OMF010001 System Information Training 20031001 A 1.4

OMF010001
System Information
Huawei Confidential
Course Contents
System Information Overview
Parameters Introduction
Case Study
Introduction to BSS Timers
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System information (SYS INFO) contains network parameters

sent to MS through air interface(Um), including network identity
parameters, cell selection parameters, system control
parameters and network function parameters. By reading system
information, MS can access the network, perform cell selection,
fully utilize various services provided by the network, and
achieve favorable cooperation with the network. SYS INFO can
be divided into two parts:
SYS INFO sent on BCCH, including SYS INFO 1, 2, 2BIS, 2TER,
3, and 4, which are used by MS in idle mode.
SYS INFO sent on SACCH, including system information 5, 5BIS,
5TER, and 6, which are used by MS in dedicated mode.
Additionally Huawei BSC supports the system information 7 and
3 13 to support GPRS.
SYS INFO 1
 SYS INFO 1
It contains random access control information
(RACH) and cell frequency allocation table (i.e.
CA table). It is transmitted on BCCH.
 Content
SYS INFO 1 - - Cell Channel Desc.
(cell channel description format)
- - RACH Control Parameter
(random access channel control parameter)
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SYS INFO 1 - CA Description
Format
Bit8 Bit7 Bit4 Bit3 Bit2 Format Type

0 0 X X X bit map 0
1 0 0 X X 1024 range
1 0 1 0 0 512 range
1 0 1 0 1 256 range
1 0 1 1 0 128 range
1 0 1 1 1 variable bit map
The above cell channel description formats correspond to different

requirements on the configured frequencies in a cell.
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SYS INFO 1 - RACH Control Parameter
• These control parameters include:

 Maximum re-transmitting times (MAX retrans)
 Extended transmission timeslots (Tx_interger)
 Cell Bar access (CBA, CELL_BAR_ACCESS)
 Common access control level(AC)
 Call reestablish permitted (RE)
 Emergency call permitted (EC)
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SYS INFO 2
 SYS INFO 2
 It contains access control information (RACH), network color code
permitted (NCC Permitted), and neighbor cell frequency allocation list
(BA1 list). It is transmitted on BCCH. Generally speaking, SYS INFO
2, 2BIS, 2TER contains different parts of the neighbor cell BCCH
frequencies. Via reading and decoding BA1 list, MS can perform cell
reselection in idle mode. For a MS of GSM900 PHASE I, it only reads
the neighbor cell BCCH frequencies defined in SYS INFO 2, and
ignores those carried by 2BIS and 2TER.
 Content
SYS INFO 2 - - Neighbor Cell Desc.
- - NCC permitted
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SYS INFO 2BIS
 SYS INFO 2BIS

 2BIS contains RACH control data and neighbor cell BCCH
frequencies (part of BA1 list). It is optional and transmitted on
BCCH. As the number of frequencies in BA1 list carried by SYS
INFO 2 is limited; SYS INFO 2BIS carries the rest of the BCCH
frequencies in the BA1 list that are from the same band as in SYS
INFO 2.
 Content
SYS INFO 2BIS - - Neighbor Cell Desc.
(Same as that in SYS INFO 1.)
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SYS INFO 2TER
 SYS INFO 2TER
 2TER contains neighbor BCCH frequencies (part of BA1 list). It is

transmitted on BCCH. Only dual band MS can read this
information, and single band 900 or 1800 MS will ignore it. Since
this information carries BCCH frequencies that belong to different
band as those in SYS INFO 2, it is unnecessary for single band
MS to read.
 Content
SYS INFO 2TER - - Neighbor Cell Desc. (extended)
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SYS INFO 3
 SYS INFO 3
 It contains LAI, cell identity, RACH and parameters related to cell
selection. It is transmitted on BCCH. It is one of the most
important information in SYS INFO.
 Content
SYS INFO 3 - - Cell Identity
- - LAI( location area identity)
- - Control Channel Desc
- - Cell Option（BCCH）
- - Cell Selection Parameter
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Cell Identity and Location Area Identity
Cell Global Identity (CGI) consists of Location Area

