Mobility Strategy

10/11/2020
 Overall Camping Strategy – IDLE MODE
Current network scenario:
LTE(L1800 & L2100 Priority 6, L2600 Priority 7) • We have five carriers on 3G.
• U900 F0: 2938
3G with priority 4 • U900 F4: 2963 (Very few sites)
• U2100 F1: 10687
• U2100 F2: 10712
U2100 – F1 • U2100 F3: 10737
U900 – F0
• Primarily most of the sites in region use
U900 F0 & U2100 F1.

U2100 – F2
• Mainly one carrier on LTE, with
deployment of second carrier on L2100 on-
U900 – F4 going.

U2100 – F3

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 Overall Camping Strategy – IDLE MODE– Intra 3G

UE limitations:
LTE(L1800 & L2100 Priority 6, L2600 Priority 7) • 3G mobiles can search maximum two addition
frequencies at a time in both idle and dedicated.

3G with priority 4 Neighbor definition scenario:

• Considering above limitation we can configure
neighbors of only two frequencies for efficient
U2100 – F1 search and reselection.
U900 – F0
• All sectors should be configured to search two
frequencies according to given figure. Priority is
given for co-located frequencies.
• U900 F0 is currently configured to search all
U2100 – F2 three U2100 frequencies and also F4 if available,
it is recommended to change according to
U900 – F4
shown scenario.
• If F4 is configured on site then we can skip
U2100 – F3 F2 definition.
• These settings can be controlled by SIB11IND
flag in per neighbor basis.
Most of the network
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 Overall Camping Strategy – IDLE MODE– Intra 3G
Below table highlights the recommended settings for cell access and reselection parameters.

UCELLSELRESEL
UCELLSELRESEL QUALMEAS QQUALMIN QRXLEVMIN IDLESINTRASEARCH IDLESINTERSEARCH SSEARCHRAT

U2100F1 CPICH_ECNO -18 -58 5 4 1

U2100F2 CPICH_ECNO -18 -58 5 4 1

U2100F3 CPICH_ECNO -18 -58 5 4 1

U900F0 CPICH_ECNO -18 -58 5 8 1

U900F4 CPICH_ECNO -18 -58 5 8 1

• UE can select a cell and access network if EcNO is above -18dB and RSCP is above -115dBm
• Intra-frequency search starts at EcNo below -8dBm.
• Inter-frequency search starts at EcNo below -10dBm. It is recommended to change this threshold for U900 to start search at EcNo below -2dBm. This way we can
push more users to U2100 which is supporting dual carrier HSDPA. U900 is mostly single carrier and dual band DC-HSDPA feature is not available in most of the
Ues. Thus our payload may increase.
• IdleQOffset2Sn is also tuned to push more users to U2100, but without starting search this setting is not very useful. Details of relation level parameters shown in
coming slides.
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 Overall Camping Strategy – DRD– Intra 3G
• DRD is active in the network right now within U2100 layers.
• DRD is not active from or towards U900.
• TH2RNCH1 has measurement based DRD on, which increases the PS call setup time significantly.
• Following are recommended settings for DRD.

It is highly recommended to enable location based multi-band

UE Location Based DRD
& User number DRD
DRD feature in the RNCs. Currently this feature is not available
and needs to be purchased. Following are the advantages of this
U2100 – F1
feature:
• U900 to U2100 DRD can be done based on pathloss of
Blind DRD serving U900 cells. Thus ensuring successful DRD attempts
without degrading RAB SSR while also saving time by not
U900 – F0 & measuring target frequency.
U2100 – F2 • U2100 to U900 DRD can be done based on pathloss of
F4 serving U2100 cells. Thus only sending endge users to U900,
Blind DRD ensuring maximum users take advantage of DC-HSDPA
function on U2100.
• Disable measurement based DRD switch in RNC and cell level.
U2100 – F3 • Details of parameter settings and switches are given in below
table.

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 Overall Camping Strategy – DRD– Intra 3G
MO Parameter U2100F1 U2100F2 U2100F3 U900F0 U900F4
LDBDRDSWITCHHSDPA ON ON ON ON ON
LdbDrdSwitchDCH OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF
CodeBalancingDrdSwitch OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF
UlLdbDrdSwitchDcHsdpa OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF
UCELLDRD
HspaPlusSatisSwitch ON ON ON ON ON
BasedUeLocDrdSwitch ON ON ON ON ON
TrafficTypeForBasedUeLoc RT-0&NRT-1 RT-0&NRT-1 RT-0&NRT-1 RT-0&NRT-1 RT-0&NRT-1
ServiceDiffDrdSwitch OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF
LdbDRDOffsetHSDPA 5%
LdbDRDLoadRemainThdHSDPA 100%
UDRD
BasedOnMeasHRetryDRDSwitch OFF
LDBDRDCHOICE UserNumber
DRSWITCH=DR_RAB_SING_DRD_SWITCH 100%
UCORRMALGOSWITCH
DRSWITCH=DR_RAB_COMB_DRD_SWITCH 0%

• Red highlighted above shows the new recommended settings.

