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Contents

• Mobility Overview
• Intra-LTE Intra Frequency Mobility
• Intra-LTE Inter Frequency and IRAT Mobility
• Advanced Mobility Features
• CSFB

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Mobility Overview

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Mobility Overview

Target is not prepared

Session UE released using

rrcConnectionRelease
Continuity message
Intra-Freq over X2
Can be blind or or S1
measurement based
Intra-LTE
Mobility Inter-Freq over X2
Mobility or S1
Target is prepared
IRAT
Handover through
Handover rrcReconfiguration
Procedure

Can be blind or
measurement based

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Mobility Events

LTE Events IRAT Events

• A1: Serving cell becomes better than • B1: IRAT Neighbor becomes better than
absolute threshold threshold
• A2: Serving cell becomes worse than • B2: Serving cell becomes worse than
absolute threshold threshold1 AND IRAT neighbor becomes
• A3: Neighbor cell becomes offset better better than threshold2
than serving cell
• A4: Neighbor cell becomes better than
threshold
• A5: Serving cell becomes worse than
absolute threshold1 AND neighbor cell
becomes better than absolute threshold2
• A6: Neighbor cell becomes offset better
than SCell

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Measurement Configuration

• Measurement configuration is done using the rrcConnectionReconfiguration message

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Measurement Configuration Message Example

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Measurement Configuration Message Example

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Intra-LTE Intra Frequency Mobility

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 Intra-Frequency Handover
Related Parameters
UeMeasControl.sMeasure [0]
ReportConfigEUtraBestCell.a3offset [30 (3 dB)]
ReportConfigEUtraBestCell.triggerQuantityA3 [RSRP]
ReportConfigEUtraBestCell.hysteresisA3 [10 (1 dB)]
ReportConfigEUtraBestCell.timeToTriggerA3 [40 ms]
EUtranCellFDD.minBestCellHoAttempts [1]
EUtranCellRelation.cellIndividualOffsetEUtran [0 dB]
EUtranCellRelation.isHoAllowed [TRUE]
Rrc.t304 [1000 ms]
ENodeBFunction.tRelocOverall [5 s]

Related Counters
EUtranCellRelation.pmHoPrepAttLteIntraF
Event A3 Entry Condition EUtranCellRelation.pmHoPrepSuccLteIntraF
EUtranCellRelation.pmHoExeAttLteIntraF
EUtranCellRelation.pmHoExeSuccLteIntraF
Event A3 Exit Condition

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Intra-Frequency Handover Signaling Flow – X2 Handover Case

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Intra-Frequency Handover Signaling Flow – S1 Handover Case

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Intra LTE Inter Frequency Mobility
and IRAT Mobility

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Overview of Coverage Based Mobility
Inter-Frequency and IRAT

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Inter Frequency Mobility
• Can be
• Measurement based or blind
• Session continuity or handover [Two separate
features]
• A2/A1 used in all cases
• If measurement based, we will use A3 or
A5
• For blind handover we use
coverageIndicator to identify target cell,
parameter is set to COVERS for the
desired cell to be the target of blind
handover
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Licensed Features
OptionalFeatureLicense=InterFreqSessionContinuity
FeatureState=CXC4010770
OptionalFeatureLicense=InterFrequencyLteHandover
FeatureState=CXC4010974
Related Parameters
EUtranFrequency
EUtranFreqRelation
• connectedModeMobilityPrio [7]
• interFreqMeasType [0 (EVENT_A5)]
• mobilityAction [1 (HANDOVER)]
• voicePrio [0]
ueMeasControl
• allowReleaseQci1 [FALSE]
• sMeasure [0]
• ueMeasurementsActive [FALSE]
• a5B2MobilityTimer [0 ms]
EUtranCellRelation
• coverageIndicator [0 (NONE)]
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IRAT Mobility
Licensed Features
OptionalFeatureLicense=WcdmaSessionContinuity
FeatureState=CXC4010616
• Can be
OptionalFeatureLicense=WcdmaHandover
• Measurement based or blind FeatureState=CXC4011011
• Session continuity or handover [Two separate
Related Parameters
features]
utranFrequency
• A2/A1 used in all cases utranFreqRelation
• If measurement based, we will use B2 • connectedModeMobilityPrio [6]
• mobilityAction [2 (HANDOVER)]
• For blind handover we use • voicePrio [0]
coverageIndicator to identify target blind ueMeasControl
cell • allowReleaseQci1 [FALSE]
• No PS Handover to GSM, only session • sMeasure [0]
continuity available • ueMeasurementsActive [FALSE]
• a5B2MobilityTimer [0 ms]
utranCellRelation
• coverageIndicator [0 (NONE)]
• isHoAllowed [TRUE]
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MO Structure

