16/32QuadratureAmplitudeModulation(16/32QAM) Amodulationmethodwherethephaseofthecarrierisshiftedthrough

16or32phasedifferences.Eachsymbol(carrierphaseposition)
represents4databitsfor16QAMand5databitsfor32QAM.
64KService ASpeechorDataservicerequiringa64kbpsconnectionallthewayout
totheTRUhardwareintheBTS.Therearetwosuchservices:General
PacketRadioService(GPRS)usingchannelcodeforpacketdatablock
type1(CS3)or(CS4).EnhancedGeneralPacketRadioService(EGPRS)
usingchannelcodeformodulationandcodingschemetypes0to9(MCS
0toMCS9).
64KRESPool ApoolofAbispathsreservedfor64kbpsdata.Thispoolallows64kbps
usertouserconnections.
8PhaseShiftKeying(8PSK) Amodulationmethodwherethephaseofthecarrierisshiftedthrough
8phasedifferences.Eachsymbol(carrierphaseposition)represents3
databits.
ACIC AinterfaceCircuitIdentityCode,theidentificationofthetraffic
connectionontheAinterface.
AInterface TheinterfacebetweentheBSC/TRCandtheMSC.
AInterfaceTerrestrialResource ThetrafficconnectionbetweentheMSCandtheTRC.
Abi ace The ace the BSC and the BTS an (E)GPRS po t
AInterfaceType TheuserplaneconnectionovertheAinterfacecanberealizedinthree
differentwaysdependingonMSCandBSCconfigurations:PCMover
TDMTransportofPCMcodedspeechoveranAinterfacewithTDM.
TranscoderresourcesarelocatedintheBSS.PCMoverIPTransportof
PCMcodedspeechoveranAinterfacewithRTP,UDP,andIP.
TranscoderresourcesarelocatedintheBSS.FullIPTransportof
compressedspeechoveranAinterfacewithRTP,UDP,andIP.
TranscoderresourcesarelocatedintheCoreNetwork(CN).Circuit
switcheddataistransportedeitheroverTDMoroverIPwithrate
adaptationintheBSS,correspondingtoPCMoverTDMandPCMover
IP.
AbisInterface TheinterfacebetweentheBSCandtheBTS.
Abis Interface sInterf The interface between the BSC and the BTS From an (E)GPRS point of interf between .From in of
view,thisinterfacerunsbetweenthePCUandtheBTS.
AbisPath AnAbispathisavirtualcircuitbetweentheBSCandtheBTS.AnAbis
pathcanberealizedbyoneofthefollowing:APCMtimeslot,Super
channelstogetherwithETdevices,SuperchannelsoveranIPnetwork
AbisTransmissionDevice TheAbisTransmissionDeviceisusedeitherforthesignallingpathto
objectclassesterminatinglayer2,orforspeechanddataconnectionto
theTS.
AbisTransmissionResource ThetrafficconnectionbetweentheBSCandtheBTS.
AboveS GSMneighbouringcellscategorizedaboveservingcellincandidatelist.
annel num ers the BCCH carr mon d the active
AccessCell Thecellinwhichrecordingisstartedforaconnection,accordingtoa
triggeringevent.Theaccesscellisspecifiedintheinitiationcommand.
AccessState TheaccessstateindicatesifamanagedobjectintheBTSisaccessible
forO&M(OperationandMaintenance)signallingovertheAbis
interface.Amanagedobjectcanbe:CONNECTEDAccessibleforO&M
signalling.DISCONNECTEDNotaccessibleforO&Msignalling.LOCALLY
DISCONNECTEDNotaccessibleforO&Msignallingduetolocal
maintenanceactivities.
AccumulatedHoldTime Theaccumulatedholdtimeistheholdtimefor64callsforone
transcoderresource.
ActiveBAList AnactiveBCCHAllocationlistprovidestheabsoluteradiofrequency
channel numbers of the BCCH carriers to be monitored by the active ch b of ierstobe itore by
MSsinthecell.
ActiveCodecSet(ACS) ACSisthecodecsetthatisactivefortheconnection.Activemeansthat
eachmodeinthecodecsetcanbeusedatanytimeduringacall.
ActivePFC APFCisactivewhendataisreadytobescheduledorisexpectedwithin
ashorttime.
ActiveRP AnRPwithhardwareandsoftwareconfiguredoperationalandcurrently
inusebytheapplication.
ActiveVAMOSPair WhenbothlogicalchannelsinaVAMOSpairhavebeenallocatedfor
MSs,theVAMOSpairisactive..
(PFC) It use e pr and we ht ling and
AdaptiveMultiRate(AMR) Acodecthatcanoperateatvariouscombinationsofspeechandchannel
codingbitratesforeachchannelrate.AMRNBisalsoreferredtoas
SpeechVersion3.AMRWBisalsoreferredtoasSpeechVersion5.
AdditionalAssignment TellswhetheraTScanhandlethecasewhenthetwoTCH/Hare
assignedtothesameMS,toprovidetheconcurrentchannels.
AdditionalStreamingPDCH AstreamingTBFmighthaveinadditiontoitsEffectiveStreaming
PDCHsfurtherPDCHswhicharenotneededinordertofulfillthe
GuaranteedBitrate.ThesePDCHsarecalledAdditionalStreaming
PDCHs.OnthoseAdditionalStreamingPDCHsstreamingdatais
scheduledwithalowerQoSpriority.
AggregateBSSQoSProfile(ABQP) ThenegotiatedorpredefinedQoSprofileforaPacketFlowContext
(PFC) It is used to determine priority and weight at Scheduling and . is dtod termine iority ig atSchedu
PDCHReservation.
AirInterfaceRate Thetransferrateintheairinterfaceincludingadditionaldatarelatedto
transmissionprotocols.
AirInterfaceUserRate Thetransferrateintheairinterfaceforuserdata.
Alarm Aprintoutinformingtheoperatorthatanabnormalsituationispresent
intheBSCorBTS.Thealarmcontainsinformationontheaffected
object.
AlarmClass IndicatesthepriorityofanalarmoralarmsituationfromA1(highest)to
O2(lowest).
AXEAlarmClassA1:AlarmSeverityIndicator1
AXEAlarmClassA2:AlarmSeverityIndicator2
AXEAlarmClassA3:AlarmSeverityIndicator3
Alarm Sit The arm the hi est pr dication on a managed
AXEAlarmClassO1:AlarmSeverityIndicator4
AXEAlarmClassO2:AlarmSeverityIndicator5
AlarmLevel Themeanholdtimealarmlevelisafunctionoftheholdtimeofa
transcoderpoolsresourcesandaspecifiedalarmpercentagemeasured
inseconds.
AlarmLevelPercentage Apercentagevaluesetbycommand,usedtodeterminethemeanhold
timealarmlevelforatranscoderpool.
AlarmMask TheOperatorcan,bycommand,specifyanAlarmMaskinorderto
suppressspecifiedalarmsaltogether.Informationonallreportedfaults
isstillavailable.
Alarm Situation uation The alarm situation is the highest priority fault indication on a managed al situationis gh iorityfaultin
object(eitherBSCFaultorBTSCondition)
AlarmSituationClassification Thedefaultanduserspecifiedalarmclassesforalldefinedalarm
situations.ForeachdefinedalarmsituationthereisanEricssondefined
defaultalarmclass.Theusermayspecifyanewalarmclassforeachofa
numberofalarmsituations.
AlarmSlogan Thealphanumericdescriptionofoneormorealarmsituations.
AlternativeRouting AmechanismbywhichanMSismovedtoanotherMSCbyusingMSC
Selection.ThemechanismistriggeredwhenanSCCPConnection
establishmentbetweentheBSCandtheMSCfailsduetoeither
signallinglinkfailure(physical)orifanSCCPCONNECTIONREFUSAL
messageisreturnedfromtheMSC.
AMRNB Adaptivemultiratewithbandwidthfrom300to3400Hz.Thereareeight
bitratesfrom4.25to12.2kbpsavailable.AMRNBisalsoreferredtoas
SpeechVersion3.
AMRWB Adaptivemultiratewithbandwidthfrom100to7000Hz.Thereare
threebitrates,6.6,8.85and12.65kbps,whichmakeupthemandatory
multirateconfiguration.AMRWBisalsoreferredtoasSpeechVersion
5.
AntennaHopping Awaytodecreasedownlinkdiversitybyalternativelyusetwoormore
TXantennas.Possiblevaluesare:
OFF:AntennaHoppingisnotenabled.
ON:AntennaHoppingenabledonallfrequencies.
ONXC0:AntennaHoppingenabledonallbuttheBCCHfrequency.
APDU Thisisavariablelengthinformationelementthatconveysanembedded
messageormessagesegmentassociatedwithahigherlevelprotocol.In
thisinstanceitcontainsanRRLP.
APG40/43 TheAPG40/43istheintendedreplacementfortheIOG.ItisaWindows
NTbasedplatform.ItwillhandlesomeoftheOSSbasedpartsofthe
SCSframework.
ApplicationObject(AO)(G12) AnApplicationObjectprovidesapartofthefunctionalityinaBase
TransceiverStation.AnApplicationObjectinstancehasO&M
communicationwithaBSConLayer3,throughaspecificServiceObject
instance.ThefollowingManagedObjectsareApplicationObjects:
ASSIGNMENT REQUEST or the VGCS/VBS ASSIGNMENT REQUEST
Transmitter(TX),Receiver(RX),TimeSlot(TS),InterfaceSwitch(IS),
DigitalPath(DP),Concentrator(CON),TimingFunction(TF),andMulti
CarrierTransceiver(MCTR).
APT AXEswitchingsystem.
APZ AXEcontrolsystem.
AssignmentQueuingTimer AtimerthatdecidesforhowlongtimeassignmentistriedforaPriority
Connection,includingtimeinqueue.Thetimerisstartedatreceptionof
theASSIGNMENTREQUESTortheVGCS/VBSASSIGNMENTREQUEST
message.
AssignmentTimer Atimerthatdecidesforhowlongtimeassignmentistriedforanon
PriorityConnection.Thetimerisstartedatreceptionofthe
ASSIGNMENT REQUEST or the VGCS/VBS ASSIGNMENT REQUEST
message.
AssistanceData ThedatasentfromthenetworktotheMStoreducetheMSpower
consumptionandtimeneededforsignalmeasurementsandlocation
estimatecalculations.
AterInterface TheinterfacebetweenaTRCandanBSC.
AterInterfaceTerrestrialResource ThetrafficconnectionbetweentheBSCandtheTRC.
AterCIC AterInterfaceCircuitIdentityCode,theidentificationofthetraffic
connectionontheAterinterface.
ATT IMSIattachdetachallowed.
BA IND BCCH All tion sequence num er dica 0 1
AutomaticSupervision Supervisionofcells,leadingtotestsbeingautomaticallyperformed
whenacellissuspectedtobefaultybecausecertaincriteriahavenot
beenmet.
AVIDImmediateAssignment AnonGSMstandardizedprocedureusedforImmediateAssignment
whentheAbisinterfaceisoversatellite.Tocompensateforthedelay,
theIMMEDIATEASSIGNMENTmessageissentbeforetheCHANNEL
ACTIVATIONACKNOWLEDGEmessageisreceived.
BAList ABCCHAllocationlistprovidestheabsoluteradiofrequencychannel
numbersoftheBCCHcarriersforGSMcellstobemonitoredbytheMSs
inthecell.Therearetwoseparatelists.OneforMSsinidlemodeand
oneforMSsinactivemode.
BA IND BCCH Allocation sequence number indicator Range: 0 to 1 oca b in tor.Range: to .
TheBAINDisneededtoallowtheGSMnetworktodiscriminate
measurementresultsrelatedtodifferentBAlistssenttotheMS.
BAINDforUTRANnetworkiscalled3GBAIND.
BackgroundClass Usedbyapplicationswithoutanyrequirementsonbitrateordelay.The
userswillgetservicewhenusersofothertrafficclassesdon'trequestit.
Typicalapplicationsarefiletransfersoremail.
BaseStationController(BSC) ThepartoftheBaseStationSystem(BSS)thatcontainsradionetwork
controlfunctions.
BaseStationControllerManagedObjectInstance(BSC
MOI)
TheentityintheBSCrepresentingthemanagedobjectinstanceinthe
BTS.
BaseStationSystem(BSS) ABaseStationSystemconsistsofthefollowing:
BaseStationControllers(BSCs),includingTranscoderControllers(TRCs)
BaseTransceiverStations(BTSs)
OperationandSupportSystem(OSS)
TheBSSisresponsibleforalltheradiorelatedfunctionsinthesystem
suchas:
RadiocommunicationwithMobileStations
Handoverofcallsinprogressbetweencells
Managementofallradionetworkresourcesandcellconfigurationdata
BaseStationSystemApplicationPart(BSSAP) ThestandardizedprotocolusedforsignallingbetweentheMSCandthe
BSContheAinterface.
BaseStationSystemGPRSProtocol(BSSGP) Thelayer3protocolusedontheGbinterface,definedin3GPPTS
48.018.
BaseTransceiverStation(BTS) TheBaseTransceiverStation(BTS)isusedtohandleradiotraffictoand
fromtheMobileStations(MSs)withinaspecificcell.
BaseTransceiverStationManagedObjectInstance(BTS
MOI)
ThemanagedobjectinstanceintheBTSasopposedtotheentityseenin
theBSC.
BasicGPRSPDCH(BPDCH) AlogicalchannelusedfortransferofGPRS(CS1andCS2)packetdata
andcontrolsignalling.ABPDCHusesa16kbpsAbislink.
c Phys Channel (BPC) A BPC one times us one set occurr on every
BasicGPRSTBF(BTBF) ATBFthatcanuseCodingSchemesCS1andCS2.
BasicGPRSTCH(BTCH) Atrafficchannel,whichinthepacketswitcheddomainiscapableof
carryingGPRS(CS1andCS2)packetdataandcontrolsignalling.
BasicPattern ApatternofPDCHsinaPSETwiththemaximumnumberofPDCHs
accordingtoatype2MSGPRSmultislotclass.
BasicPhysicalChannel(BPC) ABPCisonetimeslotoccurringoneveryTDMAframe.Withfrequency
hoppingthefrequencywillchangebetweeneveryframe;without
frequencyhoppingitwillnot.ABPCmaybeusedtocarrydifferent
channelcombinations.
Basic Physical Channel (BPC) Basi ical A BPC is one timeslot using one set of frequencies occurring on every is lot ing offrequencies, ing
TDMAframeinthedigitalairinterfacebetweentheBTSandtheMS.
(WithfrequencyhoppingthefrequencywillchangebetweenTDMA
frames,withoutfrequencyhoppingasinglefrequencyisused.)
BasicRanking Rankingonlyaccordingtosignalstrength.
BasicRankingList Initiallistofcellsrankedonlyaccordingtosignalstrength.
BasicSDCCHConfiguration ThenumberofSDCCH/8assignedtothecellbycommandRLCCCorby
systemdefault.
BasicTransmissionTimeInterval(BTTI) AnEGPRSandGPRStypeofscheduling.ATBFinTTImodeBTTIwillbe
scheduledoversinglePDCHsevery20ms.
BCCHExtended TosendamessageonextendedBCCHmeanstosenditonCCCH.
BCCHFrequencyBand ThefrequencybandthattheBCCHbelongsto.
BCCHMessageDistribution ThesendingofSystemInformationmessages1,7and8canbeswitched
onandoffforBTSsfollowingGSMPhase2TS.
BCCHMode TheBCCHmodeindicateswhereSI13andSI2quateraresent:eitheron
thenormalorontheextendedBCCH.ExtendedBCCHisusedwhenthe
messagedoesnotfitintothenormalBCCH.
BelowS GSMneighbouringcellscategorizedbelowtheservingcellinthe
candidatelist.
BestEffortABQP ThebesteffortABQPisusedifthePFIindicates'besteffort',PFI=0,orif
thePFIisundefined.
BetterCell AGSMcellrankedbetterthantheservingcellinthebasicrankinglist.
BiDirectionalChannel Achannelinamultislotconfigurationusedfordownlinkaswellasuplink
transmission.
BiDirectionalChannel AchannelusedfordownlinkaswellasuplinktransmissioninaHSCSD
configuration.
BiDirectionalChannel Achannelusedfordownlinkaswellasuplinktransmission.Thechannel
combinationforabidirectionalchannelis(ix),TCH/F+SACCH/M.
BitErrorRate(BER) Thenumberoferroneousbitsreceivedasapercentageofthetotal
numberofbitsreceivedinatimeinterval,usuallyonesecond.
BitPeriod Durationofoneinformationbitontheradiointerface.
Blocking Theequipmentistakenoutofservice.
BlockingofBPCswithorwithoutForcedRelease BlockingofaBPCwithoutforcedreleaseordersblocking,butitisnot
executeduntiltheconnectionsusingthelogicalchannelsrelatedtothis
BPChavebeenreleased.Howeverblockingwithforcedreleasereleases
theconnectionsimmediatelyandthencarriesouttheblocking.
Bmax Informationelementinthemessages48.018FLOWCONTROLBVC,
FLOWCONTROLMSandFLOWCONTROLPFC.TheIEindicatesthe
maximumamountofdatathatSGSNmayexpectthePCUtostorefor
currentcell,MSorPFCrespectively,giveninnumberof100octets.
BothwayPath AbothwaypathisthenormalconnectionthroughtheGSwhich,
providescommunicationinbothdirections.
BroadcastControlChannel(BCCH) Thischannelisusedforbroadcastofgeneralcellinformation,system
informationmessages,toidleandactiveMSs.
BSCBandOperationMode TherearetwodifferentBSCbandoperationmodes:
MULTI:TheBSCmultibandoperationmodeisenabled.TheMSshave
thepossibilitytousechannelsinmorethanonefrequencyband.
SINGLE:TheBSCmultibandoperationmodeisdisabled.TheMSshave
thepossibilitytousechannelsinonefrequencybandonly.
Signa ng
BSCData BSCdataiscommonforallthecellsintheBSC.ThereisonesetofBSC
dataforeachsystemtype(GSM800,GSM900,GSM1800andGSM
1900).
BSC/TRCApplicationPart(BTAP) TheproprietaryprotocolusedforsignallingbetweentheBSCandthe
TRContheAterinterface.
BSSRelease TheBaseStationSystem(BSS)ReleaseisdefinedbyitsBSCversionin
combinationwiththemostuptodateBSSinterworkingsupportedby
thatBSC.
BSSGPVirtualConnection(BVC) AnendtoendcommunicationpathbetweenBSSGPpeerentities.There
aretwotypes:
PointtoPoint
Signalling lli
ThereisonepointtopointBVCforeverycelltowardseachSGSN.
AllBSSGPmessageswhicharenotfordeliverytoaspecificcellaresent
onthesignallingBVC.ThereisonlyonesignallingBVCperBSC.
BSSGPVirtualConnectionIdentifier(BVCI) TheidentityofaBVChavingendtoendsignificanceacrosstheGb
interface.ABVCIisuniquewithinaNetworkServiceEntity.TheBVCI
togetherwiththeNSEIuniquelyidentifiesaBVCwithinanSGSN.
BTSCondition AconditionreportedbyasupervisedentityintheBTS.Thecondition
mayindicateeitherafaultoraconsequenceofafault.
suppor examp e GSM Phase 2 em n
BTSExternalAlarm(G12) ABTSexternalalarmisgeneratedifanabnormalconditionisdetected
intheBTSsite.ExamplesofBTSexternalalarmsituationsarefirealarm,
burglaralarm,abnormaltemperaturealarmandsoon.
BTSExternalClass1BFault AfaultexternaltotheTransceiverGroupthatleadstoapieceofBTS
equipmentnotbeingabletocarryoutitsoperationalfunction.Thistype
offaultisclassifiedasafaultaffectingfunctionality.
BTSExternalClass2BFault AfaultexternaltotheTransceiverGroupthatdoesnotinterferewith
theoperationofBTSequipment.Thistypeoffaultisclassifiedasafault
notaffectingfunctionality.
BTSFunctionalInformation BTSfunctionalinformationreferstothefunctionalitythattheBTS
supports for example GSM Phase 2 System Information ts,for l Syst I formation.
BTSLogicalModelG12 Generation1,Model2.TheRBS2000andRBS6000familiesofbase
stationssupportsthismodel.
BTSOperationalState(G12) Thisstateindicateswhetheramanagedobjectisabletobeusedtoits
fullcapabilities.TherearetwoBTSoperationalstates,'Operational'and
'NotOperational'.Tobe'Operational'themanagedobjectmustbein
globalstateOPERand,incaseofanapplicationobject,itmustalsobe
configuredandenabledi.e.itisabletobeusedfortraffic.
BTSReportedFaults ABTSReportedFaultcanbedescribedusingthefollowingthree
attributes:
EXTERNAL.AfaultisexternaltotheBTS(BTSExternal).Anexampleof
anexternalfaultislossofsynchronizationwiththetranscoder.
Ad ration d Obj
1OR2.Afaultiseitherclass1orclass2.Class1meansthatMOisnot
abletocarryoutitsoperationalfunction.Class2meansthattheMOcan
continuecarryingoutitsoperationalfunction.
AORB.Afaultiseitherclass'A'orclass'B'.Class'A'meansthatthe
faultlieswithintheMOequipmentitself.Class'B'meansthatthefaultis
intheMOequipment'senvironment.Therefore,externalfaultscanonly
beofClass'B'.
BTSSoftwarePackage ThesetofallloadablesoftwarefilesorsubfilesneededforaTransceiver
Group(TG)orpartofaTG.TheBTSsoftwarepackageiscomprisedof
headerfileandanumberofoperationalsoftwarefiles.
BTSSoftwareVersion ThefilenameoftheBTSsoftwarepackageasdefinedbythefunction
for Administration of Managed Objects for minist ofManage ects.
BTSState(G01) ThestateoftheBTSMOI.TheBTSstateisdefinedforallmanaged
objectclassesexcepttransceivergroup.
TheBTSMOIshavethefollowingstatesdefined:
RESET.WhenaBTSMOIisinstateresetallvariableparametersare
clearedorinitiatedtotheirdefaultvalues.Loadingofownsoftwaremay
takeplace.
STARTED.Thetransceivercontrollerisstarted.Validonlyfortransceiver
controllers.Loadingofsoftwarebuffersmaytakeplace.TGCstatemay
besettoACTIVE.
DISABLED.Loadingisnotallowed.AllotherO&Mproceduresare
possible.Notrafficmanagementispossible.Notvalidfortransceiver
controller.
The red d tiona y means th serv its app s
ENABLED.Trafficmanagementstarted.Someconfigurationdatamaybe
changed.Loadingnormallynotallowed,thetimingfunctionistheonly
exception.Notvalidfortransceivercontroller.
ABTSMOIcanbeorderedtochangeBTSstatefromtheBSCormay
automaticallychangestateinafaultsituation.
BTSState(G12) ThestateoftheBTSMOI.TheBTSstateisdefinedforallmanaged
objectclassesexcepttransceivergroup.
Forserviceobjectsthefollowingstatesaredefined:
RESET.Allvariableparametersareclearedorinitiatedtotheirdefault
values.Somesupervisionoftheapplicationobjectmaynotbeactive.
The reduced functionality means that services to its application objects uce func lit at icesto licationobject
areabsent.
STARTED.Allfunctionsandhardwarebelongingtotheserviceobjectare
supervised.Loadingishandled,withpossibletransferoffilesallowed.
Oncetheloadingisfinished,allapplicationobjectsbelongingtothe
serviceobjectmaybeconnected.
Forapplicationobjects,thefollowingstatesaredefined:
RESET.Allvariableparametersareclearedorinitiatedtotheirdefault
values.Somesupervisionoftheapplicationobjectmaynotbeactive.
ConnectiononLayer3isallowediftheserviceobjecttowhichthe
applicationobjectbelongsisstartedandloaded.
DISABLED.Allsupervisionisactive.AllO&Mproceduresarepossible.No
trafficmanagementispossible.
ENABLED.Allsupervisionisactive.Trafficmanagementisstarted.Some
configurationdatamaybechanged.
ABTSMOIcanbeorderedtochangeBTSstatefromtheBSCormay
automaticallychangestateinafaultsituation.
BTSVersion BTSVersionisusedtoreferenceBTSmaintenancedocuments,for
exampleinterprettofaultmapsandreplacementunitsmaps.
C/I Theratiobetweenthecarriersignalstrengthandtheinterferencesignal
strength.TheratioisexpressedindB.
CALIM AccumulatedCAL(CallAcceptanceLimit)valuesduringaperiodofthe
lastfiveseconds.CALIMappearsintheprintoutofthePLLDPcommand.
CallAcceptanceLimit(CAL) IscalculatedbytheProcessorLoadControlfunctionforthenextone
secondperiod.
CallInitiationTime AtimestampwhenASSIGNMENTREQUESTortheVGCS/VBS
ASSIGNMENTREQUESTmessageisreceivedoratimestampwhena
spontaneoushandoverisstarted.
CallSupervision Callsupervisioncomprisesthepartsofthefunctions,Assignment,
Handover,DynamicMSPowerControl,DynamicBTSPowerControland
ConnectionRelease,whichsuperviseandmaintainagoodconnection.It
alsoproposesdisconnectionwhennecessary.
CALMAX Thisparametersetsthelimitforthemaximumnumberoftaskspossible
tobefetchedbytheCPpersecond.
EMG The sync on a TRI EM th the casca
CALMIN Thisparametersetsthelimitfortheminimumnumberoftaskstobe
fetchedbytheCPpersecond.
CandidateList Thislistiscompiledbythelocatingprocedure,andcontainscells,
selectedandorganizedinpriorityorder.
CapacityHysteresis(CAPHYST) Thishysteresis,relativetoCAPLIM,isanareaaboveCAPLIMrestricting
howlowthefreecapacityofaTRHisallowedafterLAPDlinkshavebeen
movedtoit.
CapacityLimit(CAPLIM) ThelimitofhowlowthefreecapacityofaTRHisallowedbeforeLAPD
linksoughttobemovedfromit.TRHsbelowthislimitareconsideredto
beoverloaded.
CascadedTRIEMG ATRIEMGthatreceivesitscontrolsignallinglinkfromanotherTRI
EMG The synchronization to a TRI EM that is included in the cascaded . hronizati to atisincludedin ded
TRIEMGmayalsobereceivedfromanotherTRIEMGlink.
CCHPWR MaximumTXpoweranMSmayusewhenaccessingonaCommon
ControlChannel.
CCNMode TheCellChangeNotification(CCN)modeisamodefornetworkassisted
cellchange.InthismodetheMSproposesacellreselectiontothe
network,andthenetworkassiststheMSwiththecellchange.
Cell Theword'cell'isusedasasynonymfor'servingcell'inthisdocument.
Otherwise,'targetcell'isused.
CellAllocation Alistoffrequenciesusedwithinacell.
CellData Celldataisdatathatcanbedefinedpercell.
CellLayer AhierarchicalcellstructureisdefinedperBSC.Dependingonthe
optionalfeatureparameters,HCSandHCSBAND,one,threeoreightcell
layersaresupported.
CellLevel Inthehierarchicalcellstructuretherearethreecelllevels.Thenotation
level1isusedforthelowest('micro')level,level2forthemiddle
('normal'or'original')levelandlevel3forthehighest('umbrella')level.