• U900 DRD can only be activated if feature UE location based multi-band DRD is installed and activated.

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 Load based mobility – Dedicated – Intra 3G

U2100 – F1

LDR Inter-frequency LDR Inter-frequency

BLINDHO BLINDHO

U900 – F0 &
U2100 – F2
F4

LDR Inter-frequency
Measured
U2100 – F3

• It is recommended to enable measurement based LDR from U900 to U2100.

• Within U2100 it is recommended to keep it blind.

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 Load based mobility – Dedicated – Intra 3G

• It is recommended to enable measurement based LDR from U900 to U2100.

• Within U2100 it is recommended to keep it blind.

MOD UCELLLDR
Parameter U2100 F1 U2100 F2 U2100 F3 U900 F0 U900 F4
DlLdrFirstAction BERateRed BERateRed BERateRed BERateRed BERateRed
DlLdrSecondAction CodeAdj CodeAdj CodeAdj CodeAdj CodeAdj
DlLdrThirdAction InterFreqLDHO InterFreqLDHO InterFreqLDHO InterFreqLDHO InterFreqLDHO
DlLdrFourthAction / / / / /
UlLdrFirstAction BERateRed BERateRed BERateRed BERateRed BERateRed
UlLdrSecondAction InterFreqLDHO InterFreqLDHO InterFreqLDHO InterFreqLDHO InterFreqLDHO
UlLdrThirdAction / / / / /
INTERFREQLDHOMETHODSELECTION BLINDHO BLINDHO BLINDHO MEASUREHO MEASUREHO

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 Coverage based mobility – Intra 3G
Coverage based handovers from U2100 to U900 are recommended to be active in co-located sectors.
On frequency borders we can activate it to frequencies of neighbor sites as well.
Below scenario for collocated sectors is shown along with MO Parameter Value
recommended parameter setting on cell level UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV InterFreqReportMode Periodic
UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV InterFreqCsThd2dEcno -16
UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV InterFreqR99PsThd2dEcno -18
UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV InterFreqHThd2dEcno -20
UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV InterFreqCsThd2fEcno -14
UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV InterFreqR99PsThd2fEcno -16
U2100 – F1 UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV InterFreqHThd2fEcno -18
UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV InterFreqCsThd2dRscp -105
UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV InterFreqR99PsThd2dRscp -110
UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV InterFreqHThd2dRscp -110
UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV InterFreqCsThd2fRscp -102
Inter Frequency Coverage Ho’s UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV InterFreqR99PsThd2fRscp -107

U2100 – F2 U900 – F0 & F4 UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV InterFreqHThd2fRscp -107

UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV TargetFreqCsThdEcno -14
UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV TargetFreqR99PsThdEcno -16
UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV TargetFreqHThdEcno -16
UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV TargetFreqCsThdRscp -102
UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV TargetFreqR99PsThdRscp -105
UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV TargetFreqHThdRscp -105
U2100 – F3 UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV HhoEcnoMin -16
UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV HhoRscpMin -102
UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV InterFreqMeasTime 10
UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV IfHoFailNum 3
UCELLINTERFREQHOCOV InterFreqHo2dEventType ECNOANDRSCP
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 Overall Camping Strategy – Intra 3G
Based on above recommendations, following are recommended parameter settings between neighbor of different
frequencies for reselection and DRD.
FREQ/CARRIER U2100F1 U2100F2 U2100F3 U900F0 U900F4
SIB11Ind: TRUE SIB11Ind: FALSE SIB11Ind: TRUE SIB11Ind: FALSE
IDLEQOFFSET2SN: 0 IDLEQOFFSET2SN: 0 IDLEQOFFSET2SN: 4 IDLEQOFFSET2SN: 4
U2100F1 BLINDHOFLAG: TRUE BLINDHOFLAG: TRUE BLINDHOFLAG: FALSE BLINDHOFLAG: FALSE
HOCOVPRIO: 0 HOCOVPRIO: 0 HOCOVPRIO: 2 HOCOVPRIO: 2
SIB11Ind: FALSE
SIB11Ind: TRUE SIB11Ind: TRUE SIB11Ind: FALSE
IDLEQOFFSET2SN: 0
IDLEQOFFSET2SN: 0 IDLEQOFFSET2SN: 4 IDLEQOFFSET2SN: 4
U2100F2 BLINDHOFLAG: TRUE
BLINDHOFLAG:TRUE BLINDHOFLAG: FALSE BLINDHOFLAG: FALSE
HOCOVPRIO: 0
HOCOVPRIO: 0 HOCOVPRIO: 2 HOCOVPRIO: 2
SIB11Ind: TRUE
SIB11Ind: FALSE SIB11Ind: TRUE SIB11Ind: FALSE
IDLEQOFFSET2SN: 0
IDLEQOFFSET2SN: 0 IDLEQOFFSET2SN: 4 IDLEQOFFSET2SN: 4
U2100F3 BLINDHOFLAG: TRUE
BLINDHOFLAG: TRUE BLINDHOFLAG: FALSE BLINDHOFLAG: FALSE
HOCOVPRIO: 0
HOCOVPRIO: 0 HOCOVPRIO: 2 HOCOVPRIO: 2

