GSM Handover

Algorithm

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Foreword

Handover is a key technology of mobile communication system and

make continued conversation possible.

Handover algorithm in Huawei product is flexible and powerful.

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Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

Outline the types of handover

Master handover judgment flow

Understand algorithm of different handovers

Explain HO data configuration

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Contents
1. Introduction of Handover
2. HO Algorithm Process

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Contents
1. Introduction of Handover
2. HO Algorithm Process

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Purposes of HO

To keep a continuous communication with a moving MS

To improve network service performance

To reduce the call drop rate

To reduce the congestion rate

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Classification by Reason
1

Emergency HO

Enhanced Dual Band HO

Classification
by
Reason 3
4

No DL MR Emergency HO
Timing Advance (TA) HO
Interference HO
Rx_Level_Drop HO
Bad Quality (BQ) HO

Load HO

Normal HO

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EDGE HO
PBGT HO
Layer HO
MS Fast Moving HO
Concentric Cell HO
AMR HO

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Classification by Synchronization

NSS Network

MSC

BSC

MSC

BSC

BSC

BTS
BTS

CELL

Case 1

Case 2

Case 3

BTS

BTS

Case 4

BTS

Case 5

Synchronous Handover: the target BTS shall not send PHY INFO message
Asynchronous Handover: the target BTS shall send PHY INFO message

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Classification by Equipment and

Channel
Intra Cell HO

Inter Cell HO

TCH TCH

Intra BSC HO

SDCCH SDCCH

Intra MSC HO
Inter MSC HO

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SDCCH TCH
(Direct Retry)

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Contents
1. Introduction of Handover
2. HO Algorithm Process

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Contents
2. HO Algorithm Process
2.1 General HO Process
2.2 Measure and Measurement Result Report
2.3 Measurement Report Preprocessing
2.4 Handover Judgment
2.5 Handover Implementation

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General HO Process
MS Goes into Dedicated Mode

Measure and Measurement Result Report

Measurement Report Preprocessing

Handover Judgment

Handover Implementation

MS Goes into New Dedicated Mode

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General HO Process
MS Goes into Dedicated Mode

Measure and Measurement Result Report

Measurement Report Preprocessing

Handover Judgment

Handover Implementation

MS Goes into New Dedicated Mode

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Measurement Report

Uplink MR includes uplink receiving level and quality.

Downlink MR includes downlink receiving level, downlink

receiving quality of the serving cell and other downlink receiving
levels from the neighbor cells.

The downlink MR

The downlink measurement report

of the neighbor cell (BCCH)

The uplink MR

Serving cell
Neighbor cell

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Measurement Report

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Period of Measurement Report

The downlink MR is sent to BTS in SACCH uplink

The interval is 480ms/per time when MS is on TCH

The interval is 470ms/per time when MS is on SDCCH

4 TCH Multiframes

480ms

12TCH

1SACCH

12TCH

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1 Idle

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General HO Process
MS Goes into Dedicated Mode

Measure and Measurement Result Report

Measurement Report Preprocessing

Handover Judgment

Handover Implementation

MS Goes into New Dedicated Mode

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MR Preprocessing
Interpolation

Recover the lost

measurement report

Filtering

Smooth the instantaneous

fading point

MR Preprocessing

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MR Interpolation
MR
MR
MR

No. n+4
MR
MR

No. n

Missing by
some reasons

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MR Filtering

MR

MR

MR

MR
MR
MR

Filter----Average several
consecutive MRs

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Data Configuration of MR
Preprocessing

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Data Configuration of MR
Preprocessing

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Data Configuration of MR
Preprocessing

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Data Configuration of MR
Preprocessing

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General HO Process
MS Goes into
Dedicated Mode

Penalty Processing

Ranking Processing
1

Measure and Measurement

Result Report

OM Forced HO
Direct Retry

MR. Preprocessing

Handover Judgment

4 Handover Implementation

MS Goes into New

Dedicated Mode

Emergency HO

Enhanced Dual Band HO

Load HO
Normal HO
Edge HO

No DL MR HO

MS Fast Moving HO

TA HO

Layer HO

Interference HO

PBGT HO

Rx_Level_Drop HO

Concentric Cell HO

Bad Quality HO

AMR HO

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Function of Penalty Processing

WhyTo avoid ping-pong handover between different

kinds of handovers

HowThe receiving level of corresponding punished cell

minus a certain value within some penalty time

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Penalty Processing
Punish on
the target
cell

AMR HO
Fails

Intra-cell
HO

Emergency
(TA&BQ)HO

HO Fails

Punish on the
original cell

Penalty

MS Fast
Moving
HO

Concentric
Cell HO

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Punish on other
high priority layer
cells

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Penalty for Handover Failure

Punish the target cell when a HO fails.

This is to avoid the MS to select this cell again in next HO judgment.

BSC punishes Cell D by

signal level value

-80dBm

Cell A

Within penalty time-75dBm-30dB=-105dBm

HO fails

-75dBm

Cell D

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Data Configuration of Penalty for

Handover Failure

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Data Configuration of Penalty for

Handover Failure

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Penalty for Emergency Handover

Punish the original cell when an emergency HO ( due to BQ and

TA) occurs.

Cell A
-80dBm

MS successfully handovers from cell A to

cell D for BQ or TA, so original cell A
should be punished
Within penalty time -80dBm-63dB-143dBm

BQ or TA HO

-75dBm

Cell D

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Data Configuration of Penalty for

Emergency Handover

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Data Configuration of Penalty for

Emergency Handover

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Penalty for MS Fast-moving Handover

Giving penalty on the other three layers(Non-umbrella Layer ) after MS

handovers to Umbrella cell by fast-moving-HO.

This is to keep MS staying in the umbrella cell and avoid frequent HO.

Back? No way!

