Ericsson Parameters Summary

SingTel Ericsson Dafault Parameter BSPWRB Description Base Station output power BCC - Base station colour code BCCHNO BCCHTYPE Absolute RF channel number for BCCH Type of BCCH 1) COMB - indicates that the cell has a combined BCCH and SDCCH COMB, COMBC, NCO NCOMB NCOMB The BCCH is always allocated to time slot number 0 in the defined ARFCN ARFCN - Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number CBCH - is used for transmission of messages when the function Short Messages Service Cell Broadcast (SMSCB) is activate in the cell CBCH - Cell Broadcast Channel Parameter is only allowed to be change in cell state HALTED AGBLK Number of reserved access granted blocks 0 to 7 if non-combin 1 1 AGBLK Parameter is only allowed to be change in cell state HALTED 0 to 2 if combined Bcch and SDCCH/4 is used MFRMS Multiframes Period - defined period of transmission for PAGING R to 9 CCCH multifr 2 same paging subgroups To prevent that all cells on a site send BCCH channels at the same time it is possible to define a deviation with respect to the FN generator called FNOFFSET. By using FNOFFSET on a synchronised two or three sector site the time for decoding BSIC can be reduced. RBS2000 and 200 only FNOFFSET ECSC Frame Number Offset - Indicates the time difference from the F0 to 1325 TDMA Fr Early Classmark Sending Control - indicates if an MS in the cell is No - Early sending i early classmark Sending. TSC MSTXPWR Training Sequence Code Maximum transmit power for MS on connnection 0 Yes 0 TDMA Frame YES support the range The parameter ECSC has to be set to YES in order to allow the MS to send the MS mutliband and/or multislot capability. 1,4,7 33 dBm 30 dBm ACTIVE TCH The cell or channel group is active or halted SDCCHs as well as TCHs can hop. A bcch will not hop even if it belongs to a channel group defined as hopping 6 5 CCCH Parameter is only allowed to be change in cell state HALTED 2) COMBC - indicates that the cell has a combined BCCH and SDCCH/4 with CBCH subchannel 3) NCOMB - indicates that the cell does not have any type of combines BCCH and SDCCH/4 Range 0 -> 63 dbm BCC: 0 to 7 1 to 124( GSM900) 512 to 885 (GSM18 Value 45 Recommended Value 45 dBm 0 to 7 Remarks Note that RBS2301 and 2302 only can supports till 33dbm BSIC = NCC BCC eg NCC=4 , BSIC will ranges from 40 to 47 Bcch - Broadcast Control Channel

GSM 900: 31 to 47dbm In odd values only

Yes - Early sending is allowed 0 to 7 13 to 43 dbm (GSM9 4 to 30 dbm (GSM18 Same as BCC 33 30 TCH

STATE HOP

Cell or Channel Group state Frequency hopping status OFF: The hopping status for the channel group is non hopping

ACTIVE, HALTED ON, OFF, TCH

ON: The hopping status for the channel group is hopping for TCH and SDCCH TCH: The hopping status fpr the channel group is hopping for TCH only HSN Hopping Sequence Number HSN=0 : cyclic hopping sequences HSN=1 to 63 : pseudo random sequences NUMREQBPC DCHNO The number of required basic physical channels (BPCs) in a channel8 to 128 in steps of Absolute RF channel number Related to BCCH plan SDCCH Required number of SDCCH/8 1 to 124( GSM900) 512 to 885 (GSM1800) 0 to 16 1 1 sdcch SYSDEF 16 to 96 range 32 ARFCN 0 to 63 system defined 1 to 63

SYSDEF: system defined limit [ 1 TRX = 8] GSM900: max 31 DCHNO, GSM1800: max 31 DCHNO, GSM1900: max 31 DCHNO

Refer to notes for different types of configurations TN is only valid

0 to 3 (normal cell). TN CBCH SCHO DTXD DTXU Timeslot number where the SDCCH/8 will be located. Cell Broadcast Channel SDCCH handover switch Discontinuous Transmission Downlink Uplink DTX indicator 0: The MSs may use uplink discontinuous transmission 1: The MSs shall use uplink discontinuous transmission 2: The MSs must not use uplink discontinuous transmission MAIO FHOP Mobile Allocation Index Offset Frequency Hopping BB: Baseband hopping SY: Synthesiser hopping 0 to 15 or DEFAULT BB, SY DEFAULT BB DEFAULT cell). Yes, No ON, OFF ON, OFF 0 to 2 0, 2 1 No OFF OFF 1 1st TimeSlot NO OFF OFF 1 (extended range

for CCHPOS = TN and must be equal for all channel groups in a cell.