SIB11Ind: TRUE SIB11Ind: TRUE SIB11Ind: FALSE SIB11Ind: TRUE

IDLEQOFFSET2SN: -4 IDLEQOFFSET2SN: -4 IDLEQOFFSET2SN: -4 IDLEQOFFSET2SN: 0
U900F0 BLINDHOFLAG: TRUE BLINDHOFLAG: TRUE BLINDHOFLAG: TRUE BLINDHOFLAG: TRUE
DRDORLDRFLAG : TRUE DRDORLDRFLAG : TRUE DRDORLDRFLAG :: TRUE DRDORLDRFLAG : FALSE
HOCOVPRIO: 0 HOCOVPRIO: 0 HOCOVPRIO: 0 HOCOVPRIO: 0

SIB11Ind: TRUE SIB11Ind: FALSE SIB11Ind: FALSE SIB11Ind: TRUE

IDLEQOFFSET2SN: -4 IDLEQOFFSET2SN: -4 IDLEQOFFSET2SN: -4 IDLEQOFFSET2SN: 0
U900F4 BLINDHOFLAG: TRUE BLINDHOFLAG: TRUE BLINDHOFLAG: TRUE BLINDHOFLAG: TRUE
DRDORLDRFLAG :: TRUE DRDORLDRFLAG :: TRUE DRDORLDRFLAG :: TRUE DRDORLDRFLAG :: FALSE
HOCOVPRIO: 0 HOCOVPRIO: 0 HOCOVPRIO: 0 HOCOVPRIO: 0

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 Overall Camping Strategy – 3G to LTE
Overall we have four layers on LTE. Most of the network is covered by L1800 and recently new rollout of L2100 has started.
L2600 also exists in some areas. Following are the priorities and parameter settings for each layer defined on 3G:

Reselection to LTE LTE RSRP > -110dBm

UMTS LTE
(F1,F2,F3, F0, F4) L1800/L2100/L2600

Fast Return to LTE

NE MML Command Parameter Name L1800 L2600 L2100

Cell UCELLNFREQPRIOINFO EARFCN 1650 3025 325/350

Cell UCELLNFREQPRIOINFO NPRIORITY 6 7 6

Cell UCELLNFREQPRIOINFO THDTOHIGH 5 (10dBm) 5 (10dBm) 5 (10dBm)

Cell UCELLNFREQPRIOINFO EQRXLEVMIN -60(-120dBm) -60(-120dBm) -60(-120dBm)

