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Contents
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................1-1
1.1 Scope ............................................................................................................................................ 1-1 1.2 Intended Audience ........................................................................................................................ 1-1 1.3 Change History.............................................................................................................................. 1-1
2 Overview .....................................................................................................................................2-1 3 Technical Description ..............................................................................................................3-1

3.1 Measurement Report Processing.................................................................................................. 3-1 3.2 Handover Preprocessing............................................................................................................... 3-2 3.3 Handover Decision Based on Handover Algorithm I..................................................................... 3-5 3.3.1 Quick Handover.................................................................................................................... 3-5 3.3.2 TA Handover ......................................................................................................................... 3-7 3.3.3 BQ Handover........................................................................................................................ 3-8 3.3.4 Rapid Level Drop Handover ................................................................................................. 3-9 3.3.5 Interference Handover.......................................................................................................... 3-9 3.3.6 Handover Due to No Downlink Measurement Report ........................................................ 3-10 3.3.7 Enhanced Dual-Band Network Handover .......................................................................... 3-11 3.3.8 Load Handover ................................................................................................................... 3-14 3.3.9 Edge Handover................................................................................................................... 3-16 3.3.10 Fast-Moving Micro Cell Handover .................................................................................... 3-17 3.3.11 Inter-Layer Handover........................................................................................................ 3-18 3.3.12 PBGT Handover ............................................................................................................... 3-19 3.3.13 AMR Handover ................................................................................................................. 3-20 3.3.14 SDCCH Handover ............................................................................................................ 3-20 3.3.15 Other Handovers .............................................................................................................. 3-21 3.4 Handover Decision Based on Handover Algorithm II.................................................................. 3-21 3.4.1 Quick Handover.................................................................................................................. 3-23 3.4.2 TA Handover ....................................................................................................................... 3-24 3.4.3 BQ Handover...................................................................................................................... 3-25 3.4.4 Interference Handover........................................................................................................ 3-26 3.4.5 Handover Due to No Downlink Measurement Report ........................................................ 3-27 3.4.6 Enhanced Dual-Band Network Handover .......................................................................... 3-28 3.4.7 Load Handover ................................................................................................................... 3-30 3.4.8 Edge Handover................................................................................................................... 3-30 3.4.9 Fast-Moving Micro Cell Handover ...................................................................................... 3-31 3.4.10 Better Cell Handover ........................................................................................................ 3-33 3.4.11 Handover Between a Full-Rate TCH and a Half-Rate TCH ............................................. 3-34 3.4.12 SDCCH Handover ............................................................................................................ 3-35 3.4.13 Other Handovers .............................................................................................................. 3-36
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4 Parameters .................................................................................................................................4-1 5 Counters ......................................................................................................................................5-1 6 Glossary ......................................................................................................................................6-1 7 Reference Documents .............................................................................................................7-1
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1 Introduction
1 Introduction
1.1 Scope
This document describes the overall procedure of Huawei handover algorithms and the specific handover decisions.
1.2 Intended Audience

It is assumed that users of this document are familiar with GSM basics and have a working knowledge of GSM telecommunication. This document is intended for:
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Personnel working on Huawei GSM products or systems System operators who need a general understanding of this feature
1.3 Change History

The change history provides information on the changes in different document versions. There are two types of changes, which are defined as follows:
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Feature change Feature change refers to the change in the Handover feature of a specific product version. Editorial change Editorial change refers to the change in wording or the addition of the information that was not described in the earlier version.
Document Issues
The document issues are as follows:
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This is the third commercial release of GBSS9.0. Compared with issue 02 (2009-09-30) of GBSS9.0, issue 03(2010-01-20) of GBSS9.0 incorporates the changes described in the following table.
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Change Type Feature change
Change Description A description of 3.3.14 SDCCH Handover (Huawei handover algorithm I) and 3.4.12 SDCCH Handover (Huawei handover algorithm II) is added. The value range of Inter-cell HO Hysteresis in 3.3.9 Edge Handover (Huawei handover algorithm I), 3.4.8 Edge Handover (Huawei handover algorithm II), 3.3.3 BQ Handover (Huawei handover algorithm I), 3.4.3 BQ Handover (Huawei handover algorithm II), and 3.4.5 Handover Due to No Downlink Measurement Report (Huawei handover algorithm II) is changed.
Parameter Change The parameter changed is as follows: Inter-cell HO Hysteresis
Editorial change
The triggering conditions of better cell handover in 3.4.10 Better Cell Handover are changed.
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This is the second commercial release of GBSS9.0. Compared with issue 01 (2009-06-30) of GBSS9.0, the following changes are incorporated: Change Type Feature change Change Description In 3.3.9 Edge Handover (handover algorithm I) and 3.4.8 Edge Handover (handover algorithm II), the parameters Edge HO Watch 0.5s Time, Edge HO Valid 0.5s Time, Edge HO AdjCell Watch 0.5s Time, and Edge HO AdjCell Valid 0.5s Time are changed. Parameter Change The parameters are changed as follows: Handover algorithm I Edge HO Watch Time Handover algorithm II Edge HO Watch Time Handover algorithm I Edge HO Valid Time Handover algorithm II Edge HO Valid Time Edge HO AdjCell Watch Time Edge HO AdjCell Valid Time
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Change Type Editorial change
Change Description The structure of the document is optimized.
Parameter Change None.
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This is the first commercial release of GBSS9.0. Compared with issue 01 (2009-04-30) of GBSS8.1, issue 01 (2009-06-30) of GBSS9.0 incorporates the changes described in the following table. Change Type Feature change Change Description The description of handover direction forecast during the target cell selection is added in 3.3.1 Quick Handover. Parameter Change The parameters added are as follows:
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Handover Direction Forecast Enable Chain Neighbour Cell Type Handover Direction Forecast Statistic Times Handover Direction Forecast Last Times
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2 Overview
2 Overview
The GSM network comprises multiple cells with continuous coverage. The handover technique is introduced into the GSM system to enable the users who are in motion to continue with the current call without interruption, thus optimizing the network performance. During a handover, the MS and BTS in service measure the conditions of uplink and downlink radio links respectively, record the measurement results into measurement reports (MRs), and then send the MRs to the BSC. The BSC determines whether to trigger a handover based on the MRs and the actual conditions of the radio network. Huawei handover algorithms (handover algorithm I and handover algorithm II) involve measurement and MR reporting, MR processing, handover decision, and handover execution.
Huawei handover algorithms apply to the handovers on TCHs as well as the handovers on SDCCHs.
You can determine the handover algorithm used in a cell through Current HO Control Algorithm. Figure 2-1 shows the procedure for performing Huawei handover algorithms (including handover algorithm I and handover algorithm II). Figure 2-1 Procedure for performing Huawei handover algorithms
Handover Decision Based on Handover Algorithm I

Figure 2-2 shows the procedure of handover decision based on handover algorithm I.
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Figure 2-2 Procedure of handover decision based on handover algorithm I
In handover algorithm I, five types of handover decisions are defined:

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Quick handover (including quick Power BudGet Handover (PBGT) handover and frequency offset handover). Good and stable services can be provided when the voice quality deteriorates during the fast movement of an MS. Quick handover is mainly applicable in the railway scenario.
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Emergency handover. Emergency handover can ensure the call continuity when the radio condition severely deteriorates. Theoretically, the emergency handover has a bigger deviation than other handovers in terms of the selection of the target cell. In a normal cell, frequent emergency handovers should be avoided. Enhanced dual-band network handover. In an enhanced dual-band network, the resources in the overlaid DCS1800 cell and underlaid GSM900 cell can be shared during the assignment and handover procedures. That is, the calls in the high-traffic GSM900 cell can be handed over to the low-traffic DCS1800 cell to balance traffic. Load handover. Load handover enables the system load to be balanced among multiple cells so that the system performance can be ensured. Normal handover. Normal handover ensures good services when an MS is moving.
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Figure 2-3 shows the handovers provided in Figure 2-2 and their priorities in handover algorithm I.
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Figure 2-3 Handover decisions based on handover algorithm I
Handover Decision Based on Handover Algorithm II

Figure 2-4 shows the procedure of handover decision based on handover algorithm II.
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Figure 2-4 Procedure of handover decision based on handover algorithm II
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In handover algorithm II, three types of handover decisions are defined, as shown in Figure 2-5. Figure 2-5 Handover decisions based on handover algorithm II
Handover Execution
BTS power lift for handover function determines whether the BTS of the serving cell transmits signals at the maximum power during a handover. The BSC maximizes the transmit power of the BTS before sending a handover command to the MS. The BSC does not adjust the BTS power during the handover to ensure the success of the handover.
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3 Technical Description
3.1 Measurement Report Processing
Measurement report processing involves measurement report interpolation and filtering.
NE Selection for Measurement Report Processing

The processing can be performed either on the BSC side or on the BTS side.
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If MR.Preprocessing is set to No, then the processing is performed on the BSC side. If MR.Preprocessing is set to Yes, then the processing is performed on the BTS side. By setting the parameters Transfer Original MR, Transfer BTS/MS Power Class, and Sent Freq.of preprocessed MR, you can specify the contents of the MRs to be provided and the period during which the MRs are provided. This decreases the signaling traffic on the Abis interface and the traffic volume processed by the BSC.
Data Selection for Measurement Report

The MR can be classified into enhanced MR and normal MR. The parameter Measurement Report Type determines the type to be used. In the MR, the TCH measurement of the serving cell is classified into FULL SET and SUB SET.
Measurement Report Interpolation

The neighboring cell indexes are found on the basis of the BCCH frequencies and BSICs provided by the MS. Then, the uplink and downlink measurement results are obtained from the measurement reports.
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If measurement reports are issued continuously, they are directly added to the measurement report list. If measurement reports are not issued continuously and the number of lost measurement reports is smaller than the value of Allowed MR Number Lost, the system performs operations as follows:
For the serving cell, the handover algorithm I performs the linear interpolation for the MRs. The lowest values are applied to the interpolation of MRs by the handover algorithm II according to the protocols; that is, level 0 (-110 dBm) and quality 7 are applied in the interpolation. For the neighboring cell, the lowest value is applied to the lost level value according to the protocols; that is, level 0 (-110 dBm) is applied in the interpolation.
If no MR is reported because the RX level in the neighboring cell is too low, level 0 (-110 dBm) is applied in the interpolation.
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If measurement reports are not issued continuously and the number of lost measurement reports is greater than the value of Allowed MR Number Lost, the previous measurement reports are discarded. When new measurement reports are issued, calculation is done again.
Measurement Report Filtering

Filtering is performed on measurement reports obtained continuously from the measurement report list. Averaging is performed on uplink/downlink RX level, uplink/downlink RX quality, Timing Advance(TA), Radio Quality Indication(RQI), BTS power, 2G neighboring cell level, and the Common PIlot CHannel(CPICH ), Received Signal Code Power(RSCP), and Ec/No of neighboring 3G cell. The averaging minimizes the effect on the result of handover decision due to sudden changes in the measurement values.
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Power control compensation needs to be performed for the downlink RX level of the serving cell by the handover algorithm II. If you compare the RX level of the serving cell after the power control with that of all BCCH TRXs of the neighboring cell, there is no mapping between them. In situations where the cells overlap severely, the handover is easily triggered, thus causing the ping-pong handover. After the power control compensation is performed, the RX level of the serving cell can reflect the coverage condition of the BCCH TRX of the serving cell. The power control compensation of the serving cell is performed after the interpolation processing and before the filtering processing. In general, the compensation of power control is calculated by adding the downlink RX level of the serving cell and twice the current downlink transmit Power Level of the BTS. The number of consecutive measurement reports required for filtering are determined by the measurement object and channel type. See Table 3-1 for details. Table 3-1 Parameters related to the number of measurement reports Measurement Object Receive level of the serving cell Quality of the serving cell TA of the serving cell Receive level of the neighboring cell Power of the BTS in the serving cell RQI Channel Type SDCCH TCH SDCCH TCH TCH SDCCH BCCH SDCCH TCH Filter Length for TCH Level TCH Filter Length for TCH Qual Parameter Filter Length for SDCCH Level Filter Length for TCH Level Filter Length for SDCCH Qual. Filter Length for TCH Qual Filter Length for TA TA filter length for SDCCH level Filter Length for Ncell RX_LEV NCell filter length for SDCCH level
If consecutive measurement reports are insufficient, the filtering fails. The handover decision is not performed.
3.2 Handover Preprocessing

Handover Penalty
According to the neighboring cell information in the measurement report and the parameters, the system performs handover preprocessing and adjusts the priorities of the neighboring cells. The handover penalty is performed after successful fast-moving micro cell handover, TA handover, BQ handover, fast-moving micro cell handover, OL subcell to UL subcell handover within an enhanced concentric cell, and after the handover failures. In handover algorithm II, in addition to the situations mentioned above, the handover penalty is also performed after successful or failed load handover and interference handover.
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In handover decision procedure of handover algorithm II, the handover penalty is performed after the network characteristics adjustment and before the emergency handover decision.
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After the quick handover, TA handover, Bad Quality (BQ) handover, or load handover (in handover algorithm II) is successfully performed, the penalty level is subtracted from the actual RX level of the original cell during the penalty period. Table 3-2 lists the parameters related to handover penalty.
Table 3-2 Parameters related to handover penalty Handover Quick handover TA Handover BQ Handover Load handover (handover algorithm II) Parameter Quick Handover Punish Time Quick Handover Punish Value Penalty Level after TA HO Penalty Time after TA HO Penalty Level after BQ HO Penalty Time after BQ HO Penalty Time on Load HO Penalty Value on Load HO
After the fast-moving micro cell handover is successfully performed, penalty is performed on all the neighboring cells of the micro cell. Related parameters are Penalty on Fast Moving HO and Penalty Time on Fast Moving HO. If an MS fails to initiate an intra-cell AMR TCHF to TCHH handover, it cannot initiate another intra-cell AMR TCHF to TCHH handover within Penalty Time after AMR TCHF-H HO Fail. In handover algorithm II, after the interference handover is initiated, this handover is not allowed to be initiated again within Penalty Time on Interfere HO regardless of whether the handover is successful or not. After the OL subcell to UL subcell handover within an enhanced concentric cell is successful, the handover from UL subcell to OL subcell is not allowed within Penalty Time of UtoO HO. After the OL cell to UL cell handover in the enhanced dual-band network is successful, the handover from UL cell to OL cell is not allowed within Inter UL/OL Subcells HO Penalty Time. After the handover fails, different penalties are performed on the target cell based on the causes:
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If the handover to a neighboring 2G or 3G cell fails, the actual RX level of the target cell is subtracted by Penalty Level after HO Fail for neighboring cell ranking during the penalty.
Based on the handover failure cause, the penalty time could be UmPenaltyTimer, RscPenaltyTimer, or CfgPenaltyTimer.
If the OL subcell to UL subcell handover within a concentric cell fails, the handover from OL subcell to UL subcell is not allowed within Penalty Time after OtoU HO Fail. If the UL subcell to OL subcell handover within a concentric cell fails, the handover from UL subcell to OL subcell is not allowed within Penalty Time after UtoO HO Fail.
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Basic Ranking
Basic ranking is performed after handover penalty to generate a candidate cell list in descending order taking the following information into account: RX levels of the serving cell and neighboring cells carried in the MRs, hysteresis, usage of TCHs in the neighboring cells, and so on.
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In the case of non-directed retry, if an MS in an external BSC cell occupies an SDCCH and Inter-BSC SDCCH HO ALLowed is set to No, then this cell should be removed from the candidate cell list. In other words, the handover to this external BSC cell is prohibited. If a neighboring 2G cell and the serving cell are controlled by the same BSC and the TCH usage of the neighboring cell is 100%, then the neighboring cell should be removed from the candidate cell list; that is, the handover to this neighboring cell is prohibited. If the downlink RX level of a neighboring 2G cell is lower than the sum of Min DL Level on Candidate Cell and Min Access Level Offset, then the neighboring cell should be removed from the candidate cell list; that is, the handover to this neighboring cell is prohibited. If the uplink RX level of a neighboring 2G cell is lower than the sum of Min UL Level on Candidate Cell and Min Access Level Offset, then the neighboring cell should be removed from the candidate cell list; that is, the handover to this neighboring cell is prohibited. If a neighboring 3G cell is an FDD cell, the cell is processed according to FDD REP QUANT:
If FDD REP QUANT is set to Ec/N0, and the Ec/N0 of a neighboring cell is lower than Min Ec/No threshold, the neighboring cell should be removed from the candidate cell list; that is, the handover to this neighboring cell is prohibited. If FDD REP QUANT is set to RSCP, and the RSCP of a neighboring cell is lower than Min RSCP threshold, the neighboring cell should be removed from the candidate cell list; that is, the handover to this neighboring cell is prohibited. z
If a neighboring 3G cell is a TDD cell and the RSCP after penalty is lower than the Min RSCP threshold, the neighboring cell should be removed from the candidate cell list; that is, the handover to this neighboring cell is prohibited. Calculate the difference between the downlink RX level of the neighboring cells and the downlink RX level of the serving cell. Based on the difference, rank the neighboring cells in descending order.
Network Characteristics Adjustment

Network characteristics adjustment is a process in which the position of each cell in the candidate cell list is determined based on the related network information. Network characteristics adjustment provides the final candidate cell list for handover decision. After the network characteristics adjustment, the final candidate cell list (including neighboring cells and serving cell) is generated. The candidate cells are ranked in descending order by priority. Then, the handover decision procedure starts. In handover algorithm II, the emergency handover decision is made after the network characteristics adjustment. After the emergency handover decision, Penalty Value on Load HO is subtracted from the level of the original cell within Penalty Time on Load HO if the load handover is successful. The level of the target cell changes after the penalty of load handover; then, the network characteristics needs to be readjusted. In handover algorithm I, all related factors are adjusted in network characteristics adjustment phase; in handover algorithm II, some of the factors are adjusted before the emergency handover decision procedure is initiated.
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Forced Handover
If the forced handover is triggered, the subsequent handover decisions are not performed. The purpose of the forced handover is as follows:
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If no TCH is available in the serving cell during the MS access process, the directed retry procedure is performed when Directed Retry is set to Yes. When BTS maintenance is performed, the MSs under control of the related BTS should be handed over to the cells controlled by a functional BTS to ensure that no call drop occurs during BTS maintenance.
The forced handover is classified into these four types:

