WCDMA Call ReEstablishment

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Contents
1. Call Re-Establishment Overview

2. Call Re-Establishment Causes

a) Downlink RL failure

b) Uplink RL failure
c) SRB Reset
d) UE SRB Reset
3. Related Configuration
4. Case Analysis

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Call Re-Establishment Overview

Call reestablishment is a function by which radio links (RLs) are reestablished when a
service interruption or an access failure occurs due to bad RF environment. that cause
significant signal quality fluctuation.

Call reestablishment can be initiated by a UE or the RAN.

Call reestablishment initiated by a UE: The UE sends a call reestablishment request to the
network to restore services upon detecting a downlink RL failure or a signaling radio bearer
(SRB) reset.

Call reestablishment initiated by the RAN: The RAN informs the UE to start call reestablishment
upon detecting a service interruption or an access failure.

Benefits

Call reestablishment improves user experience by increasing the radio access bearer (RAB) setup
success rate and reducing the call drop rate.

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Contents
1. Call Re-Establishment Overview

2. Call Re-Establishment Causes

a) Downlink RL failure

b) Uplink RL failure
c) SRB Reset
d) UE SRB Reset
3. Related Configuration
4. Case Analysis
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Call Re-Establishment Causes

The possible causes of a service interruption or an access failure that may result
in call re-establishment are :

Downlink RL failure

Uplink RL failure

SRB reset

UE SRB reset

Before releasing RLs due to the preceding causes in those processes, the RAN
detects the service interruption or access failure and initiates call
reestablishment,..

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Contents
1. Call Re-Establishment Overview

2. Call Re-Establishment Causes

a) Downlink RL failure

b) Uplink RL failure
c) SRB Reset
d) UE SRB Reset
3. Related Configuration
4. Case Analysis
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Downlink RL failure

Downlink RL Failure Detection

UE monitors downlink RL quality.

UE receives N313 number of "out-sync" indications

UE starts the T313 timer and didnt receive N315 "in-sync" indications within it

CELL_A

(as if so UE will not send Cell Update message)

N313

Downlink RL Failure Call Reestablishment Triggering

CELL_B

UE will enter in call reestablishment procedure

T313
N315

Downlink RL Failure Call Reestablishment Implementation

UE transmits the Cell Update message with cause value "Radio Link Failure" to

Cell Update

the RNC for call reestablishment.

RL Setup Req
RL Setup Rsp
RL Del Req
RL Del Rsp
100

Meanwhile, the UE starts T314 timer for CS services or the T315 timer for PS

services which is maximum allowed time for UE to try to send Cell Update

T314+T302*N302

message

every T302 time for maximum N302 number of times

Cell Update Confirm

UE can resend Cell Update message if he didnt have a reply from network

Physical CH Reconfig CMP

If faulty RLs are restored before T314/T315 expires, the call reestablishment is
successful. Interrupted services are restored or UE access succeeds.

If faulty RLs are not restored before T314/T315 expires, the call reestablishment
fails. And UE access fails.

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Contents
1. Call Re-Establishment Overview

2. Call Re-Establishment Causes

a) Downlink RL failure

b) Uplink RL failure
c) SRB Reset
d) UE SRB Reset
3. Related Configuration
4. Case Analysis
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Uplink RL failure

Uplink RL Failure Detection

NodeB monitors uplink RL quality.

NodeB receives NOUTSYNCIND number of "out-sync" indications

NodeB starts the TRlFailure timer

NodeB didnt receive NINSYNCIND "in-sync" indications within

TRlFailure timer (as if so the NodeB stops and resets the timer)

RNC activates a synchronization timer

NodeB does not detect uplink RL synchronization before synchronization

timer expires

Uplink RL Failure Call Reestablishment Triggering

RNC sends to NodeB the Radio Link Activation Command message

containing IE "deactivate

NodeB stops downlink power transmission for the UE's RL sets

RNC starts the timer for call reestablishment (RsvdPara2 timer for CS
services and RsvdPara3 timer for PS services)

If RNC receives Cell Update message from UE before previous timer

expires, the RNC stops the timer and initiates call reestablishment. (as if
received after, call drops or UE access fails)

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Uplink RL failure (Cont.)

