Frequency Allocation Support (FAS)

A new feature in Ericsson´s GSM System R7

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Objectives

• Improve quality of the frequency plan

• Find suitable frequencies for new

cells/TRXs

• Uplink interference statistics

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Work Flow using FAS

100 East
West
0
1s 3r North

4 different reports Presentation on map

OSS suggests
suitable change
Collects data and sends it
to OSS
Initiates recording

RADIO NETWORK

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 FAS is Operated from OSS

OSS initiates the BSC function Radio Interference

Recording (RIR)

The activities in FAS can be divided into three parts:

- The recording configuration
- The recording procedure
- The recording evaluation

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Recording Configuration

The recording configuration consists of:

• The cell set, defining in which cells to record. • The recording session defined by a time
schedule.
• One or more frequency sets specifying which
frequencies to measure. • A yes/no indicator if intermediate results shall be
reported after each recording period.
• A percentile value that specifies which RXLEV
value to report from the recorded interference
distribution.

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 Recording Procedure

• The measurements are made with the same • Maximum four bursts on the same channel
resolution and range as normal RXLEV during one SACCH period (480ms) are used
measurements for FAS measurements, irrespective of whether
• For each frequency a sample is taken once the channel is idle or not.
every 15 seconds. • During the 15 second cycle, the first 10
• One sample represents the signal strength seconds are used for measurements on idle
during one burst. channels only.
• Each frequency will be sampled on a randomly • If the measurements are not completed after
chosen (possible) channel. that, busy channels will also be used the
• Samples will only be taken on the following remaining 5 seconds. The measurements are
logical channel combinations: not distributed uniformly in time, but performed
as fast as possible.
1TCH/F + FACCH/F + SACCH/TF
2TCH/H(0.1) + FACCH/H(0.1) +
SACCH/TH(0,1)

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Recording Evaluation

The results will contain:

• The number of samples per measure frequency

• The median interference, in RXLEV, per measured

frequency

• The Xth percentile value (in RXLEV) of the interference

distribution per measured frequency, where X is preset
in the recording configuration

If traffic load statistics are fetched, there will be two

validity counters per cell:

• The average traffic load during the recording periods.

• The lowest quotient between the traffic load of an two

recording periods.

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 Recording configuration Parameters

Parameter Default Recommended

Value range Unit
name value value
Percentile Value - - 1-100 per cent
Start Date - - - YYMMDD
Hours - - 00.00 - 23.59 (Maximum
hh.mm
four intervals)
Repeat Start Date Only - Start Date Only / Daily /
Weekly / Every Two Weeks
Days All - Sun - Sat -
Result Get Result After - After each Recording Period -
each Recording / When the Recording is
Period Finished
Call Set - - May include cell names and/ -
or BSC names
Frequencies Operator’s Full Set - Operator’s Full Set / Cell’s -
Configured Freqs. /
Frequency Set

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Recording Capacity

Resource Capacity Description

Number of simultaneous recordings under one OSS 10 Recordings are simultaneous if
their recording Sessions overlap
Number of simultaneous recordings in one BSC 10
Number of cells in one Cell Set 2000
Number of frequencies in one recording 150
Number of stored recording results per OSS 100
Number of frequencies in a Frequency Set 150
Number of Cell Sets that can be defined 100
Number of Frequency Sets that can be defined 100

Length of one recording 273 After 273 hours overflow will occur
hours for certain counters

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