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Contents
1. Introduction 1
1.1. What’s New in TEMS Pocket 7.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1.1. Presentation of Cell Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1.2. Event-based Logfile Sifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1.3. Improved Logfile Naming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1.4. Coexistence with MRU (Mobile Receiving Unit). . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2. What Was New in TEMS Pocket 7.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2.1. New UMTS Phones: Sony Ericsson W995/W995a . . . . . . . . 2
1.2.2. New GSM Phone: Sony Ericsson W995 EDGE . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.3. Scanning (GSM and WCDMA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.4. Command Sequence Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.5. Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2.6. Passive Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2.7. New GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.8. Data Upload over WiFi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.9. HSPA Data View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.10. WCDMA AMR Data View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3. What Was New in TEMS Pocket 7.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3.1. Phones: Sony Ericsson C905, C905a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3.2. Map View and Pinpointing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.3.3. Data Views with Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.3.4. Smarter Logfile Upload. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.3.5. Cell Id Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3.6. Snapshots of Data Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3.7. Importing and Exporting TEMS Pocket Settings . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.5. Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.6. Logfiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.6.1. Logfile Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.6.2. GPS Positioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.6.3. Positioning by Pinpointing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.7. Cell Control Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.8. Command Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.9. Scan Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.10. Storage Medium: Phone Memory vs. Memory Stick. . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.11. Language Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.12. Turning TEMS Pocket Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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• Actions for HTTP, streaming, and idle mode. Regarding streaming, see
section 1.2.5 below.
• Multiple actions (up to 10) can be strung together in one command
sequence.
• Multiple command sequences (up to 10) can be defined.
• Default settings for each action type can be saved; new actions are
initialized with these defaults.
• Actions contain an option for applying control functions while the action is
executed, for instance locking on a band and/or cell.
• Logfile recording can be set on or off for each command sequence.
• For voice and video calls, a redial option can be activated which causes
any dropped or blocked calls to be redialed automatically.
• Logfile upload can be done after each loop through a command
sequence.
• A new data view is provided which presents the current status of a
command sequence that is being executed. The information given
includes the expected remaining duration of current action and the next
action to follow.
• All command sequence settings can be exported to file and imported.
1.2.5. Streaming
TEMS Pocket 7.2 can test video streaming over the RTSP protocol by means
of the phone’s integrated media player. Data can be streamed from a user-
defined URL through an access point that is likewise user-configurable. The
media presentation can be customized in various respects (hide/show video;
audio on/off). A new command sequence action is provided for streaming; it
lets the user put a cap on the duration of the streaming session.
Streaming performance data is displayed in the TEMS Pocket data views just
as for previously supported services such as FTP.
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interrupted instead of being restarted from the beginning. The new procedure
cuts upload times and saves phone battery life, enhancing the efficiency and
power of the tool.
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On later occasions, when turned on, the phone will display the data view last
inspected, provided that the TEMS Pocket operational mode is set to Active
(see section 7.1).
The data views are divided into categories from 1 to 5. Each data view is
numbered according to the format “x.y”, where “x” is the category and “y” the
position of the data view within that category. You browse the categories by
moving the navigation key left and right, and the data views within a category
by moving the navigation key up and down. TEMS Pocket remembers the
view last displayed in each category; when you return to a category, that view
is shown.
The top section of the display preserves the ordinary signal strength and
battery power level indicators as well as other symbols belonging to the
regular user interface of the phone. Among the latter are:
A “3G” symbol indicating that the phone’s current serving cell supports
WCDMA R99 (but not HSDPA).
An “H” symbol indicating that the current serving cell supports HSDPA.
The top section of the display also shows various icons related to TEMS
Pocket operation. They include:
• an icon indicating that a logfile is being recorded (see section 7.3)
• an icon indicating that a logfile is being replayed, and the status of the
replay (see section 7.4.2)
• an icon indicating that a cell control function is currently applied (see
section 9)
• an icon for the latest TEMS Pocket event that occurred (if it occurred
within the last 15 minutes; see section 10.4).
If the default phone display with the operator name appears instead of a
TEMS Pocket data view, this is because TEMS Pocket has been put in
background or inactive mode (see section 7.1). By default TEMS Pocket is in
active mode, and all of its data views are visible.
The data views are exhaustively described in chapter 3.
vary over time. Like the text-only data views, the graph views are predefined.
They are collected in category 5.
The top section of the display has precisely the same layout and behavior as
in text-only data views. See section 2.2.
2.4. Menus
When you press the Activity key on the phone, a tab with TEMS Pocket
commands appears on top in the Activity menu:
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Most of the commands in this menu are found only here. The menu is gone
through in chapter 7.
From the Activity menu you can also access the Pocket menu, which is the
chief means of configuring TEMS Pocket: see chapter 8. The Pocket menu
can alternatively be accessed from the phone’s main menu: Settings →
General → Pocket menu.
Note: TEMS Pocket settings are always saved in the phone’s internal
memory. If the phone memory is full, TEMS Pocket settings can
no longer be saved. You then need to remove some files to free
up memory.
2.5. Events
Events are generated and logged by TEMS Pocket to indicate that something
interesting and worthy of note has occurred in the phone’s interaction with the
cellular network.
The event log is inspected and managed from the Pocket menu. See section
10.1. A shortcut to the event log is found in the Activity menu.
2.6. Logfiles
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• To turn off the help function, press the C key. Alternatively, press Options
and choose Toggle help again.
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3.3 GSM Cell Name Displays ARFCN, BSIC, CI, and cell 48
name for the serving cell and each
neighbor.
4.4 GSM C/I Info Displays C/I information for the most 57
frequently utilized timeslot on each
traffic channel in use.
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Line 10
This line identifies the serving cell, either by means
of CGI or by cell name as defined in an imported
XML cell file. The choice of presentation mode is
made in the Pocket menu under General settings;
see section 18.6, page 153. Cell file import is done
under Pocket menu → Tools; see section 17.5, page
150.
In all data views that follow, the view footer uses the
Screenshot (footer CGI mode of presentation; but cell names can
with CGI) alternatively be displayed in any data view that has a
footer.
MCC: Serving cell Mobile Country Code
MNC: Serving cell Mobile Network Code
Screenshot (footer LAC: Serving cell Location Area Code
with cell name)
RNC: Serving cell Radio Network Controller ID
(WCDMA only; Cell Identity for WCDMA = RNC + CI)
CI: Serving cell Cell Identity, 16 bits (= C-Id: see
3GPP 25.401, section 6.1.5)
Cell Name: Name of cell, taken from XML file; see
section 17.5.
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Screenshot MM
Home: Registered in Home PLMN
Equiv: Registered in Equivalent PLMN
Roam: Registered in Roaming PLMN
Unreg: Unregistered
(See 3GPP 21.905.)
GSM
TCH: Time using Traffic Channel (TCH)
PDCH: Time using Packet Data Channel (PDCH)
Idle: Time spent in Idle mode
WCDMA
DCH: Time using Dedicated Channel (DCH)
Idle: Time spent in Idle mode
Line 2
FTP Address: IPv4 address (12-digit number) or
plain-text name of FTP server. Displayed as
scrolling text.
Line 3
Screenshot File Name: Name of file being downloaded/
uploaded over FTP. Displayed as scrolling text.
hh:mm:ss: Duration of current FTP session in
hours, minutes, and seconds.