CellLoadSharingAcceptanceLevel ThepercentagelevelofidlefullratecapableTCHsabovewhichacell's
trafficlevelmustremain,ifitistoaccepthandoversduetocellload
sharing.
CellLoadSharingEvaluations Locatingevaluationwhereasetofreducedhysteresisvaluesapplies.
CellLoadSharingHandoverAcceptance Specifieswhetherhandoverduetocellloadsharingisacceptedbythe
cellornot.
CellLoadSharingLevel ThepercentagelevelofidlefullratecapableTCHsatwhichorbelow
whichacell'strafficwillcausecellloadsharingevaluationsifthecellis
activeforcellloadsharing.
CellLoadSharingRampingTime Specifieshowquicklythehysteresisreductionvalueisrampedupfrom
zerotothefinalvalue.
CellLoadSharingState Specifiesifacellisactiveforcellloadsharingornot.
CellLoadSharingTimeInterval Thetimeintervalspecifiedbytheoperatorwhichwhenexpiredinitiates
thecheckingofthelevelofidlefullratecapabletrafficchannelsforcells
activeforcellloadsharing.
CellPlan Definesthecoverageandcapacitythatthesystemwillofferintheradio
network.Itresultsinanumberofsites,cellsandradiochannelsrequired
togivethesubscribersthedesiredqualityandgradeofservice.
CellReselection Theproceduretochoosethebestcellaftertheinitialcellselectionwhile
movingtheGPRSMSinthenetwork.
CellState Acellcanbeintwostates:
HALTEDThecellisnotinoperation.Allchannelgroupsareinstate
HALTED.
ACTIVEThecellisinoperation.Someorallchannelgroupsareinstate
ACTIVE.
CellSystemType Determinesthefrequencyband,wheretheBCCHmustresideinacell.
Values:GSM800,GSM900,GSM1800,GSM1900.
CellTranslationData TranslationbetweencellpointerandcellglobalidentityorUMTS
TerrestrialRadioAccessNetworkidentityforeachcellreferencedinthe
recording.
CellType TheCellTypemaybeINTERNAL(thecellbelongstothisBSC)or
EXTERNAL(thecellbelongstoanotherBSCortoanotherRadioAccess
TechnologythanGERAN).
pre era The va 'no pre erences' dica th any TCH cou
CentralFunctions(CF) Aserviceobject.Itmodelsallequipmentinabasestationinfrastructure
thatarenotpartofotherobjects,forexample,powersupply,climate
controlandinternalbus.Itprovidescommunicationfortheapplication
objectsIS,CON,DPandTF.ItalsohandlesmaintenanceoftheCFitself.
TheCFisaddressedbyaTerminalEndpointIdentifier(TEI)inlayer2
signalling.
CGHDevice AnAXEdevicethathandletranslationofAMRencodedvoicedata
receivedfromtheMSinanRTPstreamintotranscoderframes.
CHALLOC ApreferenceparameterusedatCSallocations.Thevalue'first'indicates
thatnonhoppingTCHsontheBCCHfrequencyarepreferable.Thevalue
'last'indicatesthatnonhoppingTCHsontheBCCHfrequencyarenot
preferable The value 'no preferences' indicates that any TCH could be f ble. lue f in tes at ldbe
allocated.
CHALLOC Isusedinthechannelallocationalgorithmtodetermineifanon
hoppingTCHontheBCCHfrequencyshallbeallocatedfirst,lastorwith
nopreference.
ChannelActivationErrors Thefollowingerrorscanoccurduringchannelactivation:
ErrorIndication
ConnectionFailureIndication
TheTimeAlignmentvalueistoolarge
ThenumberofreceivedMeasurementReportsistoosmall
Blockingofthechannel
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ChannelAllocationProfile Asetofselectiontypeswhereeachtypeisconnectedtooneresource
typeprioritylist.Thechannelallocationprofileisusedatchannel
allocationforCSconnections.Eachcellisconnectedtoachannel
allocationprofile.

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RTPL Resource Type Priority List
ST Selection Type
ChannelBand ChannelbandisvalidforchannelsinGSM900cellsandhasvaluesPor
E.
Fornonhoppingchannels,iftheAbsoluteRadioFrequencyChannel
Number(ARFCN)isinPGSMband,thechannelismarkedasP.IfARFCN
isinG1GSMband,thechannelismarkedasE.
Forhoppingchannels,ifachannelcontainsatleastoneARFCNinG1
GSMband,thechannelismarkedasE.IfallARFCNsareinPGSMband,
thechannelismarkedasP.
ChannelCodecUnit(CCU) AlogicalentitywithintheBTSwhichisresponsiblefortwolower
protocollayerstheRFlayerandtheGPRSPhysicalLinkLayer.
ChannelCoding Theprocessofaddingextrabitstoadatablocktoenableforwarderror
detectionandcorrection.
ChannelCombination GSMchannelcombinationscanberelatedtotheinternalBPC
combinationsasfollows:
GSM Channel Combination
TCH/F+FACCH/F+SACCH/F
TCH/H+FACCH/H+SACCH/H
FCCH+SCH+BCCH+CCCH
BCCH+CCCH
FCCH+SCH+BCCH+CCCH
+SDCCH/4(0..3)
+SACCH/C4(0..3)
FCCH+SCH+BCCH+CCCH
+SDCCH/4(0,1,3)
+SACCH/C4(0..3)+CBCH
SDCCH/8(0..7)
+SACCH/C8(0..7)
SDCCH/8(0,1,3,4,5,6,7)
+SACCH/C8(0..7)+CBCH
Where
CCCH=PCH+RACH+AGCH+NCH
ChannelFrequencyBand Channelfrequencybandisdeterminedfromthefrequenciesachannel
isusing.Thefollowingvaluesareapplicableforchannelfrequencyband:
GSM800.ThechannelisonlyusingfrequenciesintheGSM800band.
EGSM900.ThechannelisusingatleastonefrequencyintheG1GSM
900band.
PGSM900.ThechannelisonlyusingfrequenciesinthePGSM900
band band.
GSM1800.ThechannelisonlyusingfrequenciesintheGSM1800band.
GSM1900.ThechannelisonlyusingfrequenciesintheGSM1900band.
ChannelGroup Achannelgroupisagroupoffrequencieswithinonecell.Thesame
frequencymaybeinmorethanonechannelgrouppercell,excluding
theBCCHfrequency.Channelgroupsareoperatorcontrolledand
facilitatecontrolovergroupsoffrequenciesinacell.Channelgroupsare
identifiedbyalocalchannelgroupnumberpercell.Channelgroup0
containstheBCCHandisdefinedautomaticallyatcelldefinition.
ChannelGroup Agroupoffrequencieswithinacell.Afrequencybelongstojustone
channelgroupinacell.Channelgroup0containstheBCCHandis
definedautomaticallyatcelldefinition.
Channel The annel mo the mo h a annel use (th t
ChannelGroup Channelgroupsareoperatorcontrolledandfacilitatecontrolover
groupsoffrequenciesinacell.Channelgroupsareidentifiedbyalocal
channelgroupnumberpercell.ChannelGroup0containstheBCCHand
isautomaticallydefinedatcelldefinition.
ChannelGroupState Therearetwodifferentchannelgroupstates:
HALTED:Thechannelgroupisnotinoperation.Nochannelswithinthe
channelgroupareavailable.
ACTIVE:Thechannelgroupisinoperation,thatis,availablefortraffic.
Channel Mode Mode The channel mode describes the mode in which a channel is used (that ch dedescribes deinwhic ch is d a
is,speech,dataorsignalling).
ChannelPriority ThepriorityassociatedwithaBPC.Channelprioritydetermineswhich
channelcombinationsshouldbeprovidedwheninsufficientBTS
equipmentisavailabletosupporttherequirednumberofBPCs.
ChannelRate TheavailabletransmissionbandwidthofspeechordataonaTCH:Full
Rate(FR)orHalfRate(HR).
ChannelRate Theavailabletransmissionbandwidthonatrafficchannelforspeechor
data.ChannelratecanbeFullRate(FR)orHalfRate(HR).
ChannelRateandSpeechVersions FULLRATEwithSpeechVersion1,2,3,and5.
SpeechVersion1:FullRate.
vers
SpeechVersion2:EnhancedFullRate.
SpeechVersion3:AMRNB.
SpeechVersion5:AMRWB.
HALFRATEwithSpeechVersion1and3.
SpeechVersion1:HalfRate.
SpeechVersion3:AMRNB.
ChannelService AserviceprovidedforacallonaTCHoranSDCCH.Achannelserviceisa
combinationofchannelmode,channelrate,channeltypeandspeech
version ion.
ChannelService Thecombinationofachannelrateandaspeechversion.
ChannelService TheserviceprovidedforacallonaTCHoranSDCCH.TheChannel
ServiceisacombinationofChannelMode,ChannelType,ChannelRate,
SpeechVersionandDataTransparencyIndicator.
ChannelServicePreference AlistofpreferredChannelServices.Thelistissortedinpreferredorder.
ChannelType Channeltypeisthetypeoflogicalchannel:SDCCH,TCH,BCCHorCBCH.
CircuitIdentityCode(CIC) Definesaunique64kbpsconnectionontheAInterfacebetweenan
MSCandaTRCnode,orontheAterInterfacebetweenaTRCandaBSC
node.
CircuitSwitchedDomain(CSD) Thedomainwherecircuitswitchedtrafficishandled.
Class1AFault AfaultinapieceofBTSequipmentitselfthatleadstoitnotbeingable
tocarryoutitsoperationalfunction.Thistypeoffaultisclassifiedasan
internalFaultaffectingfunctionality.
Class1BFault AfaultnotinapieceofBTSequipmentitselfbutinitsenvironmentthat
leadstoitnotbeingabletocarryoutitsoperationalfunction.Thistype
offaultisclassifiedasaninternalFaultaffectingfunctionality.
Class2AFault AfaultoccurringinBTSequipmentitselfthatdoesnotdirectlyinterfere
withitsoperation.ThistypeoffaultisclassifiedasaninternalFaultnot
affectingfunctionality.
ClassBMS AnMSwhichcanswitchautomaticallybetweencircuitandpacket
switchedmode;itmaybeinonlyonemodeatatime.
CoSited Indicationthattheneighbouringcelliscositedwiththeservingcell,
thatisthetwocellsshareacommonradiobasesite.
CoTSCInterference CoTSCinterferenceoccurswhenawantedtransmissionbursthasthe
sameTSCasaninterferingtransmissionburst.Thisdegradestheability
oftheoperatortoextractthecorrectTSCfromthewantedburst.
pre erred call ti Whenever a call se th cell
Codec Thesoftwareinthetranscoderthatcodesanddecodesspeechis
sometimescalledcodec.Thedecodedspeechisintheformofa64kbps
bitstream.Thecoded(andcompressed)speechisdividedinto20ms
longtimeslotsandisusedbetweenthetranscoderandtheMS.The
compressedspeechcanbecodedwithdifferentchannelratesand
speechversions.Themosteffectivecombinationofthesedependson
thequalityofthetransmission.
CodecMode Acodecrateusedwithinacodecset.
CodecRate Thebitrateofthecodedspeechafterthespeechencoding,forexample
12.2kbpsand6.7kbps.
CodecRestriction Acellmaybeconfiguredsothatanoperatorselectedcodecwillbe
preferred for call allocation Whenever a call is setup within that cell f for alloca on. is tupwithin at ,
theBSCwillattempttousetheselectedcodecbeforetryinganyother
codecs.Ifitisnotpossibletoallocateonthatcodec(forexample,dueto
alackoftranscoderresourcesorbecausetheMSdoesnotsupportthat
codec)thenallocationonothercodecswillbeattempted.
CodecSet Asetofupto4differentcodecmodes(usingthesamechannelrate).
Forexample,12.2,7.40,5.90,and4.75kbpsforafullratechannel.
CodecType ACodectypeisacombinationofachannelrateandaspeechversion.
ex range e the over id su norma
CodingScheme(CS) AnerrordetectionandcorrectionmethodusedtoreduceBitErrorRate.
TherearefourcodingschemesdefinedforGPRS(CS1toCS4).The
lengthoftheRLC/MACblockvarieswiththecodingschemeused.
ControlblocksarealwaystransmittedusingCS1.Themodulation
methodthatisusedforallfourcodingschemesisGaussianMinimum
ShiftKeying(GMSK).
CombinedBSC/TRC ABSCandaTRCcombinedinthesamephysicalnode.
CombinedEGPRSSupplementary/PollingField(CES/P) CES/PisafieldintheheaderofadownlinkEGPRSRLC/MACblockforan
MSinFANRmode.ItisusedtospecifywhenanMSshalltransmit
controlblocksandwhatfieldstherequesteduplinkblockshallcontain.
CombinedNormalandExtendedRangeCell Anextendedrangecellwithasubcellstructure.Theunderlaidsubcell
has extended range while the overlaid subcell has normal range has tended whil la bcellhas lrange.
CommandCharacters Charactersenteredinthecommandwhenenteringthetext,MMLor
HEX.
CompressedSpeech Speechcodedwithoneofthefollowingspeechcodecs:.
FullRate(FR)
HalfRate(HR)
EnhancedFullRate(EFR)
AMRFR
AMRHR
AMRWB
The process app d a annel It cons con
ConcentratedLAPDLink TheconcentratedLAPDlinkisaLAPDlinkbetweenaBaseStation
Controller(BSC)andaLAPDconcentratorandisusedfortransferring
messagestoandfromseveraltransceivers(TRXs).
ConcentrationFactor AconcentrationfactorN:1meansthatthereareNnonconcentrated
LAPDlinksconnectedtooneconcentratedLAPDlink.
ConcurrentTBF AnewTBFintheoppositedirection(DLorUL)fromanalreadyexisting
TBFforthesameMS.
Configuration Thisistheprocessoftakingacellconfigurationspecificationand
mappingittoequipmentintheBTS.
The process applied to a channel group It consists of configuring lie to ch group. istsof figuring
equipment,andaddingorremovingBPCs.
ConfigurationMethod ATGlevelparameterwhichdeterminesthestrategyusedtoperforma
configuration,aswellashowHFSextensionishandled.Therearefour
options:
NODELAcellcanbeHFSexpandedwhenhaltingandreactivatingthe
celloronachangeoffrequency.
CMDHFSextensioncanbeinitiatedbyoperatorcommand,or
automaticallyatapredefinedtime.
MINDISTIfconfigurationchangesrequireBPCstobedeletedandre
created,thennohoppinggroupwillbeconfigureduntiltheprevious
hoppinggrouphascompletedconfiguration.Anattemptwillbemadeto
handoveranycallinprogress.HFSextensionwillbecarriedout
automaticallyasequipmentbecomesavailable.
BTS t c ng not ar d yet
FASTRECHFSextensionwillbecarriedoutautomaticallyasequipment
becomesavailable.Configurationofahoppinggroupwillnotwaitfor
completionoftheprevioushoppinggroup.
ConfigurationofBTSEquipment ThisistheprocessofsendingtherequiredconfigurationdatatotheBTS
equipment.
ConfigurationState(G01) TheconfigurationstateofthemanagedobjectintheBSCcanhave
followingvalues:
UNCONFUnconfigured.Allnecessarydatafortraffichandlingisnot
storedinlogicalunitintheBTS.
CONFConfigured.Allnecessarydatafortraffichandlingisstoredinthe
BTS but traffic handling is not started yet ,bu traffi handli is st te .
ENABLEDEnabled.Thelogicalunitisfullyfunctionalinatrafficsense.
ConfigurationState(G12) TheconfigurationstateoftheapplicationobjectintheBSCcanhave
followingvalues:
UNCONFUnconfigured.Allnecessarydatafortraffichandlingisnot
storedinapplicationobjectintheBTS.
CONFConfigured.Allnecessarydatafortraffichandlingisstoredinthe
applicationobjectintheBTS,buttraffichandlingisnotstartedyet.
Note:TheMOsISandCONareexceptions,seeManagedObjectSpecific
Properties.
ENABLEDEnabled.Theapplicationobjectisfullyfunctionalinatraffic
sense.
rol ti A CA ass gne con rol tions TAS h can a on a
ConnectionReference Areferencetobeusedinordertorelatedatarecordstoacertain
connection.
ConsecutiveVoiceGroupTalker AConsecutiveVoiceGroupTalkerwillbesetupduringaVoiceGroup
CallifanMSbelongingtotheVoiceGroupCallhasrequestedtobecome
theVoiceGroupTalker.PrerequisitesfortherequestisthattheVoice
GroupTalkerresourcesareindicatedtobefree.Thisprocedurecanbe
repeatedduringthelifetimeoftheVoiceGroupCall.
ContentionResolution ThecontentionresolutionprocedureisusedtouniquelyidentifyMSs
duringMSoriginatedaccessprocedures.Theprocedureiscompletedin
thenetworkatreceptionoftheMSTLLIandPFI.
Control Activity Cont Ac vity A CA is assigned to control functions in TAS which can take a lock on a is i dto t func in whic take lock
ManagedObject.
EachCAisgivenaprioritywhichdetermineswhichothercontrol
functionsitcaninterruptandvisaversa.ThedataconnectedtoaCA
determinesforwhichManagedObjectstatesthefunctionisvalidand
whatactionsshouldbetakenwhentheassociatedcontrolfunction
releasestheManagedObjectlock.
ControlInterval Attheendofeachcontrolinterval,thenumberofcallstobeacceptedin
thefollowingcontrolintervaliscalculated.
ControlSignallingLink(CSL) AsignallinglinkthatisintendedforcontrolofanEMGfromtheparent
exchange.
k (CN) The k cons an MSC or an SGSN or th and a
Thecontrolsignallinglinkconsistsofa64kbpsdatalinkwithsignalling
terminalsconnectedatbothends.Timeslotnumber16onaPCMlineis
reservedforthecontrolsignallinglink.
ConversationalClass Usedbyapplicationshavingstrongabsoluterequirementsonbitrateor
delay,orboth.Atypicalapplicationisvoice.
CoordinationLevel Therearetwolevelsofcoordination.Thedefaultlevelisthemanaged
objectlevelwherethealarmsituationforamanagedobjectisissuedas
analarm.Theotherlevelisthetransceivergrouplevel.
Hereonlythehighestalarmsituationofallmanagedobjectsinthe
transceivergroupisissued.
Core Network (CN) CoreNetwor The Core Network consists of an MSC or an SGSN or both and a CoreNetwor istsof , , bo ,
numberofsupportingnodes.TheCoreNetworkisconnectedtooneor
morePLMNoperators.NotethatbothMSCsandSGSNscanbeplacedin
apool.Ifthatisthecase,thenitispossibletohavemorethanoneMSC
orSGSNintheCoreNetwork.
CoreNetworkIdentity(CNID) TheCNIDvalueisassignedtoaspecificMSCallowinguniqueMSC
identification.OneCNIDmustbeassignedtoeachMSCservinginthe
Pool.
CounterTypes Therearethreetypesofcounters:
IDObjectidentifierusedbysomeobjecttypes.
PCPegcounter,showstheaccumulatednumberofeventsorthe
accumulatedvalueofacounter.Apegcountercanonlybe
incremented.
STStatuscounter,showsthecountervalueataspecificmoment(that
isasnapshot).Astatuscountercanbeincrementedanddecremented.
CPICHEc/No MeasurementquantityforUTRANcells.
CSPagingPACCH ApartofthelogicalchannelPACCH,butwithhigherpriority.
CSTrafficFrame ACStrafficframeisanHDLCframecontainingbothCSspeechtraffic
(SAPI10)orCSdatatraffic(SAPI11).
CTRAdministrativeData Exchangeidentity,
Cellidentity,
Date,
Time(hour,minute,second,decisecond),
Fileformatrevisioninformation,
Recordingtype,
Recordingarea,
Triggeringevent,
Timewindow,
Durationtime.
CTREvent Cellaccess(5),
BSC ll over ilure (2)
Establishindication(2),
Assignmentcommand(1),
Assignmentcomplete(2),
Assignmentfailure(2),
AssignmentfailuretoMSC(3),
IntraBSC,InterCellhandovercommand(1),
IntraBSC,InterCellhandovercomplete(2),
Intra BSC Inter Cell handover failure (2) Intra ,InterCe hand fa ,
InterBSChandoverrequired(3),
InterBSChandovercommand(1),
InterBSChandovercomplete(2),
InterBSChandoverfailure(2),
IntraBSC,InterCellhandovercommandduringassignment(1),
IntraBSC,InterCellhandovercompleteduringassignment(2),
IntraBSC,InterCellhandoverfailureduringassignment(2),
InterBSChandoverrequiredduringassignment(3),
InterBSChandovercommandduringassignment(1),
InterBSChandovercompleteduringassignment(2),
InterBSChandoverfailureduringassignment(2),
IntraBSC,IntraCellhandoverassignmentcommand(1),
IntraBSC,IntraCellhandoverassignmentcomplete(2),
IntraBSC,IntraCellhandoverassignmentfailure(2),
Handovercandidatelist(5),
Traceinvocationmessage(3),
DTAPmessagereceiveddownlink(5),
DTAPmessagesentuplink(5),
Connectionreleasereset(4),
Connectionreleaseresetcircuit(4),
ConnectionreleaseSCCPfault(4),
Connectionreleaseterrestrialresourcefault(4),
Connectionreleaserrfaulterrorindication(2),
Connectionreleaserrfaultconnectionfailureindication(2),
Connectionreleaserrfaultblockingrequest(5),
SAPI n re (3)
Connectionreleasedisconnectionrequest(5),
Connectionreleasetrafficfunctionfailure(5),
Connectionreleasetranscoderresourcefailure(5),
Clearcommand(4),
Channelrelease(5),
Releaseindication(2),
Releaseindicationnotreceived,timerT3109expired(5),
SAPI n reject (3) ject ,
SAPI3errorindication(2),
SAPI3establishindication(2),
SAPI3establishrequest(1),
SAPI3establishconfirm(2),
SAPI3releaseindication(2),
SAPI3releaserequest(1),
SAPI3releaseconfirm(2).
Configurationchangecommand(1)
Configurationchangeacknowledge(1)
Configurationchangereject(1)
Resourcelevelchangeassignmentcommand(1)
Resourcelevelchangeassignmentcomplete(1)
Resourcelevelchangeassignmentfailure(1)
Resourcelevelchangeconfigurationchangecommand(1)
Resourcelevelchangeconfigurationchangeacknowledge(1)
Resourcelevelchangeconfigurationchangereject(1)
Configurationchange,downgrade,rrfault,errorindication(2)
Configurationchange,downgrade,rrfault,connectionfailureindication
(2)
Configurationchange,downgrade,rrfault,blockingrequest(5)
Configurationchange,downgrade,disconnectionrequest(5)
Configurationchange,downgrade,transcoderresourcefailure(5)
Connectionrelease,Aterresetcircuit(6)
Connectionrelease,AterSCCPfault(6)
Connectionrelease,Aterterrestrialresourcesfault(6)
Connectionrelease,Aterreset(6)
Configurationchange,downgrading,Aterterrestrialresourcesfault(6)
InterSystemhandoverrequired(3)
InterSystemhandovercommand(1)
InterSystemhandoverfailure(2)
ClassificationofCTRevents:
1)MessagesentonAbisInterface
2)MessagereceivedonAbisInterface
3)MessagesentonAInterface
4)MessagereceivedonAInterface
5)Internalmessage
6)MessagereceivedonAterinterface
CTREventData Date,
Time(hour,minute,second,decisecond),
CTRevent,
Channeldescriptionservingcell,
tion re prev BSC
Channeldescriptiontargetcell,
Multislotallocation,
Cellidentityforservingcell,
Cellidentityfortargetcell,
Cellidentityforhandovercandidates,
Rankingvalueforcandidates,
Connectionreference,
Connection reference for previous BSC Connec ferencefor ious ,
Highhandoverrateindicator.
DataLink TheBSCsendsandreceivesdata,toandfromterminalequipmentatthe
BTS,viadatalinks.EachdatalinkisidentifiedbyaTEI/SAPIpair,whichis
uniqueonaphysicalconnection.Eachphysicalconnectioncansupporta
numberofdatalinks.
DataLinkConnectionIdentifier(DLCI) AnidentifierofaPVCinaframerelaynetwork.
DataLinkType Accordingto3GPPTS48.052,threedatalinktypes,correspondingto
threeSAPIvaluesaresupported.
RSL:RadioSignallingLink.ServestheTrafficManagementProceduresof
layer3.
OML:OperationandMaintenanceLink.ServestheNetwork
ManagementProceduresoflayer3.
L2ML:Layer2ManagementLink.ServestheL2Management
Procedures.Usedformanagementofthedatalinkssharingaphysical
connection.
DayCategories Adaycategoryisusedtodefineatimeschedule.Thereare10
categories,09.
Someexamplesofdaycategoriesareasfollows:
DCAT0ordinaryworkingday
DCAT1daybeforeholiday
DCAT2holiday
DB MeasurementDatabaseinSTS.ThecountersarecollectedfromtheBSC.
DCACriterion DifferentialChannelAllocationcriterion.TheDCAcriterionisfulfilled
eitherwhentheMSisaclassmark5mobileorthecallhasPriorityLevel
9(chosenbycommand),providedthatthecallisnotanemergencycall.
DeciTransformedQualityUnit(DTQU) Qualityunitaccordingto3GPPTS45.008multipliedby10.
DeconfiguringBTSEquipment TheprocessofremovingconfigurationparametersfromBTSequipment
sotheequipmentwillnotinterferewithconfiguredequipment.
DedicatedChannel ATCHoranSDCCHisadedicatedchannel.
DedicatedMode TheMShasanestablishedcircuitswitchedconnectiononaTCHoron
anSDCCH.
DedicatedPDCH APDCHpermanentlyallocatedinacellbyoperatorcommand.
DefaultABQP ThedefaultABQPisusedwhenadownloadPFCrequesthasbeensent
totheSGSNbuttheABQPforthePFCisyetunknown.
DefinedNeighbouringCell Thecellsonwhichamobilestationreceivesmeasurementreports,and
theBSCallowshandoverto,areknownasdefinedneighbouringcells.
DelayedReleaseMode ATBFindelayedreleasemodeisaTBFthatisnotreleasedduetothe
delayedreleaseprocedure.
DelayedReleaseProcedure AprocedurewhichdelaysthereleaseofadownlinkTBFwhenthe
transferofdownlinkdatapacketshasended.
DemultiplexedDevice(DEMUX) A64kbpsdevice,carryingonetrafficchannel.Itisusedtoconnect
trafficchannelstotheMSCviaaRadiotransmissionandTransport
SubsystemAinterfaceLineTerminal(RALT).
DestinationPointCode Givesthenumberofthedestinationpoint,thatis,theidentityofthe
connectednode.
Device AnentitythatcanbeconnectedtoanSNT,carrying64kbpsinformation
toandfromtheGroupSwitch.
DeviceGroup Agroupofdevicesonatranscoderboard,whichcanbeindependently
configuredtooperatewithaspecificchannelrateandspeechversion
combination.
DeviceProcessor Theterm'Deviceprocessor'isusedtodesignatetheprocessorpartofa
processorcontrolleddevice.Thoughthedeviceconsistsofmany
physicalprocessors,itcanbeconsideredtohaveonlyonelogicalDP.
DeviceProcessorOwningBlock Theterm'Deviceprocessorowningblock'isusedtodesignatea
functionblockincontrolofadeviceprocessor.