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 Event A2
Applies to both Inter-Frequency and IRAT
Related Parameters
Both ReportConfigEUtraBadCovPrim
• a2ThresholdRsrpPrim [-140 dBm]
• a2ThresholdRsrqPrim [-195 (-19.5 dB)]
• hysteresisA2Prim [10 (1 dB)]
• timeToTriggerA2Prim [640 ms]
• triggerQuantityA2Prim [0 (RSRP)]
ReportConfigEUtraBadCovSec
• a2ThresholdRsrpSec [-140 dBm]
• a2ThresholdRsrqSec [-195 (-19.5 dB)]
• hysteresisA2Sec [10 (1 dB)]
• timeToTriggerA2Sec [640 ms]
• triggerQuantityA2Sec [1 (RSRQ)]

Both primary and secondary A2 event

criteria are sent to UE, anyone of them
Event A2 Entry Condition alone can trigger bad coverage

Event A2 Exit Condition

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Event A5
Applies to Inter-Frequency

Related Parameters
ReportConfigA5
• a5Threshold1Rsrp [-140 dBm]
• a5Threshold1Rsrq [-195 (-19.5 dB)]
• a5Threshold2Rsrp [-136 dBm]
• a5Threshold2Rsrq [-195 (-19.5 dB)]
• hysteresisA5 [10 (1 dB)]
• timeToTriggerA5 [640 ms]
• triggerQuantityA5 [0 (RSRP)]
EUtranFreqRelation
• qOffsetFreq [0]
EUtranCellRelation
• cellIndividualOffsetEUtran [0]

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Inter Frequency Event A3
Applies to Inter-Frequency

Related Parameters
ReportConfigEUtraIFBestCell
• a3offset [30 (3 dB)]
• hysteresisA3 [10 (1 dB)]
• timeToTriggerA3 [40 ms]
• triggerQuantityA3 [0 (RSRP)]

Event A3 Entry Condition

Event A3 Exit Condition

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Event B2
Applies to IRAT
Related Parameters
ReportConfigB2Utra
• b2Threshold1Rsrp [-140 dBm]
• b2Threshold1Rsrq [-195 (-19.5 dB)]
• b2Threshold2EcNoUtra [-240 (-24 dB)]
• b2Threshold2RscpUtra [-115 dBm]
• hysteresisB2 [10 (1 dB)]
• timeToTriggerB2 [640 ms]
• triggerQuantityB2 [0 (RSRP)]
ReportConfigB2Geran
• b2Threshold1Rsrp [-140 dBm]
• b2Threshold1Rsrq [-195 (-19.5 dB)]
• b2Threshold2Geran [-110 dBm]
• hysteresisB2 [10 (1 dB)]
• timeToTriggerB2 [640 ms]
• triggerQuantityB2 [0 (RSRP)]

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Event A1

UE is no longer considered in poor coverage Related Parameters

Two Event A1 measurements are configured ReportConfigA1Prim
in UE by eNodeB, correspond to the two • a1ThresholdRsrpPrim [-136 dBm]
Event A2 measurements for poor coverage • a1ThresholdRsrqPrim [-195 (-19.5 dB)]
• hysteresisA1Prim [10 (1 dB)]
• timeToTriggerA1Prim [640 ms]
ReportConfigA1Sec
• a1ThresholdRsrpSec [-136 dBm]
Event A1 Trigger Condition 𝐌𝐬 − 𝐇𝐲𝐬𝐭 > 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 • a1ThresholdRsrqSec [-195 (-19.5 dB)]
• hysteresisA1Sec [10 (1 dB)]
• timeToTriggerA1Sec [640 ms]

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 connectedModeMbilityPrio
a5B2MobilityTimer
voicePrio
(per Cell)
(per frequencyRelation)

Feature (per eNodeB) +

covTriggerdBlindHoAllowed
(per Cell) +
mobilityAction mobilityAction
(per frequencyRelation) (per frequencyRelation)

ueMeasurementsActive
(per Cell)

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Advanced Mobility Features

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Advanced Mobility Features

Service Triggered Mobility Control at Multi-Layer Service-

Mobility Poor Coverage Triggered Mobility
• Allows setting • Introduces • Introduces setting
handover inner/outer search handover
thresholds per QCI zone and critical thresholds per
• Events zone frequency
A1/A2/A5/B2 • Allows • Dependent on
measurement of Mobility Control at
multiple inter- poor coverage
frequency and
IRAT frequencies

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 Licensed Feature
Feature: Service Triggered Mobility OptionalFeatureLicense=ServiceTriggeredMobility
FeatureState=CXC4011059

