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1 Radio link failure procedure 3
2 Radio link failure warning procedure 4
3 Parameters for radio link failure 6
4 Exercise 7
5 Solution 11
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Note: AMR provides robust codecs (e.g. AFS4,75 , AFS5,9) that allow the network to
operate at low C/R values and still to provide sufficient voice quality. On another side,
error protection scheme for SACCH (FACCH) was designed for the network using FR
and HR speech traffic that can't cope with interference level in AMR networks. This
performance imbalance between SACCH (FACCH) and lower AMR FR codec modes
appears as increased number of call drops due to expiry of the Radio Link Timeout
timer while speech quality is reasonably good.
The problem is solved by introducing separate configurable RLT counters for UL and
DL depending on Service Group:
• higher value for RLT for AMR FR
• lower value for RLT for EFR.
Radio Link Timeout counter values for AMR are defined via attributes
pcradioLinkTimeoutBs and pcradioLinkTimeoutMs in the object SGxPCPAR (see chapter
6, Power Control section, i.e. 1.6).
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Upon detection of a RLF Warning in the BTS, the regular power control process on
the concerned dedicated channel is immediately suspended. Power control actions
due to RLF Warning have a higher priority than regular PC actions.
The first time a RLF Warning is detected in the BTS, the power control timers are
reset (if running), both MS_TXPWR and BS_TXPWR are set to their upper bounds
MS_TXPWR_MAX and BS_TXPWR_MAX (if not already set by the regular PC
process), respectively, and the corresponding timers for suspension of the regular
power control process are started with the value of the O&M parameter
P_CON_INTERVAL. The timers monitoring the confirmation of the commanded
power level are not used because of the irregular reception on the SACCH.
If MS_TXPWR or BS_TXPWR has already achieved its upper bound either on a
regular PC command or due to the first RLF Warning, the only action to be taken is to
restart timers for suspension of the regular power control process
(P_CON_INTERVAL), respectively. As a consequence in the case of repeated RLF
Warnings, both timers shall be restarted simultaneously.
Upon expiration of these timers the threshold comparison process of the respective
(uplink/downlink) power control process is resumed, provided that the call on the
dedicated channel is still in progress.
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RLF Counter S
RADIO_LINK_TIMEOUT = 8
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4 Exercise
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Exercise 1
Title: Radio Link Failure
Task
Given a cell with a problem area of 100 m extension (very low coverage only).
Assume that the SACCH messages cannot be decoded in this area.
What should be the starting value S0 of the Radio Link Failure counter S so that for a
MS in connected mode, passing this area with 36 km/h, the connection will not drop
due to radio link timeout?
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Solution 1
Title: Radio Link Failure
Task
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