Uplink RL Failure Call Reestablishment

Implementation

After the NodeB stops downlink power transmission for a UE's RLs, UE
will receive N313 number of "out-sync" indications

UE starts the T313 timer and didnt receive N315 "in-sync"

indications within it (as if so UE will not send Cell Update message)

UE transmits the Cell Update message with cause value "Radio Link
Failure" to the RNC for call reestablishment.

Meanwhile, the UE starts T314 timer for CS services or the T315

timer for PS services which is maximum allowed time for UE to try
to send Cell Update message

UE can resend Cell Update message if he didnt have a reply from

network every T302 time for maximum N302 number of times

If faulty RLs are restored before T314/T315 expires, the call

reestablishment is successful. Interrupted services are restored or UE
access succeeds.

If faulty RLs are not restored before T314/T315 expires, the call
reestablishment fails. Services are released or UE access fails.

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Contents
1. Call Re-Establishment Overview

2. Call Re-Establishment Causes

a) Downlink RL failure

b) Uplink RL failure
c) SRB Reset
d) UE SRB Reset
3. Related Configuration
4. Case Analysis
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SRB Reset

SRB Reset Detection

AMRlcDiscardMode parameter is set to NO_DISCARD

RNC sends a signaling message in acknowledged mode (AM) to UE

RNC does not receive a response from the UE before the number of SRB RLC
PDU retransmissions reaches the value of the NoDiscardMaxDAT parameter.

RNC triggers an SRB reset and sends the Reset PDU message to the UE to
reestablish RLC entities on both sides

SRB Reset Call Reestablishment Triggering

Same as UL RL Failure

SRB Reset Call Reestablishment Implementation

Same as UL RL Failure

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Contents
1. Call Re-Establishment Overview

2. Call Re-Establishment Causes

a) Downlink RL failure

b) Uplink RL failure
c) SRB Reset
d) UE SRB Reset
3. Related Configuration
4. Case Analysis
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UE SRB Overlap

UE SRB Detection

UE SRB occurred

UE SRB Call Reestablishment Triggering

RNC does not send the Radio Link Activation Command message containing the
"deactivate" IE to the NodeB. Therefore, the NodeB does not stop downlink power
transmission for the UE's RL sets.

CELL_A

CELL_B

Instead, the RNC initiates call reestablishment upon receiving the Cell Update message
UE SRB RESET

from the UE.

UE SRB Call Reestablishment Implementation

Cell Update( UE SRB RESET)

Iu Release Req
RL Setup Req
RL Setup Rsp
RL Del Req
RL Del Rsp
100

Same as UL RL Failure

T314+T302*N302

Cell Update Confirm

Physical CH Reconfig CMP

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Contents
1. Call Re-Establishment Overview

2. Call Re-Establishment Causes

a) Downlink RL failure

b) Uplink RL failure
c) SRB Reset
d) UE SRB Reset
3. Related Configuration
4. Case Analysis
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Related Configuration

Call reestablishment is controlled by service switch, process switch, and cause switch
parameters. Enable the corresponding service switch before enabling a process switch or
a cause switch
Parameter Name

Sub-Parameter

Huawei

Recommen

Name

Default value

ded Value

Remark

Service

RSVDBIT1_BIT24

Disabled

Enabled

Switch that controls call reestablishment for CS services (CS+PS combined services is also
controlled by this switch)

Switch

RSVDBIT1_BIT25

Disabled

Enabled

Switch that controls call reestablishment for PS services

Cause

RSVDBIT1_BIT22

Disabled

Enabled

Switch that controls call reestablishment triggered by SRB resets

Switch

RSVDBIT1_BIT23

Disabled

Enabled

Switch that controls call reestablishment triggered by RL failures

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Related Configuration (Cont.)

Parameter Name

Huawei Default

Recommended

Remark

value

Value

NOutsyncInd

50

Times of successive out-sync indications required for starting the radio link failure timer.

NInsyncInd

Times of successive in-sync indications required for the NodeB to trigger the radio link recovery process

TRlFailure

5sec

5sec

NodeB starts the timer after it receives successive out-of-sync indications of the number defined by NOutsyncInd.
The NodeB shall stop and reset the timer after receiving successive in-sync indications of the number defined by
NInsyncInd.

