GSM Information Elements

GSM Information Elements
IE Support in Connectable Equipment

Some elements are presentable only with a subset of the connectable devices. See the table in section 5.2.
Properties of Information Elements: The Asterisk Column
In the column marked *, a set of codes is used to state conditions under which an information element is
•valid: a non-trivial condition must be fulfilled for the element to be valid
•not valid: the element is normally valid, but in certain circumstances it is not (code ends in “–”)
extended compared to the simplest GSM case: the element sometimes carries more information, for example when
•frequency hopping is used (code ends in “+”)
If nothing is written in the asterisk column, the element is always valid (provided it is supported by the device).
Code Meaning
c Valid if a cell file is loaded.
g Valid when running GPRS. Not valid for voice.
g+ The element is richer for (E)GPRS, in one of the following ways:

•more values, i.e. more arguments – e.g. C/I Best
•values have a more complex meaning – e.g. C/I Hopping List (average over timeslots)
•larger range of possible values – e.g. Channel Type.
g– Not valid when running (E)GPRS.
ga Valid in GAN mode or for GAN-capable phones.
h Valid if frequency hopping is used.
h+ The element is richer if frequency hopping is used.

If frequency hopping is used, the element covers all channels in the hopping list.
•No GPRS connection: One value for each channel (arguments 0 through 63)
GPRS: One value for each timeslot used on each channel (arguments 0 through 64 · 8 – 1 = 511). Exception:
•C/I Hopping List has only one value for each channel (arguments 0 through 63).
If frequency hopping is not used, the element contains values for the single channel employed.
•No GPRS connection: One single value (argument 0).
•GPRS: One value for each timeslot used on the channel (arguments 0 through 7).
Example: C/I Best.
hc+ If frequency hopping is used, the element covers all channels in the hopping list. One value for each channel
(arguments 0 through 63).
No separate values for each timeslot for a GPRS connection.
Example: C/I Hopping List.
h– Not valid if frequency hopping is used.
hs Valid when running HSCSD. Not valid for voice.
hs+ The element is richer for HSCSD, in one of the following ways:
•more values, i.e. more arguments – e.g. C/I Best
•values have a more complex meaning – e.g. C/I Hopping List (average over timeslots)
•larger range of possible values – e.g. Channel Type.
hs– Not valid when running HSCSD.
p Reported by positioning equipment.
s Valid when some form of GSM scanning is undertaken (DC UM chapter 9).
si (Valid when doing interference scanning with a Sony Ericsson GSM phone.) This function is no longer
supported in any connectable phone, but the information elements are retained in this description since
old logfiles with interference scan data can still be replayed in the application.
“Full” and “Sub” Values
Information elements with “Full” in their names are calculated on all blocks.
Information elements with “Sub” in their names are calculated only on the blocks known to be sent also when
downlink DTX is active (in each 104-multiframe, one TCH block with SID information and one SACCH block).
GSM RxLev Units
GSM RxLev units are defined in 3GPP 45.008, section 8.1.4.
Information Element Table
IE Name Range/Unit Arg * Description
Adjacent RxLev –10 ... 100 1 ... 4 h– Signal strength of adjacent channel.

GSM RxLev units Argument:
1: Serving cell –2 (–400 kHz)
2: Serving cell –1 (–200 kHz)
3: Serving cell +1 (+200 kHz)
4: Serving cell +2 (+400 kHz)
Invalid if frequency hopping is used.
Adjacent RxLev –120 ... –10 1 ... 4 h– Same as Adjacent RxLev but in dBm. Invalid if frequency
(dBm) dBm hopping is used.
Adjacent Scan 0, 2 – Use of C/A measurements in phone. See DC UM section

15.2.3.4.
0: Not activated
2: Activated
Altitude (ft) –1312 ... 29028 – p Height above sea level in feet.

ft
Altitude (m) –400 ... 8848 – p Height above sea level in meters.

m
AMR Active Set Text 0 ... 3 Current active set of AMR speech codecs on downlink,
DL each codec being described by a text string, e.g. “12.2
kbit/s rate”.
Argument: 0 gives the first member of the active set, etc.
AMR Active Set Text 0 ... 3 Current active set of AMR speech codecs on uplink, each
UL codec being described by a text string, e.g. “12.2 kbit/s
rate”.
Argument: 0 gives the first member of the active set, etc.
AMR C/I –5 ... 35 – C/I value used as input to mode control in AMR. This
dB parameter is distinct from the ordinary C/I information
elements, although the value should be similar.
AMR C/I Hi Limit –5 ... 35 – C/I limit for codec change to higher bit rate, calculated
dB from AMR Hysteresis and AMR Threshold.
AMR C/I Lo Limit –5 ... 35 – C/I limit for codec change to lower bit rate, calculated
dB from AMR Hysteresis and AMR Threshold.
AMR Codec Call 0 ... 100 0 ... 7 Distribution of downlink AMR codec usage for the current
DL (%) % call.
Invalid if no call is ongoing.
Argument: Indicates the AMR codec.
0: 12.2 kbit/s
1: 10.2 kbit/s
2: 7.95 kbit/s
3: 7.40 kbit/s
4: 6.70 kbit/s
5: 5.90 kbit/s
6: 5.15 kbit/s
7: 4.75 kbit/s
AMR Codec Call 0 ... 100 0 ... 7 Distribution of uplink AMR codec usage for the current
UL (%) % call.
Invalid if no call is ongoing.
Argument: See AMR Codec Call DL (%).
AMR Codec Cell 0 ... 100 0 ... 7 Distribution of downlink AMR codec usage since the
DL (%) % phone started using the current serving cell.
AMR Codec Cell 0 ... 100 0 ... 7 Distribution of uplink AMR codec usage since the phone
UL (%) % started using the current serving cell.
AMR Codec DL 0 ... 100 0 ... 3 Current distribution of downlink AMR codec usage across
(%) % the active set being used.
Argument: 0 gives the first member of the active set, etc.,
the members being ordered as in AMR Active Set DL.
AMR Codec UL 0 ... 100 0 ... 3 Current distribution of uplink AMR codec usage across the
(%) % active set being used.
Argument: 0 gives the first member of the active set, etc.,
the members being ordered as in AMR Active Set UL.
AMR Hysteresis 0 ... 15 1 ... 3 Hysteresis values in AMR mode switch mechanism.
Argument: One hysteresis value for each possible mode
transition (a maximum of four AMR codecs can be active
simultaneously).
AMR Threshold 0 ... 63 1 ... 3 Threshold values in AMR mode switch mechanism.
Argument: See AMR Hysteresis.
ARFCN BCCH GSM 450: – Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number of Broadcast
259 ... 293 Control Channel.
GSM 850:
128 ... 251
P-GSM 900:
1 ... 124
E-GSM 900:
0 ... 124,
975 ... 1023
GSM 1800:
512 ... 885
GSM 1900:
512 ... 810
ARFCN Current See ARFCN BCCH – h– In idle mode: Same as ARFCN BCCH.
In dedicated mode: Same as ARFCN TCH.
Not valid when frequency hopping is used.
ARFCN TCH See ARFCN BCCH – h– Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number of Traffic
Channel.
Valid only in dedicated mode and only for channels where
no frequency hopping is used.
Attach Time (ms) 0 ... 60000 – g Time from Attach Request to Attach Complete.
ms
Band Control 0, 2 – Use of band control function in phone. See DC UM

sections 15.2.3.5, 15.2.3.12, 15.3.2.1, 15.4.1.1, 15.4.2.1,
15.4.3.1.
0: Not activated
2: Activated
BER Actual (%) 0 ... 26 – g– Bit error rate, calculated taking DTX into account, i.e. the
% hs– figure is based only on blocks actually transmitted. Valid
for voice only.
BER/Timeslot (%) 0 ... 26 0 ... 7 g Bit error rate for each used timeslot. Valid for data
% hs services only.
Argument: 0 represents the first used timeslot (not TS 0),
etc.
BLER/Timeslot 0 ... 100 0 ... 7 g Block error rate for each timeslot used. Valid for data
(%) % hs services only.
Argument: 0 means the first used timeslot (not TS 0), etc.
BSIC Text – Base Station Identity Code as text string.
BSIC (Num) 00 ... 77 (octal) – Base Station Identity Code in numeric format.
C Value 0 ... 63 – Normalized signal level received at the MS (normalization

