S01M05 5 Handover Indicators

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Module Objectives
Upon completion of this module, you should be able to:
Explain what are the main Handover counters and indicators provided by the Alcatel-Lucent BSS in order to monitor the quality of handovers
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1 Handovers Overview Description Types 2 Intra-Cell Handovers Intracell HO - Success Failure Causes Failure - Congestion Failure - Radio Failure with ROC Failure - Radio Failure with Drop Failure Other Drops "BSS" Main Counters 3 Internal Intercell Handovers Internal HO Success (Async) HO COMMAND message Incoming Internal HO - Failures Incoming Internal HO - Congestion Incoming Internal HO - Radio Failure Incoming Internal HO - Counters Incoming Internal HO - Indicators Outgoing Internal HO - Failures Outgoing Internal HO - Radio Failure ROC Outgoing Internal HO - Radio Failure Drop Outgoing Internal HO - Counters Outgoing Internal HO - Indicators All Rights Reserved Alcatel-Lucent 2010 1 5 5 Intra-Cell HO / Internal HO - Exercise B11 GSM QoS Monitoring Handover Indicators GSM B11 BSS B11 GSM Quality of Service & Traffic Load Monitoring 4 External Intercell Handovers External HO - Success External HO - Failures Incoming External HO - Congestion Incoming External HO TTCH (CIC) Congestion Incoming External HO - Radio Failure Incoming External HO - Counters Incoming External HO - Indicators Outgoing External HO - Failures Outgoing External HO - Radio Failure with ROC Outgoing External HO - Radio Failure Drop Outgoing External HO - Counters Outgoing External HO - Indicators External HO - Exercise 5 Handovers QoS per Adjacency Type 180 Counters Type 180 Indicators Type 26: TCH outgoing handover per adjacency Type 27: 2G TCH incoming handover per adjacency Type 27 Indicators 6 Inter-PLMN and Inter-RAT Inter-PLMN HO Description Inter-PLMN Indicators 2G-3G Indicators 7 Key Performance Indicators Handover Cause Distribution Handover Standard Cause Distribution Handover Cause Distribution Outgoing Handover Success Rate Incoming Handover Success Rate Page 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62
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Handover Failure Main Causes Page 63
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1 Handovers Overview
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Description
z
Handovers are detected & prepared by the BSC

Algorithms are checked Radio resources are allocated
MS moves from 1 TCH in the Serving Cell to 1 TCH in the Target Cell
BTS BSC
1 2
Radiolink Measurements Active Channel Preprocessing HO Detection Candidate Cell Evaluation HO Preparation HO Execution
CELL (S) CELL (T)
3 4
channel activation handover command
5 6
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note: Handovers are not only from TCH to TCH: HO SDCCH to SDCCH (SDCCH HO) HO SDCCH to TCH (=directed retry)
Types
New TCH is in another TRX of the current cell
Intracell
Intercell
New TCH is in another cell
Serving and Target cells belong to the same BSC (intra-BSC) Point of view from the target cell
Internal
External
Serving and Target cells belong to different BSCs (inter-BSC) Point of view from the serving cell
Incoming
Outgoing
Seving and Target cells are synchronized
Synchronous
Async.
Serving and Target cells are not synchronized
If the MS doesn't leave the current channel, a call drop will occur
Emergency
Better Cell
The Target cell is better than the Serving cell
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2 Intra-Cell Handovers
1 5 10
Intracell HO - Success
MS Cell BSC (detection of intracell HO) MC870 Physical Context Request Physical Context Confirm Channel Activation (new ch) Channel Act. Ack (new ch) Assignment Command MC871 T3107 T9103 *TC* MSC
T9108
Assign Command SABM (new ch) UA (new ch) Assign Complete (new ch)
Establish Indication (new ch)
Assign Complete
MC662 Handover Performed BSC Shared DTM Info Indication only for DTM-capable MS
RF Channel Release RF Channel Release Ack

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MFS
Both SDCCH and TCH are counted together. The T3107 timer is also used as the guard timer of the channel change procedure during an intra cell handover. The default value for T3107 is 14 seconds. The BSC will send BSC Shared DTM INFO Indication to inform the MFS the successful end of the procedure if the conditions below are fulfilled:
z z
EN_DTM = enabled The MS is DTM capable
by default : T3107 = 14sec
Failure Causes
z
Handover Preparation:
Congestion Preparatio Failure HO_Cell_cong HO_Cell_prep_fail *
Handover Execution:
Reversion to old channel Drop radio Drop due to BSS problem HO_Cell_ROC HO_Cell_drop_radio HO_Cell_drop_BSS *
(*) No specific counter
1 5 12
Failure - Congestion
MS Measurement Report Cell Measurement Result (detection of intracell HO) MC870 (no free channel) MC561 TCH MC101 / SDCCH BSC
B11
MC561: In MX BSC, this counter is incremented whenever an intra-cell TCH handover cannot be performed due to the TCH processing capacity of CCP reaches the limit defined by the MAX_TCH_PER_CCP parameter. In this case, MC926 is also incremented by one.
1M B1
R2
In IP mode, this counter is increased by 1 if: - the cell mapped on a BTS is in IP congestion status; - or the TCH processing capacity of AbisBTSGroup reaches the limit defined by the NB_MAX_ACTIVE_TCH_TS parameter
1 5 13
From B7, MC561 replaces MC61 (B6). As the counting of the Abis-TCH congestion case was in restriction in B8: MC61(B6) = MC561(B7)
Failure - Radio Failure with ROC

