How to Analyse SDCCH drop due to "Other Reason"

SDCCH drop

SOLUTION:

CONDITIONS:

PROCEDURE:

Our experience says that the "Other Reasons" is the area which is

Really difficult to point out as there could be various possibilities

of the same.

There is list of some possibilities that has to be taken care while

analysing the SDCCH drop:

1.Hardware Fault at BTS

For BTS, HW fault should be the prime and preliminary point to be

concentrated. This can be seen by collecting The OMT Logs of CF,TRX,

ECU etc. This type of fault could also be intermittent in nature.

2.Definition of Parameter

Wrong definition or parameter in the BSC could lead to this type of

fault.

Few important ones are as follows

The MS power control and BTS power control : As the MS and BTS powers

Are regulated in order to decrease battery consumption of the MS and

not to saturate the multicoupler of the BTS as well as decreasing the

Interference in the system.

So the fine tuning of the control parameters are very important in

accordance with R&D recommendation.

Activation of Adaptive configuration : This could also be the reason

For the SDCCH drop. So proper R&D consultation is needed before

activating the same, if required . It is advisable to use of this only
in those cells which are really needing the same not the entire BSC
area.

3.DIP Status

DIP with poor quality may lead to drop call problem in different cells.

Poor quality may implicate High BER or Frame Loss in the DIP connected

to a site. DIP Quality Supervision tools should be initiated for the

suspected connecting Digital Path. Mismatch of DIP could be another

reason behind drop call occurrence in some of the cell.

4.frequency Interference Problem

Interference is generally related with Quality Drop, but sometimes it

May provoke Sudden Drop as per situation.

5.C7 link

The C7 link between BSC to MSC should be properly dimensioned and check

The command C7ERP for SCCP information.

Stability of C7 link

6.Proper definition of MSC parameter

The main functions of SDCCH are as follows :

-Call Setup

-Paging
-Location Updating

-Authentication

-Ciphering

-SMS

-IMEI Check

As we could see above, the MSC is also very well involved in above

functions so it is equally required to check MSC part also while

analyzing the SDCCH drop. Few important parameters definition are given
below :

1.The Exchange properties IMEICONTROLSMS and IMEICONTROLSS to "0" (No

IMEI related checks ON if you don't have a EIR),

2 PHASE2-1 in the BSC parameters in MSC (MGBSP).

Same as above, we may also check the parameter related to Location

updating, SMS, ciphering , authentication etc.