Inter-RAT NACC

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June 2004

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NACC Principle
NACC = Network assisted cell change
UTRAN GERAN NACC

UTRAN provides system info of the target cell before cell change
GERAN network must support Packet SI status (no PBCCH) or Packet PSI status (with
PBCCH) to get any benefit from NACC. Otherwise, UE still needs to receive SI/PSI
messages before packet access in the GERAN cell is allowed (as per 44.060)
UTRAN GERAN NACC reduces the interruption time in cell change

GERAN UTRAN NACC

UE informs GERAN about cell change with PACKET CELL CHANGE NOTIFICATION message
PCCN message contains the UTRAN cell to which UE is going to reselect to
PCCN message also contains measurement report on GERAN+UTRAN cells
GERAN UTRAN NACC allows GERAN to control UE cell change to GERAN or to UTRAN, or
to delay the cell change. It is a steering tool for the network to control the PS mobility.

UTRAN provides
system info of
target GERAN cell

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UE informs GERAN
about target UTRAN cell.
GERAN can steer UE
mobility.

NACC in 3GPP and in Products

Intra-GERAN NACC

based on 3GPP Rel.4

available in products 2H/04-1H/05
expected to reduce cell reselection break from 3.0 s to 0.5 s.

UTRAN GERAN NACC

based on 3GPP Rel.6

3GPP
3GPP

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Nokia
Nokiaproducts
products

Rel.5
Rel.5air
airinterface
interface
UTRAN

GERAN
UTRAN GERAN Rel.6
network
Rel.6 network

>2005
>2005

GERAN
GERAN
UTRAN
UTRAN

Rel.6
Rel.6

>2005
>2005

Intra-GERAN
Intra-GERAN

Rel.4
Rel.4

BSS11.5
BSS11.5Q1/05
Q1/05
Mobile
2004
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/// BSS 1H/04

Measurements

Signalling Flowchart UTRAN GERAN

UE

Trigger for cell change

NW

Compressed mode start

RSSI measurements
Cell change order to GPRS
+ GPRS target cell system info

WCDMA data transfer ends

Interruption time

WCDMA
GPRS

UE reads GPRS SI/PSI

Packet channel required
RAU+LAU required
RAU+LAU accepted
Immediate assignment

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Inter-RAT NACC
will cut this
delay
0.0 s
component
Would that
+2.5 s
reduce with
packet
+0.4 s
forwarding RNC
+1.5 s
2GSGSN?

+2-11 s depending on TCP/UDP

+2.4 s for TCP

1st IP packet

GPRS data transfer starts

GPRS target cell

system info
provided in interRAT NACC

Total >8 s for TCP

today

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Interruption Time UTRAN GERAN

Inter-RAT NACC is expected to reduce interruption time by approx 2.5 s
Typical inter-RAT interruption time with inter-RAT NACC is estimated to be

Seconds

6-7 s with TCP

4 s with streaming/UDP

1st IP packet
Immediate assignment
RAU+LAU
Read SI/PSI

10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
No NACC TCP

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With NACC TCP

No NACC
streaming/UDP

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With NACC
streaming/UDP

Following Slides from Sami Takala

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Service interruption during Inter-System

handover (3G->GPRS)
The data interruption time is defined in this report as the total time that the data connection
(IP connection) is lost due to the switching from 3G to GPRS. The gap is defined as the time
that the Cell change order from UTRAN message is sent to UE until the first IP datagram (UL
or DL) is sent between UE and the GPRS network. The below dataflow, shows the more
relevant signalling for our interest.
MS

BSS

new SGSN

old SGSN

GGSN

new
MSC/VLR

HLR

old
MSC/VLR

1. Routeing Area Update Request

2. SGSN Context Request

3G data transmission

2. SGSN Context Response

3. Security Functions
4. SGSN Context Acknowledge

Cell change order from UTRAN (3G)

Channel required (RR)
Location update request (MM)
Location update accepted (MM)
Total
interruption time

P. channel required (RR)

Routing area update request (GMM)
Routing area up. Req Acc (GMM)

C1

When network
mode is set to 1,
UE starts
combined
RUA/LUA
procedure, as
shown
in the right figure.
Thus data
interruption
should be smaller.

5. Forward Packets
6. Update PDP Context Request
6. Update PDP Context Response
7. Update Location
8. Cancel Location
8. Cancel Location Ack
9. Insert Subscriber Data
9. Insert Subscriber Data Ack
10. Update Location Ack
11. Location Update Request
12a. Update Location
12b. Cancel Location
12c. Cancel Location Ack
12d. Insert Subscriber Data

Immmediate assignment (RR)

First IP datagram (GPRS)

GPRS data transmission

12e. Insert Subscriber Data Ack

This message is
sent
in FTP session but
not in streaming.

12f. Update Location Ack

13. Location Update Accept
C2
14. Routeing Area Update Accept
C3
15. Routeing Area Update Complete
16. TMSI Reallocation Complete

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Service interruption during Inter-System

handover (3G->GPRS)

The below tables show the delay measurements done in combined and non-combined
RUA/LUA procedures. Results at 64, 128 and 384 kbps are combined.
Combined RUA/LUA
Procedure
Cell change order from UTRAN
Packet channel required
Routing area update request
Routing area update accepted
Immediate assignment

->
->
->
->
->

Packet channel required

Routing area update request
Routing area update accepted
Immediate assignment
First IP datagram

Total interruption time

Separated RUA/LUA
Procedure
Cell change order from UTRAN
Channel required
Location update request
GPRS Suspension
Location update accepted
Packet channel required
Routing area update request
Routing area update accepted
Immediate assignment

->
->
->
->
->
->
->
->
->

Channel required
Location update request
GPRS Suspension
Location update accepted
Packet channel required
Routing area update request
Routing area update accepted
Immediate assignment
First IP datagram

Total interruption time

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Duration time
FTP
Streaming
3
0.4
1.5
11.5
2.4
2.4
18.8
7.3

Some facts:

Duration time
FTP
Streaming
2.2
0.4
0.5
0.8
3.2
0.4
0.3
11.5
2.4
2.4
21.6
10.1

Separated procedure is
started by the terminal if SI
13 cannot be read before
the expiration of a timer.

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NTN network is set to

Network mode 1. Thus,
combined RAU/LAU should
be done always. However,
UE was starting combined
and non combined
procedures alternatively.

Combined RAU/LAU helps

to reduce the interruption
delay by 3 seconds.

TCP delay with 64 RAB

UE ready for data in 2G
Time ~ 5 sec. with combined RUA/LU

Buffering starts in RNC

time ~ 3.5 sec. with combined RUA/LUUE leaves 3G
time 0 sec

2.1 2.7 ms

7.2 8.1 s

Average delay
from
measurements

Once buffer forwarding is working delays should be close to 6 9 sec.

UE ready for data in 2G
Buffering starts in RNC
UE leaves 3G
time ~ 7.6 sec. With separated RUA/LU
time ~ 3.1 sec. With separated RUA/LU
time 0 sec

14.7- 18.9 s

7.2 8.1 s

2.1 2.7 ms

UE ready in GPRS Buffering

Average delay
from
measurements

UE has left 3G cell

First packet which is not acknowledged and then retransmitted

Following packets
9

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