Security Level: INTERNAL

Huawei eRAN7.0
SRVCC Feature
Introduction

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 Objective
 After completing this course, you will:

 Know the benefits and usage scenarios of SRVCC

 Know the specifications of SRVCC

 Be able to explain the principles of SRVCC

 Be able to install, configure, commission, and verify SRVCC

according to manuals

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 Acronyms and Abbreviations

SRVCC Single Radio Voice Call Continuity

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 Contents
1. Feature Description

2. Planning

3. Installation and Commissioning

4. Maintenance

5. FAQ

6. Reference Documents

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Background
SRVCC is used to guarantee the continuity of voice call while user handover from
LTE to UMTS network, the IMS VOIP call will be transferred from PS service to UMTS
CS service while handover to UMTS cell.

Remote Leg

SCC AS After HO

Before HO
ISC

SIP

MGCF
CSCF

Mj
SBC

ISUP

SRVCC
IMS-MGW
IWF

MME

Sv
MSC/VLR
E

S1-MME
MGW

SAE GW

Iu-CS

UTRAN E-UTRAN

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 Solution Introduction: 1/3
- SRVCC procedure
1. eNB triggers SRVCC procedure, including measurement
configuration.

2. UE measures neighbour cell and sends measurement report

to eNodeB.

3. eNodeB send HO required message with SRVCC HO Indication

inside to MME.

4. MME splits the bear to be voice bear and PS bears base on QCI
information, and initial SRVCC for voice and PS HO (to target
MSC and SGSN) respectively.

5. MSC perform HO preparation procedure for voice bear. SGSN

perform HO preparation procedure for PS bears. IMS switch the
session from LTE network to UMTS CS network.

6. MME receive the HO preparation response from target MSC

and target SGSN.

7 & 8. MME send HO command to eNB and UE.

9. UE access to target network.
10. SRVCC complete.

3GPP 23.216
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- SRVCC trigger scenario & PS service continuity

SRVCC Trigger Scenario PS service continuity

 coverage caused
Trigger in EUTRAN cell edge with B1 event.
 UE & UTRAN support “CS+PS” SRVCC.
MME initiate the HO prepare procedure of voice bearer and
PS bearer to MSC and SGSN respectively.
 load caused
EUTRAN is high load, and UTRAN neighbour cell is low load.
 UE or UTRAN only support “CS only” SRVCC.
MME only initiate the HO prepare procedure to MSC for
 service caused voice bearer.
Totally 3 modes can be configured by MOD
ServiceIrHoCfgGroup.InterRatHoState for each QCI: NO_HO, PS service will resume in UTRAN by RAU (Routing Area
PERMIT_HO, MUST_HO. If QCI1 is configured to MUST_HO, eNB will Update) procedure.
trigger SRVCC procedure once UE setup QCI1.

 CSFB caused(建议删除， 与交流主题关系不大)

This scenario is always used for VoIP emergency call with location
service but LTE doesn’t support LCS. In this scenario, in order to satisfy
LCS request, MME would send CSFB indication to eNB. Because UE
has already have set up QCI1 bearer, eNB will trigger SRVCC
procedure, and voice service will HO to CS to keep the continuity.

3GPP 23.216
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- SRVCC Flexible Steering to UTRAN

Why to do this ?
Make VoIP handover to proper UTRAN frequency by
Target frequency band configurable SRVCC.
How to do this?
While UE moving to LTE cell edge area, eNB would
Voice service Voice-Prioritized frequency indicate UE to measure the UTRAN frequency
according to the frequency usage configuration;

Frequency 1: R99  For UE with voice service (whether with data

service or not), eNB would indicate UE to measure
frequency band for voice service , e.g. R99
frequency , and handover to the measured cell by
SRVCC.

 For UE only with data service, eNB would indicate

Data service UE to measure frequency band for data service , e.g.
Data-Prioritized frequency HSPA frequency, and handover to the measured
cell by PSHO.

Frequency 2:  UTRAN frequency priority can be configured by

HSPA MOD UTRANNFREQ: LocalCellId / UtranDlArfcn /
CsPriority

3GPP 23.216
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 Impact Analysis
• Positive Impact (Gain)
› Assigning voice service and data service to the expected frequency band
respectively to maximize the frequency efficiency.
› Reducing the bands would be measured to save UE power.
• Negative Impacts
› Only measure the preferred UTRAN frequency, so if there was coverage hole at
preferred UTRAN frequency, handover may not be executed in time or even fail.

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 Contents
1. Feature Introduction

2. Planning

3. Installation and Commissioning

4. Maintenance

5. FAQ

6. Reference Documents

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Version Planning
Feature ID Version
LOFD-001022 SRVCC to UTRAN eRAN2.0

LOFD-001023 SRVCC to GERAN eRAN2.0

LOFD-001087 SRVCC Flexible Steering to UTRAN eRAN6.0

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 Contents
1. Feature Introduction

2. Planning

3. Installation and Commissioning

4. Maintenance

5. FAQ

6. Reference Documents

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 Activation Guide 1
 Dependency on Hardware
 None
 Dependency on other NEs
 EPC: Support SRVCC (defined in 3GPP TS 23.216 R8)
 RNC: Support CS handover from LTE or Support CS+PS handover from LTE (defined in 3GPP TS 23.216
R8)
 IMS: Support SRVCC (defined in 3GPP TS 23.216 R8)
 UE: Support VoLTE and SRVCC (defined in 3GPP TS 23.216 R8)
 Dependency on other Features
 Required “LOFD-001022 SRVCC to UTRAN” and “LOFD-001078 E-UTRAN to UTRAN CS/PS Steering”.

