Behaviour
Call set-up
failure
Problem
Poor coverage area
Call drop
Description
Possible solutions
Check Antenna line
If problem is poor
coverage, this means poor installation (antenna position
and quality, cable length and
RSCP (<-95 dBm) thus quality).
Call set-up
failure
Call drop
Call set-up
failure
Pilot Pollution
Call drop
Dropped
Missing neighbour
call/SHO failure
Add a site.
Find interfering cell
fromScanner results.
Behaviour
Call set-up
Failure
Call drop
Problem
Description
High PrxTotal due to UL The PrxTotal level is
External interference
significantly higher than
expected in no/low load
conditions.
Possible solutions
Try to figure the possible
area/direction of the
interference by checking
PrxTotal level on neighbouring
cells.
Alternatively use spectrum
analyser & directive antenna to
locate interferer.
Inform operator/regulator
about the found conditions.
Call set-up
failure
Call drop
Call set-up
failure
Call drop
Cell set-up
failure
Behaviour
Dropped call
Dropped call
Dropped call
Dropped call
Problem
SHO to wrong cell will
cause drop call.
Description
Possible solutions
Overshooting cell come
Pan away overshooting cell if
temporarily into active set and it is too close to the serving
forces a suitable serving cell to cell, otherwise apply down
be dropped out. Later RSCP tilting as well.
suddenly drops in the wrong
cell and causes a dropped call
because there is no neighbour
defined.
Cell suffering from UL As the UE Tx power is not
Use cell individual offset
interference = DL
enough for target cell
(negative value) parameter to
(CPICH) coverage much synchronisation, the SHO fails balance the DL and UL
bigger than UL coverage which will cause call drop
coverage.
later.
Check traffic direction of incar UEs to decide which cell
requires offsets.
DL CPICH coverage <> Cell with lower CPICH power Use cell individual offset
than the surrounding is having (positive value) parameter to
too good UL performance, asbalance the DL and UL
this cells UL cannot be used coverage.
efficiently due to SHO is
Note: Cell individual offsets
decided upon DL (CPICH
are not taken into account
Ec/No).
when calculating the added cell
Tx power.
Round the corner effect The call drops due to too rapid Use cell individual offset
CPICH coverage degradation (positive value) parameter to
for Cell A, and therefore there balance the DL and UL
is not enough time for SHO. coverage.
Dropped
Too many neighbours
call/SHO failure