Related Parameters
• Feature allows setting handover QciProfilePredefined.measReportConfigParams
thresholds per QCI • a1ThresholdRsrpPrimOffset [0]
• Each QCI profile holds offsets for the • a1ThresholdRsrpSecOffset [0]
thresholds for Event A1, Event A2, Event • a1ThresholdRsrqPrimOffset [0]
A5, and Event B2. • a1ThresholdRsrqSecOffset [0]
• a2ThresholdRsrpPrimOffset [0]
• Feature triggers: • a2ThresholdRsrpSecOffset [0]
• Before configuring the measurements • a2ThresholdRsrqPrimOffset [0]
[Calculates offset based on UE QCIs] • a2ThresholdRsrqSecOffset [0]
• Whenever one or several bearers are set up, • a5Threshold1RsrpOffset [0]
released, or modified for a certain UE for • a5Threshold1RsrqOffset [0]
which measurements were previously • a5Threshold2RsrpOffset [0]
configured • a5Threshold2RsrqOffset [0]
• b2Threshold1RsrpUtraOffset [0]
• b2Threshold1RsrqUtraOffset [0]
• b2Threshold2EcNoUtraOffset [0]
• b2Threshold2RscpUtraOffset [0]
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Feature: Service Triggered Mobility
Example of reconfiguration scenario

Setting up Event A5
New bearer is setup New bearer is setup 2 QCI7 bearers QCI2 modified to
UE has QCI2 and with QCI7 with QCI7 released QCI7
QCI5

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Feature: Mobility Control at Poor Coverage
Feature Highlights Licensed Feature
OptionalFeatureLicense=MobCtrlAtPoorCov
• Introduces search zone along the edge of FeatureState=CXC4011345
the cell followed by critical coverage Zone
Related Parameters
• UE can search for several inter-frequency
EUtranCellFDD
and IRAT target frequencies
• mobCtrlAtPoorCovActive [FALSE]
• Search zone measurements can also be • ueMeasurementsActiveIF [FALSE]
used by ANR to add new relations • ueMeasurementsActiveUTRAN [FALSE]
• ueMeasurementsActiveGERAN [FALSE]
ueMeasurementsActive

• ueMeasurementsActiveCDMA2000 [FALSE]
ueMeasurementsActiveIF
ueMeasControl
• bothA5RsrpRsrqCheck [FALSE]
ueMeasurementsActiveUTRAN • allowReleaseQci1 [FALSE]
• a5B2MobilityTimer [0]
ueMeasurementsActiveGERAN • excludeInterFreqAtCritical [FALSE]
• inhibitB2RsrqConfig [FALSE]
ueMeasurementsActiveCDMA2000 • searchEffortTime [40 (4 s)]

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 Feature: Mobility Control at Poor Coverage
Search Zone Measurement
inhibitA2SearchConfig
Search Threshold
ReportConfigSearch
• a1a2SearchThresholdRsrp
• a1a2SearchThresholdRsrq
• hysteresisA1A2SearchRsrp
• hysteresisA1A2SearchRsrq
• timeToTriggerA1Search
The report configurations for search zone measurements • timeToTriggerA1SearchRsrq
are also affected by features Service Triggered Mobility • timeToTriggerA2Search
and29Multi-Layer
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NOT_INHIBIT
INHIBIT_A2SEARCH_RSRQ
INHIBIT_A2SEARCH_RSRP
Critical Threshold
ReportConfigSearch
• a2CriticalThresholdRsrp
• a2CriticalThresholdRsrq
• hysteresisA2CriticalRsrp
• hysteresisA2CriticalRsrq
• timeToTriggerA2Critical
• timeToTriggerA2CriticalRsrq
• a2CriticalThrQci1RsrpOffset
• a2CriticalThrQci1RsrqOffset
 Feature: Mobility Control at Poor Coverage
Outer Search Threshold
ReportConfigSearch
• a2OuterSearchThrRsrpOffset
• a2OuterSearchThrRsrqOffset
ueMeasControl
• lowPrioMeasThresh
The UE only uses an
inner/outer search zone if
there are low priority frequency
relations
The report configurations for
critical measurements are not
affected by features Service
Triggered Mobility or Multi-
Layer Service-Triggered
Mobility.

Before entering Inner Search Zone, UE doesn’t know outer search

zone or critical zone thresholds

What If, when UE reports Inner Search Zone, RSRP/RSRQ has

reduced rapidly to meet the outer search or critical zone
thresholds?

checkA2SearchLevel
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At Step 6

eNodeB Stops event A2 search measurement that triggered entering into search zone
eNodeB will start the following measurements

eNodeB Configured for outer eNodeB Configured for outer

eNodeB NOT configured for
search zone and event reported search zone and reported event
outer search zone
is for inner search zone is for outer search zone

Event A1 with same trigger quantity as Event A1 with same trigger quantity as Event A2 critical coverage measurement
reported event A2 reported event A2 with same trigger quantity as reported
event A2
Event A2 critical coverage measurement
Event A2 Outer Search measurement with
with same trigger quantity as reported
same trigger quantity as reported event A2
event A2
Event A5 or A3 for low priority Inter-
Frequency LTE
Event A5 or A3 for high priority Inter-
Event A5 or A3 for Inter-Frequency LTE
Frequency LTE

