Some of the Important Alarma:Alarm Number

Description

7745

CHANNEL FAILURE RATE ALARM

2992

bts and tc unsynchronization clear calls on a interface

2993

bts and tc unsynchronization clear calls on abis interface

7508

RADIO TIMESLOT FAILURE IN TRX

7600

BCF FAULTY

7601

BCF OPERATION DEGRADED

7603

BTS FAULTY

7604

BTS Operation Degraded

7606

TRX FAULTY

7617

SEVERAL CALLS DROPPED DUE TO PROBLEM WITH TRANSCODER

7704

PCM FAILURE

7705

LAPD FAILURE

7715

CONTINUOUS RESTARTS OF BCF-TRX

7725

TRAFFIC CHANNEL ACTIVATION FAILURE

7738

BTS WITH NO TRANSACTIONS

7743

MEAN HOLDING TIME BELOW DEFINED THRESHOLD

2955

TRANSCODER CHANNEL FAILURE

7746

CH CONGESTION IN CELL ABOVE DEFINED THRESHOLD

7767

BCCH MISSING

7939

FORWARD POWER TOO LOW AT TX ANTENNA

8112

FREQUENCY ERROR

ALARM NUMBER 7745:- CHANNEL FAILURE RATE ABOVE

DEFINED THRESHOLD:
This alarm helps in finding out the timeslots which are blocked and causing High
SDCCH or TCH Blocking.And in some scenarios calls get established on these timeslots and then
drops with an cause of Time out. Alarm 7745 is explained as described below with an example.

Alarm number 7745 gives information on the Timeslot degraded.

This displays degradation of both SDCCH Timeslot and TCH Time slots that have gone
faulty.At the foremost instent a soft reset (Locking that particular Time slot and then unlockimg )
can help in overcommng the problem.If it is found to have all the Timeslots degraded ,then that
particular TRX can be given a reset on a temporary basis.
If the Problem still exists then change the TRX.
Causes: 1) If Alarm noticed on BCCH Carrier, then swap BCCH /TCH Carrier appropriately.
2a) 7745 on One TRx Only:
If there is alarm noticed on one single TRx, then check for SMA Cable(Cable that
connects the Radio) at TX Connector to WCxA

(Wide band combiner) of the TRx is properly tightned.

2b) 7745 on Two TRx of a cell.
If alarm noticed on two TRxs, then check if there exist, cross feeder in these two
TRxs
2c) Noticed on all TRx.
Check for Cross feeder, Bad connectors, Connection to DVxA (Duplexer).
Solution:
a) Temporary => Inservicing appropriate Time slots.
b) Permanent => Replace Hardware (Radio).
STATISTICS ANALYSIS:7745.
The statistics showing no calls been handled by a particular Timeslot found to be having
this alarm 7745.

Time slot number 2 showing Alarm 7745 for TRX -002 of Site AMITYSCHL1 of
BSC015

Statistics showing no calls been handled by this particular Timeslot number 2

of TRx-002 of site AMITYSCHL1 of BSC15.
FIELD TEST TRIAL, FOR ALARM 7745:
The alarm 7745 shows for this particular cell SARAIJLNA1 that Timeslot
(TS0 & TS1) to be working fine and Timeslots(TS2, TS3,TS4,TS5,TS6, & TS7) not
carrying calls(blocked).

Field test was conducted with TEMS for this particular cells at non busy hour
and could find that the Mobile could latch on to Time slot TS0 & TS1 only and and the
remaining Time slots ( TS2, TS3, TS4, TS5, TS6, & TS7 ) could not get calls going on
tending the timeslot Faulty.

ALARM NUMBER 7601:- BCF OPERATION DEGRADED:

This alarm 7601 is generated at the BTS.

BD018
BCF-0030
EQUIPM 2007-07-24 04:20:45.42
** ALARM
(14652) 7601 BCF OPERATION DEGRADED
Difference between PCM and base station frequency reference.
02 01 07 96 00 00

I. Fault reason: Cabinet I2C bus is jammed.

Solution:
1. Switch the site power Off and On.
2. Check the fan unit, the power supply unit and the TRXs.
If necessary, replace the faulty units(s).
3. If the fault reappears, replace the cabinet. The units
Inside the cabinet can be reused in the new cabinet

II. Fault reason: Incompatible unit presence has been

detected in the BTS.

Solution:
1. Replace the high power or EDGE TRX(s) with normal type TRX(s)
and reset the BCF.
2. Or, replace the normal type FAN and power supply with high power
or EDGE units. Now EDGE and high power TRXs are supported.
III. Fault reason: Difference between the PCM and BTS frequency
reference.
Solution:
1. Check the synchronisation settings of the transmission interface.( DAC
Value)DAC value Range from 1800 t0 2200.
2. If the settings are OK, check the transmission chain.
3. If the alarm stays active or reappears after the recovery actions
above, reset the BCF.
4. If the alarm reappears after the BCF reset, replace the BTS.
Note: If this Supplementary alarm appears there is Drift in clock
value(DAC). That leads to HO failures
IV. Fault reason: Oven oscillator control is close to its margins.
The oven
might be outdated.
Solution:

1. Check the synchronisation settings of the transmission interface.

2. If the settings are OK, check the transmission chain.
3. If the alarm stays active or reappears after the recovery actions
Above, reset the BCF.
4. If the alarm reappears after the BCF reset, replace the BTS
Note: If this Supplementary alarm appears there is Drift in clock value
(DAC). That leads to HO failures

V. Fault reason: Flash operation failed in BOI or TRX.

Solution:
1. Replace the BOI.
2. BOI=Base station operation Interface unit
3. If it is TRX change the TRX

Descrpition of Supplementary information:

1-6

XX XX XX XX XX XX
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Rack (cabinet) number
2.

3.

shelf number

slot

4. Type of unit
5. unit number
6. subunit number

ALARM NUMBER 7738:- BTS WITH NO TRANSCATIONS

This alarm helps in finding out that BTS has had no successfully terminated
calls, SDCCH or
Transcations GPRS TBF releases during the supervision period.

This alarm is used for supervising the BTS traffic capacity and to indicate
sudden loss
of service on BTS level

This is a BTS Specific alarm.

BF=Temporary Block Flows

No SDCCH
Transaction

Descrpition of Supplementary information:

01= No successful SDCCH seizures
02 = No successful TCH seizures
03 = No successful SDCCH nor TCH seizures
10 = No successful GPRS transactions
11 = No successful SDCCH seizures and No succesful GPRS
transactions
12 = No successful TCH seizures and No succesful GPRS
transactions

13 = No successful SDCCH nor TCH seizures nor GPRS

transactions

NO SDCCH TRANSACTION

NO GPRS TRANSACTION

2.

NO GPRS
Transaction

Temporary solution: Reset the Sector (BTS)

Permanent solution: Replace the Hardware

ALARM NUMBER 7604:- BTS OPERATION DEGRADED

Description: Major fault (or faults) has occurred in a unit (or units) that

Belong to the sector indicated in the alarm.This alarm belong

to particular sector.

Following are the Fault Reasons for BTS Operation

Degraded.
I. Fault Reason: Remote tune combiner temperature is
dangerously high.
Solution:
1. Ensure that the ambient temperature of the base station is within
Specified limits.
2. Check the cabinet fans.
3. Replace the remote tune combiner.

II. Fault reason: Remote tune combiner temperature is

low.
Solution:

1. Ensure that the ambient temperature of the base station is within

Specified limits.
2. Check the cabinet heater if it is installed.
3. Replace the remote tune combiner.

III. Fault reason: Rx levels differ too much between

main and diversity antennas.
Solution:

1. Check the RSSI measurements by BTS Manager.

2. Locate the cause of the alarm (unit, cable, antennas).Check unit ,
cable and antennas,
3. RSSI: Received Signal Strength indicator.
4. Imp alarm where call gets blocked.

Descrpition of Supplementary information:

1-6

XX XX XX XX XX XX
1 2 3 4 5 6
7. Rack (cabinet) number
8.

9.

shelf number

slot

10. Type of unit

11. unit number
12. subunit number

This supplementary information is valid for 1 to 3 fault reasons.

IV: Fault Reason: Fault in the chain between power unit and high gain
MNxx with.

Supplementary information: By pass

ALARM NUMBER 7744:- EXCESSIVE TCH INTERFERNCE

Descrpition: During the supervision period, the TCH time slot has suffered
Excessive interference in idle mode that is equal to or higher than
the operator-defined alarm threshold percentage.

That is the ,Interference in the time slot has lasted longer than is
acceptable.

 The interference level classified as excessive is defined by the

Operator. The alarm is used to supervise the BTS traffic capacity

Supplementary information fields

1-8 the percentage (per each TRX time slot) that the channel has
Spent in excessive interference during the supervision period.
The number is a hexadecimal, 0 - 64 %.
If the time slot is not a TCH time slot, the value is 0
9

the threshold level of excessive interference. The values are

0, 1, 2, 3 and 4

10

the TCH channel's alarm threshold percentage of the time spent

In excessive interference, 1 - 100 %. The alarm is generated if
at least one TRX time slot reaches the threshold
These alarms basically indicate the uplink interfencence, check MAIO,
HSN. MAIOSTEP
Check any Repeaters installed near the site, fine tune the repeaters

ALARM NUMBER 7606:- TRX FAULTY

.
Descrpition:

Critical fault has occurred in a TRX. This alarm blocks the

TRX.
Call drops will be severely with the faulty TRX.

Following are the Fault Reasons for TRX Faulty.

I. .Fault reason: Failure detected during TRX

configuring.
Solution:

Either the TRX is faulty or its frequency band is different

from the one that was configured into BSC. Replace the

TRX
frequency band.

with a functional TRX or with another TRX with correct

II. Fault reason: Antenna connection faulty.

Solution:

Check the antenna and cabling. If the antenna and cabling

are faulty, correct the problem and run TRX test to cancel
the alarm.

If the antenna and cabling are OK, TRX is faulty.

Replace the faulty TRX.