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RNS means Radio Network Subsystem ,which is composed of one RNC and the the
NodeBs under its control.
The interface between RNC and NodeB is IUB interface. IUR interface may be configured
between two RNC, it is optional, used for inter-RNC cooperation.
By RRC signaling, RNC controls UE. So the RRC is the most important signaling in UTRAN.
The access success rate , handover success rate are all calculated based on the RRC
signaling statistic. RRC signaling is very useful to analyze the fault.
IUB interface signaling is called NBAP signaling, which can be used for locating NodeB’s
faults.
By analyze RANAP signaling between RNC and CN, we can locate a fault in CN or in
UTRAN, especially for RAB assignment ,call drop, inter-RAT relocation and paging
procedure, RANAP signaling is very useful.
By analysis of RNSAP signaling between two RNC, we can trace inter-RNC handover
procedure.
In idle mode, UE reads system information , so as to control it self. The behaviors in Idle
mode include PLMN selection, cell selection and reselection, paging monitoring;
After UE receives a paging or when user initiates a service, UE will trigger “RRC setup” ,in
connected mode, UE will then send and receive NAS signaling with CN. After that , CN
may start RAB assignment procedure to set up a bearer for the service.
During the service ,UTRAN may handover the CELL-DCH UE to neighbor cell based on the
mobility of the UE or based on the load of the cell. CELL-FACH\CELLPCH UE may trigger
“cell update” procedure after it move to a area covered by a neighbor cell.
During the PS service period, UTRAN may reconfigure the radio bear of the service based
on the network load or user’s activity.
By the index in MIB and SB, UE can read the detail contents in SIB
By the drive test tool, we can trace the system information, so as to know some basic
information of a cell.
SIB: system information block, includes SIB1, SIB2, SIB3, SIB5, SIB7, SIB11.
PLMN ID
Scheduling
information for
SB and SIB
PLMN is broadcasted in MIB, that is MCC and MNC of the network, which is used for UE
PLMN selection
Besides that, MIB includes scheduling information of SB and SIB, that is the index, by
which UE can acquire the location of SB and SIB, so as to read the detail information in
SIB.
Scheduling
information of SIB1
Scheduling
information of SIB2
Scheduling
information of SIB3
SB only tells the scheduling information of SIB, such as the scheduling information of
SIB1/SIB2/SIB3 in this example.
DRX means discontinuous reception, used to save the battery of the UE when monitoring
the paging.
Counters and constants are used to control the procedures of access , cell update , DCH
setup of the UE, and so on, the meanings of the counters refer to 3GPP 25.331
SIB2 indicates the URA ID of a cell, URA ID is used for mobility management of a UE in
URA-PCH state.
RNCID + cell ID
Intra/inter frequency
cell reselection threshold
PICH/AICH power
PRACH configration
Question:
For random access procedure, what is the required resource for a UE?
PCPICH power
Random access
parameters
AICH SF
Configuration
of SCCPCH
Configuration
of PICH
Question:
SIB7:System information 7
UL interference
Intra-freq
neighbor list
Scambling
code
BSIC
BCCH
Paging message may be initiated by CN or RNC. Based on UE’s state , RNC may send
paging type1 or type2 on Uu interface.
Page type1 is for the UE in IDLE, CELL-PCH ,URA-PCH state. Paging type1 is sent on PCCH
and DRX is used.
Page type2 is for the UE in CELL-DCH , CELL-FACH. Paging type2 is sent on DCCH.
UE IMSI
UE TMSI
LAC
Paging cause
LAC/RAC
Paging cause
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After RNC receives a paging from CN, RNC will check the state of the UE. If UE is in idle
mode, CELL-PCH or URA-PCH state, RNC will page the UE with type1 on PCCH.
If the paging signaling from CN includes IMSI and TMSI (or P-TMSI) both, RNC will page
the UE by TMSI (or P-TMSI).
If the paging from CN includes IMSI only, RNC will page the UE by IMSI.
By setting up RRC connection with UTRAN, UE enters connected mode. This procedure is
triggered by UE sending “RRC CONNECTION REQUEST” on RACH.
Based on the cause value in “RRC CONNECTION REQUEST” signaling, RNC decides the
channel type for RRC connection, the channel for RRC connection could be DCH
(DCH3.4k ,DCH6.8k ,DCH13.6k ,DCH27.2k), CCH (RACH/FACH), and even HSPA channel.
For RRC Setup on DCH or HSPA, RNC shall configure NodeB to prepare RL , after that, by
“RRC CONNECTION SETUP” signaling, RNC configures UE;
For “RRC CONNECTION REQUEST” signaling, we should pay attention to the following
elements:
UE ID
Cause:Based on this cause ,RNC decides the channel for RRC connection.
