× DBB10_44 2× DBB10_44 4× DBB10_44 3× DBB10_44 4× DBB10_44 DBB10_45 2× DBB10_45 3× DBB10_45
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Multi-standard Configurations A multi-standard RBS supports installation of nodes of different radio access systems in the same cabinet. In a multi-standard RBS, the support system is shared between the nodes in the cabinet. Each radio access system node is managed separately using its own radio standard tools, but only the primary node controls and supervises the support system. Multi-standard configurations can be either single mode or mixed mode configurations. Single Mode Mixed Mode Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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Single Mode Single mode allows an RBS to be configured with different radio access systems within the same cabinet. Single mode allows the following combination of radio access systems: GSM and WCDMA GSM and LTE WCDMA and LTE LTE and CDMA Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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Mixed Mode Mixed mode allows nodes of different radio standards within a cabinet to share radio and antenna resources. Mixed mode allows the following combination of radio access systems: GSM and WCDMA GSM and LTE WCDMA and LTE LTE and CDMA Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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Single and Multi Standard Radio
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Remote Radio Unit (RRU) Remote Radio Unit (RRU) is often used as a generic expression for a remotely installed Radio Unit (RU). •The RRUS remotely extends
the reach of the RBS by up to 40 km •A fiber optic cable connects the RRUS •The RRUSs can be connected
in a star configuration or in a cascade configuration
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LMT and OMT Interface The client is connected to the cabinet for configuration and service purposes. In WCDMA the site LAN is used to communicate with the RBS Element Manager (EM). In LTE and CDMA the Local Maintenance Terminal (LMT) is used to communicate with the RBS EM. In GSM the site LAN is used to communicate with the Operation and Maintenance Terminal (OMT).
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TERMINAL (OMT) OMT is a software tool specifically designed for the RBSs It is used to perform a number of Operation and Maintenance tasks on site or remotely from the BSC. OMT is a PC program that runs under Microsoft Windows
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OMT Task •Monitoring
the cabinets Internal Alarms in the troubleshooting process, •performing (Installation operations
Data
IDB Base)
•Defining the External Alarms and Antenna Related Auxiliary Equipment •(ARAE) •Monitor the hardware and configuration status of the RUs in the cabinet
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CONNECT TO BSS
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WinFIOL
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WinFIOL Setting
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ALEX (ACTIVE LIBRARY EXPLORER)
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ALEX (Active Library Explorer)
•By this Software we can find all information about ERICSSON . •We must add new library
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ADD LIBRARY TO ALEX
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BSS Structure Connections and Commands
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BSC/TRC BASIC CONCEPTS GROUP SWITCH (GS) Switching Network Terminal (SNT) Device (DEV) EXCHANGE TERMINAL CIRCUIT (ETC) Digital Path (DIP) RTS A-Bis interface Line Terminal (RBLT)
Radio Transmission & Transport Subsystem (RTS) RTS A-interface Line Terminal (RALT)
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Figure below shows the different names of the PCM link devices in the three types of BSS implementation.
RALT /RBLT 64 kbit/s device on E1, connected to PDH network RALT15 / RBLT15 64 kbit/s device on E1, connected to SDH network, 7-board ET155 RALT2 / RBLT2 64 kbit/s device on E1, connected to SDH network, 1-board ET155 RALT24 / RBLT24 64 kbit/s device on T1, connected to PDH network
RALT3 / RBLT3 64 kbit/s device on T1, connected to SONET network, 1-board ET155 RALT96 / RBLT96 64 kbit/s device on T1, connected to 24/96 channel ET (PDH) Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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MO (Manage Objected) MO
Equipment in the BTS is seen in the BSC as Managed Objects (MOs).
