8.radio parameters
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Contents
• Network Identification Parameters CGI, BSIC )
• System Control Parameters RLT, CBA, CBQ,etc )
• Cell Selection Parameters ( C1, C2 )• Network Functional Parameters (INTAVE, LIMITn,
etc )
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Network identification Parameters
• As a global cellular mobile communication system,the GSM strictly numbers each GSM network in each
country, or even numbers each location area, every
station or every cell in every network in order that
every cell around the globe has an solecorresponding number. This numbering mode aims to:
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Roles of Network Identification Parameters
• Enable the MS to correctly identify the ID of thecurrent network so that it can correctly select the
network the user (or telecom operator) wants to
access to in any conditions.
• Enable the network to be real time informed of thecorrect geographical location of the MS so that the
network can normally connect various service
requests with the MS as the terminal.
• Enable the MS to report correctly the adjacent cellinformation during the conversation process so that
the network can hand-over the calls when necessary
to ensure the continuity of the conversation.
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Cell Global Identity CGI
CILACMNC
LAI
CGI
MCC
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Setting of CGI
• MCC resource is allocated and managed by ITU. TheMCC of China is 460(decimal).
• MNC is usually allocated by the relevant
telecommunication administration department of a
country.• The LAC encoding mode is specified correspondingly
by every country. Usually, the location area should be
as large as possible.
• Two or more cells in the same location area are notallowed to share the same CI.
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BSIC(1)
• In GSM system, each BS is allocated with a localcolor code called base station identity code (BSIC). If,
in a physical location, one MS can receive the BCCH
TRX of two cells at the same time and their channel
numbers are the same, the MS will distinguish themby the BSIC.
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BSIC(2)
BCC
BSIC
NCC
BSIC is composed of NCC(network color code) and
BCC(base station color code).
NCC ranges from 0~7. BCC ranges from 0~7.
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NCC and BCC
In the connection mode (during conversation), the MS mustmeasure the signals in the adjacent cells and report the
result to the network. As each measurement report sent by
the MS can only contain the contents of six cells, so it is
necessary to control the MS so as to only report theinformation of cells factually related to the cell concerned.
The high 3 bits (i.e. NCC) in the BSIC serve this purpose.
The BCC is used to identify different BS using the same
BCCH in the same GSM PLMN.
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BSIC Configuration Principle
CBA
FED
In general, it is required that Cells A, B, C, D, E and F use
different BSIC. When the BSIC resources are not enough,the cells close to each other may take the priority to usedifferent BSIC.
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Roles of BSIC(1)
1. When MS receives the SCH, it is considered to havesynchronized with the cell. But in order to correctly
translate the information on the downlink common
signaling channel, the MS must be aware of the training
sequence code (TSC) used by the common signaling
channel. The TSC used by the common signalingchannel of each cell is determined by the BCC. So one
of the functions of the BSIC is to inform the MS the
TSC used by the common signaling channel of the cell.
2. As the BSIC takes part in the decoding process of therandom access channel (RACH), it can be used to
prevent the BS from mis-decoding the RACH, sent by
the MS to an adjacent cell, as the access channel of
this cell.
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BSIC(2)
3. When the MS is in the connection mode (during
conversation), it must measure the BCCH level of
adjacent cells specified in adjacent cell tables
broadcasting by BCCH and report the results to the BS.
In the uplink measurement report, MS must show BSIC
of this carrier it has measured to every frequency point.In some special cases, i.e. two or more adjacent cells
in a cell use the same BCCH, the BS can distinguish
such cells by way of BSIC in order to avoid the wrong
handover or even the handover failure.
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BA
When a MS is turned on, it will scan from the BA(Adjacent cell BCCH table) it remembered when turned
off last time. The MS will first search carriers from this
table and if none is found it will turns to find any of 30
carriers with highest levels, then try to decode BCCH
carriers one by one according to their level sequences.
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Cell Selection
When the MS is turned on, it will try to contact a publicGSM PLMN, so the MS will select a proper cell and
extract from the cell the control channel parameters and
prerequisite system messages. This selection process is
called cell selection. The quality of radio channels is animportant factor in cell selection.
The GSM Specifications defines the path loss rule
C1.For the so-called proper cell, C1>0 must be ensured.