Umbrella

Micro cell
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Data Configuration of Penalty for MS

Fast-moving Handover

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Penalty for Concentric Cell

A new concentric cell HO is prohibited within a penalty time after a

concentric cell HO failure.
Never attempt
again after N
times failed
HO(U->O)!

Overlaid
Underlaid

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Do not attempt
again during
penalty time
after one failed
HO(O->U)!

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Data Configuration of Penalty for

Concentric Cell

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Penalty for Enhanced Concentric Cell

A new UO HO is prohibited within a penalty time after a

OU HO is performed successfully.

Overlaid
Underlaid

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Do not
attempt back
too fast!

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Data Configuration of Penalty for

Enhanced Concentric Cell

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Penalty for Intra-cell HO

A new intra-cell HO is prohibited if it occurs too frequently.

Max. consecutive HO times: 3

Forbidden time after Max. times: 20s

Intra-cell
HO Time

Interval for consecutive HO Jud: 6s

4th.
3rd.
2nd.

1st.
T
R
X
1

T
R
X
2

T
R
X
3

T
R
X
4

T
R
X
5

Penalty time
3s

4s

5s

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Duration (s)

20s

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Data Configuration of Penalty for

Intra-cell HO

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Data Configuration of Penalty for AMR

FRHR Handover Failure

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General HO Process
MS Goes into
Dedicated Mode

Penalty Processing

Ranking Processing
1

Measure and Measurement

Result Report

OM Forced HO
Direct Retry

MR. Preprocessing

Handover Judgment

4 Handover Implementation

MS Goes into New

Dedicated Mode

Emergency HO

Enhanced Dual Band HO

Load HO
Normal HO
Edge HO

No DL MR HO

MS Fast Moving HO

TA HO

Layer HO

Interference HO

PBGT HO

Rx_Level_Drop HO

Concentric Cell HO

Bad Quality HO

AMR HO

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Ranking Processing

Basic ranking

M rule

K rule

Network feature adjustment

16 bits ranking

The ranking result: target cell selection of handover

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M Rule
Begin

Yes

Finish to all
neighbor cells?

End

No
No

Yes

the cell overload ?

No
RX_LEV_DL(n) < [Min DL Power
on HO Candidate Cell](n)+
[Min Access Level Offset](s->n)?

Yes

Delete this cell from

the cell list

No
RX_LEV_UL(n) < [Min UP Power on
HO Candidate Cell](n)+
[Min Access Level Offset](s->n)?

No

Yes

For service cell:

Min Access Level Offset=0

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M rule will remove the neighbor

cells from the candidate cell list
according to the flow.

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Data Configuration of M Rule

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Network Feature Adjustment

After network feature adjustment, each candidate cell has its own 16
bits value.

The smaller the value is, the higher the handover priority and
position of the cell are in the candidate cell list, then it is possible to
be the candidate cell.

cell
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Network Feature Adjustment

The 1st~3rd bits

The bit value indicates the priority of downlink receiving level

according to the cell signal level and the penalty process taking place
beforehand.

The values come from max. 6 candidate cells and 1 serving cell
according to the level ranges from 000~110. The value for the cell
with the strongest signal level is 000, for the cell with second
strongest signal level is 001 and so on.

Actually that is the core of K rule.

16

15

14

13

12

11

10

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Question(The 1st~3rd Bits)

Cell A

-90dBm

Cell F

Cell B

-70dBm

-80dBm

-85dBm

RX_LEV

Cell

-70dBm

-75dBm

-80dBm

-83dBm

-85dBm

-90dBm

-95dBm

Cell C
-95dBm

Cell E

Cell S

-83dBm

-75dBm

Cell D

Candidate cell list

high>low

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Network Feature Adjustment

The 4th bit: [Inter-cell HO hysteresis] bit.

Yes

No

serving cell?

RX_LEV_DL (n) >=

RX_LEV_DL (s) +
[Inter-cell HO hysteresis] (s->n) ?

Always set to 0

Yes
Set to 0

No
Set to1

16

15

14

13

12

11

10

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Data Configuration of Inter-cell HO Hysteresis

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Question(The 4th Bit)

Cell A

Current HO hys.

-90dBm

Cell F

Cell B

-70dBm

-80dBm

-85dBm

Cell C
-95dBm

Cell E

Cell S

RX_LEV

Cell

-70dBm

-75dBm

-80dBm

-83dBm

-85dBm

-90dBm

-95dBm

-83dBm

-75dBm

Cell D
Candidate cell list
Suppose: [Inter-cell HO hysteresis] (s->n)=4

high>low

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Network Feature Adjustment

The 5th~10th bits

The bit value is decided according to their position in Huawei hierarchical

network structure.

Huawei cell layers can be divided into 4 layers and each layer can be further

divided into 16 different priorities (levels).

So there are 64 different priorities in Huawei hierarchical cell structure.

Player (0~3)

16

15

14

13

12

11

10

Plevel (0~15)
8

Player_level (0~63)

Player _ level Player 16 Plevel

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Hierarchical Cell Structure

Layer 4
low

GSM 900

Umbrella Cell

GSM 900

GSM 900
GSM900 Cell

GSM1800

GSM1800

GSM1800

GSM1800 Cell

Micro Cell

GSM900

GSM900

GSM900

GSM900

GSM1800

GSM1800

GSM1800

GSM1800

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Layer 3

Layer 2

Layer 1
high

Data Configuration of Cell Hierarchical

Network Structure

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Question(The 5th~10th Bits)

10

9 8

Cell
F

Cell A
Cell F

L2 P1

L2 P1

D
Cell B
B

L3 P1

L3 P1
L3 P4

Cell E

Cell S

L1 P3

L2 P5

Cell C

A
E

Cell D
Candidate cell list
high>low

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Network Feature Adjustment

The 11th bit: The bit value is decided by cell-load-sharing criterion.

This bit is affected by 14th bit.

