UMTS Radio Parameter

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Content

UMTS Cell Selection and Reselection

Parameter
UMTS Intra-Frequency Handover Parameter
UMTS Inter-Frequency Handover Parameter
UMTS Inter-RAT Handover Parameter

Cell selection criteria-Rule S

Srxlev > 0 AND Squal > 0
Squal Qqualmeas Qqualmin
Srelev Qrxlevmeas Qrxlevmin
Pcompensation

Qqualmeas Measured cell quality value. The quality of the received

signal expressed in CPICH Ec/N0 (dB).
Qrxlevmeas Measured cell RX level value. The quality of the received
signal expressed in CPICH RSCP (dBm).
Qqualmin Minimum required quality level in the cell (dB).
Qrxlevmin Minimum required RX level in the cell (dBm).
Pcompensation max(UE_TXPWR_MAX_RACH P_MAX 0)
UE_TXPWR_MAX_RACH Maximum TX power level on RACH (dBm)
P_MAX Maximum RF output power of the UE (dBm)

Camped Normally State

Select and monitor the indicated PICH and PCH of the cell
according to information sent in system information.
Monitor relevant system information.
Perform necessary measurements for the cell reselection
evaluation procedure.
Execute the cell reselection evaluation process.

Measurement rules for cell re-selection

If Sx > SIntraSearch, UE does not measure intra-frequency cells.

If Sx <= Sintrasearch, UE measure intra-frequency cells.
If Sintrasearch is not broadcast, UE measure intra-frequency cells.
Whether to broadcast Sintrasearch or not is controlled by SintrasearchPre.

If Sx > Sintersearch, UE does not measure inter-frequency cells.

If Sx <= Sintersearch, UE measure inter-frequency cells.
If Sintersearch is not broadcast, UE measure inter-frequency cells.
Whether to broadcast Sintersearch or not is controlled by SintersearchPre.

If Sx > SSearchRat, UE does not measure inter-RAT cells.

If Sx <= SSearchRat, UE measure inter-RAT cells.
If SsearchRat is not broadcast, UE measure inter-RAT cells. Whether to
broadcast SsearchRat or not is controlled by OtherRATInfoPre.

Where, Sx is Squal.

Cell reselection criteria-Rule R

Rs Qmeas,s + Qhysts
Rn Qmeas,n
Qoffsets,n

Qmeas,s Quality measurement result of serving cell.

Qmeas,n Quality measurement result of neighbor cell.
Qhyst1s Hysteresis value when measurement value is CPICH RSCP.
Qhyst2s Hysteresis value when measurement value is CPICH Ec/No.
Qoffset1s,n Offset of two cells when measurement value is CPICH
RSCP.
Qoffset2s,n Offset of two cells when measurement value is CPICH
Ec/No.
The new cell is better ranked than the serving cell during a time interval
Treselection according to the R criteria.
More than 1 second has elapsed since the UE camped on the current
serving cell.

Intra-Frequency Cell Re-Selection

Inter-RAT Cell Re-Selection

Quality measure for Cell Selection and

Reselection

Parameter Name

QualMeas

Description

This parameter indicates the quality measure for cell selection

and reselection.

Range and Step

1 CPICH Ec/No
2 CPICH RSCP
1 CPICH Ec/No
View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Resource Management->UltranCell->UltranCellXXX-> Cell
Selection and Reselection -> Advanced Parameter Manager->
Measurement Quality for Cell Selection and Reselection

Default Value
Configuration
Path

Minimum Required Quality Level in the Cell

Parameter Name

QQualMin

Description

This parameter indicates the minimum required quality level of

the cell which satisfies the condition of being selected or
reselected by UE. When the quality measure is CPICH Ec/No,
only the measured quality of the cell is over Qqualmin can the
cell be selected. Its -18dB by default.If value of the parameter
is increased, its harder for the cell to satisfy the condition of
being selected.If value of the parameter is decreased, its
easier for the cell to satisfy the condition of being selected.

Range and Step

-24 0 dB step 1dB

-18dB

Default Value
Configuration
Path

View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio

Resource Management->UtranCell->UtranCellXX->Cell
Selection and Reselection-> Cell Selection and ReselectionX> Modify Advanced Parameter-> Minimum Required Quality
Level in the Cell (Qqualmin)

Minimum Required Received Level in the Cell

Parameter Name

QRxLevMin

Description

This parameter indicates the minimum required received

power level of the cell which satisfies the condition of being
selected or reselected by UE. When the quality measure is
CPICH RSCP, only the measured received power level of the
cell is over Qrxlevmin can the cell be selected.If value of the
parameter is increased, its harder for the cell to satisfy the
condition of being selected.If value of the parameter is
decreased, its easier for the cell to satisfy the condition of
being selected.

Range and Step

-115 -25 dBm step 2dBm

-115dBm

Default Value
Configuration
Path

View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio

Resource Management->UtranCell->UtranCellXX->Cell
Selection and Reselection-> Cell Selection and ReselectionX> Modify Advanced Parameter-> Minimum Required Received
Level in the Cell (Qrxlevmin)

Maximum Allowed UL TX Power of RACH

Parameter Name

MaxRACHTxPwr

Description

This parameter indicates the maximum allowed UL

transmission power of RACH.If value of configuration is
increased, the maximum allowed UL transmission power of
RACH increases.If value of configuration is decreased, the
maximum allowed UL transmission power of RACH
decreases.

Range and Step

-50 33 dBm
24dBm

Default Value
Configuration
Path

View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio

Resource Management->UtranCell->UtranCellXX-> Modify
Advanced Parameter->PRACH-> Maximum Allowed UL TX
Power of RACH(dBm)

Sintrasearch Configuration Tag

Parameter Name

SIntraSearchPre

Description

This parameter is a switch indicating whether Sintrasearch is

configured or not. If the value is False, Sintrasearch is not
configured to UE, and UE performs the intra-frequency
measurement. If the value is True, Sintrasearch is configured to
UE, and UE judges whether to perform the intra-frequency
measurement.