ON - handovers on SDCCH are allowed; OFF - handovers on SDCCH are not allowed Note: ON: DTX DL is enabled for the cell; OFF: DTX DL is disabled for the cell Uplink discontinuous transmission means that the MS does not transmit continuously, but only when necessary, thus being able to save batteries

SingTel using Baseband Hopping for GSM900 System, RF Hopping for GSM1800

0 (for cells without a subcell structure). A cell is divided into one or more channel groups which contain all physical channels on an arbitrary number of frequencies. Cells with a subcell structure must have at least one channel group CHGR defined in each subcell. 0 to 15 0 0 n/a (for overlaid subcells). 0 (for underlaid subcells). UL The subcell type is underlaid. OL The subcell SCTYPE Subcell type. SingTel does not use Intelligent Underlay Overlay [IUL, OL type is overlaid.

CELL DATA

HCSBAND Layer The HCS feature with 3 layers allows building a network in a twoor three-layered structure. The higher layers can for example be used for large cells and the lower for small cells. Cells in layer 1 have higher priority than cells in layer 2, which in turn have higher

LAYER LAYERTHR LAYERHYST PSSTEMP PTIMTEMP FASTMSREG CSYSTYPE

Defines which cell layers belong to the specified HSCBAND. Layer to 8 1 The signal strength threshold is used for ranking of cells in differ0 to 150 dbm Layer Hysteresis - signal strength is used for ranking cells in diffe to 63db 0 Signal strength penalty temporary offset specifies the duration during which PSSTEMP is valid Handling of fast-moving mobiles switches Specifies the system type for the cell 0 to 63db 0 to 600 seconds ON, OFF GSM900, GSM1800

2 75 2 0 0 OFF GSM900

1 /2 75 dBm / 95 dBm 2 dB 0 dB 0 second OFF GSM900

priority than cells

Unless it is an Ericsson G18 cell, then it will be specified as GSM1800 0 The multiband MS reports the strongest identified neighbours irrespective of the frequency

MBCR

Multi Band Cells Reported - defines the nos of neighbours from ea0 to 3

0 or 1

band used in the 1 The multiband MS attempts to report, at least, the strongest identified neighbour cells in each frequency

reported in the measurement report

band.

IDLE MODE ACCMIN CCHPWR CRH NCCPERM CB CBQ CRO

Cell Selection Criteria: C1, C2 Minimum received signal level in dbm at the MS for permission to a to 110 dBm 47 Maximum transceiver power level an MS may use when accessinf on to 43 (GSM900) 13 4 to 30 (GSM1800) Cell Reselection Hysteresis - receiving signal strength hysteresis f to 14 in steps of 2 0 over location area border (LAC) PLMM (NCC) Permitted - defined the allow NCCs (Network Colour 0 to 7 for which the MS is permitted to send measurement reports Cell Bar Access Yes, No No HIGH 0 No HIGH 0 dB / 4 = 8 dB The setting of this parameter will only affect phase 2 MSs C2 = C1 + CRO TO * H(PT T) for PT 31 C2 = C1 CRO while it is camping on another cell, eg: perforam a cell reselection for PT = 31 0 to 7 [0 dB to infin 0 to 31 [0 sec to 62 0 to 255 deci hours 0 0 40 0 dB 0 / 31 20 = 2 hours The setting of this parameter will only affect phase 2 MSs The setting of this parameter will only affect phase 2 MSs Cell Bar Qualify - HIGH: The cell has high priority; LOW: The cel HIGH, LOW Cell Reselection Offset - defines an offset to encourage or discou0 to 63 [0 dB to 126 1, 4, 6 1,4,6 Up to 8 NCCs can be defined - 110 dBm 33 30 4 - 104 dBm 33 dBm 30 dBm 4 dB C1(N) > C1 + CRH A low value of ACCMIN means that the coverage in idle mode is improved at the expense of the risk of having an increased number of call setup failures

TO PT T3212

Temporary Offset - defines a negative offset applied to CRO Penalty time - defines duration for which TO is applied Defines the time-out value that controls the location updating procedure,

DOUBLE BA List

MBCCHNO is the BCCH allocation, i.e. it indicates to the MS the frequencies that must be monitored and measured in idle, active or both modes.Up to 32 BCCH carriers can be defined by specifying their MBCCHNO LISTTYPE Absolute RF channel number for measurement on BCCH identifies which type pf list the chosen frequencies will be on 1 to 124 (GSM900) 512 to 885 (GSM1800) IDLE, ACTIVE, Omi IDLE/ ACTIVE 32 BCCH in the ListARFCN

