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About This Chapter
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6.1 Overview This describes handover. Controlled by the network, handover is a basic function of the mobile communications system. Handover ensures the continuity of mobile services. 6.2 Availability This describes the availability of handover. The realization of handover depends on the cooperation of relevant NEs and software. 6.3 Technical Description This describes Huawei handover algorithm from a technical perspective. As a whole, Huawei handover algorithm is composed of handover preprocessing and handover decision. 6.4 Implementation This describes how to configure the handover and the power boost before handover. 6.5 Maintenance Information This lists the performance counters related to handover. 6.6 References The references indicate the documents about handover from the related standard organizations.
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6.1 Overview
This describes handover. Controlled by the network, handover is a basic function of the mobile communications system. Handover ensures the continuity of mobile services.
Definition
Handover is a process in which a conversation can be sustained when an MS moves from one cell to another in order to meet the requirement of network management.
Purposes
As a method of radio link control, handover enables an MS to keep a conversation sustainable when the MS travels across different cells. In addition, handover can optimize the overall performance of the system through the adjustment of traffic volume by means of parameters.
Terms
Terms Ping-pong handover Co-site neighbor cells Raileigh fading Chain neighbor cell Definition Ping-pong handover occurs when an MS is handed over back and forth between two cells due to the changes in signal quality or the improper settings of the parameters. Neighbor cells under the same BTS.
In radio propagation, signals inevitably suffer from short-period amplitude changes. Raileigh fading relates to frequency. In other words, signal fading is frequency-specific. Chain neighbor cell is a parameter of the neighbor cell relation property. During the quick handover, the MS can be handed over to only the neighbor cells of the serving cell. In addition, the neighbor cells and the serving cell must be configured in chain mode. Generally, the two neighbor cells in the direction of the fast movement of the MS are configured as chain neighbor cells. The configurations depend on the actual conditions. ATCB handover is a special method of determining the boundary between an overlaid subcell and an underlaid subcell for the enhanced dual-band network. The coverage area of the overlaid subcell is determined through the ATCB_THRD, the ATCB_HYST, and the difference between the signal strength of the serving cell and that of the neighbor cell.
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Terms Frequency offset
Definition When the transmit source of the radio wave is far from the receive party, the wavelength is long and the frequency is low. When the transmit source is close to the receive party, the wavelength is short and the frequency is high. The BTS carrying the serving cell can calculate the frequency offset (indicated by f) through the signals transmitted by the moving MS. If the absolute value of f is great, you can infer that the MS is moving fast. If f is a positive number, you can infer that the MS is moving toward the BTS. If f is a negative number, you can infer that the MS is moving away from the BTS. In FH mode, the different frequencies set refers to a certain FH group. In nonFH mode, the different frequencies set refers to a certain frequency. The enhanced measurement report is a new downlink measurement report, reported by the MS. Compared with the normal measurement report, some new measurements are added, such as BER, FER, and so on. The enhanced measurement report provides the measurement information of up to 15 neighbor GSM/WCDMA cells, whereas the normal measurement report provides the measurement information of 6 neighbor GSM cells at most. The FULL SET refers to the signal RX level and quality of TCH channels when the BTS performs full power emission. The SUB SET refers to the signal RX level and quality of TCH channels in DTX mode. Ec/No means Signal Noise Ratio in WCDMA. It maps with C/I in GSM.
Different frequencie s set Enhanced measurem ent report
FULL SET SUB SET Ec/N0
Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acronyms and Abbreviation s MS BSC MR BQ TA BSIC BER BCCH AMR
Full Spelling Mobile Station Base Station Controller Measure report Bad Quality Timing Advance Base Station Identity Code Bit Error Ratio Broadcast Control CHannel Adaptive Multi Rate
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Acronyms and Abbreviation s ATCB RQI RSCP CPICH PBGT
Full Spelling Adapter Distance To Cell Border Radio Quality Indication Received Signal Code Power Common Pilot Channel Power Budget Handover
6.2 Availability
This describes the availability of handover. The realization of handover depends on the cooperation of relevant NEs and software.
NEs Involved
Table 6-1 lists the network elements involved in handover. Table 6-1 NEs involved in handover MS
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BTS
BSC
MSC
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SGSN
GGSN
HLR
Software Releases
Table 6-2 lists the versions of GBSS products that support handover. Table 6-2 GBSS products and software versions Product BSC BTS BSC6000 BTS3012 DTRU QTRU BTS3012AE DTRU QTRU
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Version V900R008C01 and later releases BTS3000V100R001C01 and later releases BTS3000V100R008C01 and later releases BTS3000V100R001C04 and later releases BTS3000V100R008C01 and later releases
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Product BTS3006C BTS3002E DBS3036 BTS3036 BTS3036A
Version BTS3000V100R002C01 and later releases BTS3000V100R002C01 and later releases BTS3000V100R008C01 and later releases BTS3000V100R008C02 and later releases BTS3000V100R008C02 and later releases
Miscellaneous
None
6.3 Technical Description

This describes Huawei handover algorithm from a technical perspective. As a whole, Huawei handover algorithm is composed of handover preprocessing and handover decision.
Handover Preprocessing
Handover preprocessing consists of the following contents:
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Handover Preparation Handover Penalty Neighbor Cell Sorting Network Characteristic Adjustment Forced handover processing Power boost before HO enabled
Handover Decision
Handover decision is categorized into the following types:
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Quick handover (consisting of quick PBGT handover and frequency offset handover). Good services can be provided when the speech quality deteriorates during the fast movement of an MS. Quick handover is mainly applicable to the railway scenario. Emergency handover. Emergency handover can keep a call sustainable when the radio environment severely deteriorates. Theoretically, the emergency handover algorithm produces greater error in evaluating the target cell than that produced by other handover algorithms. In normal cell, frequent emergency handovers should be avoided. Enhanced dual-band network handover. In an enhanced dual-band network, the resources in the overlaid 1800M subcell and underlaid 900M subcell can be shared during the assignment and handover procedures. That is, the calls in the high-traffic 900M subcell can be moved to the low-traffic 1800M subcell to achieve traffic balance. Load handover. Load handover can enable the load of system traffic to be shared so that the deterioration of local counters is minimized.
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General handover. General handover can ensure good services when an MS is moving.
Figure 6-1 shows the priority and handover algorithm of each type of handover decision: Figure 6-1 Handover decision
Quick handover
Emergency handover TA handover Interference handover Quick level drop handover Bad quality handover
Enhanced dual-band network handover Load handover
General handover Edge handover Fast-moving micro cell handover Inter-layer (better cell) handover PBGT handover AMR handover Better 3G cell handover TIGHT BCCH handover algorithm
6.3.1 Handover Preprocessing

This describes handover preprocessing. Based on the neighbor cell information and configured parameters in the measurement report, the system performs handover preprocessing and adjusts the priority of a neighbor cell.
Measurement Report
The BSC decodes neighbor cell information from the measurement report. The processing can be performed either on the BSC side or on the BTS side.
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If MR.Preprocessing is set to No, then the processing is performed on the BSC side.
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MR.Preprocessing is set to No by default.

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If MR.Preprocessing is set to Yes, then the processing is performed on the BTS side. By setting the parameters Transfer Original MR, Transfer BS/MS Power Class and Sent Freq.of preprocessed MR, you can specify the contents of the MRs to be provided and the period during which the MRs are provided. In this way, the signaling throughput on the Abis interface and the usage of the BSC can be decreased.
The MR can be classified into enhanced MR and normal MR, the parameter Report Type determines which type is used. In the MR, the TCH measurement of the serving cell is classified into FULL SET and SUB SET. The parameter DtxMeasUsed determines whether the DTX is used during measurement when the MS and BTS report MRs. According to the BCCH frequencies and BSIC reported by an MS, the corresponding neighbor cell index is detected. Then the uplink part and downlink part of the measurement report is read.
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If measurement reports are issued continuously, they are directly interposed in the measurement report queue. If measurement reports are issued discontinuously and the number of lost measurement reports is smaller than Allowed M.R Number Lost, the system performs operations as follows:

For the serving cell, the MRs are linear interpolated. For the neighbor cell, the lowest values are applied to the lost measurement values according to the protocols; that is, level 0 (-110 dBm) is applied in interpolation.
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The same method is applied in the condition that no MR due to low RX level in the neighbor cell.
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If measurement reports are issued discontinuously and the number of lost measurement reports is greater than Allowed M.R Number Lost, the previous measurement reports are discarded. When new measurement reports arrive, calculation is performed again.
Filtering treatment is performed on measurement reports, that is, a number of consecutive measurement reports are obtained from the queue. Averaging treatment is performed on uplink/ downlink RX level, uplink/downlink RX quality, TA, RQI, BTS power, 2G neighbor cell level, and the CPICH, RSCP, and Ec/No of 3G neighbor cell. The averaging treatment minimizes the effect of abrupt changes in individual measurement report values on the result of handover decision. The number of consecutive measurement reports needed in filtering is different according to the measurement object and channel type, as listed in Table 6-3. Table 6-3 Parameters related to the number of measurement reports Measurement Object Receive level of the serving cell Channel Type SDCCH TCH Parameter Filter Length for SDCCH Level Filter Length for TCH Level
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Channel Type SDCCH TCH BCCH TCH TCH
Parameter Filter Length for SDCCH Qual Filter Length for TCH Qual Filter Length for TA Filter Length for Ncell RX_LEV Filter Length for TCH Level Filter Length for TCH Qual
If consecutive measurement reports are insufficient, you can infer that filtering fails. Then handover decision is not performed.
Quick Handover Preparation

