Recommended

Parameter
value

GPRSPRIO 2

CSPSPRIO PSPRIO

TN7BCCH EGPRS

EACPREF YES

GAMMA 34

EFACTOR 50

RTTI ACTIVE

IAN ACTIVE

TBFDLLIM 20
 TBFULLIM 20

EINITMCS 6

GPRSSUP YES

PSKONBCCH ENABLED

PRIMPLIM 8

FLEXHIGHGPRS 0

ETCHTN  0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7

EFTASTATE ACTIVE

APSULPCACT ACTIVE

GAMMA 30

DLPCE Active

DLPCG Active

INITDLPCE 5
INITDLPCG 5

EPUACT ACTIVE
 DESCRIPTION

This parameters controls whether preemptable on-demand Packet Data Channels (PDCHs) will be
treated as idle or busy for functions: Dynamic Half Rate (HR) Allocation and TCH packing
Functions, Cell Load Sharing, Subcell Load Distribution and GSM - UMTS Cell Reselection and
Handover, BTS Power Savings.

This parameter determines if the CS selection preference for non-hopping TCHs on the BCCH
frequency has higher or lower priority than the criterion to avoid TCH groups with PS priority.
CSPRIO - The CS selection preference for non-hopping TCHs on the BCCH frequency has higher
priority than criterion to avoid TCH groups with PS priority.
PSPRIO - The criterion to avoid TCH groups with PS priority has higher priority than the CS
selection preference for non-hopping TCHs on the BCCH frequency.

TN 7 on BCCH frequency
This parameter sets if the TN 7 on the BCCH frequency can be configured with Traffic Channels
(TCHs) supporting EGPRS2-A, EGPRS, and GPRS, or GPRS only.
EGPRS - TN 7 on the BCCH frequency can be configured with TCHs supporting EGPRS2-A, EGPRS,
and GPRS.
GPRS - TN 7 on the BCCH frequency can be configured with TCHs supporting GPRS only.

EGPRS access on CCCH

This parameter sets whether a Transceiver (TRX) capable of an EGPRS Packet Channel Request
(EPCR) is chosen for Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH) and Common Control Channel (CCCH) in
the cell.
NO - BCCH and CCCH are configured on a TRX not capable of EPCR if this is available. EPCR on
CCCH is not allowed.
YES - BCCH and CCCH are configured on a TRX capable of EPCR if this is available. EPCR on CCCH is
allowed.

Gamma power- This parameter sets the power regulation used by the MS to output power control,
expressed in dB.
Only even values are valid.
Numeral 0 - 62

Relative EGPRS factor- This parameter sets if E-TBFs have priority over G-TBFs on E-PDCHs, both
in reservations and scheduling of the TBFs. The parameter also indicates if G-TBFs may change the
mode to B-TBFs so they can be re-reserved on B-PDCHs when no G-PDCHs are available.

0 - The functionality is not activated.

1 - G-TBFs may change the mode to B-TBFs so they can be re-reserved on B-PDCHs, when no G-
PDCHs are available.
2 - E-TBFs get a relative weight two times higher than G-TBFs on E-PDCHs, which affects both
scheduling and reservations of the TBFs. G-TBFs may change the mode to B-TBFs so they can be re-
reserved on B-PDCHs, when no G-PDCHs are available.
.
.
100 - E-TBFs get a relative weight 100 times higher than G-TBFs on E-PDCHs, which affects both
scheduling and reservations of the TBFs. G-TBFs may change the mode to B-TBFs so they can be re-
reserved on B-PDCHs, when no G-PDCHs are available.

Reduced transmission time interval- This parameter sets the Reduced Transmission Time Interval
(RTTI) in the cell.
INACTIVE -RTTI is not activated in the cell.
ACTIVE -RTTI is activated in the cell.
The availability of this parameter depends on commercial agreements relating to optional feature
Reduced Latency.

This parameter changes Improved Acknowledge/Negative Acknowledge (IAN) status in the cell.
INACTIVE - IAN is not active in the cell.
ACTIVE - IAN is active in the cell.
The availability of this parameter depends on commercial agreements relating to optional feature
Reduced Latency.

