CDMA Operational

Measurements
Lesson #6
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Lesson Objectives
Upon completion of this lesson, the student will be able to:

Interpret and discuss the operational measurements and

formulas associated with call setup performance

Interpret and discuss the operational measurements and

formulas associated with dropped call performance

Interpret and discuss the operational measurements and

formulas associated with hard handoff performance

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Call Setup Operational Measurements

There are three
different times
when a call may
fail: 1) before
resources are
allocated, 2)
when the mobile
is transitioning
from the paging
or access
channel to the
traffic channel,
or 3) after the
mobile is on the
traffic channel.

Call setup failures before resources are

allocated are classified as:
Screened Calls
Call setup was interrupted due to reasons such
as an unauthenticated mobile, a mobile
initiated release, or a land side release
Call setup failure due to lack of physical resources
No T-1 trunks
No SBS selector elements
No BTS traffic channel elements
Call setup failure due to timeouts and software
faults

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Call Setup Measurements

From MTX07
onwards, the
CM registers
will handle page
retries. This will
make some
CAU OMs
redundant.

CM Termination Registers
CDMAPRS1 - CDMA page response 1
(MTXSYS1)
indicates that a page response was received
in response to the initial page request.
CDMAPRS2 - CDMA page response 2
(MTXSYS1)
indicates that a page response was received
in response to the second page attempt after
the CAU has timed out on the first page
attempt.

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Call Setup Measurements

CAU call event
measurements
are classified in
one of the
following three
groups:

CAU OM Groups
CAU Call Processing Sector (CAUCPSCT)
tracks events based on the primary sector
except for hard handoff events. Hard handoff
events are tracked based on the target sector.
CAU Call Processing System (CAUCPSYS)
tracks events on a per-CAU basis.
CAU Resource Manager (CAURM)
also tracks events on a per-CAU basis.

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Call Setup Measurements - CAU Origination Registers

CAUOATTS - CAU
origination attempts
(CAUCPSCT)

CAUOBLKS - CAU
origination blocks
(CAUCPSCT)

CAUORDR - CAU
origination reorder
(CAUCPSCT)

CAUORLS - CAU
origination released
(CAUCPSCT)

CAUOSUCC - CAU
origination success
(CAUCPSCT)

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Call Setup Measurements - CAU Termination Registers

CAUPGRES - CAU page
response (CAUCPSCT)

*CAUPGRRS - CAU page

retry response
(CAUCPSCT)

SLTPGRES - slotted mode

page response
(CAUCPSCT)

*SLTPGRRS - slotted

CAUTBLKS - CAU
termination blocks
(CAUCPSCT)

CAUTSUCC - CAU
termination success
(CAUCPSCT)

CAUTRLS - CAU
termination released
(CAUCPSCT)

mode page retry response

(CAUCPSCT)
*After MTX07, these measurements are
pegged in the CM registers
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Call Setup Measurements - CAU Hard Handoff Registers

CAUHATTS - CAU hard

handoff attempts
(CAUCPSCT)

CAUHBLKS - CAU hard

handoff blocks
(CAUCPSCT)

CAUHRLS - CAU hard

handoff release
(CAUCPSCT)

CAUHRLFL - CAU hard

handoff radio link failure
(CAUCPSCT)

CAUHSUCC - CAU hard

handoff success
(CAUCPSCT)

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Call Setup Measurements - CAU Error Case Registers

RMNORREQ - resource

CAUNOTCE - CAU no

manager no resources for

request (CAURM)

traffic channel element

(CAUCPSCT)

RMSRMNAK - RM service

CAUNOWCD - CAU no

resource manager
negative Ack (CAURM)

RMSRMTO - RM SRM
timeout (CAURM)

CAUERSFL - CAU error

case radio setup failure
(CAUCPSCT)

Walsh code (CAUCPSCT)

CAUFWCAP - CAU forward

capacity full (CAUCPSCT)

*CAURECAP - CAU reverse

capacity full (CAUCPSCT)
*Currently there is no reliable mechanism to
measure this therefore, this OM is disabled at
the BTS

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Call Setup Measurements - CAU Error Case Registers(cont)

CAUEDLOT - CAU error

case, dropped due to loss
of traffic channel
(CAUCPSCT)

RMUNSO - resource
manager unsupported
service option (CAURM)

CAUESWFL - CAU error

case, software fault
(CAUCPSCT)

CAUERLFL - CAU error

case, radio link failure
(CAUCPSCT)

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Formulas for Call Setup Failures

Use these
formulas to
calculate
system wide
call setup
performance.

Origination Setup Failures

(CAUOBLKS) / (CAUOATTS)] x 100

Termination Setup Failures

(CAUTBLKS) / (CAUPGRES)] x 100
or
(CAUTBLKS) / (CDMAPRS1+CDMAPRS2)] x100

Hard Handoff Setup Failures

[ (CAUHBLKS) / (CAUHATTS)] x 100

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Formulas for Call Setup Failures

This formula
should be used
to determine the
percentage of
failures
attributed to
screened calls

Screened Calls
% Screened Calls = (# of Screened Calls / Calls Attempted)
x 100
# of Screened Calls = CAUORLS + CAUTRLS
+ CAUHRLS + CAUORODR
+ RMUNSO
Total Calls Attempted = CAUOATTS + CAUHATTS
+ CAUPGRES

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Formulas for Call Setup Failures

This formula is
used to
determine the
percentage of
call setup
failures that
were due to no
physical
resources.

