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Chapter 1 System Information Overview Chapter 2 Parameters Introduction Chapter 3 Case Study
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System Information Overview

System information (SYS INFO) contains network parameters sent
to MS through Um interface > network identity parameters (CGI, CID) > cell selection parameters > system control parameters > network function parameters
System information can be sent through two kinds of logical
channels > System information on BCCH (IN the IDLE mode) > System information on SACCH (Dedicated mode)
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SYS INFO 1
SYS INFO 1
> It contains random access control information (RACH) and cell frequency allocation table (i.e. CA table). It is transmitted on BCCH.
Content
> SYS INFO 1 Cell Channel Description (cell channel description format) RACH Control Parameter (random access channel control parameter)
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SYS INFO 1 - Control Parameter

These control parameters include:
> Maximum re-transmitting times (MAX retrans) > Extended transmission timeslots (Tx_integer) > Common access control level (AC) > Call reestablish permitted (RE) > Emergency call permitted (EC)
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SYS INFO 2
SYS INFO 2
> It contains access control information (RACH), network color code permitted (NCC Permitted), and neighbor cell frequency allocation list (BA1 list). It is transmitted on BCCH. Generally speaking, SYS INFO 2, 2BIS, 2TER contains different parts of the neighbor cells BCCH frequencies. Via reading and decoding BA1 list, MS can perform cell reselection in idle mode. For a MS of GSM900 PHASE I, it only reads the neighbor cell BCCH frequencies defined in SYS INFO 2, and ignores those carried by 2BIS and 2TER.
Content
> SYS INFO 2 Neighbor Cell BCCH Frequency Description NCC Permitted RACH Control Parameter
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SYS INFO 2BIS

SYS INFO 2BIS
> 2BIS contains RACH control data and neighbor cells BCCH frequencies (part of BA1 list). It is optional and transmitted on BCCH. As the number of frequencies in BA1 list carried by SYS INFO 2 is limited, SYS INFO 2BIS carries the rest of the BCCH frequencies in the BA1 list that are from the same band as in SYS INFO 2.
Content
> SYS INFO 2BIS Neighbor Cell Description. RACH Control Parameter (Same as those in SYS INFO 1)
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SYS INFO 2TER

SYS INFO 2TER
> 2TER contains neighbor BCCH frequencies (part of BA1 list). It is transmitted on BCCH. Only dual band MS can read this information, and single band 900 or 1800 MS will ignore it. Since this information carries BCCH frequencies that belong to different band other than those in SYS INFO 2, it is unnecessary for single band MS to read.
Content
> SYS INFO 2TER Neighbor Cell Description (extended)
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SYS INFO 3
SYS INFO 3
> It contains LAI, cell identity, RACH control parameters and cell selection related parameters. It is transmitted on BCCH. It is one of the most important information.
Content
> SYS INFO 3 Cell Identity LAI (location area identity) Control Channel Description Cell Option Cell Selection Parameter RACH Control Parameter
Cell Identity and Location Area Identity

Cell Global Identity (CGI) consists of Location Area Identity
(LAI) and Cell Identity (CI). And LAI includes Mobile Country Code (MCC), Mobile Network Code (MNC), and Location Area Code (LAC). SYS INFO 3, 6, and 4 contain all or part of the information of CGI. According to the received SYS INFO, MS decodes the CGI, and decide whether it can register in the network based on the MCC and MNC indicated by CGI. At the same time, it can judge whether the current location area is changed, so as to decide whether it is necessary to start the location updating process.
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Control Channel Description

Control channel description includes the following parameters
> IMSI Attach-Detach Allowed (ATT) > Common Control Channel Configuration (CCCH_CONF) > Access Granted Blocks Reserved (BS_AG_BLKS_RES) > Paging Channel Multi-frames (BS_PA_MFRAMES) > Periodic Location Update Timer (T3212)
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Cell Option
Cell option contains the following parameters:
> Power control indication (PWRC) > Discontinuous transmission (DTX) > Radio link timeout
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Cell Selection Parameter

