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Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Basic Characteristics
1.2 Benefits
1.3 Additional Information
3 Parameters
3.1 Introduced Parameters
3.2 Affected Parameters
4 Network Impact
4.1 Subscriber Capacity
4.2 Network Performance
4.3 Hardware
4.4 Inter-Node Interface
4.5 Other Network Elements
6 Performance
6.1 KPIs
6.2 Counters
6.3 Events
1 Introduction
This document describes the AMR MM speech for TrFO in a 2G/3G system feature and its
main benefits and impacts in the WCDMA RAN.
This feature introduces support for the 3GPP recommended Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR)
audio codec Set 1 for speech calls between UTRAN and GERAN. It provides Transcoder
Free Operation (TrFO) compatible connections with more efficient bandwidth use in core
network and with optimal voice quality for calls. AMR Set 1, with codec rates 12.2, 7.4,
5.9 and 4.75 kbps, can then be used as an alternative to AMR Set 14, with codec rates
12.2, 7.95, 5.9 and 4.75 kbps, for AMR Narrow Band (NB) Multi Mode (MM) multi-rate
speech connections.
AMR Set 1 is supported for all speech AMR-NB Multi-mode multi-rate Radio Access Bearer
(RAB) combinations as well as all speech AMR-NB Multi-mode low-rate RAB
combinations.
Feature FAJ 121 1659, AMR MM speech for TrFO in a 2G/3G system
identity:
Dependencies
1.2 Benefits
This section describes the benefits of this feature.
AMR Set 1 is the recommended codec set for Tandem Free Operation (TFO) and TrFO
harmonization between GSM and UMTS networks. This codec set is mandatory for AMR
MM when AoIP, the A-interface based on IP for GERAN, is introduced.
This feature therefore enables TrFO communication in a combined 2G/3G system where
AMR MM is used in both 2G and 3G. The TrFO provides improved speech quality,
improved bandwidth use in the core network, and also improved codec use. TrFO is also
a prerequisite for deploying AMR wideband. For VoIP and LTE AMR, Set 1 is mandatory.
This feature also introduces additional and improved basic observability for AMR speech
in terms of General Performance Event Handling (GPEH) events.
Conversational RAB for AMR Speech (FAJ 121 146) feature must be installed
and activated.
3 Parameters
This section describes parameters introduced by the AMR MM speech for TrFO in a 2G/3G
system feature and parameters affected by activating the feature.