Session 12 - Interworking Between WCDMA & LTE

Interworking between WCDMA & LTE
Ajmal Shafi
Interworking between WCDMA & LTE | Ajmal Shafi | 2016-06-16 | Page 1

UE States & transitions between
RAT’s

Interfaces between GSM,WCDMA & LTE.

EPC functions

Features fOR WCDMA LTE Interworking
GSM LTE Cell Reselection (FAJ 123 155 )
LTE Cell Reselection" (FAJ 121 1474)
LTE Cell Reselection Dedicated Priority (FAJ 121 3588)
Release with Redirect to LTE FAJ (121 2174)
Release with Redirect to LTE Based on Coverage Check (FAJ 121 3960)
RIM Support for System Information Transfer to LTE (FAJ 121 2179)
LTE feature Mobility Control at Poor Coverage (FAJ 121 3013)
Packet Switched Handover (PSHO) from LTE (FAJ 121 3427)
CS Fallback from LTE (FAJ 121 1610)
Coverage-triggered WCDMA Session Continuity (FAJ 121 0493)
Coverage-Triggered WCDMA IRAT Handover (FAJ 121 0897)

GSM LTE Cell
Reselection (FAJ1231 55)

GSM LTE Cell Reselection
Priority between GSM,

Enables basic
mobility &
Users with GSM/LTE
capability currently in
WCDMA and LTE is
configurable per cell
LTE
GSM can move to LTE
interworking from which enables
as soon as coverage
GSM to LTE. different IRAT
from LTE is available.
strategies per area.
GSM
Provides the Feature SI is sent in
mechanism enables LTE S12quarter on
to distribute capable BCCH &
SI for cell devices to measurement
reselection to detect LTE information
LTE. access . on SACCH.
LTE Possible to
frequencies set priorities
need to be between
define. different
technologies.

Measurement criteria
MS Performs measurements of lower priority
Measthr (6=-92 dbm)
frequencies when
SS(GSM) <MEASTHR Eutran freq is kept at

low frequency in order to avoid UE to measure on
Eutran all the time.
Mobile continuously searches for higher priority

RATs but lower priority RATs are searched when
RLA_C < MEASTHR
Within GSM one cell reselection criterion is for
information about ACCMIN and CCHPWR
RLA_C - ACCMIN - max( CCHPWR - P,0) < 0
Priority Based Cell reselection algorithm to LTE
To ensure that the mobile remain in GSM and not
moves to a lower priority RAT, these two criteria Cell Reselection to a higher priority LTE frequency occurs when
should be co-ordinated. RSRP > QRXLEVMINE + HPRIOTHR
MEASTHR < ACCMIN + max(CCHPWR-P, 0) Cell reselection to a lower priority LTE frequency occurs When
The value of max(CCHPWR-P, 0) is mobile RSRP > QRXLEVMINE + LPRIOTHR
dependent and the following setting is therefore Hpriothr Minimum threshold for reselection to LTE. 9(18db)
recommended.
Lpriothr Minimum threshold for reselection to LTE. 9(18db)
MEASTHR <ACCMIN

LTE Cell Reselection

LTE Cell Reselection“ (FAJ 121 1474)
Absolute priority based

Feature
cell reselection
Description
This feature provides inter Based on Operator assigned priority levels set for
system mobility between
Utran & LTE. each LTE frequency layer as well as for the Utran
serving cell.
Device controlled & guided
by Parameters which is sent
to UE through SIB
messages.
Value 0 means lowest & 7 means highest priority.
Parameters for cell
reselection between WCDMA
to LTE is sent on SIB19.
If UE detects a neighboring LTE cell with higher
Cell reselection is supported priority than the serving Utran cell it will attempt a
by Eutra Capable UE’s both cell reselection.
Idle & URA PCH Mode.
Absolute Priority cell In case of Low signal strength of neighboring LTE

reselection is supported by cell than Utran cell also, UE will try to reselect LTE
this feature. cell based on priority provided the signal strength
should be above a minimum threshold.

Cell reselection criteria
Cell selection/reselection
process runs when :
 When the UE is
switched ON.
 When the cell on which
it is camping is no
longer suitable .
 When UE has found a
better neighboring cell
than the currrent one.
 When the UE is in
limited service state on
an acceptable cell.

Utran to Eutran Cell reselection
Always Measure LTE cells as LTE is higher priority than
When to start
reselection WCDMA cells.
Measurements
–Apply Absolute Priority Criteria
Parameter IE Value Actual Value
How Often to measure High Priority LTE Cells

WCDMA
Priority 4 4 If Srxlev_serv > Sprioritysearch1 and Squal_serv > Sprioritysearch2
LTE Priority 6 6 How Often to measure All Priority LTE Cells

If Srxlev_serv ≤ Sprioritysearch1 or Squal_serv ≤ Sprioritysearch2
When to reselect
Parameter IE Value Actual Value LTE Evaluation in WCDMA Idle Mode:

Sprioritysearch1 2 4 dB SrxlevnonServingCell,x of E-UTRA cell > Threshx,high for Treselection
Sprioritysearch2 2 2 dB –SServingCell = RSRP– Qrxlevmin – Pcompensation
Threshx, high Pcomp for LTE = 0 (always treated as 0)
(RSRP) 7 14 dB
EUTRA RSRP-(-118)-0 > 14 for 2 sec from time of measurements
Qrxlevmin
(RSRP) -59 -118 dBm Start re-selection to LTE at RSRP > -104 dBm
Treselection 2 2 sec
DRX Cycle
after 8 DRX Cycles, at best.
Length in Idle 6 640 ms
TmeasureE-
UTRA 8 5.12/2 à 2.56 sec
LTE Cell Reselection
With dedicated priorities

LTE Cell Reselection Dedicated
Priorities
Prohibit LTE capable UE units with no LTE

subscription to select LTE cells.
Prevent UE units offloaded from LTE due to high load,

from going back to LTE directly, when transferring
from dedicated to Idle or URA mode in UTRAN.
Shorten LTE cell reselection time for UE units in a

shared network UTRAN.
Way of Cell reselection has been changed by sending

dedicated priorities that override the absolute priorities .

How LTE Cell Reselection Dedicated
Priorities Works?
Specific Subscriber profile id values for specific UE’s , it is possible to
prevent these UE’s from performing cell reselection to LTE .
Feature is divided
in to three parts, Dedicated Dedicated Priorities
each part can be Priorities based on based
Dedicated Priorities in
Shared Network, with
Subscriber on IRAT Offload
independently Profile ID. from LTE.
Shared RAN (MOCN).
enabled or
disabled:
IE contains a list of both

Common functionality of Eutra & Utra frequencies
above three parts is to with dedicated priorities
selectively prevent the UE overriding the absolute
from cell reselection to priorities received by UE in
LTE. SIB 19.
Base functionality is To prevent the UE from cell