Range and Step

0: Not configured to UE.

1: Configured to UE.

Default Value

1: Configured to UE.

Configuration
Path

View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio

Resource Management->UtranCell->UtranCellXX->Cell
Selection and Reselection-> Cell Selection and ReselectionX> Modify Advanced Parameter-> S-intrasearch Configuration
Tag

Intra-Frequency Measurement Trigger

Threshold for Cell Reselection

Parameter Name

Sintrasearch

Description

This parameter indicates the intra-frequency measurement triggering

threshold for cell reselection (Sintrasearch) used by UE to judge whether
intra-frequency measurement should be performed. When HCS is not
used, if the quality of serving cell exceeds Sintrasearch, UE may choose to
not perform intra-frequency measurement. If the quality of serving cell
is not larger than Sintrasearch or if Sintrasearch is not configured, UE performs
intra-frequency measurement. Sintrasearch is delivered to the UE, if its
value is increased, its easier for the UE to trigger intra-frequency
measurement. If value of the parameter is decreased, its harder for the
UE to trigger intra-frequency measurement.

Range and Step

0 20 dB Step 2dB

Default Value

14dB

Configuration Path

View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio Resource

Management->UtranCell->UtranCellXX->Cell Selection and
Reselection-> Cell Selection and ReselectionX-> Modify Advanced
Parameter-> Intra-Frequency Measurement Trigger Threshold for Cell
Reselection (Sintrasearch)

Sintersearch Configuration Tag

Parameter Name

SInterSearchPre

Description

This parameter is a switch which indicates whether Sintersearch is

configured or not. If the value is False, Sintersearch is not
configured to UE, and UE performs the inter-frequency
measurement. If the value is True, Sintersearch is configured to
UE, and UE judges whether to perform the inter-frequency
measurement.

Range and Step

0: Not configured to UE.

1: Configured to UE.

Default Value

1: Configured to UE.

Configuration
Path

View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio

Resource Management->UtranCell->UtranCellXX->Cell
Selection and Reselection-> Cell Selection and ReselectionX> Modify Advanced Parameter-> S-intersearch Configuration
Tag

Inter-Frequency Measurement Trigger

Threshold for Cell Reselection

Parameter Name

Sintersearch

Description

This parameter indicates the inter-frequency measurement triggering

threshold for cell reselection (Sintersearch) used by UE to judge whether
inter-frequency measurement should be performed. When HCS is not
used, if the quality of serving cell exceeds Sintersearch, UE may choose to
not perform inter-frequency measurement. If the quality of serving cell
is not larger than Sintersearch or if Sintersearch is not configured, UE performs
inter-frequency measurement. When Sintersearch is delivered to the UE, if
its value is increased, its easier for the UE to trigger inter-frequency
measurement. If value of the parameter is decreased, its harder for the
UE to trigger inter-frequency measurement.

Range and Step

0 20 dB Step 2dB

Default Value

10dB

Configuration Path

View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio Resource

Management->UtranCell->UtranCellXX->Cell Selection and
Reselection-> Cell Selection and ReselectionX-> Modify Advanced
Parameter-> Inter-Frequency Measurement Trigger Threshold for Cell
Reselection (Sintersearch)

Inter-system Information Configuration Tag

Parameter Name

OtherRATInfoPre

Description

This parameter is a switch indicating whether inter-RAT

information parameters used for cell reselection are
configured or not. If the value is False, inter-RAT information
parameters are not configured to UE, and UE performs the
inter-RAT measurement. If the value is True, inter-RAT
information parameters are configured to UE, and UE judges
whether to perform the inter-RAT measurement.

Range and Step

0: Not configured to UE.

1: Configured to UE.

Default Value

1: Configured to UE.

Configuration
Path

View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio

Resource Management->UtranCell->UtranCellXX->Cell
Selection and Reselection-> Cell Selection and ReselectionX> Modify Advanced Parameter-> Inter-system Information
Configuration Tag

Inter-System Measurement Trigger Threshold

for Cell Reselection

Parameter Name

Ssearch,RAT

Description

This parameter indicates the inter-RAT measurement triggering

threshold for cell reselection (Ssearch,RAT) used by UE to judge whether
inter-RAT measurement should be performed. When HCS is not used,
if the quality of serving cell exceeds Ssearch,RAT, UE may choose to not
perform inter-RAT measurement. If the quality of serving cell is not
larger than Ssearch,RAT or if Ssearch,RAT is not configured, UE performs interRAT measurement. When Ssearch,RAT is delivered to the UE, if its value is
increased, its easier for the UE to trigger inter-RAT measurement. If
value of the parameter is decreased, its harder for the UE to trigger
inter-RAT measurement.

Range and Step

0 20 dB Step 2dB

Default Value

6dB

Configuration Path

View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio Resource

Management->UtranCell->UtranCellXX->Cell Selection and
Reselection-> Cell Selection and ReselectionX-> Modify Advanced
Parameter-> Inter-System Measurement Trigger Threshold for Cell
Reselection (Ssearch,RAT)

Reselection Hysteresis 1 of Serving Cell

Parameter Name

Qhyst1s

Description

This parameter indicates the hysteresis value for FDD cells in

case the quality measure for cell selection and reselection is
set to CPICH RSCP. In cell-ranking criterion R of cell
reselection, the R value of serving cell equals to the measured
value plus the hysteresis value. If value of the parameter is
increased, its harder to trigger cell reselection as the R value
of the serving cell will increase. If value of the parameter is
decreased, its easier to trigger cell reselection as the R value
of the serving cell will decrease.

