Cell Reselection With LTE Feature

Cell Reselection with LTE
Feature Guide

Version
Date
Author
Reviewer
Notes
Compared with UR13:

1) Modify chapter 3.1, absolute priority
measurement for CELL_FACH introd
uced;
V1.00
2015/05/20
Zhang Bo
Wang Juntao
2) Modify chapter 3.1, "E-UTRA Scaling

Factor for Treselection" introduced;
3) Modify chapter 5.1

4) Modify chapter 6.2~6.4
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1
Feature Attribute ............................................................................................... 5
2
2.1
2.1.1
2.2
2.3
Overview ............................................................................................................ 5
Feature Introduction ............................................................................................. 5
ZWF21-03-100 Cell Reselection with LTE ........................................................... 5
License Control .................................................................................................... 6
Correlation With Other Features .......................................................................... 6
3
3.1
3.2
Technical Description ....................................................................................... 7

ZWF21-03-100 Cell Reselection with LTE ........................................................... 7
EUTRAN Black Listed Cells Support .................................................................. 12
4
4.1
4.2
Parameters....................................................................................................... 13
ZWF21-03-100 Cell Reselection with LTE ......................................................... 13
5
5.1
5.2
Related Counters and Alarms ........................................................................ 28

Related Counters ............................................................................................... 28
Related Alarms .................................................................................................. 29
6
6.1
6.1.1
6.1.2
6.2
6.2.1
6.2.2
6.3
6.3.1
6.3.2
6.4
6.4.1
6.4.2
6.5
6.5.1
6.5.2
Engineering Guide .......................................................................................... 29

Application Scenario .......................................................................................... 29
Feature Activation Procedure ............................................................................. 30
Cell Reselection with LTE .................................................................................. 30
Feature Validation Procedure ............................................................................ 39
Cell Reselection with LTE .................................................................................. 39
EUTRAN Blacklist .............................................................................................. 40
Feature Deactivation Procedure......................................................................... 40
Cell Reselection With LTE ................................................................................. 40
EUTRAN Blacklist .............................................................................................. 41
Impact on the Network ....................................................................................... 41
Abbreviation .................................................................................................... 42
Reference Document....................................................................................... 42
FIGURES
Figure 6-1 Parameters configuration interface 1 ................................................................31
Figure 6-10 Parameters configuration interface 10 ............................................................39
TABLES
Table 2-1 License Control List ............................................................................................ 6
Table 6-1 Feature Validation Procedure 1..........................................................................39
Table 6-2 Feature Validation Procedure 2..........................................................................40
Table 6-3 RNC parameter list 1 .........................................................................................40
Table 6-4 RNC parameter list 2 .........................................................................................41
Feature Attribute
RNC version: [ZXWR RNC V3.14.10.14/ZXUR 9000 V4.14.10.14]
Node B version: [ZXSDR V4.14.10]
Attribute: [Optional]
Involved NEs:
NE Name
Related or Not
UE
Node B
RNC
iTC
MSC
MGW
SGSN
GGSN
HLR
Special Requirement
: involved
-: not involved.
Overview
2.1
Feature Introduction
2.1.1
ZWF21-03-100 Cell Reselection with LTE

With the development of the LTE technology, the LTE network has entered the
commercial deployment stage. In the area covered by both of UMTS and LTE networks,
a system is required to enable UEs perform cell selection\reselection between two
networks based on the network quality.
3GPP R8 supports the absolute-priority based cell selection\reselection, which acts as

the only mechanism of the cell selection\reselection between the UMTS and LTE
networks. The UTRAN must be configured to support the E-UTRAN frequency point list,
and SIB19 must provide the reselection priority, quality threshold, and frequency
information. After the UE identifies the information provided by SIB19, it can be selected
or reselected according to the network measurement result.
If the absolute priority based reselection is used, the UTRAN informs the UE of an
E-UTRAN frequency through SIB19 instead of a specific E-UTRAN neighboring cell. The
UE automatically searches for the E-UTRAN cells of this frequency point. After a suitable
E-UTRAN cell is found, the UE can camp on it. However, some E-UTRAN cells, such as
E-UTRAN cells with high load or to be operated, does not allow the UE to camp on them.
For these E-UTRAN cells, the UTRAN adds the E-UTRAN cell information into the
blacklist in SIB19, to prohibit the UE from searching for these E-UTRAN cells.
2.2
License Control
Table 2-1
License Control List
Feature ID
ZWF21-03-100
2.3
Feature Name
Cell Reselection with
LTE
License
Configured
Control Item
NE
N/A
N/A
Unit
N/A
Correlation With Other Features

1. Required Features
ZWF21-03-005 Cell Selection & Re-Selection
2. Mutually Exclusive Features
None
3. Affected Features
None
Technical Description
3.1

Absolute priority based criteria is introduced in 3GPP as the cell selection/reselection
mechanism between UMTS(UTRAN) and LTE(EUTRAN). Cell selection/reselection
based
on
absolute-priority
is
controlled
by
UCelInfoFDD.absPriReselSwch.
If
UCelInfoFDD.absPriReselSwch is On, the RNC delivers SIB19 information in the

system broadcast messages including the related cell selection/reselection information
for EUTRAN and UTRAN.
1 EUTRAN frequencies list
-
Number of EUTRAN center frequencies, which is indicated by

UPriSel.eutranInterFNum ;
EARFCN of the downlink carrier frequency, which is indicated by

UPriSel.dlEARFCN;
Measurement bandwidth, indicated by UPriSel.allowMeasBand, refers to the

number of resource blocks that can be measured by the UE.
2 EUTRAN absolute priority information

