2 Omf810001 GSM Cell Parameters Issue1.0

GSM Cell
Parameters
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Copyright 2008 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
Descriptions
1.
Cell Parameters Overview
2.
Cell Parameters Introduction
3.
Case Study
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Cell Parameters include the most of radio network

parameters transmitted via Um interface.
Via receiving cell parameters, MS is able to exactly

select, access and coordinate with the network through
which different kinds of service is provided.
Via reasonably cell parameters, BTS can run in high

point and whole system can be effectively utilized to
provide more and better services although basing on
limited resources.
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Cell Parameters can be sent through two kinds of logical channels
BCCH (in idle mode)
SACCH (in dedicated mode)
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Descriptions
1.
2.
3.
Case Study
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Introduction to Cell Parameters
Huawei GSM cell parameters:
Network Identity Parameters
Idle Mode Parameters
Call Control Parameters
Cell Selection and Reselection Parameters
Other Parameters
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Cell Data Mapping in Different Statuses

of MS
Power on
Select Network
(Network Identity Para. )
Cell Selection
(Cell Selection Para.)
Access Network
(Call Control Para.)
Dedicated Mode
Cell Reselection Mode

(Cell Reselection Para.)
Paging Mode
(Idle Mode Para.)
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Idle Mode
(Idle Mode Para.)
Network Identity Parameter

CGI
Network identity parameters mainly include
Cell Global Identity (CGI)
Base Station Identity Code (BSIC)
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CGI
CGI=MCC+MNC+LAC+CI
Once MS receives SYS INFO, it decodes the CGI

information, and decides whether it can stay in the cell
according to the MCC and MNC indicated by CGI.
At the same time, it judges whether the current location

area is changed, so as to decide whether to execute
location update. During the location update process, MS
will report the new LAI to the network, so that the network
can know the LA in which MS is currently located.
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Mobile Country Code MCC
Definition: MCC consists of 3 decimal numbers. It

indicates the home country of the mobile subscriber.
Format: MCC is composed of 3 decimal numbers. The

coding range is decimal 000~999.
Location: Cell Attributes
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Mobile Network Code MNC
Definition: MNC is used to uniquely identify a specific GSM

PLMN network in a certain country (decided by MCC).
Format: MNC is composed of two decimal numbers. The

coding range is decimal 00~999.
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Location Area Code LAC
Definition: To locate the location of MS, the whole area

covered by each GSM PLMN is divided into different location
areas. LAC is used to identify different location areas.
Format: LAI contains LAC, which is composed of two bytes.

LAC adopts hexadecimal coding. The available range is from
0001H to FFFEH. The code 0000H and FFFFH cannot be
used (please refer to specification GSM0303, 0408, and
1111). One location area can contain one or more cells.
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Cell Identity CI
Definition: To uniquely identify each cell in the GSM PLMN,

the network operator needs to allocate one code for each
cell, which is the cell identity (CI). Cell identity, together
with LAI, is used for identity of each cell in the world.
Format: CI is composed of 16 bits, The available range is

0~65535.
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BSIC
BSIC=NCC+BCC
In GSM system, each BTS is allocated with a color code,

which is called BSIC. MS can identify two cells with the same
BCCH by the help of BSIC.
In network planning, make sure that BCCH of neighbor cells

are different from the serving cells BCCH to reduce the
interference.
Practically it is still possible that a same BCCH is re-used in

the surrounding cells. For cells using the same BCCH in a
relevant near distance, their BSIC must be different so that
MS can identify two neighbor cells with same BCCH.
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Network Color Code NCC
Definition: NCC is a part of BSIC. MS uses it to distinguish

adjacent BTS that belong to different GSM PLMN.
Format: NCC is composed of 3 bits, with the range of 0 to