Cell selection parameters indicate how the MS should behave
after the MS is powered on. It includes the following parameters: > Cell Reselection Hysteresis (CRH) > Maximum power level of control channel (MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH) > Minimum receiving level of MS permitted to access (RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN) > Additional reselection parameter indicator (ACS) > Half-rate supported (Support Half-Rate)
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SYS INFO 4
SYS INFO 4
> It consists LAI, RACH control parameters, cell selection parameters and optional CBCH channel information. It is transmitted on BCCH. When the cell supports cell broadcast function, CBCH together with CBCH MA describe the configuration of CBCH the relevant frequency information.
Content
> SYS INFO 4 LAI Cell Selection Parameter RACH Control Parameter CBCH Channel Description (optional) CBCH Mobile Allocation SI4 Rest Octets (parameters related to cell reselection)
CBCH Channel Description and CBCH MA

These two parameters are optional. When system supports cell broadcast, CBCH Channel Description explains the CBCH channel configuration situation. When CBCH Channel is in frequency hopping mode, CBCH MA is also needed.
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SI4 Rest Octets

It contains the following parameters:
> Cell Reselection Parameter Indicator (PI) > Cell Bar Qualify (CBQ) > Cell Bar Access (CBA) > Cell Reselect Offset (CRO) > Temporary Offset (TO) > Penalty Time (PT)
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SYS INFO 5
SYS INFO 5
> It describes the neighbor cell BCCH frequencies(BA2 list). It is mandatory and is transmitted on SACCH. Different from SYS INFO 2, MS can read the frequency described in SYS INFO 5 in dedicated mode, report the relevant information of neighbor cells in measurement reports, and use it as the basis for handover. Similarly, for 900 MS of PHASE 1, it only recognizes the neighbor cell frequencies described by SYS INFO 5, and ignores those carried by SYS INFO 5BIS and 5TER.
Content
> SYS INFO 5 Neighbor Cell Description

SYS INFO 5BIS

SYS INFO 5BIS
> 5BIS describes neighbor cells BCCH frequencies.These frequencies are part of BA2 list. It is optional and is transmitted on SACCH. Generally, as the number of frequencies which can be described by SYS INFO 5 is limited, SYS INFO 5BIS carries the rest BCCH frequencies in the BA2 which belong to the same band as SYS INFO 5.
Content
> SYS INFO 5BIS Neighbor Cell Description
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SYS INFO 5TER

SYS INFO 5TER
> 5TER describes neighbor cells BCCH frequencies, these frequencies are also a part of the BA2 list. It is transmitted on SACCH. Similarly, only dual band MS can read this information, and single band GSM900 or GSM1800 MS will ignore it. It carries the BCCH frequencies of neighbor cells whose band are different from the serving cells.
Content
> SYS INFO 5TER Neighbor Cell Description (Extended)
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SYS INFO 6
SYS INFO 6
> It describes LAI, cell identity, and some parameters describing the cells functions. It is transmitted on SACCH. It is also one of the most important system information.
Content
> SYS INFO 6 Cell Identity LAI Cell Option NCC Permitted
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Introduction to SYS INFO Parameters

Huawei GSM System Information Parameters: > Network Identity Parameters > System Control Parameters > Cell Selection Parameters > Network Functional Parameters
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Network Identity Parameter CGI

Network identity parameters mainly include cell global identity
(CGI) and base station identity code (BSIC). CGI=MCC+MNC+LAC+CI

Once MS receives SYS INFO, it decodes the CGI information,
and decides whether it can stay in the cell according to the MCC and MNC indicated by CGI. At the same time, it judges whether the current location area is changed, so as to decide whether to execute location update. During the location update process, MS will report the new LAI to the network, so that the network can know the LA in which MS is currently located.
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Network Identity Parameter BSIC