Yes

System load>=[System Flux Threshold for Load HO](s)

or [Load HO Allowed](s) =No ?

11th bit is
turned off

No
Yes

No

No

serving cell?

Cell load >= [Load

HO Threshold](s)?

Yes
set to 0

16

15

Yes

set to 1

14

13

12

No

cell load >=[ Load Req.

on Candidate Cell](n)?

set to 1

11

10

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set to 0

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Data Configuration of Cell-load-sharing

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Data Configuration of Cell-load-sharing

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Question(The 11th Bit)

Supposesystem flow<[System Flux Threshold for Load HO](s) and
[Load HO Allowed](s) is Yes
11

10

Cell

Cell A
F
Cell F

Cell B

D
B

Cell S

S
Cell E

Cell C
A
Cell D
E

Normal cell with few traffic

cell load(n) < [Load Req. on Candidate Cell](n)

Candidate cell list

high>low

Abmornal cell with heavy traffic

non-serving cell: load(n) > [Load Req. on Candidate Cell](n)
serving cell: load(s) >= [Load HO Threshold](s)?

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Network Feature Adjustment

12th/13th bit: Whether share the same BSC/MSC.

Yes

No

serving cell?
Yes

Both 12th and 13th set to 0

Yes

Co-BSC?
Yes

16

15

14

13

12

11

10

Co-MSC?

Turn off
12th &13th bit

No

12th set to 1
13th set to 0

12th set to 0
13th set to 0

No

Is [Co-BSC/MSC Adj]
(s) Yes?

No

12th set to 1
13th set to 1

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Data Configuration of Co-BSC&MSC

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Question(The 12th,13th Bit)

Cell A
13
Cell F

12

11

10

Cell

Cell B

F
D
Cell S

Cell C

Cell E
MSC

Cell D

A
E
BSC1

BSC2

Candidate cell list

high>low

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Network Feature Adjustment

The 14th bit: [Inter-layer HO Threshold/Hysteresis] adjustment bit.

Yes

RX_LEV_DL >= [Inter-layer HO

Threshold](s) [Inter-layer HO Hysteresis](s)?

Yes

No

serving cell?

RX_LEV_DL >= [Inter-layer HO

Threshold](n) + [Inter-layer HO Hysteresis](s->n)?
Yes
No

No

set to 0

set to 0
14th

Bit
set to 1, and bit
th
th
5 ~13 are turned off

The 15th/16th bits are reserved.

16

15

14

13

12

11

10

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Data Configuration of Layer HO

Threshold Adjustment

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Question(The 14th Bit)

Cell A
-90dBm

Cell B

Cell F

14

13

12

11

10

Cell S

Cell E

Cell

-85dBm

-73dBm

-80dBm

-70dBm

-83dBm

Cell C

-75dBm

Cell D

A
E
Given condition:
[Inter-layer HO Threshold](s&n) 25
[Inter-layer HO Hysteresis](s&n) 3dB

Candidate cell list

high>low

Then we can get:

Serving cells threshold-88dBm
Neighbor cells threshold-82dBm

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General HO Process
MS Goes into
Dedicated Mode

Penalty Processing

Ranking Processing
1

Measure and Measurement

Result Report

OM Forced HO
Direct Retry

MR. Preprocessing

Handover Judgment

4 Handover Implementation

MS Goes into New

Dedicated Mode

Emergency HO

Enhanced Dual Band HO

Load HO
Normal HO
Edge HO

No DL MR HO

MS Fast Moving HO

TA HO

Layer HO

Interference HO

PBGT HO

Rx_Level_Drop HO

Concentric Cell HO

Bad Quality HO

AMR HO

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No DL MR HO

When the quality of Um interface become worse and worse, it is

for the worse uplink quality that MS can not deliver downlink MR,

while the downlink quality is not bad enough for MS to receive the
downlink message normally.

Bad
uplink
quality

Serving Cell

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Neighboring Cell

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Position of No DL MR HO
MS Goes into
Dedicated Mode

Penalty Processing

Ranking Processing
1

Measure and Measurement

Result Report

MR. Preprocessing

OM Forced HO
Direct Retry
Emergency HO

Handover Judgment

Load HO
Normal HO
Edge HO
MS Fast Moving HO

No DL MR HO
3

Enhanced Dual Band HO

TA HO

Layer HO

Interference HO

PBGT HO

Rx_Level_Drop HO

Concentric Cell HO

Bad Quality HO

AMR HO

4 Handover Implementation

MS Goes into New

Dedicated Mode

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No DL MR HO
Begin

No

[No Dl Mr. HO
Allowed](s) Yes ?

Yes
Yes

Yes
No

Only one
cadidate cell?

No

Report 1 DL MR at least?
Yes

serving cell?

No Number of consecutive lost

MRs<=[Cons.No Dl Mr.
Ho Allowed Limit](s)?

No

[Intracell HO Allowed](s)?

Select the candidate cell

with the highest priority,
exluding serving cell

Yes

No Number of valid uplink MRs with Yes

quality value>=[Filter Lenghth
for SDCCH/TCH Qual] ?
Yes
No Dl Mr. in
current Mr.?

No

Yes

Yes

End

UL_Qua. (after filtering)

>=[No Dl Mr.Ul Qual
HO Limit](s)?

No

Within Penalty Time

No
Trigger
No DL Mr. HO
signal quality filter length:
For TCH:[Filter Length for TCH Qual]
For SDCCH:[Filter Length for SDCCH Qual]

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Data Configuration of No DL MR HO

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TA(Time Advance) HO
Handover
Triggering

TA(s)

TA(n)

Handover Triggering Zone

[TA Threshold](n)

[TA Threshold](s)
or

Time

Serving Cell

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Neighboring Cell

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TA(Time Advance) HO
Begin

End

No

[TA HO Allowed]
Yes ?
Yes

No

The actual TA >=

[TA Threshold](s)?