The preparation of quick handover involves the following main aspects:
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Frequency offset is decoded from the measurement report. Frequency offset of the MS is obtained from the uplink measurement report from the BTS by the BSC.
filtering is performed to the measurement report.
Handover Penalty
The handover penalty is performed in the following conditions: quick handover succeeds, TA emergency handover succeeds, BQ emergency handover succeeds, quick micro cell handover succeeds, OL subcell to UL subcell handover within an enhanced concentric cell succeeds, and handover failure.
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After the quick handover, TA emergency handover, or BQ emergency handover is successful, the actual RX level of the old cell is subtracted with related value during the penalty. Table 6-4 lists the related parameters. Table 6-4 Parameters related to the number of measurement reports Handov er Quick handover TA Handove r Parameter Quick Handover Punish Time(s) Quick Handover Punish Value Penalty Level after TA HO Penalty Time after TA HO(s)
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Parameter Penalty Level after BQ HO Penalty Time after BQ HO(s)
After the quick micro cell handover is successful, penalty is performed on all the neighbor cells of the micro cell. Related parameters are Penalty on Fast Moving HO and Penalty Time on Fast Moving HO(s). After the OL subcell to UL subcell handover within an enhanced concentric cell is successful, the call handover from OL subcell to UL subcell is not allowed within Penalty Time of UtoO HO(s). After the OL subcell to UL subcell handover in the enhanced dual-band network is successful, the call handover from OL subcell to UL subcell is not allowed within Inter UL And OL Subcells HO Penalty Time(s). After the handover fails, different penalties are performed to the target cell according to different causes:
If the handover to a neighbor 2G or 3G cell fails, the actual RX level of the target cell is decreased by Penalty Level after HO Fail for neighbor cell queuing during the penalty.
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According to the cause of handover failure,the penalty time can be classified into three types:UmPenaltyTimer,RscPenaltyTimer,andCfgPenaltyTimer.
If the OL subcell to UL subcell handover within an enhanced concentric cell fails, the call handover from OL subcell to UL subcell is not allowed within Penalty Time after OtoU HO Fail(s). If the UL subcell to OL subcell handover within an enhanced concentric cell fails, the call handover from UL subcell to OL subcell is not allowed within Penalty Time after UtoO HO Fail(s).
Neighbor Cell Basic Queuing

The purpose of neighbor cell basic queuing is to produce the candidate cell list with the following information taken into account after handover penalty: RX level of the serving cell and neighbor cells contained in the MRs, hysteresis, usage of TCHs in the neighbor cells, and so on.
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In non-direct retry situation, if an MS in a BSC external cell occupies an SDCCH and InterBSC SDCCH HO ALLowed is set to No, then the cell should be removed from the candidate cell list; that is, the handover to the BSC external cell is prohibited. If a neighbor 2G cell is in the same BSC with the serving cell and the TCH usage of the neighbor cell is 100%, then the neighbor cell is removed from the candidate cell list; that is, the handover to this neighbor cell is prohibited. If the downlink RX level of a neighbor 2G cell is lower than the sum of Min DL Power on HO Candidate Cell and NCell Interf Type, then the neighbor cell should be removed from the candidate cell list; that is, the handover to this neighbor cell is prohibited. If the uplink RX level of a neighbor cell is lower than the sum of Min UP Power on HO Candidate Cell and NCell Interf Type, then the neighbor cell should be removed from the candidate cell list; that is, the handover to this neighbor cell is prohibited.
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If a 3G neighbor cell is an FDD cell, the cell is processed according to the FDD REP QUANT:
If FDD REP QUANT is set to Ec/N0, then if the Ec/N0 of the cell is less than Min Ec/ No Threshold, the neighbor cell should be removed from the candidate cell list; that is, the handover to this neighbor cell is prohibited. If FDD REP QUANT is set to RSCP, then if the RSCP of the cell is less than Min RSCP Threshold, the neighbor cell should be removed from the candidate cell list; that is, the handover to this neighbor cell is prohibited.
If a 3G neighbor cell is a TDD cell, and if the RSCP of the cell is less than Min RSCP Threshold, then the neighbor cell should be removed from the candidate cell list; that is, the handover to this neighbor cell is prohibited. Calculate the difference between the downlink RX level of the neighbor cells and the downlink RX level of the serving cell. Based on the difference, sort the neighbor cells in a descending order.
Network Characteristic Adjustment

Network characteristic adjustment is a process in which the position of each cell is determined in the queue of candidate cells based on the related network information. Network characteristic adjustment provides the final list of candidate cells for handover decision. After the network characteristic adjustment, the candidate cells (consisting of neighbor cells and serving cell) are sorted in descending order by priority. Then the handover decision procedure starts.
Forced Handover
If the forced handover is triggered, the subsequent handover decision is not performed. Purpose of the forced handover:
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If no TCH is available in the serving cell during the MS access process, the direct retry procedure is performed when Direct Retry is set to Yes. When BTS maintenance is performed, the MSs under control of the related BTS should be handed over to the cells controlled by a functional BTS to ensure that no call drops occur during BTS maintenance.
The forced handover is categorized into the following four types:

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Outgoing cell handover (directed retry) Outgoing BTS handover Outgoing BSC handover Specified cell list handover
Power Boost Before Handover

When the MS is in a corner, the level may decrease swiftly. At this time, the handover may be triggered. Then, the power control algorithm may fail to adjust the MS and BTS power, thus causing the MS fails to receive the handover command and call drops. By quickly adjusting the BTS transmit power to the maximum level before sending the handover command to the MS and shielding the BTS power control function during the handover, that is,
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keep the maximum BTS transmit power during the handover, a high handover success rate is ensured. Power boost before handover can be controlled through Power boost before HO enabled or not.
6.3.2 Handover Decision Algorithm

This describes the handover decision algorithm. After measurement reports are preprocessed, the handover decision procedure starts. According to the emergency condition of an MS in the network, the handover decision algorithm performs decision in the following order: quick handover, emergency handover, enhanced dual-band handover, load handover, and then general handover. The handover decision consists of the following two steps:
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Determines whether the serving cell meets the triggering conditions. Selects the candidate cells.
The candidate cells is selected based on Inter-RAT HO Preference:

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When Inter-RAT HO Preference is set to Pre_2G_Cell: If there is no eligible neighbor 2G cell but with eligible neighbor 3G cells, then the 3G cell is selected.
When Inter-RAT HO Preference is set to Pre_3G_Cell: The 3G cell is preferred. When Inter-RAT HO Preference is set to Pre_2G_CellThres: If the RX level of 2G candidate cell is smaller than or equal to HO Preference Threshold for 2G Cell, then the 3G cell is preferred.
If the emergency handover conditions are met and the number of candidate cells is not zero, then the emergency handover timer Min Interval for Emerg.HOs is started. Another emergency handover can be decided only when Min Interval for Emerg.HOs expires.
Quick Handover
This describes quick handover. The handover aims to increase the handover success rate of an MS moving at a high speed and to ensure the call continuity and low call drop rate. Quick handover applies to the urban backbone roads, selected routes, and high-speed railroads.
Quick Handover Types

Quick handover consists of frequency offset handover and quick PBGT handover.
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Frequency offset handover According to the frequency offset information reported by an MS moving at a high speed, whether the MS is far from the serving cell is determined. Frequency offset handover decision is performed according to the uplink/downlink level of the serving cell and the path loss of the neighbor cell.
Quick PBGT handover Quick PBGT handover decision is performed according to the path loss of the neighbor cell.
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For quick handover, the handover response speed is enhanced through the following ways:
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Triggering Condition
Whether the conditions of frequency offset handover are met is determined during handover decision. When the BTS cannot report the frequency offset information or the reported frequency offset information is invalid, fast PBGT handover is triggered if the other conditions of frequency offset handover are met. If the Quick Handover Enable is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of quick handover are as follows:
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The MS is far from the serving cell (the frequency offset in the measurement result message is a negative value) and the moving speed of the MS is higher than Quick Move Speed Thres. The uplink level of the serving cell after filtering is lower than Quick Handover Up Trigger Level. The downlink level of the serving cell after compensation is lower than Quick Handover Down Trigger Level. The path loss of the configured chain neighbor cell is smaller than a certain threshold of the path loss of the serving cell. In other words, PBGT(n) is equal to or greater than 0.
The triggering decisions of quick handover are as follows:

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If the last three conditions are met, the decision is performed as follows:

If the first condition is met, a frequency offset handover is performed. If the first condition is not met, a quick PBGT handover is performed.
If not all the last three conditions are met, quick handover is not triggered.
Target Cell Selection

The target cell must be a chain neighbor cell of the serving cell. The target cell can be obtained through the setting of Chain Neighbor Cell.
Limitations
The limitations on quick handover are as follows:
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The target cell cannot serve as the serving cell. The candidate cells for quick handover must be chain neighbor cells of the serving cell. Each cell can be configured with a maximum of three chain neighbor cells. After quick handover is successful, penalty is performed on the originating cell during the penalty time to prevent an immediate switchback to the cell. The penalty time and penalty value depend on Quick Handover Punish Time and Quick Handover Punish Value respectively.
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TA Handover
This describes TA handover. TA handover is a kind of emergency handover. TA handover performs handover decision based on the TA value reported by an MS. The TA value of an ordinary cell ranges from 0 to 63. The TA value of the underlaid subcell in a double-timeslot cell ranges from 0 to 229. The step of each bit is 553.5 m. If the TA value is set to 63, you can infer that the distance is 35 km.
TA handover is triggered when the following conditions are met:
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TA HO Allowed is set to Yes. Filtered TA value reported by the MS through measurement reports is greater than or equal to TA Threshold.
The TA handover can be triggered only when all the previous conditions are met.
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From the perspective of the triggering condition for TA handover, TA can be regarded as a criterion for limiting the size of a cell.