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C1
C1 = RXLEV - RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN- Max(MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH - P ,0)
where,RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN is the minimum received level the
MS is allowed to access the network MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH is the maximum power level of
the control channel (when MS sending on RACH);
RXLEV is average received level;
P is the maximum TX power of MS;MAX(X, Y)=X; if X Y.
MAX(X, Y)=Y; if Y X.
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Path loss Criterion
• All the candidate cells for MS must meet the pathloss criterion, i.e C1>0. MS will select the cell with the
maximal C1 to access and will camp on this cell
unless some key conditions has changed greatly.
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RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN
In order to avoid providing unsatisfactory communicationquality and avoid the unnecessary waste of radio
resources if the MS accesses to the system (the
communication quality after the access often cannot
ensure the normal communication process) at the verylow received level, the GSM system regulates that, when
a MS is to access to a network, its receiving signal level
must be larger than a threshold level, i.e. the minimum
receiving level the MS is allowed to access to
(RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN).
Default value is 0 (-110dBm).
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Cell Reselection
The necessity to make a cell reselection• Parameters regarding to cell reselection
PI
C2
Cell Selection Hysteresis
CRO TO and PT
CBA
CBQ
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Definition
Cell reselection is a process MS change its
service cell in idle mode. When the MS selects acell and if there are not major changes in thevarious conditions, the MS will stay in theselected cell, and the MS will begin to measure
the signal levels of the BCCH TRX of its adjacentcells, record 6 adjacent cells whose signal levelsare the strongest and extract from them varioustypes of system messages and control messagesof each adjacent cell. When given conditions aremet, the MS will move from the current cell intoanother one. This process is called cellreselection.
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C2 1
When PI indicates YES the MS will getparameters (CRO, TO and PT) , from BCCH, to beused to calculate C2(channel quality criterion),which serves as cell reselection norm. The
equation is as follows:
C2 C1 CRO H PT T TO, when PT 31
C2 C1 CRO , when PT 31
Where T is a timer. When a cell is recorded by MS as
one of the six strongest cells,timer starts counting,otherwise, T is reset to zero.
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PI
• PI is used to notify the MS whether to use C2 as thecell reselect parameter and whether the parameters
calculating C2 exist.
• PI consists of 1 bit. “1”means the MS should extract
parameters from the system message broadcasting
in the cell to calculate the C2 value, and use the C2
value as the standard for cell reselect; “0” means the
MS should use parameter C1 as the standard for cellreselect (equivalent to C2=C1).
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C2 2
• If the MS calculates that the C2 value of an adjacentcell (in the same location area with the current cell)
surpasses the C2 value of the cell where the MS
stays and maintains for 5s or longer, the MS will start
cell reselection and access to the adjacent cell. If the
MS detects a cell that is not in the same location areawith the current cell, the calculated C2 value
surpasses the sum of the C2 value of the current cell
and the cell selection hysteresis (CSH) parameter
and if it remains for 5s or longer, the MS will startthe cell reselection and access to the new cell. Note
that the cell reselection caused by the parameter C2
should be originated at least at the interval of 15s so
as to avoid the frequent cell reselection by MS.
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CELL SELECTION HYSTERESIS(1)
When a MS reselects a cell, if the old cell and the
target cell are in different locations, then the MS must
initiate a location updating process after cell
reselection. Due to the fading features of the radio
channel, the C2 values of two adjacent cells measuredalong their borders will fluctuate greatly. As a result,
the MS will frequently conduct the cell reselection,
which will not only increase the network signaling flow
and lead to low efficiency use of radio resources, butreduces the access success rate of the system, as the
MS cannot respond to paging calls in the location
updating process.
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CELL SELECTION HYSTERESIS(2)
• To minimize the influence of this issue, the GSM
specifications put forward a parameter called cellselection hysteresis (CSH), which requires that the
signal level of adjacent cell (in a different location area)
be larger than the local cell signal level, and their
difference be larger than the value specified by thecell selection hysteresis. In this case, the MS will start
the cell reselection.
• The cell selection hysteresis is represented in decimalnumerals, its unit is dB, its range is 0~14, its step
length is 2dB, and its default value is 4.
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CRO,TO and PT 1
• The cell reselection initiated by the radio channel
quality regards C2 as the standard. C2 is aparameter based on C1 plus some artificial offset
parameters. The artificial influence is to encourage
the MS to take the priority in accessing to some cells
or prevent it from accessing to others. Thesemethods are often used to balance the traffic in the
network.