Line 4
CThpDL: Current downlink application-level FTP
throughput in kbit/s or Mbit/s (based on the latest
report from the phone).
CThpUL: Current uplink application-level FTP
Key throughput in kbit/s or Mbit/s (based on the latest
report from the phone).
Line 5
MThpDL: Mean downlink application-level FTP
throughput in kbit/s or Mbit/s (calculated over the
whole of the file currently being transferred).a
MThpUL: Mean uplink application-level FTP
throughput in kbit/s or Mbit/s (calculated over the
whole of the file currently being transferred).a
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Line 6
TotDataDL: Total bytes transferred on downlink
over FTP at the application level (B = bytes, K =
kilobytes, M = megabytes). This counter is reset at
the end of each file transfer.
TotDataUL: Total bytes transferred on uplink over
FTP at the application level (B = bytes, K =
kilobytes, M = megabytes). This counter is reset at
the end of each file transfer.
Screenshot
Lines 7–8 are the same as the two bottom lines in
the W/G Cells view: see section 4.1.
Key
Upon completion of each FTP file transfer, an FTP Transfer End event (see
section 10.5.8) is generated providing a summary of the file transfer and its
performance.
There are no actions associated with this data view.
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Line 1
MeasType: Type of measurement: either
command sequence or passive measurement
MeasName: Name of command sequence (if any)
Screenshot
Lines 2–5
Curr: Index of current action in sequence
Tot: Total number of actions in sequence
ActionName: Name of current action
TimeElaps: Time elapsed of current action,
including pre-guard time
TotalTime: Estimated total execution timea for
current action, incl. pre- and post-guards as well as
the user-set guard time; shown for passive mode if
Key the Duration parameter is set (see section 16.1)
ActionInfo: Indicates what phase of execution the
action is in.
For active measurements, the possible states are:
• Applying cell control: Configured cell control
settings are being applied.
• Executing action: The measurement is under
way (includes logfile pre- and post-guards).
• Guard time: Time to wait between actions or
after the last action.
• Releasing cell control: Cell control is being
released.
a. For voice, video, and idle actions this quantity is precisely known, since
the action run time is fixed. For streaming, FTP, and HTTP, only educated
guesses of varying quality can be made as to the total execution time.
Line 6
LogfileStatus: One of “Compressing”, “Uploading”
Curr: Index of logfile currently being processed
Tot: Total number of logfiles to be processed
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Lines 1–8
W: WCDMA cell type: One of
• S: Serving cell
• A: Active set member
• M: Monitored neighbor
• D: Detected neighbor
• – (with values on the rest of the line): Inter-RAT,
Screenshot WCDMA neighbor measured in GSM mode
UARFC: UARFCN
SC: Scrambling Code
RSCP: Received Signal Code Power (dBm),
numeric/graphic
Ec/No: Ec/N0 (dB), numeric/graphic
PL: Pathloss (dB); this measurement appears only
when ordered by the network
Key Lines 9–10 are the same as the two bottom lines in
the W/G Cells view: see section 4.1.
Lines 1–8
W: WCDMA cell type: One of
• S: Serving cell
• A: Active set member
• M: Monitored neighbor
• D: Detected neighbor
• – (with values on the rest of the line): Inter-RAT,
Screenshot WCDMA neighbor measured in GSM mode
UARFC: UARFCN
SC: Scrambling Code
A: (Lines 2–8) Location Area/Routing Area
properties compared to serving cell/strongest
active set member (found on line 1):
• =: Same LA/RA
• R: Same LA, different RA
• L: Different LA
• P: PLMN not matching
Key • –: Unknown
CI: Cell Identity, 16 bits (= C-Id: see 3GPP 25.401,
section 6.1.5)
RSCP: Received Signal Code Power (dBm),
numeric/graphic. You can have this replaced by
Ec/N0 by changing the setting “WCDMA CellId q-
val” in the Pocket menu under General settings;
see section 18.10.
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Lines 1–8
UARFC: UARFCN
SC: Scrambling Code
CI: Cell Identity, 16 bits (= C-Id: see 3GPP 25.401,
section 6.1.5)
Cell Name: Name of cell, taken from XML file; see
Screenshot
section 17.5. If the cell name is too long to fit into
the column, point the help bubble at the cell name
to view the string in its entirety. See the image on
the left.
Key
Cell name
presentation in help
bubble
Line 3
CStat: WCDMA cell status: One of
• –: Not barred
• B: Barred
Key • O: Reserved for operator use
IntraMQ: Intra-frequency measurement quantity from
System Information Block 11, e.g. “EcN0”; see 3GPP
25.331, section 14.1.1
Lines 4–5
Here are shown parameters from System
Information Block 5.
PICH: Paging Indication Channel power offset
{–10 ... 5} [dB]; see 3GPP 25.331, section 10.3.6.50
AICH: Acquisition Indication Channel power offset
{–22 ... 5} [dB]; see 3GPP 25.331, section 10.3.6.3
Pp-m: Power offset (“P p-m”) between the last
transmitted preamble and the control part of the
message {–5 ... 10} [dB]; see 3GPP 25.331, section
10.3.5.8
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Lines 7–8 are the same as the two bottom lines in the
W/G Cells view: see section 4.1.
Line 2
PCA: Power Control Algorithm, see 3GPP 25.331
Screenshot PCSS: Power Control Step Size, see 3GPP 25.331
RRC_STATE: RRC State, one of {CELL_DCH,
CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH, URA_PCH, IDLE,
PASSIVE}
CM: Compressed Mode: 0: No, 1: Yes
Lines 3–8
These lines show the configuration of up to 6
transport channels:
ChId: Transport Channel Id
Key
ChT/D: Transport Channel Type and Direction
DLBT: Downlink BLER Target (%)
Rate: Maximum transport channel bit rate (bit/s)
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Line 2
PCA: Power Control Algorithm, see 3GPP 25.331
Screenshot PCSS: Power Control Step Size, see 3GPP 25.331
RRC_STATE: RRC State, one of {CELL_DCH,
CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH, URA_PCH, IDLE,
PASSIVE}
CM: Compressed Mode: 0: No, 1: Yes
Line 3
Codec: Speech codec: “AMR” (narrowband) or
“AMR-WB” (wideband)
Line 2
PCA: Power Control Algorithm, see 3GPP 25.331
Screenshot PCSS: Power Control Step Size, see 3GPP 25.331
RRC_STATE: RRC State, one of {CELL_DCH,
CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH, URA_PCH, IDLE,
PASSIVE}
CM: Compressed Mode: 0: No, 1: Yes
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Screenshot
Key
Line 1
QAM: The percentage of time 16-QAM was used
as modulation method.
NCC: Number of channelization codes used on the
HS-SCCH: minimum/average/maximum.
Screenshot
NHARQ: Number of active HARQ (Hybrid
Automatic Repeat Request) processes on the HS-
DSCH.
Line 2 (“Min”)
CQI: Minimum value of CQI (Channel Quality
Indicator). CQI values are defined in 3GPP 25.214,
section 6A.2.
ReqSize: Minimum requested transport block size
in bits (corresponding to minimum CQI).
Key ActSize: Minimum actual transport block size in
bits.
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Line 4
Line 7: HSDPA
DTrChBR: Total bit rate on all downlink transport
channels; same as DT: Rate in the WCDMA Data
view (see section 4.15) and thus valid for WCDMA
R99 and HSDPA alike.
Line 8: HSUPA
UTrChBR: Total bit rate on all uplink transport
channels; same as UT: Rate in the WCDMA Data
Screenshot view (see section 4.15) and thus valid for WCDMA
R99 and HSUPA alike.
Key
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Line 8
MT: MS-TXPWR-MAX-CCH, maximum RACH
power (dBm) {GSM 850, 900: 5 ... 39; GSM 1800:
0 ... 36; GSM 1900: 0 ... 33}
RH: Cell Reselection Hysteresis (dB) {0, 2, 3, 6, 8,
10, 12, 14}
B: BS-PA-MFRMS, number of multiframes
Key between paging subgroups {2 ... 9}
CB: Serving cell barred {B: Barred, –: Not Barred}
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Line 8
MT: MS-TXPWR-MAX-CCH, maximum RACH
power (dBm) {GSM 850, 900: 5 ... 39; GSM 1800:
0 ... 36; GSM 1900: 0 ... 33}
RH: Cell Reselection Hysteresis (dB) {0, 2, 3, 6, 8,
10, 12, 14}
B: BS-PA-MFRMS, number of multiframes
between paging subgroups {2 ... 9}
CB: Serving cell barred {B: Barred, –: Not Barred}
Key Lines 9–10 are the same as the two bottom lines in
the W/G Cells view: see section 4.1.
Cell name
presentation in help
bubble
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Line 2
This line shows parameters of the GSM cell
configuration. This information remains visible in
dedicated mode as long as the same cell is used.
When handover to a new cell takes place, no
configuration information is read for the new cell
while the call is in progress, and this line is then
blanked.
Key
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Line 2
Screenshot T: Traffic Channel Type:
• P: PBCCH, p: Hopping PBCCH
• S: SDCCH, s: Hopping SDCCH
• T: TCH, t: Hopping TCH
• D: PDTCH, d: Hopping PDTCH
TC: Traffic Channel (TCH ARFCN) or Stand-alone
Dedicated Control Channel (SDCCH ARFCN) or
Packet Dedicated Traffic Channel (PDTCH
ARFCN)
Timeslots: Timeslots used on uplink and downlink.
The timeslots are represented by the numbers 0–7,
Key and those currently in use are replaced by arrows
as follows:
• Upward arrow: Timeslot used on uplink
• Downward arrow: Timeslot used on downlink
• Double-headed arrow: Bidirectional timeslot
used on both uplink and downlink
Line 3
C/I: Carrier-to-interference ratio in dB for the traffic
channel currently indicated by TC on line 2. That is,
for hopping channels the displaying of C/I values is
synchronized with the traversal of the hopping list;
compare section 3.1. Numeric/graphic
presentation. Note: C/I for circuit-switched also
appears here; there is no differentiation of C/I with
respect to data bearer type (CS/PS).
Key Line 4
C: EGPRS C Value {0 ... 63}
MBEP: EGPRS mean bit error probability (BEP)
BEPV: EGPRS BEP variance
ARQ: Automatic Repeat Request Mode {ARQ1,
ARQ2}: see 3GPP 44.060, sec. 9.2.3.1
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Lines 5–6
EWSd: EGPRS window size on downlink
{64 ... 1024}
LWSd: LLC window size (for data) on downlink
{1 ... 255}
EWSu: EGPRS window size on uplink {64 ... 1024}
Screenshot
LWSu: LLC window size (for data) on uplink
{1 ... 255}
Lines 7–8
G: GMM State {I: Idle, R: Ready, S: Standby, –: No
GPRS available}
T3314C: T3314 timer value (GMM Ready Timer),
current value; see 3GPP 24.008, sec. 4.7.2
T3314S: T3314 timer value (GMM Ready Timer),
start value; see 3GPP 24.008, sec. 4.7.2
Key
T3168: T3168 timer start value (Packet Uplink
Assignment Timer), see 3GPP 44.060, sec. 13.1
{value in deciseconds, assigned in System
Information}
T3192: T3192 timer start value (Packet Final Block
Timer) in ms, assigned in System Information; see
3GPP 44.060, sec. 13.1 {0, 80, 120, 160, 200, 500,
1000, 1500}
NMO: Network Mode of Operation {I, II, III}; see
appendix A.8, page 177
DX: DRX Timer Max, see 3GPP 44.060, sec.
5.5.1.5 {0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64}
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Lines 1–8
ARFCN: TCH or PDTCH ARFCN (channels in
hopping list)
C/I: C/I value in dB for this traffic channel, numeric/
Screenshot graphic
Key
Line 2
Screenshot T: Traffic Channel type:
• P: PBCCH, p: Hopping PBCCH
• S: SDCCH, s: Hopping SDCCH
• T: TCH, t: Hopping TCH
• D: PDTCH, d: Hopping PDTCH
TC: Traffic Channel (TCH ARFCN) or Stand-alone
Dedicated Control Channel (SDCCH ARFCN) or
Packet Dedicated Traffic Channel (PDTCH
ARFCN). Hopping channels are shown one at a
time; see section 3.1.
TS: Timeslot Number
Key
TxPwr: UE Transmit Power (dBm), numeric/
graphic
Line 3
C/I: Carrier-to-interference ratio in dB for the traffic
channel currently indicated by TC on line 2. That is,
for hopping channels the displaying of C/I values is
synchronized with the traversal of the hopping list;
compare section 3.1. C/I is supported for the
modes TCH/F, TCH/H, and PDTCH. Numeric/
graphic presentation.
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Line 3 (continued)
RQ: Receive Bit Error Rate (RxQual; scale defined
in 3GPP 45.008, sec. 8.2), numeric/graphic
FE: Frame Erasure Rate (FER) in percent,
numeric/graphic
DXD: DTX rate (%) on downlink
DXU: DTX rate (%) on uplink
Lines 4–7
Screenshot
In these lines are shown all speech codecs in the
AMR active set.
CDL: AMR codec used on downlink
DLU: Utilization (%) of this downlink AMR codec
CUL: AMR codec used on uplink
ULU: Utilization (%) of this uplink AMR codec
All codec rates for AMR narrowband are listed in
3GPP 26.101, Table 2. All codec rates for AMR-WB
Key are listed in 3GPP 26.201, Table 2.
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Line 2
SIR: Signal-to-Interference Ratio (dB)
SIR_TG: SIR Target (dB)
Screenshot
TxPwr: UE Transmit Power (dBm)
Key
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The data views in category 5 all contain a graph showing how one or several
parameters evolve over time. In other respects, these data views are similar
to the text-only data views covered in chapter 4.
The unit “m” on the x-axis of each graph means “minutes”.
Events are indicated as vertical lines in graphs. However, an event appears
only if logging is currently turned on for that type of event (see sections 10.1.3
and 10.2).
Data views with graphs have no actions associated with them.
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Line 2 (continued)
R: Routing Area Color, RACo {0 ... 7}; invalid (“–”) if
GPRS not available in network
If the cell does not broadcast packet channels (no
PBCCH), the two rightmost parameters are:
C1: Pathloss Criterion C1
C2: Cell Reselection Criterion C2
If the cell supports packet channels (broadcasts a
Screenshot PBCCH), the two rightmost parameters become:
C31: GPRS Signal Strength Threshold Criterion
C31
C32: GPRS Cell Ranking Criterion C32
Graph
Green line: Received Signal Code Power, RSCP
(dBm) for strongest WCDMA cell
Blue line: Received Signal Strength, RxLev (dBm)
for strongest GSM cell
Key
Lines 3–4 are the same as the two bottom lines in
the W/G Cells view: see section 4.1.
