Recommended Policy of FDD and TDD Interworking in OneLTE Solution

LTE FDD and TDD Interworking S
olution
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Version: V3.6(20141215)
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1 Solution Overview
2 Solution Description
3 Cases
Why FDD and TDD Interworking
Background Benefit
• Many operators have both FDD and TDD spectrum resources. • Spectrum efficiency improves.
• Operators may construct FDD and TDD networks based on differ
• Service continuity improves.
ent purposes.
• UEs support both LTE FDD and TDD.
Typical networking
 FDD: The bandwidth is small and the coverage is favorable.
 TDD: The bandwidth is large and the coverage is limited.
Overloaded TDD cell

Lightly loaded FDD cell
Service
discontinuity LTE TDD LTE TDD
Overloaded FDD cell
Lightly loaded TDD cell
LTE TDD LTE TDD
LTE FDD LTE FDD
Requirements to be fulfilled and issues to be resolved:

Requirement that UEs need to initiate services in proper cells with the load balanced
Issues related to service discontinuity
Issues related to load imbalance
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FDD and TDD Interworking Policy
Requirements to be fulfilled and issues to be Policies
resolved:  Cell reselection and camping
Requirement that UEs need to initiate  Coverage-based FDD and TDD interworking
services in proper cells with the load balanced  MLB-based FDD and TDD interworking
Issues related to service discontinuity Note: Currently, FDD and TDD interworking is performed
Issues related to load imbalance as inter-frequency mobility.
LTE TDD LTE TDD

LTE TDD LTE TDD
Cell reselection FDD-to- TDD-to-
Coverage-based TDD-to- Cell reselection
TDD MLB FDD MLB
FDD handovers
LTE FDD LTE FDD LTE FDD LTE FDD
For detailed scenarios, policies, configuration guidelines, and

Factors affecting FDD and TDD interworking:
observation methods of FDD and TDD interworking, see LTE
Coverage, capacity, frequency band, and UE penetration rate
FDD and TDD Interworking Solution User Guide.

1 Solution Overview
 Cell Reselection and Camping

 Coverage-based FDD and TDD Interworking
 MLB-based FDD and TDD Interworking
 Service-based FDD and TDD Interworking a
nd SPID-specific Cell Reselection
3 Cases
Cell Reselection and Camping
Cell reselection from a cell to another cell of the same priority
SServingCell Treselection
SNonServingCell
Reselection to a cell
of the same priority
Hys
Mobility
Same Prio. Same Prio.

Principle:
Principle: Principle:
Reselection to a lower-priority cell is allowed only
Reselection to a cell of the same priority is Reselection to a higher-priority cell is allowed as
when the signal quality in the higher-priority cell is
allowed only when the signal quality in the long as the signal quality in the higher-priority cell is
poor.
serving cell is poor. favorable regardless of the signal quality in the
Measurements are triggered when either of the
Measurements are triggered when either of lower-priority cell.
following conditions is met:
the following conditions is met: Reselections are triggered if both of the
Srxlev < Threshold for triggering inter-
 Srxlev < Threshold for triggering inter- following conditions are always met in a period
frequency or inter-RAT measurements
frequency or inter-RAT measurements specified by the EUTRAN reselection time
Squal < RSRQ threshold for triggering inter-
 Squal < RSRQ threshold for triggering inter- parameter:
frequency or inter-RAT measurements
frequency or inter-RAT measurements  Srxlev in the target cell of high priority >
Reselections are triggered if both of the
Reselections are triggered if both of the ThreshXhigh
following conditions are always met in a period
following conditions are always met in a
specified by the EUTRAN reselection time
period specified by the EUTRAN reselection
parameter:
time parameter:
Srxlev in the serving cell < ThrshServLow
 RSRP in the serving cell < RSRP in the target
Srxlev in the target cell > ThreshXlow
Involved features: cell – Hysteresis
LBFD-00201803 Cell Selection and Re-selection

TDLBFD-00201803 Cell Selection and Re-selection

Cell Reselection and Camping
Typical FDD+TDD networking:
 TDD network operating in a high frequency band with large bandwidth and discontiguous coverage
 FDD network operating in both high and low frequency bands with continuous coverage
No. Camping Policy Name Advantage and Disadvantage

Advantage: The TDD network uses a high frequency band with large bandwidth.
The high frequency band serves as the capacity layer to absorb UEs.
1 TDD-preferred camping
Disadvantage: Since the TDD coverage is discontiguous, there are a large
number of inter-frequency reselections of UEs in idle mode.
Advantage: The FDD network provides wide coverage to ensure successful
2 FDD-preferred camping access and mobility for connections of UEs.
Disadvantage: The TDD network carries less traffic.
Advantage: Network planning is simple.
Disadvantage: Traffic is unevenly distributed between FDD and TDD networks
3 Random camping (which can be resolved by appropriate threshold and offset settings).
Note: If random camping is used (essentially, the priorities of FDD and TDD
networks are the same), the camping policy is determined by UEs.
Camping policies recommended for FDD+TDD networking:

Stage 1: early TDD deployment and mature FDD networks Stage 2: Halfway and later stages of FDD and TDD deployment
Characteristics: The UE penetration rate is low and the Characteristics: LTE FDD/TDD dual-mode UEs have high
bandwidth is large on TDD networks. Therefore, LTE TDD penetration rates, the network load is heavy, and contiguous
networks are required to absorb more traffic. network coverage has been achieved.
 UEs preferentially camp on TDD networks.  UEs preferentially camp on the capacity layer of FDD and TDD networks.
 UEs randomly camp on the frequencies at the capacity layer of TDD networks.  UEs randomly camp on the frequencies at the capacity layer of FDD and TDD
 On FDD networks, UEs preferentially camp on the frequencies with large networks.
bandwidths. Since TDD UEs have low penetration rates, TDD UEs preferentially camp on TDD
 The capacity and coverage layers are granted with different priorities.
networks to fully utilize TDD resources.

