ZTE UMTS UR15 Fast Dormancy Feature Guide - V1.2

Fast Dormancy
Feature Guide
Fast Dormancy
Fast Dormancy
Version Date Author Reviewer Notes
Deng Compared with UR14, updated Chapter

V1.00 2016/04/10
Shiwu 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4 by adding screenshots.
Modified the meaning of 0 and 1 of

Zhang
V1.10 2016/09/07 UImeiBlkList.imeiFastDorm in “Fast
Haiyan
Dormancy Enhancement for Pre-R8”.
1. Modified the description of “Fast

Dormancy Enhancement for Pre-R8”
Zhang 2. Modified the parameter description
V1.20 2016/10/20
Haiyan of “UImeiBlkList.imeiFastDorm”
3. Changed the counter C310557489
as C310557303
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Feature Attribute ............................................................................................... 5
2 Overview ............................................................................................................ 5
2.1 Feature Introduction ............................................................................................. 5
2.1.1 ZWF21-01-027 Fast Dormancy ............................................................................ 5
2.2 License Control .................................................................................................... 6
2.3 Correlation with Other Features ........................................................................... 6
3 Technical Description ....................................................................................... 7

3.1 ZWF21-01-027 Fast Dormancy ............................................................................ 7
3.1.1 R8 Fast Dormancy ............................................................................................... 7
3.1.2 Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy Suppressing .................................................................. 11
3.1.3 Fast Dormancy Enhancement for Pre-R8 .......................................................... 13
3.1.4 The Optimization after the RNC Receiving the SCRI ......................................... 14
4 Parameters....................................................................................................... 15
4.1 ZWF21-01-027 Fast Dormancy .......................................................................... 15
4.1.1 R8 Fast Dormancy Related Parameters............................................................. 15
4.1.2 Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy Suppressing Related Parameters ................................. 18
4.1.3 Fast Dormancy Enhanced for Pre-R8 Related Parameters ................................ 20
4.1.4 The Optimization after the RNC Receiving the SCRI ......................................... 21
5 Related Counters and Alarms ........................................................................ 23

5.1 Related Counters ............................................................................................... 23
5.2 Related Alarms .................................................................................................. 25
6 Engineering Guide .......................................................................................... 25

6.1 Application Scenario .......................................................................................... 25
6.2 Feature Activation Procedure ............................................................................. 26
6.2.1 R8 Fast Dormancy ............................................................................................. 26
6.2.2 Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy ...................................................................................... 29
6.2.3 Fast Dormancy Enhanced for Pre-R8 ................................................................ 30
6.2.4 Optimization after the RNC Receiving the SCRI ................................................ 32
6.3 Feature Validation Procedure ............................................................................ 32
6.4 Feature Deactivation Procedure......................................................................... 33
6.5 Network Impact .................................................................................................. 33
6.6 The Test Data .................................................................................................... 35
6.6.1 The result of certain field test of Fast Dormancy (URA_PCH) ............................ 35
6.6.2 Commercial Application Result .......................................................................... 48

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7 Abbreviation .................................................................................................... 49
8 Reference Document....................................................................................... 50

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FIGURES
Figure 3-1 Channel switch with Pre-R7 fast dormancy ........................................................ 7

Figure 3-2 Channel switch with R8 fast dormancy .............................................................. 9
Figure 6-1 Parameters Configuration Interface 1 ...............................................................27
TABLES
Table 4-1 Parameters List (R8 Fast Dormancy Related Parameters) .............................15
Table 4-2 Parameters List (Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy Suppressing Related Parameters) .....18
Table 4-3 Parameters List (Fast Dormancy Enhanced for Pre-R8 Related Parameters) ....20
Table 4-4 Parameters List (The Optimization after the RNC Receiving the SCRI) .............21
Table 5-1 Counter List .......................................................................................................23
Table 6-1 Feature Validation Procedure for Release 8.......................................................32
Table 6-2 RNC parameter list 2 .........................................................................................33

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1 Feature Attribute
RNC version: [ZXWR RNC V3.15.10.20/ZXUR 9000 V4.15.10.20]
Node B version: [ZXSDRV4.15.10]
Attribute: [Mandatory]
Involved NEs:
NE Name Related or Not Special Requirement
UE √ -
Node B - -
RNC √ -
iTC - -
MSC - -
MGW - -
SGSN - -
GGSN - -
HLR - -
“√”: involved, “-”: not involved
2 Overview
2.1 Feature Introduction
2.1.1 ZWF21-01-027 Fast Dormancy
This feature includes “R8 Fast Dormancy”, “Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy Restraint”, “Fast
Dormancy Enhancement for Pre-R8” and “The Optimization After RNC receiving SCRI”
can extend UE battery usage and enhance user experience. The Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy
Restraint function greatly decreases the signaling traffic caused by smart phones on the
control plane but still guarantees user experience. Fast Dormancy Enhancement for
Pre-R8 function enlarges the range of the strategy of the R8 Fast Dormancy to some

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pre-R7 UE, which extends the UE battery usage and enhance user experience of such
UEs. “The Optimization After RNC receiving SCRI” is the optimization for “R8 Fast
Dormancy” and “Fast Dormancy Enhancement for Pre-R8”: which makes it possible for
the RNC not to release the UE immediately after it receives SCRI, to avoid data
transmission in short time after receiving the SCRI. Therefore, better user experience
can be guaranteed, but more system resources may be occupied.
2.2 License Control
This feature is not controlled by a license.
2.3 Correlation with Other Features
1. Required Features
None
2. Mutually Exclusive Features
None
3. Affected Features
ZWF21-04-004 Dynamic Radio Bearer Control
ZWF23-04-004 Dynamic Channel Type Transfer for HSDPA Service
ZWF25-04-005 Dynamic Channel Type Transfer for HSUPA Service

