2G Parameter Training

2GParameterTraining

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COMMON PARAMETER
CELL DATA
BSPWRB
Range : 0-63dBm
Definition: Base Station output power in dBm for the BCCH RF channel number. The BTS can transmit with
different power levels on the frequency that carries the BCCH and on the frequencies that do not carry itit. The
power is specified at the Power Amplifier (PA) output, that is immediately after the transmitter unit and before the
combiner.
Recommended Value: GSM900 : 47 dBm, odd values only
GSM1800: 45 dBm odd values only
CGI MCC-MNC-LAC-CI
Range: MCC: 3 digits (Mobile Country Code).
MNC: 2 or 3 digits (Mobile Network Code).
LAC: 1 to 65535 (Location Area Code)
CI: 0 to 65535 (Cell Identity).
Definition: CGI (Cell Global Identity) is the global identity of the cell in the whole system. CGI is sent to the mobile
station (MS) as a part of the system information message (GSM Rec. 04.08). The combination MCC-MNC-LAC is
also known as the location area identity (LAI).
BSIC - NCC-BCC
Range: NCC: 0 to 7 (Network Colour Code).
BCC: 0 to 7 (Base station Colour Code)
Definition: BSIC is defined on a per cell basis and it is sent on the logical synchronisation channel (SCH) on the
BCCH frequency
frequency. BSIC is defined on a per cell basis and it is sent on the logical synchronisation channel (SCH)
on the BCCH frequency. The colour code NCC is then used to discriminate cells that use the same frequency.
Though mainly intended for the purpose of differentiating PLMNs, it also serves to distinguish cells within
one PLMN that use the same frequency provided they have been assigned different NCC. If there are two
operators in a country, they can use more than two PLMN colour codes each one, provided that in border areas
only the values "n" and "n+4" are used.
The measured signal levels on the serving cell.
The measured levels, the BSIC and the BCCH frequency of the neighboring cells.
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COMMON PARAMETER
BCCHNO
Range: 1 to 124 (GSM 900).
0, 975 to 1023 (GSM 900, G1)
512 to 885 (GSM 1800).
512 to 810 (GSM 1900).
Definition: The frequency carrying the BCCH (Broadcast Control Channel) in a cell, is defined by the Absolute
Radio Frequency Channel Number, ARFCN, with the parameter BCCHNO. The defined ARFCN must be unique
within the cell.
BCCHTYPE
Range: COMB, COMBC, NCOMB.
Definition: Type of BCCH.
BCCH
COMB indicates that the cell has a combined BCCH and SDCCH/4 (see section 0).
COMBC indicates that the cell has a combined BCCH and SDCCH/4 with a CBCH subchannel.
NCOMB indicates that the cell does not have any type of combined BCCH and SDCCH/4.
**The BCCH is always allocated to time slot number 0 (TN0) in the defined ARFCN.
AGBLK
Range: 0 to 7 if non-combined BCCH is used.
0 to 2 if combined BCCH and SDCCH/4 is used.
Definition: Number of reserved access grant blocks. Number of CCCH blocks reserved for the access grant
channel. The remaining
g CCCH blocks are used for the p
paging
g g channel.
Recommended value: 1
MFRMS
Range 2 to 9.
Definition: Multiframes period. Defines period of transmission for PAGING REQUEST messages to the same
paging subgroup
subgroup.
Recommended value: 3 or 4
ECSC
Range: NO, YES.
Definition: Early Classmark Sending Control. Indicates if an MS in the cell is allowed to use early classmark
sending.
Note: The parameter ECSC has to be set to YES in order to allow the MS to send the MS multiband and/or
multislot capability. No multiband or multislot configuration will be established unless the MS capability is known.
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COMMON PARAMETER
TSC
Range: 0 to 7
Definition: Training Sequence Code.
The Training Sequence Code can only be changed for cells with a subcell structure.
MSTXPWR
Range: 13 to 43 (GSM 900) odd values only.
4 to 30 (GSM 1800) even values only.
4 to 30 (GSM 1900) even values only.
Definition: Maximum transmit power for MS on connection.
BSPWRT
Range: 0 to 63 dBm
Comments: Base Station output power in dBm for the non-BCCH RF channel numbers.
GSM 900: 31 to 47 dBm, odd values only
GSM 1800: 33 to 45 dBm, odd values only

