Training Course - 5G RAN3.0 Mobility Management Feature Introduction v1.3

5G RAN3.
0 Mobility Management
Feature Introduction
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Change History
5G RAN3.0 introduces the following changes to 5G RAN2.1:

 Added coverage-based inter-frequency handover in SA networking
 Added frequency-priority-based inter-frequency handover in SA networking
 Added inter-frequency cell reselection in SA networking
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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 feature
N New feature
Version Feature Name Change Description
NSA SgNB change/modification is supported.

5G RAN1.0 Mobility Management N Note: Only intra-frequency handover between NR PSCells is
supported.
5G RAN2.0 Mobility Management - Basically the same as in 5G RAN1.0.
SA intra-frequency handovers are supported.

5G RAN2.1 Mobility Management E Note: Handover from NR cells to LTE cells is included in the
Inter-RAT Mobility between NG-RAN and EUTRAN feature.
Inter-frequency cell reselection in SA networking is

supported.
Mobility Management Coverage-based inter-frequency handover in SA networking
5G RAN3.0 E
is supported.
Frequency-priority-based inter-frequency handover in SA
networking is supported.
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2. Solution Overview – Why
 Portfolio of handover strategies

Supported
Planned
Coverage-based handover Frequency priority-based Service-based handover

• Intra-frequency handover • Inter-frequency
• Inter-frequency • Inter-frequency • Inter-RAT
• Inter-RAT
Load-based handover Distance-based handover UL-quality-based

• Intra-frequency • Inter-frequency handover
• Inter-frequency • Inter-RAT • Inter-frequency
• Inter-RAT • Inter-RAT
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 Coverage-based handover Coverage-based handover
• The RSRP of cell 1 becomes weaker and the

RSRP of cell 2 becomes stronger when the UE
moves from cell 1 to cell 2.
• In the event of a failure for the network to hand
over the UE from cell 1 to cell 2:
• User experience deteriorates due to
growing interference. Cell 1 Cell 2
• A call drop occurs due to gradually bad
RSRP
signal quality of the serving cell.

• The handover function selects the cell with the
best signal quality for the UE, helping improve Cell 1 Handover Cell 2
user experience while the UE moves around in

the network.
Distance
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 Frequency-priority-based inter-frequency Frequency priority-based handover

handover
• In multi-frequency networking scenarios, operators F1
prefer the high frequency band to carry services as
much as possible to spare the low frequency band
for continuous coverage. The threshold
F2 requirements of event
A1 are satisfied.
• When the high frequency band is prioritized, the
frequency-priority-based handover is performed
from the low frequency band to the high
frequency band to implement service steering.
• When the UE served by a low-priority frequency
band meets the triggering threshold of event A1,
the gNodeB instructs the UE to hand over to a
high-priority frequency through an A4
measurement.
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 Other handover strategies (future versions)
• Load-based handover: Hand over UEs from a heavy-load cell to a light-load neighboring cell or
frequency to balance the loads between cells.
• Service-based handover: Configure differentiated handover parameters specific to service QCIs to

direct the traffic streams of these QCIs to desired target frequencies, thereby fulfilling the service
steering requirements.
• Distance-based handover: Hand over UEs to a neighboring frequency when their distance to the
serving cell is above a certain threshold. This function applies when a severe overshoot coverage
causes a coverage-base handover unable to be triggered even when the distance becomes very
large, helping prevent call drops.
• UL-quality-based handover: Trigger handovers when uplink signals are weak to thereby prevent call
drops caused by delayed handovers in the environment of bad uplink signals.
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2. Solution Overview – Introduction
• NSA
› SgNB change/modification
› MeNB-triggered SgNB change/modification (see LTE documentation)
• SA
› Intra-RAT intra-frequency handover
› Intra-RAT inter-frequency handover
› Inter-RAT handover to E-UTRAN (For an LTE-to-NR handover, see LTE
documentation)
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2. Solution Overview – NSA Mobility Management
1. NSA access: same as LTE access.

2. The eNodeB delivers event B1 measurement
configuration for NR SgNB addition.
3. The eNodeB chooses whether Option3 or
Option3X is used.
1 2 3
Mobility Triggering Scenario
The eNodeB periodically adds an SgNB based on service volumes for a UE after an initial access,
SgNB addition (see LTE documents)
incoming handover, incoming reestablishment, or initial addition failure.
SgNB Modification: intra-/inter-frequency handover within a gNodeB
SgNB change/modification (see this document)
SCG Change: intra-/inter-frequency handover between gNodeBs
The UE moves out of the gNodeB coverage area, event A2 is reported, or RLC retransmissions
SgNB release (see LTE documents)
exceeds the specified number of attempts.
Intra-/inter-frequency handover within a gNodeB or between gNodeBs based on event A3 or event
MeNB handover without SgNB change/modification
A4
(see LTE documents, and only this scenario
The NR side initiates an RRC connection reconfiguration, instructing the UE to re-access the cell in
supported in 19B)
contention-based or non-contention-based mode.
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2. Solution Overview – NSA SgNB Change/Modification
1. Main procedures
• Measurement configuration delivery