MS Assign Command (old) T200_TF try N200_TTF times 200ms X 200ms X SABM (new) UA (new) SABM (new) UA (new) SABM (new) UA (new) etc etc etc Assign Failure (old) Assign Failure
Physical Context Request (new) Physical Context Confirm (new) RF Channel Release (new) RF Channel Release Ack (new)
1 5 14
Cell Assignment Command Establish Indication
BSC MC871 T3107
MC667
stop
In this example, the Downlink path on the new channel is faulty (interference, path unbalance ). It is also possible the MS immediately sends an Assign Failure (without even attempting to connect to the new channel). N200_TTF = 34 T200_TF = 200ms 200 * 35 = 7seconds MC667 = C107 (sdcch intracell ho fail roc) + C67 (tch intracell ho fail roc)
Failure - Radio Failure with Drop
MS Assign Command (old)
Cell Assignment Command
BSC
MC871
T3107
Channel release of old and new channels
MC663
1 5 15
MC663 = C103 (sdcch) + C63 (tch)
Failure Other Drops "BSS"

z
Based on missing successes:

HO_Cell_drop_BSS = HO_Cell_allocated - HO_Cell_success - HO_Cell_drop_radio - HO_Cell_ROC
Another counter is linked to various causes of drops during HO preparation and execution phases:
MC14a (Call_drop_HO_Prep_Exec_BSS_failure) is incremented when : TCH Channel Activation is acknowledged negatively Channel Activation procedure (T9103) expires LapD failure, or Abis failure, or BSC boards failure 48.058 ERROR REPORT message with a cause value of "O&M intervention" or "message sequence error" is received on Abis interface from either the serving or the target cell 48.058 CONNECTION FAILURE INDICATION message with a cause value of "remote transcoder failure" during the Channel Activation procedure
1 5 16
Intra cell HO failures due to BSS problems are deduced from other counters.
Main Counters
z
HO FAIL. CASES > intracell HO counters

REQUEST
ATTEMPT
Preparation Failure
SUCCESS
INTRACELL Handover Preparation
Request Congestion BSS Pb MC870
Execution Failure
CONGESTION BSS PB
MC561+MC101 MC870-MC871-(MC561+MC101) MC871
REVERSION OLD CHANNEL
Execution
Attempt
Reversion old channel MC667 Drop radio MC663 BSS Pb MC871-MC662-MC667-MC663 Success
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DROP RADIO DROP BSS
MC662
3 Internal Intercell Handovers
1 5 18
Internal HO Success (Async)

MS Serving Cell Target Cell BSC (detection of intercell HO) MC655a MC830 T9103 MSC
TCH
speech
Channel Activation (new ch) Channel Act. Ack (new ch)
(opt) TFO Modification Req

HO Command HO Access * 4 HO Detection SABM (new ch) UA (new ch) Assign Complete (new ch) Handover Complete MC656 MC652 Establish Indication MC660 MC871 T3103
TCH
speech
(old channel release)
Handover Performed BSC Shared DTM Info Indication only for DTM-capable MS
MFS
1 5 19
MC830=C230 (tch) + C330 (sdcch) After the HO PERFORMED is sent to the MSC.
z z
if DTM is enabled in the old cell, it sends a BSCGP BSC shared DTM info indication (CS_Flag = 0) to the MFS. if DTM is enabled in the new cell, it send a BSCGP BSC shared DTM info indication (CS_flag = 1) to the MFS.
The MFS in the old cell deletes the MS context and creates an MS context according to the information received in the BSCGP BSC shared DTM info indication. In case of Sync HO, the HO COMMAND contains a valid timing advance value, so that the MS will use this timing advance in the target cell. If the HO is not sync, then the HO COMMAND indicates that the HO is async, and the MS will send the HO ACCESS with TA=0. The target BTS will need to compute the TA.
HO COMMAND message
z
The TCH in the Target cell is fully described in the HO Command

BCCH, BCC, NCC TCH Frequency (or Frequency Hopping MA List, MAIO, HSN, etc.) TS Number Ciphering Speech Codec (only for phase 2 MS) Timing Advance information (if Sync HO)
TCH
HO Command
Serving Cell
1 5 20
Incoming Internal HO - Failures

z
Causes of Failures :
Handover procedure from the target cell point of view Handover Preparation:
y Congestion: no RTCH available in the target cell y "Other" problem (no specific counter)
Handover Execution:
y Radio problem: the MS fails to access the new channel
{
which can lead to a "drop" or a "reversion to old channel" (cf. outgoing indicators)
y BSS problem (no specific counter)
1 5 21
Incoming Internal HO - Congestion
MS
Serving Cell
Serving BSC
MSC
MEAS REPORT ----------------------------->
MEASUREMENT RESULT --------------------------------------------------------------> MC830 No free TCH MC551
1 5 22
From B7, MC551 replaces MC51of B6. As the counting of the Abis-TCH congestion case was in restriction in B8: MC51(B6) = MC551(B7)
Incoming Internal HO - Radio Failure