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COMMON PARAMETER
Channel Group Data
CHGR
Range: 0 to 15.
Definition: Channel group number.
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 defined in each
subcell.
HOP
Range: ON, OFF
Definition: Frequency hopping status
status.
ON The hopping status for the channel group is hopping for TCH and SDCCH.
OFF The hopping status for the channel group is non hopping.
HSN
Range: 0 to 63
Definition: Hopping sequence number.
The hopping BPC is transmitted on a set of frequencies included in a Hopping Frequency Set (HFS). The
order of the frequencies to transmit on is defined by the hopping sequence number HSN, as described in GSM
05.02.
HSN = 0 cyclic
y
hopping
pp g sequence.
q
HSN = 1 to 63 pseudo random sequences.
NUMREQBPC
Range: 8 to 128 in steps of 8, SYSDEF.
Definition: The number of required basic physical channels (BPCs) in a channel group.
SYSDEF: System defined limit
limit. The number of BPCs is defined by the number of frequencies in a channel group
group.

NUMREQBPC_CHGR1

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CELL A
CELL B
CELL C

222
8
8
8

333
16
16
16

444
24
24
24

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COMMON PARAMETER
DCHNO
Range: 1 to 124 (GSM 900).
0, 975 to 1023 (GSM 900 G1)
512 to 885 (GSM 1800).
512 to 810 (GSM 1900).
Definition: Hopping List/MA List.
List A maximum of 31 DCHNO per cell can be defined in GSM 900.
900
SDCCH
Range: 0 to 16
Definition: Comments: Required number of SDCCH/8.

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COMMON PARAMETER
Neighboring Relation Data
CELLR
Range: 1 to 7 characters except ALL.
Definition: Related cell designation.
The identity of the neighbouring cell for which the set of parameters should be applied is specified by
means of CELLR. The name of the neighbouring cell must be specified here.
CTYPE
Range: EXT, Omitted.
Definition: If the neighbouring cell belongs to another BSC then this must be specified explicitly by means of
CTYPE.
CTYPE
.
RELATION
Range: SINGLE, MUTUAL
Definition: The parameter is only specified when the relation is one way cell to cellr. This means that offset and
hysteresis parameters are only defined in one/both direction
CS
Range: YES, NO.
Definition : Co-site, which indicates if a cell shares the same site as its neighbour.

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COMMON PARAMETER
Implicit detach MSC data
BTDM
Range: 6 to 1530 in steps of 6, OFF..
Definition: Base time duration of implicit detach of a mobile subscriber by the network.
BTDM must be as long as the longest periodic updating time (T3212) in the interworking BSCs.
The supervision time is the sum of BTDM and GTDM.
.
GTDM
Range: 0 to 255.
Definition: Guard time duration
duration. The guard time is used to prevent unnecessary marking of MS as
implicit detached.
T3212
Range: 0 to 255.
Definition : T3212 time-out value. Defines the time-out value that controls the location updating procedure, i.e.
when notifying the availability of the MS to the network.

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COMMON PARAMETER
Idle mode behaviour cell data
ACCMIN
Range: 47 to 110.
Definition: Minimum received signal level in dBm at the MS for permission to access the system.
.
CCHPWR
Range: 13 to 43 in steps of 2 (GSM 900).
4 to 30 in steps of 2 (GSM 1800).
4 to 30 in steps of 2 (GSM 1900).
Definition: Maximum transceiver power level an MS may use when accessing on a control channel
channel.
CRH
Range: 0 to 14 in steps of 2.
Definition : Cell Reselection Hysteresis. Receiving signal strength (rxlev) hysteresis for required cell re-selection
over location area border.
NCCPERM
Range: 0 to 7.
Definition: PLMN ((NCC)) Permitted. Defines the allowed NCCs ((Network Colour Code)) on the BCCH carriers for
which the MS is permitted to send measurement reports.
CB
Range: YES, NO.
Definition: Cell Bar Access.
Access
NO The cell is not barred for access.
YES The cell is barred for access.