Blocking state of MO: BLA : Blocked due to activity needed BLL : Load in progress BLO : Blocked automatically
BLT : Blocked due to testing MBL : Manually blocked
FORMAT
TG
Transceiver Group
RXOTG-tg
CF
Central Functions
RXOCF-tg
IS
Interface Switch
RXOIS-tg
CON
Concentrator
RXOCON-tg
DP
Digital Path
RXODP-tg-ldp
TF
Timing Function
RXOTF-tg
MCTR
Multi Carrier Transceiver Transceiver Carrier
RXOMCTR-tg-lmctr
TX
Transmitter
RXOTX-tg-ltrxc
RX
Receiver
RXORX-tg-ltrxc
TS
Time Slot
RXOTS-tg-ltrxc-lts
TRXC
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TG , Code-Site and Channel Group Connection Data
Command for all TGs
RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION
TG TO CHANNEL GROUP CONNECTION DATA
MO
RXOTG-1 CellIDA1
CELL
CHGR
Command for specific TG
RXTCP:MOTY=RXOTG, cell= CellID D;
MO
CELL
RXOTG-6
CellID D
0
0
CellIDB1
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CellIDC1
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CellIDA1
1
CellIDB1
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CellID E
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CellIDC1
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CellID F
0
CellID D
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RXOTG-2
CellIDA2
0
CHGR
CellIDB2
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CellIDC2
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CellID E
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CellIDA2
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CellID F
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CellIDB2
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CellIDC2
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Identifying of RBS Type
RXMFP:MOTY=RXOCF; RXMFP:MO=RXOCF- ;
RU RUREVISION
0 BOE 602 14/1
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RUSERIALNO R15B
TU89465713
RUPOSITION
RULOGICALID
C:0 R:L SH: 3 SL:---
CABI 2106I
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Related Between RSITE and TG RXMOP:MO=RXOTG-1;
RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION
MANAGED OBJECT DATA
MO
RXOTG-1
RSITE
COMB
FHOP
CellID1G A
HYB
BB
SWVERREPL
SWVERDLD
B0702R025E
MODEL G12
SWVERACT B0702R025E
TMODE TDM
CONFMD CONFACT TRACO ABISALLOC CLUSTERID SCGR CMD
2
POOL
DAMRCR CLTGINST CCCHCMD
PTA JBSDL PAL JBPTA
TGFID
H'0001-A783 NORMAL
SIGDEL
FLEXIBLE
BSSWANTED PACKALG 1010
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CONFACT (Concentrator Factor) Confact: The maximum number of TRXs that can share a 64 kbit/s
A-bis time slot is equal to CONFACT or is the maximum allowed LAPD concentration factor in the TG and it is set per TG. Specifies the maximum number of TRXCs that can be LAPD concentrated on the same transmission device. The LAPD concentrator receives messages from several TRXs and sends these messages on one 64 kbit/s Abis time slot to BSC. The LAPD concentrator also receives messages on this Abis time slot from the BSC and distributes them to the TRXs. The maximum value is 4, however the value depends on the maximum number of SDCCH/8 per TRX defined for the TG. Max number of SDCCH/8s per TRX
Max concentration ratio
1
4
2
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FREQUENCY HOPPING AND MAIO MANAGEMENT BACK TO MAIN MENU
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Achievements More uniform speech quality A more dependable and predictable radio environment Increased capacity (tighter frequency re-use enabled)
Capabilities • Up to 128 frequencies can be assigned per cell – Note: maximum of 32 frequencies per Channel Group (CHGR) • Frequencies can be reused (except the BCCH frequency) in other CHGRs within the cell Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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Types of Hopping Sequences Number (HSN) Cyclic hopping sequence
the frequencies are used consecutively. A cyclic sequence is specified by setting parameter HSN to 0. Random hopping sequence is implemented as a pseudo-random sequence. 63 independent sequences can be defined. Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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Hopping Modes Baseband hopping (FHOP = BB)
In baseband hopping, each transmitter is assigned with a fixed frequency. Synthesizer hopping (FHOP = SY)
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Baseband Hopping + A narrow-band filter combiner can be used. To this combiner it is possible to connect up to 6 TRXs without more than 3dB combiner loss. - It is impossible to hop on more frequencies than there are TX:s.
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Synthesizer Hopping + It is possible to hop on more frequencies than there are transmitters.
- Hybrid combiners must be used. When connecting many transmitters the loss will be big.
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MAIO Management The MAIO Management feature provides
increased control over synthesized frequency hopping to minimize channel interference within a site (or between sites if synchronized network is used).
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MAIO Algorithm At frequency hopping MAIO values are used (together with
the HSN and the current FN) to point out the frequencies to be used from the HFS at an instant in time. Cyclic hopping "pointer" = (MAIO+FN) modulo (number of frequencies in HFS) Random hopping "pointer" = (MAIO+random value) modulo (number of frequencies in HFS)
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Example • Cyclic hopping "pointer" = (MAIO+FN) modulo (number of frequencies in HFS) • Random hopping "pointer" = (MAIO+random value) modulo (number of frequencies in HFS) For instance, in Cyclic hopping, 3 TRX:s in a cell, nine frequencies in the HFS. The current FN is 1. The first TRX use frequency number: (FN+MAIO) mod (# of frequencies in HFS) = (1+0) mod 9 = 1 (which will relate the pointer to the second frequency in the HFS . The next time FN=2 and the pointers will be shifted downwards one step.
MAIO : Mobile Allocation Index Offset FN : Frame Number
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Default MAIO list The order of the MAIO values in the default list are arranged in a "first even then odd MAIO values" manner. (with HFS containing 7
frequencies the default list will be 0, 2, 4, 6, 1, 3, 5) • The actual MAIO values to be used for a CHGR depends on the number of TRXs for the CHGR.
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CELL CONFIGURATION FREQUENCY HOPPING DATA RLCHP:CELL=CellID; BCCD : Defines if the channel group frequencies are allowed (YES) or not (NO) for Immediate Assignment.
