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GSM Network/Cell Selection: MS Is Switched On

The document discusses GSM network and cell selection and reselection. It describes the order in which a mobile station (MS) selects a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and then a cell within that PLMN. It prioritizes selecting the home PLMN, then PLMNs on the SIM card, and then any PLMN with sufficient signal level. It also describes how the MS calculates a cell selection criterion (C1) based on signal level and access thresholds and selects the cell with the highest C1. For cell reselection, it describes how the MS calculates a cell reselection criterion (C2) based on C1, signal level, and cell reselection

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GSM Network/Cell Selection: MS Is Switched On

The document discusses GSM network and cell selection and reselection. It describes the order in which a mobile station (MS) selects a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and then a cell within that PLMN. It prioritizes selecting the home PLMN, then PLMNs on the SIM card, and then any PLMN with sufficient signal level. It also describes how the MS calculates a cell selection criterion (C1) based on signal level and access thresholds and selects the cell with the highest C1. For cell reselection, it describes how the MS calculates a cell reselection criterion (C2) based on C1, signal level, and cell reselection

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1. GSM Network/Cell Selection

MS is switched on.

Select PLMN in the following order.

1. Home PLMN.
2. PLMN list on SIM.
3. Any PLMN with Rx Level >-85dBm.
4. Any PLMN from the highet lowest Rx Level.

MS will scan for the home PLMN every 6 minutes.

Cell selection in the following order.

1. Should belong to the selected PLMN.


2. Not barred or should not belong to forbidden LA.
3. Radio path loss < threshold set.
3. Should meet the cell criterion (C1).

MS selects the cell with highest cell criterion (C1).

C1 = Rx level - Rx Access Min - Max (Tx Access - MS Tx power)

2. GSM Cell Re-selection


Cell Reselection in the following order.

1. MS regularly checks the neighbour cells in the neighbour list it receives from the BTS.
2. If it finds a cell with a better C2 value shown below than the serving cell, the MS re-selects the new cell.

C2 = C1 - CRO  for PT = 31 or 640s


C2= C1 + CRO - TO*H(PT - T) for PT < 31
 
H(x)=0 for x=0
H(x)=1 for x>=0

where C2 is cell re-selection parameter, C1 is the cell selection parameter and CRO is the cell re-selection offset and PT is the
Panelty Time.

Scenario 1
MS receives -90dBm and -95dBm signal levels from cell 'A' and cell 'B' respectively. Both cells have -105dBm as the access minimum level.
Cell 'A' has 10dB cell re-selection offset whereas cell 'B' has none. Also, the penalty time of cell 'A' is 240s and that of cell 'B' is 20s with
temporary offset of 0 for both cells. Which cell MS will re-select and why? You can use the following table to workout.

Cell 1

Criterion C1 Rx Lev1 = Rx_AccessMin1 =


CRO1 = TO1 =
PT1 =

Cell 2

Criterion C1 Rx Lev2 = Rx_AccessMin2 =


CRO2 = TO2 =
PT2 =

Cell_Reselection

Cell1 Value Cell2 Value


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MS will select Cell
Scenario 2
Rx level samples from Cell A are -93, -92, -95 and -99 dBm and the handover threshold is -95 dBm with the averaging window (H REQAVE) of
2. Signal level based handover is triggered is any of the averaged value is less than level threshold (nx=1, px=1).
Also, the signal quality (Rx Quality) samples during the same time interval from the Cell A are 2, 3, 4 and 5 and the averaging window is 1 with
the threshold value of 4. A handover is triggered if any 2 of the 4 averaging values (nx=4, px=2) are below the threshold.

Which type of handover is triggered?

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