Extended range RLINKUP is used by the BSC to determine when to disconnect the call upon repeated failure in decoding the RLINKUP Radio Link Time-out - the maximum value of the radio counter for 1 to 63 SACCH pe 16 16 SACCH. A counter that is given the value RLINKT is started in the MS after the assignment of a dedicated channel. Two units increase the counter if the SACCH data is successfully decoded. One unit decreases it if it cannot be successfully decoded. If the counter reaches the value zero, then the call release is RINKT Radio Link Time-out - the maximum value of the radio downlink cou8 to 64 in steps of 16 16 initiated. If the measured timing advance value for an access burst is equal to or greater than MAXTA, then the connection set-up signalling is terminated by the MAXTA Maximum timing advance before an MS is considered lost 0 to 63 (normal cell 63 63 system. If the cell is an extended range cell, traffic at a XRANGE Extended range cell YES, NO NO NO distance of

Filter control SSEVALSD QEVALSD SSVALSI QEVALSI SSLENSD QLENSD SSLENSI QLENSI SSRAMPSD SSRAMPSI

for measurement Signal strength filter for speech/data Quality filter for speech./data Signal strength filter for signalling only Quality filter for signalling only Length of signal strength filter speech/data Length of quality filter for speech/data Length of signal strength filter for signalling only Length of quality filter for signalling only Ramping length of signal strength for speech/data Ramping length of signal strength for signalling only 1 to 9 1 to 9 1 to 9 1 to 9 1 to 20 SACCH peri 1 to 20 SACCH pe 1 to 20 SACCH peri 1 to 20 SACCH pe 1 to 20 SACCH peri 1 to 20 SACCH peri 6 6 6 6 4 12 4 12 5 2 6 6 6 6 10 12 10 12 5 6 1 SACCH period (480 ms). 1 to 5: General FIR filters; 9 Median filter 6: Straight Average filter 7: Exponential filter; 8: First order Butterworth filter

LOCATING DATA : Basic ranking of cell data Maximum number of consecutive missing measurements for a serving cell or neighbouring cell permitted before all old measurements are MISSNM BSTXPWR Max no of consecutive missing measurements for serving cell or ne0 to 18 before old measurements are considered invalid is the BTS output power on all frequencies other than Bcch freque0 to 80 dbm 50 50 dBm 3 3 considered invalid.

BSPWR MSRXMIN BSRXMIN MSRXSUFF BSRXSUFF AW

is the BTS output power on the [ BCCH frequency ] as a possible candidate for handover

0 to 80 dbm

50 100 116 0 max 150 OFF

50 dBm 100 dBm 116 dBm 0 dBm 150 dBm ON

Minimum required signal strength received at the MS in a given ce0 to 150 dbm Minimum required signal strength received at the BTS, at the refe to 150 dbm 0 cell as a possible candidate for handover Sufficient signal strength received at the MS to consider the cell 0 to 150 dbm according to the magnitude of the path loss Sufficient signal strength received at the BTS, at the reference p to 150 dbm 0 selectable for further ranking according to the magnitude of the path loss Assignment to worst cell switch. Identifies if assignment to worseON, OFF