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Line 2 (continued)
If the cell supports packet channels (broadcasts a
PBCCH), the two rightmost parameters become:
C31: GPRS Signal Strength Threshold Criterion
C31
C32: GPRS Cell Ranking Criterion C32
Graph
Green bars: Received Signal Code Power, RSCP
Screenshot
(dBm) for strongest WCDMA cell
Blue bars: Received Signal Strength, RxLev
(dBm) for strongest GSM cell
Lines: WCDMA: RSCP of three strongest
neighbors (dBm); GSM: RxLev of three strongest
neighbors (dBm)
Key
Graph
Key
Note that the unit in the graph is Mbit/s, while the
prefix in the data rate text fields is either “k” or “M”.
Red line: WCDMA downlink transport channel
data transfer rate in Mbit/s
Light red line: WCDMA uplink transport channel
data transfer rate in Mbit/s
Green line: GSM RLC/MAC downlink data transfer
rate in Mbit/s
Light green line: GSM RLC/MAC uplink data
transfer rate in Mbit/s
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Graph
Grey bars: Received Signal Code Power, RSCP
(dBm) for strongest WCDMA cell
Key
Blue bars: UTRA Carrier RSSI (dBm)
Graph
Grey bars: SIR Target (dB)
Screenshot Red line: Actual SIR (dB)
Key
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Graph
Green bars: Received Signal Code Power, RSCP
(dBm) for strongest WCDMA cell
Key
Lines: Received Signal Code Power, RSCP (dBm)
for three strongest WCDMA neighbors
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Graph
Blue bars: Received Signal Strength, RxLev
(dBm) for GSM serving cell
Lines: Received Signal Strength, RxLev (dBm) for
three strongest GSM neighbors
Screenshot
Key
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Graph
Note that unit in the graph is kbit/s, while the prefix
in the data rate text fields is either “k” or “M”.
Green line: GSM RLC/MAC downlink data transfer
rate in kbit/s
Light green line: GSM RLC/MAC uplink data
transfer rate in kbit/s
Key
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Note: The screen capture function must be turned off, otherwise the
right soft button will be labeled Capture instead.
• You can undo the latest pinpointing action at any time by pressing the C
button.
• When you are done with the measurement, press Options and select Data
view actions → Stop pinpointing.
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While a logfile is being recorded, this icon is shown on the status bar at
the top of the display.
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settings that were in force at a particular point while recording the logfile. This
can however be done by replaying the logfile in TEMS Investigation and
studying certain information elements exhibited in that application (“Band
Control”, “Serving Cell List Active”, and others).
In both TEMS Pocket and TEMS Investigation, events reflecting the
application of cell control functions at recording time will appear during replay,
just like any other events.
If you rewind the logfile, the TEMS Pocket user interface (data views, event
log, event counters) is once again cleared. The same thing happens when
you exit replay mode.
During logfile recording, during execution of a command sequence, and
during FTP sessions the replay command is not available.
When the replay has reached the end of the logfile, the buttons are once
again relabeled, now with the choices in the Options menu (above):
During logfile replay, all other TEMS Pocket control functions (all other
commands in the Activity menu and all commands in the Cell Control, FTP,
Logfile, and Command Sequence menus) are disabled.
If an incoming call is received during logfile replay, you can choose either to
answer the call, aborting the replay, or to ignore the call and proceed with the
replay. In the latter case a busy tone will be sent to the calling party.
Replay stopped. This means that the logfile has been replayed to the
end.
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referred to. In contrast, when recording a logfile manually, the Tag Logfile
command is always available.1
Tagging a logfile also adds the string tag_ to the logfile name, which enables
you to consider tags when doing logfile post-processing of your own.
1. The same is also true for passive measurement triggered on phone start-
up; but the “Store logfiles with” criterion is absent for this type of
measurement anyway (see section 16.1) – the logfile is always stored.
Even so, you can tag the logfile for purposes of your own.
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Chapter 8. The Pocket Menu
8.1. General
The Pocket menu can be accessed
• from the Activity menu
• from the phone’s main menu by choosing Settings. The Pocket menu
appears at the top of the General submenu.
The Pocket menu holds the following submenus:
Chapter
Name Function
Ref.
Chapter
Name Function
Ref.
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In this menu are collected the functions that modify the phone’s behavior in
the network.
Note that cell control functions can also be activated as options in command
sequences; see section 15.2.
Note that you can also lock on a cell that makes an appearance in data views.
See sections 4.1 and 4.9.
Regarding interplay between locking functions, see section 9.6.
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Note that you can also lock on a cell that makes an appearance in data views.
See sections 4.1, 4.17, and 4.18.
Regarding interplay between locking functions, see section 9.6.
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For full details, see the TEMS Investigation 11.0 User’s Manual, section
16.2.1.
9.9. HS Capability
You can enable or disable the TEMS Pocket phone’s HSPA capabilities as
shown below.
Note that this function does not affect the behavior of the “3G”/“H” status bar
symbol (see section 2.2). The latter is governed entirely by the capabilities of
the current serving cell.
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Chapter 10. Events Menu
Events are inspected in the event log. (The term “log” as used in this section
has got nothing to do with recording of TEMS Pocket logfiles; regarding the
latter, see section 7.3.)
Under Event counters, you can check how many times each type of event
has occurred.
Under Event settings, you configure settings for events: logging, counting,
audio signals, and displaying of icons.
Note: To have events logged at all, you must make sure that Event
logging is not set to “Off”. See section 10.1.3.
Event name
To inspect the full details of an event, select it and press View. A plain-text
screen appears:
Event name
Timestamp
CGI
Event-specific parameters
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Sound:
• “Off” means that no sound will be played when
the event occurs.
• “Default” means that, in idle mode, the
predefined sound for the event will be played
when the event occurs. The prerecorded sound
files consist of a voice announcing the event. In
dedicated mode, the voice recording is
replaced by a notification beep.
• “User set” directs you to a directory in the
phone’s file system where you can store sound
files of your own and associate them with
events. Supported file formats are MIDI, MP3,
and AMR. (The prerecorded sound files are not
accessible in the phone file system.)
Note, however, that if Event logging is set to Silent
(see section 10.1.3), all event sounds will be muted
regardless of the settings made here.
Use the navigation key (left/right) to move between event submenus. When
you select an event, the current count for that event is displayed beneath the
event name.
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GSM to WCDMA
WCDMA to GSM
10.5.1. CC Events
For values of CC Cause, see appendix A.3.
10.5.2. MM Events
For values of MM Cause, see appendix A.10.
MM Reg. Eq. N On –
(MM Registered
Equivalent PLMN)
MM Reg. Home N On –
(MM Registered Home
PLMN)
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MM Reg. Roaming N On –
(MM Registered Roaming
PLMN)
MM Unregistered N On –
10.5.3. SM Events
For values of SM Cause, see appendix A.17.
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10.5.6. RR Events
For values of RR Cause, see appendix A.13.
For values of RR Internal Cause, see appendix A.14.
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RAT: GSM N On –
RAT: No Service F On –
RAT: WCDMA N On –
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From this menu you control what data views should be visible as you browse
through them. In the menu, the data views are organized in a multi-tab
structure with one tab for each data view category.
