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Date 2002-11-15 2003-01-13 2003-03-15 2003-05-10 Revised version 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 Author Tang Chunmei Tang Chunmei Tang Chunmei Tang Chunmei Description Complete the first draft Add the inter-BS hard handoff function subset table and supplement the description of call drop ratio Modify the description of call drop ratio and supplement the descriptions of traffic and Eb/Nt Describe the restrictions of the traffic statistic item registration, the RSSI test method and the soft handoff ratio, add the description of disqualified forward transmit power measurement and forward load measurement, and modify the errors in the description of Eb/Nt
Table of Contents 1 Explanatory Notes..................................................................................................................... 2 2 Introduction to Traffic Statistic................................................................................................ 2 2.1 Function of Traffic Statistic in Network Optimization.........................................................2 2.2 Traffic Statistic Function of M2000....................................................................................2 3 Traffic Statistic Analysis........................................................................................................... 3 3.1 Traffic Statistic Task Registration......................................................................................3 3.1.1 Basic Traffic Statistic Tasks....................................................................................3 3.1.2 Other Traffic Statistic Tasks....................................................................................4 3.1.3 System Tasks......................................................................................................... 5 3.2 Traffic Statistic Analysis.................................................................................................... 5 3.2.1 Acquisition of Basic Network Information................................................................5 3.2.2 Major Measurement Items......................................................................................5 3.2.3 Analysis Preparations............................................................................................. 6 3.2.4 Precautions for Traffic Statistic Analysis.................................................................7 3.2.5 Other Auxiliary Methods......................................................................................... 8 4 Introduction to Major Traffic Statistic Items............................................................................9 4.1 Call Setup Success Ratio................................................................................................ 10 4.1.1 Calculation Formula.............................................................................................. 10 4.1.2 Meaning................................................................................................................ 10 4.1.3 Description of Measurement Items in Function Subset.........................................10 4.1.4 Measurement Item Analysis.................................................................................10 4.2 Call Drop Ratio................................................................................................................ 12 4.2.1 Calculation Formula.............................................................................................. 12 4.2.2 Meaning................................................................................................................ 12 4.2.3 Description of Measurement Items in Function Subset.........................................12 4.2.4 Measurement Item Analysis.................................................................................12 4.2.5 Possible Causes for a High Call Drop Ratio.........................................................15 4.2.6 Examples of Call Drop..........................................................................................16 4.2.7 Traffic Call Drop Ratio..........................................................................................17 4.3 Traffic Channel Congestion Ratio...................................................................................17 4.3.1 Calculation Formula.............................................................................................. 17 4.3.2 Meaning................................................................................................................ 18 4.3.3 Description of Measurement Items in Function Subset.........................................18 4.3.4 Measurement Item Analysis.................................................................................18 4.3.5 Possible Causes for Traffic Channel Congestion..................................................20 4.4 Traffic.............................................................................................................................. 21 4.4.1 Calculation Formula.............................................................................................. 21 4.4.2 Meaning................................................................................................................ 21 4.4.3 Description of Measurement Items in Function Subset.........................................21 4.4.4 Measurement Item Analysis.................................................................................21 4.5 Soft Handoff.................................................................................................................... 22 4.5.1 Calculation Formula.............................................................................................. 22 4.5.2 Meaning................................................................................................................ 22 4.5.3 Description of Measurement Items in Function Subset.........................................22 4.5.4 Measurement Item Analysis.................................................................................22 4.5.5 Possible Causes for Soft Handoff Failure.............................................................24 4.6 Hard handoff................................................................................................................... 24 4.6.1 Calculation Formula:............................................................................................. 24 4.6.2 Meaning................................................................................................................ 25 4.6.3 Description of Measurement Item in Function Subset..........................................25 4.6.4 Measurement Item Analysis.................................................................................25 4.6.5 Possible Causes for Hard Handoff Failure............................................................25 4.7 Carrier Power Control Measurement...............................................................................26 4.7.1 Description of Measurement Item.........................................................................26
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4.7.2 Judgment of Reverse Interference........................................................................27 4.7.3 Querying RSSI in Telnet Mode.............................................................................27 5 Analysis of Causes Affecting Measurement Items...............................................................28 5.1 Imbalance between Forward Link and Reverse Link.......................................................28 5.2 Pilot Pollution.................................................................................................................. 29 5.3 Improper Setting of Handoff Parameter..........................................................................32 5.4 Improper Adjacency........................................................................................................ 32 5.5 Improper Setting of Search Window................................................................................33 6 Recording Problems in Traffic Measurement.......................................................................34 7 References............................................................................................................................... 35
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Keywords: M2000, traffic Statistic, measurement item, call drop ratio, call setup success ratio, congestion ratio, soft handoff and hard handoff Abstract: This document introduces the methods and procedures to analyze the network symptoms and carry out the network optimization by using M2000 traffic Statistic function. It points out the position of the traffic Statistic in the network optimization. It also gives the signalling measurement points of the major measurement items, optimization analyses and suggestions. This document provides reference methods or clues for the network optimization engineers when they solve problems by means of traffic Statistic. Abbreviations: References:
References Name Guide to CDMA 1X M2000 Traffic Statistic (V 1.0) Specifications for CDMA2000 BSC Performance Measurement Data Collection Requirements Description of CBSC Traffic Statistic Items Author Gu Xinyu Wang Yifeng, Qiu Jianjun, Cui Yalei and Liu Aihua No. Release date 2002/08/22 2002-06-29 Source of information Publisher
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1 Explanatory Notes
Version of the corresponding M2000 M2000V100R003B01D204SP02. Version BSC6600V100R001B02D305. of of this the first draft: iManager corresponding BSC:
This document introduces how to analyze network symptoms, locate problems and optimize networks by means of the traffic Statistic results. It provides a reference method or clue for network optimizers based on a prior good plan and effective implementation of it. The compilation of this document is limited to the knowledge available currently. Due to the complexity of networks, there will inevitably exist some deficiencies in this document, but they will be amended in the later versions as the network knowledge gets enriched. This document is only intended for Huawei engineers.
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performance management module provides a basis of network optimization. It consists of the performance adapter, the performance server and the performance client end (PM NWS). Performance tasks of different NEs can be registered at the centralized performance console (PM-NWS) of the client end (Remote ws) of the M2000 system. The performance tasks are assigned by Adapter to BAM of the corresponding NE and then transferred to the host. The task results are transferred to the performance server via BAM and Adapter and are saved in the database. The task results can be queried by selecting a task and inputting the query condition at the centralized performance console (PM-NWS) of the client end (Remote ws).
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Therefore, measurement tasks with a measurement period of 15 minutes can be cancelled after the system runs stably. The call drop ratio, call setup success ratio, congestion ratio and handoff success ratio are the main measurement items that are used to appraise the network quality. This guide mainly analyzes these measurement items. Other measurement tasks, such as carrier power control measurement and carrier channel performance measurement are mainly used for problem analysis. 2. Carrier power control measurement with a measurement period of 5 minutes. The four measurement items are all selected. The carrier power control measurement can be used to measure the link information, including the parameters of average carrier transmit power, Eb/Nt, RSSI and FER. The RSSI can help to tell the reverse interference. The average carrier transmit power, Eb/Nt and FER can be used to judge whether a balance is achieved between the forward and reverse links, so they are very helpful to the network optimization. For the measurement item RSSI in the task, if the measurement period is too long, the data will be so averaged that it is difficult to observe the exception. Therefore, the shortest measurement period of 5 minutes should be selected. For the introduction of RSSI, please refer 4.7. 3. Channel load measurement in carrier channel performance measurement. The measurement period is 60 minutes. The four measurement items are all selected. The channel load measurement item can help the network optimizers learn the forward and reverse loads of the network. Currently, only the forward load can be measured, but the reverse load can not yet and it will be 0 in the traffic statistic results. The channel load measurement covers the measurement of bandwidth occupied by data service. The bandwidth measurement is only based on the forward SCH. The bandwidth is measured at the end of each measurement period. The occupied bandwidth multiplied by the duration of the measurement period is the throughput of the data service. The bandwidth is not an average value. Specific operations: Select the NE of CBSC, and select overall performance measurement, carrier performance measurement, carrier power control measurement and carrier channel performance measurement from function sets. Select all measurement items in all function subsets for the three measurements other than the carrier channel measurement. Select only the function subset of channel load measurement and all measurement items in it for the carrier channel performance measurement. The measurement time segment is 0 ~ 24 hours. The measurement type is semi-permanent. The measurement mode is measurement by day. The storage period is recommended to be above 7 days. Note: 1) The current version supports a maximum of 120 objects in the same traffic statistic task and a maximum of 128 measurement items. 2) If the storage period of the traffic measurement task is 7 days, the data before 7 days can not be viewed. But too long a storage period will increase the load of the system. So it is recommended to output the complete traffic statistic results of the day to an .xls file and save them during the network optimization for the sake of a comparison in the future.
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The number of channels, total number of carrier control channels and the percentage of traffic channels in good condition can be measured through the carrier channel performance measurement. The carrier channel performance measurement can help to check whether the data configuration is reasonable and to learn the running status of the network. It can also be registered at the beginning of the equipment deployment. The broken Abis signalling link measurement, A1 interface performance measurement, A2 interface performance measurement, SCCP-related measurement, MTP signalling link measurement, MTP signalling link set measurement, MTP signalling point measurement, PCF call processing measurement, PCF data processing measurement and CPU load measurement of CSPU can help to monitor the links, interfaces and the load of the system for a definite purpose. These measurement tasks can be registered according to the actual situation. If necessary, the self-defined measurement items can be applied. The new measurement items can be calculated from the existing measurement items of the system.
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Call drop ratio of radio system C2.4: 1%. Traffic call drop ratio C2.11: 90 Paging success ratio C4.6: 86%. Call completion ratio of system C4.4: 50%. Call completion ratio of MSC C4.5: 80%.
The above appraisal measurement items make sense only when the system is busy. The values of the last three measurement items are measured at MSC. This guide focuses on the first three measurement items. The paging success ratio is not only related to the radio signals, but also the paging strategy of MSC. The problems of low call setup success ratio and high call drop ratio of radio system are solved in this guide. The problems that affect the paging success ratio are also basically solved. Later, emphasis is placed on the cooperation between BSC parameters and the paging strategy of MSC. It should be noted that the above measurement items are only required by some operator and are given only for reference. These measurement items may vary with the operator and the frequency band. The measurement items of different local networks of the same network operator may also vary and should be optimized according to the local requirements.
Learn the number of originated calls, major causes for call failure and call setup success ratio.
Learn the cause for call drop and the call drop ratio.
Learn common soft handoff success ratio, softer handoff success ratio and the total soft handoff success ratio and learn whether the soft handoff ratio is normal.
Learn whether there exists congestion and the major causes for the congestion.
If the hard handoff takes place between BSCs of different manufacturers, first learn the call handoff (out) success ratio & the cause for handoff failure, and then the call handoff (in) success ratio & the cause for handoff failure.
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1) Check the versions of the software and hardware used by the equipment are correct, the versions of BTSs and BSC are matched, the versions used are the most stable ones, the versions in the entire network are uniform, and all BTSs adopt the same version. 2) Confirm the calibration test and sensitivity test have been carried out for each BTS. 3) Confirm the no-load test and loading test have been carried out for each BTS. 4) Confirm the VSWR test has been carried out for the antenna. 5) Confirm the dialling test has been carried out for each BTS after it is activated, and the engineering installation is correct. During the dialling test, observe whether the call can be accessed normally, the call quality is good, and the handoff can take place normally. Make sure that the antenna feeder is not connected inversely. View the PN from the DEBUG window of the MS under the BTS. (If the PN is consistent with the planned one, the antenna feeder is correctly connected.) 6) After the above problems are all eliminated, check the difference between the actual coverage and the expected coverage of each sector. If the coverage is exceptional, check whether the azimuth and downtilt of the antenna are consistent with the planned ones. If they agree with the planned ones, but the coverage is significantly different from the expected coverage or the coverage is overlapped, it is necessary to adjust the downtilt or azimuth of the antenna. When the antenna is adjusted, do not adjust the coverage of an individual sector only, but the whole area around should be taken into consideration. If necessary, the antennas of several sectors should be adjusted altogether. 7) Check whether any sensitive radio function (such as load control, cell breath, special handoff algorithms, special channel assignment algorithms, special power control algorithms) has been applied. If so, the traffic measurement analysis may be different from below. Therefore, a special analysis is required.