Cell ADD UCELLSELRESEL CELLFACHPRIORESELSWITCH ON ON ON

Cell
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 Overall Camping Strategy – 3G to LTE Fast REturn
Following parameters related to fast return from 3G to LTE are also recommended:
NE MML Command Parameter Name Recommend Value
RNC SET UCORRMALGOSWITCH HoSwitch HO_UMTS_TO_LTE_FAST_RETURN_SWITCH-1
Cell ADD UCELLHOCOMM FastReturnToLTESwitch HO_UMTS_TO_LTE_FAST_RETURN_SWITCH-1
RNC SET UCORRMALGOSWITCH PerfEnhanceSwitch3 PERFENH_PS_FAST_RETURN_LTE_SWITCH-1
Cell ADD UCELLHOCOMM FastReturnToLTESwitch PERFENH_PS_FAST_RETURN_LTE_SWITCH-1
RNC SET UCORRMALGOSWITCH HoSwitch2 HO_U2L_BASE_UE_LTE_MEAS_CAP_SWITCH-1
RNC SET URRCTRLSWITCH OptimizationSwitch6 U2L_CSFB_FAST_RETURN_PROC_OPTI_SWITCH-1
RNC SET UCORRMPARA PerfEnhanceSwitch7 PERFENH_CS_ONLY_MEAS_FAST_RETURN_SWITCH-1
RNC SET UCORRMALGOSWITCH HoSwitch2 HO_IUR_U2L_HO_SWITCH-1
RNC SET UCORRMPARA PerfEnhanceSwitch7 PERFENH_FAST_RETURN_OPT_SWITCH-1

• UMTS to LTE Fast return is enabled on RNC Level.(It is recommended to add cell level control for
this feature. For eg A UE did CSFB to a 3G Cell & move away from LTE Coverage , in that case after
release the call UE will keep on searching the LTE service during this time UE cannot start a call or be
paged)

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 Overall Camping Strategy – 3G to LTE Redirection

Currently there is no feature of redirection from 3G to LTE is available for non-CSFB users. If a user in in PS mode or connected
mode it cannot be redirected to LTE until it finishes it’s session and move to idle mode. It is therefore strongly recommended to
purchase and install one of the following features to enhance user experience and LTE Traffic Share.
• Service Based PS Redirection to LTE. (Priority 1): This feature allow us to redirect all LTE capable mobiles to LTE in following
scenarios:
• Normal call release
• Iucs release
• Iupsrelease
• Best cell change
• RB Reconfiguration
• Low activity
• Periodic redirection.
• Coverage Based PS Redirection to LTE: This feature allow us to redirect to LTE in case of low coverage of 3G. Thresholds
defining low coverage for 3G can be tuned and we can set it aggressively to redirect more users.
• Load Based PS Redirection to LTE: This feature allow us to redirect to LTE in case of high load on 3G. Load thresholds can be
tuned to control.

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 Overall Camping Strategy – LTE
• Current scenario has most of the network with single carrier, either L1800 or L2100.
• Recently second carrier is being integrated to have both L1800 and L2100 layers.
• In dual carrier sites we have 15Mhz on L2100 and 10MHz on L1800.
• This presentation discuss how inter-frequency traffic is balanced and HO threshold to 3G are configured.

LTE Priority 6

L1800 L1800

L2100 L2100

3G Priority 4
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 Overall Camping Strategy – Intra LTE Idle
• Both layers has same priority.
• Both layers can be access if RSRP is better -120dBm and RSRQ is better than -18dB
• It is recommended to remove RSRQ threshold and use only RSRP for cell access
• L1800 is 10MHz while L2100 is 15MHz
• Below figure shows the strategy to push more users on L2100 and keep relatively lower users on L1800 in idle mode.
• Mainly search threshold is currently more relax on L1800, it is recommended to make qOffsetFreq as highlighted to take
more advantage from higher BW on L2100. • L1800 starts search when it’s level drops below -100dB and reselects to
L2100 if L2100 level is 3dB better than L1800.
Start Search < -100dBm LTE Priority 6 • If qOffsetFreq is applied, L2100 can be reselected even with same level
Qhyst = 3dB as L1800.
• L2100 starts search when it’s level drops below -114dB and reselects to
L1800 if L1800 level is 5dB better than L2100
L1800 L1800 • If qOffsetFreq is applied, L1800 can be selected if it is 7dB better than
L2100.
qOffsetFreq < -3 qOffsetFreq < 2
• Below table shows recommended parameter settings for idle mode:
MO PARAMETER L1800 L2100
L2100 L2100 CELLRESEL QRXLEVMIN -60 -60
CELLRESEL SIntraSearch 25 25
CELLRESEL SNonIntraSearch 10 3
Start Search < -114dBm CELLRESEL Qhyst DB3_Q_HYST DB5_Q_HYST
qHyst = 5dB CELLRESEL QQualMinCfgInd NOT_CFG NOT_CFG
CELLRESEL QQualMin - -
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 Overall Camping Strategy – Intra LTE dedicated
• Both layers has same priority.
• Both layers are currently using event A4 for coverage based handover.
• Connected mode priority is also same for both layers, i.e. 6.

Start Search < -113dBm LTE Priority 6 • L1800 starts search when it’s level drops below -113dBm and HO to L2100 if
Stop Search > -111dBm L2100 level is better than -113dBm.