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COMMON PARAMETER
Idle mode behaviour cell data
CBQ
Range: HIGH, LOW.
Definition: Cell Bar Qualify.
HIGH: The cell has high priority
LOW: The cell has low priority
.
MAXRET
Range: 1,
1 2
2, 4
4, 7
7.
Definition: Maximum retransmissions. Defines maximum number of retransmissions an MS may do when
accessing the system on RACH.
ATT
Range: YES, NO.
Definition : ATT tells the MS if it is allowed to apply IMSI attach and detach, i.e. if the MS is allowed to send a
message to the system every time it is turned on or off
.
CRO
Range: 0 to 63.
Definition: Cell Reselection Offset. Defines an offset to encourage or discourage MSs to select the
cell while it is camping on another cell, i.e. perform a cell reselection.

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COMMON PARAMETER
Basic Ranking
BSPWR
Range: 0 to 80. dBm
Definition: BSPWR is the BTS output power on the BCCH frequency. BSPWR is defined at the reference point
used in the locating algorithm.
Recommended Value: 47 GSM 900; 45 GSM1800
MSRXMIN
Range: 0 to 150. dBm
Definition: Comments: Minimum required signal strength received at the MS in a givencell to consider the cell as
a possible candidate for handover.
Recommended Value: 100
BSRXMIN
Range: 0 to 150. dBm
Definition : Minimum required signal strength received at the BTS, at the reference point, to consider the cell as a
possible candidate for handover.
.
BSTXPWR
Range: 0 to 80 dBm
Definition: BSTXPWR is the BTS output power on all frequencies other than the BCCH frequency. BSTXPWR
indicates base station output power for the transmitter operating on a pure TCH frequency, at a common
reference point
point.

Corrected signal strength of neighboring cells.

SS_DOWNn = rxlevn + BSTXPWRn - BSPWR n

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COMMON PARAMETER
Urgency conditions cell data
TALIM
Range: 0 to 63 (normal range cell).
Definition: Timing advance limit for handover. Urgency detection parameter.
Recommended Value: 62
Disconnection algorithm cell data
MAXTA
Range: 0 to 63 (normal cell).
Definition: Maximum timing advance before an MS is considered lost
lost.
Recommended Value: 63
** MAXTA should always be greater than the parameter TALIM
RLINKUP
Range: 1 to 63.
Definition : Radio link time-out. The maximum value of the radio link counter for the uplink. RLINKUP is used by
the BSC to determine when to disconnect the call upon
p repeated
p
failure in decoding
g the SACCH.
.
RLINKT
Range: 8 to 64 in steps of 4.
Definition: Radio Link time-out. The maximum value of the radio downlink counter. RLINKT is used by the MS to
determine when to disconnect the call upon repeated failure in decoding the SACCH.
SACCH

