Parameters Specific to EGPRS

Territory Parameters
Power Control
Some BSC Parameters

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 effect of
EGPRS Territory Method introducing GPRS
on NW Quality & Capacity
• Dedicated TSL is subset of Default TSL
• Territories consists of consecutive timeslots
Additional GPRS capacity Default GPRS capacity threshold
Circuit
Switched
TRX 1 BCCH TS TS TS TS TS TS TS
Territory

TRX 2 TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS Circuit /
Packet
Free time slots in Circuit Switched
Switched territory Territory
Default GPRS
Territory upgrade in interval Capacity (%)
of Territory Upgrade Guard (CDEF) Dedicated GPRS
Time Territory downgrade Capacity (%) (CDED)
forced by the Circuit
Switched traffic

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 Territory Parameters
BTS Parameters: Segment Parameter:
GPRS Enabled (GENA) = Y/N S9 Prefer BCCH freq GPRS (BFG) = Y/N
EGPRS Enabled (EGENA) = Y/N S10.5
Max GPRS Capacity (CMAX) = 1...100% S10.5 TRX Parameter:
Default GPRS Capacity (CDEF) = 1…100% S9 GPRS Enabled TRX (GTRX) = Y/N
Dedicated GPRS Capacity (CDED) = 0…100% S9
Max GPRS capacity

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
TRX 1 EDGE BCCH SDCCH GTRX = Y

TRX 2 SDCCH GTRX = N

TRX 3 SDCCH GTRX = N

TRX 4 SDCCH GTRX = N

Total TCH tsl = 27 GENA = Y

EGENA = Y
EGPRS TS for TCH = 6 Dedicated tsl CDEF = 70%
Dedicated Capacity for GPRS = 1% of 6 = 0.06 ~ 1 TS Default tsl CDED = 1%
Default Capacity for GPRS = 70% of 6 = 4.2 ~ 4 TS Additional tsl

BSC Parameter:
Territory Upgrade Guard time (GTUGT) = 0…255 sec ( default = 5 sec)

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 Territory method parameters
 BSC level territory parameters
BFG is Segment level
- Territory Update Timer (GTUGT) parameter since there can be
only one BCCH-TRX in a
 Segment level territory parameters segment

- GPRS preferred BCCH frequency (BFG)

 BTS level territory parameters Dedicated and Default (E)GPRS
capacity can be set separately to
- Dedicated GPRS capacity (CDED) each BTS

- Default GPRS capacity (CDEF)

- EGPRS enabled (EGENA)
- GPRS enabled (GENA)
- Max GPRS Capacity (CMAX)
 TRX level territory parameters
- GPRS enabled TRX (GTRX)

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 Preferred BCCH frequency GPRS (BFG)
• Segment level parameter
• BFG parameter is dependent on "TRX priority in TCH allocation" (TRP)
parameter
TRP value BFG GPRS Territory is in

BCCH preferred Y BCCH TRX

BCCH preferred N TCH TRX

TCH preferred Y TCH TRX

TCH preferred N BCCH TRX

No priority Y TCH TRX

No priority N TCH TRX

• The parameter tells if we prefer the same TRX for GPRS as for voice
service

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 Power Control
• Downlink Power Control
• Not supported in the first release
• Requires measurement reports
• Reduce effect by setting PreferBCCHfreqGPRS (BFG)
• Uplink Power Control
• Based on RxLev on DL

Power control
data

UL Power
Control DL Power
Control

Measurement
Reports
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 Power Control parameters
 binary representation ALPHA (ALPHA)
 binary representation TAU (GAMMA)
 idle mode signal strength filter period (IFP)
 transfer mode signal strength filter period (TFP)
 bit error probability period (BEP) - for EDGE
• With this parameter you define the bit error probability filter averaging period for EGPRS
channel quality measurements

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 Uplink Power Control
PCH = min(CH - C + 48),PMAX)
GPRS Uplink Power Control
0, sets the maximum MS power level
·Default gamma_ch = 30 alfa = 0.8 gamma_ch = 20, alfa = 0.3
39 (GSM900)
35
· 36 (GSM1800 / 1900)
CH sets the minimum MS power level
30

·Range 0…62 25

MS Output Pow er (dBm )

·Default 17 (GSM900)
· 18 (GSM1800 / 1900)
20

 sets the slope for the uplink power level 15

·Range 0…10 10
· (equivalent 0.0….1.0)
·Default 7 (GSM900) 5
· 8 (GSM1800 / 1900)
0
C is the received signal level -45 -50 -55 -60 -65 -70 -75 -80 -85 -90 -95 -100 -105 -110
Signal Strength (dBm)

PMAX max MS power allowed in the cell

NOTE: PC parameters for the GPRS MS are transmitted on BCCH

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 Uplink Power Control
Averaging Parameters

Measurement
Packet Transfer Mode Packet Idle Mode
Mode

Mobile State Ready Standby

Parameter Range Default

Packet Idle Mode Signal Strength Filter Period 0…25 9
Packet Transfer Mode Signal Strength Filter Period 0…25 13

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 Uplink Power Control
Parameter Summary

MML Q3 Name Range MML Default

UL Power Control
Binary Representation ALPHA ALPHA alpha 0…10 7 (GSM900)
8 (GSM1800)

Binary Representation TAU GAMMA gamma 0…62 17 (GSM900)

18 (GSM1800)

Idle Mode signal strength filter period IFP tAvgW 0…25 9

Transfer mode signal stength filter period TFP tAvgT 0…25 13

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 Uplink Power Control
Averaging Parameters
Packet Transfer / Idle Mode Signal Strength
Filter Period = 25
Mobile Output Power

40

20

0
106
121
136
151
166
181
196
211
226
241
256
271
286
301
316
331
346
361
376
391
406
421
436
451
16
31
46
61
76
91
1

SS
Power

-20 P_IDLE
P_TRANSFER

-40

-60

-80

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 Uplink Power Control
Averaging Parameters
Packet Transfer / Idle Mode Signal Strength
Filter Period = 1
Mobile Output Power

40

20

0
1
14
27
40
53
66
79
92
105
118
131
144
157
170
183
196
209
222
235
248
261
274
287
300
313
326
339
352
365
378
391
404
417
430
443
Power

-20

-40

-60

-80

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 BSC Level parameters
 Territory Method
 Territory Upgrade Guard Time (GTUGT)

These parameters were

in UTPFIL in S9
 Free CS TSL
 FREE TSL FOR CS DOWNGRADE (CSD)
 FREE TSL FOR CS DOWNGRADE (CSU)

These parameters were

 TSL Sharing in PRFILE in S9
 Maximum number of DL TBF (MNDL)
 Maximum number of UL TBF (MNUL)

Parameter MML name Q3 name MML Range MML Default

FREE TSL FOR CS DOWNGRADE CSD freeTSLsCsDowngrade 0…100% 95%
FREE TSL FOR CS UPGRADE CSU freeTSLsCsUpgrade 0…10s 4s
GPRS TERRITORY UPDATE GUARD TIME GTUGT terrUpdateGuardTimeGPRS 1…255s 5s
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DL TBF MNDL pcuMaxNoDLtbfInCH 1…9 9
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UL TBF MNUL pcuMaxNoULtbfInCH 1…7 7

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 Free Timeslots S9
How many free timeslots are defined for different BTS configurations?
No. of TRXs / BTS Free TSLs (after Free TSLs (after Mean free TSL in CSW
GPRS downgrade) GPRS upgrade)
1 1 1 1
2 1 2 1.5
3 1 2 1.5
4 2 3 2.5
5 2 4 3
6 2 4 3
7 2 4 3
8 3 5 4
9 3 5 4
10 3 6 4.5
11 3 6 4.5
12 3 6 4.5
Free TSL "Pull"
CSW "Push" - TSL must be free after GPRS upgrade
- Will upgrade after "Update Guard Time"

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 Free Timeslots in CSW Territory

Free TSLs kept between CSW and GPRS territory in order to avoid delays in CSW allocation.
However they reduce the capacity for GPRS.

It is a trade off based on level of service the operator wants to give for each service:

•If parameters are set for low number of free TSLs the CSW traffic blocking may be affected
•If parameters are set for high number of free TSLs there is less capacity for GPRS. A high value will als
cause more territory updates, reallocations and intra cell Hos.
 Free TSL for CS Upgrade S10.5

Free TSLs kept between CSW and GPRS territory in order to avoid delays in CSW allocation.

