RAN2172 MultiBand Load Balancing

Introduction

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Introduction

Nokia have several layering features that can be used to balance HSDPA load between carriers.
1. UMTS carriers in same band, having same coverage area and configured under common sector id
Directed RRC Connection Setup features
HSPA layering for UEs in Common Channel
Multi-band Load Balancing MBLB
HSDPA load balancing is included to MBLB Blind HO and MBLB state transition features
2. UMTS carriers in different band, having different coverage areas or BTSs
Multi Band Load Balancing MBLB
HSDPA load balancing is included to MBLB Blind HO and MBLB state transition features
(In certain conditions HSPA layering for UEs in common channel can be used between bands
also, requires same sector id and meant to be used between cells with same coverage areas)
Additionally idle mode settings & different type of IFHO can be used move UEs between
bands/carriers, but HSDPA load balancing between carriers is done either with DRRC or MBLB.

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Multi-Band Load Balancing (MBLB)

The Multi-Band Load Balancing (MBLB) feature includes 4 components:

Redirection during RAB setup:

either first RAB, or AMR RAB for a UE which already has an NRT RAB
blind handover
Redirection during the transition to CELL_DCH:
state transitions from CELL_FACH, URA_PCH or CELL_PCH
does not include transition from RRC Idle mode
blind handover
Redirection after detecting inactivity in CELL_DCH:
inactivity detected for last active PS NRT MAC-d flow
inter-frequency handover with compressed mode measurements
Redirection due to Mobility:
addition of cell to active set which has different preferred layer definitions
inter-frequency handover with compressed mode measurements

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 Intra-Frequency Measurement Reports

Blind Handover during RAB Setup requires the RACH intra-frequency

measurement reporting quantity to be set to RSCP

Name Range Default Description

RACHIntraFreqMesQuant 0 (Ec/Io), Ec/Io This parameter defines the intra-frequency measurement
1 (RSCP) quantity for RACH measurements. It is defined in SIB11,
(WCEL) SIB11bis, and SIB12 to the UE. The UE reports the
measurement results in the requested quantity in RACH
messages. Blind HO in RAB setup phase (in the Multi-
Band Load Balancing feature) requires this parameter to
be set to RSCP. When the value of this parameter is
changed from EcNo to RSCP, the parameters that are no
longer used and those that replace them are:
CPICHEcNoSRBMapRRC -> CPICHRSCPSRBMapRRC
CUCEcNoThreshold -> CUCRSCPThreshold
Has an impact upon existing features:
Common Channel Setup
Fast Call Setup
HSUPA 2 ms TTI
F-DPCH
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 MBLB Definition of Target Cells

Target cells can be defined for each source cell

Only 1 target cell per RF carrier can be defined
Target cells can be defined using the ADJI BlindHOTargetCell parameter
Target cells must belong to the same RNC as the source cell

Name Range Default Description

BlindHOTargetCell 0 (Disabled), 0 (Disabled) This parameter indicates whether the neighbor cell is
1 (Enabled) defined as a target cell for inter-frequency blind
(ADJI) handover. Only one target cell per frequency can be
defined.

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MBLB Target Network Layer
MBLB selects the most suitable layer using a Preference Score
The Preference Score is based upon:
Preferred Layer: based upon UE capability and service type. Preferred
layers for different UE capability and service combinations can be specified,
e.g. HSDPA capable UE with NRT service
Preferred Band: increased weight can be allocated to specific operating
bands and the operating band capability of the UE is taken into account
Reported RSCP: Lower operating bands are preferred for low reported
RSCP, whereas upper operating bands are preferred for high reported RSCP
(lower operating bands provide coverage, while upper operating bands
provide capacity)
Load: load balancing and HSPA load state are taken into account

Preference Preferred + Freq Band + RSCP + Load

= Freq weight weight Weight
Score Weight

LaySelWeightPrefLayer LaySelWeightBand LaySelWeightRSCP >=LaySelWeightLoad

or 0 or 0 or 0 or 0
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 LoadWeight

LoadWeight value is based upon HSPA load

HSPA load is evaluated calculating HSDPA power per NRT user
LoadWeight value is calculated with following formula if LaySelWeightLoad > 0.
Otherwise, LoadWeight = 0