-
EUTRAN system priority, which is indicated by UPriSel.eutranPriority.
3 UTRAN frequency information

-
Number of UTRAN carrier frequencies, which is indicated by

UPriSel.utranInterFNum.
UARFCN of the downlink carrier frequency, which is indicated by

UPriSel.utranUARFCN.
4 UTRAN absolute priority information

-
Serving cells priority, which is indicated by UPriSel.servCelPriority;
UTRAN frequencys priority, which is indicated by UPriSel.utranPriority.
The measurement criteria of absolute priority reselection are described as follows:

If the UE has received absolute priority information from the EUTRAN cell, the
measurement rules below apply in Idle, URA_PCH, CELL_PCH states. In

CELL_FACH state, when UUtranCellFDD.priMeaReseFachSwi is on, if (High
Priority Layers is indicated in CELL_FACH Absolute Priority Measurement Indicator
(UExtCelInfoFDD.fachAbsPrioMeaInd) and SrxlevServingCell > Sprioritysearch1
and SqualServingCell > Sprioritysearch2) or (All Layers is indicated in CELL_FACH
Absolute Priority Measurement Indicator ) then the measurement rules below apply
Perform measurements of inter-RAT layers with a priority higher than the priority of
the current serving cell.
For inter-RAT layers with a priority lower than the priority of the current serving cell:
If SrxlevServingCell > Sprioritysearch1 and SqualServingCell > Sprioritysearch2, the UE may

choose not to perform the measurements of the inter-RAT layers.
If SrxlevServingCell <=
Sprioritysearch1 or SqualServingCell <=
Sprioritysearch2 the UE shall
perform the measurements of inter-RAT layers of lower priority.

Where,
Sprioritysearch1 is CPICH RSCP Measurement Trigger Threshold for Absolute Priority
Reselection Criteria, and is obtained from UPriSel.sPrioritySearch1
Sprioritysearch2 is CPICH EcN0 Measurement Trigger Threshold for Absolute Priority
Reselection Criteria, and is obtained from UPriSel.sprioritySearch2
SrxlevServingCell is CPICH RSCP Measurement value of the serving cell. For the detailed
definition, refer to ZTE UMTS Idle Mode and Common Channel Behavior Feature
Guide
SqualServingCell is CPICH EcN0 Measurement value of the serving cell. For the detailed
definition, refer to ZTE UMTS Idle Mode and Common Channel Behavior Feature
Guide
Based on whether the Threshx,high2 or Threshx,low2 is broadcasted, the absolute-priority
based cell reselection rules are described as follows:
1 The following definitions are applicable to the network layers where the
Threshx,high2
or Threshx,low2 is not broadcasted:
Criterion 1: the SrxlevnonServingCell,x of a cell at a layer with an evaluated higher

absolute priority is greater than Threshx,high during a Treselection time interval;
Criterion
2:
SrxlevServingCell
<
Threshserving,low
or
SqualServingCell<0
and
the
SrxlevnonServingCell,x of an inter-frequency cell at a layer with an evaluated equal

absolute priority is greater than Threshx,low during a Treselection time interval;
Criterion
3:
SrxlevServingCell<Threshserving,low
or
SqualServingCell<0
and
the
SrxlevnonServingCell,x of a cell at a layer with an evaluated lower absolute priority layer

is greater than Threshx,low during a Treselection time interval;
Where,
Threshx,high is an Srxlev based threshold used by the UE for cell reselection towards a
higher absolute priority layer. For UTRAN, it is obtained from UPriSel.utranHighThresh.
For EUTRAN, it is obtained from UPriSel.eutranHighThresh;
Threshx,low is an Srxlev based threshold used by the UE for cell reselection towards an
equal
or
lower
absolute
priority
layer.
For
UTRAN,
it
is
obtained
from
UPriSel.utranLowThresh. For EUTRAN, it is obtained from UPriSel.eutranHighThresh;

Threshserving,low is the limit for Srxlev in the serving cell below which the UE may perform
cell reselection to a cell at a layer with lower absolute priority. It is obtained from
UPriSel.threshServingLow.
SrxlevServingCell is the CPICH RSCP measurement value of the serving cell. For the
detailed definition, refer to ZTE UMTS Idle Mode and Common Channel Behavior
Feature Guide
SqualServingCell is the CPICH EcN0 measurement value of the serving cell. For the
Feature Guide
SrxlevnonServingCell is the CPICH RSCP measurement value of the neighboring cell. For the
Feature Guide
2 The following definitions are applicable to the network layers that both Threshx,high2 and
Threshx,low2 are broadcasted:
Criterion 4: the SqualnonServingCell,x of a cell at a layer with an evaluated higher

absolute priority is greater than Threshx,high2 during a Treselection time interval;
Criterion 5: SqualServingCell < Threshserving,low2 and the SqualnonServingCell,x of a