Select the cell with the

highest priority in the
cadidate cell list

serving cell?
No

Yes
No

Any neighbour cell

exist?
Yes

Yes

[TA Threshold]
(n,in the same BTS)
<= [TA Threshold](s)

No
No

Suitable cell
exist?
Yes
Trigger
TA handover

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Yes

Data Configuration of TA HO

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Question(TA HO)
Cell A
TA=3

Cell F

Cell B
TA=5

TA=0

Which cell is the target cell?

TA=1

TA=2

Cell E

Cell S

TA=3

TA=4

Cell C

Cell D
Candidate cell listhigh>low

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S E D B C A

Interference Handover
RX_Lev
Handover Triggering
Zone
Lev_Thr

Qual_Thr

Rx_Qual

Interference
Origin

Serving Cell

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Neighboring Cell

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Interference HO
Begin

No

Select the cell with the

highest priority in the
cadidate cell list

[Interference HO
Allowed] Yes ?
Yes
Yes

End

No

serving cell?

No

UL or DL receiving

Quality(s)>=A?
Yes
No

No

[Intracell HO Allowed](s)

yes

& cell not punished?

Any neighbour cell

exist?

Rx_Level(n)>=
No
[Inter-layer HO Threshold](n) +
[Inter-layer HO Hysteresis](s->n)?

Yes

Yes

Yes

No
None AMR FR:
A = RXQUALn, 1<=n<=12
AMR FR:
A = RXQUAL1, n=1;
A = RXQUALn + RXLEVoff,

Any suitable cell

exist?
Yes
Trigger
interference handover

2<=n<=12

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Data Configuration of Interference HO

Par.

Name
Default
Par.
Value

Configured Value

RXQUAL1

Receiving Level (dBm)

Receiving Quality

<=30

(-, -80]

60

RXQUAL2

=31

=-79

50

RXQUAL3

32~35

[-78, -75]

49

RXQUAL4

36~38

[-74, -72]

48

RXQUAL5

39~41

[-71, -69]

47

RXQUAL6

42~45

[-68, -65]

46

RXQUAL7

46~48

[-64, -62]

45

RXQUAL8

49~52

[-61, -58]

44

RXQUAL9

53~55

[-57, -55]

43

RXQUAL10

56~58

[-54, -52]

42

RXQUAL11

59~62

[-51, -48]

41

RXQUAL12

>=63

[-47, + )

40

(-110dBm)

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Data Configuration of Interference HO

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Question(Interference HO)

1Suppose: Current call is a normal FR call, data is configured be default

as before

[Interference HO Allowed]=Yes,

DL receiving level=-70dBm

DL receiving quality=5,

Question: Interference HO will be triggered or not?

2If the call is AMR FR call, all the other is still the same, what will
happen?

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Question(Interference HO)
Cell A
-90dBm

Suppose: Cell Ss quality is 7

Cell F

Cell B

-70dBm

-80dBm

1) [Intracell HO Allowed](s) is Yes

which is the target cell?

Cell C

2) [Intracell HO Allowed](s) is No
which is the target cell?

-85dBm

-73dBm

Cell E

Cell S

-83dBm

-75dBm

Cell D

[Inter-layer HO Threshold](s/n) 25
[Inter-layer HO Hysteresis](s/n) 3dB
Neighbor cell threshold-82dBm

Candidate cell listhigh>low

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S E D B C A

Rx_Level_Drop HO

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Rx_Level_Drop HO
Begin

No

[Rx_Level_Drop HO
Allowed] Yes ?

Select the cell with the

highest priority in the
cadidate cell list

Yes

End

No

Satisfy the Formula&

The latest RX_LEV_UL(s) <
[Edge HO UL RX_LEV Threshold](s)?

Yes
No

Yes

serving cell?

End

Any neighbour cell

exist?

Yes

Formula:

No

Is priority higher than

serving cell?
Yes
Trigger
Rx_Level_Drop handover

A1 10X 1 A2 10X 2 A3 10X 3 A4 10X 4

A5 10X 5 A6 10X 6 A7 10X 7 A8 10X 8 B

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No

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Data Configuration of Rx_Level_Drop HO

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BQ(Bad Quality) HO
Begin

No

Is [BQ HO Allowed]
Yes ?

Select the cell with the

highest priority in the
cadidate cell list

Yes

End

No

UL_Rx_Q(s)>=[UL Qual.
Threshold](s) or DL_Rx_Q(s)
>=[DL Qual. Threshold](s)?

Yes
No

Any neighbour cell

exist?

Yes

No

Only serving cell?

[Intracell HO Allowed](s)

yes

& cell not punished?

No
No

RX_LEV_DL (n) > RX_LEV_DL (s)

+ Inter-cell HO hysteresis(s->n)
-BQ HO Margin(s->n) ?

Yes

Yes

Yes
No

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Suitable cell
exist?
Yes
Trigger
BQ handover

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Data Configuration of BQ HO

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Data Configuration of BQ HO

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Data Configuration of BQ HO

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General HO Process
MS Goes into
Dedicated Mode

Penalty Processing

Ranking Processing
1

Measure and Measurement

Result Report

OM Forced HO
Direct Retry

MR. Preprocessing

Handover Judgment

4 Handover Implementation

MS Goes into New

Dedicated Mode

Emergency HO

Enhanced Dual Band HO

Load HO
Normal HO
Edge HO

No DL MR HO

MS Fast Moving HO

TA HO

Layer HO

Interference HO

PBGT HO

Rx_Level_Drop HO

Concentric Cell HO

Bad Quality HO

AMR HO

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Enhanced Dual Band HO

Two single band cells which are configured as bi-directional

neighbor cell relationship can be configured as enhanced dual

band cell to each other.

Purpose

During the procedure of channel assignment and handover, the

two single band cells can share their resource.

Assign the channel with low load in UL to MS preferentially.

