Cell Selection / Reselection

No: [kt_1601_06]
To: JIO BOND
From: KT RF Team

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LTE TDD Resource Grid

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LTE Channel Mapping

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Cell Selection 1.8G

2.3G

850M

Power On

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 Cell Selection #1 Power On

Acquisition
DB
Frequency Search
PLMN List

Frequency Info
- Factory Mode
- All reset to factory mode PCI
- System acquisition fail with ACQ DB ACQ DB ?
CELL ID
Initial Cell Selection Stored Cell Selection
TAC
Energy Level Scanning Frequency and Energy level
LTE B3(2300MHz) ACQ DB
1 1350
2 1550 1600
3
4
1 2
3

Sorting by Energy Level

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 Cell Selection #2 Sorting by Energy Level
UE remembers the E-UTRA carrier on which it camped
last time and this E-UTRA carrier is prioritized.
Initial Cell Selection Stored Cell Selection

Freq scan list Scanning Frequency and Energy level Freq scan list
1 1800 LTE (2.3MHz) ACQ DB
1 1350 1550 1600 1 2300
2 2300 2
3
4 2 1800
3 850 1 2
3
3 850
4 2100

1 Perform EARFCN 1800 system Acquisition 1 Perform EARFCN 2300 system Acquisition

- Confirmation of exact carrier
frequency or EARFCN
- Detection of system FDD or TDD
- Determination of the downlink
cell-specific reference signal
sequence
Downlink Synchronization
PSS
(Primary Synchronization Signal)
SSS
(Secondary Synchronization Signal)
- Determination of the PCI of the cell
- Determination of the length of cyclic
prefix (Normal or Extended)
- Estimation of downlink propagation
channel
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System Acquisition

- Reading MIB(Master Information Block)

(Bandwidth, PHICH-Configuration Info,
PBCH SystemFrameNumber, Number of transmit antennas)

- To read SIB, UE receive DCI Information

PDCCH

Reading SIB1 on PDSCH (SIB2, SIB3...)

PDSCH - FreqBandIndicator
- PLMN-IdentityList
- CellBarred
- CSG-Indication
- TrackingAreaCode
- CellIdentity
PLMS SELECTION

- Srxlev > 0
- Srxlev = Qrxlevmeas - (Qrxlevmin+Qrxlevminoffset)
– Pcompensation
Cell Selection
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System Information for Cell Selection
Message Duration (TTI) Information
Master Information Block SFN, Bandwidth, PHICH configuration, number of
Every 40ms
(MIB) transmit Antennas
PLMN ID, Cell ID, TAC ID, Cell selection Info.(q-
System Information Block 1
Every 80ms Rxlevmin, q-Rxlevminoffset, P-Max), cell bar, SIB
(SIB1)
schedule

Parameter Information
Srxlev Cell selection RX lever value (dB)
Squal Cell selection quality value (dB)
Qrxlevmeas Measured cell RX lever value (RSRP)
Qqualmeas Measured cell RX lever value (RSRQ)
Qrxlevmin Minimum required RX level in the cell (dBm) = Value in SIB 1 * 2
Qqualmin Minimum required quality level in the cell (dB)
Offset to the signalled Qrxlevmin taken into account in the Srxlev evaluation as a result of a periodic
Qrxlevminoffset
search for a higher priority PLMN while camped normally in a VPLMN
Pcompensation Max(Pemax-Ppowerclass, 0) [dB]

PMAX(Pemax) Maximum Tx power level an UE may use when transmitting on the uplink in the cell (dBm)

Offset to the signalled Qqualmin taken into account in the Squal evaluation as a result of a periodic
Qqualminoffset
search for a higher priority PLMN while camped normally in a VPLMN
PpowerClass Maximum RF output power of the UE (dBm) according to the UE power class as defined in [TS 36.101]

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Cell Selection Criterion
 Cell selection criterion S (TS 36.304)

 Srxlev > 0

 Srxlev = Qrxlevmeas – (Qrxlevmin + Qrxlevminoffset) – Pcompensation

 Current value : RSRP > Qrxlevmin (-128dBm)

Measured RSRP = -119

-128 = QrxlevMin(-64) * 2

1) 9 = RSRP(-119)-Qrxlevmin(-128)
2) Srxlev(9) > 0 -> perform Cell Selection

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Appendix – MIB & SIB 1 Message
2300 MIB 2300 SIB1 1800 SIB1

SIB 1
1800 MIB

Mobile Country Codes

“India”

Mobile Network Codes

“JIO”
Cell reserved ?

