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Change History

Version Description Date Owner

In 19B:
1.Added automatic addition of neighboring 5G
cells on the 4G side.
2.Added automatic modification of neighboring
5G cells on the 4G side.
0.1 August 1, 2018 Ye Genhong
3.Added automatic removal of neighboring 5G
cells on the 4G side.
4.Added automatic addition of neighboring 4G
cells on the 5G side.

1. Added support for automatic NR external-cell

PLMN list management by the eNodeB.
2. Added event-triggered ANR.
0.2 3. Added neighboring cell addition in the case of August 1, 2019 Ye Genhong
PCI confusion based on the handover success
rate.

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Contents
• 1. Feature Concept

• 2. Solution Overview

• 3. Impact Analysis

• 4. User Guide

• 5. Verification

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1. Feature Concept E Enhanced
N New

Version Feature Change Description

Name
Neighboring E-UTRAN cells can be automatically
5G RAN2.1 ANR N
added for NR cells.

Neighboring NR cells can be automatically

SRAN15.1 Inter-RAT ANR E
added, modified, and deleted for E-UTRAN cells.

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1. Solution Overview – Feature Planning
Version Feature Supported Function

In SA networking, neighboring E-UTRAN cells can be

5G RAN2.1
automatically added for NR cells.
ANR
In SA networking, neighboring cells can be automatically
5G RAN3.0
deleted and blacklisted.

In SA/NSA networking, neighboring NR cells can be

SRAN15.1
automatically added, modified, and deleted for E-UTRAN cells.

Inter-RAT ANR is enhanced on the LTE side as follows:

1.The scenario where MOCN is used is supported.
Inter-RAT ANR
2.Event-triggered ANR can be triggered based on
SRAN16.0 handover algorithms.
3.The no handover attribute can be automatically
managed for neighboring cells.

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2. Solution Overview – Why
Neighbor relationships in different scenarios

eNB gNB

Neighboring E-UTRAN cell

addition for the NR cell
Neighboring NR cell addition
for the E-UTRAN cell

NSA SA Maximum Number of

Neighboring
Serving Cell Neighbor Relationship Neighbor Relationship Neighboring Cells per
Cell
Scenarios Scenarios Cell
Neighboring E-
NR cell • N/A • NR to E-UTRAN HO 384
UTRAN cell
Neighboring NR • EN-DC SCG cell addition* • E-UTRAN to NR HO*
E-UTRAN cell 128
cell (eNodeB support) (eNodeB support)

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2. Solution Overview – Why

Manual maintenance and optimization of neighbor relationships require a lot of

manpower and costs.

• 5G neighbor relationships are generated based on existing 4G neighbor relationships.

• Neighbor relationships are analyzed based on the geographic information of engineering par
ameters.

• Coverage and neighboring cell information is collected through drive tests.

• Data analysis and data configuration are required.

• Network capacity expansion and site addition require frequent adjustment of neighboring cell
s.

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2. Solution Overview – Why
Missing neighboring cells

• Manual optimization of neighbor relationships cannot

cover the entire network, and therefore complete nei
ghbor relationships cannot be ensured.

• In the event of missing neighboring cells, UEs canno

t be handed over to the best neighboring cell when
moving to the target cell. As a result, call drops occu
r or interference occurs.

• It is difficult to locate missing neighboring cells and p

erform optimization.

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2. Solution Overview – Overview

• Detection for missing neighboring cells

• Automatic addition of neighboring cells
• Neighboring NR cell management over X2 (neighboring NR cells are added for E-
UTRAN cells)
• Automatic removal of neighboring cells (neighboring NR cells are added for E-UTRAN
cells)
• Neighboring cell addition in the case of PCI confusion based on the handover
success rate (neighboring NR cells are added for E-UTRAN cells)
• Neighboring cell addition in controlled mode
• Neighboring cell specifications

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 2. Solution Overview – Basic Concepts – NCL
NCL (external cell list)
External Cell
PhyCellId DlArfcn TAC PLMN List
MCC MNC gNBId CellId
460 01 gNB ID#1 Cell ID#1 PhyCellId#1 F1 TAC#1 460 02
460 01 gNB ID#1 Cell ID#2 PhyCellId#2 F1 TAC#1 460 02
460 01 gNB ID#2 Cell ID#1 PhyCellId#3 F1 TAC#1 460 02
460 01 gNB ID#3 Cell ID#1 PhyCellId#4 F2 TAC#2 460 02
• The neighboring cell list (NCL) contains information about external cells, which are served by surrounding base stations.
• For NR, the inter-RAT NCL records the E-UTRAN cell global identifier (ECGI), PLMN list, PCI, TAC, and DLEARFCN of the external cell.
• For E-UTRAN, the inter-RAT NCL records the NCGI, PLMN list, PCI, TAC, and DLARFCN of the external cell.

