RRM Admission Control

Admission control decides whether or not an incoming call can be accepted. A new radio connection is
admitted by the CRNC which accounts for the available resources at the corresponding Node B. The
allocation of resources includes the allocation of the corresponding downlink spreading and channelization
code pair. The objective of admission control is to maintain call quality in each cell by limiting admission of
radio bearers. If radio bearers were granted without limit, the interference level in the cell would increase,
leading to degradation of the call quality. In addition to the admission control function in the RNC, the Node
B performs admission control to protect the Node B against too high transmission power requirements. The
Node B estimates the transmission power requirement of a new radio link and verifies whether the total
transmission power is below the maximum allowable transmission power.