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TRX Cooperation

23.1 Overview This topic describes the TRX cooperation. When the TRXs in a cell incur a fault, The TRX cooperation can ensure that the cell is functional. 23.2 Availability This topic describes the availability of the TRX cooperation. The availability of the TRX cooperation depends on the cooperation of relevant hardware and software. 23.3 Impact This topic describes the impact of the TRX cooperation on the system performance and other features. 23.4 Technical Description The technical description of the TRX cooperation consists of the description of the BCCH TRX cooperation, baseband FH TRX cooperation and TRX cooperation algorithm. 23.5 Implementation This topic describes the implementation TRX cooperation. The implementation of the TRX cooperation refers to the configuration of the TRX cooperation. 23.6 Maintenance Information This topic describes the maintenance information about the TRX cooperation. The maintenance information about the TRX cooperation consists of alarms and performance counters information. 23.7 References None.

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23.1 Overview
This topic describes the TRX cooperation. When the TRXs in a cell incur a fault, The TRX cooperation can ensure that the cell is functional.

Definition
When some TRXs in a cell are faulty, the cell may not be functional. The TRX cooperation can ensure that the cell is functional. The TRX cooperation is categorized into the following two ways:
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BCCH TRX cooperation When a TRX carrying the BCCH is faulty, the BSC selects a normal TRX as a new BCCH TRX according to the TRX cooperation algorithm. Thus, the cell can work normally. When the fault of a TRX is rectified, the BSC hands over the BCCH to this TRX.

Baseband FH TRX cooperation When a TRX of the cell in Baseband FH mode is faulty, the BSC changes the mode to be None FH temporarily to prevent the decrease in speech quality.

Purposes
When a TRX carrying the BCCH is faulty, all the services within this cell are interrupted. To ensure the normal running of the cell services, the BSC initiates another TRX in the cell to replace the faulty TRX. When the fault of a TRX is rectified, the BSC switches the BCCH on this TRX. When the TRX where the BCCH of a cell in baseband FH mode is faulty, some speech frames are lost in the conversations where the FH channels are used. Thus, the quality of the call is greatly influenced. To ensure the speech quality of the cell, the BSC initiates the baseband FH TRX cooperation and changes the mode to be none FH. Thus, faults of a few TRXs do not influence the speech quality of the cell. After the faults are rectified, the BSC recovers the FH mode of the cell to be baseband FH. The TRX cooperation detection, the cell traffic handover and cell reinitialization should be performed by the system automatically after the fault occurs. All these processes take several minutes.
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The TRX cooperation is not triggered in a duration after the cell initialization. The duration is controlled by Aiding Delay Protect Time(min). The default value is 15 minutes.

Terms
Terms Original TRX carrying the primary BCCH TRX cooperation Definition Indicates the TRX carrying the primary BCCH configured on the LMT by the user in the cell. The TRX cooperation algorithm specifies an available TRX to replace the original TRX carrying the primary BCCH in the TRX cooperation.
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Terms Current TRX carrying the primary BCCH Task per second

Definition Indicates the BCCH TRX that is being used after the TRX cooperation. Indicates the task that is performed every second in the system.

Abbreviation
Abbreviation BCCH TCH SDCCH PDCH CBCH Full Spelling Broadcast Control CHannel Traffic CHannel Stand-alone Dedicated Control CHannel Packet Data CHannel Cell Broadcast CHannel

23.2 Availability
This topic describes the availability of the TRX cooperation. The availability of the TRX cooperation depends on the cooperation of relevant hardware and software.