Identity (LAI) and Cell Identity (CI). And LAI includes
Mobile Country Code (MCC), Mobile Network Code (MNC),
and Location Area Code (LAC). SYS INFO 3, 6, and 4
contain all or part of the information of CGI. According to
the received SYS INFO, MS decodes the CGI, and decide
whether it can register in the network based on the MCC
and MNC indicated by CGI. At the same time, it can judge
whether the current location area is changed, so as to
decide whether it is necessary to start the location
updating process.
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Control Channel Description.
• Control channel description includes the

following parameters
 IMSI Attach-Detach Allowed (ATT, Attach-Detach allowed)
 Common Control Channel Configuration (CCCH-CONF)
 Access Granted Blocks Reserved (BS_AG_BLKS_RES)
 Paging Channel Multi-frames (BS-PA-MFRAMS)
 Periodic Location Updating Timer (T3212)
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Cell Option
• Cell option contains the following parameters:
 Power control indication (PWRC)
 Discontinuous transmission (DTX)
 Radio link timeout
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Cell Selection Parameter
• Cell selection parameters indicate how the MS

will behave after the MS is powered on. It
includes the following parameters:
 Cell Selection Hysteresis
 Maximum power level of control channel
(MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH)
 Minimum receiving level of MS permitted to access
(RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN)
 Additional reselection parameter indicator (ACS)
 Half-rate supported(NECI)
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SYS INFO 4
 SYS INFO 4
It consists LAI, RACH, cell selection parameters and
optional CBCH channel information. It is transmitted on
BCCH. When the system supports cell broadcast function,
CBCH together with the CBCH MA describe the
configuration of CBCH and the relevant frequency
information.
 Content
SYS INFO 4 - - LAI
- - Cell Selection Parameter
- - CBCH Channel Desc. (optional)
- - CBCH Mobile Allocation(optional)
- - SI4 Rest Oct.(parameters related to cell reselection)
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CBCH Channel Desc. and CBCH
MA
These two parameters are optional. When system
supports cell broadcast, CBCH Channel Desc.
explains the CBCH channel configuration situation.
When CBCH Channel Desc. is in frequency hopping
mode, CBCH MA is also needed.
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SI4 Rest Oct.
• It contains the following parameters:

 Cell reselection parameter indicator (PI)
 Cell Bar Qualify (CBQ)
 Cell Bar Access (CBA)
 Cell_Reselect_Offset (CRO)
 Temporary_Offset (TO)
 Penalty_Time (PT)
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SYS INFO 5
• SYS INFO 5
 It describes the neighbor cell BCCH frequencies(BA2
list). It is mandatory and is transmitted on SACCH.
Different from SYS INFO 2, MS can read the frequency
described in SYS INFO 5 in dedicated mode, report the
relevant information of neighbor cells in measurement
report, and use it as the basis for handover. Similarly, for
900 MS of PHASE 1, it only recognizes the neighbor cell
frequency information described by SYS INFO 5, and
ignores that carried by SYS INFO 5BIS and 5TER.
 Content
SYS INFO 5 - - Neighbor Cell Desc.
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SYS INFO 5BIS
• SYS INFO 5
 5 BIS describes neighbor cells’ BCCH
frequencies.These frequencies are part of BA2 list. It is
optional and is transmitted on SACCH. Generally, as the
number of frequencies which can be described by SYS
INFO 5 is limited, SYS INFO 5 BIS carries the rest
BCCH frequencies in the BA2 that are belong to the
same band as SYS INFO 5 for transmitting to MS.
• Content
 SYS INFO 5BIS - - Neighbor Cell Desc.
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SYS INFO 5TER
 SYS INFO 5
5 TER describes neighbor cells’ BCCH
frequencies,these frequencies are also part of the
BA2 list. It is transmitted on SACCH channel.
Similarly, only dual band MS can read this
information, and single band GSM900 or GSM1800
MS will ignore it. It carries the BCCH frequencies of
neighbor cells whose band are different from the
serving cell’s.
 Content
SYS INFO 5TER - - Neighbor Cell Desc.(Extended)
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SYS INFO 6
 SYS INFO 6
It describes LAI, cell identity, and some
parameters describing functions of the cell. It
is transmitted on SACCH. It is also one of the
most important information in system
information.
 Content
SYS INFO 6 - - Cell Identity
- - LAI
- - Cell Option
- - NCC Permitted
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Course Contents
Case Study
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Introduction to SYS INFO Parameters
• Huawei GSM System Information Parameters:

 Network Identity Parameters
 System Control Parameters
 Cell Option Parameters
 Network Functional Parameters
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Network Identity Parameter — CGI
• Network identity parameters mainly include cell

global identity (CGI) and base station identity
code (BSIC).
CGI=MCC+MNC+LAC+CI
 Once MS receives SYS INFO, it decodes the CGI
information, and decides whether it can stay in the cell
according to the MCC and MNC indicated by CGI. At the
same time, it judges whether the current location area is
changed, so as to decide whether to execute location
updating. During the location updating process, MS will
report the new LAI information to the network, so that the
network can know exactly the LA in which MS is
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currently located.
Network Identity Parameter — BSIC
• BSIC=NCC+BCC
 In GSM system, each BTS is allocated with a color code,
which is called BSIC. MS can identify two cells with the
same BCCH by the help of BSIC, In network planning,
effort should be made to make sure that BCCH of
neighbor cells different from the serving cell’s BCCH to
reduce the interference. Practically it is still possible that
a same BCCH is re-used in the surrounding cells. For
cells using the same BCCH in a relevant near distance,
their BSIC must be different so that MS can identify two
neighbor cells with same BCCH.
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Mobile Country Code（MCC）
Definition
 MCC consists of 3 decimal numbers. It

indicates the home country of the mobile
subscriber.
Format
MCC is composed of 3 decimal numbers.

The coding range is decimal 000-999.
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Mobile Network Code（MNC）
Definition
 MNC is used to uniquely identify a specific GSM

PLMN network in a certain country (decided by
MCC).
Format
MNC is composed of two decimal numbers.

The coding range is decimal 00-99.
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Location Area Code（LAC）
Definition
 To locate the location of MS, the whole area covered by

each GSM PLMN is divided into different location areas.
LAC is used to identify different location areas.
Format
LAI contains LAC, which is composed of two

bytes. LAC adopts hexadecimal coding. The
available range is from 0001H to FFFEH. Code
group 0000H and FFFFH cannot be used
(please refer to specification GSM0303, 0408,
and 1111). One location area can contain one
or more cells.
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Cell Identity（CI）
Definition
 To uniquely identify each cell in the GSM PLMN, the

network operator needs to allocate one code for each
cell, which is the cell identity (CI). Cell identity, together
with LAI, is used for identity of each cell in the world.
(specification 0303).
Format
CI is composed of 16 bits, The available

range is from 0 to 65535.
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Network Color Code（NCC）
Definition
 NCC is part of BSIC. MS uses it to distinguish

adjacent BTS that belong to different GSM PLMN.
Format
NCC is composed of 3 bits,

with coding capacity of 8.
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BS Color Code（BCC）
Definition
 BCC is part of BSIC. For its function, please refer

to above sections.
Format
BCC is composed of 3 bits. The

available range is from 0 to 7.
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System Control Parameters
ATT Tx-integer
CCCH-CONF CBA
BS-AG-BLKS-RES Common Access Control Class

BS-PA-MFRAMS Wait-for-indication (T3122)
T3212 MBR
Cell Channel Description format ECSC
Radio Link Timeout Power Deviation Indication

Neighbor Cell Desc. Power Deviation
NCC Permitted CBCH Channel Description
MS MAX re-trans CBCH Mobile Allocation
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ATT
• Value range: Yes, No

• Content：It is “Attach-Detach allowed” (ATT) in
Huawei data management system. It is used to inform
MS whether IMSI attach-detach is allowed in this cell.
If it is set to “Yes”, the network will not process the
connection to the subscriber called when MS is
power-off. Thus network processing time and
resource are saved. Otherwise the network will
process the connection even though the MS has been
powered off.
• Recommendation：Yes
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CCCH-CONF
• Value range: 1 non-combined CCCH, 1 combined CCCH,