 License
 Get Licence for “LOFD-001022 SRVCC to UTRAN”.
 Get Licence for “LOFD-001087 SRVCC Flexible Steering to UTRAN” for enhanced function

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 Activation Guide 2
• Enabling the SRVCC Flexible Steering to UTRAN Feature:
 Perform all configurations for “SRVCC to UTRAN feature”
 Add UTRAN neighbour cell
 ADD UTRANNFREQ (Use this command to add a neighboring UTRAN frequency)
 ADD UTRANEXTERNALCELL (Use this command to add an external UTRAN cell)
 ADD UTRANEXTERNALCELLPLMN (Optional, use this command to add an additional PLMN ID for an external UTRAN cell.)
 ADD UTRANNCELL (Use this command to add the neighboring relation with a UTRAN cell.)
 Switch on SRVCC to UTRAN: MOD ENODEBALGOSWITCH: HoModeSwitch : UtranSrvccSwitch-10

 Add an inter-RAT handover policy group: ADD INTERRATPOLICYCFGGROUP: UtranHoCfg: SRVCC

 Configure the settings of a standardized QCI1 policy group: MOD STANDARDQCI: Qci: QCI1

 Configure enable the UTRAN hierarchy-based measurement algorithm and SRVCC flexible steering switch
 MOD ENODEBALGOSWITCH: FreqLayerSwtich: UtranSrvccSteeringSwitch

 Configure voice service priority for the neighboring cell on the UTRAN frequency
 MOD UTRANNFREQ: LocalCellId/UtranDlArfcn/CsPriority

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 7Activation Guide3
• Key parameter:

MO Parameter Value range Default Description

value
InterRatHoUtranG InterRatHoUtranB -120dBm~-25dBm -103dBm Indicates the RSCP threshold
oup 1ThdRscp for event B1
LdSvBasedHoUtra
nB1ThdRscp
InterRatHoUtranG InterRatHoUtranB 24dB~0dB -20dB Indicates the Ec/No threshold
oup 1ThdEcn0 for event B1
LdSvBasedHoUtra
nB1ThdEcn0
InterRatHoUtranG InterRatHoUtranB 0dB~15dB 2dB Indicates the hysterisis for
oup 1Hyst event B1 measurement

InterRatHoUtranG InterRatHoUtranB 0ms, 40ms, 64ms, 640ms Indicates the time-to-trigger

oup 1TimeToTrig 80ms, 100ms, 128ms, for event B1 measurement
160ms, 256ms,
320ms, 512ms,
480ms, 640ms,
1024ms, 1280ms,
2560ms, 5120ms

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 Contents
1. Feature Introduction

2. Planning

3. Installation and Commissioning

4. Maintenance

5. FAQ

6. Reference Documents

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Verification
Counter
Counter Name Description
L.IRATHO.SRVCC.E2W.PrepAttOut Number of preparation attempt SRVCC to UTRAN

L.IRATHO.SRVCC.E2W.ExecAttOut Number of execution attempt SRVCC to UTRAN

L.IRATHO.SRVCC.E2W.ExecSuccOut Number of execution successful SRVCC to UTRAN

L.IRATHO.SRVCC.CSonly.E2W.PrepAttOut Number of preparation attempt CS-only SRVCC to UTRAN

L.IRATHO.SRVCC.E2G.PrepAttOut Number of preparation attempt SRVCC to GERAN

L.IRATHO.SRVCC.E2G.ExecAttOut Number of execution attempt SRVCC to GERAN

L.IRATHO.SRVCC.E2G.ExecSuccOut Number of execution successful SRVCC to GERAN

L.IRATHO.SRVCC.CSonly.E2G.PrepAttOut Number of preparation attempt CS-only SRVCC to GERAN

L.IRATHO.SRVCC.E2T.PrepAttOut Number of preparation attempt SRVCC to TDSCDMA

L.IRATHO.SRVCC.E2T.ExecAttOut Number of execution attempt SRVCC to TDSCDMA

L.IRATHO.SRVCC.E2T.ExecSuccOut Number of execution successful SRVCC to TDSCDMA

The SRVCC feature is efficient when the L.IRATHO.SRVCC.E2W.PrepAttOut start to count;

The above counter can evaluate the successful rate of SRVCC to UTRAN, and insulate the issue if
there is failure

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 Contents
1. Feature Introduction

2. Planning

3. Installation and Commissioning

4. Maintenance

5. Reliability

6. FAQ

7. Reference Documents

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 Contents
1. Feature Introduction

2. Planning

3. Installation and Commissioning

4. Maintenance

5. FAQ

6. Reference Documents

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