GSM RxLev units with running average filter).
C/A –3 –100 ... 100 – h– “Carrier over Adjacent”. Calculated as (RxLev for serving
dB cell) – (Adjacent RxLev for –3), i.e. the adjacent channel’s
frequency is 600 kHz below the serving cell’s.
Invalid if frequency hopping is used.
C/A –2 ... –100 ... 100 – h– As C/A –3 but with adjacent channel at –400 kHz, –
C/A +3 dB 200 kHz, +200 kHz, +400 kHz, and +600 kHz respectively.
C/I Absolute –5 ... 35 See Carrier-over-interference ratio for all channels.

dB range of Argument = ARFCN.
ARFCN Concerning the range, see DC UM chapter 32.
BCCH
C/I Best –5 ... 35 0 ... 511 g+ C/I values for all hopping channels in all used timeslots.
dB (8·64–1) hs+ The whole list is sorted by descending C/I.
h+ For Nokia phones, a single C/I value is obtained (snapshot
from the channel used at the time of measurement). This
value is found at argument 0 of this element.
For PCTel scanners, one C/I value is obtained for each
channel scanned.
Argument: 0 gives the C/I of the best channel, 1 gives that
of the second best, etc.
C/I Best: See ARFCN BCCH 0 ... 511 g+ ARFCN list corresponding to the C/I Best element (which
ARFCN (8·64–1) hs+ see).
h+ Argument: 0 gives the ARFCN of the channel with the best
C/I, etc.
C/I Best: 0 ... 7 0 ... 511 g For multislot allocations: Timeslot list corresponding to
Timeslot (8·64–1) hs the C/I Best element (which see).
h+ Argument: 0 gives the timeslot of the channel with the
best C/I, etc.
C/I For Worst –5 ... 35 0 ... 7 g C/I for the worst channel in the hopping list for each used
ARFCN dB hs timeslot.
h+ Argument: 0 represents the first used timeslot (not TS 0),
etc.
C/I Hopping –5 ... 35 0 ... 63 g+ C/I values (unsorted) for the channels in the hopping list.
List dB hs+ For multislot channels, the mean value across all used
hc+ timeslots is given.
Argument: 0 gives the C/I of the first channel in the
hopping list, etc.
C/I Hopping List: See ARFCN BCCH 0 ... 63 h+ ARFCNs of the channels in the hopping list (see C/I
ARFCN Hopping List).
Argument: 0 gives the ARFCN of the first channel in the
hopping list, etc.
C/I On BCCH –5 ... 35 – C/I on the current BCCH.

Carrier dB If frequency hopping is used, then if the BCCH is used as
hopping frequency, report the C/I for that channel.
If frequency hopping is not used, then if the BCCH is equal
to the TCH, report its C/I.
Invalid otherwise.
C/I Worst –5 ... 35 0 ... 511 g+ C/I values for all hopping channels in all used timeslots.
dB (8·64–1) hs+ The whole list is sorted by ascending C/I.
h+ For Nokia phones, a single C/I value is obtained (snapshot
from the channel used at the time of measurement). This
value is found at argument 0 of this element.
For PCTel scanners, one C/I value is obtained for each
channel scanned.
Argument: 0 gives the C/I of the worst channel, 1 gives
that of the second worst, etc.
C/I Worst: ARFCN See ARFCN BCCH 0 ... 511 g+ ARFCN list corresponding to the C/I Worst element (which
(8·64–1) hs+ see).
h+ Argument: 0 gives the ARFCN of the channel having the
worst C/I, etc.
C/I Worst: 0 ... 7 0 ... 511 g For multislot allocations: Timeslot list corresponding to
Timeslot (8·64–1) hs the C/I Worst element (which see).
h+ Argument: 0 gives the timeslot of the channel having the
worst C/I, etc.
C1 –127 ... 127 – Pathloss criterion C1.

dB Valid only in idle mode.
C2 –127 ... 127 – Cell reselection criterion C2.

dB Valid only in idle mode.
C31 –127 ... 127 – g GPRS signal strength threshold criterion C31.

dB Valid both in packet idle and packet dedicated mode.
C32 –127 ... 127 – g GPRS cell ranking criterion C32.

dB Valid both in packet idle and packet dedicated mode.
Cell EGPRS Text: – EDGE supported/not supported in the cell. This

Support “Yes”/“No” information is available also to non-EDGE phones.
Cell GPRS Text: – Indicates whether GPRS is supported in the cell.

Support “Yes”/“No”
Cell Id 0 ... 65535 – Cell Identity.
Cell Id (Hex) Text: “0000” ... – Same as Cell Id but coded as hexadecimal.

“FFFF”
Cell Name Text – c Name of serving cell. Present only if a cell file is used.
Calculated using a number of different algorithms: see Cell
Name Algorithm.
Cell Name 1 ... 3 – c Indicates the input used by the cell name determination
Algorithm algorithm and (for values 2 and 3) the result of the cell
search:
1: MCC, MNC, LAC, and CI used.
2: BSIC, ARFCN, and position information used. Unique cell
found matching these parameters within a 35 km radius.
3: BSIC, ARFCN, and position information used. Several
matching cells found within a 35 km radius, closest cell
selected.
CGI Text – Cell Global Identity. Consists of Mobile Country Code,

Mobile Network Code, Location Area Code and Cell
Identity. Presented on the format “MCC MNC LAC CI”.
CGI (Hex) Text – Same as CGI, but LAC and CI coded as hexadecimal.
Channel Mode Text – Activity on channel: Signaling only, speech transmission,

or data transmission.
Channel RxLev –10 ... 100 See Measured signal strength level for all channels.
GSM RxLev units range of Argument = ARFCN.
ARFCN Note: Unlike RxLev Full/RxLev Sub, this element is also
BCCH updated by scan reports.
Channel RxLev –120 ... –10 See Same as Channel RxLev but in dBm.
(dBm) dBm range of Argument = ARFCN.
ARFCN
BCCH
Channel Type Text – g+ Channel type, also indicating which speech coder is used.
hs+ For example, “TCH/F + FACCH/F and SACCH/M”, “BCCH”,
or “PDCH”.
Ciphering Text – Currently used ciphering (A5/1, A5/2, GEA/1, etc.),

Algorithm whether for circuit-switched or packet-switched.
Coding Scheme Text – g Modulation coding scheme used on downlink.

DL EDGE: One of:
“MCS-1” ... “MCS-9”,
“MCS-5-7”,
“MCS-6-9”,
“MCS-3 (pad)”,
“MCS-6 (pad)”.
MCS-5-7 and MCS-6-9 are explained in 3GPP 44.060.
“(pad)” means that an RLC block is retransmitted using
MCS-3 and MCS-6 respectively.
GPRS: One of
“CS-1” ... “CS-4”.
Coding Scheme 0 ... 100 1 ... 4 g Distribution of coding scheme usage on downlink (for own
DL Usage (Own % data only).
Data) (%) Argument: 1 means CS-1, etc.
Coding Scheme 0 ... 100 1 ... 4 g Distribution of coding scheme usage on downlink (overall,
DL Usage (Total) % not limited to own data).
(%) Argument: 1 means CS-1, etc.
Coding Scheme Text – g Modulation coding scheme used on uplink. For the
UL possible values, see Coding Scheme DL.
CS-n DL Usage 0 ... 100 0 ... 7 g These elements contain the distribution of coding scheme
(Own Data) (%), % usage (on the downlink and for own data only) for each
n = 1 ... 4 timeslot.
etc.
Current CS DL 1 ... 4 – g Coding scheme currently used on downlink.
Current CS UL 1 ... 4 – g Coding scheme currently used on uplink.
Current MCS DL 1 ... 9 – g Modulation coding scheme currently used on downlink.
Current MCS UL 1 ... 9 – g Modulation coding scheme currently used on uplink.
Data Mode Text – Indicates whether the data transfer is performed over
GPRS, EGPRS, or circuit-switched.
Data Mode 1 ... 3 – Indicates whether the data transfer is performed over
(Num) GPRS, EGPRS, or circuit-switched.
1: GPRS
2: EGPRS
3: CS
Disable Handover 0, 2 – Use of Disable Handover function in phone. See DC UM

section 15.2.3.9.
Downlink 0 ... 45 – Current value of Downlink Signalling Counter (DSC).