CELL CellID CHGR HSN HOP
MAIO
0
0
OFF
DEFAULT
1
50
ON
0
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CELL CONFIGURATION FREQUENCY DATA TN: Time slot number
SDCCH: Number of SDCCH channel
CBCH: cell broadcast channel
RLCFP:CELL=CellID; CELL CellID CHGR SCTYPE SDCCH SDCCHAC TN CBCH HSN HOP DCHNO 0 1 0 1 NO 0 OFF 114 2 3 4 1 1 0 2 NO 50 ON 64 77 81
CHGR: channel group
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MULTI BAND CELL (COMMON BCCH) BACK TO MAIN MENU Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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Why we use Multi Band Cell? •
Restriction of Dynamic BTS Power Control features because of BCCH frequency
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Restriction of Discontinuous Transmission on the BCCH frequency
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Restriction of Frequency Hopping on the BCCH frequency
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All the frequencies in the non-BCCH frequency band can be more efficiently reused
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There is one more timeslot available for traffic in the non-BCCH frequency band
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The number of defined cells and neighbor relations in a BSC of a multi band cell network is reduced
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Common BCCH
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Reducing the number of neighbor relation = Reducing the measurements performed and reported by the MS less
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Reduced number of defined cells and neighbor relations
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Inter Cell Handovers
The offset (FBOFFS) is added to the measured signal strength of the active channel at the non-BCCH 1800 frequency band (RxLevA), so the BSC can locate the MS as if it would be served by the BCCH 900 frequency band instead.
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Sub-Cell Load Distribution Without Subcell Load Distribution acitvated, mobile stations within the OL subcell service area will be served by the OL subcell even if there is a lot of spare capacity in the UL subcell. This is generally undesirable since the OL subcell frequencies may be more vulnerable to interference than the frequencies in the UL subcell.
With Subcell Load Distribution activated, the OL subcell is only used when the traffic in the UL subcell increases beyond a certain limit. Secondly, the mobiles closest to the site are moved to the OL subcell, which means that power control are more effective for the OL subcell and less interference is spread.
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Change Sub-Cells from UL to OL Only mobile stations that fulfill the following three conditions for LOL, TAOL and DTCB are allowed to change subcells from UL to OL: • L < LOL - LOLHYST • TA< TAOL - TAOLHYST • SS(s) - SS(n) > DTCB
No SDCCH should be configured in OL subcell, which makes use of Subcell Load Distribution, since it is only applicable to traffic channels. With SCLD activated, only assignment to UL is allowed, which makes SDCCH in the OL subcell inaccessible.
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Parameters for Multi Band Cell Optimization LOL : Path loss threshold. It defines the OL sub-cell coverage
border in terms of the path loss from the serving cell. LOLHYST : Hysteresis for the path-loss criterion during evaluations for the OL sub-cell coverage. DTCB : Distance to cell border threshold. It defines the OL subcell coverage border in terms of the signal strength difference between the active channel and the strongest neighboring BCCHs. DTCBHYST : Hysteresis for the DTCB criterion during evaluations for the OL sub-cell coverage. TAOL : Timing advance threshold. It defines the OL sub-cell timing advance border. TAOLHYST : Hysteresis for the timing advance criterion during evaluations for the OL sub-cell coverage.
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Commands RLOLC:CELL=cell,LOL=lol,LOLHYST=lolhyst,TAO L=taol,TAOLHYST=taolhyst, DTCBN=dtcbn, DTCBHYST=dtcbhyst; The following command is an attempt to distribute traffic connections from the underlaid subcell to the overlaid subcell
RLLLC:CELL=cell,SCLD=on/off,SCLDLUL=scldlul, SCLDLOL=scldlol, SCLDSC=UL;
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CELL LOAD SHARING (CLS) BACK TO MAIN MENU
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Cell Load Sharing Consists of the Following Activities: The traffic load in the cells are monitored If a cell has too high load, MSs close to the cell
Border are made to perform a handover The handovers are carried out if the receiving cell has Low enough load
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There are two levels: CLSLEVEL if the amount of idle traffic channels is equal to or
decreases below CLSLEVEL in a cell, that cell tries to rid itself of some traffic by initiating load sharing handover to neighboring cells CLSACC if the amount of idle traffic channels is above load CLSACC in a cell, that cell is prepared to accept incoming load sharing handovers from other cells. Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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Conditions for neighboring cell The cell belongs to the same BSC The cell belongs to the same HCS-layer Incoming CLS handovers are allowed
(HOCLSACC=ON)
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CLS Parameters Clsacc : Cell Load Sharing level above which a
cells traffic must remain if its to accept handovers due to Cell Load Sharing. Clslevel : Cell Load Sharing level at which a cells traffic will cause Cell Load Sharing evaluation. Clsstate : State of Cell Load Sharing in the cell : ACTIVE or INACTIVE. Hoclsacc : Handover due to Cell Load Sharing accepted : ON or OFF. Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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Command
!CELL LOAD SHARING DATA!
