INTRA_CELL_HO

Description

The INTRA_CELL_HO statistic tracks intra-cell handovers on a per-scenario basis. This statistic is enhanced to count the number of congestion/quality related handovers: full-rate to full-rate intra-cell handovers. full-rate to half-rate intra-cell handovers. half-rate to half-rate intra-cell handovers. half-rate to full-rate intra-cell handovers. A total value for this statistic is not meaningful and is not displayed.

Table 4-31 INTRA_CELL_HO bins

Bin Scenario Description 0 INTRA_CELL_HO_REQ Number of times an intra-cell handover is considered the best option by the handover evaluator process. 1 INTRA_CELL_HO_ATMPT_FR_FR Number of assignment commands sent to MS during a full-rate to full-rate intra-cell handover. 2 INTRA_CELL_HO_ATMPT_HR_HR Number of assignment commands sent to MS during a half-rate to half-rate intra-cell handover. 3 INTRA_CELL_HO_ATMPT_HR_FR Number of assignment commands sent to MS during a half-rate to full-rate intra-cell handover. 4 INTRA_CELL_HO_ATMPT_FR_HR Number of assignment commands sent to MS during a full-rate to half-rate intra-cell handover. 5 INTRA_CELL_HO_SUC Number of successful intra-cell handovers. 6 INTRA_CELL_HO_LOSTMS Number of failed intra-cell handovers that also failed to recover to the original cell. 7 INTRA_CELL_HO_RETURN Number of failed intra-cell handovers that recovered to the original cell/channel. 8 INTRA_CELL_EQUIP_FAIL Number of attempted intra-cell handover failures due to equipment failure. 9 INTRA_CELL_HO_CLEARED Number of incoming intra-cell handovers aborted due to call clearing. This scenario corresponds to the receipt of a Clear Command, SCCP Released, or Release Done (internal message) during the handover procedure.

Pegging

INTRA_CELL_HO_REQ is pegged just before sending the intra-cell handover message. INTRA_CELL_HO_ATMPT_XX_YY is pegged after the channel activation message is received and just before the assignment command is sent to the MS. The intracell handover bin pegged depends on the speech rate involved and may include the change of speech rate, which pegs the associated bin (FR_FR, HR_HR, HR_FR, or FR_HR). INTRA_CELL_HO_SUC is pegged each time a handover performed message is sent to the MS. INTRA_CELL_HO_LOSTMS is pegged when a radio channel released message is received. INTRA_CELL_HO_RETURN is pegged when a, revert to old channel, message is received. INTRA_CELL_EQUIP_FAIL is pegged when an, assignment failure, message contains an equipment failure cause or KSW/highway fault. INTRA_CELL_HO_CLEARED is pegged every time a call is cleared down during an intra-cell handover.

Analysis

This statistic can be used for trend analysis of intra-cell handovers on a per scenario basis. Usage Radio resource allocation. Quality of service monitoring. Network planning. Fault finding. Service retainability. Key statistics: HANDOVER_FAILURE_RATE, HANDOVER_SUCCESS_RATE,

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