The Set all command (at the bottom of each tab) sets the visibility for all data
views in the group. Note that this command never has a preset value: the
submenu with the choices On and Off has no radio buttons.
If you perform the Go to action for a data view whose visibility is currently set
to Off, the view is shown just this once; if you browse to a different view and
then back again, the hidden view will be skipped. To make the view
permanently visible again you must press Toggle to set its visibility to On.
If you turn off visibility for all data views, one data view will still remain visible
as you exit the menu system, namely the one you last accessed. If you do in
fact want to hide all data views, you should not edit these settings but rather
put TEMS Pocket in background or inactive mode: see section 7.1.
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Chapter 12. GPS Menu
Whenever the built-in GPS is active, this icon from the regular phone
interface appears at the top of the display.
By default the phone also has the option Location services → Settings →
“Assisted start” activated. This means that the phone will use the Assisted
GPS (A-GPS) technology to reduce the time taken to obtain a first GPS fix.
The positioning accuracy, on the other hand, does not change.
Since the phone’s use of A-GPS involves contacting a Sony Ericsson specific
“assistance server”, the phone must have a functioning data account defined,
in the same way as for WAP.
The built-in GPS consumes a large amount of power and thus requires
frequent charging of the phone battery. See section 21.2 for some further
specifics on this matter.
Note that you must choose your “GPS device” setting while “GPS connect” is
set to Manual (see section 12.3).
Switching between the options Manual and Automatic disconnects a GPS
that is currently connected.
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Chapter 13. FTP Menu
In this menu you specify FTP servers that the phone is going to interact with
(whether for FTP testing or for logfile upload). Here you also set up FTP Put/
Get operations to perform during testing.
You start and stop FTP testing from the Activity menu: see section 7.7.
You can export your FTP settings to file; they are included in the Export
settings operation (Tools menu: see section 17.4).
Common Parameters
FTP server: Specify the FTP server to interact
with: one of those defined in the FTP server
submenu (see section 13.2).
Note that the file used for upload or download must not be larger than about
500 MB, or the FTP Data view (see section 4.5) will not show correct values
for the mean data transfer rate.
Once you are done setting up an FTP operation, its name and direction, the
server to interact with, and the file to put/get will appear in the FTP transfer
list:
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Fixed timeouts (not user-configurable) are used when establishing the dialup
connection (60 s) and when setting up the FTP session itself (60 s). Failure to
obtain a response from the FTP server within the latter time period results in
“FTP session error”.
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<Status>_<Type>_[<Tag>_]<Date>_<Time>.log
<Status>
S Measurements successful
F Measurements failed
<Type>
voice_a Active voice measurement
voice_p Passive voice measurement
video_a Active video call measurement
video_p Passive video call measurement
FTP_a Active FTP measurement
FTP_p Passive FTP measurement
HTTP_a Active HTTP measurement
HTTP_p Passive HTTP measurement
stream_a Active streaming measurement
stream_p Passive streaming measurement
idle_a Active idle measurement
startup_p Passive startup measurement
manual Manual logfile recording
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<Tag>
tag Tag attached by user (see section 7.5)
– (empty) No tag attached by user
<Date>
YYYY-MM-DD: Year, month, day
<Time>
HH.MM.SS: Hours, minutes, seconds
14.1.1.1. Examples
• f_voice_p_2010-02-03_16.53.02.log
• manual_2010-02-03_16.53.02.log
• startup_2010-02-03_16.53.02.log
• s_FTP_a_tag_2010-02-03_16.53.02.log
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the logfile folder, including any remaining older files that were not produced
by the command sequence.
While logfile replay is in progress, no logfile uploads can occur.
If, during command sequence execution or logfile replay, a logfile upload
comes due according to the upload schedule defined, the upload is
postponed until the conflicting activity has ended. Afterwards the phone
reverts to following the upload schedule.
Step 2
Step 3
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14.5. Compress
If set to On, logfiles will be compressed using a
Huffman coding algorithm before they are
uploaded.a
If compression is turned on, it will take place
regardless of the upload bearer chosen and the
upload settings made (see sections 14.3 and 14.4).
However:
• After an automatic upload, the original
uncompressed logfile (as well as the
compressed version) will be deleted from the
phone file system.
• After a manual upload initiated by a Start FTP
command (section 7.7), the original logfile will
remain on the phone.
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Not all web pages are suitable for HTTP testing. Very large pages should be
avoided, as should pages that contain many Java scripts. The reason is that
with such pages the browser will spend most of its time parsing HTML and
stylesheets or running Java scripts instead of downloading data, which
means that the average throughput will be very low. In addition, the parsing
and script execution may take such a long time that TEMS Pocket aborts the
action1, or the browser may run out of memory and abort the download.
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Chapter 16. Passive Measurement Menu
You can configure logfile recording to start and stop automatically in certain
situations. This mode of measurement is referred to as passive mode, since
the measurement is triggered by user actions in the regular phone interface
rather than being initiated actively by TEMS Pocket.
Below it is indicated when the passive measurement terminates. With the
exception of passive measurements triggered by the Startup option, you
cannot stop the logfile recording manually from the Activity menu (see section
7.3).
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Chapter 17. Tools Menu
• Leave checked all categories of settings that you want to import. Uncheck
the rest, using the Unmark option.
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• Press Import.
• A warning message appears; press Yes to continue.
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After you select one of the options, the export is performed automatically.
1. The file format is the same as in TEMS Investigation and contains a wide
range of data, most of which is currently not used in TEMS Pocket.
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Chapter 18. General Settings Menu
In this menu you specify various aspects of TEMS Pocket behavior and of the
data presentation:
• Visibility of WAP data views
• Data view style
• Displaying of messages
• Backlight
• Cell Id format: decimal or hexadecimal
• Cell presentation: by CGI or by name
• Power unit: GSM units or dBm (RxLev)
• Full/Sub values (RxLev, RxQual)
• Auto answer
• Choice of signal quality indicator in WCDMA Cell Id data view (RSCP or
Ec/N0)
The settings made here remain in force until you modify them again or reset
them with the Reset All command (see section 18.11).
You can export the General settings to file; they are included in the Export
settings operation (Tools menu: see section 17.4).
For information on how to prepare the phone for WAP and getting started
using the service, please consult the user manual for the phone.
18.3. Messages
Normal: All phone messages are displayed as usual.
Minimized: Some phone messages are modified or
removed in order not to disturb the inspection of
TEMS Pocket data views. Specifically:
• The “call in progress” message box, normally
displayed throughout calls, is removed.
• The “calling” and “incoming call” message boxes
are shown, but the message box size is shrunk to
a minimum.
• All other messages are displayed as usual.
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18.4. Backlight
Normal: The display backlight is dimmed after
about 15 seconds and turned off after about 25
seconds of user inactivity.
1 minute, etc.: The display backlight is dimmed
after about 15 seconds as usual but remains in that
state for the duration selected, without being turned
off, even if there is no user input.
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19. Scanning
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19.3.1. System
Here you select whether to perform GSM or
WCDMA scanning.
19.3.2. Method
WCDMA dialog
Note that you can also add to the scan list by picking a channel in the
Scanner view; see sections 19.6.1.1 and 19.6.2.1.
The scan lists will persist in memory when you exit scan mode (and in fact
also when the phone is turned off).
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19.3.4. Advanced
Note: To input the minus sign, press the * or # key after typing the digits.
For example, to type “-95”, press {9, 5, *} or {9, 5, #}.