LoadWeight = [LaySelWeightLoad + (22 HSPALoadLevel)] LowLoadPreference

LaySelWeightLoad is a parameter within the PFL object

HSPAloadLevel is the HSPA load

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 HSDPA Power per NRT User & DL Used Power
Name Range
LoadBalancingLevels 1: 16 W
2: 10 W ... < 16 W
(RNC) 3: 4.2 W ... < 10 W
Non-Configurable
4: 2.2 W ... < 4.2 W
5: 1.3 W ... < 2.2 W
6: 0.8 W ... < 1.3 W
7: 0.5 W ... < 0.8 W
8: 0.23 W ... < 0.5 W
9: 0.13 W ... < 0.23 W
10: < 0.13 W
11: 16 W and used DL power above the threshold
12: 10 W ... < 16 W and used DL power above the threshold
13: 4.2 W ... < 10 W and used DL power above the threshold
14: 2.2 W ... < 4.2 W and used DL power above the threshold
15: 1.3 W ... < 2.2 W and used DL power above the threshold
16: 0.8 W ... < 1.3 W and used DL power above the threshold
17: 0.5 W ... < 0.8 W and used DL power above the threshold
18: 0.23 W ... < 0.5 W and used DL power above the threshold
19: 0.13 W ... < 0.23 W and used DL power above the threshold
20: < 0.13 W and used DL power above the threshold
21: HSPA load state is detected
Default 22: HSPA load state is not knownDescription
/ not evaluated
Not Applicable Parameter defines levels for HSPA load balancing. In the layer selection the layer
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which load level is lowest is selected from suitable layers. The load levels are
defined with HSDPA power per NRT user and used DL power as follows.
 HSDPA Power per NRT User & DL Used Power

HSDPA Power per NRT user is calculated as:

PNRTHSDPA CellWeightForHSDPALayering
HSDPA Power per User =
Number of active NRT HSDPA Users

PNRTHSDPA is the transmit power that can be used by NRT HSDPA users
CellWeightForHSDPALayering is the weight for the cell

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 MBLB
Blind Handover Quality Criteria

There are two methods to check the quality of the target cell
Blind handover is allowed if either of the two criteria is satisfied
Criteria 1:

Source Cell RSCP BlindHORSCPThr (AdjiCPICHTxPwr PtxPrimaryCPICH)

Criteria 2:
the target cell was included within the inter-frequency measurement results on
the RACH

If a target cell measurement is available for a target frequency, the target cell on
that frequency shall be the cell from where the measurement was recorded
If a target cell measurement is not available for a target frequency but the
quality criteria from the source cell allows blind handover, the target cell is the
cell defined by the BlindHOTargetCell parameter

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 MBLB RNC Databuild RNC
The MBLB feature introduces a new
object within the RNC databuild WBTS
The Preferred Frequency Layer (PFL)
object is pointed to by each WCEL
PFLIdentifier
Multiple PFL objects can be defined so WCEL PFL set i
different WCEL can have different PFL
PFLIdentifier
parameter sets WCEL PFL set j
The PFL object includes parameters to
define the preferred RF carrier WCEL PFLIdentifier

Name Range Default Description

PFLIdentifier 1 to 50, step 1
0 (no reference to PFL object)
(WCEL)
0 This parameter defines the parameter set (PFL
object) which controls the preferred frequency layer
definitions. These definitions are used to select the
correct frequency layer for the UE, based on the
UE capability and the service that the UE is using.

Name Range Default Description

PFLIdentifier 1 to 50, step 1 0 This parameter is the preferred frequency layer
0 (no reference to PFL object) (PFL) object identifier. It is a unique identifier for
(PFL) the PFL object within the controller. The PFL
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based on UE capability and service.
 PFL Parameter Set PFLIdentifier