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3 Technical Description
3.1 ZWF21-01-027 Fast Dormancy
This feature includes “R8 Fast Dormancy” and “Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy Restraint”
functions that are respectively described in the following sections.
3.1.1 R8 Fast Dormancy
3.1.1.1 Basic Principle
To save battery consumption, for some smart phones whose versions are 3GPP Release
7 or Pre-Release 7, once the data transmission ends, they send a SIGNALLING
CONNECTION RELEASE INDICATION (SCRI) message. Upon receiving the SCRI
message, the network releases the Iu signaling and RRC connection. This process is
called “Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy”. When there are data packages to be transmitted again,
the RRC connection and RB/RAB are reestablished. This frequent data transmission
causes frequent network connection and release, and produces many signaling
messages, and it is easy to cause a signaling storm. An example of the channel switch
with Pre-R7 fast dormancy is shown in the following figure.
Figure 3-1 Channel switch with Pre-R7 fast dormancy
Data Packet
CELL_DCH
CELL_FACH
URA_PCH
IDLE
SCRI causes UE SCRI causes UE SCRI causes UE

switch to Idle switch to Idle switch to Idle

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To resolve this problem, 3GPP Release 8 introduced a simple UE signaling to indicate

the state of a UE for the network. A new UE information element (IE) "Signaling
Connection Release Indication Cause" is added to the SCRI message, and is used to
indicate that the UE has decided to stop activated PS data transmission. On receiving
the IE, the UTRAN can decide to trigger an RRC state transition from the CELL_DCH
state to the CELL_FACH, URA_PCH or IDLE state.
The specification requires that the network controls the UE by broadcasting the T323
timer in the SIB1. Whether the UE uses the SCRI message whose "Signaling Connection
Release Indication Cause" is set to "UE Requested PS Data session end" to inform the
RNC that PS data is sent is controlled by the network.
The controlling principle of the RNC is as follows:
The RNC controls whether timer T323 can be broadcast in the SIB1 by using switch
UUeCnst.t323Swch. If the switch is enabled, timer T323 is broadcast in the SIB1. The
value of T323 is determined by UUeCnst.t323.
When the UE sends an SCRI message with the IE "Signaling Connection Release
Indication Cause" being set to "UE Requested PS Data session end", timer T323 is
started. During the running of timer T323, the UE is inhibited from sending the SCRI
message with the IE "Signaling Connection Release Indication Cause" being set to "UE
Requested PS Data session end" again.
If timer T323 is not broadcast in the SIB1, the UE does not send the SCRI with the cause
“UE requested PS data session end”.
An example of the channel switch with R8 fast dormancy is shown in the following figure.

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Figure 3-2 Channel switch with R8 fast dormancy
Data Packet
CELL_DCH
CELL_FACH
T323 T323
URA_PCH
IDLE
R8 Fast Dormancy
4B causes UE switch 4B causes UE switch
causes UE switch to
to FACH to FACH
PCH
Note:
1. According to 3GPP 25.331, when timer T323 expires, if the condition for reporting
an SCRI message is still met, the UE triggers the transmission of a SCRI message
again.
2. If SCRI for single signaling which carries the cause value is received, the RNC will
not handle it.
3. Although Fast Dormancy function is introduced in 3GPP R8, but in the real network
it is discovered that part of the pre-R8 UEs also supports Fast Dormancy, so the
handling strategy described here also includes the pre-R8 UEs.
4. If the UE has CS signaling connection or CS RAB in Iu interface, and the RNC

receives the PS domain SCRI from the UE, the RNC will discard this message
directly, and transferring the UE to FACH, PCH or IDLE will not be triggered.
3.1.1.2 SCRI Trigger Channel Switching to CELL_FACH
If the RNC receives a SIGNALLING CONNECTION RELEASE INDICATION message

with the cause “UE requested PS data session end” sent by an UE, and the following
conditions are met, the RNC swtiches the UE from the CELL_DCH state to the
CELL_FACH state.
 Udrbc.fachSwch is set to “1:On”.

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 The value of URncInfo.r99R4RrcStaDorm, URncInfo.r5RrcStaDorm,

URncInfo.r6RrcStaDorm, URncInfo.r7RrcStaDorm and URncInfo.r8StaDorm that
the UE‟s version is corresponding to is set to “1: prior to CELL_FACH”.
Note:
The URncInfo.r99R4RrcStaDorm, URncInfo.r5RrcStaDorm, URncInfo.r6RrcStaDorm,

URncInfo.r7RrcStaDorm and URncInfo.r8StaDorm controls the target state in priority
transitioned from the CELL_DCH state triggered by the R8 Fast Dormancy function,
corresponding to the UE of the version R99/R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and post-R8.
3.1.1.3 SCRI Trigger Channel Switching to CELL_PCH

with the cause “UE requested PS data session end” sent by an UE, and the following
conditions are met, the RNC swtiches the UE from the CELL_DCH or CELL_FACH state
to the CELL_PCH state.
 Udrbc.pchSwch is set to “ 2: Only Support CELL_PCH”.
 UCelInfoFDD.pchCellSwch is set to “on”.
 The value of the PCH switch that the UE‟s version corresponds to is „”On”. For
details, refer to 3.3.5 “UE PCH Compatibility Strategy” in ZTE UMTS Dynamic
Radio Bearer Control Feature Guide.

the UE‟s version corresponds to is set to “0: prior to URA_PCH/CELL_PCH” or if the
value is set to “1: Prior to CELL_FACH” but Udrbc.fachSwch is set to “0:Off”.
3.1.1.4 SCRI Trigger Channel Switching to URA_PCH

with the cause “UE requested PS data session end” sent by the UE, and the following
conditions are met, the RNC swtiches the UE from the CELL_DCH or CELL_FACH state
to the URA_PCH state.

