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RAN15.0 UMTS-to-LTE
Fast Return
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Author/Email: zhangdaliang 00164806

Version: V1.0(20121221)
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Background
Introduction
Deployment
Performance Monitoring
Acronyms and Abbreviations

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Background

The circuit switched fallback (CSFB) applies to scenarios where UMTS and LTE are
deployed together. The LTE network does not support voice services. Therefore, when a
UE initiates a voice service on the LTE network, it will fall back to the UMTS network.
When the voice service is complete, the UE can fast return to the LTE network from the
serving UMTS network, improving user experience.

CS call

LTE

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Introductionprinciple

LTE

When the UE's voice service is complete, RRC Connection Release

message is sent to UE containing frequencies for neighboring LTE
cells whose priorities are higher than the priority of the serving UMTS
cell.

Frequency source: LTE frequencies carried in system information

block 19 (SIB19)

Without fast return (8s)

Fast Return (RRC
connection release
with LTE
frequency)

CSFB

Cell
reselection
CSFB to
UMTS

Camp on
LTE

CS call is
complete.
Fast return

UE: Huawei E392 (a data card) With fast return (400 ms)

The time required for the UE to return from the serving UMTS
network to the LTE network decreases from 8s to 400 ms.

UMTS
When the voice call is complete in UMTS, the RNC sends
frequencies for neighboring LTE cells to the UE so that the UE
can fast camp on a suitable LTE cell.

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Introductionspecify a CSFB user

Satisfy one of the conditions below

1. The cause value in the RELOCATION RQEUSET message is CS
Fallback triggered
2. The information element (IE) CSFB Information carried in RELOCATION

REQUEST message is set to CSFB or CSFB High Priority

3. Meets all the conditions below

RRC CONNECTION REQUEST message does not carry the IE preredirection.

UE supports E-UTRA TDD or E-UTRA FDD.

A CS call is successfully setup within 10s after RRC connection setup

complete.

4. The IE CSFB Indication is carried in RRC CONNECTION REQUEST

message
5. The IE End of CSFB is carried in IU RELEASE COMMAND message.
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Introduction

Deployment

Performance Monitoring

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Prerequisites

Prerequisite Features

Mutually Exclusive Features

None

NEs

None

Hardware

None

Impacted Features

The LOFD-001033 CS Fallback to UTRAN feature has been enabled on the LTE network.

When UEs are redirected to UMTS due to CSFB, UEs must comply with 3GPP Release
9.4.0, or MSC can sent IU RELEASE COMMAND with IE End Of CSFB.
When a UE in LTE is handed over to UMTS due to CSFB, the cause value in the
RELOCATION RQEUSET message sent to the RNC is CS Fallback triggered (268), or
the IE CSFB information carried in the message is set to CSFB or CSFB High Priority, or
MSC can sent IU RELEASE COMMAND with IE End Of CSFB .

License

An RNC-level license control item has been introduced on the RNC side to accommodate
the UMTS-to-LTE Fast Return feature. Note that the feature is optional.

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Activation

Switches in RNC

Select HO_UMTS_TO_LTE_FAST_RETURN_SWITCH under the HandOver Switch parameter in RNC

MML command SET UCORRMALGOSWITCH.

Select PERFENH_PS_FAST_RETURN_LTE_SWITCH under the Performance Enhancement Switch 3

parameter in RNC MML command SET UCORRMPARA.

Switches in cell(if they are configured, switches in RNC are out of service)

Select PERFENH_PS_FAST_RETURN_LTE_SWITCH and

HO_UMTS_TO_LTE_FAST_RETURN_SWITCH under the Fast Return To LTE Switch parameter in CELL
MML command MOD UCELLHOCOMM.

If the feature has been activated, the RNC

sends the UE an RRC Connection Release
message carrying the IE Redirection info, which
contains frequencies for neighboring LTE cells
after the UE's RRC connection is released in

UMTS.

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Deactivation

Switches in RNC(they are effective only when cell MML command ADD UCELLHOCOMM
is not configured)

Deselect HO_UMTS_TO_LTE_FAST_RETURN_SWITCH under the HandOver Switch

parameter in RNC MML command SET UCORRMALGOSWITCH.

Deselect PERFENH_PS_FAST_RETURN_LTE_SWITCH under the Performance

Enhancement Switch 3 parameter in RNC MML command SET UCORRMPARA.

Switches in cell(if they are configured, switches in RNC are out of service)

Deselect PERFENH_PS_FAST_RETURN_LTE_SWITCH and

HO_UMTS_TO_LTE_FAST_RETURN_SWITCH under the Fast Return To LTE Switch
parameter in CELL MML command MOD UCELLHOCOMM.

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Gains

Query the time required for UEs to return from UMTS to LTE from UE logs.
The time is the interval at which the UE receives the RRC CONNECTION
RELEASE message and sends the RRC CONNECTION REQUEST message.

If the time is shorter than that before the UMTS-to-LTE Fast Return feature is
enabled, this feature yields positive gains.

Time required
for UEs to
return from
UMTS to LTE

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New Counters

None

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Introduction

Deployment

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

CSFB: CS fallback

PS HO: packet service handover

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