BlindHORSCPThrAbove LaySelLowLoadPref Whether or not

RSCP thresholds used to make increased weight
BlindHORSCPThrBelow PFLFastMovUECS
upper or lower frequency bands PFLFastMovUEPS is given to low
LaySelWeightPrefLayer
appear more attractive loaded cells
LaySelWeightBand
LaySelWeightRSCP
Weights allocated to Preferred layers
LaySelWeightLoad
each component of PFLHSPAAMR for fast moving
PFL64QAMAMR
the Preference Score PFLHSPAAMRNRT UE
PFL64QAMAMRNRT
calculation PFLHSPANRT
PFL64QAMNRT
PFLHSPAStr
PFL64QAMStr
PFLMIMOAMR
PFLCSHSAMR
PFLMIMOAMRNRT
PFLCSHSAMRNRT
PFLMIMONRT
PFLCSHSNRT
PFLMIMOStr
Parameters used to PFLCSHSStr
PFLR99AMR
define the preferred PFLDCHSDAMR
PFLR99AMRNRT
network layer for each PFLDCHSDAMRNRT
PFLDCHSDNRT PFLR99NRT
UE capability / service PFLR99Str
type combination PFLDCHSDStr
PFLDCMIAMR
PFLFDPCHAMR
PFLDCMIAMRNRT
PFLFDPCHAMRNRT
PFLDCMINRT
PFLFDPCHNRT
PFLDCMIStr
PFLFDPCHStr
PFLHSDPAAMR
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PFLHSDPANRT
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Dedicated Mode Strategy
Blind HO Setting (C0-Located Example)
UE camps on U900 UE camps on U2100

U900 BlindHORSCPThr = -25 dBm

One-Way Only

U2100 BlindHORSCPThr = -90 dBm

RACHIntraFreqMesQuant = RSCP Mandatory Setting

BLHO can take place from U2100 to U900, but not from the other way around

UE on U900 can be redirected to U2100 during Cell Reselection in Idle Mode and
Connected Mode.

Benefit: BLHO Failure is expected to reduce, since BLHO is redirected to the larger
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Dedicated Mode Strategy_Option1_(1/4)
Blind HO Setting_Non Collocated
UE camps on U900 UE camps on U2100

U900
BlindHORSCPThr = -95 dBm

BlindHORSCPThr = -90 dBm U2100

RACHIntraFreqMesQuant = RSCP Mandatory Setting

BLHO can take place from U2100 to U900, but not from the other way around

UE on U900 can be redirected to U2100 during Cell Reselection in Idle Mode and
Connected Mode.

Benefit: BLHO Failure is expected to reduce, since BLHO is redirected to the larger
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Dedicated Mode Strategy_Option1_(2/4)
Preferred Layer Setting_ Non Collocated
Name F1 F2 F3 U9
PFLIdentifier 1 2 3 4
BlindHORSCPThrAbove 0 0 0 0
RSCP Threshold BlindHORSCPThrBelow -126 -126 -126 -126
LaySelWeightBand 0 0 0 0
LaySelWeightLoad 10 10 10 10
LaySelWeightPrefLayer 1000 1000 1000 1000
Pref Weight LaySelWeightRSCP 0 0 0 0
LaySelLowLoadPref 0 0 0 0
CellWeightForHSDPALaye
HSDPA Load ring 100 100 100 100

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Dedicated Mode Strategy_Option1_(3/4)
PFL Setting_No MBLB for AMR_ Non Collocated
PFL 1_F1 PFL 2_F2 PFL 3_F3 PFL 4_U9
PFLIdentifier 1 2 3 4
AMRToNonPreferredLayer disabled (0) disabled (0) disabled (0) disabled (0)
BlindHORSCPThrAbove 0 0 0 0
BlindHORSCPThrBelow -126 -126 -126 -126
LaySelLowLoadPref disabled (0) disabled (0) disabled (0) disabled (0)
LaySelWeightBand 0 0 0 0
LaySelWeightLoad 10 10 10 10
LaySelWeightPrefLayer 1000 1000 1000 1000
LaySelWeightRSCP 0 0 0 0
PFL64QAMAMR - PrefLayer64QAMAMR 10562 10587 10612 3088

PFL64QAMAMRNRT - PrefLayer64QAMAMRNRT 10562 10587 10612 3088

PFL64QAMNRT - PrefLayer64QAMNRT 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088
PFL64QAMStr - PrefLayer64QAMStr 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088
PFLCSHSAMR - PrefLayerCSHSAMR 10562 10587 10612 3088

PFLCSHSAMRNRT - PrefLayerCSHSAMRNRT 10562 10587 10612 3088

PFLCSHSNRT - PrefLayerCSHSNRT 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088
PFLCSHSStr - PrefLayerCSHSStr 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088

PFLDCHSDAMR - PrefLayerDCHSDAMR 10562 10587 10612 3088

PFLDCHSDAMRNRT - PrefLayerDCHSDAMRNRT 10562 10587 10612 3088

PFLDCHSDNRT - PrefLayerDCHSDNRT 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088
PFLDCHSDStr - PrefLayerDCHSDStr 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088
PFLDCMIAMR - PrefLayerDCMIAMR 10562 10587 10612 3088