DeviceProcessorSoftwareUnit Deviceprocessorsoftwareunitisusedtodesignatethesoftwareunit
handledbythedeviceprocessorloadingfunction,thatis,thesoftware
tobeloadedintothedeviceprocessors.
DeviceSoftwareUnit DesignatesthesoftwareunithandledbytheTRAEMloadingfunction,
thatis,thesoftwaretobeloadedintotheTRABs.
DFOFile DirectFileOutputFileAfiledefinedfortheDirectFileOutputFunction
intheIOG.Itisdefinedasadevicefilewithadatalinkasdevice.
DifferentialChannelAllocation Usedfordifferentiationofchannelaccessbasedupontheprioritylevel
fortheconnection.
DifferentiatedServices(DiffServ)CodePoint(DSCP) ADSCPisamarkerintheheaderofeachIPpacketthatprompts
networkrouterstoapplydifferentiatedgradesofservicetovarious
packetstreams.DSCPisdocumentedinRFC2472.
DigitalConnectionPoint(DCP) Theterminationpointofa64kbpsPCMtimeslotintheinterfaceswitch.
over the Abi O&M Th gna ng d d us managed
DigitalConnectionPoint(DCP)(G12) Theterminationpointofa64kbpsPCMtimeslotintheinterfaceswitch.
Intheeventthatsubrateswitchingisused,aDCPcanbeconsideredas
being4subDCPs,orICPs(ISConnectionPoints),whichcanbeswitched
independentlytodifferentdestinations;trafficorsignallingorboth.
DigitalLink(DL) Eithera2Mbpslink(DL2),a34Mbpslink(DL3)orahighercapacity
backplaneinterface(DL34).AnET155isconnectedtoaswitchviaDL3
interfaces.DL3canhandle16*2MbpsDIPs.ET1551isconnectedtothe
groupswitchviaDL34interfaces.
DigitalPath(DP)(G12) Anapplicationobject.Layer1receptionandtransmissionarenotpartof
theBTSlogicalmodel.However,eachofthePCMsystemsterminatingin
TGhasanassociatedsupervisionobject,theDP.Reportson
transmissionfaultsandsupervisionoftransmissionqualityarecarried
over the Abis O&M interface That signalling is described using managed s interface. atsi lli is escribe ing
objectDP.
ADPinstancecontainsallparametersettings,counterstomonitorthe
PCMlink.Italsoperformsprocedurestoreportdetectedalarm
conditionsandqualityvaluestoBSC.
DigitalSignalProcessor(DSP) Aspeechprocessingdeviceonthetranscoderboard.
DirectEncoding2 Aformattodescribeandconveyfrequencyinformationbystatingthe
frequenciesinsteadofreferringtotheCellAllocation(CA)thatis
broadcastinthecell.
DiscontinuousTransmission(DTX) DiscontinuousTransmissionisamechanismwhichallowstheradio
transmittertobeswitchedoffduringspeechordata(nontransparent)
pauses.DTXcanbeontheuplinkorthedownlink.
DistancetoCellBorder Criteriausedatsubcellchangeevaluations,meaningthatsignalstrength
fromneighbouringcellsareconsidered.
DistributionDelayonExternalTimingBus ThedelayontheexternaltimingbusbetweentheMasterandtheSlave.
TherecanbedifferentdelaysforeachTGSlave.Elementsthataffect
thisdelayare:
Cablelength
Cabletype
Cabinettypes
TGclustertopology
DL_UNITDATA DownlinkUnitDataAmessage,containinganLLCPDUandcontrol
data,whichisreceivedfromtheSGSN.
DownlinkLineSpeechLevel ThereferencelevelofaspeechsignalfromaBSC/TRCtowardstheBTS.
Download ThetransferofsoftwarefromtheBSCtooneormorespecified
ManagedObjectsontheBTS.ThedownloadedsoftwareisstoredinBTS
flashmemorybutisnotrunontheBTS.TheBTSwillcontinuetorunits
originalsoftwareuntilanupgradeisperformed.
DSPChannel TermusedforaPDCHwhenitishandledbythephysicallayerinthe
DSP.
DTMRankingValue Arankingvaluethatgivesanindicationofhowwellasetofconsecutive
TCHsfulfilstheallocationrequestforaDTMconnection.TheDTMrank
valueisusedinordertofindthebestset.
the G1 GSM 900
DTXU UplinkDTXindicator.
DualBand TheabilitytoaccessbothGSM900andGSM1800band.
DualTransferMode(DTM) AnMSisinDualTransferModewhenithasbeenassignedaCSchannel
andaPSchannelinordertousethemsimultaneously.
DynamicAllocation(DA) AMACmodewhereanMS,whenitdetectsitsassignedUSFvalue,is
scheduledtotransmituplinkonthecurrentPDCH.
EGSM900Band Theextended(E)GSM900bandconsistsofthePGSM900andG1GSM
900band.
EGSM900Channel AchannelwheretheARFCNisintheG1bandfornonhoppingchannels.
Forhoppingchannels,thechannelmustcontainatleastoneARFCNin
the G1 GSM 900 band band.
EGSMMobile AMobileStationthatwithintheGSM900bandscanbeassignedtoP
GSMchannelsandEGSMchannels.
EOTD ApositioningmethodwheretheMSandaLMUmeasurestherelative
timeofarrivalofthesignalsfromseveralBTSs.ThepurposeoftheLMU
istorelatethetransmittedframesofdifferentBTSstoacommontime
reference(GPStime).TheMSmeasuresthetimeofarrivalofsignals
fromthreeBTSsandthemeasurementsarethenusedforthe
triangulationneededtoproducethelocationoftheMS.
EUTRANBAList AnEUTRANBCCHAllocationlistprovidestheEARFCNstobemonitored
bytheMSsinthecell.
E1 EuropeanDigitaltransmissionformatdevisedbyITUT.E1signalformat
carriesdataatarateof2.048Mbpsandcancarry32channelsof64
kbps.
EffectiveRadiatedPower(ERP) ThepowerinareferencepointintheBTS.
EffectiveStreamingPDCH EachstreamingTBFhasatleastonePDCHwheretheTBF'sstreaming
dataisscheduledwithQoSprioritystreaming.SuchPDCHsarecalledthe
TBF'seffectivestreamingPDCHs.ForGuaranteedBitratecalculation
onlytheeffectivestreamingPDCHsareconsidered.
EGPRSPDCH(EPDCH) AlogicalchannelusedforthetransferofEGPRS(MCS1toMCS9)and
GPRS(CS1toCS4)packetdataandcontrolsignalling.AnEPDCHusesa
64kbpsAbislink.
EGPRSSupplementary/PollingField(ES/P) ES/PisafieldintheheaderofadownlinkEGPRSRLC/MACblock,which
isusedtospecifyiftheRRBPisvalidandwhatfieldshenextuplink
controlblockshallcontain.
EGPRSTBF(ETBF) ATBFthatcanuseModulationandCodingSchemesMCS1toMCS9.
EGPRSTCH(ETCH) Atrafficchannel,whichinthepacketswitcheddomainiscapableof
carryingEGPRS(MCS1toMCS9)andGPRS(CS1toCS4)packetdata
andcontrolsignalling.
EGPRSTRX(ETRX) Atransceiverwiththedistinguishingpropertiesasfollows:
Ithasbeenupgradedtoinclude8DCPconnections.
ItiscapableofsupportingtheEGPRSmodulationandcodingschemes.
EGPRS cod d bloc a ange EGPRS EPRS2 A
Itiscapableofsupportingthe3GPPTS44.060EGPRSPACKETCHANNEL
REQUESTMessage.
EGPRS2APDCH(E2APDCH) AlogicalchannelusedforthetransferofEGPRS2A(DAS5toDAS12DL
andUAS7toUAS11UL),EGPRS(MCS1toMCS9)andGPRS(CS1to
CS4)packetdataandcontrolsignalling.AnE2APDCHusesa64kbps
Abislink.
EGPRS2ATBF(E2ATBF) ATBFthatcanuseModulationandCodingSchemesDAS5toDAS12in
downlinkandUAS7toUAS11inuplink.AdditionallyMCS1toMCS4
areincludedinEGPRS2AindownlinkandMCS1toMCS6inuplink.
MCS7andMCS8arealsoincludedinEGPRS2Adownlinktobeused
wheneithertheUSForthedownlinkPAN,orbothareaddressedtoan
EGPRSMobileStation.MCS6toMCS8maybeusedforretransmission
of EGPRS coded blocks after a change from EGPRS to EPRS2 A has been of e ksafter ch from to hasbeen
madeforadownlinkTBF.
EGPRS2ATCH(E2ATCH) Atrafficchannel,whichinthepacketswitcheddomainiscapableof
carryingEGPRS2A,EGPRSandCS1toCS4packetdata.
EGPRS2ATRX(E2ATRX) AtransceiverwiththedistinguishingpropertiestosupporttheEGPRS2
Amodulationandcodingschemes.
EITPFC APFCthatisusedforEIT.APFCisidentifiedasEITifthereissupportfor
EITandthedemandsonTransferDelayarehigh(TransferDelayinABQP
shallbelessthanorequalto800ms).
EITTBF ATBFwithanactivePFCwithQoSpriorityEITasthehighestpriority
PFC.
Gl (EDGE) on GSM It uses different mo tion (16/32 QAM 8 PSK or
ElementaryProcedure Aninitialmessageanditsresponse.Anelementaryprocedureconcerns
onlyoneManagedObject.
EmergencyLevel Thepriorityleveltobeusedforemergencycallsatimmediate
assignment.
EncryptionAlternative TheencryptionalternativescomprisesthealgorithmsA5/1,A5/2and
A5/3,asdefinedbyGSM,andalso"noencryption".
EngineeredCapacity Themaximalofferedloadatwhichtheexchangefulfilsallitsgradeof
servicerequirements.Engineeredcapacityisusuallyexpressedincalls/s.
ThisisaccordingtostandardQ.543.Alsooftendefinedasthetraffic
levelwhentheswitchbeginstorejectjobs.
Enhanced Data for Global Evolution (EDGE) EnhancedDatafor obalEvolution An add on to GSM It uses different modulation (16/32 QAM 8 PSK or Anadd to . dula ,
GMSK)andcodingschemes.Thisallowsgreateruserdatathroughput
andthusprovidesgreaterspectralefficiency.
EnhancedFlexibleTimeslotAssignment(EFTA) AnEGPRSfunctionalitythatmakesitpossibleforEFTAcapableMSsto
bereservedinbothdirectionsonthemaximumnumberoftimeslots
accordingtothemultislotclass,regardlessofthesumofreserveduplink
anddownlinktimeslots.Thismeansthatthenetworkhasthepossibility
toallocateoneandthesameMSuplinkanddownlinkPDCHresources
thatoverlapintime.Theuseofthatpossibilityiscalledoverscheduling.
Overschedulingresultsinahigheruseoftimeslots,anincreased
throughput,andabetterenduserperformance.Notethatbecauseof
theoverscheduling,anMSthatisbusysendingULblocksmaybeunable
toreadsomeDLblocksthataresentatthesametime.Suchblocksneed
toberesent.
EnhancedGPRS(EGPRS) AnenhancedGPRSserviceincludingsupportforEDGE,LinkAdaptation
andIncrementalRedundancy.
EquipmentProtection1:1 Theequipmentisprotectedbyastandbyunit.Thismeansthatinthe
caseofanequipmentfault,itispossibletoswitchthetraffictoa
standbyunit.
EricssonInstantTalk(EIT) AVoiceoverIPapplicationthatofferspushbuttonvoice
communicationbetweenusersinaonetooneoronetomanyfashion.
EITisworkinginhalfduplexmodewithstreamingtrafficbothdownlink
anduplink.Thedelayrequirementsarelessstringentthanforordinary
speechbutstrongerthanforstreamingofvideoandaudioclips.
ErroredSecond Aonesecondperiodwithoneofmoreerroredblocks.
ESIGA ESIGAisasuiteofblocksusedtosendPLEXsignalsbetweenanonCP
andaCPenvironment.
ESIGAconsistsoftwoparts.
ThefirstisaPLEXblockgroupwhichdealswithsendinginformation
fromanAXEoverTCP/IP,aswellasallowingtheoperatortoadminister
theTCP/IPlinkattheAXE.
ThesecondconsistsofanATSServerandESIGAClient(anAPIandclient
softwarepackage)runningonaplatformexternaltotheAXE,which
allowsadevelopertocreateapplicationsthatcancommunicatewithan
AXEoverTCP/IP.
Theinformationthatissent/receivedcanbeintheformofPLEX
signalling.Also,itispossibletostreamthedynamicbufferofMDATA
outoverthelink.
tion ting t
EssentialChannel AnEssentialChannelisachannelthatthemultislot(HSCSD)connection
cannotsurvivewithout,accordingtotheMSCrequirementsandtheMS
MultislotClass.ForaflexibleHSCSDconnectionthemainchannelisan
essentialchannelandforafixedHSCSDconnectionallthechannelsare
essential.
EssentialPDCH APDCHthatcarriesTimingAdvanceInformationandthereforecannot
beremovedfromaTBFwithoutendingtheTBF.
EstablishIndication TheESTABLISHINDICATIONmessagecancontainoneofthefollowing
initialMSmessages:
PagingResponse
IMSIDetachIndication
Location Updating Request Loca Upda Reques
CMReestablishmentRequest
CMServiceRequest
EstablishedUplinkTBF AnuplinkTBFisconsideredestablishedwhentheMShasstartedto
senddatauplinkandatleastoneRLCdatablockhasbeenreceivedby
theBSC.
EthernetBus EthernetisthestandardforLocalAreaNetwork(LAN)technology
specifiedinastandardIEEE802.3.ItconnectsagroupofRPs.
EthernetGroup AgroupofRPsinterconnectedbyanEthernetbus.
EthernetStatus WorkingorNotWorking.WhentheEthernetstatusisworking,allRPsin
theEthernetgroupcancommunicatewitheachother.Whenthe
EthernetstatusisNotWorking,thereisamaximumofoneactiveRPin
thePCU.
EventConsumer Anexternalprocessingunit,whichisaclienttoaspecificEventProxy,
connectedtotheBSCviaTCP/IP.ItcollectsandinterpretstheEvent
NotificationssuppliedbytheBSC.
EventFeature AnEventFeatureaffectsthecontentofatleastoneEventNotification.
TheuseofanEventFeatureiscontrolledbyanEventConsumer
performingactivationsanddeactivationsfortheEventFeature.
ThefollowingEventFeaturesareavailable:
FindFaultyAntennaData(FFAD)
FindFaultyTransmitAntennaData(FFTAD)
EventFeatureActivation EventFeaturespecificdatarequestedbytheEventConsumerafter
performedapprovaloftheauthorizationoftheEventFeaturebythe
BSC.
AnEventFeatureActivationisnarrowedbyusingacellfilter.
EventGenerator AsoftwareunitintheBSC,thatgeneratesanevent.
EventIdentifier(EID) AnumberthatuniquelydefinesthetypeofaspecificEventNotification
perEventConsumer.
EventNotification Aneventoccurrenceinthenetworkthatisforwardedinaknownformat
toanEventConsumer.
Idl Thres Hi thres expressed as a percen idl resources the
EventProxy(EP) AsoftwareunitintheBSCthathandlesthecommunicationwitha
specificEventConsumer.
EventServer AsoftwareunitintheBSCthathandlesthecommunicationbetweenan
EventProxyandcorrespondingEventGenerators.
EventSubscription EventNotificationrequestedbytheEventConsumerafterperformed
approvaloftheauthenticationoftheEventConsumerbytheBSC.
AnEventSubscriptioncanbenarrowedusingafilterwhichdependson
theeventtype:perEID,percell,perTLLI,perIMSIandperIMEI.
Excess Idle Threshold Excess e hold High threshold expressed as a percentage of idle resources in the gh hold tageof e in
transcoderpool.Abovethisthreshold,thetranscoderpoolisa
candidateforsurrenderingresourcesforreconfigurationtoanother
transcoderpool.
ExchangeData Datacommonfortheexchange,thatis,DestinationPointCodeand
NetworkIndicator.
ExchangeInputLoad Thetotalnumberoftrafficjobspertimeunitofferedtotheexchange.
Thetermofferedmeansrequestsforprocessorcapacitytothe
ProcessorLoadControlfunction.
ExchangeProperty Exchangepropertyreferstothechangeableexchangeparametersof
functionsintheBSCexchangethatcanbesetbythisfunction.An
exchangepropertyparameterisexpressedasanidentifierindicatingthe
propertydesignationwithanumericalvalue.
Th and Tib
ThehandlingoftheBSCexchangepropertiesdependsontheparameter
type.Thetypeiseithermandatoryoroptional.Ifthetypeismandatory
thevalueoftheparametershallbesetwiththechangecommand.Ifthe
typeisoptionaladefaultvalueisusedasapresetvalue.However,a
newvaluecanbesetwiththechangecommand.Onlyonevalueis
allowedforapropertyintheBSC.
ExtendedDynamicAllocation(EDA) AMACmodewhereanMS,whenitdetectsitsassignedUSFvalue,is
scheduledtotransmituplinkonthecurrentPDCHandallPDCHs
assigneduplinkwithhighertimeslotnumbers.
ExtendedLanguages ExtendedlanguagesarethoseoneswhichbelongtoUniversalMultiple
OctetCodedCharacterset,includingArabian,Bengali,Chinese,Gujarati,
Hebrew,Japanese,Kannada,Korean,Malayalam,Oriya,Tamil,Telugu,
Thai and Tibetan ai etan.
ExtendedRangeCell CansupporttrafficforMSsatadistancegreaterthan35kmfromthe
BTS.InanextendedrangecelleverysecondTSisunavailable.Thisis
neededbecausethereceptionintheBTSmayspilloverintothenextTS.
TheMSisunawareoftheextendedrangecell,thatis,theMSdoesnot
sufferfromthelatereception.
ExtendedRegistrationCheck AnHSNservicethatallowsamoresophisticatedlogicbeingexecutedat
MSregistrationthanwhatispossibleintheHBSC.
ExtensionModule(EM) Theextensionmoduleisageneralhardwareunit.Thehardwareinthe
extensionmoduleiscontrollablefromthecentralprocessorinthe
parentexchange.Aspecialdistributedprocessormaybeincludedinthe
extensionmodulewiththepurposetorelievethecentralprocessorin
theparentexchange.
cause n the CHANNEL REQUIRED message out
ExtensionModuleGroup(EMG) TheextensionmodulegroupisagroupofEMsthatisplacedremote
fromtheparentexchange.TheEMGiscontrolledfromtheparent
exchangewithasingleoraduplicatedcontrolsignallinglink.
ExternalCell AcellcontrolledbyanotherBSCoranotherRadioAccessTechnology
thanGERAN,forexample,GANorUTRAN,butknowntotheBSCin
questionsohandovercanbemadetoandfromthatcell.
ExternalProcessor(XP) AnexternalprocessingunitconnectedtotheBSC.Itcollectsand
interpretstheeventdatasuppliedbytheBSC.
FalseRandomAccess Thismeansthattheaccessdelayinformationortheestablishment
cause information in the CHANNEL REQUIRED message is out of range i formationin is ofrange.
FarEnd Outgoingdirection.
FastACK/NACKReporting(FANR) FANRisamethodtogetfastrepliestopollrequestsbyeitherusingthe
CES/PfieldortheES/PfieldtogetherwiththeRRBPfieldinthe
RLC/MACheader.InFANRmodealldownlinkblockswithMCScoding
schemesusetheCES/Pfieldforpolls,CS1blocksusetheES/PandRRBP
fieldsforpolls.TheschedulingofdataforaTBFinFANRmodecanbe
startedoneradioblockearlierafterTBFsetupandTBFreconfiguration
comparedtowhennotinFANRmode.
FasterRecovery AmethodofconfiguringBPCswithinacellsuchthatthecellis
recoveredasquicklyaspossibleattheexpenseofreductionincapacity
andservicewithinthecellduringareconfiguration.
Class 1B
FaultIndicationonaLogicalChannel MessageERRORINDICATIONorCONNECTIONFAILUREINDICATIONor
someeventintheBSCregardingthechannelthatrequiresareleaseof
theconnection.
FaultLog AmemoryareaintheBSCforstoringfaultinformationfromtheBTS.
FaultMap Agenerictermdescribingaclassofdataelementsreportedoverthe
AbisO&MInterfaceandspecifiedinrelevantAbisIWDdescriptions.A
bitmapreportedonanMOwhereeachbit,ifsetindicatesaBTS
ConditionpresentonthatMO.
Thefollowingfaultmapsarereported:
InternalFaultMapClass1A
Internal Fault Map Class 1B InternalFaultMap
InternalFaultMapClass2A
ExternalConditionMapClass1
ExternalConditionMapClass2
ExternalConditionMapClass2Extension
FaultReport AmessagereceivedfromanMOintheBTSindicatingthefaultand
statusinformationheldbythatManagedObject.Afaultreportis
initiatedwhenthereisachangeinfaultorstatusinformation.
FetchInterval Attheendofeachfetchintervalanumberofcapacityrequestsare
fetchedfromthebuffersandforthoserequestsprocessingcapacityis
granted.
mean d dica d
FetchedTrafficJobs Fetchedtrafficjobs,incomingororiginating,aretheacceptedtraffic
jobs,thatis,jobsforwhichprocessingcapacityisgranted.
FirstMS ThefirstMSistheonlyMSinaninactiveVAMOSpair.
FixedHSCSDConnection ForafixedHSCSDconnectiontheuserdataratemustbeestablished.
Neitherthedatarate,northenumberofchannelsmaybechanged,
unlessanewrequirementisreceivedfromtheMSC.
FixedPDCHAdditionTimer(FAT) UsedtostartanewattempttoaddGPRSdedicatedorGPRSsemi
dedicatedchannelsinacellwhenthenumberofGPRSdedicatedor
GPRSsemidedicatedchannelsinthecellislessthanthecurrentprimary
andsecondarydedicatedPSETscansupport.Note:Fixedisstillused
meaning dedicated ing e te .
FixedTrafficLink Thepaththroughthegroupswitchissetupsemipermanentlybetween
thetransmissiondeviceandthetranscoderdevice.
FixedTranscoder Afixedtranscoderisatranscoderwhichhasasemipermanent
connectionbetweentheRBLTandtheMUXdevice.
FixedTXAddress TXaddressassociatedwithTXMOinafixedwaysonoTXrecoveryand
movingofthesameTXaddresstoanotherTXispossible.TXaddressis
obtainedfromTRXCindex.
FlashMemory AsecondarystoreintheBTSwhereSWfilesareinitiallystored.
FlexibleAbis AnAbispathisconnectedtoaspecificchannelatchannelactivation
insteadofatchannelconfiguration.Whenthechannelisdeactivated
theAbispathisreturnedtooneoftheAbispathpools,16or64kbps,
andisonceagainfreetobeusedwithanotherchannelwithinthesame
TG(TransceiverGroup).
FlexibleHSCSDConnection ForaflexibleHSCSDconnectiontheuserdatarateandnumberof
channelsareflexible.
FlexiblyAllocatedAbisPath AnAbisPaththatisallocatedtoaTCHatchannelactivationand
releasedatchannelrelease.
FrameNumberOffset FrameNumber(FN)Offset.IndicatesthetimedifferencefromtheFN
generatorintheBTSexpressedasanumberofTDMAframes.
FrameRelay Aswitcheddatalinkprotocolwhichhandlesmultiplevirtual
connections.
FrameSynchronisationHoldoverPeriod TheperiodaninternalRBStimingsourcecankeepitsfrequencyor
phasewithinthesystemrequirementswhentheexternalsynchsource
(thatis,GPS)islost.
FrameSynchronisedRadioNetwork AradionetworkinwhichallparticipatingRBSstarttotransmit(and
expecttoreceive)TDMAframeswithaknownFrameNumberatthe
sameinstantintime.AdjacentRBSsmayusethesamefrequencies,as
longastheydonottransmitonthematthesametime.
FreeTRHCapacity FreeTRHcapacityisthecapacityoftheTRHwhichisnotused.
annel
FrequencyBand Frequenciesthatbelongtothesamesetoffrequenciesinacertain
valuerange.PossiblevaluesareGSM800,GSM900,GSM1800and
GSM1900.
FrequencyHoppingData Datausedforidentificationofusedfrequenciesatfrequencyhopping:
Connectionreference
Date
Time(hour,minute,second,decisecond)
Mobileallocation
Frequencyinformation
FrequencyInformation Oneofthefollowingparameters:Frequencylist,Cellchannel
description Frequency channel sequence description,Frequencych sequence.
FrequencySynchronisedRadioNetwork Aradionetworkinwhichtherearenoframenumberrelationsbetween
RBSs.TheRBSsdonottransmitandreceiveTDMAframeswithaknown
numberatthesametime.AdjacentRBSsinafrequencysynchronized
networkshouldnotusethesamefrequencies,inordertominimize
interference.
FullMeasurements MeasurementsaremadeonallTDMAframesintheSACCHperiod.
FullRate ThereisonefullrateTCHperBPCintheairinterface.
FullRateCapableTCH ATCHwhichcansupportafullratecall.ATCHwhichcansupportboth
fullrateandhalfrateandwhereonlyonehalfratepartisidleisnot
consideredasfullratecapable.
FunctionChangeofManagedObjects FunctionChangeofManagedObjectsistheprocesswhereallmanually
deblockedmanagedObjectsthatbelongtospecificBTStypeare
checkedorloadedwithapredefinedsetofsoftwareversions.
G1GSM900Band Frequenciesinthe900MHzband,intherange880890MHzuplinkand
925935MHzdownlink,intheAbsoluteRadioFrequencyChannel
Number(ARFCN)range9751023and0.
GammaValue ApowerregulationvalueusedbytheMS.
GANCell AcellbelongingtoaGenericAccessNetwork(GAN).AGANcellisa
geographicalareaequaltoalocationarea,aPLMNoracountryinthe
correspondingstandardradioaccessnetwork,GERANorUTRAN.AGAN
cellisalwaysconsideredasexternaltoGERAN.
GANCellGlobalIdentification(GANCGI) TheGANCGIistheCGIusedbytheMobileStationwhensignallingto
theCoreNetwork.TheGANCGIsaredividedintoseparateGANCGI
groups.TheGANCGIhasnophysicalmeaning,anddoesnotprovideany
informationontheactualgeographicallocationoftheMobileStation.
GANSystemInformationData ContentsofGANCellDescriptionandGANControlChannelDescription
informationelements.
GANCGIGroup AGANCGIGroupisagroupofGANCGIsthatallsharethesame
properties,forexample,billingleveloravailableservices.
GaussianMinimumShiftKeying(GMSK) Amodulationmethodbasedonphaseshiftkeying.Eachsymbol(carrier
phaseposition)representsonedatabit.
(AP) an unlicense radio The AP connec d the CN
GbInterface TheinterfacebetweentheSGSNandthePCU.EachGblinkformsa
widebandconnection,whichisterminatedinthePCUviadifferent
transmissiontypes.
GbSNT AnSNTwithaGblinkconnectedtoit.
GeneralPacketRadioService(GPRS) ApacketbasedradioservicewhichisimplementedinGSMbased
systems.
GenericAccess ShortforGenericAccesstotheA/GbInterface,thenameofthe3GPP
standardallowingaccesstoA/Gb,forexample,overwirelessLANand
Internet.
GenericAccessNetwork(GAN) GenericAccessNetwork(GAN)providesacomplementaryaccesstothe
GSMCoreNetwork(CN).AMobileStationconnectstoanAccessPoint
(AP) by an unlicensed radio interface The AP is connected to the CN by d interface. is te to
throughanIPbroadbandnetwork.Bothspeechanddatatrafficis
supportedoverGAN.
GeographicalScope TheGeographicalScope(GS)indicatesthegeographicalareaoverwhich
themessagecodeisuniqueandthedisplaymode.Themessageisnot
necessarilybroadcastbyallcellswithinthegeographicalarea.When
twomessagesarereceivedwithidenticalSerialNumbersandMessage
Identifiersintwodifferentcells,theGSmaybeusedtodetermineifthe
secondmessageshallbetreatedasanewmessagebytheMS.TheGS
indicatesthescopeofthemessageandthedisplaymodeforthe
message:
GSDISPLAYMODEGEOGRAPHICALSCOPE
0ImmediateCellwide
managed the BTS es bli d if possibl
1NormalPLMNwide
2NormalLocationAreawide
3NormalCellwide
Immediate=defaultdirectdisplay
Normal=defaultdisplayunderuserinteraction
GlobalState Thedefinedglobalstatesare:
DEFThemanagedobjectisdefined.
COMThemanagedobjectisdefinedandcommunicationwiththe
managed object in the BTS is established if possible objectin is ta she , e.
PREOPERThemanagedobjectisintheprocessofbeingbroughtinto
operation.
OPERThemanagedobjectisoperational.
NOOPERThemanagedobjectistemporarilynonoperational.
FAILThemanagedobjectispermanentlynonoperational.(Manual
interventionisneededtobringthemanagedobjectbackintooperation)
GlobalSystemType ThesystemtypethatspecifiesthesystemtypeofthewholeBSC.
Values:GSM800,GSM900,GSM1800,GSM1900,MIXED.
GlobalTitle Anaddresssuchasdialleddigitswhichdoesnotexplicitlycontain
informationthatwouldallowroutinginthesignallingnetwork,thatis,a
translationfunctionisrequired.
GMM/SMSignalling GMM/SMsignallingisassignedPFI=1andshallbetreatedathighest
QoSpriority.ThereisnoABQPassociatedwithPFI=1.
GnInterface TheinterfacebetweentheSGSNandtheGGSN.
GPHDevice A64kbpshardwaredevicelocatedinaGPHRP.Eachmanually
deblockedGPHdevicecanbeconsideredasfour16kbpsGPH
subdevices.
GPHGbDevice AmanuallyblockedGPHdevicethatmaybeusedinaGblink.
GPHGSLAvailableCapacity TheremainingRPcapacityavailablefortheseizureofGSLs.The
availablecapacitymaybelessthantheGPHGSLidlecapacitydueto
processorloadlimitation.BothGPHGSLidlecapacityandcurrentGPH
GSLloadareusedindeterminingtheavailablecapacity.
GPHGSLDevice AmanuallydeblockedGPH/subGPHdevicewhichmaybeusedasaGSL
link.ThebandwidthrequiredfortheGSLlinkdependsonwhetheritis
requiredforaBasicGPRSPDCH,aGPRSPDCHoranEGPRSPDCH.A
BasicGPRSPDCHrequiresa16kbpsGPHsubdevicewhileaGPRSPDCH
oranEGPRSPDCHrequiresa64kbpsGPHdevice.
GPHGSLLoad GPHGSLLoadgivesameasureofactualGPHGSLloadonaparticularRP.
ItismeasuredinnumberofequivalentGPH16kbpsGSLdevicesandis
calculatedaccordingtotheformula:
GPH_GSL_Load=N16+(EPPLR*N64)
where
N16isthenumberofseizedGPH16kbpsGSLdevicesineachRP
N64isthenumberofseizedGPH64kbpsGSLdevicesineachRP
EPPLRis64kbpsGSL/16kbpsGSLloadratio,aparameterthatgivesthe
ratiobetweentheprocessorloadneededfora64kbpsGSLandthe
processorloadneededfora16kbpsGSL.
GPRSAttached AnMSstateinwhichthenetworkisawareoftheMSbeingGPRS
capable.
GPRSAvailable AstateinwhichGPRSsupportisactiveinacellandthecellisactive.
GPRSBAlist AlistofneighbourcellswithGPRSsupportandtheabsoluteradio
frequencynumbersoftheBCCHcarriersinthesecells.Thelistispartof
packetsysteminformationandfacilitatescellselectionandreselection
forGPRSMSsinbothpacketidlemodeandpackettransfermode.
GPRSMultislotClass MScapabilityofhandlingmultipletimeslots.Therearetwogroups
supported;Type1MSs(Class112andClass1945)whichneednot
beabletotransmitandreceiveatthesametimeandType2MSs(Class
1318)whichareabletotransmitandreceiveatthesametime.
GPRSPacketHandler(GPH) TheRPpartoftheBSCPCUapplicationusedbyGERAN.
GPRSPDCH(GPDCH) AlogicalchannelusedfortransferofGPRS(CS1toCS4)packetdata
andcontrolsignalling.AGPDCHusesa64kbpsAbislink.
PACKET SYSTEM INFORMATION TYPE 14 MESSAGE
GPRSSignallingLink(GSL) AnAbislinkbetweentheCCUintheBTSandthePCUintheBSCusedto
conveyinformation,whichistransmittedorreceivedonaPDCH.
ForaBasicGPRSPDCH,a16kbpsGSLisconfiguredbyestablishinga
logicalorphysicalsubrateconnectionbetweentheAbistransmission
subdeviceandaGPHGSLsubdevice.
ForaGPRSPDCHoranEGPRSPDCH,a64kbpsGSLisconfiguredby
establishingalogicalorphysicalconnectionbetweentheAbis
transmissiondeviceandaGPHGSLdevice.
GPRSSystemInformationMessages SImessagesrelatedonlytoGPRS.Thesearethefollowing:
PACKET SYSTEM INFORMATION TYPE 14 MESSAGE
SYSTEMINFORMATIONTYPE13MESSAGE
GPRSSystemInformationParameter AGPRSParameterthattheMSneedtocommunicatewiththeGPRS
network.
GPRSTBF(GTBF) ATBFthatcanuseCodingSchemesCS1toCS4.
GPRSTBFCapability GPRSTBFCapabilitydeterminestherangeofCSsavailableforaGPRS
TBF.Therangecanbeeither(CS1,CS2)or(CS1,CS2,CS3,CS4).The
rangeissetbythecapabilitiesofthePDCHsusedfortheGPRSTBF.If
anyofthePDCHsintheGPRSTBFareonly(CS1,CS2)capabletheGPRS
TBFCapabilitywillbe(CS1,CS2).HoweverIfallthePDCHsintheTBF
are(CS1,CS2,CS3,CS4)capabletheGPRSTBFCapabilitywillbe(CS
1,CS2,CS3,CS4).
GPRSTCH(GTCH) Atrafficchannel,whichinthepacketswitcheddomainiscapableof
carryingGPRS(CS1toCS4)packetdataandcontrolsignalling.
GPSShadow TheradiosignalsfromtheGPSsatellitesdonotreachtheGPSreceiver
duetoobstacles(forexample,buildings).
GroupCallArea GroupcallareaisthesetofcellsinwhichaspecificVoiceGroupCallis
setup.TheGCAmayconsistofcellsfromoneormoreBSCsorMSCs.
GSChannel ThechannelbetweenthePCUandCCU,whichstartsinaGSLdevice.
GSInterface TheinterfacebetweentheSGSNandtheMSC.
GSM1800 FrequencyintheGSM1800band,intherange17101785MHzuplink
and18051880MHzdownlink,intheAbsoluteRadioFrequencyChannel
Numberrange512885.
GSM1900 FrequencyintheGSM1900band,intherange18501910MHzuplink
and19301990MHzdownlink,intheAbsoluteRadioFrequencyChannel
Numberrange512810.
GSM800 FrequencyintheGSM800band,intherange824849MHzuplinkand
869894MHzdownlink,intheAbsoluteRadioFrequencyChannel
Numberrange128251.
GSM900 FrequencyintheGSM900band,intherange880915MHzuplinkand
935960MHzdownlink,intheAbsoluteRadioFrequencyChannel
Numberrange1124,9751023plus0.
pr zed aga nst HCS If on one HCS use the
GSM900Mobile Inthisdocument,GSM900mobilemeansthatamobilehasthe
capabilitytobeassignedtoatleastoneofGSM900channelbands(P,
E).
GSMEDGERadioAccessNetwork(GERAN) GSMEDGERadioAccessNetwork(GERAN)providesthestandardaccess
totheGSMCoreNetwork(CN).AMobileStationconnectstothe
networkbytheairinterfacetotheBTS.
GSMRF GSMRadioFrequencyLayer1oftheUminterface.
HalfRatePartner Whenhalfrateissupported,itispossibletoallocatetwohalfrateTCHs
onthesametimeslotontheradiointerface.ThesetwohalfrateTCHs
arepartnerstoeachother.
HCSBand AnHCSbandisagroupofcontiguouslayers.AnHCSbandcanbe
prioritized against other HCS bands If only one HCS band is used all the ioriti i other bands. ly bandis dall
layersarewithinthisband.HCSband1hasthehighestpriorityandHCS
band8hasthelowestprioritywhenmakingthecandidatelist.
HeaderFile AfileintheBTSsoftwarepackagethatdefinesthecontentsofthe
softwarepackage.
HFSReduction/HFSExtension Whenthereisinsufficientoperationalequipmentavailabletosupport
thefullsetoffrequenciesinabasebandhoppingchannelgroupthe
BPCsinthatchannelgroupwillhopoverareducedsetoffrequencies.
WhenfurtherequipmentbecomesavailableanHFSreducedhopping
groupcanbeexpandedtosupportone,ormore,oftheunsupported
frequencies.ThisprocessiscalledHFSextension.
(GANC) A GANC appears the core ne k as a St em
HighHandoverRate Whenafastmovingmobileisidentifiedbyhighintercellhandover
intensityunderacertaintime.Thenthehighhandoverrateindicatoris
setandtherankingwillbebasedonbestsignalstrength,untilnext
handover.
HigherFrequencyBandGroup ThehigherfrequencybandgroupconsistsoftheGSM1800andGSM
1900frequencybands.
HigherOrderTermination(HOT)Board Terminatesa155MbpsSynchronousDIP(SDIP).
HoldoverMode ThisiswhenaTFtemporarilyoperatesasalocaloscillator,foraperiod
oftypicallyonehour,duetolossofitssynchronizationsource.
HomeBaseStationController(HBSC) TheEricssonimplementationofaGenericAccessNetworkController
(GANC) A GANC appears to the core network as a Base Station System . to twor Base ationSyst
(BSS).TheHBSCisimplementedasapartoftheBSC.
HoppingFrequencySet(HFS) Thesetoffrequenciesonwhichachannelistransmittedinafrequency
hoppingsystem.
HSCSDConnection AHSCSDconnectionisthenameoftheconnectionwhichissetupwhen
aHSCSDserviceisrequestedbytheMSC.Theofferedconnectionis
eitherofmultislottype,orofsingleslottype,dependingonwhethera
multislotconfigurationisusedornot.
HysteresisArea Thehysteresisareaisthecorridoraroundthenominalcellborder,given
bythe+/hysteresis.
HysteresisReduction Hysteresisreductionisthepercentagereductionofthehysteresisarea
tobeusedwhenselectingtheMSstobemovedtoothercellsduetocell
loadsharing.
IFrame ALAPDprotocolinformationframe,usedtoperforminformation
transferbetweenlayer3entities.
IdleChannel TCHorSDCCHwhichisdeblocked,butnotallocatedfortrafficortest.
IdleLevel Thenumberofidletranscoderresourcesinatranscoderpool.
IdleLevelLimit Alimitforthepercentageofidletranscoderresources,comparedwith
therequirednumberoftranscoderresources,inatranscoderpool.
IdleRankingValue ArankingvaluethatgivesanindicationofhowwelloneTCHgroup
fulfilstheallocationrequestforanewchannelsettobeusedas
ODPDCHs.Theidlerankingvalueisthencomparedwiththeranking
valuesofotherTCHgroupsinordertofindthebestTCHgroup.
ImmediateRearrangement ThemovingofLAPDlinksfromhighlyusedTRHstoTRHswithenough
freecapacity.Thisisinitiatedatoncebyacommand.
ImprovedACK/NACK(IAN) AnEGPRSandEGPRS2Afunctionalitythatmakesitpossibletoresend
missingRLCblocksearlier.WithImprovedACK/NACK
acknowledgementsaresentmoreoften.Thisisachievedbothbyevent
basedACK/NACKreportingandbypollsforACK/NACKreports.
ImprovedACK/NACKalsousesatechniquecalledPiggybacked
ACK/NACK(PAN),whichmeansthataPANfieldcanbepiggybackedon
anRLCdatablock(MCS1toMCS3,MCS5toMCS8,DAS5toDAS12,
orUAS7toUAS11).ThePANfieldisaddedwithoutchangingthe
originalamountofdatacontainedinthehostRLCdatablock.
ForadownlinkTBF,theMSaddsPANreportsonRLCdatablocks
belongingtoitsuplinkTBForifitdoesnothaveanyuplinkTBFitwilluse
ordinary44.060EGPRSPACKETDOWNLINKACK/NACKmessages.
ForanuplinkTBF,PANreportsareincludedinanyFANRmodeRLCdata
blockonaPDCHthatisusedbytheTBF.IftherearenoFANRmodeTBFs
inthedownlinkdirection,thenordinary44.060EGPRSPACKETUPLINK
ACK/NACKmessagesareusedinstead.
InactiveVAMOSPair WhenonlyoneofthelogicalchannelsinaVAMOSpairhasbeen
allocatedforanMS,theVAMOSpairisinactive..
IncomingCalls FromtheBSC/TRCpointofview,incomingcallsareequivalenttopaging
commandmessagesreceivedontheAinterfacefromMSCandTRA
requestsreceivedontheAterinterfacefromastandaloneBSC.
IncrementalRedundancy(IR) Atechniquetodecreasethenumberofretransmissionsusingjoint
decoding/softcombining.EachRLCdatablockissentasapunctured
convolutionalcodeword.Ifdecodingfails,thereceivedcodewordis
storedandanothercodewordbutwithadifferentpuncturingschemeis
transmitted.Jointdecoding/softcombiningisusedtocombinereplicas
ofthecodewordandincreasetheprobabilityofsuccessfuldecoding.A
maximumofthreepuncturedcodewords(replicas)canbecombinedfor
decoding.
InitialVoiceGroupTalker TheInitialVoiceGroupTalkerissetupafteranMS,capableofVoice
GroupCallServices,hasinitiatedaVoiceGroupCall.
InterCellHandover IntercellHandoverisachannelHANDOVERchangebetweentwo
channelsinthesameBSC.
InterCellHoldover TheInterCellHoldoverModeindicatesthatonlyTRXsinthesameSlave
TGinTGClusterareusedtogethertorealizeacell.Thismeansthatonly
theTRXswithinthatTGneedtobesynchronizedwithin1/4symbolto
fulfillGSMrequirements.
InterSystemHandover Handoverbetweennetworksusingdifferentradiosystems,forinstance
GSMandUMTS.
InteractiveClass Usedbyapplicationswithoutanyabsoluterequirementsonbitrateor
delay.Theclassdoesnotguaranteeanyuseranabsoluteservicelevel
butusersaregivenservicerelativetoeachotherdependingontheir
negotiatedpriority.Atypicalapplicationiswebbrowsing.
ace it tion t (ICP) The ICP group an emen tion ant capabilit ib The
InterfaceConnectionPoint(ICP) TheICPidentifiestheendpointofaPOINT16kbpsPCMtimeslotinthe
IS.WhenprefixedasAbisICP,thePCMlinkistowardstheBSC;when
prefixedasMOICPthePCMlinkistowardsamanagedobjectintheBTS
(TRXCforsignalling,TSfortraffic).
InterfaceSwitch(IS) Anapplicationobject.ItprovidesswitchingcapabilitywithintheTGby
settingupconnectionsbetweendigitalconnectionpoints(DCP).
InterfaceSwitch(IS)(G12) Anapplicationobject.ItprovidesswitchingcapabilitywithintheTGby
settingupconnectionsbetweendigitalconnectionpoints(DCP).TheIS
iscapableofswitchingonacombinationof16kbps,32kbps,and64
kbpsatanygiventime.
Interface Switch Connection Point (ICP) Group Interf Sw chConnec Poin Group The ICP group is an implementation dependant capability attribute The is impl ta depend yattr ute.
setofICPs,connectedwiththesamephysicallinktooneormoreTRXCs,
belongtoanICPgroup.EachTRXbelongtooneICPgroup.
InterferenceLevel Theinterferenceofidlechannelsarecontinuouslymeasured.The
channelsareassignedtointerferencebandsdelimitedbydifferent
interferencelevels.Atchannelallocationthechannelsinthebandwith
lowestinterferencearechosen.
InterferenceLimit Upperlimitwhichdefinestherangeofidlechannelmeasurementvalues
withinanidlechannelinterferenceband.Thelimitvaluerangeis0to
62.Thesethresholdvaluescorrespondtothediscreteboundariesin
dBmbetweentheRXLEVvaluesdefinedin3GPPTS45.008.Forinstance
value0,correspondstotheboundarybetweenRXLEV0andRXLEV1.
I.E.thediscretevalue110dBm.
InterferenceMeasurement Radiosignalsonanidlechannelwouldinterferewiththechannelinuse.
ThesignalstrengthofsuchinterferingsignalsismeasuredintheBTS,
measurementbeingmadeperSACCHperiod.
InterferenceRejectionCombining(IRC) IRCisamethodofimprovingreceiverperformanceinacellwhenradio
interferenceinacellishigh.Ifinterferenceislowthereisnoreceiver
performancegainwhenIRCisswitchedon.
IntermittentFault WhenafaultaffectingfunctionalityisreportedbytheBTS,atestofthe
objectisordered.Ifthetestresultshowstheunittobefaultfreethe
faultisclassifiedasanintermittentfault.
InternalCell AcellthatiscontrolledbythecurrentBSCandthatbelongstoGERAN.
InternationalMobileStationEquipmentIdentity(IMEI) EachMSmusthaveauniqueidentityandmusttransmitthisif
requestedbythePLMN.TheIMEIisincorporatedintoamodulewhichis
builtintotheMSandisphysicallysecured.
IntraBSCChangeofChannel IncludesintraBSChandover,intraBSCassignment,intracellhandover,
overlaidsubcellchangeandunderlaidsubcellchange.
IntraCellHandover Ahandoverbetweentwochannelsinthesamesubcell.
IntraCellHoldover TheintracellholdoverModeindicatesthattheslaveTGisusedtogether
withotherTGswithinthesameTGclustertorealizeonecell.Thismeans
thattheTRXsinalltheseTGsneedtobesynchronizedwithin1/4
symboltofulfillGSMrequirements.
IPApplication TheIPapplicationisauserofIPservicethatisprovidedbyIP
connectivity.
IP The IP parame are the parame th can app d con
IPConnectivitySupervision(IPS) IPSisanIPapplicationthatisusedforsupervisingIPconnectivitywithin
thePCU.
IPDevice AnIPdeviceisaSWentitythatIPparametersareassignedto.
IPGateway AnIPgatewayisanentitythatchoosesdifferentpathsforthenetwork
packets,basedontheaddressingoftheIPframeitishandling.Different
gatewaysconnecttodifferentnetworks.TheIPgatewaywillhavemore
thanoneaddress,aseachgatewayispartofseveralnetworks.
IPInterface AnIPinterfaceisanEthernetinterfacehandledbytheIPstack.Itcanbe
configuredwithIPaddressandsubnetmask.
IP Parameters Parameters The IP parameters are the parameters that can be applied to configure ters ters at be lie to figure
IPinterfaceinordertoenabletheIPcommunication.
IPStack TheIPstackhandlesthedataconnectionmanagement,data
transmission,andreceptionbasedontheTCP/IPprotocolsuite.
IurgInterface TheinterfacebetweenaBSCandaTDSCDMARNC.
Jitter Jitteristheirregularitiesinpacketarrivaltimecausedbydelayvariation
intheIPnetworkandtheunlicensedradiolink.
JitterBuffer Ajitterbufferhandlesirregularitiesinpacketarrivaltimebyintroducing
anextradelay.Thisextradelayallowspacketsthataremoredelayed
thantheaveragetoreachthetranscoderwithinthecorrecttime
interval.
JointDecoding DifferenttransmissionversionsofthesameRLCdatablock,wherea
commonMCSbutdifferentpuncturingschemeshavebeendeployed,
areusedtogetherinthedecodingprocess.
Kcell Cellevaluationisbasedonsignalstrengthcriterion.
Lcell Cellevaluationisbasedonpathlosscriterion.
LanguageCode Thelanguagecodeisusedtodistinguishwhichlanguagethemessageis
in.Theparameterdoesnotcaterforspecialcharacterswithindifferent
languages.
0German
1English
2Italian
3French
4Spanish
5Dutch
6Swedish
7Danish
8Portuguese
9Finnish
10Norwegian
the The en MODE the HEX
11Greek
12Turkish
13Hungarian
14Polish
15Languageunspecified
16Default7bitalphabetmessageprecededbylanguageindicator.The
first3charactersofthemessagetextshallbeenteredasatwo
characterrepresentationofthelanguageencodedaccordingtoISO639,
followedbyacarriagereturn(CR)characterand907bitcharactersof
the text The entry MODE for the text is HEX text. try for textis .
17UCS216bitencodingmessageprecededbylanguageindication.The
messagetextshallbestartingwithatwo7bitdefaultalphabet
characterrepresentationofthelanguageencodedaccordingtoISO639.
Thisispaddedtotheoctetboundarywithtwobitssetto0andthen
followedby40charactersofUCS2encodedmessagetext.Theentry
MODEforthetextisHEX.
1863arereservedforEuropeanlanguages.
LAPDBundling WithPacketAbisoverIPanumberofLAPDframescanbebundled
togetherwithinagiventransportsession.Thepurposeofthisbundling
istousetheavailablebandwidthbetweentheSTNandtheBSCinan
efficientway.
dis the messages the dica d TRX a th r respective
LAPDframesthatarebundledtogetheraregatheredfromthesame
LAPDbundlinggroup.Agroupisaconfigurablesetoftraffictypesthat
hasbeenassignedthesamepriorityandattributesforIPtransportwith
PacketAbisoverIP.ThetraffictypesareidentifiedbytheirService
AccessPointIdentifier(SAPI).ALAPDbundlinggroupisdefinedonBSC
level,butthebundlingisalwaysperformedpersetoftraffictypesfora
specificTransceiverGroup(TG).
LAPDConcentration LAPDconcentrationofthedatalinksisachievedbylettingdifferent
terminalequipmentsharethesame64kbpsconnection.
LAPDConcentrator ALAPDconcentratorreceivesmessagestoseveralTRXsonone
concentratedLAPDlinkconnectedtotheBSC.TheLAPDconcentrator
distributes the messages to the indicated TRXs via their respective tributes to in te svi ei
dedicatednonconcentratedLAPDlinks.ALAPDconcentratoralso
receivesmessagesfromseveralTRXsandtransfersthemtotheBSCon
theconcentratedLAPDlink.
LAPDConcentrator(G12) Anapplicationobject.Itprovidesthefunctionalityforthedistributionof
signallinginformationfromconcentratedlinkssharingAbispathsonto
unconcentratedlinks,eachterminatedbyaTRXC.
Themaximumconcentrationfactor,ornumberofsignallinglinksthat
canbeconcentratedontothesame64kbpsAbispath,is16.
Upto8concentrated64kbpsAbispathscanberoutedtoamaximumof
16TRXCs.
gna ng on the Abi LAPD a pro oco th opera es the
LAPDConcentratorBoard ALAPDconcentratorboardisaradiointerfaceterminalwhichhandles
theLAPDconcentrators.TheboardisanLAPDCNCEMwhichis
connectedtoaradioselectorinaTRIEM.
LAPDConcentratorEM(LAPDCNCEM) AnEMthatcontainsaLAPDConcentratorboard.
LAPDLink TheLAPDlinksareusedforsignallingbetweentheBSCandtheBTS.
LAPDMultiplexing Atechniquetoenableoneorseveraldatalinkswithagivensubrate
capacitylimitof16or32kbpstosharethesamephysical64Kbps
transmissionpathwithothersignallinglinksorsubratetrafficchannels.
LAPDProtocol LinkAccessProtocolontheDchannel,isalayer2protocolusedfor
signalling on the Abis interface LAPD is a protocol that operates at the si lli sinterface. is t l at t at
datalinklayeroftheOSIarchitecture.
LAPDSignallingLink SignallinglinkusedforsignallingfromtheBSCtotheBTS.
Layer Eachcellbelongstoalayer.Thelayerisawaytoprioritiesthecell
towardsothercells.Layer1hasthehighestpriorityandlayer8hasthe
lowestprioritywithintheHCSbandwhenpickingacellcandidate.
Layer2ManagementLink(L2ML) ServestheL2ManagementProcedures.Usedformanagementofthe
datalinkssharingaphysicalconnection.
LbInterface TheinterfacebetweentheBSCandtheSMLC.
Li oco D Channel (LAPD) LAPD a 2 pro oco use gna ng on the Abi LAPD
LeakRate Informationelementinthemessages48.018FLOWCONTROLBVC,
FLOWCONTROLMSandFLOWCONTROLPFC.TheIEindicatesthe
predictedradiolinkdatarate,givenin100bits/second,withwhichthe
bitsaresuccessfullytransmittedinthecell,totheMSortothePFC.
SGSNisexpectedtousetheleakratevaluetocalculatewhentosend
thenextLLCPDUtobestoredintheBmaxbufferinthePCU.
LevelStore AcounterinBSCCPwhichisincrementedanddecrementedbythe
traffichandlingfunctions.Atapredefinedintervalthelevelstoreis
copiedtotheactualcounter.ExceptforMaximalMSsessions,where
thelevelstoreiscomparedwiththeactualcounterandifthenewvalue
isgreaterthantheoldvaluethecounteriscopied.
Link Access Protocol For D Channel (LAPD) nkAccessProt lFor LAPD is a layer 2 protocol used for signalling on the Abis interface LAPD is layer t l dforsi lli sinterface.
isaprotocolthatoperatesatthedatalinklayerofOSIarchitecture.
LinkAdaptation(LA) Anapproachusedtoselecttheoptimumcodingschemebasedonradio
linkquality.Damageddatablocksarenotsoftstoredbythereceiverbut
areimmediatelydiscarded.TransmissionusingLAinvolvesvaryingthe
MCStosuittheprevailingradioconditions.
LinkQualityControl LQCisafunctionwhichseekstooptimizethethroughput(bitrate)of
eachuplinkanddownlinkTBFbasedontheradiolinkqualityatany
giventime.TherearetwomethodsofLQC,calledLinkAdaptation(LA)
andIncrementalRedundancy(IR).
LLCPDU AnLLCframetransferredbetweentheLLClayersinamobilestationand
theSGSN.
re d Obj s and the BSC possibl The
LMTIntervention ALocalMaintenanceTerminal(LMT)canbeconnectedtotheBTS.
