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You say that the carrier to interference value in TEMS Investigation actually reflects carrier to noise. Can you specify how much of the Signal to noise ratio is attributable to the Interference in the air? !S"# No, we can't. In case of very low signal strength, C/I rather reflects the signal to noise ratio (C/N) but we have no method for differ C/I from C/N. In fact, you could see the C/I as a measure of C/(I+N+ +!...). I.e. the relationshi" between the carrier and the sum of all interfering signals. #f course, in most $%& networ's, the main "art of the interference comes from other base stations (and in the coverage limited case when the signal strength is low, noise).

$. Is there a %efinite lin& between C'I an% S'!( or %o we )ust have to presume that most of the S'! is cause% by C'I? !S"# %ee answer on (uestion ). *. Can you scan +only, the -CC. fre/uencies( as in( can you get the screen to %isplay the C'I or C'! value for a pre%efine% number of fre/uencies +1...n,. !S"#It is "ossible to measure C/I in both idle and dedicated mode. In idle mode, you will get a C/I value on the *CC+ carrier in the serving cell. ,ou will not get a value on the neighbours but you can of couse sim"ly use the loc' on channel function and switch serving cell. In dedicated mode, you will get a C/I value for each fre(uency in the ho""ing list (even on the *CC+ carrier (if included). If you have a non fre(uency ho""ing cell, you will get a C/I value on the used fre(uency. It is "ossible to "resent the C/I values in four different ways. -he methods wor's even in a non fre(uency ho""ing cell (but of course, they will all be very similar). Metho% 1. C/I .orst, "resents the lowest C/I value (and the corres"onding ! /CN value) of the fre(uencies in the ho""ing list. It is "ossible to choose inde0, i.e. the worst, the second worst, the third worst etc. It is "ossible to s"ecify several inde0es and monitor them simultaneously. Metho% $. C/I *est, "resents the highest C/I value (and the corres"onding ! /CN value) of the fre(uencies in the ho""ing list. It is "ossible to choose inde0, i.e. the highest, the second highest, the third highest etc. It is "ossible to s"ecify several inde0es and monitor them simultaneously. Metho% *. C/I !bsolute, "resents the C/I value on a s"ecified ! /CN. If the ! /CN is included in the ho""ing list the value is "resented. If the ! /CN is not included in the ho""ing list, nothing is dis"layed. .hen the fre(uency a""ears in the ho""ing list (e.g. after an handover to another cell) the C/I value is "resented. It is "ossible to s"ecify several ! /CNs and monitor them simultaneously. Metho% 0. C/I +o""ing list, "resents the C/I value on a chosen inde0 in the ho""ing list. I.e. it is "ossible to monitor the C/I (and the corres"onding ! /CN) on e.g. "osition ) in the ho""ing list. It is "ossible to s"ecify several inde0es and monitor them simultaneously

0.I1m using a SlimCase'2riveTest case or a stan%alone !ME 34S an% the mouse pointer is moving all over the place when I1m %rive testing. .ow can I fi5 this? !S"#. -his is a 'nown &icrosoft "roblem. 1ust o"en u" the 2evice &anager in windows and disable (not uninstall) the &icrosoft ball "ointing device.

6. 7hat parameters of the ra%io lin& will have impact on S8I? !S"#-he %3I algorithm ta'es into account all of those "arameters and use the built in training to transform this into a s"eech (uality degradation. 9. 7hat speech co%er versions %o the S8I supports? !S"# %3I is available for $%& / (full rate), $%& 4/ (enhanced full rate), $%& + (half rate), !& (ada"tive multi rate), !& , / , !& + . :. 2oes the S8I show the /uality on the uplin& channel? !S"#In the -4&% Investigation "roducts, the %3I shows the (uality on the downlin' channel. +owever, in the 4ricsson *%% release or later , %3I on the u"lin' channel is available as an o"tion.

