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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-1

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-2

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-3

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-4

 UMTS network is composed of CN,UTRAN and UE.

 For UTRAN network includes RNC and NodeB .

 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.

 RNC is connected to CS domain through IU-CS interface and connected to PS domain


through IU-PS interface.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-5

 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.

 Most of the procedures are realized by cooperation of several interfaces.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-6

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-7

 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;

 When UE needs to perform “location update”, ”attach”, ”detach” procedures, it will


trigger request for “RRC setup” , enter connected mode, then finish the signaling
procedure with CN. after that, RNC releases the RRC connection, to let UE go back to idle
mode.

 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.

 In case of service changing (such as to change a VP service to a AMR service ), RAB


modification procedure is needed.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-8

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-9

 The logical structure of system information is like a tree.

 By the index in MIB and SB, UE can read the detail contents in SIB

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-10

 By the drive test tool, we can trace the system information, so as to know some basic
information of a cell.

 In default condition, Huawei network adopts following types of system information:

 MIB: master information block

 SB: scheduling block

 SIB: system information block, includes SIB1, SIB2, SIB3, SIB5, SIB7, SIB11.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-11

 MIB: master information block

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.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-12

 SB: Scheduling block

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.

 The scheduling information of other SIB(SIB5, SIB7, SIB11) is in the MIB.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-13

 SIB1:System Information Block1

DRX Coefficient of CS domain

Counters and constants used


for UE in connected mode

Counters and constants used


for UE in Idle mode

 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

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-14

 SIB2 indicates the URA ID of a cell, URA ID is used for mobility management of a UE in
URA-PCH state.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-15

 SIB3:System Information Block 3

RNCID + cell ID

Intra/inter frequency
cell reselection threshold

Inter-RAT cell reselection threshold

Cell selection threshold

Cell reselection time to trigger


Max allowed UE transmitting power

Available AC of this cell

 In SIB3,UE can get related parameters for cell selection/reselection


 Try to answer the following questions:
 What is the use of “Max allowed UE transmitting power” here?
 In the example of this page, what is the RNC ID and cell ID?
 In the example of this page ,check the cell selection parameters and compare it
with the default setting, which parameter is changed , and what is the purpose
of this optimization? what is the disadvantage?

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-16

 SIB5:System information Block5

PICH/AICH power

PRACH configration

RACH transmission format

Available access resource

Mapping between AC and ASC

 Question:

 For random access procedure, what is the required resource for a UE?

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-17

 SIB5:System information 5 (Cont.)

PCPICH power
Random access
parameters

AICH SF

Configuration
of SCCPCH

Configuration
of PICH

Cell HSDPA capability

Cell HSUPA capability

 Question:

 What is the use of PCPICH power here?

 What is the use of cell HSPA capability?

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-18

 SIB7:System information 7

UL interference

Dynamic persistence level

 SIB7 broadcasts UL RTWP to UE , since the RTWP changes dynamically, UE must


update it periodically based on the Dynamic persistence level.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-19

 SIB11:System information block 11

Intra-freq
neighbor list

Scambling
code

 SIB11 broadcasts neighbor list of the cell, includes intra-freq/inter-freq/inter-RAT


neighbors.
 For WCDMA FDD neighbors , PSC is the most important information.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-20

 SIB11:system information block 11(cont.)

GSM neighbor list

Qoffset for cell


reselection
Rx level min

BSIC

BCCH

 For GSM neighbors, it includes BSIC, BCCH information

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-21

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-22

 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.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-23

 IU Interface paging signaling

Source of the paging

UE IMSI

UE TMSI

LAC

Paging cause

 Paging signaling on IU interface include:


 Type of the domain (CS or PS)

 UE ID(IMSI is mandatory, but TMSI/PTMSI is optional)

 LAC/RAC

 Paging cause
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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-24

 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.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-25

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-26

An example of RRC setup procedure

 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;

 UE sends “RRC CONNECTION SETUP COMPLETE” as the response, in this signaling, UE


reports the capability of itself.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-27

 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

Service cell Ec/No

 Note: For some new version mobile phones, the UE HSPA capability is include in this
signaling, so as to support RRC setup on HSPA.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-28

 In RRC CONNECTION SETUP signaling, it includes:

URNTI

State of UE
DRX Cycle

RB information

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-29

 RRC CONNECTION SETUP (Con.)