PFLDCMIAMRNRT - PrefLayerDCMIAMRNRT 10562 10587 10612 3088

PFLDCMINRT - PrefLayerDCMINRT 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088
PFLDCMIStr - PrefLayerDCMIStr 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088

No impact on CallsetupTime
Might not solve the current concern
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Dedicated Mode Strategy_Option1_(4/4)
PFL Setting_MBLB for AMR_ Non Collocated
PFL 1_F1 PFL 2_F2 PFL 3_F3 PFL 4_U9
PFLIdentifier 1 2 3 4
AMRToNonPreferredLayer disabled (0) disabled (0) disabled (0) disabled (0)
BlindHORSCPThrAbove 0 0 0 0
BlindHORSCPThrBelow -126 -126 -126 -126
LaySelLowLoadPref disabled (0) disabled (0) disabled (0) disabled (0)
LaySelWeightBand 0 0 0 0
LaySelWeightLoad 10 10 10 10
LaySelWeightPrefLayer 1000 1000 1000 1000
LaySelWeightRSCP 0 0 0 0
PFL64QAMAMR - PrefLayer64QAMAMR 10562, 3088 10587, 3088 10612, 3088 3088,10562, 10587,10612
PFL64QAMAMRNRT - PrefLayer64QAMAMRNRT 10562, 3088 10587, 3088 10612, 3088 3088,10562, 10587,10612
PFL64QAMNRT - PrefLayer64QAMNRT 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088
PFL64QAMStr - PrefLayer64QAMStr 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088
PFLCSHSAMR - PrefLayerCSHSAMR 10562, 3088 10587, 3088 10612, 3088 3088,10562, 10587,10612
PFLCSHSAMRNRT - PrefLayerCSHSAMRNRT 10562, 3088 10587, 3088 10612, 3088 3088,10562, 10587,10612
PFLCSHSNRT - PrefLayerCSHSNRT 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088
PFLCSHSStr - PrefLayerCSHSStr 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088 10562,10587,10612,3088
PFLDCHSDAMR - PrefLayerDCHSDAMR 10562, 3088 10587, 3088 10612, 3088 3088,10562, 10587,10612
PFLDCHSDAMRNRT -
PrefLayerDCHSDAMRNRT 10562, 3088 10587, 3088 10612, 3088 3088,10562, 10587,10612
PFLDCHSDNRT - PrefLayerDCHSDNRT 10562,10587,10612 10562,10587,10612 10562,10587,10612 10562,10587,10612,3088
PFLDCHSDStr - PrefLayerDCHSDStr 10562,10587,10612 10562,10587,10612 10562,10587,10612 10562,10587,10612,3088
PFLDCMIAMR - PrefLayerDCMIAMR 10562, 3088 10587, 3088 10612, 3088 3088,10562, 10587,10612
PFLDCMIAMRNRT - PrefLayerDCMIAMRNRT 10562, 3088 10587, 3088 10612, 3088 3088,10562, 10587,10612

May impact on CallsetupTime

Based on customer complaints End-user supposed to move between U900 & U2100, U900
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Dedicated Mode Strategy_Option2_(1/2)
Blind HO Setting_U900 Overshooting

UE camps on U900

U900
BlindHORSCPThr = -95 dBm

BlindHORSCPThr = -25 dBm U2100

RACHIntraFreqMesQuant = RSCP Mandatory Setting

BLHO can take place from U900 to U2100, but not from the other way around, Since
U900 is overshooting. Improved end-user throughput in U2100
Enabled MBLB in U900 to U2100 but not vise versa

Benefit: Improved end user data experience in U2100

Note: LaySelWeightBand will be considered after this trail

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Dedicated Mode Strategy_Option2_(2/2)
Preferred Layer Setting_No MBLB for AMR
PFL 1_F1 PFL 2_F2 PFL 3_F3 PFL 4_U9
PFLIdentifier 31 32 33 34
AMRToNonPreferredLayer disabled (0) disabled (0) disabled (0) disabled (0)
BlindHORSCPThrAbove 0 0 0 0
BlindHORSCPThrBelow -126 -126 -126 -126
LaySelLowLoadPref disabled (0) disabled (0) disabled (0) disabled (0)

