Telecommunication Notes 3G-2G

Naeem Ashraf Mobile Telecommunication Related Drive Test.

2G

2G called GSM and this is stand for Global System For mobile communication
2end generation
3G called WCDMA and this is stand for Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
3thrd generation
For 2G site verification:

1: Trx test per sector (trx is a equipment which is using for mobile traffic at every sector inside the BTS. stand
for base transceiver station)

What’s a trx test mean we go to the site and stand in front of one sector then we start making calls from our
mobiles to check the equipment that is working properly or not and this can we check from our software Rx
level parameter window.The good level is from -45 to -65 and -65 to -85 is average and -90 to -110 is bad
level.
And we also check the Quality level its start from -2 to -6 is good and -6 to up is bad.

This quality we can check from quality parameters.

We also can say trx testing is call testing.

Call Drops Reasons

Bad coverage level mean Rx level is more than -100 .

Interference .

Sudden changing in RF frequency .

Call drops can happen due to handover failure .

Handover test (intra and inter)

Each site has three sector mean antennas handover between these sector is called intra handover.
And handover from one site to another site is called inter handover.For intra handover we start call
from our mobile and we making the around from A to sector C its clock wise and C to sector A its anti clock
wise.
Handover is happened only dedicated mode and in idle is only cell reselection.

Handover failure

If sector A is not handovering the call to sector B its mean handover fail from sector A to B.
Handover failure Reasons

1: Missing neighbors
2: Interference
3: Bad coverage
4: Sudden changing in RF frequency

Swap test

Every site have three sector A,B and C.

If sector A is serving in front of sector B and sector B is serving in front of sector A.
Its mean there is swap between sector A and B and it can happen same between three sectors.
Every sector must shoot at own direction
Its not like this then there is problem

Coverage test

Every site’s sector shooting in different directions. We will make sure with drive in that directions
the coverage level is proper and good. This process for all three sectors.

GPRS AND EDGE TEST(General Packet Radio Service its mean internet in 2G)

First we connect internet from mobile. And then we open the different sites and we download and upload
from these WebPages. Same time we can check internet speed by Du Meter and Net Per second.
Maximum internet speed is 600kb per second.

Cluster Drive

Cluster means select one area which is contain 20 to 30 sites. For cluster drive we uses two
mobiles and one scanner (one mobile is idle mode and other mobile is dedicated mode).
And we drive every streets of the area.
Dedicate mean is when we make a call from mobile during this call time is called dedicated mode.
Idle mode mean is our mobile is without call without any function is called idle mode.

2G parameters

Rx Level
Rx Quality
BCCH (BROAD COST CHANNEL)
BSIC (BASE STATION INDENTIFICATION CODE)
TCCH (TRAFFIC CONTROL CHANNEL)
SDCCH (STAND ALONE DEDICATED CHANNEL)
PCH (PAGING CHANNEL)
SACCH (SLOW ASSOCIATE CONTROL CHANNEL)
CCCH (COMMON CONTROL CHANNEL)
DCCH (DEDICATED CONTROL CHANNEL)

3G
In 3G single site verification we check

voice call,
vedio call,
Data call,
HSDPA
HSUPA,
Handover test Intra and Inter as per I mention above in 2G.
Coverage test, As I mention above.
Swap test, As I mention above.
Cluster Drive.

Voice Call : we stand front of one sector and makes Few calls to check the (RSCP) and (Ec/Io,mean Quality in
3G)
level and also we make sure that all the calls are successfully established that there is no
Drop call
Video Call: same process of voice call but dial the Video call option.
Data Call: connect the internet through mobile up loading and downloading .
HSDPA: (High speed data packet access) Connecting the internet through any USB data card.
HSUPA: (High speed up linking packet access)

Parameters

RSCP (Receiving signal code power)

Ec/No (energy chip noise of other cell)
Tx power
RRC (radio resource control)
SC (scrambling code)
PSC (primary scrambling code)
RACH (random access channel)
Ps call ( Mobile to internet)
CS ( Call setup)
MS (Mobile station)
UE (User equipment)