cell at a layer with an evaluated lower absolute priority is greater than Threshx,low2
during a Treselection time interval;
Where,
Threshx,high2 and Threshx,low2 are thresholds for RSRQ used in E-UREAN when absolute
priorities are applied. UPriSel.threshRsrqInd is used to indicate whether Threshx,high2 and
Threshx,low2 are configured.
Threshx,high2 is a Squal based threshold used by the UE for cell reselection towards a
higher absolute priority layer. And it is obtained from UPriSel.EutranHighThres2;
Threshx,low2 is a Squal based threshold used by the UE for cell reselection towards an
equal or lower absolute priority layer. It is obtained from UPriSel.EutranLowThresh2.
Threshserving,low2 is the limit for Squal in the serving cell below which the UE may perform
cell reselection to a cell at the layer with a lower absolute priority. It is obtained from
UPriSel.thresServingLow2.
SqualServingCell is the CPICH EcN0 measurement value of neighboring cell. For the
detailed description, refer to ZTE UMTS Idle Mode and Common Channel Behavior
Feature Guide.
Cell reselection to a cell at a layer with a higher absolute priority than the camped
frequency shall be performed if criterion 1 or 4 is satisfied.
Cell reselection to an inter-frequency cell at a layer with an equal absolute priority to the
camped frequency shall be performed if criterion 2 is satisfied.
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Cell reselection to a cell at a layer with a lower absolute priority than the camped
frequency shall be performed if criterion 3 or 5 is satisfied.
If more than one cell meets the above criteria, the UE shall reselect the cell with the
highest SrxlevnonServingCell,x among the cells meeting the criteria at a layer with the highest
absolute priority.
The UE shall not perform cell reselection until more than 1 second has elapsed since the
UE camped on the current serving cell.
The UE shall not perform cell reselection to cells for which the cell selection criterion S is
not satisfied. SIB19 also broadcasts Qrxlevmin of EUTRAN for Cell Reselection
(UPriSel.qrxlevminEUTRA),
Qqualmin
of
EUTRAN
for
Cell
Reselection
(UPriSel.qqualminEUTRA). When RSRQ is used, the real measurement threshold is

E-UTRA frequency RACH reporting threshold - EUTRA-RSRQ-offsetWB, where,
EUTRA-RSRQ-offsetWB
=qqualminEUTRA
qqualminEUTRA-WB.
When
measurement band is bigger than 50RBs (Resources Block), qqualminEUTRA-WB

should be usedl; otherwise, RSRQ measurement accuracy will be impact. Where,
qqualminEUTRA-WB
qqualminEUTRA-WB
comes
from
should
UPriSel.qqualminEUTRAWB,;
be
configured
determined
whether
by
UExtCelInfoFDD.qqualminEUTRAWBCon.
If SIB4 broadcasts Treselections,PCH, Treselections,PCH is used for the UE in CELL_PCH or
URA_PCH state. If SIB4 broadcasts Treselections,FACH, Treselections,PCH is used for the
UE in CELL_FACH state. In other cases, Treselections is used for the UE.
Where,
-
Treselections is indicated by UCelSel.tReselection;
Treselections,PCH is indicated by UCelSel.tReselectionPch;
Treselections,FACH is indicated by UCelSel.tReselectionFach;
In the above criteria, the values of Treselections, Treselections,PCH or Treselections,FACH

used as Treselection need to be multiplied by a factor
according to the UE mobility
state and target RAT, refer to ZTE UMTS Idle Mode and Common Channel Behavior
Feature Guid 3.2.5.1 for more details.
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For EUTRA cells apply the scaling rules in 3.2.5.1 if "E-UTRA ScalingFactor for
Treselection" is not sent on system information, else follow the rules below for EUTRA.
For high-mobility state not detected: for EUTRA cells multiply Treselections or
Treselections,PCH or Treselections,FACH by the IE "E-UTRA ScalingFactor for
Treselection" if sent on system information.
For high-mobility state is detected: for EUTRA cells multiply Treselections or

Treselections,PCH or Treselections,FACH by both the IEs "Speed dependent
ScalingFactor for_Treselection if sent on system information and "EUTRA
ScalingFactor for Treselection" if sent on system information.
Where,
3.2
"E-UTRA ScalingFactor for Treselection" comes from UCelSel.eutraSFTreselect;
"Speed dependent ScalingFactor for_Treselection comes from UCelSel.SpSf.
EUTRAN Black Listed Cells Support

When the UE reselects a new cell from UTRAN to EUTRAN (LTE), some EUTRAN cells
might be unsuitable for UE to camp on. In order to avoid the failure of reselection, the
prohibited EUTRAN cells are sent to the UE in EUTRAN black list by RNC.
The
feature
is
controlled
by
UtranCellFDD.eutranNCblstSwch.
If
UtranCellFDD.eutranNCblstSwch is set to 1:on, the cells that the value of

UENbrBlkList.stateMode is 0 in EUTRAN black list are sent to UE through SIB 19, in
order to prohibit UE to search and reselect the cells in EUTRAN black list.
In addition, the maximum number of cells for each EUTRAN frequency in EUTRAN black
list is 16.
The EUTRAN black list is obtained from the record in the object UENbrBlkList as follows.
Logica Name
EUTRAN Band Indicator
Downlink EUTRAN Absolute Radio
Frequency Channel Number
Number of EUTRAN Blacklist Cells Per
Parameter
UENbrBlkList.eutranFreqBandInd
UENbrBlkList.earfcnDl
UENbrBlkList.neutranNum
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Logica Name
Parameter
Frequency
Physical EUTRAN Cell Identity
State Indicator Used for EUTRAN
Blacklist Cell Configuration
UENbrBlkList.neutranCId
UENbrBlkList.stateMode
Parameters
4.1

Managed
Logic
Object
Name
Parameter Description
Value
Range
Unit
Default
Value
Recom
mende
d Value
This parameter indicates

UCelInfoF
DD.absPri
ReselSwc
h
Absolute
Priority
Reselection
Criteria
Switch
whether the absolute priority

reselection rule is used. If
absPriReselSwch is set to
0: Off
On, the RNC will broadcast
1: On
N/A
0: Off
1: On
N/A
SIB19 messages. Otherwise,