GPRS Channel administration GPRS FPDCH PDCHALLOC Activates/deactivates GPRS support in the cell ON, OFF ON 0 NOPREF ON 1 NOPREF The dedicated Pdch will not be pre-empted by circuit switched traffic note: NOPREF: the channel alocation algorithm should not consider this parameter FIRST When allocating the first dedicated PDCH it must be allocated on the non-hopping BCCH frequency. If no channels are available on the non-hopping BCCH frequency onLAST When allocating dedicated PDCH it must not be allocated on the non-hopping BCCH frequency. If no channels are available on other frequencies than the nonhopping BCCH frequency ondemand channels are allocated instead, until the requirement is fulfilled. CHCODING CHCODING is used to the GPRS channel-coding scheme. When an on-demand PDCH becomes idle it is placed in the idle list for the packet switched domain and PILTIMER is started. When the PILTIMER expires for a PDCH the channel is returned PILTIMER GPRSPRIO to circuit switched domain. 0 (pre-empt GPRS connection when needed for voice) 16 (pre-empt all but 1 idle GPRS ts) 0,16,24 0 0 or 1 24 (pre-empt only idle GPRS ts, leave busy GPRS connections alone) MS power control DMPSTATE SSDES INIDES SSLEN INILEN LCOMPUL Dynamic MS power control state Defines the target value for the desired signal strength uplink measured by the BTS during the stationary phase. Length of stationary signal strength filter 47 to 110 dbm 3 to 15 SACCH peri 85 70 5 2 70 95 dBm 85 dBm 5 SACCH 2 SACCH 30% The value of SSLEN > INILEN. Faster when value is lower Lower desired SS to prevent interference in Urban Area Defines the target value for the desired signal strength uplink me47 to 110 dbm 0, 2 to 5 SACCH pe Length of initial signal strength filter Path loss compensator factor, uplink. When set to zero, no power control towards SSDES is performed. Power margin on the new channel at assignment, intra-cell handover and subcell change and on the old channel at PMARG QDESUL QLEN QCOMPUL assignment failure or handover failure. Desired quality uplink Length of the uplink quality filter Quality deviation compensation factor, uplink 0 to 20 dB 0 to 70 dtqu 1 to 20 SACCH peri 0 to 60 % 8 20 8 30 3 dB 35 dtqu 12 SACCH 30% MS power regulation is performed at intervals specified by REGINT. A new power order is issued only if the calculated power level is different from the current REGINT DTXFUL Regulation interval, stationary, uplink The MS can change the power level in steps of 2 dB with a maximum of 8 steps per SACCH period. 1 to 30 SACCH peri 3 5 3 SACCH 5 SACCH MS power level. Number of measurements periods before the full set of measurem0 to 40 SACCH peri 0 to 100% ACTIVE, INACTIVE INACTIVE ACTIVE 1 to3600. 20 seconds 20 seconds CS 1 or 2 for Ericss CS 2 CS 2 demand channels are allocated instead, until the requirement is fulfilled. used to dedicate a number of traffic channels in the cell for GPRS0 to 8 used in the channel allocation algorithm to determine where the fi NOPREF, FIRST, LA

BTS power control DBPSTATE Dynamic BTS power control state ACTIVE, INACTIVE INACTIVE ACTIVE SDCCH power control switch. Identifies if power control on SDCCH is allowed on non BCCH SDCCHREG SDCCH power control switch defines the target value for the desired signal strength downlink as measured by MS in different parts of the power control SSDESDL REGINTDL SSLENDL interval. Regulation interval, downlink Length of downlink signal strength filter 47 to 110 dbm 1 to 10 SACCH perio 3 to 15 SACCH peri 70 5 5 90 dBm 1 SACCH 4 SACCH When set to zero there is no power control towards LCOMPDL QDESDL Path Loss compensator factor, downlink Desired quality, downlink 0 to 100 % 0 to 70 dtqu 70 20 20% 0 dtqu SSDESDL. RxQual = 0 Lower desired SS to prevent interference in Urban Area Faster steps of powering up by 2 dB at 1 SACCH ON, OFF OFF OFF frequencies.

When set to zero, no quality compensation is QCOMPDL QLENDL BSPWRMIN Quality deviation compensation factor, downlink Length of downlink quality filter 0 to 60 % 1 to 20 SACCH peri 30% 8 20 60% 5 SACCH 20 dB performed.

Min allowed output power for the BTS at the locating reference po-20 to +50 dbm

Urgency Conditions for Handover [Locating Algorithm] TALIM PSSBQ PSSTA PTIMBQ PTIMTA QLIMDL QLIMUL Timing advance limit for handover - Urgency detection parameter 0 to 63 (normal cell Signal strength penalty when handover due to bad quality. This0 to 63 db Signal strength penalty when handover doe to too large timing adv 0 to 63 db Penalty time when handover due to bad quality Penalty time when handover due to too large timing advance Quality limit uplink for handover. Urgency detection parameter 0 to 600 seconds 0 to 600 seconds 0 to 100 dtqu 62 10 dB 63 10 10 55 55 61 10 dB 63 dB 15 sec 10 sec 55 dtpu 55 dtpu Deci transformed GSM quality units (dtqu). Deci transformed GSM quality units (dtqu). TALIM determines the maximum timing advance that the MS is re0 to 219 (extended range cell) bp

Quality limit downlink for handover. Urgency detection parameter 0 to 100 dtqu

Handover Failure PSSHF PTIMHF Signal strength penalty at handover failure Penalty time at handover failure 0 to 63 db 0 to 600 seconds 63 dB 15 63 dB 15