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 Udrbc.pchSwch is set to “1:Only Support URA_PCH”.
 UCelInfoFDD.pchCellSwch is set to “on”.
 The value of the PCH switch that the UE‟s version corresponds to is “On”. For
details, refer to 3.3.5 “UE PCH Compatibility Strategy” in ZTE UMTS Dynamic
Radio Bearer Control Feature Guide.

the UE‟s version corresponds to is set to “0: prior to URA_PCH/CELL_PCH” or if the
value is set to “1: Prior to CELL_FACH” but Udrbc.fachSwch is set to “0:Off”.
3.1.1.5 SCRI Trigger Channel Switching to IDLE
As described in the above section, when the RNC receives an SCRI message with the IE
"Signaling Connection Release Indication Cause" being set to "UE Requested PS Data
session end", and if neither CELL_PCH/URA_PCH nor CELL_FACH is enalbed, the
RNC switches the UE to the IDLE state.
3.1.2 Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy Suppressing
As described in 3.1.1 “R8 Fast Dormancy”, Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy causes frequent
network connection and release, produces many signaling messages, and easily causes
a signaling storm. Although 3GPP has added R8 fast dormancy, it cannot handle the UE
before Release 8.
To solve this problem, the user plane Heart Beat strategy is added to this function. With
this strategy, the signaling connection is not disconnected because of the SCRI
messages sent by the UE, and thus frequent signaling connection and release can be
avoided. This function is called “Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy Suppressing”.
3.1.2.1 Heart Beat Strategy of the User Plane
To prevent the UEs of version 3GPP Release 7 or Pre-Release 7 from sending the
“Signaling Connection Release Indication” message, and avoid frequent signaling
connection and release, the heartbeat strategy is applied to UEs that meet the following

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conditions:
When the following conditions are satisfied, and there is no data interaction between the
CN and the RNC, the RNC user plane performs the heartbeat detection periodically. The
interval is determined by URncFunction.heartBeatFreq. The heartbeat data is not
included in the traffic volume measurement result of the user plane. When there are data
package interactions between the CN and the RNC, the heartbeat detection is stopped.
So, based on the heartbeat detection, it prevents the UE from sending the SCRI
message, and avoids frequent signaling connection and release. When the UE does not
have data transmission for a long time, it can be switched to the CELL_PCH/URA_PCH
or Idle state by the 4B0 traffic volume measurement report.
1. The control switch for heartbeat corresponding to the UE version is set to “True”;
where for the R4 and for the R4 and pre-R4 UE, it is obtained from
URncFunction.heartBeatUeVerR4; for the R5 UE, it is obtained from
URncFunction.heartBeatUeVerR7; for the R8 and post-R8 UE, it is obtained from
URncFunction.heartBeatUeVerR8;.
2. The UE has PS service, and no CS service.
3. The RLC mode of the service is in acknowledged mode.
4. If parameter URncFunction.deviceTypeInd is set to "1: true”, you need to determine

the Device type condition: "The IE" RRC Connection Setup Complete->UE radio
access capability ->Device type” is not present or the condition of the
“doesNotBenefitFromBatteryConsumptionOptimisation” value is not satisfied. If
URncFunction.deviceTypeInd is set to "0: false”, then there is no need to judge the
reported "Device type” condition.
3.1.2.2 Channel Switching Strategy of the Control Plane
Because of the heartbeat detection, the UE sends an acknowledge data package after it
receives the heartbeat data. This may cause that the RNC cannot correctly make
judgment of event 4B0 for uplink traffic volume measurement, and it causes that the
channel cannot be switched to the CELL_PCH/URA_PCH or idle state based on the

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traffic volume measurement. To solve the problem, new parameter

URncFunction.onlyDnOnHB is added. This parameter controls whether the channel is
switched to the CELL_PCH/URA_PCH or idle state only based on the downlink traffic
volume measurement report when heartbeat detection is performed.
If parameter URncFunction.onlyDnOnHB is set to “1: On”, whether the channel is

switched to the CELL_PCH/URA_PCH or idle state is only based on the downlink traffic
volume measurement report. If parameter URncFunction.onlyDnOnHB is set to “0: Off”,
whether the channel is switched to the CELL_PCH/URA_PCH or idle state is based on
both the downlink and uplink traffic volume measurement reports.
Note:
Tests confirm that the UE does not send uplink data packages after it receives the
heartbeat data, and the channel switching to CELL_PCH/URA_PCH or idle state based
on the downlink and uplink traffic volume measurement can be normally performed, so
the parameter URncFunction.onlyDnOnHB can be set to “0:Off”.
3.1.3 Fast Dormancy Enhancement for Pre-R8
This function is an optimized Fast Dormancy strategy. The UE sends signaling

connection release indication (SCRI) message and the cause is not what regulated by
the R8 Fast Dormancy strategy; and if the UE does not release the signaling connection
by itself (which is indicated by the indicator in the blacklist), it is transitioned to PCH, or
FACH or IDLE. This optimization enlarges the range of the Fast Dormancy strategy and
increases the battery life of the UE, so as to improve the user experience.
When the switch URncFunction.preR8FdEnhSwi is enabled, the RNC executes the fast
dormancy function for the UE in the blacklist based on the following method:
If the IMEI of the UE is not in the IMEI blacklist, or if the IMEI of the UE is in the IMEI
blacklist and the corresponding UImeiBlkList.imeiFastDorm fetches the value “0”(Note: It
is regarded as “Not Released”, but it is shown in the screen as “0: Released”,
which will be modified in later version, when the RNC receives the SCRI message from
the UE which does not carry “signaling connection release indication cause” or the value
of “signaling connection release indication cause” is not “UE requested PS data session
end”, it executes the fast dormancy function for the UE, i.e. whether to transit it to