A target cell should be the cell with the highest priority among the queue of sorted candidate cells after preprocessing. In addition, the target cell should meet the following limitations:
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The target cell cannot serve as the serving cell. If the TA Threshold of a co-site neighbor cell lower than or equal to the TA Threshold of the serving cell, a handover to the cell is forbidden. After the TA handover succeeds, penalty is performed on the source cell. During Penalty Time after TA HO(s), the Penalty Level after TA HO is subtracted from the level of the source cell to avoid an immediate handover back to the source cell.
If the triggering conditions of TA handover are met, and there is no 2G candidate cell, the following operation is performed:
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If a neighbor 3G cell is available, the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover is performed when Outgoing-RAT HO Allowed is set to Yes and the MS supports the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover. If no neighbor 3G cell is available, or Outgoing-RAT HO Allowed is set to No, or the MS does not support the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover, then the decision on another emergency handover type is performed.
BQ Handover
This describes BQ handover. BQ handover is a kind of emergency handover. BQ handover performs decision based on the uplink/downlink RX quality on the Um interface. The RX quality is measured in bit error ratio (BER). The BSC measures the quality of a radio link based on the quality class in the measurement report. The probable reason for an increase in BER is that the signal power is too low or the channel interference becomes great.
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If BQ HO Allowed is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of BQ handover are as follows:
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The uplink RX quality is greater than or equal to the uplink RX quality threshold of the serving cell. The downlink RX quality is greater than or equal to the downlink RX quality threshold of the serving cell.
The BQ handover is triggered if either of the previous conditions is met. The configuration parameters for uplink and downlink RX quality threshold are as follows:
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For non-AMR calls, the configuration parameters for uplink RX quality threshold is UL Qual. Threshold, the configuration parameters for downlink RX quality threshold is DL Qual. Threshold. For AMR calls, the configuration parameters for uplink RX quality threshold is ULQuaLimitAMRFR, the configuration parameters for downlink RX quality threshold is DLQuaLimitAMRFR. For AMR HR calls, the configuration parameters for uplink RX quality threshold is ULQuaLimitAMRHR, the configuration parameters for downlink RX quality threshold is DLQuaLimitAMRHR.

A target cell should be the cell with the highest priority in the list of sorted candidate cells after the preprocessing procedure. In addition, the target cell should meet the following limitations:
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If the target cell is a neighbor cell, the RX level of the target cell must meet the following formula: Filtered downlink RX level of the neighbor cell > Filtered downlink RX level of the serving cell + Min Access Level Offset of the serving cell configured for the neighbor cell - Chain Neighbor Cell
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If there is no neighbor cell, Intracell HO Allowed is set to Yes, and the serving cell is not in intra-cell handover penalty state, then the MS is handed over to the serving cell. A channel with different frequency band, different frequencies set, different TRX, or different timeslot is preferred (priority: different frequency band > different frequencies set > different TRX > different timeslot).
After the BQ handover succeeds, penalty is performed on the source cell. During the Penalty Time after BQ HO(s), the Penalty Level after BQ HO is subtracted from the level of the source cell to avoid an immediate handover back to the source cell. If the triggering conditions of BQ handover are met, and there is no 2G candidate cell, the following operation is performed:
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If a neighbor 3G cell is available, the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover is performed when Outgoing-RAT HO Allowed is set to Yes and the MS supports the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover.
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If no neighbor 3G cell is available, or Outgoing-RAT HO Allowed is set to No, or the MS does not support the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover, then the decision on another emergency handover type is performed.
Rapid Level Drop Handover

This describes rapid level drop handover. Rapid level drop handover is a kind of emergency handover. If the mean value filtering and P/N decision methods are used in edge handover and PBGT handover, responses to short-period rapid level drop are insensitive. Therefore, targeting the rapid level drop, you can perform finite impact response (FIR) filtering on the original RX level signals. This filtering method is responsive to the rapid level drop based on the drop slope of the original RX level signals.
Triggering Conditions
If Rx_Level_Drop HO Allowed is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of rapid level drop handover are as follows:
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If the measurement reports that the BSC received are pre-processed, the flag bit in the measurement report will be used for handover decision directly. If the measurement reports that the BSC received are not pre-processed, then the rapid level drop handover is triggered when the corresponding specifications between original RX level, Edge HO UL RX_LEV Threshold, Filter Parameter A1A8, and Filter Parameter B are met.
The rapid level drop handover is triggered if either of the previous conditions is met.

A target cell should be the cell with the highest priority in the list of sorted candidate cells after the preprocessing procedure. In addition, the target cell should meet the following limitations:
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The target cell has a higher priority than the serving cell. The MS cannot be handed over to the serving cell.
If the triggering conditions of rapid level drop handover are met, and there is no 2G candidate cell, the following operation is performed:
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Interference Handover
This describes interference handover. Interference handover is a kind of emergency handover. Interference handover protects the interfered calls and reduce the network interference by detecting scenarios where the calls are interfered.
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The difference between interference handover and BQ handover is that the BQ handover detects the bad quality caused both by coverage and interference. The interference handover does not detect the bad quality caused coverage.
If the Interference HO Allowed is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of interference handover are as follows:
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The uplink RX quality after filtering is greater than or equal to the RX quality threshold supposed in current uplink RX level The downlink RX quality after filtering is greater than or equal to the RX quality threshold supposed in current downlink RX level
The interference handover is triggered if either of the previous conditions is met. The configuration parameters for uplink and downlink RX quality threshold are as follows:
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For non-AMR FR calls, the configuration parameters for RX quality threshold are RXQUAL1n, where 1 n 12. For AMR FR calls, the configuration parameters for RX quality threshold are RXQUALn (1 n 12) and RXLEVOff.

When n = 1, the RX quality threshold is RXQUAL1. When 2 n 12, the RX quality threshold is RXQUALn + RXLEVOff.

A target cell should have the highest priority among the candidate cells. In addition, a target cell should meet the following conditions:
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If Intracell HO Allowed is set to Yes and if the intra-cell handover penalty timer expires, then the serving cell can be the target cell.
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When a number of consecutive handovers occur, Forbidden time after MAX Times is triggered, the intra-cell handover is forbidden for a corresponding period.
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If the filtered level of a neighbor cell is greater than the Inter-layer HO Threshold of the neighbor cell and Inter-layer HO Hysteresis, the neighbor cell can serve as a target cell.
If the triggering conditions of interference handover are met, and there is no 2G candidate cell, the following operation is performed:
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No Downlink Measurement Report Handover

This describes no downlink measurement report handover. The handover performs handover decision based on the uplink quality to keep a call sustainable and to minimize the possibility of call drops.
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The no downlink measurement report handover is generally caused by poor radio environment on the uplink. In this case, the requirements of the filtering algorithm cannot be met, so other handover algorithms cannot be triggered.
The triggering conditions of no downlink measurement report handover are as follows:
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No Dl Mr.HO Allowed is set to Yes. The measurement report of the call does not have downlink part currently. The value of the uplink quality after filtering treatment is greater than or equal to No Dl Mr.Ul Qual HO Limit. The number of lost downlink MRs is smaller than Cons.No Dl Mr.HO Allowed Limit. For TCH, the number of saved MRs with uplink quality value is greater than Filter Length for TCH Qual; for SDCCH, the number of saved MRs with uplink quality value is greater than Filter Length for SDCCH Qual.
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When all the previous conditions are met, the no downlink measurement report handover is triggered.