• The gNodeB transfers measurement configurations to the LTE MeNB over the X2 interface and the LTE
MeNB forwards them to the UE.
• UE reporting of measurement results
• If the criteria for reporting an event are satisfied, the UE reports the measurement results of the serving
and neighboring cells to the LTE MeNB and the LTE MeNB forwards the results to the SgNB through the X2
interface.
• If the UEs support SRB3 and the NSA_DC_SRB3_SWITCH option of the gNodeBParam.NsaDcOptSwitch
parameter is selected, the measurement reports are sent to the SgNB through SRB3.
• SgNB change/modification decision
• The gNodeB selects the cell with the best signal quality from the target cell list and attempts to perform a
SgNB change/modification.
• SgNB change/modification execution
• The gNodeB performs the SgNB change/modification.
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2. SgNB Modification (SgNB change/modification within a gNodeB)
UE MN SN S-GW MME
• MN: Master Node
1. SgNB Modification Request
• SN: Secondary Node
2. SgNB Modification Request Acknowledge
• Option3X: eNodeB 3. RRCConnectionReconfiguration
4. Random access procedure

as MeNB
5. RRCConnectionReconfigurationComplete
6. SgNB Reconfiguration Complete
7. Random access procedure
8. SNStatus Transfer
9. Data Forwarding
10. Secondary RAT Data Volume Report
11. Path Update procedure
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3. SCG Change (SgNB change/modification between gNodeBs)
UE MN SN UPF AMF
• MN: Master Node 1. SN Modification Required
• S-SN: Source Secondary 2/3. MN initiated SN Modification

procedure in some cases
Node (NR source cell)
• T-SN: Target Secondary 4. RRC reconfiguration message
Node (NR target cell) 5. RRC reconfiguration complete message
6. SN Modification Confirm
7. Random Access Procedure
8. SNStatus Transfer
9. Data Forwarding
10. Secondary RAT Data Volume Report
11. PDU Session Path Update procedure
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2. Solution Overview – Cell Selection Criterion
UEs in idle mode select unbarred cells that meet criteria S to camp on.
Criterion S ,
The meaning of the variables is as follows:

Variable Definition Meaning
Cell selection RX level value (dB) RX level value for cell selection
Measured RX level value of a cell (namely, SSB
Measured cell RX level value (RSRP)
RSRP)
Minimum receive level of the cell broadcast in SIB1
Minimum required RX level in the cell
(specified by
(dBm)
NRDUCellSelConfig.MinimumRxLevel)
Minimum receive level offset of the cell broadcast in
Offset to the signaled SIB1 (specified by
NRCellRelation.NCellReselOffset)
: maximum TX power a UE is allowed to use
(broadcast in SIB1)
Note: In 5G 3.0, RSRQ measurements are not supported. Cell selection
: maximumneeds to meet
power level only thecan
the UE RSRP criteria.
output.
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2. Solution Overview – Cell Reselection (1)
 After camping on a cell, a UE measures the signal quality of the cell and its neighboring cells and reselects
another higher-quality cell to camp on based on cell reselection criteria. In 5G RAN3.0, both intra-frequency and
inter-frequency cell reselection are supported.
 Neighboring cell priority
• For intra-frequency cell reselection, with the cell reselection priority being the same for the frequencies where the
neighboring cells operate, UEs ignore the reselection priority information.
• The cell reselection priority of the serving frequency is configured by the NRCellReselConfig.CellReselPriority
parameter.
• The cell reselection priority of a non-serving frequency is configured by the NRCellFreqRelation.CellReselPriority
parameter.
 Neighboring cell measurement for cell reselection
1. Conditions for triggering intra-frequency measurement:
• If the Srxlev of the serving cell is lower than the value of the IntraFreqMeasStartThld parameter, the UE starts intra-
frequency measurement to measure the RSRP values of other intra-frequency cells.
2. Conditions for triggering inter-frequency measurement:
• If a non-serving frequency has a higher reselection priority than the serving frequency, the UE starts neighboring cell
measurement for inter-frequency cell reselection regardless of the signal quality of the serving cell.
• If a non-serving frequency has an equal or lower reselection priority than the serving frequency, and the S rxlev of the
serving cell is equal to or lower than the value of the NonIntraFreqMeasRsrpThld parameter, the UE starts neighboring
cell measurement for inter-frequency cell reselection.
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 Intra-frequency or equal-priority inter-frequency cell reselection:

1. Select the best cell.
The UE selects an intra-frequency neighboring cell with the best signal quality from these that meet criteria S as the highest
ranked cell and identifies the neighboring cells that meet the condition
: RSRP of the highest ranked cell. : RSRP value of a neighboring cell. rangeToBestCell: fixed to 3 dB (delivered in SIB2).
From the highest ranked cell and the neighboring cells that meet the preceding conditions, the UE selects the cell of which the
RSRP is greater than absThreshSS-Consolidation (fixed to 70 in SIB2) and the number of beams is the largest as the best cell. If
multiple cells meet this criterion, the UE selects the cell with the highest RSRP as the best cell.
2. Determine whether to reselect to the best cell.
The UE checks whether the best cell meets the following two conditions. If it does, the UE reselects to the best cell. If it does
not, the UE continues to camp on the serving cell.
 The best cell meets the cell reselection criteria (referred to as criterion R) consecutively for 1s.
: RSRP of the serving cell: Cell reselection hysteresis of a neighboring cell (specified by CellReselHysteresis). : RSRP of the
best cell: Offset for cell reselection (specified by NCellReselOffset in intra-frequency cases).
 The UE has camped on the serving cell for more than 1s.
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 Different-priority inter-frequency cell reselection:

1. Reselection to an inter-frequency cell with a higher cell reselection priority:
• The UE has camped on the serving cell for more than 1s.
• In the inter-frequency neighboring cell reselection time (fixed at 1s) broadcast in SIB4, S rxlev of the evaluated
neighboring cell is greater than threshX-HighP (configured by the HighPriReselThld parameter) broadcast in
SIB4.
• If multiple cells meet the condition, the gNodeB reselects to the neighboring cell with the highest R n.
2. Reselection to an inter-frequency cell with a lower cell reselection priority:
• No inter-frequency neighboring cells having a higher cell reselection priority meet the criteria for re-selecting to an
inter-frequency cell having a higher cell reselection priority.
• The UE has camped on the serving cell for more than 1s.
• In the inter-frequency neighboring cell reselection time (fixed at 1s) broadcast in SIB4, both of the following
conditions are met:
• Srxlev of the serving cell is smaller than threshServingLowP (configured by the
ServFreqLowPriRsrpReselThd parameter) broadcast in SIB2.
• Srxlev of the evaluated neighboring cell is greater than threshX-LowP (configured by the LowPriReselThld
parameter) broadcast in SIB4.
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2. Solution Overview – SA Intra-RAT Intra-frequency Handover
1. Intra-frequency handover within a gNodeB (in-CU)
Source Target
UE gNB-CU
gNB-DU gNB-DU
• Key procedures Downlink user data
1. CU: measurement configuration delivery Uplink user data
1. Measurement Report
• The source DU sends measurement configurations to
2. Uplink RRC Transfer
the CU over the F1 interface and the CU sends them (Measurement Report)
to the UE through RRC connection messages. 3. UEContext Setup Request
• Intra-frequency handover is based on event A3. 4. UEContext Setup Response

5. UEContext Modification Request
2. UE: measurement result reporting (RRCConnectionReconfiguration)
6. RRCConnectionReconfiguration
• If the criteria for reporting event A3 are satisfied, the
Downlink Data Delivery Status
UE reports the measurement results of the serving
and neighboring cells. 7. UEContext Modification Response
• In 5G RAN3.0, only SSB RSRP measurements are 8. RandomAccess Procedure
Downlink Data Delivery Status
supported. 9. RRCConnectionReconfigurationComplete
Downlink User Data
3. Source DU: cell handover decision 10. Uplink RRC Transfer
Downlink user data
(RRCConnectionReconfigurationComplete)
• The source DU selects the neighboring cell with the Uplink user data
best signal quality as the target cell for handover.
11. UEContext Release Command
4. Handover execution
12. UEContext Release Complete
• The source DU sends the RRC connection
reconfiguration to the UE.
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2. Solution Overview – SA Intra-RAT Intra-frequency
Handover UE Source gNB Target gNB AMF UPF(s)
2. Intra-frequency handover between gNodeBs (Xn) User Data User Data
• The procedures are basically the same as for intra-frequency 0. Mobility Control Information provided by AMF
1. Measurement Control and Reports

handover within a gNodeB. The difference lies in signaling.
Handover Preparation
2. HO decision
• Inter-gNodeB handover can be based on the Xn and Ng
3. Handover Request
interfaces. The signaling procedures involve the Xn or Ng

4. Admission Control
interface. The entity involved includes gNodeB and AMF.
5. Handover Request Acknowledge
• Ng-eNB: eNodeB connects to the 5GC over the Ng interface.
6. Uu Handover Trigger
AMF/UPF AMF/UPF 7. SN Status Transfer

Detach from old cell and
Handover Execution
synchronise to new cell Deliver buffered and in transit user
5GC data to target gNB
Forwarding User Data
Buffer user data from

source gNB
NG
NG 8. UE synchronises to new cell and completes RRC Handover procedure
NG
NG
User Data
User Data
NG
NG
NG
NG
9. Path Switch Request
10. Path Switch related 5G CN

