ZGB-02-01-001 Paging

Feature Guide
 ZGB-02-01-001 Paging Feature Guide

ZGB-02-01-001 Paging Feature Guide

Version Date Author Reviewer Notes

Zhang
V1.0 2017/07/05 Gu Yuhui First Release
Junbo
Zhang
V1.1 2018/07/19 Gu Yuhui Add GDPR related note.
Junbo

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Feature Attribute ............................................................................................ 4

2 Overview ......................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Feature Introduction .......................................................................................... 5
2.2 License Control ................................................................................................. 6
2.3 Correlation with Other Features ........................................................................ 6

3 Technical Description .................................................................................... 6

3.1 Paging Flow ...................................................................................................... 6
3.2 Paging Queue ................................................................................................... 8
3.3 Paging Repetition.............................................................................................. 9
3.4 Extended Paging Mode ..................................................................................... 9

4 Parameters...................................................................................................... 9

5 Related Counters and Alarms ..................................................................... 12

5.1 Related Counters ............................................................................................ 12
5.2 Related Alarms ............................................................................................... 13

6 Engineering Guide ....................................................................................... 13

6.1 Application Scenario ....................................................................................... 13
6.2 Feature Activation Procedure .......................................................................... 13
6.3 Feature Validation Procedure.......................................................................... 15
6.4 Feature Deactivation Procedure...................................................................... 16
6.5 Network Impact ............................................................................................... 16

7 Abbreviation ................................................................................................. 17

8 Reference Document.................................................................................... 17

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FIGURES

Figure 3-1 Paging Flow ....................................................................................................... 7

Figure 6-1 Number of Multi-Frames of the PCH .................................................................14
Figure 6-2 Paging Coordination Configuration ...................................................................15

TABLES

Table 2-1 License Control List ............................................................................................ 6

Table 4-1 Parameters List ................................................................................................... 9
Table 5-1 Counter List .......................................................................................................12

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1 Feature Attribute
BSC Version: [ZXUR 9000 GSM (V6.50.31)]

BTS Version: [Independent of the BTS hardware platform]

Attribute: [Basic]

Related Network Element:

NE Name Related or Not Special Requirements

MS √

BTS √

BSC √

iTC -

MSC √

MGW -

SGSN √

GGSN -

HLR -
“√”: Related, “-”: Irrelative

Important Note:

It is unavoidable that some features listed in this document may use some personal data,
like the IMSI, IMEI, MSISDN, or UEIP, during the procedure of activating a function in
order to accomplish a 3GPP service process or 3GPP location process, to optimize
subscriber service experience, and to facilitate system maintenance. When you activate
these functions, you should comply with your country's personal data or privacy protection
laws and regulations. If you have any questions about this, please contact your legal
department to confirm that these functions can be legally activated.

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2 Overview

2.1 Feature Introduction

A paging procedure is initialized by the MSC or the SGSN to locate an MS. After
receiving the paging message from the CN, the BSC sends the paging request to all
cells in the specified LA. There are two kinds of paging: IMSI paging and TMSI paging.
When the IMSI is used for paging, one paging message can contain two IMSI numbers,
while four TMSIs can be packed in one paging message.

Paging is sent via the CCCH. The downlink CCCH is shared by the PCH and AGCH.
The PCH sends paging messages and the AGCH sends immediate assignment and
immediate assignment rejection messages. According to GSM specifications, there are
three paging groups in one multi-frame when the CCCH and SDCCH share one control
channel, and there are nine paging groups when the CCCH and SDCCH are configured
individually. The paging group in one multi-frame is shared by the PCH and AGCH.
Thus, the paging capacity depends on the configuration method of the CCCH, PCH,
AGCH, and the ratio of IMSI paging to TMSI paging. The ZTE BSC supports a flexible
channel configuration to provide different paging capacity. The maximum paging
capacity for one LAC is 400,000 times per hour. The ZTE BSS also supports paging
retransmission. If a paging message is not replied for a certain period of time, it is
retransmitted.

There are three paging types: CS call paging, PS paging, and SMS paging. Usually all
these paging messages are sent via CCCHs. To avoid paging congestion, all these
traffic should be considered so that the LAC can be defined properly.