WhenLocalMaintenanceoccursaFaultReportissentfromtherelevant
ManagedObjectindicatingLMTIntervention.TheManagedObjectthen
hasaccessstateLOCALLYDISCONNECTED.
LoadOperation Aloadoperationinvolveseitheracombineddownloadandupgradeof
softwareoraseparateddownloadandupgrade.Theoperatordefines
thetypeofloadoperation.
LocalIPEndPoint(LIP) AnIPNetworkendpointintheBSC,definedbyanIPaddressandanIP
port.
LocalMode(G12) WhenaServiceObjectisinlocalmodenocommunicationbetweenit
andtheBSCispossible.NocommunicationbetweenaServiceObjects
related Application Objects and the BSC is possible either The Service late Application ect is eeither. Service
ObjectCentralFunctions(CF)isaspecialcaseand,inlocalmode,ithas
limitedcommunicationwiththeBSC.
AserviceobjectmaybeinlocalmodeduringinstallationorrepairofBTS
equipment.
LocalOMT AnOMTcommunicatingwiththeBTSviaadirectRS232connection.
Locating Theprocessthat,usingmeasurementdataandparameterdata,
proposesthemostsuitableconnection.Theoutputisalistofpossible
candidatesforhandoverorassignment.
LocationEstimate AnestimateofthegeographiclocationofanMS.
Channel (SDCCH) c Channel (TCH) t rol Channel
LocationInformation InformationtocalculatealocationestimateforanMS,forexampleTA
valueforanMSinaservingcell.
LocationMeasurementUnit(LMU) AnodedefinedforGSMLocationServices.TheLMUhasthecapability
ofmeasuringtheairinterfacetimingofoneormoreBTSsandrelating
therespectivetimingstoanabsolutetimebasesuchasGPS.TheLMU
alsohasthecapabilityofcommunicatingthisinformationtotheSMLC
viathestandardprotocols.Basically,theLMUisalowcostsolution
consistingofasimpleGPSreceiverandaGSMradio.
LocationTrigger AnHSNservicethatisabletotriggervalueaddedservicesinthecore
networkwhenanMSregistersorunregistersinGAN.
LogicalChannel(LCH) Thisisanameusedincommonfor,StandaloneDedicatedControl
Channel (SDCCH) Traffic Channel (TCH) Broadcast Control Channel ,Traffi ,Broadcas Cont
(BCCH),andCellBroadcastChannel(CBCH).
LogicalDIPSupervisionDevice LogicaldeviceusedtoconnectthemanagedobjectDPtoDigitalPath
supervisionfunctions.
LogicalLinkControl(LLC) LLCisalayer2protocolbetweentheSGSNandtheMS,whichis
transparenttotheBSS.
LogicalTGCluster ATGclusterwithassignedTGclusteridentity.
LogicalUnit(LU)(G01) Thelogicalunitsareasubsetofthemanagedobjectswithsimilar
propertiesinanoperationandmaintenancesense.Theyprovidea
definedpartoftheBTSfunctionality.Logicalunitscanbeconfiguredto
achievethisBTSfunctionality.Thefollowingmanagedobjectsarelogical
units:transmitters,receivers,timeslothandlersandtimingfunctions.
LogicallyLoadableUnit(LLU) Amanagedobjectwiththepropertyofbeingloadedinternallyfroma
PhysicallyLoadableUnit(PLU).Thispropertyisindicatedbythefunction
codeLLUowner.
LowerFrequencyBandGroup ThelowerfrequencybandgroupconsistsoftheGSM800andGSM900
frequencybands.
LowerOrderTermination(LOT)Board Terminatesthe2MbpsDIPsincludedintheSTM1frame.
MACMode AmethodforallocationofULtimeslotstoanMS.EitherDynamic
Allocation(DA)orExtendedDynamicAllocation(EDA).
MainChannel ThechannelinaHSCSDmultislotconfigurationthatcarriesthemain
signallinglink.
MainChannel Thechannelthatcarriesthemainsignallinglinkinamultislot
configuration(HS).Thechannelcombinationforthemainchannelis
(viii):
TCH/F+FACCH/F+SACCH/M
ManagedObject(MO) Amanagedobjectisalogicalrepresentationofhardwareunitsand
softwareatthebasetransceiverstationsite.Notethathardwarecanbe
sharedbetweenmanagedobjectsofdifferentclasses.Thetransceiver
groupisaspecialcase,itdoesnothaveanyownhardwareorsoftware.
Insteaditconsistsofasetofmanagedobjectsfromothermanaged
objectclasses.
ManagedObjectClass(MOC)(G01) Managedobjectsmayhavedifferentproperties.Managedobjectswith
theidenticalpropertiesbelongstothesamemanagedobjectclass.The
managedobjectclassesintheG01modelare:transceivergroup,
transceivercontroller,receiver,transmitter,timeslothandlerand
timingfunction.
ManagedObjectClass(MOC)(G12) Managedobjectsmayhavedifferentproperties.Managedobjectswith
identicalpropertiesbelongtothesameManagedObjectClass.Thevalid
ManagedObjectClassesintheBTSlogicalmodelG12are:
TransceiverGroup(TG),CentralFunctions(CF),TransceiverController
(TRXC),InterfaceSwitch(IS),DigitalPath(DP),Receiver(RX),Transmitter
(TX),TimeSlot(TS),Concentrator(CON),TimingFunction(TF),andMulti
CarrierTransceiver(MCTR).
ManagedObjectInstance(MOI) Thistermisusedtodenoteasinglespecificoccurrenceofamanaged
object.
ManagedObjectType(MOTY) Amanagedobjecttypeistheimplementationofamanagedobjectclass
inaBTSlogicalmodel.Thereforetheremayexistmanagedobjects
belongingtothesameMOC,butdifferentMOTYintheBSC.Amanaged
objecttypecanhandleoneormoreBTSIWDVersions.
NotethatBTSsofonemanufacturerthatemulatesBTSsofadifferent
manufacturermightbeseenasthesamemanagedobjecttype.
ManualTest Amanualtestisatestofspecifiedcellsorderedbycommand.
MAXIHO Maximumnumberofconsecutiveintracellhandovers.
considere
MaximumBitrate AnattributeintheQoSprofileinthePDPcontext(whichisbetweenMS
andSGSN)andtheABQPinthePacketFlowContext(whichisbetween
theBSSandSGSN).
Thecombinationoftherequestedbitrate,thecellcapabilityandtheMS
capabilitydeterminesthemaximumbitrateofaPFC.Themaximum
bitrateisspecifiedseparatelyforuplinkanddownlinkdirection.
MaximumChannelDataRate Canbesetbytheoperatorto9.6kbpsor14.4kbps.
MAXRET Maximumnumberofretransmissions.
MAXTA Maximumtimingadvance(innumberofbitperiods)whenanMSis
considered lost dlost.
MDATA MDATAisanAPTblockthatallowsthecollectionofdatainrealtime.It
addstheeventdatareportedtoittothedynamicbuffer,whichis
streamedouttoanexternalprocessoronceacertainamountof
informationhasbeenstored.ForSCS,aCME20specificversioncalled
ROMDATAwillbecreatedintheBSC.
MeanHoldTime Themeanholdtimeforatranscoderpoolistheaverageofthemean
holdtimesofthetranscoderresourcesinthepool.Themeanholdtime
foratranscoderresourceisthemeantimeatranscoderresourceisused
fortraffic.
MeanHoldTimeAlarmLevel Thealarmlevel,forthemeanholdtimeofanytranscoderresource,
withinatranscoderpool.
1 124 (GSM 900 P GSM
MeanHoldTimeLimit Themeanholdtimelimitisthealarmlevelforthepoolcalculatedasa
functionoftheholdtimeofthetranscoderresourcesinapool.
MeanIdleLevel Averageofidlelevelsmeasuredoverafixedperiod,expressedasa
percentageoftherequirednumberoftranscoderresourcesforthe
transcoderpool.
MeasurementBroadcastControlChannelNumber
(MBCCHNO)
TheabsoluteradiofrequencychannelnumberontheBCCHforcellsto
bemeasuredon.
Values:
128251(GSM800)
1 124 (GSM 900 P GSM band) , band)
9751023,0(GSM900,G1GSMband)
512885(GSM1800)
512810(GSM1900)
MeasurementData Dataassociatedwithaconnection.ThedataconsistofMeasurement
ResultreceivedfromMSandBTS,anddatacalculatedfrominternalBSC
functions.TheMeasurementDatafortheneighbouringcellscontain
specificGSMorUMTSinformationdependingonthecelltype.
MeasurementReport The3GPPTS44.018messageMEASUREMENTREPORTreceivedinthe
BTSfromtheMS,whichcontainspowerandqualitymeasurements.
MeasurementResult The3GPPTS48.058messageMEASUREMENTRESULTreceivedinthe
BSCfromtheBTS,containingBTSmeasurementsandMEASUREMENT
REPORT.
MeasurementResultNotInterpretedCorrectly(MRNIC) AfastwaytoupdatetheMSswithnewBAlists.Foracertainperiodof
timethemeasurementreportsreceivedfromtheMSswillnotbe
interpretedcorrectlybytheBSC.
MeasuringProgram Ameasuringprogramisusedtoholdoperatordefinedtimeschedule
information,allowingforactionstobecarriedoutatcertaintimes.
Message Amessageisthedatadefinedbytheoperationstaffforbroadcastover
theairinterface.Ifamessagecontainsonepageitisreferredtoasa
singlepagemessageotherwiseitisreferredtoasamultipagemessage.
MessageClass Themessageclassallowstheusertoroutethemessagetouserdefined
destinations.
0
1
2
3
MessageCode Themessagecodedifferentiatesbetweenmessageswiththesame
messageidentifier.
MessageCoding Themessagecodingindicateshowthemessagetextistobedecodedby
theMS.
CODE GS up num num er message ass and
If7bitcodingisusedthenamessagetextforthecurrentpagecan
consistofupto93usercharacterseachof7bitsinlength.These93
usercharactersfill651bitsofthe82messagetextoctets.Theremaining
5bitsarealwayssettozero.Anyunusedtextisfilledwithnull
characters.
If8bitcodingisusedthenthemessagetextforthecurrentpagecan
consistofupto82usercharacterseachof8bitsinlength.Anyunused
textisfilledwithnullcharacters.
If16bitcodingisspecified,UCS216bitcodingschemeisused.Each
messagepagecanconsistofupto41usercharacters(164HEX
characters).Anyunusedtextisfilledwithnullcharacters.
MessageHeader Sixoctetsisusedastheheader.ThemessageheaderconsistsofID,
CODE GS update number number pages language message class and , , date ber, b pages,language, cl
messagecoding.
IfUCS2bitcodingisused,themessagepageconsistofatwo7bit
defaultalphabetcharacterrepresentationofthelanguageencoded
accordingtoISO639andupto40usercharacters.16bitencoding
schemeisusedtoeachusercharacter.Anyunusedtextisfilledwithnull
characters.
MessageIdentifier Themessageidentifieridentifiesthesourceandtypeofmessage.
MessagePage Amessagepageisthesmallestunitbroadcastovertheairinterfaceto
theMSs.Amessagepageconsistsofafixedblockof88octets,whichis
themessageheaderandthemessagetext.
MFDDARFCN ARFCNfortheUTRANFDDcell,seealsoUMFI.
n the ne k tion estima ca The
MinimumDisturbance AmechanismofconfiguringBPCswithinacellsuchthatreductionin
capacityandservicewithinthecellisminimizedattheexpenseofcell
recoverytimeduringareconfiguration.(SeeConfigurationMethod).
MobileAllocationIndexOffset(MAIO) MobileAllocationIndexOffsetistheoffsettobeusedbyaparticular
mobileinindexingtheradiofrequencychannelsinthemobile
allocation.Mayalternativelyberegardedastherotationtobeusedbya
particularmobileoftheradiofrequencychannelsinthemobile
allocation.Inahoppinggroupwithnfrequencies,theBPCaregiven
MAIOsof0ton1.Thisisusedtoseparatethechannels.
MobileAssistedPositioning AnymobilepositioningmethodinwhichtheMSprovideslocation
information to the network for location estimate calculations The i formationto twor forloca te lculations.
networkmayprovideassistancedatatotheMStoenablesignal
measurementsortoimprovemeasurementperformance.
MobileBasedPositioning AnymobilepositioningmethodinwhichtheMSperformsbothsignal
measurementsandlocationestimatecalculationsandwhereassistance
dataisprovidedtotheMSbythenetwork.
MobileStationMode Therearetwodifferentcircuitswitchedmobilestationmodes:
IDLE:Themobilestationisnotconnectedtoanydedicatedchannel
(SDCCHorTCH),butislisteningtotheBCCH.
ACTIVE:ThemobilestationisconnectedtoeitheraSDCCHorTCH.
anne d the rea d cell If the rea tion
Mobile@HomeSupportNode(HSN) AnodeinaGANnetworkthatallowstheoperatortodeployadditional
servicesortoenhancetheGANCfunctionality.
ModulationandCodingScheme(MCS) AnerrordetectionandcorrectionmethodusedtoreduceBitErrorRate.
Thereare10MCSsdefinedforEGPRS.ThelengthoftheRLC/MACblock
varieswiththecodingschemeused.Controlblocksarealways
transmittedusingCS1,exceptinRTTImodewhereMCS0isusedfor
downlinkcontrolblocks.MCS04usesGaussianMinimumShiftKeying
(GMSK)modulationandMCS59uses8PhaseShiftKeying(8PSK)
modulation.
MOVEOFCELLTIMER Thistimer,whenrunning,disablessubsequentcellreallocationattempts
duringitsduration.Ifthelastcellreallocationattemptwassuccessful,
thepurposeofthistimeristoallowtheconfigurationofGPRSdedicated
channels to be attempted for the reallocated cell If the last reallocation ch lstobeattempte for llocate . last lloca
attemptwasunsuccessful,thepurposeofthetimeristoprotecttheCP
fromoverloadduetocontinuouscellreallocationattempts.
MSFrequencyCapability TheMSfrequencycapabilityisextractedfromtheInformationElements
(IE)ClassmarkInformationType2andClassmarkInformationType3and
indicateswhichfrequencybandsthemobilesupports.Oneorseveralof
thefollowingfrequencybandscouldbeindicated:
GSM800Band
EGSM900Band
PGSM900Band
GSM1800Band
GSM1900Band
MSMultislotClass MScapabilityofhandlingmultipletimeslots.Therearetwogroups
calledType1MS(Class112,Class1945)andType2MS(Class13
18).
MSCCapacity TheMSCCapacityparameterdefinestherelativecapacityofanMSC
nodecomparedtotheotherMSCsinthesameMSCpool.TheMSC
selectionbasesitsdistributionalgorithmontheMSCCapacity
parameter.
MSCinOperation ThismeansthattheMSCisinoneofthefollowingmodes:BARRED,
RESELECTorACTIVE.
MSCMode AnoperationalstateoftheMSC,asperceivedbytheBSC.AnMSCcan
havethefollowingmodesintheBSC:
InactiveTheMSCisoutofservicefromtheBSC'sperspective,meaning
thattheMSCwillnothaveanyMSsassignedtoit.
ActiveMSswillbeassignedtotheMSCaccordingtoMSCCapacity.
ReselectMSCReselectionisactivatedfortheMSC.
BarredMSsassignedtotheMSCwillbemovedtoanotherMSCatthe
nextmobileoriginatingnetworkaccess.
MSCNotinOperation ThismeansthattheMSCisinmodeINACTIVE.
MSCPool ApoolofMSCnodesservingthesameBSCsorBSC/TRCs.EachMSCin
thepoolhasoneormoreNRIs.
MSCPoolArea AnMSCPoolAreaconsistsofoneormoreLocationAreasandisthe
totalradiocoverageareaservedbyapoolofMSCs.
MSQHOTIME A timer th time a tion wait a
MSCReselection Theprocedureisactivatedbytheoperatorwhensomeorallofthe
subscribersneedtobemovedfromtheMSCwheretheyarecurrently
registeredtoanotherMSC.MSCReselectionmeanseitherthatacertain
partoftheMSsbelongingtotheMSCwillbemovedtoanotherMSCat
thenextlocationupdate,orthatalltheMSswillbemovedatthenext
mobileoriginatingaccesstothenetwork.TheMSCReselectionis
controlledbycommandparameters.
MSCSelection AnalgorithminaBSCorBSC/TRCnodeusedtoselectanMSCinmode
ACTIVEforasubscribernotyetconnectedtoanMSC,orforasubscriber
thatissubjecttoMSCReselectionorAlternativeRouting.Theselection
isbasedontheMSCCapacityparametersetbycommandforeachMSC.
MSQHOTIME A timer that decides how long time a Priority Connection shall wait for a atdecideshowlong PriorityConnec shall for
newspontaneouscellcandidatelistwhenqueuedduetohandover.If
nolistisreceivedbeforethetimerelapses,thePriorityConnectionis
removedfromthequeue.
MTRAdministrativeData Themeaningis:
Exchangeidentity
Date
Time
Fileformatrevisioninformation
Recordingreference
Recordingtype
MTRAdministrativeDataType1 TheadministrativedatarecordedwhenMTRisinitiatedwiththe
messageTRACEINVOCATION.
Exchangeidentity
Date
Time(hour,minute,second,decisecond)
Fileformatrevisioninformation
Recordingreference
Recordingtype
MTRAdministrativeDataType2 TheadministrativedatarecordedwhenMTRisinitiatedwiththe
messageMSCINVOKETRACE.
Exchangeidentity
Date
Time(hour,minute,second,decisecond)
Fileformatrevisioninformation
Trace type Tracetype
MobileID
Tracereference
TransactionID
MTREvent Assignmentcommand(1),
Assignmentcomplete(2),
Assignmentfailure(2),
AssignmentfailuretoMSC(3),
IntraBSC,InterCellhandovercommand(1),
IntraBSC,InterCellhandovercomplete(2),
IntraBSC,InterCellhandoverfailure(2),
InterBSChandoverrequired(3),
InterBSChandovercommand(1),
InterBSChandovercomplete(2),
InterBSChandoverfailure(2),
IntraBSC,InterCellhandovercommandduringassignment(1),
IntraBSC,InterCellhandovercompleteduringassignment(2),
IntraBSC,InterCellhandoverfailureduringassignment(2),
InterBSChandoverrequiredduringassignment(3),
InterBSChandovercommandduringassignment(1),
InterBSChandovercompleteduringassignment(2),
InterBSChandoverfailureduringassignment(2),
IntraBSC,IntraCellhandoverassignmentcommand(1),
IntraBSC,IntraCellhandoverassignmentcomplete(2),
IntraBSC,IntraCellhandoverassignmentfailure(2),
Handovercandidatelist(5),
DTAPmessagereceiveddownlink(5),
tion re rr blocking request (5)
DTAPmessagesentuplink(5),
Connectionreleasereset(4),
Connectionreleaseresetcircuit(4),
ConnectionreleaseSCCPfault(4),
Connectionreleaseterrestrialresourcefault(4),
Connectionreleaserrfaulterrorindication(2),
Connectionreleaserrfaultconnectionfailureindication(2),
Connection release rrfault blocking request (5) Connec lease fault ,
Connectionreleasedisconnectionrequest(5),
Connectionreleasetrafficfunctionfailure(5),
Connectionreleasetranscoderresourcefailure(5),
Clearcommand(4),
Channelrelease(5),
Releaseindication(2),
Releaseindicationnotreceived,timerT3109expired(5),
SAPInreject(3),
SAPI3errorindication(2),
SAPI3establishindication(2),
SAPI3establishrequest(1),
SAPI3establishconfirm(2),
SAPI3releaseindication(2),
SAPI3releaserequest(1),
SAPI3releaseconfirm(2).
Configurationchangecommand(1)
Configurationchangeacknowledge(1)
Configurationchangereject(1)
Resourcelevelchangeassignmentcommand(1)
Resourcelevelchangeassignmentcomplete(2)
Resourcelevelchangeassignmentfailure(2)
Resourcelevelchangeconfigurationchangecommand(1)
Resourcelevelchangeconfigurationchangeacknowledge(2)
Resourcelevelchangeconfigurationchangereject(2)
Configurationchange,downgrade,rrfault,errorindication(2)
Configurationchange,downgrade,rrfault,connectionfailureindication
(2)
Configurationchange,downgrade,rrfault,blockingrequest(5)
Configurationchange,downgrade,disconnectionrequest(5)
Connectionrelease,Aterresetcircuit(6)
Connectionrelease,AterSCCPfault(6)
Connectionrelease,Aterterrestrialresourcesfault(6)
Configurationchange,downgrading,Aterterrestrialresourcesfault(6)
Connectionrelease,Aterreset(6)
Configurationchange,downgrade,transcoderresourcefailure(5)
InterSystemhandoverrequired(3)
InterSystemhandovercommand(1)
InterSystemhandoverfailure(2)
Classificationofevents:
1)MessagesentonAbisInterface
2)MessagereceivedonAbisInterface
Hi over ra dica r
3)MessagesentonAInterface
4)MessagereceivedonAInterface
5)Internalmessage
6)MessagereceivedonAterinterface
MTREventData Date
Time
MTRevent
Channeldescriptionserving/targetcell
Cellidentityserving/targetcell
Rankingvalueforhandovercandidates
High handover rate indicator ghhand tein to
MTRRecordingReference AnidentifierfortheMSconnection.
MultiBandCell Acellinwhichmultiplefrequencybandsreside,suchasGSM800,GSM
900,GSM1800andGSM1900.
MultiBandOperationMode MultibandoperationmodeenablestheMSstousechannelsinmore
thanonefrequencyband,thatis,assignmentandhandoverbetweenall
systemtypes(exceptbetweenGSM1800andGSM1900cells)is
possible,ifsupportedbyMS,BTSandMSC.
su carr d on the MUX The RBLT ce connec d
MultiCarrierTransceiver(MCTR) AMultiCarrierTransceiverisanApplicationObject.Itprovidesthe
poweramplifyingfunctionalitynecessarytotransmitburstsfromone,or
more,TXinstances,andtheRFreceptionfunctionalitynecessaryto
receiveburstsbyone,ormore,RXinstances.
MultiRATMS AnMScapableofaccessingdifferentRadioAccessTechnologies,for
example,GSMandWCDMA.
MultiplexSection Thetrailbetweenandincludingtwomultiplexsectionterminations.
MultiplexedDevice(MUX) Amultiplexeddevice(MUX),64kbps,carrying4fullrate(FR,EFRor
AMR)trafficchannels,eachbeinga16kbpssubchannelonthedevice.
Halfrate(HRorAMRHR)carries8trafficchannels,eachbeingan8kbps
subchannel carried on the MUX device The RBLT device is connected to bchannel ie device. devi is te to
theBTSviaatransmissiondevice.OneMUXcatersforthe
communicationon4or8DEMUXs.
MultislotConfiguration AHSCSDmultislotconfigurationconsistsofanumberoftimeslots.One
timeslotforthemainchannelanddifferentnumbersoftimeslotsforbi
andunidirectionalchannels,allchannelsbeingfullrateTCHs.AHSCSD
multislotconfigurationmaybeassignedtooneMS.
MultislotConnection InaHSCSDmultislotconnectionanumberoffullratechannelscanbe
combined,toenablehigheruserrateforanMSconnection.AHSCSD
multislotconnectionusesamultislotconfigurationofchannels.
MutualRelation Handoverisallowedfromthecurrentcelltotheneighbouringcelland
theoppositeisalsoallowed.
coun excee s it max mum va a timer ar d When thi timer
N3103 AnetworkbasedRLCcounter.ItisresetwhenRLCprotocoltransmits
thefinal3GPP44.060PACKETUPLINKACK/NACKmessageonaTBF
(finalACKindicatorbitisset).Ifan3GPP44.060PACKETCONTROL
ACKNOWLEDGMENTmessageisnotreceivedinreplyfromtheMS,RLC
incrementsthiscounterandretransmitsthe3GPP44.060PACKET
UPLINKACK/NACKmessage.Ifthecounterexceedsitmaximumvalue,
theTBFisreleased.Themaximumvalueis5.
N3105 AnetworkbasedRLCcounter.ItisresetwhenRLCsuccessfullyreceives
acontrolmessagefromtheMS.IfanexpectedPACKETDOWNLINK
ACK/NACKmessageor3GPP44.060PACKETCONTROL
ACKNOWLEDGMENTmessageisnotreceivedinresponsetoapolling
request,RLCincrementsthecounterandpollstheMSagain.Ifthe
counter exceeds it maximum value a timer is started When this timer ter d i lue, isst te . s
expired,theTBFisreleased.
NC2Session AnNC2SessionstartswhenanMSentersNetworkControlMode2and
stopswhenanMSleavesNetworkControlMode2.
NearEnd Incomingdirection.
NetworkControlMode2(NC2) Amodeofnetworkcontrolwherethenetworkhasfullcontroloverthe
cellreselectionfortheMS.
NetworkIndicator UsedforroutingpurposesintheCCS7network.
NetworkOperationMode AGPRSnetworkoperatesinthreedifferentnetworkoperationmodes.
Thesemodesbasicallydecideswhenpacketcontrolchannelsareused
orifcombinedprocedures,forexamplecoordinationofCSpagingand
PSpaging,canbeusedforCSandPSconnections.
NetworkProtectionMSP1+1 TheNetworkProtectionfunctionprovidesprotectionagainstlossof
traffic.ForET1557thefunctionprovidesprotectionagainsthardware
faultsinthehighordertermination.
NetworkResourceIdentifier(NRI) IdentifiesaCNnode(MSCorSGSN)assignedtoserveamobilestation.
TheNRIisretrievedfromtheTLLIorTMSI.ThelengthoftheNRIshallbe
thesameinallnodesofapoolarea.MorethanoneNRImaybe
assignedtoaCNnode.
NetworkService(NS)Layer TheNSLayerprovidesthelayer2functionalityontheGbinterface.It
handlestransportofBSSGPPacketDataUnits(PDUs)betweenPCUand
SGSN.
NetworkServiceControlProtocol(NSCP) Alayer2protocolusedontheGbinterface.
NetworkServiceEntity(NSE) OneoftheendtoendentitiesacrosstheGbinterface.
NetworkServiceEntityIdentifier(NSEI) NSEIisanidentifierofanNSEntitypairthatishavingendtoend
significanceacrosstheGbinterface.
NetworkServiceVirtualConnection(NSVC) AnendtoendcommunicationpathbetweenNScontrolpeerentities,
NSVCsprovideadataandsignallingpathforBSSGPPDUsacrosstheGb
interface.OneormoreBVCsmayberoutedthroughoneNSVC.There
willexistoneNSVCperphysicallink.
NetworkServiceVirtualConnectionIdentifier(NSVCI) TheidentifierofanNSVC.
NodeType ThenodetypecanbecombinedBSC/TRC,standaloneTRCorstand
aloneBSC.
Flexibl All d Abi th Abi th th d a TCH BPC creation and re
NominalMSPower ThenominalMSpowerisdefinedbytheminimumoftwovalues,where
thefirstisthemaximumallowedtransmitpowerinthecellfortheMS
andthesecondisthemaximumpossiblepowerforthemobilepower
class.
