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Feature Description




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Version Date Author Approved By Remarks
V8.01 2008-3-18 Not open to the Third Party
V8.11 2009-1-13 Not open to the Third Party
V8.12 2009-8-13 Not open to the Third Party
V8.20 2009-12-30 Not open to the Third Party




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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Feature Attribute ........................................................................................................ 1
2 Overview ..................................................................................................................... 1
2.1 Feature Introduction ..................................................................................................... 1
2.2 Corelation with Other Features .................................................................................... 2
3 Technical Description ................................................................................................ 2
3.1 HR Speech Codec ....................................................................................................... 3
3.2 HR Channel Code ........................................................................................................ 3
3.3 Rate Adaptation ........................................................................................................... 3
3.4 HR Channel Allocation ................................................................................................ 3
4 Parameters and Configurations ............................................................................... 4
4.1 Parameter List ............................................................................................................. 4
4.2 Parameter Configuration ............................................................................................. 6
5 Related Counters and Alarms ................................................................................. 12
5.1 Related Counters ....................................................................................................... 12
5.2 Related Alarms .......................................................................................................... 20
6 Engineering Guide ................................................................................................... 20
6.1 Application Scenario .................................................................................................. 20
6.2 Configuration Description .......................................................................................... 21
6.3 Network Impact .......................................................................................................... 21
7 Abbreviation ............................................................................................................. 21
8 Reference Document ............................................................................................... 22
FIGURES
Figure 1 Configuring HR 1 ........................................................................................................... 7
Figure 2 Configuring HR 2 ........................................................................................................... 8
Figure 3 Configuring HR 3 ........................................................................................................... 9
Figure 4 Configuring HR 4 ......................................................................................................... 10
Figure 5 Configuring HR 5 ......................................................................................................... 11
Figure 6 Configuring HR 6 ......................................................................................................... 12


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1 Feature Attribute
iBSC Version: [iBSC V6.20]
BTS Version: [No requirements of BTS hardware platform]
Property: [Optional]
Related Network Elements and Requirements:
NE Name
Related or
Not
Special Requirements
MS
BTS
BSC
MSC
MGW -
SGSN -
GGSN -
HLR -
Dependency: [None]
Exclusive Function: [None]
Note: [None]
2 Overview
2.1 Feature Introduction
A network can be expanded by adding sites and carrier frequencies, which results in the
increase of investment and network re-planning. The half rate (HR) is provided in the
BSS and can be used to increase the capacity of speech subscribers conveniently, that
is, only modify the configurations. The HR is a service bearer in the GSM, with the
support of the network and terminal at the same time. Hence, the usage of this function
is related to the number of MS that supports the HR.
With the contrast to the full rate (FR), the HR increases the capacity and spectrum
efficiency through reducing the bit rate. The speech subscriber capacity of one
transceiver is doubled if 100% of it is used (the prerequisite is that terminals support the
HR function).
In the HR Speech mode two subscribers share one timeslot. Thus, spectrum resources
are used more effectively. In the allocation of the HR, the ZTE iBSC avoids the
occurrence of HR fragmentations to reserve continuous and complete timeslot for FR
allocation and data services In addition, the iBSC can gather the fragmental HR
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channels by internal cell handover, which is re-packaging mechanism for ongoing half
rate calls.
Two HR subscribers share 16 kbps transmission of Abis interface; therefore, the
transmission in Abis interface is not affected.
In poor radio environments, the speech quality of the HR decreases. The ZTE BSS
monitors the strength of radio signals and speech quality to dynamically switch between
the HR and FR for a subscriber. In this way, the network capacity increases with the
satisfying service quality.
2.2 Correlation with Other Features
BSC tries to allocate high-quality FR when distributing traffic channels according to MS
and network configurations; if MS and network configuration support AMR, and network
busy level hits AMR threshold, AMR HR channels will be allocated; if MS and network
configuration support HR, and network busy level reaches HRR threshold, HR channels
will be allocated; during gradually releasing traffic channels, due to HR channels, lots of
fragmental channels will appear on timeslot, which impacts offering high-quality FR and
PS services. Collect HR channels by defragmentation to eliminate fragmental channels,
packing up more valid FR channels.
This feature is related with the following functions:
ZGO-03-02-005 Dynamic Half Rate Allocation
ZGO-01-01-003 Adaptive Multi-rate Codec (AMR)
ZGO-03-02-004 HR Concentration
3 Technical Description
GSM is a TDM system, 1 frequency includes 8 physical channels, and 1 GSM TDMA
frame includes 8 TS. 1 speech channel TCH include 26-frame multiframe, time is 120ms.
The 13
th
frame is SACCH and the 26
th
frame is idle.
With HR scheme, the frame structure will remain unchanged, the odd number frame is
assigned to one user and the even number frame is assigned to another user, previous
idle frame-26
th
frame is assigned as the second users SACCH. Thus the channel for
one user now can support 2 subscribers and the channel capacity doubles. The
negative effect is that with HR coding the speech quality decreases as HR codec
contains less capacity for redundancy and error correction functionality.
If network devices and terminals support HR speech mode, the HR function can be
used. In the HR mode, the capacity of speech subscribers is doubled. In the FR code
mode, one carrier frequency supports 8 speech subscribers. In the HR code mode, one
carrier frequency supports 16 speech subscribers.