Key Parameters for Cell Reselection and Camping Note: It is recommended that parameters
marked gray be unspecified.
Recommended
MO Parameter ID Parameter Name Remarks
Value
Cell UePowerMax Max transmit power allowed 23 These parameters are used to calculate Srxlev of the
QRxLevMin Minimum required RX level -64 serving cell when cell selection criterion S is used.
CellSel QQualMin Minimum required RX quality level -18 These parameters are used to calculate Squal of the
QQualMinOffset Minimum required RX quality level offset 1 serving cell when cell selection criterion S is used.
This parameter specifies the cell offset for reselecting an

EutranI
inter-frequency neighboring cell. Ping-pong reselections
nterFre CellQoffset Cell offset dB0(0dB)
between cells with the same reselection priority can be
qNCell
prevented if this parameter is set properly.
This parameter specifies the cell reselection priority for
CellReselPriority Cell reselection priority N/A
the serving cell. Larger values indicate higher priorities.
SNonIntraSearchCfgIn Threshold for non-intra freq measurements If SNonIntraSearchCfgInd is set to NOT_CFG, the
CFG
d configure indicator eNodeB does not broadcast the RSRP threshold for
Threshold for non-intra frequency triggering inter-frequency measurements. In this case,
SNonIntraSearch 10 the RSRP threshold is infinite.
measurements
Minimum required quality level configure If QQualMinCfgInd is set to NOT_CFG, the eNodeB
QQualMinCfgInd CFG
indicator does not broadcast the RSRP threshold for triggering
CellRe inter-frequency measurements. In this case, the RSRP
RSRQ Threshold for non-intra frequency threshold is infinite, and the UE performs measurement
sel SNonIntraSearchQ 4
measurements for all cells.
This parameter specifies the hysteresis in the serving
Qhyst Hysteresis value for ranking criteria DB4_Q_HYST(4dB)
cell for reselection to a cell of the same priority.
This parameter specifies whether the RSRQ threshold
Serving frequency lower priority RSRQ threshold
ThrshServLowQcfgInd NOT_CFG for reselection to a lower- or higher-priority cell is to be
configure indicator
used.
ThrshServLow Serving frequency lower priority threshold 10 This parameter specifies the threshold in the serving cell
ThrshServLowQ Serving frequency lower priority RSRQ threshold 0 for reselection to a lower-priority cell.

Note: It is recommended that parameters
Key Parameters for Cell Reselection and Camping marked gray be unspecified.
Recommended
Value
If this parameter is set to NOT_CFG,
Inter frequency cell resel priority configure
CellReselPriorityCfgInd CFG reselection to the cell cannot be
indicator
performed.
This parameter specifies the cell
reselection priority of the neighboring E-
CellReselPriority Inter frequency cell resel priority N/A
UTRA frequency. Larger values indicate
higher priorities.
Cell reselection is performed only if
EutranReselTime EUTRAN reselection time 1 reselection triggering conditions are
always met within this period.
QRxLevMin Minimum required RX level -64 These parameters are used to calculate
Srxlev of the inter-frequency neighboring
Pmax PMAX 23 cell.
EutranInt
erNFreq This parameter is used to calculate Squal
QqualMin Minimum RX signal quality -18
of the inter-frequency neighboring cell.
This parameter specifies the cell offset for
reselecting an inter-frequency neighboring
QoffsetFreq Frequency offset dB0 cell. Ping-pong reselections between cells
with the same priority can be prevented if
this parameter is set properly.
ThreshXhigh Inter frequency high priority threshold 11
These parameters are used for reselection
Inter frequency high priority RSRQ to a higher-priority cell.
ThreshXhighQ 0
threshold
ThreshXlow Inter frequency lower priority threshold 11 These parameters are used for reselection
ThreshXLowQ Inter frequency low priority RSRQ threshold 0 to a lower-priority cell.

1 Solution Overview

 Service-based FDD and TDD Interworking an
d SPID-specific Cell Reselection
3 Cases
Coverage-based FDD and TDD Interworking
Principles: Strategy:
Measurement Handover eNodeB eNodeB
triggering triggering decision execution Typical networking:
Measurement Gap-assisted Event-triggered Handover TDD: L2600 frequency band with hot spot coverage, and continuous
triggering (event measurement periodic reporting execution
A2) triggering Cell selection coverage in some hot spots
Measurement Handover
FDD: L1800 frequency band with continuous coverage
terminating (event triggering through
A1) event A3, A4 or
A5 (Event A4 is
L2300 L2300 TDD
recommended.)
2
Measurement Handover Handover Handover
triggering triggering decision execution
1 1 FDD
L1800 L1800 L1800
Intra-frequency Inter-duplex- 1 Higher-priority

handover mode handover
Service continuity strategy:

 Coverage-based inter-duplex-mode handover from L2300 to L2600 is enabled.
 Coverage-based inter-duplex-mode handover from L2600 to L2300 is disabled.
 Coverage-based inter-frequency handover takes precedence over coverage-
Rules:
based inter-duplex-mode handover.
Inter-frequency handovers are triggered when the signal quality in the serving
cell is lower than the specific event-A2 threshold and the signal quality in the
target cell is higher than the specific event-A4 threshold.
Condition for triggering inter-frequency measurements (event A2): Involved features:
 RSRP in the serving cell + InterFreqHoA1A2Hyst <
 LBFD-00201802 Coverage Based Inter-frequency Handover
InterFreqHoA2ThdRSRP
Condition for triggering inter-frequency handovers (event A4):  TDLBFD-00201802 Coverage Based Inter-frequency Handover
 RSRP in the target cell – InterFreqHoA4Hyst > InterFreqHoA4ThdRSRP +
IfHoThdRsrpOffset

Key Parameters for Coverage-based TDD and FDD Interworking
Note: It is recommended that parameters marked gray be
unspecified.
Recommended
Value
InterFreqCoverHo InterFreqCoverHoSwitch: switch for coverage-based inter-
HoSignalingOptSwitch Handover Algo switch
Switch~1 frequency handover
ENodeBAlgo Handover Signaling Optimized ReduceInvalidA1A ReduceInvalidA1A2RptSigSwitch: whether to optimize the
HoSignalingOptSwitch
Switch Switch 2RptSigSwitch~0 sequence in delivering A1/A2 measurement configurations
EmcInterFreqBlind
HoAlgoSwitch Handover Algo switch EmcInterFreqBlindHoSwitch: switch of emergent blind handover
HoSwitch~0
FixedMeasObjIDSwitch: If this option is deselected, the eNodeB
delivers target frequencies to UEs for measurements based on the
CellAlgoSwit Multi Frequency Priority Control FixedMeasObjIDS
MultiFreqPriControlSwitch value of ConnFreqPriority. If this option is deselected, the
ch Switch witch~0
eNodeB delivers target frequencies to UEs for measurements
based on the value of MeasFreqPriority.
Frequency Offset for Connected This parameter affects the probability of reporting events at
QoffsetFreqConn dB0
Mode different frequencies.
When selecting a target frequency, the eNodeB delivers target
Frequency Priority for Connected
ConnFreqPriority N/A frequencies to UEs for measurements by priority for connected
Mode
mode (specified by this parameter) in a descending order.
EutranInterN
When FixedMeasObjIDSwitch is selected, the eNodeB delivers
Freq
MeasFreqPriority Measurement Frequency Priority N/A target frequencies to UEs for measurements by priority (specified
by this parameter) in a descending order.
InterFreqHoEventType Inter-Freq HO trigger Event Type EventA4 Event A3, A4, or A5 for coverage-based inter-frequency handover
Cov-based Inter-Freq HO Thd
IfHoThdRsrpOffset 0 Offset to the RSRP threshold for events A4 and A5
RSRP Offset
This parameter applies when the eNodeB selects target
CellMeasPriority Cell Measure Priority N/A
frequencies for measurements.
This parameter applies when the eNodeB selects target
EutranInterFr
frequencies for measurements.
eqNCell CellIndividualOffset Cell individual offset dB0
This parameter affects the probability of reporting events in
different cells.
BlindHoPriority Blind handover Priority N/A This parameter applies to emergent blind handovers.

unspecified.
MO Parameter ID Parameter Name Recommended Value Remarks

The offset is set separately for FDD and TDD. When this
LTE FDD inter-freq A2 Threshold parameter is not set to 0, it is used as the offset for event
FddIfHoA2ThdRsrpOffset 0
RSRP Offset A2 in FDD cells. This parameter affects the probability of
CnOperat reporting events in FDD and TDD cells.
orHoCfg The offset is set separately for FDD and TDD. When this
LTE TDD inter-freq A2 Threshold parameter is not set to 0, it is used as the offset for event
TddIfHoA2ThdRsrpOffset 0
RSRP Offset A2 in TDD cells. This parameter affects the probability of
reporting events in FDD and TDD cells.
QoffsetFreq Frequency offset dB0 This parameter applies to event A3.
Cell
CellSpecificOffset Cell specific offset dB0 This parameter applies to event A3.
BlindHO A1A2 RSRP trigger RSRP threshold for events A1 and A2 related to blind
BlindHoA1A2ThdRsrp -121
CellHoPar threshold handover
aCfg BlindHO A1A2 RSRQ trigger RSRQ threshold for events A1 and A2 related to blind
BlindHoA1A2ThdRsrq -28
threshold handover
InterFreq A1A2 Measurement Whether RSRP or RSRQ measurement is used for events
InterFreqHoA1A2TrigQuan RSRP
trigger quantity A1 and A2
Whether RSRP or RSRQ measurement is used for events
IntraFreqHoA3TrigQuan A3 measurement trigger quantity RSRP
A1 and A2
IntraRatH
oComm IntraFreqHoA3RprtQuan A3 measurement report quantity SAME_AS_TRIG_QUAN Type of event-A3 measurement reports
InterFreqHoA4RprtQuan Measurement A4 report quantity SAME_AS_TRIG_QUAN Type of event-A4 and event-A5 measurement reports
InterRat A1A2 measurement
InterRatHoA1A2TrigQuan RSRP N/A
trigger quantity
InterFreqHoA1A2TimeToTrig Interfreq A1A2 time to trigger 640ms Timer-to-trigger of events A1 and A2
InterFreq InterFreqHoA1A2Hyst Interfreq A1A2 hysteresis 2 Hysteresis of events A1 and A2
HoGroup
A3 based Interfreq A2 RSRP RSRP threshold for event A2 of event-A3-based inter-
A3InterFreqHoA2ThdRsrp -99
threshold frequency handover