Service cell CPICH Ec/No:used for downlink DCH initial power calculation.
UE ID
Cause
Note: For some new version mobile phones, the UE HSPA capability is include in this
signaling, so as to support RRC setup on HSPA.
URNTI
State of UE
DRX Cycle
RB information
Transport channel
TTI 10ms
TB size
TB number
Channel
coding
Transport
channel
TTI 10ms
TB size
TB Number
Channel
coding
Target
BLER
Power offset
Uplink power
Control algorithm
Uplink code
Question:
How the RNC allocates uplink scrambling code ?
In this case, the uplink SF is 64, can you tell what is the rate of the
channel?
Downlink power
control Mode
DL OVSF code
Question: The SF in uplink and downlink are different, are the channel rates
different also?
Down PSC
Downling DCH
OVSF code
Question:
Why downlink physical RLs are configured separately? How about uplink
configuration?
From the code allocation, can you judge if the HSDPA is active in this cell?
The 2100M
measurement
capability
The GSM
measurement
capability
L2 capabilities
HSPA
capability
NACC capability
of UE
The HSPA capability of UE affects the channel type of the traffic, rate
negotiation and HSPA scheduling.
NACC function can shorten the time gap of PS service handover.
If we want to setup RRC on HSPA, beside the configuration of the RNC , the UE’s HSPA
capability is required also, because UE should report HSPA capability to RNC in the”RRC
CONNECTION REQUEST” signaling.
Via NAS signaling, UE can realize location registration (IMSI ATTACH), GPRS ATTACH, PDP
activation, authentication, security mode, and so on.
Most of the NAS signalings are transparent messages in UTRAN, so they are called
“directed transfer” signalings.
Message type
Message content
LAC
CN sends “Common ID” to RNC, which is used for paging transmission during the
connection
Question:
This signalings are called “direct transfer” message, because UTRAN does not process
these messages, just repeats to CN in uplink or to UE in downlink.
Authentication
Request
Since RNC does not process the DT message , so ,we can analyse the DT message on the IU
interface.
Authentication
Response
In this example, after UE’s “PDP Context Activation” DT message, CN sends “RAB
ASSIGNMENT REQUEST” to RNC ,informs the QoS of the service and priority of the UE to
RNC.
RNC will make a decision based on the required QoS and start the bearer setup procedure.
By NBAP , RNC requests NodeB reconfigure RL (Question: Why it is Reconfigure, not setup),
and send the relative configuration to UE by “RB Setup” signaling.
CN sends the service and UE related configurations to RNC via “RAB ASSIGNMENT
REQUEST ” signaling.
Service
class
Service
bandwidth
Data
format
In this example, PS CN assigned an interactive RAB, which is symmetric in uplink and downlink, the
Maximum bit rate is 8.64M with out guaranteed bit rate
RB SETUP Signaling:
HRNTI and
ERNTI of the UE
UL Physical
channel
DL Physical channel
When the measured signals satisfy some threshold configured in “measurement control”,
UE triggers a “MEASUREMENT REPORT” to RNC.
According to this “MEASUREMENT REPORT”, RNC may make a decision ,then triggers the
handover.
In this case, UE triggers a “1A” event, then RNC executes a RL addition procedure(soft
handover). After that , UE is in soft handover state.
Measurement ID
PSC of a neighbor
By the “Measurement control” signalings with the same measurement ID, RNC can modify
the neighbor list of the UE.
Similar with SIB11, neighbor list in “measurement control” signaling includes the PSCs of
the neighbors.
Measurement
Value to trigger
event
Reporting value
for active set cells
Reporting mode
In 3GPP 25.331, 1a,1b,1c,1d,1e,1f and 1j event are defined for FDD. Huawei
doesn’t use event 1e, and by default , 1j is not switched on either.
Measurement Report
Measurement ID
PSC of the
measured cell
Measured Result
Event triggered
When some of the measurement targets achieve the configured threshold, UE will
then trigger a measurement report.
For an event triggered report, the event and the PSC who triggers this event are the
most important information.
Based on the event , RNC can then make a handover decision.
Based on the PSC, RNC can then check the neighbor list, so as to get the cell
ID of the PSC.
In a event triggered report, UE may report the signal of all the measured cells
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OVSF code of
the new RL
After the admission and preparation, RNC configures the OVSF of the
new RL and PSC of the new cell to UE, based on which, UE can then try
to synchronize with the new RL.
In this case, UE takes handover several times, include HSUPA soft handover and HSDPA hard
handover.