TAC
Cell Identity
Cell Barred?
Intra Reselection
Closed subscriber Group
1st Level Criteria : Priority

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Cell Re-Selection Power On

Cell Detection / Search

Cell Selection

RACH and Completion of Registration

IN IDLE

Keep measuring RSRP/RSRQ for the cell it registered

If RSRP/RSRQ is very poor or undetectable, go to Cell search

If RSRP/RSRQ is measureable at least, it evaluate

<Cell Reselection Criteria>

Perform Cell Reselection if the criteria is met

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Cell Re-Selection Criteria (Intra Frequency)
 Measurement rules for cell re-selection (TA 36.304 5.2.4.2, TA 36.133 4.2.2.3)

 SServingCell > Sintrasearch (SServingCell = Srxlev) [Srxlev = Qrxlevmeas – (Qrxlevmin(-128))]

- Not perform Intra-frequency measurement

 SServingCell ≤ Sintrasearch , or No Sintrasearch

- perform RSRP measurement

 Intra-frequency Cell Reselection criteria (TA 36.304 5.2.4.6)

 Rs : cell-ranking criterion (for serving cell) , Rn : cell-ranking criterion (for neighboring cells)

Qmeas RSRP measurement quantity

Rs = Qmeas,s + QHyst
Intra-frequency : Qoffsets,n
Rn = Qmeas,n - Qoffset Qoffset
Inter-frequency : Qoffsets,n + Qoffsetfrequency

(Qoffsets,n : (sib4) q-OffsetCell // Qoffsetfrequency : (sib5) q-OffsetFreq)

QHyst
 Condition for Reselection  Rs < Rn Qmeas,n
- Serving cell < Neighbor Cell during TreselectionRAT Rn

- UE needs to camp on the current serving cell over 1s Sintrasearch

Qrxlevmin
(SIB3) Rs
TreselectionRAT
Qoffset Qmeas,s

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 Cell Re-Selection - JIO (Intra Frequency : 1800->1800, 2300->2300)
 Measurement
1800 - SIB 3
 Qmeas,s ≤ Qrxlevmin(sib3,-64,-128dBm) + Sintrasearch(31,62dB) = -66dBm

 Cell Re-selection
 Qmeas,n > Qmeas,s + Qhyst(2,2dB)  Target RSRP > Serving RSRP + 2dB

Qhyst
2  2dB Qmeas,n = Rn
Target cell RSRP
Sintrasearch
31  62dB

-66dBm
2300 - SIB 3
Qoffset (SIB4)
0  0dB

2dB

Qrxlevmin (SIB3)
-64  -128dBm

Rs

TreselectionRAT
Qmeas,s
1  1 sec
Serving Cell RSRP

Measure Cell Reselection

Cell Re-Selection - JIO (Inter Frequency/Inter-RAT Reselection)
 Measurement rules for cell re-selection (TA 36.304 5.2.4.2, TA 36.133 4.2.2.5)

 Neighbor Cell priority > Serving Cell priority : Always perform Inter-frequency measurement

 Neighbor Cell priority < = Serving Cell priority

- SServingCell (Qrxlevmeas(-104)-Qrxlevmin(-128)=24) ≤ Snonintsearch (12*2=24) perform Inter-frequency measurement

※ Equal priority of serving E-UTRA and other RATs not allowed

 Inter-frequency Cell Reselection criteria (TA 36.304 5.2.4.5)

 Neighbor Cell priority > Serving Cell priority

- SnonservingCell,x > Threshx,high druing TreselectionRAT perform inter-frequency Reselection

- UE needs to camp on the current serving cell over 1s

Qrxlevmin(SIB5/6)

TreselectionRAT
Qmeas,s
 Cell Re-Selection - Current Cell priority(6) < Target Cell priority(7)