unspecified.
Recommended
Value
RSRP threshold for event A2 of event-A4-based and
InterFreqHoA2ThdRSRP A4A5 Based Interfreq A2 RSRP Threshold -109
event-A5-based inter-frequency handover
RSRQ threshold for event A2 of event-A4-based and
InterFreqHoA2ThdRSRQ A4A5 Based Interfreq A2 RSRQ Threshold -24
Threshold for event A1 of event-A3-based inter-
A3InterFreqHoA1ThdRsrp A3 based interfreq A1 RSRP threshold -95
frequency handover
RSRP threshold for event A1 of event-A4-based and
InterFreqHoA1ThdRSRP A4A5 Based Interfreq A1 RSRP Threshold -105
RSRQ threshold for event A1 of event-A4-based and
InterFreqHoA1ThdRSRQ A4A5 Based Interfreq A1 RSRQ Threshold -20
InterFreq IntraFreqHoA3Hyst Intrafreq handover hysteresis 2 N/A

HoGroup InterFreqHoA3Offset Interfreq A3 offset 2 Offset for event A3
InterFreqHoA4Hyst Interfreq handover hysteresis 2 Hysteresis
InterFreqHoA4ThdRSRP CoverageBased Interfreq RSRP threshold -105 RSRP threshold for events A4 and A5
InterFreqHoA4ThdRSRQ CoverageBased Interfreq RSRQ threshold -20 RSRQ threshold for events A4 and A5
When detecting that the triggering condition for inter-
frequency events is met, a UE does not immediately
send a measurement report to the eNodeB. Instead,
InterFreqHoA4TimeToTrig Interfreq HandOver Time to Trigger 640ms
the UE sends a report only when the triggering
condition for inter-frequency events is always met
during the time-to-trigger.
InterRatHoA1A2Hyst InterRAT A1A2 hysteresis 2 N/A

Counters Related to Coverage-based Inter-Duplex-Mode Handover (I
ntroduced in eRAN7.0)
Counter Type Counter Name Counter Description
Counters measuring L.HHO.InterFddTdd.Coverage.PrepAttOut Number of coverage-based inter-duplex-mode handover preparation attempts
successful attempts and
executions for coverage- L.HHO.InterFddTdd.Coverage.ExecAttOut Number of coverage-based inter-duplex-mode handover execution attempts
based inter-duplex-mode
handovers L.HHO.InterFddTdd.Coverage.ExecSuccOut Number of successful coverage-based inter-duplex-mode handover executions
Number of inter-duplex-mode outgoing handover preparation failures because of faults

L.HHO.InterFddTdd.Prep.FailOut.MME
on the MME side
Number of inter-duplex-mode outgoing handover preparation failures because of no
L.HHO.InterFddTdd.Prep.FailOut.NoReply
responses from the target cell
Counters measuring Number of inter-duplex-mode outgoing handover preparation failures because of the
attempt and execution L.HHO.InterFddTdd.Prep.FailOut.PrepFailure
handover preparation failure messages sent from the target cell
failures for inter-duplex-
mode handovers Number of inter-duplex-mode outgoing handover preparation failures because of the
L.HHO.InterFddTdd.Prep.FailOut.HOCancel
handover cancellation messages sent from the source cell
L.HHO.InterFddTdd.FailOut.HOCancel Number of inter-eNodeB inter-duplex-mode outgoing handover cancellations
Number of inter-duplex-mode handover initiation failures because the adjacent cell is
L.InterFddTddHO.NoNRT
not on the NRT of the source cell
Number of intra-eNodeB inter-duplex-mode outgoing handover attempts for UEs
L.HHO.IntraeNB.InterFddTdd.PrepAttOut.VoIP
performing voice services in a cell
Number of intra-eNodeB inter-duplex-mode outgoing handover executions for UEs
L.HHO.IntraeNB.InterFddTdd.ExecAttOut.VoIP
Counters measuring
successful attempts and Number of successful intra-eNodeB inter-duplex-mode outgoing handovers for UEs
L.HHO.IntraeNB.InterFddTdd.ExecSuccOut.VoIP
executions for inter- performing voice services in a cell
duplex-mode handovers Number of inter-eNodeB inter-duplex-mode outgoing handover attempts for UEs
when UEs are performing L.HHO.IntereNB.InterFddTdd.PrepAttOut.VoIP
VoLTE services
Number of inter-eNodeB inter-duplex-mode outgoing handover executions for UEs
L.HHO.IntereNB.InterFddTdd.ExecAttOut.VoIP
Number of successful inter-eNodeB inter-duplex-mode outgoing handovers for UEs
L.HHO.IntereNB.InterFddTdd.ExecSuccOut.VoIP
Note: Inter-duplex-mode handover failures may be caused by factors including coverage, load, and
services.
1 Solution Overview