CELL CLSSTATE
CLSLEVEL CLSACC HOCLSACC RHYST CLSRAMP
CellID1 INACTIVE
20
40
OFF
75
8
CellID2 INACTIVE
20
40
ON
75
8
CellID3 INACTIVE
20
40
OFF
75
8
RLLCC:CELL=HLM2,HOCLSACC=ON;
RLLCC:CELL=HLM3,HOCLSACC=ON;
RLLCI:CELL=HLM1&HLM2&HLM3;
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Result after Activation of CLS
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CHANNEL ADMINISTRATION BACK TO MAIN MENU
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The capability
of the feature channel Administration is to select and allocate one or more suitable channels in each traffic situation the requires a set of cannels. If several types of channels are possible to allocate in a specific traffic situation, the order in which the different types are preferred is defined.
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Channel Administration There are three main situations in which a set of channels is allocated: Immediate assignment – when a connection is to be
established, a channel for signaling has to be allocated. Depending on the traffic situation and the chosen CHAP, the channel could be either a Stand alone Dedicated Control Channel (SDCCH) or a Traffic Channel (TCH). Assignment - after an Immediate assignment on SDCCH, when a channel for speech/data is needed, a TCH has to be allocated. Handover - when a connection in use is to be changed, a new channel has to be allocated.
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Channel Administration Processing
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Selection Type The following data is needed to select a suitable channel: Traffic Case
e.g. Assignment, Inter/Intra cell handover, Subcell change etc.
Preferred Subcell
Overlaid or Underlaid Subcell
Channel Mode Speech/data or signaling
Channel Service A list of channel type and speech versions/data rates in order of
preference
Multislot Data Number of channels requested etc.
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Resource Type (RT) An RT is a unique type of channel. It is a combination of subcell, channel type and rate.
An MS can be assigned 6 different Resource Types (RTs): RT1.1 OL/TCH/FR
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Immediate Assignment on TCH / SDCCH Immediate assignment on SDCCH – If signaling => remains on SDCCH – If speech/data => assignment to TCH
Immediate assignment on TCH – If SMS => transferred by the SACCH part – If signaling (LU, supplementary services etc.) =>
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CHAPs
CHAP 0: Immediate Assignment on TCH is not allowed CHAP 1: Immediate Assignment on TCH, SDCCH First CHAP 2: Immediate Assignment on TCH, TCH First, GSM phase 2 MS, “Channel Needed” provided by MSC CHAP 3: Immediate Assignment on TCH, TCH First, GSM phase 2 MSs, “Channel Needed” not provided by MSC CHAP 4: Immediate Assignment on TCH, TCH First, GSM phase 1 MSs, “Channel Needed” not provided by MSC CHAP 5: Overlaid Subcell as last resort CHAP 6: Immediate Assignment on TCH, SDCCH First, Overlaid Subcell as last resort CHAP 7: Operators choice CHAP 8: BCCH in Overlaid subcell CHAP 9: Inter cell handover and Assignment to other cell, restricted to underlaid CHAP 10: Inter cell handover and Assignment to other cell, overlaid subcell as last resort Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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CHAP 5 and CHAP 6 CHAP 5: This profile provides a channel allocation strategy similar to the
default profile. However, if an UL subcell is preferred, and there is no available idle channel in the UL subcell, an attempt is made to allocate a channel from the OL subcell as a last resort. The purpose of this strategy is to avoid unsuccessful handovers or blocked calls when the UL subcell is congested, but there are available idle channels in the OL subcell. The drawback is that the OL subcell may serve MSs outside its defined serving area, which might lead to excessive interference. CHAP 6: This profile combines the Immediate assignment allocation strategy in profile 1 and the OL subcell as last resort strategy in profile 5. Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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CONNECTION OF CELL TO CHANNEL ALLOCATION PROFILE DATACONNECTION OF CELL TO CHANNEL ALLOCATION PROFILE DATA (Command)
RLHPC:CELL=cell, CHAP=3; RLHPP:CELL=cell;
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HIERARCHICAL CELL STRUCTURE (HCS)
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HCS Discription The HCS feature provides the possibility and
flexibility to give priority to cells that are not strongest but provide sufficient received signal strength. The priority of a cell is given by associating a layer to the cell. Each layer is also belonging to a HCS band. The lower the layer (and HCS band), the higher the priority. The layer and band definition should take consideration in several factors like: Traffic distribution strategy among different cells; Maximum traffic capacity for the cells; Influence of interference on the cells, etc.
