SYS INFORMATION MESSAGES

CALCULATION OF PAGING GROUP

Following factors are used for calculation of paging group

CCCH_group

cch_conf in System Information 3 defines the number of

CCCH used in the cell.

CCCH can be allocated only TN 0, 2, 4, 6.

Each CCCH carries its own paging group of MS.

MS will listen to paging messages of its specific group.

bs_pa_mfrms

bs_ag_blk_res

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CALCULATION OF PAGING GROUP
Total number of paging groups on 1 CCCH_GROUP(N)
No of paging groups N = Paging blocks * Repitition of paging blocks
= [ CCCH - bs_ag_blk_res ] * bs_pa_mfrms
Range of Paging Groups on 1 CCCH_Group
Minimum available Paging Groups = Min pag blocks * min bs_pa_mfrms
=2*2
=4
Maximum available Paging Groups = Max pag blocks * max bs_pa_mfrms
=9*9
= 81

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AVAILABLE PAGING BLOCKS ON 1 CCCH_GROUP
Maximum AGCH reservation for non-combined multiframe = 7
Available paging blocks = 2
Maximum AGCH reservation for combined multiframe = 1
Available paging blocks = 2
Minimum AGCH reservation for non-combined multiframe = 0
Available paging blocks = 9
Minimum AGCH reservation for combined multiframe = 0
Available paging blocks = 3
No of paging blocks will have a range of 2 - 9

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CALCULATION OF CCCH AND PAGING GROUP NO

CCCH_GROUP = [ ( IMSI mod 1000) mod (BS_CC_CHANS * N ) ]

div N
Paging group no = [ ( IMSI mod 1000) mod (BS_CC_CHANS *
N ) ] mod N

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PARAMETERS

TIMER T3101

The MS requests for resources by sending channel request on

RACH.

The BSS allocates a SDCCH, if available, and sends a IMMEDIATE

ASSIGNMENT message on the downlink. This message contains the
details of allocated SDCCH, TSC , TA etc.

As soon as the BSS allocates and sends message on the AGCH, it

starts a timer T3101.

The MS logs on the SDCCH and sends a message on the UPLINK.

As soon as the BSS receives this message the timer T3101 is

stopped.

If no message is received by the BSS from the MS and timer T3101

expires, then the BSS releases the allocated SDCCH resource.

This timer is set in millisecs.

TIMER T3101
Successful SDCCH Access
MS

CELL

MS

CELL
RACH

RACH

IMMEDIATE ASSIGNMENT
(AGCH)

Unsuccessful SDCCH Access

SDCCH ALLOCATED
START TIMER T3101

IMMEDIATE ASSIGNMENT
(AGCH)

SDCCH ALLOCATED
START TIMER T3101

CL2I

IF MS SENDS CL2I ON
SDCCH STOP TIMER
T3101

IF T3101 EXPIRES AND

BSS DOES NOT RECEIVE
CL2I ON SDCCH RELEASE
ALLOCATED RESOURCES

Wait_indication parameter & Timer T3122

The MS requests for resources by sending channel request on RACH.

The BSS allocates a SDCCH, if available, and sends a IMMEDIATE

ASSIGNMENT message on the downlink. This message contains the
details of allocated SDCCH, TSC , TA etc.

If no SDCCH is available, the BSS sends a

ASSIGNMENT REJECT message to the MS.

As soon as the MS receives the IMMEDIATE ASSIGNMENT REJECT

message, it starts a timer T3122 and sets it equal to
wait_parameter_indication.

Till the timer T3122 is running, no channel request leaves the MS.

The next channel request is sent only after the expiry of T3122.

This wait_indication_parameter can be set from 0 to 255 secs.

IMMEDIATE