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3.1 HR Speech Codec
The HR speech codec is the Vector-Sum Excited Linear Predictive coding (VSELP)
mode. The final speech rate is 5.6 kbps, that is, each speech frame lasts for 20 ms, with
112 bits, which contains class-1 bit (95 bits) and class-2 bit (17 bits).
HR speech encoder takes its input as a 13 bit uniform Pulse Code Modulated (PCM)
signal either from the audio part of the MS or on the network side, from the PSTN via an
8 bit/A-law or U-law (PCS 1900) to 13 bit uniform PCM conversion. The encoded speech
at the output of the speech encoder is delivered to the channel coding function as
defined in GSM 05.03 [3] to produce an encoded block consisting of 228 bits leading to
a gross bit rate of 11,4 kbit/s. In the RX direction, the inverse operations take place.
GSM 06.20 describes the detailed mapping between input blocks of 160 speech
samples in 13 bit uniform PCM form into encoded blocks of 112 bits and from encoded
blocks of 112 bits to output blocks of 160 reconstructed speech samples. The sampling
rate is 8 000 sample/s leading to an average bit rate for the encoded bit stream of 5.6
kbit/s. The coding scheme is called Vector Sum Excited Linear Prediction (VSELP)
coding.
3.2 HR Channel Code
The 112-bit HR speech frame outputs 228-bit data (k=0-227, k is index) after external
codes (packet code) and internal codes (perforated convolutional code). Then, adding 4
frame stealing bit (k=228-231), the HR speech frame outputs 232-bit data and maps to
four burst impulses after rearrangement and interleaving.
The coding and decoding mode of the FACCH/H in the HR channel is the same as that
of the FACCH/F channel. The interleaving and deinterleaving are slightly different. In
FACCH/F, the interleaving is in eight BURSTs. In FACCH/H, the interleaving is in six
BURSTs.
The coding, decoding, interleaving, and deinterleaving of SACCH/TH in the HR speech
channel are the same as those in the SACCH/TF.
3.3 Rate Adaptation
In the uplink, 112bit HR speech frames plus the synchronization and control information
constitute 160bit TRAU frame. Then, the TRAU frame is sent to the TC. The TC unit
implements the conversion from the HR coding to 64 k PCM coding.
In the downlink, the TRAU frame from the TC unit is converted to the 112bit HR speech
frame. Then, it implements the channel coding.
3.4 HR Channel Allocation
iBSC needs Ms and network support to allocate HR channels for CS service. Firstly MS
has to support HR speech version, channel strategy in MSC part supports HR, and
preferred channel types and speech version configured in iBSC configuration
management which is able to activate HR.
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Channel allocation process is as follows:
The allocating of HR channel is controlled by many aspects. The detail is as follows:
At first, MS sends the channel allocation request to MSC. The request contains the
information that the HR is supported by the MS.
Then, MSC delivers the allocation request to iBsc through A interface, the request
contains the information that what channel type is supported by the MSC.
Finally, the iBsc decide whether the new channel will select the HR speech mode,
depending on the conditions including: MS supporting, MSC supporting, and the
configuration of the iBsc configuration management. The configuration includes the
channel preferred strategy and speech version supporting, and the channel type
selection of A interface.
In the channel preferred strategy, you can choose between 2 types: HR PREFER, HR
ONLY.
If the result of the iBsc decision is HR and also there are available channel resources,
then directly allocate HR channel for subscribers.

4 Parameters and Configurations
4.1 Parameter List
Full name Preferred speech version (half)
Abbreviation PreferSpeechVer
Description
When implementing the CS channel allocation policy,
describe the preferred half-rate speech version. Halfrate
version 1 refers to HR, and version 3 for AMR
Value Range
Not specify the preferred version, Half-rate version 1, Half-
rate version 3
Unit None
Default Not specify the preferred version
Management Object BSC
Full name Low priority of channel select priority
Abbreviation ChanSelectPrio_0
Description
When implementing the CS channel allocation policy,
BSC describes the channel select strategy while TCH
allocation
Value Range
No change, Full rate first, Half rate first, Only full rate
allowed, Only half rate allowed
Unit None
Default No change
Management Object BSC

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Full name
High priority of channel select priority
Abbreviation
ChanSelectPrio_1
Description
When implementing the CS channel allocation policy,
BSC describes the channel select strategy while TCH
allocation
Value Range
No change, Full rate first, Half rate first, Only full rate
allowed, Only half rate allowed
Unit None
Default No change
Management Object BSC
Full name Ts Channel Combination
Abbreviation
None
Description
This parameter defines combined types of timeslot channel.
The correlation with the following parameters is as follows:

CBC supported (SmsCbUsed).
If CBC Supported (SmsCbUsed)is No,that is, CBC is not
supported, the system automatically finds all timeslot
channel combinations in the cell. If CBC channel
exists, it is changed to SDCCH. If CBC Supported
(SmsCbUsed)is Yes, that is, CBC is supported, the system
automatically finds all timeslot channel combinations in the
cell. If a non-BCCH channel is found for a carrier, it is
changed to SDCCH+CBCH.

Support GPRS (PsSupport)
If GPRS Supported (PsSupport)is No,that is, GPRS is not
supported, the system automatically changes all timeslot
channels whose type is PS in the cell to TCH.

Common control channel configuration
(CcchConf)
If CcchConf is configured as CCCH uses one physical
channel, combined with SDCCH,then in the channel
parameters, channel combination of timeslot 0 must be one
of the following two combinations: BCCH+SDCCH/4
and BCCH+SDCCH/4+CBCH. When CcchConf is
configured as CCCH uses one physical channel, not
combined with SDCCH, then in the channel parameters,
channel combination of timeslot 0 must be one of the
following two combinations:

FCCH+SCH+BCCH+CCCH and BCCH+CCCH.

When CcchConf is configured as CCCH uses two physical
channel, not combined with SDCCH, then in the channel
parameters,channel combination of timeslot 0 and timeslot

2 is one of the following two combinations:
FCCH+SCH+BCCH+CCCH and BCCH+CCCH.
When CcchConf is configured as CCCH uses three
physical channel, not combined with SDCCH, then in the
channel parameters, channel combination of timeslot 0, 2,
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and

4 is one of the following two combinations:
FCCH+SCH+BCCH+CCCH and BCCH+CCCH.
When CcchConf is configured as CCCH uses four physical
channel, not combined with SDCCH, then in the channel
parameters, channel combination of timeslot 0, 2, 4, and
6 is one of the following two combinations:
FCCH+SCH+BCCH+CCCH and BCCH+CCCH.

Value Range
TCH/F;
TCH/H (01)+FACCH/H (01)+SACCH/TH (01);
TCH/H ( 0, 0)+FACCH/H (0, 1)+SACCH/TH (0, 1)+TCH/H
(0, 1);
SDCCH/8+SACCH/C8;
FCCH+SCH+BCCH+CCCH;
BCCH+SDCCH/4;
BCCH+CCCH;
BCCH+SDCCH/4+CBCH;
SDCCH+CBCH;
PBCCH+ PCCCH+PDTCH+PACCH+PTCCH;
PCCCH+PDTCH+PACCH+PTCCH;
PDTCH+PACCH+PTCCH;
Unit None
Default TCH/F
Management Object TRX
Full name
Dynamic ts
Abbreviation
None
Description
YES: Representing dynamic timeslot; NO: Representing
fixedly configured timeslot
Value Range Yes/No
Unit None
Default Yes
Management Object TS1 number
4.2 Parameter Configuration
1 In the configuration resource tree window, select OMC GERAN Subnetwork
BSC Managed Element Config Set Create BSC Function], show as following
figure:

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Figure 1 Configuring HR 1
2 Click BSC Function, in the Others tab of Create BSC Function, set Preferred
Speech Version(Half)to HR version 1 regardless of the preferred speech version
under subscribers priority, shown as following figure:
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Figure 2 Configuring HR 2
3 In the navigation tree, right click [OMC GERAN Subnetwork BSC Managed
Element Config Set BSC Function Site Config BTS IDCreateCell],
show as following figure:

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Figure 3 Configuring HR 3
4 Click Cell, in Create Cell -> Other Params tab (click to unfold all sub tabs), set
Low Priority of Channel Select Priority and High Priority of Channel Select Priority
according to speech versions under subscribers priority, shown as following Figure:
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Figure 4 Configuring HR 4
5 In the navigation tree, right click [OMC GERAN Subnetwork BSC Managed
Element Config Set BSC Function Site Config BTS IDCreateTRX],
show as following figure:

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Figure 5 Configuring HR 5
6 Click TRX, in Channel Info tab of Create TRX, set Ts ChannelComb and Dynamic
Ts value to make further setting on channel types for each TRX and each channel types
of the TRX, shown as following figure:
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Figure 6 Configuring HR 6
5 Related Counters and Alarms
5.1 Related Counters

Counter ID What It Counts
C900060038 Number of signaling TCH/H seizure attempts for assignment
C900060039 Number of signaling TCH/H seizure failure for assignment
C900060040 Number of signaling TCH/H seizure attempts for handover
C900060041 Number of signaling TCH/H seizure failure for handover
C900060042 Number of voice TCH/H seizure attempts for assignment
C900060043 Number of voice TCH/H seizure failure for assignment
C900060044 Number of voice TCH/H seizure attempts for handover
C900060045 Number of voice TCH/H seizure failure for handover
C900060046 Number of data TCH/H seizure attempts for assignment
C900060047 Number of data TCH/H seizure failure for assignment
C900060048 Number of data TCH/H seizure attempts for handover
C900060049 Number of data TCH/H seizure failure for handover

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C900060055 Number of TCH/H drops
C900060061 Average number of idle TCH/H with interference band 1
C900060062 Average number of idle TCH/H with interference band 2
C900060063 Average number of idle TCH/H with interference band 3
C900060064 Average number of idle TCH/H with interference band 4
C900060065 Average number of idle TCH/H with interference band 5
C900060121 Maximum number of busy TCH/H
C900060127 TCH/H busy time
C900060135 Number of signaling TCH/H assignment failure
C900060151 Number of voice TCH/H drops due to handover failure
C900060155 Number of available defined TCH/H
C900060174 Number of signaling TCH/H allocation failure for assignment
C900060175
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to channel activation failure for
assignment (speech version1)
C900060176
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to BTS connection failure for
assignment (speech version1)
C900060177
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to BIU connection failure for
assignment (speech version1)
C900060178
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to TCU connection failure for
assignment (speech version1)
C900060179
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to channel activation failure for
handover (speech version1)
C900060180
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to BTS connection failure for
handover (speech version1)
C900060181
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to BIU connection failure for
handover (speech version1)
C900060182
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to TCU connection failure for
handover (speech version1)
C900060183
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to channel activation failure for
assignment (speech version2)
C900060184
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to BTS connection failure for
assignment (speech version2)
C900060185
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to BIU connection failure for
assignment (speech version2)
C900060186
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to TCU connection failure for
assignment (speech version2)
C900060187
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to channel activation failure for
handover (speech version2)
C900060188
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to BTS connection failure for
handover (speech version2)
C900060189
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to BIU connection failure for
handover (speech version2)
C900060190
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to TCU connection failure for
handover (speech version2)
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C900060191
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to channel activation failure for
assignment (speech version3)
C900060192
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to BTS connection failure for
assignment (speech version3)
C900060193
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to BIU connection failure for
assignment (speech version3)
C900060194
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to TCU connection failure for
assignment (speech version3)
C900060195
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to channel activation failure for
handover (speech version3)
C900060196
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to BTS connection failure for
handover (speech version3)
C900060197
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to BIU connection failure for
handover (speech version3)
C900060198
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to TCU connection failure for
handover (speech version3)
C900060199 Number of Voice TCH/H assignment success
C900060200 Number of Voice TCH/H assignment failure
C900060201 Number of Voice TCH/H handover success
C900060202
Number of data TCH/H allocation failure due to channel activation
failure for assignment
C900060203
Number of data TCH/H allocation failure due to BTS connection failure
for assignment
C900060204
Number of data TCH/H allocation failure due to BIU connection failure
for assignment
C900060205
Number of data TCH/H allocation failure due to TCU connection failure
for assignment
C900060206
Number of data TCH/H allocation failure due to channel activation
failure for handover
C900060207
Number of data TCH/H allocation failure due to BTS connection failure
for handover
C900060208
Number of data TCH/H allocation failure due to BIU connection failure
for handover
C900060209
Number of data TCH/H allocation failure due to TCU connection failure
for handover
C900060210 Number of data TCH/H assignment success
C900060211 Number of data TCH/H assignment failure
C900060212 Number of data TCH/H handover success
C900060217 Number of unavailable defined TCH/H
C900060222 Number of signaling TCH/H drops due to handover failure
C900060223 Number of data TCH/H drops due to handover failure
C900060224 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to UL strength
C900060225 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to DL strength
C900060226 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to UL quality