Intra cell handover IHO TMAXIHO TIHO MAXIHO QOFFSETUL QOFFSETDL SSOFFSETUL SSOFFSETDL Intra handover switch: ON - Intra cell handover is allowed; OFF - ON, OFF Timer for handover counter Intra cell handover inhibition timer Maximum number of consecutive intra-cell handovers Offset for quality uplink Offset for quality downlink Offset for signal strength uplink Offset for signal strength downlink 0 to 60 seconds 0 to 60 seconds 0 to 15 -50 to +50 dtqu -50 to +50 dtqu -30 to +30 db -30 to +30 db OFF 6 10 3 0 0 0 0 OFF 6 seconds 5 seconds 3 0 0 0 0 SingTel does not use Intra-Cell Handover. [Globe: ON ] 6 10 3 10 10 0 0

Idle Channel Measurements ACTIVE: The measurements made are used for statistical purposes and at channel allocation. PASSIVE: No idle channel measurements are made. NOALLOC: The measurements are used for ICMSTATE INTAVE LIMITn Idle Channel Measurement State ACTIVE, PASSIVE, PASSIVE 6 2 6 12 22 ACTIVE 6 SACCH 2 6 12 25 Band 1 : -108 dBm Band 2 : - 104 dBm Band 3 : - 98 dBm Band 4 : - 85 dBm statistical The number of measurements that should be used in the calculatio1 to 31 SACCH perio defines threshold limits for five different interference bands LIMIT1 = 0 to 59 LIMIT2 = 1 to 60 LIMIT3 = 2 to 61 LIMIT4 = 3 to 62 CELL LOAD SHARING CLSSTATE CLSACC CLSLEVEL HOCLSACC RHYST Cell load sharing active/inactive for an individual cell handovers due to Cell Load sharing will be accepted Percentage of available full rate capable traffic channels at wh to 99 % 0 evaluations are initiated. Handover due to cell load sharing accepted to this cell evaluation CLSRAMP Cell load sharing ramping time parameter. 0 to 30 seconds 5 seconds 5 ON, OFF OFF 75% ON 75% The interval during which value Hysteresis reduction parameter - determines how much hysteresis to 100 % 0 20% 20% The value of of CLSLEVEL must be less than the value of CLSACC ACTIVE, INACTIVE INACTIVE 40% ACTIVE 40% For CLSSTATE activation to have effect, CLSSTATE must be activated Percentage of available full rate capable traffic channels in a t to 100 % 1

Ericsson 1 locating algorithm: TRHYST KHYST LHYST TROFFSET KOFFSET Neighbouring Cell Relation CELLR KHYST LHYST TRHYST KOFFSET LOFFSET TROFFSET BQOFFSET CAND LOFFSET SingTel is using Ericsson 3 Algorithm Ericsson 1 Related Cell designation Signal strength hystersis when evaluating K-cells Path Loss hystersis when evaluating L-cells Signal Strength hysteresis for a K- and L- cell border segment Signal strength offset when evaluating K-cells Path Lloss offset when evalutaing L-cells Signal strength offset for a K- and L-cell border segment Signal strength region for bad quality urgency handovers Candidate Type AWN: Neighbour at assignment to worse cell

Ericsson 3 locating algorithm: HIHYST LOHYST HYSTSEP OFFSET

1 to 7 Characters 0 to 63db 0 to 63db -63 to 63 db 0 to 63 db -63 to 63 db -63 to 63 db 0 to 63db AWN, NHN, BOTH

3 dB 3 dB 2 dB 0 0 0 63 dB BOTH

3 dB 3 dB 3 dB 3 dB 0 dB 0 dB 3 dB BOTH If set to 0 dB, faster handover to CELLR If set to 6 dB, Slower handover to CELLR

NHN: Neighbour at normal handover and at assignment to better cell BOTH: Both of the above

AWOFFSET

Signal strength region where assignment to worse cell is allowed 0 to 63 db Ericsson 3

3 dB

3 dB -> 20 dB when Serving cell is Congested, to offload to other cell [CELLR]

HIHYST LOHYST HYSTSEP

Signal strength hysteresis when evaluating high signal strength ce0 to 63 db Signal strength hysteresis when evaluating low signal strength cell0 to 63 db Signal strength separator for high and low signal strength cells0 to 150 dbm

5 dB 3 dB 90 dBm

5 dB 3 dB 90 dBm The parameter is represented by OFFSETN, if the value is in the range (63, -1) dB. Positive values, (0, 63) dB, is

OFFSET

Signal strength offset

-63 to 63 db

3 dB

represented by