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Channel_Activate ACK Handover Command (Old FACCH) Handover Access (New FACCH)
T13++ Successful outgoing internal inter cell handovers RF Channel Release Handover Performed
Inter cell radio handover success rate >= Internal inter cell handover success rate
NACK
Transmitting channel activation message failure Channel activation timeout
with the timer < time interval of EST IND ~ HO DETECT (120~180ms)
Waiting until timeout after establish indication (MS has not
BTS(original)
BSC1
MSC
BSC2
BTS (Target)
Measurement Report Measurement Report Attempted outgoing interBSC inter cell handovers Handover Required Handover Request
Attempted incoming interBSC inter cell handovers
Channel_Active Channel_Active_ACK
Handover Complete
VLR-B
BSC-B
MS
HO-REQUIRED
MAP_Prepare_HO_ACK
IAI
HO-REQUEST-ACK
HO-Command
ACM
VLR-B
BSC-B
MS
HO-REQUIRED
MAP_Prepare_HO_ACK
IAI
HO-REQUEST-ACK
HO-Command
ACM
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=(Successful incoming inter BSC inter cell handovers + Successful outgoing inter BSC inter cell handovers) / (Attempted incoming inter BSC inter cell handovers + Attempted outgoing inter BSC inter cell handovers )
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host, and then MPU will confirm the module ID of the cell in Cell Module
Information Table based on the CGI.
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performance
Measurement of performance of undefined adjacent cell
View alarm
Board fault, transmission, clock, etc.
Drive test
Signaling analysis
A interface, E interface, Abis interface
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Poor coverage: forest, complicated topography, building direction and indoor coverage Isolated site: no adjacent cell Over shooting: island effect result in no adjacent cell
Interference: MS can not access network or receive any signal.
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Non-adjacent cell
Adjacent cell N1
Service cell
Non-adjacent cell Adjacent Cell N2 Non-adjacent cell Adjacent Cell N3
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Clock board: the faulty clock board causes clock inconsistency between base stations.
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BA1/BA2 table
There are adjacent cells with the same frequency and the same
BSIC
CGI and module ID in "Cell Description Table" are different from
failure. Then the target cell should be expanded or reduce its traffic .
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equipment are not matching to our equipment and they can not be recognized or support, which causes the handover failure, such as voice version, handover number, TUP circuit, addressing mode (CGI or LAI).
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function and find that the successful rate of handover from all other cells to this cell is low, although it is not always 0 percent. Base on careful data checking, the data of this cell is correct.
2. Perform drive test and find that the downlink signal is
normal but almost all handovers to this cell are failure. Near the BTS, the handover is successful occasionally. Perhaps the problem is with the uplink signal.
3. Check the uplink channel, antenna, CDU, they are no
Conclusion:
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the upgrade, not all cells under module 4 are congested and the handover indices of some cells are not low. Upgrade isnt the cause.
2. Analyze traffic statistics:
Congested cells are mostly at site A and site B. Their traffics are lower than before the upgrade. It is a pseudo congestion.
The cells where handover success rate is low are mostly at site A, B, C, D and E and the main cause of the failure is timer timeout.
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At 19:31 of 18th September, the clock system alarms of site A and site B occurred. It is found that 13M clock isnt synchronous. The clock problem result in low handover success rate of the two sites. Such impact is spread to the adjacent cells of these two cells and even to the whole network.
4. Analyze handover data and traffic statistics: All cells
where handover success rate is low are adjacent to A and B except A and B themselves.
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the handover success rate inter/intra BSC goes up to 93. The problem is solved.
Conclusion:
The problem in clock system will result in low handover success
rate. Pay attention to the alarm console and the excursion of the clock system.
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message, Huawei BSC returns HO-FAILURE message immediately. In normal conditions Huawei BSC should return HO-REQ-ACK message. Carefully analyze HO-REQ message and HO-FAILURE message.
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3. HO-REQUEST: The difference is basically the Address
Indicator in comparison with the normal handover request message. HUAWEI BSC does not recognize case 41. The system thinks that Address Indicator must be 0x43. Inform the owner of network, modify the relation parameter, and this problem is solved.
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venders.
2. Check alarm: BTS maintenance console, No.7 link and A
signaling meter. It is found that after receiving HO-Number, Huawei MSC never sends IAI (Initial Address Information).
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the handover code format is 130********(only a number of mobile telephone, no any prefix). But this mobile company requires that roaming/handover between exchanges should be in the format: 00+country code + roaming/handover number. In addition, Huawei equipment does not recognize the handover number without 00+country code. Therefore the signaling is halted.
6. Discuss with N, asking them to add "00+country code" before
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M900 to M1800 are normal and the handover data are correct.
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HO-REQUIRED
MAP_Prepare_HO
MAP_Prepare_HO_ACK
IAI
HO-REQUEST-ACK
HO-Command
ACM
HO-Access MAP_Process_Access_Signaling HO-Complete MAP_Send_End_Signal Clear-Command Clear-Complete MAP_Send_End_Signal_ACK Intermediate steps are omitted.
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MSC-B
VLR-B
BSC-B
MS
HO-REQUIRED
MAP_Prepare_HO MAP_Abort
HO-REJECT
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MSC to the opposite. The voice version is full-rate version 1, 2 and half-rate version 1. It is a PHASE 2+ version. However there is only full-rate version 1 in the message sent from M900 to Huawei M1800. It turns out that the opposite does not support half-rate version, so the handover fails.
2. Modify A interface circuit pool table of Huawei MSC
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equipment of different manufacturers. However, problems can be located accurately by tracing signaling.
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sends "HO-REQUIRED", BSC2 has not received "HOREQUEST" message, but opposite is normal.
3. The path of data search: MSC goes to "LAI and GCI Table"
according to the CGI of the target cell in "HO-REQUIRED" message, and sends HO request to the correct BSC base on the description of the DPC of the cell given in the table.
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to BSC2, is sent to BSC1. It is DPC error. After correction, the problem is solved.
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CGI at MSC side is consistent with that of opposite and BSC, check whether the DPC is correct. MSC look up target DPC base on the CGI of the target cell. When the DPC is incorrect, "HO-REQUEST" will be sent to wrong BSC.
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BSC handovers are normal (above 92). Furthermore, the cells with
low successful rate of incoming BSC handover are randomly distributed.
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cells where handover success rate is low. The forced handovers are all successful. Data problem is excluded.
2. The interference band of cells is ideal, call drop and
congestion rate are normal. It is unlikely that the coverage and interference at the radio interface causes the problem.
3. Trace A interface signaling and compare the failure signaling
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detected any MS access information (No HO DETECT signaling occurs). It shows that there is problem when the MS is accessing M1800 cells.
5. Reconfirm that there is no problem with the handover
that all failures are attributed to the same cause. In addition, the problem is the same: there are several handover requests in a call duration but all requests fail.
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the first 6 digits of IMEI numbers of these MS are all 449684. It shows that the MS that have handover problem are of the same model.
8. Find the MS owners with the IMSI numbers and find that all
MS with handover problem are F MS. Not long before it was proved that this MS has poor insulation performance between M900 and M1800, so it can not access M1800 network. Now the cause is found.
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signaling tracing: IMEI numbers are the same. Then it is found that the problem is on F MS.
4. The coverage of M900 is very good, F MS is always under
M900 in idle status. Therefore in a call, TCH assignment seldom fail, which will not result in high congestion rate. But in handover, problem is very likely to happen.
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Thank You
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