Downlink TBF limit- This parameter sets the limit for average number of simultaneous downlink
TBFs on each PDCH in the cell.
The value of this parameter is interpreted as a factor 10 times the actual value. That is, the actual
value is represented by parameter value divided by 10. The value 0 indicates that downlinkTBF
limit for the cell is defined by BSC exchange property TBFDLLIMIT.
Numeral 0, 7 - 100
Uplink TBF limit- This parameter sets the limit for average number of simultaneous uplink TBFs on
each PDCH in the cell.
The value of this parameter is interpreted as a factor 10 times the actual value. That is, the actual
value is represented by parameter value divided by 10. The value 0 indicates that uplink TBF limit
for the cell is defined by BSC exchange property TBFULLIMIT.
Numeral 0, 7 - 70

EGPRS initial MCS- This parameter sets the initial MCS for an E-TBF. The values 1-9 are interpreted
as MCS 1 to MCS 9.
Numeral 1 - 9

GPRS support identifier - This parameter indicates if GPRS support is activated in the specified cell.
YES -GPRS support is activated in the specified cell.
NO -GPRS support is not activated in the specified cell

8-PSK and 16/32QAM modulation on BCCH frequency allowed -

This parameter indicates if 8-Phase Shift Keying (8-PSK) modulation and 16/32-Quadrature
Amplitude Modulation (16/32QAM) are allowed downlink for E-PDCHs and E2A-PDCHs on the
Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH) frequency.
ENABLED - 8-PSK and 16/32QAM may be used on the BCCH frequency.
DISABLED - Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying (GMSK) is always used on the BCCH frequency.

PSET limit- This parameter indicates the maximum number of GPRS dedicated and semi-dedicated
channels allowed in the primary PDCH Set (PSET).

Abis resource allocation handling for EGPRS capable channels

This parameter indicates Abis resource allocation on Enhanced GPRS (EGPRS) capable channels
with flexibly allocated Abis path for non EGPRS capable Mobile Stations (MSs).
The availability of this parameter depends on commercial agreements relating to optional feature
Flexible Abis.
0 - 64k resources is not allocated.
1 - 64k resources is allocated when available.

Time slot number- This parameter changes the preferred Time slot Numbers (TNs) on which the
EGPRS2-A Traffic Channels (E2A-TCHs) and EGPRS Traffic Channels (E-TCHs) are configured in the
channel group. If the number of EGPRS BPCs and EGPRS2-A BPCs is higher than the channel group
capacity then they are configured on other TNs.
Numeral 0 - 7

Enhanced flexible time slot assignment activation state

This parameter indicates if the support for Enhanced Flexible Time slot Assignment (EFTA) is
activated in the cell.
ACTIVE Support for EFTA is activated in the cell. INACTIVE Support for EFTA is not activated in the
cell.

This parameter indicates if functionality Advanced PS UL Power Control is activated in the cell.
ACTIVE Functionality Advanced PS UL Power Control is activated in the cell. INACTIVE
Functionality Advanced PS UL Power Control is not activated in the cell.

GAMMA is sent from the BSC to the MS to give a target value for the received signal strength at the
BTS.
This parameter indicates if PSDLPC for Enhanced General Packet Radio Service (EGPRS) is
activated in the cell.
ACTIVE Support for PSDLPC for EGPRS is activated in the cell. INACTIVE Support for PSDLPC for
EGPRS is not activated in the cell.

This parameter indicates if PSDLPC for General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is activated in the cell.
ACTIVE Support for PSDLPC for GPRS is activated in the cell.
INACTIVE Support for PSDLPC for GPRS is not activated in the cell.

This parameter indicates what initial power reduction level is used for PSDLPC for EGPRS in the
cell.
0 Initial power reduction level is set to 0dB. 1 Initial power reduction level is set to -2dB. 2 Initial
power reduction level is set to -4dB. 3 Initial power reduction level is set to -6dB. 4 Initial power
reduction level is set to -8dB. 5 Initial power reduction level based on path loss. Initial power
reduction level is set to -0dB, -2dB, -4dB, -6dB, -8dB or -10dB, whichever gives the greatest
reduction without resulting in signal strength below -90dBm.
This parameter indicates what initial power reduction level is used for PSDLPC for GPRS in the cell.
0 Initial power reduction level is set to 0dB. 1 Initial power reduction level is set to -2dB. 2 Initial
power reduction level is set to -4dB. 3 Initial power reduction level is set to -6dB. 4 Initial power
reduction level is set to -8dB. 5 Initial power reduction level based on path loss. Initial power
reduction level is set to -0dB, -2dB, -4dB, -6dB, -8dB or -10dB, whichever gives the greatest
reduction without resulting in signal strength below -90dBm.

