Pilot Pollution
Pilot Pollution
In idle or cell_FACH mode, phenomenon of the pilot pollution is that a UE cannot firmly camp on a cell at
one location because of receiving many pilot channels with similar quality (or signal strength), i.e., Ec/No
(or RSCP).
The condition to determine the area has pilot pollution in idle or cell_FACH mode is that third pilot
appears in the cell re-selection region.
In cell_DCH mode, phenomenon of the pilot pollution is that a UE at one location frequently changes its
active set cells (active set update rate is very high) because of receiving many pilot channels with similar
quality (or signal strength), i.e., Ec/No (or RSCP). It causes high signaling load in RRC and Iub interfaces
and the capacity of RNC is consequently reduced.
The condition to determine the area has pilot pollution in cell_DCH mode is the number of pilots within the
Reporting Range 1b: threshold for drop window range is larger than Max Active Set.