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2.2 License Control

Table 2-1 License Control List

License Configured Sales

Feature ID Feature Name
Control Item NE Unit

ZGB-02-01-001 Paging N/A N/A N/A

2.3 Correlation with Other Features

1. Required Features

None

2. Mutually Exclusive Features

None

3. Affected Features

None

3 Technical Description

3.1 Paging Flow

As an integral part of the RR management entity, a paging process involves the allocation
and management of radio resources. To set up an RR connection, the network repeatedly
requires the called MS to access the network through paging, which is the initialization
phase of the RR. The basic principle is as follows: When a terminated call message is
sent to the MSC to which the called MS belongs, the MSC/SGSN first checks the current
location area/routing area of the MS, and then sends a BSSMAP Paging message to the
BSC that controls the location area/routing area. The message contains the IMSI and

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TMSI of the called MS. The BSC determines the paging channel of the MS according to
the IMSI/TMSI, and then sends the paging message of the MS over the specified PCH.
In addition, the BSC also specifies the BTSs that need to initiate the paging, and sends
the paging command to each of such BTSs, as shown below.

Figure 3-1 Paging Flow

MS BTS BSC MSC

Paging
Paging Command
Paging Request

Channel Request
Channel Require

Channel Activation

Channel Act Ack

Imm Ass Command

Immediate Assign

SABM(Paging Resp)

UA(Paging Resp)
Establish Indication
(Paging Resp)
SCCP Connection Request
(Paging Resp)
... ...

The paging of the BSC includes the paging on the A interface and the paging on the Gb
interface.

1. Paging on the A interface: The paging request is sent over the CCCH if the MS does
not use the PS service.

2. Paging on the Gb interface: If the MS is not in transmission state, the paging request
is sent over the PCCCH (if the PBCCH is configured) or over the CCCH (if the
PBCCH is not is configured).

The BSC supports paging coordination.

The paging coordination function has three network operation modes as follows:

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Network operation mode 1: A CS paging message is delivered from the Gb interface. In

packet transmission state, the CS paging message is sent to an MS over the PACCH. In
non-transmission state, the CS paging message is sent to an MS over the PCCCH or
CCCH. In this case, the CN must configure the Gs interface.

Network operation mode 2: Both CS paging messages and PS paging messages are sent
over the CCCH. If the BSC supports paging coordination, the CS paging messages can
be sent over the PACCH if the PS is in transmission state.

Network operation mode 3: The BSC sends paging messages by the same method as
used in network operation mode 1 except that the MS should monitor the PCCCH and
CCCH at the same time. At present, such MSs are not available. Therefore, network
operation mode 3 is not configured in the current network.

To activate the function of paging coordination, the parameter PagCoordination should be

set to Yes.

3.2 Paging Queue

After the BSC sends a paging command message to the BTS, the BTS first determines
whether the number of the paging groups contained in the message is greater than the
maximum number of the configured paging groups. If yes, the BTS does not process the
message. Otherwise, the BTS saves the paging command to the paging message buffer
queue. The length of the buffer queue is 10. During the frame interruption, an event is
triggered to process the paging messages in the paging message buffer queue when T3
equals to 5, 15, 25, 35, and 45.

Note: The preceding section describes only the paging commands of CS services briefly.
For the paging commands of PS services, the paging priority should also be taken into
account. When a high-priority paging message is written into the paging message buffer
queue, the location of the queue header should be taken into account.

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3.3 Paging Repetition

Every paging group has a maximum number of repetitions determined by the paging
period. The maximum number of repetitions should be the maximum number of repetition
opportunities. In the paging repetition queue, each message element is marked by a
repetition opportunity record parameter. This parameter is initialized to 0 when the
message is written into the retransmission queue. Every time when there is an opportunity
of transmitting a message in the repetition queue, the parameter for the un-transmitted
messages is incremented by one. When the parameter is equal to or greater than the
maximum number of repetitions, the re-transmitted message is invalid.

3.4 Extended Paging Mode

Extended Paging: The extended paging mode is configured to relieve the temporary
overload of a sub-channel. The mode enables a paging message, which is usually
transmitted over a paging sub-channel (PCH BLOCK) of the CCCH, to be transmitted on
the paging block after the next paging block.

4 Parameters

Table 4-1 Parameters List

Recom
Managed Value Default
Logic Name Parameter Description Unit mended
Object Range Value
Value

GSM Cell Number of multiframes of the

Configuratio PCH specifies the repeat cycle
n of PCH group subchannel using
Number of multiple 51-MultiFrame
multi-frames structures. It is one of the [2,9] None 5 5
of the PCH system control parameters.
According to GSM
Specifications, a unique IMSI
identifies MS and paging group.