;. If I sen% speech to the TEMS Investigation mobile( how will this influence the S8I? 7ill the language( lou%ness or spea&er+male'female, have impact on the S8I? !S"#-he %3I is calculated from the radiolin' "arameters. -he im"act of these "arameters on the "erceived s"eech (uality has been built in to the %3I algorithm using a large training material with different s"ea'ers and sentences.-herefore, the %3I is not de"endent on rating a single sentence that is sent on the traffic channel, but will always "roduce a reliable (uality value. 1<. .ow often is the S8I up%ate% in TEMS Investigation? !S"#-4&% Investigation is u"dating the %3I every 657 millisecond (i.e once every %!CC+ multiframe). 11. .ow is the S8I relate% to a typical sentence of a few secon%s? !S"#4very %3I value is a rolling average, giving an indication of the s"eech (uality for a sentence during the "ast 8.6 seconds. *eing u"dated every 657 millisecond the %3I gives an instant (uality value. If the user wants only one value for a longer time interval, a number of %3I values can be averaged for a time "eriod u" to about 87 seconds.

1$. 7e use =re/uency .opping( how will this affect the S8I? !S"#/re(uency ho""ing will im"rove the radio conditions, thus decreasing the bit error rate and the frame erasure rate. -his is built into the %3I algorithm.

1*. 7e use 2T> 2iscontinuous Transmission,( how will this affect the S8I? !S"#%3I is calculated on all bloc's actually transmitted on the downlin'. If 2-9 downlin' is used, only the valid bloc's are ta'en into account. Note that not only the mandatory %I2 bloc' and the %!CC+ bloc' are used, instead an algorithm similar to the one used in the s"eech decoder are user which calculated which bloc's that are transmitted to the mobile. +owever, in order to get a %3I with as high accuracy as "ossible, we recommend you to ma'e sure that as many bloc's as "ossible are transmitted.

10. .ow is the S8I scale constructe% an% what are the possible values for S8I? !N%:! reference scale (d*3) is constructed by combining simulated references (sentences with distortion ty"ical for a mobile system) and &N ; (&odulated Noise eference ;nit, I-;<standard =.5)7). *oth male and female s"ea'ers are used. .hen the %3I algorithm is u"dated, we can ma'e com"arative listening tests towards the absolute reference scale. -he test will have a small variance. -he %3I range comes from using this method. 16. 7hy are you not using M?S +Mean ?pinion Score, when presenting the S8I? !S"#-he result from a &#% listening test is heavily influenced by the source material> e.g. the language, sentence contents, range of disturbance levels, listener "references etc. 4ven if &#% tests are well suited to com"are the s"eech sam"les used within each test, the results cannot generally be com"ared to results derived from another &#% test. -he &N ; scale, which uses a mathematically defined disturbance, is more stable and absolute, and "roduces listening results which are more com"arable between tests. -his characteristic of the &N ; scale is also e0"loited in most &#% tests, where &N ; sam"les are used as a ?scaling factor?. *y using the &N ; scale directly, the result from the %3I algorithm is relatively stable to the effects of e.g. listener "reference and range of disturbance levels and, to some e0tent, also to the sentence and language used. 19. 7hat is the range of S8I? !S"# $%& 4/ : <87 @<A B7 $%& / : <87 @<A 8) $%& + : <87 @<A )C