Make MS handover from the high load cell to the low load cell.

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Channel Assignment of Enhanced Dual Band

TCH assignment (SDCCH channel in UL)

Begin
from UL

No

[Assignment Optimization
of UL Subcell Allowed
or not] (u) ?

Yes

Cell load of UL >

[UL Subcell General
Overload Threshold(%)](u)?

No
Assign TCH in UL
or direct retry identification
or queuing

No

A
Yes

No

A:

Yes

Any idle TCH

Available in OL?

Yes

Assign TCH
in OL

RX_LEV_OL>= [Incoming OL Subcell HO level Threshold(dB)](o) and

RX_LEV_UL RX_LEV (n) >[Distance Between Boundaries of UL and OL Subcells(dB)]
Attention:
RX_LEV (n): RX_LEV of the strongest neighboring cell which has the same frequency band and layer
with underlaid subcell, but locates in a different BTS. If there is no such a cell, this value is -110dBm
If [ATCBHoSwitch] is [Close], the second condition is turn off.

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Data Configuration of Channel

Assignment

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Data Configuration of Channel

Assignment

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Channel Assignment of Enhanced Dual Band

TCH assignment (SDCCH channel in OL)

Begin
from OL

No

[Assignment Optimization
of OL Subcell Allowed or
not ](o) No ?

Yes

Assign TCH
in UL

Assign TCH in OL
or direct retry identification
or queuing

Yes

Cell load of UL<

[UL Subcell Lower
Load Threshold](u)?
Yes

No

Any idle TCH

Available in OL?

Assign TCH
in OL
No

No

Any idle TCH

Available in UL?
Yes
Assign TCH
in UL

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Data Configuration of Channel

Assignment

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Enhanced Dual Band HO

Classification of TCH HO in enhanced dual band HO

UL to OL
for high load in UL

OL to UL
for low load in UL

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OL to UL for moving

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Enhanced Dual Band HO(UO )

Triggering condition for TCH Load HO from UL to OL for high load in UL

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Enhanced Dual Band HO(UO )

Triggering condition for TCH Load HO from UL to OL for high load in UL

Begin

[Load HO From UL Subcell

to OL Subcell Allowed](u) Yes ?

No

End

Yes
Cell load of UL>=[UL Subcell
General Overload Threshold(%)](u)?
and
Cell load of OL<=
[Inner Cell Serious Overload Threshold(%)](o)?

No
Any MS in HO zone?
Yes

Yes
No

Is the system traffic of current cell<

[Allowed Flow Control Level of UL
and OL Subcell HO]?

RX_LEV_OL >= [Incoming OL Subcell

HO level Threshold(dB)] (o)?

Yes
Yes

Cell load of UL>=[UL Subcell

Serious Overload Threshold(%)](u)?

B-C

No

No

Yes
No

No

A
Yes

Adjust HO zone basing

on HO step and HO period

Satisfy P/N?

No

Yes
Trigger
UL to OL

A: RX_LEV_UL RX_LEV (n) > [Distance Between Boundaries of UL and OL Subcells(dB)]+

[Distance Hysteresis Between Boundaries of UL and OL Subcells(dB)]
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Data Configuration of Enhanced Dual

Band HO(UO )

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Enhanced Dual Band HO(OU )

Triggering condition for TCH Load HO from OL to UL for low load in UL

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Enhanced Dual Band HO(OU )

Triggering condition for TCH Load HO from OL to UL for low load in UL

Begin

[Load HO of OL Subcell
to UL Subcell Enable](o) Yes ?

End
No
Any MS in HO zone?

Yes
Cell load of UL <[UL Subcell
Lower Load Threshold(%)](u)?

Yes

No

Satisfy P/N?

Yes
Adjust HO zone basing
on HO step and HO period

No

Yes

Yes
Is the system traffic of current
cel<=[Allowed Flow Control Level
of UL and OL Subcell HO]?

No

No

RX_LEV_OL >= [Outgoing OL Subcell

HO level Threshold(dB)] (o)?
Yes
The object cell must be
the underlaid subcell
and satisfy condition A

HO zone: [Outgoing OL Subcell HO Level Threshold(dB)](o) ~ -47dBm

HO step: [Step Length of OL Subcell Load HO(dB)](o)
A: RX_LEV_UL >= Inter-layer HO Threshold(u) + Inter-layer HO Hysteresis(o->u)
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No

Trigger OL to UL

Data Configuration of Enhanced Dual

Band HO(OU )

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Enhanced Dual Band HO(OU )

Triggering condition for TCH HO from OL to UL for moving

No
[Inner Cell EDGE HO
Enable](o) Yes ?
Yes
RX_LEV_OL <[Outgoing OL Subcell HO level
Threshold(dB)](o)
No
Yes

Begin

No

End

A
Yes
Satisfy P/N?

No

Yes
Select Neighbor cell
with the highest priority

The target cell could be underlaid

subcell or normal neighboring cell

Trigger
OL to UL

A: RX_LEV_UL RX_LEV (n) < [Distance Between Boundaries of UL and OL Subcells(dB)]

[Distance Hysteresis Between Boundaries of UL and OL Subcells(dB)]
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Data Configuration of Enhanced Dual

Band HO(OU ))

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General HO Process
MS Goes into
Dedicated Mode

Penalty Processing

Ranking Processing
1

Measure and Measurement

Result Report

OM Forced HO
Direct Retry

MR. Preprocessing

Handover Judgment

4 Handover Implementation

MS Goes into New

Dedicated Mode

Emergency HO

Enhanced Dual Band HO

Load HO
Normal HO
Edge HO

No DL MR HO

MS Fast Moving HO

TA HO

Layer HO

Interference HO

PBGT HO

Rx_Level_Drop HO

Concentric Cell HO

Bad Quality HO

AMR HO

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Load HO
Handover triggering zone
Load of Serving Cell

Load of Neighboring Cell

[Load HO Threshold]
[Load Req. on Candidate Cell]

Time

Normal Cell

Congested Cell

Congested Cell

Congested Cell
Normal Cell

Normal Cell

Normal Cell

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Load HO

As load HO may trigger several HOs, we need to consider

the CPU load (system flow level) before triggering it. In

addition, load HO is executed step by step, that is, the edge

HO thrsh. raises according to certain step and period and
will stop when out of the Load HO Zone.