BSIC=NCC+BCC In GSM system, each BTS is allocated with a color code, which
is called BSIC. MS can identify two cells with the same BCCH by the help of BSIC. In network planning, effort should be made to make sure that BCCH of neighbor cells are different from the serving cells BCCH to reduce the interference. Practically it is still possible that a same BCCH is re-used in the surrounding cells. For cells using the same BCCH in a relevant near distance, their BSIC must be different so that MS can identify two neighbor cells with same BCCH.
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Mobile Country Code MCC

Definition
> MCC consists of 3 decimal numbers. It indicates the home country of the mobile subscriber.
Format
> MCC is composed of 3 decimal numbers. The coding range is decimal 000-999.
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Mobile Network Code MNC

Definition
> MNC is used to uniquely identify a specific GSM PLMN network in a certain country (decided by MCC).
Format
> MNC is composed of two decimal numbers. The coding range is decimal 00-99.
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Location Area Code LAC

Definition
> To locate the location of MS, the whole area covered by each GSM PLMN is divided into different location areas. LAC is used to identify different location areas.
Format
> LAI contains LAC, which is composed of two bytes. LAC adopts hexadecimal coding. The available range is from 0001H to FFFEH. The code 0000H and FFFFH cannot be used (please refer to specification GSM0303, 0408, and 1111). One location area can contain one or more cells.
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Cell Identity CI
Definition
> To uniquely identify each cell in the GSM PLMN, the network operator needs to allocate one code for each cell, which is the cell identity (CI). Cell identity, together with LAI, is used for identity of each cell in the world. (specification 0303).
Format
> CI is composed of 16 bits, The available range is from 0 to 65535.
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Network Color Code NCC

Definition
> NCC is a part of BSIC. MS uses it to distinguish adjacent BTS that belong to different GSM PLMN.
Format
> NCC is composed of 3 bits, with the range of 0 to 7.
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BTS Color Code BCC

Definition
> BCC is a part of BSIC. For its function, please refer to above sections.
Format
> BCC is composed of 3 bits. The available range is from 0 to 7.
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System Control Parameters

ATT CCCH_CONF BS_AG_BLKS_RES BS_PAMFRAMES T3212 Radio Link Timeout Neighbor Cell Description NCC Allowed MS MAX Retrans TX-Integer Common Access Control Class MBR ECSC
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e check it, it means that once we power off it system does not consider it in the next paging signals other w
ATT
Value range: Yes, No Content
It is used to inform MS whether IMSI attach-detach is allowed in this cell. If it is set to Yes, the network will not process the connection to the called mobile subscriber when MS is power-off. Thus network processing time and radio resources are saved. Otherwise the network will process the connection even though the MS has been powered off. Yes
Recommendation
powered off and u moved to cell B and then powered on in cell B but the ATT box was not checked so the s
wer off and out of coverage message until you make a call (System will wake up) and u are powered on (S
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Compounding CCCH (BCCCH is alone in the time slot, compounding (both BCCH and SDCCH together in
CCCH_CONF
Extended BCCH for Paging on the expense of TCH only TS 2, 4, and 6 can be conf
Value range: 1 Non-Compounding CCCH, 1 Compounding
CCCH, 2 Non-Compounding CCCHs, 3 Non-compounding CCCHs, 4 Non-compounding CCCHs.

Content: It is Common Control Channel Configuration. CCCH
configuration determines the capacity of PCH, AGCH and RACH. This parameter can be automatically configured by the BSC Data Auto Configuration System according to the TRX channel configuration.
Recommendation: When there is one TRX in the cell, one
combined CCCH is recommended (in a system with few paging messages in location area). For others, it is configured according to the number of TRX in the cell.
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See note
BS_AG_BLKS_RES
Value range: 0~2 (1 combined CCCH), 0~7 (others) Unit: Block Content: It is also called Access Granted Blocks Reserved. It is
the number of CCCH channel message blocks that are reserved in one multi-frame for access granted channels (AGCH).
Recommendation: 2 (non-combined CCCH)
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BS_PA_MFRAMES
Value range: 2
Unit: Multi-frame period (51 frames) Content: It is Paging Channel Multi-frames. It defines the
number of multi-frames used as a cycle of paging subchannels.