 Service-based FDD and TDD Interworking a
nd SPID-specific Cell Reselection
3 Cases
Principles of MLB-based FDD and TDD Interworking
Basic principles:
 UE-number-based:
 Triggering condition:
 Number of uplink-synchronized UEs ≥ InterFreqIdleMlbUeNumThd MLB process
+ MlbUeNumOffset
 Requirements on the target cell:
 (Number of uplink-synchronized UEs in the source cell – Number of
uplink-synchronized UEs in a neighboring cell)/Number of uplink-
synchronized UEs in the source cell > UeNumDiffThd
 RSRP in the target cell > InterFreqLoadBasedHoA4ThdRsrp +
IfMlbThdRsrpOffset
 UE selection criterion:
 Uplink PRB usage of a UE ≤ MlbUeSelectPRBThd
 Downlink PRB usage of a UE ≤ MlbUeSelectPRBThd
 PRB-usage-based:
 Triggering conditions:
 PRB usage in the cell ≥ InterFreqMlbThd + LoadOffset
 Number of uplink-synchronized UEs ≥ MlbMinUeNumThd + Involved features:
MlbMinUeNumOffset
 LOFD-001032 Intra-LTE Load Balancing
 Requirements on the target cell:
 (Number of uplink-synchronized UEs in the source cell – Number of  TDLOFD-001032 Intra-LTE Load Balancing
uplink-synchronized UEs in the target cell)/Number of uplink-  LOFD-070215 Intra-LTE User Number Load Balancing
synchronized UEs in the source cell > UeNumDiffThd  TDLOFD-070215 Intra-LTE User Number Load Balancing
 RSRP in the target cell > InterFreqLoadBasedHoA4ThdRsrp +
IfMlbThdRsrpOffset
 UE selection criteria:
 MlbUeSelectPRBThd < Downlink GBR PRB usage of a UE
 Downlink GBR PRB usage of UEs < Upper limit of the total PRB
usage of UEs to be transferred
 Uplink GBR PRB usage of a UE ≤ MlbUeSelectPRBThd

Strategies of MLB-based FDD and TDD Interworking
FDD and TDD networking: Note: MLB is used in the two stages together with separate policies for UEs in
 TDD: 20 MHz bandwidth for each cell operating in the L2300 frequency band idle mode.
with continuous coverage, or at the L2600 frequency band with discontiguous Stage 2: Halfway and later stages of FDD and TDD deployment
coverage Characteristics: LTE FDD/TDD dual-mode UEs have high penetration rates, the
 FDD: 10 MHz bandwidth for each cell operating in the L1800 frequency band network load is heavy, and contiguous network coverage has been achieved.
with continuous coverage, or 20 MHz bandwidth for each cell at the L2600
frequency band with discontiguous coverage
Stage 1: early TDD deployment and mature FDD networks

Characteristics: The UE penetration rate is low and the bandwidth is large on
TDD networks. Therefore, LTE TDD networks are required to absorb more
traffic.
Strategy for stage 2:

 Enable UE-number-based inter-frequency load balancing between TDD
L2600 and TDD L2300 for UEs in both idle and connected modes.
 Enable UE-number-based inter-duplex-mode load balancing between TDD
L2600 and FDD L2600 for UEs in both idle and connected modes.
Strategy for stage 1:
 Enable UE-number-based inter-duplex-mode load balancing between TDD
 Enable UE-number-based inter-frequency load balancing between TDD L2600
L2300 and FDD L2600 for UEs in both idle and connected modes.
and TDD L2300.
 Enable UE-number-based inter-frequency load balancing between FDD L2600  Set UE-number-based load balancing for UEs in idle mode to a priority higher
and FDD L1800. than that for UEs in connected mode.
 Enable UE-number-based offload from TDD L2600 and TDD L2300 to FDD  Enable UE-number-based offload from TDD L2600, TDD L2300, and FDD
L2600. L2600 to FDD L1800.

Note: It is recommended that
Key Parameters for Inter-Duplex-Mode MLB (eRAN7.0) parameters marked gray be

unspecified.
MlbAlgoSwitch Load balancing algorithm switch InterFreqMlbSwitch~1 InterFreqMlbSwitch: MLB switch
InterFreqBlindMlbSwitch: switch of blind MLB. Select this

MlbAlgoSwitch Load balancing algorithm switch InterFreqBlindMlbSwitch~0
option or the InterFreqMlbSwitch option to enable MLB.
CellAlgoSw
itch InterFreqMlbBlindHo: whether to perform a blind handover
MlbHoMode Load Balancing Handover Policy InterFreqMlbBlindHo~0
for load balancing
InterFreqMlbRedirect: whether to perform a blind redirection
MlbHoMode Load Balancing Handover Policy InterFreqMlbRedirect~0
for load balancing
MlbTargetInd: whether to allow MLB to the neighboring
frequency
MobilityTargetInd Mobility Target Indicator MlbTargetInd~1
If MLB to a specific neighboring frequency is not allowed,
deselect this option.
Priority of the neighboring frequency. The target frequency of
MLB is selected based on the priority specified by this
MlbFreqPriority MLB Frequency Priority N/A
EutranInter parameter. This parameter applies only when
NFreq FreqSelectStrategy is set to PRIORITYBASED.
Inter-Freq Mlb Threshold RSRP
IfMlbThdRsrpOffset 0 Offset to the RSRP threshold for event A4
Offset
This parameter applies only to TDD.
Frequency Priority for Connected When no priority for blind handover is configured, this
ConnFreqPriority N/A
Mode parameter is used to select the target frequency for MLB
through redirections.
This parameter is used together with
OverlapInd Overlap Indicator NO LoadBalanceNCellScope to determine the scope of
neighboring cells.
EutranInter Whether MLB is allowed to a neighboring cell
FreqNCell NoHoFlag No handover indicator PERMIT_HO_ENUM When MLB to a neighboring cell is not allowed, set this
parameter to FORBID_HO_ENUM.
If MLB is implemented in a blind manner, the target cell or
BlindHoPriority Blind handover Priority N/A
frequency is selected based on this parameter.