On the NR side: The NCL can be configured through ANR.

To add an external E-UTRAN cell: ADD GNBEUTRAEXTERNALCELL: Mcc= "460", Mnc= "01", eNBId=12, CellId=15, PhysicalCellId=500, DlEarfcn=3610
00, Tac=0;
To add the PLMN of an external E-UTRAN cell: ADD GNBEUTRAEXTCELLPLMN: Mcc= "460", Mnc= "01", EnodebId=12, CellId=15, SharedMcc= "460",
SharedMnc = "03";
On the LTE side:
To add an external NR cell: ADD NREXTERNALCELL: Mcc= "460", Mnc= "20", GnodebId=255, CellId=1, DlArfcn=151600, PhyCellId=1, Tac=1;
To add the PLMN of an external NR cell: ADD NREXTERNALCELLPLMN: Mcc="460", Mnc="20", GnodebId=255, CellId=1, SharedMcc=“460",
SharedMnc =“23“;

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2. Solution Overview – Basic Concepts – NRT
NRT
Neighbor Cell
EUTRANCellId
MCC MNC gNBId CellId
EUTRANCellId#1 460 01 gNB ID#1 Cell ID#1
EUTRANCellId#1 460 01 gNB ID#1 Cell ID#2
EUTRANCellId#1 460 01 gNB ID#2 Cell ID#1
EUTRANCellId#1 460 01 gNB ID#3 Cell ID#1
• The NRT contains information about neighbor relationships between a cell and its neighboring cells.
• Each NR cell has an inter-RAT NRT, which contains neighbor relationships with E-UTRAN cells.
• Each E-UTRAN cell has an inter-RAT NRT, which contains neighbor relationships with NR cells.

On the NR side: The NRT can be configured through ANR.

To add a neighbor relationship with an E-UTRAN cell: ADD NRCELLEUTRANRELATION: NRCellId=1 Mcc= "101", Mnc= "02", EnodebI
d =12, CellId=15;
On the LTE side:
To add a neighbor relationship with an NR cell: ADD NRNRELATIONSHIP: LocalCellId=0, Mcc= "460", Mnc= "20", GnodebId=1, CellId=
123;

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2. Solution Overview – Detection for Missing
Neighboring Cells

Automatic detection for missing neighbor NRT of Cell A

ing cells Cell C: PCI = 1 CGI = 6
...
• The UE moves from the serving cell to the adja Cell Z: PCI = 8 CGI = 9
cent cell.

• When the adjacent cell meets the event triggeri

ng conditions, the UE reports the event measur
ement report to the serving cell. The measurem
ent report contains the PCI of the adjacent cell.

• The reported PCI is not in the NRT of the servin

g cell. As a result, the UE cannot initiate a hand
over to the adjacent cell.

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2. Solution Overview – Automatic Neighboring Cell
Addition

Automatic addition of neighboring cells

• The serving cell instructs the UE to start a repor Cell A Cell B
PCI = 3 PCI = 5
tCGI measurement and read the CGI informatio CGI = 17 CGI = 19
n of the neighboring cell with the specified PCI. 1.
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an external cell to the NCL based on the inform

ation.

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 2. Solution Overview – Automatic Neighboring Cell Addition

 Event-triggered ANR: Missing inter-RAT neighboring cells are detected and added based on
UE event measurements.
UE Event Measurement Support in…
NSA DC 19B

Coverage-based LTE-to- 19B

NR redirection
Coverage-based LTE-to- 20A
NR handover
Service-based LTE-to-NR 20A
redirection
Service-based LTE-to-NR 20A
handover

 Fast ANR: Missing inter-RAT neighboring cells are detected and added based on periodic UE
measurements.

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2. Solution Overview – Neighboring
eNB gNB
Cell Management over X2 – Neighboring EN-DC X2 SETUP REQUES
NR Cell Addition for E-UTRAN Cells T

EN-DC X2 SETUP RESPON

SE
Automatic modification of neighboring cells (including information such as th
e frequency and PCI of the NR c
ell)
•The eNodeB maintains information such as the freque EN-DC X2 setup process

ncy and PCI in the NCL based on the NR cell informati eNB gNB
on carried in the EN-DC X2 SETUP RESPONSE/EN-D EN-DC CONFIGURATION UPDAT
C CONFIGURATION UPDATE message. E