The selection conditions for target cell are as follows:
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The sorted neighbor cells recorded in the last complete measurement report are saves as candidate cells. The MS is preferably handed over to a neighbor cell. If there is no neighbor cell, the MS is handed over to the serving cell.
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Enhanced Dual-Band Network Handover

This describes enhance dual-band network handover, which is a handover decision based on the traffic volume of the overlaid and underlaid subcells and on the level quality. Enhanced dual-band network handover is classified into the following:
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Handover due to high underlaid subcell load Handover due to low underlaid subcell load Call movement handover in the overlaid subcell
The triggering conditions of the handover due to high underlaid subcell load are as follows:
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When all the previous conditions are met, the handover due to high underlaid subcell load is triggered. If the load of the underlaid subcell in the cell is higher than or equal to UL Subcell Serious Overload Threshold, then Handover Period = UL Subcell Load Hierarchical HO Period Modified Step Length of UL Load HO Period, and Step Length of UL Subcell Load HO remains the same. The triggering conditions of the handover due to low underlaid subcell load are as follows:
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The load of the underlaid subcell in the cell is lower than UL Subcell Lower Load Threshold. The system flow is not higher than Allowed Flow Control Level of UL And OL Subcell HO. The current call is within the handover margin that allows handover.
When all the previous conditions are met, the handover due to high underlaid subcell load is triggered. The triggering conditions of the call movement handover in the overlaid subcell are as follows:
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SSserving < Thdouter SS(u) - SS(n) < ATCB_THRD - ATCB_HYST The handover in the overlaid subcell is triggered if either of the previous conditions is met.
SSserving: indicates the compensated downlink RX level in the serving cell after filtration. Thdouter: indicates Outgoing OL Subcell HO level Threshold. SS(u): indicates the downlink level (power compensation is performed on the downlink level based on measurement) of the underlaid subcell where the call is originated. If the SS(u) value cannot be obtained, you can infer that the decision of enhanced dual-band network handover is not performed and the decision condition is met by default. SS(n): The optimum neighbor cell is a cell, the measured value of whose BCCH level is the greatest, among the neighbor cells. The optimum neighbor cell is on the same frequency band, layer, and level with the underlaid subcell. The cell, however, is not co-sited with the underlaid subcell. SS(n) is the value of such a cell. If such a cell is unavailable, the value of SS(n) is 110 dBm. ATCB_THRD: indicates Distance Between Boudaries of UL And OL Subcells. ATCB_HYST: indicates Distance Hysterisis Between Boudaries of UL And OL Subcells.
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For the ATCB handover algorithm, the boundaries of the overlaid and underlaid subcells are determined according to the relative value between the signal strength of serving cell and that of the neighbor cell. When SS(s) = SS(n), the system considers that it is the boundary point of the underlaid subcell. When SS(s) - SS(n) > ATCB_THRD, it is the coverage area of the overlaid subcell. The coverage area of the overlaid subcell is determined according to the different networking and coverage conditions of the existing network. In addition, the overlaid subcell of the serving cell and the overlaid of the neighbor cell will never overlap no matter how the distance between the BTSs changes. The handover zone indicates the level range. In the case of overlaid/underlaid load handover on the enhanced dual-band network, the handover is performed level by level and the MS whose downlink level is within the handover zone is handed over.
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The target cell selection has the following restrictions:
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For the handover due to high underlaid subcell load, the MS can be handed over to only the overlaid subcell. For the handover due to low underlaid subcell load, the MS can be handed over to only the underlaid subcell. For the call movement handover in the overlaid subcell, the MS is handed over to the neighbor cell that ranks first among the neighbor cells. The MS cannot be handed over to the cell that ranks behind the serving cell. The target cell is generally the underlaid subcell. It can also be other neighbor cells.
Limitations
The limitations on the handover due to high underlaid subcell load are as follows:
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The limitations on the handover due to low underlaid subcell load are as follows:
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The cell where the call is located is on the enhanced dual-band network. The HW_Concentric Attribute is set to Overlay cell. The Load HO of OL Subcell to UL Subcell Enabled parameter is set. The maximum range of the handover zone is 63 to Outgoing OL Subcell HO level Threshold. The handover starts from the low level.
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The limitations on call movement handover in the overlaid subcell are as follows:
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Effect of the Enhanced Dual-Band Network Handover on the Existing Algorithm

The effect of the enhanced dual-band network handover on the existing algorithm is as follows:
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On the enhanced dual-band network, to prevent the common load handover from colliding with the handover between OL subcell and UL subcell on the network, for the common load handover of the cells on the network, the MS cannot be handed over to the cell in the same group when the load handover switches between the overlaid subcell and the underlaid subcell on the network (Load HO From UL Subcell to OL Subcell Allowed and Load HO of OL Subcell to UL Subcell Enabled) are enabled. Because the PBGT handover algorithm may cause inter-cell handover, the MS cannot be handed over the cell in the same group in the case of PBGT handover between the cells on the enhanced dual-band network.
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Load Handover
This describes load handover. In the network, some cells have heavy loads, but the overlapped upper-layer cells and the neighbor cells have light loads. To balance the loads of these cells, load handover is required. In a load handover procedure, some loads in heavy-load cells are handed over to light-load cells. In addition, the loads in neighbor cells should not be handed over to heavy-load cells. The load handover is only for the 2G inter-cell handover and cannot be used for 2G -> 3G handover. Load handover can be performed in cells at different layers. Load sharing, however, can be performed in only one BSC. Figure 6-2 shows the load handover. Figure 6-2 Load handover
A cell with a heavy load A cell with a light load A cell with a heavy load A cell with a light load A cell with a light load A cell with a heavy load A cell with a light load
To perform load sharing, increase Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold so that the traffic on the edge of a cell is handed over to a neighbor cell with light load. The traffic load of a cell can be determined through the ratio of the traffic flow (generally TCH usage) of the cell to the preset threshold. If the traffic flow of a cell is greater than the Load HO Threshold, you can infer that the traffic load of this cell is heavy. The load handover algorithm needs to be enabled. If the traffic flow of a cell is smaller than the Load Req. on Candidate Cell, you can infer that the traffic load of this cell is light and the cell can receive loads from the heavy-load cells. Load handover may trigger many handovers, so you should consider the load of the system CPU before triggering load handover. In other words, you should consider the system traffic level before triggering load handover. In addition, to prevent too many MSs from being handed over at a time, load handover is performed step by step. In other words, the edge handover threshold increases based on Load HO Step Level (CLS_Ramp) and Load HO Step Period (CLS_Period). The increase stops until the increased volume equals Load HO Bandwidth (CLS_Offset), as shown in Figure 6-3.
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Figure 6-3 Load handover

Load handover band Border of normal handover
Cell A
Cell B
CONF_HO_RXLEV+CLS_Offset
CONF_HO_RXLEV CONF_HO_RXLEV+CLS_Ramp
If the Load HO Allowed is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of load handover are as follows:
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The system assigns MSs to different load handover bands based on the downlink RX level. The load handover algorithm performs handover on the cell so that the MS is handed over out of the cell step by step. 1. The MSs in load handover band 1 are handed over to the neighbor cells. Load handover band 1 refers to the area where the downlink level ranges from Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold to Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold + Load HO Step Level. After one Load HO Step Period, the MSs in load handover band 2 are handed over to the neighbor cells. Load handover band 2 refers to the area where the downlink level ranges from Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold to Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold + (2 x Load HO Step Level). The load handover stops when the flow of the cell is less than or equal to Load HO Threshold.
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Load handover uses the step-by-step outgoing handover mode so that the possibility of a sharp increase in CPU load is eliminated and the occurrence of call drops due to congested target cell is avoided.
Edge Handover
This describes edge handover. Based on level, edge handover is a kind of general handover. If edge handover is triggered, the level of the target cell should be at least one hysteresis value (Inter-cell HO Hysteresis) higher than the level of the serving cell.
If Fringe HO Allowed is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of edge handover are as follows:
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The filtered downlink RX level of the serving cell is smaller than Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold The filtered uplink RX level of the serving cell is smaller than Edge HO UL RX_LEV Threshold
The RX level of neighbor cell is greater than the sum of the RX level of serving cell and Inter-cell HO Hysteresis.
The edge handover is triggered when the P/N criterion is met, that is, the previous conditions are met for Edge HO Valid Time(s) during Edge HO Watch Time(s). Figure 6-4 shows the edge handover. Figure 6-4 Edge handover
Cell 1 Cell 2
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A cell can become a target cell if the previous conditions are met for Edge HO AdjCell Valid Time(s) during Edge HO AdjCell Watch Time(s). If the triggering conditions of edge handover are met, and there is no 2G candidate cell, the following operation is performed:
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If a neighbor 3G cell is available, the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover is performed when Outgoing-RAT HO Allowed is set to Yes and the MS supports the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover. If no neighbor 3G cell is available, or Outgoing-RAT HO Allowed is set to No, or the MS does not support the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover, then the decision on another handover type is performed.
Fast-Moving Micro Cell Handover