LaySelWeightBand 0 0
LaySelWeightLoad 10 10
LaySelWeightPrefLayer 1000 1000
LaySelWeightRSCP 0 0
PFL64QAMAMR - PrefLayer64QAMAMR 10562 10587
PFL64QAMAMRNRT - PrefLayer64QAMAMRNRT 10562 10587
PFL64QAMNRT - PrefLayer64QAMNRT 10562,10587,10612, 10562,10587,10612,
PFL64QAMStr - PrefLayer64QAMStr 10562,10587,10612, 10562,10587,10612,
PFLCSHSAMR - PrefLayerCSHSAMR 10562, 10587,
PFLCSHSAMRNRT - PrefLayerCSHSAMRNRT 10562, 10587,
PFLCSHSNRT - PrefLayerCSHSNRT 10562,10587,10612, 10562,10587,10612,
PFLCSHSStr - PrefLayerCSHSStr 10562,10587,10612, 10562,10587,10612,
PFLDCHSDAMR - PrefLayerDCHSDAMR 10562, 10587,
0
10 10
1000 800
0 0
10612 3088,10562, 10587,10612
10612 3088,10562, 10587,10612
10562,10587,10612, 10562,10587,10612,3088
10562,10587,10612, 10562,10587,10612,3088
10612, 3088,10562, 10587,10612
10612, 3088,10562, 10587,10612
10562,10587,10612, 10562,10587,10612,3088
10562,10587,10612, 10562,10587,10612,3088
10612, 3088,10562, 10587,10612

PFLDCHSDAMRNRT - PrefLayerDCHSDAMRNRT 10562, 10587, 10612, 3088,10562, 10587,10612

PFLDCHSDNRT - PrefLayerDCHSDNRT 10562,10587,10612 10562,10587,10612 10562,10587,10612 10562,10587,10612,3088
PFLDCHSDStr - PrefLayerDCHSDStr 10562,10587,10612 10562,10587,10612 10562,10587,10612 10562,10587,10612,3088
PFLDCMIAMR - PrefLayerDCMIAMR 10562, 10587, 10612, 3088,10562, 10587,10612
PFLDCMIAMRNRT - PrefLayerDCMIAMRNRT 10562, 10587, 10612, 3088,10562, 10587,10612
PFLDCMINRT - PrefLayerDCMINRT 10562,10587,10612 10562,10587,10612 10562,10587,10612 10562,10587,10612,3088
PFLDCMIStr - PrefLayerDCMIStr 10562,10587,10612 10562,10587,10612 10562,10587,10612 10562,10587,10612,3088

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PRFILE 002:1765 RN50_MAINT_48

When Blind IFHO is activated, it requires changing of the intra-frequency measurement quantity
from EcNo to RSCP. It is defined with RACHIntraFreqMesQuant parameter.
After this, the measured EcNo is not available for DL initial power calculation
Using this parameter the values for the RSCP0 and BackgroundEcNo can be defined.
Additionally, they can be defined if the RSCP is used to calculate EcNo.
By default use RSCP in EcNo calculation (0H)

See PRFILE description for more details.

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 PRFILE 002:1897 RN60_MAINT_22 I
RRC_CONNECTION_REQUEST (3GPP TS 25.331 ver
Following source cell measurement results can be available for blind HO: 8.8.0 Rel 8)

1. UE measures and reports RSCP value from current cell and best neighbor cell to UL-CCCH-Message
RNC in RRC Connection Request and Cell Update messages. message
rrcConnectionRequest
IF best neighbor is having better RSCP than current cell it will use best initialUE-Identity
tmsi-and-LAI
neighbor instead tmsi
Bin : 63 AC 5F 01 (= 1672240897)
This is causing problems due the inaccuracy of best neighbor measurement lai
plmn-Identity
results as in some cases too good compared to reality mcc
mcc value : 2, 4, 4
PRFILE 002:1897 RN60_MAINT_22 can be used to disable the use of mnc
mnc value : 0, 7
monitored cell (intra-frequency neighbor cell) in RACH measurement lac
Bin : 24 54 (= 9300)
results. This means that Blind HO can be triggered only from the current establishmentCause : registration
cell and the current cells RSCP value is used when defining the initial protocolErrorIndicator : noError
measuredResultsOnRACH
power for Blind HO currentCell
modeSpecificInfo
2. UE also reports RSCP values within event 1a and even 1c Measurement Report fdd
measurementQuantity
messages for soft handover radio link addition/replacement cpich-RSCP : 56 (= -60 dBm)
monitoredCells
3. The UE also provides periodic RSCP reports if the SRB is mapped to HSPA monitoredCells value 1
modeSpecificInfo
. For Blind HO latest available measurement report containing RSCP value of fdd
primaryCPICH-Info
Source cell is used. primaryScramblingCode : 142
measurementQuantity
. Source cell for Blind HO in RAB setup phase is the cell which has reported highest cpich-RSCP : 57 (= -59 dBm)
v3d0NonCriticalExtensions
RSCP value in latest measurement report rRCConnectionRequest-v3d0ext :
v4b0NonCriticalExtensions
rrcConnectionRequest-v4b0ext
accessStratumReleaseIndicator : rel-6
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 PRFILE 002:1888 RN60_MAINT_12