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Load HO
Normal Cell

Congested Cell

Normal Cell
Normal Cell

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Load HO
Begin
No

Select the cell with the highest

priority in the cadidate cell list

[Load HO Allowed] (s)

Yes ?
Yes

Yes

serving cell?
Current system flux<=
[System Flux Threshold
for Load HO](s)?

End
No

No
Yes

Yes
No

No
Star timer T

No

No
Yes

Yes
Load HO timer
T begin?
Yes

End
Yes

Load HO timer
T overflow?

A=
T
(
1) Step
Period
No

No

No

Yes
Suitable cell
exist?

Yes

Trigger
load handover

B: [Edge HO_DL_RX_LEV Threshod](s)<DL_RX_Lev(s)

< [Edge HO_DL_RX_LEV Threshod](s)+A

A=
[Load HO Bandwidth](s)

C&
TCH load 100%

C&D

Load of serving cell >=

[Load HO Threshold](s)?

No

BSC internal cell?

Yes

C: RX_LEV (n)>= [Inter-layer HO Threshold](n) +

[Inter-layer HO Hysteresis](s->n)
D: load(n)< Load Req. on Candidate Cell(n)
Step: [Load HO Step Level](s)
Period: [Load HO Step Period](s)

Step A [Load HO Bandwidth] 0 T (

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[Load HO Bandwidth]
1) Period
Step

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Data Configuration of Load HO

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General HO Process
MS Goes into
Dedicated Mode

Penalty Processing

Ranking Processing
1

Measure and Measurement

Result Report

OM Forced HO
Direct Retry

MR. Preprocessing

Handover Judgment

4 Handover Implementation

MS Goes into New

Dedicated Mode

Emergency HO

Enhanced Dual Band HO

Load HO
Normal HO
Edge HO

No DL MR HO

MS Fast Moving HO

TA HO

Layer HO

Interference HO

PBGT HO

Rx_Level_Drop HO

Concentric Cell HO

Bad Quality HO

AMR HO

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Edge Handover
Handover
Triggering

RX_Lev

RX_LEV Thr

Time

P/N
P: Watch Time
N: Valid Time

Serving Cell

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Neighboring Cell

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Edge HO
Begin
No

[Fringe HO Allowed](s)
Yes ?

Select cell(n) whose 16 bit priority is

higher than serving cell and
whose level satifys P/N rule(n)
basing on A

Yes
UL_Rx_Lev(s) < [Edge HO
UL RX_LEV Threshod](s)?

Yes Refresh
its timer

No

No
Satisfy P/N rule(s)?

Yes

Yes

No
DL_Rx_Lev(s) < [Edge HO
DL RX_LEV Threshod](s)?

No
End

Any neighbor cell?

Trigger
Edge handover

Yes Refresh
its timer

No
Satisfy P/N rule(s)?

Yes

A: DL_Rx_Lev(n)>
DL_Rx_Lev(s)+[Inter-cell HO Hysteresis](s->n)

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Data Configuration of Edge HO

[Edge HO UL/DL RX-LEV

Threshold]<[UL/DL RX_LEV Lower
Threshold] in HWII/III power control table

Should be lower than the[Outgoing OL

Subcell HO Level Threshold(dB)] in
enhance dual band data table

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Data Configuration of Edge HO

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Data Configuration of Edge HO

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MS Fast-Moving Handover
Handover
Triggering

Time

Time
Threshold

P/N
P: Watch Cells
N: Valid Cells
Umbrella Cell
Micro Cell

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Cells Number

MS Fast-Moving Handover
Begin
No

[MS Fast Moving HO

Allowed](s) Yes ?
Yes

Yes

Is the serving
cell on layer 4?
No

End
Refresh timer(s)
No

No

Satisfy P / N rule?

Any cell satisfy the

condition above?

Yes Select the neighbor cell with the highest priority &
on the 4th layer & satisfy RX_LEV(n)>= [Inter-layer
HO threshold](n) + [Inter-layer HO hysterisis](s->n)

Yes

Trigger MS fastmoving handover

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Data Configuration of MS Fast-moving

Handover

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Layer HO

GSM900 Cell
Lay 3

Serving Cell

GSM1800 Cell
Lay 2

Neighboring Cell

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Layer HO
Begin
[Level HO
Allowed](s) Yes ?

No

Yes
Any neighbor cell exit?

No

End

Yes
16 bit value(n)<
16 bit value(s)?

No
Identify the next cell

Yes
A & ( layer(n)< layer(s)
or level(n)<level(s) )?
Yes
Satisfy P/N rule(n)?

No

No

Yes
Trigger
layer handover

A: RX_LEV(n)>= [nter-layer HO threshold](n)

+ [Inter-layer HO hysterisis](s->n)

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Data Configuration of Layer HO

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Data Configuration of Layer HO

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Data Configuration of Layer HO

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PBGT HO

Handover
Triggering

Path Loss (dB)

PBGT HO 5
Threshold

Time

P/N

P: Watch Time
N: Valid Time

126-119=7dB>5dB

126dB

119dB

Serving Cell

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Neighboring Cell

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PBGT HO
Begin

[PBGT HO
Allowed] (s)Yes ?

No

Yes
current channel
signaling channel?

Yes

End

No
16 bit value(n)<
16 bit value(s)?
Yes

No

layer(n)=layer(s)&
level(n)=level(s)?
Yes

No

Path loss (s) Path loss (n)

>PBGT HO Threshold(s->n)

No

Identify the
next cell

Yes
Satisfy P / N rule?

