Huawei GSM Parameters Introduction

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Overview
What is Parameter?
The height, down tilt, longitude \ latitude -> Engineer Parameter How to access to network, when to handover -> Radio Parameter We use parameter to control, adjust and optimize the network.

Compared with other equipment vendor, how about Huawei Parameter? Compared with other equipment vendor, how about Huawei Algorithm?

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System Information Parameters

Handover algorithm Parameters Power Control algorithm Parameters Resource allocation algorithm Parameters

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System Information Signal

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RACH control parameters

RACH control parameters
include:
Maximum re-transmitting times (MAX retrans)
limit of times that MS is allowed to send Channel Request in one immediate assignment procedure

Common access control level (ACC)

permit or forbid the network access of some common level users

ECSC
indicates if an MS in the cell is allowed to use early Class mark sending

MBR
inform MS to report the information about neighboring cells of multiband.

Extended transmission
S

timeslots (Tx_interger)
calculate the number of timeslots in the interval between multiple channel requests sent by MS

Tx_Integer 381450 4916 51020 61125 71232

Not Combined CCH 55 76 109 163 217

Combined CCH 41 52 58 86 115

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Control channel description parameters

Common Control Channel Configuration (CCCH_CONF)
0 Not-Combined -> 9 CCCH block
1 Combined -> 3 CCCH block CBCH combine with BCCH or SDCCH?

Paging Channel Multi-frames (BS_PA_MFRAMES)

number of multi-frames used as a
cycle of paging sub-channels

Access Granted Blocks Reserved (BS_AG_BLKS_RES)

number of CCCH channel message blocks that are reserved in one multiframe for access granted channels

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Cell option parameters

Cell option contains the following parameters:
Power control indication (PWRC)
When it is set to No, it means the influence of receiving level on BCCH is not in consideration.

Discontinuous transmission (DTX)

NCC Permitted
If a neighbor cells NCC is permitted, MS will report MRs of it to the network

Radio link timeout

It is a timer used to determine whether the downlink radio link connection fails. SACCH Multi-Frames used to determine the uplink radio link connection fails. When AMR, How to modify this parameter?

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Cell select and reselect parameters

C1(n) = RxLev(n) RxLev_Access_Min(n)
max{0, MS_Txpwr_Max_CCH(n) P} C2 = C1 + CRO TO *H (PT T) (PT < 620s)
H(x) = 0: for the serving cell and if x <0 H(x) = 1: otherwise

Cell A

C2 = C1 CRO (PT=620s)
Use Parameters which are broadcasted on the BCCH if PI = 1, otherwise C2 = C1

Cell B

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Cell select and reselect parameters

Location update related parameters
IMSI Attach-Detach Allowed (ATT)
inform MS whether IMSI attach-detach is allowed in this cell

Periodic Location Update Timer (T3212)

Periodic Location Update Timer. It defines the interval of periodic location update.

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System Information Parameters

Handover algorithm Parameters Power Control algorithm Parameters Resource allocation algorithm Parameters

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General process of HO Algorithm

M.R. preprocessing
OM forced HO Directed retry
1

Edge HO Layer HO PBGT HO Fast moving MS HO Overlaid/underlaid HO Processing program

Penalty processing

TA emergency HO

Basic ranking

BQ emergency HO
RSD emergency HO

Secondary ranking

Interf. emergency HO Load Sharing HO

HO judgment
1

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Ranking of Candidate Cell

The candidate cell is ranked by the some rules. It is for both serving
cell and the neighbor cells. The ranking processes include:
M rule: RX_LEV (n) > MSRXMIN(n) + OFFSET K rule: Ranked in descending order according to the rx_lev only 16 bits ranking: The smaller the value is, the higher the priority

16

15 Cell Type
(Extension, Normal)

14

13

12

11

10

Co-BSC/MSC Load

Cell Layer Priority HO hysteresis

Rx Lev

Reserve bit

Layer HO

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HW handover parameter

Do the process in BTS side

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HW handover parameter

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CONTENT

System Information Parameters

Handover algorithm Parameters Power Control algorithm Parameters Resource allocation algorithm Parameters

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Advantage of Huawei II power control algorithm

HW II power control has the following advantages:
Measurement report compensation -- makes power control judgment more precise Measurement report prediction --to avoid power control later than needed, the delay is dangerous in case of poor level or bad quality

Power control expected signal level and quality threshold falls within a
band, this avoids receiving signal level fluctuate up and down frequently

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HW I I Power Control
General power control judgment
Power control by receiving level AdjStep_Lev AdjStep_Lev AdjStep_Lev AdjStep_Lev AdjStep_Lev AdjStep_Lev No action No action No action Power control by receiving quality AdjStep_Qul AdjStep_Qul No action AdjStep_Qul AdjStep_Qul No action AdjStep_Qul AdjStep_Qul No action max(AdjStep_Lev,AdjStep_Qul) AdjStep_Lev AdjStep_Qul AdjStep_Qul No action Power control by signal level and quality max(AdjStep_Lev,AdjStep_Qul) No action AdjStep_Lev AdjStep_Lev

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HW II Power Control
Qual Target level = (RX_LEV lower Thrsh. + RX_LEV upper Thrsh.)/2

This offset used to anti ping pong power control Max (2)

Qual (3)
Qual. upper Thrsh.