Recommendation: 2
Combine two multiframes in one paging cycle so instead of having 7 PCH u have 14 PCH
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T3212
Value range: 0~255 Unit: 6 minutes Content: It is the Periodic Location (LA) Update Timer. It
defines the interval of periodic location update.

Recommendation: 30 (for urban area), 20 (for suburban area)
1)T3212 should be less than half TVLR (in case the

signal was lost and need to sent it again) 2) And also should not be too small 3) Must be the same in one LAC
30*6= 180 minutes
1 LAC recommended to have 350 ~ 450 TRXs
SDCCH channel for LA update
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Application of T3212
LAC Ping-pong Reselect A T3212=4 B T3212=8
Even if T3212 setting is less than the system (MSC) query time, the system will still sometimes voice The subscriber you dialed is powered off. ((Taxi Drivers MS))
Check the downlink quality for the dedicated mode
Radio Link Timeout

Value range: 4~64, the step size is 4 Unit: SACCH period (480ms)
-Call drop responsible
1 Measure Report: 4 SACCH TDMA frames: 15 0r 26*8 TS* 26 TCH-frames*4 SACCH = 480 ms= 0.55 Sec (The length of the Measurement report
Content: This parameter is used for MS to decide down-link
disconnection in case of SACCH decoding failures.

Recommendation: 20~56
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Application of Radio Link Timeout (RLT) cell level command

Poor coverage
P A
Q B
For example RLT here is set to 4 (within 2 seconds level is 0) and you need to spend 55 seconds in the poor coverage area call will drop, if the RTL is 40 u will not drop But sometimes you will keep the call with horrible quality
Impact of radio link timeout
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Neighbor Cell Description

There are table BA1 and table BA2. Table BA1 describes BCCH frequencies of the adjacent cells
to be measured when the MS is in idle mode.

Table BA2 describes BCCH frequencies of the adjacent cells
to be measured when the MS is in dedicated mode.
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Application of Neighbor Cell Description
B A D C A
B C D
Actual Neighbor Cells
Theoretical Neighbor Cells
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Application of Neighbor Cell Description
B
A
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NCC Allowed
Value range: Check box, including options 0~7. Content: Network Color Code, sent in system information 2
and 6. It lists NCC that need be measured by MS. If a neighbor cells NCC is permitted, MS will report MRs of it to the network.
Recommendation: Subject to the concrete conditions.
NCC=0 . . . . NCC=7
If the NCC is not checked so you cannot make HO but u can reselect, some operators do not check it to keep u forced on the same operator
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How many time you send the RACH
MS MAX Retrans
Value range: 1, 2, 4, 7 times Unit: Time
Access burst is so short because we still do not know the TA
Content: It is one of the random access control parameters. MS MAX
Retrans is the upper limit of times that MS is allowed to send Channel Request in one immediate assignment procedure.
Recommendation:
B T S
> Set to 7 for areas with low traffic (suburban or rural area) and the cell radius more than 3 km. > Set to 4 for areas with ordinary traffic (non-busy area in the city) and the cell radius is less than 3km. > Set to 2 for micro-cell > Set to 1 for micro-cell with heavy traffic or with obvious congestion. > Set to 4 or 7 for satellite transmission BTS.
TX-Integer (T)
To avoid more than one MS asking for the AGCH at same time, randomly the MSs will ask for the RACH within 20 time slots
Value range: 3~12, 14, 16, 20, 25, 32, 50 Unit: RACH timeslot (equals to a TDMA frame, 4.615ms) Content: Used to calculate the number of timeslots in the interval
between multiple channel requests sent by MS.

