Huawei GSM Parameters Introduction

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Overview
What is Parameter?
The height, down tilt, longitude \ latitude -> Engineer Parameter
How to access to network, when to handover -> Radio Parameter
We use parameter to control, adjust and optimize the network.

Compared with other equipment vendor, how about Huawei

Parameter?

Compared with other equipment vendor, how about Huawei

Algorithm?

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System Information Parameters

Handover algorithm Parameters
Power Control algorithm Parameters
Resource allocation algorithm Parameters

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System Information Signal

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RACH control parameters

RACH control parameters
include:
Maximum re-transmitting times
(MAX retrans)
limit of times that MS is allowed to
send Channel Request in one
immediate assignment procedure

Common access control level (ACC)

permit or forbid the network access of some
common level users

ECSC
indicates if an MS in the cell is allowed to
use early Class mark sending

MBR
inform MS to report the information about
neighboring cells of multiband.

Extended transmission
timeslots (Tx_interger)
calculate the number of timeslots in
the interval between multiple
channel requests sent by MS

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Tx_Integer

Not Combined CCH

Combined CCH

3 8 14 5
0
4 9 16

5 10 20

6 11 25

7 12 32

55

41

76

52

109

58

163

86

217

115

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Control channel description parameters

Common Control Channel
Configuration (CCCH_CONF)
0 Not-Combined -> 9 CCCH block
1 Combined -> 3 CCCH block

Paging Channel Multi-frames

(BS_PA_MFRAMES)
number of multi-frames used as a
cycle of paging sub-channels

CBCH combine with BCCH or

SDCCH?

Access Granted Blocks Reserved

(BS_AG_BLKS_RES)
number of CCCH channel message
blocks that are reserved in one multiframe for access granted channels

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Cell option parameters

Cell option contains the following parameters:
Power control indication (PWRC)
When it is set to No, it means the influence of receiving level on BCCH is not in
consideration.

Discontinuous transmission (DTX)

NCC Permitted
If a neighbor cells NCC is permitted, MS will report MRs of it to the network

Radio link timeout

It is a timer used to determine whether the downlink radio link connection fails.
SACCH Multi-Frames used to determine the uplink radio link connection fails.
When AMR, How to modify this parameter?

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Cell select and reselect parameters

C1(n) = RxLev(n) RxLev_Access_Min(n)
max{0, MS_Txpwr_Max_CCH(n) P}

Cell A

C2 = C1 + CRO TO *H (PT T)
(PT < 620s)
H(x) = 0: for the serving cell and if x <0
H(x) = 1: otherwise

Cell B

C2 = C1 CRO (PT=620s)
Use Parameters which are broadcasted on the
BCCH if PI = 1, otherwise C2 = C1

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Cell select and reselect parameters

Location update related parameters
IMSI Attach-Detach Allowed (ATT)
inform MS whether IMSI attach-detach is allowed in this cell

Periodic Location Update Timer (T3212)

Periodic Location Update Timer. It defines the interval of periodic location update.

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System Information Parameters

Handover algorithm Parameters
Power Control algorithm Parameters
Resource allocation algorithm Parameters

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General process of HO Algorithm

M.R.
preprocessing

OM forced HO

Edge HO

Directed retry

Penalty
processing

Basic ranking

Layer HO

TA emergency HO

PBGT HO

BQ emergency HO

Fast moving MS
HO

RSD emergency
HO

Secondary
ranking

Interf. emergency HO

Overlaid/underlaid HO

Load Sharing HO

HO judgment

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Processing
program

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Ranking of Candidate Cell

The candidate cell is ranked by the some rules. It is for both serving
cell and the neighbor cells.
The ranking processes include:
M rule: RX_LEV (n) > MSRXMIN(n) + OFFSET
K rule: Ranked in descending order according to the rx_lev only
16 bits ranking: The smaller the value is, the higher the priority

16

15

14

13

12

11

Cell Type
(Extension,
Normal)

Reserve bit

Cell Layer Priority

Co-BSC/MSC

Layer HO

10

Load

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Rx Lev
HO hysteresis

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HW handover parameter

Do the process in BTS side

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HW handover parameter

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System Information Parameters

Handover algorithm Parameters
Power Control algorithm Parameters
Resource allocation algorithm Parameters

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Advantage of Huawei II power control algorithm

HW II power control has the following advantages:
Measurement report compensation -- makes power control judgment
more precise
Measurement report prediction --to avoid power control later than
needed, the delay is dangerous in case of poor level or bad quality
Power control expected signal level and quality threshold falls within a
band, this avoids receiving signal level fluctuate up and down frequently

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HW I I Power Control
General power control judgment

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HW II Power Control
Qual

This offset
used to anti
ping pong
power control

Target level = (RX_LEV lower

Thrsh. + RX_LEV upper Thrsh.)/2

Qual (3)

Max (2)

No Action

Lev (1)

Qual (3)

No Action

Lev (1)

Qual. upper Thrsh.

Qual. lower Thrsh.

Max (2)

Lev

7
0

RX_LEV lower Thrsh.

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RX_LEV upper Thrsh.

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HW II Power Control

Qual. bad TrigThrsh makes PC process triggered earlier when the quality is bad.
Qual
0

Qual (3)

Max (2)

No Action

Lev (1)

Lev (1)

Qual. upper Thrsh.

Qual. lower Thrsh.

Qual. bad UpLEVDiff
Qual. bad TrigThrsh

Max (2)

Qual (3)

No Action
Lev

7
0

RX_LEV lower Thrsh.

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RX_LEV upper Thrsh.

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System Information Parameters

Handover algorithm Parameters
Power Control algorithm Parameters
Resource allocation algorithm Parameters

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HW II channel allocation algorithm

BSC channel allocation algorithm selects the channel for allocation
by considering
Channel interference (idle mode
measurement band1~5)
Configuration (BCCH TRX \
hopping sequence)
History record (allocate
failure\call drop)
Load distribution (as even as
possible)
MS transmitted power
Based on the specific call event
and environment. (Intra cell HO)
Etc.

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Dynamic allocation of channel resource

Huawei has good mechanism to
dynamic allocate the channel
resource.

PDCH

TCHH

Support dynamic allocation

between PDCH<->TCHH\F,

TCHF

TCHF<->TCHH, TCHF<>SDCCH
SDCCH

Make
Makethe
thechannel
channelusage
usagemore
moreefficient
efficient

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real line stand for real-time conversion

broken line stand for not real-time conversion

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Dynamic allocation of SDCCH

Purpose
When the request of SDCCH in a cell suddenly increases, TCH can convert into
SDCCH so as to ensure that most of the users can access the network

Approach
If SDCCH allows dynamic
allocation and satisfy the
following conditions:
Number of SDCCH <= idle SD
Thrsh
Number of existing SDCCH in
the cell < Cell SD Maximum;
Number of idle TCH is greater
than 4 or greater than the
number of configuration carriers.

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Dynamic allocation between TCH & PDCH

Dynamic PDCH and PDTCH
When dynamic PDCH is not used for packet service, it equal
to TCH.

Packet service priority (PCU parameter)

This parameter determine the priority between PS and CS
channel allocation
For vip cell, set PS priority higher than CS to make the GPRS
service quality better:
Command: pcu set priv <LCNo> 2 120 2000 2400

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Dynamic convert between TCHF & TCHH

TCH Traffic Thrsh(%)
During the allocation of the BSC channel, if the occupation rate of current
channel reaches or exceeds this threshold, the dual rate call is allocated with the
half rate channel preferentially. Otherwise, allocate full rate channel preferentially.

Enhanced Chan. Convert Enable

This parameter determines whether to allow the intra-cell handover to combine
the call on the two SINGLE timeslots into one Couple timeslot to covert the call
into TCHF when there is no idle TCHF for allocation.

Couple Channel
when one timeslot is divided into two TCHHs and the two TCHHs are idle. The
two TCHH are called Couple.

Single Channel
when one timeslot is divided into two TCHHs, and one TCHH is busy and the
other is idle. The idle one is called Single.

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Dynamic allocation between TCHF & TCHH

Channel request (FR only)

Has idle FR channel

Yes

Allocate FR channel

No
Has couple channel

Yes

Convert couple channel to FR

channel and allocate it to the
call request

No
Yes
HR channel number >
1
No

Trigger intra-cell HO, in order

to make a couple channel and
convert it to FR. Allocate it to
the call request

Refuse the
request

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Dynamic allocation between TCHF & TCHH

Channel request (FR prefer)

Has idle FR channel

Yes

No
Has couple channel

Allocate FR channel

Convert couple channel to FR

Yes

channel and allocate it to the call

request

No
HR channel number > 1

Yes

Trigger intra-cell HO, in order to

make

couple

channel

and

convert it to FR. Allocate it to the

No

call request

Allocate HR channel

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Dynamic allocation between TCHF & TCHH

Channel request (HR
request)
Has idle single

Yes

Allocate HR channel

Yes

Allocate half of couple channel

No
Has idle couple
No
Has idle FR channel
No

Yes

Convert FR channel to couple

channel, and then allocate half
of couple channel

Channel allocation failure

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