Signalling Valid only in idle mode.
Counter Current
Downlink 0 ... 45 – Initial value of Downlink Signalling Counter (DSC).

Signalling Valid only in idle mode.
Counter Max
DTX Rate DL 0 ... 100 – g– Use of DTX on downlink. Calculated as:

%
2 mandatory blocks are always sent using DTX: 1 TCH

(with SID information) and 1 SACCH.
Non-existent for packet-switched (no DTX).
EGPRS BEP 0 ... 31 – Mean value of bit error probability as reported in the
(Mean) See Description Layer 3 message EGPRS Packet Downlink Ack/Nack.
Coded according to the table in 3GPP 45.008, section
8.2.5.
EGPRS BEP 0 ... 7 – Variance of bit error probability as reported in the Layer 3
(Variance) See Description message EGPRS Packet Downlink Ack/Nack.
8.2.5.
EGPRS BEP Total 0 ... 31 – Short-term mean value of bit error probability extracted
(Mean) See Description from Layer 1.
8.2.5.
EGPRS BEP Total 0 ... 7 – Short-term variance of bit error probability extracted from
(Variance) See Description Layer 1.
8.2.5.
EGPRS Link Text – Indicates whether Link Adaptation (LA) or Incremental
Quality Control Redundancy (IR) is used on the uplink.
UL
EGPRS Window 64 ... 1024 – Retransmission buffer size on downlink (RLC protocol
Size DL RLC blocks level).
EGPRS Window 64 ... 1024 – EDGE retransmission buffer size on uplink (RLC protocol
Size UL RLC blocks level).
FER Actual (%) 0 ... 100 – g– Frame erasure rate, calculated taking DTX into account,
% hs– i.e. the figure is based only on blocks actually transmitted.
Valid for voice only.
FER Full (%) 0 ... 100 – Frame erasure rate, Full value. Calculated as:
%
A block is erased when the parity check (CRC) fails.
FER Sub (%) 0 ... 100 – Frame erasure rate, Sub value. For the calculation, see FER
% Full (%).
Firmware Version Text – Version number of device firmware.
Forced GPRS 0, 2 – g Use of GPRS class forcing function in phone.

Class Not supported by any currently connectable phones; see
section 5.2 for details.
Forced Multislot 0, 2 – g Use of GPRS multislot class forcing function in phone.

Class Not supported by any currently connectable phones; see
Forced Power 0, 2 – Use of power class forcing function in phone.

Class 0: Not activated
2: Activated
Not supported by any currently connectable phones; see
Forced Quality Of 0, 2 – g Use of PDP Context Request modification function in

Service phone.
Frequency Band Text – Frequency band of BCCH carrier, e.g. “850”, “1800”,
“900E”, “900R”.
Frequency Band 450 ... 1900 – Frequency band of BCCH carrier in numeric format.
(Num) MHz
Frequency Band Text – Frequency band of current traffic channel or channels, e.g.
For TCH “850”, “1800”, “900E”, “900R”.
Frequent AQM These elements, uplink and downlink scores, only appear in merged logfiles (see RA UM section
IEs: General 17.2).
remark
Frequent AQM 1 ... 5 – Frequent AQM score for last speech sentence played on
Score DL MOS-PESQ the downlink.
Frequent AQM 1 ... 5 – Frequent AQM score for last speech sentence played on
Score UL MOS-PESQ the uplink.
Frequent AQM 0 ... 7 – Downlink Frequent AQM sentence index.

Sentence DL
Frequent AQM 0 ... 7 – Uplink Frequent AQM sentence index.

Sentence UL
GA-RC/GA-CSR 1 ... 4 – ga State of GA-RC or GA-CSR protocol.

State 1: GA-RC Deregistered
2: GA-RC Registered
3: GA-CSR Idle
4: GA-CSR Dedicated
GA-RC/GA-CSR Text – ga Same as GA-RC/GA-CSR State but in text format.

State (Text)
GAN Access Point Text – ga MAC address of connected WLAN access point (BSSID in
MAC Address IEEE 802.11 standard).
GAN Access Point Text – ga Service Set Identifier of connected WLAN access point.
SSID
GAN GERAN Cell 0 ... 65535 – ga Cell Identity in the GSM EDGE Radio Access Network
Id (GERAN). Included in Register and Discovery messages if
the phone is in an area with GSM coverage and GSM-RR is
the serving RR entity. Retrieved from GSM System
Information.
GAN GERAN LAC 0 ... 65535 – ga Location Area Code in the GSM network. Retrieved from
GSM System Information.
GAN GERAN MCC 000 ... 999 – ga Mobile Country Code in the GSM network. Retrieved from
GSM System Information.
GAN GERAN MNC 000 ... 999 – ga Mobile Network Code in the GSM network. Retrieved
from GSM System Information.
GAN GSM 0 ... 3 – ga Used to indicate the presence of GERAN coverage in the
Coverage phone’s current location.
Indicator 0: Normal service
1: Limited service
2: Phone has not found GERAN coverage
3: Phone has found GERAN coverage, service state
unknown
GAN GSM Text – ga Same as GAN GSM Coverage Indicator but in text format.
Coverage
Indicator (Text)
GAN Redirect 0 ... 255 – ga Indicates to the GANC the number of times the phone has
Counter been redirected (from one GANC to another) without
obtaining service.
GAN WLAN 0 ... 5 – ga WLAN signal level.

Quality Level 0: Unusable
1: Poor
2: Adequate
3: Good
4: Excellent
5: Not applicable
GAN WLAN Text – ga Same as GAN WLAN Quality Level but in text format.
Quality Level
(Text)
GAN WLAN RSSI –254 ... 0 – ga WLAN received signal strength.

dBm
GANC IP Address Text – ga Points to the default GANC the phone should use.
GANC SEGW IP Text – ga Points to the default GANC Security Gateway the MS
Address should use.
GMM State Text – g State of GMM protocol: “Idle”, “Ready”, or “Standby”.
GRR State Text – g State of GRR protocol: “Packet Idle” or “Packet Transfer”.
Hardware Text – Device model.
Hardware ID Text – Device IMEI.
Heading (deg) 0 ... 360 – p Direction of travel measured in degrees clockwise from
degrees north.
Hopping Text – Use of frequency hopping (“YES”/”NO”).
Hopping List Text – h ARFCNs of the channels in the hopping frequency list, for
example “1, 10, 19, 28”.
HSN 0 ... 63 – h Hopping Sequence Number, indicating which hopping

frequency list to use.
Idle Channel 0, 2 – Use of idle mode RxQual measurement function in phone.