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CELL_PCH/URA_PCH, CELL_FACH or IDLE can be determined by the network. And

the detailed strategy is the same as the existing fast dormancy strategy for R8 UE which
can be referred to in chapter “3.1.1 R8 Fast Dormancy”.
When the result of the fast dormancy strategy is to transit to CELL_PCH/URA_PCH,

whether it can be transitioned to PCH should be determined according to chapter 3.7 in
ZTE UMTS User Equipment Fault Aversion Feature Guide.
In addition, how to establish the IMEI blacklist is described in ZTE UMTS User
Equipment Fault Aversion Feature Guide.
3.1.4 The Optimization after the RNC Receiving the SCRI
In the field test, it is found that sometimes the UE will send some data after it sends SCRI
message. If the RNC continues to complete the release procedure regardless of the
data, the successive data transmission can only be completed by transitioning to the
CELL_DCH state again from the idle, PCH or FACH state. So it needs to be optimized.
For this optimization, there is a new switch URncInfo.scriDrbcHysSwi and a new timer
URncInfo.scriDrbcHys.
The control plane has received the SCRI message from the UE. According to the
judgment strategies described in "3.1.1 R8 Fast Dormancy" and "3.1.3 Fast Dormancy
Enhancement for Pre-R8", the UE needs to be transitioned to the FACH, PCH or idle
state, and in the meantime the switch URncInfo.scriDrbcHysSwi is “On”, the timer is
started immediately (with the length of URncInfo.scriDrbcHys). If there is UL or DL data
on the current service bearer before the timer expires, the DRBC triggered by the SCRI is
abandoned, and the timer is stopped. If the timer expires, the corresponding DRBC
triggered by the SCRI is executed.

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4 Parameters
4.1 ZWF21-01-027 Fast Dormancy
4.1.1 R8 Fast Dormancy Related Parameters
Table 4-1 Parameters List (R8 Fast Dormancy Related Parameters)
Recom
Parameter Value Default mende
GUI Name Parameter Description Unit
Name Range Value d
Value
0:Prior to
0:Prior 0:Prior
The Target URA_PC
This parameter indicates to to
URncInfo.r RRC State of H/CELL_
the target RRC state of URA_P URA_P
99R4RrcSt Fast PCH N/A
fast dormancy for R99/R4 CH/CE CH/CE
aDorm Dormancy 1:Prior to
UE. LL_PC LL_PC
(R99/R4) CELL_FA
H H
CH
0:Prior to
0:Prior 0:Prior
The Target URA_PC
to to
URncInfo.r RRC State of This parameter indicates H/CELL_
URA_P URA_P
5RrcStaDo Fast the target RRC state of PCH N/A
CH/CE CH/CE
rm Dormancy fast dormancy for R5 UE. 1:Prior to
LL_PC LL_PC
(R5) CELL_FA
H H
CH
0:Prior to
0:Prior 0:Prior
The Target URA_PC
to to
URncInfo.r RRC State of This parameter indicates H/CELL_
URA_P URA_P
6RrcStaDo Fast the target RRC state of PCH N/A
CH/CE CH/CE
rm Dormancy fast dormancy for R6 UE. 1:Prior to
LL_PC LL_PC
(R6) CELL_FA
H H
CH
The Target 0:Prior to 0:Prior 0:Prior
URncInfo.r RRC State of This parameter indicates URA_PC to to
7RrcStaDo Fast the target RRC state of H/CELL_ N/A URA_P URA_P
rm Dormancy fast dormancy for R7 UE. PCH CH/CE CH/CE
(R7) 1:Prior to LL_PC LL_PC

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Recom
Name Range Value d
Value
CELL_FA H H
CH
0:Prior to
0:Prior 0:Prior
The Target URA_PC
This parameter indicates to to
RRC State of H/CELL_
URncInfo.r the target RRC state of URA_P URA_P
Fast PCH N/A
8StaDorm fast dormancy for R8 and CH/CE CH/CE
Dormancy (R8 1:Prior to
R8 Post UE. LL_PC LL_PC
and R8 Post) CELL_FA
H H
CH
This parameter indicates
Switch of
whether the other
UDrbc.fach Transferring 0: Off
channels can be N/A 0 1
Swch to 1: On
transferred to
CELL_FACH
CELL_FACH.

0: Not
whether
Support
URA_PCH/CELL_PCH is
1: Only
supported or not.
Switch of Support
Supported: The traffic can
UDrbc.pch URA_PCH/C URA_PC
be carried on PCH channel N/A 0 1
Swch ELL_PCH H
when there is no data.
Support 2: Only
Not supported: The traffic
Support
cannot be carried on PCH
CELL_P
channel when there is no
CH
data.

Waiting Time the interval of reporting
of UE Sending signaling connection
message release indication (with
0, 5, 10,
SIGNALING cause). As UE in
UUeCnst.t 20, 30,
CONNECTIO connection mode with only s 10s 10s
323 60, 90,
N RELEASE PS domain, but not PS
120 s
INDICATION data transmission within a
(with certain time, if T323 is not
Cause)(T323) enabled, UE sends
signaling connection

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Recom
Name Range Value d
Value
release indication (with
cause) to switch states to
start T323. If there is no
data transmission before
T323 timeout and UE is
still in connection mode,
then resend signaling
connection release
indication (with cause).

whether the Fast
Dormancy is enabled.
Switch of On: RNC sends T323 to
UUeCnst.t 0: Off
T323 UE by using SIB1 and N/A 0: Off 1:On
323Swch 1: On
Broadcasting UTRAN mobility
information.
Off: RNC does not send
T323 to UE.
This parameter is a switch

to indicate whether
URA_PCH/CELL_PCH is
supported or not in the cell.
On: UE is allowed to
UCelInfoF
Cell Level transfer to PCH when 0:Off
DD.pchCell N/A 0: Off 1:On
PCH Switch there is no data to transmit 1:On
Swch
in the cell.
Off: UE is not allowed to
transfer to PCH when
there is no data to transmit
in the cell.