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time segment of the same day in the previous week). Only in this way, can a precise conclusion be drawn. In addition, keep a close eye on the alarm information in this time segment. When observing the measurement items, you should not only concern the absolute values of the measurement items, but their relative values. Only when the statistical magnitude for a measurement item is big enough, can the measurement item provide guiding significance. For example, a call drop ratio of 50% does not mean a poor network quality. Only when the absolute values of call attempts, call successes and total call drops have the statistical significance, will this call drop ratio make sense It should be noted that these measurement items do not exist independently, but they relate to each other. For example, the interference and coverage will affect many measurement items. Vice versa, if the problem of a low handoff success ratio is solved, the problem of a high call drop ratio will be improved to some extent. Therefore, you should take other measurement items into consideration when focusing on analyzing a specific measurement item in practice.
I. Drive test
It is a direct, accurate method of learning the network quality and finding network problems. If you want to learn the radio network coverage, then the drive test will have the irreplaceable advantage over the traffic measurement and other methods. You can use the drive test to learn whether the area is covered, whether there is any coverage blind area, whether there is any imbalance between the forward link and reverse link, and whether the antenna feeder is installed inversely that signals of the corresponding PN carrier appear where they should not. Especially after parameters, such as the power ratio, are modified or the coverage area is changed by adjusting the antenna feeder, it is necessary to perform a drive test to learn whether the expected results have been achieved. The drive test can be used to solve a specific problem, but it has its own limitations. Limited to the test path and time, it is impossible to obtain the complete network data. For example, it is very difficult to find a call drop and to further analyze the cause for the call drop by means of the drive test. Suppose the call drop ratio is 3%, namely, only three calls out of 100 are dropped, it is very difficult to find where a call is dropped, let alone the cause for the call drop. The drive test can be used to learn the radio network structure and the quality of the engineering installation. The detailed analysis of the measurement items in the traffic measurement will provide a way of improving the measurement items. Only the combination of macro traffic measurement with a particular test can effectively solve the problem.
II. Signalling message tracing and signalling message printing of debugging console
These methods are usually used to solve difficult problems. The AirBridge service maintenance system can trace signalling messages of different interfaces. The Um interface and Abis interface can trace signalling messages of a single subscriber. If you encounter a complicated problem, you can trace the signalling messages of interfaces (especially the Um interface) of the test MS as you perform a drive test, and then analyze the signalling flow to locate the problem. The exceptional signalling message printing of debugging console of CBSC can help you to locate problems. From the signalling message printing of the debugging
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console, you can find problems, such as, absent configuration of pilot and improper adjacent cell planning.
IV. Traffic statistic function provided by the AirBridge performance management module
The AirBridge performance management module can provide the traffic statistic function, too. New tasks can be created and the measurement results can be queried. The measurement items are just the same as those in M2000. But the measurement results can only be displayed in the form of text, so they are not so visual as those in M2000. The traffic measurement tasks registered in M2000 can also be queried on AirBridge. The traffic measurement tasks with NM task behind names are those registered in M2000 Network Management (NM) system.
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4.1.2 Meaning
Ratio of successful traffic channel (TCH) assignment times of BSC to the total call attempts in mobile originated calls without handoffs, mobile terminated calls without handoffs, and the receiving & transmitting of SMS on TCH.
4.1.3 Description of Measurement Items in Function Subset 4.1.4 Measurement Item Analysis
When the call setup success ratio is low, find the major cause that leads to the maximum call setup failures. If the number of call setup failures resulting from different causes is basically equal, find the causes for the MS reverse service preamble capture failure and waiting-for-MS-response timeout.
I. MSC denial
MSC will deny calls when some invalid subscribers continuously make calls. If the number of denials is not too large, they can be ignored temporarily. If the number is exceptionally large, check whether the setting of CCM_T_WT_ASSG_REQ timer is proper, and whether the link connection of A interface is normal. Then make a further analysis of MSC.
It is necessary to adjust the radio coverage or modify the system parameters in this case (See 5.1).
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On the one hand, a low initial forward transmit power may make it difficult for MS to access the network and thus lead to the call failure. In this case, check the settings of the initial transmit power and maximum transmit power of the forward traffic channel. Note that the forward power control parameters of IS-95 MSs and CDMA2000 MSs are configured in the PWRPARA table and the FWDPWRPARA table, respectively. On the other hand, the improper setting of the reverse access parameters may cause the access failure. The related reverse access parameters include NOM_PWR, INIT_PWR and PWR_STEP
The access parameters include NUM_STEP, ACC_TMO, PAM_SZ and MINPAMSZ configured in BTS. For the parameter settings, see CDMA1X BSS Network Planning Parameter Configuration Recommendations.
Improper setting of CCM_T_WT_TCH_PREAMBLE timer Too few assignment message resending times Reverse service frame capture failure due to improper setting of traffic channel research window of BTS External interference Pilot pollution
See 5.1
Imbalance between forward link and reverse link Improper setting of power control parameters
The same as that for MS reverse service frame capture failure. Not only the reverse power control step REV_FCH_FER in the reverse link, but also the settings of parameters of power control step and frequency in the forward link can be checked.
Improper settings of timers of CCM_T_WT_MS_ACK_ORD, CCM_T_WT_SRV_CONN_CMP_MSG and CCM_T_WT_STATUS_RSP_MSG Improper setting of traffic channel research window of BTS External interference. Pilot pollution.
The measurement item traffic channel congestion ratio is added in the versions above D405. It refers to the congestion ratio of calls.
V. Others
Causes for the exception of equipment or causes that are not mentioned above. If there is any exception, it is necessary to make an in-depth analysis in combination with the signalling alarm messages. Besides, the access failure may be caused by the conflict between access and handoff. If the signal quality in the serving cell is poor during the access, the MS needs to be handed off to a new cell where the signal quality is good. However, no handoff is permitted during the access period. There are two cases during the access.