z
MS
MS access problem
Serving cell Target Cell BSC
HO CMD HANDOVER COMMAND <----------------------- <------------------------------------------------------------------------ start T3103 HANDOVER ACCESS MC660 -------------------------------------------------------------> -------------------------------------------------------------> HO DETECTION PHYSICAL INFORMATION ----------------------------------> <------------------------------------------------------------- start T3105 SABM -------------------------------------------------------------> ESTABLISH INDICATION UA ----------------------------------> <------------------------------------------------------------- stop T3105 HANDOVER COMPLETE ----------------------------------------------------- - - - -X MS serving cell target cell BSC SABM MEAS REP -----------------------> ESTABLISH INDICATION MEASUREMENT RESULT UA ------------------------------------------------------------------------> -----------------------> ------------------------------------------------------------------------> <----------------------CHANNEL ACTIVATION HO FAILURE HANDOVER FAILURE <--------------------------------------------------------> ------------------------------------------------------------------------> MC653 CHANNEL ACTIV ACK Release of new channel ---------------------------------->
MSC
HO CMD HANDOVER COMMAND <----------------------- <------------------------------------------------------------------------ start T3103 MC660 SABM -----------x T3103 expiry MC653
1 5 23
All incoming internal HO failures due to radio problems are counted in the same counter MC653. Both radio failures with Reversion Old Channel and radio drop are counted together.
Incoming Internal HO - Counters
REQUEST
ATTEMPT
Preparation Failure
SUCCESS
INCOMING INTERNAL Handover Preparation Request Congestion BSS Pb Execution Attempt Radio (MS access problem) BSS Pb Success
1 5 24
Execution Failure
CONGESTION BSS PB
MC830 MC551+MC91 MC830-MC831-(MC551+MC91)
MS ACCESS PB
MC831 MC653 MC831-MC652-MC653 MC652
BSS PB
Incoming Internal HO - Indicators
HO_Inc_BSC_request HO_Inc_BSC_allocated HO_Inc_BSC_success
HO_Inc_BSC_cong HO_Inc_BSC_fail_radio
HO_Inc_BSC_prep_fail HO_Inc_BSC_fail_BSS
1 5 25
Refer to BSS - DEFINITION OF QUALITY OF SERVICE INDICATORS: Handover Statistics INDICATORS > Incoming handover > Incoming Intra BSC
z z z z z
GHOIBEFR: efficiency of the incoming internal HO execution GHOIBCGR: rate of incoming internal HO failures due to congestion GHOIBPFR: rate of incoming internal HO failures due to BSS during the preparation phase GHOIBFLRR: rate of incoming internal HO failures due to radio problems GHOIBFLBR: rate of incoming internal HO failures due to BSS during the execution phase
Outgoing Internal HO - Failures

z
Cases of Failures:
Handover procedure from the serving cell point of view Handover Preparation:
y Preparation Failures (no details)
Handover Execution:
y radio problem: the MS reverts to the old channel y radio problem: the MS drops y BSS problem (no specific counter)
1 5 26
Outgoing Internal HO - Radio Failure ROC

MS Serving cell Target Cell BSC
HO CMD HANDOVER COMMAND <----------------------- <------------------------------------------------------------------------ start T3103 HANDOVER ACCESS MC660 -------------------------------------------------------------> -------------------------------------------------------------> HO DETECTION PHYSICAL INFORMATION ----------------------------------> <------------------------------------------------------------- start T3105 SABM -------------------------------------------------------------> ESTABLISH INDICATION UA ----------------------------------> <------------------------------------------------------------- stop T3105 HANDOVER COMPLETE ----------------------------------------------------- - - - -X SABM -----------------------> ESTABLISH INDICATION UA ------------------------------------------------------------------------> <----------------------HO FAILURE HANDOVER FAILURE -----------------------> ------------------------------------------------------------------------> MC657 Release of new channel
1 5 27
Outgoing Internal HO - Radio Failure Drop

MS serving cell target cell BSC MSC MEAS REP -----------------------> MEASUREMENT RESULT ------------------------------------------------------------------------> MC655A CHANNEL ACTIVATION <---------------------------------CHAN ACTIV ACK ----------------------------------> HO CMD HANDOVER COMMAND <----------------------- <------------------------------------------------------------------------ start T3103 MC660 SABM ----------x T3103 expiry MC658 Clear_request ------------------------> Clear_command <------------------------
Release of old and new TCH
clear_request: ask the MSC to release the connection In case of call drop due to HO, the cause is "radio interface message failure" (for Alcatel-Lucent)
1 5 28
Outgoing Internal HO - Counters

z
HO FAIL. CASES > Outgoing internal HO counters

REQUEST
ATTEMPT
Preparation Failure
SUCCESS
OUTGOING INTERNAL Handover Preparation Request Any preparation failure Execution Attempt Reversion old channel Drop radio BSS Pb Success
1 5 29
Execution Failure
CONGESTION BSS PB
MC655A MC655A-MC660 MC660 MC657 MC658 MC660-MC656-MC657-MC658 MC656

REVERSION OLD CHANNEL DROP RADIO BSS PB
Outgoing Internal HO - Indicators
HO_Out_BSC_request HO_Out_BSC_required HO_Out_BSC_prep_fail
HO_Out_BSC_success
HO_Out_BSC_ROC
HO_Out_BSC_drop_radio
HO_Out_BSC_drop_BSS
1 5 30
Refer to BSS - DEFINITION OF QUALITY OF SERVICE INDICATORS: Handover Statistics INDICATORS > Outgoing handover > Outgoing Intra BSC
z z z z z
GHOOBRQR: efficiency of the outgoing internal HO preparation GHOOBEFR: efficiency of the outgoing internal HO execution GHOOBOCR: rate of outgoing internal HO failures due to radio problems with Reversion Old Channel GHOOBCDRR: rate of outgoing internal HO failures due to radio problems with drop GHOOBCDR: rate of incoming internal HO failures with drop (radio + BSS)
Intra-Cell HO / Internal HO - Exercise

z
With K1205, find in the PAIB29.REC file:

1) One case of intra-cell failure with reversion 2) One case of Internal handover success
y Identify the target cell y Identify the serving cell (in CR for call establishment)
3) One case of Internal handover failure with reversion 4) One case of Internal handover failure without reversion
Time allowed: 15 minutes
1 5 31
4 External Intercell Handovers
1 5 32
External HO - Success
MS
serving_cell
BSC
MSC
BSC
target_cell
MS
- MEAS_REPORT -> ------- MEAS_RESULT --------> MC645A ------ HO_REQUIRED ----------> MC462A ----------CR (HO_REQUEST) -----> MC820 MC463A <--------- CC ------------------------ ---- CHANNEL_ACTIVATION ------> <- CHANNEL_ACT_ACK------------<----- HO_REQUEST_ACK -------- Start T9113 (HO_COMMAND) MC821 MC463B <------ HO_DETECTION--------------
<------------------------- HO_COMMAND -----------------------------------------------------MC650 Start T8 MC462B
<---- HO_ACCESS ----<---- HO_ACCESS ------- PHYSICAL_INFO --> <--- SABM ------------------- UA -------------->
<-- HO_DETECTION --------------
<----- ESTABLISH_INDICATION ----
MC462C
Release of TCH
<---- CLEAR_COMMAND -----MC646 Cause : HO_SUCCESSFUL Stop T8
<----------- HO_COMPLETE ---------------------------------------<--- HO_COMPLETE --------------- Stop T9113 MC642 MC463C
1 5 33
Both SDCCH and TCH are counted together. From B7, MC645A replaces MC645 of B6. MC645a is only counting HANDOVER REQUIRED messages that are linked to a handover trial and not those that are linked to the update of the candidate cell list for handover / directed retry. This is leading to a more accurate computation of the External outgoing HO success rate. Only Outgoing inter PLMN HO is allowed. 6 counters provide information for "Inter-PLMN HO" (Incoming and Outgoing) (From B8) z MC462a (equivalent of MC645A for intra PLMN external HO) Number of inter-PLMN TCH outgoing handovers or directed retry requests: HANDOVER REQUIRED sent to the MSC for an external TCH HO or an external DR triggered towards a cell belonging to a PLMN different from the PLMN of the serving cell. z MC462b (equivalent of MC650 for intra PLMN external HO) Number of inter-PLMN TCH outgoing handovers or directed retry attempts: HANDOVER COMMAND sent to the MS on Abis for an external TCH HO or an external DR triggered towards a cell belonging to a PLMN different from the PLMN of the serving cell. z MC462c (equivalent of MC646 for intra PLMN external HO) Number of inter-PLMN TCH outgoing handovers or directed retry successes: CLEAR COMMAND with Cause "Handover successful" received from the MSC for an external TCH HO or an external DR triggered towards a cell belonging to a PLMN different from the PLMN of the serving cell. z MC463a (equivalent of MC820 for intra PLMN external HO) Number of inter-PLMN TCH incoming handovers or directed retry requests: HANDOVER REQUEST received from the MSC for an external TCH HO or an external DR triggered towards the target cell from a serving cell belonging to a PLMN different from the PLMN of the target cell. z MC463b (equivalent of MC821 for intra PLMN external HO) Number of inter-PLMN TCH incoming handovers or directed retry attempts: HANDOVER REQUEST ACK sent by the target BSC containing the HANDOVER COMMAND for an external TCH HO or an external DR triggered towards the target cell from a serving cell belonging to a PLMN different from the PLMN of the target cell. z MC463c (equivalent of MC642 for intra PLMN external HO) Number of inter-PLMN TCH incoming handovers or directed retry successes: HANDOVER COMPLETE received from the MS on Abis for an external TCH HO or an external DR triggered towards the target cell from a serving cell belonging to a PLMN different from the PLMN of the target cell. Note than all other (previous) counters related to HO continue to be based on Intra PLMN only.
External HO - Failures
z
Cases of Failures, from the target cell perspective (incoming):
HO_Inc_MSC_request
HO_Inc_MSC_allocated
HO_Inc_MSC_cong
HO_Inc_MSC_no_cic_alloc
HO_Inc_MSC_prep_fail
(deduced)
HO_Inc_MSC_success
HO_Inc_MSC_fail_radio
HO_Inc_MSC_fail_BSS
(deduced)
1 5 34
"deduced" : shows all the failures that were not counted by dedicated counters, by computing the missing successes.
Incoming External HO - Congestion
MS
serving_cell
BSC
MSC
BSC
target_cell
MS
- MEAS_REPORT ->
------- MEAS_RESULT --------> MC645A ------ HO_REQUIRED ------->
----------CR (HO_REQUEST) -----> <----- HO_FAILURE --------------Cause: no radio resource available
MC820 MC541A
( <-HO_REQUIRED_REJECT-)
1 5 35
In case of Mx-BSC, the Congestion cases includes:

- RTCH timeslot congestion - "target" Mx-BSC CCP board capacity exceeded - With Abis over IP (B11 MR3), when the Abis is congested.
(note: TDM Abis congestion cannot be seen with this counter)
Incoming External HO TTCH (CIC) Congestion
MS
serving_cell
BSC
MSC
BSC
target_cell
MS
- MEAS_REPORT ->
------- MEAS_RESULT --------> MC645A ------ HO_REQUIRED ------->
----------CR (HO_REQUEST) -----> <----- HO_FAILURE --------------Cause: terrestrial circuit already allocated Requested terrestrial resource unaivalable BSS not equiopoed
MC820 MC41B
( <-HO_REQUIRED_REJECT-)
1 5 36
Incoming External HO - Radio Failure

z
HO FAIL. CASES > Incoming external HO fail: MS access problem

MS serving_cell BSC MSC BSC target_cell MS
- MEAS_REPORT -> ------- MEAS_RESULT --------> MC645A ---- HO_REQUIRED -------> ----------CR (HO_REQUEST) -------------------> MC820 <-------- CC --------------------------------------- - CHANNEL_ACT ----------> <--- CHA_ACT_ACK -------<----- HO_REQUEST_ACK----------------------- Start T9113 (HO-COMMAND) included MC821 X --- HO_ACCESS ----X ---- HO_ACCESS -----
<-------------------------- HO_COMMAND -----------------------------------------------Start T8 ----- SABM --------> <--- UA ------------- -- ESTABLISH_INDICATION->
MS ----- HO_FAILURE serving_cell (reversion to old channel)

- MEAS_REPORT ->
BSC ------------------------------------------>
MSC
BSC
MC643 Release of connection
target_cell
MS
----------CR (HO_REQUEST) -------------------> MC820 <-------- CC --------------------------------------- - CHANNEL_ACT ----------> <--- CHA_ACT_ACK -------Start T9113 <----- HO_REQUEST_ACK----------------------- Start T9113 <-------------------------- HO_COMMAND ------------------------------------------------ HO-COMMAND) included MC821 X --- HO_ACCESS ----Start T8 X ---- HO_ACCESS --------- SABM --- X ----- SABM --- X ----- SABM --- X
------- MEAS_RESULT --------> MC645A ---- HO_REQUIRED ------->
----- CLEAR_COMMAND ----------------------> Radio interface fail : Reversion to old channel
T9113 expiry
MC643 Release of connection
1 5 37
All incoming external HO failures due to radio problems are counted in the same counter MC643. Both radio failures with Reversion Old Channel and radio drop are counted together.
Incoming External HO - Counters