Quality 0: Not activated
2: Activated
Ignore Cell 0, 2 – Use of ignore/reverse cell barred function in phone. See

Barred DC UM sections 15.2.3.6, 15.3.2.3, 15.4.1.3, 15.4.2.2,
15.4.3.2.
0: Not activated
2: Activated
Interference See ARFCN BCCH – si The ARFCN scanned for interferers during interference
Measured ARFCN scanning. Useful when replaying a logfile.
(Interference scanning is no longer supported by any
connectable phones.)
Interference See ARFCN BCCH – si The BCCH ARFCN of the serving cell locked on during
BCCH ARFCN interference scanning. Useful when replaying a logfile.
(Interference scanning is no longer supported by any
connectable phones.)
LAC 0 ... 65535 – Location Area Code.
LAC (Hex) Text: 0000 ... FFFF – Same as LAC, but coded as hexadecimal.
Latitude –90 ... 90 – p Latitude recorded by positioning equipment.

degrees
Latitude (Text) Text – p Latitude as text. For the presentation format, see RA UM
appendix C.4.
Longitude –180 ... 180 – p Longitude recorded by positioning equipment.

degrees
Longitude (Text) Text – p Longitude as text. For the presentation format, see RA UM
appendix C.4.
LLC BLER DL (%) 0 ... 100 – g Percentage of LLC data blocks erroneously decoded on
% downlink.
LLC BLER UL (%) 0 ... 100 – g Percentage of LLC data blocks resent on uplink.
%
LLC Bytes 0 ... 2 · 109 – g Number of bytes received at the LLC protocol level since
Received DL bytes PS attach.
LLC Bytes Sent UL 0 ... 2 · 109 – g Number of bytes sent at the LLC protocol level since PS
bytes attach.
LLC Throughput 0 ... 400 – g Data throughput (including protocol headers, but
DL (kbit/s) kbit/s excluding retransmissions) on downlink at the LLC
protocol level.
LLC Throughput 0 ... 400 – g Data throughput (including protocol headers, but
UL (kbit/s) kbit/s excluding retransmissions) on uplink at the LLC protocol
level.
LLC Window Size 1 ... 255 – LLC retransmission buffer size on downlink.
DL LLC blocks
LLC Window Size 1 ... 255 – LLC retransmission buffer size on uplink.
UL LLC blocks
MAC Mode DL 0 ... 3 – g Type of GPRS connection on downlink:

0: Dynamic Allocation
1: Extended Dynamic Allocation
2: Fixed Allocation, not half duplex mode
3: Fixed Allocation, half duplex mode
MAC Mode DL Text – g Same as MAC Mode DL but in text format.
(Text)
MAC Mode UL 0 ... 3 – g Type of GPRS connection on uplink. See MAC Mode DL.
MAC Mode UL Text – g Same as MAC Mode UL but in text format.

(Text)
MAIO 0 ... 63 – h Mobile Allocation Index Offset. Indicates where in the

hopping frequency list to start. Valid only if frequency
hopping is used.
MCC 000 ... 999 – Mobile Country Code.
MCS-n DL Usage 0 ... 100 0 ... 7 These elements contain the distribution of modulation
(Own Data) (%), % coding scheme usage (on the downlink and for own data
n = 1 ... 9 only) for each timeslot.
etc.
Message Hex Text – Contains the hexadecimal string of a Layer 3 message or

Dump Payload mode report.
Used for text-format logfile export only.
MNC 000 ... 999 – Mobile Network Code. May consist of two or three digits.
Mode Text – Same as “Mode (Num)” (which see) but in text format:
“No service” etc.
Mode (Num) 1 ... 7 – 1: No service

2: Idle mode
3: Dedicated mode
4: Limited service mode
5: Scan mode
6: Packet mode
7: Packet Idle mode
Modulation DL Text – Type of modulation on downlink.
Modulation UL Text – Type of modulation on uplink.
MS Behavior Text: “B”, “C”, “G”, – Indicates whether the phone’s behavior has been changed
Modified or a combination of from the default. Most of what follows is applicable only
these letters (or to Sony Ericsson GSM phones.
empty string) Empty string: No modification of phone behavior
B: Modification of behavior not related to channel
selection (the information elements Adjacent Scan, Band
Control, Forced Power Class, Idle Channel Quality)
C: Modification of channel selection behavior (the
information elements Disable Handover, Ignore Cell
Barred, Prevent Handover List Active, Prevent Serving Cell
List, Serving Cell List Active, Target Handover)
G: Modification of GPRS behavior (the information
elements Forced GPRS Class, Forced Multislot Class,
Forced Quality Of Service).
Any combination of these letters may appear.
MS Power 0 ... 31 – Phone transmit power ordered by the base station,

Control Level See Description mapped to a number between 0 and 31 according to the
tables in 3GPP 45.005, section 4.1.1. Valid only in
dedicated mode.
MS Tx Power GSM 850: – Phone transmit power in dBm. Valid only in dedicated
(dBm) 5 ... 39 mode.
GSM 900:
5 ... 39
GSM 1800:
0 ... 36
GSM 1900:
0 ... 33
dBm
Multiband 0, 2 – Not used; the feature has been removed from TEMS
Reporting Investigation. The element is retained in order to maintain
compatibility with old logfiles.
Neighbor IEs: A number of elements have been left out of the table. These are the “Neighbor ... Band and
General remark SS ...” elements, which are mere variants of the ordinary “Neighbor” elements and are used in
the status window Serving + Neighbors By Band (see section 8.1.3). What differs is the sorting
order: first by band and then, within each band, by signal strength.
Neighbor ARFCN See ARFCN BCCH 1 ... 32 ARFCNs of neighbor cells, sorted by ARFCN.
Argument: 1 gives the lowest ARFCN, etc.
Neighbor ARFCN See ARFCN BCCH 1 ... 32 ARFCNs of neighbor cells, sorted by signal strength.
(Sorted) Argument: 1 represents the strongest neighbor, etc.
Neighbor BSIC Text 1 ... 32 Base Station Identity Codes for neighbor cells (in text
format), sorted by ARFCN.
Argument: 1 represents the lowest ARFCN, etc.
Neighbor BSIC 00 ... 77 (octal) 1 ... 32 Base Station Identity Codes for neighbor cells (in numeric
(Num) format), sorted by ARFCN.
Neighbor BSIC Text 1 ... 32 Base Station Identity Codes for neighbor cells (in text
(Sorted) format), sorted by signal strength.
Argument: 1 represents the strongest neighbor, etc.
Neighbor BSIC 00 ... 77 (octal) 1 ... 32 Base Station Identity Codes for neighbor cells (in numeric
(Num) (Sorted) format), sorted by signal strength.
Neighbor C1 –127 ... 127 1 ... 32 Pathloss parameter C1 for neighbor cells, sorted by
dB ARFCN.
Neighbor C1 –127 ... 127 1 ... 32 Pathloss parameter C1 for neighbor cells, sorted by signal
(Sorted) dB strength.
Neighbor C2 –127 ... 127 1 ... 32 Cell reselection parameter C2 for neighbor cells, sorted by
dB ARFCN.
Neighbor C2 –127 ... 127 1 ... 32 Cell reselection parameter C2 for neighbor cells, sorted by
(Sorted) dB signal strength.
Neighbor C31 –127 ... 127 1 ... 32 g GPRS signal strength threshold criterion C31 for neighbor
dB cells, sorted by ARFCN.
Neighbor C31 –127 ... 127 1 ... 32 g GPRS signal strength threshold criterion C31 for neighbor
(Sorted) dB cells, sorted by signal strength.
Neighbor C32 –127 ... 127 1 ... 32 g GPRS cell ranking criterion C32 for neighbor cells, sorted
dB by ARFCN.
Neighbor C32 –127 ... 127 1 ... 32 g GPRS cell ranking criterion C32 for neighbor cells, sorted
(Sorted) dB by signal strength.
Neighbor Cell Id 0 ... 65535 1 ... 32 Cell identities of neighbor cells, sorted by ARFCN. Decimal
format.
Neighbor Cell Id 0 ... 65535 1 ... 32 Cell identities of neighbor cells, sorted by signal strength.
(Sorted) Decimal format.
Neighbor Cell Id Text: “0000” ... 1 ... 32 Cell identities of neighbor cells, sorted by ARFCN.
(Hex) “FFFF” Hexadecimal format.
Neighbor Cell Id Text: “0000” ... 1 ... 32 Cell identities of neighbor cells, sorted by signal strength.
(Hex) (Sorted) “FFFF” Hexadecimal format.
Neighbor Cell Text 1 ... 32 c Names of neighbor cells, sorted by ARFCN. Present only if
Name a cell file is used.
Neighbor Cell Text 1 ... 32 c Names of neighbor cells, sorted by signal strength.
Name (Sorted) Present only if a cell file is used.
Neighbor Cell 1 ... 6 1 ... 32 c Indicates, for each neighbor cell, the input used by the
Name Algorithm algorithm determining the neighbor cell name, and the
result of the cell search (where applicable):
1: MCC, MNC, LAC, CI used.
2: BSIC, ARFCN, and position information used. Unique cell
found matching these parameters within a 35 km radius.
3: BSIC, ARFCN, and position information used. Several
matching cells found within a 35 km radius, closest cell
selected.
4: Serving cell found with the method denoted by Cell
Name Algorithm = 1; this neighbor identified as a cell
appearing in the serving cell’s neighbor list and having
matching BSIC and ARFCN.
Neighbors are sorted by ARFCN.
Neighbor Cell 1 ... 6 1 ... 32 c Same as Neighbor Cell Name Algorithm but sorted by
Name Algorithm signal strength.
(Sorted) Argument: 1 represents the strongest neighbor, etc.
Neighbor LAC 0 ... 65535 1 ... 32 Location Area Codes for neighbor cells, sorted by ARFCN.
Decimal format.
Neighbor LAC 0 ... 65535 1 ... 32 Location Area Codes for neighbor cells, sorted by signal
(Sorted) strength. Decimal format.
Neighbor LAC Text: “0000” ... 1 ... 32 Location Area Codes for neighbor cells, sorted by ARFCN.
(Hex) “FFFF” Hexadecimal format.
Neighbor LAC Text: “0000” ... 1 ... 32 Location Area Codes for neighbor cells, sorted by signal
(Hex) (Sorted) “FFFF” strength. Hexadecimal format.
Neighbor RxLev –10 ... 100 1 ... 32 Received signal strength of neighbors, sorted by ARFCN.
GSM RxLev units Argument: 1 represents the lowest ARFCN, etc.
Neighbor RxLev –10 ... 100 1 ... 32 Received signal strength of neighbors, sorted in
(Sorted) GSM RxLev units descending order.
Neighbor RxLev –120 ... –10 1 ... 32 Same as Neighbor RxLev but in dBm.
(dBm) dBm
Neighbor RxLev –120 ... –10 1 ... 32 Same as Neighbor RxLev (Sorted) but in dBm.
(dBm) (Sorted) dBm
Neighbor (SI) Text – s Neighbor list (obtained from System Information) of

