Basic Cell

Parameters
Prepared by:

Heba Ibrahim
Contents

1) Introduction

2) Network Identity parameters

3) Idle mode parameters

4) Call control paramteres

5) Cell selection /reselection parameters

Introduction

• Cell Parameters can be sent through two kinds of logical channels

– BCCH (in idle mode)

– SACCH (in dedicated mode)

Introduction

• Hawaii GSM cell parameters

– Network Identity Parameters

– Idle Mode Parameters

– Call Control Parameters

– Cell Selection and Reselection Parameters

– Other Parameters
Introduction

Power on

Select Network
(Network Identity
Para. )

Access Network Cell Selection

(Call Control Para.) (Cell Selection Para.)

Dedicated Mode Paging Mode

(Call Control Para.) (Idle Mode Para.)

Cell Reselection Mode Idle Mode

(Cell Reselection Para.) (Idle Mode Para.)
Network identity
parameters
Network Identity Parameter - CGI

• CGI=MCC+MNC+LAC+CI

• Once MS receives SYS INFO, it decodes the CGI information, and decides
whether it can stay in the cell according to the MCC and MNC indicated
by CGI.
• At the same time, it judges whether the current location area is
changed, so as to decide whether to execute location update. During the
location update process, MS will report the new LAI to the network, so
that the network can know the LA in which MS is currently located.
Network Identity Parameter - CGI

• MCC: It indicates the home country of the mobile subscriber.

• MNC: It is used to uniquely identify a specific GSM PLMN network in

a certain country (decided by MCC).

• LAC: It is used to locate the location of MS. The whole area covered
by each GSM PLMN is divided into different location areas. LAC is
used to identify different location areas.

• CI: It is used to uniquely identify each cell in the GSM PLMN, the
network operator needs to allocate one code for each cell, which is
the cell identity (CI). Cell identity, together with LAI, is used for
identity of each cell in the world.
Network Identity Parameter - BSIC

• BSIC=NCC+BCC
• In GSM system, each BTS is allocated with a color code, which is
called BSIC. MS can identify two cells with the same BCCH by the help
of BSIC.
• Practically it is still possible that a same BCCH is re-used in the
surrounding cells. For cells using the same BCCH in a relevant near
distance, their BSIC must be different so that MS can identify two
neighbor cells with same BCCH.
 Idle mode
parameters
Idle mode parameters

• ATT

• CCCH Conf
• BS_AG_BLKS_RES

• BS_PA_MFRAMES
• Period of Periodic Location Update(T3212)

• Neighbor Cell Description (BA Table)

ATT

• Value Range: Yes, No

• Default Value ： Yes

• Description: It is Attach-detach allowed. It is used to inform MS

whether IMSI attach-detach is allowed in this cell. If it is set to “Yes”,
the network will not process the connection to the called mobile
subscriber when MS is power-off. Thus network processing time
and radio resources are saved. Otherwise the network will process
the connection even though the MS has been powered off.
• Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Basic Idle Parameters
CCCH Conf.

• Value Range: 1 Compounding CCCH , 1 Non-Compounding CCCH, 2

Non-Compounding CCCHs, 3 Non-compounding CCCHs, 4 Non-
compounding CCCHs.
• Default Value: When there is one TRX in the cell, one combined CCCH is
recommended (in a system with few paging messages in location area).
For others, it is configured according to the number of TRX in the cell.
• Description: It is Common Control Channel Configuration. CCCH
configuration determines the capacity of PCH, AGCH and RACH. This
parameter can be automatically configured by system according to the
TRX channel configuration.
• Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Basic Idle Parameters
BS_AG_BLKS_RES

• Value Range: 0~7 (Non-Compounding CCCHs), 0~2 (1 combined

CCCH)
• Unit: Block
• Default Value: 2 (Non-combined CCCH), 1(1 combined CCCH)
• Description: It is also called Access Granted Blocks Reserved. It is
the number of CCCH channel message blocks that are reserved in
one multi-frame for access granted channels (AGCH).
• Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Basic Idle Parameters
BS_PA_MFRAMES

• Value Range: 2~9

• Unit: Multi-frame period (51 frames)

• Default Value: 2 Multi-frame period

• Description: It is Paging Channel Multi-frames. It defines the
number of multi-frames used as a cycle of paging sub-channels.
• Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Basic Idle Parameters
Period of Periodic Location Update(T3212)

• Value Range: 0~255

• Unit: 6 minutes

• Default Value: 20
• Description: It is the Periodic Location Update Timer. It defines the
interval of periodic location update.
• Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Basic Idle Parameters
Condition of Periodic Location Update(T3212)

• Periodical location update

• Moving into a new LA

LA 1

LA 2
Condition of Periodic Location Update(T3212)

• There are 2 tables BA1 and BA2.

