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Message

Which frequency band is used, RACCH Parameter BCCH Freq. & Neighbour Freq. Current location identity, Calculating paging group, Cell selection and Reselection Cell Broadcaste function, RACH Parameter. On the UPLINK measurement report sends & DOWNLINK network send output power and TA for th LAI changes when the call released it's optionally contains all information needed for CELL RESELECTION it's optionally contains all information needed for CELL RESELECTION
Problem Possible Reason

SD Drop

TC Drop

SD Blocking

TC Blocking

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6

Interference Bad Coverage: Bad Signal Strength: Overshooting Wrong DRT Value for Neighbours like -100 etc sh Co-BCCH Hardware Problem Hardware Problem: Loose or Faulty Cables, Fault Interference: on BCCH or hopping, Wrong HSN, M Bad Coverage: Bad Signal Strength VSWR Swap: Sector or Cable Wrong PER: Should be 4 Hours Less Sdcch TS in Sector Wrong LAC Boundary or Overlapping Coverage a Traffic : SMS or Calls: Wrong no of SDCCH Alarms on SDCCH or TRX Hardware Problem Dynamic SDCCH Not working Blocking due to More than 18 Logical Channels in Hardware Problem Lesser Trx's Wrong Half rate settings Locked TS or Trx's Outage of nearby site: high traffic due to that Non-BCCH Trx Lock for a time period when Site o

Poor HOSR

Poor PSR

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Co-BCCH BSIC in neghbours Co-BCCH Overlapping coverage in neighbours Congestion on Target cells: BLT is 70 normally: sh Wrong Definitions: More Neighbours Large LAC with high Traffic PGCH: AGCH ratio wrong, Ideally 6:3 or 7:2 if nee Switch Problem Coverage holes area; User gets out of coverage m

BAD DLQ

5 6 1 2 3 4 5

Wrong MFR Parameter(Default is 4) Paging Timer in MSC 4.5 Second Overshooting Interference HO Problems: due to congestion etc Frequent HO: Ping Pong: Coverage; Wrong Hand Wrong MAIO;HSN;MS

Timers

8 Poor RSR

Ques

T3212 Periodic Location update T100 RLT T3101 1 Interference 2 Timer 3 Parameters ( RET) Factors Affecting CSSR: Diff bw: Antenna with 0 Tilt & other with Inbuilt 6 and uptilte

TASR

Reasons for Poor HOSR Antenna Vertical Beamwidth: Directivity Clutter Loss for a Commercial Building Diff Feeder Loss: 7/8" Cable is 4.5 db per 100 Metre Concentric Cells- C2 Cell reselection with Penalty time; Umb No calls Established despite good coverage: Accmin: RXP or Hardware Fault(TRXs,Combiner,Duplexer,Cables) VSWR High Path Loss. Faulty TMA. High TCH Blocking. Loose connections.

Formula for Tower Height Calculation

TIMERS

1 T3212 PER 2 T100 RLT 3 T3101 Immediate Assignment 4 T7 Frequency of the HANDOVER_REQUIRED message
MinIntBetweenUnsuccHoAttempt

Channel Idle Dedicated

Message System Information 1,2,3,4,13 System Information 5,6

p, Cell selection and Reselection

WNLINK network send output power and TA for the MS

CELL RESELECTION CELL RESELECTION

Possible Reason

Interference Bad Coverage: Bad Signal Strength: Overshooting Wrong DRT Value for Neighbours like -100 etc should be -85 Hardware Problem Hardware Problem: Loose or Faulty Cables, Faulty Connections Interference: on BCCH or hopping, Wrong HSN, MAIO, MS etc Bad Coverage: Bad Signal Strength Swap: Sector or Cable Wrong PER: Should be 4 Hours Less Sdcch TS in Sector Wrong LAC Boundary or Overlapping Coverage at LAC Boundary Traffic : SMS or Calls: Wrong no of SDCCH Alarms on SDCCH or TRX Hardware Problem Dynamic SDCCH Not working Blocking due to More than 18 Logical Channels in one Trx (with TCHD and SDCCH) Hardware Problem Lesser Trx's Wrong Half rate settings Locked TS or Trx's Outage of nearby site: high traffic due to that Non-BCCH Trx Lock for a time period when Site on Battery

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3

Co-BCCH BSIC in neghbours Co-BCCH Overlapping coverage in neighbours Congestion on Target cells: BLT is 70 normally: should be changed to 90 when poor HOSR due to congestion Wrong Definitions: More Neighbours Large LAC with high Traffic PGCH: AGCH ratio wrong, Ideally 6:3 or 7:2 if needed and if does not impacts CSSR Switch Problem Coverage holes area; User gets out of coverage many a times so paging failures till user does not gets Detached i.e. 4 Hours( PER time)So

Wrong MFR Parameter(Default is 4) Paging Timer in MSC 4.5 Second Overshooting Interference HO Problems: due to congestion etc Frequent HO: Ping Pong: Coverage; Wrong Handover Margins Wrong MAIO;HSN;MS Periodic Location update 4 Hours 20 20*480ms 10Seconds

Interference

Parameters ( RET) ecting CSSR: AGCH, PGCH, SD, Block, SD Drop, Quality, Signal Strength tenna with 0 Tilt & other with Inbuilt 6 and uptilted 6 degree

r Poor HOSR ertical Beamwidth: Directivity s for a Commercial Building Loss: 7/8" Cable is 4.5 db per 100 Metre Cells- C2 Cell reselection with Penalty time; Umbrella Handovers: More level Margin tablished despite good coverage: Accmin: RXP or DMAX:MAXTA:TALIMIT Hardware Fault(TRXs,Combiner,Duplexer,Cables) High Path Loss. Faulty TMA. High TCH Blocking. Loose connections.

r Tower Height Calculation

4 hours Immediate Assignment

MinIntBetweenUnsuccHoAttempt

24 20*480=10 Seconds Def: 3Seconds

Decrease by 1 when SAACH is not received

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Timer start condition: The timer T3101 starts w

cy of the HANDOVER_REQUIRED message

Timer stop condition: The timer T3101 stops w

Resolution:

Remove Interference Improve Coverage DRT -85 Remove Co- BCCH Remove hardware Problem Remove hardware Problem Check HRI(Tch in handover) Parameter Value Check Interference and parameters Improve Coverage Check VSWR Hardware Check Dynamic SDCCH Right LAC Boundary HYS Value change to 8 db from 6 db but see it does not increases drops

Proper Half Rate Settings TRHO should be enabled with a neighbour level of -85 DRT Should be Enabled

High Utilization of TCH Time slot faulty. Lock TRXs. for removing for Blocking Implement half rate or Dual rate. Check FRL & FRU. Add another TRX. If TRX addition not possible, try to share the traffic of th

ched i.e. 4 Hours( PER time)Solution Decrease PER Timer to 2 or 1 Hours & Monitor

3 LMRG

6 PMRG

0 QMRG

Increment by 2 when SAACH is received

ondition: The timer T3101 starts when the BSC sends an IMMEDIATE_ASSIGNMENT_CMD message to the BTS.

ondition: The timer T3101 stops when an ESTABLISH_IND message is received from the MS.

sible, try to share the traffic of that cell with the neighboring cell by