(including the NR cell addition, d

•The eNodeB deletes information from the NCL/NRT b eletion, and modification informati
on)
ased on the NR cell deletion list carried in the EN-DC
CONFIGURATION UPDATE message.
EN-DC CONFIGURATION UP
DATE ACKNOWLEDGE
EN-DC X2 update process

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 2. Solution Overview – Automatic Removal of
NRT/NCL Entries – Neighboring NR Cell Addition for E-UTRAN
Cells
Removal of neighbor relationships from an NRT Removal of external cells from an
Full specifications are reached: NCL
In the measurement period (ANR.StaPeriodForIRatNRTDel) for a local cell, if t
he number of times all neighboring NR cells are measured or the number of ti
mes DC SCells are successfully configured is greater than or equal to the valu At the end of four consecutive measureme
e of NR.StaNumForIRatNRTDel, the neighboring cell with the least measure nt periods (each specified by ANR.StaPeri
ment or zero DC SCell configuration success is deleted. odForIRatNRTDel), the eNodeB removes
the external cell that has no neighbor relati
Redundant neighbor relationships:
onships with any of the cells served by the
A neighbor relationship is redundant and then deleted if the following condition
local eNodeB.
s are met within ANR.StatPeriodCoeff consecutive measurement periods def
ined by ANR.StaPeriodForIRatNRTDel:
•The total number of times all neighboring NR cells are measured by UEs in th
e local cell is greater than or equal to the value of ANR.StaNumForIRatNRTD
el.
•This neighboring cell has never been included in any measurement report.
•At least one neighboring cell on the frequency of this neighboring cell is inclu
ded in a measurement report.
•The PLMN list type is not set to GREY_LIST.

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 2. Solution Overview – Neighboring Cell Addition in the Case of
PCI Confusion Based on the Handover Success Rate – Neighboring
NR Cell Addition for E-UTRAN Cells Cell 1 Cell 2
PCI = 1 Source cell PCI = 1
Neighboring cell addition in the case of PCI confusion can be Neighbor
triggered when the LTE-to-NR handover success rate is lower than relationship UE
the threshold.
>Step 1: If the success rate of handovers from the source LTE cell to the
B1 measurement
neighboring NR cell is lower than the threshold, CGI reading is triggered
upon an event-triggered ANR measurement report is received.
Measurement report (PCI = 1)
>Step 2: If the UE reports a neighboring NR cell with the same PCI and
a different NCGI, the neighboring cell can be added. CGI measurement (PCI = 1)
If the success rate of handovers
>Step 3: If no neighboring NR cell with the same PCI is detected and the from the source cell to the
handover success rate is still lower than the threshold, the no handover neighboring cell (cell 1) is lower CGI reporting (NCGI of cell 2)
than the threshold, CGI reading is
flag is automatically set for the neighboring cell.
triggered.
Cell 2 is added to the NCL and NRT.
After cell 2 is added to the NRT of
the source cell, the success rate
Cell 1 and cell 2 encounter PCI confusion.
of handovers from the source cell
to cell 1 returns to a normal level.

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2. Solution Overview – Controlled Mode
U2020

Controlled mode

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does not add the neighboring cell. Instead, it Rep
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ation/deletion) suggestion to the U2020. The
eNB/gNB gNB/eNB
U2020 delivers the neighbor relationship con
figuration after manual confirmation.

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 2. Solution Overview – Network Sharing for ANR
U2020
On shared networks, ANR configures the PLMN list of the external
neighboring cell based on the neighboring cell information reported
by the UE in the following two scenarios: neighboring NR cell

ult
addition for E-UTRAN cells and neighboring E-UTRAN cell addition

res
for NR cells.

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qu

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CN

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The neighboring E-UTRAN cell shared by operators broadcasts PL

MO

MO
MN IDs in RR mode. In this case, the UE cannot read the correct P
LMN list of the primary and secondary operators of the neighboring
E-UTRAN cell. Neighboring cell configuration is stored in the U202
0. Therefore, the gNodeB can obtain the PLMN list of the neighbori
Rep
ng cell from the U2020. ort n
ew n
eigh
bor
If the neighboring E-UTRAN cell supports network sharing and PL gNB eNB
MN RR is enabled, select the EUTRAN_NCELL_MOCN_ROUND PLMN ID RR mode
option under the NRCELLANR.AnrModeSwitch parameter.