7.
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BTS Color Code BCC
Definition: BCC is a part of BSIC. For its function, please

refer to above sections.
Format: BCC is composed of 3 bits. The available range

is 0~7.
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Idle Mode Parameters
ATT
CCCH Conf
BS_AG_BLKS_RES
BS_PA_MFRAMES
Paging Times
Period of Periodic Location Update(T3212)
Neighbor Cell Description (BA Table)
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ATT
Value Range: Yes, No
Default Value Yes
Description: It is Attach-detach allowed. It is used to

inform MS whether IMSI attach-detach is allowed in this
cell. If it is set to Yes, the network will not process the
connection to the called mobile subscriber when MS is
power-off. Thus network processing time and radio
resources are saved. Otherwise the network will process
the connection even though the MS has been powered
off.
Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Basic Idle Parameters
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CCCH Conf
Value Range: 1 Compounding CCCH , 1 Non-Compounding

CCCH,
2 Non-Compounding CCCHs, 3 Non-compounding
CCCHs, 4 Non-compounding CCCHs.
Default Value: When there is one TRX in the cell, one

combined CCCH is recommended (in a system with few paging
messages in location area). For others, it is configured
according to the number of TRX in the cell.
Description: It is Common Control Channel Configuration.

CCCH configuration determines the capacity of PCH, AGCH
and RACH. This parameter can be automatically configured by
system according to the TRX channel configuration.
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BS_AG_BLKS_RES
Value Range: 0~7 (Non-Compounding CCCHs), 0~2 (1

combined CCCH)
Unit: Block
Default Value: 2 (Non-combined CCCH), 1(1 combined

CCCH)
Description: It is also called Access Granted Blocks

Reserved. It is the number of CCCH channel message blocks
that are reserved in one multi-frame for access granted
channels (AGCH).
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BS_PA_MFRAMES
Value Range: 2~9
Unit: Multi-frame period (51 frames)
Default Value: 2 Multi-frame period
Description: It is Paging Channel Multi-frames. It defines

the number of multi-frames used as a cycle of paging
sub-channels.
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Paging Times
Value Range:1~8
Unit: Times
Default Value: 4
Description: This parameter is used for BTS to determine whether

paging is resent. Together with the paging times configured in
MSC, they jointly control the paging resend times. The total
paging times are approximate to be the multiplication of the two.
Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Basic Call Control Parameters
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Period of Periodic Location

Update(T3212)
Value Range: 0~255
Unit: 6 minutes
Default Value: 20
Description: It is the Periodic Location Update Timer. It

defines the interval of periodic location update.
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Definition of Location Update

Inform the system the LA (Location Area) where the MS is to
be paged.
LA 1
LA 2
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Condition of Location Update
Periodical location update
Moving into a new LA
LA 1
LA 2
LA 3
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Procedure of Location Update
MSC
BSC
MS
1
Hour
1
Hour
1
Hour
++ +
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Abnormal Occasion
The subscriber
you dialed has
been powered
off
But I am
always
powered on
LA 1
LA 2
LA 3
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Reason1 of Abnormal Occasion
MSC
BSC
MS
1
Hour
1
Hour
1
Hour
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Reason2 of Abnormal Occasion
MSC
BSC
MS
1
Hour
1
Hour
1
Hour
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Application of T3212
LAC
Ping-pong Reselect
A
T3212=4
B
T3212=8
Even if T3212 setting is less than the system (MSC) query time, the system
will still sometimes voice The subscriber you dialed is powered off.
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Neighbor Cell Description
There are table BA1 and table BA2.
Table BA1 describes BCCH frequencies of the adjacent

cells to be measured when the MS is in idle mode.
Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Advanced
Table BA2 describes BCCH frequencies of the adjacent

cells to be measured when the MS is in dedicated
mode.
Location: Cell Attributes/Handover data/Advanced
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Application of Neighbor Cell

Description
B
C
Theoretical Neighbor Cells
C
D
Actual Neighbor Cells
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Application of Neighbor Cell

Description
B
A
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Call Control Parameters
MS MAX Retrans
TX-integer
RACH Min. Access Level
Special Access Control Class
NCC Allowed
MBR
RLT
ECSC
SACCH Multi-Frames
Emergent Call Disable
Common Access Control

Class
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MS MAX Retrans
Value Range: 1, 2, 4, 7
Unit: Time(s)
Default Value: 4 Times
Description: It is one of the random access control

parameters. MS MAX Retrans is the upper limit of times that
MS is allowed to send Channel Request in one immediate
assignment procedure.
Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Basic Call Control