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1) The Ec/Io of the pilot in the serving cell decreases quickly (5-6dB/S) while the Ec/Io of the pilot in the new cell is quite large. In this case, if the handoff region is too small, the MS may be dropped off the network during the access. 2) The access is too slow. The Ec/Io of the pilot in the serving cell decreases very slowly and the Ec/Io of the pilot in the new cell is quite large. If the MS moves quickly, it stays in the good coverage area at the very beginning of access, but it soon enters the coverage border. It will be dropped off the network because the handoff fails. The parameters ACCESS_HO (access handoff allowed) and ACCESS_PROBE_HO (access probe handoff allowed) are configured to allow a handoff during the access. But these parameters are not recommended.
4.2.2 Meaning
The call drop ratio refers to the ratio of calls exceptionally released due to radio link to the call setup successes. The total call drops of radio system refer to the call drops caused by radio signal quality degrade and handoffs.
4.2.3 Description of Measurement Items in Function Subset 4.2.4 Measurement Item Analysis
When the call drop happens to the link branches of other BSCs without exception, the call drop will not be measured at the local BSC or at the target BSC. It should be noted that, for the carrier-level call drop ratio measurement in the current traffic measurement, if the call drop takes place in the soft handoff state, it will only be measured for one time and be considered happening to the link branch on which the current call is first established. It should be noted that the carrier-level call drop measurement in the current traffic measurement is described as below if there are multiple branches: When the original access cell is still in the current active set, the call drop, if it happens, will be considered happening to the access cell. When the access cell is not in the current active set, all branches occupied by the MS can be searched by virtue of a function, and then the call drop will be considered happening to the branch (sector carrier) which is first searched. The call drop measurement is not an average value and the branch search is random.
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Cause value 5
After all link branches in FMR are merged, more than 270 out of the 300 reverse frames are erasure frames. For the cause, refer to the analysis below. The Erasure frame ratio and Erasure frame threshold can be modified on AirBridge by using the command MOD SDUMDC. The frame information can be queried by using the command LST FRMINFO.
Cause value 4
300 idle frames are received in the reverse link. In the version above D302, if the delay between two handoff link branches exceeds the length of the reverse frame combination timer, FMR will be unable to combine the frames of the two branches, but send them to the voice subrack. At this time, if the new branch fails to capture the reverse service frame, the CP of BTS will report idle frames and idle frames will be measured by FMR. But all branches share the same idle frame counter and the reading of the counter will be cleared only after the idle frames reach 300 and the counter reports TCH ERR. In this way, a call drop may happen during the soft handoff because of too many idle frames. If a call drop happens during the soft handoff, the exceptional signalling message printing of the debugging console will show too many idle frames. The transmission delay of one branch is so long that the frames of the two branches can not be aligned. Therefore, errors will occur when the frames are combined on FMR. FMR will consider the call drop is caused by the idle frames. The threshold of idle frame counter can be modified on AirBridge by using the command MOD SDUMDC. The frame information can be queried by using the command LST FRMINFO
Cause value 6
Too high a markov FER. The system will compare the received frames with those locally generated. If the received frame is different from the locally generated one, it will be considered as an erasure frame. The markov FER refers to the ratio of the erasure frames to the total received frames. When the system fails to receive the frame sent from the opposite party, this frame will also be considered as an erasure frame. By default, if 95% of 500 frames in 10 seconds are erasure frames, TCH ERR will be reported. The markov FER can be set at the debugging console..
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4) Cause value 2: One branch does not receive any frame within 80ms. The length of the reverse frame receiving timer can be modified on AirBridge by using the command MOD SDUMDC. Note that the length of timer is in millisecond. The frame information can be queried by using the command LST FRMINFO. Due to this cause, the soft handoff link branch is very likely deleted just when the Ec/Io of the pilot of this link branch is very large. After the deletion, the MS will soon report PSMM and request BSC to add the branch, so the link branch is frequently deleted and added during the soft handoff. In this case, the length of the reverse frame receiving timer can be set a little larger, because no signal on one branch will not affect the frame selection of FMR. The possible causes for Cause Value 5 and Cause Value 6 include the following cases: 1) The poor reverse signal quality leads to a high FER. 2) The poor forward signal quality leads to a high FER. From the angle of MS, the mechanism of call drop is described as follows: A. If the MS receives 12 (N2m) successive erasure frames, the MS will switch off the transmitter, but it still receives frames in the forward link. If two (N3m) successive good frames are received within 5 seconds (Fade Timer), the MS will restart the transmitter. Otherwise, the MS will be reinitialized. B. The MS fails to receive the response message. If the MS still does not receive any response after N1m successive times of transmission, it will be reinitialized. (N1m is the maximum times that the MS resends a response request message on the reverse traffic channel. It's a protocol value. For IS-95A, it is 3, for IS-95B, it is 9, and IS2000, it is 13.) If the forward signal quality is poor, the MS will switch off the transmitter. In this case, FMR considers there are erasure frames, so a call drop happens. 3) Abis link fault, such as broken optical fiber. In this case, FMR considers there are erasure frames, so a call drop happens. For the possible radio link causes for the call drop, see 4.2.5.
III. A interface
The possible A interface causes include:
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1) During the conversation, MSC itself sends or MSC is made to send the A interface reset command. 2) A interface is temporarily faulty or the link is broken. In this case, if FMR does not receive the EVC frame sent from MSC within a certain period, it will send TRAU ERR to CCM and CCM will release the resource. Problems on transmission can be solved in combination with the alarm information, such as E1/T1 alarm. If the transmission of A interface is normal, the problem may lie in the equipment, including MSC and BSC. 3) If FMR does not receive the EVC frame, but A interface is normal, the problem may lie in the internal processing or the transmission of the equipment.
V. Others
It is difficult to locate the other causes for the failure. When there are exceptions, problems can be analyzed from the equipment in combination with the alarm information and the signalling message printing of debug console.