Range and Step

0 40 dB step 2dB
10dB

Default Value
Configuration
Path

View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio

Resource Management->UtranCell->UtranCellXX->Cell
Selection and Reselection-> Cell Selection and ReselectionX> Modify Advanced Parameter-> Reselection Hysteresis 1 of
Serving Cell (Qhyst1s)

Reselection Hysteresis 2 of Serving Cell

Parameter Name

Qhyst2s

Description

This parameter indicates the hysteresis value for FDD cells in

case the quality measure for cell selection and reselection is
set to CPICH Ec/No. In cell-ranking criterion R of cell
reselection, the R value of serving cell equals to the measured
value plus Qhyst2s. If value of the parameter is increased, its
harder to trigger cell reselection as the R value of the serving
cell will increase. If value of the parameter is decreased, its
easier to trigger cell reselection as the R value of the serving
cell will decrease.

Range and Step

0 40 dB step 2dB
2dB

Default Value
Configuration
Path

View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio

Resource Management->UtranCell->UtranCellXX->Cell
Selection and Reselection-> Cell Selection and ReselectionX> Modify Advanced Parameter-> Qhyst2s (dB)

Quality Offset 1 Between Serving Cell and

Neighbouring Cell

Parameter Name

Qoffset1s,n

Description

This parameter indicates the quality offset of the serving cell and
neighbor cell when the quality measure is CPICH RSCP. This
parameter is required when queues cells in the cell reselection rule.
This parameter is broadcast to UE in SIB11. R of neighbor cell =
measured signal quality of neighbor cell - this offset. If value of the
parameter is increased, its harder to trigger cell reselection as the R
value of the neighbor cell will decrease. If value of the parameter is
decreased, its easier to trigger cell reselection as the R value of
neighbor cell will probably increase.

Range and Step

OMCR -50 50 dB
RNC D=P+50 0 100
0dB

Default Value
Configuration Path

View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio Resource

Management->UltranCell->UltranCellXXX->Neighbouring Cell ->
Advanced Parameter Manager-> Quality Offset 1(Qoffset1s,n ) Between
Serving Cell and Neighbouring Cell Broadcasted in SIB11

Quality Offset 2 Between Serving Cell and

Neighbouring Cell

Parameter Name

Qoffset2s,n

Description

This parameter indicates the quality offset of the serving cell and
neighbor cell when the quality measure is CPICH Ec/No. This
parameter is required when queues cells in the cell reselection rule.
This parameter is broadcast to UE in SIB11. R of neighbor cell =
measured signal quality of neighbor cell - this offset. If value of the
parameter is increased, its harder to trigger cell reselection as the R
value of the neighbor cell will decrease. If value of the parameter is
decreased, its easier to trigger cell reselection as the R value of
neighbor cell will increase.

Range and Step

OMCR -50 50 dB
RNC D=P+50 0 100
0dB

Default Value
Configuration Path

View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio Resource

Management->UltranCell->UltranCellXXX-> Neighbouring Cell ->
Advanced Parameter Manager-> Quality Offset 2(Qoffset2s,n ) Between
Serving Cell and Neighbouring Cell Broadcasted in SIB11

Cell Reselection Timer Value

Parameter Name

Treselections

Description

This parameter indicates the cell reselection timer value. UE

will reselect the new cell if the new cell is best ranked
according to the criterion R during a time interval indicated by
Treselection and the new cell can be selected as new serving
cell only after extension of the reselection timer. If value of the
parameter is increased, its harder to trigger cell reselection. If
value of the parameter is decreased, its easier to trigger cell
reselection.

Range and Step

0 31 s step 1s
1s

Default Value
Configuration
Path

View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio

Resource Management->UltranCell-> UtranCellXX->Cell
Selection and Reselection-> Cell Selection and ReselectionX>Advanced Parameter Manager -> Cell Reselection Timer
Value (Treselections)

Cell Barred Indicator

Parameter Name

CellBarredInd

Description

This parameter is cell barred indicator. If the cell barred

indicator is set to Barred, UEs are not permitted to select/reselect this cell, even for emergency calls.

Range and Step

1: Barred
2: Not Barred

Default Value

2: Not Barred

Configuration
Path

View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio

Resource Management->UltranCell->UltranCellXXX->Cell
Selection and Reselection -> Cell Selection and ReselectionX> Advanced Parameter Manager-> Cell Barred Indicator

Measurement Priority of Neighboring Cell

Parameter Name

MeasPrio

Description

This parameter indicates the measurement priority of the

neighboring cell. The highest priority is 0, the lowest priority is
2.

Range and Step

02
0

Default Value
Configuration
Path

View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio

Resource Management->UTRAN Cell -> UTRAN Cell xxx
->Neighbouring Cell -> Measurement Priority of Neighboring
Cell

Content

UMTS Cell Selection and Reselection Parameter

UMTS Intra-Frequency Handover Parameter
UMTS Inter-Frequency Handover Parameter
UMTS Inter-RAT Handover Parameter

Intra-Frequency Handover

The intra-frequency handover can be triggered

based on Ec/No or RSCP measurement through
the parameter IntraMeasQuan.

Active set
Monitored set
Detected set

Cell Priority

The OMCR configuration parameter MeasPrio is

used to define the priority of adjacent cells and
includes three values:

0: High priority
1: Medium priority
2: Low priority

Intra-frequency measurement events

A series of intra-frequency measurement events

are defined in 3GPP as the judgment and trigger
criteria for intra-frequency handover.