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2. Solution Overview – Neighboring Cell
Specifications

SRAN 15.1 Specifications (eNodeB) UMPTb UMPTe UMPTg

NR neighbor relationships supported by each cell 128 128 256
NR neighbor relationships supported by each eNodeB 2304 4608 9216

DBS5900/DU
5G RAN 2.1 Specifications (gNodeB) RANCU_GNB
UMPTe UMPTg
E-UTRAN neighbor relationships supported by each cell 384 384 384
E-UTRAN neighbor relationships supported by each cell per
72x256 108x256 576x256
gNodeB/DU/CU

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 3. Impact Analysis

Positive Impact Negative Impact

• Reduced workload of manual neighbor
relationship configuration • CGI measurements are performed for a nei
• Reduced costs of neighboring cell planning ghboring cell to be added for the first time.
and optimization When a CGI measurement is started, DRX i
• Complete and correct neighboring cell s enabled. When data transmission scheduli
configuration ng is stopped for reading system informatio
n of the neighboring cell, data transmission i
Example: 1000 sites need more than 200,000 neighbor relationships.
s interrupted for about one second.
Time and cost saving:
•No mapping surgery
•No NR configuration
•No drive test for optimization
•Quick automatic NR setup

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4. User Guide (1)
Restriction and Dependency

Hardware/NEs/Transmission U2020

Other Features UEs support DRX and reportCGI measurements (3GPP Release 15).

License
Feature ID Feature Name Model NE Sales Unit

FOFD-021204 Automatic Neighbour Relation (ANR) gNodeB Per Cell

LOFD-002002/ eNodeB Per Cell

Inter-RAT ANR
TDLOFD-002002

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4. User Guide (E-UTRAN)
 Recommended Scenarios

 It is recommended that E-UTRAN to NR ANR be enabled in all scenarios.

 Activation

 Activating ANR
MOD CELLALGOSWITCH: LocalCellId=0, AnrFunctionSwitch = NR_EVENT_ANR_SW -1;

 Deactivation

 Deactivating ANR
MOD CELLALGOSWITCH: LocalCellId=0, AnrFunctionSwitch = NR_EVENT_ANR_SW -0;

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4. User Guide (NR)
 Recommended Scenarios

 It is recommended that NR to E-UTRAN ANR be enabled in all scenarios.

 Activation

 Activating ANR
MOD NRCELLALGOSWITCH: NrCellId=7, AnrSwitch = NR_EUTRAN_ANR_SW-1;

 Deactivation

 Deactivating ANR
MOD NRCELLALGOSWITCH: NrCellId=7, AnrSwitch = NR_NR_ANR_SW-0,NR_EUTRAN_ANR_SW-0;

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 4. User Guide (3)
 Key parameters (NR)
MO Parameter ID Meaning Default Value

NRCELLALGOSWITCH AnrSwitch.NR_EUTRAN_ANR_SW Indicates whether to enable NR_E-UTRAN ANR. OFF

AnrModeSwitch. Indicates whether to enable the controlled mode for

NRCELLANR OFF
NR_EUTRAN_ANR_CTRL_MODE automatically configuring neighboring E-UTRAN cells.

AnrModeSwitch. Indicates whether handovers to an unconfirmed neighboring

NRCELLANR OFF
NR_EUTRAN_ANR_CTRL_MODE_HO_SW E-UTRAN cell can be initiated in the controlled mode.

AnrModeSwitch. Indicates whether the neighboring E-UTRAN cell supports the

NRCELLANR OFF
EUTRAN_NCELL_MOCN_ROUND PLMN round robin mode.

 Key parameters (E-UTRAN)

Default
MO Parameter ID Meaning
Value
CellAlgoSwitch AnrFunctionSwitch. NR_EVENT_ANR_SW Indicates the ANR function switch. OFF

Indicates the RSRP threshold used in fast ANR with

ANR NrFastAnrRsrpThld 0
NR.

ANR NRTDelMode.NR_ DELREDUNDANCENCELL Indicates the neighbor relationship removal mode. OFF

NCellPlmnList gNBIdLength Indicates the gNodeB ID length. 22

X2BasedUptNcellCfgSwitch.MOD_NR_NCELL_CFG_ Indicates whether to enable neighboring cell

GlobalProcSwitch OFF
SW configuration update based on received X2 messages.

Indicates whether to enable neighboring cell

X2BasedUptNcellCfgSwitch.DEL_NR_NCELL_CFG_S
GlobalProcSwitch configuration deletion based on received X2 OFF
W
messages.

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4. User Guide (4)
 New counters
Counter Name Counter Meaning
L.E2N.CgiReadAtt Number of attempts to read CGIs for neighboring NR cells of a cell
L.E2N.CgiReadSucc Number of successful attempts to read CGIs for neighboring NR cells of a
cell

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 4. User Guide (5)
 Observation
 SON logs
 On the U2020, choose Configuration > LTE Self Optimization > Query SON Log.

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