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Handoff & Power Control Application Note
Handoff & Power Control Application Note
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CDMA Handoff & Power Control
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1
IS-95 A/B type of radio channel are RC1 - Radio Configuration 1 and RC2 - Radio
configuration 2 on both forward and reverse link while IS-2000 1X type of radio channel
are RC3, 4, and 5 on the forward link and RC 3 or 4 on the reverse link.
A call can be in inter-CBSC soft/softer handoff with multiple target CBSCs at the same
time. A call enters into inter-CBSC soft handoff when the mobile reports a viable
candidate pilot that points to an XCSECT (external sector data base), and this XCSECT
has inter-CBSC soft handoffs enabled. Note that the XCSECT can be residing in the
source CBSC or can be backhauled from target CBSC as part of a previous inter-cbsc
handoff procedure. Subsequent inter-CBSC soft and softer handoff operations may
occur with pilots that are in the neighbor list of a target CBSC cell. Target CBSC
neighbor lists are sent back to the source as part of the inter-CBSC soft/softer
procedure. In these ‘remote neighbor lists’, the source checks for matches with
candidates reported by the MS.
The source CBSC remains in control of the call until no source handoff legs remain. At
this point the source determines if it should transfer control to a target CBSC via a hard
handoff. Such a hard handoff is named “Anchor Handoff”. In general, all procedures and
requirements specified for intra-CBSC soft and softer handoffs apply to inter-CBSC soft
and softer handoffs, unless otherwise noted. However, separate handoff execution
procedures have been specified for inter- CBSC soft handoff.
n
Add _ Intercept Soft _ Slope
Dynamic Threshold Add = + × 10 log Active Pilot Strength dB
2 8 j =1
n
Drop _ Intercept Soft _ Slope
Dynamic Threshold Drop i = + × 10 log Active Pilot Strength dB
2 8 j >i j
Where Active Pilot Strength1 < ... < Active Pilot Strengthn and i = 1, 2,..., n-1.
Soft_Slope, Add_Intercept and Drop_Intercept are soft handoff parameters introduced
by IS-95B and above for the calculations.
Note: The pilot strengths reported by the mobile station in a PSMM message are in dB
(logarithmic scale). They cannot be summed to calculate the aggregate value. An Ec/Io
Conversion Table is used to convert a dB value to a linear integer value which can then
be conveniently summed to provide the aggregate value of a set of pilots.
It is assumed that the mobile station operates as follows (from IS-95 [3]):
If P_Rev_In_Use ≥ 3 or Soft_Slope = 0
Any time a neighbor set or remaining set pilot rises above TAdd, the mobile station
sends an RF: Pilot Strength Measurement Message (PSMM) or RF: Extended Pilot
Strength Measurement Message (EPSMM) to the system. This is referred to as a TAdd
indication. The mobile station will add this pilot to the candidate set and no further TAdd
indications will be sent for this pilot. Subsequent PSMMs will contain strength
measurements for this pilot.
Any time a candidate set pilot rises TComp x 0.5dB above any active set pilot, the
mobile station sends a PSMM or RF: Extended Pilot Strength Measurement Message
(EPSMM) to the system. This is referred to as a TComp indication. After an RF:
Extended Handoff Direction Message or RF: General Handoff Direction Message or RF:
Universal Handoff Direction message which does not include the TComp pilot in the new
active set, the mobile station will resend the TComp indication for that pilot if the
condition persists.
The mobile station removes pilots from the candidate set as follows:
When the pilot falls below the TDrop threshold for TTDrop seconds (the handoff drop
timer has expired)
When the candidate set is full and the mobile station must add another pilot to it, the
mobile station will remove the pilot for which the handoff drop timer is closest to expiring.
A candidate pilot is added to the active set
Any pilot which crosses TAdd and TComp thresholds simultaneously is treated as a
TComp indication by the mobile station. The mobile station only sends one PSMM for
that pilot.
Any time an active set pilot falls below the TDrop threshold for TTDrop seconds, the
mobile station sends a PSMM or RF: Extended Pilot Strength Measurement Message
(EPSMM) to the system. This is referred to as a TDrop indication. After an RF: Extended
Handoff Direction Message, an RF: General Handoff Direction message, or an RF:
Universal Handoff Direction message which does not remove the TDrop pilot from the
new active set, the mobile station will resend the TDrop indication for that pilot if the
condition persists.
If: P_Rev_In_Use ≥ 4 and Soft_Slope ≠ 0
Any time a neighbor set or remaining set pilot rises above max (Dynamic Threshold Add,
TAdd/2), the mobile station sends an RF: Pilot Strength Measurement Message (PSMM)
or RF: Extended Pilot Strength Measurement Message (EPSMM) to the system. This is
referred to as a TAdd indication. The mobile station will add this pilot to the candidate
set.
Any time a candidate set pilot rises above the Dynamic Threshold Add, the mobile
station sends an RF: Pilot Strength Measurement Message (PSMM) or RF: Extended
Pilot Strength Measurement Message (EPSMM) to the system. This is referred to as a
TAdd indication. After an RF: Extended Handoff Direction Message or RF: General
Handoff Direction Message or RF: Universal Handoff Direction message which does not
include the TAdd pilot in the new active set, the mobile station will resend the TAdd
indication for that pilot if the condition persists.
Any time a candidate set pilot rises above the Dynamic Threshold Add and TComp
0.5dB above any active set pilot, the mobile station sends a PSMM to the system. This is
referred to as a TComp indication. After an RF: Extended Handoff Direction Message or
RF: General Handoff Direction Message or an RF: Universal Handoff Direction message
which does not include the TComp pilot in the new active set, the mobile station will
resend the TComp indication for that pilot if the condition persists.
The mobile station removes pilots from the candidate set as follows:
When the pilot falls below the TDrop threshold for TTDrop seconds (the handoff drop
timer has expired)
When the candidate set is full and the mobile station must add another pilot to it, the
mobile station will remove the pilot for which the handoff drop timer is closest to expiring.
If more than one such pilot exists, the mobile station shall delete one such pilot that has
the lowest strength. If no pilot in the candidate set has an enabled handoff drop timer,
the mobile station shall delete from the candidate set the pilot that has the lowest
strength.
A candidate pilot is added to the active set
Any pilot which crosses Dynamic Threshold Add and TComp thresholds simultaneously
is treated as a TComp indication by the mobile station. The mobile station only sends
one PSMM for that pilot.
Any time an active set pilot falls below the max(Dynamic Threshold Drop, TDrop/2) for
TTDrop seconds, the mobile station sends a PSMM to the system. This is referred to as
a TDrop indication. After an RF: Extended Handoff Direction Message or RF: General
Handoff Direction Message or RF: Universal Handoff Direction message which does not
remove the TDrop pilot from the new active set, the mobile station will resend the TDrop
indication for that pilot if the condition persists.
this parameter to the mobile station in the RF: Extended System Parameters Message,
RF: Extended Handoff Direction Message, RF: General Handoff Direction Message, RF:
Universal Handoff Direction message and the RF: In Traffic System Parameters
Message.
TTDrop - Active or Candidate Set Drop Timer - The amount of time in seconds the MS
will allow an active or candidate set pilot strength to remain below the drop threshold
before action is taken to remove the pilot from the active or candidate set. The system
sends this parameter to the mobile station in the RF: Extended System Parameters
Message, RF: Extended Handoff Direction Message, RF: General Handoff Direction
Message, RF: Universal Handoff Direction message and the RF: In Traffic System
Parameters Message.
Soft_Slope - The slope use by the mobile station to calculate the Add and Drop
thresholds for adding a pilot to the active set, or dropping a pilot from the active set. The
system sends this parameter to the mobile station in the RF: Extended System
Parameters Message, the RF: In Traffic System Parameters Message, RF: Universal
Handoff Direction message, and the RF: General Handoff Direction Message.
Add_Intercept - The intercept use by the mobile station to calculate the Add threshold
for adding a pilot to the active set. The system sends this parameter to the mobile station
in the RF: Extended System Parameters Message, the RF: In Traffic System
Parameters Message, RF: Universal Handoff Direction message, and the RF: General
Handoff Direction Message.
Drop_Intercept - The intercept use by the mobile station to calculate the Drop threshold
for dropping a pilot from the active set. The system sends this parameter to the mobile
station in the RF: Extended System Parameters Message, the RF: In Traffic System
Parameters Message, RF: Universal Handoff Direction message, and the RF: General
Handoff Direction Message.
HandOffMode - Specifies to the XC/SDU which handoff mode to use. Currently two
modes are defined. TAdd mode and TComp mode. TAdd mode tells the system to add a
pilot to a call as soon as it crosses the TAdd threshold. TComp mode tells the system to
wait for a pilot to rise above the TComp threshold before it is added to a call. This data
exists in the XC/SDU database, not in the MIB.
PilotInc - Pilot PN Sequence Offset Index Increment - The mobile station uses this field
to determine how remaining set pilots should be searched. It is set to the largest
increment such that the pilots of the neighboring sectors are integer multiples of the
increment. This data is sent to the mobile station in the RF: Neighbor List Message and
the RF: Neighbor List Update Message. The XC/ SDU must use the same value as is
contained in the MIB. The scope of this parameter is per sector.
NeighborList - Neighbor List - This list contains the entire neighbor sector PN offsets for
the current call. This parameter is passed to the XC/SDU in both the SCAP: CDMA
Update Parameters Message.
DAHO - DAHO Indicator - This parameter indicates whether a sector-carrier is near a
border and contains neighboring or overlapping sectors operating on another frequency
and/or non-CDMA signalling scheme.
DAHOHysTimer - DAHO Hysteresis Timer - This parameter is used to prevent ‘ping-
pong’ handoffs between two sectors which have been marked with the DAHO flag. After
a hard hand-in, origination, or termination in a border sector, majority border checks will
be disabled for a period of time in seconds equal to the value of this parameter.
HandoffMethod - Handoff Method - This parameter specifies the method (none, hard,
soft trunking, soft aplus) to be used to hand the call off to a sector external to the CBSC.
The scope of this parameter is per carrier and per external CDMA sector.
Inter-CBSC Soft Handoff Override - This parameter is used to ‘turn-off’ Inter- CBSC
soft handoffs between two MMs. It is checked by both source (in handoff detection) and
target procedures. When override is allowed, the alternative action of either no handoffs
or hard handoffs is indicated (no handoffs, hard, no override). The scope of this
parameter is per inter-CBSC trunk group.
AnchorHoMeth - Anchor Handoff Method - This per CBSC parameter indicates the
condition upon which trigger the source MM to move a mobile in Inter- CBSC soft
handoff from a source (or ‘anchor’) MM to a target MM once all the source legs have
been dropped.
Num_Cand - Number Candidates - The maximum number of candidate pilots reported
by the mobile station that will be considered, in strength order, for handoff.
ICTRKGRP:: ConnToggle: Indicates whether ICSRCHAN based or IP based inter-
CBSC handoff connection type shall be used to conduct the soft handoff.
CBSC:: N-Way Hard Hand Out flag - This flag indicates whether N-way Hard Hand Out
is turned on, turn on for hand down only, or turned off.
Sector/Carrier::Radio Configuration Class Capability: This parameter indicates
whether the BTS is capable of supporting 2Gvoice and packet data calls only, OR 2G
voice and packet data calls and also 3G voice calls, or 2G voice and pacekt data calls
and 3G voice and packet data calls, or 3G packet data calls only. The scope of this
parameter is per carrier/sector.
CBSC::MSCIntVer: Indicates the IOS compliance of the MSC. This parameter can be
set to Pre-3G or IOS_4_1
MaxBTSLegs[N] - Maximum Number of Softer Legs Per BTS - There are three versions
of this parameter, one for each of the total number of BTSs that may be involved in the
call (range 1 - 3 with current transcoder hardware). The parameter is used to specify the
maximum number of softer legs supported per BTS with N number of BTSs involved in
the call.
Tcomp_Enab_Thresh - TCOMP Enable Threshold - For shuffle checks, handoff
detection requires that the single pilot strength be greater than the value of this
parameter before the shuffle is performed. For the case of the active pilot aggregate
strength being greater than or equal to AggrStr, the XC/SDU uses this parameter to
determine if the PSMM is pursuable, and the MM uses this parameter and XCTComp to
determine which candidate pilots are pursuable. RF: tcompenathrsh
AggActLimit[N] - Aggregate Active Limit - This parameter set (three values) defines
four buckets for PM statistics. This parameter is used to define buckets for both XC/SDU
sub-systems and MM statistics.
EnaSofterShuffle - Enable Softer Shuffle - This parameter determines whether or not
softer shuffle checks will be performed on candidate pilots reported to the MM in a
SCAP: CDMA Handoff Recognized message from the transcoder subsystem.
EnaBtsShuffle - Enable BTS Shuffle - This parameter determines whether or not BTS
shuffle checks will be performed on candidate pilots reported to the MM in a SCAP:
CDMA Handoff Recognized message from the transcoder subsystem.
EnaSoftShuffle - Enable Soft Shuffle - This parameter determines whether or not soft
shuffle checks will be performed on candidate pilots reported to the MM in a SCAP:
CDMA Handoff Recognized message from the transcoder subsystem.
Soft_shuffle_comp - Soft Shuffle Comparison - Used in the soft shuffle check operation
to determine if a soft shuffle operation should be performed, given the relative strengths
of the candidate pilots. RF: softshufflecomp.
BTS_shuffle_comp - BTS Shuffle Comparison - Used in the BTS shuffle check
operation to determine if a BTS shuffle operation should be performed, given the relative
aggregate signal strengths of the candidate BTSs. RF: btsshufflecomp.
Softer_shuffle_comp - Softer Shuffle Comparison - Used in the softer shuffle check to
determine if a softer shuffle operation should be performed, given the relative strengths
of the candidate pilots. RF: softershufflecomp.
AggrStr[N] - Aggregate Active Set Strength Threshold - The MM and XC/ SDU
aggregate active set threshold when the number of channel elements ‘N’ (one to three
channel elements) are in the active set.
XCTComp - XC/SDU TCOMP - Used in the aggregate strength check of the CPP/SDU
to determine whether to send a SCAP Handover Recognized message to the MM. The
MM uses this parameter and Tcomp_Enab_Thresh to determine which candidate pilots
are pursuable, if the active pilot aggregate strength is greater than or equal to AggrStr.
pilot to the active set would contribute little help to the call, but would increase activity in
the MM by requiring a handoff operation and would raise the soft handoff factor. Upon
receiving a PSMM, there are three conditions under which the CPP will send a handoff
recognized message to the mobility manager:
• Aggregate strength of the “keep”* active pilots is less than AggStrengthN
• Strongest candidate is XCTComp greater than any “keep” active and greater
than TCompEnaThrsh
• TDrop event
*A “keep” active refers to an active pilot in a PSMM with the keep flag set to one.
The aggregate strength check is done to eliminate the need to add more pilots when the
active set already exceeds a certain Ec/Io value. If the active set does not meet this
value, a handoff recognized message is passed to the MM for handoff consideration.
However, if the active set does meet this threshold, a second “back door” check is done
to allow a strong candidate to be added even though the active set is relatively strong. It
requires that the candidate be stronger than a minimum threshold (TcompEnaThrsh),
and that it exceeds the strength of the weakest active pilot by some level (XCTComp).