REQUEST
ATTEMPT
Preparation Failure
NO CIC ALLOC SUCCESS Execution Failure CONGESTION BSS PB

INCOMING EXTERNAL Handover Preparation Request
no CIC alloc
MC820
MC41b MC541a+MC81 MC541+MC81
MS ACCESS PB BSS PB
Congestion BSS Pb Execution Attempt Radio (MS access problem) BSS Pb Success
1 5 38
MC820-MC821-(MC541+MC81) MC821 MC643 MC821-MC642-MC643 MC642

Incoming External HO - Indicators
1 5 39
Refer to BSS - DEFINITION OF QUALITY OF SERVICE INDICATORS: Handover Statistics INDICATORS > Incoming handover > Incoming Inter BSC
z z z z z z
GHOIMEFR: efficiency of the incoming external HO execution GHOIMCGR: rate of incoming external HO failures due to radio congestion (Air or Abis TCH) GHOIMAMR: rate of incoming external HO failures due to CIC congestion (A TCH) GHOIMPFR: rate of incoming external HO failures due to BSS during the preparation phase GHOIMFLRR: rate of incoming external HO failures due to radio problems GHOIMFLBR: rate of incoming external HO failures due to BSS during the execution phase
Inter PLMN Incoming External HO Indicators (from B8) An indicator is created for each counter:
z z z
REQUESTS ATTEMPTS SUCCESS
In addition, these indicators show:

z z
the success rate of incoming inter-PLMN HOs, the ratio of incoming inter-PLMN HO to incoming intra-PLMN and inter-PLMN HO.
Outgoing External HO - Failures

z
Cases of Failures (Outgoing)

Handover Preparation:
y No detail available, only generic "preparation failures"
Handover Execution:
y radio problem: the MS reverts to the old channel y radio problem: the MS drops y BSS problem (no specific counter)
HO_Out_MSC_required
HO_Out_MSC_request
HO_Out_MSC_prep_fail
(deduced)
HO_Out_MSC_success
HO_Out_MSC_ROC HO_Out_MSC_drop_radio
HO_Out_MSC_drop_BSS
(deduced)
1 5 40
Outgoing External HO - Radio Failure with ROC
MS
serving_cell
BSC
MSC
BSC
target_cell
MS
- MEAS_REPORT ->
<-------------------------- HO_COMMAND -----------------------------------------------Start T8 MC650 ----- SABM --------> <--- UA ------------- -- ESTABLISH_INDICATION->
----------CR (HO_REQUEST) -------------------> <-------- CC --------------------------------------- - CHANNEL_ACT ----------> <--- CHA_ACT_ACK -------<----- HO_REQUEST_ACK----------------------- Start T9113 (HO-COMMAND) included X --- HO_ACCESS ----X ---- HO_ACCESS -----
----- HO_FAILURE (reversion to old channel) ------------------------------------------> MC647 ----- CLEAR_COMMAND ----------------------> Radio interface fail : Reversion to old channel
Release of connection
1 5 41
Outgoing External HO - Radio Failure Drop

z
In this case, no reversion to old channel detected

serving_cell BSC MSC BSC target_cell MS
MS
- MEAS_REPORT ->
<-------------------------- HO_COMMAND -----------------------------------------------Start T8 MC650 ----- SABM --- X ----- SABM --- X ----- SABM --- X T8 expiry ----- CLEAR_REQUEST -> MC648 Radio interface message fail
----------CR (HO_REQUEST) -------------------> <-------- CC --------------------------------------- - CHANNEL_ACT ----------> <--- CHA_ACT_ACK -------<----- HO_REQUEST_ACK----------------------- Start T9113 (HO-COMMAND) included X --- HO_ACCESS ----X ---- HO_ACCESS -----
Release of connection
1 5 42
Outgoing External HO - Counters

REQUEST
ATTEMPT
Preparation Failure
SUCCESS
Execution Failure CONGESTION BSS PB
OUTGOING EXTERNAL Handover Preparation Request Any preparation failure Execution Attempt Reversion old channel Drop radio BSS Pb Success
1 5 43
MC645A MC645A-MC650 MC650
REVERSION OLD CHANNEL DROP RADIO BSS PB
MC647 MC648 MC650-MC646-MC647-MC648 MC646

Outgoing External HO - Indicators
1 5 44
Refer to BSS - DEFINITION OF QUALITY OF SERVICE INDICATORS RELEASE: Handover Statistics INDICATORS > Outgoing handover > Outgoing Inter BSC
z z z z z
GHOOMRQR: efficiency of the outgoing external HO preparation GHOOMEFR: efficiency of the outgoing external HO execution GHOOMOCR: rate of outgoing external HO failures due to radio problems with Reversion Old Channel GHOOMCDRR: rate of outgoing external HO failures due to radio problems with drop GHOOMCDR: rate of incoming external HO failures with drop (radio + BSS)
Inter PLMN Outgoing External HO Indicators (From B8) An indicator is created for each counter:
z z z
REQUESTS ATTEMPTS SUCCESS
In addition, these indicators show:

z z
the success rate of outgoing inter-PLMN HOs, the ratio of outgoing inter-PLMN HO to outgoing intra-PLMN and inter-PLMN HO.
External HO - Exercise
z
In PAIB29.REC, extract (if available):