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CELL LOCATING HIERARCHICAL DATA
RLLHP:CELL=cellID; CELL CellID HCSIN 0
TYPE LAYER LAYERTHR LAYERHYST PSSTEMP PTIMTEMP FASTMSREG INT
2
75
2
10
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Example of HCS Band and Layers
Technical Description •The layer threshold decides if the cell should be prioritized over stronger cells of the same HCS band. •The band threshold decides if the cell should be prioritized over stronger cells from other HCS bands
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Fast Moving Mobiles To prevent fast moving mobiles form doing
HO to lower layer cells, a penalty is used PSSTEMP : penalty SS offset PTIMTEMP : penalty duration The first time a cell is reported as a neighbor to the serving cell of the fast moving mobile, the cell is punished with PSSTEMP dB and the punishment lasts for PTIMTEMP seconds Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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AMR (ADAPTIVE MULTI RATE)
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Why AMR? Improve speech quality at low C/I The robust FR channel that provides high
speech quality at low C/I , then apply tighter frequency reuse in a network with high AMR Possible to change speech codec during the call , depending on interference conditions The enhanced speech quality also provides better coverage at the edges of the cell, thus making it possible to increase the coverage area. Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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AMR General Information Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR) is a new speech and channel
codec for both half rate and full rate channels. By adapting the codec rate to the radio conditions the speech quality is enhanced. At low C/I, a large amount of channel coding is applied and less speech coding. When the C/I increases the speech coding is increased and the channel coding is decreased. Both the BTS (uplink ) and the MS (downlink) continuously measures the radio quality (C/I) and based on these measurements the codec rate is changed. AMR requires support in all network nodes, i.e. MSC, BSC, BTS and MS and AMR is only supported in cells where all TRUs are AMR capable.
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AMR FR/HF performance
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Concepts • Speech Version
FR SPV 1 = “normal Full Rate” FR SPV 2 = “enhanced Full Rate” FR SPV 3 = “AMR Full Rate” HR SPV 1 = “normal Half Rate” HR SPV 3 = “AMR Half Rate”
Channel Rate Full Rate (22,8 kbps gross bit rate on air interface) Half Rate (11,4 kbps gross bit rate)
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Technical Behaviors of AMR vs. EFR
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RLSLP:CELL=MA0734F CELL SCTYPE MA0734F ACTIVE YES
CHTYPE BCCH SDCCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH TCH CBCH
CHRATE SPV LVA ACL NCH 1 A1 1 0 A2 16 FR 1 6 A3 29 FR 2 0 A3 29 FR 3 0 A3 29 FR 5 0 A3 29 HR 1 0 A3 58 HR 3 0 A3 58 0 A3 0
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Activation AMR and AMR Power Control AMR activated in the BSC: RAEPC:AMRSUPPORT-1;
Power Control AMR activated per Cell RLAPI:CELL=cellID;
CELL CellID
AMRPCSTATE INACTIVE
AMRPCSTATE: AMR power control state.
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DYNAMIC HR ALLOCATION AND DYNAMIC HR/FR ADAPTATION
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Dynamic HR Allocation and Dynamic HR/FR Adaptation RLDHP:CELL=CellID
CELL CellID
DHA ON
DTHAMR DTHNAMR DTHAMRWB DHPRL DHPR 60 30
RLDHC:CELL=CellID, DHA=ON,DTHAMR=35,DTHNAMR=20;
DTHAMR Dynamic HR Allocation threshold for Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR) capable mobiles Indicates a percentage value of number of de-blocked full rate Traffic Channels (TCHs) in the cell when Dynamic HR Allocation is enabled and the mobile supports AMR HR. When the number of idle full rate TCHs in the cell is above or equal to the value, FR TCHs will have precedence over HR TCHs. When the number of idle FR TCHs in the cell is below to the value, HR TCHs will have precedence over FR TCHs.
DTHNAMR Dynamic HR Allocation threshold for non Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR) capable mobiles performs as DTHAMR for mobile that not support AMR
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BTS AND MS POWER CONTROL BACK TO MAIN MENU
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Power Control Power Control Capabilities are:
Interference Battery Backup Power Consumption Receiver Saturation Quality and Signal Strength Impact
Power Control is fulfilled for: Channel
Power Control
TCH
YES
BCCH
NO
SDCCH
YES
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BTS Power Control consists of three stages
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Dynamic BTS and MS Power Controls Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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Power Control Parameters
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Setting Parameters for Power control •RLLOC:CELL=CellID,BSTXPWR=x-5; •RLLOC:CELL=CellID,BSPWR=x-5, BSRXMIN=102,BSRXSUFF=110; •RLCPC:CELL=CellID,BSPWRB=x, BSPWRT=x;
MSTXPWR: Maximum transmit power for the Mobile Station (MS) on connection. SCTYPE : UL (sub-cell type is underlaid) and OL (sub-cell type is overlaid) BSPWRB: Base Station output power in dBm for the BCCH RF channel number. The power is specified at the Power Amplifier (PA) output. immediately after the transmitter unit and before the combiner. BSPWRT: Base Station output power in dBm like BSPWRB but for the NONBCCH RF channel number.