Xn NG-RAN End Marker
Handover Completion
internal signalling and actual DL
gNB gNB End Marker path switch in UPF(s)
User Data
Xn
Xn
11. Path Switch Request Ack
Xn 12. UE Context Release
ng-eNB ng-eNB
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2. Solution Overview – SA Intra-RAT Intra-
frequency Handover
2. Intra-frequency handover between gNodeBs (Ng)
• Comparison between Ng-based and Xn-based handovers
Type Common Different

Direct exchanges of handover
Xn- requests and responses with
based Measurement the target cell over the Xn
configuration, interface
handover decision,
and other handover Exchanges of handover
Ng- preparations requests and responses with
based the 5GC AMF entity over the
Ng interface
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2 Solution Overview – SA Intra-RAT Coverage-based
Inter-frequency Handover
 Key procedures
• Handover function start decision
• Measurement-based inter-frequency handover: The COVERAGE_BASED_HO option is selected. An event A2 (the
signal quality of the serving cell drops below a specific threshold) related inter-frequency measurement is received.
UEs support inter-frequency measurement and inter-frequency handover.
• Measurement-based redirection: The REDIRECTION option is selected. An event A2 related to inter-frequency
measurement is received. UEs support inter-frequency measurement but do not support inter-frequency handover.
• Blind mode redirection: The REDIRECTION option is selected. An event A2 related to blind redirection is received.
• Measurement configuration delivery (applicable only to the measurement mode)
• The gNodeB delivers an event A5 or A1 related to coverage-based inter-frequency measurements and configures
the gap-assisted measurement.
• Measurement reporting
• If an event A5 report (the signal quality of the serving cell drops below threshold 1 and the signal quality of a
neighboring cell exceeds threshold 2) is received, the gNodeB goes to the next step.
• If an event A1 report (the signal quality of the serving cell exceeds a specific threshold) is received, the gNodeB
stops the function.
• Target cell or frequency decision
• Measurement-based inter-frequency handover: The gNodeB sorts the target cells contained in the measurement
report based on their RSRP values in descending order and immediately attempts inter-frequency handover to the
target cells.
• Measurement-based redirection: The gNodeB selects the frequency of the cell with the highest signal quality
contained in the measurement report for the redirection.
• Blind mode redirection: After an event A2 related to blind redirection is received, the gNodeB preferentially
selects the frequency with the highest connected-mode priority for non-serving frequencies for redirection.
• Handover execution
• The intra-RAT handover preparation and execution are the same as those of the intra-frequency handover. See
slides 18, 19 and 20 for details.
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2. Solution Overview – SA Intra-RAT Frequency-
priority-based Inter-frequency Handover
 Key procedures
• Handover function start decision
• The FREQ_PRIORITY_BASED_HO option is selected.
• An event A1 report (the signal quality of the serving cell exceeds a specific threshold) related to frequency-priority-
based measurements is received.
• Measurement configuration delivery
• The gNodeB delivers an event A4 related to frequency-priority-based inter-frequency measurements or event A2
related to coverage-based inter-frequency measurements, and configures the gap-assisted measurement.
• Measurement reporting
• If an event A4 report (the signal quality of a neighboring cell exceeds a specific threshold) is reported, the gNodeB
goes to the next step.
• If an event A2 report (the signal quality of the serving cell drops below a specific threshold) is reported, the
gNodeB stops the function.
• Target cell or frequency decision
• If the frequency in the report of event A4 related to frequency-priority-based measurements has the highest traffic
priority, the gNodeB starts the handover.
• If the frequency in the report of event A4 related to frequency-priority-based measurements does not have the
highest traffic priority, the gNodeB starts the timer (fixed at 2s) and waits for next measurement reports. After timer
expires, the gNodeB chooses the inter-frequency neighboring cell having the highest traffic priority among those
reported in this period for the handover.
• Handover execution
• The intra-RAT handover preparation and execution are the same as those of the intra-frequency handover. See
slides 18, 19 and 20 for details.
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2.Solution Overview – NSA&SA Mobility in Mixed Networking
Scenarios
In NSA&SA mixed networking scenarios, the gNodeB determines whether to start a handover based on the configuration of
NrNetworkingOption and UE capabilities.
Maintenance policies for NrNetworkingOption:
1. The CME consistency check and network-wide synchronization function ensure the accuracy of external NR cell
configurations.
2. NrNetworkingOption can be manually configured.
3. When ANR is enabled, the NrNetworkingOption parameter value can be automatically updated by triggering the U2020
query and Xn update.
Scenario 1 Scenario 3
NSA NSA SA SA
NR SA NR NSA NR NSA NR SA
LTE LTE
Handover not allowed: Not same as the NrNetworkingOption Handover not allowed: Not same as the NrNetworkingOption
setting. setting.
Based on UE Based on UE
Scenario 2 capabilities Scenario 4 capabilities
NSA NSA SA SA
NR SA NR NSA_SA NR NSA NR NSA_SA

