RRC Reporting events or Handover events are sent from RBS or UE to trigger the different handover procedures in the

RNC. The genertion of handover events depend on the different RF parameters and thresholds. event 1A: A Primary CPICH enters the reporting range; addition of a radio link. event 1B: A primary CPICH leaves the reporting range; removal of a radio link. event 1C: A non-active primary CPICH becomes better than an active primary CPICH; replacement of the worst cell in AS. event 1D: Change of best cell event 1E: A Primary CPICH becomes better than an absolute threshold event 1F: A Primary CPICH becomes worse than an absolute threshold event 1G: Change of best cell (TDD) event 1H: Timeslot ISCP below a certain threshold (TDD) event 1I: Timeslot ISCP above a certain threshold (TDD) Event 2a: Change of best frequency Event 2b: The estimated quality of the currently used frequency is below a certain threshold and the estimated quality of a non-used frequency is above a certain threshold; handover to inter-freq neighbors Event 2c: The estimated quality of a non-used frequency is above a certain threshold Event 2d: The estimated quality of the currently used frequency is below a certain threshold; start compressed mode to measure inter-freq WCDMA or GSM neighbors. Event 2e: The estimated quality of a non-used frequency is below a certain threshold Event 2f: The estimated quality of the currently used frequency is above a certain threshold; stop compressed mode & stop measure inter-freq WCDMA or GSM neighbors Event 3a: The estimated quality of the currently used UTRAN frequency is below a certain threshold and the estimated quality of the other system is above a certain threshold; handover to GSM neighbors Event 3b: The estimated quality of other system is below a certain threshold Event 3c: The estimated quality of other system is above a certain threshold Event 3d: Change of best cell in other system event 4 A: Transport Channel Traffic Volume becomes larger than an absolute threshold event 4 B: Transport Channel Traffic Volume becomes smaller than an absolute threshold event 5A: A predefined number of bad CRCs is exceeded event 6A: The UE Tx power becomes larger than an absolute threshold; start compressed mode event 6B: The UE Tx power becomes less than an absolute threshold; stop compressed mode event 6C: The UE Tx power reaches its minimum value event 6D: The UE Tx power reaches its maximum value event 6E: The UE RSSI reaches the UE's dynamic receiver range event 6F: The UE Rx-Tx time difference for a RL included in the active set becomes larger than an absolute threshold event 6G: The UE Rx-Tx time difference for a RL included in the active set becomes less than an absolute threshold

Event 7a: The UE position changes more than an absolute threshold Event 7b: SFN-SFN measurement changes more than an absolute threshold Event 7c: GPS time and SFN time have drifted apart more than an absolute threshold

For details, see 3GPP TS 25.331 - Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol specification.
LTE Measurement Events and Description Event A1 - Serving becomes better than threshold UMTS Measurement Events and Description e2f - The estimated quality of the currently used frequency is above a certain threshold e2d - The estimated quality of the currently used frequency is below a certain threshold e1a - A Primary CPICH enters the reporting range Comments In LTE this may be used to stop looking for a cell on a different frequency or technology, as e2f is used in UMTS. In LTE this may be used to start looking for a cell on a different frequency or technology, as e2d is used in UMTS. This comparison is a bit of a stretch. The reason I have equated them is because in both cases a neighbor should be considered for a handover, either soft or hard depending on the technology.

Event A2 - Serving becomes worse than threshold

Event A3 - Neighbor becomes offset better than serving

Event A4 - Neighbor becomes better than threshold Event A5 - Serving becomes worse than threshold1 and neighbor becomes better than threshold2

e1e - A Primary CPICH becomes better than an absolute threshold e2b - The estimated quality of the currently used frequency is below a certain threshold and the estimated quality of a non-used frequency is above a certain threshold

This comparison is good for saying that the current cell is below an absolute threshold and the new cell is above a threshold. This would mean that the current cell is not good enough and the new one is good, which is a good reason to do a hard handover (in either technology).

Event B1 - Inter RAT neighbor becomes better than threshold Event B2 - Serving becomes worse than threshold1 and inter RAT neighbor becomes better than threshold2

e3c - The estimated quality of other system is above a certain threshold e3a - The estimated quality of the currently used UTRAN frequency is below a certain threshold and the estimated quality of the other system is above a certain threshold

This comparison is good for saying that the current cell is below an absolute threshold and the new cell on a different technology is above a threshold. This would mean that the current cell is not good enough and the new one is good, which is a good reason to do a hard handover to the new technology.