Parameters
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TX-integer
Value Range: 3~12, 14, 16, 20, 25, 32, 50
Unit: RACH Timeslot (equals to a TDMA frame, 4.615ms)
Default Value: 32
Description: Used to calculate the number of timeslots in

the interval between multiple channel requests sent by
MS.
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Calculation of S
TX-integer
S
Non-Combined CCCH
Combined CCCH
3, 8, 14, 50
55
41
4, 9, 16
76
52
5, 10, 20
109
58
6, 11, 25
163
86
7, 12, 32
217
115
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RACH Min. Access Level
Value Range: -121~-47
Unit: dbm
Default Value: -115
Description: The parameter affects the access of an MS. That is

to say, the BTS determines the threshold of the level for the
random access of the MS. When the receive level of the RACH
burst is lower than the threshold, the BTS regards this access as
an invalid access and no decoding is performed. Only when the
receive level for the burst timeslot of the random access is
greater than the threshold, the BTS regards that this timeslot has
an access request.
Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Advanced/Access Control
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Radio Link Timeout
Value Range: 4~64, the step size is 4
Unit: SACCH period (480ms)
Default Value: 52
Description: This parameter is used for MS to decide

downlink disconnection in case of SACCH decoding failures.

Parameters
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Application of Radio Link

Timeout
Poor coverage
Q
B
Impact of radio link timeout
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Radio Link Timeout
To increase the robustness of the SACCH channel, to improve

the AMR network coverage performance, and to lower the call
drop rate, in practice the AMR FR/HR RLT should be set higher.
Call Type
Normal Call
AMR FR
Default
Parameter
Value
Radio Link Timeout (SACCH
52
period(480ms))
AFR Radio Link Timeout (SACCH period(480ms))
64
AHR Radio Link Timeout (SACCH period(480ms))
52
AMR
HR
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SACCH Multi-Frames
Value Range: 0~63
Unit: SACCH period (480ms)
Default Value: 31
Description: It is a timer used to determine whether the uplink radio link

connection fails. BSS judges the uplink radio link failure according to uplink
SACCH BER.
Every time BTS fails to decode the MR sent from MS, this timer decreases by 1;
Every time BTS succeeds to decode the MR, this timer increases by 2.
When this timer reaches 0, BTS judges that the uplink radio connection fails, then
BTS sends a radio connection failure message to BSC.
This parameter and the radio link timeout (RLT) are used to judge the
uplink/downlink radio connection failure.
Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Basic Call Control Parameters
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SACCH Multi-Frames
To increase the robustness of the SACCH channel, to improve the

AMR network coverage performance, and to lower the call drop
rate, in practice the AMR FR/HR SACCH Multi-Frames should be
set higher.
Call Type
Parameter
Normal Call
AMR FR
AMR
HR
Default
Value
SACCH Multi-Frames (SACCH
31
period(480ms))
AFR SACCH Multi-Frames (SACCH period(480ms))
48
AHR SACCH Multi-Frames (SACCH
32
period(480ms))
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NCC Permitted
Value Range: Selection of 0~7 Perm.
Default Value: 11111111
Description: Network Color Code. It lists NCC that need be

measured by MS. If a neighbor cells NCC is permitted, MS
will report MRs of it to the network.
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Common Access Control Class
Value Range: Level 0~9 Forbidden
Description: One of the parameters of random access control

information. It is used for load control of ordinary
subscribers, to permit or forbid the network access of some
common level users. 1 stands for forbidden and 0 for
permitted.

Parameters
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Special Access Control Class
Value Range: Level 10~14 Forbidden
Description: It is used for load control, permitting or

forbidding the network access of some special level users.
1 stands for forbidden and 0 for permitted.

Parameters
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MBR
Value Range: 0~3
Default Value: 0
Description: Multi-Band Reporting. It is used to inform MS to

report the adjacent cells in a controllable way.