This describes fast-moving micro cell handover. In fast-moving micro cell handover mode, the handover from a micro cell to a macro cell is performed according to the relative speed of an MS so that the number of handovers can be minimized. Fast-moving micro cell handover applies to the following scenarios:
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Figure 6-5 shows the fast-moving micro cell handover. Figure 6-5 Fast-moving micro cell handover
Umbrella cell Micro cell
If MS Fast Moving HO Allowed is set to Yes, the handover decision procedure of fast-moving micro cell handover is as follows: 1. 2. When the triggering conditions of edge handover or PBGT handover are met, the fastmoving micro cell handover decision is started. When the period during which the MS camps on a serving cell is shorter than MS Fastmoving Time Threshold, the number of cells that the MS passes in fast movement counted by the system is added by one.
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The cell counted by the system must locates at a layer smaller than layer 4. In other words, the cell must be non-Umbrella cell.
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When the number of cells that the MS passes in fast movement reaches MS Fast-moving Watch Cells, if the number of cells that the MS passes in fast movement counted by the
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Limitations
After the fast-moving micro cell handover is successful, penalty is performed on all the neighbor micro cells. During Penalty Time on Fast Moving HO(s), Penalty on MS Fast Moving HO is subtracted from the RX level of neighbor micro cells.
Cell Layer and Cell Hierarchy

Through the multiband handover algorithm developed by Huawei, a proper traffic volume distribution can be realized among multiple frequency bands. Huawei multiband handover algorithm divides cells into four layers with 16 hierarchies in each layer. Thus, the cells are grouped by Layer of the Cell and are applicable for complex networking modes. Figure 6-6 shows the cell layers. Figure 6-6 Cell layer
GSM900 Umbrella Cell GSM900 Macro Cell DCS1800 Micro Cell GSM900 GSM900 GSM900 GSM900 DCS1800 DCS1800 Layer 2 GSM900 GSM900 Layer 3 Layer 4
DCS1800 Pico Cell
DCS1800
DCS1800
DCS1800 Layer 1
In the multiband handover algorithm developed by Huawei, a GSM network covering a certain area is divided into four layers, which are described as follows.
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Layer 4: Umbrella cell. The umbrella cell is generally a GSM900 cell with wide coverage. This type of cell is used for coverage and fast MS connection. Layer 3: Macro cell. The macro cell is generally composed of GSM900 cells. This type of cell is most commonly used in the current GSM system, serving the majority of users. Layer 2: Micro cell. The micro cell is generally composed of DCS1800 cells with small coverage. This type of cell is used for capacity expansion, relieving the insufficiency of frequency resources. Layer 1: Pico cell. The pico cell is generally composed of DCS1800 cells. This type of cell is used in hot spots and blind spots.
The cell in the low layer has a high priority.
Inter-Layer (Better Cell) Handover

This describes inter-layer (better cell) handover. Inter-layer (better cell) handover is a kind of general handover to enable the cells in lower layer level (with great layer level value) to absorb traffic. To balance the traffic volume flexibly and to meet the requirements of different topology modes, the GSM network is divided into several layers. For details, refer to 6.3.2.10 Fast-Moving Micro Cell Handover.
If Level HO Allowed is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of inter-layer handover are as follows:
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The inter-layer handover is triggered when the P/N criterion is met, that is, the previous conditions are met for Layer HO Valid Time(s) during Layer HO Watch Time(s).

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The triggering conditions are met. The serving cell cannot serve as the target cell. Among the sorted candidate cells after the preprocessing procedures, the target cell has the highest priority.
PBGT Handover
This describes power budget (PBGT) handover. The PBGT handover is a kind of general handover.
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If the PBGT HO Allowed is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of PBGT handover are as follows:
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The target cell and the serving cell are at the same layer and in the same hierarchy. The downlink level meets the following formula for PBGT Valid Time(s) during PBGT Watch Time(s): (MIN(MS_TXPWR_MAX,P) RXLEV_DL PWR_DIFF) (MIN(MS_TXPWR_MAX (n),P) RXLEV_NCELL(n)) > PBGT_HO_MARGIN The parameters are described as follows:
RXLEV_DL: It indicates the downlink receive level in the serving cell after the filtering treatment. If the enhanced concentric cell function is enabled in the serving cell, the value indicates the downlink receive level in the serving cell that serves as the neighbor cell, that is, the downlink receive level of BCCH TRXs. MS_TXPWR_MAX: It indicates the maximum transmit power of an MS permitted in the serving cell. MS_TXPWR_MAX (n): It indicates the maximum transmit power of an MS permitted in neighbor cell n. RxLev_NCELL (n): It indicates the downlink receive level in neighbor cell n. PWR_DIFF: It indicates the difference between the maximum downlink transmit power in the serving cell due to power control and the actual downlink transmit power in the serving cell. P: It indicates the maximum transmit power capability of an MS. PBGT_HO_MARGIN: It is the difference between the PBGT HO Threshold of the serving cell and 64.
The PBGT handover can be triggered only when all the previous conditions are met.

A target cell should meet the following conditions:
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Other Handovers
This describes other handovers, which consist of AMR handover and better 3G cell handover.
AMR Handover
Refer to 10 AMR.
Better 3G Cell Handover

Refer to 7 2G/3G Interoperability.
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TIGHT BCCH Handover Algorithm

Refer to 51 BCCH Dense Frequency Multiplexing.
6.4 Implementation
This describes how to configure the handover and the power boost before handover. 6.4.1 Configuring the Handover This describes how to configure handover on the BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal. 6.4.2 Configuring Power Boost Before Handover This describes how to configure power boost before handover on the BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal.
6.4.1 Configuring the Handover

This describes how to configure handover on the BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal.
Context
Before configuring the parameters related to the handover decision algorithm, you need to configure the relation between neighbor cells. On the BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal, right-click a cell on the Management Tree tab page. Then, select Set Adjacent Relation Property on the shortcut menu. A dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 6-7.
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Figure 6-7 Set Adjacent Relation Property dialog box
Procedure
Step 1 On the BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal, right-click a cell on the Management Tree tab page. Then, select Configure Cell Attributes. Step 2 In the displayed dialog box, double-click the target cell in the Cell view list box to add it to the Selected cells list box. Then, click Next. Step 3 In the Cells to be set list box, select the target cell, and then click Set Cell Properties. A dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 6-8.
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Figure 6-8 Set Cell Attributes dialog box
Step 4 Click Handover Data. A dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 6-9.
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Figure 6-9 Set Handover Parameter dialog box
Step 5 Click Advanced. A dialog box is displayed as shown in Figure 6-10. You can set corresponding parameters.
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Figure 6-10 Set Handover Parameter dialog box
Measurement report preprocessing Preprocessing of a measurement report consists of interpolation and filtering. Figure 6-11 shows the parameter configuration.
Figure 6-11 Filter/penalty data configuration
The parameters are as follows:

Allowed M.R Number Lost Filter Length for TCH Level Filter Length for TCH Qual
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Filter Length for SDCCH Level Filter Length for SDCCH Qual Filter Length for Ncell RX_LEV Filter Length for TA
Handover Penalty The handover penalty consists of handover failure penalty, BQ handover penalty, TA handover penalty, fast movement handover penalty, penalty of fast movement handover from a micro cell to a macro cell, and concentric cell handover penalty. Figure 6-11 and Figure 6-10 show the parameter configuration. The parameters are as follows:

Penalty Allowed Penalty Level after HO Fail Penalty Level after BQ HO RscPenaltyTimer UmPenaltyTimer CfgPenaltyTimer Penalty Time after BQ HO(s) Penalty Level after TA HO Penalty Time after TA HO(s) Penalty Time after AMR TCHF-H HO Fail(s)
Neighbor Cell Queuing The neighbor cell queuing consists of basic cell queuing and adjustment based on network characteristics. Figure 6-10, Figure 6-7, and Figure 6-12 show the parameter configuration.
Figure 6-12 Cell handover data configuration

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Min DL level on Candidate Cell Min UP Power on HO Candidate Cell Min Access Level Offset Layer of the Cell Cell Priority Load HO Threshold Load Req.on Candidate Cell Inter-layer HO Threshold Inter-layer HO Hysteresis
TA Handover Configuration of TA handover parameters is shown in Figure 6-9 and Figure 6-13.
Figure 6-13 Emergency handover parameters configuration

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TA HO Allowed TA Threshold
BQ Handover Configuration of BQ handover parameters is shown in Figure 6-9 and Figure 6-13. The parameters are as follows:

BQ HO Allowed DL Qual. Threshold UL Qual. Threshold DLQuaLimitAMRFR ULQuaLimitAMRFR

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Rapid Level Drop Handover Configuration of rapid level drop handover parameters is shown in Figure 6-9 and Figure 6-13. The parameters are as follows:

Rx_Level_Drop HO Allowed Filter Parameter A1A8 Filter Parameter B
Interference Handover Configuration of interference handover parameters is shown in Figure 6-9 and Figure 6-13. The parameters are as follows:

Interference HO Allowed RXQUAL1 RXQUAL2 RXQUAL3 RXQUAL4 RXQUAL5 RXQUAL6 RXQUAL7 RXQUAL8 RXQUAL9 RXQUAL10 RXQUAL11 RXQUAL12 RXLEVOff
No Downlink Measurement Report Handover Figure 6-13 and Figure 6-13 show the configuration of no downlink measurement report handover parameters. The parameters are as follows:

No Dl Mr.HO Allowed No Dl Mr.Ul Qual HO Limit Cons. No Dl Mr. HO Allowed Limit
Load Handover Figure 6-9 and Figure 6-12 show the configuration of load handover parameters. The parameters are as follows:

Load HO Allowed System Flux Threshold for Load HO Load HO Threshold

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Load Req.on Candidate Cell Load HO Bandwidth Load HO Step Period Load HO Step Level
Edge Handover Figure 6-9 shows the configuration of edge handover parameters. The parameters are as follows:

Fringe HO Allowed Edge HO AdjCell Watch Time(s) Edge HO AdjCell Watch Time(s) Edge HO UL RX_LEV Threshold Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold Edge HO Watch Time(s) Edge HO Valid Time(s)
Fast-Moving Micro Cell Handover Configuration of the parameters of the fast-moving micro cell handover from a micro cell to a macro cell is shown in Figure 6-9 and Figure 6-12. The parameters are as follows:

MS Fast Moving HO Allowed MS Fast-moving Watch Cells MS Fast-moving Valid Cells MS Fast-moving Time Threshold
Inter-Layer Handover Configuration of inter-layer handover parameters is shown in Figure 6-7 and Figure 6-12. The parameters in the previous dialog boxes are listed in Neighbor cell queuing.
PBGT Handover Configuration of PBGT handover parameters is shown in Figure 6-7 and Figure 6-9. The parameters are as follows:

Inter-cell HO Hysteresis PBGT HO Allowed PBGT Watch Time(s) PBGT Valid Time(s)
Quick handover Configuration of fast movement handover parameters is shown in Figure 6-9 and Figure 6-14.

