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OMD6068 Case Analysis - Call Drop ISSUE1.1 OMD6068 Case Analysis - Call Drop ISSUE1.1
OMD6068 Case Analysis - Call Drop ISSUE1.1 OMD6068 Case Analysis - Call Drop ISSUE1.1
Wireless Curriculum
Development Section
Summary
P key points:
There are two types of call drops: TCH call drop and SDCCH call
drop:
TCH call drop means TCH channel is released abnormally after it is occupied
successfully.
Ch_Act_Ack
Ass_Cmd Ass_Cmd
Est_Ind
Ass_Cmp Ass_cmp Ass_Cmp
Analysis of Call Flow Chart and TCH call drop Statistic Points
(IV)
P key points:
Master to know the main causes of high call drop rate
Master to know the troubleshooting approach of high call drop
rate
Overview of Causes of call drop
According to the definition of call drop statistic point, call drop is usually
caused by the following:
Radio link fault. During the communication, messages can not be received
correctly.
T3103 counter gives no response after timeout
Other system faults (for example, the matching between BSC timer and MSC
timer.
Timers that may cause call drops (BSC timer):
T3109 T3103
T3103
Time counting from sending up HANDOVER CMD start to receive HANDOVER
CMP end or overtime
T3109
Time counting from sending up CHAN REL to receive REL IND end or overtime
Wireless Link Fault
Analyze the causes of the fault of radio links. The causes can be:
Interference
Internal interference, external interference and the equipment
interference
Poor coverage
blind area,isolated island, uplink/downlink imbalance
parameter setting not proper
radio link timeout counter, SACCH multiframe number,
handover,power control etc.
Equipment problem (Antenna---Feeder---CDU---TRX)
Clock problem
Transmission problem
Analysis of Causes of Wireless Link Fault---
Interference
Interference
Co-channel interference
Adjacent-channel interference
Intermodulation interference and other external
interferences
Analyze and Locate TCH call drop Problem (Interference)
Solution
First check equipment problems.
Make an actual drive test, check the interference area and distribution
of signal quality. Find the interference frequency.
Further search for the interference source with the spectrum analyzer.
Activate hopping, DTX and power control functions to rapidly lower the
internal cross-interference of the system
Analyze and Locate TCH call drop Problem (Interference)
Process of judgment
1. Analyze the occurring laws of interference band in the
traffic measurement.
2. Observe the receiving level performance
3. Find the poor quality handover ratio
4. Observe receiving quality performance
5. Observe call drop performance
6. The handover fails, calling re-establishment
also fail too many times.
Analysis of Causes of Wireless Link Fault---
Coverage
Coverage:
1. Cross-cell coverage
2. Blind area coverage
3. Signal attenuation
4. Incomplete definition of adjacent cells
5. Imbalance of uplink/downlink
Analyze and Locate TCH call drop Problem (Coverage)
Process of judgment
Solution
Add BTS
Analysis of Causes of Wireless Link Fault---Parameter
Setting
Process of Judgment
Inter-cell handover performance measurement: it occurs frequently that
the handover fails and the calling re-establishment also fails.
Inter-cell handover performance measurement: handover occurs many
times and re-establishment succeeds many times.
Measurement of undefined adjacent cell performance: level of the
undefined adjacent cells and number of reports.
Out-cell handover performance measurement: the success ratio of out-
cell handover is low (for a specific cell). Find the adjacent cell where the
handover success ratio is low and find the cause.
In-cell handover success ratio is low. The handover verdict parameter
setting of the opposite cell is not proper.
TCH performance measurement: handover times are not in proportion to
the success times of TCH call occupation.(handover/call>3)
Analyze and Locate TCH call drop Problem (Handover Parameter
Setting)
Solution:
Hando
PBGT HO threshold 72 68
ver UL qual. threshold 70 60
UL Qual. Or RX_LEV
Power 50 80
control compensation
PC interval 8 5
Process of judgment
Case 1
l Fault Description
The BTS distribution of an area is as illustrated in the diagram (red
numbers stand for BCCH frequency. No hopping, DTX). Some users
complained that call drop in cell 2 of base station C is serious.
(hardware fault is ruled out).
Step 1: please
confirm whether
the frequency
distribution in the
BTS cells are
correct?
Case Analysis
Here is the conclusion from the analysis of BTS topology: the frequency are well
planned.
Next step: View the interference band of traffic measurement:
(09:00~10:00) IB1 IB2 IB3 IB4 IB5
Actual drive tests: It is found that the quality is lower when the receiving level is
high.
Observe traffic measurement: It is found that when the call drop rate is high, the
handover is mostly caused by quality problems and channel allocation
failure ratio is also high.
Here is the conclusion from the analysis of comprehensive traffic measurement
and route test result: there is interference.
Discussion
Case 2
Fault Description
1×3 RF hopping is used in a specific site. After expansion, TCH channel allocation
failure rate is continuously high (due to radio link fault), accompanied by high TCH
call drop rate and incoming handover failure rate. SDCCH call drop rate is normal.
Troubleshooting:
Set a new value for the MAIO of the new carrier. The related
indexes such as call drop rate are normal.
Case III
Fault description
In a drive test, it is found that an MS occupies a cell but can not
call out. Communication is unidirectional. call drop occurs
frequently at a specific distance from the cell and after
frequently handover.
Analysis
It may be caused by ……?
Case Analysis
2. Adjust
Higher the uplink compensation factor and shorten the stable signal
Filter.
Typical call drop Cases
Solution
Modify the data in BA1 (BCCH) table, BA2 (SCCH) table and cell
adjacency relation table in BSC data configuration.
Set cell 3 of BTS-A as an adjacent cell of cell 2 of BTS-B.
Optimize the network parameter to eliminate the island effect.
The test results show that the call drop problem is solved.
Summary
Commentary
Two methods to solve island problem:
– Adjust the antenna of the isolated cell, to eliminate the island problem.
– Define new adjacent cells for the isolated cell.
Typical call drop Cases
The tunnel is near the BTS. When the MS enters the tunnel, the
power of the destination cell is satisfactory, 80dbm. But the signal
of source cell goes down quickly to less than 100dbm. Before the
MS enters the tunnel, the downlink power of the two cells is good
and no handover is triggered. When the MS enters the tunnel, the
level of the source cell goes down rapidly. The call drop occurs
before the time statistics are received.
Fault clearing
Lock the band with a test mobile phone and perform dial test for
many times. It is found that call drop only occurs in timeslots 1, 3, 5,7
while communication is timeslots 2, 4, 6, 8 are normal. Move this
board to another slot, and the problem exists. Move other good
boards to this slot, and the communication is normal.Move this
defective board to other cabinet, the problem arises. This TRX
proves defective. When it is replaced with a standby board, the
communication is recovered.
Typical call drop Cases
Comments:
The BTS side test should guarantee that communication should
be successful not only in each RC but also in each timeslot of
each RC. It must ensured that each TCH channel provides
bidirectional communication and the communication is of high
quality.
Typical call drop Cases
Fault analysis
In the test it is found that the clock synchronization between 900 and 1800 is
slow. When a call created on 1800 is handed over to 900, the drive tester
shows that FER soars to the maximum suddenly and then it goes down
gradually to zero. And it is the same case with the handover from 900 to
1800. Monitor the signaling to find that the conversation before the call drop
for several seconds is actually call re-establish, but the test mobile phone
indicates the call is already handed over to cell 900. The clock
synchronization problem is serious. Then the manufacturer of 900M adjust
the clock, The abnormal call drop problem is cleared.
Typical call drop Cases
Comments
Dual frequency requires that the clocks of 900 and 1800
should be exactly synchronous.