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Table of Contents
This document has 14 pages.
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.1 In general. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.2 Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3 Functional description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.1 Functional overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.2 Functional split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2.1 NetAct interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2.2 BSC MMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2.3 Plan provisioning interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4 System impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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Figure 1 Intra-cell HOs due to bad RX quality are prevented when RxQual = 7. . . 9
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Table 1 Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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1 Introduction
1.1 In general
The “AMR unpacking optimization” (BSS21120) feature provides new AMR quality and
level based handover parameters to avoid unnecessary unpacking in intra-cell AMR
FR/HR handovers.
When the field strength drops rapidly, the quality of service also drops typically. This
triggers AMR unpacking handovers. If the field strength drop is high, quality is degraded.
The mobile cannot decode handover assignments and handover is not performed. Also,
when the MS moves round a corner, its own RX level is not changed, but the interfer-
ence becomes stronger. This can cause drops to “bad” quality levels in the MS. In a
“bad” quality level, SACCH decoding in the MS fails, and hence the MS cannot identify
any handover assignments.
Normally, the radio-link time-out timer controls the time for which the mobile can be
unreachable, before the TCH is deactivated and the call is regarded as a dropped call.
This can be e.g. 16 seconds. When a handover starts using a fixed 6 seconds timer to
control handover success, and if the MS does not answer during this time with either a
successful or a non-successful handover, then the BSC deactivates the target and
source channels. This is considered as a drop. Without an intra-cell handover start, the
MS could still have about 10 seconds to get out of the bad coverage.
When RX quality on the AMR HR channel is below the unpacking threshold, but RX level
conditions are good, it is reasonable to perform an intra-cell HO to a better HR channel
in the cell. This is achieved by preventing AMR unpacking handover when the RX level
is high enough.
Due to this feature, the HO algorithm prevents AMR unpacking and interference-based
intra-cell handovers, when the RX level and/or RX quality conditions are very bad. Also,
unnecessary AMR unpacking handovers are avoided when the RX level is good. With
this, the dropped call rate can be reduced.
Refer to the “Parameters” section for more details on the parameters and their effects.
1.2 Benefits
This feature saves capital expense and improves network quality by reducing the rate
of dropped calls.
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2 Requirements
The BSC S14 software is required and there are no specific hardware requirements for
this feature.
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3 Functional description
This feature provides new AMR quality and level based handover parameters to avoid
unnecessary unpacking in intra-cell FR / HR handovers.
This chapter is divided into the following sections:
• “Functional overview”
• “Functional split”
For more information on activating this feature, refer to “Activating and testing
BSS21120: AMR unpacking optimization”.
AMR FR
RxLev -47dBm to -48dBm -49dBm to -100dBm -101dBm to -110dBm
0
Packing HO Packing not allowed due to poor signal strength
1
2
RxQual
3
4 No action
5
6
7
AMR HR
RxLev -47dBm to -48dBm -49dBm to -100dBm -101dBm to -110dBm
0
1
2 No action
RxQual
3
4
5 Unpacking not allowed due to very good level Unpacking Unpacking not allowed due to poor signal strength
6
7 Unpacking not allowed Unpacking not allowed due to very bad quality Unpacking not allowed
Figure 1 Intra-cell HOs due to bad RX quality are prevented when RxQual = 7
In “Figure 1”:
• For AMR FR:
– Packing is allowed due to good quality (RXQual = 0 or 1) when signal strength
is between -47 dBm and -100 dBm.
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– Packing and interference HO are not allowed with RXQual = 0 or 1 when signal
strength is poor, below -100 dBm
– Packing is not allowed with RXQual = 2 to 7
• For AMR HR:
– Unpacking is allowed with RXQual = 4 to 6 when signal strength is between - 49
dBm and -100 dBm
– Unpacking is not allowed with RXQual = 4 to 6 when signal strength is very
good, above -49 dBm
– Unpacking and interference HO are not allowed with RXQual = 4 to 6 when
signal strength is poor, below - 100 dBm
– Unpacking and interference HO are not allowed due to very bad quality, with
RXQual = 7
– Unpacking is not allowed with RXQual = 0 to 3.
The interference-based intra-cell handovers are prevented if the new “Intra HO prevent
threshold lower rx qual” parameter is set to 7, and the average uplink or downlink RX
quality is also 7.
For the lower RX level limit ( defined by the new “Intra HO prevent threshold lower RX
level AMR HR” parameter), the RX level is checked instead of the RX quality. If condi-
tions for AMR unpacking HO are fulfilled, but the average uplink or downlink RX level is
lower than defined by this new parameter, then AMR unpacking HO is not triggered.
There is also a new parameter to define the upper limit (“Intra HO prevent threshold
upper rx level AMR HR”). AMR unpacking HOs are avoided if the uplink or downlink RX
level is better than defined by this new parameter.
Refer to “Parameters” for more information on the new parameters of this feature.
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4 System impacts
The handover algorithm functionality is already implemented in the DFCA context. For
more information, refer to the “Dynamic frequency and channel allocation” (BSS11052)
feature description.
The UTPFIL parameters (for RX quality and RX level limits) implemented are replaced
by new HOC parameters. The “AMR unpacking optimization” feature includes MML
support for the new parameters. The functionality of the feature is controlled by means
of a license key.
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5 User interface
The impacts of the “AMR unpacking optimization” feature on the user interface are
described in this chapter.
The chapter is divided into the following two sections:
• “Parameters”
• “MML commands”
5.1 Parameters
The new parameters for “AMR unpacking optimization” are described in “Table 1”.
Table 1 Parameters
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ZEHB:SEG=1:LLLAMR=-80,ULLAMR=-90,LQLAMR=6;
BSC3i BSC-LAB 2007-12-18 13:20:02
HANDOVER CONTROL AMR SIGNAL QUALITY THRESHOLD PARAMETERS OF SEG-
0001 TESTLAB
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