1@. S8I( Speech 8uality In%e5 is another e5pression when 8uality is concerne% : !S"#-he need for s"eech (uality estimates in cellular networ's have been recogniDed already in the $%& standard, and the 03ual measure was designed to give an indication of the (uality. +owever, the 03ual measure is based on a sim"le transformation of the estimated average bit error rate, and two calls having the same 03ual ratings can be "erceived as having (uite different s"eech (uality. #ne of the reasons for this is that there are other "arameters than the bit error rate that affects the "erceived s"eech (uality. !nother reason is that 'nowing the average bit error rate is not enough to ma'e it "ossible to accurately estimate the s"eech (uality. ! short, very dee" fading di" has a different effect on the s"eech than a constant low bit error level, even if the average rate is the same. -he -4&% %"eech 3uality Inde0, which is an estimate of the "erceived s"eech (uality as e0"erienced by the mobile user, is based on handover events and on the bit error and frame erasure distributions. -he (uality of s"eech on the networ' is affected by several factors including what ty"e of mobile the subscriber is using, bac'ground noise, echo "roblems, and radio channel disturbances. 40tensive listening tests on real $%& networ's have been made to identify what ty"e of error situations cause "oor s"eech (uality. *y using the results from the listening tests and the full information about the errors and their distributions, it is "ossible to "roduce the -4&% %"eech 3uality Inde0. -he %"eech 3uality Inde0 is available every 7.E second in -4&% and "redicts the instant s"eech (uality in a "hone call/radioFlin' in realFtime.

1:. why we use 2 C value? 2!C value G )B &+D cloc' of *#I! (*C/) Connect the fre(uency counter to the )B &+D test connector on the *#I0 front "anel with an a""ro"riate test cable. Chec' the current and "ermanent 2!C value with the *-% &anager. !dHust the trigger level on the counter to "roduce a fre(uency reading. %et the measuring "eriod to one second for the first adHustment.!dHust the current 2!C value to )B 777 777.7 +D with the *-% &anager. Clic' the %et as current button. Note .hen searching for the )B 777 777.7 +D fre(uency, it is useful to 'now that 67.5 2!C ste"s e(uals one +D. %ave the current 2!C value as the "ermanent 2!C value with the *-% &anager. .hen adHustments are com"lete, clic' the %ave Current =ermanently button. !dHust the ma0imum measuring "eriod to achieve the re(uired sam"ling accuracy. e<chec' the dis"layed fre(uency. If you must ma'e more adHustments

1;. 7hat is 4CA? -he "ac'et control unit (=C;) is a late addition to the $%& standard. It "erforms some of the "rocessing tas's of the *%C, but for "ac'et data. -he allocation of channels between voice and data is controlled by the base station, but once a channel is allocated to the =C;, the =C; ta'es full control over that channel. -he =C; can be built into the base station, built into the *%C or even, in some "ro"osed architectures, it can be at the %$%N site. In most of the cases, the =C; is a se"arate node communicating e0tensively with the *%C on the radio side and the %$%N on the $b side.
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$<.7hat is 424 Conta5t in 34BS? -he "ac'et data "rotocol (=2=> e.g., I=, 9.8E, /rame elay) conte0t is a data structure "resent on both the %erving $= % %u""ort Node (%$%N) and the $ateway $= % %u""ort Node ($$%N) which contains the subscriber's session information when the subscriber has an active session. .hen a mobile wants to use $= %, it must first attach and then activate a =2= conte0t. -his allocates a =2= conte0t data structure in the %$%N that the subscriber is currently visiting and the $$%N serving the subscriber's access "oint. -he data recorded includes %ubscriber's I= address %ubscriber's I&%I %ubscriber's -unnel 4nd"oint I2 (-4I2) at the $$%N -unnel 4nd"oint I2 (-4I2) at the %$%N -he -unnel 4nd"oint I2 (-4I2) is a number allocated by the $%N which identifies the tunnelled data related to a "articular =2= conte0t. -here are two 'inds of =2= conte0ts. =rimary =2= conte0t +as a uni(ue I= address associated with it %econdary =2= conte0t %hares an I= address with another =2= conte0t Is created based on an e0isting =2= conte0t (to share the I= address) %econdary =2= conte0ts may have different (uality of service settings total of 11 424 conte5ts +with any combination of primary an% secon%ary, can co#e5ist. !S 4I are use% to %ifferentiate the %ifferent 424 conte5t.

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88..hat is C24/ I C242J Given as % over dual TCH tsls of GPRS enabled TRXs. Includes dedicated time slots. Rounded downwards.