Parameters
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Application of MBR
GSM1800
A -92dBm
B -82dBm
S
H -84dBm
GSM900
C -68dBm
D -90dBm
E -78dBm
F -88dBm
G -96dBm
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ECSC
Default Value: No
Description: Early Classmark Sending Control. It indicates if an

MS in the cell is allowed to use early Classmark sending.
Yes: The MS reports Classmark3 to the network immediately

after link setup.
No: The MS is forbidden to report its Classmark3 to network

initiatively.

Parameters
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Definition of Classmark
In GSM system, the abilities that MS supports, such as service

ability, band ability, power ability, encryption ability, is described
by the classmark. BSC decodes the information according to the
requirement of network and transfer to the network.
There are 3 kinds of

classmark:Classmark1 Classmark2 Classmark3.
Network knows about abilities of MS either via inquiring for MSs

CLASSMARK or via requiring MS to report CLASSMARK3
immediately by itself after link setup.
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Classmark Update Flow
For dual-band MS, after the SCCP

connection is established and
before receiving message "CM
MS
BSS
Service Accepted" there will be a

class mark update flow.
MSC
Classmark Request
Classmark Enquiry
CR message reports the

information of Classmrk 2. And in
Classmark Change
the class mark update flow, MS will
Classmark Update
report Classmark 3 information

which is related to the dual-band
capability.
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Information about Classmark

2/3
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Emergent Call Disable
Default Value: No
Description: Emergence Call Disable. When EC Disable is

set to No, it means emergency call is permitted.
Otherwise it is prohibited.

Parameters
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Cell Selection/Reselection
Parameters
RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN
MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH
CBQ (Cell_Bar_Qualify)
CBA (Cell_Bar_Access)
CRO (Cell Reselection Offset)
TO (Temporary Offset)
PT (Penalty Time)
PI (Cell Reselect Parameters Indication)
CRH ( Cell Reselection Hysteresis)
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Cell Selection Process
There are two kinds of cell selection
Stored list cell selection
Normal cell selection
In fact, the process might be different for different

MSs
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Stored List Cell Selection

Search the BCCH which
have been stored
Can decode
any
frequency?
Yes
Can reside in
any cell ?
No
No
Normal cell selection
Try to reside in its

neighbor cell?
Yes
Yes
Come into
idle mode
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No
Normal Cell Selection

Search all
frequency
Rank according to
receiving level
Select the frequency with
the highest Rx_level
Select the next frequency
with the higher Rx_level
No
YES
Is it a BCCH
carrier?
YES
Right PLMN&C1>0&
priority is Normal ?
All frequency not satisfy
Come into
idle mode
YES
Right PLMN&C1>0&
priority is Low ?
All frequency not satisfy
No
YES
Stay in a cell(RX-LEV is strongest, C1>0 ,

cell priority is not prohibited) without
considering the PLMN
Decode SCH, read

cell para. on BCCH
No
No
Emergency call
mode
Try the cell of other PLMN

allowed in the SIM card
No
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Cell Selection Parameter

C1=RLA_C-RXLEV_ACCESS_MINMAX((MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH - P), 0)
RLA_C: Receiving level of MS

RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN: Minimum receiving level of MS permitted to access
MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH: Maximum transmit power level of MSs
P: Maximum Physical supported transmitting power of MS.
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RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN
Value Range: 0~63 (-110 dBm ~ -47 dBm)
Default Value: 8
Description: It means the minimum receive signal

level required for MS to access a cell.
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MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH
Value Range: 0~19
Unit: level
Default Value: 5 (900MHz cell),0 (1800/1900MHz cell)
Description: This parameter determines the maximum

transmit power level of the MS when it begins to access
a cell and has not yet received power control command.
Location: Cell Attributes/Other

Attributes/Advanced/Public Channel Control
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CBA
Value Range: 0, 1
Default Value: 0
Description: Cell_Bar_Access, worked together with CBQ

to set the priority status of the cell in idle mode for cell
selection and reselection.
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CBQ
Value Range: 0 , 1
Default Value: 0
Description: Cell_Bar_Qualify. CBQ only affects the cell

selection, but is not related to cell reselection. It works
with CBA to define the access priorities of cells.
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Application of CBA and CBQ