Network Elements Involved

Table 23-1 lists the network elements involved in the TRX cooperation. Table 23-1 Network Elements Involved MS
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l : not involved l : Involved

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Software Releases
The TRX cooperation has no requirement for the BTS software. Table 23-2 lists the requirements for the BSC software. Table 23-2 GBSS products and related versions Product BSC BTS
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Version All releases All releases All releases All releases All releases All releases All releases

23.3 Impact
This topic describes the impact of the TRX cooperation on the system performance and other features.

Impact on System Performance

The impacts of the BCCH TRX cooperation on the system performance are as follows:
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After the BCCH TRX cooperation, the BSC specifies a TRX as the BCCH TRX and the number of available TCHs decreases. Thus, the the cell capacity is reduced. The more the number of faulty TRXs are, the lower the capacity of the cell is. If the TRX carries the PDCH, the PDCH is unavailable after the BCCH TRX cooperation and the decrease of the PS services capacity. If tthe TRX carries the CBCH, the CHCH is unavailable after the BCCH TRX cooperation and the cell broadcast service is stopped. If either of the original TRX carrying the primary BCCH and cooperated TRX does not support the EDGE, both of them do not support the EDGE after the BCCH TRX cooperation. When the cell is a concentric cell and the cooperated TRX is in an overlaid subcell, the coverage of the cell decreases after the TRX cooperation.

The impacts of the baseband FH BCCH TRX cooperation on the system performance are as follows:
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When the baseband FH TRX cooperation occurs, the BSC changes the FH mode of the cell from Baseband FH to be None FH. The cell does not have the features of diversity interference and anti-attenuation brought by the baseband FH. If the baseband FH mode of the cell is Baseband FH Joined By The TRX Carrying the Primary BCCH and the TRX where the cell BCCH locates is faulty, both the BCCH TRX cooperation and the baseband FH TRX cooperation occur. The BSC changes the FH mode of the cell to be None FH. After all the TRX in the FH and the original TRX carrying the primary BCCH are confirmed to be normal, the baseband FH cooperation changeback occurs. That is, the BSC recoveries the FH mode of the cell to be Baseband FH.

Impact on Other Features

The impacts of the TRX cooperation on the system performance are as follows:
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The TRX cooperation does not occur in the validation process of reconfigured data, the duration of resources check and the duration of the BTS initialization. If the SDCCH dynamic adjustment, or full-rate/half-rate dynamic adjustment or PDCH dynamic adjustment occurs in the cell, the type of the adjusted channels carried by the related TRX is recovered to be the original type after the TRX cooperation or TRX cooperation changeback.

23.4 Technical Description

The technical description of the TRX cooperation consists of the description of the BCCH TRX cooperation, baseband FH TRX cooperation and TRX cooperation algorithm. 23.4.1 BCCH TRX Cooperation This topic describes the BCCH TRX cooperation. When a BCCH TRX of a cell is unavailable, the BSC initiates another TRX to replace the faulty one to enable the cell to offer services continuousl. When the fault of the original BCCH TRX is recitified, the BSC switches back the BCCH to the original TRX. 23.4.2 Baseband FH TRX Cooperation This topic describes the baseband FH TRX cooperation. The baseband FH TRX cooperation refers to that when the TRX in the FH is faulty and the FH mode of the cell is Baseband FH, the BSC initiates the baseband FH TRX cooperation and changes the FH mode of the cell to be None FH. After the TRX faults are rectified, the BSC recovers the FH mode of the cell to be Baseband FH. 23.4.3 TRX Cooperation Algorithm The BSC uses the TRX cooperation algorithm to select the cooperated TRX in the TRX cooperation.

23.4.1 BCCH TRX Cooperation

This topic describes the BCCH TRX cooperation. When a BCCH TRX of a cell is unavailable, the BSC initiates another TRX to replace the faulty one to enable the cell to offer services continuousl. When the fault of the original BCCH TRX is recitified, the BSC switches back the BCCH to the original TRX. BCCH TRX cooperation consists of the following:
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BCCH TRX cooperation BCCH TRX cooperation changeback

Description of the BCCH TRX Cooperation

The BCCH TRX cooperation is triggered by the required status change report message reported by the BTS. The requirements of the BCCH TRX cooperation are as follows:
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The object in the message should be at the channel level and is the active BCCH of the cell. If the cooperation occurs, the object should be the current BCCH.
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If the BCCH TRX cooperation occurs, the object should be the active BCCH after the cooperation.