Key Parameters for Inter-Duplex-Mode MLB (eRAN7.0) parameters marked gray be unspecified.
Recommended
Value
InterFre
InterFreqLoadBasedHo
qHoGrou Load Based Interfreq RSRP threshold -103 Threshold for event A4
A4ThdRsrp
p
This parameter specifies the threshold of the PRB
PrbValMlbTrigThd PRB Valuation MLB Trigger Threshold 80 evaluation value for triggering MLB, and applies only to
CellPrbV TDD.
alMlb
MlbUeSelectPrbValThd Mlb UE Selection PRB Valuation Threshold 0 These parameters specify a UE selection criterion, and
PrbValMlbAdmitThd PRB Valuation MLB Admit Threshold 80 apply only to TDD.
RrcConn UeInactiveTimer Ue inactive timer 20 If this timer expires, UEs are released.
StateTim
er T320ForLoadBalance Timer320 for load balance min10 Duration in which the dedicated priority is valid.
Whether to enable or inter-frequency MLB for UEs of the

SpidCfg InterFreqMlbSwitch InterFreq Mlb Switch TRUE
SPID
Three triggering modes are provided based on the UE
MlbTriggerMode Mobility Load Balancing Trigger Mode UE_NUMBER_ONLY
number and PRB usage.
Transferring UEs in idle and synchronized modes can be
both allowed. In recommended strategies, SynchronizedUE
is selected in stage 1, and SynchronizedUE and IdleUE are
selected in stage 2.
InterFreqUeTrsfType InterFreq MLB Transfer Type SynchronizedUE~1 Select SynchronizedUE and IdleUE for UE-number-based
MLB. SynchronizedUE is selected for PRB-usage-based
MLB by default in FDD. Select PrbMlbSynchronizedUE and
PrbMlbIdelUE for PRB-usage-based and PRB-evaluation-
value-based MLB.
CellMLB
Evaluation period for determining whether to trigger inter-
InterFreqLoadEvalPrd Inter-frequency Load Evaluate Period 30
frequency load balancing
InterFreqIdleMlbUeNum Threshold of the number of synchronized UEs for triggering
Inter-Freq Idle MLB UE Number Threshold 100
Thd MLB to transfer UEs in idle mode
Inter-frequency Mobility Load Balancing Threshold of the number of synchronized UEs for triggering
InterFreqMlbUeNumThd 100
UE Number Threshold MLB to transfer UEs in connected mode
Offset for the threshold of the number of synchronized UEs
MlbUeNumOffset Mobility Load Balancing UE Number Offset 20 for triggering MLB
This parameter is used to prevent ping-pong handovers.

unspecified.
Load Balancing Neighbor Cell This parameter is used together with OverLapInd to determine the
LoadBalanceNCellScope ADAPTIVE
Scope scope of neighboring cells.
Threshold for the ratio of the difference between the number of
Ue Number Difference
UeNumDiffThd 15 synchronized UEs in the serving cell and that in the neighboring
Threshold
cell to that in the serving cell
Load Balancing Frequency Strategy for target frequency selection, which can be fair selection
FreqSelectStrategy FAIRSTRATEGY
Select Strategy or priority-based selection
Mobility Load Balancing UE
MlbUeSelectPRBThd 2 This parameter applies to UE selection in MLB.
Selection PRB Usage Threshold
Mobility Load Balancing Max UE
MlbMaxUeNum 5 Maximum number of to-be-transferred UEs in MLB
Number
ONLY_STRONGEST_ Whether the eNodeB is allowed to initiate a handover to a cell
MlbHoCellSelectStrategy Mlb Ho Cell select Strategy
CELL rather than the strongest neighboring cell
For a network with MLB already deployed, this parameter is set to
CellMLB 0 by default after a version upgrade if this parameter is unavailable
in the source version, and you are advised to set this parameter to
10 after the upgrade. In this case, the upgrade does not impact the
MLB Minimum UE Number MLB effects on the live network. If this parameter is available in the
MlbMinUeNumThd 10
Threshold source version, it is recommended that the parameter value before
the upgrade be inherited.
For a network with MLB newly deployed, you are advised to set
this parameter to 10 so that unnecessary handovers for MLB can
be reduced to achieve better balancing performance.
For a network with MLB already deployed, this parameter is set to
0 by default after a version upgrade if this parameter is unavailable
in the source version, and you are advised to set this parameter to
5 after the upgrade. In this case, the upgrade does not impact the
MLB Minimum UE Number MLB effects on the live network. If this parameter is available in the
MlbMinUeNumOffset 5
Offset source version, you are advised to inherit the parameter value after
the upgrade.
For a network with MLB newly deployed, you are advised to set
this parameter to 5 so that unnecessary handovers for MLB can be
reduced to achieve better balancing performance.