1) 1 incoming external HO success 2) 1 outgoing external HO success 3) 1 incoming external HO failure 4) 1 outgoing external HO failure
Time allowed: 15 minutes
1 5 45
5 Handovers QoS per Adjacency
1 5 46
Type 180 Counters

z
Some handover indicators available per couple of (serving, target) cells permanently through PM type 180 counters
3 counters for each (Serving,Target) adjacency: - C400(S,T): Incoming handovers requested to cell T from cell S - C401(S,T): Incoming handovers attempted to cell T from cell S - C402(S,T): Incoming handovers successfully performed to cell T from cell S
b
C40i(a,b)
C40i(c,b) C40i(c,d)
d e
C40i(f,d)
both internal and external inter cell handovers are counted both SDCCH and TCH handovers are counted
1 5 47
According to the definition of C40i counters:

z z z
C400(Sn,T) = MC820(T) + MC830(T) C401(Sn,T) = MC821(T) +MC831(T) C402(Sn,T) = MC642(T) + MC652(T)

z
where
Sn are the serving cells considering the incoming adjacencies to cell T. MC820(T), MC821(T), MC642(T) are the counters relating to the incoming external handovers requested, attempted and successfully performed to cell T. MC830(T), MC831(T), MC646(T) are the counters relating to the incoming internal handovers requested, attempted and successfully performed to cell T.
Type 180 Indicators

z
From these 3 counters, the following indicators are computed:

100
Cell B
Cell A
10 300
150 200 220
Cell C Fill up
Matrix Inc allocated Matrix Inc efficiency Matrix Inc unsuccess rate rate rate
Fill up
Matrix Inc request Cell A - Cell B Cell A - Cell C Cell B - Cell A Cell B - Cell C Cel C - Cell A Cell C - Cell B 100 10 150 220 300 200 30 30 Matrix Inc allocated 80 10 Matrix Inc success 40 10
80/100 100%
40/80 100%
(100-40)/100 100%
10%
100%
10%
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Note : in NPO, when n/a is seen in the table, it means "0" (= no HO were done during the period)
Type 180 Indicators [cont.]

z
The following indicators can be computed from PM Type 180 counters in order to:
Detect the most important neighboring cells as per their traffic
y Distribution of incoming handovers performed to cell T from serving cells Sn = C402(Sx,T) / C402(Sn,T)
Ease the diagnosis of the bad handover performance of a cell

y Global Success of incoming handovers to cell T from cell S HOOASUR = C402(S,T) / C400(S,T) y Allocation Success of the incoming handover preparation to cell T from cell S HOOACAR = C401(S,T) / C400(S,T) y Efficiency of the incoming handover execution to cell T from cell S HOOAEFR = C402(S,T) / C401(S,T)
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Refer to BSS - DEFINITION OF QUALITY OF SERVICE INDICATORS: Handover Statistics > HO Statistics per couple of cells > Indicators with counter type 180
z
These indicators can also be used to check if a recently handover relationship is generating handover as expected. They will also allow to identify the handover relationships which should be deleted since no (or very few) handover is observed.
Type 26: TCH outgoing handover per adjacency

z
Some handover indicators are available per couple of (serving, target) cells on demand for all outgoing adjacencies of a serving cell through PM type 26 (40 cells since B8)
Tb Target a Serving
C72i(S,Te) C72i(S,Tc)
C720 Outgoing TCH handover attempts
Tc
C721 Outgoing TCH handover successes. C722 Outgoing TCH handover -execution radio failures with ROC C723 Outgoing TCH handover -execution radio failures without ROC C724 Outgoing TCH handover for an emergency cause C725 Outgoing TCH handover for a better cell cause C727 Outgoing TCH handover for a traffic cause C728 Outgoing TCH handover for FDR
Te
Tf
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Type 27: 2G TCH incoming handover per adjacency

z
Some handover indicators are available per couple of (serving, target) cells on demand for all incoming adjacencies of a target cell through PM type 27.
C730 Incoming 2G TCH handover attempts
Sb Serving a Target
C73i(Se,T) C73i(Sc,T)
C731 Incoming 2G TCH handover successes.
Sc
C733
Incoming 2G TCH handover execution radio failures with or without ROC
C734 Incoming 2G TCH handover for an emergency cause C735 Incoming 2G TCH handover for a better cell cause C737 Incoming 2G TCH handover for a traffic cause C738 Incoming 2G TCH handover for FDR
Se
Sf
C738 Incoming 2G TCH handover with unknown or missing causes
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Other counters are provided:

z z z z
C734(Sx,T): Incoming handovers attempted from Sx to T for an emergency cause. C735(Sx,T): Incoming handovers attempted from Sx to T for a better cell cause. C737(Sx,T): Incoming handovers attempted from Sx to T for a traffic cause. C738(Sx,T): Incoming handovers attempted from Sx to T for a forced directed retry cause.
The set of Type 27 counters can be retrieved for only one cell per BSS at once.
Type 27 Indicators
z
The following indicators can be computed from PM Type 27 counters in order to ease the diagnosis of the bad incoming handover performance of a cell:
Efficiency of the incoming handover execution to cell T from cell Sx
HOIXSUR = C731(Sx,T) / C730(Sx,T)
Rate of incoming ho execution failures due to MS radio access problems to cell T from cell Sx
HOIXCDRR = C733(Sx,T) / C730(Sx,T)
Rate of incoming ho execution failures due to BSS problems to cell T from cell Sx
HOIXCDBR= [C730(Sx,T)-C731(Sx,T)-C733(Sx,T)] / C730(Sx,T)
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Refer to BSS - DEFINITION OF QUALITY OF SERVICE INDICATORS: Handover Statistics > HO Statistics per couple of cells > Indicators with counter type 27
6 Inter-PLMN and Inter-RAT
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Inter-PLMN HO Description
z z
Since B8, outgoing inter-PLMN HO are available (incoming were always available) Usage of CGI n the OMC-R allows to define outgoing inter-PLMN adjacencies (serving cell from own PLMN, target cell from foreign PLMN)
OMC-R FRANCE ITALIE
External cells : belong to another OMC-R (from own PLMN or foreign PLMN) Internal cells : belong to this OMC-R Up to 4 foreign PLMN's can be defined in one OMC-R. Inter-PlMN external cells are defined by their CGI
Outgoing
Incoming
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MCC is the Mobile Country Code, MNC is the Mobile Network Code, LAC is the Location Area Code, CI is the Cell Identification. Handovers towards cells belonging to a different PLMN are not possible if CGI_REQD is set to 0. Handovers towards UMTS cells belonging to a different PLMN are not possible if CGI_3G_REQUIRED is set to 0. The MS will only measure those Neighbour cells which have a BSIC whose PLMN colour code matches with the coding in the NCC Permitted transmitted to the MS in the SYSTEM INFORMATION TYPE 6.
Inter-PLMN Indicators
RTCH_HO_Inc_InterPLMN_request
RTCH_HO_Inc_InterPLMN_request_ratio
B11
RTCH_HO_Inc_InterPLMN_allocated
RTCH_HO_Inc_PLMN_fail_cong
B11
RTCH_HO_Inc_InterPLMN_success
RTCH_HO_Out_InterPLMN_request
RTCH_HO_Out_InterPLMN_attempt
RTCH_HO_Out_InterPLMN_success
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RTCH_HO_Inc_InterPLMN_request_ratio : RTCH_HO_Inc_InterPLMN_request / RTCH_HO_request
2G-3G Indicators
INCOMING
HO_Inc_MSC_3G_2G_request HO_Inc_MSC_3G_2G_TCH request HO_Inc_MSC_3G_2G_allocated HO_Inc_MSC_3G_2G_TCH request_emergency
HO_Inc_MSC_3G_2G_TCH_fail_3Gcong HO_Inc_MSC_3G_2G_HOreject_HL_Time
HO_Inc_MSC_3G_2G fail_prep_System
HO_Inc_MSC_3G_2G_success
HO_Inc_MSC_3G_2G_fail_radio
HO_Inc_MSC_3G_2G_fail_BSS
OUTGOING
HO_Out_MSC_2G_3G_required
HO_Out_MSC_2G_3G_request
HO_Out_MSC_2G_3G_prep_fail
HO_Out_MSC_2G_3G_success
HO_Out_MSC_2G_3G_ROC
HO_Out_MSC_2G_3G failure_radio
HO_Out_MSC_2G_3G drop_BSS
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HO_Inc_MSC_3G_2G_HOreject_HL_Time : - Cumulative time (in seconds) during which the Cell is in 3G high load state - i.e. Whenever the 3G_HOReject_Load State in the cell is reported as high or reported as indefinite while the previous state was high. This counter shall be incremented only if THR_CELL_LOAD_3G_REJECT < 100%.
7 Key Performance Indicators
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Handover Cause Distribution

Indicator Formulae Threshold Com men ts Ref. name Unit
HO cause distribution
(MC67w or MC785x or MC586y or MC10zz or MC447 or MC461 (MC67all + MC785all + MC586all + MC10all + MC447 + MC461)
MC67all=MC671+MC672+MC673+MC674+MC675+MC676+MC677+MC6 78+MC679+MC670 MC785all = MC785a + MC785d + MC785e + MC785f (Microcell) MC586all = MC586a + MC586b + MC586c (concentric) MC10all = MC1040 + MC1044 + MC1050
Qual DL > 10% Qual UL > 10% Level UL > 20% Level DL > 20% Interf UL > 5% Interf DL > 5% Better Cell < 30%
GHCSTBPBR, GHCCCELVDR, GHCCCELVUR, GHCCCBCPR, GHCSTEDIR, GHCSTEIFDR, GHCSTELVDR, GHCSTEQLDR, GHCSTBDRR, GHCMBBCPR, GHCMCEBSR, GHCMCELVDR, GHCMCBCPR, GHCMCELVUR, GHCSTEMIR, GHCSTEIFUR GHCSTELVUR, GHCSTEQLUR, GHCSTAMR, GHCSTBTFR
z
z
HO CAUSE DISTRIBUTION : distribution of HO attemps by cause X : UL/DL Qual, UL/DL Lev,
UL/DL Interference, Distance, Better Cell, Interband, Micro cells HO, Concentric Cell, Traffic, AMRS, TFO causes Indicator aiming at measuring the efficiency of planning /optimization
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Handover Standard Cause Distribution

Indicator Distribution HO cause standard Formulae
(MC67x) / GLOBAL HO CAUSE STANDARD MC67x = MC670 or MC672 or MC671 or MC673 or MC676 or MC677 or MC678 or MC674 or (MC670+MC672) or (MC671+MC673) or (MC676+M677)
Threshold
Com men ts
Ref. name
GHCSTEIFDSR, GHCSTEIFUSR, GHCSTEIFSR, GHCSTELVDSR, GHCSTELVUSR, GHCSTELVSR, GHCSTEQLDSR, GHCSTEQLUSR, GHCSTEQLSR, GHCSTBPBSR, GHCSTEDISR
Unit %
DISTRIBUTION HO CAUSE STANDARD : Distribution of Handover attempts by standard cause : Power Budget, quality too low, level too low, high interference and MS-BTS distance too long. z Indicator aiming at measuring the efficiency of planning / optimization z Interesting for comparing HO distribution after concentric or micro cell implementation
z
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The Global HO cause standard indicator is defined as below: where:

z z z z z z z z
MC670: Number of handover attempts cause 2: "uplink quality too low" MC672: Number of handover attempts cause 4: downlink quality too low" MC671: Number of handover attempts cause 3: "uplink level too low" MC673: Number of handover attempts cause 5: "downlink level too low" MC676: Number of handover attempts cause 15: "too high uplink interference level" MC677: Number of handover attempts cause 16: "too high downlink interference level" MC678: Number of handover attempts cause 12: "too low power budget" MC674: Number of handover attempts cause 6: "MS-BTS distance too long"
Handover Cause Distribution