Recommendation: 20 (If the cell immediate assignment success rate
is low, set the S with a larger value. Select 32 for satellite transmission, so as to reduce satellite transmission delay).
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Calculation of S (Waiting time)

Because we have less BCCH channels time is longer than main CCCH
S: should not be big, except in case of satellite transmission other wise we will have SDCCH congestion
T
Combined CCCH
S
Non-combined CCCH
3, 8, 14, 50 4, 9, 16 5, 10, 20 6, 11, 25 7, 12, 32
55 76 109 163 217
41 52 58 86 115
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Common Access Control Class

Value range: Check box, including level 0 forbidden,lever 1
forbidden,, till level 9 forbidden

Content: One of the parameters of random access control
information. It is used for load control of ordinary subscribers, to permit or forbid the network access of some common level users. 1 stands for forbidden and 0 for permitted.
Recommendation: 0000000000
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Special Access Control Class

Value range: Check box, including level 11 forbidden,level12
forbidden,, till level 15 forbidden

Content: It is used for load control, permitting or forbidding the
network access of some special level users. 1 stands for forbidden and 0 for permitted.
Recommendation: 00000
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MBR
Value range: 0~3 Content: Multi-band Reporting. It is used to inform MS to report
the adjacent cells in a controllable way. It is sent in the System Information 2ter and 5ter.
In the Measurement report you can report 1 serving cell and upto 6 highest Neighbouring cells MBR=0: not considering the top 6 cells belong to which band MBR=1: 900:1, 1800:1; remained cells (4 neighbours) will be same serving band neighbouring cells MBR=2: 900:2, 1800:2; remained (2 neighbours) cells will be same serving band neighbouring cells
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Best cells: C
Application of MBR (Usually not used in load balance)

GSM1800
E B H
A -92dBm
B -82dBm
F D A G
S H -84dBm C -68dBm F -88dBm G -96dBm
GSM900 E -78dBm
D -90dBm
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ECSC
Value range: Yes, No Content: Early Classmark Sending Control. It indicates if an
MS in the cell is allowed to use early Classmark sending. See Protocol 0408.
Recommendation: No, if the MSC is Huawei product (by
default MSC will ask about it), and Recommendation is yes if the MSC is not Huawei.
My dual band ability (power, etc)
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CBQ (Cell Bar Qualify) CBA (Cell Bar Access) MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN PI (Cell Reselect Parameters Indication) CRO (Cell Reselection Offset) TO (Temporary Offset) PT (Penalty Time) CRH ( Cell Reselection Hysteresis)
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Cell Selection Process

There are two kinds of cell selection.
> Normal cell selection (you have to search all available freq.) > Stored list cell selection (Search Some freq.)
In fact, the process might be different for different MSs
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Stored List Cell Selection

Can reside in it Can find it Cant reside ,search neighbor cell (BA1) Search the BCCH which have been stored YES NO Come into idle mode
Can not find it
Normal cell selection

Normal Cell Selection

Search all frequency
Rank according to receiving level
Check whether this is a BCCH carrier, get SCH and decode system information
NO
YES PLMN, C1>0, priority is normal YES Come into idle mode Check next one NO
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Normal Cell Selection

Check the next frequency by the same step NO Check the cell which priority is low (i.e. lower power, C1>0,PLMN NO Try the cell which PLMN is allowed in the SIM card NO Stay at a cell which RX-LEV is strongest, C1>0 , cell priority is not prohibited YES Come into idle mode YES YES
YES
Emergency call mode (112)
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Rx-Access-Min: 8 = -102 dBm Scale: 0 = -120, 1=-110 etc

to control the coverage
If we want the coverage to be less so we increase this parameter to a higher value as 10 = -100 dB (so users with signal below this value will not be able to access the NT)
C1=RLA_C-RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN-MAX((MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH - P), 0)
RLA_C: Receiving level of MS
MS UL Configured power in the BSC in access burst
RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN: Minimum receiving level of MS permitted to access
P: maximum Physical supported transmitting power of MS.
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CBQ
Value range: Yes , No Unit: None
In the Cell selection after PLMN, and C1, then Priority and it is controlled by two parameters: CBQ & CBA Check the notes
Content: Cell Bar Qualify. CBQ only affects the selection of cells but
is not related to cell reselection. It works with CBA to define the access priorities of cells.
Recommendation: No.
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CBA
Value range: Yes, No Content: Cell Bar Access, worked together with CBQ to set the
priority status of the cell in idle mode for cell selection and reselection.
Recommendation: Yes
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Application of CBQ
The traffic of cell A and B is heavy. Set these two cells with CBA=No, CBQ=No.
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Application of CBA
A B
B is a micro cell. Set B to Normal and A to Low.
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Application of CBA
D B C
CBQ(A) = NO CBA(A) = NO
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MS TXPWR_MAX_CCH
Value range: 0~31 Unit: level Content: This parameter determines the maximum allowed
output power of the MS when it begins to access a cell and has not yet received power control command.
Recommendation: 5(900MHz), 0(1800MHz)
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RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN
Value range: 0~63 Unit: Level Content: It means the minimum receive signal level required
for MS to access a cell.