– Table BA1 describes BCCH frequencies of the adjacent cells to be
measured when the MS is in idle mode.
• Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Advanced

– Table BA2 describes BCCH frequencies of the adjacent cells to be

measured when the MS is in dedicated mode.
• Location: Cell Attributes/Handover data/Advanced
Call Control
Parameters
Call control parameters

Special Access Control

MS MAX Retrans
Class
RLT

TX-integer MBR

SACCH Multi-Frames

RACH Min. Access Level ECSC

Common Access Control
Class
NCC Allowed Emergent Call Disable
MS MAX Retrans

• Value Range: 1, 2, 4, 7

• Unit: Time(s)

• Default Value: 4 Times

• Description: It is one of the random access control parameters. MS

MAX Retrans is the upper limit of times that MS is allowed to send
“Channel Request” in one immediate assignment procedure.
• Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Basic Call Control Parameters
TX-integer

• Value Range: 3~12, 14, 16, 20, 25, 32, 50

• Unit: RACH Timeslot (equals to a TDMA frame, 4.615ms)

• Default Value: 32
• Description: Used to calculate the number of timeslots in the
interval between multiple channel requests sent by MS.
• Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Basic Idle Parameters
RACH Min. Access Level

• Value Range: -121~-47

• Unit: dbm
• Default Value: -115
• Description: The parameter affects the access of an MS. That is to say, the BTS
determines the threshold of the level for the random access of the MS. When
the receive level of the RACH burst is lower than the threshold, the BTS
regards this access as an invalid access and no decoding is performed. Only
when the receive level for the burst timeslot of the random access is greater
than the threshold, the BTS regards that this timeslot has an access request.
• Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Advanced/Access Control
Radio Link Timeout

• Value Range: 4~64, the step size is 4

• Unit: SACCH period (480ms)

• Default Value: 52
• Description: This parameter is used for MS to decide
downlink disconnection in case of SACCH decoding failures.
• Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Basic Call Control
Parameters
Application Radio Link Timeout

Poor coverage

P Q
A B

Impact of radio link timeout

Radio Link Timeout

• To increase the robustness of the SACCH channel, to improve the

AMR network coverage performance, and to lower the call drop
rate, in practice the AMR FR/HR RLT should be set higher.

Call Type Parameter Default Value

Normal Call  Radio Link Timeout (SACCH period(480ms)) 52

AMR FR  AFR Radio Link Timeout (SACCH period(480ms)) 64

AMR HR  AHR Radio Link Timeout (SACCH period(480ms))

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SACCH Multi-Frames

• Value Range: 0~63

• Unit: SACCH period (480ms)
• Default Value: 31
• Description: It is a timer used to determine whether the uplink radio link connection
fails. BSS judges the uplink radio link failure according to uplink SACCH BER.
– Every time BTS fails to decode the MR sent from MS, this timer decreases by 1;
– Every time BTS succeeds to decode the MR, this timer increases by 2.
– When this timer reaches 0, BTS judges that the uplink radio connection fails, then BTS
sends a radio connection failure message to BSC.
– This parameter and the radio link timeout (RLT) are used to judge the uplink/downlink
radio connection failure.
• Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Basic Call Control Parameters
SACCH Multi-Frames

• To increase the robustness of the SACCH channel, to improve the

AMR network coverage performance, and to lower the call drop
rate, in practice the AMR FR/HR SACCH Multi-Frames should be set
higher.
Call Type Parameter Default Value

Normal Call  SACCH Multi-Frames (SACCH period(480ms)) 31

AMR FR  AFR SACCH Multi-Frames (SACCH period(480ms)) 48

AMR HR  AHR SACCH Multi-Frames (SACCH period(480ms)) 32

NCC permitted

• Value Range: Selection of 0~7 Perm.

