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The EHPLMN with the highest priority will be selected. If no such list, then use
HPLMN
Each combination of PLMN with radio access technology (RAT) in the "User
Controlled PLMN Selector with Access Technology" data file in the USIM, in order
of priority.
Each combination of PLMN with RAT in the "Operator Controlled PLMN Selector
with Access Technology" data file in the USIM, in order of priority Other
combinations of PLMNs with RATs providing high-quality signals, in a random
order. A high-quality signal is defined as the Reference Signal Received Power
(RSRP) value of a cell in the combination of PLMN with RAT being greater than or
equal to -110dBm.
Other combinations of PLMNs with RATs in order of descending RX signal quality.
Cell search is a procedure in which a UE achieves time and frequency synchronization with
a cell, obtains the physical cell identifier (PCI), and learns the RX signal quality and other
information about the cell based on the PCI.
The UE monitors the S-SCH to achieve frame synchronization, that is, time
synchronization with the cell. Cell identity groups have a one-to-one relationship
with secondary synchronization signals. Therefore, the UE acquires the number of
the cell identity group to which the cell identity belongs by monitoring the S-SCH.
The UE monitors the Broadcast Channel (BCH) to acquire other information about
the cell
The UE determines the PCI based on the cell identity and the cell identity group
number.
The UE monitors the downlink reference signal to acquire the RX signal quality in
the cell
The stored information cell search: It requires stored information on carrier frequencies and
Initial cell search: If there is no prior knowledge of frequency information, the UE scans all
RF channels in the E-UTRAN bands according to its capabilities in order to find a suitable
cell. On each carrier frequency, the UE searches for the strongest cell only.
A UE considers an E-UTRAN cell as a suitable cell only when the measured RSRP and
reference signal received quality (RSRQ) values of the cell are greater than the receive (RX)
level threshold (Qrxlevmin) and the RX signal quality threshold (QQualMin) for the cell,
respectively.
An E-UTRAN cell becomes a suitable cell when both the following conditions are met:
Parameter
Description
Qrxlevmeas
Qrxlevmin
Qrxlevminoffset
Offset to Srxlev, relative with PLMN priority ,.QrxlevminOffset is only applied when a
cell is evaluated for cell selection as a result of a periodic search for a higher priority
PLMN while camped normally in a VPLMN in SIB1
Pcompensation
max (PMaximum allowed power PUE MAX Output Power, 0), where PMaximum allowed power is sent in
SIB1
Qqualmeas
measured RX signal quality (RSRQ value) of the cell, expressed in units of dB.
Qqualmin
QQualMinOffset
Offset to Qqualmin, relative with PLMN priority ,.QrxlevminOffset is only applied when
a cell is evaluated for cell selection as a result of a periodic search for a higher priority
PLMN while camped normally in a VPLMN in SIB1
Description
Qrxlevmin
Qrxlevminoffset
Qqualmin
QQualMinOffset
Rank the measured cells based on radio signal quality and priorities.
After having camped on a cell, a UE may decide to camp on another cell by performing cell
reselection. Before cell reselection, the UE is required to measure the signal strength of
certain neighboring cells and evaluate each of them by using the criteria that are suitable
according to the priority of the neighboring cell, that is, the priority of the frequency on
which the neighboring cell operates.
During the measurements and implementation of cell reselection, the UE needs to obtain
the priorities of neighboring frequencies. Note that any two RATs must have nonoverlapping priorities of frequencies. During the evaluation for reselection to an intrafrequency neighboring cell, the UE ignores the priority of the target frequency because
cells that work on the same frequency have the same priority.
The priorities of E-UTRAN frequencies and inter-RAT frequencies are classified into the
following types:
Dedicated priority: The dedicated priority of an E-UTRAN or inter-RAT frequency is UEspecific. It is delivered to the UE in an RRC Connection Release message when the UE's
radio resources are released.
Note: The dedicated priority of frequencies for one RAT must be all different from those
If the threshold is set to CFG, these two thresholds(SIntraSearch and SIntraSearchQ) will
be delivered in SIB3.
From SIB ,UE can get the serving cell and inter frequency/RAT neighbors priorities.
For the high priority cells, UE measure them always, for the low priority cells, UE measure
them in case of the serving cell signal is lower than the threshold.
The intra frequency cells have the same frequency priority, frequencies of different RATs
must have different priorities.
Description
Indicates the minimum required RX level used in intrafrequency E-UTRAN cell reselection, which corresponds to
the IE q-RxLevMin in SIB3. This value is included in criteria R
and used in the evaluation of cell
SIntraSearchCfgInd
Description
SIntraSearchQ
SNonIntraSearchQ
QQualMin
A UE makes a cell reselection decision according to cell reselection criteria. When making a
The cell-ranking criteria R_s for the serving cell and R_n for neighboring cells are defined as
follows:
Where:
Qmeas_s is the measured RSRP of the serving cell, expressed in units of dBm
Qhyst is the hysteresis for the serving cell used in the ranking criteria, expressed in
units of dB.
Qmeas_n is the measured RSRP of the neighboring cell, expressed in units of dBm
CellQoffset is the offset for the neighboring cell used in the ranking criteria,
expressed in units of dB
According to the cell reselection criteria, the UE should reselect the new cell only if both
the following conditions are met:
The new cell is ranked higher than the serving cell during the cell reselection time.
More than one second has elapsed since the UE camped on the serving cell.
Description
Qhyst
TReselEutran
Description
CellQoffset
For EUTRAN and UTRAN, either Srxlev or Squal could be used for cell reselection, depends on the
following parameter:
If SIB3 contains the value of ThrshServLowQ, a UE performs reselection to a higher-priority interfrequency or inter-RAT neighboring cell when both the following conditions are met:
The Squal value of the evaluated neighboring E-UTRAN or UTRAN cell is always
greater than the RX signal quality threshold used in reselection to higher-priority
cells (ThreshXHighQ) during the cell reselection time specified by the
TReselEutran or TReselUtran parameter.
The Srxlev value of the evaluated neighboring GERAN or CDMA2000 cell is always
greater than the RX signal level threshold used in reselection to higher-priority cells
(ThreshXHigh) during the cell reselection time specified by the TReselGeran or
Cdma1XrttTreselection parameter
The UE has camped on the serving cell for more than 1 second.
If SIB3 does not contain the value of ThrshServLowQ, a UE performs reselection to a higherpriority inter-frequency or inter-RAT neighboring cell when the following conditions are both met:
The Srxlev value of the evaluated neighboring cell is always greater than the ThreshXHigh
value during the predefined cell reselection time
The UE has camped on the serving cell for more than 1 second
If SIB3 contains the value of ThrshServLowQ, a UE performs reselection to a lower-priority interfrequency or inter-RAT neighboring cell when all the following conditions are met:
The Squal value of the evaluated neighboring E-UTRAN or UTRAN cell is always
greater than the RX signal quality threshold used in reselection to lower-priority
cells (ThreshXLowQ) during the predefined cell reselection time.
The Srxlev value of the evaluated neighboring GERAN or CDMA2000 cell is always
greater than the RX signal level threshold used in reselection to lower-priority cells
(ThreshXLowQ) during the predefined cell reselection time.
The UE has camped on the serving cell for more than 1 second
If SIB3 does not contain the value of ThrshServLowQ, a UE performs reselection to a lower-priority
inter-frequency or inter-RAT cell when all the following conditions are met: