SIR

Uplink Signal-to-Interference Ratio (SIR) per radio link set (RL-Set), measured
on Dedicated Physical Control Channel (DPCCH) after radio link combination
in the Node B.

NodeB measures the Pilot Bit power of DPCCH and calculates the Signal-to
Interference ratio (SIR) per RL-set. This is compared to SIRtarget and based
on the result TPC sent to UE (increase/decrease TxPwr).

Range: [-11..20] dB by step of 0.5 dB

The optimal value for the SIR is around 3-6 dB.

High SIR value indicates the presence high UL Interference.

Low SIR triggers PC algorithm to order changing UeTxPwr for higher value ->
Increase of UL Interference.

SIR ERROR

SIRerror = SIR - SIRtarget.

SIRerror shows the gap between the assigned SIRtarget and measured SIR.
Value of SIRerror per connection shows how well the SRNC is able to adjust
UE Tx Pwr, which shows the accuracy of Power Control.

SIR should follow the SIRtarget -> SIRerror should present 0 value.

SIRerror measured on Dedicated Physical Control Channel (DPCCH) after radio

link combination in the Node B and reported for all RL-Sets relating to the UE
connections being recorded.

Range: [-31..31] dB by step of 0.5 dB

(SIRtarget is adjusted by UL outer-loop power control algorithm and used for

closed-loop PC. )

TRANSMITTED CODE POWER

Transmitted code power is the transmitted power measured on the pilot bits of
one channelization code on one scrambling code on one Dedicated Physical
Channel (DPCH).
One average value is reported for all DPCHs relating to the UE connections.
This is the power allocated per connection. Based on this measurement

DL load of UE per connection can be estimated.

Range: [-10..46] dBm by step of 0.5 dB

The higher TCP value indicates worse RF conditions and higher DL-code Pwr
load since pilot channel has to transmit with higher power.

DOWNLINK TRANSPORT CHANNEL BLER

(BLER = Block Error Rate)

BLER is estimation of Transport Channel Block Error Rate in DL DCH, based on

evaluating CRC on each Trabsport Block after Radio Link combination.

BLER is long-time average block error rate calculated from transport blocks.

Range: [01] by setp of 0.065

The lower BLER value indicates better Transport Channel quality.

There is NO BLER measurement in HSDPA.

To convert the reported Ec/Io and RSCP values use following equations:
Ec/Io = -24 dB + (Ec/IoREPORTED / 2)
RSCP = -115 dBm + RSCPREPORTED

UE Tx POWER

The UE transmitted power is the total power transmitted by the UE on one

carrier.

UE Tx power measurement is used for power management and handover

preparation.

Range: [-50..33] dBm by step of 1 dB.

The lower the UE Tx power the lower the UL Interference since UE is not
ordered by PC algorithm to use high power.