• In addition to C1, there are three other factorsinfluencing C2, namely: CELL_RESELECT_OFFSET
(CRO), TEMPORARY_OFFSET (TO) and
PENALTY_TIME (PT).
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CRO,TO and PT 2
The adjustments of above 3 parameters are as
followed:
1. In general, it’s not expected that MS access thecells where the traffic is very heavy or thechannel quality is very low. In this case , the PTmay be set 31, making TO invalid, so C2=C1-CRO.Because the C2 is lowered deliberately, thepossibility that the cell will be reselected by MS is
lowered greatly. The greater the CRO, the lesspossibility that the cell will be reselected, andvice versa.
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CRO,TO and PT 3
2. On the other hand, it’s expected that MS stay
as much as possible in cells where the systemutilization are very low and the traffic load is light.In this case, it’s recommended that CRO beranged from 0 to 20dB. The greater the CRO, the
more possible the cells will be reselected ,andvice versa. It’s also suggested that TO is equal ora litter higher than CRO. PT, whose main role is toavoid frequent cell reselection by MS, is generally
recommended to be set at 20 seconds or 40seconds.
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3. For cells where the traffic is moderate, therecommended value for CRO is zero and PT 620seconds, thus causing C2=C1, i. e. no artificialimpact will be imposed.
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CBA
In the system message broadcasting in each cell, there is
a bit information indicating whether to allow the MS toaccess to it, which is called cell bar access (CBA). The
parameter CBA is to indicate whether the cell bar access
is set in a cell.
The parameter is represented in character string. Its valuerange is:
YES: Set the CBA; NO: Do not set the CBA.
The CBA bit is a parameter for the network operator toset. Usually all the cells are allowed to be accessed by
MS , so the bit is set NO. However, in special cases, the
telecom operator may want to assign a certain cells for
handover service only, then the bit can be set YES.
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Application of CBA(1)
Area A
BTS A
BTS B
BTS C
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Application of CBA(2)
• Suppose Area A (shaded part) in the figure is the
busy area (e.g. commercial area in a large city), we
usually adopt the micro cellular mode to increase the
access rate of the area via the limited frequency
resources. We often use the double layer network
concept, i.e. to set up BTS A (its capacity can besmaller) to cover the whole Area A, in order to reduce
the handoff times while the MS is moving rapidly.
•
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Application of CBA(3)
• In general situations, the MS works in the micro
cellular (you can set the priority of the cell and proper
reselect parameter to achieve this purpose). When
the MS is moving at a fast speed during a
conversation, the network will force the MS to be
handed over to BTS A.
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Application of CBA(4)
• If the MS is just near BTS A and at the edge of a micro
cellular after the conversation, the MS will not start thecell reselect process according to the GSM
specifications because the signal quality of BTS A is far
better than that of the micro cellular BTS . As a result,
the MS cannot return to the micro cellular cell. As thecapacity of BTS A is usually smaller, the above
situation will lead to the congestion of BTS A. To solve
this problem, you can set the CBA of BTS A as 1, that
is to forbid the MS from directly accessing to BTS A,
and permit only the handover service to access to the
coverage of BTS A.
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CBQ
In areas where the cells overlay with each other and differ in
capacity, traffic and functions, the telecom operator often
hopes that the MS can have priority in selecting some cells,
that is, the setting of cell priority. This function is set by way of
the parameter "Cell Bar Qualify" (CBQ).
CBQ CBA Cell selection priority Cell reselection state
• NO NO Normal Normal
• NO YES Barred Barred
• YES NO Low Normal• YES YES Low Normal
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Example of CBQ Setting
For some reasons, the traffic of Cells A and B is apparently higher
than that of other adjacent cells. To balance the traffic in the whole
area, you can set the priority of Cells A and B as low, and set the
priority of the rest cells as normal so that the traffic in the shade area
will be absorbed by adjacent cells. It must be noted that the result of
this setting is that the actual coverage of Cell A and Cell B is narrowed.
However, this is dissimilar to reducing the transmitting power of Cell A
and Cell B, the latter may cause blind areas of the network coverage
and the reduction of communication quality.。
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Random Access
Random access is the process that messages beingtransmitted on RACH when a MS turns from “idle” to
“specialized” mode.