CBA
CBQ
Cell Selection
Priority
Cell Reselection
Priority
Normal
Normal
Forbidden
Forbidden
Low
Normal
Low
Normal
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Application of CBQ
The traffic of cell A and B is heavy. Set these two cells with
CBA=1, CBQ=0.
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Application of CBA
A
B
B is a micro cell. Set B to Normal and A to Low.
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Cell Reselection Process
Cell reselection for cells in the same location area
If the C2 value of the target cell is higher than that of the serving cell for
longer than 5 seconds, a cell reselection process will be performed and
the MS tunes to the new cell.
Cell reselection for cells in different location areas
If the C2 value of the target cell is higher than that of the serving cell by
at least the value of CRH for longer than 5 seconds, a location update
process and the cell reselection process will be performed.
Two consecutive cell reselections caused by C2 have a time interval of

15 seconds. In other words to say, if because of C2 a MS reselected to a
cell, then the MS cannot reselect to another cell by the cause of C2
within 15 seconds.
If current serving cell is prohibited, or down link fails, or C1 is less than 0

continuously for 5s, cell reselection will also be triggered.
MS starts a cell reselection if the access times exceed the MAX retrans.
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Cell Reselection Parameter

C2=C1+CRO-TO*H(PT-T)
When PT is not equal to 31
C2=C1-CRO
When PT is equal to 31
For neighbour cell:

H(PT-T)=0, when PT-T<0
H(PT-T)=1, when PT-T 0
For serving cell:

H(PT-T) = 0
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CRO
Value Range: 0~63( the corresponding level value: 0~126dB, stepped

every 2dB).
Unit: 2dB
Default Value: 0
Description: Cell Reselect Offset. It is a parameter in C2 calculation to

give an intentional modification in MS cell reselection.
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TO
Value Range: 0~7 (the corresponding value is 0~60dB, 7

corresponds to Infinite).
Default Value: 0
Description: Cell Reselect Temporary Offset. It is a parameter

in C2 criterion to give a temporary modification within PT time.
Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Advanced/Idle Parameter
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PT
Value Range: 0~31(the corresponding time is 20~620s),

31(reserved for changing the effect of CRO on C2)
Unit: Second
Default Value: 0
Description: Cell Reselect Penalty Time. It is used to ensure the

safety and validity of cell reselection because it helps to avoid
frequent cell reselection.
Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Advanced/Idle Parameter
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PI
Value Range: Yes , No
Default Value: Yes
Description: Cell Reselect Parameters Indication, sent on

the broadcast channel of the cell. It is an indication to
the existence of Cell Reselect Offset(CRO), Temporary
Offset(TO) and Penalty Time(PT).
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CRH
Value Range: 0~14, the step size is 2dB
Unit: dB
Default Value: 6
Description: Cell Reselection Hysteresis. It is the

parameter used when cell reselection happens between
two location areas.
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Other Parameters
Call Reestablishment Forbidden
PWRC
TCH Immediate Assignment
Cell Extension Type
Immediate Assignment Optimization
Max TA
Direct Retry
Interference Band Threshold
Assignment Cell Load Judge Enable
Interference Calculation Period
Cell Direct Try Forbidden Threshold
UL DTX
Directed Retry Load Access

Threshold
DL DTX
T200 and N200
Min Power Level for Direct Try
Use LAPDm N200
Max Resend Times of Phy. Info.
T3105
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Call Reestablishment
Forbidden
Default Value: Yes
Description: Informing MS whether call

reestablishment is allowed or not.
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TCH Immediate Assignment
Default Value : No
Description: Option "Yes" means that TCH channel can be

immediately assigned as signaling and traffic channel
when SDCCH has no available resource. The option "No"
means that only SDCCH can be assigned.
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Immediate Assignment
Optimization
Default Value : No
Description: This parameter is mainly used for satellite

transmission, i.e., to reduce the impact of satellite
transmission delay.
Yes: when the Transmission Mode of the BTS is Satellite transmission
No: when the Transmission Mode of the BTS is Terrestrial transmission
Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Advanced/Call Control
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Signaling Flow of Immediate

