Cell Reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH

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 Contents

Contents

1 Introduction 1
1.1 Basic Characteristics 1
1.2 Benefits 1
1.3 Additional Information 2

2 Feature Operational Description 3

2.1 Network Requirements 3

3 Parameters 5
3.1 Introduced Parameters 5
3.2 Affected Parameters 5

4 Network Impact 7
4.1 Subscriber Capacity 7
4.2 Network Performance 7
4.3 Hardware 7
4.4 Inter-Node Interface 7
4.5 Other Network Elements 7

5 Associated Features and Affected Functions 9

5.1 Prerequisite Features 9
5.2 Affected Features 9
5.3 Related Features 9
5.4 Affected System Functions 9

6 Performance 11
6.1 KPIs 11
6.2 Counters 11
6.3 Events 11

7 Operation and Maintenance 13

7.1 Activating the Feature 13
7.2 Deactivating the Feature 13
7.3 Engineering Guidelines 14

Reference List 15

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 Introduction

1 Introduction

This document describes the Cell Reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH feature

and its main benefits and impacts in the WCDMA RAN.

This feature provides the support that the User Equipment (UE) needs to
perform cell reselection from WCDMA to LTE in CELL_FACH state. This
capability is supported by LTE capable UE from 3GPP release 8 (optional) and
3GPP release 11 (mandatory). An indicator ‘‘CELL_FACH Absolute Priority
Measurement Indicator’’ is added to System Information Block type 19 (SIB19)
from 3GPP release 11. It serves as an indication to UE during Radio Access
Technology (RAT) measurements selection when the absolute priority based
cell reselection is enabled.

1.1 Basic Characteristics

This section describes the basic characteristics of the feature.

Feature identity:
FAJ 121 3520: Cell Reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH

Release: Introduced in W14.1

Dependencies

This feature requires the following RAN features to be active:

• FAJ 121 1474: LTE Cell Reselection

This feature affects no other features.

1.2 Benefits
The Cell Reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH feature provides the followings
benefits:

• This feature enables a multi-RAT UE with LTE capability to move to LTE

network from WCDMA cell in CELL_FACH state. Otherwise, UE must
move to Idle/URA_PCH state after the expiry of timer, then move to LTE
network if the feature FAJ 121 1474: LTE Cell Reselection is enabled.

• In the WCDMA connected mode, the Release with Redirect to LTE feature
cannot be triggered when lacking the LTE coverage. After switching down
to CELL_FACH state and moving to LTE coverage, UE performs cell
reselection to LTE coverage directly. It is not necessary to depend on
Release with Redirect to LTE feature and wait for transferring of UE state.

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• This feature enables an observability measurement for the number of the

incoming UEs in WCDMA, which have the mobility to LTE in CELL_FACH
state.

1.3 Additional Information

More information about this feature and related topics can be found in the
following documentation:

• Idle Mode and Common Channel Behavior, Reference [1]

• Inter-Radio Access Technology, Reference [2]

• R2-125250, Clarification of absolute priority based measurements and

reselection in CELL_FACH State

• RP-121368, Introduction of absolute priority based measurements and

reselection in CELL_FACH State

• TS 25.133 V11.2.0, Requirements for support of radio resource

management

• TS 25.304 V11, UE procedures in idle mode and procedures for cell

reselection in connected mode

• TS 25.331 V8.20.0, RRC protocol specification

• TS 25.331 V9.12.0, RRC protocol specification

• TS 25.331 V10.9.0, RRC protocol specification

• TS 25.331 V11.7.0, RRC protocol specification

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2 Feature Operational Description

This section describes the Cell Reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH feature in

more detail, including network configuration requirements and operation flows.

2.1 Network Requirements

LTE capable UE of 3GPP release 8 (optional) and 3GPP release 11
(mandatory) is required to benefit from this feature.

Before activating the feature, ensure that the feature FAJ 121 1474: LTE Cell
Reselection is installed and activated in the RNC.

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 Parameters

3 Parameters

This section describes parameters introduced by the Cell Reselection to LTE in

CELL-FACH feature and parameters affected by activating the feature.

3.1 Introduced Parameters

Table 1 describes the parameters introduced by the feature.

Table 1 Introduced Parameters

Parameter Description
UtranCell::absPrioCellRes.m Enables or disables the Cell Reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH
easIndFach on RNC cell level and configures the SIB19(1)IE ‘‘CELL_FACH
Absolute Priority Measurement Indicator’’.

(1) The operator can modify this attribute only by using Advanced MO Scripting (AMOS), which is
a part of OSS-RC. The OSS-RC can support modifications of this attribute in a later release.

3.2 Affected Parameters

Table 2 describes the parameters affected by the feature.

Table 2 Affected Parameters

Parameter Description
UtranCell::absPrioCellRes.s The default value of the parameter sPrioritySearch2 is
PrioritySearch2 changed from 0 to 4 to keep the legacy behavior for GSM and
Inter-Frequency (IF) measurements when the Cell Reselection to
LTE in CELL-FACH feature is active.

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4 Network Impact

This section describes how the Cell Reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH feature
impacts the network functions and capabilities.

4.1 Subscriber Capacity

This section provides information on the impact of the feature on subscriber
capacity.

When this feature is active, the LTE capable UE with 3GPP release 8 (optional)
and 3GPP release 11 (madatory) in CELL_FACH state can move to LTE
network. Radio network traffic is affected by this feature if a large amount of
such UE is constantly in CELL_FACH state.

4.2 Network Performance

This section provides information on the impact of the feature on network
performance.