BSTXPWR is the BTS output power on all frequencies other than the BCCH frequency. It is defined at the reference point used in the locating algorithm. BSRXMIN: Minimum required signal strength received at the BTS, at the reference point, to consider the cell as a possible candidate for handover. BSRXSUFF: Sufficient signal strength received at the BTS, at the reference point, to consider the cell selectable for further ranking according to the magnitude of the path loss.
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Dynamic BTS Power Control Cell Data RLBCC:CELL=cellID,SSDESDL=70,REGINTDL=5,SSLENDL=8, LCOMPDL=50,QDESDL=55,QCOMPDL=30,QLENDL=20, SDCCHREG=ON; Desired signal strength is -70 dBm Regulation interval, stationary, downlink is 5 SACCH periods , or Defines the minimum interval between power order commands. Length of downlink signal strength filter is 8 SACCH periods. Path-loss compensator factor downlink is 50 percent , when set to zero there is no power control towards SSDESDL. Desired quality downlink is 55 dtqu Quality deviation compensator factor downlink is 30 percent, When set to zero, no quality compensation is performed. Length of stationary quality filter downlink is 20 SACCH periods SDCCH regulation switch is ON Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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Dynamic MS Power Control Cell Data RLPCC:CELL=cellID,SSDESUL=70,SSLENUL=5,LCOMPUL=75, QDESUL=50,QLENUL=20,QCOMPUL=40,REGINTUL=10,DTXFUL=16;
Desired signal strength uplink is 70 dBm
Length of signal strength filter uplink is 5 SACCH periods
Pathloss compensator factor uplink is 75 percent
Desired quality uplink is 50 dtqu transformed GSM quality units
Length of quality filter uplink is 20 SACCH periods
Quality deviation compensator factor uplink is 40 percent
Regulation interval uplink is 10 SACCH periods. A new power order is issued only if the calculated power level is different from the current MS power level.
Number of measurement periods before full measurement periods are used, uplink is 16. The full set of measurements is performed on each TDMA frame in a basic physical channel. The subset of measurements is performed on those TDMA frames in the basic physical where transmission is guaranteed. The power control algorithm uses the subset if either DTX is used on a TCH or during a time period after the call has just been established on a TCH. Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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CELL SYSTEM INFORMATION SACCH AND BCCH DATA
RLSSC:CELL=cell,ACCMIN=accmin,CCHPWR=cchpwr,CRH=crh,DTXU=dtxu,RLINKT=rlinkt;
ACCMIN : Access minimum signal level
CCHPWR: Control channel power This parameter changes the maximum Transceiver Power Level (TXPWR) in dBm an MS may use when accessing on a Control Channel (CCH).
CHR: Cell reselect hysteresis This parameter changes the Received Signal Level (RXLEV) hysteresis in dB for required cell reselection over location area border.
DTXU: Uplink DTX indicator. 0 The MSs may use Uplink DTX, 1 The MSs use uplink DTX and 2 The MSs do not use uplink DTX.
RLINKT: Radio link time-out on DL for non AMR This parameter changes the time before an MS disconnects a call due to failure in decoding Slow Associated Control Channel (SACCH) messages for non Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR). The parameter is given as number of SACCH periods (480ms).
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RLAPP:CELL=CellID; CELL
AMRPCSTATE
CellID
ACTIVE
SCTYPE
SSDESDLAFR SSDESULAFR 90 SSDESDLAHR
90
92 SSDESULAHR
92
QDESDLAFR
QDESULAFR
40 QDESDLAHR
40 QDESULAHR
30
30
SSDESDLAWB SSDESULAWB QDESDLAWB QDESULAWB
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RLAPC:CELL=cell, SCTYPE =OL/UL , SSDESDLAFR = 90, SSDESULAFR=92, QDESDLAFR =40, QDESULAFR,=40, SSDESDLAHR =90, SSDESULAHR =92, QDESDLAHR =30, QDESULAHR = 30;
SSDESDLAFR= Desired signal strength for the codec type AMR FR, downlink. SSDESULAFR= Desired signal strength for the codec type AMR FR, uplink. QDESDLAFR=Desired quality for the codec type Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR) Full Rate (FR),
downlink. QDESULAFR= Desired quality for the codec type AMR FR, uplink. The rest of parameters are defined for HR as above. Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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IDLE MODE BEHAVIOR
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Idle Mode Behavior The idle mode behavior is managed by the MS. It can be
controlled by parameters which the MS receives from the base station on the Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH). All of the main controlling parameters for idle mode behavior are transmitted on the BCCH carrier in each cell. These parameters can be controlled on a per cell basis.