realized by sending the reselection to LTE the new
RRC utran mobility priority is lower than the
information with dedicated priority for WCDMA
priorities IE. frequencies.
Parameters
Introduced Parameters
Parameter Description
Specifies which SubscriberProfileIdentity values received from Core Network trigger Dedicated
Priorities to prevent LTE cell reselection. Maximum of five different values ranged from 1 to 256.
Only used when Subscriber Based Mobility Using SPID and LTE Cell Reselection Dedicated Priorities
SubscrProfileIdHandling::spidDedicPrioEutra are activated.
Determines whether the MOCN filtering part of LTE Cell Reselection Dedicated Priorities is used. Is
RncFunction::mocnDedicPrioEutraEnabled only valid when both LTE Cell Reselection Dedicated Priorities and Shared RAN (MOCN) are active.
Determines whether the LTE Offload part of LTE Cell Reselection Dedicated Priorities is used. The
RncFunction::offloadDedicPrioEutraEnabled parameter is only valid when LTE Cell Reselection Dedicated Priorities is active.
The amount of time that the LTE offload-based Dedicated Priorities are valid. RRC timer T322 is
assigned the configured value. Only used when RncFunction::offloadDedicPrioEutraEnabled is set
to TRUE and LTECell Reselection Dedicated Priorities is activated. If the parameter is set to 0, the
T322 timer is not included, and the dedicated priorities are valid until next Utran Mobility
RncFunction::offloadDedicPrioEutraTime Information message.
Affected Parameters
Time during which a specific UE that was offloaded from E-UTRAN is not
redirected back. Only used when the feature IRAT Offload From LTE is activated.
Handover::blockRwrEutraTime If the LTE Cell Reselection Dedicated Priorities is activated
and RncFunction::offloadDedicPrioEutraEnabled is set to TRUE,
theRncFunction::offloadDedicPrioEutraTime value is used instead.
Parameters Affecting the Feature
UTRAN cell configuration used for absolute-priority-based cell reselection to E-
UTRAN. The priorities used in DedicatedPriorites are always lower than the
UtranCell::absPrioCellRes value of cellReselectionPriority in this structure. Lowering the value
reduces the number of E-UTRA frequencies sent to
the UE in DedicatedPriorities IE
UTRAN cell configuration used to build the UTRA frequency list
UtranCell::uarfcnDl
for DedicatedPriorities IE in RRC Utran Mobility Information message.
WCDMA carrier configuration used to build the UTRA frequency list
WcdmaCarrier::uarfcnDl
for DedicatedPriorities IE in RRC Utran Mobility Information message.

Counters
Counter Description
Number of times that Dedicated Priorities triggered by Subscriber

Profile ID from Core Network have been sent to the UE. Only valid
when both Subscriber Based Mobility Using SPID and LTE Cell
pmSpidDedicPrioEutra Reselection Dedicated Priorities features are active.
Number of times that Dedicated Priorities triggered by Multiple

Operator Core Networks have been sent to the UE. Only valid when
both Shared RAN (MOCN) and LTE Cell Reselection Dedicated
pmMocnDedicPrioEutra Priorities features are active.
Number of times that Dedicated Priorities triggered by offload

from E-UTRAN have been sent to the UE. Only valid when
both IRAT Offload From LTE and LTE Cell Reselection Dedicated
pmOffloadDedicPrioEutra Priorities features are active.

CS Fallback from LTE

CS Fallback from LTE (FAJ 121 1610)
Supports CS voice service offering

for the LTE network.
If a CS capable device is registered

in LTE & received or tries to make a
CS call then the UE will be moved to
WCDMA to make the CS call.
The device receives WCDMA

frequency information from LTE
RAN and is told to go to WCDMA.
The device will then go to idle mode

and measures/camps in WCDMA.
In MOC UE initiates speech call in WCDMA

IN MTC UE send Page response to the MSC to
Initiate the CS speech call.

Cs fallback concept

General CSFB Call Flow Layout

Csfb call transitions and return back
to lte
Test cases

CSFB- counters
MO Counter Description
Number of load sharing RRC connection attempts for UEs
that included the IE 'CSFB Indication' in
UtranCell pmNoLoadSharingRrcConnCsfbInd the RRC Connection Request message.
Number of successful normal releases of the NAS signalling
sequence at call setup towards a CS CN from idle state,
forUEs that included the IE 'CSFB Indication'
UtranCell pmNoNormalNasSignRelCsfbInd at RRC establishment.
Number of CS RAB establishment attempts for UEs that did
not include the IE 'CSFB Indication' in the RRC Connection
Request message but were still considered to have done
UtranCell pmNoRabEstAttCsfbDetect a CSFB from EUTRA
Number of CS RAB establishment attempts for UEs that
included the IE 'CSFB Indication' in the RRC Connection
UtranCell pmNoRabEstAttCsfbInd Request.
Number of successful CS RAB establishments for UEs that
did not include the IE 'CSFB Indication' in
the RRC Connection Request message but were still
UtranCell pmNoRabEstSuccCsfbDetect considered to have done a CSFB from EUTRA
Number of successful CS RAB establishments for UEs that
included the IE 'CSFB Indication' in the RRC Connection
UtranCell pmNoRabEstSuccCsfbInd Request.
Number of system-initiated releases of the NAS signalling
sequence at call setup towards a CS CN from idle state,
for UEs that included the IE 'CSFB Indication'
UtranCell pmNoSystemNasSignRelCsfbInd at RRC establishment.
Number of RRC CONNECTION REQUEST messages that

were received during the ROP and included
UtranCell pmTotNoRrcConnReqCsfbInd the IE 'CSFB Indication', not including retransmissions.
Number of successful RRC Connection Requests for which
UtranCell pmTotNoRrcConnReqCsfbIndSucc the UE included the IE 'CSFB Indication'