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1) Too high a propagation attenuation in the reverse link leads to a high FER in the reverse link. If the FER in the forward link is also high at this time, it indicates that the propagation attenuation of the BTS is too large. The cause for this symptom is that the MS is far away from the BTS. To solve the problem, more BTSs should be added. 2) If the signal level in the forward link is high enough, but only the FER in the reverse link is high, it indicates the coverage of the BTS is good. It is possible that the high FER is caused by the low power in the reverse link. To solve the problem, the system parameters, such as the reverse power control threshold Eb/Nt, can be modified. However, the modification of Eb/Nt will only function within a certain range because the maximum transmit power of the MS is limited. If the transmit power of the MS reaches the maximum and the modification of the Eb/Nt is useless, it shows the MS is already on the border of the reverse coverage. 3) The reverse power does not reach the maximum, but the FER in the reverse link increases. The symptom is usually caused by the fast fading. It shows there is no stable master pilot where the MS is located. 4) Dense subscribers and strong reverse interference may also lead to a high FER in the reverse link.
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In this case, it can be seen from the MS that the Ec/Io of the pilot and the receiver power (Rx) of the MS are both above the threshold (for example, Ec/Io is greater than -15dB, and Rx greater than -100dBm). If the TX_GAIN_ADJ of the MS remains unchanged within 5 seconds (Fade Timer of the MS) and the MS then is reinitialized, it shows the MS switches off the transmitter because it fails to receive the forward traffic channel frames. In addition, since the Ec/Io of the original serving pilot is large, the MS will reselect this pilot after the call drop. It shows the call drop is very likely caused by the low power of the forward traffic channel.
The power of the reverse traffic channel is controlled by the setting of Eb/No. If the power of the reverse traffic channel is not high enough to reach the BTS, the BTS will release the call when it detects 270 erasure frames out of 300.
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4.3.2 Meaning
In mobile originated calls, mobile terminated calls, handoffs, and the receiving & transmitting of SMS on TCH, traffic channels can not be successfully assigned due to the insufficient Walsh codes, power, traffic channels, encoders or transmission links from BTS to BSC. The traffic channel congestion ration refers to the ratio of the total traffic channel assignment failures to the total traffic channel requests.
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power is insufficient in the traffic measurement. The REV_MAX_USER is configured in the CH_INFO (channel information) table. Other data, such as, equivalent RC3 voice subscribers of RC2 voice subscribers can be configured in this table. For the data configuration, see CDMA BSS Network Planning Parameter Configuration Recommendations. If the reverse power is insufficient in the traffic measurement, it is possible that there are too many subscribers. If there are too many subscribers, the forward power will be insufficient, too. Besides, you can check whether the parameters of reverse admission control in the CH_INFO table are properly configured.
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1) Insufficient capacity of A interface links: When the network load does not exceed the network capacity, this problem can be avoided if the A interface link is properly calculated. If the network load exceeds the network capacity, the capacity of A interface transmission links should be expanded. 2) Transmission fault. You can query the alarm information to solve transmission problems. 3) Timer timeout. The timers of calls and inter-BS hard handoff are CCM_T_WT_BOOK_CIC_CNF, CCM_T_WT_PIE_RES_APPLY_CNF, CCM_T_WT_PIE_RES_AFFIRM_CNF and CCM_T_WT_A9_CONN_A8. The timer of the intra-BS hard handoff is CCM_T_WT_HO_RES_CNF.. 4) Other exceptions.
II. Interference
If the system capacity is sufficient, but failure often occurs after the command is issued, the failure may be caused by interference. The interference can be analyzed according to the carrier power control measurement. See 4.7.
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V. Improper adjacency
See 5.4.
4.4 Traffic
4.4.1 Calculation Formula
Traffic over TCH (with handoff) = TCH seizure duration (with handoff)/Measurement period (Second) Traffic over TCH (without handoff) handoff)/Measurement period (Second) = TCH seizure duration (without
4.4.2 Meaning
The measurement item is the traffic over TCH (including traffic with handoff and traffic without handoff). That is, the traffic measurement with handoff is the seizure duration of all call branches, while the traffic measurement without handoff is the actual traffic of the user.
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the system capacity and improve the performance. But high soft handoff ratio will increase the probability of call drops on the one hand, and result in heavy signaling load, occupy CE and impact the forward capacity of the system on the other hand. The venders generally hold different opinions about soft handoff ratio, but it is the unanimous viewpoint that the acceptable soft handoff ratio without softer handoff should be about 30%~40%. The factors leading to exceptional soft handoff ratio include:
III.
See 5.3.
4.5.2 Meaning
It refers to the intra-BSC and inter-BSC handoff (out) success ratios, including common soft handoff and softer handoff.
I. Adding a branch
Better carrier
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After detecting that Ec/Io of certain PN is large, the MS will sends a PSMM to the BSC. The BSC sends an EHDM to the MS to add a soft handoff branch after judging the Ec/Io.
Network optimization
The soft handoff due to poor coverage is specified in consideration of the special requirements during network optimization. Currently, measurement of this item is not performed.
Others
It refers to manual execution of command of adding soft handoff branch via network management system, or other causes except those above.
If the Ec/Io of a certain branch decreases, the MS will send a PSMM to the BSC. The BSC sends an EHDM to the MS to delete a soft handoff branch after judging the Ec/Io.
The precondition for the FMR reporting TCH ERR to the CCM is that this branch fails to receive the frame within 80ms. Upon receipt of the TCH ERR containing the cause value, the CCM will report it to the RMM to request for disconnection of this branch.
A7 interface reset
For inter-BSC soft handoff, the call management is performed at the original BSC side. The target BSC should send the received reverse signal to the original BSC for processing via A3/A7 link. A7 interface functions as a signaling interface between the original BSC and target BSC. The measurement of this item can only be performed after A7 interface is reset and "A7 Reset" message is sent to the BSC. That the FMR fails to receive the reverse frame of this branch will be reported to the original BSC in case of broken A3/A7 link. In this case, the measurement of branch deletion will fall into the measurement of branch deletion caused by forward link quality. Currently this measurement is unavailable.
It corresponds to radio resource request failure of incoming party, and specific failure cause can be located through analysis of handoff (in) congestion.
The establishment of link with BTS terrestrial resource fails, corresponding to handoff (in) Abis interface setup failure.
Waiting for Handoff Complete MSG from the MS times out. The probability of this failure is great. 1) Poor radio link including both forward and reverse links: the cause is that the MS fails to receive the handoff command, or the BTS fails to receive the handoff complete message from the MS. For details, see 4.5.5. 2) Improper timer setting. Please check the CCM_T_WT_MS_HO_CMP timer.
