Relocations in UMTS

Justin MA
22nd Dec 2014
Relocation in CS
UE Involved
UE Not-Involved
 Relocation in CS
UE Involved
The combined inter-RNC HHO and
SRNS relocation procedure is “UE
involved”, since the UE is ordered to
switch to another carrier frequency or
to replace the whole active set by
sending a HHO command to the UE
HHO during the relocation procedure.
 Relocation in CS
UE Not-Involved
• SRNS relocation is started
when the current active set
only comprises cells
belonging to the DRNC (aka
Target RNC).
• The relocation procedure is
Mobility
initiated by the SRNC (aka
Information Source RNC).
Updating
 Comparison of UE Involved and Not-Involved
in Relocation CS
UE Involved (UE still in SRNC) UE Not-Involved (UE already in DRNC)

UE is
connected
to SRNC
UE is
connected
to DRNC

HHO Mobility
Information
Updating
Relocation in PS
UE Involved
UE Not-Involved
 Relocation in PS
UE Involved

HHO
 Relocation in PS
UE Not-Involved

Mobility
Information
Updating
 Comparison of UE Involved and Not-Involved
in Relocation PS
UE Involved (UE still in SRNC) UE Not-Involved (UE already in DRNC)

UE is
connected
to SRNC

UE is
connected
HHO Mobility to DRNC
Information
Updating
Conclusions
• Relocation with UE Involved has risk to do the inter-RNC HO in the
border before getting connection to DRNC.
• Relocation with UE Not-Involved has following often failure causes:
 UP setup failure
 UTRAN Mobility Information procedure failure or timeout