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4.1.2 Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy Suppressing Related Parameters
Table 4-2 Parameters List (Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy Suppressing Related Parameters)
Recom
Name Range Value d
Value

whether to execute heart
URncFunct The Target of beat detections to the UE
0:
ion.heartB UE Version of R4 version and the 0: False; 0:
N/A False
eatUeVerR for Heart Beat versions before. "0": The 1: True False
(Note)
4 (R4) heart beat detection is not
executed. "1" The heart
beat detection is executed.

URncFunct The Target of
beat detections to the UE 0:
ion.heartB UE Version 0: False; 0:
of R5 version. "0": The N/A False
eatUeVerR for Heart Beat 1: True False
heart beat detection is not (Note)
5 (R5)

6 (R6)

7 (R7)
URncFunct The Target of This parameter indicates 0:

0: False; 0:
ion.heartB UE Version whether to execute heart N/A False
1: True False
eatUeVerR for Heart Beat beat detections to the UE (Note)

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Recom
Name Range Value d
Value
8 (R8) of R8 version and the later
versions. "0": The heart
beat detection is not

whether to only judge the
downlink traffic on heart
The Switch beat detection for channel
Indicates switching to PCH/IDLE.
whether Only If it is on: no need to
Judge the consider the restriction of
URncFunct
Downlink uplink traffic on heart beat 0:Off
ion.onlyDn N/A 0: Off 1:On
Traffic on for the channel switching 1:On
OnHB
Heart Beat for to PCH/IDLE.
Channel If it is off: the channel
Switching to switching to PCH/IDLE
PCH/IDLE needs to consider the
uplink measurement report
restriction on heart beat
detection.

the period of UE heart beat
detection. In order to avoid
UE (before R8) sending
signaling Connection
0..65535,
URncFunct Release Indication (SCRI)
Heart Beat step 1;
ion.heartB and releasing signaling 100ms 30 30
Period Unit:
eatFreq connections initiatively,
100ms
RNC would operate heart
beat detection when there
is no data transmission
with CN. UE will not send
SCRI if there is data.
URncFunct UE's Device This parameter indicates 0: False 0:

N/A 1: True
ion.device Type whether to judge the IE 1: True False

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Recom
Name Range Value d
Value
TypeInd Condition "Device type" in the
Whether to be message "RRC
Judged Connection Setup
Indicator Complete", when judge the
When Heart conditions should be
Beat satisfied for UE which is
Detection performed heart beat
detection.
Note: there are many side effects when the pre-R7 fast dormancy function is used in the
field, so it is not suggested to be turned on.
4.1.3 Fast Dormancy Enhanced for Pre-R8 Related Parameters
Table 4-3 Parameters List (Fast Dormancy Enhanced for Pre-R8 Related Parameters)
Recom
Name Range Value d
Value
URncFunct This parameter is a

ion.preR8F Switch of Fast function switch which is
dEnhSwi Dormancy used for controlling 0:Off
N/A Off On
Enhanced for whether the function of fast 1:On
Pre-R8 dormancy enhanced for
Pre-R8 is turned on.

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UImeiBlkLi This parameter indicates

st.imeiFast whether the RNC executes
Dorm releasing the signalling
connection or handle
based on the principle of
Indicator for the fast dormancy for R8
Indicating UE after the UE with this
Whether IMEI in the IMEI blacklist
Signalling sending the SCRI
Connection is message. If this function
0:
Released indicator indicates 0: 0:
Released
after SCRI is "Released", the RNC will N/A Releas Releas
; 1: Not
Received by release the RRC ed ed
Released
the RNC connection after it receives
Which is the SCRI from the UE; if
Configured this function indicator
Based on indicates "Not Released",
IMEI the RNC will handle based
on the principle of the fast
dormancy for R8 UE, such
as transitioning it to
CELL_FACH or
CELL_PCH/URA_PCH
4.1.4 The Optimization after the RNC Receiving the SCRI
Table 4-4 Parameters List (The Optimization after the RNC Receiving the SCRI)
Recom
Name Range Value d
Value

Fast Dormancy
This parameter is the

switch for DRBC
hysteresis after receiving
SCRI. If the switch is on,
when the RNC receives
Switch for the SCRI message from
DRBC the UE, a timer is started. If
URncInfo.s
Hysteresis before the timer expires 0: Off
criDrbcHys N/A 0: Off 1: On
After neither the signalling 1: On
Swi
Receiving message from the UE nor
SCRI the data indication is
received from the user
plane, the DRBC transition
can be executed after the
timer expires, otherwise
cannot.
This parameter is the
DRBC hysteresis time
after receiving SCRI.
When the RNC receives
the SCRI message from
DRBC the UE, the timer is
1..2000,
Hysteresis started. If before the timer
URncInfo.s step 1;
Time After expires neither the 100ms 10 10
criDrbcHys Unit:
Receiving signalling message from
100ms
SCRI the UE nor the data
indication is received from
the user plane, the DRBC
transition can be executed
after the timer expires,
otherwise cannot.

Fast Dormancy
5 Related Counters and Alarms
5.1 Related Counters
Table 5-1 Counter List
Counter ID Name
Number of intra frequency Transport Channel Changing

C310414099
attempt, DCH to FACH

C310414100
attempt, FACH to PCH

C310414102
attempt, HS-DSCH to FACH

C310414106
attempt, E-DCH to RACH

C310416901
attempt, DCH to PCH

C310416903
attempt, HS-DSCH to PCH
Number of intra frequency Transport Channel successful

C310414111
Changing attempt, DCH to FACH

C310414112
Changing attempt, FACH to PCH

C310414114
Changing attempt, HS-DSCH to FACH

C310414118
Changing attempt, E-DCH to RACH

C310416905
Changing attempt, DCH to PCH

C310416907
Changing attempt, HS-DSCH to PCH
Number of Iu Release Request for PS domain due to

