RAN12 Link Re-establishment Feature to

Reduce Call Drop (including ULSync

drop)

Proposal for RNC 201 - Sohar

2011-10-16
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Introduction
In order to improve network call drop rate KPI further, link re-
establishment feature is introduced by Huawei RAN system.

The related scenarios are shown as bleow:

Scenario 1: After the RNC sends an ACTIVE SET UPDATE or MEASUREMENT CONTROL
message to the UE, the SRB is reset. Then, the RNC releases the RRC connection.
Scenario 2: After receiving an NBAP RADIO LINK FAILURE message from the NodeB, the RNC
releases the RRC connection.
Scenario 3: After receiving a CELL UPDATE message from the UE, the RNC releases the RRC
connection if the message carries the AM_RLC error indication IE and the value of the Cell
Update Cause IE is "RLC unrecoverable error".

Solution/Mechanism:
For scenario 1&2: RNC does not release the RRC connection but instructs the NodeB not to
send radio signals on this RRC connection. Network triggers the UE to report CELL UPDATE
message. After receiving CELL UPDATE message from UE, RNC re-establishes a radio link.
For scenario 3: After receiving the CELL UPDATE message from the UE, RNC does not
release the RRC connection but re-establishes a radio link.

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Signaling Procedure

Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3

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 Detailed Signaling Procedure
Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3

CELL_A CELL_B CELL_A CELL_B

Active Set Updater/Measurement Control
NOutsyncInd
SRB Reset CELL_A CELL_B
Iu Release Req TRlFailure
NInsyncInd
RL Failure Indication
UE SRB RESET
RADIO LINK ACTIVATION COMMAND
T313
Shutdown the UE DL
transmit power
Iu Release Req

RADIO LINK ACTIVATION COMMAND

N313
Shutdown the UE DL Cell Update( UE SRB RESET)
transmit power
Iu Release Req
T313 T313 RL Setup Req
100
N313 RL Setup Rsp
RL Del Req
T314+T302*N302
T313 T313 RL Del Rsp

Cell Update Confirm

Cell Update(RL Failure) Cell Update(RL Failure)
RL Setup Req
RL Setup Req Physical CH Reconfig CMP
RL Setup Rsp RL Setup Rsp

T314+T302*N302 T314+T302*N302 T314+T302*N302 RL Del Req

T314+T302*N302
RL Del Req
RL Del Rsp RL Del Rsp
Cell Update Confirm Cell Update Confirm
Physical CH Reconfig CMP
Physical CH Reconfig CMP

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 Process Switch

Switch in command
Current Setting Proposed Setting
UCORRMALGOSWTICH

RsvdBit1_BIT24 Disabled (1) Enabled (0)

RsvdBit1_BIT23 Disabled (1) Enabled (0)
RsvdBit1_BIT28 Disabled (1) Enabled (0)
RsvdBit1_BIT22 Disabled (1) Enabled (0)
RsvdBit1_BIT26 Disabled (1) Enabled (0)

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Recommend parameters-1
When call drop re-establishment is activated, in order to
reduce the influence for user experience, we recommend
optimization of the following parameters to detect
asynchronization early and detect synchronization strictly.

Parameter Name RNC 301 value Recommended Value after active re-establishment
T313 5(5sec) 3(3sec)
N313 D100 D20
N315 D1 D20
NOutsyncInd 50 8
NInsyncInd 5 8
TRLFailure 50(5s) 20(2s)

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Recommend parameters-2
When the UE finds the suitable cell and begins re-
establishment, in order to improve re-establishment success
rate, we recommend optimization of the parameters,

Parameter Name RNC 301 value Recommended Value after active re-establishment
T314 D8(8s) D12(12s)
T302 D2000(2s) D1000(1s)
N302 3 7
HoCellUpdateRspTmr 5000(5s) 10000(10s)

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Advantage and Disadvantage
Advantage:
After enabling the feature Link Re-establishment in RNC, call drop rate will be
improved obviously.

Below is a case from another project which implemented the feature. Case in one Huawei swap
project. This feature was
enabled on 31th Aug

Disadvantages:

1. In the process of link re-establishment the voice packet data cant be transmitted, so
the end user cant hear the other party.
2. After enabling this feature, AMR CDR will improve obviously and the existing RF
problems in the network may be in hidden.

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