When the SIB19 IE ‘‘CELL_FACH Absolute Priority Measurement Indicator’’ is

set to ‘‘All Layers’’, the LTE capable UE with 3GPP release 8 (optional) and
3GPP release 11 (mandatory) in CELL_FACH performs cell reselection to
LTE when the WCDMA coverage is bad. It is possible that UE omits the GSM
measurements. That is, if WCDMA has a bad coverage and LTE lacks the
coverage, the drop rate is likely to be affected even if the GSM coverage exists.
Additionally, if this feature is enabled, LTE network is measured in CELL_FACH
and more battery is consumed.

4.3 Hardware
No feature specific information is identified.

4.4 Inter-Node Interface

This feature is not supported over Iur.

4.5 Other Network Elements

This section provides information on the impact on other network elements.

The following WRAN external node is required:

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• LTE capable UE of 3GPP release 8 (optional) and 3GPP release 11

(mandatory) is required for the feature to work.

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 Associated Features and Affected Functions

5 Associated Features and Affected

Functions

This section describes how the Cell Reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH feature
affects other features and functions.

5.1 Prerequisite Features

Table 3 lists prerequisite features to the Cell Reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH
feature, that is, it must be active prior to introducing the Cell Reselection to
LTE in CELL-FACH feature.

Table 3 Prerequisite Features

Feature Description
LTE Cell Reselection The LTE Cell Reselection feature is a prerequisite for the
Cell Reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH feature. For more
information about LTE Cell Reselection, refer to Idle Mode and
Common Channel Behavior.

5.2 Affected Features

This feature affects no other feature.

5.3 Related Features

This feature is not related to any other feature.

5.4 Affected System Functions

Table 4 lists functions affected by the Cell Reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH
feature.

Table 4 Affected System Functions

Function Description
Idle Mode and Common The Cell reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH feature affects LTE Cell
Channel Behavior Reselection functionality described in Idle Mode and Common Channel
Behavior.
Licenses and Hardware New license added for the Cell Reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH feature.
Activation Codes

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6 Performance

This section describes performance indicators, counters, and events associated

with the Cell Reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH feature.

6.1 KPIs
This feature has no associated Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

6.2 Counters
Table 5 lists the counters associated with the Cell Reselection to LTE in
CELL-FACH feature.

Table 5 Counters
Counter Description
UtranCell::pmTotNoRrcConnec Two elements for LTE with CELL-FACH measurement capability
tUeCapability are added to cover the mobility to LTE in CELL_FACH state.

More information about counters can be found in Managed Object Model RNC
and Managed Object Model RBS.

6.3 Events
This feature has no associated events.

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7 Operation and Maintenance

This section provides Operation and Maintenance (O&M) information for the
Cell Reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH feature.

7.1 Activating the Feature

This section describes the prerequisites for activating the feature and how
the feature is activated.

7.1.1 Preconditions
The FAJ 121 1474: LTE Cell Reselection feature must be activated before
activation of the FAJ 121 3520: Cell Reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH feature.

7.1.2 Activating
The Cell Reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH feature is activated by doing as
follows:

• Order and install FAJ 121 3520: Cell Reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH
with the license key CXC 403 0153 in the RNC.

• Activate the feature on the RNC level by setting the RncFeature::CellR

eselectLteInFach parameter to ACTIVATED.

• Configure the cell level parameter measIndFach, to either

ENABLED_HIGH_PRIO_LAYERS or ENABLED_ALL_LAYERS.

More information about licenses can be found in Licenses and Hardware

Activation Codes.

7.2 Deactivating the Feature

This section describes the prerequisites for deactivating the feature.

7.2.1 Preconditions

This feature has no preconditions for deactivating.

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7.2.2 Deactivating

The FAJ 121 3520: Cell Reselection to LTE in CELL-FACH feature is deactivated
on the RNC level by setting the RncFeature::CellReselectLteInFach
parameter to DEACTIVATED.

More information about licenses can be found in Licenses and Hardware

Activation Codes.

7.3 Engineering Guidelines

The purpose of this section is to provide additional information on practical
engineering aspects about how to use parameters to achieve certain behaviors.

This feature introduces the measIndFach parameter on UtranCell::abs

PrioCellRes MO in the RNC. The operator uses this parameter to enable
or disable this feature on the RNC cell level, and to configure the SIB19 IE
‘‘CELL_FACH Absolute Priority Measurement Indicator’’.

• Set the measIndFach parameter to DISABLED. The Cell Reselection to

LTE in CELL-FACH feature is disabled on RNC cell level.

• Set the measIndFach parameter to ENABLED_HIGH_PRIO_LAYERS. The

Cell Relsection to LTE in CELL-FACH feature is enabled on the RNC cell
level, and the SIB19 IE is set to ‘‘High Priority Layers’’. The cell reselection
to LTE is performed depending on the measurement of LTE carriers with
higher priority than WCDMA carriers.

• Set the measIndFach parameter to ENABLED_ALL_LAYERS. The Cell

Relsection to LTE in CELL-FACH feature is enabled on the RNC cell level,
and the SIB19 IE is set to ‘‘All Layers’’, which means absolute priority
reselection rules are applicable for all RATs.

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 Reference List

Reference List

[1] Idle Mode and Common Channel Behavior, 71/1553-HSD 101 02

[2] Inter-Radio Access Technology, 10/100 56-HSD 101 02

[3] Introduction of absolute priority based measurements and reselection

in CELL_FACH State, RP-121368

[4] Clarification of absolute priority based measurements and reselection

in CELL_FACH State, R2-125250

[5] Requirements for support of radio resource management, TS 25.133

V11.2.0

[6] UE procedures in idle mode and procedures for cell reselection in

connected mode, TS 25.304 V11

[7] RRC protocol specification, TS 25.331 V8.20.0

[8] RRC protocol specification, TS 25.331 V9.12.0

[9] RRC protocol specification, TS 25.331 V10.9.0

[10] RRC protocol specification, TS 25.331 V11.7.0

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