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C900060227 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to DL quality
C900060228 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to UL interference
C900060229 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to DL interference
C900060230 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to good C/I
C900060231 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to bad C/I
C900060232 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to PBGT
C900060233 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to large TA
C900060234 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to other reasons
C900060235 Number of signaling TCH/H assignment success
C901060058 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to quick break up of UL
C901060059 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to macro-micro switch
C901060060 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to MSC request
C901060061 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to traffic
C901060062 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to large TA and wastage
C901060063 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to small TA and wastage
C901060064
Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to a preferable electricity
level in 3G adjacent cell
C901060065 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to forced transfer
C901060066
Number of TCH/H handover attempts during assignment due to
forced transfer
C901060067
Number of TCH/H handover attempts during handover due to forced
transfer
C901060068
Number of TCH/H handover attempts during handover due to TA
increase
C901060069
Number of TCH/H handover attempts during handover due to TA
decrease
C901060070 Number of TCH/H handover attempts due to other reasons
C901070029 Number of signaling TCH/H drops due to loss of contact with RANA
C901070030 Number of signaling TCH/H drops due to radio link failure
C901070031 Number of signaling TCH/H drops due to LAPD link failure
C901070032 Number of signaling TCH/H drops due to OMC-R forced release
C901070033 Number of signaling TCH/H drops due to forced release by other calls
C901070035 Number of signaling TCH/H drops due to other failure
C901070036 Number of voice TCH/H drops due to loss of contact with RANA
C901070038 Number of voice TCH/H drops due to LAPD link failure
C901070039 Number of voice TCH/H drops due to OMC-R forced release
C901070040 Number of voice TCH/H drops due to forced release by other calls
C901070042 Number of voice TCH/H drops due to other failure
C901070043 Number of data TCH/H drops due to loss of contact with RANA
C901070044 Number of data TCH/H drops due to radio link failure
C901070045 Number of data TCH/H drops due to LAPD link failure
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C901070046 Number of data TCH/H drops due to OMC-R forced release
C901070047 Number of data TCH/H drops due to forced release by other calls
C901070049 Number of data TCH/H drops due to other failure
C901070055 Number of TCH/H link failures
C901070058 Number of RANA link releases due to other cause on TCH/H
C901070060 Number of TCH/F short messages drops
C901070061 Number of TCH/H short messages drops
C901080014 Average number of busy TCH/H
C901080016 TCH/H busy time(SpeechVer1)
C901080017 TCH/H busy time(SpeechVer3)
C901080018 TCH/H congestion time
C901090125 Number of intra-cell TCH/F-to-TCH/H handover
C901090126 Number of intra-cell TCH/F-to-TCH/H handover success
C901090127 Number of intra-cell handover attempts from TCH/H
C901090128 Number of intra-cell TCH/H-to-TCH/F handover
C901090129 Number of intra-cell TCH/H-to-TCH/F handover success
C901090130 Number of intra-cell TCH/H-to-TCH/H handover
C901090131 Number of intra-cell TCH/H-to-TCH/H handover success
C901090135 Number of inter-cell TCH/F-to-TCH/H handover
C901090136 Number of inter-cell TCH/F-to-TCH/H handover success
C901090137 Number of inter-cell handover attempts from TCH/H
C901090138 Number of inter-cell TCH/H-to-TCH/F handover
C901090139 Number of inter-cell TCH/H-to-TCH/F handover success
C901090140 Number of inter-cell TCH/H-to-TCH/H handover
C901090141 Number of inter-cell TCH/H-to-TCH/H handover success
C901120024 Mean number of idle TCH/Hs with interference band 0
C901130003 Number of available TCH/Hs in the second sub cell
C901130004 Number of unavailable TCH/Hs in the second sub cell
C901130051
Number of TCH/H seizure attempts of the second sub cell (used for
assignment)
C901130052
Number of TCH/H seizure success of the second sub cell (used for
assignment)
C901130053
Number of TCH/H seizure failure of the second sub cell (used for
assignment)
C901130054
Number of TCH/H seizure attempts of the second sub cell (used for
handover)
C901130055
Number of TCH/H seizure success of the second sub cell (used for
handover)
C901130056
Number of TCH/H seizure failure of the second sub cell (used for
handover)
C901130058 Number of TCH/H call drops in the second sub cell