Event 1A: A Primary CPICH enters the Reporting

Range.
Event 1B: A Primary CPICH leaves the Reporting
Range.
Event 1C: A Non-active Primary CPICH becomes better
than an active Primary CPICH.
Event 1D: The best cell changes.

Event 1A
10 LogMNew CIONew

W 10 Log

i (1 W) 10 LogMBest (R1a H1a /2)

i1

NA

R1a: Refers to the reporting range of Event 1A. It is used to control the
extent of difficulty in adding a cell into the active set.
H1a: Refers to the reporting hysteresis of Event 1A. It is used to control
the extent of difficulty in adding a cell into the active set.
Mnew: Refers to measurement of the to-be-evaluated cell outside the
active set.
CIOnew: Refers to offset of cell outside active set in relation to other.

Mi: Refers to the mean measurement value of other cells except the best
cell in active set.
NA: Refers to the number of other cells except the best cell in active set.

Mbest: Refers to the measurement of the best cell in the active set.

W: Refers to the weight proportion of the best cell to the rest cells in the
active set in evaluation standards.

Event 1A

Event 1B
10 LogMOld CIO Old

W 10 Log

i (1 W) 10 LogMBest (R1b H1b /2)

i1

NA

R1b: Refers to the reporting range of Event 1B. It is used to control the
extent of difficulty in dropping a cell from the active.
H1b: Refers to the reporting hysteresis of Event 1B. It is used to control
the extent of difficulty in dropping a cell from the active set.
Mold: Refers to measurement of the to-be-evaluated cell in the active set.

CIOold: Refers to offset of cell in active set in relation to other cells.

Mi: Refers to the mean measurement value of other cells except the best
cell in active set.
NA: Refers to the number of other cells except the best cell in active set.

Mbest: Refers to the measurement of the best cell in the active set.

W: Refers to the weight proportion of the best cell to the rest cells in the
active set in evaluation standards.

Event 1B

Event 1C
10 LogMNew CIONew 10 LogMInAS CIOInAS H1c /2

H1c: Refers to the reporting hysteresis of Event 1C. It is

used to control the extent of difficulty in replacing a cell in
the active set.
Mnew: Refers to measurement of the to-be-evaluated cell
outside the active set.
MInAS: Refers to the cell with poorest quality in the active set.
CIOnew: Refers to offset of the to-be-evaluated cell outside
the active set in relation to other cells.
CIOInAS: Refers to offset of cell with poorest quality in active
set in relation to other cells.

Event 1C

Event 1D
10 LogMNotBest CIONotBest 10 LogMBest CIOBest H1d /2

MNotbest: Refers to the measurement of the to-be-evaluated

cell within or outside the active set.
CIONotbest: Refers to the offset of the to-be-evaluated cell
within the active set or outside the active set in relation to
other cells.
CIObest: Refers to offset of the to-be-evaluated cell in the
active set in relation to other cells.
Mbest: Refers to the measurement of the to-be-evaluated
cell in the active set.
H1d: Refers to Event 1D report hysteresis.

Event 1D

Ec_2
R1b+H1b/2

H1d/2

R1a-H1a/2

1A
Ec_1

1A

1D

1B

1D

Cell Individual Offset

For each cell that is monitored, an offset can be assigned with inband
signalling. The offset can be either positive or negative. The offset is
added to the measurement quantity before the MS dose evaluate while
an event has occurred.
Offset of neighbor cell parameter, CPICH Ec/No, can be set as the
offset which MS pluses it to neighbor cell measurement result, CPICH
Ec/No, before compares it with reporting principle value, Ec/No.
Cell individual offsets can be regarded as the tool of moving cell edge.

Time-To-Trigger

If a to-be-evaluated cell meets the reporting range or

threshold of certain event, the condition must be met within
a period of time before the reporting of this event to avoid
intra-frequency event misreport due to the fluctuation of
radio quality.
Measurement
quantity

P CPICH 1

RptRange
[MAX_INTRA_
MEAS_EVENT]

P CPICH 2

P CPICH 3

TrigTime[MAX_INTRA_MEAS_EVENT]

Reporting
event 1A

Time

Intra-Frequency Handover

Measurement Priority of Neighboring Cell

Parameter
Name

MeasPrio

Description

This parameter indicates the measurement priority of the

neighbouring cell. The priority of the neighbouring cell can be set to
0, 1, or 2, of which, 0 represents the highest priority and 2
represents the lowest priority. The priority of the neighbouring is set
by the configuration personnel according to the signal strength and
distance of the neighboring cell.

Range and
Step

02

Default Value 0
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management->Utran Cell->Utran Cell XXX>Neighbouring Cell-> Neighbouring Cell XXX-> Measurement
Priority of Neighboring Cell

Report Criteria
Parameter
Name

RptCrt

Description

This parameter indicates the reporting criteria of the intra-frequency

measurement, including the event reporting criteria and the
periodical reporting criteria.

Range and
Step

1: Event Reporting Criteria

2: Periodical Reporting Criteria

Default Value UE Event Report Parameters for CPICH Ec/No: Event Reporting
Criteria
UE Event Report Parameters for CPICH RSCP: Event Reporting
Criteria
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management-> Modify Advanced Parameter->UE Intrafrquence Measurement Configuration-> Report Criteria

Measurement Quantity
Parameter
Name

MeasQuantity

Description

This parameter indicates the measurement quantity of the intrafrequency measurement that UE performs.

Range and
Step

0 CPICH Ec/No
1 CPICH RSCP
2 Pathloss
Default Value UE Event Report Parameters for CPICH Ec/No: CPICH Ec/No
UE Event Report Parameters for CPICH RSCP: CPICH RSCP
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management-> Modify Advanced Parameter->UE Intrafrquence Measurement Configuration-> Measurement Quantity

Reporting Range Constant Event 1A/1B

Parameter
Name

RptRange

Description

Event 1A is easier to be triggered when the reporting range

constant for event 1A is set to a larger value; and vice verse.
Event 1B is easier to be triggered when the reporting range
constant for event 1B is set to a smaller value; and vice verse.