Transport channel

TTI 10ms

TB size

TB number

Channel
coding

 The data rate of the channel is configured in transport channel: TB


Size * TB Number / TTI
 The configurations for UL and DL transport channels are separate.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-30

 RRC CONNECTION SETUP(Con.)

Transport
channel

TTI 10ms

TB size

TB Number

Channel
coding

Target
BLER

 Configuration of downlink transport channel is similar with uplink,


 Question:
 Why the BLER is configured in downlink only?

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-31

 RRC CONNECTION SETUP(Con.)

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?

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-32

 RRC CONNECTION SETUP(Con.)

Downlink power
control Mode

DL OVSF code

 Question: The SF in uplink and downlink are different, are the channel rates
different also?

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-33

 RRC CONNECTION SETUP(Con.)

Down PSC

Downling DCH
OVSF code

 In downlink ,physical RLs are configured separately

 Question:

 Why downlink physical RLs are configured separately? How about uplink
configuration?

 Which OVSF code is allocated in this case?

 From the code allocation, can you judge if the HSDPA is active in this cell?

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-34

 RRC CONNECTION SETUP COMPLETE:

UE’s radio capability

 By RRC CONNECTION SETUP COMPLET,UE gives RNC a response to confirm


the setup of RRC connection. In addition, UE reports its capabilities, include:
 UE RF capability
 Inter-RAT capability
 Compressed mode and measurement capabilities
 HSPA capabilities.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-35

 RRC CONNECTION SETUP COMPLETE(Con.)

UE’s GSM setting

UE’s GSM Class

 UE’s GSM capabilities affect the RNC’s decision in Inter-RAT handover.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-36

 RRC CONNECTION SETUP COMPLETE(Con.)

UE’s power level

The 2100M
measurement
capability

The GSM
measurement
capability

The extension band


measurement capability

 The measurement capabilites affect the RNC’s measurement control.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-37

 RRC CONNECTION SETUP COMPLETE (Con.)

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.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-38

 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.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-39

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-40

 NAS means “non access stratum”.

 After RRC connection setup, UE transmits “Initial UE message” to CN to trigger NAS


signaling procedure.

 Via NAS signaling, UE can realize location registration (IMSI ATTACH), GPRS ATTACH, PDP
activation, authentication, security mode, and so on.

 “RAB Assignment” is after the NAS procedure.

 Most of the NAS signalings are transparent messages in UTRAN, so they are called
“directed transfer” signalings.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-41

 Initial UE message is transferred to CN by RNC.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-42

 An example of Initial UE Message (RNC to IU):

Message type

Message content

LAC

 In this signaling, UE wants to attach IMSI in CN.


 Question:
 In which scenario, UE triggers this procedure.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-43

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-44

 CN sends “Common ID” to RNC, which is used for paging transmission during the
connection

 Question:

 Why the Common ID is IMSI but not TMSI?

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-45

 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.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-46

 An Example of Direct Transfer Message

Authentication
Request

 Since RNC does not process the DT message , so ,we can analyse the DT message on the IU
interface.

 In this example, CN requests UE’s authentication.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-47

 An Example of Direct Transfer Message (Con.)

Authentication
Response

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-48

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-49

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-50

 By “RAB Assignment” procedure, the service bearer is setup. CS “RAB Assignment”


procedure is after the “call proceeding” DT message, while PS “RAB Assignment”
procedure is after the “PDP Context Activation” DT message.

 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.

 UE sends a ”RB SETUP COMPLETE” signaling to RNC as a response.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-51

 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

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-52

 RB SETUP Signaling:

HRNTI and
ERNTI of the UE

Configuration of UL Transport channel

Configuration of DL Transport channel

UL Physical
channel
DL Physical channel

 By “RB SETUP” signaling, RNC send the configuration to UE , this signaling


structure is similar with “RRC SETUP”.
 Questions:
 In this example, the PS service is carried on DCH or HSPA?
 If the UE support 5.76M ,is that possible to achieve this rate?
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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-53

 As a response to RNC, UE sends “RB SETUP COMPLETE” signaling to RNC.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-54

 As a response to CN, RNC sends “RAB ASSIGNMENT RESPONCE” signaling to CN.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-55

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-56

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-57

 Soft handover procedure is triggered by RNC sending “MEASUREMENT CONTROL” to UE.