Quick Handover Enable Quick Handover Up Triger Level(dB) Quick Handover Down Triger Level(dB) Quick Move Speed Thres(m/s) Quick Handover Static Time(0.5s)
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Quick Handover Last Time (0.5s) Serving Cell Filter Length MR Number Neighbor Cell Filter Length MR Number Quick Handover Punish Time Ignore Measurement Report Number Quick Handover Offset(dB) Quick Handover Punish Value(dB) Quick Handover Punish Time(s) Chain Neighbor Cell
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For the setting of Chain Neighbor Cell, refer to Figure 6-7.
Figure 6-14 Quick handover parameters configuration
AMR Handover Refer to 10 AMR. Better 3G Cell Handover Refer to 7 2G/3G Interoperability. Data Configuration of the Neighbor Cell Data configuration of neighbor cell is shown in Figure 6-7. The parameters are as follows:

NCell Interf Type Inter-cell HO Hysteresis
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6.4.2 Configuring Power Boost Before Handover

This describes how to configure power boost before handover on the BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal.
Procedure
Step 1 On the BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal, right-click a cell on the Management Tree tab page. Then, select Configure Cell Attributes. Step 2 In the displayed dialog box, double-click the target cell in the Cell view list box to add it to the Selected cells list box. Then, click Next. Step 3 In the Cells to be set list box, select the target cell, and then click Set Cell Properties. A dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 6-15. Figure 6-15 Set Cell Attributes dialog box
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Step 4 Click Other Attributes. A dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 6-16. Set Power Boost before HO enabled or not. Figure 6-16 Set Other Parameter dialog box
Step 5 Click OK. The configuration is complete. ----End
6.5 Maintenance Information

