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Case Title: CDR Improvement by EDGE Handover Optimization

Author V00742878 (Vishesh Goel)
Date 15-12-2012
Product & BSC6900VR13
Version
In Country X , There were 2 Worst Clusters (Group of Sites) LON_019 & LON_171 having high Call Drop
Rate

Symptom

Alarm No Alarm (NULL)

Informati
on

o Alarm Logs showed that there was no Alarm in this Site.

Cause
o No Hardware or Availability Issue was found in the cells.
Analysis
o Most of the Cells of the Cluster were having Call Drops were due to UL & DL Receive Level as
checked from the Counters M3030B & M3030D
o No Call Drops due to UL or DL Quality as checked from counters M3030J

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 As found that the Major Contribution in Call Drops were due to Uplink Receive level and Downlink
Receive Level as checked from the M3030B & M3030D.
 Then we checked the Values of Parameters Edge HO UL RX_LEV Threshold & Edge HO DL
RX_LEV Threshold and found that they were improperly set, In some cells the UL HO Triggering
Condition was on weak UL Level and in some cells DL was to high as shown for some sample cells

Edge HO UL Edge HO DL
Site RX_LEV RX_LEV
name Cell Name Threshold Threshold
Handling 68018 680181 6 20
Progress 68018 680182 8 20
68018 680183 6 20
69933 699331 6 20
69933 699332 6 20
69933 699333 8 25
90373 903731 8 25
90373 903732 8 25
90373 903733 8 20
90707 907071 7 24
90707 907072 7 24
90707 907073 7 24
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 After the Parameter Value Audit it was decided to put some Standard values as a trial to these 2
clusters for these parameters which are having high Call Drop Rates with high Call Drops due to
UL & DL Receive Level in City area.

Edge HO UL Edge HO DL
Site name Cell Name RX_LEV RX_LEV
Threshold Threshold
68018 680181 12 20
68018 680182 12 20
68018 680183 12 20
69933 699331 12 20
69933 699332 12 20
69933 699333 12 20
90373 903731 12 20
90373 903732 12 20
90373 903733 12 20
90707 907071 12 20
90707 907072 12 20
90707 907073 12 20

 After the Adjustment of the above values for the Parameter Values for Edge HO UL RX_LEV
Threshold & Edge HO UL RX_LEV Threshold, the Call Drop Rate & Call Drops of both
the Clusters gradually started improving as required.

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 Call Drop Rate and No of Call Drops reduced after EDGE HO UL & DL Thresholds
Modifications
 Check that EDGE HO Allowed in your network or not
 Study the Parameter Values for cells and change accordingly for cells as per their
Geographical Conditions. These values suitable for City Area
Edge HO Allowed :
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.
Suggestio
n and
Edge HO UL RX_LEV Threshold :
Summary
If the UL receive level remains lower than the "Edge HO UL RX_LEV Threshold" for a period,
the edge handover is triggered.

Edge HO DL RX_LEV Threshold

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.
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Reference

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