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The status of the active BCCH is DIABLED. The availability status of the active BCCH should be one of those listed in the . Table 23-3 Availability Status and Meaning Availability Status POWER_OFF FAILED NOT_INSTALLED_REAL DEPENDENCY Meaning Indicates the equipment is powered off. Indicates the equipment is faulty. Indicates the equipment is not installed. Indicates the equipment is unavailable because of other faulty equipment.

The cell number in the BCCH TRX cooperation message is used to identify the cell where the BCCH TRX cooperation occurs. The BCCH TRX cooperation of different cells can be performed at the same time. The procedure of the BCCH TRX cooperation is as follows: 1. After a cell meets the requirement of initializing the BCCH TRX cooperation, start the protection timer and set the duration of the timer to one minute.
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The protection timer with the duration of one minute can avoid the TRX cooperation because of unstable TRX status.

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When the protection timer expires, the BSC detects whether the cell meets the requirement of the TRX cooperation.
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If the cell meets the requirement of the TRX cooperation, the BSC sends the forced switch request to all the calls in the cell and starts the 10-second timer. If the cell does not meet the requirement of the TRX cooperation, the BSC stops the process of the TRX cooperation.

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After all the call in the cell is handed over or the 10-second timer expires, the BSC specifies another TRX as the BCCH TRX in the cell. The BSC initializes the cell, and then delivers the configuration data to the BTS. The BSC delivers the configuration data of the original BCCH TRX to the cooperated TRX and delivers the configuration data of the cooperated TRX to the original BCCH TRX. The cooperated TRX then provides services to the original BCCH TRX.

Description of the BCCH TRX Cooperation Switchback

After the faults of the original BCCH TRX in the cell that the BCCH TRX cooperation occurs are rectified, the BCCH TRX cooperation changeback is performed in the cell. The data in the two TRXs related to the cooperation is adjusted, and the original configuration data of the cell is recovered. The procedure of the BCCH TRX cooperation changeback is similar to that of the BCCH TRX cooperation. The only difference lies in the triggering condition and the cooperation process content. The time of the cooperation changeback can be controlled with parameters. The options include Allowed & Recover Immediately, Allowed & Recover When Check Res and Allowed & Recover Forbidden.
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The BCCH TRX cooperation is triggered by the required status change report message reported by the BTS. The BCCH TRX cooperation changeback requires that the status of the original TRX carrying the primary BCCH is ENABLED. The cell number in the BCCH TRX cooperation changeback message is used to identify the cell where the BCCH TRX cooperation changeback occurs. The BCCH cooperation changeback of different cells can be performed at the same time. The procedure of the BCCH TRX cooperation changeback is as follows: 1. After a cell meets the requirement of initializing the BCCH TRX cooperation changeback, start the protection timers and set the duration of the timer to one minute.
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The protection timer with the duration of one minute can avoid the TRX cooperation changeback because of the unstable TRX status.

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When the protection timer expires, the BSC detects whether the cell meets the requirement of the TRX cooperation changeback.
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If the cell meets the requirement of the TRX cooperation changeback, the BSC sends the forced switch request to all the calls in the cell and starts the 10-second timer. If the cell does not meet the requirement of the TRX cooperation changeback, the BSC stops the process of the TRX cooperation changeback.

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After all the call in the cell is handed over or the 10-second timer expires, the BSC specifies another TRX as the BCCH TRX in the cell. The BSC initializes the cell, and then delivers the configuration data to the BTS. The BSC delivers the configuration data of the cooperated BCCH TRX to the original BCCH TRX and delivers the configuration data of the original BCCH TRX to the cooperated TRX.

23.4.2 Baseband FH TRX Cooperation

This topic describes the baseband FH TRX cooperation. The baseband FH TRX cooperation refers to that when the TRX in the FH is faulty and the FH mode of the cell is Baseband FH, the BSC initiates the baseband FH TRX cooperation and changes the FH mode of the cell to be None FH. After the TRX faults are rectified, the BSC recovers the FH mode of the cell to be Baseband FH. The baseband FH TRX cooperation consists of the following:
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Baseband FH TRX cooperation Baseband FH TRX cooperation changeback

Description of the Baseband FH TRX Cooperation

The baseband FH TRX cooperation occurs only in the cell where the baseband FH occurs. The cooperation is triggered by the required status change report sent by the BTS. The requirements of the baseband FH TRX cooperation are as follows:
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The availability status of the TRX should be one of those listed in the . Table 23-4 Availability Status and Meaning Availability Status POWER_OFF FAILED NOT_INSTALLED_REAL DEPENDENCY Meaning Indicates that the equipment is powered off. Indicates that the equipment is faulty. Indicates that the equipment is not installed. Indicates that the equipment is unavailable because of other faulty equipment.

The cell number in the baseband FH TRX cooperation message is used to identify the cell where the baseband FH TRX cooperation occurs. The baseband FH TRX cooperation of different cells can be performed at the same time. The procedure of the baseband FH TRX cooperation is as follows: 1. When a cell meets the requirement of initializing the baseband FH TRX cooperation, start the protection timers and set the duration of the timer to one minute.
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The protection timer with the duration of one minute can avoid the TRX cooperation because of the unstable TRX status.

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When the protection timer expires, the BSC detects whether the cell meets the requirement of the TRX cooperation.
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If the cell meets the requirement of the TRX cooperation, the BSC sends the forced switch request to all the calls in the cell and starts the 10-second timer. If the cell does not meet the requirement of the TRX cooperation, the BSC stops the process of the TRX cooperation.

3. 4.

After the all the calls in the cell are handed over or the 10-second timer expires, the BSC changes the FH mode of the cell from Baseband FH to be None FH. The BSC initiates the cell and delivers the new configuration data to the BTS. Then the BSC changes the FH mode of the cell from Baseband FH to be None FH.

Description of the Baseband FH TRX Cooperation Switchback

After the faults of the TRX in the cell where the baseband FH occurs are rectified, the BSC recovers the FH mode of the cell to be Baseband FH. The time of the cooperation changeback can be controlled with parameters. The options include Allowed & Recover Immediately, Allowed & Recover When Check Res and Allowed & Recover Forbidden. The procedure of the baseband FH TRX cooperation changeback is similar to that of the baseband FH TRX cooperation. The only difference lies in the triggering condition and the cooperation process content. The baseband FH TRX cooperation changeback occurs only in the cell where the baseband FH occurs. The cooperation is triggered by the required status change report sent by the BTS. The baseband FH TRX cooperation changeback requires that the status of the original TRX carrying the primary BCCH is ENABLED.
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The cell number in the baseband FH TRX cooperation changeback message is used to identify the cell where the baseband FH TRX cooperation changeback occurs. The baseband FH TRX cooperation changeback of different cells can be performed at the same time. The procedure of the baseband FH TRX cooperation changeback is as follows: 1. When a cell meets the requirement of initializing the baseband FH TRX cooperation changeback, start the protection timers and set the duration of the timer to one minute.
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The protection timer with the duration of one minute can avoid the TRX cooperation changeback because of the unstable TRX status.

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When the protection timer expires, the BSC detects whether the cell meets the requirement of the TRX cooperation changeback.
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If the cell meets the requirement of the TRX cooperation changeback, the BSC sends the forced switch request to all the calls in the cell and starts the 10-second timer. If the cell does not meet the requirement of the TRX cooperation changeback, the BSC stops the process of the TRX cooperation changeback.

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After the all the calls in the cell are handed over or the 10-second timer expires, the BSC changes the FH mode of the cell from None FH to be Baseband FH. The BSC initiates the cell and delivers the new configuration data to the BTS. Then the BSC changes the FH mode of the cell from None FH to be Baseband FH.

23.4.3 TRX Cooperation Algorithm

The BSC uses the TRX cooperation algorithm to select the cooperated TRX in the TRX cooperation. The TRX cooperation consists of the following three phases:
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Default status Preprocessing status Handling Status

In the TRX cooperation, the BSC uses the following two protection measures to ensure the communication quality of the radio network:
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Preprocessing protection: aviods the frequent TRX cooperation because of TRX intermittent. Postprocessing protection: provides enough time for the call in the cell where the TRX cooperation will occur.

23.4.3.1 Checking the Availability Status of Cells This topic describes how to check the availability status of cell to confirm whether the cells meet the requirement of TRX cooperation. 23.4.3.2 Checking the TRX Status This topic describes the TRX status check. The TRX status check indicates to specify the type of the TRX cooperation in the cell according to the TRX status. 23.4.3.3 Preprocessing the TRX Cooperation This topic describes the preprocessing of the TRX cooperation. The process of the TRX cooperation preprocessing consists of two phrases: searching for the cooperated TRX and Postprocessing the TRX cooperation.
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Checking the Availability Status of Cells

This topic describes how to check the availability status of cell to confirm whether the cells meet the requirement of TRX cooperation. The cell status check is triggered by the one-second task. The 512 cells are checked periodically. In the cell status check, the BSC ignores the cell in the abnormal state and finds the cell meeting the requirements of the TRX cooperation. The cells in abnormal state are as follows:
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TAIDING_EXPT_CELL_NOT_INSTALL AIDING_EXPT_IN_INITIAL_PROCESS AIDING_EXPT_OML_ABNORMAL AIDING_EXPT_DATA_ADJUST_DISABLE AIDING_EXPT_NOT_AIDING_BUTT AIDING_EXPT_INITIAL_PROTECT

After the BSC finds the normal cell, the TRX cooperation process is started.

Checking the TRX Status

This topic describes the TRX status check. The TRX status check indicates to specify the type of the TRX cooperation in the cell according to the TRX status.

Determination Conditions of the BCCH TRX Cooperation

Table 23-5 shows the determination conditions of the BCCH TRX cooperation. The BCCH TRX cooperation and the BCCH TRX cooperation changeback occur only when all the conditions in Table 23-5. are met. Table 23-5 Determination conditions of the BCCH TRX cooperation Determination Conditions of the BCCH TRX Cooperation The TRX Aiding Function Control Switch in the cell is enabled. The status of the current BCCH is DISABLED. The availability status of the BCCH is either of the POWER_OFF, FAILED NOT_INSTALLED_REAL and DEPENDENCY. Determination Conditions of the BCCH TRX Cooperation Switchback The TRX Aiding Function Control Switch in the cell is enabled. The TRX where the current BCCH is located is not the original one where the BCCH locates. The status of the original BCCH is ENABLED.

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Determination Conditions of the Baseband FH TRX Cooperation

Table 23-6 shows the determination conditions of the baseband FH TRX cooperation. The baseband FH TRX cooperation and the baseband FH TRX cooperation changeback occur only when all the conditions in Table 23-6. Table 23-6 Determination conditions of the baseband FH TRX cooperation and changeback Determination Conditions of the Baseband FH TRX Cooperation The TRX cooperation in the cell is allowed. The FH mode of the cell is Baseband FH. The baseband FH TRX cooperation does not occur in this cell. That is, all the TRXs in the baseband FH are normal. The status of at least one TRX in the baseband FH is either POWER_OFF, FAILED, NOT_INSTALLED_REA or DEPENDENCY.
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Determination Conditions of the Baseband FH TRX Cooperation Switchback The TRX cooperation changeback in the cell is allowed. The BSC changes the FH mode of the cell from Baseband FH to be None FH. The status of the original BCCH is ENABLED. The status of all the TRXs in the baseband FH is ENABLED.

When the BCCH TRX cooperation occurs in the cell where the BTS FH occurs, the BSC initiates the baseband FH TRX cooperation forcibly and changes the FH mode of the cell from Baseband FH to be None FH.

After the TRX status check is complete, the TRX cooperation processing is existed if the BSC detects that no TRX cooperation is needed. If the BSC detects that the conditions of the TRX cooperation are meet, the preprocessing timer is started. The duration of the timer is one minute. When the preprocessing timer expires, the BSC starts the processing of TRX cooperation preprocessing. The BSC then checks the TRX status again to avoid the frequent TRX cooperation because of TRX intermittence. If the BCCH TRX cooperation is necessary after the check, the BSC starts the process to search the cooperated TRX.

Preprocessing the TRX Cooperation

This topic describes the preprocessing of the TRX cooperation. The process of the TRX cooperation preprocessing consists of two phrases: searching for the cooperated TRX and Postprocessing the TRX cooperation.

Searching for the Cooperated TRX

Before starting the BCCH TRX cooperation, the BSC should select a normal TRX as the candidate cooperated TRX in the cell. In the selection, configuration of the TRX should be considered. The following TRXs cannot be selected as the candidate cooperated TRX:
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The TRX where the BCCH is located The TRX that is in different TMUs with the original BCCH TRX (The cooperation of the TRX carrying the primary BCCH cannot be performed in different cabinet groups.) The TRX that the status is DISABLED The TRX that cannot exchange frequencies with the original BCCH TRX (The CDU and PBU which the TRX is locates does not support the original active BCCH frequencies.) The TRX related to the RF FH in the cavity combiner The TRX that is in the different cavity combiner with the original BCCH TRX and the TRX of which the frequency spacing is less than 3 after the frequency exchange

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The BSC puts all the available TRXs in the cell into the candidate TRXs queue, and then orders them according to priorities. The TRX with the highest priority is selected as the BCCH cooperated TRX. The priorities are determined as follows: Each TRX is assigned with a byte. The byte is set to OXFF originally. Each bit indicates whether the related function is supported. When certain condition is met, this bit is set to 0. The smaller the value is, the higher the priority level is. Figure 23-1 lists the priority level determination method of the candidate TRX. Figure 23-1 Priority level determination method of the candidate TRX
bit7 bit6 bit5 bit4 bit3 bit2 bit1 bit0

No PDCH No CBCH Consistent transmit and receive modes Consistent mode of supporting EDGE

Reserved

Underlaid subcell TRX

Table 23-7 describes the meaning of parameters in the priority level determination method of the candidate TRX. Table 23-7 Parameters in the priority level determination method of the candidate TRX Bit bit0 bit1 Meaning bit0=0: The candidate TRX has no configured PDCH. bit1=0: The candidate TRX has no configured CBCH.

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Meaning bit2=0: The transmit and receive modes of the candidate TRX are the same with that of the original TRX carrying the primary BCCH.
NOTE The transmit and receive modes are the feature of the BTS3012. The DTRU of the BTS3012 supports multiple RF transmit modes including the non-combining, PBT, wideband combining and transmit diversity. The DTRU of the BTS3012 supports multiple RF receive modes including independent receive, receive diversity and four-way receive diversity.

bit3

bit3=0: When the original TRX carrying the primary BCCH supports the EDGE, the candidate TRX supports the EDGE. When the original TRX carrying the primary BCCH does not support the EDGE, the candidate TRX does not support the EDGE. bit4=0: The candidate TRX is in the underlaid subcell. When the cell is a concentric cell, the TRX carrying the primary BCCH is in the underlaid subcell and the coverage is broad. If the TRX carrying the primary BCCH has faults, the coverage of the cell decreases.

bit4

bit5 bit6 bit7

Reserved.

In the TRX cooperation, the cell should be initialized. The calls in this cell should be handed over to the other cells in order not to influence the speech quality. After the TRX cooperation preprocessing, the BSC initiates the postprocess timer with the duration of 10 seconds. Thus, all the calls in this cell have enough time to be handed over.

Postprocessing the TRX Cooperation

After the postprocessing timer expires, the BSC starts the postprocessing. The TRX cooperation postprocessing includes the following:
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Modifying the dynamic variables The system records the number of the cooperated TRXs, the original and the current BCCH TRXs. The cooperated TRX and the original BCCH TRX map with each other. When the current BCCH TRX returns to the original configuration, the system delivers the configuration information to the related TRXs according to the mapping rule during the cell initialization.

Sending alarms The alarms consists of 401 BCCH Mutual Aid in a Cell, 402 Switchback after BCCH Mutual Aid in a Cell, 409 Cell BCCH Aiding to IUO_INN TRX, 403 Baseband FH Mutual Aid in a Cell and 404 Switchback after Baseband FH Mutual Aid in a Cell.

Request the reinitialization of the cell The cell should be reinitialized in both the BCCH TRX cooperation and the baseband FH TRX cooperation. In the cell initialization of the BCCH TRX cooperation, all the configurations of the original BCCH TRX and the cooperated TRX, except the attributes about whether support the AMR and the transmit and receive mode of the RF, exchange with each other.

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23.5 Implementation
This topic describes the implementation TRX cooperation. The implementation of the TRX cooperation refers to the configuration of the TRX cooperation. 23.5.1 Configuring TRX Cooperation This topic describes how to configure the TRX cooperation. The TRX cooperation parameters are configured on the BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal.

23.5.1 Configuring TRX Cooperation

This topic describes how to configure the TRX cooperation. The TRX cooperation parameters are configured on the BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal.

Context
The TRX cooperation switch is at the cell level. That is, the TRX cooperation switches can be enabled or disabled independently in all the cells.

Procedure
Step 1 On the BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal, select a cell on the Management Tree tab page. Right-click the cell, and then select Configure Cell Attributes from the shortcut menu. A dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 23-2. Figure 23-2 Selecting a cell for configuring the attributes

Step 2 Add the cell from the Cell view list to the Selected cells list, as shown in Figure 23-3.
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Figure 23-3 Adding a cell to the Selected cells list

Step 3 Click Next. A dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 23-4. Figure 23-4 Selecting the attribute to be configured

Step 4 Select the cell from the Cells to be set list box and click Set Cell Properties. A dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 23-5.

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Figure 23-5 Configuring the cell attributes

Step 5 In the Advanced Attributes area, click Call Control. A dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 23-6.

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Figure 23-6 Setting call control parameters

Step 6 Click Advanced. A dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 23-7.

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Figure 23-7 Setting call control advanced parameters

Step 7 Select the Call Control tab and set the TRX Aiding Function Control to TRX Aiding Not Allowed, Allowed & Recover Immediately or Allowed Recover When Check Res, as shown in Figure 23-8. Figure 23-8 Setting access control parameters

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The default value of the TRX Aiding Function Control is Allowed Recover When Check Res. Thus, the TRX cooperation function of each cell is enabled by default.

Step 8 Click OK to return to the dialog box shown in Figure 23-5.

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Step 9 Click OK to save the parameters configuration. A dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 23-4. Step 10 Click Finish to complete the configuration of the TRX cooperation parameters. ----End

23.6 Maintenance Information

This topic describes the maintenance information about the TRX cooperation. The maintenance information about the TRX cooperation consists of alarms and performance counters information.

Alarms
Table 23-8 lists the alarms of the TRX cooperation. Table 23-8 Aarms of the TRX cooperation Alarm ID 401 402 403 404 409 Alarm Name BCCH Mutual Aid in a Cell Switchback after BCCH Mutual Aid in a Cell Baseband FH Mutual Aid in a Cell Switchback after Baseband FH Mutual Aid in a Cell Cell BCCH Aiding to IUO_INN TRX

Counters
Table 23-9 lists the performance counters of the TRX cooperation. Table 23-9 Performance counters of the TRX cooperation Counter R3710 R3711 R3720 R3721 Description Cell BCCH Mutual Aids Recoveries after Cell BCCH Mutual Aids Cell Baseband Hopping Mutual Aids Recoveries after Cell Baseband Hopping Mutual Aids

23.7 References
None.

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