The main parameters includes:
•MAX RETRANS
•AC
•RE
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MAX RETRANS(1)
• When starting the immediate assignment process(e.g, when MS needs location updating, originating
calls or responding to paging calls), the MS will
transmit the "channel request" message over the
RACH to the network. As the RACH is an ALOHA
channel, in order to enhance the MS access successrate, the network allows the MS to transmit multiple
channel request messages before receiving the
immediate assignment message. The numbers of
maximum retransmission (MAX RETRANS) aredetermined by the network.
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MAX RETRANS(2)
The MAX RETRANS is often set in the following ways:• For areas (suburbs or rural areas) where the cell radius is
more than 3km and the traffic is smaller, the MAX
RETRANS can be set 11(i.e. the MAX RETRANS is 7).
• For areas (not bustling city blocks) where the cell radius isless than 3km and the traffic is moderate, the MAX
RETRANS can be set 10(i.e. the MAX RETRANS is 4).
• For micro-cellular, it’s recommend that the MAX
RETRANS be set 01(
i.e. the MAX RETRANS is 2)
.• For microcellular areas with very high traffic and cells with
apparent congestion, it’s recommend that the MAX
RETRANS be set 00(i.e. the MAX RETRANS is 1).
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Access Control (AC)(1)
In some special conditions, the telecom operator wants to
bar all or part of MS from sending out the access request or
paging response request in some special areas. For
example, in case some areas are in emergency state or in
case a GSM PLMN encounters a serious fault. For this
reason, GSM Specification(02.11)stipulates that eachGSM subscriber (ordinary subscriber) is allocated with an
access level. The access level ranges from 0 to 9 and is
stored in the SIM card of the subscriber. The GSM
Specifications reserves 5 special access levels for somespecial subscribers, which range from 11 to 15. These levels
usually have higher access priority. Special subscribers can
have one or more access levels (11~15), and their access
levels are also stored in the SIM cards.
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AC(2)
The access levels are distributed as follows:
• C 0~C9: ordinary subscribers;
• C11: used for PLMN management;
• C12: used by the security department;
• C13: public utilities(e.g. water, gas);
• C14: emergency service;
• C15: PLMN staff.
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Setting of AC
• In the BS installation and commissioning process or
in the process of maintaining or testing some cells,the operator can set C0~C9 as 0 to forcedly forbid
the access of ordinary subscribers so as to reduce
the unnecessary effects on the installation or
maintenance work.• In some cells with very high traffic, the congestion will
occur in busy hours. For example, the RACH conflict
happens frequently, the AGCH is overloaded and the
Abis interface flow is overloaded. The networkoperator can set proper access control parameters
(C0~C15)to control the traffic of some cells.
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Reestablishment Enable RE
• For the drop calls caused by the radio link fault due to the
burst interference or blind areas owing to the high risebuildings, the MS can start the call reestablishment process to
resume the conversation, but the network is entitled to
determine whether the call reestablishment is allowed or not.
“0”=Yes, “1”=No.
• In some special circumstances, the drop call may occur when
the MS goes through a blind area during the conversation. If
the call reestablishment is allowed, the mean drop call rate
will be reduced. However, the call reestablishment process
will occupy a longer period of time, most of the subscribershave hung up before the reestablishment process is over, as
a result, the call reestablishment failed to achieve its purpose
and wasted many radio resources. We recommend that the
call reestablishment be not allowed in the network except for
some individual cells.
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LIMITn(1)
According to GSM Specification 05.08, the BTS mustmeasure the interference levels of the upward links of all
the free channels for the purpose of providing basis for
managing and allocating radio resources. Moreover, the
BTS should analyze its measured results, divide the
interference levels into 5 grades and report them to the
BSC. The division of the 5 interference grades (i.e. the so-
called interference bands) is set by the operator through the
man-machine interface. The parameter "Interference band
border(LIMITn)” determines the borders of the 5interference bands.
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Setting of LIMITn
0 <-110dBm
1 -110dBm- -109dBm2 -109dBm- -108dBm
… …
61 -50dBm- -49dBm
62 -49dBm- -48dBm
Default: LIMIT1 4 LIMIT2 8 LIMIT3 15 LIMIT4 25
The division of the interference bands should be favorable in describing
the interference in the system. Generally the default values are
recommended. In the ordinary situations, the free channel interferencelevel is smaller, so the LIMIT1~4 value should be smaller. Whenapparently large interference appears in the system, you can properly
increase the LIMIT1~4 values in order to know the exact interference.