Range and
Step

0 14.5 dB
step 0.5dB
Default Value UE Event Report Parameters for CPICH Ec/No: [3,5,0,0,0,0,0]
UE Event Report Parameters for CPICH RSCP: [6,8,0,0,0,0,0]
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management-> Modify Advanced Parameter->UE Intrafrquence Measurement Configuration->Reporting Range Constant
Event 1A/1B(dB)

Hysteresis
Parameter
Name

Hysteresis

Description

This parameter indicates the hysteresis when judging whether to

trigger the event. This parameter avoids the change of the trigger
status due to very small change. This parameter is related to the
measurement quantity and the event type.

Range and
Step

0 7.5 dB
step 0.5dB
Default Value UE Event Report Parameters for CPICH Ec/No: [0,0,4,4,2,2,4]
UE Event Report Parameters for CPICH RSCP: [4,4,6,6,4,4,6]
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management-> Modify Advanced Parameter->UE Intrafrquence Measurement Configuration-> Hysteresis

Weight for Event 1A/1B

Parameter
Name

Description

This parameter is used for the quality judgment of event 1A and 1B.
This parameter indicates the weight of the best cell in the quality
judgment and is related to the measurement quantity and the event
type.

Range and
Step

0.0 2.0
step 0.1
Default Value UE Event Report Parameters for CPICH Ec/No: [0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0]
UE Event Report Parameters for CPICH RSCP: [0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0]
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management-> Modify Advanced Parameter->UE Intrafrquence Measurement Configuration-> Weight for Event 1A/1B

Time to Trigger
Parameter
Name

TrigTime

Description

This parameter indicates the time difference between the time that
the event generation is detected and the time that the event is
reported. The event is triggered and the measurement report is
reported only when the event generation is detected and still meets
the requirements of event triggering after Time to trigger.

Range and
Step

0 10 20 40 60 80 100 120
160 200 240 320 640 1280 2560 5000 ms
Default Value UE Event Report Parameters for CPICH Ec/No:
[200,640,320,320,200,200,320]ms
UE Event Report Parameters for CPICH RSCP:
[200,200,200,200,200,200,200]ms
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management-> Modify Advanced Parameter->UE Intrafrquence Measurement Configuration-> Time to Trigger(ms)

Content

UMTS Cell Selection and Reselection Parameter

UMTS Intra-Frequency Handover Parameter
UMTS Inter-Frequency Handover Parameter
UMTS Inter-RAT Handover Parameter

Carrier evaluation standard

NA j

Q frequencyj 10 LogMfrequency j W j 10 Log Mi j (1 W j ) 10 LogMBest j

i 1

Qfrequency j: Refers to active set quality of carrier j, that is, the

measurement result of carrier j.

Mfrequency j: Refers to the physical measurement value of the active set of

carrier j.
Mi j: Refers to the physical measurement value of cell i of carrier j.
NA j: Refers to the number of cells (excluding best cell) in the active set
of carrier j.
MBest j: Refers to the measurement result of the best cell in the active
set of carrier j.
Wj: Refers to the weight of the best cell in the active set of carrier j
during carrier measurement.

Inter-frequency measurement events

A series of inter-frequency measurement events are defined

in 3GPP as the judgment and trigger criteria for interfrequency handover:

Event 2A: The best carrier frequency changes.

Event 2B: The quality of working carrier frequency is lower than a
threshold and that of non-working carrier frequency is higher than a
threshold.
Event 2C: The quality of non-working carrier frequency is higher than
a threshold.
Event 2D: The quality of working carrier frequency is lower than a
threshold.
Event 2E: The quality of non-working carrier frequency is lower than
a threshold.
Event 2F: The quality of working carrier frequency is higher than a
threshold.

Event 2A

QNotBest QBest H2a /2

QNotBest: Refers to the measurement result of current nonbest carrier frequency.

QBest: Refers to the measurement result of current best
carrier frequency.
H2a: Refers to handover decision hysteresis parameter of
Event 2A.

Event 2A
2A

Ec_f2

H2a/2

Ec_f1

2A

Event 2B
QNon used TNon used 2b H2b /2 and QUsed TUsed 2b H2b /2

QNon used: Refers to the measurement result of current nonworking carrier frequency.
TNon used 2b: Refers to the absolute threshold of good quality
of non-working carrier frequency in Event 2B decision.
H2b: Refers to handover decision hysteresis parameter of
Event 2B.
QUsed: Refers to the measurement result of current working
carrier frequency.
TUsed 2b: Refers to the absolute threshold of poor quality of
working carrier frequency in Event 2B decision.

Event 2B
2A

Ec_f2

Tnon used 2b+ H2b/2

Tused 2b- H2b/2

Ec_f1

2B

Event 2C
QNon used TNon used 2c H2c /2

QNon used: Refers to the measurement result of current nonworking carrier frequency.
TNon used 2c: Refers to the absolute threshold of good quality
of non-working carrier frequency in Event 2C decision.
H2c: Refers to handover decision hysteresis parameter of
Event 2C.

Event 2C
Ec_f1

Ec_f2

Tnon used 2b+ H2c/2

2C

Event 2D

QUsed TUsed 2d H2d /2

QUsed: Refers to the measurement result of current working

carrier frequency.
TUsed 2d: Refers to the absolute threshold of poor quality of
working carrier frequency in Event 2D decision.
H2d: Refers to handover decision hysteresis parameter of
Event 2D.