NominalPower ThemaximumpowertheBTSisallowedtouseforaspecificchannel,
thatistheBaseStationEffectiveRadiatedPower(ERP)
Non64KRESPool ApoolofAbispathsreservedfornon64kbpstrafficandsignalling.
NonconcentratedLAPDLink ThenonconcentratedLAPDlinkisaLAPDlinkbetweenoneTRXanda
LAPDconcentrator.
Non Flexibly Allocated Abis Path Non y ocate sPa An Abis Path that is allocated to a TCH at BPC creation and released An sPa atisallocate to at leased
whentheBPCisremoved.
NonTransparentService Anontransparentservicehaserrorcorrectionprocedures.Thisensures
anegligibleerrorrate,butanunknownthroughputrateforthe
subscriber
NormalMSRelease TheactionsnormallyperformedintheBSCwhenreleasingthe
connectiontotheMS.PerformedwhentheMSisormightbetunedto
thechannelconcentrator.
ObjectTypes,ObjectsandCounters STSisstructuredaroundtheMeasurementDataBase(DB).The
MeasurementDataBaseisdividedintoanumberofObjecttypes(can
becomparedwithfiles).AnObjecttypecorrespondstoaspecifictypeof
equipmentortypesoffunctionunitsintheswitchforwhichstatistical
datameasurementsmaybeofinterest.EveryObjecttypecontainsa
numberofObjects(canbecomparedwithrecordsinafile),andevery
ObjectwithintheObjecttypehasasetofCounters(canbecompared
withfieldsinarecord).Everyaccessiblecounterhasafixedname.The
individualcountersareidentifiedbytheobjecttypeandthecounter
namewithintheobjecttype.
ObservationAlarm Aprintoutinformingtheoperatorofaneventwhichhasoccurredinthe
BSC.Theobservationalarmprintoutsloganwillspecifytheevent.
OCS OCSisasoftwaresubsystemwhichallowstheBSCtocommunicatewith
anexternalprocessoroveraTCP/IPlink.Itconsistsofbothcentraland
regionalsoftware,andcanbeusedinconjunctionwithSTOChardware.
OctetStream Asequenceof8bitvalues.
OfferedCalls Offeredcalls,incomingandoriginating,arebidsforconnectiontothe
BSCfromtheMSCforpagingandfromtheMSforrandomaccessand
transcoderrequeststotheTRCnodefromastandaloneBSCfor
assignment.
OfferedIncomingTrafficJobs FromtheBSC/TRCpointofview,offeredincomingtrafficjobsare
equivalentto:
GERANChannelrequestswithcause"answertopaging"receivedonthe
Abisinterface
ReceptionofGACSRPagingResponseontheUpInterface
TRArequestsreceivedontheAterinterfacefromastandaloneBSC
VoicegroupcallrequestsreceivedontheAinterface
OfferedOriginatingTrafficJobs OfferedoriginatingtrafficjobsareequivalenttoGERANchannel
requests,excludingpageresponses,receivedontheAbisinterfacefrom
MSsandreceptionofGACSRREQUESTmessagesontheUpInterface.
AlsoGPRSchannelallocationsareincludedhere.
OMCNetwork MaintenanceTCP/IPnetworkinterconnectingaBSCwithanROMT/IP.
OMTConnectionResource LogicallyisolatedpartoftheBSC,withdefinedIPaddressandport
number,usedforcommunicationbetweenROMT/IPandBTS.
OnDemandPDCH APDCHwhichissetupandreleaseddynamicallydependingontheneed
forpacketdatatrafficinthecell.AnondemandPDCHmaybePDCH
preempted.
OnDemandPDCH APDCHwhichissetupandreleaseddynamicallydependingontheneed
forpacketdatatrafficinthecell.AnondemandPDCHmaybePDCH
preempted.WhenanondemandPDCHisnotusedforGPRStrafficit
willbereturnedtotheCSdomainaftersometime.
(OML TC) (G12) assoc rece itt and time
OnewayPath AconnectionthroughtheGSwhichprovidescommunicationinone
direction.Ifaterrestrialresourceisconnectedtoonebothwaypathand
oneonewaydownlinkpaththesameinformationwillbetransportedon
boththepathsinthedownlinkdirection.
OperationandMaintenanceLink(OML) AsignallinglinkforoperationalandmaintenancesignallingontheAbis
interface.
OperationandMaintenanceLink(OML) ServestheNetworkManagementProceduresoflayer3.
OperationandMaintenanceLinkforTransceiverControl
(OMLTC)(G01)
AnOMLforcommunicationwiththetransceivercontroller,itsdedicated
receiveranditsdedicatedtimeslothandlers.
OperationandMaintenanceLinkforTransceiverControl
(OML TC) (G12)
AnOMLforcommunicationwiththetransceivercontroller,its
associated receiver transmitter and time slot handlers iated iver,transm er slothandlers.
OperationandMaintenanceLinkforTransceiverGroup
Control(OMLTGC)(G01)
AnOMLusedforcommunicationwiththetransceivergroupcommon
equipment.TheTGCstateofthetransceivercontrollercanalsobe
handledvia(OMLTGC)(G01)thislink.
OperationandMaintenanceLinkforTransceiverGroup
Control(OMLTGC)(G12)
AnOMLusedforcommunicationwiththecentralfunctions,its
associatedinterfaceswitch,digitalpath,concentrator,andtiming
function.
OperationandMaintenanceTerminal(OMT) OMTisaPChostedapplication.AnOMTsupportstheinstallation,
configurationandmaintenanceofaBTS.
OriginatingCalls Originatingcallsareequivalenttorandomaccessmessages,excluding
pageresponses,receivedontheAbisinterfacefromMS.
OutgoingCapacityRequest PleaseseetheconceptforOfferedOriginatingTrafficJobs.
er (ARFCN) range 1 124
OverlaidandUnderlaidSubcells Subcellstructuresallowtwoseparatefrequencyreusepatternsoveran
areainordertoincreasethetrafficcapacitywithoutbuildingnewsites.
Asecondreusepatternisdefinedontopoftheexistingcellplanby
dividingthecellsintosubcells.Thecellsusingthesecondreusepattern
arecalledoverlaidsubcellsandthesubcellsusingtheoriginalreuse
patternarecalledunderlaidsubcells.
OverlappingGERAN/UTRANCell TheGERAN/UTRANcellforwhichtheMScanreadthesystem
information,includingtheLAIandCellIdentityor3GCellIdentity,when
theMSiswithinGERAN/UTRANcoverage.
PGSM900Band Frequenciesinthe900MHzband,intherange890915MHzuplinkand
935960MHzdownlink,intheAbsoluteRadioFrequencyChannel
Number (ARFCN) range 1 124 Numb .
PGSM900Channel AchannelwheretheARFCNisinthePbandfornonhoppingchannels.
Forhoppingchannels,allARFCNsmustbeinthePGSM900band.
PGSMMobile AMobileStationthatwithintheGSM900bandscanbeassignedtoP
GSMchannelsonly.
PacketControlUnit(PCU) ThePCUisresponsibleforpacketroutingintheBSC.Itimplementsthe
followingprotocollayers:
NetworkService(NS)basedonIPorFrameRelay
BaseStationSystemGPRSProtocol(BSSGP)
RadioLinkControl(RLC),forGERANonly
MediumAccessControl(MAC),forGERANonly
PhysicallayerontheAbisinterface,forGERANonly
Flow text A Flow text are one or more activa d PDP con ex
GenericAccessPacketSwitchedProcedures(GAPSR),forGANonly
InternetProtocol
PacketDataChannel(PDCH) AlogicalchannelusedforthetransferofGPRSpacketdataandrelated
controlsignalling.
PacketDataUnit(PDU) Logicalgroupingofinformationwhichincludesuserdataandaheader
containingcontrolinformation.
PacketFlow ThedatatransmissionrelatedtoPDPcontextsthatsharethesame
packetflowcontext,constituteonepacketflowtooneMS.
Packet Flow Context Packet Con A Packet Flow Context is shared by one or more activated PDP contexts Packet Con issh dby te t ts
withidenticalorsimilarnegotiatedQoSprofilesforoneMS.
PacketGateway(PGW) FunctionalunitintheBSCconsistingofRPstogetherwithapplication
software.IthandlespackettransmissionontheAbisinterface.
PacketIdleMode TheMShasnoongoingTBFandlistenstoPagingandSystem
Information.
PacketSwitchedDomain(PSD) ThedomainwherePacketSwitchedcalls(GPRSconnections)are
handled.ThePSDisdependentontheCSDtoprovideitwithchannels
usableforPSconnections.
PacketSwitchedGenericAccessHandler(PGH) TheRPpartoftheBSCPCUapplicationusedbyGAN.
PacketTransferMode TheMShasanongoingTBF.
ng UL itd Thi message itt d the SGSN and con ns an LLC PDU and
PagingCSQueue AqueueintheBSCwhichbuffers3GPPTS48.008PAGINGmessagesand
3GPPTS48.018PAGINGCSmessages.
PagingGroups AsetofpagingblockswhichtheMSlistensto.ForCCCHthesetdepends
ontheIMSIonly.ForPCCCHthesetdependsontheIMSIand
SPLIT_PG_CYCLE.Thereareupto704differentpaginggroupsfor3GPP
TS44.060PACKETPAGINGREQUESTwhicharetobesentoutonthe
PPCH.TheactualnumberdependsonthenumberofPBCCHblocks
used.ThereisonequeueforeachPagingGroupandonespecialqueue
formobilesnotusingDRX.
PagingPSQueue AqueueintheBSCwhichbuffers3GPPTS48.018PAGINGPSmessages.
Paging UL Unitdata Pagi _Un ata This message is transmitted to the SGSN and contains an LLC PDU and s istransm e to tai
controlinformation.
ParameterData Dataassociatedwiththesystem,thatis,permanentexchangedataand
datasetandmodifiedbycommands.
ParentExchange Inthiscontext,aparentexchangeistheexchangewhosecentral
processorcontrolstheTRI.Examplesofaparentexchangearethe
MobileservicesSwitchingCenter,MSCortheBaseStationController,
BSC.Seealso'ControlSignallingLink'.
PathLossCriterion Criterionforevaluationaccordingtothepathlosscomparisons.
PayloadType IndicatesiftheRLC/MACblockisadatablockoracontrolblock.
PCMLine APCMlineis(inthiscontext)atransmissionlinethatfollowstheCCITT
G.703recommendation.
11 UL) EGPRS MCS 1 MCS 9 and GPRS CS 1 CS 4
PDCHCapability(PDCHCAP) PDCHCAPspecifiestheCodingScheme(CS)capability(forGPRS),
theModulationandCodingScheme(MCS)capability(forEGPRS),the
DownlinkLevelAModulationandCodingScheme(DAS)andtheUplink
LevelAModulationandCodingScheme(UAS)capability(forEGPRS2A)
ofaPDCH.Thecapabilitiesare:
BasicGPRSPDCH.SupportsGPRSCS1andCS2.
GPRSPDCH.SupportsGPRSCS1toCS4.
EGPRSPDCH.SupportsEGPRSMCS1toMCS9andGPRSCS1toCS4.
RTTIPDCH.SupportsEGPRSMCS0toMCS9andGPRSCS1toCS4.
RTTIandIANPDCH.SupportsEGPRSMCS0toMCS9andGPRSCS1to
CS4.
E2APDCH.SupportsEGPRS2A(DAS5toDAS12DLandUAS7toUAS
11 UL) EGPRS MCS 1 to MCS 9 and GPRS CS 1 to CS 4 , to to .
PDCHEquivalent PDCHequivalentisacommonunitforexpressingthecapabilityof
PDCHs.ThecapabilitiesofthedifferenttypesofPDCHscorrespondto
thefollowingnumberofPDCHequivalents:
1E2APDCH=10PDCHequivalents
1EPDCH=10PDCHequivalents
1GPDCH=10PDCHequivalents
1BPDCH=5PDCHequivalents
PDCHPair TwoPDCHsonadjacentTimeslotNumbers(TN).
PDCHPreemption TheactionperformedtoremoveanondemandPDCHfromthePacket
SwitchedDomaininordertouseitintheCircuitSwitchedDomain.
gna rength s are d cells the penalty lis The
PDPContext OnePDPcontextcontainsoneQoSprofile.
PeakBitrate ThepeakbitrateistheR97equivalenttotheR99maximumbitrate.
PeakbitrateispartoftheR97QoSProfileIEasdefinedin3GPPTS
48.018.
PEGCounter(PC) (Eventcounters).Thistypeofcounterindicatesthenumberofevents
thathaveoccurred.Thecountermayonlybeincremented.
PEGCounter(PC) Showstheaccumulatednumberofeventsortheaccumulatedvalueofa
counter.Canonlybeincremented.
Penalty(GSMCells) LocatinghandlestwokindsofpenaltiesforGSMcellcandidates.The
signal strength demands are increased for cells in the penalty lists The si lst demand increase for in ts.
firstpenaltyisforcellsabandonedduetourgencyconditionsorcellsto
whichunsuccessfulhandoverhasoccurred.Thesecondpenaltyisvalid
foralimiteddurationthefirsttimeacellappearsasaneighbour.The
cellispunishedifitisonalowerhierarchicallayerthanservingcellwith
thesamesystemtype.Cellsbelongingtoothersystemtypesthan
servingcellirrespectiveoflayerarealsopunished.
Penalty(UTRANCells) WhenunsuccessfulhandovertoUMTShasoccurred,theUTRANcell
candidatesarepunishedbynotallowingUTRANcandidatesinthe
candidatelistduringacertaintime.
PercentileValue Thepercentilevalueisaproportionofsamplesinadistributionthata
specificsampleislessthanorequalto.
t A d Obj ass as permanently en it
Anexample:The90percentilevalueforadistributionisthevaluefor
which90percentofthesampleshavevaluesequaltoorlowerthan.
PeriodicDistributionState ThestateforperiodicdistributionofTRHload.IfthestateisACTIVE
periodicrearrangementoccurs.
PeriodicRearrangement ThemovingofLAPDlinksfromhighlyusedTRHstoTRHswithenough
freecapacityatregularintervals,asdefinedbytheoperatorin
commands.
PeriodicTest AperiodictestisatestofspecifiedcellsorofallcellsintheBaseStation
Controller.Thetestisperformedataspecifiedtimeandwithaspecified
intervalbetweenthetests.
Permanent Fault Permanen Fault A Managed Object is classified as permanently faulty when it has Manage ectiscl ified faultywh has
toggledinandoutoffaultsituationstoomanytimeswithinacertain
timeperiod.Theunderlyingfaultconditionmaydisappearbutthe
permanentfaultwillremain.Manualinterventionisrequiredtobring
suchequipmentbackintooperation.
PermanentVirtualCircuit(PVC) Apermanentpaththroughthenetwork,itsdefinitionwillberemoved
onlybyoperatorcommand.
PGWDefragmentation Thedefragmentationprocedureisusedtoensureoptimaldeviceusage.
ThedevicesaremovedwithinonePGWRPtogetcontiguousrangesof
freedevicesincaseofdefinitionofnewSuperChannelsorrelocationof
SuperChannelsfromotherPGWRPs.
MCS 5 MCS 8 DAS 5 DAS 12 or UAS 7 UAS 11 PAN ena
PGWRedundancyPrinciple TheBSChasPGWredundancywhenallSuperChannelGroupsonany
PGWRPcanbemovedtootherPGWRPs.Thatis,whenthereisenough
freecapacityinotherPGWRPs.
PhysicalLink Layerresponsiblefortransmissionandsynchronizationofdatabetween
theBSCandBTS.
PhysicallyLoadableUnit(PLU) AmanagedobjectwiththepropertythatitrequiresSWfilestobe
loadedfromtheBSC.ThispropertyisindicatedbythefunctioncodePLU
owner.
PiggybackedACK/NACK(PAN) APANreportisashortACK/NACKreportthatisembeddedinanRLC
datablock.ThePANreportisaddedwithoutchangingtheoriginal
amountofdatacontainedinthehostRLCdatablock.PANreportscan
onlybeaddedtoblockssentinFANRmode,andwithMCS1toMCS3,
MCS 5 to MCS 8 DAS 5 to DAS 12 or UAS 7 to UAS 11 PAN enables to , to , to . bles
earlierresendingofmissingblocksforEGPRS,orEGPRS2Asessions.It
alsomakesitpossibletoincreasetheshareofradioresourcesusedfor
datablocks,whichmeansthatahigherthroughputcanbeachieved.
PipeCapacity TheamountofdownlinkdatathatisintransportfromservertoMS.Itis
estimatedasthebandwidthoftheradiolinkmultipliedbytheendto
endroundtriptimebetweenserverandMS.Thebandwidthoftheradio
linkisassumedtobethebottleneck.Inordertofullyutilizetheavailable
radiolinkbandwidth,theminimumsizeoftheTCPsendwindowshall
notbesmallerthanthepipecapacity.
PlesiochronousDigitalHierarchy(PDH) Conventionalmultiplexingtechnologyfornetworktransmissionsystems.
on a per call
PointtoPointBVC(PTPBVC) AlogicallinkconnectingBSSGPprotocolentitiesoneithersideoftheGb
interface.ForGERANthereisonePTPBVCpercellandSGSNrelation.
ForGANthereisonePTPBVCperGANCGIandSGSNrelation.
PollChannel AnunreservedULchannelusedtoacknowledgetheblockssentforaDL
TBF(RLCacknowledgedmode).Thepossiblepollchannelsfora
particularGPRSmultislotclassarethesameasthechannelswhichmay
bePDCHreservedintheULdirection.
PooledTrafficLink Thepaththroughthegroupswitchissetuppercallbasisbetweenthe
transmissiondeviceRBLTandthetranscoderdevice.
PooledTranscoder ThetranscoderisallocatedandconnectedtotheRBLTthroughtheGS
on a per call basis basis.
Port Aportwithitsassociatednumberrepresentsanendpointorchannel
fornetworkcommunications.Portnumbersallowdifferentapplications
onthesamecomputertousenetworkresourceswithoutinterfering
witheachother.Portnumbersaredefinedinthelayer4(UDP,TCP)part
oftheheaderinformation.
PositioningMeasurement Calculationofalocationestimateforamobilestation.
PrePostService AdeviceinPrePostServicestate,PPS,isadministrativelydisconnected
andunabletohandletraffic.
ure e unsc d d upgra e one or more prev MO
PrePostServiceState(PPS) AmanagedobjectinstanceissaidtobeinPPSwhenithasbeendefined
butisnotinservice.WhenamanagedobjectinstanceisinstatePPS
therewillbenocommunicationbetweentheBSCandtheBTSforthat
managedobjectinstance.
Precedense PriorityClass.PrecedenceispartoftheR97QoSProfileIEasdefinedin
3GPPTS48.018.
Preemption Theactofacquiringabusychannelresource.
PreemptionofMultislotConnection,Downgrading Theactofacquiringabusychannelresourcebydowngradingaflexible
multislotconnectionintheprocedurepreemptionHandling.
Premature Upgrade Premat Upgrad An unscheduled upgrade of one or more previously downloaded MOs An he ule d of iouslydownloaded s.
Afteraprematureupgradethedownloadedsoftware,intheflash
memory,willbestartedontheBTS.Anunscheduledupgradecanbe
initiatedbyanautomaticload,forexampleatalargerestart.
PrimaryDedicatedPSET APSETcontainingatleastonededicatedorsemidedicatedPDCH.
PrimaryDedicatedPSET APSETcontainingatleastonededicatedorsemidedicatedPDCH.The
primarydedicatedPSETalwaysconformstothechosenstrategy
regardingnonhoppingPDCHsontheBCCHfrequency.
PrimaryFault Therealfault,inhardwareorsoftware,thatcausedtheproblem.
PriorityConnection AconnectionthathastheQueuingAllowedindicationsetinthe
ASSIGNMENTREQUESTortheHANDOVERREQUESTmessageat
allocationofaTCH,orintheVGCS/VBSASSIGNMENTREQUESTmessage
atallocationofaVGCH.
PriorityLevel ForeachconnectiontheprioritylevelcanbereceivedfromtheMSCin
theASSIGNMENTREQUEST,theVGCS/VBSASSIGNMENTREQUESTand
theHANDOVERREQUESTmessages.Differentprioritylevelscanbe
assignedbytheMSCfordifferentconnections.TheBSCcanusethesein
ordertohandleconnectionsdifferently.
PriorityList Definedasanorderedlistofresourcetypes.Theorderwithinthelist
indicatestheprioritywithwhicharesourcetypeshouldbeallocated.
PriorityProfile APriorityProfileconsistsof16prioritylevels,eachwithapercentageof
channelswhichareinaccessiblefortheprioritylevel,andtheprobability
offailurepercentagetoallocatethelastaccessiblechannelforthe
prioritylevel.Theinaccessiblechannelsspecifiedforaprioritylevelare
thereforeindirectlyreservedfortheotherprioritylevelsinthepriority
profile.
ProbabilityofFailure Theallocationofthelastremainingaccessiblechannelforapriority
levelisdoneonarandombasis.Probabilityoffailureindicatesthe
likelihoodoffailureofallocationinthiscase.
ProcessorLoad Theprocessorloadisdefinedasthepercentageoftimethatthe
processorspendsexecutingtasksaboveacertainprioritylevel.
ProgramLoadofManagedObjects Programloadistheprocessinwhichonlythespecifiedmanagedobjects
inBTSwhichareinservicearecheckedorloadedwithpredefined
softwarefiles.
PSTrafficFrame APStrafficframeisanHDLCframecontainingPSspeechtraffic(SAPI
12).ThePStrafficincludespayload,signallingonPDCHs,andPGSL
controltraffic.
PSDIdleList(PIL) AlistpercellofondemandandsemidedicatedPDCHsnotcarrying
traffic.ThelistisusedwhensearchingforasuitablePDCHfor
preemption.
PSDIdleListTimer(PILTimer) UsedtokeeptrackofwhenondemandPDCHsinthePILaretobe
returnedtotheCSDfromthePSDandalsotokeeptrackofwhensemi
dedicatedPDCHsaretobedeactivated.
PSET AsetofpacketdatachannelswhichcanbeusedtogetherforaTBF.
PSET AsetofPDCHs,whichcanbeusedtogetherforaTBF.APSETcan
containanymixtureofBPDCH,GPDCH,EPDCH,andE2APDCH.All
PDCHs,orasubsetcanbeusedinaTBFinaccordancewiththeGPRS
multislotclassoftheMSandtheMSCapability(GPRS,EGPRS,or
EGPRS2A,oracombinationofthese).APSETcancontainamaximumof
8PDCHs,foranextendedrangecellthemaximumis4PDCHs.
PSPRIO IndicatesifthereexistchannelsintheTCHgroupthatareallocatedto
thePSdomain.IfthatisthecasetheTCHgroupisnotpreferabletouse
foraCSconnection.
PulseCodeModulation(PCM) Speechcodingusedforspeechtransferbetweendifferentnodes,for
instanceovertheAinterface.Twodifferentcodingschemesareused:
Alaw,mainlyusedinETSInetworksusingtransmissionformatE1.
law,mainlyusedinANSInetworksusingtransmissionformatT1.
PuncturingScheme Puncturingisthetermdescribingtheremovalofbitsfroma
convolutionallyencodedradioblockpriortotransmissioninorderto
conformtotheallowedradioblocksize(456bitsforGMSK,1384bitsfor
8PSK).Thepuncturingschemeidentifiesthepositionsofthebitswhich
shallberemoved,see3GPPTS45.003.
QoSPriority TheQualityofServiceprioritycontrolshowtoshareresources,queue
dataandscheduleconcurrentdataflows.TherearefiveQoSpriorities:
GMM/SMsignalling(highestpriority)
Streaming
EIT
Interactive
Background(lowestpriority)
QoSWeight TheQualityofServiceweightcontrolsthequotientofschedulingaTBF
willgetrelativetootherTBFs,withthesameQoSpriorityandsharing
thesamePDCHs.
dio Block dio bloc are num ere sequenti or 0 11 Thi
R97QoS QualityofServicebasedonR97QoSProfilesthataremappedtoR99
QoSProfiles.
R99QoS QualityofServicebasedonR99QoSProfilesthatarenegotiatedby
meansofPFM.
RadioBlock Forapacketswitchedchannel,aradioblockisasequenceof4TDMA
framesusedtoconveyanRLC/MACblockovertheUminterface(one
exceptionistheradioblockoccasionallyusedonthePACCHconsisting
ofasequenceoffouraccessbursts,eachcarryingarepetitionofone
shortRLC/MACblock).
Ablockof456or1384codedbitscarriesoneradioblock,dependingon
whetherGMSKor8PSKmodulationisused.
Radio Block Number Ra Number Radio blocks are numbered in sequential order from 0 to 11 This Ra ks b din al derfrom to . s
sequenceofframesismappedontoa52multiframe.
RadioConnectionQualitySupervision(RCQS) Agenerictermforthosefunctionsthatsupervisesthequalityofthe
radioconnections.
RadioInterfaceTerminal Aradiointerfaceterminalisaterminalconnectedtotheradioselector.
RadioNetworkExpert TheRadioNetworkExpert(RNX)isanexternalprocessingunit
connectedtotheBSC.Itcollectsandinterpretstheeventdatasupplied
bytheBSC.
RadioSelector TheswitchingequipmentintheTRIEM.
RadioSignallingLink(RSL) AsignallinglinkfortrafficsignallingontheAbisinterface.
ReceivedMeasurementData Dataassociatedwithaconnection,thatis,datainthe3GPPTS48.058
messageMEASUREMENTRESULTaswellasinformationon'ActualRF
PowerClass'.
Receiver(RX)(G01) Amanagedobjectandalogicalunit.ItprovidestheRFreception
functionalityforatransceiver.
Receiver(RX)(G12) Anapplicationobject.ItprovidestheRFreceptionfunctionalityfora
transceiver.
RecordingArea TheareainwhichoneMSisrecorded.ItcanberecordingwithinAccess
cell,recordingwithinaccesscellanddefinedneighbouringcellsor
recordingwithintheBSC.
RecordingData Recordingdatacollectedforspecificmeasurements/tracingsinROS.
RecordingDetails DescribesthestatusoftheongoingrecordinginROS.
RecordingIdentity Therecordingidentityisanalphanumericstringwhichdefinesaspecific
recordingindividual.
RecordingIndividual Recordingindividualspecifiesrecordingdefinitiondata.Itisuniquely
identifiedbyitsrecordingidentity
RecordingReference AnidentifierfortheMSconnection,whichisreceivedinthemessage
TRACEINVOCATION.
RecordingSegment Theperiodoftimeforwhichrecordingisperformedforacertainsetof
frequencies.
RecordingTypeCTR DefinesiftherecordingisperformedonCTRevent,orCTReventand
measurementdata.
RRBP and ES/P h or poll response ti
RecordingTypeMTR DefinesiftherecordingisperformedonMTRevent,orMTReventand
measurementdata,andhowtherecordingwillbepresented(alpha
numericprintoutor/andfileoutput).
RecordingsLostData Datausedtospecifytheperiodwhentherecordingeventsarelost
becauseofAPGfailover.
Starttime(hour,minute,second)
Stoptime(hour,minute,second)
ReducedTransmissionTimeInterval(RTTI) AnEGPRSandEGPRS2Afunctionalitythatwillreducethetransfertime
overtheradiointerface.ATBFinTTImodeRTTIwillbescheduledover
PDCHpairsevery10ms.AnMSinRTTImodewilluseCES/Pinsteadof
RRBP and ES/P which will lead to shorter poll response time whic willleadtosh ter me.