• Default Value: 11111111

• Description: Network Color Code. It lists NCC that need be

measured by MS. If a neighbor cell’s NCC is permitted, MS will

report MRs of it to the network.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Basic Idle Parameters

Common Access Control Class

• Value Range: □Level 0~9 Forbidden

• Default Value: 0000000000
• Description: One of the parameters of random access control
information. It is used for load control of ordinary subscribers, to
permit or forbid the network access of some common level users.
“1” stands for forbidden and “0” for permitted. It does not affect
MS in dedicated mode.
• Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Basic Call Control
Parameters
Special Access Control Class

• Value Range: □ Level 10~14 Forbidden

• Default Value: 00000

• Description: It is used for load control, permitting or forbidding the

network access of some special level users. “1” stands for forbidden

and “0” for permitted.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Basic Call Control Parameters

MBR
• Value Range: 0~3
• Default Value: 0
• Description: Multi-Band Reporting. It is used to inform MS to report the
adjacent cells in a controllable way.

0: MS reports 6 strongest adjacent cells regardless the band

(Recommended in balanced traffic conditions)

X (X=1~3): MS reports X strongest adjacent cells in each band rather than

the serving band & if there are positions left, MS reports strongest adjacent cells
in its band (To prefer a band, 3 is recommended. 1 & 2 are recommended
for slight difference in traffic profile between various bands)
• Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Basic Call Control Parameters
ECSC
• Value Range: Yes, No
• Default Value: No
• Description: Early Classmark Sending Control. It indicates if an MS in the cell
is allowed to use early Classmark sending.
– Yes: The MS reports Classmark3 to the network immediately after link setup.

– No: The MS is forbidden to report its Classmark3 to network initiatively.

– ECSC is invalid for single-band MS. For dual-band MS, when ECSC is not used, after
the MS sends EST IND , MSC will still send the CLASSMARK REQUEST message, and
MS will response with the CLASSMARK UPDATE message, and other functions are
not affected. For the dual-band MS, when this parameter is set to Yes, the
connection time between different MS will be obviously shortened.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Basic Call Control Parameters

Emergent Call Disable

• Value Range: Yes, No

• Default Value: No

• Description: Emergence Call Disable. When EC Disable is set to “No”, it

means emergency call is permitted. Otherwise it is prohibited.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Basic Call Control Parameters

 Cell
Selection/Reselection
Parameters
Cell Selection/Reselection parameters

RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN
CRO (Cell Reselection
Offset)
PI (Cell Reselect
MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH
Parameters Indication)
TO (Temporary Offset)

CRH ( Cell Reselection

CBQ (Cell_Bar_Qualify)
Hysteresis)
PT (Penalty Time)

CBA (Cell_Bar_Access)
Cell Selection process

• There are two kinds of cell selection

– Stored list cell selection

– Normal cell selection

• In fact, the process might be different for different MSs

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Stored List Cell Selection

Search the BCCH which have been

stored

Can decode any No

frequency? Normal cell selection

Yes

No Try to reside in its No

Can reside in any
cell ? neighbor cell?

Yes Yes

Come into idle

mode

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Normal Cell Selection
Rank according to
Search all frequency
receiving level

Select the frequency with the

highest Rx_level

Select the next frequency with the

higher Rx_level

No YES Decode SCH, read cell Stay in a cell(RX-LEV is the strongest, C1>0 , cell
Is it a BCCH carrier? priority is not prohibited) without considering the
para. on BCCH
PLMN

YES Right PLMN&C1>0& priority is No

Normal ?
All frequency not satisfy Emergency call mode

Come into YES No

Right PLMN&C1>0& priority
idle mode
is Low ?
All frequency not satisfy No

YES Try the cell of other PLMN allowed in the

SIM card

No
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Cell Selection parameters

C1=RLA_C-RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN-
MAX((MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH - P), 0)

RLA_C: Receiving level of MS

RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN: Minimum receiving level of MS permitted to
access
MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH: Maximum transmit power level of MSs
P: Maximum Physical supported transmitting power of MS.

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RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN

• Value Range: 0~63 (-110 dBm ~ -47 dBm)

• Default Value: 8
• Description: It means the minimum receive signal level
required for MS to access a cell.
• Location: Cell Attributes

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MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH

• Value Range: 0~19

• Unit: level

• Default Value: 5 (900MHz cell),0 (1800/1900MHz cell)

• Description: This parameter determines the maximum transmit
power level of the MS when it begins to access a cell and has not
yet received power control command.
• Location: Cell Attributes/Other Attributes/Advanced/Public
Channel Control

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CBA

• Value Range: No, Yes

• Default Value: No
• Description: Cell_Bar_Access, worked together with CBQ to set the
priority status of the cell in idle mode for cell selection and reselection.
• Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Basic Idle Parameters

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CBQ

• Value Range: No, Yes

• Default Value: No
• Description: Cell_Bar_Qualify. CBQ only affects the cell selection, but is
not related to cell reselection. It works with CBA to define the access
priorities of cells.
• Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Basic Idle Parameters

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Application of CBA & CBQ

Cell Reselection
CBA CBQ Cell Selection Priority
Priority
No No Normal Normal
Yes No Forbidden Forbidden
No Yes Low Normal
Yes Yes Low Normal

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Appication of CBQ

A B

The traffic of cell A and B is heavy. Set these two cells with
CBA=“Yes”, CBQ=“No”.

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Application of CBA

A
B

B is a micro cell. Set B to “Normal” and A to “Low”.

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Cell Reselection process
• Cell reselection for cells in the same location area
– If the C2 value of the target cell is higher than that of the serving cell for longer
than 5 seconds, a cell reselection process will be performed and the MS tunes to
the new cell.
• Cell reselection for cells in different location areas
– If the C2 value of the target cell is higher than that of the serving cell by at least
the value of CRH for longer than 5 seconds, a location update process and the cell
reselection process will be performed.
• Two consecutive cell reselections caused by C2 have a time interval of 15
seconds. In other words to say, if because of C2 a MS reselected to a cell,
then the MS cannot reselect to another cell by the cause of C2 within 15
seconds.
• If current serving cell is prohibited, or down link fails, or C1 is less than 0
continuously for 5s, cell reselection will also be triggered.
• MS starts a cell reselection if the access times exceed the MAX retrans.

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Cell Reselection parameters

C2=C1+CRO-TO*H(PT-T) When PT is not equal to 31

C2=C1-CRO When PT is equal to 31
For neighbor cell:
H(PT-T)=0, when PT-T<0
H(PT-T)=1, when PT-T ≥ 0
For serving cell:
H(PT-T) = 0
T corresponding to this cell begins to count. When the cell
is out of the six strongest neighbor cells, the
corresponding timer is reset.

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CRO

• Value Range: 0~63( the corresponding level value: 0~126dB,

stepped every 2dB).

• Unit: 2dB

• Default Value: 0

• Description: Cell Reselect Offset. It is a parameter in C2

calculation to give an intentional modification in MS cell
reselection.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Basic Idle Parameters

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TO

• Value Range: 0~7 (the corresponding value is 0~60dB, 7

corresponds to “Infinite”).

• Default Value: 0

• Description: Cell Reselect Temporary Offset. It is a parameter in C2

criterion to give a temporary modification within PT time.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Advanced/Idle Parameter

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PT

• Value Range: 0~30(the corresponding time is 20~620s),

31(reserved for changing the effect of CRO on C2)

• Unit: Second

• Default Value: 0

• Description: Cell Reselect Penalty Time. It is used to ensure the

safety and validity of cell reselection because it helps to avoid
frequent cell reselection.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Advanced/Idle Parameter

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PI

• Value Range: Yes , No

• Default Value: Yes

• Description: Cell Reselect Parameters Indication, sent on the

broadcast channel of the cell. It is an indication to the existence of
“Cell Reselect Offset(CRO)”, “Temporary Offset(TO)” and “Penalty
Time(PT)”.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Basic Idle Parameters

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CRH

• Value Range: 0~14, the step size is 2dB

• Unit: dB

• Default Value: 6

• Description: Cell Reselection Hysteresis. It is the parameter used when

cell reselection happens between two location areas.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Idle Mode/Basic Idle Parameters

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Other parameters
• Call Reestablishment Forbidden  PWRC
• TCH Immediate Assignment  Cell Extension Type
• Immediate Assignment Optimization  Max TA
• Direct Retry  Interference Band Threshold
• Assignment Cell Load Judge Enable  Interference Calculation Period
• Cell Direct Try Forbidden Threshold  UL DTX
• Directed Retry Load Access Threshold
• Min Power Level for Direct Try
• DL DTX

• Max Resend Times of Phy. Info. • T200 and N200

• T3105
• Use LAPDm N200

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Call Re-establishment Forbidden

• Value Range: Yes, No

• Default Value: Yes

• Description: Informing MS whether call reestablishment is

allowed or not.

• Location: Cell Attributes

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TCH Immediate Assignment

• Value Range: Yes, No

• Default Value : No

• Description: Option "Yes" means that TCH channel can be immediately

assigned as signaling and traffic channel when SDCCH has no available
resource. The option "No" means that only SDCCH can be assigned.

• Location: Cell Attributes

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Immediately Assign TCH to MOC/MOT

• Value Range: Yes, No

• Default Value : No

• Description: This parameter specifies whether to assign a TCH to the

MS-originated/terminated call in the immediate assignment
procedure.

• If both TCH Immediate Assignment and this parameter are set Yes, the
BSC assigns a TCH to the MS-originated/terminated call in the
immediate assignment procedure. If there is no TCH available, the BSC
assigns an SDCCH to the MS-originated/terminated call.

• Location: BSC Attributes/Software Parameters

Direct Retry

• Value Range: Yes, No

• Default Value : Yes

• Description: This parameter indicates the whether the directed

retry on the TCH is allowed. If this parameter is set to Yes, the
handover procedure is used and the MS is handed over to the
neighboring cell.

• Location: Cell Attributes

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Assignment Cell Load Judge Enable

• Value Range: Enable, Disable

• Default Value: Disable

• Description: When the Assignment Cell Load Judge Enabled is set to Yes,

the direct try flow is allowed if the following two conditions are met:

• The cell supports the direct retry function.

• The load of the cell is larger than or equal to the Cell Direct Try Forbidden

Threshold.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Basic Call Control Parameters

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Cell Direct Try Forbidden Threshold

• Value Range: 0~100(%)

• Unit: None

• Default Value: 50

• Description: If the parameter Assignment Cell Load Judge Enabled is set

to Yes, the direct retry process is started and channels are assigned when
the cell supports direct retry and the load of the current cell is equal to
or greater than the value of Cell Direct Try Forbidden Threshold during
channel assignment.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Other Attributes/Advanced/Other Parameters

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Directed Retry Load Access Threshold

• Value Range: 0~100(%)

• Unit: None

• Default Value : 85

• Description: This parameter is used to adjust the candidate target

cells during direct retry.

• When target cells are selected during direct retry, only the cells
whose loads are smaller than or equal to the Directed Retry Load
Access Threshold are selected as candidate target cells.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Basic Call Control Parameters

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Min Power Level for Direct Try

• Value Range: 0~63 (-110dBm~-47dBm)

• Default Value :16

• Description: This parameter indicates the selection of candidate cell

for direct try. If the receiving level of the cell exceeds the value of this
parameter, this cell can be selected as candidate target cell.

• Location: Cell Attributes/ Handover Data/Advanced/HO Control

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Max Resend Times of Phy. Info.

• Range Value :1~255

• Unit: Times

• Default Value :30

• Description: This parameter specifies the maximum times Ny1 for re-
sending physical information.
• If the number of resending times exceeds Ny1 and BTS still has not
received any correct SAMB frame from MS, BTS will send BSC the
connection failure message and handover failure message.
• After BSC receives the messages, it will stop timer T3105.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Handover Data/Advanced/Cell HO Data

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T3105

• Range Value : 0~255

• Unit: 10ms

• Default Value : 7

• Description: When BTS sends physical information to the MS, the

BTS starts the timer T3105. If the timer T3105 times out before

receive the SABM frame from MS, BTS re-sends physical

information to MS and restarts the timer T3105.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Handover Data/Advanced/Cell HO Data

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PWRC

• Value range: Yes, No.

• Default Value: Yes

• Description: It is used to indicate MS whether to delete received level

value obtained from the timeslots of BCCH when MS measures
receiving level during base band hopping mode.
• When it is set to “No”, it means the influence of receiving level on BCCH is
in consideration.
• If it is set to “Yes”, process it in the way mentioned above.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Other Attributes/Advanced/Public Channel

Control

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Cell Extension Type

• Value Range: Normal cell, Double TS Ext cell

• Default Value: Configure this parameter according to the

practical situation.

• Description: It indicates whether a cell is an extended cell and

the extended cell mode.

• Location: Cell Attributes

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Max TA
• Value Range:
• 0~63 (Normal cell)
• 0~255 (Double TS Ext cell)

• Unit: Bit period (1 bit = 0.55km)

• Default Value
• 62 for normal cell
• 219 for dual TS extended cell

• Description: Maximum Time Advance. It determines the actual coverage area of

BTS. When BTS receives the channel request message, it determines whether
channel assignment should take place in the current cell by comparing the TA
with the value of this parameter.

• Location: Cell Attributes

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Interference Band Threshold 0~5
• Value Range: 110~85
• Unit: -dBm
• Default Values
• 110 ( Interference band threshold 0)
• 105 ( Interference band threshold 1)
• 98 ( Interference band threshold 2 )
• 92 ( Interference band threshold 3 )
• 87 ( Interference band threshold 4 )
• 85 ( Interference band threshold 5)

• Description: It decides the corresponding value for each interference band

(from band 1 to band 5) and used to measure the uplink interference during
the SDCCH/TCH(F)/TCH(H) timeslot is in idle mode.
• Location: Cell Attributes/Other Attributes/Advanced/Other Parameters

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Interference Calculation Period

• Value range: 1~31

• Unit: SACCH period (480 ms)

• Default Values: 20

• Description: Before the BTS transmits the radio resource indication message
to the BSC, the interference levels measured on idle channels in the period
defined by this parameter are averaged. The average interference level is used
to classify the interference levels on idle channels into five interference
bands. A too big value of this parameter cannot reflect the change of
interference. A too small value of this parameter wastes the resources.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Other Attributes/Advanced/Other Parameters

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UL DTX

• Value Range: May use, Shall use, Shall not use

• Default Value: Shall use

• Description: It is used to indicate whether MS uses DTX function. It

shows the DTX state of the MS in the previous measurement period.

• Location: Cell Attributes

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DL DTX

• Value range: Yes, No

• Default Value: Yes

• Description: This parameter indicates whether downlink DTX is

used in a cell. The use of downlink DTX is also controlled by the
DTX switch in the MSC. If downlink DTX is forbidden in the MSC,
downlink DTX is not used regardless of the setting of this
parameter. If downlink DTX is allowed in the MSC, the setting of
this parameter can determine whether downlink DTX is used in the
cell.

• Location: Cell Attributes

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T200

• T200 timers are used to avoid deadlock during data transfer on the data link

layer.

• On the LAPDm layer, every time a message is sent, the opposite end is

requested to acknowledge the reception. If this message is lost for unknown

reasons, it will occur that both ends keep waiting, leading to system deadlock.

• Therefore, a timer should be started when the sender sends a message. If the

timer times out, the sender will regard that the receiver has not received the

message and will resend the message.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Advanced/Timer

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N200

• The maximum resend times are determined by N200.

• Different timer values should be set for different LAPDm

channels such as SDCCH, FACCH and SACCH. This is because

these channels have different transmission rate.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Advanced/Timer

Use LAPDm N200

• Range: Yes, No

• Default Value : No

• Description: Determines whether BSC delivers LAPDm N200

parameters to BTS. If it configured as Yes, then LPADm N200
parameters will be delivered to BTS, otherwise not.

• Location: Cell Attributes/Call Control/Advanced/Timer

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Cell Data Mapping in Different Statuses of MS
Select Network CGI BSIC Cell Selection C1(RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN/
Power on (Network (Cell Selection MS TXPWR_MAX_CCH)
Identity Para. ) Para.) CBA, CBQ

Dedicated Mode Cell Reselection Mode

(Call Control Para.) (Cell Reselection Para.)
BA2 / RLT / MBR C2 (CRO,TO,PT,PI)
NCC Allowed / PWRC CRH
Emergent Call Disabled DSC
Call Re-establishment Access Network
Forbidden (Call Control Para.)
UL DTX / DL DTX
SACCH Multi-Frames MS MAX Retrans
Max Resend Times of Phy. Idle Mode Paging Mode
ECSC (Idle Mode Para.)
Info. / T3105 (Idle Mode Para.)
Max TA Common/Special BA1
T200 and N200 Interference ATT
Access Control Class T3212
Use LAPDm N200 Band Threshold/
TCH immediate assignment TX-integer / RACH Interference CCCH Conf
Immediate assignment Calculation Period BS_AG_BLKS_RES
Min. Access Level BS_PA_MFRAMES
optimization Para.
Direct Retry Para.
Thank You