SIB19 messages will not be
broadcast.
UPriSel.all
owMeasB
and[MAX_
NUM_
EUTRAN
_FREQ]
UPriSel.dl
EARFCN[
MAX_NU
M_
EUTRAN
_FREQ]
EUTRAN
Allowed
Measureme
nt
Bandwidth
Downlink
EUTRAN
Absolute
Radio
Frequency
Channel
Number
This parameter indicates the
enum
maximum allowed
(6, 15,
measurement bandwidth on a 25, 50,

carrier frequency.
75, 100)
The parameter indicates the
and 1:
downlink E-UTRAN Absolute
0-599,
Radio Frequency Channel
Band 2:
Configu
Number (EARFCN).F_DL =
600-119
ration
F_DL_low + 0.1 * (N_DL
9,
N_Offs-Dl), where F_DL is
Band 3:
center carrier frequency,
1200-19
require
F_DL_low is dl lowest carrier
49,
ment
frequency, N_DL is
Band 4:
dlEARFCN, N_Offs-Dl is
1950-23
N/A
based
on
13
Managed
Logic
Object
Name
Value
Range
carrier frequency offset
99,
indicated by band indicator.
Band 5:
Unit
Default
Value
Recom
mende
d Value
2400-26
49,
Band 6:
2650-27
49,
Band 7:
2750-34
49,
Band 8:
3450-37
99,
Band 9:
3800-41
49,
Band 10:
4150-47
49,
Band 11:
4750-49
99,
Band 12:
5000-51
79,
Band 13:
5180-52
79,
Band 14:
5280-53
79,
Band 17:
5730-58
49,
Band 18:
5850-59
99,
Band 19:
14
Managed
Logic
Object
Name
Value
Range
Unit
Default
Value
Recom
mende
d Value
6000-61
49,
Band 20:
6150-64
49,
Band 21:
6450-65
99,
Band 23:
7500-76
99,
Band 24:
7700-80
39,
Band 25:
8040-86
89,
Band 33:
36000-3
6199,
Band 34:
36200-3
6349,
Band 35:
36350-3
6949,
Band 36:
36950-3
7549,
Band 37:
37550-3
7749,
Band 38:
37750-3
8249,
Band 39:
38250-3
8649,
15
Managed
Logic
Object
Name
Value
Range
Unit
Default
Value
Recom
mende
d Value
Band 40:
38650-3
9649,
Band 41:
39650-4
1589,
Band 42:
41590-4
3589,
Band 43:
43590-4
5589

Reselection
UPriSel.e Threshold
utranHigh for
Thresh[M Inter-RAT
AX_NUM_ Layers of
EUTRAN_ High
FREQ]
Priority in
EUTRAN
threshold for cell reselection to

a higher priority EUTRAN cell.
There are 2 reselection criteria:
(1) SrxlevnonServingCell, x of a
higher priority EUTRAN cell is
greater than EutranHighThresh
during a time interval Treselection
(0..62)d
B, step
dB
14
14
14
14
2dB
(2) more than 1 second has

elapsed since the UE camped on
the current serving cell.
Number of
UPriSel.e EUTRAN
utranInter Centre
number of EUTRA centre
FNum
(0..8) N/A
Frequencie frequencies
s
UPriSel.e
utranHigh
Thresh[M
AX_NUM_
EUTRAN_
FREQ]
Reselection threshold for cell reselection to

Threshold a lower priority EUTRAN cell.
for
There are 3 reselection
Inter-RAT
criteria : (1) No cell of a higher
Layers of
priority frequency or inter-RAT
Low Priority fulfills the criteria above (2)
(0..62)d
B, step
dB
2dB
in EUTRAN SrxlevServingCell <

Threshserving, low and the
16
Managed
Logic
Object
Name
Value
Range
Unit
Default
Value
Recom
mende
d Value
SrxlevnonServingCell, x of a lower
priority EUTRAN cell is greater
than eutranHighThresh during a
time interval Treselection (3) more
than 1 second has elapsed since
the UE camped on the current
serving cell.
UPriSel.e
utranPriori
ty[MAX_N
UM_EUT
RAN_FRE
Q]
Configu
Absolute
Priority of
Inter-RAT
absolute reselection priority of
Layers in
inter-rat layers in EUTRAN.
ration
(0..7) N/A
xlevminE Qrxlevmin
UTRA[MA of EUTRAN
X_NUM_ for Cell
EUTRAN Reselection
_FREQ]
ment
minimum required received
(-140..-
power level that satisfies the
44)dBm dBm
EUTRAN cell reselection
, step
conditions.
2dBm
-116
-116
Configu
Absolute
UPriSel.se Priority of
rvCelPriori Serving
absolute reselection priority of
ty
on
require
EUTRAN
UPriSel.qr
based
ration
(0..7) N/A
Cell for Cell serving cell.
based
on
require
Reselection
ment
CPICH
RSCP
This parameter is used in the
Measureme measurement rules for cell

nt Trigger
re-selection when absolute
UPriSel.s Threshold priorities are used. It specifies

PrioritySe for Absolute the value of Srxlev in the
arch1
Priority
serving cell controlling the rate
Reselection of inter-frequency and

Criteria
(0..62)d
B, step
dB
10
10
dB
2dB
inter-RAT measurements. If
(Spriorityse SrxlevServingCell > Spriori

arch1)
UPriSel.s CPICH
17
Managed
Logic
Object
Name
PrioritySe EcN0
arch2
measurement rules for cell
Measureme re-selection when absolute

nt Trigger
Value
Range
Unit
Default
Value
Recom
mende
d Value
(0..7)dB
, step
priorities are used. It specifies 1dB
Threshold the value of Squal in the

for Absolute serving cell controlling the rate
Priority
of inter-frequency and
Reselection inter-RAT measurements. If