Csfb call setup time & time to reselect
to lte
Different
Same 2G &
Site CSFB Call Setup time 2G & 3G Remarks
3G LAC
LAC
CSFB Call setup time towards
2.7 2.8 CSFB call setup time is almost the same
WCDMA (sec)
LPAJM46 CSFB call setup time increases with
5.6 7.2 different LAC's since UE performs LA
GSM (sec)
update in GSM
- 2.7
WCDMA (sec)
LNGP163 CSFB call setup time is high because of
- 7.8 different CS Core UE performs LA update in
GSM (sec)
GSM
Different
Same 2G &
Site Total time to Reselect to LTE 2G & 3G Remarks
3G LAC
LAC
Total time to Reselect to LTE Time taken to reselect to LTE from
0.5 0.3
from WCDMA (sec) WCDMA is almost the same
LPAJM46 Time taken to reselect to LTE from GSM is
Total time to Reselect to LTE
8.8 11.5 high since Fast Return to LTE feature was
from GSM (sec)
inactive in GSM
- 0.4
from WCDMA (sec)
LNGP163 Time taken to reselect to LTE from GSM is
- 1 higher by around 0.6 seconds as compared
from GSM (sec)
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RIM Support

RIM Support for System Information Transfer
to LTE FAJ 121 2179
Faster call setup in
WCDMA by
updating an enodeB
with an information
about external
UTRAN cells.
Possible for an
enodeB to obtain
information for a
specific utran cell or
to create & maintain
relationship with
utran cells.
Such relationship is
called RIM
association.
Once a RIM
association is
established, enodeB
receives update
from the RNC when
SI for the Utran cell
in that RIM
association changes.
Field test have shown that 1.2 s reduction in call setup time for CS fall back from LTE
has been achieved.
Interruption time of PS service is shortened when moving from LTE to WCDMA due to reduced call
setup time.
RIM Parameters & Counters
Default
Parameter Description Value Unit
Hysteresis value to regulate the reporting of

PowerControl::hysteresisSiUpdat the UL interference change in SIB7 to eNBs
eRimUtraSi through RIM 100 db
Number of retries for messages initiated by the RNC,
that is SI reports in the continuous mode or
RncFunction::rimUtraSiRetries notifications of association removal 5 counts
Time to wait for an acknowledge (ACK) message

RncFunction::rimUtraSiTimeout from eNB before redelivery of a pending update 40 s
Counter Description
Number of successful RIM update messages sent out to all associations

UtranCell::pmRimUtraSiSuccDeliveries from this cell during a ROP
Number of unsuccessful RIM update messages sent out to all associations

UtranCell::pmRimUtraSiUnsuccDeliveries from this during a ROP
Number of system information update events for this cell that may trigger
UtranCell::pmRimUtraSiUpdates reporting towards eNB associations over RIM during a ROP

LTE Events
Handover

Intra mobility ho scenario

Packet Switched Handover (PSHO) from LTE (FAJ 121 3427)
PSHO from LTE is a new type of IRATHO, which enables active

mode connectivity of PS connections when UE moves
from LTE to UTRAN.
PSHO from LTE feature provides the function to transfer one or

a number of already established PS connections
from LTE to UTRAN.
When UE, in connected mode, moves into an area with

bad LTE radio coverage, the feature moves the PS connections
of UE to UTRAN during ongoing service.
The PSHO from LTE is initiated by LTE RAN, and UTRAN is

not informed about the triggering reason.
Network Requirement
License, CXC 403 0107, is ready for the feature PSHO from LTE.
Multi RAT capable (UTRAN and E-UTRA) UE with at least release 8 version.
Before PSHO After PSHO
Benefits
Short
PS Multi-RAB
NO PS data connection interruption time The UE moved
connection is
drop during bad LTE due to reserved from LTE to
supported in
coverage. resources in Utran.
PSHO.
Utrancell before

PSHO Operational Overview
Triggering Preparation Execution Follow up
 UE informs >Target Utran >UE disconnects UE receives

enodeB about poor Configuration From LTE RAN Information
radio quality. Is selected & as it is ordered Required to
 eNB selects target Cell resources to move to UTRAN. Keep a continuous
Utran cell based on Are reserved. >UE synchronizes to Connection & it
Measurment or blind The data stream. performs a Routing
HO. >Radio link in Utran is Area Update (RAU).
 eNB requests PSHO Established..
Towards MME/SGSN.

Release with
Redirect to LTE

Release with Redirect to LTE (FAJ 121 2174)
Provides basic mobility for an LTE

capable UE from WCDMA to LTE.
Compliments the feature LTE cell reselection.
With this feature a UE that is very active can spend

very less time in Idle or URA PCH mode. So that a
fast LTE reselection can be done.
Without this feature Such UE’s will unnecessary

remain in WCDMA for long time.
WCDMA RAN capacity is enhanced by faster

Conditions
unloading of LTE-capable users to the LTE network.
The redirection to LTE can be triggered at different

points in time. This enables tuning the feature for
best end user performance
The Utran Cell
The best cell has
No CS signalling connection parameter releaseRedirect has
an LTE neighbor frequency in
exists. A PS session can exist the value "EUTRA" or
The feature uses a blind redirection and does not require an LTE frequency band
and can be pre-emptied. "UTRAN_EUTRA". (For UE with
UE support for LTE measurements in active mode. By supported by the UE.
best cell in SRNC).
avoiding measurements there is no throughput
degradation due to compressed mode patterns.
Above conditions fulfilled RAN orders the UE to move
UE releases its resources from WCDMA & to LTE by sending RRC connection release message
searches LTE. As soon as it finds LTE cell it reestablishes with redirection information.
Connection
Interworking on WCDMA
between LTE by&performing TA Update.
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LTE features
LTE feature Mobility

Control at Poor
Coverage

LTE feature Mobility Control at Poor
Coverage (FAJ 121 3013)
 Feature introduces search zone along
the edge of the cell where UE measures
alternative freq & cells. Mobility is
initiated if a frequency or cell is
detected.
 The feature allows the operator to
define and prioritize the preferred
frequencies for measurements and
mobility actions.
 This feature also enables Automated Good Coverage
Neighbor Relations (ANR) to add inter-
frequency, GERAN and UTRAN
neighbors based on mobility triggers in
the search zone, instead of triggering
on the dedicated ANR measurements
used in the rest of the cell
Critical covergae threshold
 Attibute mobCtrlAtPoorCovActive
must be set to TRUE for each cell
where the feature should be active.
search zone is entered with event A2. It could
be based on RSRP or RSRQ.

Algorithm for search Zone.
Search Threshold -> Start IF and Critical Threshold -> Blind HO/RwR
IRAT measurements
UE enters search zone based on the Attribute zzztemporary13 responsible to detect

Parameter zzzTempoarary13. that UE has encountered critical coverage.
When Either RSRP or RSRQ triggered UE If the critical threshold is reach without any Inter-
enters search zone. frequency or IRAT is found the critical mobility
To detect when the UE leaves the search action is performed according to configured
Zone & enters in to good coverage again , event A1 frequency priorities and UE capabilities.
Measurements can be configured in UE
Counters
Counter Description
pmCriticalBorderEvalReport The total number of A2 measurement reports received due to critical threshold is
reached. This counter is used instead of pmBadCovEvalReport when the feature
Mobility Control at Poor Coverage is activated.
pmBadCovSearchEvalReport The total number of A2 measurement reports received due to entering the Search
zone. This counter is used when the feature Mobility Control at Poor Coverage is
activated.