This lists the performance counters related to handover.
Alarms
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Counters
Table 6-5 lists the counters related to handover.
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Table 6-5 Counters related to handover Counter H3000 H3009 H3010 H3017 H3018 H3020 H3029 H3020A H3029A H302B H302G H3020C H3027Cb H3028Cb H3027Ca H3028Ca H302Da Description Internal Intra-Cell Handover Requests (SDCCH) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Requests (TCH) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Commands (SDCCH) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Commands (TCHF) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Commands (TCHH) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (SDCCH) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (TCH) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Channel Unavailable) (SDCCH) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Channel Unavailable) (TCH) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Terrestrial Resource Request Failed) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (A Interface Failure) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (SDCCH) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (TCHF) (Signaling Channel) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (TCHH) (Signaling Channel) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (TCHF) (Traffic Channel) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (TCHH) (Traffic Channel) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Abnormal Release, Unspecified) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Abnormal Release, Channel Unacceptable) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Abnormal Release, Timer Expired)
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Description Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Abnormal Release, No Activity on the Radio Path) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Preemptive Release) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Handover Failed, Timing Advance out of Range) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Channel Mode Unavailable) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Frequency Unavailable) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Call Already Cleared) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Semantically Incorrect Message) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Invalid Mandatory Information) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Message Type Non-existent or Not Implemented) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Message Type Not Compatible with Protocol State) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Conditional IE Error) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (No Cell Allocation Available) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Protocol Error Unspecified) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Other Causes)
H302De
H302Df
H302Dg
H302Dh
H302Di
H302Dj
H302Dk
H302Dl
H302Dm
H302Dn
H302Do
H302Dp
H302Dq
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Counter H3002 H3001 H3012 H3011 H3022A H3021A H3022M H3021M H3003A H3003B H3004A H3004B H3013A H3013B H3014A H3014B H3023A H3023B H3024A
Description Internal Intra-Cell Handover Requests (Underlay to Overlay) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Requests (Overlay to Underlay) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Commands (Underlay to Overlay) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Commands (Overlay to Underlay) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Channel Unavailable) (Underlay to Overlay) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Channel Unavailable) (Overlay to Underlay) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Other Causes) (Underlay to Overlay) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Other Causes) (Overlay to Underlay) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Requests (Dynamic Conversion, TCHF-TCHH) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Requests (Dynamic Conversion, TCHH-TCHF) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Requests (Dynamic Conversion, TCH-SDCCH) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Requests (Dynamic Conversion, SDCCH-TCH) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Commands (Dynamic Conversion, TCHF-TCHH) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Commands (Dynamic Conversion, TCHH-TCHF) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Commands (Dynamic Conversion, TCH-SDCCH) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Commands (Dynamic Conversion, SDCCH-TCH) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Dynamic Conversion, TCHF-TCHH) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Dynamic Conversion, TCHH-TCHF) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Dynamic Conversion, TCH-SDCCH)
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Counter H3024B H3055A H3055B H3005A H3005B H3015A H3015B H3025A H3025B H3040 H3047 H3048 H3200W H3200X H3200Y H3200Z H3209W H3209X H3209Y
Description Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (Dynamic Conversion, SDCCH-TCH) Internal Intra-Cell Handovers Not Initiated (AMR) (TCHF-TCHH) Internal Intra-Cell Handovers Not Initiated (AMR) (TCHH-TCHF) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Requests (AMR) (TCHF-TCHH) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Requests (AMR) (TCHH-TCHF) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Commands (AMR) (TCHF-TCHH) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Commands (AMR) (TCHH-TCHF) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (AMR) (TCHF-TCHH) Failed Internal Intra-Cell Handovers (AMR) (TCHH-TCHF) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Detection Messages Received by BSC (SDCCH) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Detection Messages Received by BSC (TCHF) Internal Intra-Cell Handover Detection Messages Received by BSC (TCHH) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (SDCCH) (900/850-900/850) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (SDCCH) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (SDCCH) (900/850-1800/1900) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (SDCCH) (1800/1900-900/850) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCH) (900/850-900/850) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCH) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCH) (900/850-1800/1900)
6-42
Issue ()
6 Handover
Counter H3209Z H3210W H3210X H3210Y H3210Z H3217W H3217X H3217Y H3217Z H3218W H3218X H3218Y H3218Z H3220W H3220X H3220Y H3220Z H3229W H3229X
Description Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCH) (1800/1900-900/850) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Responses (SDCCH) (900/850-900/850) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Responses (SDCCH) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Responses (SDCCH) (900/850-1800/1900) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Responses (SDCCH) (1800/1900-900/850) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Responses (TCHF) (900/850-900/850) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Responses (TCHF) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Responses (TCHF) (900/850-1800/1900) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Responses (TCHF) (1800/1900-900/850) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Responses (TCHH) (900/850-900/850) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Responses (TCHH) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Responses (TCHH) (900/850-1800/1900) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Responses (TCHH) (1800/1900-900/850) Failed Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (SDCCH) (900/850-900/850) Failed Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (SDCCH) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Failed Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (SDCCH) (900/850-1800/1900) Failed Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (SDCCH) (1800/1900-900/850) Failed Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (TCH) (900/850-900/850) Failed Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (TCH) (1800/1900-1800/1900)
Issue ()
6-43
6 Handover
Counter H3229Y H3229Z H3220A H3229A H322B H322D H322G H3220C H3227Cb H3228Cb H3227Ca H3228Ca H3240 H3247 H3248 H3100W
Description Failed Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (TCH) (900/850-1800/1900) Failed Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (TCH) (1800/1900-900/850) Failed Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (No Channel Available) (SDCCH) Failed Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (No Channel Available) (TCH) Failed Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Terrestrial Resource Request Failed) Failed Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) Failed Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (A Interface Failure) Failed Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (SDCCH) Failed Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (TCHF) (Signaling Channel) Failed Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (TCHH) (Signaling Channel) Failed Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (TCHF) (Traffic Channel) Failed Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (TCHH) (Traffic Channel) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Detection Messages Received by BSC (SDCCH) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Detection Messages Received by BSC (TCHF) Incoming Internal Inter-Cell Handover Detection Messages Received by BSC (TCHH) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900)
H3100X
H3100Y
6-44
6 Handover
Counter H3100Z
Description Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Command (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900)
H3107W
H3107X
H3107Y
H3107Z
H3108W
H3108X
H3108Y
H3108Z
H3101W H3101X H3101Y H3101Z H3110W
H3110X
Issue ()
6 Handover
Counter H3110Y
Description Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850)
H3110Z
H3117W
H3117X
H3117Y
H3117Z
H3118W
H3118X
H3118Y
H3118Z
H3111W H3111X
H3111Y H3111Z
6-46
Issue ()
6 Handover
Counter H3120W
Description Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900)
H3120X
H3120Y
H3120Z
H3127W
H3127X
H3127Y
H3127Z
H3128W
H3128X
H3128Y
H3128Z
H3121W H3121X
Issue ()
6-47
6 Handover
Counter H3121Y H3121Z H312A H312B H312G H3120C
Description Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (No Channel Available) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Terrestrial Resource Request Failed) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (A Interface Failure) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (TCHF) (Signaling Channel) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (TCHH) (Signaling Channel) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (TCHF) (Traffic Channel) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (TCHH) (Traffic Channel) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (Directed Retry) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Abnormal Release, Unspecified) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Abnormal Release, Channel Unacceptable) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Abnormal Release, Timer Expired) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Abnormal Release, No Activity on the Radio Path) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Preemptive Release)
H3127Cb H3128Cb H3127Ca H3128Ca H3121C H312Da
H312Db
H312Dc
H312Dd
H312De
6-48
Issue ()
6 Handover
Counter H312Df
Description Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Handover Failed, Timing Advance out of Range) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Channel Mode Unavailable) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Frequency Unavailable) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Call Already Cleared) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Semantically Incorrect Message) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Invalid Mandatory Information) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Message Type Non-existent or Not Implemented) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Message Type Not Compatible with Protocol State) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Conditional IE Error) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (No Cell Allocation Available) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Protocol Error Unspecified) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Other Causes) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Uplink Quality) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Downlink Quality) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Uplink Strength)
H312Dg
H312Dh
H312Di
H312Dj
H312Dk
H312Dl
H312Dm
H312Dn
H312Do
H312Dp
H312Dq H310A H310B H310C
Issue ()
6 Handover
Counter H310D H310E H310F H310G H310H H310I H310J H310L H311A H311B H311C H311D H311E H311F H311G H311H H311I H311J H311L
Description Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Downlink Strength) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Timing Advance) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Better Cell) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Load) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Rapid Level Drop) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (MSC Intervention) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (OM Intervention) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Other Causes) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Uplink Quality) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Downlink Quality) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Uplink Strength) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Downlink Strength) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Timing Advance) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Better Cell) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Load) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Rapid Level Drop) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (MSC Intervention) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (OM Intervention) Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Other Causes)
6-50
Issue ()
6 Handover
Counter H3122A H3122B H3122C H3122D H3122E H3122F H3122G H3122H H3122I H3122J H3122L H3400W H3400X H3400Y H3400Z H3409W H3409X H3409Y H3409Z
Description Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Uplink Quality) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Downlink Quality) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Uplink Strength) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Downlink Strength) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Timing Advance) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Better Cell) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Load) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Rapid Level Drop) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (MSC Intervention) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (OM Intervention) Failed Outgoing Internal Inter-Cell Handovers (Other Causes) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (SDCCH) (900/850-900/850) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (SDCCH) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (SDCCH) (900/850-1800/1900) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (SDCCH) (1800/1900-900/850) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCH) (900/850-900/850) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCH) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCH) (900/850-1800/1900) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCH) (1800/1900-900/850)
Issue ()
6-51
6 Handover
Counter H3410W H3410X H3410Y H3410Z H3417W H3417X H3417Y H3417Z H3418W H3418X H3418Y H3418Z H3420W H3420X H3420Y H3420Z H3429W H3429X H3429Y
Description Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Responses (SDCCH) (900/850-900/850) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Responses (SDCCH) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Responses (SDCCH) (900/850-1800/1900) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Responses (SDCCH) (1800/1900-900/850) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Responses (TCHF) (900/850-900/850) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Responses (TCHF) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Responses (TCHF) (900/850-1800/1900) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Responses (TCHF) (1800/1900-900/850) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Responses (TCHH) (900/850-900/850) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Responses (TCHH) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Responses (TCHH) (900/850-1800/1900) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Responses (TCHH) (1800/1900-900/850) Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (SDCCH) (900/850-900/850) Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (SDCCH) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (SDCCH) (900/850-1800/1900) Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (SDCCH) (1800/1900-900/850) Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (TCH) (900/850-900/850) Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (TCH) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (TCH) (900/850-1800/1900)
6-52
Issue ()
6 Handover
Counter H3429Z H3401B H3401C H3401D
Description Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (TCH) (1800/1900-900/850) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover TCH Requests (TCHF Only) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover TCH Requests (TCHH Only) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover TCH Requests (TCHF Preferred,Channel Type Unchangeable) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover TCH Requests (TCHH Preferred, Channel Type Unchangeable) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover TCH Requests (TCHF Preferred, Channel Type Changeable) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover TCH Requests (TCHH Preferred, Channel Type Changeable) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover TCH Requests (TCHF or TCHH, Channel Type Unchangeable) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover TCH Requests (TCHF or TCHH, Channel Type Changeable) Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (Invalid Message) Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (No Channel Available) (SDCCH) Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (No Channel Available) (TCH) Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (CIC Unavailable) Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (CIC Allocated) Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (Terrestrial Resource Request Failed) Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (Clear Commands Sent By MSC)
H3401E
H3401G
H3401H
H3401F
H3401I
H342I H3420A H3429A H342E H342F H342B H342H
Issue ()
6-53
6 Handover
Counter H3420C H3429Cb H3429Ca H3440 H3447 H3448 H3300W
Description Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (SDCCH) Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (TCH) (Signaling Channel) Failed Incoming External Inter-Cell Handovers (Timer Expired) (TCH) (Traffic Channel) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Detection Messages Received by BSC (SDCCH) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Detection Messages Received by BSC (TCHF) Incoming External Inter-Cell Handover Detection Messages Received by BSC (TCHH) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850)
H3300X
H3300Y
H3300Z
H3310W
H3310X
H3310Y
H3310Z
H3317W
6-54
Issue ()
6 Handover
Counter H3317X
Description Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands(Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands(Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (SDCCH) (900/850-900/850) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (SDCCH) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (SDCCH) (900/850-1800/1900) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (SDCCH) (1800/1900-900/850) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (TCHF) (900/850-900/850)
H3317Y
H3317Z
H3318W
H3318X
H3318Y
H3318Z
H3311W H3311X
H3311Y H3311Z H3320W H3320X H3320Y H3320Z H3327W
Issue ()
6-55
6 Handover
Counter H3327X H3327Y H3327Z H3328W H3328X H3328Y H3328Z H3321W H3321X H3321Y H3321Z H330A H330B H330C H330D H330E H330F H330G H330H
Description Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (TCHF) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (TCHF) (900/850-1800/1900) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (TCHF) (1800/1900-900/850) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (TCHH) (900/850-900/850) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (TCHH) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (TCHH) (900/850-1800/1900) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (TCHH) (1800/1900-900/850) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Uplink Quality) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Downlink Quality) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Uplink Strength) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Downlink Strength) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Timing Advance) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Better Cell) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Load) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Rapid Level Drop)
6-56
Issue ()
6 Handover
Counter H330I H330J H330L H331A H331B H331C H331D H331E H331F H331G H331H H331I H331J H331L H3322A H3322B H3322C H3322D H3322E
Description Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (MSC Intervention) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (OM Intervention) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Other Causes) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Uplink Quality) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Downlink Quality) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Uplink Strength) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Downlink Strength) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Timing Advance) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Better Cell) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Load) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Rapid Level Drop) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (MSC Intervention) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (OM Intervention) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Other Causes) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Uplink Quality) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Downlink Quality) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Uplink Strength) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Downlink Strength) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Timing Advance)
Issue ()
6-57
6 Handover
Counter H3322F H3322G H3322H H3322I H3322J H3322L H332Ka H332Kb
Description Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Better Cell) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Load) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Rapid Level Drop) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (MSC Intervention) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (OM Intervention) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Other Causes) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Handover Request Rejected) (OM Intervention) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Handover Request Rejected) (Equipment Failure) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Handover Request Rejected) (No Radio Resource Available) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Handover Request Rejected) (Requested Terrestrial Resource Unavailable) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Handover Request Rejected) (BSS not Equipped) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Handover Request Rejected) (Invalid Cell) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Handover Request Rejected) (Requested Transcoding/Rate Adaption Unavailable) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Handover Request Rejected) (Circuit Pool Mismatch) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Handover Request Rejected) (Requested Speech Version Unavailable) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Handover Request Rejected) (Ciphering Algorithm not Supported)
H332Kc
H332Kd
H332Ke H332Kf H332Kg
H332Kh
H332Ki
H332Kj
6-58
Issue ()
6 Handover
Counter H332Kk
Description Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Handover Request Rejected) (Terrestrial circuit already allocated) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Handover Request Rejected) (Invalid Message) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Handover Request Rejected) (Protocol Error between BSS and MSC) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Handover Request Rejected) (Other Causes) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Abnormal Release, Unspecified) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Abnormal Release, Channel Unacceptable) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Abnormal Release, Timer Expired) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Abnormal Release, No Activity on the Radio Path) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Preemptive Release) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Handover Failed, Timing Advance out of Range) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Channel Mode Unavailable) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Frequency Unavailable) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Call Already Cleared) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Semantically Incorrect Message)
H332Kl H332Km
H332Kn H332Da
H332Db
H332Dc
H332Dd
H332De
H332Df
H332Dg
H332Dh
H332Di
H332Dj
Issue ()
6-59
6 Handover
Counter H332Dk
Description Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Invalid Mandatory Information) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Message Type Non-existent or Not Implemented) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Message Type Not Compatible with Protocol State) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Conditional IE Error) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (No Cell Allocation Available) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Protocol Error Unspecified) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Reconnection to Old Channels) (Other Causes) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Clear Commands Sent By MSC) (Radio Interface Message Failure) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Clear Commands Sent By MSC) (Radio Interface Failure) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Clear Commands Sent By MSC) (OM Intervention) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Clear Commands Sent By MSC) (Equipment Failure) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Clear Commands Sent By MSC) (Preemption) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Clear Commands Sent By MSC) (Invalid Message) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Clear Commands Sent By MSC) (Protocol Error between BSS and MSC)
H332Dl
H332Dm
H332Dn
H332Do
H332Dp
H332Dq H332Ha
H332Hb
H332Hc
H332Hd
H332He H332Hf
H332Hg
6-60
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6 Handover
Counter H332Hh H332G H3320L H3327Lb H3328Lb H3327La H3328La H3321L H3320C H3327Cb H3328Cb H3327Ca H3328Ca H3321C H3303 H3313 H3323 H3307W
Description Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Clear Commands Sent By MSC) (Other Causes) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (A Interface Failure) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (T7 Expiry) (SDCCH) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (T7 Expiry) (TCHF) (Signaling Channel) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (T7 Expiry) (TCHH) (Signaling Channel) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (T7 Expired) (TCHF) (Traffic Channel) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (T7 Expired) (TCHH) (Traffic Channel) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (T7 Expired) (Directed Retry) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (T8 Expiry) (SDCCH) (Excluding Directed Retry) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (T8 Expiry) (TCHF) (Signaling Channel) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (T8 Expiry) (TCHH) (Signaling Channel) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (T8 Expired) (TCHF) (Traffic Channel) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (T8 Expired) (TCHH) (Traffic Channel) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (T8 Expired) (Directed Retry) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Different Signaling Points) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Commands (Different Signaling Points) Failed Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handovers (Different Signaling Points) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850)
Issue ()
6-61
6 Handover
Counter H3307X
Description Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCHF) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (TCHH) (Excluding Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Directed Retry) (900/850-900/850) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Directed Retry) (1800/1900-1800/1900) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Directed Retry) (900/850-1800/1900) Outgoing External Inter-Cell Handover Requests (Directed Retry) (1800/1900-900/850) Cell Incoming Handover Requests Failed Cell Incoming Handovers (Congestion) Failed Cell Incoming Handovers (Other Causes) Cell Outgoing Handover Commands (Uplink Quality) Cell Outgoing Handover Commands (Downlink Quality) Cell Outgoing Handover Commands (Uplink Strength)
H3307Y
H3307Z
H3308W
H3308X
H3308Y
H3308Z
H3301W H3301X H3301Y H3301Z H380 H382A H382M H371A H371B H371C
6-62
Issue ()
6 Handover
Counter H371D H371E H371F H371G H371H H371I H371J H371L H372A H372B H372C H372D H372E H372F H372G H372H H372I H372J H372L S3300C S3301C
Description Cell Outgoing Handover Commands (Downlink Strength) Cell Outgoing Handover Commands (Timing Advance) Cell Outgoing Handover Commands (Better Cell) Cell Outgoing Handover Commands (Load) Cell Outgoing Handover Commands (Rapid Level Drop) Cell Outgoing Handover Commands (MSC Intervention) Cell Outgoing Handover Commands (OM Intervention) Cell Outgoing Handover Commands (Other Causes) Failed Cell Outgoing Handovers (Uplink Quality) Failed Cell Outgoing Handovers (Downlink Quality) Failed Cell Outgoing Handovers (Uplink Strength) Failed Cell Outgoing Handovers (Downlink Strength) Failed Cell Outgoing Handovers (Timing Advance) Failed Cell Outgoing Handovers (Better Cell) Failed Cell Outgoing Handovers (Load) Failed Cell Outgoing Handovers (Rapid Level Drop) Failed Cell Outgoing Handovers (MSC Intervention) Failed Cell Outgoing Handovers (OM Intervention) Failed Cell Outgoing Handovers (Other Causes) Number of MRs during Handover Initiation (Uplink Receive Level Rank = 0) Number of MRs during Handover Initiation (Uplink Receive Level Rank = 1)
Issue ()
6-63
6 Handover
Counter S3302C S3303C S3304C S3305C S3306C S3307C S3310C S3311C S3312C S3313C S3314C S3315C S3316C S3317C AS330C AS331C AS330A AS332A AS330B
Description Number of MRs during Handover Initiation (Uplink Receive Level Rank = 2) Number of MRs during Handover Initiation (Uplink Receive Level Rank = 3) Number of MRs during Handover Initiation (Uplink Receive Level Rank = 4) Number of MRs during Handover Initiation (Uplink Receive Level Rank = 5) Number of MRs during Handover Initiation (Uplink Receive Level Rank = 6) Number of MRs during Handover Initiation (Uplink Receive Level Rank = 7) Number of MRs during Handover Initiation (Uplink Receive Quality Rank = 0) Number of MRs during Handover Initiation (Uplink Receive Quality Rank = 1) Number of MRs during Handover Initiation (Uplink Receive Quality Rank = 2) Number of MRs during Handover Initiation (Uplink Receive Quality Rank = 3) Number of MRs during Handover Initiation (Uplink Receive Quality Rank = 4) Number of MRs during Handover Initiation (Uplink Receive Quality Rank = 5) Number of MRs during Handover Initiation (Uplink Receive Quality Rank = 6) Number of MRs during Handover Initiation (Uplink Receive Quality Rank = 7) Mean Uplink Receiving Level during Handover Initiation Mean Uplink Receive Quality during Handover Initiation Mean Uplink Receive Level during Concentric Cell Handover Initiation (Overlay to Underlay) Mean Downlink Receive Level during Concentric Cell Handover Initiation (Overlay to Underlay) Mean Uplink Receive Level during Concentric Cell Handover Initiation (Underlay to Overlay)
6-64
Issue ()
6 Handover
Counter AS332B AS334A AS334B
Description Mean Downlink Receive Level during Concentric Cell Handover Initiation (Underlay to Overlay) Mean Timing Advance during Concentric Cell Handover Initiation (Overlay to Underlay) Mean Timing Advance during Concentric Cell Handover Initiation (Underlay to Overlay)
6.6 References
The references indicate the documents about handover from the related standard organizations. The references are as follows:
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GSM 08.58 GSM 04.08
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Terms Frequency offset