Criteria
SrxlevServingCell > Spriorit
(Spriorityse
arch2)
Serving
Cell
UPriSel.th
reshServi
ngLow
Reselection
Threshold
for Absolute
Priority
Reselection
Criteria
UPriSel.ut
ranPriority
[MAX_NU
M_UTRA
N_FREQ]

rules for cell reselection when
absolute priorities are used. It
specifies the limit for Srxlev in
the serving cell below which
the UE may perform cell
reselection to a inter-frequency
(0..62)d
B, step
dB
10
10
dB
dB
10
10
2dB
cell on an equal or lower

absolute prior
Absolute
Priority of
Inter-Frequ absolute reselection priority of

ency
inter-frequency layers in
Layers in
UTRAN
(0..7) N/A
UTRAN
Serving
Cell
Reselection rules for cell reselection based

UPriSel.th
resServin
gLow2
Threshold 2 on RSRQ absolute priority. It

for Absolute specifies the limit for
Priority
(0..31)d
SqualServingCell in the serving B, step
Reselection cell, below which the UE may 1dB

Criteria
reselect a cell on a lower
(Threshserv absolute priority layer.

ing,low2)
UPriSel.e Reselection This parameter indicates the
utranHigh Threshold 2 upper threshold used by
(0..31)d
18
Managed
Logic
Object
Name
Thres2
Value
Range
for
EUTRAN cells when RSRQ is B, step
Inter-RAT
used for selection of higher
Layers of
priority EUTRAN cells. There
High
are two conditions for cell
Priority in
reselection: (1)
EUTRAN
SqualnonServingCell and x of
Unit
Default
Value
Recom
mende
d Value
1dB
(Threshx,hi a higher priority EUTRAN cell

gh2)
is greater than Threshx and

high2 during a time interval
Treselection. (2) The UE stays
in the current serving cell for
more than one second.
lower threshold used by
EUTRAN cells when RSRQ is
used for selection of low
priority EUTRAN cell.
Reselection
Threshold 2
UPriSel.e
utranLowT
hresh2
for Inter-Rat
Layers of
Low Priority
in EUTRAN
(Threshx,lo
w2)
Reselection conditions: (1) No

cell with a higher priority
frequency or inter-RAT cell
fulfills the condition of
reselection to high priority.
(2)
SqualServingCell <
Threshserving and low2, and
(0..31)d
B, step
dB
10
10
dB
-18
-18
1dB
the SqualnonServingCell and x

of a lower priority EUTRAN cell
is greater than Threshx and
low2 during a time interval
Treselection.
(3) The UE
stays in the current serving cell

for more than one second.
UPriSel.q
qualminE Qqualmin
UTRA[MA of EUTRAN
X_NUM_ for Cell
EUTRAN Reselection

minimum quality requirement
for EUTRAN cell reselection.
(-34..-3)
dB, step
1dB
_FREQ]
19
Managed
Logic
Object
Name
Value
Range
Unit
Default
Value
Recom
mende
d Value
This parameter is a switch that

indicates whether Threshx,
high2, Threshx, and low2 are
UPriSel.th
reshRsrqI
nd[MAX_
NUM_EU
TRAN_FR
configured or not. If none of

Threshold
of RSRQ
indicator
EQ]
them are configured, UE

performs absolute priority
0: False
reselection based on RSRP,
1: True
N/A
0: False 0: False
N/A
FALSE FALSE
N/A
N/A
otherwise UE performs
absolute priority reselection
based on RSRP or RSRQ. For
more information, refer to TS
25.304.
If the IE "E-UTRA detection" is
included in SIB19 or Mobility
UTRAN Information and set to
TRUE and the UE is in
UPriSel.e E-UTRA
CELL_PCH, URA_PCH state 0:
utraDetect Detection
or idle mode, the UE may
False;
ionInd
detect the presence of a
1: True
Indicator
E-UTRA cell on a frequency

with a priority lower than the
current UTRA cell and report
the information to the NAS.
E-UTRA Scaling Factor for
E-UTRA
UCelSel.e Scaling
utraSFTre Factor for
select
Treselectio
n
Treselection. It is used by the

UE as scaling factor for
Treselections or
Treselections,PCH or
Treselections,FACH for
(0.25..4)
, step
0.25
inter-RAT absolute priority

based cell reselection
evaluation to E-UTRA.
UUtranCel Switch of
lFDD.priM Absolute
whether the absolute priority
0: Off
eaReseFa Priority
based reselection in
1: On
chSwi
CELL_FACH state is
based
20
Managed
Logic
Object
Name
Value
Range
Unit
Default
Value
Recom
mende
d Value
Reselection supported.
in
CELL_FAC
H State
CELL_FACH Absolute Priority
Measurement Indicator.
"High Priority Layers" means
that absolute priority
measurements are only
UExtCelIn
foFDD.fac
hAbsPrio
MeaInd
CELL_FAC required by UE in CELL_FACH 0: High