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Outgoing cell handover (direct retry) Outgoing BTS handover Outgoing BSC handover Specified target cell list handover
3.3 Handover Decision Based on Handover Algorithm I

According to the emergency condition of an MS in the network, the handover decision based on handover algorithm I is made in the following order: quick handover, emergency handover, enhanced dual-band network handover, load handover, and normal handover. Handover decision based on handover algorithm I involves the following procedures:
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Determining whether the serving cell meets the triggering conditions Selecting corresponding candidate cells
In handover algorithm I, Inter-rat HO Preference specifies whether a neighboring 2G cell or a neighboring 3G cell is preferred.
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When Inter-rat HO Preference is set to Preference for 2G Cell: A neighboring 2G cell is preferred. If the candidate cell list contains suitable neighboring 3G cells but no suitable neighboring 2G cells, a neighboring 3G cell is selected.
When Inter-rat HO Preference is set to Preference for 2G Cell: If the RX level of a candidate 2G cell is lower than or equal to HO Preference Threshold for 2G Cell, a neighboring 3G cell is preferred.
If the triggering conditions of emergency handover are met and there is at least one candidate cell, then the emergency handover timer Min Interval for Emerg. HO is started. Another emergency handover decision can be performed only when Min Interval for Emerg. HO times out.
3.3.1 Quick Handover

Quick handover aims to increase the handover success rate of an MS moving at a high speed and to ensure the call continuity and low call drop rate. Quick handover applies to the scenario where an MS moves fast along an urban backbone road, a selected route, or a high-speed railroad.
Quick Handover Types

Quick handover consists of frequency offset handover and quick PBGT handover.
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Frequency offset handover Whether the MS is moving away from the serving cell is determined based on the frequency offset information provided by an MS moving at a high speed. Frequency offset handover decision is made according to the uplink/downlink RX level of the serving cell and the path loss of neighboring cells.
Quick PBGT handover Quick PBGT handover decision is made according to the path loss of neighboring cells.
For quick handover, the handover response speed is enhanced by:

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Accurately calculating the moving speed of the MS Derestricting the interval between handover decisions Reducing the number of measurement reports for the handover decision Introducing the filtering
Quick Handover Preparation

The preparation for quick handover involves the following aspects:
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Frequency offset is decoded from the measurement report. Frequency offset of the MS is obtained from the uplink measurement report that the BTS sends to the BSC.
filtering is performed on the measurement report.
Triggering Conditions
During handover decision, it is first determined whether the triggering conditions of frequency offset handover are met. When the BTS cannot send the frequency offset information or the reported frequency offset information is invalid, quick PBGT handover is triggered, provided that other conditions of frequency offset handover are met. If Quick Handover Enable is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of quick handover are as follows:
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The MS is moving away from the serving cell (the frequency offset in the measurement result is a negative value) and the moving speed of the MS is greater than Quick Move Speed Threshold. The filtered uplink level of the serving cell is lower than Quick Handover Up Trigger Level. The compensated downlink level of the serving cell is lower than Quick Handover Down Trigger Level. The path loss of configured chain neighboring cells is lower than the specified threshold of the path loss of the serving cell. In other words, PBGT(n) is greater than or equal to 0.
The triggering conditions of quick handover are as follows:

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If the last three conditions are met simultaneously, the decision is made as follows:

If the first condition is met, a frequency offset handover is performed. If the first condition is not met, a quick PBGT handover is performed.
If all the last three conditions are not met, quick handover is not triggered.
Target Cell Selection

The target cell must be a chain neighboring cell of the serving cell. The target cell can be obtained through the setting of Chain Neighbor Cell. If Handover Direction Forecast Enable is set to Yes, a neighboring cell in the moving direction of the MS is selected preferentially. To forecast the moving direction of the MS, the direction of a chain neighboring cell (A or B) compared with the serving cell is specified by Chain Neighbour Cell Type. If the number of times that the MS is
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handed over to neighboring cells in the same direction (B for example) is greater than or equal to Handover Direction Forecast Last Times when the handover time reaches Handover Direction Forecast Statistic Times, then the MS is inferred to be moving towards the B direction. Subsequently, the MS is preferentially handed over to the neighboring cell whose Chain Neighbour Cell Type is B.
Limitations
The limitations on quick handover are as follows:
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The serving cell cannot be selected as the target cell. The candidate cells for quick handover must be chain neighboring cells of the serving cell. Each cell can be configured with a maximum of three chain neighboring cells. After a quick handover is successful, the penalty is performed on the original cell during the penalty time to prevent an immediate handover back to the original cell. The penalty time and penalty value are specified by Quick Handover Punish Time and Quick Handover Punish Value respectively.
3.3.2 TA Handover
TA handover is a type of emergency handover. The TA handover decision is made according to the TA value reported by the MS. The TA value of a normal cell ranges from 0 to 63 and that of an extended cell ranges from 0 to 229. The TA can be stepped up or down in steps of 553.5 m. The TA value of 63 corresponds to a distance of 35 km.
TA handover is triggered when the following conditions are met:
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TA HO Allowed is set to Yes. Filtered TA value in the measurement report provided by the MS is greater than or equal to TA Threshold.
The TA handover can be triggered only when the preceding two conditions are met simultaneously.
From the perspective of the triggering conditions of TA handover, TA can be regarded as a limitation to the size of a cell.

The target cell should have the highest priority in the candidate cell list after handover preprocessing. In addition, the target cell should meet the following conditions:
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The serving cell cannot be selected as the target cell. If TA Threshold of a co-site neighboring cell is lower than or equal to the TA Threshold of the serving cell, a handover to the neighboring cell is prohibited.
If the triggering conditions of TA handover are met but the candidate 2G cells are not suitable, the following operations are performed:
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If a neighboring 3G cell is available, if Inter-RAT Out BSC Handover Enable is set to Yes, and if the MS supports the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover, the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover is performed. If no neighboring 3G cell is available, if Inter-RAT Out BSC Handover Enable is set to No, or if the MS does not support the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover, the decision on whether to initiate another type of emergency handover is made.
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After the TA handover is successful, the penalty is performed on the original cell. During Penalty Time after TA HO, Penalty Level after TA HO is subtracted from the level of the original cell to prevent an immediate handover back to the original cell.
3.3.3 BQ Handover
BQ handover is a type of emergency handover in which the system makes the decision based on the uplink/downlink RX quality on the Um interface. The RX quality is measured in bit error rate (BER). The BSC measures the quality of a radio link based on the quality class in the measurement report. The probable cause of an increase in BER is that the signal power is too low or the channel interference increases.
If BQ HO Allowed is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of BQ handover are as follows:
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The uplink RX quality is greater than or equal to the uplink RX quality threshold of the serving cell. The downlink RX quality is greater than or equal to the downlink RX quality threshold of the serving cell.
The BQ handover is triggered when either of the preceding conditions is met. The parameters for specifying the uplink and downlink RX quality thresholds are as follows:
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For non-AMR calls, the parameter for specifying the uplink RX quality threshold is UL Qual. Threshold and the parameter for specifying the downlink RX quality threshold is DL Qual. Threshold. For AMR FR calls, the parameter for specifying the uplink RX quality threshold is UL Qual. Limit for AMR FR and the parameter for specifying the downlink RX quality threshold is DL Qual. Limit for AMR FR. For AMR HR calls, the parameter for specifying the uplink RX quality threshold is UL Qual. Limit for AMR HR and the parameter for specifying the downlink RX quality threshold is DL Qual. Limit for AMR HR.

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If the target cell is a neighboring cell, the RX level of the target cell must meet the following condition: Filtered downlink RX level of the target cell > Filtered downlink RX level of the serving cell + (Inter-cell HO Hysteresis of the serving cell configured for the neighboring cell - 64) - (BQ HO Margin - 64)
In handover algorithm I, if there is only one cell in the candidate cell list and the cell is a neighboring cell, then the preceding condition need not be met.
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In handover algorithm I, if there is no neighboring cell, Intracell HO Allowed is set to Yes, and the serving cell is not in the intra-cell handover penalty state, then the MS is handed over to the serving cell. A channel with different frequency band, different frequency, different TRX, or different timeslot is preferred (priority: different frequency band > different frequency > different TRX > different timeslot).
If the triggering conditions of BQ handover are met but the candidate 2G cells are not suitable, the following operations are performed:
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If a neighboring 3G cell is available, if Inter-RAT Out BSC Handover Enable is set to Yes, and if the MS supports the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover, the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover is performed.
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If no neighboring 3G cell is available, if Inter-RAT Out BSC Handover Enable is set to No, or if the MS does not support the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover, the decision on whether to initiate another type of emergency handover is made.
Limitations
After the BQ handover is successful, the penalty is performed on the original cell. During Penalty Time after BQ HO, Penalty Level after BQ HO is subtracted from the level of the original cell to prevent an immediate handover back to the original cell.
3.3.4 Rapid Level Drop Handover

Rapid level drop handover is a type of emergency handover. In edge handover and PBGT handover, the mean value filtering and P/N decision methods are not responsive to short-period rapid level drop. Therefore, to solve the rapid level drop problem, the finite impact response filtering can be performed on the original RX level. This filtering method is responsive to the rapid level drop based on the drop slope of the original RX level.
If Rx_Level_Drop HO Allowed is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of rapid level drop handover are as follows:
z z
Filtered uplink level < Edge HO UL RX_LEV Threshold A1 x C(nt) + A2 x C(nt - t) + A3 x C(nt - 2t) + + A8 x C(nt - 7t) < B Here, A1 indicates Filter Parameter A1, A2 indicates Filter Parameter A2, A3 indicates Filter Parameter A3, A4 indicates Filter Parameter A4, A5 indicates Filter Parameter A5, A6 indicates Filter Parameter A6, A7 indicates Filter Parameter A7, and A8 indicates Filter Parameter A8. B indicates Filter Parameter B.

z z
The target cell has a higher priority than the serving cell. The serving cell cannot be selected as the target cell.
If the triggering conditions of rapid level drop handover are met but the candidate 2G cells are not suitable, the following operations are performed:
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3.3.5 Interference Handover

In handover algorithm I, interference handover is a type of emergency handover. Interference handover helps protect the interfered calls and reduce the network interference. It is applicable to scenarios with interference.
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In handover algorithm I, the difference between interference handover and BQ handover is that in BQ handover the bad quality resulting from both coverage and interference is checked. In interference handover, the bad quality resulting from coverage is not checked.
If Interference HO Allowed is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of interference handover are as follows:
z z
The filtered value of uplink RX quality is greater than or equal to the specified RX quality threshold at the current uplink RX level. The filtered value of downlink RX quality is greater than or equal to the specified RX quality threshold at the current downlink RX level.
The interference handover is triggered if either of the previous conditions is met. The parameters for specifying the uplink and downlink RX quality thresholds are as follows:
z z
For non-AMR FR calls, the parameter for specifying the RX quality threshold is Interfere HO Qual. Thresh n for Non-AMR FR, where 1 n 12. For AMR FR calls, the parameters for specifying the RX quality threshold are Interfere HO Qual. Thresh n for Non-AMR FR (1 n 12) and Interfere HO Qual. Thresh Offset for AMR FR.
If n = 1, the RX quality threshold is Interfere HO Qual. Thresh 1 for Non-AMR FR.
If 2 n 12, the RX quality threshold is Interfere HO Qual. Thresh n for Non-AMR FR + Interfere HO Qual. Thresh Offset for AMR FR.

In handover algorithm I, the target cell should have the highest priority in the candidate cell list. In addition, the target cell should meet the following conditions:
z
If Intracell HO Allowed is set to Yes and the intra-cell handover penalty timer expires, the serving cell can be selected as the target cell.
When a number of consecutive intra-cell handovers occur, Forbidden time after MAX Times is triggered and the intra-cell handover is prohibited in the corresponding period.
z
If the filtered level of a neighboring cell after handover penalty Inter-layer HO Threshold of the neighboring cell + Adjacent Cell Inter-layer HO Hysteresis - 64, this neighboring cell can serve as the target cell.
If the triggering conditions of interference handover are met but the candidate 2G cells are not suitable, the following operations need to be performed:
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3.3.6 Handover Due to No Downlink Measurement Report

Handover due to no downlink measurement report is performed on the basis of the uplink quality. The purpose is to ensure the call continuity and minimize the possibility of call drops.
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Handover due to no downlink measurement report is generally caused by adverse radio environment on the uplink. In this case, the requirements of the filtering algorithm cannot be met, so other handover decisions cannot be performed.
In handover algorithm I, the triggering conditions of handover due to no downlink measurement report are as follows:
z z z z z
No Dl Mr.HO Allowed is set to Yes. There is no downlink information in the measurement report of the call. The filtered value of uplink quality is greater than or equal to No Dl Mr.Ul Qual HO Limit. The number of lost downlink MRs is smaller than Cons.No Dl Mr.HO Allowed Limit. For TCH, the number of saved MRs with uplink quality value is greater than Filter Length for TCH Qual; for SDCCH, the number of saved MRs with uplink quality value is greater than Filter Length for SDCCH Qual..
When all the previous conditions are met, the handover due to no downlink measurement report is triggered.

In handover algorithm I, the conditions for selecting the target cell are as follows:
z z z
The ranked neighboring cells recorded in the last complete measurement report are saved as candidate cells. Preferably a neighboring cell is selected as the target cell. If no neighboring cell is available, the serving cell is selected as the target cell.
3.3.7 Enhanced Dual-Band Network Handover

Enhanced dual-band network handover is performed based on the traffic volume of the overlaid and underlaid cells and based on the receive level. Enhanced dual-band network handover is classified into the following types:
z z z
Handover due to high load in the underlaid cell Handover due to low load in the underlaid cell Handover due to MS movement to the border of the overlaid cell
Triggering Conditions of Handover Due to High Load in the Underlaid Cell

The triggering conditions of the handover due to high load in the underlaid cell are as follows:
z z z z z z z
The two cells are in the enhanced dual-band network and Load HO
Allowed is set to Yes.
The MS supports the frequency band on which the overlaid cell operates. The handover due to high load in the underlaid cell is performed only on TCHs. The load in the underlaid cell is higher than or equal to UL Subcell General Overload Threshold. The load in the overlaid cell is lower than Inner Cell Serious OverLoad Thred. The system traffic volume is lower than or equal to Subcell HO Allowed Flow Control Level. The current call is within the handover margin and the receive level is greater than or equal to Incoming OL Subcell HO Level TH.
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When all the preceding conditions are met, the handover due to high load in the underlaid cell is triggered. If the load of the underlaid subcell in the cell is higher than or equal to UL Subcell Serious Overload Threshold, then the handover margin is adjusted in a period of UL Subcell Load Hierarchical HO Periods subtracted by MOD Step LEN of UL Load HO Period. The step length for handover margin adjustment is specified by Step Length of UL Subcell Load HO.
Triggering Conditions of Handover Due to Low Load in the Underlaid Cell

The triggering conditions of the handover due to low load in the underlaid cell are as follows:
z z z
The load in the underlaid cell is lower than UL Subcell Lower Load Threshold. The system traffic volume is lower than or equal to Subcell HO Allowed Flow Control Level. The current call is within the handover margin and the receive level is greater than or equal to Outgoing OL Subcell HO Level TH.
When all the preceding conditions are met, the handover due to low load in the underlaid cell is triggered. If the load of the underlaid subcell is lower than UL Subcell Lower Load Threshold for a specified period, then the handover margin is adjusted in a period of OL Subcell Load Diversity HO Period. The step length for handover margin adjustment is specified by Step Length of OL Subcell Load HO.
Triggering Conditions of Handover Due to MS Movement to the Border of the Overlaid Cell
The triggering conditions of the handover due to MS movement to the border of the overlaid cell are as follows:
z z
SS(s) < Thdouter SS(u) - SS(n) < ATCB_THRD - ATCB_HYST Here,

SS(s): specifies the filtering compensated downlink RX level in the serving cell. Thdouter: specifies Outgoing OL Subcell HO Level TH.
SS(u): specifies the downlink level (power compensation is performed on the downlink level based on the measurement) of the underlaid cell where the call is originated. If the SS(u) value cannot be obtained, you can infer that the decision of enhanced dual-band network handover is not performed and the decision condition is met by default. SS(n): The best neighboring cell is the one whose measured BCCH level is the highest among neighboring cells. SS(n) is the signal level of the best neighboring cell that operates on the same frequency band, locates at the same layer, and has the same priority as the underlaid cell but is not co-sited with the underlaid cell. If such a neighboring cell is not available, the value of SS(n) is -110 dBm.
ATCB_THRD: specifies Distance Between Boundaries of Subcells. ATCB_HYST: specifies Distance Hysteresis Between Boundaries.
Handover due to MS movement to the border of the overlaid cell is triggered if either of the preceding conditions is met.
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In the adapter distance to cell border(ATCB) handover algorithm, the border between the overlaid and underlaid cells is determined according to the signal strength of the serving cell and that of neighboring cells. If SS(s) = SS(n), the system considers that the MS is located at the border of the underlaid cell. If SS(s) - SS(n) > ATCB_THRD, the system considers that the MS is located in the coverage area of the overlaid cell. The coverage area of the overlaid cell is determined according to different networking and coverage conditions of the existing network. In addition, the overlaid cell of the serving cells and the overlaid cell of the neighboring cells will not overlap regardless of the distance between BTSs. The handover margin specifies the range of signal level. In the case of overlaid/underlaid load handover on the enhanced dual-band network, the MSs whose downlink levels are within the handover margin are handed over level by level.