2 non-combined CCCH, 3 non-combined CCCH, 4 non-
combined CCCH.
• Content: It is “Common Control Channel
Configuration”.The number of CCCH message blocks in
one corresponding BCCH multi-frame are 9, 3, 18, 27,
and 36 respectively. CCCH configuration determines the
capacity of PCH, AGCH and RACH.
• Unit: None
• Recommendation: When there is one TRX in the cell,
one combined CCCH is recommended (in a system with
few paging messages in location area). For others, it is
configured according to the number of TRX in the cell.
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BS-AG-BLKS-RES
• Value range: 0~2 (1 combined CCCH), 0~7

(others)
• Unit: Block
• Content: It is also called Access Granted
Blocks Reserved. It is the number of CCCH
channel message blocks that are reserved for
access granted channels(AGCH).
• Recommendation: 2
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BS-PA-MFRMS
• Value range: 2～9

• Unit: Multi-frame period (51 frames)
• Content: It is Paging Channel Multi-frames. It
defines the number of multi-frames used as a loop
of paging sub-channels.
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T3212
• Value range: 0~255

• Unit: 6 minutes
• Content: It is Periodic Location Update Timer.
It defines the period length of location updating.
• Recommendation: 30 (for urban area), 20 (for
suburban area)
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Application of T3212
LAC
“Ping-pong Reselect”
A B
T3212=4 T3212=8
Even if T3212 setting is less than the system(MSC)

query time, The system will still sometimes voice “The
subscriber you dialed is powered off”.
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Cell Channel Description Format
• Value range: Bitmap, 1024, 512, 256,

128, variable length
• Content: That is CA table. Presently, the
parameter has been automatically selected
by the program according to actual CA
configurations.
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Application of CA Table
Effective Effective Effective Effective Effective ...

Module ID Cell ID
frequency 0 frequency 1 frequency 2 frequency 3 frequency 5
2 51 45 59 68 77 86 ...
2 52 49 62 71 80 89 ...
2 53 53 65 74 83 92 ...
This table describes all the effective frequencies configured in a cell.
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Radio Link Timeout
• Value range: 4~64, the step size is 4

• Unit: SACCH period (480ms)
• Content: This parameter is used for MS to decide
down-link disconnection in case of SACCH
decoding failures.
• Recommendation: 20~56
•
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Application of Radio Link Timeout
Poor coverage
P Q
A B
Impact of radio link timeout
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Neighbor Cell Description
• I.e. Huawei BA tables. There are table BA1 and

table BA2.
• Table BA1 describes BCCH frequencies of the
adjacent cells to be measured when the MS is
in idle mode.
• Table BA2 describes BCCH frequencies of the
adjacent cells to be measured when the MS is
in dedicated mode.
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Application of Neighbor Cell
Description
B B
A C A C
D D
Theoretical Neighbor Cells Actual Neighbor Cells
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Application of Neighbor Cell
Description
B
A
C
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NCC Permitted
• Value range: Check box, including options 0~7.

• Content: Network Color Code, to be sent in
system messages 2 and 6. It lists NCC that need be
measured by MS. If a neighbor cell with NCC
permitted, MS will report M.R. Of the neighbor cell to
the network.
• Recommendation: Subject to the concrete
conditions.
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MS MAX Re-trans
• Value range: 1, 2, 4, 7
• Unit: Times
• Content: One of the parameters of random access
control information. i.e. MS MAX. Re-trans Times. It is
the upper limit of times that MS is allowed to send
“Channel Request” in one immediate assignment
procedure.
• Recommendation: Set to 7:For areas with low traffic
(suburban or rural area) and the cell radius more than 3
km.Set to 4: For areas with ordinary traffic (non-busy
area in the city) and the cell radius less than 3km. Set to
2: For micro-cellular Set to 1: For micro-cellular with
heavy traffic or with obvious congestion. And 4 or more
is recommended to set for satellite transmission BTS.
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Tx-integer
• Value range: 3~12, 14, 16, 20, 25, 32, 50

• Unit: Number of RACH timeslots (equivalent to one
timeslot, 0.577ms)
• Content: Extended Transmission Timeslots(T), used to
calculate the number of timeslots in the interval between
two channel requests sent by MS.
• Recommendation: 25 (If the cell immediate
assignment success rate is low, set the S with a larger
value. Select 32 for satellite transmission, so as to
reduce satellite transmission delay).
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Calculation of S
S
T
Combined Non-combined
CCCH CCCH
3, 8, 14, 50 55 41
4, 9, 16 76 52
5, 10, 20 109 58
6, 11, 25 163 86
7, 12, 32 217 115
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CBA
• Value range: Yes (0), No (1)