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IMSI Attach/Detach(ATT) 1
The IMSI detach process is that: the MS notifies the network that itis moving from the working state to the non-working state, or the
process of the SIM card being taken from the MS. When receiving
the notification from the MS, the network will indicate the IMSI
subscriber to be in the non-working state, so the connection
request ending the subscriber as the called party will be rejected.The corresponding IMSI attach process is that the MS notifies the
network that it has been in the working state , or the SIM card is re-
inserted into the MS. When the MS re-enters the working state, it
will detect whether the current LAI is the same as the LAI finally
recorded in the MS. If they are the same, the MS will start the IMSIattach process, otherwise the MS will start the location updating
process (instead of the IMSI attach process). When receiving the
location updating or IMSI attach process, the network will indicate
the IMSI subscriber being in the working state.
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IMSI Attach/Detach(ATT) 2
An ATT mark should be set as YES so that the network will no longer
process the connection process using the MS as the called after theMS shuts down, thus saving the processing time of the network
entities and saving lots of network resources.
Please note that the ATT in different cells but in the same location
area should be set the same. Because the shutdown of the MS in
cells where the ATT is YES will start the IMSI detach process, and thenetwork will record the fact that the MS is in the non-working state and
reject all the connection requests when using MS as the called. When
the MS restarts and is in the same location area (so the location
update process is not started) as when it shuts down but is in a
different cell and the ATT of the cells is set as NO, so the MS will notstart the IMSI attach process, either. In this case, the MS cannot
become the called party until it starts the location updating process.
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CCCH_CONF
The CCCH can be one or more physical channels. The
CCCH and SDCCH can share the same physical channel.The combination mode of the common control channel in a
cell is determined by the CCCH_CONF.
CCCH_CONF Coding Meanings CCCH message blocks in one
BCCH000 CCCH use one basic physical channel, not shared with SDCCH 9
001 CCCH use one basic physical channel, shares with SDCCH 3
010 CCCH use two basic physical channels, not shared with SDCCH 18
100 CCCH use three basic physical channels, not shared with SDCCH 27
110 CCCH use 4 basic physical channels, not shared with SDCCH 36
Others Reserved
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Setting and Impact of CCCH_CONF
The CCCH_CONF is determined by the telecomoperation department according to the traffic model of a
cell. It is often decided in the system design period.
According to the ordinary experience, if a cell has 1 or 2
TRX, we recommend that the CCCH uses one basic
physical channel and shares it with the SDCCH; if a cellhas 3 or 4 TRX, we recommend that the CCCH uses one
basic physical channel but does not share it with the
SDCCH.
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AGBLK
Since the CCCH consists of the access grant channel
(AGCH) and paging channel (PCH), it is necessary toset how many blocks of the CCCH information blocks
are reserved and dedicated to the AGCH. To let the MS
know about the configuration information, the system
message of every cell contains a configurationparameter, that is, the access grant reserve blocks
(AGBLK).
AGBLK is represented in decimal numerals, and its
value range is:• CCCH is not combined with SDCCH: 0~7.
• CCCH is combined with SDCCH: 0~2.
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Setting and Impact of AGBLK
The AGBLK setting principle is: given that the AGCH is
not overloaded, try to reduce the parameter as much aspossible to shorten the time when the MS responds to the
paging and improve the quality of service of the system.
The recommended value of AGBLK is usually 1 (when the
CCCH is combined with the SDCCH), 2 or 3 (when the
CCCH is not combined with the SDCCH).
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BS-PA-MFRMS
According to the GSM specifications, every mobile
subscriber belongs to a paging group. In every cell, everypaging group corresponds to a paging subchannel, the MScalculates the paging group to which it belongs by basingon its own IMSI, then calculates the location of the pagingsubchannel belonging to the paging group. In an actual
network, the MS only "receives“ the contents in the pagingsubchannel to which it belongs but ignores the contents inother paging subchannels, or even turn off the powersupply of some hardware equipment of the MS for otherpaging subchannels to save the MS power overhead (i.e.DRX source). The BS-PA-MFRMS refers to how many multi-frames are used as a cycle of a paging subchannel. Thisparameter in fact determines how many paging sub-channels are to be divided from the paging channels of a
cell.