The requirements for target cell selection in the enhanced dual-band network are as follows:
z z z
For the handover due to high load in the underlaid cell, the MS must be handed over to the overlaid cell. For the handover due to low load in the underlaid cell, the MS must be handed over to the underlaid cell. For the handover due to MS movement to the border of the overlaid cell, the MS is handed over to the neighboring cell that ranks first among neighboring cells. The MS should not be handed over to the cell that ranks after the serving cell. Generally, the target cell is the underlaid cell. The target cell can also be another neighboring cell.
Limitations
The limitations on the handover due to high load in the underlaid cell are as follows:
z z z
If the cell where the call is located is on an enhanced dual-band network, Cell Inner/Extra Property is set to Extra(Extra). The Load HO Allowed parameter should be set. The maximum range of the handover margin is from 63 to Incoming OL Subcell HO Level TH. The MS with the highest receive level is handed over first.
The limitations on the handover due to low load in the underlaid cell are as follows:
z z z
If the cell where the call is located is on the enhanced dual-band network, Cell Inner/Extra Property is set to Inner(Inner). The Load HO of OL Subcell to UL Subcell parameter should be set. The maximum range of the handover margin is from 63 to Outgoing OL Subcell HO Level TH. The MS with the lowest receive level is handed over first.
The limitations on the handover due to MS movement to the border of the overlaid cell are as follows:
z
If the cell where the call is located is on the enhanced dual-band network, Cell Inner/Extra Property is set to Inner(Inner).
Impact of the Enhanced Dual-Band Network Handover on the Existing Algorithm

The impact of the enhanced dual-band network handover on the existing algorithm is as follows:
z
On the enhanced dual-band network, the MS should not be handed over to a cell in the same underlaid/overlaid cell group when the load handovers between the overlaid cell and the underlaid cell (specified by Load HO Allowed and Load HO of OL Subcell to UL Subcell) are allowed. This is to prevent a load handover of a normal cell from colliding with a load handover between the overlaid cell and the underlaid cell on the network.
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The PBGT handover algorithm may cause inter-cell handover; thus, the MS should not be handed over to the cell in the same group in the case of PBGT handover between cells on the enhanced dual-band network.
3.3.8 Load Handover

In the network, some cells carry heavy load whereas the overlapping upper-layer cells and the neighboring cells may carry light load. To balance the load of these cells, the load handover is required. In a load handover procedure, some load in heavy-load cells is switched to light-load cells. Meanwhile, the load in neighboring cells is not switched to heavy-load cells. Load handover can be performed between cells at different layers. Figure 3-1 shows the details.
For details about the inter-RAT load handover, see the 2G/3G Interoperability Feature Parameter Description.
Figure 3-1 Load handover between cells
To perform load sharing, increase Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold so that the load at the border of a cell is switched to a neighboring cell with light load. Whether a cell carries heavy load or light load is determined by the traffic volume in the cell, that is whether the traffic volume (generally TCH usage) in the cell exceeds the preset threshold.
z z
If the traffic volume in a cell is greater than Load HO Threshold, you can infer that the load in this cell is heavy. The load handover algorithm needs to be enabled. If the traffic volume in a cell is lower than Load handover Load Accept Threshold, you can infer that the load in this cell is light and the cell can receive load from the heavy-load cells.
Load handover may lead to many handovers. Therefore, the load of the system CPU should be considered before load handover is performed. In other words, the system traffic volume should be taken into account. In addition, to prevent too many MSs from being handed over at a time, load handover is performed step by step. In other words, the edge handover threshold is increased on the basis of Load HO Step Level (CLS_Ramp) and Load HO Step Period (CLS_Period). When the increase in the edge handover threshold equals Load HO Bandwidth (CLS_Offset), the edge handover threshold is not increased any more. See Figure 3-2 for details.
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Figure 3-2 Load handover
If Load Handover Support is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of load handover are as follows:
z z
The CPU usage of the system is less than or equal to System Flux Threshold for Load HO. The current load of the serving cell is greater than or equal to Load HO Threshold.

The conditions for selecting the target cell are as follows:
z z z z
Filtered RX level after handover penalty Inter-layer HO Threshold + Adjacent Cell Inter-layer HO Hysteresis - 64 The serving cell cannot be selected as the target cell. If the target cell and the serving cell are in the same BSC, a load handover is performed when the current load of the target cell is lower than Load handover Load Accept Threshold. If the target cell and the serving cell are not in the same BSC, a load handover is performed when the load of the target cell is lower than Load handover Load Accept Threshold and Inter BSC Load Information Allowed is set to Yes.
Examples
The system assigns MSs to different load handover margins based on the downlink RX level. The load handover algorithm is used to hand over the MSs out of a cell step by step.
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The MSs in load handover margin 1 are handed over to the neighboring cells. Load handover margin 1 specifies the area where the downlink level ranges from Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold to the sum of Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold and Load HO Step Level. After a Load HO Step Period elapses, the MSs in load handover margin 2 are handed over to the neighboring cells. The load handover margin 2 specifies the area where the downlink level ranges from Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold to the sum of Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold and (2 x Load HO Step Level). The load handover stops when the traffic volume in the cell is less than or equal to Load HO Threshold.
2.
3.
The load handover is performed step by step to prevent call drops caused by a sudden increase in CPU load or the congestion in the target cell.
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3.3.9 Edge Handover

Edge handover is performed on the basis of receive level. To trigger an edge handover, the receive level of the target cell should be at least one hysteresis value (specified by Inter-cell HO Hysteresis - 64) greater than the receive level of the serving cell.
If Edge HO Allowed is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of edge handover are as follows:
z
Either of the following conditions is met.

The filtered downlink RX level of the serving cell is lower than Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold. The filtered uplink RX level of the serving cell is lower than Edge HO UL RX_LEV Threshold.
RX level of the neighboring cell > RX level of the serving cell + Inter-cell HO Hysteresis - 64
An edge handover is triggered when the P/N criterion is met, that is, when the previous conditions are met for Handover Algorithm I Edge HO Valid Time within Handover Algorithm I Edge HO Watch Time. Figure 3-3 shows the edge handover. Figure 3-3 Edge handover

The target cell should have the highest priority among the candidate cells. In addition, it should meet the following conditions:
z z
The serving cell cannot be selected as the target cell. After cells are ranked, the target cell must have a higher priority than the serving cell.
A cell becomes the target cell if the previous conditions are met for Edge HO AdjCell Valid Time within Edge HO AdjCell Watch Time. If the triggering conditions of edge handover are met but the candidate 2G cells are not suitable, the following operations are performed:
z z
If a neighboring 3G cell is available, if Inter-RAT Out BSC Handover Enable is set to Yes, and if the MS supports the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover, the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover is performed. If no neighboring 3G cell is available, if Inter-RAT Out BSC Handover Enable is set to No, or if the MS does not support the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover, the decision on whether to initiate another type of handover is made.
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3.3.10 Fast-Moving Micro Cell Handover

Fast-moving micro cell handover is performed from a micro cell to a macro cell according to the relative speed of an MS so that the number of handovers can be minimized. Fast-moving micro cell handover applies to the following scenarios:
z z
If an MS is moving fast in a micro cell, it is handed over to a macro cell. To prevent an MS that is moving fast in a macro cell from entering a micro cell, time penalty is performed on the micro cell so that the fast-moving MS camps on the macro cell.
Figure 3-4 shows the fast-moving micro cell handover. Figure 3-4 Fast-moving micro cell handover
If MS Fast Moving HO Allowed is set to Yes, the handover decision procedure of fast-moving micro cell handover is as follows: 1. 2. When the triggering conditions of edge handover or PBGT handover are met, the fast-moving micro cell handover decision is started. When the period during which the MS camps on the serving cell is shorter than MS Fast-moving Time Threshold, the number of cells through which the fast-moving MS passes is incremented by one.
The cell counted by the system must locate at a layer lower than layer 4. In other words, it must be a non-Umbrella cell.
3.
When the number of cells that the MS passes in fast movement reaches MS Fast-moving Watch Cells, the fast-moving micro cell handover is triggered if the number of cells that the MS passes in fast movement counted by the system is greater than or equal to MS Fast-moving Valid Cells.

In handover algorithm I, the target cell should have the highest priority among the candidate cells. In addition, the target cell should meet the following conditions:
z z
The target cell must be at layer 4, that is, Umbrella cell. Filtered RX level of the target cell Inter-layer HO Threshold + Adjacent Cell Inter-layer HO Hysteresis - 64
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Limitations
After the fast-moving micro cell handover is successful, the penalty is performed on all the neighboring micro cells. During Penalty Time on Fast Moving HO, Penalty on Fast Moving HO is subtracted from the RX level of every neighboring micro cell.
Cell Layer and Cell Priority

With Huawei multiband handover algorithm, a proper traffic volume distribution can be realized among multiple frequency bands. Huawei multiband handover algorithm divides cells into four layers, with 16 priorities at each layer. The Layer of the cell parameter specifies at which layer a cell is located. This algorithm is applicable to complex networking scenarios. Figure 3-5 shows the cell layers. Figure 3-5 Cell layers
In Huawei multiband handover algorithm, a GSM network covering a certain area is divided into four layers, which are:
z z z z
Layer 4: Umbrella cell. The umbrella cells are generally GSM900 cells having the wide coverage feature. It also implements fast MS connection. Layer 3: Macro cell. The macro cells are generally GSM900 cells, which are commonly used in current GSM system and serve majority of subscribers. Layer 2: Micro cell. The micro cells are generally DCS1800 cells having the small coverage feature. They enable capacity expansion. Layer 1: Pico cell. The pico cells are generally DCS1800 cells, which are used in hot spots and blind spots.
The cell at the lower layer has a higher priority.
3.3.11 Inter-Layer Handover

Inter-layer handover is a type of normal handover. It is used to enable the cells at low layers to absorb traffic volume. To balance the traffic volume flexibly and to meet the requirements of different network topologies, the GSM network is divided into several layers. See 3.3.10 Fast-Moving Micro Cell Handover for details.
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If Level HO Allowed is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of inter-layer handover are as follows:
z z z
The layer at which the target cell is located has a higher priority than the layer at which the serving cell is located. Filtered downlink RX level of the target cell Inter-layer HO Threshold + Adjacent Cell Inter-layer HO Hysteresis - 64 After cells are ranked, the target cell must have a higher priority than the serving cell.
The inter-layer handover is triggered when the P/N criterion is met, that is, the previous conditions are met for Layer HO Valid Time within Layer HO Watch Time.

The requirements for target cell selection are as follows:
z z z
The triggering conditions are met. The serving cell cannot be selected as the target cell. The target cell has the highest priority in the candidate cell list.
3.3.12 PBGT Handover

PBGT handover is a type of normal handover.
If PBGT HO Allowed is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of PBGT handover are as follows:
z z
The target cell and the serving cell are at the same layer and have the same priority. The following condition is met for PBGT Valid Time within PBGT Watch Time: (MIN (MS_TXPWR_MAX, P) RXLEV_DL PWR_DIFF) (MIN (MS_TXPWR_MAX (n), P) RXLEV_NCELL (n) ) > PBGT_HO_MARGIN Here,

RXLEV_DL: indicates the filtered downlink RX level of the serving cell. MS_TXPWR_MAX: indicates the maximum allowed transmit power of an MS in the serving cell. MS_TXPWR_MAX (n): indicates the maximum allowed transmit power of an MS in neighboring cell RxLev_NCELL (n): indicates the downlink receive level in neighboring cell n.
n.
PWR_DIFF: indicates the difference between the maximum downlink transmit power in the serving cell due to power control and the actual downlink transmit power in the serving cell.
P: indicates the maximum transmit power of an MS. PBGT_HO_MARGIN: indicates PBGT HO Threshold minus 64.
The PBGT handover can be triggered only when all the previous conditions are met.

The target cell should meet the following conditions:
z z z
The target cell and the serving cell are at the same layer and have the same priority. The serving cell cannot be selected as the target cell. The target cell has the highest priority in the candidate cell list.
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3.3.13 AMR Handover

The AMR handover in handover algorithm I is performed on AMR calls on the basis of radio quality indication (RQI). It consists of the AMR TCHF-TCHH handover and the AMR TCHH-TCHF handover. The conversion formula between RQI and C/I is RQI = 2 x C/I.
Triggering Conditions of AMR TCHF-TCHH Handover

The triggering conditions of AMR TCHF-TCHH handover are as follows:
z z z z z z z
Intracell F-H HO Allowed is set to Yes. The target call is an AMR call. The half-rate function must be enabled in the cell where the call is initiated. The full-rate speech version 3 and half-rate speech version 3 must be supported by the cell where the call is initiated. The type of channel specified by the MSC during a call can be changed during a handover. For an AMR FR call, if AMR TCH/H Prior Allowed is set to Yes and the cell load is greater than AMR TCH/H Prior Cell Load Threshold, the handover is allowed. The call occupies the full-rate TCH. The RQI is greater than F2H HO Threshold and the cell load is greater than AMR TCH/H Prior Cell Load Threshold.
For an AMR FR call, the AMR TCHF-TCHH handover can be performed if the preceding conditions are met for Intracell F-H HO Last Time within Intracell F-H HO Stat Time.
Triggering Conditions of AMR TCHH-TCHF Handover

The triggering conditions of AMR TCHH-TCHF handover are as follows:
z z z z z z
Intracell F-H HO Allowed is set to Yes. The target call is an AMR call. The half-rate function must be enabled in the cell where the call is initiated. The full-rate speech version 3 and half-rate speech version 3 must be supported by the cell where the call is initiated. The type of channel specified by the MSC during a call can be changed during a handover. The call occupies the half-rate TCH. The RQI is smaller than H2F HO Threshold.
For an AMR HR call, the AMR TCHH-TCHF handover can be performed if the preceding conditions are met for Intracell F-H HO Last Time within Intracell F-H HO Stat Time.

The AMR handover is an intra-cell handover. Therefore, only the serving cell can be selected as the target cell.
3.3.14 SDCCH Handover

SDCCH handover is a process in which the MS is handed over from an SDCCH to another SDCCH in an immediate assignment. SDCCH handover helps improve the access success rate of the MSs on the edge of the network, thus improving the network QoS. The principle of SDCCH handover is the same as that of TCH handover. Regarding procedure, an SDCCH handover involves measurement and MR reporting, MR processing, handover decision, and handover execution.
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Whether an SDCCH handover can be performed is controlled by the SDCCH HO Allowed parameter. If an inter-BSC SDCCH handover is required, both SDCCH HO Allowed and Inter-BSC SDCCH HO ALLowed should be set to YES(Yes). The handover decision algorithm for SDCCH handover is different from that for TCH handover in the following ways:
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The algorithms for the following handovers support SDCCH handover: quick handover, TA handover, BQ handover, rapid level drop handover, interference handover, handover due to no downlink measurement report, edge handover, and fast-moving micro cell handover
The algorithms for the following handovers do not support SDCCH handover: enhanced dual-band network handover, load handover, inter-layer handover, PBGT handover, AMR handover, better 3G cell handover, concentric cell handover, and tight BCCH handover
3.3.15 Other Handovers

Other handovers here refer to better 3G cell handover and tight BCCH handover.
Better 3G Cell Handover

See 2G/3G Interoperability Feature Parameter Description.
Tight BCCH Handover

See BCCH Dense Frequency Multiplexing Feature Parameter Description.
3.4 Handover Decision Based on Handover Algorithm II

Handover decision based on handover algorithm II is made in the following order: forced handover, emergency handover, intra-cell handover, and inter-cell handover. Handover decision based on handover algorithm II involves the following procedures:
z z z
Determining whether the serving cell meets the triggering conditions Selecting corresponding candidate cell list for each handover type Performing the comprehensive decision and determining the candidate neighboring cells
The procedure for performing comprehensive decision based on handover results and determining the candidate neighboring cells is as follows: 1. The BSC selects a handover type with the highest priority from all the handovers that can be performed on each neighboring cell. The handover priority is as follows:
Forced handover, emergency handover, and interference handover have a high priority. Figure 3-6 shows the details.
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Figure 3-6 Handovers with high priority
Quick handover is classified into frequency offset handover and quick PBGT handover. Frequency offset handover has a higher priority than quick PBGT handover.
Intra-cell handover (excluding interference handover) and inter-cell handover have a normal priority. Figure 3-7 shows the details.
AMR handover has the same priority as TCHF-TCHH handover.
Figure 3-7 Handovers with normal priority
2.
The BSC ranks the candidate cells according to the network characteristics adjustment algorithm and then generates the final candidate cell list. Every neighboring cell in the candidate cell list has its own handover decision. Neighboring 2G cells and neighboring 3G cells are ranked separately.
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3.
In handover algorithm II, Inter-rat HO Preference specifies whether a neighboring 2G or a neighboring 3G cell is preferred. When Inter-rat HO Preference is set to Preference for 2G Cell: A neighboring 2G cell is preferred. If the candidate cell list contains suitable neighboring 3G cells but no suitable neighboring 2G cells, a neighboring 3G cell is selected.
When Inter-rat HO Preference is set to Preference for 2G Cell By Threshold: If the RX level of a candidate 2G cell is lower than or equal to HO Preference Threshold for 2G Cell, a neighboring 3G cell is preferred.
When a neighboring 3G cell is preferred among the candidate cells, the priority of 3G better cell handover is the lowest.
If the triggering conditions of emergency handover are met and there is at least one candidate cell, then the emergency handover timer Min Interval for Emerg. HO is started. Another emergency handover decision can be performed only when Min Interval for Emerg. HO times out.
3.4.1 Quick Handover

Quick handover aims to increase the handover success rate of an MS moving at a high speed and to ensure the call continuity and low call drop rate. Quick handover applies to the scenario where an MS moves fast along an urban backbone road, a selected route, or a high-speed railroad.
Quick Handover Types

Quick handover consists of frequency offset handover and quick PBGT handover.
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Frequency offset handover Whether the MS is moving away from the serving cell is determined based on the frequency offset information provided by an MS moving at a high speed. Frequency offset handover decision is made according to the uplink/downlink RX level of the serving cell and the path loss of neighboring cells.
Quick PBGT handover Quick PBGT handover decision is made according to the path loss of neighboring cells.
For quick handover, the handover response speed is enhanced by:

z z z z
Accurately calculating the moving speed of the MS Derestricting the interval between handover decisions Reducing the number of measurement reports for the handover decision Introducing the filtering
Quick Handover Preparation

The preparation for quick handover involves the following aspects:
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Frequency offset is decoded from the measurement report. Frequency offset of the MS is obtained from the uplink measurement report that the BTS sends to the BSC.
filtering is performed on the measurement report.
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During handover decision, it is first determined whether the triggering conditions of frequency offset handover are met. When the BTS cannot send the frequency offset information or the reported frequency offset information is invalid, quick PBGT handover is triggered, provided that other conditions of frequency offset handover are met. If Quick Handover Enable is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of quick handover are as follows:
z z z z
The MS is moving away from the serving cell (the frequency offset in the measurement result is a negative value) and the moving speed of the MS is greater than Quick Move Speed Threshold. The filtered uplink level of the serving cell is lower than Quick Handover Up Trigger Level. The compensated downlink level of the serving cell is lower than Quick Handover Down Trigger Level. The path loss of configured chain neighboring cells is lower than the specified threshold of the path loss of the serving cell. In other words, PBGT(n) is greater than or equal to 0.
The triggering conditions of quick handover are as follows:

z
If the last three conditions are met simultaneously, the decision is made as follows:

If the first condition is met, a frequency offset handover is performed. If the first condition is not met, a quick PBGT handover is performed.
If all the last three conditions are not met, quick handover is not triggered.