Idle Mode Tasks: PLMN Selection Cell Selection Cell Reselection Location Updating Monitor PCH (Paging Channel) Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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Cell Priority CBQ
CB
CELL SELECTION
CELL RE-SELECTION
HIGH
NO
NORMAL
NORMAL
HIGH
YES
BARRED
BARRED
LOW
NO
LOW
NORMAL
LOW
YES
LOW
NORMAL
When a cell is barred it will not be camped on by an MS in idle mode but an active (i.e. an MS in dedicated mode) can perform handover to it. Cells can have three levels of priority; barred, normal and low. Suitable cells that are of low priority are only camped on if there are no other suitable cells of normal priority. The priority of a cell is controlled by the Cell Bar Qualify parameter CBQ (only valid for mobiles supporting GSM phase 2), in conjunction with the Cell Bar Access parameter , CB. It is probably better to set CBQ to HIGH to speed up cell selection for phase 2 MSs since CBQ makes no difference at cell reselection.
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C1 Criteria C1>0
C1 = (received signal level – ACCMIN) – max(CCHPWR – P, 0) (received signal level – ACCMIN) : Good enough downlink max(CCHPWR – P, 0) : To ensure good enough uplink ACCMIN : minimum received signal in MS to allow access CCHPWR: maximum MS power at access P : maximum power output of MS according to its class
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C2 Criterion C2 = C1 + CRO – TO * H (PT - T)
if PT <> 31
C2 = C1 – CRO
if PT = 31
H(x) = 0 if x < 0 H(x) = 1 if x ≥ 0
CRO : Cell reselection offset TO : Temporary negative offset PT : Time for application of a temporary offset T : Timer
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Related Commands
RLSBP:CELL=cellID;
CELL
cellID
CB
MAXRET
TX
ATT
NO
1
32
YES
ACC
CLEAR
T3212 CBQ CRO TO 40
HIGH
0
PT
ECSC
0
YES
0
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SOME IMPORTANT COMMANDS BACK TO MAIN MENU
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Managed Object Commands
RXMOP : RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION MANAGED OBJECT DATA RXMOP:MO=RXOTG-tg; RXMSP : RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION MANAGED OBJECT STATUS RXMSP:MO=RXOTG-tg; RXCDP : RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION MANAGED OBJECT CONFIGURATION DATA RXCDP:MO=RXOTG-tg; RXCAP : RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION MANAGED OBJECT CAPABILITY INFORMATION RXCAP: MO=RXOCF-tg; RXMFP : RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION MANAGED OBJECT FAULT INFORMATION RXMFP: MO=RXOCF-tg; RXMFP: MO=RXOCF-tg,faulty; RXAPP : RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION MANAGED OBJECT Abis PATH PRINT RXAPP:MO=RXOTG-tg;
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For CELL DESCRIPTION DATA For Create: RLDEC:CELL=cell+,CGI=cgi,BSIC=bsic,BCCHNO=bcchno, AGBLK=agblk,MFRMS=mfrms,BCCHTYPE=bcchtype,IRC=on/off+;
For Print RLDEP:Cell=CellID; CELL CGI CellID 432-11-LAC-CI
TYPE INT
BCCHTYPE NCOMB
BSIC BCCHNO AGBLK MFRMS IRC 45 114 1 6 ON FNOFFSET 0
XRANGE CSYSTYPE NO GSM900
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AGBLK: Number of reserved access grant blocks. This parameter
sets the number of Common Control Channel (CCCH) blocks reserved for the access grant channel. The remaining CCCH blocks are used for paging channel. MFRMS: Multi-frames period This parameter sets period of transmission for PAGING REQUEST messages to the same paging subgroup. This parameter is expressed as the number of CCCH multiframes. FNOFFSET: Frame number offset This parameter sets the time difference from the Frame Number (FN) generator in the Base Transceiver Station (BTS) expressed as a number of Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) frames. IRC: Interference Rejection Combining To reduce the effect of uplink interference and to improve quality.
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Resetting of one TG RXBLI:MO=RXOTG-10,SUBORD,FORCE; RXESE:MO=RXOTG-10,SUBORD; RXESI:MO=RXOTG-10,SUBORD; RXBLE:MO=RXOTG-10,SUBORD;
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HandOver Definition
Internal
RLNRC:CELL=CellIDB,CELLR=CellIDA,CS=NO,AWOFFSET=10;
RLMFC:CELL=CellIDB,MBCCHNO=CellIDA_bcch,MRNIC;
RLMFC:CELL=CellIDA,MBCCHNO=CellIDB_bcch,MRNIC;
External
RLDEI:CELL=CellIDC,CSYSTYPE=GSM900, EXT;
RLDEC:CELL=CellIDC,CGI=432-11-LAC-CI,BSIC=bsic,BCCHNO=cellIDC_bcch;
RLLOC:CELL=CellIDC,BSPWR=47, BSRXMIN=120,BSRXSUFF=0,MSRXMIN=102,MSRXSUFF=0,SCHO=OFF,MISSNM=3,AW=OFF,BSTXPWR=35 ,EXTPEN=OFF;
RLCPC:CELL=CellIDC,MSTXPWR=33;
RLLHC:CELL=CellIDC,LAYER=6,LAYERTHR=75,LAYERHYST=2,PSSTEMP=10,PTIMTEMP=5,FASTMSRE G=ON;
RLNRI:CELL=CellIDA,CELLR=CellIDC,SINGLE;
RLMFC:CELL=CellIDA,MBCCHNO=cellIDC_bcch,MRNIC;
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View of CELL RESOURCES RLCRP:CELL=ALL;
CELL CellID1 CellID2 CellID3 CellID4 CellID5 CellID6
BCCH CBCH SDCCH NOOFTCH QUEUED 1 0 16 13- 26 0 1 0 16 37- 74 0 1 0 16 45- 90 0 1 0 16 13- 26 0 1 0 16 61-122 0 1 0 24 28- 56 0
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Some important commands
RLCCC:CELL=cell,CHGR=chgr,SDCCH=sdcch,CBCH=cbch,TN=tn; This command changes SDCCH/8 configuration data in a channel group.
RLSTC: CELL=cell, STATE=halted/active; The command is used to change the state of a cell or channel group.
RLSTP:CELL=cell; The command will initiate the printout CELL STATUS for the internal cell
RLLDC:CELL=cell,MAXTA=maxta,RLINKUP=rlinkup; This command is used to handle locating disconnect data in a cell
RLLUC:CELL=cell,QLIMUL=qlimul,QLIMDL=qlimd,,QLIMULAFR=qlimulafr, QLIMDLAFR=qlimdlafr, TALIM=talim,CELLQ=cellq; By this command the Timing advance limit for handover and cell quality are defined per cell
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Instance MO Configuration Data rxcdp:mo=rxotg-Tg; Command RXCDP is used
to initiate printing of managed object configuration data for one or more managed object instances. The answer printout indicates how each managed object specified in the MO parameter is configured.
Examples
RXCDP:MO=RXETG-0&&-3;
Configuration data for all managed objects within TGs 0 to 3 inclusive all related RX, TS and TX.
RXCDP:MO=RXETS-2-3-0&&-7;
Configuration data for all TSs connected to TRXC 3 within TG 2.
RXCDP:MO=RXORX-4-0;
Configuration data for the RX connected to TRXC 0 within TG 4.
RXCDP:MO=RXETX-3-15;
Configuration data for TX 15 connected to TG 3.
RXCDP:MO=RXOTX-3-15;
A printout of configuration data for the TX connected to TRXC 15 within TG 3.
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EDGE and GPRS
RLGSP : cell=CellID;
CELL
CellID
GPRSSUP BVCI FPDCH GAMMA PSKONBCCH LA CHCSDL YES
2
0
ENABLED
ON
CS2
SCALLOC PDCHPREEMPT MPDCH PRIMPLIM SPDCH FLEXHIGHGPRS EFACTOR
UL
4
NO
2
0
0
5
RXAPP : mo=rxotg-95; MO RXOTG-95
DEV DCP APUSAGE APSTATE 64K TEI RBLT2-1 1 UNDEF IDLE NO ….. RRBLT2-6 6 MPLEX16 IDLE NO …… RBLT2-31 31 UNCONC SPEECH/DATA YES Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab 2013
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All Modifying commands for AFP RLCHC : CELL= CellID, CHGR=channel Group ,HOP= hopping
,HSN=hopping sequence No. ,MAIO=Mobile Allocation Index Offset RLDEC : CELL= CellID, BCCHNO=BCCH; RLSTC : CELL= CellID, STATE=HALTED; RLDEC : CELL= CellID, BSIC=basic; RLDTC:CELL= CellID, CHGR=channel Group ,TSC=Training Sequence Code ; RLSTC : CELL= CellID, STATE=ACTIVE; Change frequency in BAL all neighbors ( RLMFC : CELL=CellID, MBCCHNO= bcch, MRNIC;)
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References
BSS INTEGRATION, EN/LZT 123 5231 R1A, Ericsson Course
GSM Radio Network Features, 03813-LZU 108 3704 Uae Rev F
Mohammad Rasoul Tanhatalab, “Root Cause Analysis and New Practical Schemes for Improving of SDCCH Accessing in Cellular Networks”, IEEE ICICES 2013
RBS 6000 INFORMATION TO PRESENTERS, Commercial in confidence , 25/221 09 FGB 101 558 Uen, Rev C , 2012-06-28 .
GSM Radio Network Features ,STUDENT BOOK, LZT1380719 R1A
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