• Unit: None
• Content: Cell Bar Access, worked together with
CBQ to set the priority status of the cell in idle mode
for cell selection and reselection.
• Recommendation: Yes
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Application of CBA
A
D
B
CBQ(A)= “NO”
CBA(A)= “NO”
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Common Access Control Class
• Value range: Check box, including level 0

forbidden,lever 1 forbidden,…till level 9 forbidden
• Content: One of the parameters of random access
control information. i.e. 0~9 bits of “AC”. It is used
for load control of ordinary subscribers, to permit or
forbid the network access of some common level
users. “1” stands for forbidden and “0” for permitted.
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Special Access Control Class
• Value range: Check box, including level 11

forbidden,level12 forbidden,…till level 15 forbidden
• Content: I.e. 11~15 bits of “AC”. It is used for load
control, permitting or forbidding the network access
of some special level users. “1” stands for forbidden
and “0” for permitted.
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T3122
Definition
 When the network receives “channel request” message sent by MS,

if there is no appropriate channel assigned to MS, the network will
send immediate assignment rejection message to MS. To avoid the
congestion of radio channel which is caused by MS’s frequently
sending of “channel request”, immediate assignment rejection
message contains the timer T3122 (the wait-indication). After MS
receives immediate assignment rejection message, only after T3122
is timeout MS can send a new channel request.
Format
 T3122 is 8-bit binary. It indicates the time that MS has to wait before
sending the second request.Its timing length is 0-255 seconds.
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MBR

• Unit: None
• Content: Multi-band Reporting. It is used to
inform MS to report the adjacent cells in a
controllable way. It is sent in the System
Information 2ter and 5ter.
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Application of MBR
GSM1800
A -92dBm
B -82dBm
S GSM900
H -84dBm
C -68dBm E -78dBm
D -90dBm F -88dBm
G -96dBm
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ECSC

• Unit: None
• Content: Early Classmark Sending Control. It

informs MS in a cell whether class-mark 3 should be
sent in advance actively or not.
• Recommendation: No.
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Power Deviation Indication

• Unit: None
• Content: Determine whether to adjust the output the
power for class 3 MS of GSM1800.
• Recommendation: None
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Power Deviation
• Value range: 0~3, corresponding value: 0dB, 2dB, 4dB,

6dB
• Unit: None
• Content: After random access, when the initial power
command is not received, the power used by GSM1800
Class 3 MS is MS max. transmitting power plus the value
of power offset.
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Cell Selection Parameter
• MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH
• RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN
• ACS(Additional Reselect
Parameter Indication)
• PI(Cell Reselect Parameters
Indication)
• CBQ(Cell Bar Qualify)
• CRO(Cell Reselection Offset)
• TO(Temporary Offset)
• PT(Penalty Time)
• CRH( Cell Reselection
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Hysteresis)
Cell Selection Process
• There are two kinds of cell selection.
• Normal cell selection
• Stored list cell selection
• In fact, the process might be different for different
MSs
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Cell Reselection Process
• Cell reselection for cells in same location area

 If the C2 value of the target cell is higher than that of the
serving cell and last for longer than 5 seconds, a cell
reselection process will be performed and the MS tunes to the
new cell.
• Cell reselection for cells in different location areas
 If the C2 value of the target cell is higher than that of the
serving cell by at least the value of CRH and last for longer
than 5 seconds, a location updating process and the cell
reselection process will be performed.
• Cell reselections caused by C2 have a time interval of 15
seconds
• If current serving cell is prohibited, or down link fails, or
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MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH

• Unit: level
• Content: This parameter determines the max.
allowed output power of the MS when it begins to
access a cell and has not yet received power
command.
• Recommendation: 5(900MHz), 0(1800MHz)
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RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN

• Unit: Level
• Content: It means the minimum received signal
level required for MS to access a cell.
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ACS
• Value range:Yes, No.

• Unit:None
• Content: Additional Reselect Parameter
Indication. It is used to inform MS of the location
of reselection parameter in the cell.
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PI
• Value range: Yes (1), No (0).

• Unit: None
• Content: Cell Reselect Parameters Indication,
sent on the broadcast channel of the cell. It is an
indication of existence of “Cell Reselect
Offset(CRO)”, “Temporary Offset(TO)” and
“Penalty Time(PT)”.
• Recommendation: Yes.
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CBQ
• Value range: Yes(1) , No(0)

• Unit: None
• Content: Cell Bar Qualify. CBQ only affects
the selection of cells but is not related to cell
reselection. It works with CBA to define the
access priorities of cells.
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Application of CBQ
A B
The traffic of cell A and B is heavy. Set these two cells with
CBA=“No”, CBQ=“No”.
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Application of CBA
A
B
B is a micro cell. Set B to “Normal” and A to “Low”.
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CRO
• Value range: 0~63, the corresponding level value:

0~126dB, stepped every 2dB.
• Unit: None
• Content: Cell Reselect Offset. It is a parameter in
C2 calculation to give a manual modification in MS
cell reselection.
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TO
• Value range: 0~7 , the corresponding value is

0~60dB, 7 corresponds to “Infinite”
• Unit: None
• Content: Cell Reselect Temporary Offset. It is a
parameter in C2 criterion to give a temporary
modification within PT time.
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PT
• Value range: 0~31, the corresponding time is

20~620s. 31 is to change the function direction of
CRO on C2.
• Unit: None
• Content: Cell Reselect Penalty Time.
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CRH
• Value range: 0~14 , the step size is 2

• Unit: dB
• Content: Cell Reselection Hysteresis. It is the
parameter used when cell reselection happens
between two location areas.
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Network Function Parameter
• PWRC (Power Control Permitted)

• UL DTX(Uplink Discontinuous
Transmission)
• NECI(New-Establishment Cause
Indication)
• Call Re-establish Allowed(RE)
• EC Allowed(Emergency Call Allowed)
• Frequency Hopping
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PWRC
• Value range: Yes, No.

• Unit: None
• Content: It is used to indicate MS weather to
reduce received level value obtained from the
timeslots of BCCH when MS measures receiving
level during base band hopping mode. When it
is set to “No”, it means the influence of
receiving level on BCCH is not in consideration.
If it is set to “Yes”, process it in the way
mentioned above.
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UL DTX
• Value range: May use, Must use, Can not use.

• Unit: None
• Content: It is used to indicate whether MS
uses DTX function. In System Information 3, it is
2 bits coding. In System Information 6, 3 bits
coding. It shows the DTX state of the MS in the
previous measurement period.
• Recommendation: Must use.
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NECI
• Value range: Yes, No.

• Unit: None
• Content: Informing MS whether half-rate
service are supported in the cell.
• Recommendation: No
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Call Re-establishment Allowed

• Unit: None
• Content: RE, Informing MS whether call
reestablishment is supported or not.
• Recommendation: No
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EC Allowed

• Unit: None
• Content: Emergence Call Allowed . When
EC is set to “Yes”, it means emergency call
is permitted. Otherwise it is prohibited.
• Recommendation: Yes.
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Others in Data Management system
• System Information Used
• Regular Transmission
• Regular Transmission Interval
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System Information Used
• Value Range: It is a check box, including system

information 1~12, 2bis, 2ter, 5bis, 5ter, 10bis.
• Unit: None
• Content: It is used to determine whether a type of
system information should be sent. A selected box
means support,
• Recommendation: Select system information: 1~6,
2bis, 2ter, 5bis, 5ter
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Regular Transmission

• Unit: None
• Content: It shows whether BSC chooses to
perform timing update of system information
contents transmitted by BTS. If it is “Yes”, BSC will
send system information to BTS at a certain interval
(it is decided by timing updating interval.).
Otherwise, it must be transmitted through operating
the BSC.
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Regular Transmission Interval

• Unit: Minute
• Content: It stipulates the time interval
that BSC sends system information to
BTS.
• Recommendation: 10 minutes
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Course Contents
Case Study
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Case Study
 Case 1: Incorrect Configuration of BA Table

Case Description
 During the process of optimization in a certain area, it is found out that
the signal is poor in a certain section of suburban highway. The signal
strength measured is less than -95dBm.
 Handling Procedure
 Modify the data in BSC BA1 table. Cell A-3 and B-3 add adjacent data
for each other. The coverage problem is thus solved.
 Summary and Suggestions
 There is a lot of signals received in this area, it is difficult to solve the
coverage problem if we check data independently. Try to conduct
frequency scanning in highway sections where the signal is poor, find
out the receiving frequency with the highest signal level, check BA1
table, BA2 table, and the neighbor cell relationship, and modify the data.
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Case Study
 Case 2: Incorrect CGI causes MS unable to register on the network.

 Case description
• The subscriber complains that MS cannot register to

the network, or it is difficult to register to the network
between BTS A and B, or no network mark is
displayed on the MS, but MS indicates that the signal
is very good. Some subscribers also complain that
MS can make MTC but cannot make MOC.
 Cause analysis
• CGI of the cell is modified. So the network register

flow is not normal. Although the signal is very good,
MS cannot get registered in the network.
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 Recommendation and summary
Case Study
 Case 3: Incorrect LAC configuration causes high SDCCH congestion rate.

 Case description
 SDCCH congestion rate is as high as 4.91% in 2 cells of an urban
BTS. The configuration of this BTS is S1/1/1. And the busy hour
TCH traffic of each cell does not exceed 3 Erl.
 Handling procedure
 Modify the LAC of this BTS into 0520, which is the same as the
surrounding cells. And the problem is solved.
 Recommendation and summary
 LAC configurations of all the cells in the same location area must be
the same. Different cells must have different CGI. When there is
modification on BSS side, corresponding modification should be
made on MSC.
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Case Study
 Case 4: MSC T3212 is too small caused part of MS cannot be called.
 After Huawei BSC has been running successfully in a network. Some
subscribers complain that they cannot be called. The system announcement
that the subscriber called is powered off. After they make a call, this
phenomenon disappears.
 1. When analyzing the distribution of the complaining subscribers, it’ found
the distribution are very dispersed. So this should not be caused by poor
coverage.
 2. Use the complaining subscribers’ mobile for dial test, And the result shows
tested mobiles are okay.
 3. Trace the cause from MSC. After checking location update time of MSC
with the operator, we reduce T3212 of BSC to 30 minutes.
88  Recommendation and summary
Case Study
 Case 5: MS Min-access Level causes the fluctuation of MS signal.

• Case description
 Subscribers complain that the signal fluctuates in a certain
area. On-site tests shows that this phenomenon does exist.
From the testing mobile, we can see that there are a lot of cells’
signals in this area. Some frequencies are the suburb BTS
signals far away from this area. The cell reselection of MS is
rather frequent.
• Handling procedure
 Modify parameter “RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN” of all cells in urban
area and make them consistent with each other. The problem
of signal fluctuation is solved.
• Recommendation and summary
 In area with complicated coverage, the
89 “RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN” of each cell should be kept same.
Case Study
 Case 6: High SDCCH call drop rate