ARFCN strongest cell scanned.
The list is given in text format, for example: “[ARFCN: 17,
BSIC: 3-2] 7, 18, 32”. The data within square brackets
pertains to the strongest cell, and the neighbor ARFCNs
follow.
Network Control Text – g Cell reselection behavior of phone. One of “NC0”, “NC1”,
Order “NC2”:
NC0: MS reselection, no measurement reports
NC1: MS reselection, measurement reports
NC2: Network reselection
See 3GPP 45.008, section 10.1.4.
Network Mode Text – g Handling of paging in the network.

Of Operation I: All paging on GPRS channels; Gs signaling interface
present
II: All paging on PCH; no Gs
III: All circuit-switched paging on PCH, all packet-switched
paging on PPCH; no Gs.
Number Of 0 ... 64 – h Number of frequencies in hopping list.

Hopping
Frequencies
Number Of Used 0 ... 8 – g Number of timeslots in use on downlink.

Timeslots DL hs
Number Of Used 0 ... 8 – g Number of timeslots in use on uplink.

Timeslots UL hs
PBCCH Timeslot 0 ... 7 – g Timeslot used for PBCCH/PCCCH, if any.
PDCH IEs: The argument represents a timeslot but is just a sequence number. That is, 0 represents the first
General remark used timeslot, 1 the second, etc.; the argument value does not equate to the corresponding
timeslot index.
PDCH Utilization 0 ... 100 0 ... 7 g Percentage of downlink PDCH capacity currently used for
Control DL (%) % control signaling, or not used at all.
PDCH Utilization 0 ... 100 0 ... 7 g Percentage of the available uplink PDCH capacity currently
Control UL (%) % used for control signaling.
PDCH Utilization 0 ... 100 0 ... 7 g Percentage of the downlink PDCH capacity currently used
Other Data DL % for other users’ data.
(%)
PDCH Utilization 0 ... 100 0 ... 7 g Percentage of the downlink PDCH capacity currently used
Own Data DL (%) % for own data.
PDCH Utilization 0 ... 100 0 ... 7 g Percentage of the available uplink PDCH capacity currently
Own Data UL (%) % used for own data.
PDCH Utilization 0 ... 100 0 ... 7 g Percentage of the available uplink PDCH capacity that is
Free Data UL (%) % currently unused.
PDP IEs: General The argument, where present, refers to a PDP context index.
remark
PDP Access Point Text 1 ... 11 g Host name or network address for each active PDP
Name context.
PDP Address Text 1 ... 11 g User address (IPv4/IPv6).
PDP Context 0 ... 60000 – g Time from PDP Context Activation Request to PDP Context
Time (ms) ms Activation Accept.
PDP Contexts 0 ... 11 – g Number of active PDP contexts.

Active
PDP Delay Class Text 1 ... 11 g Delay class as defined by subscription.
PDP LLC SAPI 3 ... 11 1 ... 11 g LLC Service Access Point Identifier.
PDP Mean Text 1 ... 11 g Mean throughput as defined by subscription.

Throughput
PDP NSAPI 5 ... 15 1 ... 11 g Network SAPI (Service Access Point Identifier).
PDP Peak Text 1 ... 11 g Peak throughput as defined by subscription.

Throughput
PDP Precedence Text 1 ... 11 g Precedence class as defined by subscription.

Class
PDP Radio Text 1 ... 11 g Radio priority level as defined by subscription.

Priority
PDP Reliability Text 1 ... 11 g Reliability class as defined by subscription.

Class
PESQ IEs: Uplink PESQ scores only appear in merged logfiles.

General remark Downlink PESQ scores, as well as the remaining AQM measurements (all other elements
prefixed with “PESQ” below), appear in merged as well as unmerged logfiles. However, prior to
merging, all such data lags behind other data in the logfile. See RA UM section 17.2.2.
PESQ Echo 0 ... 100 – AQM: Echo attenuation on downlink.

Attenuation dB
PESQ Echo 0 ... 5 – AQM: Echo correlation on downlink.

Correlation
PESQ Echo Delay 0 ... 1000 – AQM: Echo delay on downlink.

ms
PESQ Echo Power 0 ... 100 – AQM: Echo power on downlink.

dB
PESQ Score DL 1 ... 5 – AQM: PESQ score for last two speech sentences played on
MOS-PESQ the downlink.
PESQ Score UL 1 ... 5 – AQM: PESQ score for last two speech sentence played on
MOS-PESQ the uplink.
PESQ Sentence 0 ... 3 – AQM: Downlink PESQ sentence index. Each index
DL represents the two sentences over which the
corresponding PESQ score was calculated.
0: Sentences 0 + 1
1: Sentences 2 + 3
2: Sentences 4 + 5
3: Sentences 6 + 7
PESQ Sentence 0 ... 3 – AQM: Uplink PESQ sentence index. Same meaning as
UL PESQ Sentence DL (which see).
PESQ Volume –100 ... 20 – AQM: Volume on downlink.

dB
Preferred GAN 0, 2 – ga Indicates whether a selection has been made on the GAN
Mode Mode Selection tab of the phone’s property page. (At the
outset no option is selected.) See DC UM section 15.4.3.4.
0: No
2: Yes
Prevent 0, 2 – Use of prevent handover function in phone (handover to

Handover List certain cells prevented in dedicated mode). See DC UM
Active section 15.2.3.9.
0: Not activated
2: Activated
Prevent Serving 0, 2 – Use of “prevent cell selection” function in phone (camping

Cell List on selected cells prevented in idle mode). See DC UM
section 15.2.3.7.
0: Not activated
2: Activated
Q Search Power Text – GPRS signal level criterion governing when to search for
3G cells (e.g. “Above –74 dBm”, “Below –54 dBm”,
“Always”, “Never”). See 3GPP 45.008, section 10.4.
RAC 0 ... 255 – g Routing Area Code (8 bits).
RAC (Hex) Text: “00” ... “FF” – g Same as RAC, but coded as hexadecimal.
Radio Link 0 ... 64 – Current value of Radio Link Timeout counter.