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The “GPS” data view is accessible in scan mode. For a description of this
view, turn to section 4.6.
within a sliding frame. See the sequence of screenshots below, where the
user is scrolling from left to right:
magnifying frame
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Magnifying frame
Channels currently in focus
Channel that can be added to scan list
The magnifying frame (black with rounded corners) encloses the channels
currently in focus. Within the frame, five ARFCNs are displayed individually;
these are also tabulated in the text pane at the bottom. Press the left and right
navigation keys to move the magnifying frame and scroll through the
frequency band.
For the channels in focus, the following holds:
• The bar height encodes the RSSI of the corresponding ARFCN.
• A green bar means that BSIC has been decoded for this ARFCN.
• A red bar means that no BSIC has been decoded for this ARFCN.
The center ARFCN among the channels in focus (bar with black contour) can
be added to the custom scan list by pressing Options → “Add to scan list”.
This function lets you pick channels of particular interest and monitor only
those.
For channels out of focus, each bar may represent several ARFCNs (how
many depends on the total number of channels in the band):
• The bar height encodes the maximum RSSI in the ARFCN group.
• A green bar means that BSIC has been decoded for at least one ARFCN.
• A red bar means that no BSIC has been decoded for any of the ARFCNs.
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The magnifying frame is present here just as for GSM scanning. In the above
example, however, the frame encompasses the entire bar chart because
fewer than five UARFCNs have been detected. If more than five UARFCNs
appear, you can move the magnifying frame by using the left and right
navigation keys.
The bar height encodes the UARFCN RSSI. All bars are colored green.
The center UARFCN among those in focus (bar with black contour) can be
added to the custom scan list. This function lets you pick out the UARFCNs
where traffic occurs and subject these to a CPICH scan.
• Select the UARFCN of interest.
• Press Options → “Add to scan list”.
In this presentation, only one UARFCN at a time is in focus (green bar framed
in black). For that UARFCN, the strongest scrambling codes detected (up to
six)1 are drawn in shades of blue on top of the UARFCN bar. Use the left and
right navigation keys to scroll through the UARFCNs presented.
• The bar height encodes the RSSI of the corresponding UARFCN.
• A green bar means that at least one scrambling code has been detected
on this UARFCN.
• A red bar means that no scrambling code has been detected on this
UARFCN.
• To turn off the help function, press the C key. Alternatively, press Options
and choose Toggle help again.
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• In either case, a menu of send options now appears. From that menu,
select “Via FTP”. (This option is not found in commercial phones. It can
only be used to transfer TEMS Pocket logfiles; if a file other than a TEMS
Pocket logfile has been selected, the Via FTP option does not appear.).
• You are now taken to the list of FTP servers you have defined in TEMS
Pocket; see section 13.2. Select the FTP server you want to upload to.
• The upload starts.
After a logfile has been uploaded by this method, it is deleted from the phone
file system.
Running several tasks in parallel on the Sony Ericsson W995 and W995a
places a heavy load on the phone battery. It may in fact happen that the
battery charger cannot keep up with the power consumption, so that the
battery will eventually be drained even if the charger is connected all the time.
This situation may arise for example if the phone is more or less constantly
using one service or another while at the same time having its display fully lit.
Some specific advice on battery charging related matters is given below.
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method of testing whether the EoC state has been reached is to measure the
average current flowing to/from the battery over a period of time.
Now, if TEMS Pocket is continuously executing a command sequence (say,
making voice calls), the phone will be switching frequently between idle and
dedicated mode. This in turn means that the current to the battery will not be
constant enough for the EoC state ever to be reached. Even if the battery
charge level remains high at all times (for example, above 90%), the charging
algorithm will never consider the battery to be fully charged.
Since prolonged charging of the battery increases the risk of battery failure,
the charging algorithm has a safety timer that disables the charger after four
hours if the battery has failed to reach the EoC state within this time. If this
happens, the phone will run on batteries until the charger is disconnected and
reconnected, or until the phone is power cycled. If neither of these actions is
performed, and a command sequence is running, the battery will be drained
in a fairly short time.
For example, suppose that the following command sequence is executed:
• One action, voice call (see section 15.2.3)
• Call duration = 15 s
• Guard time = 60 s
The phone performs charging in idle mode only, unless the battery charge is
low. In the above case, the phone is idle about 50% of the time, so after about
4 × 2 = 8 hours the safety timer expires and the charger is disabled. After that
the phone runs on battery power only, and tests using a battery in near mint
condition have shown that the battery is then drained in about 4 hours.
To prevent this situation from arising, you have two options:
• One way is to disable the command sequence for a while (before the
safety timer expires) to give the phone an unbroken stretch of time in idle
mode and allow the battery to reach the EoC state. Note, however, that
the length of the break required depends on the settings in the command
sequence and on the general condition of the battery. In the above test
case, an idle mode period of 15–20 minutes was required, but in other
circumstances more time may be needed. (You must halt the command
sequence manually, as described in section 7.9.)
• Another approach is simply to make sure you disconnect the battery
charger physically from the phone (or unplug the charger from its power
source) before the battery is drained, and then reconnect the charger.
The latter option is the only completely safe one, and it is therefore
recommended.
For support in using TEMS Pocket, please contact Ascom according to the
directions found at www.ascom.com/networktesting under the link “TEMS
Sales & Support”.
To sign up for the TEMS on-line subscription service, please go to the same
web site and click the link “TEMS Subscription Service”. This free service
includes e-mail notification of TEMS product launches, version upgrades and
patches, as well as on-line TEMS News.
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Appendix A. Parameter Values
This appendix lists the possible values of some parameters appearing in the
views and of some event parameters.
A.3. CC Cause
1 Unassigned (unallocated) number
3 No route to destination
6 Channel unacceptable
8 Operator determined barring
16 Normal call clearing
17 User busy
18 No user responding
19 User alerting, no answer
21 Call rejected
22 Number changed
25 Pre-emption
26 Non selected user clearing
27 Destination out of order
28 Invalid number format (incomplete number)
29 Facility rejected
30 Response to STATUS ENQUIRY
31 Normal, unspecified (not logged)
34 No circuit/channel available
38 Network out of order
41 Temporary failure
42 Switching equipment congestion
43 Access information discarded
44 Requested circuit/channel not available
47 Resources unavailable, unspecified
49 Quality of service unavailable
50 Requested facility not subscribed
55 Incoming calls barred within the CUG
57 Bearer capability not authorized
58 Bearer capability not presently available
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22 Congestion
23 GSM authentication unacceptable
40 No PDP context activated
48–63 Retry upon entry into a new cell
95 Semantically incorrect message
96 Invalid mandatory information
97 Message type non-existent or not implemented
98 Message type not compatible with the protocol state
99 Information element non-existent or not implemented
100 Conditional IE error
101 Message not compatible with the protocol state
111 Protocol error, unspecified
A.10. MM Cause
2 IMSI unknown in HLR
3 Illegal MS
4 IMSI unknown in VLR
5 IMEI not accepted
6 Illegal ME
11 PLMN not allowed
12 Location area not allowed
13 Roaming not allowed in this location area
17 Network failure
22 Congestion
32 Service option not supported
33 Requested service option not subscribed
35 Service option temporarily out of order
38 Call cannot be identified
48–63 Retry upon entry into a new cell
95 Semantically incorrect message
96 Invalid mandatory information
97 Message type non-existent or not implemented
98 Message type not compatible with the protocol state
99 Information element non-existent or not implemented
100 Conditional IE error
101 Message not compatible with the protocol state
111 Protocol error, unspecified
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5 2000 octets/h
6 5000 octets/h
7 10,000 octets/h
8 20,000 octets/h
9 50,000 octets/h
10 100,000 octets/h
11 200,000 octets/h
12 500,000 octets/h
13 1,000,000 octets/h
14 2,000,000 octets/h
15 5,000,000 octets/h
16 10,000,000 octets/h
17 20,000,000 octets/h
18 50,000,000 octets/h
31 Best effort
A.13. RR Cause
0 Normal event
1 Abnormal release, unspecified
2 Abnormal release, channel unacceptable
3 Abnormal release, timer expired
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A.17. SM Cause
8 Operator Determined Barring
24 MBMS bearer capabilities insufficient for the service
25 LLC or SNDCP failure (A/Gb mode only)
26 Insufficient resources
27 Missing or unknown APN
28 Unknown PDP address or PDP type
29 User authentication failed
30 Activation rejected by GGSN
31 Activation rejected, unspecified
32 Service option not supported
33 Requested service option not subscribed
34 Service option temporarily out of order
35 NSAPI already used (not sent)
36 Regular deactivation
37 QoS not accepted
38 Network failure
39 Reactivation required
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Appendix A. Parameter Values
Appendix B. Graphic
Representation of Parameter Values
This appendix describes the bar length and color coding used to visualize
parameter values in data views.