• L2100 starts search when it’s level drops below -117dBm and HO to L1800 if
L1800 L1800 L1800 level is better than -109dBm.

• Below table shows recommended parameter settings for dedicated mode:

HO if L21 > -113dBm HO if L18 > -109dBm

MO PARAMETER L1800 L2100

INTERFREQHOGROUP InterFreqHoA2ThdRsrp -112 -116
L2100 L2100 INTERFREQHOGROUP InterFreqHoA1ThdRsrp -110 -114
INTERFREQHOGROUP InterFreqHoA1A2Hyst 2 2
INTERFREQHOGROUP InterFreqHoA4Hyst 2 2
Start Search < -117dBm INTERFREQHOGROUP InterFreqHoA4ThdRsrp -114 -110
Stop Search > -115dBm EutranInterNFreq qOffsetFreqConn -3 2
EutranInterNFreq InterFreqHoEventType EventA4 EventA4

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 Overall Camping Strategy – Intra LTE MLB
• MLB based on both PRB and user number should be enabled.
• Trigger conditions for L1800 are more relax compare to L2100 to push users to L2100

MLB trigger:
LTE Priority 6 • MLB starts for L1800 if number of users exceed 25 or PRB utilization
PRB Util > 40%
User > 25
increased above 40%. Handover to L2100 will only happen if it’s load is 5%
lower than L1800 and RSRP is better than -113dBm
L1800 L1800 • MLB starts for L2100 if number of users exceeds 35 or PRB utilization
increased above 55%. Handover to L1800 will only happen if it’s load is 10%
lower than L2100 and RSRP is better than -109dBm
HO if L21 > -113dBm HO if L18 > -109dBm

• Below
MO table shows recommended
PARAMETER parameter settings
L1800 for MLB: L2100
CELLMLB MlbTriggerMode PRB_OR_UE_NUMBER PRB_OR_UE_NUMBER
L2100 L2100 CELLMLB
CELLMLB
InterFreqMlbThd
LoadOffset
30
5
50
5
CELLMLB InterFreqMlbUeNumThd 20 30
MLB trigger: CELLMLB MlbUeNumOffset 5 5
INTERFREQHOGROUP InterFreqLoadBasedHoA4ThdRsrp -114 -110
PRB Util > 55%
CELLMLB LoadDiffThd 5 15
User > 35

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 Overall Camping Strategy – LTE to 3G
• 3G frequencies priority is lower than LTE
• Therefore in idle mode redirection can only happen when levels are lower than ThrshServLow

Search Start < -116dBm LTE Priority 6

• 3G search starts when LTE RSRP falls below -116dBm
L1800 L1800
• Reselection to 3G only happens when RSCP is better than -100dBm and EcNo
is better than -18dB

• Below table shows recommended parameter settings for Idle mode:

MO PARAMETER L1800 L2100

L2100 L2100 CELLRESEL ThrshServLow 2 2
UTRANNFREQ QRXLEVMIN -60 -60
UTRANNFREQ ThreshXLow 10 10
UTRANNFREQ QQualMin -22 -22
Search Start < -116dBm
UTRANNFREQ ThreshXLowQ 2 2

3G RSCP > -100dBm

3G EcNo > -18dB

3G Priority 4
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 Overall Camping Strategy – LTE to 3G
• Following figure and table shows start/stop threshold for IRAT HO to 3G.

Search Start < -120dBm LTE Priority 6

Search Stop > -117dBm
• 3G search starts when LTE RSRP falls below -120dBm
L1800 L1800
• Redirection to 3G only happens when RSCP is better than -101dBm

• Below table shows recommended parameter settings for Idle mode:

MO PARAMETER L1800 L2100
INTERRATHOCOMMGROUP InterRatHoA2ThdRsrp -119 -119
INTERRATHOCOMMGROUP InterRatHoA1ThdRsrp -118 -118
L2100 L2100 INTERRATHOCOMMGROUP InterRatHoA1A2Hyst 2 2
INTERRATHOUTRANGROUP InterRatHoUtranB1ThdRscp -101 -101
INTERRATHOCOMM InterRatHoUtranB1MeasQuan RSCP RSCP
INTERRATHOCOMM InterRatHoA1A2TrigQuan RSRP RSRP
Search Start < -120dBm INTERRATHOCOMM InterRatHoEventType EventB1 EventB1
Search Stop > -117dBm
3G RSCP > -101dBm

3G Priority 4
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