 Measurement
 Target priority > Serving priority = Always perform Inter-frequency measurement

 Cell Re-selection
 Qrxlev_nonserving > qRxLevMin(SIB5, -64, -128dBm) + thresXHigh(SIB5, 14, 28dB) = -100dBm

Threshx,high
Qmeas,n
14  28dB
Target Cell RSRP
(2.3G)

-100dBm

Qrxlevmin (SIB5)
-64  -128dBm
Qmeas,s
TreselectionRAT
Serving Cell RSRP
1  1 sec
(1.8G)

Cell Reselection
 Cell Re-Selection - Current Cell priority(7) < Target Cell priority(7)
 Measurement
 Qmeas,s ≤ Qrxlevmin(SIB3,-64,-128dBm) + Snonintrasearch(SIB3,12,24dB) = -104dBm

 Cell Re-selection

 Qmeas,n – Qoffsets,n(SIB4,0,0dB) – Qoffsetfrenquency(SIB5, ,2dB) > Qmeas,s + Qhyst(SIB3,2,2dB)

 Target RSRP > Serving RSRP + 4dB Qoffsetfrequency

2  2dB
Qhyst
2  2dB
Qmeas,n (Target cell RSRP)
Sintrasearch
Rn
12  24dB

-104dBm

Qoffset (SIB4)
2dB
0  0dB

2dB

Qrxlevmin (SIB3)
-64  -128dBm
Rs

TreselectionRAT Qmeas,s (Serving Cell RSRP)

1  1 sec

Measure Cell Reselection

 Cell Re-Selection - Current Cell priority(7) < Target Cell priority(6)
 Measurement
 If serving_srxlev (-64*2=-128) <= Snonintrasearch (12*2=24) , UE performs Target Cell EUTRAN frequency Measurement
SIB3
 Cell Re-selection
sib-TypeAndInfo
sib3 :
 Both Serving_Srxlev (-64*2=-128) < ThreshServingLow (9*2=18) and
cellReselectionServingFreqInfo
s-NonIntraSearch 12,
Target_Srxlev > ThreshX,Low(10*2=20) need to sustain during Treselection_EUTRA threshServingLow 9,
cellReselectionPriority 7
* Assumption : Serving cell : 2300MHz - Target cell : 1800MHz or 850MHz ,
intraFreqCellReselectionInfo
q-RxLevMin -64,
p-Max 23,
s-IntraSearch 31,
presenceAntennaPort1 FALSE,
① neighCellConfig '01'B,
-104dBm t-ReselectionEUTRA 1
-108dBm ③
②
-110dBm SIB5 value BCCH-DL-SCH-Message ::=
message c1 : systemInformation :
criticalExtensions systemInformation-r8 :
TreselectionEUTRA sib-TypeAndInfo
sib5 :
interFreqCarrierFreqList
Example dl-CarrierFreq 1636, 1800MHz
N Formula Calculated value q-RxLevMin -64,
p-Max 23,
Serving_Qrxlevmin -64(SIB3) X 2 + t-ReselectionEUTRA 1,
① -64X2 + 12x2 = -104(dBm)
Snonintrasearch 12(SIB3) X 2 threshX-High 31,
threshX-Low 10,
Serving_Qrxlevmin -64(SIB3) X 2 +
② -64x2 + 9x2 = -110(dBm) allowedMeasBandwidth mbw25,
ThreshServing Low 9(SIB3) X 2 presenceAntennaPort1 FALSE,
cellReselectionPriority 6,
Target_Qrxlevmin -64 (SIB5) x2 +
③ -64x2 + 10x2 = -108(dBm) neighCellConfig '01'B,
ThreshX,Low 10 x 2(SIB5)
q-OffsetFreq dB0
Appendix – Cell priority Information
1) UE always have to measure frequencies and RAT with higher priority.
2) UE have to measure frequencies and RAT with lower priority in the following rules.
- perform intra-frequency measurement only when Srxlev of the serving cell <= Sintrasearch
- perform lower or equal priority inter-frequency/InterRAT measurement only when Srxlev of the
serving cell <= Snonintrasearch
3) LTE Cell Reselection uses priority based levels. (Priority 0 = Lowest, Priority 7 = Highest)

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