B.1. C/I
Bar length is proportional to (Value – (–5.0 dB)).
B.2. Ec/N0
Bar length is proportional to (Value – (–25 dB)).
x ≤ –15 red
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Appendix B. Graphic Representation of Parameter Values
x=0 green
1≤x≤4 yellow
x≥5 red
x ≥ 1000 green
x < 10 red
x ≥ –70 green
B.6. RxQual
Bar length is constant.
Value = x Color
x=0 green
1≤x≤4 yellow
x≥5 red
B.7. Tx Power
Bar height is proportional to (Value – (–30 dBm)).
x<5 green
5 ≤ x < 15 yellow
x ≥ 15 red
186
Appendix C. Icons Used in TEMS Pocket
Icon Meaning
GPS connected
GPS disconnected
Pinpointing in progress
Replay paused
Icon Meaning
188
Appendix D. Default Settings in TEMS Pocket Menus
This appendix lists the defaults for all settings editable from the Activity and
Pocket menus.
190
Appendix D. Default Settings in TEMS Pocket Menus
• Streaming settings
– Guard time: 20 s
– Audio: On
– Video: Show
– Max time: 600 s
– Cell control: Nothing turned on
• Idle settings
– Duration: 10 s
– Cell control: Nothing turned on
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Appendix D. Default Settings in TEMS Pocket Menus
An XML cell file imported into TEMS Pocket must include the tags shown in
the example below. The tag names are all self-explanatory; in this example,
two cells each are defined for GSM and WCDMA. This data is a subset of the
XML cell file format used in TEMS Investigation; see TEMS Investigation 11.0
Technical Reference, chapter 3.
Please note that TEMS Pocket can only display characters from the
Extended ASCII set. Characters outside that set will appear as question
marks “?” in the TEMS Pocket user interface.
<TEMS_CELL_EXPORT>
<WCDMA>
<CELL_LIST>
<WCDMA_CELL>
<CELLNAME SYSTEM_TYPE="WCDMA">My WCDMA Cell 1</CELLNAME>
<UARFCN_DL>10787</UARFCN_DL>
<SC>124</SC>
<CGI>
<MCC>240</MCC>
<MNC_LENGTH>2</MNC_LENGTH>
<MNC>5</MNC>
<LAC>27</LAC>
<CI>60001</CI>
</CGI>
</WCDMA_CELL>
<WCDMA_CELL>
<CELLNAME SYSTEM_TYPE="WCDMA">My WCDMA Cell 2</CELLNAME>
<UARFCN_DL>10787</UARFCN_DL>
<SC>23</SC>
<CGI>
<MCC>240</MCC>
<MNC_LENGTH>2</MNC_LENGTH>
<MNC>5</MNC>
<LAC>27</LAC>
<CI>7924</CI>
</CGI>
</WCDMA_CELL>
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Appendix E. Cell File Format
</CELL_LIST>
</WCDMA>
<GSM>
<CELL_LIST>
<GSM_CELL>
<CELLNAME SYSTEM_TYPE="GSM">My GSM Cell 1</CELLNAME>
<CGI>
<MCC>240</MCC>
<MNC_LENGTH>2</MNC_LENGTH>
<MNC>1</MNC>
<LAC>5028</LAC>
<CI>4362</CI>
</CGI>
<BSIC>
<NCC>2</NCC>
<BCC>2</BCC>
</BSIC>
<CHANNEL_INFO>
<BCCH>
<ARFCN>19</ARFCN>
</BCCH>
</CHANNEL_INFO>
</GSM_CELL>
<GSM_CELL>
<CELLNAME SYSTEM_TYPE="GSM">My GSM Cell 2</CELLNAME>
<CGI>
<MCC>240</MCC>
<MNC_LENGTH>2</MNC_LENGTH>
<MNC>1</MNC>
<LAC>5028</LAC>
<CI>5001</CI>
</CGI>
<BSIC>
<NCC>2</NCC>
<BCC>2</BCC>
</BSIC>
<CHANNEL_INFO>
<BCCH>
<ARFCN>20</ARFCN>
</BCCH>
</CHANNEL_INFO>
</GSM_CELL>
</CELL_LIST>
</GSM>
</TEMS_CELL_EXPORT>
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Index
Index
Numerics
3G symbol (at top of display) 9
A
About screen 145
Activate PDP Context Failure Cause 173
active set (WCDMA) 21, 33, 34, 35, 66, 68
Activity key 10, 83
Activity menu 10, 83, 89
altitude 30
AMR codecs (GSM)
active set 59
used on downlink 59
used on uplink 59
utilization of 59
AMR codecs (WCDMA)
active set 39
used on downlink 39
used on uplink 39
utilization of 39
APN 25
ARFCN 22
ARQ mode (EGPRS) 54
Auto Answer dialog 155
Automatic Repeat Request Mode (EGPRS) 54
Automatic Upload Failure Cause 173
B
Backlight dialog (display backlight) 153
barred cells, accessing of 96
Base Station Identity Code 45, 48, 49, 50, 53, 58, 63, 66, 68, 74
battery charging considerations 131, 170
BCCH ARFCN 22, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 66, 68, 74
BEP (EGPRS) 54
BEP variance (EGPRS) 54
198
Index
on uplink 54
Channel Mode 52
Channel Quality Indicator (HSDPA) 42
Channel Type 52, 176
channelization codes on HS-SCCH, number of 42
charging of phone battery 170
CI 23, 34, 35, 47, 48
presentation format 153
Ciphering Mode 52
color coding of parameter values 14
Command Sequence menu 131
default settings in 191
command sequences 12, 131
adding an action to 134
battery charging considerations 170
defining 132
deleting 140
deleting an action from 140
editing 140
FTP action 136
global settings 132
HTTP action 137
Idle action 138
introduction to 131
post-guard period 139
pre-guard period 139
rearranging actions in 139
running 88, 140
saving default settings for an action type 139
starting and stopping 88
streaming action 138
video call action 136
viewing 140
voice call action 135
Compressed Mode 38, 39, 40
compressing logfiles before upload 121, 129
Connect GPS command 87
CQI 42
D
data rate (GSM channel mode) 52
data view actions 15
Data View Style dialog 152
data views 8, 14
browsing 9
categories of 9
display style 152
general properties of 14
survey of 17
taking snapshots of 7, 15, 166
updating in replay mode 84
visibility of 112
with graphs 6, 9, 65
data views in text format 8, 21
Data Views menu 112
default settings in 190
DCH, time using 27
Deactivate PDP Context Cause 176
default settings in TEMS Pocket menus 189
Delay Class (PDP Context Request) 25, 178
Disconnect GPS command 87
Downlink Signalling Counter 50
DRX Timer Max 56
DSC (Current) 50
DSC (Max) 50
DTX rate
in GSM, on downlink 51, 59
in GSM, on uplink 51, 59
in HSUPA 43
E
Ec/No 21, 66, 68
graphic representation 184
E-DPCCH/E-DPDCH retransmission rate 43
EGPRS modulation coding scheme 63
EGPRS window size 56
end-of-charge state (of phone battery) 170
EoC 170
