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Relocations in UMTS

Justin MA
22nd Dec 2014

Relocation in CS
UE Involved
UE Not-Involved

Relocation in CS
UE Involved

HHO

The combined inter-RNC HHO and


RN relocation procedure is UE
involved , since the UE is ordered to
switch to another carrier frequency or
to replace the whole active set by
sending a HHO command to the UE
during the relocation procedure.

Relocation in CS
UE Not-Involved

Mobility
Information
Updating

SRNS relocation is started


when the current active set
only comprises cells
belonging to the DRNC (aka
Target RNC).
The relocation procedure is
initiated by the SRNC (aka
Source RNC).

Comparison of UE Involved and Not-Involved


in Relocation CS
UE Involved (UE still in SRNC)

UE Not-Involved (UE already in DRNC)

UE is
connected
to SRNC
UE is
connected
to DRNC
HHO

Mobility
Information
Updating

Relocation in PS
UE Involved
UE Not-Involved

Relocation in PS
UE Involved

HHO

Relocation in PS
UE Not-Involved

Mobility
Information
Updating

Comparison of UE Involved and Not-Involved


in Relocation PS
UE Involved (UE still in SRNC)

UE Not-Involved (UE already in DRNC)

UE is
connected
to SRNC

HHO

Mobility
Information
Updating

UE is
connected
to DRNC

Conclusions
Relocation with UE Involved has risk to do the inter-RNC HO in the
border before getting connection to DRNC.
Relocation with UE Not-Involved has following often failure causes:
UP setup failure
UTRAN Mobility Information procedure failure or timeout

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