unspecified.
Recommende
MO Parameter D Parameter Name Remarks
d Value
When the difference between the PRB
usage in the serving cell and that in the
LoadDiffThd Load Difference Threshold 15 neighboring cell is greater than the
threshold, MLB to a neighboring cell is
allowed.
Control factor for the amount of a single
LoadTransferFactor Load Transfer Factor 0
load transfer
Whether TDD MLB is implemented based
CellMLB PrbLoadCalcMethod Prb Load Calculation Method PRB_USAGE on the PRB usage or the PRB evaluation
value
Parameter introduced in eRAN8.0, which
PunishJudgePrdNum Number of Periods for Punishment Judgement 1
is related to punishment
Parameter introduced in eRAN8.0, which
FreqPunishPrdNum Number of Periods for Punishment on Frequency 4
is related to punishment
Parameter related to generation of the
PrbValMlbAdmitThd PRB Valuation MLB Admit Threshold 80
target cell list

Counters Related to Inter-Duplex-Mode MLB (Introduced in eRAN7.0)
Counter Type Counter Name Counter Description
Number of load-based inter-duplex-mode handover preparation

L.HHO.InterFddTdd.Load.PrepAttOut
attempts
Number of load-based inter-duplex-mode handover execution

L.HHO.InterFddTdd.Load.ExecAttOut
attempts
Number of successful load-based inter-duplex-mode handover

Counters measuring successful L.HHO.InterFddTdd.Load.ExecSuccOut
executions
attempts and executions for load-
based inter-duplex-mode
handovers Number of inter-duplex-mode handover preparation attempts for
L.HHO.InterFddTdd.UeNumLoad.PrepAttOut
UE-number-based MLB
Number of inter-duplex-mode handover execution attempts for UE-

L.HHO.InterFddTdd.UeNumLoad.ExecAttOut
number-based MLB
Number of successful inter-duplex-mode handover executions for

L.HHO.InterFddTdd.UeNumLoad.ExecSuccOut
UE-number-based MLB
Note: There is no counter measuring the number of load-based inter-duplex-mode handover failures.

1 Solution Overview

 Service-based FDD and TDD Interworking and SPID-specific Cell
Reselection
3 Cases
Service-based FDD and TDD Interworking
PS handovers for voice services (QCI = 1) PS handovers for data services
QCI = 8
Reselection or PS handover Reselection or PS handover

VoLTE VoLTE QCI = 9
LTE Handover LTE LTE Handover LTE

Mainly serving as QCI = 9 QCI = 8
the data bearer
Serving as both data
EPC and voice bearers EPC
PS bearer PS bearer
Voice call IMS
Operators can
Operators can customize
customize bearer
bearer strategies
strategies separately
separately for
for TDD
TDD and
and FDD.
FDD.

SPID-specific Cell Reselection and Camping
Principles Strategies
Cell reselection Info
 Data-package UE (that is, SPID = 10):
HSS TDD Priority 5
FDD Priority 4 Default priorities take effect for this UE. The
HSS
SPID UE preferentially camps on a TDD cell.
Package 1 Package 1
 UE that is expected to access the FDD

k
S6a network, for example, VoLTE-package UE

loc
Cell reselection Info

(SPID)
B
FDD Priority 5 (that is, SPID = 20)

on
ati
TDD Priority 4 The eNodeB sends the UE an RRC

orm
MME Connection Release message, indicating that

Inf
e
as
tem
le the FDD frequencies have priorities higher

Re Package 2
s
S1-MME n TDD ones.

Sy
io Package 2
(SPID) ct
n ne Cell reselection Info
Reselection priorities take effect for this UE.
Co TDD Priority 5
C The UE preferentially camps on an FDD cell.
RR
FDD Priority 4
k
rmation Bloc
System Info  CPE (that is, SPID = 30)
eNodeB Package 3 Default priorities take effect for this UE. The
Package 3 UE preferentially camps on a TDD cell.
The SPID of the UE is configured on the HSS. The HSS sends the
SPID to the MME, and the MME transfers it to the eNodeB.
Operators can
Operators can customize
customize camping
camping strategies
strategies separately
separately for
for different
different types
types of
of UEs.
UEs.

1 Solution Overview
3 Cases
China Telecom
FDD and TDD networking:

 TDD: 2.6 GHz frequency band providing hot spot coverage in major cities and continuous coverage in some hot spots
 FDD: 1.8 GHz frequency band providing almost continuous coverage in major cities
L2600 (high priority) 1 L2600 (high priority) TDD
2 3
L1800 1 L1800 1 L1800 FDD

(low priority) (low priority) (low priority)
Coverage-based intra-frequency handover Coverage-based inter-duplex-mode handover

Interworking strategies:
UE-number-based inter-duplex-mode 1 Handover priority
Cell reselection and camping
MLB through handovers
UEs preferentially camp on TDD cells.
Coverage-based handover
Coverage-based intra-frequency handover takes precedence over coverage-based inter-frequency handover.
Coverage-based handover from L2600 to L1800 rather than from L2600 to L1800 is enabled.
MLB
UE-number-based inter-frequency MLB between L2600 and L1800 is enabled.