H Absolute state on higher priority layers Priority
Priority
when Srxlev and Squal of the Layers N/A
Measureme serving cell are above
1: All
nt Indicator Sprioritysearch1 and
Layers
Sprioritysearch2.
"All Layers" means that
absolute priority
measurements are always
required by UE in CELL_FACH
state.
whether configure the IE
qqualminEUTRA-WB.
When RSRQ measurement is
adopt, the report threshold is
E-UTRA frequency RACH
qqualminE reporting threshold foFDD.qq
UTRA-WB EUTRA-RSRQ-offsetWB,
ualminEU
Configurati where,
TRAWBC
on Tag
EUTRA-RSRQ-offsetWB =
on
qqualminEUTRA
UExtCelIn
0: False
1: True
NA
qqualminEUTRA-WB,
qqualminEUTRA is the
Qqualmin of EUTRAN for Cell
Reselection. When performing
RSRQ measurements use a
21
Managed
Logic
Object
Name
Value
Range
Unit
Default
Value
Recom
mende
d Value
wider bandwidth, the

interference to the center 6RBs
will be higher than the other
RBs, and if the IE
qqualminEUTRA-WB is not
configured, the accuracy of the
measurement will be reduced.
wider bandwith RSRQ
measurement related
Qqualmin of EUTRAN for cell
reselection.
When RSRQ measurement is
adopt, the report threshold is
E-UTRA frequency RACH
Wider
reporting threshold -
Bandwith
EUTRA-RSRQ-offsetWB,
RSRQ
where,
UPriSel.q Measureme EUTRA-RSRQ-offsetWB =
(-34..-3)
qualminE nt related
qqualminEUTRA
dB, step dB
UTRAWB Qqualmin
qqualminEUTRA-WB,
1dB
-3
-3
of EUTRAN qqualminEUTRA is the

for Cell
Qqualmin of EUTRAN for Cell
Reselection Reselection. When performing

RSRQ measurements use a
wider bandwidth, the
interference to the center 6RBs
will be higher than the other
RBs, and if the IE
qqualminEUTRA-WB is not
configured, the accuracy of the
measurement will be reduced.
Speed
UCelSel.S
pSf
Dependent scaling factor of cell reselection

Scaling
timer for a UE in the
Factor for
high-mobility state. The value
(0..1),
step 0.1
NA
Treselectio for the length of the cell
22
Managed
Logic
Object
Name
n
Value
Unit
Range
Default
Value
Recom
mende
d Value
reselection timer for a UE in the

high-mobility state equals
Treselections,
TreselectionsPCH or
TreselectionsFACH multiplied
by this parameter.
4.2

Managed
Logic
Object
Name
Value
Range
Unit
Default
Value
Recom
mende
d Value

whether to enable the
Switch of
UtranCell
FDD.eutra
nNCblstS
wch
support the
Eutran
Neighborin
g cell
blacklist
Switch
EUTRAN neighboring cell

blacklist function. If this
function is enabled, the
EUTRAN cells which are
0: Off
forbidden to be reselected or
1: On
N/A
0: Off
1: On
N/A
0: Band N/A
Configu
measured are notified to the

UE and the UE cannot search
these cells. If this function is
disabled, such cells are not
notified to the UE.
Depending on the UE state,
State
Indicator
UENbrBlk
List.state
Mode
Used for
EUTRAN
Blacklist
Cell
Configurati
on
different EUTRAN neighboring

cell blacklists are configured
and sent. The state can be:
0 (Cell Selection/Reselection):
indicates that the blacklist is
0, 1
used for cell

selection/reselection. 1
(Handover): indicates that the
blacklist is used for handover
configuration.
UENbrBlk EUTRAN
23
Managed
Logic
Object
Name
Value
Range
Unit
Default
Value
Recom
mende
d Value
List.eutran Frequency frequency band of the
1;
ration
FreqBandI Band
1: Band
based
2;
on
2: Band
require
3;
ment
nd
Indicator
EUTRAN cells.
3: Band
4;
4: Band
5;
5: Band
6
6: Band
7;
7: Band
8;
8: Band
9;
9: Band
10;
10: Band
11;
11: Band
12;
12: Band
13;
13: Band
14;
16: Band
17;
17: Band
18;
18: Band
19;
19: Band
20;
20: Band
21;
22: Band
24
Managed
Logic
Object
Name
Value
Range
Unit
Default
Value
Recom
mende
d Value
23;
23: Band
24;
24: Band
25;
32: Band
33;
33: Band
34;
34: Band
35;
35: Band
36;
36: Band
37;
37: Band
38;
38: Band
39;
39: Band
40;
40: Band
41;
41: Band
42;
42: Band
43;
Band 1:
downlink E-UTRA Absolute
0-599,
Downlink
Radio Frequency Channel
Band 2:
EUTRAN
Number (EARFCN). The
600-119
UENbrBlk Absolute
calculation formula of the
9,
List.earfcn Radio
center carrier frequency is
Band 3: N/A
Dl
Frequency F_DL = F_DL_low + 0.1 *

Channel
(N_DL N_Offs-Dl), where
1200-19
Number
F_DL is the center carrier
Band 4:
frequency, F_DL_low is
1950-23
downlink lowest carrier
99,
49,
Configu
ration
-
based
on
require
ment
25
Managed
Logic
Object
Name
Value
Range
frequency, N_DL is
Band 5:
dlEARFCN, and N_Offs-Dl is
2400-26
Unit
Default
Value
Recom
mende
d Value
the carrier frequency offset of 49,

