UG GSM-R AP1502 RG10(BR) Database Parameters Project specific deviation cases from default value

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T3195 Counter of RLC/MAC control messages delay (1 of 13)

Parameter description T3195=5 sec, unit: 1s range: 0..255 default: 5 T3195, this timer defines the time to wait for a reuse of the TFI (Temporary Flow Identity) after the threshold N3105 was reached. Main reasons for N3105 expiry are radio link failure or cell reselection. N3105=10, range: 1.. 255 default: 10 This parameter defines the threshold for not received RLC/MAC control message as response to a polled RLC/MAC data block. N3105 represents a counter on the network side: If the network receives a valid RLC/MAC control message from the TBF, N3105 is reset. The counter is incremented for each radio block allocated to that TBF with the RRBP field set, for which no RLC/MAC control message is received. If N3105 reaches the threshold value, the network regards the communication with the MS lost, stops transmitting RLC data blocks and starts T3195.
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Network Settings deviating from default: T3195 = 1 sec Effect: an user can wait shorter time to reuse the TFI assigned to the TBF for the communication among MS and the BSC. Resources are reassigned more rapidly in case of connection failure, in the other hand, shorter times can lead to interruption of the connection in case of network failure

TEMPCH (2 of 13) E(G)PRS timer that indicates the status of the channel
TEMPCH=30 s range: 1.. 254 default: 30 The timer TEMPCH is started on the stop of the last TBF and keeps the allocated TCH activated to serve possible new TBFs, i.e. when the last MS associated to a PDCH is released (no TBF is ongoing on the PDCH anymore) the 'virtual' assignment of the PDCH persists for the duration of the timer TEMPCH. The purpose of this timer is to avoid continuous channel allocation requests from the PCU to the TDPC and the associated CHANNEL ACTIVATIONs and IMMEDIATE ASSIGNMENT procedures which would happen in periods of high GPRS/EGPRS traffic if the allocated resources were directly released after the stop of the TBF activities on the allocated TCHs. As long as TEMPCH is running, the allocated PDCH(s) for the 'released' TBF are still regarded as allocated even if they are not used for the transfer of payload. However, if a TCH was activated as PDCH for GPRS traffic but the TEMPCH timer is running for it, (which means that there is no ongoing TBF on the TCH), the TCH is always regarded as 'downgradable' resp. 'preemptable' for CS calls. TEMPCH = 90 S Effect: it takes longer to the networks in order to indicate that the channel is available TEMPCH = 20 s Network Settings deviating from default:

Effect: resources can be assigned faster to CS calls. It can be expected a higher signaling traffic in periods of high GPRS/EGPRS traffic

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TIMEDTBFREL Time delay for TBF release (3 of 13)

unit: 100ms range: 0.. 49 default: 15 this timer is used to delay the release of an ongoing DL TBF. Dummy LLC-PDUs are inserted to keep a DL-TBF open for the specified time interval. This allows a faster transfer of new DL data arriving on the Gb-interface (DL TBF already open) and a faster setup of new UL TBFs (as concurrent TBFs). Longer delays can reduce the setup time of a new connection, however it could lead to congestion in the network (resources are less effectively used) Network setting deviation from default:

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BSCDVMA Maximum BSC countdown value (4 of 13)

BSCDVMA=10, object: PTPPKF range: 1-15 default: 10 This parameter is used during the countdown procedure when terminating an UL TBF. The mobile includes the Countdown Value CV in each uplink data block to indicate the last Block Sequence Number (BSN=0) that is sent in the UL TBF. As soon as the MS transmits the first data block indicating a CV value different to 15 (starting with BSCDVMA), the mobile will send exactly BSCDVMA more blocks until the UL TBF is completed. Example: Using BSCDVMA=10 will result in a CV sequence similar to: 15,15, 15,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0 Using a smaller BSCDVMA value may allow (internally) 'slow (low data rates) mobiles to continue the UL data transfer without opening a new TBF

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GMANMSAL GPRS maximum number of allocated MSs (5 of 13)

format: 2 fields: < maxNoOfMS_UL >- < maxNoOfMS_DL >range: 1-7 (maxNoOfMS_UL) 1-16 (maxNoOfMS_DL) default: 7 (maxNoOfMS_UL)-16 (maxNoOfMS_DL) Network setting deviation from default:

If less MS are multiplexed either in UL or DL direction, then each receives more bandwidth but new connections can not be supported

This parameter indicates the maximum number of MSs that can be multiplexed on a PDCH in the cell. It is composed of two fields: the first indicates the maximum number of MS that can be multiplexed on a PDCH in uplink direction, the second one indicates the maximum number of MS that can be multiplexed on a PDCH in downlink direction. The total amount of TBFs multiplexed on a PDCH is limited. Starting from BR9.0 this parameter is not supported anymore however still present in the BSC database. The functionality of this parameter was indirectly replaced in BR9.0 by the parameters MAXWDL and MAXWUL.

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T3168 (6 of 13)
range: 0..7 default: 2 It is a timer used on the mobile side. It defines when the MS stops waiting for a PACKET UPLINK ASSIGNMENT message after it had asked for new uplink resources (via PRR Packet Resource Request, (E)PDAN or PCA Packet Control ack). Its value plus one must be multiplied by 500 msec. to obtain the real value broadcast in (P)SI Packet SysInfo Support 1/13. Network setting deviation from default:

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GASTRTH GPRS allocation strategy thresholds (7 of 13)

format: ThresholdIdleChanHV - ThresholdIdleChanVH ThresholdIdleChanEU Range: ThresholdIdleChanHV: 0..100 ThresholdIdleChanVH: 0..100 ThresholdIdleChanEU: 0..100 default: ThresholdIdleChanHV: 10 ThresholdIdleChanVH: 20 ThresholdIdleChanEU: 20 ThresholdIdleAbisHV (defines the percentage of idle Abis subslots (related to the available Abis subslots) under which the vertical allocation strategy due to Abis scarcity is activated) ThresholdIdleAbisVH (defines the percentage of idle Abis subslots (related to the available Abis subslots) over which the horizontal allocation strategy is activated again if also the thresholds for the radio resources (GASTRTH attribute) allow that) ThresholdIdleChanEU (defines the threshold above which the upgrading of radio resources is enabled)
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Network setting deviation from default: Lower thresholds than default allow then immediate activation of: ThresholdIdleAbisHV: vertical allocation ThresholdIdleAbisVH: horizontal allocation ThresholdIdleChanEU: upgrade of radio resources Remarks: - ThresholdIdleChanHV has to be lower or equal than ThresholdIdleChanVH. -ThresholdIdleChanVH has to be lower than or equal to ThresholdIdleChanEU.

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FDDGQO FDD GPRS Q offset (8 of 13)

range: ALWAYS MDB28 MDB24 MDB20 MDB16 MDB12 MDB08 MDB04 DB00 DB04 DB08 DB12 DB16 DB20 DB24 DB28 default: DB00 This parameter corresponds to the 3GPP parameter FDD_GPRS_Qoffset which is broadcast on the PBCCH in the PACKET SYSTEM INFORMATION TYPE 3quater and is related multiRAT mobiles; it is used by the MS/UE for the cell re-selection algorithm from GSM to UTRAN. It defines a level offset by which the RLA_P value of an UTRAN FDD neighbour cell must exceed the RLA_P of the serving GSM cell before the UTRAN neighbour cell is considered for cell reselection from GSM to UTRAN. For details about the GPRS cell reselection algorithm from GSM to UTRAN please refer to the description of parameter GFDDQMI (see below). The parameter values express a value in dB MDBxx = - xxdB (e.g. MDB20 = -20dB) DBxx = xxdB (e.g. DB20 = 20dB)
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Network setting deviation from default: The value ALWAYS indicates an infinite negative (- dB) offset, so with this setting a 3G Mobile will always change to the 3G network if any acceptable 3G cell is available.

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INIBLER Initial BLER (9 of 13)

range: PER50, PER60, PER70, PER80, PER90 default: PER10 this parameter defines the initial BLER (Block Error Rate) estimation in a cell to be used. This value is used in radio resource management to calculate the initial number of radio resources to be assigned to packet services in case no 'historical' information about BLER is available (see parameter STGTTLLIINF - Storage time of TLLI info). Network setting deviation from default: PER50

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GSUP GPRS Support (10 of 13)

range: TRUE, FALSE default: FALSE This attribute indicates if the adjacent cell information is included in the PACKET SYSTEM INFORMATION TYPE 3 messages in case a PBCCH is configured in the serving cell. The status of this flag is not relevant if no PBCCH is created in the source cell! Network setting deviation from default

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DGRSTRGY Downgrade strategy (11 of 13)

range: HSCSD_FIRST_DOWNGRADE GPRS_FIRST_DOWNGRADE DOWNGRADE_HSCSD_ONLY DOWNGRADE_GPRS_ONLY NO_DOWNGRADE default: GPRS_FIRST_DOWNGRADE This parameter defines the downgrade strategy for HSCSD and GPRS calls used during the resource reallocation procedure for TCH requests for single-channel circuit switched calls. The downgrade can be considered as a kind of preemption for resources currently seized by multi-channel calls. With the 'downgrade strategy' the operator Network setting deviation from default The parameter values have the following meaning: 1) HSCSD_FIRST_DOWNGRADE means that all HSCSD calls are downgraded first before a GPRS call is downgraded. 2) GPRS_FIRST_DOWNGRADE means that all GPRS calls are downgraded first before an HSCSD call is downgraded. 3) DOWNGRADE_HSCSD_ONLY means that only HSCSD calls are downgraded while GPRS calls remain unaffected. 4) DOWNGRADE_GPRS_ONLY means that only GPRS calls are downgraded while HSCSD calls remain unaffected. 5) NO_DOWNGRADE means that both GPRS and HSCSD calls remain unaffected.

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NCRESELFLAG (12 of 13) Enable network-controlled GPRS cell reselection

range: DISABLE, ENABLE default: DISABLE This parameter determines whether GPRS network controlled cell reselection (NCCR) is enabled or disabled. Network setting deviation from default

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SISGSNREL99 (13 of 13) System Information SGSN release 99

range: TRUE, FALSE default: TRUE this parameter determines the value of the 'SGSN Release' bit in the SYSTEM INFORMATION TYPE 13. This setting has a similar function like the parameter SIMSCREL99 (see above). It indicates that the Mobile Stations are allowed to use release-99-specific messages/information elements in their signaling towards the network, which is a mandatory precondition for specific Rel. 99 procedures such as cell selection between 2G and 3G. Network setting deviation from default If SISGSNREL99 is set to TRUE (and thus the 'SGSN Revision' bit is set to '1' in the SYSINFO 13), the MSs are allowed to send Release-99-specific messages and information elements in their signaling messages towards the network. It is up to the network operator to set the value of this parameter in correspondence with the real conditions (for the BSC, there is no way to check the release compliance of the SGSN) to avoid protocol errors.

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