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C901130060 TCH/H busy time in the second sub cell
C901230016 Number of TCH/H activation attempts (including handover)
C901230017 Number of TCH/H activation success (including handover)
C901230018 Number of TCH/H assignment attempts
C901230019 Number of TCH/H assignment success
C901230049 Mean number of idle TCH/Hs with interference band 0
C901230050 Mean number of idle TCH/Hs with interference band 1
C901230051 Mean number of idle TCH/Hs with interference band 2
C901230052 Mean number of idle TCH/Hs with interference band 3
C901230053 Mean number of idle TCH/Hs with interference band 4
C901230054 Mean number of idle TCH/Hs with interference band 5
C901270002 Number of signaling TCH/H seizure success for assignment
C901270005 Number of signaling TCH/H seizure success for handover
C901270007 Number of signaling TCH/H allocation attempts by BSC for assignment
C901270008 Number of signaling TCH/H allocation success for assignment
C901270010
Number of signaling TCH/H allocation attempts by BSC due to
handover
C901270011 Number of signaling TCH/H allocation success due to handover
C901270012 Number of signaling TCH/H allocation failure due to handover
C901270013 Number of signaling TCH/H assignment attempts by BSC
C901270016 Number of signaling TCH/H handover attempts
C901270017 Number of signaling TCH/H handover success
C901270018 Number of signaling TCH/H handover failure
C901270019
Number of signaling TCH/H handover failure messages do not
received by BSC
C901270021 Number of voice TCH/H seizure success for assignment
C901270024 Number of voice TCH/H seizure success for handover
C901270026
Number of TCH/H allocation attempts for assignment by BSC (speech
version 1)
C901270027
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to channel activation failure for
assignment (speech version 1)
C901270032
Number of TCH/H allocation attempts by BSC during handover
(speech version 1)
C901270033
Number of TCH/H allocation success during handover (speech version
1)
C901270038
Number of TCH/H allocation attempts by BSC for assignment (speech
version 2)
C901270039
Number of TCH/H allocation success by BSC for assignment (speech
version 2)
C901270044
Number of TCH/H allocation attempts for handover by BSC (speech
version 2)
C901270045 Number of TCH/H allocation success for handover (speech version 2)
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C901270050
Number of TCH/H allocation attempts for assignment (speech version
3)
C901270051
Number of TCH/H allocation success for assignment (speech version
3)
C901270056
Number of TCH/H allocation attempts by BSC for handover (speech
version 3)
C901270057 Number of TCH/H allocation success for handover (speech version 3)
C901270062 Number of Voice TCH/H assignment attempts by BSC
C901270065 Number of Voice TCH/H handover attempts
C901270067 Number of Voice TCH/H handover failure
C901270068 Number of Voice TCH/H handover failure messages do not received
by BSC
C901270070 Number of data TCH/H seizure success for assignment
C901270073 Number of data TCH/H seizure success for handover
C901270075 Number of data TCH/H allocation attempts for assignment by BSC
C901270076 Number of data TCH/H allocation success for assignment
C901270081 Number of data TCH/H allocation attempts by BSC
C901270082 Number of data TCH/H allocation success for handover
C901270087 Number of data TCH/H assignment attempts by BSC
C901270090 Number of data TCH/H handover attempts
C901270092 Number of data TCH/H handover failure
C901270093 Number of data TCH/H handover failure do not received by BSC
C901270094
Number of TCH/H allocation failure for assignment due to TIPB
connection failure (Speech version 1)
C901270095
Number of TCH/H allocation failure for assignment due to Resource
request to iTC failure (Speech version 1)
C901270096
Number of TCH/H allocation failure for handover due to TIPB
connection failure (Speech version 1)
C901270097
Number of TCH/H allocation failure for handover due to Resource
request to iTC failure (Speech version 1)
C901270098
Number of TCH/H allocation failure for assignment due to TIPB
connection failure (Speech version 2)
C901270099
Number of TCH/H allocation failure for assignment due to Resource
request to iTC failure (Speech version 2)
C901270100
Number of TCH/H allocation failure for handover due to TIPB
connection failure (Speech version 2)
C901270101
Number of TCH/H allocation failure for handover due to Resource
request to iTC failure (Speech version 2)
C901270102
Number of TCH/H allocation failure for assignment due to TIPB
connection failure (Speech version 3)
C901270103
Number of TCH/H allocation failure for assignment due to Resource
request to iTC failure (Speech version 3)
C901270104
Number of TCH/H allocation failure for handover due to TIPB
connection failure (Speech version 3)