This back door check helps to ensure that the filter does not cause more dropped calls
to occur under rapidly changing pilot conditions. To help guard against dropped calls due
to discarded PSMMs, an enhancement is added to the pilot dominance algorithm. The
enhancement uses PMRMs (Power Measurement Report Messages) generated by the
mobile to trigger additional PSMMs. When a PSMM is discarded by the transcoder, a
flag is set. If a PMRM is subsequently received and the flag is set, the aggregate
strength of the pilots in the PMRM is compared to the appropriate AggStrengthN
threshold. If the aggregate strength is below this threshold, a PMRO (Pilot Measurement
Request Order) is sent to the mobile requesting another PSMM, and the flag is reset.
Ec
− 2 × 10 log10
I0
Where Ec is the received pilot energy per chip and I0 is the total received spectral density
(note this results in the higher the value the lower the measurement, and vice-versa).
Thus, pilot strengths and PN phase will be used in tandem both to determine the need to
handoff as well as choose appropriate targets.
On the reverse link, frame errors or frame quality depending on the frame rate is
detected by the MCC. The frame quality and data rate will be reported by the MCC in the
encoded frame to the selector. The selector determines frame erasures from this
information. A frame erasure rate (FER) can be generated in the XC/SDU after a
sufficient number of frames have been received to begin forming the statistic. Typically,
1% of the frames in error will be tolerated in the system for a voice application. Note that
due to soft handoff, the reverse FER for a call is not necessarily determined by an
individual MCC circuit. Reverse FER is determined after frame selection from all MCCs
involved in the call.
On the forward link, frame errors are detected by the mobile station and reported to the
base station equipment in the RF: Power Measurement Report Message or EIB. This
RF: Power Measurement Report message contains the number of errors detected over a
certain number of frames. The mobile station may send this message either periodically
or when a threshold of bad frames has been reached. The message also contains a
report of pilot strengths for pilots included in the current mobile station active set.
All soft handoff decisions are based on the Ec/Io information and the “keep-flag” status
from the PSMM (Pilot Strength Measurement Message) sent by the mobile station. The
PSMMs are triggered when a Tadd, Tcomp, or a Tdrop event occurs. The soft handoff
parameters are set on a sector basis, and are sent to the mobile station by the System
Parameter Message on the Paging Channel or by the Extended Handoff Direction
Message on the Forward Traffic Channel.
The System Parameter Message is sent at least once every 1.28 seconds over the
Paging Channel. The Extended Handoff Direction Message is sent each time a handoff
criteria is met. If there are more than one sector in the Extended Handoff Direction
Message (i.e. calls that are instructed to transition into a soft handoff state), the MM will
use the following criteria in selecting the soft handoff parameters in those instances
when the values are different for each of the involved sectors (Figure 1):
1. The value of TDrop shall be the largest value from each of the sectors
involved
2. The value of TAdd TComp and TTDrop shall be the smallest value from
each of the sectors2
3. The value of SrchWinA, SrchWinR, SrchWinN shall be the largest value
from each of the sectors involved
2.1 Introduction
In the current CDMA system, the reverse power control procedures are based upon a
Motorola method which has been created from system and channel simulations in the
receiver technology group and receiver performance testing both on the bench and in
the field.
Note that only the MCCce being assigned as fundamental channel does the reverse
power control.
generating new updates roughly every 20 ms. The amount of mobile transmit power
necessary to close the reverse link is estimated by subtracting total noise plus
interference measured at the mobile antenna from a “turn around” factor (k). The open
loop mobile transmit power estimate will be re- fined by reverse closed loop power
control.
Pt m = k − Prm
N oW = N thW + I oW + I coW
Where, Pt m is the transmitted power from the serving mobile to the base station, Prm is
the total power measured at the mobile antenna, N thW is receiver thermal noise and
other non-CDMA system noise, and ambient noise components, I o is the home cell
power spectral density, and I co is the other CDMA cell interference power spectral
density.
