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Background info:
• RRC Establishment

- RRC setup procedure, is the process that establishes the L3 connection

between UE and RNC that is used for signalling traffic only.
- After RNC receives the RRC CONNECTION REQUEST, processes it
and allocates relevant resources on L1, L2 and L3 of the air interface for
this signalling connection.
- The RNC notifies the UE for the prepared configuration with the RRC
CONNECTION SETUP message.
- The UE reports its capabilities to the RNC with the RRC CONNECTION
SETUP COMPLETE.

• RAB Establishment

- RAB setup procedure is the process that establishes the higher-

layer connection between UE and CN that is used to
transfer the user data only (not signalling).
- When the RNC receives the RAB ASSIGNMENT REQUEST
allocates the necessary resources for the requested service,
after successful call admission. Resources include Codes, CE, Power, Iub
bandwidth.
- Then the RB is setup which is the UTRAN part of the RAB.
- Upon successful completion of the RB setup, the RNC
responds to the CN with the RAB ASSIGNMET RESPOND
message.
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- RNC level formula:
CS AMR Call Setup Success Rate (RNC) = (([VS.RRC.SuccConnEstab.OrgConv]+[VS.RRC.SuccConnEstab.TrmConv]+
[VS.RRC.SuccConnEstab.Emg])/([VS.RRC.AttConnEstab.OrgConv]+[VS.RRC.AttConnEstab.TrmConv]+
[VS.RRC.AttConnEstab.Emg]))*([VS.RAB.SucEstCSConv0.32.RNC]/[VS.RAB.AttEstCSConv0.32.RNC])*{100}

- Cell level formula:

CS AMR Call Setup Success Rate (Cell) =
(([RRC.SuccConnEstab.OgConvCall]+[RRC.SuccConnEstab.TmConvCall]+[RRC.SuccConnEstab.EmgCall])/
([RRC.AttConnEstab.OrgConvCall]+[RRC.AttConnEstab.TmConvCall]+
[RRC.AttConnEstab.EmgCall]))*([VS.RAB.SuccEstab.AMR]/[VS.RAB.AttEstab.AMR])*{100}

Analysis process:
1. Check which part of the CSSR KPI causes the low value: RRC setup, RAB setup or both. The 2 distinct parts RRC
Setup Success Rate and RAB Setup Success Rate that are composing the CSSR can be used for this purpose.
2. To check the above, check the corresponding KPIs for RRC Setup Success Rate and AMR RAB Setup Success Rate.
3. Check the alarms for the serving NodeB and neighbouring sites in order to identify any hardware faults.
4. In case that RRC Setup is causing the low value, identify the root cause of high RRC Setup failures by following
counters:
• Transmission problem: following counters indicate transmission issue on Iub interface; check relative alarms to
identify faults on the transmission path or the transmission boards of RNC/NodeB.
- VS.RRC.Rej.RL.Fail: RRC establishment failures due to RL setup failure.
- VS.RRC.Rej.TNL.Fail: RRC establishment failures due to TNL (Transport Network Layer) setup failure.
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• Radio resource congestion: following counters indicate lack of radio resources or Iub bandwidth. Check the
Admission Control thresholds. Take appropriate measures to relieve congestion, e.g. activate LDR (Load Reshuffling),
OLC (Overload Control) algorithms, and to increase capacity. Refer to Huawei 3G Capacity Optimisation document in
IMS [1] for more details on how to battle congestion and improve capacity.
- VS.RRC.Rej.Power.Cong: RRC establishment failures due to power load congestion
- VS.RRC.Rej.UL.CE.Cong: RRC establishment failures due to UL CE congestion
- VS.RRC.Rej.DL.CE.Cong: RRC establishment failures due to DL CE congestion
- VS.RRC.Rej.Code.Cong: RRC establishment failures due to code congestion
- VS.RRC.Rej.ULIUBBandCong: RRC establishment failures due to UL Iub bandwidth congestion
- VS.RRC.Rej.DLIUBBandCong: RRC establishment failures due to DL Iub bandwidth congestion
- VS.RRC.Rej.Other.Cong: RRC establishment failures due to other congestion except from the previous 6 reasons

• RF problem: following counter indicate failure due to RF issue. Check coverage in the failure points. Check if most
failures occur in cell border (most probably they are). Check FACH power. Check DL interference in the cell: is there a
pilot pollution issue? Check UL interference in the cell.
- RRC.FailConnEstab.NoReply: RRC establishment failures due to no reply from the UE during the RRC setup flow.

5. In case that AMR RAB Setup is causing the low value, identify the root cause of high RAB Setup failures by following
counters:
• Transmission problem: following counter indicate transmission issue on Iu-CS interface; check relative alarms.
- VS.RAB.FailEstabCS.TNL: CS RAB establishment failures due to TNL problem.
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• RNL related problem: following counters indicate that the failure is due to a RNL (Radio Network Layer) procedure
problem; includes congestion counters.
- VS.RAB.FailEstCS.Relo: CS RAB establishment failures due to relocation; check inter-RAT HO and if the failure point is
in RNC border.
- VS.RAB.FailEstCS.RIPFail: CS RAB establishment failures due to failure in a radio interface procedure; check the
relative RB Setup failure counters to get more details on the failure cause:
- VS.FailRBSetup.CfgUnsup: unsupported configuration (e.g.: UE receives an RB setup request for Video Call
while is doing a PS downlink data service. Many terminals do not support simultaneous Video Call and high-
speed PS service on the downlink)
- VS.FailRBSetup.PhyChFail: physical channel failure; indicates poor coverage
- VS.FailRBSetup.CellUpd: cell update occurs (never happens in commercial networks)
- VS.FailRBSetup.IncCfg: invalid configuration; some UEs, mainly Sony Ericsson, may cause this
- VS.FailRBSetup.NoReply: mainly RF related issue