Assignment Optimization
MS
BTS
Channel_req
BSC
MSC
Channel_Required
MS
Channel_Active
BTS
CHAN_ACT
Channel_Active_Ack
IMM_ASS_CMD
IMMEDIATE ASSIGN COMMAND

First SABM
UA
Establish_IND (CM Service Req)

CR(Complete_L3_
information)
CC
(NOTE 1)
CM Service Accepted
BSC
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Direct Retry
Default Value : Yes
Description: This parameter indicates the whether the

directed retry on the TCH is allowed. If this parameter is
set to Yes, the handover procedure is used and the MS is
handed over to the neighboring cell.
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Assignment Cell Load Judge

Enable
Value Range: Enable, Disable
Default Value: Disable
Description: When the Assignment Cell Load Judge Enabled is set to

Yes, the direct try flow is allowed if the following two conditions are
met:
The cell supports the direct retry function.
The load of the cell is larger than or equal to the Cell Direct
Try Forbidden Threshold.

Parameters
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Cell Direct Try Forbidden Threshold
Value Range: 0~100(%)
Unit: None
Default Value: 50
Description: If the parameter Assignment Cell Load Judge Enabled

is set to Yes, the direct retry process is started and channels are
assigned when the cell supports direct retry and the load of the current
cell is equal to or greater than the value of Cell Direct Try Forbidden
Threshold during channel assignment.
Location: Cell Attributes/Other Attributes/Advanced/Other

Parameters
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Directed Retry Load Access

Threshold
Value Range: 0~100(%)
Unit: None
Default Value : 85
Description: This parameter is used to adjust the candidate target

cells during direct retry.
When target cells are selected during direct retry, only the cells whose
loads are smaller than or equal to the Directed Retry Load Access
Threshold are selected as candidate target cells.

Parameters
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Min Power Level for Direct Try
Value Range: 0~63 (-110dBm~-47dBm)
Default Value :16
Description: This parameter indicates the selection of

candidate cell for direct try. If the receiving level of the cell
exceeds the value of this parameter, this cell can be
selected as candidate target cells.
Location: Cell Attributes/ Handover Data/Advanced/HO

Control
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Max Resend Times of Phy. Info.
Range Value :1~255
Unit: Times
Default Value :30
Description: This parameter specifies the maximum times Ny1
for re-sending physical information.
If the number of resending times exceeds Ny1 and BTS still has not
received any correct SAMB frame from MS, BTS will send BSC the
connection failure message and handover failure message.
After BSC receives the messages, it will release the newly assigned
dedicated channel and stop timer T3105.
Location: Cell Attributes/Handover Data/Advanced/Cell HO Data
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T3105
Range Value : 0~255
Unit: 10ms
Default Value : 7
Description: When BTS sends physical information to the

MS, the BTS starts the timer T3105. If the timer T3105
times out before receive the SAMB frame from MS, BTS
re-sends physical information to MS and restarts the
timer T3105.
Location: Cell Attributes/Handover Data/Advanced/Cell

HO Data
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Intra-BSC Handover Signaling Flow

MS
BTS1
BSC
BTS2
MS
Measure Report from MS

Channel_Active
Channel_Active_Ack
HANDOVER COMMAND
Handover Access
PHYINFO
PHYINFO
First SABM
UA
Handover_Detect
Establish_IND
HANDOVER COMPLETE
Handover_Performed
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MSC
PWRC
Value range: Yes, No.
Default Value: Yes
Description: It is used to indicate MS whether to delete received

level value obtained from the timeslots of BCCH when MS
measures receiving level during base band hopping mode.
When it is set to No, it means the influence of receiving level on BCCH

is in consideration.
If it is set to Yes, process it in the way mentioned above.
Location: Cell Attributes/Other Attributes/Advanced/Public Channel