MS denial
The MS cannot identify the received handoff command and reject it. This probability is low unless the MS does not comply with protocol specifications to support handoff message. Currently measurement value of it is 0 due to unavailability. If the MS rejects the EHDM indeed, this cause will incorrectly fall into other cause in the traffic measurement.
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Upon receipt of A7-Handoff Request via A7 interface, the target BSC should establish the connection of A3 and Abis interfaces for service transmission between the MS and original BSC. Analysis of transmission can be performed based on alarm information.
Others
On the one hand, there are exceptional causes other than mentioned above, such as code exception and incorrect status, which are hard to locate. Generally the judgment result can be displayed at the debug console. On the other hand, timer of RRM waiting for handoff completion expires: 1) If the timer of CCM waiting for handoff completion also expires, i.e., a soft handoff failure is counted in the measurement of soft handoff failures caused by radio interface failure, it must be the cause of poor radio link. 2) Check the setting in TT_HO_REQ (timer duration of handoff request), and this value should be larger than the timer duration of CCM waiting for handoff completion. For details, see CDMA1X BSS Network Planning Parameter Configuration Recommendations. 3) If the timer duration of RRM is longer than that of CCM, and CCM timer does not expire, it must be the problem of communication between equipment modules.
No master pilot coverage Incorrect setting of handoff threshold and parameter Absent configuration of adjacency Improper adjacent cell priority Improper setting of search window Imbalance between forward and reverse links Congestion Poor coverage
See 5.2.
See 5.3.
See 5.4.
See 5.4.
See 5.5.
See 5.1.
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4.6.2 Meaning
Success ratios of intra-BSC and inter-BSC hard handoff (out), including co-frequency and inter-frequency hard handoffs
Better pilot
When MS detects that the Ec/Io of a certain PN is stronger than the serving one, it will report PSMM message. BSC sends EHDM message according to the Ec/Io
It refers to the load-balance hard handoff. At present, this item is not measured.
It refers to the handoff target cell is border cell. At present, this item is not unavailability.
The cause is not unclear yet. At present, it is treated as the successful return to the source channel after the MS fails to be handed off to the target carrier.
Others
The hard handoff measurement does not cover the radio interface fault measurement. However, the measurement item includes the radio interface measurement and other causes in the soft handoff.
During the preliminary planning of hard handoff adjacency, the adjacency is configured as much as possible. In this way, ping-pong handoff occurs on the border of the cell. In addition, as the system has to monitor the changes of the MS pilot signals in a lot of border cells, the system load increases. The drive test can be
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carried out to get the information about BTSs really and directly adjacent to Huawei BTSs. In this way, the unnecessary or unimportant adjacency can be removed to reduce the ping-pong handoffs and call drops, and increase the handoff success ratio.
In the co-frequency hard handoff, the signal on the boarder of handoff region fluctuates seriously and fades quickly due to the signal interference of two cells. If the relative hard handoff threshold is too low, it is easy to trigger the handoff, which causes ping-pong handoffs. When a hard handoff occurs, the hard handoff may end up with failure due to the change of signal and fading of target pilot. In this case, the relative hard handoff threshold can be increased to reduce the times of hard handoff attempts and increase the success ratio. However, the threshold cannot be too high. Otherwise, it could be too late to trigger the hard handoff. When the hard handoff is triggered, the fading of the forward link of Huawei BTS may be too serious for MS to receive the HDM message from the source carrier.
Improper setting of search window Improper setting of access parameters Improper setting of power
If the pilot power of destination cell is greater than the source cell, the handoff region will lean towards the source cell. If MS is far away from the destination cell, it is hard for MS to capture the destination cell. This situation can be improved by adjusting the powers of both cells. If the hard handoff fails because the MS sends a candidate frequency search report to the source carrier and then returns to the source channel, the failure cause is the failure of capturing target channel. There are two methods to solve this problem. One is to increase the transmit power of the initial traffic channel of the destination cell. The other is to increase the MS search window.
Average Eb/Nt
It is used to measure the target Eb/Nt of the reverse outloop power control. The measurement data is represented by Ec/Io corresponding to Eb/Nt of RC1. Values 0~255 correspond to -63.75~0dB: Ec/Io = -(255-X)*0.25 Eb/Nt in RC1= Ec/Io + 21 For example, if the measurement value of average Eb/Nt is 195, the actual Eb/Nt is (255-195)*0.25 +21 = 6dB
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Average RSSI
It should be a negative value. But as DB cannot be used for negative values, the average RSSI is represented by its actual value plus -120. For example, if the measurement value of average RSSI is 28, the actual RSSI should be 28-120=-92dB
Its unit is 0.1%. For example, if the measured value is 20, the actual FER is 2%.
Its unit is 0.1dB. If the measure value is 386, the actual transmit power is 38.6dB. At present, the average transmit power in the traffic measurement is calculated as follows: The value of transmit power reported by BTS every second is stored in a counter. This counter is reset every five minutes. (The time is counted as per system start time instead of the task registration time.) The final average carrier transmit power reported is the average of the values stored in the counter in a measurement period. Please note that the forward load is calculated according to the forward transmit power reported by BTS in the last second of the measurement period. If this transmit power does not reach 43dBm, the load calculated will be less than 100%. Hence, it is possible that the measured average transmit power exceeds 43dBm, but the forward load is less than 100%.
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Cell B
Cell A
It seems possible that MS in this area can be handed from cell B to cell A. In fact, the reverse link of cell A cannot support the call.
Figure I.1 The coverage of forward link is greater than the reverse link As Figure 1 shows, the forward and reverse links are balanced in cell B. In cell A, they are not balanced and the coverage of forward link is greater than the reverse link. When an MS moves from cell B towards cell A and into the dashed area in Figure 1, the signal of cell B becomes weaker and weaker while the pilot signal of cell A becomes stronger and stronger. When the pilot strength of cell A exceeds the handoff threshold, the MS is allowed to be handed off from cell B to cell A. However, as the power is not strong enough to support good reverse link, the reverse macro diversity gain and multi-path diversity gain cannot be realized. As a result, the handoff fails. In addition, the MS in the dashed area brings great interference to the cell B, which in turn leads to the drop of capacity of cell B and even call drops of MS.