the frequency band.
Band 6:
2650-27
49,
Band 7:
2750-34
49,
Band 8:
3450-37
99,
Band 9:
3800-41
49,
Band 10:
4150-47
49,
Band 11:
4750-49
99,
Band 12:
5000-51
79,
Band 13:
5180-52
79,
Band 14:
5280-53
79,
Band 17:
5730-58
49,
Band 18:
5850-59
99,
Band 19:
6000-61
26
Managed
Logic
Object
Name
Value
Range
Unit
Default
Value
Recom
mende
d Value
49,
Band 20:
6150-64
49,
Band 21:
6450-65
99,
Band 23:
7500-76
99,
Band 24:
7700-80
39,
Band 25:
8040-86
89,
Band 33:
36000-3
6199,
Band 34:
36200-3
6349,
Band 35:
36350-3
6949,
Band 36:
36950-3
7549,
Band 37:
37550-3
7749,
Band 38:
37750-3
8249,
Band 39:
38250-3
8649,
Band 40:
27
Managed
Logic
Object
Name
Value
Unit
Range
Default
Value
Recom
mende
d Value
38650-3
9649,
Band 41:
39650-4
1589,
Band 42:
41590-4
3589,
Band 43:
43590-4
5589
Number of
UENbrBlk EUTRAN
List.neutra Blacklist
nNum
Cells Per
Frequency
Configu
number of EUTRAN
neighboring cells in the
List.neutra
identify an EUTRAN physical
_RR_MAX
_EUTRAN
_BLKNBR
EUTRAN
Cell Identity
N/A
cell IDs, which are divided into

168 groups. Each group
_FRQ]
belong to only one group.
require
0..503
N/A
Related Counters and Alarms
5.1
Related Counters
on
N/A
N/A
contains three physical cell

IDs. One physical cell ID can
C310080017
based
cell. There are 504 physical
LIST_PER
Counter ID
ment
The parameter is used to
Physical
1~16
blacklist for each frequency.
UENbrBlk
nCId[DBS
ration
Name
Number of attempted RRC connection
establishment,Inter Rat Cell Reselection
28
C310080039
C310080090
C310080186
5.2
Number of repeated RRC connection request

message,Inter Rat Cell Reselection
Number of failed RRC connection preparation,Inter Rat
Cell Reselection
Number of successful RRC connection access,Inter Rat
Cell Reselection
Related Alarms
This feature has no related alarm.
Engineering Guide
6.1
Application Scenario
6.1.1

This feature is applicable
to the UTRAN and EUTRAN association scenarios.
At the early stage of LTE deployment, LTE frequency can be set to a high priority. Thus
the UEs with LTE capability can be reselected to the EUTRAN, which provides better
user experience and improve system resource usage.
At the LTE large-scale deployment stage where most of mobile phones support LTE, the
UTRAN and EUTRAN reselection priorities and thresholds can be adjusted properly, to
makes the UTRAN and UETRAN system evenly absorb subscribers and achieve the
maximum system capacity.
6.1.2

This feature is applied to the UTRAN and EUTRAN association scenarios.
29
In some cases, some EUTRAN cells are not allowed the UE to be reselected. The
UTRAN sets the EUTRAN blacklist including these cells to prohibit the UE from being
reselected to these cells.
6.2
Feature Activation Procedure

This procedure describes how to locate the parameters related to this feature in the GUI.
The parameter values on the screenshots in the procedure are for reference only. Refer
to Chapter 4 for the recommended values of the related parameters.
6.2.1

In the configuration resource tree window, open the [Modify Area->Managed Element->
UMTS Logical Function Configuration->UTRAN Cell->Extended Info of UTRAN Cell]
interface and set the parameter Absolute Priority Reselection Criteria Switch, as shown
in Figure 6-1
30
Figure 6-1
Parameters configuration interface 1
UMTS Logical Function Configuration-> UTRAN Cell->Cell Reselection Frequency and
Priority Information] interface and set the parameter E-UTRA Detection Indicator,
Absolute Priority of Serving Cell for Cell Reselection, CPICH RSCP Measurement
Trigger Threshold for Absolute Priority Reselection Criteria and CPICH EcN0
Measurement Trigger Threshold for Absolute Priority Reselection Criteria, Serving Cell
Reselection Threshold for Absolute Priority Reselection Criteria, Serving Cell
Reselection Threshold 2 for Absolute Priority Reselection Criteria(Threshserving,low2),
Number of UTRAN Centre Frequencies, Downlink UTRAN Absolute Radio Frequency
Channel Number, Absolute Priority of Inter-Frequency Layers in UTRAN,as shown in
Figure 6-2
31
Figure 6-2
UMTS Logical Function Configuration-> UTRAN Cell->Cell Reselection Frequency and
Priority Information] interface and set the parameter Number of EUTRAN Centre
Frequencies, Downlink EUTRAN Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number,
Absolute Priority of Inter-RAT Layers in EUTRAN, EUTRAN Allowed Measurement
Bandwidth, Reselection Threshold for Inter-RAT Layers of High Priority in EUTRAN,
Reselection Threshold 2 for Inter-RAT Layers of High Priority in EUTRAN
(Threshx,high2), Reselection Threshold for Inter-RAT Layers of Low Priority in
EUTRAN, Reselection Threshold 2 for Inter-Rat Layers of Low Priority in EUTRAN
(Threshx,low2), Qrxlevmin of EUTRAN for Cell Reselection, Qqualmin of EUTRAN for
Cell Reselection, Threshold of RSRQ indicator,as shown in Figure 6-3.
32
Figure 6-3
UMTS Logical Function Configuration->UTRAN Cell->Cell Selection and Reselection
Information] interface and set the parameter E-UTRA Scaling Factor for Treselection,
as shown in Figure 6-4
33
Figure 6-4
UMTS Logical Function Configuration->UTRAN Cell] interface and set the parameter
Switch of Absolute Priority based Reselection in Cell_FACH State, as shown in Figure
6-5
Figure 6-5
34
UMTS Logical Function Configuration->UTRAN Cell->Extended Information 2 of UTRAN
Cell] interface and set the parameter CELL_FACH Absolute Priority Measurement
Indicator,QqualminEUTRAN-WB Configuration Tag, as shown in Figure 6-6
Figure 6-6
Information] interface and set the parameter Wider Bandwith RSRQ Measurement
related Qqualmin of EUTRAN for Cell Reselection, as shown in Figure 6-7
35
Figure 6-7
Information] interface and set the parameter Speed Dependent Scaling Factor for
Treselection,as shown in Figure 6-8
36
Figure 6-8
6.2.2