Control
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Cell Extension Type
Value Range: Normal cell, Double TS Ext cell
Default Value: Configure this parameter according to

the practical situation.
Description: It indicates whether a cell is an extended

cell and the extended cell mode.
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Max TA
Value Range:
0~63 (Normal cell)
0~255 (Double TS Ext cell)
Unit: Bit period (1 bit = 0.55km)
Default Value
62 for normal cell
219 for dual TS extended cell
Description: Maximum Time Advance. It determines the actual coverage

area of BTS. When BTS receives the channel request message, it
determines whether channel assignment should take place in the current
cell by comparing the TA with the value of this parameter.
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Interference Band Threshold

Value Range: 110~85
0~5
Unit: -dBm
Default Values
110 ( Interference band threshold 0)
98 ( Interference band threshold 2 )
Description: It decides the corresponding value for each interference

band (from band 0 to band 5) and used to measure the uplink
interference during the SDCCH/TCH(F)/TCH(H) timeslot is in idle mode.
Location: Cell Attributes/Other Attributes/Advanced/Other Parameters
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Interference Calculation Period
Value range: 1~31
Unit: SACCH period (480 ms)
Default Values: 20
Description: Before the BTS transmits the radio resource indication

message to the BSC, the interference levels measured on idle
channels in the period defined by this parameter are averaged. The
average interference level is used to classify the interference levels
on idle channels into five interference bands. A too big value of this
parameter cannot reflect the change of interference. A too small
value of this parameter wastes the resources.
Location: Cell Attributes/Other Attributes/Advanced/Other

Parameters
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UL DTX
Value Range: May use, Shall use, Shall not use
Default Value: Shall use
Description: It is used to indicate whether MS uses DTX

function. It shows the DTX state of the MS in the previous
measurement period.
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DL DTX
Value range: Yes, No
Default Value: Yes
Description: This parameter indicates whether downlink

DTX is used in a cell. The use of downlink DTX is also
controlled by the DTX switch in the MSC. If downlink
DTX is forbidden in the MSC, downlink DTX is not used
regardless of the setting of this parameter. If downlink
DTX is allowed in the MSC, the setting of this parameter
can determine whether downlink DTX is used in the cell.
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T200 and N200
T200 :
T200 timers are used to avoid deadlock during data transfer on the data link layer.
On the LAPDm layer, every time a message is sent, the opposite end is requested
to acknowledge the reception. If this message is lost for unknown reasons, it will
occur that both ends keep waiting, leading to system deadlock.
Therefore, a timer should be started when the sender sends a message. If the timer
times out, the sender will regard that the receiver has not received the message
and will resend the message.
N200
The maximum resend times are determined by N200.

Different timer values should be set for different LAPDm channels such as SDCCH,
FACCH and SACCH. This is because these channels have different transmission rate.
Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Advanced/Timer
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Use LAPDm N200
Range: Yes, No
Default Value : No
Description: Determines whether BSC delivers LAPDm

N200 parameters to BTS. If it configured as Yes, then
LPADm N200 parameters will be delivered to BTS,
otherwise not.
Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Advanced/Timer
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Cell Data Mapping in Different Statuses

of MS
Power on
Dedicated Mode
BA2 / RLT / MBR
NCC Allowed / PWRC
Emergent Call Disabled
Call Re-establishment
Forbidden
UL DTX / DL DTX
SACCH Multi-Frames
Max Resend Times of
Phy. Info. / T3105
Max TA
T200 and N200
Use LAPDm N200
TCH immediate
assignment
Immediate assignment
optimization
Direct Retry Para.
Select Network
CGI, BSIC
(Network Identity
Para. )
Cell Selection
(Cell Selection
Para.)
C1(RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN/
MS TXPWR_MAX_CCH)
CBA, CBQ
MS MAX Retrans / ECSC

Access Network
TX-integer / RACH Min. Access Level
Common/Special Access Control Class
Cell Reselection Mode