This parameter indicates if the functionality Packet Data Efficiency is activated in the cell.
ACTIVE The functionality Packet Data Efficiency is activated in the cell. INACTIVE The
functionality Packet Data Efficiency is not activated in the cell.
 DEFAULT/
PARAMETER
RECOMMENDED VALUE

GPRSAVAINT 3

GPRSEDAACT 1

GPRSNEUTRALACT 1

GPRSNWMODE 2

INITMCS 6

LOADOPT 2

LOPTETHR 30

LOPTGTHR 10

LQCACT 3

LQCDEFAULTMCSDL 9

LQCDEFAULTMCSUL 9

LQCHIGHMCS 9

LQCMODEDL 2
 LQCMODEUL 0

LQCUNACK 1

MAXCHDATARATE 144

MSEITRESPTIME 600

NACCACT 1

PCUEIT 0

PCUQOS 0

PHSTATE 1

PILTIMER 10

PILTIMERFLEX 50

PSCELLPLAN 0

PSETCHKPERIOD 5

PULSCHEDINT 3

QOSCONVPRIO 1

QOSMAPPING 0
QOSSTREAMPRIO 1

QOSTHP1 3

QOSTHP2 2

TBFDLLIMIT 20

TBFMODEACT 0

TBFULLIMIT 20

TCHOPTIMIZATION 1

TFILIMIT 4

THPMBRFACTOR 0

ULDELAY 1500

USFLIMIT 2

DTMMSCLASS11 1

EGPRSIRUL 1

EPOG 1

GBCAPACITY 5120
 GPRS5TSDL 1

GPRSAQM 1

GPRSEDA 1

GPRSLOADOPT 1

GPRSPULS 1

NACC 1

REDLAT 1

REDPACLAT 1

TCHOPT 1

ALPHA 6
 DESCRIPTION

This exchange property specifies the time interval without GPRS traffic after
which NO GPRS TRAFFIC alarm is raised. The value is given as a number of scans,
where the time between each scan is 5 minutes.

GPRS Extended Dynamic Allocation activation-This exchange property indicates

whether the support for GPRS Extended Dynamic Allocation is activated.
0- Not activated
1- Activated

GPRS neutral UL/DL state handling activation- This exchange property indicates
whether the support for GPRS neutral UL/DL state handling is activated.
0- Not activated
1- Activated

NETWORK_OPERATION_MODE indicator
1- Network Mode of Operation I; Gs interface exists.
2- Network Mode of Operation II; no Gs interface exists.
3- Network Mode of Operation III; no Gs interface exists.

Initial MCS for ETBF for versions before G12A

Exchange property specifies whether Load optimisation is activated or not

Radio link bit rate threshold for EGPRS TBFs

Radio link bit rate threshold for GPRS TBFs

This exchange property specifies whether the function EGPRS Link Quality
Control (ELQC) is activated for DL and UL EGPRS TBFs.
0- ELQC not activated
1- ELQC activated for DL TBFs only
2- ELQC activated for UL TBFs only
3- ELQC activated for DL and UL TBFs.
Default MCS DL- This exchange property specifies the Modulation and Coding
Scheme (MCS) that is used for DL EGPRS TBFs when ELQC is not activated on DL.
1- MCS-1, 2- MCS-2, 3- MCS-3, 4- MCS-4,
5- MCS-5, 6- MCS-6, 7- MCS-7,8- MCS-8, 9- MCS-9
Default MCS UL-This exchange property specifies the MCS that is used for UL
EGPRS TBFs when ELQC is not activated on UL.
1- MCS-1, 2- MCS-2, 3- MCS-3, 4- MCS-4,
5- MCS-5, 6- MCS-6, 7- MCS-7,
8- MCS-8, 9- MCS-9
This exchange property specifies the maximum MCS supported by ELQC for both
UL and DL EGPRS TBFs.
1- MCS-1, 2- MCS-2, 3- MCS-3, 4- MCS-4,
5- MCS-5,specifies
This exchange property 6- MCS-6, 7- MCS-7,8-
whether MCS-8,
LA, LA/IR, or9-LA/IR
MCS-9Block Error Rate
(BLER) is used for DL EGPRS TBFs in Radio Link Control (RLC) Acknowledged
mode when the function EGPRS Link Quality Control is activated in the DL
direction.
0- LA mode
1- LA/IR mode
2- LA/IR BLER mode
 Unacknowledged
This exchange property specifies whether LA,mode MCSor LA/IR BLER is used for
LA/IR,
This
UL exchange
EGPRS TBFsproperty controls the behavior
in RLC Acknowledged mode whenof ELQC for TBFsEGPRS
the function using RLC
Link
Unacknowledged mode
Quality whenisthe
Control function
activated in EGPRS
the UL Link Quality Control is
direction.
activated. It applies for both UL and
0- DL EGPRS TBFs. Unacknowledged mode is
LA mode
used for those applications where a certain
1- LA/IR modeBLER is acceptable. This exchange
property can be used to reduce 2-the BLER,
LA/IR possibly
BLER mode at the expense of throughput.
0- The used MCS is the one that would be used for DL TBFs using RLC
Acknowledged mode. This maximizes the throughput over the air interface but
may result in high BLER in poor radio conditions.
Maximum
1-The used channel data rate-
MCS reduces This over
the BLER exchange property
the air specifies
interface the maximum
in all radio conditions
channel databut
rate
mayallowed for CS connections
also reduce throughput iningood
the BSC. This
radio is measured in kbps.
conditions.
96- 9.6 kbps
2-The used MCS reduces the BLER 144-further
14.4 kbps
over the air interface in all radio
conditions but may also reduce throughput in good radio conditions.
EIT response time-This exchange property specifies the initial period of time after
the MS has left transfer mode. During this time, the MS is scheduled with a high
frequency, as traffic is expected from the MS. The value is given in milliseconds.

Network assisted cell change - This exchange property indicates whether

Network Assisted Cell Change (NACC) in the cells, which have GPRS activated in
BSC, is activated.
0- Not activated;1- Activated

EIT in PCU support-This exchange property indicates whether support for EIT in
the PCU is activated.
0- Not activated;1- Activated

Packet control unit QoS- This exchange property indicates whether the support
for 3GPP TS 48.018 Packet Flow Management (PFM) in the Packet Control Unit
(PCU) and support for QoS based on Release 99 QoS profiles is activated.
0- Not activated;1- Activated

#N/A

When an OPDCH becomes idle it is placed in the idle list for the packet switched
domain & PILTIMER is started. When the PILTIMER expires for a PDCH the
channel is returned to Circuit switched domain

Packet idle list timer factor for PDCHs with flexibly allocated Abis path. It is used
to set how long flexible channels can remain in th PIL.
Packet Specific Cell Plan support
This exchange property indicates whether support for Packet Specific Cell Plan is
activated.
When support for Packet Specific Cell Plan is activated, the operator is able to
change GPRS cell relations and some essential GPRS cell reselection parameters.
By doing so, the operator can create a GPRS cell plan that can be different from
thecheck
Periodical Circuit
ofSwitched cell plan.
GPRS dedicated channels-
0- Not activated;1- Activated
This exchange property specifies how often a check is performed to verify that
the GPRS dedicated channels are allocated on the best possible TCH group in the
cell. The value is given in minutes.
The value 0 means that no check is performed.
PULS interval-This exchange property sets the minimum time interval between
scheduling attempts for UL TBF in Extended Uplink (EUL) TBF mode or DL TBF in
Delayed Release (DRL) TBF mode.
0- Persistent UL PDCH Scheduling (PULS) disabled
THP for QoS traffic class Conversational
This exchange property indicates the Traffic Handling Priority (THP) to set when
converting traffic class Conversational to Interactive.
1- Exchange property QOSTHP1 is used for THP1.
QoS mapping- This2- Exchange
exchangeproperty
propertyQOSTHP2
activates,ischanges
used fororTHP2.
deactivates support
3- Parameter QOSTHP3=1 is
for QoS based on Release 97 QoS profiles mapped to used forRelease
THP3. 99 QoS profiles.
0- QoS mapping is not activated.
1- QoS mapping is activated; R97 Precedence Low, Medium, High are mapped to
R99 traffic classes Background, Interactive THP3, Interactive THP2.
2- QoS mapping is activated; R97 Precedence Low, Medium, High are mapped to
R99 traffic classes Interactive THP3, Interactive THP2, Interactive THP1
 Handling of QoS traffic class Streaming
This exchange property indicates how to handle streaming PFCs when streaming
is not supported or when a streaming PFC cannot get any effective streaming
PDCHs.
0- Traffic class Background used
1- Exchange property QOSTHP1 used for THP1
2- Exchange property QOSTHP2 used for THP2
3- Parameter QOSTHP3=1 used for THP3
4- PFC
QoS THPterminated
1 weight
This exchange property specifies the weight to use for interactive PFCs of THP 1.

QoS THP 2 weight

This exchange property specifies the weight to use for interactive PFCs of THP 2.

This exchange property specifies the DL TBF limit. The number of simultaneous
TBFs for each PDCH is used as DL TBF limit. The PDCH reservations must be
avoided
Change of over that number
TBF mode unless
activation- it is
This not possible
exchange to dospecifies
property the PDCH if reservations
change of TBF
somewhere else.
mode for QoS traffic classes Streaming, Interactive and Background is activated.
0- Change of TBF mode not activated for any QoS traffic class
1- Change of TBF mode activated for QoS traffic class Streaming
2- Change of TBF mode activated for QoS traffic classes Interactive and
Background
3- Change of TBF mode activated for QoS traffic classes Streaming, Interactive and
Background
This exchange property specifies the UL TBF limit. The number of simultaneous
TBFs for each PDCH is used as UL TBF limit. The PDCH reservations must be
avoided over that number unless it is not possible to do the PDCH reservations
somewhere else.

Optimization of TCH usage- This exchange property indicates whether

optimization of TCH usage is activated.
0- Not activated;1- Activated

This exchange property specifies the minimum number of Temporary Flow

Identities (TFIs) within a PDCH Set (PSET) that must be unused to allow the
procedures Early Set-up and Delayed Release of a DL TBF to proceed.

Traffic handling priority maximum bit rate factor

This exchange property indicates the influence of Maximum Bit Rate (MBR) factor
relative to THP for weight calculation. The given value represents decimals (1 =
0.1).
EUL TBF mode time limit
This exchange property specifies the maximum time UL TBF is kept in EUL TBF
mode. This value is given in milliseconds.

This exchange property indicates the minimum number of Uplink State Flags
(USFs) within a PDCH assigned to an UL TBF, that must be unused to allow the
procedure EUL TBF mode to proceed. If several PDCHs are assigned to the UL TBF
this condition should be fulfilled on each of them.

This feature makes it possible for MSs with support for multislot class 11 and
EDA to get up to two GPRS/EGPRS timeslots in the uplink.
0- Not activated; 1- Activated

IR on UL- This exchange property indicates whether the support for Incremental
Redundancy (IR) on UL is activated.
0- Not activated; 1- Activated

This feature makes it possible to utilize the available PS bandwith within a cell
more efficiently.
0- Not activated; 1- Activated

This Gb capacity makes it possible to define the maximum allowed size of the Gb
interface in steps of 64 kbps.
 This feature offers a possibility of using 5 timeslots in downlink.
0- Not activated; 1- Activated

This feature offers a queue management for the radio link in downlink. For
applications using TCP as transmission it is important with a rapid feedback of
the radio link data rate (by discarding IP packets) to the TCP protocol in the
server. In this way the TCP sender can faster adjust its sending rate accordingto
the radio link capacity and avoid TCP slow-starts
This feature makes it possible to reserve more time slots in the uplink than in
downlink for GPRS mobiles supporting Extended Dynamic Allocation.
0- Not activated; 1- Activated
This feature offers a possibility to decide the scheduling frequency for TBFs that
share the same radio resources. The TBFs with better radio conditions and thus
better throughput
may be scheduled more often, while those with bad radio conditions may be
scheduled more seldom.
This feature reduces theactivated;
0- Not average packet data roundtrip time by
1- Activated
persistently scheduling MSs indelayed release of downlink TBFmode or extended
uplink TBF mode.A reduced roundtrip improves the overall packet data
throughput,
especially for interactiveapplications like e.g. WEB-surfing.
This feature allows0- Not activated;
the BSC 1-aActivated
toassist GPRS/EGPRS MS with cell
reselection while in packet transfermode. The feature significantly􀀀 reduces the
service outage time for Intra BSC cell reselection. The feature is valid for internal
GSM cells.
0- Not activated; 1- Activated
This feature enables shorter latency for Edge Evolution capable mobiles.
0- Not activated; 1- Activated
This feature controls the availability of the subfeatures Improved
Acquisition of MS RAC and EGPRS Access on CCCH. Improved Acquisition of MS
RAC makes it possible to request the MS Radio Capabilities from EGPRS capable
mobiles, making a one-phase access. EGPRS Access on CCCH makes it possible to
access the system via CCCH using . EGPRS packet Channel Request
This feature offers an0-optimization of 1-
Not activated; TCH usage by moving suitable CS
Activated
connections from a TCH group in order to
free resources for GPRS and DTM in the TCH group. Connections on channels
used for Tandem Free Operation and Voice
Group Call Services are not selected for move.
0- Not activated; 1- Activated
ALPHA is sent from the BSC to the MS and decides the level of reduction of the MS
output power in relation to the path loss.