LTE LTE
Handover allowed for SA UEs and prohibited for NSA UEs. Handover allowed for NSA UEs and prohibited for SA UEs.
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Appendix 1: Measurement Events
Event Definition 5G RAN3.0 5G RAN2.1 LTE Scenario

Stop measurements for coverage-based inter-
Supported only
The RSRP of the serving cell exceeds a specific frequency/inter-RAT handover. Same as in 5G
A1 for inter-RAT
threshold. Start measurements for frequency-priority-based inter-
measurements
frequency handover.
Start measurements for coverage-based inter-
Supported only
The RSRP of the serving cell drops below a specific frequency/inter-RAT handover.
A2 for inter-RAT Same as in 5G
threshold. Stop measurements for frequency-priority-based inter-
measurements
frequency handover.
The RSRP of a neighboring cell is higher than that
A3 Intra-frequency handover decision Supported Same as in 5G
of the serving cell by a certain threshold.
The RSRP of a neighboring cell exceeds a specific Frequency-priority-based inter-frequency handover Inter-frequency
A4 Not supported
threshold. decision handover decision
The RSRP of the serving cell drops below threshold

Coverage-based inter-frequency handover decision Supported only
A5 1 and the RSRP of a neighboring cell exceeds Same as in 5G
CA secondary carrier addition for CA
threshold 2.
The RSRP of a neighboring cell is higher than that

A6 CA secondary carrier addition Supported Same as in 5G
of the secondary serving cell by a certain threshold.
The RSRP of an inter-RAT neighboring cell exceeds SA: inter-RAT handover decision Inter-RAT handover
B1 Supported
a specific threshold. NSA: SgNB addition decision
The RSRP of the serving cell drops below threshold
B2 1 and the RSRP of an inter-RAT neighboring cell Inter-RAT handover decision (recommended) Supported Same as in 5G
exceeds threshold 2.
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Appendix 2: Measurement Configuration
Measurement object configuration Measurement report configuration
Report type: event
Report configuration for event A3
Frequency to be measured
SSB measurement period/time length

Reference signal type
Report interval/times
RSRP calculation configuration is updated in

38.133-f30/36.133-f30:
 Value range for NR: [0,127]. The gNodeB
subtracts 156 from the measured value.
 Value range for LTE: [-17,97]. The eNodeB
subtracts 140 from the measured value.
The above figures show only some of measurement objects and IEs to be included in a measurement
report.
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3. Impact Analysis
Positive Impact Negative Impact

• The coverage-based handover function • Services are interrupted during handover,
allows UEs to choose cells with the best affecting data rate.
signal quality to receive services while
having continuous coverage. This helps
improve user experience.
• The frequency-priority-based inter-
frequency handover function provides a
means to hand over UEs and allows for
flexible networking to help operators
implement service steering.
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4. User Guide (1)
Dependency
Hardware/NEs/Transmission None
Other features None
License
Feature ID Feature Name Model NE Sales Unit
FBFD-010014 Mobility Management N/A gNodeB N/A
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4. User Guide (2)
 Recommended Scenarios
 NSA networks
 NR SA intra-frequency or inter-frequency networking
 Activation
 NSA SgNB change/modification, SA intra-frequency handover, and SA cell reselection: Enabled by default,
under no switch control
 NSA&SA coverage-based inter-frequency handover, frequency-priority-based inter-frequency handover, inter-
frequency redirection:
MOD NRCELLALGOSWITCH: InterFreqHoSwitch= COVERAGE_BASED_HO-1& FREQ_PRIORITY_BASED_HO-1& REDIRECTION-1;
 Deactivation
 NSA SgNB change/modification, SA intra-frequency handover, and SA cell reselection: N/A
 NSA&SA coverage-based inter-frequency handover, frequency-priority-based inter-frequency handover, inter-
frequency redirection:
MOD NRCELLALGOSWITCH: InterFreqHoSwitch= COVERAGE_BASED_HO-0& FREQ_PRIORITY_BASED_HO-0& REDIRECTION-0;
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4. User Guide (3)
 Configuring neighboring cells
Parameter Name Parameter ID Meaning Setting Notes
Set this parameter based on
NR Cell ID NRCellRelation.NrCellId ID of an NR cell within a gNodeB
the network plan.
MNC of the operator who owns a neighboring NR cell. The MCC (a 3- Set this parameter based on
Mobile Network Code NRCellRelation.Mnc
digit string)and the MNC (a 2- or 3-digit string) form a PLMN. the network plan.
Mobile Country Code NRCellRelation.Mcc MCC of the operator who owns a neighboring NR cell.
the network plan.
gNodeB ID NRCellRelation.gNBId Unique gNodeB ID of a neighboring NR cell within a PLMN
the network plan.
Cell ID NRCellRelation.CellId Unique cell ID of a neighboring NR cell within a gNodeB
the network plan.
Cell individual offset between a neighboring NR cell and the NR DU cell
Cell Individual Offset NRCellRelation.CellIndividualOffset DB0(0DB)
(controls measurement reporting)
Mobile Country Code NRExternalNCell.Mcc MCC of the operator who owns an external neighboring NR cell
the network plan.
Mobile Network Code NRExternalNCell.Mnc MNC of the operator who owns an external neighboring NR cell
the network plan.
gNodeB ID NRExternalNCell.gNBId Unique gNodeB ID of an external neighboring NR cell within a PLMN
the network plan.
Cell ID NRExternalNCell.CellId Unique cell ID of an external neighboring NR cell within a gNodeB
the network plan.
Physical Cell ID NRExternalNCell.PhysicalCellId Physical cell ID of an external neighboring NR cell
the network plan.
Cell Name NRExternalNCell.CellName Name of an external neighboring NR cell
the network plan.
TAC of a neighboring cell, used by the core network to determine the
Tracking Area Code NRExternalNCell.Tac area within which paging messages are sent. One tracking area is
the network plan.
composed of one or more cells.
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4. User Guide (4)
 Configuring cell frequency relationships