HSUPA soft handover is executed by “ACTIVESET UPDATE”, which does not effect HSDPA
service.
HSDPA handover and HSUPA serving cell change is executed by “PHYSICAL CHANNEL
RECONFGUREATION” , By reading the information elements “DL information per RL list", we
can know the handover information of HSPA.
Question : May HSDPA serving cell be different from HSUPA serving cell?
Question : May HSDPA serving cell be different from HSUPA serving cell?
From signaling, we can see the serving cell for HSDPA and HSUPA could be
different. But Huawei’s algorithm keeps them identical.
In compressed mode, RNC send both “MEASUREMENT CONTROL” for inter-freq and
inter-RAT measurement.
Based on UE’s “MEASUREMENT REPORT” signaling, RNC makes handover decision then
executes the handover and stop the compressed mode at the same time.
Procedure to start compressed mode
2D Measurement
report
Start the
compressed
mode
After RB setup, RNC sends 2D and 2F thresholds to UE.
When the current carrier meets the threshold, UE reports 2D event.
RNC reconfigures the RL in NodeB and sends “PHYSICAL CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION”
signaling to configure the compressed mode.
Questions:
Is it necessary for the RNC to configure 2D with Ec/No and RSCP separately?
What is the benefit from this?
How to confirm the 2D report is triggered by Ec/No or RSCP?
If 2F is trigged during the compressed mode, what will happen then?
Answers to the Questions:
Is it necessary for the RNC to configure 2D with Ec/No and RSCP
separately? What is the benefit from this?
Yes , it is necessary, by doing this, the compressed mode can be
triggered by bad quality or poor strength of the CPICH both, it is
more reliable.
How to confirm a 2D report is caused by Ec/No or RSCP?
The measurement ID of the report signaling can indicate this.
If 2F is trigged during the compressed mode, what will happen then?
Compressed mode will be stopped by RNC in this case.
“MEASUREMENT CONTROL” signaling to configure 2D\2F Ec/No threshold
Measurement quantity
2D parameters
2F parameters
When the measured signal is lower than 2D threshold, or it is higher than 2F
threshold, UE then triggers “Measurement Report” 2D or 2F to RNC
2F report is used to terminate compressed mode. RNC ignores this report in case
of non-compressed mode.
UE triggers event 2D after the measured signal of current carrier is lower than the
threshold;
“PHYSICAL CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION” to start the compressed mode
Configuration of
compressed slots
Measurement value
Compressed mode is
achieved by SF/2
In compressed mode, some slots are compressed to measure the inter-freq and
Inter-RAT neighbors. For GSM neighbor, measurement value can be RSSI and BSIC,
for WCDMA neighbors, measurement value can be Ec/No and RSCP.
Compressed mode can be achieved by “SF/2” or high layer scheduling. For low rate
DCH, RNC configures “SF/2”; For high rate DCH, high layer scheduling is used to
achieve the compressed mode.
Inter-freq and
Inter-RAT
measurement
configuration
UE reports
Handover
execution
Reconfigure the
Measurement in new
cell
Inter-freq “MEASUREMENT CONTROL”
Filtering coefficient
Value to evaluate
the cell signal
Reporting value
0.5ms interval
Periodical report
By this “MEASUREMENT CONTROL” signaling, RNC configures the inter-freq
neighbors to UE, and requests UE report the measurement results periodically.
Inter -RAT“MEASUREMENT CONTROL” signaling
Inter-RAT neighbors
Measurement value
Reporting value
1s interval
Periodical report
By the “MEASUREMENT CONTROL” signaling, RNC configures the inter-RAT
neighbors to UE, and requests UE report the measurement results periodically, such
as RSSI and BSIC.
Inter-freq “MEASUREMENT REPORT”
FCN of the
neighbor
Measurement result
UE reports the “MEASUREMENT REPORT” to RNC periodically based on the interval.
Inter-RAT “MEASUREMENT REPORT”
Neighbor cell
BSIC
UE report the “MEASUREMENT REPORT” to RNC periodically based on the interval,
which is the reference for RNC handover decision.
“PYSICAL CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION” for Handover Execution
UE max Tx power
DL physical channel
configuration
Compressed mode
Configuration
“PYSICAL CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION” for Handover Execution (Con.)
By this “PYSICAL CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION” signaling, RNC handover the UE
to an Inter-freq neighbor.
In this case, RNC configures both inter-freq and inter-RAT measurement to UE,
but why UE handover to inter-freq cell at last?
RNC executes the relocation(inter-RAT handover) after a GSM neighbor signal satisfies the inter-RAT
handover threshold.