The target cell must be a chain neighboring cell of the serving cell. The target cell can be obtained through the setting of Chain Neighbor Cell. If Handover Direction Forecast Enable is set to Yes, a neighboring cell in the moving direction of the MS is selected preferentially. To forecast the moving direction of the MS, the direction of a chain neighboring cell (A or B) compared with the serving cell is specified by Chain Neighbour Cell Type. If the number of times that the MS is handed over to neighboring cells in the same direction (B for example) is greater than or equal to Handover Direction Forecast Last Times when the handover time reaches Handover Direction Forecast Statistic Times, then the MS is inferred to be moving towards the B direction. Subsequently, the MS is preferentially handed over to the neighboring cell whose Chain Neighbour Cell Type is B.
Limitations
The limitations on quick handover are as follows:
z z z
The serving cell cannot be selected as the target cell. The candidate cells for quick handover must be chain neighboring cells of the serving cell. Each cell can be configured with a maximum of three chain neighboring cells. After a quick handover is successful, the penalty is performed on the original cell during the penalty time to prevent an immediate handover back to the original cell. The penalty time and penalty value are specified by Quick Handover Punish Time and Quick Handover Punish Value respectively.
3.4.2 TA Handover
TA handover is a type of emergency handover. The TA handover decision is made according to the TA value reported by the MS. The TA value of a normal cell ranges from 0 to 63 and that of an extended cell ranges from 0 to 229. The TA can be stepped up or down in steps of 553.5 m. The TA value of 63 corresponds to a distance of 35 km.
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TA handover is triggered when the following conditions are met:
z z
TA HO Allowed is set to Yes. Filtered TA value in the measurement report provided by the MS is greater than or equal to TA Threshold.
The TA handover can be triggered only when the preceding two conditions are met simultaneously.
From the perspective of the triggering conditions of TA handover, TA can be regarded as a limitation to the size of a cell.

The target cell should have the highest priority in the candidate cell list after handover preprocessing. In addition, the target cell should meet the following limitations:
z z z
The serving cell cannot be selected as the target cell. If TA Threshold of a co-site neighboring cell is lower than or equal to the TA Threshold of the serving cell, a handover to the neighboring cell is prohibited. In handover algorithm II, a cell becomes the target cell for TA handover if the previous conditions are met for TA HO Valid Time within TA HO Watch Time.
If the triggering conditions of TA handover are met but the candidate 2G cells are not suitable, the following operations are performed:
z z
Limitations
After the TA handover is successful, the penalty is performed on the original cell. During Penalty Time after TA HO, Penalty Level after TA HO is subtracted from the level of the original cell to prevent an immediate handover back to the original cell.
3.4.3 BQ Handover
BQ handover is a type of emergency handover in which the system makes the decision based on the uplink/downlink RX quality on the Um interface. RX quality is represented by bit error rate (BER). The BSC measures the quality of a radio link based on the quality class in the measurement report. The probable cause of an increase in BER is that the signal power is too low or the channel interference increases.
If BQ HO Allowed is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of BQ handover are as follows:
z z
The uplink RX quality is greater than or equal to the uplink RX quality threshold of the serving cell. The downlink RX quality is greater than or equal to the downlink RX quality threshold of the serving cell.
The BQ handover is triggered when either of the preceding conditions is met.
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The parameters for specifying the uplink and downlink RX quality thresholds are as follows:
z z
For non-AMR calls, the parameter for specifying the uplink RX quality threshold is UL Qual. Threshold and the parameter for specifying the downlink RX quality threshold is DL Qual. Threshold. For AMR FR calls, the parameter for specifying the uplink RX quality threshold is UL Qual. Limit for AMR FR and the parameter for specifying the downlink RX quality threshold is DL Qual. Limit for AMR FR. For AMR HR calls, the parameter for specifying the uplink RX quality threshold is UL Qual. Limit for AMR HR and the parameter for specifying the downlink RX quality threshold is DL Qual. Limit for AMR HR.

z z
In handover algorithm II, the serving cell cannot be selected as the target cell. The RX level of target cell must meet the following conditions:
The serving cell and the target cell work in the same frequency. Filtered downlink RX level of the target cell > Filtered downlink RX level of the serving cell + (Inter-cell HO Hysteresis of the serving cell configured for the neighboring cell - 64) - (BQ HO Margin - 64)
The serving cell works in GSM900 and the target cell works in DCS1800. Filtered downlink RX level of the target cell Inter-layer HO Threshold + (Inter-layer HO Hysteresis - 64).
The serving cell works in DCS1800 and the target cell works in GSM900. There is no constraint on the target cell in this condition.
In handover algorithm II, a cell becomes the target cell for BQ handover if the previous conditions are met for BQ HO Valid Time within BQ HO Watch Time.
If the triggering conditions of BQ handover are met but the candidate 2G cells are not suitable, the following operations are performed:
z z
Limitations
After the BQ handover is successful, the penalty is performed on the original cell. During Penalty Time after BQ HO, Penalty Level after BQ HO is subtracted from the level of the original cell to prevent an immediate handover back to the original cell.
3.4.4 Interference Handover

Interference handover is a type of intra-cell handover in handover algorithm II. Interference handover helps protect the interfered calls and reduce the network interference. It is applicable to scenarios with interference. In handover algorithm II, the BQ handover is a type of emergency handover and the interference handover is a type of intra-cell handover.
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If Intracell HO Allowed is set to Yes and Interference HO Allowed is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of interference handover are as follows:
z z
The filtered value of uplink RX quality is greater than or equal to the specified RX quality threshold at the current uplink RX level. The filtered value of downlink RX quality is greater than or equal to the specified RX quality threshold at the current downlink RX level.
In handover algorithm II, the interference handover is triggered when the previous conditions are met for Interfere HO Valid Time within Interfere HO Static Time. The parameters for specifying the uplink and downlink RX quality thresholds are as follows:
z z
For non-AMR FR calls, the parameter for specifying the RX quality threshold is Interfere HO Qual. Thresh n for Non-AMR FR, where 1 n 12. For AMR FR calls, the parameters for specifying the RX quality threshold are Interfere HO Qual. Thresh n for Non-AMR FR (1 n 12) and Interfere HO Qual. Thresh Offset for AMR FR.
If n = 1, the RX quality threshold is Interfere HO Qual. Thresh 1 for Non-AMR FR.
If 2 n 12, the RX quality threshold is Interfere HO Qual. Thresh n for Non-AMR FR + Interfere HO Qual. Thresh Offset for AMR FR.

In handover algorithm II, only the serving cell can be selected as the target cell.
Limitations
In handover algorithm II, if an interference handover is initiated, it cannot be initiated again within Penalty Time on Interfere HO regardless of whether the handover is successful.
3.4.5 Handover Due to No Downlink Measurement Report

Handover due to no downlink measurement report is performed on the basis of the uplink quality. The purpose is to ensure the call continuity and minimize the possibility of call drops. Handover due to no downlink measurement report is generally caused by adverse radio environment on the uplink. In this case, the requirements of the filtering algorithm cannot be met, so other handover decisions cannot be performed.
In handover algorithm II, the triggering conditions of handover due to no downlink measurement report are as follows:
z z z z
No Dl Mr.HO Allowed is set to Yes. There is no downlink information in the measurement report of the call. The number of lost downlink MRs is smaller than Cons.No Dl Mr.HO Allowed Limit. For TCH, the number of saved MRs with uplink quality value is greater than Filter Length for TCH Qual; for SDCCH, the number of saved MRs with uplink quality value is greater than Filter Length for SDCCH Qual.. The filtered value of uplink RX quality is greater than or equal to UL Qual. Threshold.

For AMR FR calls, the corresponding parameter is UL Qual. Limit for AMR FR. For AMR HR calls, the corresponding parameter is UL Qual. Limit for AMR HR.
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When all the previous conditions are met, the handover due to no downlink measurement report is triggered.

In handover algorithm II, the conditions for selecting the target cell are as follows:
z z z z
The ranked neighboring cells recorded in the last complete measurement report are saved as candidate cells. Only a neighboring cell can serve as the target cell. RX level in neighboring cell > Filtered RX level in serving cell + (Inter-cell HO Hysteresis - 64) - (BQ HO Margin - 64) A neighboring cell serves as the target cell if the previous conditions are met for UL BQ HO Last Time within UL BQ HO Static Time.
3.4.6 Enhanced Dual-Band Network Handover

Enhanced dual-band network handover is performed based on the traffic volume of the overlaid and underlaid cells and based on the receive level. Enhanced dual-band network handover is classified into the following types:
z z z
Handover due to high load in the underlaid cell Handover due to low load in the underlaid cell Handover due to MS movement to the border of the overlaid cell
Triggering Conditions of Handover Due to High Load in the Underlaid Cell

The triggering conditions of the handover due to high load in the underlaid cell are as follows:
z z z z z z z
The two cells are in the enhanced dual-band network and Load HO
Allowed is set to Yes.
The MS supports the frequency band on which the overlaid cell operates. The handover due to high load in the underlaid cell is performed only on TCHs. The load in the underlaid cell is higher than or equal to UL Subcell General Overload Threshold. The load in the overlaid cell is lower than Inner Cell Serious OverLoad Thred. The system traffic volume is lower than or equal to Subcell HO Allowed Flow Control Level. The current call is within the handover margin and the receive level is greater than or equal to Incoming OL Subcell HO Level TH.
When all the preceding conditions are met, the handover due to high load in the underlaid cell is triggered. If the load of the underlaid subcell is higher than or equal to UL Subcell Serious Overload Threshold, then the handover margin is adjusted in a period of UL Subcell Load Hierarchical HO Periods subtracted by MOD Step LEN of UL Load HO Period. The step length for handover margin adjustment is specified by Step Length of UL Subcell Load HO.
Triggering Conditions of Handover Due to Low Load in the Underlaid Cell

The triggering conditions of the handover due to low load in the underlaid cell are as follows:
z z z
The load in the underlaid cell is lower than UL Subcell Lower Load Threshold. The system traffic volume is lower than or equal to Subcell HO Allowed Flow Control Level. The current call is within the handover margin and the receive level is greater than or equal to Outgoing OL Subcell HO Level TH.
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When all the preceding conditions are met, the handover due to low load in the underlaid cell is triggered. If the load of the underlaid subcell is lower than UL Subcell Lower Load Threshold for a specified period, then the handover margin is adjusted in a period of OL Subcell Load Diversity HO Period. The step length for handover margin adjustment is specified by Step Length of OL Subcell Load HO.
Triggering Conditions of Handover Due To MS Movement in the Overlaid Subcell

The triggering conditions of the handover due to MS movement in the overlaid subcell are described as follows:
z z
SS(s) < Thdouter SS(u) - SS(n) < ATCB_THRD - ATCB_HYST Here,

SS(s): specifies the filtering compensated downlink RX level in the serving cell. Thdouter: specifies Outgoing OL Subcell HO Level TH.
SS(u): specifies the downlink level (power compensation is performed on the downlink level based on the measurement) of the underlaid subcell where the call is originated. If the SS(u) value cannot be obtained, you can infer that the decision of enhanced dual-band network handover is not performed and the decision condition is met by default. SS(n): The best neighboring cell is the one whose measured BCCH level is the highest among neighboring cells. SS(n) is the level value of such a optimum neighboring cell that is on the same frequency band, layer, and level with the underlaid subcell but is not co-sited with the underlaid subcell. If such a neighboring cell is not available, the value of SS(n) is -110 dBm.
ATCB_THRD: specifies Distance Between Boundaries of Subcells. ATCB_HYST: specifies Distance Hysteresis Between Boundaries.
Handover due to MS movement in the overlaid subcell is triggered if either of the preceding conditions is met.
z
For the ATCB handover algorithm, the boundaries of the overlaid and underlaid subcells are determined according to the relative value between the signal strength of serving cell and that of neighboring cell. When SS(s) is equal to SS(n), the system considers that it is the boundary point of the underlaid subcell. When the value of SS(s) subtracted by SS(n) is greater than ATCB_THRD, it is the coverage area of the overlaid subcell. The coverage area of the overlaid subcell is determined according to different networking and coverage conditions of the existing network. In addition, the overlaid subcell of serving cell and the overlaid subcell of neighboring cells will not overlap regardless of the distance between BTSs. The handover margin specifies the range of signal level. In the case of overlaid/underlaid load handover on the enhanced dual-band network, the MSs whose downlink levels are within the handover margin are handed over level by level.

The requirements for target cell selection in the enhanced dual-band network are as follows:
z z z
For the handover due to high load in the underlaid cell, the MS must be handed over to the overlaid cell. For the handover due to low load in the underlaid cell, the MS must be handed over to the underlaid cell. For the handover due to MS movement in the overlaid subcell, the MS must be handed over to the underlaid cell.
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Limitations
The limitations on the handover due to high load in the underlaid cell are as follows:
z z z
If the cell where the call is located is on an enhanced dual-band network, Cell Inner/Extra Property is set to Extra(Extra). The Load HO Allowed parameter should be set. The maximum range of the handover margin is from 63 to Incoming OL Subcell HO Level TH. The MS with the highest receive level is handed over first.
The limitations on the handover due to low load in the underlaid cell are as follows:
z z z
If the cell where the call is located is on the enhanced dual-band network, Cell Inner/Extra Property is set to Inner(Inner). The Load HO of OL Subcell to UL Subcell parameter should be set. The maximum range of the handover margin is from 63 to Outgoing OL Subcell HO Level TH. The MS with the lowest receive level is handed over first.
The limitations on the handover due to MS movement in the overlaid subcell are described as follows:
z
The cell where the call is located is on the enhanced dual-band network. Cell Inner/Extra Property is set to Inner(Inner).
Impact of the Enhanced Dual-Band Network Handover on the Existing Algorithm

The impact of the enhanced dual-band network handover on the existing algorithm is as follows: On the enhanced dual-band network, the MS should not be handed over to a cell in the same underlaid/overlaid cell group when the load handovers between the overlaid cell and the underlaid cell (specified by Load HO Allowed and Load HO of OL Subcell to UL Subcell) are allowed. This is to prevent a load handover of a normal cell from colliding with a load handover between the overlaid cell and the underlaid cell on the network.
3.4.7 Load Handover

In handover algorithm II, load handover is not decided independently. In handover algorithm II, the load handover decision is made in network adjustment phase. The selection of target cell should be processed by the better cell handover. That is, the load handover is triggered when the triggering conditions of load handover and better cell handover are met simultaneously. See 3.3.8 Load Handover for the triggering conditions of load handover. See 3.4.10 Better Cell Handover for the triggering conditions of better cell handover.
3.4.8 Edge Handover

Edge handover is performed on the basis of receive level. To trigger an edge handover, the receive level of the target cell should be at least one hysteresis value (specified by Inter-cell HO Hysteresis - 64) greater than the receive level of the serving cell.
If Edge HO Allowed is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of edge handover are as follows:
z
Either of the following conditions is met.
The filtered downlink RX level of the serving cell is lower than Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold.
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z
The filtered uplink RX level of the serving cell is lower than Edge HO UL RX_LEV Threshold.
RX level of the neighboring cell > RX level of the serving cell + Inter-cell HO Hysteresis - 64
An edge handover is triggered when the P/N criterion is met, that is, when the previous conditions are met for Handover Algorithm II Edge HO Valid Time within Handover Algorithm II Edge HO Watch Time. Figure 3-8 shows the edge handover. Figure 3-8 Edge handover

The target cell should have the highest priority among the candidate cells. In addition, it should meet the following conditions:
z z
The serving cell cannot be selected as the target cell. After cells are ranked, the target cell must have a higher priority than the serving cell.
A cell becomes the target cell if the previous conditions are met for Edge HO AdjCell Valid Time within Edge HO AdjCell Watch Time. If the triggering conditions of edge handover are met but the candidate 2G cells are not suitable, the following operations are performed:
z z
If a neighboring 3G cell is available, if Inter-RAT Out BSC Handover Enable is set to Yes, and if the MS supports the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover, the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover is performed. If no neighboring 3G cell is available, if Inter-RAT Out BSC Handover Enable is set to No, or if the MS does not support the 2G/3G inter-RAT handover, the decision on whether to initiate another type of handover is made.
3.4.9 Fast-Moving Micro Cell Handover

Fast-moving micro cell handover is performed from a micro cell to a macro cell according to the relative speed of an MS so that the number of handovers can be minimized. Fast-moving micro cell handover applies to the following scenarios:
z z
If an MS is moving fast in a micro cell, it is handed over to a macro cell. To prevent an MS that is moving fast in a macro cell from entering a micro cell, time penalty is performed on the micro cell so that the fast-moving MS camps on the macro cell.
Figure 3-9 shows the fast-moving micro cell handover.
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Figure 3-9 Fast-moving micro cell handover
If MS Fast Moving HO Allowed is set to Yes, the handover decision procedure of fast-moving micro cell handover is as follows: 1. 2. When the triggering conditions of edge handover or PBGT handover are met, the fast-moving micro cell handover decision is started. When the period during which the MS camps on the serving cell is shorter than MS Fast-moving Time Threshold, the number of cells through which the fast-moving MS passes is incremented by one.
The cells counted by the system must locate at a layer lower than layer 4. In other words, they must be non-Umbrella cells.
3.
When the number of cells that the MS passes in fast movement reaches MS Fast-moving Watch Cells, the fast-moving micro cell handover is triggered if the number of cells that the MS passes in fast movement counted by the system is greater than or equal to MS Fast-moving Valid Cells.

In handover algorithm II, the target cell should have the highest priority among the candidate cells. In addition, the target cell should meet the following conditions:
z z z
The target cell must be at layer 4, that is, Umbrella cell. Filtered RX level of the target cell Inter-layer HO Threshold + Adjacent Cell Inter-layer HO Hysteresis - 64 A neighboring cell serves as the target cell if the previous conditions are met for HCS HO Valid Time within HCS HO Watch Time.
Limitations
After the fast-moving micro cell handover is successful, the penalty is performed on all the neighboring micro cells. During Penalty Time on Fast Moving HO, Penalty on Fast Moving HO is subtracted from the RX level of every neighboring micro cell.
Cell Layer and Cell Priority

Through Huawei multiband handover algorithm, a proper traffic volume distribution can be realized among multiple frequency bands.
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Huawei multiband handover algorithm divides cells into four layers, with 16 priorities at each layer. The Layer of the cell parameter specifies at which layer a cell is located. This algorithm is applicable to complex networking scenarios. Figure 3-10 shows the cell layers. Figure 3-10 Cell layers
In Huawei multiband handover algorithm, a GSM network covering a certain area is divided into four layers, which are:
z z z z
Layer 4: Umbrella cell. The umbrella cells are generally GSM900 cells having the wide coverage feature. It also implements fast MS connection. Layer 3: Macro cell. The macro cells are generally GSM900 cells, which are commonly used in current GSM system and serve majority of subscribers. Layer 2: Micro cell. The micro cells are generally DCS1800 cells having the small coverage feature. They enable capacity expansion. Layer 1: Pico cell. The pico cells are generally DCS1800 cells, which are used in hot spots and blind spots.
The cell at the lower layer has a higher priority.
3.4.10 Better Cell Handover

Better cell handover is an optimization of inter-layer handover and PBGT handover in handover algorithm I. Better cell handover is specific to handover algorithm II.
If Better Cell Handover Enable is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of better cell handover are as follows:
z
If Pathloss Ho. Enable is set to Yes, path loss is taken into consideration during the sorting of the serving cell and target cells. If Pathloss Ho. Enable is set to No, path loss is not taken into consideration during the sorting of the serving cell and target cells. If the serving cell is in the candidate cell list, then the priorities of the target cells must be higher than the priority of the serving cell after the sorting. If the serving cell is not in the candidate cell list, then the target cells must meet the following conditions:
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BSS Handover
Load Handover Support is set to NO, or Load Handover Support is set to YES but the load in the serving cell is lower than Load HO Threshold. If the serving cell and the target cells are at the same layer and have the same priority, the following conditions must be met:
SS_DL(N) - SS_DL(S) > H - 64 SS_DL(N) indicates the filtered BCCH receive level of a target cell. SS_DL(S) indicates the compensated receive level on the downlink TCH after filtration. H indicates Inter-cell HO Hysteresis of the serving cell over the neighboring cell.
If the serving cell and the target cells are at different layers but have the same priority, the following conditions must be met:
SS_DL(N) T_layer(N) + H_layer(S) SS_DL(N) indicates the filtered BCCH receive level of a target cell. T_layer(N) indicates Inter-layer HO Threshold of the target cell. H_layer(S) indicates Adjacent Cell Inter-layer HO Hysteresis of the serving cell.
If Load Handover Support is set to YES and the load in the serving cell is higher than Load HO Threshold, better cell handover can be triggered.
A neighboring cell becomes a target cell if the preceding conditions are met for Better Cell HO Valid Time during Better Cell HO Valid Time.

The requirements for target cell selection are as follows:
z z
The serving cell cannot be selected as the target cell. The target cell has the highest priority in the candidate cell list.
3.4.11 Handover Between a Full-Rate TCH and a Half-Rate TCH

Handover between a full-rate TCH and a half-rate TCH performs decision based on handover algorithm II. Types of handover between a full-rate TCH and a half-rate TCH are as follows:
z
AMR TCHF-TCHH handover and non-AMR TCHF-TCHH handover The purpose is to absorb more MSs and to reduce the cell congestion if the cell load is high. AMR TCHH-TCHF handover and non-AMR TCHH-TCHF handover The purpose is to improve the speech quality of the call if the cell load is low.
Triggering Conditions of AMR TCHF-TCHH Handover

If the AMR F-H Ho Allowed is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of AMR TCHF-TCHH handover are as follows:
z z z z z z
Speech Version used by the call is full-rate speech version 3. Downlink path loss of the call AMR F-H Ho Pathloss Threshold + path loss handover margin ATCB of the call AMR F-H Ho ATCB Threshold ATCB handover margin Uplink signal quality of the call AMR F-H Ho Qual. Threshold Downlink signal quality of the call AMR F-H Ho Qual. Threshold The preceding conditions are met for F-H Ho Last Time within F-H Ho Stat. Time.
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Triggering Conditions of Non-AMR TCHF-TCHH Handover

If the Non-AMR F-H Ho Allowed is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of non-AMR TCHF-TCHH handover are as follows:
z z z z z z
Speech Version used by the call is full-rate speech version 1 or full-rate speech version 2. Downlink path loss of the call Non-AMR F-H Ho Pathloss Threshold + path loss handover margin ATCB of the call Non-AMR F-H Ho ATCB Threshold ATCB handover margin Uplink signal quality of the call Non-AMR F-H Ho ATCB Threshold Downlink signal quality Non-AMR F-H Ho ATCB Threshold The preceding conditions are met for F-H Ho Last Time within F-H Ho Stat. Time.
Triggering Conditions of AMR TCHH-TCHF Handover

If AMR F-H Ho Allowed is set to Yes or Allow AMR H-F Quality-based HO is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of AMR TCHF-TCHH handover are as follows:
z z z z z z
Speech Version used by the call is half-rate speech version 3. Downlink path loss AMR H-F Ho Pathloss Threshold ATCB of the call AMR H-F Ho ATCB Threshold Uplink signal quality AMR H-F Ho Qual. Threshold Downlink signal quality of the call AMR H-F Ho Qual. Threshold The AMR TCHH-TCHF handover is triggered if either of the preceding conditions is met for H-F Ho Last Time within H-F Ho Stat. Time and Speech Version is half-rate speech version 3.
Triggering Conditions of Non-AMR TCHH-TCHF Handover

If Non-AMR F-H Ho Allowed is set to Yes or Allow Non-AMR H-F Quality-based HO is set to Yes, the triggering conditions of non-AMR TCHF-TCHH handover are as follows:
z z z z z z
Speech Version used by the call is half-rate speech version 1. Downlink path loss of the call Non-AMR H-F Ho Pathloss Threshold ATCB of the call Non-AMR H-F Ho ATCB Threshold Uplink signal quality of the call Non-AMR H-F Ho Qual. Threshold Downlink signal quality of the call Non-AMR H-F Ho Qual. Threshold The non-AMR TCHH-TCHF handover is triggered if either of the preceding conditions is met for H-F Ho Last Time within H-F Ho Stat. Time and Speech Version is half-rate speech version 1.

Only the serving cell can be selected as the target cell of the TCHF-TCHH handover.
3.4.12 SDCCH Handover

SDCCH handover is a process in which the MS is handed over from an SDCCH to another SDCCH in an immediate assignment. SDCCH handover helps improve the access success rate of the MSs on the edge of the network, thus improving the network QoS. The principle of SDCCH handover is the same as that of TCH handover. Regarding procedure, an SDCCH handover involves measurement and MR reporting, MR processing, handover decision, and handover execution.
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Whether an SDCCH handover can be performed is controlled by the SDCCH HO Allowed parameter. If an inter-BSC SDCCH handover is required, both SDCCH HO Allowed and Inter-BSC SDCCH HO ALLowed should be set to YES(Yes). The handover decision algorithm for SDCCH handover is different from that for TCH handover in the following ways:
z
The algorithms for the following handovers support SDCCH handover: quick handover, TA handover, BQ handover, interference handover, handover due to no downlink measurement report, edge handover, and fast-moving micro cell handover
The algorithms for the following handovers do not support SDCCH handover: enhanced dual-band network handover, load handover, better cell handover, handover between a full-rate TCH and a half-rate TCH, better 3G cell handover, concentric cell handover, and tight BCCH handover
3.4.13 Other Handovers

Other handovers here refer to better 3G cell handover and tight BCCH handover.
Better 3G Cell Handover

See 2G/3G Interoperability Feature Parameter Description.
Tight BCCH Handover

See BCCH Dense Frequency Multiplexing Feature Parameter Description.
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4 Parameters
4 Parameters
This chapter describes the parameters related to handover. For the meaning of each parameter, see Table 4-1. For the default value, value ranges, and MML commands of each parameter, see Table 4-2. Table 4-1 Parameter description (1) Parameter Inter-cell HO Hysteresis Description Reduces ping-pong handovers between cells on a same layer. This parameter is invalid when cells are on different layers. Whether to use handover algorithm generation 1 or 2 currently Whether to enable the BTS to preprocess measurement reports. This parameter determines where to conduct power control. Whether the BTSs send the original measurement reports to the BSC after pre-processing them. When this parameter is set to YES, the BTSs sends the original and pre-processed measurement reports to the BSC. Whether to enable the BTS to transfer BTS/MS power class to the BSC Frequency at which the BTSs submit pre-processed measurement reports to the BSC Type of the measurement report (MR) reported by the MS If the number of measurement reports lost consecutively is no larger than this value, linear interpolation is performed for the values in the lost measurement reports based on the values in the two measurement reports preceding and following the lost measurement reports. Otherwise, the lost measurement reports will be discarded, and the value will be recalculated when new measurement reports arrive. Transmit power level of the TRX. If this parameter is set greater, the transmit power of the TRX is lower. If this parameter is set to 0, the TRX transmits signals at the highest power. At each level, the power is decreased by 2 dB. Level value of the penalty that is performed on the neighboring cells of the cell where a fast-moving MS is located. The neighboring cells must be located at the Macro, Micro, or Pico layer other than the Umbrella layer.
Current HO Control Algorithm
MR.Preprocessing
Transfer Original MR
Transfer BTS/MS Power Class Sent Freq.of preprocessed MR Measurement Report Type
Allowed MR Number Lost
Power Level
Penalty on Fast Moving HO
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BSS Handover
Parameter
Description Level value of the penalty that is performed on the neighboring cells of the cell where a fast-moving MS is located. The neighboring cells must be located at the Macro, Micro, or Pico layer other than the Umbrella layer. Period in which level penalty is performed on the neighboring cells of the cell where a fast-moving MS is located. The neighboring cells must be located at the Macro, Micro, or Pico layer other than the Umbrella layer. Period in which penalty is performed on the neighboring cells of the cell where a fast-moving MS is located. The neighboring cells must be located at the Macro, Micro, or Pico layer but not the Umbrella layer. Within the preset time, no AMR FR-to-HR handover is allowed if the previous FR-to-HR handover fails due to channel unavailability or channel mismatch. Specifies an interval between two consecutive interference handovers After an MS performs a OL subcell to UL subcell handover successfully, the MS cannot be handed over to the OL subcell again within the value of the parameter. An MS cannot be handed over from the underlaid subcell to the overlaid subcell in this duration after the MS is handed over from the overlaid subcell to the underlaid subcell successfully. Penalty signal level imposed on a target cell to which the handover fails due to congestion or poor radio quality. This penalty helps to prevent the MS from making a second handover attempt to the target cell. Timer of penalty on a neighboring cell when a handover fails due to faults of air interface connection. Timer for punishing the neighboring cells when handover failures occur due to resource-related causes, such as resources being insufficient Timer of penalty on a neighboring cell when a handover fails due to faults of data configuration. After an OL subcell to UL subcell handover of an MS fails, the MS does not perform OL subell-UL subcell handovers within the value of the parameter.
Penalty on MS Fast Moving HO
Penalty Time on Tast Moving HO
Penalty Time on Fast Moving HO
Penalty Time after AMR TCHF-H HO Fail
Penalty Time on Interfere HO
Penalty Time of UtoO HO
Inter UL/OL Subcells HO Penalty Time
Penalty Level after HO Fail
UmPenaltyTimer
RscPenaltyTimer
CfgPenaltyTimer
Penalty Time after OtoU HO Fail
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Parameter Penalty Time after UtoO HO Fail Inter-BSC SDCCH HO ALLowed
Description After an UL subcell to OL subcell handover of an MS fails, the MS does not perform UL subcell to OL subcell handovers within the value of the parameter. Whether to allow inter-BSC SDCCH handovers If the downlink received signal level of a neighbor cell is greater than "Min DL Level on Candidate Cell" plus "Min Access Level Offset", the neighbor cell can be listed in the candidate cell queue for handover. Minimum receive level offset If the uplink received signal level of a neighbor cell is greater than "Min UL Level on Candidate Cell" plus "Min Access Level Offset", the neighbor cell can be listed in the candidate cell queue for handover. This parameter specifies whether Ec/No or RSCP is used for the measurement report on a FDD cell. Ec/No stands for the signal-to-noise ratio. RSCP stands for the received signal code power. Selects 3G candidate cells. If the measured value of a 3G neighboring cell is lower than this threshold, the 3G neighboring cell will be removed from among the 3G candidate cells. Selects 3G candidate cells. If the measured value of a 3G neighboring cell is lower than this threshold, the 3G neighboring cell will be removed from among the 3G candidate cells. After a load handover succeeds, the BSC punishes the former serving cell during "Penalty Time on Load HO" by subtracting "Penalty Value on Load HO" from the receive level of the former serving cell, thus avoiding ping-pong handovers. After a load handover succeeds, the BSC punishes the former serving cell during "Penalty Time on Load HO" by subtracting "Penalty Value on Load HO" from the receive level of the former serving cell, thus avoiding ping-pong handovers. Whether to enable a directed retry. The directed retry is to hand over an MS to a neighboring cell in the same procedure as the handover. The directed retry is an emergency measure applicable to abnormal traffic peaks in some areas of a radio network. You should not use the directed retry as a major means of solving traffic congestion. If the directed retry always occurs in some areas of a network, consider adjusting the sector and TRX configuration and the network layout.
Min DL Level on Candidate Cell
Min Access Level Offset
Min UL Level on Candidate Cell
FDD REP QUANT
Min Ec/No threshold
Min RSCP threshold
Penalty Value on Load HO
Penalty Time on Load HO
Directed Retry
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BSS Handover
Parameter
Description This parameter specifies whether a 2G cell or to a 3G cell is preferentially selected as the target cell for handover. When this parameter is set to Pre_2G_Cell, the BSC preferentially selects a 2G candidate cell as the target cell for handover. When this parameter is set to Pre_3G_Cell, the BSC preferentially selects a 3G candidate cell as the target cell for handover. When this parameter is set to Pre_2G_CellThres, the BSC preferentially selects a neighboring 3G cell as the handover target cell if the receive level of the neighboring 2G cell that ranks the first in the candidate cell list is equal to or smaller than "HO Preference Threshold for 2G Cell". Otherwise, the BSC preferentially selects a neighboring 2G cell as the handover target cell. If the receive level of the neighboring 2G cell that ranks the first in the candidate cell list is equal to or smaller than this threshold, the BSC preferentially selects a neighboring 3G cell as the handover target cell. Otherwise, the BSC preferentially selects a neighboring 2G cell as the handover target cell. Minimum interval between two consecutive emergency handovers performed by an MS. During this interval, no emergency handover is allowed. Whether to allow the fast handover algorithm A quick handover can be initiated only if the rate of an MS is higher than this parameter during a certain period of time. Fast handover can be triggered only when the uplink signal level of the serving cell is less than this parameter. Fast handover can be triggered only when the downlink level of the serving cell is less than this parameter. Whether the cell is a chain neighboring cell Handover direction forcast switch. When this parameter is set to YES, the BSC6900 can forecast the handover direction of the call in fast handover so that the best target cell can be selected for handover. This parameter indicates the geographical relationship between the neighboring cell and the serving cell. In the BSC6900, if direction A is selected, then the reverse direction is B.
Inter-rat HO Preference
HO Preference Threshold for 2G Cell
Min Interval for Emerg. HO Quick Handover Enable Quick Move Speed Threshold
Quick Handover Up Trigger Level
Quick Handover Down Trigger Level Chain Neighbor Cell
Handover Direction Forecast Enable
Chain Neighbour Cell Type
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Parameter
Description This parameter indicates P in the P/N rule for MS handover direction forcast. P/N rule: Among N handovers, the MS is handed over to Class B chain neighboring cell for successively P times, then the BSC6900 determines that the MS is moving to the Class B chain neighboring cell. This parameter indicates N in the P/N rule for MS handover direction forcast. P/N rule: Among N handovers, the MS is handed over to Class B chain neighboring cell for successively P times, then the BSC6900 determines that the MS is moving to the Class B chain neighboring cell. After the fast handover is successful, the penalty on the original serving cell is performed within the "Quick handover punish time": the receive level of the original serving cell is decreased by "Quick handover punish value", to prevent ping-pong handovers. To avoid ping-pong handover, the received signal of the original serving cell is decreased by "Quick handover punish value" in "Quick handover punish time" after fast handover succeeds. Whether to enable the time advance (TA) handover. The TA handover determines whether the timing advance (TA) is higher than the predefined TA threshold. When the TA is higher than the predefined TA threshold, a TA handover is triggered. The TA is calculated based on the distance between the MS and the BTS. The longer the distance is, the greater the TA value is. An emergency handover is triggered when TA is greater than or equal to the value of this parameter. This parameter specifies whether the handover from 2G cells to 3G cells is allowed. After the time advancing handover is successful, the penalty on the original serving cell is performed within the "Penalty Time after TA HO": the receive level of the original serving cell is decreased by "Penalty Level after TA HO", to prevent ping-pong handovers. After the time advancing handover is successful, the penalty on the original serving cell is performed within the "Penalty Time after TA HO": the receive level of the original serving cell is decreased by "Penalty Level after TA HO", to prevent ping-pong handovers.
Handover Direction Forecast Last Times
Handover Direction Forecast Statistic Times
Quick Handover Punish Time
Quick Handover Punish Value
TA HO Allowed
TA Threshold Inter-RAT Out BSC Handover Enable
Penalty Time after TA HO
Penalty Level after TA HO
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BSS Handover
Parameter
Description Whether to enable the bad quality (BQ) handover algorithm. Whether to trigger BQ handover depends on the uplink and downlink transmit quality (measured by using BER). If the uplink or downlink BQ exceeds the BQ handover threshold, emergency BQ handover is triggered. The possible causes of BER increase (or quality degradation) include too low signal power and channel interference. An emergency handover due to bad quality is triggered when the uplink receive quality is not smaller than "UL Qual. Threshold". Downlink quality threshold for emergency handover. This parameter is represented as the product of 10 and a quality level that ranges from 0 to 7. The emergency handover can be triggered only when the downlink receive quality of an MS is greater(indicate bad quality) than this threshold. The value of this parameter corresponds to multiplying quality level 0 to 7 by 10. An emergency handover can be triggered only when the uplink receive quality of the MS is greater than the value of this parameter. Downlink quality limit for emergency handover in an AMR full rate call. The value of this parameter corresponds to the quality levels (0 to 7) multiplied by 10. An emergency handover can be triggered only when the downlink reception quality of an MS is higher than the value of this parameter, which indicates a poor quality. The value of this parameter corresponds to multiplying quality level 0 to 7 by 10. An emergency handover can be triggered only when the uplink receive quality of the MS is greater than the value of this parameter. Downlink quality limit for emergency handover in an AMR half rate call. The value of this parameter corresponds to the quality levels (0 to 7) multiplied by 10. An emergency handover can be triggered only when the downlink reception quality of an MS is higher than the value of this parameter, which indicates a poor quality. If ("downlink level of the neighbor cell after filtering" "downlink level of the serving cell (after power control compensation)") > ("Inter-cell HO Hysteresis" - "BQ HO Margin" + 64), the BQ handover to the neighbor cell is triggered. Whether to allow intra-cell handovers
BQ HO Allowed
UL Qual. Threshold
DL Qual. Threshold
UL Qual. Limit for AMR FR
DL Qual. Limit for AMR FR
UL Qual. Limit for AMR HR
DL Qual. Limit for AMR HR
BQ HO Margin
Intracell HO Allowed
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Parameter
Description After a handovr due to bad quality is successful, the penalty on the original serving cell is performed within the "Penalty Time after BQ HO": the receive level of the original serving cell is decreased by "Penalty Level after BQ HO", to prevent ping-pong handovers. After a handovr due to bad quality is successful, the penalty on the original serving cell is performed within the "Penalty Time after BQ HO": the receive level of the original serving cell is decreased by "Penalty Level after BQ HO", to prevent ping-pong handovers. Whether to use the emergency handover algorithm in case the receive level of the MSs drops rapidly, thus preventing call drops. If the UL receive level remains lower than the "Edge HO UL RX_LEV Threshold" for a period, the edge handover is triggered. One of the nine parameters (filter parameters A1 to A8 and filter parameter B) used to configure the filter for determining whether the received signal level drops rapidly. The computation formula is as follows: C1(nt) = A1 x C(nt) + A2 x C(nt-t) + A3 x C(nt-2t) + ... + A8 x C(nt-7t) If C1(nt) is less than B and C(nt) is less than the threshold for edge handover, the signal level is considered dropping rapidly. In the formula, A1 to A8 are filter parameters A1 to A8 minus 10 and B is the negative of filter parameter B. C(nt) indicates the received signal level in the uplink measurement report of the serving cell received at time nt. Setting the filter helps to configure the maximum allowed signal level drop degree. One of the nine parameters (filter parameters A1 to A8 and filter parameter B) used to configure the filter for determining whether the received signal level drops rapidly. The computation formula is as follows: C1(nt) = A1 x C(nt) + A2 x C(nt-t) + A3 x C(nt-2t) + ... + A8 x C(nt-7t) If C1(nt) is less than B and C(nt) is less than the threshold for edge handover, the signal level is considered dropping rapidly. In the formula, A1 to A8 are filter parameters A1 to A8 minus 10 and B is the negative of filter parameter B. C(nt) indicates the received signal level in the uplink measurement report of the serving cell received at time nt. Setting the filter helps to configure the maximum allowed signal level drop degree.
Penalty Time after BQ HO
Penalty Level after BQ HO Rx_Level_Drop HO Allowed
Edge HO UL RX_LEV Threshold
Filter Parameter A1
Filter Parameter A2
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BSS Handover
Parameter
Description One of the nine parameters (filter parameters A1 to A8 and filter parameter B) used to configure the filter for determining whether the received signal level drops rapidly. The computation formula is as follows: C1(nt) = A1 x C(nt) + A2 x C(nt-t) + A3 x C(nt-2t) + ... + A8 x C(nt-7t) If C1(nt) is less than B and C(nt) is less than the threshold for edge handover, the signal level is considered dropping rapidly. In the formula, A1 to A8 are filter parameters A1 to A8 minus 10 and B is the negative of filter parameter B. C(nt) indicates the received signal level in the uplink measurement report of the serving cell received at time nt. Setting the filter helps to configure the maximum allowed signal level drop degree. One of the nine parameters (filter parameters A1 to A8 and filter parameter B) used to configure the filter for determining whether the received signal level drops rapidly. The computation formula is as follows: C1(nt) = A1 x C(nt) + A2 x C(nt-t) + A3 x C(nt-2t) + ... + A8 x C(nt-7t) If C1(nt) is less than B and C(nt) is less than the threshold for edge handover, the signal level is considered dropping rapidly. In the formula, A1 to A8 are filter parameters A1 to A8 minus 10 and B is the negative of filter parameter B. C(nt) indicates the received signal level in the uplink measurement report of the serving cell received at time nt. Setting the filter helps to configure the maximum allowed signal level drop degree. One of the nine parameters (filter parameters A1 to A8 and filter parameter B) used to configure the filter for determining whether the received signal level drops rapidly. The computation formula is as follows: C1(nt) = A1 x C(nt) + A2 x C(nt-t) + A3 x C(nt-2t) + ... + A8 x C(nt-7t) If C1(nt) is less than B and C(nt) is less than the threshold for edge handover, the signal level is considered dropping rapidly. In the formula, A1 to A8 are filter parameters A1 to A8 minus 10 and B is the negative of filter parameter B. C(nt) indicates the received signal level in the uplink measurement report of the serving cell received at time nt. Setting the filter helps to configure the maximum allowed signal level drop degree.
Filter Parameter A3
Filter Parameter A4
Filter Parameter A5
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Parameter
Description One of the nine parameters (filter parameters A1 to A8 and filter parameter B) used to configure the filter for determining whether the received signal level drops rapidly. The computation formula is as follows: C1(nt) = A1 x C(nt) + A2 x C(nt-t) + A3 x C(nt-2t) + ... + A8 x C(nt-7t) If C1(nt) is less than B and C(nt) is less than the threshold for edge handover, the signal level is considered dropping rapidly. In the formula, A1 to A8 are filter parameters A1 to A8 minus 10 and B is the negative of filter parameter B. C(nt) indicates the received signal level in the uplink measurement report of the serving cell received at time nt. Setting the filter helps to configure the maximum allowed signal level drop degree. One of the nine parameters (filter parameters A1 to A8 and filter parameter B) used to configure the filter for determining whether the received signal level drops rapidly. The computation formula is as follows: C1(nt) = A1 x C(nt) + A2 x C(nt-t) + A3 x C(nt-2t) + ... + A8 x C(nt-7t) If C1(nt) is less than B and C(nt) is less than the threshold for edge handover, the signal level is considered dropping rapidly. In the formula, A1 to A8 are filter parameters A1 to A8 minus 10 and B is the negative of filter parameter B. C(nt) indicates the received signal level in the uplink measurement report of the serving cell received at time nt. Setting the filter helps to configure the maximum allowed signal level drop degree. One of the nine parameters (filter parameters A1 to A8 and filter parameter B) used to configure the filter for determining whether the received signal level drops rapidly. The computation formula is as follows: C1(nt) = A1 x C(nt) + A2 x C(nt-t) + A3 x C(nt-2t) + ... + A8 x C(nt-7t) If C1(nt) is less than B and C(nt) is less than the threshold for edge handover, the signal level is considered dropping rapidly. In the formula, A1 to A8 are filter parameters A1 to A8 minus 10 and B is the negative of filter parameter B. C(nt) indicates the received signal level in the uplink measurement report of the serving cell received at time nt. Setting the filter helps to configure the maximum allowed signal level drop degree. Trend of the received signal level of the cell during a period. This parameter helps to configure the filter for determining whether the received signal level drops rapidly. If this parameter is higher, a more rapid signal level drop is required to trigger the handover due to rapid signal level drop.
Filter Parameter A6
Filter Parameter A7
Filter Parameter A8
Filter Parameter B
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BSS Handover
Parameter
Description Whether to allow the interference handover algorithm. Interference handovers are triggered when the receive level is higher than the receive threshold while the transmit quality is lower than the interference handover quality threshold, that is, when the MSs are subject to all kinds of radio interferences. Threshold for the interference handover of Non-AMR FR voice services. AMRFR refers to Adaptive Multi-Rate Full Rate. For AMR FR voice services, a fixed amount of offset is added to the corresponding grade of the received signal quality for the interference handover of non-AMR FR voice services. Duration in which intra-cell handover is forbidden after the number of consecutive intra-cell handovers reaches the maximum. Intra-cell handover can be conducted again only after this duration. Handover threshold during the handovers between cells on different layers or of different priorities. This value is used to suppress inter-layer ping-pong handovers. Inter-layer handover threshold of the serving cell = "Inter-layer HO threshold" - "Inter-layer HO Hysteresis"; Inter-layer handover threshold of a neighboring cell = "Inter-layer HO Threshold" + "Adjacent Cell Inter-layer HO Hysteresis" - 64. Hysteresis value during the handovers between cells on different layers or of different priorities. This value is used to suppress inter-layer ping-pong handovers. Whether to enable the no-downlink measurement report handover algorithm. When a certain number of no-downlink measurement reports are received consecutively and the uplink receive quality is no smaller than this parameter, no-downlink measurement report emergency handovers are triggered. No-downlink measurement report emergency handovers choose the inter-cell handover mode preferentially; however, if no candidate cells are available and intra-cell handover is enabled in the current cell, intra-cell handovers are triggered. Decisions of no-downlink measurement report handovers can be made only when the number of consecutive no-downlink measurement reports in the current call is no larger than this parameter.