The closed power control loop consists of an inner and outer loop. The outer loop is
maintained at the base station and involves feedback based on frame erasures (FE) to
determine an Eb/No setpoint in order to maintain a constant FER. The inner loop is
distributed between the mobile and the base station where the feedback mechanism is
based on the power control bit (PCB). The closed loop accounts for non-symmetrical
(uncorrelated) losses between the reverse and forward links due to Raleigh/Rician (fast)
fading, interference level variations (e.g. voice activity or loading), differences in an
antenna’s transmit and receive gain, and other associated losses (combiners,
connectors, duplexers, etc.). It is the fast power control loop being updated at an 800 Hz
rate (once every power control group) that effectively mitigates small to medium power
variations due to fast fading. Fast power control is most effective at slow speeds where
interleaving is not. (Note: the smaller the power swings or variations measured at the
serving base station for each mobile the smaller can be the transmitted mobile power
necessary to achieve a 1% FER. This lower required power level results in less
interference and hence allows more channels to be supported.) The portion of the closed
loop reverse link power control algorithm performed at the base station is shown in
Figure 5,
• cdlthresh - High Set Point Count Threshold. The threshold for the number of
consecutive times during a call that a TCH was unable to increase the reverse
channel set point due to maximum set point ceiling. The threshold is used for the
Reverse TCH Power Control Metric stored in the CDL. Valid range 0 - 255.
Optional parameter; if skipped, uses current value. Initial standard value 128.
• rpcmaxecio - This is the minimum reverse pilot channel chip energy to spectral
energy ratio. The range is: -31.875 to 0 dB, in 0.125 increments. The default is: -
22.00. This is an optional parameter.
• rpcnomecio - This is the nominal reverse pilot channel chip energy to spectral
energy ratio. The range is: -31.875 to 0 dB, in 0.125 increments. The default is: -
23.00. This is an optional parameter.
• rpcminecio - This is the maximum reverse pilot channel chip energy to spectral
energy ratio. The range is: -31.875 to 0 dB, in 0.125 increments. The default is: -
25.00. This is an optional parameter.
3.1 Introduction
This section discusses the forward power control mechanisms provided by the SuperCell
system.
The purpose of forward channel power control is to minimize the amount of power
transmitted to a particular mobile station on the forward link. Minimizing power in a
CDMA system reduces interference and thus increases forward channel capacity.
However, there is a trade-off between the amount of forward link power dedicated to a
mobile station and the forward link voice quality that mobile station will experience. The
power control algorithm must balance power against acceptable voice quality.
The CDMA air interface IS-95 [3] provides a mechanism for forward power control but
does not specify the algorithm for the infrastructure to implement. IS-95 allows the
infrastructure to control how a mobile station generates and transmits RF: Power
Measurement Report Messages. This message specifies the number of frame errors a
mobile station has experienced. The mobile station can be directed to generate this
message periodically and/or when an error threshold is reached. J-STD-008 and some
IS-95 standards support Erasure Indicator Bit (EIB) for Rate Set 2 calls. The EIB
indicates whether a forward frame was an erasure frame or not. This is a good indication
of whether the forward power gain should be adjusted or not.
Rate Set 1 and 2 calls
The basic idea of the algorithm is that the MCCs will periodically reduce a traffic
channels forward gain setting will be periodically reduced. Reducing the gain has the
effect of reducing the power delivered to a mobile station. At some point, the MCCs may
reduce the gain may be reduced to a point where acceptable voice quality is no longer
being delivered to the mobile station. The mobile station will generate and transmit the
RF: Power Measurement Report Message (PMRM) specifying the number of frame
errors received and the total number of frames over which these errors occurred. This
essentially provides a short term FER for the forward channel to the infrastructure.
The XC receives the PMRM and determines that the error threshold has been reached.
The XC then sends the SCAP: CDMA Increase Forward Gain Message to the MCCs
involved in the call. Upon receiving this indication, the MCCs will increase the current
forward channel gain setting restoring voice quality to an acceptable level.The MCCs
then restart tThe periodic gain reductions will then be restarted.
significantly degrade reverse link voice quality, but also depending on how many mobile
stations there are the XC could be overloaded attempting to process the messages.