Parameter Name Parameter ID Meaning Setting Notes
Set this parameter based on the network
NR Cell ID NRCellFreqRelation.NrCellId ID of an NR cell within a gNodeB
plan.
SSB Frequency NRCellFreqRelation.SsbFreq The non-serving SSB frequency domain Set this parameter based on the
Position Pos position network plan.
NRCellFreqRelation.Frequen The band of the non-serving frequency. For Set this parameter based on the
Frequency Band details, see 3GPP TS 38.104.
cyBand network plan.
The SSB subcarrier spacing of the non-
Subcarrier NRCellFreqRelation.SubCarri serving frequency. The default value is Set this parameter based on the
Spacing erSpacing 15KHZ for FDD and 30KHZ for TDD. For network plan.
details, see 3GPP TS 38.104.
The connected-mode priority for non-serving It is recommended that this parameter

frequency. When measurement for coverage- be set to a non-zero value for
based handovers is performed, the frequency frequencies providing continuous
Frequency with a high priority specified by this coverage, with a larger value set for a
NRCellFreqRelation.ConnFre
Priority for parameter is preferentially selected. A larger frequency in a lower frequency band.
qPriority value of this parameter indicates a higher
Connected Mode Set this parameter to 0 for frequencies
priority. If this priority is set to 0 for a providing non-continuous coverage,
frequency, this frequency is not selected as which means that such frequency will
the target frequency for a blind redirection. not be selected as the target frequency.
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4. User Guide (5)
 Key parameters (for NR intra-frequency handover)

Recommended
Parameter ID Meaning Value Range MML Command
Value
Intra-frequency MOD
IntraFreqHoA3Hyst Handover A3 0–30 2 NRCELLINTRAFHOM
Hysteresis EAGRP
Intra-frequency MOD
IntraFreqHoA3Offset Handover A3 -30–30 2 NRCELLINTRAFHOM
Offset EAGRP
0MS, 40MS, 64MS, 80MS,

100MS, 128MS, 160MS,
Intra-frequency MOD
256MS, 320MS, 480MS,
IntraFreqHoA3TimeToTrig Handover A3 Time 320MS NRCELLINTRAFHOM
512MS, 640MS, 1024MS,
To Trigger EAGRP
1280MS, 2560MS,
5120MS
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4. User Guide (6)
 Key parameters (for NR inter-frequency handover)

Recommended
Value
0MS, 40MS, 64MS, 80MS,
Inter-Frequency 100MS, 128MS, 160MS, 256MS, MOD
InterFreqA4A5Time
A4A5 Time to 320MS, 480MS, 512MS, 640MS, 320MS NRCELLINTERFH
ToTrig
Trigger 1024MS, 1280MS, 2560MS, OMEAGRP
5120MS
Inter-frequency MOD
InterFreqA4A5Hyst A4A5 0–30 2 NRCELLINTERFH
Hysteresis OMEAGRP
0MS, 40MS, 64MS, 80MS,

Inter-frequency 100MS, 128MS, 160MS, 256MS, MOD
InterFreqA1A2Time
A1A2 Time to 320MS, 480MS, 512MS, 640MS, 320MS NRCELLINTERFH
ToTrig
Trigger 1024MS, 1280MS, 2560MS, OMEAGRP
5120MS
Inter-frequency
InterFreqA1A2Hyst A1A2 0–30 2
Hysteresis
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4. User Guide (7)
 Key parameters (for NR inter-frequency handover)
Recommended
Value
CovInterFreqA5Rsrp Cov Inter-freq Handover A5 -156 to -31 MOD
-110
Thld1 RSRP Threshold1 NRCELLINTERFHOMEAGRP
-106
Thld2 RSRP Threshold2 NRCELLINTERFHOMEAGRP
-110
Thld RSRP Threshold NRCELLINTERFHOMEAGRP
-106
Thld RSRP Threshold NRCELLINTERFHOMEAGRP
Freq Priority Inter-freq
FreqPriInterFA2Rsrp MOD
Handover A2 RSRP -156 to -31 -89
Thld NRCELLINTERFHOMEAGRP
Threshold
Freq Priority Inter-freq
FreqPriInterFA1Rsrp MOD
Handover A1 RSRP -156 to -31 -86
Thld NRCELLINTERFHOMEAGRP
Threshold
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4. User Guide (8)
 Key parameters (for cell reselection)