MBLB blind HO is done during RAB setup phase, if

MBLB is triggered, the new frequency info is
included to Radio Bearer Setup message and
Radio bearer Setup complete message is send
already with new frequency.

PRFILE 002:1888 RN60_MAINT_12 allows

possibility to activate two procedure
functionality for MBLB in case there is UEs
which does not support one procedure
functionality. If two procedure functionality is
used, the Blind HO is first done either using
Physical Channel Reconfiguration, Transport Blind HO with two procedure functionality
triggers layer change in Physical channel
Channel Reconfiguration or Radio Bearer reconfiguration
Reconfiguration and then RB setup is done
separately.
Blind HO with one procedure functionality
triggers layer change in Radio Bearer
Setup Phase (and Physical channel
reconfiguration is not done )

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Other Impacted Features

Changing RACHIntraFreqMesQuant from EcNo to RSCP will have impact for following
features:

HSUPA 2ms TTI

RNC uses RSCP instead of EcNo to define if 2ms TTI is used on E-DCH in state transitions to
Cell_DCH state
SRB on HSPA
RNC uses RSCP instead of EcNo to define if standalone SRBs are mapped to HSPA in RRC
connection establishment phase
Common Channel Setup
RNC uses RSCP instead of EcNo to define if RRC connection setup is performed in common
channels. Parameter CPICHEcNoSRBMapRRC is replaced with CPICHRSCPSRBMapRRC
Fast Call Setup from Cell_PCH
RNC uses RSCP instead of EcNo to define if fast call setup is performed. Parameter
CUCEcNoThreshold is replaced with CUCRSCPThreshold.
Initial DL power allocation
PRFILE parameter 00:1765
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 MBLB Blind HO and MBLB State Transition - Counters

MBLB Blind HO performance Counters MBLB Layering Performance Counters

With/without measurement means whether the UE Inter BTS counters available in RU30, Intra BTS
had reported inter-frequency cell measurement counters are implemented in RU40
results on RACH. Counter ID Counter Name
Not all the UEs are supporting inter-frequency M1006C240 ATT INTER-BTS LAYER CHANGES IN PCH/FACH TO DCH
measurements
Counter Counter Name M1006C241 SUCC INTER-BTS LAYER CHANGES IN PCH/FACH TO DCH
ID M1006C242 FAILED INTER-BTS LAYER CHANGES IN PCH/FACH TO DCH
M1006C23 RB Setup Attempt with BLIND HO M1006C26 ATT_INTRA_BTS_TR_TO_DCH RU40
4 5
M1006C23 RB SETUP SUCCESSFUL WITH BLIND HO
M1006C26 SUCC_INTRA_BTS_TR_TO_DCH RU40
5
6
M1006C23 RB SETUP FAIL BLIND HO DUE TO UE NACK WITHOUT
6 MEAS M1006C26 FAIL_INTRA_BTS_TR_TO_DCH RU40
7
M1006C23 RB SETUP FAIL BLIND HO DUE TO UE NACK WITH MEAS RU30 - Inter BTS Counters already available with
7 M1006C240-242
M1006C26 (In RN6.0 2.3 and
CANC_INTRA_BTS_TR_TO_DCH later
RU40 RN6.0
8
M1006C23 RB SETUP FAIL BLIND HO DUE TO UE LOST WITHOUT releases these counters measures also intra-BTS
8 MEAS layer changes if PRFILE parameter 7:392 is set to
If there are
M1006C23 lots FAIL
RB SETUP of failures with
BLIND HO DUE TO RSCP/EcNo
UE LOST WITH MEAS value 1.)
9 measurements, then BlindHOEcNoThrTarget /

BlindHORSCPThrTarget may have too low values

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