C310680552 Release due to R99 UE generated signalling connection
release

Fast Dormancy

release

release

release

release

release
300294 Ratio of PS Call Drop
300853 Mean ratio of the CPU usage
300002 Number of RRC connection establishment Attempt
300020 Ratio of successful RRC connection establishment
300030 Number of CS RAB establishment Attempt
300036 Number of PS RAB establishment Attempt
300050 Ratio of successful CS RAB establishment(Speech)
300073 Ratio of successful PS RAB establishment
300253 Ratio of CS-AMR Call Drop
C310680207 Total Number of Paging message received from CN
C310870002 The max usage of CE resource of RUP
C310870004 The average usage of CE resource of RUP
C311340001 CPU_MEAN
C310030430 Sum of cell user in best cell
C310030439 Number of Cell-DCH user in the best cell
C310030440 Number of Cell-Fach and F/R user in the best cell
C310030441 Number of Cell-Pch user in the best cell
C310030442 Max sum of cell user in best cell
C310030451 Max Number of Cell-Dch user in the best cell

Fast Dormancy
C310030452 Max Number of Cell-Fach user in the best cell
C310030453 Max Number of Cell-Pch user in the best cell
C310030454 Average sum of cell user in best cell
C310030463 Average Number of Cell-Dch user in the best cell
C310030464 Average Number of Cell-Fach user in the best cell
C310030465 Average Number of Cell-Pch user in the best cell

Total Number of discard Signalling Connection Release
C310557303
Indication Message Received，cause by delay protect
Total Number of discard Signalling Connection Release
C310557489 Indication Message Received for CPC，cause by delay
protect
5.2 Related Alarms
None
6 Engineering Guide
6.1 Application Scenario
This feature includes “R8 Fast Dormancy”, “Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy Restraint”, “Fast
Dormancy Enhancement for Pre-R8” and “The Optimization after RNC receiving SCRI”
“R8 Fast Dormancy” function can extend UE battery usage and enhance user experience.
You are recommended to enable this function.
“Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy Restraint” function greatly decreases the signaling traffic caused
by smart phones on the control plane but still guarantees user experience. Because
additional pings are needed to maintain the RRC connection for online users, the uplink
and downlink load may be increased, so it is suggested that this function should be
enabled only when there are too many smart phones in the network and the control plane
is heavily loaded.

Fast Dormancy
“Fast Dormancy Enhancement for Pre-R8” function enlarges the range of the strategy of
the R8 Fast Dormancy to some pre-R7 UE, which extends the UE battery usage and
enhance user experience of such UEs.
“The Optimization after RNC receiving SCRI” is the optimization of “R8 Fast Dormancy”
and “Fast Dormancy Enhancement for Pre-R8”: makes it possible for the RNC not to
release the UE immediately after it receives SCRI, to avoid data transmission in short
time after receiving the SCRI. Therefore, better user experience can be guaranteed but
more system resources may be occupied. If the operator puts more emphasis on the
user experience, it is suggested to be turned on.
6.2 Feature Activation Procedure
6.2.1 R8 Fast Dormancy
This chapter guides readers to find the GUI location of the parameters that are related to
the deployment of this feature. The values on figures are only examples. For the practical
configuration value, refer to the last column of table in section 3.1.
In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Managed Element->UMTS
Logical Function Configuration->Extended Info of RNC. Check the configuration of
r99r4rrcstadorm, r5rrcstadorm, r6rrcstadorm, r7rrcstadorm, r8rrcstadorm, see
Figure 6-1 .

Fast Dormancy
Figure 6-1 Parameters Configuration Interface 1
In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Managed Element > UMTS
Logical Function Configuration > Global Information Configuration > Dynamic
Radio Bearer Control Information Profile > Dynamic Radio Bearer Control
Information. Check the configuration of fachSwch and pchSwch, see Figure 6-2.

Fast Dormancy
Logical Function Configuration > Global Information Configuration > UE Timers
and Constants Information. Check the configuration of t323Swch and t323, see Figure
6-3.
Logical Function Configuration > UTRAN Cell > Extended Info of UTRAN Cell.
Check the configuration of pchCellSwch, see Figure 6-4.

Fast Dormancy
6.2.2 Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy
Logical Function Configuration. Check the configuration of heartBeatUeVerR4,
heartBeatUeVerR5, heartBeatUeVerR6, heartBeatUeVerR7, heartBeatUeVerR8,
heartBeatFreq, onlyDnOnHB, and deviceTypeInd, see Figure 6-5.

Fast Dormancy
6.2.3 Fast Dormancy Enhanced for Pre-R8
Logical Function Configuration. Check the configuration of Switch of Fast Dormancy
Enhanced for Pre-R8, see Figure 6-6.

Fast Dormancy
Logical Function Configuration > Service Configuration > Imei for Black List,.
Check the configuration of imeiFastDorm, see Figure 6-7

Fast Dormancy
6.2.4 Optimization after the RNC Receiving the SCRI
Logical Function Configuration >Extended Info of RNC,. Check the configuration of
scriDrbcHysSwi and scriDrbcHys, see Figure 6-8.
6.3 Feature Validation Procedure
Table 6-1 Feature Validation Procedure for Release 8
Test Item Enhanced RAN Functionality
1. The WCDMA system is ready.

2. Cell1 supports HSUPA, HSDPA and DCH.
3. Intelligent UE1 camps on Cell1 in Idle mode.
4. Intelligent UE1 subscribes to the interactive or background
Prerequisite
service, MBR = UL2Mbps/ DL2Mbps.
5. Intelligent UE1 can send Signaling Connection Release
Indication to the RNC with cause UE requested PS data
session end.

Fast Dormancy
Test Item Enhanced RAN Functionality
1. UE1 activates a PS service in Cell1, such as open a web page.

Steps 2. Keep the PS service free from data transferring.
3. Release the PS service.
1. The PS service is established successfully.