Equivalent PLMN, time registered in 27
E-TFCI 43
event counters 84, 101
resetting 102
viewing 101
event log 84, 87, 97
clearing 98
details of individual events 98
200
Index
viewing 97
event settings 99
modifying 100
viewing 99
events 11, 97, 98
enabling/disabling event logging and sound 98
event log 98
icons for 9, 102
list of 103
presentation in graphs 65
Events menu 97
default settings in 190
exiting TEMS Pocket 13
exporting TEMS Pocket settings 7, 148
managing export files 149
F
FER 51, 59
graphic representation 185
filemarks, inserting in logfiles 83
Frame Erasure Rate 51, 59
FTP
duration of FTP session 28
name of transferred file 28
selecting server to upload logfiles to 130
setting up Put and Get operations 117
specifying FTP servers 119
starting and stopping FTP sessions 87
throughput 28
total bytes transferred 29
FTP Data data view (no. 1.5) 28
FTP menu 117
default settings in 190
FTP resume 130
FTP server address 28
FTP Server dialog 119, 130
FTP session, direction of (UL/DL) 28
FTP Settings dialog (command sequence) 136
FTP Transfer dialog 117
Full/Sub values (for RxLev and RxQual) 154
G
General Settings menu 151
default settings in 192
GMM Attached 26
GMM Cause 176
GMM events 106
GMM State 56
GPRS Cell Ranking Criterion (C32) 45, 67, 69, 74
GPRS Data data view (no. 4.2) 53
actions in 55
GPRS Info data view (no. 4.3) 56
GPRS Network Mode of Operation 56, 177
GPRS Signal Strength Threshold Criterion (C31) 45, 67, 69, 74
GPRS timeslots 53, 63, 76
GPS 12
battery charging considerations 170
Bluetooth pairing 114
connect mode 114
connecting and disconnecting 87
date 30
fix quality 30, 177
number of satellites seen 30
requirements on external GPS device 114
selecting type of GPS device 115
synchronizing phone clock with 116
time 30
using external GPS with TEMS Pocket 114
using phone’s built-in GPS with TEMS Pocket 113
using while in scan mode 160
GPS Connect dialog 114
GPS data view (no. 1.6) 30
GPS Device dialog 115
GPS menu 113
default settings in 190
GPS Time Synch dialog 116
graphic presentation 14
graphic representation of parameter values 184
graphs 9
graphs in data views 6
GSM AMR data view (no. 4.5) 58
GSM BA List data view (no. 3.4) 49
actions in 49
202
Index
I
icons
for cell control functions 91
for events 102
for logfile recording 84
listing of all icons used in TEMS Pocket 187
Idle mode
time spent in (GSM) 27
time spent in (WCDMA) 27
Idle Settings dialog (command sequence) 138
Ignore Cell Barred dialog 96
IMEI 145
importing TEMS Pocket settings 7, 146
from previous TEMS Pocket versions 148
IMSI 145
indoor positioning by pinpointing 78
Insert Filemark command 83
interplay between locking functions 94
Inter-RAT events 107
invalid parameters, representation of 14
L
LAC 23, 47
last registered 26
presentation format 153
language support 13
latitude 30
LLC data transfer performance (GSM) 55, 64
LLC window size 56
Location Area Code 23, 47
Location Area properties 34, 46, 74
Lock ARFCN GSM dialog 93
Lock Band GSM dialog 93
Lock Band WCDMA dialog 93
Lock Cell WCDMA dialog 92
Lock GSM band 94
Lock GSM cell 24, 48, 49, 93, 94
Lock to RAT 94
GSM only setting in phone menu 92
Lock to RAT dialog 91
Lock UARFCN 24, 33, 34, 35, 94
Lock WCDMA cell 24, 33, 34, 35, 94
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Index
locking functions
comparison with TEMS Investigation 94
interplay between 94
Logfile menu 121
default settings in 190
logfile recording 11, 121
automatic triggering of 121, 141
icon for 9
in scan mode 161
starting/stopping manual recording 84
where to save files 123
logfile replay 11, 84, 121
controlling 85
status icons for 9
logfile uploading over the cellular network 123
from phone file system 168
setting a schedule for 125
logfile uploading over WiFi 126
logfile uploading, resumption after loss of FTP connection 6, 130
logfiles
naming of 2, 122
saving of 1, 133, 142
Logical Channel 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 53, 58, 63, 66, 68, 74
longitude 30
M
MAIO 52
Map view 6, 10, 78
assigning geographical position to map image 82
color-coding of route markers 79
loading map image into 78
zoom level 79
MCC 23
last registered 26
Mean Throughput (PDP Context Request) 25, 179
Measure Mode Display dialog (GSM) 154
memory
low memory condition 11, 84
memory sticks 12, 118, 121, 123, 124, 149
menus 10
default settings in 189
messages (displaying of) 152
Messages dialog 152
MM Cause 178
MM events 104
MM/GMM data view (no. 1.3) 26
MNC 23
last registered 26
Mobile Allocation Index Offset 52
Mobile Country Code 23
Mobile Network Code 23
modulation coding scheme on downlink (EGPRS) 63
modulation coding scheme on uplink (EGPRS) 63
modulation method on downlink (GPRS/EGPRS) 54
modulation method on uplink (GPRS/EGPRS) 54
MRU 2, 155
MS-TXPWR-MAX-CCH 46, 47
N
naming of logfiles 122
Neighbor Cell BCCH 46, 47, 48, 74
neighbors (GSM) 22, 46, 47, 48, 49, 74
Network Mode of Operation 56
NMO 56
No Service mode, time spent in 27
NSAPI 25
O
Operational Mode 83
default 189
overview of TEMS Pocket 8
P
Packet Dedicated Traffic Channel 51, 53, 58, 63, 76
Packet Final Block Timer 56
Packet TMSI 26
Packet Uplink Assignment Timer 56
parameter values 173
Passive Measurement menu 141
default settings in 192
passive measurements 141
action settings 142
message buffering for 143
prioritization of 143
Pathloss (WCDMA) 21, 33, 66, 68, 71, 73
Pathloss Criterion (C1) 45, 67, 68, 74
PDCH, time using 27
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210
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