Timeout Current Uses the “leaky bucket” principle. Each decoded block
increases the counter by 1 (if it is not already at max) and
each failed block decreases the counter by 2. The call is
terminated when the counter drops to 0.
Valid only in dedicated mode.
Radio Link 4, 8, ..., 64 – Initial value of Radio Link Timeout counter.

Timeout Max Valid only in dedicated mode.
RLA_P –10 ... 100 – g Received Level Average (GPRS signal strength measure).
GSM RxLev units
RLA_P (dBm) –120 ... –10 – g Same as RLA_P but in dBm.

dBm
RLC BLER DL (%) 0 ... 100 – g Percentage of RLC data blocks erroneously decoded on
% downlink.
RLC BLER UL (%) 0 ... 100 – g Percentage of RLC data blocks resent on uplink.
%
RLC Block BSN 0 ... 127 0 ... 23 g RLC/MAC Block Sequence Number from header of data
elements blocks.
One element for each timeslot on downlink and uplink.
For text-format logfile export only.
Argument: Points to an individual GPRS radio block.
RLC Block Dump Text 0 ... 23 g RLC/MAC block header as hex string (e.g. “80 1a 20”), for
elements both data and control blocks.
RLC Block TFI 0 ... 31 0 ... 23 g RLC/MAC Temporary Flow Identifier from header of
elements control and data blocks.
RLC Block Type Text 0 ... 23 g RLC/MAC block type as string.

elements Downlink: “Data Block to this MS”, “Data Block to other
MS”, or “Control Block”.
Uplink: “Allowed but no data sent”, “Data block sent”,
“Control Block sent”, or “Forbidden”.
RLC Bytes 0 ... 2 · 109 – g Number of bytes received at the RLC protocol level since
Received DL bytes GPRS attach.
RLC Bytes Sent 0 ... 2 · 109 – g Number of bytes sent at the RLC protocol level since GPRS
UL bytes attach.
RLC Throughput 0 ... 400 – g Data throughput (including protocol headers, but
DL (kbit/s) kbit/s excluding retransmissions) on downlink at RLC protocol
level.
RLC Throughput 0 ... 100 – g Data throughput (as defined above) on downlink at RLC
DL (%) % protocol level, relative to theoretical maximum for current
channel setup (coding scheme, number of timeslots).
RLC Throughput 0 ... 400 – g Data throughput (including protocol headers, but
UL (kbit/s) kbit/s excluding retransmissions) on uplink at RLC protocol level.
RLC Throughput 0 ... 100 – g Data throughput (as defined above) on uplink at RLC
UL (%) % protocol level, relative to theoretical maximum for current
RLP BLER DL (%) 0 ... 100 – hs Percentage of RLP data blocks erroneously decoded on
% downlink.
RLP BLER UL (%) 0 ... 100 – hs Percentage of RLP data blocks resent on uplink.
%
RLP Bytes 0 ... 2 · 109 – hs Number of bytes received at the RLP protocol level since
Received DL bytes dial-up.
RLP Bytes Sent 0 ... 2 · 109 – hs Number of bytes sent at the RLP protocol level since dial-
UL bytes up.
RLP Throughput 0 ... 60 – hs Data throughput (including protocol headers, but

DL (kbit/s) kbit/s excluding retransmissions) on downlink at RLP protocol
level.
RLP Throughput 0 ... 100 – hs Data throughput (as defined above) on downlink at RLP
DL (%) % protocol level, relative to theoretical maximum for current
RLP Throughput 0 ... 60 – hs Data throughput (including protocol headers, but

UL (kbit/s) kbit/s excluding retransmissions) on uplink at RLP protocol level.
RLP Throughput 0 ... 100 – hs Data throughput (as defined above) on uplink at RLP
UL (%) % protocol level, relative to theoretical maximum for current
RxLev Full –10 ... 100 – Received signal strength (Full value) expressed in GSM
GSM RxLev units RxLev units.
RxLev Full (dBm) –120 ... –10 – Received signal strength (Full value) expressed in dBm.
dBm
RxLev Full In –10 ... 100 – Same as RxLev Full but valid only when the phone is in
Service GSM RxLev units idle, dedicated, packet idle, or packet dedicated mode.
Not valid when in limited service or no service mode.
RxLev Full In –120 ... –10 – Same as RxLev Full (dBm) but valid only when the phone is
Service (dBm) dBm in idle, dedicated, packet idle, or packet dedicated mode.
RxLev Sub –10 ... 100 – Received signal strength (Sub value) expressed in GSM
GSM RxLev units RxLev units.
RxLev Sub (dBm) –120 ... –10 – Received signal strength (Sub value) expressed in dBm.
dBm
RxLev Sub In –10 ... 100 – Same as RxLev Sub but valid only when the phone is in
Service GSM RxLev units idle, dedicated, packet idle, or packet dedicated mode.
RxLev Sub In –120 ... –10 – Same as RxLev Sub (dBm) but valid only when the phone is
Service (dBm) dBm in idle, dedicated, packet idle, or packet dedicated mode.
RxQual Full 0 ... 7 – Received signal quality (Full value), calculated from the bit
See Description error rate according to the table in 3GPP 45.008, section
8.2.4.
RxQual Full (%) 0 ... 26 – Bit error rate in percent (%) corresponding to RxQual Full.
%
RxQual Sub 0 ... 7 – Received signal quality (Sub value), calculated from the bit
See Description error rate according to the table in 3GPP 45.008, section
8.2.4.
RxQual Sub (%) 0 ... 26 – Bit error rate in percent (%) corresponding to RxQual Sub.
%
Scanned See ARFCN BCCH 0 ... 63 h+ C/A measurement: ARFCNs of channels at –400 kHz.
Adjacent ARFCN Argument: 0 means the channel adjacent to the first
–2 channel in the hopping list, etc.
Scanned See ARFCN BCCH 0 ... 63 h+ Same as Scanned Adjacent ARFCN –2 but for the channels
Adjacent ARFCN at –200 kHz.
–1
Scanned See ARFCN BCCH 0 ... 63 h+ C/A measurement: ARFCNs used by current serving cell.
Adjacent ARFCN BCCHs are shown in idle mode, TCHs in dedicated mode.
C0 Note that this element does not itself refer to an adjacent
channel but to the C0.
Argument: 0 means the first channel in the hopping list,
etc.
Adjacent ARFCN at +200 kHz.
+1
Adjacent ARFCN at +400 kHz.
+2
Scanned –120 ... –10 0 ... 63 h+ C/A measurement: Scanned signal strength of the
Adjacent RxLev – dBm channels at –400 kHz.
2 (dBm) Argument: 0 gives the RxLev of the channel adjacent to
the first channel in the hopping list, etc.
Scanned –120 ... –10 0 ... 63 h+ C/A measurement: Same as Scanned Adjacent RxLev –2
Adjacent RxLev – dBm (dBm) but applies to channels at –200 kHz.
1 (dBm)
Scanned –120 ... –10 0 ... 63 h+ C/A measurement: Scanned signal strength of the
Adjacent RxLev dBm channels used by the current serving cell. That is, BCCHs in
C0 (dBm) idle mode and TCHs in dedicated mode.
Note that this element does not itself refer to an adjacent
channel but to the C0.
Argument: 0 gives the RxLev of the first channel in the
hopping list, etc.
Adjacent RxLev dBm (dBm) but applies to channels at +200 kHz.
+1 (dBm)
Adjacent RxLev dBm (dBm) but applies to channels at +400 kHz.
+2 (dBm)
Scanned ARFCN See ARFCN BCCH 0 ... 846 s ARFCNs of scanned channels.
Argument: 0 points to the channel with the lowest
frequency, etc. (not ARFCN).
Scanned Band 450 ... 1900 0 ... 846 s Frequency bands of scanned channels in numeric format.
MHz Argument: 0 points to the channel with the lowest
Scanned BSIC 00 ... 77 (octal) 0 ... 846 s BSICs of scanned channels.