Interference HO Allowed
Interfere HO Qual. Thresh 1 for Non-AMR FR
Interfere HO Qual. Thresh Offset for AMR FR
Forbidden time after MAX Times
Inter-layer HO Threshold
Adjacent Cell Inter-layer HO Hysteresis
No Dl Mr.HO Allowed
No Dl Mr.Ul Qual HO Limit
Cons.No Dl Mr.HO Allowed Limit
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Parameter
Description Number of measurement reports sampled for averaging the signal quality on a speech/data channel. Averaging the signal quality in multiple measurement reports helps to avoid a sharp signal quality drop due to Rayleigh fading and to ensure the comprehensiveness of a handover decision. For the purpose of accurately reflecting the radio environment of a network, filtering is performed on the measured values in several consecutive measurement reports. This parameter indicates the number of measurement reports used for the filtering of the signal quality on signaling channels. This parameter is used to determine whether interferences exist on channels. Whether to switch some of the calls in the underlay subcell to the overlay when the load of the underlay is higher than this parameter When the load of the underlay subcell is higher than this parameter, some of the calls in the underlay subcell will be switched to the overlay subcell, and channels in the overlay subcell will be preferentially assigned to calls initiated in the underlay subcell as well. In an enhanced dual-band network, if the load of the overlay subcell is higher than this parameter, the system cannot initiate an underlay-to-overlay handover. If the current system flow control level is greater than this parameter, the handover between the underlaid and overlaid subcells due to low or high load in the underlaid subcell is not allowed. Lower threshold of the overlay level during underlay-to-overlay handovers. When the receive level of an MS is higher than this threshold, the MS can be switched to the overlay subcell. When the load of the underlay subcell is higher than this parameter, the underlay-to-overlay load handover period subtracts a period that equals "Step Length of UL Subcell Load HO" from "UL Subcell Load Hierarchical HO Periods" every second, thus increasing the load handover speed.
Filter Length for TCH Qual
Filter Length for SDCCH Qual.
Load HO
Allowed
UL Subcell General Overload Threshold
Inner Cell Serious OverLoad Thred
Subcell HO Allowed Flow Control Level
Incoming OL Subcell HO Level TH
UL Subcell Serious Overload Threshold
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BSS Handover
Parameter
Description When the load of the underlay subcell exceeds "UL Subcell General Overload Threshold", all the calls that are using this cell as the serving cell generate handover requests at the same time, which will suddenly increase the load of the BSC and possibly cause congestion in the overlay subcell, thus causing the handovers to fail. To solve this problem, the BSC uses the hierarchical load handover algorithm to gradually switch some of the calls in the underlay subcell to the overlay subcell. This parameter indicates the duration of each handover level. If the underlay load is higher than "UL Subcell Serious Overload Threshold", the underlay-to-overlay handover period subtracts a value that equals this threshold from "UL Subcell Load Hierarchical HO Periods" every second. Level step during underlay-to-overlay hierarchical load handovers When the load of the underlay subcell is lower than this parameter, some of the calls in the overlay subcell will be switched to the underlay subcell, and channels in the underlay subcell will be preferentially assigned to channel requests initiated in the overlay subcell as well. Lower threshold of the overlay level during overlay-to-underlay handovers. When the receive level of an MS is higher than this threshold, the MS can be switched to the underlay subcell. Overlay-to-underlay load handovers are performed by levels. This parameter indicates the duration of each level. Level step during overlay-to-underlay hierarchical load handovers
UL Subcell Load Hierarchical HO Periods
MOD Step LEN of UL Load HO Period
Step Length of UL Subcell Load HO
UL Subcell Lower Load Threshold
Outgoing OL Subcell HO Level TH
OL Subcell Load Diversity HO Period
Step Length of OL Subcell Load HO
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Parameter
Description Distance between the boundary of the overlaid subcell and the boundary of the underlaid subcell. This parameter specifies the difference between the coverage of the overlaid subcell and the coverage of the underlaid subcell in the concentric cell or dual-frequency network scenario. The boundaries of the overlaid and underlaid subcells are determined according to the relative value between the signal strength of the serving cell and the signal strength of the neighbor cell. Assume that the signal strength of the serving cell is SS(s) and that the signal strength of the neighbor cell is SS(n). If SS(s) = SS(n), the MS is on the boundary of the underlaid subcell. If SS(s) SS(n) > "Distance Between Boudaries of Subcells", the MS is in the coverage of the overlaid subcell. In the tight BCCH handover algorithm, this parameter specifies the difference between the coverage of the TRX that carries the BCCH and the coverage of the TRX that does not carry the BCCH. The relevant computation is the same as the preceding computation. Hysteresis in the distance between the boundary of the overlaid subcell and the boundary of the underlaid subcell. This parameter helps to adjust "Distance Between Boudaries of Subcells" and thus to prevent ping-pong handover between the overlaid and underlaid subcells. Assume that the signal strength of the serving cell is SS(s) and that the signal strength of the neighbor cell is SS(n). If SS(s) - SS(n) < "Distance Between Boudaries of Subcells" - "Distance Hysteresis Between Boudaries", the MS is handed over from the overlaid subcell to the underlaid subcell. Whether a cell is an inner or extra cell in an enhanced dual band network. Whether to allow underlay-to-overlay load handovers. Threshold for downlink edge handover. If the downlink receive level remains less than this threshold for a period of time, the edge handover is triggered. If the PBGT handover algorithm is enabled, this threshold can be decreased accordingly. If the PBGT handover algorithm is disabled, over-coverage, co-channel interference, and adjacent channel interference may occur when this threshold is set improperly. In addition, to ensure uplink-downlink balance, this threshold needs to be adjusted according to the handover performance statistics and actual network performance.
Distance Between Boundaries of Subcells
Distance Hysteresis Between Boundaries
Cell Inner/Extra Property Load HO of OL Subcell to UL Subcell
Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold
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BSS Handover
Parameter Load HO Threshold
Description The load handover is triggered when the traffic load in a cell is greater than the value of this parameter. If the load of a cell is lower than the value of this parameter, the cell can admit the users handed over from other cells with higher load. Otherwise, the cell rejects such users. In hierarchical load handovers, starting from "Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold", a "Load HO Step Level" is added to the upper handover threshold after every "Load HO Step Period". In this way, all the calls in the current serving cell whose receive level is in the range "Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold" to "Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold" + "Load HO Bandwidth" are switched to other cells. When the load of a cell reaches or exceeds "Load HO Threshold", all the calls that are using this cell as the serving cell generate handover requests at the same time, which will suddenly increase the load of the processor. Under some circumstances, congestion occurs in the cell, which will result in call drop. To solve this problem, the BSC uses the hierarchical load handover algorithm to control the number of users included in each level of handovers. This parameter indicates the duration of each handover level. In the handover algorithm of the first generation, load handovers can be performed only when the receive level of the current serving cell is in the range "Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold" to "Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold" + "Load HO Bandwidth". In the handover algorithm of the second generation, load handovers can be performed only when the level difference between the neighboring cell and the serving cell is between ("Inter-cell HO Hysteresis" 64) - "Load HO Bandwidth" and ("Inter-cell HO Hysteresis" - 64). This parameter specifies whether a traffic load-sharing handover is enabled. The load handover helps to reduce cell congestion, improve success rate of channel assignment, and balance the traffic load among cells, thus improving the network performance. The load handover is used as an emergency measure instead of a primary measure to adjust abnormal traffic burst in partial areas. If load handovers occur frequently in a partial area, the cell and TRX configuration of BTSs and the network layout should be adjusted.
Load handover Load Accept Threshold
Load HO Step Level
Load HO Step Period
Load HO Bandwidth
Load Handover Support
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Parameter
Description The system flux level is the current flux control level of the system. A load handover is allowed only when the system flux is lower than the value of this parameter. Whether to use external 2G neighboring cells as the target cells of load handovers Whether to enable the edge handover algorithm. When an MS makes a call at the edge of a cell, the call may drop if the received signal level is too low. To avoid such a call drop, the edge handover algorithm is involved. When the uplink signal level of the serving cell is less than "Edge HO UL RX_LEV Threshold" or the downlink signal level of the serving cell is less than "Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold", the edge handover is triggered. According to the P/N rule, if the conditions for edge handover are met for P seconds within N seconds, the handover is triggered. This parameter specifies the number P. According to the P/N rule, if the conditions for edge handover are met for P seconds within N seconds, the handover is triggered. This parameter specifies the number N. According to the P/N rule, if a neighbor cell meets the conditions for selecting the neighbor cell for edge handover in P of N measurement reports, the edge handover to the neighbor cell is triggered. This parameter specifies the number P. According to the P/N rule, if a neighbor cell meets the conditions for selecting the neighbor cell for edge handover in P of N measurement reports, the edge handover to the neighbor cell is triggered. This parameter specifies the number N. Whether to enable the fast moving micro-cell handover algorithm. The fast moving micro-cell handover algorithm enables fast moving MSs to switch over to macro-cells, thus reducing the handover times. A time threshold determined based on the radius of a cell and the moving speed of an MS. If the MS crosses the cell in a time period shorter than this threshold, the BSC concludes that the MS quickly passes through the cell. Otherwise, it concludes that the MS slowly passes the cell.
System Flux Threshold for Load HO
Inter BSC Load Information Allowed
Edge HO Allowed
Handover Algorithm I Edge HO Valid Time
Handover Algorithm I Edge HO Watch Time
Edge HO AdjCell Valid Time
Edge HO AdjCell Watch Time
MS Fast Moving HO Allowed
MS Fast-moving Time Threshold
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BSS Handover
Parameter
Description This parameter is used in the P/N criteria decision: If an MS quickly passes through N out of P micro-cells lately, the BSC enables the fast moving micro-cell handover algorithm. This parameter corresponds to the N in the P/N criteria. This parameter is used in the P/N criteria decision: If an MS quickly passes through N out of P micro-cells lately, the BSC enables the fast moving micro-cell handover algorithm. This parameter corresponds to the P in the P/N criteria. A network basically consists of four layers, namely, Umbrella, Macro, Micro, and Pico. Whether to allow inter-layer and inter-level handovers. The inter-layer and inter-level handover algorithm is achieved through the setting of different layers and priorities for cells, which switches traffic to cells of a higher precedence (decided by "Layer of the cell" and "Cell priority" together). The triggering of inter-layer handovers must meet the P/N criteria, that is, when the condition for inter-layer handovers is met for a consecutive P seconds during N seconds, an inter-layer handover is triggered. This parameter corresponds to the P in the P/N criteria. The triggering of inter-layer handovers must meet the P/N criteria, that is, when the condition for inter-layer handovers is met for a consecutive P seconds during N seconds, an inter-layer handover is triggered. This parameter corresponds to the N in the P/N criteria. Whether to use the PBGT handover algorithm. PBGT handovers are based on path loss. The PBGT handover algorithm searches in real time for cells that have lower path loss and meet certain system requirements, and decides whether to perform the handovers. To avoid ping-pong handovers, PBGT handovers can occur only on TCHs and among cells on a same layer and a same priority level. The triggering of PBGT handovers must meet the P/N criteria, that is, when the condition for PBGT handovers is met for a consecutive P seconds during N seconds, a PBGT handover is triggered. This parameter corresponds to the P in the P/N criteria. The triggering of PBGT handovers must meet the P/N criteria, that is, when the condition for PBGT handovers is met for a consecutive P seconds during N seconds, a PBGT handover is triggered. This parameter corresponds to the N in the P/N criteria.
MS Fast-moving Watch Cells
MS Fast-moving Valid Cells
Layer of the cell
Level HO Allowed
Layer HO Valid Time
Layer HO Watch Time
PBGT HO Allowed
PBGT Valid Time
PBGT Watch Time
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Parameter
Description PBGT handovers to a neighboring cell are allowed only when the downlink level difference between the neighboring cell and the serving cell is larger than this parameter. When the value of this parameter is smaller than 64, handovers to a neighboring cell with a lower level than the current serving cell are allowed. Whether to allow AMR handovers. This parameter has no impact on dynamic non-AMR F-H handovers. Whether to enable the BSC to assign AMR half rate channels preferentially according to the channel types allowed by the MSC and the current TCH seizure ratio of the cell Load threshold for assigning half rate channels preferentially. If the current TCH seizure ratio of the cell is greater than this threshold, amr half rate channels are assigned preferentially. For an AMR call, if the currently occupied channel is a full rate channel and the Radio Quality Indication (RQI) is always higher than the threshold set by this parameter, an intra-cell F-H handover is triggered. The triggering of intra-cell F-H handovers must meet the P/N criteria, that is, when the condition for intra-cell F-H handovers is met for P seconds during N seconds, an intra-cell F-H handover is triggered. This parameter corresponds to the P in the P/N criteria. The triggering of intra-cell F-H handovers must meet the P/N criteria, that is, when the condition for intra-cell F-H handovers is met for P seconds during N seconds, an intra-cell F-H handover is triggered. This parameter corresponds to the N in the P/N criteria. For an AMR call, if the currently occupied channel is a half rate channel and the Radio Quality Indication (RQI) is always lower than the threshold set by this parameter, an intra-cell H-F handover is triggered. The P/N criterion must be met for triggering a TA handover. That is, the TA handover can be triggered only if P measurement reports among N measurement reports meet the triggering conditions. This parameter corresponds to P in the P/N criterion. The P/N criterion must be met for triggering a TA handover. That is, the TA handover can be triggered only if P measurement reports among N measurement reports meet the triggering conditions. This parameter corresponds to N in the P/N criterion.
PBGT HO Threshold
Intracell F-H HO Allowed
AMR TCH/H Prior Allowed
AMR TCH/H Prior Cell Load Threshold
F2H HO Threshold
Intracell F-H HO Last Time
Intracell F-H HO Stat Time
H2F HO Threshold
TA HO Valid Time
TA HO Watch Time
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BSS Handover
Parameter
Description Hysteresis value during the handovers between cells on different layers or of different priorities. This value is used to suppress inter-layer ping-pong handovers. Inter-layer handover threshold of the serving cell = "Inter-layer HO threshold" - "Inter-layer HO Hysteresis"; Inter-layer handover threshold of a neighboring cell = "Inter-layer HO threshold" + "Adjacent Cell Inter-layer HO Hysteresis" - 64. According to the P/N rule, if the conditions for emergency BQ handover are met in P of N measurement reports, the handover is triggered. This parameter specifies the number P. According to the P/N rule, if the conditions for emergency BQ handover are met in P of N measurement reports, the handover is triggered. This parameter specifies the number N. The triggering of interference handovers must meet the P/N criteria, that is, when P out of N measurement reports meet the condition for interference handovers, a concentric circle handover is triggered. This parameter corresponds to the P in the P/N criteria. The triggering of interference handovers must meet the P/N criteria, that is, when P out of N measurement reports meet the condition for interference handovers, a concentric circle handover is triggered. This parameter corresponds to the N in the P/N criteria. The P/N criterion must be met for triggering a UL BQ handover. That is, the UL BQ handover can be triggered only if P measurement reports among N measurement reports meet the triggering conditions. This parameter corresponds to P in the P/N criterion. The P/N criterion must be met for triggering a UL BQ handover. That is, the UL BQ handover can be triggered only if P measurement reports among N measurement reports meet the triggering conditions. This parameter corresponds to N in the P/N criterion. According to the P/N rule, if the conditions for edge handover are met in P of N measurement reports, the handover is triggered. This parameter specifies the number P. According to the P/N rule, if the conditions for edge handover are met in P of N measurement reports, the handover is triggered. This parameter specifies the number N.
Inter-layer HO Hysteresis
BQ HO Valid Time
BQ HO Watch Time
Interfere HO Valid Time
Interfere HO Static Time
UL BQ HO Last Time
UL BQ HO Static Time
Handover Algorithm II Edge HO Valid Time
Handover Algorithm II Edge HO Watch Time
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Parameter
Description According to the P/N rule, if the conditions for the handover to a different micro cell due to fast movement are met in P of N measurement reports, the handover is triggered. This parameter specifies the number P. According to the P/N rule, if the conditions for the handover to a different micro cell due to fast movement are met in P of N measurement reports, the handover is triggered. This parameter specifies the number N. Whether to enable the algorithm for the handover to a better cell Whether to perform path loss-based sorting in a better cell handover algorithm According to the P/N rule, if the conditions for the handover to a better cell due to interference are met for P seconds within N seconds, the handover is triggered. This parameter specifies the number P. According to the P/N rule, if the conditions for the handover to a better cell due to interference are met for P seconds within N seconds, the handover is triggered. This parameter specifies the number N. Whether to enable the algorithm for the load-based AMR handover between full rate and half rate Path loss threshold for the AMR handover from full rate to half rate. If the path loss of an AMR full rate call is equal to or less than this threshold, the AMR call is handed over from full rate to half rate. ATCB threshold for the AMR handover from full rate to half rate. If the ATCB of an AMR full rate call is equal to or greater than this threshold, the AMR call is handed over from full rate to half rate. Quality threshold for the AMR handover from full rate to half rate. If the uplink and downlink receive quality levels of an AMR full rate call are equal to or less than this threshold, the AMR call is handed over from full rate to half rate. According to the P/N rule, if the conditions for the handover from full rate to half rate are met for P seconds within N seconds, the handover is triggered. This parameter specifies the number P. According to the P/N rule, if the conditions for the handover from full rate to half rate are met for P seconds within N seconds, the handover is triggered. This parameter specifies the number N.
HCS HO Valid Time
HCS HO Watch Time
Better Cell Handover Enable Pathloss Ho. Enable
Better Cell HO Valid Time
Better Cell HO Watch Time
AMR F-H Ho Allowed
AMR F-H Ho Pathloss Threshold
AMR F-H Ho ATCB Threshold
AMR F-H Ho Qual. Threshold
F-H Ho Last Time
F-H Ho Stat. Time
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BSS Handover
Parameter Non-AMR F-H Ho Allowed Non-AMR F-H Ho Pathloss Threshold