 A network operator finds that the SDCCH call drop rate is about
2% after BSC cutover. This is far away from the acceptable
standard.
 1. Modify relevant parameters in system information and cell
attribute tables. The modification helps to avoid the radio link
failure which will cause call drop, and to adjust the balance
between uplink and downlink.
 2. Check the situation of other indices, especially handover
successful rate and TCH related indices. Analyze hardware and
parameters and see if they are in compliance with the actual
running situation of the network.
90  3.Check the performance of the hardware on-site. Analyze the
Case Study
 Case 7: Cell reselection caused fluctuation of signals.
 In a dual-band network, performing GSM1800 single network drive test,
during the driver test, MS often lost connection with the network. But
when MS reconnects with the network, the signal level is very strong.
 After analyzing the actual traffic in each cell of GSM900 network in
details, MS minimum access level and cell reselection offset (CRO) of
GSM1800 are adjusted to make C2 of cells in GSM1800 close to one
another when received signal levels are the same. At the same time, the
traffic carried by equipment of other network is not reduced. After
several times of adjustment, CRO of most 1800 cells are 30dB, MS
minimum access level is -90dBm. For GSM900 cells, CRO is 0, MS
minimum access level is -100dBm. The cross-cell coverage
91 phenomenon is basically eliminated.
Case Study
 Case 8：Too small T3212 causes MS lose connection with network.
 A local GSM network has more than 6000 subscribers. There are four
BTS. The network has been working properly. But from sometime on,
some MS often lost connection with network suddenly. The complaint
from subscribers in urban area increased.
 Modify the time of BSC periodic location update (T3212) to 10, i.e. 60
minutes. Modify the corresponding time of MSC to 180 minutes. Two
days’ observation shows no subscriber complains and the problem is
solved.
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Course Contents
Case Study
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Some of the BSC Timers -T3101
• Definition
 It is used in the immediate assignment process. During
the process of immediate assignment, T3101 is
activated when BSC sends CHANNEL-ACTIVE to BTS,
and reset when it receives ESTABLISH INDICATION
sent from BTS.
• Value range
 0~255s
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• Definition
 T3103 defines the time that BSC reserves the TCH of
both the target cell and the original cell simultaneously
during the handover process. T3103 starts when BSC
originates handover command and resets when
handover complete (intra BSC handover) or clear
command is received (inter-BSC handover).
• Value range
 0~255s
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• Definition
 It is used in the TCH assignment process. BSC starts
T3107. when TCH assignment command is sent to
BTS, and stop after receiving “assignment complete”
from BTS.
• Value range
 0~255s
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• Definition
 SACCH release time allowed is indicated by this
timer.
• Value range
 0~255s
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• Definition
 According to timer T3111, BSC delays the channel
release at BTS side. After BSC receives information
of BTS channel releasing, it start T3111. BSC will
not send channel release command to BTS until
T3111 is timeout.
• Value range
 0~255s
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System Information Overview

Introduction to BSS Timers

System information (SYS INFO) contains network parameters

Bit8 Bit7 Bit4 Bit3 Bit2 Format Type

The above cell channel description formats correspond to different

• These control parameters include:

 SYS INFO 2BIS

 SYS INFO 2TER

 2TER contains neighbor BCCH frequencies (part of BA1 list). It is

SYS INFO 2TER - - Neighbor Cell Desc. (extended)

Cell Global Identity (CGI) consists of Location Area

• Control channel description includes the

• Cell selection parameters indicate how the MS

• It contains the following parameters:

System Information Overview

Introduction to BSS Timers

• Huawei GSM System Information Parameters:

• Network identity parameters mainly include cell

 MCC consists of 3 decimal numbers. It

MCC is composed of 3 decimal numbers.

 MNC is used to uniquely identify a specific GSM

MNC is composed of two decimal numbers.

 To locate the location of MS, the whole area covered by

LAI contains LAC, which is composed of two

 To uniquely identify each cell in the GSM PLMN, the

CI is composed of 16 bits, The available

 NCC is part of BSIC. MS uses it to distinguish

NCC is composed of 3 bits,

 BCC is part of BSIC. For its function, please refer

BCC is composed of 3 bits. The

BS-AG-BLKS-RES Common Access Control Class

Cell Channel Description format ECSC

Radio Link Timeout Power Deviation Indication

• Value range: Yes, No

• Value range: 1 non-combined CCCH, 1 combined CCCH,

• Value range: 0~2 (1 combined CCCH), 0~7

• Value range: 2～9

• Value range: 0~255

Even if T3212 setting is less than the system(MSC)

• Value range: Bitmap, 1024, 512, 256,

Effective Effective Effective Effective Effective ...

This table describes all the effective frequencies configured in a cell.

• Value range: 4~64, the step size is 4

Impact of radio link timeout

• I.e. Huawei BA tables. There are table BA1 and

Theoretical Neighbor Cells Actual Neighbor Cells

• Value range: Check box, including options 0~7.

• Value range: 3~12, 14, 16, 20, 25, 32, 50

• Value range: Yes (0), No (1)

• Value range: Check box, including level 0

• Value range: Check box, including level 11

 When the network receives “channel request” message sent by MS,

• Value range: 0~3

• Value range: Yes, No

• Content: Early Classmark Sending Control. It

• Value range: Yes, No

• Value range: 0~3, corresponding value: 0dB, 2dB, 4dB,

• Cell reselection for cells in same location area

• Value range: 0~31

• Value range: 0~63

• Value range:Yes, No.

• Value range: Yes (1), No (0).