Free TSL for CS upgrade (CSU)

TRXs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Time0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
2 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3
3 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4
4 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 5
5 1 2 3 3 4 5 5 5
6 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6
7 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7
8 1 3 4 4 5 6 6 7
9 1 3 4 5 5 6 7 7
10 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8

if the number of TRX is 4 and we wish that the probability of a Downgrade 5 seconds after
an
Upgrade is less than 5%, the number of free TSLs that must be left after upgrade is 3 . The
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parameter
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 Free TSL for CS downgrade S10.5

Free TSLs kept between CSW and GPRS territory in order to avoid delays in CSW allocation.

Free TSL for CS downgrade (CSD)

TRXs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
TCH0 94 84 76 69 63 58 54 50
1 99 98 96 93 91 87 85 82
2 100 99 99 99 98 97 96 94
3 100 99 99 99 98
4 100 99
5 100 100
6 100 100 100
7
8
9

Example:
if the number of TRX is 4 and and if we require a better than 95% availibility the number of free TSLs
that must be left after downgrade is at least 2. The parameter setting is
free TSL for CS downgrade (CSD)=95%
In S9 these parameters were in UTPFIL
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 Multiple Mobiles in Uplink and Downlink Transmission
• Several GPRS MSs( TBFs) can share one timeslot
• Maximum number of TBFs on a timeslot on UL
maximumNumberOfULTBFsPerRTSL (MNUL)
• Maximum number of TBFs on a timeslot on DL
maximumNumberOfDLTBFsPerRTSL (MNDL)

TS 1

TS 2

New MS TS 3

Parameter Value
maximumNumberOfULTBFsPerRTSL 0…7
maximumNumberOfDLTBFsPerRTSL 0…9
 Multiple Mobiles in Uplink and Downlink Transmission

•Affects of limiting the number of users:

•Increase the blocking
•Possibly increase the service perceived by the users

•For reallocation after a downgrade maximumNumberOfUL/DLTBFsPerRTSL

is not used.

TS 1

TS 2

New MS TS 3

•maximumNumberOfUL/DL TBFsPerRTSL is recommended to be set to

maximum.
 EGPRS TBF (re)allocation based on
MaxTBFinTSL parameter
Initial EGPRS TBF allocation
TBFs for EGPRS capable MSs are allocated always to EDGE capable BTS. EGPRS TBF can be allocated
to non-EDGE capable BTS if
• - there is no EDGE capable BTS in a segment, or
• - the average TBF / TSL is more than or equal to MaxTBFinTSL parameter defines in every EDGE capable
BTS.
EGPRS TBF reallocation
EGPRS TBFs allocated to a non EDGE capable BTS are followed and reallocated to an EDGE capable
BTS when its average:
TBF / TSL<MaxTBFinTSL
Reallocation is triggered when the load of an EDGE capable BTS decreases.
GPRS allocation
GPRS TBF allocation works as EGPRS allocation preferring non-EDGE capable resources.

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 (Re)allocation based on BTS load
• GPRS territory downgrade
Normally average TBF/TSL in a BTS may not be more than defined by parameter MaxTBFinBTS
defines.
In case of GPRS territory downgrade, it is however allowed. In this case 9 TBF/TSL and 7 TBF/TSL is
allowed for downlink and uplink respectively. Target for reallocation due to GPRS downgrade may also
be another BTS in a same segment. Target is selected based on TBF/TSL introduced above.

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 PBCCH/PCCCH parameters - EDGE
 GPRS not allowed access classes (GACC)
 GPRS cell barred (GBAR)
 GPRS rxlev access min (GRXP)
 GPRS MS txpwr max CCH (GTXP1)
 GPRS MS txpwr max CCH 1x00 (GTXP2)
 GPRS cell reselect hysteresis (GHYS)
 RA reselect hysteresis (RRH)
 C31 hysteresis (CHYS)
 C32 qual (QUAL)
 random access retry (RAR)
 reselection time (RES)
 priority class (PRC)
 HCS threshold (HCS)
 PBCCH blocks (PBB)
 PAGCH blocks (PAB)
 PRACH blocks (PRB)
 calculate minimum number of slots (CALC)
 GPRS number of slots spread trans (GSLO)
 GPRS max number of retransmission (GRET)

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