Recommended MML
Parameter ID Meaning Value Range
Value Command
DB0(0dB), DB1(1dB), DB2(2dB), DB3(3dB),
Hysteresis for RSRP measurement of the serving MOD
DB4(4dB), DB5(5dB), DB6(6dB), DB8(8dB),
cell during cell reselection, which corresponds to NRCellReselC
CellReselHysteresis DB10(10dB),DB12(12dB), DB14(14dB), DB4(4dB)
the q-Hyst IE in SIB2. For details, see 3GPP TS onfig
DB16(16dB), DB18(18dB), DB20(20dB),
38.331
DB22(22dB), DB24(24dB)
Measurement triggering threshold for intra-
MOD
frequency cell reselection, which corresponds to
IntraFreqMeasStartThld 0–31 29 NRCellReselC
the s-IntraSearchP IE in SIB2. For details, see
onfig
3GPP TS 38.331.
Minimum RX level required for a reselection to an
intra-frequency neighboring cell, which MOD
MinimumRxLevel corresponds to the q-RxLevMin IE of intra- -70–22 -64 NRCellReselC
frequency neighboring cell in SIB2. For details, onfig
see 3GPP TS 38.331.
Cell reselection priority of the serving frequency.
0 indicates the lowest priority. This parameter
corresponds to the cellReselectionPriority IE in MOD
CellReselPriority SIB2. For details, see 3GPP TS 38.331. The 0–7 7 NRCellReselC
value of this parameter must be determined onfig
together with the priorities of other frequencies
during network planning.
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4. User Guide (9)
Recommended
Value
NonIntraFreqMea Non-Intra-Freq Measurement RSRP MOD

0–31 9
sRsrpThld Threshold NRCELLRESELCONFIG
ServFreqLowPriR Serving Freq Low Priority RSRP 0–31 MOD

7
srpReselThd Resel Thld NRCELLRESELCONFIG
The cell reselection offset of an NR DB-24(-24DB), DB-22(-22DB), DB-20(-20DB), DB-

cell relative to a neighboring cell. This 18(-18DB), DB-16(-16DB), DB-14(-14DB), DB-12(-
parameter is used to control the 12DB), DB-10(-10DB), DB-8(-8DB), DB-6(-6DB), DB-
probability of cell reselection. If this 5(-5DB), DB-4(-4DB), DB-3(-3DB), DB-2(-2DB), DB-
NCellReselOffset parameter is set to a value other than 1(-1DB), DB0(0DB), DB1(1DB), DB2(2DB), DB0(0DB) MOD NRCellRelation
0 dB, this parameter is delivered in DB3(3DB), DB4(4DB), DB5(5DB), DB6(6DB),
the q-OffsetCell IE of SIB3 and SIB4. DB8(8DB), DB10(10DB), DB12(12DB), DB14(14DB),
For details about this parameter, see DB16(16DB), DB18(18DB), DB20(20DB),
3GPP TS 38.304. DB22(22DB), DB24(24DB)
The minimum RX level for a cell. This

value is included in criteria S and
used in the evaluation of cell MOD
MinimumRxLevel -70–22 -64
selection. It maps to the q-RxLevMin NRDUCellSelConfig
IE in SIB1. For details, see 3GPP TS
38.304.
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4. User Guide (10)
Recommended
Value
MOD
MinimumRxLevel Minimum RX Level -70 to -22 -64
NRCELLFREQRELATION
Cell Reselection MOD

CellReselPriority 0–7 1
Priority NRCELLFREQRELATION
DB_24(-24DB), DB_22(-22DB), DB_20(-20DB),

DB_18(-18DB), DB_16(-16DB), DB_14(-14DB),
DB_12(-12DB), DB_10(-10DB), DB_8(-8DB), DB_6(-
6DB), DB_5(-5DB), DB_4(-4DB), DB_3(-3DB),
MOD
FreqOffset Frequency Offset DB_2(-2DB), DB_1(-1DB), DB0(0DB), DB1(1DB), DB0(0DB)
NRCELLFREQRELATION
DB2(2DB), DB3(3DB), DB4(4DB), DB5(5DB),
DB6(6DB), DB8(8DB), DB10(10DB), DB12(12DB),
DB14(14DB), DB16(16DB), DB18(18DB),
DB20(20DB), DB22(22DB), DB24(24DB)
High Priority 0–31 MOD