Cell B
Cell A
In this area, MS cannot be handed off from cell B to cell A. Hence, the MS in cell A will bring serious inference to cell B.
Figure I.2 The coverage of reverse link is greater than the forward link
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In Figure 2, the forward and reverse links are balanced in cell B. In cell A, they are not balanced and the coverage of forward link is smaller than the reverse link. When an MS moves from cell B towards cell A and into the dashed area, MS should have been able to receive the cell A pilot signal whose Ec/Io exceeds the handoff threshold. However, as the coverage of forward link of cell A is not large enough, the Ec/Io of the pilot signal of cell A cannot reach the handoff threshold. Thus, MS will not report the pilot measurement message and handoff will not occur. On the other hand, MS which is now in the dashed area will bring great forward and reverse interference to the cell B due to the unavailability of macro diversity and multipath diversity gains that should be available. As a result, the capacity of cell B decreases and call drops may also occur. Similarly, when MS in the dashed area originates a call, as it cannot obtain the handoff gain or the reverse power is insufficient, the call setup may fail. In the forward link, when the BTS transmit power is specified, the system coverage is determined by the allocation of the pilot power. (The precondition is that the energy of all the forward channels on the border of the cell allows successful demodulation. The energy imbalance between channels does not exist, which depends on the proper setting of forward power.) With the increase of pilot power, the forward coverage increases. The forward coverage radius is determined by the Ec/Io of pilot channel. However, in the whole system, too large a forward pilot Ec/Io will bring interference to other cells and lead to pilot pollution. Thus the pilot strength should be adjusted according to the requirement of system design. The reverse coverage radius is determined by the link maximum propagation loss. However, as subscribers increase, the system interference increases. The interference will directly affect the system capacity and the coverage radius. In this case, the system load should be under control. A reasonable pilot Ec/Io means favorable quality of forward link. When the MS transmit power reaches its maximum, it means the quality of reverse link is poor. Whether the forward and reverse links are balanced should be determined in consideration of the forward and reverse data. 1) The inconsistent of forward link coverage and reverse link coverage will cause MS on the cell border to increase its transmit power. The increased transmit power brings extra interference to the cell. Drive test can be carried out to observe whether the MS transmit power is too large. Generally, MS transmit power should be kept to a negative value. If the received pilot Ec/Io is good, and the MS transmit power is above 0, it can be decided that the forward coverage is greater than the reverse coverage. 2) Whether the reverse and forward links are balanced can be effectively decided by reviewing the relationship between the power of forward traffic channel and the reverse Eb/Nt threshold. At present, the traffic measurement provides the measurement of the reverse Eb/Nt and the transmit power of forward carrier. Please note that the adjustment of forward channel power is not the most effective way to solve the problem of imbalance between forward link and reverse link. The adjustable range of the parameters should also be noted.
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bring interference to the desired ones. Further, if the Ec/Io of these signals exceeds the specified threshold, they even bring severe interference. This is the so-called pilot pollution, that is, the number of pilots whose signal strength exceeds the specified threshold is greater than the number of Rake receivers. Tadd is usually set as the value of the specified threshold. At present, the valid branch number for the MS is generally 3. Therefore, when there are four or more branches whose signal strength exceeds Tadd, it will be considered that there exists pilot pollution. There is another case. The network signal level is rather good, but the Ec/Io is small. That is to say, there is no pilot whose Ec/Io is much larger than that of the others. In other words, the qualities of the pilots are almost the same. As fast fading of signal may cause frequent handoffs between traffic channels in different sectors, call drops will be easily caused. In this case, if there is no external interference, it shows that there are signals from different cells in the area. That is why the Ec/Io is so small and the coverage is so poor. This is also a case of pilot pollution. The Ec/Io of a poor pilot is usually considered smaller than -12dB. Considering that the number of valid Rake receivers for the MS is 3, if the difference between the Ec/Io of the first strongest pilot and that of the fourth strongest one is less than 3dB, this will be considered as pilot pollution. Where there is pilot pollution, following network problems will rise.
If there is a high quality pilot, but it cannot be effectively utilized, it will bring interference to the others. As a result, the FER rises, the network quality degrades or the call drop rate increases.
If there are more than three pilots with a high Ec/Io, handoffs will take place among them frequently, resulting in call drops.
Capacity decrease
The interference in the pilot-polluted area will be higher than that in the unpolluted areas, this not only reduces the valid coverage of the system, but affects the system capacity. Pilot pollution is mostly caused by the interference among the signals from different sectors. As the radio environment (including geography, building distribution, street distribution and water area, etc.) is generally very complex, it is rather hard to control the signals to reach a sound status. Pilot pollution generally occurs in those cities where the BTSs are dense. The typical areas where pilot pollution easily happens include high building, broad street, overbridge, crossroad and the surroundings of water area. The reasons are detailed as below:
The improper cell layout may cause a blind area in a certain area, but multi-pilot signals in another area. This may cause a large area of pilot pollution or a blind area. Due to the complexity of the geographic environment, some factors are not taken into consideration at the design stage, so modifications are necessary at the network optimization stage.
Most surface features around are within the line-of-sight transmission range. Thus, the signals may transmit in a comparatively large area (especially in the outdoors, such as street), this possibly causes interference to other BTSs, resulting in pilot pollution.
If the antenna is not reasonably designed, some sectors may cover the same area simultaneously, so there may be too many pilots in a certain area. There may also be multiple pilots in a certain area under the influence of the surface features, such as buildings around. In such case, the antenna azimuth should be changed according to
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the actual propagation. Especially when the antenna faces the street, the coverage will extend along the street to a comparatively long distance. As a result, pilot pollution is caused in the service areas of other BTSs along the street. Then, the antenna azimuth or downtilt should be adjusted.
The modification to the antenna may bring great effects on the signal on the cell coverage border, and thus the coverage scope of cell. When the design of the antenna is unreasonable, those unwanted strong signals, will be received as well. This brings interference to other areas, resulting in pilot pollution. If the interference is serious, call drop will even be caused.
When the BTSs are too dense, pilot pollution will also be caused if the required coverage scope is small, while the pilot power is set to be too high.
