RAN Alarm Monitoring and

Fault Handling

Exercises

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 Module objectives
• After completing this module, the student is able to
• perform RAN alarm monitoring with NetAct tools, RNC EM,
MML and WBTS EM to detect faults in the RAN network.
• associate the functional units of the RNC and WBTS and is
able to outline the major task of these units
• understand the different signalling methods on the
interfaces of the RNC.
• check the state of:
• Managed objects of the RAN Radio Network
• RNC Computer units
• ATM signalling links
• CCS7 signalling links
• Hardware units of the WBTS
• With NetAct tools, RNC EM, MML and WBTS EM in
order to find the causes for fault situation.
• perform a WBTS loop test.

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 Contents
• RAN Alarm Monitoring using:
• Netact tools
• MML
• RNC EM
• WBTS EM

• RAN RNW Management using:

• NetAct tools
• RNC EM
• WBTS EM

• Checking the signalling of the RAN network using:

• MML
• RNC EM
• WBTS EM

• Architecture of RNC and WBTS

• How to perform a WBTS Loop test

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 WBTS alarms
• 7650 BASE STATION FAULTY
• 7651 BASE STATION OPERATION DEGRADED
• 7652 BASE STATION NOTIFICATION
• 7653 CELL FAULTY
• 7654 CELL OPERATION DEGRADED
• 7655 CELL NOTIFICATION
• 7740 BEATING WCDMA BTS ALARM
• 7750 FAILURE IN WCDMA BTS O&M CONNECTION
• 7761 RNW O&M SCENARIO FAILURE
• 7762 RNW DATABASE OPERATION FAILURE
• 7771 WCDMA CELL OUT OF USE
• 7799 RNC RADIO NETWORK TEST ALARM

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 RNC Alarms
• Example: Transmission alarms
• 3900 INCOMING SDH SIGNAL MISSING
• 3902 LOSS OF FRAME
• 3904 LOSS OF ATM CELL DELINEATION
• 3910 LOSS OF IMA FRAME

• Example: Units states abnormal

• 2687 SYSTEM RESTART IN PROGRESS
• 2688 UNIT SWITCHOVER IN PROGRESS
• 2692 INCORRECT WORKING STATE
• 2693 ACTIVE UNIT FAULTY

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 RAN Alarm Monitoring with NetAct

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 Change operational state and reset
WBTS
from Alarm Monitor

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 Change operational state and reset
WBTS
from TLUI

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 Fault Management with RNC EM

Check active alarms

MML: ZAA_

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 Check Supplementary information with
RNC EM Fault Mgmt
• Open Alarm Information of specific alarm
from RNC EM Fault Mmgt -> Active Alarms
• Find explanation of supplementary info
field in NED -> References -> Alarms

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 Fault Management with RNC EM

7653

Filter alarms
NetAct: FM Rule Editor
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 WCELs status from RNC-NEMU RNW Object
Browser
Operational state (only cell)

Note! Administrative state

Embedded in operational state Most critical alarm
If cell is locked BL(USR)

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 ATM Adaptation Layer for Control Plane
Check ATM interfaces with Check signalling with MML Class
MML Class ZA_ for ATM Layer ZN_ for CCS7 handling
Handling

Iub Iu-CS A B
Uu
BS RNC MGW MSC PSTN
UE RANAP
NBAP SCCP
UNI SAAL (AAL5) MTP3
RNSAP NNI SAAL (AAL5)
SCCP Iur
Check Iub interface MTP3 Iu-PS
RANAP
signalling with RNC
NNI SAAL (AAL5) SCCP
RNW ObjectBS RNC
MTP3
NNI SAAL (AAL5)
Browser (COCO)
NBAP
UNI SAAL (AAL5) Gn Gi
BS
SGSN GGSN IP network
UNI User Network Interface
NNI Network Node Interface
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 WBTS_RNC Cross Connections

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 Checking the ATM interfaces
MAIN LEVEL COMMAND <___>
< ZLAI;
LOADING PROGRAM VERSION 5.4-0

INTERROGATE INTERFACE
INTERFACE ADMIN ACC OPER
ID TYPE PHY TTP STATE PROF STATE
----- ---- -------- -------- ---- --------
13 UNI 13 UNLOCKED YES ENABLED
15 UNI 15 UNLOCKED YES DISABLED
10 NNI 10 UNLOCKED YES ENABLED
11 NNI 11 UNLOCKED YES ENABLED
MSC
COMMAND EXECUTED
ATM INTERFACE HANDLING COMMAND <LA_>
ZLAI
MGW

WBTS
RNC

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 Check the Connection Configuration
with RNC RNW Object Browser

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 Open Alarm details (MML) from RNC
RNW Object Browser

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 Check alarms with MML

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 Check Supplementary information with
MML and NED
Find explanation of
supplementary info field
in NED -> References -
> Alarms

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 State of CCS7 signalling links
The state of the signalling link. It should
be in AV-EX. Any other state would indicate
a problem in the link.

The signalling link number. There All the signalling links between two network
should be more than one signalling elements are grouped together in a set. The set
link for redundancy. is often named according to the destination.

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