Paging Success Rate - It is rate of successful page responses to First and Repeated Page Attempts to a location area w.r.t.

Number of Initial and Repeated Page Attempts to a location area. This parameter is calculated for 24 Hours. Its standard value >= 92%. LSR = (Number of Page responses to first page to an LA + Number of Page responses to repeated page to an LA) / Number of Page Attempts to an LA (Location Area). OR LSR = (first paging response+ repeated paging response)*100/first paging request). Major contributor for decreasing PSR 1. Improper Paging / LU (Location Update) related parameter setting. 2. O&M issue i.e Outages. 3. Lower RACH success rate. 4. Air Interface Issues like Interference, SDCCH Congestion, etc. 5. Footprints. 6. Paging overload on BSC i.e. paging capacity of BSC compared with the actual paging. 7. Congestion on A-bis interface i.e. Paging command from BSC is delivered to BTS via A-bis.

Improvement Plan 1. Paging / LU timers setting, like Paging Timers in MSC must longer than Paging Timer in BSC (prolonging 1st and repeated page) and also paging strategy (local vs global), or repeated page on/off. 2. LAC optimization. 3. Paging / LU related parameter setting like increasing paging capacity through uncombined BCCH, changing Access grant and MFRMS (multiframe) parameters. 4. Address Coverage issues. 5. Check Discard/Paging queue on cell level.