HighPriReselThld 11
Reselection Threshold NRCELLFREQRELATION
Low Priority MOD

LowPriReselThld 0–31 11
Reselection Threshold NRCELLFREQRELATION
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5. Verification-Coverage-based Intra-frequency Handover
Observation after activation
 N.HO.IntraFreq.Ng.IntergNB.PrepAttOut > 0 or N.HO.IntraFreq.Xn.IntergNB.PrepAttOut > 0 or

N.HO.IntraFreq.IntragNB.PrepAttOut > 0
 For NSA and inter-RAT handover counters, see mobility management in Interoperability Between E-UTRAN
and NG-RAN Feature Parameter Description.
New counters introduced
Counter Name Counter ID Description
N.HO.IntraFreq.Ng.IntergNB.PrepAttOut 1911816908 Number of Ng-based intra-frequency inter-gNodeB outgoing handover attempts
N.HO.IntraFreq.Xn.IntergNB.PrepAttOut 1911816910 Number of Xn-based intra-frequency inter-gNodeB outgoing handover attempts
N.HO.IntraFreq.IntragNB.PrepAttOut 1911816912 Number of intra-frequency intra-gNodeB outgoing handover attempts
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5. Verification-Coverage-based Inter-frequency Handover
 N.HO.InterFreq.Coverage.PrepAttOut > 0
N.HO.InterFreq.Coverage.PrepAttOut 1911819867 Number of outgoing coverage-based inter-frequency handover attempts
N.HO.InterFreq.Coverage.ExecAttOut 1911819873 Number of outgoing coverage-based inter-frequency handover executions
N.HO.InterFreq.Coverage.ExecSuccOut 1911819878 Number of successful outgoing coverage-based inter-frequency handovers
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5. Verification-Frequency-priority-based Inter-frequency
Handover
 N.HO.InterFreq. FreqPri.PrepAttOut > 0
N.HO.InterFreq.FreqPri.PrepAttOut 1911819868 Number of outgoing frequency-priority-based inter-frequency handover attempts
N.HO.InterFreq.FreqPri.ExecAttOut 1911819872 Number of outgoing frequency-priority-based inter-frequency handover executions
N.HO.InterFreq.FreqPri.ExecSuccOu
1911819877 Number of successful outgoing frequency-priority-based inter-frequency handovers
t
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5G RAN3.0 introduces the following changes to 5G RAN2.1:

Version Feature Name Change Description

NSA SgNB change/modification is supported.

5G RAN2.0 Mobility Management - Basically the same as in 5G RAN1.0.

SA intra-frequency handovers are supported.

Inter-frequency cell reselection in SA networking is

 Portfolio of handover strategies

Coverage-based handover Frequency priority-based Service-based handover

Load-based handover Distance-based handover UL-quality-based

 Coverage-based handover Coverage-based handover

• The RSRP of cell 1 becomes weaker and the

signal quality of the serving cell.

user experience while the UE moves around in

 Frequency-priority-based inter-frequency Frequency priority-based handover

 Other handover strategies (future versions)

• Service-based handover: Configure differentiated handover parameters specific to service QCIs to

1. NSA access: same as LTE access.

• Measurement configuration delivery

2. SgNB Modification (SgNB change/modification within a gNodeB)

• Option3X: eNodeB 3. RRCConnectionReconfiguration

4. Random access procedure

6. SgNB Reconfiguration Complete

7. Random access procedure

10. Secondary RAT Data Volume Report

11. Path Update procedure

3. SCG Change (SgNB change/modification between gNodeBs)

• MN: Master Node 1. SN Modification Required

• S-SN: Source Secondary 2/3. MN initiated SN Modification

Node (NR target cell) 5. RRC reconfiguration complete message

7. Random Access Procedure

10. Secondary RAT Data Volume Report

11. PDU Session Path Update procedure

The meaning of the variables is as follows:

 Intra-frequency or equal-priority inter-frequency cell reselection:

 Different-priority inter-frequency cell reselection:

• Intra-frequency handover is based on event A3. 4. UEContext Setup Response

2. Intra-frequency handover between gNodeBs (Xn) User Data User Data

1. Measurement Control and Reports

interfaces. The signaling procedures involve the Xn or Ng

AMF/UPF AMF/UPF 7. SN Status Transfer

Forwarding User Data

Buffer user data from

9. Path Switch Request

10. Path Switch related 5G CN

11. Path Switch Request Ack

Xn 12. UE Context Release

• Comparison between Ng-based and Xn-based handovers

Type Common Different

NR SA NR NSA_SA NR NSA NR NSA_SA

Event Definition 5G RAN3.0 5G RAN2.1 LTE Scenario

The RSRP of the serving cell drops below threshold

The RSRP of a neighboring cell is higher than that

Report type: event

Report configuration for event A3

SSB measurement period/time length

RSRP calculation configuration is updated in

Positive Impact Negative Impact

Other features None

Feature ID Feature Name Model NE Sales Unit

FBFD-010014 Mobility Management N/A gNodeB N/A

 Configuring cell frequency relationships