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BS-PA-MFRMS is represented in decimal numerals
and its value range is 2 9, its unit is multiframe51 frames , its default value is 2
BS-PA-MFRMS Multiframes of the same paginggroup that cycle on the pagingchannel
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
9 9
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Periodic Updating Timer (T3212
The reasons for the location update in the GSM system are
of two types: one is that the MS finds its location area
changed (with a different LAC), the other one is that the
network requires the MS to periodically update its location.
The frequency of periodic location update is controlled viathe network and the period length is determined by the
parameter T3212.
In general, in areas with larger traffic and signaling flow,
you should select the larger T3212(e.g. 16 hours, 20
hours or even 25 hours), but in areas with smaller trafficand lower signaling flow, you can set the smallerT3212 (3
hours or 6 hours, etc.). In areas where traffic is far beyond
the system capacity, we recommend that you set T3212 as
0.
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NCCPERM(1)
In the connection mode (during the conversation), the
MS will report the measured signals of the adjacent
cells to the BS, but each report may contain at most 6
adjacent cells, Therefore, let the MS only report the
information of the cells that may become the hand-over
target cells, do not let the MS report the informationmerely according to the signal level without selection
(usually do not let the MS report other GSMPLMN cells).
The above functions can be fulfilled by limiting the MS
to merely measure the cells whose NCC have beenspecified. The NCCPERM lists the NCCs of cells to be
measured by the MS.
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NCCPERM(2)
• In general, each area is allocated with one (or several)
NCC. The NCCPERM of each cell in the area shouldcontain the NCC of the area, otherwise a large
number of cross-cell drop calls will occur and the cell
reselection will fail. To ensure the normal roaming
between different areas, the border cells of an areashould contain the NCC of its adjacent areas.
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RLT
• During the MS conversation-, when the downward
voice (or data) quality is degraded to be unacceptableand cannot be improved through the RF power control
or handover (i.e. the so-called radio link fault), the MS
will either start the call re-connection or forcedly
disconnect the link. As the forced disconnection
actually means a "drop call" process, the MS will
regard it as a downward radio link fault when the
communication quality is unacceptable (usually the
user has to hang up). In this case, it is provided in the
GSM specifications that the MS needs a counter S toassign an initial value--"downward radio link timeout"--.
When S is counted to 0, the MS will report the
downward radio link fault.
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MBCR 1
In the single band GSM system, when the MS reports
the adjacent cell measurement result to the network, it
only needs to report the contents of the 6 adjacent cells
with the strongest signals in a band. When multiple
bands form a network, the telecom operator often,
according to the actual situation of the network, wantsthe MS to access to a frequency band with priority
during the handover, so the operator hopes that the MS
will report the measurement result on the basis of not
only signal strength but signal band as well. Theparameter "multiband indication (MBCR)" is used to
notify the MS that it should report the multiband
adjacent cell contents.
The value is 0-3
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MBCR 2
• 0: Based on the signal strength of adjacent cells, the
MS reports the measurement results of 6 adjacent
cells whose signals are the strongest, whose NCC
are known and allowed no matter in which band the
adjacent cells lie.
The default value is “0”
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MBCR 3
• 1: The MS should report the measurement result of anadjacent cell in each band (not including the band usedby the current service area) in the adjacent table, whosesignal is the strongest and whose NCC is alreadyknown and allowed. It should also report in the restposition the adjacent cells in the band used by thecurrent service area. If there are still rest positions, it willreport the information of the rest adjacent cells nomatter in which band these adjacent cells lie.
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MBCR 4
• 2: The MS should report the measurement results of two adjacent cells in each band (not including the bandused by the current service area) in the adjacent table,whose signals are the strongest and whose NCC arealready known and allowed. It should also report in the
rest position the adjacent cells in the band used by thecurrent service area. If there are still rest positions, itwill report the information of the rest adjacent cells nomatter in which band these adjacent cells lie.
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MBCR 5
• 3: The MS should report the measurement results of three adjacent cells in each band (not including the
band used by the current service area) in the adjacent
table, whose signals are the strongest and whose
NCC are already known and allowed.
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