RegionalProcessorIntegrated(RPI) TheRPIisaregionalprocessorintegratedonsomeGenericEricsson
Magazine(GEM)basedAXEboards(forexample,TRAR6/R6B/R7or
GS890HW).RPIcombinesRegionalProcessor(RP)andDeviceProcessor
(DP)softwarefunctionalityinoneprocessor.
RegionalProcessortypeDevice(RPD) RPDsupportsregionalprocessingandcommunicationbetweenthe
centralprocessorandtheSNT.TheRPDconsistsofapplicationsoftware
andhardware.ThehardwareconsistsofonecircuitboardcalledTRHB.
RegionalProcessorwithGroupSwitchInterface(RPG) RPGsupportsregionalprocessingandcommunicationbetweenthe
centralprocessorandtheSNT.AnRPGconsistsofapplicationsoftware
only.
IP d t (RIP) IP k end po t ou ide the BSC d fined an IP and
ThedenotationRPG1_2standsforRPGwithgroupswitchversions1or
2,whileRPG3standsforRPGwithgroupswitchversion3.
RegionalProcessorwithPCIInterface(RPP) RPPcontainshardwaretosupportGPRSintheBSS.SeveralRPPscanbe
connectedtogetherinaPCUovertheEthernetbus.
RegionalSoftwareUnit Thesoftwareloadedontothetranscoderboard.ItconsistsofRPIand
FullRate(FR),HalfRate(HR),EnhancedFullRate(EFR),AdaptiveMulti
RateFR(AMRFR)andAdaptiveMultiRateHR(AMRHR)softwarefor
theDSPs.
RelativeReservedBlockPeriod(RRBP) SpecifieswhentheMSshalltransmitControlBlocks.
Remote IP End Point (RIP) Remote En Poin An IP Network end point outside the BSC defined by an IP address and An Networ in ts , e by address
anIPport.
RemoteMode(G12) Whenaserviceobjectisinremotemodeit,anditsrelatedapplication
objectsareabletocommunicatewiththeBSC.
RemoteOMT AnOMTphysicallyconnectedtoBSCandcommunicatingwithBTSusing
LAPDwithinadedicatedPCMtimeslot.
RemoteOMToverIP(ROMT/IP) AnOMTconnectedtoBSCoverTCP/IPnetworkandcommunicating
withBTSviaanAbisOperationandMaintenanceLink(OML).
RemoteTranscoderLostFault TRAsynchronizationfaultdetectedwithrelationtotheTSmode.
l e e or the ra a multi t
RequiredIdleThreshold Lowthresholdexpressedasapercentageofidleresourcesinthe
transcoderpool.Belowthisthreshold,thetranscoderpoolisacandidate
fortakingresourcesforreconfigurationfromanothertranscoderpool.
ResegmentIndicator AnindicatorwhichtellsthetransmittingsideifRLCdatablocksare
allowedtobesplitintotwopartswhentheyareretransmittedin
acknowledgedmodeTBFs.
ReservedTCH ThetermReservedTCHisusedtodenoteTCHswhicharereservedby
thefunctionDifferentialChannelAllocation.
ResourceLevelDowngrade Releaseofresources,inordertodecreasethedatarateforamultislot
connection.
Resource Level Upgrade ResourceLeve Upgrad Seizure of resources in order to increase the data rate for a multislot S izureofresources,in dertoincrease data tefor slo
connection.
ResourceType Aresourcetypeisdefinedasacombinationofchanneltype(SDCCH,
TCH),subcell(overlaid,underlaid),channelrateandspeechversion.
ResourceType Aresourcetypeisdefinedasacombinationofthefollowing
components:
Cellorsubcell(overlaid,underlaid)
Channeltype(SDCCH,TCH)
Channelrate(FR,HR)
Speechversion(Speechversion1,SpeechVersion2,SpeechVersion3,
andSpeechVersion5)
erred
ResourceTypePriorityList Aresourcetypeprioritylistisdefinedasanorderedlistofresource
types.Theorderwithinthelistindicatestheprioritywithwhicha
resourcetypeshouldbeallocated.
RfPowerCapability MaximumoutputpowerofMobileStation.
RIRConfiguration TheRadioInterferenceRecording(RIR)configurationincludes
distributionofthemeasurementfrequenciestotheTRXs.Ifacellis
deactivateditalsoincludessetupoftheTRXsinordertoperformthe
recording.
RLCDataBlock AnRLCDatablockisthepartofanRLC/MACblockcarryinguserdataor
upperlayers'signallingdata.
RLCDataUnit AsegmentedpartofanLLCPDU.Containstheactualdatawhichis
transferred transf .
RLCDataUnit DatafromoneormoreLLCPDUsthatistransferredinanRLCdata
block.
RLCMode IndicatesifaTBFshouldoperateinacknowledgedorunacknowledged
mode.Inacknowledgedmode,eachRLCdatablockmaybe
retransmittedseveraltimesbeforebeingsuccessfullyreceived.In
unacknowledgedmode,eachRLCdatablockistransmittedjustonce;
missingblocksarereplacedbyfilleroctets(GPRSTBF)orbytheoutput
fromthechanneldecoder(EGPRSTBF)inthereceiver.
The RLC/MAC block ruc ure differs GPRS and EGPRS The RLC/MAC
RLCMode IndicatesifaTBFshouldoperateinacknowledgedorunacknowledged
mode.Inacknowledgedmode,eachRLCdatablockmaybe
retransmittedseveraltimesbeforebeingsuccessfullyreceived.In
unacknowledgedmode,eachRLCdatablockistransmittedjustonce;
missingblocksarereplacedbyfilleroctets(zeroes)inthereceiver.
RLC/MACBlock ThePDUexchangedbetweenRLC/MACentities.DistinctRLC/MACblock
structuresaresupportedfordatatransferandforcontrolmessage
transfer.
TheRLC/MACblockstructureforcontrolmessagesiscommonforGPRS
andEGPRS,see3GPPTS44.060.MCS0canbeusedforcarryinganRLC
controlblockforaTBFinTTImodeRTTI.
The RLC/MAC block structure differs for GPRS and EGPRS The RLC/MAC st t for .
blockforGPRSdataconsistsofaseparateMACheaderandRLCdata
block.TheRLC/MACblockforEGPRSdataconsistsofacombined
RLC/MACheaderandoneortwoRLCdatablocks.ForMCS16thereis
oneRLCdatablock,forMCS79therearetwoRLCdatablocks.
RLC/MACControlBlock AnRLC/MACblockcontainingsignallinginformation.
RLINKUP Themaximumvalueoftheradiolinksupervisioncounter.
RPIntercommunicationGroup(RPIG) AgroupofRPswhichareconnectedviatwoRPintercommunication
nets.ThenetsaredesignatedNetAandNetB.Severalindependent
applicationsmightusethesameRPIG.
RRFrame ALAPDprotocolsupervisoryframe,usedtoclearapreviouslyindicated
busycondition,ortoindicatethatthelayer2entityisreadytoreceiveI
frames.
RSL RadioSignallingLink.ServestheTrafficManagementProceduresof
layer3.
RSU RegionalSoftwareUnitisthesoftwareloadedontothetranscoder
board.ItconsistsoftheRPIandFR/EFRsoftwarefortheDSPs.
RTPStream ARealTimeTransportProtocolstreamofoctetssentfromtheMStothe
HBSCorfromtheHBSCtotheMSontheUDPprotocol.Itisusedtosend
trafficdatabetweentheMSandtheHBSC.
RTTIandIANPDCH(RIPDCH) AnRIPDCHisalogicalchannelusedfortransferofEGPRS2A(DAS5to
DAS12DLandUAS7toUAS11UL),EGPRS(MCS1toMCS9)andGPRS
(CS1toCS4)packetdataandcontrolsignalling.AnRIPDCHisanE
PDCH,oranE2APDCHthatusesaTGinsuperchannelmode,andaTRX
capableofbothRTTIandPAN.
RTTIandIANTCH(RITCH) AnRITCHisatrafficchannel,whichinthepacketswitcheddomainis
capableofcarryingEGPRS2A(DAS5toDAS12DLandUAS7toUAS11
UL),EGPRS(MCS1toMCS9)andGPRS(CS1toCS4)packetdataand
controlsignalling.TheRITCHisconnectedtoaTRXcapableofRTTIand
PAN.ItusesaTGinsuperchannelmode.
RTTIPDCH(RPDCH) AnRPDCHisalogicalchannelusedfortransferofEGPRS2A(DAS5to
DAS12DLandUAS7toUAS11UL),EGPRS(MCS1toMCS9)andGPRS
(CS1toCS4)packetdataandcontrolsignalling.AnRPDCHisanE
PDCH,oranE2APDCHthatusesaTGinsuperchannelmode,andaTRX
capableofRTTI.
RTTITBF(RTBF) AnRTBFisaTBFusingtheTTImodeRTTIandthatcanuseModulation
andCodingSchemesMCS0toMCS9.
RTTITCH(RTCH) AnRTCHisatrafficchannel,whichinthepacketswitcheddomainis
capableofcarryingEGPRS2A(DAS5toDAS12DLandUAS7toUAS11
UL),EGPRS(MCS1toMCS9)andGPRS(CS1toCS4)packetdataand
controlsignalling.TheRTCHisconnectedtoaTRXcapableofRTTIand
usesaTGinsuperchannelmode.
RXLEV ThemeasuredinterferencelevelismappedontoRXLEVvaluebetween
0and63asfollows:
RXLEV Signal Level

0 less than -110 dBm.
1 -110 dBm to -109 dBm.
2 -109 dBm to -108 dBm.
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. .
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61 -50 dBm to -49 dBm.
62 -49 dBm to -48 dBm.
63 greater than -48 dBm.
RXQUAL Averagereceivedsignalqualityonservingcell.
The llow ran ven a annel on the va
SACCHPeriod TheperiodofaSACCHmultiframe,duringwhichtheBTScanmakeone
measurementoftheinterferenceonanidlechannel.
SAPI ServiceAccessPointIdentifier.Differentfunctionalentitieswithinone
physicalentityareaddressedbytheSAPI.
SAPI0Connection Alayer2connectionusedastrafficconnectionand/orassignalling
connection.
SAPI3Connection Alayer2connectionusedfortransferofshortmessages.TheSAPI3
connectionisusedinparalleltotheSAPI0connection.
SASRank ThedifferentvaluesoftheSASparameteraregivenarankingvaluein
ordertobeabletocomparedifferentTCHsfromdifferentchannel
groups The following rank is given to a channel depending on the value groups. fo ing kisgi to ch depending lue
oftheSASparameterofthechannelgroup:
2
1
0
Scheduling DecideswhichMSshallusetheradioresourcesatanyspecifictime.
Donenbothuplinkanddownlinkdirection.
SDCCHCombination Thetermisusedtodenoteagenericchannelcombinationsupportedby
oneBPC.ItcanconsistofeithereightlogicalSDCCH/8orsevenlogical
SDCCH/8andaCBCH.Itcanalsoconsistofthecommoncontrol
channels(BCCH,etc.)andfourlogicalSDCCH/4,orthecommoncontrol
channels,threelogicalSDCCH/4andaCBCH.
con ns those d dica d and sem d dica d PDCHs th cou not
SDCCHGroup AlldeblockedSDCCHsareincludedinSDCCHgroups.SDCCHsthatare
deblockedonthesameBPCbelongtothesameSDCCHgroup.
SDCCH/8 Whenformingachannelcombination,aStandAloneDedicatedControl
Channel(SDCCH)canbedividedintosubchannels.Adivisionwhere
eightsubchannelsshareonetimeslotiscalledSDCCH/8.
SecondMS AsecondMSisanMSthattogetherwithafirstMSmayformanactive
VAMOSpair.
SecondaryChannel Achannelwhichisnotthemainchannel.
SecondaryDedicatedPSET APSETcontainingatleastonededicatedorsemidedicatedPDCH.It
contains those dedicated and semi dedicated PDCHs that could not be tai e te i e te at ld be
placedintheprimarydedicatedPSET.
SecondaryFault Afaultthatisdetectedbecauseotherequipmentthatthereporting
functionisdependentondoesnotworkproperly.
SegmentTime Thelengthofarecordingsegment.
SelectionType Aselectiontypeisdefinedasauniquetrafficsituation.Atrafficsituation
isacombinationofTrafficcase,Subcellpreferred,Channelmode,
ChannelrateandtypepreferredandSpeechversionpreferred.Each
selectiontypeisconnectedtooneresourcetypeprioritylist.
SemidedicatedPDCH APDCHthatisallocatedbycommandbutactivatedanddeactivated
dynamicallydependingontheneedforpacketdatatrafficinthecell.
itself The serv tions e 2
SemipermanentConnection Asemipermanentconnectionisaninterconnectionofdevicesthrough
thegroupswitch.Theinterconnectionsetupandreleaseisnot
performedonapercallbasis.Transmissionissupervisedinthesame
wayasforordinaryconnections
SemipermanentConnection Semipermanentconnectionofdevicesissetbycommandandnot
performedonapercallbasis.
SemipermanentPath Aconnectionbetweentwo64kbpstimeslotsintheTRIEM.
SerialNumber ConsistsofGeographicalScope(2bitfield),MessageCode(10bitfield)
andUpdateNumber(4bitfield).Theserialnumberistransmittedinthe
messageheader.
ServiceObject(SO)(G12) AServiceObjectcarriesservicefunctionsforasetofManagedObject
instances including itself The service functions include Layer 2 instances,including . icefunc includ Layer
terminationandLayer3distribution.TheymayfurtherincludeSW
loading,forwardingofloadedSWtootherManagedObjects,and
supervisionofHWandSW.ThefollowingManagedObjectsareService
Objects:CentralFunctions(CF)andTransceiverController(TRXC).
ServiceOutageTime Thetimefromthelastpollrequestmessagetothe48.018FLUSHLL
messageisreceived.
ServingCell ThecellwheretheMShasanallocatedchannel.
ServingGPRSSupportNode(SGSN) TheSGSNperformspacketroutingtoandfromtheSGSNservicearea.It
alsoperformsauthentication,ciphering,IMEIcheck,controland
monitoringfunctions,andstorageofdatarelatedtopacketdataMobile
Stations.
Signa ng BVC A l cal li connecting BSSGP pro oco entities on er the Gb
SeverelyErroredSecond Aonesecondperiodwhichcontainsmoreorequalto30%errored
blocksoratleast1defect.
SGSNPoolArea AnSGSNPoolAreaisanareawithinwhichanMSmayroamwithout
needtochangetheservingSGSNnode.OneormoreSGSNnodesin
parallelserveapoolarea.AllthecellscontrolledbyaBSCbelongtothe
sameone(ormore)poolarea(s).
ShortMSRelease TheactionsperformedwhenreleasingtheconnectiontotheMSand
theMSisknownnottobetunedtothechannel.
SignalStrengthCriterion Criterionforevaluationaccordingtothesignalstrengthcomparisons.
Signalling BVC lli A logical link connecting BSSGP protocol entities on either side of the Gb ogi nk t l eith sideof
interface.ThesignallingBVCtransportsmanagementmessagesto
controllayer3acrosstheGbinterface.AllBSSGPmessageswhichare
notfordeliverytoaPointtoPointBVCaresentonthesignallingBVC.
SignallingOnlyConnection Aconnectionusedforsystemsignallingduringacallsetupbeforea
trafficconnectionisestablished.
SignallingPoint Anodeinasignallingnetwork.
SignallingType TheSignallingTypeintheBSCiseitherCCITTorANSIbasedSignalling
No7.
SingleslotConnection Asingleslotconnectionisatrafficconnectionwhereonlyonetraffic
channelisused.Thechannelrateiseitherfullrateorhalfrate.A
singleslotconnectiondoesnothaveamainchannel.
or thus the noun soft
SlavePDCH APDCHcontainingPACCHandPDTCH.
SleepMode AnMSisinsleepmodewhenitisonlylisteningtoitsownpaginggroup.
ThisreducesMSpowerconsumption.
SNT ASwitchingNetworkTerminal,SNT,isanequipmentconnectedtoa
GroupSwitch.
SoftCombining Softbitinformation,thatis,bitinformationbeforechanneldecoding,is
combinedwheredifferenttransmissionsofthesameRLCdataunit
whichhavehadamatchingMCSandpuncturingschemeapplied.
SoftStore InordertosupportIR,theMSstoresseveralversionsofthesameRLC
datablockuntilithasbeensuccessfullydecoded.Thisiscalledsoft
storing; thus the noun soft store st ing; store.
SpeechCodec ASpeechCodecisacombinationofachannelrateandaspeechversion.
EnhancedFullRate(EFR)speechcodecistheFullrate(FR)channelrate
usingSpeechVersion2forGSMmobiletelephony.FRspeechcodecis
theFRchannelrateusingSpeechVersion1.HalfRate(HR)speechcodec
istheHRchannelrateusingSpeechVersion1.TheAMRFRspeech
codecistheFRchannelrateusingSpeechVersion3andtheAMRHR
speechcodecistheHRChannelRateusingSpeechVersion3.TheAMR
WBspeechcodecistheFRchannelrateusingSpeechVersion5.
SpeechQuality TheRXQUAL,BERandFERdatacollectedontheuplinkintheBTSare
usedtocalculatethesubjectivespeechqualityoftheuplinkspeech.
SpeechQualityIndex Themomentaryspeechqualityforanongoingspeechcall.
SpeechVersion Thevariantofspeechencodingalgorithmwithinthesamechannelrate.
Therearefourspeechversions,SpeechVersion1,SpeechVersion2,
SpeechVersion3,andSpeechVersion5.
SpontaneousMOReset ThismeansthattheManagedObjecthaschangedstate,withoutBSC
control,toReset.Itisnotinoperationandmustbebroughtbacktoan
operationalstate.
StallCondition AnMSisonlyallowedtotransmitdatablockswithinitstransmit
window.ThesizeofthiswindowisdependentonwhetheraGPRSor
EGPRSTBFisbeingused.InthecaseofanEGPRSTBF,thewindowsizeis
dependentonthenumberoftimeslotsallocatedtotheTBF.ForaGPRS
TBFthewindowsizeisfixed.
IftheRLCtransmitwindowcannotadvancethentheTBFissaidtobe
stalled.Theoldestunacknowledgedblockwithinthestalledtransmit
windowmustbepositivelyacknowledgedbeforethestallconditioncan
becleared.Oncethisoccursthetransmitwindowcanadvance.
StandAloneBSC ABSCwithoutaTRC.ItmustbeconnectedeithertoaBSC/TRCortoa
TRC.TheBSCpartcontrolstheradionetworkandtheTRCpartcontains
andcontrolsthetranscoderresourcesandtheterrestrialresourceson
theAinterfaceandAterinterface.
StandbyRP AnRPwithhardwareandsoftwareconfigured,operationalbutnot
currentlyinusebytheapplication.
StatusCounter(ST) (Levelcounters).Thiscountershowsthecurrentstatusornumberof
eventsthatareoccurringatpresent.Thecountermaybeincremented
ordecremented.
StatusCounter(ST) Showsthecountervalueataspecificmoment(thatis,asnapshot).Can
beincrementedordecremented.
Stealing IfthereisinsufficientBTSequipmenttofullysatisfytheconfiguration
requirement,equipmentmaybetakenawayfromalowprioritychannel
inordertobeusedforahigherprioritychannel.Thisisknownas
stealing.
StealingcanaffectanythingfromoneBPCuptoalltheBPCsina
ChannelGroupandisnotsubjecttotheHGbyHGrestrictionof
MinimumDisturbance.
StreamingClass Usedforrealtimetrafficflowswithmoderatedelayrequirements.
Examplesarerealtimevideoandrealtimeaudio.
StreamingPFC APFCthatisusedforStreaming.APFCisidentifiedasStreamingifthere
issupportforStreaminginthecellandthedemandsonTransferDelay
arelow(TransferDelayinABQPmaybehigherthan800ms).
StreamingTBF ATBFwithanactivePFCwithQoSpriorityStreamingasthehighest
priorityPFC.
StructuredProcedure Aninitialrequestmessageitsacceptmessageanditsresponsefrom
BTS.AStructuredProcedureconcernsonlyoneManagedObject.
STS StatisticsandTrafficMeasurementSubsystem.
/--------------------------------------\
| |
| COUNTERS IN THE |
| | REPORT PROGRAMS | |
| |
| TRAFFIC APPLICATION IN THE BSC |
| |
\--------------------------------------/
|
/-----------------------+-----------------------\
| STS | |
| /---------------------------------\ |
| | | |
| | MEASUREMENT DATABASE (DB) | |
| | | |
| \---------------------------------/ |
| | |
| /---------------------------------\ |
| | | |
| | REPORT PROGRAMS | |
| | | |
| \---------------------------------/ |
| | | | |
| /-----\ /-----\ /-----\ |
| | | | | | | REPORTS |
| | | | | | | |
| \-----/ \-----/ \-----/ |
| |
\-----------------------------------------------/
Countersarecollectedperiodicallyfromthetrafficapplicationtothe
MeasurementDatabase(DB).
ThereportprogramsfetchinformationfromtheDBwhenareportshall
beproduced.
Di tion uations ting eva uation ere the mos suit connection su
Reportsareproducedaccordingtoatimetable,whichisspecifiedfor
eachreport.
SubCircuitIdentityCode(SUBCIC) ThesubCICisabitmapindicatingwhichpartofthetrafficconnection
thatisused.
Subcell Thechannelgroupsinacellcanbedividedtoformtwosubcellswith
differentfrequencyreusepatterns.Asubcellcaneitherbeunderlaidor
overlaid.
SubcellChange Subcellchangeisachannelchangebetweentwochannelsinthesame
subcell.
SubcellData Subcelldataisdatathatcanbedefinedpersubcell.
Subcell Load Distribution Evaluations SubcellLoad stribu Eval Locating evaluation where the most suitable connection for subcell load Loca l wh t able for bcellload
distributionisidentified.
SubcellLoadDistributionTimeInterval Thetimeintervalspecifiedbytheoperator,whichwhenexpiredinitiates
thecheckingofthelevelofidlefullratecapableTCHsintheunderlaid
subcellincellsactiveforsubcellloaddistribution.
SubcellType Therearetwodifferentsubcelltypes:Overlaidsubcell:Asubcellwhich
isdefined"ontop"ofanunderlaidsubcellandispartofadifferent
frequencyreusepattern.Thecommoncontrolchannelsareshared
betweentheoverlaidandunderlaidsubcells.
Underlaidsubcell:Asubcellwithanassociatedoverlaidsubcell.The
underlaidsubcellinheritsthecharacteristicsofthecell.
annel se GPRS on one TCH GPRS d dica d anne
Subdevice Thesubdeviceindicateswhichpartofthedevicethatisusedinthe
connection.
Subgroup AtchannelallocationforPacketSwitchedConnections,theTCHgroupis
dividedintotwosubgroups.
TN 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
/ - -- - - - -- - \
/---------------\
\---------------/
\ - -- - - - -- - /
sub sub
group 0 group 1
OnlyonechannelsetforGPRScanbeallocatedononesubgroup,thatis,
two channel sets for GPRS on one TCH group GPRS dedicated channels twoch tsfor group. e te ch ls
isallocatedinsubgroup1only.
Submeasurements MeasurementsaremadeonthesubsetofTDMAframesinwhichitis
guaranteedthattheMSisalwaystransmitting.
SubordinateSwitchingNetworkTerminal(SUBSNT) ApartofanSNTuniquetoET155thatcanbeconfigured,blocked,
tested,deblocked.ASUBSNTconsistsofoneorseveralboards.
Subrate DefinestogetherwithsubchanneltheSubratephysicalchannel.
SubratePhysicalChannel Aphysicalchannelutilizingafractionofn*8kbps(inadjacentbitsinone
octet)ofa64kbpslink.
SubrateSwitching Subrateswitching(SR)isswitchinginthegroupswitchataratelower
than64kbps.
d d then pac s ng a par ar call are sen a thi
SuperChannel(SC) SetofcontiguousAbispathsthatareusedasonewidebandchannel.
SuperChannelGroup(SCGR) SetofoneuptofourSuperChannels(SC)thatterminateinoneBTS.
SuperChannelMode(SCM) AtransmissionmodeofaTransceiverGroup(TG)inwhichseveralLAPD
linksandtrafficchannelsshareaSuperChannelfortransferringdata.
Supplementary/PollingBit(S/P) UsedintheheaderofanRLC/MACblocktoindicatewhetherornotthe
RRBPisvalid.
SwitchedVirtualCircuit(SVC) InanSVCsystemasuitablepathbetweensourceanddestinationisfirst
decided then all packets belonging to a particular call are sent via this ecide all ket belongi to ticul tvi s
path.
SwitchingNetworkTerminal(SNT) AnequipmentconnectedtoaGroupSwitchviaadigitallink(DL).
SwitchingNetworkTerminalInlet(SNTINL) IndicateswhereintheSNTthedevicesshallbeconnected.
SynchronisationDelay ThecombinedvalueoftheDistributionDelayonExternalTimingBus
andtheTransmitterChainDelay,soastoprovidesynchronized
transmissionofallTGsinthecluster.
SynchronousDigitalHierarchy(SDH) Standardtechnologyforsynchronousdatatransmissiononoptical
mediaandprovidesfasternetworkinterconnectionthantraditionalPDH
equipment.
SynchronousTransportModule(STM1) TheETSIstandardfora155MbpsinterfacetoanSDHnetwork.
the MS the ne k
SystemType Thesystemtypedefinesthestandardtofollow,andiseitherGSM800,
GSM900,GSM1800orGSM1900.
T1 DigitaltransmissionformatusedinANSIandTTC.T1signalformat
carriesdataatarateof1.544Mbpsandcancarry24channelsof56
kbps.
T11 AnassignmenttimerthatrepresentsthemaximumtimeaPriority
Connectioncanstayinaqueue(see,3GPPTS48.008).
T3208 MStimer.T3208isusedbytheMSinCCNmodetodecidewhentostop
waitingfornetworkassistanceforthecellreselection.
T3212 T3212timeoutvalue.Definesthetimeoutvaluethatcontrolsthe
locationupdatingprocedure,thatis,whennotifyingtheavailabilityof
the MS to the network to twor .
TAPositioning AmethodinwhichtheBSCprovidesTAvalueandCellIdentitytothe
networkforlocationestimatecalculations.
TAAVELEN Numberofvaluesinmovingaverageoftimingadvance.
TAIIndividual ThePDCHchosen,amongthePDCHsinaTBF,tocarrytheTAI.
TandemFreeOperation(TFO) Astandardizedmethodtoavoiddoublespeechencodinganddecoding
inthetranscoders,inMStoMScalls.Itrequiresthatthespeechframes,
embeddedintoPCMsignal,canbetransmittedtransparentlythroughall
equipmentinthepathbetweenthetranscoders.
TBFLimit AlimitformeanvalueofallPDCHreservationsonallPDCHsinacell,UL
orDL,abovewhichPDCHreservationsareallowedbutshouldbe
avoided.TheTBFlimitisusedwhencheckingforapossiblerequestfor
moreondemandPDCHsandischeckedperPDCHCapability.
TBFMode SpecifieswhetheraTBFisusingGPRSorEGPRS.