Event 2E
QNon used TNon used 2e H2e /2

QNon used: Refers to the measurement result of current nonworking carrier frequency.
TNon used 2e: Refers to the absolute threshold of good quality
of non-working carrier frequency in Event 2E decision.
H2e: Refers to handover decision hysteresis parameter.

Event 2F

Q Used TUsed 2f H 2f /2

QUsed: Refers to the measurement result of current working

carrier frequency.
TUsed 2f: Refers to the absolute threshold of poor quality of
working carrier frequency in Event 2F decision.
H2f: Refers to handover decision hysteresis parameter of
Event 2F.

Event of inter-frequency handover

The same cell can only use one of Event 2A,

Event 2B and Event 2C to trigger inter-frequency
handover. Which of the three events will be used
is based on the inter-frequency handover
recommendation strategy parameter
InterHoTactic.

Handling of Event 2E

All non-working carrier frequencies report Event

2E, indicating that radio quality of all interfrequency adjacent cells is poor and UMTS
system quality deteriorates. Issue the Inter-RAT
measurement Event 3A/3C.

Inter-Frequency Handover

Inter-Frequency Handover
RSCP

Ec_f2

Ec_f1
2F

2D

2D

2F

2D

2A

Measurement Priority of Neighboring Cell

(Inter)

Parameter
Name

MeasPrio(Inter)

Description

The priority of a neighbouring cell can be set to 0, 1, and 2, of

which, 0 represents the highest priority and 2 represents the lowest
priority. The priority of the neighbouring is set by the configuration
personnel according to the signal strength and the distance of the
neighboring cell.

Range and
Step

02

Default Value 0
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management->Utran Cell->Utran Cell XXX>Neighbouring Cell-> Neighbouring Cell XXX->Measurement
Priority of Neighboring Cell

Report Criteria (Inter)

Parameter
Name

RptCrt(Inter)

Description

This parameter indicates the criteria of reporting the inter-frequency

measurement, including the Event Reporting and periodical
reporting.

Range and
Step

1: Inter-frequency Event Reporting Criteria

2: Periodical Reporting Criteria

Default Value UE Inter-frequency Event Report Parameters for CPICH Ec/No:

Inter-frequency Event Reporting Criteria
UE Inter-frequency Event Report Parameters for CPICH RSCP:
Inter-frequency Event Reporting Criteria
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management-> Modify Advanced Parameter->UE Interfrquence Measurement Configuration-> Report Criteria

Measurement Quantity (Inter)

Parameter
Name

MeasQuantity(Inter)

Description

This parameter indicates the measurement quantity of the interfrequency measurement that UE performs.

Range and
Step

0 CPICH Ec/No
1 CPICH RSCP
Default Value UE Inter-frequency Event Report Parameters for CPICH Ec/No:
CPICH Ec/No
UE Inter-frequency Event Report Parameters for CPICH RSCP:
CPICH RSCP
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management-> Modify Advanced Parameter->UE Interfrquence Measurement Configuration-> Measurement Quantity

Weight of the Currently Used Frequency for

2A/2B/2D/2F

Parameter
Name

Wused

Description

This parameter is used for quality judgment of the currently used

carrier frequency. It indicates the weight of the best RNC in the
quality judgment (only for event 2a/2b/2d/2f) and is related to the
measurement quantity and the event type.

Range and
Step

0.0 2.0
step 0.1
Default Value UE Inter-frequency Event Report Parameters for CPICH Ec/No:
[0.0, 0.0, 0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0]
UE Inter-frequency Event Report Parameters for CPICH RSCP:
[0.0, 0.0, 0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0]
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management->Modify Advanced Parameter->UE Interfrequence Measurement Configuration-> Weight of the Currently
Used Frequency for 2A/2B/2D/2F

Absolute Threshold of the Quality of the

Currently Used Frequency for 2B/2D/2F

Parameter
Name

ThreshUsedFreq

Description

This parameter indicates the absolute threshold that should be

configured for event 2b/2d/2f.In the case of event 2D, the less the
threshold configured, the more difficult the event 2D been triggered.
In the case of event 2F, the less the threshold configured, the
easier the event 2F been triggered.

Range and
Step

CPICH RSCP -115 -25 dBm step 1dBm

CPICH Ec/No -24 0 dB step 1dB
Default Value UE Inter-frequency Event Report Parameters for CPICH Ec/No: [24,-13, -24,-13,-24,-8]dB
UE Inter-frequency Event Report Parameters for CPICH RSCP: [115,-95, -115,-95,-115,-80]dBm
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management->Modify Advanced Parameter->UE Interfrequence Measurement Configuration-> Absolute Threshold of the
Quality of the Currently Used Frequency for 2B/2D/2F

Hysteresis (Inter)
Parameter
Name

Hysteresis(Inter)

Description

This parameter indicates the hysteresis used when judging whether

to trigger the event. This parameter avoids the trigger status
change due to very small change. Different events are configured
separately and the events can be configured with different values.

Range and
Step

0 14.5 dB step 0.5dB

Default Value UE Inter-frequency Event Report Parameters for CPICH Ec/No:

[4,4,4,4,4,4]dB
UE Inter-frequency Event Report Parameters for CPICH RSCP:
[4,4,4,4,4,4]dB
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management->Modify Advanced Parameter->UE Interfrequence Measurement Configuration-> Hysteresis(dB)

Time to Trigger (Inter)

Parameter
Name

TrigTime(Inter)

Description

This parameter indicates the time difference between the time that
the event generation is detected and the time that the event is
reported. The event is triggered and the measurement report is
reported only when the event generation is detected and still meets
the requirements of event triggering after Time to trigger.