No

Yes
Trigger
PBGT HO

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NOTES: whichever the greater of the

[inter-cell HO hysteresis] and
[PBGT HO threshold], that value will be
used in the PBGT HO.

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Data Configuration of PBGT HO

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Data Configuration of PBGT HO

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Concentric Cell

Purposes

Maximize coverage area

Reduce interference and improve frequency reuse density

Construction methods

Different combiner loss

Different propagation loss

Modify the transmission power of TRX, the down tilt of antennas, etc.

By HO parameters
Overlaid
Underlaid

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Classification and HO Judgment of

Concentric Cell

Normal concentric
cell

Enhance concentric
cell

Receiving level

Receiving level

Time advance

Time advance

Quality

Quality

ATCB

Cell load of underlaid

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Data Configuration of Concentric Cell

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Normal Concentric Cell HO

Division of underlaid and overlaid is decided by MS downlink

receive level ,TA value and quality.

underlaid
Receiving Level Threshold
Receiving Level Hysteresis
Receiving Qaulityl Threshold

overlaid

TA Threshold
TA Hysteresis

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Normal Concentric Cell HO

U to O

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O to U

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Normal Concentric Cell HO(OU )

Flow for TCH HO from overlaid to underlaid

No
[OL to UL HO
Allowed] Yes ?

Begin

Yes

within Penalty Time

Yes
End

No

No

No

No

[RX_LEV for UO
HO Allowed] Yes?

Yes

Yes

Rx_Dl_Level<=[RX_LEV thshold]
-[RX_LEV Hysteresis]

No

[TA for UO HO
Allowed] Yes?

[RX_QUAL for UO
HO Allowed] Yes?

Rx_Dl_Quality>=
[RX_QUAL Treshold]?

Yes

No
Current TA>=[TA Threshold]+
[TA Hysteresis]?

Yes

Yes
P/N rule?

No

Yes

End

Yes
Trigger OL to UL

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No

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Normal Concentric Cell HO(UO )

Criterion for TCH HO from underlaid to overlaid

Begin

[UL to OL HO
Allowed] Yes ?

Yes

With Penalty Time ?

No
End

Yes

No
[RX_LEV for UO
HO Allowed] Yes?
No
[RX_QUAL for UO
HO Allowed] Yes?

Yes

Yes

No
[TA for UO HO
Allowed] Yes?

End
Rx_Dl_Level >=
[RX_LEV Threshold] +
[RX_LEV Hysteresis]
Yes
Rx_Dl_Qual<=
[RX_QUAL Treshold]?

No

Yes
Yes

Current TA<=[TA Threshold][TA Hysteresis]?

No
No

No

P/N rule?
Yes

Trigger UL to OL

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No

Data Configuration of Normal

Concentric Cell HO

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Data Configuration of Normal

Concentric Cell HO

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Data Configuration of Normal

Concentric Cell HO

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Enhance Concentric Cell HO

Division of underlaid and overlaid is decided by MS downlink

receive level, quality, TA value and cell load of underlaid.

underlaid
U to O HO Receiving Level Threshold
O to U HO Receiving Level Hysteresis
Receiving Qaulityl Threshold

overlaid

TA Threshold

TA Hysteresis

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ATCB
Serving cell

A call is handed over Neighboring

to the OL subcell
cell
Rxlev(n) = -80 dBm
Rxlev(UL) = -80 dBm
Rxlev(n) = -82 dBm
Rxlev(UL) = -78 dBm

Serving cell

A call is handed over

to the OL subcell

Neighboring
cell
RX_LEV (n): RX_LEV of the
strongest neighboring cell
which has the same
frequency band and layer
with underlaid subcell, but
locates in a different BTS. If
there is no such a cell, this
value is -110dBm

Rxlev(n) = -80 dBm

Rxlev(UL) = -80 dBm
Rxlev(n) = -82 dBm
Rxlev(UL) = -78 dBm

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Enhance Concentric Cell HO

Classification of TCH HO in enhance concentric cell HO

U to O
for high load in U

O to U
for moving

O to U
for low load in U

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Enhance Concentric Cell HO(UO )

Flow for TCH HO from underlaid to overlaid for high load in UL

Begin

[UL to OL HO
Allowed] Yes ?

No
End

Yes

Within Penalty Time ?

Yes

End

No
Yes

[RX_LEV for UO
HO Allowed] Yes?
No

No
Rx_Dl_Level>[UtoO HO
Received Level Threshold]
Yes

[ATCBHoSwitch] Open?

Yes

Yes

No
[RX_QUAL for UO
HO Allowed] Yes?

Yes

Rx_Dl_Qual<
[RX_QUAL Treshold]?

No
[TA for UO HO
Allowed] Yes?

No

No

Yes

Yes

Current TA<[TA Threshold]- No

[TA Hysteresis]?

No
P/N rule?

Yes

Yes
Go to the user selection
flow in the next slide

A: RX_LEV_UL RX_LEV (n) >[Distance Between Boundaries of UL and OL Subcells(dB)] [Distance

Hysteresis Between Boundaries of UL and OL Subcells(dB)]
RX_LEV (n): RX_LEV of the strongest neighboring cell which has the same frequency band and layer
with underlaid subcell, but locates in a different BTS. If there is no such a cell, this value is -110dBm
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Enhance Concentric Cell HO(UO )

(Con.)

User selection flow from UL to OL for high load in UL

[UtoO Traffice
HO Allowed] Yes ?

Begin

No

Yes
Refresh cell load
per second
Yes
No

Cell load of UL>=[En Iuo Out

Cell General OverLoad Thred]?

Cell load of UL>=[En Iuo Out

Cell Serious OverLoad Thred]?

