Ericsson Counters and Descriptions

TCH
Counter Name Description Object Type
TFCALLS Call attempt counter CELTCHF
Number of assignment complete messages for all MS power classes in
TFCASSALL CELTCHF
underlaid subcell, full-rate.
Number of congestion at assignment or immediate assignment in underlaid
TFCONGSAS CELTCHF
subcell.
TFCONGSHO Number of congestion at incoming handover in underlaid subcell. CELTCHF
TFMSESTB Successful MS establishment on TCH full-rate. CELTCHF
TFNDROP The total number of dropped full-rate TCH in underlaid subcell. CELTCHF
Number of released TCH signalling connections due to transcoder resource
TFNRELCONG congestion during immediate assignment on TCH. TFNDROP is stepped at the CELTCHF
same time.
TFTRALACC Traffic level accumulator for full-rate TCH. CELTCHF
TFNSCAN Number of accumulations of traffic level counter for full-rate TCH. CELTCHF
Number of first assignment attempts on TCH for all MS power classes.
Successful attempts are counted in the target cell and failed attempts are
TASSALL CLTCH
counted in the serving cell. The serving cell is the cell where the mobile
station was tuned to an SDCCH or TCH
Available Basic Physical Channels (BPCs) for traffic channels accumulator. Also
TAVAACC CLTCH
available for overlaid subcell, TAVAACCSUB.
Number of accumulations of available BPCs for traffic channels counter. Also
TAVASCAN CLTCH
available for overlaid subcell, TAVASCANSUB.
TNUCHCNT Number of defined TCH. CLTCH
Total number of dropped TCH connection due to bad quality on both uplink
TFDISQABL and downlink in underlaid subcell i.e. worse than (above) BADQUL and CLTCHDRF
BADQDL.
Total number of dropped TCH connection due to bad quality on downlink in
TFDISQADL CLTCHDRF
underlaid subcell i.e. worse than (above) BADQDL.
Total number of dropped TCH connection due to bad quality on uplink in
TFDISQAUL CLTCHDRF
underlaid subcell i.e. worse than (above) BADQUL.

Total number of dropped TCH connection due to low signal strength on both
TFDISSSBL CLTCHDRF
uplink and downlink in underlaid subcell i.e. below LOWSSUL and LOWSSDL

