Call Setup Time

Call setup Time Preamble PRACH

During drive testing can be noted that there are call setup failures where the network does not seem to respond to
RRC Connection Requests with RRC Connection Setup message.These are problems due to the spiky UL noise
and due to that the power ramping is not aggressive enough to provide high enough Tx power for the terminal
during open loop PC
Downlink / BS
Uplink / UE
Preamble 1
Message part
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UEtxPowerMaxPRACH
Preamble n
PRACH_preamble_retrans: The maximum
number of preambles allowed in one preamble
ramping cycle
RACH_tx_Max: # of preamble power ramping
cycles that can be done before RACH
transmission failure is reported,
L1ACK/AICH
RACH
PowerOffsetLastPreamblePRACHmessage
PowerRampStepPRACHpreamble
PtxAICH
PRACHRequiredReceivedCI
Note: The power ramp-up process will continue until
1) A positive or negative AI is received from the network
2) RACH_tx_MAX value is reached
3) UE reaches UEtxPowerMaxPRACH value
Call setup Time Preamble PRACH
Ptx = CPICHtransmissionPower-RSCP(CPICH) +RSSI(BS) +
PRACHRequiredReceivedCI (-20dB)
Example:
CPICH = 33dBm (Parameter per Node-B)
RSCP = -80dBm (Measured by UE)
RSSI = -85 dBm
UL_Required_C/I = -25 dB (Parameter per Node-B)
UE PRACH First Preamble Power = 33 dBm (-80 dBm) + (-85
dBm) + (-25 dB) = 8 dBm
The parameters affecting to open loop power control are, in brackets are the recommended values:
PRACH_preamble_retrans (7)
RACH_tx_Max (16)
PowerOffsetLastPreamblePRACHmessage (2 dB)
PowerRampStepPRACHpreamble (2dB)


The PRACHRequiredReceivedCI (-20dB) allow to calculate the UEpower for the fist preambleas in the
following:

The parameter PRACHRequiredReceivedCI can be set to -18-20dB instead of the default -25dB (typically -
20dB is enough)
Call setup Time Preamble PRACH
100%
0% 0% 0%
88%
2%
5% 6%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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# RRC Connection Request Messages per call setup
%
PRACH req. C/I = -20dB PRACH req. C/I = -25dB
Clear improvement in number of needed
RRC Connection Request messages per
call. For 20dB 100% of established calls
are setup with only 1 RRC Connection
Request message
Clear improvement number of sent
preambles per RRC Connection Request
for 20dB case. For 20dB 50% of cases
the needed number of preambles is <=4
where as for 25dB it is ~6.5
0%
10%
20%
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40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
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PRACH req. C/I = -25dB PRACH req. C/I = -20dB
There should be significant improvement
also for call setup delay
Typical improvement passing from -25dB to -20dB:
Call setup Time Preamble PRACH
The average number of acknowledged PRACH preambles during the RRI period can be calculated based on the
KPI below






RACH load due to preamble can then be calculated by dividing the above further by the max number preambles
can be received during RRI
For example if RRI period is 200ms the are 10 20ms RACH frames and in each 20ms RACH frame there are
15 RACH sub slots within each it is possible to receive and decode max 4 preambles -> therefore in 200ms it
is possible to receive 15*4*10=600 preambles

BLES _ACK_PREAM DENOM_RACH M1000C177
ES CK_PREAMBL SUM_RACH_A M1000C176

% 100 * /600
BLES _ACK_PREAM DENOM_RACH M1000C177
ES CK_PREAMBL SUM_RACH_A M1000C176

Call Setup Time SRB Rate
Why 13.6kbit/s?
Use of 13.6 kbit/s SRB also in highly loaded networks
Decreased setup times (PDP context activation minimum 0.7s lower)
Improved Iub efficiency

Typical improvement passing from 3.4 to 13.6


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Call setup Time KPI
In RN2.2 the following counters are available to monitor the Call Setup Time

RRC Setup Time
M1001C221/M1001C222

RAB Setup Time
M1001C223 / M1001C224 for CS
M1001C235 / M1001C236 for DATA BACKGR

In detail we have:

M1001C221 - SUM OF RRC SETUP TIMES
Sum of RRC setup times. This counter divided by the DENOMINATOR - M1001C222 gives the average
RRC setup time. RRC setup time is defined as the time between the RRC: RRC CONNECTION REQUEST
message and the RRC: RRC CONNECTION SETUP COMPLETE message.

M1001C223/235 - SUM OF RAB SETUP TIMES FOR CS VOICE/FOR DATA BACKGR
Sum of RAB setup times. This counter divided by the DENOMINATOR - M1001C224/236 gives the average
RAB setup time. RAB setup time is defined as the time between the RANAP: RAB ASSIGNMENT
REQUEST and RANAP: RAB ASSIGNMENT RESPONSE messages during RAB establishment.
Call setup Time Annex1
MO-UE MT-UE
Mobile-to-mobile CS call setup on common channels Delay Cumulative
RRC connection request UE RNC 0 0
RRC connection setup RNC UE 40 40
RRC connection setup completeUE RNC 100 140
CM service request UE CS 200 340
Security mode command RNC UE 100 440
Security mode complete UE RNC 200 640
Setup UE CS 300 940
Call proceeding CS UE 100 1040 Paging RNC UE 400 1340
Radio bearer setup RNC UE 100 1140 RRC connection request UE RNC 50 1390
Radio bearer setup complete UE RNC 300 1440 RRC connection setup RNC UE 40 1430
RRC connection setup complete UE RNC 100 1530
Paging response UE CS 100 1630
Security mode command RNC UE 100 1730
Security mode complete UE RNC 200 1930
Setup CS UE 300 2230
Call confirmed UE CS 100 2330
Radio bearer setup RNC UE 100 2430
Radio bearer setup complete UE RNC 300 2730
Alerting CS UE 250 2980 CS UE 250 2980
Parallel RB setup for MO-
UE and paging of MT-UE
(CS core feature)
<3.0 s mobile-to-mobile
AMR call setup time
Average
paging delay
of 320 ms
assumed (640
ms paging
cycle)
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Typical value for CS Call Setup Time
Call setup Time Annex2
RRC + PDP on common channels Delay Cumulative
RRC connection request UE RNC 0 0
RRC connection setup RNC UE 40 40
RRC connection setup complete UE RNC 100 140
GPRS service request UE PC 200 340
Security mode command RNC UE 100 440
Security mode complete UE RNC 200 640
PDP context activation request UE PC 250 890
Radio bearer setup RNC UE 150 1040
Radio bearer setup complete UE RNC 300 1340
PDP context activation accept PC UE 200 1540
Common channels
used for setup to avoid
slow synchronized
reconfigurations later
Parallel RB setup and
RL/AAL2 setups (or pre-
reserved Radio links)
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<1.6 s PS call setup
time
Initial bit rate DCH allocated
directly together with SRB
Typical value for PS Call Setup Time