Parameters
a1a2SearchThresholdRsrp The RSRP threshold for the Event A1 and Event A2 RSRP Search measurements.
a1a2SearchThresholdRsrq The RSRQ threshold for the Event A1 and Event A2 RSRQ Search measurements.
hysteresisA1A2SearchRsrp The RSRP hysterisis used by the Event A1 and Event A2 RSRP Search measurements.
hysteresisA1A2SearchRsrq The RSRQ hysterisis used by the Event A1 and Event A2 RSRQ Search measurements.
The time used to determine whether the measured frequencies shall be excluded for
searchEffortTime mobility action at critical threshold or not.
timeToTriggerA1Search The time-to-trigger value for both the RSRP and RSRQ Event A1 Search measurements.
timeToTriggerA2Search The time-to-trigger value for both the RSRP and RSRQ Event A2"Search measurements.
a2CriticalThresholdRsrp The RSRP threshold for the Event A2 RSRP Critical Coverage measurements.
a2CriticalThresholdRsrq The RSRQ threshold for the Event A2 RSRQ Critical Coverage measurements.
hysteresisA2CriticalRsrp The RSRP hysterisis used by the Event A2 RSRP Critical Coverage measurements.
hysteresisA2CriticalRsrq The RSRQ hysterisis used by the Event A2 RSRQ Critical Coverage measurements.
The time-to-trigger value for both the RSRP and RSRQ Event A2 Critical Coverage
timeToTriggerA2Critical measurements.
Activates or deactivates EUTRAN inter-frequency measurements for mobility purposes
ueMeasurementsActiveIF when Mobility Control at Poor Coverage feature is enabled.
Activates or deactivates UTRAN measurements for mobility purposes when Mobility
ueMeasurementsActiveUTRAN Control at Poor Coverage feature is enabled.
Activates or deactivates GERAN measurements for mobility purposes when Mobility
ueMeasurementsActiveGERAN Control at Poor Coverage feature is enabled.
Activates or deactivates CDMA2000 measurements for mobility purposes when Mobility
ueMeasurementsActiveCDMA2000 Control at Poor Coverage feature is enabled.
Used to activate or deactivate RSRQ measurements. For more information, see Radio
zzzTemporary13 Network.
Used to activate or deactivate the extended A5 "Target Good Enough" check. For more
zzzTemporary14 information

Coverage-triggered
WCDMA Session
Continuity

Coverage-triggered WCDMA Session
Continuity (FAJ 121 0493)
Provides the RBS possibility to release the UE &
Benefits
direct it to WCDMA frequency in the event of poor
Coverage in the cell.
Network capacity is enhanced by

To manage the redirection of improving the possibility that
UE in RRC_connected mode the UE is served by the best
towards a WCDMA network in available Radio Access
case of Poor LTE coverage. Technology (RAT).
Service performance for an

Redirection is controlled by the individual UE is enhanced by
network and triggered improving the possibility that
by UE measurement reports of the UE is served by the best
the serving LTE cell. availableRAT.
To provide system information Idle mode transition to

about a WCDMA network is facilitated by
alternative WCDMA networks the transmission of System
Information Block (SIB) broadcast
that can be used by an UE in messages
RRC_IDLE mode
Without this feature call will be

released in Poor LTE coverage & Off-loading is possible to achieve
UE needs to perform idle mode by configuring coverage
cell reselection to WCDMA which thresholds.
will introduce delay in data
session.

Feature Operation
Poor coverage measurement evaluation makes use

of event A2.
Measurement Config information send on The formula used by the UE for evaluating entry
RRCConnectionReconfiguration Messages. to Event A2 is :
In Idle Mode SI includes information, priority, & Ms+ hysteresisA2Prim<a2ThresholdPrimary
threshold about WCDMA carriers. SI is included in
SIB 6. Formula for Leaving Event A2 :
In connected mode UE will send the measurement Ms- hysteresisA2Prim>a2ThresholdPrimary
report to enodeB if bad coverage criteria fulfilled.
MS is serving cell measure quantity( either
EnodeB will initiate a release with redirect.
RSRP or RSRQ)
Test Result