Range and
Step

0 10 20 40 60 80 100 120 160

200 240 320 640 1280 2560 5000 ms
Default Value UE Inter-frequency Event Report Parameters for CPICH Ec/No:
[100,100,100,640,100,640]
UE Inter-frequency Event Report Parameters for CPICH RSCP:
[100,100,100,640,100,640]
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management->Modify Advanced Parameter->UE Interfrequency Measurement Configuration-> Time to Trigger(ms)

Inter- frequency Handover Tactic

Parameter
Name

InterHoTactic

Description

This parameter indicates the event that is used to trigger the interfrequency handover. The default value of the parameter is 2A, that
is, the handover can be triggered when the conditions for best
carrier frequency change are satisfied.

Range and
Step

0: Algorithm Deciding
1: 2A Event Trigger
2: 2B Event Trigger
3: 2C Event Trigger

Default Value 1: 2A Event Trigger

Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management->Utran Cell->Utran Cell XXX->Modify
Advanced Parameter->Utran Cell-> Inter- frequency Handover
Tactic

Share Cover Indication

Parameter
Name

ShareCover

Description

This parameter describes the neighboring relationship of the

current cell and the neighboring cell. The relationship between the
neighbouring cell and the current cell may be Neighbor, Overlap,
Covers, or Contained in.

Range and
Step

0: Neighbor
1: Overlap
2: Covers
3: Contained in

Default Value 0: Neighbor

Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management->Utran Cell->Utran Cell XXX>Neighbouring Cell->Neighbouring Cell XXX -> Share Cover
Indication

Inter Frequency or Inter RAT Handover

Switch

Parameter
Name

IfOrRatHoSwch

Description

This parameter indicates how to perform neighbor measurement if

a cell has both inter-frequency and inter-RAT cells as its neighbors.

Range and
Step

0: Turn off Inter-frequency and Inter-RAT Handover

1: Only Inter Frequency
2: Only Inter Rat
3: Inter Frequency is Prior to Inter Rat

Default Value 3: Inter Frequency is Prior to Inter Rat

Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management->Utran Cell->Utran Cell XXX->Modify
Advanced Parameter->Utran Cell->Inter Frequency or Inter RAT
Handover Switch

Content

UMTS Cell Selection and Reselection Parameter

UMTS Intra-Frequency Handover Parameter
UMTS Inter-Frequency Handover Parameter
UMTS Inter-RAT Handover Parameter

Inter-RAT measurement events

3GPP defies a series of Inter-RAT measurement

events. An UE reports the corresponding events
when defined conditions are met.

3A: The currently used UTRAN carrier quality is lower

than a threshold, and the quality of other radio systems
is higher than a threshold. It is used for decision of
Inter-RAT handover.
3C: The quality of other radio systems is higher than a
threshold. It can be used for Inter-RAT handover
decision.

Event 3A
Q Used TUsed H3a /2 and MOther

RAT

CIOOther RAT TOther

RAT

Qused: indicates the estimated quality of the used frequency

of the UTRAN.
Tused: indicates the absolute threshold of the currently used
frequency difference.
H3a: is the hysteresis parameter for 3A event decision.

MOther RAT: is the quality measurement result of other

systems.
CIOOther RAT: is the quality offset of other system cells.

TOther RAT: is the absolute threshold of other systems.

H3a /2

Event 3C
MOther

RAT

CIO Other

RAT

TOther

RAT

H3c /2

MOther RAT: is the quality measurement result of other

systems.
CIOOther RAT: is the quality offset of other system cells.

TOther RAT: is the absolute threshold of other systems.

H3c: is the hysteresis parameter for 3C event decision.

Inter-RAT Handover

The RNC transmits the 2D ad 2F event configuration to the

UE when the service is set up. If the UE reports a 2D
event, that is, the current carrier is in poor signal quality,
the UE reports a 2E event after inter-frequency
measurement is started (that is, the signal quality of the
measured inter-frequency neighboring cell is also poor),
the RNC needs to configure and start Inter-RAT
measurement 3A or 3C event to the UE, and then performs
the corresponding decision process for Inter-RAT handover
according to the 3A, or 3C event subsequently reported by
the UE.

Inter-RAT Handover

Inter-RAT Handover
RSCP

GSM

3A(G)
2F

2D

Ec_f1
3A(W)

2D

2F

2D

3A

Inter-frequency + Inter-RAT Handover

RSCP

GSM

Ec_f1

3A(G
2F

2D

2E
3A(W)

Ec_f2

2D

2F

2D

2E

3A

Measurement Priority of Neighboring GSM

Cell

Parameter
Name

MeasPrio(Rat)

Description

This parameter indicates the measurement priority of the

neighboring cell. 0 presents the highest priority and 2 presents the
lowest priority. This parameter should be configured by the network
planning engineer according to the actual conditions of the current
network, including the quality and geographic position of the interRAT neighbouring cell.

Range and
Step

02

Default Value 0
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management->Utran Cell->Utran Cell XXX->GSM
Neighbouring Cell->GSM Neighbouring Cell XXX-> Measurement
Priority of Neighboring GSMCell

Report Criteria
Parameter
Name

RptCrt(Rat)

Description

This parameter indicates the criteria of reporting the inter-RAT

measurement, including the Event Reporting and Periodical
Reporting.

Range and
Step

1: Inter-RAT Event Reporting Criteria

2: Periodical Reporting Criteria

Default Value UE Event Report Parameters for Own System CPICH Ec/No: InterRAT Event Reporting Criteria
UE Event Report Parameters for Own System CPICH RSCP: InterRAT Event Reporting Criteria
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management-> Modify Advanced Parameter->UE InterRat Measurement Configuration Information-> Report Criteria

UTRAN Measurement quantity

Parameter
Name

OwnMeasQuantity

Description

This parameter indicates the measurement quantity of the interRAT measurement that UE performs. After a new inter-RAT
measurement configuration index is added, the measurement
quantity is fixed when the function of the set of the inter-RAT
measurement parameters is selected.

Range and
Step

0: CPICH Ec/No
1: CPICH RSCP

Default Value UE Event Report Parameters for Own System CPICH Ec/No:
CPICH Ec/No
UE Event Report Parameters for Own System CPICH RSCP:
CPICH RSCP
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management-> Modify Advanced Parameter->UE InterRat Measurement Configuration Information->UTRAN
Measurement quantity

Weight of the UTRAN System for 3A

Parameter
Name

W(Rat)

Description

This parameter indicates the weight of the best cell in the quality
judgment of event 3a. It is used in judging the quality of the UTRAN
system in inter-RAT measurement.

Range and
Step

[0.0, 2.0], step 0.1

Default Value UE Event Report Parameters for Own System CPICH Ec/No: [0, -,
-, -]
UE Event Report Parameters for Own System CPICH RSCP: [0, -,
-, -]
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management-> Modify Advanced Parameter->UE InterRAT Measurement Configuration Information->Weight of the
UTRAN System for 3A

Absolute Threshold of the Quality of UTRAN

Cell for 3A

Parameter
Name

Thresh(Rat)

Description

This parameter indicates the absolute threshold of the UTRAN cell

quality that is used by UE to judge event 3a. The range and unit of
the parameter are related to the measurement quantity of the cells
of the UTRAN system. The smaller the value configured, the more
difficult the event 3a been reported.

Range and
Step

CPICH RSCP: [-115, -25] dBm, step 1dBm

CPICH Ec/No: [-24, 0] dB, step 1dB

Default Value UE Event Report Parameters for Own System CPICH Ec/No: [-6,
-24,-24,-24]
UE Event Report Parameters for Own System CPICH RSCP: [-95,
-115,-115,-115]
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management-> Modify Advanced Parameter->UE InterRAT Measurement Configuration Information->Absolute Threshold
of the Quality of UTRAN Cell for 3A

Absolute Threshold of the Quality of Other

RAT for 3A/3B/3C

Parameter
Name

ThreshSys

Description

This parameter indicates the absolute threshold used when judging the
quality of other RAT configured for event 3a/3b/3c. The value range
and unit of this parameter are related to the measurement quantity of
the cells of other systems. At present, the measurement quantity can
only be GSM Carrier RSSI of the GSM system, which corresponds to
the CPICH RSCP of the UMTS system.

Range and
Step

CPICH RSCP -115 -25 dBm step 1dBm

CPICH Ec/No -24 0 dB step 1dB
UE Event Report Parameters for Own System CPICH Ec/No: [-90, -95,
-95, -115] dBm
UE Event Report Parameters for Own System CPICH RSCP: [-90, -95,
-95, -115] dBm

Default Value

Configuration
Path

View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio Resource

Management-> Modify Advanced Parameter->UE Inter-RAT
Measurement Configuration Information-> Absolute Threshold of the
Quality of Other RAT for 3A/3B/3C

Hysteresis(Rat)
Parameter
Name

Hysteresis(Rat)

Description

This parameter indicates the hysteresis used when judging whether

the event meets the conditions of been triggered. This parameter is
related to the measurement quantity and the event type. If a small
hysteresis is configured, the corresponding event will be reported in
a high probability; and vice versa.

Range and
Step

[0., 7.5] dB, step 0.5 dB

Default Value UE Event Report Parameters for Own System CPICH Ec/No:
[4,4,2,4] dB
UE Event Report Parameters for Own System CPICH RSCP:
[4,4,4,4] dB
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management-> Modify Advanced Parameter->UE InterRAT Measurement Configuration Information-> Hysteresis

Time to Trigger(Rat)
Parameter
Name

TrigTime(Rat)

Description

This parameter indicates the time difference between the time that
the event generation is detected and the time that the event is
reported. The event can be triggered and reported only when the
event is detected and still meets all requirements of event
triggering after Time to trigger. The larger the value is, the stricter
the judgment is for the event to be triggered.

Range and
Step

(0, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 160, 200, 240, 320, 640, 1280,
2560, 5000) ms

Default Value UE Event Report Parameters for Own System CPICH Ec/No:
[100,100,100,100] ms
UE Event Report Parameters for Own System CPICH RSCP:
[100,100,100,100] ms
Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management-> Modify Advanced Parameter->UE InterRAT Measurement Configuration Information-> Time to Trigger

Inter-Rat Handover Tactic

Parameter
Name

RatHoTactic

Description

Event 3C can be triggered when the quality of the inter-RAT carrier

frequency signal is higher than a certain value. In contrast, the
trigger of event 3A requires an additional condition, that is, the
quality of the carrier frequency signal of the current RAT must be
less than a certain value. Hence, the inter-RAT handover can be
triggered more easily when the parameter is set to 3C Event
Trigger.

Range and
Step

0: Algorithm Deciding
1: 3A Event Trigger
2: 3C Event Trigger

Default Value 1: 3A Event Trigger

Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management->Utran Cell->Utran Cell XXX->Modify
Advanced Parameter->Utran Cell->Inter-RAT Handover Tactic

Share Cover Indication

Parameter
Name

GsmShareCover

Description

This parameter indicates the neighboring relationship of the current

cell and GSM neighboring cell, including Neighbor, Overlap,
Covers, and Contained in.

Range and
Step

0: Neighbor
1: Overlap
2: Covers
3: Contained in

Default Value 0: Neighbor

Configuration View->Configuration Management->RNC NE->RNC Radio
Path
Resource Management->Utran Cell->Utran Cell XXX->GSM
Neighbouring Cell-> GSM Neighbouring Cell XXX ->Share Cover
Indication