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Recom
Managed Value Default
Logic Name Parameter Description Unit mended
Object Range Value
Value
IMSI determines the PCH sub-
channel for MS in a paging
group.
In the actual network, MS only
"tunes in" the paging sub-
channel to which it belongs and
ignores the contents of other
paging sub-channels,
and shuts off the power supply
of some hardware equipment in
the MS to save the power
overhead of MS. In other IDLE
time, MS shuts off the hardware
equipment power supply to
save power. Number of
multiframes of the PCH
determines the number of
paging sub-channels of the
paging channel in a cell.
MS uses this parameter to find
out its home paging group, so
as to monitor corresponding
paging sub-channel. Network
broadcasts the parameter
information to all MSs in the cell
through the "RIL3_RR
SYSTEM INFORMATION
TYPE3" message. Number of
multiframes of the PCH is one
of the system control
parameters.

BSS This parameter determines if

Function PS Page intra-BSC cell supports CS 0: Not
0: Not 0: Not
coordination page coordination. This Support None
Support Support
support parameter is broadcast in 1: Support
GPRS CELL OPTIONS through

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Recom
Managed Value Default
Logic Name Parameter Description Unit mended
Object Range Value
Value
SI13, PSI1, and PSI13
messages.
Page coordination means that
CS service paging can be sent
to a subscriber on the PS
service channel PACCH when
the MS is in the PS
transmission state.

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5 Related Counters and Alarms

5.1 Related Counters

Table 5-1 Counter List

Counter ID Name

C901640001 Number of PS paging message discarded

C901640002 Number of CS paging message discarded
Number of paging messages seized by other hyper-
C901640006
priority messages while transmitting on PCH blocks
C901640007 Numbers of paging message repeatedly transmitted none
C901640008 Numbers of paging message repeatedly transmitted once
C901640009 Numbers of paging message repeatedly transmitted twice
C901640010 Numbers of paging message repeatedly transmitted thrice
Numbers of paging message repeatedly transmitted four
C901640011
times
C901280059 Number of Abis CS paging messages
C901280060 Number of Abis PS paging messages
C901280105 peak of CS Paging messages from CN
C901280106 peak of CS Paging messages from SGSN
C901280107 peak of PS Paging messages from SGSN
C901280108 peak of Paging messages
C901280109 Timer of Paging reached the threshold
C901530001 Number of paging messages
C901530002 Number of paging messages from PS at Gb interface
C901530003 Number of paging messages from CS of Gb interface
C902110002 Times of paging messages larger than the low threshold
C902110003 Number of filtered pagings
C902110004 The peak filtered pagings one second

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5.2 Related Alarms

This feature has no related alarm.

6 Engineering Guide

6.1 Application Scenario

This feature is applicable to all scenarios.

6.2 Feature Activation Procedure

In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Managed Element > GSM
Logical Configuration > Cell Information Configuration, double click GSM Cell
Configuration, and set Number of multi-frames of the PCH, see the following figure.

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Figure 6-1 Number of Multi-Frames of the PCH

In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Managed Element > GSM
Logical Configuration > Global Information Configuration, double click BSS Functio
PS, and set Page coordination support, see the following figure.

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Figure 6-2 Paging Coordination Configuration

6.3 Feature Validation Procedure

Test Item Paging
Precondition 1. The CN is in good condition.
2. The BSC is operating properly.
3. The SDR is operating properly.
4. The default cell configuration and parameter
configurations are correct in the BSC.
5. The radio environment is good.
6. The BSC belongs to LAC1.

Test Steps 1. Make a call to the MS in order to page the MS camping

on LAC1.
2. Observe the paging messages.

Anticipative Result 1. The BTS receives the paging message in the CS

signaling process.

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Test Item Paging

2. There is a paging message in the SCCP signaling
process.

6.4 Feature Deactivation Procedure

Paging is a basic function of the GSM system.

This feature must be enabled. If it is disabled, the system cannot work properly. I
n this case, the called MS cannot be paged, that is, the network cannot find the
called MS.

6.5 Network Impact

Enabling this feature has no impact on the capacity of the BSC.

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7 Abbreviation
Abbreviations Full Characteristics

3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project

BSC Base Station Controller

BTS Base Transceiver Station

CCCH Common Control CHannel

CN Core Network

CS Circuit Switch

DRX Discontinuous Reception

DTM Dual Transmit Mode

GPRS General Packet Radio Service

GSM Global System for Mobile communications

IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity

PACCH Packet Associated Control CHannel

PBCCH Packet Broadcast Control CHannel

PCCCH Packet Common Control CHannel

PCH Paging CHannel

TMSI Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity

8 Reference Document
ZXUR 9000 GSM (V6.50.33) Base Station Controller Performance Counter Reference

ZXUR 9000 GSM (V6.50.33) Base Station Controller Radio Parameter Reference

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