This algorithm does not presume that PMRMs are being generated in either the
threshold or periodic modes. Anytime a PMRM is received, the number of errors is
compared with a threshold. If the threshold is reached, the MCCs are requested to
increase the forward gain settings.
Note that if threshold reporting is turned on, the parameter FwdPwrThresh must be set
to be less than or equal to PwrRepThresh. If it is not, the XC will never detect excess
errors and consequently the forward power control algorithm will not work.
shown. For a supplemental channel, the Min, Nom, and Max gain corresponding to a
handoff state will be factored by a parameter Supp_Scale_Factor received in the SCAP:
CDMA Supplemental Channel Assignment or SCAP: CDMA RF Supplemental Resource
Configure message.
• MinGain3 - This is the lowest forward traffic channel digital gain level to which
the MCC will “trickle down” when a mobile is in a >=3 way soft or softer handoff.
• NomGain3 - This is the starting forward traffic channel digital gain level for a
mobile which has entered a >=3 way soft or softer handoff.
• MaxGain3 - This is the maximum forward traffic channel digital gain level for a
mobile which is in a >=3 way soft or softer handoff. The MCC channel elements
increase gain levels as directed by the XC.
• PchGain - Specifies the gain setting for a sectors paging channel.
• StepDown - Specifies the amount of the periodic decrease in forward channel
digital gain by the MCC.
• DeltaTime - This is the amount of time (specified as a number of air interface
frames) an MCC channel element waits between gain step downs.
• StepDownDelay - This is the amount of time (specified as a number of air
interface frames) an MCC channel element waits after a gain step up before step
downs resume.
• OrigDelay - This is the amount of time (specified as a number of air interface
frames) an MCC channel element waits after an origination, termination, or hard
handoff before step downs begin. This delay is to provide ample time for the
mobile station to request a two or three way soft handoff after a call setup.
• FwdPwrThresh - This is the threshold against which the ERRORS_DETECTED
field of the RF: Power Measurement Report Message will be compared to
determine if a power step up is required for that mobile station. TheMMsends this
parameter to the XC in the SCAP: CDMA XC Channel Assigned message, the
SCAP: CDMA XC Handoff Direction message, and the CDMA XC Hard Handoff
Channel Assigned message This parameter is closely related to PwrRepThresh
and must be set with this in mind.
• PwrThreshEna - Enables threshold reporting mode (as specified in IS-95) in the
mobile station. Sent to the mobile station in the RF: System Parameters
Message as PWR_THRESH_ENABLE.
• PwrPeriodEna - Enables periodic reporting mode (as specified in IS-95) in the
mobile station. Sent to the mobile station in the RF: System Parameters
Message as PWR_PERIOD_ENABLE.
• PwrRepThresh - If threshold mode reporting (as specified in IS-95) is enabled,
this is the number of frame errors which will cause the mobile station to send an
RF: Power Measurement Report Message. This parameter can be set to values
from 0 to 31 frames. This parameter is sent to the mobile station in the RF:
System Parameters Message as PWR_REP_THRESH.
• PwrRepFrames - This specifies to the mobile station the number of frames over
which it will count frame errors. This parameter can be set to certain values
between 5 and 905 frames (refer to IS-95). This parameter is sent to the mobile
station in the RF: System Parameters Message as PWR_REP_FRAMES.
• PwrRepDelay - This parameter specifies to the mobile station how many frames
to delay after sending an RF: Power Measurement Report Message before it
resumes counting frames and frame errors. It can be set to values between 0
and 124 in intervals of 4 frames. This parameter is sent to the mobile station in
the RF: System Parameters Message as PWR_REP_DELAY.
• MinPcbGain - This parameter specifies the minimum gain setting for the reverse
channel closed loop power control bits transmitted on the forward channel.
• PcbGainFact - This parameter is used in specifying the final factor the MCC card
multiplies the current full rate forward channel gain setting to determine what the
power control bit gain should be set to. Its range is 0.25 - 5.00, increments of
0.25. Optional parameter; if skipped uses current value. Initial standard value 1.
Note that the PCB gain is also a function of the number of forward links active.