By default configuration ,after RRC setup complete , RNC sends “MEASUREMENT
CONTROL” signaling to UE to trigger intra-frequency measurement . In this
“MEASUREMENT CONTROL” , RNC configure neighbor list and some thresholds related to
the measurement.

 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.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-58

 A “Measurement Control” of intra-frequency measurement

Measurement ID

Intra-freq Neighbor list

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.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-59

 A “Measurement Control” of intra-frequency measurement (Cont.)

filter coefficient for measured results

Measurement
Value to trigger
event

Reporting value
for active set cells

Reporting value for


monitored set cells

Reporting value for


detected set cells

 By default configuration, an intra-freq measurement report is triggered


based on Ec/No value. In the triggered report, UE reports both RSCP
and Ec/No of the measured cells.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-60

 A “Measurement Control” of intra-frequency measurement (Cont.)

Parameters for event 1A

Parameters for event 1B

Parameters for event 1C

Parameters for event 1D

Parameters for event 1F

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.

 UE may trigger the events according to the thresholds configured by RNC.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-61

 Measurement Report

Measurement ID

PSC of the
measured cell

Measured Result

Other measurement results

Event triggered

PSC of the cell who


triggers the event

 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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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-62

 Active set update

MAX UE Tx POWER

PSC of the new RL cell

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.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-63

 As a response, UE sends “ACTIVESET UPDATE COMPLETE” to RNC to complete this


handover

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-64

 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?

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-65

 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.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-66

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-67

 Compressed mode is the precondition of inter-freq and inter-RAT measurement.

 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.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-68


Procedure to start compressed mode

Ec/No Threshold for 2D

RSCP Threshold for 2D

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?

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-69


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.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-70


“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.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-71

 UE triggers event 2D after the measured signal of current carrier is lower than the
threshold;

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-72


“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.

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-73

 UE respond “PHYSICAL CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION COMPLETE” to RNC

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-74

 Inter-freq and Inter-RAT measurement and handover

Inter-freq and
Inter-RAT
measurement
configuration

UE reports

Handover
execution

Reconfigure the
Measurement in new
cell

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Signaling Analysis of Typical UTRAN Procedures N-75


Inter-freq “MEASUREMENT CONTROL”

Inter-freq neighbor list

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.

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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.

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Inter-freq “MEASUREMENT REPORT”

FCN of the
neighbor

Measurement result


UE reports the “MEASUREMENT REPORT” to RNC periodically based on the interval.

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Inter-RAT “MEASUREMENT REPORT”

Neighbor cell Rx_lev

Neighbor cell
BSIC


UE report the “MEASUREMENT REPORT” to RNC periodically based on the interval,
which is the reference for RNC handover decision.

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“PYSICAL CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION” for Handover Execution

Frequency of new cell

UE max Tx power

UL physical channel configuration

DL physical channel
configuration

Compressed mode
Configuration

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“PYSICAL CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION” for Handover Execution (Con.)

Radio link set configuration


By this “PYSICAL CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION” signaling, RNC handover the UE
to an Inter-freq neighbor.

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 UE respond RNC “PHYSICAL CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION COMPLETE” signaling


to finish the handover procedure.

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 Answers for the questions:

 In this case, RNC configures both inter-freq and inter-RAT measurement to UE,
but why UE handover to inter-freq cell at last?

 Because the inter-freq neighbor satisfied the inter-freq handover


threshold firstly, so RNC made the decision to handover the UE to inter-
freq neighbor.
 What are the functions of the “Measurements control” singalings after the
handover?

 They are used for:


New intra-freq measurement
Configure the RSCP threshold for 2D, 2F;
Configure the Ec/No threshold for 2D, 2F;
Terminated the inter-freq measurement;
Terminated the inter-RAT measurement.

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 The procedure for inter-RAT handover is similar with inter-freq handover:


 2D triggers compressed mode

 RNC configures measurement in compressed mode

 RNC executes the relocation(inter-RAT handover) after a GSM neighbor signal satisfies the inter-RAT
handover threshold.

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