Lev (1)

No Action
Qual. lower Thrsh.

Lev (1)

Max (2)
7 0

Qual (3)

No Action
Lev

RX_LEV lower Thrsh.

RX_LEV upper Thrsh.

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HW II Power Control
Qual. bad TrigThrsh makes PC process triggered earlier when the quality is bad.
Qual 0

Qual (3)
Qual. upper Thrsh.

Max (2)

Lev (1)

No Action
Qual. lower Thrsh.

Lev (1)

Qual. bad UpLEVDiff Qual. bad TrigThrsh

Max (2)
7 0

Qual (3)

No Action
Lev

RX_LEV lower Thrsh.

RX_LEV upper Thrsh.

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System Information Parameters

Handover algorithm Parameters Power Control algorithm Parameters Resource allocation algorithm Parameters

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HW II channel allocation algorithm

BSC channel allocation algorithm selects the channel for allocation by considering
Channel interference (idle mode measurement band1~5) Configuration (BCCH TRX \ hopping sequence) History record (allocate failure\call drop) Load distribution (as even as

possible)
MS transmitted power Based on the specific call event and environment. (Intra cell HO)

Etc.
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Dynamic allocation of channel resource

Huawei has good mechanism to dynamic allocate the channel resource. Support dynamic allocation between PDCH<->TCHH\F, TCHF<->TCHH, TCHF<>SDCCH
SDCCH
real line stand for real-time conversion broken line stand for not real-time conversion

PDCH

TCHH

TCHF

Make the channel usage more efficient

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Dynamic allocation of SDCCH

Purpose
When the request of SDCCH in a cell suddenly increases, TCH can convert into SDCCH so as to ensure that most of the users can access the network

Approach
If SDCCH allows dynamic allocation and satisfy the following conditions:
Number of SDCCH <= idle SD Thrsh Number of existing SDCCH in the cell < Cell SD Maximum; Number of idle TCH is greater than 4 or greater than the number of configuration carriers.

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Dynamic allocation between TCH & PDCH

Dynamic PDCH and PDTCH
When dynamic PDCH is not used for packet service, it equal to TCH.

Packet service priority (PCU parameter)

This parameter determine the priority between PS and CS channel allocation For vip cell, set PS priority higher than CS to make the GPRS service quality better:
Command: pcu set priv <LCNo> 2 120 2000 2400

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Dynamic convert between TCHF & TCHH

TCH Traffic Thrsh(%)
During the allocation of the BSC channel, if the occupation rate of current channel reaches or exceeds this threshold, the dual rate call is allocated with the half rate channel preferentially. Otherwise, allocate full rate channel preferentially.

Enhanced Chan. Convert Enable

This parameter determines whether to allow the intra-cell handover to combine the call on the two SINGLE timeslots into one Couple timeslot to covert the call into TCHF when there is no idle TCHF for allocation.

Couple Channel
when one timeslot is divided into two TCHHs and the two TCHHs are idle. The two TCHH are called Couple.

Single Channel
when one timeslot is divided into two TCHHs, and one TCHH is busy and the other is idle. The idle one is called Single.

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Dynamic allocation between TCHF & TCHH

Channel request (FR only)

Yes Has idle FR channel No Yes Has couple channel

Allocate FR channel

Convert couple channel to FR

channel and allocate it to the call request

No
Yes HR channel number > 1 No Refuse the request Trigger intra-cell HO, in order to make a couple channel and convert it to FR. Allocate it to the call request

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Dynamic allocation between TCHF & TCHH

Channel request (FR prefer)

Has idle FR channel No Has couple channel No

Yes

Allocate FR channel

Convert couple channel to FR Yes channel and allocate it to the call request Trigger intra-cell HO, in order to make a couple channel and convert it to FR. Allocate it to the

HR channel number > 1 No Allocate HR channel

Yes

call request

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Dynamic allocation between TCHF & TCHH

Channel request (HR request)

Yes Has idle single No Has idle couple No Yes Has idle FR channel No Channel allocation failure Yes

Allocate HR channel

Allocate half of couple channel

Convert FR channel to couple channel, and then allocate half of couple channel

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