Argument: 0 gives the BSIC of the channel with the lowest
Scanned BSIC On 00 ... 77 (octal) See s BSICs of scanned channels.

ARFCN range of Argument: ARFCN.
ARFCN
BCCH
Scanned –100 ... 100 0 ... 63 h+ C/A measurement: C/A values corresponding to Scanned
C/A –2 (dB) dB Adjacent RxLev –2 (dBm).
C/A –1 (dB) dB Adjacent RxLev –1 (dBm).
C/A +1 (dB) dB Adjacent RxLev +1 (dBm).
C/A +2 (dB) dB Adjacent RxLev +2 (dBm).
Scanned C/I –5 ... 35 0 ... 846 s C/I values for scanned channels.
dB Argument: 0 gives the cell name for the channel with the
lowest frequency, etc. (not ARFCN).
Scanned Cell Text 0 ... 846 c Cell names for scanned channels. Obtained only if both
Name s ARFCN and BSIC are scanned.
Argument: 0 gives the cell name for the channel with the
Scanned 0 ... 847 – s Number of channels currently scanned.

Channels No Of
Scanned RxLev –10 ... 100 0 ... 846 s Received signal strength of scanned channels (GSM scan
GSM RxLev units or RSSI scan).
Argument: 0 gives the RxLev of the channel with the
Scanned RxLev –120 ... –10 0 ... 846 s Same as Scanned RxLev but in dBm.
(dBm) dBm
Scanned RxLev –10 ... 100 See s Received signal strength of scanned channels (GSM scan
On ARFCN GSM RxLev units range of or RSSI scan).
ARFCN Argument: ARFCN.
BCCH
Scanned RxLev –120 ... –10 See s Same as Scanned RxLev On ARFCN but in dBm.
On ARFCN (dBm) dBm range of
ARFCN
BCCH
Serving Cell List 0, 1, 2 – Use of “lock on channel” function in phone. See DC UM

Active sections 15.2.3.7, 15.3.2.1, 15.4.1.2, 15.4.2.1.
0: Not activated
1: Ordered by user, but not yet activated
2: Activated
Signal Strength –120 ... –10 0 ... 63 h+ Signal strength of each channel in the hopping list. This
Hopping List dBm element thus gives more information than RxLev, which is
an average over all channels in the hopping list.
Argument: 0 means the first channel in the hopping list,
etc.
Signal Strength –120 ... –10 – Signal strength on the current BCCH. Especially useful for
On BCCH Carrier dBm obtaining a correct measure of the cell size when
frequency hopping is used and power control is applied to
the TCHs.
The following steps are used to find a value for the
element:
Neighbor list. If the BCCH frequency is in the neighbor
1.list, report its signal strength.
Hopping list. If the BCCH is used as hopping frequency (in
2.dedicated mode), report its signal strength.
Idle mode. If the phone is in idle mode, report RxLev
3.(dBm).
If frequency hopping is not used, step 2 becomes “If BCCH
= TCH ...”.
Invalid if no value is found in any of the above steps.
SNDCP BLER DL 0 ... 100 – g Percentage of SNDCP data blocks erroneously decoded on
(%) % downlink.
SNDCP BLER UL 0 ... 100 – g Percentage of SNDCP data blocks resent on uplink.
(%) %
SNDCP Bytes 0 ... 2 · 109 – g Number of bytes received at the SNDCP protocol level
Received DL bytes since GPRS attach.
SNDCP Bytes 0 ... 2 · 109 – g Number of bytes sent at the SNDCP protocol level since
Sent UL bytes GPRS attach.
SNDCP 0 ... 400 – g Data throughput (including protocol headers, but

Throughput DL kbit/s excluding retransmissions) on downlink at SNDCP protocol
(kbit/s) level.
SNDCP 0 ... 400 – g Data throughput (including protocol headers, but

Throughput UL kbit/s excluding retransmissions) on uplink at SNDCP protocol
(kbit/s) level.
Speech Codec Text – Currently used speech codec, e.g. “EFR”.
Speech Path 0 ... 800 – AQM: The length of time it takes for the speech to travel
Delay ms from the Call Generator to the MTU and back to the Call
Generator again.
This element only appears in merged logfiles (see RA UM
section 17.2).
Speed (km/h) 0 ... 250 – p Speed in km/h.

km/h
Speed (mph) 0 ... 155 – p Speed in mph.

mph
SQI –20 ... 30 – g– Speech Quality Index. See DC UM chapter 28. The range
dBQ depends on the speech codec used:
HR (Half Rate): –20 ... 17 dBQ
FR (Full Rate): –19 ... 22 dBQ
EFR (Enhanced Full Rate): –20 ... 30 dBQ
AMR: Dependent on codec mode. The maximum SQI
values are as follows:
12.2 kbit/s: 30 dBQ
10.2 kbit/s: 28 dBQ
7.95 kbit/s: 28 dBQ
7.40 kbit/s: 27 dBQ
6.70 kbit/s: 27 dBQ
5.90 kbit/s: 24 dBQ
5.15 kbit/s: 21 dBQ
4.75 kbit/s: 19 dBQ
Non-existent for GPRS (no voice data in packets).
SQI MOS 1 ... 5 – g– SQI expressed on the MOS scale. See DC UM chapter 28.
MOS
Strongest See ARFCN BCCH 0 ... 846 s ARFCNs of scanned channels sorted by decreasing signal
Scanned ARFCN strength.
Argument: Except in the case of neighbor list scanning, 0
means the strongest channel of those currently scanned,
etc.
When neighbor list scanning is performed, all neighbors
come first, and then all other channels follow, both
channel sets being sorted internally by decreasing signal
strength.
Strongest 450 ... 1900 0 ... 846 s Frequency bands of scanned channels sorted by
Scanned Band MHz decreasing signal strength.
Argument: See Strongest Scanned ARFCN.
Strongest Text 0 ... 846 s BSICs of scanned channels sorted by decreasing signal
Scanned BSIC strength.
Strongest –5 ... 35 0 ... 846 s C/I for scanned channels sorted by decreasing signal
Scanned C/I dB strength.
Strongest Text 0 ... 846 c Names of scanned channels sorted by decreasing signal
Scanned Cell s strength.
Name Obtained only if both ARFCN and BSIC are scanned.
Strongest –120 ... –10 0 ... 846 s Signal strength of scanned channels in descending order.
Scanned RxLev dBm Argument: See Strongest Scanned ARFCN.
(dBm)
Sub Channel 0 ... 7 – Number of subchannel used in SDCCH or TCH half-rate

Number channel.
TA 0 ... 63 – Timing Advance. Valid only in dedicated mode. For the

See Description significance of the parameter value, see 3GPP 45.010.
Target Handover 0, 1, 2 – Use of lock handover function in phone (handover

restricted to a chosen set of cells; see DC UM section
15.2.3.9).
0: Not activated
1: Ordered by user, but not yet activated
2: Activated
TD-SCDMA 0 ... 127 1 ... 32 Neighbor Cell Parameter Identity of TD-SCDMA cell
Neighbor Cell measured by TD-SCDMA capable phone while in GSM
Parameter ID mode.
Argument: Neighbors sorted by signal strength in
descending order.
TD-SCDMA 1 ... 32 – Number of TD-SCDMA neighbors measured in GSM mode.