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COMMON PARAMETER
Channel administration/Immediate assignment on TCH
CHALLOC
Range: 0 to 2.
Definition: CHALLOC is used in the channel allocation algorithm to determine if a non-hopping TCH on the
BCCH frequency should be allocated with first, last or with no preference.
0 No preference.
1 First preference.
2 Last preference.
CHAP
Range: 0 to 7.
Definition: Channel Allocation Profile
The following eight channel allocation profile are available:
CHAP = 0 Default
CHAP = 1 Immediate assignment on TCH, SDCCH chosen first.
CHAP = 2 Immediate assignment on TCH, TCH chosen first, GSM Phase 2 MSs, Channel Needed provided by
the MSC.
CHAP = 3 Immediate assignment on TCH, TCH chosen first, GSM Phase 2 MSs,Channel Needed not provided
by
y the MSC.
CHAP = 4 Immediate assignment on TCH, TCH chosen first, GSM Phase 1 MSs, Channel Needed not provided
by the MSC.
CHAP = 5 Overlaid subcell as last resort.
CHAP = 6 Immediate assignment on TCH, SDCCH chosen first, Overlaid subcell as last resort.
CHAP = 7 equals CHAP = 0
0.
NECI
Range: 0 and 1.
Definition : New establishments cause indicator. NECI is used to indicate to a GSM phase 2 MS whether to
use GSM
GS phase 1 establishment ((NECI
C = 0) causes or the ffull set off GSM
GS phase 2 establishment causes
(NECI = 1).
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COMMON PARAMETER
GPRS Channel administration
GPRS
Range: ON, OFF.
Definition: Activates/deactivates GPRS support in the cell.
FPDCH
Range: 0 to 8.
Definition: FPDCH is used to dedicate a number of traffic channels in the cell for GPRS only. The dedicated
PDCH can not be pre-empted by circuit switched traffic.
Dynamic MS Power Control
DMPSTATE
Range: ACTIVE/INACTIVE.
Definition: Dynamic MS power control state.
Dynamic BTS power control
DBPSTATE
Range: ACTIVE/INACTIVE.
Definition: Dynamic
y
BTS p
power control state.
SSDESDL
Range: 47 to 110.
Definition: Defines the target value for the desired signal strength downlink as measured by the MS in different
parts of the power control interval
interval.
QDESDL
Range: 0 to 70.
Definition: Desired quality, downlink.

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COMMON PARAMETER
MAIO Management
MAIO
Range: 0 to 15 or DEFAULT.
Definition: Mobile Allocation Index Offset. MAIO is a parameter that will allow the operator to specify a list
of up to 16 MAIO values, in the order in which they are to be allocated to a channel group. This parameter can
also be set to DEFAULT, which removes the manual MAIO list in favor for the default MAIO list.
MAIOConfigurationGSM900

MAIOConfigurationGSM1800

CELLA
CELLB
CELL C
CELLC
CELLA
CELLB
CELLC

222
0
6
12
222
DEFAULT
DEFAULT
DEFAULT

333
02
68
12 14
1214
333
DEFAULT
DEFAULT
DEFAULT

444
024
6810
12 14 16
121416
444
DEFAULT
DEFAULT
DEFAULT

Intra cell handover

IHO
Range: ON, OFF.
Definition: Intra cell handover switch. Intra cell handover is a channel change between two channels
within the same subcell and if certain conditions are fulfilled a
subcell change within a cell.
ON Intra cell handover is allowed.
OFF Intra cell handover is not allowed.\
MAXIHO
Range: 0 to 15.
Definition: Maximum number of consecutive intra-cell handovers.

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COMMON PARAMETER
Hierarchical cell structures
LAYER
Range: 1 to 8.
Definition: Cell layer, i.e. the priority of the cell. Layer 1 has the highest priority. It is recommended that the layers
are defined in increasing order connected to the size of the area the cells cover.

LAYERTHR
Range:
g 0 to 150.dBm
Definition: The signal strength threshold is used for ranking of cells in different layers within each HCSBAND.
LAYERHYST
Range: 0 to 63.
Definition: Layer hysteresis.
hysteresis The signal strength hysteresis is used for ranking cells in different layers within each
HCSBAND.

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COMMON PARAMETER
Idle channel measurements
ICMSTATE
Range: ACTIVE, PASSIVE, NOALLOC.
Definition: Idle Channel Measurement State.
LIMITn
Range: LIMIT1: 0 to 59.
LIMIT2: 1 to 60.
LIMIT3: 2 to 61.
61
LIMIT4: 3 to 62.
Definition: This parameter defines threshold limits for five different interference bands. The limits must be defined
in ascending order according to the following: LIMIT1 < LIMIT2 < LIMIT3 < LIMIT4.

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