TBFMode(detailedversion) SpecifieswhetheraTBFisusingGPRSorEGPRS.InthePCU,thereisa
requestedTBFModewhichmaybeassignedvaluesEGPRSorGPRSand
aresponsecalledEstablishedTBFModewhichmaybeassignedvalues
EGPRS,restrictedEGPRS,GPRSorbasicGPRS.RestrictedEGPRSmay
occurduetoparameterPSKONBCCHandlimitsthemodulationtoGMSK
(MCS4atthemost).BasicGPRSmayhandleCS2atthemost.
TCHCapabilities Indicatesthecapabilitiesofaphysicalchannelwithrespecttothe
channelrate,additionalassignmentandalsoindicationofhow,andto
whatextent,itcansupportcombinationsofhalfratechannelsinthe
samebasicphysicalchannel.
TCHCapabilitiesGroup TCHCapabilitiesGroupisagroupofphysicalchannelssupportingthe
sameTCHCapabilities.
TCHGroup Agroupoftrafficchannelswiththesamefrequencycharacteristics.A
TCHgroupmayconsistofuptoeightBPCsusedasTCHs.
AlldeblockedfullrateTCHsareincludedinTCHgroups.Thetraffic
channelsinthePSDmayformaPSET,andintheCSDmaybeused
togetherinaHSCSDcall.TCHsinthesameTCHgrouphavethesame
propertiesonthefollowingdata:
TCH A group c anne the same arac s A
Fornonfrequencyhoppingchannels:
CellorSubcell(underlaid,overlaid)
TrainingSequenceCode
Frequency
Forfrequencyhoppingchannels:
CellorSubcell(underlaid,overlaid)
TrainingSequenceCode
HoppingSequenceNumber
MobileAllocation
MobileAllocationIndexOffset
TCH Group Group A group of traffic channels with the same frequency characteristics A oftraffi ch lswith frequencych teri tics.
TCHgroupmayconsistofuptoeightBPCsusedasTCHs.
TCH/F ThisconceptisusedwhenreferringtoaFullRateTCH.Iffullrateis
used,thereisoneTCH/Fpertimeslotintheairinterface.
TCH/H ThisconceptisusedwhenreferringtoaHalfRateTCH.Ifhalfrateis
used,therearetwoTCH/Hpertimeslotintheairinterface.
TemporaryBlockFlow(TBF) AlogicalconnectionbetweentheMSandthePCU.ATBFisusedfor
eitheruplinkordownlinktransferofGPRSpacketdata.Theactual
transferismadeonPDCHs.
TemporaryFlowIdentity(TFI) AnidentitywhichidentifiesaTBF(uplinkordownlink)onallPDCHsused
fortheTBF.
TemporaryInactivePeriod AperiodduringwhichanMSmaystopsendingRLCdatablocksuplink
andonlysenddummyRLCdatablocks.
TemporaryMobileStationIdentifier(TMSI) TheTMSIisatemporaryidentifier,whichisassignedtothemobilewhen
itregistersinanMSC.TheTMSIisusedtoincreasesubscribers'
confidentiality,byavoidingsendingofIMSIontheairinterface.Once
TMSIhasbeenassignedtoanMS,theTMSIisusedbytheMStoidentify
itselfinthenetwork.
TemporaryOffset(TO) DefinesanegativeoffsetappliedtoCellReselectOffset.
TemporaryPacketFlow(TPF) ATemporaryPacketFlowforaPFCexistswhenthereisdataavailableto
scheduleforthatPFC.
TerminalEndpointIdentifier(TEI) TheTEIisusedtoaddressthedifferentphysicalentitieswhensignalling
onlayer2overtheAbisinterface.
TerminalEquipment ThephysicalentitiesthattheBSCcommunicateswithviadatalinks,at
theBTS.
TFComp TheTFCompensationvalue.ThismustbedefinedforeachSlaveTF
relativetotheMasterTF.Itcanbecalculatedby:
TFComp=DistributiondelaybetweenMasterTGandSlaveTG+Own
TGtransmitterchaindelayMasterTGtransmitterchaindelay
TFMode SetsthemodeoftheTFintheTG.Itcontrolstimingandsynchronization
relationswithotherTGs.TheTFModesare:
Master:Synchronizedtowardsthesynchronizationsourceand
distributingsynchronizationtootherTFs
Slave:(RBS2000only)SynchronizedtowardstheMaster
Standalone:Synchronizedtowardsthesynchronizationsource.Thisis
thedefaultmode.
TGCluster Between2and16colocatedTGs.TheTimingFunction(TF)ofeachTGis
physicallylinked.OneoftheTGsintheclusteractsasatimingsource,or
master.Notethatthiscluster,isnotional.Itexistsonlyinthestructure
ofthedefineddatafortheTGs,thatis,therelationsbetweentheTGs
arenotexplicit.
TGClusterIdentity AninstanceusedtoidentifyallTGswithinonelogicalTGcluster.
TGFID ATGFIDisaforloppidentitycreatedforeachTransceiverGroup.ATG
FIDlinksalldatarelatingtoaTransceiverGroupenablinganindividual
grouptobeindependentlyrecovered.
TGCApplication(G01) TGCapplicationisactiveinoneandonlyoneTransceiverController
(TRXC)ineachTG.Theapplicationhandlescommunicationtoand
supervisionofTGcommonequipment;TheTransmitters(TX)andthe
TimingFunction(TF).
TGCState(G01) ATRXCisonlycapableofprovidingcommunicationtocommon
equipmentwhenitsTGCstateisACTIVE.TheotherpossibleTGCstateis
STANDBY.
TimeDivisionMultiplexingMode(TDM) AtransmissionmodeofaTransceiverGroup(TG)inwhichtheAbis
interfaceisstructuredinto64kbpscircuits.EachLAPDlinkandtraffic
channelusesasingle64kbpscircuitorsubratephysicalchannelfor
transferringdata.
Ti ng tion (TF) (G01) A managed and l cal unit It provides ti ng necessary a
TimeSlotHandler(TS)(G01) Amanagedobjectandalogicalunit.Itprovidesthefunctionalityfor
controlling,signallingandprocessingforonetimeslotofaTDMAframe.
TimeSlotHandler(TS)(G12) Anapplicationobject.Itprovidesthefunctionalityforcontrolling,
signallingandprocessingforonetimeslotofaTDMAframe.
TimeslotNumberPriorityOrder TheorderinwhichdedicatedandsemidedicatedPDCHsareallocatedin
ordertoobtainoptimalPDCHreservations.
TimingAdvanceIndex(TAI) Specifiesoneofthe16PTCCHsubchannelsonaPDCHusedbytheMSto
handlethecontinuousTimingAdvancefunction.
Timing Function (TF) (G01) mi Func A managed object and logical unit It provides all timing necessary in a object ogi . all mi in
transceivergroup.
TimingFunction(TF)(G12) Anapplicationobject.Itprovidestimingnecessaryinatransceiver
group.
TLLITemporaryLinkIdentifier AvalueassignedtoanMSbytheSGSNwhichuniquelyidentifiestheMS
withinaRoutingArea.
TMSIBasedRouting AsubscriberthatisalreadyregisteredinoneoftheMSCsinapool
shouldalwaysbedirectedtothesameMSC,providedthatthe
subscriberstaysinthepoolarea.ThisisachievedbyusingtheNRIpart
oftheTMSI.
TNSetValue TheTNsetvaluegivesanindicationofhowwellonesubgroupfulfilsthe
allocationrequestforanewchannelsettoaPSconnection.
3
AtallocationofGPRSdedicatedchannelswhenthenumberof
requestedchannelsarebetween1to3awindowofrequestednumber
ofchannelsismovedoverthesubgroupinordertofindthebestplace
forthewindow.TheTNsetvalueindicatespreferenceforasubgroup
accordingto:
1
2
3
AtallocationofondemandPDCHsoratallocationofGPRSdedicated
channelswhenthenumberofrequestedchannelsare4,theTNset
valueindicatespreferenceforasubMRTaccordingto:
1
2
3
TRACapability TRAcapabilityisameasureofthespeechcodecalgorithmanddatarate
adaptationsupportedbyatranscoderresource.
TRASynchronisationFault WhentheBTSdetectsabreakintheTRAtoTRXspeechordatalink,and
thisbreakstillpersistsafterafilteringperiod,thenitraisesa
synchronizationfault.
TraceReference AnidentifierfortheMSconnection,whichisreceivedinthemessage
MSCINVOKETRACE.
TraceType Specifieswhichtypeofeventthatinitiatedthetraceandwhichkindof
informationthatshallbecollected.
TrafficCase Atrafficcaseisatypeoftrafficprocess(forexample,handoverand
assignment).
ma the TRXC itself
TrafficClass UMTS/GPRSbearerclass3GPPTS23.107.
TrafficConnection Aconnectionincludingonespeechordataconnectionandone
signallingconnection.
TrainingSequenceCode(TSC) ATrainingSequenceCodeisaknownbitpatterntransmittedinthe
middleofanormalburstandusedbytheequalizertobuildamodelof
thechannel.
TransceiverController(TRXC)(G01) Amanagedobject.Itprovidescommunicationforothermanaged
objectsinstances.Itconsistsoftwoparts;TransceiverControl(TC)and
TransceiverGroupControl(TGC).
TheTCisanapplicationinaTRXCandhandlesthecommunicationtothe
dedicatedreceiverandtimeslothandlers.Italsohandlesthe
maintenance of the TRXC itself intenanceof .
TheTGCisanapplicationinaTRXCandhandlescommunicationtothe
commonequipment.Tobeabletoprovidecommunicationforcommon
equipment,thetransceivercontrollermusthaveTGCstateACTIVE.
Thetwodifferentpartsareaddressedbydifferentaddresses(Terminal
EndpointIdentifier,TEI)inlayer2signalling.
TransceiverController(TRXC)(G12) Aserviceobject.Itprovidescommunicationforothermanagedobjects
instances.Ithandlesthecommunicationtothededicatedreceiver,
transmitterandtimeslothandlers.Italsohandlesthemaintenanceof
theTRXCitself.TheTRXCisaddressedbyaTerminalEndpointIdentifier
(TEI)inlayer2signalling.
ver (TRH) The TRH a tiona unit cons ting RPs ther app
TransceiverGroup(TG)(G01) TheTGrepresentsasetofrelatedmanagedobjects.TheTGisinitselfa
managedobject,howevernocommunicationwiththemanagedobject
TGispossibleovertheAbisinterface.Allmanagedobjectsthatbelong
tothesameTGsharesTGcommonequipment.
TransceiverGroup(TG)(G12) TheTGrepresentsasetofrelatedmanagedobjects.TheTGisinitselfa
managedobject,howevernocommunicationwiththemanagedobject
TGispossibleovertheAbisinterface.
TransceiverGroupCommonEquipment(G01) Themanagedobjectswhicharenotdirectlyrelatedtoanyother
managedobjectwithinaTG.Themanagedobjects;transmittersand
timingfunctionsareregardedasTGcommonequipment.
Transceiver Handler (TRH) Transcei Handler The TRH is a functional unit consisting of RPs together with application is func l is of toge with lication
software.ItislocatedintheBSCandhandlesmainlysupervisionof
CircuitSwitched(CS)trafficandLAPDsignalling.
TransceiverHandlerDevice TheTransceiverHandlerisaregionalprocessorwhichisactingasa
signalterminalbetweentheBSCandtheBTS.Adeviceservesa64kbps
PCMconnection.
TransceiverTester ATransceiverTester(TRXT)canperformtransceiverconnectiontests,
testofemittedpowerandqualityfromthetransmitterandreceiver
sensitivitytestswithinacell.
Transcoder Atranscoderhandlesencoding/decodingofspeechandrateadaptation
ofdatainformationbetweentheformatusedontheMSCBSCinterface
andtheformatusedonBSCBTSinterface.
ace (MSC BSC) and the use on the A ace (TRC
TranscoderandRateAdaptor(TRA) Atranscoderhandlesencodinganddecodingofspeechandrate
adaptationofdatainformationbetweentheformatusedovertheA
interfaceandtheAbisinterface.
TranscoderandRateAdaptorBoard(TRAB) Thehardwareperformingtheactualencoding,decodingandrate
adaptationfunction.
TranscoderCapability Thespeechcodecalgorithmanddatarateadaptationtogetherwith
specificfunctionality,supportedbyatranscoderresource.
TranscoderController(TRC) ATRCcanbeastandalonenodeorcombinedwithaBSC(BSC/TRC).
TranscoderDevice Thetranscoderperformstranscodingofspeechinformationandrate
adaptationofdatainformationbetweentheformatusedontheA
interface (MSC BSC) and the format used on the A ter interface (TRC interf format d terinterf
BSC)andtheformatusedontheAbisinterface(BSCBTS).
Atranscoderhas5devices.Onedevicewhichsendsandreceivesthe
multiplexed(andcodedorrateadapted)informationfromtheBTSand
fourdeviceswhichsendandreceivethedemultiplexed(decoded)
informationfromtheMSC.
TranscoderExtensionModules TRAdevicesaregroupedtogetherinExtensionModules(TRAEMs).A
TRAEMcanhandleupto192trafficchannels,dependingonthe
transcoderhardwareversion.
TranscoderFreeOperation Amethodtoavoiddoublespeechencodinganddecodinginthe
transcoders,inMStoMScalls.Itdoesnotneedthetranscoder
hardwareinthepath.
TranscoderPool Atranscoderpoolisaresourcepoolcontaininganumberoftranscoder
resourcessupportingaspecificchannelservice.Fromatranscoderpool,
transcoderresourcesareseizedonapercallbasis.Transcoderpoolsare
dividedintosubpoolsthatcontaintranscoderswithsimilarfeatures.
TranscoderPoolUnit Theminimumunitbelongingtoatranscoderpool.ItisoneMUXwith
fourDEMUXs,ifthechannelrateisFullRate(FR),andoneMUXwith
eightDEMUXs,ifthechannelrateisHalfRate(HR).
TranscoderResource Atranscoderresourceisthetranscodersupportneededforone
singleslottrafficconnection.(Foramultislotconnectiona'setof
transcoderresources'isneeded,thatis,oneorseveralresources.)
TranscoderSubpool Atranscodersubpoolisagroupoftranscoderresourceswithinapool
thatprovideexactlythesamecapabilities.Inadditiontosupportingthe
datarateandspeechcodecofthepooltheresourcesinasubpool
providethesametranscoderfeaturesasoneanother.
Examplesoftranscoderfeaturesare14.4kbpsdataandMCC.
TranscoderSubpool Groupoftranscoderresourceswiththesamespeechcodecand
features.
TransferDelay TheTransferDelay,intheABQP,specifiesthedelaytoleratedbythe
application.See3GPPTS23.107.
TransitTRIEMG ATRIEMGthattransitsthecontrolsignallinglinktoacascadedTRI
EMG.
on dio ace (TRI) A di l cross connect on a 64 kbps l l
TransmissionDevice TheTransmissionDeviceisusedeitherforsignallingorforspeechand
dataconnectionstotheTRXC.
TransmissionDeviceChangeover TheprocessofmovinglinksfromoneTransmissiondevicetoanew
Transmissiondevice.
TransmissionPowerLevel Therearethreedifferentmaximumtransmissionpowerlevels
transferredtotheBTSintheconfigurationprocess:BTSMaximum
transmissionpowerlevelfortheBCCHfrequency.
BTSMaximumtransmissionpowerlevelforfrequenciesotherthanthe
BCCHfrequency.
MaximumtransmissionpowerlevelforMSsonconnection.
Transmission Radio Interface (TRI) Transmissi Ra Interf A digital cross connect on a 64 kbps level gita eve .
TransmissionTimeIntervalMode(TTI) TheTTImodespecifieswhetheraTBFisscheduledblocksonaper20
msbasis(BTTI)oronaper10msbasis(RTTI).
TransmissionType TheTransmissionTypeintheBSCdefineswhichtransmissionsystem
thatisusedto/fromtheBSC,andiseither24channelPCMor32
channelPCM.
Transmitter(TX)(G01) Amanagedobjectandalogicalunit.ItprovidestheRFtransmission
functionalityonatimeslotbasisforeightTSsusingdifferenttimeslot
numbers.Itcanbeusedbyanytimeslothandlerinthesametransceiver
group.
t A t t serv not any error correction proce ures or
Transmitter(TX)(G12) Anapplicationobject.ItprovidestheRFtransmissionfunctionalityona
timeslotbasisforeightTSsusingdifferenttimeslotnumbers.Although
communicatedwithviathetransceivercontroller,itcanbeusedbyany
timeslothandlerinthesameTG.
TransmitterChainDelay ThedelaywithintheCabinet.TherecanbedifferentdelaysforeachTG.
Elementsthataffectthisdelayare:
Transmitter
Combiner
Feeder
Antenna
Transparent Service Transparen Service A transparent service does not have any error correction procedures or ransparen icedoes have d
anyflowcontrol.Thisensuresafixedthroughputratebutanunknown
errorrate.
TRHCapacity TheamountoftrafficaTRHcanhandlewithoutexceedingthemaximum
allowedTRHload.
TRHChangeover Theprocessofmovingconnectionsandlinksprovidedonthemfrom
oneTRHtootherTRHs.
TRHLoad TheamountofTRHcapacityusedatanygiventime.Thisisthe
percentageusedcapacityofaregionalprocessordevice.
TRHPagingQueue AqueueineveryRPintheTRHwhichbuffers3GPPTS48.008PAGING
messages,3GPPTS48.018PAGINGCSmessagesand3GPPTS48.018
PAGINGPSmessages.
TRIEM AnEMthatisusedfortheTRIfunction.
TRIEMG AnEMGthatisusedfortheTRIfunction.
TriggeringEvent Defineswhenarecordingofacertainconnectionwillstart.Triggering
eventsare:
Cellaccess
Connectionrelease
Handover
TraceInvocation
TRX Transceiver
Type1MS AnMSthatisnotrequiredtotransmitandreceiveatthesametime.
Type2MS AnMSthatisrequiredtobeabletotransmitandreceiveatthesame
time.
TypeofBCCH BroadcastControlChanneltype.ThetypeofBCCHcanhavethe
followingvalues:
COMB.Combinedcontrolchannel.ThechannelcarriestheBCCH,the
CCCHsandtheSDCCH/4withoutaCBCH(2)/4subchannel.
NCOMB.Noncombinedcontrolchannel.
COMBC.Combinedcontrolchannel.Indicatesthatthecellhasa
combinedBCCHandSDCCH/4withaCBCH(2)/4subchannel.
UL_UNITDATA BSSGPPDUmessagetransmittedtoSGSNcontaininganLLCPDUand
controlinformation.
UL_UNITDATA UplinkUnitDataAmessage,containinganLLCPDUandcontroldata,
whichissenttotheSGSN.
UmInterface TheradiointerfacebetweentheBSSandtheMS.
UndefinedNeighbouringCell ThecellsonwhichamobilestationreceivesMEASUREMENTREPORTS,
buttheBSCdoesnotallowhandoverto,areknownasundefined
neighbouringcells.
UndefinedNeighbouringCellsRecordingMeasurement
ReportsLimitValue
Thepercentagelimitofmeasurementreportsforundefined
neighbouringcellsofallMEASUREMENTREPORTSinacell.Ifthislimitis
exceededforacellonwhichundefinedneighbouringcellsrecordingis
ordered,theundefinedneighbouringcellsarerecorded.
UndefinedNeighbouringCellsRecordingPeriod Theperiodduringwhichdataforundefinedneighbouringcellsis
recorded.
UndefinedNeighbouringCellsRecordingState UndefinedneighbouringcellsrecordingstatecanbeACTIVEorIDLE.
Duringarecordingperiod,thestateisACTIVE.
UniDirectionalChannel AchannelusedfordownlinktransmissiononlyinaHSCSDmultislot
configuration.
UpInterface TheinterfacebetweentheHBSCandtheMS,overanIPaccessnetwork.
UpdateNumber Differentiatesbetweenolderandnewerversionsofthesamemessage.
Upgrade ThestartofpreviouslydownloadedsoftwareononeormoreManaged
ObjectsintheBTS.
upli radio block per on thi PDCH
UplinkLineSpeechLevel Theuplinklinespeechlevelisthereferencelevelofaspeechsignalfrom
theBTStotheBSC/TRC.
UplinkStateFlag(USF) AnindicatorusedonaPDCHtoallowmultiplexingofuplinkradioblocks
fromanumberofMSs.AnMSisassignedaUSFvalueforeachPDCHas
partofanuplinkTBFestablishment.WhenanMSdetectsitsUSFvalue
intheheaderofadownlinkRLC/MACblock,itisscheduledtotransmit
uplinkasindicatedbythecurrentMACmodeandUSFgranularity.
UplinkStateFlag(USF) UsedonaPDCHtoallowmultiplexingofULradioblocksfromanumber
ofMSs.AmobileisallocatedaUSFvalueforeachPDCHaspartofan
uplinkTBFestablishment.WhenanMSreadsitsUSFvalueintheMAC
headerofadownlinkRLC/MACblock,itmaysenddataonthenext
uplink radio block period on this PDCH nk iod s .
UplinkTimeDifferenceofArrival(UTDOA) ApositioningmethodbasedonmultipleLMUsmeasuringthearrival
timeofburstssentontheuplinkfromanMS.
ThedifferenceinarrivaltimeatdifferentLMUsmakesitpossibleto
calculatealocationestimatefortheMS.
UrgencyCondition Anurgencyconditionappliesifthetransmissionqualityistooloworif
thetimingadvanceisoutofrange.
UrgencyState Anurgencystateappliesifthetransmissionqualityistoobad,orifthe
timingadvanceistoolarge,orifthesignalstrengthistoolow,orthe
connectionissuddenlylost.
gran the MS perm on it the nex consecu upli
UserUserPath Auseruserpathisacircuitprovidedwithtransparentdatatransfer
betweenequipmentinwhichuserapplicationsreside.Usersare
typicallyprovidedsignallingandtrafficservices.
UserCharacters Decodedcharactersshowninthehandset.Consistsof7,8or16bits
receivedontheairinterface.
UserFunction Auserfunctionisanexternalfunctionthatmakeuseofsemipermanent
connectionstointerconnectthedevices.
USFGranularity TheUSFGranularityissenttotheMSineachuplinkassignmentand
decideshowmanyuplinkblockstheMSispermittedtosendwhenit
detectsitsassignedUSFvalueintheMACheaderofadownlink
RLC/MACblock.Agranularityofoneblock,grantstheMSpermissionto
transmitinthenextuplinkradioblockwhileagranularityoffourblocks
grants the MS permission to transmit in the next four consecutive uplink ts issi totransm in tfour tive nk
radioblocks.Whenagranularityoffourblocksisused,thenetworksets
theUSFtoareservedvaluenotallocatedtoanyMSinthethree
followingdownlinkRLC/MACblocks.
USPInterface TheinterfacebetweentheHBSCandtheHSN.
UTRANBAList AnUTRANBCCHAllocationlistprovidestheUMFIstobemonitoredby
theMSsinthecell.Therearetwoseparatelists.Oneformobilesinidle
modeandoneformobilesinactivemode.
UTRANCell AcellbelongingtoUTRAN.OnlyUTRANcellsoftypeFrequencyDivision
Duplex(FDD)aresupported.AUTRANcellisalwaysdefinedasan
externalcellintheBSC.
VAMOS All tion VAMOS tion means a annel an MS suc a way
UTRANMeasurementFrequencyInformation(UMFI) UTRANMEASUREMENTFREQUENCYINFORMATIONexpressedas
mfddarfcnmscrcodediversity,where:
mfddarfcnistheARFCNfortheUTRANFDDcell,valuerange:016383
mscrcodeisthescramblingcode,valuerange:0511
diversityindicatesifdiversityisappliedfortheUTRANFDDcell,
acceptablevalues:DIVorNODIV
UTRAN/FDDBand FrequencyinUTRAN/FDDisineitherofthefollowingpairedbands.
19201980MHzuplinkand21102170MHzdownlinkor18501910MHz
uplinkand19301990MHzdownlink.InARFCNRange925010850.
VAMOS Allocation oca VAMOS allocation means to allocate a channel for an MS in such a way alloca toallocate ch for in h
thatanactiveVAMOSpairisformed.
VAMOSCapableBPC AVAMOScapableBPCisaBPCthatcanbeusedfortwoTCHFR,one
TCHFRandtwoTCHHR,orfourTCHHRchannels.Sixlogicalchannels
areconnectedtoaVAMOScapableBPC.
VAMOSNeighbor TheVAMOSneighboristheotherMSinanactiveVAMOSpair.
VAMOSPair TheVAMOSpairconsistsoftwocircuitswitchedsubchannels,oneon
eachVAMOSsubchannel.TherecanbeuptotwoactiveVAMOSpairs
usingaVAMOScapableBPC
VAMOSSubchannel AVAMOSsubchannel(VSC)isachannelprovidingcircuitswitchedtraffic
channelseitheroneFRortwoHR.AVAMOScapableBPCcanprovide
twoVAMOSsubchannels,VSC0andVSC1.
VGCSSignallingChannel AsignallingchannelusedbyanMSinordertosend44.018
NOTIFICATIONRESPONSEtotheBSC.Thechannelisreleased
immediatelyafterthistaskisperformed.NoAinterfaceresourcesare
allocatedforthistypeofchannel.
VoiceGroupCall AVoiceGroupCallisamultipartycallwhereonlyonesubscriber,the
VoiceGroupTalker,isallowedtotalkatatime,whiletherestofthe
subscribersarelistening.AnestablishedVoiceGroupCallconsistsofone
VoiceGroupSignallingConnectionandoneorseveralVoiceGroup
Channels.
VoiceGroupChannel AduplexTCHforaVoiceGroupCall,wherethedownlinkpartoftheTCH
issharedbyallthelisteningsubscribersinacell.
VoiceGroupListener AVoiceGroupmembertunedtoaVoiceGroupChannel.
VoiceGroupSignallingConnection Acommoncallcontrollingresourceestablishedforthelifetimeofthe
VoiceGroupCall.Theresourceisusedforcontrolsignallingbetweenthe
BSCandtheMSCforanestablishedVoiceGroupCall.
VoiceGroupTalker AVoiceGroupTalkeristhesubscriberthatatthemomentisallowedto
talkduringanestablishedVoiceGroupCall.TherearetwotypesofVoice
GroupTalkers,InitialVoiceGroupTalkerandConsecutiveVoiceGroup
Talker.
WeightedMeanHoldTime Theweightedmeanholdtimeisthemeanholdtimeofatranscoder
resourceadjustedaccordingtowhetherthetranscoderresourcehas
beenusedforlessthan64callsorgreaterthanorequalto64calls.
WidebandConnection Aconnectionwhichisamultipleof64kbps.Themaximumsizeofthe
connectionwilldependonwhetheranE1oraT1interfaceisbeingused.
Window Thewindowisaconceptusedtocontroltheflowbetweenunits.The
sizeofthewindowistheupperlimitofallowednumberofoutstanding
unacknowledgedjobssentfromoneunittoanother.Usedinfor
example,AterFlowControlandRPCPsignalling.
WindowSize Thewindowsizeistheupperlimitontheallowednumberof
outstandingunacknowledgedseizetransmissionssubjectforload
control.UsedinAterFlowControl.
WorseCell AGSMcellrankedworsethantheservingcellinbasicrankinglist.