Recommendation: 8
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Cell Reselection Process

Cell reselection for cells in same location area
> If the C2 value of the target cell is higher than that of the serving cell for longer than 5 seconds, a cell reselection process will be performed and the MS tunes to the new cell.
Cell reselection for cells in different location areas
> If the C2 value of the target cell is higher than that of the serving cell by at least the value of CRH for longer than 5 seconds, a location update process and the cell reselection process will be performed.
Two consecutive cell reselections caused by C2 have a time interval of 15
seconds. In other words to say, if because of C2 a MS reselected to a cell, then the MS cannot reselect to another cell by the cause of C2 within 15 seconds.
If current serving cell is prohibited, or down link fails, or C1 is less than 0
continuously for 5s, cell reselection will also be triggered.

MS starts a cell reselection if the access times exceed the MAX retrans.
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For serving cell TO*H(PT-T) = 0
Cell Reselection Parameter

C2=C1+CRO-TO*H(PT-T) When PT is not equal to 31
C2=C1-CRO
When PT is equal to 31
Function H(x)=0, when x<0; H(x)=1, when x>0

T: is a timer, measures how long -in seconds-the neighbouring cell remains in the best 6 neighboring cells and it is inside the step function H(x) After some time (in seconds you are trusted and always acting as my neighbour , the H(x)=0 (when PT-T=0) and at this time no more penalty for you (PT) because it is a trusted neighbour
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If we do not check the PI this means C2 = C1
PI
Value range: Yes (1), No (0). Unit: None Content: Cell Reselect Parameters Indication, sent on the
broadcast channel of the cell. It is an indication to the existence of Cell Reselect Offset(CRO), Temporary Offset(TO) and Penalty Time(PT).
Recommendation: Yes.
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CRO
Value range: 0~63, the corresponding level value: 0~126dB,
stepped every 2dB.

Unit: None Content: Cell Reselect Offset. It is a parameter in C2
calculation to give an intentional modification in MS cell reselection.

Recommendation: 0
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For serving cell TO*H(PT-T) = 0
TO
corresponds to Infinite.
Unit: None
TO:1 = 10 dB
Value range: 0~7 , the corresponding value is 0~60dB, 7
Content: Cell Reselect Temporary Offset. It is a parameter in
C2 criterion to give a temporary modification within PT time.

Recommendation: 0
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You will punish the neighbouring cell for PT period
PT
change the formula of C2.
Unit: None Content: Cell Reselect Penalty Time. Recommendation: 0
PT:0 = 20 Seconds
Value range: 0~31, the corresponding time is 20~620s. 31 is to
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To avoid so many Reselection
CRH
Value range: 0~14 , the step size is 2 Unit: dB Content: Cell Reselection Hysteresis. It is the parameter used
when cell reselection happens between two location areas.