If the target coverage is at a high altitude (i.e. in high buildings), target coverage region is within the line-of-sight transmission range of other BTSs around, so pilot pollution is easily caused. Solutions:
Power adjustment
The easiest way is to raise the power of one BTS, while reduce the power of the others, so as to create a master pilot. However, the effect that may be brought to the whole network should be taken into consideration here. If the corresponding strongest pilot varies greatly with the location in the pilot polluted area, this method is not applicable. Generally, this method is mainly applicable to the case that the strength of the corresponding pilot basically remains high.
Antenna adjustment
According to the result of drive test, antenna azimuth and downtilt can be modified to change the strength of the pilot signals in the pilot polluted area, and consequently, change the distribution of pilot signals in the area. The principle for the adjustment is to increase the high strength pilot while weakens the low strength pilot. In addition, the modification can also be used together with power modification flexibly.
If the above mentioned methods cannot be used to solve pilot pollution in certain areas, antenna model, antenna installation location or BTS location should be changed, or BTS can be either added or reduced according to the actual condition. Since the implementation of these measures may involve great engineering change, a careful analysis is recommended.
If pilot pollution cannot be solved through methods such as power modification and antenna feeder modification, then ODU or repeater can be considered. The purpose of adopting ODU or repeater is to introduce a high strength signal to the pilot polluted area, so as to reduce the relative strength of other signals, that is, lower the Ec/Io value of signals of other sectors at a point. However, the effect that may be brought by ODU or repeater to network quality should be taken into consideration in such case.
Adoption of microcell
This is an important means to solve pilot pollution. The microcell is mainly applied in the traffic hot spot to increase the capacity and at the same time solves the problem of pilot pollution.
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1) The signal in Cell A is strong, and the adjacent cell table of Cell B doesnt contain Cell A. The pilot of Cell A cannot be added to MS active set, and causes interference signal, and the pilot pollution occurs. 2) The signal in Cell A is weak, and the adjacent cell table of Cell A doesnt contain Cell B. When MSs use A as a serving cell and move towards Cell B, the MSs cannot be handed off to Cell B, and the signal of the original cell becomes weak until the call drop occurs to form the so-called isolation effect.
Congestion
If the sector with high traffic is not configured with the adjacent cell, the MSs that should have been handed off to other cells cannot perform handoff, causing cell congestion.
Handoff failure.
The MS updates the pilots of the neighbor set through the adjacent cell table. If a certain pilot exceeds NGHBR_MAX_AGE (that is, maximum age of the neighbor set pilots) in MS neighbor set (see CDMA1X BSS Network Planning Parameter
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Configuration Recommendations), the pilots are removed from the neighbor set to remaining set. The pilots in remaining set may be added to the active set, on the one hand, the speed that the MSs search the pilots in the remaining set one after another is very slow; on the other hand, when the pilots are reported and the corresponding PN is reused in the system, the system cannot determine which BTS signal corresponds to the PN. So the handoff fails. If the adjacency is not configured, it can be detected through the drive test, and from Unknown Pilot of the debugging console. Add the adjacent cell properly after re-organizing the data. On the other hand, the improper setting of priority of adjacent cells will affect the handoff success ratio. The adjacency is very important. But it is not recommended to construct more adjacent cells. Importance should be attached to the proper priority of the adjacent cells. Since the adjacent cells received by the MSs at one time are limited. For a 95 MS, only 20 adjacent cells can be delivered at one time, and for a 2000 MS, 40 adjacent cells can be delivered at one time. Take a 95 MS for example. The MS in null status, only keeps contact with one pilot, and can receives 20 adjacent cells information. In conversation, if the MS keeps contact with three pilots, it can only receive 20 adjacent cells information, and BSC combines the adjacent cells of three PNs, and then delivers them according to the priority, and the adjacent cell with the lower priority will be discarded, and not delivered to the MS. When the MS receives a new adjacent cell information, the sequence of adjacent cells in the MS is the same as that in the adjacent cell table, and the MS will search the pilot with a highest priority. If the important adjacent cell is ranked last, the absent configuration of adjacency will occur. So, the cell with a higher handoff probability should be ranked first. The optimization of adjacency is very important for CDMA. Currently, the system doesnt support the auto sorting of the adjacent cells priority, which needs the maintenance engineers to spend a lot of time in performing a drive test, and analyze the data to acquire the optimal adjacency. The adjacent cells can be set and checked by scanning pilots.
Search window is designated based on PN chip. The principle of setting the search window is as follows:
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1) Make a compromise between the size of search window and speed. If the size is large, the MSs need to spend more time, thus, the total number of pilots searched in the fixed period will decrease. 2) The MS cannot search the pilots beyond the search window no matter how strong they are. So, the pilots that are not detected may be strong interference sources. 3) If the pilots are not in the list of candidate set, some equipment may not allow the pilots to enter the active set. We recommend that SRCH_WIN_R be set to 0 after optimization, to prevent the MSs from searching the pilots that are not used for handoff. For the setting the size of search window, see CDMA1X BSS Network Planning Parameter Configuration Recommendations. The MSs search the pilots within search window. If SRCH_Win_A is small, the MSs may lose the multi-path signals. If SRCH_Win_N and SRCH_Win_R are small, the MSs may lose the signal of adjacent cell, and the handoff success ratio is reduced.
Note: When a cell is the donor cell of the repeater or the distributed system, the radius of the cell greatly increases due to the delay of the repeater or the distributed system. The MS search window parameter in both the cell radius parameters and handoff parameters will be enlarged. Meanwhile, the corresponding parameters of the adjacent cell involved in the handoff in the coverage of the repeater or the distributed system in the cell will also be enlarged. If these parameters are not enlarged, the MSs covered by the repeater or the distributed system cannot originate a call or cannot perform any handoff.
The delays of the pilots compared with the reference pilots are shown in CAIT, and you can also see them at debug console and signaling. Be careful to optimize the search window, because, if a large search window is set (for example, SRCH_Win_A is more than 80 chips; SRCH_WIN_N and SRCH_WIN_R are more than 130 chips), the search speed of MSs slows down, which may also affect the handoff and drop calls.
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7 References
1) For M2000 traffic measurement operations, see Guide to CDMA 1X M2000 Traffic Measurement (V1.0). 2) For parameter configuration, see CDMA1X BSS Network Planning Parameter Configuration Recommendations.
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