Expected 2. In step 2, UE1 sends the signaling message Signaling
Result Connection Release Indication to the RNC. Then the RNC
transits UE1‟s state from CELL_DCH to URA_PCH.
6.4 Feature Deactivation Procedure
Table 6-2 RNC parameter list 2
Managed Object. logic name Default Deactivation

GUI Name
Value Value
Switch of T323
UUeCnst.t323Swch 0:Off 0:Off
Broadcasting
Switch of Fast Dormancy

URncFunction.preR8FdEnhSwi 0:Off 0:Off
Enhanced for Pre-R8
Switch for DRBC

URncInfo.scriDrbcHysSwi Hysteresis After Receiving 0:Off 0:Off
SCRI
6.5 Network Impact
1. The Influence of the Performance of the Devices
None.
2. The Influence of the KPIs of the Network
The advantages of this function are as follows:

Fast Dormancy
The R8 Fast Dormancy function and the Fast Dormancy Enhancement for Pre-R8
function can extend UE battery usage and enhance user experience The UE state is
controlled by the network, which avoids signaling storms caused by the release of the
UE.
The Optimization after RNC receiving SCRI makes it possible for the RNC not to release
the UE immediately after it receives SCRI, to avoid data transmission in short time after
receiving the SCRI. Therefore, better user experience can be guaranteed.
The Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy Restraint function greatly decreases the signaling traffic
caused by smart phones on the control plane but still guarantees user experience.
The disadvantage of this function is as follows:
Because additional pings are needed to maintain the RRC connection for online users,
the uplink and downlink loads may be increased.
The Optimization after RNC receiving SCRI may occupy more system resources.
3. The data of the influence in the actual network
i. The following performances are improved after this feature is enabled:
 CMP/DMP CPU mean ratio is decreased greatly;
 The load of the SGSN is decreased greatly;
 The paging number of IU PS is decreased greatly;
 The number of on-line user of PS is decreased obviously.
ii. The following performances are deteriorate after this feature is turned on:
 The CS call drop rate is increased slightly.
 The PS call drop rate is increased obviously.
 The paging success rate of PS domain is decreased slightly.
 The RUP CPU is increased.

Fast Dormancy
The test data is described in the next section.
6.6 The Test Data
ZTE has the following detailed conclusions on the commercial network that enables the
fast dormancy function. Because different operators have different strategies, the
following network KPI figures are only for reference:
6.6.1 The result of certain field test of Fast Dormancy (URA_PCH)
6.6.1.1 Variation of the Controlling Plane and the User Plane

The Load of CMP CPU is Decreased Obviously
The Load of DMP CPU is Decreased Obviously

Fast Dormancy
The Load of RUB CPU is Decreased Obviously.

Fast Dormancy
6.6.1.2 Variation of the User Number

The DCH number is improved, which is because the parameter is configured to transition the UE
from PCH to DCH in priority.
C310030439:Number of Cell-DCH user in

the best cell(Piece)
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
The FACH User Number is Decreased Obviously
C310030440:Number of Cell-Fach and F/R

user in the best cell(Piece)
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
PCH User Number Grows out of 0

Fast Dormancy
C310630091:Average Number of URA-Pch

user in RNC(Times)
6,000.00
5,000.00
4,000.00
3,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
0.00
6.6.1.3 Throughput
The Downlink Traffic
900033:Total Downlink PS Traffic volume

(MB)
3000000.0000
2500000.0000
2000000.0000
1500000.0000
1000000.0000
500000.0000
0.0000

Fast Dormancy
C310640008:Downlink Payload traffic of Iu

Ps(kBytes)
3000000000.0000
2500000000.0000
2000000000.0000
1500000000.0000
1000000000.0000
500000000.0000
0.0000
The Uplink Traffic
900034:Total Uplink PS Traffic volume (MB)

480000.0000
460000.0000
440000.0000
420000.0000
400000.0000
380000.0000
360000.0000

Fast Dormancy
C310640007:Uplink Payload traffic of Iu

Ps(kBytes)
400000000.0000
350000000.0000
300000000.0000
250000000.0000
200000000.0000
150000000.0000
100000000.0000
50000000.0000
0.0000
DPA Single User Throughput
900041:HSDPA Average Throughput per

user(kbps)
900.00
800.00
700.00
600.00
500.00
400.00
300.00
200.00
100.00
0.00
UPA Single User Throughput

Fast Dormancy
990004:HSUPA Average Throughput per

user_Z
14.0000
12.0000
10.0000
8.0000
6.0000
4.0000
2.0000
0.0000
6.6.1.4 Resource Usage

Node B CE
C372550008:Average CE usage for downlink

3500
3400
3300
3200
3100
3000
2900
2800
2700
2600

Fast Dormancy
C372550010:Uplink CE Average Utilization

by Operator
5200
5000
4800
4600
4400
4200
4000
RTWP
300840:Average Cell Freq RTWP(dbm)

-102.0000
-102.1000
-102.2000
-102.3000
-102.4000
-102.5000
-102.6000
HS TCP

Fast Dormancy
300834:Average HSDPA TCP Utilization

Ratio(%)
20.00%
18.00%
16.00%
14.00%
12.00%
10.00%
8.00%
6.00%
4.00%
2.00%
0.00%
NON HS TCP
300829:Average non-HSDPA TCP Utilization

Ratio(%)
20.20%
20.00%
19.80%
19.60%
19.40%
19.20%
19.00%
18.80%
18.60%
18.40%

Fast Dormancy
6.6.1.5 Basic KPI

CS Call Drop Rate
300249:Ratio of CS Call Drop(%)

0.60%
0.50%
0.40%
0.30%
0.20%
0.10%
0.00%
PS Call Drop Rate
New formula of PS CDR

0.60%
0.50%
0.40%
0.30%
0.20%
0.10%
0.00%

Fast Dormancy
300294:Ratio of PS Call Drop(%)