RsvdPara1:RSVD
BIT1_BIT28

Switch that controls Synchronization Timer for CS reestablishment triggered, 1:RlRstrTmr,0:T313

RlRstrTmr

11000msec

11000msec

A timer to RNC wait for radio link restoration indication in the radio link procedure.

RsvdPara2

0msec

15000msec

CS Timer for Enhanced Call Reestablishment, start after RNC send the RL Active CMD , stop after RNC receives
cell update message.

RsvdPara3

0msec

30000msec

PS Timer for Enhanced Call Reestablishment, , start after RNC send the RL Active CMD , stop after RNC receives
cell update message.

N313

50

20

Maximum number of successive "out of sync" indications received from L1

N315

Maximum number of successive "in sync" indications received from L1 when T313 is activated

T313

3sec

3sec

T313 is started after the UE detects consecutive N313 "out of sync indications from L1. T313 is stopped after the
UE detects consecutive N315 "in sync" indications from L1

T314

0sec

12sec

T314 is started when the criteria for CS radio link failure are fulfilled and only radio bearers associated with T314
exist.T314 is stopped after the Cell Update procedure has been completed. (must be greater than T302*N302)

T315

0sec

30sec

T315 is started when the criteria for PS radio link failure are fulfilled, and only radio bearer associated with T315
exists.T315 is stopped after the Cell Update procedure has been completed (must be greater than T302*N302)

N302

Maximum number of retransmissions of CELL UPDATE/URA UPDATE

T302

2000msec

1400msec

CELL UPDATE/URA UPDATE will be resent upon expiry of the timer if V302 less than or equal to N302

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Related Configuration (Cont.)

Parameter Name

Huawei Default

Recommended

value

Value

HoAsuTmr

5000msec

10000msec

A timer to RNC wait for the response to active set update in soft handover procedure.

HoCellUpdateRspTmr

5000msec

10000msec

A timer to RNC wait for the response to the cell update confirm from UE in forward handover procedure.

HoPhychRecfgTmr

5000msec

10000msec

A timer to RNC wait for the response to physical channel reconfiguration in hard handover procedure

RbSetupRspTmr

5000msec

10000msec

A timer to RNC wait for the RB setup response from UE in the RB procedure.

RbRecfgRspTmr

5000msec

10000msec

Timer used to wait for the RB reconfiguration response from UE in the RB procedure

RsvdPara1:RSVDBIT1_BI

Disabled

Enabled

To enable to perform call reestablishment If the RNC receives the Cell Update message containing the

T26

Remark

cause value "RLC Unrecoverable Error" from the UE

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Contents
1. Call Re-Establishment Overview

2. Call Re-Establishment Causes

a) Downlink RL failure

b) Uplink RL failure
c) SRB Reset
d) UE SRB Reset
3. Related Configuration
4. Case Analysis
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Case Analysis (Overview)

This feature have been implemented and gave good results in

following Countries / Operators:

M1 in Singapore

3GIS in Switzerland

X operator in Spain

X operator in Norway

Turkcell in Turkey

DU in UAE

Etisalat in Egypt

Vodafone in Egypt

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Case Analysis (1)

From below two RNCs CS&PS CDR trend, after activating the Call Re-establishment we
could see that CDR has step improvement.

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Case Analysis (2)

From RNC analysis, found that most call drop happens due to RL Failure
Row Labels
DropCall_CombinedService
DropCall_DueTo_BadCoverage
DropCall_DueTo_CNRelated
DropCall_DueTo_High_RTWP
DropCall_DueTo_IU_Related
DropCall_DueTo_IUR_Related
DropCall_DueTo_MISSING_NEIGHBOR
DropCall_DueTo_RadioResCong
DropCall_DueTo_RAN
Dropcall_Dueto_RL_Failure
DropCall_DueTo_Slow_SHO
DropCall_InterFreq/InerRat Related
DropCall_Pilot_Pollution

Count of count
1
30
4
28
4
4
8
5
3
82
23
2
20

So we activated Call Re-establishment which improved CDR Rate

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Case Analysis (3)

From below RNC PS CDR trend, after activating the Call Re-establishment we could see
that CDR has step improvement.

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