Different frequencie s set Enhanced measurem ent report

FULL SET SUB SET Ec/N0

Acronyms and Abbreviations

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Acronyms and Abbreviation s ATCB RQI RSCP CPICH PBGT

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Product BTS3006C BTS3002E DBS3036 BTS3036 BTS3036A

6.3 Technical Description

Enhanced dual-band network handover Load handover

6.3.1 Handover Preprocessing

MR.Preprocessing is set to No by default.

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Channel Type SDCCH TCH BCCH TCH TCH

Quick Handover Preparation

filtering is performed to the measurement report.

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Parameter Penalty Level after BQ HO Penalty Time after BQ HO(s)

Neighbor Cell Basic Queuing

Network Characteristic Adjustment

The forced handover is categorized into the following four types:

Power Boost Before Handover

6.3.2 Handover Decision Algorithm

The candidate cells is selected based on Inter-RAT HO Preference:

Quick Handover Types

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The triggering decisions of quick handover are as follows:

Target Cell Selection

Target Cell Selection

Target Cell Selection

Rapid Level Drop Handover

Target Cell Selection

Target Cell Selection

No Downlink Measurement Report Handover

Target Cell Selection

Enhanced Dual-Band Network Handover

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Target Cell Selection

Effect of the Enhanced Dual-Band Network Handover on the Existing Algorithm

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Figure 6-3 Load handover

Target Cell Selection

One of the following conditions is met.

Target Cell Selection

Fast-Moving Micro Cell Handover

Umbrella cell Micro cell

Target Cell Selection

Cell Layer and Cell Hierarchy

DCS1800 Pico Cell

The cell in the low layer has a high priority.

Inter-Layer (Better Cell) Handover

Target Cell Selection

Target Cell Selection

Better 3G Cell Handover

TIGHT BCCH Handover Algorithm

6.4.1 Configuring the Handover

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Figure 6-7 Set Adjacent Relation Property dialog box