Recommendation: 4
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Network Function Parameter

PWRC (Power Control Permitted) UL DTX (Uplink Discontinuous Transmission) Call Re-establishment Allowed (RE) EC Allowed (Emergency Call Allowed)
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PWRC
Value range: Yes, No. Unit: None Content: It is used to indicate MS weather to reduce received
level value obtained from the timeslots of BCCH when MS measures receiving level during base band hopping mode. When it is set to No, it means the influence of receiving level on BCCH is not in consideration. If it is set to Yes, process it in the way mentioned above.
Recommendation: Yes
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UL DTX
Value range: May use, Shall use, Shall not use. Unit: None Content: It is used to indicate whether MS uses DTX function.
In System Information 3, it is 2-bit coding. In System Information 6, it is 3-bit coding. It shows the DTX state of the MS in the previous measurement period.
Recommendation: Shall use.
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If the call drop while moving from an area to another MS will automatically reestablish and it is different from the
Call Re-establishment Allowed

Value range: Yes, No Unit: None
redial in case of busy
Content: Informing MS whether call reestablishment is allowed
or not.
Recommendation: No
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EC Allowed
Value range: Yes, No Unit: None Content: Emergence Call Allowed . When EC Allowed is set to
Yes, it means emergency call is permitted. Otherwise it is prohibited.

Recommendation: Yes.
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Others in Data Configuration System

System Information Usage Regular Transmission Regular Transmission Interval
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System Information Usage

Value Range: It is a check box, including system information
1~12, 2bis, 2ter, 5bis, 5ter, 10bis.

Unit: None Content: It is used to determine whether a type of system
information should be sent. A selected box means to send.

Recommendation: Select system information 1~6, 2bis, 2ter,
5bis, 5ter
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Regular Transmission
Value range: Yes, No Unit: None Content: It shows whether BSC chooses to update system
information contents transmitted by BTS. If it is Yes, BSC will send system information to BTS at a certain interval (it is decided by Regular Transmission Interval). Otherwise, system information can only be updated manually by using BSC maintenance system.
Recommendation: Yes
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Regular Transmission Interval

Value range: 0~255 Unit: Minute Content: It stipulates the time interval that BSC updates
system information to BTS.

Recommendation: 10 minutes
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Case Study
Case 1: Island effect
Case Description
> During the process of optimization in a certain area, it is found out that the signal is poor in a certain section of suburban highway. The signal strength measured is less than -95dBm.

Handling Procedure > Modify the data in BSC. Add neighbor relationship to Cell A and B for each other. The coverage problem is thus solved. -80 -95 A
B -92 C
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Case Study

Case 2: Incorrect CGI causes MS unable to register on the network.

Case description > The subscriber complained that MS could not register to the network, or it was difficult to register to the network between BTS A and B, or no network mark was displayed on the MS, but MS indicated that the signal was very good. Some subscribers also complained that MS could make MTC could not make MOC.
> Note: If you configure it wrongly you can receive a call because it is coming thru the Paging siganl and eventhough the reselection is BSC level not MSC level so even if your Cell CGI is wrongly configured you can camp on it and receive a call but not originate a call because originating requires MSC pathway and u have wrong cell CGI
Cause analysis
> CGI of the cell was modified. So the network register flow was not normal. Although the signal was very good, MS could not get registered in the network.
Recommendation and summary
> CGI is a very important parameter and should be configured correctly, thus to ensured that the CGI data in BSC and MSC are the same.
Case Study

Case 3: RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN causes signal fluctuation.

Case description > Subscribers complain that the signal fluctuates in a certain area. Onsite test shows that this phenomenon does exist. From the testing mobile, we can see that there are a lot of cells signals in this area. Some frequencies are the suburb BTS signals far away from this area. The cell reselection of MS is rather frequent.
Handling procedure
> Modify parameter RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN of all cells in urban area and make them consistent with each other. The problem of signal fluctuation is solved.

Recommendation and summary > In area with complicated coverage, the RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN of each cell should be kept same.
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Case 4
Too small T3212 causes MS lose connection with network.
Case description > A local GSM network has more than 6000 subscribers. There are four BTSs. The network has been working properly. But from sometime on, some MS often lost connection with network suddenly. The complaint from subscribers in urban area increased.
Handling procedure
> Modify T3212 to 10, i.e. 60 minutes. Modify the corresponding time of MSC to 180 minutes. Two days observation shows no subscriber complaint and the problem is solved.
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