2 G Problems facing the telecom engineer in the

mobile sites

the problems faced the telecom engineer in the mobile sites :

2G problems :

a- Cross sector and cross feeder

There are 3 types of Cross sector

1-GSM cross sector

2-DCS cross sector

3-Total cross sector (GSM & DCS) cross sector

1-CROSS SECTOR

We must know the normal connection in first to understand the problems happened

Totally cross sector

in this case S1 is totally changed with S2

DCS cross sector

In this case DCS is changed between two sectors (S1,S2)

GSM cross sector:

GSM cross sector example

Cross sector between sec 1 & sec 3 on TEMS PRODUCT

GSM Cross feeder

DCS cross feeder

DCS CROSS FEEDER EXAMPLE

GSM cross feederSector

Sector 2 & sector 3 appeared with equal levels beside sector 2

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Hardware problem

The common HW problem is faulty DTRU

DTRU: Dual Transceiver Unit, Generate two frequencies

To solve this problem you should replace this dtru with another one

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BAD QUALITY

Rx qual is proportional to BER (Bit Error Rate), that affected by interference

Interference is appeared in hopping channel window (C/I)

C/I: Carrier to interference ratio.

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Over shooting

It means that the cell serve at very long distance with good level This area that the cell overshoots in
it most probably have cells with Co-channel or adjacent BCCH, so it will make interference that will
result in bad quality

Reason:

Overshooting cell has small downtilt, 0 degree!

Overshooting cell has too high altitude

Closer cells have overshooting as well

BSIC of closer cells cant be decoded

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VSWR:
Standing wave ratio (SWR) is the ratio of the amplitude of a partial standing wave at an antinode
(maximum) to the amplitude at an adjacent node (minimum), in an electrical transmission line. The
SWR is usually defined as a voltage ratio called the VSWR,

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Missing Neighbors

This case may cause to dropped calls , bad coverage as the ms will not be able to HO on the target
site as its not known for the serving site.

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HAND OVER FAILURE

In the case of HO failure the MS fails to reach the target cell and so it returns

back to the source cell.

The reason for this case may be due to channel interference or poor coverage.

In the other case HO delay the BSIC of the neighbor is decoded but HO occurs

in much later time.

The reason for this case that all possible neighbors may suffer blocking or some

of the HO parameters (HO watch time , HO valid time) need to be adjusted.

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Blocked call

The call may be blocked due to:

Cell congestion-

Bad quality due to interference.-

Faulty TRX.-

Bad coverage.-

Transmission problem.-

Long distance between MS and BTS (MAX TA = 63).-

Blocked call reasons.

No available TCH-

-No available SDCCH

-Bad Rxlev.

-Bad Quality

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DROPPED CALL

The call may be dropped due to:

- Bad quality due to interference.

- Faulty TRX.

- Bad coverage.

- Transmission problem.

reasons.

-Delayed HO Congestion or wrong HO parameter definition.

-HO Failure.

-Bad Quality.

-Missing neighbor (Bad Rx level).

-Transmission problem (Not RF problem)

COMING SOON PROBLEMS IN 3G & ALARMS IN MOBILE SITES