0.12%
0.10%
0.08%
0.06%
0.04%
0.02%
0.00%
RRC
300001:Number of successful RRC

connection establishment(Times)
25000000
20000000
15000000
10000000
5000000
0

Fast Dormancy
300021:Ratio of successful RRC connection

establishment(service relative)(%)
99.20%
99.10%
99.00%
98.90%
98.80%
98.70%
98.60%
98.50%
98.40%
98.30%
CS RAB
300029:Number of Successful CS RAB

establishment(Times)
800000
700000
600000
500000
400000
300000
200000
100000
0
PS RAB

Fast Dormancy
300035:Number of Successful PS RAB

establishment(Times)
20000000
18000000
16000000
14000000
12000000
10000000
8000000
6000000
4000000
2000000
0
CS RAB Successful Rate
300047:Ratio of successful CS RAB

establishment(exclude air interface
cause)(%)
99.96%
99.94%
99.92%
99.90%
99.88%
99.86%
99.84%
99.82%
99.80%
99.78%
PS RAB Successful Rate

Fast Dormancy
300074:Ratio of successful PS RAB

establishment(exclude air interface
cause)(%)
100.00%
99.80%
99.60%
99.40%
99.20%
99.00%
6.6.2 Commercial Application Result
The test result shows that fast dormancy feature has the commercial capability for
long-term.
1. BHCA deceases by about 20%, DMP CPU usage rate decreases about 20%,CMP
CPU usage rate decreases about 30%;

Fast Dormancy
2. PS RRC request number and RAB request number decreases about 60%;
3. RUP CE usage rate increases about 25% because the increase of the PS on-line
user number.
4. Basic KPI: RRC successful rate and CS RAB successful rate deteriorate a bit; CS
call drop rate has little change, PS call drop rate increases about 23%.
5. There is positive gain in paging: the paging number of the Iu interface decreases by
a big margin. And there is also negative gain: paging successful rate deteriorates
obviously statistic by RNC and the paging successful rate deteriorates to some
extend statistic by CN. But there is no corresponding complains in the long-term
running network, and it has no influence to the user experience.
7 Abbreviation
Abbreviation Full Name

ACK Acknowledgement
AM Acknowledged Mode
CN Core Network
CS Circuit Switched
FACH Forward Access Channel
PCH Paging Channel
PS Packet Switched
RAB Radio Access Bearer
RAN Radio Access Network
RB Radio Bearer
RLC Radio Link Control
RRC Radio Resource Connection
SIB1 System Information Block 1
UE User Equipment
UTRAN Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network

Fast Dormancy
8 Reference Document
[1]ZXWR RNC (V3.15.10.20) Radio Network Controller Radio Parameter Reference
[2]ZXWR RNC (V3.15.10.20) Radio Network Controller Performance Counter Reference
[3]ZXUR 9000 UMTS (V4.15.10.20) Radio Network Controller Radio Parameter

Reference
[4]ZXUR 9000 UMTS (V4.15.10.20) Radio Network Controller Performance Counter

Reference
[5]ZTE UMTS Dynamic Radio Bearer Control Feature Guide

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3 Technical Description ....................................................................................... 7

5 Related Counters and Alarms ........................................................................ 23

6 Engineering Guide .......................................................................................... 25

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Figure 3-1 Channel switch with Pre-R7 fast dormancy ........................................................ 7

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Node B version: [ZXSDRV4.15.10]

2.1 Feature Introduction

2.1.1 ZWF21-01-027 Fast Dormancy

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2.2 License Control

This feature is not controlled by a license.

2.3 Correlation with Other Features

2. Mutually Exclusive Features

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ZWF25-04-005 Dynamic Channel Type Transfer for HSUPA Service

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3.1 ZWF21-01-027 Fast Dormancy

3.1.1 R8 Fast Dormancy

3.1.1.1 Basic Principle

Figure 3-1 Channel switch with Pre-R7 fast dormancy

SCRI causes UE SCRI causes UE SCRI causes UE

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To resolve this problem, 3GPP Release 8 introduced a simple UE signaling to indicate

The controlling principle of the RNC is as follows:

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Figure 3-2 Channel switch with R8 fast dormancy

4. If the UE has CS signaling connection or CS RAB in Iu interface, and the RNC

3.1.1.2 SCRI Trigger Channel Switching to CELL_FACH

If the RNC receives a SIGNALLING CONNECTION RELEASE INDICATION message

 Udrbc.fachSwch is set to “1:On”.

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 The value of URncInfo.r99R4RrcStaDorm, URncInfo.r5RrcStaDorm,

The URncInfo.r99R4RrcStaDorm, URncInfo.r5RrcStaDorm, URncInfo.r6RrcStaDorm,

3.1.1.3 SCRI Trigger Channel Switching to CELL_PCH

If the RNC receives a SIGNALLING CONNECTION RELEASE INDICATION message

 Udrbc.pchSwch is set to “ 2: Only Support CELL_PCH”.

 UCelInfoFDD.pchCellSwch is set to “on”.

 The value of URncInfo.r99R4RrcStaDorm, URncInfo.r5RrcStaDorm,

3.1.1.4 SCRI Trigger Channel Switching to URA_PCH

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 Udrbc.pchSwch is set to “1:Only Support URA_PCH”.

 UCelInfoFDD.pchCellSwch is set to “on”.

 The value of URncInfo.r99R4RrcStaDorm, URncInfo.r5RrcStaDorm,

3.1.1.5 SCRI Trigger Channel Switching to IDLE

3.1.2 Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy Suppressing

3.1.2.1 Heart Beat Strategy of the User Plane

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2. The UE has PS service, and no CS service.

3. The RLC mode of the service is in acknowledged mode.

4. If parameter URncFunction.deviceTypeInd is set to "1: true”, you need to determine

3.1.2.2 Channel Switching Strategy of the Control Plane

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