Coverage-Triggered
WCDMA IRAT Handover

Coverage-Triggered WCDMA IRAT Handover
This feature extends the Coverage-Triggered WCDMA Session Continuity feature and the mobility control at poor
coverage feature.
Reduced Enhanced
Helpful in High priority
interruptions control over
offload the services such
in data flow how UE’s are
LTE cells as VOIP in
due to transferred
Benefits: transition between
based on high load
measurement network is
from one different
threshold not
technology to frequencies &
settings. interrupted.
another. cells.
Coverage- Triggered WCDMA Session Coverage-

Continuity Triggered WCDMA IRAT Handover
If UE is in Poor Coverage, RBS will release the UE to a IF UE is in Poor coverage, RBS initiate a HO to known
WCDMA frequency. Blind release with redirect. WCDMA frequency. Blind WCDMA HO.
UE starts B2 event & sends the measurement to RBS.

RBS initiates a Handover for the UE to a WCDMA
UE starts B2 event & sends the measurement to RBS. RBS frequency. Referred as Measurement based WCDMA
releases the
Interworking UE with
between a&redirection
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Test case

Parameters & counters
Indicates whether the coverage area of the cell indicated by the cell relation has approximately
the same coverage area (overlap) as this cell, or whether it fully covers this cell, or if it is fully
coverageIndicator contained in this cell
mobilityAction Preferred way to transfer UE in connected mode to a specific WCDMA frequency
Routing area code of a routing area
The value -1 of the attribute is used to mark that the optional RAC IE should not be sent in the
rac Target ID IE of the HANDOVER REQUIRED S1 message.
Location area code of the external UTRAN cell
A fixed-length code identifying the location area within a PLMN. The value 0 of the attribute is
used to mark invalid or unusable location area code information for the cell. For example,
handover to an external UTRAN cell (that is part of a UTRAN cell relation) can be considered only
if the value of the location area code attribute is not 0.
lac
Counter Description
pmBadCovEvalReport Total number of traffic Bad Coverage measurement reports received
pmHoExeAtt Number of outgoing UTRAN handover execution attempts
pmHoExeSucc Number of outgoing UTRAN handover execution successes
pmHoPrepAtt Number of outgoing UTRAN handover preparation attempts
pmHoPrepSucc Number of outgoing UTRAN handover preparation successes


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LTE Cell Reselection" (FAJ 121 1474)

LTE Cell Reselection Dedicated Priority (FAJ 121 3588)

Release with Redirect to LTE FAJ (121 2174)

LTE feature Mobility Control at Poor Coverage (FAJ 121 3013)

Packet Switched Handover (PSHO) from LTE (FAJ 121 3427)

CS Fallback from LTE (FAJ 121 1610)

Coverage-triggered WCDMA Session Continuity (FAJ 121 0493)

Coverage-Triggered WCDMA IRAT Handover (FAJ 121 0897)

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Priority between GSM,

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SS(GSM) <MEASTHR Eutran freq is kept at

Mobile continuously searches for higher priority

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Absolute priority based

Absolute Priority cell In case of Low signal strength of neighboring LTE

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Parameter IE Value Actual Value

How Often to measure High Priority LTE Cells

LTE Priority 6 6 How Often to measure All Priority LTE Cells

Parameter IE Value Actual Value LTE Evaluation in WCDMA Idle Mode:

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Prohibit LTE capable UE units with no LTE

Prevent UE units offloaded from LTE due to high load,

Shorten LTE cell reselection time for UE units in a

Way of Cell reselection has been changed by sending

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IE contains a list of both

Base functionality is To prevent the UE from cell

Parameters Affecting the Feature

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Number of times that Dedicated Priorities triggered by Subscriber

Number of times that Dedicated Priorities triggered by Multiple

Number of times that Dedicated Priorities triggered by offload

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Supports CS voice service offering

If a CS capable device is registered

The device receives WCDMA

The device will then go to idle mode

In MOC UE initiates speech call in WCDMA

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Number of RRC CONNECTION REQUEST messages that

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Hysteresis value to regulate the reporting of

Time to wait for an acknowledge (ACK) message

Number of successful RIM update messages sent out to all associations

Number of unsuccessful RIM update messages sent out to all associations

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