UMTS Logical Function Configuration->UTRAN Cell] interface and set the parameter
Switch of support the Eutran Neighbouring cell blacklist,as shown in Figure 6-9
37
Figure 6-9
In the configuration resource tree window, open the [Modify Area->Managed

Element->UMTS Logical Function Configuration->UTRAN Cell->Adjacent Relation
Configuration->Eutran Neighbouring Cell Black List] interface and set the parameter
State Indicator Used for EUTRAN Blacklist Cell Configuration, EUTRAN Frequency
Band Indicator, Downlink EUTRAN Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number,
Number of EUTRAN Blacklist Cell Per Frequency and Physical EUTRAN Cell
Identity,as shown in Figure 6-10
38
Figure 6-10
6.3
Feature Validation Procedure
6.3.1

Table 6-1
Feature Validation Procedure 1
Test Item

1.
The WCDMA system is operating properly.
2.
Cell1 supports HSUPA, HSDPA and DCH. Cell1 belongs to

RNC1/NodeB1, while Cell2 belongs to LTE.
Prerequisite
3.
Cell1 and Cell2 neighbor cells are configured with different

coverage.
4.
UE1 with R8 or higher versions supports both of WCDMA and

LTE and camps on Cell1 in Idle mode.
39
Test Item

1.
Move UE from Cell1 to Cell2 to trigger Cell Reselection to
Steps
Cell2.
6.3.2
Expected
1.
UE1 can read SIB19 information in idle mode in Cell1.
Result
2.
UE1 performs the cell reselection procedure successfully.
EUTRAN Blacklist
Table 6-2
Feature Validation Procedure 2
Test Item
EUTRAN Blacklist
1.
The WCDMA system is operating properly.
2.
Cell1 supports HSUPA, HSDPA and DCH. Cell1 belongs to

RNC1/NodeB1, while Cell2 and Cell3 belong to LTE.
Prerequisite
3.
Cell2 and Cell3 are configured with absolute priority criterion.

Set the Cell3 in the blacklist on broadcast information.
4.
UE1 with R8 or higher versions supports both of WCDMA and

LTE. UE1 camps on Cell1 in Idle mode.
1.
Move UE from Cell1 to Cell3.
2.
Move UE from Cell1 to Cell2.
1.
UE1 can read SIB19 information in idle mode in cell1.
Expected
2.
In step1, UE cant reselect to cell3.
Result
3.
In step2, UE1 performs the cell reselection procedure
Steps
successfully.
6.4
Feature Deactivation Procedure
6.4.1
Cell Reselection With LTE

Table 6-3
RNC parameter list 1
Managed Object.
logic name
GUI Name
Default Value
Deactivation
Value
40
Managed Object.
GUI Name
logic name
UCelInfoFDD.absPri
ReselSwch
Default Value
Deactivation
Value
Absolute Priority
Reselection Criteria
0:Off
0:Off
Switch
For the above parameters description and configuration, refer to chapter 6.2.
6.4.2
EUTRAN Blacklist
Table 6-4
RNC parameter list 2
Managed Object.
GUI Name
logic name
UtranCellFDD.eutran
NCblstSwch
Default Value
Deactivation
Value
Switch of support the

Eutran Neighboring cell
0:Off
0:Off
blacklist
For the above parameters description and configuration, refer to chapter 6.2.
6.5
Impact on the Network
6.5.1

Advantages of this feature:
The reselection between UMTS and LTE is to guarantee that the UE camps on a suitable
cell and is served in UMTS or LTE. The value of absolute priority used for UTRAN or
EUTRAN will influence user distribution between UTRAN and EUTRAN. The operator
can set the absolute priority based on desired user distribution.
At different stages of LTE deployment, if the absolute priority and related threshold are
set to be proper, the LTE radio resource can be utilized fully, the utilization rate of the
frequency is improved and the user experience is improved.
Disdvantages of this feature:None
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6.5.2

Advantages of this feature:
Some EUTRAN cells are prohibited to be accessed (such as system resource
congestion, network planning). The UTRAN sets a EUTRAN blacklist to prohibit the UE
from being reselected to these cells. Therefore, the number of attempted handover is
decreased, that means, the improper handover is decreased also, which improves the
success rate of handovers from UMTS to LTE.
Disdvantages of this feature:

None
Abbreviation
Abbreviation
Full Name
3GPP
3rd Generation Partnership Project
CS
Circuit Switch
EUTRAN
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
KPI
Key Performance Indicator
RNC
Radio Network Controller
RRC
Radio Resource Control
RSRP
Reference Signal Receiving Power
RSRQ
Reference Signal Receiving Quality
SIB
System Information Block
UL
Up Link
UMTS
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UTRAN
Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
Reference Document
[1] ZTE UMTS Idle Mode and Common Channel Behavior Feature Guide
42
[2] ZXUR 9000 UMTS (V4.14.10.14) Radio Network Controller Radio Parameter
Reference
[3] ZXWR RNC (V3.14.10.14) Radio Network Controller Radio Parameter Reference
[4] ZXUR 9000 UMTS (V4.14.10.14) Radio Network Controller Performance Counter
Reference
[5] ZXWR RNC (V3.14.10.14) Radio Network Controller Performance Counter Reference
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