TCH Traffic Busy Threshold : When TCH Assignment Rate reaches or exceeds this threshold

BSC starts to assigns halfrate channels. If this parameter is set to very small value there will e
high TCH Congestion on the cell. However this parameter will increases channel usages rate &
also degrades speech Quality. By increasing the value of this parameter we can get relief in
congestion.

RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN : This parameter specifies the minimum receive level of an MS to

access the BSS. If this parameter is set to a too small value, some MSs with low receive levels
may access the network and TCH congestion is likely to occur. You can set this parameter to a
great value to reduce the TCH congestion rate. The counters such as call setup success rate and
the counters related to traffic volume, however, are accordingly affected.

SACCH Multi-Frames and Radio Link Timeout : SACCH Multi-Frames is parameter used in
UPLINK & Radio Link Timeout(RLT) is used for DOWNLINK.
SACCH Multi-Frames : When the BTS receives the SACCH measurement report from the MS,
the counter for determining whether a radio link is faulty is set to the value of this parameter.
Each time the BTS fails to decode the SACCH measurement report sent by the MS, the counter
decreases by 1. If the BTS successfully decodes the SACCH measurement report, the counter
increases by 2. When the value of the counter is 0, the radio link fails.The BTS sends a
connection failure indication message to the BSC.The judgment standard is whether the SACCH
message is correctly decoded.

Radio Link Timeout : This parameter specifies when an MS disconnects a call if the MS
unsuccessfully decodes the SACCH message. Once a dedicated channel is assigned to the MS,
the counter S is enabled and the initial value is set to this parameter value. Each time an SACCH
message is not decoded, the counter S decreases by 1. Each time an SACCH message is correctly
decoded, the counter S increases by 2.When the counter S is equal to 0, the downlink radio link is
considered as failed.Therefore, when the voice or data quality is degraded to an unacceptable
situation and it cannot be improved through power control or channel handover, the connection is
to be re-established or released.

When these parameter is set to very high value inspite of poor quality channel will be occupied
and this will cause TCH Congestion.

SDCCH Dynamic Adjustment : When no of users increases some users may not be able to
access the network due to lack of SDCCHs. If this parameter is set to YES TCH will be
converted into SDCCH. This will cause less no of TCHs & will increase TCH Congestion.

RACH Min.Access Level : This parameter specifies the level threshold for the MS access. If this
parameter is set to a too small value, some MSs with low signal levels may access the network
and TCH congestion is likely to occur. You can set this parameter to a great value to reduce the
TCH congestion rate. The counters such as call setup success rate and paging success rate,
however, are affected.

Speech Version : This parameter contains 6 digits which should be set either to 0 or
to 1. 1 means speech version is enable & 0 means speech version is disable.
First three digit of this indicates Half Rate speech versions & last three digits indicates Full Rate
speech version. First digit of both the half rate & full rate pair indicates AMR Half Rate & AMR
Full Rate, second indicates Enhanced Half Rate(EHR) & Enhanced Full Rate (EFR), third
digit indicates Normal Half Rate & Normal Full Rate. If your speech version is set
to 111111 then all the speech versions are enable and if 1011111 means Enhance Half Rate is
disable and rest all are enable.

If this parameter is set to wrong value means if any digit is set to 0 and the same speech version is
enable at MSC end then there will be problem during assignment procedure. And if half rate is
disable in this parameter then there will be no half rate assignment in the cell.

TCH Immediate Assignment : If this parameter is set to YES then during assignment procedure
if SDCCH isn't available then BSC directly assigns TCHs. If this parameter is set to NO then the
attempt will blocked. This parameter helps to relieve congestion & improve Channel Assignment
Success Rate.

Fix Abis Prior Choose Abis Load Threshold : This parameter specifies the static Abis resource
load threshold. When the static Abis resource load is lower than the value of Fix Abis Prior
Choose Abis Load Thred(%), the TCHF is preferentially assigned. Otherwise, the TCHF or
TCHH is preferred according to the dynamic Abis resource load.

Flex Abis Prior Choose Abis Load Threshold : When the static Abis resource load is higher than
the value of Fix Abis Prior Choose Abis Load Threshold(%) and the dynamic Abis resource load
is higher than the value of Flex Abis Prior Choose Abis Load Threshold(%), the TCHH is
preferred. Otherwise, the TCHF is preferred

Directed Retry Permitted : This parameter specifies whether to allow directed retry. In directed
retry, a handover procedure is performed to hand over the MS to a neighbor cell. Directed retry is
an emergency measure for abnormal peak traffic in the local wireless network. It is not a primary
method of clearing traffic congestion. If directed retry is preformed frequently in a local network,
you must adjust the TRX configuration of the BTS and the network layout. Directed Retry will be
performed only if Assignment Cell Load Judge Enable is set to Yes.

> Parameters Need to be tuned to enable DRT:

1. Directed Retry Permitted : YES
2. Assignment Cell Load Judge Enable : YES
3. Directed Retry Load Access Threshold : 80
4. Directed Retry Handover Level Range : 72
5. Cell Directed Retry Forbidden Threshold : 90

Directed Retry Load Access Threshold : This parameter is used to adjust candidate target cells
for directed retry in HO Algorithm I. When target cells are selected during directed retry, only the
cells whose loads are smaller than or equal to the Directed Retry Load Access Threshold are
selected as candidate target cells.If the value of the parameter is too high, the cells with heavy
loads are selected as candidate target cells so that the handover does not make sense. If the value
of the parameter is too low, it is difficult to select candidate target cells. During directed retry,
only the cells whose loads are smaller than or equal to Directed Retry Load Access Threshold are
selected as candidate target cells.

Cell Directed Retry Forbidden Threshold : If Assignment Cell Load Judge Enable is set to
Yes, the directed retry procedure is started if the following two conditions are met: The cell
supports the directed retry procedure. The load of the cell is greater than or equal to the Cell
Directed Retry Forbidden Threshold.

Directed Retry Handover Level Range : This parameter specifies the value range of the
difference in the signal level between the neighbor cell and the serving cell when the directed
retry procedure is triggered.