Hutchison Telecom
FDD: Existing 20 MHz cells operating in the L2600 frequency band with hot spot coverage, and existing 10 MHz cells in the L1800 frequency band with continuous
coverage
TDD: Newly deployed 20 MHz cells operating in the L2300 frequency band, and newly deployed 10 MHz cells in the L2300 frequency band.
TDD L2300 (20 MHz)

6
5 TDD L2300 (10 MHz)
6 FDD L2600 (20 HMz)
5 FDD L1800 (10 MHz)
Coverage-based handover MLB

Interworking strategies:
 Cell reselection and camping MLB
 20 MHz cells operating in TDD L2300 take precedence over 10 MHz cells operating in TDD  UE-number-based inter-frequency MLB is enabled
L2300. between 20 MHz cells operating in TDD L2300 and
 20 MHz cells operating in FDD L2600 take precedence over 10 MHz cells operating in FDD 10 MHz cells operating in TDD L2300.
L1800.  UE-number-based inter-frequency MLB is enabled
 UEs randomly camp on 20 MHz cells operating in TDD L2300 or FDD L2600. between FDD L2600 and FDD L1800
 UEs randomly camp on 10 MHz cells operating in TDD L2300 or FDD L1800.  UE-number-based inter-duplex-mode MLB is
 Coverage-based handover enabled between 10 MHz cells operating in TDD
 Coverage-based inter-duplex-mode handover is enabled between 20 MHz cells operating in L2300 and those operating in FDD L1800.
TDD L2300 and 10 MHz cells operating in FDD L1800.
 Coverage-based inter-duplex-mode handover is enabled between 10 MHz cells operating in
TDD L2300 and those operating in FDD L1800.
 Coverage-based inter-duplex-mode handover is enabled between FDD L2600 and FDD
L1800.

Optus
 TDD: 20 MHz cells operating at two frequencies in the L2300 frequency band with discontiguous coverage
 FDD: 20 MHz cells operating in the L2600 frequency band with continuous coverage, 15 MHz cells operating in the L1800 frequency band with continuous coverage, and 10
MHz cells operating in the L700 frequency band with discontiguous coverage.
TDD
TDD L2300
L2300 (20
(20 MHz)
MHz)
Priority 7
TDD
TDD L2300
L2300 (20
(20 MHz)
MHz)
Priority 6 FDD
FDD L2600
L2600 (20
(20 MHz)
MHz)
Priority 5 TDD
TDD L1800
L1800 (15
(15 MHz)
MHz)
FDD
FDD L700
L700 (10
(10 MHz)
MHz)
Priority 4
Interworking strategy: Coverage-based handover MLB
Cell reselection and camping MLB
 UEs randomly camp on 20 MHz cells operating at two frequencies in TDD L2300. UE-number-based inter-duplex-mode MLB from TDD L2300 to FDD
 The frequency bands are sequenced according to their priorities in the descending order: TDD L1800 and FDD L700 is enabled.
L2300 > FDD L2600 > FDD L1800 > FDD L700 UE-number-based inter-frequency MLB from FDD L2600 to FDD
 Coverage-based handover L1800 and FDD L700 is enabled.
 Coverage-based inter-duplex-mode handover from TDD L2300 to FDD L1800 and FDD L700 UE-number-based inter-frequency MLB between two TDD
is enabled. frequencies is enabled.
 Coverage-based inter-frequency handover from TDD L2300 to FDD L1800 and FDD L700 is UE-number-based inter-frequency MLB between two TDD
enabled. frequencies is enabled.
 Coverage-based inter-frequency handover from FDD L1800 to FDD L700 is enabled. Inter-frequency MLB takes precedence over inter-duplex-mode
MLB.

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Overloaded TDD cell

Requirements to be fulfilled and issues to be resolved:

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Issues related to load imbalance as inter-frequency mobility.

LTE TDD LTE TDD

LTE FDD LTE FDD LTE FDD LTE FDD

For detailed scenarios, policies, configuration guidelines, and

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 Cell Reselection and Camping

Same Prio. Same Prio.

LBFD-00201803 Cell Selection and Re-selection

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No. Camping Policy Name Advantage and Disadvantage

Camping policies recommended for FDD+TDD networking:

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This parameter specifies the cell offset for reselecting an

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 Cell Reselection and Camping

Intra-frequency Inter-duplex- 1 Higher-priority

Service continuity strategy:

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MO Parameter ID Parameter Name Recommended Value Remarks

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InterFreq IntraFreqHoA3Hyst Intrafreq handover hysteresis 2 N/A

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Number of inter-duplex-mode outgoing handover preparation failures because of faults

 Cell Reselection and Camping

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Stage 1: early TDD deployment and mature FDD networks

Strategy for stage 2:

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Key Parameters for Inter-Duplex-Mode MLB (eRAN7.0) parameters marked gray be

MlbAlgoSwitch Load balancing algorithm switch InterFreqMlbSwitch~1 InterFreqMlbSwitch: MLB switch

InterFreqBlindMlbSwitch: switch of blind MLB. Select this

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Whether to enable or inter-frequency MLB for UEs of the

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Counter Type Counter Name Counter Description

Number of load-based inter-duplex-mode handover preparation

Number of load-based inter-duplex-mode handover execution

Number of successful load-based inter-duplex-mode handover

Number of inter-duplex-mode handover execution attempts for UE-

Number of successful inter-duplex-mode handover executions for

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 Cell Reselection and Camping

PS handovers for voice services (QCI = 1) PS handovers for data services

Reselection or PS handover Reselection or PS handover

LTE Handover LTE LTE Handover LTE

Voice call IMS

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 UE that is expected to access the FDD

S6a network, for example, VoLTE-package UE

Cell reselection Info

FDD Priority 5 (that is, SPID = 20)

TDD Priority 4 The eNodeB sends the UE an RRC

MME Connection Release message, indicating that