Call Setup Failure due to lack of physical

resources
% due to lack of physical resources = (# of physical
resource blocks / calls attempted) x 100
# of physical resource blocks = RMNORREQ
+ CAUERSFL
Total Calls Attempted = CAUOATTS + CAUHATTS
+ CAUPGRES

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Formulas for Call Setup Failures

This formula is
used to
calculate the
percentage of
call setup
failures due to a
lack of traffic
channel
elements.

Call Setup Failure due to lack of Traffic

Channel Elements
% due to lack of TCEs = (CAUNOTCE / Total Calls
Attempted) x 100

Total Calls Attempted = CAUOATTS + CAUHATTS

+ CAUPGRES

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Formulas for Call Setup Failures

This formula is
used to
calculate the
percentage of
call setup
failures that are
due to a lack of
Walsh Codes

Call Setup Failures due to lack of Walsh

codes
% due to lack of Walsh Codes = ( CAUNOWCD / Total Call
Attempts) x 100
Total Calls Attempted = CAUOATTS + CAUHATTS
+ CAUPGRES

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Formulas for Call Setup Failures

This formula is
used to
calculate the
percentage of
call setup
failures that are
due to a lack of
forward
capacity

Call Setup Failures due to lack of forward

capacity
% due to no forward capacity = ( CAUFWCAP / Total Calls
Attempted) x 100
Total Calls Attempted = CAUOATTS + CAUHATTS
+ CAUPGRES

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Formulas for Call Setup Failures

This formula is
used to
calculate the
percentage of
call setup
failures that are
due to timeouts
and software
faults.

Call Setup Failures due to timeouts and

software faults
% due to timeouts and SW faults = (Number of timeouts
and software faults / Total Calls Attempted) x 100
Number of timeouts and SW faults = RMSRMTO +
RMSRMNAK +
CAUESWFL
Total Calls Attempted = CAUOATTS + CAUHATTS
+ CAUPGRES

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These formulas
are used to
calculate the
percentage of
RF access
failures. Notice
that handoff
attempts are not
taken into
account in the
top formula.

Formulas for Call Setup Failures

Call Setup RF Access Failure (handoff not included)
% Call Setup RF Access Failures = (CAUERLFL / Total
Calls Attempted) x 100
Total Calls Attempted = CAUOATTS
+ CAUPGRES

Hard Handoff RF Access Failures

% Hard Handoff RF Access Failures = [CAUHRLFL) /
CAUHATTS)] x 100

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For validity
reasons,
dropped call
performance
OMs and
formulas should
be referenced
as in either
core coverage
or non-core
coverage areas

Dropped Call Performance

CAU Measurements
CAUDROPR - CAU dropped call RF
(CAUCPSCT)
CAUDROPN - CAU dropped call Network
(CAUCPSCT)

CAU Dropped Call Percentage Formula

% dropped calls = (Number of dropped calls / Number of
Established calls) x 100
Number of dropped calls = CAUDROPR
** CAUDROPN can be added into the number of dropped
calls, but most occurrences of that OM are error cases and
should not happen.
Number of established calls = CAUOSUCC + CAUTSUCC
+ CAUHSUCC

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Hard Handoff Performance

All of these CM
measurements
are pegged for
both intra and
intersystem
handoff against
the source or
primary sector.

CM Measurements (OMMTXHO2 group)

CHOSRCAT - CM hard handoff source attempts
CHOSRCSU - CM hard handoff source success
CHOBLKS - CM hard handoff blocks
CHOSRCFL - CM hard handoff source failure
CHOSRRLS - CM hard handoff source release
CHONSRCR - CM hard handoff no source response

CAU Measurements (CAUCPSCT group)

CAUHATTS - CAU hard handoff attempts
CAUHBLKS - CAU hard handoff blocks
CAUHSUCC - CAU hard handoff success
CAUHRLS - CAU hard handoff release
CAUHRLFL - CAU hard handoff radio link failure
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Hard Handoff Performance

This formula is
used to
calculate the
hard handoff
performance.

Hard Handoff CM Performance Formula

% of successful hard handoffs = (number of successful
handoffs / number of attempted hard handoffs) x 100
Number of successful hard handoffs = CHOSRCSU
Number of attempted hard handoffs =
CHOSRCSU - ( CHOBLKS + CHONSRCR + CHOSRRLS)

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Lesson 6 - Summary
During this lesson, we have:

Interpreted and discussed the operational measurements

and formulas associated with call setup performance

Interpreted and discussed the operational measurements

and formulas associated with dropped call performance

Interpreted and discussed the operational measurements

and formulas associated with hard handoff performance

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