(Cell Reselection Para.)
C2 (CRO,TO,PT,PI)
CRH
DSC
Paging Mode
(Idle Mode Para.)
ATT
T3212
CCCH Conf
BS_AG_BLKS_RES
BS_PA_MFRAMES
Paging Times
Idle Mode
(Idle Mode Para.)
BA1
Interference
Band Threshold/
Interference
Calculation
Period
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Descriptions
1.
2.
3.
Case Study
Page96
Case 1: Island Effect
Case Description
During the process of optimization in a certain area, it is

found out that the signal is poor in a certain section of
suburban highway. The signal strength measured is less than
-95dBm.
Handling Procedure
Modify the data in BSC. Add neighbor relationship to Cell A

and B for each other. The coverage problem is thus solved.
B
-92
-80
-95
C
Page97
Case 2: Incorrect CGI Causes MS

Unable
to
Register
on
the
Case description
Network
The subscriber complained that MS could not register to the
network, or it was difficult to register to the network between

BTS A and B, or no network mark was displayed on the MS, but
MS indicated that the signal was very good. Some subscribers
also complained that MS could make MTC could not make MOC.
Cause analysis
CGI of the cell was modified. So the network register flow was not
normal. Although the signal was very good, MS could not get
registered in the network.
Default Value and summary
CGI is a very important parameter and should be configured

correctly, thus to ensured that the CGI data in BSC and MSC are
the same.
Page98
Case 3: RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN
Causes Signal Fluctuation
Case description
Handling procedure
Subscribers complain that the signal fluctuates in a certain area. Onsite test shows that this phenomenon does exist. From the testing
mobile, we can see that there are a lot of cells signals in this area.
Some frequencies are the suburb BTS signals far away from this area.
The cell reselection of MS is rather frequent.
Modify parameter RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN of all cells in urban area and
make them consistent with each other. The problem of signal
fluctuation is solved.
Default Value and summary
In area with complicated coverage, the RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN of each

cell should be kept same.
Page99
Case 4 Too Small T3212 Causes

MS Lose Connection with Network
Case description
A local GSM network has more than 6000 subscribers. There

are four BTSs. The network has been working properly. But
from sometime on, some MS often lost connection with
network suddenly. The complaint from subscribers in urban
area increased.
Handling procedure
Modify T3212 to 10, i.e. 60 minutes. Modify the corresponding

time of MSC to 180 minutes. Two days observation shows no
subscriber complaint and the problem is solved.
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GSM Cell

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Cell Parameters Overview

Cell Parameters Introduction

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Cell Parameters Overview

Cell Parameters include the most of radio network

Via receiving cell parameters, MS is able to exactly

Via reasonably cell parameters, BTS can run in high

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Cell Parameters Overview

Cell Parameters can be sent through two kinds of logical channels

BCCH (in idle mode)

SACCH (in dedicated mode)

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Cell Parameters Overview

Cell Parameters Introduction

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Introduction to Cell Parameters

Huawei GSM cell parameters:

Network Identity Parameters

Idle Mode Parameters

Call Control Parameters

Cell Selection and Reselection Parameters

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Cell Data Mapping in Different Statuses

Cell Reselection Mode

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Network Identity Parameter

Cell Global Identity (CGI)

Base Station Identity Code (BSIC)

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Network Identity Parameter

Once MS receives SYS INFO, it decodes the CGI

At the same time, it judges whether the current location

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Mobile Country Code MCC

Definition: MCC consists of 3 decimal numbers. It

Format: MCC is composed of 3 decimal numbers. The

Location: Cell Attributes

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Mobile Network Code MNC

Definition: MNC is used to uniquely identify a specific GSM

Format: MNC is composed of two decimal numbers. The

Location: Cell Attributes

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Location Area Code LAC

Definition: To locate the location of MS, the whole area

Format: LAI contains LAC, which is composed of two bytes.

Location: Cell Attributes

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Definition: To uniquely identify each cell in the GSM PLMN,

Format: CI is composed of 16 bits, The available range is

Location: Cell Attributes

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Network Identity Parameter

In GSM system, each BTS is allocated with a color code,

In network planning, make sure that BCCH of neighbor cells

Practically it is still possible that a same BCCH is re-used in

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Network Color Code NCC

Definition: NCC is a part of BSIC. MS uses it to distinguish

Format: NCC is composed of 3 bits, with the range of 0 to