Cell Sets, Subsets, and Lists

The cells in a WCDMA RAN are, from a 3GPP and UE point of view, divided in different
sets, Active Set, Secondary Active Set, Virtual Active Set, Monitored Set, Secondary
Monitored Set and Detected Set, see Section 3.3. In the Ericsson Handover
implementation, the following additional sets and subsets are considered:

 Listed Set: The sum of the Active Set and the Monitored Set cells, that is, all
cells, that WCDMA RAN explicitly orders the UE to measure on.
 Neighbor Set: The union of the neighboring cells of the cells in the Active Set
excluding the cells in the Active Set. The Neighbor Set is divided in: IAF
(Intra-Frequency) Neighbor Subset, IEF (Inter-Frequency) Neighbor Subset,
GSM Neighbor Subset.
 Unmonitored Set: Cells in the Neighbor Set that the UE is not ordered
explicitly to measure on.
 Proposed Active Set: A new Active Set proposed by Soft Handover and Softer
Handover Evaluation to Soft Handover and Softer Handover Execution.
 IAF Monitored Subset Cells: The subset of WCDMA RAN cells that UE
measures on.
 IAF Unmonitored Subset Cells: The subset of WCDMA RAN cells reduced from
the original IAF Neighbor Subset because of subset reduction.
 IEF Monitored Subset Cells: The subset of WCDMA RAN cells on a non-used
frequency that UE measures on.
 IEF Unmonitored Subset Cells: The subset of WCDMA RAN cells reduced from
the original IEF Neighbor Subset because of subset reduction.
 GSM Monitored Subset Cells: The subset of GSM cells that UE is measured on.
Notice possible impact from GAN Mobility.
 GSM Unmonitored Subset Cells: The subset of GSM cells reduced from
original GSM Neighbor Subset because of subset reduction.
 Secondary Neighbor Set: The union of the neighboring cells of the cells in the
Secondary Active Set excluding the cells in the Secondary Active Set. The
secondary Neighbor Set consists of IAF (Intra-Frequency) Neighbor Cells.

In the scope of this document, the following lists of cells are considered:

 Neighbor Cell List: The list of cell relations for a particular cell, stored in the
SRNC for each cell.

In the scope of this document, the two types of cell relating to configured information
exist:

 Valid cell: A cell that is part of the Active Set, Monitored set or the
Unmonitored set, the SRNC is able to translate information about reported P-
CPICH scrambling code to a configured cell by using the configured neighbor
cell lists.
 Invalid cell: A cell that is not part of the Active Set, Monitored set or the
Unmonitored set, the SRNC does not have information for P-CPICH
scrambling code translation to a configured neighboring cell.

These defined sets and subsets are created and modified during the UE connection life
time. Every time the Active Set changes because of acceptance of a new Active Set
Proposal, the Monitored Subset is recreated by the SRNC and sent to the UE via a
MEASUREMENT CONTROL message. The SRNC and the UE keep both the Active Set and
Monitored Subset updated. The SRNC also keeps the Unmonitored set updated.
Figure 3 Overview of Sets and Subsets of Cells