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C901270105
Number of TCH/H allocation failure for handover due to Resource
request to iTC failure (Speech version 3)
C901270106
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request AIPB resource
failure for assignment (speech version 1)
C901270107
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request UDP port failure for
assignment (speech version 1)
C901270108
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to AIPB connection failure for
assignment (speech version 1)
C901270109
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request AIPB resource
failure for handover (speech version 1)
C901270110
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request UDP port failure for
handover (speech version 1)
C901270111
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to AIPB connection failure for
handover (speech version 1)
C901270112
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request AIPB resource
failure for assignment (speech version 2)
C901270113
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request UDP port failure for
assignment (speech version 2)
C901270114
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to AIPB connection failure for
assignment (speech version 2)
C901270115
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request AIPB resource
failure for handover (speech version 2)
C901270116
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request UDP port failure for
handover (speech version 2)
C901270117
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to AIPB connection failure for
handover (speech version 2)
C901270118
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request AIPB resource
failure for assignment (speech version 3)
C901270119
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request UDP port failure for
assignment (speech version 3)
C901270120
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to AIPB connection failure for
assignment (speech version 3)
C901270121
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request AIPB resource
failure for handover (speech version 3)
C901270122
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request UDP port failure for
handover (speech version 3)
C901270123
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to AIPB connection failure for
handover (speech version 3)
C901270124
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request AIPB resource
failure for assignment (data)
C901270125
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request UDP port failure for
assignment (data)
C901270126
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to AIPB connection failure for
assignment (data)
C901270127 Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request AIPB resource
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failure for handover (data)
C901270128
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to request UDP port failure for
handover (data)
C901270129
Number of TCH/H allocation failure due to AIPB connection failure for
handover (data)
5.2 Related Alarms
None
6 Engineering Guide
6.1 Application Scenario
Activating this feature realizes fast expansion of wireless network, relieves network
intense capacity, effectively solving partial traffics congestion, and can be supplement
for urgent expansion solution.
Activating this feature has no bad impacts on network indices, but it will reduce the
speech quality during conversation to some extent. Hence it needs to prudently consider
using this feature in high-value traffic areas or expansion solution in areas where
requires high speech quality.
The following respects should be taken into consideration for deploying HR feature:
1. Proportion of the handsets supporting HR codec
Today most cell phones support HR feature. According to domestic statistics in China
mainland, over 80% of Handsets supporting HR Codec.
2. Radio Propagation Environment
Using HR will lower the speech quality during conversation in worse radio C/I areas, so
deactivation of this feature is recommended in such areas.
3. Characteristics Of Local Mobile Network
This feature suits for low-value areas with outburst heavy traffics, including suburbs
(non-dense-urban areas), outburst heavy traffics areas and areas starving for tackling
traffic absorbency problems.
This feature can also be used in urban areas with the scarcity of base stations fluctuant
traffics areas where always emergency traffic happens In these areas, all subscribers
are open to FR speech service during normal low traffic periods. HR is only for heavy
traffic periods.

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6.2 Configuration Description
This feature does not involve iBSC and BTS hardware configuration adjustment.
6.3 Network Impact
Impacts on network performance from this feature can be analyzed by STS(Statistic &
Traffic Measurement System) (such as call drop rate, congestion level, access indices
changes, and data channel allocation in speech channel), MRR(Mean Reciprocal Rank)
and DT(Drive Test) test. Specifically, this feature influences the network in following
aspects:
It would increase network capacity in double approximately
In better radio environment, dynamic HR has no impact on call drop rate and traffic drop
rate; it enhances call success rate and handover success rate a little, apparently
decrease congestion ratio;
dynamic HR This function provides intelligent HR and FR/EFR channel conversion.
When user sets the decision threshold for channel conversion in OMCR, the system will
automatically adjust the number of HR channel and FR/EFR channel in the Abis
interface if condition is satisfied.
By DT test, SQI(speech quality index) and RXQUAL(Received Signal Quality) become
worse obviously after activating dynamic HR under the same radio environment, and
speech quality during conversation is decreased ; in poor C/I environment, compared
with FR, HR speech quality;
After all FR channels are occupied, UE not supporting HR will fail to access into network.
Therefore, HR can effectively resolve the heavy traffic problems. But if it desires to keep
better performance, current radio environment needs to be optimized, especially for
interference (after activating HR, encoding type of HR and FR is different, which causes
worse channel decoding and decreased capacity with the same environment), then
requirements on network planning such as frequency planning and coverage control are
more strict
7 Abbreviation

Abbreviations Full Characteristics
AMR Adaptive Multi-Rate
BSC Base Station Controller
BTS Base Transceiver Station
FR Full Rate
GERAN Gsm/Edge Radio Access Network
GSM Global System for Mobile communications
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Abbreviations Full Characteristics
HR Half Rate
MS Mobile Station
OMC Operation & Maintenance Center
SACCH Slow Associated Control Channel
SDCCH Stand alone dedicated Control Channel
TCH Traffic Channel
TDMA Time Division Multiplex Access
8 Reference Document
[None]