Neighbor No Of
TD-SCDMA –116 ... –25 1 ... 32 Received signal code power of each TD-SCDMA neighbor
Neighbor RSCP dBm measured in GSM mode.
TD-SCDMA 0 ... 16383 1 ... 32 UARFCN of each TD-SCDMA neighbor measured in GSM
Neighbor (frequency band mode.
UARFCN dependent)
TFI DL 0 ... 31 – g Temporary Flow Id on uplink. Used to identify a one-block

flow.
TFI UL 0 ... 31 – g Temporary Flow Id on downlink. Used to identify a one-

block flow.
Time Text – Current time in text format: HH:MM:SS.mm, where mm =

decimal seconds.
Timeslot IEs: The argument, where present, represents a timeslot but is just a sequence number. That is, 0
General remark represents the first used timeslot, 1 the second, etc.; the argument value does not equate to the
corresponding timeslot index.
Timeslot 0 ... 7 – Timeslot used for current call. Valid only in dedicated
mode.
Timeslot Channel Text 0 ... 7 g Type of channel in each timeslot on downlink. See
Type DL hs Channel Type.
Timeslot Channel Text 0 ... 7 g Type of channel in each timeslot on uplink. See Channel
Type UL hs Type.
Timeslot Used DL Text 0 ... 7 g Timeslots used on downlink.

hs
Timeslot Used UL Text 0 ... 7 g Timeslots used on uplink.

hs
TLLI 0 ... 232 – 1 – g Temporary Logical Link Identifier.
TLLI (Hex) Text – g Same as TLLI, but coded as hexadecimal.
Training 0 ... 7 – Current training sequence code.

Sequence Code
Uplink State Flag 0 ... 7 0 ... 7 g Uplink State Flags, one for each timeslot, indicating to the
phone when it is allowed to send.
Argument: Timeslot sequence number (compare Timeslot
IEs: General remark).
WCDMA –34 ... 0 1 ... 32 CPICH Ec/No of measured WCDMA neighbors.

Neighbor CPICH dB Argument: 1 gives the neighbor with the highest signal
Ec/No (dB) strength, etc.
WCDMA –140 ... –15 1 ... 32 CPICH RSCP of measured WCDMA neighbors.

Neighbor CPICH dBm Argument: See WCDMA Neighbor CPICH Ec/No.
RSCP (dBm)
WCDMA 0 ... 511 1 ... 32 Scrambling codes of measured WCDMA neighbors.

Neighbor SC Argument: See WCDMA Neighbor CPICH Ec/No.
WCDMA 0 ... 16383 1 ... 32 ARFCNs of measured WCDMA neighbors.

Neighbor (frequency band Argument: See WCDMA Neighbor CPICH Ec/No.
UARFCN dependent)
WCDMA 0 ... 32 – Number of measured WCDMA neighbors.

Neighbors No Of
Weakest Scanned See ARFCN BCCH 0 ... 846 s ARFCNs of scanned channels sorted by increasing signal
ARFCN strength.
Argument: Except in the case of neighbor list scanning, 0
means the weakest channel of those currently scanned,
etc.
When neighbor list scanning is performed, channels are
sorted exactly in the opposite order to Strongest Scanned
ARFCN. (The “Weakest” element serves no purpose in this
context.)
Weakest Scanned 450 ... 1900 0 ... 846 s Frequency bands of scanned channels sorted by increasing
Band MHz signal strength.
Argument: See Weakest Scanned ARFCN.
Weakest Scanned Text 0 ... 846 s BSIC of scanned channels sorted by increasing signal
BSIC strength.
Weakest Scanned –5 ... 35 0 ... 846 s C/I for scanned channels sorted by increasing signal
C/I dB strength.
Weakest Scanned Text 0 ... 846 c Names of scanned channels sorted by increasing signal
Cell Name s strength.
Obtained only if both ARFCN and BSIC are scanned.
Weakest Scanned –120 ... –10 0 ... 846 s Signal strength of scanned channels in ascending order.
RxLev (dBm) dBm Argument: See Weakest Scanned ARFCN.

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IE Support in Connectable Equipment

c Valid if a cell file is loaded.

g Valid when running GPRS. Not valid for voice.

g+ The element is richer for (E)GPRS, in one of the following ways:

g– Not valid when running (E)GPRS.

ga Valid in GAN mode or for GAN-capable phones.

h Valid if frequency hopping is used.

h+ The element is richer if frequency hopping is used.

h– Not valid if frequency hopping is used.

hs Valid when running HSCSD. Not valid for voice.

hs– Not valid when running HSCSD.

p Reported by positioning equipment.

Adjacent RxLev –10 ... 100 1 ... 4 h– Signal strength of adjacent channel.

Adjacent Scan 0, 2 – Use of C/A measurements in phone. See DC UM section

Altitude (ft) –1312 ... 29028 – p Height above sea level in feet.

Altitude (m) –400 ... 8848 – p Height above sea level in meters.

Band Control 0, 2 – Use of band control function in phone. See DC UM

BSIC Text – Base Station Identity Code as text string.

C Value 0 ... 63 – Normalized signal level received at the MS (normalization

C/I Absolute –5 ... 35 See Carrier-over-interference ratio for all channels.

C/I On BCCH –5 ... 35 – C/I on the current BCCH.

C1 –127 ... 127 – Pathloss criterion C1.

C2 –127 ... 127 – Cell reselection criterion C2.

C31 –127 ... 127 – g GPRS signal strength threshold criterion C31.

C32 –127 ... 127 – g GPRS cell ranking criterion C32.

Cell EGPRS Text: – EDGE supported/not supported in the cell. This

Cell GPRS Text: – Indicates whether GPRS is supported in the cell.

Cell Id 0 ... 65535 – Cell Identity.

Cell Id (Hex) Text: “0000” ... – Same as Cell Id but coded as hexadecimal.

CGI Text – Cell Global Identity. Consists of Mobile Country Code,

Channel Mode Text – Activity on channel: Signaling only, speech transmission,

Ciphering Text – Currently used ciphering (A5/1, A5/2, GEA/1, etc.),

Coding Scheme Text – g Modulation coding scheme used on downlink.

Current CS UL 1 ... 4 – g Coding scheme currently used on uplink.

Current MCS DL 1 ... 9 – g Modulation coding scheme currently used on downlink.

Current MCS UL 1 ... 9 – g Modulation coding scheme currently used on uplink.

Disable Handover 0, 2 – Use of Disable Handover function in phone. See DC UM

Downlink 0 ... 45 – Current value of Downlink Signalling Counter (DSC).

Downlink 0 ... 45 – Initial value of Downlink Signalling Counter (DSC).

DTX Rate DL 0 ... 100 – g– Use of DTX on downlink. Calculated as:

2 mandatory blocks are always sent using DTX: 1 TCH

A block is erased when the parity check (CRC) fails.

Firmware Version Text – Version number of device firmware.

Forced GPRS 0, 2 – g Use of GPRS class forcing function in phone.

Forced Multislot 0, 2 – g Use of GPRS multislot class forcing function in phone.

Forced Power 0, 2 – Use of power class forcing function in phone.

Forced Quality Of 0, 2 – g Use of PDP Context Request modification function in

Frequent AQM 0 ... 7 – Downlink Frequent AQM sentence index.

Frequent AQM 0 ... 7 – Uplink Frequent AQM sentence index.

GA-RC/GA-CSR 1 ... 4 – ga State of GA-RC or GA-CSR protocol.

GA-RC/GA-CSR Text – ga Same as GA-RC/GA-CSR State but in text format.

GAN WLAN 0 ... 5 – ga WLAN signal level.

GAN WLAN RSSI –254 ... 0 – ga WLAN received signal strength.

GMM State Text – g State of GMM protocol: “Idle”, “Ready”, or “Standby”.

Hardware Text – Device model.

Hardware ID Text – Device IMEI.

Hopping Text – Use of frequency hopping (“YES”/”NO”).

HSN 0 ... 63 – h Hopping Sequence Number, indicating which hopping

Idle Channel 0, 2 – Use of idle mode RxQual measurement function in phone.

Ignore Cell 0, 2 – Use of ignore/reverse cell barred function in phone. See

LAC 0 ... 65535 – Location Area Code.

Latitude –90 ... 90 – p Latitude recorded by positioning equipment.