Event B2 for low priority IRAT frequencies

Event B2 for IRAT frequencies Event B2 for high priority IRAT frequencies

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Steps 7, 8 and 9
Step 8 – QCI1 bearer
Step 7
setup
a5B2MobilityTimer Restarted
UE was in search zone for one quantity
(RSRP or RSRQ) and now triggered
search zone for the other
If UE in search zone for RSRP all “Target
Good Enough” measurements using
RSRP are replaced by new
measurements of frequencies based
on voicePrio
eNodeB configured with outer search
zone and UE is already in inner search If UE in search zone for RSRQ all
“Target Good Enough” measurements
zone
using RSRQ are replaced by new
measurements of frequencies based
on voicePrio
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Step 9 – QCI1 bearer
released
a5B2MobilityTimer Restarted
If UE in search zone for RSRP all “Target
Good Enough” measurements using
RSRP are replaced with new
measurements of frequencies based
on connectedModeMobilityPrio
If UE in search zone for RSRQ all
“Target Good Enough” measurements
using RSRQ are replaced with new
measurements of frequencies based
on connectedModeMobilityPrio
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Step 10 – Good Coverage Reported
Event A1 reported
by UE – Three
Cases

UE in search zone
UE in search Zone UE in search zone
due to both RSRP
only due to RSRP only due to RSRQ
and RSRQ

UE Remains in
UE in Good RSRP UE in good RSRP
search zone for
and RSRQ and RSRQ
the other quantity
In all cases, all events based on the triggered quantity, RSRP or RSRQ, are removed from the UE and replaced by the
corresponding A2 search measurement
If UE is in good coverage for both quantities, the a5B2MobilityTimer is canceled and the eNodeB waits for event A2 search
measurement reports
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Notes on Steps 14
Step 14:
If bothA5RsrpRsrqCheck is set to TRUE, the eNodeB uses an extended check of A5 “Target Good Enough” measurements
before handover according to the following:
◾RSRP measured value must be higher than either of the following calculated expressions:

◾RSRQ measured value must be higher than either of the following calculated expressions:

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Notes on Step 17

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Feature: Multi-Layer Service-Triggered Mobility

• Feature replaces Service Triggered Mobility Licensed Feature

• Mobility Control at Poor Coverage Must be OptionalFeatureLicense=MultiLayerServTriMobility
active for this feature to function FeatureState=CXC4011815

• QCI specific thresholds for entering search

zone
• This feature can enable the serving cell to
have different A5-T1/B2-T1 threshold and
different A5-T2/B2-T2 threshold per
target frequency relation

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Feature: Multi-Layer Service-Triggered Mobility
A5 and B2 Thresholds per Target Frequency Relation A1A2Search, A5 and B2 thresholds for different QCI

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Feature: Multi-Layer Service-Triggered Mobility
Mobility Threshold Offset for A1Search and A2Search

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Feature: Multi-Layer Service-Triggered Mobility
Mobility Threshold Offset for A5 and B2

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Feature: Multi-Layer Service-Triggered Mobility
Mobility Threshold Offset for A5 and B2

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Extra Slide: Relations Between Thresholds

Following should be take into consideration when configuring thresholds

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CS Fallback

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Feature: CS Fallback to GERAN and UTRAN

• One of the coverage-triggered session Licensed Feature

continuity features to GERAN or UTRAN OptionalFeatureLicense=CsfbToGeranUtran
should be active for this feature to FeatureState=CXC4010956
operate
• GERAN/UTRAN frequency relations have to Related Parameters
be defined UtranFreqRelation
• csFallbackPrio
• Target Frequency Selected based on UE GeranFreqGroupRelation
capabilities and csFallbackPrio parameter • csFallbackPrio
for each frequency

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Signaling for CSFB – UE In Connected Mode – MT Call

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Signaling for CSFB – UE In Idle Mode – MT Call

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Signaling for CSFB – MO Call

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Feature: Measurement-Based CSFB Target Selection

Feature allows eNodeB to redirect the UE to Licensed Feature

the highest prioritized frequency based on OptionalFeatureLicense=MeasBasedCsfbTargetSelection
measurements FeatureState=CXC4011664
Feature also allows definition of alternative
target frequencies if the measurement times Related Parameters
out ReportConfigCsfbUtra
• thresholdEcNo
• thresholdRscp
• timeToTrigger
• Hysteresis
ENodeBFunction
• csfbMeasFromIdleMode
UeMeasControl
• csfbHoTargetSearchTimer
UtranFreqRelation and GeranFreqGroupRelation
• altCsfbTargetPrio

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Feature: Measurement-Based CSFB Target Selection

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