zHANDOVER
CAUSE rates
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Refer to BSS - DEFINITION OF QUALITY OF SERVICE INDICATORS: Handover statistics INDICATORS > Handover causes GHCXXYYYYR: Rate of specific HO cause xxyyyy versus all HO causes (Global)
z z
where XX = ST (standard) or MC (micro cell) or CC (concentric cell) or MB (multi band) and YYYY is specific to the cause
Outgoing Handover Success Rate

zGlobal success rate of Outgoing HO : Rate of successful outgoing external and internal intercell SDCCH and TCH HO
Indicator HO_Out_success_rate
Formulae HO_Out_success/HO_Out_required
Thres hold
90%
Comments
This indicator includes preparation and execution.
Ref. name
GHOORSUR
Unit %
Success rate of execution of Outgoing HO : Rate of successful outgoing external and internal intercell SDCCH and TCH HO
Formulae HO_Out_success/HO_Out_request Thres hold
90%
Indicator HO_Out_efficiency_rate
Comments
This indicator takes into account HO execution only (not HO preparation).
Ref. name
GHOOREFR
Unit %
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Global Outgoing HO success rate: represents the global efficiency of the outgoing handovers performed from one cell to any of its neighboring cells (same BSS or not). Efficiency of Outgoing HO execution: represents the efficiency of the channel change procedure during outgoing handovers performed from one cell to any of its neighboring cells (same BSS or not). It does not take into account the HO failures that can occur during the preparation phase when the new channel is being selected and activated. HO_Out_success = HO_Out_MSC_2G_3G_success + HO_Out_MSC_2G_2G_success + HO_Out_BSC_success HO_Out_required = HO_Out_MSC_2G_2G_required+HO_Out_BSC_required+HO_Out_MSC_2G_3G_required HO_Out_request = HO_Out_MSC_2G_2G_request+HO_Out_BSC_request+HO_Out_MSC_2G_3G_request
Incoming Handover Success Rate

zGlobal success rate of Incoming HO : Rate of successful incoming external and internal intercell SDCCH and TCH HO
Indicator HO_Inc_success_rate
Formulae HO_Inc_success / HO_Inc_request
Thres hold
90%
Comments
Ref. name GHOIRSUR
Unit %
Success rate of execution of Incoming HO : Rate of successful incoming external and internal intercell SDCCH and TCH HO
Formulae HO_Inc_success / HO_Inc_allocated Thres hold
90%
Indicator HO_Inc_efficiency_rate
Comments
Excluding congestion failures and BSS preparation failures from requests.
Ref. name GHOIREFR
Unit %
1 5 62
Global Incoming HO success rate: represents the global efficiency of the incoming handovers performed to one cell from any of its neighboring cells (same BSS or not). Efficiency of Incoming HO execution: represents the efficiency of the channel change procedure during incoming handovers performed to one cell from any of its neighboring cells (same BSS or not). It does not take into account the HO failures that can occur during the preparation phase when the new channel is being selected and activated. HO_Inc_success = HO_Inc_MSC_success + HO_Inc_BSC_success HO_Inc_request = HO_Inc_MSC_request + HO_Inc_BSC_request HO_Inc_allocated = HO_Inc_MSC_allocated + HO_Inc_BSC_allocated
Handover Failure Main Causes

z Main Causes of handover failure
Bad handover parameters settings (check with the RFT Training) Hardware fault (TRX board fault) Congestion Interference Coverage Clock or timer mismatching
1 5 63
Coverage
z
Coverage hole
Coverage hole may exist when coverage areas of two BTSs do not overlap or there are some big obstacles in the coverage area, this lead to no signal or very poor signal level.
z
Over shooting
In the actual network, the high BTS antenna can propagate far away along a road and serve in area which its not suppose to serve in; which result in the "isolate Island" problem. Interference Interference usually occurs when more than one idle channel appear in the highest interference band. If the interference is internal, it will usually increase with the growth of traffic. If the interference is external, it is usually not related to traffic, but it may increase with the traffic growth if the interference is from the close analog network. There is also the possibility to work with the RMS (per TRX). If there are high Rx_lev but bad quality, it indicates that co-channel and/or adjacent-channel interference exist. Congestion: see previous case study Timer mismatching: check with the NSS team whether BSS-NSS parameters are well set.

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Section 1 B11 GSM QoS Monitoring

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Module Objectives [cont.]

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Table of Contents [cont.]

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Handovers are detected & prepared by the BSC

CELL (S) CELL (T)

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New TCH is in another TRX of the current cell

New TCH is in another cell

Seving and Target cells are synchronized

Serving and Target cells are not synchronized

The Target cell is better than the Serving cell

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Establish Indication (new ch)

RF Channel Release RF Channel Release Ack

EN_DTM = enabled The MS is DTM capable

by default : T3107 = 14sec

(*) No specific counter

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Failure - Radio Failure with ROC

Cell Assignment Command Establish Indication

BSC MC871 T3107

Failure - Radio Failure with Drop

MS Assign Command (old)

Cell Assignment Command

Channel release of old and new channels

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MC663 = C103 (sdcch) + C63 (tch)

Failure Other Drops "BSS"

Based on missing successes:

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HO FAIL. CASES > intracell HO counters

MC561+MC101 MC870-MC871-(MC561+MC101) MC871

REVERSION OLD CHANNEL

DROP RADIO DROP BSS

3 Internal Intercell Handovers

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3 Internal Intercell Handovers

Internal HO Success (Async)

Channel Activation (new ch) Channel Act. Ack (new ch)

(opt) TFO Modification Req

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3 Internal Intercell Handovers

The TCH in the Target cell is fully described in the HO Command

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3 Internal Intercell Handovers

Incoming Internal HO - Failures

y BSS problem (no specific counter)

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3 Internal Intercell Handovers

Incoming Internal HO - Congestion

MEAS REPORT ----------------------------->

MEASUREMENT RESULT --------------------------------------------------------------> MC830 No free TCH MC551

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