(B-1)/second

Yes
Adjust HO zone basing
on HO step and HO period

End
No

Any MS in HO zone?
B=[Underlay HO Step Period(s)]
HO step: [Underlay HO Step Level]
HO period: B-x or B
HO zone: begin from -47dBm to the border of U&O

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No

Yes
Trigger
UL to OL

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Enhance Concentric Cell HO(OU )

Flow for TCH HO from overlaid to underlaid for low load in underlaid

Begin

[[OL to UL HO
Allowed] Yes ?

No
End

Yes
Refresh cell load
per second

No

Adjust HO zone basing

on HO step and HO period

Cell load of UL<[En Iuo Out

Cell Low Load Thred]?

Yes

Any MS in HO zone?
Yes
Trigger
UL to OL

HO period: [En Iuo in Cell Load Classification HO Period]

HO step: [En Iuo in Cell Load Classification HO Step]
HO zone: begin from [OtoU HO Received Level Threshold] to -47dBm

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No

The object cell must be

the underlaid subcell

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Enhance Concentric Cell HO(OU )

Flow for TCH HO from overlaid to underlaid for moving

No
[OL to UL HO
Allowed] Yes ?

Begin

Yes

With Penalty Time ?

Yes

End

No

No

No

[RX_LEV for UO
HO Allowed] Yes?

[ATCBHoSwitch]
Open?

Rx_Dl_Level<[OtoU HO
Received Level Threshold]
Yes

No No

Yes
Rx_Dl_Qual>
[RX_QUAL Treshold]?

No

[RX_QUAL for UO
HO Allowed] Yes?

Yes
P/N rule?

Yes

No

Yes
Trigger OL to UL

Yes
No
Current TA>[TA Threshold]+
[TA Hysteresis]?

The object cell could be

underlaid subcell or
normal neighboring cell

A: RX_LEV_UL RX_LEV (n) < [Distance Between Boundaries of UL and OL Subcells(dB)]

[Distance Hysteresis Between Boundaries of UL and OL Subcells(dB)]
RX_LEV (n): RX_LEV of the strongest neighboring cell which has the same frequency band and layer
with underlaid subcell, but locates in a different BTS. If there is no such a cell, this value is -110dBm
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No

Yes

End

Select the underlaid subcell or

the neighbour cell with the
highst priority in 16 bits list

[TA for UO HO
Allowed] Yes?

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Data Configuration of Enhance

Concentric Cell HO

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Data Configuration of Enhance

Concentric Cell HO

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Data Configuration of Enhance

Concentric Cell HO

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Data Configuration of Enhance

Concentric Cell HO

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Data Configuration of Enhance

Concentric Cell HO

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Data Configuration of Enhance

Concentric Cell HO

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Data Configuration of Enhance

Concentric Cell HO

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Channel Assignment strategies of

Concentric Cell
Channel Assignment Strategies of Concentric Cell

Immediate
Assignment

Assignment

Intra-BSC
Inter-cell
Handover

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Incoming
Cell
Handover

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Immediate Assignment

The preferred SDCCH channel in two layers is controlled by

parameter TA pref. Of Imme-Assign Allowed

If "No", system prefers the channel in Underlaid subcell

If Yes", system prefers the channel according to in Channel

Request message
TA bigger

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TA smaller

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Data Configuration of Immediate

Assignment

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Assignment

Preferred assignment in the overlay or underlay cell

Assign the channel of overlay or underlay cell according

to the Rx_level and TA in the measurement report

TA smaller and
Rx-level higher

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Data Configuration of Assignment

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Intra-BSC Inter-Cell Handover

In the case of intra-BSC inter-cell handover, the MS can be

handed over to the underlay or overlay cell first.

If System Optimization is selected, the preferred assignment is

conducted according to the level value in the measurement report.

According to the Rx-level

Overlaid
overlaid

Underlaid

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Data Configuration of Intra-BSC InterCell Handover

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Inter-BSC Handover

For the inter-BSC Handover, if the target cell is concentric cell , the
channel of underlay cell should be assigned first.
BSC2

BSC1

Overlaid
overlaid

Assign underlaid first

Underlaid

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Data Configuration of Inter-BSC InterCell Handover

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AMR Handover Flow

Begin
No

Is [Intracell F-H HO
Allowed] Yes ?
Yes

No

Is current channel
TCH & version3?

End

Yes
Yes

A: Cell load > [AMR TCH/H Prior

Cell Load Threshold]

During [Penalty Time

after AMR TCHF-H HO
Fail(s)]?
No

Yes

Is current channel FR?

No

No

No
RQI/2 >[F2H HO th] & A

RQI/2 <[H2F HO th]

Yes

Yes
No

Satisfy P/N rule?

Yes Trigger internal cell

AMR handover

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End

Data Configuration of AMR HO

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Data Configuration of AMR HO

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General HO Process
MS Goes into Dedicated Mode

Measure and Measurement Result Report

Measurement Report Preprocessing

Handover Judgment

Handover Implementation

MS Goes into New Dedicated Mode

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Handover Implementation
Begin

No

BTS(s) keeps current

power output

[Power boost befor HO

enabled or not(s)Yes ?

For BTS

Yes

BTS(s) uses the max.

power output

BSC send HO
Command to MS

No power control
during handover in order to make
sure the handover is successful

HO execute

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Data Configuration of Handover

Implementation(BTS)

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Handover Implementation
Begin

No

MS uses the highest

power to access

[MS Power Prediction

after HO(s) Yes ?

For MS

Yes

BSC predict power

BSC send HO
Command to MS

No power control
during handover in order to make
sure the handover is successful

MS will use this predict

power in new cell after
finishing this handover

HO execute

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Data Configuration of Handover

Implementation(MS)

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Data Configuration of Handover

Implementation(MS)

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Summary

In this course, we have learned:

Classification of HO

HO general procedure

HO judgment algorithm

HO implementation process

HO data configuration

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