Total number of dropped TCH connection due to low signal strength on

TFDISSSDL CLTCHDRF
downlink in underlaid subcell i.e. below LOWSSDL.
Total number of dropped TCH connection due to low signal strength on uplink
TFDISSSUL CLTCHDRF
in underlaid subcell i.e. below LOWSSUL.
TFDISTA Total number of dropped full-rate TCH connections at excessive TA. CLTCHDRF
Sudden loss of connection in underlaid subcell. The locating algorithm will
TFSUDLOS CLTCHDRF
indicate missing measurement results.
 Immediate TCH Assignment
Counter Name Description Object Type
TCHSIG Number of TCH connections for signalling. CLTCH
CCH
Counter Name Description Object Type
CAVAACC Available channels accumulator CLSDCCH
CAVASCAN Number of accumulations of available channels counter. CLSDCCH
CNUCHCNT Number of defined channels CLSDCCH
CCALLS Call attempt counter (on SDCCH). CLSDCCH
Congestion counter for underlaid subcell. Stepped per congested allocation
CCONGS CLSDCCH
attempt.
Successful MS establishment on SDCCH. This counter is a sum of both
CMSESTAB CLSDCCH
overlaid and underlaid.
CNDROP The total number of dropped SDCCH channels in a cell. CLSDCCH
Number of released connections on SDCCH due to TCH- or Transcoder (TRA)
CNRELCONG CLSDCCH
congestion in both underlaid and overlaid subcell.
CTRALACC Traffic level accumulator CLSDCCH
CNSCAN Number of accumulations of SDCCH traffic level counter. CLSDCCH
Dropped SDCCH connection at bad quality down- or uplink per cell in
CDISQA CELLCCHDR
underlaid subcell i.e. worse than BADQDL and/or BADQUL.
Dropped SDCCH connection at low signal strength on down- or uplink in
CDISSS CELLCCHDR
underlaid subcell i.e. below LOWSSDL and/or LOWSSUL.
CDISTA Dropped SDCCH connection at excessive Timing Advance (TA). CELLCCHDR
Handover (Internal Neighbour and External Neighbour)
Counter Name Description Object Type
HOVERCNT Number of Handover Commands sent to the MS. NCELLREL, NECELLREL
HOVERSUC Number of successful handover to the neighbouring cell. NCELLREL, NECELLREL
HORTTOCH Number of handovers that results in a return to the old channel. NCELLREL, NECELLREL
HODUPFT Number of successful handovers back to old cell within 10 seconds. NICELHO, NECELHO
Handover attempt made to better K-cell (only for the Ericsson 1 locating
HOTOKCL NICELHO, NECELHO
algorithm), I.e. Signal Strength.
HOTOLCL Handover attempt made to better L-cell is called HOTOLCL, I.e. Path Loss. NICELHO, NECELHO
Number of handover attempts due to bad downlink quality. There is one HO
HODWNQA counter for bad uplink quality called HOUPLQA and one for excessive timing NICELHO, NECELHO
advance called HOEXCTA.
HOUPLQA Number of handover attempts due to bad uplink quality. NICELHO, NECELHO
Number of handover attempts due to excessive timing advance called
HOEXCTA NICELHO, NECELHO
HOEXCTA.
 Intra Cell Handover
Counter Name Description Object Type
HOINDQA Number of intra cell handover attempts (decisions) at bad downlink quality. CELEVENTI
Number of intra cell handover attempts (decisions) at bad quality on both
HOINBQA CELEVENTI
links.
HOINUQA Number of intra cell handover attempts (decisions) at bad uplink quality. CELEVENTI
HOINSUC Number of successful intra cell handovers. CELEVENTI
HOINBOCH Number of unsuccessful intra cell handover attempts, MS back to old channel. CELEVENTI
Cell Load Sharing
Counter Name Description Object Type
CLSTIME Accumulated time in seconds when CLS evaluation is performed in the cell. CELEVENTH
TOTCLSTIME Total time for the CLS feature being activate in seconds. CELEVENTH
HOATTLS Handover attempts due to CLS. CELEVENTH
HOSUCLS Successful handovers due to CLS. CELEVENTH
Assignment to other cell
Counter Name Description Object Type
HOASBCL Number of assignment attempts to better cell. NICELASS, NECELASS
HOASWCL Number of assignment attempts to worse cell. NICELASS, NECELASS
HOSUCBCL Number of successful assignment attempts to better cell. NICELASS, NECELASS
HOSUCWCL Number of successful assignment attempts to worse cell. NICELASS, NECELASS
Locating Update: counters in the MSC
Counter Name Description Object Type
NLAPAG1LOTOT Number of first page attempts to an LA. LOCAREAST
NLAPAG2LOTOT Number of repeated page attempts to an LA. LOCAREAST
NLAPAG1RESUCC Number of page responses to first page to an LA. LOCAREAST
NLAPAG2RESUCC Number of page responses to repeated page to an LA. LOCAREAST
NLALOCTOT Total number of LU attempts in the LA. LOCAREAST
NLALOCSUCC Number of successful LUs in the LA. LOCAREAST
The counter (TOTPAG) counts the total number of PAGING messages received
TOTPAG BSC
from the MSC
The counter (TOTCONGPAG) counts the number of discarded PAGING
messages due to lack of capacity in the BSC or due to congestion in the BSC
TOTCONGPAG BSC
paging queues or due to no Data Link Individual is available for a paging
request taken from the paging queue.
 Random Access
Counter Name Description Object Type
There is also a counter for all accepted random accesses (CNROCNT) that
CNROCNT means all except failed random accesses. The counters RAANPAG and RANDOMACC
CNROCNT are also incremented for TRXT connections.
The failed random access counter (RAACCFA) is incremented for a Random
RAACCFA access received with too high TA, values that are not used or in case of RANDOMACC
'software file congestion'.
Answer to paging (RAANPAG). The counter will be stepped for cause value
RAANPAG RANDOMACC
100x xxxx.
Call reestablishment (RACALRE). The counter will be stepped for cause value
110x xxxx, Call reestablishment, TCH/F is needed, or originating call and NECI
RACALRE RANDOMACC
bit not set to 1, or procedures that can be completed with an SDCCH and
NECI bit not set to 1.
Emergency call (RAEMCAL). The counter will be stepped for cause value 101x
RAEMCAL RANDOMACC
xxxx.
Other service request (RAOSREQ). The counter will be stepped for cause value
RAOSREQ 111x xxxx, Originating call and TCH/F is needed, or originating call and the RANDOMACC
network does not set NECI bit to 1.
All other cases (RAOTHER). The counter will be stepped for cause value 000x
RAOTHER RANDOMACC
xxxx, Location updating (SDCCH needed).
GPRS
Counter Name Description Object Type
ALLPDCHACC Number of allocated PDCHs accumulator. CELLGPRS
ALLPDCHSCAN Number of allocations of allocated PDCHs. CELLGPRS
PCHALLATT Number of packet allocation attempts. CELLGPRS
PCHALLFAIL Number of packet allocation failures. CELLGPRS
PDRAC Number of packet data random accesses. CELLGPRS
PDPRAC Number of packet data packet random accesses. CELLGPRS
RBCDL Number of radio block messages, downlink. CELLGPRS
RBCUL Number of radio block messages, uplink. CELLGPRS
RETRANSDL Number of retransmitted radio messages, downlink. CELLGPRS
RETRANSUL Number of retransmitted radio messages, uplink. CELLGPRS