Description Whether to allow non-AMR voice F-H handover When the path loss value of non-AMR full rate voice is no larger than this parameter, the condition for non-AMR F-H handovers is met. When the ATCB value of non-AMR full rate voice is no smaller than this parameter, the condition for non-AMR F-H handovers is met. Whether to enable the algorithm for the uplink and downlink receive quality based AMR handover from half rate to full rate Path loss threshold for the AMR handover from half rate to full rate. If the path loss of an AMR half rate call is greater than this threshold, the AMR call is handed over from half rate to full rate. ATCB threshold for the AMR handover from half rate to full rate. If the ATCB of an AMR half rate call is less than this threshold, the AMR call is handed over from half rate to full rate. Quality threshold for the AMR handover from half rate to full rate. If the receive quality level of an AMR half rate call is greater than this threshold, the AMR call is handed over from half rate to full rate. According to the P/N rule, if the conditions for the handover from half rate to full rate are met for P seconds within N seconds, the handover is triggered. This parameter specifies the number P. According to the P/N rule, if the conditions for the handover from half rate to full rate are met for P seconds within N seconds, the handover is triggered. This parameter specifies the number N. Whether to trigger non-AMR H-F handovers according to the uplink and downlink receive quality When the path loss value of non-AMR half rate voice is no smaller than this threshold, the condition for non-AMR H-F handovers is met. When the ATCB value of non-AMR half rate voice is no larger than this threshold, the condition for non-AMR H-F handovers is met. Quality threshold for non-AMR H-F handovers. When the receive quality of a user is no smaller than this parameter, the user meets the condition for H-F handovers.
Non-AMR F-H Ho ATCB Threshold
Allow AMR H-F Quality-based HO
AMR H-F Ho Pathloss Threshold
AMR H-F Ho ATCB Threshold
AMR H-F Ho Qual. Threshold
H-F Ho Last Time
H-F Ho Stat. Time
Allow Non-AMR H-F Quality-based HO
Non-AMR H-F Ho Pathloss Threshold
Non-AMR H-F Ho ATCB Threshold
Non-AMR H-F Ho Qual. Threshold
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Parameter Interfere HO Qual. Thresh 2 for Non-AMR FR
Description Threshold for the interference handover of Non-AMR FR voice services. AMRFR refers to Adaptive Multi-Rate Full Rate. Threshold for the interference handover of Non-AMR FR voice services. AMRFR refers to Adaptive Multi-Rate Full Rate. Threshold for the interference handover of Non-AMR FR voice services. AMRFR refers to Adaptive Multi-Rate Full Rate. Threshold for the interference handover of Non-AMR FR voice services. AMRFR refers to Adaptive Multi-Rate Full Rate. Threshold for the interference handover of Non-AMR FR voice services. AMRFR refers to Adaptive Multi-Rate Full Rate. Threshold for the interference handover of Non-AMR FR voice services. AMRFR refers to Adaptive Multi-Rate Full Rate. Threshold for the interference handover of Non-AMR FR voice services. AMRFR refers to Adaptive Multi-Rate Full Rate. Threshold for the interference handover of Non-AMR FR voice services. AMRFR refers to Adaptive Multi-Rate Full Rate. Threshold for the interference handover of Non-AMR FR voice services. AMRFR refers to Adaptive Multi-Rate Full Rate. Threshold for the interference handover of Non-AMR FR voice services. AMRFR refers to Adaptive Multi-Rate Full Rate. Threshold for the interference handover of Non-AMR FR voice services. AMRFR refers to Adaptive Multi-Rate Full Rate.
Table 4-2 Parameter description (2) Paramet er Inter-cell HO Hysteres is Default Value GUI Value Range Actual Value Range Unit MML Command ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) MOD G2GNCELL(Optional ) Impact
68
0~127
0~127
dB
Cell
4-21
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BSS Handover
Paramet er
Default Value
GUI Value Range BSC_Prepro cessing(BS C preprocessi ng), BTS_Prepro cessing(BT S preprocessi ng) NO(No), YES(Yes)
Actual Value Range
Unit
MML Command
Impact
MR.Prep rocessin g
BTS_Pre processin g
BSC_Preprocessin g, BTS_Preprocessin g
None
SET GCELLHOCTRL(Opt ional)
Cell
Transfer Original MR Transfer BTS/MS Power Class
NO
NO, YES
None
SET GCELLHOCTRL(Opt ional) SET GCELLHOCTRL(Opt ional)
Cell
YES
NO(No), YES(Yes) NOreport(D o not report), Twice_ps(T wice every second), Once_ps(O nce every second), Once_2s(O nce every two second), Once_4s(O nce every four second) EnhMeasRe port(Enhanc ed Measureme nt Report), ComMeasR eport(Comm on Measureme nt Report)
NO, YES
None
Cell
Sent Freq.of preproce ssed MR
Once_ps
NOreport, Twice_ps, Once_ps, Once_2s, Once_4s
None
Cell
Measure ment Report Type
ComMea sReport
EnhMeasReport, ComMeasReport
None
SET GCELLCCUTRANS YS(Optional)
Cell
Allowed MR Number Lost
0~31
0~31
None
SET GCELLHOFITPEN(O ptional)
Cell
4-22
BSS Handover
4 Parameters
Paramet er Power Level Penalty on Fast Moving HO Penalty on MS Fast Moving HO Penalty Time on Tast Moving HO Penalty Time on Fast Moving HO Penalty Time after AMR TCHF-H HO Fail Penalty Time on Interfere HO Penalty Time of UtoO HO Inter UL/OL Subcells HO Penalty Time Penalty Level after HO Fail
Default Value 0
GUI Value Range 0~13
Actual Value Range 0~13
Unit None
MML Command SET GTRXDEV(Optional) ADD GEXT2GCELL(Optio nal)
Impact TRX
30
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
30
0~63
0~63
dB
SET GCELLHOAD(Optio nal)
Cell
40
0~255
0~255
ADD GEXT2GCELL(Optio nal) SET GCELLHOAD(Optio nal)
Cell
40
0~255
0~255
Cell
10
0~255
0~255
Cell
15
0~255
0~255
SET GCELLHOFITPEN(O ptional) SET GCELLHOIUO(Optio nal)
Cell
10
0~255
0~255
Cell
0~255
0~255
SET GCELLHOEDBPAR A(Optional)
Cell
30
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
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BSS Handover
Paramet er UmPena ltyTimer RscPena ltyTimer CfgPena ltyTimer Penalty Time after OtoU HO Fail Penalty Time after UtoO HO Fail Inter-BS C SDCCH HO ALLowe d Min DL Level on Candidat e Cell Min Access Level Offset Min UL Level on Candidat e Cell FDD REP QUANT
Default Value 10
Unit
MML Command SET GCELLHOFITPEN(O ptional) SET GCELLHOFITPEN(O ptional) SET GCELLHOFITPEN(O ptional) SET GCELLHOIUO(Optio nal)
Impact
Cell
0~255
0~255
Cell
255
0~255
0~255
Cell
10
0~255
0~255
Cell
40
10~255
10~255
SET GCELLHOIUO(Optio nal)
Cell
NO
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
10
0~63
0~63
dB
SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) SET GCELLCCUTRANS YS(Optional)
Cell
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
RSCP
RSCP(RSC P), EcN0(Ec/N0 )
RSCP, EcN0
None
Cell
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Paramet er Min Ec/No threshol d Min RSCP threshol d Penalty Value on Load HO Penalty Time on Load HO Directed Retry
Default Value
GUI Value Range
Actual Value Range
Unit
MML Command ADD GEXT3GCELL(Optio nal) ADD GEXT3GCELL(Optio nal) SET GCELLHOFITPEN(O ptional) SET GCELLHOFITPEN(O ptional) SET GCELLBASICPARA( Optional)
Impact
10
0~49
0~49
dB
Cell
10
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
63
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
10
0~255
0~255
Cell
YES
NO(No), YES(Yes) Pre_2G_Cel l(Preference for 2G cell), Pre_3G_Cel l(Preference for 3G cell), Pre_2G_Cel lThres(Prefe rence 2G cell by thresh)
NO, YES
None
Cell
Inter-rat HO Preferen ce
Pre_2G_ CellThres
Pre_2G_Cell, Pre_3G_Cell, Pre_2G_CellThres
None
SET GCELLHOUTRANF DD(Optional) SET GCELLHOUTRANT DD(Optional)
Cell
HO Preferen ce Threshol d for 2G Cell Min Interval for Emerg. HO Quick Handove r Enable
25
0~63
0~63
dB
SET GCELLHOUTRANF DD(Optional) SET GCELLHOUTRANT DD(Optional) SET GCELLHOCTRL(Opt ional) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional)
Cell
0~60
0~60
Cell
NO
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
4-25
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BSS Handover
Paramet er Quick Move Speed Threshol d Quick Handove r Up Trigger Level Quick Handove r Down Trigger Level Chain Neighbor Cell Handove r Direction Forecast Enable
Default Value
GUI Value Range
Actual Value Range
Unit
MML Command
Impact
35
0~600
0~600
m/s
SET GCELLHOFAST(Opt ional)
Cell
50
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
50
0~63
0~63
dB
SET GCELLHOFAST(Opt ional) ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) SET GCELLHOFAST(Opt ional)
Cell
NO
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
NO
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
Chain Neighbo ur Cell Type
QUICK_H O_NCEL L_TYPE_ A
QUICK_HO _NCELL_TY PE_A(QUIC K_HO_NCE LL_TYPE_A ), QUICK_HO _NCELL_TY PE_B(QUIC K_HO_NCE LL_TYPE_B )
QUICK_HO_NCEL L_TYPE_A, QUICK_HO_NCEL L_TYPE_B
None
ADD G2GNCELL(Optional )
Cell
Handove r Direction Forecast Last Times Handove r Direction Forecast Statistic Times
0~16
0~16
None
Cell
0~16
0~16
None
Cell
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4 Parameters
Paramet er Quick Handove r Punish Time
Default Value
GUI Value Range
Actual Value Range
Unit
MML Command ADD GEXT2GCELL(Optio nal) SET GCELLHOFAST(Opt ional) ADD GEXT2GCELL(Optio nal) SET GCELLHOFAST(Opt ional) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) SET GCELLHOEMG(Opti onal) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional)
Impact
10
0~255
0~255
Cell
Quick Handove r Punish Value
63
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
TA HO Allowed TA Threshol d Inter-RA T Out BSC Handove r Enable Penalty Time after TA HO Penalty Level after TA HO BQ HO Allowed UL Qual. Threshol d DL Qual. Threshol d UL Qual. Limit for AMR FR
YES
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
255
0~255
0~255
bit
Cell
NO
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
30
0~255
0~255
SET GCELLHOFITPEN(O ptional) SET GCELLHOFITPEN(O ptional) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) SET GCELLHOEMG(Opti onal) SET GCELLHOEMG(Opti onal) SET GCELLAMRQUL(Op tional)
Cell
63
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
YES
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
55
0~70
0~70
None
Cell
55
0~70
0~70
None
Cell
60
0~70
0~70
None
Cell
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BSS Handover
Paramet er DL Qual. Limit for AMR FR UL Qual. Limit for AMR HR DL Qual. Limit for AMR HR Inter-cell HO Hysteres is BQ HO Margin Intracell HO Allowed Penalty Time after BQ HO Penalty Level after BQ HO Rx_Leve l_Drop HO Allowed Edge HO UL RX_LEV Threshol d Filter Paramet er A1 Filter Paramet er A2
Default Value 60
Unit
MML Command SET GCELLAMRQUL(Op tional) SET GCELLAMRQUL(Op tional) SET GCELLAMRQUL(Op tional) ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) SET GCELLHOFITPEN(O ptional) SET GCELLHOFITPEN(O ptional) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional)
Impact
None
Cell
55
0~70
0~70
None
Cell
55
0~70
0~70
None
Cell
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
69 NO
0~127 NO(No), YES(Yes)
0~127 NO, YES
dB None
Cell Cell
10
0~255
0~255
Cell
63
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
NO
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
10
0~63
0~63
dB
SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) SET GCELLHOEMG(Opti onal) SET GCELLHOEMG(Opti onal)
Cell
10
0~20
0~20
None
Cell
10
0~20
0~20
None
Cell
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4 Parameters
Paramet er Filter Paramet er A3 Filter Paramet er A4 Filter Paramet er A5 Filter Paramet er A6 Filter Paramet er A7 Filter Paramet er A8 Filter Paramet er B Interfere nce HO Allowed Interfere HO Qual. Thresh 1 for Non-AM R FR Interfere HO Qual. Thresh Offset for AMR FR Forbidde n time after MAX Times
Default Value 10
Unit
MML Command SET GCELLHOEMG(Opti onal) SET GCELLHOEMG(Opti onal) SET GCELLHOEMG(Opti onal) SET GCELLHOEMG(Opti onal) SET GCELLHOEMG(Opti onal) SET GCELLHOEMG(Opti onal) SET GCELLHOEMG(Opti onal) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional)
Impact
None
Cell
10
0~20
0~20
None
Cell
10
0~20
0~20
None
Cell
10
0~20
0~20
None
Cell
10
0~20
0~20
None
Cell
10
0~20
0~20
None
Cell
0~200
0~200
None
Cell
YES
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
60
0~70
0~70
None
SET GCELLAMRQUL(Op tional)
Cell
0~70
0~70
None
SET GCELLAMRQUL(Op tional) SET GCELLHOAD(Optio nal)
Cell
20
1~200
1~200
Cell
4-29
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BSS Handover
Paramet er Inter-lay er HO Threshol d Adjacent Cell Inter-lay er HO Hysteres is No Dl Mr.HO Allowed No Dl Mr.Ul Qual HO Limit Cons.No Dl Mr.HO Allowed Limit Filter Length for TCH Qual Filter Length for SDCCH Qual. Load HO Allowed UL Subcell General Overload Threshol d
Default Value
GUI Value Range
Actual Value Range
Unit
MML Command ADD GEXT2GCELL(Optio nal) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional)
Impact
25
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
67
0~127
0~127
dB
Cell
NO
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
SET GCELLHOEMG(Opti onal) SET GCELLHOEMG(Opti onal)
Cell
50
0~70
0~70
None
Cell
0~64
0~64
None
SET GCELLHOEMG(Opti onal)
Cell
1~31
0~31, step:480 for TCH and 470 for SDCCH
ms
Cell
1~32
1~32, step:480 for TCH and 470 for SDCCH
ms
SET GCELLCHMGAD(Op tional) SET GCELLHOEDBPAR A(Optional)
Cell
YES
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
80
0~100
0~100
per cent
Cell
4-30
BSS Handover
4 Parameters
Paramet er Inner Cell Serious OverLoa d Thred Subcell HO Allowed Flow Control Level Incoming OL Subcell HO Level TH UL Subcell Serious Overload Threshol d UL Subcell Load Hierarchi cal HO Periods MOD Step LEN of UL Load HO Period Step Length of UL Subcell Load HO UL Subcell Lower Load Threshol d
Default Value
GUI Value Range
Actual Value Range
Unit
MML Command
Impact
90
0~100
0~100
per cent
Cell
10
0~11
0~11
None
Cell
30
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
90
0~100
0~100
per cent
Cell
1~255
1~255
Cell
1~255
1~255
Cell
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
50
0~100
0~100
per cent
Cell
4-31
4 Parameters
BSS Handover
Paramet er Outgoing OL Subcell HO Level TH OL Subcell Load Diversity HO Period Step Length of OL Subcell Load HO Distance Between Boundari es of Subcells Distance Hysteres is Between Boundari es Cell Inner/Ext ra Property Load HO of OL Subcell to UL Subcell Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshol d Load HO Threshol d
Default Value
GUI Value Range
Actual Value Range
Unit
MML Command
Impact
25
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
10
1~255
1~255
Cell
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
10
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
None
Inner(Inner), Extra(Extra)
Inner, Extra
None
ADD GCELL(Mandatory)
Cell
NO
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
20
0~63
0~63
dB
SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) SET GCELLHOAD(Optio nal)
Cell
90
0~100
0~100
None
Cell
4-32
BSS Handover
4 Parameters
Paramet er
Default Value
GUI Value Range
Actual Value Range
Unit
MML Command ADD GEXT2GCELL(Optio nal)
Impact
Load handove r Load Accept Threshol d
80
0~100
0~100
per cent
ADD GEXT3GCELL(Optio nal) SET GCELLHOAD(Optio nal)
Cell
Load HO Step Level Load HO Step Period Load HO Bandwid th Load Handove r Support System Flux Threshol d for Load HO Inter BSC Load Informati on Allowed Edge HO Allowed Handove r Algorith m I Edge HO Valid Time
1~63
1~63
dB
SET GCELLHOAD(Optio nal) SET GCELLHOAD(Optio nal) SET GCELLHOAD(Optio nal) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional)
Cell
10
1~255
1~255
Cell
25
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
NO
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
10
0,8~11
0, 8~11
None
Cell
NO
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
YES
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional)
Cell
1~32
1~32, step:0.5
Cell
4-33
4 Parameters
BSS Handover
Paramet er Handove r Algorith m I Edge HO Watch Time Edge HO AdjCell Valid Time Edge HO AdjCell Watch Time MS Fast Moving HO Allowed MS Fast-mo ving Time Threshol d MS Fast-mo ving Watch Cells MS Fast-mo ving Valid Cells Layer of the cell Level HO Allowed
Default Value
GUI Value Range
Actual Value Range
Unit
MML Command
Impact
1~32
1~32, step:0.5
Cell
1~32
1~32, step:0.5
Cell
1~32
1~32, step:0.5
Cell
NO
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
15
0~255
0~255
Cell
1~10
1~10
None
Cell
1~10
1~10
None
SET GCELLHOAD(Optio nal) ADD GEXT3GCELL(Optio nal) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional)
Cell
1, 2, 3, 4
1, 2, 3, 4
None
Cell
YES
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
4-34
BSS Handover
4 Parameters
Paramet er Layer HO Valid Time Layer HO Watch Time PBGT HO Allowed PBGT Valid Time PBGT Watch Time PBGT HO Threshol d Intracell F-H HO Allowed AMR TCH/H Prior Allowed AMR TCH/H Prior Cell Load Threshol d F2H HO Threshol d Intracell F-H HO Last Time
Default Value 4
Actual Value Range 1~32, step:0.5
Unit
MML Command ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) SET GCELLCHMGAD(Op tional)
Impact
Cell
1~32
1~32, step:0.5
Cell
YES
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
1~32
1~32, step:0.5
Cell
1~32
1~32, step:0.5
Cell
68
0~127
0~127
dB
Cell
YES
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
ON
OFF(Off), ON(On)
OFF, ON
None
Cell
55
0~99
0~99
per cent
SET GCELLCHMGAD(Op tional)
Cell
25
0~39
0~39
None
SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional)
Cell
None
1~32
1~32, step:0.5
Cell
4-35
4 Parameters
BSS Handover
Paramet er Intracell F-H HO Stat Time H2F HO Threshol d TA HO Valid Time TA HO Watch Time Inter-lay er HO Hysteres is BQ HO Valid Time BQ HO Watch Time Interfere HO Valid Time Interfere HO Static Time UL BQ HO Last Time UL BQ HO Static Time Handove r Algorith m II Edge HO Valid Time
Default Value
GUI Value Range
Actual Value Range
Unit
MML Command SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) ADD G2GNCELL(Optional )
Impact
None
1~32
1~32, step:0.5
Cell
12
0~39
0~39
None
Cell
1~16
1~16, step:0.5
Cell
1~16
1~16, step:0.5
Cell
0~63
0~63
dB
Cell
1~16
1~16, step:0.5
Cell
1~16
1~16, step:0.5
Cell
1~16
1~16, step:0.5
Cell
0~16
1~16, step:0.5
Cell
1~8
1~8, step:0.5
Cell
1~8
1~8, step:0.5
Cell
None
1~32
1~32, step:0.5
Cell
4-36
BSS Handover
4 Parameters
Paramet er Handove r Algorith m II Edge HO Watch Time HCS HO Valid Time HCS HO Watch Time Better Cell Handove r Enable Pathloss Ho. Enable Better Cell HO Valid Time Better Cell HO Watch Time AMR F-H Ho Allowed AMR F-H Ho Pathloss Threshol d AMR F-H Ho ATCB Threshol d
Default Value
GUI Value Range
Actual Value Range
Unit
MML Command
Impact
None
1~32
1~32, step:0.5
Cell
1~16
1~16, step:0.5
ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) ADD G2GNCELL(Optional ) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional)
Cell
1~16
1~16, step:0.5
Cell
YES
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
NO
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
1~32
1~32, step:0.5
Cell
1~32
1~32, step:0.5
Cell
NO
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
100
0~255
0~255
dB
Cell
20
0~255
0~255
dB
Cell
4-37
4 Parameters
BSS Handover
Paramet er AMR F-H Ho Qual. Threshol d F-H Ho Last Time F-H Ho Stat. Time Non-AM R F-H Ho Allowed Non-AM R F-H Ho Pathloss Threshol d Non-AM R F-H Ho ATCB Threshol d Allow AMR H-F Quality-b ased HO AMR H-F Ho Pathloss Threshol d AMR H-F Ho ATCB Threshol d
Default Value
GUI Value Range
Actual Value Range
Unit
MML Command
Impact
0~7
0~7
None
SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional)
Cell
1~32
1~32, step:0.5
Cell
1~32
1~32, step:0.5
Cell
NO
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
95
0~255
0~255
dB
Cell
30
0~255
0~255
dB
Cell
NO
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
108
0~255
0~255
dB
Cell
0~255
0~255
dB
Cell
4-38
BSS Handover
4 Parameters
Paramet er AMR H-F Ho Qual. Threshol d H-F Ho Last Time H-F Ho Stat. Time Allow Non-AM R H-F Quality-b ased HO Non-AM R H-F Ho Pathloss Threshol d Non-AM R H-F Ho ATCB Threshol d Non-AM R H-F Ho Qual. Threshol d Interfere HO Qual. Thresh 2 for Non-AM R FR
Default Value
GUI Value Range
Actual Value Range
Unit
MML Command
Impact
0~7
0~7
None
SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional) SET GCELLHOBASIC(Op tional)
Cell
1~32
1~32, step:0.5
Cell
1~32
1~32, step:0.5
Cell
NO
NO(No), YES(Yes)
NO, YES
None
Cell
103
0~255
0~255
dB
Cell
14
0~255
0~255
dB
Cell
0~7
0~7
None
Cell
50
0~70
0~70
None
Cell
4-39
4 Parameters
BSS Handover
Paramet er Interfere HO Qual. Thresh 3 for Non-AM R FR Interfere HO Qual. Thresh 4 for Non-AM R FR Interfere HO Qual. Thresh 5 for Non-AM R FR Interfere HO Qual. Thresh 6 for Non-AM R FR Interfere HO Qual. Thresh 7 for Non-AM R FR Interfere HO Qual. Thresh 8 for Non-AM R FR
Default Value
GUI Value Range
Actual Value Range
Unit
MML Command
Impact
49
0~70
0~70
None
Cell
48
0~70
0~70
None
Cell
47
0~70
0~70
None
Cell
46
0~70
0~70
None
Cell
45
0~70
0~70
None
Cell
44
0~70
0~70
None
Cell
4-40
BSS Handover
4 Parameters
Paramet er Interfere HO Qual. Thresh 9 for Non-AM R FR Interfere HO Qual. Thresh 10 for Non-AM R FR Interfere HO Qual. Thresh 11 for Non-AM R FR Interfere HO Qual. Thresh 12 for Non-AM R FR
Default Value
GUI Value Range
Actual Value Range
Unit
MML Command
Impact
43
0~70
0~70
None
Cell
42
0~70
0~70
None
Cell
41
0~70
0~70
None
Cell
40
0~70
0~70
None
Cell
4-41
BSS Handover
5 Counters
5 Counters
For the counters, see the BSC6900 GSM Performance Counter Reference.
5-1
BSS Handover
6 Glossary
6 Glossary
For the acronyms, abbreviations, terms, and definitions, see the Glossary.
6-1
BSS Handover
7 Reference Documents
7 Reference Documents
z z z z z z z z
3GPP TS 08.58 Base Station Controler - Base Transceiver Station (BCS-BTS) Interface Layer 3 Specification 3GPP TS 04.08 Mobile radio interface layer 3 specification BSC6900 Feature List BSC6900 Basic Feature Description BSC6900 Optional Feature Description BSC6900 GSM Parameter Reference BSC6900 GSM MML Command Reference BSC6900 Performance Counter Reference
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Handover Feature Parameter Description

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2 Overview .....................................................................................................................................2-1 3 Technical Description ..............................................................................................................3-1

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1.2 Intended Audience

1.3 Change History

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Change Type Feature change

Parameter Change The parameter changed is as follows: Inter-cell HO Hysteresis

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Change Type Editorial change

Change Description The structure of the document is optimized.

Parameter Change None.

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Handover Decision Based on Handover Algorithm I

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Figure 2-2 Procedure of handover decision based on handover algorithm I

In handover algorithm I, five types of handover decisions are defined:

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Figure 2-3 Handover decisions based on handover algorithm I

Handover Decision Based on Handover Algorithm II

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Figure 2-4 Procedure of handover decision based on handover algorithm II

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NE Selection for Measurement Report Processing

Data Selection for Measurement Report

Measurement Report Interpolation

Measurement Report Filtering

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3.2 Handover Preprocessing

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Network Characteristics Adjustment

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The forced handover is classified into these four types:

3.3 Handover Decision Based on Handover Algorithm I

3.3.1 Quick Handover

Quick Handover Types

For quick handover, the handover response speed is enhanced by: